DD Pride Month!

Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, June 14, 2025



We're already almost at the halfway point of Pride Month, and well, the Duck has an event going!

About a week in June, and seeing everything happening where people are being treated terribly (to put it mildly) for just being true to themselves and who they are, it occurred ...



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Writing unsavoury people

Gunwallace at 12:00AM, June 5, 2025



I've spent a lot of this year dealing with the fallout of the death of a close friend. For whatever reason he picked as his executor a woman that none of the rest of his friends and family get along with. Actually, that's downplaying it. Most of them ...

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Balloon Placement is an Art

Tantz_Aerine at 12:56AM, May 24, 2025



I don't really have much to say when it comes to balloon placement, except that it's a balancing act: speech balloons must be looked at but not really be ‘seen’. In the sense that the balloons shouldn't obstruct the reader of the webcomic from easily reading the ...

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An interesting exercise

Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, May 17, 2025



I have found that an interesting, fun, and very helpful exercise when getting to know your webcomic's characters is to drop them in different settings and she what they'd be or what they'd choose.

So, for example, if your character is in a fantasy setting, what would ...



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Collective Lies about the Past

Gunwallace at 12:00AM, April 3, 2025



If you are setting a story in the past it can often be hard to get everything from the little things to the big picture right, especially if it's a period you haven't lived through yourself. Even then, your memory can play tricks on you.

It doesn't ...



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Quackcast 731 - Contrariancast

Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, March 18, 2025

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I love those characters who bitch and moan and want to do things differently, although they don't usually take up the leadership role themselves, they just THINK they should be leader instead, but they ...


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Resentment

Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, March 15, 2025




In designing a good villain character there's a wide range of paths one can follow. From the grandiose villains that want to take over the world and live in volcano islands, waiting for the hero to fall into their elaborate death trap to humanized villains with complex backstories that ...


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Quackcast 729 - The Feather report

Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, March 4, 2025

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The 3rd in our technical art-making series, we're talking hair, feathers, and fur today. How do you draw those highly complicated, textured things? Well the complicated, difficult way is to draw every single strand ...


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Diamonds Are Forever?

Gunwallace at 12:00AM, Feb. 20, 2025



Diamond Comic Distributors has gone bankrupt. As someone who once worked in a comic book shop, back in the 80s and 90s, it was something of a shock. I came over all nostalgic for their blue logo. I still have a number of cardboard boxes crammed with comics that have ...

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Creator Interview: Genejoke

Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Feb. 15, 2025



We are finally back with interviews, and who better to kick it off than with Genejoke, one of the most prolific, helpful, and active creators in the Duck!

Genejoke is invaluable in many group projects, including our top event, the Drunk Duck Awards, and its side event the Red Carpet ...



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