Topic: WCT January 5-9 (Read 93369 times)

ysth · « **on:** 04 Jan 2009, 17:37 »

This year, let's make Jeph hate this forum a little less, how about?

tragic_pizza · « **Reply #1 on:** 04 Jan 2009, 17:43 »

I'll get the electrodes, you bring the stuff for the lobotomies.

wargrafix · « **Reply #2 on:** 04 Jan 2009, 17:50 »

there be only 1 way to make jeph stop hating the forums: hentai....I mean HanTai.

plumbob78 · « **Reply #3 on:** 04 Jan 2009, 18:22 »

But if we all go away, it won't be much of a forum, will it?

masquerade · « **Reply #4 on:** 04 Jan 2009, 20:06 »

I can understand him hating the nubs like the HanTai fanatics (or any other rabid character fan), because they're just boring and say the same thing over and over. What I don't get is whether he hates that there is criticism and discussion of the comic or not. That his writing spawns discussion should be a compliment, even if it is criticism... anyway. Yeah. Woo, new week.

plumbob78 · « **Reply #5 on:** 04 Jan 2009, 20:41 »

I don't think he necessarily hates criticsm. But in my short time here I have seen some really uninformed and non-constructive criticism. And a l,ot of stuff that is just plain bitching, too. I don't think anyone would like it if someone repeatedly shit on his/her life's work.

I'm really looking forward to this week. With the stips we saw at the end of last week I think there's real possibility for further character development, esp. by Faye and Sven. Of course I'd be just as happy with PintSize and Winslow antics

psion · « **Reply #6 on:** 04 Jan 2009, 21:02 »

What I think it is is something that I couldn't stand much myself. The whole thing with Penny's views on religion made me want to shoot myself as well. But I'm not going to get into why that bothered me so much. I also agree that it might be the people who keep posting stupid crap that goes along the lines of, "We want teh boobies. Hanners is teh hotnes Dora is 2 Faye is such a bitch BOOBIES!" Don't those people know that this comic is actually more than just a place for people to look at pretty drawings? Jeph is a really good writer and artist, and there are those who come on to these forums and debase it like that.

CleverConveyence · « **Reply #7 on:** 04 Jan 2009, 21:27 »

Will laughed me a gang.

Faye coming out of nowhere at the end was the perfect punchline.

And I demand a design based on Penelope's t-shirt be available in QC merch by February. D:

kaitco · « **Reply #8 on:** 04 Jan 2009, 21:33 »

Comic 1310 feels a bit like a jump the shark moment if this is how Jeph is planning to end the Wil/Penelope thing, but I liked it nonetheless. Panel 4 was especially amusing. Wil is painfully over-dramatic and, ironically, has Penelope so caught up into what he is saying and doing that if he actually stayed and showed that kind of...I don't know ability earlier, he would not have thought he did not deserve her. All in all, it did what the strip was supposed to do: make me laugh. Wil's Easy Rider look in Panel 5 is truly comical given what he just said in Panel 4 (Something in Ohio

) and Faye's line at the end is killer. What the ass, indeed!

the_shankmaster · « **Reply #9 on:** 04 Jan 2009, 21:37 »

I want that shirt!

I like the Wil Penelope thing. I'm hoping it's a temporary fix and that we'll see more of them after the time skip, but for now it works nicely.

akronnick · « **Reply #10 on:** 04 Jan 2009, 21:39 »

This comic has taken a turn for the surreal.....

And there's lots to do in Ohio, there's um, there's...

Well at least it's not Delaware

ysth · « **Reply #11 on:** 04 Jan 2009, 21:40 »

HELMET!

DinosGoLauRAWR · « **Reply #12 on:** 04 Jan 2009, 21:46 »

Penelope's shirt makes me girlgasm I want it so bad. SO BAD

sieckanddestroy · « **Reply #13 on:** 04 Jan 2009, 22:10 »

His arm healed fast.

plumbob78 · « **Reply #14 on:** 04 Jan 2009, 22:12 »

Unless we've had a big time jump and she's been giving him the cold shoulder for a looong time. But whatever. Artistic license for story's sake, eh?

SirJuggles · « **Reply #15 on:** 04 Jan 2009, 22:27 »

Perhaps I'm stating the obvious, but Jeph's recent Twitters give me the feeling that disbelief was suspended a bit for today's comic, as he's only using it to tie up the arc so he can jump ahead a little ways. I do feel that it's a tad blatantly surreal by QC standards (he has subtle surreality down pat), but this is excused due to the circumstances.

Also, I do wish that something could be done to engender a bit more goodwill towards the WCT from the man we all respect. But perhaps part of it stems from the fact that this comic is fairly all-encompassing in Jeph's life already, and so he really doesn't care to spend more time inanely discussing the minutiae of it.

QuarterFire · « **Reply #16 on:** 04 Jan 2009, 22:27 »

lmfao. Best comic since... the one like two weeks ago that made me laugh this hard. Jeph's writing is getting better and better.

Also, if you guys stop pestering him for *Hantai*, he might do what he did to Steve.
Or Sara. Or Ellen.
Wherever she disappeared to.

sieckanddestroy · « **Reply #17 on:** 04 Jan 2009, 22:32 »

Quote from: SirJuggles on 04 Jan 2009, 22:27

Also, I do wish that something could be done to engender a bit more goodwill towards the WCT from the man we all respect. But perhaps part of it stems from the fact that this comic is fairly all-encompassing in Jeph's life already, and so he really doesn't care to spend more time inanely discussing the minutiae of it.

I kind of wish he didn't give out so much info on the twitters, considering I never check them and reading the comic should be enough >_>

psion · « **Reply #18 on:** 04 Jan 2009, 22:40 »

Is anybody else thinking that it IS important that we find out how Wil got the motorcycle?

fifthfiend · « **Reply #19 on:** 04 Jan 2009, 22:44 »

Re: comic

FUCK YES.

That is all.

Vhaeraun · « **Reply #20 on:** 04 Jan 2009, 23:04 »

I honestly don't expect him to get far; with the way his luck is going, he'll end up in the hospital...again.

SirFozzie · « **Reply #21 on:** 04 Jan 2009, 23:14 »

I think I need to steal a Marten line here.

What the Hell Ass Balls?????

That's... Yeah.. That's.. (well that's freakin funny

)

bhtooefr · « **Reply #22 on:** 04 Jan 2009, 23:51 »

There's things to do in Ohio... umm... like... um... shit. There's not things to do in Ohio.

Heranje · « **Reply #23 on:** 05 Jan 2009, 00:04 »

Wil is awesome.

Like, insanely so.

TheReaper · « **Reply #24 on:** 05 Jan 2009, 00:26 »

Fuck you, Jaques! I nearly choked to death from a combination of laughing really hard and inhaling tea through my nasal passages.

NeverQuiteGoth · « **Reply #25 on:** 05 Jan 2009, 00:32 »

Quote from: bhtooefr on 04 Jan 2009, 23:51

There's things to do in Ohio... umm... like... um... shit. There's not things to do in Ohio.

There's that big blue rollercoaster in Sandusky...

Thaes · « **Reply #26 on:** 05 Jan 2009, 01:12 »

Holy sweet lord Ravenhurst! If there's a better way to start a week, then I simply don't have skills needed to even imagine it!

snubnose · « **Reply #27 on:** 05 Jan 2009, 01:13 »

Whow, Wil is really not living in reality, is he ?

Probably Penelope is exactly the right girl for him.

Vhaeraun · « **Reply #28 on:** 05 Jan 2009, 01:16 »

Opposites attract; Wil is the hopeless romantic/optimist, Penny is the brutal realist.

Scientivore · « **Reply #29 on:** 05 Jan 2009, 01:19 »

Quote from: psion on 04 Jan 2009, 22:40

Is anybody else thinking that it IS important that we find out how Wil got the motorcycle?

No, that's just you.

sitnspin · « **Reply #30 on:** 05 Jan 2009, 01:28 »

Tip #1: Always leave her wanting more.

Heavyoak · « **Reply #31 on:** 05 Jan 2009, 01:31 »

Protip: the motorcycle explodes.

SuperSUGA · « **Reply #32 on:** 05 Jan 2009, 02:16 »

Well, when I see Jeph wants to wrap up the Penelope/Will storyline I didn't imagine him doing it in one strip. I'm most looking forward to the highlights montage of his journey that we're going to get in about 200 strips' time.

On the plus side I'm hoping this is a much needed trimming down of the cast that's getting focus.

snubnose · « **Reply #33 on:** 05 Jan 2009, 02:36 »

Focus ? Focus ? FOCUS ???

QC never had any focus.

Ok, sometimes it had ... but never for long.

And I dont think thats the last we've seen of Wil/Penelope.

Manix · « **Reply #34 on:** 05 Jan 2009, 02:42 »

Hey!!!! Just what is wrong with Ohio!?

akronnick · « **Reply #35 on:** 05 Jan 2009, 02:51 »

Quote from: NeverQuiteGoth on 05 Jan 2009, 00:32

There's that big blue rollercoaster in Sandusky...

Except that it's winter now, and Cedar Point doesn't open until May.

(Also, since I worked at that park for six years, coasters don't really do it for me anymore.)

ecstaticjoy · « **Reply #36 on:** 05 Jan 2009, 02:54 »

burrrrrn on twilight
burrrrrn on ohio

lol, hilarious comic today. i loved it!

p.s. ok, ok, so i admit i read and loved all of twilight. but have you seen the movie? ugh.
p.p.s yes i know books are always better than the movies. this movie was exceptionally bad.

p.p.p.s. ohio has spit out some really cool people. i almost wanted to move there, then i realized it might only be the ones who moved to the bay area that are cool.

Jeff7 · « **Reply #37 on:** 05 Jan 2009, 03:10 »

A trip? Where?

Anywhere. Everywhere! Helm, set course, directly ahead. Warp 10. Engage.

What the ass indeed.

SuperSUGA · « **Reply #38 on:** 05 Jan 2009, 03:15 »

Quote from: snubnose on 05 Jan 2009, 02:36

Focus ? Focus ? FOCUS ???

QC never had any focus.

Ok, sometimes it had ... but never for long.

For a long time the focus was on Marten and Faye with Steve and Dora as the main secondary characters. I'm in no way saying I want things to go back to that I just find such a large cast of characters grabbing for the spotlight a bit less effective. It does feel like lately we've shifted back to focusing on Marten and Faye more, though, with Dora and Sven at their sides, which is a step in the right direction. I'm optimistic for the new year of QC!

Freya · « **Reply #39 on:** 05 Jan 2009, 03:55 »

Loved this comic, hilarious.

blanktom · « **Reply #40 on:** 05 Jan 2009, 04:53 »

Very rarely post round these here parts, but Jeff, if you be reading this, great use of perspective in the 3rd panel!! o/

wargrafix · « **Reply #41 on:** 05 Jan 2009, 05:06 »

lol, HanTai and other couplings are merely a running joke in the forums. People who take it seriously enough to get offended really have to ask themselves some questions. Or Go on a road trip.

Question is, where the hell is Will going to get cash for gas on his road trip? Must have a scrunters fund.

But I love the sheer preposterousness of the situation. its a parody on all of those road trip flicks.

^_^

snubnose · « **Reply #42 on:** 05 Jan 2009, 05:11 »

Quote from: SuperSUGA on 05 Jan 2009, 03:15

For a long time the focus was on Marten and Faye with Steve and Dora as the main secondary characters. I'm in no way saying I want things to go back to that I just find such a large cast of characters grabbing for the spotlight a bit less effective. It does feel like lately we've shifted back to focusing on Marten and Faye more, though, with Dora and Sven at their sides, which is a step in the right direction. I'm optimistic for the new year of QC!

Well if you define focus that broadly, OK.

In that case, QC always focussed on the setting it has, which mostly equals reallife with some crucial differences, such as droids with a personality.

But QC was always a story that contained many subplots and weird interruptions etc, which hardly really focussed on anything consistently.

JReynolds · « **Reply #43 on:** 05 Jan 2009, 06:14 »

The message on Penelope's t-shirt is good. Red on blue doesn't work though-- hard to read from any distance.

wargrafix · « **Reply #44 on:** 05 Jan 2009, 06:20 »

lol, its the ultimate "attention grabber". hurr hurr. lol

with all the wackyness that went on one of 2 things could happen:
1) Martin turns into a superhero; Martin De Sade
or
2) One of either Dora or Faye's exes show up and many hijinks ensue.

bicostp · « **Reply #45 on:** 05 Jan 2009, 06:31 »

We've seen less than a week of comic-time. Damn Wil's arm healed fast. (Or maybe there's a few big gaps in the timeline that aren't shown. Maybe there have been some advances in medical technology in the comic world. Or maybe it's all just a dream sequence anyway. Who knows.)

Morgil · « **Reply #46 on:** 05 Jan 2009, 07:23 »

Besides laughing my ass off, I thought that this strip could serve as a reintroduction of VespAvenger. You know, Wil as the VespAvenger in cool.

bhtooefr · « **Reply #47 on:** 05 Jan 2009, 07:29 »

Quote from: NeverQuiteGoth on 05 Jan 2009, 00:32

There's that big blue rollercoaster in Sandusky...

I'm glad you said blue.

If you had said red, I think I'd have to hit you. (The big red one... sure, it's fast, but you wait 2 hours in line (note: it's been a couple years since I've last been to Cedar Point) for 17 seconds.

I've been on it exactly once, and I was like, "that's all? Srsly?"

Then I went and rode Gemini a bunch of times, and had 11tybn times more fun.

pwhodges · « **Reply #48 on:** 05 Jan 2009, 07:47 »

Quote from: bicostp on 05 Jan 2009, 06:31

We've seen less than a week of comic-time.

Or maybe more - Jeph talked of a change of season a day or two ago.

Mr. Skawronska · « **Reply #49 on:** 05 Jan 2009, 08:36 »

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I honestly don't expect him to get far; with the way his luck is going, he'll end up in the hospital...again.

That was my overwhelming feeling reading the strip.

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Hey!!!! Just what is wrong with Ohio!?

Oh...I'm sure there's an annotated database somewhere.

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p.p.p.s. ohio has spit out some really cool people. i almost wanted to move there, then i realized it might only be the ones who moved to the bay area that are cool.

I know they have. My buddy and classmate is from Ohio...and when he first moved out here, he said it was like being released from prison.

I thought he was being ironically hyperbolic.

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But QC was always a story that contained many subplots and weird interruptions etc, which hardly really focussed on anything consistently.

Kind of like life as seen through many of our eyes, including mine.

All in all, I liked this comic. QC hasn't actually made me laugh out loud in quite some time -- it's been more like a soap opera, where I "tune in" just to see how my characters are doing.

I figured long gone were the days of some of the funniest, most quotable lines I'd ever seen in a webcomic, like:

"God, you're to humor what Helen Keller would be to Competitive Paintball!"

and:

"What ELSE have I failed to notice today? Are my PANTS on BACKWARDS? Am I ON FIRE? DID I KILL A GUY EARLIER??"

And of course, who can forget:

"To the mall! Where I shall Burn and Pillage! And Also Try On Shoes!"

THOSE lines made me laugh. To be honest, I wasn't really looking at the art at that point; I was in it for the popping dialogue.

Somewhere along the way, the snarky gave way to the absurd, and some of it was funny, and some of it I could relate to, but none of it was really...you know, me sitting here going "S*@$ that's funny!"

Until today.

Today I got a taste of why I started reading QC.

Jump the shark? So what? I don't care, as long as it's funny, in the biting, sarcastic, Faye-laden, cynical way.

Sure, I despise Faye, but I also enjoy her wit. There are real people in this world I feel the same way about.

And the send-up of both Twilight and Ohio is especially funny. Luckily, the comic stands on its own without the topical background, which just makes it funnier (I didn't catch the twilight reference becuase I stopped watching teen angsty vampire movies when I turned 18...and I think the one of my generation was "The Lost Boys")

But I could be wrong. The memory fades as you get old.

Bottom line: I like this flavor of QC. I humbly ask it to continue.

As long as Faye continues to get bitch-slapped every once in a while...cuz she just deserves it.

("And another one for Jenny and the Wimp" -- Last Will and Temperament, The Frantics)

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