Directember: Practical Advice
Added 2024-12-22 21:30:43 +0000 UTCI think out of all the characters in my comic, Willow is the one I most wish I had more time and opportunity to focus on. Her personality, attitude, and character design are all just so fun! But as it stands she's kind of peripheral to the periphery of the main cast, if that makes any sense. I expect that to change, or at least I hope it does. As fun as it is writing awful gremlins (Liz, Marigold) and dumpster fires (May, Ayo, Anh...), there's something even more fulfilling about writing a character who is Just A Goober Trying Their Best.
I think I might start drawing comics again tomorrow. We'll see!
Comments
She progressed past Dumpster Fire to Goober Trying to Do Her Best, and is now at Badass Who Doesn’t Realize It (with Dora, Bubbles, and Claire).
Kenneth Fair
2024-12-25 22:02:36 +0000 UTCThey should DEFINITELY meet!
enchantedsleeper
2024-12-24 09:26:57 +0000 UTCIn one scene at Union Robotics didn't Bubbles expound on the practical limits of AI physiology? That would explain why AIs might like yoga, and how it may prove a challenege. (Plus cool worldbuilding.)
ValdVin
2024-12-24 00:59:39 +0000 UTCPower Gas Cooperative Energy
Sean Kinlin
2024-12-23 23:44:36 +0000 UTCThe comic began with Marten as Just A Goober Trying His Best and it's gone pretty well for him all things considered.
Clarence the Liar
2024-12-23 19:54:13 +0000 UTCI love Willow. I get her. More Willow, please.
Tonda Anderson
2024-12-23 18:17:08 +0000 UTCI love all these characters, and the yoga stories in general.
Hugh Eckert
2024-12-23 16:56:40 +0000 UTCPGCE seems like an acronym for a power company...
Hugh Eckert
2024-12-23 16:53:39 +0000 UTCI have quite enjoyed the December commentary and would be happy to have it be an annual tradition. Jeph you are clever and thoughtful creator and I continue to look forward to seeing what you have come up with each day.
David Sowa
2024-12-23 14:51:22 +0000 UTCI think we've seen (tall) Momo doing yoga at least once
MayLaBelle
2024-12-23 14:18:21 +0000 UTCI’ve never understood that expression. I do understand that Willow & Melon should never meet just as Emmett and Liz should never meet.
Miyaa
2024-12-23 12:45:45 +0000 UTCAs in bright & warm & crackly & wildly unsafe?
Melissa Wilson
2024-12-23 11:35:54 +0000 UTCShe does right up until she gets stuck, anyway.
enchantedsleeper
2024-12-23 08:07:26 +0000 UTCGiven that Anh probably has a mansion, I think they'd move in with her x3
enchantedsleeper
2024-12-23 08:06:27 +0000 UTCIris enjoys being "better" at it than any meatsack.
William Cole
2024-12-23 04:02:04 +0000 UTCI want only three of them to rhyme, just not the ones that do.
Barty
2024-12-23 03:58:21 +0000 UTCRemember when Hannelore was a dumpster fire?
Carl Fink
2024-12-23 03:56:45 +0000 UTCI have been really loving these Directember posts. I hope they become a regular thing. Both because I enjoy the behind the scenes peeks, and because Jeph deserves to take time off.
Patrick
2024-12-23 03:54:02 +0000 UTCI forgot what Marigold looked without glasses. I thought it was a new character I forgot about.
Jose Alfredo Villalobos
2024-12-23 03:30:23 +0000 UTC"Like"?
Amelia Lewis
2024-12-23 03:29:58 +0000 UTCWillow is a strong and Dangerous person.
Doc Gumby
2024-12-23 03:12:18 +0000 UTCWould robots enjoy yoga?
John H
2024-12-23 03:05:19 +0000 UTCBut it is so fun to watch Iris stumble and fumble while Willow goes blissfully on.
SilverbackRon
2024-12-23 02:31:22 +0000 UTCI loved that story line. So relatable!
SilverbackRon
2024-12-23 02:28:12 +0000 UTCSolemn voice: All of us, even the greatest among us, are just goobers trying our best.
Clifton Royston
2024-12-23 01:54:41 +0000 UTCAWOOOOO!
ValdVin
2024-12-23 01:47:47 +0000 UTCAw, I never thought of Marigold as an awful gremlin..as we met her, she seemed just someone very intelligent but with practically no social confidence, and overwhelmed by some aspects of life that others deal with routinely (e.g., keeping one's quarters minimally clean). Liz, on the other hand....
Ursus Ridens
2024-12-23 01:33:03 +0000 UTCLike, screaming, running, roofs falling in?
Holly Nelson
2024-12-23 01:25:12 +0000 UTC"Just a goober trying their best" is a mood and a half!
Kith penDragon
2024-12-23 01:14:47 +0000 UTCWillow is probably my second favourite of the “new cast” just behind Liz. I’m partial to gremlins and cinnamon buns what can I say.
SheepFace2000
2024-12-23 01:05:34 +0000 UTCWhen does Ahn Dang move into the household?
Miyaa
2024-12-23 01:02:03 +0000 UTCThe English language is always a wild ride :D
Nicolas Demers
2024-12-23 00:54:33 +0000 UTCThe bit where everyone thinks she's hitting on them was, like, my entire growing up and being trans without knowing it. I just wanted to be one of the girls and it was the highlight of my week to meet new femme folks. I never realized how it looked.
Hope Power
2024-12-22 23:39:30 +0000 UTCI still love the dumpster fires the most. :)
Chris Warren
2024-12-22 23:24:33 +0000 UTCPass Gas Class Embarass I want all these words to rhyme, but they don't.
Sean Kinlin
2024-12-22 23:19:06 +0000 UTCThat's not a bad idea! We'll see what Jeph thinks, though.
jonesnori
2024-12-22 22:59:45 +0000 UTCIt never occurred to her! https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4757
BookBeard
2024-12-22 22:56:22 +0000 UTCSame here!
Mer W
2024-12-22 22:53:59 +0000 UTCIt might be replaceable anyway, I mean we know robot noses are a thing, albeit with certain limitations. https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2938
BookBeard
2024-12-22 22:49:43 +0000 UTCIt was a collaborative effort between Willow and Pintsize. https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4555
BookBeard
2024-12-22 22:46:56 +0000 UTCThe one where she realises people might have gotten the wrong idea when she "chats people up" to make friends is one of my Willow favourites.
Jessica Kotarski
2024-12-22 22:42:46 +0000 UTCDidn't Willow invent my favorite word ever? Tijubas? Tijubas Tijubas Tijubas.
Waffles the Mooose
2024-12-22 22:24:27 +0000 UTCI think I want that on my tombstone: “He was just a goober trying his best.”
Populuxe
2024-12-22 22:19:04 +0000 UTCAh, Willow. The reason my legal middle name is dragonfang.
Sarah
2024-12-22 22:18:44 +0000 UTCWillow and Moray remind me of each other. Similar positive outlooks on everything.
Michael Steamweed
2024-12-22 22:03:22 +0000 UTCWillow is another character in my will they wont they list that I really wish we got more of, her and Iris getting into a relationship will probably never happen as Iris is too Tsun and Willow is... oblivious ~<3
Mitsuki Ayane
2024-12-22 21:59:16 +0000 UTCRob A & Devin>>> GREAT idea(s)!
Claudia D.
2024-12-22 21:54:46 +0000 UTCThe caption on this particular comic is amazingly grim 🤣 I'm gonna headcanon that they were an AI instructor and the eye was replaceable
enchantedsleeper
2024-12-22 21:53:35 +0000 UTCI LOVE Directember! 💕🤛
Freid
2024-12-22 21:51:20 +0000 UTCI love the way you write goobers trying their best, and Willow is my favorite one!
Mark
2024-12-22 21:50:53 +0000 UTC(I could see a comic where Willow gives Beeps pick-me-up advice)
enchantedsleeper
2024-12-22 21:50:11 +0000 UTCOmg yes, Willow and Beeps could have a goober-off
enchantedsleeper
2024-12-22 21:49:55 +0000 UTCTry a peripheral characters ball...er, party
Ben R
2024-12-22 21:47:31 +0000 UTCI like willow
Lyman Green
2024-12-22 21:43:47 +0000 UTCYeah, like 4 days of new, then two commentaries to round out the sched
Devin Gates
2024-12-22 21:43:31 +0000 UTCI’m with you. Friday Commentary throwback, give you an extra day a week to recharge creatively?
Rob A
2024-12-22 21:42:58 +0000 UTCI have to say I wouldn't mind if you would keep doing these kind of commentaries after you resume the publication.
Víctor A. Torre
2024-12-22 21:39:45 +0000 UTCBeepatrice is my favorite Goober Trying Their Best
Wynn Donivan
2024-12-22 21:37:21 +0000 UTCI'm here for more of the Chaos Household, which is Willow, Iris, Yemisi and Ayo xD (Pintsize, Marten and Faye's flat used to be the Chaos Household but things have chilled out a little with the addition of Claire and Bubbles)
enchantedsleeper
2024-12-22 21:37:16 +0000 UTCAwful Gremlins is a good name for a band.
Captain Button
2024-12-22 21:35:47 +0000 UTCWillow is a whole vibe
Egos
2024-12-22 21:35:20 +0000 UTCWillful Goobers Trying Their Best: Beeps, Elliot, comes to mind 🥰
legobil
2024-12-22 21:35:04 +0000 UTCWillow is an absolute disaster, and that's why we love her.
Orion Rhine
2024-12-22 21:34:55 +0000 UTCI vehemently disagree WRT the "awful gremlin" part.
Matthias Urlichs
2024-12-22 21:34:48 +0000 UTCNo rush! Willow is great though!
Vilinda
2024-12-22 21:34:34 +0000 UTCGood luck!
Wednesday
2024-12-22 21:33:56 +0000 UTCWillow and Melon need to meet, they'd get a long like a house on fire!
Rosilin
2024-12-22 21:33:50 +0000 UTC
