I'll explain who this character is and why the art is the way it is later. Right now, let's see what's going on in the world of DuckBill the Dinosaur...
Seems DuckBill is at a game store. A sign reads,
"The New Games For The New Console $80 Ea.
(Only for The Switch-2-Expensive!)"
another sign,
"The Old Games For The Old Console $50 Ea."
DuckBill selects a game from the 'Old' shelf.
DUCKBILL: "Only a fool pays $80 for a video game! I'll stick to the old console and its $50 games, thank you very much!"
And so DuckBill buys a $50 game and goes home to his castle to play it...
DuckBill downloads his game and is greeted with messages...
GAME: You must register an account to play this game! Sign up for free or pay $9.99 to sign up for VIP status---we promise there's a difference!
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This game has new DLC! Please pay $19.99 to unlock!"
DuckBill 'Hms' cynically to himself.
GAME: "Earn in-game currency for free: only 99 hours of grinding required! Or fill your treasure chest for only $29.99 (not like you bought this game to actually play it!)
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Want better graphics (who doesn't!) For only $4.99 we will turn the sharpness dial to the right a little!
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Increase the stats of your character! Only $9.99 per boost!
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Want a new hairstyle or outfit for your character? Unlock all customization for only $14.99!
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Please buy the almost-identical other version of this game so you can have the full experience! Only $50!"
DuckBill braces himself and smashes the 'Accept All' button
DUCKBILL: "Ok! Well, here goes!"
Suddenly a knock is heard at the door of DuckBill!
MAILCARRIER: "Mail's here! It's your credit-card statement!"
DuckBill opens his statement,
STATEMENT: "BILL: $184.94"
DuckBill's computer chirps---someone posted a message on Gamer Chat HQ!
CHAT: "$80 for games? Are these people crazy!?"
DUCKBILL (typing angrily): "$80? We should be so lucky!"
...yeah I don't know much about modern gaming---I've *never once played a console game that was connected to the internet. That said, I know the true cost of a game doesn't end at the game's purchase, but may continually generate money for its publisher via micro-/macro- transactions made over the life of the game (which can extend many years).
And as with some games (Pokemon, esp.) you need to buy two or three of what's effectively the same game in order to have the complete package.
*so this comic probably got something wrong, or has at least exaggerated it.
Also, I made this story up as I went and wasn't sure how to end it. In retrospect, I should have ended it with the credit-card-statement panel (or, better, have DB reply "What's the difference!?").
Suffice it to say the last game I purchased new from a store was Final Fantasy VII, from Kay-Bee, forever ago (as I remember, mine was only $20 or so and had 'Greatest Hits' written on its cover, so it was likely a rerelease). Yeah, I'm old.
Anyway, who is DuckBill?
DuckBill is a character I created in the late 1980s, probably (if I really had to guess) in 1987 (I was six lol). ^^
I guess it kinda shows; I've drawn DuckBill here pretty much the same way I drew him way back when (DuckBill's design is somewhat based on Ed Emberley's 'penguin' from 'The Big Purple Drawing Book').
I did not try improve or modernize DuckBill---again, I wanted to draw DuckBill as he appeared in the 80s.
I won't go TOO far into the character's history, save to say I was into dinosaurs when I was little and wanted one of my own. I also liked clothes for some autistic reason, so I usually drew DuckBill wearing a bow or a tie, with a topper. ^^
The character lived in a castle, but his castle just sat among normal houses on a generic city street (DuckBill is very pretentious!).
DuckBill is the reason I draw my comics on notebook paper. Digressing, but notebook paper is good for me---it is in keeping with the 'style' of my art and helps keep it off sites with quality standards (the art can often do that on its own, but the ruled paper certainly helps). ^^
Anyway, my grandmother would buy me those 3- or 5-subject note books to take with me to church, to keep me quiet during service. I'd sit in the pew and draw DuckBill pages (almost to the point of exclusivity).
The character was very important to me---I kept him around until roughly 1993 or so, once my interest in dinosaurs and 'need' to have a puppet character went away.
Why did I draw DuckBill today?
To answer that, I'd need to get into another 'My Art Sucks' rant that no one wants to read and that I don't feel like writing. Let it be enough to say I drew this cartoon as a vent of indignation against my 'talent'.
Pencil...
This art wasn't worth a pencil. It's not worth digging through my collection to find a pencil to go with this comic's theme, neither is it a good use of my time to line up a pencil against the paper so it would look good next to the picture. Last, if I featured a nice pencil with this, I'd only feel guilty after deleting it once self-consciousness kicked in (and it will). So, no pencil.
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