Editing Jeph Jacques (section)

==Other artistic endeavors==
Jacques was a member of Dayfree Press, an online webcomic [[syndicate]] which included other artists such as Christian Fundin and Pontus Madsen of ''Little Gamers'', Sam Logan of ''Sam and Fuzzy'', and [[Ryan North]] of ''[[Dinosaur Comics]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dayfreepress.com/creators.shtml |title=Active Dayfree Press Creators |access-date=August 22, 2012 |publisher=Dayfree Press |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120716184344/http://www.dayfreepress.com/creators.shtml |archive-date=July 16, 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.comicmix.com/news/2008/07/17/interview-jeph-jacques-on-questionable-content/ |title=Interview: Jeph Jacques on 'Questionable Content' |date=July 17, 2008 |publisher=Comicmix |first=Rick |last=Marshall}}</ref>

Jacques launched ''indietits'' as an anonymous [[side project]] on April 1, 2005, to use ideas that did not fit into ''Questionable Content''{{'s}} setting.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indietits.com |title=WHODUNIT |date=November 3, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://marisa.com.au/jeph-jacques-music-review-weblog/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131204193529/http://marisa.com.au/jeph-jacques-music-review-weblog/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 4, 2013 |title=Jeph Jacques Music Review Weblog |first=Marisa |last=Wikramanayake |date=June 2, 2009 }}</ref> Compared to ''Questionable Content'', it is a simple strip, eschewing detailed art and linear storyline in favour of reusable pre-drawn panels and one-shot jokes. To further broaden his drawing limits, Jacques created ''Jephdraw'' to place unnamed drawings of his onto the [[Internet]]. He puts anything from favored panels to simple sketches for others to see what he does in his spare time.{{citation needed|date=November 2017}}

In September 2014, Jacques launched a new comic, ''Alice Grove'', which updated once per week until the story finished in July 2017.

Early in 2015 Jacques purchased the domain name walmart.horse (using the more recently available [[List of Internet top-level domains#ICANN-era generic top-level domains|ICANN-era generic top-level domains]]). The website's sole page is an image of a horse in front of a [[Walmart]] store. Jacques created the website as a piece of postmodernist "nonsense-art".<ref name=moran>{{cite news |last1=Moran |first1=Lee |title=Walmart issues cease and desist to walmart.horse owner |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/walmart-issues-cease-desist-walmart-horse-owner-article-1.2143849 |access-date=March 12, 2015 |work=New York Daily News |date=March 10, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402133458/http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/walmart-issues-cease-desist-walmart-horse-owner-article-1.2143849 |archive-date=April 2, 2015}}</ref> In March Jacques posted a [[cease and desist]] letter he received from Walmart who claimed the website diluted their intellectual property. Although Jacques said he believes the site to be [[fair use]], he said he would be willing to post a disclaimer on the site indicating that it is parody if Walmart requested it.<ref name=moran/><ref>{{cite news |last1=Kravets |first1=David |title=Why the long face? Retailer says walmart.horse domain infringes its IP |url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/03/why-the-long-face-retailer-says-walmart-horse-domain-infringes-its-ip/ |access-date=March 12, 2015 |work=Ars Technica |date=March 9, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Geier |first1=Ben |title=Why this sweet-looking horse is a major headache for Wal-Mart |url=http://fortune.com/2015/03/10/walmart-horse-website/ |access-date=March 12, 2015 |work=Fortune |date=March 10, 2015}}</ref> Jacques gave up the domain after Walmart filed a domain dispute.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/may/19/jeph-jacques-walmart-horse-website |title=Supermarket giant shuts Walmart.horse website after joke has bolted |work=[[The Guardian]] |first=Alex |last=Hern |date=May 19, 2015 |access-date=July 2, 2015}}</ref>

In October 2015, Jacques launched a new strip titled ''Derelict Orbital Reflector Devices'' at the URL "dord.horse".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3069|title=Questionable Content}}</ref> The strip revolves around a pair of sentient solar collection satellites (known as "DORDs"), part of a network of 2{{e|13}} similar satellites<ref>{{cite web |last=Jacques |first=Jeph |url=https://66.media.tumblr.com/732f54e25cbfdbbc61d51beb356d3354/tumblr_nw7vnuvYtv1uj6rtfo1_1280.jpg |title=DORD comic from Oct. 14 2015 (archive.org) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190524083556im_/https://66.media.tumblr.com/732f54e25cbfdbbc61d51beb356d3354/tumblr_nw7vnuvYtv1uj6rtfo1_1280.jpg |archive-date=24 May 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref> that were placed around the Sun to gather energy for a civilization that has long since departed,<ref>{{cite web |last=Jacques |first=Jeph |title=DORD comic from Oct. 14 2015 (archive.org) |url=http://dord.horse/image/131159448942|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180814151024/http://dord.horse/image/131159448942 |archive-date=August 14, 2018 }}</ref> leaving the DORDs to contemplate their purpose and while away vast stretches of idle time.<ref>{{cite web |last=Jacques |first=Jeph |title=DORD comic from Oct. 27 2015 (archive.org) |url=https://66.media.tumblr.com/a0a954da82647e1628c3a7c6afa91548/tumblr_nwwriyx7QT1uj6rtfo1_1280.jpg |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181020070814im_/https://66.media.tumblr.com/a0a954da82647e1628c3a7c6afa91548/tumblr_nwwriyx7QT1uj6rtfo1_1280.jpg |archive-date=20 October 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Each strip consists of a centrally-placed white sun disk on a black starfield, with the two DORDs assuming various positions in front of the sun, and text balloons for either or both of them in most panels.{{citation needed|date=November 2017}} DORD updated on a daily basis, but no strips have been published since November 19, 2015.{{citation needed|date=November 2017}} The domain registration for "dord.horse" expired.

===Deathmøle===
In 2005 Jacques launched '''Deathmøle''', a virtual [[post-metal]] band whose works are available online.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.questionablecontent.net/deathmole/ |title=Moletopopolis demos |work=Questionable Content |last=Jacques |first=Jeph |access-date=March 31, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://questionablecontent.net/deathmolequestion.html |title=Deathmole- ''???'' |work=Questionable Content |last=Jacques |first=Jeph |access-date=March 31, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=554 |title=A Democratic Decision |work=Questionable Content |last=Jacques |first=Jeph |access-date=March 31, 2011}}</ref> The band is currently composed of three characters from his comic, ''[[Questionable Content]]''. The name for the band appears in Strip 554 for the first time.<ref>See also {{cite web |url=http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=554 |title=A Democratic Decision |work=Questionable Content |last=Jacques |first=Jeph |access-date=October 6, 2022}}</ref> Since its inception, Jacques has periodically released individual Deathmøle songs through his [[LiveJournal]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://qcjeph.livejournal.com/ |title=I Am Afraid Of Everything |work=Livejournal.com |last=Jacques |first=Jeph |access-date=March 31, 2011}}</ref> or his [[Tumblr]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://jephjacques.tumblr.com/ |title=jephjacques |work=Tumblr.com |access-date=March 31, 2011}}</ref> where they remain available; newer albums have been released on [[BandCamp]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Jacques |first=Jeph |title=deathmole.bandcamp.com |url=http://deathmole.bandcamp.com/ |publisher=BandCamp}}</ref>

Jacques states that Deathmøle's style "...started out as a joke- I wanted to write and record a really stupid metal song ... and it turned out to be really fun. So fun, in fact, that I started writing more 'serious' metal tracks, and that’s ... how the music evolved."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://jephjacques.tumblr.com/post/9615284925/qa-dump-01/ |title=QA DUMP #01 |work=jephjacques.tumblr.com |access-date=September 3, 2011}}</ref>

In chronological order, the Deathmøle albums are ''Moletopopolis'', ''Long Songs'', ''???'', ''Trial Period'' (EP), ''Amps'', ''Absent Gods & Creatures Foul'', ''Fear of Black Horses'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jephjacques.tumblr.com/post/3955332324/deathm-le-stuff |title=Deathmøle stuff |work=jephjacques.tumblr.com |access-date=March 31, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110818224153/http://jephjacques.tumblr.com/post/3955332324/deathm-le-stuff |archive-date=August 18, 2011 }}</ref> ''Meade's Army'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jephjacques.tumblr.com/post/9706208345/new-deathm-le |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120715094146/http://jephjacques.tumblr.com/post/9706208345/new-deathm-le |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 15, 2012 |title=New Deathmøle |work=jephjacques.tumblr.com |access-date=September 2, 2011 }}</ref> ''Advances'', ''Permanence'' (ongoing)  and finally ''Jephmøle'' (ongoing). Each album typically has seven or eight tracks with Trial Period's three and Moletopopolis' fifteen being the extremes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.last.fm/music/Deathmøle |title=Deathmøle |work=Last.fm |access-date=March 31, 2011}}</ref> The music is Jacques' original work, with the exception of a cover of [[Low (band)|Low]]'s "[[Secret Name (album)|Two-step]]" on ''Long Songs''.

On August 11, 2013, Jacques launched a Kickstarter project with a goal of $9,500 to professionally record the Deathmøle album ''Permanence''. On September 10, 2013, the Kickstarter projects funding period ended with a total funding of $141,115 breaking all 10 of his listed stretch goals. Much of the funding came from fans of QC.<ref name=Kickstarter>{{cite web |title=Permanence: The New Album By Deathmøle |url=http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/168734274/permanence-the-new-album-by-deathmle |work=Kickstarter |access-date=September 28, 2013}}</ref>