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by David M Willis on August 6, 2012 at 12:01 am
  • 05 - Saturday's All Right for Slighting
└ Tags: chan, char, jennifer, joyce, raidah, sarah

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  1. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    August 6, 2012 at 12:04 am | #

    This mall is too small.

    • Kernanator
      Kernanator
      August 6, 2012 at 12:07 am | #

      This mall ain’t big enough for the two of us.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        August 6, 2012 at 1:10 am | #

        They should have gone to a mega-mall.

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          August 6, 2012 at 1:18 am | #

          I like Mega-Mall X actually.

          • Wonder Wig
            Wonder Wig
            August 6, 2012 at 1:21 am | #

            I prefer Mega-Maul. Mr Bongo the vengeful bear is the best protagonist ever.

    • Historyman68
      Historyman68
      August 7, 2012 at 12:14 pm | #

      Mah spoon is too big!

    • Historyman68
      Historyman68
      August 7, 2012 at 12:15 pm | #

      Mah spoon is too big!

  2. Wack'd
    Wack'd
    August 6, 2012 at 12:04 am | #

    It was bound to happen.

  3. NCP19
    NCP19
    August 6, 2012 at 12:07 am | #

    Anyone else hearing that Kill Bill red-tinted music?

  4. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    August 6, 2012 at 12:08 am | #

    Yes Joyce. You should never leave your room, except for classes.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      August 6, 2012 at 12:21 am | #

      And husband hunts.

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        August 6, 2012 at 12:25 am | #

        Now I picture Joyce stalking the campus with a tranq gun and a specially trained hunting dog who can sniff out Nice Christian Boys.

        “Be vewy vewy quiet. I’m huntin’ matwimony!”

        Unfortunately, Mike switched the signs. She is unaware it’s actually Gay Jewish Guy season.

        • Rex Hondo
          Rex Hondo
          August 6, 2012 at 12:31 am | #

          I know some guys will be very interested to know when bear season opens.

        • Raoullefere
          Raoullefere
          August 6, 2012 at 2:15 am | #

          Thanks, Doc, Now, to balance Sara’s vision of a tarted up, Billiefied Joyce, I have a mental image of a bald Joyce wearing an over-sized hunting cap.

  5. David Herbert
    David Herbert
    August 6, 2012 at 12:08 am | #

    Sarah looks ready to cry. Aww, she’s worried she’s gonna lose her little sis.

    • Rognik
      Rognik
      August 6, 2012 at 12:27 am | #

      I’m glad I’m not the only one to think that. Panels 3 and 5 have her more angry, but in between, it looks more like she’s going to bawl.

    • Historyman68
      Historyman68
      August 6, 2012 at 3:37 am | #

      To me the expression reads: “Trapped!”

  6. ChaoticRambler
    ChaoticRambler
    August 6, 2012 at 12:09 am | #

    Prediction: Raidah says something douchy, Joyce stands up for Sarah, everyone learns a lesson.

    :D:D:D

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      August 6, 2012 at 12:22 am | #

      can this lesson involve fists?

      • Rex Hondo
        Rex Hondo
        August 6, 2012 at 12:30 am | #

        Today we are going to learn about The Parable of the Severed Femurs.

    • Rognik
      Rognik
      August 6, 2012 at 12:28 am | #

      I doubt the lesson part. At least if Raidah is included in “everyone”. I think even Sarah might not quite learn something.

      • Cybersnark
        Cybersnark
        August 6, 2012 at 8:00 am | #

        “I didn’t learn anything, I was right all along.”

    • Historyman68
      Historyman68
      August 6, 2012 at 3:40 am | #

      I dunno, I think Willis will avoid anything as obvious as that. Raidah knows she has a chance to fuck with Sarah, so she’ll be on her best behavior. And Sarah knows that she has to be careful and not look like a jerk by comparison to these people.

      Or if it does happen, it’ll be quick and not drawn out. Or something. I have no idea.

      • begbert2
        begbert2
        August 6, 2012 at 2:42 pm | #

        Based on Raidah’s facial expressions, I’m not sure she has the restraint to pull it off. We’ll see though.

  7. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    August 6, 2012 at 12:12 am | #

    Friendship is Anti-Magic.

    • Bekah
      Bekah
      August 6, 2012 at 12:19 am | #

      I counterspell your anti-magic.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        August 6, 2012 at 12:22 am | #

        I can’t-er spell your anit-magic

        • Doctor_Who
          Doctor_Who
          August 6, 2012 at 12:34 am | #

          I cantaloupe your Auntie Madge.

          • Yotomoe
            Yotomoe
            August 6, 2012 at 12:37 am | #

            I counter-spilled my Apple-mango

            • Jehosaphat
              Jehosaphat
              August 6, 2012 at 12:39 am | #

              I cccccccombo-breaker your comment thread.

              • Audiophillie
                Audiophillie
                August 6, 2012 at 6:59 am | #

                It’s super effective!

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      August 6, 2012 at 1:14 am | #

      Am I the pony one to make the appropiate horse puns?

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        August 6, 2012 at 1:16 am | #

        We already did horse puns. It got unstable.

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          August 6, 2012 at 1:18 am | #

          Don’t be such a neigh-sayer.

          • Yotomoe
            Yotomoe
            August 6, 2012 at 1:34 am | #

            Well you’re the mane one who was dong them in the first place.

            • thomas0comer
              thomas0comer
              August 6, 2012 at 2:32 am | #

              *doing*

              • Kernanator
                Kernanator
                August 6, 2012 at 2:46 am | #

                No, he meant dong. Didn’t you know? Dong is now a verb.

                • Plasma Mongoose
                  Plasma Mongoose
                  August 6, 2012 at 5:54 am | #

                  As in donging people in the face.

                • Jackson
                  Jackson
                  August 6, 2012 at 7:04 am | #

                  So easily distracted by a simple misspelled word! Canter you guys keep horsing around for longer than that?

                • Yotomoe
                  Yotomoe
                  August 6, 2012 at 11:44 am | #

                  neigh.

                • Leorale
                  Leorale
                  August 6, 2012 at 10:44 pm | #

                  That would be unbridled madness

  8. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    August 6, 2012 at 12:21 am | #

    You can see Sarah’s heart breaking

    • Bekah
      Bekah
      August 6, 2012 at 12:24 am | #

      You can actually pinpoint the second when her heart rips in half.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        August 6, 2012 at 1:16 am | #

        Aint technology wonderful? 😀

      • Bearfuz
        Bearfuz
        August 6, 2012 at 1:19 am | #

        FTW.

  9. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    August 6, 2012 at 12:26 am | #

    Sarah really needs to be in a frowning contest.

  10. Rex Hondo
    Rex Hondo
    August 6, 2012 at 12:28 am | #

    Billie Billie Billie…
    Friendship doesn’t suck out Sarah’s life force. One of the first things she did in this comic is get to know Joyce a bit and ask her out for pizza.
    It’s party-focused idiots like you and Raidah that suck out her life force. Big difference.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      August 6, 2012 at 12:39 am | #

      also leeches, mosquitos, and incubi

      • Rex Hondo
        Rex Hondo
        August 6, 2012 at 12:58 am | #

        To say nothing of vampires of various flavors, metroids, drochs, and wights.

        • Khrene Cleaver
          Khrene Cleaver
          August 6, 2012 at 2:16 am | #

          Personally nothing sucks the life outta me like eating Several ponds of McDonalds…

          • Rex Hondo
            Rex Hondo
            August 6, 2012 at 3:08 am | #

            The questionable Chinese buffet I had dinner at tonight took a pretty good shot at it.

          • Berenzen
            Berenzen
            August 6, 2012 at 3:57 am | #

            I’m pretty sure that several ponds of McDonalds would suck the life out of anyone. I mean, that’s a lot of food depending on the depth of the water line.

  11. Brasca1
    Brasca1
    August 6, 2012 at 12:29 am | #

    Well at the very least Billie will get along with Joyce’s new friends.

  12. Rognik
    Rognik
    August 6, 2012 at 12:30 am | #

    Joyce’s comment sounded more like something Dina would say. “Making friends is bad? These humans are such strange creatures.”

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      August 6, 2012 at 12:40 am | #

      She takes notes in her notepad and draws a crude drawing of the confrontation.

  13. Aaron
    Aaron
    August 6, 2012 at 12:32 am | #

    I really hope this doesn’t turn into “Sarah was right, these girls are bad influences” thing. Instead, I hope it’s a “Joyce and Billie find their own way and form unique relationships, whether they’re positive or negative, with each of these girls” thing.

    • begbert2
      begbert2
      August 6, 2012 at 2:47 pm | #

      “by getting into drugs.”

  14. Uniqueantique
    Uniqueantique
    August 6, 2012 at 12:34 am | #

    Sarah is between a rock and a hard place. If she opens her mouth in a negative way against the ‘sharks’: Joyce may think she is just being her old anti-social self and Billie is already reinforcing that thought with her big mouth. Billie will put the screws to Sarah because she dosn’t like her to begin with and because she will ‘stab everything’ to get the ‘sharks’ for friends. Also, Joyce is standing there dressed head to toe in a new outfit Billie is buying for her. Sarah is screwed.

  15. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    August 6, 2012 at 1:08 am | #

    Shit, meet Fan, bring Umbrella.

  16. Resne
    Resne
    August 6, 2012 at 1:16 am | #

    Well fuck.

  17. Brandon
    Brandon
    August 6, 2012 at 1:40 am | #

    I really like this story arc.

    Radiah seems like a very fun and interesting character, and Sarah is getting a lot of needed characterization and development. I am really liking Radiah though, nad Sarah is interesting when you start seeing her walls break down.

  18. soozi
    soozi
    August 6, 2012 at 1:54 am | #

    It actually kinda makes me sad that i know the point of “Everyone here already hates me, anything i say will just fuck it up even more.” and now poor Sarah looks like she’s going to cry because of it. There there Sarah. *pats* Just go ahead and screw it all to death.

    • Historyman68
      Historyman68
      August 6, 2012 at 3:43 am | #

      I like “screw it all to death”- it’s a more extreme version of “damn it all to hell”

  19. Khrene Cleaver
    Khrene Cleaver
    August 6, 2012 at 2:14 am | #

    I THOUGHT WHAT WE HAD WAS SPECIAAAAAALLLLL!!!!

  20. Raoullefere
    Raoullefere
    August 6, 2012 at 2:19 am | #

    Sara’s paranoia… off the scale… they’re all turning on her! She should have… stayed in bed.

    Also, I see her suddenly slipping into Shatner-speak.

    • Kernanator
      Kernanator
      August 6, 2012 at 2:45 am | #

      Paranoia is a very comforting state of mind.

      It makes you think that you matter.

    • Historyman68
      Historyman68
      August 6, 2012 at 3:44 am | #

      I won’t be able to stop hearing Sarah’s dialogue as Shatner now.

  21. antiwesley
    antiwesley
    August 6, 2012 at 3:12 am | #

    It looks like Raidah is shoving the jacket into her purse as well.

    “Here, hold this for me…” as the Mall cops come running out of the gate.

  22. Historyman68
    Historyman68
    August 6, 2012 at 4:20 am | #

    Billie is such a dork. She uses phrases like this, and still despises nerds?

  23. Jimmy
    Jimmy
    August 6, 2012 at 6:56 am | #

    Think of all the nuclear bombs detonating on Earth at once, while the Sun explodes at the exact same time. That doesn’t even compare to what’s happening in Sarah’s mind right now.

  24. Jack Faire
    Jack Faire
    August 6, 2012 at 8:10 am | #

    and us older guys can always tell which girls are naively unaware that not all friendships are good. “Oh you can be our friend but we are all about drama and you never ever disagreeing with us”

  25. Gentleman Mummy
    Gentleman Mummy
    August 6, 2012 at 10:26 am | #

    I hate that feeling. Hang in there, Sarah…don’t lose your cool.

  26. Mal
    Mal
    August 6, 2012 at 11:49 am | #

    Not that I have anything against it, but is Billie gaining weight? She looks heavier than usual in panel 2.

    • Gentleman Mummy
      Gentleman Mummy
      August 6, 2012 at 4:50 pm | #

      That’d be the Freshman 35.

      • Rognik
        Rognik
        August 6, 2012 at 9:36 pm | #

        So she gained 35 pounds and her marks dropped 35 points? Well, given that this IS Billie, I can sort of see that.

  27. Leorale
    Leorale
    August 6, 2012 at 10:52 pm | #

    There’s nothing Sarah can say that can make her look good. If Sarah’s smart, she’ll turn on her heel and leave them. Later she can talk to Joyce about her feeelings and her history with Raidah et al.

    However, I think Sarah is way too confrontational to walk away. Fur’s gonna fly!

  28. JA
    JA
    August 7, 2012 at 8:54 pm | #

    OH SHI-!

  29. newllend
    newllend
    August 14, 2013 at 11:23 pm | #

    wow that face just screams “fuck me”

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