The Duck Webcomics

Vulgar Language and Non Sequitur

kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Feb. 18, 2019

As of Sunday afternoon, at least forty newspapers across the United States have dropped the long running comic, Non Sequitur, from its comic pages. The reason behind the loss in popularity is that the comic “betrayed (its reader base’s) trust with profanity.” The comic in question ran sometime last ...

Running the Marathon

Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Feb. 2, 2019

tags: tantz_aerine webcomics long projects method

So it turns out I'm quite ill this week and I don't feel I have enough focus to finish up my “Writing Mental Illness” set of articles. I promise to do that next week.

For today I'd like to talk about planning, writing and drawing a webcomic ...

Writing Mental Illness (Part 1)

Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Jan. 12, 2019

tags: tantz_aerine webcomics narrative character design mental illness

Writing a character with mental illness can be a very tricky thing. Writers usually go for the extremely rare, exotic and spectacular: multiple personality disorders, extreme manifestations of psychopathy or sociopathy, high functioning autism with that ever alluring ‘savant’ magic going for the character, bombastically spectacular schizophrenia… in many ways ...

The great Tumblr censorship Exodus! DD Welcomes you!

ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Dec. 15, 2018

tags: Tumblr exodus migration anti porn crusade child protection

Tumblr made its name years ago as a great place to post images. It was always a kind of photo album journal site. Unlike Facebook and other places that were more about text, Tumblr did a really good job with pictures. Other sites have since moved into that territory but ...

Farewell to Stan Lee

Banes at 12:00AM, Nov. 15, 2018

tags: stan lee

Stan Lee

1922 - 2018

'Nuff said.

No, of course, ‘nuff can likely never be said about this man and the body of work he’s left behind for us.

It's been a rough couple days for comic fans. I must admit, I've been a bit of a wreck ...

2018 Drunk Duck Awards and Strange Creatures Milestone

kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Oct. 15, 2018

The first week of award winners have been announced. Niccea would also like to remind everyone that she will be accepting awards extras through the end of the month. Extras are usually acceptance/ concession speeches or other behind the scenes fun.

Send extras to Niccea here:
http://www.theduckwebcomics.com ...

Shaking the Pillars part 1

Banes at 12:00AM, Oct. 11, 2018

tags: writing series banes thursday shaking the pillars

Shaking the Pillars part 1 - Losing the Lead

The Walking Dead is apparently killing off its main character this season - this is the guy who's been the main guy since episode 1 about 8 years ago. This is not a spoiler - it's all over the Internet, the promos ...

Before the Beginning

Banes at 12:00AM, Sept. 27, 2018

tags: Banes thursday before the beginning writing

One of the great things about the original Star Wars movies was the strong sense of a grand, adventurous, and terrible history before the movie started. So much is hinted at through Obi Wan Kenobi about the Jedi Knights, Anakin Skywalker, great friendships, laser swords, and terrible war and loss ...

Taking a swim with the fishes - Offing your characters

Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, Aug. 17, 2018

tags: webcomic creation stories narrative DrunkDuck

There comes a time in any webcomic creator’s career where they have to be mean to their characters. And there is nothing meaner than letting the proverbial Sword of Damocles fall on a beloved (or equally unloved) character and watching their head roll to the chorus a shrill cries ...