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Cubetown
🕑 Added 2022-08-08 20:19:20 +0000 UTCit's a working title
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Some Ed
Going through 500 comics is enough to get me to forget what I'm looking for. Jeph has how many comics to go through? How could one hope to keep focused on what they were looking for that long?
Duncan
I've just come back and discovered the MANNYY hats that our Moray wears. No surprise Claire ends up as she does...!
Ruth Merriam
This isn't a SPAM, then? Because I would have totally deleted it as SPAM.
Am Queue
Sam and Emmett, do you mean? (No matter how I spell it it looks wrong, and my phone won't keep context enough for me to look it up...)
Katherine Prewitt
I am RIDICULOUSLY excited about Cubetown
Ursus Ridens
Oh, by the way, I get a really weird mental picture of Cubetown by, as it were, extrapolating from Spaceball City.
Ursus Ridens
I have long suspected that QC would move from an alternate Northampton to an alternate Nova Scotia...or maybe an alternate somewhere-off-the-coast-of-NS. (But golly, isn't the North Atlantic a pretty rough neighborhood?)
Ursus Ridens
Newfoundland is faaaaar. Geographically, yes, but psychologically...
William Burns
That pesky lack of a weekend Jacques body double. 😊
Bill Silvia
We're not one strip ahead over the weekend, though.
Andrew
It’s appropriate for Steve eating cereal comics tho :)
Rob McBobson
It's because the newest one isn't up on Patreon yet, I think. Master Jacques is loyal to his paying patrons, and makes sure that we always are one strip ahead.
Ian MacLean
Is anyone else concerned that it's Tuesday and this hasn't been posted yet?
Andrea Andrew
Does anyone else notice that Claire seems a lot more womanly after the timeskip? I think her transition is going amazingly. Suck it, transphobes.
Daryl Sawyer
Or worrying about Dora moving to....whatever that town across the bridge is called.
Matt Pedone
See, 2-3 hours makes sense. In my experience, for southern NH/eastern Mass, 2-3 hours is the boundary for a day trip. Western Mass (Northampton) might be a bit longer, but they'd still balk at 11 hours being called "nothing".
Nicolas Demers
Canada :) Specifically Ottawa, and road trips of 2-3 hours to visit family around Montreal were totes normal growing up.
Matt Pedone
I have a theory that what people consider a "long" drive depends on where they live/grew up. I know people in Minnesota who think nothing of 4-hour drives, while people in Rhode Island think anything over 15 minutes is "long". Seeing so many people here claiming 11 hours is "nothing", I have to ask, where are you all from??
William Burns
You haven't read the version where Marten never meets Faye?
Sean Morgan
Can I just say LOL at Claire freaking out about moving to Nova Scotia from Northampton? Halifax is *not* a long trip - heck, even Newfoundland isn't that far, and Nova Scotia way closer. This is only slightly more ridiculous than worrying about a job in Maine!
David Durant
At this point I don't know whether to be more concerned that Claire, a recent graduate with no post-graduation experience, is being headhunted by the AI Supremacy or whether the time-jump means we might have missed Sam and Elliot's first kiss...
David Durant
Is MT still going? I gave up years ago - is it worth getting back into it?
Hawkeye
Clinton is making me snort my milk out of my nose. Shouldn’t be eating cereal when I read QC.
Bagge
I love, love love the underlaying fundament of vimsical in everything the ais do in this universe
Jeph Jacques
Big cube
Ashley Thomas
it sounds like a live in position that would be for one person. i worry she would not be allowed to bring a partner.
gatherer818
Hate that I laughed at this
Diptych
"I helped talk him through some personal conflicts, and, since then, he's been a lot less of a danger to society!" (a sudden whirring sound indicative of several AIs having an intense private conversation)
Lightsabr2
Yet another step in the inevitable transition from QC to Alice Grove.
Pejo
Steve, I think? 🤔
ljdbjlasfbjk
Only an 11 hour drive. That's nothing.
Andrea Andrew
I’m happy for Claire, but also hope we don’t see her leave the comic. Oh, and her boyfriend, what’s his name.
Krista Elliott
So THAT'S what that thing in Bedford Basin is...
Mad Marie
It’s parked off the coast of Nova Scotia.
Kenneth Carlile
edit-nevermind, found it in the comments above. Wow, the art style has _changed_
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UH OH
Nicolas Demers
Oh, Nova Scotia? That's practically next door to Northampton! Marten will barely know the difference
Wild Card
Yarr.... that be an interview that you want to take, matey.
Brianna Hinricher
Moray 21-X out here asking the important questions!
Aaron Schulz
I think based on jeph assuring that the comic isnt ending that Marten is def going to be moving.
Orion Rhine
I'm calling it! Claire interviews, gets an offer, and accepts, but no one has to move because they just cracked teleportation and Station is already arranging a local teleporter hub so Hannelore can visit more often.
ValdVin
Already looking forward to Clinton doing the classic evil thing: Petting a lap-sitting Hercules while in a desk chair. It will take some explaining to his boyfriend, though.
Michael Boettger
Ah, the interview. According to recent information we've received, you are acquainted with an AI referred to as "Pintsize"? Could you please elaborate on that?
Alan
I'VE BEEN LITERALLY WONDERING ABOUT THIS FOR YEARS
Nicole Hands
Not comic sans
Brooks Moses
See comic 3055; it's linked elsewhere in the comments. Basically a one-line reference to "that thing the robots are building in Halifax."
Brooks Moses
Halifax, according to the reference in comic 3055 that it's a callback to.
MikeT
I am sure looking forward to the unannounced collab with Fred and the plotline of AI's generating video games, as they secretly love them https://megatokyo.com/strip/125 . Claire is gonna have a *blast*....
Sean Kinlin
Maybe that will be revealed in a bonus post.
Adam Abbott
What font did she use for her application?
David Durant
Mine already makes tenured topologists cry
David Wright
"But I digress" :)
MikeT
He is helping
Sean Kinlin
The Moray-21 Is Director of Outreach And also of Resources And the Keeper of the Bucket For the Sponge The Sponge The Bucket for the Sponge Keeps the Bucket for the Sponge
Noelle Brockhoff
I came to the comments for a morsel of context for the callback. But I’m gonna cut us some slack since there’s so many details and offhand comments to remember - it’s a vast body of work. (I’ve been reading QC damn near religiously from 2006 when I was introduced to it… and immediately binge-read from the beginning to catch up 😅 would be much more time consuming now but worth it)
Gary Walker
It was so much of a callback I had already decided my brain was stupid when I got to the end of the comic and found out, no, just being my brain (again).
Some Ed
Depending on the experiments, it might not be bad. "Let's see what humans do if they don't need to work for a living."
Salodni Ikkis
Elliot: "Honey... why do you have a hook for a hand?" Augustus: "IT'S A FAMILY THING"
Some Ed
Well, it depends. Maybe the director of public outreach simply likes recepting and janitoring. That said, I could imagine that maybe they're just interested in Claire's barista skills - specifically how good she is at figuring out what tea various AIs might be interested in.
Martin Zarate
I feel bad I have no idea what the callback is about.
DA
I certainly hope you're the one who parked the cubetown.science domain, Jeph!
Ted Van Roekel
No, it's OoooOoo, deep AI lore is coming back!
Wafer99
What food you need to live and if you have a fear of drowning. Uh-oh. Sentient Research = let's experiment on humans.
Jeremy J Nickurak
https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3055
Aussiewan
And Pintsize doesn't have his military chassis to help that way, he might have to actually do the robot thing and calculate primes instead
kaitou
🎶If a Sentient Resource wants verbal intercourse, that's a Moray.🎶
Aussiewan
You beat me to it! But they seem very polite, so their catchphrase would be more like "resistance is highly inconvenient"
Captain Button
I know there was some movie "The Cube" or something, about a 3D grid of villainous deathtraps or something. Did not actually see it. I have a bad feeling about this...
Rosemary
omg it's 'that thing the robots are building up in Halifax'
Captain Button
MorayAmore? A reference to the famous song parody?
Wayne Farmer
♫ I'll interview with Cubetown Strange as that might be Up by Nova Scotia That's where I would be Amid the waves, the waves And that's where I would be Would Marten want to come along with me? ♫ (adapted from "Cowtown" by TMBG)
Shey
Is this where QC splits into multiple alternate universes
Rich Holmes
Only because they spend hours trying to decode the steganographic message before figuring out there isn't one
Mad Marie
And thus begins the story arc that explains the true origins of The Borg.
Sean Kinlin
Clinton wants Claire to go after this opportunity, so his nemesis plan would be counterproductive. The hook brings her back, after all.
Chris Waldrip
No one ever likes my font choices of Papyrus and Comic Sans randomly mixed together. :(
AlexKorobeiniki
Uh... hate to be the buzzkill here, but if your director of public outreach is also your receptionist is also a janitor... Well, Claire's trained in Librarianism and Barista, what other duties would she be expected to pick up?
Damian Paradis
HR and Janitorial staff? That just shows how different the AI's think about things. It looks like they almost treat cleaning the space as a league game. Gamification to the extreme.
Chris Cook
CUBETOWN LET'S GOOOOOO
BobC
I'd wonder what level of augmentation is needed, and if remote work is OK.
dvsDave
I can't wait to see what cubetown looks like
Brittany Huckey
Excellent profile pic for this comment
enchantedsleeper
man door hand hook car door
Nutjob
That's my home province. What part of Nova Scotia are they hanging out around?
Hugh Eckert
So, what font did she use?
Miyaa
I hope Marten can join them and become Cubetown’s human representative when they stop at Saint-Pierre and Miquelon. (Humans want French food; AIs want to wear berets.)
Richard Stuart
Why do the drawings look so much better?
Vic or Vyxter
That sounds amazing, except I definitely have a fear of drowning!
Shane Wegner
Hmm, boiling down necessary exposition to a single panel of character driven saucy sibling sarcasm? Well played.
Joseph Bonnar
Now, all of a sudden, I want Clinton as my evil nemesis.
Miyaa
What no umbrella and cork screw functions? Can the hand unwrap a baby bell in one continuous motion?
sjlxndr
It's driven by a sentient non-artificial intelligence
Shane Wegner
I feel like a simple “Yes” or “No” would be a little off. More like “as a respirating being, I’m respectfully aware of the risks drowning presents on a waterborne research complex. But I mitigate my worry by reminding myself that adherence to safety protocols and general diligence can reduce that risk to acceptable levels.”
Joseph Bonnar
As do I, but really, that's up to Jeph.
Alan Wiggs
There was a throwaway line about the offshore project, I think during one of the AI rights stories
Andrew Herrera
Evil nemesis Is a very serious threat.
el_zilcho
Plot twist: Claire wrote the email and sent it to herself in a twisted attempt to make Clinton jealous
Alan Wiggs
Oh shit deep AI lore coming back
Wynn Donivan
Maybe even "ferry havoc?" Ufufu.
Sarah
Really hoping we get a good supportive response out of Martin here.
Tim Weber
I’m sorry, I have to say it, because it bugs me sooo much: Jeph, if you build a fake email to screenshot and paste into the comic, puh-leeease get rid of the red dotted lines that are a dead giveaway that whoever took the screenshot is the _sender_ of the text and not the recipient 😱 Also, there’s a cursor in it? Okay, maybe Claire is just spellchecking her incoming mail, what do I know ;) Update: Jeph fixed it! Thank you <3
Miyaa
Okay, so the coolest real life library I know & have been in is the Linda Hall Library just off the university of Missouri-Kansas City campus. It’s a 1920’s style library which was originally a mansion. It specializes in science, engineering, & technology information. I can see Cubetown being the futuristic Canadian version of this library, the kind you get a choice to live at on a tiktok stream. The stylist green chairs are very comfy and down the hill is a Chinese restaurant that went upscale after Whole Foods built a store across the street. Very good Chinese restaurant, though I miss when it was just a hole in the wall rice place.
MultiKoopa
What's the callback?
Nikki
Hmmmmmmmmmmm...
Wednesday
This must play merry havoc with the ferries.
Anton
"Do you have a fear of drowning?" might be one of the more ominous interview questions I've heard.
Matt Grayson
Alleged where?
R L
Clinton has absolute dedication.
Shawn K. Younkin
I'm with Clinton on this one- Don't fuck this up Claire, or "Captain Clintook" will get you!!!
Fart Captor
Evil villain whose hand keeps acting up because crud gets into the joints and DOESN'T have a hook for a hand 😤
Leaflemming
Have we met a denizen of Cubetown and did it emit a mysterious hum
Drazi
Cubetown. Birthplace of Yay. Allegedly.
Matt Grayson
Watch out for those beings in SR!
Certified Nerd
Okay, I guess my memory is bad. What’s the callback?
Roombot
Wait a minute, wasn't there a reference to "that thing the AIs are building up in Nova Scotia" like a billion episodes ago?
Fart Captor
The queer robot polycule on that island is probably already much to complex to map in two dimensions 😍
Randall Norman Pick
"What kind of food you require to live" AIs <3
A Dark Planet, Lit By No Sun
Is Clinton's hand driven by a nonsentient AI?
Todd Chaikin
Clinton hook!
Joel Bateman
Or a hand that can turn into a hand, a hook, and a ginzu knife
Ali
Oh no not an EVIL NEMESIS 😢
Michael
Just remove the dermal layer, that evil villain enough man
Lyman Green
EVIL NEMESIS!!
