Everyone is convinced that Sandy is going to knock out most of the East Coast, possibly even affecting Election Day next week.
Everyone is convinced that Sandy is going to knock out most of the East Coast, possibly even affecting Election Day next week.Where my mom lives, they're suggesting they might get as much as two feet of snow from it.
Which invites the question of how Hannelore can be comfortable in a swimsuit that doesn't have room for her usual concealed weapons.
Sometimes, you're somewhat uncomfortable with something, though you know that there'd really be no harm in doing it. So you refuse, knowing that the people around you will convince you to do it anyway. The attention is refreshing, especially if you're usually the type to intentionally blend in with the crowd. If you do it too much, however, you can come across as an attention whore.Introverted personalities can be like that sometimes. They put themselves down to see if someone there will pick them up.
At any rate, Mari is adorable when reluctant x3
The sunhat has a sharpened steel rim.That would make it a pretty oddjob.
Emily made it an open invite, and Marten spread the invitation to everyone. I'm surprised Pizza Girl isn't there...or she might be on the way, bringing lunch.Pizza Girl is there. (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1977)
...bikini? Color me skeptical... bikinis were not really designed for women of Faye and Mar's body type...
(Pretty sure we've seen Faye swimming in a one-piece before?)
Genius! indeed.
I'm sorry but Tannelore looks a bit strange. :psyduck:
Genius! indeed.
I'm sorry but Tannelore looks a bit strange. :psyduck:
I don't know about you, but I'm really liking Tannelore.
...bikini? Color me skeptical... bikinis were not really designed for women of Faye and Mar's body type...
(Not to reduce the characters to their figures but) You mean curvy with big boobs? Seem completely made for those figures I think, or bikins/tankinis (what Faye is wearing) at least come in multiple sizes.
I see Clinton hitting on Hanners
And being hit by Faye
the fan name Tannelore
Just lost power. Unless it comes back soon (hah) I guess there won’t be a comic up tonight.Posted at about 5:26 PM EDT.
... used to the current artificial image of the "ideal female form" as something a toothpick would call emaciated, are ye now?
Going Internet-silent to save phone charge. Stay safe everybody.Posted at about 5:58 PM EDT.
Not likely that he will post anything, as he has, you know, NO POWER.Looks that way, although I seem to remember the past power outage he had, he was able to post guest comics.
The sunhat has a sharpened steel rim.
Problem is, most of the people he could rely on to have a guest strip done in short time live in the same time zone - and are also likely getting hammered by Sandy.
Just pick a Yelling Bird Comic at random, erase the text and replace it with random tweets from #firstworldproblems about the power-outages caused by the storm.
What's that scar/thing on faye's right boob?
Okay people, place your bets, place your wagers! Who's going to be the first Marigold-ogler?
Is it...
Been watching Goldfinger?
Are you MAD???!!!!!!!
Hmm. A prediction:
Marten will notice and will be cool.
You'd think Marten would be more adept at compliments considering his dating experience now.Maybe, but this is Marigold he's trying to compliment. I'm pretty sure even Sven would have a hard time.
I had to order a medium for my bottom piece and a small for the top.
Oh Marten! If only you'd just stopped after the first remark...Well, Marten is the county champion in social second-guessing, despite having fierce competition right there in the cast.
Mr Foot-in-Mouth strikes and scores again.His gymnastic (and possibly contortionist) abilities astound even himself as he scores a double...
Been watching Goldfinger?
In the cinema.
When it released.
Man, poor Marten. His heart is so in the right place there. :( Like, seriously, everything he's saying is right it's just HOW he's saying it.
And who he's saying it to, since let's be honest, Marty could win world records for suave and Marigold would still have reacted thusly.
(also, holy shit, Marbear,dem thighsdat body. "Bounce dat ass, it's the roundest," quoth the poet.)
And who he's saying it to, since let's be honest, Marty could win world records for suave and Marigold would still have reacted thusly.As the cast page states about Marigold: "Self-esteem undetectable with current technology."
Oh Marten! If only you'd just stopped after the first remark...Just so. Poor Marten. State champion in second guessing? More like Olympic class! He's the Michael Phelps of second guessing!
Curvy women > not-curvy womenThis.
Curvey women > not-curvey women
Curvey women > not-curvey women
No, do not begin the shipping.
How can a woman ever be confident that when she gets a positive response to a revealing outfit, that it is not just adolescent enjoyment that it is revealing?
Marigold is definitely looking good in her bathing suit.How would we know ? Its a Comic. People look drastically different all the time. The only way to know how attractive a person is supposed to be is by examining reactions in the comic itself, not by deciding how much you like the art.
Marigold is definitely looking good in her bathing suit.How would we know ? Its a Comic. People look drastically different all the time. The only way to know how attractive a person is supposed to be is by examining reactions in the comic itself, not by deciding how much you like the art.
Remember, every person in this comic is virtual. They dont exist in reality. You cant just look at them and say "whow" or "nice" or "meh" or "eww" like in reallife.
As a decidedly not-curvy woman, I would like to object to ranking of women based on physical characteristics, but unfortunately I am afraid that I have to agree with your assertion, curvy women are indeed preferable.
As a decidedly not-curvy woman, I would like to object to ranking of women based on physical characteristics, but unfortunately I am afraid that I have to agree with your assertion, curvy women are indeed preferable.
My brain went to lesbians with this post.
Girls with super-curvy bodies like Faye and Mar-Bear tend to, um, not really fit into them well? I guess it's probably a matter of not knowing the right size for themselves, but it seems like most curvy girls with bikinis are about to pop out any second. I'd really rather not be flogged by a wayward breast. :P If it is a matter of not knowing your size (which as I said, I suspect it is), then that probably comes from the body-shaming that our culture has shoved upon us
2. I also expect much "Daaang"-ing by the other boys, and possibly Dora & Tai. The latter two might be more entertaining.Oh, yeah, I can totally imagine both of them exclaiming "WOAH" at the same time. Then exchange an embarrassed look.
4. Well Marten may have crashed & burned with with the compliment, but standing there chugging a beer is not exactly a graceful escape either :psyduck: .I'm not sure it's a beer. For one thing, I'm not sure beer cans are commonly in this format in the USA.
I'm not sure beer cans are commonly in this format in the USA.
QuoteI'm not sure beer cans are commonly in this format in the USA.It appears to be a standard 355mL can, which is the norm for both canned beer and pop in the US and Canada.
Curvey women > not-curvey women
As a decidedly not-curvy woman, I would like to object to ranking of women based on physical characteristics, but unfortunately I am afraid that I have to agree with your assertion, curvy women are indeed preferable.
It's also yellow, which isn't the color of any beer known to the Northeastern US (save Coors Banquet).
Curvey women > not-curvey women
As a decidedly not-curvy woman, I would like to object to ranking of women based on physical characteristics, but unfortunately I am afraid that I have to agree with your assertion, curvy women are indeed preferable.
Well done to Jeph getting a comic up, good that he seems to be safe.
Well done to Marigold! It must have taken a lot of courage. Also not to ship but I do wonder if Marten's compliment will be left at this strip. She's not used to positive (or any really) male attention which is why she got a crush on Angus after telling her she is pretty.
His trademark babbliness may have nullified the full appreciation of it though.
Is it just me or do I hear a slight hint of sarcasm there.
*inhale*
DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANG!
Also: Dang.
Daaaaang. 0 (0%)
Daaaaaaaaaang. 0 (0%)
Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang. 0 (0%)
DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNG. 13 (32.5%)
If it made Marten THAT tongue tied? DaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANG. 7 (17.5%)
Did I say "DAAAANG"? 3 (7.5%)
Yes. I admit it. I DANG'ed.
As for Marigold herself; DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNGGGGGGG.
Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannng, Marigold! Looking pretty fantastic!
That said: daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang
STOP DANGING AT ME.
This isn't the first time Marten's glugged his way about of an awkward situation. (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1812) =pConfessional question: What's going on in the next day's comic? Someone'll tell me and jeer, and I'll feel properly and CIDUly embarrassed.
This isn't the first time Marten's glugged his way about of an awkward situation. (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1812) =pConfessional question: What's going on in the next day's comic? Someone'll tell me and jeer, and I'll feel properly and CIDUly embarrassed.
Curvey women > not-curvey women
As a decidedly not-curvy woman, I would like to object to ranking of women based on physical characteristics, but unfortunately I am afraid that I have to agree with your assertion, curvy women are indeed preferable.
I dunno...I like curves, but not an abundance of curves. But then, I like small athletic builds for girls. Then again, I was cursed with a slim body. Strength increases, everything else stays the same.
But Marbear....lookin' fine. Pretty much the hour glass figured, but tapered up top a bit more. Just wide hips.
Really wonder what Tai and Dora will have on now.
This isn't the first time Marten's glugged his way about of an awkward situation. (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1812) =p
This isn't the first time Marten's glugged his way about of an awkward situation. (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1812) =pWho wouldn't chug their way through that? Drinking to oblivion is the only sane reaction.
submitted without comment (http://jephjacques.com/post/34681975880/submitted-without-comment)
Hey Jeff,
Congrats on finally have a fat girl in your comic, you depicted her SOOO well! I understand that not ever girl is rail thin like Dora and curvy like Faye so its nice to see a REAL woman like Marigold in your comic. I have to give you props for having the courage to tackle such a sensitive issue too. I mean she did have any rolls, or stretch marks or even a muffin top, and I think that’s great. Ya, put her in a bikini, break down those walls. Your a regular Gobachev my friend. Lets just say keep up the good work, next you can depict the “fatty” Marigold having a “fat issue” and being told its okay to be fat and its whats inside that matters. You can even end it with a butt joke like you always do.
Inconclusion, the above paragraph was sarcastically written. Try not to insult women anymore Jeph, I know its not what you intended but that doesn’t meant its not what you did.
~Kearsley
See, it's people like that that make me extremely wary of doing a webcomic of my own. Is there any way to -not- unintentionally insult some realm of the internet?
Right on, sitnspin and Omega Entity.This. I'm scrawny through no fault of my own (having the metabolism of a hyperactive ferret tends to lend itself to said scrawniness). I guess I'm immediately sub-par because of it?Curvey women > not-curvey womenAs a decidedly not-curvy woman, I would like to object to ranking of women based on physical characteristics
Also, can we please refrain from using that obnoxious tiny text? I hate having to interrupt my read flow by clicking quote, just so I don't miss anything, and frankly I think it's a little inconsiderate to make people do that, just to be able to read the entirety of one's post.
I like athletic builds as well. Frankly, I like most builds as long as they are healthy. I was cursed with a slim body as well. I can't add mass to save my life, literally. I had body issues for a long time because of it. Too skinny, mistaken for a boy, etc. Bloody hyperactive metabolism. I eventually learned to be okay with my body and now I dig it. But, I still tend to be more attracted to the curves. Nice hips, round butt, and let's not forget that ladies' bosoms are rad.I've also been mistaken for a boy quite a few times. :( I'm starting to learn to be okay with it. And if I were attracted to women, I can't say I'd say differently.
I'm also a big fan of the concept of Pepperberry, which is a shop that sells dresses with different ratios of waist to chest size. They're labelled according to curviness, which is cute. If I ever have money I'm going to and buy a dress from them.I pretty much went immediately to their website as soon as you mentioned it. XD Sounds like a good plan--I may do the same! How bad is the price of shipping from the UK to the US?
QuoteI'm not sure beer cans are commonly in this format in the USA.It appears to be a standard 355mL can, which is the norm for both canned beer and pop in the US and Canada.
It's also yellow, which isn't the color of any beer known to the Northeastern US (save Coors Banquet).
What is this I don't even
Some people just want to be offended. And if no one offers them offense, then they'll go looking for it and by god, they'll find it.
What is this I don't even
This is a good response (http://steveyaas.tumblr.com/post/34688366427/jephjacques-submitted-without-comment).Exactly. It's never really been my understanding that Marigold is actually fat. I always thought she just thinks she's fat because she's not stick-skinny.
Wait .. thin women are not "real" women? dafuq :psyduck:
I can kind of sympathise with kearsley's overriding point (see "Hollywood Pudgy" on TV Tropes - it is, incidentally, debated there whether QC exemplifies this trope or is an aversion), but it wasn't very well made, nor is QC an especially good target.
This is a good response (http://steveyaas.tumblr.com/post/34688366427/jephjacques-submitted-without-comment).
brb setting myself on fire
It's a shame that I'm the one drawing Marigold since so many other people know what she's REALLY supposed to look like
I think I might need the night off. Too much negativity. Feeling overwhelmed and rather hopeless.
Not just this stupid Marigold thing, but it isn't helping matters.
I don't have a coping mechanism anymore.
Hence, unable to cope.
Seconded. I sincerely have no idea what point the poster (troll?) was trying to make, if any.Nor I. Sarcasm and poorly spelled incoherence do not go well together.
This is a good response (http://steveyaas.tumblr.com/post/34688366427/jephjacques-submitted-without-comment).What ?
HE'S ONTO US, GUYS! *runs*Wait .. thin women are not "real" women? dafuq :psyduck:
Didn't you know? Thin women are actually cyborgs. From space. They're also half unicorn and they eat tiny Cthulhu plushies with marshmallows and souls for breakfast.
(Hopefully my attempt at sarcasm isn't as pitiful as that Tumblr twat's was.)
This is a good response (http://steveyaas.tumblr.com/post/34688366427/jephjacques-submitted-without-comment).What ?
Wait a moment, Marigold is supposed to be FAT ? :?
Wait a moment, Marigold is supposed to be FAT ? :?
She's certainly voluptuous, but I cant see that she would be overweight. She still has nice curves.
Kind of like this devianart artist: http://honeymodel.deviantart.com/art/Back-In-Blue-96-86951393
Very curvy, but not to the degree that she would lose form.
A lot of how Marigold looks normally is due to her clothes. If she wears baggy clothes her figure is obscured.
Second. :emotrex:Wait a moment, Marigold is supposed to be FAT ? :?
She's certainly voluptuous, but I cant see that she would be overweight. She still has nice curves.
Kind of like this devianart artist: http://honeymodel.deviantart.com/art/Back-In-Blue-96-86951393 (http://honeymodel.deviantart.com/art/Back-In-Blue-96-86951393)
Very curvy, but not to the degree that she would lose form.
Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang.
I doubt Jeph took the day off because of one moronic twitter comment, I'd suspect it might just be more that he was overwhelmed - it's been a tough week for everyone on the east coast (not exactly the situation I'd want to be stopping smoking during).
A lot of how Marigold looks normally is due to her clothes. If she wears baggy clothes her figure is obscured. I wear a lot of baggy clothing, not particularly because I'm ashamed of my body but because I consider it to be private, and as Redball once put it, it's hard to see where my clothes end and I start. That could very easily be Marigold's situation as well.
To continue with it, it's notable how even the characters with the worst issues try to help the others. Hannelore is only the most obvious example.Sometimes I wonder if Marigold keeps her room and herself tidy just to make Hannelore comfortable. She let her room get rat infested, so I doubt she made the decision to keep her room clean overnight. It takes time to become tidy by habit. But if you have a friend with severe problems like Hannelore, you might do your darnedest to keep them comfortable. (Even without threats (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1418).)
This is a good response (http://steveyaas.tumblr.com/post/34688366427/jephjacques-submitted-without-comment).What ?
Wait a moment, Marigold is supposed to be FAT ? :?
Maybe we should try and outvolume the stupid. For every idiot who calls Jacques out for the way he chooses to interpret his own creations, three of us will give him support.
On the other hand, that sounds an awful lot like effort.
I really don't get why Tumblr person is all mad. We've seen Marbear in a corset (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1471) before; it's not like we didn't know she's not huge. She's the comparatively heavy friend like Faye (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=353). She just doesn't have the right attitude about it.
Azumanga Daioh fixes everything.
So. I wonder if one of us could do a guest strip for the boss.Heh... I tried once, but I don't think he liked it.
Or better yer, a community-sourced guest strip.
Is someone at the party going to order a pizza? Because the Principle of Maximum Awkwardness requires Dale to show up soon.
It's Halloween, and that's not Claire.
It's actually Dale!
Edit: I think I am going to support Jeph by supporting Jeph through merch purchases.
I will never understand just how Tumblr became such a cesspool of people ineffectually trying to make the world better.
I would wager it has to do with the human ego + taking the idea of demanding progress to its logical extreme and beyond + a lot of angry people who feel that the place for social justice and transformation of society is in society's entertainment and basically nowhere else + special snowflake syndrome + not feeling validated enough + Even More Human Ego and then someone was like "what the fuck is this 'sense of decency', let's just throw that out and be shitlords to each other!!!!!" and now, now you have Tumblr Today.
I would wager it has to do with the human ego + taking the idea of demanding progress to its logical extreme and beyond + a lot of angry people who feel that the place for social justice and transformation of society is in society's entertainment and basically nowhere else + special snowflake syndrome + not feeling validated enough + Even More Human Ego and then someone was like "what the fuck is this 'sense of decency', let's just throw that out and be shitlords to each other!!!!!" and now, now you have Tumblr Today.
I thought this was the evolution of 4chan. Oh wait, it was... damn Tumbler. Angsty teen stage much?
I don't come here much any more, but I suddenly have something profound to say, and I thought I'd feel the better for airing it.
GREAT HORNY TOADS, MARIGOLD! I MEAN, CHRIST, WOULDJA LOOKIT THAT GIRL!
Yes. That's much better.
Jeph is feeling better, but he won't be able to draw for a least a few days, so guest strips are still very welcome. Much love.
GREAT HORNY TOADS, MARIGOLD! I MEAN, CHRIST, WOULDJA LOOKIT THAT GIRL!
Regarding news post:
Fuck.
That is all.
Seeing only the end results in the Twitter feed, and reading the newspost, I have to agree with both comments by Skaltura and jwhouk, and combine their powers to say: shitfuck.
Warning - while you were typing a new reply has been posted. You may wish to review your post.No need to review, just concur.
Some people just want to be offended. And if no one offers them offense, then they'll go looking for it and by god, they'll find it.
Ouch, I've had such episodes of blackout-drinking each time I quit smoking.
Poll has been removed out of... well, I guess respect.I figure we might as well use the poll for something.
Unfortunately, the brain really needs its nicotine fix, and gives actual pain signals. Alcohol is a good temporary pain killer, but does nothing to lessen the cravings. Most people's brains react to this by saying, "I must not have used enough".Yeah, and I handled it better the second time around. For one thing, I limited myself to beer, preferably low in alcohol and high in hop (for its soothing properties).
Seeing only the end results in the Twitter feed, and reading the newspost, I have to agree with both comments by Skaltura and jwhouk, and combine their powers to say: shitfuck.
I'm proud to say that I was still able to articulate an actual sentence; that sentence being: Jesus fucking christ.
Holy shit, WIL GODDAMN WHEATON is involved now?
Yeah things can only improve from here. 8-)
If Raven can do that with an espresso machine, what could she do with an AnthroPC?And what would Pintsize do with teleportation abilities?
sure... but ever?
I want a book 3 but I was kind of holding out to get a personalized one... wonder if those are still a possibility
This wasn't what I hoped to return to. :oops:
In regards to the current re-posted comic, can anyone of the archive ninjas tell me which comic is the one where this gets resolved?
Oh god, I wish I hadn't kept reading. Creepy hairdresser (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1983) lady bleaurghhhh. There's a real hair cave (http://www.cracked.com/article_20101_6-real-museums-straight-out-your-nightmares.html) run by Chez Gilip.In regards to the current re-posted comic, can anyone of the archive ninjas tell me which comic is the one where this gets resolved?
Here you go (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1978), complete with hat-tip to Douglas Adams.
Man, alot of artists seem to be stabbing themselves in the hand lately. First Rich over at Order of the Stick, and now Jeph.Oh thats why QC is stalled right now.
Thank you. I was just thinking about looking for it myself!
Severed ring finger tendon? Oyyy.
Jeph is much better today, he sees a hand surgeon tomorrow to repair his severed tendon on his right ring finger. Thank you all for the wonderful emails and tweets of support. He and I both really appreciate it.
You know who we haven't seen in a while? Mieville. Dora could have a heart-to-heart talk with him about the Tai relationship.
You know who we haven't seen in a while? Mieville. Dora could have a heart-to-heart talk with him about the Tai relationship.
So Dora talks to her pussy about girl problems?
You know who we haven't seen in a while? Mieville. Dora could have a heart-to-heart talk with him about the Tai relationship.
So Dora talks to her pussy about girl problems?
I guess someone had to go there - would be good to see Mieville at some point once Jeph is better though.
it's also a case of "how you say it" too. If I had a critique for Jeph I sure as hell wouldn't present it the way the Email Asshole did.
Man, alot of artists seem to be stabbing themselves in the hand lately. First Rich over at Order of the Stick, and now Jeph.
If the alot belongs to artists
Marten is strangely apathetic for someone who's had their skull flayed.Or having his head bitten off (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=520).
Marten is strangely apathetic for someone who's had their skull flayed.Or having his head bitten off (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=520).
You can blame who you like, we all know the truth...
Insightful, too. I miss that.