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This week's #Quackcast was

Pick a Side!

With the world going to hell in a basket, we cope by talking about how we write great disruptions in our #webcomics.

Listen to us here! www.theduckwebcomics.com/news/2026/ja...

#podcast #comics
News on The Duck: Quackcast 773 - Pick a Side
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January 6, 2026 at 11:23 PM
portocor.bsky.social
wah, seems like it was TAORA's turn this time! gunwallace from @theduckwebcomics.bsky.social's quackcast made an amazingly contemplative theme for my comic! you guys should check it out here, if you have a moment! www.theduckwebcomics.com/quackcast/ep...
Quackcast on The Duck: Episode 753 - driven by internal struggles
Banes was the brains behind the Quackcast this week! His idea is that a character's internal struggle and how that conflicts with the realities they face can be a great driver for a story. -cribbed fr...
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August 23, 2025 at 11:38 PM
theduckwebcomics.bsky.social
This week's #Quackcast is about

Manipulation!

Listen to us DD Admins talk about what manipulation is and how we write manipulative characters :D

Listen here! www.theduckwebcomics.com/quackcast/ep...

#podcast #webcomics #writing #psychology
Cover image for the Quackcast, with the title "Manipulation" and the green duck logo.
March 24, 2026 at 10:33 PM
theduckwebcomics.bsky.social
This week's #quackcast is all about #fashion and #trends! Not just for clothing, but for #writing and #webcomic styles and even genres and themes!

Listen to us talk about it here:

www.theduckwebcomics.com/news/2025/ju...

#podcast #comics
The title card for this quackcast, called "Chasin' Trends" showing a green duck rushing after a flashy burst of colorful light. Art by Ozoneocean!
July 22, 2025 at 7:57 PM
theduckwebcomics.bsky.social
This week's #quackcast is about discovering new things when we reread #webcomics, #comics, series and moves for a second or more times!

Listen to us talk about it here!
www.theduckwebcomics.com/news/2025/ma...

#podcast #art
A still from the series Archer showing most of the cast is the background for today's Quackcast cover image.
April 2, 2025 at 11:55 PM
theduckwebcomics.bsky.social
Today's #quackcast is all about our resident master composer of over 600 DD #webcomic themes, Gunwallace!

From the intro post:

Today we have onboard with us our resident theme maker...

Read it & listen to the interview here!
www.theduckwebcomics.com/news/2024/no...

#DDnewsposts #quackcast
Cover image for the quackcast, it reads "Gunwallace: master composer" and it has three Star Treck OCs in chibi form, the quackcast logo, and Duck, DD's mascot.
November 12, 2024 at 4:03 PM
theduckwebcomics.bsky.social
Tuesday is #Quackcast day! Today's topic is

Identify with characters?

Is it important to Identify with characters? We discussed the idea long and hard in this Quackcast and came to some interesting conclusions.

Listen to us here!

shorturl.at/kJnAq

#podcast #webcomics #DDNewsPosts #comics #art
The cover image for Quackcast 715: Is it Important to Identify with Characters? Showing a snapshot from the series Rules of Engagement with three of the series' characters.
December 3, 2024 at 12:43 PM
theduckwebcomics.bsky.social
This week's #Quackcast was about

Manipulating your Audience!

As #webcomic creators, we want to make our audience feel things and engage with our story. How do we do that? Listen to us DD admins share!

Listen here: www.theduckwebcomics.com/news/2026/ap...

#podcast #writing #comics
A looming green duck holding a puppet's strings in either hand, being a master puppeteer is the image for this week's Quackcast! Art by Ozoneocean!
April 23, 2026 at 9:07 PM
theduckwebcomics.bsky.social
This week's #quackcast is about #writing #novels!

Listen to us talk about the endeavor and what it takes to do!

www.theduckwebcomics.com/news/2025/ju...

#webcomics #books #art
A book with the words "Quackcast 747" on the spine and a big plane with the number 747 on the cover is the image for this weeks Quackcast. Image by Ozoneocean!
July 9, 2025 at 12:21 AM
theduckwebcomics.bsky.social
This week's #Quackcast was about

Living in your #webcomic world!

Listen to us DD Admins talk about whether we'd like to live in our own comics' world- or whose!

Listen here: www.theduckwebcomics.com/news/2026/ma...

#podcast #worldbuilding
A few humorous frames from the webcomic Typical Strange by Banes make the cover for today's Quackcast! They show a blond delivery girl looking at a black haired guy sitting idly making faces at his workplace.
June 2, 2026 at 6:09 PM
theduckwebcomics.bsky.social
This week's #Quackcast is about

Where We Go From Here!

Listen to us DD admins talk about what we do when it's hard to pick a story back up!

Listen to us here: www.theduckwebcomics.com/news/2026/ma...

#podcast #webcomics #storywriting
A green duck resembling that meme where John Travolta is looking around for anyone, bewildered, is the cover for this week's quackcast! Art by ozoneocean!
March 18, 2026 at 2:58 PM
theduckwebcomics.bsky.social
This week's #Quackcast is all about

Conflict!

Listen to us DD admins do a skit trying to interrogate Oz a la senate hearing, and then discuss how #webcomic characters handle conflict!

Listen to us here: www.theduckwebcomics.com/news/2025/oct/19/quackcast-762-handling-conflict/

#podcast #art
Cover image for Quackcast 762, a black background with the red glowing words "Handling Conflict".
October 21, 2025 at 10:43 PM
theduckwebcomics.bsky.social
This week's #quackcast is part 2 of

Plotting or Pantsin?

Listen to us DD admins continue to comment and read on our amazing DD #artists talking about how they craft their stories in their #webcomics!

Listen here:

www.theduckwebcomics.com/news/2025/de...

#podcast #storytelling #comics
A green duck looking smug and an orange yet looking confused and dizzy is the image for this week's quackcast! Art by Ozoneocean.
December 17, 2025 at 12:24 AM
theduckwebcomics.bsky.social
This week's #quackcast is about #painting in #webcomics. Specifically, this one's on

Sky and Sea!

Listen to us talk about how we do it!

www.theduckwebcomics.com/news/2025/fe...

#podcast #art #artists #comics
A split image, with the painting of a sky on top and sea at the bottom is the cover image for this week's quackcast. There's also glimpse of a scifi tromper on the right breaking waves.
February 18, 2025 at 11:11 PM
theduckwebcomics.bsky.social
This week's #quackcast was about characters

Overqualified and Overplayed!

Listen to us talk about characters with professional mad skillz to the point they're almost magic at their job! Have you got one of those?

Listen here!

shorturl.at/N0oWn

#podcast #webcomics #writing #characterbuild
A collage of super-qualified, extremely good at their job characters: James Bond, Sherlock Holmes, Jack Hodgins from Bones comprise the cover image for this week's Quackcast!
June 17, 2025 at 6:10 PM
theduckwebcomics.bsky.social
This week's #Quackcast is about #censorship!

Listen to us talk about censorship in #webcomics and #art in general here:

www.theduckwebcomics.com/news/2025/ju...

#podcast #comics
A cussing duck censored with a big 'censored' stamp on his bill is this week's quackcast cover image. Art by Ozoneocean!
July 29, 2025 at 11:23 PM
theduckwebcomics.bsky.social
This week's #Quackcast is about endings and if the author that created the original story should get to write it, even if they're taking their sweet time about it.

Listen to us talk about it here:

shorturl.at/NT3AP

#podcast #webcomics #art
An angry green duck that is buff and looks like Conan the Barbarian is scowling at a much scrawnier green duck that was writing "End?" in a book, the image for this week's Quackcast! Art by Ozoneocean!
September 4, 2025 at 8:51 PM
theduckwebcomics.bsky.social
This week's #quackcast is again about #censorship- this time, about how we handle it when we need to restrict content on The Duck (which is EXTREMELY RARE). Listen to us talk about our trials and tribulations when we need to do what we hate the most:

shorturl.at/83W6H

#podcast #webcomics #comics
Three green ducks, one covering his eyes, the other his bill and the other the sides of his head where ears would be, is the cover for today's Quackcast! Title of the quackcast is Censor 3: How it works on DD. Art by Ozoneocean!
August 12, 2025 at 5:25 PM
theduckwebcomics.bsky.social
Today's #quackcast is a real treat, as we have on The Doodler as our guest to talk about how she uses light for #storytelling in #webcomics!

Listen to us talk about #tips & #art #techniques and learn more about the stunning #artwork of The Doodler's #comic The Second Crimean War!

shorturl.at/pxxoZ
A panel from the webcomic The Second Crimean War by The Doodler shows people climbing up a silo's ladder, from darkness into daylight above, with snowflakes falling inside the opening along with the light's rays. Image is in grayscale and serves as today's cover image for the Quackcast, with permission!
March 11, 2025 at 8:56 PM
theduckwebcomics.bsky.social
This week's #quackcast was about

Getting along in a creative collaborative community!

Such is The Duck, and us Admins discuss DD culture/zeitgeist, our strict anti-AI policy, and how we create a truly inclusive community!

Listen to us here: www.theduckwebcomics.com/news/2026/ju...

#podcast
An image of Tantz Aerine's DD avatar collaged onto a judge's body is today's cover image for the DD Quackcast! Collage by Ozoneocean!
June 10, 2026 at 8:54 PM
portocor.bsky.social
gunwallace on @theduckwebcomics.bsky.social's quackcast composed a theme for TEMPERAMENTAL in their latest episode. a welcome surprise! it features early in the segment but stick around and give the rest of the pod a listen if you like narrative trope talk. www.theduckwebcomics.com/quackcast/ep...
Quackcast on The Duck: Episode 731 - Contrariancast
I love those characters who bitch and moan and want to do things differently, although they don't usually take up the leadership role themselves, they just THINK they should be leader instead, but the...
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March 21, 2025 at 2:42 PM
theduckwebcomics.bsky.social
Last week's #quackcast was about the eternal dilemma:

Plotting or Pantsing?

Listen to us DD admins talk about how we and the awesome DD artists in our community craft their stories. Do they plan or improvise?

Listen to part 1 here: www.theduckwebcomics.com/news/2025/de...

#podcast #webcomics
A snazzy green duck and a confused orange yeti, Banes' avatar, is the cover for today's quackcast. Art by Ozoneocean!
December 15, 2025 at 7:46 PM
theduckwebcomics.bsky.social
This week's #Quackcast is all about #horror, since it's #DDHorrorMonth!

Listen to us DD admins talk about #comics and #webcomics we loved of this genre, as well as movies and other #art!

Listen to us here: shorturl.at/nYSE4

#halloween
A body glowing so much its skeleton is visible through its lit flesh is rising from burning lava water, the cover image for today's Quackcast on horror. Art by Tantz Aerine!
October 7, 2025 at 2:55 PM
theduckwebcomics.bsky.social
This week's #Quackcast is again about #censorship, this time by the social media moguls. Ironically, *after* recording this #podcast we, The Duck, were also hit with it!

So listen to us talk about it *before* we got the axe on instagram or facebook here!

shorturl.at/pw2zs

#webcomics #comics
A collage of logos of X, facebook, instagram, youtube and google, together with images of Bezos, Musk, and Zuckerberg each featuring devil horns on their head is the cover image for today's Quackcast!
August 5, 2025 at 9:23 PM
theduckwebcomics.bsky.social
This week's #quackcast was our annual

Christmascast!

Listen to us DD admins look at everything we've done this year as artists and admins for the internet's oldest hosting platform (that still lives!)

Listen here: www.theduckwebcomics.com/news/2025/de...

#podcast #webcomics #comics #Christmas
A green duck dressed in a santa costume is looking at an army of orange yet santa's helpers wearing green hats and boots. In the background there's a big Christmas tree. The image for this week's Quackcast, art by Ozoneocean!
December 23, 2025 at 9:04 PM