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WCDT: 2811-2815 (13-17 October 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Aziraphale:
--- Quote from: SteveCostello on 14 Oct 2014, 08:19 ---I'm beginning to wonder if Jeph is starting to wrap this comic up. After reading through the posts in this thread, I could certainly see that as being very possible. The primary and most secondary characters are shipped. Yeah, there are a few issues (LDR for Fayngus, the trans situation for MartenClaire) that could be explored, but those could honestly be wrapped up pretty tidily and then we'd be left to imagine our own ultimate endings without feeling hung out to dry. Hanners (who I definitely miss seeing) has, as has been mentioned, made terrific progress with her issues, and there's no reason to indicate she'd continue. Dora and Tai seem pretty happy, so outside of introducing a new twist for them, they could be left alone.
Jeph's been drawing QC for how long? I'm a relative late-comer, having been introduced to the comic with "Get Out of My Shop." (I really wish the date was on these comics...) With the introduction of the new comic, and since QC has been drawn for so long, I might be able to see how Jeph might start to wrap QC up to dedicate more time to AG or explore other projects. Just like any of the rest of us that work on something *forever*, every once in a while you feel the need for a change of scenery.
Just postulation. I certainly hope this is not the case, as I'd love to see QC keep going. Just pointing out the possibility that we're actually reaching a point where the comic could potentially be resolved, or at the very least, left in a good place. Maybe even around comic #3000... which will probably be just a gigantic, zoomed in image of a certain cloaca.
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I've been wondering the same thing, for some of the same reasons. That'd be a bit of a slap in the face to the people who ponied up for his Patreon campaign though, wouldn't it?
Mafarfloune:
Considering the whole pateron campaign was directed at QC readers so that he could start new projects and keep working on QC, that'd be a kinda shitty thing to do.
Thrillho:
Not necessarily. How long does he have to keep working on QC for it to be considered long enough to count as continuing to work on it? Is the artist's view on when something should end not more important than the outside observer's? The second you start catering to your audience rather than being true to your art, you become a brand, not an artist. It's what killed Heroes, for one.
BenRG:
Depending on whether Jeph has the ideas for new story arcs, QC could easily go on for years. Even if he's on the home stretch now, I could easily see it lasting another 500 strips at least.
AprilArcus:
--- Quote from: bhtooefr on 14 Oct 2014, 08:10 ---You're assuming that Claire wouldn't know better than to try to get real work done using Pintsize. Most likely, she was already at Smif by 303, where there were AnthroPCs in the library (presumably as a pilot program)? Actually, given that bad experience, it's surprising that they hired Momo...
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If Smif is a thinly veiled version of Smith, it would be beyond credibility for Claire to have been an undergraduate there. Although Smith doesn't explicitly forbid trans women from applying, it does require that they have female gender markers on all paperwork (driver's license, social security card, passport), and Massachusetts requires SRS to issue a corrected birth certificate.
Claire started HRT at around 18, too late to have jumped through all the hoops by college admissions time. If she had applied as an undergraduate, she would have encountered all the same roadblocks that prevented Calliope Wong from attending Smith.
Even if she had been admitted successfully, she'd have been among Smif's first (if not their very first) trans woman undergrad, which would make her effectively a celebrity, and exclude any possibility of the relative anonymity she enjoys. People like Tai and Emily would recognize her name on sight.
--- Quote from: SteveCostello on 14 Oct 2014, 08:19 ---I'm beginning to wonder if Jeph is starting to wrap this comic up. After reading through the posts in this thread, I could certainly see that as being very possible. The primary and most secondary characters are shipped. Yeah, there are a few issues (LDR for Fayngus, the trans situation for MartenClaire) that could be explored, but those could honestly be wrapped up pretty tidily and then we'd be left to imagine our own ultimate endings without feeling hung out to dry.
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I don't think Jeph could end QC on a satisfying note without putting some serious effort into addressing Marten's career situation and musical aspirations.
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