Topic: Jeph's "no idea" character (Read 34245 times)

Carl-E · « **Reply #50 on:** 08 Apr 2012, 10:50 »

Love the hands with the pleased-with-herself expression in the bottom row...

Gnomes2169 · « **Reply #51 on:** 08 Apr 2012, 11:25 »

That picture reminds me of Mr. Burns. Eeeexcelent... *Tap fingers together diabolically*

Welu · « **Reply #52 on:** 08 Apr 2012, 13:39 »

She doesn't strike me as particularly diabolical. More "YAY! Stuff and things are good."

Really like Jeph did the perspectives with different expressions. I've only seen them done with a default

jwhouk · « **Reply #53 on:** 08 Apr 2012, 14:54 »

It just hit me - she's the replacement for Padma at TSB.

Kugai · « **Reply #54 on:** 08 Apr 2012, 21:11 »

Quote from: Gnomes2169 on 08 Apr 2012, 11:25

That picture reminds me of Mr. Burns. Eeeexcelent... *Tap fingers together diabolically*

"Tai, release the Hounds."

Skewbrow · « **Reply #55 on:** 09 Apr 2012, 04:37 »

Quote from: jwhouk on 08 Apr 2012, 14:54

It just hit me - she's the replacement for Padma at TSB.

At least that position needs to be filled, and (for several reasons) it is unlikely that Faye would be interested. She's the only barista at CoD who might (?) be qualifed for the job.

I kind of hope that we will meet the gang from tSB every now and then. Also Jeph put a lot of effort into drawing the interior, so he will likely reuse it (wishfully crossing my fingers).

jwhouk · « **Reply #56 on:** 09 Apr 2012, 07:29 »

She also looks a lot like Becky the (OCD) baker for another well-known coffee shop, in downtown Minneapolis...

Penheart · « **Reply #57 on:** 09 Apr 2012, 08:07 »

She could either be a new person in Marten and Fayes apartment

The new Secret Bakery employee

Be a relative of Clinton or Penelope (Clinton cause it would start the awesome friendship between Hanners and Penelope just feels right)

I would put scientist but I don't think that would give much chance for her to have much appearances.

jwhouk · « **Reply #58 on:** 09 Apr 2012, 12:45 »

I'm going to invoke Chekov's gun here:

Way back here, we all saw the cafeteria's menu that said "Space Cake!"

Someone HAD to make that cake.

There's an opening at that little Bakery in Northampton.

Jeph's got a character who he wants to unleash upon us all.

You connect the dots.

(Cherry on top: she's Francis's sister/cousin/other blood relative).

LordVaughn · « **Reply #59 on:** 11 Apr 2012, 06:46 »

Perhaps one of Dora's new neighbors? She works her way into the cast by introducing herself, Dora mentions CoD, and then after a chance meeting between Marigold and Dale, she turns out to be one of Dale's Alliance buddies.

DSL · « **Reply #60 on:** 11 Apr 2012, 07:04 »

And in Amherst ... she's a WITCH!

Carl-E · « **Reply #61 on:** 11 Apr 2012, 08:03 »

Altogether, now...

BURN HER!!

DSL · « **Reply #62 on:** 11 Apr 2012, 10:06 »

Quote from: Carl-E on 11 Apr 2012, 08:03

Altogether, now...

BURN HER!!

Or elect her to the town council.

Mustakyy · « **Reply #63 on:** 11 Apr 2012, 10:47 »

Quote from: Carl-E on 11 Apr 2012, 08:03

Altogether, now...

BURN HER!!

[rather silly voice] But how do you know that she is a witch? [/rather silly voice]

(sorry, couldn't resist)

pwhodges · « **Reply #64 on:** 06 Jun 2012, 00:34 »

Everybody was wrong!

Soulsynger · « **Reply #65 on:** 06 Jun 2012, 01:23 »

Since we still don't know ANYTHING relevant about her, Everybody might still be right, Mr. Hodges. °O

jwhouk · « **Reply #66 on:** 06 Jun 2012, 07:01 »

"She" is, from what we know at the present moment, an intern at Smif College's Williston Library.

Blood-Tree · « **Reply #67 on:** 09 Jun 2012, 05:43 »

We can make some assumptions based upon her appearance:

She has unfashionable glasses, acne, and an overbite, which leads to certain stereotypes; the only other character with comparable traits is Marigold.
She stoops and has more nervous body language that the other interns (panel 3, #2204 in particular), although her behaviour in #2205 would also indicate that she can be quite assertive.
She has been drawn with more detail than the other interns and has been consistently placed in the centre of each panel or closest to Marten, so I think Jeph has a larger role planned for her.

Barmymoo · « **Reply #68 on:** 09 Jun 2012, 08:53 »

I thought they were freckles rather than acne, it would go with her pale skin and red hair if they were. Other than that I have no real opinions from her appearance.

DSL · « **Reply #69 on:** 09 Jun 2012, 11:34 »

Quote from: Blood-Tree on 09 Jun 2012, 05:43

We can make some assumptions based upon her appearance:

Causes enough trouble in the real world.

LTK · « **Reply #70 on:** 09 Jun 2012, 11:49 »

Yes, but in the real world, there is no such thing as 'character design'. Also, those are definitely freckles.

FunkyTuba · « **Reply #71 on:** 09 Jun 2012, 20:47 »

Quote from: Blood-Tree on 09 Jun 2012, 05:43

We can make some assumptions based upon her appearance:
She has unfashionable glasses, acne, and an overbite, which leads to certain stereotypes; the only other character with comparable traits is Marigold.

Seems like most of Jeph's characters drawn in profile have an overbite...you can see Marten's in panel 4 of 2205. I think it probably has something to do with when they're talking? I think in that same panel NoIdeaGirl has deliberately drawn in her lower jaw in expectation of what Marten has to say.

Edited to add:
Looks like I'm not the only one who's noticed:

Quote from: jmucchiello on 08 Jun 2012, 03:07

In the last couple hundred strips, from 2000 to present, every character seems to have developed an overbite.

Blood-Tree · « **Reply #72 on:** 10 Jun 2012, 05:25 »

Quote from: DSL on 09 Jun 2012, 11:34

Quote from: Blood-Tree on 09 Jun 2012, 05:43
We can make some assumptions based upon her appearance:
Causes enough trouble in the real world.

Yeah, when I was typing that I did wonder whether I could really make judgments based on appearances and then I remembered that, as LTK says, these aren't real people, they are designed. Jeph has plenty of form in creating characters whose appearances match their personalities.

Quote from: LTK on 09 Jun 2012, 11:49

Yes, but in the real world, there is no such thing as 'character design'. Also, those are definitely freckles.

Good call - I was going with acne as there are are only three spots and only on one side, but I think you may be right.

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #73 on:** 10 Jun 2012, 10:07 »

Quote from: Blood-Tree on 10 Jun 2012, 05:25

these aren't real people.

Blasphemer! You question the holy writ?

Throg · « **Reply #74 on:** 11 Jun 2012, 07:54 »

Between the overbite and in particular the shape of the nose, I'm gonna guess that this is Marigold's sister.

Carl-E · « **Reply #75 on:** 11 Jun 2012, 23:22 »

Wildly different hair, body types, skin tones, ... I think not.

Also, you can see NoIdea's overbite straight on, her upper teeth show (something no other character's teeth do. Not even Clinton's).

Tova · « **Reply #76 on:** 11 Jun 2012, 23:31 »

Yep, she looks just like the redhead intern featuring in the current story arc to me.

jwhouk · « **Reply #77 on:** 12 Jun 2012, 06:04 »

Oh, you mean Claire?

FunkyTuba · « **Reply #78 on:** 12 Jun 2012, 07:41 »

Things we know about her based on her name:
- drives a Plymouth Satellite
- faster than the speed of light
- breathes pink air (has pink hair?)
- prefers red trees
- is immortal
- doesn't have a head
- emphatically *not* from mars or one of the seven stars that shine after 03:30

Throg · « **Reply #79 on:** 12 Jun 2012, 13:17 »

Quote from: Carl-E on 11 Jun 2012, 23:22

Wildly different hair, body types, skin tones, ... I think not.

Also, you can see NoIdea's overbite straight on, her upper teeth show (something no other character's teeth do. Not even Clinton's).

Redheads can vary wildly from siblings in body types, hair of course, skin tone, etc...although I'm basing this on experience / sample size of exactly one friend. After all, it's all idle speculation anyway; probably not related to any given cast member.

Blood-Tree · « **Reply #80 on:** 17 Jun 2012, 06:49 »

Quote from: Throg on 12 Jun 2012, 13:17

Everybody ~~Redheads~~ can vary wildly from siblings in body types, hair of course, skin tone, etc...

Awright our kid?

Just thought I'd help yer out thur. It's not so uncommon to look nowt like yer bros like.

Claire being related to someone would be like amazing, mate. She could be tight with anyone though? Even Angus like, cos e's got a touch o'tha bloody mary asn't e?

Barmymoo · « **Reply #81 on:** 18 Jun 2012, 03:43 »

When I meet new people, I don't generally assume they will inevitably be related to someone I already know. Why would they be in the comic?

Welu · « **Reply #82 on:** 18 Jun 2012, 04:43 »

I don't know if this has been linked but there was a female concept for Clinton before he was introduced to the comic and I can sort of see Claire in it but I'm not so sure that was the intention.

jwhouk · « **Reply #83 on:** 18 Jun 2012, 07:15 »

Not even close, IMHO.

She might know some of the other cast members, but from a distance or as an outsider. Like how she "heard" about COD.

Blood-Tree · « **Reply #84 on:** 19 Jun 2012, 12:09 »

So now we know - today's comic (#2212) proves that Claire's glasses are removable.

Astonishing.

Throg · « **Reply #85 on:** 19 Jun 2012, 12:37 »

Quote from: Blood-Tree on 19 Jun 2012, 12:09

So now we know - today's comic (#2212) proves that Claire's glasses are removable.

Astonishing.

Strewth! s'amazing innit? w'I god wot all wobblykins inna moot, och aye?

Welu · « **Reply #86 on:** 20 Jun 2012, 03:40 »

It's neat having a thread to discuss a new character. We'll all get to laugh at how wrong we were in a year or two.

jwhouk · « **Reply #87 on:** 06 Jul 2012, 03:38 »

Technically "Jim".

Carl-E · « **Reply #88 on:** 06 Jul 2012, 09:42 »

You're assuming Jimbo occasionally goes by Jim? or is there another...?

jwhouk · « **Reply #89 on:** 06 Jul 2012, 10:08 »

Quote from: Carl-E on 06 Jul 2012, 09:42

You're assuming Jimbo occasionally goes by Jim? or is there another...?

Yes to the first.

Barmymoo · « **Reply #90 on:** 08 Jul 2012, 12:37 »

I half-remember another double-naming, but I don't remember what it was, so perhaps it was just the Jim thing.

jwhouk · « **Reply #91 on:** 10 Jul 2012, 13:41 »

I think that that was more or less a running gag with Raven - all her boyfriends were named "Benji".

Carl-E · « **Reply #92 on:** 10 Jul 2012, 16:15 »

The only Benji I know...

jwhouk · « **Reply #93 on:** 10 Jul 2012, 18:57 »

Okay, we now have:

Claire (the witch) and Claire (the redheaded intern)
Jimbo (the redneck romance writer) and Jim (the owner of The Secret Bakery)
Benji (Raven's D&D playing "boyfriend") and Benji (the Canadian Classically-trained Guitar busker)

Omega Entity · « **Reply #94 on:** 10 Jul 2012, 21:12 »

I was doing a re-read, and found it odd that after the introduction of Elliot, there was also reference to a bouncer at a bar named Elliot. One and the same?

Carl-E · « **Reply #95 on:** 10 Jul 2012, 21:54 »

Quote from: Omega Entity on 10 Jul 2012, 21:12

I was doing a re-read, and found it odd that after the introduction of Elliot, there was also reference to a bouncer at a bar named Elliot. One and the same?

Suspected, but never confirmed.

jwhouk · « **Reply #96 on:** 11 Jul 2012, 06:42 »

Wil was familiar enough with him that he called him by first name after the "open weeping".

I don't suspect we'd have that many "Steves" in this One-Steve Show. (And no, I won't link to TVtropes.org for that; I'll be nice today.)

Welu · « **Reply #97 on:** 23 Jul 2012, 03:54 »

Can't remember if these have been shown but while doing an archive dig I found something kind of neat.

Possible Claire prototypes:
http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2066 First panel on left.

http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2080 First panel on right.

Edit: Something I noticed rereading the thread:

Quote from: Welu on 03 Feb 2012, 07:08

Something neat I noticed on an old JephDraw post: http://www.jephdraw.com/2006/02/line-weight.html

That character instantly made me think of Samantha, especially in this strip, possibly just because of the blue top. Although the drawing seems to be titled Claire. (if you view image properties)

So that drawing may have become Samantha and the name became our former Mystery Girl!

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