The Tyranny of Age and Time

Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, March 22, 2025



Time is something that affects us all and as we age we become more aware of it because it seems to speed up, things become less permanent, and we become aware of our own mortality and mortality in general. Humans are a very long lived species as things go but ...

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Diamonds Are Forever?

Gunwallace at 12:00AM, Feb. 20, 2025



Diamond Comic Distributors has gone bankrupt. As someone who once worked in a comic book shop, back in the 80s and 90s, it was something of a shock. I came over all nostalgic for their blue logo. I still have a number of cardboard boxes crammed with comics that have ...

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Poetry time 101: Caurcassus

Andreas_Helixfinger at 12:00AM, Dec. 22, 2024



Predicating Xerkes of Xanitorium
Sleeping forever within your crematorium
Allseeing in a vacuum watching
Blessmade by mindframed swatching
Your pets are dancing in the flying blaze of Babylon
Inside Caurcassus stands Mnemnon in a bloodied pantalon
Predicating respite of knowledge behind columns of moratorium
Predicating Xerxes of Xanitorium

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Not Because it is Easy, but Because it is Hard

Banes at 12:00AM, Dec. 12, 2024



In our Quackcast about Non-Linear storytelling this week, I had a tangent of a thought about the value of difficult or challenging fiction as opposed to stories that are easier to understand.

An unusual structure to a story can be challenging to understand, but if it's done well, the ...



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Quackcast 715 - Apocalypse

Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Nov. 26, 2024

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This is the third in our weapons trilogy and it's about what happens AFTER the ultimate weapons have done their work: Apocalypse! The end of all things… This term comes from the bible, with the Book ...


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Quackcast 713 - Gunwallace, Master Composer

Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Nov. 12, 2024

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Today we have onboard with us our resident theme maker, our classic composer and musical genius! He does all the DD comic inspired themes that regularly appear on the Quackcast and has done so for the last ...


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Quackcast 712 - Guncast

Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Nov. 5, 2024

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This week we're talking the development of weapons, tactics and armour over the millennia. This is a fun little overview of everything from ancient stone weapons, to bronze, to iron, steel, guns, tanks, and jet-fighters and ...


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Quackcast 710 - Ducks in in the wind

Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Oct. 22, 2024

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-Cover image: female Sagittarius silhouette pic by Tantz that only took a moment to create but its impact was way larger!

The fleeting greatness ducks of in the wind! This is a weird one based on a ...




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Did I Miss Anything?

Banes at 12:00AM, Aug. 15, 2024



I just read a story about a man who left home in 1991, going missing.

About thirty years later, a stranger drove up to the home and dropped the man off. He was back, and his relatives were obviously shocked. The guy was now in his 90's, and wearing ...



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VOTING Ballot Box OPEN!! A Detailed Look at the 2024 Drunk Duck Awards Ballot Categories. VOTE BY JULY 6th!!

kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, June 17, 2024


Photo: “FYC: Calling In a Favor” by HawkandFloAdventures. (2024)

There is still time to get votes into the ballot box — THREE MORE WEEKS - - to be exact. If you still have the ability to vote, but have not clicked the ballot link posted last week, then here is a more in ...


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