Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCT: 7-11 June 2010 (1681-1685)
Schmorgluck:
OK, now we know where Pintsize is.
HiFranc:
Marigold seems to be taking it well and it looks like Dora wasn't lying when she said she could handle it. Considering how maternal Dora is (both here and when Hanners was ill), I think she would make a good mother (as much as she likes to deny that she wants one).
However, I'm not sure leaving Pintsize in the bedroom was that good an idea. Who knows what he'll do to it whilst they're not there?
snubnose:
--- Quote from: HiFranc on 09 Jun 2010, 01:54 ---However, I'm not sure leaving Pintsize in the bedroom was that good an idea. Who knows what he'll do to it whilst they're not there?
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Well ... if it where my droid, I would just have removed the batteries.
Binary:
Previous Pintsize incidents suggest that the massive application of duct tape is an effective solution.
Akima:
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 08 Jun 2010, 12:17 ---It's a comedy and drama, populated with characters who have clear and realistic personalities, which is represented as a cartoon. Discussion of the behavior of fictional characters is something you can get a degree in: dismissing doing so because "it's just a cartoon" is a prejudiced refusal to acknowledge that a comic strip is a valid storytelling medium.
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Realistic? The people and events in your world must be a lot more interesting than the ones I know. Part of the reason I read QC is the way Jeph combines fantasy and reality, with each heightening the other. A world filled with flying vacuum-cleaners, sentient robots, samurai squirrel-duels, roaming kung-fu monks, James Bond-style supervillains, pocket-sized laser cannnon, private space-stations, and mysterious scarred Russian vamps is not realistic. As for the characters, does anyone honestly imagine that Hanners is a realistic depiction of an OCD sufferer? Or that Faye's violent, drunken tsundere is a realistic depiction of, well, anyone? Faye's consequence-free violence is as much cartoon fantasy as her ability to catapult a grown man out of the CoD and into the street by the power of her scorn. It's a standard part of the QC schtick. Faye does something rude, violent, or abusive and hilarity ensues.
I absolutely reject the idea that cartoons cannot be taken seriously as a story-telling medium. Maus: A Survivor's Tale in comics (and it's a furry comic, no less!), and Grave Of The Fireflies in animated films are evidence enough for me. But, especially in the case of the latter, I probably wouldn't want a dose every day. For that, QC's fantasy-realism suits me very nicely.
Having said all that, I thought today's strip was very nicely drawn and written, but maybe a little lacking in the punch-line department. Actually, I'm not sure if it needed a punch-line, but... *shrug*
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