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by David M Willis on October 11, 2011 at 12:01 am
  • 06 - Yesterday Was Thursday
└ Tags: joyce, ryan

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  1. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    October 11, 2011 at 12:06 am | #

    So who’s the mark now? Eh? Eh?

    • Jen Aside
      Jen Aside
      October 11, 2011 at 12:07 am | #

      oh wait glass

      NOOOO SIERRA MIST

    • skies
      skies
      October 11, 2011 at 9:29 am | #

      Also he’s making that up.

  2. A. Colunga
    A. Colunga
    October 11, 2011 at 12:07 am | #

    There’s a ghost “Sure.” on panel 1. I think that makes it an oversure.

    • turkishproverb
      turkishproverb
      October 11, 2011 at 12:09 am | #

      The PUNS! THE PUNS!!

      • Vabolo
        Vabolo
        October 11, 2011 at 9:12 pm | #

        THE PAIN! IT’S PUNBELIEVABLE!

  3. Henry
    Henry
    October 11, 2011 at 12:07 am | #

    NOOOO!

    • David Herbert
      David Herbert
      October 11, 2011 at 12:13 am | #

      I suggest that if Joyce does indeed get raped we all form a mob and use pitchforks to stab Willis in the dick, then steal his transformers (I call Dragon Megatron).

      All in favour?

      • Carbonics
        Carbonics
        October 11, 2011 at 12:21 am | #

        Dibs on his DC toys.

        • Janette
          Janette
          October 11, 2011 at 7:59 am | #

          Can I have Bathound?

        • Angelicfiend
          Angelicfiend
          October 11, 2011 at 8:45 am | #

          aww i wanted those

          • xoer
            xoer
            October 17, 2011 at 10:01 pm | #

            does he have primus i have a armada unicron and i could pose them to fight

      • ilvos01
        ilvos01
        October 11, 2011 at 12:21 am | #

        Aye

      • Zanosuke_Kurosaki
        Zanosuke_Kurosaki
        October 11, 2011 at 12:31 am | #

        Aye! I call Classics Nightbeat.

      • Asuka L.S.
        Asuka L.S.
        October 11, 2011 at 12:33 am | #

        Ye can keep my transformer if I get to bring a torch too!

        • sammy
          sammy
          October 11, 2011 at 1:02 am | #

          your avatar makes this comment 10x more hilarious

        • Wandering meme
          Wandering meme
          October 11, 2011 at 7:01 am | #

          Your avatar makes your comment “super-effective!”

      • General Tekno
        General Tekno
        October 11, 2011 at 12:40 am | #

        Dibs on the BW Ravage X-9 I presume he owns!

      • MichaelHaneline
        MichaelHaneline
        October 11, 2011 at 12:45 am | #

        I am a huge ren faire nerd and have 22 swords, 14 daggers, 3 battle axes, and a longbow in my direct possession. Consider them at your disposal.

        • Rikushadow5
          Rikushadow5
          October 11, 2011 at 1:41 am | #

          You have my bow.

          • Azumango
            Azumango
            October 11, 2011 at 2:13 am | #

            AND MY AXE

          • Pie
            Pie
            October 11, 2011 at 2:13 am | #

            And MY axe.

            • Shade743
              Shade743
              October 11, 2011 at 3:52 am | #

              Dudes, put down the axes. We don’t need them “just” yet… Wait till tomorrow.

            • Wandering meme
              Wandering meme
              October 11, 2011 at 7:04 am | #

              And both my daggers…

              …give them baaaaaaaaaack!

              • Daibhid C
                Daibhid C
                October 11, 2011 at 9:25 am | #

                I have … a slightly poinyed stick.

              • Daibhid C
                Daibhid C
                October 11, 2011 at 9:25 am | #

                I have … a slightly pointed stick.

                • begbert2
                  begbert2
                  October 11, 2011 at 10:36 am | #

                  I hear poinyed sticks are more dangerous.

                • PlutoniumBoss
                  PlutoniumBoss
                  October 11, 2011 at 10:48 am | #

                  More poignant at least.

                • Wandering Meme
                  Wandering Meme
                  October 11, 2011 at 3:40 pm | #

                  for a nickel?

            • SolegitRR
              SolegitRR
              October 11, 2011 at 12:25 pm | #

              And my femurs!

              • SolegitRR
                SolegitRR
                October 11, 2011 at 12:27 pm | #

                Super love it when comments go in the wrong place…

          • Sarah
            Sarah
            October 11, 2011 at 2:44 am | #

            And my bear arms. And my Fork of Truth. And my pillaging shovel. But not my kidney hat

            • Jacob
              Jacob
              October 11, 2011 at 9:05 am | #

              It’s made from real kidneys.

            • PlatyPius
              PlatyPius
              October 11, 2011 at 9:42 am | #

              How about an asshat?

            • Izzy
              Izzy
              October 13, 2011 at 9:27 am | #

              and my sacred triumph forks

        • Far
          Far
          October 11, 2011 at 12:27 pm | #

          I take a bow… and arrow

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        October 11, 2011 at 12:49 am | #

        You all do realise that comments like these makes Willis a very sad panda. 😛

        • AaronS
          AaronS
          October 11, 2011 at 12:56 am | #

          I was thinking, “I’m totally with you!!!”… until the stabbing part. And then I winced and though, ew. That’s unnecessary.

          So yes, mob!

          No, violence and stealing!

          How about an angry yet peaceful mob who protests with giant signs of Joyce-support?

          • David Herbert
            David Herbert
            October 11, 2011 at 4:30 am | #

            But violence and thievery are so much fun.

          • Tylertlat
            Tylertlat
            October 11, 2011 at 6:07 pm | #

            I was thinking, “I’m totally with you!!!”… too, until I realized we were talking about Willis and not the fictional character…

        • Wandering meme
          Wandering meme
          October 11, 2011 at 7:07 am | #

          Cool!

          does it burn willis? DOES IIIIIIIIIIIIIITTT?

        • Jacob
          Jacob
          October 11, 2011 at 9:09 am | #

          To be fair, it’s actually kind of a compliment to Willis that he can create a character and bring her to life so well that we all want to protect her from any harm. Not many can do that.

          Although, we may want to dial back the violence a tad.

          • Far
            Far
            October 11, 2011 at 12:31 pm | #

            “we may want to dial back the violence a tad.”

            Ok, but if he does something shoking, can we taze him?

            • M-S-S
              M-S-S
              October 11, 2011 at 1:48 pm | #

              Of course. I mean, why else would anyone buy them but to punish Willis?

            • L
              L
              October 12, 2011 at 3:43 pm | #

              Don’t tase him bro! OW AAAGH

      • Ess
        Ess
        October 11, 2011 at 12:53 am | #

        Aye!!

      • Jeremy
        Jeremy
        October 11, 2011 at 1:15 am | #

        Can we just have our mob to Occupy Willis’ Street?

      • Wandering meme
        Wandering meme
        October 11, 2011 at 3:53 am | #

        Aye, and the motion is passed.

      • David Herbert
        David Herbert
        October 11, 2011 at 4:31 am | #

        Wow, I did not expect to get this much positive response. Will definitely buy a ticket to the states if you guys have got my back.

        • saturnwonder
          saturnwonder
          October 11, 2011 at 3:29 pm | #

          I have my 22!! *loads it*

          • Hannover Fist
            Hannover Fist
            October 11, 2011 at 6:32 pm | #

            I have a Ruger Mk.III, a Taurus model 62, a Charles Daly field grade, a Savage model 32C, a FEG model 200ES, a Yugoslavian M24/47, the bayonet for the M24/47, a sword bayonet for an M1903 springfield, a Ka-Bar 5-inch fighting knife, 2 butterfly knives, an 11-inch combat dagger, a 4-inch custom built hunting knife, a CKRT tactical folding knife, 4 air rifles, and a rusty hatchett.

      • Richie9999
        Richie9999
        October 11, 2011 at 4:13 pm | #

        I’m down for that. I can bring us a lead pipe. I’ll pick what toy I want once we get there.

      • wererat2000
        wererat2000
        October 11, 2011 at 5:07 pm | #

        i get the rattraps!

      • Wreckers360
        Wreckers360
        October 11, 2011 at 11:13 pm | #

        I want his custom Devcon.

      • thomas0comer
        thomas0comer
        November 29, 2011 at 11:08 pm | #

        SGRAVAGECALLEDIT!

    • Luke
      Luke
      June 17, 2012 at 1:26 am | #

      JOYCE NOOO DON’T DRINK THAT! IT’S A TRAP!!

  4. Jeff D
    Jeff D
    October 11, 2011 at 12:08 am | #

    2 Corinthians 11:14- “And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of the light”.

    Well played, Willis. Well played.

    • Rodrigo
      Rodrigo
      October 11, 2011 at 12:48 am | #

      Wait… So… that means…. is Joyce actually Satan?

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        October 11, 2011 at 12:55 am | #

        If Joyce = Satan and Satan = Santa, therefore Joyce is Santa.

        Santa has a list of all the naughty and nice people in the world.

        Santa gives nice people presents while he turns naughty people into lumps of coal.

        Conclusion: Ryan is going to be turned into coal.

        • fellixe
          fellixe
          October 11, 2011 at 2:06 am | #

          Yay! Santa’s here! (Deja vu edition)

      • Andy
        Andy
        October 11, 2011 at 1:04 am | #

        that or danny is the devil now, that is danny right? It looks like him anyway.

        • Andy
          Andy
          October 11, 2011 at 1:11 am | #

          nvm its defanitly not danny(wiki is useful) but now its realy bugging me who that is, i based my whole vision of this on it being the guy from roomies.

          • Andy
            Andy
            October 11, 2011 at 1:15 am | #

            ok im dumb(noticed the tags, again wiki is awsome)

          • Andy
            Andy
            October 11, 2011 at 1:16 am | #

            Who are you and why are you using my name?

            • Atcote
              Atcote
              October 11, 2011 at 2:36 am | #

              That’s Andy.
              I think it’s because his name is Andy.

            • Plasma Mongoose
              Plasma Mongoose
              October 11, 2011 at 3:43 am | #

              That’s the risk when you use an ordinary name as a handle, the chances that someone else chooses to use the same name increases many-fold.

              • Plasma Mongoose
                Plasma Mongoose
                October 11, 2011 at 2:51 pm | #

                Ahem.

                • Plasma Mongoose
                  Plasma Mongoose
                  October 11, 2011 at 5:31 pm | #

                  You realise that stealing someones ORIGINAL handle makes baby Jesus cry dontcha? 😛

              • Asuka L.S.
                Asuka L.S.
                October 11, 2011 at 2:52 pm | #

                I just realized: there’s no such thing as a gaseous mongoose, let alone an ionized gaseous mongoose! THE NAME IS A LIE!!!!

                • Wandering Meme
                  Wandering Meme
                  October 11, 2011 at 3:42 pm | #

                  your faaaaaaaaaace is a lie!

                • Plasma Mongoose
                  Plasma Mongoose
                  October 11, 2011 at 5:32 pm | #

                  That’s why it is original. 😀

            • Wandering meme
              Wandering meme
              October 11, 2011 at 6:58 am | #

              Let the clone wars begin!

              • saturnwonder
                saturnwonder
                October 11, 2011 at 3:30 pm | #

                I lay $10 down on the second Andy!!

      • Tev
        Tev
        October 11, 2011 at 9:15 am | #

        Nah, Ryan is bad, pretending to be good. Apt.

    • Shade
      Shade
      October 11, 2011 at 3:51 am | #

      Oh -2- for a second there I was going “How is long hair relevant to his comic page?”

    • Radome
      Radome
      October 11, 2011 at 5:03 am | #

      Went and googled what that verse was, and burst into laughter when I read it.

    • skies
      skies
      October 11, 2011 at 9:32 am | #

      ohhh NICE.

    • Richie9999
      Richie9999
      October 11, 2011 at 4:14 pm | #

      Joyce should have paid attention to the verse he mentioned. FORESHADOWING!

      • vlademir1
        vlademir1
        October 11, 2011 at 10:02 pm | #

        What’s to say she didn’t? We may well be reading this all wrong, after all Willis does like to subvert our expectations.

  5. Zek Patterson
    Zek Patterson
    October 11, 2011 at 12:08 am | #

    IT’S A TRAP!!

  6. AaronS
    AaronS
    October 11, 2011 at 12:08 am | #

    “And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light.”

    I wonder if Joyce knows this quote and is discovering his deceit? Then again, that’s totally wishful thinking on my part, with that whole Marry me part at the end.

    Ryan totally has a knack for choosing interesting bible verses given the context.

    • NCP19
      NCP19
      October 11, 2011 at 12:09 am | #

      Man, I hope so. I’d really hate such a relevant Bible verse to slip past Joyce.

      • AaronS
        AaronS
        October 11, 2011 at 12:13 am | #

        I know, right? I think that should be a big red flag to her. I initially read her further questioning of him as her being suspicious, but you know. Horses.

        Lots of horses.

        • LeaLeonis
          LeaLeonis
          October 11, 2011 at 12:08 pm | #

          I wonder – if Ryan turns out to be hoofed, would she fancy him more or less? And what would that mean for his penis qualities? I bet they’d be infernal.

          Would it be too much to ask for an impression of Devil-Ryan and Joyce hitting it in his father’s stable? Possibly while riding a horse? Backwards?

    • Mkvenner
      Mkvenner
      October 11, 2011 at 12:09 am | #

      Well Satan was once the angel of light.

      • Markus
        Markus
        October 11, 2011 at 1:45 am | #

        Nope. That was Lucifer. The two are not the same.

        • Kaci
          Kaci
          October 11, 2011 at 2:11 am | #

          this just in: Satan IS Lucifer. God changed his name after the war in Heaven when He cast him out. TOTALLY true story.

          • David
            David M Willis
            October 11, 2011 at 2:40 am | #

            {{citationneeded}}

            • adius
              adius
              October 11, 2011 at 9:22 am | #

              It says so in that poem god wrote. Yknow, Paradise Lost?

            • vlademir1
              vlademir1
              October 11, 2011 at 10:16 pm | #

              *falls off his chair laughing*

              Many scholars attribute Satan’s development from an adversary to the archenemy of God to the influence of the Persian religion Zoroastrianism. This religion is a lot like Star Wars, in which two opposing forces, one good and the other evil, struggle for control of the universe. Yet, the New Testament preserves the Hebrew Bible’s notion of Satan as far inferior to God and needing to get God’s permission before “raising hell” on earth (see, for example, Luke 22:31). Following the biblical period, Medieval theologians reinterpreted passages such as Isaiah 14 and Ezekiel 28, in which Babylonian and Phoenician kings are condemned for pride, as descriptions about Satan. In fact, the name Lucifer comes from a Latin translation of Isaiah 14:12, in which the Babylonian king is linked to a fallen Morning Star, called in Latin lucern ferre (“bearer of light”).[ahref=”http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/sizing-up-satan-in-the-bible.html”][1][/a]

              *resumes laughing*

              • vlademir1
                vlademir1
                October 11, 2011 at 10:20 pm | #

                I didn’t expect

                to have an actual effect on here…. nor such an ugly effect. My deepest apologies to everyone actually having to see it.

            • Mkvenner
              Mkvenner
              October 12, 2011 at 12:19 pm | #

              xdcd already beat you to that willis.

          • Plasma Mongoose
            Plasma Mongoose
            October 11, 2011 at 3:47 am | #

            IIRC, Satan is Hebrew for adversary, it is less of a name and more of a discription.

            • LurkerWithout
              LurkerWithout
              October 11, 2011 at 4:55 am | #

              I wanted to point out the typo, but then I realized that DIScription works on some level…

              • Plasma Mongoose
                Plasma Mongoose
                October 11, 2011 at 5:43 pm | #

                I usually know when I spelt something wrong and therefore use google to find the right spelling but in this case, I always assumed it was spelt dIscription not dEscription.

    • Doranian
      Doranian
      October 11, 2011 at 12:32 am | #

      Either he has an app that spouts random verses, or that verse might actually be from his mom.

      • Mkvenner
        Mkvenner
        October 11, 2011 at 12:39 am | #

        I thought that he was the result off genetic experimentation at a turd factory.

      • Wandering meme
        Wandering meme
        October 11, 2011 at 8:32 am | #

        It prolly does. But like a true pick up artist (PUA henceforth) he’s using it.

        He just got stumped, cause he never reads them.

  7. Mkvenner
    Mkvenner
    October 11, 2011 at 12:08 am | #

    No don’t drink the…what is that stuff?

    On another note was anyone else having connection problems?

    • Platypus
      Platypus
      October 11, 2011 at 12:10 am | #

      yep

      • Mkvenner
        Mkvenner
        October 11, 2011 at 12:11 am | #

        Oh good I am not going sane.

        • saturnwonder
          saturnwonder
          October 11, 2011 at 3:32 pm | #

          Don’t you mean insane? To be honest I think everyone is a little insane 😀

          • thomas0comer
            thomas0comer
            January 10, 2012 at 6:49 pm | #

            Mmmmmmno, I think ‘sane’ sums it up perfectly.

    • David Herbert
      David Herbert
      October 11, 2011 at 12:11 am | #

      Yeah, the site was down according to Willis’ twitter.

      • Digidestined of Trust (Tim)
        Digidestined of Trust (Tim)
        October 11, 2011 at 12:24 am | #

        Same here! I was getting quite annoyed. At first I thought it was my connection at home, but FB was working and then when I tried it at U.C. Clermont College it worked for 2 minutes and then shut down again for about 30 more minutes

    • Jesk
      Jesk
      October 11, 2011 at 12:12 am | #

      yes i tried for like an hour to get to this page. also had problems with shortpacked! which was sad for me

  8. Henry
    Henry
    October 11, 2011 at 12:08 am | #

    In an amusing twist, Joyce has a tolerance to the roofie and doesn’t notice the drink is spiked.

    • meanderling
      meanderling
      October 11, 2011 at 12:09 am | #

      No, Joyce is a member of a rival organ-thievery gang. She’s switched the drinks beforehand and Ryan’s gonna pass out any second.

      • David Herbert
        David Herbert
        October 11, 2011 at 12:12 am | #

        Or Ryan grabbed someone else’s glass instead of his intended one.

        • fellixe
          fellixe
          October 11, 2011 at 12:20 am | #

          Ooh! Quite possible. We’ll have to wait and see if some unsuspecting Settler passes out all of a sudden.

      • Mkvenner
        Mkvenner
        October 11, 2011 at 12:20 am | #

        How deliciously evil. http://youtu.be/6i7ycxiog40 (It was the only clip i could find with laugh I wanted)

        • madd
          madd
          October 11, 2011 at 2:53 pm | #

          Best evil laugh ever: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTghUoScGO8

          • Mkvenner
            Mkvenner
            October 12, 2011 at 12:22 pm | #

            I agree, but this is more of a Orson Welles than a Vincent Price luagh moment.

    • Mkvenner
      Mkvenner
      October 11, 2011 at 12:10 am | #

      Is that possible?

    • Digidestined of Trust (Tim)
      Digidestined of Trust (Tim)
      October 11, 2011 at 12:25 am | #

      Well, remember in the Walkyverse, she’s got a tolerance to alcohol, so I wouldn’t be surprised. That’s our final hope

      • Valdrax
        Valdrax
        October 11, 2011 at 12:55 am | #

        Well, that and the fact that Dorothy is actively looking for her.

        My prediction: She gets drugged but discovered before Ryan can “seal the deal,” teaching her a horrible lesson about trust without going all the way to getting her raped.

        • Kaci
          Kaci
          October 11, 2011 at 2:14 am | #

          I know I say this a lot but, second

        • xo
          xo
          October 11, 2011 at 10:53 am | #

          “teaching her a horrible lesson about trust without going all the way to getting her raped.”

          well.. we already know she doesnt like the drink because its not sprite, so i doubt shes going to drink much of it other than a sip. additionally.. i can totally imagine joyce getting pissed because she thinks her friend (that actually will just have saved her) doesnt trust other people and thinks friend is overreacting.

          (meanwhile, billie is in the background chugging it down.)

          if willis does it like that, where she doesnt actually learn anything…….. then our clueless joyce will have yet another opportunity to make the same mistake.

          • Valdrax
            Valdrax
            October 11, 2011 at 6:29 pm | #

            That is the funnier of the two options, so you’re probably right.
            OTOH, we’re a little overdue for some drama, so I’m not sure.

    • Wackd
      Wackd
      October 11, 2011 at 12:57 am | #

      “I spent the last few years building up an immunity to iocane powder roofies.”

      • RodneyMack
        RodneyMack
        October 11, 2011 at 1:16 am | #

        I was waiting for that movie refernece to pop up after drink switching was suggested

        • Zuche
          Zuche
          October 11, 2011 at 9:51 am | #

          It came up yesterday. We even got the whole battle of wits to the death scene out of it.

    • Kirt Dankmyer
      Kirt Dankmyer
      October 11, 2011 at 12:41 pm | #

      Really, Ryan is an idiot. Not only does Joyce have friends she cam ewith to watch out for her, but she has a whole room of drunk people likely to go looking for her if she’s gone for long. (Sure, drunk people are incompetent, but it only takes one to stumble on the correct action to save Joyce from Ryan.)

      Ryan is pretty much fucked, and not the way he wants.

  9. meanderling
    meanderling
    October 11, 2011 at 12:08 am | #

    And no wonder, for Satan maskerades as an Angel of.

    Hehehehe…

  10. Moonshine McGee
    Moonshine McGee
    October 11, 2011 at 12:08 am | #

    Now it’s official, the only thing that will make this end remotely happily is a deus ex ultracar-ina. Because Amazigirl is totally ultracar.

    • Mkvenner
      Mkvenner
      October 11, 2011 at 12:10 am | #

      There is no ultracar in this verse.

      • Moonshine McGee
        Moonshine McGee
        October 11, 2011 at 12:12 am | #

        See, that’s what Willis WANTS you to think.

        • Mkvenner
          Mkvenner
          October 11, 2011 at 12:23 am | #

          Frankly we are better of with out ultracar.

          3..2..1 aaaaaand que shit storm!

          • Rognik
            Rognik
            October 11, 2011 at 1:13 am | #

            *hands an extra f to ‘of’ and swaps the q for a c* There, that should do that…

            Perhaps Ultra Car is a rival cartoon to Dexter? Or perhaps same series, but he’s the nemesis. What a twist!

            • fellixe
              fellixe
              October 11, 2011 at 2:11 am | #

              I like the ‘q’. “¡Qué shit storm!”

              • Spazman
                Spazman
                October 11, 2011 at 7:09 am | #

                Queue shit storm?

    • Rognik
      Rognik
      October 11, 2011 at 12:17 am | #

      Dorothy is looking for Joyce. As that has been introduced, it would not qualify as a deus ex machina, either. So there is a possible happy ending, but she’ll be down the garden path a little first.

      • lawzlo
        lawzlo
        October 11, 2011 at 12:24 am | #

        …And to be fair, although Joyce has tilted the glass towards her mouth as if she were ABOUT to take a drink, it’s not clear that she actually has yet (after all, she’s still talking, which is hard to do with a mouth full of soda), so it’s possible that something will suddenly distract her at. the. last. possible. second. before. she. is. about. to. drink.

        Willis wants us on the edge of our seats, so I figure he’s going to take this as close to the edge as he can, before pulling back.

        • fellixe
          fellixe
          October 11, 2011 at 12:36 am | #

          And unknown to Ryan we have substituted his usual Rohypenol for Folger’s crystals. Let’s see what happens…

          • Mkvenner
            Mkvenner
            October 11, 2011 at 12:53 am | #

            Amb- I mean Amazi-girl kicks the shyte out of him.

            • Hannah
              Hannah
              October 11, 2011 at 3:27 am | #

              Seconded:

              http://www.dumbingofage.com/2011/comic/book-1/06-yesterday-was-thursday/mark/

              Then Joyce will become her sidekick.

              • Wandering Meme
                Wandering Meme
                October 11, 2011 at 3:44 pm | #

                All in favour of the aforementioned ryan shyte kicking ?

                …Aye.

    • Wandering meme
      Wandering meme
      October 11, 2011 at 8:37 am | #

      …but who is ultra car?

      This has been your moment of zen.

      • Michelle J Caboose
        Michelle J Caboose
        October 11, 2011 at 4:52 pm | #

        Why, Amber is, silly. (rolls eyes)

      • Michelle J Caboose
        Michelle J Caboose
        October 11, 2011 at 5:24 pm | #

        Every time I think of “Corinthians,” I think of Paul Rodriguez’ routine about Ricardo Montalban’s Chrysler commercials. In the commercials, Montalban always mentioned the seats being made of “real Corinthian leather.” Rodriguez said something like, “There’s no such animal. The Corinthians were an ancient people from the Bible. It ain’t cool to make seats out of people.” ^_^

  11. SlenderTroll
    SlenderTroll
    October 11, 2011 at 12:08 am | #

    Nooooo, Joyce! Don’t drink the Mist!

  12. (parenthetical commenter)
    (parenthetical commenter)
    October 11, 2011 at 12:08 am | #

    (but the dumbfuck did wind up having to do it in public…Justice may be swift)

  13. Thor
    Thor
    October 11, 2011 at 12:09 am | #

    Time to see how dark Willis is going to go with this…

  14. TheStranger
    TheStranger
    October 11, 2011 at 12:09 am | #

    “And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light.”

    1) Joyce didn’t twig to that immediately? You’d think, with the homeschooling…
    2) I’m thinking this has to be a setup for a swerve. Way too blatant a verse to be that straightforward unless Willis is going all Vizzini on us here.

    • numaron
      numaron
      October 11, 2011 at 12:12 am | #

      Just because she’s homeschooled doesn’t mean she knows the entire Bible by heart. That’s like saying just because someone went to public school they will know what is written in the 37th line of the Constitution.

      • Digidestined of Trust (Tim)
        Digidestined of Trust (Tim)
        October 11, 2011 at 12:20 am | #

        That’s true. I was homeschooled and I still haven’t memorized every verse. In fact I haven’t studied very many enough to have them memorized though I should’ve

      • fellixe
        fellixe
        October 11, 2011 at 12:29 am | #

        Willis does really have a good set of asumptions to play off of here. Homeschooling is practiced so widely now, even through facilitating charter schools. So the actual range of experiences for a homeschooled astudent is quite wide. Add to that that Christian youth culture is so wide and varied including a huge music scene spanning many genres. So while homeschooled and Christian is assumed to mean sheltered it can actually mean much more.

      • Aydr
        Aydr
        October 11, 2011 at 2:00 am | #

        I don’t see why one would even assume “christian” from “homeschooled”, but Joyce here seems like she probably DOES have the bible memorized.

        • eagalian
          eagalian
          October 11, 2011 at 4:24 am | #

          yes, but we’re not assuming with joyce. willis established joyce as a homeschooled christian in the first few strips, if not the very first one.

          • Aydr
            Aydr
            October 11, 2011 at 5:03 am | #

            well yes but a lot of people here seem to think that somehow it’s reasonable to assume that someone who’s homeschooled education must have been extremely religious. We assume she knows these bible verses because that’s been established as “her thing”, people, not because she’s homeschooled…

      • MarcinMN
        MarcinMN
        October 11, 2011 at 8:22 pm | #

        True, but if they did go to public school, we *could* assume that they are proficient in small arms. 😉

    • Shade
      Shade
      October 11, 2011 at 5:35 am | #

      My first reaction was “Huh… the long hair thing?” Till I realised it was 2 which I didn’t happen to know.

    • No Name
      No Name
      April 22, 2014 at 9:17 pm | #

      Years later, I have to make this point: Joyce didn’t notice because she was immediately distracted by horses.

  15. Kaos
    Kaos
    October 11, 2011 at 12:09 am | #

    someone please push him down at the stairs from an “accident.” he such is a bad liar.

  16. numaron
    numaron
    October 11, 2011 at 12:09 am | #

    Willis, I applaud your choice of verse. It is very appropriate.

    • Logress
      Logress
      October 11, 2011 at 8:38 am | #

      DAMN YOOOU WILLIS!!!

  17. Darth Shadow
    Darth Shadow
    October 11, 2011 at 12:09 am | #

    How much do you want to bet Joyce is going to call him out on that quote? She might, I don’t know enough of the bible to know if it’s an actual quote, and I don’t care enough to research it.

    Oh man I really hope I don’t start a flame war please don’t start a flame war.

    • Asuka L.S.
      Asuka L.S.
      October 11, 2011 at 12:42 am | #

      FLAME WA——–R!!!!!!!

      • begbert2
        begbert2
        October 11, 2011 at 10:46 am | #

        So would that be a battle of pining romantic couples, or an actual contest of common conflagrations?

  18. RWolf
    RWolf
    October 11, 2011 at 12:11 am | #

    Huh. Is this the first time that the title of the strip didn’t match up with anything said in the comic?

    • Master Kenobi
      Master Kenobi
      October 11, 2011 at 12:24 am | #

      It matches up with the actual verse he quoted, which is not about Jesus, but rather the devil.

  19. NCP19
    NCP19
    October 11, 2011 at 12:11 am | #

    So…is Ryan implying that his dad’s into bestiality?
    “What else does he do?”
    “We have a stable full of horses.”
    “So…he…does…them?” (if Joyce were more warped, XD)

    • Ex
      Ex
      October 11, 2011 at 8:43 am | #

      Doing horses is a very profitable business.

      • Zem
        Zem
        October 11, 2011 at 11:22 am | #

        I’d say!

        • Fauxlosopher
          Fauxlosopher
          October 11, 2011 at 3:14 pm | #

          Av+Comment=wow

  20. Yhelta
    Yhelta
    October 11, 2011 at 12:11 am | #

    Cue Mike stepping out of the bathroom and catchin Ryan with that predator look on his face…..followed by him punching it…HARD.

    • Darth Shadow
      Darth Shadow
      October 11, 2011 at 12:13 am | #

      Your current icon makes it all the better.

    • Yhelta
      Yhelta
      October 11, 2011 at 12:16 am | #

      Apropriate gravatar is apropriate

    • NakedDumblydore
      NakedDumblydore
      October 11, 2011 at 1:11 am | #

      I wonder if DoA-verse Mike is aware of the effects alcohol have on him yet? He’s still underage, so it’s conceivable.

      • m-no
        m-no
        October 11, 2011 at 7:51 am | #

        But! In the DoA-verse, there are no aliens and no abductees, so he most likely doesn’t have a special reaction to alcohol. In this universe, he probably just punches people harder.

        • NakedDumblydore
          NakedDumblydore
          October 11, 2011 at 11:35 am | #

          Was the alcohol effect because of the aliens? I didn’t think so, but I could have missed something.

          • m-no
            m-no
            October 14, 2011 at 9:39 am | #

            I was always under that impression. o.o I’m not sure on that now that you mention it, though.

      • TARDIS With A Hat
        TARDIS With A Hat
        October 11, 2011 at 2:54 pm | #

        That would be hilarious!

        • TARDIS With A Hat
          TARDIS With A Hat
          October 11, 2011 at 2:55 pm | #

          YAY! head alien!

    • xo
      xo
      October 11, 2011 at 10:57 am | #

      THIS.

  21. Jason
    Jason
    October 11, 2011 at 12:16 am | #

    I have a hard time believing Joyce would drink from someone else’s glass. Backwash!

    • isitsevenyet
      isitsevenyet
      October 11, 2011 at 12:57 am | #

      Well, he did get it for her to begin with. She told him he could have it, but if he slipped something into it, he wouldn’t have had any. Maybe she saw this and figured he just wasn’t thirsty.

  22. Digidestined of Trust (Tim)
    Digidestined of Trust (Tim)
    October 11, 2011 at 12:18 am | #

    ACK! You should KNOW this verse Joyce!

    2 Corinthians 11:14

    King James Version (KJV)

    14And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.

  23. jaredstar
    jaredstar
    October 11, 2011 at 12:18 am | #

    she may not have taken a sip yet at least that is what it looks like in my eyes. That being said whos for ripping the fabric of reality open and letting mike from the main verse go to town on this guy.

    • Digidestined of Trust (Tim)
      Digidestined of Trust (Tim)
      October 11, 2011 at 12:27 am | #

      I’m for it! And then Mike from this verse shows up 2 seconds later

  24. milk experiment
    milk experiment
    October 11, 2011 at 12:19 am | #

    (14) And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. (15) It is not surprising, then, if his servants also masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will be what their actions deserve.

    I hope that 2 Corinthians 11:15 holds true for Ryan.

    • phildog
      phildog
      October 11, 2011 at 8:00 pm | #

      It’s easy to see why he didn’t read it aloud.

      Not that Joice needed him too. 😉

  25. T Campbell
    T Campbell
    October 11, 2011 at 12:20 am | #

    Congratulations, Willis, you’ve managed to make me feel horrible about finding panels 3 and 4 funny. There’s still a little chill as Joyce puts the glass to her lips (she hasn’t actually drunk yet, right? Is there still time for something or someone to interrupt her?), but there’s also something about how Ryan’s making his pitch.

    “I love my mom so much, just like the Lord says I should! She just sent me this BIBLE VERSE, which says… ohcrapmomstopexposingmyevilplans um, we have lots of horses, girls like My Little Pony, right?”

    • AaronS
      AaronS
      October 11, 2011 at 12:21 am | #

      Exactly. ALL FEMALES LIKE PONIES.

      • Andy
        Andy
        October 11, 2011 at 1:20 am | #

        Dude, everyone likes the new MLP. Everyone. And if you don’t, Pinkie Pie will hunt you down. Forever.

        • AaronS
          AaronS
          October 11, 2011 at 1:33 am | #

          Actually, I’d be more afraid of Discord. That guy gave me shivers.

          • Andy
            Andy
            October 11, 2011 at 1:36 am | #

            I liked Discord, except for the whole Flutterbongo thing. Dark gods of chaos and mischief are usually pretty awesome.

            • AaronS
              AaronS
              October 11, 2011 at 1:49 am | #

              I thought Flutterbongo was amazing. But the maze gave me the shivers. Not gonna lie. When Applejack had the moving apples, I was like WTF IS GOING ON, MLP? and had to pause it for a few seconds.

              • Andy
                Andy
                October 11, 2011 at 1:55 am | #

                That bit was freaking awesome. The connection to Greco-Roman and Norse mythologies (both having three fates; I’m sure other mythologies too but I’m not as familiar with them) made me squee a bit. I just don’t like Flutterbongo because Fluttershy’s not supposed to be like that. The others were amusing, but she was just a crime against nature. I tend not to like Psychoshy either, but that’s because she scares me.

    • David
      David M Willis
      October 11, 2011 at 12:27 am | #

      It was all worth it.

      • Zuche
        Zuche
        October 11, 2011 at 10:00 am | #

        May Joyce be able to say the same afterward.

    • begbert2
      begbert2
      October 11, 2011 at 10:50 am | #

      I was figuring to this point that he was lying about the whole religious pastor thing. Though to be fair, it would be a bizarre theme to choose for a pickup line unless he actually knew Joyce’s habits/personality, which would presume stalkerish stuff. And it’s actually still sort of bizarre even if he actually is a pastor’s son – I can’t imagine it works with more than a small fraction of marks.

  26. ilvos01
    ilvos01
    October 11, 2011 at 12:26 am | #

    Also, that guy in front of the bathroom looks just like me. Willis, you started spying again, didn’t you?

  27. Yhelta
    Yhelta
    October 11, 2011 at 12:26 am | #

    Wait…..a text from his MOM?

    I would have thought it would say something along the lines of “Just made a nickel from a very nice young man. P.S. – stay out as late as you like tonight”

    • Haituri
      Haituri
      October 11, 2011 at 1:15 am | #

      I imagine he’s lying about who it is from.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        October 11, 2011 at 3:39 am | #

        Unless his mother is the type that wants grandchildren at any price.

        • begbert2
          begbert2
          October 11, 2011 at 10:52 am | #

          Wow I interpreted that pretty dark.

          “Dear son – how is the raping going?”

      • Wandering Meme
        Wandering Meme
        October 11, 2011 at 3:47 pm | #

        I imagine SHE’S lying about who “it’s” from!

  28. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    October 11, 2011 at 12:31 am | #

    What went wrong with this site, I wasn’t able to view it until a couple of minutes ago.

  29. Terah
    Terah
    October 11, 2011 at 12:31 am | #

    I keep wanting to think Billie comes around the corner and takes the glass/is offered the glass or whatever and she passes out, but everyone thinks ‘Oh, she drank way too much, let’s leave and get her home’ or whatever…

    Darn it, I don’t want anything horrible to happen to Joyce or Billie or Dorothy! Amazi-Girl, where are you?!

  30. Somebody
    Somebody
    October 11, 2011 at 12:36 am | #

    Can he leave the poor girl alone already?

  31. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    October 11, 2011 at 12:39 am | #

    Maybe he spiked it with pure alcohol and discovers the hard way that Joyce is the world’s most violent drunk.

  32. Asuka L.S.
    Asuka L.S.
    October 11, 2011 at 12:39 am | #

    I see your Corinthians 11:14, and I raise you a Revelation 20:10.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      October 11, 2011 at 12:48 am | #

      Revelation 20:10/ An Basement Cat is frown in a basement of fartz, wiv other evil kittehz to burn 24 7 forevers. Sry.

      • Wandering meme
        Wandering meme
        October 11, 2011 at 8:42 am | #

        Didn’t know you mastered kitteh-speak

    • AaronS
      AaronS
      October 11, 2011 at 12:57 am | #

      Let us hope that happens to him!

      At least, metaphorically.

  33. JeffreyATW
    JeffreyATW
    October 11, 2011 at 1:02 am | #

    I keep looking at Ryan’s nose in panel 3 and thinking it’s either an animal nose or a big smiley mouth.

    • wynne
      wynne
      October 11, 2011 at 1:18 am | #

      Yeah, the more I look at this comic the more distracting his nose becomes.

      • Zuche
        Zuche
        October 11, 2011 at 10:09 am | #

        Every time I look at Ryan I keep seeing Danny.

  34. shoeboxjeddy
    shoeboxjeddy
    October 11, 2011 at 1:04 am | #

    Ha ha! Irony!

  35. Larson E. Jones
    Larson E. Jones
    October 11, 2011 at 1:11 am | #

    DONT DRINK THE PROVERBIAL KOOL-AID JOYCE

  36. Ravux
    Ravux
    October 11, 2011 at 1:15 am | #

    Oh nooooo, she drank it!

  37. Andy
    Andy
    October 11, 2011 at 1:17 am | #

    Horses, eh? Well, that explains where you get all your horseshit from.

    • fellixe
      fellixe
      October 11, 2011 at 2:22 am | #

      You got the scoop! Well done!

    • Wandering meme
      Wandering meme
      October 11, 2011 at 8:44 am | #

      Zing and haiyoooo!

  38. NakedDumblydore
    NakedDumblydore
    October 11, 2011 at 1:21 am | #

    And Joyce, filled with concern about the drunk dude in front of her offers him her soda to make him feel better.
    Ryan is apoplectic.
    He turns into the Hulk and destroys the house.
    Nick Fury shows up and fixes everything.
    Tony Stark follows and shows them how to really party.
    Billie drinks him so far under the table he comes out in Themiscyra.
    He hits on Wonder Woman and she destroys him.
    Both Stark Enterprises and The Avengers collapse.
    And it is all Ryan’s fault.

    • Wandering meme
      Wandering meme
      October 11, 2011 at 8:48 am | #

      Thankfully, spiderman is no where near the calamity, having multiple sets of identity crises and making revenue off of several self released video games

  39. JessiKitty.lol
    JessiKitty.lol
    October 11, 2011 at 1:28 am | #

    NOOOOOOOOO JOYCE, DON’T DRINK THAT! THERE’S PROBABLY A ROOFIE IN THAT DRINK!!

  40. Joe
    Joe
    October 11, 2011 at 1:29 am | #

    Is he just pulling a verse out of the air, or is Ryan like a religious Bat villain, where he has to implicate himself during his crimes?

    • Asuka L.S.
      Asuka L.S.
      October 11, 2011 at 5:05 am | #

      I’d put a wager that he has either been watching Joyce for a while now (less likely) or he simply used his phone to Google another Bible verse on the fly while he was “checking his messages” (more likely). That would explain why it’s such an odd verse to randomly be “sent by one’s mother”.

      • ryan
        ryan
        October 11, 2011 at 9:52 am | #

        i think it would be fitting for a mom to send. what with him being on his own at college. and at a party, no less.

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          October 11, 2011 at 5:55 pm | #

          The twist is that Ryan’s mother thinks that he is a sweet, innocent boy and that all those evil bongos are succubi pretending that they are good girls so they can stick their evil claws into him.

  41. Leon
    Leon
    October 11, 2011 at 1:31 am | #

    Does not nature itself teach you that if a man wears long hair it is a disgrace for him,
    … I guess he’s lucky it’s an actual passage at all,

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      October 11, 2011 at 3:38 am | #

      Look how Samson turned out.

    • gangler
      gangler
      October 11, 2011 at 4:55 am | #

      I think you’re reading the wrong Corinthians.

      • Meg
        Meg
        October 12, 2011 at 3:01 pm | #

        And yet it makes a lot more sense for a mom to send her kid.

        Cut your hair!

  42. Tunasammich
    Tunasammich
    October 11, 2011 at 1:40 am | #

    I am seriously anxious about where this is going ;_;

  43. RickZarber
    RickZarber
    October 11, 2011 at 2:26 am | #

    Roofie kicks in just after Joyce locks the bathroom door; queen of the drunks spends the rest of the night on a porcelain throne?

    …I can hope, can’t I?

    • Fonzelot
      Fonzelot
      October 11, 2011 at 3:49 am | #

      Let’s just hope she locks the door.

  44. FORaNICKEL
    FORaNICKEL
    October 11, 2011 at 3:18 am | #

    Oh, come on. like Joyce would ever get raped. I can’t see dumbing of age have that happen and having to deal with a traumatized Joyce for the remainder of the comic. Willis always has some thing up his sleeve. I can smell it…..

  45. gangler
    gangler
    October 11, 2011 at 3:58 am | #

    With such a tiny sip she’ll surely be able to tell that this is booze before harm is done right? I’m not experienced with alcohol, but I understand it has a powerful flavor. He couldn’t have mixed it so thinly that she still thinks it’s Sprite could he?

    • Asuka L.S.
      Asuka L.S.
      October 11, 2011 at 5:01 am | #

      You can mix drinks such that you’d never even know there was alcohol in them. Put about a shot’s worth of Bacardi rum in a tall glass of root beer, you’ll barely be able to tell the rum is there. Another tricky one is the long-island iced tea.

      Straight whiskey, beer, vodka, things like these have very strong alcohol flavors. It can be best described (from my experience) as an extremely bitter, grainy flavor which overwhelms your taste buds. You can’t miss it unless you mix the ethanol with something sweet enough to cover the flavor.

      • gangler
        gangler
        October 11, 2011 at 5:11 am | #

        Ah, so if you’re looking to make the alcoholic content of a drink unnoticeable there are ways. Well that’s certainly unfortunate.

      • Zuche
        Zuche
        October 11, 2011 at 10:37 am | #

        Sadly, I suspect that’s part of why so many people referred to them as “girl drinks”.

    • 47
      47
      October 11, 2011 at 5:04 am | #

      Booze is definitely detectable, but whatever’s in that drink is probably /not/ booze.

      Rohypnol, aka the “date rape drug,” is what Ryan possibly slipped in there. IIRC, Rohypnol is tasteless, so Joyce probably wouldn’t be able to tell. Though maybe Rohypnol only blends in with alcohol? So it would stand out in a sierra mist? *wishful thinking*

      • gangler
        gangler
        October 11, 2011 at 5:16 am | #

        My understanding is that the date rape drug works largely by exaggerating and altering the effects of alcohol, acting primarily as a reactant within this second substance. I had thought it would be mostly harmless without some booze to make it work its’ magic.

        Am I incorrect?

        • Tessa
          Tessa
          October 11, 2011 at 7:20 am | #

          No, date rape drugs work from their own chemical composition, not by combining them with anything. Rohypnol is a powerful sedative on it’s own and does not need to be mixed with alcohol to work. In fact, taking it with alcohol can have very dangerous consequences, as it can make you stop breathing.
          GHB is another common one slipped into someone’s drink, but it makes the person seem drunk. If anything, that’s what I think he put in there. If she passed out or acted TOO drugged, people would notice. If she acted drunk and he “offered to take her home”…

          • gangler
            gangler
            October 11, 2011 at 8:50 am | #

            Well ain’t that just a son of a gun. Here I thought there were just a couple things you’d be safe from so long as you didn’t drink the devil’s nectar. I mean hell, I got that tidbit from health class and everything. Even if it’s not always comprehensive I would have thought I could at least trust it to be accurate.

            Honestly, I’m a little pissed about that. If the teacher’s gonna take the time to warn about the dangers of date rape drugs she could at least take a flipping moment to make sure her information’s accurate. Thinking that they don’t have to watch their drinks when it’s nonalcoholic could have some pretty dire consequences. Not that big a deal for myself, but I got a sister going through the same school system right now. That’s messed up.

            • Dragon Nataku
              Dragon Nataku
              October 11, 2011 at 11:21 am | #

              I have a friend who, at the ripe age of 18, had to ask me if what he learned in his health class was true, namely: “My health teacher told us that no matter who you have sex with, you’ll get an STD.”

              When I said “So… since your parents had sex to have you, does that mean they have STDs” I think he realised his health class was severely lacking in accuracy checks. So, your health teacher being an idiot doesn’t surprise me at all.

              • TheRealAllPurposeGuru
                TheRealAllPurposeGuru
                October 18, 2011 at 5:02 pm | #

                Teacher in my health class was completely accurate, completely up-front about everything, taught us a lot. Got fired at the end of his first year teaching. Friggin’ idiots.

            • Tessa
              Tessa
              October 12, 2011 at 3:25 am | #

              Oh dear, at this point you are probably better off getting your facts from the internet then. Reputable sites, I mean, not forums 😉

      • Asuka L.S.
        Asuka L.S.
        October 11, 2011 at 8:10 am | #

        Your taste buds pick up alcohol more easily in mixed drinks than mine do, I guess.

  46. Wandering meme
    Wandering meme
    October 11, 2011 at 3:58 am | #

    Soooooooooooooo..shes boned isn’t she?

    • Spazman
      Spazman
      October 11, 2011 at 7:16 am | #

      yeah…..she’s probably fucked.

    • ryan
      ryan
      October 11, 2011 at 9:55 am | #

      not until she gets married. and honestly, that’s such a dirty word. “boned”.

      • Wandering Meme
        Wandering Meme
        October 11, 2011 at 3:53 pm | #

        Let me rephrase…

        she’s scre-…nooooo…
        she’s hum-…nope!
        she’s in for the night of her life?…still too close…
        she’s ….she’s… well… in trouble?…
        …yeah, i guess that works.

    • begbert2
      begbert2
      October 11, 2011 at 10:57 am | #

      She’s got Dorothy and UltraDina as backup. And Billie not as backup. It will doubtlessly work out alright.

  47. Poodog
    Poodog
    October 11, 2011 at 4:07 am | #

    small edit, i thought it was funny at the time:

    http://i.imgur.com/fxTMi.png

  48. Acher4
    Acher4
    October 11, 2011 at 4:22 am | #

    Nooooooooooooooo!
    [inhales]
    Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

  49. Bluebear
    Bluebear
    October 11, 2011 at 4:26 am | #

    What is all this talk about roofies? Roofies wont work properly without alcohol and i am pretty sure Joyce wouldnt drink alcohol, even on accident.

    • David
      David M Willis
      October 11, 2011 at 9:13 am | #

      I think you and gangler had the same high school teacher.

      • Creaks
        Creaks
        October 11, 2011 at 9:59 am | #

        I’m willing to bet she also got roofied through Sierra mist.

      • Fauxlosopher
        Fauxlosopher
        October 11, 2011 at 10:41 pm | #

        Obviously Bluebear has never been roofied.

    • xo
      xo
      October 11, 2011 at 10:39 am | #

      roofies are a legit medicine for surgeries and insomnia, dont need alc at all. alc does make things worse though. and also.. someone less likely to panic after feeling physically different after some alcoholic drinks.. but to feel weird after some, say, sierra mist or sprite ? i would be. freaking. out.

      hopefully joyce gets in the bathroom, locks the door, and falls asleep in there.. alone. anticlimactic, but hey.

      • xo
        xo
        October 11, 2011 at 10:46 am | #

        i just saw the above comments about her locking the door.

        bweeeoooop, mind taking

  50. espanolbot
    espanolbot
    October 11, 2011 at 4:30 am | #

    Awwww, why do I get the impression that he’s got the phone out to film whatever he does to Joyce/makes her do, and is just making up a Bible quote on the fly to cover it up? 🙁

    Hrrm, I wonder if Roz’ll feel any guilt if he actually is sucessful.

    • 47
      47
      October 11, 2011 at 5:08 am | #

      To me, Roz seems to be an uber-liberal feminist with a judgmental streak. While she actively seems to dislike Joyce, rape would be absolutely the kind of thing she would not tolerate under ANY circumstances.

      Here’s hoping we never have to find out, though…

  51. David Davison
    David Davison
    October 11, 2011 at 4:32 am | #

    Joyce, he said, “Can you hold this?”, not “Would you like something to drink?”

    • ryan
      ryan
      October 11, 2011 at 9:56 am | #

      right?

  52. Martin S Smith
    Martin S Smith
    October 11, 2011 at 5:01 am | #

    Nooooo! Those are sinister eyebrows!

  53. Asuka L.S.
    Asuka L.S.
    October 11, 2011 at 5:09 am | #

    Wait! Wait! It may just be a limitation of the medium that we think she drank the Rufinol! We can’t see the action in motion, or anything happening between panels! She may just have been holding the cup to her lips! See? She’s talking! Quick! Someone rudely enter their conversation and distract her!

    • Wandering meme
      Wandering meme
      October 11, 2011 at 8:54 am | #

      And next comic, I know we’re gonna see the poor girl guzzle the whole thing, just to set us aaaaallllllllllllll straight.

  54. lightsabermario
    lightsabermario
    October 11, 2011 at 5:13 am | #

    Even if Joyce did just get roofied, I doubt it will have a normal reaction on Joyce. This is a fairly silly comic, and so while most people would pass out and be very vulnerable, I bet Joyce’s reaction will cause hilarious failure for Ryan, with a good chance of an accidental blow to the nutsack.

    • xo
      xo
      October 11, 2011 at 10:14 am | #

      anyone taking bets on whether or not shes wearing a chastity belt under there ?

    • Zuche
      Zuche
      October 11, 2011 at 10:24 am | #

      There are jokes around which Mr. Willis might tread cautiously. This might be one of those.

  55. Osaru Sensei
    Osaru Sensei
    October 11, 2011 at 5:35 am | #

    I choose to interpret Joyce’s look in the last panel not in the ‘OMG MARRY ME’ way, but as shock over what that verse is. She then chooses to answer that to not allow Ryan to find out he’s busted.

    >>This is a rough draft of an Osaru Sensei™ Theory<<

    • RayBarrington
      RayBarrington
      October 11, 2011 at 8:47 am | #

      Nope – it is part of the entire Willis canon that girls cannot resist ponies (see Shortpacked! especially)

  56. Ryan
    Ryan
    October 11, 2011 at 6:14 am | #

    This whole arc makes me hate my own name.

    Why, Willis? Whyyyyy

    • ryan
      ryan
      October 11, 2011 at 9:58 am | #

      willis has it in for us.

      did someone with our name torment you when you were younger? not all ryans are assholes!

      • Zuche
        Zuche
        October 11, 2011 at 10:29 am | #

        Nor all Mikes, despite what webcomics might have you believe.

  57. zenofben
    zenofben
    October 11, 2011 at 6:59 am | #

    I’m kind of hoping Dorothy re-enacts the scene from Preacher where Tulip makes the date rapist think she’s about to shoot him with an empty shotgun and he wets his pants.

  58. DannyBoy
    DannyBoy
    October 11, 2011 at 7:01 am | #

    You know what’d be terrible. If his dad REALLY WAS a pastor and his mom REALLY DID send him a Bible Verse and he’s just ignoring it. But then again, I AM a little crazy. (insert Woody Woodpecker laugh)

  59. Spazman
    Spazman
    October 11, 2011 at 7:24 am | #

    Because the LOLC version doesn’t have a 2 Corinthians 11:14, I have chosen to transcribe 11:13-15:

    “Monorail Kitteh butt yu sed frum teh toylut bowl u no wantz teh toylut bowl. Oh noes!15 Cuz yu b hazin plaztik kittehs, ebil kittehs seyin dey Apostle Kitteh. DO NOT WANT! Dey end up en teh toylut bowl wif yu.”

    Also….

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7g9WjcGdxuM

  60. Dr.Z
    Dr.Z
    October 11, 2011 at 7:37 am | #

    How long do date-rape drugs normally take to work? If that is a looooong line to the bathroom, she may pass out before then.

    • xo
      xo
      October 11, 2011 at 10:11 am | #

      depends on which one, roofies about 20 – 30 mins

      (..please dont give me a gravatar of mr rapist)

      • Jeffrey Scott
        Jeffrey Scott
        October 11, 2011 at 12:03 pm | #

        I was wondering if the drink wouldn’t immediately affect her. I’ve never seen Joyce’s eyes like that before (last panel).

        • xo
          xo
          October 11, 2011 at 5:06 pm | #

          *cue panel depicting joyce-vision: nothing but white light and seemingly-perfect man on a white neighing horse, unseen chorusing angels*

          and that is why her eyes are small

  61. Kelsey
    Kelsey
    October 11, 2011 at 7:41 am | #

    Wait, are his grandparents rich? Because it’s incredibly difficult to afford something like a stable full of ponies on a pastor’s salary. My grandfather was a pastor and my dad tells us about how there was alot they just couldn’t afford. Not to mention most pastors move around alot, and it’d be nearly impossible to bring horses with you everytime you move. This creep is not a very good liar.

    • Andy
      Andy
      October 11, 2011 at 8:35 am | #

      I wouldn’t say most pastors move around a lot. My church has had 2 of their 3 pastors for at least 10 years, and the last for around 7 or so.

    • Doom Shepherd
      Doom Shepherd
      October 11, 2011 at 2:26 pm | #

      He’s obviously lying. Trying to lure her in by using the other Great Tempter: Horsies.

      At least he didn’t claim to have a unicorn.

  62. Aizat
    Aizat
    October 11, 2011 at 8:01 am | #

    Very subtle. Well played Mr Willis.

  63. Andy
    Andy
    October 11, 2011 at 8:37 am | #

    Is it just me, or is it very telling that Joyce just asked what else his DAD does. You know, as opposed to what his mom does, despite the fact they were just talking about her?

    • Charles RB
      Charles RB
      October 11, 2011 at 8:47 am | #

      Not just asking about his dad – mentioning “so your dad’s a pastor” right after he tried to claim Bible verse knowledge and blew it. I wonder if she’s calling him out…?

      • xo
        xo
        October 11, 2011 at 10:13 am | #

        did you not read the rest of the panel ? she bought it.

        • Zuche
          Zuche
          October 11, 2011 at 10:34 am | #

          That is how it would appear, but Mr. Willis is too much a Batman fan for me to be sure it’s the case.

        • Jeffrey Scott
          Jeffrey Scott
          October 11, 2011 at 11:34 am | #

          I agree with you. If anything, she’s probably unclear anything might be in the soda.

  64. Darkflame
    Darkflame
    October 11, 2011 at 10:05 am | #

    Tsk, Joyce deserves what she gets.

    Drinking someone else drink? Thats terrible!
    😛

  65. TheDarkEricDraven
    TheDarkEricDraven
    October 11, 2011 at 10:37 am | #

    Note she has stopped just short of drinking out of shock. Ryan has once again fucked only himself in his quest for rape.

    And now that I think about it, he is WAAAAY too casual about drugging someone so he can have sex with them.

  66. Zuche
    Zuche
    October 11, 2011 at 10:41 am | #

    Wait, wait…there’s a door in front of them, right? Where’s there’s a door, there’s a Dina behind it. If any woman in these comics is immune to the pony’s lure, it is her! Clearly, we have our rescuer!

    Now if only she could come riding in on a triceratops.

    • xo
      xo
      October 11, 2011 at 10:55 am | #

      i can imagine a meek dina witnessing horrible things behind doors and not saying anything the entire time, but that is too dark for this comic i hope.

    • begbert2
      begbert2
      October 11, 2011 at 11:04 am | #

      A Dina behind every door? Now I’m picturing a horror movie, with some terrified protagonist running and stumbling down a hallway of doors, occasionally stopping to pull one open – and then shrieking and pulling back at the quiet safari-hatted girl looking back at her. And at her from all the doors she’s left open behind her, just looking, watching, staring…

  67. Jeffrey Scott
    Jeffrey Scott
    October 11, 2011 at 11:10 am | #

    It’s funny that not only is the bible verse not about Jesus, it’s about Satan looking like an angel of light. And guess who’s also making himself look like an angel? And now she’s taking a drink of the soda! This better not lead where I think it’s leading or I’m going to be just as pissed as everyone else. I hope the worst that happens is she walks away a little smarter.

    • begbert2
      begbert2
      October 11, 2011 at 3:19 pm | #

      And/or she gets carried away, and wakes up a little smarter in the morning.

  68. Caffienated
    Caffienated
    October 11, 2011 at 12:29 pm | #

    I’m wondering who sent Ryan that email? Crazy idea but what if it’s Sarah? Since she’s a sophomore and might know of Ryan. So…what if she’s actually there watching out for her?

    • merkury
      merkury
      October 11, 2011 at 3:17 pm | #

      Occam’s Razor. He’s probably just lying.

  69. bernardlotus
    bernardlotus
    October 11, 2011 at 1:10 pm | #

    Ultra-girl to fight date rape? A very special episode of Dumbing of Age?

  70. Whittier
    Whittier
    October 11, 2011 at 1:19 pm | #

    Looked up the verse. Ingenious!

  71. Doom Shepherd
    Doom Shepherd
    October 11, 2011 at 2:28 pm | #

    I so want to see Ryan get punched in the FAAAAAAAACE.

  72. Fauxlosopher
    Fauxlosopher
    October 11, 2011 at 3:06 pm | #

    Damnit.

  73. Skippy
    Skippy
    October 11, 2011 at 5:09 pm | #

    I would suggest not underestimating Joyce herself. She was the best-socialized of her school group and she seems to be a fast social learner in college. It would surprise but not shock me if she knows exactly what is going on here. But, my money is on Dorothy and/or Amazi-Girl.

  74. Scot
    Scot
    October 11, 2011 at 5:13 pm | #

    Looks like Jake Manley had too much to drink, according to panel 1.

  75. Jason
    Jason
    October 11, 2011 at 5:29 pm | #

    2 Corinthians 11:14: And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light.

    I see what you did there, Willis.

    • Trifecta
      Trifecta
      October 11, 2011 at 7:48 pm | #

      Yeah, I saw that to. Had to look it up, hilarious.

  76. Katana
    Katana
    October 11, 2011 at 6:48 pm | #

    Guys, the comic is there for humor. It’s not going to lead to her getting drugged and taken off to-…OH GOD SHE JUST TOOK A SIP

    • nothri
      nothri
      October 11, 2011 at 8:16 pm | #

      Dude, relax. This comic is light hearted and fun. Its not like we’re going to suddenly veer into tragedy and drama here…like Ruth dying to save a drunk driver from himself…or Walky dropping dead bodies on people…or Dina blowing herself up…or….

      ….

      GODDAMNIT WILLIS!

      • thomas0comer
        thomas0comer
        November 29, 2011 at 11:13 pm | #

        Nonono, like this:

        -000–ODDAMN–00000-T–0—–0-ILLIS–0
        0————————–0——–0——0———-0
        0–00——————–0———0–0–0———-0
        0—-0——————–0———0-00-0————
        -000——————00000——-0–0————0

        • thomas0comer
          thomas0comer
          November 29, 2011 at 11:13 pm | #

          Damn, non-unicode formatting screwed it up a bit.

  77. Vabolo
    Vabolo
    October 11, 2011 at 9:16 pm | #

    Does Ryan’s nose get bigger as the story progresses?

    I can’t wait for it to be usable as a makeshift safety raft.

  78. xoer
    xoer
    October 17, 2011 at 10:05 pm | #

    And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light.

    you are a sick sick man Willis

  79. Kelsey
    Kelsey
    December 27, 2011 at 3:25 pm | #

    That verse is rather fitting.

  80. Atomicmonkey
    Atomicmonkey
    August 20, 2012 at 4:42 pm | #

    “…for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light.”
    Fitting

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