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Title: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: jwhouk on 26 Dec 2010, 05:56
The only poll I could think of to put up would have been redundant (namely, moment of the year - which would have been rather obvious).

So the question is: do we have a week of filler or a continuation of the Mom's Here! storyline?
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: TheEvilDog on 26 Dec 2010, 06:06
I thought it would be a week of filler, with Hanners answering readers questions. I want the next proper strip to be Hanners ringing Faye telling her that they're looking at Marten's baby photos, with Faye blurbing out to Dora that Veronica is in town. The abject terror on Dora's face would be priceless.
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: jwhouk on 26 Dec 2010, 06:26
Oh, I already wrote the script for that one. I mean, the basic script writes itself. ;)  :psyduck:
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: TheEvilDog on 26 Dec 2010, 07:01
Another classic one would be;

Panel 1 - Dora sends Faye out for her lunch break, leaving Dora alone in Coffee of Doom.

Panel 2a - Close up of a black heeled boot as a customer walks in.

Panel 2b - Dora hasn't seen who it is yet and is just chatting away about random crap.

Panel 3a - Dora turns around, still talking.

Panel 3b - Dora has suddenly become ashen and silent.

Panel 4a - A close up of Dora's eye and a brief silloute of a woman with a ponytail.

Panel 4b - Faye eating a burrito in that cafe and hears a familiar sounding scream of terror.
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Mr_Rose on 26 Dec 2010, 07:06
Ah, I see no-one has yet accounted for the very random "Mom forgot which one was Dora and which one was Faye" possibility. Not that it's likely that anyone could forget Faye....
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Carl-E on 26 Dec 2010, 10:30
I think she's clear on who's who (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=447). 

Edit:  Was it mom who planted the suggestion that Dora'd be a good (alternative) choice for him?  After The Talk (60 strips later), was it mom's voice echoing in his head, saying "this could work...", and pushing him past the early warning signs? 

Naaaaaahh...  mommy was just expressing something everyone was thinking at that point. 

Just not Marten. 
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 26 Dec 2010, 12:45
He had noticed that she was attractive as early as strip 200, though of course that's not the same as an emotional draw.
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Kugai on 26 Dec 2010, 15:19
Another classic one would be;

Panel 1 - Dora sends Faye out for her lunch break, leaving Dora alone in Coffee of Doom.

Panel 2a - Close up of a black heeled boot as a customer walks in.

Panel 2b - Dora hasn't seen who it is yet and is just chatting away about random crap.

Panel 3a - Dora turns around, still talking.

Panel 3b - Dora has suddenly become ashen and silent.

Panel 4a - A close up of Dora's eye and a brief silloute of a woman with a ponytail.

Panel 4b - Faye eating a burrito in that cafe and hears a familiar sounding scream of terror.

Dora vanishes, strangely leaving Coffee of Doom to Faye and Marten

Mom visits a year later with a strange, masked submissive slave woman who is oddly familaiar

Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: cesariojpn on 26 Dec 2010, 16:28
Dora vanishes, strangely leaving Coffee of Doom to Faye and Marten

Mom visits a year later with a strange, masked submissive slave woman who is oddly familiar

Can I invoke Rule /34/ now?
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: jwhouk on 26 Dec 2010, 17:11
No, because I DO NOT WANT THIS THREAD LOCKED.  :police:
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: akronnick on 26 Dec 2010, 20:18
Can I invoke Rule /34/ now?

I think you just did...
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: jwhouk on 26 Dec 2010, 20:43
Methinks we might not have a strip up for a while:
Nearly 60,000 without power as snowstorm plows across state (Boston.com) (http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2010/12/nearly_50000_wi.html)
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: akronnick on 26 Dec 2010, 20:56
Pfft!

Like that would stop Jeph Jacques!





OK, it might slow him down...

A bit.
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: jwhouk on 26 Dec 2010, 21:00
What I'd love to see is a comment from Marigold on her twitter feed:

JUST as I was about to get through (fill in the blank difficult part of new Cataclysm area), the power went out!
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: bicostp on 26 Dec 2010, 21:37
I bet she would have probably bought a UPS or two at the same time as Cataclysm, "just in case". Or maybe play it on her netbook (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1786).

As for production of the comic, at the very worst I suspect we'll get a quick sketch drawn in the snow and captured on an iPhone.
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: iduguphergrave on 26 Dec 2010, 21:55
What I'd love to see is a comment from Marigold on her twitter feed:

JUST as I was about to get through (fill in the blank difficult part of new Cataclysm area), the power went out!

That tweet would probably be more like

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA >:O >:O >:O"

And that rest of the cast thinks shes accidentally stabbed herself or something until she corrects them; cue a mass facepalm.


EDIT: Actually now that I think about it that would make a pretty funny strip: Maybe shes in the middle of the inevitable duel with Dale, and is about to deliver the killing blow, and then *TZZZZT!*

Angus would probably need a sedative to calm her down  :lol:
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: jwhouk on 26 Dec 2010, 21:56
The problem with that is, even if you have power on your laptop/netbook, it's useless if your modem is powerless. And if you're using a cell modem, it's still useless if the nearest cell tower is powered out.

This is one of the reasons why I'm hesitant to go to Cable phone from TWC.
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: celticgeek on 26 Dec 2010, 22:05
A couple of years ago, my daughter and son-in-law had an interesting experience with a power outage.  The outage was caused by a windstorm, so the outage was sort of random.  As  in they did not have power, but the people across the street from them did have power.  So they arranged to borrow wifi from people they knew across the street.  They charged up their notebooks at the respective places of employment (which also had power), came home, and surfed the Internet by candlelight.  All in all, a very strange way to use the Internet. 
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: akronnick on 26 Dec 2010, 22:16
Ahh... the future! 8-)
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: jwhouk on 26 Dec 2010, 22:18
It's not the future until I get my flying car, dangit!
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: tHEfOOL on 26 Dec 2010, 23:44
well, we get yelling bird tonigt, on the plus side there is also SWEET TITS
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: aeofel on 26 Dec 2010, 23:55
Randy instance #76883x, otherwise known as the Potsdam incident.  (or Yalta, only old people and stodgy people with history books remember)

(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5288/5295585787_86dc7bed91.jpg)
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: akronnick on 27 Dec 2010, 00:10
Dammit Jeph! Where's my fucking cheesecake?!

First my mom gets me Hershey's Pot of Gold instead of a Whitman's Sampler, and now this!

This Christmas sucks!!!!!










This Christmas has actually been pretty fucking awesome!

Thanks, Jeph, for bringing us such great material 260 times a year, If you want to go nuts with something off the wall this week, have a blast. You're "fillers" are better than most peoples regular stuff.




...one more thing:

MOAR SWEET TITS!!!!!!!
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Arancaytar on 27 Dec 2010, 00:13
Is there a bare butt on the back of whatever Sweet-Tits is reading, or is that an optical illusion?
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: ysth on 27 Dec 2010, 00:19
Is there a bare butt on the back of whatever Sweet-Tits is reading, or is that an optical illusion?
No, clearly a hiney.
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Yellowstone on 27 Dec 2010, 00:24
Is there a bare butt on the back of whatever Sweet-Tits is reading, or is that an optical illusion?

Sweet-Tits is reading Ass Magazine.
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: iduguphergrave on 27 Dec 2010, 00:30
Is there a bare butt on the back of whatever Sweet-Tits is reading, or is that an optical illusion?

Sweet-Tits is reading Ass Magazine.

She's reading People? *BADUM-TSH*




Thank you, thank you
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Olymander on 27 Dec 2010, 01:01
I thought his twitter said #notYellingBird?  Ah well, at least we get Sweet Tits.  I suppose we don't get her without Yelling Bird.  Also, it's Yelling Bird failing, which is amusing.
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: jwhouk on 27 Dec 2010, 02:24
Should we be worried that he's thinking of doing an all-Yelling Bird/Sweet Tits/Randy webcomic?
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: redragon5000 on 27 Dec 2010, 03:19
It's like having a portable zombie horde. I want one!
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: J on 27 Dec 2010, 05:42
Is there a bare butt on the back of whatever Sweet-Tits is reading, or is that an optical illusion?

Sweet-Tits is reading Ass Magazine.

that's Ass Aficionado Magazine, thank you very much.
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: TheEvilDog on 27 Dec 2010, 06:18
Instance #43465946c will involve a chainsaw, magnets, won tons and Cthulhu. It'll drive Yelling-Bird insane, Sweet-Tits will bleed from the eyes and Randy will get a nice, belated Christmas from Cthulhu, signed "To the Eternal, from lil' Ktulu".

I'm all for a week of everyones' favourite marsupial (and no, not Crash Bandicoot!)
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: vettechinohio on 27 Dec 2010, 06:28
I'm hoping he was just tired (as he woke up early just to draw Monday's comic) and decided to do a relatively easier filler comic, and goes back to his original thought of not delaying the Marten's Mom Visits 2.0 story arc a whole week.
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Wraith11B on 27 Dec 2010, 06:49
My opinion was that YellingBird's using one of those small .45s... he's gonna need to reload soon.
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: IlGreven on 27 Dec 2010, 07:47
My opinion was that YellingBird's using one of those small .45s... he's gonna need to reload soon.

No...much like Randy herself, YellingBird's .45 clip is eternal.
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Wraith11B on 27 Dec 2010, 09:37
Isn't Randy a guy?  Also, magazine is the appropriate term: not many weapons these days use clips...

For reference:
(http://cdn5.thefirearmsblog.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/poster33090609rc9.jpg)
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: bhtooefr on 27 Dec 2010, 10:02
Should we be worried that he's thinking of doing an all-Yelling Bird/Sweet Tits/Randy webcomic?
I've started to notice a bit of that, too.

(And I shudder to think about the ships in that spinoff.)
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Wiregeek on 27 Dec 2010, 10:11
Sweet-tits is obviously reading a copy of Lol Butts magazine..
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 27 Dec 2010, 10:17
Didn't Randy report having had a baby?
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Kugai on 27 Dec 2010, 10:26
[CreepyMultivoice] I'm a Bandicoot, my name is Legion[/Creepymultivoice]

Or would you prefer

We are the Randy
Life as you know it is at an end
You will be taken in by out cuteness
We are indestructible
Resistance is futile.



The only thing that would male this week worthwhile?

Fanservice   :-D   ;)


Seriously though, hope we do get some actual QC Comics, I'd like to see the currant storyline continued.  I hate being left hanging.
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Skewbrow on 27 Dec 2010, 10:36
Should we be worried that he's thinking of doing an all-Yelling Bird/Sweet Tits/Randy webcomic?

If it's in addition to QC, that's fine, but I won't be reading that. For my part YB and ST are very much ok as filler characters, but I cannot see them carrying any story longer than a single arc. Then again, I'm no Jeph.

Whenever I see Randy I'm grateful for the fact that the 'next' button is so large these days. And the 'random' button is always there, too.
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: iduguphergrave on 27 Dec 2010, 13:32
Skewbrow I just wanted to say I really like your icon. Without Faye to put it in context that is a really perplexing look on Angus' face lol.
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Carl-E on 27 Dec 2010, 14:25
It's the epitome of  8/
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Skewbrow on 27 Dec 2010, 14:26
@idug: Thanks! It was either that or Pintsize with a wide grin - guess which strip  :-D
akronnick also picked a very good Sven IMVHO.

BTW: Are Jeph's strips fair game as material for icons? Should I've called the dibs? Pay a royalty?
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: iduguphergrave on 27 Dec 2010, 16:35
I've seen quite a few now (and made some myself (but this one came from the talented Sharp)) so I think its ok. If not I'll be sure to fix it. And yeah I agree I never get tired of seeing akronnick's icon  :-)

As for which Pintsize you used.....it's not from 1812 is it?  :-P
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Carl-E on 27 Dec 2010, 17:01
I'd been using the following for quite a while, before a few Bogart movie references got me to pull out the current one.  

(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5129/5298035743_e141428514_m.jpg)

Several people said she looked like a zombie in this comic (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1490), so I added a little trickle at the mouth... but it was before I knew how to share images, so I just made it my avatar.  For a very long time.  (Jeez, that was over a year ago now?  Year and a half?)

As for using things from the comic, no one minds, and I think Jeph would view it in a complimentary light.  

But I'm just guessing...
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: sha'mad conde on 27 Dec 2010, 17:11
I admit I'm disappointed it's another yelling bird. It seems like there's only two or three jokes involved with this group of characters (YB/Randy/ST) and they are now officially overused.
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Akima on 27 Dec 2010, 17:16
(http://i735.photobucket.com/albums/ww358/AndiJF/yalta.gif)

I for one hope nobody starts chasing copyright on forum avatars...  :angel:
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Dagdason on 27 Dec 2010, 20:00
Jeph, did you blatantly make a reference to Assault Girls in that filler or am I just reading WAAAAAAY too far into this strip?
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: cesariojpn on 27 Dec 2010, 21:13
It's just like Pokemon. You "faint" one Pokemon, a few steps later......*cue battle music* (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6l5OCMgDK6E&feature=related)

Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: ysth on 27 Dec 2010, 21:49
Quote from: twitter.com/jephjacques
Script's done. It's a regular QC!
Regular in the sense of none of the characters in the previous script, or regular in the sense of very-slightly-plot-advancing, or regular in the sense that Faye in the CoD bathroom is not?
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: michi-love on 27 Dec 2010, 22:15
Randy = Capt. Jack Harkness.

Please tell me someone gets this reference.
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Skewbrow on 27 Dec 2010, 23:47
@Carl-E: I do remember your "Zombie-Hannelore" from my lurking days. Nice editing!
@iduguphergrave: I also liked your Momo-chan. For me that Momo in that strip defines comic relief. Also, bingo on #1812 :oops:.

My icon is just a cut+copy+paste -job. I would not dare touch it up. I guess it may be ok to use it in this closed forum.  I agree with Akima that it sounds silly to call upon copyright laws here. But in order to be on the safe side I would never consider using it anywhere else.




Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Delator on 28 Dec 2010, 01:25
I'm guessing by the look on Veronica's face that she either A) Knows she's gone too far, or B) Has crossed a pre-established line.

We'll find out tomorrow, or whenever, as I echo the call for moar Sweet Tits.
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: akronnick on 28 Dec 2010, 01:25
Marten, at this point is a race car, and he's running in the red.

And you don't run a fuckin' race car in the fuckin' red, he could blow...

He's about to be a Mushroom-cloud-layin'-mothafucka, mothafucka!

He's supa-fly TNT!

He's the Guns of the Navaronne!

Apologies to Quentin Tarantino, John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackon.
Those that don't like the word 'Fuck' can go fuck themselves
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: pwhodges on 28 Dec 2010, 01:26
Is there no end to Marten's embarrassment?  But will he fly into a rage, simmer resentfully, or just reach a state of mute acceptance?
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Sharp on 28 Dec 2010, 01:27
Oh man...aww jeez...this is the first time since the "Veronica returns" arc started that I genuinely felt bad for Marten. The look on his face is just...utter resignation. I mean, it's  one thing to try and sway his anger towards his mother (as we've theorized) but what if it backfires and he just buckles under the weight of all the humiliation he's faced in the past two/three days? I mean, this is rapid-fire embarrassment!

I can handle anger, I can handle sadness, but don't give me humiliation. That really hits me.  :-(
I don't know what it was about this strip, but it just felt really...off to me. Maybe because one of my biggest peeves is when people bring up my embarrassing moments; I'm far too self-conscious and have too little self-esteem to just let the past go.
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Delator on 28 Dec 2010, 01:31
Is there no end to Marten's embarrassment?  But will he fly into a rage, simmer resentfully, or just reach a state of mute acceptance?

I'd guess that if this is the event that triggers some sort of accumulated reaction, he'll tell Veronica she's worn out her welcome and that she has to leave...

...she'll try to argue her way around such a demand, but I suspect Marten won't have any of it, as this particular event has obviously happened before.

I'm guessing, however, that he has still more to suffer through before he finally snaps.
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: cesariojpn on 28 Dec 2010, 01:40
Randy = Capt. Jack Harkness.

Please tell me someone gets this reference.

No, but Rowan Atkinson is Doctor Who. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Do-wDPoC6GM)
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: iduguphergrave on 28 Dec 2010, 01:47
I love the subtle yet very effective change in expression in Marten's face between panels two and three. Right from the "tired haze gaze" to the "Please tell me that's not what I think it is!" Pretty funny  :lol:
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: ysth on 28 Dec 2010, 01:54
It looks just like a Telefunken U47.
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: akronnick on 28 Dec 2010, 02:01
What I find most hilarious is the expression on the girls' faces.

Et tu, Hanners?
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Skewbrow on 28 Dec 2010, 02:19
It never ceases to amaze me how much Jeph can pack into the directions of the actors/actresses gazes.
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: themacnut on 28 Dec 2010, 04:08
Is there no end to Marten's embarrassment?  But will he fly into a rage, simmer resentfully, or just reach a state of mute acceptance?

He may decide to no longer endure this humiliation sober. That may be his breaking point, and he may be so "broken" that he may not care about possible consequences of another bender. Remember this IS a guy who has a habit of hitting the bottle when things go drastically wrong in his life...
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Near Lurker on 28 Dec 2010, 04:43
Randy = Capt. Jack Harkness.

Please tell me someone gets this reference.

I think nearly everyone does.

But it's not funny.  Unless Randy starts hooking up with space aliens.
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: xerada on 28 Dec 2010, 04:47
He may decide to no longer endure this humiliation sober. That may be his breaking point, and he may be so "broken" that he may not care about possible consequences of another bender. Remember this IS a guy who has a habit of hitting the bottle when things go drastically wrong in his life...

Your comment made me think, about how drunk he was because Dora broke up with him. Or when Faye told him she couldn't be together with him.
Why is that hitting him so hard, and why does he think drinking makes it better? He planned to get drunk. ALONE. (Yes, that makes it worse. If he'd started the emergency burbon with Faye, that would have been totally different).

While he did that, I don't think he will be hitting the bottle now, not with his mother and the girls around.

And what I noticed, too: I don't want to sound harsh, but this is what happened: Dora broke up with him. Woo, big deal. Yes, it's depressing, but it's nothing really drastic. Drastic would be discovering he or one of his family or friends had a severe illness or something, and I think his mother is right to try and lighten the mood with jokes and embarrassment and baby pictures (yes, I'd be angry out too if my mother did this to me, but at least I'd be angry, not moping).
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Somnus Eternus on 28 Dec 2010, 05:02
And what I noticed, too: I don't want to sound harsh, but this is what happened: Dora broke up with him. Woo, big deal. Yes, it's depressing, but it's nothing really drastic. Drastic would be discovering he or one of his family or friends had a severe illness or something, and I think his mother is right to try and lighten the mood with jokes and embarrassment and baby pictures (yes, I'd be angry out too if my mother did this to me, but at least I'd be angry, not moping).

I kind of disagree with his depression being a 'whoo, big deal' kind of thing.  When you're in a long-term relationship and it just...ends like that, particularly the way that it did, it can feel like someone died.  Hell, after my last break-up I cried for weeks and still had moments as far as six months out after where I'd find myself driving into work and some U2 song or something would come on the radio and the next thing I knew, tears were streaming down my face.  He really loved Dora, and now she's gone.

That being said, I agree that his mom's totally doing the right thing in trying to pull him out of it, and I think Marten knows that.  Even if he throws a hissy in the next storyline strip we see, he'll probably accept that she's just being Mom by the end of it.  I don't see any reason why Veronica's behavior should push this into a whole melodramatic storyline at all.

I'd just be surprised if he didn't call his dad at some point for advice on how to deal with Mom.  :wink:
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Delator on 28 Dec 2010, 05:05
...I think his mother is right to try and lighten the mood with jokes and embarrassment and baby pictures (yes, I'd be angry out too if my mother did this to me, but at least I'd be angry, not moping).

I'll let others address any other points, but I wanted to make a comment on this.

I agree that helping Marten may be the motivation behind Veronicas actions, and she certainly has her heart in the right place.

It seems to me though that Marten has routinely had to deal with the fact that the women in his life tend to use an emotional front when dealing with him to hide the reality underneath.

He's probably kinda sick of it...he probably thinks she should treat him like an adult instead of a kid.

Just my thought on it.
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: TheEvilDog on 28 Dec 2010, 05:22
I think this might be the moment when Marten breaks and the walls come crumbling down. The real question might be, what are we going to find once they're down? Simmering mass of anger and hatred about to blow, or another set of walls of quiet acceptance?

Put it this way, if its the former, I wouldn't be surprised if everyone was told a few home truths.
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: bhtooefr on 28 Dec 2010, 05:32
I think this might be the moment when Marten breaks and the walls come crumbling down. The real question might be, what are we going to find once they're down? Simmering mass of anger and hatred about to blow, or another set of walls of quiet acceptance?

Put it this way, if its the former, I wouldn't be surprised if everyone was told a few home truths.

Here's a possibility that would tie a couple storylines together... I doubt Jeph would do it, but... suicide attempt? I don't think, given that Marten is pretty much the central character, it would be a successful one unless Jeph decided to end the comic soon, but a failed attempt would send massive shockwaves of drama through the entire cast. It'd be an interesting direction to see the story go. (Mind you, not the direction I want to see, just an interesting one.)

That said, the character development I've been seeing is Marten going more outward with his anger, rather than inward. Then again, drinking alone like that...
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: themacnut on 28 Dec 2010, 05:47
Suicide attempt? Bad idea. When men attempt suicide, they are statistically more likely to succeed, mainly because they tend to use methods more likely to be immediately fatal. For example, I don't know how high up from the 1st floor Marten and Faye's apartment is, but even if it's just on the second floor then Marten can self-terminate most efficiently by throwing himself headfirst out the nearest window. Lands on his head, snaps his neck=usually instant death. If he survives, it may be as a quadriplegic. At the very least he'll be in for a long hospital stay. Not At All Funny.

As for exploding in a "simmering mass of anger and hatred" and telling everyone some "home truths", well, he might as well be stinkin' drunk for that, at least that could be used as an excuse. If he goes off on everyone while sober, the result would be REALLY ugly. No one would speak to him again (or at least not for a good long while), he could lose his job (if he pisses Tai off enough, she WILL find some excuse), etc. Marten could end up completely isolated socially, and possibly financially.
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: jwhouk on 28 Dec 2010, 06:07
What I find most hilarious is the expression on the girls' faces.

Et tu, Hanners?
She is trying so, SO hard not to laugh. But she's more or less laughing because the other two are ROTFL.

And she looks ADORABLE in that third panel.

EDIT: I'm thinking the proposal by TED is too far out of character for Marten. C'mon, asking Marten to suddenly change and become serious and emo is like asking Weird Al Yankovic to do Shakespeare.
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: daryljfontaine on 28 Dec 2010, 06:35
The subtle changes in expression from frame to frame make this comic hilarious.

Of course, the punchline made me think of this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NS_pK4H-0sg).

D
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: tbones on 28 Dec 2010, 06:36
Good lord i could almost felt the laughter in hanners' expresion in second panel....

Also i'm still hoping that Marteen can grow a little out of this... I wonder how is Dora doing all by herself in CoC

EDIT: I'm thinking the proposal by TED is too far out of character for Marten. C'mon, asking Marten to suddenly change and become serious and emo is like asking Weird Al Yankovic to do Shakespeare.
He doesn't do Shakespeare, but Weird Al's music is kindda poetic, isn't it?  :psyduck:
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Mr_Rose on 28 Dec 2010, 06:37
What I find most hilarious is the expression on the girls' faces.

Et tu, Hanners?
She is trying so, SO hard not to laugh. But she's more or less laughing because the other two are ROTFL.

And she looks ADORABLE in that third panel.

EDIT: I'm thinking the proposal by TED is too far out of character for Marten. C'mon, asking Marten to suddenly change and become serious and emo is like asking Weird Al Yankovic to do Shakespeare.
With you on that jwhouk; third panel Hannelore is the most adorable Hanners.
Ever.
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: TheEvilDog on 28 Dec 2010, 07:01
I'm thinking the proposal by TED is too far out of character for Marten. C'mon, asking Marten to suddenly change and become serious and emo is like asking Weird Al Yankovic to do Shakespeare.

I dunno, after the day his mother has just put him through, it might just be enough to cause Marten to snap. And that is what Marten does....Snap. He bottles things up, internalises his problems and his feelings until he does snap. We've seen it a few times, usually when he feels at his lowest. And right now I think there are some limbo-ists (is that right?) who feel kinda jealous about how low Marten is now.
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Rancke on 28 Dec 2010, 07:03
Is there no end to Marten's embarrassment?  But will he fly into a rage, simmer resentfully, or just reach a state of mute acceptance?
The appropriate response would be to tell Mom to lock up when she leaves and then walk out on her. Sadly, Marten is probably too nice a guy to do the right thing here. His mom really needs a sharp lesson. Such blatant disregard for her son's feelings is egregious.

What was the reason she visited, again? That's right, I remember. To make Marten feel better. Way to go, Mom!
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Carl-E on 28 Dec 2010, 07:39
It looks just like a Telefunken U47.

With leather. 

[Ahem]

As for Marten snapping over something like this, it's not likely.  This is something that's clearly happened before (or he wouldn't know which pic right off the top of his head after a nap).  And we're talking about his mother, who's probably one of the sources of a lot of his repression.  He learned to hold things back through her, not telling people what she really did for a living, dealing with the weird emotions of growing up in that kind of environment (in addition to not having a father figure through puberty), and though a transgression, this is really a pretty minor one! 

I think we've seen the sum total of his response to this - "Goddammit, mom!"
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Delator on 28 Dec 2010, 07:56
I think we've seen the sum total of his response to this - "Goddammit, mom!"

I think so too...

I'm worried she's the only one who can withstand the rage beam that's charging, but Marten's angry that she's trying to draw out a reaction, so he's specifically NOT reacting...and it's just going to backfire later.

*sets broom down*

 :psyduck:
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: xerada on 28 Dec 2010, 09:21
I kind of disagree with his depression being a 'whoo, big deal' kind of thing.  When you're in a long-term relationship and it just...ends like that, particularly the way that it did, it can feel like someone died.  Hell, after my last break-up I cried for weeks and still had moments as far as six months out after where I'd find myself driving into work and some U2 song or something would come on the radio and the next thing I knew, tears were streaming down my face.  He really loved Dora, and now she's gone.

That being said, I agree that his mom's totally doing the right thing in trying to pull him out of it,

When I had a break-up vaguely similar to Marten's, I even tried telling myself "it's just a break-up, what's the big deal?" Didn't prevent several months of on-and-off depression.

I still don't see why "humiliating him, repeatedly, in front of his boss (and other friends)" is thought to be a good idea.

I didn't mean to belittle feelings, it's just that the cause is for these feelings and actions is a little weak, in my opinion. (I mean, Marten got blackout-drunk. Doesn't-know-what-he's-saying-drunk. THIS drunk.)
Of course break-ups are depressing, and I, too, did fall in a big hole of depression and swinging moods and a whole lot of other stuff after my previous relationship failed. But my friends and family didn't put up with it. Of course they were sympathetic and tried to help me as much as they could, but they called me on my moods. Which (I think) was a good thing, because it made me see that while I'm allowed to have feelings and to express them, they have them, too. And sometimes they need me, because they have problems, too, and sometimes, these problems are much worse than mine.
It took me a while, though.

Besides that, I don't think they would have let me get drunk alone, if they knew what was going on.

To the topic of Veronica treating Marten that way: I'd be angry, if my mother did this to me. After a few "Mom, could you please stop that", I'd maybe do this passive-aggressive bullshit and would just walk away or something. It's not the best way of dealing with it, but at least she tries.
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Carl-E on 28 Dec 2010, 10:01
There are only two things a mother (or a father, for that matter) can do for someone who's been through an emotional upheaval;

1)  Be there for him.  Veronica offered murder, tongue-in-cheek (I presume), and hasn't had much of a chance beyond that, what with lunch, meeting Tai, and nap time.  These were (relatively) public places, not  a place where he can open up and she can provide comfort.  I expect that shortly, when the lady's league breaks up and exits, she'll have some alone time with him, and he'll have a chance to open up.  Whether we see that or not, I think it's the main reason she's come to see him. 

2)  Remind him of who he is, where he's come from, and how far he's come.  Remind him that, after other emotionally scarring events, he went on.  He doesn't want to hear it yet, but the phrase "this too shall pass" needs to be said so that he'll understand it later. 

That's probably why she brought the album along in the first place. 

That, and some comic relief. 

After all, dildo's are  the comic relief of the sex industry! 
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Elysiana on 28 Dec 2010, 10:14
Jeph got Veronica's "smile lines" absolutely SPOT ON today. It took me a few minutes to figure out what was odd about this one, and finally realized that he's faded them so it doesn't look like she has a Zorro mustache anymore. Very very nice.

Also, poor Marten. He's had a rough week. But at least he has a house full of cute girls giggling at him. Speaking of which, I can't remember the last time we saw Faye belly-laugh like she is in panel 4. Nice to see her loosening up!
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: celticgeek on 28 Dec 2010, 10:27


How To Handle Being Dumped (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=349)
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Somnus Eternus on 28 Dec 2010, 10:54
After all, dildo's are  the comic relief of the sex industry! 

Any industry, really.  There's just something about the penis...
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: cuzsis on 28 Dec 2010, 11:06
 I really don't think this comic was supposed to be anything more than a light hearted poke at the fact that Marten's "embarrassing baby pictures" are substantially worse than the average person's due to what his mom does for a living. That's all.

 We're enjoying some light hearted Veronica moments before getting back down to the "meat" of the story.
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: tbones on 28 Dec 2010, 11:09
Any industry, really.  There's just something about the penis...
Indeed. Try to doodle a penis, and see if you can hold the laugh..


...


... BUAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAA, god lord do i ever gonna stop drawing so fan-frigging-tastic!
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Wraith11B on 28 Dec 2010, 11:10
Also, Veronica seems pretty split on the issue herself... her facial expression tells me that she did not expect her son up so quickly.
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Kugai on 28 Dec 2010, 11:43
ROFL

The looks and the silent communication is just classic.


Ya gotta feel sorry for Marten, I don't think Veronica is deliberately setting out to embarrass him, I'm suspecting that this is just Veronica being Veronica.  It's going to be interesting to see what her confrontation with Dora is going to be like.

Comeon, she's come all this way, she can't leave before she goes and sees her.
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Mustakyy on 28 Dec 2010, 13:31
Heh.

Does Marten ever get break from his crappy luck? Although the sheer idea of the babypicture is DAMN HILARIOUS, in my opinion i found it a bit meanspirited. Yea, i don't think the intention was just to embarrass Marten, but to break the downward spiral of gloomy thoughts and moping. But still, some kind of consideration with the choosing of pictures would have been nice. This had a bit too much of "kick him when he's down"-feeling in it.

Also, Veronica seems pretty split on the issue herself... her facial expression tells me that she did not expect her son up so quickly.
Yea, got the same feeling myself and also got the feeling that she knows that she went too far.


As for Marten's reaction, God knows? (ok, probably Jeph too  :-P)   He tried liquid oblivion, and that got him only hung over and bruised (not to mention WHY he got bruised...), so I think going on a bender is kinda out of question (unless there'll be even more embarrassment?), and he ain't that good being a snide lil' bastard (yea, he tried that with Tai, but had the decency to apologize) which is kind of a good thing. Somehow, i hope that this wont be the last straw which breaks him (cue the ting of a cash register and numb stare  :-P).

There are only two things a mother (or a father, for that matter) can do for someone who's been through an emotional upheaval;

1)  Be there for him.  Veronica offered murder, tongue-in-cheek (I presume), and hasn't had much of a chance beyond that, what with lunch, meeting Tai, and nap time.  These were (relatively) public places, not  a place where he can open up and she can provide comfort.  I expect that shortly, when the lady's league breaks up and exits, she'll have some alone time with him, and he'll have a chance to open up.  Whether we see that or not, I think it's the main reason she's come to see him.  
Couldn't have said it better. When all is said and done, the main reason she's in the city is Marten. She's there for him. Admittably, she might embarrass/shock him quite a bit but in the end he knows it too.


On to future predictions: Im quite interested to see the possible confrontation with Dora (really, really hoping to see it). And, shall we see a friendly warning (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=459) for the ladies ("joking and little teasing never killed anyone, but hurt my boy and there will be consequences"-stylish?)? This just keeps on getting more and more interesting.

EDIT: fixed some awful grammar, sry bout that..
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: sitnspin on 28 Dec 2010, 14:21
Judging by Veronica's expressions, it looks to me like she knows she crossed a line.

Maybe I'm just one of those "disrespectful kids these days" but I would have gone off on my mom by now.  But then, I'm not Marten and I actually speak my mind before I let things build to the breaking point. And I didn't have the healthiest relationship with my parents.

Repression really isn't healthy, Marty.
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Sorflakne on 28 Dec 2010, 15:40
I had a similar experience as Marten.

My mom showed me some scrapbooks she'd put together a few years ago, and while looking through them, I find a picture of me in my potty-training phase sitting on one of those little kid chairs, the one with the bowl/bucket underneath to catch the product.  That would have been bad enough on its own, but it gets worse.  Not only was I sitting on my potty-trainer chair, I was butt-naked and wearing a Burger King crown with a stupid smile plastered on my face.  Mom tried defending its placement in the book because it was "a cute picture" (her words, not mine), but I held the book hostage until she took the picture out and promised to never bring it up around anyone again.

Look, I know parents love their children and want to remember every one of their milestones, but there are some milestones that are best left as memories and not as pictures and/or videos.
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Boomslang on 28 Dec 2010, 15:49
I suppose I'm unusual. I'm on excellent terms with my mom right now, unlike several of my siblings, and I think a huge part of that is that I was willing to argue with her and correct her when I thought she was wrong. My mom places a premium on people being frank and up front about things.

Although I also don't mind her showing pictures/video of me as a little kid. If it's anyone's fault I look silly in them, it's hers.
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: ecstaticjoy on 28 Dec 2010, 17:18
WU-hahahaha!
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: jwhouk on 28 Dec 2010, 18:07
It's going to be interesting to see what her confrontation with Dora is going to be like.

Come on, she's come all this way, she can't leave before she goes and sees her.

This x 1,000,000. If Jeph doesn't give us that "moment of fear" look from Dora at least once before she leaves, I'll be disappointed.
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: St.Clair on 28 Dec 2010, 18:11
various posters:
"she didn't expect him up so early... she knows she crossed a line"

So it's okay to ridicule, infantilize, etc your grown son in his absence, to his peers, when you know he's already having a crappy [time period], so long as (you make sure) he doesn't find out about it?
Good to know.

(Because if he did know, then he'd be embarrassed.  But as long as he's not aware, no harm no foul, right?)
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: ysth on 28 Dec 2010, 18:20
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Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Carl-E on 28 Dec 2010, 19:02
Probably those BRB bonercats he puts up. 

I mean, it couldn't possibly  be the chat...

Or  the content.  It's just not really all that Questionable!

...I find a picture of me in my potty-training phase sitting on one of those little kid chairs...
...Not only was I sitting on my potty-trainer chair, I was butt-naked and wearing a Burger King crown with a stupid smile plastered on my face...
...I held the book hostage until she took the picture out and promised to never bring it up around anyone again.

Look, I know parents love their children and want to remember every one of their milestones, but there are some milestones that are best left as memories and not as pictures and/or videos.

You do  realize that the picture went right back in as soon as you left, right?  I think most of us have such a picture hanging around somewhere.  Be glad it's squirreled away in an album, and not in a place of prominence in the house! 

(yes, a friend of mine has potty pictures of all three of her kids hanging in her guest bathroom)
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: ysth on 28 Dec 2010, 19:24
What about cute pictures of little boys using floating Cheerios for aiming practice?
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: DJRubberducky on 28 Dec 2010, 19:30

Sweet-Tits is reading Ass Magazine.

that's Ass Aficionado Magazine, thank you very much.

Or that one in the Sir Mix-A-Lot video: Callipygian!
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Blackjoker on 28 Dec 2010, 20:29
If I might ask an odd question, if Martens mother was ANGRY at him what would she be doing? I recognize that some of this might be a bit of 'it's my job to embarass you, I'm your mom" when he's at a low point is a REALLY bad time to do it. If she's trying to spark him to anger, to energy, something to help him power through the depression that might work, except she seems to just be pouring on the humiliation. Part of what bothers me on this is that she is ostensibly there to HELP him, remember when she stopped by on a visit and he was doing ok? She didn't feel a need to humiliate him that way then. The other thing that bothers me, and this is maybe a moreso thing, no one called her out on it, with Marten it might just be that he's frankly past the point of being able to resist, IE he's so emotionally worn out over this that he doesn't want to get into another fight but NONE of his friends call her on it. Tai maybe because their relationship is more snark bait than close friend but Faye and Hannelore...I dunno it seriously feels like Marten has been chosen to be fates chamber pot.
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Sharp on 28 Dec 2010, 20:34
Your comment made me think, about how drunk he was because Dora broke up with him. Or when Faye told him she couldn't be together with him.
Why is that hitting him so hard, and why does he think drinking makes it better? He planned to get drunk. ALONE. (Yes, that makes it worse. If he'd started the emergency burbon with Faye, that would have been totally different).

Coming my own experience, I think that the root of "Drinking It All Away" (or "______ it all away" whatever floats your boat) comes from the fact that when something this impactful happens, it's all you can think about. Now, the gamble is that if you drink enough, it will probably* be much easier to be distracted away from the pain. But, you are just putting it off for later when you are now hungover and heartbroken. Marten's reaction was a typically "Macho" way of dealing with his emotions: bottling them up WITH a bottle! It's a crutch we've all seen before with Faye.

*Now, I say "probably" because there is the chance that alcohol will simply jack whatever emotions you are feeling up to %110, as we saw with Marten's bitterness and feelings of being exploited.

I think that we all know that getting drunk won't really make us feel better, but sometimes when you hurt enough, being in an altered state all day sounds like a better alternative than having to face the reality of the situation all day. I guess the best way I can put it is: You can't understand it until you've done it, or felt so bad that it seemed like a good decision.

Quote from: xerada
And what I noticed, too: I don't want to sound harsh, but this is what happened: Dora broke up with him. Woo, big deal. Yes, it's depressing, but it's nothing really drastic. -clip-(yes, I'd be angry out too if my mother did this to me, but at least I'd be angry, not moping).

Well, some people deal with situations incredibly different.  I think that this is just a case of differing priorities between yourself and Marten. (Oh God, I'm referring to him as if he's real. IT BEGINS.) For Marten, he lost a lover, friend, confidant, and jeopardized a very big part of his social circle, all in one jarring event. As upset as he was about Dora's recurring issues, he was still willing to make up with her. I think that most of all, he's mad at the fact that the relationship was basically ended because "I can't convince Dora that I don't want to bone Faye."

And, he's what less than 72 hours out of said relationship? I think that he's allowed to have a grieving period here!

And as for him "moping" instead of being angry at his mother: some people simply can't! He may be mad at his mom, sure, but maybe he just can't bring himself to be externally mad at her. I know a few people like this. At the end of the day, she's his mom. "I can't be mad at her; she's my mom!" Granted, this is simply a case of me playing Devil's Advocate, but it is a possibility nonetheless.


Blackjoker! You got it! The phrase I was looking for before! Kicking him while he's down. THATS why I felt uncomfortable about today's comic. As funny as this is supposed to be, Veronica HAS to have a plan, otherwise Marten is just being used as a chewtoy. I'm still bracing for Marten's blowup and now I'm hoping for it more than ever. Not because I necessarily want him to yell at his mother, but I need to find out HOW Marten ultimately releases his bottled up emotions.
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: ysth on 28 Dec 2010, 21:05
Whoo hoo!

Somehow I think Jeph won't be selling any shirt like that.
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: iduguphergrave on 28 Dec 2010, 21:12
Sooo......cute.....can't.......take..it............AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA THE HALLOWEEN PICTURE  :psyduck: *dies*

Seriously this makes me smile so much. Even the last picture :lol:
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: cesariojpn on 28 Dec 2010, 21:15
I had a similar experience as Marten.

My mom showed me some scrapbooks she'd put together a few years ago, and while looking through them, I find a picture of me in my potty-training phase sitting on one of those little kid chairs, the one with the bowl/bucket underneath to catch the product.  That would have been bad enough on its own, but it gets worse.  Not only was I sitting on my potty-trainer chair, I was butt-naked and wearing a Burger King crown with a stupid smile plastered on my face.  Mom tried defending its placement in the book because it was "a cute picture" (her words, not mine), but I held the book hostage until she took the picture out and promised to never bring it up around anyone again.

Look, I know parents love their children and want to remember every one of their milestones, but there are some milestones that are best left as memories and not as pictures and/or videos.

Not to mention it could be considered child pornography in some jurisdictions.
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: akronnick on 28 Dec 2010, 21:30
*Heart Melts*


The Cute... it's deadly... send help.....



*Dies*

Also, if you change the word "mommy" to "girlfriend" totally would buy that shirt (if I had a girlfriend who spanks people.)
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Carl-E on 28 Dec 2010, 21:51
******** SACCHARINE ALERT ******** SACCHARINE ALERT ******** WARNING, TOO MUCH SWEETNESS CAN BE HAZARDOUS TO YOUR HEALTH ******** SACCHARINE ALERT ******** SACCHARINE ALERT ********
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Delator on 28 Dec 2010, 21:52
The sig never lies!  :-)
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Tobimaro on 28 Dec 2010, 21:55
I was kinda hoping that the dildo picture would have involved Marten being even younger (like say kindergarten).  But it's the way that his mom presents it that makes Marten so ashamed of it.

What is done cannot be undone, especially with Marten's mother.   :roll:
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Fenriswolf on 28 Dec 2010, 21:56
I actually don't understand genuine horror at sharing baby photos. Everyone has some, I mean, unless you're excessively into seeming "cool" at all times I don't see the issue. And yeah, there are plenty of naked pictures of me as a kid, it was hard to keep my clothes on!

Aaaaand I couldn't resist posting on here because I have such a picture of my little sister. Yes, they're my dildos, no, they're not used (or for use - I worked at a sex shop and we got free seconds, I want to make some sort of sculpture with them.  :mrgreen:)

(http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL1378/5616492/21181806/394294404.jpg)
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: azurefirem on 28 Dec 2010, 22:12
i hate having to giggle quietly. especially with comics like 1828, which DESERVE loud guffaws and chuckles galore.
rrrrrrage.
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Mustakyy on 28 Dec 2010, 22:33
Well well, what do we have.....

*exposed to MASSIVE Cute overload*

So..............cute...................brain...no...worky...........

*dies*

My oh my, what a heartwarming sight.
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: akronnick on 28 Dec 2010, 22:36
Do you hear that Jeph Jacques?!

There have been not one not two but three casualties to the cuteness....

This comic has caused FATALITIES!
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Sharp on 28 Dec 2010, 22:38
My only lament is the lack of story progression. But, I am guilty of investing more time than necessary into the comic so it's my fault for being so needy! As fun as this week has been/will be, I will welcome regular QC back with open arms.  :mrgreen:
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: daryljfontaine on 28 Dec 2010, 22:40
Floppy cock, floppy cock, oh floppy floppy floppy, floppy cock *pop* ba-boom boom boom... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rYoRaxgOE0)

"My Mommy Spanks People" -- heh, even at an impressionable young age he was wearing great t-shirts.

D
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: LordVaughn on 28 Dec 2010, 22:44
"My mommy spanks people" should be put on a t-shirt, just for the hell of it. I would be tempted to buy one.
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: rje on 28 Dec 2010, 22:47
Floppy cock, floppy cock, oh floppy floppy floppy, floppy cock *pop* ba-boom boom boom... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rYoRaxgOE0)

"My Mommy Spanks People" -- heh, even at an impressionable young age he was wearing great t-shirts.

D

Haha I was going to comment on that, I thought that was a nice touch.

I thought the picture would be him swordfighting or using it as a gun.
I had a little cousin that has some pictures of him doing that with his mom's tampons. And he haaaates those pictures. And his mom loves them, of course.  :laugh:

BUT DINO MARTIN
IS ADORABLE FOR ALWAYS
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: iduguphergrave on 28 Dec 2010, 23:14
He looks like he could have been swordfighting with it (hurr hurr "swordfight"). Delator. I hate you. And you can read minds. How did you know I was also making an icon of little Marty in his halloween costume and why were you mean enough to beat me to the punch. You suck.

Nice icon though  :-D

"My Mommy Spanks People" would look neat as a t-shirt, but if you actually wore it, think of the implications.....
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: CEOIII on 28 Dec 2010, 23:20
I'm just gonna say it: It's wrong that I thought the picture would have the dildo in Marten's mouth, isn't it?
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Sharp on 28 Dec 2010, 23:35
T'was my greatest fear CEO.


How did you know I was also making an icon of little Marty in his halloween costume and why were you mean enough to beat me to the punch. You suck.

(Dug removes the icon that took over9000 hours in paint to achieve. I die a little each time I see new icon and remember what we once had.  :cry: )
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Olymander on 28 Dec 2010, 23:43
You know, that picture isn't nearly as bad as it sounded like.  And really, from the sounds of it, this isn't the first time she's shown off that picture, and I think his complaints sound sort of more pro forma than actual.
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Sorflakne on 28 Dec 2010, 23:55
I'm just gonna say it: It's wrong that I thought the picture would have the dildo in Marten's mouth, isn't it?
My thought was that it would be a pic of him as a baby (it is a baby book after all...) with him sitting up and him holding the dildo upright between his legs.

And I had a dinosaur costume exactly like Marten's when I was a kid.
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Delator on 29 Dec 2010, 00:25
He looks like he could have been swordfighting with it (hurr hurr "swordfight"). Delator. I hate you. And you can read minds. How did you know I was also making an icon of little Marty in his halloween costume and why were you mean enough to beat me to the punch. You suck.

Nice icon though  :-D

*bows*

...you can claim the avvy when I switch again, which at the current rate-of-change, will be sometime next week.  :-P
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Dr. ROFLPWN on 29 Dec 2010, 00:35
and there he goes

The little Marty

HASS the dildo

Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: xerada on 29 Dec 2010, 04:46
... I know it's redundant but ...
OH MY GOD! SO... CUTE!

And a dinosaur costume? Does it get ANY MORE ADORABLE THAN THAT?

Veronica just HAD to show the girls (and us)! (Would have been a crime to hide it :).
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: HFrankenstein on 29 Dec 2010, 05:10
Today we learned that QC exists in a universe where wiggle lines show up in photographs! #christmasmiracle
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Ghanima Atreides on 29 Dec 2010, 05:33
Wow, young Veronica does look a lot like Dora!  :-o
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Carl-E on 29 Dec 2010, 05:36
I actually don't understand genuine horror at sharing baby photos. Everyone has some, I mean, unless you're excessively into seeming "cool" at all times I don't see the issue. And yeah, there are plenty of naked pictures of me as a kid, it was hard to keep my clothes on!

There's an interesting phenomenon that occurs with subsequent siblings - there are always hundreds, if not thousands, of pictures of first children.  Not quite as many for second children, fewer still for third children, and so on.  For my baby brother (the fourth child in the family) we were hard pressed to find any pics between the hospital and kindergarten, just a few snapshots and the inevitable posed group pictures of all four of us...

You know, that picture isn't nearly as bad as it sounded like.  And really, from the sounds of it, this isn't the first time she's shown off that picture, and I think his complaints sound sort of more pro forma than actual.

Well if there's not  a picture that embarasses you, then the photographer wasn't doing his/her job.  Fact is, there's a stage when you're growing up where anything  involving your past is embarassing.  It's called puberty.  

Some people get past it, others hang on to small pieces for the rest of their lives.  It's part of the establishment of your adulthood!  

And if there isn't  a picture that you're embarassed by, then the photographer wasn't doing his/her job!  

Today we learned that QC exists in a universe where wiggle lines show up in photographs! #christmasmiracle

Easier to draw than the photograph's blurriness of a wiggling dong.  
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: jwhouk on 29 Dec 2010, 05:57
Wow, young Veronica does look a lot like Dora!  :-o

Except for the mouth, the hair length, and the fact that Dora's a natural blonde.

However, Marten does look a lot like his dad.

Oh, and there is one thing that bothers me, in retrospect: Those don't appear to be Polaroids, but they have the border around the photos. I don't remember any other type of camera that did that.
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Carl-E on 29 Dec 2010, 06:32
It's not the camera, it's the processing.  Back in the day, most snaps had a border when developed.  It allowed you to hold them without leaving fingermarks on the actual picture part.  Going "full screen" started back in the 70's or 80's (along with matte finishes, so fingerprints wouldn't show up as easily). 

Of course, I had a darkroom of my own back then.  OK, it was the guest bathroom, but I had all the equipment - enlarger, tanks, proofing frame, all of it.  Developed my own film, did color prints, the whole nine yards.  Talk about an expensive hobby!  Packed it all away when I went to college.  I miss the smell of stop bath...
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Ghanima Atreides on 29 Dec 2010, 06:41

Except for the mouth, the hair length, and the fact that Dora's a natural blonde.


The hair is irrelevant, and they're not identical of course, but the shape of the face, eyes and nose are quite similar. And I think there was a comic where someone (Veronica herself I believe) commented on the similarity between her younger self and Dora; I thought it was cool that it actually shows in this picture.

Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: PenSwordAccord on 29 Dec 2010, 07:04
I have been wanting to bring some things up from the "recent" past that I have been wondering about.

I did a search on "vindictive" in the forum, and it doesn't look like anyone  really noticed this, or at least no one seems to have mentioned it.  Does it strike anyone else as interesting that both Marten and Dora could be perceived as conflating the person they are speaking to with an "ex"?

In strip 1797 Dora calls Marten a "vindictive prick".  This would, given what we have been told/shown, be an appropriate epithet for some/all of her previous boyfriends, but not Marten.

In strip 1818 Marten basically accuses Faye of likeing guys that are dicks.  Given that other than Sven, and as far as I am concerned, I don't know as the term should really be applied to Sven,  I haven't seen any evidense that Faye has ever dated a "dick".  Dora, on the other hand, has a well-documented history of dating dicks.

I don't know what to make of this apparent symetry, and was curious if anyone else had any thoughts on it.

On another note, I find it interesting and odd that Dora, after however many bad relationships with guys, has never actually dated a woman.  I can't find any mention of her ever doing so anyway.  She is an avowed bisexual, unless I have badly misread the strip, so why hasn't she?

Lee

Pen and Sword in Accord
What is the sound of one hand clapping, anyway?
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: kent_eh on 29 Dec 2010, 07:14
Today we learned that QC exists in a universe where wiggle lines show up in photographs! #christmasmiracle

According to the Official Handbook for better Comix Comprehension (http://imgsrv.gocomics.com/dim/?fh=2b6c686fd1ca1ba54d49c4dff2ccba79), the proper term is "Moovles"  :-D
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Carl-E on 29 Dec 2010, 08:05
I thought that's what cows watched on their night out...
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: ecstaticjoy on 29 Dec 2010, 09:04
"my mommy spanks people" lol
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Olymander on 29 Dec 2010, 09:21

Except for the mouth, the hair length, and the fact that Dora's a natural blonde.


The hair is irrelevant, and they're not identical of course, but the shape of the face, eyes and nose are quite similar. And I think there was a comic where someone (Veronica herself I believe) commented on the similarity between her younger self and Dora; I thought it was cool that it actually shows in this picture.



Actually, looking at that more closely, I'd say that the young Veronica looks a lot more to me like Raven.  Of course, the last time we saw Raven and Dora together, I was hard pressed at times to tell the two of them apart (except for Raven's little mole).  Or maybe this is just more evidence of me missing Raven.  >.>
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Boomslang on 29 Dec 2010, 09:52
I would be interested in seeing Raven in the new art style, but she's never going to return to her old spot even if she comes back from college, which theoretically could happen in the summer. Whenever that is, I'm not entirely sure what time of year it is NOW.
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: N0vA on 29 Dec 2010, 09:53

Except for the mouth, the hair length, and the fact that Dora's a natural blonde.


The hair is irrelevant, and they're not identical of course, but the shape of the face, eyes and nose are quite similar. And I think there was a comic where someone (Veronica herself I believe) commented on the similarity between her younger self and Dora; I thought it was cool that it actually shows in this picture.



Actually, looking at that more closely, I'd say that the young Veronica looks a lot more to me like Raven.  Of course, the last time we saw Raven and Dora together, I was hard pressed at times to tell the two of them apart (except for Raven's little mole).  Or maybe this is just more evidence of me missing Raven.  >.>

I agree. More similarities to Raven than Dora. Still SOME Dora in there, but more like a 70/30 Raven-Dora hybrid.
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 29 Dec 2010, 10:26
PenSwordAccord has a fascinating point, and given the psychological depth Jeph does, it's quite possible.
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Coco on 29 Dec 2010, 12:21

Also, in 984 (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=984) Faye’s complaint to Sven is pretty much the same as Marten’s drunken complaint to Faye in 1818.



Wow, good catch. Not only is the complaint the same (I did something good and I didn't get anything out of it) but it is coming from the same place, jealousy that the other person is in the opposite place from the crappy position the whiner is in. Faye is feeling jealous of Martne being in a happy normal relationship, while her relationship is dysfunctional with no real hope of acheiving functionality. Marten is jealous of Faye being in the throes of a shiney new relationship while his has just crashed and burned.
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: KOODustin on 29 Dec 2010, 13:53
Yeah, I just have to say...Marten's mom back in the day?  Hottest QC character ever.
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Kugai on 29 Dec 2010, 14:14
I just knew Jeph would drag out the cute baby pics eventually  :-D

You can definitely see where Marten gets his looks from though.


10/10 for the last one - T-Shirt included.
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Schmorgluck on 29 Dec 2010, 14:36
Given that other than Sven, and as far as I am concerned, I don't know as the term should really be applied to Sven,  I haven't seen any evidense that Faye has ever dated a "dick".
Well, for one thing, it would not be too much of a stretch to say that Faye dated Sven's dick more than she dated Sven himself.  :-D
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: TheEvilDog on 29 Dec 2010, 15:50
Given that other than Sven, and as far as I am concerned, I don't know as the term should really be applied to Sven,  I haven't seen any evidense that Faye has ever dated a "dick". 

One might say that the guy she was going out with when her father committed suicide was a dick, seeing as how he just stopping seeing her. Then again, that is a situation few people ever wish to find themselves in, and even fewer who know what to do exactly.
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Heliphyneau on 29 Dec 2010, 16:25
Aaaaaaahahaha!  DinoMarten pwns you all!   :laugh:  I mean, sure, the dildo one is cute and funny (and I can understand Marten being embarrassed by it), but DinoMarten going "Rarrr!" for the picture is just tremendous.

I think new parents are inclined to take so many photos of their kids out of a weirdly compelling "Look what we made!" kind of impulse.  "That fleshy awkward thing that gurgles came out of YOU, honey!"  "I know!  Isn't it awesome?"  "Oooh, he's pooping again, let me get the camera!"  Granted, there can also be a tendency to want to record a child's progress "for posterity," theoretically to show said child something of their history, but the sense of accomplishment of the parents with the fascination of what their combined DNA has wrought seems to be the primary motivator.  It's why the impulse reduces for subsequent children.
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Fenriswolf on 29 Dec 2010, 16:55
There's an interesting phenomenon that occurs with subsequent siblings - there are always hundreds, if not thousands, of pictures of first children.  Not quite as many for second children, fewer still for third children, and so on.  For my baby brother (the fourth child in the family) we were hard pressed to find any pics between the hospital and kindergarten, just a few snapshots and the inevitable posed group pictures of all four of us...
Oo, good point! I was an only child. My partner was the middle child of 5 though, and he's the only one who didn't get a baby album from his parents.  :-P

Of course, he and his siblings looked so similar up until late 20s even his mother gets confused! I love all the old 60s-70s photos of the little blond Dutch children. :D /end OT
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Elysiana on 29 Dec 2010, 17:14
I was the last of five children, but I came along 10 years after my next closest sibling... I sometimes think there are more pics of me than there are of all my siblings combined.
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Akima on 29 Dec 2010, 18:17
"Memorializing the achievements of individuals considered as members of families (as well as of other groups) is the earliest popular use of photography. For at least a century, the wedding photograph has been as much a part of the ceremony as the prescribed verbal formulas. Cameras go with family life. According to a sociological study done in France, most households have a camera, but a household with children is twice as likely to have at least one camera as a household in which there are no children. Not to take pictures of one's children, particularly when they are small, is a sign of parental indifference, just as not turning up for one's graduation picture is a gesture of adolescent rebellion."  On Photography, Susan Sontag, 1977.*

Or in other words, if your parents have lots of embarrassing photos of you as a little kid, think yourself fortunate. They thought you were special!

*Still very much worth reading, incidentally. Sontag's total lack of interest in the technicalities of photography means that it mostly hasn't dated with the changes since the 1970s (Though I will go on using my Nikon FM2 until they stop making 35mm film. Why do modern DSLRs have to be so bloated?).
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Gerardic on 29 Dec 2010, 20:37
Ahhhhaha. This reminds me of my poor sod, best friend, who bravely told me his childhood story which I will share.

He was probably under 5 years old or so, and managed to get into his mother's bedroom. Ever the curious cat, he picked up a dildo and was fascinated by it. It vibrates, and rocks around to his amusement, but to this day, God why did he do it... he still doesn't know, as for some strange instinct he actually put the dildo in his mouth like a baby would with toys. At that moment his mother came into the room, looking down upon his son with a dildo in the mouth and shrieked......

(P.S. He is now happily married with beautiful wife and a son, and most likely doesn't have any dildos in the house to avoid repeating the unfortunate incident.)

(P.S.S. Oh Hi everyone :-D )
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: DonInKansas on 29 Dec 2010, 21:15
Now I'm wondering when Dino-Marten makes a guest appearance in Dinosaur Comics.
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: The Duke on 29 Dec 2010, 22:12
Ahhhhaha. This reminds me of my poor sod, best friend, who bravely told me his childhood story which I will share.

He was probably under 5 years old or so, and managed to get into his mother's bedroom. Ever the curious cat, he picked up a dildo and was fascinated by it. It vibrates, and rocks around to his amusement, but to this day, God why did he do it... he still doesn't know, as for some strange instinct he actually put the dildo in his mouth like a baby would with toys. At that moment his mother came into the room, looking down upon his son with a dildo in the mouth and shrieked......

(P.S. He is now happily married with beautiful wife and a son, and most likely doesn't have any dildos in the house to avoid repeating the unfortunate incident.)

(P.S.S. Oh Hi everyone :-D )

Excellent first post there.  Welcome here; if that was any indication I think you'll fit in just fine.
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: cesariojpn on 29 Dec 2010, 22:50
Why am I getting the vibe that Veronica is a switch given her recent actions? It's as if she's setting herself up to be Martins.....pain slut?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switch_%28BDSM%29

Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: azurefirem on 30 Dec 2010, 00:06
reaction to today's?
......UH.
o______________________________________________o

Are buttholes like fingerprints? No two are alike, that sort of thing? WTFFFF.
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: LordVaughn on 30 Dec 2010, 00:08
I like everyone's reaction in the fourth panel.
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Sharp on 30 Dec 2010, 00:10
Finally, Operation Humiliate Marten has ended...well, directly at least.
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: daryljfontaine on 30 Dec 2010, 00:16
Panel 2:  FLING

Is Hanners' horror (in Panel 4) just because she conceptually knows the Goatse is a terrible thing, or did she (in Panel 3) sneak a glimpse of That Which Man Has Been Frequently Tricked Into Knowing Against His Will?  I believe she's been protected from viewing it before, and she knew enough not to look when Marten identified it by name.

D
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Sharp on 30 Dec 2010, 00:28
She's probably recieved a Primer from Marten listing all the key phrases to avoid searching, plus she alrready knows not to trust anything that Pintsize links on Twitter.


Edit for a question: So...I guess Kirk is an acquaintance of Marten's? Try to seperate work from home Veronica!
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: HeavyP on 30 Dec 2010, 00:28
BAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

And Ms. Vance/Reed takes it home for the win!  Seriously Pintsize, I appreciate the effort, zany robot antics are what you do, but trying to step up on a nationally famous professional dominatrix?  Seriously?  Our lovely, well-aged lady of the evening has probably seen things that would melt your circuits.
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: TheMusicalVito on 30 Dec 2010, 00:34
Marten's mom formally knows Goatse? This past month of QC has gotten better and better and better, and it wasn't even in a state where it NEEDED to get better!
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: iduguphergrave on 30 Dec 2010, 00:48
BAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

And Ms. Vance/Reed takes it home for the win!  Seriously Pintsize, I appreciate the effort, zany robot antics are what you do, but trying to step up on a nationally famous professional dominatrix?  Seriously?  Our lovely, well-aged lady of the evening has probably seen things that would melt your circuits.

Dude she wasn't a prostitute
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: cesariojpn on 30 Dec 2010, 00:59
Okay, the mere fact that Veronica "knows" the real identity of goatse.....

....but seriously, you gotta kinda wonder what sorta fetishes Veronica has done. I think we could cross off "Fisting" as one?

Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: snubnose on 30 Dec 2010, 01:06
"Memorializing the achievements of individuals considered as members of families (as well as of other groups) is the earliest popular use of photography. For at least a century, the wedding photograph has been as much a part of the ceremony as the prescribed verbal formulas. Cameras go with family life. According to a sociological study done in France, most households have a camera, but a household with children is twice as likely to have at least one camera as a household in which there are no children. Not to take pictures of one's children, particularly when they are small, is a sign of parental indifference, just as not turning up for one's graduation picture is a gesture of adolescent rebellion."  On Photography, Susan Sontag, 1977.*

Or in other words, if your parents have lots of embarrassing photos of you as a little kid, think yourself fortunate. They thought you were special!

*Still very much worth reading, incidentally. Sontag's total lack of interest in the technicalities of photography means that it mostly hasn't dated with the changes since the 1970s (Though I will go on using my Nikon FM2 until they stop making 35mm film. Why do modern DSLRs have to be so bloated?).

Uh, the main issue with digital photography is how SLOW it is. A full half sec between pressing the button and picture taken is actually already considered FAST.

Also, digital cameras are really bad with movements, if you make a movie.

However, I know nothing about "bloating".

And the main advantage of digital cameras is - you can make hundreds and thousands of pictures and all you really wasted was just a little electric charge. No need to develop the pictures, no need to carefully choose the occasion when to take the picture, just click away and if its bad, delete it again.
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: akronnick on 30 Dec 2010, 01:39
I assume the 'bloat' Akima referred to is what is commonly called 'feature creep.'

All a skilled photographer really needs is a way to control aperture and shutter speed, a built in meter, and a way to tell if the image is in focus.

Most of the SLR's that are sold today, digital or otherwise, have so many metering modes and other settings that most users have no idea when to use what.
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: iduguphergrave on 30 Dec 2010, 01:40
DELETED LAST LINE:

Marten: My Godfather?
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Fenriswolf on 30 Dec 2010, 01:44
This comic cracked me up. Awesome. Even though goatse is soooo disturbing.  :psyduck:
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Akima on 30 Dec 2010, 03:25
I think Faye throwing Pintsize across the room is the highlight of this strip. She's discovered the ethical alternative to dwarf-tossing.
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: tbones on 30 Dec 2010, 05:32
What's up with the font today... It looks.... Great!! :psyduck:

.... How does one recognize another person from the......

*AHEM* "gape"?????
DELETED LAST LINE:

Marten: My Godfather?

BUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Carl-E on 30 Dec 2010, 05:44
I think Faye throwing Pintsize across the room is the highlight of this strip. She's discovered the ethical alternative to dwarf-tossing.

Not only tthat, but her expression  when she does it - in one glance you get the whole of "Oh for fuck's sake, Pintsize, not now!"

In fact, all  the expressions are great.  I think I'm also wondering how Marten knew exactly  what Pintsize was doing...  those two are more closely connected than it seems...

Also, from Jeph's twitter; "PLZ no complaining about the font, it's just temporary and I'll change it tomorrow #jeez"
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Skewbrow on 30 Dec 2010, 06:28
I assume the 'bloat' Akima referred to is what is commonly called 'feature creep.'

All a skilled photographer really needs is a way to control aperture and shutter speed, a built in meter, and a way to tell if the image is in focus.

Most of the SLR's that are sold today, digital or otherwise, have so many metering modes and other settings that most users have no idea when to use what.

Skilled is the key word here. My experience as an unskilled camera-user is that a lot of the features are there to cater for the (rare) occasions, where automation fails. Such as the need to use a fill-flash, autoexposure lock, or off-center point of focus.  Undoubtedly a skilled photographer gets better results by setting everything manually.

I bought my first autoeverything camera a few months before my son was born (you saw this coming, din't ya). Then I learned the hard way that there are these well documented easily identifiable situations, where the automatic mode of operation is inadequate. The problem was, of course, that my camera didn't have the necessary features to remedy these problematic cases.

So when the time to upgrade came, I knew what I wanted. My current (still analogue!) camera has all the features I can ask, and all these built-in programs for scenic shots, night-time.... Unfortunately the kid's growing at a slower pace now, so I haven't really had the need to learn about all these features  :roll:

Is this horse dead, yet? I apologize for the attempt to beat some life into it.

Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: jwhouk on 30 Dec 2010, 06:29
Oh, by the way, we've figured something out:

Faye's left-handed.
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: pwhodges on 30 Dec 2010, 06:35
I presume the font is because this is the first outing of Jeph's new computer, and there are a few things not set up as he likes yet.
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Carl-E on 30 Dec 2010, 06:36
Oh, by the way, we've figured something out:

Faye's left-handed.

Dwarf AnthroPC tossing can be done with either hand.  I get the feeling we've seen her as a righty before, so maybe she's ambidextrous (swings both ways). 
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: cesariojpn on 30 Dec 2010, 09:58
Dwarf AnthroPC tossing can be done with either hand.  I get the feeling we've seen her as a righty before, so maybe she's ambidextrous (swings both ways). 

*rimshot*
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Omega on 30 Dec 2010, 10:06
I've avoided Pintsize's twitter. I've never attempted to visit this "4chan" thing because of all the horrifying things I have heard. I've never even clicked on a link from this damned forum! Now, however, I just had to look up this "goatse" to get a better grip on this comic... I suppose the character's expressions should have been a clue, but still- why, Jeph, whyyy?!

*cough* So. Anyway. The... the new font is a change. Hope it w- will change back soon?
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: tbones on 30 Dec 2010, 10:24
ha, i remember the first time i looked at goatse... Those were the days when i was with hopes and dreams about the future.
Now i'm full of memes... :psyduck:
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Mr_Rose on 30 Dec 2010, 10:40
Two things that just occurred to me while I was taking a whiz:
How likely is Dora to fire Cosette for "cursing" her relationship with Marten (is it even likely to cross her mind?)?
 And what will Tortura make of Cosette, and vice versa, should they ever meet?
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Carl-E on 30 Dec 2010, 11:12
That could be hysterical - Tortura challenges Cosette to battle a la Scott Pilgrim, and Cosette defeats Tortura through a series of mishaps - tripping and avoiding a blow, her weapon going into a broken light fixture, and when Tortura's weapon hits, it turns out she's  the one that's grounded...

Ultimately, Cosette winds up battered and bruised, arm in a sling, but Tortura's the one under the chandeleir...


ha, i remember the first time i looked at goatse... Those were the days when i was with hopes and dreams about the future.
Now i'm full of memes... :psyduck:

On the internet, hopes and dreams become tropes and memes! 

I'm just glad I'm  not full of memes.  It sounds uncomfortable...
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Mustakyy on 30 Dec 2010, 12:19
BWAHAHAHAHAH!

Seriously, if Faye hadn't thrown Pintsize across the room, would this have been one of the rare moments when the lil' bastard would have been left speechless. We'll never know. (actually i can remember only one (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1200) case of shocked Pintsize)


Not only that, but her expression  when she does it - in one glance you get the whole of "Oh for fuck's sake, Pintsize, not now!"

In fact, all  the expressions are great.  I think I'm also wondering how Marten knew exactly  what Pintsize was doing...  those two are more closely connected than it seems...

Gotta agree on that. The whole scale of emotions is just marvelous (Marten's panicky expression in first panel, Faye's annoyance and anger on second, the whole gang's waiting curiosity and the final.. the sheer horror on everybody's face is simply priceless).

This comic cracked me up. Awesome. Even though goatse is soooo disturbing.  :psyduck:
Totally same here. Although the initial reaction was kind of "the horror.. the horror!", especially after reading Jeph's newspost, I found myself laughing SO HARD (after the initial shock/grossout ofc). Now im just wondering, has the internet spoiled the last fragments of decency from my mind  :evil:
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: tbones on 30 Dec 2010, 12:21
I'm just glad I'm  not full of memes.  It sounds uncomfortable...
It is. The worst part about being full of memes, is that i'm literally full of memes. :psyduck:
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Kugai on 30 Dec 2010, 12:28
Dun Dun DUNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Border Reiver on 30 Dec 2010, 12:33
I think Faye throwing Pintsize across the room is the highlight of this strip. She's discovered the ethical alternative to dwarf-tossing.

I thought the only time dwarf tossing was appropriate was when you needed to keep the uruk hai away from the gates?
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Kugai on 30 Dec 2010, 12:34
I think Faye throwing Pintsize across the room is the highlight of this strip. She's discovered the ethical alternative to dwarf-tossing.

I thought the only time dwarf tossing was appropriate was when you needed to keep the uruk hai away from the gates?

And even then, you don't tell the Elf.
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Wraith11B on 30 Dec 2010, 12:55
I think it's awesome how Faye managed to grab Pint from his position on the couch from her position on the floor.

...Use the Force, Faye... Let go, Faye... Faye, trust me...
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Heliphyneau on 30 Dec 2010, 13:55
I'm just glad I'm  not full of memes.  It sounds uncomfortable...
It is. The worst part about being full of memes, is that i'm literally full of memes. :psyduck:

*keyboardcat plays you off*

 :wink:

I love that Ms. Reed recognizes Goatse personally!  Back in the day when I saw that for the first time, the thing I pointed out was "Hey, he's wearing a wedding ring . . ."   :psyduck:  I'm now wondering if "Kirk" was one of Marten's high school teachers.  Pintsize (offscreen, having been Faye-a-pulted) may be speechless, possibly in awe of Ms. Reed.  LOVE the expressions of horror.   :-D
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Border Reiver on 30 Dec 2010, 15:02
I think Faye throwing Pintsize across the room is the highlight of this strip. She's discovered the ethical alternative to dwarf-tossing.

I thought the only time dwarf tossing was appropriate was when you needed to keep the uruk hai away from the gates?

And even then, you don't tell the Elf.

Never tell the Elf.
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Near Lurker on 30 Dec 2010, 15:09
I remember reading somewhere his name actually was Kirk...
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Carl-E on 30 Dec 2010, 16:14
Seriously, if Faye hadn't thrown Pintsize across the room, would this have been one of the rare moments when the lil' bastard would have been left speechless. We'll never know. (actually i can remember only one (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1200) case of shocked Pintsize)

I think there was another time he was shocked. 

By Momo. 

Quote
@marigoldfarmer OW OW OW OW OKAY OKAY TELL MOMO TO STOP FUCKING ELECTROCUTING ME OW
9:00 PM Aug 29th via Tweetie for Mac in reply to marigoldfarmer
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Sorflakne on 30 Dec 2010, 17:12
Haha, Veronica's a funny troll.

I mean, she is trolling, right?

...Right???
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: cuzsis on 30 Dec 2010, 17:18
BAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

And Ms. Vance/Reed takes it home for the win!  Seriously Pintsize, I appreciate the effort, zany robot antics are what you do, but trying to step up on a nationally famous professional dominatrix?  Seriously?  Our lovely, well-aged lady of the evening has probably seen things that would melt your circuits.

 Ah....now *that* would be awesome to see (figuratively speaking of course!).

 Veronica getting the best of Pintsize.

 It would be glorious! :-D
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Fen on 30 Dec 2010, 17:46
Faye+pintsize reminds me of how I toss my cat around when he annoys me.

*harder to do since he has gotten huge! but if I really try I can pull off the one-hand-toss.*

And she's not kidding, the goatse guy's name IS kirk. I'm somehow not surprised jeph knew that. He was traced b someone with lots of free time and a talent in memorising particular anal features such as moles. Here's his site(warning: it is a porn site with the goatse guy). (http://www.pornhub.com/users/KirkJ)

And here is his majesty in a good, sexy picture warning:naked old man, full frontal. no goatse visible:  (http://images.encyclopediadramatica.com/images/e/e1/Kirk_johnson.jpg)
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Carl-E on 30 Dec 2010, 17:54
I still take mine by the scruff of the neck and give her a good toss when she's up where she shouldn't be. 

She's about 15 lbs, so it makes a very satisfying [thud] when she lands. 
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Blackjoker on 30 Dec 2010, 18:01
Now, the question I must ask is is Pintsize trying to help Marten or troll Veronica?
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: jwhouk on 30 Dec 2010, 18:56
He is being Pintsize.
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Mr_Rose on 30 Dec 2010, 19:03
So, yes.
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: The Duke on 30 Dec 2010, 19:44
Two things that just occurred to me while I was taking a whiz:
How likely is Dora to fire Cosette for "cursing" her relationship with Marten (is it even likely to cross her mind?)?
 And what will Tortura make of Cosette, and vice versa, should they ever meet?

Not likely at all, I don't think.

Even more interesting would be if Tortura and Ms. Vance met.  Maybe they already know each other.
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: ysth on 30 Dec 2010, 21:42
Have a fantastic day off, Jeph.
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: MillionDollar Belt Sander on 30 Dec 2010, 21:52
Maybe we'll get a Yelling Bird tonight. 


I love that guy.  :D
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: ysth on 30 Dec 2010, 21:57
Seems 'twas not to be.  Grateful for the comic-shaped thing anyway.  Are those black wavy lines passed gas?
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: MillionDollar Belt Sander on 30 Dec 2010, 21:58
Seems 'twas not to be.  Grateful for the comic-shaped thing anyway.  Are those black wavy lines passed gas?

Well yes.   How else would they be floating?   


Happy New Year, Jeph!
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Carl-E on 30 Dec 2010, 23:27
And remember, if you're throwing a party, do not invite the shame orb!
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: akronnick on 30 Dec 2010, 23:43
...Or Yelling Bird.



Not that it will make a difference, little bastard will show up either way, but at least you'll have plausible deniablity.
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Sharp on 30 Dec 2010, 23:44
Oh well, good enough for me!  :mrgreen:
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: St.Clair on 31 Dec 2010, 00:45
HANNERS IS LEAVING US NOOOOOOOO

(j/k)
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: PureLionHeart on 31 Dec 2010, 02:07
I proclaim this the year of Marigold!
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Sorflakne on 31 Dec 2010, 02:20
Quote
I've avoided Pintsize's twitter. I've never attempted to visit this "4chan" thing because of all the horrifying things I have heard. I've never even clicked on a link from this damned forum! Now, however, I just had to look up this "goatse" to get a better grip on this comic... I suppose the character's expressions should have been a clue, but still- why, Jeph, whyyy?!
No offense, but are you new to the Internet or something?  Goatse is a relic of a meme from before the year 2000.  Everyone has heard of goatse, I thought.  Even my brother knows what it is, and he's never even registered an e-mail address despite being five years younger than me.

Oh well, gotta start at some point.  I suggest you look up Tubgirl.  That pic will quickly cleanse your mind of the image of goatse and you'll feel better.
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Carl-E on 31 Dec 2010, 08:47
I suggest you look up Tubgirl. 

Please, just look it up on urbandictionary or something.  You really don't need to see it. 
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Carl-E on 31 Dec 2010, 10:14
Akima, Tergon, Kugai, and the rest of the far eastern contingent, the new year's already upon you.  Soon, it will hit snubnose, pwhodges, and the other Europeans.  Then it's our turn in the states, slowly moving west.  Eventually, the Hawaiians and other pacific islanders will be able to welcome 2011 (do we have anyone on Guam?) 

Wherever you are, whenever and however you celebrate, I wish you all a happy new year.  May it be filled with good things. 

Like comics. 


Me?  I'm actually going to a party for the first time in over a decade...  gonna try to keep the hallucinatory critters at bay.    :roll:
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Kugai on 31 Dec 2010, 10:43
Yes, the new year is now eight hours old for me here (well, it's 07:42, but that's close enough).  Happy New Year to one and all.


OOOOOOOOOOO  Fairy Hanners and MairBear.   Quick, make a wish.     :-D
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: musicalsoul on 31 Dec 2010, 10:52
Quote
I suggest you look up Tubgirl. 

Why would you tell anyone to look up that horrible picture. I've never actually been goatse'd or seen the tubgirl picture, but I know what they both are and I just have to say... I'd never tell anyone to look up to Tubgirl.
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: IlGreven on 31 Dec 2010, 11:15
...Or Yelling Bird.



Not that it will make a difference, little bastard will show up either way, but at least you'll have plausible deniablity.

Which is cold comfort when he starts shooting your friends, thinking they're the latest reincarnation of Randy the Bandicoot...
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Mr_Rose on 31 Dec 2010, 13:34
Yeah, really, if you freak out at Pintsize's Twitter posts, Tubgirl is not for you.
In fact, even if you don't, Tubgirl is probably not for you either.
Two girls/one cup (http://www.girlswithslingshots.com/comic/gws-814/) though...
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Akima on 31 Dec 2010, 16:53
Akima, Tergon, Kugai, and the rest of the far eastern contingent, the new year's already upon you.  Soon, it will hit snubnose, pwhodges, and the other Europeans.  Then it's our turn in the states, slowly moving west.  Eventually, the Hawaiians and other pacific islanders will be able to welcome 2011 (do we have anyone on Guam?)
Happy New Year to all! We had champers and excellent fireworks over the harbour seen from the roof of a friend's apartment building. Now I can start looking forward to my second New Year in February.  :angel:
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: ecstaticjoy on 31 Dec 2010, 16:56
New Year comic hair=amazing. Thank you Jeph for make 2010 more enjoyable for me! I <3 QC!
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: CEOIII on 31 Dec 2010, 18:27
Just to be clear, the final QC of 2010 doesn't mean anything, right? I mean, I'd like more of Mari in 2011, but not at the expense of Hanners.
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: pwhodges on 31 Dec 2010, 19:09
Happy New Year (and decade, if you're counting it properly) to you all!

I celebrated 3 hours ago, and then got stuck in a traffic jam trying to get out of London at 1:30am.  Home now, of course.
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: AnAverageWriter on 31 Dec 2010, 19:47
I proclaim this the year of Marigold!

I second the proclamation!
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Sorflakne on 31 Dec 2010, 20:40
Bah, you people are no fun.  I coulda been evil and suggested donkey show instead of tubgirl, but I was trying to be nice.
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Carl-E on 01 Jan 2011, 00:09
[sigh]

Now I remember why I don't go to new year's eve parties.  Took an entire decade to forget, and one loooooong evening to remember. 

Didn't drink enough, either. 

Oh well, happy new year's anyway. 

[/depression]
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: The Seldom Killer on 01 Jan 2011, 09:30
Happy New Year, but how did you not see that coming. Although three hours of traffic seems a bit rough, lacking in A-Z-fu?

I'd stayed at the sister-in-law's an hour and a half after midnight, and the normal run home is an hour - so a delay of half an hour; I would not normally expect that on the route I take, that's all.  Plenty of A-Z-fu, I assure you!
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: ducktape on 01 Jan 2011, 11:36
Happy New Year one and all around the world.
Hopefully the migraine I currently have is not representative of the year to come ...
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: TheEvilDog on 01 Jan 2011, 11:38
Happy New Year and I continue my annual tradition of seeing it in with a case of the flu.

My boss is going to love talking to me on Tuesday....
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Akima on 01 Jan 2011, 15:31
Happy New Year and I continue my annual tradition of seeing it in with a case of the flu.
Sympathies. But it's down to your hemisphere's poor taste in having New Year in mid-winter.  :lol:
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: MillionDollar Belt Sander on 01 Jan 2011, 16:40
I blame SCIENCE! for that.
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Wraith11B on 01 Jan 2011, 18:49
My NYE party included a guy doing a shot referred to as a "blowjob" that was served to him in a tumbler-sized glass with at least 10oz of whipped cream.

Awesomesauce ensued when he said, "I think I got some in my eye..."
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: CEOIII on 01 Jan 2011, 18:52
TAKE IT IN THE FACE!
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: akronnick on 01 Jan 2011, 20:55
Sympathies. But it's down to your hemisphere's poor taste in having New Year in mid-winter.  :lol:

Oh we could never have New Year's Day in the Summer, it would interupt Baseball Season.
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: AnAverageWriter on 01 Jan 2011, 21:43
Oh we could never have New Year's Day in the Summer, it would interrupt Baseball Season.

Oh... hm. That's... a bad thing to you. All right then.
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Akima on 02 Jan 2011, 00:30
Oh we could never have New Year's Day in the Summer, it would interupt Baseball Season.
Meh... It merely allow the cricketers to recuperate between matches.
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: pwhodges on 02 Jan 2011, 01:24
Because they need it?
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: jwhouk on 02 Jan 2011, 04:27
Standing around in the field is harder than it looks.  :roll:
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Antario on 17 Jan 2011, 06:14
im probably gona feel stupid after this, but could somebody point me to what reference the second and last panel of #1829 are all about?

im kinda obsessing about it...cant find what goatse'd means or what that picture is, its been driving me nuts since jeph abandoned the reference --_--
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: jwhouk on 17 Jan 2011, 06:29
You don't want to know.
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Carl-E on 17 Jan 2011, 06:40
That's what Google's for! 

Although I saw a wonderful ascii rendition recently, I think on the comic stream...

E(  0  )3

See, it even has the hands...
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Antario on 17 Jan 2011, 06:54
ooh...goatse is not a QC reference  :psyduck:   and from the wikipedia entry i indeed think i dont want to know

jeez veronica hangs out with some strange people.....occupational hazard i gues
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: akronnick on 17 Jan 2011, 14:57
Not unless you have an unhealthy interest in the lower GI tract....

 :psyduck:
Title: Re: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830)
Post by: Akima on 18 Jan 2011, 18:03
E(  0  )3
(http://www.newsrealblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/what_has_been_seen_cannot_be_unseen_695.jpg)