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May 8, 2026

Rewrote

by David M Willis on May 9, 2014 at 12:01 am
  • 02 - I Was a Teenage Churchmouse
└ Tags: dorothy, hymmel the humming hymnal, joyce, walky

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  1. tacdud2
    tacdud2
    May 9, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    Well then.

    • sps48
      sps48
      May 9, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

      SO cute!

      • Jen Aside
        Jen Aside
        May 9, 2014 at 12:09 am | #

        Cutest argument =3

        [moar karma]

        • Jen Aside
          Jen Aside
          May 9, 2014 at 12:16 am | #

          tempted to use that panel of Joyce for new Gravatar, too XD

          • Barf Ninjason
            Barf Ninjason
            May 9, 2014 at 1:06 am | #

            My first thought was “Ooh, look at the new weird Joyce face I’m gonna see pop up in the comments section.” She’s got a lot of those.

            • Jen Aside
              Jen Aside
              May 9, 2014 at 1:32 am | #

              BEST ONE THO

          • Dibullba
            Dibullba
            May 9, 2014 at 11:21 am | #

            It sort of looks like Joyce doing the “Dat ass” face XD

            • Jen Aside
              Jen Aside
              May 9, 2014 at 4:56 pm | #

              XD https://db.tt/BJfqWvxv

              • Reiku
                Reiku
                May 9, 2014 at 6:17 pm | #

                Well done, you win the internet for today, lol

  2. otusasio451
    otusasio451
    May 9, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    AND THUS THE ROMANCE IS ESTABLISHED.

    • luxlucis
      luxlucis
      May 9, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

      Oh Gosh, yes!

      • rachel
        rachel
        May 9, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

        DAT CHEMISTRY

        • indignostudios
          indignostudios
          May 9, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

          So does this mean that Joyce is a pedophile, now?

          • Jen Aside
            Jen Aside
            May 9, 2014 at 12:14 am | #

            Only if she still wants Baby-Walky vs. recognizing her age-appropriate crush is still age-appropriate for her, uh… age.

        • Never .simple
          Never .simple
          May 9, 2014 at 6:55 am | #

          Desti-freakin-ny people! Desti-freakin-ny.

          On a side note: Wow Joyce even when you think you have something like this over someone your STILL at the bottom of the destructive info pile.

    • AgentKeen
      AgentKeen
      May 9, 2014 at 12:27 am | #

      Joyce and Walky? That’d never be able to pull in readers, too ridiculous…

    • PsychoKineticEX
      PsychoKineticEX
      May 9, 2014 at 12:28 am | #

      DO NOT EXPRESS JOY! ONCE WILLIS SNIFFS IT OUT HE WILL SQUELCH IT! EVERYONE QUICK! PRETEND YOU DON’T LIKE THIS SHIP!

      Incidentally, I think we should should start naming the ships for DoA. Any ideas?

      • Barf Ninjason
        Barf Ninjason
        May 9, 2014 at 1:04 am | #

        Someone said “Dorky” was Dorothy and Walky awhile ago. I usually hate these things with a purple passion, but I gotta admit that one’s hilarious.

        Also, I get saying you “ship” two (or more, I guess [cue Dorothy/Walky/Joyce threesome {Dorkoyce?}]) characters, but when it’s being used as a noun, wouldn’t it make more sense to spell it:

        ‘ship

        …since it’s a (really silly) abbreviation of the word relationship?

        • Barf Ninjason
          Barf Ninjason
          May 9, 2014 at 1:35 am | #

          Also:

          Joyce + Ethan = Johan

          Sal + Jason = Salon

          Billie + Ruth = Bluth

          Amazi-Girl + Danny = Agranny

          Sarah + Jacob = Sjaarcaohb

          Mike + Your Mom = Mimom

          • PsychoKineticEX
            PsychoKineticEX
            May 9, 2014 at 1:45 am | #

            I honestly prefer ship names that aren’t a name combo, unless the combo happens to be something clever or funny.

            Like the name for JoycexWalkyxDorothy, “Caramel and Marshmallows”

            • Barf Ninjason
              Barf Ninjason
              May 9, 2014 at 2:03 am | #

              Huh. And I did not know that people did annything BUT smush names together for ‘ships. Live and pretend to learn, I always say.

              • PsychoKineticEX
                PsychoKineticEX
                May 9, 2014 at 2:12 am | #

                Just saying, if Joyce and Walky do get together in this universe, I’m calling it “Multiversal Constant”

              • Led
                Led
                May 9, 2014 at 6:17 am | #

                Meh, look up for example Pokemon shippings… They all have specific names. It’s more common to just push together two names, though, like for example avatar does (Tokka, Kataang, Katoph, etc).

                • Led
                  Led
                  May 9, 2014 at 6:17 am | #

                  *The more you nerd*

                • Deanatay
                  Deanatay
                  May 9, 2014 at 7:19 pm | #

                  Those sound more like Avatar ship names…

                  NOT THAT I’D KNOW… *blush*

              • Daibhid C
                Daibhid C
                May 9, 2014 at 11:49 am | #

                TVTropes has a page called Idiosyncratic Ship Naming, if you want to lose three hours of your life and not be sure how.

                • Daibhid C
                  Daibhid C
                  May 9, 2014 at 11:52 am | #

                  I don’t know why that link doesn’t work. Try this one.

                  (If not, then look, it’s a TVTropes page called Idiosyncratic Ship Naming; if you’re interested I’m sure you can find it for yourselves.)

                • Elizabeth
                  Elizabeth
                  May 9, 2014 at 12:21 pm | #

                  Oh god, why did I go to TVTropes?? D:

                • Jen Aside
                  Jen Aside
                  May 9, 2014 at 4:43 pm | #

                  ^ said everyone who ever went there, EVER, including the founders

            • StClair
              StClair
              May 9, 2014 at 6:06 am | #

              Personally, I consider both to be horrid. If you must ship (and I often find fandom’s obsession with that to be tiresome in itself), what’s wrong with the classic, traditional, (first or last name) / (first or last name)?

              • xKiv
                xKiv
                May 9, 2014 at 9:59 pm | #

                But that’s a slash …

                • DarkVeghetta
                  DarkVeghetta
                  July 5, 2015 at 10:59 am | #

                  Indeed it is.

          • Wack'd
            Wack'd
            May 9, 2014 at 1:28 pm | #

            I don’t understand this list and I won’t respond to it.

          • Lel
            Lel
            May 9, 2014 at 10:25 pm | #

            “Sjaarcaohb”

            I lol’d

        • Chris
          Chris
          May 9, 2014 at 3:40 am | #

          Words evolve. Dropping apostrophes happens, like “phone”, “flu” and even “Halloween”. Besides, it helps with the pun for when a ship canons.

          • That One Weirdo
            That One Weirdo
            May 9, 2014 at 9:08 am | #

            Or devolve, in some cases.

            Let’s be honest, many fandom terms are just cringe-inducing. “I can’t” is pretty annoying (WHAT IS IT YOU CAN’T DO, YOU SICK SON OF A GUN?! TELL ME ALREADY), but “Feels” is the one I despise the most. It’s just stupid. Doesn’t even take that long to type in 3 additional letters.

            “Feelings”. There, see? Nobody died, and OH GODS NO, JULIO! JULIO, BREATHE, PLEASE! DON’T LEAVE ME ALONE, MAN!

            • AgentKeen
              AgentKeen
              May 9, 2014 at 4:41 pm | #

              The only thing that really bothers me is when people say ‘YISSS’ instead of yes. I get it, it’s a phonetic version of hissing ‘yes’, it follows the pattern of misspelling words in excitement, clever.

              But it sounds like piss.

              ‘Oh man, look at this cool comic book cover’
              ‘PISSSSSSS’

              ‘BABY PANDA PICTURES’
              ‘PISSSSSSS’

              ‘Marriage Equality enacted the world over’
              ‘PISSSSSSSSS’

              You get the picture.

            • Deanatay
              Deanatay
              May 9, 2014 at 7:18 pm | #

              Dood, you pulled the Drama tag.

        • Ghola
          Ghola
          May 9, 2014 at 1:42 pm | #

          I’m just waiting for Mike to call Walky “Toto”
          All my happys.

      • Mike
        Mike
        May 9, 2014 at 1:32 am | #

        There are some great possibilities for ship names here…Titanic, Flying Dutchman, Mary Celeste, Lusitania, Costa Concordia, Exxon Valdez, Andrea Doria, Mary Rose all come to mind

        • PsychoKineticEX
          PsychoKineticEX
          May 9, 2014 at 1:39 am | #

          ……

          Get out

          • NightmareWarden
            NightmareWarden
            May 9, 2014 at 2:19 am | #

            Don’t forget the Black Pearl, the Friendship, the Wonka-tania, the Ulysses… the Going Merry :,(

            • GreatContagion
              GreatContagion
              May 9, 2014 at 3:40 am | #

              The Going Merry D’:

              Why’d you have to do that.

            • KittyK
              KittyK
              May 9, 2014 at 3:41 am | #

              I wish I could’ve carried you a bit father… T_T

              • KittyK
                KittyK
                May 9, 2014 at 5:29 am | #

                *farther….

            • Psycho
              Psycho
              May 9, 2014 at 10:53 am | #

              I’m going to destroy all of you….

    • Hoboturtle
      Hoboturtle
      May 9, 2014 at 12:49 am | #

      There’s a part of me that ships Joyce and Walky in DOA because of how much they seem to dislike each other.

    • Yet_One_More_Idiot
      Yet_One_More_Idiot
      May 9, 2014 at 5:18 am | #

      😀 Yay, Dorothy is hot for the grown-up mousie.

      …and that’s something I never thought I’d be saying today. 😛

    • I don't know what to put here.
      I don't know what to put here.
      May 9, 2014 at 6:26 pm | #

      Half Life 3 Confirmed. Kappa Oh, wait that doesn’t work here

  3. Tunaro
    Tunaro
    May 9, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    Can’t tell if Dorothy just pulled a fast one on Joyce or is legitimately trying to get Walky to dress up all sexy in a mouse suit.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      May 9, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

      Dorothy is a furry? That would add an interesting wrinkle to their relationship.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        May 9, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

        Danny just wasn’t furry enough for her.

        • Jen Aside
          Jen Aside
          May 9, 2014 at 12:14 am | #

          Yeah, he and that one chest hair.

          • AgentKeen
            AgentKeen
            May 9, 2014 at 12:28 am | #

            Except she wants to get rid of Walky’s one chest hair.

            I guess it’s all about having fur in the wrong places.

      • indignostudios
        indignostudios
        May 9, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

        Imagine that video showing up during campaign muckraking.

      • That Damn Rat
        That Damn Rat
        May 9, 2014 at 12:11 am | #

        As Long as Dorothy agreed to wear a T-Rex suit when they get man-married it would probably work.

        • Doctor_Who
          Doctor_Who
          May 9, 2014 at 12:13 am | #

          I think that might cause Dina to fall in love with her.

        • Mr k
          Mr k
          May 9, 2014 at 12:14 am | #

          Then Dina will have a crush on her. She’ll plot to get Dorothy to herself.

          • Ghola
            Ghola
            May 9, 2014 at 1:43 pm | #

            By trapping her in tree sap.

            • Deanatay
              Deanatay
              May 9, 2014 at 7:16 pm | #

              You don’t think she’d use tar?

    • Bill
      Bill
      May 9, 2014 at 12:08 am | #

      Dorothy just wants to try it mousey-style.

    • nothri
      nothri
      May 9, 2014 at 12:19 am | #

      The answer is yes.

  4. Edster
    Edster
    May 9, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    So David, I heard you would not like your own TV show inspired by DoA. It would be a LOT better than what they pass for television these days. So my response is: ‘ Watchya talkin bout Willis?

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      May 9, 2014 at 12:08 am | #

      He just doesn’t want to turn over creative control. We don’t want another Boondocks season 4!

      • Opus the Poet
        Opus the Poet
        May 9, 2014 at 12:12 am | #

        Oh [$DEITY] no, season 3 was bad enough, 4 was just unwatchable.

        • JustCheetoDust
          JustCheetoDust
          May 9, 2014 at 12:23 am | #

          Season 3 had good episodes, but as a whole the season was very uneven. I agree that 4 is almost entirely unwatchable, although I think last Monday’s episode was a big improvement over the first two.

    • Packy
      Packy
      May 9, 2014 at 12:15 am | #

      I don’t want a TV show based on DoA. I want the animated Dexter and Monkey Master from DoA to become a reality.

      • Edster
        Edster
        May 9, 2014 at 12:23 am | #

        Okay I threw it out there. Sorries

        • LeslieBean4Shizzle
          LeslieBean4Shizzle
          May 9, 2014 at 12:53 am | #

          Well, I guess it would depend on who he was working with. I mean, imagine this for a moment:

          From the creators of Community comes: Dumbing of Age

          … although actually I think the creators of Community might do better with a live action adaptation of Shortpacked.

      • Jack Finch
        Jack Finch
        May 9, 2014 at 12:48 am | #

        I’d settle for that monkey master face shirt.

  5. Wonder Wig
    Wonder Wig
    May 9, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    Yahweh or No Way.

  6. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    May 9, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    You won’t even say the word “butt”?

    Wow, Joyce. Wow.

    • timemonkey
      timemonkey
      May 9, 2014 at 12:17 am | #

      It’s not that she won’t say ‘butt’ it’s that she won’t say ‘butt-hole’ it’s higher on the swear ladder.

    • Packy
      Packy
      May 9, 2014 at 12:18 am | #

      My father-in-law won’t say butt. He says “better intentions”.

      I tell you folks, I wound up marrying a girl just like Joyce. More Walkyverse than Dumbiverse, but Joyce nonetheless.

      • Cholma
        Cholma
        May 9, 2014 at 12:32 am | #

        You never told us Kay has an affinity for alien tech and has a vest with a hidden jetpack in it! Wow, you really are a lucky man.

      • begbert2
        begbert2
        May 9, 2014 at 10:57 am | #

        “Ow, my better intentions are sore.”
        “Stop looking at my better intentions!”
        “My better intentions are getting a little big. I need to work on that.”

        You know, I can sort of see the appeal.

    • Chico
      Chico
      May 9, 2014 at 1:24 am | #

      Hey atleast she said a slur with God in the same sentence, that’s cutting it real close for someone like her.

    • Andrusi
      Andrusi
      May 9, 2014 at 8:39 am | #

      Neither “butthole” nor “a-hole” was bowdlerized enough for her.

      It’s kind of adorable actually.

  7. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    May 9, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    This could be a gallery for “The Many Faces of Joyce”.

    Those first two panels might break her record for mouth size. I don’t know where she keeps the rest of her skull.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      May 9, 2014 at 12:12 am | #

      It turns out she is actually just 100% teeth.

    • newllend
      newllend
      May 9, 2014 at 12:27 am | #

      This is a great idea, someone just go through the entire Joyce archive and make a clipboard of her face expressions.

    • Architex
      Architex
      January 27, 2015 at 6:04 pm | #

      Since you’re the expert, I have to ask: that wasn’t a fixed point in time?

  8. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    May 9, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    Joyce, put the mouse teeth away.

    • Opus the Poet
      Opus the Poet
      May 9, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

      I think Dorothy has those sequestered away for safe keeping… and smexy times.

  9. Nunc Pro Tunc
    Nunc Pro Tunc
    May 9, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

    So much unrelenting happiness from Joyce’s expressions.

    • syd
      syd
      May 9, 2014 at 12:58 am | #

      Her grin will expand until it swallows her face. She becomes Dedan, Queen of Dentistry. Each tooth large enough to contain entire books of the Bible.

  10. thecanvashat
    thecanvashat
    May 9, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

    And then Walky was a pious godloving Christian.

  11. Gadgeteer Smashwidget
    Gadgeteer Smashwidget
    May 9, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

    …B-hole?

    • Mango
      Mango
      May 9, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

      The missing letters are U-T-T

    • Bill
      Bill
      May 9, 2014 at 12:07 am | #

      Old habits die hard, and Joyce can’t bring herself to use the ‘a’ word like Walky did.

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        May 9, 2014 at 12:09 am | #

        It’s worse than that, she can’t even bring herself to use the letter A in that context.

        • Foxhack
          Foxhack
          May 9, 2014 at 12:11 am | #

          Well she’d be technically insulting, y’know… capital G o dee. That’s kind of a no-no.

          • Yotomoe
            Yotomoe
            May 9, 2014 at 12:16 am | #

            God knows what she meant. She will be no less smote.

          • John
            John
            May 9, 2014 at 12:16 am | #

            She’s willing to call Him a B-hole, just not an A-hole.

            • ShaggyDonahugh
              ShaggyDonahugh
              May 9, 2014 at 12:18 am | #

              Downgrade in my opinion.

              • Hegah
                Hegah
                May 9, 2014 at 9:58 am | #

                AAAAHHHHH!! Shaggy got the gravatar of mouse Walky!!

                • Deanatay
                  Deanatay
                  May 9, 2014 at 7:13 pm | #

                  It has been mentioned before – this chapter will spawn many, many Gravatars.

  12. Beige
    Beige
    May 9, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

    these are the best pages ever XD

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      May 9, 2014 at 12:16 am | #

      Joyce would argue that there’s a book with even better pages.

      • Gigafreak
        Gigafreak
        May 9, 2014 at 9:45 am | #

        Joyce’s Walkyverse parents would agree, but be thinking of a different book…

  13. Shanunu
    Shanunu
    May 9, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

    Aww come on. Now she’s just bending Joyce’s words.

  14. Jake
    Jake
    May 9, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

    I love the subtle gap in Joyce’s teeth in panel three to make her look more like the mouse character she’s imitating. So cute!

    • Tom Speelman
      Tom Speelman
      May 9, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

      It’s hysterical. Yay, subtle gags!!!

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      May 9, 2014 at 12:11 am | #

      Also the only time we’ve seen any indication that Joyce HAS individual teeth, and not just big white plates in her mouth.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        May 9, 2014 at 12:16 am | #

        It’s just solid bone. Her voice is actually REALLY muffled.

      • Gigafreak
        Gigafreak
        May 9, 2014 at 9:52 am | #

        Does Willis’s Tumblr count?

        • Tom Speelman
          Tom Speelman
          May 9, 2014 at 8:04 pm | #

          Probably. Word of God and all that.

  15. indignostudios
    indignostudios
    May 9, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

    Joyce then looked up the rule 34 for the Hymmel the Hymnal Mouse-keteers.

    • Opus the Poet
      Opus the Poet
      May 9, 2014 at 12:10 am | #

      And her head asploded.

      • indignostudios
        indignostudios
        May 9, 2014 at 12:12 am | #

        Especially after seeing the one’s where Hymmel’s using a strap-on with Walky.

        • KingMabel
          KingMabel
          May 9, 2014 at 12:14 am | #

          Yay for more repressed memories!

          And more therapy!

        • Ancestral Hamster
          Ancestral Hamster
          May 9, 2014 at 12:27 am | #

          Yes, that would explain why Walky repressed the memories.

  16. Single Sage
    Single Sage
    May 9, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

    Is it mean that I just love the mortified looks on their faces day after day?

  17. Bill
    Bill
    May 9, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

    I’m hearing that Joyce has (had?) the hots for Walky — or at least his mousy alter-ego.
    I’m also seeing that Dorothy doesn’t appear to be threatened by this pronouncement.

    • Mango
      Mango
      May 9, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

      …yet.

    • newllend
      newllend
      May 9, 2014 at 12:16 am | #

      Funny, other universe walkyXJoyce are probably doing it rite now.

    • timemonkey
      timemonkey
      May 9, 2014 at 12:19 am | #

      Why would Dorothy be threatened because Joyce thought four year old Walky was cute? They don’t even like each other as adults. Dorothy’s not crazy and clingy.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      May 9, 2014 at 12:23 am | #

      Walky I felt that tingly thing for you when I was a baby. I had to watch the episode where it talked about touching yourself being a sin every time! BUT YOU WERE IN THAT ONE TOO!

    • Ancestral Hamster
      Ancestral Hamster
      May 9, 2014 at 12:29 am | #

      Dorothy is looking forward to the three way where she wears a cat fur suit, and both Walky and Joyce wear the mouse fur suits.

      • JustCheetoDust
        JustCheetoDust
        May 9, 2014 at 12:46 am | #

        DoA furry vorarephilia?

        • Ancestral Hamster
          Ancestral Hamster
          May 9, 2014 at 1:27 am | #

          I was just going for furry, as I tend to forget the existence of vore, but if DoA furry vorarephilia can get a following on Slipshine, why not?

          • anonymous
            anonymous
            May 9, 2014 at 4:57 pm | #

            Joyce and Walky would be the funniest prey. And Dorothy as a pred… it’s just crazy enough to work. I like searching on FA for some vore myself, but this would just be hilarious. Shipping Dorothy eats WalkyxJoyce.
            |”””-.
            |..J…|
            |..W.|
            |_ _/

            nomnomnom

            • anonymous
              anonymous
              May 9, 2014 at 4:59 pm | #

              (ya know, I wish we could edit these stupid things so I could experiment with ASCII and try to get it right)

      • Jack Finch
        Jack Finch
        May 9, 2014 at 7:38 pm | #

        In another scenario I can picture Joyce complaining, “Why does Dorothy always get to be the cheese?”

    • John
      John
      May 9, 2014 at 1:19 am | #

      Well, triangles are a lot more stable when they’re connected on all three sides.

      Or maybe Dorothy’s figuring she’ll just hand Walky off to Joyce when she goes off to Yale. Joyce is making good progress; maybe by then she’ll be ready for some caramel filling.

      Though, really, Dorothy’s expression says to me that she’s thinking the same thing I am here: “OMG they fight like an alternate-universe married couple! Adorable!”

      • 3oranges
        3oranges
        May 9, 2014 at 1:49 am | #

        Dorothy’s pretty lucky with this one. A tornado of embarrassment has broken out, and so far she’s at the eye enjoying it.

      • Opus the Poet
        Opus the Poet
        May 9, 2014 at 12:04 pm | #

        So, wold this be a V, a delta, or some other kind of arrangement? Regardless of how it works out we know Walky has to be a vertex between Joyce and Dorothy, so far we have seen no inkling of sexual anything between the girls. But on the same note we didn’t see any inkling of sexual anything in Fans until the Goth Girl went back into the living room to get the Japanese girl off the couch and into the bedroom. I’m sure that’s a obscure enough reference to blow a few minds.

        • John
          John
          May 9, 2014 at 2:11 pm | #

          It can’t be all that obscure; the author’s around here somewhere.

          But “Joyce is maybe into girls in general, and Dorothy in particular,” has been kind of a thing throughout DoA. Walky’s even said it to Joyce’s face at least twice, and while Joyce gets mad at him for saying it (in that same kind of “yeah, I can totally believe that these two are married in the other universe” way they’re demonstrating today), she has yet to actually deny it. (She hates lying as much as she hates homosexuality…)

          And Joyce did throw a toy at Dorothy’s head.

          It’s true that Dorothy hasn’t ever given any hints that she might reciprocate, though. But hey, maybe she won’t until one night after they’ve been watching D&MM together she knocks on Joyce’s door and sticks her tongue down her throat while Sarah makes snarky comments over their shoulder.

          (Seriously, I think Dorothy’s straight. And I’d be surprised – though not shocked – if Joyce turned out to actually be bi. But that doesn’t change the fact that Joyce would be the best First Lady.)

    • Never Simple
      Never Simple
      May 9, 2014 at 7:22 am | #

      Since its clear now that events in the prime universe are being greatly changed on the outside and yet still remaining core values. This would be the love triange that began before Joyce and Dorothy knew each other?

  18. Claire
    Claire
    May 9, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

    David Willis Time Warrior

    • begbert2
      begbert2
      May 9, 2014 at 11:03 am | #

      You don’t realize it, but every time you lose your keys and then find them right where you thought you looked, that’s God screwing with you. And standing there, chuckling.

  19. stainedglassdeity
    stainedglassdeity
    May 9, 2014 at 12:07 am | #

    So this is the abnormally big mouth strip.

  20. Mr k
    Mr k
    May 9, 2014 at 12:07 am | #

    Walky should leave the country now. He should go to Kazakhstan, Russia or somewhere else far away.

    • Bill
      Bill
      May 9, 2014 at 12:09 am | #

      I understand the French Foreign Legion is still accepting applicants.

      • Ancestral Hamster
        Ancestral Hamster
        May 9, 2014 at 12:33 am | #

        They are, but it is illegal for U.S. citizens to join. That’s not a law the French passed, but our Congress. Doubt that matters much to anyone joining the Legion though.

        • Gadgeteer Smashwidget
          Gadgeteer Smashwidget
          May 9, 2014 at 1:22 am | #

          They can use assumed identities anyways, so it actually doesn’t matter at all.

          • Ancestral Hamster
            Ancestral Hamster
            May 9, 2014 at 1:33 am | #

            *Nod* I figure if you are an U.S. citizen, and you do join the Legion, you just don’t talk about it if you ever come back to the U.S.

            “Yeah, that reminds me of the time I joined the French Foreign Legion under the name of Job Bob Walkerton. Wait … I was supposed to keep that secret … oops. Okay, guys, forget I ever said that.”

  21. ShaggyDonahugh
    ShaggyDonahugh
    May 9, 2014 at 12:08 am | #

    It’ll be a warm day in hell when Walky puts that outfit back on.
    No really, those things fucking KILL in the heat.

    • Swerve
      Swerve
      May 9, 2014 at 2:42 pm | #

      Kids, listen to yer Uncle Swerve! Do not try to alter the space-time continuum! It never works, whether it’s a baddie like Shockewave trying to compress all of time into a singularity, or trying to send an extra-dimensional ” freelance peace-keeper” to assassinate Megatron before declaration day. (One Prowl’s more memorable bad ideas for winning the war.)

      Wally is pretty hosed. I can picture Dorothy getting him a mouse-boy costume before this storyline ends!

      • Swerve
        Swerve
        May 9, 2014 at 2:46 pm | #

        Okay, lot of autocorrect problems in that post. I think it became a reply instead of a new post too. Better ask Blaster to see if my phone’s malfunctioning, or if it’s just the nebula we’re passing through.

        And yeah, Walky is so hosed!

        • Swerve
          Swerve
          May 9, 2014 at 2:53 pm | #

          Blaster refused to look at my phone! He says it’s because I have, quote-unquote “thick fingers”. Well excuse me, but my fingers contain sophisticated sensors in them! What good is having a communications officer, if he won’t help you send interstellar text messages!?!

  22. Single Sage
    Single Sage
    May 9, 2014 at 12:08 am | #

    You know, I kept wondering why Willis decided to do DoA. Now we have it in writing.

  23. newllend
    newllend
    May 9, 2014 at 12:09 am | #

    Wait, B-hole? Whatever this is getting funnier and funnier down the line.

  24. Sageress
    Sageress
    May 9, 2014 at 12:15 am | #

    Joyce your mouth is horrifying.

    • ShaggyDonahugh
      ShaggyDonahugh
      May 9, 2014 at 12:17 am | #

      Give it a few months, Walky will disagree.

      • Mr k
        Mr k
        May 9, 2014 at 12:18 am | #

        Or Dorothy.

        • ShaggyDonahugh
          ShaggyDonahugh
          May 9, 2014 at 12:19 am | #

          If we’re lucky, Billy

          • Gadgeteer Smashwidget
            Gadgeteer Smashwidget
            May 9, 2014 at 12:27 am | #

            nah brah, SalxJoyce. It’ll start with Joyce finally being allowed to brush Sal’s hair.

            • -Sentinel-
              -Sentinel-
              May 9, 2014 at 12:32 am | #

              And go on motorcycle rides!

              • Gadgeteer Smashwidget
                Gadgeteer Smashwidget
                May 9, 2014 at 1:30 am | #

                The motorbike ride will be Sal’s wedding gift to Joyce.

                • AgentKeen
                  AgentKeen
                  May 9, 2014 at 4:34 pm | #

                  Oh no, it’ll be Sal’s BikexJoyce. Sal just gets to be best man because she introduced them.

      • Sageress
        Sageress
        May 9, 2014 at 12:30 am | #

        It’s like a void to the white dimension.

        • -Sentinel-
          -Sentinel-
          May 9, 2014 at 12:32 am | #

          Or Canada.

    • anonymous
      anonymous
      May 9, 2014 at 2:49 am | #

      ( 0 ) ( 0 )

      ,____________,
      \ /
      \ /
      \ /
      \ /
      \___/

      (I am not actually licensed to perform ASCII so this may look horrible an/or be completely lost in the formatting)

      • anonymous
        anonymous
        May 9, 2014 at 2:50 am | #

        *AND
        friggin’ knew this would happen

        • anonymous
          anonymous
          May 9, 2014 at 3:00 am | #

          Well, using periods in place of spaces certainly made it more nightmarish.
          Also I tried to add some comma hair.

          ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
          ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
          ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
          ,,……………………,,,,,
          ………………………..,,,,
          …( 0 )…………( 0 )..,,,,,
          …………………………,,,,,,,,
          ……………\…………..,,,,,,,,,,
          …………..–…………..,,,,,,,,,
          …,____________, ,,,,,,
          ….\…………………./ ,,,,
          ……\………………/….
          ….. ..\…………../…….
          ………..\……../……..
          ………….\…./……..
          ……………\/…….

          • anonymous
            anonymous
            May 9, 2014 at 3:01 am | #

            PERFECT >.<

  25. Some1udontknow
    Some1udontknow
    May 9, 2014 at 12:18 am | #

    Is it just me, or is Dorothy implying a threesome?? Also, she seems to have comepletely forgotten bout amazigirl

    • A5PECT
      A5PECT
      May 9, 2014 at 12:22 am | #

      I’m pretty sure she agreed to watch Hymmel with Joyce because she wanted to get her mind off of the Amazi-girl dilemma for a bit.

      So… mission accomplished?

      • Jen Aside
        Jen Aside
        May 9, 2014 at 1:34 am | #

        …OH YEAH XD

        It worked, tho!

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      May 9, 2014 at 4:55 am | #

      Given how much Walky has teased about the chemistry between Dorothy and Joyce I’m pretty sure she has at least thought about it.

    • davethedavedave
      davethedavedave
      May 9, 2014 at 10:30 am | #

      She’s going to make Walky wear the ears, isn’t she?

  26. A5PECT
    A5PECT
    May 9, 2014 at 12:19 am | #

    I love how Walky maintains the same level of outrage while switching topics.

  27. timemonkey
    timemonkey
    May 9, 2014 at 12:20 am | #

    Hey look, Joyce just said something negative about god.

    • David
      David
      May 9, 2014 at 12:46 am | #

      God tempted her with age-inappropriate caramel mouse boys. Man, that’s worse than what he did to Job.

  28. Charles Phipps
    Charles Phipps
    May 9, 2014 at 12:20 am | #

    Willis is progressive and that’s awesome to find in webcomics. However, sadly, I doubt we’ll see the J/W/D relationship emerge. Which is a shame because it’d be something few others are doing.

    Yes, I’m totally making a grass roots movement for it.

    • Michael
      Michael
      May 9, 2014 at 12:58 am | #

      This was also my thought. Except the last sentence. That bit didn’t occur to me.

  29. nothri
    nothri
    May 9, 2014 at 12:21 am | #

    Joyce’s smile threatens to become bigger than her actual face right now.

    • darcos0
      darcos0
      May 9, 2014 at 1:43 am | #

      I thought that as well

  30. Mr. Random
    Mr. Random
    May 9, 2014 at 12:22 am | #

    Oh, Joyce. Take backs have been revoked here. For everyone.

  31. DailyBrad
    DailyBrad
    May 9, 2014 at 12:23 am | #

    Joyce razzing him is hilariously adorable.

    Between this and Joyce’s pondering when Dorothy gushed about Walky’s muscles “carved from caramel”, there is at least some physical attraction to Walky on Joyce’s part established, but it is certainly reluctant, and probably not anything we can expect to be elaborated on too much, especially since Willis doesn’t usually like to rehash stuff from the Walkyverse too much.

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      May 9, 2014 at 7:06 pm | #

      Dunno if Joyce is attracted to Walky (at least, not before this…), but she has so much repressed horniness right now that the thought of anyone making out drives her into a state of resonant lust.

      I like Joyce, and her quest to be true to herself, despite the drives of her body, but something’s gotta give there. I just hope it doesn’t ruin what makes her special.

      • DailyBrad
        DailyBrad
        May 9, 2014 at 11:43 pm | #

        Joyce will always be special, so however she comes to terms with things, I am sure it will be in a way that’s sufficiently Joyce.

  32. newllend
    newllend
    May 9, 2014 at 12:23 am | #

    Ya Willis stop being an asshole.

  33. MM
    MM
    May 9, 2014 at 12:34 am | #

    Oh, Walky. God doesn’t hate you. At least not more than any of the other characters.

  34. Ancestral Hamster
    Ancestral Hamster
    May 9, 2014 at 12:35 am | #

    These last few “Mousie Walkerton” strips have been particularly delightful.

    • anonymous
      anonymous
      May 9, 2014 at 3:06 am | #

      Are you saying all this in a stuffily posh English accent, or is that just me?

      • anonymous
        anonymous
        May 9, 2014 at 3:09 am | #

        (“Stuffily posh” seems a bit redundant, but I couldn’t decide between the two adjectives “stuffy” and “posh”…)

      • Ancestral Hamster
        Ancestral Hamster
        May 9, 2014 at 3:32 am | #

        Just you. Although as I have read a fair number of English novels, some English phraselogy may have been absorbed through osmosis. Although I’ve also read a lot of Kipling’s poetry, but so far I’m not writing like one of his soldier narrators.

        “Jest roll to your rifle, and blow out your brains,
        And go to your gawd like a soldier.”

  35. caesaria82
    caesaria82
    May 9, 2014 at 12:39 am | #

    The terrifying-meter of the Joyce smile in panel 2 is out of control.

    • Spliced
      Spliced
      May 9, 2014 at 12:48 am | #

      Agreed, and glad someone else noticed. That special kind of smile where all defining features of the mouth go away to become something Slenderman would be proud of.

    • anonymous
      anonymous
      May 9, 2014 at 3:11 am | #

      Smiles should not go that far. She just broke all the laws of physics.

  36. Well_Played
    Well_Played
    May 9, 2014 at 12:41 am | #

    *Evil Laughter* And it Begins!!!

  37. Sock
    Sock
    May 9, 2014 at 12:54 am | #

    The last several strips are gonna be great for avatars!

  38. Jack Finch
    Jack Finch
    May 9, 2014 at 12:58 am | #

    So the the past returns to confront one Walkerton tonight, can we make it a two-fer?

  39. John
    John
    May 9, 2014 at 1:09 am | #

    Man, Joyce, you grin any bigger and the top of your head’s going to fall off.

  40. Mass Confusion
    Mass Confusion
    May 9, 2014 at 1:11 am | #

    Walky’s expressions have been hilarious this week

  41. Chico
    Chico
    May 9, 2014 at 1:26 am | #

    And then Joyce’s mouth became a geometric wonder of science

  42. Gadgeteer Smashwidget
    Gadgeteer Smashwidget
    May 9, 2014 at 1:28 am | #

    Joyce’s smile in the 3rd panel is adorable.

  43. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    May 9, 2014 at 1:31 am | #

    oh haha I just realized the Kickstarter Slipshine stretch goal got halved ($70K for one vs. $75K for both), so I guess Yotomoe can see half of my Gravatar’s source =p

    [yer half welcome]

    • ninja_jesus
      ninja_jesus
      May 9, 2014 at 2:26 am | #

      Wait, is that supposed to be exclusive? O_O Oh shit, I think I may be in some trouble.

      • Tenn
        Tenn
        May 9, 2014 at 11:12 am | #

        I think you might be excused for being a ninja and Jesus, what with the getting around unnoticed and being omniscient.

  44. GoogerGeiger
    GoogerGeiger
    May 9, 2014 at 1:39 am | #

    Whoa there Joyce! Calling God a b-hole? You might as well already be an Atheist!

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      May 9, 2014 at 1:52 am | #

      More like a possible nay-theist.

      http://tinyurl.com/naytheist

      • anonymous
        anonymous
        May 9, 2014 at 2:37 am | #

        An atheist, a natheist, it’s all where you put the n.

        • begbert2
          begbert2
          May 9, 2014 at 3:29 pm | #

          That, and having totally incompatible meanings.

        • das-g
          das-g
          May 9, 2014 at 4:24 pm | #

          More about where you put the space.

  45. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    May 9, 2014 at 1:48 am | #

    If only all this blackmail material could be converted into cash, Dotty would be rich enough to run for president.

  46. nagash1959
    nagash1959
    May 9, 2014 at 1:50 am | #

    Walky, there is only one way out of this. Perform a double sex.

    • anonymous
      anonymous
      May 9, 2014 at 2:40 am | #

      Walky performs a threesome… or should I say, JOYCE performs a threesome, because she’s the one getting the dual sex, thus losing her virginity twice. Her thoughts on this carnal sin: “Maybe it cancels out?”

      • nagash1959
        nagash1959
        May 9, 2014 at 9:35 am | #

        When did Joyce turn into Sarah McAllen? (from TheRickyRayShow which 90% of the internet seems to have forgotten existed)

  47. Orangey
    Orangey
    May 9, 2014 at 2:05 am | #

    oh my gosh why was i not expecting there to be joyce/walky cuteness – but i still like dorothy/walky and then part of me also likes joyce/dorothy what do i ship what do i ship aaa

  48. CarlaGriffin
    CarlaGriffin
    May 9, 2014 at 2:11 am | #

    Panel 3 – did Joyce will a gap between her front teeth for an impression? Was it God?

  49. Idon'tcarenomore
    Idon'tcarenomore
    May 9, 2014 at 2:16 am | #

    If Joyce smiles any wider it will meet behind her head and the top of her skull will fall off.

  50. Idon'tcarenomore
    Idon'tcarenomore
    May 9, 2014 at 2:23 am | #

    Read the comments, and loves Mike’s list of catastrophic event names for ‘ships.
    I friggin’ hate the smoshing up of 2 peoples name into one silly one for a relationship….these are 2 separate people and when they break up it’s just too weird for words.

  51. Badeyes
    Badeyes
    May 9, 2014 at 2:24 am | #

    5 panels, each more awesome than it’s predecessor. Thank you sir.

  52. Evil Midnight Lurker
    Evil Midnight Lurker
    May 9, 2014 at 2:28 am | #

    The Cheese will have his pointless and poorly aimed revenge.

  53. anonymous
    anonymous
    May 9, 2014 at 2:34 am | #

    Damn you, God!

    • anonymous
      anonymous
      May 9, 2014 at 2:35 am | #

      Or should I say: Go damn yourself, Willis!

  54. WeezerLuvr3030
    WeezerLuvr3030
    May 9, 2014 at 2:53 am | #

    Joyce gets all the best facial expressions and the most dynamic postures, (even in the fan art)! I keep reading her *lines* and how the other characters react to her as if she is a foil for the heroes. But her presence in a scene that’s all about talk makes it just as dynamic as an AG fight scene.

  55. Rhy
    Rhy
    May 9, 2014 at 3:07 am | #

    I swear if Joyce’s mouth got any bigger she’ll eat Walky

  56. Chris Phoenix
    Chris Phoenix
    May 9, 2014 at 3:40 am | #

    …Meanwhile, while Walky is distracted with these hijinx, something truly terrible is happening to his sister. We’ll find out in a few weeks that Amazi-Girl’s last action was to put her in the hospital, or something.

    And then I’ll say “Called it!”

    Because that’s the kind of guy Willis is. This arc is just too cute not to have a sinister side.

    So I’ll say in advance: DAMN YOU WILLIS!

    • ninja_jesus
      ninja_jesus
      May 9, 2014 at 10:21 am | #

      No. No. This can’t be what happens. I want Sal to have her redemption and I want Walky to be knocked down a few pegs (peg 1 already down).

  57. Bagge
    Bagge
    May 9, 2014 at 4:56 am | #

    And here they are, united in their old shame. A great bonding moment for Joyce and Walky

  58. Sir Robin
    Sir Robin
    May 9, 2014 at 6:00 am | #

    If this three-some is ever going to happen, it’s now

  59. Shadow12000
    Shadow12000
    May 9, 2014 at 6:08 am | #

    Just a quick question: Is the entire inside of Joyce’s mouth just bleached, as everyone else seems to have black between their teeth when talking, or does she just have the BIGGEST fucking grin right now? My money is on #2 but #1 doesn’t seem too far off if you think about it.

    • Andrusi
      Andrusi
      May 9, 2014 at 8:42 am | #

      Joyce trained hard for years to be the best at grinning.

    • OmegaDez
      OmegaDez
      May 9, 2014 at 9:49 am | #

      Grin so big it lenghtens her teeth and fuses them together…

      The “entirely white” mouth thing (which seems to be super prevalent in shoujo manga for some reason) always left me confused.

  60. Willoughby Chase
    Willoughby Chase
    May 9, 2014 at 7:44 am | #

    “Rewriting time is totally in my job description, yes”

    Ah, Willis, deus ex machina, Joyce needs a cuddle, and quick!

  61. Jack Finch
    Jack Finch
    May 9, 2014 at 7:47 am | #

    Isn’t “I hats you more than ever” Esperanto for “We will fuck each otherinto the floor”?

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      May 9, 2014 at 6:57 pm | #

      It’s boy-speak for “My hands thirst for your flesh. Makeouts or strangles, your choice.”

      • Jack Finch
        Jack Finch
        May 9, 2014 at 7:18 pm | #

        Oh it’s not just boy-speak. This much I know.

  62. Angel
    Angel
    May 9, 2014 at 8:19 am | #

    that quote is another thing about Christians that bugs the crap outta me. I’m always hearing them judge atheists for not wanting to be accountable for anything, yet they are always passing the buck over to god.

  63. Deanatay
    Deanatay
    May 9, 2014 at 9:13 am | #

    I always thought Walky was Willis’ voice-box. Now it’s confirmed. He made DoA to find new and interesting ways to torment his old characters. Because he’s an a**hole.

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      May 9, 2014 at 9:13 am | #

      There, I’ve insulted the author. Does that mean I’m one of you, now?

      • Boom
        Boom
        May 9, 2014 at 10:12 am | #

        Let the hatred grow, nurture it. Only then will you be a true Sith.

      • Bagge
        Bagge
        May 9, 2014 at 11:09 am | #

        Let us all unite in belittlement of the creators of the things we like

  64. Al Schroeder
    Al Schroeder
    May 9, 2014 at 9:13 am | #

    Weirdest. Threesome. EVER.

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      May 9, 2014 at 9:15 am | #

      I have the weirdest boner right nya.

      • Roborat
        Roborat
        May 9, 2014 at 4:13 pm | #

        So, you will be in your bunk for a while?

  65. fit-to-freak
    fit-to-freak
    May 9, 2014 at 9:29 am | #

    Aw, It’s nice to see Joyce razzing on someone like that.

  66. EnerPrime
    EnerPrime
    May 9, 2014 at 9:29 am | #

    Seriously I want to laugh at this but I’m just too distracted by Joyce’s horrifying mouth-void in the first two panels. There’s no teeth there, just a hole in her head that leads to a plain of infinite whiteness.

    • Kamino Neko
      Kamino Neko
      May 9, 2014 at 10:34 am | #

      Oh, hey, is that GokaiSilver in your ava?

    • 3oranges
      3oranges
      May 9, 2014 at 1:41 pm | #

      Do you WANT there to be teeth, each several inches long like a horse? Comic characters are often stylized in ways that become horrifying when you look through an X-ray…I guess it’s just that in DoA they usually aren’t.

      • David M Willis
        David M Willis
        May 9, 2014 at 2:20 pm | #

        http://itswalky.tumblr.com/post/75539722673/here-you-go-joyces-skull

        • Deanatay
          Deanatay
          May 9, 2014 at 6:51 pm | #

          I likes her better with the fleshy bits. They hide her teeth.

        • Jack Finch
          Jack Finch
          May 10, 2014 at 11:49 am | #

          Reminds me of this.
          http://www.pianoladynancy.com/funnypics_toons/kermitsxray.htm

  67. OmegaDez
    OmegaDez
    May 9, 2014 at 9:50 am | #

    The shameful things your parents make you do when you’re young…

  68. Ryan Balis
    Ryan Balis
    May 9, 2014 at 11:20 am | #

    Now Joyce and Walky, be a couple I command you!

  69. Tenn
    Tenn
    May 9, 2014 at 11:25 am | #

    A rusty old ship breaks the surface.

  70. Rybridge
    Rybridge
    May 9, 2014 at 5:07 pm | #

    David Wllis, you are a master at comedic turn arounds!!!

  71. Mr. Morningstar
    Mr. Morningstar
    May 9, 2014 at 5:10 pm | #

    90% TEEEEETH

  72. demoncat_4
    demoncat_4
    May 9, 2014 at 6:17 pm | #

    and thus it it begins now joyce will become walky stalker after learning his secret that he was one of the mouse boys in her videos long ago and it was so bad he has blocked it out of his mind.

  73. SilverArrowArtemis
    SilverArrowArtemis
    May 9, 2014 at 10:40 pm | #

    And then she wakes up.

  74. BrokenEye, True False Prophet
    BrokenEye, True False Prophet
    September 26, 2015 at 1:00 am | #

    “God hates me and rewrote time to be an asshole” is now my go-to excuse.

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