Directember: Olfactory Reset
Added 2024-12-19 23:07:12 +0000 UTCMaking Roko not be a cop anymore is definitely one of the better choices I've made. It opened up a lot more possibilities for her as a character, and also meant I didn't have to do comics about how Some Cops Are Good Actually (even "good cops" are part of a system of oppression that harms all of us, but disadvantaged people and minorities most of all, etc). She's become one of my real favorites! I don't have hard boundaries between "goofy" characters and "straight men," but she definitely falls on the "straight man" side of things more often than not. It's a fun dynamic to play with, especially considering just how ridiculous all of her friends (Melon, Yay, Beeps) actually are.
I think the most ??? part of this strip is the unicorn's hairless pits. Does he shave? Or is he just covered in a very fine layer of blue fuzz? Also, is that a green tea, or an oolong? Maybe an herbal? Mysteries to, perhaps, explore one day in the future.
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Thanks! I think I’m getting somewhere, although it’s still a little bizarre… When I switch from “posts you have access to“ to “all posts“, I see another 145 posts are there, but how I can access the other 145 posts, since the filter strongly suggests that they are posts I actually DON’T have access to … 🧐 I guess I’ll just start from the very first QC comic, and see if I eventually get to Patreon-only posts, such as that entire “Hannelore leaves town and goes on a long adventure“ arc. This is the second time I’ll read QC from the very beginning. the first time I started from the very beginning, was when I was in the hospital for a few weeks, a few years ago. QC was really good for me to have something to think about besides my unfortunate medical condition at the time (since then, completely resolved, thank goodness for modern surgical practices!)
HWastrel
2024-12-24 20:31:17 +0000 UTCOnce accompanied by a remarkably confident Raven, wearing a lab coat where it wasn't needed.
Matthew Borus
2024-12-22 22:22:04 +0000 UTCYou just referred to Yay in the present tense! There is hope ;-)
Alasdair Mackintosh
2024-12-22 08:55:47 +0000 UTCYep https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3575
Mark
2024-12-22 06:10:58 +0000 UTCThat is the best kind of tea. So malty and rich and comforting ❤️
Dissociated Women Incorporated
2024-12-22 06:01:26 +0000 UTCEach time, a couple Men In Black appear to disappear her project.
William Cole
2024-12-22 04:39:54 +0000 UTCWe didn't actually see the whole body, but the first humanoid robot was actually in #855 with Winslow's friend Eve.
awgiedawgie
2024-12-22 03:06:23 +0000 UTCOh! I forgot about 1777! haha
Mad Pooka
2024-12-21 23:50:54 +0000 UTC"Blue Fuzz" just screams that I need a cop joke in there but I can't think of one.
SilverbackRon
2024-12-21 23:06:22 +0000 UTCFor me it's the neon background that really makes it. I can HEAR the electric guitar riff.
enchantedsleeper
2024-12-21 22:14:57 +0000 UTCSo, technically, Winslow was ahead of the curve there! I find it fascinating that we actually saw humanoid chassis develop in-comic, and then suddenly they were everywhere.
enchantedsleeper
2024-12-21 22:14:06 +0000 UTCDidn't you hear? The singularity happened in #1777, there was e-cake and everything. https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1777 And the first fully humanoid chassis we saw was the "robot boyfriend" Hanners' dad sent her. https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1010
BookBeard
2024-12-21 19:38:10 +0000 UTCIt’s the pink nipples.
legobil
2024-12-21 19:06:33 +0000 UTCIIRC, the tea was... Assam?
Daryl Sawyer
2024-12-21 16:12:56 +0000 UTCWonder who “the first humanoid” AI we saw in the comic were then :)
legobil
2024-12-21 14:51:11 +0000 UTCIf I remember right the singularity comic-wise is the first sentient AI (whom was at the time body-less), this occurred before the first strip
Mad Pooka
2024-12-21 14:50:18 +0000 UTCI was also wondering where everyone got that from xD
enchantedsleeper
2024-12-21 14:46:35 +0000 UTCWe saw Melon reacting to basically a giant vat of bleach, where she appeared to spasm, fell over, and then said "That was okay, but do you have anything stronger?"
enchantedsleeper
2024-12-21 14:44:48 +0000 UTClmao
enchantedsleeper
2024-12-21 14:44:09 +0000 UTCIt would be funny if she appeared in the background of numerous strips doing sciencey things with no explanation given
enchantedsleeper
2024-12-21 14:42:52 +0000 UTCI’m curious, when was ”the singularity” in this comic, anyone remember? Like, who was ”the first” Humanoid AI in the comic and not just a goofy little sentient AntrhoPC?
legobil
2024-12-21 14:42:22 +0000 UTCI realised that you can read past strips quite reliably on the Wayback Machine, although that has its own complications because the WBM has also been slower and less consistent with loading since the DDOS attacks 😅
enchantedsleeper
2024-12-21 14:41:31 +0000 UTCThe most ??? thing about this comic to me is the pink nipples.
legobil
2024-12-21 14:37:32 +0000 UTCThat’s a berry tea with pineapple.
Erin Putnam
2024-12-21 12:50:59 +0000 UTCTrue, they didn't have the name "Yay" yet, so it could still count as foreshadowing.
BookBeard
2024-12-21 12:14:59 +0000 UTCShe would work so well for the current story arc too. Emily is practically made for Cubetown.
BookBeard
2024-12-21 12:12:54 +0000 UTCSplit the difference and have a "Yay for President" thong.
BookBeard
2024-12-21 12:10:37 +0000 UTCI miss Yay
Noodz
2024-12-21 08:23:07 +0000 UTCNot quite sure how to tell… I picked the rate of five dollars a month with a nice little discount, $50.40 a year.
HWastrel
2024-12-21 07:05:36 +0000 UTCWhich tier are you subscribed to? If you're just subscribed for $1/month, you just get to see the comics early, and Jeph is on a break this month. If you are at one of the higher tiers, there are posts that are patreon exclusive, and you can see them by going to Jeph's Page, clicking on posts, and then clicking on the filter button, and then going down and clicking the radio button next to the tier that you're subscribed to and press apply filter to see the stuff associated with that tier.
Davus Otho
2024-12-21 07:03:15 +0000 UTCProbably something like the scorpion version of Sexula Hunksdottir, CPA.
Ursus Ridens
2024-12-21 03:49:43 +0000 UTCIt's the shades, right?
Ursus Ridens
2024-12-21 03:43:45 +0000 UTC"Yay or Neigh"??? Am I reading that right? (And anyway, what's it _supposed_ to say on a jockstrap/thong? "Stassen for President?")
Ursus Ridens
2024-12-21 03:42:40 +0000 UTCAwesomeness!
Carrie
2024-12-21 01:31:08 +0000 UTCI'm probably be being dense, but, I just subscribed to QC through Patreon, in hopes of seeing member-only content. Anyone want to help a newbie here? Warning: when people describe step-by-step how to do things online, it hardly ever works for me, but I'll try, & I won't be snarky about it if it doesn't work
HWastrel
2024-12-21 00:55:34 +0000 UTCtrue, but that's not why Jeph is making the joke.
Opus the Poet
2024-12-20 23:38:15 +0000 UTC@William Burns Seconded, my past is a psychological minefield
Opus the Poet
2024-12-20 23:36:19 +0000 UTCI love Emily XD #BringBackEmily(IfInspirationPermits)2k25
enchantedsleeper
2024-12-20 14:40:52 +0000 UTCMy theory is that pit hair is hard to draw, and someone (who shall remain un-named here for privacy reasons) doesn't feel like drawing it on imaginary blue unicorns.
Abhayakara
2024-12-20 14:25:37 +0000 UTCRoko (not Emily) later confirmed that the tea in question was Assam, which is a black tea. Emily said that it smells like a sexy unicorn man to her. https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3575
Mark
2024-12-20 14:14:38 +0000 UTCThis has always been one of my favourite ones - and probably caused much confusion among my friends and family, since I would insist on having them read it and give them no context...
Andrea Shea
2024-12-20 14:09:17 +0000 UTCI love these commentary reruns, I want them to happen more often! Take more vacations! (I'm excited for new strips too, obviously)
PsychOut
2024-12-20 13:14:10 +0000 UTCThe only undies band I know of is the Red Hot Chili Peppers... 😁
Dean Reilly
2024-12-20 11:16:02 +0000 UTCyay or neigh took me out, i didn't spot that last time!
Boots McGoot
2024-12-20 10:10:43 +0000 UTCI gotta rewatch Gurren Lagann
Blair Finkmoore
2024-12-20 09:23:53 +0000 UTCMost animals have less hair in the crevices, humans grow extra, apparently as some kind of signal :) biology is weird.
Stephen Wells
2024-12-20 09:18:50 +0000 UTCYay is already in the comic by this point! That's why Roko says "the case is closed" (she's referring to what happened with the robot fighting ring). They showed up to zap Corpse Witch into oblivion and then disappeared. Roko is still in the police force here, and we won't see Yay again until she quits, plus at this point Yay is still called Spookybot and doesn't have a name yet. But they're already in the comic.
enchantedsleeper
2024-12-20 08:49:29 +0000 UTCThis “random comic throwback” thing has been great and I am getting the feeling it’s great for you as a storyteller also! Definitely on board with you taking a vacation more than once every 20 years if it means more of this!! (I mean, and also in general)
Naufragous Kat
2024-12-20 07:06:09 +0000 UTCpretty sure as a furry creature? he wouldn't need to grow pit hair. I know we just recently saw her, but I miss Roko, I have been concerned for her body integration ~<3
Mitsuki Ayane
2024-12-20 06:44:49 +0000 UTCAXAG (All Ex-Cops Are Good?) 😊
Ísabel Pirsic
2024-12-20 05:59:17 +0000 UTC@BookBeard: I've known enough good cops to feel Isaac was correct. Maybe what we saw of her career was going well. But sooner or later, good cops tend to stumble over something that will get them fired if they're lucky or get them killed if they're not. Sometimes they're just steered into being the ones to take the biggest risks because the other cops are afraid that they'll stumble onto something.
Some Ed
2024-12-20 05:40:34 +0000 UTCI could see an oolong, or maybe a rooibos. There’s probably some raspberry in there, among other flavors.
Valerie Kaplan
2024-12-20 05:18:05 +0000 UTCTake your like and leave
Magic Chopstick Games
2024-12-20 05:13:13 +0000 UTCI do think we saw one of Melon's. Maybe I'm mistaken. Sometimes I have really odd dreams.
Some Ed
2024-12-20 05:11:48 +0000 UTCWhy can't it be both?
SilverbackRon
2024-12-20 04:36:24 +0000 UTCThat "new post" feeling with a hint of nostalgia! What an interesting combination of sensations this month has been.
SilverbackRon
2024-12-20 04:35:57 +0000 UTCWhen it comes to blue fur, you don't get much sexier than Kurt. Unless you like the fur thick enough to dig your fingers in, then you get Hank.
SilverbackRon
2024-12-20 04:34:49 +0000 UTCLikewise for both comments: the desire to reread and the despair of the site being either extremely slow on a good day or down entirely.
SilverbackRon
2024-12-20 04:33:32 +0000 UTC@BookBeard, I don't suppose you have the Patreon link for that? The regular site is completely fried for me today. Thank you either way.
jonesnori
2024-12-20 04:23:20 +0000 UTCHanners Dead Eye Stare in panel 1 & 2 🤣🤣🤣
legobil
2024-12-20 04:15:09 +0000 UTCAh, this is another all-time classic QC! The running AI-tea-synesthesia gag is a constant delight, but Sexy Unicorn Man kicks it into the stratosphere.
William Cole
2024-12-20 04:14:40 +0000 UTCAnd if you do, do not sleep with anyone.
Captain Button
2024-12-20 04:13:43 +0000 UTCTrust me on this. Don’t ever travel back in time if given the chance.
William Burns
2024-12-20 03:46:39 +0000 UTCUmm... she's a transicorn, and it's what we call "girlbulge" XD <3
Sean Brannon
2024-12-20 03:46:07 +0000 UTCRoko's, it was Roko's furry awakening =D
Minzoku Bokumetsu
2024-12-20 03:41:38 +0000 UTCI like that the Unicorn's thong says "Yay or Neigh." Sure, horse joke, but also foreshadowing the arrival of our favorite multi-bodied AI? (I don't think that Jeph was actually foreshadowing this however many years ahead, but it's funny.)
Matthew Borus
2024-12-20 03:19:44 +0000 UTCBased on that thong pouch, it's probably an ooohhhlongggg
AcheronYYC
2024-12-20 03:09:22 +0000 UTCI want more of that unicorn for um research.
David Banes
2024-12-20 02:45:29 +0000 UTCSchool's out after tomorrow so that means I'll have 2 weeks without work. I'm very excited because it means I have time to travel back in time (though only though comics unfortunately).
Jenea Ylinen Fredrickson
2024-12-20 02:40:10 +0000 UTCBut not Melon's olfactory experiences?
Captain Button
2024-12-20 02:05:12 +0000 UTCPintsize is so fucked up without adding anything so I could see his tea reaction being him as an actuary or something similar.
Steve McSheffrey
2024-12-20 02:04:55 +0000 UTCJeph, your break and vacation are a fantastic idea and I've truly enjoyed the last week of random comics and comments. I have posted before that I'm a late-comer to QC, but I have fallen in love with the characters and story -- both of which are quirky enough to be realistic and fun. PLEASE keep taking time for yourself and recharging. You are a gifted artist and writer (not that those are different), but I've loved the evolution of the drawing/art as well as the expanding and meandering story line. I can't wait to see where you take it next !!
James Cavalcoli
2024-12-20 02:03:38 +0000 UTCI hope before this ends we get at least one more Classic QC with wonky art and the punchline being about some undies band I've never heard of.
Veronica Jane
2024-12-20 01:36:35 +0000 UTCTruly a most majestic musclebeast
Veronica Jane
2024-12-20 01:34:04 +0000 UTCIt's an oolong. Oolongs are rad.
SpookyPenguin
2024-12-20 01:21:36 +0000 UTCI love Rocco and bubbles experience with the smelling their coffee. I don’t think we’ve had one for any of the other AI and I don’t even want to think of what Pintsize’s olfactory hallucinations would be.
Melanie
2024-12-20 00:59:36 +0000 UTCxD
Scarlet Shepard
2024-12-20 00:56:12 +0000 UTCJeph, let's be real, does a horse have hairy armpits? (I don't recommend looking up "horse armpits" because half of the images are of injuries, seemingly from people looking for veterinary advice. Anyway, the answer is no.) So if horses don't have hairy armpits, why would a unicorn?
Matthew Ramada
2024-12-20 00:47:34 +0000 UTCYeah lol I know it was a different trip, I meant "following" as a general, not as a specific, but I do appreciate getting the link bc I did Not want to go digging for it lmao 😂
Green
2024-12-20 00:35:59 +0000 UTCThat was actually a later visit to CoD, but I believe you are referring to this: https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3575
BookBeard
2024-12-20 00:34:16 +0000 UTCI hope this strip was someone's furry awakening (daaaaaaang that unicorn is hot), but also I do love Roko, my second favourite AI next to Yay
It's Lina
2024-12-20 00:31:48 +0000 UTCSNIFFFFF
Sean Kinlin
2024-12-20 00:24:09 +0000 UTCThat makes it sound like she was about to get fired if she hadn't quit, which I don't believe is the case. If anything her career was probably doing rather well since as far as anyone else was concerned she brought in Corpse Witch single handedly. She left because she was disillusioned by, among other things, the system's mistreatment of May.
BookBeard
2024-12-20 00:21:49 +0000 UTCSexual Chocolate?
Sean Kinlin
2024-12-20 00:21:39 +0000 UTCPerhaps!
Everett Bradshaw
2024-12-20 00:17:54 +0000 UTCLike the hooved and winged anthropomorphic animals in Steve Gallacci's "Albedo", they are careful to only do it off-panel.
Captain Button
2024-12-20 00:12:35 +0000 UTCForeshadowing???!?
DVW
2024-12-20 00:05:42 +0000 UTC"coppin days are over"? Say it isn't so! She can still cop a feel, hopefully.
BobC
2024-12-20 00:00:31 +0000 UTCWe need to have at least one comic where Pintsize is in a goofy teacher's outfit, complete with morterboard, and teaching tea scents to Melon, Beeps, and other wacky AIs.
Joe Bocanegra
2024-12-19 23:59:43 +0000 UTCGiven your name, I'm surprised you didn't comment on his Scarlet Nipples!
BobC
2024-12-19 23:59:36 +0000 UTCWell, though you can't tell from the image, he does have opposable hooves!
BobC
2024-12-19 23:58:15 +0000 UTCI love that the "biggest ???" is the amount of hair (or not) in the pits of the buff, thong-and-shades wearing, upright-stanced, blue unicorn. Not, like, how does a hoofed/hooved BLUE. UNICORN. even put on a thong without assistance?
Wink O'Connell
2024-12-19 23:52:28 +0000 UTCYay or neigh...perfect.
Everett Bradshaw
2024-12-19 23:52:25 +0000 UTCI just wish the site was QC site was up. It's been down most of December for me. 😢
HikinBear
2024-12-19 23:49:54 +0000 UTCSuddenly Roko is into the "Sound of Music", 'Tea, a drink with jam and BREAD!'
Sleepy John
2024-12-19 23:44:37 +0000 UTCWait a second. Ridonculously buff horse guy... Pointy anime shades... Does Jeph is Homestuck???
Scarlet Shepard
2024-12-19 23:42:55 +0000 UTCI'm also glad Roko's coppin days are over - especially since part of the epiphany was thanks to May basically bullying her into quitting - bc the only kind of cop storyline I like is when said cop realizes they should stop bein a cop. :p Plus it really did open up such a huge range of other stories to be told. Definitely wouldn't have gotten as much time with Yay as we did :) *insert comment on and link to the strip following this one where Emily confirms which tea it is, followed by a witty remark that has to do with why indeed the unicorn man is so hairless*
Green
2024-12-19 23:40:21 +0000 UTCGood thing most of us are not "polite company " 😂🤣😂🤣
Carrie
2024-12-19 23:39:42 +0000 UTCYou're right. I was trying to make the point that 'the writing was on the wall' and she was already on the way out. She disrupted the system too much, but ultimately she made the call, not them.
Isaac Rivers
2024-12-19 23:37:44 +0000 UTC🤘🥵🤘
Carrie
2024-12-19 23:37:01 +0000 UTCWell, technically Roko didn’t get fired, she quit.
Miyaa
2024-12-19 23:32:39 +0000 UTCYou did show us what a good cop looks like. Q: What does a good cop get for all their effort? A: Fired. The only good cop is an ex-cop.
Isaac Rivers
2024-12-19 23:27:09 +0000 UTCYeah, this particular effect isn't one to be enjoyed in the presence of polite company.
Bill Silvia
2024-12-19 23:23:15 +0000 UTCJa, mein freund!
Devin Gates
2024-12-19 23:23:01 +0000 UTCIt's obviously lapsang souchong, because that unicorn is SMOKIN
Danny Beans
2024-12-19 23:22:08 +0000 UTCI want to know what does hot cocoa smell like to an AI?
Miyaa
2024-12-19 23:21:33 +0000 UTCI never would have thought to zoom in on that particular section of the screen if I wasn't trying to figure out where this phrase appeared.
Bill Silvia
2024-12-19 23:21:09 +0000 UTCThat surely is a particularly funky pu-erh.
mathw
2024-12-19 23:20:57 +0000 UTCDefinitely blue fuzz.
James Redekop
2024-12-19 23:20:41 +0000 UTCRooibos. Anything with that kinda olfactory blast has rooibos in it, guaranteed
Azrux
2024-12-19 23:20:36 +0000 UTCSame
enchantedsleeper
2024-12-19 23:18:45 +0000 UTCI had to go to the full size version to read the thong. Thumbs up!
Dan Weiss
2024-12-19 23:18:41 +0000 UTCFine blue fuzz makes sense to me.
Elf0004
2024-12-19 23:18:19 +0000 UTCThis make me want to reread the whole Roko arc.
HikinBear
2024-12-19 23:17:04 +0000 UTCI admit I never gave a thought to the unicorn stud’s pits before.
Taigan
2024-12-19 23:14:58 +0000 UTCOh, the pits thing is easy. It's Nightcrawler rules. Thin layer of fur grown out thicker as needed. Easy! Also, this unicorn is about 75% as sexy as ol' Kurt!
Charles Arthur
2024-12-19 23:14:19 +0000 UTC"YAY OR NEIGH"? "YAY" AND NOT "YEA"?? Roko x Yay endgame confirmed even though I don't think they had named themselves yet at this point The ship was preordained
Fart Captor
2024-12-19 23:13:21 +0000 UTCI’m really enjoying these throwbacks with commentary, still get that “new post” feeling with less work for the holiday season
Angela Tracey
2024-12-19 23:13:19 +0000 UTCIs that a loaf of bread in your pants or are you just happy to see Roko.
JMK
2024-12-19 23:13:12 +0000 UTCSo the unicorn's... um... bulge says "Yay or Neigh" Foreshadowing? Is Neigh Newfriend going to be introduced as a competitor for Roko's affections? Yay or Neigh, Roko? Or is the unicorn Neigh Newfriend?
Ashbury Haight
2024-12-19 23:11:17 +0000 UTCYeah, isn't that why Roko later says "Anything but assam"?
enchantedsleeper
2024-12-19 23:10:54 +0000 UTCMatcha with passion fruit?
Indigo
2024-12-19 23:10:40 +0000 UTCAt my first reading I just assumed he’s got a layer of fuzz everywhere. Also I’m VERY glad Roko got out of policing. She’s too good for that.
Brian
2024-12-19 23:10:06 +0000 UTCits assam, i think emily confirmed that
Tamara Macadam
2024-12-19 23:09:10 +0000 UTCdord
Magic Chopstick Games
2024-12-19 23:08:22 +0000 UTC
