Photo: “End of Summer 2024”. Photograph taken by kawaiidaigakusei. (September 2024)

Ten years before Miyazaki’s latest animated film, The Boy and the Heron (2023), was released last year, The Wind Rises (2013/2014) was announced to be Miyazaki’s final film.

In a Drunk Duck forum post dated February ...

Photo: “M.Organ Milestone (Adults Only)”. M.Organ Art by MOrgan. (August 2024)

M.ORGAN ART MILESTONE

MOrgan writes:

“Hi



M.Organ Art reached 800 pages on Sunday, August 25.



Since the update probably isn't safe for the front page, I've made up a hopefully safe image.



Have ...

August ends today, and we pick things right back up with another character deep dive, this time of the fascinating Nicodemus Blacroft from the comic Devil’s Blood by the amazing Dragonsong12!


Devil’s Blood is the story of a city in crisis and the people that are trying to ...

I am convinced that the amazing DD community has spoiled me.

I don't even kid. It is a place where I can experiment with my art and feel like I'll be accepted even if I come up with a dud; that feedback will be given in an elegant ...

Photo: “2024 Finalists”. Drunk Duck Awards 2024 by Niccea. (July 2024)

Final votes are in and have been tabulated.

Niccea writes:

“Thank you for your patience over the past week with the delay. The ballots are closed the votes were actually counted up on time. As usual, please kindly let ...

Photo: “FYC: Calling In a Favor” by HawkandFloAdventures. (2024)

There is still time to get votes into the ballot box — THREE MORE WEEKS - - to be exact. If you still have the ability to vote, but have not clicked the ballot link posted last week, then here is a more in ...

Damaged Heroes


A well written, standard Protagonist will generally have some flaws, starting out as an underdog of some kind, with lessons to learn and improvements to make over the course of the story.

Granted, some heroes are, well, just heroes, who are pretty much who they need to be ...

So 2023 is almost over! In just a few days we'll all be correcting every document we date for a month or so.

As is tradition, as the year ends we look at the crop, so to speak: everything that happened, what changed us, what helped us, what undermined ...

Photo: “La Mariée Mise à Nu Par Ses Célibataires, Même (The Green Box)”. Marcel Duchamp. 1911-1915. Photograph taken by kawaiidaigakusei. The Philadelphia Museum of Art. (December 2023)

Tomorrow will mark one month of continuous cross country travel in the most real Kerouac sense of the word. The trip across the ...

Photo: Without Moonlight Vol. 1, “Chapter 8, page 32”. Created by Tantz_Aerine. (May 2023).

Lo and behold!

“Without Moonlight vol.1 is finally finished after 12+ years!

I can't believe that the first volume is complete, but it is! It can be read as a stand-alone story, regardless of ...