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Just here, three weeks late due to the chaos of moving house, here to express my deep appreciation for the Homestar Runner nod here

Amanda L

Honestly with a shaker like that is hard to keep it closed while shaking if there's something fizzy

Shade Jones

Oh, good, this was my concern as well.

Adam Vollmers

Delicious, delicious sludge!

enchantedsleeper

You talking about me, Green? (Sober alcoholic, but at one time...)

Joseph Bonnar

If she's not careful, the explosion will come out of the ass end!

Shawn K. Younkin

There's no such thing as a failed experiment... unless you failed to learn anything.

Photon

Nah, she just wants to see the spicy explosion when the lid comes off!

Photon

Jeph is thinking about us thinking about his characters.

Opus the Poet

Asked for a drink.

Opus the Poet

The smell of fresh baked bread is mostly the alcohol from the yeast evaporating.

Opus the Poet

Dark Loaf is just pumpernickel and rye.

Opus the Poet

Virgin Mary with Frank's Louisiana Hot Sauce is "with a temper".

Opus the Poet

Red Fuming Nitric Acid is an oxidizer for some rocket fuels.

Opus the Poet

Olives and maraschino cherries make for a strange combination of salty and sweet, so I don't know how this concoction is going to work out. Green olives are bitter and salty so even less sure what the final result will be. Someone might want to warn Faye to hold on to her stomach.

Opus the Poet

I'd certainly say they're closer to the sweet end of bittersweet. And, yes, they're lovely!

Diptych

Thank you for crediting me with that, in the interest of truth I admit that I just sort of missed panel 1.

Ursus Ridens

I lived through the 1950's, and I assert it is as a historical necessity that said recipe exists.

Ursus Ridens

I've recently found that Angostura bitters are, well, not bitter. (Is this just me??) And they're rather good in seltzer.

Ursus Ridens

Fuming nitric acid bitters - *extra* spicy!

Clifton Royston

It's actually kind of sweet that everybody here is so concerned about helping Faye stay on the wagon.

Clifton Royston

No, Marmite [and Vegemite] is beer vat sludge.

Charles Hirst

I am waiting for the fizzy water to explode when the lid is cracked after all that shaking. Not sure how much will make it to the glass.

Andrea

She might be spending the rest of the wedding reception on the toilet, however...

enchantedsleeper

I bet that Faye would drink it for Sam and Emmett's sake xD

enchantedsleeper

Ahhhh that's good 😌

enchantedsleeper

Yep, bitters can be made with alcohol, but there are non-alcoholic types made with (I think) glycerine. That's why Nitric Acid bitters are dangerous.

Nathan Kinsey

Boosting this comment!! Also, Bubbles would NEVER allow someone to spike Faye’s drink with alcohol and she’s watching the whole thing.

LaPrimaNerda (Sarah Davis)

Wait, THAT's what I was thinking of! Melon went through this with some drain cleaner https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3729

Stephen Wells

Jeph has confirmed on the site that the bitters are non-alcoholic! If this drink survives all the way to Faye's hands, she can freely try it.

Diptych

WE ARE VERY HELPFULLY EVIL!

Clifton Royston

Yes, they are regional names. Bloody Shame is more common in the UK, Scotland in particular.

BookBeard

Faye might just find this drinkable, we don't know. She might consider it a fizzy liquid burrito.

Clifton Royston

She may have an appreciation of horrid concoctions that goes beyond whether or not they're palatable. See: anything she created while at CoD.

Clarence the Liar

came here to say about that shaker - it gonna EXPLODE

Asmodea

There are many, many such things that are better consigned to history.

Uniquitous

That kid never touches the bar again.

Jose Alfredo Villalobos

Somewhere on the internet is a 7-decades-old recipe card photo with "black olives, green olives, cherry tomatoes, and green grapes" in lime Jell-O.

ValdVin

That's if it even makes it to her lips! The smell from this one would be very... Unique.

Tai

oh, so *that's* how you make Marmite?

Lucas Werkmeister

Especially with fizzy water in the shaker.

jonesnori

GDI, BookBeard!

jonesnori

See some of you are worried about the alcohol content of the bitters, and some aren't worried because it's presumably just a shake or two, but I'm not worried because one sip of this and it's likely to come back up at speed.

Yonatan Zunger

BLOOD BLOOD BLOOD

Michael Chui

I wish.

Timothy Roller

I'm seeing a lot of comments on the matter, so: I have had non-alcoholic bitters. They may not be quite as common, but if Jim here is also making mocktails, it's not unreasonable for him to have some on hand! Also, we're talking about such minor amounts. Common household goods like mouth wash and vanilla extract have alcohol in them, but we know Faye hasn't given up cookies and oral hygiene, hopefully, and such. (I know the alcohol in extracts burns away, but the bottle is still in the house and I personally know one ex-drinker who used to go to such lengths...)

Green

There are definitely non-alcoholic bitters, I've tried them before!

Green

This is literally my favorite comic in QC history and y'all know that's sayin a lot

Green

faye cant drink that, bitters have alcohol

Maxwell Black

Recipes for black bread are freely available. Rye flour would be the key ingredient. (Okay, the recipe I’ve got also includes some coffee, to ensure darkness.)

Philip Masters

Jeph, you either need to bring back DORD or remove the link from your page template.

Ross

Came here to say that...

Hugh Eckert

When they’re older, they can be introduced to Snakebite. (Cider and lager. A British goth favourite. Blackcurrant juice optional.)

Philip Masters

But have you got the issue of White Dwarf with the floppy vinyl single?

Philip Masters

She’s always had an experimental tendency. I mean, she was quite happy to handle throwing Pintsize out of that club.

Philip Masters

I won't even let ritual sacrifices suffice. There has to be an actual sacrifice for me to touch alcohol again

Carin Maja Brooks

Point, but, without minimising the seriousness of someone being a recovering alcoholic, the amount of alcohol in a shot of bitters really is quite homeopathic. I mean, a Shirley Temple apparently has a maraschino cherry in it, and the alcohol in the maraschino liqueur those come in is probably about as much.

Philip Masters

Shaking a carbonated mixed drink is not a good idea. Oh, and bitters are alcoholic (not usually a problem as they're usually added to already alcoholic drinks, but it is a potential concern)

Carin Maja Brooks

I hadn’t heard of the Bloody Shame, but checking the recipe, that and the Virgin Mary seem to be similar. The names are probably a regional thing.

Philip Masters

International Flavors & Fragrances (which would have a net worth of over two Apples in QC) would pay their tuition to the most prestigious college’s chemical engineering school in all of France. 🇫🇷

Miyaa

I use the excuse that I don’t consume alcohol unless there is an actual or ritual sacrifice involved. It’s a catholic joke.

Miyaa

Science! "Interesting, that invalidates my hypothesis! I must get more funding!"

allanfranta

especially when you added hot sauces.

allanfranta

Since Emmet has no idea what bitters are, I don't think they're at fault, and the alcohol level of the overall drink is gonna be pretty negligible. However, Faye was refusing to drink sub 0.5% alcohol kombucha last time we checked- although she may be saved by the drink going everywhere when they open that shaker

Solomon Garland

These two going through their goth phase is never not funny.

Armcannon Productions

Sunday's comic, that is.

Mark

But Bitters have Alcohol... Here's hoping it was just one or 2 shakes.

wolfman

Flashing back to Boskone 1981...

David Pipes

Came here to say that. That being said, given time gap and depth of addiction depicted, it's likely fine.

OddOod

Apwy Libiwally

Uniquitous

I thought it was called a Bloody Shame?

Orion Rhine

This! I'm a dry alcoholic (Going on 11 years without a drink) who has never set foot in any kind of treatment program. I stay sober by avoiding alcohol. Pretty simple.

The Queer Art Pagan

Or, it might be a good lesson for Bubbles and the kids about double-checking with the alcoholic. I can't count how many times someone has been surprised by me declining something because the alcohol in it "doesn't count." (I live in Wisconsin. It's a regular occurrence.)

The Queer Art Pagan

still giving alcohol to a recovering alcoholic is problematic

Brad Kirkwood

Now, if Emmet had just gone for "tomato juice 'cos it looks like blood" instead of the cherries, they'd have come close to reinventing the Virgin Mary.

Philip Masters

On the other hand, they come in small bottle with dripper tops, so unless Dark Emmet stands there shaking the bottle for several minutes, the total alcohol addition should be fairly small.

Philip Masters

...thankfully, robot hair is easy to re-grow!

Diptych

Tomorrow's comic:panel 1, Faye sips cautiously. Panels 2-5: terrifying contortions of face and body. Panel 6: another please?

Stephen Wells

The Sam&Em's back at it again

lazymagpie

errrrr, bitters are super alcoholic, hope they tell Faye before they give her that drink, make sure she's cool with it

Brad Kirkwood

Right?? They're so adorable 🥰

Tabby

I think that's the idea, though we're all waiting to see what happens with the bitters.

enchantedsleeper

👀

enchantedsleeper

Oof. I hope that's not where this is going xD But yeah, Bubbles or Jim would say something. Maybe there's an alcohol-free section of the bar and Bubbles told them to use that.

enchantedsleeper

Eyyyyyyy

enchantedsleeper

To be fair, the drain cleaner was Dora's xD

enchantedsleeper

I had assumed they were making a drink for Bubbles, given the crazy ingredients.

enchantedsleeper

Someone can want to avoid alcohol altogether without being in "the program" (by which I'm assuming we're referring to Alcoholics Anonymous).

enchantedsleeper

See also Faye declining kombucha because she doesn't know what percentage of alcohol turns her into Booze Hulk. I wonder if Jeph is thinking of tonic? Let's hope these are the vegetable glycerin kind. I want this to be a cute and funny moment and not a "Bubbles inadvertently gave Faye alcohol" moment.

enchantedsleeper

I feel like asking Sam to make her a drink might have been Faye's idea xD

enchantedsleeper

DO NOT PUT THE FIZZIES IN THE SHAKER!

Adam with two As, a D, and an M

"EvilJuice™: Annihilate Your Thirst!"

BookBeard

You had me right up until the cherries.

Jason Harris

I once absent-mindedly filled my plate at a reception and realized that there were now black olives, green olives, cherry tomatoes, and green grapes all of roughly the same size rolling around the plate at the same time. It was interesting stabbing and seeing which flavor I was going to encounter.

Bill Silvia

Both. Both is good.

Bill Silvia

Fun under supervision is good

Sparky

Frankly I would be disappointed if an Emmett story *didn't* end with a smouldering crater.

BookBeard

It's basically the same as vodka, but you always use so little that it basically doesn't matter.

Ohh Crap Guy

That may be true for the average person, but for a recovering alcoholic there's a real big difference between "basically alcohol free" and "actually alcohol free". Better to avoid finding out just how slippery that slope is.

BookBeard

I think they mean the fact they are now shaking it.

Sam J

I did some googling too and it looks like that well they are made from alcohol you use so little of it that it can class as alcohol free. I'm guessing this is the same for vanilla extract.

Sam J

She is going to love it or hate it. No middle ground.

Scott Vogel

I once made the mistake of adding the fizzy water before shaking.

Maarten Inklaar

♫ And I sang deeeeath deeeeath Devil devil devil devil Evil evil evil evil songs Hell you know that's how I get along! ♫

Andrei Safta

It can't be worse than a Cement Mixer.

William Cole

I forgot about Bubbles' interest in the spicy drink there! Presumably she knows that Faye is likely not going to enjoy this drink, but maybe she'll enjoy a good sniff before handing it to Faye!

Watson

... therefore it's doomed. :(

Graydon Armstrong

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemon,_lime_and_bitters

Graydon Armstrong

SHAKE IT LIKE A POLAROID PICTURE!

William Cole

I'D shop there!

William Cole

Brav-o!

William Cole

My kids - 50 years ago - used to ask me to make "Swampwater" if their friends came over. Orange Juice with Green (Lime?) Cordial - looks revolting!

Charles Hirst

Selectively cast-iron perhaps. On one hand she does regularly drink "abomination" level coffee, on the other we've seen her laid low by cupcakes and burritos. https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2200 https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3997 https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4083

BookBeard

Novel Gothing. I approve

Shinymelon Fearnow

Oh, Skullmaster being a Khorne avatar makes so much sense.

legobil

I find it very important that people who don't drink alcohol still gets to enjoy fucked up concoctions

Bagge

Oh, Bubbles is turning evil!

Aleksei Besogonov

She did indeed. Interestingly, on that same occasion, Bubbles had a drink that was both fizzy and spicy. So perhaps she genuinely thinks the goth mocktail sounds nice. https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3998

BookBeard

I love them so

Fart Captor

They had to include fizzy water, because we all know that Faye enjoys the taste of bubbles. ;)

BookBeard

SHAKE SHAKE SHAKE SEÑORA SHAKE YOUR BODY LINE

Nicolas Demers

Apparently the amount can be so small as to be negligible, however Faye previously refused kombucha for its negligible amount sooooo we'll have to see if anything comes of that

Watson

Apparently the amount can be negligible, however Faye previously refused kombucha for its negligible amount, so I guess we'll see how that goes

Watson

Between 35 and 45% apparently according to google, but alcohol-free bitters do exist for mocktails and such. And I seriously doubt Bubbles would allow them to include alcohol.

BookBeard

That was the first ingredient.

Carl G Knoblock

The fizzy water would prolly dilute it to the point where it's practically non-alcoholic.

Gamera

Olives AND cherries? Absolutely wretched and diabolical

Uniquitous

Hold up - Aren't Bitters like 95% alcohol ... I thought Faye was 0 alcohol these days O.o

Eternal Infernal

HAHAHAHA I'm loving the we're so goth/emo but look how excited we are to make this disgusting sounding drink! thing they got going on. ~<3

Mitsuki Ayane

I, too, called it

djellafine

Gonna open a bakery and call it Chaotic Evil Baked Goods

djellafine

Downloads! Store! Ehee-maiuw ...

Dan Rorabaugh

Behaved herself. No, sorry, behaved *like* herself.

David Paul

Called it. Well... half a point at least.

David Paul

Given how acute Bubbles' chemical sensors are, she'd know exactly how zero alcohol there is in their concoction.

David Paul

Omg the homestar reference hahaha *chefs kiss*

Emily Jane

SHAKE SHAKE SHAKE SHAKE YOUR BOOTY

Bill Marcum

I totally read your author comment in Homestar’s voice, thankee kindly for that throwback! :D

S. Rune Emerson

The nerd part of me seethes with that line of reasoning, but the foodie part of me does not disagree (given that I have Maltese heritage on my mum's side, it's considered unusual that I hate olives with a passion).

David Paul

SKULLS SKULLS SKULLS! SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE!

Daryl Sawyer

Elliot is not the pure marshmallow. My BRAIN is the pure marshmallow!

Joseph Bonnar

The world is ready for Dark Loaf

Not that Patrick Foltz

Ahh, kids in the hall! Good stuff.

Nicole Hands

Drunk Skullmaster, Master Of Drunk Skulls!

BookBeard

"Evil! Evil! Impolite and evil!"

Sean Kinlin

Bubbles probably does, but Fayes is probably flesh.

Adam Abbott

Emmett's reasoning on the relative evilness of ingredients is impeccable. A friend of mine once told me that olives are made by adding evil to grapes and, considering what they taste like, I have no reason to doubt their word.

BookBeard

Did they remember the seltzer?

Ursus Ridens

ding-dong Dear Strongbad,

Elizabeth Rosenzweig

I'm looking forward to the reaction when she opens the shaker. Shaking carbonated drinks is never a good plan.

Nikki

Do we know if Bubbles can audio and video record?

Summer

BLOOD BLOOD BLOOD! BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!

Timothy Roller

SHAKE SHAKE SHAKE

Not that Patrick Foltz

Needs more snake or snake adjacent ingredients.

Summer

Some Oz barmen - if you order a bitter lemon and they don't have any mixer bottles handy. Fortunately the smell was enough to warn me. Hemiplegic Migraine means you can't drive home.

Charles Hirst

I see no Goblin Eyes. This can go WAY more evil.

BobC

Man, I am getting high school flashbacks from this comic.

Sean Rotter

GLUTEUS MAXIMUS BUTTS BUTTS BUTTS! Oh wait no, that's the incantation to summon Jeph.

BookBeard

That must be why Hercules wants Elliot.

Miyaa

Faye better have a cast-iron stomach.

Doc Gumby

Wait who puts bitters in lemonade?

Miyaa

There is such a thing as alcohol-free bitters. Being that Faye is extremely close friends with the brides they may well have made a point of having alcohol-free ingredients available at the wedding, and undoubtedly Bubbles is chaperoning the drink-making process for that precise reason.

BookBeard

As someone with a fermented products allergy, I have to explain that Bitter Lemon is Tonic with Lemon Cordial and NOT Lemonade with Bitters. [The quinine keeps the werewolves away.] {this was meant to be a reply @Kingfuzzyface, but I'm in a caravan park using a Chromebook, and my fingers are too big for the touchscreen}

Charles Hirst

Toons! Games! Chawactews! Email!

Carl

Fizzy water in a shaker - they just built a bomb.

David Borne

So evil chaos loaf…

Miyaa

Sam's baking was already chaotic enough to get her banned from working at the bakery *before* Emmett. I don't know if the world can survive the chaotic-evil baked goods that Dark Emmett and Grimantha would inevitably create. https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4077

BookBeard

EVILUS DEATHICUS BLOOD BLOOD BLOOD!

Adam Daw

Is Faye in the program or is she doing something more healthy, evidence-based and less like a cult?

Michael Phillips

EVILUS DEATHICUS BLOOD BLOOD BLOOD!

William Cole

I think you mean Emmett. Elliot is a being of pure marshmallow.

BookBeard

Remind me to ask these two goths about making evil bread. You know for Roko and Elliot.

Miyaa

I understand now that Elliot is a being of pure chaos.

Joseph Bonnar

I appreciate how supportive Bubbles is.

Shawn K. Younkin

Ya did a great jorb there, Jorph!

KingAtticus

Evilus deathicus blood blood blood!

DVW

Ayyyy bitters are spices steeped in grain alcohol fyi. Some people in the program avoid them still.

Kingfuzzyface

Oooh, this is why Bubbles was scouring the crowd two comics ago! To find these two!

Creeperkry

Baby goths are so cute when they are little.

SilverbackRon

I do kind of want to see Sam's reaction if someone realizes they accidentally put alcohol in. Would Sam chug it as penance before Jim or Bubbles got close enough to stop her?

Bill Silvia

Melon walks by, takes a whiff, and tells Emmet and Sam, “Bottle that! In tiny bottles like the ones they wave under human noses to wake you up! Sell them to robots! You could make a fortune!” Turns out she’s half right, it doesn’t make a fortune, but it does make it easier for them to go to college.

Elf Sternberg

🤣😂🤣😂💥👅⚡

Carrie

Oh I was hoping we'd get back to Sam and Emmet before we left the wedding!

Doc Gumby

Emmett is holding what looks to be three bottles of bitters while pouring one of them out vigorously, so it’s doubtful the concoction will have just “a few drops”, but such a concoction will probably not appeal to even the most desperate alcoholic.

Hakurei06

I love them.

Katrina Urmson

Urp! Reminds me of when my little brothers would put all kinds of stuff into the blender. They were so proud, “We made a delicious drink for you, Claudia". Pure hell to drink, but they meant well…

Claudia D.

What did Faye DO?

Bill Silvia

Can we have bubbles reaction to smelling it or does that only work with tea?

Maghinat

E-e-e maiw

Patrik Prouse

At a mawwaige!

Danny Beans

From a quick search— "Some modern bitters are made with vegetable glycerin instead, allowing those avoiding alcohol to enjoy them"— I'd imagine Jim and/or Bubbles would intervene if they were alcoholic. I believe Faye was shown to enjoy bitters before, so it would be sweet if they specifically made sure the bar had the non-alcoholic kind for her :)

Ashbury Haight

Considering some of the rotgut Faye used to drink, she might actually like it.

rhekke

Emmett has clearly been training as Emily's apprentice in mixology. https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3729

BookBeard

If we're counting seltzer with a few drops of bitters as alcoholic, then we have to count bread and vinegar, too.

Danny Beans

It is important to learn that not all experiments are successful

Todd Ellner

Fizzy water? Bad drink right from the start, eugh

Ashbury Haight

Very alcoholic, but they are legally considered a flavoring, not a beverage. Glycerine bitters are . .. not great. Darcy O'Neill has a breakdown of flowers about carriers other than ethanol

Todd Ellner

@Auros they/their

BookBeard

Isn’t there alcohol in bitters? How much are they adding? Because I can see a teen dumping an entire bottle in there out of ignorance

Hakurei06

There was zero alcohol content, so she can (in theory) drink it.

Czarzhan

Even without the fizzy water, it's a good idea to hold on to the lid. When you try to shake the 'shaker' without securing the lid, your beverage will end up all over the other patrons and you. Ask me how I know!

alphanor

With all the hot sauce he added to it, when it blasts into his face, that's gonna be.... exciting.

Auros Harman

That was my thought exactly. But typically they are so low in alcohol that they are not classed as alcoholic when a few drops are put in a drink, i.e.: I can purchase a lemon lime and bitters at a non-licensed restaurant here in Australia, because the alcohol is considered negligible.

Bridgette Ryan

Fizzy water for the Blood God!

Kenneth

Man, Bubbles is so pretty

Brent

Bubbles's hair is so loooong

Tabetha Rosenberg

Sid Fwenchman!

Diptych

Games!

Chris Keiser

Totally worth it

Nicolas Demers

Yes, let's hope these are nice glycerine-based bitters or similar.

Jonathan Taves

chawactews! toons! DOWNWOADS!

Jason Rock

And not holding the lid 😂

ArtemisFolly

Yeah it's just going to explode

LtDan

And not holding the lid 😂

ArtemisFolly

Throwing up evil finger gestures helps when a decent pentagram isn’t available…should be more than evil enough! :)

Darren Franzen

Lordy, but Bubbles looks cute...

Paul Britt

Aren't bitters usually alcoholic? Hopefully they found a non-alcoholic brand!

Zofia

...shaking it with the fizzy water in the shaker? Oh no.

Eric Rucker

E-emails!

Emily Kapor-Mater

Evilus! Deathicus! Blood! Blood! Blood!

Darren Franzen

Not holding the lid is a bold move

LNut

Evil dread Sammet!

Amelia Lewis

Now I just wanna chant along with them.

Adam Daw

SCIENCE! ...Evil science?

Zig Justice

😂

Spacey02111

They’re adorable, and Bubbles will soon sleep on the couch tonight.

Andrea Andrew

i know what im doing tonight

Tamara Macadam

They're so friggin adorable

Nicholas Lopez

downloads!!!

Danielle Church

I am looking forward to the silent scream creeping across Faye's face while she drinks this.

Tannerbot

Fizzy water in a cocktail shaker is gonna end badly for them

Zach Shoemaker

Fizzy water in a cocktail shaker? Hopefully it doesn't explode EvilJuice all over the bar!

Mathew Page

She just wants to smell it.

Peter McDevitt

Sid Hoffman, ow Sid Fwenchman?

chili sunrise

Having missed a goth phase I'm at a loss to know if this will work without a pentagram and am leaning on the wisdom of the crowds.

ValdVin


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