Stone Quackers

Did You Know?

• A spin-off web-series, Gothball, ran for 10 episodes on ADHD's YouTube channel from May 1, 2015 to July 3, 2015.
• Dan Nadel of The Comics Journal called Stone Quackers Jones' best creation after Problem Solverz.

Production

Ben Jones, creator of The Problem Solverz for Cartoon Network, developed Stone Quackers after leaving Cartoon Network and working with Fox on the Animation Domination High-Def block. He pitched the series to Fox for that block. In a July 2013 interview, Jones described the series as a "more pure, raw, uncut expression of the same artistic impulse" that manifested the character Alfe from Solverz, and stated only that "there will be feathers" in the series. Fox announced in April 2014 that the Animation Domination High-Def block would cease broadcast on June 28, 2014, though its programs would continue on digital platforms. As a result, development of the show became unknown. Stone Quackers was ultimately moved to FXX, where a special preview aired at midnight on October 27, 2014. A short Vine video was also posted by the network.

Characters

Whit (voiced by Whitmer Thomas) is a yellow duck who wears a red hat. He is a slacker prone to erratic behavior and severe lapses of judgement. Clay (voiced by Clay Tatum) is a blue duck who wears a gray hat. Like Whit, he is a slacker. He owns a pet bicolor cat named Gothfield (a reference to Garfield). Barf (voiced by Ben Jones) is Whit and Clay's fat friend. He is dim-witted and suffers from poor impulse control, very similar to Alfe from The Problem Solverz, who Jones also voices using the same voice. Dottie (voiced by Heather Lawless) is Whit and Clay's friend. She lusts after Officer Barry, but mental illness prevents her from forming a relationship with him. Officer Barry (voiced by John C. Reilly) is an inept police officer who faces abuse from his family at home. He delivers internal monologues whenever he appears. In "Hemispheres", Barry states that he is French-Canadian; his fellow officers think he is Italian. Bug (voiced by Budd Diaz) is a child from the neighborhood. He is usually depicted as naive and childlike, but has a tendency to occasionally make darker and more sinister statements.