{"id":43503,"date":"2024-07-05T07:04:15","date_gmt":"2024-07-05T11:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=43503"},"modified":"2026-01-11T08:44:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T13:44:39","slug":"the-absolute-final-issue-of-duckwork","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2024\/07\/05\/the-absolute-final-issue-of-duckwork\/","title":{"rendered":"The Absolute Final Issue of DUCKWORK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2024\/07\/05\/the-absolute-final-issue-of-duckwork\/the-last-duckwork\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"43505\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2024\/07\/05\/the-absolute-final-issue-of-duckwork\/the-last-duckwork\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/The-Last-Duckwork.jpg?fit=640%2C828&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,828\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;The Last Duckwork&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"The Last Duckwork\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The last Issue of Duckwork. Drawn in the sketchbook and finalized digitally in Affinity Photo&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/The-Last-Duckwork.jpg?fit=640%2C828&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-43505\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/The-Last-Duckwork.jpg?resize=500%2C647&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"647\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/The-Last-Duckwork.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/The-Last-Duckwork.jpg?resize=232%2C300&amp;ssl=1 232w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nIt may have taken 42 years, but the latest and, sadly, the last issue of <em><strong>DUCKWORK<\/strong><\/em> is out!<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>DUCKWORK<\/strong><\/em> was a short-lived newspaper <em>&#8220;CREATED FOR THE PHILADELPHIA COLLEGE OF ART COMMUNITY&#8221;<\/em> back in the early 1980s. It lasted a handful of issues until the school pulled the plug on the funding. It was more funny pages than news which was probably a factor in consigning the paper to its doom.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_45185\" style=\"width: 411px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-45185\" data-attachment-id=\"45185\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2024\/07\/05\/the-absolute-final-issue-of-duckwork\/duckwork-window\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/duckwork-window.jpg?fit=401%2C299&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"401,299\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"duckwork-window\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/duckwork-window.jpg?fit=401%2C299&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-45185 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/duckwork-window.jpg?resize=401%2C299&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"401\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/duckwork-window.jpg?w=401&amp;ssl=1 401w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/duckwork-window.jpg?resize=300%2C224&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 401px) 100vw, 401px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-45185\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">13th Floor of Anderson Hall facing South<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a title=\"Duckwork No. 4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/willceau\/3376157250\/in\/photolist-69kFVL-8hmok2-8hmqmF-8hpE7d-8iEcBE-8jHf5j\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/3612\/3376157250_dd1e251a32_m.jpg?resize=182%2C240&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Duckwork No. 4\" width=\"182\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>The recent, shocking collapse of <em>The University of the Arts<\/em> which used to be PCA prior to 1987 was the inspiration for this illustration. That event and my meager attempts at digging up the still mysterious reasons for the school&#8217;s failure has set me careening down memory lane revisiting times both good and bad. While I was ambivalent about attending PCA particularly my junior and senior years which were slogs, being part of DUCKWORK is among my fondest memories of that time. I remember seeing the cartoon ducks on the early issues of the paper and thought &#8220;those guys are ripping off <em>Howard the Duck<\/em> &#8212; they must like comics!&#8221; <a title=\"DUCKWORK April 1981\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/willceau\/4794331136\/in\/photolist-69kFVL-8hmok2-8hmqmF-8hpE7d-8iEcBE-8jHf5j\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/4120\/4794331136_818982d511_m.jpg?resize=183%2C240&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"DUCKWORK April 1981\" width=\"183\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nI headed up to their tiny office on the 13th floor of what was <em>Anderson Hall<\/em>, and it was like finding my tribe &#8212; a group of comic book nerds and science fiction freaks who understood one another. Unfortunately, it was not to last. The fun went out of art school when the axe fell on the paper and the <em>Ducks<\/em> dispersed for schoolwork and\/or real life. Some of the main figures behind DUCKWORK dropped out of school or graduated to real life to make independent comics publishing history with <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Comico:_The_Comic_Company\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Comico<\/a>. I continued on with my education always hoping that the next semester would be better than the last until finally I was awarded a degree.<\/p>\n<p>In case you&#8217;re completely confused by the illustration, the unicorn kicking the anthropomorphic water fowl across Broad Street was the mascot of The University of the Arts. Yeah, they went with a nonexistent, mythical creature favored by grade school girls as their mascot. Kind of fitting.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>If you&#8217;re looking for a history of <em><strong>DUCKWORK<\/strong><\/em>, check out the links below:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"BrmeOFGpX0\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2010\/07\/12\/down-in-space-its-always-1982\/\">EIGHTIES &#8211; We&#8217;re Living in the Eighties!<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;EIGHTIES &#8211; We&#8217;re Living in the Eighties!&#8221; &#8212; Willceau Illo News\" src=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2010\/07\/12\/down-in-space-its-always-1982\/embed\/#?secret=xew5J92A9a#?secret=BrmeOFGpX0\" data-secret=\"BrmeOFGpX0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"W3ESn5O7Aj\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2010\/07\/13\/does-head-cheese-taste-the-same-coming-up-as-it-does-going-down\/\">Does Head Cheese Taste The Same Coming Up?<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Does Head Cheese Taste The Same Coming Up?&#8221; &#8212; Willceau Illo News\" src=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2010\/07\/13\/does-head-cheese-taste-the-same-coming-up-as-it-does-going-down\/embed\/#?secret=zX5mj82LnH#?secret=W3ESn5O7Aj\" data-secret=\"W3ESn5O7Aj\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"YZpzJZWvkV\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2010\/07\/14\/naked-lady-falling-down-the-stairs\/\">Naked Lady Falling Down The Stairs<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Naked Lady Falling Down The Stairs&#8221; &#8212; Willceau Illo News\" src=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2010\/07\/14\/naked-lady-falling-down-the-stairs\/embed\/#?secret=43XyhmiBDT#?secret=YZpzJZWvkV\" data-secret=\"YZpzJZWvkV\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"lYVMGGgszV\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2010\/07\/15\/no-youre-out-of-order\/\">No, You&#8217;re Out of Order!<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;No, You&#8217;re Out of Order!&#8221; &#8212; Willceau Illo News\" src=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2010\/07\/15\/no-youre-out-of-order\/embed\/#?secret=mUCxJY0Cg9#?secret=lYVMGGgszV\" data-secret=\"lYVMGGgszV\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"GlOLJHxHqG\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2010\/07\/16\/down-in-space-its-always-1982-2\/\">Down In Space It&#8217;s Always 1982<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Down In Space It&#8217;s Always 1982&#8221; &#8212; Willceau Illo News\" src=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2010\/07\/16\/down-in-space-its-always-1982-2\/embed\/#?secret=CjHYGZ8RDw#?secret=GlOLJHxHqG\" data-secret=\"GlOLJHxHqG\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Jx2ehsap4a\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2010\/07\/19\/duckworks-swan-song-the-partys-over-2\/\">DUCKWORK&#8217;s Swan Song: The Party&#8217;s Over<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;DUCKWORK&#8217;s Swan Song: The Party&#8217;s Over&#8221; &#8212; Willceau Illo News\" src=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2010\/07\/19\/duckworks-swan-song-the-partys-over-2\/embed\/#?secret=yx99nT9bDl#?secret=Jx2ehsap4a\" data-secret=\"Jx2ehsap4a\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20161206022900\/http:\/\/www.co2comics.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/03\/the-comic-companyduckwork\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"46855\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2024\/07\/05\/the-absolute-final-issue-of-duckwork\/co2-blog-old\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/co2-blog-old.jpg?fit=794%2C682&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"794,682\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"co2-blog-old\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/co2-blog-old.jpg?fit=640%2C550&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-46855\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/co2-blog-old.jpg?resize=200%2C172&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/co2-blog-old.jpg?resize=300%2C258&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/co2-blog-old.jpg?resize=768%2C660&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/co2-blog-old.jpg?w=794&amp;ssl=1 794w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>Gerry Giovinco<\/strong><\/em> who was the editor in chief of <em><strong>DUCKWORK<\/strong> <\/em>had written his own terrific history of that paper in his website <em>CO2 Comics<\/em>. Sadly, the site is now defunct, but I was able to find it archived in a couple of locations. You can find it at <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20161206022900\/http:\/\/www.co2comics.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/03\/the-comic-companyduckwork\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Wayback Machine<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/oJJA3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archive.is<\/a>. Take a look &#8212; the photos are a hoot!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It may have taken 42 years, but the latest and, sadly, the last issue of DUCKWORK is out!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43504,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[31,7,49,104],"tags":[33,148,158,130,1137,17,8,12,9,5854,133,43,3661,5,138,354,3669,137,5855,3202,879,3330,480],"class_list":["post-43503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blast-from-the-past","category-illustration","category-it-came-from-the-sketchbook","category-philadelphia","tag-1980s","tag-148","tag-analog","tag-art-school","tag-broad-street","tag-cartoon","tag-cartoons","tag-co2-comics","tag-comics","tag-duck","tag-duckwork","tag-humor","tag-illustration","tag-joe-williams","tag-pca","tag-pennsylvania","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-college-of-art","tag-quack","tag-uarts","tag-unicorn","tag-university-of-the-arts","tag-usa"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Header-The-Last-Duckwork.jpg?fit=800%2C269&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-bjF","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1250,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2010\/07\/14\/naked-lady-falling-down-the-stairs\/","url_meta":{"origin":43503,"position":0},"title":"Naked Lady Falling Down The Stairs","author":"Joe_Williams","date":"July 14, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"DUCKWORK No. 5 came out in November of 1981, and I think this was the last issue of the year. Mid-terms were coming up and everybody was going to be way too busy to squeeze out another issue before winter break. It was the 16 page Sex Issue complete with\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blast from the Past&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Blast from the Past","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/blast-from-the-past\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/DW-6pack.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1224,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2010\/07\/13\/does-head-cheese-taste-the-same-coming-up-as-it-does-going-down\/","url_meta":{"origin":43503,"position":1},"title":"Does Head Cheese Taste The Same Coming Up?","author":"Joe_Williams","date":"July 13, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"DUCKWORK No. 4 - October 1981 If I hadn't done so earlier, this was the issue that convinced me to venture up to the 13th Floor and drop in on the DUCKWORK offices. Gerry's cartoon of a vomiting duck placed in front of a halftone of the school building at\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blast from the Past&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Blast from the Past","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/blast-from-the-past\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/missing-video.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/missing-video.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/missing-video.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":38008,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2022\/06\/26\/duckwork-april-1981\/","url_meta":{"origin":43503,"position":2},"title":"DUCKWORK April 1981","author":"Joe","date":"June 26, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Embedded below is a PDF of the April 1981 edition of DUCKWORK which was CREATED FOR THE PHILADELPHIA COLLEGE OF ART COMMUNITY. It was a newspaper put together by PCA students for PCA students, and I found a pile of them free for the taking in the entrance of the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blast from the Past&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Blast from the Past","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/blast-from-the-past\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/DUCKWORK-APR-1981-BANNER.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/DUCKWORK-APR-1981-BANNER.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/DUCKWORK-APR-1981-BANNER.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1450,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2010\/08\/03\/swamp-things-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":43503,"position":3},"title":"Swamp Things","author":"Joe_Williams","date":"August 3, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Before you read this entry, head over to CO2 Comics' Blog NOW and read Gerry Giovinco's history of DUCKWORK. 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I have written about this particular issue previously on this website, but I've recently became aware of a plug-in that gives me the ability to embed\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blast from the Past&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Blast from the Past","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/blast-from-the-past\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":37912,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2022\/06\/18\/duckwork\/","url_meta":{"origin":43503,"position":5},"title":"DUCKWORK","author":"Joe","date":"June 18, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Back in the fall of 1981 when I was starting my freshman year at The Philadelphia College of Art, DUCKWORK was the school's quasi-official newspaper. 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