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Clinton drinks Brain Bleach

Emily and Brun meet - Chaos ensues

We meet Bruns boss - Hannermom

We meet Bruns boss - Brian!

Emily runs into Clinton while he's waiting for his Cab

Sunday Dinner at Clairemoms - Awkwardness ensues

Jeph trolls us with a week of Steve eating Cereal with Tortura

Back to Faye and Bubbles

Nothing in this Poll is right

Spathe Pizza with Ham and Beer

[Kugai]

The Poll!
The Poll!

[BenRG]

Wow! 29005 strips this coming week! Only in three days as well I can't wait! That's um... nine strips a second on average!
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I wouldn't be surprised if next week is a whole new arc. Why not do something original and follow up with Mrs A and her empty nest syndrome? Or maybe she rather wants the kids out whilst she still has enough lifetime left to enjoy glorious, glorious freedom from that responsibility! I'm thinking a week of Claire and Clairemom conversation could tell us a lot about what is Claire's current status vis home location and where she spends most of her time.

That said, some more Faye and Bubbles would be nice.

IMO, Brun meeting Emily would be a bit like a Slowbro meeting a Psyduck - Two utterly unique minds meeting, failing to communicate and not knowing it!

[DrBear]

Remember, Clinton "Make A Bad Situation Worse" Augustus can do just that -
"Hey, Claire, guess what Mom was doing when I dropped in last night..."
Cue frozen Claire shock face for the next 29005 strips

[bhtooefr]

Clinton is the one who's gonna BSOD from that, not Claire, she's been mostly fine with the idea of her mom even having "crazy threesomes".

Of course, it probably didn't help that it was someone that Clinton already knew...

("Clinton's mom, has got it goin' on..." works...)

[Tova]

I am the one who voted for the option "Clinton checks up on Brun, and we learn a bit more about Brun as they discuss what happened, including why Brun stopped talking - over Spathe Pizza with Ham and Beer."

Well, there was no 'other', so... I went with the closest one.

P.S. I completely overlooked "nothing in this poll is right," which is practically always the correct answer.

[Zastie]

Yea I imagine it will have an explanation bit as part of the week, and possibly branch off from Brunhilde/Clinton/Claire/Emily.

[Eastrim]

Two of these options aren't possible, because we already met Brun's boss.

[cesium133]

Dolphin Jack?

[Case]

Dolphin Jack?

Shotgun Moe!

Sheesh ...

[Method of Madness]

The return of Tortura would be interesting...but Cosette probably wouldn't approve.

[jwhouk]

I'm betting we get filler for tomorrow, since boss is somewhere between Vancouver and NB right now.

[jheartney]

I'm sure we'll be seeing more of Brun, either this week or eventually. I'm assuming Clinton would alert Claire not to drop in on Mom unannounced anymore. Clinton may need some time to process all that's happened to him.

But it'd be just like Jeph to leave the Clinton story for a bit and take us back to one of the other locales, like the robot fighting rink, or Smif library, or Dale, Marigold and Momo's, or Chez Veronica and Jim. Or, out of left field, we could see a sudden reappearance of Angus. Maybe he'll be crashing at Sven's, and they decide to have a night out at the robot fights (hilarity ensues).

[chaospersonified]

Emily and Brun must meet. I will ensue.

[Zastie]

Dang, Angus re-appearing would definitely spice things up and possibly in a very awkward and chaotic way.

Some more Dale/Marigold/Momo stuff would be nice though, I (personally) feel like they (Dale&Marigold) were kind of paired, given some time as a new couple, and then put on the shelf. Or, at least in terms of character development. They've been around but have been the same for a bit. (IMO)

[Kugai]

That would depend on whether Faye set Bubbles on him or not.

Yes, yes, I know she really wouldn't hurt him and all that, but just the sheer sight of Bubbles would be enough to have Angus peeing his pants. 

[hedgie]

Comic!

And really, Clinton, how do you think you and Claire got there?

[Kugai]

Clinton overreacting again it would appear.

[Is it cold in here?]

There's a book entitled "My Parents Never Had Sex".

Hey, they could theoretically have been IVF kids.

[mustang6172]

Here's how I see Tuesday's comic.

First panel:  Claire vomits on Clin-ton.
Second panel:  Clin-ton texts Marten asking how to clean vomit.

[jheartney]

Poor Clinton. This is worse than finding a "back massager" in Mom's sock drawer. With attachments.

[cesium133]

Here's how I see Tuesday's comic.

First panel:  Claire vomits on Clin-ton.
Second panel:  Clin-ton texts Marten asking how to clean vomit.

The reply: "Hold on, I have to get Hanners liquored up."

[Gladstone]

CLINTON: "I forgive you.  And I'm sorry for blowing up the way I did.  But we have more important matters to discuss."
CLAIRE: "We do?"
CLINTON: "Our mother is having sex.
CLAIRE: "wHAT"
CLINTON: "I know-"
CLAIRE: "That's AWESOME!"
CLINTON: "What."
CLAIRE: "Good for her!"
CLINTON: "wHAT"
CLAIRE: "Are you seriously going to do the whole 'Parents sex ew' thing?  Give me a break.  C'mon, back to Marten's.  Pintsize has banners.  We're gonna throw her a party."
CLINTON: "But--"
CLAIRE: "Yeah, good point, wait til morning."

[MrNumbers]

Man I... I really miss Claire's old aesthetic.

  Like compare this to panel 3.

But yeah. Clinton.

[Tova]

I like the distant perspective and backgrounds in the first two panels. I'm kind of wondering where this is now.

[Zastie]

I love how Clinton has this petrified look on his face the whole conversation, and probably has since last night. He probably slept with that same expression.

[USS Martenclaire]

Comic!

And really, Clinton, how do you think you and Claire got there?

By walking?

[Tova]

That is totally valid headcanon.

[Lubricus]

I love how Clinton has this petrified look on his face the whole conversation, and probably has since last night. He probably slept with that same expression.

Unless he had a disturbingly erotic dream featuring Brun, Emily and Chad. Oh, wait, he'd still have that expression, wouldn't he? 

[BenRG]

It looks like that I underestimated just how traumatic Clinton is finding this revelation to be by several orders of magnitude. Okay, so it's a silly level of exaggeration (comedy is mostly about exaggerating or underplaying something) but it is clear that his mother having a sex life was something for which he was emotionally unprepared!

My gut says that this is going to be a few strips of Claire attempting to deprogram Clinton's delusion that their mother must be pure and virginal followed by meeting up with Brun so that she can make his head spin even more!

[Penquin47]

Is it unreasonable to think that this may be stemming in part from issues from their dad cheating on Mama Augustus?  Like, on a rational level he knows that they're divorced, his mom's perfectly free to move on and find someone new if she wants, but on some subconscious level this is tripping that trigger?

[oddtail]

So... yeah. Clinton's gone from "a perfectly reasonable, somewhat uncomfortable reaction to walking in on his post-coital mother" to full-on squick-induced panic mode. Eeeeeeugh.

Then again, it does seem in character for Clinton. Still. Eeeeeeugh.

[Eastrim]

Man I... I really miss Claire's old aesthetic.
Like compare this to panel 3.
But yeah. Clinton.

Well, she graduated to Creators Pet. That has its pluses and minuses.

I feel like Clinton's comment is for amusing effect before he goes into more detail next strip or between strips that it is specifically disturbing because he knows the guy, which I can kind of see. It's one thing to be okay with parental boning, it's another thing to be okay with them boning a member of your age bracket that you are personally acquainted with. 

[BenRG]

Is it unreasonable to think that this may be stemming in part from issues from their dad cheating on Mama Augustus?  Like, on a rational level he knows that they're divorced, his mom's perfectly free to move on and find someone new if she wants, but on some subconscious level this is tripping that trigger?

Yeah, that sounds plausible. Claire has a complex about infidelity and 'home-wreckers' so I think it's quite possible that Clinton has some neuroses about it too.

[Case]

Hm. I still feel it's somewhat poor form to go all "Babe, who's at the door?" before you've been properly introduced into your lover's social life ...

But damnit, Clin-Ton! 

Poor Clinton. This is worse than finding a "back massager" in Mom's sock drawer. With attachments.

Yeah, that would be bad. Can't remember ever being so spaced out I found myself going through Mom's socks drawer ...

[Akima]

Mrs. Augustus needs to put a sock on the door-knob. Clinton needs to put a sock in his mouth.

The Augustus siblings obviously react differently to cold weather, and I like the way that small square is drawn.

[Wildroses]

I wonder if Chad was a one night stand or if it is an ongoing relationship? And I wonder which one Clinton and Claire would find more horrifying? I feel a bit sorry for Clinton's mum. It was pretty reasonable to expect your child who does not live with you to not visit super late, and if Clinton hadn't had such a terrible sequence of events at the bar he'd never had dreamed of doing so. But they both had to go through the humiliation of Chad trying to introduce Clinton to his own mother.

[Lubricus]

I'm sort of wanting Claire's response to be something like "Oh, you mean Chad? He's just super right for Mom!"

[BenRG]

I wonder if Chad was a one night stand or if it is an ongoing relationship? And I wonder which one Clinton and Claire would find more horrifying?

It's a sticky situation and an interesting question to address. If Chad is the same guy who was working in the computer store then he has a relatively secure job so it isn't as if he's a potential leech looking to live off of her. If he's okay with the age difference with Mrs A then it becomes their business and their business alone if they wish to enter a long-term relationship.

That said, it would be entirely understandable if Clinton and Claire flinch at the thought of potentially having a stepfather who is possibly younger than either of them!

FWIW, I always wonder how the children of ageing actresses handle them having new spouses who are younger than they are by several decades!

[gopher]

Looks like Claire is on the express train to hipster-town, sad. Also makes it very tricky to get a useful job in the real world.

[Zebediah]

Wonder how Chad and Mrs. A met?

Craigslist.

[blt]

I sort of wish there'd been a third long distance panel, because for some reason the top two give me the impression that they were stationary, and then smacked together at warp speed, like if you put two magnets near each other.

And then we could avoid the bottom panels of Clinton being unnecessarily grossed out 😒

[Case]

Mrs. Augustus needs to put a sock on the door-knob. Clinton needs to put a sock in his mouth.

Oh, I don't know -> The DUAL female-deathray-of-scorn after Claire has the obligatory Mom-can-have-a-life-of-her-own heart-to-heart with Ms. Augustus might do him a power of good ...
(... If he's very, very lucky, they won't invite Emily over ...)

Clinnnnn!-tonnnnn! 

[dexeron]

It's a sign of how far gone I am that reading the title of the strip ("From Crisis to Crisis") immediately made:

"Washington cannot be left alone to his devices."

Pop into my head.

It's too late for me.  Save yourselves!

[Mr. Doctor]

I feel like Clinton's comment is for amusing effect before he goes into more detail next strip or between strips that it is specifically disturbing because he knows the guy, which I can kind of see. It's one thing to be okay with parental boning, it's another thing to be okay with them boning a member of your age bracket that you are personally acquainted with. 

Glad to see I'm not the only one who saw Clinton's reaction this way instead of going all "Oh dude is irrational and stuff". I tend to overreact my comments about events most of the time just for the lolz. It's not that rare.
We need to see the upcoming strips to actually get the full vibe of his comment. Clinton is most likely ok with her mom having some fun with whoever she wants. But to me, seeing all that right in front of you is something I'll gladly pass because I simply do not care about what my mom or anyone besides myself and a significant other does in the bedroom.

[Bokonon]

It's a sign of how far gone I am that reading the title of the strip ("From Crisis to Crisis") immediately made:

"Washington cannot be left alone to his devices."

Pop into my head.

It's too late for me.  Save yourselves!

Oh gods.  I hoped it was just me.  The infection has spread farther than we thought!

(And yes, I just created an account here for the first time after years and years of lurking...to join in on a Hamilton reference - so, uh, hi?)

[Case]

...

Glad to see I'm not the only one who saw Clinton's reaction this way instead of going all "Oh dude is irrational and stuff". I tend to overreact my comments about events most of the time just for the lolz. It's not that rare.
We need to see the upcoming strips to actually get the full vibe of his comment. Clinton is most likely ok with her mom having some fun with whoever she wants. But to me, seeing all that right in front of you is something I'll gladly pass because I simply do not care about what my mom or anyone besides myself and a significant other does in the bedroom.

Yeah ... it's less that Clin-ton has a BSOD over parental boning - it's more his immediately ratting out on his Mom that's really a bit immature.

And I'd still remark that Chad might consider a "No Man-of-the-house bollocks until she's introduced me to her kids & friends"-upgrade to his social graces database - All that gregarious, manly-male bodycomfort is nice and well, but it's really her place, and her life that he's getting all comfortable in.

Could also have been the nosy neighbor that was at the door, or some other mate of his, going door-to-door for some college-project/good cause of the month or other - I don't think Ms. Augustus would be delighted to find herself on some "Hot Local Cougars"-website or other.
 

[Platypodes]

Jeph seems to be rather fond of the "moms bangin' hot young dudes" theme.

Hm. I still feel it's somewhat poor form to go all "Babe, who's at the door?" before you've been properly introduced into your lover's social life

Not to mention going up to said lover's door in your boxer-briefs....  Really, it didn't cross his mind that that could cause embarrassment to anybody?  I'm thinking Chad's the sweet-natured but clueless type.

[Case]

Jeph seems to be rather fond of the "moms bangin' hot young dudes" theme.

Hm. I still feel it's somewhat poor form to go all "Babe, who's at the door?" before you've been properly introduced into your lover's social life

Not to mention going up to said lover's door in your boxer-briefs....  Really, it didn't cross his mind that that could cause embarrassment to anybody?  I'm thinking Chad's the sweet-natured but clueless type.

Next strip: Chad runs into Clinton & Claire, turns on the charm ... and Clinton goes into a fugue state, fends off Chad with a 10-foot crucifix, hollering "Elaaaaiiiiine!"...

[brasca]

Wonder if Clinton will be upset with Claire again if she tells him that she knows and it's been going on for awhile. 

[Eastrim]

At this point I must reiterate my reference to Captain Awesome (civilian name: Devon Woodcomb), who, like Chad, is gregarious, manly, and has no body shame.

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