The Ask Jeph thread

[Zombiedude]

Yoink

[Coffee_Kaioken]

since you keep your replies short and quick, I'll follow suite:

- can we see a strip or two of Hannelore herself visiting the shrink that Faye does, since Hannelore's the one who recommended her

- are you thinking of taking ideas from your own visits with the shrink and incorporating them into Faye's/Hannelore's (?) visits with the shrink?

[Jeans]

I can answer both of those for you -

no

and

no

[Orbert]

I love it when people "Ask Jeph" but others answer for him.

[Jeans]

well yeah but it's like...

"Jeph, are you going to draw a strip with content I am suggesting in this post?"

"Jeph, are you going to reveal the contents of your private therapy sessions to an audience of thousands of people?"

I am pretty certain the answer is going to be "no" on both accounts. I can't be entirely sure but I am pretty confident jeph isn't going to do either of those.

[Orbert]

I wasn't being sarcastic.  Or wait, maybe I was.  I mean I love it, but as a compliment.  You did it right, and yeah, Jeph probably gets sick of questions like that.

[Coffee_Kaioken]

If he says no, he says no. He talks about various things on his twitter and other parts of his personal life on his newsposts to an audience of thousands of people, and it's just a suggestion. Couldn't hurt to ask.

[Lupercal]

What gets you in the mood/whats your inspiration for drawing your more risque comics? Although I'm sure it'll be something about horse porn. Mmh.

[jeph]

What are your opinions on rolled up jeans when its not quite cool outside enough to wear your jeans down?

whatever

since you keep your replies short and quick, I'll follow suite:

- can we see a strip or two of Hannelore herself visiting the shrink that Faye does, since Hannelore's the one who recommended her

- are you thinking of taking ideas from your own visits with the shrink and incorporating them into Faye's/Hannelore's (?) visits with the shrink?

i dunno

What gets you in the mood/whats your inspiration for drawing your more risque comics? Although I'm sure it'll be something about horse porn. Mmh.

just depends what the script and/or story are calling for. I don't go out of my way to draw (or avoid drawing) the more risque stuff, I just go with the flow.

[NotAFanOfFenders]

jeph,

 why is jens better at answering people's questions?

[Jeans]

You're just lying now.

[pilsner]

Jeph, would you ever license the Questionable Content name and/or characters for a live webcast, television or movie series?  What if you got money for it and script approval?  

Follow-up a)
If you would do it for money, like how much?  Cut of net profits?  $1000 cash?  ONE MILLION DOLLARS?

Follow-up b)
Describe the expression on your face after seeing High Fidelity.

[SilentJ]

Per follow up A, he's already said he'd only do it for enough to retire to the French riviera.

[pilsner]

Damn, I knew I should have checked the archive.  Follow-up b) still stands, however.

[Eddurd]

File this under "Easier to ask forgiveness than permission"

I was doing a crossover comic recently, including cameos from several other strips (with author permission).  Among the cameos were Li'l Mell and Sergio, from Shaenon's Garrity's "Li'l Mell".  Mell is a pretty distinctive character, but I thought Sergio needed something to add visual interest.  Then I thought, "Hey, Sergio's a super-genius, I bet he'd like a 'Math Is Delicious' t-shirt!"

I wanted to ask permission to use the image, but it was kind of a last-minute addition and I had to get the comic posted.  Here's how the character ended up:


In the text underneath, I added a link to the QC main page and another to the Topatoco store.  I know I should have asked permission first, but I did give you credit as the author.  Again, if I was out of line, I apologize.

The full image can be seen at http://www.webcomicsnation.com/eddurd/everydayheroes/series.php?view=single&ID=164189.

Thanks for all your great work,
Ed

[jeph]

jeph,

 why is jens better at answering people's questions?

because people are asking bad questions

Jeph, would you ever license the Questionable Content name and/or characters for a live webcast, television or movie series?  What if you got money for it and script approval? 

Follow-up a)
If you would do it for money, like how much?  Cut of net profits?  $1000 cash?  ONE MILLION DOLLARS?

Follow-up b)
Describe the expression on your face after seeing High Fidelity.

Yes, for the right amount of money. It would have to be a lot of money.

Follow up b) "God, what self-obsessed assholes." (this is ironic, considering the characters in my comic)

[jeph]

also I ain't care if you use stuff from my comic as long as it's credited, which it was, so whatever

[ThePrettyMonster]

Jeph,

When you first changed your drawing style I was like "wtf?"
Now I'm totally sorry that I thought your art would ever disappoint me.

Can you forgive me?

[lunchmeat]

Jeph.

I've been reading your comic for a while now, I don't remember how long, and so I've decided to make my mark in this post (mainly out of sheer boredom).

Stupid question #1: If you had a time machine, where would you go
Stupid question #2: If a sperm whale was fighting a swarm of angry dolphins, upon which foe/group of foes would you bet on and why

Legitimate question #1: What/who are your artistic inspirations, if any?
Legitimate question #2 and #3: Although your art will constantly evolve, do you have an artistic goal in mind for the strip? What do you feel are your main artistic weaknesses at the moment (if you're actively working on any)?

I ended up putting more thought into this than I intended, which is a sure sign that it's time to finish.

[jeph]

Jeph,

When you first changed your drawing style I was like "wtf?"
Now I'm totally sorry that I thought your art would ever disappoint me.

Can you forgive me?

It's cool, I didn't particularly care about people whining anyway.

[jeph]

Jeph.

I've been reading your comic for a while now, I don't remember how long, and so I've decided to make my mark in this post (mainly out of sheer boredom).

Stupid question #1: If you had a time machine, where would you go
Stupid question #2: If a sperm whale was fighting a swarm of angry dolphins, upon which foe/group of foes would you bet on and why

Legitimate question #1: What/who are your artistic inspirations, if any?
Legitimate question #2 and #3: Although your art will constantly evolve, do you have an artistic goal in mind for the strip? What do you feel are your main artistic weaknesses at the moment (if you're actively working on any)?

I ended up putting more thought into this than I intended, which is a sure sign that it's time to finish.

stupid 1: the future, return with technology, become vastly wealthy/powerful
stupid 2: dolphins. they're smarter and bigger jerks.


real 1: everyone. lately in particular Danielle Corsetto and random manga
real 2a: the goal is to not be terrible at drawing someday
real 2b: consistency, figure drawing, and variety, the three things I have always sucked at

[talihal]

Completely un-comic related but...

Linerider: Cool, meh, awesome, sucks, or waayyyy overdone?

What's your favorite game platform and why?

[Jace]

Jeph, I wanna know how you feel about Andrew WK

[snubnose]

Dalai Lama would win because the current pope is a former Nazi and all Nazis suck balls.

Err Benedict XVI is and was many things, but certainly never a nazi.

Unless you're one of the dumb "all germans are nazis" crowd.

[snubnose]

The Dalai Lama reincarnates.  He will be back, whether he wins this round or not.  The pope will be in heaven... or somewhere.  But he won't be here. 

So the Dalai Lama wins the game. 

Sorry, but either
(a) There is reincarnation. Then both the pope AND Dalai Lama will return.
(b) There isnt. Then neither will return.

[Carl-E]

Unless, of course, you only get to return if you believe in reincarnation.  Then the Dalai lama comes back, and the pope is stuck waiting for the end times. 

Also, re your previous post, Benedict XVI was a member of the Hitler Youth.  But then again, it was the German equivalent of the Boy Scouts at the time.  Nice uniforms, camping, survival skills... everyone joined! 

Hardly a Nazi, just a Nazi-in-training. 

[jeph]

Jeph, I wanna know how you feel about Andrew WK

I am gay for Andrew WK

[Jace]

I will now never stop reading your webcomic. You have jumped higher on my list of super cool dudes now.

[Jeans]

Err Benedict XVI is and was many things, but certainly never a nazi.

Unless you're one of the dumb "all germans are nazis" crowd.

I'm part of the "all members of Hitler Jugend were nazis" crowd!

At the age of 14, he joined the Hitler Youth, as was required of young Germans of the time, but was not an enthusiastic member.

So yeah, technically he was part of the nazi party, but as the text says, not a nazi ideologically speaking. Fair do's. I don't hate him because he was forced into military service by a dictator. I strongly dislike him because he thinks homosexuality is a moral sin, rejects that use of condoms saves lives (especially in Africa) and thinks that abortions are horrible full stop. In other words, because he's stuck in the old testament idea-wise.

[Carl-E]

Oh, that.  Yeah.  But aren't all popes?  I mean, Catholic doctrine is just that - doctrine!  It's gonna be hard for any one pope to contradict centuries of theological dogma to reverse some of these ideas.  J-P II came close, but ultimately failed. 

However, this is the ask Jeph thread, not the religion thread.  Haven't found that one yet... don't plan on starting one, either. 

Not after the late October WCT homophobe slashfest  - that was not a religious discussion! 

[jeph]

the pope is a moron, the popes have always been morons

eff tha pope

[jonarus_drakus]

Burn! Take that Pope-y!

Hey Jeph, sleep madness can be fun at times amirite!?

[Zombiedude]

He seemed like he had fun Thursday. He did errands if I remember correctly.

[ThePrettyMonster]

Jeph,

Do you know how super, fantastic, awesome, savage, fierce, cool, and neat you are?

[jeph]

Jeph,

Do you know how super, fantastic, awesome, savage, fierce, cool, and neat you are?

what

no

[Zombiedude]

you need to inform him

[bicostp]

Have you ever thought about doing a comic book format short story (doesn't even have to be QC-related), and selling copies for something like $5 a pop?

[Zanzan]

How would you write in a character that's deaf & signs?

It is a topic of much contention between my friends mainly cause of the damn speech bubbles. never really heard of sign bubbles.

[Carl-E]

Bubble-less text materializing around motion-blurred hands? 

The potential is amazing, since so few people know sign language - the comments about the speaking characters and the misinterpretations between the two worlds could make for a lot of classic comedy! 

Of course, you also get this with foreign-language speakers in comics, usually indicated by putting their comments (translated) in brackets of some sort <like this>.  Heliothaumic does this quite a bit, since there are at least three major languages in that comic world. 

[jeph]

Have you ever thought about doing a comic book format short story (doesn't even have to be QC-related), and selling copies for something like $5 a pop?

someday when i have infinite time/motivation

How would you write in a character that's deaf & signs?

It is a topic of much contention between my friends mainly cause of the damn speech bubbles. never really heard of sign bubbles.

speech bubbles coming from hands in motion, possibly with text in brackets

[Theriandros]

Just a few questions:

1. Would you ever consider redrawing the early strips, as some webcomic creators have done, or leave the progression in art to stand?

2. What inspired the current arc? Are you coming out as an anime fan or something?

3. Of all places, why the French Riviera? (Nothing against it, I'm just interested)



Also, you seem like a really cool guy to regularly talk with your fanbase. If I could give you a high-five and/or thumbs-up, I would.

[Carl-E]

Done. 

[Zombiedude]

or o/

(correct response is \o)

[Dliessmgg]

Not to mix up with \o,o

That's Hitler's high five.

[Jeans]

o/       \o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o
          \o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o
          \o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o\o

[jeph]

Just a few questions:

1. Would you ever consider redrawing the early strips, as some webcomic creators have done, or leave the progression in art to stand?

2. What inspired the current arc? Are you coming out as an anime fan or something?

3. Of all places, why the French Riviera? (Nothing against it, I'm just interested)



Also, you seem like a really cool guy to regularly talk with your fanbase. If I could give you a high-five and/or thumbs-up, I would.

1.  no, although I will have to redo some strips I'm missing the art for in the first book

2. it seemed like a funny idea. i like some anime but i feel no need to "come out" about it

3. what?

I'm not that cool, really.

[giant_bug]

Unless, of course, you only get to return if you believe in reincarnation.  Then the Dalai lama comes back, and the pope is stuck waiting for the end times. 

I think the whole point of reincarnation is to NOT reincarnate.  In Hinduism/Buddhism, reincarnation is basically flunking a grade and having to go repeat it.  So not-believing in reincarnation probably won't get you off the hook.

[Carl-E]

Point taken, but there's always a Dalai Lama - it's assumed to be the same soul reincarnated ad infinitum (ad nauseam?), so I think I'm still right...

[Malsies]

Jeph,

In strips like today's where a character has sustained an injury to the schnoz, you have them speaking accordingly, like someone with a nose injury would.  When writing this dialogue, do you plug your nose and mumble the lines to yourself?

[smack that isaiah]

Point taken, but there's always a Dalai Lama - it's assumed to be the same soul reincarnated ad infinitum (ad nauseam?), so I think I'm still right...

If I remember correctly from my World Religions class in high school, the Dalai Lama has already attained nirvana, and would be able to exit the reincarnation cycle to add to the oneness of the universe, but he chooses to continue to come back to the world to help other souls find nirvana.