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Fast Away The Old Year Passes... Biggest QC development in 2013?

Marigold and Dale's relationship developments!
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Marten and Claire's friendship development!
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Marten's Two Dads!
- 0 (0%)
Marten's Mom and her mid-life crisis
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Steve eating cereal! (If you forgot: strip 2407)
- 5 (5.7%)
Marten's 8-string guitar
- 2 (2.3%)
Forgotten characters! (The fairy, Mieville, Roger, Amir, Penelope, Cosette)
- 2 (2.3%)
Clinton reveals non-consensual snuggles!
- 0 (0%)
Give peas a chance!
- 2 (2.3%)
Angus' "Nightly Show" audition dreams (and Faye's issues over it)
- 3 (3.4%)
Deathmole (the "real" band and the Kickstarter)
- 4 (4.6%)
Friendship Initiation Paddlings!
- 1 (1.1%)
The SPIDER ZONE!
- 1 (1.1%)
Momo plays matchmaker!
- 3 (3.4%)
Dale's adventures with May the AI with 'tude
- 5 (5.7%)
Faye is PROMOTED!
- 1 (1.1%)
Dale is hired at COD!
- 2 (2.3%)
Claire gets a piercing!
- 1 (1.1%)
Claire tells Emily her "secret"
- 0 (0%)
Dora and Tai's relationship developments
- 3 (3.4%)
The Woodrow!
- 1 (1.1%)
Momo walks out on Marigold!
- 1 (1.1%)
New Format!
- 7 (8%)
Meme Time! (Waffles, Spathe Ham, etc.)
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As always: "You forgot..."
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omg Marbear's eyes
so much cute

This is the first time we see the backside of the counter, innit?

Nope, remember when Sam was in there?
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Mar-bear sneezes like my friend does :lol: also zomg EVERYTHING'S TOO CUTE.
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And here, we see the wild gneep in its natural habitat. See how it waits in the flowers, waiting for the perfect moment to pounce. Its prey, an already overwhelmed Marbear, is forced to become too cute for words. The Marbear's defense against embarrassment is plain, as she snaps at any who dare d'awww at her.

Beware the wilds of the coffeeshops, for you never know when you'll find yourself beset by a gneep!
Information about defense against gneeps, should you find yourself at one's mercy, can be found nowhere. This is because there is no known defense. Please fund our gneep defense research to save others who must brave coffeeshops and bakeries.
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Jeph's Azumanga Diaoh love is showing again.
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I have no idea why most women I've met in my life are so cute when they sneeze. It's a mistery. D:
It's a girl thing. Somewhere in the past few thousand years we concluded that blowing snot in other people's faces was unladylike.
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This is the first time we see the backside of the counter, innit?

We've seen things from behind the counter before.  I'm not sure if we've seen the back of the counter.
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I have no idea why most women I've met in my life are so cute when they sneeze. It's a mistery. D:

There seems to be a lot of evidence linking sneezes to orgasms. Some of it looks vaguely credible...
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This is the first time we see the backside of the counter, innit?

We've seen things from behind the counter before.  I'm not sure if we've seen the back of the counter.

The alluded to but not linked to view behind the counter
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Meganerd and Dorkosaurous?  Dating?  Dang!
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So Faye continues to be awful (although the last panel redeemed her a bit).
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So Faye continues to be awful (although the last panel redeemed her a bit).

Seriously, those two comments in two consecutive panels came off worse than the other stuff she's been saying lately. Not sure if it's the placement, since the first comment isn't all that bad on its own and the second one is typical Faye...

Third panel keeps me from actually getting mad at her (yes, actual me and fictional her... bravo Jeph!). But it was definitely close...
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Jeph did say once that he probably wouldn't get along with Faye in real life.
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Yeah, but that's when Faye wasn't nearly this bad.
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Faye is a bit out of line with the teasing, especially when she was warned to lay off Marigold before.
Dale won her respect with the helmet joke, but has Marigold ever won her respect? Dale teasing is normal friendly teasing but when it comes to Marigold, she might be doing it as normal joke and not out of friendship...yet.
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Faye might be having stress redirection issues. Angus is trying to make her think about the future, and being the "second in command" at work is adding to it. Old personality traits might be coming to the forefront unconsciously.
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And here comes final proof that the new layout is less actual comic!
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...with the flexibility to adapt to whatever the day's content might need.  There are comics more "more" and "less" content in the old layout, too, you know.
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And here comes final proof that the new layout is less actual comic!
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Sure, it's only three panels, but there's just as much dialogue as before, and (since Jeph's able to concentrate more on the art) there's a noticeable increase in detail.


Incidentally, I haven't seen Marten's head from that angle before.
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Faye is a bit out of line with the teasing, especially when she was warned to lay off Marigold before.
Well... Faye isn't actually teasing Marigold, is she? I don't think Marigold is present.

And someone with actual drawing ability should fan-art Mari in a plug-suit.
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Glad I'm not the only one pissed at Faye. And yes, the third panel was somewhat redeeming.

I'm missing my four-panels-of-story-fix :(
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...Shinji?

Kaworu, surely.
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Faye is a bit out of line with the teasing, especially when she was warned to lay off Marigold before.
Well... Faye isn't actually teasing Marigold, is she? I don't think Marigold is present.

And someone with actual drawing ability should fan-art Mari in a plug-suit.

Making fun of her to me is the same as teasing...
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Behind-her-back woudn't help matters any. Wondering what resolution path this will head down.
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And someone with actual drawing ability should fan-art Mari in a plug-suit.

Will this do?

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Not sure why Faye's riling people up more than usual lately. Calling people dorks is pretty tame, all things considered, and expanding the title into Mega- and -saurus form suggests a more affectionate sort of teasing, I should think. *shrugs* I dunno, doesn't seem heinous to me. Almost like she feels obligated to poke fun but her heart's not in it.

Unrelated: some of those video game-relationship metaphor tweets, oh snap. I mentioned the Final Fantasy one to my sister (who is decidedly not a gamer) and her reply was, "Daaaang. Burnt."
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And someone with actual drawing ability should fan-art Mari in a plug-suit.

Will this do?

When the lady in Australia finally gets back here, you will hear the squeeeeeeeeee all the way from Sydney. ;)
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Not sure why Faye's riling people up more than usual lately. Calling people dorks is pretty tame, all things considered, and expanding the title into Mega- and -saurus form suggests a more affectionate sort of teasing, I should think. *shrugs* I dunno, doesn't seem heinous to me. Almost like she feels obligated to poke fun but her heart's not in it.
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For me it's the combination of the quasi-hostile facial expression in combination with the verbiage. Could suggest anger, or as you point out, Faye's heart not being in it. Obligated ... interesting take. Could go along with her more serious mein she imagines comes with the territory of being (tucket sonance) Assistant Manager.
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Yeah, that's better for you, Marten, but NOT FOR THE PLOT!
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Didn't he just break up with Padma 3 months ago in QC time?

Maybe it's time Jeph started drawing autumn backgrounds.
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Wonder if Cosette and Pizzanelope are still right there off-panel?
I mean, speaking of ill-advised ...
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This strip is exactly what I hate about people nagging me about getting a girlfriend (they're the same people who would previously tell me I should "take a break", or otherwise appear supportive of my decision to not want to date anybody for a while).
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 Now we know why Faye talks like a sailor, she wants a ship.
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Dora probably decided that since she didn't take her own advice (and it worked out pretty well), Marten doesn't need to either.
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Now we know why Faye talks like a sailor, she wants a ship.

She already has a ship, the dingy Angus...or is it Angus' dingy?  :-D
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Million YouTube video views. Tops.

Anyways: when exactly did Dora or Faye suggest that Marten should "take a break"? I only recall Faye calling out Marten on his 'tude.
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Dora told him he needs to "find out what he wants" before getting into another relationship, but I think that was before Padma.
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Oh, yeah. Forgot that.

Lemme see if I can dig that one out... Got it. Reach For That Brass Ring

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Marten really needs to stop listening to any relationship advice given by Dora and Faye - they blundered into the relationships they're in, and more due to the actions of their partners than anything they did. Marten needs to find his own way, follow his own path.

Probably the best thing he could do actually, is start getting live gigs with his band. Skinny indie rock kid jammin' on the guitar in front of a live audience will attract many groupies, at least some of whom will be to his tastes.

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Actually, he needs someone to really want to be in a relationship and to do all the work to start it, like Dora and Faye had.
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Faye is a bit out of line with the teasing, especially when she was warned to lay off Marigold before.
Dale won her respect with the helmet joke, but has Marigold ever won her respect? Dale teasing is normal friendly teasing but when it comes to Marigold, she might be doing it as normal joke and not out of friendship...yet.

Pretty sure Faye wanted to give Marbear a nickname quite a while ago. I would assume that's a term of some kind of endearment.
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Actually, he needs someone to really want to be in a relationship and to do all the work to start it, like Dora and Faye had.

Yeah that does seem to be the general pattern for Marten doesn't it? And his attempts to be proactive and start relationships don't seem to work very well, as his epic fail with the Lieutenant on the space station shows. Technically though, Marten and Faye were never in a romantic relationship, as Faye put the brakes on with their Talk when it looked like things were headed that way.

But like I said, Marten performing with the band would be perfect for drawing women who'll really want to be with him and aggressively pursue him; women seem to love musicians and especially actively performing musicians. Doesn't matter so much if they're famous or rich, they just have to be performing well in front of an appreciative audience. Based on what I've seen and heard at band performances, Marten's luck with women should take a dramatic turn for the better once he starts playing gigs.
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Marten really needs to stop listening to any relationship advice given by Dora and Faye - they blundered into the relationships they're in, and more due to the actions of their partners than anything they did.

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Also, I normally like Dora, but her comment in the last panel made me want to punch her in the face.

The panel before indicated that maybe, just maybe, there was a realization that their efforts were counterproductive...and then BAM, next panel they've doubled down on stupid.
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Are folks forgetting that Dora proactively sought out her relationship with Marten, a relationship that lasted... some 1200 strips, which is almost half of the comic?

Re groupies: I fear that Marten might attract people who would be interested in pursuing the idea of a skinny young indie musician, not himself. Cf. Sara at the beginning of the comic.

I still say he should do it. Why? Because I suspect he is a person who would get a huge ego boost from feeling desired.
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