FEATURED COMIC --> Prisoner of Paint

kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, April 3, 2024



Heligeiss painstakingly brushes calligraphy on error-prone scrolls, under the strict amusement and watchful eye of Galadin. Today’s daily lesson is missing a section on transmutation magic — a type of magic deemed useful as Heligeiss has not been instructed on combat magic. Galadin placed a curse on Heligeiss over ten ...

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Creator Interview: Dragonsong12

Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, March 23, 2024





Today we are interviewing the accomplished and proliferate Dragonsong12 who has actually completed multiple webcomics!



There's so much to tell as an introduction to Dragonsong12 but suffice it to say that she has one of the most recognizable and uniquely beautiful art styles I have encountered on the Duck ...







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Extremely Medium

Banes at 12:00AM, March 21, 2024



There is a lot to understand about “camera shots” in comics - it's an endless journey for people who make comics, or movies, or any kind of visual art.

MEDIUM shots (see above) might be the most common shot in webcomics - or at least, they have been the most common ...



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How Do I Read This Comic? Panels, Flow and Blockage

Banes at 12:00AM, March 7, 2024





As a long-time reader of comics, I've known that some pages can be less clear when it comes to the reading order. In the West, we start at the top left, of course, and the expected move is to read the way we read text - left to right, and ...



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Quackcast 677 - You can't spell "Fail" without "AI"

Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, March 5, 2024

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I remembered that a promised Quackcast was AI: slavery for artists and creators.
This is an important subject to cover especially from this angle.

It's slavery because it uses our creative products as fuel for it ...





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Quackcast 676 - Baby it's cold outside, cultural context

Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Feb. 27, 2024

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Oh baby it's cold outside… That's a tricky song, well it's not really but a few years ago the silly pop-culture warriors on Twitter started acting as if the song was all “rapey” with ...


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Social Issues in Fantasy (Part 2)

Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Feb. 10, 2024



Last time I'd talked about rather superficial and/or inappropriate attempts to weave commentary on real world social issues into a fantasy or scifi world. The discussion in the comments was FANTASTIC! I urge everyone to have a look if you haven't already.

The general consensus was that ...



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Social Issues in Fantasy (Part 1)

Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Feb. 3, 2024



During times of censorship, or times where exploring issues in the real world might be tricky, using fantasy or science fiction to do it is a real and viable solution. Dressing up the thing you want to explore into something cute and fuzzy might be just the way to go ...

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Descent into the Crater

kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Jan. 29, 2024


Photo: “Inside the Crater at Haleakalā”. Maui, Hawaii. Photograph taken by kawaiidaigakusei. (January 2024)

I reached the crater of the volcano after taking the winding road to the peak. My single sweater was not enough protection to go against the elements and I longed for the second sweater I left ...


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Creator Interview: Inky Moondrop

Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Jan. 27, 2024



Welcome to the first interview of the Creator Interviews! Today, we're asking the awesome Inky Moondrop questions about her, her DD award winning comics, her art, and her creative process.

I'm not using the royal ‘we’ by the way. While some questions come from me, most are from ...



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