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September 20, 2023

Solid

by David M Willis on March 19, 2018 at 12:01 am
  • 03 - Faz Is Great

└ Tags: faz, joe, joyce

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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    March 19, 2018 at 12:01 am | #

    “Search your feelings, you know it to be true.”

    “Nooooooo, that’s not possible!”

    “Faz has a chart showing the possibility. It has UP-ness!”

    • AGV
      AGV
      March 19, 2018 at 4:11 am | #

      Golden

    • Jon Rich
      Jon Rich
      March 19, 2018 at 12:05 pm | #

      I love this so much.

  2. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    March 19, 2018 at 12:01 am | #

    Joyce didn’t even grab onto him. Faz is really sticky, and her hand brushed against him.

    • LeslieBean4Shizzle
      LeslieBean4Shizzle
      March 19, 2018 at 12:39 am | #

      Random Prediction: Next comic, Joe will arrive and Joyce will be standing there with the hoodie but no Faz.

      • Screwball
        Screwball
        March 19, 2018 at 1:08 am | #

        With the volume of blood Faz has indicated as currently relocated south of the belt, there is a chance he would not wish to end physical contact initiated by the female party. Here is a chart that proves how much he is enjoying this…

        • Needfuldoer
          Needfuldoer
          March 19, 2018 at 1:47 am | #

          He seemingly has no idea Joyce is connected to either Joe or Amber, so he has no reason to flee her begrudging company.

        • butting
          butting
          March 19, 2018 at 1:57 am | #

          That’s not a chart, it’s a whiteboard stolen from a dorm door during an earlier arc.

          • Goshii
            Goshii
            March 19, 2018 at 3:17 am | #

            Damn now that is a call back.

      • hof1991
        hof1991
        March 19, 2018 at 10:16 am | #

        If a woman was involved in removing any piece of his clothing, Faz would stay.

  3. AnvilPro
    AnvilPro
    March 19, 2018 at 12:01 am | #

    Joyce and Faz. A combination of Willis character over 10 years in the making. May God be with us all.

    • Jess
      Jess
      March 19, 2018 at 12:03 am | #

      A hearty amen to that tbh.

    • notYash
      notYash
      March 19, 2018 at 12:03 am | #

      *cue infinite vomit*

    • Deathjavu
      Deathjavu
      March 19, 2018 at 12:04 am | #

      Seems like Joyce actually has the situation under control, somehow.

      We’ll see how long her patience lasts.

      • MM
        MM
        March 19, 2018 at 12:06 am | #

        That doesn’t look so much like patience as grim determination.

    • Kernanator
      Kernanator
      March 19, 2018 at 12:04 am | #

      *WWF pay-per-view opening package voice* May God have mercy on our souls.

    • Emperor Norton II
      Emperor Norton II
      March 19, 2018 at 12:04 am | #

      Pretty sure that no loving god would allow this ship to ever happen.

      But the biblical god probably would.

      • Reltzik
        Reltzik
        March 19, 2018 at 12:26 am | #

        Eh, the Biblical god would demand that Joyce remain a virgin for life, unless she couldn’t control her hormones, in which case she could maybe get married rather than go to Hell, depending on how you interpret the Pauline letters.

        …. Faz is less clear-cut, but I think he gets a smiting for pride.

        • Agemegos
          Agemegos
          March 19, 2018 at 12:30 am | #

          Depends which Biblical god.

          The Bible’s not a book, it’s a library.

          • vlademir1
            vlademir1
            March 19, 2018 at 3:55 am | #

            Multiple libraries really. Just the core torah has at least four to five major variants in common usage. The Samaritan, Masoretic, Septuagint, and Latin Vulgate texts each differ enough to count as distinct and some parts of the Coptic text may as well to my understanding.

          • Crusading Barista
            Crusading Barista
            March 19, 2018 at 4:39 am | #

            Excellent point.

          • Reltzik
            Reltzik
            March 19, 2018 at 5:01 pm | #

            Well, yes, but when a conversation is talking about “the” biblical god, the presumption is that you’re trying to reconcile all those versions into a single, coherent gestalt.

            • SgtWadeyWilson
              SgtWadeyWilson
              March 21, 2018 at 6:22 am | #

              I know it’s a whole day late, but I just want it noted that I’m now picturing Walky trying to cram a bunch of beardy dude palette swaps with name tags in their respective languages into one small cardboard box.

      • Wizard
        Wizard
        March 19, 2018 at 12:26 am | #

        The Old Testament version, anyway.

        • Hannah
          Hannah
          March 19, 2018 at 1:59 am | #

          Is’nt that kind of anti-Semitic? Your basically saying the God of the Old Testament (aka the Jewish God) is unloving. I’ve seen some pretty heated discussions about this on other blogs between Jews and gentiles and while I don’t want to overgeneralise, I know that many Jews do find that very offensive.

          • Chris Phoenix
            Chris Phoenix
            March 19, 2018 at 2:12 am | #

            Hm. I’ve read the (Christian version of the) Old Testament, and it seems like that God is _selectively_ loving. Not universally loving, the way the New Testament God is (except for the occasional fig tree or herd of swine).

            It’s hard for me to imagine anyone, even someone loyal to the OT God, saying it was a “loving” act to command complete genocide on a conquered people. And at least the translation/version I read doesn’t leave much room for interpretation on that.

            • Hannah
              Hannah
              March 19, 2018 at 2:27 am | #

              Sure, the Old Testament God did a lot of messed up shit, so I can understand someone finding him unloving. I think what I really take issue with and did’nt really properly convey is that of the idea of the Old Testament God being less loving than the New Testament God. Sure, the God of the New Testament did’nt exactly do as much overt evil as the OLd Testament God, but he still allows a ton of evil to happen. I get that some evil in the world is necessary for free will and all, but surely things like natural disasters subvert free will by putting people in desperate situations where it might feel like the only way to survive is to be selfish. There’s more than enough man made evil in the world without adding to it. And that’s without getting into the concept of Hell that was introduced by the New Testament which to me is worse than anything the Old Testament God did. I’m aware that not all Christians believe in hell, but I think enough do for my point to Stand.

              • Hannah
                Hannah
                March 19, 2018 at 2:27 am | #

                Sorry, forgot to put it in paragraphs

              • Emperor Norton II
                Emperor Norton II
                March 19, 2018 at 9:18 pm | #

                Or as I’d say: The main difference between OT god and NT god is that the OT god is full of overt horror, while NT god tries to* make it covert horror.

                *Not that it always succeeds.

            • Crusading Barista
              Crusading Barista
              March 19, 2018 at 4:45 am | #

              One should ask, what would drive a loving God into wrath, when He’s slow to anger?
              One, Israel’s constant failure to mainly obey ten simple rules. (Sure, there’s Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy, but the “Laws” is the Ten Commandments).
              Two, humanity’s perverted nature.
              However, Israel did not vanish from existance.
              Also, for parts like the Amalekites, God commanded the Israelites to destroy them as revenge for the Amalekites trying to kill off the Israelites’ handicapped people.
              I could go on, but my brain is tired from studying all day.

        • Classic Appa
          Classic Appa
          March 19, 2018 at 7:40 pm | #

          I wouldn’t call it anti-semitic, it’s a wildly common trope that old school god is much more vengeful and badass than the newer love your enemies god. I believe Sarah has invoked this trope herself when she beat that rapist with a baseball bat.

      • Jon Rich
        Jon Rich
        March 19, 2018 at 12:08 pm | #

        “Pretty sure that no loving god would allow this ship to ever happen.

        But the biblical god probably would.”

        This sums up my view on the Biblical God pretty much perfectly.

        • Jon Rich
          Jon Rich
          March 19, 2018 at 12:08 pm | #

          *Chris Matthews bark-laugh* HAH! I got Mary for that comment!

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      March 19, 2018 at 12:04 am | #

      Triangle Smile Club is born!

    • Koms
      Koms
      March 19, 2018 at 12:10 am | #

      Never hated Jazz so much.

      Joyce is good at swipe typing.

      Faz better shut up. He does not want to meet the Joyce with the red eyes.

      • jeffepp
        jeffepp
        March 19, 2018 at 12:14 am | #

        The texting is the only thing keeping her punching hand from, well, punching.

      • Jamie
        Jamie
        March 19, 2018 at 12:19 am | #

        That’s an incredible ship name and I hate you for it. Jazz was a good thing before this day.

        • Doctor_Who
          Doctor_Who
          March 19, 2018 at 12:27 am | #

          The legacy of Scatman Crothers shall never be tarnished!

          • AutobotDen
            AutobotDen
            March 19, 2018 at 11:42 pm | #

            where’s the upvote button when it’s dearly needed?

    • VanVelding
      VanVelding
      March 19, 2018 at 12:36 am | #

      For some reason I’ve been seeing the DoA characters in contrast to their Walkyverse counterparts this week. Joyce and Faz interacting is slightly weirder than Walky not knowing Jason’s name.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      March 19, 2018 at 1:57 am | #

      The Joyce/Faz ship is in desperate need of an iceburg.

      • Charlie Spencer
        Charlie Spencer
        March 19, 2018 at 6:42 am | #

        And torpedoes. And mines. And reefs. And maybe a great white whale.

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          March 19, 2018 at 11:55 pm | #

          No kill like OVERKILL!

  4. King Daniel
    King Daniel
    March 19, 2018 at 12:02 am | #

    Concidentally with the first panel, Faz also wants Joyce to do him a solid.

    • JetstreamGW
      JetstreamGW
      March 19, 2018 at 12:06 am | #

      He’s gross, but can you really blame him?

      • alice
        alice
        March 19, 2018 at 4:06 pm | #

        yes

  5. Regalli
    Regalli
    March 19, 2018 at 12:03 am | #

    Texting while Faz-wrangling? Joyce is clearly too powerful.

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      March 19, 2018 at 12:28 am | #

      …. every now and then, Joyce reminds me that she’d be an okay mother.

      …. just, you know, not able to clean up messes. Or deal with any aspect of pregnancy or childbirth.

      • Inahc
        Inahc
        March 19, 2018 at 1:01 am | #

        iirc, there was a comic about her dealing with pregnancy…

        • Inahc
          Inahc
          March 19, 2018 at 1:10 am | #

          found it! http://itspregnancy.tumblr.com/

          I also discovered there’s a wiki: http://walkypedia.wikia.com/wiki/Walkypedia_Wiki

          • James Rye
            James Rye
            March 19, 2018 at 8:15 am | #

            I had no idea this tumblr even existed and I am hella thankful to you for linking it.

          • Reltzik
            Reltzik
            March 19, 2018 at 5:37 pm | #

            I’m not sure if that’s even Walkyverse canon. But either way, Walkyverse!Joyce =/= Dumbingverse!Joyce.

        • Inahc
          Inahc
          March 19, 2018 at 1:11 am | #

          …but silly me put two links in one comment, so, it’ll take a while to appear.

          • Inahc
            Inahc
            March 19, 2018 at 1:13 am | #

            or not. ha 🙂

      • Bagge
        Bagge
        March 19, 2018 at 4:08 am | #

        Well, yeah, but we already knew that

        http://www.dumbingofage.com/2016/comic/book-6/02-that-perfect-girl/kd/

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      March 19, 2018 at 4:07 am | #

      Well, yeah, but we already knew that.

      http://www.dumbingofage.com/2016/comic/book-6/03-when-god-closes-the-door/frame/

  6. ValdVin
    ValdVin
    March 19, 2018 at 12:03 am | #

    Some excellent,called-for Joyce faces today!

    • Deathjavu
      Deathjavu
      March 19, 2018 at 12:06 am | #

      There’s a different great Joyce face in every panel, it’s perfect.

  7. Mr. Random
    Mr. Random
    March 19, 2018 at 12:04 am | #

    Faz seems less prepared. But then again, he did drop all of his charts.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      March 19, 2018 at 2:01 am | #

      Faz keeps a report binder full of charts and chart templates with him at all times.

      • wwwhhattt
        wwwhhattt
        March 19, 2018 at 5:02 am | #

        His binder is not full of women yet, but that is his dream.

  8. Delicious Taffy
    Delicious Taffy
    March 19, 2018 at 12:04 am | #

    Always sad to see a kid with no future or hope of improvement.

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      March 19, 2018 at 12:29 am | #

      Yeah, Joe’s in a sorry place.

      • Deanatay
        Deanatay
        March 19, 2018 at 9:16 am | #

        Joe isn’t actually in this comic – just his voice.

        I think Taffy means Joyce.

  9. Sporky
    Sporky
    March 19, 2018 at 12:04 am | #

    I think Joe has seen Joyce in person enough to know she’s probably never smiling at anything he says.

    • Liliet
      Liliet
      March 19, 2018 at 4:05 am | #

      “smug and sarcastic” is what I think he’s seeing

  10. brionl
    brionl
    March 19, 2018 at 12:05 am | #

    “Woman of no relation”? Does that mean he knows he and Amber are related?

    • No Name
      No Name
      March 19, 2018 at 12:08 am | #

      He says Amber’s father is his own, so he probably thinks that. Whether or not he knows that is another (false) matter entirely.

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        March 19, 2018 at 2:04 am | #

        Wait, could that mean Faz’s biological father is even worse than Blaine? Is that even possible?!

        • No Name
          No Name
          March 19, 2018 at 3:13 am | #

          Well, his mother in the Walkyverse was presumably in the Korean mob, so…

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      March 19, 2018 at 1:59 am | #

      I just hope it means that he doesn’t own an Amber body-pillow.

    • Charlie Spencer
      Charlie Spencer
      March 19, 2018 at 6:47 am | #

      How about “…blood flowing into MY nether regions…”!!!

      Not ‘… into FAZ’S nether …’? Maybe he latched onto Joe’s comment about referring to one’s self in the third person? If so, I hope the change is permanent. It reduces the character’s annoyance factor by a full order of magnitude.

    • thejeff
      thejeff
      March 19, 2018 at 7:27 am | #

      Step-sibling is related. Not biologically, but still. I assume that’s all he means.

  11. butts
    butts
    March 19, 2018 at 12:05 am | #

    hella wicked game, brah

    • BaronPhD
      BaronPhD
      March 19, 2018 at 1:39 am | #

      Aah, you’re mixing the coastal slang!

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      March 19, 2018 at 2:06 am | #

      Wickit pissah, ked!

      *Chugs Dunks ice coffee while tossing a plastic patio chair in the parking space he shoveled out*

  12. JetstreamGW
    JetstreamGW
    March 19, 2018 at 12:05 am | #

    To be fair, Joe is much, much better at it.

    • No Name
      No Name
      March 19, 2018 at 12:09 am | #

      Yeah, but Faz is a very low bar to clear.

    • DrunkenNordmann
      DrunkenNordmann
      March 19, 2018 at 7:53 am | #

      Joe also understands what a “no” is. Not to mention that he probably knows what he’s talking about when he talks about sex. Unlike Faz.

      So yeah, any similarities are probably superficial at best.

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        March 19, 2018 at 10:14 am | #

        Joe understands what a “no” is. It’s a challenge.

        At least for the old Joe.

        • cbwroses
          cbwroses
          March 19, 2018 at 4:06 pm | #

          He respected Sarah’s no pretty easily.
          Though, to be fair, the no was pretty intense, so we didn’t get to see how he’d react to a more casual one.

          • thejeff
            thejeff
            March 19, 2018 at 4:51 pm | #

            That intense of a no and he kept coming back to it every time they interacted.

            • cbwroses
              cbwroses
              March 20, 2018 at 11:19 am | #

              When did he come back to it?
              It’s been a lot of strips, but I remember both Sarah and Joyce telling Joe Sarah was off limits pretty intensely in the cafeteria (right before they met Jacob) and I don’t remember him asking her out again after that.

          • Emperor Norton II
            Emperor Norton II
            March 20, 2018 at 12:02 am | #

            He absolutely did not respect Sara’s no properly.

        • alice
          alice
          March 19, 2018 at 4:09 pm | #

          what’s weird for me is, the “old joe” just kinda disappeared abruptly with no serious reflection and we’re all kinda accepting that he’s changed. i’m not sure if this is naivete of the readership or the author or both or neither, i guess time will tell. IRL i certainly would not have gained any trust for joe at this point

          • thejeff
            thejeff
            March 19, 2018 at 6:10 pm | #

            There’s been a few scenes of the old Joe resurfacing and him stomping it back down. He’s definitely made a step forward, whether he relapses or not is another question.
            More subtly, he’s also still stuck in the “I’m doomed to be my father” mode. He’s just now realized that even his prior casual approach was damaging and he’s sworn off women entirely. That’s unlikely to last and the real test will be seeing if he can handle some actual sexual/romantic interaction without reverting to his old habits.

  13. Passchendaele
    Passchendaele
    March 19, 2018 at 12:06 am | #

    Hooray, Joyce caught him! Poor Joyce. XD

    • Lokitsu
      Lokitsu
      March 19, 2018 at 12:18 am | #

      It’s like when you catch the neighbors’ dog in your yard and while you’re returning him, you wonder why they can’t just keep him on a damn leash.

      • Jamie
        Jamie
        March 19, 2018 at 12:20 am | #

        You forgot to mention the part where it insistently humps your leg.

  14. Bicycle Bill
    Bicycle Bill
    March 19, 2018 at 12:06 am | #

    OK, Joyce, you’ve got him. Now you need to figure out what you’re gonna do with him.

    • Lokitsu
      Lokitsu
      March 19, 2018 at 12:19 am | #

      Like all rescued strays, he should be neutered.

      • Bathymetheus
        Bathymetheus
        March 19, 2018 at 12:28 am | #

        Be careful what you wish for. There are many women who would not wish to stop at Faz.

  15. lilyliv
    lilyliv
    March 19, 2018 at 12:06 am | #

    I mean, at least Faz has *some* standards.

    • lilyliv
      lilyliv
      March 19, 2018 at 12:08 am | #

      (Also, Joyce’s aggravated expressions are oddly adorable. But I mean, they’re Joyce expressions, so.)

  16. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    March 19, 2018 at 12:07 am | #

    Joyce’s consternation face is the best face.

  17. newllend(henryvolt)
    newllend(henryvolt)
    March 19, 2018 at 12:10 am | #

    Hey let’s be fair to Joe here Joyce. Joe doesn’t speak in third like fucking pokemon like Faz… that’s the only difference I can think of besides having the common sense to not straight up walk into the women’s bathroom.

    • drs
      drs
      March 19, 2018 at 1:07 am | #

      Many women have actively enjoyed Joe’s company.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      March 19, 2018 at 2:10 am | #

      Joe also backs off when rebuffed, and heavily emphasises mutual consent.

      • Liliet
        Liliet
        March 19, 2018 at 4:09 am | #

        canon evidence contradicts this. sure he says he does, but he doesnt seem to actually follow it

        • Jay
          Jay
          March 19, 2018 at 3:05 pm | #

          Source?

          • Jason
            Jason
            March 19, 2018 at 6:59 pm | #

            He didn’t respect Sarah’s no, repeatedly hitting on her even after he said he would stop.
            He knew Joyce wasn’t interested in casual sex but tried to convince her otherwise.

            I know there’s something else (I think alcohol was mentioned at some point?) but Joe respected the word of consent, without actually understanding the spirit of it. He wants to respect consent, but he doesn’t fully grasp everything involved with mutual consent.

    • Annamal
      Annamal
      March 19, 2018 at 2:23 am | #

      These days Joe listens when women tell him no

      • Unusually Angry Hippie
        Unusually Angry Hippie
        March 19, 2018 at 3:18 pm | #

        And even before he got better, it was more out of legitimate dumbfoundedness(emphasis on the ‘dumb’) that any woman legitimately did not desire his company.

      • alice
        alice
        March 19, 2018 at 4:18 pm | #

        has this actually been demonstrated? or has he just been not approaching people in a first place due to his now-deflated ego?

  18. Nicster216
    Nicster216
    March 19, 2018 at 12:11 am | #

    If you told me when I first started reading this comic that the only other good friend Joe would have besides Danny is Joyce i would have laughed in your Facebook but now…..still contemplating the status of their friendship

    • Nicster216
      Nicster216
      March 19, 2018 at 12:12 am | #

      Face*

      • Proxiehunter
        Proxiehunter
        March 19, 2018 at 12:43 am | #

        Book.

        • hof1991
          hof1991
          March 19, 2018 at 10:22 am | #

          Boooooooooook

      • No Name
        No Name
        March 19, 2018 at 12:51 am | #

        I here I was hoping that was intentional.

  19. Stephen Bierce
    Stephen Bierce
    March 19, 2018 at 12:12 am | #

    *”Runaway” finishes and is replaced by the instrumental version of “All Time High” from the same soundtrack over a hacked P.A. speaker*

  20. Some Random Name
    Some Random Name
    March 19, 2018 at 12:13 am | #

    I am getting the weirdest Judy Hopps-Nick Wilde vibes from Joyce and Joe

    • jeffepp
      jeffepp
      March 19, 2018 at 12:18 am | #

      She’s been on the verge of introducing him to her parents as her Bulmarian boyfriend for years/days.

    • MM
      MM
      March 19, 2018 at 12:20 am | #

      That should be Joyce’s Halloween costume.

    • cbwroses
      cbwroses
      March 19, 2018 at 12:22 am | #

      Now that you mention it…

    • David M Willis
      David M Willis
      March 19, 2018 at 12:29 am | #

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        March 19, 2018 at 12:39 am | #

        Should hang in the Louvre.

        • Bathymetheus
          Bathymetheus
          March 19, 2018 at 12:46 am | #

          I wonder if that would cause Team America to think twice before destroying the place?

      • Tacos
        Tacos
        March 19, 2018 at 4:49 am | #

        *snrk*

      • Geneseepaws
        Geneseepaws
        March 19, 2018 at 8:00 am | #

        Hmmmm, nearer to Al Kapp, or Matisse? Hmmm, hard to say, but a solid 10, Permanent collection for sure.

  21. DinaWho
    DinaWho
    March 19, 2018 at 12:15 am | #

    Excellent use of the zoom out in the last panel.

  22. Keulen
    Keulen
    March 19, 2018 at 12:17 am | #

    Technically Joyce isn’t actually touching Faz’s body, she’s touching the hood of his hoodie.

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      March 19, 2018 at 12:33 am | #

      You say this as if it is at all relevant to Faz’s construction-paper-esque arousal.

  23. Derek
    Derek
    March 19, 2018 at 12:22 am | #

    I like how Joyce is pulling on Faz’s hoodie and yet keeping his body a certain distance from her own

  24. stoodmuffin
    stoodmuffin
    March 19, 2018 at 12:24 am | #

    It’s amazing how such a small dose of him can be enough for ever.

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      March 19, 2018 at 12:36 am | #

      Yeah, but at the rate it takes these stories to play out, it’ll be almost three years before he’s gone.

  25. Meta
    Meta
    March 19, 2018 at 12:27 am | #

    EWW, Faz

    • Meta
      Meta
      March 19, 2018 at 12:28 am | #

      So did Joyce grab him while he was running past in panel three, or did she have him from the beginning

      • Some1
        Some1
        March 19, 2018 at 12:32 am | #

        She actually captured him under Joe’s nose using the teleport powers she was established to have in this strip

        http://www.dumbingofage.com/2017/comic/book-8/01-face-the-strange/helping/

      • Bathymetheus
        Bathymetheus
        March 19, 2018 at 12:33 am | #

        Given the fact that she grasped Joe’s error immediately, I’m thinking she had hold of Faz in panel one. Also, she’s typing one-handed, though maybe that’s normal for her?

        • Tim
          Tim
          March 19, 2018 at 2:10 am | #

          It’s kind of hard to swipe type with two hands. I’m not a fan of swipe typing…I prefer pecking with my two thumbs but she is clearly swiping her thumb across the keyboard.

          It’s odd. When are they going to have voice to text? So we can see them carrying on conversations like they are on the phone but …not?

        • Needfuldoer
          Needfuldoer
          March 19, 2018 at 2:18 am | #

          People type on phones with both hands (or just two thumbs)? Jeez, I can barely do that on a 7″ tablet, never mind a 5″ phone. Maybe it’s a remaining habit from the bad old days of the PocketPC, but hunt-and-peck with one thumb is fast and accurate enough for me on a screen that small.

        • Zee
          Zee
          March 19, 2018 at 11:25 am | #

          We’ve seen her swipe type before when Joe was checking out Leslie in class, so it seems normal for her

  26. Songbird
    Songbird
    March 19, 2018 at 12:31 am | #

    Faz isn’t just creepy. He’s also WEIRDLY SPECIFIC… o_0

  27. Tacos
    Tacos
    March 19, 2018 at 12:38 am | #

    I would say strangle him with his sweater but I think that would just arouse him.

  28. timemonkey
    timemonkey
    March 19, 2018 at 12:39 am | #

    Be very careful, Faz. Joyce is not one to harass. I mean nobody is okay to harass but Joyce is especially dangerous.

  29. brasca1
    brasca1
    March 19, 2018 at 12:52 am | #

    Sadly the difference between Faz and Joe is he has a body that grants him more leeway.

    • s
      s
      March 19, 2018 at 2:29 am | #

      well, also joe is an adult who flirts with/hits on age-appropriate women, and also is capable of normal human interaction when he’s not being a lech. i don’t mean to 100% defend joe’s behavior because he’s definitely out of line at times, but there’s more of a difference between them than just attractiveness.

  30. CleverTrousers
    CleverTrousers
    March 19, 2018 at 12:52 am | #

    Well, we can do the alt-text all day with these gravatars, can’t we?

    The prison-industrial complex is a bountiful source of free labor while also making it so that incarcerated black men can’t vote for laws against it!

  31. tirachokko
    tirachokko
    March 19, 2018 at 1:12 am | #

    semi-unrelated, but strips like these feed my joexjoyce ship (but also the ship, in my mind, is fed by any indication that they are on decent terms. Like, it’s less of a ship and more of a “I want you guys to be close friends and comfortable with each other, not necessarily kiss.”)

    • Mydnyt
      Mydnyt
      March 19, 2018 at 1:33 am | #

      That, funnily enough, i believe is actually called a Friend-Ship. Sorta like your NO-T-P but you still want them to enjoy each others company.

      • Some1
        Some1
        March 19, 2018 at 1:52 am | #

        Look the people here are unable to conceive of Walky asking to be friends with Jason without assuming they’re going to fuck. The idea of “friendship” holds no meaning to them.

      • Zee
        Zee
        March 19, 2018 at 11:27 am | #

        That’s called a brotp, the best tp

  32. ESM
    ESM
    March 19, 2018 at 1:12 am | #

    I love the implication that Joyce grabbed and restrained a small Asian boy first and only after she had done so did she check to see if it was the one Joe was talking about.

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      March 19, 2018 at 4:05 am | #

      Well… it’s Faz we are talking about. I’m pretty sure he did something restrain-worthy first.

  33. BaronPhD
    BaronPhD
    March 19, 2018 at 1:33 am | #

    Joe is apparently from Northern California?

  34. Bagge
    Bagge
    March 19, 2018 at 1:42 am | #

    Joyce Brown always catches her man.

    • Delicious Taffy
      Delicious Taffy
      March 19, 2018 at 2:38 am | #

      Unfortunately for her, the men she catches are usually hot. This one must be awfully disappointing.

      • Bagge
        Bagge
        March 19, 2018 at 4:10 am | #

        Yeah, Faz probably hears that a lot

  35. (((Mkvenner)))
    (((Mkvenner)))
    March 19, 2018 at 1:56 am | #

    And those were his final words.

  36. Larkle
    Larkle
    March 19, 2018 at 2:06 am | #

    So, Faz didn’t refer to himself in the third person in the last panel. Maybe it’s too early to say, but did he actually decide to follow Joe’s advice about not talking in the third person? Because that would mean he can be taught/reasoned with.

    • Psyme
      Psyme
      March 19, 2018 at 2:16 am | #

      He is evolving. This can only make him more terrifying.

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      March 19, 2018 at 3:10 am | #

      Joe did advise Faz not to use the ‘third person’ thing so much. Maybe he’s trying out the advice now?

    • Some1
      Some1
      March 19, 2018 at 3:38 am | #

      I honestly can’t tell if that would be a heel-face turn or just regular character development.

  37. Garnakan
    Garnakan
    March 19, 2018 at 2:10 am | #

    All that hoodie-grabbing with Walky finaley pays up!

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      March 19, 2018 at 5:03 am | #

      She has experience in handling annoying little brothers… but she might underestimate just HOW horribly annoying this one is.

      • Zee
        Zee
        March 19, 2018 at 11:28 am | #

        I thought she was the baby of the family

        • Bagge
          Bagge
          March 19, 2018 at 12:58 pm | #

          She was, until she found her new extended family

          http://www.dumbingofage.com/2014/comic/book-5/01-when-somebody-loved-me/forever/

  38. Josh Spicer
    Josh Spicer
    March 19, 2018 at 2:22 am | #

    On the plus side, Joyce found Faz.

    On the down side, Joyce found Faz.

    On the plus side, Joyce has experience with Joe so she knows what a younger, less experienced Joe would be like.

    On the down side, Joyce has to deal with a younger, teenaged Joe.

    And now my shipping senses much dictate that Faz is Joyce and Joe’s son.

    • MM
      MM
      March 19, 2018 at 3:00 am | #

      I refuse to believe either of them could be that bad at parenting. Even Joe.

      • No Name
        No Name
        March 19, 2018 at 3:18 am | #

        Joe was himself raised by Joe, and he’s not nearly as bad as Faz!

        • DrunkenNordmann
          DrunkenNordmann
          March 19, 2018 at 7:54 am | #

          For one thing, he understands the concept of consent.

  39. Chronos
    Chronos
    March 19, 2018 at 2:50 am | #

    Well, Joyce isn’t wrong…

  40. NinjaNick
    NinjaNick
    March 19, 2018 at 2:57 am | #

    Joe better run and get him ASAP.

  41. BenRG
    BenRG
    March 19, 2018 at 3:09 am | #

    I’ve got the feeling that, by the end of this day, Faz will have been yanked around by the hood by just about every girl in the primary cast. Here’s the thing: He will remember this as a positive thing and as a show of affection!

    • DarkoNeko
      DarkoNeko
      March 19, 2018 at 3:25 am | #

      if he lives long enough

  42. JessWitt
    JessWitt
    March 19, 2018 at 3:25 am | #

    How nice of Faz to affix “no relation” to the woman in his hypothetical scenario. /s

  43. Eldritch Gentleman
    Eldritch Gentleman
    March 19, 2018 at 3:51 am | #

    Wow I don’t think I have ever seen Joyce so consistently annoyed panel-to-panel. Interacting with Two pre-marital hankey pankers must really put a strain on her XD

  44. Bagge
    Bagge
    March 19, 2018 at 5:02 am | #

    This chapter is some kind of horrible parallel to “Walking with Dina.” In that chapter we followed Dina as she trotted along her day being awesome, bumping into the rest of the cast as she went along. In this chapter we follow Faz as he Fazes around and annoys people, bumping into the cast as he goes along.

    And I still think he will turn out to be a parallell to Becky and/or Howard.

  45. CianM1301
    CianM1301
    March 19, 2018 at 5:27 am | #

    Well at least he’s not talking in third person. That’s a… start?

  46. AKP
    AKP
    March 19, 2018 at 5:51 am | #

    Joyce’s expression is frickin adorable and I love it.

  47. Eldritch Gentleman
    Eldritch Gentleman
    March 19, 2018 at 6:12 am | #

    When I look at this… I’d love to see Joyce being Joe’s sister instead of Amber. They already have this “I’m annoyed by him/her but I have his/her back when push comes to shove” dynamic. I mean Joyce captured Faz before Joe even contacted her. She has this “fixing dumb brother’s mistakes for him” feel to herself in this scene.

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      March 19, 2018 at 9:00 am | #

      That’s the thing about Joyce – She’s all the characters’ dumb, happy, helpful, pesky and/or loving sister. It’s entirely in her nature to give this impression to everyone. One of the big things that is necessary for her to have a romantic relationship with anyone is for her to push beyond that sisterly safe-zone. So far, Jacob has been the closest with whom this has happened.

      • Bagge
        Bagge
        March 19, 2018 at 1:01 pm | #

        Very, very true.

        It is no wonder she did a Very Dumb Thing as soon as she could in her interaction with Jacob. She was WAY out of her depth.

        In one way, she’s a romantic version of that old joke about the dog chasing cars. “I finally caught it – now what do I do?”. For all her talk about finding a man, Joyce had NO idea* what to do with a boyfriend if she snagged him.

        *) Well, OK, some ideas, but they were sinful so she tried to suppress them, and they were probably anatomically wrong anyway.

        • thejeff
          thejeff
          March 19, 2018 at 2:40 pm | #

          They involve rubbing things on her tummy, apparently.

          • Bagge
            Bagge
            March 19, 2018 at 4:00 pm | #

            Lewd

  48. Mustachio
    Mustachio
    March 19, 2018 at 7:02 am | #

    Prediction: Joyce and Joe are totally gonna get hitched within 10 years. They’re way to comfortable with each other.

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      March 19, 2018 at 9:21 am | #

      *sigh* I give up. I can’t add any more levels to the S.S. Joece without it capsizing. There’s just no way. The ship is full.

      …

      *begins construction on the S.S. Joece II*

      Just call them Fleet Group Joece!

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      March 19, 2018 at 12:12 pm | #

      I’m just waiting for Carol’s head to explode when Joyce tells her that her boyfriend is Jewish and, yes, she’s converting before the marriage.

      • Eldritch Gentleman
        Eldritch Gentleman
        March 19, 2018 at 1:18 pm | #

        Frankly considering the way she is going Joyce might end up an atheist, or at least someone loathing organized religion.

  49. Cmd1095
    Cmd1095
    March 19, 2018 at 9:42 am | #

    Technically Faz, she’s making contact with the back of your hoodie.

    Also love how it’s a running thing where Joyce captures people by their hoodies

    • Barf Ninjason
      Barf Ninjason
      March 19, 2018 at 10:22 am | #

      It’s part of his carapace

      • Eldritch Gentleman
        Eldritch Gentleman
        March 19, 2018 at 1:11 pm | #

        Is he a very inept Genestealer? CALL THE DEATHWATCH!

  50. Hari
    Hari
    March 19, 2018 at 1:12 pm | #

    Amaza-Girl needs to drop kick the little shit.

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      March 19, 2018 at 4:01 pm | #

      N-o-o-o-o-o… Amazi-girl is not always perfectly on board with the concept of proportional respons.

      And Faz is a kid.

      • Eldritch Gentleman
        Eldritch Gentleman
        March 19, 2018 at 4:06 pm | #

        Actually… she is? It’s Amber you need to watch out for.

        • Bagge
          Bagge
          March 19, 2018 at 4:58 pm | #

          I’m not comfortable with the concept of Amazi-girl dropkicking anyone

          http://www.dumbingofage.com/2016/comic/book-6/03-when-god-closes-the-door/pleasure/

          • Eldritch Gentleman
            Eldritch Gentleman
            March 19, 2018 at 5:19 pm | #

            He was a thief, a bit of ass-kicking was in order.

            • Jason
              Jason
              March 19, 2018 at 7:14 pm | #

              I think Bagge might have been referring to her saying it was “her pleasure”, heavily implying it was the violence itself that was a pleasure.
              I mean, punching a thief- sans any sort of damage beyond bruising- I’m kinda okay with. He could have seriously screwed over the guy he stole from, depending not only on the monetary value of the contents but what he’s studying; and this got the bag back, and hopefully shook the thief up enough to behave differently. But taking active pleasure in hurting someone, I can understand that making someone leery.

              • Eldritch Gentleman
                Eldritch Gentleman
                March 20, 2018 at 3:49 am | #

                To be fair I interpreted it as more a stock phrase than someone Amazi-girl genuinely Felt. And even if she did mean it literally it was more about Stopping Crime than just hurting someone for the fun of it… but then again Amber has Issues and it’s really hard to tell sometimes. She might have an inherent drive towards violence and just channels it into more positive actions, kinda like a kid-friendly Dexter.

    • FacelessDeviant
      FacelessDeviant
      March 19, 2018 at 6:18 pm | #

      Sadly, drop-kicks do not put people in a self reflective state. I think Faz just needs to have some contact with people other than Blaine. He needs a wake up call, not a good night foot, so to speak 😛

  51. FacelessDeviant
    FacelessDeviant
    March 19, 2018 at 6:16 pm | #

    Yeah, Joe doesn’t deal in charts, he deals in lists. That’s toootally different.

  52. Shariku
    Shariku
    March 19, 2018 at 6:53 pm | #

    Irked Joyce is the best Joyce.

  53. XMD
    XMD
    March 19, 2018 at 11:45 pm | #

    Ugh, I’m going through the last few arcs and it just hit me that Faz is just a Howard with less of a leash.

  54. Schpoonman
    Schpoonman
    March 20, 2018 at 12:05 am | #

    Yep, still better than more Malaya.

  55. Mae
    Mae
    March 20, 2018 at 12:32 am | #

    I’m still overjoyed by the fact that Joyce and Joe are canon texting buddies. Their friendship warms my heart.

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