Try Girl Genius.It is brilliant, but best read in monthly gulps, like many story-intensive comics, I think.
Marten can't be put on a bus, if he moved, the comic would move with him.Road show!
California Content - the sequel to Questionable Content!Been saying it for years now, but I'm biased.
Well that's the funniest QC I've read in a long time.
I don't know, I think it would've worked so much better without Dora's last line. Faye's punchline was great, Dora's bit kind of overdid it.Castro Pintsize vs. Gentleman Pintsize, FIGHT!
But.. I totally want to have fuzzy bunny slippers of authority....Challenge accepted!
Also, Claire is seeking out Marten for some strange reason... Let the baseless speculation begin!
I am intrigued by the almost total lack of votes so far for anyone but Marten and Hannelore.
Also, Claire is seeking out Marten for some strange reason... Let the baseless speculation begin!
Much as we ridicule Marten for his love life, there has actually been a reasonable run of women chasing him: Dora, Cosette, and Padma.I do not recall the name of the trope, but it's a recurring theme in comedy that a character who is allegedly odd and homely and hard up for companionship gets a suspiciously large amount of it. Leonard from Big Bang Theory or Alan from Two and a Half Men for example, to cite the Chuck Lorre abuse of it.
Claire chasing him would be too simple to be funny. Maybe she's going to ask him for advice about adopting an AnthroPC because she's so impressed with Pintsize.
Claire's eyes seem to have changed from blue to greenish. Wonder if it's a graphical error or if she wears contacts for a different eye colour?
I read a few most of the time, the only ones I'll always check for are QC, xkcd and smbc. I check OotS one a month or so, because checking any more frequently is a recipe for insanity.
Claire's eyes seem to have changed from blue to greenish. Wonder if it's a graphical error or if she wears contacts for a different eye colour?Both look green to me, though 2435 more of a blue-green and 2445 more of a grey-green.
Claire is secretly planning to drain Marten's blood to summon the Elder God of Moping from his long slumber.
Claire is secretly planning to drain Marten's blood to summon the Elder God of Moping from his long slumber.
Hmm! We've already had someone collect a blood sample from Marten, so there must be a reason for doing it.
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Please, not the t-slur, even though it was in quotes. "Trans fetishist" would communicate just the same thought. There's probably an even better term.
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Much as we ridicule Marten for his love life, there has actually been a reasonable run of women chasing him: Dora, Cosette, and Padma.I do not recall the name of the trope, but it's a recurring theme in comedy that a character who is allegedly odd and homely and hard up for companionship gets a suspiciously large amount of it. Leonard from Big Bang Theory or Alan from Two and a Half Men for example, to cite the Chuck Lorre abuse of it.
Claire chasing him would be too simple to be funny. Maybe she's going to ask him for advice about adopting an AnthroPC because she's so impressed with Pintsize.
The foot-fetishist's equivalent of the iron hand in the velvet glove?More like in the Fuzzy Bunny Slippers of Authority....
I check OotS one a month or so, because checking any more frequently is a recipe for insanity.What OotS is to 3.5ed, so is Schlock Mercenary (http://www.schlockmercenary.com/) to Traveller.
Re Marten/Claire(click to show/hide)
So you're saying... the situation is precarious? I don't quite get the analogy.More a case of some serious shipping. Ships on ships on ships on ships...
- Nemi (I'm going to marry Nemi when I grow up)
The foot-fetishist's equivalent of the iron hand in the velvet glove?More like in the Fuzzy Bunny Slippers of Authority....
Re Marten/Claire
(http://i.imgur.com/29EcG.jpg)
You know, the "Fuzzy Bunny Slipper of Authority" woud make a great name for a pirate vessel...
I've heard of the term "tranny chasers," but Claire going after Marten is a whole new experience for me. Or whatever.
6. While you were typing, several species of Amazonian tree frog went extinct. You bastard.
They've had pizza at work before (delivered by Pizza Girl). That was the day that proto-Angus had his first lines.
5. The Pintsize version: Marten walks in on a drunken threesome.
(also, why isn't Penny in? Pizza is being ordered, this is her chance!)Penny is working her second job as a pizza delivery person.
(also, why isn't Penny in? Pizza is being ordered, this is her chance!)Penny is working her second job as a pizza delivery person.
On eyes- Lots of people with green and blue eyes have them change based on what they wear, lighting, hormones (as mentioned), and other things.
On Dora, Faye, pizza, and beer/Zebediah's list- I kind of hope Claire doesn't out herself to Dora/Faye, for two reasons. If she does when they're drinking and pizzaing, she might get not taken seriously, shock them too much (making them just like "whoa, holy" instead of "oh! okay."), or something else. The other reason is that I fin it nice for her to just be a girl, not a transwoman, and keeping the other characters thinking of her that way would be best. Of course Marten and Clinton see her as female, but I imagine that with more people knowing will come at least someone who sees her just as trans. Could be one of Dora or Faye (unintentionally, of course), or someone else who either gets told by Claire or someone who slips up.
(also, why isn't Penny in? Pizza is being ordered, this is her chance!)
I'm surprised that there's less speculation of why she's looking for Marten. I'm also curious if she's going to hang out or be discouraged by his lack of existing (probably not, since she stayed for the "argument")
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I whole heartedly support this comment for two reasons. One, I don't want Claire to feel like she has to tell people because otherwise she's 'hiding' something and in a way people have a 'right' to know. Faye and Dora would be totally cool, but whether Claire tells them or not is her perogative. Secondly, I like Claire being Claire without it being a trans-centric moment. That's definitely what Jeph is going for with Claire so I completely expect pizza and beers to be pizza and beers. More people will come to know, and react accordingly, but for now I think it's going to be happy times.
That being said... with regards to speculating about Marten I personally think she's there for advice about something. Maybe she likes someone or maybe she wants to talk to him about inviting Clinton to hangout with them more often because he's a misfit too. I don't know, but I think she'll end up getting (contradicting) advice from Dora and Faye (the more ridiculous depending on how drunk Faye gets) and maybe we'll hear Claire's five year plan.
4. Claire winds up with a job at CoD. Nobody is quite sure how this happened.
I am not quite sure why Claire going after someone would be a new experience?
It has actually been long established that the college in town is 'Smif College', which is based on Smith College. So yeah, having Claire attending the college, and having her been there for years now seems either incredibly timely, or a jab at their admissions policy...
Wait, wait, wait. That's not actually Coffee of Doom! The blackboard is completely blank. Where are the humorous "specials"?
[...] I'm really hoping for some Claire, Faye and Dora bonding [...]
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No, they adopted Emily.:facepalm: Right. Well, still, it works like that. She's under his wing, so she's family.
The foot-fetishist's equivalent of the iron hand in the velvet glove?More like in the Fuzzy Bunny Slippers of Authority....
Re Marten/Claire
(http://i.imgur.com/29EcG.jpg)
You know, the "Fuzzy Bunny Slipper of Authority" woud make a great name for a pirate vessel...
Also, I'm pretty sure this is the first time we've seen Amir since the time we found out he was living in the practice space. I LOVE SEEING AMIR AGAIN!
Would this be a bass (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bass_%28fish%29) boner?I didn't see any in the strip and I'm pretty sure they can't get one either way. :-D
Are you implying that a guitar isn't a sex toy?Are YOU implying a sex toay isn't a guitar?
Are you implying that a guitar isn't a sex toy?I said a sex toy AI.
One of the few songs that still move me, 40 years later - and describes well how I feel about my partner, and always have done, even before we met.
The middle 8 and last section deserve an 8 string.
Meanwhile: At the coffee shop, I imagine a scene mirroring panel 3. Except instead of Hanners being bombarded by bass, it's Claire being bombarded by sass.
I'm sorry.
I'm not sorry at all.
You're gonna hog all the low end! What am I supposed to do?
Fours strings is all you need. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RTPd2oGb5Q)
Hannelore has already performed in public, at the karaoke bar.But that time everyone else knew the song. Though at least she wouldn't need to sing this time.
I wonder how a show from a car would sound? I've hear they're popular in Britain. 8-)Them slowly cruising around, say Smif campus, in a convertible and playing their two songs alternately would be cool. And:
Fours strings is all you need. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RTPd2oGb5Q)
I'm sure she can, really, but the video somehow gives me the impression that she's playing all those high notes because she can't reach the far end of the fretboard... 8-)Wu Man can do anything with a pipa, including using the ledges (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=Rg_iZhUlyRE#t=222s) as those big wedge-shaped stops on the neck (http://www.redmusicshop.com/image/data/musical_instrument/pipa/pipa_all_1.jpg) are known. Wu Man is awesome.
Marten's crotch in the 3rd panel looks too much like something else :psyduck: :psyduck: :psyduck:Defifnitely a bit of a mangina going on.
Marten's crotch in the 3rd panel looks too much like something else :psyduck: :psyduck: :psyduck:Defifnitely a bit of a mangina going on.
The third panel ought to be their album cover.
I mean, it pretty much captures their personalities.
Marten's crotch in the 3rd panel looks too much like something else :psyduck: :psyduck: :psyduck:Defifnitely a bit of a mangina going on.
To start off, she could play with her back to the audience like Eddie Van Halen did in the beginning, or maybe in a full body costume.
I have no idea what your post means.
Why is drumming with the back to the audience difficult? I genuinely have no idea.How important is it to see the other performers? It surely helps singing.
because you are falseNot very helpful.
You could surely set your drums up in a way that allows this?Why is drumming with the back to the audience difficult? I genuinely have no idea.How important is it to see the other performers? It surely helps singing.
A M <-Amir / Marten
oOo <-drums
H <-Hanners
------- <-End of stage
CCCCCCC <-Crowd
Actually, the sexiest presence in "Two Gentlemen" can be found above the fray - on the central raised platform, where the onstage band is stationed. There, one Kimberly Grigsby, the show's lithe conductor, presides in a long summery skirt and backless top, undulating like a palm in the wind. She is an irresistible human metronome, channeling the relaxed sensual rhythm that "Two Gentlemen" is really all about.
That set-up would not make sense.
Notice what happens when you combine the idea of warming up the audience with the idea of Hannelore channeling her inner mom.
I wonder how a show from a car would sound? I've hear they're popular in Britain. 8-)
To start off, she could play with her back to the audience like Eddie Van Halen did in the beginning, or maybe in a full body costume.
Notice what happens when you combine the idea of warming up the audience with the idea of Hannelore channeling her inner mom.
You get a vision of Hannelore burning the audience at the stake?
Would anyone be surprised if their first concert turns out to be a 48-hour drum solo?
@Comic:
Why does "popping a boner" sound like something casually exploded?
@Comic:
Why does "popping a boner" sound like something casually exploded?
I'm thinking the explosion would happen after said boner made an appearance...
...LargeAnd that's how a single slightly misused verb can become speculation about crotch sizes. °O
Nouns can do it too....LargeAnd that's how a single slightly misused verb can become speculation about crotch sizes. °O
Guide "Welcome to the tool museum!"
Jeremy (aside to Hector) "Tools."
Guide "We have big tools, small tools, tools for tight spaces, tools for huge areas, and tools for special jobs!"
@Westrim - That was awesome, but I couldn't help but be disappointed that they weren't playing Highway Star.It's probably next in their set.
Faye is having what alcoholics refer to as a moment of clarity....a moment of claire-ity?
...a moment of claire-ity?
I'll show mysef out.
Okay, guys, my script here says that we are supposed to have a controversy at least once a week, so let's get started. We get paid per thread page, you know.Only if I get my cut- the boss skimped the last three weeks. Hell, I had to bring up Enders Game to make enough from the last thread to pay rent.
Is Angus wanting to move really something that should have realistically occurred to Faye? Does he suck for not telling her outright why he was asking? Does Claire have claire-voyance? Are puns bad? Discuss.
Is Angus wanting to move really something that should have realistically occurred to Faye? Does he suck for not telling her outright why he was asking? [ ... ]It's common practice not to outright say what we mean. He's testing the water. If Angus tried to convey his wish to move to New York in the metacommunication in the middle of the night he didn't really do a good job with "If we moved to the city" ... that can mean anything and nothing, really. °O
Faye should fashion a mole skull mask. There would be an effective social shield which might help Hanners and give people something visual to remember the band by.
Oh, God, he wouldn't put Faye on a bus, would he?It could happen. Truth be told, Faye has served her purpose in the comic and is no longer needed as a character. Wanted, sure, we all love her dearly, but QC no longer needs her. Leaving Northampton with Angus to pursue something she's mildly passionate about would tie up her only remaining loose end, her need to pursue something beyond working for Dora for the rest of her life. It could seriously happen.
Oh, God, he wouldn't put Faye on a bus, would he?So he puts Faye on a bus, which means Marten needs a new roommate. Claire, perhaps?
Oh, God, he wouldn't put Faye on a bus, would he?It could happen. Truth be told, Faye has served her purpose in the comic and is no longer needed as a character. Wanted, sure, we all love her dearly, but QC no longer needs her. Leaving Northampton with Angus to pursue something she's mildly passionate about would tie up her only remaining loose end, her need to pursue something beyond working for Dora for the rest of her life. It could seriously happen.
edit -- on second thought, both Marten and Marigold would need new roommates...
[ ... ] edit -- on second thought, both Marten and Marigold would need new roommates...Oh my god. That makes too much sense. Jeph would never do that. :psyduck:
[ ... ] edit -- on second thought, both Marten and Marigold would need new roommates...Oh my god. That makes too much sense. Jeph would never do that. :psyduck:
A male music enthusiast with passivity issues and a female "geek" in her shell moving in together. ... the perfect literary notch to hammer into with the quirky characters. It could work.
KER-CHUNK! Claire thumps Fay like a baulky vending-machine, and the penny drops.I like how this is a direct tie-in to Fayes beer can disappearing in the last panel. (possibly dropping to the floor)
Toss in the continued drop-ins by Hannners, and the comic would never have to leave the apartment...I'm trying to think of webcomics that might be summarized by that. ... but all I keep coming up with is Penny Arcade and that's just not true. Sorta dropped the ball there.
Also, Hanners already has what she needs to play live...(click to show/hide)
Also, Hanners already has what she needs to play live...She gave it back to Marten after the break-up.(click to show/hide)
Doesn't mean he can't give it to her again...
[ ... ]Or, you know, ... more marriages.
And teh drahmahs will ensue.
or just start qc: New YorkFollowed by QC: Miami.
or just start qc: New YorkAnd then QC:Miami, and from there
Keep in mind that Faye tends to pick on people pretty hardcore until they deliver a good snap back and show they've got teeth of their own.
but Steve already moved in with Cosette Hurlbutt
nope. It was shortly after the Dora/Marten breakup, when they were out drinking.
I think they met Padma on the same night?
or just start qc: New YorkAnd then QC:Miami, and from therethe sky is the limitQC:Space :mrgreen:
And then QC:NTSF:SD:SUV:: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTSF:SD:SUV::), starring Zachary Quinto as Marten. It would feature Deathmole performing from the back of a SUV, obviously.
QC: Middle Earth Orbit?or just start qc: New YorkAnd then QC:Miami, and from therethe sky is the limitQC:Space :mrgreen:
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I like the idea of the Deathmole mask. I'm seeing it looking something like this:
(http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/300x300/5856705.png)
Umlauts are separate letters in German as well, at least in most definitions.
Would that just be an alternate-universe take (perhaps written by David J.J. "Damn You" Willis?) of the original "QC II: The Wrath of Winslow"?or just start qc: New YorkAnd then QC:Miami, and from therethe sky is the limitQC:Space :mrgreen:
And then QC:NTSF:SD:SUV:: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTSF:SD:SUV::), starring Zachary Quinto as Marten. It would feature Deathmole performing from the back of a SUV, obviously.
All culminating in Questionable Content Into Darkness.
I don't think it's actually using a German word, the umlaut there is just for metalness.Adding ümłäütš is so metal, it's even got a wiki page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal_umlaut) not to mention the inevitable troperoll (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HeavyMetalUmlaut).
I don't think it's actually using a German word, the umlaut there is just for metalness.Adding ümłäütš is so metal, it's even got a wiki page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal_umlaut) not to mention the inevitable troperoll (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HeavyMetalUmlaut).
In fact it's almost inevitable now, like pseudo-mandarin tattoos, or bad English on T-shirts in Japan.
I don't think it's actually using a German word, the umlaut there is just for metalness.Adding ümłäütš is so metal, it's even got a wiki page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal_umlaut) not to mention the inevitable troperoll (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HeavyMetalUmlaut).
In fact it's almost inevitable now, like pseudo-mandarin tattoos, or bad English on T-shirts in Japan.
Is it sad I'm really looking forward to seeing some of those? I'm hoping to meet a girl with a tattoo in English for something like "Enlightened Dawn" as well.
I also find it kinda funny that people are calling out Claire for giving Faye a proper roflstomping in today's strip, so Faye can dish but she can't take it now? and she has to resort to physical violence just for a damn solid piece of insight followed by the type of snarky jab of the sort that Faye herself has offered and would be offering if the shoe was on the other foot. Faye's brutal wit is WELL known and documented in this comic, she doesn't need defending.
We need to put Hanners on the case.
Umlauts are separate letters in German as well, at least in most definitions.
It's a quirk of German education in the United States that umlauts are taught as a "modifier" instead of a separate letter.
bad English on T-shirts in Japan.
In German ö is an o with an umlaut, and is alphabetized as oe.The German word Umlaut is not the description of the modifier, but describes the three letters "Ä", "Ö" and "Ü". A "O with Umlaut" would be something like "OÖ", which is not being used in the German language.
It's a quirk of German education in the United States that umlauts are taught as a "modifier" instead of a separate letter. At least in my personal experience.I think that's just because English hardly uses diacritic marks, so we concentrate on the unadorned letter. The diaeresis in Zoë, naïve perhaps. The accents and circumflexes in French loanwords like café, cliché, fiancé(e), pâté probably don't count, nor accents in romanisations of other languages like Pokémon.
I think that's just because English hardly uses diacritic marks, so we concentrate on the unadorned letter. The diaeresis in Zoë, naïve perhaps.I don't use it - it comes from the Greek Ζωή anyway. Zeta Omicron Eta(acute). English, as you say, often dispenses with such things.
It's a quirk of German education in the United States that umlauts are taught as a "modifier" instead of a separate letter. At least in my personal experience.It's deliberate, not a quirk. Few enough of the words in introductory courses use them that they can get away with it, and leave their more extensive use as a hurdle to jump later in favor of grammar like genders and conjugation.
In English, I've been using ss for the eszett in place of ß ever since a new colleague kindly pointed out that his name was not pronounced Kebbler... :oops:Unless you saw his name spelled with it before hearing his name (or of eszetts), how did that happen? For that matter, how often do they come up in your writing?
I called it!Oh, God, he wouldn't put Faye on a bus, would he?So he puts Faye on a bus, which means Marten needs a new roommate. Claire, perhaps?
That would get the shippers going...
edit -- on second thought, both Marten and Marigold would need new roommates...
- Faye and Angus get serious and get a new apartment together, forcing Marigold to move in with Marten
Not sure how what Claire said was mean, it's a logical question.
Not sure how what Claire said was mean, it's a logical question.
Not sure how what Claire said was mean, it's a logical question.
I've always liked Angus and he's a perfect foil for FayeYou mean he insulates others from her heat?
I've always liked Angus and he's a perfect foil for FayeYou mean he insulates her heat?
Not mean, perhaps, but certainly lacking tact.
Marten moving in with Marigold would make perfect sense.
Unless you saw his name spelled with it before hearing his name (or of eszetts), how did that happen?Exactly that way. I saw his name written before I met him, and had no knowledge of German beyond what they shout in old war-movies on TV. It was embarrassing, but at least I know now.
If anything, Marten and Hanners switch rooms, and Marigold moves into formerly-Marten-now-Hanners-place.How would that make sense? They're identical flats (if you prefer, they're the same flat on different floors - Hannelore's is immediately above Marten's).
And yes, it is not normally polite to call someone stupid. Claire deserves the beer-can crown of shame.It may be a cultural thing - some of my closest friends have called me stupid when I've been equally thick, or rather, oblivious.
And yes, it is not normally polite to call someone stupid. Claire deserves the beer-can crown of shame.
On another note: anyone wanna tackle the WCDT for the next couple of weeks? I'm in need of a mental vacation here.I'll take care of it. I'll make the next thread Sunday morning.
*Resists temptation*If you snipe me, I will Liam Neeson you SO hard.
Go Westrim Go!*salute*