In The Arms Of An Angel

So Clinton's mom is the leader of the Boros Guild?

It's in there, somewhere...

CaseyAEC

Cosmo has the face of an ant eater o3o

neriek

Not aurelia's cooking

Bagge

collar?

Marty BlackEagle

Also: best name ever

Cole Blackblood

I can see the family resemblance (in awkwardness)

Cole Blackblood

Pretty recent, like when she got her B.A.?

Michael Boettger

Honestly, I'm impressed she managed to censor herself before she called him a hunk.

Thomas Halpin

cosmo makes everything better 🥰

Marlo

aurelia, say "thank you Cosmo" for saving you from an awkward situation.

Bagge

Well, the Ides of March isn't (aren't?) far off…

William Cole

Wow, what a name for her!. Really leaning into that roman theme. Named for the mother of the first roman emperor, lets hope the name has no foreshadowing.

BigKumaDM

Thanks Jeph, a lovely name for a lovely lady!

Mark

I'm expecting Elliot to just be politely confused. He won't even pick up on the tension under the surface which will make it even funnier if Aurelia starts making attraction tells like blushing when he compliments her and maybe sitting a *touch* too close on the sofa.

Ben Russell-Gough

...you know, I just realized that someone who wasn't familiar with that meme would interpret "bonk" differently.

Eric Rucker

I see that Claire and Clinton come by their complete lack of chill honestly

Ace

Aurelia Augustus, great-niece of infamous (and deceased) gold mogul Auric Goldfinger and no-one has ever formally cleared her father of being involved in his uncle's attempt to nuke Fort Knox. There is a reason why Steve is in Northampton.

Ben Russell-Gough

Who's going to feel more awkward over the fact that Clinton has the same taste in men as Aurelia, Clinton or Elliot?

Valraven

i fully expect her next words were going to be the effect of hunk/hottie. 90% sure I am straight and I Would at least give Eliot a chance...

Marc Tabor

Aurelia is a known appreciator of college-age jock types, perhaps that's what she didn't expect? 🤔

Solomon Garland

Your comment reminds me of one by Gomez Addams: I would kill for you! I would DIE for you! (Either way, what bliss!)

Joseph Bonnar

I never see those any more, thanks to AdBlock. :)

Tom wilson

Also, Cosmo and Hercules should be friends.

Chris Warren

No one has ever called Elliot an Aurelia before, and he's not sure how he feels about it.

Dean Reilly

POINTY BOI!

Joseph Bonnar

Elliot and Aurelia need to become an item ASAP.

Chris Warren

The last one. :)

Andrew Mitchell

Alright, someone get the horny bat and give Aurelia here a bonk.

Jaron Mortimer

Yes!

Onyx

Right now, she's far too busy feeling horribly embarrassed.

Ben Russell-Gough

COSMO: "This one is mine. I'm keeping him." This whole arc would demand that the Augustus matriarch get a name. This is as good as any and I'm sort of surprised her name didn't start with 'C'.

Ben Russell-Gough

It is a good sign that Clinton Mom isn't salivating. Yet.

BobC

I love this page for many reasons. Also, the ad provider for the QC webpage is serving a browser hijacking pretending to be tech support again.

Thomas Halpin

Just what I was thinking,.... too bad this is a family feel good strip,.....

Darnel D Cooper

congrats Jeph. you actually got me to join on Patreon in order to see the next comic. well done.

Absentia

BIG BOI HOLD BIG DOGGO LIKE BABY IM CRY

Nascha Morrison

no

STOP MAKING ELLIOT CUTER No, wait. The other thing. Keep on making him cuter!

Nicolas Demers

IKR!

Beautiful car! Nevertheless, I assume she is named after Julius Caesar's mom.

Dr. Otter

While everyone assumes she is named for Roman emperors or whatnot, as the resident car guy, I’m going to assume she was named for the Lancia Aurelia, built from 1950 to 1958. The B20 coupe and B24 spyder and convertible (worth over a million US$ these days) are especially sexy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancia_Aurelia

Populuxe

Cosmo was the real protagonist all along. Everything prior to Cosmo was simply prologue.

Yonatan Zunger

Still rooting for the triumphant return of Pizza Girl...

Mad Marie

so clearly they get their panicky, desperate flailing and run-on sentences from their mother

Brad Kirkwood

There is a collar it's just hidden under ALL the fluff.

BioYuGi

Elliot + animals = awwwwwwwwwww

Vic or Vyxter

We were waiting to get my borzoi pup Jaspar (@jaspar_borzoi) when Cosmo was introduced in the strip and my heart sings a bit every time she shows up.

AcheronYYC

I'll say it again, MAKE COSMO THE NEW PROTAGONIST

Azrux

Hercules manages to get out and starts roaming the neighborhood. Elliot is panicked, distraught, disheveled even. He goes to Clinton's mom's house to ask them for help searching (Clinton crashed there for the night because he got drunk after thinking he embarrassed himself and potentially ruined things with our favorite soft boy Elliot). Aurelia, just a little bit high has the brilliant idea of using Cosmo to help track down Hercules, Cosmo bolts off, mission in mind. Now both parties are panicked. Queue a strip or 2 of cosmo tracking down Hercules, Hercules defending a litter of two kittens from an aggressive raccoon, Cosmo helping scare of the raccoon, and then walking side by side back to their families with a kitten being carried by each. Go back to Elliot and Clinton, awkward silence and attempts at conversation to discuss whatever embarassing/stupid thing Elliot and/or Clinton did the night before. Finally they see Hercules and Cosmo round the corner. Excited and overjoyed they share their first kiss, Eliot literally lift Clinton off the ground. Then some quick joke about Clinton noticing the two kittens being carried by the pair. Edit: In the background you can see Willow notice it all

Clinton better move quick before his mom takes his man

Alcaria Swain

HAIL COSMO

Gaz

All the love to Cosmo!

Darren Stalder

Maybe put a collar on Cosmo before you put a bell on the collar?

Carl Fink

I'm not saying we need a buddy pet storyline with Cosmo and Hercules...

Summer Sudbrink

Cosmo loves cinnamon rolls.

Miyaa

Such a... Hunk? Obvious himbo? Tall glass of water? Giant man who is obviously a bottom? Gorgeous man who I probably shouldn't sleep with because my son is interested in him?

Daniel S

Oh man, I feel like it could be #1 AND #2! Hahah good point about Aurelia and college age boys

Chelsea

okay everybody let's place bets, everybody. Did Clinton forget to come out to his mother/ is Aurelia (sick name reveal btw) tendency to "hook up" with college-age guys who look like Elliot showing up and this is just "oh what the heck he's hot"/ or boring answer is this just her reacting to his height.

Rat

Cosmo likes him, so he gets to stay. That's how it works.

Doug DeJulio

The apple doesn't fall far from the tree in the Augustus house.

Adam with two As, a D, and an M

Clinton holding Cosmo is the cutest thing <3

Rose

Wouldn't the kicker be that Clinton and Claire have a Ceaser in the family line. Double points if it was their dad!

James Cooper

Such happy. Much wag. Cosmo approves!!

Katrina Urmson

Eeeeeeeeeeee

doorbender

Ninja Dog.

Thisguy

Helicopter tail , engage!

MikeT

Like Cosmo wasn't going to like him, how absurd.

Michael

Umm, do affairs with Greek Gods ever end well? Asking for a friend.

Captain Button

Aww sweet puppy! <3

Kuragari

Dogs are good.

Douglas E. Smith

For me it was the school nurse in Megatokyo.

Captain Button

Love Claire’s graduation picture

Oh i wish to hold the long doge

Dylan T

She's named like a roman emperor and has a thing for guys built like greek gods. And after pulling on the emergency brake, has mostly salvaged this train wreck of an introduction. Good on ya miss Augustus.

Somebody Else

How much do you want to bet that Willow is the actual delivery person?

JD

the other day when elliot and yay were talking things over, i was like 'wouldn't it be funny if clinton's mom meets elliot and they fall for each other? cuz hijinks would ensue...' commence hijinks.

Kurt Roithinger

She is now! ;-)

Jonathan Taves

Hunka hunka burning cinnamon roll?

Shawn K. Younkin

Now, just what was she going to say she hadn’t expected when she cut herself off?

KCkittysnores

You realize you're at a certain age when you're crushing on the characters mom....

Ted Van Roekel

Technically assonance. Which isn't a word that means someone making a reply like this, as much as it seems cognate to it.

fluffy

is her middle name "Borealis" ?

Peter McDevitt

The family name "Augustus", also a throw back to ancient Rome. And Aurelius means "golden".

Michael Boettger

I would die for cosmo

Jackie Horn

Aurelia Augustus. Jeph. Did you really have to go for the Absolutely Awesome Alliteration.

R L

A good social pup

Is she actually an immortal Roman Empress or something?

Captain Button

Someone's parents had a thing for ancient Rome! (Or maybe just Latin I guess)

lookit that tail go 🤩

Magic Chopstick Games

Now we know! Another name added to the shipping logs!

Max D S

The dog likes him. That's always a good sign!

Niskara

Cosmo!!

mooviies

There is a A LOT of Clair (Claire? Clare? I cant recall specific spelling) in this post and I A P P R O V E

I see the clear relation to Clair. XD

Raven Razor

Cosmo!

Cody Renton

Even pointy dogs love our cinnamon roll.

Joel Bateman

Cosmo has never been safer.

Michael

Clinton has dibs, Aurelia!

Chris Gropp

Hi Aurelia!

Michael Boettger