440hz

Preach it. At the beginning of any Stacks shift you make a play for a cart with good wheels, ideally the shelving cart and not the plastic service carts that were bought during budget crunches.

I think maybe he's implying that she is vibrating at that frequency in panel 4.

Brad Knowles

I wonder if there is a joke here in the use of "440hz": That's the A pitch above middle C, which is a reference standard frequency. Or is Jeph saying that Faye is going AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Joshua Thomas

Where is his library cart? When I was working in Stack Maintenance and shelving books, we never went anywhere without our cart of books that we were shelving or otherwise working on.

Brad Knowles

Yes, but first she's going to ask when did Marten start dressing up for the library. And then it'll be a few weeks of catching up with the other characters.

That Blair Guy

I think we all knew this would lead up to Faye coming to Marty about her problems. Lol

I swear this comic just keeps getting better and better everyday. I'm losing my mind!

Jeremy Sistrunk

It says a lot for this comic that many of us would actually WELCOME a week of Steve eating cereal. Tho it would probably also have to involve Melon at some point. :D

Churchill (formerly TeaBear)

She going to join the band?

Captain Button

i dont read trash

Jeph Jacques

I'm betting that's Claire's influence. Heck, she may have even bought the shirt!

Ben Russell-Gough

Look at Marty, dressin' all professional!

Flounder

Marten will always be Faye's rock when she is adrift. 3730 or so comics (which even in QC time must be a few years by now) have only served to strengthen their relationship, even when they have drifted.

David Paul

Elliott-Brun-Clinton-Emily-Roko... not so much a "love triangle" as more a pentagram. Summons the demon Rel Eh'shon-shp

David Paul

So, anyway, I'm expecting for Friday's strip to be mostly Faye pouring out her insecurities and fears and Marten noting that she and Bubbles seem to be pretty into each other already. He'll then acknowledge the bad outcomes to Faye's previous relationships and tell her that she has to decide whether to take the risk. However, she and she alone has to TELL Bubbles where they stand and where this is going; she owes her that. We'll end with Faye's 'deer in the headlights' face and next week will be back to the Elliott-Brun-Clinton-Emily-Roko whatthehelligon whilst Faye thinks it over.

Ben Russell-Gough

Goood Good

Dylan T

Well, like a lot of writers and artists, many of the characters in QC are Jeph's crypto-SIs. Marten more than most represents who Jeph is and his development as a person through both professional goals and relationships.

Ben Russell-Gough

It is a good tradition to re-reed this comic before major plot ad-vance-ments. :claireface:

Evgeniy Semyonov

Bestie roommate advice times! I am excite.

Morgan McCauley

Wait, is Martyn cosplaying as Jeph here?! Same shirt & everything!

Andrew Tate

Really surprised panel #3 wasn't animated

CalmWeaver27

I had __totally__ forgotten that Marty worked in a library. That's a sure sign that it's time for a re-read.

Andrew Mitchell

Well, Angus said that she became native when she used "wicked" as intensifier. <a href="http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2652" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2652</a>

Evgeniy Semyonov

NO WHISTLING in the library either!

Dick van Soest

Love hertz.

Thomas Boys

super meta

SSJ Carrot Cake

More specifically: "I've got the hots for my synthetic best friend and I am really frightened by the strength of the emotional commitment I'm already feeling, based on how badly my previous two relationships ended!"

Ben Russell-Gough

Yeah, something tells me that Martin really needs to talk to Faye about this before she either explodes or phases between quantum states into a parallel universal brane! Meanwhile, looking at the newspost text... Yes, Jeph is now trolling us about expecting him to troll us!

Ben Russell-Gough

I worry about Bubbles’ anxieties, misreading Faye’s bailing on her. The ship must sail!

Dave Cochran

I *was* looking forward to a week of Steve eating cereal. But this is good too.

Marc Pengryffyn

God dammit Jeph I need my cereal fix

DVW

They might've been requisitioned for inappropriate uses.

Brent Catherman

Marten, that's why Library policy says you're supposed to use one of the small carts!

Well, there isn't much you can do other than wait and see what Jeph has planned. Accept your fate. Come to the dark side. We have covfefe.

I'M SO GAY FOR BUBBLES DUDE WHAT DO I DO

Stoodmuffin

*continues screaming joyfully at the prospect of Faybles*

I would have been so angry.....Thank you Jeph....

Spacey02111

WHO THE EFFFFFF IS MARTEN?!?!?!

Paul Grodt

Jephhhhh, have you been reading the subreddit again? They've been pessimistically calling that outcome for the past week. They're gonna be pretty happy to be wrong.

Paul Grodt

And Claire will be peeking over a bush to hear the news?

Erin Hartshorn

Bros bros bros!

Kyle Jenkins

Steve will call Tortura

Tim Williams

That was epically bad. Good work!

Chuck Dee

Clearly, Faye is in a world of Hertz.

BobC

I knew the first thing she would do is run to Marten! What are best friends for?

Origamigryphon

Hurray, it's Marten! Missed him, been awhile since we saw him last. Gotta say, he's looking sharp in that outfit, too.

Everett Bradshaw

I think I’m going to need a whole another box of cereal. (No, I don’t select the bagged cereal when I make my purchases.)

Miyaa

So does Faye need calibration or has she been calibrated?

I was wondering who she was going to talk to, i'm glad it's marty

I can't believe I'm saying this, but Faye should have a chat with Pintsize. There are lots of finer points to a human/robot relationship he has contemplated. Contemplated a lot.

Bagge

Pintsize + Droid 06 for passion, romance, and unlimited destruction!

I'm frightened for his sake. He was last seen with Melon, and unexpected things may well have happened.

Yes, yes, but what about Steve?

Bagge

I'm sure Bubbles is working back in the shop. She thinks too much of Faye, and herself to go sneaking around on spy missions like that.

Mitchell Sealy

it is animated, she is moving so fast your eye can't keep up and you see double image! lol.

John M Davis

I wonder if Bubbles will see this request for consult out of context and be crushed by it? That would make me sad.

five will get you twenty he doesnt

Andje Lewkowicz-Lalonde

So a truly evil comic creator would do tomorrow's strip showing Steve eating cereal, reading a Questionable Content strip which is obviously from the Faybles storyline, and with the last couple of panels completely obscured. But you're not going to do that, right Jeph? Right??

I think the titanship is finally going down. OMG I trust you Jeph. But if you disappoint me, I may have to stop reading qc. You held me though the character diversity phase... but I'm not sure I can live through a faye bubbles event that doesn't end happily at this point. If they get together happily I will send you 5 pounds of pulled pork, no questions asked. And an Infinity Stone... but not one of the good ones. The one responsible for plastic bottle taste in bottled water, or something on that scale. Also... remember Faye and Marten when they first met? We were all younger people with hopes and dreams...

Andje Lewkowicz-Lalonde

I was expecting you to toy with us for a bit. But this is brilliant! Ramps up the tension, fits perfectly into each ones characterisation and gives us NOTHING to go on as to where Faye’s head (and heart) are at. You are really good at that. Well played.

Bob Ellis

Marty! She runs on steam!

Smazzie

NOW you’re going to cut to Stevereal

SC

440 hz is apt, because Faye is going 'AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA'

Onedavewreckingcrew

god we haven't seen this much dramatic tension in QC since Angus ...wait, is Faye just Extremely Drama?

neato

I think it's Marven

Michael Lazare

Ah yes, the "holy shit I'm in love" vibration/tremble.

Daryl Sawyer

If her frequency rises too much, she’ll become Faye#!

TubaGinger

What about 420Hz?

Daryl Sawyer

It’s a vibration frequency commonly found in music. Most Western musicians tune to Concert A4 = 440Hz.

TubaGinger

oggityoggityoggity.mp3

Jon Chaisson

This sounds like a reference to the end of Back to the Future. Or am I reading too much into it?

Richard Laxton

No not 440Hz! Please use 432Hz for enhanced brain function and world peace! /s

I did kinda expect Steve tbh

Griffon

But what timbre is she vibrating? Oboe, electric guitar, violin?

For Newton's sake, stop giving him ideas! HE DOESN'T NEED HELP COMING UP WITH IDEAS TO TORTURE US! 🤣

Dark Storymaker

is there an animated version?

ysth

No, no, it'll be 2 comics of Steve eating cereal, 2 of Melon, and then 1 of the return of Butt-Rocket.

Lucanid Landman

No Jeph, what you are going to do is get to the point where shes about to tell her and that's when were going to get 7 comics of steve eating cereal. XD

Faye is about to announce a serious change in her cereal choices

MikeT

Vibrating with axiaty

Kyle Major

I told my husband yesterday, "he's gonna cut to something random just to keep driving us crazy." Can't tell you how much I appreciate being wrong!

It seems Faye has really picked up the Mass. accent with that "Hafta"

John P Kowalchuk

I wanted a week of Tortura eating human flesh.

Captain Button

I was expecting a cut to Pintsize, personally. Thank you Jeph!!

Mordaeus

No tuning in the library

darklion

Clearly she is just going to pick out a cereal for Steve.

Peter McDevitt

I wouldn't even have been mad if you cut to Steve.

nowshowjj

Well...yes. Anyway, hey, it’s that guy again, Marley or whatever his name is.

Will Weaver

Well, yes. :)

We call this ze Stuttgart pitch...

Obliviontoad

Obligatory "omg who's the new guy"

Cody Renton

Well, yes.

I even called it on last night's strip :o

Cody Renton

But what is happening with Melon and Emily?? Is Melon okay??

Fart Captor

You're doing that with tomorrow's strip, aren't you?

Bitter Donald

We 100% did