Somethings that are part of the landscape can disappear overnight. Spring still arrives on time and the grass and bugs don't care. The fountains turned off to save water. The lights in the vending machine turned off to save power. And the memories of the dreams of the future ...
The Destruction of Monuments⚡
lothar at 12:00AM, May 26, 2023Panel by Panel: 'Meatware' and the joy of Infographics
hpkomic at 2:45PM, March 24, 2023
Hello everyone, and welcome to Panel by Panel, a periodic exploration of comic panels around The Duck. This week we're going to look at the usage of infographics in comics as expositionary devices. Our panel for this comes from the comic Meatware by The Jagged. Specifically, we're looking ...
Toxic Positivity, Toxic Acceptance (Part 2)
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Feb. 11, 2023
So last time, in Part 1 of this discussion of …sunnier villains or antagonists, we had left off talking about how toxic positivity is all about the toxic person's comfort. And that this need to impose a certain behavior, dogma, and/or approach to reality in their environment leads ...
What you really, really want
Andreas_Helixfinger at 12:00AM, Dec. 11, 2022
This is gonna be yet another rambling kind of post and a long one at that–so be warned. In the recent month I’ve been doing some soul searching that ties into this personal Christmas shopping spree of sorts that I’ve had recently. To be more specific, I ...
Does Mechanization Turn Men into Robots or Robots into Men?
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Sept. 12, 2022
Photo: “Fille Née Sans Mèr (translation ‘Girl Born without Mother’)”. Francis Picabia. 1917.
“When I see an adult on a bicycle, I do not despair for the future of the human race.” -Herbert George Wells
In one month’s time, I will be attending a lecture detailing the development of ...
Seriously?
Banes at 12:00AM, Aug. 11, 2022
When a dramatic actor gets a chance to perform a comedic role, I hear that sometimes they get excited to do something different but their first instinct is to play up the comedy. In an interview with a comedy writer/producer recently, he explained that these actors need the insight ...
Fantastic Bestiary 6: The Oni
Andreas_Helixfinger at 12:00AM, May 15, 2022
And we’re back with Fantastic Bestiary number 6. Being the number 6 in this series of articles I thought I’d bring up a mythic creature of a particularly devilish kind of aestethic. And as this week’s featured comic, featured by our beloved Ozoneocean, happened to be about ...
Flipping off the Author
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Oct. 23, 2021
So Squid Game is a huge hit, and I'm glad I've been a kdrama fan before it was cool, apparently XD (though granted, it's been cool for a good while for a lot of people)
This is not an article about Squid Game, but it offers the ...
Horror and Morality
Banes at 12:00AM, Oct. 15, 2021
The idea of “sin” is a prevalent one in horror stories. In terrifying tales, the monstrous against the human also explores good vs. evil.
There is often a “sin” perpetrated by horror Protagonists. The classic Psycho begins with Marion Crane stealing money from her job. Her intentions are understandable, maybe ...