After playing the polarizing role of Joker in the film, Joker, Joaquin Phoenix has just won the Golden Globe for best actor in a drama. This awards season has been awarding Phoenix for his role making this awards season rather off-kilter. Phoenix played Arthur Fleck, the troubled stand up comic ...

The Joker Sets Comic Book Movie Record at the Golden Globes
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Jan. 6, 2020So I Finally Saw the Joker...
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Nov. 23, 2019
It so happens that as I write these lines, I have a terrible headache. So I can't gather my thoughts enough for the third installment of my discussion of motivations and ideologies and actions, but I think I'm good to write what I'd promised- my review of ...
Motivation, Ideology, Action 2
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Nov. 16, 2019
Last time we talked about motivation in people, and its relationship to behavior. And I must say you all had great comments I feel deserve to be addressed, so instead of a four-part tour to the world of what makes people tick, I will add a fifth part where I ...
Sympathy for the Devil
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Oct. 19, 2019
So of course the new Joker movie is quickly becoming a cultural phenomenon. Not only because it has made a ton of money already, but because of the spin on the infamous character of Joker.
Through Joachim Phoenix's Joker we get to watch the origin story of a villain ...
A Phoenix Reborn as The Joker
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Sept. 16, 2019
Here is the scene:
It is pitch black, sitting in a movie theater, the lights go out and the feature film is only minutes away from beginning. The trailers begin playing and the first one is half way memorable. Then the next trailer comes on and I see a man ...
Writing healthy romance
Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, March 1, 2019
After the string of romance novels such as Twilight and 50 Shades of Grey, there was a focus on unhealthy romantic relationships. This was further amplified after the release of Suicide Squad where throngs of girls and women began lusting after a relationship much like The Joker’s and Harley ...
Nemesis
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Jan. 14, 2017
Just the name inspires awe, a level of attention and gravity. Because it was a name before it became a noun: she was the ancient Greek goddess of revenge and retribution against those who committed any kind of hubris.
In stories though, a character that takes the position of nemesis ...
QUACKCAST Episode 29 - Genres, Generally Speaking
Ozoneocean at 2:02AM, May 31, 2011Skool and Ozone take it easy in this QuackCast and have a nice chat about general genres and how they may apply to webcomics. By the way, they are now QuackCast-married. Apparently.
Listen to QUACKCAST Episode 29 - Genres, Generally Speaking
Featured Comics:
- King James Moneego
- The Brilliant Bella
Genres:
- What ...
Boy have I got a heaving sackful of moist news for you!
skoolmunkee at 4:26AM, Aug. 20, 2009
Another interview is up! I told you, we've got lots of them, and you'll be getting them twice a week while they are still going on. :] Today it's Lilac interviewing Avilo of Animosity Sonata. It's also quite clear that these two had far too much fun ...
The Community Post
skoolmunkee at 11:59AM, Feb. 22, 2006By popular demand, I'm making a newspost today about a bunch of the community projects that go on in Drunk Duck all the time. Some of these are ongoing and some of them aren't, but they are all pretty interesting. Of course you don't have to participate ...