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“Passing the mantle” is an interesting phrase. Many claim it comes from a biblical origin; the prophet Elijah was said to have passed his mantle to Elisha when he ascended to heaven, thereby symbolically transferring his authority ...

Quackcast 685 - mantle
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, April 30, 2024Character Deep Dive: Molly Lusc
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, April 20, 2024
Today’s Character Deep Dive is on the intriguing Molly Lusc from the comic Molly Lusc by Andreas Helixfinger!
Molly Lusc is a straight up noir comic complete with an origin story… sort of… of the main character and primary detective Molly Lusc. It has a lot of the noir ...
Quackcast 680 - Intelligence in Fiction
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, March 26, 2024 LISTEN on our player!
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Today we're talking about the depiction of “intelligence” in fiction! There are a lot of ways this shows up: the genius detective who can understand any clue and uncover any lie, the amazing doctor who can ...
Panel By Panel: Three Resources You Should Be Using For Your Webcomic
hpkomic at 3:20PM, March 22, 2024
Hello, everyone, and welcome to Panel by Panel, a periodic exploration of comic panels around The Duck.
Last time we had a look back at the work of the great Akira Toriyama, as a sort of a breaking/emergency version of the column. This week I wish to return to ...
Actions and the Unaware
Banes at 12:00AM, Feb. 29, 2024
A classic scene that terrified audiences back in the day was that moment in Halloween where an out-of focus Michael Myers (“The Shape”) sits up behind the traumatized Jamie Lee Curtis. “Behind you! BEHIND YOU!” The audience screamed. The audience knowing something threatening that the character doesn't see plays ...
Quackcast 676 - Baby it's cold outside, cultural context
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Feb. 27, 2024 LISTEN on our player!
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Oh baby it's cold outside… That's a tricky song, well it's not really but a few years ago the silly pop-culture warriors on Twitter started acting as if the song was all “rapey” with ...
Panel By Panel: How Do We Know What We're Seeing? (feat. 'VIRTUS')
hpkomic at 1:04PM, Feb. 23, 2024
Hello, everyone, and welcome to Panel by Panel, a periodic exploration of comic panels around The Duck.
Last time, we discussed expanding the scope of the topics covered in Panel By Panel, but I promised we'd get back to the normal swing this time. We have another panel to ...
Social Issues in Fantasy (Part 1)
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Feb. 3, 2024
During times of censorship, or times where exploring issues in the real world might be tricky, using fantasy or science fiction to do it is a real and viable solution. Dressing up the thing you want to explore into something cute and fuzzy might be just the way to go ...
Quackcast 671 - Art Vs the Artist
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Jan. 23, 2024 LISTEN on our player!
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Art VS the artist! Can you infer something about the creator from their creation? Do you think the art is an accurate reflection of the artist?
For THIS Quackcast I wanted to tackle the idea of whether ...