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Brun

3 (4.7%)

Bubbles

41 (64.1%)

Claire

2 (3.1%)

Clinton

2 (3.1%)

Dora

0 (0%)

Emily

0 (0%)

Faye

3 (4.7%)

Hannelore

9 (14.1%)

May

3 (4.7%)

Momo

0 (0%)

Marten

0 (0%)

Other

1 (1.6%)

Total Members Voted: 61

[BenRG]

A nice, simple one for the end of the year. Which of the main cast (or secondary cast, if you prefer) do you think has impressed you the most over the past year. Be it by character growth, arcs in which they starred or by funnies that they delivered, which of Jeph's creations stuck out in your mind?

Personally, I had to think about this and, in the end, I'm selecting Bubbles, as unimaginative as that is. We've gone from her liberation to her being part of the Main Cast Apartment Extended Family very smoothly. Along the way, we've seen so much character growth in her that she is nearly unrecognisable to the traumatised slave that she was at the start of the year.

What do you think?

[Tova]

I'm with Ben 100% on this one.

[hakko504]

Me too. Though I was a bit surprised that Tilly didn't get their own entry in the poll.

[WoaLG]

Tilly hasn't been around for long enough to be part of a year-as-a-whole poll. Plus, I think he was trying to avoid more arguing about them.

[Zebediah]

Comic’s up.

Or should that be: la bande dessinée est en place.

(Google translated, because I don’t speak French.)

[Is it cold in here?]

Bubbles.

[Timemaster]

Me too, certainly Bubbles' progress was the most impressing.

TM

[BenRG]

I find myself wondering exactly what Jeph is saying with this strip. My best guess is that you really, really need to know the lingo to order the food. After all, otherwise there is no guarantee that you even know what you're ordering!

Also, that a relaxed bad attitude isn't a Coffee of Doom staple, it's a universal constant of the independent coffee shop barista! Customer's order doesn't make sense? Treat it as literally as you like; asking for clarification is, after all, just likely to be more work!

[TinPenguin]

When placing an order, remember: Garbage In, Garbage Out.

[blt]

If you're placing an order Starbucks-style in a small French café, he's lucky 20 espresso was all he got.

[Timemaster]

If you try to speak Starbucks (tall, grande, venti) in an independent coffeshop anywhere in the world, you're fucked.
 

[Case]

I find myself wondering exactly what Jeph is saying with this strip. My best guess is that you really, really need to know the lingo to order the food. After all, otherwise there is no guarantee that you even know what you're ordering!

H
Venti is Starbuckian for "20 fl oz Cup size". Since Café la Morte is (presumably) located in France, the resident Baristas don't understand Starbuckian, but can readily count to twenty in another romance-language (I've heard this quite often from French or Italian acquantances), so Francohanners assumes that Venti Coffee is supposed to mean 20 Espressos rather than one 592 ml cup of coffee.

A large part of the world uses English as lingua franca, however, this does not mean we all grew up in Flyspeck, AZ - and that's before accounting for English being the Cleptomanic amongst languages. Similarly, Germans will think think you're suffering an anxiety-attack if you tell them you're "angsting" (if they can process your mispronouncing "Angst", that is - the English "a" sounds rather like the German "ä" than the "a"), and  might assume that your " Gestalt-experience" means that you encountered a sinister figure somewhere.
And most German barkeeps will be completely at a loss as to how they're supposed to get the beer you just ordered inside a rock, or why anybody would want something like that in the first place.

[cesium133]

I find myself wondering exactly what Jeph is saying with this strip. My best guess is that you really, really need to know the lingo to order the food. After all, otherwise there is no guarantee that you even know what you're ordering!

Venti is Starbuckian for "20 fl oz Cup size". Since Café la Morte is (presumably) located in France, the resident Baristas don't understand Starbuckian, but can readily count to twenty in another romance-language (I've heard this quite often from French or Italian acquantances), so Francohanners assumes that Venti Coffee is supposed to mean 20 Espressos rather than one 592 ml cup of coffee.

A large part of the world uses English as lingua franca, however, this does not mean we all grew up in Flyspeck, AZ - and that's before accounting for English being the Cleptomanic amongst languages. Similarly, Germans will think think you're suffering an anxiety-attack if you tell them you're "angsting", and  might assume that your " Gestalt-experience" means that you encountered a sinister figure somewhere.

A Brazilian professor that I've worked with would go into Starbucks when he was in the U.S. and would order a "grande," pronounced as if it were Brazilian Portuguese ("granjee"), and confuse the hell out of the cashier.

[Timemaster]

When I was in NY a few days ago, I went to Starbucks and ordered a "tall caramell latte".
The woman at the cashier noticed I was from abroad and asked in reply: "So you want a small one?" 

Even the Starbuckians know that this tall/grande/venti-thing ist bullshit. Why don't they go for small/medium/large? Too uncool for hipsters?

Timemaster


EDIT: 25€ for twenty espressos? 1,25€ each? This must be the cheapest coffeeshop ever! 

[cesium133]

Small/Medium/Large isn't trademarkable...

[A Duck]

I live in Brazil. "Grande" in portuguese means literally "big", but even here a "grande" coffee in Starbucks is the "medium" sized one. It's really,really amazingly dumb.

[Thrudd]

Marketing - where stupid comes to breed and trademark / copyright every known and unknown term and thing in the universe.
We need to Orions to come over and vaporize each and every copyright and patent holder for theft from the public domain.  The centauri I don't trust as much for not pulling the same stunt.

[Case]

Marketing - where stupid comes to breed and trademark / copyright every known and unknown term and thing in the universe.
We need to Orions to come over and vaporize each and every copyright and patent holder for theft from the public domain.  The centauri I don't trust as much for not pulling the same stunt.

We've met the Ferengi and they are us.

[cesium133]

I live in Brazil. "Grande" in portuguese means literally "big", but even here a "grande" coffee in Starbucks is the "medium" sized one. It's really,really amazingly dumb.

Which part of Brazil? I've been to Săo Paulo state and Pernambuco. As the professor put it, my Portuguese was just good enough to not starve.

As for Starbucks, the story I've heard is that they originally had sizes called "Short" and "Tall" which sort of made sense. Then they introduced "Grande" to be larger than Tall (which made Tall's name stupid), and then they did the same thing again by introducing "Venti."

[Tova]

Venti is Starbuckian for "20 fl oz Cup size". Since Café la Morte is (presumably) located in France, the resident Baristas don't understand Starbuckian, but can readily count to twenty in another romance-language (I've heard this quite often from French or Italian acquantances), so Francohanners assumes that Venti Coffee is supposed to mean 20 Espressos rather than one 592 ml cup of coffee.

An understandable mistake, no? I'd be more apt to believe that the customer is ordering for a lot of friends than the strange idea that they want to drink their coffee out of a bucket.

[Clovis Man]

Poll: Bubbles, with Hannelore as a close second.  Major turning points for both of them.  It'll be interesting to see how Hanners and Tilly carry on from here.

Comic: Fortunately, we don't have a Starbuck's in town.  We do, however, have baristas who understand small, medium, and large.

[Perfectly Reasonable]

Every time I order a 'large' at Starbuck's, they put venti in it.

[Neko_Ali]

Marketing - where stupid comes to breed and trademark / copyright every known and unknown term and thing in the universe.
We need to Orions to come over and vaporize each and every copyright and patent holder for theft from the public domain.  The centauri I don't trust as much for not pulling the same stunt.

We've met the Ferengi and they are us.

Well, I mean, you've seen Trump. He would probably be flattered by the comparison.

[shanejayell]

Does that imply there are Coffee of Doom branches in EVERY country?

The Canadian Coffee of Doom would probably be more polite.... 

[TheEvilDog]

Venti is Starbuckian for "20 fl oz Cup size". Since Café la Morte is (presumably) located in France, the resident Baristas don't understand Starbuckian, but can readily count to twenty in another romance-language (I've heard this quite often from French or Italian acquantances), so Francohanners assumes that Venti Coffee is supposed to mean 20 Espressos rather than one 592 ml cup of coffee.

An understandable mistake, no? I'd be more apt to believe that the customer is ordering for a lot of friends than the strange idea that they want to drink their coffee out of a bucket.

Obligatory European "Tsk, Americans."

Does that imply there are Coffee of Doom branches in EVERY country?

The Canadian Coffee of Doom would probably be more polite.... 

"Oh hey there, how ya doin'? Welcome to Coffee of Broom, can I get you some coffee, eh? We've got a special today where if you order some Machiatto, our barista Clay will mock you and our assistant manager Flora will apologise, eh. If you buy two coffees, you'll get a free curling broom."

(I profusely apologise to any Canadians whom I might have offended.)

[hedgie]

We've met the Ferengi and they are us.

Well, I mean, you've seen Trump. He would probably be flattered by the comparison.

He doesn't have the lobes.

[Neko_Ali]

We've met the Ferengi and they are us.

Well, I mean, you've seen Trump. He would probably be flattered by the comparison.

He doesn't have the lobes.

To hear him say it, they're yuuuuge. The bigliest ever. Belive him.

[brasca]

Marketing - where stupid comes to breed and trademark / copyright every known and unknown term and thing in the universe.
We need to Orions to come over and vaporize each and every copyright and patent holder for theft from the public domain.  The centauri I don't trust as much for not pulling the same stunt.

Centauri never struck me as coffee drinkers.  There is jala, but I don't know what type of drink that is.

[Timemaster]

When I was in NY, I visited the Trump Tower too. There's a Starbucks in it. I went there and looked, and they only sell the normal tall/grande/venti sizes.
I was dissapointed. I assumed there would be an extra Trump-size, like HUGE. Meaning one gallon of coffee or so. Sold in golden cups of cause.

They don't get the Trump spirit. I suppose the will be fired soon. 

TM

[Zog]

I accidentally voted for Brun instead of Bubbles.

[gopher]

If you are drinking the boiled rat turds that Starbucks sells, you probably deserve to be f****d with.

[BenRG]

New Comic Up!
Woohoo! Pizza Girl doth return! Based on her expression in panel 3, I suspect that she's already thinking up new and innovative ways to kill her boss for his idea of 'special theme weeks'!

So, what does everyone think? Is that Bubbles asking about her armour or Pintsize? I could come up with plausible stories for both.

[TinPenguin]

Given the height of the speech box, I'd say Pintsize.

That is some snazzy armour. Though before she explained, I thought it was probably just the costume for Pizza Girl 3: Revenge of the Calzone Clan, in which our hero needs to be beefed up before the franchise goes stale.

[WoaLG]

Given the height of the speech box, I'd say Pintsize.

I would like to think that it's Bubbles. I shudder to think what Pintsize wants the armor for.

[Thrillho]

I very much enjoyed QC en Francais, and today's comic it was nice to see Faye and Marten just hanging out. Feel like it's been a while.

[shanejayell]

I sorta thought Bubbles, just because I could see her going 'Other people in armor? What?'
 

[Tova]

Given the height of the speech box, I'd say Pintsize.

I would like to think that it's Bubbles. I shudder to think what Pintsize wants the armor for.

It looks like a Bubbles font. Compare the 'I's in particular.

[Zebediah]

It’s s weird compositional choice, given that we didn’t see either Bubbles or Pintsize in any of the earlier panels to set up the joke. But I do think it’s Bubbles. Pintsize would never be so polite.

[brasca]

It’s s weird compositional choice, given that we didn’t see either Bubbles or Pintsize in any of the earlier panels to set up the joke. But I do think it’s Bubbles. Pintsize would never be so polite.

For their sake I hope it was Bubbles who asked that question since it's just polite interest in armor.  This is not a Pizza Girl who takes sass lightly.  Something Faye might want to keep in mind if starts questioning her identity. 

[Jakk Frost]

Everyone else is going on about the "Starbuckian" language, and me, I'm astounded at the price.  At current exchange from euro to USD, that's about $1.49 per espresso.   Dude should have shut his mouth and left with his loot.

[OldGoat]

It looks like a Bubbles font. Compare the 'I's in particular.

Good catch, Tova.  I never noticed that before.  It has to be Bubbles - Pintsize would, A) never be that polite, and B) never be so subtle as to express interest in the armor when what he's curious about is what's under the armor.

Another random discovery (at least I never noticed it before) - clicking forward from 3009, did Brun's friend Barry's brain come from  robo-boxer Barry's head, or vice versa?  That might account for...certain characteristics.

[billydaking]

It looks like a Bubbles font. Compare the 'I's in particular.

Good catch, Tova.  I never noticed that before.  It has to be Bubbles - Pintsize would, A) never be that polite....

That's pretty much what I was thinking....Pintsize would never say "please."

That's Bubbles all the way.

[hedgie]

New Comic Up!

Oh, it's not exactly a new comic for everyone.  After asking on Patreon, Jeph is releasing bonus comics to the world at large for the holidays.  I hope that everyone  enjoys.

[Case]

New Comic Up!

Oh, it's not exactly a new comic for everyone.  After asking on Patreon, Jeph is releasing bonus comics to the world at large for the holidays.  I hope that everyone  enjoys.

Well, in that case: Many thanks to Jeph & the  Patrons!

[BenRG]

New Comic Up!

Oh, it's not exactly a new comic for everyone.  After asking on Patreon, Jeph is releasing bonus comics to the world at large for the holidays.  I hope that everyone  enjoys.

I know the provenance of the strip, the point is that it's a new comic for me.

[Near Lurker]

I don't think Pintsize would have said "excuse me" or "please."

[cesium133]

Until you pointed it out, I had assumed Faye wanted to inspect PenPen's armor for design ideas.

[Gyrre]

I find myself wondering exactly what Jeph is saying with this strip. My best guess is that you really, really need to know the lingo to order the food. After all, otherwise there is no guarantee that you even know what you're ordering!

H
Venti is Starbuckian for "20 fl oz Cup size". Since Café la Morte is (presumably) located in France, the resident Baristas don't understand Starbuckian, but can readily count to twenty in another romance-language (I've heard this quite often from French or Italian acquantances), so Francohanners assumes that Venti Coffee is supposed to mean 20 Espressos rather than one 592 ml cup of coffee.

A large part of the world uses English as lingua franca, however, this does not mean we all grew up in Flyspeck, AZ - and that's before accounting for English being the Cleptomanic amongst languages. Similarly, Germans will think think you're suffering an anxiety-attack if you tell them you're "angsting" (if they can process your mispronouncing "Angst", that is - the English "a" sounds rather like the German "ä" than the "a"), and  might assume that your " Gestalt-experience" means that you encountered a sinister figure somewhere.
And most German barkeeps will be completely at a loss as to how they're supposed to get the beer you just ordered inside a rock, or why anybody would want something like that in the first place.

Also, when in Germany, say "my temperature is warm", not "I'm hot".

[BenRG]

Today's Strip Up!
There are some jobs that are unique to humanform synthetics: Literally something that they and only they can do. In Melon's case that appears to be playing a dying person in a scorpion pit in a cheap 'Chamber of Horrors'-style tourist attraction somewhere. Melon will never get it but the meatsacks seem to find it interesting.

Arthur, meanwhile, is a freelance waste incinerator guy; he uses a domestic cooker to start the blaze. So far he hasn't worked out why the EPA guys keep on having nervous breakdowns when they meet him.

Eh, it's a living.

[TheEvilDog]

Well....that’s disturbing.

And then there’s the comic.