Lack of Research

Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, April 12, 2025




As creators of stories, be they novels or graphic novels or comics, we all have heard the adage “write what you know”. It's been drummed into our minds to the point that its cold fingers have our impostor syndrome in a deathgrip every time we venture our to write ...


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When Life's Too Crazy for Fiction

Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, March 29, 2025




I generally avoid using current events in my articles about webcomics, but this time I can't help it. Signalgate has been living rent free in my mind ever since the editor in chief of the Atlantic broke the story.

There are many reasons for that, most of them not ...




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Poetry Time 111: The Encounter

Andreas_Helixfinger at 12:00AM, March 2, 2025



Watch. It advances. A blended eye to the one true contact.
Delicate, pristine night of visible disguise
Hear. It enlightens. A stuttered word to the one true conduct
Eloquent, redeemed might of audible delight
Feel. It entices. A torpid touch to the one true contract
Adequate, esteemed rite of physical ...






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The Shmoofy Experiment Returns

hpkomic at 12:00AM, Dec. 20, 2024



Hello everyone, I recently found a blast from the past in the early days of the Duck and wanted to reach out to the oldheads, while also laying out something fun for newer members who may be interested. First of all, take a look at the bear icon above. Do ...

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Not Because it is Easy, but Because it is Hard

Banes at 12:00AM, Dec. 12, 2024



In our Quackcast about Non-Linear storytelling this week, I had a tangent of a thought about the value of difficult or challenging fiction as opposed to stories that are easier to understand.

An unusual structure to a story can be challenging to understand, but if it's done well, the ...



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Poetry Time 99: Nine Lives

Andreas_Helixfinger at 12:00AM, Dec. 8, 2024



Nine. I see the light burning to darkness.
All so swiftly. All so blindly.
Eight. I hear the alarm screaming to deafness.
All so widely. All so loudly.
Seven. I taste the medicine spoiling to sickness.
All so queasily. All so badly.
Six. I sense the odour stinking to foulness ...







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Quackcast 706 - wrong

Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Sept. 24, 2024

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Or TuneinRadio - https://tunein.com/podcasts/Books–Literature/Drunkduck-Quackcast-p1150194/

Being right on the internet is Sooo important…
Being right in life and at all times is essential too! At least that's how a lot of us tend to think. Being told we're wrong, especially ...



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Poetry Time 80: Nine Lives

Andreas_Helixfinger at 12:00AM, July 28, 2024



Nine. I see the light burning to darkness.
All so swiftly. All so blindly.
Eight. I hear the alarm screaming to deafness.
All so widely. All so loudly.
Seven. I taste the medicine spoiling to sickness.
All so queasily. All so badly.
Six. I sense the odour stinking to foulness ...







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Dinosaurs Cats and Wizards

lothar at 12:00AM, March 1, 2024


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Hello everymoney !
DINO

First up is this one page comic Called simply “DINO”
by ray bisbicusthh
Check out their work … Some cool stuff in there
I thought it had untrapped potential so I drew this tribute comic to it

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NEXYT, I saw this image by user kazooksand thought it ...











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Panel By Panel: 'The Sparks TAB' and The Visual Reference

hpkomic at 2:26PM, Oct. 6, 2023



Hello, everyone, and welcome to Panel by Panel, a periodic exploration of comic panels around The Duck.

So, as I was flipping through comics here on the Duck as inspiration for a post, I stumbled onto a page from a particular comic with two panels that pulled a familiar reference ...



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