I wasn’t really sure what Claire was asking. Like, did she mean, “Do you have a weird fetish for trans people?” Because otherwise, aren’t they just basically two people who care about each other? Does it have to go deeper than that?
Of course not. But it’s a relationship - you dig deeper. Maybe Marten identifies as something other than completely straight, and Claire is curious if that’s part of why he might be attracted to the relationship. Maybe Marten’s just a dick who’s looking for an opportunity to royally embarrass Claire (not likely, of course). Maybe Marten has put a lot of thought into why he doesn’t have any particular problem with it, and Claire is looking for his insight - because obviously TONS of people do have an individual problem with it, otherwise transpeople wouldn’t a difficult time starting such relationships.
No, they’re two people who care about each other, AND they touch each other’s genitals. That’s at least the distinction I’m making between their relationship, and the relationship I have with my 83 year old neighbor.
Normally my reactions to Marten run from disinterest to annoyance. But I liked the way he handled the situation in today’s strip.
Yeah…I’d say that when in danger of getting caught between your boss and your ex (who is your boss’s current), the better part of valor is discretion…
Well, that and he’s been there, and I think he knows that attempting to solve a problem like Dora is futile.
It’s been three days, and I still laugh, thanks to the way Jeph put the last four frames together, every time I see it.
I’d say that Dora has officially become the most boring character in the strip. First fight with Tai, make up on the next day, yay, go team.
I’d love a fast-forward to the upcoming Emily/Clinton date that Marten and Claire are masterminding, because they look forward to the “entertainment value.” So do I.
If the next several weeks shifted over to “The Adventures of Emily,” I wouldn’t mind at all. I love Emily. MUSKRAT!!!
I’m impressed that Jacques didn’t half-ass it and copy Tai in those four frames. If you look closely you can see he drew four separate pictures of her despite the fact she was motionless.
Yep. The shadows (especially those on her hair), among other things, are different. I get the impression he’s like that.
I’m trying to think what the explanation for "that’s no dildo, that’s my brother!" is that isn’t an incestuous bisexual threesome that Clair is recounting. 
AIUI, “dildo” can also be a sophomoric imprecation. As in: “That dildo really gets on my nerves sometimes.”
Clair’s brother has a bionic hand, maybe it or he caused it to buzz/vibrate?
It’s not an uncommon trope to have someone uttering a nonsensical punchline when entering a scene…that’s what I thought was going on there.
Combination of these two, yeah - a punchline with no joke, and a poke at Clinton.
His bionic hand is also detachable. So somebody may have seen the hand by itself and thought it was a sex toy.
He watched Kentucky Fried Movie one too many times?
That and “That’s no [blank], that’s my [blank]!” is a pretty common punchline for that sort of thing. Usually wife/mother in some insulting format though, i.e. “So I say, that’s no garbage truck, that’s my wife!” or something similar.
Kramer!
So, did Emily vomit all over Clinton’s shirt in today’s strip?
I think Clinton was the one to toss his cookies. And Clair called it