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WCDT strips 3711 to 3715 (2nd-6th April 2018)
BenRG:
There is so much subtext in today's comic. It's pretty clear that Mrs A is interpreting everything the way that she wants to interpret it. However, she doesn't have to go as far as you might think.
The reason why I say that is because I think that there is a lot of subtext to Brun's innocuous statement: "Clinton... is nice." You could probably write an essay about it but I'll settle for this: That pause makes me think that Brun was struggling to find the right words to express her feelings without saying something that she is worried might be offensive to one of Clinton's family. As the word she eventually used was 'nice', I imagine she was rejecting something like 'attractive' or even 'desirable' (meaning the whole Clinton Augustus package, nobility, honesty and the way he tries to work on her terms as well as being physically attractive to her too).
Panel 4 is wonderful because Brun has that lovely 'human interaction rules sometimes defeat me' expression. I think that, based on Mrs A's misinterpretation of being told that Clinton smelling nice she's suddenly realised why Elliott may have misinterpreted her smelling Clinton earlier.
Meanwhile, poor Clinton's blood pressure surely can't spike any more than it does in panel 4, can it?
Finally, I suspect that Mrs A is rapidly approaching that moment in her life where every word she says to Clinton and Claire is 'grand-babies'.
traroth:
Unrealistically oblivious character not aware of being lusted by other character...
That pattern happens far too often in QC.
Hopefully, the "eternal cliffhanger" pattern will be more rare...
(Sorry about your dog, Jeph. She seemed nice)
SpanielBear:
Poor Jeph and Shelby. That's really sad. Dogs are great.
BenRG:
--- Quote from: traroth on 06 Apr 2018, 00:54 ---Hopefully, the "eternal cliffhanger" pattern will be more rare...
--- End quote ---
I'm not sure if 'eternal cliffhanger' is accurate. The problem with the daily sequential art format is that things are passing with interminable slowness from the perspective of a daily reader. However, having been reading the bound volumes, I've noticed that Jeph's work tends to fit roughly into 'episodic' arc, that can be many dozen strips long and that an episode focusing on one group of characters can then be followed by an episode focussing on another group of characters, leading to weeks or even months before you pick up when the last episode left off with the first set of characters.
So, yes, I'm thinking that we're going to work towards an end to this 'episode', possibly with Clinton asleep in his old room and Brun sleeping next to him because she doesn't want to go back to Renee's place so late and can't sleep very well without something familiar close by (or that's what she says anyway). Then, we'll start the next week back with Faye and Bubbles... or maybe Marten and Claire.... or maybe Hannelore and Winslow. In any event, it could be 6-12 weeks before we catch up with what happens to Clinton and Brun (let alone poor Elliott!).
incurablygeek:
Affection to Jeph on the loss of a beloved member of the family.
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