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by David M Willis on February 17, 2011 at 12:01 am
  • 03 - Men are from Beck, Women are from Clark
└ Tags: danny, joe, robo-vac

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  1. Coppermouth
    Coppermouth
    February 17, 2011 at 12:01 am | #

    ROBO-VAC!

    • Digidestined of Trust (Tim)
      Digidestined of Trust (Tim)
      February 17, 2011 at 3:19 pm | #

      BAM!

  2. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    February 17, 2011 at 12:01 am | #

    JUSTICE SUCKS

    AND SO DOES JOE

    FFFFFT

    • Joebo
      Joebo
      February 17, 2011 at 12:05 am | #

      with his penis.

      • Socks
        Socks
        February 17, 2011 at 1:08 am | #

        i want your avatar XD

      • Twigs
        Twigs
        November 11, 2011 at 7:30 pm | #

        Wait … he sucks with … but how … what?

  3. Nikkerz
    Nikkerz
    February 17, 2011 at 12:02 am | #

    FACEEEE

  4. Lone Wolf
    Lone Wolf
    February 17, 2011 at 12:06 am | #

    I think at this point, Danny has every right to laugh in Joe’s FAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE.

    • arjay2813
      arjay2813
      February 17, 2011 at 12:12 am | #

      this comment is 100000% better w/the gravatar image you got

  5. Joebo
    Joebo
    February 17, 2011 at 12:08 am | #

    Hey Joe, there’s something wrong with your FAAAAAAACCCCEEEE!!!!

    • Undrave
      Undrave
      February 17, 2011 at 5:53 am | #

      FAAAAAAAACE!

      • Jack
        Jack
        February 17, 2011 at 6:28 am | #

        You heard them. “Face.”

      • Digidestined of Trust (Tim)
        Digidestined of Trust (Tim)
        February 17, 2011 at 4:50 pm | #

        FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACCCCCCCCCCCCCCEEEEEEEEEEE

        • Digidestined of Trust (Tim)
          Digidestined of Trust (Tim)
          February 17, 2011 at 4:50 pm | #

          EEEEEEEEEE!!!!

  6. T Campbell
    T Campbell
    February 17, 2011 at 12:10 am | #

    “Thanks, I will! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA”

  7. Gianni
    Gianni
    February 17, 2011 at 12:22 am | #

    Yeah, that would pretty much be my reaction too.

    FFFFFT!

  8. David Herbert
    David Herbert
    February 17, 2011 at 12:24 am | #

    I’d laugh as well. Does that make me mean?

    • Other David
      Other David
      February 17, 2011 at 3:13 pm | #

      no. why should it, they do.

  9. Croaxleigh
    Croaxleigh
    February 17, 2011 at 12:28 am | #

    As a trusted friend and roommate, it’s now Danny’s duty to lord this over Joe every time Joe has a date.

    • Seraph
      Seraph
      February 17, 2011 at 9:25 am | #

      Won’t work. Sure, Joe is all bruised and defeated tonight, but once he gets back on the horse he’ll be immune to the taunts of the one who stays in his dorm room on a Friday night. And if Danny annoys him too much, he may choose to play the “Sure I misjudged the girl I’d just met – how’d you do with the one you were with for three years?” card.

    • Magnus369
      Magnus369
      September 26, 2011 at 6:50 pm | #

      Considering joe was arrogantly harassing danny about putting dorothy on his “to joe” list at roughly 7:30 the other day, I think danny has every right to laugh at joe getting his arse beat.

      By a lil church girl no less.

  10. DrDVD
    DrDVD
    February 17, 2011 at 12:37 am | #

    does anyone else have the 3D effect going on with the bruises?

    Joe gets to laugh next time?

    • Rognik
      Rognik
      February 17, 2011 at 12:55 am | #

      Is THAT what those are on his face? It’s a bit hard to tell, I find.

  11. Rowen Morland
    Rowen Morland
    February 17, 2011 at 1:10 am | #

    Looks like Robo-Vac got darker and edgier

    • Tenn
      Tenn
      February 17, 2011 at 4:17 am | #

      This Robo-Vac was raped as a child.

      (Yes, anthropomorphic vacuum cleaners have childhoods.)

      • Wackd
        Wackd
        February 17, 2011 at 2:54 pm | #

        I can’t believe I’m anal enough to point this out, but Robo-Vac was originally a cop named Tom Hoover who got hit with lighting while vacuuming.

        So, erm, yeah. He had a childhood.

      • Shift
        Shift
        February 17, 2011 at 7:56 pm | #

        God Damn Frank Miller Why do people keep giving work?

        • Pagannerd
          Pagannerd
          February 18, 2011 at 6:22 am | #

          Because people keep BUYING his work. It’s a vicious cycle.

    • Undrave
      Undrave
      February 17, 2011 at 5:52 am | #

      Then maybe Danny is playing ‘Robo-Vac: Arkham Junkyard’ :p

    • Lesharo
      Lesharo
      February 17, 2011 at 6:05 pm | #

      Ahh, I detect the hand of Frank Miller.
      whoreswhoreswhoreswhoreswhoreswhoreswhoreswhoreswhoreswhoreswhoreswhoreswhoreswhoreswhoreswhoreswhoreswhoreswhoreswhoreswhoreswhores

  12. ScytheAkse
    ScytheAkse
    February 17, 2011 at 2:47 am | #

    note to danny do NOT laugh at those that can KICK. YOUR. ASS. trust me… i know…

    • Seraph
      Seraph
      February 17, 2011 at 9:20 am | #

      I think that these last few strips have proven pretty conclusively that Joe is a lover, not a fighter.

      • begbert2
        begbert2
        February 17, 2011 at 10:52 am | #

        When there’s a presumed non-violent girl around he wants to woo, anyway. You see any girls around here?

        • Seraph
          Seraph
          February 17, 2011 at 11:48 am | #

          Why, no, there are no girls around Danny. Imagine that.

        • BriGuy
          BriGuy
          February 17, 2011 at 1:27 pm | #

          You mean besides Danny? BA-ZING!

        • ScytheAkse
          ScytheAkse
          February 17, 2011 at 3:00 pm | #

          EXACTLY.

      • Ian
        Ian
        February 17, 2011 at 10:49 pm | #

        I think they’ve proved he isn’t a lover either.

    • Shift
      Shift
      February 17, 2011 at 7:54 pm | #

      They’re friends. He’s allowed to laugh at Joe, just like Joe laughed at him. Particularly when the irony of the situation is taken into account. Joe after all was pretty damn confidant at the start of the date that he’d be Legen- (Wait for it) -Dary.

  13. Trae Dorn
    Trae Dorn
    February 17, 2011 at 3:56 am | #

    I NEED THAT POSTER *RIGHT NOW*

  14. ADHadh
    ADHadh
    February 17, 2011 at 6:32 am | #

    I am pleased by this outcome.

  15. MonkeyBiz
    MonkeyBiz
    February 17, 2011 at 7:09 am | #

    Robo-Vac: The Animated Series

  16. Mystrana
    Mystrana
    February 17, 2011 at 8:28 am | #

    The question is – are they bruises from Mike’s fist or the tiny hand slaps of purity from Joyce?

    • Sarah
      Sarah
      February 17, 2011 at 12:56 pm | #

      Probably from Mike, but we didn’t actually get to see Joyce punch him, so we have no idea how much damage she may have done. I wouldn’t think that she could do much damage, but looks can be deceiving, and she was pretty ticked off.

      • ScytheAkse
        ScytheAkse
        February 17, 2011 at 5:05 pm | #

        their from mike. joyce was throwing rights which would have landed on the left (hiden) side of his face while mike was constantly making contact on the right (shown) side

        • Sarah
          Sarah
          February 18, 2011 at 12:00 am | #

          Depends on how the two people were oriented in relationship to each other. If they were face to face, then yes, she would have hit the left side of his face with her right hand. However, when Mike’s punch landed Joe on the floor, the right side of Joe’s face was toward Joyce. If Joyce approached Joe from more of a right-side profile view, then she would have hit the right side of his face even with her right hand. I’m betting that since she was so ticked, she went for the side of his face that was closest, which appeared to be his right.

          • Sarah
            Sarah
            February 18, 2011 at 12:08 am | #

            Also bear in mind that Mike was also throwing rights when he was sitting behind/to the right of Joe and the punches were landing on the right side of Joe’s face. An assailant throwing rights does not necessarily mean that the assailed will be hit on the left side of the face.

            Another point: the only evidence that Joyce was throwing rights is that in the scene where she is yelling at the retreating Joe, she has her right hand in a fist. Since her violence didn’t happen in a panel but somewhere in the no man’s land in between strips, then for all we know she may have wailed on Joe with both fists.

      • Lokitsu
        Lokitsu
        February 17, 2011 at 5:59 pm | #

        Joyce has brothers. I’m betting she can kick ass when she wants to.

  17. MuleyBob
    MuleyBob
    February 17, 2011 at 8:32 am | #

    avatar check!

  18. ffeb
    ffeb
    February 17, 2011 at 9:35 am | #

    Poor Joe! I’m sure his miraculously 3D bruises will recover. But dang, this alt-universe has some strange xbox controllers! That’s assuming it’s an xbox, of course.

    • Gianni
      Gianni
      February 17, 2011 at 5:21 pm | #

      In this universe the Dreamcast outsold the PS2 and XBox never really took off. What we’re seeing is the new SEGA console in action!

      • Andy
        Andy
        February 18, 2011 at 3:13 am | #

        I just assumed he had a controller hooked up to his computer.

  19. Matt of Steel
    Matt of Steel
    February 17, 2011 at 11:34 am | #

    Don’t laugh at Joe when he has blue balls.
    You wouldn’t like him with mocked blue balls.

    • Ian
      Ian
      February 17, 2011 at 10:53 pm | #

      If Joe tries anything Danny can take a page from Mike’s book and see that Joe will have black-and-blue balls.

  20. NinjaNick
    NinjaNick
    February 17, 2011 at 11:58 am | #

    FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFTTT…

    Look at your FACE!!!

  21. Seraph
    Seraph
    February 17, 2011 at 12:10 pm | #

    Just realized something: Danny has no way of knowing that Joe’s bruises came from his date going catastrophically wrong. All he knows is that Joe came home with bruises on his face. For all he knows, Joe got beat up on the way to his date by the sort of upperclassmen who started to beat him up. And he thinks that’s funny.

    • Sarah
      Sarah
      February 17, 2011 at 12:53 pm | #

      I guess Danny is assuming the bruises are from the date. He’d probably feel bad if they were from upperclassmen. He may even feel bad for Joe once he finds out how the date went and that the bruises are largely from Mike.

      • ScytheAkse
        ScytheAkse
        February 17, 2011 at 11:58 pm | #

        omg how many points you can score from getting jumped before a date tho.. hell if i were joe id find cute girls to show em off 2 😉

    • Magnus369
      Magnus369
      September 26, 2011 at 6:54 pm | #

      Oh come on, Joe’s even obviously early too! Short date, bruising, and he showed up looking less than happy.

      2 days late,massive bruising, and a grin… that’s a sign of a good date!

  22. Richie9999
    Richie9999
    February 17, 2011 at 1:27 pm | #

    Danny, don’t do it man, he’s got the look of a man who wants to hurt, maim and or kill something. Take evasive action, Danny, do a barrel roll!

  23. Doom Shepherd
    Doom Shepherd
    February 17, 2011 at 2:10 pm | #

    Danny: “FFFFFT!”

    Joe: “FFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUU-”

    Us: “FAAAAAAAAAACE!”

  24. Other David
    Other David
    February 17, 2011 at 3:11 pm | #

    Laugh it up, Fuzzball.

  25. Dahlia
    Dahlia
    February 17, 2011 at 3:29 pm | #

    xD Joe sounds and looks (by his facial expression, anyway) like he was expecting this reaction from Danny.

    I wonder when we get to Sal and Billie…

  26. CopperFox
    CopperFox
    February 17, 2011 at 6:33 pm | #

    is it just me or does robo-vac look an awful lot like Big Cheese

  27. Shift
    Shift
    February 17, 2011 at 7:52 pm | #

    Honestly, its totally justified that Danny laugh. After all the stuff that Joe did and said to him about his break-up, the idea that he got his ass handed to him by a tiny Jesus-freak would be pretty nice karma, since no doubt Danny is assuming that the attack was justified.

    A pity it wasn’t.

  28. Compass
    Compass
    February 17, 2011 at 8:24 pm | #

    Joe got more action than Danny did. The TV isn’t even on.

    • Shift
      Shift
      February 18, 2011 at 2:48 am | #

      Actually it is. He’s just playing the worst design video game EVER.

    • Bill M.
      Bill M.
      February 18, 2011 at 12:48 pm | #

      You’ve never played a game that went practically dark when you paused it?

  29. CyberSkull
    CyberSkull
    February 18, 2011 at 11:10 am | #

    Ok, so that is not the Cheese?

  30. Lis
    Lis
    June 16, 2011 at 12:13 am | #

    though it was a crummy date I would hope that Joyce could stay positive enough to realize she is one guy closer to finding mister right

  31. Kelsey
    Kelsey
    July 8, 2011 at 10:36 am | #

    Oh, shut up, Joe. You totally deserved it.

  32. Sporkaganza
    Sporkaganza
    October 8, 2011 at 8:00 pm | #

    I guess I’m the only one who mentally appended “fuzzball” to Joe’s sentence in panel four.

  33. thomas0comer
    thomas0comer
    November 29, 2011 at 7:57 pm | #

    There’s something on your FAAAAACE!
    *Punches*
    It was pain!

  34. ryu
    ryu
    December 7, 2011 at 8:05 pm | #

    laugh it up fuzzball

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