# help me identify this (web) comic

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-web-comic/173304>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 6, 2003, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-web-comic/173304 "2003-05-06T01:14:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![rabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/919ad9/32.png) [@rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rabbit)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-web-comic/173304/1 "2003-05-06T01:14:38Z")

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awhile back someone posted a url to a webcomic that was absolutely hilarious. Ive lost the url, and cannot for the life of me remember what the thing was called, but Id like to find it again.

The storyline (as I was reading it) was of two engineers that had somehow been transported onto a starship that was being attacked by an “alien” type alien, the second in command was a sexy female pointy eared alien who was actually the male of her species, and the captain was kirk wanna be.  
Anyone?

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**Author:** ![Hodge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Hodge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hodge)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-web-comic/173304/2 "2003-05-06T01:52:20Z")

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This is just a WAG, but is it [Schlock Mercenary?](http://www.schlockmercenary.com/)

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**Author:** ![rabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/919ad9/32.png) [@rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rabbit)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-web-comic/173304/3 "2003-05-06T02:58:05Z")

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no that wasn’t it. From what I remember of the then storyline they were IT support or tech support geeks, or some such. Ended up being the engineers on the space ship.

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**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-web-comic/173304/4 "2003-05-06T03:03:49Z")

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Could be [http://www.sluggy.com/](http://www.sluggy.com/)

There was a storyline where Riff created a dimensional something or other and they got sucked into a Star Trek/Alien universe. That’s the story where they got Aylee the Alien.

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**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-web-comic/173304/5 "2003-05-06T03:06:10Z")

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I’ll bet it was [Sluggy Freelance](http://www.sluggy.com)…one of the early storylines matches your description.

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**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-web-comic/173304/6 "2003-05-06T03:10:29Z")

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Here is the start of the particular storyline that you may be looking for.

[http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=970929](http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=970929)

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**Author:** ![rabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/919ad9/32.png) [@rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rabbit)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-web-comic/173304/7 "2003-05-06T03:33:08Z")

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yesssss thats the one! Thanks!