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Comic Discussion => QUESTIONABLE CONTENT => Topic started by: thret on 11 Mar 2010, 15:58
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Bigger boobs, mood swings, hugginess, am I wrong?
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I don't think she is.
There would be more barfing for one thing.
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Dora is not pregnant.
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Jeph has said before in relation to another character that he'd consider an unplanned pregnancy to be far more soap opera-like than he wants his strip to be.
But if she were, we could blame 673 if we ignored that it was a guest strip.
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Of course he could have an unplanned pregnancy followed up by a miscarriage. But no sane webcomic artist would dream of running a story arc as tasteless as that...
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Of course he could have an unplanned pregnancy followed up by a miscarriage. But no sane webcomic artist would dream of running a story arc as tasteless as that...
...You hate Ctrl+Alt+Delete too, hey?
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Jeph has said before in relation to another character that he'd consider an unplanned pregnancy to be far more soap opera-like than he wants his strip to be.
What about a planned pregnancy that no one verbally acknowledges until the moment the little monster pops out? Marten and Dora could have been talking about this for months, we don't get to see every moment of their lives...
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You know, the weird thing is that this popped into my head immediately, too.
I don't think Jeph would do that, but who knows.
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Of course he could have an unplanned pregnancy followed up by a miscarriage. But no sane webcomic artist would dream of running a story arc as tasteless as that...
Especially not one named Rene Engstrom
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Of course he could have an unplanned pregnancy followed up by a miscarriage. But no sane webcomic artist would dream of running a story arc as tasteless as that...
Especially not one named Rene Engstrom
Anders Loves Maria doesn't have a miscarriage in it...
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Didn't Tina have one, years before the false pregnancy with Anders?
And from what we know of Marten and Dora, there's no way this would be planned. A kid (even sans-marriage) is a huge commitment.
As in, those who plan them should be committed.
If you wait until you're ready to have kids, you'll never have any!
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Oh, I think you're right. I never really paid attention to Tina, she wasn't my favorite character.
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Of course he could have an unplanned pregnancy followed up by a miscarriage. But no sane webcomic artist would dream of running a story arc as tasteless as that...
Especially not one named Rene Engstrom
Anders Loves Maria doesn't have a miscarriage in it...
So he's right?
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Bigger boobs, mood swings, hugginess, am I wrong?
Yes.
Dora has been replaced by her evil twin. She's subtly luring all of them into a false sense of calm before she rapes and murders everyone.
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Kugai, you've been reading too many TVtropes again...
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Kugai, you've been reading too many TVtropes again...
Then it would read:
Dora has been replaced by her Evil Twin. She's playing a Xanatos Roulette before she turns Ax Crazy.
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Kugai, you've been reading too many TVtropes again...
I have resisted the lure of the dark side quite well Carl :angel:
I can come up with things like that quite well on my own.
Scary ain't it?? :evil:
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Dora's evil twin (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=84)
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Ah, the good old days!
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*Watches Carl-E totter off on his walking frame*
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[takes walker, lifts it, and aims all four barrels at Kugai]
You got somethin' to say, sonny?
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Of course he could have an unplanned pregnancy followed up by a miscarriage. But no sane webcomic artist would dream of running a story arc as tasteless as that...
Don't worry, it won't turn her into a sad sack of tears for the rest of her life.
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Well, the consensus seems to be that she is not pregnant... Maybe Cristi is, and he's just subconciously reflecting that in Dora? Or it is her time of the month. Or it is just a comic.
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[takes walker, lifts it, and aims all four barrels at Kugai]
You got somethin' to say, sonny?
*Rises to full 20 foot Armoured height and wanders off nonchalantly chuckling*
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Conveniently walking over the AT Mines and into the sights of the TOW
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That tickled!
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Dora is pregnant.
WE READ YOU LIKE A BOOK JEPH :evil:
muhahahahaha
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Yes, if Jeph is Shakespeare and we are illiterate.
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That tickled!
Which will likely immobilze you much more efectively than destruction, besides this way we keep you around.
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That tickled!
Which will likely immobilze you much more efectively than destruction, besides this way we keep you around.
Ghost in the shell.
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Kugai on the half-shell
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Cawabunga dude!
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[takes walker, lifts it, and aims all four barrels at Kugai]
You got somethin' to say, sonny?
I'm reading that in the whistly voice of the gopher from Whinnie the Pooh.
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Of course he could have an unplanned pregnancy followed up by a miscarriage. But no sane webcomic artist would dream of running a story arc as tasteless as that...
If you're worried about good taste, you shouldn't be reading Something Positive.
(And if you're reading CTD, you have no taste.)
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I smell an April Fool strip.
Or not, if that was the actual plan.
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i don't think martin and dora are mature enough to care for child, but luckily now they might be abble to get free pernatal care from health care reform :)
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Of course he could have an unplanned pregnancy followed up by a miscarriage. But no sane webcomic artist would dream of running a story arc as tasteless as that...
Especially not one named Rene Engstrom
Anders Loves Maria doesn't have a miscarriage in it...
Well, Rene never really revealed what happen to Maria and Bjorn's baby. Unless I missed something? I assumed it was a miscarriage, since Maria was initially so outraged by the suggestion of aborting her baby.
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Lets face it, as more and more webcomic artists reach a certain age, pregnancy/marriage/miscarage/divorce arcs are going to become more and more common.
Personally I thought the CAD arc was really well done. The characters really developed during it. I can't really comment on any of the other comics that have been mentioned here though, as I don't follow them.
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What development? The whole resolution of that arc was:
Lilah: I'm sorry I miscarried.
Ethan: Yeah well you better be.
Videogames. Heh.
Then after 5 months of lazy video game jokes, we go back to the main cast cleaning up after another one of Ethan's "wacky" adventures as though Loss never happened.
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That's the CAD we know and don't really love all that much.
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That's the CAD we know and don't really love all that much.
And which Maddox continues to link to. This contradiction continues to bug me to this day.
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Or it is just a comic.
This really resolves almost all comic-related complications...
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I read CAD for a while and then I stopped
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Qu'est-ce que CAD?
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Distilled mediocrity.
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Qu'est-ce que CAD?
Don't go there. That's all I have to say.
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I read CAD for several months until I realized how deep-seated my loathing for Ethan's idiocy was.
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And it's at about the same time that you realize that Ethan is an autobiographical character for the author.
Which makes you want to block the site so fast it'll make your head spin.
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I still read CAD, I started about 3 years ago.
It's like watching a train wreck, and the body count is rising.
I can't pull myself away from it.
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I stopped reading CAD right around when the author mass-banned anyone who might have possibly seen a posting basically proving that he's a pedo.
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.... go on
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terrible pagebreak is terrible
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You really don't want to know. :|
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I think we all do.
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You're right, we don't want to know, we have know now.
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.... go on
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Okay fine. But remember, you asked for it. :-P
The story goes Tim was sending pictures of his junk to a then-16 year old girl. (He would have been at least 20 at the time.) He started getting creepy and wanted to make plans to fly out to California to met her, at which point she broke it off with him. Time passed, and someone found out about it and brought up on his forums. Like any reasonable adult with a questionable claim against him, Tim threw a tantrum and banned everyone who posted in any thread mentioning it. (Even his white knight supporters felt the cold wrath of the banhammer.) Admins un-banned accounts as fast as he could ban them, and the entire general discussion forum was loaded with questions regarding the incident and disturbing image spam. Eventually, he managed to ban about a quarter of his forum users, closed the forums for a week, deleted the entire "Rantings of Madmen" forum, and obliterated any notion of him being a mature individual.
There are quite a few other stories about Tim which get the same reaction out of him. For example, the time he tried to steal $23 worth of meat and seasoning from the Stop & Shop in Warwick RI in 2001. Or the story about how he assaulted a former housemate for asking him to take out the trash in the middle of a 6 hour Soul Caliber binge. Of course we can't forget about how he hides in the back of his booth (at the few conventions he's still allowed to attend) until the line gets "long enough", and only signs things you buy right then and there. This isn't even getting into the actual comic, but we're getting really off-topic as it is.
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This thread topic was really lame anyway.
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You're forgetting - the cherry on top is that he had the miscarriage arc.
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Okay fine. But remember, you asked for it. :-P
The story goes Tim was sending pictures of his junk to a then-16 year old girl. (He would have been at least 20 at the time.) He started getting creepy and wanted to make plans to fly out to California to met her, at which point she broke it off with him. Time passed, and someone found out about it and brought up on his forums. Like any reasonable adult with a questionable claim against him, Tim threw a tantrum and banned everyone who posted in any thread mentioning it. (Even his white knight supporters felt the cold wrath of the banhammer.) Admins un-banned accounts as fast as he could ban them, and the entire general discussion forum was loaded with questions regarding the incident and disturbing image spam. Eventually, he managed to ban about a quarter of his forum users, closed the forums for a week, deleted the entire "Rantings of Madmen" forum, and obliterated any notion of him being a mature individual.
There are quite a few other stories about Tim which get the same reaction out of him. For example, the time he tried to steal $23 worth of meat and seasoning from the Stop & Shop in Warwick RI in 2001. Or the story about how he assaulted a former housemate for asking him to take out the trash in the middle of a 6 hour Soul Caliber binge. Of course we can't forget about how he hides in the back of his booth (at the few conventions he's still allowed to attend) until the line gets "long enough", and only signs things you buy right then and there. This isn't even getting into the actual comic, but we're getting really off-topic as it is.
How much is this actually happened, and how much of it just internet myth and legend? I get that the guy is unpopular and probably completely nuts, but the 'tried to steal meat' thing just sounds like something someone made up.
As for only signing things you buy then and there, that just sounds like good business to me.
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Ah yes, the miscarriage arc. It was just his idealized view of the actual miscarriage he and an ex-girlfriend went through in a past relationship. In his mind, it must have been the perfect excuse to get out of a relationship that bored him. Clearly, the miscarriage was much harder on the woman than the man.
How much is this actually happened, and how much of it just internet myth and legend?
There's concrete evidence of his shoplifting; it was reported in the West Warwick Beacon a few days after it happened. The whole "pictures to a 16 year old" mess is more based on anecdotal evidence, but his attempt to cover it up and silence any talk about it doesn't really help disprove it. (There is substantial evidence (http://web.archive.org/web/20060206233945/http://forums.rantingsofmadmen.com/viewtopic.php?t=119) regarding the "ban everybody and delete the forum" debacle. Some screenshots are very NSFW, proceed with caution.) His vandalizing Wikipedia as Thrindel is pretty obvious; that account watched the CAD article like a hawk and "fixed" any changes he wouldn't approve of very quickly. (I've heard stories of people who added criticism to the CAD Wikipedia page having their IPs banned from the forums, but those aren't verifiable unless you've got access to their ban list.) There are a few different stories about him hiding in the back of his booth letting the line back up, so it's likely to be true. The "take out the trash" story is probably the least verifiable, since only a couple people were there and one of them won't talk about it.
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And I personally was there for the "ban everyone and delete the forum" debacle.
I made it through the first round of bans, but when my account was seen posting on the new RoM, I got banned, IIRC.
The reasonable, adult way to take care of such a situation: Ban the user that actually posted that, delete it, and move on with life. If people keep pestering you, deny it.
The childish way to take care of a situation that confirms everyone's fears: Pull a Buckley.
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RE: the official topic:
Dora cannot possibly be pregnant ans she was once, and (short of technology we haven't see yet) must still be, a man (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=615).
Please note that Raven made no attempt to deny this claim, nor did she seem confused by it, therefore she must have been around for the whole thing. What has in fact been going on is that Dora (née Donald) has been quietly saving up for a new hormone regimen and the effects have just recently started to kick in.
Indeed, if one is careful, you can distort this semi-baseless factoid so that it seems either consequential or precedent of nearly any particular of the strip you like. Such as Dora being bisexual. Or Faye not totally freaking out at the idea of being in bed with 'her' and so on...
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People always mention the miscarriage, but they never mention the fat-suit girl. I find that far more offensive. The miscarriage thing, he's just stupid and doesn't realize that he can't do a serious issue in a zany comedy (if it can be called a 'comedy'). It was tactless and irreverent, but it didn't show acceptance for disgusting behaviour like fat-suit girl did.
If you don't know it, let me sum the story up. I don't remember any names, but it's not that important. So the fat guy gets somehow set up on a blind date... I think it was the sentient x-box thing that did it. He immediately realizes that he didn't like her because she is a fatty (just like him, of course. For the record, I use such a distasteful term to put it in character perspective; I'd never refer to someone as such). He tries to lie to get out of said date. Then he goes on the date, barely holding in his dinner, even though he'd find her interesting if she was so uggo. He takes her home, but is desperately trying to leave. He's been a total hypocrite and a genuinely shitty person. Then SURPRISE! She's not a fatty, she's a hotty! She was lying about her weight, without concern for the concept of starting things off by deception or his feelings. So of course the fat guy wants her now. So what is the reward for a guy that is a completely worthless pile of shit? He gets a hot girl who wants him of course! She's 'sooo impressed' that he was nice (though he wasn't).
What lesson did we learn today? If you judge a person by looks, especially in a way you fail at, you will get into a relationship with someone that you are attracted to!
Why am I the only person to remember this?
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Also, Dora can't be pregnant, she's been replaced by a mechanical version.
http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1466
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Why am I the only person to remember this?
Maybe you're the only person here still reading it!
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Why am I the only person to remember this?
Maybe you're the only person here still reading it!
This. (and I feel sorry for you, carvin.)
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I vaguely remember the whole bannaggeddon at CAD, I think that was the reason I created an account on the forums after it ended. Yeah, Tim hasn't endeared himself to many people, especially other webcomic peeps. I think he's managed to piss off Scott Kurtz and the PA guys. According to their Wiki article, the guys from Blind Ferret (Least I Could Do) claim they lost a lot of money when they agreed to do CAD: The Animated Series. There was another incident where Tim decided to quit WoW and instead of handing the CAD guild over to someone in it, he instead disbanded it and I believe deleted the forum he had created for it.
And yet, I still read CAD. I think its just a force of habit, since its one of the few video game webcomics I still read, I've long since moved on to better stuff like QC, RLC, Dinosaur Comics, etc.
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Why am I the only person to remember this?
Maybe you're the only person here still reading it!
This. (and I feel sorry for you, carvin.)
Haha, no. I never 'read' it, and certainly don't now. I was linked to the fat suit story from 4chan's /co/ (I don't go to 4chan anymore either... but that's not the point). I feel dirty just giving the creep page hits to have read THAT much less would I follow the hack.
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Well, I also stay away from 4chan.
You don't need to put your hand on a hot stove to know it's going to burn you.
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And yet, I still read CAD. I think its just a force of habit, since its one of the few video game webcomics I still read, I've long since moved on to better stuff like QC, RLC, Dinosaur Comics, etc.
Do yourself a favor and read the CAD mock thread on Something Awful instead. (That is once they repoen to the unwashed, unregistered masses like us.) The edits and parodies are a lot more fun than the actual comic! For example:
(http://i41.tinypic.com/dh35si_th.png) (http://i41.tinypic.com/dh35si.png) (http://i42.tinypic.com/1zw7xe_th.jpg) (http://i42.tinypic.com/1zw7xe.jpg)
EDIT: I found that compilation image that explains how horrendous the "Sidekick meets One-Eye" arc was, if you're still looking for it:
http://refried.timtekindustries.com/index.php?comicID=58
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And yet, I still read CAD. I think its just a force of habit, since its one of the few video game webcomics I still read, I've long since moved on to better stuff like QC, RLC, Dinosaur Comics, etc.
Do yourself a favor and read the CAD mock thread on Something Awful instead. (That is once they repoen to the unwashed, unregistered masses like us.) The edits and parodies are a lot more fun than the actual comic! For example:
(http://i41.tinypic.com/dh35si_th.png) (http://i41.tinypic.com/dh35si.png) (http://i42.tinypic.com/1zw7xe_th.jpg) (http://i42.tinypic.com/1zw7xe.jpg)
EDIT: I found that compilation image that explains how horrendous the "Sidekick meets One-Eye" arc was, if you're still looking for it:
http://refried.timtekindustries.com/index.php?comicID=58
I want to give this person a hug. Also, you, for finding it. HUGS.
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EDIT: I found that compilation image that explains how horrendous the "Sidekick meets One-Eye" arc was, if you're still looking for it:
http://refried.timtekindustries.com/index.php?comicID=58
i raged.
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wow, that was actually pretty good.
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I'm glad I read QC, due to the fact that CAD sucks some major balls.
I mean, its supposed to be zany and funny and weird, but the arcs have been pretty bad. I can still remember the time that Tim didn't contribute to the arc for about 5 weeks, simply putting in shitty filler comics. That gets stale pretty fast.
I like the forums, but the comic pretty much blows. How he has a fanbase I don't really know, but I guess I used to be part of said fanbase...
Plus, everytime somebody brings up an issue of the comic being "not perfect", Tim gets super mad and everyone starts ass-kissing.
See Tim fly off the rails because somebody said he was wrong (http://www.cad-forums.com/showthread.php?t=106399&highlight=graph).
On topic:
Pretty much doubt Dora's pregnant.
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When did she start acting like a mother figure, anyway?
It wasn't part of her characterization in the early strips. There are examples I can think of going back a little ways, but what was the first?
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I would have to believe that as soon as Dora got Marten in her clutches - and Faye didn't object or steal him away from her - she turned into "momma Dora".
Oh, and I think the whole incident with Hannelore and the flu back in 1317 may have triggered it.
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Jeph has said before in relation to another character that he'd consider an unplanned pregnancy to be far more soap opera-like than he wants his strip to be.
So you are claiming she planned it? Presumably to surprise Marten and force him into marriage?
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No.
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Maybe everyone knows, they just haven't ever talked about it on-camera.
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And yet, I still read CAD. I think its just a force of habit, since its one of the few video game webcomics I still read, I've long since moved on to better stuff like QC, RLC, Dinosaur Comics, etc.
Do yourself a favor and read the CAD mock thread on Something Awful instead. (That is once they repoen to the unwashed, unregistered masses like us.) The edits and parodies are a lot more fun than the actual comic! For example:
(http://i41.tinypic.com/dh35si_th.png) (http://i41.tinypic.com/dh35si.png) (http://i42.tinypic.com/1zw7xe_th.jpg) (http://i42.tinypic.com/1zw7xe.jpg)
EDIT: I found that compilation image that explains how horrendous the "Sidekick meets One-Eye" arc was, if you're still looking for it:
http://refried.timtekindustries.com/index.php?comicID=58
This one is my favorite from that thread:
(http://i46.tinypic.com/2ep2bk5.jpg)