Topic: WCT: October 12-16, 2009 (Read 53739 times)

Near Lurker · « **Reply #50 on:** 13 Oct 2009, 20:48 »

Wait...it's actually called "Smif"?

...I suppose they're in "Norfhampton," in "Hamptire County," next to...um...Hatley...and...Ahnerst...got nuffin'.

Although this probably does mean they really are in "Assychusetts."

Carl-E · « **Reply #51 on:** 13 Oct 2009, 20:53 »

It's been Smif throughout the strip, there was only one time I recall seeing "Smith". I think it was on the help wanted sign for the Library job... I figured Jeph slipped.

Although most of the stuff that says "Smif" is unofficial stuff, like the poster, so maybe it's just a heavily used nickname.

bicostp · « **Reply #52 on:** 13 Oct 2009, 20:59 »

We do tend to mangle pronunciation around here... "Cah", "cab'nit", "draw" (referencing the slide-out things cabinets have that you put stuff in), "lodge" (not small)...

But since it's written it's probably a nickname.

the_shankmaster · « **Reply #53 on:** 13 Oct 2009, 22:19 »

Very sweet of Hanners to think of her new friend.

Kugai · « **Reply #54 on:** 13 Oct 2009, 22:28 »

Well, it should be interesting to see how Mari-Bear and Hanners handle the Fanboys

Oooooooh, some issues there - aren't there Hanners

NeverQuiteGoth · « **Reply #55 on:** 13 Oct 2009, 22:40 »

I love the new Hanners details. She looks a lot more sleep-deprived without looking any less Hanners-ish.

jonarus_drakus · « **Reply #56 on:** 13 Oct 2009, 23:55 »

But the poor girl looks sooo worn out... FOR THE LOVE OF GOD HANNERS! SLEEP IS GOOD M'KAY!?

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #57 on:** 14 Oct 2009, 01:13 »

And don't think about the dust mites who are breeding during every hour you slumber.

jonarus_drakus · « **Reply #58 on:** 14 Oct 2009, 04:10 »

Oh crap... Now I'm worried about dust mites...

evilbobthebob · « **Reply #59 on:** 14 Oct 2009, 04:12 »

Just pull the covers back on your bed in the morning, bright light kills them.

Also, cool comic today. And we'll be seeing Marten's dad, probably by Friday

Mr_Rose · « **Reply #60 on:** 14 Oct 2009, 04:18 »

Marten's dad will turn out to look exactly like him, right down to the hoodie, and Dora will get confused and try to kiss the wrong one causing angst and hilarity.
OK, possibly not, but it would be funny if it turned out that Marten gets all his hoodies from his dad because dear ol' da' owns a stake in the factory or something.

Border Reiver · « **Reply #61 on:** 14 Oct 2009, 04:27 »

It's alright Hanners - none of my lads were "planned" and my wife and I still love them. Although there are days when you wish that the last grandparental headcount hadn't been so accurate....

Carl-E · « **Reply #62 on:** 14 Oct 2009, 05:39 »

My mom was infertile.

Well, that's what the doctors said.

Surprise!

Surprise!

Surprise!

Surprise!

(I have three younger brothers, too)

jonarus_drakus · « **Reply #63 on:** 14 Oct 2009, 05:40 »

Quote from: evilbobthebob on 14 Oct 2009, 04:12

Just pull the covers back on your bed in the morning, bright light kills them.

Also, cool comic today. And we'll be seeing Marten's dad, probably by Friday

That wont work! The natural light of day hurts my eyes...

LTK · « **Reply #64 on:** 14 Oct 2009, 10:22 »

Am I the only one who noticed Hanners' hair is really thick on the outlines? Just like the sweater. Looks kind of out of place.

evilbobthebob · « **Reply #65 on:** 14 Oct 2009, 10:28 »

That's Jeph experimenting with the line weights I think. Depicting volume and such. However, with the high contrast between the lines and Hanner's hair colour, it does tend to look a little out of place.

Ghanima Atreides · « **Reply #66 on:** 14 Oct 2009, 10:51 »

I like it. It creates a realistic messy look.

Carl-E · « **Reply #67 on:** 14 Oct 2009, 20:26 »

I guess I'm the first again for the new strip.

I wonder why Dora's so damn insecure? Maybe it's from having Sven as a brother...

And if she wants to make a good impression, maybe it's time to get the last of the black cut out of the hair - it's long enough, now!

Can't waiit to meet Marten's dad - this should be good!

Coffee_Kaioken · « **Reply #68 on:** 14 Oct 2009, 20:30 »

^ Agreed with cutting the black bits out.

And now her insecurity is just getting annoying. I mean insecurity is one thing but now she's taking it too far.

Kugai · « **Reply #69 on:** 14 Oct 2009, 21:49 »

Hmmmmmmm

Dora and Marten's mom - Hey! wasn't that image done already??!

I winder if Dora and Marten's dad will exchange dress designs?

jonarus_drakus · « **Reply #70 on:** 14 Oct 2009, 21:54 »

GAH! Another image to haunt my mind and keep me from the sweet, blisful embrace of the sleep spiders...

hold on...

Let me check my notes...

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #71 on:** 14 Oct 2009, 21:58 »

Dora's nowhere near as nervous about meeting a Marten parent as Faye was.

scarred · « **Reply #72 on:** 15 Oct 2009, 00:14 »

Dora's shown in the past that she's insecure and freaks out about things no matter how big or little they are. Not surprised she's nervous about meeting Marten's father.

Border Reiver · « **Reply #73 on:** 15 Oct 2009, 03:52 »

Most people are usually a little nervous meeting the parents - and what's wrong with wanting to make a really good first impression?

To use the old cliche, it's not like she'll be able to make another if this one goes south.

Carl-E · « **Reply #74 on:** 15 Oct 2009, 04:05 »

Quote from: Kugai on 14 Oct 2009, 21:49

I wonder if Dora and Marten's dad will exchange dress designs?

He's gay, that doesn't mean he's a cross dresser! Most gay guys don't wear women's clothes, and a some transvestites aren't gay. You're confusing Marten's dad with Chandler's dad. Stop it!

Trust me on this, I've worked in the theatre for a very long time! Gay men are usually sharp dressers (at least the ones I know are), and so they care enough what they look like to know how silly they'd look in women's clothes!

Of course, some of them can carry it off well, or don't care. They're called drag queens.

And so ends today's rant/lesson.

smack that isaiah · « **Reply #75 on:** 15 Oct 2009, 05:58 »

My gay roommate has a long rant about the definitions and lines between drag queen, transvestite, and other terms and stuff. Some terms are specifically for gay men who dress as women and others for straight men who enjoy dressing in women's clothing. I don't recall everything, and he's asleep right now so I can't ask him. He's gone on this rant before. Also, he wrote a paper on it for his class on aesthetics last year.

Mr_Rose · « **Reply #76 on:** 15 Oct 2009, 07:51 »

Could you ask him if there's a specific term for "guy who was dumped naked in a cornfield after his bachelor party and could only find a discarded gingham dress before reaching civilisation" please?
I need it for the report.

Kugai · « **Reply #77 on:** 15 Oct 2009, 08:43 »

Gee, I wonder if I was being humorous?

the_shankmaster · « **Reply #78 on:** 15 Oct 2009, 12:22 »

You can design a dress without wearing it.

scarred · « **Reply #79 on:** 15 Oct 2009, 13:58 »

syrupykeyboard · « **Reply #80 on:** 15 Oct 2009, 16:40 »

Quote from: the_shankmaster on 15 Oct 2009, 12:22

You can design a dress without wearing it.

I couldn't.

Carl-E · « **Reply #81 on:** 15 Oct 2009, 16:43 »

Quote from: Kugai on 15 Oct 2009, 08:43

Gee, I wonder if I was being humorous?

Gee, I dunno. It's hard to tell in here...

Fenriswolf · « **Reply #82 on:** 15 Oct 2009, 19:23 »

Quote from: Border Reiver on 15 Oct 2009, 03:52

Most people are usually a little nervous meeting the parents - and what's wrong with wanting to make a really good first impression?

To use the old cliche, it's not like she'll be able to make another if this one goes south.

Does anyone actually do this? Or know someone who does this? Get their hair done/freak out about clothes? Sure, nervous is OK but looking pretty isn't going to make much difference unless their parents are really conservative which I think we can say Marten's dad isn't.

Everyone's entitled to do whatever comes naturally to them but I'd rather start the way I'd like to continue - act like myself. I wouldn't want to build an unnatural impression I then have to keep up.

akronnick · « **Reply #83 on:** 15 Oct 2009, 21:50 »

In regard to Dora's no longer blond hair:

NoooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

nooooooooooooooooooooooOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That is all.

Mojo · « **Reply #84 on:** 15 Oct 2009, 21:51 »

Ok...

Dora & Marten = Veronica and ... um, Dad?

Think about it... Marten looks like his dad, so Marten = Dad.
Dora looks like his mom, so Dora = Veronica...

Is it me, or is that kind of spooky?

celticgeek · « **Reply #85 on:** 15 Oct 2009, 21:56 »

Well, yes. A fairly major getting her hair done.

Ah, the old Dora...

And I already like Maurice.

ironi · « **Reply #86 on:** 15 Oct 2009, 21:56 »

Aww, I liked Dora as a blonde. Also, that skirt is a little short for meeting the parents, in my opinion.

westrim · « **Reply #87 on:** 15 Oct 2009, 22:06 »

So Marten will be Andersen Cooper when he grows up?

Random832 · « **Reply #88 on:** 15 Oct 2009, 22:10 »

The hell? She spent ALL THAT TIME growing it out, and she dyed it again? We don't even get to see her without the black hair on the ends?

RAAAAAAAAAAAAAGE!

TheHappyBerry · « **Reply #89 on:** 15 Oct 2009, 22:15 »

Quote from: Carl-E on 15 Oct 2009, 04:05

Quote from: Kugai on 14 Oct 2009, 21:49

I wonder if Dora and Marten's dad will exchange dress designs?

He's gay, that doesn't mean he's a cross dresser! Most gay guys don't wear women's clothes, and a some transvestites aren't gay. You're confusing Marten's dad with Chandler's dad. Stop it!

Trust me on this, I've worked in the theatre for a very long time! Gay men are usually sharp dressers (at least the ones I know are), and so they care enough what they look like to know how silly they'd look in women's clothes!

Of course, some of them can carry it off well, or don't care. They're called drag queens.

And so ends today's rant/lesson.

It's as they say in Too Wong Foo, "When a straight man puts on a dress and gets his sexual kicks, he is a transvestite. When a man is a woman trapped in a man's body and has a little operation, he is a Transsexual. When a gay man has WAY too much fashion sense for one gender he is a drag queen. And when a tired little Latin boy puts on a dress, he is simply a boy in a dress!"

helloandgoodbye · « **Reply #90 on:** 15 Oct 2009, 22:15 »

Funny comic, but I agree about Dora's hair! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

I know Jeph said not to complain on his twitter, but I can't take this!

lhasafi · « **Reply #91 on:** 15 Oct 2009, 22:21 »

WTF Dora's hair? Did she really feel so insecure before meeting Marten's dad that she went with what she knows - and dyed it black? Oh bummer, I liked the blonde Dora with the black at the tips...

Then again, maybe Jeph just decided that black hair suits Dora better.

Binary · « **Reply #92 on:** 15 Oct 2009, 22:24 »

May I interject a dissenting voice here and say YAY! Return of the ebon tresses!. I much prefer Dark Dora.

Also, I am old and jaded and rarely laugh out loud these days, but I LOL'ed at this strip. Very much looking forward to next week.

~~mustang6172~~ · « **Reply #93 on:** 15 Oct 2009, 22:26 »

I was hoping Dora would cut off the black and be just blonde.

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #94 on:** 15 Oct 2009, 22:28 »

Dora has a long history of social anxiety.

helloandgoodbye · « **Reply #95 on:** 15 Oct 2009, 22:29 »

Quote from: mustang6172 on 15 Oct 2009, 22:26

I was hoping Dora would cut off the black and be just blonde.

Same. It's kind of funny that Jeph introduced the main character's notorious father for the first time, and all we are doing is bitching about Dora's hair. XD

maddness · « **Reply #96 on:** 15 Oct 2009, 22:45 »

Yay for hot dads! Well, other people's hot dads, when it's your dad it's just kind of weird.

Moxie · « **Reply #97 on:** 15 Oct 2009, 23:08 »

Blargh to Dora's hair.

Meanwhile! Initially, I totally misread Dora's comment in that last panel....

JackFaerie · « **Reply #98 on:** 15 Oct 2009, 23:09 »

I like Dora better as a brunette too, but I agree it's just WEIRD that she spent all that time growing it out, seemed to want to go back to blonde for a bit... and then... whoosh, undid all her work.

jonarus_drakus · « **Reply #99 on:** 15 Oct 2009, 23:12 »

I'm going to add my kudos for 'going back to all black' here too. I think Dora looks much better this way, although i have already aknowledged that i am of biased opinion. Not only am i into 'Goth chicks' (being 1/3 Goth -at the very least [the other parts are 1/3 rev-head and 1/3 computer nerd] myself), but i just happened to have baught a black dye pack myself (medium brown natural, way to 'normal' and boring for me).

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