Time travel is a narrative trap. It's quicksand.
It's very alluring to use, being able to put a person from one historical era into another and watch as shenanigans ensue, but very quickly, a writer (and often the audience too) discovers that it quickly unravels, and the story ...

On Time Travel Yarns
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Aug. 3, 2019A confused rant about setup and payoff
Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, May 3, 2019
After seeing both the recent episode of Game of Thrones and Avengers: Endgame, I walked away wondering why I felt slightly unfulfilled. I’m going to go into spoiler territory here, so if you haven’t seen either GOT or Endgame it might be best to steer clear of this ...
QUACKCAST 171 - Let's do the timecast again!
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, June 17, 2014 LISTEN!
- Bad art by me, Ozoneocean “Frankenfueter”.
Content:
Hello!
This is Banes from the future.
I've come back to warn you of a grim, grim fate that awaits us all. Please go back in time and contribute to the Quackcast on the subject of time travel. Last time, you ...
FRIDAY NEWSPOST – Niccea is missing?! And join us for the live call-in Quackcast TOMORROW!
HippieVan at 12:00AM, May 30, 2014LIVE PHONE-IN QUACKCAST
Ozoneocean and Banes are recording an extra special Quackcast tomorrow! They're going to be taking questions from people over Skype, as well as Twitter and Google+, starting at 11am Eastern Time.
Check out the forum thread for more details: http://theduckwebcomics.com/forum/topic/176150/
DD ...
Time for a super huge news post with lots of news!
skoolmunkee at 12:01AM, July 15, 2013
First up is stuff about the 2013 Drunk Duck Awards! Hit that link to send in your votes! Those votes will nominate the comics which go to the final round for judging… so if you want a comic to win an award, it's important to VOTE!!! Second and thirdly ...
The Carriers collected edition, lots of community stuff, a super-big contest and more!
skoolmunkee at 5:24AM, May 6, 2011
Walrus's WWE The Comic is turning 400 pages old! WoooOOOOOOooooo!
Dark Pascual's Shaman Quest has reached a good 450 pages, and the story is barely beginning! Congrats!
The Carriers, a featured comic by roidvoid, would like to print a collected edition! roidvoid (who has already successfully printed individual ...
It's a great day for contest winners, milestones, and time travel!
skoolmunkee at 9:12AM, April 22, 2011Happy Friday, everyone! Where I live, it's sunshiney-warm (rare) and the start of a bunch of holiday days (so no work!) I'm looking forward to the next week- catching up on my comics, checking out lots of your comics, testing things out on The Duck preview site, and ...
MONDAY FEATURE -> Gelotology
skoolmunkee at 12:04AM, June 28, 2010
There's actually a branch of science all about studying humor- did you know that? (It's called gelotology.) Somehow it's hard to imagine humor experiments being conducted by labcoated humor nerds writing for academic-sounding humor journals. Good thing there's webcomics, right? usedbooks has a gem here, a ...
Loads of news today, a little bit of everything! Signups, too!
skoolmunkee at 1:44AM, Aug. 10, 2009Lots of stuff today so listen up!
First up we've got community stuffs:
FUSION SIGNUPS TIME! This is a fun, easy way to get into a community project without a lot of work! The Fusion is kind of a ‘game’ where the first person makes a panel, passes it ...