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The Cold Light Of Day

See you in January! And maybe Anh too???

The Cold Light Of Day

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I spotted a typo in the first panel: "suit" should be "suite"

Jérémie

Hahaha, two heiresses working as baristas! Anh takes the job just to be near Hannelore, she has to pay Dora to let her work there. But she doesn't actually do much real work unless Hanners tells her to.

SilverbackRon

Take the break. Don't leave us hanging.

joe velsher

Huh....so that's the newest member of coffee of doom. Either a terrible prediction or a horrible spoiler.

joe velsher

Ah, yes I see now! Cool, thanks! Didnt notice that!

legobil

If you look at Dora at the wedding in https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=5437, her hair is long. When we next see Dora at Coffee of Doom in https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=5442, her hair is short. Was it a time skip? It couldn't be long because Ayo was congratulating Dora on being married and asking about the honeymoon or lack thereof. This comic confirms that Anh just woke up the day after the wedding, therefore Dora must have cut her hair the night of the wedding or early the following morning before showing up at CoD. Jeph confirms in the text that it was the next morning.

SilverbackRon

When you posted that it was too early. Now, Saturday night @8:30pm? That's when the symptoms begin.

ValdVin

Ha! I would have quite willingly slept with that kind of Dad, on more than one occasion… Fortunately, their ilk is wiser than I was then & they were not to be had!

Melissa Wilson

Sheesh. When I was a kid, they hadn't even _invented_ that kind of dad.

Ursus Ridens

Enjoy your break. ⛱️

Mike Rodgers

Enjoy your time off!

Cole Blackblood

I hope the Patreon email is working when you get back, I’ll be out of the habit of checking in here!

Melina Filomia

You come inside wearing one, and you cum inside the other one

at0m

+e

Duncan

Ah. A chance to re-read the whole epic. (Again.)

Ursus Ridens

Anh of Cleves!

Smashy smashy

Enjoy your vacation!!

LaPrimaNerda (Sarah Davis)

Is it too early for the withdraw symptoms to begin? I feel funny...

Doc Gumby

Maybe Steve considers "Cereal" to be a cute nickname for Cleo?

David Paul

Have a great vacation Jeph!

Lars Gottlieb

Wink!

Jose Alfredo Villalobos

Recharge time for you. Reread time for some of us.

ValdVin

You had one reread, yes. But what about second reread?

Z Winningham

I did a complete reread just a month ago. Had I but known....

jonesnori

I love the look on Steve's face in that strip.

jonesnori

Both. Both is good!

jonesnori

J-Anh-uary. :)

Summer

Or sometimes a set of furniture. "Dining room suite".

jonesnori

I'm guessing "suite", bacause "suit" doesn't make any sense. Then again, she probably said *a lot* of things last night that didn't make any sense.

awgiedawgie

Enjoy your vacation, you've earned it.

Blue Kae

or butts!!!

alphanor

What he said!

Joseph Bonnar

Did she say "suit" or "suite"?

Donald R Woods

Please, take a day to turn everything off

dcy665 .

I could barely recall but it’s all coming back to me now…

Brian Leahy

For the wedding it was shoulder length but then immediately the next day she has it cut really short

Green

Ah! I see now. I hadn’t noticed that! Thanks!

legobil

If this is the morning after the wedding, it suggests that the last few comics, including one where Dora had shorter hair, also took place the day after the wedding and not an unknown number of days later (though I guess Ayo's comment about the honeymoon previously implied it hadn't been too long)

Lucas Werkmeister

What about her hair?! Did I miss something?

legobil

Made a connection, again…? 😅

legobil

Right?! There is something totally intriguing about this complete Anhpocalypse of a new friend.

legobil

I don’t understand the implication why Dora would cut her hair. Is there an explanation?

legobil

Cleo is heiress to the Crunchos fortune and C.E.R.E.A.L is her companion AI. And they all live breakfast-ly ever after. https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2743

BookBeard

Especially if you forgot the combination.

BookBeard

And then Steve meets his match as Cleo is the heiress to General Mills or Kelloggs or Tyson Foods.

Miyaa

Be well, young man!

Maurice Kessler

Hey Jeph. I don't post much for a variety of reasons that are mostly around my life being exceedingly busy. The short message is: Thank you so very much for the joy you bring me and everyone else that read the output of that amazing, kind, generous, twisted, hilarious (insert a bazillion more adjectives which are in and around "cool," "crazy," and "awesome") mind of yours. Your vacation is so very well earned, and I hope you spend it living your best life doing some deservedly amazing things. See you in January!

Mooster

Have a great break, Jeph! Relax and enjoy yourself! You deserve it! I like Cleo. Also, good for her and Steve! A well-advised hookup! Also, Ahn's expressions are classic in this one.

Hugh Eckert

Sometimes you just gotta chop of your locks, you know?

joFinndian

Cunning ...

Amelia Lewis

Enjoy your well-deserved vacation! Stop by once in a while to say 'hi.'

Dave Stebbins

Thanks for not leaving on a cliffhanger, Shit I was worried.

Ren Doiron

well I thought the last strip of the year might end on Steve eating something. Was ALMOST right...

Peter McDevitt

Clinton walks in to see Anh tied to a chair being threatened with a sword. "You tried to stalk Hannelore too, huh? Been there."

BookBeard

More Anh! Also, have a nice break. Excited to see where we are at when you get back. Happy New Year!

Chadkitt

Suite not suit?

erutan

Well, attempting *repression*. Which was an (unsuccessful) attempt at dealing with the problem. But okay, there was an initial period of adjustment. But I mean, when your attempted "denial" includes "I want to wrap myself around her like a snake", you're not denying very hard...

Philip Masters

That is an interesting question

mathw

Cleave is a nice word - to stick together or to separate - take your choice [probably something to do with boobs!]

Charles Hirst

Have a great time off!

Phil Allison

Anh walks in, Hanners makes eye contact, "Dora, we may need a restraining order!"

Bill Silvia

Small business owner slash food service management life!

Bill Silvia

Is it still well-reviewed sans the insults?

Bill Silvia

She spent the majority of a tumbler doing denial. Straightly.

Bill Silvia

If your clothes are roomy enough it's the same thing

sjlxndr

Suit, suite, what's the diff?

allanfranta

ANH ANH ANH ANH!!!!

A_Shadowmage_in_the_Pearlmania_War

Welcome to Cleveland.

Stephen Wells

Note that Cleo clearly feels that she can depend on Anh to buy that breakfast. I'm not saying that her friends put up with Anh because of her money, but I get the sense that she isn't mean, in any sense. (Well, she clearly plays social dominance games to win. But at least she acknowledges defeat gracefully enough.)

Philip Masters

Ah, this is what I can like about Anh; she clearly doesn't do denial, even when she'd have a good excuse to back out. When she encounters a fact, she deals with it. Of course, being born into money may help with this. She can usually afford whatever it costs to handle problems, and she can afford not to care too much about what people think of her. (Or at least, not about minor things like sexuality. I'm sure that she cares deeply about what people think of her fashion sense.) Anyhow, enjoy your break Jeph.

Philip Masters

Anh is clearly someone who doesn't do denial, and when she commits, she commits -- perhaps precipitately.

Philip Masters

Should be "Ahhhh... Zee Anh-nui",

Philip Masters

Well, they seem to be amicably exploring the possibility. But I take the "us" here as meaning "the other people (plural) who were in this suite last night, including the speaker".

Philip Masters

Enjoy your break Jeph.

Jeffrey Anderson

In the wildest turn of events, I would love to see Steve prepare them all an elaborate hot breakfast… but maybe that’s because I find nothing sexier than being served in the morning and I could eat breakfast all day…

Melissa Wilson

Yeah; but let’s give the man a break… 22 years is a long while to get things perfect almost all the time!

Melissa Wilson

Much! Still quite possible, for those who are truly intent upon it, but the additional effort required is considerable.

Melissa Wilson

It's Tai's job not to let her wife leave the bed that morning.

Graydon Armstrong

*suite , enjoy your vacation!

at0m

See you in January! Have a nice and relaxing time!

melloncollic

Have an awesome break! Go Steve LOL

Onyx

vacation Jeph: Activate!

Boots McGoot

Have a wonderful break Jeph, you've certainly earned it!

Digi

I’m gonna miss you, Jeph! I hope your vacation is incredibly relaxing.

Samir Talwar

Have a wonderful time! Enjoy!

Martina at bwc

We also know that Ayo is on-shift, so I'm personally hoping for some well-intentioned questions and potential foot-in-mouth moments :D

enchantedsleeper

"there's actually a really well-reviewed coffee shop around the corner, let's get breakfast there!" (Well, they probably do know the name of Dora's business xD)

enchantedsleeper

I hope you enjoy your break, Jeph! You definitely deserve and earned it!

David Paul

Suit is clothes suite is a set of rooms.

Matthew Van Gangelen

have a great vacation, looking forward to more QC after. ~<3

Mitsuki Ayane

Have a good break! Y'all get some rest now, y'hear!

Scott Hilton

Have a great break! I hope Anh learns from this but I'm looking forward to her running into Hannelore when she's sober...

mathw

Have a great vacation!

Carl-Eric Menzel

Nah, it's definitely been a day or two, and Anh was just *really* hung over

Carin Maja Brooks

"Also found out I was single. It was a hell of a hangover!"

Grace Kieser

Dora going to work the very next day is totally on brand for her! She used to work 80 hours weeks before Faye forced her to hire a new employee (Dale, I think).

Grace Kieser

"suit" -> "suite"?

Damon Hart-Davis

Enjoy your break!

Jonathan Moore

Have fun and enjoy the break joke boy, we look forward to your righteous return (hopefully with fart jokes)

David Rogers

Cleo: “Maybe you’re more pansexual?” Anh: “Well only when I am at a Le Cruset warehouse sale.”

Miyaa

Enjoy your break you deserve it :)

Eric Johnson

Enjoy your vacay dude, you absofugginlutely deserve it!

Naiser

"suit" or "suite" in frame 1?

Jason Zions

Three different places in the downtown, actually; Bucci's on Main Street, Great Clips on King Street, Glamourama on Old South St. All of them are within less than ten minutes walking distance from my apartment, which is a few blocks down the street from the "Panda East" location that often shows up in street scenes. (It isn't actually there any more, but used to be, at the intersection of Armory and Pleasant Streets.)

Ravenswing

I am so glad that Anh was not a one-off joke, but perhaps now a recurring character! I know when Iris showed up at CoD a few strips ago, I joked that the "cranky/bossy friend" slot was already taken, but I really do like both Anh and Iris. They each have such different energy.

SilverbackRon

Huh, I assumed Saturday wedding and that it was now Monday. Going to work the actual morning after your wedding is a bit much, Dora. Also, where did Dora get her hair cut on a Sunday morning?

Graydon Armstrong

Happy Thanksgiving, all! And a very happy & well earned vacation to Jeph!

William Cole

That would be great!

William Cole

Steve: Yeah, last time that happened I woke up and found I bought a boat.

Thisguy

This is the way.

William Cole

Cleve has another meaning that might be applicable in this situation. Look under Elizabethan English.

Opus the Poet

It is harder to get in trouble when the drinks are on their sides for sure

Drazi

I think that's what she thinks anyway. She knows she's attracted to men and may be attracted to women as well.

Opus the Poet

Prediction: In search of coffee to alleviate her hangover, Anh unwittingly wanders into Coffee of Doom and is shocked to find Hanners working there. Awkwardness ensues.

BookBeard

Ahn is very tall here...

Drazi

#heiressproblems

BookBeard

I was the "cool dad" back in the '90s, making sure everyone was safe and all the drinks were on their sides and the female drunks segregated away from the males so nobody was taken advantage of when they couldn't protect themselves. I got invited to more parties than my kids.

Opus the Poet

“Oh god, I drunk bought Suriname.”

Miyaa

"Oh, right. I like women. Welp..."

Grace Kieser

♫ It's all coming back to me noooowww~!!! ♪ Have fun with your vacation, dude!

Joe Bocanegra

Steveo?

Miyaa

January: Liz rediscovers her love for Danish hotdog with pickled cucumbers as a breakfast treat.

Miyaa

As hangovers go, it could be worse. At least she didn't drunk-buy a boat (that we know of). https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4170

BookBeard

Home, O Sexual! Time to leave.

Todd Ellner

Have a good vacation, you've earned it. See you on the other side brother.

Rai Venne

I will be waiting in January. Have a great vacation, Jeph. (I will be reading your Blusky posts in the meanwhile.)

Joseph Bonnar

I think pacing yourself so it takes the whole month will be the challenge here.

Matthew Delahaye

This doesn't exactly qualify as a cliffhanger. No network jobs for you! Enjoy!

Ben R

You know, considering how Steve's last "life-changing hangover" went, Ahn's in for a helluva ride. Aliens will probably be involved.

Thunder

I understood that reference .

Opus the Poet

That would be my assumption.

BookBeard

I fully believe that Dora cut her hair the morning after. I once finished a show with long hair on closing night and showed up to packout the next morning with a buzzcut. When it's time for the chop, it's time for the chop.

Cas Wanden

It usefully takes me about two weeks

Travis Young

Sleep on your side if you don't want to choke on your own vomit.

Raphael Bressel

I've done it twice. Totally worth it.

John Van Aken

Friends don't let friends aspirate on vomit .

Thomas Baxter

So, Steve and Cleo are now an "us". That was quick.

Ursus Ridens

I was *SO* very Cleo in my college days… Appropriate enough when parents & photographers were present, yet a capricious hedonist at the bar and behind closed doors & all the while babysitting those I loved amongst the crowd to maximize fun & minimize remorse and/or cleanup. Good times!

Melissa Wilson

les-BI-Anh.

Joe

Seems to me she's sort of convinced herself that she's "not hetero". Time (well, maybe our artist) will tell.

Ursus Ridens

yeh

Fart Captor

Hey! Steve is still with his hookup! Way to go Steve!

Yelling Bird

I could fix her

Fart Captor

Ahhh… the Ahn-nui.

Jeff Brown

On your stomach as a folk way to not drown in your own vomit, I'm guessing. You're right, the recovery position would probably be better. Cleo probably is not a paramedic.

Carl Fink

Enjoy your much needed rest Jeph! Thank you for all the years of this comic, I can't wait to see what comes next

Cancertopia

TOTALLY

Shey

Closing out before a break with a Steve appearance… I used to pray for times like these

A Big Guy

Technically Cleo should have made sure Anh slept on her side if she's referring to the recovery position. Though I guess on your stomach works too maybe?

KapsLocked

Hell I've done it before

Egos

"suit" -> "suite" ?

David Blood

That's the only rational option.

mooviies

That's my guess, yeah.

Dave Van Domelen

Have great vacations!!!

mooviies

5450 strips in 34 days, minimum of 161 strips per day. Definitely doable.

Ryan DeWeerd

At least Steve's breakfast will be cheap.

Sean Kinlin

She’s very lucky to have any friends IMO lol. This type of person is hilarious to read and not fun to know IRL

Laura Sullivan

Ahn is awful. If she does not return, I will renounce all support for QC

rThunderbolt

Mmmmmayybee?

Sean Kinlin

Lesbi-Anh

Todd Ellner

Cleve!

Not that Patrick Foltz

Oh Ahn. I wish you constructive thoughts.

Tannerbot

Me: well now idk what do do while Jeph is on a well deserved break. Me ten seconds later: REREAD ALL THE STRIPS FROM THE BEGINNING

Z Winningham

I'm imagining a laugh track in this scene.

Sean Kinlin

I was wondering about Dora's hair! Glad we got a bit of a bookend on this. Have these blast and see you soon! <3

Green

good for Steve and Cleo, I hope it works out for them

Cute_Fuzzy

So she’s actually bisexual?

Andrea Andrew

Enjoy! I'll miss you!

Julie Chan

S/suit/suite?

Jordan Weiss

Rest well.

Edward Clayton Andrew

I've often said, "Nothing makes you stop asking questions quicker than getting answers."

Andrew Denton

Aww Cleo and Steve made a connection

Not that Patrick Foltz

Is Cleo supposed to be saying “suite” in panel 1?

haggis_mchaggis

I love this absolute disaster of a woman.

Armcannon Productions

Be well!

William Hanna

Have a wonderful break Jeph, you absolutely deserve it 💜💜💜💜

Bridgette Ryan

Enlightenment.

Randall Norman Pick


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