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by David M Willis on May 22, 2013 at 12:01 am
  • 03 - Answers in Hennessy
└ Tags: ethan, jennifer, joyce, mike, transformers

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  1. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    May 22, 2013 at 12:01 am | #

    ETHAN is the catch! =3

    • Skull025
      Skull025
      May 22, 2013 at 12:09 am | #

      He’s like a rainbow trout, flopping about in the net of hypocrisy.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        May 22, 2013 at 12:15 am | #

        So he would look good stuffed nd mounted?

        • Skull025
          Skull025
          May 22, 2013 at 12:20 am | #

          Only if a bear catches him.

          • Kamino Neko
            Kamino Neko
            May 22, 2013 at 1:01 am | #

            I unno…Ethan doesn’t seem like he’s into hairy dudes.

            More smooth and hairless, and made of metal.

            • Khrene Cleaver
              Khrene Cleaver
              May 22, 2013 at 2:46 pm | #

              I know a girl with similar tastes…

        • Broken Products
          Broken Products
          May 22, 2013 at 12:21 am | #

          Everyone that reads this statement will now picture Joyce pegging Ethan with a studded strapon

          • Skull025
            Skull025
            May 22, 2013 at 12:26 am | #

            Really? I’m imagining a well dressed bear banging Ethan for all he’s worth. Unfortunately, Ethan is also a trout, and that causes some hardships.

            • Maestro
              Maestro
              May 22, 2013 at 11:53 am | #

              ♪ A bear, a bear, all covered in HAIR!

            • Neospector
              Neospector
              May 22, 2013 at 6:02 pm | #

              And now all I can picture is a bear in a top hat and bow tie, thanks so much.

              • Rheios
                Rheios
                April 30, 2015 at 10:15 am | #

                Mister Bearington, I presume. (If you do not know the story of Mister Bearington, you should look it up and read it)

          • Dean
            Dean
            May 22, 2013 at 1:05 am | #

            No, the strapon would be shaped like Optimus Prime.

            • Khrene Cleaver
              Khrene Cleaver
              May 22, 2013 at 2:47 pm | #

              Dat Avatar just works.

            • Erika Hammerschmidt
              Erika Hammerschmidt
              May 22, 2013 at 8:59 pm | #

              For some reason I misread the words “Optimus Prime” in your comment as “Octopus Pie.” (I think it was because I’d just been reading Octopus Pie.)

              • james
                james
                May 22, 2013 at 9:43 pm | #

                well there’s this http://www.seibertron.com/images/toys/uploads/1368819927_1368747612.jpg

                • Imperator
                  Imperator
                  May 23, 2013 at 11:33 am | #

                  …. I love you, James. Let’s run away and design lifestyle products together.

          • Sailor_Arashi
            Sailor_Arashi
            May 22, 2013 at 4:03 am | #

            Your powers are weak, old man.

      • Rogue of Space
        Rogue of Space
        July 2, 2013 at 10:12 pm | #

        Love how it had to be a RAINBOW trout xD

    • JA
      JA
      May 22, 2013 at 2:47 am | #

      Billie will murder everything when she realizes that Joyce got a boyfriend before she did.

  2. saltchocolate
    saltchocolate
    May 22, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

    That’s our Mike!

    • ShadowWing Tronix
      ShadowWing Tronix
      May 22, 2013 at 12:09 am | #

      Does Mike know that Joyce knows?

      • Geegles
        Geegles
        May 22, 2013 at 1:48 am | #

        The real question is whether Ethan knows that Mike knows that Joyce knows.

        • Resne
          Resne
          May 22, 2013 at 2:59 am | #

          Or if Joyce knows Mike knows Joyce knows.

          • Andrew_C
            Andrew_C
            May 22, 2013 at 9:36 am | #

            No, the real issue is if Mike cares that Joyce knows that Mike knows that Joyce knows.

            • Kernanator
              Kernanator
              May 22, 2013 at 11:02 am | #

              But does he know that she knows that he knows she knows he knows?

              …What was I saying again?

              • Plasma Mongoose
                Plasma Mongoose
                May 22, 2013 at 5:41 pm | #

                Know knows know know knows know knows knows knows knows.

                See now it makes perfect sense.

      • G.G.
        G.G.
        May 22, 2013 at 7:11 pm | #

        Haven’t you figured it out. Mike knows everything!
        And yes Mike, Ethan, and Amber were friends back before college.

    • AgentKeen
      AgentKeen
      May 22, 2013 at 12:17 am | #

      -Goes back a couple of weeks to get popcorn from Sarah-

  3. Totz the Plaid
    Totz the Plaid
    May 22, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

    God DAMN that panel 1 Billie…

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      May 22, 2013 at 12:08 am | #

      I think you mean every Billie ever. <3

      • Aizat
        Aizat
        May 22, 2013 at 12:10 am | #

        Yes, every Billie ever.

        • Darth
          Darth
          May 22, 2013 at 12:12 am | #

          Dem Billie curves

          • Aizat
            Aizat
            May 22, 2013 at 12:13 am | #

            Especially her curves on the *gets slapped by an unseen force* OK, I’ll drop it.

            • ArkhamTexan
              ArkhamTexan
              May 22, 2013 at 12:19 am | #

              Mmmm, I love a lady when her hips sway. Shit, I’m surprised it didn’t summon Joe.

              … It did summon us, though.

              • Plasma Mongoose
                Plasma Mongoose
                May 22, 2013 at 12:21 am | #

                Billie looks so naga-like in that first panel.

                • Saru
                  Saru
                  May 22, 2013 at 12:36 am | #

                  Oh dear, I already have an pact of monogamy with the last Naga.

                • Wonder Wig
                  Wonder Wig
                  May 22, 2013 at 12:49 am | #

                  Billie sure seems to have you all by the goat.

                • Aizat
                  Aizat
                  May 22, 2013 at 12:57 am | #

                  I thought Billie is an asari given her flexibility.

      • Totz the Plaid
        Totz the Plaid
        May 22, 2013 at 12:21 am | #

        True.

        Hip-sway cute-expression flirty Billie is still best Billie, though.

    • AgentKeen
      AgentKeen
      May 22, 2013 at 12:19 am | #

      First we get BA Billie with no pants…
      Then adorable Billie taking in the Ethan-steak…
      Now flirty Billie…
      Best chapter ever.

      • saltchocolate
        saltchocolate
        May 22, 2013 at 8:17 am | #

        Even Ethan seems to be feeling a bit magnetized to her. Look at him in panel 1! Joyce, you’re lucky you’ve got the one thing Ethan needs in a woman…

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          May 22, 2013 at 6:40 pm | #

          A penis?

    • Bettyspaghetti42
      Bettyspaghetti42
      May 22, 2013 at 12:21 pm | #

      I will grab you by the throat
      And ride you like a sturdy goat
      I will drag you in my scent
      With or without your consent

      • Darkweaver66
        Darkweaver66
        May 22, 2013 at 7:45 pm | #

        I am a whore of some renown,
        your buttocks are my hunting ground.
        i am a manwhore without peer,
        absorbing sex from the atmosphere

  4. piemanpie24
    piemanpie24
    May 22, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

    We don’t blame him for raving about Chromedome.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      May 22, 2013 at 12:07 am | #

      I do. Should’ve gone with Jazz.

      • Darth
        Darth
        May 22, 2013 at 12:13 am | #

        I prefer Knockout.

    • Black Bumblebee
      Black Bumblebee
      May 22, 2013 at 12:15 am | #

      Well, it kinda makes sense that Ethan would relate to Chromedome, considering Rewind, and he… plus the fact that Rewind just… *sniff*

      …sorry, it’s too soon. Gotta go back into mourning…

      • TaZZerath
        TaZZerath
        May 22, 2013 at 12:21 am | #

        That feels….

  5. Count Dracula
    Count Dracula
    May 22, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

    Can Billie stay in her flirtatious pose for all strips from now on?

    • Totz the Plaid
      Totz the Plaid
      May 22, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

      Seconded! (Or, technically firsted given my other comment…)

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        May 22, 2013 at 12:09 am | #

        HER HIPS WON’T UNSWAY!!!

      • Count Dracula
        Count Dracula
        May 22, 2013 at 12:09 am | #

        That other comment didn’t happen, my comment retconned it out.

    • Batman1016
      Batman1016
      May 22, 2013 at 12:56 am | #

      No kiddin’. Is it just me, or is she trying to touch her elbows behind her back?

      • begbert2
        begbert2
        May 22, 2013 at 10:32 am | #

        If you mean touching her left hand to her right elbow, then yes, yes she is.

  6. SUGauthor
    SUGauthor
    May 22, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

    There isn’t a catch, Joyce gets a hot boyfriend who thinks it gross to touch her, that’s like Joyce’s dream man.

    • timemonkey
      timemonkey
      May 22, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

      But she wants to be married and have the babies. Touching is part of that package.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        May 22, 2013 at 12:09 am | #

        You can buy babies. Although they prefer to call it adoption.

        • timemonkey
          timemonkey
          May 22, 2013 at 12:10 am | #

          But her marriage won’t count without the hanky panky!

          • Skull025
            Skull025
            May 22, 2013 at 12:15 am | #

            They can do it like Saint Joseph and the Virgin Mary, only it’s Saint Ethan and the Lustful Joyce.

          • Skull025
            Skull025
            May 22, 2013 at 12:15 am | #

            By that, I mean god consummates the mawwiage for them.

            • Josh
              Josh
              May 22, 2013 at 4:21 am | #

              God x Ethan OTP.

  7. Aizat
    Aizat
    May 22, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

    And Joyce is okay with that? Man, I just can’t get a lucky break.

    • Li
      Li
      May 22, 2013 at 7:33 am | #

      “Okay with” seems like an overstatement, given her expression. But she expects to be able to change him in all other ways, why wouldn’t she expect him to start watching and liking only her shows etc?

      • begbert2
        begbert2
        May 22, 2013 at 10:33 am | #

        Now I’m a little scared thinking of which modern shows Joyce would have been allowed to watch. I’m aware of Vegetales, which I assume would be okay, but after that -?

        • Crimson Doom
          Crimson Doom
          May 22, 2013 at 12:33 pm | #

          My Little Pony? Clifford the Big Red Dog? Or maybe even the eldritch horror disguised as a children’s show:

          TELLIETUBBIES.

          • Campor
            Campor
            May 22, 2013 at 4:06 pm | #

            My Little Pony features sorcery. As do the Care Bears. Neither of them would be allowed in the Brown household, no way no how.

            • Scoops
              Scoops
              May 23, 2013 at 1:12 am | #

              Also one of the Teletubbies is gay.

            • Crimson Doom
              Crimson Doom
              June 26, 2013 at 10:24 pm | #

              1st and 4th gens, yes, but I think 2nd and 3rd gens would be alright.

              3.5 isn’t even worth mentioning.

  8. vlademir1
    vlademir1
    May 22, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

    The catch is over on todays Roomies.

  9. Nono
    Nono
    May 22, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

    So is Mike’s voice dripping with sarcasm, or completely deadpan?

    • AgentKeen
      AgentKeen
      May 22, 2013 at 12:15 am | #

      If he’s doing it right, all his target feels is a cold grip around their heart…

    • Leorale
      Leorale
      May 22, 2013 at 12:32 am | #

      I always figured he sounds utterly deadpan. Barring exceptional circumstances, his expression doesn’t change, and I think his delivery style oughtta match that.

  10. MM
    MM
    May 22, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

    Well, now that Billie knows he’s a nerd, she’ll want nothing to do with him. Good job, Joyce!

  11. spriteless
    spriteless
    May 22, 2013 at 12:07 am | #

    Mike are you stalking Ethan? That is not romantic stop it.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      May 22, 2013 at 12:09 am | #

      It’s Mike, he stalks everyone.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        May 22, 2013 at 12:10 am | #

        He’s under your bed right now.

        • Darth
          Darth
          May 22, 2013 at 12:11 am | #

          Fucking your mom.

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          May 22, 2013 at 12:11 am | #

          My bed’s a roll-away.

          • Yotomoe
            Yotomoe
            May 22, 2013 at 12:17 am | #

            Don’t underestimate Mike. NEVER underestimate Mike.

          • Makkabee
            Makkabee
            May 22, 2013 at 12:19 am | #

            That won’t stop him. If he needs to go N-dimensional to be a dick to you, he will. He’ll prove string theory — for a nickel.

            • Svata
              Svata
              May 22, 2013 at 1:04 am | #

              I certainly hope he’s not doing anything with my mom… That would destroy all respect I have for Mike. I know he’s a depraved bastard, and I love him for it, but I just can’t hold any good opinion of an necrophiliac.

              • begbert2
                begbert2
                May 22, 2013 at 10:36 am | #

                Mike actually has the ability to temporarily resurrect dead moms, in order to make them better able to accept his nickels. But in your mom’s case he makes an exception, just because.

              • SUGauthor
                SUGauthor
                May 22, 2013 at 5:24 pm | #

                You’re acting like he wants your respect in the first place.

          • Campor
            Campor
            May 22, 2013 at 4:08 pm | #

            He is in the foundations. He finds it poetic. Or he doesn’t, he seems pretty straight forward.

    • Petre Pan
      Petre Pan
      May 22, 2013 at 1:04 am | #

      Whoa is Mike and Ethan a pair anywhere?

  12. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    May 22, 2013 at 12:07 am | #

    If Joyce’s pupils shrink any further, they will turn into black holes.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      May 22, 2013 at 12:10 am | #

      unlike her mouth which if it gets any larger will become a white hole.

      • Aizat
        Aizat
        May 22, 2013 at 12:12 am | #

        Wouldn’t that tear her being apart?

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          May 22, 2013 at 12:18 am | #

          YOU’RE TEARING ME APART, AIZAT!

          • Andiemus
            Andiemus
            May 22, 2013 at 1:32 am | #

            Tommy Yotomoe.

            • Bettyspaghetti42
              Bettyspaghetti42
              May 22, 2013 at 12:24 pm | #

              Sandie Andiemus.

          • Christina
            Christina
            May 22, 2013 at 12:56 pm | #

            Yotomoe x Aizat.

            Am I doing this right?

  13. Wonder Wig
    Wonder Wig
    May 22, 2013 at 12:08 am | #

    Joyce is reaching to protect the goods from any lusty eyes.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      May 22, 2013 at 5:44 pm | #

      Including hers.

  14. Aizat
    Aizat
    May 22, 2013 at 12:09 am | #

    So, what did I miss?

  15. Dan
    Dan
    May 22, 2013 at 12:10 am | #

    … … More like panel one, please. o_o

    • Totz the Plaid
      Totz the Plaid
      May 22, 2013 at 12:23 am | #

      Very much seconded!

  16. TaZZerath
    TaZZerath
    May 22, 2013 at 12:12 am | #

    So, Dumbiverse Ethan likes Chromedome, while Walkyverse Ethan likes Rewind?

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      May 22, 2013 at 12:14 am | #

      Wait, not Hot Shot?

  17. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    May 22, 2013 at 12:14 am | #

    I tried googling ‘conjunct endura’ but I got nothing useful to explain what it means.

    • TaZZerath
      TaZZerath
      May 22, 2013 at 12:19 am | #

      Its an IDW Transformers reference, basically meaning ‘Significant Other’

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        May 22, 2013 at 12:25 am | #

        Thanks! I still cannot believe Google failed me so.

    • T Campbell
      T Campbell
      May 22, 2013 at 12:21 am | #

      I know what Willis would say to this spelling glitch, but I’ll just direct you <A HREF="https://www.google.com/search?q=conjunx+endura"here.

      • T Campbell
        T Campbell
        May 22, 2013 at 12:22 am | #

        Er, here: https://www.google.com/search?q=conjunx+endura

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          May 22, 2013 at 12:26 am | #

          That is much better. 😀

    • David
      David M Willis
      May 22, 2013 at 12:35 am | #

      http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Conjunx_Endura

  18. Raine
    Raine
    May 22, 2013 at 12:22 am | #

    This comic should have been named Chromedude.

  19. Totz the Plaid
    Totz the Plaid
    May 22, 2013 at 12:23 am | #

    Okay, it’s official: we’re requesting a hi-res of that first panel.

    Everyone who’s with me, say “aye!”

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      May 22, 2013 at 12:25 am | #

      EYE

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        May 22, 2013 at 12:27 am | #

        YARRR!

        • Totz the Plaid
          Totz the Plaid
          May 22, 2013 at 1:01 am | #

          http://itswalky.tumblr.com/post/51049766923/folks-asked-for-a-large-version-of-this-panel-from

          We asked, and he gave.

          • begbert2
            begbert2
            May 22, 2013 at 10:39 am | #

            Ah yes, that is a *much* better view of the ice cream cones on the wall behind them. Excellent!

  20. T Campbell
    T Campbell
    May 22, 2013 at 12:26 am | #

    “He’s… a nerd! A nerdy nerd! A Trans-nerd! For other guys. I mean, for TOYS that only other guys would PLAY with. And Billie, you hate all nerds, right? Right. Good talk. Good talk.”

    I love Joyce’s expression in the last frame, and how it’s totally at odds with her dialogue. Her words are a fairly smooth deflection, but her tiny eyes and rigid mouth show us how hard she has to work not to say what the real “catch” is.

  21. licoricepencil
    licoricepencil
    May 22, 2013 at 12:27 am | #

    BILLIE used FLIRT! It’s not very effective…

  22. vsophi
    vsophi
    May 22, 2013 at 12:28 am | #

    …ok, getting used to Ethan’s new hairstyle.

    Gosh, why do all of Willis’ characters have to be such cuties? *huff*

  23. Bekah
    Bekah
    May 22, 2013 at 12:33 am | #

    There IS no catch, so long as Joyce has a secret penis.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      May 22, 2013 at 12:36 am | #

      We all have a secret penis deep down.

      • Bekah
        Bekah
        May 22, 2013 at 1:12 am | #

        Mine is teal and shaped like a porpoise.

        • |Agent
          |Agent
          May 22, 2013 at 2:02 am | #

          Yeah, Emily might say just that.

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          May 22, 2013 at 5:47 pm | #

          But does it need batterie?

  24. someguywithakatana
    someguywithakatana
    May 22, 2013 at 12:35 am | #

    BILLIE! NOOOOOO! YOU HAVE TO DO THE LADY TANGO WITH RUTH! MY HEART DEMANDS IT! MY EMOTIONAL WHIMS DICTATE THE ROMANTIC LIVES OF FICTIONAL CHARACTERS!!!

    • someguywithakatana
      someguywithakatana
      May 22, 2013 at 12:37 am | #

      Also, this just occurred to me. Ethan kinda looks like Superman now.

      • Bekah
        Bekah
        May 22, 2013 at 1:11 am | #

        I wonder… do you think anyone’s ever seen Ethan and Superman in the same place at the same time?

        • someguywithakatana
          someguywithakatana
          May 22, 2013 at 1:24 am | #

          That’s crazy-talk… Everyone knows Amazi-girl is Superman…

          • someguywithakatana
            someguywithakatana
            May 22, 2013 at 1:52 am | #

            Oh my God… Ethan is Superman… Amazi-girl is Superman… so by the transitive property of algebra… GALASSO IS AMAZI-GIRL!!!

            • Yo
              Yo
              May 22, 2013 at 7:47 am | #

              algebra is a cruel mistress

    • Bettyspaghetti42
      Bettyspaghetti42
      May 22, 2013 at 12:50 pm | #

      SUPER-ETHAN!

      http://postimg.org/image/ehe38xlwj/

      • Bettyspaghetti42
        Bettyspaghetti42
        May 22, 2013 at 12:52 pm | #

        Also, I would also love you (in a non-sexual way) if you made a real depiction of Ethan in a Superman suit.

        Also, money. Poster of that would be a great purchase.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        May 22, 2013 at 5:48 pm | #

        Now that’s a nice edit.

  25. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    May 22, 2013 at 12:41 am | #

    Whoa, Panel 1 Billie made my eyes bug out.

  26. BogiePop
    BogiePop
    May 22, 2013 at 12:42 am | #

    Oh the shame i had to google who Chromedome is.

  27. RobHagen
    RobHagen
    May 22, 2013 at 12:54 am | #

    Whoa…the Alt Text offers a deeper meaning than I thought…No wonder Ethan like Chromedome so much…

    Also, Billie Curves! Schwing!

  28. BigFudge
    BigFudge
    May 22, 2013 at 1:07 am | #

    Her hips don’t lie.

  29. Rust
    Rust
    May 22, 2013 at 1:34 am | #

    Nice save by Joyce.

  30. Uniqueantique
    Uniqueantique
    May 22, 2013 at 1:43 am | #

    Cute Billie, Hot Ethan, Jealous Joyce….and Mike is setup for another one.

  31. Uniqueantique
    Uniqueantique
    May 22, 2013 at 1:44 am | #

    well he should be anyway

  32. Kiggy
    Kiggy
    May 22, 2013 at 2:04 am | #

    Billie’s got such an awesomesauce figure.

    YUUUUUMMMMM ;-9

    • SgtNumnum
      SgtNumnum
      October 12, 2013 at 10:54 am | #

      ?

  33. Aegon01
    Aegon01
    May 22, 2013 at 2:42 am | #

    I’ll be Billie’s dashing stranger any day of the week.

  34. Charles RB
    Charles RB
    May 22, 2013 at 6:23 am | #

    SHUT UP, JOYCE! CHROMEDOME AND REWIND ARE AWESOME!! 🙁

  35. nalem
    nalem
    May 22, 2013 at 7:00 am | #

    Aaaa Billie is too hot for her own good. :U

  36. Kamino Neko
    Kamino Neko
    May 22, 2013 at 7:25 am | #

    Y’know…it’s just Billie’s luck that the one person she expresses interest in kissing is apparently the one person on campus not interested in kissing her (other than Walky). >_>

    • John
      John
      May 22, 2013 at 1:38 pm | #

      Her track record is way worse than one person. Ethan. Sal. Joe. Danny. Tony.

  37. averystrangeplace
    averystrangeplace
    May 22, 2013 at 8:14 am | #

    The second Billie’s hips started moving like that, 70’s porno music started blasting over the intercom.
    (Do colleges even HAVE intercoms?)

    • nalem
      nalem
      May 22, 2013 at 8:56 am | #

      Not that I recall, Avery.

      But they do have fire alarms. Those definitely go on, cuz she’s so hot haha

  38. das_bookpimp
    das_bookpimp
    May 22, 2013 at 9:25 am | #

    I thought the catch was the guy Ethan met at last nights Frat party

  39. Hoboturtle
    Hoboturtle
    May 22, 2013 at 11:05 am | #

    Comments Section:
    85% Billie is hot
    15% Everything else

    • Kernanator
      Kernanator
      May 22, 2013 at 12:04 pm | #

      Why bother denying the truth?

    • Totz the Plaid
      Totz the Plaid
      May 22, 2013 at 6:30 pm | #

      Yeah, I know, far too little talk about Billie…

      Some people just have messed up priorities, I guess.

  40. Adam
    Adam
    May 22, 2013 at 5:11 pm | #

    I never comment on comics, but I just saw something that I’m surprised Dina doesn’t already have. It is Dina, right? The dinosaur-lover? Anyway: http://imgur.com/r/funny/MXAwQUi. It’s slogan may as well be “Now you, too can look like a dilophosaurus!”

  41. bunivasal
    bunivasal
    May 22, 2013 at 6:46 pm | #

    “What’s the catch, Ethan?”
    “I have a thing for Joyce’s rock hard…penis. A mouth thing.”

  42. Megatron
    Megatron
    May 22, 2013 at 7:57 pm | #

    Despite being in the background of several comics, this is the first time Mike’s said anything on camera. I like the idea that he hangs around all these people just waiting for the perfect time to be a complete dick.

    Something that interests me though, Mike just be a dick in DoA. That’s all we see him doing, but he, Ethan and Amber were friends in high school. I can’t imagine anyone being friends with Mike based solely on his on-camera behavior. In the beginning, Ethan and Mike hung out together a few times. I assume they still do. But there’s no indication of what they talk about.

  43. Maycroft
    Maycroft
    May 22, 2013 at 10:43 pm | #

    Mike doing what he does best.

  44. Em
    Em
    May 23, 2013 at 12:01 am | #

    You know the phrase “I’d go gay for you”? It appears that Billie is the one girl Ethan would go straight for judging by his expression.

    (Also, sorry if I got the question mark/parentheses thing wrong)

    • Li
      Li
      May 23, 2013 at 4:31 pm | #

      I think he’s more alarmed than aroused, though I spent a while eyeing his face too.

  45. GoogerGeiger
    GoogerGeiger
    May 27, 2013 at 11:57 pm | #

    Oh my god, now it looks like Billie’s head is being slowly devoured by a black watermelon!

  46. SgtNumnum
    SgtNumnum
    October 12, 2013 at 10:51 am | #

    More like some robot GAY named Chromedome, in case you haven’t read the comics

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