In The Arms Of An Angel

So Clinton's mom is the leader of the Boros Guild?

CaseyAEC

It's in there, somewhere...

neriek

Cosmo has the face of an ant eater o3o

Bagge

Not aurelia's cooking

Marty BlackEagle

collar?

Cole Blackblood

Also: best name ever

Cole Blackblood

I can see the family resemblance (in awkwardness)

Michael Boettger

Pretty recent, like when she got her B.A.?

Thomas Halpin

Honestly, I'm impressed she managed to censor herself before she called him a hunk.

Marlo

cosmo makes everything better 🥰

Bagge

aurelia, say "thank you Cosmo" for saving you from an awkward situation.

William Cole

Well, the Ides of March isn't (aren't?) far off…

BigKumaDM

Wow, what a name for her!. Really leaning into that roman theme. Named for the mother of the first roman emperor, lets hope the name has no foreshadowing.

Mark

Thanks Jeph, a lovely name for a lovely lady!

Ben Russell-Gough

I'm expecting Elliot to just be politely confused. He won't even pick up on the tension under the surface which will make it even funnier if Aurelia starts making attraction tells like blushing when he compliments her and maybe sitting a *touch* too close on the sofa.

Eric Rucker

...you know, I just realized that someone who wasn't familiar with that meme would interpret "bonk" differently.

Ace

I see that Claire and Clinton come by their complete lack of chill honestly

Ben Russell-Gough

Aurelia Augustus, great-niece of infamous (and deceased) gold mogul Auric Goldfinger and no-one has ever formally cleared her father of being involved in his uncle's attempt to nuke Fort Knox. There is a reason why Steve is in Northampton.

Valraven

Who's going to feel more awkward over the fact that Clinton has the same taste in men as Aurelia, Clinton or Elliot?

Marc Tabor

i fully expect her next words were going to be the effect of hunk/hottie. 90% sure I am straight and I Would at least give Eliot a chance...

Solomon Garland

Aurelia is a known appreciator of college-age jock types, perhaps that's what she didn't expect? 🤔

Joseph Bonnar

Your comment reminds me of one by Gomez Addams: I would kill for you! I would DIE for you! (Either way, what bliss!)

Tom wilson

I never see those any more, thanks to AdBlock. :)

Chris Warren

Also, Cosmo and Hercules should be friends.

Dean Reilly

No one has ever called Elliot an Aurelia before, and he's not sure how he feels about it.

Joseph Bonnar

POINTY BOI!

Chris Warren

Elliot and Aurelia need to become an item ASAP.

Andrew Mitchell

The last one. :)

Jaron Mortimer

Alright, someone get the horny bat and give Aurelia here a bonk.

Onyx

Yes!

Ben Russell-Gough

Right now, she's far too busy feeling horribly embarrassed.

Ben Russell-Gough

COSMO: "This one is mine. I'm keeping him." This whole arc would demand that the Augustus matriarch get a name. This is as good as any and I'm sort of surprised her name didn't start with 'C'.

BobC

It is a good sign that Clinton Mom isn't salivating. Yet.

Thomas Halpin

I love this page for many reasons. Also, the ad provider for the QC webpage is serving a browser hijacking pretending to be tech support again.

Darnel D Cooper

Just what I was thinking,.... too bad this is a family feel good strip,.....

Absentia

congrats Jeph. you actually got me to join on Patreon in order to see the next comic. well done.

Nascha Morrison

BIG BOI HOLD BIG DOGGO LIKE BABY IM CRY

no

Nicolas Demers

STOP MAKING ELLIOT CUTER No, wait. The other thing. Keep on making him cuter!

IKR!

Dr. Otter

Beautiful car! Nevertheless, I assume she is named after Julius Caesar's mom.

Populuxe

While everyone assumes she is named for Roman emperors or whatnot, as the resident car guy, I’m going to assume she was named for the Lancia Aurelia, built from 1950 to 1958. The B20 coupe and B24 spyder and convertible (worth over a million US$ these days) are especially sexy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancia_Aurelia

Yonatan Zunger

Cosmo was the real protagonist all along. Everything prior to Cosmo was simply prologue.

Mad Marie

Still rooting for the triumphant return of Pizza Girl...

Brad Kirkwood

so clearly they get their panicky, desperate flailing and run-on sentences from their mother

BioYuGi

There is a collar it's just hidden under ALL the fluff.

Vic or Vyxter

Elliot + animals = awwwwwwwwwww

AcheronYYC

We were waiting to get my borzoi pup Jaspar (@jaspar_borzoi) when Cosmo was introduced in the strip and my heart sings a bit every time she shows up.

Azrux

I'll say it again, MAKE COSMO THE NEW PROTAGONIST

Hercules manages to get out and starts roaming the neighborhood. Elliot is panicked, distraught, disheveled even. He goes to Clinton's mom's house to ask them for help searching (Clinton crashed there for the night because he got drunk after thinking he embarrassed himself and potentially ruined things with our favorite soft boy Elliot). Aurelia, just a little bit high has the brilliant idea of using Cosmo to help track down Hercules, Cosmo bolts off, mission in mind. Now both parties are panicked. Queue a strip or 2 of cosmo tracking down Hercules, Hercules defending a litter of two kittens from an aggressive raccoon, Cosmo helping scare of the raccoon, and then walking side by side back to their families with a kitten being carried by each. Go back to Elliot and Clinton, awkward silence and attempts at conversation to discuss whatever embarassing/stupid thing Elliot and/or Clinton did the night before. Finally they see Hercules and Cosmo round the corner. Excited and overjoyed they share their first kiss, Eliot literally lift Clinton off the ground. Then some quick joke about Clinton noticing the two kittens being carried by the pair. Edit: In the background you can see Willow notice it all

Alcaria Swain

Clinton better move quick before his mom takes his man

Gaz

HAIL COSMO

Darren Stalder

All the love to Cosmo!

Carl Fink

Maybe put a collar on Cosmo before you put a bell on the collar?

Summer Sudbrink

I'm not saying we need a buddy pet storyline with Cosmo and Hercules...

Miyaa

Cosmo loves cinnamon rolls.

Daniel S

Such a... Hunk? Obvious himbo? Tall glass of water? Giant man who is obviously a bottom? Gorgeous man who I probably shouldn't sleep with because my son is interested in him?

Chelsea

Oh man, I feel like it could be #1 AND #2! Hahah good point about Aurelia and college age boys

Rat

okay everybody let's place bets, everybody. Did Clinton forget to come out to his mother/ is Aurelia (sick name reveal btw) tendency to "hook up" with college-age guys who look like Elliot showing up and this is just "oh what the heck he's hot"/ or boring answer is this just her reacting to his height.

Doug DeJulio

Cosmo likes him, so he gets to stay. That's how it works.

Adam with two As, a D, and an M

The apple doesn't fall far from the tree in the Augustus house.

Rose

Clinton holding Cosmo is the cutest thing <3

James Cooper

Wouldn't the kicker be that Clinton and Claire have a Ceaser in the family line. Double points if it was their dad!

Katrina Urmson

Such happy. Much wag. Cosmo approves!!

doorbender

Eeeeeeeeeeee

Thisguy

Ninja Dog.

MikeT

Helicopter tail , engage!

Michael

Like Cosmo wasn't going to like him, how absurd.

Captain Button

Umm, do affairs with Greek Gods ever end well? Asking for a friend.

Kuragari

Aww sweet puppy! <3

Douglas E. Smith

Dogs are good.

Captain Button

For me it was the school nurse in Megatokyo.

Love Claire’s graduation picture

Dylan T

Oh i wish to hold the long doge

Somebody Else

She's named like a roman emperor and has a thing for guys built like greek gods. And after pulling on the emergency brake, has mostly salvaged this train wreck of an introduction. Good on ya miss Augustus.

JD

How much do you want to bet that Willow is the actual delivery person?

Kurt Roithinger

the other day when elliot and yay were talking things over, i was like 'wouldn't it be funny if clinton's mom meets elliot and they fall for each other? cuz hijinks would ensue...' commence hijinks.

Jonathan Taves

She is now! ;-)

Shawn K. Younkin

Hunka hunka burning cinnamon roll?

KCkittysnores

Now, just what was she going to say she hadn’t expected when she cut herself off?

Ted Van Roekel

You realize you're at a certain age when you're crushing on the characters mom....

fluffy

Technically assonance. Which isn't a word that means someone making a reply like this, as much as it seems cognate to it.

Peter McDevitt

is her middle name "Borealis" ?

Michael Boettger

The family name "Augustus", also a throw back to ancient Rome. And Aurelius means "golden".

Jackie Horn

I would die for cosmo

R L

Aurelia Augustus. Jeph. Did you really have to go for the Absolutely Awesome Alliteration.

A good social pup

Captain Button

Is she actually an immortal Roman Empress or something?

Someone's parents had a thing for ancient Rome! (Or maybe just Latin I guess)

Magic Chopstick Games

lookit that tail go 🤩

Max D S

Now we know! Another name added to the shipping logs!

Niskara

The dog likes him. That's always a good sign!

mooviies

Cosmo!!

There is a A LOT of Clair (Claire? Clare? I cant recall specific spelling) in this post and I A P P R O V E

Raven Razor

I see the clear relation to Clair. XD

Cody Renton

Cosmo!

Joel Bateman

Even pointy dogs love our cinnamon roll.

Michael

Cosmo has never been safer.

Chris Gropp

Clinton has dibs, Aurelia!

Michael Boettger

Hi Aurelia!