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by David M Willis on May 27, 2011 at 12:01 am
  • 05 - Media Rumble
└ Tags: dorothy, joe

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  1. Kide
    Kide
    May 27, 2011 at 12:01 am | #

    Lil’ Joe is little.

    • David Herbert
      David Herbert
      May 27, 2011 at 2:28 am | #

      Because it’s in a chick.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        May 27, 2011 at 3:09 am | #

        Kinky is using a feather, perverted is using the whole chicken.

      • James Rye
        James Rye
        May 27, 2011 at 4:53 am | #

        Why do i get the feeling that *In a chick* will get into the same league as *For a Nickel*, *With his Penis* and *With your mom*? XD

        • Dahlia
          Dahlia
          May 27, 2011 at 3:55 pm | #

          Because this webcomic is a breeding ground for new and exciting memes! 😀

          • Plasma Mongoose
            Plasma Mongoose
            May 27, 2011 at 7:19 pm | #

            YOUR MUM is a FEMUR munching SECRET MEDIA MONSTER who gets into your FAAAAAAAACE when you put YOUR PENIS IN A CHICK FOR A NICKEL.

            • Bekah
              Bekah
              May 27, 2011 at 8:17 pm | #

              IAWTC

            • Dahlia
              Dahlia
              May 28, 2011 at 5:10 pm | #

              B [

          • W31RD0
            W31RD0
            May 28, 2011 at 2:50 am | #

            Sal image just made the sarcasm right there.

            • Dahlia
              Dahlia
              May 28, 2011 at 5:10 pm | #

              D: But I wasn’t being sarcastic!

  2. Nexev
    Nexev
    May 27, 2011 at 12:04 am | #

    But Dorothy why aren’t you recording this vital information about Lil Joe? That’s what the readers want!

    • MM
      MM
      May 27, 2011 at 12:22 am | #

      First rule of newspaper writing: know what you can get past the editor. And Daisy? Does not care about Li’l Joe.

      • Thomas
        Thomas
        May 27, 2011 at 1:34 am | #

        I hate being a dick here, but MM gets it right. ” Li’l ” is the correct way to shorten ” little “, just like it’s ” it’s ” instead of ” its’ “.

        • David
          David M Willis
          May 27, 2011 at 2:28 am | #

          I think I’m okay: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lil

          (I can’t find anything that says one is wrong and the other is right, but “lil'” is clearly more popular.)

          • MM
            MM
            May 27, 2011 at 8:12 am | #

            Well, if it’s a contraction, it should probably be li’l’ anyway, which just looks stupid. So I’m totally willing to go with the “no right way” explanation.

            • Thomas
              Thomas
              May 27, 2011 at 8:51 am | #

              Wiktionary is in favour of ” li’l “: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lil%27

            • David
              David M Willis
              May 27, 2011 at 9:30 am | #

              Contractions as a rule can’t have more than one apostrophe. So y’gotta choose one placement or the other.

              • Kamino Neko
                Kamino Neko
                May 27, 2011 at 1:25 pm | #

                Eh, Cap’n, the bo’s’n wants to have a word with ye.

                • Ernst
                  Ernst
                  May 27, 2011 at 1:37 pm | #

                  Up on the Fo’c’s’le?

              • Strephon
                Strephon
                May 27, 2011 at 8:44 pm | #

                Unless you’re Lewis Carroll, who insisted on spellings like ca’n’t. It never really caught on.

        • Steven
          Steven
          May 27, 2011 at 2:29 am | #

          Except that English is a language that doesn’t follow its own rules. Especially in this case and its possessive forum. 😛

          • moonchylde
            moonchylde
            May 27, 2011 at 10:48 pm | #

            English is the slutty kid that does whatever is popular with the tongue, regardless of rules of propriety.

            • ren
              ren
              October 28, 2013 at 1:26 am | #

              It also sleeps around (why there’s French in English, and also cajun etc.).

      • Nexev
        Nexev
        May 27, 2011 at 3:41 pm | #

        It would have been different if Joe was Joana or something.

  3. Ragnal
    Ragnal
    May 27, 2011 at 12:05 am | #

    I hear Raven from Teen Titans everytime Dorothy talks.

    Is it just me?

    • The Sound Defense
      The Sound Defense
      May 27, 2011 at 12:08 am | #

      It WAS just you. >:(

      • dchorror
        dchorror
        May 27, 2011 at 12:33 am | #

        Yeah, now I got it too. I was hearing Buttercup previously.

    • Rowen Morland
      Rowen Morland
      May 27, 2011 at 6:58 am | #

      It WAS just you ):D

    • Daibhid C
      Daibhid C
      May 27, 2011 at 8:37 am | #

      Wait ,,, Dorothy sounds like a superhero?

      SHE’S AMAZI-GIRL!

      • Rikushadow5
        Rikushadow5
        May 30, 2011 at 10:30 pm | #

        Billie is Amazi-Girl. Duh.

    • badmartialarts
      badmartialarts
      May 27, 2011 at 2:20 pm | #

      Funny, I heard Princess Bubblegum from Adventure Time (who is also Starfire).

    • Lee
      Lee
      May 27, 2011 at 9:17 pm | #

      She’s kinda like Twilight Sparkle in my head.

  4. Clementine
    Clementine
    May 27, 2011 at 12:08 am | #

    … partially obscured by being in a chick.

    Now there’s a line I can’t refuse.

  5. Digidestined of Trust (Tim)
    Digidestined of Trust (Tim)
    May 27, 2011 at 12:08 am | #

    *facepalm* Joe, Joe, Joe- Get a hold of yourself man!

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      May 27, 2011 at 12:15 am | #

      Well, blood is not flowing to his head if you know what I mean.

      • Digidestined of Trust (Tim)
        Digidestined of Trust (Tim)
        May 27, 2011 at 12:21 am | #

        Unfortunately, I do. Heh. Wow, that Avatar makes that statement all the more weirder, LOL!

        • Digidestined of Trust (Tim)
          Digidestined of Trust (Tim)
          May 27, 2011 at 12:22 am | #

          I think back once again to the Canada ark when Joyce was switched genders and said that he/or is she still she, oh so confusing, couldn’t keep the blood out of her pants and keep it in the brain.

      • Jackson
        Jackson
        May 27, 2011 at 6:57 am | #

        I’m pretty sure that’s one of the Top Ten Things You Will Never Hear Joyce Say.

        At least six of the others also end in “if you know what I mean.”

    • ryan
      ryan
      May 27, 2011 at 8:22 am | #

      why should joe get ahold of himself when there’s a chick in the room? that’s obviously why she’s there!

      • Loki
        Loki
        May 27, 2011 at 11:12 am | #

        He DID rate Dorothy fairly decently, and she’s single now.

  6. Boringamus
    Boringamus
    May 27, 2011 at 12:11 am | #

    Because everyone knows that Lil’ Joe’s dignity is more important than Big Joe’s.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      May 27, 2011 at 12:56 am | #

      Makes perfect sense to me, Lil Joe does most of his thinking after all.

      • Someone
        Someone
        May 27, 2011 at 1:24 am | #

        Most of the thinking, socializing, Joeing…you know Joe might just be lil joe’s wingman.

        • Random Webcomics Junkie
          Random Webcomics Junkie
          May 27, 2011 at 11:49 am | #

          Joe is li’l joe’s slave.

  7. Jimmy
    Jimmy
    May 27, 2011 at 12:20 am | #

    It’s good to know that Joe gets the most important information out of the way first.

  8. Croaxleigh
    Croaxleigh
    May 27, 2011 at 12:20 am | #

    Y’know, Joe… it might help the whole “image” thing if you came up with a different nickname than “Lil Joe.”

    • Kamino Neko
      Kamino Neko
      May 27, 2011 at 12:28 am | #

      Big Hoss?

    • Ancestral Hamster
      Ancestral Hamster
      May 27, 2011 at 2:49 am | #

      Poxy Joe?

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      May 27, 2011 at 3:05 am | #

      Joepedo

    • ryan
      ryan
      May 27, 2011 at 8:24 am | #

      in his defense, what nickname could possibly improve his (their?) image?

      • TheDoctor
        TheDoctor
        May 27, 2011 at 11:21 pm | #

        How about : JOEZILLA!!!!

    • Random Webcomics Junkie
      Random Webcomics Junkie
      May 27, 2011 at 11:51 am | #

      Big Joe? As in, Joe may be an average joe in height and weight for a man, but Big Joe’s proportioned abnormally large?

    • Jason
      Jason
      May 27, 2011 at 1:44 pm | #

      Long Joe Silver?

    • George
      George
      May 28, 2011 at 12:21 am | #

      Joe-nan the Barbarian?

    • Bill M.
      Bill M.
      May 28, 2011 at 2:12 pm | #

      King Joe-bra?
      Joe-naconda?
      Joe-inator?

      • Kernanator
        Kernanator
        May 29, 2011 at 5:55 pm | #

        Joe-inator sounds good to me.

    • Chao Kuang
      Chao Kuang
      May 29, 2011 at 11:50 pm | #

      Nickname? Just call it….In A Chick.

  9. Matt of Steel
    Matt of Steel
    May 27, 2011 at 12:30 am | #

    he just needs a sign:

    Objects in this chick may be larger than they appear.

  10. dchorror
    dchorror
    May 27, 2011 at 12:35 am | #

    Is she admitting to being a dry writer?

  11. LurkerAbove
    LurkerAbove
    May 27, 2011 at 12:36 am | #

    Oh no, Big Joe’s Lil’ Joe is not so big? Things we learn about the characters, ten years on…

    • TheStranger
      TheStranger
      May 27, 2011 at 2:31 am | #

      I thought that was implied when Robin had her hands down his pants at the end of “It’s Walky!”

    • madock345
      madock345
      May 27, 2011 at 3:10 am | #

      apparently joe is in the same “little lil” club with walky: http://www.itswalky.com/d/20040804.html

  12. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    May 27, 2011 at 12:55 am | #

    IT’S OFF THE RECORD

    ITS ON THE TAPE

  13. Shift
    Shift
    May 27, 2011 at 2:06 am | #

    Should she be making these sorts of promises… I mean, she doesn’t really know that her editor isn’t going to pull a J. Jonah Jameson vs. Spider-Man on Joe and screw the story to be more inflammatory against him.

    • MeHael
      MeHael
      May 27, 2011 at 2:44 am | #

      She said “work with me and we can shape the narrative to your benefit”. I don’t think she’s considered what might happen afterwards, but she hasn’t made any promises about it one way or the other.

      • Shift
        Shift
        May 27, 2011 at 3:31 am | #

        She’s assuring him that if he does an interview with her, she’ll write something that benefit him, as opposed to other reporters who will make a fool of him for the sake of overblowing the story. She’s implying that anything she writes will save him issues. She never said “I’ll try” or “with any luck”. She makes it pretty clear she’ll have his back on this story essentially. If her editor decides she wants the story to go a different way and edits it, Joe’s going to feel betrayed isn’t he?

        • gangler
          gangler
          May 27, 2011 at 12:43 pm | #

          I’d say that Joe’s smart enough to know what the drill is with the editorial process, but I suspect the only time Joe knows anything about drills is when “Drill” is a euphemism. Drilling, plowing, nailing and screwing, various acts of plumbing, he’s a regular handyman within the right context.

  14. Crash Platypus
    Crash Platypus
    May 27, 2011 at 6:08 am | #

    Hey! When did the banner change? What happened the Joyce’s roommate??

    • ryan
      ryan
      May 27, 2011 at 8:29 am | #

      willis decided the first DoA book will be subtitled “brings back the segregation”.

      that or he wanted to put the three most prominent characters in the banner. and plus it’s more in line with sarah’s character to not be in the banner. http://www.dumbingofage.com/2011/blog/super-racist-new-doa-header-image/

  15. Swissaboo
    Swissaboo
    May 27, 2011 at 1:27 pm | #

    That’s right daisy, give the person with the biggest conflict of interest the story.

  16. Lt. Taz
    Lt. Taz
    May 27, 2011 at 2:38 pm | #

    “secret media monster” would be a great band name.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      May 28, 2011 at 7:37 pm | #

      …for his penis.

  17. Dahlia
    Dahlia
    May 27, 2011 at 3:51 pm | #

    Yes, Joe. Get this out of your system.

    Get this over with ASAP.

    Hurry and get Dorothy out of there before Danny gets back (worse yet, before Danny gets back with Amber!) Dx

  18. nils
    nils
    May 27, 2011 at 5:43 pm | #

    I like this comic. Just thought I’d say so. Thanks David!

  19. Zanosuke_Kurosaki
    Zanosuke_Kurosaki
    May 28, 2011 at 8:24 am | #

    Yay, he(Willis) used my term! =D

    • David
      David M Willis
      May 28, 2011 at 1:00 pm | #

      YOUR term? http://itswalky.com/d/20031117.html 🙂

      • Zanosuke_Kurosaki
        Zanosuke_Kurosaki
        May 28, 2011 at 6:19 pm | #

        Been so long since I’ve been through that archive, I’d forgotten that. XD

        Also! As proven by Jacques over in QC, not every guy picks the same nickname “type” for it. Steve calls his Lil’ Stevie Ray Vaughn, when Marten first called it Lil’ Stevie Wonder.

        Either way, Lil’ Joe is a term that makes me want to giggle. =D

  20. NF
    NF
    May 28, 2011 at 1:15 pm | #

    Joe is working to fix this problem.

    With his penis.

    (That was more ambiguous than I intended. Or was it!?!)

  21. Kelsey
    Kelsey
    May 28, 2011 at 1:33 pm | #

    Joe likes to focus on the more important things in life. Like his penis.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      May 28, 2011 at 7:36 pm | #

      Isn’t that what got him into trouble in the first place?

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