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''[[http://comic.truefork.org NQDC]]'' is an {{Animesque}} Meta LifeEmbellished {{Webcomic}} that is also available in print. It focuses heavily on {{Parody}}, and BreakingTheFourthWall. It advertises itself as plotless, but there have been several {{Story Arc}}s, interspersed with one-off "Intermezzo" episodes. Despite the presence of aliens, ninjas, sky pirates, zombies, demons, and magic, the NotQuiteDailyComic features very little conflict and instead concentrates on interpersonal relationships and philosophical questions.

''NQDC'' follows an occasionally expanding cast of recurring characters:

* Mr. Artist: The self-explanatory AuthorAvatar with NerdGlasses
* Ankhetmaruranetherure (aka Amaranthe): OurVampiresAreDifferent, SomeCallMeTim
* Irene: LadyOfWar and HotShounenMom
* Karl: TheStrategist with a DarkAndTroubledPast
* Kazuma: A {{Bokukko}} {{Yuri}} Demon Hunting {{Samurai}}
* Kira: PosthumousCharacter, DarkMagicalGirl
* Lea: Irene's LittleMissBadass daughter
* Lulu: A TortoiseGirl and example of TurtlePower
* Malène: A HotAsHell {{Succubus}}, EvilAlbino and Kazuma's ArchEnemy
* Myshka: A CatGirl on the uncanny side of the anthropomorphic spectrum
* S-ko: TallDarkAndBishoujo CoolBigSis, and literally a LittleGreenMen
* Tam: Also LittleGreenMen, with a DarkAndTroubledPast

The default setting appears to be UsefulNotes/{{Belgium}}, with occasional travel elsewhere.
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''NQDC'' provides examples of:

* AdventurerArchaeologist: : as a ShoutOut to TombRaider [[http://www.truefork.org/Art/comic/cindex.php?236 here]] and IndianaJones, [[http://www.truefork.org/Art/comic/cindex.php?213 complete with Fedora]].
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Lea sometimes
* AreTheyStillOnNamek
* ArtEvolution
* AuthorAppeal: girls, cats,swords, armor, goth costumes...
* BadassLongcoat: Irene
* BeamOfEnlightenment: lampooned as a ShoutOut to DragonBall [[http://www.truefork.org/Art/comic/cindex.php?42 here]]
* BilingualBonus
* BrotherChuck: Irene's husband Alex
* CatFight: Irene and S-ko, Kazuma and Malène
* CatSmile: Myshka, duh
* CharacterDevelopment
* CommediaDellArteTroupe: particularly in TheCanterburyTales arc
* ConvenientComa
* CoolAirship: [[http://www.truefork.org/Art/comic/cindex.php?224 Millennium Snowball]]
* CrossPoppingVeins
* CutAndPasteComic
* CuteLittleFangs: Myshka, Malène
* CuteMonsterGirl: Myshka, Lulu
* DemonHead: Kazuma does this
* DemonicPossession: S-ko
* DisappearedDad: Lea's
* DualWielding: Kazuma
* ElephantsChild: Lea
* EverybodyWasKungFuFighting
* ExpositionParty: it's worse; [[http://www.truefork.org/Art/comic/cindex.php?297 Exposition Sex Scene]]
* FaceOnAMilkCarton: Kirika from ''{{Noir}}'' makes an [[http://www.truefork.org/Art/comic/cindex.php?182 appearance]] on one in a meta-joke.
* FacelessMasses: like [[http://www.truefork.org/Art/comic/cindex.php?260 here]]
* FanDisservice: [[http://www.truefork.org/Art/comic/cindex.php?301 unless you're into that sort of thing]]
* {{Fanservice}}
* FetishFuel: like [[http://www.truefork.org/Art/comic/cindex.php?237 here]]
* FetishFuelStationAttendant: [[http://www.truefork.org/Art/comic/cindex.php?327 Malène]]
* FieryRedhead (inverted): Tam
* FoeYay: Malène and everybody else
* FourthWallObserver
* FramingDevice
* FuroScene [[http://www.truefork.org/Art/comic/cindex.php?103 here]]
* GenreSavvy
* GenreShift
* GratuitousForeignLanguage [[http://www.truefork.org/Art/comic/cindex.php?265 (Japanese)]]
* TheGrimReaper: [[http://www.truefork.org/Art/comic/cindex.php?218 Kira]] has appeared as such
* {{Handwave}}: often lampshaded
* HaremAnime: lampooned in [[http://www.truefork.org/Art/comic/cindex.php?169 its own story arc]]
* HarmlessVillain: Malène
* HellishPupils: Malène
* HermeticMagic
* HoYay
* HotAmazon: Kazuma
* HotSpringsEpisode
* HumanAliens
* HumansAreUgly: S-ko regularly refers to humans as "slimy aliens"
* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: episode titles go "Not Quite x" or "Intermezzo"
* IndyEscape: averted
* ImmortalImmaturity: Malène
* ImportantHaircut: [[http://www.truefork.org/Art/comic/cindex.php?72 Irene]]
* InnocentFanserviceGirl: Myshka and Lulu
* InstantAwesomeJustAddNinja: Irene
* InvoluntaryShapeshifting: almost everyone at some point
* ItRunsOnNonsensoleum
* KatanasAreJustBetter: averted
* LesYay
* LightningGlare
* {{Lolicon}}: Mocked [[http://www.truefork.org/Art/comic/cindex.php?171 as well]]
* LoveDodecahedron
* MagicalGirlfriend: Referenced by name and lampooned in [[http://www.truefork.org/Art/comic/cindex.php?135 its own story arc]], making fun of such things as the YouSuck nature of the male protagonists of said series.
* MandysLawOfAnimeGenderBending
* ManInAKilt: [[http://www.truefork.org/Art/comic/cindex.php?328 Mr. Artist]]
* {{Meganekko}}: Kazuma
* MsFanservice: everyone, including the men
* NakedOnArrival: the Henshin incident
* NonMammalMammaries: averted by Lulu
* NotDistractedByTheSexy: Karl
* ObligatoryWarCrimeScene
* OlderThanTheyLook: Malène, Lulu
* OneHourWorkWeek
* OurZombiesAreDifferent: ShoutOut to SilentHill [[http://www.truefork.org/Art/comic/cindex.php?154 here]]
* PantyShot: Too many to count, though Malene does it [[http://www.truefork.org/Art/comic/cindex.php?142 on purpose]]
* PeekaBoo: used so inconsistently that it's presumably for laughs, such as [[http://www.truefork.org/Art/comic/cindex.php?136 with a speech bubble]].
* PlanetEris
* PrettyFreeloaders
* PrettyInMink
* PsychicPowers: Kazuma
* QuirkyHousehold
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Malène
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Malène
* ReverseGrip: both Kazuma and Mr. Artist use it occasionally
* RuleThirtyFour: [[http://www.truefork.org/Art/comic/cindex.php?262 explicitly called out]]
* SamusIsAGirl: [[http://www.truefork.org/Art/comic/cindex.php?104 Kazuma]]
* SdrawkcabName: Mat's name change to Tam, Cos to S-ko.
* SelfInsertFic: With predictable LampshadeHanging
* SheFu
* ShipTease
* ShirtlessScene: lots of them
* ShoutOut: the comic is highly intertextual, and has many references. Like to ''RevolutionaryGirlUtena'' [[http://www.truefork.org/Art/comic/cindex.php?279 here]]
* ShowWithinAShow: at one point they [[http://www.truefork.org/Art/comic/cindex.php?276 watch themselves in a movie they made earlier]]
* SpaceOpera
* SpeechBubbles: interacting with characters
* SpotTheImposter: Malène does VoluntaryShapeshifting
* {{Stripperiffic}}: Mocked
* SuperDeformed
* SwordFight
* TarotMotifs [[http://www.truefork.org/Art/comic/cindex.php?67 here]] or [[http://www.truefork.org/Art/comic/cindex.php?88 here]]
* TempleOfDoom: several times, as a ShoutOut to IndianaJones and TombRaider
* TentacleRope [[http://www.truefork.org/Art/comic/cindex.php?356 here]]
* TheFourGods: [[http://www.truefork.org/Art/comic/cindex.php?115 Malène's mother mistakes Lulu for Genbu]]
* TheSweatDrop
* {{Tuckerization}}: several characters are based on real life people, including one who is a troper
* TwoGamersOnACouch: subverted, [[http://www.truefork.org/Art/comic/cindex.php?66 they sit on the floor]]
* UnusualEars: Malène
* ViewersAreGeniuses
* WriteWhoYouKnow
* YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe lampooned [[http://www.truefork.org/Art/comic/cindex.php?235 here]]
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