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Lead singer (turns out she's classically-trained at opera).

5 (7.2%)

Keyboards (she's better than Nat ever was).

10 (14.5%)

The lead violin.

9 (13%)

Harmonica.

1 (1.4%)

The... Clarinet.

9 (13%)

The Rock Flute!

2 (2.9%)

The Butt Grab!

5 (7.2%)

The Sousaphone.

5 (7.2%)

The Space Horn. (Not related to Spathe Ham.)

1 (1.4%)

The iPod.

5 (7.2%)

"I'm a librarian, not a musician!"

11 (15.9%)

Something else (because the OP is a bit distracted at the moment).

6 (8.7%)

Total Members Voted: 65

[bhtooefr]

Jeph does change away from arcs to let other arcs develop, and then returns to them.

And, he's not quite as bad as DAMN YOU WILLIS, but he does troll his readership, and this arc may well be part of it (although those tweets indicate that it probably isn't).

[Method of Madness]

Who's DYW?

[bhtooefr]

David Willis, who does Shortpacked and Dumbing of Age (same characters, different verses), and did Roomies, It's Walky, and Joyce and Walky before (I forget which domain they're on, and don't feel like googling for it).

Let's just say that he's known for trolling his readers.

And Jeph links DoA on the list of comics on the QC front page as "Dave Willis Is A Jerkface".

[raoullefere]

Who's DYW?

If you don't know, it may be best you never find out.

Oh, and Damn you, Willis, for inflating a different balloon this week instead of letting the one you had all blown up go boom.

[mtmerrick]

I'll be honest here: if it turns out not to be trolling and Marten + Claire actually develop more (as friends or anything else, really) i'll be quite happy.

[bhtooefr]

Oh, and Damn you, Willis, for inflating a different balloon this week instead of letting the one you had all blown up go boom.

Oh, let's face it, he's blowing up two balloons here, and one has some gases fermenting in it. It'll go boom BIG time when it goes boom.

[mtmerrick]

Explosions? Where are there explosions. I wanna see i wanna watch the explosions!
*jumping up and down all hyper-like*

[Method of Madness]

Shouldn't talk of another comic be in spoiler tags?

[jwhouk]

Let's just say that he's known for trolling his readers.

Thus the reason why he's known as "DAMN YOU WILLIS" (said with the fist shaking ala Charlton Heston in the original Planet of the Apes)

[Method of Madness]

Other than the trolling, would you recommend either of his comics?

[Masterpiece]

I'm sorry I really wasn't trying to criticize Jeph, I was just stating my personal opinion. I feel like it was taken in a completely wrong way, so seriously, sorry.

Excuse me while I hide in my corner feeling like crap now.

[Method of Madness]

It's ok, you didn't insult Jeph directly or say that he shouldn't be doing this, which are the main no-nos. Nothing wrong with saying you don't like something.

[mtmerrick]

aw, don't feel bad MP. i understood what you meant (and agreed with you)

[Masterpiece]

Just remembered that whole deal how Jeph cut his hand because of stupid fan mail, and being put in the same league feels sort of unfair. I adore the guy.

[cpflux]

The talking butt is clearly just Jeph accidentally ending the speech bubble there. Definitely not done on purpose.

[Method of Madness]

Wait, what talking butt?

[Carl-E]

That's like... several weeks ago.  Maybe months. 

Wasn't it on the dock at the beach party at Emily's? 


Edit:  OK, no, I was getting it confused with when Marten's speech bubble looked like it was coming out of Claire's mouth. 

[cpflux]

There's a butt. On the fridge.

IT SPEAKS.

[Method of Madness]

Oh. I see it now.

[mtmerrick]

well its not really speaking..... it just has lol next to it. that's more likely someone saying lol AT a butt.

[Method of Madness]

No, the speech bubble is coming from it. Come on, Faye, it's one thing to talk out of your ass, but to talk out of another ass? That's...actually really impressive.

[Valdís]

@Valdís- Wait, how'd that happen?

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[Is it cold in here?]

MUST POST MOAR.

For those who don't agree with my opinion, I'm sorry, but four strips about 8 strings will not make me like them more. This feels like a chicken out by Jephzibah after two hugely interesting previous weeks.
And besides, I'm more of an acoustics man. I want a 12 string.

It is right and proper that the strip spends more time on guitars than I'm interested in.

Is this character development for Marten? That he actually had second thoughts about buying a guitar?

[Method of Madness]

@Valdís- Wait, how'd that happen?

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Who approved that?

[mtmerrick]

perhaps the same person who approved

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[Is it cold in here?]

Except that the reports I saw said it had never been approved for publication.

[celticgeek]

So Pintsize is "bonding" with the new eight string?

Will Marten name the new eight string? 

Is the new eight string actually an anthroguitar?

Stay tuned!

[mtmerrick]

wut? early comic? woo!

*goes to look*

 

 

 

that's.....

i just....

[Sassafras]

Who approved that?

Don't knock it so quick, it was part of an awareness campaign that contributed to a 10 percent drop in sexual assault in the city that featured it.


As for the comic, I'm imagining a barely-audible 'twang' every time Pintsize's butt hits the strings.

[Is it cold in here?]

Stay tuned!

So to speak.

[celticgeek]

That was actually on purpose.

<looks around for pun jar>

[westrim]

Jephs butt disease strikes again!

It seems like Faye is considerably less fond of his indie cred if she's doing the 'fascinating' half smile.

This seems to be the week for guitar stories.

Edit:  OK, no, I was getting it confused with when Marten's speech bubble looked like it was coming out of Claire's mouth.

Also possibly the exact strip when shipping of the pair began.

Perhaps the same person who approved.

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Boot.

At least it wasn't us, the US. Also, those ball gags look more like they're being forced to use throat lozenges. But 'use larger ball gags' probably shouldn't
 be my takeaway observation.
 
Not sure what the issue is with the anti rape poster, seems like a pretty effective counter.

Okay, temporarily out of thoughts.

[Kugai]

Just when you think Pintsize can't sink to a new low, he does.

[cesariojpn]

So, is Pintsize dry humping the guitar a metaphor to the fans who complained about this storyline? Like in a "You hated the guitar, so I found a way to keep it in universe and you can't do anything about it" type of way?

[celticgeek]

I have a QC caption for Panel 3:

Marten:  "What are you -"
Pintsize:  Having sex.  I am going to give birth to mandolins.

[Carl-E]

Didn't think the guitar had a whammy bar...

[Is it cold in here?]

Will Pintsize be able to talk to his children? Does he even speak Mandolin?

[Redball]

He can't on knees.


I don't even know what that means, except that I'm trying too hard

[TinPenguin]

Pintsize was just attempting this.

[Akima]

He can't on knees.

Does Pintsize even have any Fukienese?

Tonight's strip gives a whole new meaning to "buttstroke"

[cesariojpn]

Is this character development for Marten? That he actually had second thoughts about buying a guitar?

More like thinly veiled product placement or an author living vicariously thru his work, but what do I know.....?

[Skewbrow]

Just when you think Pintsize can't sink to a new low, he does.

He's been on all fours before, so I'm not sure this is new territory for him.

[bikejason]

More like thinly veiled product placement or an author living vicariously thru his work, but what do I know.....?

Personally, I'd like to think the sole reason for this entire week was just a setup for today's Panel 3.

Also, howdy all.

[Braindmged]

Pintsize skid marks on the new axe, ewwwww...  But anyway, c'mon Marten, play us a few cool riffs!

[Method of Madness]

Not sure what the issue is with the anti rape poster, seems like a pretty effective counter.

My objection is that "don't be that guy" is usually used for relatively minor things, so using it for rape seemed incredibly inappropriate.

Didn't think the guitar had a whammy bar...

Doesn't every guitar have one? How else do you get more star power?

Also, howdy all.

Welcome to the forum.

[Loki]

My objection is that "don't be that guy" is usually used for relatively minor things, so using it for rape seemed incredibly inappropriate.

See, this is exactly why I think this is effective. If you see a poster which says "don't be a rapist", you'd probably shrug it off: "Of course I am not a rapist. How does this poster relate to me?" This would even be the case if you, say, routinely penetrated drunk girls. If anyone so much as hinted you might be associated with the word "rapist", you'd disregard the whole message. If someone says "don't be that guy", you actually think about the message, which has been shown to increase information retainment by up to 30-40%.

[Skewbrow]

I would have thought that in this forum particularly the phrase "don't be that guy" refers to the bearhat guy (= a may-be-not-so-fictitious fan of QC expressing his obsession with Hannelore). Unfortunately I couldn't find a link now. If that post (by Est IIRC) has been removed, then relatively new members had no way of knowing.

Of course, I'm totally ignorant about the more common occurrences of that phrase in the anglosaxon world.

[Crimzin]

Heyyy Animals as Leaders! I actually saw them play with Thrice during their farewell tour.

+1 music cred for myself   

[RedWolf4]

Wouldn't that defeat the very nature of cred, though, to give it to yourself? As I understand, cred is earned by whatever means it is earned in your relevant field.

[LordVaughn]

This comic has confirmed my belief that AnthroPCs are like cats, if they were capable of human-level cognition, and instead of putting butts in our faces, they show us goatse.