If there is one thing my comic partner and I have realised these past few years is this. The first half of the year is manic for us. Every year we get together to inscribe our goals into stone and within two months life has bulldozed its way through them ...

Buffering
Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, Feb. 1, 2025Creator Interviews Are Coming Back!
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Jan. 25, 2025
So I slacked a lot in getting interviews prepared for our awesome webcomic artists here on the Duck, but that is going to be remedied!
I'm trying to find a way to establish regularity for all the features for showcasing DDers and their webcomics that I've been handling ...
This and That (the power of contrast)
Banes at 12:00AM, Jan. 23, 2025
One of the main drivers of story is the principle of CONTRAST.
A character in a traditional story arc begins one way and ends up in a very different state of being - the underdog to the victorious hero, or the innocent, unaware victim to the final survivor, or the selfish ...
Preventable Deaths
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Jan. 18, 2025
There's nothing more frustrating when a character dies from a situation that had no reason occuring except perhaps that the writers wanted to be edgy and make the story have more gravitas with a random death that's forced into the plot.
I've talked often over the years ...
The Break Into 3
Banes at 12:00AM, Jan. 16, 2025
Last Week we looked at the “Break Into 2”, the transition between the beginning of a story: The “Before” picture of the Protagonist and their world, and the “Upside Down World” of Act 2.
So, a little later in your average story will come the “Break Into 3”. This leaves ...
The Hawk and Flo Adventures Twistverse Has an Official Discord; The KAMics Hits 2200 Milestone; Buy Jazzy a Ko-Fi to Publish Carl and The Lost Shadow!!!
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Jan. 13, 2025
Photo: “HawkandFloAdventures Twistverse Has Official Discord”. HawkandFloAdventures creator of Hawk and Flo Adventures.
HawkandFloAdventures writes:
“Hi!
I've just made an official discord server for my comics!
Twistverse Discord: https://discord.gg/FXCh92J9
Twistverse Discord Invite: https://discord.com/invite/FXCh92J9
I'm still new to it all and figuring ...
A Romance Trope I Hate
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Jan. 11, 2025
So this is just a purely rant article on my part.
I'm generally not a huge fan of romance… BUT, if it's done well, I am not a (complete) snow queen. I can melt accordingly and love it in a story. I even have some romance in my ...
The Break Into 2
Banes at 12:00AM, Jan. 9, 2025
always someone breakinnn' into twooooo…
AN important part of a story is the good old “Break into Act 2”.
It's not the easiest story structure moment to recognize, but it's one of the early ones I thought about and tried to notice in movies I watched.
Many people ...
JohnCelestri of Bloodwing Fire Fist Angel will be a Featured Guest at Lexington Comic Con this Year; All Ripping Off King Arthur Strips Are Now in One Place; TheDeeMan’s Novella “The Wee Ones” has been Reviewed by Horror Reads!!
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Jan. 6, 2025Notice of JohnCelestri Being Invited as a Featured Guest at Lexington Comic Con This Year
Photo: “JohnCelestri to be Featured Guest at Lexington Comic and Toy Con This Year”. (January 2025)
John Celestri writes:
“Hi, and Happy New Year to you!
I’ve been invited to the Lexington Comic -
Here ...
Resolute Resolutions for 2025
Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, Jan. 4, 2025
It’s that time of year again. It’s become a bit of an annual tradition. I started setting goals for myself a few years ago. And whilst I have not hit all of them, I have achieved more than I feel I would have had I not set any ...