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I was using "good guy" to indicate someone who's good to be around;virtuous, but also likable (and liked). We knew that Clinton was morally sound when he turned out to be worrying so much about Claire's safety; now it looks like he doesn't even annoy people very much.

It's probably over-reading, but I almost wonder if we've been seeing him through Claire's eyes too much, and she's stuck in the rut of being the piss-taking cooler sister who, frankly, brings him down.

I don't think his nickname would be "hanging", but he is hung.

That's What She Said

Naive, aren't you Clinton.

Comic got even wider, didn't it?

Wonder if Jeph would ever do Slipshines.

"Clinton and Claire's mom gives Chad some "special" tutoring!"

He's definitely expressed frustration with not being able to get explicit without losing sponsors.

I hope he'd do Slipshine and not put it up on Patreon like Brad Guigar. I'd definitely like to subscribe to Evil Inc After Dark, but I'm not even sure I can really afford Slipshine, let alone that much again just for one comic.

Clinton and maturity: I make that three steps forward, one step back, in twenty-four hours.

What is Slipshine?

The website which is the #1 Google hit for the term. Google defines all after all.

It's a paywall site of erotic comics. Some people do both it and sfw webcomics, and for example Dumbing of Age's Willis puts up sorta-canonical "pornographiques" of his characters on there.

They used to have all their webcomic spin-offs in one section, but eventually I guess they realized they just had four titles and two of them had been dormant for years, and it's easier to find what you wanted with each comic in its own section anyway.

Clinton, getting to the important issues. (Have to say, the look on his mom's face in the third panel last strip was probably even better than the last panel.)

Way to bury the lead, Clinton.

Lede?

Whatever

That thing that thing that thinnnnnnnnnnnng

Is that a Lauryn Hill reference? Nice.

So! Here's hoping that Brun becomes a more regular cast member. I'd like to know more about her.

I hope not, but she inevitably will. The last few months (this year, really), I feel like the comic has lost sight of who it's actually about, and we've taken long tangents with supporting characters who are mostly brand new.

Like, when was the last time Dora had an actual storyline? One that wasn't tied to another character's development (Faye's alcoholism).

I think the comic has had that problem for years. As a slice-of-life webcomic with no discernible plot arcs or clear end goal QC tends to sporadically focus on whoever Jeph feels is an interesting individual this particular month.

Yeah, what I like about QC is that characters come in and out of focus as needed. I appriciate it's ability to be ever changing in a natural way; ensuring there's always something fresh.

I wonder if there will come a day where Martin himself is put aside.

FWIW, Shortpacked's Ethan was the protagonist for a while, then became Out of Focus.

It's probably the worst thing about QC, that Jeph just loses interest in some of his characters and introduces new ones. Even cool concepts like Marten's band just fell to the wayside. How long is it going to be until Robot Fight Club stops mattering?

To compare to DOA, that series largely introduced its main cast in the first two years with only Becky and Carla as major exceptions to that rule and has since devoted equal time to developing each of them. QC just kind of forgets that Marigold and Dale exists after spending so much time and effort getting them together, or dropping Sven back in with a terrible haircut for some potential development only for that to not go anywhere either.

Seriously, when was the last time Dora had any focus?

Shortpacked!Ethan only really lost focus as Willis was planning on phasing him, Amber and Mike out of the comic as they became more important in DOA. Prior to that he was still largely the main character, though sharing that with Robin and Leslie.

edited 25th May '16 2:28:00 PM by Mr.Badguy

It made me sad reading Shortpacked and realizing that while I still had months left to catch up on before the end, all my favorite characters had gotten their sunsets.

To answer your question, that was last year, when she finally decided to bury the hatchet with Sven.