Queer Duck

Queer Duck was a short animated series introduced on Icebox.com in 1999 and later moved the Showtime cable television network in 2002, where aired as a supporting feature to the American version of Queer as Folk. Although far from being the first homosexual cartoon character, Queer Duck was the first animated TV series to have homosexuality as its predominant theme. Also unusual for a TV cartoon, it was animated in Macromedia Flash.

Characters and cast

The title character (voiced by Jim J. Bullock) is a duck who works as a nurse. His boyfriend, Openly Gator (voice by Kevin Michael Richardson) is shy and insecure. Their friends throughout the series are Bi-Polar Bear (voice by Ren & Stimpy actor Billy West) and the urbane Oscar Wildcat (veteran voice actor Maurice LaMarche).

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Jim J. Bullock - Nurse - Kevin Michael Richardson - Ren & Stimpy - Billy West - Maurice LaMarche

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Recurring supporting characters include Queer Duck's in-denial mother (played by Estelle Harris, George's mother on Seinfeld) and the group's nemesis, Dr. Laura Schlessinger (played by prolific voice actress Tress MacNeille).

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Estelle Harris - Seinfeld - Dr. Laura Schlessinger - Tress MacNeille

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The show was created and written by Mike Reiss, executive producer of network cartoons The Simpsons and The Critic. The animation was directed and designed by Xeth Feinberg.

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Mike Reiss - The Simpsons - The Critic

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