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Duck and Mantis Play Go! @duckandmantis.bsky.social · 4d

Duck and Mantis Play Go! p. 12 - that's the last page of the Prologue! There's a lot more to come, so stay tuned for Episode 1: "The Barbarians!"
#duckandmantisplaygo #comix #watercolor #baduk

A comic panel. A raven peers in through a window

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Duck and Mantis Play Go! @duckandmantis.bsky.social · 6d

Behind the scenes (zines??) at Lone Star Zine Fest, Day 1, where we were gifted this exceedingly lovely, non-bad duck

A photo of a table covered in zine stuff and buttons. A tiny pink duck sits on a square reader

Duck and Mantis Play Go! @duckandmantis.bsky.social · 11d

Duck and Mantis Play Go! p. 11
#duckandmantisplaygo #comix #baduk #watercolor

A comic page. Duck concedes the game. Mantis offers to review the game. We pan in on a window as they chat

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Duck and Mantis Play Go! @duckandmantis.bsky.social · 11d

If you're in Austin, check out the Lone Star Zine Fest this weekend! We'll be selling our very first color copies of Issue 1. Here's quality control hard at work #comix #zines

Trish, a brown tabby, checks a Duck and Mantis page for print quality and accuracy

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Duck and Mantis Play Go! @duckandmantis.bsky.social · 18d

Duck and Mantis Play Go! p. 10
#duckandmantisplaygo #comix #watercolor #baduk

A comic page. A white raven and a black raven fly off a branch into the white space of the page.

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Duck and Mantis Play Go! @duckandmantis.bsky.social · 21d

Finally remembered to take pics during the process! Pretty much every panel of Duck and Mantis is colored with watercolor and gouache. Which means lots of masking tape and quiet prayers. Lots and lots. #duckandmantisplaygo #comix #watercolor

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Duck and Mantis Play Go! @duckandmantis.bsky.social · 25d

Duck and Mantis Play Go! p. 9
#duckandmantisplaygo #comix #watercolor #baduk

A comic page. Duck and Mantis consider the project in the middle of the page, surrounded by 4 panels. The first shows some kind of superhero dressed in green; the second a newspaper comic with cartoony duck and mantis characters; the third a high contrast image of a man; the fourth 2 ravens from the previous panel, upset at their treatment.

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Duck and Mantis Play Go! @duckandmantis.bsky.social · Sep 16

Duck and Mantis Play Go! p. 8
#duckandmantisplatgo #comix #watercolor #baduk

A comic page. Duck talks about her raven story, the first story she ever wrote. A brief flashback shows young Duck writing at the computer. The panel pans out, showing her story world - two ravens, one white, one black in the trees. They're eavesdropping. Mantis says that completing the story was an accomplishment.

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gomagic.bsky.social @gomagic.bsky.social · Sep 13

How to Understand Your Go-Playing Friend: Part 2

Share this with a friend who doesn't play Go so they can understand you a little better. ❤️

#gogame #weiqi #baduk #BoardGame #HikaruNoGo #HowTo #Anime #MindGame #HikaruNoGo

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Duck and Mantis Play Go! @duckandmantis.bsky.social · Sep 9

Duck and Mantis Play Go! p. 7
#duckandmantisplaygo #comix #watercolor #baduk

A comic page. Mantis expands on his idea for the comic and prepares for his next move

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Duck and Mantis Play Go! @duckandmantis.bsky.social · Sep 2

Duck and Mantis Play Go! p. 6
#duckandmantisplaygo #comix #watercolor #baduk #moebius

Mantis and Duck describe what the comic will be like. Duck panics internally at the idea of having to draw like comic master Moebius, who mocks her from the grave (but like, rightfully)

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Duck and Mantis Play Go! @duckandmantis.bsky.social · Sep 2

Progress shot from the coloring process. Truly an important panel to highlight
#duckandmantisplaygo #comix #watercolor

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Duck and Mantis Play Go! @duckandmantis.bsky.social · Aug 26

Duck and Mantis Play Go! p. 5
#duckandmantisplaygo #comix #watercolor #baduk

A comic page. Duck and Mantis continue to play. Mantis threatens to capture a stone. Duck wonders to herself if it can be saved, then continues the conversation.

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Duck and Mantis Play Go! @duckandmantis.bsky.social · Aug 25

The Mantis, the magician of the goban

#duckandmantisplaygo #watercolor #tarot #baduk

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Duck and Mantis Play Go! @duckandmantis.bsky.social · Aug 19

Duck and Mantis Play Go! p. 4
#duckandmantisplaygo #comix #watercolor #baduk

A comic page. Duck recounts past attempts at collab comics, which begin with enthusiasm and end with doubt

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Duck and Mantis Play Go! @duckandmantis.bsky.social · Aug 12

Duck and Mantis Play Go! p. 3
#duckandmantisplaygo #comix #watercolor #baduk

A comic - introducing the character of Duck

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Duck and Mantis Play Go! @duckandmantis.bsky.social · Aug 5

Duck and Mantis Play Go! p. 2
#duckandmantisplaygo #comix #watercolor #baduk

A comic - introducing the character of Mantis

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Duck and Mantis Play Go! @duckandmantis.bsky.social · Jul 29

Duck and Mantis Play Go! p. 1
#duckandmantisplaygo #comix #watercolor #baduk

A comic page. Duck and Mantis prepare to start a game of go

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Duck and Mantis Play Go! @duckandmantis.bsky.social · Jul 29

Duck and Mantis Play Go! Title page

#comix #watercolor #duckandmantisplaygo #baduk

Title page for the comic Duck and Mantis Play Go. Duck and Mantis sit at a table with a 9x9 go mat and two bowls with go stones

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Duck and Mantis Play Go! @duckandmantis.bsky.social · Jul 29

Coloring on the next episode is now underway! Here's a sneak peek
#duckandmantisplaygo #comix #watercolor

A watercolor comic page in the process of being colored

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Duck and Mantis Play Go! @duckandmantis.bsky.social · Jul 20

Photo outtake, featuring Theo

A photo of a cat sitting next to a blue coffee mug and a Duck button

Duck and Mantis Play Go! @duckandmantis.bsky.social · Jul 20

So happy to have had the chance to hit up the US Go Congress this year! Thanks to everybody who took a button
#duckandmantis #comics #go #baduk

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Duck and Mantis Play Go! @duckandmantis.bsky.social · Jul 17

Today's the launch day of our new webcomic, Duck and Mantis Play Go! Updates, sketches and other fun stuff will be posted here for those who want to follow along.

Go read the Prologue at duckandmantis.wordpress.com

#comics #webcomics #go #baduk

A cover for a comic, Duck and Mantis Play Go, featuring a humanoid duck and mantis falling amongst go stones

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