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September 20, 2023

Crash

by David M Willis on October 3, 2014 at 12:01 am
  • 01 - When Somebody Loved Me

└ Tags: joyce, sal

Discussion (160) ¬

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  1. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    October 3, 2014 at 12:01 am | #

    Augh, I can’t get over the dorm arrangements! I would’ve installed a goddamned deadbolt SO FAST.

    ESPECIALLY with a JOYCE next door!

    • MrSirk
      MrSirk
      October 3, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

      No it’s fine. The worse Joyce could do is steal some of Sal’s hair and hide it under her pillow to gain some of her coolness.

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        October 3, 2014 at 12:30 am | #

        Now I’m imagining Joyce as Patricia Tannis from Borderlands.

        “I have determined two additional things: firstly, that Sal finds it irritating when others pluck out strands of her hair under the guise of needing them for scientific experimentation, and secondly, that they taste like olives — wait, no — fried pickles.”

        • lipstick_suckerpunch
          lipstick_suckerpunch
          October 3, 2014 at 10:41 am | #

          I was just replaying that game last night. I love Tannis

      • Ghola
        Ghola
        October 3, 2014 at 3:45 am | #

        “I’ll just take a little clipping…
        Hmm. Let’s even it out so she doesn’t notice…”
        *four hours later*
        “I can just.. glue a wig to her scalp.. she’ll never notice…”

      • FuryOfFirestorm
        FuryOfFirestorm
        October 3, 2014 at 7:38 am | #

        She could make a voodoo doll out of it.

        • Vangeln
          Vangeln
          October 3, 2014 at 6:06 pm | #

          She could make an “other Sal” out of it.

    • Marc in MN
      Marc in MN
      October 3, 2014 at 12:09 am | #

      The dorm I lived in for my last two years of college had a similar arrangement. Two rooms connected by a bathroom area. If I recall correctly, you could lock the door to the bathroom area from your room’s side of the door. It’s been awhile though so my memory might be sketchy on that. (I graduated in 1998).

      • MrSirk
        MrSirk
        October 3, 2014 at 12:28 am | #

        I too am familiar with this setup and cans say it hasn’t changed since 1998. I think the doors have locks but Sal and Billie leave them open because they aren’t threatened by Joyce in the least.

        Unless it’s confirmed there are no locks and I missed something.

        • Marc in MN
          Marc in MN
          October 3, 2014 at 12:33 am | #

          I imagine it would vary from person to person when (and if) they locked the doors. I’m sure some people would leave it wide open even when they aren’t home. I think I usually had the door unlocked, but closed except when I wasn’t in the room or asleep. I may have even just had it shut when I was asleep. I remember my roommate and I didn’t really hang out with the people on the other side of the bathroom much, so it’s not like people were dropping in all the time. 🙂

      • Jen Aside
        Jen Aside
        October 3, 2014 at 9:53 pm | #

        No, that’s how ours worked, and it was fine because as long as my own deadbolt was done, next door could be as irresponsible about door-locking as they wanted to be w/o compromising my own safety.

        The arrangement for THESE dorms is the opposite–the bathroom can lock [so whoever’s inside can maintain privacy], but you can’t lock out the neighbour w/o completely denying them bathroom access. Joyce thinks this is “neat” and Billie despises it.

        Sure, for my dorm, that meant someone could be locked in the bathroom, but it meant that my security was not dependent on like-minded neighbours I’d never met [which is the case here, evidenced by Dorothy’s complete obliviousness to sharing the bathroom with Amber].

    • Kurai Seraphim
      Kurai Seraphim
      October 3, 2014 at 1:49 am | #

      Considering Billie isn’t exactly responsible, Sal probably left the door unlocked so that she could get in if she stumbled back in drunk and without her keys. Alternatively, the door wasn’t locked because Sal is awake, so not really needed.

  2. Mr. Random
    Mr. Random
    October 3, 2014 at 12:01 am | #

    The smile belies the NEED.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      October 3, 2014 at 12:09 am | #

      The NEED to stop overdosing on speed.

      • Lume
        Lume
        October 3, 2014 at 6:29 am | #

        And drugs

        • Lanval
          Lanval
          October 3, 2014 at 12:47 pm | #

          Speed is one hell of a drug.

          • sonic
            sonic
            October 10, 2014 at 4:30 pm | #

            GOTTA GO FAS

  3. Atomix26
    Atomix26
    October 3, 2014 at 12:01 am | #

    Lol

  4. Opus the Poet
    Opus the Poet
    October 3, 2014 at 12:01 am | #

    “Ah’m hiding your brushes” You need to hide yours Sal.

    • madd
      madd
      October 3, 2014 at 9:49 am | #

      Sal said “hide brushes” I think she means ALL the brushes.

      • Opus the Poet
        Opus the Poet
        October 3, 2014 at 11:58 pm | #

        The Willis giveth, and the Willis taketh away. My quote was accurate when it went up, but the line was changed between your post and mine.

  5. MrSirk
    MrSirk
    October 3, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    That got really creepy really fast!

  6. AgentKeen
    AgentKeen
    October 3, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    Joyce, too much.

  7. etybolik
    etybolik
    October 3, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    Go brush Sarah’s hair, Joyce. I’m sure you’ll get a better reception from her.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      October 3, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

      I mean you’ll be dead, but afterward you guys won’t argue anymore.

      • liahansen
        liahansen
        October 3, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

        That is, until Sarah gets up to heaven and then refuses to enter.

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          October 3, 2014 at 12:15 am | #

          I always thought heaven had a “no killing my flock” policy. But I honestly don’t know WHAT can be prayed away. According to Moses Murder is no worse than Lying.

          • 4th Dimension
            4th Dimension
            October 3, 2014 at 1:54 am | #

            “But I honestly don’t know WHAT can be prayed away.”
            ANYTHING

            Well not prayed away but repented for and prayed for forgiveness.

            • Yotomoe
              Yotomoe
              October 3, 2014 at 2:10 am | #

              That makes it seem pretty easy to go to heaven.

              • Kryss LaBryn
                Kryss LaBryn
                October 3, 2014 at 2:26 am | #

                As I understand it you honestly have to mean it, though, and actually try to change.

                Apparently “repent” has connotations of stopping traveling down the path one is on, and actively changing to a new path.

                –Which means probably that bad Christians who do terrible things and then “repent” on their deathbeds because they don’t want to go to Hell won’t actually fool God, which at least is a comforting thought with some of these assholes.

                There’s another religion (I can’t remember for sure but it maaaay be some form of Islam?) where after you’re dead you just have to walk across a bridge to get into Heaven. The trick is, the worse a person/religious adherent one is, the narrower the bridge is, and if you fall off, then Bad Things happen.

                How to get into various afterlives is an interesting discussion…

                • thekit10666
                  thekit10666
                  October 3, 2014 at 2:35 am | #

                  Remember kids, don’t trust tight rope walkers in that version of heaven

                • Yotomoe
                  Yotomoe
                  October 3, 2014 at 2:39 am | #

                  I’d heard that everyone, except perfect people,(meaning literally noone) goes to purgatory. But Purgatory is the most painful feeling in all existance and you are purged for every individual sin you’ve commited. Like getting burned to death repeatedly until you’re purged.

                • gwalla
                  gwalla
                  October 3, 2014 at 12:11 pm | #

                  That’s really only a Catholic belief though. Protestants reject the doctrine (they don’t accept 2 Maccabees as scripture), and it’s not really present in Orthodox Christianity either.

                • lightsabermario
                  lightsabermario
                  October 3, 2014 at 2:44 pm | #

                  Maccabees sounds delicious! Or like a Final Fantasy enemy.

                • kelticat
                  kelticat
                  October 3, 2014 at 6:36 pm | #

                  There’s an interesting form of ancestor worship in a part of Africa where if you don’t recieve forgiveness from those that you sinned against before you die, your ancestors beat the shit out of you after you die until you have paid for your sins.

  8. Khaner
    Khaner
    October 3, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    Why does this seem REALLY creepy?
    And not in a funny way?

    • Foxhack
      Foxhack
      October 3, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

      Probably because it is.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      October 3, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

      Because you don’t offer to brush the hair of a girl you’ve known for 3 weeks. I don’t like people I’ve known for YEARS to touch my hair.

  9. newllend
    newllend
    October 3, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

    I know what you can do for her, first strip down .

    • Cephalo the Pod
      Cephalo the Pod
      October 3, 2014 at 9:39 am | #

      Then put your clothes right back on, screw with her head completely. It’ll keep her awake for the rest of the day and fix her sleep schedule.

  10. Maveric1984
    Maveric1984
    October 3, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

    Is that David Tennant on the back of the door?

    • Keroshino
      Keroshino
      October 3, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

      I hope so! 😀

    • Chef Excellence
      Chef Excellence
      October 3, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

      I was thinking Castiel, personally.

    • Catullus
      Catullus
      October 3, 2014 at 12:12 am | #

      It’s Andrew Garfield, I think.

    • Khaner
      Khaner
      October 3, 2014 at 12:45 am | #

      Knowing Joyce, it’s Robert Pattinson.

      • 4th Dimension
        4th Dimension
        October 3, 2014 at 1:55 am | #

        This is Sal/Bille’s side of the door, so the posters are theirs.

    • Jen Aside
      Jen Aside
      October 3, 2014 at 9:55 pm | #

      it’s been covered before

  11. JessTheBest
    JessTheBest
    October 3, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

    Ah yes, Joyce “Friend of Dorothy” Brown

    • LeslieBean4Shizzle
      LeslieBean4Shizzle
      October 3, 2014 at 12:21 am | #

      Well, she does want everyone to know she’s a friend of Dorothy… guess she wants to make sure Sal got the message.
      **grin**

  12. Rosicrucian
    Rosicrucian
    October 3, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

    Okay, so maybe Joyce is a little bit gay.

    • Bill
      Bill
      October 3, 2014 at 12:08 am | #

      Not necessarily gay; just never outgrew doing the hair on her “My Size Barbie”.

    • Kernanator
      Kernanator
      October 3, 2014 at 12:09 am | #

      A little, he says.

      • Rosicrucian
        Rosicrucian
        October 3, 2014 at 12:10 am | #

        A smidge.

        • Kernanator
          Kernanator
          October 3, 2014 at 12:12 am | #

          Just a pinch.

          • Rosicrucian
            Rosicrucian
            October 3, 2014 at 12:13 am | #

            Pinches are involved, yes.

          • saltchocolate
            saltchocolate
            October 3, 2014 at 12:15 am | #

            A touch. (A “touch” . . . )

            • Karfsma778
              Karfsma778
              October 3, 2014 at 12:22 am | #

              YOU’VE GOT THE TOUCH!

              • SilentRain
                SilentRain
                October 3, 2014 at 12:25 am | #

                i love all of y’all so much right now

                • Rosicrucian
                  Rosicrucian
                  October 3, 2014 at 12:36 am | #

                  Joyce can win.

                  If she dares.

    • Adam Black
      Adam Black
      October 3, 2014 at 10:05 pm | #

      Deeply, and thoroughly ( female ) Homosocial
      Ironically it’s what fuels her attraction to having a relationship with Ethan
      ( Obviously, she is also physically attracted to him )

      Willis confirmed this at some point, he alt-texted something like ‘Joyce thinks everyone is awesome —unless you are a Heterosexual male ‘

      She briefly freaked with Billie when Billie Pointed out the close connection between these homo-social tendencies of Joyce, and Bi-curiousity.

      My opinion is that Both gender typically at, or after puberty go through a stage of Idealized Homo-sociality.
      ( But Post-puberty I was suppressed closeted bisexual, so I my opinion may be biased )

      For some of us, there is no boundary between homosociality and increased intimacy, its just a continuing spectrum

      For some us thats true of all friendships intimacies with humans,
      and the preset relationship boundaries society offers us, do not fit.
      ( if that describes you email/google me, maybe )

      To her possible detriment I would probably let joyce enact boundary crossing behaviors that others would find creepy, because I would look into those blue eyes and find her sincerity intoxicating,

      But when I got the courage to do it return I would freak her out
      ( because she is repressed )

  13. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    October 3, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

    “Grandma Sal why are you so tired?”

    “Who are you calling grandma you whippersnapper!”

    • saltchocolate
      saltchocolate
      October 3, 2014 at 12:31 am | #

      Perfect grav award!

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        October 3, 2014 at 12:40 am | #

        I was planning on a different grav but with the way Joyce is acting, this one just seems so right.

        • saltchocolate
          saltchocolate
          October 3, 2014 at 12:45 am | #

          Don’t fight the flow. : )

        • Deanatay
          Deanatay
          October 3, 2014 at 8:08 am | #

          Creepster Joyce is srsly creepy.

  14. John
    John
    October 3, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

    Ah, there’s the stalkeriffic Roomies! Joyce we all know and… know.

    • LeslieBean4Shizzle
      LeslieBean4Shizzle
      October 3, 2014 at 12:22 am | #

      And love. You can be annoyed by people you love.

  15. Lonas
    Lonas
    October 3, 2014 at 12:07 am | #

    Is it just me or is Joyce going to be our eyes and ears for a little bit?

  16. Keroshino
    Keroshino
    October 3, 2014 at 12:08 am | #

    Aww come on, let Joyce brush that hair!!!

  17. Cimorene
    Cimorene
    October 3, 2014 at 12:10 am | #

    I grew up with very, very long brown hair and other girls always wanted to brush it and play with it. My mom contained it in long tight braids. I always made girls mad because I wouldn’t let them brush my hair, but they didn’t believe how bad it tangled when you mess with it.

    Then today a boy got mad because a kid wouldn’t let him touch his buzzed hair cut. We had a long discussion about respecting personal space and keeping your hands to yourself.

    • Annie
      Annie
      October 3, 2014 at 1:05 am | #

      In school other girls always wanted to braid my hair. I’ve no idea why, because it’s curly. My hair is fairly unmanageable, so I guess maybe they just felt a need to tame it?
      My friends used to comment all the time how my hair would go from braided to loose to braided to loose randomly throughout the day.

      I’d also have girls sitting behind me in class that would “sproing” my curls all class long. Like it was a compulsion.

  18. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    October 3, 2014 at 12:11 am | #

    No Joyce, if you brush Sal’s hair, this could happen:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBsO6aTNyrk

    • Ailorn
      Ailorn
      October 3, 2014 at 12:19 am | #

      hehehe 🙂

    • Sylvester Crow
      Sylvester Crow
      October 3, 2014 at 12:21 am | #

      You win in so many ways with that. I can’t even messure how much win you have.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        October 3, 2014 at 12:39 am | #

        I love it when a comment comes together. ^_^

        • Sylvester Crow
          Sylvester Crow
          October 3, 2014 at 1:13 am | #

          The A-Team of comments! You are them all, congrats!

          • Plasma Mongoose
            Plasma Mongoose
            October 3, 2014 at 2:01 am | #

            I’m far more Mad Murdock than BA in this analogy.

            • Deanatay
              Deanatay
              October 3, 2014 at 8:10 am | #

              Plas, this is an entire comments section of Howling Mad Murdocks, here.

  19. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    October 3, 2014 at 12:11 am | #

    Joyce, there’s a giant Sal shrine hidden in your closet, isn’t there?

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      October 3, 2014 at 12:18 am | #

      I wonder if she also collect toenail clippings and loose strands of hair.

      • Sylvester Crow
        Sylvester Crow
        October 3, 2014 at 12:22 am | #

        And she secretly made a barter with Sal and Walkie’s parents for her baby teeth, out of our watchful eyes of course.

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          October 3, 2014 at 12:36 am | #

          If only there was a super heroine willing to help Sal in her time of need, but alias…

          • Sylvester Crow
            Sylvester Crow
            October 3, 2014 at 12:44 am | #

            If only she was more like a comic book hero, you know, the kind of heroine that is always convieniently able to show up just as the stuff is about to/ already happening.

    • Nono
      Nono
      October 3, 2014 at 3:03 am | #

      Crimety!

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      October 3, 2014 at 8:14 am | #

      “IT’S NOT A SHRINE! That would be sacrilegious. I call it my Happy Dream Play-set.”

  20. Ailorn
    Ailorn
    October 3, 2014 at 12:18 am | #

    I’m with Joyce. Totally want to brush her hair.

  21. Mkvenner
    Mkvenner
    October 3, 2014 at 12:20 am | #

    Joyce, I can’t believe I’m saying this, No means No.

    • JustCheetoDust
      JustCheetoDust
      October 3, 2014 at 12:27 am | #

      Too soon!

      (in comic time, not real time)

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      October 3, 2014 at 12:38 am | #

      What about the Yes Means Yes law, does that also apply to IU?

      • Mkvenner
        Mkvenner
        October 3, 2014 at 12:47 am | #

        Completely different sate.

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          October 3, 2014 at 12:55 am | #

          I guess they want to test it out over there first.

          • Mkvenner
            Mkvenner
            October 3, 2014 at 1:08 am | #

            What ever helps you sleep at night.

            • Plasma Mongoose
              Plasma Mongoose
              October 3, 2014 at 1:14 am | #

              ???Why would a law pertaining to college aged kids in America worry a middle aged Aussie like myself???

              • Mkvenner
                Mkvenner
                October 3, 2014 at 1:43 am | #

                Like in Australia laws vary from State to State.

                • Plasma Mongoose
                  Plasma Mongoose
                  October 3, 2014 at 1:59 am | #

                  That proves just how over governed Australia really is.

  22. Sylvester Crow
    Sylvester Crow
    October 3, 2014 at 12:27 am | #

    I used to have really long hair as a kid, despite being a guy. Have to say, when you’re a five year old boy with long hair, girls like to play with your hair and you don’t like that, but when you reach that age, you secretly wish that it was still like that. Girls have it easy, they always have someone to like their hair, but for guys…some times stuff don’t work out for you. Accept the brushing Sal.

  23. Uragaaru
    Uragaaru
    October 3, 2014 at 12:31 am | #

    Aside from the fact Joyce is a bit too… Joyce, I suspect Sal is also worried she won’t know what’s she’s doing. Even relaxed, curly/thick hair can be tough to brush out and I can already imagine the nightmare if Joyce used a hairbrush similar to one she would use for herself on Sal’s hair rather than a pick or a wide toothed comb. Coconut oil is completely lost on Joyce as well.

  24. CapedLuigisYoshi
    CapedLuigisYoshi
    October 3, 2014 at 12:34 am | #

    Huh. Sal trying to stay up all night in hopes that Billie will come by. Sounds… familiar somehow, although a tad backwards.

    …Eh, must be my imagination.

    • saltchocolate
      saltchocolate
      October 3, 2014 at 12:44 am | #

      You’re so right! I’d forgotten about the first week of classes already. : )

    • Cephalo the Pod
      Cephalo the Pod
      October 3, 2014 at 9:50 am | #

      One strip.
      Billie is walking when she and Sal eye each other in the hall.
      Sal holds up the roomate agreement in her hand, a grim expression on her face.
      No words spoken.

  25. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    October 3, 2014 at 12:43 am | #

    Since Joyce is meant to be based on Willis’ past, this has some disturbing implications about what Willis was like back then. :O

    • Sylvester Crow
      Sylvester Crow
      October 3, 2014 at 12:46 am | #

      There’s always someone who you like enough to obsses about in your past, think about it. If Joyce represents his past, Sal might have represented that person in this one instance.

      • Deanatay
        Deanatay
        October 3, 2014 at 8:21 am | #

        Yeah, there’s a particular age where our creepy side just comes out, and we don’t know how to contain or control it yet. I recall my own creepster crush quite well, and with quite a bit of embarrassment. I hope she forgives me.

  26. Malchus
    Malchus
    October 3, 2014 at 12:58 am | #

    Joyce, you are teetering dangerously close to restraining order territory.

  27. Rocketboy1313
    Rocketboy1313
    October 3, 2014 at 1:05 am | #

    Does anyone else hear Applejack’s voice when reading Sal?
    I hear Cyborg when reading Jacob. Anybody else read characters in a particular “Voice”.

    • Sylvester Crow
      Sylvester Crow
      October 3, 2014 at 1:12 am | #

      You have no idea. I read them all as anime characters, and let me tell you, Sal is easily twice as awesome when you read her as sun from My bride is a mermaid, cause the southern accent, mixed with the contrast of the sweet voice with the badass personality! Danny is danny phamtom…not anime, but same first name, that’s why.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      October 3, 2014 at 1:16 am | #

      I can see THIS Joyce with the dub voice of Misa from Death Note.

      • Sylvester Crow
        Sylvester Crow
        October 3, 2014 at 1:22 am | #

        Right!? Any crazier and it would be reina from higurashi!

    • Kryss LaBryn
      Kryss LaBryn
      October 3, 2014 at 2:31 am | #

      Ah! Damn! Thank you!

      It’s been driving me nuts because I KNEW I knew it, I just couldn’t place it.

      Applejack! Yes! Hee!

    • RAZ
      RAZ
      October 3, 2014 at 3:30 am | #

      I always read sal as having the voice of Rouge from 90’s X-men cartoon

      • gwalla
        gwalla
        October 3, 2014 at 2:00 pm | #

        You mean Rogue. Rouge is from Sonic the Hedgehog.

    • Kerry
      Kerry
      October 3, 2014 at 4:57 am | #

      ooh, I like cyborg-jacob
      I’m also a fan of twilight sparkle-dorothy
      dipper-danny is good too
      OH, AND BROOK FROM OITNB IS BILLIE

    • Lumpy Frogsnuggler
      Lumpy Frogsnuggler
      October 3, 2014 at 7:52 am | #

      I always read Joyce as Pinkie-Pie and Dina as Fluttershy.

    • Cephalo the Pod
      Cephalo the Pod
      October 3, 2014 at 9:54 am | #

      For a while now I’ve read Walky as the Fiery Joker.

      Danny switches between Yuri Lowenthal and the Autarch of Flame.

      Joyce is Misty from Pokemon ‘Bridged.

      • lightsabermario
        lightsabermario
        October 3, 2014 at 2:49 pm | #

        Craaaaaaaaaazy Misty!

  28. Koms
    Koms
    October 3, 2014 at 1:08 am | #

    What’s wrong with Joyce? I think she needs someone to talk to.

  29. Mo
    Mo
    October 3, 2014 at 1:17 am | #

    ALT TEXT

    That video destroys me with the giggles, by the way.

  30. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    October 3, 2014 at 1:18 am | #

    Once Joyce started drawing dicks everywhere, it began a slippery slope into madness.

    • JacHunter
      JacHunter
      October 3, 2014 at 1:53 am | #

      It’s all downhill from here.

      Wait, she’s based on Willis when he was younger, was this when he began his road to Slipshine?

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        October 3, 2014 at 1:58 am | #

        Pretty much. 😀

      • Cephalo the Pod
        Cephalo the Pod
        October 3, 2014 at 10:00 am | #

        Plot twist.

        Willis has shelves full of old porn.

        He leaves a small clue on each one and scatters them across the continent for the readers to find.

        Together, the Archive of Erotica will be the key to Willis’s finest work.

  31. Chris Phoenix
    Chris Phoenix
    October 3, 2014 at 1:25 am | #

    It takes one to no one

  32. Rosicrucian
    Rosicrucian
    October 3, 2014 at 1:45 am | #

    Oh hey, the punchline changed.

    • Rowen Morland
      Rowen Morland
      October 3, 2014 at 2:08 am | #

      What was it before?

      • Rosicrucian
        Rosicrucian
        October 3, 2014 at 3:55 am | #

        “Ahm hiding your brushes” or something on those lines. It was more specific to Joyce’s brushes.

  33. Ancestral Hamster
    Ancestral Hamster
    October 3, 2014 at 1:59 am | #

    New plan. Bind and gag Joyce and leave her in a closet. then sleep. If she’s free to roam she can get more brushes etc.

    *Psst* Joyce, try offering foot massages, or a full body massage with baby oil!

    • tinfoil theory
      tinfoil theory
      October 3, 2014 at 5:33 am | #

      It looks like Joyce is already in a closet.

      (But looks, like locks, can be deceiving.)

  34. JA
    JA
    October 3, 2014 at 2:00 am | #

    Those are the crazy eyes and smile of a super villain.

  35. 4th Dimension
    4th Dimension
    October 3, 2014 at 2:04 am | #

    Hmm, Joyce is so fixated on Sal’s hair that she is yet to start flipping out because Billie spent last night at Walky’s. Sure she probably knows Walky treats her as a sister, but to her a boy and a girl not married sleeping in the same bed is wrong.

    Allthough, did Walky mention the previous night’s incident?

  36. Ray Radlein
    Ray Radlein
    October 3, 2014 at 2:10 am | #

    Great. Now Joyce is totally going to want insomnia, too.

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      October 3, 2014 at 8:30 am | #

      “Well, I’m a totally cool rebel girl, now, so I don’t need to sleep. I’m just gonna lean against the wall here, chew on my pencil, and ignore you.”

      “I’d have long, black hair, too, but I’m still collecting Sal hairs for my wig.”

  37. Morty
    Morty
    October 3, 2014 at 2:11 am | #

    Joyce, you need to calm down a li’l bit. You’ve got those crazy eyes

  38. thatindianguy
    thatindianguy
    October 3, 2014 at 2:22 am | #

    O.K so Joyce is a stalker. One day we’re going to find Sal tied to a chair in a room lit by candles. Also insomnia isn’t the occasional innability to sleep. It’s a chronic inability.

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      October 3, 2014 at 8:32 am | #

      Her head will be shaved bald, too. And Joyce will have a nice new wig…

    • Cephalo the Pod
      Cephalo the Pod
      October 3, 2014 at 10:02 am | #

      That’s good to know, although I don’t think Sal cares.

    • takashid
      takashid
      October 3, 2014 at 2:52 pm | #

      pretty sure the real reason Sal didnt sleep is “worried about Billie” and she just made up the insomnia thing as an excuse to joyce. or, who knows, maybe she really does have insomnia. It did seem like she has a lot of late nights, especially back in the beginning when it was Billie who was waiting up for her to come back.

  39. neeks
    neeks
    October 3, 2014 at 2:30 am | #

    Joyce, sweety…boundaries.

    • Lume
      Lume
      October 3, 2014 at 4:43 pm | #

      Noh

  40. Mrmyerst
    Mrmyerst
    October 3, 2014 at 2:33 am | #

    C’mon Willis… Stop teasing.

    #damnuwillis
    #It’sathingnow

  41. zed614
    zed614
    October 3, 2014 at 2:39 am | #

    Who are the posters of? One looks a little like David Tennant. Can’t figure the other one out.

    • Jen Aside
      Jen Aside
      October 3, 2014 at 9:57 pm | #

      re-post

  42. zmm
    zmm
    October 3, 2014 at 3:39 am | #

    Joyce is bloody adorkable.

    and Sal is awesome, and i can so identify with the sleep issues

  43. Corsair114
    Corsair114
    October 3, 2014 at 6:16 am | #

    Joyce was being friendly, if a touch helicopter-y, right up until she obliquely hinted at wanting to mess w/ Sal regardless of Sal’s consent.

    Willis, keep on keepin’ on. This is a great webcomic you’ve got here, and looking forward to the newest strip is easily one of both the most consistent, and biggest, highlights of my day.

  44. Caffieanted
    Caffieanted
    October 3, 2014 at 6:26 am | #

    Am I the only one here that wants to see Joyce’s reaction when she gets the opportunity to brush Sal’s hair?

    • Jen Aside
      Jen Aside
      October 3, 2014 at 9:56 pm | #

      I gotta be honest, hair-brushing by someone else is AWESOME [except when my hair is tangled]… so I’d actually let Joyce do that.

      But pop in whenever she wants to do that, whether or not I’m conscious? Eh…….

  45. Lume
    Lume
    October 3, 2014 at 6:27 am | #

    OH OH maybe the chapter title really means When Someone FINALLY Loved Me?

  46. FuryOfFirestorm
    FuryOfFirestorm
    October 3, 2014 at 7:37 am | #

    “Who needs brushes? I’ll just lovingly caress each and every strand of your silky tresses with my fingers, while I occasionally sniff your hair.”

  47. Arkadi
    Arkadi
    October 3, 2014 at 8:11 am | #

    If we ever wondered what “Joyce’s rape face” would look like…

  48. EmbraceEvil
    EmbraceEvil
    October 3, 2014 at 12:11 pm | #

    It seems Joyce has discovered the one true religion: Salentology

  49. Triniking
    Triniking
    October 3, 2014 at 12:17 pm | #

    Joyce in the morning and Malaya in the night.

    No wonder you have insomia, Sal.

  50. gwalla
    gwalla
    October 3, 2014 at 2:08 pm | #

    So I guess Joyce’s stalkerish tendencies weren’t a side effect of mindwipe-induced brain scrambling after all.

  51. Tenn
    Tenn
    October 3, 2014 at 2:30 pm | #

    That lecherous smile… ‘_’

    If Dorothy’s hair was like Sal’s, Joyce would attach herself to Dorothy’s crotch in no time.

  52. Maycroft
    Maycroft
    October 3, 2014 at 2:45 pm | #

    Joyce, you wanna be like Sal? ignore what she’stelling you and brush that hair.

  53. Whittier
    Whittier
    October 3, 2014 at 3:52 pm | #

    “Crash”? More like “Crush”.

  54. kelticat
    kelticat
    October 3, 2014 at 6:53 pm | #

    If Joyce messes with Sal’s hair without knowing what she’s doing, could Sal’s hair go FWOOMP? Sal would be so pissed if it did.

  55. Evan Dark
    Evan Dark
    October 3, 2014 at 9:19 pm | #

    I get the feeing Joyce would go gay for Sal, like in no time at all.

    Please, please, pretty please make Joyce + Sal happen!!!

  56. Nightsbridge
    Nightsbridge
    October 3, 2014 at 9:32 pm | #

    Cannot tell if creepy level of admiration or more.

  57. man in black
    man in black
    October 3, 2014 at 10:01 pm | #

    May want to add lock door to that list as well

  58. Adam Black
    Adam Black
    October 3, 2014 at 10:10 pm | #

    Its too bad there will never be a Junior Year of Dumbing…
    This one page shows the potential of a lot of relationship mishaps with Joyce that I identify with.

    One thing we have not seen with Joyce is her falling “deeply in Like” with a member of the same sex, making a small fool of herself ( due to her extreme capacity for homosocial empathy ) and being rejected.

    Connecting deeply with someone who rejects us , is a common social occurrence,
    So far Joyce has beenonly coddled in her child-like affections.
    College is exactly where these get played out and hurt

  59. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    April 15, 2015 at 12:25 pm | #

    Chocolate river. That is all.

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