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De: Michael Morris
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The QuackCast features Ozoneocean, Banes, Tantz Aerine, and Pitface, talking about writing, movies, webcomics, art, politics, philosophy, sexuality, and everything else! We're the hosts of the oldest webcomic host on the net, Drunkduck.com, aka theduckwebcomics. 20 years this year!WOWIO, Inc. Arte
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  • Quackcast 785 - Women in comics

    Quackcast 785 - Women in comics
    Mar 31 2026

    Tantz developed an idea to promote DD creators by doing themed months. DDers were asked to come up with themes that fit various months and when those came around we DDers were asked to nominate creators and their comics to be promoted as part of that themed month. March was chosen to be the Women in Comics month to coincide with Women's History Month. So in this Quackcast we're celebrating our female creators and recapping the success of the themed month.

    DD has been around for well over 20 years now and in that time our site has tried to stay as egalitarian as possible across all fronts. We have always had prominent women creators on the site producing amazing comics and our staff managing DD has always had a fairly equal split between women and men. So why the need for a women in comics month if this is the case? It's because despite all this many women don't feel comfortable having their gender known in case their work is judged and assumptions made because of that and also to avoid certain types of unfavourable attention. The purpose of our women in comics month is to help all of us and comics in general because more equality of representation gives us a diversity of points of views and experiences and that massively enriches our community and the comics available to us to read.

    Who are your fave women comic creators here on DD? Or if you're a woman creator, what has your experience been like here? When I first started posting my own comic here in 2004 Creators like Amelius, Coydog, Skoolmunkee and Blackitty really welcomed me and I was in awe of their work and talent as well as their roles in the community.

    This week our best-off from Gunwallace is: Demon Eater - Jillyfoo's demonic horror comic. This has a gritty, grungy, red sound of rending and tearing, pulsating, and the chittering of unholy insectile monsters!
    Originally from Quackcast 190, 26th of October, 2014.

    Topics and shownotes

    Women in comics Newspost - https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/news/2026/mar/06/march-dd-theme-female-creators/
    Women in comics thread - https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/forum/topic/180217/

    Featured comic:
    Where the Light Falls - https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/news/2026/mar/24/featured-comic-where-the-light-falls/

    Featured music:
    Demon Eater - https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/Demon_Eater/ - by Jillyfoo, rated A.

    Special thanks to:
    Gunwallace - https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/Gunwallace/
    Tantz Aerine - https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/Tantz_Aerine/
    Ozoneocean - https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/ozoneocean
    Banes - https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/Banes/
    Kawaiidaigakusei - https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/kawaiidaigakusei/


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  • Quackcast 784 - Manipulation

    Quackcast 784 - Manipulation
    Mar 24 2026

    This topic is about manipulation and manipulators. This is a super broad topic because manipulation is everywhere: not just unscrupulous people but in normal communication, advertising, story writing, art etc. for good, evil, and purely neutral objectives. But for the purposes of this cast we got Tantz to use her expertise to limit it down to mainly focus on people.

    So what IS manipulation? It's getting others to do things or change their thinking, often against their interests. They think it's their own decision based on their own wants and reasoning but in reality they're behaving in the way that the manipulator wants them to, using triggers, deception, and other clever methods. As children most of us learn how to easily manipulate others through behaviours and actions: things like tantrums, fake tears, being cute etc. Basically big obvious stuff that easily gets a reaction. Thankfully most of us also grow OUT of such crude behaviour, though some silly adults never do, or if they do they go back to it.

    The behaviour of master manipulators is driven by a perception of weakness: they see manipulation as their main available option to exert power because they don't feel they're able to in any other way. They can make great villains. A memorable manipulator villain is the mother in The Sopranos. A great example of the power of nasty manipulators is shown in the 1988 film The Chocolate War (also a great use of Kate Bush's "Running up that Hill"), where one boy's act of rebellion at the school causes him to be the target of a bullying campaign by a master manipulator.

    Sometimes manipulation is unintentional: certain things trip triggers we have and we change our behavior despite our better interests. The whole "sex sells" is based on that. People knowingly take advantage of that but it's ripe for comedy when they don't realise they're doing it. The character Francis in the comic Bottomless Waitress by Banes and I is one such example. The film Something about Mary is an entire story based on this premise because characters romantically fall for Mary, and do whatever they can for her and then they even deliberately manipulate others in their competition for her affections!

    Do you have a character that uses manipulation to get their way or can you think of an example of a noted manipulative character in fiction?

    This week we have another best off from Gunwallace and this time it's - Firefly cross - A very mystical sound, with traditional, middle eastern style music mixed with dark techno fuzz, this one is intriguing!
    Originally from Quackcast 285, 10th Oct, 2016.


    Topics and shownotes

    Links

    Thread about manipulation - https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/forum/topic/180225/

    Featured comic:
    The Fox and Feather Saga Vol One - https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/news/2026/mar/16/featured-comic-the-fox-and-feather-saga-vol-one/

    Featured music:
    Firefly cross - http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/Firefly_Cross/ by Dragonsong12, rated E

    Special thanks to:
    Gunwallace - https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/Gunwallace/
    Tantz Aerine - https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/Tantz_Aerine/
    Ozoneocean - https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/ozoneocean
    Banes - https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/Banes/

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  • Quackcast 783 - Where do we go from here?

    Quackcast 783 - Where do we go from here?
    Mar 17 2026
    Many times in your writing you reach a point where things just peter out and you can't seem to move beyond. We're not really talking about a traditional writer's block here though, it's more like running out of puff, "out of steam" so to speak… You get your story and or characters to a point and then "what now?". Maybe it's because the content of the current story no longer fits with the script you were working on because too many interesting things got added in as you were creating the pages, but now it's all falling apart because the story as it is now is too different from the planned one. Maybe it's because you lose enthusiasm for the current story. It could be that you've seen new trends and styles and fun things you want to include but can't fit them into your current story so you get tired of it. Maybe you don't have a script and can't really work out what to do next. It could be that you find a plot hole and know you'll need a rewrite to move any further. Or maybe you're starting a new chapter but can't work out how to do that. There are many reasons to run out of puff and we chatted about some ways around that in the cast. Again, this is NOT about blocks which are not really related to the writing and are more just psychological. One of the ways was to limit your scope right down: just focus on a few characters in a much more limited set of circumstances or maybe even the point of view of a single character and proceed from what interests and concerns them, what they like, need, and care about, what they experience etc. That means there are less things to worry about, it's easier to crystallise in your mind where you should go with things, and it's also way easier to get your audience to relate to and identify with what you're doing. Another key method is to rely on structure if you can. If you have an old script and old thumbnails and all that stuff, try and see if you can hammer your way back to it. You might not be able to because of later story changes or you may not even have a script, but if you do and you CAN go back to it, it's worth it even if you feel it's a bit old and boring, because it's all planned out already and when you move past the dull stuff you can write more interesting stuff into your script later. Finally another trick is to just jump to another scene completely. It could be a time jump, like two days later or earlier, or even a flashback. You can use dreams, visions, or a recounted story by a character. You can also jump to parallel scenes with other characters in other places, or simply a different character point of view… What are some run-out-off-steam moments you've had and how do you get beyond them? This week our best-off from Gunwallace is: Filaments a Kerbop Story - The mysterious, dark shadowy reaches of space, glowing tendrils of a pink gassy nebula, dimly seen, distant stars, shadowy pockmarked asteroids turning lazily… a happily little junty turn plucked out on strings winds its way through the gloom, spreading cheer and light! Originally from Quackcast 497, 22nd of September, 2020. Topics and shownotes Featured comic: No feature this week because I was sick so enjoy Kawaii's feature from last week: Summer to Winter - https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/news/2026/mar/03/featured-comic-summer-to-winter/ Featured music: Filaments a Kerbop Story - https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/Filaments_a_KerBop_story/ - by Caliway, rated E. Special thanks to: Gunwallace - https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/Gunwallace/ Tantz Aerine - https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/Tantz_Aerine/ Ozoneocean - https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/ozoneocean Banes - https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/Banes/ VIDEO exclusive! Become a subscriber on the $5 level and up to see our weekly Patreon video and get our advertising perks! - https://www.patreon.com/DrunkDuck Even at $1 you get your name with a link on the front page and a mention in the weekend newsposts! Join us on Discord - https://discordapp.com/invite/7NpJ8GS
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