Panel By Panel: Hello, Goodbye, Hello Again?

hpkomic at 10:31AM, Nov. 15, 2024



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 ...



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Front and Back

Banes at 12:00AM, Nov. 14, 2024


I'm not sure if I've written a post about this already, but an interesting thing we have to think about sometimes with comics is how to make the characters, the foreground, stand out from the background.

Here are my notions on that:


- using human natural ability and instinct ...





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Panel By Panel: 'Phantom Force 3000' and Pushing the Craft

hpkomic at 3:11PM, Nov. 1, 2024



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

This week we're looking at another comic by user HawkAndFloAdventures, who has become one of the most prolific creators on the site, grinding out comic after comic. it's very admirable and ...



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Panel by Panel: 'RATKIDS' and Visual Inspiration

hpkomic at 9:59AM, Oct. 18, 2024



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

Our very own Ozoneocean dropped the suggestion for this week, commenting in an earlier post: This from Facebook, by Ryan Ausbun: An action scene I felt pretty good about. Was inspired by 90s ...



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The Many Faces of Fear

Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, Oct. 5, 2024



Hello there my fellow Quackernauts! As it’s the spooky season, what better time is there to explore one of my favourite genres, horror. Horror is many things, but at its core it’s intention is to challenge the human mind; to remind us that, despite all our attempts to ...

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Panel by Panel: 'Killer Ape Theory' and Establishing Scale

hpkomic at 11:21AM, Oct. 4, 2024



Hello, everyone, and welcome to Panel by Panel, a periodic exploration of comic panels around The Duck. Moving away from the workshop format this week, and returning to the more solo-assessments of panels and comics. This week, we have a panel pulled from Marco Rossi's comic [i[Killer Ape ...

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FEATURED COMIC --> The Books of Avo

kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Oct. 2, 2024



Juliet stares blankly at the neighboring table where Whiteheart, a golden-haired gentleman sporting a mysterious scar running down the left side of his face sits surrounded by swarms of women. Her idle gaze returns to Don, this evening’s dinner date set up by her mother. Donny is a classmate ...

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Panel By Panel: Workshop - 'Omegan Survivors' Part Two

hpkomic at 10:35AM, Sept. 20, 2024



Hello, everyone, and welcome to Panel by Panel, a periodic exploration of comic panels around The Duck. We return to our workshop series this week. Last time we introduced this week's comic and asked for feedback for the workshop, allowing the community to weigh in and share some thoughts ...

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So Many Paths

Banes at 12:00AM, Sept. 12, 2024



I was thinking about different filmmakers and how varied their processes can be. Stanley Kubrick was famous for doing multiple takes - sometimes dozens of takes and sometimes much more (!)

Meanwhile, Clint Eastwood will do one or two takes and that's it.

On the show Seinfeld, there were two takes ...





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Embracing Feedback: Your Secret Weapon for Better Webcomics

Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, Sept. 7, 2024



Hello there Quackateers! Whether you're just starting out or have been creating for years, learning from feedback is one of the best ways to level up your webcomic game. However, taking on feedback on work you are particularly connected to can be daunting. Deciphering what is and isn’t ...

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