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Q&A Time! (Patreon)

Published:
2023-03-07 18:37:23
Edited:
2023-03-08 00:49:49
Imported:
2026-06

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It's been a while since I did a Q&A thing here, and it feels like a good time to do one! So ask me your questions in the comments of this post and I'll do my best to answer them.

UPDATE: wow that was a lot more questions than I was expecting! Thank you! Here is a picture of Ollie being lazy at daycare:

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Comments

esmeWW

Comment ça va ?

JD

How far ahead do you usually have the story planned?

Andrea Andrew

Will Claire and Marten still be in the story, despite moving away?

Randi Hart

Why *do* some AIs have buttholes?

J.R. Murdock

With such a varied cast, have you ever thought about doing a spin off of one or more characters that aren't in the current rotation?

Motyka

Hi, Jeph, great job on the current arc! My question: any plans for a new comic?

Andrea Andrew

Will Sven and May ever get together?

Liza

How do you come up with names for new characters? They always fit so well!

Tannerbot

How do you view QC now? Is it a still ongoing labor of love, or do you view it as a Job (that you obviously still put the work into)?

Emma Cunningham

With the current storyline and Marten and Claire planning a move, I’m wondering if that means the comic is nearing completion?

Kevin

With Marten and Claire moving away is the comic going to stay in Northampton move to Cubetown or be split between the two?

Julie Scott

What ever happened to Pizza Girl

SquigglyComics

Since the singularity caused AI sapience back relatively early on in the comic, did that see a collapse of any industry or any other sigficant changes in the world we didn't get to see? Also, what is your favorite animal without feathers, scales, or fur! Don't need to answer the second one, is just for fun~

Quinn

What are the chances you'll do another more serious comic like Alice Grove someday?

Tabetha Rosenberg

Pintsize was in the very first comic; how did the concept of "tiny computer man" to full AI society evolve in your mind during the course of the comic to today?

GregD

I am very curious what happens next with May, now that she's financially stable and can ponder other ways to fulfill herself.

AC

With Marten and Claire potentially moving, this comic is on very new ground. What was your inspiration for exploring this?

Luci McKean

OR does it mean a spinoff, and thus two fabulous storylines to enjoy?

Michael Seth

Favorite TV show you're currently watching?

Photon

I was gonna ask this! Love how the AI world-building bones keep showing through. Just imagine Yay turning up at CubeTown in a custom Archeteuthis body...

Thorin Blauvelt

Will Marty's coffee shop be guinan's coffee of doom?

Andje Lewkowicz-Lalonde

When will you reveal that Faye and Bubbles are also going to move to Cubetown to repair AI's there?

Stephen B.

Hey Jeph! Donair poutine, or donair pizza? 😁🌯

snoopsnoop

How old actually is Dr Lizard?

Jp

Has your favorite character changed over the years? If so, who did it start with and who is it now?

Danielle Butler

Will we see the return of Angus to add spicy drama?

Shoe

What’s padma been up to?

Tyler

This was the first question I thought to ask, as well!

jory!! ⋆｡°✩⎊

Which QC character is your favourite/the most fun to draw and write for? 💛

Ken Walker

Would love to see you State side again sometime! Any plans to attend any USA cons?

Andrea Andrew

What Elon did to you is wrong. How are you enjoying time off Twitter?

Sam Whiteley

Will we hear any more Deathmole?

Jp

Which of your characters do you think would be the most fun to hang with?

Phaye

It feels like Martin moving is a big step for the comic! Where you nervous about it?

Marvel Mishaps

Have you considered doing an animated version?

Morgana Alexis Ravenwood

Mundane Question: What is the cast's favorite color? More serious question: Do you have an end in mind for QC? Part of me feels as if Dora and Ty's wedding is gearing up to be such, as it feels like plot threads are wrapping neatly, or at least are perceived to be so. If so, do you have plans for another webcomic? If not, how long would you like to keep working on QC? I have been reading since 2010, and have loved watching these character grow, as well as watching your skills as an artist and content creator improve as well. I also know I am curious as to what many a minor character is up to, but I am sure others will ask these questions. (Also, as a trans woman, thank you so much for Claire. I love her dearly and am thoroughly invested in her happiness)

Mike Batzer

There have been a LOT of art and style changes since I started reading QC in 2004. What was the impetus for drawing the AIs in more human body shapes? It’s been really interesting to look at the body switching (pintsize, Winslow, etc) as an allegory for transition, but do you think it may also feed into the public pressure to blend in, or “pass”?

Taigan

As the most prominent breedable pair, will Dale and Marigold ever have kids?

LawrinLark

Are you planning on releasing more volumes of QC?

Jason Hunter

How have things been since you relocated out of the US? What is Ollie up to these days? Not that I don't enjoy QC, but Alice Grove really resonated with me on a different level. Any other side project in the works?

MikeyMike

I always wondered why Faye thinks of Pintsize as advanced tech. I must have missed the silver in his cloud;-)

Tom Carlson

For the AIs who lack obvious noses, like Millefeuille, are their faces full 3D faces, just without noses, or screens that display eyes and mouths. I've seen folks claim the latter, but I've always assumed the former.

Dan Lawler

Have you read The Expanse? I always picture Bobbie Draper as looking a lot like Bubbles and was wondering if there's an element of inspiration there.

Kendall Vance

Will Dora help Martin setup the coffee shop and get trained?

Readergeek

How are you feeling? I know you had C-19 and just wanted to inquire if you're feeling better or if that crap is still lingering. Also been playing many games lately? Any favorites?

Finvaara

How are you feeling? Optional bonus question, you ever mess around with one of those glass finger-slide cylinders on guitar? They look like a lot of fun, but I haven't gotten around to it yet.

Morgan Bauman

Will you give us some kinda warning before you start any final arcs? Or is that going to surprise everyone, you think?

Thomas N Wyndham

What’s your favourite kind of public transport?

Jon

Are you planning to come back to Gencon or any other conventions?

William Kelly

These side characters have been fun and all, but when will we get back to the MC Steve?

Mat

I bought the 6 paper books you released a while ago from the beginnings of QC, do you plan to continue releasing books ? I love what you're doing and I hope you'll continue!

King Omni

How have you been?

MultiKoopa

anything special planned for comic #5000 (wow)?

Jon K

Will Marten find some new bandmates at CubeTown? Out of universe, loved Clathrate - have you been writing more music? When you take time off, is there a "step 1" way you decompress?

e.a.rowe

Any music stuff especially catching your attention right now? (Inclusive of music you're listening to, but also any instruments, devices, or software you're having fun with)

Vivian

Why butts

Joshua Martin Paul Saruga

What is your favourite "Canadian" food or beverage that you have discovered since moving?

Phil A

With so many storylines, have you considered running parallel storylines? I would definitely contribute more to have a QC strip and a Cubetown strip

Xintas

Apologies if this has been asked/answered elsewhere; I've been a daily reader since about strip 800 but this is the first time I've been in a place to support the Patreon. An observation I've had is that characters are almost "seasonal" in a sense, where they are really involved for a period of time and then tend to fade out of the daily story to varying degrees. With a major shift in scenery, do you anticipate maintaining both locales or focusing on one and using it as a chance to "clean up" the cast and focus on new characters (if following Marten and Claire) or sending that pair off into the sunset (as a lot of their growth narrative arc is complete) and focusing on the main cast?

Austin Allen

The latest arc represents possibly the biggest shakeup to the status quo in QC ever, with the closest thing the series has to a main character moving away. Can you share anything about long term plans for the format going forward? Are we mostly going to follow Northampton or Cubetown? Are you taking the opportunity to shuffle some historically main cast to into supporting roles? Are we ever going to see Sven kiss anyone in a romantic way?

SpriteGuard

I noticed a while ago that for a while, Roko had the same haircut as Alpha Hatsuseno from Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou. Was that intentional or a coincidence?

Justin Seifert

No matter how far along in the future, do you have an idea of how you will or if you ever will end this comic?

jefe

In light of the sheer volume of characters and density of the world, I have to ask: whatever happened to Pizza Girl?

Alis

About how much time has passed in the comic from the first comic to now? Does any cast member have a fursona?

Justin Seifert

Is there any event, person or situation that you wish you could retcon in this comic?

Brittany Huckey

Who do you wish you got to spend more time with in the comic? Did you pick up a new skill or hobby during lock down? What niche hobby or craft do you want someone in comic to take up? How's life, I hope you are doing well.(?) Is it totally crazy that this comic has been going so long? This has been such a part of my life, I can't thank you enough for QC

wingpig

Is Cubetown ultimately responsible for/running the simulation of the AliceGroviverse?

AngieWords

I really enjoyed Liz's introduction! I think you mentioned that Liz's story was unexpected. Do you normally have a much more set idea of how something is going to play out? If so, what changed this time?

Matt Grayson

Is there a base on the far side of the moon communicating with the DORD? if not, why not!

Kyle Long

Have you considered you might age the characters at some point, to have them approach a different aspect of life, or stay somewhat young?

Vasil Kolev

Did you know what you were getting into by posting this?:) (83 comments in 17 minutes, let's see how far it goes)

ziPRR

How huge was the patron increase after you posted that NSFW pic of Bubbles? 😂

Dallin

Which characters would play Dungeons and Dragons and what would their classes be

World of Atkelem

Been thinking this very thing for a while now

Ami

Alice had the war hammer and access to what seemed to be a satellite that was able to turn the ground around Church into magma. Is it safe to assume he also had access to weaponry but was either disarmed or just relied on his fists?

Czarzhan

Has anyone ever approached (or have you ever approached anyone) with an idea regarding making animated QC?

Mortimer Langford

So, one reason why I've loved your comic for over a decade is the representation of poc and LGBTQIA+. Are your characters based on or influenced by people you know? Or are you simply trying to make people like my friends feel seen? Thank you for this wonderful comic 🖤

Andje Lewkowicz-Lalonde

Secondarily, when will Martin and Dora agree to open the Coffee of Doom franchise in Cubetown?

Daniel garza

How is steve taking the whole Martin moving thing? Does he even know?

Daniel Ian Horner

Can we see a preview of Nora/Tai’s wedding attire? Or would that be bad luck?

Jessamine

Has a physical graphic novel of "Alice Grove" ever been published? If not, is it something you have been interested in doing?

Tom wilson

Obviously, he needs to do a photo series of the whole gang. I'm not asking for NSFW pics, but I'd love to see more candids and posed pictures featuring all the different characters.

Grumzz

Would you consider working at Cubetown, and what would your job description be?

Primarch359

I spent last weekend at ECCC but I always have a hard time actually starting conversations with people whose content I consume on the internet. From your experience what do artists like to hear besides "I would like to buy X"

David Martelli

Will you ever do a convention in the Boston area again?

Yonatan Zunger

I've been really curious: Many AI's in QC seem to have some kind of experience of gender that's at least compatible with human experiences. But what's their experience of it actually like? Given its mixed cognitive/biological nature, is it similar to humans', or is it something else? I admit, I'm totally fascinated by QC's AI's and their relationship with humans. It's utterly wholesome and is totally what I want for human-AI relations in our world.

Mamadoc

What’s your pet situation at the moment?

Maelwys Myrddin

How far ahead do you have planned? Per arc? Mini-arcs? Is it all improvised?

Captain Button

Angus, now a big name journalist, comes to film the trashy expose which reveals The Truth About Cubetown.

Tfitz

Have you tried the new Aussie Lemonade flavor of the juice monster? I don't like it as much as the mango, but my wife likes it better.

Czarzhan

Would you be interested in being a guest on Creators Corner on my wife's YouTube channel? (Heck if you're gonna respond to all the questions, might as well throw that one in there) We've had a bunch of other webcomic creators on: Paul Taylor of Wapsi Square, Rich Morris of YAFGC, Elli Stephens of Goblins, to name just a few. The shows are live with an open chat for audience comments/questions, and the channel is 18+ so you don't have to worry about swearing.

World of Atkelem

Given what they all do, with only a few exceptions it seems like the whole cast could move there

Kermit Woodall

Who/What designed the forms of the AIs/Androids? Why would they design the mouths to work like human mouths, why genitalia and buttholes? My working assumption is that it all started with sexbots.

Jason Roberts

What's the best way to get caught up on all the backstory of the series? Or is it best to treat it like a TV soap opera and go with the flow?

Ghillie

Is the commission rate on the highest tier still valid?

Sorastro

Coffee of Hope

Riin Gill

I can totally see Marigold crocheting amigurumi.

The Bard Gang

given the prevalence of gsrm in the comic, we'd love to see your usual nuanced and consciously-inclusive take on a plural character sometime. Would that be something you could be interested in tackling eventually or is the concept daunting after decades of bad-faith or ignorant portrayals? Also, pintsize feet pics when /j

Absentia

Best way to get caught up: start from the beginning. I know it looks like a lot, but trust me, it's actually super quick to get through.

Jeph Jacques

he's at daycare right now, so he's partying with other dogs

ziPRR

That's an awesome idea!

sjlxndr

La li lu le lo?

Absentia

Are there any AI/human couples with a child, and are we going to meet any like that? I'm curious what that life would be like now that we have a few AI/human couples in canon.

Jeph Jacques

I have general plot points or character arcs that I sort of aim for over the long-term, sometimes it can take months or years to get to them (I've been setting up the move to Cubetown for a WHILE). But as for the day to day comics, I'm usually only a week or two ahead.

Jeph Jacques

I'd love to, but I don't have the mental energy to do anything outside of QC these days.

Jeph Jacques

Since COVID hit I think my convention-going days are done. I might do one or two somewhere eventually, but the idea of being in huge unmasked crowds for a whole weekend like that is not very appealing to me.

Davin Coulston

I assume you don't regret leaving Twitter for sanity reasons, but has it impacted your work notably?

Ragtime

What are A.I. creches like?

Absentia

Imma say it rn. Headcanon: Yay has a fursona. They CLAIM its purely for information and connections they wouldn't normally have, but secretly theu actually enjoy the community.

Jeph Jacques

most of the time they just pop into my head, or I try out various ones until I find one that "feels" right. My wife actually named Liz, as soon as she said it I was like "you're right, she's totally a Liz"

Absentia

Well Penelope hasn't been around much, so I guess she's still off doing other stuff.

Ben Brown

So, be honest with us. Why does Bubbles have a butt orifice? Secret location to hold military gear? Internal hardware access point? Or a nod to aesthetics from an organically minded designer?

Vasil Kolev

I concur, I've reread this at least 4 times, it doesn't take too much time (or it just doesn't feel like a lot :) )

Wicketbird

I bet they like to hear, "I love your work, it makes me happy!"

Absentia

The yelling kine, obviously.

Kai

If I recall correctly, his original body had lasers and stuff! When programming him, did they code him to have kinda silly ambitions so he wouldn't use it? Actually, how old *is* he?? Did he even have a purpose?

Jeph Jacques

I don't think the two are mutually exclusive. I love doing QC, but like anything there are some days where I'd rather do literally anything else but draw a comic. That's just how jobs are!

Absentia

But consider: HOW butts?

Jeph Jacques

So far I've been having fun jumping between the two, so I think that's what I'll keep doing for the foreseeable future

Absentia

He's still off eating cereal most likely.

OldGoat

Why NOT butts?

Rickle

So it feels like you're reaching the end of the story, it began with Marten following a girl across the country and with the upcoming move, I see an end to the comic. As a long time reader, are you planning on ending it soon?

Kristin

Have you ever considered having Angus come back and visit? Him meeting Bubbles would be interesting.

Jeph Jacques

nah it just lead to little robots running around everywhere. and my favorite animal that meets those criteria would probably be the humble millipede

Derek Benson

Would you consider other NSFW images of the characters?

Kristin

Also, is it hard to keep track of all the characters sometimes? Do you keep a document with information on them or is it all in your head?

Aaron Colwick

No questions, just wanted to say thank you for being one of the highlights of my day when i read your comics! Been at it for 12 years now, it's been an awesome ride! Congrats on 5000 comics!

Joseph Bonnar

Whatever happened to Sara McKinney's leg?

Absentia

Angus or Padma. Both would be an interesting turn of events.

Jeph Jacques

Pintsize started off as The Wacky Sidekick, obviously, and from there the whole AI thing just gradually grew and evolved as time went on and I put more thought into the setting. And then a few years ago I guess a switch flipped in my head and suddenly the main thing I wanted to write about was Cute Robots Having Problems and that leads us to where we are today, lol

Jeph Jacques

I'll go into more detail in a future newspost, but it's something I'd been thinking about for a long time, and when it finally came together in a coherent way in my head, I was like "okay, it's time"

Jeph Jacques

I don't really watch tv! I do watch a fair bit of anime though, currently working my way through Spy x Family and lovin it

legobil

I’m struggling to name even one animal without feathers, fur or scales. 🤣

Jeph Jacques

I don't plan to do this, actually! But I've learned to never say never when it comes to the comic.

Jeph Jacques

I...don't actually like donair very much :/ but the vegan donair wrap at Wild Leek is among my favorite things to eat here in town!

Chris Wicks

I apologise in advance for asking this, but I wonder occasionally: what happened to Shelby? Was it just old age?

Jeph Jacques

Yeah, it shifts over time, for a looooong while it was Hannelore, then Marigold, then various other folks. Right now I'm having a tremendously good time writing Moray. God she's so dumb, i love her

Jeph Jacques

Lately Moray has been my favorite. The one I enjoy drawing the most is whoever I've been drawing a lot lately, because I'm not out of practice with them :p

Jeph Jacques

I think my con days might be done, but maybe someday.

Jeph Jacques

I don't miss it at all. Life is way simpler and less infuriating now that I'm not on that hellsite.

Jeph Jacques

I've been working on some new music for the last couple years, it's coming together slowly

Tiogshi Laj

Have any regrets about storylines/arcs/hooks you've chosen *not* to tell, over the years? Any darlings you've regretted killing, to use the writing term?

Jeph Jacques

I'm old and boring now so I think I'd probably have the best time just sitting around and watching anime with Marigold

Jeph Jacques

if someone wants to give me a bunch of money for the rights to animate QC, i'd happily take it. but it's not something I'm particularly interested in pursuing myself.

Jeph Jacques

I'm definitely wrapping up some of the bigger plot threads these days (I swear I'll get to that friggin' wedding eventually), but I can't imagine ending the comic entirely. I still have too many other ideas I want to do! I've always said I'll do QC until it feels like it's time to stop, and I'm not there yet. So we'll see I guess!

Astromanaught

I'm also interested if you'll ever release more QC physical books. I love to collect physical copies of webtoons in case something were to happen and an artists work and it got deleted somehow

mooviies

Based on how you were surprise of the development last time, did your characters develop sentience?! :O

Andrea Andrew

I guess that’s this story’s a slice of life. 😆 Nice to get to the dough of things. That’s so cheesy bread of you.

Scops

I am so glad I'm not the only one! Seeing Bobbie in live action helped, but picturing her in her armor, my mind's eye would just bounce back and forth between Frankie Adams and Bubbles.

Jeph Jacques

I have more fun drawing people-shaped robots, so that's what I naturally gravitated towards over time. As for body-switching as an allegory...it's fine if people want to explore that idea, but it's definitely not what I intended with the concept, so I don't think I have anything particularly insightful to say about it. I'd rather leave allegorical explorations of the trans experience to people who have actually lived it.

Jeph Jacques

I love Canada and never want to go back to the US. Ollie is good, he's currently partying with some other dogs at daycare. I'd like to do another side project someday but I don't have the mental bandwidth for it these days.

Jeph Jacques

Whichever you think is cuter and/or more plausible, until I make something canonical out of necessity :)

Jeph Jacques

I read the first couple but never really got into them, I can see why people like the series but it wasn't my cup of tea. A lot of people say they see Bobbie in Bubbles, so there must be something to it!

OldGoat

I've long suspected that Steve and Cossette got married some time ago but never told anyone. (Secret government agent stuff, y'know.) Am I too far off? Also, will the minister who officiated at Henry's & Maurice's wedding be back for Dora's & Tai's?

Andrea Andrew

Will you give us some slipshine or NSFW stories of the characters?

Jeph Jacques

Oh yeah, I'm good. I had a suuuuper mild case. Felt crappy for about 24 hours, then just had to quarantine for a while to be safe. I got really lucky. As for games, I went on a huge Monster Train bender a while back to try and win with every clan combo on max difficulty. Once I got that done I've just been playing chill games like Vampire Survivors and Holocure

Andrea Andrew

Will there be a nude beach episode?

Jeph Jacques

Feelin' pretty good! Never really tried slide guitar, aside from occasionally messing around with a screwdriver or can of seltzer

Veronica VanCleave-Seeley

I feel like CubeTown has a need for Faye and Bubbles services. I could see the group moving to CubeTown to be closer to Martin. Out of all the side characters you create, which is your favorite?

Jeph Jacques

if I ever get to the point where QC is really heading for a final endgame, I think it will probably be pretty obvious.

Jeph Jacques

steve died on the way back to his home planet

Jeph Jacques

yeah I need to catch up with those two dingdongs eventually

Spiders Doing Nothing

Would you ever consider bringing in more writers & artists to expand the world and the stories of questionable content beyond what your admittedly prolific self has been able to do?

Jeph Jacques

not really! I was kind of hoping claire taking the job would land on 5000, but the timing didn't work out. oh well!

Jeph Jacques

dunno about band stuff, drawing instruments takes forever. Been writing new stuff for a couple years now, it's going slowly but I think it's good shit. What is this "time off" you speak of

Jeph Jacques

this might be the year I finally get into DJing, it's something I've always wanted to try but have been intimidated by

Jeph Jacques

it's boring to say "poutine" but poutine is also fucking good so

OldGoat

Start at #1 and binge. Otherwise you're cheating yourself.

Rob The Mildly Perplexed!

I reread it from scratch every couple of years...I love the way the art changes over time

Jeph Jacques

I'm more or less doing that already, these days. It's an experiment, time will tell how I handle having two different settings.

Rob The Mildly Perplexed!

Neither of those were questions...okay are either Brun or Pizza girl going to get more screen time?

Jeph Jacques

I agree with your observation! When you have a cast the size of mine, it's impossible to give equal focus to everybody. I mostly just go wherever the ideas are. Sometimes that means a new character, sometimes it means catching up with someone we haven't seen in a while. I think M&C moving away will probably shake up some of the other character dynamics, but I'm not sure how, yet. Will be interesting to see!

marty aka spockblocked

do you now or have you at any point had an idea about an ending for the series?

Jeph Jacques

Right now I plan to split the difference between the two settings as necessary- if I'm having a lot of Northampton ideas, I'll do comics set there, and vice versa for Cubetown. One thing I'd like to do is try and better integrate the Northampton cast- right now I've got a few separate groups of people there who don't interact much, and it would be nice to get them to know each other.

Jeph Jacques

Never seen it, but anime is probably my main aesthetic influence when it comes to drawing hair, so it's not surprising to me

Jeph Jacques

maybe someday, maybe not! 25 year old jeph would never believe I'd still be doing it at 42

Jeph Jacques

about 20 minutes. Dale and Marigold definitely have fursonas.

Daniel S

Damn allosauruses (allosaurii?)

Jeph Jacques

there are a few old comics I think are gross and would never make today, but that's just how life goes.

Jeph Jacques

I want to do comics about Moray forever now. Nope, just ate too much junk food. Pintsize is going to get into baking Life is good! it's pretty wild, yeah

Daniel S

Angus AND Padma: the exes pairing up in a way we’d never see coming. Releasing this April.

enchantedsleeper

(Jeph has said that this arc is not a lead-in to the end of the comic, FWIW)

Readergeek

Glad you felt better quick and it was mild! Oh boy Vamp survivors is so good. Haven't heard of Holocure before now but um. Yep that's going to get downloaded. May I recommend Spellcaster University if you ever want something new? It's been real fun and a good chill distraction. Thanks for the answer and glad you're well!

Jeph Jacques

it varies wildly! some stories pop into my head fully formed and it's just a matter of writing them down. others take days or weeks or months to come together. I often toss random little things into the comic here or there to give Future Jeph something to get creative with- Liz hiding in the background for a bunch of comics before her introduction was one of those things.

Jeph Jacques

I get more and more tempted to do this, the older I get! Maybe someday. Currently have too many other irons in the fire wrt the comic though :)

Rickle

Hey thanks

carmanut

Did you get banned from the subreddit?

enchantedsleeper

I've also enjoyed a couple of overlapping rereads recently (e.g. starting at a certain point and working forwards, and then starting a bit further back). I think one of the things that's fun is realising how close certain events are to each other, which isn't always apparent when you read it day by day. Like "oh, THIS was happening while Faye and Bubbles were getting together..."

Jeph Jacques

got a decent increase in subscriptions, and a HUGE influx of one-time donations

Jeph Jacques

my characters are 98% fictional. sometimes things that have happened to my friends work their way into the comic, but nobody is really "based on" an actual person.

Jeph Jacques

oh god I'm going to have to draw WEDDING OUTFITS D:

Jeph Jacques

Cubetown is probably the only place I would be remotely employable at this point.

Jeph Jacques

"hey I really like your work" is the #1 thing you can say that will make a creator happy!

Anton

Do you have any favorite robots in real life?

Vivian

Thank you

enchantedsleeper

Roko should join the Robot Support Group! She might find it helpful

Captain Button

How is Brun's old boss doing in Tahiti?

enchantedsleeper

And thus Marten's band dreams were forever stymied because the artist hates drawing instruments. RIP

Jeph Jacques

The way I see it, AIs feel similar to how people feel- some of them really FEEL like they're a specific gender, others don't, and there's a spectrum. Gender is a super complicated thing and I am in no way an expert, so I try to use as light a touch as I can when it comes to gender stuff in the comic.

enchantedsleeper

I was hoping for this but didn't like to ask ^^

zifnab06

will pintsize ever be duct taped to a wall again?

Jeph Jacques

lmao I JUST DID THE OTHER DAY! It's pretty good. I'd say a solid B-tier among the Punch varieties.

Uniquitous

Can an AI fork its mindstate, and if it does is the new copy regarded as a separate entity? If so, which one gets to keep their stuff? Can they re-integrate?

Jeph Jacques

they look like that because they think it's cute

Jeph Jacques

honestly I think you can pick a random point and just start reading from there and you'll have a decent idea of what's going on within a dozen strips or so. but you do you!

Jeph Jacques

whoo boy, I am nowhere near knowledgeable enough to write that kind of character in a sensitive way. maybe at some point in the future though, I never say never.

enchantedsleeper

Actually that's an interesting point, who was the first humanoid AI we saw? Pintsize, Winslow and Marigold all started out in more cutesy/small chassis, so... was it May (even though she was a hologram)?

Ian Court

I joined after the May/Sven NSFW comic.

Kristin

Just do the entire arc where things keep accidentally getting in the way of their outfits and all you can see is their heads and maybe arms?

enchantedsleeper

It got me to subscribe to the Patreon so that I could comment on here! Since I used to comment on the daily threads.

The Bard Gang

you're a good egg, Jeph, much love from the community btw

Readergeek

Does he have flippy floppies and T-Pain with him?

Quintin Ang

Can you discuss your influences, both in and outside the cartoon sphere?

Vic or Vyxter

Can you share the backstory for the origins/history of AIs becoming people and joining society?

Bookbeard

I suspect you have a lot more detailed backstory and lore worked out regarding AI in the QC universe (i.e. the Gary Phenomenon and suchlike), most of which won't actually appear in the comic because it isn't directly related to the narrative. On behalf of the deep-lore nerds: Would you ever consider releasing some of that as a supplement to the comic, perhaps in short story form or some sort of in-universe historical document?

enchantedsleeper

Wait, this whole topic makes me wonder: where does the *money* to fund Cubetown come from? Is it all research grants and invention patents? Or does Cubetown just rent out a metric fuckton of processor space?

Lionheart

Since Marten started out as the primary protagonist, with him moving on with Claire to Cubetown are you considering branching their story out into a spin-off? New comic, new name, same universe?

DVW

Just one question: Butts?

enchantedsleeper

I think the chassis donation thing took that prospect off the table, so probably not

Wayne Farmer

Will Cubetown under Claire's guidance develop a portal or transporter that can make it easy for Faye and the rest of the crew (or maybe just for Marten and Claire) to visit their friends?

Leak

How about #6969?

SquigglyComics

While very small, sharks do in fact have scales like other fish! Dolphins meanwhile do not have scales as an example, as they are mammals

Graeme Lewis

Will we ever see Yay's opinion of Pintsize?

Leak

So where could one find your wife's YouTube channel, if you don't mind me asking?

Photon

The Ground Floor

Doug Moen

Any chance of a Questionable Content / DORD crossover? Both involve post singularity sentient robots, seems like a natural.

Photon

It was one of the big recipients of Spookybot's impulsive fortune-shedding

Leak

And they probably don't have sewage pipes running along and through their amusement parts, unlike us humans... :P

Photon

Moray *and* the Morays

Leak

In case you do ever make it down here (not that I'd blame you if not) - besides Ellen Allien, are there other German/European (Austrian? :P) electronic music acts you like?

Mamadoc

As someone significantly older than you, I’ve always looked at your characters in a vaguely parental fashion. (My kids introduced me to your comics a couple of years after QC began.)

Celeste Aronow

Is there any possibility that there could be a text description or alt text on each comic for blind people or people who use a screen reader that want to read Questionable Content?

Mamadoc

now that you, too, are significantly older than most of them, has it changed how you view your characters and their world?

Nathan Herring

Given the very connected world of QC, there doesn't appear to be much connection with folks outside of the immediate locale, e.g., long distance friends/partners, esp. in the AI world. Is this more a function of the storytelling model than the world itself? Or are these characters abnormally real-world-only in their friendships given the world they're in?

Tamara Macadam

Bit of a weird one: will you ever release the sixth panel of comic 4590 as like, a desktop wallpaper or something? Whenever I look at Yay in that comic I genuinely feel like sobbing, I just want to give them a big hug and tell them "shhh everything is gonna be okay" and AAAA

Perceptophore

Hi! I started reading QC when I was in grad school doing a PhD in neuroscience, making undergrads stare at optical illusions and trying to immanentize our cyborg future, that sort of thing. The professor I worked under turned out to be a real bully with a fragile ego. When results pointed toward something other than his idea being true, he demanded I just delete that data. I re-ran experiments obtaining the same result; he all but demanded I fake the results to make them line up with his idea. I wanted to publish the actual results, which were interesting in their own right. He (among other actions that were witnessed by others) called me into his office, screamed a litany of abuse, concluding that he wanted to punch me in the face. A few weeks later, surely unrelatedly, he announced that he had taken a directorship offer at a university on the opposite coast and would be moving the lab. That's a good example of how things work in academia. I managed to graduate over his objections and interference but I did not leave grad school with particularly good mental health. There's a point to this shaggy dog story... Jeph, I recently clicked on a link to one of your now-deleted Musk-impersonating tweets, and under the suspension notice was a reply with that familiar "this tweet is from an account you blocked." I clicked it and was amazed to discover that one of the last things you did on Twitter was to block my worst boss ever. For, amazingly, thinking you were _actually_ Elon Musk. https://imgur.com/a/1UsF0Wi Anyway I signed up for q&a to thank you for your shitposting and creating that moment. I guess Musk really gets his goat, by being so much more well-known for his Neuralink BS, while having basically the exact same personality. So my question is.... do you or anyone who's reading have screenshots of your whole Twitter exit? I want to collect the best bits and make a collage to send to the grad students over east.

Jp

My favorites surf rock band in Cubetown.

Carrie

Can you please make Cubetown decide to make a permanent portal so people can go to Coffee of Doom and Union Robotics? (As well as going back and forth whenever, why ever they want to.)

Photon

Me too... and I somehow could't find it anywhere... &;^p

William Burns

Lust finds a way. When the Rule of Funny finds it to be hilarious again...?

BobC

Any plans for non-QC (or QC-adjacent) comics? I really enjoyed Alice!

William Burns

A future Thanksgiving comic perhaps?

BobC

Any thoughts about expanding your content into other media, such as anime, live-action or spoken-word? So many of your arcs have been so tight that they could work anywhere. For example, life on Station could be fun.

William Burns

It does give Marten's story cycle another spin, he moved to Northampton and changed his life.

Kelsey Y

This!! I lost/tore my "good poopin" poster years ago and I'd love another one.

Vinny

First, Thank you for QC and posting new strips every week! I’ve been an avid reader since the beginning and can’t believe it’s been 20 years already! What are you planning with Pintsize now that Marten is moving away? I recall long ago that he decided to stay by the sidelines after Marten's social life became very abundant, but I do miss seeing him and his shenanigans. Also, will you ever reveal Bubbles’ backstory? I know that her memory of her past was wiped out with no chance of recovery, it still would be nice to know about her earlier life. Thank you again for keeping us entertained for all these years and looking forward to see more QC!

Czarzhan

Quick follow-up: Have you ever done any animation references like character turnarounds?

Eric Lusby

Tiny thing I've wondered for years: whatever happened to Tai's anchor tattoo?

Todd Misiewicz

Is there any character you wish you spent more time with?

William Burns

Thank you for having the arrow keys for next comic/previous comic!

James Redekop

I'm not like the other gals (she's not like anybody, well..) That's not completely right There's a few that I'm just like Moray and the Morays We're gonna make you smile Me, myself, and I, and her Are all the same gal Moray and the Morays Come on, now, don't be shy Me, myself, and I and her (that's me!) Are all the same gal

Mark Dibley

I love your work so much. They make me laugh and cry in equal measures. I put QC alongside Gregory by Marc Hempel. Have you ever considered doing a comic suitable for children?

Nok

You like Anime, guitar and write slice of life - have you watched Bocchi the Rock yet?

Chris Magnelli

Whats Steve up to? Is he still eating cereal?

Stephen Wells

How long have Brun and Millefeuille been married? Also, Yay and Roko, same question :)

Rob McBobson

Which ones are your favorite currently ongoing webcomics?

enchantedsleeper

I know someone definitely had screenshots, I can't remember who though!

Comics Ladybird

Were you yourself surprised by the scale the Cubetown storyline is reaching? I can’t remember any previous “take these characters apart” (e.g. the wedding, the visit to the station, etc) lasting for that long.

Freedom

QC has been one of the most consistent things in my life. And i was just thinking that with this recent storyline it may be a satisfying wrap up with marten moving. If that's not the case do you have any idea of when it might end?

Josh Butler

I've been reading for a number of years now, and I am looking forward to seeing where the storyline goes. Thank you for all of this! From the writing perspective: Do you every find that you really want a story to go a certain direction, but the characters themselves just don't let you take them there, and how do you work with that?

Nicholas Sturm

Hey Jeph, Super long time reader. Wondering how your writing and workflow is currently with the Daily comics: Do you have plot lines/notes pre-scripted out long term, and/or do you delve into current whims etc? Also do you draw and post daily, or work through batches? Love the story!

Richard

Sven and May have it backwards. Since they were bangin' before the chassis donation it is MORE weird for them not to afterward. Why would there be any sense of obligation or whatever there if it was already happening anyway? Besides which, how better for May to do a before/after test on the new body?

Kim Fuhrmann

With the scale of the Cubetown plotline and the general wrapping up of major character plots (marriage, moving away, Bubbles and Faye settling into their life, pintsize becoming more mature etc) it feels like the mainline comic is coming to a close in the near-ish future. Obviously there are characters stories that don't seem like they have finished their arc though. But I do feel like there is a vibe. Is this your intent, or am I just way off the mark?

Richard

Related (IMO) secondhand anecdote: The gas station where my stepmother worked had a regular customer win a decent chunk in the lottery. Later another regular asked him "Hey, congrats on the win, you gonna buy me a coffee?" The winner said "I didn't buy you one last week, why would I now?" Meaning that there's no reason winning vs. not winning should've been expected to change his behavior. Sven and May shouldn't let the donation change their behavior = keep on bangin'.

Boots McGoot

With the amount of side characters that have been fully developed, and are living whole entire lives offscreen (enjoy your cereal steve), have you ever considered bringing on other writers / artists for a spin-off?

Richard

I would like to see the Indietits birds appearing in QC.

Mad Marie

That’s Dr. Pizza Queen to you.

Mad Marie

I had no idea Ollie was collecting welfare!

Andrea Andrew

Really?! I just thought she was short.

Mad Marie

^Marten will be revealed in teh final comic as a secret cylon.

Mad Marie

^Jeph gets honorary good dog status for that answer.

PixelThis

How old is Bubbles?

Mad Marie

soon to be pizza empress.

Robbie

What are Sven and May doing? And, more important, when are they gonna find the nerve to talk to one another again

Mad Marie

@Gary: My question would be who wouldn’t want to read about super robots and computer trees?!

Mad Marie

Hey Jeph: I really like your work.

DigDug

I always loved seeing the music recommendations that would come from characters in the webcomic, the text posts below the comic or in separate blog posts (Such as Atlas, Animal Collective and countless others), do you still post anywhere about music you're enjoying or have any of those past recs archived? I though a few of them have disappeared to site redesigns or dead links. Thank you!

Jensik

This has been a constant fear of mine since the Cubetown arc started.

Yonatan Zunger

If a system were set up for that, I'll bet we could get a bunch of us to help backfill it for all the existing strips. Oh damn, I have to reread QC...

Mad Marie

Jeph has stated (fortunately) that he looks forward to continuing both Northampton and Cubetown focused comics for the indefinite future, and this is definitely not a wrapup.

jory!! ⋆｡°✩⎊

Thank you for the reply! You've made my day. Have a lovely week! 💛

Mad Marie

Will Dora and Tai have an all-nude Betazoid-style wedding?

Ben Fillmore

Pintsize's original chassis was military tech. The pintsize chassis program ran in parallel with the program that produced Bubbles's chassis. Also, they are fully sentient AIs. That's pretty advanced tech. ;)

wyatt wustrau

Personally I'm curious as to how/why you moved to Canada

Bookbeard

Are we going to see Emily in Cubetown? Because it really seems like she would fit right in.

C. A. Bridges

Every couple of years I look at an old QC strip and before I know it I’ve binged them all again.

Joseph Bonnar

Yes. A very rare parrot indeed...

Doug Moen

Yelling Bird from Indietits *was* a character in QC, but now he's retired. See comic 3016 since I can't link it.

Captain Button

I suspect the NSA won't let her leave the country. For reasons you are not cleared to know.

Captain Button

Speaking of which , how is Agent Turing doing?

Benzy

If Marten and Claire got married would she take his last name? That seems like she would think that was romantic even though (or perhaps because) it's kind of an antiquated notion. I ask because I used "Marten and Claire Reed" as an example couple name in an article I just wrote and I think it's cute.

Jeph Jacques

not really! or, if it has, not in a way that I've noticed.

Jeph Jacques

it's all in my head, somehow. I do consult old strips or the fan wiki if I'm unsure about something though!

Jeph Jacques

Pretty much, she was 13, which is remarkably old for a Pyr. Her back end just went out one day- the vet thinks it was probably a spinal aneurysm, and she was just too old to recover.

Jeph Jacques

nothing really springs to mind! Anything I think is good ends up in the comic eventually, one way or another.

Jeph Jacques

maybe someday. It would be fun to draw a porno comic, but I'm not sure my anatomy skills are up to snuff yet.

Jeph Jacques

right now it's Moray by a country mile. Love that slimy little idiot.

Jeph Jacques

I'd definitely be willing to work with another artist, but other writers...not so much. The writing is the easy part, most of the time!

Jeph Jacques

No, but only to the extent of "no" that also means multiply-embodied AIs like Yay can't exist either. In other words, no, unless I decide it would be cool at some point in the future, lol

Jeph Jacques

Follow what interests you! I would HAAATE doing QC if I was still trying to make quirky jokes about indie rock after all these years. Don't be afraid to blow shit up, or shift focus, or do whatever it takes to keep you, the creator, engaged in the work.

Diptych

They could take each other's surnames as middle names. Then Marten would finally have the second emperor of Rome as his middle name, just like his mother always wanted!

Jeph Jacques

that might be fun to do someday. the advantage of NOT doing that is I have less lore to accidentally contradict ;)

Jeph Jacques

nah, teleportation is a bit too "game breaking" a tech for me to stomach in my sci-fi

Jeph Jacques

oh gosh, too many to count! I pretty much only listen to weird electronic music, a lot of which comes from Europe and Germany in particular. I dream of going to Berghain one day (this will never happen)

Jeph Jacques

this is a good idea! I think we're at the point where I might be able to use a machine learning thingy to transcribe all the comics. It's something I should look into.

Jeph Jacques

It's mostly because just writing chat logs isn't really something that super interests me

Jeph Jacques

lmfao that is amazing. I don't have screenshots or anything, that is up to someone else to preserve

Jeph Jacques

Pintsize will continue doing Pintsize things, I probably won't ever "reveal" Bubbles' missing memories.

Jeph Jacques

currently going through it! I love that they actually draw guitars right

Nathan Herring

Yeah, roping that into the frame sounds tedious

Jeph Jacques

dumbing of age, gunnerkrigg court, oglaf, alfie, xkcd

Jeph Jacques

a bit! I'm more surprised by how excited I am to do more comics there. I wasn't expecting it to be this fun

Jeph Jacques

not ending anytime soon unless a snowplow runs me over

Jeph Jacques

Yeah, it happens from time to time, and you always gotta let the characters do what they want to. Otherwise it's gonna feel really forced and awkward.

Jeph Jacques

I have rough plot points that I aim for over the long term (months/years), and lately I've been doing more of my writing in big chunks, 5-15 strips at a time, although I still do a fair amount of writing day-to-day. These days I try to be at least a week ahead of Patreon on finished strips. Ideally I'd be a couple MONTHS ahead, but I'm not Dave Willis.

Jeph Jacques

I get the vibe! But it's more of a transition than an ending. I've got tons of other ideas I wanna explore in QC.

Jeph Jacques

Why: because Canada is good. How: I put my shit in a car and drove there

Jeph Jacques

I could see working with another artist, but probably not another writer. Writing is (usually) the fun and easy part!

Degenerate_Symmetry

The Table of Contents (which is the actual name of the coffee shop in front of the library in my hometown)

ValdVin

Is the cool-old-lady-run sex toy shop based on a real one in Northampton? A...friend of mine...yes...may have been to one which seemed very similar.

Sehrys

thank you for this absolutely phenomenal comic, and for constantly growing and evolving it, you're truly amazing! second best comic in my book, right behind Calvin and Hobbes (which is impossible to beat as you surely know). i hope you'll never lose the joy of writing QC

Pawn Sharker

Is there a png I can print or a print I can buy of the "Work harder" kitty poster?

Mad Marie

Maybe she has already, and nobody knew!

Christopher Wolfe

I’d say as long as you enjoy making it and we enjoy reading it (we do!), why stop?

Mad Marie

La li lo Fairy and Pizza Girl are my favorite characters. I know there’s not much narrative interest in bringing them back, but I hope that we continue to meet lots of new quirky random characters over the coming years. Cheers to you for an amazing 5K over the years, and cheers to the next 5K!

ThatOneGuy

Do you plan on ever doing other one-off projects like Alice Grove?

Bear C. Brown

Do you intend to bring back sidelined characters with the new setting? Cubetown seems like a place we’d run into Raven and Emily.

Granite

Is Roko still having depersonalization episodes?

Ursus Ridens

"We are just very good friends".

wyatt wustrau

Massive respect doing that. I'm trying myself. Did you get permanent residence somehow?

JeB Edmondson

What work are you proudest of? Like strip, music project , arc etc alternately what character do you have the most fun writing?

Jaime Burns-France

I'm pretty sure the first "human" AI chassis we saw was a chassis that Winslow had temporarily; if I remember correctly it was the first time humanoid AI chassis were brought up as a concept.

Jaime Burns-France

How does QC time scale to real-life time? It doesn't seem like 20 years has passed in-universe since the first comic, but obviously some time has passed. What's the approximate conversion rate?

Nik Carlson

Having lived in Portland OR for the last 18 years, I still love your strip about Portlanditess. Are there any characters from the past that have not been in the strip for a while that you are planning on doing a where are they now strip?

Axl Angulo

Are Marten and Claire getting married? After this new story ark in Cubetown I’d love nothing more

Eir W

someone else on twitter managed to screenshot them! (apologies for the weird link, pretty sure there's some kind of filtering on here) twitter dot com / EyePatchGuy / status / 1589463014541230081

Cole Bosca

I don’t think they code their personalities. If I understand it correctly they have personalities like humans and find jobs to fit them.

Diptych

Will Marten integrate his musical education and aspirations into his coffee shop idea? Live music, a sideline in instrument sales and repairs, or the like?

Carl Fink

The new chain, Pizza Queen, needs to open a Cubetown franchise.

DM King of Cats

Just in addition: I think there are QC ebooks available places online, you may find those easiest to read through, I know reading through QC one page at a time absolutely killed the battery on my devices.

Jerry Curlin Jr

What is your favorite less used character?

Carl Fink

Brain coral, or maybe the cuttlefish.

BioGeek42

Are we going to be able to buy print book editions of any of the more recent comics?

Carl Fink

Can we at least see Angus in his TV role, the background of a shot, and then Dora quietly changes the channel before Faye notices and is sad?

DM King of Cats

I have a sum earmarked for “Jeph Does a a Porno” waiting on standby.

Mad Marie

^Wait, wait, wait, Jeph…you put WHAT in your car? Do you power it with a Mr. Fusion like in Back to the Future II?

Carl Fink

*Paradoxical* answer.

Gordon Johnson

I was going to ask about the possibility of a monthly or quarterly pinup, varying characters and levels of sfw-itude. Possibly with a patreon level of access or early access to reward the extra work.

Carl Fink

Isn't the Director making Morays pretty close to forking itself? The Morays apparently do merge back into the Director.

Carl Fink

Are you thinking of something like explainxkcd.com? They create a pretty darn good transcript of every comic, on the same day.

Tom wilson

Personally, I really like his visual design and his characters, but I'm not a fan of nude comic pinups. Ask yourself, "Would this character actually pose for this picture?" If the answer is "no", then drawing them nude seems like a violation. I realize they're figments and can't actually consent (or not consent), but well written characters *feel* real, so I get the same creepy vibes that I'd get if someone drew an actress or celebrity naked, without her consent. That said - bring on the non-exploitative art!

Carl Fink

Bill Holbrook works at least 6 months ahead. I can't conceive of having that much discipline, myself.

Carl Fink

Glad to hear COVID wasn't too bad for you. If Moray ever meets Marigold, May (Is the M thing a theme?) would definitely mock Marigold for having the same body consistency as Moray (and Moray might not get that it's teasing). Maybe they meet at the matrimonial? (Yeah, the M thing is deliberate.) Did you study art, or just practice it? I mean, did you take art classes or just learn by doing? I remember you used to have guest comics once in a while. I always liked to see other artists' take on your world and characters. Any future plans?

Tom wilson

I feel like... all of them. Clinton: DM. Dora: Paladin and team leader. Faye and Bubbles: definitely tank/fighter classes. Hanners: Clearly an Elvish wizard. She's talented, intelligent, and gorgeous. Tai: Rogue. She will sneak up on you and clean out your pockets, and you'll never see her coming. Marigold: Ranger. Good with a bow, not so good with people. Claire: Cleric of Deneir, god of writing Pintsize: He would basically roleplay Dan Fielding. He would win half of their battles by seducing... someone. Marten: Bard. Because obviously.

Mer W

Poor kid - even by MIT standards that's really young!

Mer W

Come to Mastodon - much nicer

Mer W

Please don't stop anytime in the near future!

Mer W

Same here

Drew

Thanks for doing QC. It’s helped make me a more understanding and empathetic person.

Mer W

As an older mom, I feel the same way

Bookbeard

So nobody is going to make the obvious "go fork yourself" joke? No? Okay, just checking.

Mer W

I'm so happy that Claire has found her niche and am eagerly awaiting future storylines now that she's taking charge. Not a question, just a thank you.

Rachel Ostroot

Apologies if this is a duplicate: who is your favorite character to write? Who is your THIRD favorite character to write?

Minzoku Bokumetsu

Dang! And I feel like you were at SPX before I heard of you, so I missed my chance D=

JCfromNC

I liked someone else's suggestion of "Coffee of Chill", although that could imply a menu that was solely iced coffee drinks. Maybe "Coffee And Chill" instead?

Nicholas Hernandez

I just wanted to say I've been reading since 2003. I found your page while searching for free online arcade games as a young teenager. Penny Arcade was like the 3rd result. And I've religiously checked for a new strip ever since. Glad you've kept it going when so many others dropped off or concluded.

Minzoku Bokumetsu

briefly confused because I'm catching up on Tower of God, and Emily has a very different context there XD

RaptorShadow

I have had a hilarious flashback to a thread on the forums where Jack Black was decided as the obvious correct choice to voice Pintsize.

RaptorShadow

I quite enjoy picking an early point in the comic and go on a massive binge, and a part of that is definitely experiencing how your focus and approach to the comic changes over time.

RaptorShadow

Keeping up with the twitter accounts was hard for that brief moment in time it was a thing.

Antony Jones

Who has been your favourite background character to draw?

Just some Fish

Happy Almost 5000! When did you realise your life was to be spent writing about AIs in coffee shops? Which character is most likely to be spat out by an allosaurus? And while I know you won't return to it and understand why it was retired, do you miss the older pintsize/yelling bird vibe you got to unleash on occasion? If I need to make myself laugh, "I said: SUMMON. THE... " is still one of my favourite images to invoke.

Stephen Wells

We absolutely love the cute robots having problems. That was a good call :)

Stephen Wells

Just very good friends who sleep together every night (Millie's butt is canonically Brun's favourite sleep surface)

Stephen Wells

Remember when Roko improvised an entire office-based roleplay system and setting to entertain Yay? Good times :)

Peregi Tamas

Do you plan to release Alice Grove in print? I'd definitely get it ASAP. Also, would you consider adding the DORD strips to it as an extra? (I know they are unrelated, but both are sci-fi comics focusing on sentient machines, so it's a good fit in my head.)

Jeff

QC slam poetry when?

darklion

1.Do you have a comic buffer? 2.Is your portrayal of AI entities in QC a statement of "this is how I want things to be IRL" or a statement of "this is how I think things will be IRL" or both/neither?

Jere

is there going to be more robot nudity, as a nudist I want to know

David Paul

By the time I found out you were doing a Q&A there was nearly 500 posts here, and I don't have the current mental capacity to formulate an original question. So I will say: congratulations on the pending 5,000th comic, and please give Ollie a nice pat for being a good boy. PS I do support the idea of more printed QC (and Alice Grove) to add to my ever increasing collection of books. PPS I actually just thought of a (possibly) original question: Do you read books (paper or ebooks, manga and/or graphic novels included)? What authors and/or series do you like?

David Paul

One more question (related to a response to today's comic (this is how my brain works BTW)): Do you plan on revisiting the ECTech space station?

Florian E

In this case, I'm afraid, you have to move somewhere really hot! I, as your entitled fan, demand it! Pretty please.

Mad Marie

Augustus was the first emperor. James Tiberius Kirk, though, has the 2nd emperor!

Steve Singer

Nothing wrong with rolling (or seismic) transitions. Trudeau's crew is no longer at Walden, but have spread all about the country, gotten married, had kids, gotten divorced, even died, and, via B.D. and Roland and Duke and Honey, they've followed the U.S. into much of the world. I just hope Martin and Claire visit stateside, on occasion; I still long to nurse cartoon pints at the most awesome Dirty Truth (ahem! Horrible Revelation). ;)

Steve Singer

(Sorry, this was meant as a PS to my above; didn't mean to double-dip) IMHO, weddings make for great reunions! We know one is coming up, but I can easily envision at least two others, and who knows? Maybe ten years down the road, a certain skin-ink specialist and an formerly f-cked up Canadien ex-pat?

Rozzie Kopczynski

He said elsewhere he hopes to have more at some point this year!

PsychOut (edited)

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2026-09-07 23:00 Sweet! I just upgraded my patreon pledge a few months ago in hopes you'd do another Q&A. Here's my one question: Have you read the manga My Wife Has No Emotion? It's about a guy who falls in love with his maid robot and "marries" her. It's a cute slice-of-life comic with lots of stuff about how humans and robots co-exist that reminds me a lot of QC. This is not Chobits, its a more grounded sci-fi wholesome story, nothing lewd. I think you'd like it, and fans of QC who like manga would probably like it too! If you have read it, I guess I'm just asking if you dig it, otherwise this is just a friendly recommendation to anyone reading who loves robots and loves the humans who love those robots. Keep up the good work! Loving everything about the Cubetown storyline. If QC was a manga and I was your editor, I'd be haranguing you about making a Cubetown spin-off, (or just move the whole cast to Cubetown for a long-ass arc).
2023-03-08 16:06 Sweet! I just upgraded my patreon pledge a few months ago in hopes you'd do another Q&A. Here's my one question: Have you read the manga My Wife Has No Emotion? It's about a guy who falls in love with his maid robot and "marries" her. It's a cute slice-of-life comic with lots of stuff about how humans and robots co-exist that reminds me a lot of QC. This is not Chobits, its a more grounded sci-fi wholesome story, nothing lewd. I think you'd like it, and fans of QC who like manga would probably like it too! If you have read it, I guess I'm just asking if you dig it, otherwise this is just a friendly recommendation to anyone reading who loves robots and loves the humans who love those robots. Keep up the good work! Loving everything about the Cubetown storyline. If QC was a manga and I was your editor, I'd be haranguing you about making a Cubetown spin-off, (or just move the whole cast to Cubetown for a long-ass arc).

Sweet! I just upgraded my patreon pledge a few months ago in hopes you'd do another Q&A. Here's my one question: Have you read the manga My Wife Has No Emotion? It's about a guy who falls in love with his maid robot and "marries" her. It's a cute slice-of-life comic with lots of stuff about how humans and robots co-exist that reminds me a lot of QC. This is not Chobits, its a more grounded sci-fi wholesome story, nothing lewd. I think you'd like it, and fans of QC who like manga would probably like it too! If you have read it, I guess I'm just asking if you dig it, otherwise this is just a friendly recommendation to anyone reading who loves robots and loves the humans who love those robots. Keep up the good work! Loving everything about the Cubetown storyline. If QC was a manga and I was your editor, I'd be haranguing you about making a Cubetown spin-off, (or just move the whole cast to Cubetown for a long-ass arc).

BobC

Ah, perhaps in the style of those Rap Battle shows? With folks assuming the roles of QC characters?

Uniquitous

Moray seems more like a sub-process, but sentient enough to be her own entity. But I'm more thinking of when Roko got smooshed and restored from backup. Could that backup be instantiated multiple times? Is that what's going on with Melon's siblings?

narF

What I tell people when I recommend the series: start from the beginning, read until page 100 or whenever you feel like it's getting repetitive, then skip ahead to page 500 where the story really kicks in and gets more "serious".

Leak

Eldritch Pizza Old One

Leak

"Pintsize Performs A Minor Sexual Misconduct"

Leak

How about "Questionable Content" in the style of "Go The Fuck To Sleep", narrated by <strike>Morgan Freeman</strike> Samuel L. Jackson? :D

Donna Flint

Okay, I've gone back to the beginning and re-read the entire series up to that point (2000 and 4000) twice. It is certainly a wild ride going back to those early years. Fun to see how you have grown in it. Thank you for not only being an LGBTQIA+ ally, but for including us in your strip. Now for a question: What is your favorite cup-o-joe?

David Durant

After all these years I'm still waiting for the return of Accordion Guy!

Daystreamer

Before seeing the show, I also 100% had Bubbles in my head when picturing Bobbie!

Jackson Bockus

The body with the lasers that was military tech wasn't his original chassis. He had a different one before that.

Matthias Urlichs

Maybe they wouldn't pose naked for an artist, but they'd do it for their partner(s). Given that we already see loads of intimate moments IMHO adding some (or a lot) visual intimacy not that large a step.

Boots McGoot

I'm always keen to get more of a thing i love, but also i really treasure this little bubble of internet that's yours. and i'm so glad to be a patron, and help delay the cultural heat-death of an inevitable Disney buy-out. 👍

Dru Freeman

Also, best wishes on 5,000 strips. I truly love your work. (I miss Alice Grove, even). I started QC around 250, backed up to 1 and have been following ever since. I used to compare strips by the 100s to watch as you matured as an artist and I love where style has grown. While technique growth gets more subtle with excellence; where do you think you've most improved or gotten the furthest in the last 500-1000 strips.

Amanda Wilson

I've been reading QC since the double digits! I'm curious if the characters will ever age significantly. I feel like I was a teenager when the main cast were early twenties, then we were the same age, and now I'm older than them. Maybe?

Amanda Wilson

Now I'm nostalgic for Yelling Bird. Who knew that would be a thing?

vvvvvvvv

What would happen if Moray wore pants? Or is she (or all Morays?) averse to clothing?

Hydrapynis

Don't forget that when teen Marten went to play D&D the first time he wanted to be a 'sword guy'. He might just play a fighter.

Cmoparw

Oh wow, 5k. IDK how long I've even been here at this point, but somewhere around 2012ish, so its been at least a decade, wow. IDK what I would even ask, but I will agree with "Will we ever see Alice Grove in print?" Or any of the rest of QC in general for that matter. While I LOVE digital format, its easier to share physical media to friends and family

Chewbacca

Just want to say, big congrats on reaching 5000! I've been reading since 2005, so thank you for bringing me some daily humor for so long!!

Cali D

This was basically going to be my question! Whether you planned on ever doing printed books again (and why you had stopped). I love them! (so much I've bought them twice lol)

Daryl Sawyer

I know I'm late, but I was just doing a random reread and I need to know ab out Chaos Loaf.

Bill Silvia

I was going to think about questions but I forgot.