He is a parody of political correctness in America, afraid of offending anyone or anything. Mallard did not attend journalism school, a fact repeatedly commented on in the comic, usually as an explanation as to why Mallard does not understand something about the WFDR news priorities. He appears to be quite fond of Ann Coulter. The date did not go well because he did not agree with her politics.
Mallard seems to be conscious of the fact that he is a fictional cartoon character, and is capable of "feeling poorly drawn." Mallard is also a bachelor, though in 2002 he had a date with a human woman he met in line at the post office. Occasionally, he will mention a study done by the "Fillmore Foundation," a think tank which may or may not actually exist in the comic strip, which he presumably heads. Mallard's politics are very close to, if not one and the same as, cartoonist Bruce Tinsley's Tinsley told the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review that "Mallard really is about as close to me as you can get," in an October 2005 interview.Īlthough WFDR appears to be a small, local channel, Mallard is still capable of interviewing famous politicians such as Al Gore. He is often in a state of outrage over the news item of the day, usually involving liberals. Mallard yearns for the "good old days," and views himself as a victimized underdog in a world that is being overrun with political correctness, religious secularism, and hypocrisy. He does not exhibit any ducklike behavior, and the other characters (who are all human) never comment on his species, except in the strip setting up the premise. Even when the daily strip is printed in color, Mallard generally appears as solid black. He is a seasoned conservative reporter for fictional television station WFDR-TV in Washington, D.C., which hired him in order to fill its quota for "Amphibious Americans."Īlthough Mallard is a mallard duck, he is only occasionally shown with a mallard's coloring. Mallard Fillmore is the main character in the comic strip. Mallard getting hired for being an "Amphibious American". On March 9, 2020, new comics of Mallard Fillmore have been produced under the signature of a different artist, Fishman. The strip was later picked up for national syndication by King Features Syndicate, which began distributing it in May 1994.Īfter November 23, 2019, Mallard Fillmore stopped updating with new content and instead reprinted old comics. Tinsley started sending samples of Mallard Fillmore, then known as The Fillmore File, to newspapers across the country and was eventually picked up by The Washington Times, which began running it in 1992. A duck, which Bruce named "Mallard Fillmore," was accepted, and made his debut in the paper. In 1991, Bruce Tinsley, who was an editorial cartoonist for the Charlottesville, Virginia paper The Daily Progress, was asked to create a cartoon character as a mascot for the newspaper's entertainment page. 4.3 Depictions of the murder of Marcelo Lucero.
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