That last hairstyle isn't flattering -at all-. Do not like.I dunno. I like it.
I can't imagine any of these Let'sRead formats working, except possibly what Tova suggested with people re-enacting one interpretation, but that would only work if they were reading poorly-written fanfiction or something similar.
I'm thinking the reading equivalent of a Let's Play would be the text scrolling by on the screen while the commentator cracks jokes about the text.
I think it might actually work...
I like her hair in panel 4 the best, but I'd imagine the short one makes the most sense considering her line of work. long hair can get caught in things, catch on fire, etc. her hoodie's been ripped and stained, clearly it's a dangerous/messy job.
That last hairstyle isn't flattering -at all-. Do not like.
tiiiiiiiiiiiiime jump!
... he could probably clean those dicks off his face but IMO doesn't out of respect for Faye's judgement :P
I like the last look, but it's probably too much like Tai's.
And you'd think that at some point that arm would be removed to fix it, rather than working on it in-situ.
I like the last look, but it's probably too much like Tai's.
This. I didn't care for it when Tai had an extremely similar one a while back, either. The last panel gives Faye a very stereotypical 'butch lesbian'* vibe, which doesn't really fit considering what we know so far of her character.
*Note: I don't mean this term in an offensive way, but I wasn't sure how to get the idea across otherwise. Someone please supply me with terminology that is acceptable, if it exists.
WOAH!!! Hold the phone!!!!!!
Did we just have a major Time Jump in the last two Panels????!!!!
I like the last look, but it's probably too much like Tai's.
This. I didn't care for it when Tai had an extremely similar one a while back, either. The last panel gives Faye a very stereotypical 'butch lesbian'* vibe, which doesn't really fit considering what we know so far of her character.
*Note: I don't mean this term in an offensive way, but I wasn't sure how to get the idea across otherwise. Someone please supply me with terminology that is acceptable, if it exists.
Butch alone is a good descriptor I think, especially since Faye isn't lesbian.
Okay, after the new hairstyle poll, we need yet another poll on what montage music needs to be playing over this comic.
Any song other than an 80s smash hit need not apply.
Edit: my vote is for "You're The Best"
WOAH!!! Hold the phone!!!!!!
Did we just have a major Time Jump in the last two Panels????!!!!
"I'm Falling" by the Comsat Angels. from Real Genius (https://youtu.be/CfL8N_bDo1E?t=1m27s)Okay, after the new hairstyle poll, we need yet another poll on what montage music needs to be playing over this comic.
Any song other than an 80s smash hit need not apply.
Edit: my vote is for "You're The Best"
Danger Zone is the obvious choice.
And why do robots need long sleeves? (Particularly since Faye has gone sleeveless?)Maybe she likes the way the top looks. And Faye is not sleeveless in that panel.
I think Faye ought to head down to the same parlor Clinton went to and get some ink for those guns.I can agree with this, although it doesn't have to be the same shop.
Both her hair length and clothing seem to reflect the weather getting colder and then warmer again.
I find panels 2 and 5 particularly interesting. These aren't fight-related injuries; the robots are coming to her for other maladies too! Additionally, panels 1 and 6 show that's she's becoming more skilled with complex stuff like fixing synthetic pseudo-musculature. She isn't just the bodywork gal anymore, she's becoming 'Dr Faye - Robo-Medicine Woman'!An Angel (http://gunnerkrigg.com/?p=1606)
I find panels 2 and 5 particularly interesting. These aren't fight-related injuries; the robots are coming to her for other maladies too! Additionally, panels 1 and 6 show that's she's becoming more skilled with complex stuff like fixing synthetic pseudo-musculature. She isn't just the bodywork gal anymore, she's becoming 'Dr Faye - Robo-Medicine Woman'!I read panel 2 as being the result of a fight the robot didn't want to talk about. "He fell down the stairs" is a traditional euphemism for "We beat him up", much as "I walked into a door" translates to "someone hit me but I don't want to bring charges". I definitely endorse the idea of Faye running a robo-clinic though.
I dont like time leaps like these.
They make me believe that the series are almost over which makes me sad! :(
Time is fleeting, Madness takes it's toll.You rang?
Possible spoiler from Jeph's Twitter feed! (https://twitter.com/jephjacques/status/689096694017986560)(click to show/hide)
I love this quick leaf-through Faye snapshots! And I love Faye going all Rammstein, it totally makes sense in that job! I really love the art in this one; compare Faye's right arm in the first and last panel, there's months hard work toning!
As for the drawn dicks; I think they are not that easy to erase, this is no environment for a felt marker. Here we draw with stick welding slag! Glass-arm will need an angle grinder to get rid of those...
WOAH!!! Hold the phone!!!!!!
Did we just have a major Time Jump in the last two Panels????!!!!
Tomorrow we learn that Marten and Claire are going to kindergarten to pick up the triplets. ...
It's been nineteen years. Faye's scar doesn't hurt anymore. All is well.
Ugh, the return of the horrible undercut style. Panels four and five are so adorable, and suit Faye SO WELL.
EDIT: Now that I'm thinking about it, I think it says more about Jeph than anything else that he seems incapable of having his female characters remain long-haired for long, or free of any tattoos and piercings. Emily's hair went kaput, Claire's suddenly all pierced up and "punky", shit, it's not even just the females; Clinton's got ink and a buzzed 'do now. Tai's gone from short-haired and slightly boyish to somehow buxom with that same kind of hairstyle, and now the only one really left is Marigold. Hopefully Emily or Dora keep their longer hair for at least a little while before they likewise get decimated.
Then again, maybe this is an issue of perspective; none of my friends have multitudes of tattoos, undercut hair, gauges or other piercings. A small/medium tattoo here or there, simple lobe piercing on a couple, that sort of thing. Maybe this is normal elsewhere, but it just seems strange to me.
Ugh, the return of the horrible undercut style. Panels four and five are so adorable, and suit Faye SO WELL.
EDIT: Now that I'm thinking about it, I think it says more about Jeph than anything else that he seems incapable of having his female characters remain long-haired for long, or free of any tattoos and piercings. Emily's hair went kaput, Claire's suddenly all pierced up and "punky", shit, it's not even just the females; Clinton's got ink and a buzzed 'do now. Tai's gone from short-haired and slightly boyish to somehow buxom with that same kind of hairstyle, and now the only one really left is Marigold. Hopefully Emily or Dora keep their longer hair for at least a little while before they likewise get decimated.
Then again, maybe this is an issue of perspective; none of my friends have multitudes of tattoos, undercut hair, gauges or other piercings. A small/medium tattoo here or there, simple lobe piercing on a couple, that sort of thing. Maybe this is normal elsewhere, but it just seems strange to me.
1. People who are similar to each other in tastes and styles tend to hang out together.
2. People tend to be influenced by their friends.
3. People in their twenties are especially susceptible to the above two.
4. People in their twenties are especially likely to change, add, subtract, cut, grow, pierce, ink more frequently.
Possible spoiler from Jeph's Twitter feed! (https://twitter.com/jephjacques/status/689096694017986560)I was a bit surprised to find that I couldn't find a special term for the relationship Jeph was discussing, even in the insanely complex system of Chinese relationship titles.
Possible spoiler from Jeph's Twitter feed! (https://twitter.com/jephjacques/status/689096694017986560)(click to show/hide)
And Corpse Witch is wearing long sleeves because she has to cover up hertattoosat work.
(All hands BRACE FOR IMPACT!)Comic detected on sensors, sir. Analysis indicates gaming references in the punchline. Stand down Red Alert.
nobody likes the zigzag tetris blocks
nobody anywhere
On the other hand, RED ALERT: NEW HANNELORE HAIRSTYLE
BRACE FOR IMPACT!"Artistic makeover launch detected."
NEW HANNELORE HAIRSTYLE INCOMINGGGGGGG!!!!!
Super cute Hannelore being supportive. Marigold being insecure. Good to see some things never change.So what you're saying is it's just an ordinary day, and it's all your state of mind? At the end of the day, you've just got to say "It's alright."
nobody likes the zigzag tetris blocks
nobody anywhere
Okay, after the new hairstyle poll, we need yet another poll on what montage music needs to be playing over this comic.
Any song other than an 80s smash hit need not apply.
Edit: my vote is for "You're The Best"
Hanners looks super-chic in that red coat. I want one! She only needs to put her hair in a pleat or bun, and she'd have the Hitchcock Blonde look down.
I don't know why Jeph has taken to adding his notes to the copyright line (at least, that's where they appear in Opera).I think he noticed he made a typo, then made a slightly silly one the next day, and then decided to just start doing alt text there (instead of hover text like xkcd/DoA).
You mean like this?Vertigo! And yes.
I don't know why Jeph has taken to adding his notes to the copyright line (at least, that's where they appear in Opera).I think he noticed he made a typo, then made a slightly silly one the next day, and then decided to just start doing alt text there (instead of hover text like xkcd/DoA).
Hannelore with long hair again!If I could draw decently, Hanners cosplaying as Elsa from Frozen would probably happen...
That red coat is cool as fuck.
That red coat is cool as fuck.
okay, so this shows that the time skip happened at 3126, and yesterday's comic was just showing faye's catchup. the last comic before the time skip showing people outside was 3105 which appears to be late spring/early summer, so let's assume that the time skip was from like May to January? yeah?
I think Hanners' hair type has changed. When she was introduced, she had straight hair (which may have just been limited by Jeph's style at the time), and now it seems to be floofy/wavy. Just a thing I noticed.
Makeouts are like nested Russian dolls:They tend to lead to more makeouts?
kissing Sven after the pretend dateWait, what? I thought she only hugged him. Am I forgetting something?
okay, so this shows that the time skip happened at 3126, and yesterday's comic was just showing faye's catchup. the last comic before the time skip showing people outside was 3105 which appears to be late spring/early summer, so let's assume that the time skip was from like May to January? yeah?
Nah, AprilArcus had a very thorough and detailed timeline (https://forums.questionablecontent.net/index.php/topic,30197.msg1339283.html#msg1339283) worked out before Jeph borked it a few months ago, but it was sometime around September/October before the big jump.
And considering that 3119 (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3119) was the last comic before the time skip, and the last of 2015 before the Bembo specials,today's stripsorry, the Faye montage might've worked better as the first comic of the new year/after the skip than 3126 (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3126) did, but that's just me being nitpicky.
Feel better soon, Jeph.I think Hanners' hair type has changed. When she was introduced, she had straight hair (which may have just been limited by Jeph's style at the time), and now it seems to be floofy/wavy. Just a thing I noticed.
Hair texture can change naturally over time a bit. My hair goes wavier when it's shorter but the longer and heavier it gets, it seems straighter.
Colours!
Jeph completed the strip. And Bonus: best Marigoldface yet in Panel four. :laugh:
TM
Thinking about it, a tank in africa would be pretty hot. I mean, really hot. So maybe still a poor choice.In Africa, you would not have to worry about tigers anyway. Unless you were driving your tank through a zoo.
Okay, I'll just keep my distance to tigers anyway.
I think previous strips have shown Hannelore's hair as naturally wavy (I don't have time right now to search for the strip where it goes "Floof!"). Presumably she'd had it straightened in her early appearances, but gave it up. Considering that most hair-straightening treatments involve toxic chemicals, I'm not surprised.
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I think previous strips have shown Hannelore's hair as naturally wavy (I don't have time right now to search for the strip where it goes "Floof!"). Presumably she'd had it straightened in her early appearances, but gave it up. Considering that most hair-straightening treatments involve toxic chemicals, I'm not surprised.
So does Bubbles have the same coat as Hannelore, or is it more of a basic black trenchcoat?
Does Dora, though, interact with the friend circle outside the shop? And she lives over the bridge in Amherst, which to what Faye calls "small state people" is the same as being a light-year away. (This is something I've seen for myself IRL)Oh yeah, this is true people. I had a friend who's house I went over every day growing up, then ten years ago we moved like 3 blocks away, friendship just slowly died and we saw eachother less and less. Now I haven't seen or heard from him once in the past 3 years. And we only moved 3 blocks.
Bubbles got a haircut between panels three and four.It shrinks into her head like a turtle.
It's stll Esso in the UK, and it turns out (from WikiP) that it's Esso everywhere else: the brand name only changed in the USA.
Well the fact that she's willing to go out among other people is something. When she and Faye met, she was in hermit mode, rarely if ever leaving the robot arena. And the last time we saw her going out and meeting Faye's friends didn't exactly go all that well.
Faye returns to CoD. This should prove interesting, especially as Bubbles will be with her.
I wonder if she has a Trench Coat?
And will it be black or red?
She will develop an interest in Mr. Burny, who will reciprocate. Dora and Emily will fight over who gets to be the flower girl.
Bubbles got a haircut between panels three and four.
Bubbles got a haircut between panels three and four.
She will develop an interest in Mr. Burny, who will reciprocate. Dora and Emily will fight over who gets to be the flower girl.
Apologies for the double post but I just had a STARTLING REALIZATION about Mr Burny.
By day, he is a humble caffeinated beverage dispenser. Humored yet unappreciated by the fleshy humans he is indentured to. After closing hours when everyone has gone, he makes his way to a certain skate park where his true colours shine strong and proud. He is...Hank The Dismemberer.
Mr. Burny: Pizza Girl, I want to help you on your crusade against Doctor Calzone!
Penelope: For the last time, I'm not Pizza Girl!
Hannelore (overhearing): I'll handle this. You go back to your office for a moment.
Hannelore (to Mr. Burny): I thought I made it clear... You're not welcome!
Mr. Burny: Pizza Girl, I want to help you on your crusade against Doctor Calzone!
Penelope: For the last time, I'm not Pizza Girl!
Hannelore (overhearing): I'll handle this. You go back to your office for a moment.
Hannelore (to Mr. Burny): I thought I made it clear... You're not welcome!
Mr. Burny: Pizza Girl, I want to help you on your crusade against Doctor Calzone!
Penelope: For the last time, I'm not Pizza Girl!
Hannelore (overhearing): I'll handle this. You go back to your office for a moment.
Hannelore (to Mr. Burny): I thought I made it clear... You're not welcome!
Actually, this does make sense, given that Hannelore is able to summon sky-pizza at will. Perhaps the business with the glowing gadget was to distract people from her innate cheese & tomato based superpowers.
Comic's up.
I was right about the black trenchcoat.
Also, "You look like a big muscular person in a coat. 'Cause that's what you are." Bravo, Faye.
Also, "You look like a big muscular person in a coat. 'Cause that's what you are." Bravo, Faye.Just so. Maybe it's the colour of Bubbles' chassis (body?), but my first reaction was that she was rocking the "Kremlin guard" look. So an ushanka rather than a hat made of fruit would be the thing.
If Bubbles' coat isn't bright pink with fluffy bunnies on it, I'm going to be crushingly disappointed. :cry:
While not ridiculous, neither is that coat particularly flattering. I think she needs something in a color that'll contrast better against her paintjob.
It just occurred to me that she probably didn't have much of a choice.
This strip teaches us just one thing: That, somewhere, Jeph has a picture of Bubbles in said fruit hat. Don't ask why, I just know that he does!
Now, I wonder how long Fay e has been Bubbles' social courage?
But maybe she likes her body, just not how others react to it.
all she needs is a data cable to get out of her armor and into a less intimidating body.
The price of Momo's upgrade wasn't mentioned, but the PX-3500 is $30,000. (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1994)
Bubbles' only real social connections before this were with her military unit. All she really knows of socializing comes from that. I imagine anything outside that context is uncomfortable and confusing for her. The armor also serves as a reminder/connection to her dead family.
... it's made by fucking Mitsubishi.
I wonder if Faye's told Bubbles why she and Dora aren't friends.
Also I'm wondering if Faye's on the "make amends" step of her 12 step program.
I wonder if Faye's told Bubbles why she and Dora aren't friends.
Also I'm wondering if Faye's on the "make amends" step of her 12 step program.
I'd been marking out that Bubbles never removes her armor too; in fact I was surprised when it came out in-story that she could.
Since then I've been wondering if she's hiding some unrepaired combat damage under it. And whether she has been, for years.
Survivor's guilt is a hell of a thing. I know some guys who didn't seek medical treatment because they felt that they'd betrayed the dead and needed to suffer for it. Not that they understood that until they'd been going to therapy at the VA for a while.
It was back in the early days of the strip and may no longer be canon, but Pintsize and friends used mind-altering software. More recently, May's underclocking seemed to have a similar effect.