Year-End Meta 2020: Additions, Corrections, Updates & Announcements
Cleaning up loose ends from the last year and making some announcements about the next.
WAUGH and On and On #8: The Duck is Dead. Long Live the Duck!
In the final (for now) installment of the Howard the Duck reading series, we examine the duck’s shift from social satire to Marvel Comics parody.
WAUGH and On and On #7: Can’t Win For Losing
Steve Gerber’s final work on the first volume of Howard the Duck (for real this time!) feels like a losing gamble.
WAUGH and On and On #6: It’s the Bomb that Will Bring Us Together
Examining Howard the Duck #28 – when a Wolfman writes a duck man and ends up with a bomb.
WAUGH and On and On #5: It’s the End of the WAUGH as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)
“Slash and burn, return, listen to yourself churn. . ” as we come to the final arc of the first volume of Howard the Duck to be penned by Steve Gerber.
WAUGH and On and On #4: Synecducky
Ten ways to look at Howard the Duck #24 – the part that reflects the whole, the whole that is just a part.
WAUGH and On and On #3: The Dark Side of the Farce
A long time ago in a world he never made. . . STAR WAUGH! Third in an ongoing Howard the Duck reading series.
WAUGH and On and On #2: Duck Naked
What do Disney and “decency” campaigns have in common? The blandification of culture. Covering Howard the Duck #21.
WAUGH and On and On #1: Neither Fish Nor Fowl
A return to Howard the Duck after a nearly three-year hiatus from the If It WAUGHs Like a Duck series. . .
Alpha & Omega #1: Into the Unknown
The first installment in a new series of posts comparing the 1970s Omega the Unknown comic book and the 2000s re-imagining.
If It WAUGHs Like a Duck #16: Til We WAUGH Again. . .
The final installment of If It WAUGHs Like a Duck considers life after deadlines.
If It WAUGHs Like a Duck #15: Dead Duck
Even Steve Gerber can’t live up to the expectations of a Gerber-penned Howard the Duck, how can we expect Chip Zdarsky to?
If It WAUGHs Like a Duck #14: Get Your Mojo Workin’
In 1977? Evil mojo. In 2016? Evil Mojo!
If It WAUGHs Like a Duck #13: Kiss and Tell
Howard and Bev: thinking about the past and worrying about the future.
If It WAUGHs Like a Duck #12: Quackosaurus Rex
Everyone loves dinosaurs, just some more than others.
If It WAUGHs Like a Duck #11: Darned to Heck!
From Dream Land to Cleveland
If It WAUGHs Like a Duck #10: You Can’t Go Home Again
Home is where the egg (or Bev) is.
If It WAUGHs Like a Duck #9: Flying North for the Winter
Canada: As cold as space, and home to nearly as many anthropomorphic animals.
If It WAUGHs Like a Duck #8: Get Down! Space Out!
A duck by any other name could still be cool to read about, but he might not feel like Howard.
Additions, Corrections, Retractions
An overview of posts in need of revisiting.
If It WAUGHs Like a Duck #7: Don’t Let It Get You Down
In 2015 Howard the Duck explores a welcome tangent, while in 1976, he feels like he is finally moving in the right direction.
