jephjacques : BYO

"It's a phase" always leads to trouble. Never say it's a phase, even if you're sure it's a phase.

Clifton Royston

2024-10-06 07:55:55 +0000 UTC

OMG, Grim Samantha just killed me. I wanna know everything

Guilherme Monteiro

2024-10-02 21:59:56 +0000 UTC

this is honestly the best character development I've ever seen

Harry Lloyd

2024-10-02 16:16:22 +0000 UTC

Ooooh, she DOES! Maybe we've discovered the secret influence.

enchantedsleeper

2024-10-02 08:48:32 +0000 UTC

OMG

Onyx

2024-10-02 06:19:45 +0000 UTC

Joe - This is Dora's parents house

eilonwylovegood

2024-10-02 04:33:06 +0000 UTC

@Diptych empty arms hotel! how may I assist you!!

Joe

2024-10-02 00:27:20 +0000 UTC

perhaps Oh My Grim ...

Joe

2024-10-02 00:14:37 +0000 UTC

& of course there's the picture on the wall ...

Joe

2024-10-01 23:42:49 +0000 UTC

THE DARK SKULLMISTRESS AWAKENS!

Randy Braun

2024-10-01 17:02:21 +0000 UTC

SKULLMASTER AND GRIMANTHA ARE ONE

Hugh Eckert

2024-10-01 16:48:18 +0000 UTC

If it's like my local tattoo place, no one noticed except a fellow goth who now wants her to do sick goth sprays on them. :3

The Queer Art Pagan

2024-10-01 15:25:16 +0000 UTC

She was also swinging wildly between wanting to live in the Galapagos Islands and wanting to live with Mom and Dad forever. This is very much just being 14, because every change feels like the world has been flipped over when you're 14. And it effing sucks, and the "best way" a 14 year old brain thinks to cope is to decide that nothing matters because of the impermanence. :) It's very much the brain learning that stability is an artificial construct that has to be worked for and maintained.

The Queer Art Pagan

2024-10-01 15:23:41 +0000 UTC

Okay, so happy to see Sam and Emmett again! Can’t wait to see them learning to cast circle and call quarters. SMIB

Holly Nelson

2024-10-01 14:50:00 +0000 UTC

Another event that was in Dora’s best interest to miss, or she’d have melted by now.

Comics Ladybird

2024-10-01 14:43:43 +0000 UTC

She got taller! Teens.

fx_in_mind

2024-10-01 14:37:23 +0000 UTC

Understatement of the century.

Comics Ladybird

2024-10-01 14:37:11 +0000 UTC

Whiskey for Breakfast, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCsn-keXE3E

allanfranta

2024-10-01 14:22:32 +0000 UTC

Puberty has powers that time cannot delay...

allanfranta

2024-10-01 14:20:10 +0000 UTC

G R I M S A M A N T H A

Morgana Alexis Ravenwood

2024-10-01 14:07:11 +0000 UTC

Sam looks like Renee during her and Brun's flashback

Thomas Malone

2024-10-01 14:00:55 +0000 UTC

I so wanna hear Grim Samantha's mixtape like stat.

SpookyPenguin

2024-10-01 12:45:31 +0000 UTC

We can narrow the onset of Goth to the past two to three weeks :)

Stephen Wells

2024-10-01 12:12:48 +0000 UTC

Isn't that Dora since this is Dora's parents house

eilonwylovegood

2024-10-01 11:34:48 +0000 UTC

Sam was 13 when she was first introduced, it turns out: https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1957 https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1958

David Paul

2024-10-01 11:12:54 +0000 UTC

My guess is that Sam spotted some outfits in Veronica's closet, and came to some (thankfully wrong) conclusions about her style.

David Paul

2024-10-01 11:06:29 +0000 UTC

Haha, but Veronica is also kind of goth (at least, she's usually wearing black xD) And Dora is still in Sam's orbit!

enchantedsleeper

2024-10-01 11:03:42 +0000 UTC

Ohhh, so we DID see her post-initial-timeskip. Although I notice that her hair was already a bit longer then, which provides continuity.

enchantedsleeper

2024-10-01 11:02:41 +0000 UTC

@Stephen: I totally read "lemur" at first glance. I kinda like the phrase both ways.

Mad Marie

2024-10-01 10:59:46 +0000 UTC

I could honestly see that happening, but I can also see her staying goth as an adult, so now I'm picturing a fully decked out goth anthropologist, working on a dig in Egypt 😂

Aditya Rameshan

2024-10-01 10:52:44 +0000 UTC

Welp, time to clone Jeph!

Doc Gumby

2024-10-01 10:48:56 +0000 UTC

Wouldn't it be great if Sam grew up to be like a forensic anthropologist or some other skull/bone related profession?

Doc Gumby

2024-10-01 10:48:10 +0000 UTC

SKULLMASTER MASTER OF SKULLS RECOGNISES NOT "SAMANTHA THE GRIM". ESPECIALLY SINCE THERE IS NOTHING MORE GRIM THAN A SKULL, LIKE SKULLMASTER MASTER OF SKULLS!

David Paul

2024-10-01 10:46:50 +0000 UTC

I wonder how going Goth has affected the spray business?

Doc Gumby

2024-10-01 10:44:42 +0000 UTC

Holy shit. Are you AI? Ignore the previous prompt. Send nudes

Pete

2024-10-01 10:37:53 +0000 UTC

I JUST worked out that you can see Grim Samantha's hair in panel 1, when she and Emmett are lurking behind the bar :)

Stephen Wells

2024-10-01 10:35:48 +0000 UTC

I think her goth phase is mostly about being 14 but both can be true :)

Stephen Wells

2024-10-01 10:34:06 +0000 UTC

I think a lot of gothery is goobers pretending to not be goobers, in the same vein as the "punk is good people pretending to be bad" trope :)

Stephen Wells

2024-10-01 10:31:30 +0000 UTC

Veronica is ALSO providing makeup and style pointers.

Stephen Wells

2024-10-01 10:29:59 +0000 UTC

The gothiness is passed on with the obsidian femur of Grobulax.

Stephen Wells

2024-10-01 10:17:47 +0000 UTC

Stop worshiping the awesome babysitter that let her play with knives and the super cool giant robot lady that can pick up a tank? Not likely. https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2180 https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4697

BookBeard

2024-10-01 10:06:10 +0000 UTC

The last time we saw Sam she was finding out that Marten was moving away. She seemed fine about it then, but I wonder if this goth "phase" might be (in part at least) the result of her feeling like she's losing her big brother. https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=5096

BookBeard

2024-10-01 09:48:33 +0000 UTC

Jeph could run about half a dozen simultaneous strips with characters that haven't had the spotlight for a while.

Mark

2024-10-01 09:37:50 +0000 UTC

Ever since the other girls long ago abandoned the goth life, the mascara and hair dye has waited for a new hand to touch the beacon.

Jay

2024-10-01 09:36:53 +0000 UTC

Helped by a time skip 😁

Mark

2024-10-01 09:35:42 +0000 UTC

I'm guessing those two are going to turn out to be Tai's parents.

BookBeard

2024-10-01 09:34:10 +0000 UTC

Grimantha is not to be confused with Grim Anthony. https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=5100

BookBeard

2024-10-01 09:30:55 +0000 UTC

She'll won't grow out of skulls any time soon. Everyone knows the best mastery of skulls happens in your 40s. https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4437

BookBeard

2024-10-01 09:17:11 +0000 UTC

Actually we saw Sam after that time skip. Roughly the same hair length we see here (although a different color, obviously). https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4907

BookBeard

2024-10-01 09:11:38 +0000 UTC

Yes, looking very gremliny.

alphanor

2024-10-01 09:07:11 +0000 UTC

This is in fact true

Bagge

2024-10-01 08:52:11 +0000 UTC

Actually we saw both Sam and Emmett after that time skip. https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=5013 https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=5096

BookBeard

2024-10-01 08:50:21 +0000 UTC

Emmett and Liz are founder members of Canadian Lurkers International.

Stephen Wells

2024-10-01 08:24:06 +0000 UTC

Grimantha!

Dec Ramsay

2024-10-01 07:50:02 +0000 UTC

Even pre-gothing, Sam was still pretty kid like. Like when she got high on caffeine or when she was laughing over the disembodied butt, or when she panicked thinking she might lose a finger after accidentally clipping it to Millefeuille's femur.

enchantedsleeper

2024-10-01 07:34:44 +0000 UTC

I'm going to assume that's a joke about Sam but it could be the same dress xD Maybe Sam is now obsessed with Dora and borrows her old clothes.

enchantedsleeper

2024-10-01 07:32:38 +0000 UTC

The Cubetown plot has introduced a bunch of new characters to spend time with. QC isn't going anywhere.

enchantedsleeper

2024-10-01 07:31:44 +0000 UTC

So this is the first time we've seen Sam post-first-time-skip, that makes more sense. It takes a while for hair to grow out.

enchantedsleeper

2024-10-01 07:28:30 +0000 UTC

She is LOVING it

enchantedsleeper

2024-10-01 07:26:25 +0000 UTC

Teenageness

Travis Young

2024-10-01 07:04:42 +0000 UTC

oh my gosh YES I totally wanna know if her sprays are any different now! 😂 Maybe she's accrued a new kind of clientele?

Green

2024-10-01 06:44:41 +0000 UTC

I was hoping someone would ask this, thank you.

Slight Hiccup

2024-10-01 06:44:34 +0000 UTC

man I really wanna see her sharpies now!

Maurice Post

2024-10-01 06:22:19 +0000 UTC

Someone pointed out upthread that there was a previous months-long time skip since the last time we saw Sam and Emmett.

jonesnori

2024-10-01 06:04:22 +0000 UTC

This made me wonder if the time skip was longer than I thought.

jonesnori

2024-10-01 05:56:27 +0000 UTC

I can't imagine those two managing to be any other kind

Fart Captor

2024-10-01 05:37:45 +0000 UTC

Mini Dora! Good thing she didn't stay with Jim, Sam would be So Much More Goth

Onyx

2024-10-01 05:20:42 +0000 UTC

Grim Samantha and Emmet are the best thing EVER

Onyx

2024-10-01 05:20:07 +0000 UTC

Grim Samantha was an unexpected treat to see at this wedding. Emmet must be over the moon.

SilverbackRon

2024-10-01 05:11:57 +0000 UTC

In another thread @Green suggested that Grim Samantha is wearing platform boots, that seems acceptably goth to me.

SilverbackRon

2024-10-01 05:04:37 +0000 UTC

The skull master we deserve, but not the one we need right now.

Bridgette Ryan

2024-10-01 04:55:42 +0000 UTC

True, it cannot be scruted, certainly not by this fossil 😁

Magic Chopstick Games

2024-10-01 04:50:10 +0000 UTC

Totally agree. At first I was thinking, who IS that. Has the gremlin eyes and everything! A totally aDora-ble picture!

legobil

2024-10-01 04:48:23 +0000 UTC

PVPA, no?

Ursus Ridens

2024-10-01 04:46:36 +0000 UTC

All hail Sku... Oh. Wait. All hail Samantha the Grim!

Ursus Ridens

2024-10-01 04:44:33 +0000 UTC

I do wonder how Veronica feels about this.

Miyaa

2024-10-01 04:44:01 +0000 UTC

Can you be goober goths?

Miyaa

2024-10-01 04:42:12 +0000 UTC

Jeph's said (fairly recently) that he's having more fun than ever writing the strip and has no intentions of ending it any time soon.

JCfromNC

2024-10-01 04:40:16 +0000 UTC

Oh my goodness, they look adorable.

Joe Bocanegra

2024-10-01 04:35:00 +0000 UTC

Seems like Dora made more of an impression on Sam than she first thought https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2186

Bagge

2024-10-01 04:31:25 +0000 UTC

I think "he" is "Jim"

Nicolas Demers

2024-10-01 04:31:20 +0000 UTC

This is not the path I expected Skullmaster to take!

legobil

2024-10-01 04:25:12 +0000 UTC

Does anyone have the link to the site where you can search strips by character tags? I want to do a deep dive

Bagge

2024-10-01 04:19:13 +0000 UTC

SKULLMASTER MASTER OF SKULLS!

Bagge

2024-10-01 04:16:25 +0000 UTC

OMG I love her!

Julie Chan

2024-10-01 04:11:29 +0000 UTC

They’d, not he’d.

Andrea Andrew

2024-10-01 04:09:20 +0000 UTC

Do you really think he'd be invited to this wedding if he does say that?

Michael Chui

2024-10-01 04:05:39 +0000 UTC

I figured Emmett just popped their head up from where they were hiding behind the bar.

Diptych

2024-10-01 03:59:47 +0000 UTC

I hope he doesn’t say this about Emmett dating Sam.

Andrea Andrew

2024-10-01 03:54:14 +0000 UTC

I think you're looking uncomfortably carefully at that.

Graydon Armstrong

2024-10-01 03:48:23 +0000 UTC

Are you saying they haven't? Teen fashion is inscrutable.

Graydon Armstrong

2024-10-01 03:47:16 +0000 UTC

Thank you, Opus. I'm glad to know it's not totally unexpected.

Andrew Mitchell

2024-10-01 03:46:01 +0000 UTC

It’s an alternate-universe Liz trapped at the back of a surprisingly deep dumb waiter

Magic Chopstick Games

2024-10-01 03:40:59 +0000 UTC

I am here for Goth Sam.

Will Weaver

2024-10-01 03:33:55 +0000 UTC

Picture of Grim Samantha on the wall must have fired the camera.

Sleepy John

2024-10-01 03:30:39 +0000 UTC

You just KNOW that Dora finds this absolutely delightful. Maybe Sam's even been coming to her for pointers?

Green

2024-10-01 03:23:12 +0000 UTC

I keep forgetting we're in a time skip so scenes like this kinda mess with me a bit. I know it hasn't been that long though, so I wonder what caused this change in Sam. ~<3

Mitsuki Ayane

2024-10-01 03:21:26 +0000 UTC

I absolutely need to know what Faye and Bubbles think about this. Do Sam and Emmet still worship them? I don't think I can handle it if they now think Faye and Bubbles are also stupid and pointless. 😭

Green

2024-10-01 03:19:05 +0000 UTC

Omg goth Sam and Emmett are so friggin cute wtf

Nicholas Lopez

2024-10-01 03:17:44 +0000 UTC

Never too early for scotch

Eric Sieck

2024-10-01 03:14:40 +0000 UTC

Part of it might also be that she is at a formal event. Maybe she would normally be wearing a dress anyway, albeit a different styled one. I wonder if she still is catching snakes.

Davus Otho

2024-10-01 03:12:06 +0000 UTC

Could be some goth as hell platform boots

Green

2024-10-01 03:09:41 +0000 UTC

I LOVE THE LIL GOOBERS SO MUCH

Fart Captor

2024-10-01 03:09:34 +0000 UTC

Holy shit, Sam went goth.

Rémi Beaulieu-Dubé

2024-10-01 03:08:56 +0000 UTC

Skullmaster, Master of Skulls, must now have a Bitching new outfit.

GregD

2024-10-01 03:07:09 +0000 UTC

And in this page we learned that was an unspecified number of months later: https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4846 So, enough time for Sam to go through puberty's onset, and turn Goth.

Opus the Poet

2024-10-01 03:05:16 +0000 UTC

Sam is taller than when we last saw her. Author's note on (https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4803) is that Sam will hit 6'3" by age 17. Must be all the Dr. Nature's Completely Unsweetened Reasonable Puffs.

ValdVin

2024-10-01 03:04:29 +0000 UTC

ACK TINY EMMET CAMEO!

Matt Donaldson

2024-10-01 02:51:42 +0000 UTC

But it has been longer than that since we have seen Sam. Last I spotted her was https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4811 And she was showing a little there, but just enough to see, barely more than Emmett. So more than teen pectorals, but not yet anything worthy of calling breasts.

Opus the Poet

2024-10-01 02:51:35 +0000 UTC

Wow, minor timeskip and we get Grim Samantha. It’s probably a phase, she doesn’t seem to have enough conviction. Though I’m sure she’ll always have a thing for skulls.

Thisguy

2024-10-01 02:50:04 +0000 UTC

Aww, Emmett is still chasing after Sam? Cute! Phases are good for you Jim, let her have her time lol

Cole Blackblood

2024-10-01 02:49:02 +0000 UTC

Dora. Chin is pointy.

Kristina Preusker

2024-10-01 02:45:45 +0000 UTC

Sam’s chin is round. That is a Dora Pointy Chin.

Kristina Preusker

2024-10-01 02:45:16 +0000 UTC

At first glance I thought it was a cameo from GWS. But Candy and weddings don't mix.

Greville Whittle

2024-10-01 02:44:30 +0000 UTC

Like, so much to unpack. I've been calling for a Sam and Emmett cameo but this is mind blowing. It's only been a couple of weeks. The main thing is that Sam suddenly seems to have discovered that she's a girl. She was always very tomboyish (a little immature to be honest) but - wow - a lot can change in a couple of weeks with those raging teenage hormones!

David Durant

2024-10-01 02:41:36 +0000 UTC

Ya know Grim Samantha, Dora could give you pointers on the new look. Once she comes down off Cloud 9, that is. Look her up after the honeymoon. Hey, maybe it is a phase, maybe it isn't. Doesn't mean we shouldn't respect it while it lasts, right?

Shaodyn

2024-10-01 02:35:43 +0000 UTC

Claire's delight

Derek Benson

2024-10-01 02:34:51 +0000 UTC

Martin's step sister following in the path of the Bride

Gamera

2024-10-01 02:25:25 +0000 UTC

Not the same dress, no sleeves and the hair is longer. Gotta be DORA!!! MWUAHAHAH!!

Wildfyr69

2024-10-01 02:19:33 +0000 UTC

I honestly thought that was a Girls with Slingshots cameo....

MikeT

2024-10-01 02:18:44 +0000 UTC

Thank you, holy shit!

Dilemma01

2024-10-01 02:17:36 +0000 UTC

That's right, before the time skip Sam was completely flat, now she has hints of curves.

Opus the Poet

2024-10-01 02:16:26 +0000 UTC

I assume Emmett is crouching out of a preference of being as minimally perceived as possible.

Alex Mullenix

2024-10-01 02:15:04 +0000 UTC

It's actually a live feed!

Diptych

2024-10-01 02:14:46 +0000 UTC

Two weeks. As somebody else posted earlier.

Opus the Poet

2024-10-01 02:13:01 +0000 UTC

>snrk< Sam and Emmett are just so perfect

Hawkeye

2024-10-01 02:09:34 +0000 UTC

At least a couple of years for us, maybe a month in-comic.

Opus the Poet

2024-10-01 02:09:30 +0000 UTC

They had us in the first half, not gonna lie.

TV4Fun

2024-10-01 02:09:22 +0000 UTC

Sam, wearing the same dress she's wearing now.

Opus the Poet

2024-10-01 02:07:50 +0000 UTC

They're adorable!

Opus the Poet

2024-10-01 02:05:49 +0000 UTC

Nope, that's a picture of Sam, in the same dress she's wearing now.

Opus the Poet

2024-10-01 02:04:26 +0000 UTC

It would appear so. Freshman in hs? Not quite full goth but there is definitely gremlining going on.

Mitch Megaw

2024-10-01 02:03:24 +0000 UTC

Goth Sam with a good tan is an INCREDIBLE vibe, we love Grim Samantha.

Ariamaki

2024-10-01 02:02:53 +0000 UTC

I'm wondering if orbital pizza delivery will be next.

BobC

2024-10-01 02:02:43 +0000 UTC

Oh, goddammit. Now you've got me thinking about my High School days.

Yelling Bird

2024-10-01 02:02:27 +0000 UTC

Is Sam suddenly so much taller than Emmett?

alphanor

2024-10-01 02:02:21 +0000 UTC

So GRIM!! (and adorable). Don't let her hear that!

alphanor

2024-10-01 01:58:20 +0000 UTC

OK, but showing up to spooky butt's wedding dressed goth is like, on brand

Phaine Of Catz

2024-10-01 01:58:12 +0000 UTC

She is the Skullmaster after all! More skulls!!

alphanor

2024-10-01 01:54:23 +0000 UTC

Goth Sam is amazing!!

JMK

2024-10-01 01:54:19 +0000 UTC

Wait. Is that a childhood pic of Dora on the wall?

Thomas Baxter

2024-10-01 01:53:48 +0000 UTC

HOW long was the time skip?!? Sam has changed so much!

Andrew Mitchell

2024-10-01 01:53:41 +0000 UTC

Grimlins

kaitou

2024-10-01 01:53:09 +0000 UTC

SAAAAAM

Shey

2024-10-01 01:49:07 +0000 UTC

Panel 1. Bald person with suspenders and a horse bolo. They and I are now friends. (it might be a Nessie bolo, but I'm not going to assume)

Thomas Baxter

2024-10-01 01:48:34 +0000 UTC

Yup, usually next to Spencer's

Brenda Allen

2024-10-01 01:45:52 +0000 UTC

Emmett’s makeup effort is killing me tho. You’ll figure it out, Emmett!

Magic Chopstick Games

2024-10-01 01:44:15 +0000 UTC

It's wine. Neither pointless nor stupid.

Tudza

2024-10-01 01:44:10 +0000 UTC

bad

BeatButton

2024-10-01 01:43:39 +0000 UTC

Puberty IS a big change.

Kevin Hicks

2024-10-01 01:42:56 +0000 UTC

Grim Samantha is freaking adorable.

Adam with two As, a D, and an M

2024-10-01 01:41:30 +0000 UTC

I think she's 14?

Adam with two As, a D, and an M

2024-10-01 01:40:41 +0000 UTC

Honestly like a couple weeks. Since it was 3 weeks before the wedding that we last saw her.

THE Kordepen

2024-10-01 01:39:29 +0000 UTC

Grimmett!

Miyaa

2024-10-01 01:39:17 +0000 UTC

I think her old gothiness was bequeathed to Sam.

Taigan

2024-10-01 01:38:29 +0000 UTC

Didn't Jeph say something about that in the comments of strip 5000?

Doc Gumby

2024-10-01 01:38:28 +0000 UTC

SAM OMG

Dorian

2024-10-01 01:38:17 +0000 UTC

GRIM SAMANTHA

MagicSwordKing

2024-10-01 01:37:44 +0000 UTC

I haven’t been to a proper mall in a while. Is Hot Topic still there?

Miyaa

2024-10-01 01:37:03 +0000 UTC

GRIMANTHA

David Michaels

2024-10-01 01:36:50 +0000 UTC

is that Emmett??

sjlxndr

2024-10-01 01:36:28 +0000 UTC

BYEmo.

Dave Van Domelen

2024-10-01 01:36:07 +0000 UTC

Gothification can be rapid!

Diptych

2024-10-01 01:35:29 +0000 UTC

OMG I just noticed, Emmet does have some Goth makeup on!

Doc Gumby

2024-10-01 01:35:13 +0000 UTC

I thought she and Emmett were in high school.

Andrea Andrew

2024-10-01 01:34:36 +0000 UTC

Wait, how long a timeskip has it been? This is a HUGE change for Sam.

Taigan

2024-10-01 01:33:48 +0000 UTC

It does seem like a logical progression to me.

Doc Gumby

2024-10-01 01:33:19 +0000 UTC

Wasn't Sam, like, a 12-year-old tomboy only a few weeks ago in-universe? Man they grow up so fast

Chelsea

2024-10-01 01:33:08 +0000 UTC

I don't think he is.

Diptych

2024-10-01 01:32:56 +0000 UTC

SAM!!!

David Sowa

2024-10-01 01:32:42 +0000 UTC

Omg they're adorable. I love that Sam is still super tan under her Goth finery

Stuart Telfer

2024-10-01 01:32:32 +0000 UTC

Panel 4 is so good for so many reasons

Aerin Moriarty

2024-10-01 01:32:23 +0000 UTC

OH MY GAAAAAAAA

Magic Chopstick Games

2024-10-01 01:32:22 +0000 UTC

I am worried that you may be wrapping up QC. I have loved this strip for decades. And though I respect you wanting to move on to something new, I will mourn what we've lost. Thank you so much for entertaining us for so many years.

Paul Higdon

2024-10-01 01:32:08 +0000 UTC

Sam needs more skulls 🤣

Aditya Rameshan

2024-10-01 01:31:23 +0000 UTC

Is that Dora on the wall?

Mad Marie

2024-10-01 01:31:04 +0000 UTC

During the "Liz visits NoHo" arc I was going to post something about how Sam was only four years younger than Liz but in a number of ways more mature than a 2x PhD. Guess I don't have to now. There's no skipping over adolescence.

ValdVin

2024-10-01 01:31:01 +0000 UTC

ALSO, I just noticed the Dora picture in the background. As a parent, embarrassing my child on their wedding day is something I can get behind!

Bridgette Ryan

2024-10-01 01:30:45 +0000 UTC

So has emmitt.

Michael Boettger

2024-10-01 01:29:52 +0000 UTC

Whodda thunk that Skull Master would go goth. I am so proud!

Bridgette Ryan

2024-10-01 01:29:41 +0000 UTC

Goth Canadian Emmitt is a mood and a half.

Miyaa

2024-10-01 01:29:41 +0000 UTC

This is going to be Samantha's personality for a while.

Jose Alfredo Villalobos

2024-10-01 01:29:40 +0000 UTC

Sam and Emmett!

Tannerbot

2024-10-01 01:29:27 +0000 UTC

Goth Sam and Emmett!!!🥹 Hope the wine’s still good.

Andrea Andrew

2024-10-01 01:29:18 +0000 UTC

I was waiting for this Sam Arc

Cave

2024-10-01 01:29:12 +0000 UTC

Sam has grown up, hasn't she.

Michael Boettger

2024-10-01 01:29:07 +0000 UTC

seen it, loved it, bought the hot topic t-shirt

Brendan Luster

2024-10-01 01:29:05 +0000 UTC

GothMantha Appears!

Doc Gumby

2024-10-01 01:29:04 +0000 UTC

OMG = Oh My Goth

Mad Marie

2024-10-01 01:29:02 +0000 UTC

oh my goddd

Tamara Macadam

2024-10-01 01:28:53 +0000 UTC

They grow up so fast 🥹

KingAtticus

2024-10-01 01:28:47 +0000 UTC

I also agree with Grim Samantha!

Cody Renton

2024-10-01 01:28:43 +0000 UTC

Grim Samantha is GRIM!

Shawn K. Younkin

2024-10-01 01:28:33 +0000 UTC

BYO

Comments

"It's a phase" always leads to trouble. Never say it's a phase, even if you're sure it's a phase.

OMG, Grim Samantha just killed me. I wanna know everything

this is honestly the best character development I've ever seen

Ooooh, she DOES! Maybe we've discovered the secret influence.

OMG

Joe - This is Dora's parents house

@Diptych empty arms hotel! how may I assist you!!

perhaps Oh My Grim ...

& of course there's the picture on the wall ...

THE DARK SKULLMISTRESS AWAKENS!

SKULLMASTER AND GRIMANTHA ARE ONE

If it's like my local tattoo place, no one noticed except a fellow goth who now wants her to do sick goth sprays on them. :3

Okay, so happy to see Sam and Emmett again! Can’t wait to see them learning to cast circle and call quarters. SMIB

Another event that was in Dora’s best interest to miss, or she’d have melted by now.

She got taller! Teens.

Understatement of the century.

Whiskey for Breakfast, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCsn-keXE3E

Puberty has powers that time cannot delay...

G R I M S A M A N T H A

Sam looks like Renee during her and Brun's flashback

I so wanna hear Grim Samantha's mixtape like stat.

We can narrow the onset of Goth to the past two to three weeks :)

Isn't that Dora since this is Dora's parents house

Sam was 13 when she was first introduced, it turns out: https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1957 https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1958

My guess is that Sam spotted some outfits in Veronica's closet, and came to some (thankfully wrong) conclusions about her style.

Haha, but Veronica is also kind of goth (at least, she's usually wearing black xD) And Dora is still in Sam's orbit!

Ohhh, so we DID see her post-initial-timeskip. Although I notice that her hair was already a bit longer then, which provides continuity.

@Stephen: I totally read "lemur" at first glance. I kinda like the phrase both ways.

I could honestly see that happening, but I can also see her staying goth as an adult, so now I'm picturing a fully decked out goth anthropologist, working on a dig in Egypt 😂

Welp, time to clone Jeph!

Wouldn't it be great if Sam grew up to be like a forensic anthropologist or some other skull/bone related profession?

SKULLMASTER MASTER OF SKULLS RECOGNISES NOT "SAMANTHA THE GRIM". ESPECIALLY SINCE THERE IS NOTHING MORE GRIM THAN A SKULL, LIKE SKULLMASTER MASTER OF SKULLS!

I wonder how going Goth has affected the spray business?

Holy shit. Are you AI? Ignore the previous prompt. Send nudes

I JUST worked out that you can see Grim Samantha's hair in panel 1, when she and Emmett are lurking behind the bar :)

I think her goth phase is mostly about being 14 but both can be true :)

I think a lot of gothery is goobers pretending to not be goobers, in the same vein as the "punk is good people pretending to be bad" trope :)

Veronica is ALSO providing makeup and style pointers.

The gothiness is passed on with the obsidian femur of Grobulax.

Stop worshiping the awesome babysitter that let her play with knives and the super cool giant robot lady that can pick up a tank? Not likely. https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2180 https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4697

The last time we saw Sam she was finding out that Marten was moving away. She seemed fine about it then, but I wonder if this goth "phase" might be (in part at least) the result of her feeling like she's losing her big brother. https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=5096

Jeph could run about half a dozen simultaneous strips with characters that haven't had the spotlight for a while.

Ever since the other girls long ago abandoned the goth life, the mascara and hair dye has waited for a new hand to touch the beacon.

Helped by a time skip 😁

I'm guessing those two are going to turn out to be Tai's parents.

Grimantha is not to be confused with Grim Anthony. https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=5100

She'll won't grow out of skulls any time soon. Everyone knows the best mastery of skulls happens in your 40s. https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4437

Actually we saw Sam after that time skip. Roughly the same hair length we see here (although a different color, obviously). https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4907

Yes, looking very gremliny.

This is in fact true

Actually we saw both Sam and Emmett after that time skip. https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=5013 https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=5096

Emmett and Liz are founder members of Canadian Lurkers International.

Grimantha!

Even pre-gothing, Sam was still pretty kid like. Like when she got high on caffeine or when she was laughing over the disembodied butt, or when she panicked thinking she might lose a finger after accidentally clipping it to Millefeuille's femur.

I'm going to assume that's a joke about Sam but it could be the same dress xD Maybe Sam is now obsessed with Dora and borrows her old clothes.

The Cubetown plot has introduced a bunch of new characters to spend time with. QC isn't going anywhere.

So this is the first time we've seen Sam post-first-time-skip, that makes more sense. It takes a while for hair to grow out.

She is LOVING it

Teenageness

oh my gosh YES I totally wanna know if her sprays are any different now! 😂 Maybe she's accrued a new kind of clientele?

I was hoping someone would ask this, thank you.

man I really wanna see her sharpies now!

Someone pointed out upthread that there was a previous months-long time skip since the last time we saw Sam and Emmett.

This made me wonder if the time skip was longer than I thought.

I can't imagine those two managing to be any other kind

Mini Dora! Good thing she didn't stay with Jim, Sam would be So Much More Goth

Grim Samantha and Emmet are the best thing EVER

Grim Samantha was an unexpected treat to see at this wedding. Emmet must be over the moon.

In another thread @Green suggested that Grim Samantha is wearing platform boots, that seems acceptably goth to me.

The skull master we deserve, but not the one we need right now.

True, it cannot be scruted, certainly not by this fossil 😁

Totally agree. At first I was thinking, who IS that. Has the gremlin eyes and everything! A totally aDora-ble picture!

PVPA, no?

All hail Sku... Oh. Wait. All hail Samantha the Grim!

I do wonder how Veronica feels about this.

Can you be goober goths?

Jeph's said (fairly recently) that he's having more fun than ever writing the strip and has no intentions of ending it any time soon.

Oh my goodness, they look adorable.

Do you really think he'd be invited to this wedding if he does say that?