jephjacques

A Marked Improvement In Relations

Iris is such a sweetie pie :)

Reading Rainbow

Nobel Prize in boners

Sounds Like Nonsense To Me

She's just prejudiced against serifs

Teed Up

Okay!!! Finally home and unpacked and de-jetlagged. Hopefully there will be no more shenanigans wrt the comic or the website now.

His Home Is The Sea

when in doubt, jump into ocean

They Answer To The King

Or queen, whichever is around

Welcome Back Everyone

Some time has passed!

Directember: Mr. Face

This strip ended up being one of the key moments in the Hannelore and Sven dynamic (as well as the Faye and Sven dynamic...) in that Hanners is apparently immune to Sven's charms. It's funny that t...

Directember: Bedtime

If I'm doing the (admittedly very basic) math right, this is the second to last Directember update? I think??? It's Sunday night, which means the comic for Monday goes live on the site, which means...

Directember: A Night At The Improv

Finally, another truly ancient comic! Back when Faye didn't use contractions in her speech because I thought it sounded cute (ugh) and I was painstakingly drawing in Photoshop using a Wacom tablet ...

Directember: She's Totally Playing Into It

The whole "it sounds like they were having Sexual Times but actually they were not" gag is as old as time, but I like the little spin I put on it in this strip. Also man, I used to draw Hanners lo...

Directember: The Good Old Days

Lol at 2009 Jeph looking back at earlier comics with a sense of nostalgia

he had no idea

Directember: Octo-Camo

I have started drawing comics again! It feels good to be back on the horse. However I also came down with a head cold, so it's a very snotty horse at the moment.

As I said in yesterday's post...

Directember: Practical Advice

I think out of all the characters in my comic, Willow is the one I most wish I had more time and opportunity to focus on. Her personality, attitude, and character design are all just so fun! But as...

Directember Scheduling Goofs

Hey y'all, I accidentally posted tonight's Directember entry...yesterday? Two days ago? What even is time when you're traveling. ANYWAY just writing this to say that the next regular post will be T...

Directember: Olfactory Reset

Making Roko not be a cop anymore is definitely one of the better choices I've made. It opened up a lot more possibilities for her as a character, and also meant I didn't have to do comics about how...

Directember: I-Ikari-san?!

I think this might have been the first instance of Dale doing the Gendo Ikari pose from Neon Genesis Evangelion. If you had told me in 2010 that people would still be playing WoW in 2024 I'd probab...

Directember: Baking Lessons

Aww, Clinton and Elliot being cute and bi at each other! And also Cosmo is there! That bear looks like more of a woodchuck or perhaps some kind of terrier though. Clinton and Elliot are a cute coup...

Directember: Pass The Salt

Wow it really is Characters We Haven't Seen In Forever Week huh? I had really high hopes for Brun after how bonkers her introduction storyline with Clinton was, but then the ideas sort of dried up....

Directember: They See Him Rollin'

I wonder what that roomba is up to these days. Raising its offspring in Cubetown, perhaps? Sorry for not much commentary on this one, I was just on planes and trains for 14 hours and my brain is fr...

Sucker Punch-Drunk

Wil and Penelope! Been a long time since we've seen Wil. Sometimes a character will just sort of fall by the wayside and I don't pick them up for a while, and my focus shifts elsewhere and suddenly...

Directember: Emergency Summons

Clinton's enthusiasm for AI nonsense has led to some fun moments so far, like this one. With Claire moving to Cubetown I suspect there will be a lot more in the future.

Break has been nice so...

Directember: Of Course She Uses Celsius

AI lore AND a cute Bubbles face? This is a perfect comic. I forgot about Faye’s old sleeveless hoodie, I should bring back that look now that it’s fall/winter in QC again. One of the many weird...

Directember: Ring My Bell

The start of what would turn out to be the single biggest change in all of QC (thus far). God it does NOT feel like this strip is from 2 years ago already. Weren't they JUST meeting the Cubetown fo...

Directember: Savory Husks

Exceptionally cute Hanners in this one. Good job, past me. One of the funny parts of making over 5000 comics is how I don’t actually remember a lot of them, but somehow I can keep t...

Directember: Penalization

I have no insightful comments about this one, I just think Pintsize throwing his own head at Marten is a very funny gag. I always imagined his “skin” feeling like those shitty rubber-coated bal...

Directember: Nice

You know, I never did return to the “Faye is building Pintsize a big metal dick and balls” plot point. I should probably address that eventually. Or let it sit on the back burner for another 8 ...

Pissing Off The Punks

Some more old-school QC. I like how Pintsize’s “British” reveals that he doesn’t actually know anything about Britain beyond the easy stereotypes. I think the serif font is a cute touch. Al...

Glorified SNES Cartridge

The underground robot fighting ring! God, talk about a story that went some unexpected places. Corpse Witch turned out to be an ACTUAL VILLAIN! Bubbles turned out to be more than a one-note gag cha...

Heck Of A View

The space station arc! Definitely the most ambitious thing I had attempted in the comic at that point, and honestly beyond my capabilities at the time. But that’s how you grow- you bite off more ...