QC Rerun Time 2025: Angus

Yeah, I like the less-cluttered dialogue. If I wanted to hear smartasses try to rapid-fire out-smartass each other, I'd go watch gilmore girls. D:

Jeez, was gonna jokingly be all "Angus more like anus amirite" but people really seem to dislike him. I don't especially dislike him, though. Angus/Marigold dancing comics were some really fun ones in the early days of Marigold.

The vile Angus...

"never say a character is 100% gone" Jeph says, forgetting a certain incident with an Allosaurus ~<3

I do like the fact that it's Marigold who fixes robots, and Faye is incredulous about it. Then she learned to fix robots and now that's her job. I don't get to decide, but I would love to see Angus run into Marigold/Burger Oni "at" a virtual media convention, and gradually realize that the vtuber freaking out in her conversation with him is his old roommate ... who is now much more successful than he is as an entertainer. And lives in a huge mansion.

I think the triple and quadrupal punchlines were fun. Would love if you did them every week or two.

If CoD or MD ever had a TV, it would be an interesting moment to turn it on and be like "Hey, I know that guy!"

Alright but Hanners not being anywhere in the first couple of panels, popping up suddenly from behind Marten in the third, only to be completely gone again in the fourth is really funny to me and makes it seem like she's so "Nope-d" outta the situation with Angus hugging her that she is either somehow managing to stay hidden behind Marten Entirely, somehow expecting Him of all people to be able to adequately protect her from any further incoming danger, OR she's actually using some sort of portal allowing her to literally pop in and out of the ship (or existence) as needed, removing herself from the situation and risk of further unwanted hugs/touching as MUCH as is possible with current technology, which actually isn't That far of a stretch given what we know of her father and the QC world just in general. Also, despite her incredibly serious fear and hatred of touching, Marten is still a safe enough person for her that it's ok to grab onto him for protection, and I adore that :3

I feel like Angus is one of those characters that helped push Faye in a certain direction but otherwise was not someone you needed to explain the main storyline of Questionable Content. Comes with having numerous amount of characters.

I do like Angus but looking back he was really just there to help Faye grow as a person. Him popping up would probably be just a “ oh hey what’s up anyway bye nice seeing ya”

Angus is a dude who moved on with his life, and his life was already kind of tangential to the main crew. There are other characters that vanished when they stopped visiting the coffee house. And bringing him back in doesn't inject any good character stuff. Faye has evolved enough that it would only be weird for him to be around.

I did like Angus back then, mostly as "the character I can most identify with", but whenever I reread the archive, I dread his parts. Especially during a reread, he's gone again to quickly, and that basically launches Faye's downward spiral, abd at least subjectively, that lasts longer than her high while being with Angus. Luckily, she has Bubbles now.

I agree with Jeph. Very little could be more 'classic QC' than a nod to "Hugging Hanners heralds heavy hyperventilation!" https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=907

Smarming. That is a Faye-Word for sure.

Angus has—finally!—joined the 25-26 cast of SNL, Sadly, he won’t be renewed.

Angus doesn’t have to appear in the strip directly. You could just show Faye reacting to seeing him on TV.

Don't forget to make them walnut brownies for even more extra points. And extra damage. https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1491

I must say I don't get the hate for Angus. I was always just kind of meh about him.

The rapid-fire banter of early QC was what roped me in at first, but I like that the comic, and the characters, has grown up a bit. There's still plenty of wackiness, and it would be weird if the entire cast had remained completely static for 20-whatever years.

These flashbacks sometimes rise 'em from the grave, but Angus likely is out.

I did like the slightly snarkier, "witty banter", and would love to see it come back occasionally. Angus, however, can stay gone.

I kind of miss the old style of writing but that’s manly because I hold unconditional love for Azumaga Daioh.

He should show up on their TVs at some point. Let it turn out he made it.

I'm okay if Angus never comes back. I didn't really like him when was still around. Maybe if he got a personality upgrade it would be okay. Or if Bubbles could bonk his head a few times with her fist. Not that I'm advocating violence, of course, just floating possibilities.

ive been rereading lately and i have to say i love faye so much she really is a character of all time to me

"It's dangerous to go out alone with strangers! Take this sword."

Angus is the delivery driver who brings Steve his case of cereal.

I enjoyed the classic style for what it was, I never thought it was busy at the time. Looking back I can definitely see a difference.

My favorite part of this one is Hannelore hiding behind Marten.

That character had to go, as he got in too many fights with others. There was a lot of Angus beef.

My real question about Angus was which what ever happened with that gig? That was a golden opportunity! Like, is he currently the correspondent on Super Late Night with Meth Sighers?

I've been a fan for a while, and the maturation of the dialog is what is most impressive about the comic. The art style varying every few months is definitely a fun element, but the fact that now all the characters interact like "friends" is incredible. I imagine that this comic might feel like golden handcuffs to Jeph, but I sincerely hope it continues for a very long time.

The only thing I miss about Twitter-the-old *specifically* (aside from the ability to have a locked account) was the 140-character limit. It really helped me practice brevity in written dialogue, which in turn led to stronger editing skills. It’s just a shame it didn’t help with the “can’t ever shut up” part. Anyhow, god, Angus. He’s like so many other people’s exes, just fictional.

The further adventures of Angus in Cubetown?!

Then Angus returns for a single run of comics and it turns out he's with a boy robot that he has a very healthy relationship with.