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[DrBear]

As of the strip for Wednesday (No. 2954), Jeph is 46 strips from 3,000 (give or take guest strips, fillers and birthdays).  It's notable that today, he mentioned on Twitter "Sometimes I wonder if QC will be the only 2003 comic left eventually." The good news is that "eventually," which indicates that the end game is a ways off yet.

Which brings up two thoughts:

1. Jeff has occasionally, but not always, done something special for "round numbers:" "The Talk" at 500, old lady nudity at 1,000, Pintsize the Thumblord at 1,500.
But not always - 2,000 was in the midst of the "Momo's new look" arc, 2,500 in the middle of the Dale Meets May arc. He's been just as likely to mark numbers with meaning - 666, 1337, etc. With a lot of plot irons in the fire yet, he may pick 3,000 for a major character development/introduction/departure, or he may do Yelling Bird reading from The Urban Dictionary. You never know, which is one thing I think a lot of us like. Just something to keep an eye on.

2 After 3,000...who knows how many more? I think if you told Jeph on the day he pur QC No. 1 on the web that he'd be doing at least 3,000 of them, his hand would have involuntarily cramped. His Twitter posts seem to show him these days sometimes having rough days, either because he's tired or the demons are having a better day than he is. Then again it IS his life's work, and that can be a pretty big incentive/hammer over your head.

Either way, he's taken us on a great ride, and he continues, in my opinion, to do so.

[jwhouk]

He could troll us all by having strip 3k be Yelling Bird saying "Sayanora, #####es" and then three panels of black - followed by four panels of black for strip 3001.

Then, comic 3002 resumes whatever storyline he was on before, as if nothing ever happened.

EDIT: I just realized: Comic 3001 would be a Friday. That would be one heck of a troll...

[Rghfrgl]

For the longest time I thought this was going to be our 3000. Well, ok sex at 3000. Oh. Fayesplosion? Nope.

I'm not sure if we're getting a big 3000. Since he had some big events that could be 3k worthy and chose not to drag it out. I think the major plot threads we have hanging are Dora showing up at Faye's door...or Sven doing it.

And of course, the prophetic dream coming to pass and Marigold getting pregnant with Baby Hanners.

[Method of Madness]

He could troll us all by having strip 3k be Yelling Bird saying "Sayanora, bitches" and then three panels of black - followed by four panels of black for strip 3001.

Don't stop believin'.

[jwhouk]

He could troll us all by having strip 3k be Yelling Bird saying "Sayanora, bitches" and then three panels of black - followed by four panels of black for strip 3001.

Don't stop believin'.

That wasn't even my intention, and it fits sooooo perfectly.

[Kugai]

3000 will be Momo 'Coming Out'

And her girlfriend will be Raven

[chaospersonified]

3000 will be Momo 'Coming Out'

And her girlfriend will be Raven

I liked this comment, but it was not a TRUE 'liking.' It were of the ironic variety, because no.

[Kugai]

Irony cam be pretty ironic at times

[chaospersonified]

Irony cam be pretty ironic at times

Yeah, it's kind of Cam's defining feature, but not gonna lie, it gets annoying. I mean come on, Cameron, can you, or can you not be sincere?

[Method of Madness]

Irony can be pretty ironic at times

Don't ya think?

[Rghfrgl]

Claire gets outed...as Pizzagirl!

[Omega Entity]

Irony can be pretty ironic at times

Don't ya think?

It's like rain on your wedding day.

[chaospersonified]

Irony can be pretty ironic at times

Don't ya think?

It's like rain on your wedding day.

Goddammit, no. It's like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife.

[Omega Entity]

Irony can be pretty ironic at times

Don't ya think?

It's like rain on your wedding day.

Goddammit, no. It's like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife.

Nope. It's meeting the man of your dreams, and then meeting his beautiful wife.

[chaospersonified]

Irony can be pretty ironic at times

Don't ya think?

It's like rain on your wedding day.

Goddammit, no. It's like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife.

Nope. It's meeting the man of your dreams, and then meeting his beautiful wife.

It's the good advice you just didn't take. Are we honestly going to run through the entire song out of order? I mean, I'm game. I'm a bit drunk and I might pass out at any moment, but fuck, I got the lyrics up in another tab, let's fuckin' GO

[Omega Entity]

I'm going entirely by memory - I listened to that song soooo many times back in... geez, 8th grade? 9th? 

And you're the one who went out of order. I just continued on from where you left off 

[jwhouk]

Life has a funny way of helping you out.

[hakko504]

For the longest time I thought this was going to be our 3000. Well, ok sex at 3000. Oh. Fayesplosion? Nope.

I thought this would have made a nice 3000.

[osaka]

NEXT UP: 3k is the cast poster.

[Thrillho]

3k is a big poster saying 'comic's dead, fuck all of you.'

Then he doesn't update for a month and a half.

[BenRG]

3k is a big poster saying 'comic's dead, fuck all of you.'

Then he doesn't update for a month and a half.

Don't joke about that, Gareth. From Jeph's recent Twitter posts, I wonder if he's seriously thinking about it!

[pwhodges]

Remember it's his living.  Dropping all that Patreon income without being well set up with established alternative income is a pretty poor option!

[rfrank dodelijk]

he could write three years worth of the lower quality qc in his sleep, so mr. jaques has the option of phoning it in for a while if he likes.

does he earn patreon money for qc or is that just for the other thing?

[Lubricus]

The Patreon is for his webcomics creations in general, but I don't think he'd get away with ditching QC... 

[BenRG]

The Patreon is for his webcomics creations in general, but I don't think he'd get away with ditching QC... 

During his recent depressive episode, Jeph Tweeted an interesting thing. Whilst he was willing to drop Alice Grove for a week or until he felt that his mind-set had stabilised enough to confront it, he felt producing QC strips for the entire week was an obligation, irrespective of his health and state of mind.

Depending on your thought processes, an obligation can be a good thing or a bad thing. Now, I get the impression that Jeph is still enjoying writing and drawing QC. However, I have seen obligations become a 'ball and chain' to people's minds and a burden to their lives. I really hope that this doesn't happen to him.

[rfrank dodelijk]

you make a very good point there, benrg. what people insist on calling a good work ethic can often be a bad thing.
it's odd that hard work can help us through so many things and yet it so easily becomes an albatross.

albatross! gertyerloverlyalbatross!
sorry, somebody was going to do it though, weren't they?

[Method of Madness]

It's meeting the man of your dreams, and then meeting his beautiful wife.

Weird, I don't remember that line at all. I don't recall threesomes being ironic, even Alanis-ironic.

[chaospersonified]

albatross! gertyerloverlyalbatross!
sorry, somebody was going to do it though, weren't they?

I don't know that they would have, I mean, it's not exactly the most famous Python sketch.

[Rghfrgl]

I think he was just having a bad few days. And I think he was feeling better when he went 'I just wrote 5 Alice scripts!'

Unless those scripts are fueled by Artist Torment. We'll see if Gavia sets any children on fire.

[Aziraphale]

Unless strip 3K is some kind of MST3K shout-out... Marten, Pintsize and Winslow silouhetted in a darkened theater commenting on panels of Alice Grove.

[jwhouk]

Unless strip 3K is some kind of MST3K shout-out... Marten, Pintsize and Winslow silouhetted in a darkened theater commenting on panels of Alice Grove.

We have a winnah!

[Kugai]

Irony can be pretty ironic at times

Don't ya think?

It's like rain on your wedding day.

Goddammit, no. It's like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife.

Nope. It's meeting the man of your dreams, and then meeting his beautiful wife.

It's the good advice you just didn't take. Are we honestly going to run through the entire song out of order? I mean, I'm game. I'm a bit drunk and I might pass out at any moment, but fuck, I got the lyrics up in another tab, let's fuckin' GO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wnec6SmjHP0

There, happy now? 

[Omega Entity]

It's meeting the man of your dreams, and then meeting his beautiful wife.

Weird, I don't remember that line at all. I don't recall threesomes being ironic, even Alanis-ironic.

It's not - it's essentially finding out the guy's taken, just after figuring out you're made for each other. We're talking the usual monogamous couple, not poly.

[Method of Madness]

That's your interpretation.

[TRVA123]

How else would it count as "ironic"?

I mean threesomes are great, but context matters.

[Method of Madness]

http://thatsthejoke.net

(I just discovered that site existed and I'm so happy.)

[Omega Entity]

That's your interpretation.

How else would it count as "ironic"?

I mean threesomes are great, but context matters.

This. That, and threesomes weren't exactly something spoken of much back when the song was written, let alone a song that popular. We're talking about a song that'll be 20 years old this year.

[Method of Madness]

Wait, are you seriously saying that threesomes weren't a thing in the '90s?

[chaospersonified]

Wait, are you seriously saying that threesomes weren't a thing in the '90s?

Not to me, that's for damn sure.

(That's a good thing, I was a child throughout the nineties)

[Method of Madness]

Heh, same. I was born in 1987.

[Gladstone]

Heh, same. I was born in 1987.

Same here!  Interesting fact: Did you know that we are ALMOST THIRTY?! Like, what the fuck?  How'd that happen?  I keep thinking it's still 2007 and there's still so much potential, but NOPE, our twenties are almost dead!

/complaint over.

Anyway, I hope comic #3000 is part of a long and fun party story featuring most of the characters from the 2014 cast poster.  We haven't had a big group get-together in a while...

[Aziraphale]

Wait, are you seriously saying that threesomes weren't a thing in the '90s?

That's nothing. The clitoris wasn't discovered 'til 1961.

[Method of Madness]

Did you know that we are ALMOST THIRTY?!

Says you, old man. I'm still 27

(That being said, I'm actually much happier than I was at 20. Twenty wasn't a great year for the most part.)

[Omega Entity]

Wait, are you seriously saying that threesomes weren't a thing in the '90s?

I'm not saying they weren't a thing. I'm saying that it wasn't a big thing in mainstream media back then. Even if it wasn't the case, the context is everything, as TRVA123 said.

[Loki]

It's meeting the man of your dreams, and then meeting his beautiful wife.

Weird, I don't remember that line at all. I don't recall threesomes being ironic, even Alanis-ironic.

It's not - it's essentially finding out the guy's taken, just after figuring out you're made for each other. We're talking the usual monogamous couple, not poly.

Surely if you are made for each other, the guy will think the same and ditch his wife immediately, or ya'll will find an alternate solution (poly is a thing). If that doesn't happen... well, you weren't really made for each other.

[Omega Entity]

Eh, poor wording on my part. Just because he's the man of her dreams, doesn't mean she's his.

But hey, we're all a little (or a lot!) pedantic sometimes.

[TRVA123]

It's meeting the man of your dreams, and then meeting his beautiful wife.

Weird, I don't remember that line at all. I don't recall threesomes being ironic, even Alanis-ironic.

It's not - it's essentially finding out the guy's taken, just after figuring out you're made for each other. We're talking the usual monogamous couple, not poly.

Surely if you are made for each other, the guy will think the same and ditch his wife immediately, or ya'll will find an alternate solution (poly is a thing). If that doesn't happen... well, you weren't really made for each other.

pffft, Loki, this is an Alanis song, not a romantic comedy!

[Method of Madness]

What's the difference?

[Thrillho]

That flippant remark isn't even an accurate joke!

[chaospersonified]

That flippant remark isn't even an accurate joke!

Since when does accuracy affect humor? Do you listen to Mitch Hedberg and get pissed that ducks DON'T eat free at Subway?