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This strip makes me realize that we see tons of strips about the CSoD crew at work, but very few if any about Marten at work, apart from the one that introduced the interns so long ago, so it took me a moment to recognize him.
I really like how Brun seems to be wearing an alarmed owl for a hat! She's rockin that look.
I want an owl hat now
Me every Thursday: (Frantically reloading the page, to no avail.)
There are worse songs to get stuck in my head at midnight :-)
Do we know this librarian? Who could he be???
who's that dork??
On reading rainboooow 🎶
Wait up, guys. I just checked back and Millie is not so much with the "pure". Receipts: https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4168 She is INTO this.
I forgot about that. Thanks for the reminder :-)
You know, out of all the QC characters I would expect to get caught wrist-deep in another character in a university library study room, Brun would have been bottom of the list, but right now I think the momentum is unstoppable.
For science!
Kinda funny seeing Martin appear for a minor role in an arc.
Read. Or the Owl will eat you.
Goddam - t-shirt, right now please :-)
Our Bodies, Our Selves - by Yay Newfriend.
You know, Yay, perhaps in a less scary looking chassis, could help other AIs learn more about themselves. I mean beyond "Have even read your manual?"
No shouting in the library.
Wait, there's subtext?
I wonder who ”both” is, I don’t think Marten is that pure tbh. Or maybe all three of them are that pure. Hmm, hmm....
Wait, isn't that library a college library? I wonder which of the two had the thought process that made them choose that library. (Admittedly, I could see a case for either one doing so if that ended up being the closest one.)
It makes sense, Millefeuille is a research scientist so is likely associated with the college and has rights in the library and academic libraries would probably have a better selection of books on the details of robot bodies than a public library would (especially as we know from Emily that the institution has an engineering program)
Oh hai Marten
Who is this strange man we haven't ever met! What is his name. What is his story!
I actually love that the QC world has really grown beyond Marten. Not that I dislike him, just that it's cool to see a story grow to the point that THE ORIGINAL CHARACTER isn't seen near as often cuz there are other stories to tell.
It's always nice when Jeph can work Marten into the overarching Plot... ;)
Hoo?
Wait. Is this the first time we see Marten handling people coming to the library in search of books?
No, there was some girl who flirted with him and then complained in a coffee shop about the library guy...
Man, that guy looks so familiar... I wonder what he knows about Indie music?
Why would a random librarian know about Indie music? He knows about owls!
Excuse me, I'd like to know about owels
To be fair, that shop is a decent place to learn about that subtext as well
Marten didn’t sign up for this!
ALSO I'M WEARING AN OWL TODAY
Marten at work, haven't seen that in a while. Look at him wearing a button down all professional like.
The owl. The entire storyline for the next 6 months will be about this owl.
I must say that is a superb owl. It should be shared on Reddit.
Marten is doing a good reference interview actually
Given the origin of the term "robot," I'm surprised the AI's accept this as a descriptor. "1920s: from Czech, from robota ‘forced labor’. The term was coined in K. Čapek's play R.U.R. ‘Rossum's Universal Robots’ (1920)."
Rossum's Universal Robots also made its robot characters sympathetic victims who ended up rising up against humanity for enslaving them, so, y'know, it's an interesting term.
Owl be over here reading....
On reading raiiiinboooow
You Obviously Love Owls
Read, or the owl will eat you..... https://www.egscomics.com/comic/2002-06-24
lol, poor Marten. I think this comic's characters are a little too high energy for him.
Hello, Marten!
I hope this ship spends the next six months just sitting at the edge of the dock while the crew fumbles with figuring out how to "handle the rigging".
The crew is a bunch of farmhands and a copy of The Idiot's Guide to Boats that they all have to share.
New poster from the ALA - Give a hoot, read something yah bumpkin. Personally, I like the one with David Bowie.
The "Read or the Owl will eat you," motivational poster from El Goonish Shive is still the all time greatest, imo.
Well, I didn't get the subtext either (until you said there was subtext). Too busy wishing I could also read about robot bodies in the QC universe
A cute couple on a date studying biology... Nothing new there.
Don't be concerned Marten, everything is going to be owl-right.
Reliable Marten is reliable!!
Look out for Owls
This is so fabulous that I cannot begin to describe the fabulosity contained therin
Where is Tai when you really need her.
RIGHT?
"Dealing with the Crap Body I got from the Probation Board", self-published by "M".
Hi Marten!
hi marten
So this is what happens when two cinnamon rolls collide. It's just one larger, mashed together cinnamon roll.
2 cinnamon rolls? I am almost sure I see 3 of them..
Hoo hoo
Who's this new guy? Are we going to have to ship him with somebody?
I hope so. I think he might look cute with Claire
I also need the poster!
Kinda looks like Brun is wearing an excellent Owl hat
Hi Marten; tell me about owls.
I'm loving this plotline so much! Who's that guy working at the library?
Maybe make a run by CoD and see if Hanners can set up a zoom meeting with her dad.
He'd probably go off on some wild theoretical tangent about stuff he's researching now, get lost in the weeds, backtrack five times, then cheerfully ask if he answered their questions
Pintsize would be more than happy to enter into the subject in great depth.
Now I wonder if Jeph is an Oh No Ross and Carrie fan.
"Ask a librarian about owls." :)
So, we ran into Marten "Just fucking go for it" Reed again.
Read, Martin Reed, read!
I thought they met at some point...guess not. I'll also admit that I don't see it either.
Oh thank goodness. I thought it was just me.
what do librarians know about owls? what forbidden owl knowledge have the librarians been hiding from us, jeph???
Forbidden knowledge is about crabs.
I would like to know more about about an owls.
Omg poor Martin. Is that Martin? Lmao
It’s been so long since we’ve seen him. It would suck if he was the main character. Oh wait..
Damn it Marten THEY WERE JUST THERE
Please don’t ask your librarian about owls
I kind of want a sign that says this, to put up in some appropriate location without further context.
Who's the librarian? Is he new? I don't think we've seen him before. :3
I’m sure you’re right but I can’t place him.
So, so pure
Mille may not be as asexual as some have guessed
Well, look who we ran into!
I need that poster for my mother-in-law...
I totally want a copy of that poster, too. No, wait, at least two of them.
Reading Rainbow!
I CAN BE ANYTHING
The subtext is killing me, though.
Killing you *softly*.