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His Home Is The Sea

🕑 Added 2025-01-02 21:06:24 +0000 UTC

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Melissa Wilson

We’ve got options for cooking food & heating water - a gas grill, a wood burning fireplace & a power adapter that plugs into our car’s lighter, which can run our electric kettle, griddle, crock pot, etc.

Stephen Wells

The walls are actually covered with posters for "This space intentionally left blank", a neo-conceptual avant garde performance group which exists only in the imagination.

Skye

I'm surprised Marten doesn't have any obscure indie band artwork in the cafe yet

Mark

Huh. It looks like this is the one we should have received today.

Sammitch

Website is Sun-Thu, Patreon is Sat-Wed.

Mark

Cute new hairstyle too!

Alex Rahr

I sort of think that repeatedly leaving the sign turned to closed, even accidentally, suggests that Marten's not enjoying running a coffee shop very much.

legobil

Wonder if he was waiting across the street for Mood Coffee to open. Just watching with internal panic until Liz barged in and flipped the sign.

Mark

TBH, I don't look at it that much rather than just checking out Patreon, but it would still be good to notify the other readers.

David Paul

I've just added Katzenjammer to my Spotify playlist. They're pretty good 😊

David Paul

Get yourself a megayacht. Seems to be the new staple of an orca's diet.

David Paul

From memory, it wasn't all that bad of a cartoon. Said memory is horribly disjointed and partially lost, but nonetheless...

David Paul

The bean grinders are attached to an axle that run the turbines.

David Paul

He's practically halfway to being main cast character. If he does not defenestrate himself first.

Hakurei06

Oh, I assumed a sea or space faring vessel for transporting or possibly powered by coffee

Kenneth Carlile

I guess if you have a gas stove?

enchantedsleeper

I thought we do get comics on a Thursday... just not Fridays? (Or Saturdays)

enchantedsleeper

If there's a power outage, where do you get the hot water from to make instant? 🤔

Seth Swanson

I enjoyed the look back, but finding new QC really made me happy today.

legobil

Mister Head of Royal Canadian Society of Nonsensical Research has had 7 lines of dialogue so far. All yelling. I wonder if that will continue.

Stephen Wells

In volume 4 of Tristram Shandy, the reader is invited to sit down on a pile of unsold copies of volumes 1-3 :)

legobil

That sounds extremely flammable. I’m thinking throne combined into a giant computer, able to sort the most minute detail. Also, if not facing her subjects, how will she give out her “Librarian Stare.” You know, when the Hush isn’t enough.

Captain Button

You only see the back of the throne, because showing her would offend her dignity. Like the President in 1960s movies.

Captain Button

A coffee ship is a venue for coffee-oriented speed dating, I assume.

Bagge

He... doesn't seem to be OK, to be honest

Bagge

That's it!

Tim

Marten's efforts make me want to try running a coffee ship.

J Smith

Now the break is over, will the RSS feed get repaired? It quit after December 2.

Miyaa

“Squeeel like a wage slave!”

BookBeard

@Amelia, he was already in the new chassis when we found out about the Canada ban. https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4891

BookBeard

My vote is still for Emily. Her mad scientists tendencies make her a perfect fit for Cubetown, and she has experience being accidentally hired by coffee shops.

BookBeard

Not since waaaay back in the day, when he was working in the lucrative field of office bitchery. https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=85

Richard Bennett

Anyone got any more? Let's get them all out of our systems at once :)

Philip Masters

The Marten/Liz double act is now running on radium.

Philip Masters

Presumably they serve edam toasties. Because edam is the cheese which is made backwards.

Krestus

A throne made out of books and paperwork

JMK

She’s pure chaos and I love her

Stephen Wells

Yay has infiltrated Cubetown by posing as Liz's arms.

Stephen Wells

Because she is Marten's adopted daughter :)

legobil

I’m looking forward to the first picture of Claire now, in her new position, sitting on a throne.

Mitsuki Ayane

and the trash goblin strikes again! ~<3

Bagge

I don't know why Liz sitting on the counter makes me so happy.

Jeph Jacques

Goddamnit lmao

Todd Ellner

Arms. Legs. Torsos. Butt implants

Todd Ellner

You do know the older joke about the bacon slicer?

Miyaa

Great. Now we know Jeph is the new Time Lord companion who just needed someone to translate French leet for him.

legobil

God damnit Liz. You absolute goober and goblin. A gooberlin.

legobil

LEFT EYE TWITCH = DEFENESTRATION BY OWN VOLITION

Carly Dingman

I like this guy, I hope he's okay. XD

William Cole

He might want to double-Czech his escape plan.

William Cole

Who took the Bomp from the Bompalompalop?

Melissa Wilson

Am I the only one that keeps a jar of instant on hand, solely in case of weather emergencies? Power outages are no reason to interrupt the flow of caffeine to one’s brain!!!Similarly, I keep an auxiliary wine rack & corkscrew in the basement emergency kit, because who wants to be 100% lucid in those conditions?

Melissa Wilson

Marten’s minimalist equipment seems incredibly apropos to me. So Cubetown!

Melissa Wilson

It took me a moment to realize what felt wrong about Marten… It’s the collar. Has he ever worn a collared shirt in a coffee house before? Or in any other non-formal situation?

Melissa Wilson

Posting in advance, to accommodate travel home, maybe?

Brittany Huckey

"I know her Perasonally!" While standing next to Marten. Liz, you are ... something awful. And I love you

Mad Pooka

Wait it IS Thursday! I thought it was Wednesday

ValdVin

Huh. I guess Marten has to make a little $ ($CDN, actually) before he can get his own Mr. Burney.

Daryl Sawyer

Homer, that's your answer to everything, it's not happening!

Charles Hirst

Sign on the counter of open-all-hours corner grocery store [ 1950s] "Please do not sit your children on the bacon slicer. We are getting a little behind with our orders."

awgiedawgie

She has daughter privileges.

Ursus Ridens

We can imagine, here, the possibility of seeing -- nay, meeting -- the espresso machine of Pintsize's dreams.

David Garrett

I’m guessing it’s because Mood is Doom spelled backwards, after Coffee of Doom.

Ursus Ridens

Marten is getting away with it for now because it appears that for some reason there is no other coffee in the whole burg (or is this one a berg?) -- except for Liz's, which is neither publicly available nor, we hear, very good.

Ursus Ridens

Nemesis -- what, Dr. Wobulus Milquetoast-Djello?

jarwain

I still don't get it :d

jonesnori

I guess this guy doesn't keep up with the news.

Sammitch

Wait... a comic on Patreon on a Thursday? Jemphrey what time zone are you in?

Mitch Megaw

Ah, Chekov’s panic attack. I will be waiting.

Mitch Megaw

Now I am waiting for Yay post break. She’s gonna plop ungraciously from a tree in front of Roko with sticks in her hair and then be all, “Oh, hey.”

Kurist Zero

"Anxious Man! The greatest hero of them all!" (Couldn't resist the action man jingle in my head lol)

Brenda Allen

He's definitely dressed better...

enchantedsleeper

She already did, but Hanners intercepted it.

Paul Veselovsky

Sorry Liz. The counter is for glasses, not asses. Although I do like the confidence she's showing.

Amelia Lewis

That does raise a different question: is that the reason that Pintsize couldn't travel to Canada, and does the new chassi he got from Internet Jerry mean that the ruling no longer applies?

Holly Nelson

Food prep area! No bums on the counter!

Luis E Gonzalez

I didn't even think about it until your comment. Nice catch

Chas Simmons

I think Claire's job is to fight the organizational and administrative and personal nonsense, not "nonsensical research." She's not qualified to be a research director.

Dean Reilly

How long before Dora sends him a care package of live spiders?

Holly Nelson

But, it IS common knowledge that he and she are they, via the Cubetown newsletter that Moray sends out. So… -confused look-

Andrew

Ah reverse psychology, I get it - if you allow Liz she wouldn’t do it!

Andrew

He probably doesn’t even have any spiders in the basement yet, like any decent coffee shop

enchantedsleeper

Is there a difference, really? xD

enchantedsleeper

Faye needs to make him a dinosaur that poops espresso.

Miyaa

The whole non-profit aspect of Cubetown might be how Roko moves up here… and eventually they find Yay!

Doc Gumby

Liz! Butt off the counter, now! (sorry, former food worker showing)

Richard Bennett

Wait a minute... Mood coffee? Haha, I see what you did there. Long after everyone else did, I assume!

Edward Clayton Andrew

These puns are a pane. They're shattering my faith.

Magic Chopstick Games

He needs to get with the Prague-ram

Magic Chopstick Games

They must only be allowed to team up when it is to save literally everything, everywhere

Robert L

He's just Russian to conclusions.

Magic Chopstick Games

Cloudflare security checks (the “I am not a robot” stuff) have been breaking RSS all over the place lately, it could be that 😕

BookBeard

One might even call the tactic nonsensical.

Magic Chopstick Games

Only to be considered once everything else goes out the window

Opus the Poet

Self defenestration is a bad tactic.

Stephen Wells

Power move for Marten: phone Claire while the coffee is brewing :)

Opus the Poet

That sounds more Metal than Goth. Drummer guitar and eight string bass. Ambient Metal.

BookBeard

Moray/The Director said that Claire was qualified because she is "averse to nonsense" and that she would be "fighting the tide of nonsense", which suddenly sounds less like a job description and more like a vendetta against this guy in particular. I'm calling it now, Claire has a new nemesis. https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4952

Stephen Wells

At first I thought Liz was working here but now it seems she just comes here to hang out with her new dad :)

Stephen Wells

I think the reason the setup is so bare bones is that Marten is working with only nonsentient machinery and in Cubetown that's slim pickings.

Opus the Poet

Go back to the first fifty pages if you want to see a change of art style.

Yelling Bird

I hope to go mad with power one day. Just being mad gets you nowhere.

Stephen Wells

Jeph took a break and returned refreshed :) also I think Marten has a slightly different hairstyle

Opus the Poet

Since Bubbles is a Mil-Spec body she's not "trafficking" so much as "traveling".

Matthew Borus

Faye's arms *are* pretty jacked...

Michael Steamweed

If Marten doesn't 'fess up about being connectified to the Librarian, then Gremlin Liz is just gonna milk all that sweet, sweet bribery that she can. PintSize would be proud.

Michael Steamweed

It's CubeTown. Only the Gods Below know what that town wants from its new coffee shop.

Michael Steamweed

If Liz didn't get in trouble for arms trafficking (get it?), then the AIs should be fine. :D

Michael Steamweed

"Librarian Consort" :D I chortled at this!

Jack Atherton

Is... Marten's hair different??

Kyle Stephens

The hallmark of Jeph's work is he never goes a day without improving/ changing his style. It's why he's one of the best ever.

Captain Button

I wonder if Faye and Bubbles traveling to Canada would run afoul of arms trafficking laws...

Carrie

😬 I spelled it like my brother in law's name! 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️ Thnx for pointing it out. Hooray for edit.

Maurice Kessler

Once it becomes known he's the Librarian Consort, he might need to scale up the business a bit. I wonder who his first hire will be...

Darryl Williams

incidentally, is it possible the RSS broke?

Boots McGoot

anxious man is not a hot lady, or a robot, or a hot lady robot, but i like him regardless.

Packy Anderson

It doesn't appear to be common knowledge that Marten and The Librarian are an item. Hence why this guy is so eager to get info from Liz.

Uniquitous

This is some quality Liz face

Matthew Borus

So Marten is really launching a coffeeshop with a drip percolator and an electric kettle? Amazing. Will it be Claire or Liz (or someone else) who pushes him to be a bit less passive about this venture? Perhaps a visiting Faye who verbally slaps him around, then fabricates a bespoke espresso machine using leftovers from a particle collider?

Captain Button

Most things in Cubetown are.

Green

I would love it if people just came in with little trinkets, hoping to gain Marten's favor in the hope it will also gain the Librarian's

Captain Button

"Three Chaos Goblins" is the name of my next Goth band.

Green

As someone who frequently says they want to die via orca, I am in favor of his plan

Captain Button

I was thought of a different ghost story: Genesis - "Home By The Sea" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0j6d7VeYvdQ (Ghosts sound like legitimate nonsensical research.)

Michael Steamweed

Marten's coffee shop is a bit bare bones in its early days. Perhaps he will let the decorations and additions accumulate in a natural, organic manner. Since that's what CubeTown does.

Yonatan Zunger

I disagree. Liz should *absolutely* team up with May and Yay. Especially May. The results will be awesome and nothing could go wrong.

Nessi505

Is it just me, or has there been a change in art style? Nifty!

Michael Steamweed

Yes, his Nonsense is still Piled Higher and Deeper.

SilverbackRon

so cute!

orange slice

Marten

Carrie

Come on Marten, unless it's against a contract you have step up and clarify to ease the guys worries and get him a small caffeine fix.

John Anderson

I love how the strip is exploring the way people’s reputations can be self-reinforcing, especially in small close-knit organizations.

Drazi

Roko it is!

BookBeard

Clinton gets the left eye twitch too. Perhaps it's a family affliction. https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4231

SilverbackRon

I am all in favor of this time skip since it means we get more of our favorite gremlin.

The World Famous Chocomerican

This is a lot of not for profit organizations. They try to hire a CEO or ED with a high fallutin background who doesn't get the culture and is ineffective, when they really just need a person with basic knowledge of the organization and common sense to keep things together.

SilverbackRon

Hahaha "I'm not making that same mistake twice!"

Sexagesimalian

He could go completely retro/hipster and have Folgers Crystals on the menu.

Sean Kinlin

I wonder if the coffeemaker is sentient, and annoyed by being bomped.

Sean Kinlin

Is it really bullshitting if your research is openly nonsensical?

LH

ohhhh the kettle is for tea. that makes much more sense!

Kenneth Carlile

But what about the TomBots?!

BookBeard

It turns out that's all you need to compete with Tom Horbons.

JacklynRabbit

Ocean Man, take me by the hand...

Ísabel Pirsic

„Also she likes to send messages in a secret level second interview by her blinks, but! coded in RSA, you crucially gotta keep track of that!“

Kenneth Carlile

I like that Marten's coffee shop is pretty much a Mr. Coffee and an electric kettle. Gotta start somewhere!

enchantedsleeper

Liz will have to change her name, though, to fit in.

Ingrid Nordbø

Jump into the sea is my go to anxiety response as well. Or hide under the table. Whatever proves more accessible at the moment.

enchantedsleeper

That quickly became apparent during the trip where they first met Liz, and that's the reason why Claire had to think hard about whether she was prepared to take the job at all.

BookBeard

He's been planning his escape route for weeks. Ol' Boaty is his getaway driver.

Noah

The title summoned this from the lower reaches of my memory with nearly enough force to give me whiplash. Whee. :) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8KZN8-fdcw