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Momo at Hannelores (With optional hugging)

25 (17.7%)

Angry Hannelore

13 (9.2%)

Dale asks Marigold out (With optional Awkward Zone)

9 (6.4%)

Marigold asks Dale out (With optional Momoglare)

29 (20.6%)

HappyDora at CoD

2 (1.4%)

HappyTai at Library

3 (2.1%)

Claire and Marten (With optional Clinton)

9 (6.4%)

Marten and Claire (With optional Emily)

16 (11.3%)

Penelope and Emily

1 (0.7%)

Penelope ane Emily AND Wil.

4 (2.8%)

Angus and Faye at the Railway Station

3 (2.1%)

Faye and Angus at the apartment

4 (2.8%)

Steve eats Cereal

2 (1.4%)

Cereal eats Steve

8 (5.7%)

Pintsize eats Waffles

1 (0.7%)

Waffles eat Pintzize

8 (5.7%)

Other (Specify)

1 (0.7%)

Other (Purple Monkey Dishwasher)

3 (2.1%)

Total Members Voted: 68

[CompSarge]

Good thing it's free, then.

Seriously, though, how come? You have 6 panels, one of which has full-body shots of two of the characters (a feature previously saved for "special" strips). The level of detail in the backgrounds is not diminished, and the overall effect is that the comic is wider and reads more dynamically than the previous 4-panel vertical strip. Plus, this allows Jeph to adapt the layout to the script, rather than the other way round with the previous layout.

[mustang6172]

While the comic is wider, it's not as tall.

And of those 6 panels, 4 of them are just half-panels.  I've also been displeased with how much Jeph uses the half-panel format lately.  It makes the story less dynamic when the aspect ratio constantly changes.

[jwhouk]

No comic for tomorrow; boss posted on Twitter: "there will not be a regular comic tomorrow, too much shit is going down. I'll think of something."

[celticgeek]

Aha!  Time to take the band to THE NEXT LEVEL!!

[Method of Madness]

Honestly, I'm more excited about the Deathmole comic than the album.

[Ph2]

Does Amir's face look slightly different to anyone else? I swear it looks like his portions have changed some.

[St.Clair]

a GIG?  an actual GIG?
WHAT MADNESS IS THIS???

[Lubricus]

Honestly, I'm more excited about the Deathmole comic than the album.

+1. I threw money into the KS just for the comic. It turns out the music is great, though, so it's a win-win situation for me!

[jwhouk]

Does Amir's face look slightly different to anyone else? I swear it looks like his portions have changed some.

I think it's because of the lack of color to the comics.

[Soulsynger]

Okay, so the new layout works well enough, I think.

But is it just me or do the characters seem very large for anyone else for some reason?
It feels like I'd need to ctrl+scroll the entire page down a few sizes to be able to read it without straining my eyes...

[Shjade]

After some deliberation, I have decided the new layout is a Good Thing^(TM). The vertical paneling has always felt very much like a landmark for "This is Questionable Content," but it's seemed like Jeph's been trying to work outside that column frame for a while now in mixing up his panel structure a bit. The more page-oriented format gives him some more flexibility, more space to work with, and he's clearly making good use of that already.

Give it some time to grow on you. I think this is going to lead to good things. n.n

[LookingIn]

Does Amir's face look slightly different to anyone else? I swear it looks like his portions have changed some.

I think it's because of the lack of color to the comics.

And his sudden lack of glasses.

His soul patch and stubble isn't there either...

[pwhodges]

It's part of a work in progress - revision and completion is to be expected.

[LookingIn]

Regarding the comic format change: Jeph summed it up nicely on Twitter

Ahahahahahahah someone claims I’m trying to “go mainstream” with my new layout, what does that even MEAN

No matter what we come up with in praise or criticism, he has stated why he made the shift and he liked how it looked so it's here to stay until he decides to change back 

[Kugai]

Will they be appearing at The Zon?

I'd like to see them in concert with Mystic Spiral.

[foolsguinea]

I was confused by Amir's appearance as well. Looked like a longhaired Marten or generic guy.

[SomeCanadianWeirdo]

This just shows how much influence colour has on QC.  If QC was a 5 days a week black and white comic the characters would look somewhat different, despite it being the same artist.

[LookingIn]

Momo decides to move out to allow herself to be an independent being that she has grown to be. Hanners and Faye convince Angus to nudge Marigold to be her own person and to stop relying on others to do things for her. Dale gets the courage to start making a move on Marigold, who in turn starts to get some courage of her own seeing that someone actually likes her for herself and her friends actually care about her.

Plausible?

[DSL]

Something for which you would hope for real people about whom you care ... but where would the comedy be?

[Method of Madness]

Not everything has to be funny, ya know. But surely jokes could be inserted throughout the arc.

[LookingIn]

Something for which you would hope for real people about whom you care ... but where would the comedy be?

Momo is good for deadpan humor especially when Marten tries to make a bad joke, Hanners is good for a neurotic response, Marigold overreactions should be good for a joke or two. There is comedy in there, it's all about how the joke is set up.

[DSL]

And then you have standard, plug-in jokes in standard, plug-in situations, instead of the character-driven strip this is.

[HauntingPoem]

This is a comic, as far as I am concerned that is a drawing style not shorthand for comedies. I prefer a character driven plot with humor thrown in  sometimes not the reciprocal.

[Rghfrgl]

 I had a sexy QC dream last night.

...but instead of Claire or inexplicable Hanners kisses I was Dale in the current arc with Marigold. Which I guess means I'm a masochist, but dreaming about Faye would be too mainstream.

[Kugai]

Locked the Poll

Momo at Hannelores (With optional hugging) .......... 25 (17.7%)
Angry Hannelore .......... 13 (9.2%)
Dale asks Marigold out (With optional Awkward Zone) .......... 9 (6.4%)
Marigold asks Dale out (With optional Momoglare) .......... 29 (20.6%)
HappyDora at CoD .......... 2 (1.4%)
HappyTai at Library .......... 3 (2.1%)
Claire and Marten (With optional Clinton) .......... 9 (6.4%)
Marten and Claire (With optional Emily) .......... 16 (11.3%)
Penelope and Emily .......... 1 (0.7%)
Penelope ane Emily AND Wil .......... 4 (2.8%)
Angus and Faye at the Railway Station .......... 3 (2.1%)
Faye and Angus at the apartment .......... 4 (2.8%)
Steve eats Cereal .......... 2 (1.4%)
Cereal eats Steve ..........8 (5.7%)
Pintsize eats Waffles .......... 1 (0.7%)
Waffles eat Pintzize .......... 8 (5.7%)
Other (Specify) .......... 1 (0.7%)
Other (Purple Monkey Dishwasher) .......... 3 (2.1)%And the list is checked twice   




BTW. can someone else do the WCT Thread for next week please.  I'm not in the mood to do it tonight and I'm gonna be out most of tomorrow (Monday, my time) and I'm not sure when I'll be back or whether I'll be on tomorrow at all.

[LookingIn]

And then you have standard, plug-in jokes in standard, plug-in situations, instead of the character-driven strip this is.

You have to have plug-ins to show where one storyline breaks and another begins. They help with the transitions, help lighten things up, and if need be give Jeph a day or two to get things sorted out before the heavy stuff starts again.

[DSL]

No reason the lighter stuff can't be well-crafted and unique to the characters.