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May 19, 2026

DNA

by David M Willis on December 12, 2013 at 12:01 am
  • 01 - The Only Dope For Me Is You
└ Tags: joyce, sarah

Discussion (207) ¬

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  1. Simian Bros
    Simian Bros
    December 12, 2013 at 12:02 am | #

    Y’know, just use that sexy sexy man-body once or twice
    No reason, just sexy is all

    • KingMabel
      KingMabel
      December 12, 2013 at 12:08 am | #

      I don’t see nothing wrong with a little bump and grind

      Maybe once or twice

      • MrPotamus
        MrPotamus
        December 12, 2013 at 12:17 am | #

        Oh, the music in my head.

        • Simian Bros
          Simian Bros
          December 12, 2013 at 12:35 am | #

          Bow chicka wow wow

        • Steven
          Steven
          December 12, 2013 at 3:25 am | #

          AND THE GIRL IN FRONT IS WAVIN’ HER CABOOSE. YOU SNEEZE ACHOO SHE CALLS YOU OUT IN FRONT. I KNOW YOU HEAR THAT BASS, BUMPIN’ IN MAH TRUNK.

        • The kid
          The kid
          December 12, 2013 at 10:02 am | #

          and we’ll do the kind of things that only Prince would sing about…

        • BackslashEcho
          BackslashEcho
          December 18, 2013 at 2:13 pm | #

          I am hugely entertained by the perfect Gravatars here…

      • Tunaro
        Tunaro
        December 12, 2013 at 12:23 am | #

        Do a little dance, make a little love
        Get down tonight, get down tonight

      • Guest Person Dude
        Guest Person Dude
        December 12, 2013 at 2:56 am | #

        That’s the wrong face.

  2. Tunaro
    Tunaro
    December 12, 2013 at 12:02 am | #

    You can really feel the love in the air.

    • N0083rP00F
      N0083rP00F
      December 12, 2013 at 9:04 am | #

      And here I though it was the bean burritos.

  3. David Herbert
    David Herbert
    December 12, 2013 at 12:02 am | #

    “I’m just a prom night dumpster baby”

    Though I don’t think Joyce was talking about that.

    • Keroshino
      Keroshino
      December 12, 2013 at 12:22 am | #

      Dammit, i was thinking the same thing! Lol

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

    She will find the classiest Dumpster in Indiana.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      December 12, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

      Nothing quite like 5 star dumpster diving for a first date.

      • Just Cheeto Dust
        Just Cheeto Dust
        December 12, 2013 at 12:10 am | #

        Do we switch to Michelin stars if the dumpster’s behind a restaurant?

    • GoldStarz
      GoldStarz
      December 12, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

      “Oooh this one’s called Wasted Gold and it’s the only dumpster in Indiana to be made of solid gold… It costs a bit much to use though, but they have child services available on stand-by at all times”

    • The Phantom's Belch
      The Phantom's Belch
      December 12, 2013 at 6:57 am | #

      “Getchyer own dumpster, ya perv!”

  5. Ourorboros
    Ourorboros
    December 12, 2013 at 12:02 am | #

    Yes, you are wise in the ways of the world.
    Hook them up, respect the sock on the door, and let the woman who has helped you and saved you from rape get a moment of happiness.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      December 12, 2013 at 12:12 am | #

      Let your sister get her freak on!

      • KevinGriffin3CD
        KevinGriffin3CD
        December 12, 2013 at 5:13 am | #

        If Joyce continues to try to hook them up after this strip, it’ll mean she’s knowingly encouraging premarital hanky-panky.

        • ninja_jesus
          ninja_jesus
          December 12, 2013 at 10:59 am | #

          That’s why she’s looking up chapels, so they can get married before getting any hanky-panky on.

        • Ourorboros
          Ourorboros
          December 12, 2013 at 6:14 pm | #

          Perfect icon if you would have spoken of damnation and hellfire.

          • anonymous
            anonymous
            December 12, 2013 at 9:04 pm | #

            Perfect icon if you had focused on the “hanky-panky” part of the comment rather than the avatar.
            .<

            • anonymous
              anonymous
              December 12, 2013 at 9:09 pm | #

              =And who the hell is my avatar?! What is twitchy girl’s name?? >.<
              Is it one of the DeSantos?

              • anonymous
                anonymous
                December 12, 2013 at 9:21 pm | #

                Never mind, it’s apparently Mary, that girl who never gets a storyline/backstory in either DoA or It’s Walky. And in It’s Walky she looks just like Joyce, which is so confusing.
                God, I hate her. OTOH it makes the twitchiness of my avatar work. o.o

  6. Stephen Bierce
    Stephen Bierce
    December 12, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

    I don’t want you to be tru~u~ue/
    I Just Wanna Make/
    Lo~o~o~ove To You!

  7. Romanticide
    Romanticide
    December 12, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

    Or thrice maybe! No need to limit oneself in life! :3

  8. Leah Rockshard
    Leah Rockshard
    December 12, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

    Oh, Joyce. I’d say never change, but… I really want you to change.

  9. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    December 12, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

    Please let the title of this book be “Ruinous mistakes in a motel dumpster”. That has to be the name of SOMETHING.

    • JessWitt
      JessWitt
      December 12, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

      Second this.

    • Beige
      Beige
      December 12, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

      I’m sure its the name of lots of things people are unwilling to mention again

    • Noxx
      Noxx
      December 12, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

      I’m sure it’s the name of a spice girls cover band.

      • bibulb
        bibulb
        December 12, 2013 at 12:24 am | #

        …I think we have a winner.

    • Tandel
      Tandel
      December 12, 2013 at 12:15 am | #

      I concur.

    • David Willis
      David M Willis
      December 12, 2013 at 12:25 am | #

      It has to be the full sentence, so wow, that’d be an even longer title than book 2.

      • timemonkey
        timemonkey
        December 12, 2013 at 12:27 am | #

        Maybe each book could have a longer title? XD

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        December 12, 2013 at 12:33 am | #

        Break the record with every book. By book 20, the title of the book will be the complete text of the book, including forward and copyright page.

      • Curacaobill
        Curacaobill
        December 12, 2013 at 9:54 am | #

        This could start a trend every books name must be longer than the last!

      • Regalli
        Regalli
        December 12, 2013 at 11:28 am | #

        Hey, it’s that or “Heretofore Undiscovered Nucleobases Which Help Spell Out ‘FUCK ME'”, and one of those would need censoring.

        Which is to say, this strip is potential title gold.

      • Kernanator
        Kernanator
        December 12, 2013 at 11:40 am | #

        I fail to see the problem with this.

    • Wack'd
      Wack'd
      December 12, 2013 at 12:49 am | #

      Thirded.

      • locixloci
        locixloci
        December 12, 2013 at 3:25 am | #

        Sixty-nineth’d.

  10. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    December 12, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

    WOW Google’s really is handy. ^_^

    • KingMabel
      KingMabel
      December 12, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

      I can vouch for that! Quite useful in searching for furry po..

      CAKE RECIPES!!

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        December 12, 2013 at 12:08 am | #

        Furry pouches? Why you want furry pouches, you want to make a novelty purse or something?

        • KingMabel
          KingMabel
          December 12, 2013 at 12:14 am | #

          Right…a novelty purse… that’s what I…

          • Gabe
            Gabe
            December 12, 2013 at 12:38 am | #

            King Mabel has to keep his girlish figure at a lithe 500 lbs.

            • KingMabel
              KingMabel
              December 12, 2013 at 12:46 am | #

              Thank you for noticing. I recently started eating a light 2nd lunch and cut down on my 2 a.m. dinner.

              • Gabe
                Gabe
                December 12, 2013 at 12:56 am | #

                But not sacrifcing second breakfast!

                • Ancestral Hamster
                  Ancestral Hamster
                  December 12, 2013 at 1:04 am | #

                  Oh, heavens no! Second breakfast is the second most important meal of the day!

      • Sammie1053
        Sammie1053
        December 12, 2013 at 12:08 am | #

        Ah KingMabel, I worry about you sometimes…

        • Yarrr
          Yarrr
          December 12, 2013 at 2:51 am | #

          Sometimes?

          Hmm I wonder if look at the same…. furry pouches… websites.

          • N0083rP00F
            N0083rP00F
            December 12, 2013 at 9:08 am | #

            What is this fascination with marsupials?

      • Curacaobill
        Curacaobill
        December 12, 2013 at 10:41 am | #

        I don’t use google to look up ….. “Cake recipes” I use sites like furaffinity to avoid the “cake” haters

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      December 12, 2013 at 1:55 am | #

      The Hilton Chicago Oak Brook Suites, in Chicago, is Google Maps top (and only) hit for “ruinous mistakes in a motel dumpster near Indiana University”.

      … I feel like I should be damning Willis for inspiring me to enter this into Google and thus have all future searches of mine weighted forever by this one.

      • Sammie1053
        Sammie1053
        December 12, 2013 at 8:34 pm | #

        Oh my god
        I drive past that hotel on a weekly basis
        That is AMAZING

  11. KingMabel
    KingMabel
    December 12, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

    Bumpin’ Unglies!

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      December 12, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

      Rumping pumpies!

      • Turbo Sexaphonic Delight
        Turbo Sexaphonic Delight
        December 12, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

        Bumperstump Cabbagepatch!

        …if you know what I mean.

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          December 12, 2013 at 12:09 am | #

          Not sure of the reference but it sounds kinky enough.

        • Tristan
          Tristan
          December 12, 2013 at 12:09 am | #

          Having some hey-hey!

          • Yotomoe
            Yotomoe
            December 12, 2013 at 12:13 am | #

            Horizontal Monster Mash!

            • coolhandluke
              coolhandluke
              December 12, 2013 at 12:25 am | #

              The beast with two backs!

              • Fuzzydaemon
                Fuzzydaemon
                December 12, 2013 at 1:03 am | #

                Having me some of that ol’ jelly roll.

  12. Noxx
    Noxx
    December 12, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

    Joyce is gettin pretty liberal with that scant inch of cleavage. Next; dogs and cats, living together.

    • MM
      MM
      December 12, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

      Also, she’s at least willing to allow for the encounter. Still highly judgmental about it, mind you, but she’s not freaking out and trying to prevent it.

      • N0083rP00F
        N0083rP00F
        December 12, 2013 at 9:10 am | #

        O M G, she is evolving [homealoneface]

    • Curacaobill
      Curacaobill
      December 12, 2013 at 10:45 am | #

      I already have cats and dogs living together! It’s cute when they fall asleep snuggled up together.

  13. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    December 12, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

    Also the fact that Joyce has reffered to herself and Sarah as sisters has now made this one of the best comics ever.

    • timemonkey
      timemonkey
      December 12, 2013 at 12:29 am | #

      Not just said it but Sarah did not deny it. They are now sisters officially forever! When they get out of school they’ll move in with Dorothy and live in a big house with all their friends forever and own all the Skittles.

      • Andrusi
        Andrusi
        December 12, 2013 at 9:05 am | #

        And they’ll steal the auto-tuner from the Glee kids.

  14. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    December 12, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

    DNA can’t spell out “FUCK ME”. It can spell “CAT” or “TAG”. Or “AT AT.”

    Yes, that’s what Jacob’s DNA says. That he is an AT-AT walker, assaulting the rebel base that is Sarah’s heart.

    • JessWitt
      JessWitt
      December 12, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

      Maybe in hex code?

    • David Willis
      David M Willis
      December 12, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

      for fuck’s sake did you even read sarah’s sentence god dammit

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        December 12, 2013 at 12:11 am | #

        You might need to explain, not all of us have had advanced education you know.

        • LiaHansen
          LiaHansen
          December 12, 2013 at 12:13 am | #

          “heretofore undiscovered”

        • Kevin
          Kevin
          December 12, 2013 at 1:24 am | #

          You mean high school biology?

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        December 12, 2013 at 12:26 am | #

        I’m willing to accept that Jacob may be some sort of mutant who possesses RNA instead of DNA and therefore has Uracil instead of Thymine. That accounts for U and C, but means no T.

        So we have AGCU and FMEK? Then, considering the length of genetic material, statistically it must also say “MAKE ME CUM MEEK GEEK” somewhere in there.

        So maybe Ethan has a shot with him after all.

        • David Willis
          David M Willis
          December 12, 2013 at 12:29 am | #

          HOW DO YOU KEEP MISSING THE TWO LARGEST WORDS IN THE DAMN SENTENCE

          • Doctor_Who
            Doctor_Who
            December 12, 2013 at 12:34 am | #

            I don’t! The undiscovered ones must be the F, M, E, and K!

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

              WHY ARE YOU RUINING THIS BEAUTIFUL PUNCHLINE

              • Tandel
                Tandel
                December 12, 2013 at 12:41 am | #

                This and my Facebook feed prove that Doctor Who is why we can’t have nice things.

              • Doctor_Who
                Doctor_Who
                December 12, 2013 at 12:42 am | #

                SCIENCE IS FOR RUINING THINGS! LIKE UNICORNS!

                • timemonkey
                  timemonkey
                  December 12, 2013 at 12:50 am | #

                  SCIENCE CAN BUILD ROBOT UNICORNS THAT FIRE RAINBOW DEATH RAYS!

                • KingMabel
                  KingMabel
                  December 12, 2013 at 12:51 am | #

                  Now Mr. Doctor, let’s not say anything that someone could regret… let’s just keep this real and not delve into touchy topics.. like science… and friendship…

                • Rufus Saltus
                  Rufus Saltus
                  December 12, 2013 at 12:51 am | #

                  “Since 1543”

              • N0083rP00F
                N0083rP00F
                December 12, 2013 at 9:28 am | #

                Heretofore Undiscovered Nucleobases have been overshadowed my the well know but easily forgotten penchant for pedantry and willful glee in breaking things exhibited by a ubiquitous sociopathic minority in the online comment community.

              • Badeyes
                Badeyes
                December 12, 2013 at 10:28 am | #

                I envisioned Willis standing above his computer hands wildly flailing about while screaming this.
                That was at least as funny as the admittedly quite funny punchlines.

              • sps48
                sps48
                December 12, 2013 at 10:31 pm | #

                Relax, those readers can still enjoy 4 out of 5 punchlines!

            • LiaHansen
              LiaHansen
              December 12, 2013 at 12:37 am | #

              Actually, there are minor, theoretical “bases” for M and F that don’t appear in nature because they have no complement.

              • begbert2
                begbert2
                December 12, 2013 at 10:57 am | #

                Are there also ones for potassium and the speed of light?

          • Reltzik
            Reltzik
            December 12, 2013 at 2:07 am | #

            Because they ARE the largest words and our eyes just glaze over when we hit them. You have to remember that most of your readers are Walky. Sure, we COULD apply ourselves and actually make sense of what it means. But we don’t.

            Also, not a single language in Google Translate renders “fuck” into a word consisting entirely of As, Gs, Cs, and Ts. Even worse, fuck in Hungarian is “Fasz”. That’s entirely too close for comfort.

            • Andrusi
              Andrusi
              December 12, 2013 at 9:06 am | #

              That’s what’s wrong with him.

            • Robin
              Robin
              December 12, 2013 at 11:10 am | #

              You have to remember that most of your readers are Walky.

              Hey, speak for yourself!

    • KingMabel
      KingMabel
      December 12, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

      It can spell “Gataca” which is a nice movie to watch when you need background sound

    • Shade
      Shade
      December 12, 2013 at 12:07 am | #

      Truly you are the greatest poet of love sonnets of our generation.

    • MM
      MM
      December 12, 2013 at 12:07 am | #

      Have you analyzed Jacob’s DNA? Maybe Willis has been lying to us all along about the lack of sci-fi in this universe, and he’s actually the vanguard for an alien invasion. A sexy, sexy alien invasion.

      • Leonou
        Leonou
        December 12, 2013 at 6:46 pm | #

        And do you, for one, welcom our “sexy, sexy” alien overlords ?

    • anonymous
      anonymous
      December 12, 2013 at 9:12 pm | #

      Flouramine, Uracil, Cytosine, Kerosene, Mysterybase, Everybodymakeloveum. Some of the nucleobases are heretofore undiscovered.

  15. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    December 12, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

    Book 3: “Ruinous Mistakes in a Motel Dumpster” MAKE IT HAPPEN

    [despite the genericide of “dumpster”]

    • Jen Aside
      Jen Aside
      December 12, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

      shit I mean book 4

      dammit I can read

  16. March
    March
    December 12, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

    I kind of love them together. Not in a romantic sense, just in a “I want them to spend holidays together and godmother each other’s children and possibly work together but that’s not a deal-breaker” sort of way.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      December 12, 2013 at 12:14 am | #

      I want them to be sisters until they die.

      • Regalli
        Regalli
        December 12, 2013 at 11:23 am | #

        SisTP. (I’d say BroTP, but given the strip, it seemed appropriate to adjust for gender)

  17. Pizzathehutt
    Pizzathehutt
    December 12, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

    The phrase “I want you to want me” comes to mind.

    • Ourorboros
      Ourorboros
      December 12, 2013 at 12:22 am | #

      Sure we know what you want, but what do you need?
      Do you even know what you love or beg?

      • StClair
        StClair
        December 12, 2013 at 3:14 am | #

        I’ll tell you what I want, what I really really want!
        So tell me what you want, what you really really want!

      • xKiv
        xKiv
        December 12, 2013 at 6:27 pm | #

        Needing is one thing – but getting’s another.

    • Roborat
      Roborat
      December 13, 2013 at 8:11 pm | #

      So, someone is a Cheap Trick?

  18. chris73
    chris73
    December 12, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

    Ruinous mistakes in a motel dumpster with Sarah sounds pretty damn good to me

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      December 12, 2013 at 12:15 am | #

      I would totally make repeat mistakes of the ruinous kind with Sarah, even IF it involves a motel dumpster.

    • Lu86
      Lu86
      December 12, 2013 at 1:49 pm | #

      I think it sounds like something out of Warhammer 40k.

  19. Sammie1053
    Sammie1053
    December 12, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

    They both pose a few valid points. I say Joyce wins just because of how ADORABLE SHE IS#

  20. Beige
    Beige
    December 12, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

    did joyce turn into moneky master in that last pannel or is it just me?

  21. Wonder Wig
    Wonder Wig
    December 12, 2013 at 12:08 am | #

    Romantic conquests!

  22. JessWitt
    JessWitt
    December 12, 2013 at 12:09 am | #

    DNA – Dat nice arse (I’m assuming Jacob’s nice.)

    • JessWitt
      JessWitt
      December 12, 2013 at 12:23 am | #

      *Jacob’s bum is nice. Curse these errors.

  23. KingMabel
    KingMabel
    December 12, 2013 at 12:10 am | #

    I counted at least 7 punch lines…

    • anonymous
      anonymous
      December 12, 2013 at 9:01 pm | #

      Could you list them chronologically?

  24. DiDi
    DiDi
    December 12, 2013 at 12:11 am | #

    Is anyone else surprised that Joyce didn’t react to Sarah’s use of the word “Fuck?” Is it just me? I’d be sure that would get a reaction.

    Then again, it has been a few months, right? Maybe she’s past that.

    • MM
      MM
      December 12, 2013 at 12:12 am | #

      Like I said, I’m impressed she’s not covering her ears with her hands and screaming “Premarital hanky-panky!”

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        December 12, 2013 at 12:17 am | #

        Her virgin ears have been tainted!!! QUARANTINE!!!QUARANTINE!!!

      • Ancestral Hamster
        Ancestral Hamster
        December 12, 2013 at 12:59 am | #

        This ain’t your Roomies! Joyce.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      December 12, 2013 at 12:12 am | #

      The f-word is not as dreaded as the a-word.

      • Andrusi
        Andrusi
        December 12, 2013 at 9:07 am | #

        Yes, Joyce’s fear of applesauce is well-documented.

      • ninja_jesus
        ninja_jesus
        December 12, 2013 at 10:55 am | #

        What if both were used in a declarative sentence stating that one desires to f-word someone’s a-word?

    • Ourorboros
      Ourorboros
      December 12, 2013 at 12:23 am | #

      It’s the beginning of week 4.
      I take it as Joyce’s excitement about a potential new couple forming.

    • Roborat
      Roborat
      December 13, 2013 at 8:12 pm | #

      They are roommates, her ears are probably acclimatized to that by now.

  25. Jay Eff
    Jay Eff
    December 12, 2013 at 12:13 am | #

    Look at Joyce’s expression in that final panel.

    Look at it. THIS, I COMMAND!

  26. Alex Stritar
    Alex Stritar
    December 12, 2013 at 12:14 am | #

    So many punchlines, and all of them are golden. These two make the best character combo.

    Also, am I the only one who dawwed at Joyce’s Big Sis Lil Sis comment?

    • tom
      tom
      December 12, 2013 at 12:31 am | #

      Naw… I had the cold realization that Joyce didn’t suffer any amnesia from getting roofied… poor girl is just bottling it all up.

      • Deathjavu
        Deathjavu
        December 12, 2013 at 1:09 am | #

        Yeah, I also thought it was weird Joyce used that exact phrase. I can’t think where else she would’ve gotten it from, and I don’t believe in coincidences in well-written fiction.

        • Ourorboros
          Ourorboros
          December 12, 2013 at 2:00 am | #

          I’m not going to do an archive dive, but I’m sure Joyce has mentioned wanting a sister.

          • David Willis
            David M Willis
            December 12, 2013 at 3:07 am | #

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

            • Ourorboros
              Ourorboros
              December 12, 2013 at 3:13 am | #

              Wow thanks.
              Now about Saturday’s Powerball numbers, or Fridays MegaMillions . . .

            • Andrusi
              Andrusi
              December 12, 2013 at 9:21 am | #

              I am suddenly aware that, when Joyce said this, she already had a sister and didn’t know it.

            • ninja_jesus
              ninja_jesus
              December 12, 2013 at 10:51 am | #

              I’d argue that she legitimately did get a sister the moment Jocelyne made herself known.

              • Kelly
                Kelly
                December 12, 2013 at 11:19 am | #

                She hasn’t made herself known though.

                • ninja_jesus
                  ninja_jesus
                  December 12, 2013 at 11:46 am | #

                  She made herself known to us, though, which is more than enough for me. <3

                • Alex Stritar
                  Alex Stritar
                  December 12, 2013 at 8:53 pm | #

                  Hoping when she makes herself known to Joyce, she’ll be happy about it. (Figuring that it’ll be after Joyce graduated college. by then she’ll be unfazed by the idea.)

      • Ourorboros
        Ourorboros
        December 12, 2013 at 1:54 am | #

        The same Joyce who asked if the pastor’s son was okay?
        Even Joyce is smart/experienced enough to realize acting like she remembered nothing would be the better deception.

  27. Dimonite
    Dimonite
    December 12, 2013 at 12:16 am | #

    I think Joyce’s pouty face in the last panel needs to be a gravatar. All in favor?

    • Cragalanch
      Cragalanch
      December 12, 2013 at 2:04 am | #

      Cragalanch is in full agreement

  28. Kitschensyngk
    Kitschensyngk
    December 12, 2013 at 12:19 am | #

    Whatever happened to “leave me alone, I’m only here to study, I wish more people took their time in college more seriously”?

    • Tandel
      Tandel
      December 12, 2013 at 12:21 am | #

      Jacob’s nucleobases happened.

    • HFish
      HFish
      December 12, 2013 at 12:24 am | #

      Jacob happened.

    • Ourorboros
      Ourorboros
      December 12, 2013 at 12:25 am | #

      Sarah is tired of Joyce making “Vroom Vroom” noises when playing with her toys.

    • timemonkey
      timemonkey
      December 12, 2013 at 12:38 am | #

      Sarah has bonded with Joyce and to a lesser extent Joyce’s friends. She has a social life and it’s not disrupting her studying. Because she’s Joyce’s Big Sister.

    • Ourorboros
      Ourorboros
      December 12, 2013 at 3:22 am | #

      “Everybody needs a place to rest
      Everybody wants to have a home
      Don’t make no difference what nobody says
      Aint nobody like to be alone”

  29. Tandel
    Tandel
    December 12, 2013 at 12:20 am | #

    Panel two is basically the best panel ever. Never have I heard a more powerful expression of physical attraction. Poetry.

    • bibulb
      bibulb
      December 12, 2013 at 12:26 am | #

      Great phrasing, combined with Sarah BITING HER LIP in ferocious lust. I mean, DAMN.

      • tom
        tom
        December 12, 2013 at 12:34 am | #

        Yeah, I love it when girls bleed on me… from the mouth… not. What is WRONG with you.

        • MM
          MM
          December 12, 2013 at 12:41 am | #

          I can’t help envisioning this as an actual conversation between Jacob and Joe.

          • tom
            tom
            December 12, 2013 at 2:07 am | #

            I dig it.

  30. Bill
    Bill
    December 12, 2013 at 12:35 am | #

    Sarah: “I’m not looking for Mr. Right, I’m looking for Mr. Right Now.”

    • KingMabel
      KingMabel
      December 12, 2013 at 12:48 am | #

      “I’m not looking for a person to spend my life with, I’m looking for a person to spend a night or two with.”

    • Tahkuya
      Tahkuya
      December 12, 2013 at 5:09 am | #

      or a “hook up” as is described by today’s urban youth

  31. Bunivasal
    Bunivasal
    December 12, 2013 at 12:51 am | #

    I was really loooking forward to a Dina/DNA joke.

    • Bill M.
      Bill M.
      December 12, 2013 at 7:22 pm | #

      Well, with those heretofore undiscovered nucleobases, her DNA does spell out “Clever Girl”

    • xKiv
      xKiv
      December 12, 2013 at 7:52 pm | #

      That was not in the PLN.

  32. Brigid Keely
    Brigid Keely
    December 12, 2013 at 12:51 am | #

    Sarah reminds me of a specific person that I know. She feels incredibly real.

  33. Opus the Poet
    Opus the Poet
    December 12, 2013 at 12:55 am | #

    Ruinous Mistakes in a Motel Dumpster dot tumblr dot com

    • ninja_jesus
      ninja_jesus
      December 12, 2013 at 10:26 am | #

      “Ruinous Mistakes in a Motel Dumpster” for 500, Alex.

      • Roborat
        Roborat
        December 13, 2013 at 8:14 pm | #

        What is a goat, two hundred pounds of crisco and a dozen midgets?

  34. Ancestral Hamster
    Ancestral Hamster
    December 12, 2013 at 12:56 am | #

    Wow, Sarah, don’t settle for a dumpster. Insist on a glass hotel elevator at least.

    • Ourorboros
      Ourorboros
      December 12, 2013 at 2:05 am | #

      It refers to a disposed fetus. Or maybe the original story was a killed baby.
      Either way, Joyce is not referring to sex, but the possible ruinous effects.
      Joyce would be brought up to think birth control and abortion are unthinkable sins, of course and sex is only for procreation.
      I think Sarah is well capable of launching Joyce down the hall if she wants some privacy. Billie, Sal, and Dorothy can explain the sanctity of the sock. Joe would have an entire discourse.

      • Ancestral Hamster
        Ancestral Hamster
        December 12, 2013 at 2:37 am | #

        Forgotten the significance. Although, now that you remind me, I think it was a killed baby.

        • David Willis
          David M Willis
          December 12, 2013 at 3:01 am | #

          You were right the first time.

  35. Baker
    Baker
    December 12, 2013 at 1:02 am | #

    Meanwhile back in the cafeteria Amber continues to struggle mightily against the Dark Hado while Ethan talks about how he was just trying to spite her, and isn’t “very” seriously considering his parent’s suggestion to have lots of sex with Joyce.

  36. Historyman68
    Historyman68
    December 12, 2013 at 1:19 am | #

    Wow, Sarah’s revealing a lot to Joyce.

    • Ourorboros
      Ourorboros
      December 12, 2013 at 2:06 am | #

      Not as much as she wants to reveal to Jacob.

  37. FuryOfFirestorm
    FuryOfFirestorm
    December 12, 2013 at 1:20 am | #

    “DNA”…”dumpsters”…there’s a dirty joke here just waiting to be written.

    • Bill M.
      Bill M.
      December 12, 2013 at 7:19 pm | #

      Congratulations! You’ve found one of the 5 minimum that Willis mentioned in the hover text. It only gets harder from here…

  38. Varangian
    Varangian
    December 12, 2013 at 1:40 am | #

    This made me smile. Good on you, Willis.

  39. All Else Fails
    All Else Fails
    December 12, 2013 at 2:17 am | #

    Joyce, don’t ruin this.

  40. LBD "Nytetrayn"
    LBD "Nytetrayn"
    December 12, 2013 at 2:36 am | #

    “Big Sis” “Lil’ Sis” is amazingly cute.

  41. caesaria82
    caesaria82
    December 12, 2013 at 2:44 am | #

    Oh Sarah. You are my sunshine, my only sunshine, you make me haaaappppyyyy when skies are grey ~

  42. rachel
    rachel
    December 12, 2013 at 2:46 am | #

    Hahahaha, Sarah is totally uncowed by Joyce’s earnestness. “Yeah, that’s actually fine”

  43. Aakriti
    Aakriti
    December 12, 2013 at 4:49 am | #

    Bwahahahahahahahahaha…that’s all.

  44. TaintedSpud
    TaintedSpud
    December 12, 2013 at 5:02 am | #

    I need to invest in some genetic engineering. For… Science…. Yes, science…

    **totally wants the “FUCK ME” DNA

    • Tahkuya
      Tahkuya
      December 12, 2013 at 5:12 am | #

      science has shown that saliva contains several chemicals that cause arousal in opposite genders …so there’s a start

      • ninja_jesus
        ninja_jesus
        December 12, 2013 at 10:24 am | #

        So you’re saying… I need to spit on everyone?

    • Fernando
      Fernando
      December 12, 2013 at 12:21 pm | #

      The fact that you’re alive is more than enough evidence that your DNA has said “fuck me” millions of times already.

  45. CianM1301
    CianM1301
    December 12, 2013 at 6:12 am | #

    Pouty face Joyce!

  46. Kiggy
    Kiggy
    December 12, 2013 at 6:40 am | #

    Wow, Sarah’s got it BAAAAD!!!

    • ninja_jesus
      ninja_jesus
      December 12, 2013 at 10:21 am | #

      You.

      You made me remember a song.

      You shall suffer through this with me.

      • Rani
        Rani
        December 12, 2013 at 4:47 pm | #

        Iiiiiiii got it bad. And that ain’t gooood.

        See, I got that song in the context of Oz. It’s been seared into my subconscious where it will burn until I die.

  47. Gordon Blvd
    Gordon Blvd
    December 12, 2013 at 7:21 am | #

    now I tell you …………that is the sweetest interaction I have yet to see in this series ……………………….

  48. Leonou
    Leonou
    December 12, 2013 at 8:43 am | #

    Lil Sis and Big Sis would be great costarring in a buddy cop show.
    We already know which one would be the bad cop / good cop. And Sarah’s bat would be great for an “off the book” interrogation. She’d get results damnit !

  49. Arkantos
    Arkantos
    December 12, 2013 at 8:56 am | #

    The best part is that Sarah is probably aware of the fact that Joyce isn’t joking.

  50. fintikisniko
    fintikisniko
    December 12, 2013 at 8:57 am | #

    Nice that your avatar is someone getting beat up as you say that

    • Curacaobill
      Curacaobill
      December 12, 2013 at 10:55 am | #

      Your plain speech style shames your avatar.

  51. Arturo
    Arturo
    December 12, 2013 at 8:59 am | #

    How can I obtain this DNA? Is there a serum? Because I don’t want to go through the rigmarole of sperm-jacking someone again.

  52. Mr K
    Mr K
    December 12, 2013 at 12:31 pm | #

    Joyce was angry until Sarah invited her to the ¨date¨.

  53. begbert2
    begbert2
    December 12, 2013 at 2:37 pm | #

    In the last panel Joyce’s collar flips itself up without reason. From this I conclude her clothes are sentient.

    • Mr K
      Mr K
      December 12, 2013 at 5:50 pm | #

      They’re possessed by Satan. Why do you think that she’s been rebelling against her parents?

    • xKiv
      xKiv
      December 12, 2013 at 7:58 pm | #

      I think she flipped it with her hair.

  54. Bill
    Bill
    December 12, 2013 at 2:40 pm | #

    Love Sarah’s desperate expression on panel 2.

  55. Rani
    Rani
    December 12, 2013 at 4:29 pm | #

    WAIT A GODDAMN MINUTE how does Joyce remember to call Sarah “Big Sis”? Wasn’t she supposed to be so ruffeed up that she couldn’t remember the conversa-

    Awww…she did remember that last conversation.

  56. Pennjamin
    Pennjamin
    December 12, 2013 at 8:01 pm | #

    https://scontent-b-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/q71/960114_620620877973020_1363653102_n.jpg

    So these t-rex heels made me think of Dina.

  57. man in black
    man in black
    December 12, 2013 at 10:04 pm | #

    great page

    • LiaHansen
      LiaHansen
      December 13, 2013 at 12:01 am | #

      How are you always the last comment?! REVEAL YOUR SECRETS TO MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!

  58. Roborat
    Roborat
    December 13, 2013 at 8:17 pm | #

    So, I see this Sarah has the same libido as the one in Roomies, just a different target.

  59. Chiatroll
    Chiatroll
    December 14, 2013 at 11:43 am | #

    Ok. So Amber has a hamburger, or some other kind of burger veggie, chicken ect. Dina and Riley have cereal. Jacob had an apple with his meal or maybe an apple for his meal. What was the yellow mush Ethan has. Pudding? Extra buttery mashed potatos? It’s very important.

    • Chiatroll
      Chiatroll
      December 14, 2013 at 11:44 am | #

      I comment now because I’m assuming this food part of the story is coming to an end so I can reflect on the dishes.

  60. Raven Biggers
    Raven Biggers
    March 10, 2014 at 1:53 pm | #

    Does anyone know any other good comics to read? I’ve already read all the current strips from Gunnerkrigg Court, Go Get a Roomie, Tripping Over You, and, Of course, this one…. I NEED SOMETHING TO OCCUPY MY TIME?! ANYONE WANNA HELP ME?!

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