Topic: WCDT: 2231-35 (16-20 July 2012) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread (SDCC Wk 2) (Read 39572 times)

Omega Entity · « **Reply #50 on:** 17 Jul 2012, 21:52 »

I voted 'DAMN YOU WILLIS!'. Apparently my vote was well-placed.

Kugai · « **Reply #51 on:** 17 Jul 2012, 21:55 »

What has been seeeeeeeeeeeeeeen

Boxilar · « **Reply #52 on:** 17 Jul 2012, 22:16 »

Quote from: Tova on 17 Jul 2012, 00:07

Quote from: pwhodges on 17 Jul 2012, 00:03
So, four out of five guest strips so far are about Pintsize...

I was just about to post something along the lines of: "Crikey, don't the guest comic strip writes just love Pintsize!"

I suppose it's because he's the easiest character to make one-off joke strips about.

But I have to say that the main reason I don't get tired of Pintsize is that Jeph doesn't overdo the Pintsize humour.

That's kind of gone out the window now. And now I'm tired of him.

Yeah, I know. Gripe moan whinge blah blah blah. First world problems. Et cetera. I'm over it. Just had to get it off my chest.

Edit: having got over my initial reaction, I probably would have enjoyed the comic a lot more had it appeared earlier. It's probably the best of the recent guest strips.

Yup. Pintsize is best taken in small doses. Kind of like bourbon. A small nip now and again isn't bad, and leaves you feeling pleasntly buzzed. Heaven help you if you up end the bottle though....

Because, OWLS.

(there really needs to be an owl emoticon. just saying.)

St.Clair · « **Reply #53 on:** 17 Jul 2012, 22:23 »

Willis, not to be outdone by Miholland, boldly flings himself across the line of good taste!

haikupoet · « **Reply #54 on:** 17 Jul 2012, 22:30 »

You ever get the sense that the Walkyverse is just one big circlejerk of successful webcomic writers with twisted senses of humor? I mean, Dave alone is a sick pupply, but add Randy, Jeph, Danielle, and the rest of 'em into it, it just gets very silly. So silly Graham Chapman's ghost has to show up in a military uniform.

Soulsynger · « **Reply #55 on:** 18 Jul 2012, 01:46 »

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwww...

(I know, I know.)

Mr. Doctor · « **Reply #56 on:** 18 Jul 2012, 02:16 »

Hahahaha This was a good one. Nothing like some awful images that stick with you.

techkid · « **Reply #57 on:** 18 Jul 2012, 03:19 »

My response to today's guest strip (particularly the Epilogues):

1. Open skull
2. Insert ice pick
Eleventy-π: stab at brain until contents erased.

Sidhekin · « **Reply #58 on:** 18 Jul 2012, 04:29 »

First, I'll note that there is no exclamation mark in the canonical "DAMN YOU WILLIS." (Futility be damned.)

Second, is this the last of the guest comics? And if so, can we say they ended on a brown note?

Border Reiver · « **Reply #59 on:** 18 Jul 2012, 04:34 »

That one was tolerable - right up to the Epilogues, then I needed the brain bleach.

jwhouk · « **Reply #60 on:** 18 Jul 2012, 05:41 »

So, Questionables, what other guest comic weirdness will we have this week?

The mandatory appearance of Choochoo Bear. 2 (5%)
Danielle will come up with something. 5 (12.5%)
Has Wigu done a guest comic yet? 2 (5%)
David Malki does the Retro QC! 1 (2.5%)
DAMN YOU WILLIS!!!!!! 13 (32.5%)
Something we have YET to see done in QC. 9 (22.5%)
Guest strips? 6 (15%)
Zach Weiner AGAIN! 2 (5%)
Super Secret Guest Strip by... STEPHAN PASTIS! 0 (0%)

Total Members Voted: 40

Black Sword · « **Reply #61 on:** 18 Jul 2012, 06:33 »

I think we need some bourbon in this thread. In massive quantities. To cleanse our eyes and minds of things man was not meant to witness.

Soulsynger · « **Reply #62 on:** 18 Jul 2012, 07:03 »

Or robot, for that matter.

Throg · « **Reply #63 on:** 18 Jul 2012, 09:35 »

Glad to see I'm not the only one with this reaction: eeeeyyyugh.

I believe Willis has attained the apotheosis of butts.

cesium133 · « **Reply #64 on:** 18 Jul 2012, 10:02 »

Today's comic could be read as a continuation of yesterday's comic... Pintsize nags Marten into taking him to the modding competition, where Pintsize gets modded into a butt...

Daniel Patrick Moynihan · « **Reply #65 on:** 18 Jul 2012, 10:28 »

Best guest comic since 939.

Near Lurker · « **Reply #66 on:** 18 Jul 2012, 11:38 »

I always thought the whole Singularity thing was supposed to be a parody of the whole idea...

The Singularity is supposed to be an apocalyptic positive feedback loop. That's pretty much what it means - it's named after a point of discontinuity in a meromorphic function, specifically meant to invoke a vertical asymptote on a graph of "progress," by whatever metric, where technological prowess all but literally divides by zero. The idea of machine intelligence outpacing human is just the how, not the what. With that in mind, the subtext of the whole Singularity bit, where the alleged trigger occurs, the media is whipped into a frenzy, and the cast barely notice, seems loud and clear:

"Get a grip."

DSL · « **Reply #67 on:** 18 Jul 2012, 12:47 »

Quote from: Throg on 18 Jul 2012, 09:35

Glad to see I'm not the only one with this reaction: eeeeyyyugh.

I believe Willis has attained the apotheosis of butts.

Dare one say? It is the asschaton.

celticgeek · « **Reply #68 on:** 18 Jul 2012, 14:36 »

The singulassity.

Sorflakne · « **Reply #69 on:** 18 Jul 2012, 14:48 »

A buttbot?? There is only one who can save us now:

jwhouk · « **Reply #70 on:** 18 Jul 2012, 15:21 »

Well, of course Hannelore is the one who kept the singularity from destroying all of mankind.

After Station spent nearly a decade trying to figure her out, he came to the conclusion that humans were worth saving.

And I have every reason to believe he is actually AI #1.

Overkillengine · « **Reply #71 on:** 18 Jul 2012, 16:38 »

Quote from: celticgeek on 18 Jul 2012, 14:36

The singulassity.

Is it too soon for a Brown Hole joke? Or has this already passed a moral event horizon?

Boomslang · « **Reply #72 on:** 18 Jul 2012, 17:28 »

Quote from: jwhouk on 18 Jul 2012, 15:21

And I have every reason to believe he is actually AI #1.

If nothing else, he's a pretty good example of a powerful AI responsible for the well being of a large number of people. I really doubt he's the first- but this, http://jephjacques.com/post/14655843351/un-hearing-on-ai-rights is the only thing I can find where Jeph actually talks about the first AI, and it's not 100% clear if that's actually canon for the comic. An interesting read, and it's kind of amazing that AI's have been developed enough in the QC-verse to make a case for citizenship since before 1999. Then again, in many ways the QC-verse is way more advanced than ours, and that could be attributed to a single successful AI experiment and the repercussions thereof.

Dr. ROFLPWN · « **Reply #73 on:** 18 Jul 2012, 17:38 »

Quote from: Daniel Patrick Moynihan on 18 Jul 2012, 10:28

Best guest comic since 939.

Word.

I'm always amazed how much complaining gets done around here when we have guest artists come on.

jwhouk · « **Reply #74 on:** 18 Jul 2012, 17:51 »

Just when it's Willis.

Damn you Willis.

jwhouk · « **Reply #75 on:** 18 Jul 2012, 18:26 »

Back to the storyline, already in progress - it appears the place where the little house party happened really is Tai's house. I suspect that this means she moved out of her dorm years ago.

cesium133 · « **Reply #76 on:** 18 Jul 2012, 19:40 »

It bothers me a little that the colors of Tai's sheets change between the first and second frame...

akronnick · « **Reply #77 on:** 18 Jul 2012, 20:21 »

Must be the effects of the Tequila Monster!

~~cesariojpn~~ · « **Reply #78 on:** 18 Jul 2012, 20:21 »

Is that a tat or just some frilly stuff on Tai's panties along her waistline?

Sorflakne · « **Reply #79 on:** 18 Jul 2012, 20:30 »

Looks like tats.

RyanW1019 · « **Reply #80 on:** 18 Jul 2012, 20:35 »

Can anyone tell what is at the center of that Venn diagram on Tai's wall? I got Librarians on one side and Lesbians on the other, but the middle is too small to make out. Lesbrarians?

DSL · « **Reply #81 on:** 18 Jul 2012, 21:06 »

Quote from: cesium133 on 18 Jul 2012, 19:40

It bothers me a little that the colors of Tai's sheets change between the first and second frame...

Mood linens?

ASmellyOgre · « **Reply #82 on:** 18 Jul 2012, 21:11 »

Quote from: RyanW1019 on 18 Jul 2012, 20:35

Can anyone tell what is at the center of that Venn diagram on Tai's wall? I got Librarians on one side and Lesbians on the other, but the middle is too small to make out. Lesbrarians?

Yeah, it says "lesbrarians."

Kugai · « **Reply #83 on:** 18 Jul 2012, 21:59 »

Oh the drama to come

*Drools*

jmucchiello · « **Reply #84 on:** 18 Jul 2012, 23:21 »

Lesbrarians better be in the next poll.

VonKleist · « **Reply #85 on:** 18 Jul 2012, 23:46 »

Well hello, Mr Hangover Demon, fancy seeing you around here.

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #86 on:** 18 Jul 2012, 23:48 »

Tai, why do you want to forget doing the right thing?

Tova · « **Reply #87 on:** 18 Jul 2012, 23:55 »

Assuming that by "doing the right thing" you mean "not losing her panties", I am pretty sure that's not what she wants to forget.

It's the boldly confessing her love to Dora part; for what I would hope are obvious reasons.

Dr. ROFLPWN · « **Reply #88 on:** 19 Jul 2012, 01:24 »

What Tai remembers: not fucking up

What Tai wanted to remember: evolving into a butt and waging the battle of Rectnarok against the traitor Pintsize

(The tequila monster represents: consequences )

Akima · « **Reply #89 on:** 19 Jul 2012, 02:06 »

Damn you Willis! What has been seen cannot be unseen!

One bottle of wine between four people and Tai has a hangover and hallucinations? Of course it could be some sort of synergistic weed-weirdness, I suppose. Or there was off-screen secret bourbon.

Soulsynger · « **Reply #90 on:** 19 Jul 2012, 02:13 »

Quote from: Akima on 19 Jul 2012, 02:06

Damn you Willis! What has been seen cannot be unseen!

One bottle of wine between four people and Tai has a hangover and hallucinations? Of course it could be some sort of synergistic weed-weirdness, I suppose. Or there was off-screen secret bourbon.

Or there is even more stuff (and alcohol) she doesn't remember. Wait for the conclusions!

... and I first read the diagram as (Librarians(Librarians)Lesbians) ... which I found very funny in its own aspect but "Lesbrarians" in the middle makes more sense, of course.

techkid · « **Reply #91 on:** 19 Jul 2012, 03:19 »

Quote from: Tova on 18 Jul 2012, 23:55

Assuming that by "doing the right thing" you mean "not losing her panties", I am pretty sure that's not what she wants to forget.

It's the boldly confessing her love to Dora part; for what I would hope are obvious reasons.

Given how she pulled it off, I'd say it's embarrassment at putting Dora in an awkward position more than anything else.

jwhouk · « **Reply #92 on:** 19 Jul 2012, 05:54 »

So, Questionables, what other guest comic weirdness will we have this week?

The mandatory appearance of Choochoo Bear. 2 (3.8%)
Danielle will come up with something. 6 (11.5%)
Has Wigu done a guest comic yet? 3 (5.8%)
David Malki does the Retro QC! 1 (1.9%)
DAMN YOU WILLIS! 20 (38.5%)
Something we have YET to see done in QC. 10 (19.2%)
Guest strips? 8 (15.4%)
Zach Weiner AGAIN! 2 (3.8%)
Super Secret Guest Strip by... STEPHAN PASTIS! 0 (0.0%)

Total members voting: 52

DSL · « **Reply #93 on:** 19 Jul 2012, 06:24 »

Quote from: Akima on 19 Jul 2012, 02:06

Damn you Willis! What has been seen cannot be unseen!

One bottle of wine between four people and Tai has a hangover and hallucinations? Of course it could be some sort of synergistic weed-weirdness, I suppose. Or there was off-screen secret bourbon.

Lookit her! She's TINY! Although she seems to be getting taller.

Boxilar · « **Reply #94 on:** 19 Jul 2012, 06:25 »

Tai regrets in the cold light of day what was wrought with liquid courage. She fears that her confession will drive Dora away. But then she didn't see Dora standing as if she'd been beaned between the eyes with a baseball bat. And she didn't see the blush.

Also, I know it's neither here nor there, but has Tai put on a bit of weight around the hips? I know everyone's butt spreads out when sitting or lying down, but Tai has been looking less androgynous lately.

Throg · « **Reply #95 on:** 19 Jul 2012, 06:30 »

asschaton? singulassity? Rectanarok?

Butts disease has reached its virulent phase, I see.

Sooo...Tai not so much a playa, as it's the booze talking. Ruh roh.

DSL · « **Reply #96 on:** 19 Jul 2012, 08:51 »

Way I see it, Tai doesn't want to be a "playa." She wants monogamy, committed, ideally Italo-Swede flavored with free-trade coffee. Tai's hangup seems to me to be a fear of success, even as she strives for it, and she is apprehensive about the consequences now that she has made the leap, with the aid of alcohol-fueled boosters.

In other words, "Oh shit oh shit what if this actually works?"

We wait to see what thought processes are going on between the ears of one Ms. Bianchi.

Also, Robutts.

Thrudd · « **Reply #97 on:** 19 Jul 2012, 11:16 »

Is this The END?
Will butts disease go into remission once again?
Will Willis return to inflict more cheeky humour?

Tune in tomorrow.
Same BUTT Time.
Same BUTT channel.

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #98 on:** 19 Jul 2012, 12:03 »

Quote from: Tova on 18 Jul 2012, 23:55

Assuming that by "doing the right thing" you mean "not losing her panties", I am pretty sure that's not what she wants to forget.

It's the boldly confessing her love to Dora part; for what I would hope are obvious reasons.

Being honest with a love interest is often the right thing to do. If Dora turns out not to be interested then Tai has arranged for that to come out quickly, substituting quick temporary pain for months of angst. So it's awkward. It would be a bit much to expect romance without awkwardness at their ages.

jwhouk · « **Reply #99 on:** 19 Jul 2012, 13:27 »

Should "Lesbrarians" be a legitimate term?

Of course! It's right there in the Venn Diagram! 6 (31.6%)
It's a COMIC STRIP. Lighten up! 2 (10.5%)
NO! IT IS NOT PROPER ENGLISH! 0 (0%)
Yeah, like we use that around here? 1 (5.3%)
C'mon, it's kinda cute. 2 (10.5%)
Even if her sheets changed colors. 3 (15.8%)
DAMN YOU WILLIS! 4 (21.1%)
Spathe Ham!? 0 (0%)
Waffles? 1 (5.3%)
Uh... Mellow Yellow ? ? ? 0 (0%)

Total Members Voted: 19

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