Directember: Savory Husks
Added 2024-12-09 03:03:58 +0000 UTCExceptionally cute Hanners in this one. Good job, past me. One of the funny parts of making over 5000 comics is how I don’t actually remember a lot of them, but somehow I can keep the continuity (mostly) straight in my head. I do frequently have to comb through my own archive (and occasionally the QC fan wiki, lol) to make sure I’m not getting something wrong, and sometimes it happens. But I’ve come to terms with that- it’s basically inevitable, and I can always fix any errors after the fact. How wild is it that it took me over TWENTY YEARS to realize that if I didn’t like how something had gone in a particular comic, I could always just…go back and change it, and that wasn’t somehow a failing on my part? Cartoonists have brain problems.
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legobil
2024-12-12 05:43:46 +0000 UTCIs this some kind of peak Hannelore-floof? Is there a scale to measure this? It looks adorable af.
legobil
2024-12-10 15:40:20 +0000 UTCI would rather have Spider Cider, myself, but the spidercoffee would go well with a spider donut...
Spell Craft
2024-12-10 15:00:12 +0000 UTCHugh do a thorough one, it's roasting not toasting. Blond roast has the most, dark has the least caffeine. Depending on the method, the lighter roasts have 5-10% more caffeine.
Carrie
2024-12-10 12:32:33 +0000 UTCHannelore has peak hair floof in this strip
Steve
2024-12-10 10:59:35 +0000 UTCMmm....spidercoffee...best served blended (avoid the clumpiness), hot, and with steel-cut oatmeal.
Michael Steamweed
2024-12-10 03:32:37 +0000 UTC"Normal" is used in mathematics to mean "perpendicular to a surface." So the only normal people are those standing up straight on flat ground.
Captain Button
2024-12-09 19:52:11 +0000 UTCMore like Hannadorbs...
Jared Cyr
2024-12-09 19:47:24 +0000 UTCImagining the least-circuitous path: Pet Capybara beside Faye’s apartment- walks past open fire - rodent gas somehow very inflammable - BOOM.
Andrew
2024-12-09 19:39:10 +0000 UTCI'm not sure that spiders have much caffeine anyway
Sorastro
2024-12-09 19:08:47 +0000 UTCQuick lookup indicates that caffeine level isn't affected by roasting.
Hugh Eckert
2024-12-09 18:32:21 +0000 UTCBrilliant!
legobil
2024-12-09 15:38:00 +0000 UTC@enchantedsleeper: You can see the NSFW version of that comic in this post: https://www.patreon.com/posts/spicey-102393781
Sean Kinlin
2024-12-09 14:43:36 +0000 UTCYes! Recent science indicates that the way we save & retrieve memories is less like filing forms in a cabinet & more like making a neural map & then retracing your steps along that same trail. Each time you go down that same memory path, just like walking through the woods, your presence and passage change the trail a bit, albeit unintentionally & in ways you might not notice without intentional scrutiny. The newer & fresher the memory, the more likely it is to change significantly. Fascinating, right? 🤯 So, if Jeph wants to change history in the QC-verse, It’s altogether possible that most of us wouldn’t notice. 🙃
Melissa Wilson
2024-12-09 14:15:06 +0000 UTCReality has perfect continuity but terrible narrative plausibility.
Stephen Wells
2024-12-09 14:03:21 +0000 UTCHe was clawed by Hercules while nude due to Clinton proximity. In the website version he has pants on, in the patreon alternative he does NOT have anything on, and he is a gentleman of substance. Considerable substance.
Stephen Wells
2024-12-09 14:02:18 +0000 UTCOMG Elliot! Why have I forgotten you! Hows your cat???
Tao Gold
2024-12-09 13:53:20 +0000 UTCmy brother in christ we ALL have brain problems, that's why we are here
Pejo
2024-12-09 13:25:41 +0000 UTC& after thinking for decades that it wasn’t possible for her to be any sexier, now I’m trying to decide which would be hotter- Dragonborn Hanners or BG Sister Hannelore.
Melissa Wilson
2024-12-09 12:56:43 +0000 UTCI think that’s called gaslighting? 🤣
Melissa Wilson
2024-12-09 12:49:15 +0000 UTC"Tarantulatte" 😆
Claudia D.
2024-12-09 12:48:32 +0000 UTCA most excellent purpose for zettelkasten!!!
Melissa Wilson
2024-12-09 12:47:00 +0000 UTCI ADORE the Sven/Hanners date. Definitely in my top ten favorite arcs. ♥️ -hops on bat to fly back to 2010-
Holly Nelson
2024-12-09 12:22:01 +0000 UTCSpider coffee: good to the last scream.
Miyaa
2024-12-09 12:20:01 +0000 UTCI am torn between desiring spider coffee and wanting to save all the lovely spiders.
PZ Myers
2024-12-09 11:29:42 +0000 UTCFloofy Hannerz…
will davison
2024-12-09 09:56:39 +0000 UTCMelbourne still has *plenty* of bats, don’t you worry 😅
Al
2024-12-09 09:31:29 +0000 UTCShe really looks so different here compared to present!Hanners.
enchantedsleeper
2024-12-09 09:28:35 +0000 UTCAnd then your fans can argue about it forEVER!
enchantedsleeper
2024-12-09 09:27:20 +0000 UTCWe... did?
enchantedsleeper
2024-12-09 09:26:24 +0000 UTCSpiders Dora, who lives in Northampton and drinks over 15 million cups of spidercoffee a day is an outlier adn should not have been counted.
Dean Reilly
2024-12-09 09:01:28 +0000 UTCIt's just a setting on the washing machine
Todd Ellner
2024-12-09 08:10:38 +0000 UTCIn panel 1 and 2 Hannilor's eyes have a very "Alice Grove" look.
Gregory Cotton
2024-12-09 08:01:31 +0000 UTCStill timing out - the bats must be going the long way [via US] from Adelaide to the ACT.
Charles Hirst
2024-12-09 07:41:28 +0000 UTC"Normal" used in electronics engineering means multiplying by the square root of negative one. "Normal"is imaginary.
Opus the Poet
2024-12-09 07:29:09 +0000 UTCHow many people will now compare their local archives with the currently published version? Will there be a weekly updated diff sestion?
Sarah Peper 🏳️⚧️
2024-12-09 07:26:37 +0000 UTCAmen. The people who are convinced they are normal always turn out to be very weird indeed.
Clifton Royston
2024-12-09 07:13:45 +0000 UTC🤣 I like my coffee black & I love the caffeine (less roasting means more caffeine). Blond roast espresso is awesomeness too.
Carrie
2024-12-09 07:12:25 +0000 UTCBibles are a pretty standard practice in television. Some are more robust than others, depending on how many moving parts you have. They tend to be more appropriate to collaborative storytelling environments which don’t benefit from — or even have a framework for — flying by the seat of one’s pants.
Wednesday
2024-12-09 07:03:30 +0000 UTCoh man, I recently had a conversation about how the definition of "canon" isn't as straight-forward as you'd think. Sometimes companies put out multiple versions of a work to get around censorship, sometime companies errata work, sometimes authors declare something is canon after the fact. It's actually crazy how many examples you can find of continuity changing.
cromulent
2024-12-09 07:00:19 +0000 UTCWe saw his genitals! Though under sub-optimal conditions.
Diptych
2024-12-09 06:35:19 +0000 UTCMade by spiders, for spiders, of spiders!
Diptych
2024-12-09 06:31:29 +0000 UTCThat's not an elaborate internet pun or anything - just a true fact about Australian cities and their bats.
Diptych
2024-12-09 06:30:37 +0000 UTCAdelaide's very pretty - I can see the bats not wanting to leave. Melbourne ended up having to force its bat population out, and they ended up flying to my dad's place and eating all his fruit.
Diptych
2024-12-09 06:30:13 +0000 UTCI believe the end of the Corpse Witch story was changed shortly after it was published. I recall part of a story about Millefeuille getting robot-drunk was too. And one line about Dora getting Coffee of Doom's budget wrong and panicking because she thought she had an order of magnitude less money than she thought she did. Mostly tiny changes here and there!
Diptych
2024-12-09 06:27:52 +0000 UTCI'd rather the double espresso Black Widow roast.
fizzlefist
2024-12-09 06:04:55 +0000 UTC"What? Nah, Pintsize was always banned from Greenland. You probably just imagined that Canada thing."
BookBeard
2024-12-09 05:57:07 +0000 UTCNope, only 6 so far. I continue to hold out hope for more books one day.
BookBeard
2024-12-09 05:53:58 +0000 UTCAre you sure you wouldn't prefer our new tarantulatte?
BookBeard
2024-12-09 05:51:44 +0000 UTCI'd like the dark brown recluse roast, please.
Sleepy John
2024-12-09 05:45:48 +0000 UTCI would be *very* curious to see an example of Jeph having gone back and changing a line or whatever just for continuity. That would be a hoot.
SilverbackRon
2024-12-09 05:45:24 +0000 UTChahaha, with what, 5300+ comics, the odds of him hitting the same one twice in a month are pretty slim. Edit: that wasn't the question, the question was "what if..."
SilverbackRon
2024-12-09 05:41:07 +0000 UTCAh, a classic example of the capybara fart effect. https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2162
BookBeard
2024-12-09 05:39:38 +0000 UTCHahaha, I remember first reading it too. Good times! 🤣
SilverbackRon
2024-12-09 05:38:43 +0000 UTCI was also just thinking about the Trek bibles
djellafine
2024-12-09 05:34:25 +0000 UTCFus-do-RAH
Magic Chopstick Games
2024-12-09 05:26:20 +0000 UTCIMHO everyone has brain problems and there's no such thing as "normal".
Sammitch
2024-12-09 05:20:38 +0000 UTCBeen done. https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1755
Buck Caldwell
2024-12-09 05:19:06 +0000 UTCThe panel 5 Eliott skepticism is adorable.
legobil
2024-12-09 05:18:27 +0000 UTCMmm, spider coffee.
Everett Bradshaw
2024-12-09 05:17:13 +0000 UTCCalling it now - Jeph comes back, retcons the toaster fire, which leads to updating 4000 comics to resolve the cascading effects.
Andrew
2024-12-09 05:05:02 +0000 UTCI hope you're proud of yourself
Alcaria Swain
2024-12-09 05:00:18 +0000 UTCYeah, I want my spider coffee to support spiders!
Graydon Armstrong
2024-12-09 05:00:02 +0000 UTCJeph, you just need to get BookBeard's contact info.
Graydon Armstrong
2024-12-09 04:58:59 +0000 UTCI swear some comic writers have a whole physical card catalog cross referenced for character and plot details. If a path is followed in a particular order, clues to a great buried treasure can be found.
Tudza
2024-12-09 04:50:25 +0000 UTCThat’s too bad, the angst of being roasted alive (and trace spider venom) really adds some zesty flavor notes.
Shane Wegner
2024-12-09 04:49:03 +0000 UTCSo directember got me reading the Bubbles intro arc, and since I'm sure I'm not the only one doing something similar the site has been a mite slow. I ended up buying the topatoco pdf pack but book 6 ends before where i was reading. Is there a book 7 or such?
Bel
2024-12-09 04:47:25 +0000 UTCLook, I've been thinking about this. I find that requesting a given page on the QC site may result in a "connection timed out" error, but on a second try, the page will load. My conclusion is that in order to get a bit of distance from the strip Jeph has parked the images on a server in Adelaide, South Australia -- the current far end of the Internet. It takes the cyberbats which carry the information a long time to fetch the images, and on the way (probably somewhere over Queensland), they are often attacked by hostile flying foxes, who have been against this whole "World Wide Web" thing from the beginning A good many of the cyberbats find themselves either turning back or forced to drop packets. But many of the indefatigable bats eventually do make it to the next server, and with patience, we can read the strip -- although at a disappointingly low bat-rate for a while, at least.
Ursus Ridens
2024-12-09 04:44:01 +0000 UTCOr is *was* covered by insurance and they rebuilt.
Captain Button
2024-12-09 04:37:53 +0000 UTCOh my GOD I forgot. That’s wild. I remember now. It’s just been a minute since I last saw him.
Brian
2024-12-09 04:34:31 +0000 UTCOh, for a cup of Costa Rica Tarranzula or Sumatra Mandibling.
kaitou
2024-12-09 04:30:27 +0000 UTCDamn. Remember back when Roku was actually fantasizing about Clinton of all people? Long ago.
Alan
2024-12-09 04:19:14 +0000 UTCThe real power move is leaving the old comic up, but putting a link on the new comic that leads to an edited version, to mess with readers who do an archive dive...
Daniel Farnitano
2024-12-09 04:18:25 +0000 UTCWhen I first read this, panel 4 had me laughing so hard I started hyperventilating.
Steve Talley
2024-12-09 04:16:47 +0000 UTCHey just so you know, the site's been down for a lot of people for the past couple days
Jonah Hillman
2024-12-09 04:12:08 +0000 UTCSkyrim reference goes here
Wynn Donivan
2024-12-09 04:11:08 +0000 UTCI'm willing to be paid in mysteriously wet Canadian Tire money.
BookBeard
2024-12-09 04:08:09 +0000 UTC"Spider Coffee vegan blend" too please. 😅🤣🤪
Carrie
2024-12-09 04:06:56 +0000 UTCI mostly meant how we experience reality. It is almost impossible to perfectly recall your own life. Not to mention all of the small and big lies we experience. So yeah reality does have perfect continuity, but our view of reality is tiny and easily distorted.
DemonLordSparda
2024-12-09 03:58:13 +0000 UTCGood for her, she cleared out all the spiders and she didn't even need to resort to orbital bombardment (I assume). https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2468
BookBeard
2024-12-09 03:57:53 +0000 UTCIt's okay Jeph, even people who aren't cartoonists have brain problems.
Nikki
2024-12-09 03:57:40 +0000 UTCSpider Coffee! Now with 120% more spider suffering!
Nikki
2024-12-09 03:56:32 +0000 UTCI mean, I hope reality has perfect continuity, although I guess if you subscribe to some kind of simulation hypothesis...
Darryl Williams
2024-12-09 03:55:10 +0000 UTCThen what is the point? If I buy spider coffee, you better have made sure some spiders have suffered and or died while making it.
Shawn K. Younkin
2024-12-09 03:54:03 +0000 UTCJust a reminder, anytime you change continuity you have the option of editing the older comic to match the current continuity. You know, to screw with readers ;-P
James Anthony
2024-12-09 03:52:21 +0000 UTCLet's see: He and Clinton became a couple. He took Roko on as a baking apprentice. He agreed to get treatment for his anxiety condition, though we haven't seen him actually do it. As far as I can tell, he still works as a baker at the Secret Bakery and as a bouncer at The Horrible Revelation.
jonesnori
2024-12-09 03:44:06 +0000 UTChere's a thought Jeph, what happens if random hits a page you've already done commentary on? I love the spider coffee thing, because it's entirely plausible especially in colder climate parts of the states where spiders are largely indoor creatures. ~<3
Mitsuki Ayane
2024-12-09 03:43:35 +0000 UTCJeph should sell a line of Spider Coffee that has harmed zero spiders.
Carrie
2024-12-09 03:43:08 +0000 UTCI can't recall if Hanners drinks coffee. She might be extra mad if she is remembering past cups with current knowledge.
Jeremy
2024-12-09 03:41:26 +0000 UTCHe's boffing Clinton, Claire's not-twin brother.
Captain Button
2024-12-09 03:40:13 +0000 UTCIMO The Voice is a useful skill and worth developing.
Carrie
2024-12-09 03:39:29 +0000 UTCDon't go dissing one of our favorite cartoonist's brain Leave it like it is. It does good.
dcy665 .
2024-12-09 03:39:19 +0000 UTCIf that's your thing. I prefer a nice medium-dark. Coffee wasn't meant to be tea.
Sorastro
2024-12-09 03:38:21 +0000 UTCBut... But... Blond roast is yummier. 🤪
Carrie
2024-12-09 03:37:35 +0000 UTC“Made by spiders, for spiders, *of* spiders!”
panpolypuff
2024-12-09 03:37:27 +0000 UTCI’m not gonna lie I completely forgot Elliot existed. What happened to him?
Brian
2024-12-09 03:30:47 +0000 UTCYes! An all-timer!
William Cole
2024-12-09 03:25:10 +0000 UTCFact!
William Cole
2024-12-09 03:23:39 +0000 UTCEVERY Hanners is best Hanners.
Andrew Mitchell
2024-12-09 03:18:24 +0000 UTC"Spidercoffee, courtesy of Barry Mandibles! Not directly, mind you--he's just the roasting supervisor."
ValdVin
2024-12-09 03:16:52 +0000 UTCHanners and Sven would be a fun story arc. Gives Sven someone that he can’t get physical with and Hanners a good storyline. In the end it is either Sven heart broken or marriage.
Joey Roberson-Kitzman
2024-12-09 03:16:52 +0000 UTCFloofy-hair Hanners was so cute during this era. I mean, she's always been cute, but this iteration was especially cute.
Orion Rhine
2024-12-09 03:16:18 +0000 UTCThe only good spider has been roasted bold, ground and brewed
Sorastro
2024-12-09 03:13:29 +0000 UTCI think the idea we can't retcon our stuff is due to nerd and geek culture. "There HAS to be consistency, or there will be pandemonium!" When in reality it's just a silly story about 20 somethings in New England. If George Lucas can rewrite Star Wars decades after the fact, you can too!
Grace Kieser
2024-12-09 03:12:02 +0000 UTCSpidercoffee Georg's favorite blend.
Adam with two As, a D, and an M
2024-12-09 03:11:21 +0000 UTCInteresting. The various Trek shows had "Bibles" that were supposed to keep the writers from writing in inconsistencies. Maybe you should hire @bookbeard
Uniquitous
2024-12-09 03:10:18 +0000 UTCGeorg’s Blend
Magic Chopstick Games
2024-12-09 03:09:34 +0000 UTCHannelore is using The Voice again. Her Bene Gesserit is showing.
Doc Gumby
2024-12-09 03:09:12 +0000 UTCJeph using his own fan wiki to fact check himself is the third funniest thing I've heard today
Jasper
2024-12-09 03:08:55 +0000 UTCHuman memory is fallible, and reality doesn't have perfect continuity. It's good to try and maintain it, but flaws give life some spice. You've always done a great job. I really appreciate you making a quality web comic for so long.
DemonLordSparda
2024-12-09 03:08:39 +0000 UTCI can't exactly explain it but Hanners in panels 3–4 is like my ideal body image
Ashbury Haight
2024-12-09 03:08:22 +0000 UTC“Cartoonists have brain problems.” for which let us all give thanks.
Spike McLarty
2024-12-09 03:08:04 +0000 UTCWe all need do-overs occasionally
Ben R
2024-12-09 03:07:25 +0000 UTCThose numbers don’t sound right but I don’t know enough about spiders to counter it
Liz Play
2024-12-09 03:07:01 +0000 UTCSpidercoffee is still very funny
orangejuicenut
2024-12-09 03:06:51 +0000 UTCAhh, I’d nearly forgotten about Dora’s Coffee Arachnabica experiments
pfreya
2024-12-09 03:06:24 +0000 UTCFloofy Hanners is best Hanners.
Shawn K. Younkin
2024-12-09 03:05:59 +0000 UTC
