Queer Duck

Queer Duck is an American adult animated web series produced by Icebox Animation that originally appeared on the company's website, then later moved to the American cable network Showtime, where it aired following the American version of Queer as Folk. Although far from featuring the first gay cartoon character, Queer Duck was among the first animated series to have homosexuality as its predominant theme. Like several later television cartoons, Queer Duck was animated in Macromedia Flash. The show was created, written, and executive-produced by Mike Reiss, who also produced network cartoons The Simpsons and The Critic. Queer Duck animation was directed and designed by Xeth Feinberg, in an attempt to be very similar to the animation style of Rocky and Bullwinkle; the theme song was performed by drag celebrity RuPaul. In Canada, Queer Duck aired on Teletoon at Night whilst in the UK it was aired as a short segment as part of magazine show That Gay Show which aired on BBC Choice, the forerunner to BBC Three. Scholar Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes called the use of the term queer duck as "interesting" and described the show as about a "group of American gay animals" with their personalities seemingly "based on gay white men". In 2006, a film adaptation titled Queer Duck: The Movie was released; critical reception to the film was mixed.