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May 12, 2026

Rubbish

by David M Willis on May 1, 2013 at 12:01 am
  • 03 - Answers in Hennessy
└ Tags: agatha, jennifer

Discussion (200) ¬

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  1. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    May 1, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

    As my insane acquaintance would say, “Those legs go all the way to the floor!”

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      May 1, 2013 at 12:13 am | #

      I would certainly hope so! Or else standing’d be difficult.

      • Yotsuya
        Yotsuya
        May 2, 2013 at 3:35 am | #

        Not true. Fenchurch’s legs didn’t go all the way to the ground, and she could stand just fine.

        • Bluebird
          Bluebird
          May 2, 2013 at 12:16 pm | #

          WIN!

    • Resne
      Resne
      May 1, 2013 at 12:40 am | #

      Dem legs.

    • Kernanator
      Kernanator
      May 1, 2013 at 12:44 am | #

      They go up and down and up and down. Like an elevator!

      • John
        John
        May 1, 2013 at 11:56 am | #

        More like a rollercoaster.

      • halcyon1234
        halcyon1234
        May 1, 2013 at 10:37 pm | #

        And sometimes they get stuck and you have to push a button for help.

        I think.

        • Jenny Creed
          Jenny Creed
          July 27, 2013 at 12:32 pm | #

          She actually just had her legs lengthened. Now they go all the way around.

    • Emoroffle
      Emoroffle
      May 1, 2013 at 1:07 am | #

      Curvy and leggy. yummy

    • JaneDoe
      JaneDoe
      May 1, 2013 at 2:17 am | #

      Anyone else read this and immediately think of The Phantom Tollbooth? …Just me, huh?

      • riteilu
        riteilu
        May 1, 2013 at 9:11 am | #

        Nope, definitely me, too.

    • Notebooked
      Notebooked
      May 1, 2013 at 12:03 pm | #

      “She had legs up to her armpits and arms that went all the way down to her legs. [pause] She was the most grotesque woman I’d ever seen.”

    • ProjectXa3
      ProjectXa3
      May 3, 2013 at 12:39 am | #

      So… uh… how would they NOT go all the way to the floor?

      • Starkiem
        Starkiem
        May 23, 2016 at 1:39 am | #

        She had both legs shorter than the other.

  2. Regalli
    Regalli
    May 1, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

    Nice high kick, Billie. Also, nice fanservice.

    • Aras Pabedinskas
      Aras Pabedinskas
      May 1, 2013 at 12:16 am | #

      I was wondering if that was the reason Billy wasn’t wearing pants, but then I was like “It’s Willis, adamant supporter of women’s representation” But then I was like “Well the rest of the female cast are well-developed characters, and Billy’s dress isn’t her constant state. So fanservice like this are okay once in a while. As long as we get some dudes like this, too. which we do.” Yes. I thought all that.

      • Brian Lynch
        Brian Lynch
        May 1, 2013 at 12:28 am | #

        Yeah, I mean that one shot of Jacob on its own got us at least a week of Pantsless Billie.

      • MichaelHaneline
        MichaelHaneline
        May 1, 2013 at 12:50 am | #

        Eh, all the guys in the guys dorm were in shirts and underpants too. I think he’s just being realistic here.

        • All-purpose guru
          All-purpose guru
          May 1, 2013 at 1:12 am | #

          Not at my school, dammit.

        • Reepicheep-chan
          Reepicheep-chan
          May 1, 2013 at 11:27 am | #

          This is true, it seems like have the time we see Joe he is in his underpants. I do not remember quite so many underpants from my college days but whatever I guess.

        • The E-man
          The E-man
          May 1, 2013 at 11:22 pm | #

          My freshman year roommate always took his shirt off when hanging around the room. Sometimes it wouldn’t be on purpose, he’d just do it absentmindedly sitting at a computer. He just found it more comfortable. I usually slept in boxers (over underwear) and it was not an uncommon sight to see me walking down the halls in just my boxers (though with my shirt on). We balanced each other rather well…

          • Boom
            Boom
            May 1, 2013 at 11:58 pm | #

            Shirtless is the way, and the way is comfortable.

  3. Lucca
    Lucca
    May 1, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

    Kickin’ junk and takin’ names.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      May 1, 2013 at 12:27 am | #

      I’m here to kick junk and taking names. And I’m all out of names.

      • Icalasari
        Icalasari
        May 1, 2013 at 2:03 am | #

        I’m here to take junk and kick names. And I’m all outta junk

  4. Wonder Wig
    Wonder Wig
    May 1, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

    Nonsense Agatha, or Bizarro world-Mike as we call her.

    • Nifar
      Nifar
      May 1, 2013 at 1:39 am | #

      Earth-11 Mike. Bizzaro Mike would be grey and blocky. And possibly have three-dimensional hair.

  5. Z3tto
    Z3tto
    May 1, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

    She’s got legs! And she knows how to use them!

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      May 1, 2013 at 12:07 am | #

      We did the same joke at the same time. Who are you?

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        May 1, 2013 at 12:16 am | #

        He’s you. From the future.

        • Neospector
          Neospector
          May 1, 2013 at 12:39 am | #

          Did someone make time go wibbly-wobbly again?

          • CrazyOne
            CrazyOne
            May 1, 2013 at 4:20 am | #

            No, Z3tto use the chronos discombulator a mere millasecond prior to Aizat

            • Neospector
              Neospector
              May 1, 2013 at 9:44 am | #

              Curses, that means we need to generate another 1.21 gigawatts to get home, don’t we?

  6. Robbie C
    Robbie C
    May 1, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

    Damn, I retract my comment requesting an SO like Billie. She’d snap me in half.

    • AgentKeen
      AgentKeen
      May 1, 2013 at 12:07 am | #

      I think I’d be ok with that o.o

    • fhqwhgads
      fhqwhgads
      May 1, 2013 at 12:14 am | #

      That comment is esp. enjoyable with your avatar. 😀

      • tb
        tb
        May 3, 2013 at 2:28 am | #

        Yeah, the way they match up is pretty weird sometimes.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      May 1, 2013 at 12:17 am | #

      But with flexibility like that, would it really matter?

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

        Don’t forget her reach as well.

    • Kernanator
      Kernanator
      May 1, 2013 at 12:47 am | #

      I can live with that. But then, I’m weird like that.

  7. Hoboturtle
    Hoboturtle
    May 1, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

    Minute there I through Agatha was blonde short haired Robin.

    • Kirby
      Kirby
      May 1, 2013 at 12:10 am | #

      … Isn’t that what she is though?

  8. Aizat
    Aizat
    May 1, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

    She got legs! She knows how to use’em.

  9. Count Dracula
    Count Dracula
    May 1, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

    Came for Billie, stayed for Agatha.

    • Lieutenant Dan
      Lieutenant Dan
      May 1, 2013 at 8:15 am | #

      *snicker*

  10. ASmellyOgre
    ASmellyOgre
    May 1, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

    *Darth Sidious voice*
    Yes, Billie. Let the hate flow through you.

  11. cookie1995
    cookie1995
    May 1, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

    no one might need Ruth Billie but judging by the fact seems no one seen Ruth since she kissed you Ruth might need someone

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      May 1, 2013 at 12:18 am | #

      Billie is the girlfriend Ruth wants, but not the one she deserves.

      • Mimo
        Mimo
        May 1, 2013 at 4:14 am | #

        Took it from me.

        • Mimo
          Mimo
          May 1, 2013 at 4:14 am | #

          (Gravatar is RELEVANT. ♥ )

    • gangler
      gangler
      May 1, 2013 at 10:23 am | #

      That’s the thing about when nobody needs you. Nobody cares what you need when you’re unneeded.

  12. AngryBamboo
    AngryBamboo
    May 1, 2013 at 12:07 am | #

    the world will cry out for me to unclog its trash chute, and i will whisper…NO. this summer…who cheers the cheerleaders?

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      May 1, 2013 at 12:08 am | #

      And all the leaders will look up and shout “SAVE US!” and Billie will whisper “No”.

      • Rex Hondo
        Rex Hondo
        May 1, 2013 at 12:30 am | #

        And all the students and TA’s will shout “SAVE US!” and Billie will look up from her pillow and whisper, “Shut up. I am SO fucking hung over right now.”

        • Groove
          Groove
          May 1, 2013 at 4:05 am | #

          Like Kate Beaton’s Wonder Woman (this fully capitalised sentence offends me).

    • Heavensrun
      Heavensrun
      May 1, 2013 at 10:03 am | #

      “Who cheers the cheeleaders?” Apparently this comment section.

      • Kaci
        Kaci
        May 1, 2013 at 4:17 pm | #

        Avarar makes that wonderful

  13. Wonder Wig
    Wonder Wig
    May 1, 2013 at 12:07 am | #

    I read the word “Rubbish” on the sign as a British answer to Billie’s question.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      May 1, 2013 at 12:10 am | #

      Yeah, that’s kinda odd. I thought you Americans used trash or garbage.

      • Wonder Wig
        Wonder Wig
        May 1, 2013 at 12:16 am | #

        It must be one of the key differences in this universe.

        • David
          David M Willis
          May 1, 2013 at 12:35 am | #

          I thought it was an odd thing to have above the trash chutes myself. It was odd enough that I remembered it all these years.

          • Ragnal
            Ragnal
            May 1, 2013 at 12:52 am | #

            So you’re saying this is really in the dorms.

            • David
              David M Willis
              May 1, 2013 at 2:19 am | #

              Yup.

              • Groove
                Groove
                May 1, 2013 at 4:07 am | #

                First the world, then only your rubbish chutes, then soon the world again!

  14. NerdHerder
    NerdHerder
    May 1, 2013 at 12:10 am | #

    HELLLLLOOOOOOOOOO, BILLIE.

    • Arkadi
      Arkadi
      May 2, 2013 at 5:02 pm | #

      I SAY

  15. Cholma
    Cholma
    May 1, 2013 at 12:11 am | #

    Fan Service: The Willis knows what you like.

    Billie might have found a new career! It’s like her own superpower; maybe she and Amazi-Girl will join forces to… [takes off sunglasses] take out the trash.

    YEAHHHHHHHHH!

    • Rheinman
      Rheinman
      May 1, 2013 at 7:33 am | #

      +1. I read that in a David Caruso voice.

  16. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    May 1, 2013 at 12:12 am | #

    “Goddamned Cheerleader” should totally be Amazi-Girl’s sidekick.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      May 1, 2013 at 12:19 am | #

      Are you dense? Are you retarded? Who the hell do you think I am? I’M THE GODDAMNED CHEERLEADER!

      • Kaci
        Kaci
        May 1, 2013 at 4:19 pm | #

        Watch out villains! She’s got razzle-dazzle!

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      May 1, 2013 at 12:19 am | #

      After “The Dina-saur”

    • Kernanator
      Kernanator
      May 1, 2013 at 12:28 am | #

      Nonono, she should be her rival.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      May 1, 2013 at 3:29 am | #

      With that kick, I couldn’t stop imagining Billie in a Kamen Rider-esque costume.

    • Notebooked
      Notebooked
      May 1, 2013 at 12:24 pm | #

      I have an idea.

      There’s Ethan, the Goddamned Bat-Fan!
      There’s Billie, the Beerleader!
      There’s Amazi-Girl!
      There’s Ruthless the Snapper of Femurs!
      There’s Jacob, or Hunkydory!
      There’s Joyce, The Fun-Damentalist, who’s sort of like Harley Quinn but does nothing intentionally rude or insulting or lewd or mischievous. (But she does sometimes put on a silly voice!)
      There’s Roz, the Condom Crusader!
      There’s Dorothy, the Spectacle!
      There’s Sarah, or Bat-Woman!
      There’s Joe, Supernovaca–Supercasano–Sunocasa–Sexy-Man!
      There’s Danny, the Great Blando! (His superpowers include becoming invisible. Well, not really, people just don’t notice him.)
      There’s Dina, the Dina-Saur!
      There’s Walky, or Walky-Talky! (His superpower is walking and talking at the same time, with two Nachitos up his nose.)
      There’s Leslie, or the Les-Pain! (“Doesn’t that mean you give…less pain?” “SHUT UP I’LL PUNCH YOU”)

      Together, they are…the DORM DEFENDERS!

      (There’s also Mike, whose superhero name is Mike and who goes around revealing everyone’s secret identities right before the final showdown, which derails the situation and sends everyone to Galasso’s.)

  17. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    May 1, 2013 at 12:13 am | #

    Billie. Stop.

    Stop trying to usurp Dina as my favorite character. It’s okay to be second.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      May 1, 2013 at 12:20 am | #

      I’m in no danger. Sierra is by far the best for me.

    • Aras Pabedinskas
      Aras Pabedinskas
      May 1, 2013 at 12:21 am | #

      Why do you have to keep favourites. I treat characters like a parent should treat their children. They are all my favourites! Except for when they dissapoint me…DANNY.

      • The E-man
        The E-man
        May 1, 2013 at 11:26 pm | #

        *earlier that day* I don’t care for Char.

  18. TaZZerath
    TaZZerath
    May 1, 2013 at 12:13 am | #

    Hungover Billie with Trash-Clearing Karate Action!

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

      With Empty Bottle excessory* Also if you act now you can get her Cheerleading outfit! *N and S not included*

      • Petre Pan
        Petre Pan
        May 1, 2013 at 4:12 pm | #

        High five. So high five.

  19. Globen
    Globen
    May 1, 2013 at 12:13 am | #

    That ‘however’ seems unecessary for the dialogue flow, but that’s just me.

  20. Spammy McSpamster
    Spammy McSpamster
    May 1, 2013 at 12:14 am | #

    looks a bit like Sal, there

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      May 1, 2013 at 12:16 am | #

      I think Sal is a subtle influence.

  21. Valdrax
    Valdrax
    May 1, 2013 at 12:14 am | #

    I’m not entirely sure what her leg is doing in panel 4.
    It seems to be bending at the femur.

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

      Ruth helped her femurs to be more bendy.

    • begbert2
      begbert2
      May 1, 2013 at 1:20 am | #

      I’m still trying to figure out how she kicked the trash bag without smashing her shin into the edge of the chute hatch. I mean, she’s clearly raising her leg straight up, after which it would of course come straight back down, like a hammer. And presumably break her leg and/or tear the hatch clean off.

      Unless of course her upraised leg turned into a bendy tentacle that then stretched and wiggled horizontally over to nudge the bag in. Which appears to be what Willis was going for. Cheerleaders can do that, right?

  22. vsophi
    vsophi
    May 1, 2013 at 12:14 am | #

    billie is so cute without her glasses and her hair down
    <3

    • Totz the Plaid
      Totz the Plaid
      May 1, 2013 at 12:22 am | #

      She’s cuter with her glasses, though.

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

        She’s just cute.

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          May 1, 2013 at 12:26 am | #

          She’s cute and hot at same time. It’s a package deal! 😀

    • All-purpose guru
      All-purpose guru
      May 1, 2013 at 1:11 am | #

      Not to mention with her pants off.

  23. Aizat
    Aizat
    May 1, 2013 at 12:14 am | #

    I’m just spitballing here but I think Billie is taking the position of Ms. Fanservice.

    • Rheinman
      Rheinman
      May 1, 2013 at 7:37 am | #

      I don’t know…Sal at the beach taking off the leather jacket still ranks as Queen of the fan service to me. But we have found her understudy.

  24. RaijinK
    RaijinK
    May 1, 2013 at 12:15 am | #

    “Are you dense? Are you fucking retarded?”

    Billie is the hero that dorm needs.

    No I don’t care if I’m mixing Batman references now. Billie’s being awesome and that’s all I can think how to express my appreciation at the moment.

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

      But not the one it deserves.

  25. Philippe G.
    Philippe G.
    May 1, 2013 at 12:17 am | #

    “What are you, dense? Are you retard or something? Who the hell do you think I am?
    I’M A GODDAMN CHEERLEADER!”

  26. |Agent
    |Agent
    May 1, 2013 at 12:17 am | #

    I’m calling it: Agatha makes out with Billie as a thank you.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      May 1, 2013 at 12:26 am | #

      Well I guess I might as well draw it out. I’m kinda getting known for it at this point!

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        May 1, 2013 at 1:02 am | #

        Well here y’all go again

        • begbert2
          begbert2
          May 1, 2013 at 1:22 am | #

          …She has two right hands…

          • Yotomoe
            Yotomoe
            May 1, 2013 at 1:33 am | #

            Don’t look at it as her having 2 right hands. Look at it as her having no thumbs. Which is much worse a mistake to make.

        • Kernanator
          Kernanator
          May 1, 2013 at 1:22 am | #

          This makes me laugh.

      • Kernanator
        Kernanator
        May 1, 2013 at 1:22 am | #

        Hey, when you’ve carved out a niche for yourself, might as well take up as much space there as possible.

        …I’m not sure where my metaphor was going.

  27. AngryBamboo
    AngryBamboo
    May 1, 2013 at 12:17 am | #

    and then billie went “shit there was fucking glass in that bag! my fucking foot is torn to shreds” and much laughter and merriment was had by all

    • Kernanator
      Kernanator
      May 1, 2013 at 12:47 am | #

      End episode.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        May 1, 2013 at 1:09 am | #

        Seinfield Segway music*

        • N0083rP00F
          N0083rP00F
          May 1, 2013 at 10:39 am | #

          More like Yakety Sax …… or …. the Benny Hill Boogie ….

  28. Sporky
    Sporky
    May 1, 2013 at 12:19 am | #

    billie in sexy clothes and that leg shot, PLUS her showing a badass display of power, PLUS her basically challenging ruth in a sort of righteous revenge sort of way?

    man, the first thing wouldve been enough, but willis understands holistic fanservice. hotness not only through phsyical attractiveness but also through confidence and strength of personality.

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

      I told you, Billie is gunning for the Ms. Fanservice position.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      May 1, 2013 at 12:28 am | #

      Billie knows what the fans want. She’s just pretending she doesn’t know about the 4th wall.

      • Aizat
        Aizat
        May 1, 2013 at 12:31 am | #

        So, she’s Deadpool?

        • AgentKeen
          AgentKeen
          May 1, 2013 at 12:52 am | #

          No, Deadpool takes a sledgehammer to the fourth wall for redecorating. Billie just does a high kick.

        • Aras Pabedinskas
          Aras Pabedinskas
          May 1, 2013 at 7:36 am | #

          I’ve seen pictures of Deadpool gunning for |Ms. fanservice, it’s not pretty.

    • Regalli
      Regalli
      May 1, 2013 at 2:43 am | #

      I KNOW, RIGHT? She’s not just looking good, she’s looking good while being badass in a way that makes sense.

    • Makkabee
      Makkabee
      May 1, 2013 at 5:33 pm | #

      Dayenu.

  29. Aizat
    Aizat
    May 1, 2013 at 12:21 am | #

    Not shown: Billie holding her foot in pain.

    • Ragnal
      Ragnal
      May 1, 2013 at 12:32 am | #

      Maybe her entire leg, even. How the heck does it curve like that?

      I’ll admit though, I’m impressed she can still get her leg that high with all the junk in the trunk.

      • Kernanator
        Kernanator
        May 1, 2013 at 12:50 am | #

        *golf clap*

        • Ragnal
          Ragnal
          May 1, 2013 at 12:54 am | #

          Did that sound bad? >_> I wasn’t trying to sound bad, I’m just being honest there. I am impressed.

          • Kernanator
            Kernanator
            May 1, 2013 at 1:17 am | #

            No no, I actually enjoyed that joke.

            • Ragnal
              Ragnal
              May 1, 2013 at 7:43 am | #

              What jo-…OOOOOOOOOOH.

              I didn’t even think about that. XD How the hell am I funnier when I’m NOT attempting humor?!

      • Aydr
        Aydr
        May 1, 2013 at 1:04 am | #

        That’s not a trunk, it’s a trash chute.

        …I don’t think I fixed it.

  30. alicemacher
    alicemacher
    May 1, 2013 at 12:24 am | #

    Dear Hanukkah Harry,

    I know it’s early to be writing, but next Hanukkah please bring me one (1) Billie. Please refer to the attached illustration for her attire.

    Sincerely,

    Alice

  31. ridtom
    ridtom
    May 1, 2013 at 12:28 am | #

    “She’s the Cheer-Leader we need, but not the Cheer-Leader we deserve.”- Amazi-Girl

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      May 1, 2013 at 12:29 am | #

      Wait, I thought Amazi-Girl was the Batman expy.

      • Gargamel
        Gargamel
        May 1, 2013 at 6:59 am | #

        Ya know, given that Frank Millers bit on Batman was a parody of the whole Robin thing, I could entirely see it as something the Joker (pretending to be Batman) might say.

  32. Barrage7667
    Barrage7667
    May 1, 2013 at 12:32 am | #

    Isnt anyone else concerned that she plans to drop a bunch of glass bottles down a 2-3 story trash chute…

    A) She should recycle em
    B) Shes gonna kill whoever tries to pick up that bag. (Unless, of course its in one of those dumpsters that the dump truck picks up. but still its broken glass.)

    • Heavensrun
      Heavensrun
      May 1, 2013 at 9:59 am | #

      I dunno. Some glass bottles are virtually indestructable. I once took a Sobe bottle and flung it AS HARD AS I COULD into an empty dumpster just to see if I -could- break it.

      Spoilers: I couldn’t.

  33. Uniqueantique
    Uniqueantique
    May 1, 2013 at 12:33 am | #

    Said it days and days ago. Ruth is in the trash chute. Bet on it.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      May 1, 2013 at 12:35 am | #

      What’s she doing in the trash chute?

      • Pinja
        Pinja
        May 1, 2013 at 12:40 am | #

        Looking for the discarded panties she so craves

    • Heavensrun
      Heavensrun
      May 1, 2013 at 9:49 am | #

      If ruth was in the trash chute, somebody would’ve noticed the smell by this point. Dead animal/person smells WAY worse than a couple days worth of trash. Not to mention how would she have gotten there? Murder victims end up dead in trash chutes, not suicides, and the only reason anybody has even floated the hypothesis that she’s dead is because she was last seen in sad tiems and people are paranoid about the suicidal tendencies of fictional lesbians.

      • Gargamel
        Gargamel
        May 1, 2013 at 4:04 pm | #

        Or she’s alive down there and sleeping of a hangover, well done Bellie there goes your breathing privileges.

      • Notebooked
        Notebooked
        May 1, 2013 at 5:03 pm | #

        For some reason I had this theory that she was holed up in the trash room and feeding off garbage that people threw away, but then the garbage would move, so it wouldn’t be clogged. And, y’know, they’d probably have someone to throw away the garbage who would discover her. So I think this is a red herring.

    • LiveWire
      LiveWire
      January 22, 2014 at 10:37 pm | #

      I thought it in the first comic that said the chute was clogged…
      And Heavens, should you ever read this again, the first BOOK was week #1 at college. What makes you think it’s been more than a day or two?
      Besides, she could have climbed inside and slit her wrists, or something.
      (Please don’t be right, please don’t be right…)

  34. Aizat
    Aizat
    May 1, 2013 at 12:34 am | #

    So, how much beer bottle on the floor left?

  35. Gilder
    Gilder
    May 1, 2013 at 12:34 am | #

    Missing final panel is her walking away from an explosion without looking back at it.

  36. someguywithakatana
    someguywithakatana
    May 1, 2013 at 12:35 am | #

    Oh no. Please don’t do something terrible to Ruth, Willis. I don’t think my heart can take it again.

  37. Keroshino
    Keroshino
    May 1, 2013 at 12:36 am | #

    Oh boy…I sure do hope that Ruth is all right! 🙁

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      May 1, 2013 at 12:38 am | #

      Last time we see her, she found Walky’s shoe on the floor.

      • David
        David M Willis
        May 1, 2013 at 12:57 am | #

        Pretty sure we saw her after that.

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          May 1, 2013 at 1:04 am | #

          She was all sad and shit.

    • Yonah
      Yonah
      May 1, 2013 at 1:06 am | #

      If Ruth!suicide is where this plot arc ends up going, I’m going to be extremely upset.

      • Kernanator
        Kernanator
        May 1, 2013 at 2:03 am | #

        Ruthicide.

        Actually that sounds like it could make for a good death metal band.

        • Yarrr
          Yarrr
          May 1, 2013 at 5:48 am | #

          I thought that’s what people died of if they were too loud after midnight.

          • Heavensrun
            Heavensrun
            May 1, 2013 at 9:55 am | #

            DAMN YOU I WANTED TO MAKE THAT JOKE

    • ender1200
      ender1200
      May 1, 2013 at 6:42 am | #

      And here i thought i was the only one who was worried by that line.

  38. Ryune
    Ryune
    May 1, 2013 at 12:41 am | #

    Ewwwww, Billy you just put your foot on someone else’s trash. Your shoeless foot. Super gross.

    (Then again, shoes in this situation aren’t necessarily good either. I once lost a shoe to the trash chute because I tried stomping it down like that and the trash took my shoe with it. That was fun to explain to the building manager)

    • Peruhain
      Peruhain
      May 1, 2013 at 1:12 am | #

      Actually, there’s a sock on her foot.

      • Gargamel
        Gargamel
        May 1, 2013 at 4:10 pm | #

        Wouldn’t be surprised if she left a bloody footprint walking out of this area with all the broken glass in that trash bag.

  39. BranTheQuixotic
    BranTheQuixotic
    May 1, 2013 at 12:58 am | #

    I am inexplicably amused that we have seen our Mormon character again, and the comic that she appears in is about Billie hiding her alcohol consumption.

    Mormons can’t drink alcohol, and as a former Mormon who spent a long time as a secret atheist living a double life something about Mormons and furtive alcohol consumption appearing in the same comic is amusing specifically to me.

    If Ruth shows up and discovers the bottle and the fact that Mormons don’t drink becomes a plot point that is relevant, I’ll shit bricks.

    • Aydr
      Aydr
      May 1, 2013 at 1:03 am | #

      Mormons also can’t be gay. It’s amazing how many things I’ve seen mormons do that they can’t.

      • Andrusi
        Andrusi
        May 1, 2013 at 9:55 am | #

        Yep. Can’t drink alcohol, can’t drink coffee, can’t drink tea, can’t be gay, can’t smoke, can’t have premarital sex, can’t look at porn, can’t pass through solid objects, can’t travel faster than light, can’t buy me loooooove, everybody tells me so, can’t buy me loooooove, no no no, noooooo, say you don’t need no diamond rings and I’ll be satisfied, tell me that you want the kind of things that money just can’t buy, I don’t care too much for money, money can’t buy me love, can’t buy me loooooove, loooooove, buy me loooooove, oh!

      • Kaci
        Kaci
        May 1, 2013 at 4:30 pm | #

        Actually… We can. I am one. And so is my brother, and he’s gay. We’te actually very accepting, and the no drinking/smoking is about respect for your body and not doing things that hurt it. The coffee is personal choice ::sip:: but it actually makes me sleepy so I stay away from it.

        • BranTheQuixotic
          BranTheQuixotic
          May 1, 2013 at 9:01 pm | #

          Okay, so I guess you CAN, just don’t tell your bishop or they’ll excommunicate you!

          Although I hear the mormon church has reformed a bit on the gay issue and is stepping down on excommunicating people for being gay. Pretty sure you can be excommunicated for being in a gay sexual relationship still, though.

          It ALL depends on the individual Bishop, too. Some of them might be more interested in going against the official policy.

          I guess you won’t be excommunicated for coffee, either, but you definitely won’t be allowed in the temple. (Part of the yearly interview process for going to the temple involves the question “do you keep the Word of Wisdom” which covers, among ‘harder’ substances, coffee and tea.

          It’s harder to be a heretical member of the mormon church (by which I mean one who goes against official doctrines) than it is to be a heretical catholic or part of some other religion. But I suppose it is possible! And “mormon” churches other than the mainstream LDS do exist and a few of them are fairly liberal.

    • Sailor_Arashi
      Sailor_Arashi
      May 1, 2013 at 4:02 am | #

      Sure they can!

      They’re just not allowed to!

  40. JA
    JA
    May 1, 2013 at 1:01 am | #

    Crotchshot 🙂

  41. Kiggy
    Kiggy
    May 1, 2013 at 1:33 am | #

    I approve of today’s strip

  42. Ancestral Hamster
    Ancestral Hamster
    May 1, 2013 at 1:34 am | #

    At last Billie is useful. :p

  43. Dean
    Dean
    May 1, 2013 at 1:42 am | #

    I’ve probably seen too many episodes of CSI, but when I hear ‘no-one’s seen Person X in a while’ together with ‘clogged garbage chute’, my mind goes to a Place.

    Am I alone here?

  44. AsimovSideburns
    AsimovSideburns
    May 1, 2013 at 1:43 am | #

    I want that shirt. I want that shirt so bad.

    I would teach Joyce 12 years of actual science for that shirt.

  45. John
    John
    May 1, 2013 at 1:46 am | #

    I think I have to assume that Billie got a powerup from drinking all that booze.

    Also, I don’t care what the poll said: Billie is the hottest.

    • Kernanator
      Kernanator
      May 1, 2013 at 2:02 am | #

      Indeed.

      Though I still like Dina better overall.

      • John
        John
        May 1, 2013 at 2:37 am | #

        Dina is the most adorkable.

        • Kernanator
          Kernanator
          May 1, 2013 at 3:08 am | #

          I like Dina. She reminds me of myself.

          Wait. If Dina reminds me of myself, and I think Dina is the best character, does that make me narcissistic?

          • Armchair Warrior
            Armchair Warrior
            May 1, 2013 at 7:42 am | #

            Not if you equate ‘best character’ with ‘both most amusing and most believable as a human person’.

            • Kernanator
              Kernanator
              May 1, 2013 at 11:55 am | #

              Oh, okay then. I was worried for a moment.

  46. Felix Featherstone
    Felix Featherstone
    May 1, 2013 at 1:55 am | #

    wow…. I guess she does look good. She must try too hard or something to put you off normally…

  47. Charles RB
    Charles RB
    May 1, 2013 at 1:55 am | #

    Nah, you definitely need Ruth unless you’re going to kick the binbags EVERY DAY.

  48. acher4
    acher4
    May 1, 2013 at 2:34 am | #

    Wow…she is cool!

  49. Off Colfax
    Off Colfax
    May 1, 2013 at 2:38 am | #

    Waidaminnit. 119 comments, and nobody has made the obvious Heroes reference yet?!? I am disappoint.

    Save the cheerleader, save the world!

  50. NinjaNick
    NinjaNick
    May 1, 2013 at 2:48 am | #

    Great kick.

  51. Zaxares
    Zaxares
    May 1, 2013 at 4:33 am | #

    Zaxares Approves: +20

  52. ADHadh
    ADHadh
    May 1, 2013 at 5:25 am | #

    Nice.
    Somehow I wonder how come panels from the comic end up hotter than dedicated pin-ups ;P

    • Heavensrun
      Heavensrun
      May 1, 2013 at 9:53 am | #

      Context is everything.

  53. SpiritKamikaze
    SpiritKamikaze
    May 1, 2013 at 6:50 am | #

    Holy Moley! Billy… turned into Sal!

  54. Notebooked
    Notebooked
    May 1, 2013 at 7:18 am | #

    The first thing I thought of was Kim Possible.

    (Does that mean Walky’s her Ron Stoppable?)

  55. Gordon Blvd
    Gordon Blvd
    May 1, 2013 at 7:20 am | #

    Wow………………did somepony just grow the fuck UP a little and start taking the first TRUE step to adulthood in that last panel? 🙂

    • Heavensrun
      Heavensrun
      May 1, 2013 at 9:52 am | #

      Probably not.

    • Notebooked
      Notebooked
      May 1, 2013 at 12:13 pm | #

      I don’t see how this is growing up — the speech is rooted in the same dislike for Ruth that she’s shown before and the actions are rooted in the need to throw away some booze. It’s just that she has the competence to fix this situation (and is making a srs face).

      (I guess “No one needs Ruth” could be taken as “No one needs someone who is a jerk with competence about certain matters”, but that’s reaching a bit. Especially since Billie could be counted as a jerk with competence about certain matters.)

      • begbert2
        begbert2
        May 1, 2013 at 2:40 pm | #

        Her speech is also rooted in the belief that she’s still a cheerleader, so yeah.

  56. Animal
    Animal
    May 1, 2013 at 9:10 am | #

    I’m so damned turned on by panel 3.

  57. Deimir
    Deimir
    May 1, 2013 at 9:20 am | #

    Yay, more fanservice! Keep it up, Willis.

  58. jsmith24855
    jsmith24855
    May 1, 2013 at 10:01 am | #

    I’m worried about Ruth here. Sad that I am worried about a comic character.

  59. ArkhamTexan
    ArkhamTexan
    May 1, 2013 at 10:27 am | #

    I completely agree with Billie. I need goddamn cheerleaders just after dinner myself. And after breakfast.

    Ah, the ideal days…

  60. Ducttape2021
    Ducttape2021
    May 1, 2013 at 10:42 am | #

    …There are no trash chutes in Read, just bins.

    • David
      David M Willis
      May 1, 2013 at 2:17 pm | #

      Then they must have removed them at some point. Oops.

  61. Tachroma
    Tachroma
    May 1, 2013 at 11:21 am | #

    Its like if Buffy killed all vampires ever and got bored so started drinking..

  62. Raoullefere
    Raoullefere
    May 1, 2013 at 12:09 pm | #

    Yes, I never knew until now how much I needed a cheerleader.

    Because doing that sort of thing myself does not work out well for me, unless you call breaking what you’re trying to make function ‘working out well.’

  63. Mo
    Mo
    May 1, 2013 at 2:43 pm | #

    While you are building new shirts, I’m still waiting on a dark Butt-Taco.

  64. Portmaneau
    Portmaneau
    May 1, 2013 at 3:22 pm | #

    When in doubt

  65. Petre Pan
    Petre Pan
    May 1, 2013 at 4:24 pm | #

    Just gonna pop in to say I was thinking about Joyce and Mike and I still really want Joyce and Mike to get together because Joyce and Ethan is doomed by Willis (and 95% of the readership) but Joyce and Mike is comedy/suffering/character change GOLD.

    Saying that! On a comic that has nothing to do with those things!

    Yup.

    • Notebooked
      Notebooked
      May 1, 2013 at 5:00 pm | #

      That relationship could only end in disaster.
      So yeah, Mike would try it.
      (I mean, Joyce felt comfortable enough around Mike to invent him to chaperone a date — and due to Joyce’s slightly warped perception of life, she may read that as him being enthusiastic to ‘guard a lady’s honor’.)

      • BranTheQuixotic
        BranTheQuixotic
        May 1, 2013 at 9:05 pm | #

        I think Mike only enjoys other people suffering. Being in a relationship with someone as naive as Joyce would not be one-directional suffering; this much is certain.
        Joyce’s persistent obliviousness to his attempts at sarcasm and/or assholery would drive him up the wall, I think.

  66. Bookreading
    Bookreading
    May 1, 2013 at 11:37 pm | #

    I totally didn’t notice that there was fanservice here. #reasonsimightbegay

  67. JustcallmeSoul
    JustcallmeSoul
    May 2, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

    the last pane makes me feel like there needs to be one more pane with her putting on sunglasses saying YEAHHHH!

  68. ProjectXa3
    ProjectXa3
    May 2, 2013 at 12:49 am | #

    CHEER-FU!

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