Top Five Tales of Teaching

Banes at 12:00AM, April 11, 2024


teacher, teacher, can you teach me –

I was revisiting a classic movie, one of the ones on this list, in the past week or so, and thinking of the archetypal teacher/student dynamic in fiction.

So, in line with my Top Five Tales of Bands from last year, here's ...




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Poetry Time 64: Status Quonundrum

Andreas_Helixfinger at 12:00AM, March 10, 2024



Three looking glasses. One a revealer, the two other the illusionists.
Are we seeing it clear? Here’s the question.
Two searching goals. One a finder, the other a thief.
Do we make a discovery? Here’s the answer.
One speaking tongue. Only one and that’s the rainbow.
Can ...






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Panel By Panel: How Do We Know What We're Seeing? (feat. 'VIRTUS')

hpkomic at 1:04PM, Feb. 23, 2024



Hello, everyone, and welcome to Panel by Panel, a periodic exploration of comic panels around The Duck.

Last time, we discussed expanding the scope of the topics covered in Panel By Panel, but I promised we'd get back to the normal swing this time. We have another panel to ...



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Character Deep Dive: Khthonis from Tusk

Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Jan. 13, 2024




Today’s Character Deep Dive is about the amazing Khthonis from Tusk by the awesome Fallopian Crusader!

What can anyone say about Tusk that hasn’t already been said?? It’s a simply gorgeous fantasy action comic centering around the adventures of an orc warrior lady named Khthonis. The art ...




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FEATURED COMIC --> The Alphahumans

kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Nov. 29, 2023



A young lady who will soon take on the name “Eris Fearn” is lost and stuck in the frigid rain on a dark stormy night. Fortunately for Eris, a black and white cat with speaking abilities presents itself and acts as a magical guide to find shelter; unfortunately, the cave ...

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Panel By Panel: 'The Sparks TAB' and The Visual Reference

hpkomic at 2:26PM, Oct. 6, 2023



Hello, everyone, and welcome to Panel by Panel, a periodic exploration of comic panels around The Duck.

So, as I was flipping through comics here on the Duck as inspiration for a post, I stumbled onto a page from a particular comic with two panels that pulled a familiar reference ...



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Panel By Panel: 'Dude in Distress' and Depth of Field

hpkomic at 2:57PM, Sept. 22, 2023



Hello, everyone, and welcome to Panel by Panel, a periodic exploration of comic panels around The Duck. One fun thing about doing comics digitally is that it opens up all sorts of helpful tools you may not have in traditional artwork. For example, blurring things to imply a depth of ...

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Panel by Panel: 'Meatware' and the joy of Infographics

hpkomic at 2:45PM, March 24, 2023



Hello everyone, and welcome to Panel by Panel, a periodic exploration of comic panels around The Duck. This week we're going to look at the usage of infographics in comics as expositionary devices. Our panel for this comes from the comic Meatware by The Jagged. Specifically, we're looking ...

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Overworking in webcomics

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



With the ever expanding influence of Webtoons, more and more people are flocking to webcomic sites to read comics. I say read, but really it is “consume”. In this day and age where content is being inhaled at an unprecedented rate, creators are being pushed further to create more. Longer ...

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The Cure for Jealousy

Banes at 12:00AM, Jan. 12, 2023


Hey, you!

I've rarely been jealous of anyone. Certainly moreso when I was younger. Other people would sometimes (well, often) seem to have more going on in some area of life. There were plenty of folks who I'd look at and imagine having their intelligence. Or their confidence ...


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