History Webcomic / QUILTBAG

* WorldOfHam: A very minor example, but about 90% of the cast speak like they're a part of a soap opera or a play. Some panels feature characters standing tall when delivering dialogue, even though the situation doesn't really require it.

The comic has been discontinued, but is still available for reading.

* ArtShift: Although ''QUILTBAG'''s artist, Jason Waltrip, is the same one who drew ''PennyAndAggie'' from April 2009 through its September 2011 conclusion, Campbell had him go with a noticeably different style for the SpinOff. The art is thicker-lined and more simple (as in ''{{Fans}}'', Campbell's and Waltrip's other webcomic), in contrast to the thinner-lined and realistic ''PennyAndAggie'' style established by founding artist Gisèle Lagacé. It's also in colour, unlike the majority of ''Penny and Aggie'' strips, and uses heavy amounts of the gradient tool and clip art.

* ArtShift: Although ''QUILTBAG'''s artist, Jason Waltrip, is the same one who drew ''PennyAndAggie'' from April 2009 through its September 2011 conclusion, Campbell had him go with a noticeably different style for the SpinOff. The art is thicker-lined and more cartoonish (as in ''{{Fans}}'', Campbell's and Waltrip's other webcomic), in contrast to the thinner-lined and realistic ''PennyAndAggie'' style established by founding artist Gisèle Lagacé. It's also in colour, unlike the majority of ''Penny and Aggie'' strips.

'''[[http://quiltbag.keenspot.com QUILTBAG]]''' is a SpinOff of ''PennyAndAggie'', written by T Campbell and with art by Jason Waltrip. The focus of the comic is on alternative sexualities, the title being an acronym used by some in RealLife for "Queer/Questioning, Undecided, Intersex, Lesbian, Transgender, Bisexual, Asexual, Gay."

The comic follows Sara Kim ([[MeaningfulRename née Velte]]) and Lisa Winklemeyer, two ''PennyAndAggie'' characters who have just started college, and are roommates, at the fictional [[http://quiltbag.keenspot.com/d/20120619.html University of]] MillardFillmore, loosely based on the real-life College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia.

* DidNotDoTheResearch
** The strip showing how Sara came to her new name originally claimed that Iseul's last name was "Quon." This led to many people on the forums pointing out that Korean names are not rendered in English in such a fashion. In response, Campbell changed "Quon" to "Kwan" to more accurately reflect the actual English rendering of the name he wanted. Sara now bears the surname Kim.
** One strip, in its original version, had Lisa refer to Chrissie as a "tranny," a term widely recognized as a slur on transgender and transsexual individuals. This usage resulted in some reader confusion as to whether the comic meant for Lisa, a normally QUILTBAG-friendly character, to come across as insensitive to trans people, as well as some reader complaints. Campbell responded that he didn't know it was offensive, and changed the dialogue to read "trans."

* ContestWinnerCameo: For the two-strip sequence in which Sara's and Lisa's dorm neighbours introduce themselves during a floor meeting, Campbell invited readers to submit their first names, along with a photo and self-description, from which he and Waltrip created composite characters: possibly among others, (in order of appearance) Val, Anne-Elaine, Michael, Jade, an unnamed linguistics instructor, Marie, Ronnie, and an unnamed director.

* ContestWinnerCameo: For the two-strip sequence in which Sara's and Lisa's dorm neighbours introduce themselves during a floor meeting, Campbell invited readers to submit their first names, along with a photo and self-description, from which he and Waltrip created composite characters.

* CannotTellAJoke: Sara shows hints of this [[http://quiltbag.keenspot.com/d/20111101.html here]].

The comic follows Sara Kim ([[MeaningfulRename née Velte]]) and Lisa Winklemeyer, two ''PennyAndAggie'' characters who have just started college, and are roommates, at the [[http://quiltbag.keenspot.com/d/20120619.html University of]] MillardFillmore, loosely based on the real-life College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia.

The comic follows Sara Kim ([[MeaningfulRename née Velte]]) and Lisa Winklemeyer, two ''PennyAndAggie'' characters who have just started college, and are roommates, in a place that is at least loosely based on the real-life College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia.

** BlitheSpirit[=/=]ManicPixieDreamGirl: Lisa is usually a straight example of these tropes, but in "Q", her attempts to be this for Hank, Stan, an LAZ sister, and Chrissie all backfire, leaving her discomfited and shaken... albeit briefly.

** The strip showing how Sara came to her new name originally claimed that Iseul's last name was "Quon." This led to many people on the forums pointing out that Korean names are not rendered in English in such a fashion. In response, Campbell changed "Quon" to "Kwan" to more accurately reflect the actual English rendering of the name he wanted... and ran into another problem: Kwan is a ''Chinese'' surname. Sara now bears the Korean surname Kim.

** BlitheSpirit[=/=]ManicPixieDreamGirl: Lisa is usually a straight example of these tropes, but in "Q", her attempts to be this for Hank, Stan, an LAZ sister, and Chrissie backfire, leaving her discomfited and shaken... albeit briefly.

** The strip showing how Sara came to her new name originally claimed that Iseul's last name was "Quon." This led to many people on the forums pointing out that Korean names are not rendered in English in such a fashion. In response, Campbell changed "Quon" to "Kwan" to more accurately reflect the actual English rendering of the name he wanted.

* LetterMotif: Each chapter is named for a letter in the titular acronym, and within each chapter, the first word (whether dialogue, narrative caption, sound effect or signage) in nearly every strip begins with that letter. For example, the first chapter "Q" features strips with such initial words as "Quack," "Quantum" and "Quote." Furthermore, two of the only strips in the chapter that don't begin with a "Q" nevertheless begin with the ''sound'': "[[http://quiltbag.keenspot.com/d/20111020.html Kwan]]" and "[[http://quiltbag.keenspot.com/d/20111218.html Cue]]."

* TankardOfMooseUrine: How beer tastes to first-time drinkers [[http://quiltbag.keenspot.com/d/20120405.html Sara]] and [[http://quiltbag.keenspot.com/d/20120408.html Lisa]].

* [[AmbiguouslyGay Ambiguously QUILTBAG]]: [[http://quiltbag.keenspot.com/d/20111117.html Hank]] and [[http://quiltbag.keenspot.com/d/20111218.html Fiona]]. Campbell eventually [[WordOfGod confirmed]] on the comic's {{Facebook}} page and forum, what most readers had suspected: that [[spoiler: Hank is gay]], while a recent strip confirmed Fiona as being straight.

* [[AmbiguouslyGay Ambiguously QUILTBAG]]: [[http://quiltbag.keenspot.com/d/20111117.html Hank]] and [[http://quiltbag.keenspot.com/d/20111218.html Fiona]]. Campbell eventually [[WordOfGod confirmed]] on the comic's {{Facebook}} page and forum, what most readers had suspected: that [[spoiler: Hank is gay]].

* ConspicuousTrenchcoat: Lisa spots Chrissie, two days after their mutually unpleasant sexual encounter, wearing a trenchcoat in warm weather, ostensibly to conceal any hint that she [[spoiler: has a penis]].

* WhatDidIDoLastNight: PlayedForDrama with Lisa's casual bedmate Chrissie, who wakes in a panic because she's [[spoiler: a male-to-female pre-operative [[{{Transgender}} trans]] person who's sufficiently confused in her identity that she keeps having penetrative sexual intercourse and subsequently regretting it]].

* WhatDidIDoLastNight: PlayedForDrama with Lisa's casual bedmate Chrissie, who wakes in a panic because she's [[spoiler: a male-to-female pre-operative [[{{Transgender}} trans]] person who's sufficiently confused in her identity that she keeps sleeping with women as a male]].

* NoBisexuals: Obviously averted with Lisa, but the LAZ sorority believes this, to the point that they passive-aggressively force Lisa out after hearing she has a boyfriend, assuming she's just "playing."