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by David M Willis on October 4, 2013 at 12:01 am
  • 04 - Just Hangin' Out With My Family

└ Tags: jennifer, ruth

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  1. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    October 4, 2013 at 12:01 am | #

    “So, I’m… special?”

    • Fay
      Fay
      October 4, 2013 at 12:02 am | #

      Yes. Yes you are.

    • Wonder Wig
      Wonder Wig
      October 4, 2013 at 12:10 am | #

      “I gotta have some of your attention. Give it to me.”

      • David Herbert
        David Herbert
        October 4, 2013 at 12:46 am | #

        “I got rhythm, I can’t miss a beat. “

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      October 4, 2013 at 12:10 am | #

      Yes Billie, you are S.P.E.C.I.A.L.

      • Kirt Dankmyer
        Kirt Dankmyer
        October 4, 2013 at 12:00 pm | #

        Billie is Strength, Perception, Endurance, Charisma, Intelligence, Agility and Luck?

        • The Candyman
          The Candyman
          October 4, 2013 at 11:00 pm | #

          Well, she’s certainly Endurance.

    • Wack'd
      Wack'd
      October 4, 2013 at 12:31 am | #

      You’re so fucking special. And I’m a freak….

      • Boom
        Boom
        October 4, 2013 at 1:29 am | #

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXlzci1rKNM

        • mysss
          mysss
          October 8, 2013 at 7:46 pm | #

          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nof6S6K9t6E

      • JustcallmeSoul
        JustcallmeSoul
        October 4, 2013 at 5:02 pm | #

        I’m a Weirdo-o-o-o-o

        • Lamachine
          Lamachine
          October 4, 2013 at 5:28 pm | #

          what the hell am i doing here?!

          • PureFedora
            PureFedora
            October 4, 2013 at 10:50 pm | #

            I don’t belong here……

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      October 4, 2013 at 1:43 am | #

      “Billie, I dub thee Ms Special Snowflake.”

      • Thanks, I'll Have Another!
        Thanks, I'll Have Another!
        October 5, 2013 at 4:56 am | #

        As our new Fire Lord, that is your prerogative, your Highness.

  2. Vivvav
    Vivvav
    October 4, 2013 at 12:01 am | #

    Damn you Willis. Stop ending weeks on things that aren’t punchli-
    Oh right, we get comics on weekends too now. I forget that sometimes.

    • rachel
      rachel
      October 4, 2013 at 3:09 am | #

      I knowwww I got really excited too when I remembered!

  3. hey nonnie nonnie
    hey nonnie nonnie
    October 4, 2013 at 12:02 am | #

    Excellent bonding, this call for a drink!

    • Cheryl
      Cheryl
      October 4, 2013 at 12:09 am | #

      You are bad

    • Kyrros
      Kyrros
      October 4, 2013 at 3:20 am | #

      I’d like to iron that patch…

  4. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    October 4, 2013 at 12:02 am | #

    She hasn’t seen Pirate Ruth or Space Ruth yet. Those are being saved for a special occasion.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      October 4, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

      Cowboy Ruth is being saved for Billie’s birthday.

      • BlueRam
        BlueRam
        October 4, 2013 at 12:12 am | #

        At what point do we see Super Kawaii Moe desu Ruth?

        • Doctor_Who
          Doctor_Who
          October 4, 2013 at 12:13 am | #

          She only appears in fanfic.

          Though I suppose if Ruth got on anti-depressants we might catch a glimpse before she gets the dosage right.

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          October 4, 2013 at 12:14 am | #

          Never, that “thing” stays in the vault…alongside Creepy Clown Ruth.

          • Doctor_Who
            Doctor_Who
            October 4, 2013 at 12:18 am | #

            I demand fanart of Creepy Clown Ruth.

            • Plasma Mongoose
              Plasma Mongoose
              October 4, 2013 at 1:44 am | #

              You mean Juggalo Ruth right?

              • Keroshino
                Keroshino
                October 4, 2013 at 2:31 am | #

                Nope, “Pennywise” Ruth! 😀

                • Aizat
                  Aizat
                  October 4, 2013 at 2:42 am | #

                  Did someone say Pennywise: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEnEJrHLooY

          • The kid
            The kid
            October 4, 2013 at 9:32 am | #

            I think a Dr. Whiteface Ruth would keep Billie up all night…With nightmares!

            …and possibly puns.

          • nothri
            nothri
            October 5, 2013 at 1:16 am | #

            You kidding me? Creepy Clown Ruth is Ruth bored on a thursday night.

      • Ancestral Hamster
        Ancestral Hamster
        October 4, 2013 at 12:17 am | #

        Re: Cowboy Ruth is being saved for Billie’s birthday.

        Along with the riding crop and harness …

        • Tom T.
          Tom T.
          October 4, 2013 at 1:18 am | #

          You’re thinking of Reverse Cowboy Ruth.

          • saltchocolate
            saltchocolate
            October 4, 2013 at 2:17 am | #

            Your grav. Perfect for this.

            • Tenn
              Tenn
              October 4, 2013 at 1:57 pm | #

              “YOU CAN’T HANDLE THE RUTH!”

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      October 4, 2013 at 12:07 am | #

      Or Steel Warrior Ruth but that only happens when the planets aligned and the moon turns blue…and when they release a sequel to Shin Mazinger…and Half-Life 3….and Shenmue 3…and Starcraft Ghost.

      • Ancestral Hamster
        Ancestral Hamster
        October 4, 2013 at 12:20 am | #

        But if Ruth gets a talking cat, we can have “Pretty Soldier Sailor Ruth”!

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          October 4, 2013 at 12:22 am | #

          Steel Warrior Ruth gets a War Tiger.

          • Ancestral Hamster
            Ancestral Hamster
            October 4, 2013 at 12:39 am | #

            Let’s give her a miniature panda and see if she turns into an alchemist!

            • Aizat
              Aizat
              October 4, 2013 at 12:42 am | #

              But Alchemist Ruth comes with Howard losing his entire body and now is Living Armor.

              • Ancestral Hamster
                Ancestral Hamster
                October 4, 2013 at 12:54 am | #

                That provides plot threads and character motivation. Forward the storyline!

    • Oxyvolt
      Oxyvolt
      October 4, 2013 at 1:04 am | #

      You forgot about Lolicon Ruth. Worst Ruth of them all.

      • Aizat
        Aizat
        October 4, 2013 at 1:09 am | #

        That goes in the vault.

        • That Damn Rat
          That Damn Rat
          October 4, 2013 at 2:13 am | #

          No, that goes in the furnace.

          • Aizat
            Aizat
            October 4, 2013 at 2:21 am | #

            Can’t we just throw the vault in the furnace?

          • ninja_jesus
            ninja_jesus
            October 4, 2013 at 7:44 am | #

            No, that goes in the closet with Ethan. At least we know he won’t touch her, and he’s strong enough to protect her. Ethan-oniichan.

      • thinkingofthechildren
        thinkingofthechildren
        October 4, 2013 at 2:29 am | #

        You are a bad person.

      • Keroshino
        Keroshino
        October 4, 2013 at 4:11 am | #

        Come on, we were all thinking it…Oxyvolt was just the only one brave enough to say it! 😉

        • LS
          LS
          October 4, 2013 at 6:59 am | #

          Brave enough or perverse enough (not that I didn’t wish I’d thought of it first)?

    • brionl
      brionl
      October 4, 2013 at 12:25 pm | #

      Sorry, Pirates are ruthless. She has to be a Ninja instead.

      • xKiv
        xKiv
        October 4, 2013 at 10:06 pm | #

        She’s both Ruth and Ruthless, so ninja pirate. Just add zombie robot and you are done.

  5. David Herbert
    David Herbert
    October 4, 2013 at 12:02 am | #

    So is she thinking “Aww, she trust me, how sweet” or “She needs a hug”?

    • Wack'd
      Wack'd
      October 4, 2013 at 12:32 am | #

      Probably a little of both.

    • John
      John
      October 4, 2013 at 12:36 am | #

      She’s thinking, “Damn, Ruth’s got a sweet ass … wait, is she still talking?”

      • Norj
        Norj
        October 4, 2013 at 12:39 am | #

        No she’s thinking I want to see Ruth’s O face.

        • John
          John
          October 4, 2013 at 12:56 am | #

          Isn’t Ruth’s face she’s looking at.

          • GrrArg42
            GrrArg42
            October 4, 2013 at 2:19 am | #

            FAAAAAAAAAACE!!!

            • Josh
              Josh
              October 4, 2013 at 5:13 am | #

              Femurs*

  6. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    October 4, 2013 at 12:02 am | #

    Well not all of them. You still don’t know I’m Amazi-girl.

    • NightmareWarden
      NightmareWarden
      October 4, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

      “Oh REALLY? Besides her fists, what is her Amazi-weapon of choice?”

      • BlueRam
        BlueRam
        October 4, 2013 at 12:12 am | #

        Amazi-femurs of course.

        • NightmareWarden
          NightmareWarden
          October 4, 2013 at 12:16 am | #

          Are they connected with cartilage to make Lemur-nunchucks?

          • Wack'd
            Wack'd
            October 4, 2013 at 12:33 am | #

            ZOBOOMAFOO NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

            • The Candyman
              The Candyman
              October 4, 2013 at 8:12 am | #

              I get this reference. And that makes me happy.

          • Badeyes
            Badeyes
            October 4, 2013 at 2:15 am | #

            This would be so easy to make with a couple hose clamps and a pair of lemurs.

            “Ow OW OWWWW SHIT %$$@GF#$^#$ QUIT BITING ME YOU LITTLE #@!$@#$!!! ”
            “Hey… what are those penguins holding over there? Looks like a tiny RPG?!?!?”

        • NightmareWarden
          NightmareWarden
          October 4, 2013 at 12:17 am | #

          Err, FEMUR-nunchucks. Although, lemurs could be her animal companion… This idea has potential!

        • Ocbrad1
          Ocbrad1
          October 4, 2013 at 9:34 am | #

          Akshully, probably amazi-boobs.

    • taekwondogirl
      taekwondogirl
      October 4, 2013 at 9:02 am | #

      Damnit, Yotomoe. That joke should be dead!

      • Roborat
        Roborat
        October 10, 2013 at 3:22 pm | #

        It is undead. It is a zombie joke.

  7. Mr. Random
    Mr. Random
    October 4, 2013 at 12:02 am | #

    I’m Billie to some people, not the sexuality, but I seem to attract people’s personal revelations. It’s like a weird super power.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      October 4, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

      My power is to be equally awesome and awful simultaneousely.

      • ninja_jesus
        ninja_jesus
        October 4, 2013 at 7:47 am | #

        I think that having the power to give people personal revelations would be the single-most deadly thing in the world.

        • Shade
          Shade
          October 4, 2013 at 5:48 pm | #

          Yes. With this power, we can reduce the world to a simpering mess, and then remake it in a better image.

    • Barf Ninjason
      Barf Ninjason
      October 4, 2013 at 12:11 am | #

      Are you kind of bonkers and people implicitly trust you because of it? Cuz I got that too.

      • Mr. Random
        Mr. Random
        October 4, 2013 at 12:33 am | #

        Slightly, it’ said combination of if I talked not many people would believe me since I just say outlandish stuff to be funny, I don’t actually seem like someone who’d talk, and they really, REALLY need to talk.

      • Wack'd
        Wack'd
        October 4, 2013 at 12:34 am | #

        It’s the reverse for me. I attract these revelations because I somehow manage to be the sanest person in any group of friends I have, like a perpetual sitcom protagonist. It’s kind of weird.

        • Tryatt
          Tryatt
          October 4, 2013 at 1:49 am | #

          I know how you feel.

        • Roborat
          Roborat
          October 10, 2013 at 3:24 pm | #

          And that laughtrack probably gets really annoying.

    • rachel
      rachel
      October 4, 2013 at 3:11 am | #

      I once taught the noble llama to mix plaster!

  8. spriteless
    spriteless
    October 4, 2013 at 12:02 am | #

    Oh man Billy’s like “but I can’t be responsible for another person”

    • AgentKeen
      AgentKeen
      October 4, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

      “Crap, shit just got real….

      I need booze! oh wait…”

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        October 4, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

        And that’s when Billie started smoking weed.

        • Lavaticmay
          Lavaticmay
          October 4, 2013 at 12:10 am | #

          Enter Sarah with bat

          • Aizat
            Aizat
            October 4, 2013 at 12:13 am | #

            While singing “Lucy’s in the sky with diamonds”.

            • Doctor_Who
              Doctor_Who
              October 4, 2013 at 12:15 am | #

              Lucy’s gonna make an appearance? And she brought diamonds?

            • Plasma Mongoose
              Plasma Mongoose
              October 4, 2013 at 1:45 am | #

              The William Shatner version.

              • Aizat
                Aizat
                October 4, 2013 at 2:15 am | #

                And then followed up with William Shatner’s version of Rocket Man.

                • saltchocolate
                  saltchocolate
                  October 4, 2013 at 2:20 am | #

                  … Can’t … unhear… ow ow ow…

                • ninja_jesus
                  ninja_jesus
                  October 4, 2013 at 7:48 am | #

                  @saltchocolate: ROCK… IT… MAN!

                • AgentKeen
                  AgentKeen
                  October 4, 2013 at 6:45 pm | #

                  So it turns into something like this:
                  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXdiXK_yHfM

              • The kid
                The kid
                October 4, 2013 at 9:36 am | #

                http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0hTtsqiFCc

                you are welcome.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      October 4, 2013 at 12:11 am | #

      “I can’t be responsible for another person, I’m barely responsible for myself.”

      • Cholma
        Cholma
        October 4, 2013 at 12:16 am | #

        That’s *my* mantra.

        • Wack'd
          Wack'd
          October 4, 2013 at 12:36 am | #

          My mantra is “if you’re wondering how he eats and breaths, and other science facts, just repeat to yourself ‘it’s just a show, I should really just relax’.

          • Cholma
            Cholma
            October 4, 2013 at 2:13 am | #

            Everday at midnight Eastern time, do you also yell: “COMIC SIGN! WE’VE GOT COMIC SIGN!”

            • Wack'd
              Wack'd
              October 4, 2013 at 2:59 pm | #

              No, because I don’t view reading Dumbing of Age as inescapable torture the likes of which I can only survive by mocking it.

              • John
                John
                October 4, 2013 at 4:30 pm | #

                That’s for Roomies!

    • AI
      AI
      October 4, 2013 at 12:55 am | #

      I think hat billie has state previously that she’s used to being alpha-bongo/mother hen.

  9. Darbs
    Darbs
    October 4, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

    I just love Billie’s face in the last panel, like, “Oh shit, I’m her closest friend. Now what?”

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      October 4, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

      Her closest lover.

    • NightmareWarden
      NightmareWarden
      October 4, 2013 at 12:07 am | #

      7 minutes in heaven?

      • BlueRam
        BlueRam
        October 4, 2013 at 12:13 am | #

        It’s going to take a lot longer than seven minutes to get to heaven the way they’re doing it.

        • John
          John
          October 4, 2013 at 12:30 am | #

          They’re following Dante’s route.

          • saltchocolate
            saltchocolate
            October 4, 2013 at 2:22 am | #

            Winner of tonight’s internet!!

    • John
      John
      October 4, 2013 at 12:29 am | #

      In a moment, she’ll realize that Ruth’s still a step up from her previous best friend.

  10. Aizat
    Aizat
    October 4, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

    Wait, Ruth is into girls?

    • Barf Ninjason
      Barf Ninjason
      October 4, 2013 at 12:08 am | #

      Well, there’s this one where Billie asks, “what AMI I to you?!” or something and Ruth launches a wild kiss attack that I totally don’t replay in my head all the time, and I figured Ruth was a lesbian or bisexual fictitious beautiful redheaded girl person*, but her implication in this comic seems to be that shoving her mouth junk on Billie’s was a wild impulse and she had not realized her attraction to the ladies previously.

      *”G’lahhhh” – Homer Simpson

    • matthewgm
      matthewgm
      October 4, 2013 at 12:11 am | #

      Yeah, hence the whole awkward but adorable kiss. But, it remains to be seen if she and Billie are going to be an item. Of course, sexuality isn’t always black and white, and people sometimes change their orbits (though there’s nothing wrong with whatever orientation you are!)

    • John
      John
      October 4, 2013 at 12:38 am | #

      She’s into Billie, anyway. But who isn’t?

      (Sal. Much to Billie’s disappointment.)

      • Aizat
        Aizat
        October 4, 2013 at 12:42 am | #

        I told you, Billie is secretly an asari.

        • Norj
          Norj
          October 4, 2013 at 11:19 am | #

          What would her and Ruth’s offspring be like?

          • David Willis
            David M Willis
            October 4, 2013 at 11:36 am | #

            http://25.media.tumblr.com/23a0dc39280eff79c9a66d72611e08e8/tumblr_mknxb8Kj0B1qkinreo8_1280.png

            • Rutee
              Rutee
              October 4, 2013 at 11:53 am | #

              …I can’t say I’m the most up on all your work, but I’m pretty sure that makes even less sense.

            • ninja_jesus
              ninja_jesus
              October 4, 2013 at 12:00 pm | #

              OOOOHHHH MYYYYY GOD

              MY LIFE IS COMPLETE

            • K
              K
              October 4, 2013 at 12:25 pm | #

              That is seriously the most adorable thing I’ve ever seen QuQ

            • Jackson
              Jackson
              October 4, 2013 at 12:58 pm | #

              Someone get a mop for the exploded remnants of my mind.

            • Narf
              Narf
              October 4, 2013 at 2:30 pm | #

              YES
              YES YES YES YES YES YES YES!

              YEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!

              *rolls around cackling with glee*

            • Jack Finch
              Jack Finch
              October 4, 2013 at 6:28 pm | #

              They must clone or whatever they would have to do. It has to happen. Destiny. Destiny. No Escaping Destiny. Destiny. Destiny. No escaping Destiny!

            • nothri
              nothri
              October 5, 2013 at 1:20 am | #

              Oh hey, its the unspoken one.

            • John
              John
              October 5, 2013 at 1:50 am | #

              Isn’t fair posting that when we can’t say her name.

  11. i300
    i300
    October 4, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

    Aww 🙂

  12. Pizzathehutt
    Pizzathehutt
    October 4, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

    Billies got that look like “Oh thats right! She’s into chicks!…aw crap.”

  13. caesaria82
    caesaria82
    October 4, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

    Is squeeeeeee the correct reaction? I’m not sure. But, like… squeeeeeee.

  14. Pyr05
    Pyr05
    October 4, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

    “You might be privy to all my sides, but Bobby Whiskey has known ever since I took my first drink.”

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      October 4, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

      My good pal, Jack Daniels, has been with me through thick and thin.

      • RobHagen
        RobHagen
        October 4, 2013 at 12:08 am | #

        What about Johnny Walker and his cousins Black, Red and Blue?

      • Pizzathehutt
        Pizzathehutt
        October 4, 2013 at 12:09 am | #

        You know him too! I should introduce you to my other friend Captain Morgan. 😀

        • Kiggy
          Kiggy
          October 4, 2013 at 1:04 am | #

          Let me introduce you to my pal, Don Q.

          I hear he’s smoother than Bacardi.

          • Cholma
            Cholma
            October 4, 2013 at 2:14 am | #

            Surely Billie is aware that Ruth is Bad To [her] Bones.
            FEMURRRRS!

        • Mr. Random
          Mr. Random
          October 4, 2013 at 2:22 am | #

          Oh Captain, my Captain!

          • ninja_jesus
            ninja_jesus
            October 4, 2013 at 7:52 am | #

            Which is what Billie would be shouting at Halloween with Ruth in her aforementioned Pirate Ruth outfit.

  15. Jay Eff
    Jay Eff
    October 4, 2013 at 12:07 am | #

    I want an iron-on patch, too!

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      October 4, 2013 at 12:07 am | #

      I want an iron patch.

    • EvergreenFir
      EvergreenFir
      October 4, 2013 at 12:16 am | #

      Billie can replace the D on her RAGONS jacket with it

      • Aizat
        Aizat
        October 4, 2013 at 12:18 am | #

        So, what you’re saying is that Billie wants a D….for her jacket?

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          October 4, 2013 at 12:24 am | #

          Well if she doesn’t get the D, all the other girls will RAG ON her.

          • vsophi
            vsophi
            October 4, 2013 at 3:20 am | #

            +1

          • ninja_jesus
            ninja_jesus
            October 4, 2013 at 12:45 pm | #

            That sounds disgusting depending on what kind of “rag” we’re talking about.

            • Narf
              Narf
              October 4, 2013 at 2:32 pm | #

              I knew someone would say it.

        • EvergreenFir
          EvergreenFir
          October 4, 2013 at 12:53 am | #

          She asked Danny for his D. Would that make him Anny?

          • That Damn Rat
            That Damn Rat
            October 4, 2013 at 3:00 am | #

            only if he gave it to her, and he didn’t

            • begbert2
              begbert2
              October 4, 2013 at 10:52 am | #

              And now we know why – he didn’t want to suddenly break out into song.

  16. David
    David
    October 4, 2013 at 12:08 am | #

    Annnnnnnnnd…pow, right in the guts

  17. Giant Speck
    Giant Speck
    October 4, 2013 at 12:09 am | #

    So, she’s kind of like Sarah now.

    • NightmareWarden
      NightmareWarden
      October 4, 2013 at 12:10 am | #

      None of the characters like her, but we all love her? That DOES sound like Sarah!

      • timemonkey
        timemonkey
        October 4, 2013 at 12:27 am | #

        Pretty sure the only person who doesn’t like Sarah, of the main cast, is Billy.

        • begbert2
          begbert2
          October 4, 2013 at 10:55 am | #

          And from the minor cast, she’s stalked by bullies.

  18. RobHagen
    RobHagen
    October 4, 2013 at 12:09 am | #

    This Ship. It floats…. 🙂

    • Bloody_Jerk
      Bloody_Jerk
      October 4, 2013 at 12:31 am | #

      Gently down the Shippers Stream…

      • AI
        AI
        October 4, 2013 at 12:56 am | #

        i lost this leg in the shipping wars.

    • Keroshino
      Keroshino
      October 4, 2013 at 2:37 am | #

      This ship is Unsinkable! 😀

      • The Candyman
        The Candyman
        October 4, 2013 at 8:16 am | #

        Willis will take this as a challenge, I know it.

        • Bloody_Jerk
          Bloody_Jerk
          October 4, 2013 at 9:58 am | #

          Why did you say that? All my hopes, and dreams… and Fantasies!

  19. Lavaticmay
    Lavaticmay
    October 4, 2013 at 12:12 am | #

    “Wait, you like girls? I thought that was just another form of your bullying?”

    • saltchocolate
      saltchocolate
      October 4, 2013 at 12:21 am | #

      “Wait — am *I* one of the girls you *like*?”

    • ninja_jesus
      ninja_jesus
      October 4, 2013 at 7:53 am | #

      Hey, if she were into guys, I wouldn’t mind her bullying me.

  20. hmrc4evr
    hmrc4evr
    October 4, 2013 at 12:13 am | #

    I really hope they finally discuss the elephant that has been following them around for the last few weeks (i.e. since Botcon for me cause I asked Willis about this there).

    Hope we see them talk about that so we can get an idea where Billie stands.

    ( and que sexual position jokes in 3…2..1…)

    • bustagus
      bustagus
      October 4, 2013 at 1:40 am | #

      Nope.

      The sexual position jokes aren’t FOR you.

      • ninja_jesus
        ninja_jesus
        October 4, 2013 at 7:55 am | #

        Yes; they’re for Billie and Ruth, one of which will be standing with a strap-on behind the other. SEXUAL POSITION JOKES!

  21. EvergreenFir
    EvergreenFir
    October 4, 2013 at 12:14 am | #

    Anyone worried about Howard following old-Ruth’s fate?

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      October 4, 2013 at 12:16 am | #

      Don’t worry, Willis assured us yesterday that it’s not going to happen through a Doctor Who GIF….oh wait.

      • EvergreenFir
        EvergreenFir
        October 4, 2013 at 12:18 am | #

        I’m ashamed to say, but I know little about Doctor Who… what’s the “oh wait” for

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          October 4, 2013 at 12:19 am | #

          First rule: The Doctor lies.

          • Heavensrun
            Heavensrun
            October 4, 2013 at 12:24 am | #

            That’s an eleven thing, tho. The one that he quoted was nine.

            • Aizat
              Aizat
              October 4, 2013 at 12:27 am | #

              But remember, the Doctor has been around since forever, who’s to say he haven’t been doing that since before Eleven.

              • Heavensrun
                Heavensrun
                October 4, 2013 at 12:38 am | #

                Because I’ve been watching Doctor Who since four, and “The Doctor Lies” was never a thing until Eleven. ;p

                • RobHagen
                  RobHagen
                  October 4, 2013 at 9:33 pm | #

                  Ah, but he might not tell the whole truth *points at the Seventh and his manipulations*

  22. GoSpeedRumpist
    GoSpeedRumpist
    October 4, 2013 at 12:17 am | #

    Now… kiss?

  23. Kirstizoe
    Kirstizoe
    October 4, 2013 at 12:21 am | #

    Cannot even handle how much them I want them together. THEY ARE THE WARMEST OF FUZZIEZ (with the biggest of dramas)

  24. Gottawonder
    Gottawonder
    October 4, 2013 at 12:26 am | #

    EvergreenFir, yeah, I posted about Howards fate yesterday.
    As far as today …. wow. So Ruth opened up bigtime…and scared Billie spitless?
    They’re cute in their own screwed up ways and here’s hoping they get it on.

    • EvergreenFir
      EvergreenFir
      October 5, 2013 at 12:33 am | #

      amen

  25. Arkadi
    Arkadi
    October 4, 2013 at 12:26 am | #

    You know her weak points, Billie. Now abuse that power.

    • Norj
      Norj
      October 4, 2013 at 12:48 am | #

      Do what Leslie would do when she starts abusing power.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        October 4, 2013 at 1:48 am | #

        “Sweet Billie’s Ass!”

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          October 4, 2013 at 2:18 am | #

          If you mean it literally, no. Billie’s ass taste like Jack Daniels.

  26. ridtom
    ridtom
    October 4, 2013 at 12:28 am | #

    A lot of faces, but tell me Ruth which one is real!?

    • begbert2
      begbert2
      October 4, 2013 at 10:58 am | #

      This one: http://www.dumbingofage.com/2010/comic/book-1/01-move-in-day/pizza/

  27. Bloody_Jerk
    Bloody_Jerk
    October 4, 2013 at 12:29 am | #

    Almost as worthy as the Medal of Honor. Just that you only can fly for free to Canada and not the whole world.

    I’m happy, that this is a Webcomic. In the real World, that wouldn’t mean a thing and a person like Billie would most likely don’t give two shits about that and Ruth would be a very, very lonely person.
    I know that, because I share a lot of Ruth’s character features, not all of them, of course, but I know, that this kinda people tend to be left out.

    On the other Side, I saw what Willis did to his readers through the comics, so I’m not sure, if everyone will be as happy as it could be….

  28. saltchocolate
    saltchocolate
    October 4, 2013 at 12:34 am | #

    Billie is processing so much stuff at once, she couldn’t walk and process at the same time. Specifically:

    1) Ruth has let me get closer to her than maybe anyone else.
    2) Ruth didn’t know she liked girls until she suddenly had an overwhelming urge to kiss ME.
    3) Ruth just told me that she likes me.
    4) Ruth ALREADY told her brother that she likes me!!

    Conclusion: Billie may not move from that spot for hours.

  29. Super Duper
    Super Duper
    October 4, 2013 at 12:43 am | #

    I’m a RUTH! Ruth’s have layers!

    • Boom
      Boom
      October 4, 2013 at 1:28 am | #

      Like a cake! Except it makes you cry. Like an onion! Except onion’s aren’t as tasty.

      • KingMabel
        KingMabel
        October 4, 2013 at 8:59 am | #

        But everyone likes parfaits! Parfaits are delicious.

  30. Emoroffle
    Emoroffle
    October 4, 2013 at 12:59 am | #

    Hug her Billie. Let the moment take over.

  31. Jo
    Jo
    October 4, 2013 at 1:42 am | #

    But can she be privy to her privies?

  32. Rufus Saltus
    Rufus Saltus
    October 4, 2013 at 2:12 am | #

    Wait, did Ruth only realize she was lesbian when she became attracted to Billie?
    I know Howard didn’t know (making me realize that Ruth came out to him by telling him, “I saw her first,”) but wasn’t clear if she knew before herself.

    • vsophi
      vsophi
      October 4, 2013 at 3:23 am | #

      I’m pretty sure Ruth is not a lesbian.

      • Keroshino
        Keroshino
        October 4, 2013 at 6:12 am | #

        she is straight. with an exception.

        …and that exception is Billie!

        • taekwondogirl
          taekwondogirl
          October 4, 2013 at 9:21 am | #

          She’s probably bi.

          • pyrophobia
            pyrophobia
            October 4, 2013 at 10:15 am | #

            She’s a dominate-sexual – she’s attracted to those who she has to work to subdue.
            Billie is a challenge she particularly… enjoys.

            • taekwondogirl
              taekwondogirl
              October 4, 2013 at 1:40 pm | #

              …That makes way too much sense to not be true.

        • John
          John
          October 4, 2013 at 11:44 pm | #

          Billie is the only person of either sex in any universe that Ruth has demonstrated a definite attraction to (I’m not counting Ryan because of the way she responded to their encounter), so, by the evidence, it looks more like “asexual with an exception”. Maybe she’s just Billiesexual.

      • Leonou
        Leonou
        October 4, 2013 at 6:22 pm | #

        Do you have evidence to support that statement ?

        Because up till now, she’s only shown interested to (one) girl. And when Howard asked her about it, she did not correct him. She only said that wether she was hetero, lesbo, bi or watev wasn’t the biggest deal in her life.
        And my understanding of Willis’s comments on Tumblr is that she’s definitely lesbian.

        • Leonou
          Leonou
          October 4, 2013 at 6:23 pm | #

          Still, Pyrophobia is making quite a strong case with his “dominate-sexual” hypothesis.

        • David Willis
          David M Willis
          October 4, 2013 at 9:38 pm | #

          I have corrected people multiple times on Tumblr when they have said Ruth is a lesbian. She is attracted to both sexes.

          (Mind, as of yet, she hasn’t claimed a sexual identity either way, but “lesbian” is not terribly accurate in absence of that.)

          • Leonou
            Leonou
            October 6, 2013 at 5:11 pm | #

            I stand corrected.

  33. Crumplepunch
    Crumplepunch
    October 4, 2013 at 2:47 am | #

    Yaaaaaay?

  34. acher4
    acher4
    October 4, 2013 at 2:49 am | #

    Truly i have come to love this pairing, they seem so nice together. 😀

    Oh crap, Willis is surely goign to break them up downt he road, isn’t he? 🙁

    • TaintedSpud
      TaintedSpud
      October 4, 2013 at 3:00 am | #

      Or murder one of them in a horrible fashion.

      Willis drinks your tears and excretes shadenfreude.

      • Bill
        Bill
        October 4, 2013 at 3:29 pm | #

        S-C-H-A-D-E-N-F-R-E-U-D-E
        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Q45x4EOEPI

  35. vsophi
    vsophi
    October 4, 2013 at 3:18 am | #

    i love you ruth

  36. Leonou
    Leonou
    October 4, 2013 at 3:48 am | #

    I’m starting to like Ruth’s character more and more.
    I totally ship them, they’re so, so …. Squeeeeeeee !

    Great strip.

  37. Miles Dryden
    Miles Dryden
    October 4, 2013 at 8:06 am | #

    HUG HER.

  38. Schist
    Schist
    October 4, 2013 at 8:43 am | #

    Guh, after seeing the head shapes thing on Tumblr, all of their heads are being categorized in my head -_-

    • Luzahn
      Luzahn
      October 4, 2013 at 11:28 am | #

      I started to do that, but then I laughed about the Howard Box and it stopped.

  39. Jack Finch
    Jack Finch
    October 4, 2013 at 8:54 am | #

    This ship has all kinds of potential for trouble and for them being good for each other, or not. I predict heavy seas.

  40. TJ Baltimore
    TJ Baltimore
    October 4, 2013 at 9:41 am | #

    Ruth puts on a lot of FAAACEs!

    • Narf
      Narf
      October 4, 2013 at 2:34 pm | #

      I think this is a solid indication that this joke’s finally dead.

      • Norj
        Norj
        October 4, 2013 at 4:28 pm | #

        I’ll help bury the body.

        • Narf
          Narf
          October 4, 2013 at 4:55 pm | #

          *gets a pickaxe & shovel*

  41. Pinja
    Pinja
    October 4, 2013 at 10:57 am | #

    KISS HER YOU FOOL!

  42. owltawny
    owltawny
    October 4, 2013 at 11:00 am | #

    I love this pairing so much.

  43. Robin
    Robin
    October 4, 2013 at 11:52 am | #

    Achievement unlocked!

  44. ninja_jesus
    ninja_jesus
    October 4, 2013 at 12:17 pm | #

    Ohhhh, yeah; Ruth is totally the girl in this relationship. Mmm.

  45. dropded
    dropded
    October 4, 2013 at 4:03 pm | #

    If you asked me a month ago I would have said my favorite thing about DoA was the relationship between Dorothy and Joyce, but now I think it’s a dead heat between that and whatever Billie and Ruth’s relationship is becoming.

  46. JHTriune
    JHTriune
    October 4, 2013 at 5:05 pm | #

    Dang, even that last panel made me blush a bit.

  47. Darnel
    Darnel
    October 4, 2013 at 6:08 pm | #

    From where I’m from,… that would normally be an invite to get naked,…
    I wonder if people still use such ancient societal clues like – “Only you understand me – come an’ get it?”

  48. Jack Finch
    Jack Finch
    October 4, 2013 at 6:25 pm | #

    Sooooo….how’d you like to see me without my…uh…mask on?

  49. All Else Fails
    All Else Fails
    October 4, 2013 at 9:54 pm | #

    <(Is…that supposed to be a good thing?)

  50. Charles Phipps
    Charles Phipps
    October 4, 2013 at 10:11 pm | #

    MORE HOWARD!

  51. nothri
    nothri
    October 5, 2013 at 1:29 am | #

    Huh. So Ruth kissing Billie wasn’t a “I am being a horrible manipulative abusive person hoping to win your affections vie stockhomish tactics” and more “I’m so emotionally stunted that I try to attract your affections like an 8 year old boy yanking on a girl’s hair in preschool”. I…guess that’s an improvement?

    • Robin
      Robin
      October 5, 2013 at 6:49 pm | #

      Wait, what gave you the impression it was the first?

  52. ninja_jesus
    ninja_jesus
    October 5, 2013 at 3:46 pm | #

    I’m sorry, but every time I see Ruth and Billie together, all I can hear is Electric Feel playing in my head. Forever.

    Billie x Ruth is my OTP.

  53. Vree
    Vree
    October 10, 2013 at 5:38 am | #

    Dramatic narrative now demands that Billie dies in the next panel.

Joyce and Joe?

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