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Kindness

by David M Willis on July 27, 2013 at 12:01 am
  • 04 - Just Hangin' Out With My Family
└ Tags: asma, carol, dexter, hank, jocelyne, joyce, monkey master, sarah

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  1. Justnobody
    Justnobody
    July 27, 2013 at 12:01 am | #

    And now I remember why I love this comic so much. Also how did I end up here so early?

  2. Geminia999
    Geminia999
    July 27, 2013 at 12:02 am | #

    Little did sarah know, there was a demon under the hat!!!

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      July 27, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

      “Hahaha. Now to subtly convince her to commit hanky panky!”

      • Zoroark173
        Zoroark173
        July 27, 2013 at 12:07 am | #

        Not just any hanky-panky, “Premaritial hanky-panky”!

        • GoldStarz
          GoldStarz
          July 27, 2013 at 1:10 am | #

          “And not just that either, gay premartial hanky-panky. Truly I am the evilest hat demon of them all!”

          • Aizat
            Aizat
            July 27, 2013 at 1:14 am | #

            “Or I could convince her to kill her family and then desecrate their corpses but that’s a little to easy. Besides, it’s been done to death. “

          • Aeron
            Aeron
            July 27, 2013 at 3:49 am | #

            Fully expect the hat to think and talk like Head Alien.

            • PrincessCarlos
              PrincessCarlos
              July 27, 2013 at 5:21 pm | #

              Heh, HEAD alien. I see what you did there

            • Evil Fairy
              Evil Fairy
              July 27, 2013 at 11:02 pm | #

              Uh-oh…now I’m worried. What if the hat is one of the sixteen pieces of HA II?

            • Björn
              Björn
              July 28, 2013 at 4:04 pm | #

              That reminds me: Dexter must totally be voiced by Jon Lovitz. Right, Willis?

    • AgentKeen
      AgentKeen
      July 27, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

      Hmm, Joyce turning out to be a demon would be a pretty big twist.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        July 27, 2013 at 12:10 am | #

        After she slices Sarah into 666 pieces.

        • JBO
          JBO
          July 27, 2013 at 12:19 am | #

          DON’T REMIND ME!

          But hey at least Walky would sleep with Sarah that is something.

        • MajesticSpaceBen
          MajesticSpaceBen
          July 27, 2013 at 12:36 am | #

          After which the “to be continued” message flashes, and Willis ends the series entirely.

          • Aizat
            Aizat
            July 27, 2013 at 12:57 am | #

            Which leads to a non-indicative grimdark spin-off.

        • Kernanator
          Kernanator
          July 27, 2013 at 1:33 am | #

          Wait, is this a reference to something?

          • Yotomoe
            Yotomoe
            July 27, 2013 at 1:40 am | #

            Yes.

            • Kernanator
              Kernanator
              July 27, 2013 at 1:57 am | #

              Could you tell me what it is?

              • Yotomoe
                Yotomoe
                July 27, 2013 at 2:07 am | #

                But it would spoil the ending.

        • Potato-The-Faaace
          Potato-The-Faaace
          July 27, 2013 at 4:10 am | #

          THEN TEABAG THE REMAINS 666 TIMES!

          • Aizat
            Aizat
            July 27, 2013 at 5:09 am | #

            Then place the remains in the oven with the temperature of 66.6 degrees Celsius.

            • Fred
              Fred
              July 27, 2013 at 9:38 am | #

              Why not 666c?

              • The Candyman
                The Candyman
                July 27, 2013 at 11:36 am | #

                Because that would 1,220 degrees Fahrenheit, which might melt the oven.

            • AgentKeen
              AgentKeen
              July 27, 2013 at 1:16 pm | #

              Wait until Hell freezes over, served chilled.
              Serves 666.

        • BlueRam
          BlueRam
          July 27, 2013 at 4:04 pm | #

          666 pieces? So someone actually counted out how many pieces they were cutting up? What if they lost count?

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        July 27, 2013 at 12:12 am | #

        Like in that Simpsons Halloween episode where it turns out Flanders is Satan. “It’s always who you least expect.”

      • mrman643
        mrman643
        July 27, 2013 at 10:48 pm | #

        What are you guys referencing?

    • Wonder Wig
      Wonder Wig
      July 27, 2013 at 12:29 am | #

      The hat sorts people into religions. “A lot of courage I see. Not a bad mind either… I know…. Protestant!”

      • Kernanator
        Kernanator
        July 27, 2013 at 1:31 am | #

        I totally heard the Sorting Hat’s voice. I laughed.

      • Drakey
        Drakey
        July 27, 2013 at 2:56 am | #

        Oh my dear sweet Jesus on a llama, Wonder Wig, that was beautiful.

        • saltchocolate
          saltchocolate
          July 27, 2013 at 7:59 am | #

          +1

      • Crimson Doom
        Crimson Doom
        July 27, 2013 at 9:00 am | #

        So does it sort people into only the current mainstream religions, or might I expect it to sort someone into, say, worship of the Babylonian pantheon? 😀

  3. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    July 27, 2013 at 12:02 am | #

    One of Joyce’s brother’s is appearing in the comic? With a NAME?!?

    WHAT IS THIS HERESY.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      July 27, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

      No, he’s Joshua. Heresy’s in time out.

      • JBO
        JBO
        July 27, 2013 at 12:13 am | #

        Heresy is quite a bummer anyways. My favourite Brown brother is Schism BTW.

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          July 27, 2013 at 12:26 am | #

          What about Blasfemy? (He and Heresy are twins obviousely)

          • JBO
            JBO
            July 27, 2013 at 12:34 am | #

            I like Blasfemy since he and Heresy are polar opposite twins. He is way more fun.

          • John
            John
            July 27, 2013 at 11:05 am | #

            Given his resemblance to Drew, I’m thinking “Joshua Temptation Brown”.

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          July 27, 2013 at 12:39 am | #

          I’m guessing Charlie is not here today.

          • Yotomoe
            Yotomoe
            July 27, 2013 at 12:51 am | #

            Not Charlie Brown but Charlie Zangels is here.

      • Aizat
        Aizat
        July 27, 2013 at 12:51 am | #

        Wait, Joshua? He didn’t make a sword out of demon’s blood did he?

    • Swissaboo
      Swissaboo
      July 27, 2013 at 2:25 am | #

      Joshua and Joyce? Makes me wonder if the browns pulled the same thing as my paternal grandparents, where they went P, P, M, M, T, T

      • John
        John
        July 27, 2013 at 11:03 am | #

        Willis mentioned over on BBRoomies! that they’re all ‘J’ names. Of course, she had two more brothers in that universe, so who knows.

    • Ancestral Hamster
      Ancestral Hamster
      July 27, 2013 at 3:16 am | #

      I can’t wait until we meet Joyce’s eldest brother, Praise-God Barebone Brown. He’s really puritannical!

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praise-God_Barebone

  4. AgentKeen
    AgentKeen
    July 27, 2013 at 12:02 am | #

    Attack of the Big Baby Blues!

  5. Kurai Seraphim
    Kurai Seraphim
    July 27, 2013 at 12:02 am | #

    Is that Alfred Hitchcock in the background of Panel 4?

    • Totz the Plaid
      Totz the Plaid
      July 27, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

      If not, then it should be.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      July 27, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

      It’s not fat enough.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      July 27, 2013 at 12:40 am | #

      Good evening.

    • Bluebird
      Bluebird
      July 27, 2013 at 2:26 pm | #

      Given Willis’ drawing style, I believe it would have to be another reverse-sex clone, in order to be Hitchcock…

    • John
      John
      July 27, 2013 at 2:43 pm | #

      It’s Asma. She’s tagged and everything.

      Asma Hitchcock.

  6. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    July 27, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

    No it’s option #2, they are indeed reverse-sex clones.

    • Soozi
      Soozi
      July 27, 2013 at 12:44 am | #

      Actually, they’re fraternal twins which means they have normal-sibling DNA not twins-sameses DNA. They’re about as closely related as any brother-sister would be. The only way to be technical DNA clones would be if they were the same sex.

      Unless you meant something else in that case sorry for random biology/development rant.

      • Rin
        Rin
        July 27, 2013 at 9:09 am | #

        Could be a rare genetic case where he is XY and she ends up XO but are otherwise identical and originally came from one egg.
        http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1012913/pdf/jmedgene00327-0041.pdf

      • John
        John
        July 27, 2013 at 10:45 am | #

        I think Plasma just meant they’re reversed-sex clones.

        o/` Oh give me a clone, of my very own, with the Y chromosome changed to X… o/`

        • inkwell
          inkwell
          July 27, 2013 at 12:10 pm | #

          Could be that they somehow dragged gender-swapped Joyce out of the Walkyverse and convinced him that he was actually her brother rather than just her and then gender-swapped Walky is going to show up and everything is going to get sketchy really quickly.

  7. EvergreenFir
    EvergreenFir
    July 27, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

    Reverse-sexed clone? You mean Rule 63?

    • Totz the Plaid
      Totz the Plaid
      July 27, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

      Not quite. Rule 63 implies “hanky-panky” stuff.

      • VZG
        VZG
        July 27, 2013 at 2:05 am | #

        No, you’re thinking of rule 34. Rule 63 doesn’t imply anything other than flipped sex.

        • BlueRam
          BlueRam
          July 27, 2013 at 4:05 pm | #

          What about rule 42? That’s always a probability.

          • EvergreenFir
            EvergreenFir
            July 27, 2013 at 10:56 pm | #

            lol

    • DudeMyDadOwnsADealership
      DudeMyDadOwnsADealership
      July 28, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

      Think X-23 to Joyce’s Wolverine

  8. Viktoria
    Viktoria
    July 27, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

    Oh god, he’s the anti-Joyce of this universe!

    • Jen Aside
      Jen Aside
      July 27, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

      No, he’s the Canadian Joyce =o [Jayce?]

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        July 27, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

        Joey C.

        • Karionus
          Karionus
          July 27, 2013 at 2:00 am | #

          You’re thinking of “Jayce” IIRC.

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        July 27, 2013 at 12:07 am | #

        Does he lead a gang of Wheeled Warriors?

        (Too obscure?)

        • Karionus
          Karionus
          July 27, 2013 at 2:01 am | #

          Er, reply above belonged down here.

  9. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    July 27, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

    How did Sarah learn of the “Noah’s Arc” cloning process?

  10. Gram91
    Gram91
    July 27, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

    Finally we get to see an actual sibling of hers (I think). Also, her mother looks waaaay different.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      July 27, 2013 at 12:07 am | #

      Not really. She’s always had a pronounced chin and been slightly heavyset. Unless you mean different from Walkyverse in which case I’d have to agree.

    • David
      David M Willis
      July 27, 2013 at 12:11 am | #

      Click her name in the tags and check out her other appearances in the strip.

    • zomgvampires
      zomgvampires
      July 27, 2013 at 12:11 am | #

      Agreed. Let’s see if she’s just as crazy about Joyce’s future (TRYING TO BE VAGUE HERE).

  11. Cholma
    Cholma
    July 27, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

    In panel three, the hat kind of looks like a baseball cap or batting helmet. (which would actually be easier to make and sell, than the felt beanies)

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      July 27, 2013 at 12:08 am | #

      It doubles as a batting helmet because she knows Sarah is a great Batter.

  12. Madock345
    Madock345
    July 27, 2013 at 12:07 am | #

    Joyce’s Brother? IN THE COMIC!?

    I don’t know weather to respond with joy or fear.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      July 27, 2013 at 12:41 am | #

      Foy? Or Jear? Pick your poison, Madock.

  13. Shade
    Shade
    July 27, 2013 at 12:07 am | #

    Something tells me they’re not going to be pleased with her fashion choices.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      July 27, 2013 at 12:08 am | #

      Or maybe it’ll turn out They are all closet MM fans.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        July 27, 2013 at 12:10 am | #

        They’re Marilyn Manson fans? I would not have called that one.

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          July 27, 2013 at 12:46 am | #

          Or they could be Megaman fans.

          • Yotomoe
            Yotomoe
            July 27, 2013 at 12:51 am | #

            I thought it meant they loved playing MARBLE MADNESS.

            • Aizat
              Aizat
              July 27, 2013 at 12:53 am | #

              Or they’re a fan of Master Mold.

              • Kernanator
                Kernanator
                July 27, 2013 at 1:07 am | #

                What about Maniac Mansion?

                • Aizat
                  Aizat
                  July 27, 2013 at 1:17 am | #

                  Or Mad Max? But then again they couldn’t get beyond Thunderdome. Finally got to use that joke.

          • DrunkenGator
            DrunkenGator
            July 27, 2013 at 12:55 am | #

            What? No love for MicroMachines? Uncultured curs…

            • Aizat
              Aizat
              July 27, 2013 at 1:00 am | #

              Well, MicroMachines isn’t well known where I’m from.

              • Yotomoe
                Yotomoe
                July 27, 2013 at 1:07 am | #

                Or anywhere really. I constantly forget they exist.

                • Ancestral Hamster
                  Ancestral Hamster
                  July 27, 2013 at 3:12 am | #

                  Supposedly Micro Machines went out of production in 2006. So they don’t currently exist as a retail product. Secondary market on the other hand …

  14. Joebo
    Joebo
    July 27, 2013 at 12:10 am | #

    Ooh, there was probable a reason, at least in her parent’s eyes, as to why she was never exposed to this show as a child…

    • Wack'd
      Wack'd
      July 27, 2013 at 12:17 am | #

      We knew that already! It “cultivates a culture of snarkiness!”

      • Alex Stritar
        Alex Stritar
        July 27, 2013 at 12:41 am | #

        Well, if that’s the case, they’re going to love Sarah. XD

  15. Dave
    Dave
    July 27, 2013 at 12:11 am | #

    Will Robin want to make out with sexswapped Joyce in THIS universe as well? Only time will tell.

  16. zomgvampires
    zomgvampires
    July 27, 2013 at 12:12 am | #

    Aww yay! A brother!

  17. JBO
    JBO
    July 27, 2013 at 12:15 am | #

    Just change Sarah’s punctuation slightly and she calls it an ass hat.

  18. Rust
    Rust
    July 27, 2013 at 12:18 am | #

    This comic is so sweet and adorable that I can’t stand it. I almost expect Sarah to give Joyce a sisterly hug here. That’d be equivalent to about 3 adorable kitten pictures, I think.

    • Farmer_10
      Farmer_10
      July 27, 2013 at 6:50 am | #

      Indeed. Everybody is so hung up on Joyce’s family they’re managing to ignore their overwhelming desires to hug panel 3

  19. Hoboturtle
    Hoboturtle
    July 27, 2013 at 12:25 am | #

    Considering that there’s no gender changing machine we instead get Joyce’s exactly the same brother.

  20. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    July 27, 2013 at 12:28 am | #

    Can I say that I ship Sarah and Joyce. But not as a couple but as like sisters and adorable sister people who love each other just cuz.

    • Alex Stritar
      Alex Stritar
      July 27, 2013 at 12:40 am | #

      Wait, we can ship people in ways that doesn’t revolve around them wanting to have sex with each other? What insane world did I just step into!?

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        July 27, 2013 at 12:53 am | #

        I am an innovative Shipper. Some don’t approve of my methods.

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          July 27, 2013 at 12:55 am | #

          Innovation’s not a bad thing, it’s a good thing. At least, it’s better than some sick slashfic.

          • Li
            Li
            July 27, 2013 at 7:27 am | #

            Uh, please rephrase or otherwise just stop talking, thanks.

            • Aizat
              Aizat
              July 27, 2013 at 8:14 am | #

              Why?

              • Yotomoe
                Yotomoe
                July 27, 2013 at 9:36 am | #

                Yeah, what’d Aizat do wrong?

                • Leonou
                  Leonou
                  July 27, 2013 at 11:01 am | #

                  Implying that there’s anything wrong with “sick Slashfics” I suppose.

                • Li
                  Li
                  July 28, 2013 at 8:28 am | #

                  Yeah, that’d be the one, Leonou.

                  He’s welcome to talk on other subjects!

    • Hoboturtle
      Hoboturtle
      July 27, 2013 at 12:44 am | #

      Agree’d

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      July 27, 2013 at 12:50 am | #

      Wait, you could that? I thought shipping meant putting two characters and somehow make them a couple regardless of logic or common sense…..and I just possibly pissed off the shipping community.

      • Kernanator
        Kernanator
        July 27, 2013 at 1:28 am | #

        No, that’s fairly accurate. Though some ships have more logic and commons sense than others.

    • vsophi
      vsophi
      July 27, 2013 at 1:49 am | #

      Sounds like friendshipping to me. :B

      • Jackson
        Jackson
        July 27, 2013 at 6:17 am | #

        Moiraaaaaaails!

    • Blue
      Blue
      September 6, 2013 at 1:17 am | #

      I believe the term in current use is ‘BroTP’

  21. JBO
    JBO
    July 27, 2013 at 12:32 am | #

    And Joyce’s shirt now joins Mike’s hair in things that are physically impossible. Seriously are those eyes ALWAYS looking at the reader?

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      July 27, 2013 at 12:36 am | #

      Thought you could get away by her standing in a profile? Nope still see you.

    • LookingIn
      LookingIn
      July 27, 2013 at 12:42 am | #

      She can’t help it if she is young and pert…the shirts probably weren’t designed with someone as endowed as her in mind 😉

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        July 27, 2013 at 1:05 am | #

        Joyce is kinda average (maybe slightly above). She hasn’t reached Billie’s level yet.

        • Bemmie
          Bemmie
          July 27, 2013 at 2:31 am | #

          Now I’m just imagining that shirt on billie… Nothing else mind you, just the shirt

          • John
            John
            July 27, 2013 at 10:50 am | #

            Are you also imagining Billie rolling her eyes, calling you a dork, and slamming the door in your face?

            • LookingIn
              LookingIn
              July 27, 2013 at 7:38 pm | #

              That sounds more like Ruth after she catches you eyeing Billie

              • John
                John
                July 27, 2013 at 11:31 pm | #

                Sounds like Billie to me.

                Admittedly, I’m just assuming the eyeroll.

                • LookingIn
                  LookingIn
                  July 28, 2013 at 12:19 am | #

                  Well Billie has matured a little, buth Ruth still has her agressive side so I’m leaning on it being a Ruth reaction rather than a Billie reaction

  22. Nono
    Nono
    July 27, 2013 at 12:48 am | #

    I like how Asma gets a tag even though only her silhouette is visible.

    Asma’s going to be the puppetmaster, just you watch. She gave Walky his pajama pants and Joyce her D&MM stuff. She IS the drama tag.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      July 27, 2013 at 12:52 am | #

      Or that she is the one masterminding everything….like that dog in Silent Hill 2.

  23. ArkhamTexan
    ArkhamTexan
    July 27, 2013 at 12:52 am | #

    Bam! She CAN learn! Character development!

  24. Brian Lynch
    Brian Lynch
    July 27, 2013 at 12:54 am | #

    I’ve been waiting YEARS for this moment, and I just realized that.

  25. Justnobody
    Justnobody
    July 27, 2013 at 1:06 am | #

    Is it a bad thing that I’m incredibly attracted to both Mike and Joyce’s moms ?

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      July 27, 2013 at 1:10 am | #

      Not really.

    • Ancestral Hamster
      Ancestral Hamster
      July 27, 2013 at 3:04 am | #

      Have your nickels ready.

  26. Uniqueantique
    Uniqueantique
    July 27, 2013 at 1:09 am | #

    A very unique way of looking at shipping, Yotomoe. I like it. Joyce and Sarah are fuzzy kitty cute. (since the near rape party, looks like Sarah has adopted Joyce anyway, even if she does drive her bonkers)

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      July 27, 2013 at 1:15 am | #

      What, and your sibling didn’t drive you bonkers?

  27. nothri
    nothri
    July 27, 2013 at 1:40 am | #

    Joyce: “Say, that reminds me of this one episode where Dexter froze the Cheese and then mucked up the universe!”

  28. vsophi
    vsophi
    July 27, 2013 at 1:45 am | #

    “some kind of reverse-sexed clone”

    Ahh, memories…

    • Maycroft
      Maycroft
      July 27, 2013 at 1:48 am | #

      That was one of my favorite arches.

      • Kernanator
        Kernanator
        July 27, 2013 at 2:57 am | #

        Really? Mine is the Gateway Arch in St. Louis.

        • Aeron
          Aeron
          July 27, 2013 at 3:56 am | #

          We call it Defiance now.

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          July 27, 2013 at 5:05 am | #

          Mine is the Arc de Triumph. That’s how it is spelled, right?

          • Andrew_C
            Andrew_C
            July 27, 2013 at 7:22 am | #

            I prefer the uncompromising Modernism of the Arche de la Défense

    • Li
      Li
      July 27, 2013 at 7:31 am | #

      a) sex is indeed a verb (different meaning, related to determining the gender of animals)
      b) “reverse-sexed” might be clearer to you like “reverse-sex’d” — meaning a clone to which that was done.

      Either way I don’t think it was a typo, just kinda slangy.

      • Kamino Neko
        Kamino Neko
        July 27, 2013 at 8:02 am | #

        I don’t think they’re commenting on the grammar, but rather remembering a Walkyverse storyline.

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          July 27, 2013 at 9:40 am | #

          Remember when Joyce had a penis for a while? Partridge farm remembers.

      • vsophi
        vsophi
        July 27, 2013 at 2:26 pm | #

        What Kamino Neko said.

        • Li
          Li
          July 28, 2013 at 8:29 am | #

          Ahh, gotcha. :|a My mistake!

  29. Aeron
    Aeron
    July 27, 2013 at 3:56 am | #

    I adore the fact that Sarah looks like she was drawn by Bill Waterson in panel 2.

  30. Zababcd
    Zababcd
    July 27, 2013 at 4:05 am | #

    The visual style reminds me of one of those ‘first day of school’ episodes on kids shows. Just switch the dialogue around. And age the characters down by many, many years.

    • Notebooked
      Notebooked
      July 27, 2013 at 8:03 am | #

      Hah, nice job!

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      July 27, 2013 at 9:38 am | #

      HAHAHAHAHAHA. OMG THIS IS THE GREATEST.

    • saltchocolate
      saltchocolate
      July 27, 2013 at 10:46 am | #

      Hilarious!

  31. Jackson
    Jackson
    July 27, 2013 at 6:17 am | #

    Oh hey, Joyce is wearing The Boots.

    • saltchocolate
      saltchocolate
      July 27, 2013 at 8:08 am | #

      The fashion offense is complete — head to toe.

      • John
        John
        July 27, 2013 at 10:54 am | #

        It wouldn’t be anywhere near as bad if she lost the pants. The hat’s okay, the shirt’s kind of neat, the wristbands are inoffensive, but oh gods those pants…

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      July 27, 2013 at 9:38 am | #

      Those boots were meant for walkin’ and that’s just what they do.

  32. Notebooked
    Notebooked
    July 27, 2013 at 8:03 am | #

    AAAAH SARAH AAAAH

    This is what I’ve been looking forward to. They’ve had the arguments about Joyce’s safety, showing Sarah cares–this is showing Sarah cares in a way they both like and are comfortable with! Budding friendship ahhh

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      July 27, 2013 at 9:38 am | #

      I knooooooooooooow aaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh<3

  33. Rin
    Rin
    July 27, 2013 at 9:27 am | #

    *SQUEEEEEE~* Joyce’s brother just makes me squeal. EEEEEEEEEE~ He’s only in one panel but for some reason I feel like i’m gonna like him. ^v^ Either that or he’ll make me want to beat him up. 😀

    • The Candyman
      The Candyman
      July 27, 2013 at 11:47 am | #

      That’s turning out to be a trend with Willis’ characters isn’t it (you either want to hug them or punch them in the face).

      • AgentKeen
        AgentKeen
        July 27, 2013 at 1:19 pm | #

        Sometimes, both at the same time.

  34. FivePartsWater
    FivePartsWater
    July 27, 2013 at 10:13 am | #

    That blackboard in the background just makes my mind scream battleships.

  35. The Candyman
    The Candyman
    July 27, 2013 at 12:26 pm | #

    I’m getting a cuteness overload from panel 3 Joyce. Seriously, I have to resist the urge to hug my screen.

  36. Ruck Bogers
    Ruck Bogers
    July 27, 2013 at 1:39 pm | #

    Oh, look, an Asma silhouette.

  37. DudeMyDadOwnsADealership
    DudeMyDadOwnsADealership
    July 27, 2013 at 1:53 pm | #

    This is certainly an improvement on Sarah’s part. I’m guessing that’s one of Joyce’s brothers…

  38. Sir Robin
    Sir Robin
    July 27, 2013 at 2:29 pm | #

    Sarah is just the female Mike isn’t she?

  39. Wallace Wells
    Wallace Wells
    July 27, 2013 at 2:46 pm | #

    Calling it now, some family drama will ensue if Joyce’s brother meets Joyce’s boyfriend.

    • Potato-The-Faaace
      Potato-The-Faaace
      July 27, 2013 at 11:29 pm | #

      Probably

  40. Draga Noche
    Draga Noche
    July 27, 2013 at 2:47 pm | #

    the MM shirt and pants are too much but I would like the hat and wristbands

  41. ender1200
    ender1200
    July 27, 2013 at 3:54 pm | #

    Joyce parents are finally making their appearance.

    IT HAS BEGUN!

  42. Harry
    Harry
    July 27, 2013 at 4:42 pm | #

    “Kindess” should probably be “KindNess.”

    Sorry. I’m a proofreader, and no-one else has picked up on it.

  43. Mallow
    Mallow
    July 27, 2013 at 5:29 pm | #

    Also one of the cutest Sarahs ever!

  44. nothri
    nothri
    July 27, 2013 at 11:32 pm | #

    Gotta love Sarah’s brand of encouragement. “Joyce, if this retarded bullshit makes you happy, then put that retarded bullshit on and wear it with pride!”

    • Notebooked
      Notebooked
      July 28, 2013 at 6:57 am | #

      Aka the blunt version of every “be yourself” encouragement, ever.

  45. Somebody
    Somebody
    July 28, 2013 at 1:08 am | #

    Oh no…please tell me it’s a weird coincidence.

  46. Thad guy
    Thad guy
    July 28, 2013 at 7:18 pm | #

    I am hearing “my baby” in a creepy singsong, robot-ish voice, from a Youtube video or something, but I can’t place it. What the hell am I thinking of?

  47. Vree
    Vree
    July 29, 2013 at 11:39 am | #

    Joyce’s brother is Jayce?

    Also, if at some point in this or a future comic we do NOT see the atnics of Joyce and her 5 brothers when they were small, I’m gonna be quite disappointed.

    Seems like a goldmine for awkward/enlightening/cute lessons.

  48. tahrey
    tahrey
    August 1, 2013 at 8:33 am | #

    I just had a brilliant, horrible idea:

    Arrange the strip using HTML, CSS, tables, imagemaps, whatever, so EACH PANEL has a SEPARATE alt-text.

    Then you can have a single one for panels 1, 2 and 4 that say something fairly unrelated, then panel three can be “MOST ADORABLE JOYCE EVER”. Or the equivalent for future strips.

    Also makes downloading the things by right-click or cache-diving somewhat harder.

    And of course that one different area need not be full frame size… you could really drive people crazy looking for it, as some kind of treasure hunt.

    MUAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA

    (…one of those people being me. Damn it.)

  49. newllend
    newllend
    August 15, 2013 at 3:02 pm | #

    Hahaha, thank you

  50. Taigan
    Taigan
    October 14, 2013 at 10:15 am | #

    Wow, how ironic is Sarah’s comment now?

    • RedWarlock
      RedWarlock
      October 17, 2013 at 1:05 am | #

      Ironic, or subtly foreshadowing? OooooOOOOOoooooohhhhh!!!

      • anonymous
        anonymous
        October 14, 2014 at 1:05 pm | #

        But she did say Joc was the reverse sex, not gender.

  51. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    April 14, 2015 at 8:16 pm | #

    Big sister, little sister ^^

  52. kkiten
    kkiten
    April 8, 2016 at 1:35 am | #

    my favorite strip! also yes, most adorable Joyce.

  53. Onion
    Onion
    April 30, 2016 at 10:40 pm | #

    Or not.

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