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by David M Willis on January 3, 2015 at 12:01 am
  • 02 - Three's a Crowd
└ Tags: becky, joyce, sarah

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  1. Camachri
    Camachri
    January 3, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    Becky seems to be channelling a bit of Joe today, hmm…

    • liahansen
      liahansen
      January 3, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

      More like Walky, I was thinking

      • Solenoid
        Solenoid
        January 3, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

        Definitely Walky.

        • Cheryl
          Cheryl
          January 3, 2015 at 5:48 am | #

          Jawlky

          • TheZachariah
            TheZachariah
            January 3, 2015 at 8:54 am | #

            i kind of think becky seems to be channeling a lot of becky

            • Halloween Jack
              Halloween Jack
              January 3, 2015 at 11:22 pm | #

              yo dawg i herd u liek becky

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        January 3, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

        Yeah. All she needs now is to try to subdue a mate by throwing a toy at their head.

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          January 3, 2015 at 12:07 am | #

          Maybe she can borrow Li’l Jacob.

      • David Herbert
        David Herbert
        January 3, 2015 at 12:09 am | #

        They had a kid and named her Becky.

      • LockeZ
        LockeZ
        January 3, 2015 at 6:28 pm | #

        She’s been Female Walky in every strip since she showed up.

    • LeslieBean4Shizzle
      LeslieBean4Shizzle
      January 3, 2015 at 12:52 am | #

      I dunno, that expression – Becky looks more like she’s humoring Joyce than actually agreeing that she plans to oogle women in the bathroom.

      • Swoop
        Swoop
        January 3, 2015 at 1:31 am | #

        I don’t know what their relationship was like before college, but something tells me that becky has spent a lot of time humoring Joyce.

      • Gigafreak
        Gigafreak
        January 3, 2015 at 3:07 am | #

        A bi friend of mine described once having difficulty NOT ogling her neighbour in the gym shower room. (It was an older woman, and she seemed oblivious to my friend’s corner-of-the-eye peeking.)

        So it’s definitely a thing that happens, anyway. Don’t know if Becky would do such a thing herself, though.

        • Betty Anne
          Betty Anne
          January 3, 2015 at 4:01 am | #

          Speaking from the experience of being bi, it is possible to look without being crude or making the other women uncomfortable. I’ve not only checked out women in the shower, I also check out women who are walking down the street or in a store, but most of them never notice because I’m not hollering, “HEY BABY, SHOW ME YOUR TITS!” or “SMILE, HONEY!” at them. 😐

          • Boom
            Boom
            January 3, 2015 at 5:55 am | #

            Some people have difficulty, and some people don’t.

            Unfortunately for most of the bisexual dudes we’ve got a lot of bad habits to break before we can even reach that state of ‘can be, could be’.

          • NotFred
            NotFred
            January 3, 2015 at 3:36 pm | #

            You sure? 🙂 I have three friends (two males and a female) that when they told their dates something like “actually I DID checked you a couple times before, yet I know you did not notice”, and got “honey, that I did not react do not means that I did not notice”.

        • LeslieBean4Shizzle
          LeslieBean4Shizzle
          January 3, 2015 at 3:09 pm | #

          Oh, I’m aware. I did my own share of locker room glances. I’m just saying, Becky looks less enthusiastic and more “um, okay…?”

      • Paul
        Paul
        January 3, 2015 at 12:28 pm | #

        Becky looks more like she’s humoring Joyce than actually agreeing that she plans to oogle women in the bathroom.

        Hey, it was Becky who mentioned “nakey scrubs time”. That was just Joyce’s reaction–look at her face between the two panels.

        • Halloween Jack
          Halloween Jack
          January 3, 2015 at 11:26 pm | #

          Theory: Becky was just happy to be taking a real shower for the first time in who knows how long. We don’t know a lot of details about her time between getting kicked out of Anderson and showing up at Joyce’s dorm; she could have had to take a Starbucks-restroom sponge bath or two in the interim.

  2. Emoroffle
    Emoroffle
    January 3, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    I wanna go window shopping with Becky.

    • jeffepp
      jeffepp
      January 3, 2015 at 2:35 am | #

      This is DOA. It’s window SHIPPING.

      • TachyonCode
        TachyonCode
        January 3, 2015 at 3:14 am | #

        That was clever enough I’ll just assume Jedi mind tricks don’t work on you…

    • Screwball
      Screwball
      January 3, 2015 at 3:53 am | #

      Well, I do have to learn to blend in to you humans better, I think I’ll join in too…

      • Paul
        Paul
        January 3, 2015 at 4:15 am | #

        Where did you get that artwork for your gravatar? It looks more consensual that the kiss scene we saw in the actual comic.

        • Hollister Dixon
          Hollister Dixon
          January 3, 2015 at 4:19 am | #

          Funny, I was just thinking the same thing.

          • Gigafreak
            Gigafreak
            January 3, 2015 at 5:07 am | #

            Looks like Becky’s closed eyelid was just mirrored and pasted over Joyce’s fa(aaaaaaa)ce.

            The rest of the scene is exactly as we saw it.

            • Screwball
              Screwball
              January 3, 2015 at 7:12 am | #

              *DING DING DING* Someone give Gigafreak a cookie! Just used some of your human “Paint”, smudged the face colours over the enlarged eye, then copy-paste-flipped Becky’s eye. Not the best job, but looks OK…

              • Kryss LaBryn
                Kryss LaBryn
                January 3, 2015 at 3:04 pm | #

                That Optimus Green Lantern thing is fantastic.

                (So’s this, btw).

                • Gigafreak
                  Gigafreak
                  January 3, 2015 at 11:55 pm | #

                  It’s Optimus Lime.

                • Screwball
                  Screwball
                  January 4, 2015 at 8:16 am | #

                  Didn’t make it, nowhere enough skill, just found it on 1 of my many internet wanderings. Might be from DeviantArt, could search that for original. Figured I needed at least 1 more pic, Don’t have 1 of me with a ring, Prime does look cool (for a goody goody), so it’ll do…

  3. captainrex7675
    captainrex7675
    January 3, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    window shopping: the best kind of shopping

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      January 3, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

      Oddly enough, not very satisfying when you need a new window.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        January 3, 2015 at 12:08 am | #

        That’s cuz you’re looking at the floor model windows. They keep the GOOD windows in the back.

      • Van jealous
        Van jealous
        January 3, 2015 at 12:32 am | #

        Yes, than can be a pane.

        • JetstreamGW
          JetstreamGW
          January 3, 2015 at 12:47 am | #

          Out… OUT!

          • Robert
            Robert
            January 3, 2015 at 12:51 am | #

            Bad pun. It’s curtains for you!

            • Yotomoe
              Yotomoe
              January 3, 2015 at 1:35 am | #

              We’re gonna FRAME you!

            • Rachel Roth
              Rachel Roth
              January 3, 2015 at 2:02 am | #

              DARN IT! I KNEW I WAS MISSING ONE! (context: I have a sticky note on my computer devoted to window puns. Proof:

              Window puns:
              1 pain in the butt
              2 see through you/him/her/it/them
              3 One way conversaton.
              4 Window of oppertunity (use as bad one)
              5 Been framed (must be used in middle)
              6 Reputation's been staned
              7 don't have any glass (think class)
              8 Shudder to think
              9 Feeling blinds
              10 (something) Shattered
              11 Is that clear?
              12 Microsoft Windows window
              13 shattering glass cealings
              14 Window shopping
              15 Window window shopping
              16 Most transparent buisness around!
              17 Let some light on the situation
              18 Screening
              19 pain = plain

              If that takes up everything, I’m sorry. I was hoping <code> would have a smaller box with a scroll bar.

              • tyersome
                tyersome
                January 3, 2015 at 2:29 am | #

                I’m afraid your list has left me a little glassy eyed, but if there were a prize for this you’d definitely win dough.

                • Mr. Morningstar
                  Mr. Morningstar
                  January 3, 2015 at 2:48 am | #

                  I fucking hate all of you

                • Arianod
                  Arianod
                  January 3, 2015 at 3:46 am | #

                  Good, good. Let the hate flow through you.

                • Boom
                  Boom
                  January 3, 2015 at 5:57 am | #

                  Don’t let it blind you though.

                • la6ue mous snow angel
                  la6ue mous snow angel
                  January 3, 2015 at 2:17 pm | #

                  I shutter at the thought!

                • Kryss LaBryn
                  Kryss LaBryn
                  January 3, 2015 at 3:06 pm | #

                  Kind of left yourselves open for that one…

                • Yet Another Laura H.
                  Yet Another Laura H.
                  January 3, 2015 at 5:05 pm | #

                  Vitreous humor.

            • Rachel Roth
              Rachel Roth
              January 3, 2015 at 2:11 am | #

              What could possibly be so bad about it? You could see what he… no never mind. My position was shattered by the lack of visible pun.

              • IceMateria
                IceMateria
                January 3, 2015 at 3:13 am | #

                I see through these terrible pun comments. They are a a cry for help.

                • Rachel Roth
                  Rachel Roth
                  January 3, 2015 at 12:31 pm | #

                  You’d shudder at my comments on dreamcatchercomic.com if you think these are a cry for help. But you’d probably also crack up, soo…

                • la6ue mous snow angel
                  la6ue mous snow angel
                  January 3, 2015 at 2:30 pm | #

                  *reads your comments*

                  *shutters*

                  *starts reading DreamCatcher because it actually looks kind of interesting*

                • Rachel Roth
                  Rachel Roth
                  January 3, 2015 at 6:47 pm | #

                  Cool. Let me know (in dreamcatcher) when you’re caught up. My username there is “crazyhead42”. It is only a matter of time until I change my name here to that as well.

        • Dean
          Dean
          January 3, 2015 at 1:03 am | #

          C’mon, stop being sill-y.

          • CptNerd
            CptNerd
            January 3, 2015 at 1:41 am | #

            My eyes are glazing over…

            • tyersome
              tyersome
              January 3, 2015 at 2:30 am | #

              … that’s ok, the glassy-eyed look is good on you …

              • Vibbles
                Vibbles
                January 3, 2015 at 7:25 am | #

                I sympathize; some of these are awful. There should be a. .. screening process.

          • la6ue mous snow angel
            la6ue mous snow angel
            January 3, 2015 at 2:22 pm | #

            Is this panefully obvious or blindingly brilliant? I’ll have to mullion it for a while…

            • Roborat
              Roborat
              January 5, 2015 at 2:58 pm | #

              “What, that pile of people on the ground? well it’s perfectly obvious, Watson. They have been (puts on sunglasses) defenestrated.”

        • Kim
          Kim
          January 3, 2015 at 8:49 am | #

          😀 Haha! AWESOME

  4. Opus the Poet
    Opus the Poet
    January 3, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    I like that line “I shall sample your finest wimmins”.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      January 3, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

      Sampling suggests tasting…

      • -Sentinel-
        -Sentinel-
        January 3, 2015 at 12:10 am | #

        One hopes that does not apply to urine samples.

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          January 3, 2015 at 12:12 am | #

          Yeek, we don’t need no golden showers.

          • Ghostforge
            Ghostforge
            January 3, 2015 at 12:51 am | #

            we don’t need no thought control

            • fogel
              fogel
              January 3, 2015 at 5:35 am | #

              We don’t need no stinking badgers.

              • Boom
                Boom
                January 3, 2015 at 5:59 am | #

                Codes? We don’t need no stinkin’ codes.

                • whatintheliteralfuck
                  whatintheliteralfuck
                  January 3, 2015 at 7:02 am | #

                  All and all they’re just some wimmins’ an’ all.

          • Robert
            Robert
            January 3, 2015 at 12:52 am | #

            Despite its name, urinal cakes are not edible.

            • Disloyal Subject
              Disloyal Subject
              January 3, 2015 at 1:51 am | #

              “Edible” is such a flexible term. Definitely not a good idea to ingest, though.

            • Screwball
              Screwball
              January 3, 2015 at 3:57 am | #

              Yeah, you learn that the first time you try…

              Alright, the 3rd. What? I’m a friggin Alien…

            • fogel
              fogel
              January 3, 2015 at 5:40 am | #

              I once went to a bar that had a sign in the men’s room, “Please Don’t Eat the Urinal Cakes”. Why would they need that if their regular patrons didn’t find them pleasingly tasty?

              • Kryss LaBryn
                Kryss LaBryn
                January 3, 2015 at 3:12 pm | #

                A coworker taped a sign above the urinals that said “Please don’t eat the giant mints” because he’d seen it somewhere else before and thought it was funny. Probably something similar.

          • Hollister Dixon
            Hollister Dixon
            January 3, 2015 at 4:21 am | #

            HEY!
            TEACHER!
            LEAVE MY PISS ALONE!

        • fogel
          fogel
          January 3, 2015 at 5:44 am | #

          It might mean licking their faces (like in the “Sandra and Woo” ad that runs on lots of webcomic sites).

      • nothri
        nothri
        January 3, 2015 at 1:03 am | #

        Whaaaaat? No. Don’t be silly.

        Think of it more like those people pinch fruits in the grocery store to see how ripe they are.

        • ColdOnMars
          ColdOnMars
          January 3, 2015 at 2:15 am | #

          Doesn’t everyone do that?….

        • Opus the Poet
          Opus the Poet
          January 3, 2015 at 2:33 am | #

          You have to be careful pinching fruits, sometimes they pinch back.

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      January 3, 2015 at 9:33 am | #

      If she’s lucky, she’ll get to sample some Sierra…

  5. Khaner
    Khaner
    January 3, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    Wow. Becky isn’t even TRYING to hide it anymore.
    Good. Never hurt anything by overcompensating.

    • Solenoid
      Solenoid
      January 3, 2015 at 12:05 am | #

      The only person she was worried about finding out now knows. Why hide it after that?

      • Gram91
        Gram91
        January 3, 2015 at 12:13 am | #

        Now we just wait until Walky finds out and see what happens from there…I have certain expectations *evilly smirks*

        • John
          John
          January 3, 2015 at 12:33 am | #

          I’m thinking his reaction will be along the lines of, “Oh, good, maybe Joyce’ll stop trying to steal my girl now that she’s got her own.”

          “She’s straight.”

          “Hahaha right.”

        • timemonkey
          timemonkey
          January 3, 2015 at 12:49 am | #

          I figure he’ll be pretty mad she got tossed out of school and is homeless just for being a lesbian.

          • whatintheliteralfuck
            whatintheliteralfuck
            January 3, 2015 at 7:04 am | #

            then he’ll see a sale on mcnuggets and forget about all of this.

            • Thomas64
              Thomas64
              January 3, 2015 at 9:44 am | #

              He’ll act like he’s forgotten, but he won’t, really

              • StClair
                StClair
                January 3, 2015 at 10:12 am | #

                Is it a week later yet?

                • Amazistool
                  Amazistool
                  January 3, 2015 at 11:02 am | #

                  That ol’ timesheet only extends to “The Whiteboard Dinding Bandit”, but the archive shows that there are three more days after that and we are actually in “Three’s a crowd”, so yes, today’s exactly one week later!

                  And even while Becky has “found out” that Joyce is straight, in the other ‘verse we already have seen Willis creating a character that is straight. with an exception..

                • John
                  John
                  January 3, 2015 at 12:17 pm | #

                  Tomorrow! It’s Friday morning; that was last Saturday evening.

                • timemonkey
                  timemonkey
                  January 3, 2015 at 7:51 pm | #

                  Amazistool, that’s not someone whose straight with an exception, because she’s had multiple exceptions she doesn’t want to admit. She later changes her personal definition to undefinably queer.

  6. Aolbain
    Aolbain
    January 3, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    Go away Joe, Joyce’s my wingman now!

    • newllend
      newllend
      January 3, 2015 at 12:08 am | #

      She got me into a bathroom full of naked ladies, what have you done for me lately!? Better yet where have you been lately !?

      • Kris
        Kris
        January 3, 2015 at 12:13 am | #

        Standin in hallways lookin grudgy as fuck.

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      January 3, 2015 at 12:22 am | #

      Joyce is best wingman

      • Disloyal Subject
        Disloyal Subject
        January 3, 2015 at 3:04 am | #

        She really is.

  7. Bill
    Bill
    January 3, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    We’re going to have a Joyce-clone, complete with sweater vest, only with red hair and freckles.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      January 3, 2015 at 12:09 am | #

      If Becky is a Joyce Clone, then Walky is a Danny Clone.

      • newllend
        newllend
        January 3, 2015 at 12:16 am | #

        No ! one of him is already to many.

    • Xain
      Xain
      January 3, 2015 at 12:10 am | #

      no we are going to have a female walky clone, only with red hair and freckles

      • newllend
        newllend
        January 3, 2015 at 12:14 am | #

        And that’s hot, she’s exclusive only to the female population.

        • StClair
          StClair
          January 3, 2015 at 10:13 am | #

          I dunno how I feel about all these redecos.

  8. Stephen Bierce
    Stephen Bierce
    January 3, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    *plays Kool & The Gang’s “Fresh” on the Muzak*

  9. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    January 3, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    “And for every hairball you remove from the stalls for me, I will look up one of their numbers in the student directory.”

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      January 3, 2015 at 12:10 am | #

      And if you do 10 in a row and you will get touch my bra, as I assume that is something you people like.

      • Dean
        Dean
        January 3, 2015 at 1:04 am | #

        Not one that I’m wearing of course, let’s not go crazy.

        • Rachel Roth
          Rachel Roth
          January 3, 2015 at 9:45 pm | #

          A hairball or a bra?

  10. Nox174
    Nox174
    January 3, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    I believe she will sample your wimmins, and I’d be afraid of what she will find there.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      January 3, 2015 at 12:11 am | #

      Jo, in camoflage, doing the same thing.

      • C.
        C.
        January 3, 2015 at 12:59 am | #

        There’s a female Joe?

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          January 3, 2015 at 1:35 am | #

          That’s his clever disguise, obviousely.

          • Disloyal Subject
            Disloyal Subject
            January 3, 2015 at 3:07 am | #

            I’m now picturing Joe and Jo (the one from Between Failures, seen in Donahugh’s gravvy below) disguised as one another.
            It is profoundly disturbing.

          • Disloyal Subject
            Disloyal Subject
            January 3, 2015 at 3:07 am | #

            I’m now picturing Joe and Jo (the one from Between Failures, seen in Donahugh’s gravvy below) disguised as one another.
            It is profoundly disturbing.

            • Rorror
              Rorror
              January 3, 2015 at 4:26 am | #

              At first, I somehow mixed up Jo and John (I don’t know how this happened. I am ashamed.), which was less disturbing. Then it occurred to me “No, that’s not right, he’s named John.” and then “Oh her. Jolene ‘Brooksie’ Brooks. Welp, thats disturbing alright.” (Jolene as Joe is weird but OK, Joe however as Brooksie, especially here is not good.)

      • Arianod
        Arianod
        January 3, 2015 at 3:50 am | #

        Invisibility cloak!

  11. otusasio451
    otusasio451
    January 3, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    I smell shenanigans.

    • swoop
      swoop
      January 3, 2015 at 12:08 am | #

      What kind of shenanigans?

      • ShaggyDonahugh
        ShaggyDonahugh
        January 3, 2015 at 12:09 am | #

        The smelly kind O_o

        • Mandy
          Mandy
          January 3, 2015 at 12:29 am | #

          Well, if nobody’s showered yet it would be smelly.

        • otusasio451
          otusasio451
          January 3, 2015 at 1:31 am | #

          That kind of smelly smell. That smelly smell that smells…smelly.

          • Screwball
            Screwball
            January 3, 2015 at 4:08 am | #

            SARDINES!!!

            😛

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        January 3, 2015 at 12:11 am | #

        Slipshining shenanigans!

      • Leonou
        Leonou
        January 3, 2015 at 12:11 am | #

        The sexy kind !

        • swoop
          swoop
          January 3, 2015 at 12:19 am | #

          It’s a communal shower, anyone could walk in. What kind of shenanigans could they get away with? Wouldn’t they get in trouble?

          • Itama
            Itama
            January 3, 2015 at 12:29 am | #

            more people just means larger scale shenanigans.
            get them large enough, and no one can punish you!
            the punishability of lesbian shower shenanigans are directly opposed by their volume of sexiness.

          • Leonou
            Leonou
            January 3, 2015 at 12:35 am | #

            She could “slip” and need to hold on to someone.
            She could enter an occupied booth “by mistake”.
            She could offer to wash someone’s back.
            She could offer to “mediate” in Grace and Mandy’s lover quarrels.
            She could ….

            • Swoop
              Swoop
              January 3, 2015 at 1:02 am | #

              You’re making her sound creepy. You really shouldn’t enter someone’s booth without being invited.

              • la6ue mous snow angel
                la6ue mous snow angel
                January 3, 2015 at 1:09 am | #

                It’s Joe. Of course he’s creepy.

                • Disloyal Subject
                  Disloyal Subject
                  January 3, 2015 at 3:09 am | #

                  He seems to have a good set of boundaries; creepiness isn’t a given for him, even if it’s rather frequent.

          • LeslieBean4Shizzle
            LeslieBean4Shizzle
            January 3, 2015 at 12:49 am | #

            “It’s a communal shower, anyone could walk in. What kind of shenanigans could they get away with? Wouldn’t they get in trouble?” Having lived in a co-ed by wing dorm, and having participated in activities that fall under the umbrella of “shenanigans,” I can reliably say: a LOT.

            • Swoop
              Swoop
              January 3, 2015 at 1:04 am | #

              Did you get in trouble?

            • jicklet
              jicklet
              January 3, 2015 at 12:21 pm | #

              My friend’s co-ed dorm received an awkward formal letter along the lines of “Please stop having sex in the showers, semen is clogging up the drains.”

              • otusasio451
                otusasio451
                January 3, 2015 at 12:58 pm | #

                That is both disgusting and fantastic.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        January 3, 2015 at 12:20 am | #

        All 3.

  12. Caffieanted
    Caffieanted
    January 3, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

    *smiles*

  13. magey
    magey
    January 3, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

    Joyce is trying so hard to be supportive it’s adorable

    • Carriethedragon
      Carriethedragon
      January 3, 2015 at 12:13 am | #

      She pulled a 180 so fast that I’m not sure it’s even realistic, but god damn do I love it.

      • dailybrad
        dailybrad
        January 3, 2015 at 12:18 am | #

        Joyce has always been very “In for a penny, in for a pound”. She has her faults, but doing things half-way hasn’t been one of them so far.

        • Bagge
          Bagge
          January 3, 2015 at 12:24 am | #

          So true! And since her best frame of reference for lesbians*) up to now is Billie… well, she’s not used to diversity.

          *) Yes, I know she is bi

          • Thomas64
            Thomas64
            January 3, 2015 at 12:50 am | #

            Joyce doesn’t even know Billie is bi. She assumes that Billie’s high school hanky-panky with Alice was “just a mistake” and that Billie’s current love interest is of the male persuasion.

            • Bagge
              Bagge
              January 3, 2015 at 12:51 am | #

              True… and it STILL is her best frame of reference for lesbians (well, up until yesterday)

      • Jenny Islander
        Jenny Islander
        January 3, 2015 at 1:55 am | #

        Awww, she’s trying hard to be a good sis.

    • JepMZ
      JepMZ
      January 3, 2015 at 12:18 am | #

      Wait what?? She meant it that way?? Oh snap! I thought Joyce meant mall window shopping. Aw, that’s nice

  14. Solenoid
    Solenoid
    January 3, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

    And then once you’ve sampled, it’ll be time to eat. Since there’s no kitchen in that dorm, I suppose you’ll have to eat out, though.

    • ShaggyDonahugh
      ShaggyDonahugh
      January 3, 2015 at 12:08 am | #

      Please, take this internet I wish to bequeath to you.

    • Thomas64
      Thomas64
      January 3, 2015 at 12:12 am | #

      There’s no kitchen? I guess we haven’t been shown one, but I just assumed there’d be a large open kitchen at one end of the commons. At least that’s how all the dorms I’ve seen in the Netherlands are laid out.
      They’re not commonly used for sex, though. Then again, in Dutch dorms everyone has a room to themselves. 🙂

      • Disloyal Subject
        Disloyal Subject
        January 3, 2015 at 3:12 am | #

        Not having lived in dorms yet, I dunno, but my faith in the United States’ educational systems is far too feeble to believe that many of our colleges include kitchens in dorm buildings.

        • Thomas64
          Thomas64
          January 3, 2015 at 6:53 am | #

          http://www.weareiu.com/blog/anne-rileys-blog/living-in-read-a-dorm-review

          Some of the floors have a small kitchen (stove, oven, sink, and some counter space) and others do not, but if you want to use a kitchen and your floor does not have one, you can always use another floor’s

          Damn, I hope that’s not typical of American dorms. Cooking your own meals tends to be cheaper and healthier, and if you team up with a few floor-mates so you’re cooking for multiple people and can rotate the shopping, cooking, and washing-up duties, it doesn’t take a lot of time and effort, either.

          • whatintheliteralfuck
            whatintheliteralfuck
            January 3, 2015 at 7:20 am | #

            sorry, but in American college you better learn to enjoy the taste of dry ramen noodles and cheese.

            • Deanatay
              Deanatay
              January 3, 2015 at 9:49 am | #

              American colleges are where young adult Americans are taught to eat out every night, and never cook healthy food for themselves. On my entire campus, there was one small dorm that had kitchens (they were reserved for ‘special needs’ people), everyone else had meal programs, and went to one of several very worrisome food outlets on campus. Food quality was actually lower than you’d expect from fast food, but it was free, so we ate it. Once they graduate, they are habituated to fast food, and think it manna from heaven.

          • John
            John
            January 3, 2015 at 12:52 pm | #

            At my alma mater, the dorm cooking facilities consisted of a microwave behind the front desk that you could ask whoever had drawn desk duty if you could use. Mostly it got used for popping popcorn. Having hot plates, crock pots, and the like in the rooms was against the rules – though one of my roommates had one anyway, which we kept hidden (along with my sword) during room inspection. He made a lot of ramen in it. I just subsisted on stuff that didn’t require cooking. Ham sammiches, mostly.

            We had the cafeteria on the ground floor of our dorm, but the students weren’t allowed to use those facilities, and the food service we had has been ruled unconstitutional to use in prisons, on grounds that it’s cruel and unusual punishment. (Not joking.) There was a Rathskeller (also operated by the food service) that had better food, but it was expensive and wasn’t included in the (mandatory) meal plan, so eating there meant that you were paying actual-restaurant prices for food that was maybe Wendy’s-level, on top of paying for the crappy cafeteria food that you weren’t actually eating.

            The college is in the middle of nowhere. The first year I was there we’d routinely drive thirty miles to the nearest McDonald’s, because it was so much better than the cafeteria food. (And gas was under a buck a gallon then, so even with my V8 wagon, that was still cheaper than eating at the Rat, especially with transport costs divided up among the ten people you could cram in the thing in reasonable comfort.) Second year, they built a McD’s just down the hill, and on any given night it was difficult to find a table because it was so packed with college students.

        • Kryss LaBryn
          Kryss LaBryn
          January 3, 2015 at 3:22 pm | #

          There was an interesting discussion here a few months ago IRL, during which the merits of hot plates, and the suitability of an upside down iron propped between two rocks as a substitute for said hot plates was discussed.

          Which I suspect means there probably isn’t much of a kitchen, or at least possibly only one for the building (maybe a microwave and a sink in the corner of the common room or something). I suspect most students are expected to eat at the cafeteria.

          I also suspect it means that not all dorms have kitchen facilities.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      January 3, 2015 at 12:13 am | #

      I think there’s lots of tacos if you wanna eat out. But if you’re not feeling thrifty, I know a place that has great clams too.

      • John
        John
        January 3, 2015 at 1:36 am | #

        Ew, clams. Joyce just wants tacos.

        • Deanatay
          Deanatay
          January 3, 2015 at 9:50 am | #

          Fish tacos!

  15. Anthusiasm
    Anthusiasm
    January 3, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

    Joyce: “Is this how friendship works with lesbians? Am I doing it right?”

  16. liahansen
    liahansen
    January 3, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

    aww, look at Joyce, trying to be all supportive!

  17. JessWitt
    JessWitt
    January 3, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

    Can we be positively sure Becky’s not related to Walky?

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      January 3, 2015 at 12:06 am | #

      She just walked left a room through the door instead of the window, so she can’t have too much of Sal in her.

      (Obvious joke: “Yet.”)

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        January 3, 2015 at 12:14 am | #

        But she also hasn’t talked about Dexter or Monkey Master.

        • Itama
          Itama
          January 3, 2015 at 12:23 am | #

          meh… its only a matter of time before the shirts cosmic power corrupts her anyway.

        • JWLM
          JWLM
          January 3, 2015 at 11:53 am | #

          She’s wearing a D&MM t-shirt right now…

    • Adam Black
      Adam Black
      January 3, 2015 at 12:38 am | #

      No, we cant!

      I called that Theory a Month ago.

  18. Kris
    Kris
    January 3, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

    Look out for the one that doesn’t wear shoes. She is a piece!…Oh and there’s a really desperate blonde one and a red head but NOT the one with glasses and…ect..You know what it would take all day.

    • Solenoid
      Solenoid
      January 3, 2015 at 12:06 am | #

      And, because of her situation, she really does have all day to do this in. Funny how things like that work out.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      January 3, 2015 at 12:15 am | #

      I would not object to Becky and Sierra hitting it off. After all, She’s the best character.

      • Bagge
        Bagge
        January 3, 2015 at 12:31 am | #

        She sure is, and Sierra is awesome too.

      • Arianod
        Arianod
        January 3, 2015 at 3:54 am | #

        Becky+Sierra would be like, perfect wedded bliss. No drama in it at all. So I wouldn’t count on it if I were you.

        • whatintheliteralfuck
          whatintheliteralfuck
          January 3, 2015 at 7:25 am | #

          I know what would top that:
          Becky and Dina.
          or just Dina.

          • Bagge
            Bagge
            January 3, 2015 at 10:41 am | #

            Not fair dropping the D-bomb.

  19. Cholma
    Cholma
    January 3, 2015 at 12:05 am | #

    “I shall sample your finest wimmins.”
    THAT’S the spirit, Becky! You’ll fit in just fine around here.

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      January 3, 2015 at 12:13 am | #

      Get in line.

      To the shower stall I mean, nothing else.

      I mean, it’s not like or anything.

      • Bagge
        Bagge
        January 3, 2015 at 12:14 am | #

        Get in line.

        To the shower stall I mean, nothing else.

        I mean, it’s not like everyone is gay in college or anything.

        • Bagge
          Bagge
          January 3, 2015 at 12:15 am | #

          YES! Got links working in only two attempts. Go me.

  20. newllend
    newllend
    January 3, 2015 at 12:06 am | #

    Joyce is like oh great I needed something to change the subject.

  21. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    January 3, 2015 at 12:06 am | #

    Just don’t look directly into Billie’s boobs. You may never find your way back out!

    • newllend
      newllend
      January 3, 2015 at 12:10 am | #

      But it that might be hard to do they have some sort of hypnotic trance along side a magnetic pull.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        January 3, 2015 at 12:16 am | #

        They also turn straight girls gay, so I don’t know what they’ll do to you!

        • newllend
          newllend
          January 3, 2015 at 12:27 am | #

          Guess it will make twice as gay, don’t know how that’s different from the normal verity but hey maybe you’ll find out

          • Wack'd
            Wack'd
            January 3, 2015 at 12:33 am | #

            Nah, Verity wasn’t gay, I don’t think. She was Jewish, though. If you’ve been hanging out with bigots it’s easy to get those things confused.

            • neeks
              neeks
              January 3, 2015 at 2:24 am | #

              Speaking of confused, I think newllend meant “variety” but it’s entirely possible that you knew that already and were just running with the typo for humor’s sake, so yeah.

    • Kris
      Kris
      January 3, 2015 at 12:11 am | #

      Ruth made that mistake. Let’s all take a moment of silence to remember her. -_-

    • The Wizard
      The Wizard
      January 3, 2015 at 12:26 am | #

      Yo Billie’s, I’m really happy for you, Imma let you finish but Billie’s ass one of the best parts of all time!

    • Arianod
      Arianod
      January 3, 2015 at 3:55 am | #

      Now there’s a fine piece of advice.

    • Aolbain
      Aolbain
      January 3, 2015 at 8:11 am | #

      Also, Ruth would properly feed her to wild dogs.

      • JWLM
        JWLM
        January 3, 2015 at 11:54 am | #

        No, no, no. Ruth isn’t jealous like that. She’d never feed becky to wild dogs…

        She’d rip out Becky’s femurs and feed *them* the to wild dogs.

  22. The Wizard
    The Wizard
    January 3, 2015 at 12:07 am | #

    OK, I’ll emit it, I chuckled! That last panel just made my decision even harder. I’ve done fan art of Robin, and of Roz from Shortpacked! Anti-Joyce from Its Walky!.. Yet can’t decided what I want to do from DOA. I older comments almost made me sketch Billie in Amazigirl’s outfit, but this panel just yells; “draw Becky!”

    • Disloyal Subject
      Disloyal Subject
      January 3, 2015 at 3:16 am | #

      (Chuckle emissions at an all-time high!)
      DRAW. EVERYTHING.

  23. Bagge
    Bagge
    January 3, 2015 at 12:08 am | #

    “By the way, what were you talking about just now?”

    “Oh, Joyce just defied the will of God by looking for loopholes for saving her best friend’s soul.”

    “Too bad you missed it. It was super hot.”

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      January 3, 2015 at 12:17 am | #

      Defying god is my fetish.

      • swoop
        swoop
        January 3, 2015 at 12:25 am | #

        Every fetish involves Defying god. He’s kind of uptight about that stuff.

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          January 3, 2015 at 12:31 am | #

          I may be weird, but I didn’t create the penis and the vagina. Just throwing that out there. I ain’t makin’ up body parts, God.

          • Lel
            Lel
            January 3, 2015 at 9:52 am | #

            What would you rather he equipped us with? Cloacas? Spore-based reproduction? Budding? Oviposters with external fertilization?

            • Bagge
              Bagge
              January 3, 2015 at 10:40 am | #

              Type IV bacterial secretion system pili

        • Arianod
          Arianod
          January 3, 2015 at 4:05 am | #

          Uptight? Nah. Just good at reverse psychology.

  24. Hannah
    Hannah
    January 3, 2015 at 12:14 am | #

    “Hey, you’re a lesbian right?” “Yeah..” “Look at her, she’s a woman. I bet that you’re into her based on nothing more than that fact!” “…”

    I certainly give Joyce points for effort, but yeesh… lol 😛

    • Carriethedragon
      Carriethedragon
      January 3, 2015 at 12:16 am | #

      I struggled with this misconception right up until the moment I realized that someone being male doesn’t mean I’m into them. After that epiphany, it seems painfully obvious.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        January 3, 2015 at 12:19 am | #

        That being said, as a dude, I’m PRETTY game for standing in a room full of half naked ladies who don’t think “EEEK a half naked dude standing in this room of half naked ladies”

        • Rowen Morland
          Rowen Morland
          January 3, 2015 at 11:37 am | #

          Do you work as one of those living statues?

      • neeks
        neeks
        January 3, 2015 at 2:32 am | #

        Also see: realization that just because two people are gay and the appropriate gender doesn’t mean they’ll hit it off or anything. I had that one in the middle of a chat with a gay gamer dude, I was all “oh, I know another gay gamer dude, maybe you two should date….wait, him being a gay gamer dude doesn’t actually guarantee compatibility” and he was like “ya think?”

        I was a 19yo shut in, lol, my matchmaking game was not exactly strong lol…

        • Rebecca
          Rebecca
          January 3, 2015 at 10:16 am | #

          Except I’m pretty sure this is still how hetero matchmaking works, so the misconception isn’t limited to gay people. “Hey you’re into ___? I know someone else who’s into ____! You two should meet! You’d be perfect together!”
          Unless my idea of matchmaking is based on really bad matchmakers, in which case just ignore that. 😀

        • StClair
          StClair
          January 3, 2015 at 10:19 am | #

          “Oh hey, you’re [ethnic], I should totally introduce you to my friend ____, he/she’s [ethnic] too!”

          (which means, of course, you two will totally be into each other, based on that one shared data point.)

          • Amazistool
            Amazistool
            January 3, 2015 at 12:05 pm | #

            You’d be perfect for each other!

    • dailybrad
      dailybrad
      January 3, 2015 at 12:21 am | #

      To be fair, that isn’t what she said. A variety of women there, it’s not inconceivable one would be her type. That said, Becky may have been sassing her in her response.

      • Bagge
        Bagge
        January 3, 2015 at 12:26 am | #

        “Becky may have been sassing” is about as wild a guess as “Sarah may have been sarcastic”

      • whatintheliteralfuck
        whatintheliteralfuck
        January 3, 2015 at 7:31 am | #

        her type is ultrachurch girls who think lesbianism is wrong.
        Joyce is no longer what she wants.

        • Bagge
          Bagge
          January 3, 2015 at 10:44 am | #

          So… Mary?

          • Kryss LaBryn
            Kryss LaBryn
            January 3, 2015 at 3:28 pm | #

            Ew.

            • No Name
              No Name
              January 3, 2015 at 3:57 pm | #

              Not “Ew”, “Yikes”

          • John
            John
            January 3, 2015 at 5:42 pm | #

            I have this weird feeling that Mary would be into it. I think she gets off on the hypocrisy.

          • JWLM
            JWLM
            January 3, 2015 at 8:59 pm | #

            I ship it.

            [Exit JWLM, stage left] No! Not my femurs! I kid! I kid!

            • Bagge
              Bagge
              January 3, 2015 at 11:35 pm | #

              Exit chased by wild dogs.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      January 3, 2015 at 12:23 am | #

      My friend tries to hook me up with chicks that are also black. But I’m also pretty not picky so It’s usually into ’em. It’s less I’m not attracted and more I’m not gonna try to date ’em.

    • Aolbain
      Aolbain
      January 3, 2015 at 8:16 am | #

      Becky’s 18 (or 19, I have no idea when americans enter college), the chance of her enjoying at least some of the sights in a room full of semi-naked and decently atractive women are pretty good.

      • No Name
        No Name
        January 3, 2015 at 3:56 pm | #

        We start at eighteen, but some of us may have just turned nineteen at the start of the year, depending on the date of the cut-off point for Kindergarten or Pre-K.

        • John
          John
          January 3, 2015 at 5:48 pm | #

          I started at 17. October birthday.

          Willis has made the main cast 18+ to avoid legal issues with drawing them in compromising situations, though.

  25. jadedcynic
    jadedcynic
    January 3, 2015 at 12:15 am | #

    So either she wasn’t listening in while pretending to sleep, or she was but didn’t feel the need to tip her hand (or just simply had nothing productive to add to the conversation).

    And Joyce, whatever else, is HELPFUL; she might have moral qualms about what you do, but above all else, Joyce wants to make you happy. 🙂

    • la6ue mous snow angel
      la6ue mous snow angel
      January 3, 2015 at 12:26 am | #

      Pretending?

      • ninja_jesus
        ninja_jesus
        January 3, 2015 at 12:36 am | #

        Pretending not to hear Sarah talk about Joyce’s gay boyfriend.

        • la6ue mous snow angel
          la6ue mous snow angel
          January 3, 2015 at 1:05 am | #

          But how do you know she wasn’t sleeping…?

          • Disloyal Subject
            Disloyal Subject
            January 3, 2015 at 3:18 am | #

            We don’t. We just don’t want to discount the possibility.

          • jadedcynic
            jadedcynic
            January 3, 2015 at 5:03 pm | #

            I worded that awkwardly – let’s put it like this: either Becky “wasn’t pretending to be asleep to listen in” (and thus REALLY asleep), or she WAS listening in while pretending to sleep, but doesn’t want to give it away yet.

            Is that clearer? The possibility that Becky was listening in while pretending to sleep and wants to talk about Joyce & Sarah’s philosophical/theological/ethical discussion is discounted because she’s had the opportunity right here and let it go.

            …I suppose there’s the possibility of Becky remaining asleep but subconsciously hearing the discussion, but I can’t see how that’d immediately affect things; maybe subtly in how she behaves around Joyce and/or Sarah, but apart from deja vu

            J:”So I’ve been doing some soul-searching trying to reconcile my faith with my friendship and support of you-”
            B:”…wait, didn’t you tell me that already? You were doing biblical research, right?”
            J:”…uh, no?”

            …I don’t see such a turn of events as being significant.

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      January 3, 2015 at 12:35 am | #

      Yup. Joyce is helpful, accepting (in her own slightly clueless way) and welcoming. Becky made the right call coming here.

  26. brumagem
    brumagem
    January 3, 2015 at 12:25 am | #

    I’m all for Joyce making changes, but that last line seems super out of place for her. The homo might be fair game now, but it’s totes pre-marital lusting in your heart, just as if they were all nekkid dudes.

    • la6ue mous snow angel
      la6ue mous snow angel
      January 3, 2015 at 12:29 am | #

      Yeah, Joyce would never stare at naked dudes… well, maybe a peek wouldn’t hurt… but no more than that!

      • tinfoil theory
        tinfoil theory
        January 3, 2015 at 3:25 am | #

        Strictly for reference material.
        Leave no whiteboard undrawn on.

    • Stgerlachus
      Stgerlachus
      January 3, 2015 at 2:34 am | #

      I think part of it might be Joyce thinking that if Becky finds another girl she won’t be into her anymore, that way they can be best friends without the awkwardness. The chance of getting Becky back probably overrules her ickyness towards PMH.

      • brumagem
        brumagem
        January 3, 2015 at 10:14 am | #

        That’s a pretty good point.

    • Arianod
      Arianod
      January 3, 2015 at 4:09 am | #

      In for a penny, in for a pound. It’s not like marrying the girl first is gonna save her from hell.

    • VMthecoyote
      VMthecoyote
      January 3, 2015 at 12:57 pm | #

      Well, same-sex marriage is presumably still illegal in Indiana, so it hardly matters…

      • John
        John
        January 3, 2015 at 5:56 pm | #

        Actually, it’s currently legal. (Whatever “currently” means in terms of DoA’s sliding timeline…)

      • JWLM
        JWLM
        January 3, 2015 at 9:07 pm | #

        Judge Richard Posner overturned the Indiana and Wisconsin laws earlier this year. His opinion is a classic: http://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/rssExec.pl?Submit=Display&Path=Y2014/D09-04/C:14-2526:J:Posner:aut:T:fnOp:N:1412339:S:0

  27. Morty
    Morty
    January 3, 2015 at 12:28 am | #

    Dang, Joyce is really commiting to the being ok with the gay thing. I’m impressed

  28. ninja_jesus
    ninja_jesus
    January 3, 2015 at 12:33 am | #

    Oh! Oh! Please tell me this is gonna lead to an eventual stand-off between Joyce and Mary. Now that Joyce has a lesbian friend living with her, and Ruth and Billie are together, it’s only a matter of time before Mary does something about it.

    Hopefully a bit of verbal sparring with Joyce will make her see things differently, but I kind of doubt it. What if Mary makes her cry? Or calls Becky’s parents somehow? I’m honestly kind of stoked for this. I sense a feels tidal wave coming.

    • Jess
      Jess
      January 3, 2015 at 12:48 am | #

      The feels ocean has been receding lately, so it only makes sense that another tidal wave is coming.

      Lets get to high ground so as not to drown.

      • Swoop
        Swoop
        January 3, 2015 at 1:13 am | #

        If we wanted to avoid the feels we wouldn’t be here. We have to ride that wave. Heck, some of us want to drown in it.

    • whatintheliteralfuck
      whatintheliteralfuck
      January 3, 2015 at 7:34 am | #

      Sarah is gonna jump in out of nowhere and dropkick mary the instant she raises her voice to joyce, and becky will show up naked with a beanbag and a bag of cheetos.

  29. Lapin
    Lapin
    January 3, 2015 at 12:35 am | #

    OMG I love this. Joyce wants Becky to move on from her, because it makes her uncomfortable, and Becky having another crush makes her much less uncomfortable, and she’s so confused, but she’s such a nice person and loves Becky so much she is willing to put on her big-girl panties and be like “Yes, go forth to the showers bestie, I have many attractive floor-mates”. She’s the BFF every kid in Becky’s situation needs, who invites Becky’s crushes on double-dates and while she’s not quite resolved to the gay thing, she will be the driving force behind Becky being happy.
    I love Joyce, and how big her heart is. I’m sure one day, her sister will trust her with the truth, and will find her place in Joyce’s heart unchanged.

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      January 3, 2015 at 12:41 am | #

      Also, one of Joyce’s favorite topic of conversation seem to have been Finding-The-Man-To-Marry-And-Have-Lots-and-Lots-of-Children. She’s still doing that, she’s just changing target demographic to ship Becky with

  30. Jason
    Jason
    January 3, 2015 at 12:42 am | #

    Joyce, I admire the effort, but I suggest you not encourage your friend to leer at your neighbors while they are half-naked. (I’m sure Becky will behave of course, but yeah.)

    • Aegon01
      Aegon01
      January 3, 2015 at 12:53 am | #

      Joyce is trying to get Becky to look at other women to divert Becky’s lingering feelings because she’s still more uncomfortable than she thinks/looks.

      Calling it.

    • Gwydion
      Gwydion
      January 3, 2015 at 3:28 am | #

      Joyce seems to have somehow missed the obvious fact that SHE will be there, partly naked, as well. Leer away, Becky.

      • Bagge
        Bagge
        January 3, 2015 at 10:38 am | #

        No, I actually think she has made up her mind to be OK with the fact that Becky is attracted to her, even when they share a bed, a room and a shower. Homophobic shenanigans averted.

        • No Name
          No Name
          January 3, 2015 at 3:52 pm | #

          Showering facility, not shower. There’s no way Joyce would join Becky for nakey-scrubs time.

          • Bagge
            Bagge
            January 3, 2015 at 6:39 pm | #

            Awwww. They would be best shower buddies.

            I think Joyce would be about as open to shower with Becky as with any other woman in the wing, so you are probably right (unless she and Becky have a more touchy feely relationship from when they were small), but to me it seems like tries not to let Becky’s homosexuality get in the way of continuing their relationship as before. She didn’t make a fuss of their sleeping arrangement for example.

            I think Joyce is far more worried for Becky going to hell than worried that she will make out with her.

            • Adam Black
              Adam Black
              January 4, 2015 at 9:45 pm | #

              Did Willis Change his mind ,
              and turn the Communal showers into individual stalls ?
              ( or do they have both ? )

  31. Mary
    Mary
    January 3, 2015 at 12:45 am | #

    Becky’s going to meet Daisy and will wear the same expression Walky had on his face when he first met Dorothy.
    Or maybe vice versa. Have a feeling Daisy might fall hard for Becky. It’d be cute.

    • Thomas64
      Thomas64
      January 3, 2015 at 1:21 am | #

      Ooh, yes, that sounds like it could be a good match-up.
      I wonder how they would meet, though. Is being editor-in-chief of the IDS a full-time job, or is she also a prof or something?

      • Mary
        Mary
        January 3, 2015 at 1:40 am | #

        Hmm. Didn’t think of that. I thought Daisy was an upper class man who was the editor of the school newspaper, but I don’t think it states anywhere if she’s a student or not.
        Then again, Becky’s not a student there either.

        • Heavensrun
          Heavensrun
          January 3, 2015 at 2:11 am | #

          Yeah, I was assuming she was a student.

      • neeks
        neeks
        January 3, 2015 at 2:38 am | #

        Idk but if Becky seeks employment at the paper (should it prove available) that’s a golden opportunity for puns about Agatha and “openings” and “positions” and I am seriously biding my time waiting for this to happen.

        PUNS FOR THE PUN GOD

        • Gamaran Sepudomyn
          Gamaran Sepudomyn
          January 3, 2015 at 10:46 am | #

          Jokes for the joke throne.

          • Lone Wolf
            Lone Wolf
            January 3, 2015 at 3:48 pm | #

            Harriers for the cup!

  32. Bagge
    Bagge
    January 3, 2015 at 12:46 am | #

    It’s super-cute how Becky wakes up in Joyce’s t-shirt.

    No, I actually mean super-cute as in “she has opened up her home and wardrobe for her” rather than “they are sleeping together”

    • jeffepp
      jeffepp
      January 3, 2015 at 2:38 am | #

      Given that they WERE sleeping together…

      • Bagge
        Bagge
        January 3, 2015 at 10:43 am | #

        Well, yes, but not in the biblical sense (prays that that expression makes sense in English)

        • Gamaran Sepudomyn
          Gamaran Sepudomyn
          January 3, 2015 at 10:46 am | #

          It does.

          • Bagge
            Bagge
            January 3, 2015 at 10:50 am | #

            Thanks G-man, I owe you one.

    • Thomas64
      Thomas64
      January 3, 2015 at 7:11 am | #

      It’s also a reminder of Becky’s state of mind. Apparently she really did get on that bus with nothing but the clothes she was wearing.

  33. FuryOfFirestorm
    FuryOfFirestorm
    January 3, 2015 at 12:52 am | #

    Free room and board, pressed and cleaned clothes, and now a free buffet? NOW THAT’S SERVICE!

    • nothri
      nothri
      January 3, 2015 at 1:15 am | #

      I dunno, man. Yeah, there’s all that, but was there a mint on the pillow? Nope! CLearly not five star quality.

      • John
        John
        January 3, 2015 at 2:09 am | #

        There totally was!

        … damn, I remember there was a Roomies! book cover where the “gag” was that Joyce was “mint in box”, but I cannot find it on the BBR site now.

        • Rorror
          Rorror
          January 3, 2015 at 4:45 am | #

          Here you go.

          • John
            John
            January 3, 2015 at 11:55 am | #

            That explains why I couldn’t find it. Misremembered the phrasing. That kind of spoils my pun, though.

            • Rorror
              Rorror
              January 4, 2015 at 3:55 am | #

              Don’t think of it as spoiling the pun. Think of it as adding another layer.

    • Animal
      Animal
      January 3, 2015 at 5:52 am | #

      http://youtu.be/fT-Bq5tiUQE

  34. John
    John
    January 3, 2015 at 12:52 am | #

    Good news, Becky! Like half the minor cast ladies are bi.

  35. begbert2
    begbert2
    January 3, 2015 at 12:55 am | #

    I’m probably going to be attacked for this, but I’ve always been a bit bothered by mixture of homosexuals and the standard (erroneous) societal assumption “we seek to avoid people feeling uncomfortably peeped at, so thus we will segregate by gender, and thus you may assume nobody in the room is desiring your body”. That *is* the only reason for gender-segregated bathrooms/showers, and gay people are a giant ole’ monkey wrench in the traditional-assumptions-system. And I can think of no way to reconcile a homosexual’s reasonable sexual interests with the reasonable desire of people to be protected from leering – at least, no way that isn’t horrible. The whole situation is troubling to me.

    • la6ue mous snow angel
      la6ue mous snow angel
      January 3, 2015 at 1:07 am | #

      Nudist colony. Everybody leers and everybody gets used to it!
      This is either the best solution or the worst.

      • Disloyal Subject
        Disloyal Subject
        January 3, 2015 at 3:27 am | #

        Or everybody gets used to it long before leering becomes an issue, and then keeps lust confined to appropriate times & places. Is that really so difficult? *sigh*

        • la6ue mous snow angel
          la6ue mous snow angel
          January 3, 2015 at 2:09 pm | #

          Wherever there are straight men and attractive women, there will always be leerers. Not to say that there won’t be offenders of other sexualities or gender identities, just that heterosexual men (or really any men who are attracted to women) tend to be easily tempted.

    • Ben
      Ben
      January 3, 2015 at 1:37 am | #

      And on the flip side, even if I assumed that everyone else was a straight guy and had no interest in me, I’ve never been comfortable changing in any locker room scenario (never mind public showers, which I have managed to avoid all my life). So it’s not like keeping the gays out would make everyone more comfortable anyways.

    • John
      John
      January 3, 2015 at 1:44 am | #

      Private bathrooms!

      Honestly, as a straight guy, I’m no more comfortable getting naked with straight guys than with gay guys. There isn’t going to be any banging going on either way, and I don’t like to unsheathe it if I’m not going to use it.

      • la6ue mous snow angel
        la6ue mous snow angel
        January 3, 2015 at 2:15 pm | #

        There’s nothing worse than useless nudity. However, there is a simple solution.
        From now on, whenever you are naked, you must go to the pee. Then your unsheathed sword will always have a use.
        Any place you can get naked is likely to have a toilet, urinal, and/or shower drain. If not, just pee on the floor. Why not.

    • Heavensrun
      Heavensrun
      January 3, 2015 at 2:08 am | #

      I have never understood why anyone gives the slightest shit what is going on inside the minds of other people who are behaving outwardly respectfully toward them. Why does anybody -care- if somebody privately thinks they’re hot, but respects your physical and social boundaries?

      • Stgerlachus
        Stgerlachus
        January 3, 2015 at 2:38 am | #

        Pretty much this, I’ve always felt a bit awkward when I’m changing with people around, but I’ve never even considered whether they might be interested in me or not. Unless people behave inappropriately why would anyone care, heck I’d be far more worried about the proliferation of phone camera’s these days.

    • tinfoil theory
      tinfoil theory
      January 3, 2015 at 3:31 am | #

      I thought the only reason for gender-segregated bathrooms/bedrooms was unwanted teenage pregnancy.

    • Random832
      Random832
      January 3, 2015 at 10:02 am | #

      > And I can think of no way to reconcile a homosexual’s reasonable sexual interests with the reasonable desire of people to be protected from leering – at least, no way that isn’t horrible. The whole situation is troubling to me.

      In what way specifically is “private showers for everyone” horrible? There are lots of reasons someone might not want everyone to see their body.

      • Random832
        Random832
        January 3, 2015 at 10:04 am | #

        I should add that I’ve never perceived there to be a legitimate reason for everything else other than showers to be segregated.

      • begbert2
        begbert2
        January 3, 2015 at 2:36 pm | #

        Well, there’s the cost issue of building separate facilities of all kinds for everyone everyplace, but in general I was worrying about situations where we are currently dumping groups of people together to do nudie activities and segregating them based on gender. The hundreds of millions of existing private bathrooms in private residences aren’t really under discussion.

        And the type of horrible things I want to avoid are “separate (but equal) facilities for gays! Now shark-free, with limited asbestos and societal protection on alternate weekends!”

    • timemonkey
      timemonkey
      January 3, 2015 at 10:23 am | #

      Not really, they’re gender segregated because straight guys, at the least, will harass the crap out of women while they’re changing. It’s a safety thing as much as a modesty thing.

      • begbert2
        begbert2
        January 3, 2015 at 2:39 pm | #

        I was sort of trying to imply that sort of thing under the umbrella of “leering” without going into excruciating detail about the kind of appalling monsters that society has somehow allowed some men to develop into.

        Plus, being an equal-opportunity sort of guy, I assume that some women can theoretically be shitty too.

  36. nothri
    nothri
    January 3, 2015 at 1:00 am | #

    Ethan problems saved by the Becky.

    • neeks
      neeks
      January 3, 2015 at 2:39 am | #

      Postponed, anyway.

  37. PandoraDanger
    PandoraDanger
    January 3, 2015 at 1:05 am | #

    There’s the Joyce I remember and love!

  38. The Dayman
    The Dayman
    January 3, 2015 at 1:09 am | #

    Partly Naked Ladies is one of my favourite cover bands.

    • 0kami
      0kami
      January 3, 2015 at 3:07 am | #

      They do a great rendition of “Pinch Me”, which Becky might be thinking to herself, being surrounded by other wet scantily clad wimmin folk.

  39. Idon'tcarenomore
    Idon'tcarenomore
    January 3, 2015 at 1:10 am | #

    Glad Joyce is really trying, but I think it is as much to her own benefit, in this case, as it is to Becky’s, to go admire the scenery in the showers.

    She is all into helping Becky, but if Becky finds another girl to hit on, Joyce will be much more comfortable.

    Becky is smart enough, I think, not to repeat the same type of behavior that just got her kicked out of her school. Hope she uses discretion, while window shopping.

    I do wonder what Mary can do in this situation? She can cause trouble for Ruth if she can prove Ruth is engaged in sex with Billie in the dorms as she’s the RA. But if Billie is not complaining, will they really do anything about it, it’s consensual. Billie was tagged as having a drinking problem when she was admitted, but Ruth has a clear record I think. Guess we’d have to wait and see.
    But, she could cause problems for Becky. Becky is not a student there and shouldn’t be living in the dorms. And Becky likely has parents looking for her. So Mary could cause Becky problems if she can do it, she will.

    • Heavensrun
      Heavensrun
      January 3, 2015 at 2:10 am | #

      The behavior that got her kicked out of her school was forming a mutual relationship with someone with common interests. She should feel absolutely free to repeat that, the fact that it got her kicked out of her school is the fault of her jackhole dad and a stuffy religious culture.

      • Stgerlachus
        Stgerlachus
        January 3, 2015 at 2:38 am | #

        Nono! She can’t repeat that, she needs to lock the door remember, lock the door!

      • Random832
        Random832
        January 3, 2015 at 10:07 am | #

        The actual problem for Becky is that she is not a resident and is overstaying guest limits (which is also a problem for Joyce and Sarah). Being openly (or caught) gay is just what would make her a target for Mary.

    • Betty Anne
      Betty Anne
      January 3, 2015 at 4:10 am | #

      The school (or more likely, the RA association) can (and probably would) remove Ruth from her position as RA, because it’s improper for her to have a relationship with a subordinate, which is what Billie is. That could potentially jeopardize Ruth’s tuition money, her room and board, her student work study, or all of the above, depending on her arrangement, as well as get back to her grandfather and out her to her family.

      Becky’s parents looking for her (if they are, and if toedad would bother to come pick her up) is less a problem than her not being a student there is. The biggest issue with Becky is overstaying the guest policy, which she might not have done yet, depending on what their campus’s policy on overnight guests is. Mary can’t do jack or shit about Becky if no one else complains about Becky’s shopping and she hasn’t overstayed the guest accommodations yet.

      • Bagge
        Bagge
        January 3, 2015 at 10:36 am | #

        Would be a nice twist is Mary report Ruth and eventually get’s her fired for… excessive violence and bullying.

  40. 6Qubed
    6Qubed
    January 3, 2015 at 1:13 am | #

    I am tempted to make a “potion seller” joke because of that last panel…

  41. Gate of Seven Ores
    Gate of Seven Ores
    January 3, 2015 at 1:28 am | #

    Imminent spill of blood in the ladies’ shower room is imminent.

    • tinfoil theory
      tinfoil theory
      January 3, 2015 at 3:33 am | #

      Duh. That’s what tampons are for.

      • Arianod
        Arianod
        January 3, 2015 at 4:13 am | #

        I think (s)he meant nosebleeds. And that’s definitely not what tampons are for.

        • Random832
          Random832
          January 3, 2015 at 10:08 am | #

          But they can be used for that.

          • Random832
            Random832
            January 3, 2015 at 10:10 am | #

            Also bullet wounds, though that’s unlikely to become relevant in DOA.

  42. AtomsOrSystems
    AtomsOrSystems
    January 3, 2015 at 2:29 am | #

    Joyce is overcompensating, and it s cute as fuck.

    • Arianod
      Arianod
      January 3, 2015 at 4:13 am | #

      This.

  43. heavvymetalqueen
    heavvymetalqueen
    January 3, 2015 at 3:22 am | #

    Gosh I LOVE BECKY her sense of humor just hits me the right way <3

  44. SDGlyph
    SDGlyph
    January 3, 2015 at 5:03 am | #

    Oh, Joyce.

  45. Boom
    Boom
    January 3, 2015 at 5:52 am | #

    Bad, Joyce! Bad! You’re doing that for the exact reason why you shouldn’t be doing that! Bad!

  46. Anonymous
    Anonymous
    January 3, 2015 at 6:38 am | #

    If I wasn’t straight, I would try really hard not to ogle other people in a communal shower, ’cause I wouldn’t feel right no matter what. Even if they were potentially interested it’s a big show of trust to show somebody you like your naked body.

  47. Pyr05
    Pyr05
    January 3, 2015 at 6:43 am | #

    wimmins. Fan-tastic.

  48. Zababcd
    Zababcd
    January 3, 2015 at 6:48 am | #

    She doesn’t need to go to the showers to see partly naked ladies. No-one is fully covered, so they are always ‘partly naked’. And even if ‘partly naked’ required some missing clothes, see panel 1.

  49. zmm
    zmm
    January 3, 2015 at 6:49 am | #

    omfg Joyce thats quite a growth moment there.. she didn’t even make a face or cringe at it.. Man the changes close friends can bring XD

    aka she’s cutely awkward and becky is just cutely awesome

  50. showler
    showler
    January 3, 2015 at 7:42 am | #

    I suspect the thought panel is Joyce considering that she no longer has any idea whether any of her floormates might be into women. “practically inevitable” and all that.

    • John
      John
      January 3, 2015 at 1:07 pm | #

      She has a pretty good idea that at least three of them are.

      • Jason
        Jason
        January 3, 2015 at 9:00 pm | #

        Does she?? I don’t remember anyone coming out to her. I know she saw the fight between Alice and Billie, but she seems to think Bilie has a boyfriend now.

        • John
          John
          January 3, 2015 at 9:59 pm | #

          Biliie outed Mandy and Grace to her, and she does seem to have caught the implication that Billie and Alice did hanky-panky.

  51. Doc Harleen
    Doc Harleen
    January 3, 2015 at 8:58 am | #

    As much as Joyce has plenty of amazing moments, I think this last panel is my favourite one.

  52. Inarx
    Inarx
    January 3, 2015 at 9:35 am | #

    …
    What would Joyce do if she heard Joe use that line in a similar context?

  53. NerdyCommentThreadName
    NerdyCommentThreadName
    January 3, 2015 at 9:58 am | #

    And then she falls for Mary. And everything is never ok again.

  54. SonicBlueRanger
    SonicBlueRanger
    January 3, 2015 at 10:11 am | #

    Awww Joyce is trying. So adorable.

  55. Bagge
    Bagge
    January 3, 2015 at 10:35 am | #

    Next up in Iiiiiiit’s Becky! Becky (who is a lesbian) goes showering aaaaand WINDOW SHOPPING! Shenanigans ensues.
    http://www.dumbingofage.com/2014/comic/book-5/01-when-somebody-loved-me/sleepover/?replytocom=464039#comment-464039

  56. Bagge
    Bagge
    January 3, 2015 at 10:47 am | #

    I was going to make a joke about how Becky knows how shower works, but then I remembered this

  57. Osaru Sensei
    Osaru Sensei
    January 3, 2015 at 11:17 am | #

    Dammit Willis, stop making me self-reflect D:

    To understand what I’m about to say, you guys need to know some things about me:
    I am a bisex female with a lesbian girlfriend, and the only major difference between us is that she has more self-control of her pervy urges.

    The thing abou this strip in correlation to me is that suddenly, I thought “Hey, wait a second… can I be that obnoxious with it like Becky was here sometimes?”

    I guess it’s true what they say – sometimes you connect with a character, and sometimes you get to see yourself from an outside perspective and you may not enjoy what you find.

    • DSL
      DSL
      January 3, 2015 at 6:22 pm | #

      Well, that’s also called character development, except a real person is involved. Enjoy!

  58. Em
    Em
    January 3, 2015 at 2:55 pm | #

    OH MY GOD JOYCE I LOVE YOU.

    Feel free to window shop. xD Holy shit best line EVER. Reminds me of when I was dating this straight dude who knew I was into chicks, and he was totally cool with me checking out the ladies. (it ended up going to a creepy direction because it turns out he was a perverted dick head but WHATEVER)

    That is character development right there. Either that or Joyce has always been that chill around Becky. But I think it’s character development.

    • Speedball
      Speedball
      January 3, 2015 at 4:18 pm | #

      I think Erica Moen had this exact situation happen to her. “Now the fact that we like ladies is just something we have in common.”

    • John
      John
      January 3, 2015 at 6:12 pm | #

      I’ve dated a couple of bi women who were way more active, if more subtle, about checking out the ladies than I was. We’d pretty commonly have conversations like:

      HER: “Whoa, did you see her boobs? Mmm-mmm.”

      ME: “Who?”

      HER: “Don’t turn around to look! Jeez.”

  59. Bill
    Bill
    January 3, 2015 at 5:02 pm | #

    Seriously, though, who looks upon taking a shower as “nakey-scrubs time!”?

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      January 3, 2015 at 6:12 pm | #

      Becky does! And it’s awesome.

  60. Masterofbones
    Masterofbones
    January 3, 2015 at 5:10 pm | #

    and this is why segregating bathrooms by gender is hilariously stupid

  61. Kat
    Kat
    January 3, 2015 at 5:35 pm | #

    I finally caught up!!! And holy moly this is such a great comic. I agree with what Becky said to Joyce a few strips back; I’m glad she’s being so supportive of her best friend. :’D

  62. Tenn
    Tenn
    January 3, 2015 at 5:44 pm | #

    Aw, Joyce, that’s so thoughtful. And have I mentioned I love Becky? I do.

  63. Leo Atrox
    Leo Atrox
    January 3, 2015 at 7:45 pm | #

    Attention Everyone!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdtTfQJCO2Y

    That is all.

  64. pretty much
    pretty much
    January 3, 2015 at 8:23 pm | #

    Walky seems like the kind of dude that could introduce some pretty radical robots to the cast of this creative, fun fiction. Reference vlad – achewood.

  65. Jason
    Jason
    January 3, 2015 at 9:02 pm | #

    Anderson University also has communal showers, doesn’t it? I doubt it’s Becky’s first time to use one. (Not to mention high school gym class.)

    • Jason
      Jason
      January 3, 2015 at 9:02 pm | #

      Oops, homeschooling — scratch that last part.

    • Halloween Jack
      Halloween Jack
      January 3, 2015 at 11:43 pm | #

      Given how quickly Becky got the boot from the place, I’d guess that Anderson probably has particular rules about exposing flesh in communal places, e.g. requiring everyone to wear bathrobes to the showers, take them off after they’re in the stalls and put them on before opening the stall curtains.

  66. Eyebrow-raise
    Eyebrow-raise
    January 3, 2015 at 9:08 pm | #

    So, recapping the obvious, Joyce is now sleeping with Becky, who is gay and wants her. And with Ethan, who is gay and doesn’t. And not getting any PMHP either way.

    Who is she cheating on?

    • John
      John
      January 3, 2015 at 10:48 pm | #

      Dorothy, duh.

  67. Twilightomens
    Twilightomens
    January 3, 2015 at 10:56 pm | #

    Joyce is the best girlfriend.

  68. Red5
    Red5
    January 15, 2015 at 5:57 am | #

    “I shall sample your finest wimmins.”

    I can’t stop cracking up.

  69. Trent
    Trent
    January 18, 2015 at 11:13 pm | #

    Joyce’s character development is making me soooo happy.

  70. Rachel
    Rachel
    April 28, 2016 at 11:08 pm | #

    Reading this through again, I love how easily Becky just rolls with Joyce’s awkwardness and turns it into casual humor. <3

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