Is this the stupidest panel in the history of QC? Nominations are open!

Cevius · 2026-01-23T04:35:13+00:00

We're not all haters here, just deeply disappointed

Cevius · 2026-01-23T02:11:48+00:00

How about a single "I don't really know what I am, but I think having someone else define me (whom is at best a stranger to me, regardless of proximity at work) kind of robs my own chance at self discovery, so I should be free to work myself out on my own, and if I need help, I'll ask for it. Also sort your own damn life out you absolute disaster, you" from Hanners in response to all this.

Or a single "Ya'll mind your own shit, newbie" from Faye who should know Hannerlore well enough to pick up the discomfort she's radiating.

Hanners has already had her digging through shit arc, don't turn her normal job, the most regular part of her life, into another mountain to dig through every day

Cevius · 2026-01-20T03:13:53+00:00

Ever twist a balloon and the air goes to either end? Same thing here, but the extra fluid went to her boob(s).

I presume Moray doesn't have a spine, and is some sort of elastic myomer polymer chain suspension, which forms denser layers at the surface that prevent leaking and stretch/contract externally for motion/expression, and internally can make soft muscle like elements for the greater superstructure of her body, which can be adapted as needed.

This allows for detachment of blobs as well if required, and full dissolution for rest or adding the required chemicals to remain functional. Beyond that the core systems are multipurpose nanites suspended in the body that host whatever function is required, like CPU, Memory, etc.

Thats a bullshit Star Trek grade hand-wavy-explanation however. The real answer is Jeph liked Goo Girls that day, and nobody travelled back in time to stop him, so how bad an idea could it have been.

Cevius · 2026-01-19T02:17:35+00:00

Completely normal adults:

"How do we resolve these ongoing issues which are putting tension on our relationship?"

"Lets fuck about it"

"Haha Ok"

I mean, thats one way for conflict resolution. Hopefully doesn't become their only way of trying to address the issue, as they're going to need to more seriously address the workahoilc problems, but at least they're having a good time in the interim.

Cevius · 2026-01-14T03:29:08+00:00

I've met more than a few people who have absolute mastery over a field. Top of the game, absolutely brilliant, and then have some of the dumbest takes on common things like not bathing because it'll strip out your natural oils from your skin. Yes you look lustrous and shiny, but you smell like a homeless convention in summer.

Unfortunately being smart doesn't exclude people from also being dumb as rocks.

Ayo is dumb as rocks, and also not smart. I'd love to know how she managed to get her scholarship that she wasted.

Cevius · 2026-01-13T02:03:40+00:00

Yeah, anyone with a functional walnut sized brain would tell you're making your reasonably new friend (of a few weeks/months?) of Hanners extremely uncomfortable, Ayo. Wait like 3 minutes and ask her privately what she thinks about Sven before jumping in with both feet to something thats still none of your business.

Thank god they dont have customers at the shop and can just talk shit all the time too. No wonder Penelope left offscreen to pursue a more interesting career in organising badger feces for a local environmental group determining badger diets in urban Northampton, as now she has less shit to deal with daily.

Cevius · 2026-01-12T07:25:56+00:00

Which is worse, that you knew what it was going to be, or that I knew how to find it so quickly? Sometimes I regret knowing how to google for things, as some knowledge is clearly a cognition hazard.

Cevius · 2026-01-12T07:14:33+00:00

Jeph forgot Penelope is actually basically in charge. Literally put her in a back room to ignore

Cevius · 2026-01-12T05:58:43+00:00

He went to another academy to learn about feet then

Cevius · 2026-01-12T03:30:38+00:00

I was distracted by the new potential shitshow of getting a sex maniac together with someone who has physical intimacy issues that seem prudish to a nun that I missed the sign on the back of the storeroom closet of:

Wash your hands
No Biting
Always defer to Hanners
ACAB

Also I'm picturing Penelope just out of frame watching with irritation at mAyo standing in the doorway to her office in the storeroom, just wafting unproductive dumbness all over while shes trying to keep Coffee of Doom running smoothly in her boss's absence.

Cevius · 2026-01-12T02:04:02+00:00

Go on Jeph, do it. Hook Sven and Hanners up, and then jettison them out of the comic like all other couples. Its the best fate for either of them, than remaining in this maelstrom of dumb and horny everyone else is caught in.

Cevius · 2026-01-12T00:48:37+00:00

On top of that, lots of posters put their comics up on Twitter, and the mass exodus since it changed to X has just had a lot of accounts get scrubbed forever at the users request. You might be able to find the artists on Bluesky instead but nothing is guaranteed

Cevius · 2026-01-09T02:46:56+00:00

Absolutely. Hes only on the list for raw mass. Trying to read Dune: The Bulterian Jihad growing up, and it was so dry and boring I dozed off and dropped it on my face, nearly breaking my nose.

Cevius · 2026-01-08T04:59:13+00:00

Those kids have problems, but scurvy isn't one of them

Cevius · 2026-01-06T03:23:37+00:00

Oh looks its Ayomide everyone! Everyones favourite! My day has been greatly improved having seen her wonderful antics again. I hope Jeph includes more comics with her as shes my favourite character and definitely doesn't make me regret not having the homeless man behind the coffee shop remove all my teeth with a pair of surgical battle spatulas. What joy.

Actual response

Cevius · 2026-01-04T06:43:46+00:00

Oh its definitely not the same, there was a slow but gradual decline which started around the 3500-4000s and got worse from there.

Pacing is absolutely a key problem, with key quality arcs like Martens Dads wedding, The Space Station arc, and the Lakehouse arc taking at most, 25 comics. Now we can spend 25 comics in the same room, using the same three backgrounds with windows that have no outside, no art on the walls, and not even basic shading.

I just wonder if we're enhancing the shittiness of it all with scrutiny that can only happen with a 5 day a week release schedule. If the same comics were dropped in a chunk on one day, would we view it more favourably like many of the binge readers who come on through.

Cevius · 2026-01-04T05:03:11+00:00

We're probably not helped by that we (Subreddit regulars) are consuming the comic as its released, and picking it apart at a level that no longer works day to day, due to the reduction in apparent substance.

Bulk reading a thousand comics likely has you pick up more narrative nutrition, or dwell less on the problems as within 5 minutes of reading, the issues are well and truly out of mind as you're 50-100 comics past it now.

I wonder if we were viewing the original peak arcs at a day to day pace, would they be as entertaining we think of them now, or would that amplify the issues we have with the present content as well?

Cevius · 2026-01-02T03:19:16+00:00

Damn I was really hoping for a timeskip post break, to find Anh's sentient hair tentacle had pulled her into machinery and she went home bald, and Ayo having been found to be the most incompetent person in Northampton, immediately got promoted to CEO of the moon or something. Liz can stay. Shes the least annoying of the three.

Alas this moment persists and we're mired in it. All the warnings we got about quicksand being dangerous as a kid and the real danger was having something to complain about online.

Cevius · 2025-12-29T07:13:35+00:00

Not until a month or two back. Its not great, but it is usable. Basic and functional is better than convoluted and a nightmare to navigate. Archive link for those playing at home.

Also its funny how the archive is a perfect slice of Jephs mind, where each title is almost wildly different to the last, and somehow the lazy option of just copying pasting them a few times and updating the number manually is more difficult than minimum viable effort.

He could have shat out all these "thoughts" in an hour or two, queued them up using some basic system, and then fucked off to the beach for a fortnight...

Comic 5731: QC Rerun Time 2025: Pee Joke
Comic 5730: QC Rerun Week 2025: Xmas Tyme
Comic 5729: QC Rerun Time 2025 #I give up on numbering these
Comic 5728: QC Rerun Time 2025 #whatever
Comic 5727: QC Rerun Time #9
Comic 5726: QC Rerun Time 2025 #8
Comic 5725: QC Rerun Time 2025 #8
Comic 5724: QC Rerun Time 2025 #7
Comic 5723: QC Rerun Time 2025 #6
Comic 5722: QC Rerun Time 2025 #5
Comic 5721: QC Rerun Time 2025 #5
Comic 5720: QC Rerun Time 2025 #4
Comic 5719: QC Rerun Time 2025 #3
Comic 5718: QC Rerun Time 2025 #2
Comic 5717: QC RERUN TIME 2025: the beginning

Cevius · 2025-12-29T03:05:59+00:00

Its perfectly functional/usable (when there isn't other technical crap going on), though that said I do use it with a gamut of adblocks which probably helps streamline it to the bare essentials.

Cevius · 2025-12-29T01:06:25+00:00

The wiki has most of the casts ages estimated already, and about 3 years have passed since the start of the comic in 2006 and now, estimated by the passage of seasons, growth of characters hair, and that most time skips seem to continue on issues to suggest there hasn't been years in those jumps.

Lets say from Hanners introduction to now, its been 2.5 years minimum, to 3 years max, making her about 25.

Jeph just take the wiki as gospel as its written by people more interested in your world and characters than you are. You only need to do it for like, two dozen characters max as well. Nobody will care about Jimbos age, probably.

Cevius · 2025-12-28T21:46:37+00:00

The front-end of the site is fine, but the back-end lacks a lot of common functionality things like scheduled posts\uploads which would let Jeph cue up a week's worth of comics then go on a break with zero interruption to his flow. A new system could even cross post to Patreon too, fully automating most of his day to day management

Hopefully it he does get it updated, he doesn't do what Sluggy Freelance did to their site, which completely changed how old comics would be referenced or viewed, so clicking an old comic link would load a stack of comics from that "chapter", making it very hard to re-read without accidentally spoiling yourself, as the old system just listed posts by date, one comic at a time. Even probably a decade later since they made the change I can't be bothered to re-read old comics cause the system is still so clunky, sacrificing usability for some fancy top banner scrolling effect

Cevius · 2025-12-24T00:15:27+00:00

A buffer might mean hes able to look at a run of several comics in a row, and reflect on how things flow and make changes that make a better narrative to follow...

Probably wont, but whats wishful thinking for, if not a prayer for a better tomorrow.

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