One of the most frequent ways to make characters stand out in fiction or myth is to give them a staggering, amazingly powerful ability. Something that mere talent doesn't give you. Something miraculous, larger than the largest life, unique and insurmountable:

Like a dude that can part an entire ...

Photo: “Twistjam: Morgyn and Lacey”. Original characters from Alone is a Hard Thing Toby by David A Webcomic and Hawk and Flo Adventures Part 1 Ice Cream Truck of Doom by HawkandFloAdventures. (February 2023)

A nice round of milestones from four creators to celebrate the accomplishments on The Duck:

The ...

Photo: “Space Pack: Chapter 5; Page 109”. Drawn by Slingy. (January 2023)

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Slingy, the creative force behind the ultra-quick updating comic, Space Pack, sent us this message:

Slingy writes:

“Hello!

I wanted to write you in regards to my webcomic, Space Pack, reaching 500 pages!

Space Pack Link: https ...

Photo: “500 How the Heck?!”. Mega Maiden and the Chop Chop Princess by Teh Andeh. (December 2022)

Give a round of applause for Teh Andeh, a webcomic creator known for vividly colorful comics—Crystalena Quest; Endstrike; Junk Ship; Mega Maiden and the Chop Chop Princess; Omni Academy; Overhaul Galaxy; ShonenPunk ...

Hello everyone, and welcome to Panel by Panel, a periodic exploration of comic panels around The Duck. I am working on another comic submission from a couple of posts ago. This week our volunteer is the creator of Fluffy 500, IronHorseComics, who shared some pages. Today I want to look ...

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 ...

There is generally a debate about how women's chests should be drawn. On and off I'll come across whole essays about how drawing women with large boobs is shorthand for sexualization and objectification. There's a lot of talk about how flat chested ladies or those of the ...

So you may not have noticed but I have missed an update on WM.

I sorely feel that as a loss, because I've been so proud of not breaking my streak of regular updates for three years now.

It was hard telling myself not to pull a double all-nighter ...

So it's fun to rant about tropes I hate but I actually prefer to gush about tropes I love.

And one of them is what I call “the bargain”: it's really a game of wits between a (usually lawful) villain and a hero (or protagonist/antagonist, take your ...

Excellent news! Long-time Drunk Duck user, usedbooks, has an announcement:

usedbooks writes:

Hi, I hope you are well.

Used Books hit a milestone (those don't come too often these days), and I would be really happy to have a little nod in the newspost.

Used Books just reached 1500 ...