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Juicy Stalking

8 (12.5%)

Clintemily? Clintelore? Clintaye? Can any of this be good?

24 (37.5%)

Robot Roommate Hijinx?

15 (23.4%)

Claireten Squee?

10 (15.6%)

Clairetenmom Conspiracy?

7 (10.9%)

Total Members Voted: 58

[BenRG]

My first time doing this! I'f I've trod on anyone's toes by doing this, my apologies in advance.

Well, we've got several possible directions that the strip could go in for this coming week. There are three obvious threads:

• Hannelore's battle with her Nemesis;
• Claire tries to introduce Clinton to a hot girl to get him off her back;
• What would a robot need with her own room anyway?

Or will Jeph simply succumb to instinct and give us more Clairten squee? My own guess as to a possible unexpected outcome will be Veronica meeting Mrs A and then the two of them beginning to plot together.

[cesium133]

Hmm, do I lampshade a character's disappearance in this comic or not

My guess: Claire tries to introduce Clinton to Gabby, but can't find her.

[DSL]

Hmm, do I lampshade a character's disappearance in this comic or not

My guess: Claire tries to introduce Clinton to Gabby, but can't find her.

She will have been standing there all the time -- only this time, to the left of the panel. (It's the unpredictability.)

[Rghfrgl]

Predicting Clinton ironically lecturing Marten on treating women right.

Also predicting strips uploaded out of order, because JJ is working ahead.

[Kugai]

There will be Clairten

[FunkyTuba]

And now for something completely…

[Border Reiver]

A man with three buttocks?

[SubaruStephen]

We have Comic Sign!

[Natswash]

I could see Marten and Will sitting in tweed and conversing over frothy beers

[SubaruStephen]

And racing their Penny-farthings down to the soda shop.

[Gladstone]

Marten needs a cowboy hat.

And a tub of fruit.

And the number of that promoter for sexyfruitstompingcowboys.com

Also: DANG, Marten.  Just dang.

[GarandMarine]

Are tweed jackets comfy?

[valkygrrl]

Marten and Clinton are wearing the same outfit.

Awkward.

[hedgie]

Are tweed jackets comfy?

It's more noted for its weather resistance, durability, and warmth.  It's basically just wool with a different weave.  And the sort of thing that you'd wear next time out hunting if you wanted to look like the British upper class.

[Stoon]

Is it just me, or does Marten look like he's dressed in an outfit from the '70s?

[Rghfrgl]

Marten and Clinton are wearing the same outfit.

Awkward.

Your avatar too, if a different color. It's like he's part of the family already.

Now to get back to my 300 page honeymoon fanfiction.

[Gladstone]

Marten and Clinton are wearing the same outfit.

Awkward.

Worse, he's probably going to show up uninvited at the library today to give Marten a (what he thinks is) necessary Lecture On Dating My Sister.  Dear god no. 

(Emily tries to distract him with another questionnaire while Marten and Claire escape through the back.  It's super effective!)

[SomeCanadianWeirdo]

I'm still hoping for Clinton meets Raven.  Unfortunately it's more likely Clinton meets Cosette and hits on her ineptly.

[cesium133]

I'm still hoping for Clinton meets Raven.  Unfortunately it's more likely Clinton meets Cosette and hits on her ineptly.

"A, I have a boyfriend, and B, Ew. Buzz off."

[cesariojpn]

We have Comic Sign!

Where's Gypsy and Cambot?

[hedgie]

At least comic sign is usually better than Wormsign.

[Kugai]

The Comic must flow


MMMMMMMM

Jeph Jacques







"We are the Augustus, you will be assimilated.  Resistance is futile."

[MrNumbers]

Marten looks... nice.

Something has gone wrong.

Something has gone terribly, horribly, no-good, very-bad wrong.

Now this wrongness has filled my head with ideas. Dreadful ideas from whence there is no return. Now I want to see Marten in a waistcoat. Ooh, yes, a waistcoat would do well. Yesss... the waistcoat... Claire must see...

Warning - while you were reading a new reply has been posted. You may wish to take them outside and settle this like gentlemen, with fisticuffs, for their impertinence. Otherwise, prepare for velocipede-chases and Model-T drive-by shootouts.

[Natswash]

Fancy clothes and Frothy Drinks? To the Horrible Revelation!

[lot_jockey]

Is it just me, or does Marten look like he's dressed in an outfit from the '70s?

Ha, I can see it. Also, the fly on those pants is tiny.

[Kugai]

Next

The Bee Gees on QC!!!

[SubaruStephen]

We have Comic Sign!
http://media.tumblr.com/74be68230cb2c2af8b00962eb82fd754/tumblr_inline_mg5czeCNlR1qzb8j3.gif

Where's Gypsy and Cambot?

You realize that we see all 197 (+movie) through Cambot's all-seeing eye? He's there.
No idea where Gypsy is.

[SubaruStephen]

Marten and Clinton are wearing the same outfit.

Awkward.

Next comic: Clinton goes to the library to give Marten the "dating my sister" speech, they spend 3 panels staring at each other's clothes, too embarrassed to talk.

[Natswash]

4 panels embarrassment, with Tai  popping in to make the punchline

[SubaruStephen]

Even better!

[BenRG]

I have previously suggested that Claire might start dressing more elaborately because of wanting to look good for Marten and because having a boyfriend makes her feel good about herself. For some reason, it never occurred to me that Marten would experience the same effect! I am interested to see Claire's reaction to this new look!

Faye, at least, seems to be her usual self: Moderately hung-over and dryly mocking!

This could be just a filler strip, of course. This week could focus on an entirely different character and their misadventures.

[Loki]

Could anyone explain to me slowly and in terms I understand why wearing the same clothes as somebody else is embarrassing?
I could not find anything understandable in my social protocol database. Usually, when people are embarrassed by something,  it is due to them performing an act which shows lack of diligence in some way. Eg I may be embarrassed because I made a joke and failed to take into account it is insulting to somebody, or because I was caught in a socially unacceptable behavior, such as performing basic bodily functions and not hiding it well enough (thus lack of diligence).

The same-dressing seems to lack any of the criteria described. Surely society doesn't expect me to show diligence by contacting every person I might meet in advance and coordinating what we wear?

[Half Empty Coffee Cup]

Marten and Clinton are wearing the same outfit.

Awkward.

We don't know what pants Clinton has on, actually. It's just a white button down shirt.

[Skewbrow]

Hmm, do I lampshade a character's disappearance in this comic or not

My guess: Claire tries to introduce Clinton to Gabby, but can't find her.

She will have been standing there all the time -- only this time, to the left of the panel. (It's the unpredictability.)

LOL. Trying to learn this from The Meister. The key to a good delivery of a joke is ... timing.

Could anyone explain to me slowly and in terms I understand why wearing the same clothes as somebody else is embarrassing?

I know that any fashion police out there will declare me a lost cause at first sight, but I'll second this plea. I'm used to this being applied to women (they have their reasons that I cannot fathom), but men? AFAIK uniformity of attire is expected from us, no?

[BenRG]

Could anyone explain to me slowly and in terms I understand why wearing the same clothes as somebody else is embarrassing?

As I understand it, the embarrassment comes from the implication that you have the same personal aesthetic and thought processes as the other person. When the person is as overtly uncool as Clinton, it can lead to self-doubt and mockery. It implies that the two of you are somehow alike.

This is why everyone wants to see Marten and Claire in their 'TEH' shirts at the same time. We can already hear Faye yelling about them 'dressing like they're already married'!

There is a specific subset of this subject surrounding female couture and social oneupmanship but that isn't relevant to this discussion.

[Akima]

I had to google "estate pipe" because I had not heard the term before. I suppose it does sound better than "second hand". I did not know that was a thing; it sounds a bit like second-hand toothbrushes.

Marten looks pretty snazzy, but isn't "man redeemed by the love of a good woman" theme a bit hackneyed? Rafael Sabatini worked it to death.

[ReindeerFlotilla]

I don't know if Marten has been redeemed. I find it interesting that Claire inspires him to change something, though.

[Nepiophage]

I'm delighted to see some verbal humour again. I was getting tired of 20-word strips.

[BenRG]

After squinting at it for a while, I'm pretty sure that the early-stage sketch Jeph had in this Tweet was Clinton. So, we can be relatively sure he'll turn up at some point and in some context some time this week.

[Half Empty Coffee Cup]

Basically, tomorrow or Wednesday. Jeph might be working ahead right now, but he doesn't work that far ahead. So Clinton will probably be bumping into Marten at the library or on the way to the library.

[Rimwolf]

I'm pretty sure that Marten's worn that shirt at the library before (though I can't offhand find the relevant strips) so I don't quite see the big deal.
Unless he ironed it: that would be Serious Stuff.

(I think we still own an iron, though I don't recall seeing it the last year or two.)

[Natswash]

I think it's less the button down, more the entire outfit. It's not as often we see him in a dress shirt, tucked in, and a belt.

[mattcoz]

Velocipede sounds like some kind of horrific cross between a velociraptor and a centipede. All those legs each with a huge claw to slash you with. My nightmare fuel is topped off for the next month.

[FunkyTuba]

IMO the definitive statement on Velocipeding, from the amazing Kate Beaton:

http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=331

[Platypodes]

Is Marty wearing low-rise dress slacks?  Is that a thing that exists?

[Kugai]

I suddenly have this vision of Marten and Clinton standing in Clairemom's Kitchen going

"One of us!  One of us!  One of us!"

[Smallest]

Velocipede sounds like some kind of horrific cross between a velociraptor and a centipede. All those legs each with a huge claw to slash you with. My nightmare fuel is topped off for the next month.

Oh good, I'm not the only one that said that.

[Kugai]

A Velocipede is a 'Raptor on a Bike

[Neko_Ali]

I thought it was a gang of velociraptors and bikers... You know, the Jurassic World movie?

Those dinosaur gangs are getting out of control.

[BenRG]

Those dinosaur gangs are getting out of control.

They were never in control - that was the mistake!