January Bonus Comic Poll

At least then it would only have had 999 votes to catch up with, instead of that cold, crushing thousand...

David Paul

Aww man, I missed the poll. Would have totally voted "Melon Jumps The Shark".

Daryl Sawyer

I like the way you think!

Marc Pengryffyn

Officer Basilisk jumps the sharks on a date with Melon. Hanners is also there, confronting her fear… of sharks?

Jan Szejko

Is 2018 the year of Roko bonus strips? The king is dead, long live the king?

William Hanna

Shark jumping could TOTALLY be a date activity, imo

Fart Captor

Officer Basilisk going on a date with Hannelore, during which she confronts her fear of The Shark by sitting on Melon's shoulders while she jumps it?

Kaz Redclaw

It would be cruel if Officer Basilisk were to finally express feelings of love, only to find out that Bubbles only has eyes for ... someone else. Cruel, I tell ya! ;)

Brad Knowles

I mean, Melon is great, Hanners is great, but poor Officer Basilisk deserves a brief, fleeting moment of joy.

K. D. Bryan

will 'Hannelore confronting her fears' just be her confronting a tapir?

Gabrielle Fusco

Wow, I did not expect this boat to go in the direction it's going. :(

Airyu

Basilisk cartoon can't be beat.

William Burns

look in the background, she's doing her thing with the shark.

mooviies

😍

KCkittysnores

But where's Melon? O_o and what about the shark?

Dustin

Well, she didn't have a pretty bow on her story arc, meaning it's NOY (Not Over Yet). "While on a date with Gordon, and after hearing Gordon's story, she arrested him for assault."

BobC

Roomba.

BobC

I think a lot of people voted for it just to surprise you.

JD

For once I'll be serious. I would have (gladly) voted for Hannelore, but I honestly want all your fans (patreon or not) to have a chance to enjoy her stories. That's because I believe she's become a major part of the strip, and is important to a LOT of us.

hannelore confronts her fears about going on a date with Roko

Waffliesinyoface

Who knew she was that popular? Now we gotta find a shipmate for her... (I'm pushing Pintsize myself, but Gordon is a real possibility as well.)

I mean that's fine, it'll be a fun comic to draw but I am SHOCKED

Jeph Jacques

I CANNOT BELIEVE ROKO IS WINNING??!?!?!!?!?!?

Jeph Jacques

Yeah, I was torn between Hannelore and Basilisk, did not even consider Melon. She's fun, but the idea of Hannelore confronting her fears (what could that mean?!) is way more interesting, and then Basilisk we just haven't seen for a long time...

Auros Harman

I'm with David Paul on this one... still 100% sure Jeph? :)

Daryk Zirkle

If the choice had been Melon jumping "a" shark, I'd have voted for that, but jumping "the" shark just seems a bit stale, so I went with Officer Racoon-Chaser. That said, my preferred option *would* be a mash-up of all three!

Marc Pengryffyn

As someone with pretty bad OCD, I appreciate seeing how Hannelore deals with daily challenges.

Travis Walls

Actually, I changed my vote to just #3. Hanners' story deserves better than a bonus strip.

David Paul

I had to pick #1 and #3. Hanners left on such a sad note, it would be nice to see how she is doing on her journey. And Officer Basilisk, she deserves a little love, or at least some Assam tea XD.

David Paul

I want to see #3 now, and #1 in three weeks.

Maurice Kessler

Come on, Hannelore people!

All of them in one

Stoodmuffin

Wow, this is the hardest one yet. I want all of these. Keep them for future polls!

Cerril

While I agree, I would want that in a regular arc, NOT as a Patreon only special.

Why must you make my life so difficult!

Kinda Squirrely

As much as I love Melon, in the end I went with Basilisk. It's good to get some variety now and then.

Lucanid Landman

Oooh or "ButtzFeed" but that sounds...nevermind.

Basilisk date with Punchbot, facilitated by the QC-canon dating app "ButtzFindr"

I was going to vote for Hannelore, but then I saw the comments, and I agree that wouldn't be fair to the non-Patreon followers.

Clifton Royston

All good choices, and really hard to pick this time. It's been a while since we've seen Roko, though, so going for that one. Maybe she'll finally catch a break?

Peter Jensen

Hannelore vs public sanitary facilities

Gary Walker

Hannelore goes on a date with Office Basilisk which is interrupted by Melon jumping a shark!

allanfranta

I agree. The alternatives have always been good, but Melon et. al. is such a hoot. But I had just been wondering what Officer Basilisk would be up to now.

David Days

I'm sure Jeph has plans for Hannelore's next arc, but personally I'd love to see Hannelore in all sorts of crazy out-of-context situations while she's traveling!

Amy Watson

Why so sure? I also expected it to be an autoclick before seeing the options given how much “bonus comic” has been pretty much turning into “adventures of Melon” but boy, the alternatives are pretty awesome this time

Lalo Martins

It would be interesting to see the good officer in a social setting. All we know about her is that she knits when at home.

Joshua Brumley

Pintsize....of course!!

Shawn K. Younkin

Ewww... not after what happened with the pidgeon... :x

Leak

yeah watch the comic actually be a combo of all three ideas. I'm wise to your ways

Ami

Joining everyone who would love to see Hannelore's journey but doesn't think it fair to non-Patrons. It makes me happy to see how many of your fans are this selfless.

Erin Moriarty

Basilisk on a blind double date with Hanners, Melon, and the shark.

Scribblers

Whom is Basilisk going to date? That's what I'm dying to know!

Roko and Pintsize sitting in a tree... K I S S I N G! (I'll go away now.)

Officer Basilisk!

When I saw the notification, I was like, “Why is he bothering? MELON. DUH!” But these are good choices!

William Hanna

Hannelore confronts her fear of dating with Officer Basilisk when they visit Melon and Arthur's pop up restaurant (try the soup).

Gary Walker

Can... can we have all three? Like, not right now, but Basilisk on a date, on Valentine's day would be awesome.

Mister Cletus

It's not going my way, but I know I'm going to enjoy the result regardless.

Al Hunt

All fine options.

If I could vote twice for Basilisk, I would!

quarridors

Shippers are clearly a force to be reckoned with.

Will Weaver

I can't believe Basilisk is winning right now

Jeph Jacques

Monthly comic is for secondary plot ! Officer basilisk

I'd much rather see Hanners finally able to touch someone. She deserves some companionship

MAR

psssst, you can vote for both :P

JPMK! {verb}

I don't care what the question is, the answer is "Roko"

Rich Holmes

You don't have to...it's multiple choice....

W. Scott Meeks

HOW THE HELL AM I SUPPOSED TO CHOOSE ONLY ONE OF THESE???

Jeph, you evil bastard, why are you forcing use to make the impossible choice between options 1 and 3?! Do you really hate us that much? *weeps*

Ian Wolfe

Three awesome choices

ysth

DATE DATE DATE DATE DATE DATE DATE DATE DATE DATE DATE DATE DATE DATE DATE Ahem thats just my opinion

Kyle Major

Okay, okay, i've got it. Officer Basilisk is on a date, Hanners is actually trying a real *date* with a fireman at the next table over. It's a cute little restaurant by the sea and the beach. in the background you can see melon preparing to, and then succeeding in blasting her butt off her chassis over a shark ala happy days, except she's standing on the edge of the ramp and not riding a motorcycledroid

Travis Wedding

I originally voted for Hannelore because I absolutely want to know what happened and see that storyline continue. Then I was reading other people's comments, and realized I was just thinking selfishly. Nick, as above, hit the nail on the head--Hannelore's journey should NOT be Patreon-only content. I'm such a selfish bastard...

Mooster

Officer Basilisk goes on a double date with Hanners, Melon and her friend to confront Hannelore's fear of shark jumping.

Poor shark...

David Pablo Cohn

Isn't it bad form to jeep the hannelore comic as patron only?

brb singing Officer Basilisk to the tune of Nellie the Elephant

Boots McGoot

Given the way polling is currently running, it seems clear that Officer Basilisk needs to go on a date with Hannelore to help her confront her fears.

Abhayakara

OMG THEY'RE ALL SUCH GOOD CHOICES

Travis Wedding

As curious as I am about Hanners’s journey of self discovery, I feel that it would be bad form to keep that (even if only a humorous glimpse) as a Patreon only comic. With that said, how is Melon jumping the shark not winning?

Nikki

Jeph cleverly double-bluffed us

Matthew Harris

Since hannelore is off screen for the undetermined future...Yes please

MalkToast

100% sure?

Brian

HOW IS MELON NOT WINNING

Kenneth Carlile

:thinking: Melon jumping a shark could be used a starting point for a spin off comic.

Danielle Butler

All these options are so good, darnitt

Hannelore confronts her fears...by eating cereal with Steve and Melon.

Will Weaver