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September 20, 2023

Snarrghl

by David M Willis on November 16, 2014 at 12:01 am
  • 01 - When Somebody Loved Me

└ Tags: becky, joe, joyce, walky

Discussion (256) ¬

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  1. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    November 16, 2014 at 12:01 am | #

    oh come on, Joyce, we know you can take him

    [maybe not the way Joe would want, though]

    • David Herbert
      David Herbert
      November 16, 2014 at 12:08 am | #

      He doesn’t enjoy fisting in that way.

      • thebombzen
        thebombzen
        November 16, 2014 at 2:41 am | #

        Mike does.

        • WalterAGo
          WalterAGo
          November 16, 2014 at 10:48 pm | #

          //SPITTAKES

    • Guest Person Dude
      Guest Person Dude
      November 16, 2014 at 12:26 pm | #

      Sometimes you add one and one together and you get… 27.
      We’re SRY if you don’t get the joke.

      • tyersome
        tyersome
        November 16, 2014 at 12:55 pm | #

        Good thing you apologized – you’re just one SRY away from being Barr-ed.

        • ThePhail
          ThePhail
          November 17, 2014 at 1:05 pm | #

          You know, I would allow your comment to XIST if I didn’t think you were full of HOTAIR.

          • Solenoid
            Solenoid
            December 16, 2014 at 2:13 pm | #

            I think I love this comment section. (please more bio jokes. pleasepleaseplease)

  2. Camachri
    Camachri
    November 16, 2014 at 12:01 am | #

    Hi Joe! Bye Joe. Put your shirt down, Joe.

    • Scoops
      Scoops
      November 16, 2014 at 12:12 am | #

      So was he somehow in the middle of putting his shirt on in the hallway, or did he start taking it off when he saw Becky?

      • MrSirk
        MrSirk
        November 16, 2014 at 12:17 am | #

        Both.

      • madock345
        madock345
        November 16, 2014 at 3:06 am | #

        Could have just been scratching, or just be one of those guys that keeps a hand in his shirt a lot. I wouldn’t be surprised, there’s a reason I always notice when guys do stuff like that, and Joe is probably well aware.

      • Deanatay
        Deanatay
        November 16, 2014 at 9:31 am | #

        I think this is a thing right now, a guy pulling up his t-shirt to expose taut, toned abs is an accepted mating ritual right now. And Joe, he’s all about mating rituals.

      • Dean
        Dean
        November 16, 2014 at 6:36 pm | #

        Maybe he was putting his shirt on as he was coming out of a dorm room?

    • James Rye
      James Rye
      November 16, 2014 at 6:00 am | #

      Isn’t that from the “Shoe of the Manitu”? With Joe who’s the favorite of Santa Maria, who is basically allowed to do anyting like putting someone else’s pen in his ass?

  3. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    November 16, 2014 at 12:01 am | #

    XYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

    • Jen Aside
      Jen Aside
      November 16, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

      just a few steps away from WRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        November 16, 2014 at 12:08 am | #

        Never heard of the W nor R chromosomes before. 😛

        • cesium133
          cesium133
          November 16, 2014 at 12:09 am | #

          One comes from a bird, the other from a space alien.

          • Kelly
            Kelly
            November 16, 2014 at 12:49 am | #

            Z is in all birds and also a bunch of other animals: some reptiles, some amphibians, some insects, etc. Sex determination gets super weird outside the mammals (except the monotremes which are just as weird as their anatomy) and the birds.

            E.g. there is a frog, Glandirana rugosa, that has populations that are XY and populations that are ZW. Seriously what the fuck?

            • Kelly
              Kelly
              November 16, 2014 at 12:54 am | #

              oops should have said W, but same diff, Z and W always go together. And of course there is the X0 system (X male, XX female) and the systems that are temperature dependent instead of chromosome-based.

              • Bagge
                Bagge
                November 16, 2014 at 5:36 am | #

                And don’t get me started on the birds and the bees… as a metaphor for human reproduction it’s EXTREMELY confusing.

                Interestingly in birds male are the homogametic sex, with ZZ chromosomes, while females are heterogametic with ZW.

      • Johnathan Joestar
        Johnathan Joestar
        November 16, 2014 at 10:40 am | #

        DIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

        • K^2
          K^2
          November 17, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

          Is Roundabout stuck in anyone else’s head now?

          • Lord Geovanni
            Lord Geovanni
            November 17, 2014 at 1:31 am | #

            i perfer the fist opening and hear than one more

        • Lord Geovanni
          Lord Geovanni
          November 17, 2014 at 1:30 am | #

          Is that you watching me

    • Lume
      Lume
      November 16, 2014 at 12:06 pm | #

      XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

    • Halloween Jack
      Halloween Jack
      November 16, 2014 at 6:49 pm | #

      LES-YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

  4. Rocketboy1313
    Rocketboy1313
    November 16, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    Called that interaction happening days ago. But I anticipated more slipshining to take place as a result.

    • Leonou
      Leonou
      November 16, 2014 at 5:06 am | #

      Just give Joe a little more time.

  5. MrSirk
    MrSirk
    November 16, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    And that was Joe at before he’s had breakfast. Give him a shower and a shave and who knows what could happen?

    • Jess
      Jess
      November 16, 2014 at 12:15 am | #

      facial hair is sexy though…

      • newllend
        newllend
        November 16, 2014 at 12:26 am | #

        That’s true, just look at me any time I don’t shave.

        • Gadgeteer Smashwidget
          Gadgeteer Smashwidget
          November 16, 2014 at 3:07 am | #

          Pics?

          • newllend
            newllend
            November 16, 2014 at 3:26 am | #

            Nope nows not the time ,the mystery identity of newllend will still remain unknown.

        • Disloyal Subject
          Disloyal Subject
          November 16, 2014 at 10:15 pm | #

          So long as you groom it. When I let mine go wild every November, it turns into a horrible tentacular monstrosity.

  6. Emoroffle
    Emoroffle
    November 16, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

    That’s where Becky is mistaken, because Joe is all Y chromosome.

    • Twilightomens
      Twilightomens
      November 16, 2014 at 12:37 am | #

      Joe is messed up.

    • Emily
      Emily
      November 16, 2014 at 11:27 am | #

      All is chromosomes are Y chromosomes.

      The doctors give him three months.

      • Lume
        Lume
        November 16, 2014 at 12:08 pm | #

        …before he starts fucking anything wi- oh wait, hasn’t it been 5 months?

      • JWLM
        JWLM
        November 16, 2014 at 8:55 pm | #

        Three months? Hell, no — that fetus is going to spontaneously abort before the blastula stage. You just can’t make much…I mean “don’t get much”…time if you don’t have at least one X.

        (Ob. disc. When I was a post-doc (at IU, actually,) I knew a geneticist who had a calico cat named “Merry Lion.” Hands up, anyone who gets the joke.)

  7. Ahighfunctioningsociopath
    Ahighfunctioningsociopath
    November 16, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

    I think the real plan for becky is that she can be shipped with every guy in DoA.

    • showler
      showler
      November 16, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

      She actually looks kinda put off by Joe.

      • MrSirk
        MrSirk
        November 16, 2014 at 12:07 am | #

        Of course she would be. Look at him. I can smell the man stink through the screen.

        • Doctor_Who
          Doctor_Who
          November 16, 2014 at 12:14 am | #

          “Really let that seep in. What are you getting? Because to me, that’s part man-smell, and the other part is really bad man-smell. I don’t know why, but overall it just smells like the color brown. Your thoughts? “

          • t00lishness
            t00lishness
            November 16, 2014 at 1:56 am | #

            Why am I imagining an Old Spice commercial with this, and Terry Crews flexing his pecs at Becky incessantly?

            ..actually that’s not bad, if Joe could (and who says he can’t?!) I imagine him doing this.

          • JacHunter
            JacHunter
            November 16, 2014 at 2:42 am | #

            My hat off to you, sir.

          • Gadgeteer Smashwidget
            Gadgeteer Smashwidget
            November 16, 2014 at 3:08 am | #

            Tangled is the best thing. Thank you for that.

    • 00dette
      00dette
      November 16, 2014 at 5:10 am | #

      I think there’s already a decent Joyce and Becky ship so maybe just every person in DoA. I’m voting for Becky is a polyamorous pansexual and ends up dating everyone and it is lovely and no one is ever ever sad again.

      • Mc
        Mc
        November 16, 2014 at 6:04 am | #

        If that’s what you’re hoping for, you must be a real masochist for reading a Willis-comic.

        • fogel
          fogel
          November 16, 2014 at 9:24 am | #

          Head cannon: it’s an alternate timeline in which the Creator’s characters CAN live happilly ever after. Tho if Creators REALLY torture their characters I have stopped reading, even in the middle of books, and tried to forget what I already read.

      • Halloween Jack
        Halloween Jack
        November 16, 2014 at 6:50 pm | #

        Becky: Sexual Savior of the DoAverse. I like it!

  8. Stephen Bierce
    Stephen Bierce
    November 16, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

    *plays “I Wonder Y” on the Muzak*

    • spliced
      spliced
      November 16, 2014 at 2:07 am | #

      Y? Y not?

      • Dirk Strider's Splinter Hopeself
        Dirk Strider's Splinter Hopeself
        November 16, 2014 at 3:18 pm | #

        So, “Y? XX?”?

  9. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    November 16, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

    Is Becky on rollerskates?

    • Bryan
      Bryan
      November 16, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

      I don’t think so, but it kinda looks like that the way Joyce is drawn pushing her.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        November 16, 2014 at 12:11 am | #

        Makes her much easier to push around.

      • fogel
        fogel
        November 16, 2014 at 9:28 am | #

        So long as Becky keeps her legs stiff trying to resist being pushed it works because the force of Joyce’s disapproval of the Y’s gives her the strength of 10.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      November 16, 2014 at 12:11 am | #

      I now want a series of strips where she pushes Becky around like that and around every corner is a different loser guy.

      Danny wants to talk about feelings, Ethan quickly closes his browser and puts down a banana, Mike is Mike. Finally Joyce settles on Galasso and lets Becky talk to him.

      Their wedding is next week.

      • Speedball
        Speedball
        November 16, 2014 at 12:20 am | #

        *snort* This could happen.

      • Muspel
        Muspel
        November 16, 2014 at 12:38 am | #

        Becky/Ninja Rick forever!

        • JessWitt
          JessWitt
          November 16, 2014 at 1:29 am | #

          Where the heck is Rick in this universe? Is he the university janitor / part-time sword teacher?

          • JacHunter
            JacHunter
            November 16, 2014 at 2:41 am | #

            I think janitor would best suit his personality.

            Or maybe gym teacher? I mean, my college doesn’t have gym, but maybe some do? ._.

            • Doctor_Who
              Doctor_Who
              November 16, 2014 at 3:11 am | #

              The university could have some sort of martial arts team, and he could be the coach.

              • Jen Aside
                Jen Aside
                November 16, 2014 at 4:04 am | #

                You’re failing to never presume that Galasso does not have ninjas at his disposal.

            • GamaranSepudomyn
              GamaranSepudomyn
              November 16, 2014 at 5:28 am | #

              I think it would be funniest if he turned out to be interested in historically accurate ninjas in this universe. It would make a job as a janitor that much more appropriate, although I’d bet the RA’s would be scared of him. Although, to be honest, I’d think everyone would be scared of him.

          • timemonkey
            timemonkey
            November 16, 2014 at 6:40 am | #

            Rick is not going to appear since he’s based on an actual person.

            • Gamaran Sepudomyn
              Gamaran Sepudomyn
              November 16, 2014 at 9:19 am | #

              Seriously?

            • Yotsuyasan
              Yotsuyasan
              November 16, 2014 at 9:49 am | #

              What does being based on a real person have to do with one’s ability to be a Dumbing of Age character, unless that specific real person requested the omission and Willis adhered to that request? After all, no real persons would mean, just to name a few examples, no Joe (who is in this very comic) or no Mike. (Heck, Mike’s real person even has almost the same name in real life: Jason Michael Warner.)

              Anyways, re: the janitor idea, I could see him wielding a mop handle as if it was a sword. 😀

              • Yotsuyasan
                Yotsuyasan
                November 16, 2014 at 9:53 am | #

                Speaking of which, I vaguely wonder, since Mike’s been in a Slipshine, how (a) the real person felt about that, and (b) what it was like for Willis drawing a character who, even if he has well taken on a life of his own, is at least distantly based on someone who was a childhood friend of his.

                Nothing I loose sleep over wondering… But it is a slight curiosity.

              • timemonkey
                timemonkey
                November 16, 2014 at 8:47 pm | #

                Willis has said that characters based on real people won’t appear.

                • Yotsuyasan
                  Yotsuyasan
                  November 16, 2014 at 11:45 pm | #

                  So, as I said, how do we account for Mike and Joe?

                • timemonkey
                  timemonkey
                  November 16, 2014 at 11:50 pm | #

                  Because there’s a difference for a character who was a vague stand in for someone you knew decades ago and doesn’t even resemble who that person used to be and a character who was always basically that person.

      • Jen Aside
        Jen Aside
        November 16, 2014 at 12:53 am | #

        You forgot Alex, who just wants to be left alone with his computer but everyone keeps bothering him for some reason.

        [Best Man]

    • Corsair114
      Corsair114
      November 16, 2014 at 12:12 am | #

      Maybe they just waxed the floors.

    • jeffepp
      jeffepp
      November 16, 2014 at 12:27 am | #

      There are shoes with skate wheels in the heels. I see teens with them often enough.

    • Rutee
      Rutee
      November 16, 2014 at 1:40 am | #

      There is a superpower in this verse; specifically, Joyce can push people. Mundanely. Remember Jocelyn?

      • Deanatay
        Deanatay
        November 16, 2014 at 9:41 am | #

        “Oh, no, Joyce, i seem to be having trouble with my legs again!”
        “RRRR! Aren’t I too old for this??”
        “Apparently not!”

        • Dirk Strider's Splinter Hopeself
          Dirk Strider's Splinter Hopeself
          November 16, 2014 at 3:20 pm | #

          That strip made me laugh so hard.

      • nothri
        nothri
        November 16, 2014 at 3:06 pm | #

        But its only worked on people she knew before college. Making me think that Joyce was the primary mode of transit for people in her church.

        • nothri
          nothri
          November 16, 2014 at 3:13 pm | #

          Cheaper than an ox cart, am I right?

    • Xerxes93
      Xerxes93
      November 16, 2014 at 2:39 am | #

      heelys

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      November 16, 2014 at 5:32 am | #

      Next strip: Becky joins the roller derby and flirts with all the ladies. Joyce is conflicted and confused.

    • nothri
      nothri
      November 16, 2014 at 3:13 pm | #

      The universe is confused by her red hair and thinks she is actually Carla.

    • DSL
      DSL
      November 16, 2014 at 9:29 pm | #

      Maybe those Wheelie shoes with the retractable skate wheels. They have to still be a thing somewhere. Why not Indiana?

  10. newllend
    newllend
    November 16, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

    Picking the lesser evil huh.

    • JessWitt
      JessWitt
      November 16, 2014 at 1:30 am | #

      The lesser of two ev-Y-ls.

  11. MediaDuke
    MediaDuke
    November 16, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

    Somehow, I imagine all this Becky-pushing is much easier via the wheelie shoes she is wearing.

    Also, dammit Joe, put your Y chromosomes back in your pants.

    • newllend
      newllend
      November 16, 2014 at 12:07 am | #

      I remember having wheelie shoes before, not as fun as I thought they would be.

      • spliced
        spliced
        November 16, 2014 at 2:08 am | #

        Better or worse than moon shoes?

        • Disloyal Subject
          Disloyal Subject
          November 16, 2014 at 11:54 pm | #

          Moon shoes are more fun, heelies more useful. They do take some practice to zoom around on, though; I never bothered to get the hang of it, and the people I knew who used them usually just kept the wheels in their pockets in case of need and capped the sockets.

    • fogel
      fogel
      November 16, 2014 at 10:14 am | #

      Joe’s Y brings lotsa girls to the playground. He once did what you suggest in the Walkyverse and a bunch of female Semme agents were VERY unhappy with him.

  12. Gram91
    Gram91
    November 16, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

    After seeing she likes Joe less than Walky (or is just keeping him from trying to seduce Becky in general), I now want to see a chart of a comparison of all of Joyce’s likes and hates.

    • timemonkey
      timemonkey
      November 16, 2014 at 6:46 am | #

      Joyce hates anything sexual, Joe is all about the sex.

      • Swoop
        Swoop
        November 16, 2014 at 10:20 am | #

        I don’t think Joyce hates anything sexual, I think she’s just afraid of it.

        • JWLM
          JWLM
          November 16, 2014 at 8:46 pm | #

          I think that Joyce is a repressed young woman who is still recovering from a sexual assault.

          • Swoop
            Swoop
            November 16, 2014 at 10:42 pm | #

            That’s a good point.

        • timemonkey
          timemonkey
          November 16, 2014 at 8:46 pm | #

          She’s been reacting to anything vaguely sexual with violence since the beginning. That’s not fear, it’s rage.

          • Swoop
            Swoop
            November 16, 2014 at 10:50 pm | #

            That is also a good point. I forgot Joyce punched Joe. I am learning all kinds of new stuff today.

          • Disloyal Subject
            Disloyal Subject
            November 16, 2014 at 11:56 pm | #

            Some people’s response to fear IS rage.

  13. Robert
    Robert
    November 16, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

    I wish someone would snarrghl me.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      November 16, 2014 at 12:09 am | #

      I think you need an extra long tongue to pull that off. 😛

      • newllend
        newllend
        November 16, 2014 at 12:22 am | #

        You mean like Gene Simmons from KISS?

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          November 16, 2014 at 12:27 am | #

          That could work. *heh*

        • blackhat64
          blackhat64
          November 16, 2014 at 12:31 am | #

          I was thinking more along the lines of Venom.

          • newllend
            newllend
            November 16, 2014 at 12:42 am | #

            Now I’m just thinking of Venom on the front cover of a new KISS album.

            • JessWitt
              JessWitt
              November 16, 2014 at 1:31 am | #

              Come to think of it, Venom is like negative / reverse Gene Simmons.

              • JacHunter
                JacHunter
                November 16, 2014 at 2:40 am | #

                Gene Simmons is Spider-Man?

                • newllend
                  newllend
                  November 16, 2014 at 3:11 am | #

                  YES!

          • Lawzlo
            Lawzlo
            November 16, 2014 at 3:42 am | #

            What, Venom the metal band from Newcastle? Yeah, I could see that.

            • nothri
              nothri
              November 16, 2014 at 4:20 pm | #

              Nope. Actual venom, like the kind that snakes and spiders inject into you.

            • Disloyal Subject
              Disloyal Subject
              November 16, 2014 at 11:57 pm | #

              http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/ComicBook/Venom

        • fogel
          fogel
          November 16, 2014 at 9:36 am | #

          Gene Simmons is one of the all time biggest a-holes. I’m pretty sure that he uses that tongue to lick himself when he’s not using it to be say truly offensive and insufferable carp. He’s totes misogynist and totes FIGJAM.

          • fogel
            fogel
            November 16, 2014 at 10:09 am | #

            I suspect that he has HELLA iinsecurity that he’s trying to deal with thru monster arrogance.

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      November 16, 2014 at 9:42 am | #

      ‘Snarghl’ is the mating call of the jealous rage-beast.

  14. John
    John
    November 16, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

    I still think Becky’s down with this “no Y-chromosomes” plan.

  15. dailybrad
    dailybrad
    November 16, 2014 at 12:11 am | #

    I picture Joe’s musk being almost visible, like a heat wave.

  16. Kamino Neko
    Kamino Neko
    November 16, 2014 at 12:14 am | #

    Joe doesn’t need to shave…he just put a shade on the light fixture to shadow his face to look like manly stubble.

  17. Kelly
    Kelly
    November 16, 2014 at 12:15 am | #

    Not sure if last panel Becky is deeply disturbed by Joe, or sad Joyce is taking her away…

    • newllend
      newllend
      November 16, 2014 at 12:24 am | #

      Probably both and she doesn’t understand what’s going on.

  18. pyrophobia
    pyrophobia
    November 16, 2014 at 12:16 am | #

    I feel reeeeeeeeeally silly, and I DO see the Joe tag, but I don’t see Joe, and am super confused… What am I missing here?

    • Spack
      Spack
      November 16, 2014 at 12:21 am | #

      You have a rare mental block that prevents you from remembering what is in panel 3.

    • JWLM
      JWLM
      November 16, 2014 at 12:21 am | #

      Joe is the leering “gentleman” in the third panel.

    • pyrophobia
      pyrophobia
      November 16, 2014 at 12:42 am | #

      No no, I was genuinely seeing a different strip, refer to post below.
      (Although if that weren’t the case though I could see my brain blocking out panel 3 from my memory)

    • Jason
      Jason
      November 17, 2014 at 12:18 am | #

      THANK YOU! I wasn’t the only one!!

  19. MrSirk
    MrSirk
    November 16, 2014 at 12:23 am | #

    We all like to joke but seriously, they’re both probably pregnant just from looking at him.

    • pyrophobia
      pyrophobia
      November 16, 2014 at 12:33 am | #

      http://cdn1.smosh.com/sites/default/files/ftpuploads/bloguploads/funny-anime-fansub-pregnant.jpg

      (Just posting pic link cuz can’t HTML on phone for some danged reason)

  20. boomwolf
    boomwolf
    November 16, 2014 at 12:25 am | #

    Yyyeah, best keep those two on opposite poles of the planet….

    • Itama
      Itama
      November 16, 2014 at 12:35 am | #

      Damnit boomwolf, those are the two biggest ones! She said NO y-chromasomes!

  21. pyrophobia
    pyrophobia
    November 16, 2014 at 12:27 am | #

    Okay, no, I just refreshed the page to see if anyone responded to me and not only did your replies appear but THE STRIP CHANGED.
    I-I think I was having a glitch maybe? Where I was seeing a totally different strip from everyone else? Cuz I swear to God the strip I was *just* looking at involved a not-old strip with Walky being angsty about Dorothy… Even though the tags and title were the same…
    …WILLIS WHAT JUST HAPPENED

    • newllend
      newllend
      November 16, 2014 at 12:35 am | #

      Malfunctioning computer?…or maybe it is Willis, probably should get our tinfoil cone hats so he doesn’t try to brain wash us.

      • tinfoil theory
        tinfoil theory
        November 16, 2014 at 4:02 am | #

        Tinfoil hats are antennas that amplify brainwashing rays.

        • Kelly
          Kelly
          November 16, 2014 at 6:44 am | #

          Right! you need a Faraday cage for your head. And a lead hat, for the gamma rays.

    • Kelly
      Kelly
      November 16, 2014 at 12:57 am | #

      Had you visited the site with that device/browser since you looked at the older strip? That would be the simplest way you could get a cache glitch that could do that..

    • Adam Black
      Adam Black
      November 16, 2014 at 6:15 am | #

      a “not-old strip” ?

      Was it this one?
      http://www.dumbingofage.com/2014/comic/book-5/01-when-somebody-loved-me/emergencygirladvice/

      or you saw a peek into the future?
      or you saw a peek into the future

      • pyrophobia
        pyrophobia
        November 16, 2014 at 8:09 am | #

        Yeah I meant a strip not previously-published
        I do think I got a glimpse into the future. We’ll only be able to confirm later this week tho if that’s the case.

        • Estron
          Estron
          November 16, 2014 at 11:50 am | #

          Or you’ve just developed a very specific kind of clairvoyance, limited to webcomics.

          • Disloyal Subject
            Disloyal Subject
            November 17, 2014 at 12:00 am | #

            Must be a good week for it then; it’s happened elsewhere too recently.

    • Jason
      Jason
      November 17, 2014 at 12:20 am | #

      pyrophobia I was seeing the “future” strip too! It was the next one (Monday’s)!!

  22. Idon'tcarenomore
    Idon'tcarenomore
    November 16, 2014 at 12:30 am | #

    Ah yeah. And Joyce is normal?
    Outside of being homeschooled fundamentalist repressed female whose parents rule along with the church was almost raped and hiding behind a gay bf.
    Um no, still don’t excuse this running your friend up an down the hallway like a hand cart.

    • newllend
      newllend
      November 16, 2014 at 12:41 am | #

      Don’t forget giving into the sudden urge to draw dicks up and down her entire dorm hallway, then again who hasn’t done that once in their life.

      • pyrophobia
        pyrophobia
        November 16, 2014 at 12:46 am | #

        I honest-to-God haven’t.
        I know, I know, I’m a freak.

        • newllend
          newllend
          November 16, 2014 at 12:54 am | #

          Let me rephrase that, who hasn’t atleast thought of doing that at least once, because I did that to my cousin once but instead of his door I drew it on his face before he got up early in the morning to go back home after visiting, ha fucker.

          • JacHunter
            JacHunter
            November 16, 2014 at 2:37 am | #

            I’ve got one better. Me and my friends used to all spend the nigh frequently at one friend’s house, and it was always the same guy who fell asleep first. Finally, we decided to teach him a lesson by enlisting the help of the sister of the friend who lived there to make a realistic fake used tampon and place it on his cheek.

            His face in the morning could not have been more priceless.

            • JacHunter
              JacHunter
              November 16, 2014 at 2:38 am | #

              It wasn’t the guy who lived there, I misphrased that, but every time it was the same person falling asleep first.

              • tinfoil theory
                tinfoil theory
                November 16, 2014 at 4:04 am | #

                And falling asleep is terrible.

                • Bagge
                  Bagge
                  November 16, 2014 at 5:29 am | #

                  It’s right up there with steeling 40 cakes (as many as four tens).

                • Disloyal Subject
                  Disloyal Subject
                  November 17, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

                  Steeling cakes? I know what my next sculpture in welding is going to be now…

    • Chubsius
      Chubsius
      November 16, 2014 at 8:01 am | #

      Joyce’s reaction and flight are bit more excusable now that we’ve learned that she’s been using Walky/Ethan as pseudo-protection so that she can handle going outside post Ryan. I empathize.

    • Disloyal Subject
      Disloyal Subject
      November 17, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

      Of course it doesn’t. Manhandling friends needs no excuse!

  23. Itama
    Itama
    November 16, 2014 at 12:30 am | #

    joe like candy corn? ‘,:-\
    ….i have lost all respect….

  24. lilith
    lilith
    November 16, 2014 at 12:35 am | #

    Awww… Becky likes when Joyce gets jealous of her.

  25. lilith
    lilith
    November 16, 2014 at 12:37 am | #

    One of these days I have to google what is candy corn. Any good?

    • Itama
      Itama
      November 16, 2014 at 12:44 am | #

      no. its the red/orange/white pylon looking candy stereotyped for hollowed.

      it’s aweful.

      • Yotsuyasan
        Yotsuyasan
        November 16, 2014 at 9:59 am | #

        My girlfriend Rachel’s best friend Rachel (which is why I am amused this comic features a pair of Rachels as roommates) loves the stuff… But yeah, I agree with Itama’s assessment.

    • pyrophobia
      pyrophobia
      November 16, 2014 at 12:44 am | #

      Depends. It’s basically just pieces of straight-up solidified corn syrup, plus food coloring. Do you like chewing pure straight sugar?

      • Kelly
        Kelly
        November 16, 2014 at 1:00 am | #

        pure sugar (i.e. white table sugar) actually tastes a lot better than candy corn

      • Annamal
        Annamal
        November 16, 2014 at 3:00 am | #

        So wait….no actual corn , just corn syrup????

        I have been assuming that candy corn was candy coated popcorn (only ever seen it show up on American TV shows…oh gravity falls how I adore you)…I feel silly now

        • Anonymous
          Anonymous
          November 16, 2014 at 5:26 am | #

          That’s caramel corn, which (unlike candy corn) is mostly made from actual food ingredients and is delicious.

          For comparison, this is candy corn. There is in fact some resemblance to Becky’s outfit 🙂

          Sorry for the confusing names. America has a lot of corn-related products.

        • fogel
          fogel
          November 16, 2014 at 10:35 am | #

          Kettle Corn is popcorn covered with a sweet & salty coating and its deadly good; stay away from it if you value your waistline. There’s fiddle-raffle/crunchandmunch which have hard candy shell and peanuts, also very addictive. Then theres also caramel corn, p-corn coated w/ caramel, and Cracker Jacques, which is the former with peanuts, which some people must like… Cracker Jacques are traditional at baseball games because back around 1910 or so a groupie named Katie O’Casey tried to wheedle her date into buying her some and today at baseball games everyone has to stand up and sing about her 7.5/9 of the way thru the game. Seriously. It’s a sacred American ritual. As to candy corn, kids eat it at Halloween because kids and sugar. Although my friend Gerry to like it, so I gave him all of mine. Even at 8 years old I knew it was a scam.

    • newllend
      newllend
      November 16, 2014 at 12:47 am | #

      What ? Dude how do you not know what candy corn is ? They’re like Octobers trademark candy treat

      • pyrophobia
        pyrophobia
        November 16, 2014 at 12:50 am | #

        To be fair, that trademark is only the case in the U.S. I think.

        • Disloyal Subject
          Disloyal Subject
          November 17, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

          Hell, I’m in the US and didn’t see any candy corn at all this year… or come to think of it, for the past 3 Halloweens. As I recall, it’s more likely to pop up around Thanksgiving hereabouts.

    • Twilightomens
      Twilightomens
      November 16, 2014 at 12:47 am | #

      I like candy corn…

    • lilith
      lilith
      November 16, 2014 at 1:10 am | #

      Thanks for your responses. We haven’t traditionally celebrated Halloween in Finland, even thought in resent ten years or so it has started to land here too especially among kids.

      • fogel
        fogel
        November 16, 2014 at 10:45 am | #

        It’s happening in many countries. Youre all gonna have to take responsibility for this and not blame American cultural imperialism. In America Halloween has bifurcated: there’s still the traditional festival for kids but also, more and more it’s become an occasion/excuse for adult drinking parties…sometimes w/ “sexy” costumes for women that preserve 1950s fetishes AND objectify contemporary female professionals.

    • Sam
      Sam
      November 16, 2014 at 1:14 am | #

      Candy corn is like frosting from a cake in triangle shapes but with little flavour – it isn’t as interesting as the name suggests it would be.

      • JessWitt
        JessWitt
        November 16, 2014 at 1:26 am | #

        Frosting’s way tastier than candy corn. Bleck.

    • Kamino Neko
      Kamino Neko
      November 16, 2014 at 1:26 am | #

      If you’re a cherub, it makes a respectable tooth. But aside from that, it’s evil.

      • Dirk Strider's Splinter Hopeself
        Dirk Strider's Splinter Hopeself
        November 16, 2014 at 3:27 pm | #

        It doesn’t even have any perfect right angles.

    • Shmuel
      Shmuel
      November 16, 2014 at 1:30 am | #

      Some of us LIKE candy corn. The only problem I have with it is that if I buy a bag, I’m liable to eat the whole thing in one sitting.

    • Kabo
      Kabo
      November 16, 2014 at 7:03 am | #

      Lemme tell you lilith, you’re not missing out. I tried it once and it’s nauseatingly sweet. Like it makes raw sugar taste bitter.

  26. Twilightomens
    Twilightomens
    November 16, 2014 at 12:47 am | #

    I kind of miss when Joyce and Walky were friends.

  27. ninja_jesus
    ninja_jesus
    November 16, 2014 at 12:58 am | #

    God damn it. You’re such a fucking predator, Joe.

    • Kelly
      Kelly
      November 16, 2014 at 1:13 am | #

      Not really? AFAIK predator usually means exploitative – in power differential cases or cases where consent is not possible, that kind of thing. Joe is all about consent both by his bio and the actions we have seen. I’d say Ruth comes closer than Joe.

      • ninja_jesus
        ninja_jesus
        November 16, 2014 at 2:32 am | #

        In that case, he’s a fucking creep and I don’t like him.

        • Kelly
          Kelly
          November 16, 2014 at 2:57 am | #

          He is on the creepy side this time.

        • Adam Black
          Adam Black
          November 16, 2014 at 6:05 am | #

          This version of Joe has never bullied anyone.
          He has never harmed anyone.

          He has never had one his dates repeatedly assaulted for being disobedient.

          He Has never assaulted anyone of the opposite sex ( or same sex as far as we know ) nor attacked a former date because it didnt go well .

          You cant say the same for Joyce, or
          Ruth,
          or Mike,
          or Sal, or even Amber. ( wal-mart parking lot )

          Becky would be perfectly safe on a date with Joe. She might get laid, but Joyce held her own just fine

          From all accounts he appears to be a sensitive lover, GGG, and has enough respect to call back his dates for new ones.

          • Nightsbridge
            Nightsbridge
            November 16, 2014 at 8:11 am | #

            He also openly considers whether one can give legal consent to be a legitimate reason to back off and does not try to ‘work around’ it.

          • jams
            jams
            November 16, 2014 at 11:16 am | #

            He is sexualizing a female stranger with his shirt partially lifted; even if it isn’t direct assault, it’s still creepy and threatening.

          • chris73
            chris73
            November 16, 2014 at 3:38 pm | #

            Thisis why I like Joe because hes a good guy even though others (Joyce) see him as a bad guty

          • ninja_jesus
            ninja_jesus
            November 16, 2014 at 11:46 pm | #

            Him not being a misogynist jerk to women he’s sexually interested in has nothing to do with why I don’t like him. This fact is constantly brought up whenever people defend him, and quite frankly I’m a bit sick of it. Sure, he’s not as bad when compared to other characters, but he still has his own faults, like the time he said he could “fix” Joyce by having sex with her, and when he tried to pressure her into swearing, and the times where he was very dismissive of Danny’s problems when he didn’t personally think they were a big deal. I’ll probably catch flak for the last one, but you know what? Joe may not have thought they were a big deal, but Danny did, and I thought the way Joe handled things was shitty. The whole “tough love” thing just doesn’t sit right with me.

            Generally though, I find his personality abrasive and his obsession with having sex annoying. He is also way too upfront about soliciting sex from others, imo, this strip being one of the more extreme times he’s done so.

            So hoist up his gentlemanly attitude towards courting women all you want; it still won’t make me like him. It just makes him not as big of a jerk as he could’ve been. What would make me like him a bit more is if he had as much care dealing with friends as he does with potential fuck buddies.

        • MrSirk
          MrSirk
          November 16, 2014 at 8:18 am | #

          Joe is very forward with his intentions and what can be expected of a night with him. That turns some people off. I’d be interested to see what happens if he ever catches eels and needs to sustain a relationship longer than a night.

          • Deanatay
            Deanatay
            November 16, 2014 at 9:52 am | #

            Joe is, in short, always ‘offering’. No pressure, no obligation, just an offer that’s always open. If refused, he moves on. Some people just don’t like the offer – but enough do that he keeps offering.

          • Gamaran Sepudomyn
            Gamaran Sepudomyn
            November 16, 2014 at 1:59 pm | #

            Eels? Just what are you implying here? Actually, don’t tell me.

            • MrSirk
              MrSirk
              November 16, 2014 at 2:10 pm | #

              Yes eels the creatures of the deep! Actually I type comments on my tablet and sometimes my finger slips or I click a letter and it doesn’t type. In this case “feels” became “eels” you can’t edit comments so its eels. Just a sign I should proof read before clicking that post comment button.

              • Gamaran Sepudomyn
                Gamaran Sepudomyn
                November 16, 2014 at 2:56 pm | #

                I understood what you meant, although it took a while. If I wasn’t capable of understanding the occasional (or in some cases constant) typo, I wouldn’t be able to read about 2/7 of the comments on this site.

  28. Sheikh Mabuti
    Sheikh Mabuti
    November 16, 2014 at 12:58 am | #

    OK, so this clearly takes place in Clark wing: Walky contemplates the “do not disturb” sign on Dorothy’s door and is introduced there to Becky via her massive “burp” (her word). After Walky and Becky get friendly, Dorothy pushes Becky away from Walky into … Joe, leering from an open door. Whose? Oh, please let it be Mary’s!

    • Yotsuyasan
      Yotsuyasan
      November 16, 2014 at 10:02 am | #

      Very well could be Mary’s. Pretty sure Joe’s had sex in that room at least once before! (Don’t forget, it is also Roz’s room.)

    • fogel
      fogel
      November 16, 2014 at 10:53 am | #

      Mary delenda est

      (or, as spellchecker wants me to write, Mary depends eat)

    • Kit
      Kit
      November 16, 2014 at 3:38 pm | #

      Joe just goes where he feels needed. It’s pretty weird how often he finds himself drawn here.

  29. jams
    jams
    November 16, 2014 at 1:07 am | #

    Joyce is my problematic fave.

  30. Mkvenner
    Mkvenner
    November 16, 2014 at 1:12 am | #

    You should have met his father he had 54 Y-chromosomes.

    • poofdepoof
      poofdepoof
      November 16, 2014 at 2:58 am | #

      His genetic material is VERY persistent.

  31. Cypherfox
    Cypherfox
    November 16, 2014 at 1:14 am | #

    Huh; I wonder if the reason their youth pastor said Joyce is best socialized is that Becky had a bit of a boy-crazy streak in her, and he (and her parents) thought a small religious school would be more appropriate for her.

    Thus the ‘No Y’ comments, and her reaction to Walky and (maybe) Joe.

    Or my first idea way back when is right, and it’s all a dream while Joyce is face-down in ‘detritus’. Like Willis said last hovertext. 😉

  32. vlademir1
    vlademir1
    November 16, 2014 at 1:17 am | #

    Ya know, I read that last line in pannel four and much as I can’t stand K. Smith’s later works I couldn’t help but say, “In a row?”

  33. ShadowDJ
    ShadowDJ
    November 16, 2014 at 1:19 am | #

    Joyce…you’re too much of a prude. And kind of becoming sexist in a way 😛

    • Bleeters
      Bleeters
      November 16, 2014 at 12:06 pm | #

      She hasn’t exactly had the best experiences with guys so far.

      • chris73
        chris73
        November 16, 2014 at 7:38 pm | #

        True, I mean thinking she could get Joes parents back together like a movie was quite insensitive and then thinking physical assault is an appropriate way to deal with someones different opinions was a bit much

  34. JessWitt
    JessWitt
    November 16, 2014 at 1:24 am | #

    Yeeeesh, creeper much, Joe?

    • quix
      quix
      November 16, 2014 at 1:44 am | #

      Yeah. Normally Joe’s not written as creepy. Maybe he’s having an off day. He did forget to shave.

      • ninja_jesus
        ninja_jesus
        November 16, 2014 at 2:33 am | #

        He’s becoming more like his dad.

      • Lanval
        Lanval
        November 16, 2014 at 2:34 am | #

        Joe is in the girl’s dormatory. Presumably, he’s not exactly had the chance for hygene yet and it probably about to make an exit and do some of that.

        In the meantime, I suspect he’s not holding his breath to hook up with one of Joyce’s friends. I doubt he’d be opposed necessarily but yeah, Joyce probably isn’t going to watch that happen. Ergo, he’s not going to freak out about appearance (though it’s not clear Joe is particularly vain, I guess? I sort of assume he at least puts in effort usually though).

      • Bagge
        Bagge
        November 16, 2014 at 5:27 am | #

        Most of the time we see Joe he tries to get it on with the women he flirts with. There are a few times (like here, I think) when he uses the same moves to make them uncomfortable or freak out… which is creepy.

  35. nothri
    nothri
    November 16, 2014 at 1:45 am | #

    Huh.

    • Swoop
      Swoop
      November 16, 2014 at 10:01 am | #

      Nothing else to say?

      • nothri
        nothri
        November 16, 2014 at 4:22 pm | #

        Nope. Not really sure where all of this is going. Hijinks have often been derailed in this comic with drama bombs, so I’m kind of tensing up every up date preparing to duck and cover.

  36. Peter Sadlon
    Peter Sadlon
    November 16, 2014 at 2:14 am | #

    If by 27 Y chromosomes she means Joe has a birth defect that makes him so testosterone riddled it adversely affects his intelligence… I agree.

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      November 16, 2014 at 5:24 am | #

      Well, men with XYY a thing so why not (even if I wouldn’t call it birth defect rather than… genetics). There are also men with XXY and XX, there are women with X and XXX*. There are also women with XY, but that’s less common. (Oh, and of course there are trans women and men)

      From a sex determination point of view, the one important job of the Y chromosome is to add a specific dose of testosterone at a specific time of embryo development. If that dose is given, the embryo becomes male, otherwise it’s female. Therefor there are syndroms when the testosterone dose and chromosomes don’t match up for various reasons and the sex development follows a different path than expected from the chromosomes, with or without complications.

      So in conclusion, Joyce and Becky can be forgiven since it’s a common lie in biology textbooks, but saying that someone with an Y chromosome is male is a useful shorthand but not the necessarily true, and not good enough for context when it’s really important (such as determining people’s gender identity or international sport).

      *) Even if I could have chosen a smarter google string than “women XXX” in order to confirm that

      • Swoop
        Swoop
        November 16, 2014 at 10:05 am | #

        Yay! You made me learn things!

      • jams
        jams
        November 16, 2014 at 11:07 am | #

        Cool! Intersex awareness!

      • bunivasal
        bunivasal
        November 16, 2014 at 1:28 pm | #

        Joyce and Becky could also be forgiven because they’re also both college freshmen from backgrounds that appear to have little or no science education and oh yeah it’s a joke.

  37. Darwin
    Darwin
    November 16, 2014 at 2:23 am | #

    Joe is down with people, but he’s up with Downs according to Becky.

    • fit-to-flip
      fit-to-flip
      November 16, 2014 at 3:35 am | #

      That’s kinda of a fucked up joke :/

  38. Trolldrool
    Trolldrool
    November 16, 2014 at 5:29 am | #

    Speaking as someone with XYY, extra Y chromosomes are overrated. All it did for me was make me abnormally tall for my age, prompting doctors to give growth inhibitors so it wouldn’t cause problems later in my life (I could’ve become almost 8 feet in theory) and a bunch of unwanted hair growth on my back earlier than other boys.

    Joe should probably reach up to the ceiling with his waist and have more bodyhair than Chewbacca.

    • Kelly
      Kelly
      November 16, 2014 at 6:40 am | #

      Indeed, extra Ys are no good. And if you have five, you might be a platypus.

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      November 16, 2014 at 9:07 pm | #

      Thanks for sharing. Seems much more work than fun.

  39. Orangey
    Orangey
    November 16, 2014 at 6:23 am | #

    I don’t care where this is going, I’m loving this storyline so far. Can Becky just stay here forever? (please? please?)

    • Thanks, I'll Have Another!
      Thanks, I'll Have Another!
      November 16, 2014 at 9:08 am | #

      The gravatar/comment synergy is strong with this one.

  40. Anderhail
    Anderhail
    November 16, 2014 at 6:41 am | #

    I should be asleep, but anyone else notice that Becky seems to have absolutely no attraction to Joe in the slightest (seriously, haven’t read the comments all the way through yet) and actually went from a full smile to a decent frown? I realize he was being a bit more creepy than usual, but I see that as Joe’s natural warning coloration, like “this is as stereotypical as I get, do not approach if uninterested” though it is still… pushing it a bit, Joe. Definitely leaning into common trigger territory, though he probably doesn’t realize that yet.

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      November 16, 2014 at 9:58 am | #

      Well, Joyce never really gave Becky a chance to express any sort of interest, and her words after the encounter seem to be ambiguous in that regard (disgusted or confused?), so the jury’s out.

  41. Entercoven
    Entercoven
    November 16, 2014 at 6:54 am | #

    I wasnt really expecting to like Becky, since, well, I judged her. I thought she was going to be the FAR more Bible toting friend of Joyce who is best friends/slash role model I suppose.

    But now I’m getting the sneaky suspicion that Becky isn’t nearly as pure as Joyce is, you know, is more normal then Joyce. Don’t get me wrong, I honestly like Joyce, she has a very great personality, I just thought Becky was going to be pedestal girl, and instead… She seems like she could be more interesting then Joyce.

    I only see this ending one of three ways.
    1) Becky isnt nearly as goody goody as Joyce thinks she is. Perhaps she’s run away from home to come visit, perhaps she PREFERS the non-christian life style, and it all adds up to Joyce being disappointed in her.
    2) Something will happen that will flip a switch in Becky. Some sort of devious sin that she will see that will make her go into full Bible thumping mode that ends up potentially embarrassing Joyce, like while Joyce might have done the same thing before, thought it was natural, now she sees it as overkill, and maybe wonder why she thinks its overkill when she used to be right there with her.
    3) Becky stays just like this, minor character, nothing drastic happens, and just gives us someone to work off of.

    • Entercoven
      Entercoven
      November 16, 2014 at 6:56 am | #

      Also, bit curious, this is hosted via Gravatar, as is obvious by the Get a Gravatar link, and yet my own Gravatar picture isnt showing up. Any clues on why I get a DOA generic pic instead of my own? I’ve used Gravatar before, so I dont see why this is happening.

      • Opus the Poet
        Opus the Poet
        November 16, 2014 at 11:53 pm | #

        You spelled your e-mail addy different than the one you registered your grav with. This post has my grav that I have been using since 2009.

        • Opus the Poet
          Opus the Poet
          November 16, 2014 at 11:55 pm | #

          While this one uses my snarky Mike DOA grav for when I’m being sarcastic (except for this one when I’m being informative about my snarky grav).

    • Autumnjay
      Autumnjay
      November 16, 2014 at 6:57 am | #

      Danger lurks around every corner, mwah hah hah hah. Reminds me of college.

    • Gamaran Sepudomyn
      Gamaran Sepudomyn
      November 16, 2014 at 9:25 am | #

      Currently, most people consider her a “slash role model”.
      …
      Seriously, that joke was far too obvious.

    • JWLM
      JWLM
      November 16, 2014 at 8:41 pm | #

      Seriously, does everyone forget http://www.dumbingofage.com/2014/comic/book-5/01-when-somebody-loved-me/sarcasm/? Becky is very, very sane; she just grew up in a repressive and controlling household. She’s merely grown up healthy despite that — and not just healthy, but contagiously healthy.

      God only knows how, though. And I don’t think @damnyouwillis is going to give us a flashback to explain it.

  42. timemonkey
    timemonkey
    November 16, 2014 at 6:56 am | #

    Well, I’m aroused.

    • nothri
      nothri
      November 16, 2014 at 4:36 pm | #

      And being forced to contemplate what would pass for an evil mutant time traveling monkey monster clown’s boner has insured that I will NEVER be aroused for the forseeable future. Thanks for that.

      • Opus the Poet
        Opus the Poet
        November 16, 2014 at 11:56 pm | #

        How can you not get turned on my a redhead in a pixie cut?

        • Opus the Poet
          Opus the Poet
          November 16, 2014 at 11:57 pm | #

          BY a redhead, not MY a redhead… Proofread FAIL!

  43. Amanowe
    Amanowe
    November 16, 2014 at 9:45 am | #

    Ha ha, I love Joe. He’s glorious. XD

  44. Crumplepunch
    Crumplepunch
    November 16, 2014 at 10:30 am | #

    I’m curious. Was Joe putting his shirt on? Was he taking it off?

    Is he just in the practice of flashing his abs whenever he meets a new girl, like a dog presenting its rear?

    • Swoop
      Swoop
      November 16, 2014 at 11:34 am | #

      He is showing a potential mate that he is of good health and would provide suitable protection for their young. How do you flirt?

      • Crumplepunch
        Crumplepunch
        November 16, 2014 at 2:00 pm | #

        I do not.

      • oldFart
        oldFart
        November 16, 2014 at 10:43 pm | #

        I cannot compete with Joe in ab display. Perhaps I could grow large, colorful feathers from my butt, in a fan-shaped pattern?

  45. Rabid Rabbit
    Rabid Rabbit
    November 16, 2014 at 11:45 am | #

    First Jocelyn, now Becky. Apparently people going stiff in Joyce’s presence is just a thing.

    I refuse to apologise for all the terrible jokes I’ve just made possible. Except for the incesty ones, which I hope no one will make.

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      November 16, 2014 at 9:08 pm | #

      Do you mean that Joyce presence make people boring? [missunderstanding on purpose for marginally comic effect]

  46. Dorje Sylas
    Dorje Sylas
    November 16, 2014 at 11:50 am | #

    Becky’s expressions

    Panel 1-2: Fun times teasing friend.
    Panel 3: Fun times pause, processing.
    Panel 4: Nope do not like, wish to unsee.

    And there it is, the limit of Becky’s scandalous fling the “real” world.

  47. Aolbain
    Aolbain
    November 16, 2014 at 1:09 pm | #

    And Joe continues to be a walking sexual harassment case.

  48. bunivasal
    bunivasal
    November 16, 2014 at 1:32 pm | #

    Walky is off-limits, Joyce?

    Off-limits because he’s an aggravating jerk?
    Off-limits because he belongs to Dorothy?
    Off-limits because he belongs to Joyce (secretly)?
    Off-limits because HIS BODY IS MADE OF LAVA

    • Crumplepunch
      Crumplepunch
      November 16, 2014 at 3:19 pm | #

      His body is made of caramel. This has already been established.

      • Aolbain
        Aolbain
        November 16, 2014 at 7:58 pm | #

        Mmmh, lava-caramel…

        • Opus the Poet
          Opus the Poet
          November 16, 2014 at 11:58 pm | #

          Sounds… sticky.

  49. fit-to-flip
    fit-to-flip
    November 16, 2014 at 2:15 pm | #

    Man, I’m just loving Becky

  50. Vangeln
    Vangeln
    November 16, 2014 at 6:00 pm | #

    He has all the Y-Chromosomes.

    • Arkadi
      Arkadi
      November 16, 2014 at 6:18 pm | #

      He caught them all.

  51. Starling000
    Starling000
    November 16, 2014 at 7:02 pm | #

    I hate Joe so much all the time always.

    • chris73
      chris73
      November 16, 2014 at 7:34 pm | #

      Why? Hes a good guy

      • oldFart
        oldFart
        November 16, 2014 at 10:40 pm | #

        I’m torn about Joe. It is not clear that he values women for anything other than sex. Yet, he values women’s sexual autonomy, and is interested in their sexual pleasure, not just his own. So he treats them as full human beings when it comes to sex, but outside of the sexual realm, women seem to be non-entities to him.

  52. chris73
    chris73
    November 16, 2014 at 8:22 pm | #

    I like the way the third panel makes it look Joyce is bringing Joe another sacrificial virgin to feast on

    • Adam Black
      Adam Black
      November 16, 2014 at 10:26 pm | #

      A reasonable assumption.

      Joe was very gracious about it, too

  53. Alex
    Alex
    November 16, 2014 at 11:08 pm | #

    Joe confermed to be part Manotaur?

  54. The One Guy
    The One Guy
    November 17, 2014 at 12:28 pm | #

    Only 27? Most males have one in every single cell of their body!

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