Hello, everyone, and welcome to Panel by Panel, a periodic exploration of comic panels around The Duck. This will be the final update to this version of Panel By Panel.

First of all, it has been a pleasure to write here for y'all over the past two years. Can ...

Photo: “Craters Edge by Jason Moon Review Page One”. Craters Edge review illustrated by ZeroHour. Lite Bites created by Genejoke. (October 2024)

Genejoke writes:

“All the comics submitted for review are either done or well in hand so I'm opening up for more volunteers to have their comics reviewed ...

Colour is amazingly powerful to humans, despite the fact we see so little of its spectrum. The impact of colour on our daily lives is tremendous but unfortunately not very well researched. What we do know from research is that it can affect one's mental, emotional and even physical ...

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

This week, I wanted to take a step away from our usual format to gather some feedback about the direction of the column and consider some additional topics that might be worth covering ...

Photo: “Generic Review Avatar Guy”. Lite Bites by Genejoke. (December 2021)

Genejoke made a site-wide announcement on the forums three weeks ago asking for volunteers to have their comics reviewed by a team behind the Lite Bites comic reviews, spearheaded by Genejoke.

The Lite Bites Announcement:

"Lite bites reviews are ...

There's a specific type of movie “trick” where we'll see something that seems as though it's really happening. I mean, it seems like it's “really happening” within the movie.

For instance, it'll be some kind of elaborate action sequence, or horror sequence, or whatever, but ...

Ok yes. Plot armor in general is considered a mistake. With good reason. Enough plot armor and there are no stakes left in your plot, and the audience isn't worried your plot-armored characters may not make it. And if there's no suspense, there's no engagement or the ...

This wasn't the official poster, but the teaser poster, for the Last Crusade. There was a giant
version of it in my local theater before the movie came out. Excitement unbound at the time!

My earliest clear memory of Indiana Jones - or one of his movies - was in a ...

As You Like It
Character likability part 2

The great actor Jack Lemmon said about his character in Glengarry Glen Ross that he didn't want the guy to be likable. He thought Shelley Levine “isn't a nice man” and was not someone people should feel sorry for. Lemmon ...

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 ...