There is a poem by one of the most interationally famous Greek poets, Konstantinos Kavafis, called Waiting for the Barbarians. I invite you to give it a read (I've linked its translation) but here's the gist in a nutshell: It's about the Romans waiting for the Barbarians ...

What Will Happen Without the Barbarians?
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Feb. 8, 2025Quackcast 714 - Future Weapons
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Last week we had an overview of weapons throughout history and how it's a constant game of balance and oneupmanship. Now we're looking at future weapons and Scifi stuff! There's a lot of potential ...
AI, Comics, and DD
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Nov. 25, 2023
You might have noticed a forum thread discussing whether AI comics should be hosted on the Duck. As always, big decisions on TOS or policy are discussed with the community on the Duck before we take any decisions. Whether DD will be hosting AI comics or not is one such ...
Sleeping_Gorilla has a Summer Games Event; M.Organ is Celebrating Two Comic-Related Anniversaries; ORIGIN by David Abiola Olukoga Reaches a 50-Page Milestone; and the FINAL WEEK of Voting in the DD Awards
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, July 4, 2022
Photo: Original Artwork by M.Organ
SUMMER GAMES EVENT
Sender: Sleeping_Gorilla
Subject: Summer Games Event
Hello,
I hope that I am not bothering you. We're doing a Summer Event, artists draw their characters playing volleyball, then all the entries are put into a group picture. We have 18 slots ...
Fantastic Bestiary 9: The Wookie
Andreas_Helixfinger at 12:00AM, June 5, 2022
In this newspost I thought I’d start breaking away from myth a little bit. So far I’ve brought up species and entities from myth and legend, but this is not a series of articles that is just about mythical fiction, but also popular fiction. So! Wookies! Absolutely iconic ...
Coward of Valor Reaches 1000 Page Milestone and Celebrates Three Years of Making Comics
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, April 29, 2019Our IndieGoGo campaign is FUNDED - thank you!
HippieVan at 12:00AM, March 25, 2016
Our IndieGoGo campaign ended a few days ago, fully funded! It's still open in case some of you feel compelled to give us more of your money, but you'll be happy to hear that we won't be bothering you about it any more. :)
Thank you so much ...
Hey all, some of the bugs resulting from the server move have been fixed!
skoolmunkee at 3:18PM, Oct. 2, 2008Hey all, some of the bugs resulting from the server move have been fixed!
So, thumbnails work again. Everyone should be able to upload a thumbnail for their comic now.
People can now edit their comic page to replace it with a new image too (like fixing a typo, etc ...
If you don't like a forum thread....
skoolmunkee at 12:29PM, Aug. 20, 2008… then just leave it alone, okay? There's been an increase in this lately and it makes the forum look like a negative place. If there's a thread in the forums that you think is silly, stupid, etc, don't go in to the thread and make a reply ...