I've spent a lot of this year dealing with the fallout of the death of a close friend. For whatever reason he picked as his executor a woman that none of the rest of his friends and family get along with. Actually, that's downplaying it. Most of them ...

Writing unsavoury people
Gunwallace at 12:00AM, June 5, 2025Quackcast 741 - Hooks
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, May 27, 2025 LISTEN on our player!
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Sometimes you get hooked into things, you become a fan and you wonder how you got there. A while ago you were laughing at those dorky, obsessed fans over there and now suddenly you're ...
Random Quail comics
Gunwallace at 12:00AM, May 22, 2025
The ‘Quail’s Random' list of comics on The Duck front page is a holdover from the early days of Drunk Duck. There have been occasional noises made about removing it, but when push comes to shove people have spoken up for the random list. Personally, I like it. It ...
Chuck Cunningham Syndrome in Comics
Gunwallace at 12:00AM, May 15, 2025
The old 70s sitcom, Happy Days, is a mine of tropes. It's where we get the phrase “Jump the Shark” as there was an episode where The Fonz water-skied over a shark for some reason. Happy Days was also a spin-off generator, giving us Laverne and Shirley, Mork and ...
InkyMoondrop Debuts New Comic “The Odds”, Chapter 8 Wraps in Imago, Nebraska, Chapter 9 Begins Today; Create a Drunk Duck Awards 2025 For Your Consideration (FYC) Page!!
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, May 12, 2025
Photo: “-Spring- Ch.8: Page 75 ”. Imago, Nebraska, created by InkyMoondrop. (May 2025)
InkyMoondrop writes:
“Hi again!
A Chapter 8 ending announcement for Imago, Nebraska.
It should end this week, so a new chapter begins by Monday. There's only two left from the first Book and the second Book ...
My Life as an American Hero 3 Scores 100- Milestone; Create a Drunk Duck Awards 2025 For Your Consideration (FYC) Page!!
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, May 5, 2025
Photo: “Page 97”. My Life as an American Hero 3 created by Agentny003. (April 2025)
Agentny003 writes:
“Hey. Just thought I'd let you know “My Life as an American Hero 3” has made it's 100 page milestone.”
Comic Link
https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/My_Life_as_an_American_Hero_3_Three/
My Life as an ...
Quackcast 737 - Why take over the world?
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, April 29, 2025 LISTEN on our player!
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People in stories, especially bad guys in stories usually want to take over the world, but why? What's really to gain? Even in reality it's a complex question. That's what we're ...
The Return of the Drunk Duck Awards Season (2025 Edition)
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, April 28, 2025
The Drunk Duck Awards - 2025 Forum Discussion
https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/forum/topic/179956/
Niccea writes:
“First of all I am so sorry for getting started so late. I have made several attempts to get started, but found many different distractions.
“The Awards celebrate the comics, authors, and users that ...
On Utopias
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, April 26, 2025
It may just be my impression, but usually when a story is set in a dystopian setting, the dystopia is played straight. However, when the characters encounter or start off in a utopian setting, they almost always will end up realizing that the utopia is actually a mirage, and in ...
Books in the News
Gunwallace at 12:00AM, April 24, 2025
Now, the good Professor always follows up his “Good News, Everyone” with decidedly bad news. But for this week, that can wait. And I was going to spend the first part of this newspost looking at some of the more depressing stories about books from around the world, but end ...