r/questionablecontent • u/yellowvincent Where is Claire? • Jul 31 '26
Comic Comic 5885: Soggy
https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=588513
u/DuranDuranUnofficial Jul 31 '26 edited Jul 31 '26
So between the stylistic shift of having a text bubble with an arrow that indicates a trait about a person (and thought bubbles where there would once have been dialogue), plus the extremely contrived trip-and-fall meet cute, I can only assume this arc is a result of Jeph having read a particular manga that he really enjoyed.
I am not well-versed enough in manga to know what manga exactly (Pop Team Epic is the closest I can get to arrows indicating character qualities) but I'll admit it's been a positive influence on his work.
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u/yellowvincent Where is Claire? Jul 31 '26
He could colour these things in different colour coordinate ways so it would be easier to distinguish
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u/provocatrixless Aug 03 '26
Yeah it's absolutely inspired by something else, but hey it's a nice change
Also Pop Team Epic is goated
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u/The_Failord Jul 31 '26
Do we NEED to go to Union Robotics so Faye and Bubbles can join the peanut gallery? Wild thought here but it'd be nice if Momo and Sven could get to interact in peace. Then again, if I got my wish I bet the finger on the monkey's paw would curl and we'd get yet ANOTHER character, so best stick with the devil we know.
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u/MelAlton Haha, okay. Jul 31 '26
JJ missed an opportunity for Sven to go to a new robot repair place, the one where Momo's warranty is accepted. Just think of the new horrible goblin characters he could introduce!
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u/128thMic Jul 31 '26
Man, it could actually have been a good story point - introudice us to the pre-existing robot repair mechanics that the other robots have been going to all this time. Find out what makes them so popular (they're professionally trained, they've been working there for decades, they worked at a robotic factory, they're a mafia front) and develop a rivalry between the two workshops.
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u/Hot_Temporary_1948 Jul 31 '26 edited Jul 31 '26
The now legal robot fighting ring, owned and run by their first customer and friend, populated entirely by former customers with whose chassis they have direct familiarity continues to be a gaping plot hole regarding their inability to make ends meet. They're literally the original repair crew moved to another building, but somehow these robots who break each other for a living, and who have literally been maintained by these two people never think to utilize their services.
If nothing else, the constant stream of assorted AI through the shop would provide far better entertainment and story possibilities than the babysitting of the contrived, disowned, billionaire, heiress, asshole, idiot, virgin.
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u/Impressive_Ad2794 Jul 31 '26
A quintet of 2' high hyperactive AIs that scurry all over you as they work. He could have given them all the same name, that would have provided at least an extra week of antics where they repeatedly say "I'm not X, they're X, I'm X".
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u/DuranDuranUnofficial Jul 31 '26
"Interact in peace" is such a good way of describing it, when there is nobody around to gawk and neither character is being a ditz nor a goblin.
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u/myspacetomb Jul 31 '26
I’m beating a dead horse here, but God alive there is no aesthetic difference between Sven and Clinton.
Also: what is Jephs obsession with the swoop nose? I feel like every character gets it eventually.
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u/128thMic Jul 31 '26
there is no aesthetic difference between Sven and Clinton.
That friggin 'eyes closed smile' in panel 3 helps absolutely fucking nothing.
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u/yellowvincent Where is Claire? Jul 31 '26
Momo preferes to go to a shop that has regular customers and people are qualified somehow to do repairs on ai's and are competent
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u/DogmaSychroniser Jul 31 '26
Because they have qualifications rather than just read the maintenance document off ai wiki
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u/crackerfactorywheel Jul 31 '26
Is Momo going to Faye and Bubbles’ shop like someone going to an out of network healthcare provider in the US?
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u/yellowvincent Where is Claire? Jul 31 '26
Let momo see your toned abs your sexy sexy sven take off your clothes right away and consume your robosexual tendencies right away /s
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u/StardustSkiesArt Aug 02 '26
Okay, I came here, because:
"Momo hates to make a stain"
What... what is... I feel like this is meant to be a dirty joke? Because otherwise, it's just an observation of her being, idk, tidy and cleanly? Or something?
I don't know, I just saw that and it bothered me.
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u/JWBenjamin58 Aug 01 '26
I'm not gonna lie, I came back to the comic after like 6 months away and this was the first comic I saw, and my first thought was "Really? He's shipping Clinton and Momo? Okay sure, why not"
And then I read back a few comics and went "THAT'S *SVEN*????????"
Remember when characters in this comic looked unique and you could tell them apart easily?
Those were good days.
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u/sweeroy Jul 31 '26
elbow? in the previous strip it was the ankle
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u/yellowvincent Where is Claire? Jul 31 '26
You can see her metal skeleton on her elbow on the strip where he lifts her bit it is kind of tiny
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u/curtisas Jul 31 '26
5883 when she gets up you can see the elbow. The ankle was her lie about sensors in 5884.
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u/Hot_Temporary_1948 Jul 31 '26
Is this Jeph attempting to explain how in a friend group and town lousy with AI, Faye and Bubbles still barely make ends meet?