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Angus gets the gig

11 (16.2%)

Angus bombs out

4 (5.9%)

More Morose Faye

7 (10.3%)

Marten undergoes a lifestyle change

11 (16.2%)

Dora starts her own Ask Abby column

1 (1.5%)

Jimbo becomes Wils mentor

14 (20.6%)

Cake Batter and Boobs

9 (13.2%)

Vorlons arrive

4 (5.9%)

Green Eggs and Spathe Ham

1 (1.5%)

Butts

4 (5.9%)

Purple Monkey Dishwasher

2 (2.9%)

Total Members Voted: 65

[snubnose]

Marten loves his mother, but she tends to embarass him all the time. Also, she is very active in trying to get him hooked up with some girl. I guess this is common for most mothers, but VV might be a bit over the top.

What ? My mother never tried anything like that ...

[Method of Madness]

Nor did mine.

[Mlle Germain]

Gotta say I'm a wee bit confused.  Why is Marten so totally freaked out?

Because of this.

Thank you for making today's strip more or less understandable for me.
I guess I was also wrong about Marten having let in his mum. She must have let herself in, after all.

[NilsO]

Well, I would guess VV knows how to pick locks. Part of her job. A bondage performance might involve throwing away the keys, but sooner or later the customer wants to get loose (and VV wants her payment).

On the other hand, Pintsize might just have let her in (try to figure out how he can reach the doorknob). I guess he is very interested in VV's choice of career. They may have had an interesting discussion before Faye and Hanners arrived. VV may also have donated a few terabytes of porn to Pintsize's already substantial collection.

The timeline might be just a minute or two from Pintsize utters the phrase "huge boobs covered in cake batter" (just after Faye has the accident), thereby waking Marten, and Marten walks out of his room (seeing his mother and Faye's cake-battered boobs). Thus, Pintsize might not be a prophet after all.

[Method of Madness]

No, that doesn't work. Pintsize whispered that before Faye went to work, and she baked the cake after. That's not to say Pintsize didn't have a hand in where the cake batter landed, though.

[KOK]

Well, I would guess VV knows how to pick locks. Part of her job. A bondage performance might involve throwing away the keys, but sooner or later the customer wants to get loose (and VV wants her payment).

Safety manuals recommend having bolt cutters handy whenever you use locks.

[Method of Madness]

Do such manuals actually exist?

[NilsO]

The overall timeline is linear, but parallel events in time requires some time jumps. There are a few hours elapsing between Marten going to bed and Pintsize waking him up in strip 2672. In the meantime, Faye has had a bad day at work, Marten's mom has arrived, and Faye has had some bourbon and cake-battered her boobs.

But I agree that Pintsize might be partly responsible for cake-battering Faye's boobs.

[Method of Madness]

Not really, 2672 is Marten just going to bed and Pintsize whispering that to him as he drifted off to sleep (which probably causes him to dream of that). Soon after that, Faye goes to work. She then has a bad day at work. She then returns home to find Marmom there, and then Marten wakes up and sees her. All linear.

[pwhodges]

Marten loves his mother, but she tends to embarass him all the time. Also, she is very active in trying to get him hooked up with some girl. I guess this is common for most mothers, but VV might be a bit over the top.

What ? My mother never tried anything like that ...

Nor did mine.

My first marriage (which lasted 22 years) was essentially arranged by my and her parents and a friend of theirs in common; that's to say, we were pushed together in a way that an outsider (and she) would have seen for what it was but I was oblivious to.

[jwhouk]

What I don't get: why's Marten sleeping during the day?

[cesium133]

What I don't get: why's Marten sleeping during the day?

He probably still has a hangover.

Marten loves his mother, but she tends to embarass him all the time. Also, she is very active in trying to get him hooked up with some girl. I guess this is common for most mothers, but VV might be a bit over the top.

What ? My mother never tried anything like that ...

My dad once tried hooking me up with a random grocery store clerk. It was pretty much as awkward as Marten's mom trying to hook him up with the waitress.

[drewdane]

I don't understand the bourbon/cake gag.  Did Faye get drunk and spill batter on herself while trying to bake?  Did she eat cake while drunk and puke all over herself?  What???

[cesium133]

The first option. She had been drinking and was trying to bake a cake, and she failed.

[jwhouk]

It doesn't matter - it fits the "cake batter boobs" suggestion of Pintsize.

[Method of Madness]

What I don't get: why's Marten sleeping during the day?

They got back really late, Faye was getting up soon for her early morning shift. When she got back it was probably noon or not much later.

[Is it cold in here?]

If Marten learns to stand up to his mom it may enable progress on other parts of his life.

[Kugai]

The Matrix has you Marten.

[Nepiophage]

It seems to me that panels 1-4 are a nightmare that Marten is having, inspired by Pintsize's  suggestion (if that was not just another dream).  In panel 5 he has just woken up screaming and is relieved that it was just a dream.  His mother has heard him screaming and is looking in to see what is happening.

[Method of Madness]

Well...no. Probably not, he just ran back to bed after seeing Faye and his mom.

[cesariojpn]

The last panel......Veronica at that angle and distance reminds me of Nina Hartley and how she was made to look UGLY in that Story of O porno....minus the eye patch.

[Method of Madness]

Yeesh.

[Pilchard123]

The Matrix has you Marten.

The Doni-Matrix?

[Zwammy]

The first option. She had been drinking and was trying to bake a cake, and she failed.

Dammit, now I want drunken cake sex with big-boobed women.

[Zebediah]

There's probably a web site that could fix you up with that.

[cesium133]

One that stars Marten's mom?

[jwhouk]

Does this mean Nina Hartley is the leading candidate to play Veronica Vance?

[St.Clair]

Could it be?
Could Marten finally be mustering the will to cut the apron strings?
Or will Veronica (with all the best intentions for her precious little boy, I'm sure) humiliate him in front of his friends, deny him agency, and push him back into the familiar role... again?

[jwhouk]

The boss has the best comment:

Marten's mom is all

Marten's all

Hanners is like ^_^

[ysth]

I am getting Xtian (BILL JOHNSON PASTOR OF THE BETHEL CHURCH) ads on the comic page; it is disconcerting.

[lot_jockey]

I did not realize Marten was so much shorter than his mom. He seems like an anomoly, genetics-wise. I would expect him to be taller, especially after seeing his parents' heights in this strip.

[T]

I did not realize Marten was so much shorter than his mom. He seems like an anomoly, genetics-wise. I would expect him to be taller, especially after seeing his parents' heights in this strip.

Genetics is about probabilities and not averages. And anyone who ever played Risk or D&D know very well that sometimes things don't go as expected. 

[Is it cold in here?]

The Matrix has you Marten.

The Doni-Matrix?

There is no spoonerism.

[jwhouk]

I did not realize Marten was so much shorter than his mom. He seems like an anomoly, genetics-wise. I would expect him to be taller, especially after seeing his parents' heights in this strip.

One word: heels.

[Storel]

The Matrix has you Marten.

The Doni-Matrix?

There is no spoonerism.

Groooooaaaaan....

[Is it cold in here?]

Martenmom in panel 3 scares me.

[Indicible]

Isn't Nina Hartley normally blonde?

So, Jim (it's Jim, right?) was quite a bit older than Dora, but wouldn't he be quite a bit younger than Veronica?

[Tova]

Martenmom in panel 3 scares me.

My immediate thought was "overly attached mom." Could have been deliberate.

[jwhouk]

The only thing that could top this would be if Hannermom were to drop by... and the two moms recognize each other.

[themacnut]

Marten loves his mother, but she tends to embarass him all the time. Also, she is very active in trying to get him hooked up with some girl. I guess this is common for most mothers, but VV might be a bit over the top.

What ? My mother never tried anything like that ...

The problem is that Marten's mom does try things like this. And Marten doesn't have the stones to tell her to stop - not in a way that she'll listen to, anyway. And if she and Jim hit it off, she'll have good reason to move to the same coast Marten is in, and the same town as well.

Marten may have to move again to get away from her over-mothering ways. Or gather the courage to tell her to back up off him.

[KOK]

The only thing that could top this would be if Hannermom were to drop by... and the two moms recognize each other.

That is unlikely http://www.questionablecontent.net/1831 But of course not impossible.

[Platypodes]

So, Jim (it's Jim, right?) was quite a bit older than Dora, but wouldn't he be quite a bit younger than Veronica?

I think Jim was in his early 40's.  If Marten is mid-20's, his mom could easily be 50-ish, or even late 40's.  A difference of, say, 6 or 8 years isn't too significant for folks their age.

[jwhouk]

So, Jim (it's Jim, right?) was quite a bit older than Dora, but wouldn't he be quite a bit younger than Veronica?

I think Jim was in his early 40's.  If Marten is mid-20's, his mom could easily be 50-ish, or even late 40's.  A difference of, say, 6 or 8 years isn't too significant for folks their age.

She mentioned her age back in the wedding arc... erg.

Ah, got it. She's 56.

[J]

I did not realize Marten was so much shorter than his mom. He seems like an anomoly, genetics-wise. I would expect him to be taller, especially after seeing his parents' heights in this strip.

One word: heels.

those'd have to be some pretty damn serious heels. she looks like she's got a good 6 inches over him.

[Thrillho]

Well, she is a dominatrix, isn't she?

[Is it cold in here?]

Jim is 41. The wiki is good for questions like this.

[KOK]

How will Samantha react to VV? How will Jim explain VV to Samantha? How will Marten react to getting a sister?

[Delator]

Ugh...we're probably going to be subjected to at least two weeks of Marten's mom.

I would be far less indisposed to the character if she hadn't undergone such a drastic personality shift between #461 and #1820. The Embarrassing Parent is an old trope, and a mid-life crisis can cause some personality shifts...but seriously, it's like two different people.

Which is too bad, because I really liked her back in her initial visit...but everything since has been like nails on a chalkboard.

[Is it cold in here?]

Samantha seems pretty cool with her dad dating in general but she might have trouble coping with a celebrity.

[pwhodges]

It seems unlikely to me that Samantha would be so aware of VV at her age.