Accessorized

I wonder how many times QC is on Wikipedia like that

at0m

And you are in Wikipedia under Von Neumann Probes.. Good Job.

Howard J.

Don't fret, Bubbles... Kaye used GorillaGlue™

Churchill (formerly TeaBear)

I'd been imagining all day that Fay would just have dug out a vintage 1990 "hangs on the car door in the window slot" cup holder from a gas station that has a daisy applique on it or something.

Pretty good theory. All the other drones will be so jealous about the cup holder

Bagge

I guess it depends on the nature of the spiders.

Bill Silvia

This whole week's storyline has been so deliciously random and I love it

Nicolas Demers

New theory. That was a drone dispatched by station for a well-check on Hannelore after directing a kinetic strike.

Lightsabr2

... and in the shower, because, you know, velcro would mold quickly!

Elf Sternberg

Distributing caffeine to poor innocent Von Neumann probes. :)

Randall Norman Pick

It also doesn't seem to have a way to consume coffee, but still feels a need to buy coffee.

Matt Pedone

It's not going to space, it's bringing coffee to its friend, the world's greatest trapeze artist.

Stephen Wells

It seems to have got everything it wanted out of the day.

Stephen Wells

I don't think coffee will function in the cold vacuum of space either. Ice coffee maybe.

Douglas E. Smith

.... or at least not for a few more dozen strips.

David Howe

The fact that it can't (or won't) communicate but has a fully functional system for financial transaction probably says something profound about capitalism.

Bagge

Next week, the Slab makes breakfast for a stunned Steve & Cosette after it reveals to Cosette that she’s expecting twins. Steve is stunned that the Slab is using a wok to fry bacon and eggs. “When did I get a wok?” Steve ponders.

Miyaa

Taking bets on if this is Spookybot’s original body.

James Lomele

First Contact, SECOND coffee.

Yohannon

I can’t help thinking all of this week’s strips are in actuality the final random electrical impulses of the various AIs in the wake of last week’s EMP blast. ….

That Blair Guy

Can't decide - was that First Contact, or was it First Coffee?

Leak

I'm waiting for our expert in "helping satellites to make friends" to already be well acquainted with and a personal confidante of the slab

Thomas Halpin

I would be sad if this is the last time we saw FBSEALH, but on the other hand, making this the last time we see FBSEALH would be such a boss move.

Populuxe

Was I expecting to become emotionally invested in a floating black slab? No Am I absolutely emotionally invested in the floating black slab's character development now? Damn right I am!

Emma May

There's coffee in that nebula.

Josh

With coffee now safely in the cup holder I'm sure the floating black slab emitting a low hum will make the Kessel Run in less than twelve parsecs.

We might be amusing to them

KingAtticus

I... did not expect FBSEALH to get this level of character development

Pejo

Hopefully enough that Faye and Bubbles will be scared at how much and consider getting an assistant like Marigold.

Andrea Andrew

I suspect that the "name" is the equivalent of an IP address, rather than something in the vernacular.

Michael Boettger

I for one welcome our latte-drinking softly-humming overlords.

Sleepy John

The alien vanguard is a lot nicer than I was expecting.

Populuxe

their home planet needed them I guess

Ace of Hearts

Maybe it’s doing a coffee run for the Parker Solar Probe. :)

Summer Sudbrink

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/i-must-go

Jason Zions

No, they just work differently

Morgan

So did it fly directly towards the sun, or is that a flash of light as it disappears in the distance.

Summer Sudbrink

I want to know how much they paid

Rachel Maeroff

Maybe Pintsize had a change of heart and traded his body in...

Alacrity Fitzhugh

You're really killing it lately, Jeph!!!

Diane

My god... it's full of coffee...

Alacrity Fitzhugh

The Questionable 'Verse has a Robot PayPal that can be used between any AI, apparently.

Carl Fink

I'D LOVE IT IF THOSE TWO APPLIED SUCTION CUPS TO ME! ALSO, BOO! I'M A FUCKING GHOST!

Yelling Bird

I'M SO INTRIGUED. AI is so diverse.

Livy N

But seriously, Velco is ALWAYS superior to a suction cup unless you need something completely and totally removable.

Ian Wolfe

Okay I have QUESTIONS 1. How tf did it pay 2. With what currency 3. BUBBLES HOW DID IT PAY

R L

I wonder if someone on board Station has a crush on Hanners and built that to try and ask her out. But even in orbit Hanners still leaves that person tongue tied.

Mitch Megaw

Jeph, you know your stuff better than I ever will but maybe consider adding a sound effect to panel 1 for when the floating black slab pays?

Matt Zweig

It has one, but it's black on black.

Matt Grayson

Can’t wait until the somewhere in the background of a strip someone gets hit by a failing latte

Certified Nerd

Giant Space Baby now has its latte

MikeT

Huh, I hadn't thought about the fact that suction cups don't work in a vacuum

at0m

Man, haven't read that name in a longass time

at0m

Ooh do we have the Deus Ex Machina for all their financial woes?

RoofPig

It's a shame Sam wasn't working, FBSEALH could have gotten a bitchin' spray!

Dean Reilly

Ask Yay about Hmmm - they are more likely to know than anyone, and they love showing off.

Beechwood Chip

At least it wasn’t looking for a blue whale to satisfy it’s mission.

Andrew

How often does that come up for you?

Nicholas A Wagner

Coffee for Tilly?

Bill Silvia

Lattes don't work in space, either. Just sayin'.

Matt Grayson

🥳

Carrie

Just a happy glow

Amanda Miller

god i hope this is never explained. a new pizza girl for a new era.

*New* New friend.

Michael Boettger

I appreciate that Faye is dumb like me and did not even remotely consider that suction cups don't work in space

SpryPunk

Cue that suction cup detaching and hitting someone in Something*Positive in the head. I think that's how these things work?

Seidmadr

We hardly knew ye. Hope they left Faye and Bubbles a lot of money.

Andrea Andrew

"I must go now, my people need me."

Shawn K. Younkin

I’m not ready for this new character’s storyline to be over!!!

Jaune Jaymes

I eat Von Neumann probes for breakfast. The box never runs out!

Alacrity Fitzhugh

Farewell, new friend 👋

Lana Del Prey