Directember: Mr. Face
Added 2024-12-30 21:05:53 +0000 UTCThis strip ended up being one of the key moments in the Hannelore and Sven dynamic (as well as the Faye and Sven dynamic...) in that Hanners is apparently immune to Sven's charms. It's funny that the random comic button served me up this particular strip, since a big chunk of the Dora/Tai wedding arc was about how Hanners and Sven are actually pretty good for each other as friends!
If I'm doing my math right, this concludes DIRECTEMBER. Thank you so much for your support while I took this much-needed hiatus. That time off did me a lot of good, and I'm happy to be back to making comics again. Which you will see starting tomorrow!
Comments
I am rarely commenting on the things I read or watch online, but I wanted to take the opportunity to congratulate your decision for DIRECTEMBER. So great you decided to take a break, even though it was not a real one as we still got to hear from you daily. And I really enjoyed your commentary - it was amazing to read about your thoughts! Welcome back to making new comics, I am looking forward to them - and please feel free to take a break again, whenever you need it.
Paul
2025-01-07 12:35:49 +0000 UTCWith the potential romance arc I sensed brewing this comic has perfect timing. Gotta bring up "the look" when the moment is right 😅
Benjamin
2025-01-06 17:34:47 +0000 UTCI don't usually post in here, but as someone who has been reading QC forever and who tries to make comics as well, good for you for taking the break. I'm amazed anyone can put out such a volume of artwork so consistently for so long, as usual. Happy New Year!
Mark Krepela
2025-01-02 17:23:41 +0000 UTCLike many people, I've really enjoyed these commentaries on past strips, and I think it's a good solution to giving us material while you take a break. I'm glad it's given you a chance to recharge!
Michael Abbott
2025-01-01 13:56:20 +0000 UTCHe's like Cyclops, that way.
Sean Kinlin
2025-01-01 04:11:00 +0000 UTCBut doesn't breakfasting together mean that they....? ........................................................(nah).
Ursus Ridens
2025-01-01 02:34:26 +0000 UTCslint lol .. hipster
Julia Allen-Hesse
2025-01-01 01:21:54 +0000 UTCHannelore is immune to Sven's Come Hither Look because she was in Station when the Alien Space Bats seeded Earth with the delayed action Compliance Virus. Sven is a mutant so it activated his power.
Captain Button
2024-12-31 22:26:25 +0000 UTCI join the cacophony of voices who have enjoyed this interlude and think it served both you and your fans quite well. I do hope you do it again someday, mostly for your own physical and mental well-being.
SilverbackRon
2024-12-31 20:38:12 +0000 UTCI agree with others, I hope this becomes an annual thing. And congratulations on successfully relaxing and recharging. That's not an easy feat for many of us.
Dave Stebbins
2024-12-31 19:26:38 +0000 UTCLoved Directember, and hope that it becomes an annual thing; you get some time off, and we get some additional insight. Love it!Happy New Year, Jeph
David Warren
2024-12-31 17:55:52 +0000 UTCLoved the special-edition commentary Jeph!
Yelling Bird
2024-12-31 17:51:43 +0000 UTCI enjoyed the retrospective, thanks.
Carl Cravens
2024-12-31 16:57:14 +0000 UTCHannelore and Sven are honestly my favorite duo in the entire strip. I’m glad they’re friends.
Brian
2024-12-31 16:11:17 +0000 UTCAgreed! Annual tradition?
William Cole
2024-12-31 14:46:18 +0000 UTCTomorrow: Sven and Hanners orders a stack of five chocolate chip waffles with blueberry sauce at a remarkably clean diner. The person taking the order is Willow.
Miyaa
2024-12-31 10:21:40 +0000 UTCI enjoyed the directorial commentary and the walk down memory lane! Feel free to do this sort of thing whenever you need a break. You don't always have to scramble for guest strips.
Thomas Halpin
2024-12-31 05:54:41 +0000 UTCinsert joke about massive celestial booties
Brendan Luster
2024-12-31 05:51:18 +0000 UTCLike gravitational lensing for flirting?
Opus the Poet
2024-12-31 05:50:00 +0000 UTCI am so pleased that you have taken this time. It was a fun walk down memory lane. I've done it myself by rereading the comic. A number of times! But it was a joy to journey with you and hear your thoughts. I hope you make it a yearly thing. You deserve this kind of break
Brittany Huckey
2024-12-31 05:38:46 +0000 UTCYou should do this every December!
Mr. Ifrit
2024-12-31 05:14:23 +0000 UTCThis was a blast; thank you! I've been reading this for years and I really hope you enjoyed your break (now, back to work, you slacker!!! **WHIPCRACK** (JK))
YsabetJustYsabet
2024-12-31 05:13:04 +0000 UTCI do SO hope that there will be some bright future day when there are high quality firemen in her vicinity, about which she may both theorize & *ahem* practice upon. 😘
Melissa Wilson
2024-12-31 04:39:50 +0000 UTCSo endeth Directember, in which I find that our author thinks some of the things which I found interesting, nay, charming are in his present view crummy ideas. [sigh]
Ursus Ridens
2024-12-31 04:09:40 +0000 UTCYeah this was shockingly fun, I really enjoyed reading these random strips. Glad you had a good break, it's hard to do that as an artist
Hedgebug
2024-12-31 03:29:57 +0000 UTCAlso it’s been great to read your retrospective opinions on old strips! I’m glad you took some time off and I’ve really enjoyed reading these. Thank you for doing them.
Jason Li
2024-12-31 02:57:07 +0000 UTCMan, I really like Hanners and Sven together. Their friendship is great, and they’re a pairing I could see having a great queerplatonic relationship! However it goes I hope we see more of them together.
Jason Li
2024-12-31 02:56:01 +0000 UTCThanks for these. When you first said you were doing this I thought it was going to be terrible. But I enjoyed it very much and would love to see more of these retrospectives. Maybe one a week? Every other week? Monthly? Thanks again Jeph, I hope you see this
Jeff Costello
2024-12-31 02:32:50 +0000 UTCClearly, the writers stole the idea for "the smoulder" from Jeph!
JCfromNC
2024-12-31 02:29:22 +0000 UTCSven's glasses are like a welder's mask turned backwards: Without them his bishie charm would just scatter everywhere. They're for our protection, really.
ValdVin
2024-12-31 01:58:27 +0000 UTCThis was always a favorite strip; Faye gets charmed, oh noes!
Doc Gumby
2024-12-31 01:58:08 +0000 UTCI'm really glad the story didn't go that way. Sympathies, internet friend.
jonesnori
2024-12-31 01:46:45 +0000 UTCYou're planning to make time off a regular thing now, right? (please take good care of yourself)
Kith penDragon
2024-12-31 01:20:59 +0000 UTCThis was fun. But it seemed short. *checks calendar* DECEMBER IS ALREADY OVER ALREADY?! Wtf
Zig Justice
2024-12-31 01:12:22 +0000 UTCI enjoyed the Directember times and I would agree It would be a fun yearly thing
Chris Pulse
2024-12-31 00:32:08 +0000 UTCI'm so glad your vacation did you good. Don't wait another decade for the next one, ok?
Cass
2024-12-31 00:13:18 +0000 UTCThis has been quite the lovely trip down memory lane.
Sorastro
2024-12-30 23:57:56 +0000 UTCI LOVE the Jack T-shirt. That is from Jack's tagline from Mass Effect, yes?
Lawrence David Thompson
2024-12-30 23:36:11 +0000 UTCIt should become an annual thing.
tim1724
2024-12-30 23:36:00 +0000 UTCLooking at this strip now, I immediately thought of "the smoulder" from Tangled, although that wasn't released until 2010 (2 years later).
John C. Kirk
2024-12-30 23:23:15 +0000 UTCThe pitchforks can be used for comfort and security while checking dark and secret places in the search.
Carrie
2024-12-30 23:10:36 +0000 UTCEven if it's just an annual tradition going forward. Gives him a well deserved break and us some fun insight.
Ryan DeWeerd
2024-12-30 22:55:16 +0000 UTCJeph please take more vacations in the future, because I loved reading all your commentary on these! It was so fun to revisit little moments and think about them!
Anton
2024-12-30 22:37:54 +0000 UTCSven's come-hither look went thither.
Dean Reilly
2024-12-30 22:37:44 +0000 UTCDirectember is amazing, I hope you do it again whenever you need a break! ♥️
Sean
2024-12-30 22:34:40 +0000 UTCI'm amused by the "sheen!" sound effect, as it explains Charlie Sheen's inexplicable popularity and sudden downfall: he had it, and when he lost it, like the Picture of Dorian Grey, he lost it all at once and became the world's worst celebrity.
Halloween Jack
2024-12-30 22:34:30 +0000 UTCIf you're looking for Yay, I agree torches might help illuminate some dark hiding places, but I can't see how pitchforks would be useful.
Rich Holmes
2024-12-30 22:34:22 +0000 UTCI am glad you got a rest. It was really fun seeing comics I hadn’t thought about in ages. Makes me want to re-read the whole series from the beginning again.
Bruce Alan Horn
2024-12-30 22:18:14 +0000 UTCShe likes firemen in theory but not in practice.
Stephen Wells
2024-12-30 22:17:52 +0000 UTCPatrons get the comic a day early. This will be posted to the QC site on the 31st.
Clarence the Liar
2024-12-30 22:15:37 +0000 UTCI enjoyed Directember, feel free to do it again any time. I’m glad you had a chance to rest up!
Marion Kilgour
2024-12-30 22:14:48 +0000 UTCThanks for these. Such a smart move getting yourself the rest you needed while giving us something special at the same time. Loved these!
Paracog Steadham
2024-12-30 22:12:40 +0000 UTCThis has been wonderful. I've been reading this comic since 2008 and I honestly can't think of a "storyline" I've enjoyed more. Please consider making this a yearly event, Jeph. You need to take care of yourself and conserve your creative juices. Otherwise they'll fall out of your butt
Clarence the Liar
2024-12-30 22:09:50 +0000 UTCI think you were off by one. Tomorrow is still December. :)
Monica Gaudio
2024-12-30 22:08:19 +0000 UTCSame here! I prefer the Directember over the Thanksgiving Turkeys, even.
Michael Steamweed
2024-12-30 21:59:40 +0000 UTC+ 1! Make it (and taking breaks!) at least an annual thing!
Anna Raquel Serra
2024-12-30 21:59:35 +0000 UTCIf we don't learn soon, I know a place that sells pitchforks and torches.
Michael Steamweed
2024-12-30 21:58:58 +0000 UTCLooking forward to Mr. Jacques providing Director's Commentary on every single QC episode, _while_ also producing daily new QC episodes. :D
Michael Steamweed
2024-12-30 21:58:18 +0000 UTCI wonder if she's immune to just Sven or immune in general to the whole... *gestures vaguely at the whole 'hairless apes with anxiety mating rituals' thing*
Nutjob
2024-12-30 21:55:20 +0000 UTCDone so soon? I don't believe it. I could read this for another month or so. I know! You could do both!
Ben R
2024-12-30 21:54:36 +0000 UTCI was waaay more worried about her with An. I literally had knots in my stomach because I got such SA vibes. Reliving some baaad stuff.
Hope Power
2024-12-30 21:51:14 +0000 UTCHappy this commentary/hiatus/whatever thing has been so restorative for you! ❤️
Patrick Harris
2024-12-30 21:48:11 +0000 UTCAlso, I hope we open the year with finding out where Yay is.
Mooster
2024-12-30 21:45:07 +0000 UTCI really really like Hannelore and Sven as friends, and I appreciate how you've written them. May they ever stay that way!
Mooster
2024-12-30 21:44:25 +0000 UTCI really like the Hannelore/Sven friendship. Glad you enjoyed the break; Directember was fun!
Hugh Eckert
2024-12-30 21:28:46 +0000 UTCAdding to this! I love seeing behind the curtain, so making December the commentary month sounds great to me!
Seidmadr
2024-12-30 21:26:11 +0000 UTCI will also pipe in that Directember was lots of fun and I'd definitely love to see it become an annual tradition. Both in terms of enjoyment of the retrospective, as well as encouragement and support of you taking breaks.
Matthew Delahaye
2024-12-30 21:24:48 +0000 UTCThanks, Jeph! Directember has been a real treat. Please continue to do them whenever the mood motivates, the brain bonks, or the hand hurts.
BobC
2024-12-30 21:22:52 +0000 UTCDon't forget to reset that 22 year countdown timer for your next vacation. I eagerly anticipate Directember 2046.
BookBeard
2024-12-30 21:21:42 +0000 UTCCame here to say the same. This was fun and breaks are good.
Wim Wepster
2024-12-30 21:21:20 +0000 UTCDirectember was fun! You should totally do it every year!
Myles Watkins
2024-12-30 21:19:13 +0000 UTC110% agree. Build in the breaks each year. Refill your well so you can keep making the comic for years to come!
Jason
2024-12-30 21:17:59 +0000 UTCThank you so much for Directember! It was a lot of fun! I was a teenager when I first started reading QC (sometime in its first year). I think I found it because of Scary Go Round? I remember being so excited when I recognized all the Northampton lore/easter eggs over the years, as I lived there as kid, and still had family there until about 15yrs ago. QC has been a staple in my life ever since I first started reading it, and I'm extremely grateful for you sharing it with us for so long. 💜 Happy new year, Jeph! And thank you again, for sharing QC (and Alice Grove) with us. 💜
Rosilin
2024-12-30 21:16:27 +0000 UTCSeconded
Jon Wilson
2024-12-30 21:14:44 +0000 UTCWould it be possible to maybe include a few "creator commentaries" going forward as well? I've really enjoyed this random look back with added context
Studio Errilhl
2024-12-30 21:11:56 +0000 UTCNow I'm remembering what a delight their pretend date was ☺️
Erica Koch-Johnston
2024-12-30 21:11:27 +0000 UTCThat's the downside to taking your glasses off for it. Hard to aim.
Randall Norman Pick
2024-12-30 21:11:19 +0000 UTCI think Directember needs to be your annual vacation. Thank you so much for all you've made for us
Aerin Moriarty
2024-12-30 21:10:15 +0000 UTCI am still interested in Sven.
Vilinda
2024-12-30 21:09:54 +0000 UTCGlad your break was helpful, loved the insights on the older strips and look forward to the new ones!
RavenQuote
2024-12-30 21:09:48 +0000 UTCI think this break worked out really well so if you need one every year you shouldn't be afraid to do it again. Happy New Year!
Chadkitt
2024-12-30 21:09:39 +0000 UTCGlad you enjoyed your break this has been a lot of fun! Maybe you could make this an annual tradition 😁
Spacey02111
2024-12-30 21:09:25 +0000 UTCmy theory is Hanners is a flirt refractor. the Sven flirts bend around her and are absorbed by Faye
Brendan Luster
2024-12-30 21:09:15 +0000 UTCDirectember was good, you should do it again sometime
Wynn Donivan
2024-12-30 21:09:09 +0000 UTCDaddy needs a fix! 😉
Not that Patrick Foltz
2024-12-30 21:08:58 +0000 UTCI'm telling y'all, these two are platonic but Anhlore is endgame. As always I will not listen to reason and cannot be talked down.
Lorelei
2024-12-30 21:08:38 +0000 UTCI love the Hanners/Sven dynamic.
Daan Wissing
2024-12-30 21:08:24 +0000 UTC
