QUESTIONABLE CONTENT GUEST STRIP
#2KXX – CROWD SOURCING
FIRST PANEL
[HANNELORE is holding a broom, looking over MARIGOLD's shoulder; MARIGOLD is typing away on her netbook at a table. DORA and RAVEN are behind the counter, looking on]
HANNELORE: "Whatcha reading?"
MARIGOLD (looking slightly annoyed at the interruption): "It's just… just my favorite webcomic, Quantifiable Concerns."
[SPECIALS on the board behind RAVEN and DORA:
* spathe ham
* fish heads
* un-shelled walnut muffins
* a kick in the shins
There is a note on the cash register: "Free holopony with purchase of banana smoothie"]
SECOND PANEL
[DORA is standing by the front register, looking at her own laptop, while RAVEN is looking off-screen at MARIGOLD]
DORA: "You know, I like the comic and all, but it seems strangely familiar. Can't quite put my finger on it."
MARIGOLD (off-screen speech bubble): "NO! Tannelor is the shy, nervous daughter of the PRESIDENT, not a billionaire philanthropist! (clicking noises as she's typing) And there is NOTHING to suggest she has any romantic interest in that dweeb Marven!"
THIRD PANEL
[MARTEN is looking at the webcomic on HIS laptop, back at his apartment, as FAYE looks on over his shoulder; PINTSIZE is sitting next to MARTEN on the couch]
MARTEN: "Dora just sent me a link to this slice-of-life comic about a guy and his pet tarantula."
FAYE: "Yeah, me too. Have you seen the forums? These people take the internet WAYYY too seriously!"
PINTSIZE (looking dejected): "She didn't send ME a link."
FOURTH PANEL
Frame One
[Back at COD; DORA is looking around as MARIGOLD is closing up her netbook]
DORA: "Where did Hannelore go?"
MARIGOLD: "She was just here a minute ago. I was showing her the discussion threads in the comic's forum."
Frame Two
[Back at MARTEN and FAYE's apartment; they're still looking at his laptop]
MARTEN: "Is that Hannelore registered to post on here?"
FAYE (looking down): "What? How can she already have over a thousand posts?"
FIFTH PANEL
[HANNELORE is sitting in front of her computer, eyes bloodshot, hair unkempt; WINSLOW is on the back of her couch, looking at her]
HANNELORE (to herself): "Must. Read. ALL. The. Posts."
WINSLOW (to HANNELORE): "I worry about you."
By the way - Jeph uses Blambot Casual for his speech bubbles, if we want to go "realistic".
(EDIT: Updated the line for Pintsize in Panel 3)