Post "Testarossa" by "jephjacques"

happy

Oh? I need to read up then. I let a backlog start so I can binge several at once

Graydon Armstrong

Well, you got your wish, it seems.

Len Pal

Honestly giving Pintsize a friend completely separate from the regular cast (at least for now), and a side-storyline, could be really interesting.

Philip Masters

Does Enzo Ferrari count as a "non-car thing"? Because there was the Ferrari Enzo.

Felis Obscurus

Schrödinger's arc

Felis Obscurus

That sounds familiar. Was the VW mechanic named Mercedes a witch or something? I did a search and now I remember Mercy Thompson somewhat. She was in a book my (ex)wife was reading. She went by Mercy and hardly ever told anyone her whole first name, because everyone but her thought it was funny. There were demons in the book, and maybe vampires.

Felis Obscurus

(IRL it’s a last name)

Felis Obscurus

I was pretty sure the Ferrari Testarossa got its name from painted cylinder heads. I’ve never heard of their cars being named for non-car things. (Whereas Lamborghini names are usually something to do with bullfighting.)

happy

No offense but how is it hard to spell Miura... 😂 Savanna is still a great name, love the story behind it. My next cat I plan to name after something automotive. Also, I keep forgetting I'm on the QC patreon and not the Brian Scotto patreon because my notifications are all car related 😂

Felis Obscurus

I was going to name a cat Portia, like the Shakespeare character, then realized everyone was going to hear it and assume it was Porsche, like the car. Well, if my cat was going to be named for a car it had to be a car I actually liked, and I had Lamborghini on the brain. So I decided to call her Miura. Then, the woman I was married to AND her parents had a hard time spelling Miura. So I named that cat Savanna. In my head her full name was Mazda Savanna RX Prescription for Chaos. She was daddy’s (chaotic) little girl for about 12 years. 🥹

enchantedsleeper

I don't think being aggressively attacked with bread is Roko's jam (pun not intended xD), hence why she rated the date so low x3

enchantedsleeper

Putting the trans in transgressive... heyyy *Claire appears to high-five Pintsize*

enchantedsleeper

+1 to What Is the Reference xD

enchantedsleeper

Aww. He means well xD (Rather like Beeps, who also means well, and is not very good at her job)

Am Queue

ANd here I am, once more admitting that I don't get the reference... clue, please?

Am Queue

There's an urban fantasy series where the lead character is a VW specialty mechanic whose first name is Mercedes.

Am Queue

I prefer being an Agent of Chaos in other people's stories. Most people phrase it as 'Agent of Change' but don't realize what they're getting...

Am Queue

yeah, but without the most interesting bits.

joe velsher

And if you don't listen, he smacks you with Ursula.

David Durant

I was hoping for a sea shanty...

David Durant

Why.not.both.gif

Opus the Poet

She's a little discombobulated since Marten and Claire moved out.

Opus the Poet

I have been the good guy in some of the stories of my life, the bad guy in some other people's stories, and the good guy in some other people's stories. I'm versatile, I contain multitudes.

Comics Ladybird

It’s like you know about my communication fetish!

Mark Eichin

Mmm, anyone who thinks they have "99% accurate" compatibility data has a badly compromised evaluation process - it's not like they did anything about Pintsize/Marten after all, most of their feedback is probably "5 stars/it's fine/I'll agree with anything as long as you don't make me go back there asldkjfljejajek" - so Gordon probably still *has* the job, and maybe gotten an Empathy-Bot-of-the-Month award or two :-)

PsychOut

Pint Size has YEARS of experience listening to human drama from living with our favorite sadboi Marten and madgirl Faye! A highly qualified listener bot.

Ursus Ridens

I _had_ a Corvair, and Ralph Nader was right about the rear wheels letting go on a fast turn. (If California Hwy. 1 had been zigging instead of zagging at that point, my sister and I would have been fish food.)

Philip Masters

No one has commented on Faye's attempt to sabotage Pintsize's apparent relationship. Or rather, to warn Pintsize's latest victim in the bluntest way possible.

Philip Masters

OtP: Indeed. A pint of pure water weighs a pound and a quarter.

Philip Masters

Pintsize, stop revealing unsuspected hidden depths. You're just confusing people.

Philip Masters

Both can be, near enough. (I always assumed that Ferrari using that name was an exercise in terrible national-stereotype stereotyping - "Una car izza like a beautiful woman...")

Philip Masters

Ursus: As a patriotic Brit, I'll have to be a Morgan or an Aston Martin. Or maybe a David Brown. Anyhow, I assume that you're letting off steam there?

Ursus Ridens

Couldn't help myself...* "Her sister's returned from the sea with a scar that she will not or cannot explain. Around the same time, her boyfriend went missing; he's cheating? or dead? No one knows. Her squeeze the new clocksmith and sister's beau Steve were off to the Alps for the fishing..." Someone (but probably not I) could make The Great American Pulp Epic Poem of the story that Boots has begun. It will be available only in a cheap paperback edition on thin, crumbly, yellowing paper, with a lurid cover illustration. *(I'm sorry, people, but due to miseducation I tend to think in dactyls, sometimes.)

Boots McGoot

i only ever write fanfic to be a nuisance

Miyaa

@Captain Button • GDI

Hugh Eckert

I work with someone named Porsche.

awgiedawgie

Worse than that... her description of Pintsize sounds so normal. Not normal for Pintsize, but just... normal. It's disturbing.

Summer

Was it a scar made by a harpoon?

Captain Button

Pintsize gets forced back into his old body and becomes a detective like Great Detective Conan in "Case Closed."

midwestmutt

Just like with a feral dog or cat, once you name them , you keep them.

Ace of Hearts

oh no she seems so normal oh nooooooo

allanfranta

What was the word he used? Transgressive?

David Durant

I'd watch the hell out of a Pintsize and Brun odd-couple TV detective show.

David Durant

To be fair, it's not really up to Faye's usual epic burn standard. It is pre-coffee I guess.

Michael Steamweed

Ferrari lets slip one day to Pintsize that her sister has a boyfriend named Steve. Ferrari's fiancé (an apprentice horologist) and Steve were supposed to just be on a fishing trip to Switzerland. Was that all there was? What more is going on? Pintsize teams up with Brun to find out.

Cory Thorp

I was thinking maybe she’s the granddaughter of the military officer whose base accidentally approved Pintsize’s laser-navel upgrade. She’s been sent in to see if there are any lingering effects of the system install due to the worry of a Y2K-style firmware bug.

Stephen Wells

Somebody knows why, they just aren't telling us :)

Stephen Wells

Also a very good nose, yes.

Mark

My beloved Roko has a similar one too.

Jake Robb

“No offense sportscar” 🤣

Tom Boutell

it's just a minor variation on the monocle thing very easy to draw

Tom Boutell

If by last thing you mean first second and third thing then yes

Miyaa

I’m that NPC that makes the main character do all the side quests before taking on the main villain who just happens to be my mom. She cooks Brussels sprouts in the microwave.

Miyaa

No the last thing we need is a Pintsize detective series!

Jon

This could be the setup for an hilarious punchline or Pintsize really does miss Martin.

Jeph Jacques

Goddamnit lmao

enchantedsleeper

Or, perhaps this was a short-lived tenure that lasted until the service realised that Gordon was drastically throwing off their compatibility data and he was re-assigned to another role.

legobil

Huh, she must have deactivated her facial blush panels then. Also turned off her neck steam vents.

legobil

That is a Fayentastic word!

Miyaa

Oh god not Turbo Teen.

Miyaa

Maserati is like the worst. If Elon Musk was a luxury car bad. Which is ironic since Tesla hasn’t been the same since it got that cybertruck nose surgery.

Boots McGoot

Ferrari needed support, her sister has returned from sea with a scar and a story she won't or can't tell. Ferrari's fiancé disappeared around the same time. An affair, or a murder? it's the uncertainty that's making her spiral.

Stephen Wells

The F. is for "Ferrari F. Ferrari"

Stephen Wells

Similar to Marigold's nose, which is also good.

Stephen Wells

ngl it took me several panels longer than it should have done to parse that she's drinking coffee and that those are collarbones not a neck seam so this ISN'T another AI friend :) Edited to add: AND I've only just realised that since Marten and Claire moved out, Pintsize has a room of his own now and apparently he's taking full advantage of the situation. Maybe Flementine could move in, she was nice.

Stephen Wells

I think this one is Ferrari Terracotta :)

Melissa Wilson

Yes! He’s setting them up together. It’s entirely wholesome - at last Pintsize arrives at the ultimate taboo: Norming. He’s a shoe in for Best AI, when Ferrari & Wallace (that’s Loose Cable Guy’s given name) get hitched, just a few thousand strips from now.

enchantedsleeper

You know what, this is the headcanon I'm most here for.

enchantedsleeper

I don't think Pintsize is interested in just following Marten around, honestly. He has his own life and interests, which is good.

enchantedsleeper

I like to think that Faye did indeed complete that commission (the giant metal dong), although Pintsize decided to use it as an ornamental conversation piece after he realised how unwieldy it was. However, since gaining his humanoid body he has been a regular visitor to (and client of) Union Robotics asking for a variety of creative USB-compatible attachments. Faye pretends to find it unnerving, but she enjoys the engineering challenge.

David Paul

The QCVerse is vast and infinite.

David Paul

I know, right? What's next? WHOLESOME BONDING AND LASTING FRIENDSHIPS?!

Melissa Wilson

This is Ford & his brother Chevy. Their cousins Bentley, Kia & Lexus are visiting from overseas this summer.

enchantedsleeper

Having Gordon be the explanation for how Marten and Pintsize got matched together is funny in a once-off context but becomes extremely baffling when you think about it 🤔 Lots of people have arachnophobia, so this would happen like 20% of the time (or more).

enchantedsleeper

We see glimpses of what he's been up to, and to me that's more entertaining than full explanations with context :D

enchantedsleeper

Ferrari; she dyes her hair.

enchantedsleeper

No, they matched on Computr on the bread preference thing. She already knew about her fetish.

enchantedsleeper

Aww, this is so wholesome, love that for them xD (And also I can't wait for Faye to interrogate Pintsize about what he's up to)

Diptych

Perhaps Pintsize will teach her not to be so Fayetalistic.

Diptych

It's a good nose!

legobil

I already love Ferrari. New main cast? Can’t wait to see her and Pintsize already!

Stephen Wells

Or else Pintsize's friends are Flementine, Ferrari, Fedora, Filament, Fandango...

Stephen Wells

I think Pintsize has worked out that the most subversive, confusing thing he could do is be genuinely nice.

Stephen Wells

Ferrari appears to be a nose with a new friend attached :) I hope she and Flementine are best buddies.

(void)

"Days since Jeph introduced an awkward character to the comic": 0

Sparky

I’d a Ferrari in my painting classes in High School; She lived on what was called the Clark Gable estates. That was 50 years ago …

Granite

Love her nickname

Yelling Bird

This was me in college. It's a wonder that I ever got to see a woman naked. I mean, in person.

legobil

Is Roko discovering her kink right there? She doesnt look very aroused.

legobil

Word!

legobil

That is just Faye’s attitude. Her Fayettitude.

Blake Manor

Pintsize was always a good listener. and with Marten gone, he probably feels a bit unfulfilled without his oldest companion around

Scott Vogel

Press X to doubt.

Ursus Ridens

I have been thinking of him as Loose Cable Guy, whether it was a loose cable or not.

Ursus Ridens

Up to now, he's shown no more sign of acting like a person (well, a normai-ish person) than ht did in QC #43.

BookBeard

I can't see that going any better than last time... https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3690

Ursus Ridens

Okay, this is a true conundrum. Pintsize, a good listener? Helping people figure stuff out? A Pintpsychotherapist? (Our author could spin this one out 'til, 'til...'til we forget to ask where Yay is.)

Ursus Ridens

Hi, I'm Stanley.* *(She/her/hers)

happy

We need more automobile manufacturer cameos now. I demand a Porsche.

SilverbackRon

You have entered the twilight zone Beyond this world strange things are known Use the key, unlock the door See what your fate might have in store Come explore your dreams' creation Enter this world of imagination

Robert Wrigley

Betcha those "things" he helped with are kinks. Maybe he should discuss bread with ... nah.

Tudza

Up to the line on the regulation glassware?

Mark Eichin

> Who knew? Gordon, probably? https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2334

Opus the Poet

Testarossa means red head, so who's the red head in the comic?

Sorastro

Why the Sauber face?

E

So that means someone could wind up being named Mercedes Ferrari. But like… ok people can name kids whatever they want so I’m not sure what I’m getting at here

09Klr650

Just when she thinks Pintsize cannot shock her any more . . . .

Markus Schaber

Something's wrong with Pintsize. Probably a bug in the last firmware upgrade? 😁

Uniquitous

She is the granddaughter of Turbo Teen and she solves mysteries

Davus Otho

This is the way.

Bagge

Ooooh! Hidden depths revealing themselves

SpookyPenguin

Ferrari, Mercedes, and Renault walk into a bar and the barman says what's F1 having Ohhh!

Andrea Andrew

The sex hair is gone

Alcaria Swain

Ferrari is just a good name

Opus the Poet

Not in the UK, their pint is 20 ounces.

Munchkin Threats

Your username sends me into a giggle fit EVERY TIME. Thank you for the smiles, internet stranger.

BookBeard

Yes. Her full name is Ferrari F. Ferrari.

Shey

I NEED AN ENTIRE SPIN OFF centering Ferrari in the style of HIMYM lol

Opus the Poet

I'm just wondering if Ferrari is her first or last name.

Amelia Lewis

He should _definitely_ not meet Crushbot, then.

Carl Fink

I assume it's from the city of Ferrara in Italy.

Minzoku Bokumetsu

nonono, they will be platonic roommates in a cosy suite with five good bois

Fart Captor

Pintsize's kinks have gotten OUT OF CONTROL

Tudza

Aww, but a pint is a pound the world 'round.

Darryl Williams

I mean, he's probably quite trained in many things, if that's the only criteria. Seems like the "became a licensed trapeze artist to win a bet/enable a new weird sex act" type.

Sean Brannon

MORE CHARACTERS FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dissociated Women Incorporated

Ferrari/Porsche 2028!!

Captain Button

The reason he isn't allowed in Canada is that he won't change his name to metric.

Derek Hassell

This arc ends with Pintsize married to Ferrari.

Etienne M.J. Dubourg

I do love this page. Pintsize does indeed have hidden depths, once you've dug through all the terrabytes of weird porn.

Alan

Seriously, I want to see what Pintsize is up to now that he's got a full body and it has to actually act like a person.

Cory Thorp

Now I want Ferrari’s story!

Chauncey

After becoming the bigger person, he is now known as Quartsize.

Chauncey

Any good himbo would.

Felis Obscurus

Ferrari is a last name. The cars are named for Enzo Ferrari. I've also met a US Army Colonel with the last name Ferrari.

FreeReedz

Bertone is her cat.

Chauncey

Less a protagonist, more an agent of entropy. I will not elaborate on the matter.

Holly Nelson

For those who doubt Pintsizes abilities as a listener/counsellor, hark back to this contemplative conversation with Momo: https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2332

Uniquitous

Well, now that song is stuck in my head.

FreeReedz

Always wanted a Corvair turbo.

Nick frost

i really appreciate how pintsize has transformed over the years.

FreeReedz

Heisenberg?

Randall Norman Pick

I look forward to her wedding in 2035.

Michael Wells

Flashback! Flashback! Flashback! (To Ferrari's origin story)

Creeperkry

Turns out Marten was a bad influence on Pintsize. Who knew?

Doc Gumby

Looks like Faye is the one who needs help on the corners of this conversation.

SilverbackRon

True. Who would want to take a smelly old couch that has been barfed upon more than once when you can just get a new one?

William Cole

“No! I am not Prince Hamlet, nor was meant to be; Am an attendant lord, one that will do To swell a progress, start a scene or two, Advise the prince; no doubt, an easy tool, Deferential, glad to be of use, Politic, cautious, and meticulous; Full of high sentence, but a bit obtuse; At times, indeed, almost ridiculous— Almost, at times, the Fool.”

SilverbackRon

At least Marten didn't just ditch Pintsize without telling him beforehand, no matter how hilarious that would have been. https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4889

Phaine Of Catz

I assure you that I was already laughing before I read the description

William Cole

He IS unsafe at any speed.

BookBeard

I doubt it took much negotiating. Cubetown seems to be loaded, and the terms of the new job were described as "very generous". https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4954

ValdVin

Heh. You found while I was still looking for my saved copy. My MSW wife loved the inteaction there.

BookBeard

It's more of a redemption mobius strip. He exists in a constant state of both redemption and corruption.

BookBeard

Who wants to bet that guy was one of the other two "friends"? https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4621

Captain Button

Mercedes is a woman's name. The car was named after someone's wife or daughter or something.

LH

"negotiated" is a very gentle euphemism for what Claire did, i suspect

Maurice Kessler

Well, of course.

Bridgette Ryan

Damn you, Willis!

Maelwys Myrddin

Time to write the Ferrari based webcomic. But I can't draw so it'll just be a series of short stories.

Zak Reichle

Not just you, I thought the same thing

BookBeard

I self-identify as a side character in everyone else's story. Preferably that one expository character that does all the tedious backstory.

Joseph Bonnar

Hehehehehe

BookBeard

Regular Faye cannot be held accountable for the actions of before-coffee Faye.

Brendan Luster

when we find out the mystery of what Pintsize has been up to...

Egos

I was just about to say that

ValdVin

Remember when an AI wandered into Union Robotics, then started spilling everything to Faye, and she said "Imagine how good it would be to talk to a trained professional?" Uh, how trained is Pintsize?

BookBeard

He had to. He's not allowed in Canada anymore. Nobody knows why. https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4891 https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=5354

Sean Kinlin

Ferrari is a character from the Italian webcomic Contenuto Discutibile.

Zak Reichle

It did seem pretty cutting for Faye these days

David Durant

I'm 100% here for the Winslow deep cut. Now we just need an appearance!

Felis Obscurus

Is it just me, or does her nose remind you of Marigold's?

Felis Obscurus

I named somebody Miura, but she's a cat...

Aditya Rameshan

No offense to Pintsize, but that might take a while

Daniel Luckett

Is this Pintsize's redemption arc starting?

Zak Reichle

I'm definitely the antagonist of my own world

Graydon Armstrong

While clever, it was unnecessarily rude.

Felis Obscurus

Well, it's a real surname... Maybe a story about why she introduces herself by her last name? I mean, in this world I can imagine some doofus naming their kid Ferrari as a first name, but that isn't something I'd look forward to.

Corvus Cardia

If he still has the body from Internet Jerry, he’s got a usb port in place of “human standard” equipment. Of course he has a long history of owning various attachments…

Mat

He did pay Faye to build him a dick (with balls)

Captain Button

If Ferrari is crossing over from another comic, I hope they are being careful not to spread Butts Disease...

Lawrence David Thompson

How do you laugh at someone politely in Canadianese, please . . . eh?

Beechwood Chip

I suspect that Claire negotiated for a completely furnished apartment in Cubetown, so they only needed to bring sentimental items.

David Higgins

Also she’s high maintenance.

Gargleblarg

Yeah, this one looks odd to me. I know Jeph's style and technique keeps evolving (almost always for the better!) but this one feels more like a comic strip to me. Maybe it's the colors?

Peter McDevitt

technically we're ALL the protagonists of our own worlds...

Taigan

That honestly doesn’t surprise me. I honestly can’t see Pintsize doing something as normal as having sex.

Dean Reilly

He probably couldn't talk Ol' Boaty into bringing it to Cubetown.

Captain Button

But then he'd explode from rear-ending...

Ben R

Perhaps Pintsize is trying to rehabilitate himself so he can get into Canada...

Polymathic Man

Third drawer down on the left. Plenty to choose from.

Magic Chopstick Games

Someone once thought I wasn’t a good listener, but that was before they saw McLaren my ears

Dean Reilly

Bugatti and Koenigsegg.

Elberik

Pintsize is running an illegal therapy practice through Tinder.

justfe3hthings

Ah, Pintsize stayed behind

GregD

Clearly, Pintsize is sorely lacking direction now that Martin is no longer there to be a companion for, and he desperately needs a hit of being of service.

SilverbackRon

Oh no, the picture is gone off the wall of the apartment! (yes, I saw one in his new coffee shop) Since it was Marten's place to begin with, I don't know if Faye ever brought any decor with her or bought any later. Clearly he let her keep the couch. The only "new furniture" moment I remember is when Bubbles helped Claire carry the dresser over. (I loved that short story line 💖)

Tudza

Pintsize will have to change his name to Pinto

KingAtticus

Even if we never see her after this week I adore Ferrari’s whole vibe 💖

Andrea Andrew

Faye’s hair is so nostalgic. Good to meet Ferrari! Wait, does pintsize have genitalia now?

Gamera

Damn it now I keep hearing that clip of the guy saying "Transgender is like Ferarri"

Aditya Rameshan

Damn, what happened to Pintsize during the time jump? I need more context!

Tabetha Rosenberg

This is true. Her nose is adorable.

KingAtticus

New year, new character development! Pintsize has been defined by his proximity to Marten the most so how is he without him around?

Kenneth Carlile

That and she's cute and visually distinct from other characters...

Cody Renton

Can't wait for Ferrari's 300 strip arc

Maurice Kessler

Her puppy's named Pininfarina and she's a big, hot mess.

Ahmed Tedjini

Damn choosing Testarossa as the title made me age 10 years in my head lol I can't believe the 90s are so far now they are essentially the current gen's 60s. Thanks a bunch lol