Positively Boschian

Dustin

Windows XP desktop background for the win

Some Ed

That's what you think *now*. But I think after another 40 updates of this arc, you'll be singing a different tune. ;) Filed under "you're one of those heathens that don't have your Christmas decorations up despite the fact it's after *August*!" (For the record, I don't actually have any Christmas decorations, so I'd be one of those, too.)

Some Ed

Considering how much of a fan she is of fresh bread, and soda bread in particular, I'd say "no." Also, gotta remember the second worst date of her life. After that, even if she had some vague interest in toast, just, nope.

Dan Wilbur

I haven't seen a single electric sheep yet...

Joseph Bonnar

Yes, several have.

VGreenGoblinV

Looks like a Porygon. Which is fitting.

Daryl Sawyer

Is that Pintsize being eaten by a bird on the far right?

Erin Moriarty

This is intensely trippy and I love it. I am so glad you're portraying this continued struggle of Roko's identity. It's really fascinating and it feels very realistic. I mean, as realistic as robot AI emotions can be.

OldBody has a message from beyond the grave. NewBody has a message from beyond the *rave*. And that message is oonts oonts oonts oonts.

Bagge

Wait... the ghost of the new body comes with a message from beyond the... beyond the what? The bed? The server? The concept of haing a new body? There is a lot to unpack here.

Fart Captor

There's something about the way Roko's hair falls as she's leaning that I really love and I can't explain why? It's so dang pretty

Bagge

Yeah, I really thought that would have happened by now.

So Pintsize’s head is in the bird’s mouth while simultaneously rising in the background like the sun. Does this mean anything that bird swallows becomes gigantic and emerges over the horizon line?

TubaGinger

The fucking shame-toaster, omg

Matt Grayson

The second panel has a steganography encoded OS2 screen in the background.

Jonathan V

I love that the background for panel 4 is a color-swapped Windows XP background

James Dore

That's a re-coloured Windows XP default Desktop wallpaper in Panel 4 :-D

Evgeniy Semyonov

Now I really want a "Visions of Robo-Hell" full-sized poster.

I'm surprised OldBody didn't go Full Boston in panel 2.

James D

Is AI operating system based on Windows XP? The background of that last panel would seem to suggest that is so.

Mahlernut

...can't believe it took me so long to register the toaster chasing the terrified loaf of bread. I take it Roko doesn't like her bread to be crispy?

awgiedawgie

Either eating Pintsize, or spitting him out. Has Roko ever witnessed a pigeon coming out of Pintsize's mouth?

Bagge

Don't we all feel like that sometimes?

Miyaa

I’m never going to eat frozen strawberries and drink pickle juice before bed ever again.

Mahlernut

For some reason, the wavy arms make me absolutely cracking up. Also...is a bird eating Pintsize in the third panel?

Al Hunt

Isn't that last location an old Windows wallpaper?

Tim

Didn’t Pintsize end up with birds inside him? I seem to remember an angry Faye being involved. Darn it Jeph, you have too many comics and no easy way to search them.

Professor Harmless

cool nightmare before christmas parody.

Bagge

My only problem with this storyline is that it's not published in Christmas time

Richard Laxton

Are we talking Hieronymus Bosch or Robert Bosch here? Either works in the context!

Erin Hartshorn

Jeph, I'm impressed by the fashion progression. Past Roko = spaghetti straps, present Roko = sleeveless, and future Roko = short sleeves. Add in that they’re all in black, white, and gray. Also, love the eyes!!! And the ponytails! I love that both past and future Roko have ponytails (albeit with different levels of definition), but present Roko does not. Maybe they’re more casual because they’re comfortable with themselves, whereas (as just evidenced) she is not? But since it’s all taking place in her subconscious, perhaps she’s telling herself she will adjust to the new body eventually?

We got nerd-sniped

z

"My ghosts are worse planners than I am. There's something so very wrong yet so right about that."

Sleepy John

"Will Tiny Pintsize live?" "If these lucid dreams remain unaltered, he's gonna be tuna fish cans before you know it."

Sleepy John

All her bodies talk like May.

TwoRavens

Is that the Brave Little Toaster's stoner cousin?

BobC

This is looking more and more like some wacky farmer-in-the-field skit. "AI-AI-O!"

Spike

For a while there, when it was all about people's relationships, I was thinking "QC has gotten much less weird". I am not thinking that any more.

Shawn K. Younkin

They did go on one date.

Shawn K. Younkin

I love how even sub-conscience Roko has a limit for someone's shit.

Dylan T

Oh are we doing Charles Dickens? Does that make Melon=Jacob Marley and Yay the Ghost of Christmas Future?

Matt Grayson

See the bird eating pint-size?

Magic Chopstick Games

Just here for the Windows XP background, carry on

Tim Eldred

Is Jeph nerd-sniping with the Windows XP background? Did I just get nerd-sniped?

Forgettable

OMG rolling green hills. Nostalgia bomb.

NekoIncardine

That last background is beautiful for those who get the reference.

Dennis Watson

I absolutely love the giant Half-Pint supervising as a toaster chases a loaf of bread.

Um... The sun is Pintsize's dating profile pic. Roko has some hidden issues.

SpookyPenguin

the "beyond the grave windows xp", well spotted

SpookyPenguin

Somewhere Brian Eno's ear is twitching and he doesn't know why.;

Jon

....is that the Windows XP background in the last panel?! 🤣

Grace Kieser

Roko, you need to cut back on the robo-pizza before bed!

Matt Grayson

Now let her sniff some Assam....

Abhayakara

Yeah, Bosch was all about toasters and smiling whales with small hats...

Michael Boettger

Not worse. Just weirder.

gatherer818

It got worse 😑

Joel Bateman

Roko, can we trade lives? Mines bland and boring.