Picard Season Three hit the fan service HARD. I absolutely loved it.
The final season of Star Trek Picard is winning very good reviews from fans and critics.
Of course, in some corners there is criticism of fan service, nostalgia and ‘member berries’ being the driving force behind the season ...

Fanservice and Nostalgia
Banes at 12:00AM, April 27, 2023Addition, Subtraction, Preservation, Evolution
Banes at 12:00AM, March 30, 2023
In the latest episode of Star Trek Picard, a character talks about his efforts to prolong his own life in a way I won't spoil. He lets go of this idea, and in the message he leaves behind, he says "Evolution is not about preservation - it's about addition ...
Community Discussion Spotlight: Take a comment - leave a comment
hpkomic at 7:52AM, Aug. 19, 2022
How often do you check the forums here at The Duck? We have exciting discussions floating around, and sometimes we should shine a spotlight on them. This week I wanted to share a thread that I think does a lot of great stuff for the community that, while it has ...
Unearthing old comics
Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, July 23, 2022
I’m back! It’s been a hot minute hasn’t it? I’ll be taking over a blog spot once a month for a while. And for today I have a very interesting topic (hopefully!).
Recently, I have been helping out with the improvements to the site here. As ...
QUACKCAST 588 - Revisiting Old Ideas
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, June 21, 2022 LISTEN on our new player!
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Sometimes it's worth revisiting old ideas because you can do them better or explore them deeper. This could be in the form of a full reboot ...
QUACKCAST 573 - Join the cult?
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, March 8, 2022 LISTEN on our new player!
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Cults are weird. Unlike normal religions (from which many cults stem), cults are usually based more around charismatic individuals rather than simple doctrine. Which means the followers ...
QUACKCAST 569 - Everything old is new again
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Feb. 8, 2022 LISTEN on our new player!
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He might not be in the Quackcast right now but he's in our hearts and in this topic! Banes did a newspost about Nostalgia the other ...
QUACKCAST 547 - Franchise fail
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Sept. 7, 2021 LISTEN on our new player!
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There seemed to be a lull for a while after the 1990s and the massive sequel craze of the 80s, but nowadays we're back in full ...
Comic Prep Work
damehelsing at 12:00AM, July 4, 2021
One of the things I love the most about comics, is the prep work, which may not be obvious by the countless amount of times that I’ve stated that I’m doing absolutely no prep work as of now for Scorned; but when I worked on Scarred Eden, that ...
Writing Tools
damehelsing at 12:00AM, May 2, 2021
Everyone has a different way of jotting down ideas, writing out their stories and planning their comic pages. (even if it may be on the walls too…)
When I was working on Scarred Eden (rip my baby project that’s on a reboot loop) I had a document of timelines ...