Are We The Baddies?

Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, June 15, 2024



Last time I wrote about villains making amends, after they decide to change their ways, flip sides, or generally become support to the protagonist, rather than the antagonist.

But for them to get there, there has to first come the realization that they are the villain of their story. And ...



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FEATURED COMIC --> Friendship Material

kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, May 29, 2024



Hex, Nemo, and Warren find themselves in a palace suspended in mid-air with little recollection of their former lives or previous identities. Greeted by the whimsical Mr. Orion, dressed in the finest mint green suit while floating down with a handful of balloons, the trio is offered employment by the ...

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FEATURED COMIC --> Lonely Planets

kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, May 1, 2024



Lonely Planets is a chronological, monthly slice-of-life comic centered around a mother, a father, and their son. Mini vignettes of each month’s most memorable adventure is told in the span of a series of 2x2 comic strips. It is a snapshot of married life overlapping with middle-life and deals ...

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Of flaws and foibles - creating characters with rough edges

Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, April 6, 2024



Hello hello Quackateers! Today, let's chat about the secret sauce that makes webcomics, hell comics in general, pop – crafting a character with flaws so relatable, they spark lengthy reddit discussions!

Think about it. What makes your favourite characters stick with you long after you've closed the comic tab ...



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Creator Interview: Dragonsong12

Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, March 23, 2024





Today we are interviewing the accomplished and proliferate Dragonsong12 who has actually completed multiple webcomics!



There's so much to tell as an introduction to Dragonsong12 but suffice it to say that she has one of the most recognizable and uniquely beautiful art styles I have encountered on the Duck ...







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Social Issues in Fantasy (Part 2)

Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Feb. 10, 2024



Last time I'd talked about rather superficial and/or inappropriate attempts to weave commentary on real world social issues into a fantasy or scifi world. The discussion in the comments was FANTASTIC! I urge everyone to have a look if you haven't already.

The general consensus was that ...



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Webcomics: Unveiling Life's Lessons and Plot Twists

Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, Nov. 4, 2023



Webcomics are a great place to find deep life lessons or unexpected twists. Creators who present stories in this versatile medium have a remarkable knack for delivering profound insights and plot surprises that leave us contemplating their implications for days.

One of the most captivating aspects of webcomics is their ...



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So Many Ways to be Scared

Banes at 12:00AM, Oct. 19, 2023



Horror…and the baddies and creepies and long-legged beasties of horror…come in many flavours.
These divisions might be incomplete or somewhat meaningless in a way, but hey, I have to approach it somehow…


Reality Bites: Human Creeps, Scary Animals and Nature
-Serial Killers, Jason, Michael Myers, The Strangers, And ...






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Trying to accept a slow creative process

Andreas_Helixfinger at 12:00AM, Sept. 24, 2023



I’m gonna be honest with you guys here today. I’ve been a bit frustrated lately, and it has to do with my own creative process. This a struggle that I think many of us here can relate to. We have this story, or even a number of stories ...

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Leading the New Generation

kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Sept. 11, 2023


Photo: “Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?” Paul Gauguin. Oil on Canvas. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. (1897-98)

A somber recollection carries me back twenty-two years ago on this day when I walked into a class where an inconsolable history teacher delivered a line ...


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