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Re: WCT January 5-9
« Reply #200 on: 07 Jan 2009, 02:56 »

Boy, I hope so. My biggest problem isn't the color, it's how damn scraggly it is.

Well Jeph did tweet awhile back that in his head Dora looked a bit like this picture: http://80.237.157.40/dma-site/images/stories/Nominierte_2006/Best_Djane/ellen%20allien.jpg and tbqh that girl's hair is equally as scraggly as Dora's.

Not that I completely hate the new look. I think it suit her better than the short all black 'do. As for when it finally turns all blond, however, that I can't get behind quite as much.
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Re: WCT January 5-9
« Reply #201 on: 07 Jan 2009, 05:03 »

I like how people try to apply human hair growth rates to comic characters.

Actually... no, no I don't. It's sad. Oh well.

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Re: WCT January 5-9
« Reply #202 on: 07 Jan 2009, 06:14 »

I could totally get behind the anthropomorphic robots, characters who grew up in space, and superheroes on transforming Vespas but hair that grows a foot in six weeks JEPH YOU'VE GONE TOO FAR.

Wow, QC is really picking up. These last three strips were all win, I can't remember such consistency in the last couple of hundred strips. I mean, it's always been good, but now it's GREAT.  Also the art is so improved from the early days, I love how he's playing more with perspective and such. I do wonder if drawing snowy strips will get old for Jeph. But most of the shots are interior anyway, so maybe that doesn't matter.
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Re: WCT January 5-9
« Reply #203 on: 07 Jan 2009, 07:44 »

and also I think that dora dyed her roots out blonde so as she could return to her natural color with a beautiful period of contrast and bicolor in betweentimes.

I am still in full approval of her current bicolor state of ah-hairs.
Oh yeah, why doesn't Dora just dye her hair to a similar tone to her own?  No shaved heads or unpreferred bi-color hair.
You ever tried dying your hair from black to blonde? It's a nightmare.
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Re: WCT January 5-9
« Reply #204 on: 07 Jan 2009, 08:44 »

I could totally get behind the anthropomorphic robots, characters who grew up in space, and superheroes on transforming Vespas but hair that grows a foot in six weeks JEPH YOU'VE GONE TOO FAR.

Did he ever specifiy the time-gap between 1310 and 1311? Afaik he didn't.
Debating over it on the base of character development and growing-rates is splitting hairs imo. Pun intended, hurrrrr.

Couldn't care less when the strips have been freshened up by it in such a great way, let's agree on that. =)
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Re: WCT January 5-9
« Reply #205 on: 07 Jan 2009, 08:47 »

the clearest sign that alot of time has progressed int eh QC universe is simply, Faye wasn't the least bit surprised when she entered the CoD. This indicates Dora had been allowing the hair to gradually grow out.
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Re: WCT January 5-9
« Reply #206 on: 07 Jan 2009, 08:59 »

Did he ever specifiy the time-gap between 1310 and 1311? Afaik he didn't.

He said he was going to have a change of season.  That would suggest three (autumn->winter) to six (summer->winter) months.
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Re: WCT January 5-9
« Reply #207 on: 07 Jan 2009, 09:04 »

Blood Meridian was a good book.
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Re: WCT January 5-9
« Reply #208 on: 07 Jan 2009, 10:44 »

I'm really excited for this timeskip's results :D
The subtle perspective in the third panel was awesome, I liked that.
(I love Pintsize so much, hahah)
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Re: WCT January 5-9
« Reply #209 on: 07 Jan 2009, 11:13 »

Did he ever specifiy the time-gap between 1310 and 1311? Afaik he didn't.

He said he was going to have a change of season.  That would suggest three (autumn->winter) to six (summer->winter) months.
What about 9 (spring->winter)?
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Re: WCT January 5-9
« Reply #210 on: 07 Jan 2009, 12:06 »

Well Jeph did tweet awhile back that in his head Dora looked a bit like this picture: http://80.237.157.40/dma-site/images/stories/Nominierte_2006/Best_Djane/ellen%20allien.jpg and tbqh that girl's hair is equally as scraggly as Dora's.

I guess I'd know that if I followed his Twitter. But, alas. Well I guess everyone can't have a thick head of hair like Penelope. And it is nice to see some long hair again. It'll grow on me I guess.

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Re: WCT January 5-9
« Reply #211 on: 07 Jan 2009, 12:48 »

Did he ever specifiy the time-gap between 1310 and 1311? Afaik he didn't.

He said he was going to have a change of season.  That would suggest three (autumn->winter) to six (summer->winter) months.

Well apart from that statement of course, which imo still is too vague to qualify as a specification. :>
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Re: WCT January 5-9
« Reply #212 on: 07 Jan 2009, 13:02 »

Correct me if I'm seeing things...but does Marten's lower half look kind of girlish in panel 2? I dunno, that's just the impression I get...
Well, my body has pretty much the same shape as Marten's. We two are just thin ;)


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Re: WCT January 5-9
« Reply #213 on: 07 Jan 2009, 13:36 »

DORA:  So were were you during the time-shift?
MARTIN:  At home with Faye.
DORA:  OMG YOU SPENT THE MISSING TIME WITH FAYE YOU BASTARD *emotional meltdown ensues*
MARTIN:  *facepalm*
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Re: WCT January 5-9
« Reply #214 on: 07 Jan 2009, 13:49 »

I think we'll get more information about things that have gone on during the time-shift as more comics are posted.  I'm sure it's not going to be "everything is exactly the same except for Dora's hair."
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Re: WCT January 5-9
« Reply #215 on: 07 Jan 2009, 13:58 »

Person who's all "yay natural hair" can bite me - I cannot describe the depths of loathing I have for having my hair natural coloured. The colour is fine, I like it on other people, but I cannot leave it alone! *twitch*

And I guess I may as well comment that I like the two-tone. There. And the Arnie strip amused me. Lots. Yay QC.
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Re: WCT January 5-9
« Reply #216 on: 07 Jan 2009, 14:30 »

I am definitely interested in seeing just how much has changed in this time shft

Is Will ever going to return or will her disappear without a trace?
Will Penelope become a vengeance seeking biker vigilante if he does?
Have Dora and Marten broken up or is he going to propose at last?
Are Sven and Steve a regular couple now?
Has Tai finally seduced Hanners and they're now living together?

OK, speculation aside, I'm loving the way things seem to be going at this point. 
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Re: WCT January 5-9
« Reply #217 on: 07 Jan 2009, 15:03 »

You guys. when Jeph says it's not a big deal, it's not a big deal.

I mean, I was disappointed, but I recognize that this isn't as big of a change as everyone wants it to be.
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Re: WCT January 5-9
« Reply #218 on: 07 Jan 2009, 15:38 »

I am definitely interested in seeing just how much has changed in this time shft

Is Will ever going to return or will her disappear without a trace?
Will Penelope become a vengeance seeking biker vigilante if he does?
Have Dora and Marten broken up or is he going to propose at last?
Are Sven and Steve a regular couple now?
Has Tai finally seduced Hanners and they're now living together?

OK, speculation aside, I'm loving the way things seem to be going at this point. 

If Mahten puts a ring on Dora's finger, I'm gunna cry for Faye.
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Re: WCT January 5-9
« Reply #219 on: 07 Jan 2009, 16:37 »

Marten looks kinda feminine in the second panel today. Weird.
Yay for snow! I wish I were an antrhoPC, so I could play in it all the time without getting cold.
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Re: WCT January 5-9
« Reply #220 on: 07 Jan 2009, 17:03 »

I fear for the AnthroPCs getting wet.
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Re: WCT January 5-9
« Reply #221 on: 07 Jan 2009, 18:18 »

what is pintsize saying in the last panel of 1312? :?
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Re: WCT January 5-9
« Reply #222 on: 07 Jan 2009, 18:31 »

Oh no! Hanners seems sick.

Hope shes okay,
I like the third panel,Hanners looks awesome.

I think Faye should take Martin to the Gym.



Hanners rules!
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Re: WCT January 5-9
« Reply #223 on: 07 Jan 2009, 18:35 »

WAS THAT A PRATCHETT REFERENCE?  :-o

Very awesome!

Hmm, Dora's new hair. It really shocked me! It's alright. Like the length, and phased into the color...
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Re: WCT January 5-9
« Reply #224 on: 07 Jan 2009, 18:56 »

Uhoh. Poor hanners., she's gonna wake up and freak because she looks haggard.
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Re: WCT January 5-9
« Reply #225 on: 07 Jan 2009, 18:57 »

Hanners!  :-(

I wonder if she is drunk, has been cleaning something...well, kind of stinky or both.

On the whole hair thing, her hair looks pretty much the same so maybe it was just Dora who got a major change. It had been a while since we last saw her, so I went back a few strips and I had forgot that Dora said she was going to grow out her hair. It is like Jacques planned this thing or something.  :wink:
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Re: WCT January 5-9
« Reply #226 on: 07 Jan 2009, 19:06 »

Maan, sometimes I regret having to read QC as it happens.  going through archives is just so much more convenient (and linear).
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Re: WCT January 5-9
« Reply #227 on: 07 Jan 2009, 19:37 »

WAS THAT A PRATCHETT REFERENCE?  :-o
Was it??? Shiza my memory is terrible, I have no inkling of what book that could possibly be out of!

I tee hee'd. Yay Jeph, QC is amusing me muchly; less stressful drama for me!
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Re: WCT January 5-9
« Reply #228 on: 07 Jan 2009, 19:49 »

Hanners!  :-(
I wonder if she is drunk, has been cleaning something...well, kind of stinky or both.

Her face is flushed, so she could be drunk . . . or feverish!


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Re: WCT January 5-9
« Reply #229 on: 07 Jan 2009, 19:50 »

WAS THAT A PRATCHETT REFERENCE?  :-o
Was it??? Shiza my memory is terrible, I have no inkling of what book that could possibly be out of!

Basically any book with Foul Ol' Ron. :wink:
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Re: WCT January 5-9
« Reply #230 on: 07 Jan 2009, 19:57 »

I would totally take advantage of Hanners, whose with me?
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Re: WCT January 5-9
« Reply #231 on: 07 Jan 2009, 19:58 »

Anyone else notice that the "36" on Hanners door looks crooked?  For someone with OCD that's kinda odd.
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Re: WCT January 5-9
« Reply #232 on: 07 Jan 2009, 19:59 »

what is pintsize saying in the last panel of 1312? :?

He's going for a schwarzenegger accent, saying "Martin, you have to get to Mars, start the reactor!"  It's a parody of the arnold flick Total Recall (which had a mutated guy in it who had a second head/face growing out of his stomach).  Marten's annoyance is due to pintsize applying the austrian accent to the wrong character.

The best part of the movie is the chick with 3 boobs though.  I musta freezeframed that section of my vhs so many.... nevermind.
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Re: WCT January 5-9
« Reply #233 on: 07 Jan 2009, 20:01 »

I hope she didn't mix any bleach with ammonia while cleaning!
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Re: WCT January 5-9
« Reply #234 on: 07 Jan 2009, 20:02 »

The best part of the movie is the chick with 3 boobs though.  I musta freezeframed that section of my vhs so many.... nevermind.

my favorite part was the little hooker (about 2-2.5 feet).
At one point she jumps up on the bar and takes a machine gun to some attackers.
good times.
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Re: WCT January 5-9
« Reply #235 on: 07 Jan 2009, 20:05 »

Ten bucks says Hanners is high on bleach fumes.

And there's probably an "again" to be added to that sentence.
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Re: WCT January 5-9
« Reply #236 on: 07 Jan 2009, 20:10 »

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OH MY GOSH OH MY GOSH OH MY GOSH TERRY PRATCHETT REFERENCE OH MY GOSH.
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Re: WCT January 5-9
« Reply #237 on: 07 Jan 2009, 20:14 »

And if that is the Pratchett reference that we all seem to think it is, then I do believe it insinuates that Hanners is drunk. Ooh ooh, developement!! With characters I like!!

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Re: WCT January 5-9
« Reply #238 on: 07 Jan 2009, 20:17 »

But Foul Ol' Ron wasn't drunk as far as I know...he was just homeless and insane! And totally awesome. And smelly.
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Re: WCT January 5-9
« Reply #239 on: 07 Jan 2009, 20:17 »

What happened to Hanners? o_O Drunk? Drugged?
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Re: WCT January 5-9
« Reply #240 on: 07 Jan 2009, 20:27 »

I thought he was... as well as crazed-hobo awesome. But this is the perfect excuse to put off calc homework for Reaper Man (not that I need one)
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Re: WCT January 5-9
« Reply #241 on: 07 Jan 2009, 20:28 »

Jeph is finally killing off Hanners! SWEET!  :evil:
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Re: WCT January 5-9
« Reply #242 on: 07 Jan 2009, 20:30 »

Let us know what you find out! It is highly possible that I'm wrong...that seems to happen when I try to show off my *clearly* superior knowledge of literature.
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Re: WCT January 5-9
« Reply #243 on: 07 Jan 2009, 20:31 »

Lemme guess. Tai is in there with a bottle of vodka. Either that, or Hannelore's mother.

Also, since when was Hanners a whale-tail kinda girl? Because I see thong straps.
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Re: WCT January 5-9
« Reply #244 on: 07 Jan 2009, 20:39 »

I just love that everybody assumes that Hannelore is drunk or high on the fumes of cleaning agents.  Whenever Jeph draws drunk, they are WAAAY more giddy and functional looking.  None of the drunken people looked like that.  and did all you people forget that HE CHANGED THE SEASON TO FUCKING COLD!?!?!?!?  sorry about that. 
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Re: WCT January 5-9
« Reply #245 on: 07 Jan 2009, 20:40 »

Dora's hair: length fine, two colours fine, but it just does not seem to look right (a tad bulbous on top) except in the second last panel... it will be interesting to see what style it settles into...
Wil-Penelope temporary fix = hilarity.
Twitter regarding the improvement in drawing over the last 6-7 months = true.
Poor Marten, with his indie-rock-physique. He'll be flattened.
Those are not thong straps, they're just the edges of underwear - jeans are flat across the top, underwear dip slightly in the middle, a shallow curve.
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Re: WCT January 5-9
« Reply #246 on: 07 Jan 2009, 21:00 »

Tis a Pratchett line, more specifically, Foul Ol' Ron (IIRC) "Millennium hand and shrimp!" 
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Re: WCT January 5-9
« Reply #247 on: 07 Jan 2009, 21:03 »

Mmhmm, that is the line exactly. Usually preceded by a "buggrit!" or two. But the most I can find is in Soul Music when the invisible people are passing the bottle (actually half a tin) around under the bridge. I guess he really is just more crazy. But in an awesome way.

Haha, and Pompey, I tend to do that quite often, so I understand.
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Re: WCT January 5-9
« Reply #248 on: 07 Jan 2009, 21:05 »

Yes!!!  Millenium Hand and Shrimp!  Thank you Jeph for referencing my fav author.  As always, you rock harder than Joe Satriani after a quart of Jaeger and couple of those funny lookin' pills, you know the ones, with that not quite green and not quite blue color and the little mark that no one can read at 2 am....


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Re: WCT January 5-9
« Reply #249 on: 07 Jan 2009, 21:06 »

I took it as a TMBG reference...
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