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Thessalonians

by David M Willis on September 28, 2011 at 12:01 am
  • 06 - Yesterday Was Thursday
└ Tags: joyce, paul, ryan

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  1. Another Commenter
    Another Commenter
    September 28, 2011 at 12:01 am | #

    Hoooo boy. I think I know where this one’s going.

    • GinzaMary
      GinzaMary
      September 28, 2011 at 12:06 am | #

      Date rape…?

      • Name
        Name
        September 28, 2011 at 12:10 am | #

        Really? He’s going to try and date rape a sober Christian by starting with some Biblical verse as a pickup? You’re dumb.

        • Snorlax
          Snorlax
          September 28, 2011 at 12:21 am | #

          For weeks he’s been stalking her. Learning what she likes, learning what she’d trust. Waiting, begging, for a moment like this.

          It’s genius.

          • Aizat
            Aizat
            September 28, 2011 at 12:33 am | #

            If by genius you mean creepy as all hell, then yes it’s pure genius.

            • Bekah
              Bekah
              September 28, 2011 at 4:08 am | #

              Starting with date-rape wasn’t creepy enough…

              • ryan
                ryan
                September 28, 2011 at 8:36 am | #

                not to mention it’s cliche as hell.

                • SUGauthor
                  SUGauthor
                  April 24, 2013 at 4:46 pm | #

                  I suppose the irony is that these guys were right.

          • agentksilver
            agentksilver
            September 28, 2011 at 7:33 am | #

            …for a single week, you mean?

        • f.p.
          f.p.
          September 28, 2011 at 1:24 am | #

          Actually, it’s been done before. Sad but true.

        • turkishproverb
          turkishproverb
          September 28, 2011 at 2:16 am | #

          I’ve seen it happen. Or, rather, I’ve seen people try.

      • phildog
        phildog
        September 28, 2011 at 1:34 am | #

        This, sadly.

      • Rayrayrave
        Rayrayrave
        November 8, 2012 at 12:16 am | #

        Seriously? That early? Damn

      • Julez
        Julez
        July 3, 2014 at 7:50 pm | #

        Spot-on answer is spot-on.

    • T Campbell
      T Campbell
      September 28, 2011 at 12:21 am | #

      Thessalonians means he’s not faking. Some actual Christians don’t even know that book exists.

      I’m not gonna call this one, except to say that I doubt Joyce just met an exact soulmate.

      • vlademir1
        vlademir1
        September 28, 2011 at 12:55 am | #

        As my friend just mentioned he may turn out being too hard core Christian even for Joyce…

        • CP
          CP
          September 28, 2011 at 1:28 am | #

          That would be disappointing. The original timeline already did the whole “true believer” judging the rest of the world unworthy bit, and even specifically as a friend of Joyce’s that was, narratively, designed to distance her from the more hypocritical side of the spectrum of the Christian faith. It’d probably be too much to ask to have a well-adjusted Christian in the comic, but I really hope we don’t go treading through old ruts with this guy.

          • Jo
            Jo
            September 28, 2011 at 3:01 am | #

            There aren’t, to my knowledge, any well-adjusted characters in this at all.

            • mischugenah
              mischugenah
              September 28, 2011 at 4:47 am | #

              *ponders* I think you’re right, actually.

          • Palmetto
            Palmetto
            September 28, 2011 at 10:41 am | #

            Humor those of us who started fresh with DoA and have no exposure (or interest) in the original timeline.

      • phildog
        phildog
        September 28, 2011 at 1:37 am | #

        You’re forgetting that the average atheist understands the bible much better than the average christian:

        http://pewforum.org/other-beliefs-and-practices/u-s-religious-knowledge-survey.aspx

        • George
          George
          September 28, 2011 at 2:05 am | #

          Yeah, but chapter:verse citations of an obscure book aren’t something an atheist would bust out, especially as his first words to a girl he identified as a serious Christian, especially since the quote used is so judgmental of the people around him (except Joyce). I’m betting he’s going to be too judgmental and fire-and-brimstone for Joyce, causing her to question what it means to be a Christian- especially if she starts dating him and he tries to “correct” her own unwillingness to judge others.

          • George
            George
            September 28, 2011 at 2:06 am | #

            ugh, messed up the html- only the first italicized word was supposed to be like that. Is this right?

            • George
              George
              September 28, 2011 at 2:07 am | #

              Yep. Cool.

              • samiscool
                samiscool
                September 28, 2011 at 1:30 pm | #

                If he’s going to be super judgmental, why is he even at this party in the first place? just so he can judge everyone around him?

                • MeHael
                  MeHael
                  September 28, 2011 at 1:36 pm | #

                  Plausible scenario. Or he might be the DD for someone else there, such as his roommate.

                • Far
                  Far
                  September 28, 2011 at 10:52 pm | #

                  Roz, hearing that Joyce would be at the party (thru the grapevine) setup this guy to get her away from Dorothy: divide and conquer.
                  Meh, maybe.

          • phildog
            phildog
            September 29, 2011 at 12:09 am | #

            Children home schooled tend to be both very religious, naive, and lacking in social skills. She’s likely to also be passive, and not have a large circle of friends due. Rapist would target a person like this, and it seems likely would come prepared, and not just with bullshit lines to gain their trust.

          • Magnus369
            Magnus369
            September 29, 2011 at 12:45 am | #

            Seriously, no one has figured it out? He even has the same shirt!
            http://penny-arcade.com/comic/2005/08/19

            well… close to the same shirt 😛

            • Magnus369
              Magnus369
              September 29, 2011 at 12:47 am | #

              wtf… this comment was sposed to be way the hell down there where the name argument is… Sorry, continue bongoing about who’s religion/non-religion is better at knowing jack shit 🙂

        • Far
          Far
          September 28, 2011 at 11:13 pm | #

          “the average atheist understands the bible much better than the average christian”
          Huh? Check that report again:
          “On questions about Christianity – including a battery of questions about the Bible – Mormons and white evangelical Protestants show the highest levels of knowledge.”
          Let’s be fair, be accurate.

          • phildog
            phildog
            September 29, 2011 at 12:03 am | #

            Protestants in general scored 6.5 out of 12, and Christians in general scored 6.2. Atheists however scored 6.7. Check the numbers again if you don’t believe me.

            http://pewforum.org/uploadedImages/Topics/Belief_and_Practices/religious-knowledge-02.png

            • Far
              Far
              September 30, 2011 at 2:22 pm | #

              You’re manipulating the numbers to your advantage. If you’re going to use “Protestants in general” then you have to factor in all the “unafiliated” with Atheists, which gives 5.8 vs. 6.5 and 6.2.

              Or just admit Mormons and white evangelical Protestants do better than other Christians and Atheists.

      • spsook
        spsook
        September 28, 2011 at 3:58 am | #

        #realtalk right there, T. And even if they do – they don’t read it!

      • Kirt Dankmyer
        Kirt Dankmyer
        September 28, 2011 at 11:53 am | #

        Plus, if he was an important character he’d have his own tag. 🙂

    • David Herbert
      David Herbert
      September 28, 2011 at 3:15 am | #

      It’s her brother? They look pretty similar.

  2. Jon
    Jon
    September 28, 2011 at 12:02 am | #

    Guess his name! Go!

    • Jen Aside
      Jen Aside
      September 28, 2011 at 12:03 am | #

      Machete!

      wait

      • Aizat
        Aizat
        September 28, 2011 at 12:05 am | #

        I called him Roger. Don’t ask me why though.

      • darkond2100
        darkond2100
        September 28, 2011 at 1:13 am | #

        His name is Ron. Check the tags of the previous two comics.

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          September 28, 2011 at 1:17 am | #

          Ron? Is his last name is Jeremy?

        • NerdAtComputer
          NerdAtComputer
          September 28, 2011 at 1:20 am | #

          This dude doesn’t appear in the comics with the “Ron” tag.

          On the other hand, the guy with the red shirt and the white sleaves does.

          Ron is that person, not this guy.

        • Kazasdrakon
          Kazasdrakon
          September 28, 2011 at 1:36 am | #

          Ron was the guy wearing the jersey

        • Boringamus
          Boringamus
          September 28, 2011 at 2:21 am | #

          I was gonna say, it’s weird he doesn’t even have a name yet. several strips are tagged for the background characters they contain, and this guy seems important. He’s not Ron, however, Ron was the guy that offered Joyce a drink.

          • artemi
            artemi
            September 28, 2011 at 3:26 pm | #

            I assumed characters like that are people that are already known from other Willis comics but aren’t known yet here. Cameo’s Willis want’s us to know are cameos, but don’t have relevance (yet) in this comic.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      September 28, 2011 at 12:06 am | #

      He looks like a Carlton or a Theodore to me.

      • GinzaMary
        GinzaMary
        September 28, 2011 at 12:34 am | #

        Okay, I have to ask. Carlton?

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          September 28, 2011 at 12:39 am | #

          Carlton is the sort of name you would expect from a pish-posh looking guy like him.

          • Spazman
            Spazman
            September 28, 2011 at 1:15 am | #

            Dancing around to Rick Jones…..

            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zS1cLOIxsQ8

            Sorry, couldn’t resist when you said that.

            • Plasma Mongoose
              Plasma Mongoose
              September 28, 2011 at 1:27 am | #

              I cannot believe I forgot about THAT Carlton.

              Great Video! 😀

    • Jon
      Jon
      September 28, 2011 at 12:06 am | #

      I think he looks like a Matt/Matthew

    • Bickendan
      Bickendan
      September 28, 2011 at 12:09 am | #

      Christian. Christian Young.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        September 28, 2011 at 12:18 am | #

        A punny name… Willis has done that before… so possibly.

        • Kaylee
          Kaylee
          September 28, 2011 at 12:43 am | #

          No, I really think “Leslie Bean” was a happy coincidence.

          • iSaidCandleja-
            iSaidCandleja-
            September 28, 2011 at 1:00 am | #

            Nah. I’m pretty sure her first appearance said to keep her in mind becuase she’d be appearing later. And even if it was coincidence, it wouldn’t explain Alan.

    • isitsevenyet
      isitsevenyet
      September 28, 2011 at 12:11 am | #

      He reminds me of James Van Der Beek. Light hair, darker sideburns, and the shape of the face.

    • Thor
      Thor
      September 28, 2011 at 12:12 am | #

      Damien! Lucifer! Brigham! Adolf! Benito! Rikk!

      The choices are endless!

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      September 28, 2011 at 12:15 am | #

      The name’s Delgado. Haas Delgado.

      • Wackd
        Wackd
        September 28, 2011 at 12:21 am | #

        He’s got a megalomaniac uncle named Roger with insane facial hair and an obsession with practitioners of medicine.

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          September 28, 2011 at 12:27 am | #

          Who happens to be The Master.

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          September 28, 2011 at 12:29 am | #

          Especially practitioners of medicine that has a blue phone booth.

          • vlademir1
            vlademir1
            September 28, 2011 at 12:58 am | #

            Police Box, sir.

            • Aizat
              Aizat
              September 28, 2011 at 1:03 am | #

              Thank you for correcting me and sorry for the mistake.

        • 47
          47
          September 28, 2011 at 12:41 am | #

          And who also have a doctorate in cheese making.

          • Robert
            Robert
            September 28, 2011 at 12:46 am | #

            What about “Christian Gaylord”?

            • GinzaMary
              GinzaMary
              September 28, 2011 at 1:05 am | #

              I’m thinking Mortimer Feygelestien, you know, just to stick with tradition…

    • lawzlo
      lawzlo
      September 28, 2011 at 12:48 am | #

      Brigham!

    • vlademir1
      vlademir1
      September 28, 2011 at 12:59 am | #

      Seriously I’m expecting “Saul” or “Paul” for… reasons.

    • Spazman
      Spazman
      September 28, 2011 at 1:16 am | #

      Nick L. Mann

      He fucked your mom.

    • Undrave
      Undrave
      September 28, 2011 at 1:40 am | #

      Thumper?

      I got nothin’

    • moonracer191
      moonracer191
      September 28, 2011 at 2:01 am | #

      Michael

    • Shade
      Shade
      September 28, 2011 at 3:06 am | #

      Gabriel?

    • Malph
      Malph
      September 28, 2011 at 3:45 am | #

      Carl.

      • Bekah
        Bekah
        September 28, 2011 at 4:14 am | #

        No. Lenny. Carl’s his black heterosexual life-partner.

    • iggy_rock
      iggy_rock
      September 28, 2011 at 12:13 pm | #

      Jesus H. Christ. He’s the second coming 🙂

    • creatorx2
      creatorx2
      September 28, 2011 at 1:55 pm | #

      He is nameless. He is a hallucination brought on by a roofies-fragmented mind. She is currently unconscious.

      Wait no that would be horrible. Forget I said that. NOBODY REMEMBER ANYTHING.
      Wait a tic

      • Kernanator
        Kernanator
        September 29, 2011 at 1:12 am | #

        He is Tyler Durden.

    • Daeva
      Daeva
      September 28, 2011 at 3:08 pm | #

      I’m gonna guess his name is Hugh. Hugh Mann.

  3. ScytheAkse
    ScytheAkse
    September 28, 2011 at 12:02 am | #

    and she meets the cute christian boy!! 10 bucks says hes mormon and they fight about theology!

    • Mkvenner
      Mkvenner
      September 28, 2011 at 12:06 am | #

      I’d pay CAD$20 to read that comic. 🙂

      • mischugenah
        mischugenah
        September 28, 2011 at 4:50 am | #

        So would I, as long as they got the theology right.

      • tbf
        tbf
        September 28, 2011 at 7:49 am | #

        At first I wondered why you’d pay Tim Buckley $20 to read that.

        • Joraiem
          Joraiem
          September 28, 2011 at 8:21 am | #

          Ha! Oh, Tim Buckley, eternal buttmonkey of the webcomic world.

          At least he deserves it.

          • Dream State's Author
            Dream State's Author
            September 29, 2011 at 12:07 am | #

            Just remember, bashing him gives him more business!

            Funny the way the internet works, ain’t it?

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      September 28, 2011 at 12:08 am | #

      I’m guessing Bapist or LDS.

      • Vabolo
        Vabolo
        September 28, 2011 at 12:33 am | #

        Possibly LSD.

    • Bickendan
      Bickendan
      September 28, 2011 at 12:10 am | #

      This LDS lol’ed.
      Here, have an Internetz.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        September 28, 2011 at 12:16 am | #

        So you think that I am on the right track? 😀

      • mischugenah
        mischugenah
        September 28, 2011 at 4:51 am | #

        Glad I’m not the only one on here.

  4. iSaidCandleja-
    iSaidCandleja-
    September 28, 2011 at 12:02 am | #

    She found a friend! This party is going well after all.

  5. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    September 28, 2011 at 12:02 am | #

    This character has no name, does this mean that he is a one off?

    • iSaidCandleja-
      iSaidCandleja-
      September 28, 2011 at 12:03 am | #

      It means the tags for this comic will be changed by next week.

    • Mkvenner
      Mkvenner
      September 28, 2011 at 12:04 am | #

      I hope so.

  6. TMP
    TMP
    September 28, 2011 at 12:03 am | #

    he has a Jewish last name

    • ryan
      ryan
      September 28, 2011 at 8:48 am | #

      goldbergstein

  7. b
    b
    September 28, 2011 at 12:03 am | #

    Wow an actual working relationship?

  8. Mkvenner
    Mkvenner
    September 28, 2011 at 12:03 am | #

    Kill the new person. There can be Only One!

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      September 28, 2011 at 12:07 am | #

      The new guy’s an immortal? Chop his head off!

    • ALostProphet
      ALostProphet
      September 28, 2011 at 12:08 am | #

      Kill the new Highlander movie! There can be Only One!

      • Aizat
        Aizat
        September 28, 2011 at 12:17 am | #

        There’s another Highlander movie? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

      • Mkvenner
        Mkvenner
        September 28, 2011 at 12:18 am | #

        Having see the other Highlander movies I have to Agree.

      • Conuzor
        Conuzor
        September 28, 2011 at 12:22 am | #

        The Highlander was a documentary. And the events were filmed in real-time!

        • fellixe
          fellixe
          September 28, 2011 at 12:50 am | #

          And even after killing the final ‘one’ again and again the series continued… Because nobody noticed the camera guy was also an immortal.

  9. Scot
    Scot
    September 28, 2011 at 12:07 am | #

    I wish the drunks at my town had THEIR scheduling down…

  10. dchorror
    dchorror
    September 28, 2011 at 12:07 am | #

    Not cool. You don’t go to a party to look down upon the people there.

    • Mkvenner
      Mkvenner
      September 28, 2011 at 12:11 am | #

      Unless your a Puritian.

    • Rikushadow5
      Rikushadow5
      September 28, 2011 at 12:15 am | #

      It could be his dorm. Ruth rarely liked the parties in her dorm back in Roomies, yet they always happened.

      • Mkvenner
        Mkvenner
        September 28, 2011 at 12:17 am | #

        It a house not a dorm.

        • Rikushadow5
          Rikushadow5
          September 28, 2011 at 12:23 am | #

          Fair enough. Actual location aside, my point still stands.

          • corporatebastard
            corporatebastard
            September 28, 2011 at 2:11 am | #

            At my last year of uni I flatted with seven other people (it was a big house) and one of them was a straight-edge Christian. Didn’t stop her from going to the parties and interacting.

          • dchorror
            dchorror
            September 28, 2011 at 3:17 pm | #

            If I remember correctly, Ruth never made snide comments about the people at the party either. My complaint isn’t that he’s complaining about the party, he’s talking down about the people at the party.

            Look at Joyce. She doesn’t necessarily agree with what they’re doing, she’s not going to do it herself, but she’s not condemning them either.

    • Michelle Alford
      Michelle Alford
      September 28, 2011 at 12:20 am | #

      I don’t agree with that at all.

      • dchorror
        dchorror
        September 28, 2011 at 3:09 pm | #

        You’re going to go to a party to complain about it?

  11. ilvos01
    ilvos01
    September 28, 2011 at 12:07 am | #

    Hey, look! It’s male joyce from the anomaly, but with different eyes

    • Rikushadow5
      Rikushadow5
      September 28, 2011 at 12:16 am | #

      Nah, he’s not wearing a sweatervest.

      • Undrave
        Undrave
        September 28, 2011 at 2:45 pm | #

        It’s a party! He had to dress casual.

  12. cmglothlin
    cmglothlin
    September 28, 2011 at 12:08 am | #

    I don’t like this guy. He doesn’t seem zany or able to carry his own narrative. And there’s only like seven Bible verses that’s quotable.

    Maybe he’ll grow on me.

  13. ALostProphet
    ALostProphet
    September 28, 2011 at 12:08 am | #

    No tag? I’m sure that’s important. somehow.

  14. meanderling
    meanderling
    September 28, 2011 at 12:08 am | #

    Nice Christian Boy used Bible Verse!

    It’s super effective!

    • Mkvenner
      Mkvenner
      September 28, 2011 at 12:13 am | #

      Needs new material. 😐

    • GinzaMary
      GinzaMary
      September 28, 2011 at 12:14 am | #

      Nice Christian Boys don’t know how to be that smooth. Only sneaky Atheists can quote anything that isn’t from Leviticus or the Pauline Epistles off the top of their heads! 😛

      • vlademir1
        vlademir1
        September 28, 2011 at 1:04 am | #

        That is from one of the Pauline Epistles

        • GinzaMary
          GinzaMary
          September 28, 2011 at 1:16 am | #

          Yeah, but it’s the boring one no one reads. 😛

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      September 28, 2011 at 12:14 am | #

      Seems less than super effective to me.

      • iSaidCandleja-
        iSaidCandleja-
        September 28, 2011 at 12:27 am | #

        Your gravatar is perfect for that comment.

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          September 28, 2011 at 12:36 am | #

          At least I done one comment today that fits the mood. ^_^

          • Locarno
            Locarno
            September 28, 2011 at 1:07 am | #

            Who IS your gravatar anyways, Plasma Mongoose? She looks like a demented female clone of Archie Andrews.

            • Plasma Mongoose
              Plasma Mongoose
              September 28, 2011 at 1:24 am | #

              Today’s Grav is Blair from the Webcomic Eerie Cuties, he is a spirit who has taken possession of a female doll, he is somewhat of a pervert.

              • ScytheAkse
                ScytheAkse
                September 28, 2011 at 2:20 pm | #

                bring back hanners!! or pintsize. you could get some funny shit with pintsize

              • meanderling
                meanderling
                September 29, 2011 at 12:20 am | #

                She looks an awful lot like Momo’s original form in QC with blue hair!

  15. lokitsu
    lokitsu
    September 28, 2011 at 12:08 am | #

    He has no name. That can only mean that Joyce is beginning to hallucinate!

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      September 28, 2011 at 12:11 am | #

      Someone put acid in her Sierra Mist.

      • Mkvenner
        Mkvenner
        September 28, 2011 at 12:14 am | #

        That could be it.

        • Wix
          Wix
          September 28, 2011 at 6:58 pm | #

          It would explain why he looks so much like her, being a part of her own mind. I would almost go as far as saying she looks like the male her from It’s Walky.

      • Rikushadow5
        Rikushadow5
        September 28, 2011 at 12:16 am | #

        Didn’t you know? Sierra Mist comes with Acid.

      • TheBenenator
        TheBenenator
        September 28, 2011 at 12:24 am | #

        Yes — the bottling plant.

        What? Adding carbon dioxide to water makes a very small amount of carbonic acid! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbonic_acid#Chemical_equilibrium

        • Rikushadow5
          Rikushadow5
          September 28, 2011 at 12:31 am | #

          Plus, there’s Citric Acid.

          • Plasma Mongoose
            Plasma Mongoose
            September 28, 2011 at 12:50 am | #

            Don’t forget the Deoxyribo-Nucleic Acid.

            • moonracer191
              moonracer191
              September 28, 2011 at 2:07 am | #

              how did DNA get in the soda? ya know what, never mind. I’m afraid of the answer.

              • Plasma Mongoose
                Plasma Mongoose
                September 28, 2011 at 2:34 am | #

                I *WAS* thinking on the lines of the organic matter like fruit juice which would have DNA but the possibility of ‘certain other sources’ of DNA squicks and amuses me.

                • MeHael
                  MeHael
                  September 28, 2011 at 1:41 pm | #

                  Somebody clearly forgot the ‘don’t backwash’ rule.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      September 28, 2011 at 12:13 am | #

      Or he could just be a figment of Joyce’s imagination.

  16. Grimlockimus
    Grimlockimus
    September 28, 2011 at 12:08 am | #

    The fact he is not Walky makes me instantly dislike him.

    • Thor
      Thor
      September 28, 2011 at 12:11 am | #

      Well, crap. Now that I realize that he isn’t Walky, I have to like him. Thanks a lot, dude!

  17. ALostProphet
    ALostProphet
    September 28, 2011 at 12:09 am | #

    His name is Thess. Make it canon.

  18. Ridureyu
    Ridureyu
    September 28, 2011 at 12:11 am | #

    Premarital Hanky-Panky in T-Minus 10…9…8…

    • vlademir1
      vlademir1
      September 28, 2011 at 1:05 am | #

      Counting down the years? This is Joyce after all.

      • Wix
        Wix
        September 28, 2011 at 7:00 pm | #

        Yes, but this one seems willing to go to an actual party, whileas the other Joyce probably would have gone ‘wtf no!’

  19. gaspacho
    gaspacho
    September 28, 2011 at 12:11 am | #

    Who just walks up and randomly quotes verses at somebody? Pushy much?

    I’m sure he’ll get a sympathetic POV eventually, like Joyce’s, but right now he seems like a jackass.

    • iSaidCandleja-
      iSaidCandleja-
      September 28, 2011 at 12:14 am | #

      It would only be random if he wasn’t aware that Joyce was an outspoken Christian that looked bored at a party where people like Billie have fun. He doesn’t seem pushy, just surprisingly well informed on how to get Joyce’s attention.

      • Joraiem
        Joraiem
        September 28, 2011 at 8:29 am | #

        The “surprisingly well informed” part is what bothers me. I don’t think I’ve seen this guy in the background before at school. I’m crossing my fingers that he’s not a crazy stalker.

        Granted, we’ve already got a nice, albeit kind of sheltered Christian character. Is it really likely we’d find two positive Christians in a webcomic?

    • Rikushadow5
      Rikushadow5
      September 28, 2011 at 12:20 am | #

      Ever played with/as a Paladin in D&D? It’s so easy to spot the self-righteous or overly-righteous (especially in fiction) that Paladins oftentimes get penalties to hiding in crowds, due to how PAINFULLY OBVIOUS it is that they’re a Paladin.

      I was going somewhere with this, but I had forgotten.

      • Vabolo
        Vabolo
        September 28, 2011 at 12:35 am | #

        To be fair, wearing shiny plate armour with the logo of your character’s religious institution on a big cape isn’t very discrete.

        • Rikushadow5
          Rikushadow5
          September 28, 2011 at 12:56 am | #

          Shiny Armor is always a giveaway.

  20. 47
    47
    September 28, 2011 at 12:12 am | #

    My first thought was OMG, MALE JOYCE. Because they have the same bangs. And practically the same hair color.

    Nice that Joyce seems to have found a kindred spirit – wonder how he wound up at this party. Still, it’s odd that he doesn’t have a name, since even minor background characters have gotten tags (I’m not familiar with the main Walkyverse outside of Shortpacked!, though, so it could be just for the characters he’s used before).
    Or maybe it’ll be for a twist, like “Drunk Mike” wasn’t a part of the tags in the last Shortpacked! arc until partway through.

    • Thor
      Thor
      September 28, 2011 at 12:18 am | #

      Kindred spirit, my tush.

      My bet is he’s the guy who pretends to be a good Christian boy who is also “accidentally” at the party with all the heathens. He then homes in on the “good girl” who was dragged here by all her new sinful friends. He flashes a little Bible razzle-dazzle around to prove that he’s on their side, and then moves in for the kill.

      I don’t trust this guy at all.

      • iSaidCandleja-
        iSaidCandleja-
        September 28, 2011 at 12:24 am | #

        That was my initial thought, but it is just as likely that he is a recent convert who is checking in with “old friends” that he hasn’t seen much since becoming religious. Perhaps he used to date Roz.

  21. NakedDumblydore
    NakedDumblydore
    September 28, 2011 at 12:12 am | #

    This guy should be named either Jules or Samuel. And the next Bible verse he quotes will be Ezekiel 25:17.

    • GinzaMary
      GinzaMary
      September 28, 2011 at 12:56 am | #

      LOL – You know I actually own the wallet that goes with that reference. I think Mike does too, it’s where he keeps his nickles.

    • Joraiem
      Joraiem
      September 28, 2011 at 8:36 am | #

      No no no, Ezekiel 23:20.

      “There she lusted after her lovers, whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose emission was like that of horses.”

      Try putting THAT on a card at a baseball game.

  22. Batgirl
    Batgirl
    September 28, 2011 at 12:13 am | #

    The only people I know that can quote the bible that well are atheists.

  23. OmegaDez
    OmegaDez
    September 28, 2011 at 12:13 am | #

    What? There’s more lunatics like Joy around?

  24. Dierna
    Dierna
    September 28, 2011 at 12:14 am | #

    He’s probably Catholic…

    • Mkvenner
      Mkvenner
      September 28, 2011 at 12:15 am | #

      You got something against Catholics?

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        September 28, 2011 at 12:21 am | #

        Joyce seems to belong to a denomination that uses Chick Tracts, if this guy was Catholic, this would generate friction between the two.

        • Mkvenner
          Mkvenner
          September 28, 2011 at 12:25 am | #

          Ah I see.

          • Jetstream
            Jetstream
            September 28, 2011 at 11:50 am | #

            If it’d make you feel better, though, as someone who was raised catholic, I have something against that particular denomination 😀

            Y’know, since that seems to be what you were looking for.

    • MM
      MM
      September 28, 2011 at 8:22 am | #

      I thought randomly quoting Bible verses at people to see whether they were part of the tribe (flock? I dunno) was more of an evangelical thing.

    • JesseJanitect
      JesseJanitect
      September 28, 2011 at 8:26 am | #

      He´s probably not Catholic. As a general rule, Catholics don’t know the bible that well. The only Catholics who actually do know the bible well enough to quote it like that are seminarians/priests/novitiates/nuns, or took a religion class taught by a convert.

  25. Conuzor
    Conuzor
    September 28, 2011 at 12:14 am | #

    Maybe he’s Westboro Baptist Church. Just so we can see Joyce be all like “Yo! that shit’s WRONG!”

    • Mkvenner
      Mkvenner
      September 28, 2011 at 12:16 am | #

      There to far east.

      • Joraiem
        Joraiem
        September 28, 2011 at 8:38 am | #

        But they are at college! Maybe somehow one of them managed to cheat well enough on their SATs to get into a good college.

        Although I doubt any Westboro Baptist people know the Bible that well.

  26. ALostProphet
    ALostProphet
    September 28, 2011 at 12:16 am | #

    Christian!/ Christian!/ At last/ You’re ^ on your/ o-/ o-/ oooooown

    ^not^
    If you get that reference, you win. You win everything.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      September 28, 2011 at 12:18 am | #

      Christian’s theme before he went to TNA, right?

      • Aizat
        Aizat
        September 28, 2011 at 12:23 am | #

        And after E&C broke up, right?

        • ALostProphet
          ALostProphet
          September 28, 2011 at 12:33 am | #

          Holy Shit! You got that? You rock, dude. seriously.

          • Aizat
            Aizat
            September 28, 2011 at 12:35 am | #

            Well, I used to be a huge wrestling fan.

            • ALostProphet
              ALostProphet
              September 28, 2011 at 12:36 am | #

              Were you the one who quoted RKO’s theme song a while back?

              • Aizat
                Aizat
                September 28, 2011 at 12:38 am | #

                Yes I am.

                • ALostProphet
                  ALostProphet
                  September 28, 2011 at 12:45 am | #

                  “See the Old School wrestling fans are having a chuckle right now. The rest of you? *Makes hand over head motion* Whoosh!”

                • Spazman
                  Spazman
                  September 28, 2011 at 1:21 am | #

                  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCy8MpT45gk

                  and yeah, it’s over my head, but….

  27. thatgirlwiththeglasses
    thatgirlwiththeglasses
    September 28, 2011 at 12:20 am | #

    Am I the only one who thinks he looks awfully familiar? Was he Ruth’s boyfriend when she was in high school who just used her for sex?

    • Rikushadow5
      Rikushadow5
      September 28, 2011 at 12:22 am | #

      Reason I thought he looked familiar at first was that he sortof looks like Danny. I immidiately disproved this, however.

    • Mkvenner
      Mkvenner
      September 28, 2011 at 12:24 am | #

      Oh Ryan. *Death Stare*

      • Mkvenner
        Mkvenner
        September 28, 2011 at 3:14 pm | #

        Through a scope.

    • GinzaMary
      GinzaMary
      September 28, 2011 at 12:25 am | #

      Not really. That guy had longer hair and an Emo/Quasi-Goth look.

      • Mkvenner
        Mkvenner
        September 28, 2011 at 12:38 am | #

        Roomies Redux.

    • Joana
      Joana
      September 28, 2011 at 5:03 am | #

      I think he looks like a slimmer Joe with a bit of Danny and Joyce’s hair.

    • narmenduke
      narmenduke
      September 28, 2011 at 8:51 am | #

      Definitely Ryan: http://www.joyceandwalky.com/d/20070221.html

      • Taigan
        Taigan
        July 22, 2013 at 7:51 am | #

        I was just rereading the archives and came across this strip. Didn’t remember it from before, but as soon as I saw it I was like “Oh crap.”

    • Erinaceus
      Erinaceus
      September 28, 2011 at 1:44 pm | #

      Uh Oh… to cite It’s walky: “But i was just reciting a script, that Ryan deciphered and took advantage of. He knew exactly what to say[…]”
      I think he just deciphered Joyce and is now trying to get into her pants…

    • Danny
      Danny
      September 29, 2011 at 11:38 am | #

      I don’t think he’s Ryan. He actually looks like Jake Manley, who was a Robin-based character in Shortpacked! …

    • spsook
      spsook
      September 30, 2011 at 4:15 am | #

      Wait – that guy was Ruth’s skeezy boyfriend in the IW! continuity! The one who she slept with when Walky got abducted and the whole Ruth going horribly cynical bit! OH MY GOD.

  28. Steve Horton
    Steve Horton
    September 28, 2011 at 12:20 am | #

    In the next scene, Matt Damon shows him up with a better Bible quote and then gets Joyce’s number.

    • Joraiem
      Joraiem
      September 28, 2011 at 8:40 am | #

      And then jumps through the window. Because he’s Matt Damon.

  29. Mkvenner
    Mkvenner
    September 28, 2011 at 12:22 am | #

    Wait could this be a dead brother of Joyce’s and then everything goes Due South*.

    * If you get the Canadian reference here you win comedy.

    • Undrave
      Undrave
      September 28, 2011 at 2:49 pm | #

      then Joyce tastes dog poop.

  30. Digidestined of Trust (Tim)
    Digidestined of Trust (Tim)
    September 28, 2011 at 12:23 am | #

    Looked it up in my KJV and I’m thinking you got this verse from either the ASV or ESV, however it’s still the correct meaning from what I see in the KJV.

    I’ll add in verses 4 and 5 as prefaces to the passage above: But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day” we are not of the night, nor of darkness.

    I do remember that Joyce prayed a couple strips back before they got there for guidance and safety. Looks like she got a guardian angel to keep her strong and same goes for him.

    • Mkvenner
      Mkvenner
      September 28, 2011 at 12:37 am | #

      KJV is just Stuart propaganda.

    • John
      John
      October 4, 2013 at 1:50 pm | #

      With the benefit of hindsight, this comment becomes ironically delicious.

  31. Wackd
    Wackd
    September 28, 2011 at 12:24 am | #

    It’s one of Joyce’s five brothers. She hasn’t remarked upon it because really, no need to from an in-universe preservative.

    • Rikushadow5
      Rikushadow5
      September 28, 2011 at 12:25 am | #

      That’d actually make sense. Of course, rarely does much make sense until hindsight, if Willis’ pattern is to be believed.

    • Mkvenner
      Mkvenner
      September 28, 2011 at 12:32 am | #

      Due South.

  32. Anthrax451
    Anthrax451
    September 28, 2011 at 12:24 am | #

    He’s got the Leslie nose. And eyes

    • Mkvenner
      Mkvenner
      September 28, 2011 at 12:27 am | #

      No that’s just Willis’s artistic style or he just to lazy.

      • iSaidCandleja-
        iSaidCandleja-
        September 28, 2011 at 12:33 am | #

        Or he is related to Leslie. Compare the hair style, nose, and outfit.

        http://www.dumbingofage.com/2011/comic/book-1/06-yesterday-was-thursday/twerp/

        • Vabolo
          Vabolo
          September 28, 2011 at 12:38 am | #

          Nah, their noses seem pretty different (Leslie’s is concave, this guy’s seems flat). They may share the same hair stylist, however.

  33. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    September 28, 2011 at 12:26 am | #

    “When you start off with a Bible verse, things can only get worse.”

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      September 28, 2011 at 12:31 am | #

      Yeah, just ask Bret or what remains of him anyways.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        September 28, 2011 at 12:47 am | #

        Bret??

        • ALostProphet
          ALostProphet
          September 28, 2011 at 12:54 am | #

          *Checks Walkypedia* *finds nothing*
          Nope, no idea.

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          September 28, 2011 at 1:05 am | #

          As in that guy that got shot multiple times in Pulp Fiction.

          • Plasma Mongoose
            Plasma Mongoose
            September 28, 2011 at 1:32 am | #

            Ah I see.

          • ryan
            ryan
            September 28, 2011 at 9:01 am | #

            he didn’t get to enjoy any sprite before he died either!

  34. Scot
    Scot
    September 28, 2011 at 12:30 am | #

    Hang on, isn’t that the guy who made the sex tape with Robin in Shortpacked?

    • GinzaMary
      GinzaMary
      September 28, 2011 at 12:39 am | #

      OMG it is Jake! http://www.shortpacked.com/2010/comic/book-12/06-bi-partisan/cadbury-2/

      • Scot
        Scot
        September 28, 2011 at 5:36 am | #

        Yep, I guess he’s here to meet Roz and make sex tape #2.

    • Ryune
      Ryune
      September 28, 2011 at 12:41 am | #

      Jake Manley! That’s what I thought.

    • ALostProphet
      ALostProphet
      September 28, 2011 at 12:42 am | #

      Maybe

      http://www.shortpacked.com/2009/comic/book-8/07-when-robin-didnt-meet-that-other-guy/skittles/

      • Sir Robin
        Sir Robin
        September 28, 2011 at 5:50 pm | #

        I thought it was him too, just like he deflowered Robin I think he may do the same to Joyce

  35. NF
    NF
    September 28, 2011 at 12:31 am | #

    A non-tagged character speaks! We live in exciting times.

    • Jackson
      Jackson
      September 28, 2011 at 7:06 am | #

      Let us speculate about him for two hundred comments.

  36. tdm88
    tdm88
    September 28, 2011 at 12:33 am | #

    Is he flirting? He just looks kind of uncomfortable to me.

    • iSaidCandleja-
      iSaidCandleja-
      September 28, 2011 at 12:41 am | #

      Flirting would be uncomfortable if he was the best socialized from his homeschool group.

  37. Digidestined of Trust (Tim)
    Digidestined of Trust (Tim)
    September 28, 2011 at 12:33 am | #

    Daggone! I just realized that guy looks kind of like me when I don’t have glasses on! Facial Expressions, dress the same kind of way, listening styles and everything. The only difference is I haven’t gone up to someone and quoted a verse off the bat, at least not in recent memory. I don’t tend to remember doing things like that until about a year or so later. I have a random memory span.

    It’s possible that she found a church to go to Wednesday night service at and met the guy which is why he was so comfortable to come up and just whip out a verse so quickly. I think also he was more asking as to why she would be there.

  38. TemplarKnight
    TemplarKnight
    September 28, 2011 at 12:34 am | #

    Sigh. . .this guy’s gonna turn out to be a bastard isn’t he?

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      September 28, 2011 at 12:37 am | #

      You mean those guys that scalped Nazis? Or the other bastard?

  39. ZelderTheElder
    ZelderTheElder
    September 28, 2011 at 12:35 am | #

    In a very special cameo appearance, Tycho from Penny Arcade will be appearing today!

    • David
      David M Willis
      September 28, 2011 at 1:04 am | #

      hahaha

    • Virus
      Virus
      September 28, 2011 at 1:15 am | #

      *Ctrl-F, search for ‘tycho’*
      Ah, somebody thought the same thing I did! Now I’m sure Mr Brahe could quote appropriate verses, he’s just educated like that. But Joyce is going to be disappointed, since he’s another outspoken atheist. Despite interacting with Jesus on a semi regular basis.

    • Matt Boyd
      Matt Boyd
      September 28, 2011 at 5:26 am | #

      Brought here by a ctrl-F to see if anyone had made this joke yet.

    • Jason L.
      Jason L.
      September 28, 2011 at 9:24 am | #

      Yay for CTRL-F for saving me from duping the Tycho comment!

    • LBD "Nytetrayn"
      LBD "Nytetrayn"
      September 28, 2011 at 2:01 pm | #

      I, too, am here thanks to the modern convenience known as “CTRL+F.”

    • Ernst
      Ernst
      September 28, 2011 at 3:21 pm | #

      Came for this. Thanks, CTRL-F!

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      September 28, 2011 at 5:47 pm | #

      Todays Episode was brought to you by the key Ctrl and the key F… BYEBYE now! *waves*

  40. ALostProphet
    ALostProphet
    September 28, 2011 at 12:35 am | #

    Maybe it’s her brother, who she’s not on good terms with? The near-identical hair is probably meant to give the impression of compatability, or blood relation. Just a guess.

  41. Vabolo
    Vabolo
    September 28, 2011 at 12:41 am | #

    Wait…This guy seems too perfect. Which means we all expect him to have a dark, terrible secret. But that’s what Willis WANTS us to believe, so he’ll make him turn out to be a pretty good guy, just to make us wait for the day he cracks, to no avail. And then, when we give up on the idea that he has a sick, twisted secret, WHAM! He’s the Antichrist!

    The perfect crime.

    • Doom Shepherd
      Doom Shepherd
      September 28, 2011 at 12:44 am | #

      Naah, that’s what everybody thought about Jacob in the other continuity.

      Nobody’s normal.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      September 28, 2011 at 12:44 am | #

      Poor Willis, he has to rewrite his newer comics now so you cannot see through his plot twists.

  42. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    September 28, 2011 at 12:42 am | #

    An amusing twist for me would be if it turned out that this guy was either Salvation Army or SDA.

  43. Asuka L.S.
    Asuka L.S.
    September 28, 2011 at 12:43 am | #

    There’s something about this guy that I don’t like. I can’t explain it, but I don’t like him.

    • GinzaMary
      GinzaMary
      September 28, 2011 at 12:51 am | #

      Well, apparently he is drawn with the standard character design Willis uses for characters that sleep with main characters when they make VERY Bad Sexual Decisions. That could have something to do with it.

      • numaron
        numaron
        September 28, 2011 at 12:54 am | #

        That could explain it. I’m with Asuka I don’t trust this guy. He’s too convenient.

      • iSaidCandleja-
        iSaidCandleja-
        September 28, 2011 at 12:55 am | #

        Mike made very bad sexual decisions with your mom. He overpaid.

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          September 28, 2011 at 1:07 am | #

          A quarter?

          • A random reader
            A random reader
            September 28, 2011 at 2:40 am | #

            She wishes she was worth a quarter. He paid a nickel, and that was still overpaying.

    • vlademir1
      vlademir1
      September 28, 2011 at 1:22 am | #

      Well, he did just walk up to some random girl at a college party and quote a bible verse… that is a pretty good start to a reason not to like him right there.

    • vlademir1
      vlademir1
      September 28, 2011 at 1:23 am | #

      Forgot to mention just how appropriate your gravatar there is to my POV.

  44. ALostProphet
    ALostProphet
    September 28, 2011 at 12:55 am | #

    The jocks from before, but no BEEF? Travesty!

    • iSaidCandleja-
      iSaidCandleja-
      September 28, 2011 at 12:56 am | #

      Grunt?

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      September 28, 2011 at 1:33 am | #

      Where’s the Beef?

  45. xaan
    xaan
    September 28, 2011 at 1:07 am | #

    Oh god. It’s my ex-boyfriend. Down to the hair and the sweater and the Bible verses at parties. Hide me.

    • Kirt Dankmyer
      Kirt Dankmyer
      September 28, 2011 at 12:00 pm | #

      So, how bad was the sex?

  46. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    September 28, 2011 at 1:30 am | #

    If panel one is anything to go by, Joyce’s sweater pups are of the Saint Bernard variety.

  47. Socks
    Socks
    September 28, 2011 at 1:31 am | #

    why does that character look familiar? (he kinda looks like danny but i feel like i’ve seen him somewhere else before)

    • Socks
      Socks
      September 28, 2011 at 1:32 am | #

      AH! mike avatar! must …. think … of … insulting … COMMENT!

      …. i’m horrible at this, i can’t think of anything mean/funny D:

    • Bekah
      Bekah
      September 28, 2011 at 4:06 am | #

      I think that’s Drew…

      • Bekah
        Bekah
        September 28, 2011 at 4:10 am | #

        I could also be very, very, very wrong.

        By “could be” I mean “am”

  48. Lee
    Lee
    September 28, 2011 at 2:46 am | #

    I predict that Joyce will have zero interest in this man by the end of the night.

    • Soundbucket
      Soundbucket
      September 28, 2011 at 3:57 am | #

      that gravatar matches your post PERFECTLY

    • MM
      MM
      September 28, 2011 at 8:19 am | #

      End of the night? He’s not Jewish. She’s got no reason to be interested in him now. :p

  49. lightsabermario
    lightsabermario
    September 28, 2011 at 3:01 am | #

    It’s obvious why he originally came to that party. He heard that Roz, the resident “sexual deviant”, was holding a party, and he came to Bible-thump her. Essentially, he was trying to do the same thing Danny tried to do, but for Jesus. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have any reason to come to a party where he would be completely uninterested, and there should be next to no chance of anyone puritanical like Joyce coming. While there, he happened to see someone as uninterested as him, and tried to make the best of it.

    Of course, he could just be the roommate of the party thrower, but that would make him equally annoyed and seeking someone like him.

    That being said, I’m betting he’ll turn out to be too much of a Bible-thumper even for Joyce, which would be in keeping with Willis’s beating-a-religious-dead-horse writing style. And he won’t turn out to be a different type of Christian (or that won’t be why it wouldn’t work) because all of Christianity is the same to Willis.

    • MM
      MM
      September 28, 2011 at 8:18 am | #

      I like this theory. I’m going to run with it until Willis proves otherwise.

    • G.S.Mercs
      G.S.Mercs
      September 28, 2011 at 11:27 am | #

      I don’t think so. I’d like to think Willis is a lot more diverse than that. Yes, he makes fun of religion, but he makes fun of everything. In this comic, we’ve seen Joyce acting like a “good” Christian at times, and not all of Willis’s characters who are Christian are horrible people. Some are, but mostly, he has them with some faults, which is what a character needs. And in the comments threads he’s commented numerous times on the difference between different sects in Christianity. So I’m not sure where you’re drawing your conclusion from

      • Kaylee
        Kaylee
        September 28, 2011 at 3:54 pm | #

        I thought that Robin’s Catholicism in Shortpacked! was pretty well developed.

  50. Ess
    Ess
    September 28, 2011 at 3:09 am | #

    That’s no soulmate.
    That’s a distaff counterpart.

  51. Malph
    Malph
    September 28, 2011 at 3:50 am | #

    Do I hear wedding bells? Cause it’s really pissing me off.

    Who the hell’s getting married at 12:50 am?

  52. Shifty
    Shifty
    September 28, 2011 at 4:06 am | #

    This will end in a tears, won’t it?

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      September 28, 2011 at 7:12 am | #

      That or a sex video.

      • Shifty
        Shifty
        September 28, 2011 at 7:21 pm | #

        Wouldn’t a sex video result in tears when Joyce realizes she made a sex video?

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          September 28, 2011 at 11:02 pm | #

          The only way Joyce would cry after finding out she made a sex video is if her mind was still intact, otherwise you are not likely to get much responce from a vegetable.

  53. Matrix374
    Matrix374
    September 28, 2011 at 7:31 am | #

    This updates every day?
    holy moley

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      September 28, 2011 at 7:46 am | #

      Mon to Fri

  54. MuleyBob
    MuleyBob
    September 28, 2011 at 7:41 am | #

    I don’t think the young man was being judgemental of the other party goers. I think he recognized the young ladies discomfort with her present enviorment and spoke her a word from Scripture that explained both why she was uncomfortable and that it was okay for her to be so.

  55. Kisai
    Kisai
    September 28, 2011 at 7:55 am | #

    People who quote scripture (book:verse) are usually more on the hardcore side… but then again such people wouldn’t go to a party.

    I’m thinking this guy is more of a player and just has prepared statements for picking up girls.

  56. Tenn
    Tenn
    September 28, 2011 at 8:43 am | #

    Crap, it’s not Jake Manley (nose is too big). He still looks familiar, though.

  57. narmenduke
    narmenduke
    September 28, 2011 at 8:54 am | #

    I was going to comment about how I didn’t understand why everyone took such a dislike to him…and then I realized he was Ryan, the guy who just used Ruth for sex. So…shit.

  58. ryan
    ryan
    September 28, 2011 at 9:08 am | #

    i thought the proper way for a hardcore christian to respond to a bible quote was with another bible quote

    • Tara
      Tara
      September 28, 2011 at 9:46 am | #

      I thought the proper way to respond to a bible quote was to roll your eyes and slowly back away.

  59. Jimmy
    Jimmy
    September 28, 2011 at 10:50 am | #

    This boy is so lucky that Joyce is the one he decided to try this pick up line on.

    • MeHael
      MeHael
      September 28, 2011 at 1:54 pm | #

      Presuming that he hasn’t already tried it a few times off-panel.

  60. Indigo
    Indigo
    September 28, 2011 at 11:29 am | #

    Is that Manley?

    • Kaylee
      Kaylee
      September 28, 2011 at 3:56 pm | #

      He is Manley!

      (Pun fully intended.)

  61. Robert in San Diego
    Robert in San Diego
    September 28, 2011 at 11:34 am | #

    1. Is he judging the other party-goers, or just having a bit of a reaction to a large party with alcohol and a few ostentatious binge drinkers? (Note: I know Christians who moderately drink at parties, Christians who drink too much at parties, and agnostics and atheists who don’t drink at parties).

    2. Are all the wallflowers at this party being planted by the closet? Sometimes that happens.

    3. One of the Epistolary books of the New Testament being obscure? I’ve heard preachers who seem to use 1 and 2 Thessalonians as, for lack of a better term, “New Testament Proverbs Lite” You want obscure, try Malachi in the OT, or Sirach (WARNING: Sirach is considered by most if not all Protestant denominations to be “Apocryphal,” and some people have a problem with that).

    4. Joyce is doing an excellent job of observing.

    5. I don’t think this guy is “on the make,” more like, as with Joyce, his new college friends said “let’s go to a party” and he tagged along.

    • begbert2
      begbert2
      September 28, 2011 at 3:24 pm | #

      Actually, his chosen verse says that good Christians should be at home right then, meaning that he’s actually criticizing Joyce for being out at night, and also criticizing himself if he happens to be a Christian too.

      Or maybe he just picked a vaguely appropriate sounding verse in the hopes of impressing her in the hopes of getting a necking session started. Tune in tomorrow for the thrilling continuation!

  62. Arkadi
    Arkadi
    September 28, 2011 at 11:50 am | #

    A new challenger appears? :3

  63. Shay Crest
    Shay Crest
    September 28, 2011 at 12:58 pm | #

    You know, @Indigo, you’re right. That guy looks like he might be Jake Manley’s younger brother.

    • fellixe
      fellixe
      September 28, 2011 at 8:26 pm | #

      His brother Les?

  64. Rachel
    Rachel
    September 28, 2011 at 3:03 pm | #

    Hooray, a new character!! 😀

  65. Sili
    Sili
    September 28, 2011 at 4:42 pm | #

    Personally, I think that Songs of Songs has better pickup lines.

  66. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    September 28, 2011 at 5:42 pm | #

    6.So den, we noes be liek otherz, who be sleepins, but we be, liek, alert an’ has controwls of ourselvez.
    7.’Coz de peeps who be sleepin’, dey sleepin’ at nites, an’ de peeps who be gettin’ drunk, an fallin’ oveh, an’ noes in control of demselvez, deys doin’ dis at nites too.

    1 Thessalonians 5:6-7 LOLCat Bible

    • fellixe
      fellixe
      September 28, 2011 at 8:28 pm | #

      I can haz forgivins? K’ thx bye!

  67. Ronin
    Ronin
    September 29, 2011 at 2:27 am | #

    So THAT’s what Joyce & Walky’s kid woulda looked like!

  68. Creaks
    Creaks
    September 29, 2011 at 6:38 am | #

    Batman also belongs to the night and the darkness.

    …
    …….

    And now I cant stop thinking about drunk batman.

  69. a
    a
    September 29, 2011 at 7:22 am | #

    EVERYONE
    It’s Evan!

  70. Negative Progress
    Negative Progress
    November 9, 2011 at 10:52 pm | #

    He looks like a male version of Joyce. Or a dumbiverse version of Tycho Brahe.

  71. jjareds
    jjareds
    January 5, 2012 at 11:25 pm | #

    I might be a bit behind the curve here, but this is the douche bag that took advantage of Ruth in the last series, why am I just nownoticing this?

  72. Raticate5
    Raticate5
    July 12, 2012 at 4:48 pm | #

    And
    this
    is what she should be thinking

  73. newllend
    newllend
    August 13, 2013 at 10:15 pm | #

    There going too be sooo mutch rape up in this bongo

  74. ubun7u43v3r
    ubun7u43v3r
    January 24, 2014 at 2:32 pm | #

    …Tycho from Penny Arcade is guest starring in this strip?

  75. Corvidium
    Corvidium
    July 21, 2014 at 12:21 pm | #

    Oh shit, I remember that nose

  76. Rheios
    Rheios
    December 14, 2014 at 8:55 am | #

    I find this amusing, because I’m fairly certain I’ve been all of those things at all of those times. Simultaneously once or twice.

  77. BrokenEye, True False Prophet
    BrokenEye, True False Prophet
    September 16, 2015 at 9:40 pm | #

    “I will put your flesh on the mountains, and fill the valleys with your maggot-infested carcass.”

    Ezekiel 32:5

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