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Comic Discussion => QUESTIONABLE CONTENT => Topic started by: jwhouk on 24 Jan 2010, 20:37
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Gotta start it out with a poll - YMMV :)
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Hannelore of course- though there surely will be people who screw around and flip the Bird. I challenge this forum to give any of the other 3 more than 20 votes. Also, I finally noticed what Hannelore's shirt says and giggled. Why did it have to be giggles *hat and whip*
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Sara!
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I miss Raven...
/pout.
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Someone has to move into Dora's old apartment, and Raven's love life would be easier to accommodate if she didn't have a roommate to deal with.
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Hannelore of course- though there surely will be people who screw around and flip the Bird. I challenge this forum to give any of the other 3 more than 20 votes.
You had to say it, dincha?
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Sara!
Sara's dead, Jim. The Allosaurus got her.
Hannelore of course- though there surely will be people who screw around and flip the Bird. I challenge this forum to give any of the other 3 more than 20 votes.
You had to say it, dincha?
Well, I originally said "dare" and "10", but decided those were respectively too confrontational and too easy. I notice the other 3 still don't have a single vote between them.
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Yelling bird will simply Skull fuck the Poll to death.
Little bastard has absolutely no scruples.
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Dont think Dora even tries the game, so ... Hanners win.
That Bird ? Haha. No way. Theres a reason he has such a mouth. He has not much else.
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D'awww.
Hanners wishes she could be a real girl.
Or Kimiko Ross, you know, whichever.
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"When I was a kid I always imagined I'd be normal by now."
She was already my favourite character, but I identify with her even more now!
Can't wait till that OCDelightful shirt of hers is available, I wanted one so bad as soon as I first saw it.
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"When I was a kid I always imagined I'd be a normal cybernetic space princess on Mars by now."
Oh, Hanners, ye of small dreams. When I was a kid, I got all hung up on multiverse theory and decided I not only wanted to be a god, I WAS a god. Just, you know, not of this universe, but infinity-1 of others. That way, however sucky things got here, there was some universe where I ground-pounded the 9/11 hijackers just as they boarded their planes. Or honeycomb shielded Indonesia from the tsunami. Or prevented the massive death in Haiti. Wait...
But now xkcd has crushed those dreams.
(http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/childrens_fantasy.png)
I hate Randall now.
....
:cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:
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Hanner's shirt—Shades of Jimmy Valmer! (South Park's resident "Handi-Capable" student).
I can relate: if I'd had my childhood wishes, things would be different—for one thing, I'd now be able to incinerate people at will with fireballs* (yes, without having to cart a flamethrower or napalm about).
*(Okay, so it was the Flames of the Faltine—whaddya expect when you put a Giant-Size Dr. Strange comic in the hands of a nine-year-old?)
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"When I was a kid I always imagined I'd be a normal cybernetic space princess on Mars by now."
Oh, Hanners, ye of small dreams. When I was a kid, I got all hung up on multiverse theory and decided I not only wanted to be a god, I WAS a god. Just, you know, not of this universe, but infinity-1 of others. That way, however sucky things got here, there was some universe where I ground-pounded the 9/11 hijackers just as they boarded their planes. Or honeycomb shielded Indonesia from the tsunami. Or prevented the massive death in Haiti. Wait...
So you just let New Orleans drown ?!?!?!
What kind of deity are you ?!?!?!
You lousy cold-hearted bastard!!!!!!
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Yelling Bird would win the battle...
... by fucking it to death.
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Daww, Hanners wants to be real peoples.
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Nice touching strip with Pintsize to bring me back from the glurge. Thanks for starting my Monday on a positive note, and with a poll to!
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Best Pintsize Punchline ever? :wink:
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Hanners is the riegning champ thus far... i can see only one posible threat and i dare not name "it" here (mainly because its not a poll option, but meh).
JD
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I don't post here often, but I have to say that Monday's panel 3 is possibly the best 3/4 profile I have seen from Jeph.
Well done sir, well done.
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I'd noticed that, too—I also thought the full profile in the next panel also very nice, and among his best.
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Living in the same building as Faye and Marten (and soon Dora) is the closest to have roommates Hanners seems to be able to handle (for now?).
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I don't post here often, but I have to say that Monday's panel 3 is possibly the best 3/4 profile I have seen from Jeph.
Well done sir, well done.
Agreed -- actually, panels 3 and 5 of Hanners are really exceptional. I'm very impressed with Jeph's artistic skill. The only concern will come when/if he approaches the "uncanny valley," but odds are he'll notice such a thing and either hold off or torture us with it.
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"When I was a kid I always imagined I'd be a normal cybernetic space princess on Mars by now."
Oh, Hanners, ye of small dreams. When I was a kid, I got all hung up on multiverse theory and decided I not only wanted to be a god, I WAS a god. Just, you know, not of this universe, but infinity-1 of others. That way, however sucky things got here, there was some universe where I ground-pounded the 9/11 hijackers just as they boarded their planes. Or honeycomb shielded Indonesia from the tsunami. Or prevented the massive death in Haiti. Wait...
So you just let New Orleans drown ?!?!?!
What kind of deity are you ?!?!?!
You lousy cold-hearted bastard!!!!!!
I left out several hundred major events that I thought could do with some changing but yes, I'd let the city drown. The people and important/dangerous stuff I'd save, but that was a fukken stupid place to build a city.
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The only concern will come when/if he approaches the "uncanny valley," but odds are he'll notice such a thing and either hold off or torture us with it.
And when the singularity hits, he will BECOME QC.
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Awww, Hanners.
Bt, normalcy is highly over rated. I'd be satisfied with basic stability.
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But think of all the interesting people you've met Hanners
Including your future wife
*Whistles Innocently*
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Now I can't shed the image of Hanners as cyborg queen, and the population of the solar system with spooky red eye-implants...
We are the Hannelore. We will add your biological and technological cleanliness to our own. Your culture will sanitise to service us. Resistance is futile.
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We are the Hannelore. We will add your biological and technological cleanliness to our own. Your culture will be sanitised for our protection. Resistance is futile.
Fixed!
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I feel like I would have enjoyed this comic more if I knew what it meant for the singularity to hit. :c
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I feel like I would have enjoyed this comic more if I knew what it meant for the singularity to hit. :c
You'll be asking Jeph to chew your food for you next, or at least stick to fart jokes... :-D
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_singularity
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I almost never post, but I just wanted to say that the last few strips have been fantastic. Bravo on the artwork, bravo on the writing.
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Panel 3 is one of the most touching moments in all of QC. I cried.
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But think of all the interesting people you've met Hanners
Including your future wife
*Whistles Innocently*
*Mob begins throwing rotten fruit at The Kugai*
*Akronnick begins the slow clap*
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I feel like I would have enjoyed this comic more if I knew what it meant for the singularity to hit. :c
You'll be asking Jeph to chew your food for you next, or at least stick to fart jokes... :-D
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_singularity
I...bluh? Is it really that, I don't know, is it really a reference that most people would get? I've never heard of it and I can't even wrap my head around the wikipedia article. :1
Maybe I'll go sit in the corner with my unchewed plate of food. ;o;
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I...bluh? Is it really that, I don't know, is [the singularity] really a reference that most people would get? I've never heard of it and I can't even wrap my head around the wikipedia article.
I first heard about it reading http://dresdencodak.com (http://dresdencodak.com). Among other things, it would help you understand why the remark above that Hanners wants to be a normal girl, "or Kimiko Ross", is so damn funny. That Wikipedia page had a great quote, though, someone dismissing the concept of the singularity as "The Rapture for nerds".
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The art today looks GREAT! Hanners in panel 3 is brilliantly done. The anatomy, the expression. Everything about it. It sounds weird, but I think that one panel may be one of the best moments, so far, of the art in the whole comic.
Congratulations, Jeph! You have come a LONG way and the art is looking fantaaastic!
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We are the Hannelore. We will add your biological and technological cleanliness to our own. Your culture will be sanitised for our protection. Resistance is futile.
And it fits your Avatar perfectly, Carl-E. ;)
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I feel like I would have enjoyed this comic more if I knew what it meant for the singularity to hit. :c
You'll be asking Jeph to chew your food for you next, or at least stick to fart jokes... :-D
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_singularity
I...bluh? Is it really that, I don't know, is it really a reference that most people would get? I've never heard of it and I can't even wrap my head around the wikipedia article. :1
Maybe I'll go sit in the corner with my unchewed plate of food. ;o;
Part of your issue may simply be that the Singularity applies generally to all fields of human inquiry, which is of course incredibly vast. It's easier to go field by field; for instance, the Singularity for programming is generally considered to be the first self sufficient AI, when we will have effectively created something smarter than ourselves. Most in the field believe this will probably happen before 2050- and that's pessimistically.
The term means different things to different people, but essentially the Singularity is the point past which we can no longer predict what will happen. We know AIs are coming- whether they kill us all or we coexist peacefully, however, simply can't be known yet. We know nanoscale assembly is on its way, but we don't know if we will grey-goo the universe when we achieve it.
@comic: Did someone see Madagascar recently? Does that shirt refer to his self-esteem (unlikely)? And I thought she had another nickname.
Also, that's cold Marten, real cold. Cold as rubies.
Why didn't she pack the art?
And Jeph; neither does a message typed too fast.
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Oooooo.
Ziiiiiiiinnnngggggg!!!!!
Marten just ripped on Faye and Dora!
When Faye figures out that he just compared her to the Wicked Witch of the East Marten's gonna be in Trouble.
With a captial 'T'.
And that rhymes with 'P'.
And that stands for:
Pintsize!
Did I Just cross the Wizard of Oz stream with the Music Man stream.
I think I did.
Damn.
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Did I Just cross the Wizard of Oz stream with the Music Man stream.
I think I did.
Damn.
*Gasps* Dammit, you CROSSED THE STREAMS! *Hugs loved ones*
Do I get a slow clap too?
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Do I get a slow clap too?
I'm not sure that it's appropriate in this situation, but here you go.
*clap*
*clap*
*clap*
It's out of my hands now.
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"Get her!"
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Could anyone make out what Faye's T-shirt says?
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Could anyone make out what Faye's T-shirt says?
I like to Move It
Move It
Appropriate, I think, because they are, well, you know.
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Do I get a slow clap too?
I'm not sure that it's appropriate in this situation, but here you go.
*clap*
*clap*
*clap*
It's out of my hands now.
Oh goodie. Now I just need a UN congress to do that and I'm set on my world domination plans.
"Get her!"
Where are the robot sized pilgrim outfits when you need em?
Could anyone make out what Faye's T-shirt says?
I like to Move It
Move It
Appropriate, I think, because they are, well, you know.
Did someone see Madagascar recently?
I mean, I went through the trouble of riffing on all three shirts and you still asked? Oh well.
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Could anyone make out what Faye's T-shirt says?
I like to Move It
Move It
Appropriate, I think, because they are, well, you know.
Move it on Australia Day. For those who are from Australia (and those who are not if you still like to move it)
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YAY ! Comic ! :-D
Err, who added Faye in yesterdays poll afterwards ! Not fair ! She wasnt there in the beginning ! :|
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YAY ! Comic ! :-D
Err, who added Faye in yesterdays poll afterwards ! Not fair ! She wasnt there in the beginning ! :|
Whod'ya think? ;) :angel:
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Sign that I'm a geekburger: I find it strange that Dora is the one wearing the head scarf and not Faye (who wore one in the past while Dora did not).
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This comic is awesome because I actually work at a Goodwill. Faye's description is pretty accurate, to be honest. We judge you.
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Hooray for Martin. However, I'm afraid it would swiftly change from 'Follow the Yellow Brick Road' to Goodbye Yellow Brick Road *. 'Cause the bitch would be back. Don't know about sober, though.
Now I can't shed the image of Hanners as cyborg queen, and the population of the solar system with spooky red eye-implants...
We are the Hannelore. We will add your biological and technological cleanliness to our own. Your culture will sanitise to service us. Resistance is futile.
Actually, I think it should be: Resistance is futile. We are the Hannelore. We will add your biological and technological distinctiveness to our own. But first, you must clean yourselves. Thoroughly. We will not tolerate the unsanitary. Don't make us do it ourselves. You wouldn't like it. Resistance is futile, and germs are gross.
*(Well, Caribou, actually, but that's not nearly as much fun a segway.)
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Move it on Australia Day. For those who are from Australia (and those who are not if you still like to move it)
Me, my friends, odd family members, and random pets celebrated Australia Day with a huge Chinese feed. Which is what it's all about really.
"We are one, though we are many,
And from all the lands on Earth we come.
We share a dream, and sing with one voice,
I am, you are, we are Australian" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSoGJQkKDYk)
*sniffle* *wipes away tears* Ahem...
Great comic. Are references to the Wizard Of Oz more or less obscure than to the Singularity? I confess that Faye's gothbox remark made me chuckle, reminding me of this strip (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=740). Does that make me a bad person? Or just Australian?
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No, it just makes you an Aussie.
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Great comic. Are references to the Wizard Of Oz more or less obscure than to the Singularity? I confess that Faye's gothbox remark made me chuckle, reminding me of this strip (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=740). Does that make me a bad person? Or just Australian?
Are you kidding?
American English is practically built on the Wizard of Oz.
If you know what to look for, the Wizard of Oz is everywhere.
In ten-thousand years, the only thing that will be remembered of American Pop Culture will be the Wizard of Oz.
It's the American Iliad.
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This comic is awesome because I actually work at a Goodwill. Faye's description is pretty accurate, to be honest. We judge you.
You're human (probably) - we expect it.
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In ten-thousand years, the only thing that will be remembered of American Pop Culture will be the Wizard of Oz.
It's the American Odyssey.
Fixed that. I suspect the American pop Iliad, if there is such a thing, lies in the various superhero tales, mostly Golden Age stuff. I'm sure Superman will last as long as Baum's tales.
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In 2293AD, the only thing that will be remembered is Zardoz (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zardoz).
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Singing Munchkins? Ooohhhh...
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In ten-thousand years, the only thing that will be remembered of American Pop Culture will be the Wizard of Oz.
It's the American Odyssey.
Fixed that. I suspect the American pop Iliad, if there is such a thing, lies in the various superhero tales, mostly Golden Age stuff. I'm sure Superman will last as long as Baum's tales.
Batman probably will as well - as will Captain America and Spiderman from the Marvel properties, all of those boys are definitely mythic enough to last.
In 2293AD, the only thing that will be remembered is Zardoz (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zardoz).
And if that's all that's remembered - I'm glad that I won't be....
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probably not the place for this but.......
..just glanced at the LJ page. Jamie's at least look bigger than Faye's so its all good huh!
hurrrrr boobies hurrrrr
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I'm pretty sure the singularity did hit, we just haven't noticed yet.
After all, we're all pretty well attached to our computers. Hell, I teach classes online...
The internet is the singularity, growing, evolving, absorbing us all - a viral cloud of artificial intelligence stupidity that makes our entire lifestyle incomprehensible to those who came before. There are very few of us who can even recall what life was like 30, 40 years ago before it all happened...
I still blame Pong.
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Of course you do.
You can't blame all this on a simple game that did nothing worse than bore us to tears after about, oh, five, six hundred hours of play.
ponders that
Okay, maybe you can.
I'm sure Superman will last as long as Baum's tales.
Batman probably will as well - as will Captain America and Spiderman from the Marvel properties, all of those boys are definitely mythic enough to last.
Possibly, and others as well, but, like him or hate him, Superman seems, culturally, to have a bigger foothold than any of the others, and I'm not sure that it's just because he's been around longer.
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So you just let New Orleans drown ?!?!?!
What kind of deity are you ?!?!?!
You lousy cold-hearted bastard!!!!!!
New Orleans is a wretched hive of scum and villainy. Katrina was sadly too weak to scrub its evil from the Earth.
There are very few of us who can even recall what life was like 30, 40 years ago before it all happened...
I think that's more because all those people are old farts now. :-P
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The truth is is all that will be left is a pair of Vinyl Pants and a copy of Thriller
:-D
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And Keith Richards.
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OK, this one (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=601) immediately came to mind...
Last panel.
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Keith Richards.
Plays lich guitar...
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Keith Richards.
Plays lich guitar...
He also sleeps hanging upside down, suspended by his feet.
This may be the reason why Keith cannot be killed by conventional weapons.
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this comic's punchline (the chipmunks thing).. am i retarded? 'Cause i don't fucking understand it, at all.
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this comic's punchline (the chipmunks thing).. am i retarded? 'Cause i don't fucking understand it, at all.
Thank you for posting the punchline before the comic is up. :x
Edit: OK, it's up, and... what?
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Hanners doesn't want to know what's in that box.
She has to know.
I think she likes what she sees.
Until Dora catches her.
Good thing it wasn't her mom, or worse, Faye!
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So you just let New Orleans drown ?!?!?!
What kind of deity are you ?!?!?!
You lousy cold-hearted bastard!!!!!!
New Orleans is a wretched hive of scum and villainy. Katrina was sadly too weak to scrub its evil from the Earth.
Ah, another Vikings fan. Enjoy the off-season drama that is "As The Favre Turns".
And to make him happy:
Why, do I have a sudden feeling, that Hanners is going to be, uhm, in a compromising position in the near future?
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this comic's punchline (the chipmunks thing).. am i retarded? 'Cause i don't fucking understand it, at all.
What?
Hanners doesn't want to know what's in that box.
She has to know.
I think she likes what she sees.
Until Dora catches her.
Good thing it wasn't her mom, or worse, Faye!
I think it was pretty clear from her query that she still likes what she sees. And why would Faye be bad?
So you just let New Orleans drown ?!?!?!
What kind of deity are you ?!?!?!
You lousy cold-hearted bastard!!!!!!
New Orleans is a wretched hive of scum and villainy. Katrina was sadly too weak to scrub its evil from the Earth.
Ah, another Vikings fan. Enjoy the off-season drama that is "As The Favre Turns".
As the trigger for this, I must note that I don't give a damn about American football. I'll watch the Superbowl solely for the commercials. I also read Playboys for the articles (like that Bill Gates report I did in the seventh grade).
Why, do I have a sudden feeling, that Hanners is going to be, uhm, in a compromising position in the near future?
Why do you feel the need to make a new post when you have another post that's still the last one? Lrn 2 modify button.
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I like to move it, move it
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The picture (of the creepy tree and the cloudy night sky) in the background of the strip lends to the seriousness of Hannelore's imagined wrongdoing?
Maybe?
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First the boyfriend bot, now this. Oh Hanners! You must learn that there's always going to be someone looking. The universe's sense of humor demands it.
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Why do you feel the need to make a new post when you have another post that's still the last one? Lrn 2 modify button.
Because I'm lazy, lazy.
There, I said it, it's out in the open, thank you.
And there's that other thing, of course, but I guess a.) being older and b.) being a net.veteran doesn't count for c.) diddly-squat among the young hipster audience around here.
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this comic's punchline (the chipmunks thing).. am i retarded? 'Cause i don't fucking understand it, at all.
Thank you for posting the punchline before the comic is up. :x
Edit: OK, it's up, and... what?
I can only assume he's talking about yesterday's punchline, and thinks "Munchkin" is a euphemism for "chipmunk". Although why that should be beats the hell out of me.
Billy, see 1m 10secs in (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TP_wx0qrKu0).
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Hanners, one of these days you really just have to bite the bullet/grit your teeth, down them suppression pills you took before, and then get yourself royally laid. Twice. You can deal with the icky fluids, messy sheets, strewn clothing, and touching hot flesh in the morning. Trust me, sex solves a lot of problems.
Well, at least in erotic literature/fiction it always does...
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Panel four:
You guys have seen Pulp Fiction, right?
Hanners just found out what'd be in her briefcase...
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Hanners, one of these days you really just have to bite the bullet/grit your teeth, down them suppression pills you took before, and then get yourself royally laid. Twice. You can deal with the icky fluids, messy sheets, strewn clothing, and touching hot flesh in the morning. Trust me, sex solves a lot of problems.
Well, at least in erotic literature/fiction it always does...
Oh the number of times I have heard people (mostly men) say that the solution to all life's problems is a good lay.
In the case of Hanners I think she may start listening to the voices in her head and KILL EVERYONE. Then when there is no one left, raid a supermarket for cleaning supplies. Unfortunately this is not like the worry hat (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1209); everyone would still be dead afterwards.
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You say that like it's a problem.
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I cant believe how many people think that puny bird stands any chance. Against ANY of the others.
Hanners, one of these days you really [... need to ...] get yourself royally laid.
That wont do her any good.
You say that like it's a problem.
Thats because its a problem ... for any decent person, at least.
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Hanners gets caught with her hand in the nookie box. Wait, that doesn't sound right...
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Part of your issue may simply be that the Singularity applies generally to all fields of human inquiry, which is of course incredibly vast. It's easier to go field by field; for instance, the Singularity for programming is generally considered to be the first self sufficient AI, when we will have effectively created something smarter than ourselves. Most in the field believe this will probably happen before 2050- and that's pessimistically.
"and that's pessimistically"? Don't pretend the pessimistic answer isn't that it's always going to be off in the distance just like the flying car.
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Hanners gets caught with her hand in the nookie box. Wait, that doesn't sound right...
Rule #34 has Dora being a lot more hands-on somewhere else on the internet right now.
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OK, we need to see some fanart...
;)
Smiley sanitized for your protection.
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No, we really don't.
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I don't want to see a fan art out of that...
Today's comic was really good though, Hanners looks great on the fourth panel.
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OH, and we are gonna get to see Steve, perhaps find out how Collete is...
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I love Hanner's childlike curiosity. She seems so confused but intrigued by sex.
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I love Hanner's childlike curiosity. She seems so confused but intrigued by sex.
Something about your post is even creepier than my earlier one. :police:
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Why do you feel the need to make a new post when you have another post that's still the last one? Lrn 2 modify button.
Because I'm lazy, lazy.
There, I said it, it's out in the open, thank you.
And there's that other thing, of course, but I guess a.) being older and b.) being a net.veteran doesn't count for c.) diddly-squat among the young hipster audience around here.
I only mentioned it because you did it twice, twice in this thread. Didn't mean anything by it.
And I object to being thrown in with the hipsters. Mostly because I'm still not clear on what a hipster is.
"and that's pessimistically"? Don't pretend the pessimistic answer isn't that it's always going to be off in the distance just like the flying car.
What I meant was that that's pessimistic compared to the one's who think it'll happen by 2020.
No, we really don't.
I don't want to see a fan art out of that...
I do *angry mob gathers*
I love Hanner's childlike curiosity. She seems so confused but intrigued by sex.
I love Hanner's childlike curiosity. She seems so confused but intrigued by sex.
Something about your post is even creepier than my earlier one. :police:
Heh, don't worry, I'll be happy to tea-*torn to shreds by angry mob*
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Yelling Bird wins for his solution to the "Frrrrrriiiiiiiiiieeeeeennnnnnddddddsssss?" conundrum:
(http://www.docangst.com/images/etcetera/yellingbird.jpg)
D
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Forth panel cuteness.
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Y'know, if she'd just labeled that box "Keep" like all the rest, this awesome never would've happened.
...so she should've marked all her Keep boxes "Party Favors".
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Once Dora gets settled in I'm sure that she would be happy to give Hanners some demonstrations.
Figuratively speaking, of course.
*Wanders away whistling innocently*
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Once Dora gets settled in I'm sure that she would be happy to give Hanners some demonstrations.
Figuratively speaking, of course.
*Wanders away whistling innocently*
Run... *gasp*...the mob is coming....*collapse*
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Energise.
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I love Hanner's childlike curiosity. She seems so confused but intrigued by sex.
I can see it now:
Hanners gets doped up on anti-OCD meds and asks Dora for some hands-on training with the "purple one." Faye walks in unaware of the activity and sees what's going on. Shocked, she does a 180 and tries to run out, but misses the door and bounces her head off the side of the door frame, knocking herself out cold as she stumbles back and falls to the floor. Marty, wondering what the commotion is, comes running in. He sees Hanners and Dora and is struck with the "Omg lesbian sex!" mindset as he trips over Faye's inert form, knocking his head on one of her kneecaps in his dazed fall, putting himself out as well and in a sort of compromised position with Faye.
Dora turns to Hanners with a most mischievous gleam in her eye, then back to Faye and Marty as she turns up the dial setting and moves in...
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Anyone who's ever been an adolescent can relate to Hanners. She's 22 but hasn't had the chance to get normal life experience.
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You mean some people get to skip that? Bastards!
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You mean some people get to skip that? Bastards!
Yeah, they're called child soldiers and 12 year olds who lost their parents but have 3 younger siblings and stuff like that.
...
Well, that killed the mood.
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I love Hanner's childlike curiosity. She seems so confused but intrigued by sex.
I can see it now:
Hanners gets doped up on anti-OCD meds and asks Dora for some hands-on training with the "purple one." Faye walks in unaware of the activity and sees what's going on. Shocked, she does a 180 and tries to run out, but misses the door and bounces her head off the side of the door frame, knocking herself out cold as she stumbles back and falls to the floor. Marty, wondering what the commotion is, comes running in. He sees Hanners and Dora and is struck with the "Omg lesbian sex!" mindset as he trips over Faye's inert form, knocking his head on one of her kneecaps in his dazed fall, putting himself out as well and in a sort of compromised position with Faye.
Dora turns to Hanners with a most mischievous gleam in her eye, then back to Faye and Marty as she turns up the dial setting and moves in...
Do you have a newsletter?
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Run... *gasp*...the mob is coming....*collapse*
Coming? They're not even breathing hard.
D
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Perhaps Steve requisitioned the mysterious truck from the DoKYA motor pool (don't touch the big red, molly-guarded button on the gear-shift!).
Which brings me to the next point. Just how big is the flat that Faye and Martin and Dora are going to be sharing? I mean, haven't they already got a sofa? Is there room for two? Or is Dora's sofa nicer and they're going to replace the old one (heaven knows what Pintsize has stashed behind the cushions)?
And Hanners' "stunned mullet"* expression is classic.
* Like a stunned mullet: Colloquial a. in complete bewilderment or astonishment b. in a state of inertia (Macquarie Dictionary (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macquarie_Dictionary))
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Great. Now I'm imagining what Hanners would look like with a mullet.
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Marten's such a lightweight, a summer breeze gave him a blackeye.
Marten's so wimpy, he was KO'd by an ant.
Marten has no true heartbeat; as his weak-ass heart was removed and replaced with Daft Punk beats.
There are 15 little schoolgirls right now who have Marten listed on their cellphone contacts as 'The Bitch'.
Marten's the first object known to science which exerts negative motional force on other objects.
Marten once tried to play a sport. That sport was chess. He collapsed on the fifth move.
Marten has twice been misidentified as the Slender Man (http://www.mythicalcreaturesguide.com/page/Slender+Man).
Marten once tried to play a game of tiddlywinks and was laid up for three weeks.
Marten bought a pull-up bar, and installed it on the floor.
Finally, care should be taken, as looking directly at Marten causes bruising.
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Hanners' expression speaks volumes. We can only guess what Dora told her but it was probably quite graphic - on Hannerscale, at least. After that, she clearly needs a hug - although I can't really decide who'd be the suitable person to hug her. Not Dora, that's for sure.
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Somehhow I'm thinking that a hug will definitely put Hanners over the edge for a while.
Friends - when you need them to be brutally in your face honest.
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To be honest, form experience, I can say couches aren't that heavy. Awkward, yes, but not that heavy. If Dora and Martin knew what they were doing, the two of them could move the couch on their own, without Steve's help. Now a sofa bed... don't get me started on those demonspawn.
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I just had to move a sofa-bed today and if anything "deamonspawn" is an understatement... the new computer desk was worse though...
Hanners has gone 'big eye' mode! Soooo cute! > Kugai, I'll let you run with this one :wink:
JD
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LOL funny comic today.
I totally forgot that Marten was expected to be a total whimp.
Hanners: Well, one could put her into her full body suit. Then you can probably hug her with no problem, I guess ?
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Somehhow I'm thinking that a hug will definitely put Hanners over the edge for a while.
Oh yeah, this is Hanners we're talking about...
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Hanners' expression in panel one, and Marten's half-hearted attempt at depending himself (the raised finger and open mouth with no words was the key moment) really made this strip. Funny the whole way through. Great job, Jeph.
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Great. Now I'm imagining what Hanners would look like with a mullet.
FREE BIRD!
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What has been seeeeeeeeeeeen (and heard) ............
I wonder how long it will be before Hanners finally plucks up the courage to ask for the purple one?
Hey, Marten's got his own parculaiar strengths
After all, he lives with Faye
Has to deal with Pintsize
Keeps Dora 'Happy' :-D
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Being something of a 'hothouse flower' myself, this comic made me feel good. I love Dora's expression in the last panel. 'Course, I also enjoyed Hanners' shell-shocked look at the beginning. Art's been amazing this week.
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Marten's half-hearted attempt at depending himself (the raised finger and open mouth with no words was the key moment) really made this strip.
i totally agree. it was my favorite QC moment in quite a while.
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... Art's been amazing this week.
Yeah, the art's moved to a whole new level lately. Not so much the individual characters (although they're great, faces and poses especially), but there's a reality of place, like we're looking at movie clips. The compositions and POV's are fantastic, as is the timing.
The amazing thing about this, especially the timing, is that it's all psychological. It's always been good, but now Jeph isn't only learning how to make more realistic looking representations of his characters and places, he's more able to get what his minds eye sees onto the paper.
And he's getting us to "get it".
I know he's never completely happy with his own work, but I certainly hope that he's happier lately than he has been! Because it's great - and he deserves it!
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yeah, i really love how QC uses cinematic angles instead of just four panels of stiff poses, from the front viewpoint. it's refreshing!
also, i feel the need to note that i noticed jeph has put his characters into more realistic positions, changing the way they move to make it seem much more natural. the best example i can give of this is the first strip and his redraw of it on his LJ. he had marten standing with his conversation with pintsize in the original, but in the redraw he had marten sitting on the couch. this makes a lot more sense and is more natural, as marten is depressed/tired/blahblah and would probably plop his ass on the couch as soon as he got in. (i know that's what i do on those types of days!)
just an observation.
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It's especially fun to see Hanners in relaxed poses, like in the penalty box cartoon or when she explains to Winslow where AnthroPCs come from.
Today's title is "Banterfail". This is an anagram for "fab entrail". This may be what we see if Angus continues to try to make Pennelope be a Faye substitute.
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I believe this strip single-handedly earns Penelope the "Only Sane Man" QC entry on TVTropes.
...Also, I want "Mr. Rogers in a bloodstained sweater" as a poll option!
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wow someones in a bad mood.
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Penners... why are you so friggen laaaaame?
I'm throwing in my vote for Penny to be written out of the script via rigor mortis.
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LOL awesome
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Penelope might catch flak from Dora for kicking a regular (and second-tier member of the "gang") out like that.
But yeah, bad mood. Troubles with Will, perhaps?
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And Angus is definitely going to get flak from Faye for trying to get his sass fix from someone else.
There Will Be Scorn.
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Week of great art is grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrreat!
...Damn, now I want some Frosted Flakes. Damn you Tony!
But he should have read the board. It specifically says "no small talk, please."
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And Angus is definitely going to get flak from Faye for trying to get his sass fix from someone else.
There Will Be Scorn.
Well, to be fair, Dora's given him sass, too. So maybe not.
Then again, this is Faye, who doesn't need a reason for flingin' flak. But I'm not sure it rates scorn. In which case…
(http://i36.tinypic.com/eg0ia.jpg)
Sorry. It's not really relevant—QC is never boring— but I saw this the other day and couldn't stop snickering. http://www.listal.com/list/m-p-t-t-t
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It's not the first time Angus has tried to use Pennelope as a Faye (that was 767), but I think this is the first time he's made a first strike against her.
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Poor Angus, he'll be suffering Sass Withdrawal Syndrome till Monday now.
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And he didn't even get a drink :(
And Dora in yesterday's last panel is possibly the cutest pic of her in the entire comic.
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My first reaction on today's strip was Penny definitely is in a bad mood - the body language, the facial expression, the mundane specials and lack of patience.
So this all begs the question, what is going on in her life? Wil no longer writing poetry? Her attempts to become a literary agent becoming less and less likely? Just a really bad day? Tune in next week to find out!
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Poor Penpen. The reason for her bad mood will probably be explained later, but she can't take all the blame. Angus seems to have forgotten that not all girls respond well to sass-talk. It seems this has become his only means of communication, but frankly, the fact that this is supposed to make us laugh kind of makes it so. :lol:
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Penners... why are you so friggen laaaaame?
I'm throwing in my vote for Penny to be written out of the script via rigor mortis.
Seconded.
I imagine Jeph loves all his characters now though, even if they are in shitty moods. I suppose the way she reacted is actually pretty similar to how most people would react if spoken to that way. Witty retorts are fun, but are easier between people who know each other well enough for a well aimed insult.
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My first reaction on today's strip was Penny definitely is in a bad mood - the body language, the facial expression, the mundane specials and lack of patience.
So this all begs the question, what is going on in her life? Wil no longer writing poetry? Her attempts to become a literary agent becoming less and less likely? Just a really bad day? Tune in next week to find out!
Oh, c'mon - imagine yourself in her position - the rest of the staff is off moving with friends, and you're left behind alone in the coffee shop, having to deal with real costumers customers.
Then Angus walks in, and tries to use you as an ersatz Faye.
Wouldn't you do the same? It's not like he won't be coming back, he's been thrown out before!
But yeah, some Wil & Penelope would be good right about now.
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I believe this strip single-handedly earns Penelope the "Only Sane Man" QC entry on TVTropes.
...Also, I want "Mr. Rogers in a bloodstained sweater" as a poll option!
Ask and ye shall receive.
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I feel like I would have enjoyed this comic more if I knew what it meant for the singularity to hit. :c
You'll be asking Jeph to chew your food for you next, or at least stick to fart jokes... :-D
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_singularity
I...bluh? Is it really that, I don't know, is it really a reference that most people would get? I've never heard of it and I can't even wrap my head around the wikipedia article. :1
Maybe I'll go sit in the corner with my unchewed plate of food. ;o;
Part of your issue may simply be that the Singularity applies generally to all fields of human inquiry, which is of course incredibly vast. It's easier to go field by field; for instance, the Singularity for programming is generally considered to be the first self sufficient AI, when we will have effectively created something smarter than ourselves. Most in the field believe this will probably happen before 2050- and that's pessimistically.
The term means different things to different people, but essentially the Singularity is the point past which we can no longer predict what will happen. We know AIs are coming- whether they kill us all or we coexist peacefully, however, simply can't be known yet. We know nanoscale assembly is on its way, but we don't know if we will grey-goo the universe when we achieve it.
Thank you! That helped explain it much better. :3
ALSO!!
Am I the only one who thought Penpen's response was AWESOME? Angus was being a little turd talking to her like that, and her response totally made her the victor, even if she didn't give a witty retort. :3 Plus, he should probably remember she doesn't ~do~ witty retorts after she gave him a coffee last and threatened head-bopping.
+I don't know why everyone seems to think she's in a bad mood, she looked totally normal until Angus started being a pest.
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Am I the only one who thought Penpen's response was AWESOME? Angus was being a little turd talking to her like that, and her response totally made her the victor, even if she didn't give a witty retort. :3 Plus, he should probably remember she doesn't ~do~ witty retorts after she gave him a coffee last and threatened head-bopping.
+I don't know why everyone seems to think she's in a bad mood, she looked totally normal until Angus started being a pest.
God forbid a woman not immediately bow to societal pressure to give a man whatever he demands, right?
Penelope rocked in today's comic, I hope she removes Angus' head from his shoulders.
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Agreed on Pennelope's facial expression, and Angus was getting kind of personal there, something she's never responded well to.
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She's in a bad mood because she misses her red tights and mask. And cape.
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Penelope rocked in today's comic, I hope she removes Angus' head from his shoulders.
I second this.
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But who would clean up the blood?
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We haven't seen the Roomba in a while... Maybe he'll just pop up out of nowhere.
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We haven't seen the Roomba in a while... Maybe he'll just pop up out of nowhere.
We never did see him land...for all we know he's still riding the air.
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We haven't seen the Roomba in a while... Maybe he'll just pop up out of nowhere.
We never did see him land...for all we know he's still riding the air.
That'd be the ultimate Brick joke.
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She's in a bad mood because she misses her red tights and mask. And cape.
We all miss those.
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I was never issued my pair of red tights.
With whom do I lodge a formal complaint?
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God forbid a woman not immediately bow to societal pressure to give a man whatever he demands, right? Penelope rocked in today's comic, I hope she removes Angus' head from his shoulders.
Hear, hear! Angus is packing a pretty huge sense of entitlement in this strip, and deserves to be slapped down. If some guy, who was no particular friend of mine, rocked up to me at work with some random blather, and then felt free to tell me I was "really bad at this" when I didn't dance to his tune, I'd ream him an extra orifice too.
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I was never issued my pair of red tights.
With whom do I lodge a formal complaint?
...pamela123?
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Spambots are incapable of thinking, much like their creators.
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Well, I'm already on antidepressants, so I'm not sure that they would be the most helpful person.
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Angus also seems not to have noticed the third special on the board. (Today's specials do seem to be Penelope's work.)
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I just don't think they've registered.
Probably will happen when he gets home
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Ha. Notice when Penny is in charge, the board actually has normal Specials. She has no aptitude for snark. How did she become a barista?
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Coercion (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=700), remember? But that's not important right now. What is important is that every time I look at this comic, I think "presentation." Especially in panel 5. Maybe 6, too.
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Notice when Penny is in charge, the board actually has normal Specials. She has no aptitude for snark. How did she become a barista?
The blackboard has never improved on "Specials: Not bad for a ska band."
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Is the whale song still the 'Reference du jour' for the Decemberists? I would think by now the reference would be a wounded fawn or child murderer or something. Or at least something from Crane Wife.
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Coercion (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=700), remember? But that's not important right now. What is important is that every time I look at this comic, I think "presentation." Especially in panel 5. Maybe 6, too.
Surly you can't be serious?
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All applications for redress of grievance are to be filed with your section head - they will decide within two weeks if they are able to resolve said grievance, or determine who does have the authority to do so and will forward your grievance to them fr resolution, ensuring that you are so informed.
Or you can suck it up and solve the problem yourself
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Surly you can't be serious?
Possibly. And don't call me Surly.
Now. if you'll excuse me, I need to get my non-chanting flight tickets. Chanting sets my teeth on edge.
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Enjoy your flight to Alpha Beta
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And don't call me Surly.
Do you prefer Shirley?
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Not since I was under Ober, no.
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But Oveur, what about Dunne?
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And what's our vector, Victor?
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Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit drinking
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At least you don't have a drinking problem. Splash!
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Someone re-inflate the Ottopilot!
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Now all you need to do is blow ROC
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this thread is way too creepy
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Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop doing amphetamines.
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I like my coffee black- just like my women.
Now all you need to do is blow ROC
Republic of China? Rocketry Organization of California? Registrar of Contractors?
this thread is way too creepy
In what way? The sudden Airplane references and quotes? The not so subtle fan-shipping? The constant questions?
Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop doing amphetamines.
Seeing as how your avatar is of Tai, who has been known before to recreationally (is that really not in spell check?) use drugs, I find that too plausible.
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Well, now we know your position,
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And it appears that position's been compromised!
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ROC = Regents of Cthulhu.
And it just who is shipping who? Not I, I assure you. I simply noticed Penelope frames rather than defends.
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ROC = Regents of Cthulhu.
And it just who is shipping who? Not I, I assure you. I simply noticed Penelope frames rather than defends.
Earlier in the thread, there was absolutely no talk of teaching Hannelore anything- nope, none at all :angel:.
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HE'S COMING RIGHT AT US!!! -jumps out the window-
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Now we have to get Okamisama to a Hospital
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No, he/she was fitted with the roomba's fins and jetpack...
How long does that thing fire, anyway?
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Earlier in the thread, there was absolutely no talk of teaching Hannelore anything- nope, none at all :angel:.
Oh, god, I think I don't even see stuff like that anymore. My brain, in an effort to preserve sanity, must censor it as soon as I read it.
Something like: Once Dora gets settled in I'm sure that she would be happy blah blah blah blah blah.
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"Oh, no, not him."
"Why, who is..."
"He was my old captain, when he finds out I am flying the plane, the sh.. really gonna hit the fan..."
_cut scene onto a tiny fan on a book case.... dog doo hits it just before the camera pans to the cap in question_
Best scene ever!!!
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No, that has to be Bill looking through the Periscope on Moonbase Alpha Beta
Double-takes, looks back through.
*Cut to scene of TOS USS Enterprise flyby through scope*
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Of course, none of us will ever get over Macho Grande.
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No, I'll never be over Macho Grande
But I am prepared to give 'em one for the Zipper