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by David M Willis on February 22, 2011 at 12:01 am
  • 04 - The Bechdel Test

└ Tags: joyce, mike, sal, walky

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  1. Mkvenner
    Mkvenner
    February 22, 2011 at 12:02 am | #

    joyce magnet.

    • Digidestined of Trust (Tim)
      Digidestined of Trust (Tim)
      February 22, 2011 at 12:07 am | #

      Hah, Maybe I should fly in on a motorcycle. Nahhh, well my character could have one, though I’m more of the motor scooter type person. Sal is something else though.

  2. ScytheAkse
    ScytheAkse
    February 22, 2011 at 12:04 am | #

    HAS SHE TALKED TO BILLIE YET?!?!?!?!

    • Shift
      Shift
      February 22, 2011 at 12:05 am | #

      I’m thinking no. She probably snuck in and out without Billie ever noticing.

      • ScytheAkse
        ScytheAkse
        February 22, 2011 at 1:35 am | #

        i agree.. damnit

    • Michelle Alford
      Michelle Alford
      February 22, 2011 at 1:49 am | #

      I don’t really see the big deal. If I were Billy, I’d just fake her signature.

      • Michelle Alford
        Michelle Alford
        February 22, 2011 at 1:50 am | #

        Oh, hey, check it out. Apparently I am Billie.

        • ScytheAkse
          ScytheAkse
          February 22, 2011 at 2:05 am | #

          epi, so forge her signature 😛

  3. cappadocius
    cappadocius
    February 22, 2011 at 12:07 am | #

    Is it okay if Walky and Mike kiss now?

    • LC
      LC
      February 22, 2011 at 1:58 am | #

      oh… oh my
      i had never thought of that…

      😀

    • Madock345
      Madock345
      February 22, 2011 at 2:04 am | #

      more than okay, Much More than Okay!
      DO WANT!

    • ScytheAkse
      ScytheAkse
      February 22, 2011 at 9:05 am | #

      DON’T WANT

      • NightRoseK
        NightRoseK
        February 23, 2011 at 7:08 am | #

        DO WANT!
        Majority rules. ;P

        • Pagannerd
          Pagannerd
          February 23, 2011 at 9:18 pm | #

          ‘Been wanting for ooooooooooooh so long.

          • Izzy
            Izzy
            July 20, 2011 at 11:07 am | #

            Don’t want. It is now a tie…How long it stays a tie reamans to me seen…I am so tired i cang type righ…but tont fee l ike fixing. ugh

  4. Digidestined of Trust (Tim)
    Digidestined of Trust (Tim)
    February 22, 2011 at 12:08 am | #

    LOL! Mike’s actually in shock trying to figure out what the heck just happened.

    • Joebo
      Joebo
      February 22, 2011 at 12:15 am | #

      Umm, his expression doesn’t change one iota from panel to panel.

      • The HellJack
        The HellJack
        February 22, 2011 at 12:40 am | #

        Actually, Third Panel Mike looks a bit…less angry? Less pissed?

        Less…what?

        • Kamino Neko
          Kamino Neko
          February 22, 2011 at 1:13 am | #

          Less Mike-ish.

      • Viktoria
        Viktoria
        February 22, 2011 at 1:06 am | #

        Mike in emoticon form:
        >(
        >(
        😐
        >(

  5. Guitar Dude From SD
    Guitar Dude From SD
    February 22, 2011 at 12:12 am | #

    For some rason I really like the shirts that Mike wears, like the brown and yellow one we first saw him in, and now this grey one.

    • MJ
      MJ
      February 22, 2011 at 9:55 am | #

      It might be PSL

      • Guitar Dude From SD
        Guitar Dude From SD
        February 23, 2011 at 2:38 am | #

        What’s that?

        • zuche
          zuche
          February 23, 2011 at 9:32 am | #

          Perverse Sexual Lust. Old running gag ’round these parts.

  6. Joebo
    Joebo
    February 22, 2011 at 12:14 am | #

    Vroom. VROOOOM!

  7. Organs
    Organs
    February 22, 2011 at 12:14 am | #

    Why does Mike always look so angry? Actually, don’t answer that! He’s much funnier when he doesn’t say anything and yet so discontent!

  8. David Herbert
    David Herbert
    February 22, 2011 at 12:18 am | #

    She’s so cute.

    Is it stalkerish to make a plushie of a person you admire and sleep with it?

    • David
      David M Willis
      February 22, 2011 at 12:29 am | #

      Well, if this were 2003 or so, you wouldn’t have had to make one, you just woulda had to buy one.

      (I wonder if Keenspot still stores the ones they didn’t sell or if they just threw them all away.)

      ((Regardless, I have one or two Joyce plushies hanging around the house. They are mine.))

      • David Herbert
        David Herbert
        February 22, 2011 at 1:03 am | #

        Actually I meant if Joyce makes a Sal plushie. I can’t sew for crap.

        You should sell some Joyce plushies, I bet they’d make some money.

        • Scott
          Scott
          February 22, 2011 at 1:33 am | #

          Perhaps with little voice boxes in them that dress you down for being a sinner, but in a cute way.

          • David Herbert
            David Herbert
            February 22, 2011 at 3:24 am | #

            Or a Mike plushie that tells you how he fucked your mom for a nickel.

            With his penis.

      • Ian
        Ian
        February 22, 2011 at 2:01 am | #

        Did you put trousers on them?

        • Guitar Dude From SD
          Guitar Dude From SD
          February 24, 2011 at 12:33 am | #

          I’d buy a Mike

      • R
        R
        February 26, 2011 at 1:41 am | #

        I had one of those. Sadly it was my evil ex who gave it to me, so I no longer have it.

  9. Brendan
    Brendan
    February 22, 2011 at 12:19 am | #

    I see kissing, but no running. Are they mutually exclusive?

    What do you want to bet that this Joyce doesn’t actually know what “lesbian” means?

    • wednesday
      wednesday
      February 22, 2011 at 12:40 am | #

      She does NOW.

    • MM
      MM
      February 22, 2011 at 12:44 am | #

      Sure she does! She’s just working on getting caught up for Gender Studies: http://www.dumbingofage.com/2010/comic/book-1/02-uphill-from-here/why/

  10. KWCarlson
    KWCarlson
    February 22, 2011 at 12:26 am | #

    Wait, what Dave? hell yeah when they catch them they should kiss them, slowly…and film it so I can see it again later.

    • Soundbucket
      Soundbucket
      February 22, 2011 at 5:26 am | #

      With your penis?

  11. asdfasdf asdf
    asdfasdf asdf
    February 22, 2011 at 12:34 am | #

    first

    • David
      David M Willis
      February 22, 2011 at 12:39 am | #

      I usually delete “first” posts out-right, but… what?

      • Malph
        Malph
        February 22, 2011 at 4:05 am | #

        I’m think that means “First to post ‘first’ after there are already 15 other posts”.

    • huhh
      huhh
      February 22, 2011 at 12:50 am | #

      yeah for real, what?

    • Cinder
      Cinder
      February 22, 2011 at 12:56 am | #

      You’re about 32 minutes late, buddy.

    • TheAlucinaut
      TheAlucinaut
      February 22, 2011 at 1:04 am | #

      twenty-seventh

    • Soundbucket
      Soundbucket
      February 22, 2011 at 5:25 am | #

      twenty-G and a half

    • zuche
      zuche
      February 22, 2011 at 9:43 am | #

      No, I’m pretty sure Joyce has had other homosexual crushes before this, including that brief fling with Billie.

    • Menachem Schmuel
      Menachem Schmuel
      February 22, 2011 at 4:37 pm | #

      You’ve given me ideas.

      Thank you, kind sir.

  12. Alechsa
    Alechsa
    February 22, 2011 at 12:35 am | #

    B.S.!!!! ALWAYS kiss them! Especially if boys are watching!!!

    I wanna see which one Mike punches.

    • Alechsa
      Alechsa
      February 22, 2011 at 12:42 am | #

      Also: SAAALLLLL!!!!!!!

    • Joebo
      Joebo
      February 22, 2011 at 1:34 am | #

      No, the punching is over for now, he’s off the job.

      • AndysDrawings
        AndysDrawings
        February 22, 2011 at 6:34 am | #

        Mike only punches people when he’s allowed to, now?

  13. dratava
    dratava
    February 22, 2011 at 12:42 am | #

    Don’t tell me what to do, Willis! I’ll go chase and kiss a bunch of girls today!

    Wait…

  14. Cinder
    Cinder
    February 22, 2011 at 12:55 am | #

    Joyce should kiss Sal just to piss people off.

    • Trae Dorn
      Trae Dorn
      February 22, 2011 at 1:08 am | #

      Actually, you’re more likely to excite the lonely members of the fanbase than anger anyone if that happened.

      • Kamino Neko
        Kamino Neko
        February 22, 2011 at 1:15 am | #

        Judging from the reaction to the referenced P&A strip…it’ll anger people. A lot.

        • Ray Radlein
          Ray Radlein
          February 22, 2011 at 1:40 am | #

          ‘Cause evidently four or five years of careful foreshadowing and plot buildup aren’t enough.

        • Trae Dorn
          Trae Dorn
          February 22, 2011 at 7:41 am | #

          David Willis fans are really into Lesbians though. 😛

          • ADHadh
            ADHadh
            February 22, 2011 at 8:07 am | #

            Some of us are Girly! fans though.

        • T Campbell
          T Campbell
          February 22, 2011 at 8:01 am | #

          Everything that happens in P&A angers somebody.

          • Kamino Neko
            Kamino Neko
            February 22, 2011 at 9:13 am | #

            Point ceded.

          • zuche
            zuche
            February 22, 2011 at 9:48 am | #

            It angers me to see you admit that.

            For a certain, non-existent value of angers.

    • Viktoria
      Viktoria
      February 22, 2011 at 1:08 am | #

      Yeah, she should. It would make me…angry? Is angry what it would take for that? I’d be angry. Veeerrry angry.

  15. Jimmy
    Jimmy
    February 22, 2011 at 1:11 am | #

    I got about three pages into this comic convinced Joyce is gonna have at least one wild lesbian night with someone, and now I’m pretty sure it’s going to be Sal.

    • Madock345
      Madock345
      February 22, 2011 at 2:18 am | #

      Hmmm, lets see
      Sarah: Porobably too down to earth
      Sal: Might do it jutst to be a reble
      Dina: too shy, unless she is shy because she is in the closet
      Amber: Maybe, in Shortpacked she is cool with gay people
      Dorothy: could come to her in a moment of weakness about Danny and get a bit carried away.
      Becky: probably too religious, although they might “experiment”
      Billie: Possible, she could get really drunk.
      Ruth: she was an alchoholic in Roomies! and might still be since Billie is and thats where she got it from, Although that might not be acting with Integrity and could definatly lead to some Regrets (sorry)

      • Ian
        Ian
        February 22, 2011 at 2:38 am | #

        Dina may well be in the closet. Of course, in her case, that probably is no indicator of her sexuality.

        • The E-man
          The E-man
          February 22, 2011 at 8:41 am | #

          HAHAHAHA That’s so true!

      • Menachem Schmuel
        Menachem Schmuel
        February 22, 2011 at 4:39 pm | #

        … no mention of the very lesbian Leslie?

        • Madock345
          Madock345
          February 22, 2011 at 5:19 pm | #

          Thx, I knew I forgot someone obvious, but just couldn’t think of her.

        • Tristan J
          Tristan J
          February 22, 2011 at 5:49 pm | #

          Probably because she’s a teacher.

      • Jimmy
        Jimmy
        February 22, 2011 at 10:58 pm | #

        It’s possible Billie could get her super drunk (by accident at first perhaps) and it ends fantastically too well for everyone. I can’t see Joyce having more than one night with another lady. It would make for a few good pages of inner turmoil before she realizes a little bit of experimentation isn’t an automatic gay.

  16. Danielle
    Danielle
    February 22, 2011 at 1:40 am | #

    Okay I first started out reading this series, then found shortpacked, and now am caught up on both. Whew! This is freaking awesome comic!!!! Also I find Mike slightly less cool in Dumbing of age…

    Anywho You’re the best!

    • Madock345
      Madock345
      February 22, 2011 at 10:15 am | #

      Good, now read Roomies! It’s Walky! and Joyce and Walky!. come back when you have compleatly caught up.

  17. Jacob Martin
    Jacob Martin
    February 22, 2011 at 4:25 am | #

    I guess the reverse of the male saying appears in this comic. Sisters Before Hipsters? Or maybe it’s Ladies Before Tradies? (a bit Australian I admit, but it is still valid.) – Girlies Before Techies?

    • begbert2
      begbert2
      February 22, 2011 at 10:47 am | #

      Girls before churls.

    • Kamino Neko
      Kamino Neko
      February 22, 2011 at 10:54 am | #

      Sisters before misters.

    • JDX
      JDX
      February 22, 2011 at 3:13 pm | #

      Chicks before dicks.

      • Jimmy
        Jimmy
        February 22, 2011 at 10:58 pm | #

        If you’re a lesbian: Chicks before clits.

  18. goatman95111
    goatman95111
    February 22, 2011 at 4:48 am | #

    I’m looking forward now to the Sal fan club

  19. Ozzmandius
    Ozzmandius
    February 22, 2011 at 8:26 am | #

    SAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLL

  20. Robert in San Diego
    Robert in San Diego
    February 22, 2011 at 8:38 am | #

    Given how late Sal is getting into the dorm room at night, and the whole “ride a motorcycle to math class” dynamic going on, I’m wondering where Sal sleeps during the day.

  21. Animal
    Animal
    February 22, 2011 at 8:59 am | #

    Do not kiss them, that is, until Animal has time to get the video camera.

  22. zuche
    zuche
    February 22, 2011 at 9:52 am | #

    Th-th-th-that’s Sal, folks!

  23. Someone
    Someone
    February 22, 2011 at 10:28 am | #

    Man, I know it was a bad first date, but recovering by seeking out the strongest female image she’s seen? Hmmm…

  24. showler
    showler
    February 22, 2011 at 10:53 am | #

    Wasn’t there a link to Penny and Aggie here a short while ago? Now there’s a Joyce ad on the P&A site, but I seem to have lost the link from here to P&A.

  25. Sili
    Sili
    February 22, 2011 at 4:13 pm | #

    I can’t decide if I like Joyce/Joe or Sal/Joyce more.

    Decisions, decisions.

    • Menachem Schmuel
      Menachem Schmuel
      February 22, 2011 at 4:41 pm | #

      Let’s compromise: Joyce/Joe/Sal

      • Kilonum
        Kilonum
        February 22, 2011 at 5:28 pm | #

        THREEWAY!

      • Sili
        Sili
        February 23, 2011 at 9:22 am | #

        I knew someone was gonna suggest that, but I don’t care for Joe/Sal – sorry.

    • Madock345
      Madock345
      February 22, 2011 at 6:12 pm | #

      There is also Danny/Joe and Joyce/Sal
      (I have been shipping Danny and Joes since I started reading Willis’ work, and I have been reading since Roomies! first started.) Please Willis, just one accidental kiss or shower scene and I will love you forever.

      • Sili
        Sili
        February 23, 2011 at 9:23 am | #

        Ooooooh.

        I’m intrigued by your ideas and would like to subscribe to your newsletter.

    • goatman95111
      goatman95111
      February 22, 2011 at 8:58 pm | #

      What about Joyce/Sal/Dina? Because come on, you can just see Dina is so introverted she’d jump on the “be like Sal!” bandwagon, and become “mini-Sal” for….

      …one MILLION dollars!

  26. X15lm204
    X15lm204
    February 22, 2011 at 5:29 pm | #

    OK, kinda wondering about something; why is this section called “The Bechdel Test”? The comic passed on the first page, and continues to do so regularly.

    (Funnily enough, it’s the Reverse Bechdel Test that it so far fails, unless you count a two-bubble exchange between Walky and Mike or Joe ordering pizza from Galasso. I don’t think Joe is capable of having an actual conversation that passes.)

  27. Gabe
    Gabe
    February 22, 2011 at 7:12 pm | #

    Did you model Joyce off of a real-life bible thumper? She may be a main character, but her portrayal is SO dead on that I want to never read another word of her dialog.

    • Gabe
      Gabe
      February 22, 2011 at 7:16 pm | #

      Also, I felt I should add that your genius ad one Penny&Aggie is what brought me here. Drawing an ad targeted to a specific page of a webcomic that updates irregularly enough so that your ad will be relevant for a long time?? Brilliant!

      And your comic is superb enough to make me stay 😀

    • David
      David M Willis
      February 22, 2011 at 8:58 pm | #

      She is modeled off me.

  28. Chris
    Chris
    February 22, 2011 at 8:41 pm | #

    Where did the motorcycle’s gas tank go?

    • Roborat
      Roborat
      February 28, 2011 at 8:09 pm | #

      It’s an electric crotch rocket, it’s what all the environmentally aware rebels drive these days.

  29. Danno
    Danno
    February 22, 2011 at 11:47 pm | #

    I swear to god that sidewalk looks like it’s at RPI.

  30. 1Samildanach
    1Samildanach
    March 6, 2011 at 12:33 am | #

    I’m pretty certain those footpegs are too far back for a road bike. Sure, it kinda fits for Sal to have a racing bike (re: bike which is designed for actual racing, not street), but that configuration would not be comfortable for anything more than shortish rides (bear in mind that you hold your weight with your legs and feet, preferably with the former taking most of it, for various reasons relating to physics).

    • 1Samildanach
      1Samildanach
      March 6, 2011 at 12:36 am | #

      And got Ethan on that comment. How fitting =D.

  31. Cookiegirl
    Cookiegirl
    April 11, 2011 at 7:30 pm | #

    she needs video games. motorcyle video games

  32. DT
    DT
    April 29, 2011 at 3:14 am | #

    Is Mike crushing on Joyce? He’s got a mad look when she mentions Sal… then goes neutral as Sal drives by, and then he’s back to grouchy as Joyce runs off.

  33. Hinoron
    Hinoron
    December 10, 2012 at 10:12 pm | #

    Sooo… she likes the bad girls, but not the bad boys?

    Free benefit of doubt with ovaries?

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