Go Stoats!

I really liked Dale's face fur, he looks much younger clean shaven. But, maybe Marigold doesn’t like scratchy kisses?

Holly Nelson

very cool]

ASMR Art

I've missed Emily.

Action Dale is good too, though I worry about his leading ankle there — that ankle angle looks like it could flip and go crunch, even without an active battle underway.

Holly Nelson

Nonsense! I'm gonna start shipping Emily with Dora and Tai

Fart Captor

I hope we'll still see some of Hanners. She is my favorite character. I miss her already. :(

Mish L.

Shipwrecked. Totally shipwrecked. Nothing to ship. No ships on which to ship the ships. They all just burned away. In a frakin' big pile 'o ship.

BobC

same number, I assume; Jeph did the storyline where Dora hired him with one flashback to quitting the pizza gig, but that was all we saw

Matt

How many jobs does Dale have now, I wonder?

ysth

Dale shaved. Suits him! Not that the stubble didn't also suit him, but still.

Reyn Goldfur

Dora's expression in the last panel has slain me. I am now dead.

Ace

It HAS been a while since the last shonen-anime confrontation

Olivier Laroche

Do you both want them, or are you both trying to avoid them?

Patrick Jackson

That's Dora.

Hawkeye

I always feel like I'll be upset when scenes like THAT cut away to something else, but then it's Emily, Dale and Dora, and how could I not be delighted?!

quarridors

Y'know, I'm wondering if the entire 'MK Fight Intro' sequence was entirely in Dora's head. She's too used to Faye and Raven (and, later, Penny) fighting over shifts back in the old days so staff-members who cooperate and are openly friendly is a bit of a shock to her system.

Ben Russell-Gough

I'm partial to the New Hampton Boner Cats, myself

Grace Kieser

The Stoats are my favorite sportsball squadron!

Dean Reilly

Hey, it was this or Steve eating cereal!

Ben Russell-Gough

She's Sam's co-host on Sam's YouTube channel (after Momo convinced her that it isn't creepy). /headcanon

Ben Russell-Gough

I'll laugh my butt off if Hannelore goes no further than an East Coast resort town to chill out for a few weeks.

Ben Russell-Gough

But she is an old timey gamer. Nobody tell her how many versions of Mortal Kombat have come out!

Grant Swire

Oh yeah! I'd forgotten that Emily is a gamer like Dale! I'm betting that Dora will be wishing to have Faye and Raven back by the end of the in-universe week! :-D

Ben Russell-Gough

Holy shit, Action Emily is sexy-awesome.

Daryl Sawyer

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand... who is that in the last panel? Not a familar face!

Dale strikes! Emily counters with a firm handshake. It’s a tie!

Andrew

Okay, we've seen Dale. Now we just need an update on Marigold.

Ian Wolfe

I may be profiling but with a last name like Azuma I think she may have grown up with anime.

Rudolph Gerber

Dammit where did Dale’s scruff go?

If?

Cody Renton

It would be interesting to know if Penelope is working starting a side business in publishing or if Cosette has anything lined up after graduation.

Brent Catherman

This is pretty cool, but who introduced Emily to anime?

Emily has always been tall. I think this is the first time she and Dale have shared a panel.

Imagine if we're still waiting for #Faybles in March... 😭

Andrew Tate

I love that this is the one being posted on my birthday. It makes me smile. If i ever meet you at a con, i will thank you profusely, so you can forget my existence 20 mins later. :)

I love that even Hannelore's boss describe it as an epic journey.

Bagge

Lol

orange slice

Bringing Emily back is an acceptable diversion

Fart Captor

this is so adorable i can't even be mad

Seth Aaron Hershman has they she pronouns

For those wondering, I'm referencing this comic: <a href="http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2477" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2477</a> I definitely did not spend a half hour going through old comics to find it.

JD

I miss Cosette and Penelope, I hope Raven comes back too one day, she was one of the best character of QC. Oh Sara, where are you? And yes Jeph, we were all waiting for BubAye too smooch.

giacomo vaghi

&lt;3 Emily

MikeT

STAHP THIS IS CRUELTY

Chibi Emily is best Emily

Gary Walker

My stupid brain is obsessing about how Emily got to be as tall as Dale in panel 7.

Carl Fink

Bad form sir...

You are cruel, sir.

Asher Rose Fox

I love this!

I was wondering if we would see Dale actually working at the shop now that Hanners is away. Seems like Cosette and Penolpe are still off to the right though.

JD

Emily, I'm guessing?

ysth

Also, hi Dale, it’s been too long.

Will Weaver

I actually have no idea who the girl in the stoats shirt is.

Good comic.

Diptych

JEPH, THIS IS NOT THE STORY ARC WE NEED. moar chibi characters

Nicholas Lopez

Dora is not impressed.

Shawn K. Younkin

JEPH

Will Weaver