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2019-01-31

by shaenon on January 31, 2019 at 12:01 am
Chapter: The Iron Man
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  1. RoyD
    January 31, 2019, 12:05 am | # | Reply

    I like Nick’s tenderly supportive expression in that last panel.

    • James Alden Consolver
      February 1, 2019, 9:57 am | # | Reply

      good observation there, some comics get stale as time passes some get better. skin horse is firmly in group 2.
      and somebody tell nick there is somebody for every geek and he is not being nice leaving dr.lee pining for a gentle touch, followed by some serious ….

      • notactuallyaperson
        May 11, 2019, 12:19 pm | # | Reply

        …WoW coop playing.

  2. Robert Nowall
    January 31, 2019, 12:09 am | # | Reply

    And just what part of his body could Nick use to bolt himself to Dr. Lee?

    • wykstrad
      January 31, 2019, 2:39 am | # | Reply

      I’m afraid it’s impossible, as male and female humans lack any particular body parts that interlock.

      • Guesticus
        January 31, 2019, 7:28 am | # | Reply

        What?
        Is that a joke or did you fail basic human anatomy? o_O

        • Regret
          January 31, 2019, 4:47 pm | # | Reply

          I see only one way for you to find out. ‘educate’ wykstrad Wink wink.

    • bryceanderston
      January 31, 2019, 2:39 am | # | Reply

      She could scoop his brain again and giver herself a hump, I guess.

      • awgiedawgie
        January 31, 2019, 4:37 pm | # | Reply

        Or she could leave him the way he is, and give him a hump.

    • codebracker
      January 31, 2019, 3:22 am | # | Reply

      Isn’t lee riding a helicopter kinda like the other way around

  3. Owlmirror
    January 31, 2019, 12:10 am | # | Reply

    I wouldn’t have thought that deep-sea marine biology trivia was one of Mustachio’s interests.

    Ooh! On the topic of deep-sea marine biology, how about Ursula Vernon’s essay on whalefall boneworms?

    • Thomas Lacroix
      January 31, 2019, 12:16 am | # | Reply

      I wouldn’t be surprised if that particular tidbit came from Tip or someone else they know.

    • Pygar
      January 31, 2019, 10:52 am | # | Reply

      You never know what you’ll find on a popcorn tin…

    • Regret
      January 31, 2019, 4:49 pm | # | Reply

      That was interesting to read, thanks Owlmirror.

  4. K. Iceclaw
    January 31, 2019, 12:40 am | # | Reply

    Except you maintain autonomy when necessary. So, you’ve scored the perks without the downsides.

  5. vicka
    January 31, 2019, 12:51 am | # | Reply

    i love nick’s expression in the last panel. he’s a really good friend. <3

    • David B Huber
      January 31, 2019, 2:27 am | # | Reply

      +1

  6. Ysabet
    January 31, 2019, 1:00 am | # | Reply

    Hey, whatever jolts your bolts, Moustachio….. I think you and your Hitty make a lovely couple (or coupling. However that works.)

  7. David B Huber
    January 31, 2019, 2:27 am | # | Reply

    Baring his soul to Moustachio is exactly the conversation Nick needed.

    • Trivena
      January 31, 2019, 2:40 am | # | Reply

      And for all they’re good friends, this is the first time they’ve been able to fit inside the same building and have a face-to-face conversation.

  8. Mental Mouse
    January 31, 2019, 8:43 am | # | Reply

    Sometimes talking to you does make me feel better about my own problems. Everyone needs to recalibrate their weirdometer sometimes.

    • Mental Mouse
      January 31, 2019, 8:43 am | # | Reply

      No links? Bah. http://narbonic.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2006/02/060211.jpg

  9. Robert Nowall
    January 31, 2019, 9:21 am | # | Reply

    I never thought I’d say this, but Nick and Dr. Lee are worse than Dave and Helen.

    • awgiedawgie
      January 31, 2019, 4:38 pm | # | Reply

      And that’s saying something. Dave and Helen set the bar pretty high.

      • Jon
        December 22, 2019, 11:30 pm | # | Reply

        Right?!

  10. bergerjacques
    January 31, 2019, 9:51 am | # | Reply

    My respect and admiration for Moustachio just hit new levels. I think my eyes went glassy….

  11. Shadowmehr
    January 31, 2019, 3:01 pm | # | Reply

    Panel 3: Hate to break it to you, Nick, but you just described 99% of the relationships on the planet. Given the several billion people we’ve got, I’d have to say it’s not insurmountable.

    • awgiedawgie
      January 31, 2019, 3:14 pm | # | Reply

      The fact that he’s just like everyone else is kind of beside the point. Misery may love company, but that doesn’t make it any less miserable. And knowing that everyone else has the same problem doesn’t help you solve the problem.

      • Regret
        January 31, 2019, 4:52 pm | # | Reply

        He needs someone he trusts to give him clear starter instructions.
        *smack
        *smack
        “follow me”
        *They walk to Dr Lee
        *smack
        “Now tell her you want to explore a relationship with her”
        *Turn to Dr Lee
        “Be nice”

        • Robert Nowall
          January 31, 2019, 6:12 pm | # | Reply

          I don’t know who’s around right now who could do it. Sweetheart got hung up on her own problems, as did Chris and Marcie. Unity is fairly oblivious and not particularly motivated. Moustachio offers advice based on his own relationships. Hitty would just hit. Tip thinks everybody’s in love with him. Tigerlily’s forceful jive was so far ineffective. Shelby was working at the new building. Are Jonah Yu and Nera Vivaldi still around?

  12. Moe Lane
    January 31, 2019, 5:20 pm | # | Reply

    Hrm. THE copter, not A copter. Interesting.

    • awgiedawgie
      January 31, 2019, 5:29 pm | # | Reply

      Why is that interesting? “A” implies ambiguity – it could be any copter. Whereas “the” implies specificity – it refers to only one copter.

      • The cheese stands alone
        February 1, 2019, 3:42 pm | # | Reply

        It implies a personal separation between him as the copter and him as a human. Essentially, that he doesn’t feel like a copter anymore.

        pedantically, “a copter” would imply that this was juste another state of being.

        “the copter” implies that he’s talking about something other than himself.

        Language is weird (and hard to describe when it’s not your native tongue)

        • awgiedawgie
          February 1, 2019, 11:56 pm | # | Reply

          Interesting interpretation.

          And you’re right, language is weird. Because while your interpretation is not grammatically wrong, neither is mine. And yes, I was also speaking pedantically.

          So unless Nick actually clarifies it, we’ll never know which way he meant it.

  13. Knuckles
    February 9, 2022, 9:54 am | # | Reply

    Get you a man who will bolt himself to you like a vestigial male to an anglerfish lady.

    …wait actually maybe don’t do that exact thing.

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