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September 20, 2023

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by David M Willis on October 7, 2014 at 12:01 am
  • 01 - When Somebody Loved Me

└ Tags: dorothy, joyce, mike

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  1. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    October 7, 2014 at 12:01 am | #

    “Naked force has resolved more conflicts throughout history than any other factor.”

    • Tunaro
      Tunaro
      October 7, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

      How well does half naked force solve things?

      • The_Master
        The_Master
        October 7, 2014 at 10:16 am | #

        This thread is getting rapey.

        • Cacturne
          Cacturne
          January 24, 2016 at 5:05 pm | #

          no guys, not the turkey baster
          less rapey, more drunky
          *although thats still pretty rapey*

      • BrokenEye, True False Prophet
        BrokenEye, True False Prophet
        September 27, 2015 at 1:58 am | #

        I prefer a full frontal assault

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      October 7, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

      And by naked force, you mean sex right? 😛

      • nothri
        nothri
        October 7, 2014 at 12:10 am | #

        Solved and created more conflicts, then.

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          October 7, 2014 at 12:12 am | #

          YUP! ^_^

          • Robert
            Robert
            October 7, 2014 at 9:56 am | #

            “You will sign this treaty and I will see your penis” Said some foreign dignitary.

            • nothri
              nothri
              October 7, 2014 at 6:12 pm | #

              Well, “let’s make peace and your son can bang my daughter” was essentially the how feudal monarchies operated for a good 15 hundred years or so.

      • Hinoron
        Hinoron
        October 7, 2014 at 10:14 am | #

        I always thought that quote referred to that, if my GF takes off all her clothes, I rapidly lose all interest in arguing with her.
        Works on me every time.
        …and I’m cool with that.

    • Rosicrucian
      Rosicrucian
      October 7, 2014 at 12:53 am | #

      My mind can’t avoid reading that in superhero comic style.

      Like there’s some extradimensional force.

      Only accessible when you’re in your birthday suit.

      • Jen Aside
        Jen Aside
        October 7, 2014 at 12:59 am | #

        Starslipshine Troopers

        • Opus the Poet
          Opus the Poet
          October 7, 2014 at 1:14 am | #

          “Starslipshine Crisis”?

          • Opus the Poet
            Opus the Poet
            October 7, 2014 at 2:25 am | #

            For those unfamiliar: http://starslip.chainsawsuit.com/

      • John
        John
        October 7, 2014 at 1:02 am | #

        Gives whole new meaning to “the Flash”.

      • Tybert
        Tybert
        October 7, 2014 at 1:25 am | #

        If you are 17 or older I point you towards Sex Criminals. That is literally the elevator pitch.

      • gwalla
        gwalla
        October 7, 2014 at 11:55 am | #

        You mean like this?

        http://nebezial.deviantart.com/art/now-you-know-410571226
        http://nebezial.deviantart.com/art/droppin-some-science-on-ya-418821212

    • Mally
      Mally
      July 25, 2015 at 1:03 am | #

      Go Go Naked Force!

  2. Kerry
    Kerry
    October 7, 2014 at 12:01 am | #

    WHAT DOES MIKE’S SHIRT SAY

    • Tommy Fresh
      Tommy Fresh
      October 7, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

      Just speculation, looks like it might say “You Eventually Die”

      • Leorale
        Leorale
        October 7, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

        Looks like one more word in there. You Will Eventually Die

        • -Sentinel-
          -Sentinel-
          October 7, 2014 at 12:20 am | #

          Valar morghulis

          • Carnex Zeta
            Carnex Zeta
            October 7, 2014 at 4:06 pm | #

            Valar morghulis means all men must die not you will eventually die

        • StClair
          StClair
          October 7, 2014 at 7:57 am | #

          Remember, man, thou art mortal.

          • JWLM
            JWLM
            October 8, 2014 at 11:32 am | #

            Actually, the line is “Remember, man, that thou art dust,and to dust thou shalt return.” (Original Latin reads: “Meménto, homo, quia pulvis es, et in púlverem revertéris.”)

      • liahansen
        liahansen
        October 7, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

        I’m seeing, “You Ewoks! Die!”

        • captainswift
          captainswift
          October 7, 2014 at 12:07 am | #

          I vote for that one.

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          October 7, 2014 at 12:14 am | #

          You will like this short video then. 😀

          http://youtu.be/5r_TlPwZOvU?t=56s

        • fni
          fni
          October 7, 2014 at 8:41 am | #

          i’m agreeing on the ewoks one.

    • Dedlok
      Dedlok
      October 7, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

      Nothing because it lacks the mouth, tongue, teeth, larynx, and lungs to actually be able to say anything.

      • Leorale
        Leorale
        October 7, 2014 at 12:09 am | #

        Fine, then, what does the Fox say?

        • liahansen
          liahansen
          October 7, 2014 at 12:10 am | #

          “You will eventually die!”

          Foxes are frightening creatures indeed

          • Leorale
            Leorale
            October 7, 2014 at 1:04 am | #

            I actually lol’d. Well played.

        • Dedlok
          Dedlok
          October 7, 2014 at 12:30 am | #

          “Yip.”

        • Andrew
          Andrew
          October 7, 2014 at 3:12 am | #

          “I want to believe.”

        • Tenn
          Tenn
          October 7, 2014 at 8:50 am | #

          “Get in behind me, Falco!”

        • Jen Aside
          Jen Aside
          October 7, 2014 at 6:44 pm | #

          “Firefly is cancelled.”

      • beege
        beege
        October 7, 2014 at 12:43 am | #

        No one likes a literalist.

        • liahansen
          liahansen
          October 7, 2014 at 12:52 am | #

          Well, not “No one”, obviously…

          • hof1991
            hof1991
            October 7, 2014 at 8:49 am | #

            Figuratively speaking, no one likes a literalist.

    • prime_pm
      prime_pm
      October 7, 2014 at 9:12 am | #

      “Stop Reading My Shirt”

      Incidentally, I used to have one of my own.

  3. AgentKeen
    AgentKeen
    October 7, 2014 at 12:01 am | #

    Joyce and Dorothy: Campus Hoodlums!

    • Ivan
      Ivan
      October 7, 2014 at 12:51 am | #

      “Goddamit Joyce!” doesn’t get a reaction by this far down???

  4. MrSirk
    MrSirk
    October 7, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    Joyce is really learning a lot a college isn’t she?

    • RK
      RK
      October 7, 2014 at 12:38 am | #

      Methinks that’s a tactic learned from a lifetime with older assumed-to-be-male siblings, not college.

      • isitsevenyet
        isitsevenyet
        October 7, 2014 at 9:42 am | #

        Well in the other universe, she did have older brothers, so that’s very likely an accurate assumption.

        • Disloyal Subject
          Disloyal Subject
          October 7, 2014 at 2:44 pm | #

          They’ve been confirmed here too, good sir. At least two, by my memory, one of whom’s been on-panel.

          • Ian
            Ian
            October 7, 2014 at 7:48 pm | #

            That was an older sister.

            • RK
              RK
              October 8, 2014 at 12:17 am | #

              But we HAVE seen Jocelyn tease Joyce, and Joyce thinks she’s her older brother, as Jocelyn isn’t out yet to her family. I wouldn’t put shin-kicking past either of them.

          • mistrali
            mistrali
            October 8, 2014 at 1:00 am | #

            Wasn’t there a panel where Joyce mentioned being possessive of her stuff due to having older brothers, plural?

    • DudeMyDadOwnsADealership
      DudeMyDadOwnsADealership
      October 7, 2014 at 1:20 am | #

      She ahead those two who think they’re a ‘cheerleader’ and a ‘valedictorian’ simply because that what they were about back in high school.

      College, especially university college, is, among other things, a time grow past that dog and pony show of high school. Any skills or bad habits they pick up here will actually have a real effect on how the leave their marks in life, for starters.

  5. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    October 7, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    At least it wasn’t your balls Mike.

    • nothri
      nothri
      October 7, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

      Thank god. He might of liked that.

      • RavensLand
        RavensLand
        October 7, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

        Is it time to start shipping them yet?

        • poofdepoof
          poofdepoof
          October 7, 2014 at 12:11 am | #

          …but actually.

        • Historyman68
          Historyman68
          October 7, 2014 at 12:20 am | #

          Mike/Mike’s Balls

        • kimmibeans
          kimmibeans
          October 7, 2014 at 12:24 am | #

          Not yet, but soon the time will be right.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        October 7, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

        There are weirder fetishes I suppose…

      • Kelli
        Kelli
        October 7, 2014 at 12:05 pm | #

        He might’ve, indeed. He might have.

        • neeks
          neeks
          October 7, 2014 at 3:33 pm | #

          Thank you. Thank you SO MUCH.

    • Paul
      Paul
      October 7, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

      If Mike was actually bothered by being kicked in the shins by someone not wearing shoes then he has no balls to worry about.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        October 7, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

        Maybe he has got glass femurs.

        • saltchocolate
          saltchocolate
          October 7, 2014 at 12:15 am | #

          Eggshell femurs…

          • Opus the Poet
            Opus the Poet
            October 7, 2014 at 12:17 am | #

            Have to be to feel that much pain from getting kicked in the tibia…

        • lightsabermario
          lightsabermario
          October 7, 2014 at 4:15 am | #

          But he needs his femurs to live! Ah, who am I kidding, Mike could survive as a torso on hate alone.

          • Lume
            Lume
            October 7, 2014 at 6:11 am | #

            But what if he gets drunk?

            • Gigafreak
              Gigafreak
              October 7, 2014 at 2:50 pm | #

              Considering Sal doesn’t instantly lose consciousness from a single sip of alcohol in this universe as she does in the other one, Mike might not suddenly invert his temperament under the influence either.

              • Lume
                Lume
                October 8, 2014 at 5:44 am | #

                Never seen Joyce and Walky, really. Only Shortpacked!

      • Mattyos
        Mattyos
        October 7, 2014 at 12:09 am | #

        have you ever been kicked in the shins really hard by someone? it hurts like a motherfucker because it’s just bone and nerves there.

        • DudeMyDadOwnsADealership
          DudeMyDadOwnsADealership
          October 7, 2014 at 1:21 am | #

          Joyce is also strong and tends to hit hard.

          • tinfoil theory
            tinfoil theory
            October 7, 2014 at 9:16 am | #

            “Guys can’t actually get hurt by a girl. Guys are, like, strong.” – Joyce Brown

        • Asten
          Asten
          October 7, 2014 at 7:15 am | #

          I second that. Being kicked in the shins hurt. A lot.

          • Ikaru
            Ikaru
            October 8, 2014 at 6:33 pm | #

            I was sparing with a friend while in the Army, and he was a kick boxer, I blocked his shin with my shin. His shin won.

        • Hoax
          Hoax
          October 7, 2014 at 7:24 pm | #

          Truefacts, I have several distinct divots in my shins because half my life ago I made a habit of trying to jump over things that I couldn’t actually completely clear because I’d try to keep my legs under me for fear of landing on my face so I’d instead end up banging my shins on things like the backs of couches (like the hard-frame kind) and the stage at the high school and run-on sentences.

          I got really good at disguising a limp as a bored amble as a result.

      • hof1991
        hof1991
        October 7, 2014 at 8:51 am | #

        Mike wants them to storm into the dark room. Not how a trusting girlfriend behaves. Hijinks will ensue.

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      October 7, 2014 at 8:14 am | #

      Joyce missed. She was aiming for his femurs.

  6. Mr. Random
    Mr. Random
    October 7, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    And now you’re a vice cop of Indiana U

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

    Boxer briefs. Huh.

    • OkamiKing
      OkamiKing
      October 7, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

      Who actually wears anything other than briefs or boxers?

      • Leorale
        Leorale
        October 7, 2014 at 12:11 am | #

        Jason wears tighty whities. (Which, incidentally, my phone wants to correct to “tightly Shiites”.

        • Sergei Andropov
          Sergei Andropov
          October 7, 2014 at 12:25 am | #

          “Tightly Shiites” is a thing of beauty.

          • Jen Aside
            Jen Aside
            October 7, 2014 at 1:00 am | #

            wow, Tightly Shiites is up there with Skittlefarted

      • oldFart
        oldFart
        October 7, 2014 at 12:12 am | #

        Mormons. Sumo wrestlers. Wearers of boxer briefs.

      • lightsabermario
        lightsabermario
        October 7, 2014 at 4:16 am | #

        God bless the inventor of boxer briefs.

        • isitsevenyet
          isitsevenyet
          October 7, 2014 at 9:43 am | #

          My husband certainly loves them.

        • Nono
          Nono
          October 7, 2014 at 1:15 pm | #

          Arguably the best underwear option without exposing too much.

      • Disloyal Subject
        Disloyal Subject
        October 7, 2014 at 2:46 pm | #

        “Who actually wears anything?”
        Fixed that for you.

      • Gigafreak
        Gigafreak
        October 7, 2014 at 2:53 pm | #

        Girls kind of sometimes wear panties instead of boxers and/or briefs

        What we need is to have someone wear panties and briefs and boxer briefs and boxers and long underwear all at once in layers as some kind of demented matryoshka chastity suit

        Just don’t put them on in backwards order or you may be mistaken for a superhero

        • neeks
          neeks
          October 7, 2014 at 3:36 pm | #

          Or the main character of “In Victoria’s Secret Service”

  8. Emperor Kiva
    Emperor Kiva
    October 7, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    Nice Joyce!

  9. GDwarf
    GDwarf
    October 7, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

    The only way to win is to not play his game. Joyce is smarter than she may appear.

    Mind you, Amazi-Girl tackling him didn’t work to well for her…

    • Kernanator
      Kernanator
      October 7, 2014 at 12:08 am | #

      Are you saying Mike is functionally identical to thermonuclear war?

      • Ivan
        Ivan
        October 7, 2014 at 12:54 am | #

        only identical to the game.

        Like the computer, he wouldn’t be given the keys or the code (it’s all zeros! Ask McNamara! He’s 98 but still breathing!)

  10. Sylvester Crow
    Sylvester Crow
    October 7, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

    The best answer to solving problems is brute force, if it doesn’t work, you simply aren’t using enough!

    • Kelly
      Kelly
      October 7, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

      Kind of like XML!

      Sorry, old programmer’s joke…

    • HMRC4EVR
      HMRC4EVR
      October 7, 2014 at 12:08 am | #

      The problem is using Brute Force too much would be the amount of money necessary!. I mean, who knows how much maintenance fees are on a cybernetic lion, kangaroo, eagle, dolphin and bear cost???

      Oh, wait. You mean brute force as in the non-Cybernetic, Ecological Defense Force sense of the of the word. Gotcha.

    • Dorje Sylas
      Dorje Sylas
      October 7, 2014 at 3:26 am | #

      Maxim #6, a good one. So nice of Joyce to apply #27 so quickly, she may make a decent mercenary yet. #13 would also apply to this situation.

  11. Cthulhu's Intern
    Cthulhu's Intern
    October 7, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

    Did Joyce just out-Mike Mike?

    • Tanarin
      Tanarin
      October 7, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

      Yes… I believe she did.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        October 7, 2014 at 12:07 am | #

        The student has become the master. 😀

        • MrSirk
          MrSirk
          October 7, 2014 at 12:09 am | #

          She gets extra points for figuring it out before Dorothy.

        • kelticat
          kelticat
          October 7, 2014 at 3:30 am | #

          And Mike probably got wood.

  12. Leorale
    Leorale
    October 7, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

    Man, Joyce is working out lots of aggression today. Maybe she will become just like Amazi-Girl.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      October 7, 2014 at 12:07 am | #

      Insane?

      • Sageress
        Sageress
        October 7, 2014 at 12:21 am | #

        A danger to others and herself?

        • Leorale
          Leorale
          October 7, 2014 at 10:48 am | #

          Yep! Although, come to think of it, those answers already describe her.

      • Disloyal Subject
        Disloyal Subject
        October 7, 2014 at 3:38 pm | #

        Sanity IS FOR THE WEAK

    • HMRC4EVR
      HMRC4EVR
      October 7, 2014 at 12:09 am | #

      Amazi-Girl and Bible Lass! Throwing the Good Book at evil-doers everywhere!

    • Voiddragon13
      Voiddragon13
      October 7, 2014 at 12:14 am | #

      I want to see that as fan art. Heck, I think I will just draw the fan art myself!

      • Leorale
        Leorale
        October 7, 2014 at 12:56 am | #

        Good call. Don’t forget the Amazi-Stool

        • Amazi-Stool
          Amazi-Stool
          October 8, 2014 at 1:40 pm | #

          Well, it appears i am kind of late to that party!

          Hint: That fanart already exists!

  13. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    October 7, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

    Poor Joyce broke her foot after kicking that solid steel.

    • newllend
      newllend
      October 7, 2014 at 12:20 am | #

      Should have some where softer like the dick. ( I like Mike but I had to say it.)

      • Arkadi
        Arkadi
        October 7, 2014 at 12:34 am | #

        Probably not soft any more, right now ;3

  14. liahansen
    liahansen
    October 7, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

    She has learned well

    • newllend
      newllend
      October 7, 2014 at 12:18 am | #

      Her training is nearly complete.

  15. Sporky
    Sporky
    October 7, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

    Joyce is absolutely saying that last line in a stereotypical Brooklyn accent. She watched a gangster movie one time by accident when her parents were asleep

    • Leorale
      Leorale
      October 7, 2014 at 12:57 am | #

      Nyeh! Brooklyn rage!

    • Tenn
      Tenn
      October 7, 2014 at 8:53 am | #

      I concur.

    • LockeZ
      LockeZ
      October 8, 2014 at 1:38 am | #

      No, she didn’t, but she saw the Goodfeathers section on Animaniacs.

  16. wynne
    wynne
    October 7, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

    Let’s be honest, Mike respects that.

    • Mouse
      Mouse
      October 7, 2014 at 12:10 am | #

      Respect is not the same as lack of consequences.

      • timemonkey
        timemonkey
        October 7, 2014 at 12:34 am | #

        This is the consequences of him switching her dry erase marker with a permanent one.

    • newllend
      newllend
      October 7, 2014 at 12:10 am | #

      So do I for some reason.

  17. Miao
    Miao
    October 7, 2014 at 12:07 am | #

    ….
    Is it bad that now I ship it just a little.
    aLL OF THE SHIPS ALL OF THE TIME

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      October 7, 2014 at 12:09 am | #

      Which ship are you referring to? Doyce or Joke?

      • poofdepoof
        poofdepoof
        October 7, 2014 at 12:12 am | #

        I feel the same (if you’re talking about “Joke”)

      • JessWitt
        JessWitt
        October 7, 2014 at 12:14 am | #

        JoMik.

      • Barf Ninjason
        Barf Ninjason
        October 7, 2014 at 12:22 am | #

        Moyke

        • Gigafreak
          Gigafreak
          October 7, 2014 at 2:57 pm | #

          Joyce = Purity
          Mike = Evil
          Therefore I call this combination “Pure Evil”

          • Disloyal Subject
            Disloyal Subject
            October 7, 2014 at 3:34 pm | #

            Pure Evil is still pure. Purity is an abomination, and alloys are generally stronger.
            (I like Joke, though; aside from the hilarity, it has a nice ring to it.)

  18. Wack'd
    Wack'd
    October 7, 2014 at 12:07 am | #

    Of all the people to figure this out, I highly doubted Joyce would be the first.

    Going for the femurs, though? Makes almost too much sense. Everything she knows about inspiring fear she learned from Ruth.

    • Wack'd
      Wack'd
      October 7, 2014 at 12:08 am | #

      …oh, whoops, femur’s higher up. And this is why you Google these things before posting.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        October 7, 2014 at 12:11 am | #

        I made that mistake too, I always thought they were the lower leg bones.

        • Opus the Poet
          Opus the Poet
          October 7, 2014 at 12:21 am | #

          Your shin is technically your tibia, the fibula is off to one side and behind it (and if I never have to look at another x-ray of my shattered lower leg it will still be too soon)

  19. Seodra
    Seodra
    October 7, 2014 at 12:08 am | #

    Well, no way this behavior can damage a relationship…. J. Herbert Christ, Dorothy, what happened to you?

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      October 7, 2014 at 12:12 am | #

      Joyce happened.

      • Seodra
        Seodra
        October 7, 2014 at 12:15 am | #

        Can we get her to happen somewhere else?

      • isitsevenyet
        isitsevenyet
        October 7, 2014 at 9:46 am | #

        Joyce is irrelevant. Dorothy still had the choice to NOT barge into Walky’s room.

    • neeks
      neeks
      October 7, 2014 at 3:39 pm | #

      Yeah, this is going to be a fun conversation between Walky and Dorothy. They really need to hammer out their respective expectations of their relationship, even if it’s “just for fun.”

  20. Itama
    Itama
    October 7, 2014 at 12:09 am | #

    HOLD ON ONE SECOND THERE!!

    Did Joyce take self defence classes??
    Because that looks an awful lot like a (slightly sloppy) stomp kick. And she seems to be guarding her face competently….

    Suddenly there’s actual merit to the sidekick theory! o.o

    • John
      John
      October 7, 2014 at 12:26 am | #

      She’s got three older brothers.

      • Itama
        Itama
        October 7, 2014 at 12:36 am | #

        yeah, but she’s also “the princess” (don’t remember when exactly she said that.)
        course’ that doesn’t mean she never got into fights with them, but i can’t see her brothers fighting back in a way that would teach her to guard her face and throw potentially crippling martial arts moves.

        • Anderhail
          Anderhail
          October 7, 2014 at 12:47 am | #

          Well, she did manage a pretty competent glassing on Ryan’s face. I don’t think she even cut her hand when it broke, and it was really the wrong style glass for that. She may be a natural.

          • Jen Aside
            Jen Aside
            October 7, 2014 at 1:04 am | #

            She did, sorry http://www.dumbingofage.com/2011/comic/book-1/06-yesterday-was-thursday/allergies/

        • kelticat
          kelticat
          October 7, 2014 at 3:36 am | #

          Why can’t the older sibs have taught her to fight. I can see that happening with Jos teaching her how to use the knee, or the stomp, or the claws(as an ex once taught me).

          • Itama
            Itama
            October 7, 2014 at 1:17 pm | #

            i guess that’s possible. still, Joyce seems a little to sheltered to have learned this stuff at home.
            having her sister/brother teach her the basics would some sense, i guess. that said, i’ve drilled a number of beginners in basic kickboxing, and she’s looking like she’s had more than just a half hour of instruction. it takes a lot of repetition to learn to instinctively keep your hands up like that, so either she’s been practising regularly, or she’s a natural.

      • John
        John
        October 7, 2014 at 1:09 am | #

        Or three older siblings, anyway. I failed to connect that factoid with the actual identities of the siblings in question.

    • Arkadi
      Arkadi
      October 7, 2014 at 12:36 am | #

      Maybe she’s been looking up more than wieners on the Interwebs! 😀

      • Itama
        Itama
        October 7, 2014 at 12:45 am | #

        Maybe….
        I’m actually curious if she started looking this stuff up to cope with her fear of Ryan…

        • neeks
          neeks
          October 7, 2014 at 3:42 pm | #

          That stuff she was giddily watching last night was guys getting the snot beat out of them in self-defense videos on YouTube.

          (No it was probably really cartoons)

    • Roborat
      Roborat
      October 7, 2014 at 2:58 pm | #

      I am skeptical. Kicking someone in the shin like that will result in broken/sprained/dislocated toes for Joyce. When you kick, you pull your toes up and strike through the ball of your foot.

      • Disloyal Subject
        Disloyal Subject
        October 7, 2014 at 3:31 pm | #

        Darn, beat me to it.
        She might be doing that and just have short toes, though; hard to tell with socks on.

        • neeks
          neeks
          October 7, 2014 at 3:46 pm | #

          Speaking as someone with congenitally extra short toes it still hurts like hell when you stub them.

          Or, you know, have a pin surgically imbedded in them that your cat bumps into while jumping onto your bed, knocking it loose a week before your doctor removes it. You know, hypothetically.

      • Itama
        Itama
        October 7, 2014 at 4:42 pm | #

        i was kind of assuming the animation was off, more than technique. i mean she got everything perfect but the angle of her toes. hard to think of that as a coincidence.

  21. newllend
    newllend
    October 7, 2014 at 12:09 am | #

    Joyce you deserve +1 in respect.

  22. Flimsyfishy
    Flimsyfishy
    October 7, 2014 at 12:10 am | #

    Unexpected boner from Mike in 3…2…1…

    • newllend
      newllend
      October 7, 2014 at 12:13 am | #

      I ship it.

  23. Keroshino
    Keroshino
    October 7, 2014 at 12:10 am | #

    Well, its a start…now aim higher Joyce!!!

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      October 7, 2014 at 8:29 am | #

      Go for the femurs!

  24. Swerve
    Swerve
    October 7, 2014 at 12:11 am | #

    Hello, and welcome to “Swerve’s”! Been a while since we’ve seen you. What can I getcha? Engex? Weak Energon Spritzer? How about this new drink Nautica showed me how to make? She calls it “Fetish Fuel”.

    Good choice. So it seems Joyce is once again employing violence. Though if Mike’s reaction to being interrogated by Ultra-Girl is any indication, Mike might be a masochist.

    Your drink is almost ready. Don’t worry! The way Dorothy is worried about getting in trouble almost reminds me of Ultra Magnus. You see back on Hedonia, Magnus… um, actually I think your drink is uh, er, ready. Here you go, and stick around for tonight’s entertainment: knocking down a pinata of Megatron.

  25. Saintslayer
    Saintslayer
    October 7, 2014 at 12:14 am | #

    Joyce: “Ripoff artist!” *kick*
    Mike: “OW MY SHIN”

    • Regalli
      Regalli
      October 7, 2014 at 12:15 am | #

      … Thank you for reminding me of Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends.

      And dammit, now I want to watch that entire series and they only have the first season on Netflix!

  26. Regalli
    Regalli
    October 7, 2014 at 12:14 am | #

    That is the cutest kick in the shins I have ever seen.

  27. zmm
    zmm
    October 7, 2014 at 12:16 am | #

    JOYCE IS MASTERING COLLEGE!

  28. someguywithakatana
    someguywithakatana
    October 7, 2014 at 12:16 am | #

    One day you’re looking at penises on the internet and the next, you’re committing assault, and breaking and entering.

    Is college corrupting your youth? More at eleven.

    • John
      John
      October 7, 2014 at 2:42 am | #

      Joyce started with the assault.

      The way she’s going, it appears that assault and battery is a gateway crime that leads to vandalism, looking at porn, and maybe someday to saying the ‘F’ word.

      • Gigafreak
        Gigafreak
        October 7, 2014 at 3:07 pm | #

        So along with Walky (who first goes to college, then gets a girlfriend, and then eventually hopefully learns to tie his own shoes), Joyce is growing up in backwards order.

  29. CapedLuigisYoshi
    CapedLuigisYoshi
    October 7, 2014 at 12:16 am | #

    …Okay, it’s funny seeing Mike failing like this.

    • hof1991
      hof1991
      October 7, 2014 at 8:57 am | #

      If you think Mike is failing, you have underestimated him. He wants an entry with maximum fuss and noise, followed by an accusation from Dorothy. Letting them in quietly would have been a failure.

  30. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    October 7, 2014 at 12:16 am | #

    She’s not talking to you Dorothy. She wants the Door to search the joint.

    • Barf Ninjason
      Barf Ninjason
      October 7, 2014 at 12:20 am | #

      I could see Joyce getting along in London Below

  31. Nena
    Nena
    October 7, 2014 at 12:17 am | #

    Good for Joyce for kicking that asshole.

    • Arkadi
      Arkadi
      October 7, 2014 at 12:37 am | #

      Actually, it’s a leg.

      • Koms
        Koms
        October 7, 2014 at 1:07 am | #

        Ahahahahaha..+1 internet

  32. JessWitt
    JessWitt
    October 7, 2014 at 12:18 am | #

    Any BAMF valedictorians in the comment board ta-nite?

    • Kit
      Kit
      October 7, 2014 at 2:20 pm | #

      Well, I’m not BAMF, but I’m a valedictorian! 🙂

  33. chris73
    chris73
    October 7, 2014 at 12:20 am | #

    Unless Joyces toes are made of iron or she has steel capped socks she’d have at least one broken toe

    • Opus the Poet
      Opus the Poet
      October 7, 2014 at 12:26 am | #

      She could be using the outside edge of her foot, that hurts like hell on a shin.

    • Itama
      Itama
      October 7, 2014 at 12:29 am | #

      no. believe it or not, the kick joyce just used looks a lot like a classic stomp kick. the animation is a bit wonky, but if she did it right, mike could be a lot worse off. hell, if she aimed better, she could have broken his knee.

      • chris73
        chris73
        October 7, 2014 at 12:35 am | #

        A stomp kick leading with the toes?

        • Itama
          Itama
          October 7, 2014 at 12:42 am | #

          like i said. wonky animation.
          look at the movement lines, though. if she were swinging her foot UP she would have little power and be using her toes (which is admittedly what i’d expect of joyce) but she’s not. she’s lifted her foot and is bringing it DOWN. she cant have hit with her toes like that, because they would skid right off, and mike wouldn’t be hurt.

          • chris73
            chris73
            October 7, 2014 at 12:46 am | #

            Do you mean like an axe kick? To me it looks like a simple kick to the shin which, given Joyces background, seems like something she’d be familiar with

            Mind you she did glass someone so anythings possible I guess

            • Itama
              Itama
              October 7, 2014 at 12:52 am | #

              maybe. my experience with axe kicks is that they utilize the back if the heel in ways that wouldn’t really work here, but that move rarely ever came up in my training, so i don’t really know for certain.

    • Roborat
      Roborat
      October 7, 2014 at 2:59 pm | #

      Yup, I was taught in karate to pull the toes up, and strike through the ball of the foot. Broken toes for sure that way, particularly when striking the shin.

  34. Mkvenner
    Mkvenner
    October 7, 2014 at 12:21 am | #

    You know this reminds me of the time Joyce smash a glass in Ryan’s face just before Sarah broke his ribcage. 🙂

    • Malchus
      Malchus
      October 7, 2014 at 12:24 am | #

      … is that a Gaunt’s Ghost screenname I spy?

      • Mkvenner
        Mkvenner
        October 7, 2014 at 12:26 am | #

        Got it in one.

        • Malta
          Malta
          October 7, 2014 at 12:42 am | #

          Best, Scottish Ninja with a Flamer.

  35. Malchus
    Malchus
    October 7, 2014 at 12:24 am | #

    Yes, Dorothy, and Joyce is clearly a Vale-kick-dorian.

    • Gigafreak
      Gigafreak
      October 7, 2014 at 3:09 pm | #

      Billie, the source of the trouble, has already proven herself as a vale-kick-door-in.

  36. Tom Speelman
    Tom Speelman
    October 7, 2014 at 12:25 am | #

    Now I want an AU where Dorothy and Joyce are cops. That sounds amazing.

    • RAZ
      RAZ
      October 7, 2014 at 7:58 am | #

      you my man, just give me an idea for an DOA AU fanfic.

      • Gigafreak
        Gigafreak
        October 7, 2014 at 3:11 pm | #

        Some teams play good-cop-and-bad-cop.

        These two play good-cop-and-insufferable-cop.

  37. motorfirebox
    motorfirebox
    October 7, 2014 at 12:25 am | #

    Mike out-Miked by Joyce. The shame of this will burn him forever.

    • Arkadi
      Arkadi
      October 7, 2014 at 12:37 am | #

      Mike doesn’t resort to physical violence that easily.

      • Pinja
        Pinja
        October 7, 2014 at 3:14 am | #

        Did you forget Joyce’s date with Joe?

        • Arkadi
          Arkadi
          October 7, 2014 at 2:41 pm | #

          I might have o_O Chapter?

          • Gigafreak
            Gigafreak
            October 7, 2014 at 3:21 pm | #

            http://www.dumbingofage.com/2011/comic/book-1/03-men-are-from-beck-women-are-from-clark/bliss/
            Joyce and Mike punched the shit out of Joe together. More to the point, if you go into the preceding pages, you’ll see Mike taking any possible excuse to punch him more.

        • Disloyal Subject
          Disloyal Subject
          October 7, 2014 at 3:26 pm | #

          That was different. He was getting paid, and it was someone else doing the resorting. By carrying out their will, he was exerting greater assholitude (and possibly catalyzing Joyce’s epiphany that it’s not okay to punch people in the face). It’s when carrying out a proper scheme of his own like this that he doesn’t bother with violence.

    • Morty
      Morty
      October 7, 2014 at 12:43 am | #

      Actually, I’d say that since Mike wasn’t expecting this, he probably respects Joyce more now. He may also be slightly turned on, not completely sure

      • Ikaru
        Ikaru
        October 7, 2014 at 2:41 am | #

        That was what I was thinking. The turned on bit. XD He is something of a masochist.

        • Dorje Sylas
          Dorje Sylas
          October 7, 2014 at 3:43 am | #

          I bet he tangos to Tom Lehrer.

  38. TimeLoss
    TimeLoss
    October 7, 2014 at 12:35 am | #

    All I can imagine is all the talking heads commentary about this “incident” in 25 years during Dorothy’s presendential campaign. I think the internet has made me jaded.

  39. MacBone
    MacBone
    October 7, 2014 at 12:48 am | #

    Man, this is some serious invasion of privacy right here. I wonder what Walky’s reaction is going to be when he finds out about this.

    • Ancestral Hamster
      Ancestral Hamster
      October 7, 2014 at 3:16 am | #

      A similar incident caused Martin and Dora to break up in Questionable Content.

  40. Kugai
    Kugai
    October 7, 2014 at 12:55 am | #

    Sometimes. it takes a kick to the shins to get to the truth.

    • March
      March
      October 7, 2014 at 12:56 am | #

      With Mike, it’s in the Top Five.

  41. foolio
    foolio
    October 7, 2014 at 12:58 am | #

    I bet the next one will start with Mike holding Joyce in a headlock.

  42. Doom Shepherd
    Doom Shepherd
    October 7, 2014 at 12:59 am | #

    That’s an important lesson for a future President to learn.

  43. MissQuinn
    MissQuinn
    October 7, 2014 at 1:30 am | #

    Joyce is DEFINITELY somebody who grew up with a gaggle of older brothers. I can say from personal experience that a well-placed kick to the shins does indeed topple much larger foes. (I would have kicked higher but I’m like 5’2 and all of my brothers are freakishly tall.)

  44. JA
    JA
    October 7, 2014 at 2:06 am | #

    The whiteboard ding-dong bandit has super strength

  45. Idon'tcarenomore
    Idon'tcarenomore
    October 7, 2014 at 2:09 am | #

    My guess, Yeah her brothers taught her well.
    Add to that Mike’s total lack of fear of her
    = successful sneak attack

    Doesn’t make up for goading Dorothy about Walky being with Billy all night, but it is amusing.

    • Killjoy
      Killjoy
      October 7, 2014 at 5:46 pm | #

      Goading?

      Huh?

  46. Rabid Rabbit
    Rabid Rabbit
    October 7, 2014 at 2:55 am | #

    Hmm. What’s the second point of interest? Obviously, Billie waking up in Walky’s bed the other day is one. But what else?

    That being said, it is perfectly clear that Mike’s going to start stalking Joyce now in the hopes of more.

    • Pinja
      Pinja
      October 7, 2014 at 3:13 am | #

      Billie’s two huge tits

      • WaytoomanyUIDs
        WaytoomanyUIDs
        October 7, 2014 at 6:14 am | #

        She’s an aviculturalist?

        • tinfoil theory
          tinfoil theory
          October 7, 2014 at 9:31 am | #

          And an apiarist.

    • Leorale
      Leorale
      October 7, 2014 at 7:47 am | #

      He’s referring to Billie’s bosom. It helps him deserve that shin-kick.

    • hof1991
      hof1991
      October 7, 2014 at 9:01 am | #

      OK, “two massive points” was the funniest line in this comic for weeks. And it probably pissed off Dorothy whose points of interest are more modest. Bless you Willis. Made my day. Moar Mike pls.

  47. Marek
    Marek
    October 7, 2014 at 3:13 am | #

    “two massive points of interest” 🙂

  48. Pinja
    Pinja
    October 7, 2014 at 3:13 am | #

    Aaaaaaaaaaah, finally Mike is treated as he deserves.

    I love this comic.

    • Killjoy
      Killjoy
      October 7, 2014 at 5:47 pm | #

      Mike earns his abuse. Something is seriously wrong in that skull.

  49. Em
    Em
    October 7, 2014 at 3:22 am | #

    Joyce WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU. I mean, yeah, haha Mike got kicked woo but she’s forcefully entering his room by violent means. I’m totally gonna be the wet blanket and say that this is so many types of not okay.

    But this is a comic. Probably shouldn’t take it so seriously.

    (Also saw some people wondering. The points of interest are: Bille and Walky literally sleeping together, and Walky sending her a lot of texts. Or at least those are what I would guess the points of interest are)

    • AtomsOrSystems
      AtomsOrSystems
      October 7, 2014 at 3:24 am | #

      Or Billie’s breasts. Maybe my mind is in the gutter, but I thought he was trying to make a joke about Billie’s chest.

      • Kamino Neko
        Kamino Neko
        October 7, 2014 at 4:03 am | #

        Definitely a boob joke. Coming right after ‘handful’ is obviously not a coincidence.

        • John
          John
          October 7, 2014 at 4:03 pm | #

          He’s selling Billie short there. I’m pretty sure she’s got more than a double handful.

      • Robin
        Robin
        October 7, 2014 at 4:16 am | #

        Aw man, I didn’t even notice that!

    • StrawGirl
      StrawGirl
      October 7, 2014 at 5:08 pm | #

      I agree!

      It also would have been much easier to pretend that Walky was going to be in trouble, because Mike would have let them in right away if he thought crap was about to go down.

  50. That Damn Rat
    That Damn Rat
    October 7, 2014 at 3:37 am | #

    I don’t know about that alt text, incapacitating Mike could make great contributions to the overall peace and harmony of the world.

    • tinfoil theory
      tinfoil theory
      October 7, 2014 at 9:37 am | #

      That is not what the Nobel Peace Prize is given for.
      It is meant as a reminder that you should avoid using violence.

  51. Ghola
    Ghola
    October 7, 2014 at 3:51 am | #

    Joyce no! That’s how Mikes Flirt! Bad Joyce!

  52. Crumplepunch
    Crumplepunch
    October 7, 2014 at 4:00 am | #

    Joyce is wise in the ways of Mike.

  53. Kevin
    Kevin
    October 7, 2014 at 4:11 am | #

    WILLIS ALERT MALWARE IN AD

    Getting attacked by a script from pixel.mathtag.com when visiting DoA. I can’t say for sure that it’s malware but it’s trying to execute itself improperly.

    • Cybersnark
      Cybersnark
      October 7, 2014 at 11:24 am | #

      WILLIS ALERT WOO WOO WOO WOO

  54. lightsabermario
    lightsabermario
    October 7, 2014 at 4:19 am | #

    Given the circumstances, she’s probably more likely to win the peace prize now.

  55. gkz
    gkz
    October 7, 2014 at 4:21 am | #

    There’s hope for you yet, Joyce.

  56. Nikie
    Nikie
    October 7, 2014 at 5:35 am | #

    Why am I suddenly shipping Mike and Joyce?

  57. Varius
    Varius
    October 7, 2014 at 6:01 am | #

    She kicked him in the dick. Mike IS a dick. Therefore, anywhere she kicks him is “in the dick.”

    • anonymous
      anonymous
      October 7, 2014 at 8:31 am | #

      Plot twist: Mike is a eunuch.

      • RandomRedMage
        RandomRedMage
        October 7, 2014 at 8:54 am | #

        So he is a dick because he lacks a dick? no… that’s not right Eunuch just means he lacks balls…

        • Ruck Bogers
          Ruck Bogers
          October 7, 2014 at 7:19 pm | #

          Yesh, fine.
          Plot twist: Mike is a nullo.

  58. Boomwolf
    Boomwolf
    October 7, 2014 at 6:53 am | #

    wow Joyce taking the violent way out… AWESOME!

    • Leorale
      Leorale
      October 7, 2014 at 7:49 am | #

      Technically, she’s taking the violent way in.

  59. Alexx
    Alexx
    October 7, 2014 at 7:54 am | #

    I dunno why that reminds me of a fighting game.

    “STOP SPAMMING THE LOW KICKS!”

    “It’s a legitimate move in the game!”

    “WELL DO SOMETHING ELSE!!”

    • John
      John
      October 7, 2014 at 4:06 pm | #

      “But I’m playing Chun Li!”

      • Jen Aside
        Jen Aside
        October 7, 2014 at 6:48 pm | #

        or Divekick

  60. DT
    DT
    October 7, 2014 at 8:02 am | #

    “Dammit, Joyce, I’m a valedictorian, not a common ruffian!”

  61. Beem0b0t
    Beem0b0t
    October 7, 2014 at 8:26 am | #

    She figured out Mike, that’s it. The story’s over. Pack it up folks.

  62. Tenn
    Tenn
    October 7, 2014 at 9:06 am | #

    Mike suddenly wishes he was wearing a jockstrap.

    • Nightsbridge
      Nightsbridge
      October 7, 2014 at 9:07 am | #

      Mike is totally turned on right now.

  63. hof1991
    hof1991
    October 7, 2014 at 9:07 am | #

    I like to read the bold words in a Dune style Bene Gesserrit Voice. Mike: Trouble. Handful. Points of Interest. He is goading them into the foolish thing they are about to do.

  64. Jesse
    Jesse
    October 7, 2014 at 9:24 am | #

    I approve of Mike being kicked.

  65. Black
    Black
    October 7, 2014 at 9:42 am | #

    Really, the only reason that Mike is such an asshole is because he hasn’t had anyone give him physical retribution for his verbal abuse.

    Maybe he’ll start to think twice about being such a fucktard to other people if a good little Christian would resort to violence.

    • The Phantom's Belch
      The Phantom's Belch
      October 7, 2014 at 10:42 am | #

      I guess Joyce remembered that when answering “What would Jesus do?”, chasing people with a whip and flipping tables aren’t out of the question. 🙂

      And anyways, I’d say that while Joyce may not get the Nobel Peace prize, she’s got a future with the U.N. To quote Clue:

      Wadsworth: How would your colleagues at the U.N. respond knowing that you were implicated in not one but six murders?
      Professor Plum: You don’t know what kind of people they have at the U.N. I might go up in their estimation.

    • Disloyal Subject
      Disloyal Subject
      October 7, 2014 at 3:19 pm | #

      You really don’t get Mike, do you? That applies for the common asshole, be they morons like me who don’t realize they were doing anything wrong until someone snaps them out of it or cowards who can be cowed, but Mike is on a whole ‘nother level. And quite likely is a masochist.

    • John
      John
      October 7, 2014 at 4:14 pm | #

      The other universe’s Mike on more than one occasion provoked others into beating the shit out of him just to make them feel bad about doing it.

      • Black
        Black
        October 7, 2014 at 11:10 pm | #

        I don’t understand how someone could feel bad about beating the shit out of a complete asshole, but then again I’m a hateful bastard, so… *shrugs*

  66. John
    John
    October 7, 2014 at 11:13 am | #

    Mike x Joyce needs to happen.

    • G4ige
      G4ige
      October 7, 2014 at 1:48 pm | #

      ^

  67. acher4
    acher4
    October 7, 2014 at 11:30 am | #

    That last panel is awesome. From The ‘Dor’, to the accent, and the phycial movements. Hehehehee

  68. brumagem
    brumagem
    October 7, 2014 at 12:18 pm | #

    Joyce knows how to put up her dukes…who knew?

    • The Phantom's Belch
      The Phantom's Belch
      October 7, 2014 at 1:06 pm | #

      Well, how many older brothers does she have? You have that many, you learn to fight.

      • Disloyal Subject
        Disloyal Subject
        October 7, 2014 at 3:15 pm | #

        Three, according to the wiki (since I couldn’t find the page from Just Hanging Out With My Family that detailed their locations at the time)

        • Gigafreak
          Gigafreak
          October 7, 2014 at 8:32 pm | #

          http://www.dumbingofage.com/2013/comic/book-3/04-just-hangin-out-with-my-family/undeclared/
          The Brown kids are Jonathan, Joshua (Jocelyn), Jordan, and Joyce herself.

          Wait, do we count Joshua as a brother or Jocelyn as a sister.

          Hmm. Girls can pick on younger siblings too. (Remember, other-universe Walky learned to fight from Billie!) So the brother/sister terminology is irrelevant. The point is that Joyce had three older siblings picking on her.

          • clodia
            clodia
            October 7, 2014 at 9:00 pm | #

            I wish there was a way to upvote your comment.

  69. Mitch
    Mitch
    October 7, 2014 at 1:03 pm | #

    Haha, checkmate Mike!

  70. notme
    notme
    October 7, 2014 at 1:50 pm | #

    A kick to the shin works much better when you’re actually wearing shoes. If you’re just in socks, it’s barely an inconvenience.

    • Arkadi
      Arkadi
      October 7, 2014 at 2:42 pm | #

      Now you mention it… that actually should have hurt Joyce as much as it hurt Mike.

      • Disloyal Subject
        Disloyal Subject
        October 7, 2014 at 2:54 pm | #

        The trick is to pull your toes back out of the way and strike with the ball of your foot.
        I wouldn’t be surprised if Joyce knows that and/or considers it common knowledge. Or if she’s just sufficiently hateful of Mike to feel no pain.

        • Dreamcastguy
          Dreamcastguy
          October 7, 2014 at 4:52 pm | #

          This person knows what’s up.

          A proper front kick with bare feet can really hurt someone as long as you remember to curl those toes.

  71. Johnny Z
    Johnny Z
    October 7, 2014 at 4:01 pm | #

    What a jerk, specially considering her recent vandalism spree. Does she think Mike is concealing some sort of illicit orgy that she’s so eager to see?

    I hope someone eventually calls her on how she acts.

    • Gigafreak
      Gigafreak
      October 7, 2014 at 5:29 pm | #

      So who would call Joyce out on this kind of thing?
      Mike is right there, but she probably wouldn’t listen to him.
      Sarah would do it, and Joyce would probably accept it from her, but Sarah doesn’t know Joyce was the Whiteboard Dingdong Bandit yet.
      Mary would love to find a reason to be judgmental, and might spontaneously point the dingdong finger at Joyce without actually being informed that it really was her, but lacks credibility specifically because of this attitude.

      • Johnny Z
        Johnny Z
        October 7, 2014 at 5:42 pm | #

        Ideally Mike will get her back, if not with an immediate reveal (which probably won’t have much of an effect with Walky and Dorothy) or a more long drawn out campaign of torment.

        • Gigafreak
          Gigafreak
          October 7, 2014 at 8:49 pm | #

          …And how many people like that have ever seen the error of their ways after an escalating war of harassment? That’s historically only made them believe they’re more right.

        • Lel
          Lel
          October 7, 2014 at 10:26 pm | #

          Remember, if it’s happening, its because Mike wants it to happen.
          Perhaps his plan was to coerce Joyce into even greater displays of violence all along.

    • Sir Robin
      Sir Robin
      October 7, 2014 at 6:28 pm | #

      Ans the reason Dorothy is concerned is because of Joyce blurting out certain information

  72. Dreamcastguy
    Dreamcastguy
    October 7, 2014 at 4:51 pm | #

    Get those toes curled up if you are going to front kick someone.

    No use breaking your own toes. Use the ball of your foot.

  73. redneck01
    redneck01
    October 7, 2014 at 5:51 pm | #

    Looks like a total victory for Mike, in that he successfully manipulated them both into doing bad things that will have bad consequences for them.

    He knows that walky and billie are in bed together fully clothed, but has planted the undisprovable idea that walky’s hands are inside billie’s clothes.

    Drama ensues from all three girls bad behavior, of which behavior the boys are entirely innocent.

  74. whatintheliteralfuck
    whatintheliteralfuck
    October 7, 2014 at 6:25 pm | #

    Ah Joyce, ever the true Christian, resorting to violence when you don’t get a good answer the first time.

    • Marc in MN
      Marc in MN
      October 7, 2014 at 9:38 pm | #

      It’s almost like Christians are human. Wow…what a revelation. =P

  75. GenericGuestName
    GenericGuestName
    October 7, 2014 at 6:27 pm | #

    I have to say I am happy to see that Joyce keeps a tight guard up even when shes just kicking someone’s shin. Bothers the crap out of me when I see someone throw a kick and have their arms fling around wildly, or worse shoot down to their waist as if it helps. Then again having something ingrained into you like keeping a tight guard it’s no wonder that’s what I notice.

  76. halcyon1234
    halcyon1234
    October 7, 2014 at 6:57 pm | #

    Yeah, what the hell, Joyce? Don’t you know that being Valedictorian means you get first dibs on laying down beatings?

  77. Vangeln
    Vangeln
    October 7, 2014 at 8:22 pm | #

    Goddammit, Malaya! …Er I mean Joyce.

  78. Kiggy
    Kiggy
    October 8, 2014 at 12:11 am | #

    OK I’m late, but, that last panel was so BADASS!

  79. Tess
    Tess
    October 9, 2014 at 12:40 am | #

    I find the progression of Joyce’s character intriguing 🙂 First-comic (Dumbing of Age) Joyce probably wouldn’t have kicked anyone in the shins.

  80. Red5
    Red5
    October 14, 2014 at 1:39 am | #

    That is exactly how you should deal with Mike. Bonus points to Joyce.

  81. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    April 15, 2015 at 12:29 pm | #

    I’m so glad it was below the knee.

  82. Ninjamaid
    Ninjamaid
    August 9, 2015 at 7:11 am | #

    Wow, reading back on this… I’m totally shipping Mike/Joyce.

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