REJECTED COMIC: It's Cosmo Time Again
Here's something that almost never happens! I drew a whole-ass comic but then decided the next morning that it was too out-of-character for Yay to show up like that, so the whole strip had to be scrapped. Sucks to lose a day's work (esp all the Cosmo poses), but on the bright side, the strip I wrote to replace it is gonna lead in some more interesting directions I think.
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This *is* a lovely strip. If you don't wish to post it for characterization reasons, fair, but all the same? It is nicely done.
My interpretation of last panel Marten is that he's being ironic.
Yeah. Come on, Marten. Property is theft. That's why all the people with the most property are all rogues.
How fortuitous of me to join the Patreon just now, so I can see a bit under the hood of Jephs thinking :)
Well, I really liked this one. AIs loving dogs (& cats) is cool.
Headcannon: Yay did just walk in and start talking to Marten but then realized it was too out of character and reversed time so they wouldn't do it.
Further Headcanon: Yay actually broke through the 4th wall and invented Jeph to write the commic. Jeph doesn't actually exists.
lol, I really love this one.
the Cosmo poses though!!
Cosmo has her priorities straight. Belly rubs are where it's at.
Anything with Cosmo isn't rejected material. 😤
is yay the only A.I. without a line between the neck and the torso?
He has a line in other strips...altho not in the 'power outage arc 4573'
This needs to not be rejected, I love it!
Did Martin get into the edibles?
He must have got high off that pizza pie...
Moar Cosmo.
never enuff cosmo & marten
I dunno, Jeph, you've got to figure out how to work that line about Cosmo into a future panel. From Yay, no doubt.
Two comic strips on one day? I might faint
Even though Yay is trying to be more respectful of other people's boundaries, I don't see this strip being problematic in that regard. I mean, Aurelia *DID* invite Yay to come back anytime. This would *TOTALLY* be on-point for Old Yay, without the invitation. And as for hippy Marten.... if Claire's going for full "Anything Clinton can do, I can do better" then depending on how much time passed since they got started, it's entirely possible that he's thoroughly stoned from the second-hand smoke alone. Even if he didn't partake as well.
Cuddles are for real
Ironically, at this point, Yaaay does know most of the AIs Marten knows.
In fact, I wonder if they know ALL the AI's at a certain level.
dang, cuz I'm loving the premiere of this Yay look
aww, you have high standards Jeph, I liked it, though I'm not wild about Marten's last lines 'Maaaan''
i forgot some characters haven’t met yet. wild! somebody needs to have a house party or something, join some dots
Particularly weird given Yay's brief but intense interaction with Faye via Bubbles.
This comic will never be rejected from our hearts, Jeph :)
This one is worth posting.
He could keep it up his sleeve if, Heaven forbid, he again needs to post an emergency strip.
Man I love seeing Marten again. He feels like an old friend that you haven't seen for years and when you meet up for coffee or a Van Halen listening session - and you're just chilling like old times as if no time has passed. I should call the friends I haven't seen in years and say hello. Thanks for sharing this, Jeph. Hope the holiday season allows us all to reconnect with dear friends near and far!
I mean, Yay coming by to check in with Aurelia about the events of 4654 would seem reasonably in character, but maybe not that quickly
I just thought Yay was coming by to see Cosmo. Checking on Aurelia didn't even occur to me. Oops.
I like hippy Marten.
You clearly need a plot line where this strip fits logically, because (a) it so good it needs to be canon, and (b) MOAR COSMO POSES PLZ!!
Yay is so hot. I can has cuddles and head pats?
Maybe a bit improbable, so I understand the rejection, but ALSO extremely cute (both Yay and the comic in general), so I'm thankful for the sharing.
I like Martin in this. He's been through drama and tears and laughter and love, and he's chill.
In the last panel he sounds stoned, maybe.
How yay makes friends: shows up, hints at otherworldly/godlike power, shows that they are, in fact, just a big 'Ole cinnamon roll. Not a bad strategy.
What? This is perfectly in line with Yay, from what I know of them.
Not gonna lie. I'm a little sad this is getting rejected. It's SO DAMN CUTE!
I loooooove it. From Jeph’s reject bin to my headcanon.
I know right?’
The trim on Yay's clothes matches her eyes. Must be that wardrobe consultant.
An oddity: this rejected comic bears the number 4658, when the actual comic is number 4655.
as if he doesn't draw pages ahead of time? Marten just said that he's going ot go hang with cosmo, so that's probably what was happening in this page. this rejected page is from the future.
Marten has the best outlook.
I wouldn't have thought this was all that out of character
this cosmo content is so good. 10/10
I do like the 80’s punk glam Yay vibes.
Yay and out of character don’t simultaneously exit.
I just have a feeling there's two or three government agents from different agencies sitting in a coffee shop somewhere nearby, comparing notes - and freaking out. "Wait - you mean all of the people we're watching know all of the people YOU'RE watching?" "Yeah, but the weird part is when that one AI shows up and all of our surveillance equipment goes down."
Thanks for posting it... It may be out of character for Yay to show up like that. But I want more Yay and Marten content now, bonding over Cosmo, Yay enjoy the fact that Marten is never suprised by what they do
stupid sexy yay
Yay DOES know the AIs you know, Marten.
But Marten doesn't know they know, you know?
Thanks for sharing it anyway!
Huh, I thought this might be one of its newfound outreach attempts to connect with humans. Marten must seem relatively safe, given the location and others around.
YAY IS WELCOME TO WALK RIGHT INTO MY PLACE ANYTIME! I MEAN, IF ONE CAN TECHNICALLY 'WALK' INTO A TREE...
YES, THEY DID IT ONCE, BUT THAT WAS A JUMP, NOT A WALK! STILL THOUGH, WHATEVER GETS THEM IN HERE!
Thank you for posting this! It's interesting to see... What ifs
Such a good boy.
Marten or Cosmo?
Pretty neat but even by QC standards that is a bit far, YAY just being there. If she had started a video chat on the PC with like remote access to turn off the livestream and talk, I'd find it more in line.
nah - she came to see Cosmo
Out of character, really? When has Yay ever shown up any other way?
Yay's hair looks really good here. I hope it becomes canon one day.
I legit did not notice that this was a rejected comic until after I finished reading it, and it seemed perfectly in place and in character to me for Yay to just show up to give Cosmo pets.
strip number was unexpectedly high though.
Wow I totally forgot Martin hasn't met Yay yet. Yay, I'm sure, knows ALL about Martin. Can't wait to see how they meet in canon.
yay has already expressed their plans to enter Elliot's apartment to play with Hercules at random times, so its not unreasonable to think they would to the same to Aurelia. also, why can't i live in the hot ai universe?
Yeah, but they made a point to ask Elliot's permission to do so.
"You can't own property, man!" "Well I can, but that's because I'm not a penniless hippy."
Marten got high before coming downstairs, didn't he?
Also, is Marten high?
I think he's just being witty.
Nevertheless, I like the idea that Yay would wander into Aurelia's house at random moments. Of course, later that evening: Bubbles: what did you say their name was!!
Yay looks even hotter than usual here and I really wanna make out with them
the whole time I was drawing it I was thinking "ooooops I made them hotter"
Marten's face in the first panel is so cute
Honestly, although you are the writer, I slightly disagree that it's out of character for yay. Because we know yay cares about Aurelia. So I assume she has a subconscious thread running making sure the security precautions put in place work. And then when the stream turned on without Claire's mom being aware yay might go huh. Possible virus. I should check that out. Yay would probably alert Claire's mom but that doesn't mean marten would be aware yay was coming.
Yay might have put ultra-high levels of security on the computer, but Claire defeated them just by trying to rotate the avatar image. Moral: Never underestimate the clueless user.
THE ABSOLUTE SNOOT
... this is what you reject. Mad lad.
RIGHT?!! I love this comic. It is as chill as Marten. And Yay would know that Marten is chill enough to handle her drop in.
I have faith in Cosmo’s ability to do the little leg thing again. (eeee)
I love it, we need more Cosmo in our lives, lol
Can't wait to see what Yay! thinks about Marten
Somehow I thought Marten already knew Yay!. I guess I just assume everyone's met everyone else...
Seeing a rejected comic is cool. Thanks!
Love cosmo