Quackcast 748 - The Months

Tantz Aerine showcased LGBTQ+ comics and creators for Pride month in June with the help of Skyangel, Mainly on Bluesky. It went to so well that she came up with the amazing idea of doing more monthly features for other themes. She doesn't want to dictate to us what those theme should be though, she wants input into the idea so we can all come up with good themes together! The idea behind a month long showcase isn't to be socially conscious so much as having a reason to bring more promotion to creators- that's important to remember. This is marketing :)

We have a forum thread discussion* where people have shared their own recommendations. InkyMoondrop, Bravo1102, Lothar, Dragonsong12, PaulEberhardt, Kawaiidaigakusei, and J_Scarbrough had some great suggestions already!

PaulEberhardt:
- April as Autism acceptance Month.
- December as Universal Human Rights Month
- December's also Learn a Foreign Language Month.
- October is Dyslexia, Depression and Breast Cancer.

Bravo1102:
- February is Black African heritage month
- March is Woman's heritage month
- November is for war, veterans and remembrance.

Dragonsong12:
- Hispanic heritage
- Mental health

Lothar:
- Relationships
- Mental health
-Drugs and alcohol
- Poverty
- Religion
- Politics
- War
- Existential dread

Ozoneocean (me):
– Erotic comics awareness month
– mixed media comics
– Newspaper strips
– Political creators
– War
– Romance
– Female creators
– Creators who started before the digital age.

Kawaiidaigakusei:
- Alien Month
- Furry and Scaly Month
- mental health
- Language Other than English Month
- Fantasy Month

J_Scarbrough:
- October: Scary comics
- December: Christmas, good will, happy celebration theme.

All good suggestions but some of them can be joined into others I think? Something like “Hispanic Heritage” could go into a category like Kawaii's “Language Other than English Month”, and “Poverty” and “Drugs and alcohol” could be subsets of “Mental Health”? Also on the Quackcast Banes suggested February for “Romance” because of valentines day. Please give your opinions and suggestion! Tantz wants a popular vote of these.

This week Gunwallace has given us a musical theme inspired by Over the Asphodels - Creeping, crawling, sneaking, and snarling from a delicate orchestral beginning into a grinding, heavy electronica

Topics and shownotes

Links

*Let's design DD Month Events together! (forum thread) https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/forum/topic/180026/

Featured comic:
Tech Rush - https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/news/2025/jul/08/featured-comic-tech-rush/

Featured music:
Over the Asphodels - https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/Over_the_Asphodels/ - by Ma_Na, 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
Kawaiidaigakusei - https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/kawaiidaigakusei
Banes - https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/Banes/

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