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She looks SUPER stoned in that one frame

Fergus Murray

The interaction is perhaps close to getting... out of Han?

panpolypuff

Why would there be overalls in the dress section of the soup store?

Eric Sieck

Who put the overalls in Mrs. Murphy's chowder?

OldGoat

I find your lack of white scleras... DISTURBING...

Doc Gumby

Ahhh the paint bucket spilled flesh color into the whites of Hanners' eyes in panel 1 and now I can't unsee it!

Shane Wegner

And is Hanners being… too oblivious to Ahn’s cattyness?

will davison

You know what? Hannelore saying, "Yeah, you can buy them at stores." kind of implies that buying dresses (and other clothes?) in stores is a newish thing for her. Don’t you wonder how her clothes were styled and made for her on the Station? I think you’ve got it exactly right, AI styled and fabbed. And with pockets, lots of pockets…

Claudia D.

I didn't notice before, but, yeah First Panel Hanners looks like Hanna-Barbera c. 1971.

ValdVin

no capes!!

Joe

it's got morning in the name ...

Joe

Wash like armour ratings together

Andrew

And Anhapologetic about it too!

Paul Veselovsky

Sangria! -burp-

Holly Nelson

The label is simple: Station Dress Store Zero-G Spider Silk AI Design & Fab

Photon

TY 🤗

Shinymelon Fearnow

Bridesmaid, on Tai's side.

Hugh Eckert

She is wise / and rolling her eyes / Hasta la wing-girl!

Hugh Eckert

This person is just Anhbelievably rude.

panpolypuff

That's where most of those tailored ones end up, eventually. :-)

David Pipes

“New York’s hottest new club is The Dress Store. It has everything: dresses,”

Magic Chopstick Games

But it’s also so cute I added it to my Reactions Album

Nick Gilbert

I don’t know if this is an error, and if pointing it out is unwelcome I will never do it again, but it looks like the white’s of Hanner’s eyes weren’t colored in.

Nick Gilbert

hanners is helping (tm)

Sydney J Freedberg

Hanners has her name sewn in the label in case she goes to camp.

allanfranta

brunch?

allanfranta

Which side of the aisle was she sitting on?

allanfranta

Better to buy pants at the dress store than dresses at the soup store

Eric Sieck

@Grace: Bartender told me "It's noon somewhere" with a big grin once.

allanfranta

I never went in, I thought it was odd to store men in a warehouse... was this joke done?

allanfranta

It may be complex, though. The whole point of things like advanced fashion sense and exclusive designers is that they enable old money to distinguish themselves from the vulgar nouveau riche. Even if the latter have more cash.

Philip Masters

Sean, depends on your belly.

allanfranta

Water off a ducks back.

allanfranta

I doubt that Hanners is very accustomed to detecting hostility.

Philip Masters

Point. Though presumably some red carpet dresses eschew the label and the pocket, on account of transparency. (Also, Jill Bearup will approve of those pockets…)

Philip Masters

But the important question is: zip, then fasten? or fasten, then zip?

Sean Kinlin

Evangeline Dubonnet will most certainly have her label inside her creations ("Anonymous" is not to be thought of). They will be exquisitely designed labels, hand sewn next to the invisibly set-in zipper, and a cleverly concealed pocket for your "Universal Card". It is known.

Claudia D.

I also learned "never buy off the rack for special occasions" but that's because clothes that were hung up were more expensive than the ones displayed folded on a table or shelf.

Likeablejerk

Never buy buy off the rack for special occasions. Get your tailor to make you an original or rent from exclusive brand. Not me though I go to the thrift store.

Jose Alfredo Villalobos

There's a Barn Barn just downhill from my house actually!

Jane the Inscrutable

Yes, but if she almost always gets what she wants, it’s not a very visible problem. And I get the impression that her female friends can mostly laugh off her worst habits.

Philip Masters

What happens is, Hanners buys her incredibly inexpensive dress — then takes it to a tailor, as the rich do. Ta da! Cheap dress looks great.

Nancie

As I recall, they do have crates. Strictly as display surfaces though. Or maybe they used to, but don’t anymore.

Nancie

The fact remains it's a label, though. Off the peg is off the peg, whichever peg it was. Anh has just said she buys made-to-measure from an exclusive designer.

Philip Masters

The key distinction is between "dress store" and "exclusive designer". Hanners bought off the peg. However much she spent, that simply never has the same snob value as "made to measure from an exclusive designer". However, the fact that Hanners looks so good, and still emits heiress vibes, despite not even caring about labels, will be making Anh grind her teeth.

Philip Masters

I suspect that Hanners's mother maintains a presence on the high society scene, if only for a few contacts and some basic PR.

Philip Masters

Her hairdresser is being forcefully recalibrated?!

Diptych

Made In Zero Gravity :)

Stephen Wells

You will be disappointed twice over when you step into a Crate and Barrel.

ValdVin

You KNOW that label is going to be eye-popping one way or another:Walmart? Balenciaga? And now, we wait…

Claudia D.

“Do up the fly, you fools!”

Andrew

Anh: This label...says..."Black Floating Slab that Emits a Hum"??? Hanners: Oh so thaaaaaats what they do when they're not getting coffee!

Mad Marie

@tellumo: I think it must be a bunch place. I wonder if they serve soup?

Mad Marie

That's truly lovely.

Mad Marie

Salad is one or more vegetables with a vinegary condiment, right? If you put onions and mustard on a chili dog, is that soup sandwich and salad?

Mad Marie

@Grace: How forward-thinking of them!

Mad Marie

@chopstick: No, you can't.

Mad Marie

"...You...shall not...PANTS!" (slams down staff on the bridge)

Mad Marie

"...50/50 Mithril/Cotton Blend, Dryad Clean Only."

Mad Marie

Oh I totally forgot that's what she was doing...lol!

djellafine

I'm sort of wondering if Hannelore is partly pretending to be this level of naive and 100% unaware of the level of frost aimed in her direction?

djellafine

Hanner's dress has a dynamic display label that is actively managed by Station, so it currently has a very rude personal message for Anh themed around "you couldn't afford me".

Stephen Wells

FUCK YOU

Byron Wright

Hannelore has access to Rich Bitch Mode but only uses it in emergencies. She's so good 😊

Boots McGoot

Ahn’s “heiressdar” is being forcefully recalibrated… I think it will explode when she realizes Hannelore is an heiress, but one who kept the science side much more than the moneyed side.

Comics Ladybird

you can't tell me what to do Jeph, I'm going to go buy pants at the dress store right now... also a dress. ~<3

Mitsuki Ayane

Is chili soup? Is a chili dog soup and a sandwich?

Captain Button

It's made of Sinclair monofilament and can be used to cut people's ehads off in an emergency.

Captain Button

I don't think that's how Hanners shops, or dresses

enchantedsleeper

I get the feeling that it's gonna turn out that Hanners's dress is super high end and expensive but she bought it because she liked it and didn't bother to look at the price

Brad Kirkwood

Hopefully someone won't have to say the same thing to chase Anh off. But useless people, hmm.

SpookyPenguin

Why do I get the feeling she won't recognize Hannelores parents? It feels hard to imagine with how famous they are, but it also feels like they may be outside of the scope of people Anh pays attention to.

Jared Kolbly

It's 4:20 somewhere?

Grace Kieser

They are selling dresses at the Men's Warehouse now!? I haven't been in one since I graduated high school!

Grace Kieser

"WHY ARE YOU BUYING PANTS AT THE DRESS STORE??"

DisasterByte

Dress to impress.... Or look nice, whatever works for you!

(void)

I remember a story about Jay Rockefeller showing his dad John D. III Rockefeller around the newly constructed Rockefeller Center in New York. A the end, he said “Pretty impressive, huh?”. The elder Rockefeller’s response: “Son, exactly who are we trying to impress?”

Fazal Majid

Where's the shame ball when you need them?

James Milne

The first time I saw a Tuesday Morning store, I pulled into the parking lot and walked out of my car with only one question in mind: *what the hell does this place *do???**

tellumo

Use a volcano - the oceans are polluted enough already...

Leak

Cantilever! CANTILEVER!

Magic Chopstick Games

"You have something on your back there... is that a... pizza margherita?"

Leak

It's too early for weed, innit?

Leak

You can buy them at stores??? You know…dresses….at dress stores! Haha! BUUUUURN!

Anders Rapp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNcYtcVn-8k

KCT

I can't wait until she realizes who Hanners is

Onyx

You would imagine you could buy barns there, in bulk. “Hi! A fist of barns, please!”

legobil

the way she was talking down to her and being all about exclusive expensive things, and the way she was talking about both hanners and sven before does not in any way make her seem like shes nice even when she gets what she wants. shes narcissistic and entitled.

Ashley Thomas

And winggirl is outta there!

Maurice Kessler

Unnecessary. Hanners will make Anh crazy by not responding to any of her insults.

Maurice Kessler

Hannelore may be an heiress, but she really doesn’t care about it. She may use her power to help her friends, but she doesn’t get satisfaction out of flaunting her wealth, Hanners finds greater achievement just overcoming her own demons.

Thisguy

Glass roses and brillo pads

Gamera

Hanners is rich enough that The Dress Store could be a very expensive designer’s exclusive place.

Eric Eisenhart

I bet it's some super exotic high end dress, and Hanners just thought it was cute.

Joel Bateman

Way down the road after going fully into nemesis mode and Hannelore not noticing or caring.

PixelThis

Watchu buin?

SpaceAustralian

The snobby girl is going to find out who Hannelore is and how rich she is and freak out

Rob The Mildly Perplexed!

She is assessing for whether Anh is kind, patient, and a good communicator.

Pete

I'm at soup

Ami

It really is a couture name, but WE are too exclusive to know it. Personally, my dresses are all from Chez Bonne Volonte and Armée du Salut. 💋

Holly Nelson

She did already suspect that Hanners is an heiress, so I wouldn't expect that to be the big reveal other than the scale of it all.

Leticia Sparkman

Do they at least sell bulks?

DVW

Plot twist. Hannelore knows very well who that is, but is playing the fool so that Anh will be behind for mercy when she hears Hanners' last name. It's something Hannelore learned from her mother, and the fact that she did this without really trying will provoke some soul searching.

The Clayote

My attempt to befriend you is backed by NUCLEAR WEAPONS!

William Cole

🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

Carrie

Punch is just alcoholic soup. Discuss!

William Cole

I have been the help for some 1% people, this shows well how a "minor" difference like doing your own shopping can be shocking. 🤦‍♀️

Carrie

It's a viral scene of anime characters arguing about shopping at 'the soup store', called 'I'm At Soup'. I'm told it's from a fan parody/abridged version of an anime series I haven't seen.

Diptych

I have somehow completely missed what The Soup Store is, in terms of references in this post. Clue? Link? plzthks

Am Queue

Ok, that snooty ass needs to have something colossally embarrassing happen to her. Right here, right now, posted to YouTube.

Yelling Bird

I don't know which is more delicious - that Hanners is too nice to even pick up on Anh's rudeness, or that Hanners' off-the-peg dress looks nicer than Anh's designer exlusive.

Diptych

Perhaps Station made the dress and it's only accessible by residents living in orbit.

Matthew Michela

If this chick doesn't start finding Hanelore charming fast I'm gonna throw her in the ocean 😤

Fart Captor

The possibility of this happening has me extremely invested in this subplot.

Joshua Bushman

I tried to go to the warehouse, but it turned into a human when the full moon ended and it wandered off.

ljdbjlasfbjk

Bulk Barn also doesn't sell barns. One of these barn stores needs to sell barns, but could you imagine the size of the warehouse?

Matthew Delahaye

Hanners wealth is... out of this world?

Jason Wotzko

“Uh, is this tag in elvish?”

Andrew

I bought pants at the dress store once; I count myself lucky to have escaped with my life. I left a lot of good men behind me in that hellhole.

Cody Renton

@William Cole: Hanners and Anh are different heights, I don't think they can swap dresses.

PostRetroism

They were out of soup.

Uniquitous

Someone's about to pull Anh aside and whisper "you have no idea who she is, do you?"

awgiedawgie

This lady is gonna say the wrong thing and activate the Hannelore Defense Battalion.

Uniquitous

"She's nice when she gets what she wants" isn't a strong argument.

Tinwhisker

As much as Anh wants to be catty, Hanners is too fixated in hooking Sven up to notice! She is definitely the best Hanners, plus her dress looks super cute!

Grace Kieser

Dress Nazi: No Pants For You!

SpookyPenguin

Oh, don't be surprised if that tag on Hanners's dress is an uber-exclusive designer whom, when she hears the name, will comment what a lovely person she is.

Czarzhan

The tag says, "You're gonna look great - I guarantee."

Sean Kinlin

It's like trying to be Anh at the Hannelore store....

Mad Marie

is that because it's called TGI Friday's and only 14% of the patrons that come in say grace before they eat there?

Mad Marie

Well there's the tobacco barn, and over there's the horse barn. Back behind the house there's the dress barn, we rent that out for weddin's and things, 'sreal fancy. Ya wanna take a look?

Not that Patrick Foltz

target acquisition mode

voyager-ngc5195

her head will slowly rotate about its axis

Mad Marie

^ and there's two

Mad Marie

^ Well, that's one reference to the dress episode

Mad Marie

You'll be disappointed to know that it is neither

Robert Spremulli

You were trying to drink punch at the soup store comment thread?

Mad Marie

Anh doesn't seem the type to be ashamed of how quickly she can be gotten out of her dress.

William Cole

oh snap

Mad Marie

Orbiting Railgun Shade.

ValdVin

Dress Barn must be either A. the sort of rural structure that's used for more formal occasions, or B. the place where the dressage horses live.

Mad Marie

panel 1 hanners lacks white sclera

Valk

She's probably nice enough when she's not getting c-blocked

The World Famous Chocomerican

Well, she has become more grounded and worldly. A stranger acting "catty" and making assumptions are probably old hat by now. :)

Joshua Brumley

Yeah, Hanners is going to make an unintentional flex about not getting a lot of designer options in her space station and Anh,s head will spin.

The World Famous Chocomerican

The restaurant Friday's is somehow only correct 2% of the time...

Not that Patrick Foltz

came here to make a soup store joke, was beaten to the punch several times over 😂

Logan Nix

Probably a name Jeph made up to sound like a designer. It is funny to think that she would definitely know who Hanners is though, and probably beg to put a dress on her just to say she did.

Damian

Hannelore would be the best nemesis. She gots teh brains.

Alacrity Fitzhugh

So far, we're at 7 Soup Store references and zero references to the dress episode of Firefly.

Bill Silvia

She does NOT want to try to intimidate Hanners with her wealth. One, it won't work, and Two, if she finds out Hanners's net worth that's going to be a humbling experience.

Czarzhan

Because noone truly can, unless they are like, truly evil.

Not that Patrick Foltz

Hannelore. You are the very best. 🤣 My son's nickname from me is Soup. Super Dude to Super Noodle to Soup Noodle to Soup. He's 14 now and those were at 3-4 year intervals since birf.

Shinymelon Fearnow

so far i cant understand why anyone is friends with this person.

Ashley Thomas

Why are you buying dresses at the SOUP STORE

Sora

Is Evangeline Dubonnet a couture name or is Jeph just toying with us?

ValdVin

This is the way you handle problematic arrogant people IRL tho.

pseudoclever

The store Tuesday Morning is only couture about 7% of the time.

Mad Marie

Hannelore as anyone's nemesis is amusing to me.

Creeperkry

Most people don't show their best side when put in competition, even if the competition was only in their own head. I have a feeling Hannelore might pure enofhbt to disarm her.

Alex Mullenix

Alternatively, she knows exactly what's going on and her dress comes from a store where the 1%ers are barred for not being rich enough

Devin Gates

Or clothes at the soup store

Wynn Donivan

Better than buying pants at the Soup Store.

Daryl Sawyer

Just a lot of disappointed Amish customers.

Bridgette Ryan

It's like bringing pants to a dress fight.

Mad Marie

Anh can mean "older brother" or "male friend" or "English" in Vietnamese, among other things

Erin Halfelven at BigCloset

WHY ARE YOU BUYING CLOTHES AT THE SOUP STORE?!

Devin Gates

Sarcasm immunity through neurodivergence ho!

Tannerbot

Could you pay them to dress your barn though?

Zig Justice

Neither does Pottery Barn, for some reason. So odd.

Mad Marie

I don't like Anh. I hope they show some redeeming qualities. Besides being Tai's friend, that is.

Adam with two As, a D, and an M

WHY ARE YOU BUYING PANTS AT THE DRESS STORE?!!?!?

MoonieKitten

The dress store called, and they're all out of you! Wait. That's not right.

Malcreos

Incoming oblivious disarmament of arrogance in 3... 2... 1...

Zig Justice

Just get all your clothes at the soup store

Yuu Yi

"One dress please!"

Olaf

I'm at Soup.

Sammitch

They don't sell soup, though.

Bill Silvia

they're gonna become best friends. i can feel it 😅

Corey Lynn

Hanners is oblivious to someone hating her.

Andrea Andrew

Your bottom tagline is a thing, but there was literally a store called dress Barn. They didn't sell barns

Robert Spremulli


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