Pissing Off The Punks
Added 2024-12-04 01:51:04 +0000 UTCSome more old-school QC. I like how Pintsize’s “British” reveals that he doesn’t actually know anything about Britain beyond the easy stereotypes. I think the serif font is a cute touch. Also I had forgotten how emo Marten’s whole aesthetic used to be! Or that he apparently has severe scoliosis (I promise not all of these retrospective posts will be me dunking on my own art, but probably a lot of them will be). I stand by my Sex Pistols take. Buncha mediocre edgelords. Do not email me.
I don't have much else to say about this strip. Here's a picture of Ollie from earlier today:
Comments
I looked at that first frame and thought that was Dora...
John Pallister
2024-12-11 08:54:43 +0000 UTCI'm hoping it's just my internet but the main site isn't working for me ...😬
Nick frost
2024-12-07 13:50:55 +0000 UTCA FASCIST RAY-JEEEEEM
Chris
2024-12-05 17:31:18 +0000 UTCHEY! You just.... You go sit in a corner and think about what you wrote, MISTER. Sid Vicious didn't sacrifice himself for your sins just so you could say things like that. THINK ABOUT IT.
Uncle Matt
2024-12-05 12:13:59 +0000 UTCI am, however, pleased to hear you are getting a well-deserved break!
Michael Vlk
2024-12-05 02:20:34 +0000 UTCI've been getting errors for the past few days as well. Was looking forward to a semi-annual re-read and sadly most of the time I get a blank page or cloudflare connection timeout error. :(
Michael Vlk
2024-12-05 02:19:19 +0000 UTCAh, the Ollie content I signed up for.
Joe Bocanegra
2024-12-05 02:13:38 +0000 UTCSame here, 8:35pm Eastern. I was looking forward to two hours of archive bingeing.
ValdVin
2024-12-05 01:35:59 +0000 UTCSame for me, at 5:58 PM (CST). I was having issues last night as well
John Van Aken
2024-12-04 23:59:14 +0000 UTC“David Willis, whose comic Shortpacked is a delightful read” – oh yeah, that was before Dumbing of Age ._.
Lucas Werkmeister
2024-12-04 22:50:40 +0000 UTCHi, Jeph, did you intend to turn off the comic web page during your break? I missed that in your announcement the other day. (Also I don't have time to read 518 msgs here to look for it.) It's not loading for me today.
Bill Robertson
2024-12-04 21:40:56 +0000 UTCI mean.. ok, good for you. I guess that gives you cred for disliking them back before it was popular to dislike them . 😂
Lyman Green
2024-12-04 20:06:23 +0000 UTCThe only reasonable criticism of the Sex Pistols is that--at least when they were writing Never Mind the Bollocks--they were _too good_ for punk rock, which is why Johnny Rotten fired Glen Matlock and hired his friend Sid Vicious, who could not play or sing.
Halloween Jack
2024-12-04 19:46:10 +0000 UTCI'm really loving the flashbacks.
J Corkey Custer
2024-12-04 18:30:16 +0000 UTCIndeed so. https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=933
BookBeard
2024-12-04 18:06:57 +0000 UTCIt looks more like just a typical emo slouch.
alphanor
2024-12-04 17:45:18 +0000 UTCOLLIE!!!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Marty BlackEagle
2024-12-04 16:02:49 +0000 UTCScoliosis. That is so funny. 🤣🤣
legobil
2024-12-04 14:56:40 +0000 UTC10/10 would boop as many times as Ollie would consent to.
James A. Whitney
2024-12-04 14:32:26 +0000 UTCHello, Ollie! You have an excellent snoot.
Valerie Kaplan
2024-12-04 14:17:58 +0000 UTClol Jeph, most of your characters had really bad scoliosis back then, everyone just sort of hunchleaned 100% of the time, I assumed it was to show they were all too tall for the world they lived in. ~<3
Mitsuki Ayane
2024-12-04 14:04:26 +0000 UTCOi Jeph! Jolly good to see you on Ollieday !
Yugo Nakai
2024-12-04 13:46:56 +0000 UTCI trashed them back then!
Charles Hirst
2024-12-04 13:38:36 +0000 UTCYes - intermittent since around 7pm Eastern yesterday (not just archive pages as the home page is failing too). I wonder how many people are taking this month to re-read the strip from beginning to real time? It would be interesting to know how the traffic patterns have changed this month. (I'm only up to #1222 so far)
SomeTelephoneGuy
2024-12-04 13:23:07 +0000 UTCWe can see the strip any time... we don't see much of Ollie.
Carl Cravens
2024-12-04 13:12:35 +0000 UTCRather than start insulting people I’ll just disagree with Jeph and other re: The Sex Pistols. I won’t claim they’re awesome, just disagree with the general trend of trashing them in the modern day.
Lyman Green
2024-12-04 12:34:01 +0000 UTCNah. Sex Pistols had a few decent songs, but, overall, weren't very good.
Glenn
2024-12-04 11:47:17 +0000 UTCIn before Pintsize misprounces “chastitises.”
Miyaa
2024-12-04 11:46:17 +0000 UTCYes, at 6:14 am Eastern time. 😔
Lucy Glorius
2024-12-04 11:15:44 +0000 UTCAre you hitting random a few times and picking your favourite, or is this strict 'respect the shuffle' mode?
Boots McGoot
2024-12-04 10:17:24 +0000 UTCAnyone else getting repeated Cloudflare errors loading archive pages?
Mark
2024-12-04 09:59:20 +0000 UTCOllie!
Just some Fish
2024-12-04 09:34:38 +0000 UTCI think this is around when I jumped on. If you compare it to the first strip, it's amazing how much the art improved in less than two years.
Slight Hiccup
2024-12-04 08:44:45 +0000 UTCThe last 'P' appears on a new line, looks like you're describing Ollie as a Shar pei (confusingly a blunt boi)
Duncan
2024-12-04 08:36:00 +0000 UTCBooooooop
Duncan
2024-12-04 08:32:00 +0000 UTCBunker
Duncan
2024-12-04 08:29:59 +0000 UTCYour comment implies 'chass' is the singular. Maybe plural could be chassisses? Chastises?
Duncan
2024-12-04 08:29:34 +0000 UTCHello Ollie <3
squinklebutt
2024-12-04 08:18:59 +0000 UTCI thought the whole point of the Sex Pistols was to be terrible?
Yelling Bird
2024-12-04 07:48:35 +0000 UTCOh yeah, I remember this one. GOAT burn. I don’t remember anything the Sex Pistols did, which reflects poorly either on me or them, not sure which.
Abhayakara
2024-12-04 07:41:53 +0000 UTCI love how the majority of the comments are about Ollie instead of the strip.
Patrick Potter
2024-12-04 07:41:24 +0000 UTCYou shut your lying mouth.
Cass
2024-12-04 07:39:03 +0000 UTCA David Willis special surely
Veronica Jane
2024-12-04 07:03:38 +0000 UTCPlease give Ollie my affection ❣️
Aerin Moriarty
2024-12-04 06:05:42 +0000 UTCHello Ollie from Arra and I
Eric Johnson
2024-12-04 05:54:15 +0000 UTCPraise be to Gary
Chris East
2024-12-04 05:46:23 +0000 UTCJim and Sam will be devastated to hear that.
BookBeard
2024-12-04 05:42:12 +0000 UTCNothing is more punk than butter. I just ran the numbers and it turns out that, scientifically speaking, butter is the most punk.
BookBeard
2024-12-04 05:38:00 +0000 UTCI recall a guest comic where they changed the indie band references to Transformers references.
Captain Button
2024-12-04 05:19:49 +0000 UTCAwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww OLLIE!!! <3 Also, totally agree about the Sex Pistols. And I am so glad Pintsize didn't stay stuck in British Mode.
YsabetJustYsabet
2024-12-04 05:16:37 +0000 UTCI just want to scritch Ollie between the ears! sniff snoof!
SilverbackRon
2024-12-04 05:14:26 +0000 UTCHahaha, she did start off looking very anime and morphed over time. She clearly holds the record for the most chassis that I know of. It would be interesting to hear from her what changes she feels mentally from changing chassis.
SilverbackRon
2024-12-04 05:09:32 +0000 UTCI do remember how much they used to talk about indie bands in the early comics lol
Laura Sullivan
2024-12-04 05:07:41 +0000 UTCHI OLLIE!
Sleepy John
2024-12-04 05:05:36 +0000 UTCOLLIE
Minzoku Bokumetsu
2024-12-04 04:54:54 +0000 UTCIt was the early 2000's, of course Marten would look emo!
Olivier Laroche
2024-12-04 04:46:17 +0000 UTCOllie does not give two whuffs about Simon Ferocious
Cas Wanden
2024-12-04 04:26:54 +0000 UTCI like Ollie. I wish to pet Ollie, and give them treats, and overall attempt to make them happy.
Bryan
2024-12-04 04:18:35 +0000 UTCYou're right and you should say it
Dorian
2024-12-04 04:08:04 +0000 UTCI think he’s only done 2 decent things in his life. Going on the Masked Singer because his wife, who had dementia, would love it and taking care of his stepdaughter Ari Up’s kids.
Heather King
2024-12-04 04:07:30 +0000 UTCI heartily approve of including a picture of Ollie!
Bethany Pratt
2024-12-04 03:47:47 +0000 UTCHe also did an ad for butter because what's more punk than *butter*
Veronica Jane
2024-12-04 03:39:20 +0000 UTCI appreciate the extra jab at colonialism/imperialism, especially considering it was only 2005
djellafine
2024-12-04 03:38:39 +0000 UTCI don't think the pistols were quite as planted as Malcom McLaren would like to assert, but they were definitely pumped up in the media to try and suck some of the air out of a nascent movement that actually had something to say and some serious bite by filling the air with the more err- twee and superfluous stuff
Den
2024-12-04 03:36:28 +0000 UTCMediocre edge lord indeed
djellafine
2024-12-04 03:36:27 +0000 UTCI remember seeing Chris Bailey of the Saints on a comedy show where the host mentioned that John Lydon (Johnny Rotten) was now flogging Country Life butter on UK television. Bailey replied that it was nice to know that John had finally found something he was good at.
Dean Reilly
2024-12-04 03:31:39 +0000 UTCAlways remember, if anyone asks, Motorhead is the best Sex Pistol. https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3843 https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3854
BookBeard
2024-12-04 03:30:39 +0000 UTCWonder when current Marten starts looking like his dad?
Miyaa
2024-12-04 03:21:15 +0000 UTCIt would have been impressive if Pintsize had been able to find a cricket match on TV.
Sean Kinlin
2024-12-04 03:21:14 +0000 UTCI forgot how much early Martin looked like current Dora.
Drazi
2024-12-04 03:13:42 +0000 UTCSnoof!
FreeReedz
2024-12-04 03:11:49 +0000 UTCI’ve always felt Momo started with a Japanese accent and now with her third bot form is now like that Chinese grandma who has seen everything and gives no f’s.
Miyaa
2024-12-04 03:08:34 +0000 UTCOllie rolls deep.
Doc Gumby
2024-12-04 03:08:04 +0000 UTCOllie is ... imposing, from that angle. Also fuzzy. So, folks, at least _something_ is right with the world.
Ursus Ridens
2024-12-04 03:07:50 +0000 UTCThe only human bean was Mr Bean
Veronica Jane
2024-12-04 03:05:26 +0000 UTCHuh. I'd completely forgotten about this thick inking era. Also the Sex Pistols were terrible and *of course* Johnny Rotten became a conservative when he got old.
Veronica Jane
2024-12-04 03:03:45 +0000 UTCWe'd also like a few pics of Azathoth and Mr. Smooches -- next year.
Ursus Ridens
2024-12-04 03:02:37 +0000 UTCMusic references? In QC?!? *shudder* Those were dark times... dark, dark times. Thank Gary that it finally settled into the Horny Robot Sitcom™ it was always destined to be!
BookBeard
2024-12-04 03:01:31 +0000 UTCOllie has forgotten more about Flaming Lips than I'll ever know.
ValdVin
2024-12-04 02:53:53 +0000 UTCSex Pistols were better personalities than musicians for sure.
Steve McSheffrey
2024-12-04 02:50:54 +0000 UTCPupper!!!
Darren Franzen
2024-12-04 02:49:23 +0000 UTCOllie looks like an arrowhead I dug up once. But much cuter.
Doc Gumby
2024-12-04 02:41:59 +0000 UTCOllie looks like he also doesn't care for the sex pistols.
Thomas Halpin
2024-12-04 02:38:57 +0000 UTCWhy can't I heart this comment? I tap the heart and a few seconds later it unlikes it.
Opus the Poet
2024-12-04 02:38:15 +0000 UTCThat and Joe Strummer at least believed in the message, considering his reaction to "Rock the Casbah" being used during Desert Storm.
Billy "Dosbilliam" Inlow
2024-12-04 02:37:01 +0000 UTCDoggo tax!!
Luis Rebelo
2024-12-04 02:33:17 +0000 UTCAren't we all
Bastiandantilus
2024-12-04 02:31:38 +0000 UTCSnooter-dogs are so cute! 💜💜💜
Carrie
2024-12-04 02:30:06 +0000 UTC💜 Ollie 💜
Eva Grimm
2024-12-04 02:27:28 +0000 UTCThe Sex Pistols had one member with any talent and they replaced him with Sid Vicious.
Gone
2024-12-04 02:19:15 +0000 UTCDon’t give two shits one way or the other, but that is a top-tier doggo!
AlexKorobeiniki
2024-12-04 02:18:47 +0000 UTCA lot of punk bands of that era were. The Sex Pistols just crumbled early. The Clash, by contrast, managed to leverage their success into some increasingly internationally-inspired experimental punk music before crumbling!
Diptych
2024-12-04 02:16:53 +0000 UTCOllie looks so distinguished
Allison T
2024-12-04 02:12:48 +0000 UTCMy good sir! Sex Pistols at dawn!
John
2024-12-04 02:12:06 +0000 UTCThe sex pistols are punk?
Hope Power
2024-12-04 02:08:52 +0000 UTCSeconded!
Diptych
2024-12-04 02:08:37 +0000 UTCWeren't the sex pistols basically a manufactured boy band?
Christopher Ellis
2024-12-04 02:07:26 +0000 UTCWe demand more Ollie pictures.
youneedahug
2024-12-04 02:06:23 +0000 UTCI remember this style! I always liked this!
Vilinda
2024-12-04 02:03:00 +0000 UTCOh pointy boi, So pointy, pointy... Anoint my head, Anointy, nointy…
Melissa Wilson
2024-12-04 02:02:59 +0000 UTCAh, yes, Simon Ferocious et al.
Wynn Donivan
2024-12-04 02:02:11 +0000 UTCSnooooooot.
ValdVin
2024-12-04 02:02:06 +0000 UTCdgooy
Tamara Macadam
2024-12-04 02:00:50 +0000 UTCThat's a SNOOT
Z Winningham
2024-12-04 02:00:45 +0000 UTCOh my God... yes. Yes I did. Lol
Joseph Unrein
2024-12-04 02:00:27 +0000 UTCI have a lot of nostalgia for this EXACT era of QC art, man. Hard to believe it was TWENTY YEARS AGO.
Leslie
2024-12-04 02:00:18 +0000 UTCAs a fan of punk, agree about the Sex Pistols.
Heather King
2024-12-04 01:59:35 +0000 UTCI remember this being a favourite. I might even have had it as my wallpaper at some point... circa 2005. Goddamn.
RaptorShadow
2024-12-04 01:58:32 +0000 UTCIf the random button gives us a strip with Cosmo, does Ollie get to do the commentary instead?
Aaron Cargill
2024-12-04 01:58:13 +0000 UTCOmg an Ollie pic! 😍
Rosilin
2024-12-04 01:57:44 +0000 UTCSex Pistols are about as mid as you get. They were a fashion statement masquerading as a band. That said, I agree that the queen was not, nor ever was, a "human bean". On that account I do concur.
Thomas Baxter
2024-12-04 01:56:56 +0000 UTCI kinda liked the slouchy aesthetic; I think it fit the tone of the strip at the time.
Elizabeth Rosenzweig
2024-12-04 01:56:33 +0000 UTCI mean, you and Marten aren’t wrong about the Sex Pistols.
Populuxe
2024-12-04 01:56:15 +0000 UTCPointydog!
Bren Markey
2024-12-04 01:56:06 +0000 UTCHave you forgotten Thumblord??
Zig Justice
2024-12-04 01:55:45 +0000 UTCThis might be the funniest thing Pintsize has ever done
Joseph Unrein
2024-12-04 01:55:05 +0000 UTCI remember reading this one on its original publication date. Guess I hopped on pretty early on.
Zig Justice
2024-12-04 01:54:52 +0000 UTCWhile I’m enjoying the retrospective, I will admit you could’ve posted a month of dog pics and I’d be equally satisfied. 😍
Taigan
2024-12-04 01:54:30 +0000 UTCThat's the sort of posture that haunts you later in life.
Randall Norman Pick
2024-12-04 01:54:25 +0000 UTCsnoot
Jasper
2024-12-04 01:54:24 +0000 UTCI’m really enjoying these retrospectives!
Peter G
2024-12-04 01:54:23 +0000 UTCglad to see a pointyboi still lookin S H A R P
David Jackson
2024-12-04 01:54:06 +0000 UTCdog!
Brendan Luster
2024-12-04 01:53:13 +0000 UTC
