Hell Monkey “EL” has been on a mission for seven hundred eighty eight years as a mercenary, currently inhabiting a cold, devolved dust ball Earth, filled with human-headed dogs and cockroach mutations. El is about to reveal how he earned the title of “Famous Ogre Killer” by facing off against ...
Panel by Panel: 'RATKIDS' and Visual Inspiration
hpkomic at 9:59AM, Oct. 18, 2024
Hello, everyone, and welcome to Panel by Panel, a periodic exploration of comic panels around The Duck.
Our very own Ozoneocean dropped the suggestion for this week, commenting in an earlier post: This from Facebook, by Ryan Ausbun: An action scene I felt pretty good about. Was inspired by 90s ...
FEATURED COMIC --> Geist Gears
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Oct. 16, 2024
Maple, the daughter Cara, is celebrating her eighteenth birthday and her grandfather, the Professor, has a very special pocket watch to deliver that will ensure the current generation’s future. It has been thirty two years since The Wickcroft Incident when the same demon who turned Burnsville into a smoking ...
Quackcast 704 - The Cultcast
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Sept. 10, 2024 LISTEN on our player!
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The topic we're talking about today was inspired by my ruminations on Bullshido martial arts promo demonstration videos. These are the videos where a martial arts master shows off their skill in a patently fake demonstration ...
Quackcast 701 - Faces come out in the rain...
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Aug. 20, 2024 LISTEN on our player!
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Drawing faces is one of the most natural things for us to do, and they're very easy for people to see that they're faces because animals are evolved especially to be able to see faces- ...
Panel By Panel: Scripting (with examples!)
hpkomic at 3:53PM, July 5, 2024
Hello, everyone, and welcome to Panel by Panel, a periodic exploration of comic panels around The Duck. Last time, I asked about how you all scripted your comics and got a lot of interesting responses I wanted to run through here. So let’s run through all of them.
First ...
The magic of webcomic habits
Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, Jan. 6, 2024
Hello there my fellow Quackateers!
The new year is here! And it’s around this time that resolutions and goals are set in stone for the year. However, have you ever found yourself setting ambitious goals for your webcomic, only to feel overwhelmed and demotivated when life inevitably gets in ...
Panel By Panel: 'Mega Maiden' and Linear Composition
hpkomic at 11:08AM, Dec. 29, 2023
Hello, everyone, and welcome to Panel by Panel, a periodic exploration of comic panels around The Duck.
This week, I wanted to get back to my roots regarding these kind of posts, mostly just clicking through comics, finding a panel that speaks to me, and exploring why. I appreciate the ...
FEATURED COMIC --> The Focus
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Dec. 27, 2023
Veteran Arch is supervising hopeful recruit, Zaan, during his final evaluation of ranger training. Arch has high hopes and expectations for Zaan, but sometimes, the best laid plans of foxes and wolves often go awry. Zaan is thrown a curve ball when he lands an assignment to explore the Grimlands ...
Three Books
Banes at 12:00AM, Dec. 21, 2023
I've only read three books in my life.
Okay, that's not true - over the years I've read nearly a dozen.
But the first art-instruction book I used (at least, the earliest one I can remember) was this book
about using basic shapes to draw animals.
It was ...