When Does He Ever

Aw nooo sad Claire face 🥺

We all know Claire is going to correct that "you're" before she even thinks of talking to Marten.

Lipppp

For some reason I'm having trouble responding to enchantedsleeper's comment, but I'm pretty sure Dora's just being realistic about how her employees view the jobs she has on offer: dirty, degrading, draining, and above all disposable. It'd cause Dora a bit of irritation to have to fill a position on short notice, but in her case she'd likely pick the first customer with a personality like a brick wall she can find and stick them behind the counter without a word. The rest will work itself out.

I also wonder if Martin will be thinking that the last time he followed a girl when she moved to a new town the relationship ended almost immediately (just before the comic started)?

Had to hide Dora from coworkers. Too sexy with lips!

I can see that visible lips work for Dora, but it does look a bit like she's wandered in from a different era of the comic.

Y'know, given what happened with Faye and Angus I wonder if she'll be more stressed about this decision than Martin is

I love their synchronized ire in the last panel

Also, Clinton, besides the obvious matter of support of your own sister even in hypotheticals, and besides the matter of trying to avoid defeatism when your own sister is involved, I consider it basic consideration towards the interviewer to have at least *somewhat* worked out the possibility of you coming to work for them *before* agreeing to take up each other’s time in a hiring interview…

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Yay lips

not only does it look great but i feel like it gives dora the more mature feeling thats shes been missing for a while. It feels like shes showing less teenage energy and more of a "confident and independent woman" vibe. idk it might be just me.

The lips are good!

This is good advice. Claire's definitely catastrophizing here (been there, girl), but I understand her concerns. Odds are Marten will be okay with this, though.

The primary question should really be 'is Pintsize banned from entering Canda'?

I'm absolutely dying of curiosity to see Marten's reaction to all this given his history. I'm hoping he'll take the lesson that moving out here worked out pretty well for him. I'm curious what this might mean for the comic though.

Huh. I remember really hard when you started adding lips to characters, but I didn’t notice you’d stopped until now. I like them on Dora. It was more jarring altogether when you started drawing teeth, IMO.

Agreed. Dora's lips in panels 3&4 are perfect, and Dora's important enough to require them. Maybe it gives her gravitas that becomes a character as venerable as she? It feels right.

Oh Dora you are spot on.

I love it!

Always enjoyed watching your style evolve 🖤

Oh no. Not again.

It's gonna be interesting when Faye gets wind of this.

Clin-ton, it's a pity your hand is detachable and not your foot. It would be so much easier to get it into your mouth.

Dora's lips clearly are for Tai. Tai's probably been hounding Jeph for AGES.

Dora!! When is the wedding?? Soon pleeeeeeeeese

I mean, he's not WRONG...

Or it could be a remote opportunity or they want an in town office

Someone's suggested the theory that Cubetown is where the Floating Black Slab Emitting a Low Hum comes from. If that's the case, maybe Claire and the slab can commute together.

Clinton, no.

Lips, yes. Halifax cube job? Full VR immersion tank. Show Claire emerging from it every few days, and maybe some uncomfortable-for-Marten strips about her telepresence body. Win-win and they can get a house.

NO CLAIRE SAD 😭

He’s still in Captain Clinthook mode. NEMESIS.

I find it interesting that Dora refers to a job working at her own café as a "crappy coffee shop job" XD I mean, I'm sure she's realistic about the job not being anyone's Forever Career (and I'm pretty sure she and Claire had that specific conversation when Claire took the job), but it's still nice that she's supportive of Claire's job search and in the loop about it.

Given she's the one with the big fancy degree and Martin's just kind of drifting, Martin had better be supportive of whatever move she needs to make to further her career.

Never change Clinton.... never change!!

lips on dora is a big hit of almost nostalgia

I really love when Dora and Martin give each other's significant others advice on how to handle a situation with them.

First panel, Claire's speech bubble, there's "for for it." But yeah... I'm glad Dora is there to be the voice of reason.

The most important advice for this situation is that you don’t have to decide whether to to take the job until they offer it to you. So, start the conversation with Marten and go to the interview. Maybe you’ll do great at the interview but decided that the workplace is incredibly toxic or don’t want to deal with living in rural Nova Scotia.

Dora looks like she bout to slap a bitch.

Clinton. Time and a place. I know you're technically not wrong, but time and a bloody place. ALSO: for all we know, the position could be fully remote and, since she's a human and not an AI, it could imply Claire getting a VR suit to do the stuff from home as a job perk.

is one of the specials Bubble Bobble

ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ Lips! I really miss Faye's lips... (wait, that sounds weird when I say it).

Dumb question, but are the lips on Dora meant to convey anything specific? Like is she supposed to be a character who wears more makeup than others, does everyone else have flat faces while she has pronounced features?

The body language on this strip is perfect! I love how easy it is to see the irate lean in Dora. Very cool.

What's next? Noses on the AIs?

Dora looks better with the lips, agreed. Clinton, just… just stop. Just stop.

This is a real test of their relationship, true.

Damnit Clinton! Also, I wonder. Is Marten in a rut, or content?

Clinton, please.