Lots of news from Drunk Duck this week!
Roll out the red carpet, dust off yer tux, and go buy that dress you had your eye on! This is BIG… you aren’t missing it are you???
The first round of Drunk Duck awards have been announced! The virtual ceremony is underway. Start below and work your way forward:
http://www.drunkduck.com/Drunk_Duck_Awards_2008/index.php?p=446208
Winners will be announced up until September 5th!
Kudos to amanda who did a supa schweet job of putting it all together! Special thanks to all of the users that stepped up to be panelists! Great job!
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Monday’s featured comic is Alone!
A young girl is traveling with her parents on a dark and lonely road when they have a car accident. After Akiko wakes she finds herself hurt, alone, and scared in a world possibly not her own, possibly at the mercy of a powerful and frightening being, and possibly not even alive. What is there to do but carry on? This black and white manga-styled comic is very decompressed, with a slow pacing that builds up the suspense.
Read Alone
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I wonder if modern newspaper guys get to yell “Stop the presses” just like the olden-times guys did? That would be fun.
Contest winner!
DrunkDuck user Moondog (who does the comic Crackwalker) has let me know that he has won a contest run on Zeros2Heroes which let him get one of his comic scripts professionally produced! Congratulations to him, I think a lot of people will be very jealous. 
His winning comic is called Hero High and is available now, so let’s see if we can get him some props, eh? I can’t repost everything he sent me, but he’s written a description of the comic here. It appears that the zeroes to heroes website is strong on social networking, so those users looking for new places to connect with comic creators should check it out.
Publishing!
comic_chic’s The Dreamer (you know, the lovely featured Revolutionary war one) has been picked up by IDW publishing, and can be ordered NOW through Previews! The order code is SEPT084131E and will go on sale in November, so if you want a copy, be sure and tell your comic store to get it in for you! Congrats, comic_chic!
Comic ending! I mean, 
It’s time to say goodbye to Flick and Jube (by simonmackie) at 97 pages. We love our comics on DD, and it’s always a bit sad when one ends- although it’s made a bit better when the comic has reached its proper ending (vs the author just deciding to pack it in). Flick and Jube has a proper ending, so there is a complete story just waiting to be read!
Milestones!
Signs tell me to STOP and YIELD, but Signz tells me that his comic Safety Man has reached 25 pages, and that he demands cake, pie, and dairy treats. However I am sure he would welcome any visitors regardless of their willingness to bear bakery products.
Pokemon Sinnoh Surfer by Walrus has reached 150 pages! Walrus is a pretty productive guy! (On a side note, every time I make an announcement about Walrus’s Surfer comic, I think of the fake ad in Futurama telling people to ‘ride the walrus’…)
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Yep, that’s right! Zorphbert & Fred gets their own newspost! Why? Because we neglected to tell you that Z&F celebrated its 200th page on Wednesday, and I feel terrible about it not being posted!
Check out Dawns super cool splash page filled with lotsa fans of her comic!
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Sorry the news is a bit late today. The site is going super-slow for me and doesn’t want to load anything. I got tired of messing with it and came back later.
solidjake is running a contest for his comic Random Crapola! Help name the main character! The names must be original and funny, and after solidjake chooses his 5 favorites, the readers will get to vote for the one they like best. If you want to enter a name, do so in the comic’s blog!
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Quite a few milestones today, so I will try to keep them short!
I’m a bit late with this, but Grin-n-Spirit by ghostrunner reached 275 comics on Monday!
Priest_Revan’s 2s A Company has hit 150 pages!
Reinderdijkhuis (how do you pronounce that?) announces that Rogues of Clwyd-Rhan has reached 400 comics today! It’s been updating every single day, and will continue to do so until the backlog is posted!
Also having a milestone today is Circque Do Star Wars by Druss01, which reaches 25 comics!
On Saturday, Angelos (by GreatScottComix) turns 50 pages old! Congrats!
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Thursday’s featured comic is Blood Groove!
Pandemonium, Inc. handles supernatural problems, big and small. That doesn’t mean they’ve got things easy. (However, as hipsters with magic powers, they make them LOOK easy.) One of their number has got a prophecy hovering over his head, and we all know how those work out. Colorful, strong art style, interesting story and fun dialogue. Check it out!
Read Blood Groove
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madisonchance’s Dirtheads has reached 100 strips!
Arcanic by arcanewind recently hit 25 pages!
Loud_G tells me that George the Dragon reached 75 pages on friday!
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