Mobilization Of Forces

Codes 1 and 2 have to do with Pintsize. Codes 4-infinity are also about Pintsize.

Rebecca

Ok... now i want to know what code 1 and 2 are.... warnings from station that it is the End Times? coffee bean die-offs around the world? :D

Kerin Schiesser

Code 4 is The Spider Zone.

Thomas Boys

Unless it's her own personal life lol

Danya Michael

I fucking love Dora. She is the shit-fixer, cares about everyone around her, and she'll make you tea while she helps.

At the same time, it does show how tall Dora is. That anime-cockatoo hair of hers comes all the way up to Bubbles' chin!

Daryl Sawyer

It's still possible Melon's butt is down in the seat cushions or something.

Daryl Sawyer

Introduce them to the comic. If they don't like it, then you can dump them. :)

I really love seeing Dora and Bubbles in the same frame, because I'm so used to having Dora be the tallest in any panel she's in. And then Bubs comes in and makes Dora look tiny. It really gives me a sense of scale!

At least her chair is still there and isn't occupied by Melon or Punchbot or parts thereof.

Everything better end up okay Jeph! We demand our wish fullfillment!!!

Scott Hilton

I hope everything ends up ok

PBManning

bubbles has FRIENDS

Tai is going to deploy hydroponic weed and body positivity, stat.

Gary Walker

I think the general assumption for a plan like this would be that she wouldn't reliably pick up. If I had to guess, Dora called Tai and Tai will contact Marten, who may or may not be in on the code system. Probably not.

Dev

I'm wondering if we're going to have some very elaborate work done to tell the story going forwards.

Ben Russell-Gough

She'll say: "Yes please and send me a blow-by-blow account so I can put it in a shipper-fic!"

Ben Russell-Gough

That's deliberate. I think Jeph is softening us up for her "I know now why it is you cry but that is something that I cannot do" moment but in a good way.

Ben Russell-Gough

Bubbles is incredibly expressive in this one.....

David Howe

I assumed she called Tai. I hope she called Tai. Tai's freakin adorablesauce and I love her! Also ... OMG it's finally happening!!!

Nicki Faulk

SHe couldn't! That would take a Faye with a pry bar!

Grace Kieser

My bet is on Tai.

Two days to wait it will be torture !

Rob Wright

Huh I just assumed she called Faye.

Matt Lee

TCAF? Through Cylindrical Afternoon Feels?

Lars Gottlieb

Seems likely Tai is on a very short list of people Dora would call babe? I really like that Bubbles is doing the ‘walk it off’ thing too, instead of keeping busy at the workshop.

Andrew

I feel relief, and yet, now that I know tomorrow's comic, I can't stop wondering what the comic for the day AFTER tomorrow will be.

Thomas Halpin

omfg don't say through the years.....i still can't believe I've been reading this for 7 years now and i'm far from being a vet reader.

SSJ Carrot Cake

"WOOOOOO! Bubbles! I am your spiriiit guuuiiide!" "No, you're not. You're Melon."

Ben Russell-Gough

Code 1 is a health inspector who actually WANTS to do their job. Code 2 involves wild animals in the HVAC... again.

Ben Russell-Gough

We are the comic and the comic is us. ... jesus christ, first Steven Universe, now THIS!

Unanimous D

Called it yesterday. I feel ever so much better.

Jason Zions

So, we're going to have to wait until next week to see who Dora was 'phoning? Drat. Okay, here's a prediction: This is a 'back-step' to events that occurred simultaneously to Faye talking to Marten. We won't catch up to Faye and 'now' until some point next week.

Ben Russell-Gough

There are in fact 17 codes, each one more ludicrous than the one before.

Paul Rendell

Code 1 is for raccoon emergencies

giacomo vaghi

Only 3 minutes ago

Em Dah

Ever spend a dollar so that you can not be anxious and get some sleep?

Alex Thompson

Yak milk tea

ysth

Next strip: Hanelore teleports in carrying a bag of rare tea from her travels.

Bagge

Maybe the neckbearded Linux anthroPC.

Jason Rock

Claire, Dora, Marten, May, Momo. Is there anyone other than Faye who didn't see the signs?

Brent Catherman

I'm in love with your turn of phrases in this post. :)

TMN

Dora looks great! I love her hair.

Everett Bradshaw

Ha, operational code, I love it. Now I want to know what code 1 and 2 mean; also, do they go past 3? If so, how many are there?

Everett Bradshaw

OMG now we need to wait two days before seeing what happens next T__T

Clement Covemaeker

WE'VE BEEN SAYING

Stoodmuffin

Dora is so goddamn genre-savvy now. Good for her.

TMN

Alert but not Alarmed people!

MikeT

I half expected to see her in the shop with her armor back on.

Tim Williams

I love this look for Dora. In fact, I really feel like this comic broadly leveled up in the expressive character category over the last 2-3 months... And I've been reading since ~300

Jonathan Bruder

THANK YOU DORA AND MARTEN

Mandy Hoskins

If anyone knows the depths which Faye can stick her own foot in her mouth, it's Dora.

Dylan T

I dunno. Webcomic artists seem to avoid "comedies of errors". Probably because our generation grew up in an era of television where that was the go-to plot when the writers ran out of ideas.

Daryl Sawyer

She's a first-year teacher, eager to use her new red pen to make students cry.

BobC

I was pretty sure today's scene would involve tea at Dora's.

Chris Heg

love how the wlw friends had their gaydar blaring max volume and were ready to swoop in and guide the green ones to their ultimate sapphic destiny (Mandy and Evie definitely wanted to)

I really love how Bubbles gradually has become softer in appearance, and also increasingly vulnerable, through the years.

Willinwoods

AAAAAAGGGGGHHHHH JEPH!! Though if I am assuming right, Dora calles Tai, which I am glad to see this couple again. Maybe Tai is ripped now... hmm....

I second that "WHEW"

Griffon

Huh? What? How did you lose the "Sq" in front?

BobC

MOAR PLEASE

mooviies

Whiplash? He ripped my ship out from under me, and though I was holding on so tight and pulling back so hard, he also ripped my arms from their sockets. I'm typing this with my nose. So, I suppose I'm not really suffering all that much.

BobC

I just realized how much i LOVE that Bubbles's emotions can screw with a world class military AI construct to the point she is basically not thinking straight. It's like ooops said DARPA... we kind of went too far on this AI thing... Now they fall in love and get PTSD... No we can't take that out, it's a crucial part of them being sentient you pedestrian fucks... If you want cognition beyond computation this is what happens... Is there a novel that explores this? Sentient Terminators ruled by sex and love? Imagine if all the Drones served the Borg Queen because they literally LOVED her. Everything else just falls into place after that... It's like the Infinite Improbability Drive. Give it a cup of really Strong Tea.. and... Turn it on...

Andje Lewkowicz-Lalonde

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee*breathes*Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

And then the shippers sued Jeph for pain and suffering caused by emotional whiplash.

William Cole

Aarrgh, well it's better than it could have been. My Fayebles ship is a little rudderless RN.

Denise Webber

To be fair- they both could.

Shawn K. Younkin

At least now I can make it through the next two QC-less days more or less in one piece.

Populuxe

We no longer have to panic! (Probably)

Mordaeus

somehow I parsed Bubbles's chair as a pink backpack in Panel 5

Minzoku Bokumetsu

They bought a stand-up blackboard for putting outside on nice days, but Cosette wrote on it with neon puff paint, which they then couldn't wash off, so it's in the basement gathering cobwebs.

Diptych

Oh GOD... The woman last comic walking with the red pen... Is she the agent feeding information to Dora? The pen is a COMMUNICATOR!

Time for a "comedy of errors." At a guess, two weeks before we see Faye and Bubbles in the same room, talking.

Faye could still eff it up. Hope not!

And NOW cue one month of cereal eating...

Adam Lindsay

I'm going to be wondering ALL TCAF about what's gonna happen!!!

Bitter Donald

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa CODE 3

Rebecca

With great power...

Andje Lewkowicz-Lalonde

This is my Faybles. There are many like it, but this one is mine.

Andje Lewkowicz-Lalonde

Thank you Jeph. It’s your story and your choice how it goes always. But thank you.

Bob Ellis

OMG BUBBLES WITH A PONYTAIL HOW DORBS

Kenneth Carlile

Just when I thought CoD had everything, I now learn it has giant neon letters! Why are they out of frame?

BobC

Much better thank you

Brian

phew. Good. I wonder what the tea will bring.

Sian

Maybe Code 3 is "friends realise they're into each other" and she mentioned Bubbles to specify which potential pairing she was talking about?

Diptych

Love it!

Mark

I've been having difficulty explaining my recent emotional turmoil to my friends.

Dora is now the second fastest human in QC. Second only to Hannelore. No human can move faster than Hanners.

Tim Eldred

The look on Bubbles's face when Dora zips around XD

Must be, or she can phase through the counter.

I swear my heart started racing when the email notification came up, but friends have seen it coming a zillion miles away, and I really did sigh in relief

Origamigryphon

Hard to imagine what codes 1 & 2 are, what could be more important!

Andrew

Code 1 probably involves Pintsize or Melon involved in some sort of shenanigans. Code 2: people who use Starbucks slang when ordering.

Miyaa

*kssshk* friends reporting for duty *kssshk*

Magic Chopstick Games

EVERYBODY EXHALE.

Will Weaver

Goddamnit you asshole!! Making us think shit was going south. *grumps*

Val

Yes we are all mobilized.

lilibat

And Jeph changed the art style again. XS

Scott Vogel

I'm not surprised that they have a code for this. I am surprised that it's only code 3. I mean, they started dating a long time before Faye and Bubbles met. I would have thought they would have a lot more codes.

JD

I for one would like to see this metaphorical wall with neon paint

He really did.

Diptych

In neon! <3

Erin Hartshorn

Dora's been working on her teleportation!

Grace Kieser

<3 Bubbles

Kajsa Anderson

You made Dora cuter!

Fart Captor