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Total Members Voted: 54

Voting closed: 01 Apr 2015, 05:42

[Omega Entity]

Eh, leaning towards tattoo. The outline would be red, imo, not black. FYI, don't Google electrical burn. That shit looks NASTY.

That aside, the red irritation around what I take to be the black outline looks strikingly like the kind that fresh tattoos have. Exhibit A:



And since Jeph has a -lot- of experience with those, he'd probably be pretty familiar with what it looks like.

[Ravenswing]

Jesus Christ, Clinton, what did you pull on gentle Emily to have her dump a pizza on your chest and slug you one?

[Neko_Ali]

Also, doesn't it look like the side of Clinton's head has been razor cut close? He had short hair before, but tops and side were the same length. Here it looks like the top is the same, but the side was cut close.

[valkygrrl]

Faux-hawk?

[Neko_Ali]

Well it would go with the wanna be punk look...

[Elder Sign]

Am I the only one sensing the double standard around tonight's strip?  Like, if it had been Claire sitting there all wounded and messed up, the forums would be an inferno of outrage, but since it's Clinton, it's apparently A-OK comedy gold?

[Kugai]

Monday's Comic


Claire:  "Soooooooo...... How did the date go?"
Emily:   "It was FUN!!" (Big grin on face)

[Half Empty Coffee Cup]

We don't know how any of this happened to him. Depending on how he came to be in this state, it's either (yes) funny as can be, or absolutely horrifying.

Though I think the primary reaction here is surprise.

[Kugai]

Hmmmm

I wonder if Emily has climbed the Flagpole.

[Elder Sign]

We don't know how any of this happened to him. Depending on how he came to be in this state, it's either (yes) funny as can be, or absolutely horrifying.

Though I think the primary reaction here is surprise.

C'mon, man, the primary reaction in a WCDT is complex, multi-layered in-depth analysis.

The initial reaction here is surprise ... for about 0.64 seconds.  To an android (hand), sir, that is an eternity.

[Perfectly Reasonable]

Well --- I got my wish.
(I wonder how Momo's new room turned out?)

[improvnerd]

I'm thinking Emily invited him to a punk club, and took him out shopping beforehand so he'd fit in.

New clothes,
New haircut,
Tattoo,
Puke and black eye from the mosh pit.

[BenRG]

Okay, so let's do a checklist:

• New hairdo;
• New tattoo;
• Inexplicably wearing boots and wading trousers;
• Food stains on shirt;
• Black eye.

Well, if nothing else, Marten has finally lost his record for the most disastrous first date in the QC-verse. Clinton is tough and will probably bounce back. It's Emily that I'm worried about! If she had a role in this, she might be heartbroken!

Why did cookies act as a reminder? Well, maybe Clinton brought some as a gift for Emily, little knowing how she reacts to concentrated sugar!

Regarding Claire and Faye, I find it funny that their argument was clearly a much bigger thing to us than it was to Jeph! That said, it is in character for Marten to suggest patience and a 'slow and steady' strategy. I would advise against bribes (even delicious cookies) but, yeah, Faye will doubtlessly soon be her usual tolerable self. It's just that sad!Claire is so pitiful-looking!

[Omega Entity]

Er... Marten's had a disastrous first date? As was mentioned before, there was Wil and Penelope's and Steve and Cosette's that were pretty bad, but I don't recall any real craziness with Marten.

[Sorflakne]

Well.  Monday's comic will be interesting.

[Is it cold in here?]

Why did cookies act as a reminder? Well, maybe Clinton brought some as a gift for Emily, little knowing how she reacts to concentrated sugar!

Oh my. That makes so much sense. Let's use "like Emily on a sugar high" as a simile from now on.

The Marten first date disaster refers to his very first date with anyone, in high school if memory serves. He mentioned it while Hannelore was being awkward with Winslow. Combustion was involved.

[vforvancouver]

Tattoo. Why everybody (okay, not everybody, but quite a few) insist that Clinton got a tattoo?

That's a burn. An electrical burn. Like this one:

(click to show/hide)

Image from Backdraft (1991), if you're young enough and haven't seen that movie.

That shit hurts like hell. Been there, done that. At least my mutant powers allowed my skin to heal nicely.

[Omega Entity]

Again, I think the outline'd be red, not black. It's very clearly black outlines. And I still say that's inflammation from being a fresh tattoo.

Plus... how in the hell would he get a burn -there-, of all places? Unless that's a hanging socket or at least waist-high, you'd have to assume a pretty awkward position to get it there.

[BenRG]

The Marten first date disaster refers to his very first date with anyone, in high school if memory serves. He mentioned it while Hannelore was being awkward with Winslow. Combustion was involved.

If Marten's later comments were truthful and referred to the same first date, it also included his date vomiting on him, headbutting him in the junk and suddenly loudly invoking Hitler whilst in a public place. So, yeah, Marten has a reason to be unsure around women.

[Omega Entity]

Wasn't that just Faye?

[Truec]

I still half suspect that panel 4 is just Claire's assumption of what she's going to hear when she asks him how the date went.

[pwhodges]

My initial reaction was not "Emily weirdness", but "the loser got himself mugged before he even got there".

[vforvancouver]

Believe me, that's a burn. I got one of those while trying to install a wall oven, but mine was in my left arm. I'd rather have a broken arm than another electrical burn. As to why is it black, I don't know; my scar turned white on red skin and the worst parts turned black and deep red. Why would you get a tattoo of an electrical socket? How don't we know the black eye isn't a tattoo either? I strongly believe the date went very, very wrong at some point and turned out to be a painful Yakkety Sax moment. Clinton got puked, wet, hit, burnt, poked, and more, not exactly in that order. Also, that haircut wasn't voluntary either, and I presume he has a twisted ankle and needs a drink.

[Omega Entity]

There's a -ton- of stories out there about getting bad tattoos while drunk. No, we don't know that he even got drunk, but it's can't be truly ruled out, either.

PLOT TWIST: Clinton's hand went rogue and did the tattoo itself.

[jacoposki]

Are we even sure it's something new and superimposed, be it tattoo or burn, and not simply part of the electric system of his robot-hand? Have we seen Clinton's arm before?

[zmeiat_joro]

Dudes, it's a tatoo. Also vomit and a punk hairdo, the suspenders and the boots, the black eye -- mosh pit.

[Pilchard123]

Are we even sure it's something new and superimposed, be it tattoo or burn, and not simply part of the electric system of his robot-hand? Have we seen Clinton's arm before?

I think so, at the lake party.

[Cpt. Slowloader]

At this time we shall accept your oaths of fealty.

I, for one, welcome our new huggable overlord.

[jacoposki]

Are we even sure it's something new and superimposed, be it tattoo or burn, and not simply part of the electric system of his robot-hand? Have we seen Clinton's arm before?

I think so, at the lake party.

There are three strips with Clinton's arm exposed at the lake party, but in none of them you can see that part of his arm.

http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2299
http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2305
http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2327

[tywren]

Tattoo. Why everybody (okay, not everybody, but quite a few) insist that Clinton got a tattoo?

That's a burn. An electrical burn. Like this one:

(click to show/hide)

Image from Backdraft (1991), if you're young enough and haven't seen that movie.

That shit hurts like hell. Been there, done that. At least my mutant powers allowed my skin to heal nicely.

If he'd taken an electrical shock strong enough to burn him in that location, the hand (or at least the interface where the hand plugs into his wrist stump) would be fried, yet he's using it to take a call. The evidence points to a tattoo.

[chaospersonified]

People are so divided over whether it's a burn, a tattoo, or part of his prosthetic... How about we wait and find out for sure?

I don't know why everyone's suddenly sure Clinton got drunk enough to tattoo an electrical socket to his arm; he looks fucked up in the strip, but not like, in the drunk way. I have a feeling Emily got hold of a marker at some point, and  I can only assume the burning happened afterwards.

Jeph had best do some 'splaining. If he doesn't... Well, to be honest, I'll probably just laugh even harder, but IT WILL BE AN UPSET LAUGH

[Pilchard123]

I have a feeling Emily got hold of a marker at some point, and  Ican only assume the burning happened afterwards.

Maybe it's a reaction to the marker ink.

[MooskiNet]

Sorta showing my age here, but Clinton looks almost exactly like he had a first date with someone who's allergic to alcohol:

(click to show/hide)

[Is it cold in here?]

'splaining. If he doesn't... Well, to be honest, I'll probably just laugh even harder

So guess what he'll do!

[chaospersonified]

'splaining. If he doesn't... Well, to be honest, I'll probably just laugh even harder

So guess what he'll do!

IT WILL BE AN ANGRY LAUGHTER

[swapna]

Am I the only one sensing the double standard around tonight's strip?  Like, if it had been Claire sitting there all wounded and messed up, the forums would be an inferno of outrage, but since it's Clinton, it's apparently A-OK comedy gold?

Yup, comedy gold! Nah, I rolled my eyes too. I don't really like Clinton, but hurting him is usually played for laughs. It's similar with Pintsize. But lean too close to Claire, and it's as good as beating her up, in terms of Forum outrage.

On the other note: I'm glad that this didn't descend into 'Marten breaks those two up/gives them a lecture/whatever'. Faye is living there, too, and while they may never become friends, they may have to figure out how to live next to each other on their own.

[CaptainFish]

I'm curious what happened to his eye. Since his glasses are intact he either took them off and had an accident, or took them off to fight someone!?

Put me down on the tattoo side as well.

Aside from the injuries and puke, it's a good look for Clinton, he should lean into it.

[hedgie]

Yup, comedy gold! Nah, I rolled my eyes too. I don't really like Clinton, but hurting him is usually played for laughs. It's similar with Pintsize. But lean too close to Claire, and it's as good as beating her up, in terms of Forum outrage.

I think the Clinton being tormented for being creepy, and thus "deserving" of whatever happens started before Claire was really much of a (if any) presence in the series.  She hadn't been introduced when he was acting all stalkerish towards Hanners, and also had to be on the receiving end of a good zap from Momo for getting too close.  Like Pintsize, he had pretty much established himself as a butt-monkey in his first several strips.  When Clinton and Claire were having their tiff in CoD, my first thought about her was "Ye gawds, there's another one".  Thankfully, she grew as a character, and hopefully so will he.

[KOK]

Are we even sure it's something new and superimposed, be it tattoo or burn, and not simply part of the electric system of his robot-hand? Have we seen Clinton's arm before?

That is a drawing. Not two sockets in his arm.

[bhtooefr]

For that matter, I thought I read something that Jeph posted, where the original character design for Clinton was female, but Jeph ended up switching to a male character due to the number of female characters in QC.

And then he went back and reused the earlier female Clinton prototype as Claire.

[Aziraphale]

Wonder if the black eye came from the prosthetic hand? It's semi-autonomous, and we don't know how it reacts to alcohol...

[Rghfrgl]

For that matter, I thought I read something that Jeph posted, where the original character design for Clinton was female, but Jeph ended up switching to a male character due to the number of female characters in QC.

And then he went back and reused the earlier female Clinton prototype as Claire.

Probably this picture from the wiki.

[anahata]

I still half suspect that panel 4 is just Claire's assumption of what she's going to hear when she asks him how the date went.

Jeph's comment at the bottom doesn't really support this, unless it's a cheap trick to lead us astray, but that isn't really his style.

[anahata]

Wonder if the black eye came from the prosthetic hand? It's semi-autonomous, and we don't know how it reacts to alcohol...

He must already know how it reacts to alcohol, or are you suggesting Clinton has chosen his first date with Emily as the time also to try alcohol for the first time?

Talk about living dangerously... but that would explain the tattoo, the vomit and the black eye.

[chaospersonified]

Wonder if the black eye came from the prosthetic hand? It's semi-autonomous, and we don't know how it reacts to alcohol...

He must already know how it reacts to alcohol, or are you suggesting Clinton has chosen his first date with Emily as the time also to try alcohol for the first time?

Talk about living dangerously... but that would explain the tattoo, the vomit and the black eye.

I repeat.

Why do people assume Clinton to be drunk. We have no evidence to support that except a non-sequitur

[Rghfrgl]

Also, doesn't it look like the side of Clinton's head has been razor cut close? He had short hair before, but tops and side were the same length. Here it looks like the top is the same, but the side was cut close.

He's been burned, got a black eye, his clothes were ruined and he's been dumped off on the side of the road somewhere. But the worse thing to happen to him tonight?

Someone stuck gum in his hair.

[swapna]

Yup, comedy gold! Nah, I rolled my eyes too. I don't really like Clinton, but hurting him is usually played for laughs. It's similar with Pintsize. But lean too close to Claire, and it's as good as beating her up, in terms of Forum outrage.

I think the Clinton being tormented for being creepy, and thus "deserving" of whatever happens started before Claire was really much of a (if any) presence in the series.  She hadn't been introduced when he was acting all stalkerish towards Hanners, and also had to be on the receiving end of a good zap from Momo for getting too close.  Like Pintsize, he had pretty much established himself as a butt-monkey in his first several strips.  When Clinton and Claire were having their tiff in CoD, my first thought about her was "Ye gawds, there's another one".  Thankfully, she grew as a character, and hopefully so will he.

Yeah, I get it - it's one of the reasons why I don't like Clinton. He's a creep, and he's patronising and he really, really doesn't know when to stop. The problem is the narrative - he 'deserves' to be beaten up/shocked/hurt because he's a creep and mean.  If the narrative were that it's normal and OK to beat people up because it's funny/ because they've been mean (which it was in the first 400-500 strips), then all right. If the world doesn't work like that and it's 'over the line' and 'mean' and 'physical intimidation' if Faye almost gets into Claire's personal space but it's still OK to beat up Clinton, then we have a case of double standards.

[bhtooefr]

It was this post I was thinking of: http://jephjacques.com/post/4384135243/concept-sketch-of-clinton-the-anthropc-surveyor

[perlhaqr]

Birdshot?  Maybe just rocksalt?  Yeesh.  Poor Clinton!

[CM_albion]

Am I the only one sensing the double standard around tonight's strip?  Like, if it had been Claire sitting there all wounded and messed up, the forums would be an inferno of outrage, but since it's Clinton, it's apparently A-OK comedy gold?

in fairness, Clinton has at-best-poor at-worst-irritable social skills, no concept of personal space, no self awareness, jumps to an aggressive stance with no provokation and is generally kind of a tosser.

ok, yea that doesn't actually justify the double standard. but seriously, the sheer degree, quantity and nature of the misfortunes makes this comedy, not the person it's aimed at.