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by David M Willis on September 1, 2015 at 12:01 am
  • 01 - To Those Who'd Ground Me
└ Tags: becky, joyce, sal

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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    September 1, 2015 at 12:01 am | #

    Morning people are a crime against humanity.

    Even Becky, who isn’t helping things with her four-day-old stank breath.

    • Ana Chronistic
      Ana Chronistic
      September 1, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

      oddly enough, I didn’t even notice the typeface change until the poll

      • Disloyal Subject
        Disloyal Subject
        September 1, 2015 at 12:05 am | #

        I noticed it in the last panel of yesterday, but didn’t think about it until someone mentioned it in the comments.

        • Ana Chronistic
          Ana Chronistic
          September 1, 2015 at 12:58 am | #

          I guess I didn’t notice because It’s Pregnancy! already uses it

          • m2iCodeJockey
            m2iCodeJockey
            September 1, 2015 at 9:18 am | #

            “Hmm… I wonder when it will hit them that, sometime, they going to have to explain that ‘this is totally babies’ expression to someone who was their own baby…”

        • Inkblot
          Inkblot
          September 1, 2015 at 8:11 pm | #

          I do typesetting for all of my translation projects, so I picked up on it pretty quickly. I like it better than the old one, personally. The one used until now looked more handwritten, but this one just looks cleaner. It also manages to not look too machined, which is nice. (I generally use Komika Slim on my projects, for what it’s worth.) What font is this, Willis? It looks familiar– is it Zud Juice?

          • David M Willis
            David M Willis
            September 1, 2015 at 8:12 pm | #

            It’s based on my handwriting, same as the old one. I just had nicer handwriting this time around.

            • Inkblot
              Inkblot
              September 1, 2015 at 8:17 pm | #

              You can say that again. Your handwriting’s pretty fantastic. (I will say that I miss the old DoA logo, though.)

            • leadsynth
              leadsynth
              September 1, 2015 at 9:54 pm | #

              I think the new font looks nice. But it will take some getting used to for me. I have a soft spot for the old one. RIP, old font.

      • That Damn Rat
        That Damn Rat
        September 1, 2015 at 12:07 am | #

        I’ve seen the poll and I still can’t tell the difference.

        • DarkoNeko
          DarkoNeko
          September 1, 2015 at 12:12 am | #

          I had to doublecheck when a few people commented on it yesterday =_=

        • khambatta
          khambatta
          September 1, 2015 at 12:29 am | #

          It’s squarer, and more difficult to read if you’ve got dyslexia.

          • DarkoNeko
            DarkoNeko
            September 1, 2015 at 1:05 am | #

            Os someone with a protanomalia (red anomaly colourblind), it’s more the new background that’s hindering.

            • desolation0
              desolation0
              September 1, 2015 at 1:18 am | #

              Red or pink backgrounds for black text are generally tougher on the eyes for anyone, if I remember correctly. I can imagine it’s worse with a color disorder in the mix.

              • Arianod
                Arianod
                September 1, 2015 at 1:26 am | #

                What are you guys talking about? Where’s the red/pink background?

                • Tacos
                  Tacos
                  September 1, 2015 at 1:39 am | #

                  It’s gone now

                • Nightsbridge
                  Nightsbridge
                  September 1, 2015 at 12:13 pm | #

                  Apparently maggie put her foot down!

                • DarkoNeko
                  DarkoNeko
                  September 1, 2015 at 12:17 pm | #

                  It was all a plot to hide the logo change, anyway.

                • WolfLann
                  WolfLann
                  September 1, 2015 at 12:43 pm | #

                  I think Willis missed a html tag somewhere yesterday.
                  Today only the News/Tags box has the pink/salmon background instead of the old white.

                • David M Willis
                  David M Willis
                  September 1, 2015 at 12:54 pm | #

                  This site uses a style sheet, not HTML. The News/Tags box was never white, and it’s always a different color from the rest of the site, to set it off from the background. Its choice of color is on purpose.

                • WolfLann
                  WolfLann
                  September 2, 2015 at 11:03 am | #

                  Yeah I know was kidding about HTML 🙂
                  I know about CSS as I take care of my Boss’s company website (And CSS make it so easy to change stuff!!!).

                  The box did look whitish before but was probably because my monitor.

        • desolation0
          desolation0
          September 1, 2015 at 1:20 am | #

          Yeah, seems like that could have been an option in the poll.

      • BenRG
        BenRG
        September 1, 2015 at 2:09 am | #

        Yeah, there should have been a ‘no perceived change’ option in the poll.

        • No Name
          No Name
          September 1, 2015 at 3:41 am | #

          That’s what “this poll is a sham” is for.

          • Deanatay
            Deanatay
            September 1, 2015 at 8:12 am | #

            Anyone mind if I wash my hair here? This sham-poll is great!

      • Danielle
        Danielle
        September 1, 2015 at 9:38 am | #

        I really really wanted to say “yes” to the poll, but the other answer was too perfect.

    • Mada
      Mada
      September 1, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

      Hey, maybe she’s gotten a toothbrush by now.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        September 1, 2015 at 12:06 am | #

        Not much good without toothpaste.

        • DarkoNeko
          DarkoNeko
          September 1, 2015 at 12:13 am | #

          it helps getting the sushi bits out, if anything.

        • Disloyal Subject
          Disloyal Subject
          September 1, 2015 at 12:13 am | #

          Sure they are.
          With toothpaste is a lot better, but even without they can scrub off food residue that swishing and toothpicking miss.

        • Dana
          Dana
          September 1, 2015 at 12:26 am | #

          You can’t get Hep C from bumming toothpaste.

          • Flipz
            Flipz
            September 1, 2015 at 12:52 am | #

            I’d rather not test this theory, if it’s all the same to you.

        • nkh
          nkh
          September 1, 2015 at 2:31 am | #

          Well, from a dental care standpoint, toothpaste doesn’t help THAT much at all. It’s actually the brushing that does like 90% of the work. (Toothpaste does contain fluoride, which has long-term benefits, but that’s not doing much to get rid of food debris in your mouth.)

          (‘Course, I’m not a dentist.)

          • No Name
            No Name
            September 1, 2015 at 10:22 am | #

            Toothpaste also contains surfactants, substances that allow oil and water to mix, to make getting the really ground in stains out easier. It’s like the difference between washing the dishes without soap and washing them with. Still, soap can’t replace elbow grease.

            • Roborat
              Roborat
              September 1, 2015 at 2:40 pm | #

              I always thought the toothpaste was to disguise the taste of what the toothbrush was removing from your teeth/gums/tongue/etc.

      • Explosions
        Explosions
        September 1, 2015 at 12:07 am | #

        And maybe Toe Dad isn’t a another asshole lets not get crazy here

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      September 1, 2015 at 12:06 am | #

      Morning people are even worse with morning breath.

    • Kernanator
      Kernanator
      September 1, 2015 at 12:21 am | #

      Morning people are why I wish I had pyrokinesis.

      • K^2
        K^2
        September 1, 2015 at 12:54 am | #

        Because it’d be a nifty way to brew yourself a cup of coffee to help you tolerate morning people? Right? Right?

        • DarkoNeko
          DarkoNeko
          September 1, 2015 at 1:06 am | #

          Hmm, roasting coffee.
          But if I’m to trust QC we’re supposed to wait a day or 2 before using them after.

        • Tacos
          Tacos
          September 1, 2015 at 1:32 am | #

          But think of all the burninating you could do. Burninating!

          • Kryss LaBryn
            Kryss LaBryn
            September 1, 2015 at 9:37 am | #

            That sounds like what happens when you pee after too many spicy tacos or something. Yeesh.

      • Yet_One_More_Idiot
        Yet_One_More_Idiot
        September 1, 2015 at 7:36 am | #

        *Wakes up at half past noon* What’s this? There’s a morning now?

    • Peter Sadlon
      Peter Sadlon
      September 1, 2015 at 4:32 am | #

      A-frigging-men… I would have resumed strangling.

    • Void
      Void
      September 1, 2015 at 6:42 am | #

      T_T I’m sorry for being a crime against humanity.

      • Inspector Hound
        Inspector Hound
        September 1, 2015 at 8:10 am | #

        As long as you keep your door locked and don’t disturb decent sleepy people everywhere, we forgive you.

    • DudeMyDadOwnsADealership
      DudeMyDadOwnsADealership
      September 1, 2015 at 11:12 am | #

      Yeah, gonna have to side with Sal on this one. As well intended as what Joyce and Becky are doing, it can also be a way to dismiss learning consideration for other people’s personal space.

    • xKiv
      xKiv
      September 1, 2015 at 2:40 pm | #

      Morning people are why, when I get out of the house, the garbage is already taken away and the stores are already stocked up.

      • Ana Chronistic
        Ana Chronistic
        September 1, 2015 at 8:39 pm | #

        nah, they’re night people

        “How come you’re so damn chipper?”
        “It was easier to stay up all night than to wake up early.”

        • xKiv
          xKiv
          September 1, 2015 at 9:41 pm | #

          Waking up at 5am doesn’t count as “night people” around here.
          *I* am “night people”.

  2. Disloyal Subject
    Disloyal Subject
    September 1, 2015 at 12:01 am | #

    AAAAH
    WHEN DID EVERYTHING TURN ORANGE?

    • inqntrol
      inqntrol
      September 1, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

      Yesterday,i really like the way it looks.

      • Disloyal Subject
        Disloyal Subject
        September 1, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

        I’m gonna miss the blue-green. This color is a little more aggressive than I prefer my backgrounds.
        Eh, I’ll get used to it.

        • DarkoNeko
          DarkoNeko
          September 1, 2015 at 12:13 am | #

          Was wondering to, but first time I noticed. It changes monthly ? or by book ?

          • DarkoNeko
            DarkoNeko
            September 1, 2015 at 12:17 am | #

            I have to say it makes stuff kinda harder to read for me 😐

          • Disloyal Subject
            Disloyal Subject
            September 1, 2015 at 12:21 am | #

            We’ve had the blue-green for as long as I’ve been reading here. Dunno how long that is, but it’s a lot more than a month or a book, amd I’m not even one of the old guard.

            • Yet_One_More_Idiot
              Yet_One_More_Idiot
              September 1, 2015 at 7:44 am | #

              Orange? I see no orange on the site…

              Also, panel 3: Hnnnnnng, the cute. :3

              • Leorale
                Leorale
                September 1, 2015 at 8:26 am | #

                The orange is gone now! Willis must’ve changed it to this lovely pale blue, which is very easy to read. Thank you Willis!

    • Ana Chronistic
      Ana Chronistic
      September 1, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

      oddly enough, though I cleared my cache for my Gravatar change, I didn’t get the orange until this comment =p

      • Ana Chronistic
        Ana Chronistic
        September 1, 2015 at 1:00 am | #

        also, there’s still that one teal bar throwing everything off

    • Opus the Poet
      Opus the Poet
      September 1, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

      It didn’t, your monitor died.

      • Disloyal Subject
        Disloyal Subject
        September 1, 2015 at 12:06 am | #

        Considering that I check DoA updates on my phone, that’d be a problem. Monitors are a lot cheaper.

      • Explosions
        Explosions
        September 1, 2015 at 12:06 am | #

        Ok my went orange to are we about to get overrun by something? If so I would like it to be something delicious like Nachos for instance

        • Opus the Poet
          Opus the Poet
          September 1, 2015 at 1:10 am | #

          OK the site just went salmon on my browser a few seconds ago…

          • Opus the Poet
            Opus the Poet
            September 1, 2015 at 1:10 am | #

            And now it’s blue again… WTF??!?!?!?

            • MeghanTheDreamCrusher
              MeghanTheDreamCrusher
              September 1, 2015 at 1:14 am | #

              It’s not even the same blue! (At least I don’t think it is, if I told you I already forgot would ya call me dumb?)

              • Tacos
                Tacos
                September 1, 2015 at 1:34 am | #

                It was salmon a few moments ago. Now it’s white for me.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      September 1, 2015 at 12:07 am | #

      That’s just what happens when Instrumentality occurs, the orange is PEOPLE.

      • Disloyal Subject
        Disloyal Subject
        September 1, 2015 at 12:14 am | #

        Yum.
        Doesn’t taste as tangy as I expected.

      • Tacos
        Tacos
        September 1, 2015 at 12:17 am | #

        Not in Rebuild though.

    • MeghanTheDreamCrusher
      MeghanTheDreamCrusher
      September 1, 2015 at 12:11 am | #

      For some reason it’s orange on my PC but on my phone it’s still blue.

      • MeghanTheDreamCrusher
        MeghanTheDreamCrusher
        September 1, 2015 at 12:13 am | #

        Nvm it just changed on the phone too.

      • DarkoNeko
        DarkoNeko
        September 1, 2015 at 12:15 am | #

        I theorize the mobile version has a bit of specific CSS ? (that or cache)

    • Twilightomens
      Twilightomens
      September 1, 2015 at 12:19 am | #

      It’s so prettyyyyy I like change

      • Explosions
        Explosions
        September 1, 2015 at 12:21 am | #

        New Theory
        Beckys Hair has taken over first the page then the world

        • MeghanTheDreamCrusher
          MeghanTheDreamCrusher
          September 1, 2015 at 12:24 am | #

          I accept our new overlord.

          • inqntrol
            inqntrol
            September 1, 2015 at 2:16 am | #

            Better than Sogmaster.

    • Porglezomp
      Porglezomp
      September 1, 2015 at 12:29 am | #

      It hadn’t for me, and so I reloaded after seeing this comment and it changed.

      • Explosions
        Explosions
        September 1, 2015 at 12:30 am | #

        ONE OF ONE OF ONE OF US XD

        • Explosions
          Explosions
          September 1, 2015 at 12:32 am | #

          sorry i missed to US’s please forgive me Becky’s hair

    • Chrissy
      Chrissy
      September 1, 2015 at 12:42 am | #

      This color is orange, not pink, right?

    • Arianod
      Arianod
      September 1, 2015 at 1:28 am | #

      Guys, on my screen it looks the same as always. It must be a browser thing.

      • MeghanTheDreamCrusher
        MeghanTheDreamCrusher
        September 1, 2015 at 1:29 am | #

        Nah you’re just late to the party, it was orange for like an hour.

        • Arianod
          Arianod
          September 1, 2015 at 1:34 am | #

          Glad I missed it!

  3. inqntrol
    inqntrol
    September 1, 2015 at 12:01 am | #

    Pfft,morning people.

  4. Mada
    Mada
    September 1, 2015 at 12:01 am | #

    Clothes!?

    On a sleeping Sal?!

    SORCERY!

    • Sergei Andropov
      Sergei Andropov
      September 1, 2015 at 12:05 am | #

      Sal Wakes Up: The Slipshine Edition.

      • xKiv
        xKiv
        September 1, 2015 at 8:34 pm | #

        Sleepshine.

    • DarkoNeko
      DarkoNeko
      September 1, 2015 at 12:16 am | #

      Maybe it’s getting a tad colder ?

      • HMRC4EVR
        HMRC4EVR
        September 1, 2015 at 12:22 am | #

        So…there’s a bit of a nip in the air?

        Sorry, Sorry. Couldn’t resist.

      • brasca1
        brasca1
        September 1, 2015 at 12:33 am | #

        It’s the night cap that looks so weird. Only time I ever wore a hat to bed was when it was below 0 and I was trying to save money by keeping the thermostat low.

        • No Name
          No Name
          September 1, 2015 at 3:45 am | #

          It think that’s to keep her glorious chocolate mane straight, especially since the “fwoomp” not to long ago.

          • Yet_One_More_Idiot
            Yet_One_More_Idiot
            September 1, 2015 at 7:38 am | #

            The first thing I thought was “Sal’s wearing a BONNET to bed now? LOL” But then I thought that if I was in the comic she’d probably kill me right along with Joycy and Becky. So I’m glad I’m not there to be killed.

            … I was meant to be having a job interview today, instead I’m commenting on this. So it’s all good.

            And I’ve seen the poll, but I still honestly can’t tell the difference in the typeface. People are saying it’s squarer-looking than before?

            • Deanatay
              Deanatay
              September 1, 2015 at 8:26 am | #

              Sal’s wearin’ her ‘murder bonnet’. It keeps her hair free of blood while she’s murderin’. (She was wearin’ it for Malaya, these two are just opportunity murderin’.)

              • Deanatay
                Deanatay
                September 1, 2015 at 8:28 am | #

                She got the idea from Mal.

            • Leorale
              Leorale
              September 1, 2015 at 8:28 am | #

              Yep, it’s squarer and more even.

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      September 1, 2015 at 4:38 am | #

      Maybe she doesn’t feel entirely okay about going commando with a stranger sleeping in the other bunk. Sal has a deep reserve of vulnerability under all her spikes and armour plate; she may not feel entirely safe sleeping around Becky (as sad as that is).

      • Kryss LaBryn
        Kryss LaBryn
        September 1, 2015 at 9:42 am | #

        Well, especially not if she’s going to wake up to the basically-an-unvetted-stranger watching her sleep. While grinning hugely. Who then, when asked why they’re watching her sleep, replies it’s because they want to love her. A lot. So wake up. Now.

        STRANGERDANGERSTRANGERDANGERSTRANGERDANGERSTRANGERDANGERSTRANGERDANGE

  5. Andr3wtime
    Andr3wtime
    September 1, 2015 at 12:01 am | #

    This website is swimming in pink.

    • Someone
      Someone
      September 1, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

      Its really more of a beige.

      • JessWitt
        JessWitt
        September 1, 2015 at 12:06 am | #

        It strikes me as a salmon.

        • Doctor_Who
          Doctor_Who
          September 1, 2015 at 12:07 am | #

          Totally.

          • JessWitt
            JessWitt
            September 1, 2015 at 12:14 am | #

            I so need to watch that again.

  6. Dean
    Dean
    September 1, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    It’s.. it’s all so orange.

    • Keroshino
      Keroshino
      September 1, 2015 at 12:14 am | #

      Orange? It looks like Pink to me. 😛

      • liahansen
        liahansen
        September 1, 2015 at 12:18 am | #

        it’s peach, actually

  7. Mallow
    Mallow
    September 1, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    Just to make sure I’m not just slipping because I’m exhausted: does Becky have braces, or are her teeth just drawn differently than Joyce’s?

    • Mada
      Mada
      September 1, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

      Teeth are drawn differently.

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        September 1, 2015 at 12:09 am | #

        Specifically, she HAS teeth, as opposed to the white triangular plate that Joyce has in her mouth.

        We’re not sure how she eats. Possibly she can strain plankton through it like a baleen whale.

        • inqntrol
          inqntrol
          September 1, 2015 at 12:21 am | #

          Or uses an acid to melt the food and then drink it.Might have watched too much spider documentaries.

        • Mallow
          Mallow
          September 1, 2015 at 6:42 pm | #

          Maybe that’s why she insists on separating all her food.

  8. hikaru
    hikaru
    September 1, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

    whats with the pink

    • hikaru
      hikaru
      September 1, 2015 at 12:05 am | #

      orange. salmon. 12 hue 206 luminance. whatever.

      • Disloyal Subject
        Disloyal Subject
        September 1, 2015 at 12:07 am | #

        I think salmon is usually a touch redder. Peach?

        • Explosions
          Explosions
          September 1, 2015 at 12:13 am | #

          Is Nacho a colour?

          • Disloyal Subject
            Disloyal Subject
            September 1, 2015 at 12:15 am | #

            On a Willis site, probably.

          • liahansen
            liahansen
            September 1, 2015 at 12:19 am | #

            those are some cotton-candy-ass nachos

        • AgentKeen
          AgentKeen
          September 1, 2015 at 12:15 am | #

          Coral?
          Tangerine?
          Sandy Brown?
          Blanched Almond?
          Slap-Jackin’?
          Bonky-tonkin’?

          We’re both just making up names now, right?

          • Explosions
            Explosions
            September 1, 2015 at 12:18 am | #

            Yes
            Actually It looks a bit like a vomity colour expect it’s missing the splotches

          • hikaru
            hikaru
            September 1, 2015 at 12:19 am | #

            coral works
            its just pale red-orange

          • Tacos
            Tacos
            September 1, 2015 at 12:33 am | #

            I wonder how many comments there’ll be of people trying to guess the color?

            • hikaru
              hikaru
              September 1, 2015 at 12:35 am | #

              probably like a million, but personally im still more interested in why its here than what we decide to call it

            • MeghanTheDreamCrusher
              MeghanTheDreamCrusher
              September 1, 2015 at 12:36 am | #

              I’m not guessing I know that it’s #ffdbcd

              • Ana Chronistic
                Ana Chronistic
                September 1, 2015 at 12:57 am | #

                Pantone Pastels Neons Coated 9221 C YOU CHARLATAN

        • Leorale
          Leorale
          September 1, 2015 at 12:32 am | #

          Pale cantaloupe! Orangey blush! Eye-searing peach!

  9. Lapin
    Lapin
    September 1, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

    Aww, Sal and her bonnet.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      September 1, 2015 at 12:10 am | #

      I was just gonna mention that. How did she go from sleeping practically nude to dressing like a cartoon mom from the 1940s?

      • DarkoNeko
        DarkoNeko
        September 1, 2015 at 12:20 am | #

        She was already wearing it before. “helps with keeping the hair straight”

      • Lapin
        Lapin
        September 1, 2015 at 12:50 am | #

        Urm, well, she’s mixed race and wears her hair straightened. I just meant she was wearing the sort of bonnet I always associated with kids (from being a nanny) instead of a scarf like what Sarah wears. (Though Sarah wears her hair natural, from what I can tell in the comic style)

  10. tim gueguen
    tim gueguen
    September 1, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

    I have this idea that Sal inherited that nightcap from her great-great-great grandmother.

    • JessWitt
      JessWitt
      September 1, 2015 at 12:06 am | #

      Let it be canon, O Willis.

      • Deanatay
        Deanatay
        September 1, 2015 at 8:34 am | #

        Nope. She got it from Mal.

    • Dean
      Dean
      September 1, 2015 at 12:11 am | #

      Sal’s great-great-great grandmother waas the coolest person in the 19th century. She smoked a meerschaum pipe and rode a steam velocipede.

      • DarkoNeko
        DarkoNeko
        September 1, 2015 at 1:04 am | #

        Someone needs to draw thing.

        • Kryss LaBryn
          Kryss LaBryn
          September 1, 2015 at 9:51 am | #

          Kate Beaton already did. <3

          • DarkoNeko
            DarkoNeko
            September 1, 2015 at 12:19 pm | #

            My hero 😮

            (heroine ? does it work in that context ?)

  11. Kris
    Kris
    September 1, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

    Whoa what is this?!?!

    • Mada
      Mada
      September 1, 2015 at 12:06 am | #

      Sal no longer rockin’ the Mickey Mouse look, or the site’s background color?

      • inqntrol
        inqntrol
        September 1, 2015 at 12:27 am | #

        Or maybe both?

        • Kris
          Kris
          September 1, 2015 at 1:58 am | #

          Well now I’m wondering what happened to the pink-orange background!? It was growing on me.

  12. Explosions
    Explosions
    September 1, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

    Those two smiling is every religious nuthouse who comes to your door trying to get you to believe in whatever. I however only believe in Jibbers the flying lobster who orbits Saturn’s rings ALL PRAISE JIBBERS

    • Disloyal Subject
      Disloyal Subject
      September 1, 2015 at 12:08 am | #

      There is only the Emperor, and he is our shield and protector.

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        September 1, 2015 at 12:11 am | #

        All hail Dab!

        • MeghanTheDreamCrusher
          MeghanTheDreamCrusher
          September 1, 2015 at 12:16 am | #

          I serve none but KORROK!

          • Spencer
            Spencer
            September 1, 2015 at 8:54 am | #

            omg somebody else read John Dies at the End.

      • inqntrol
        inqntrol
        September 1, 2015 at 12:32 am | #

        Not evem the Emperor is match against the <a href="http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/katamari/images/c/c8/We_Love_Katamari_King.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20090706012638&quot; rel="nofollow"

        • Karatesaul
          Karatesaul
          September 1, 2015 at 3:00 am | #

          HERESY.

      • Arianod
        Arianod
        September 1, 2015 at 1:29 am | #

        Praise the Omnissiah!

    • Bicycle Bill
      Bicycle Bill
      September 1, 2015 at 2:15 am | #

      All hail Offler!!

      • Clif
        Clif
        September 1, 2015 at 12:39 pm | #

        Ghue forever. Also Rosco.

  13. Agemegos
    Agemegos
    September 1, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

    Salmon pink!

  14. CrazyJ
    CrazyJ
    September 1, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

    The color is not really orange or pink. It is more of a melon or apricot.

  15. Tacos
    Tacos
    September 1, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

    Ok that’s too much happiness for morning.

  16. Jepmz
    Jepmz
    September 1, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

    Has this page always looked like the color of mcnuggets?

    • dmaxx
      dmaxx
      September 1, 2015 at 12:09 am | #

      Honestly, i see no change whatsoever in colors and anything like that p, guess i need visit couple of times more before it goes into effect on my end xD

  17. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    September 1, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

    God, it’s like if the Care Bears went to college.

    Nah, I’m just kidding. Everyone knows the Care Bears got fucked up every night at college. We all saw the photos online of Tenderheart puking of that balcony onto the Getalong Gang, and Funshine Bear making out with Sister Berenstain.

    • otusasio451
      otusasio451
      September 1, 2015 at 12:07 am | #

      I’m currently picturing the Care Bears and Friends encouraging Braveheart Lion to chug a keg of beer.

  18. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    September 1, 2015 at 12:05 am | #

    I thought only Ruth thirsted for necks.

    • inqntrol
      inqntrol
      September 1, 2015 at 12:06 am | #

      I think it was actually Femurs.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        September 1, 2015 at 12:10 am | #

        I get those two things mixed up, which explains why I never got into medicine.

      • Disloyal Subject
        Disloyal Subject
        September 1, 2015 at 12:11 am | #

        Her hands are the thirsty ones.

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          September 1, 2015 at 12:16 am | #

          So I was right… THANKS for the link.

  19. JessWitt
    JessWitt
    September 1, 2015 at 12:05 am | #

    Sal has a nightcap!

    Hovering over sleeping folks is good practice for being a ghost.

    • tim gueguen
      tim gueguen
      September 1, 2015 at 12:19 am | #

      Joyce mentioned it way back in some comic I’m too lazy to look up.

      • JessWitt
        JessWitt
        September 1, 2015 at 1:08 am | #

        That so? Joyce is more spiritually inclined than I thought.

        … I kid, I kid. The nightcap’s not a new thing? It needs its own tab pronto.

        • tim guegue
          tim guegue
          September 1, 2015 at 10:43 am | #

          And here’s the strip.
          http://www.dumbingofage.com/2014/comic/book-5/01-when-somebody-loved-me/introductions/

  20. otusasio451
    otusasio451
    September 1, 2015 at 12:05 am | #

    …Yeah, I don’t blame Sal for revoking that apology.

  21. Agemegos
    Agemegos
    September 1, 2015 at 12:06 am | #

    Sal is wearing a T-ship and nightcap? Is this Bizzarro World?

    • JessWitt
      JessWitt
      September 1, 2015 at 12:07 am | #

      Might as well be with the new font and the salmon backdrop.

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      September 1, 2015 at 2:17 am | #

      The t-shirt is interesting and may be a subconscious indicator of her response to her new roomie.

      Sal has no problem sleeping topless when she’s alone or with someone she’s known so long that she might as well be her sister (Billie). Stick her with a stranger (Becky) and she’ll cover up. She isn’t that wild, it seems!

  22. Cody
    Cody
    September 1, 2015 at 12:07 am | #

    Neutral on the color.

  23. Opus the Poet
    Opus the Poet
    September 1, 2015 at 12:07 am | #

    What’s with all these people seeing the site in pink and orange? It still looks the same on my laptop.

    • inqntrol
      inqntrol
      September 1, 2015 at 12:10 am | #

      Who knows.Did you clear your cache and reloaded the page?

  24. Captain Batson
    Captain Batson
    September 1, 2015 at 12:08 am | #

    Oh hey, it’s Sal’s sleep-bonnet.

  25. nothri
    nothri
    September 1, 2015 at 12:08 am | #

    Three questions:

    1. What is Sal wearing on her head, and is she wearing it on purpose?

    2. When did Sal learn to wear clothes in bed?

    3. Why is everything tan now? Noooooo! I fear change!

    ::hides in a closet to cry and scream::

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      September 1, 2015 at 12:13 am | #

      She got really drunk, so Sal, Marcie and Carla dressed her up like that as a prank. She’ll scream as soon as she sees a reflective surface.

    • inqntrol
      inqntrol
      September 1, 2015 at 12:14 am | #

      1. A bonnet(have no clue why,old people usually wear that)
      2. Have no idea,but it dissapoints me.
      3.Too much sun exposure.

      • Shosta
        Shosta
        September 1, 2015 at 11:27 pm | #

        Black women wear satin bonnets to maintain their straightened/styled hair. I’m wearing one right now, in fact.

        • Hinoron
          Hinoron
          September 2, 2015 at 12:44 pm | #

          Is it normally worn with most of her long hair outside the bonnet?
          Seems odd… but then I have no practical experience maintaining black hair (though I did see Chris Rock’s “Good Hair” documentary. This Caucasian Canadian boy never knew ANY of that!)

          • Shosta
            Shosta
            September 2, 2015 at 6:37 pm | #

            No, lol, I’ve never seen anyone do that before. Kinda defeats the purpose (also can’t see how it stays on through the night, like that? ehhh) Usually if you have long straight hair you wrap it with a scarf.

            I’ve never seen the documentary but I’ve heard lots of black women complain about it being inaccurate, seeing as Chris Rock is not a woman with hair and all, so I’d take it with a grain of salt.

    • Bicycle Bill
      Bicycle Bill
      September 1, 2015 at 12:17 am | #

      I’ve seen it referred to as a ‘mob cap’.  Think back to pictures of the women sitting alongside the guillotine during the French Revolution.

    • Urukak
      Urukak
      September 1, 2015 at 12:23 am | #

      1. It’s a nightcap and yes, probably, to help keep her hair under control overnight. That’s kind of a thing for Sal, as we’ve seen.

      2. Probably when Becky started sleeping in her room. (because Billie was gone half the time, not because Becky might have wandering eyes)

      3. I got nothin.

    • jefffwinger
      jefffwinger
      September 1, 2015 at 1:13 am | #

      3. Tell me about it. I recently upgraded to yosemite and it just fucked me up man. THE ICONS ARE JUST SO DIFFERENT MAKE IT STOP

  26. bunivasal
    bunivasal
    September 1, 2015 at 12:08 am | #

    Joyce’s hands are already thirsting for her own neck

  27. Vinny
    Vinny
    September 1, 2015 at 12:09 am | #

    Ow. Painful color. Is it blush or bashful?

  28. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    September 1, 2015 at 12:11 am | #

    Prepare for trouble !

    …and make it double.

  29. nothri
    nothri
    September 1, 2015 at 12:11 am | #

    Becky’s smile is not yet on par with Joyce’s manic grin. You can tell Becky has human teeth. Her joy has not yet upgraded to the white void that is the triangle grin of the Joyce human.

    • DarkVeghetta
      DarkVeghetta
      September 1, 2015 at 5:30 pm | #

      I specifically searched for ‘triangle’ and found your post. I KNEW someone would say it again. It spreads! May the triangle smile shine forever in our hearts.

  30. Keroshino
    Keroshino
    September 1, 2015 at 12:11 am | #

    OH GAWD…THE PINK…IT BURNS US!!!

    • newllend(henryvolt)
      newllend(henryvolt)
      September 1, 2015 at 12:18 am | #

      The hell are you guys on about with all the color complaints.

      • nothri
        nothri
        September 1, 2015 at 12:28 am | #

        Racist grandmas?

        • inqntrol
          inqntrol
          September 1, 2015 at 1:12 am | #

          Colour police.

          • DarkVeghetta
            DarkVeghetta
            September 1, 2015 at 5:31 pm | #

            Clearly puke green and whargarble brown are the only acceptable choices.

  31. newllend(henryvolt)
    newllend(henryvolt)
    September 1, 2015 at 12:13 am | #

    All that just says I haft to get a restraining order on those two.

    • Disloyal Subject
      Disloyal Subject
      September 1, 2015 at 12:17 am | #

      Sal, running to the law instead of solving the problem herself? I don’t think so.

    • DarkVeghetta
      DarkVeghetta
      September 1, 2015 at 5:31 pm | #

      But that’s what strangling is for!

  32. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    September 1, 2015 at 12:14 am | #

    What is this orange everyone is talking about? I even switched off my Browser settings to check and the background still looks bluish to me.

    • newllend(henryvolt)
      newllend(henryvolt)
      September 1, 2015 at 12:20 am | #

      Pink, orange, blue I don’t get it?

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        September 1, 2015 at 12:25 am | #

        My settings are such that the background is always black, so…

      • newllend(henryvolt)
        newllend(henryvolt)
        September 1, 2015 at 12:25 am | #

        Right usually busy running from it, but of course its not like it’s in her character to run from anything.

        • newllend(henryvolt)
          newllend(henryvolt)
          September 1, 2015 at 12:27 am | #

          Oops wrong comment that was supposed to go to Disloyal

    • Norah
      Norah
      September 1, 2015 at 12:29 am | #

      Did you clear your cache? I didn’t see it until I did that.

    • Leorale
      Leorale
      September 1, 2015 at 12:31 am | #

      If you’re on Windows, try ctrl-shift-R to refresh the page from scratch. It’s a rather eye-searing shade, like a pale cantaloupe. I know that Willis loves all things orangey but it makes the comments harder to read.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        September 1, 2015 at 4:23 am | #

        Still blue despite refreshing, not as it matters as my screen looks like THIS!

        • DarkVeghetta
          DarkVeghetta
          September 1, 2015 at 5:33 pm | #

          You made me “HISS HISS HISS” when I saw the IE symbol. I hope you are content with thyself!

          • Plasma Mongoose
            Plasma Mongoose
            September 1, 2015 at 8:44 pm | #

            It’s not the greatest browser but I’m used to it and all its quirks.

    • Kryss LaBryn
      Kryss LaBryn
      September 1, 2015 at 9:55 am | #

      Apparently it was some shade of orange for like an hour but then was put back, presumably because too many people said they had a hard time reading the comments against it. So, good on Willis for listening.

  33. detective boomwolf
    detective boomwolf
    September 1, 2015 at 12:14 am | #

    As someone who isn’t a morning person, I can say while I wouldn’t strangle the person who woke me up, there would be some choice words said.

    • AgentKeen
      AgentKeen
      September 1, 2015 at 12:16 am | #

      Maybe some surreptitious alarm setting and hiding in their room for like, 3 am, 5 am, and 5:12.

    • Disloyal Subject
      Disloyal Subject
      September 1, 2015 at 12:20 am | #

      I’d feel bad about the injuries to their feet from the caltrops, if it weren’t MY ROOM.
      I’m not really coherent enough to strangle when I wake up, and grappling isn’t my forté anyway. The steel pipe tucked into my bedframe is pretty easy to use, though.

    • caesaria82
      caesaria82
      September 1, 2015 at 12:25 am | #

      I would totally strangle a person. And a jury would find me not guilty as well, because morning people should all be goddamn arrested and I was just acting in self-defense.

  34. poppaboo2electricboogaloo
    poppaboo2electricboogaloo
    September 1, 2015 at 12:19 am | #

    For a second there I thought Sal had a weirdly colored Metroid sleepin’ cap on, then I realized what it was.

    Congratulations sir, you’ve raised my hopes and dashed them in one blow, good job.

  35. Dierna
    Dierna
    September 1, 2015 at 12:20 am | #

    I’d strangle those 2 as well…. 😛

    • DarkVeghetta
      DarkVeghetta
      September 1, 2015 at 5:34 pm | #

      But would you do it with your penis?

  36. caesaria82
    caesaria82
    September 1, 2015 at 12:20 am | #

    I’m feeling this on a deeply spiritual level. If someone were to wake me up by hovering over me and be obnoxiously happy and morning-person-y, I would straight-up punch them in the face. Hard. No exceptions, not even for loved ones, family members or beloved pets. (… ok I might be kidding about the pets. But not about everything else!)

    • Xakthul
      Xakthul
      September 1, 2015 at 7:07 am | #

      My dog licks my face, jumps into my lap, and then lets me go back to sleep. She and I have an unspoken agreement.

  37. Someone
    Someone
    September 1, 2015 at 12:20 am | #

    because of the color change, I now want to go through my physical book and compare the past strips in the book to the ones on the website. All the solid colored backgrounds have changed.

  38. liahansen
    liahansen
    September 1, 2015 at 12:20 am | #

    I love that after how much they’ve grown apart, you can still tell theyre childhood best friends

    • DarkoNeko
      DarkoNeko
      September 1, 2015 at 1:34 am | #

      They’re DoA’s 2nd pair of twins.

  39. Edupoet81
    Edupoet81
    September 1, 2015 at 12:20 am | #

    Not seeing the color change everyone is talking about. The page looks the same as it always has on my computer.

    Gah, relentless cheerfulness first thing in the morning. That would be like nails on a chalkboard for me. I hope Sarah is actively working on bottling Joyce’s morning person-ness so she can launch that bottle into the sun, and maybe Becky’s as well. http://www.dumbingofage.com/2014/comic/book-5/01-when-somebody-loved-me/bottle/
    Sal would not be the only one to thank her for that.

  40. MeghanTheDreamCrusher
    MeghanTheDreamCrusher
    September 1, 2015 at 12:22 am | #

    So in the 2nd panel Sal’s eyebrow is overlapping her cap… it has become part of her!

    • Someone
      Someone
      September 1, 2015 at 12:25 am | #

      Thats not a cap…Sal is secretly part jelly fish

      • DarkoNeko
        DarkoNeko
        September 1, 2015 at 1:35 am | #

        So, is she a kid, or a squid ?

        • Keroshino
          Keroshino
          September 1, 2015 at 2:34 am | #

          Both, of course!

      • Deathstalker
        Deathstalker
        September 1, 2015 at 1:39 am | #

        Expressions of Martian heritage

        • DarkVeghetta
          DarkVeghetta
          September 1, 2015 at 5:36 pm | #

          Clearly, the only reasonable explanation.

    • caesaria82
      caesaria82
      September 1, 2015 at 12:27 am | #

      Just how Becky’s eyes always go through her hair. The physics of the human body work differently in this universe xD

      • inqntrol
        inqntrol
        September 1, 2015 at 1:08 am | #

        They even have nostrils! What is this black magic?

        • DarkVeghetta
          DarkVeghetta
          September 1, 2015 at 5:37 pm | #

          Damnit, now I see it too! What unholy plague has befallen our fair community?!

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      September 1, 2015 at 4:31 am | #

      Stylistically, Willis always does eyebrows disconnected from the face, just like he does semi-transparent hair. The most notable eyebrow excursion was Joe’s reaction to Joyce in her yellow sundress.

  41. cmd1095
    cmd1095
    September 1, 2015 at 12:23 am | #

    “Love me by letting me sleep”

  42. A Scientist
    A Scientist
    September 1, 2015 at 12:30 am | #

    I am Sal before my coffee. I mean, not literally, I just have no interest in people.

    Unfortunately for “people,” I usually wait a solid five hours after waking up to drink my coffee.

    • Roborat
      Roborat
      September 2, 2015 at 2:36 pm | #

      Isn’t it cold by then?

  43. timemonkey
    timemonkey
    September 1, 2015 at 12:31 am | #

    Sal, you’ll get better results if you just kick them off the bunk.

    • DarkoNeko
      DarkoNeko
      September 1, 2015 at 1:36 am | #

      This ! is ! indiana ?

  44. Arkantos
    Arkantos
    September 1, 2015 at 12:35 am | #

    It is a sin to be that chipper at any point before 9 in the morning.

    • Arkantos
      Arkantos
      September 1, 2015 at 12:35 am | #

      Also, why is everything pink all of a sudden? It’s garish.

  45. Bagge
    Bagge
    September 1, 2015 at 12:37 am | #

    It’s a pity Sal and Sarah didn’t hit off – they have So much in common

    • inqntrol
      inqntrol
      September 1, 2015 at 1:09 am | #

      Well Sal strangles people and i think Srah would prefer to hit them with a bat.

      • DarkoNeko
        DarkoNeko
        September 1, 2015 at 1:37 am | #

        A more hands-on approach, if you will.

  46. EvergreenFir
    EvergreenFir
    September 1, 2015 at 12:47 am | #

    Doesn’t Sal sleep naked???

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      September 1, 2015 at 4:32 am | #

      Not anymore, it seems, interestingly enough! Does having a stranger (Becky) in her room make her feel more defensive and vulnerable?

      • DarkVeghetta
        DarkVeghetta
        September 1, 2015 at 5:39 pm | #

        A lesbian of the female persuasion no less. Hmm… it is a good point, but I need more information before I accept this new and confusing reality.

  47. Kaunisenkeli
    Kaunisenkeli
    September 1, 2015 at 12:55 am | #

    Anyone who gave that as an excuse for waking me in the morning would immediately find themselves being strangled again. Morning people… UGH!

    • timemonkey
      timemonkey
      September 1, 2015 at 6:48 am | #

      The worst thing about morning people is that they can’t just keep it to themselves.

  48. JessWitt
    JessWitt
    September 1, 2015 at 1:10 am | #

    Aack, new logo?! I’ll miss the scrawled out version of “Dumbing” contrasting with college-lettered “Of Age”.

    • Agemegos
      Agemegos
      September 1, 2015 at 2:16 am | #

      I think the letter-jacket block letters look appropriate.

  49. inqntrol
    inqntrol
    September 1, 2015 at 1:16 am | #

    Guys? Is it just me,or did the font return to blue-green?

    • jefffwinger
      jefffwinger
      September 1, 2015 at 1:17 am | #

      Oh good, I was hoping I wasn’t just seeing things

      • inqntrol
        inqntrol
        September 1, 2015 at 1:20 am | #

        I prefered the salmon colour,but blue-green works as well.

        • David M Willis
          David M Willis
          September 1, 2015 at 1:21 am | #

          TELL MY WIFE

          • Keroshino
            Keroshino
            September 1, 2015 at 2:33 am | #

            That she’s correct?

            …you got it boss!!! 😀

          • Bagge
            Bagge
            September 1, 2015 at 5:02 am | #

            I’m not sure it would set a good precedent to whine to your wife when there’s something we don’t like with the comic.

            “You MUST tell David to have Becky and Dina kiss again, at a museum! And what’s up with Danny and Ethan?”

            • HeySo
              HeySo
              September 1, 2015 at 10:36 pm | #

              Just have one big fan-service scene with half the cast kissing one another.

              Except Faz, Faz will be kissing Faz in mirror.
              And Galasso will just be staring down in confusion.
              “Is this how babies are made?”

          • Someone
            Someone
            September 1, 2015 at 10:16 am | #

            Behind every great man is a woman…who tells him when to change his stupid salmon colored webpage.

            • No Name
              No Name
              September 1, 2015 at 11:03 am | #

              Speaking from experience, Gallasso? How’s Pamela, by the way?

              • Bagge
                Bagge
                September 1, 2015 at 12:05 pm | #

                Now I want to see the homepage of Galasso’s Pizza.

                I suppose it’s just a blinking gif that spells FOOOOOOOOLS

                • m2iCodeJockey
                  m2iCodeJockey
                  September 1, 2015 at 12:32 pm | #

                  Rebellious.

                  It’s salmon, for a split second then, it fades to burgundy…

          • Mr. Random
            Mr. Random
            September 1, 2015 at 10:47 pm | #

            … But I already got a new monitor.

        • jefffwinger
          jefffwinger
          September 1, 2015 at 1:32 am | #

          #Colo(u)rgate

    • Orbit Junkie
      Orbit Junkie
      September 1, 2015 at 2:20 am | #

      Where is this blue-green font? Everything on the site seems to be black, with dark red for links. Am I missing something obvious?

      • Kryss LaBryn
        Kryss LaBryn
        September 1, 2015 at 9:58 am | #

        I think they’re referring to the background colour of the page? If not, I got nothin’.

        • Mr. Random
          Mr. Random
          September 1, 2015 at 10:48 pm | #

          Yesterday the background changed to the color that’s inside the box that orangey salmon color.

  50. Arianod
    Arianod
    September 1, 2015 at 1:33 am | #

    Now we know why Sal strangles folks who sneak up to her in her sleep. LEAVE NO WITNESSES.

  51. Don
    Don
    September 1, 2015 at 1:50 am | #

    Check out the Force Choke in panel 1.

  52. Carms
    Carms
    September 1, 2015 at 2:03 am | #

    omg they are so beautiful. look at them with their carebear team work. aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.

  53. BenRG
    BenRG
    September 1, 2015 at 2:13 am | #

    I said this elsewhere but the fact is that Joyce and Becky are two relentless, discouragement-proof optimism, friendship and cheer generators.

    Poor Sal! It must be like being permanently in the presence of Disney Princesses! The continual glare of sunlight and taste of sugar must be overwhelming! No-one deserves facing that first thing in the morning!

  54. Damned Scholar
    Damned Scholar
    September 1, 2015 at 2:18 am | #

    Extroverts. D:

  55. chris73
    chris73
    September 1, 2015 at 2:47 am | #

    Aaand just when I was warming up to Becky and Joyce they pull this kind of stunt

  56. Bagge
    Bagge
    September 1, 2015 at 3:09 am | #

    I just love the Joyce&Becky double act.

    For kindred spirits over in the Questionable Content universe:
    http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2127

    And to listen to the song itself:
    http://www.questionablecontent.net/mp3/Wakeupmartenfinal.mp3

  57. FuryOfFirestorm
    FuryOfFirestorm
    September 1, 2015 at 3:31 am | #

    The fact that the most devout Christians in the strip are being nearly killed by someone with stigmata is ironic and amusing.

  58. liahansen
    liahansen
    September 1, 2015 at 3:44 am | #

    future archaeologists will be so confused by this comment section

    • Willoughby Chase
      Willoughby Chase
      September 1, 2015 at 4:20 am | #

      As I was. But then I’m always late to the party 🙁

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      September 1, 2015 at 4:54 am | #

      Yeah, why shouldn’t they be confused like the rest of us. Who do you think you are, future archeologists? “Ooooh, I’m so cool because I can surf the ANCIENT INTERNET instead of digging up plastic. oooh”

    • m2iCodeJockey
      m2iCodeJockey
      September 1, 2015 at 12:41 pm | #

      I think they will be more confused by large number of songs and photos with butts as subject…

      • Bagge
        Bagge
        September 1, 2015 at 11:57 pm | #

        Archaeologists have ALWAYS had to deal with lots of butts in whatever media they are currently investigation – pictograms, stone carvings, ancient scrolls… It’s like history made by Walky, sometimes.

  59. Willoughby Chase
    Willoughby Chase
    September 1, 2015 at 4:23 am | #

    When I saw that first panel, I immediately thought of my grandmother.

    Those things made it out of the 18th Century? Gadzooks!

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      September 1, 2015 at 4:56 am | #

      If DMW feels like it, there could be an interesting back-story. Maybe she remarked to Jason that she didn’t like having to wrestle with her hair every morning; he recommended a bonnet. The sudden impact on her self-image when she realises she’s taking tips from her supposed casual squeeze would be… interesting.

      Yes, I ship them; I just like the idea of the ultra-wild biker chick ending up with the straightest and most restrained guy in the cast.

      • Spencer
        Spencer
        September 1, 2015 at 7:10 am | #

        It’s Sal’s. She wears it to keep her hair straightened when she sleeps.

        • BenRG
          BenRG
          September 1, 2015 at 7:17 am | #

          Um… Yeah, I don’t think I said anything different, did I?

          • Spencer
            Spencer
            September 1, 2015 at 7:20 am | #

            Jason didn’t buy it for her. That’s what I was getting at.

  60. BenRG
    BenRG
    September 1, 2015 at 4:34 am | #

    For some reason, I can see Sal wearing a tee-shirt this in-universe day with the slogan: “No Perkiness Before 10am, Please!”

  61. 6Qubed
    6Qubed
    September 1, 2015 at 4:44 am | #

    possible title for a horror movie with Sal as the monster: Neckthirst

    • m2iCodeJockey
      m2iCodeJockey
      September 1, 2015 at 7:11 am | #

      Sal: “Sensei, Ah must have a defense against the people that would see me awake at unholy hour-” *RRKH…* “Ah… beg you… teach me…!”
      Sensei Hekuvva: “Don’t hova’ ova’ me while Ah’m nappin’…”

  62. tomatoisjp
    tomatoisjp
    September 1, 2015 at 5:33 am | #

    I was fine with Becky until just about this strip. Now I hate her and want her expunged from the earth. Joyce too.

    Mornings are the devil and no one whould have to suffer through them.

  63. Bagge
    Bagge
    September 1, 2015 at 7:37 am | #

    Sal practices her grip reflex.

    • m2iCodeJockey
      m2iCodeJockey
      September 1, 2015 at 9:43 am | #

      Nope. That doesn’t remind me of any particular scene with Jason at all.

      Not one bit…

  64. theheroesofcrash
    theheroesofcrash
    September 1, 2015 at 8:37 am | #

    Me yesterday (word-for-word): “I can’t help but wonder if this was a reflex; her time in prison may have taught her to always be wary of people trying to get her in her sleep…”

    Me today: “A reflex, eh…? How interesting…!” ‘,:-)

    • Spencer
      Spencer
      September 1, 2015 at 8:49 am | #

      Sal didn’t go to prison or juvie. She was sent to a boarding school in Tennessee for five years.

      • BenRG
        BenRG
        September 1, 2015 at 9:28 am | #

        Boarding school can be even more vicious than prison sometimes; the guards are less vigilant in boarding schools!

        • No Name
          No Name
          September 1, 2015 at 1:38 pm | #

          Specifically, she went to an all-girls Catholic boarding school.

          • Spencer
            Spencer
            September 1, 2015 at 1:52 pm | #

            Although this does make me wonder. Walky says they’ve barely spoken in five years. Was Sal not allowed to return home for holidays or the summer?

            • timemonkey
              timemonkey
              September 1, 2015 at 2:58 pm | #

              She may not have wanted to. Her parents would be unlikely to make the effort and Sal would probably play the ‘you come and see ME’ game. Though even if she did show up I doubt there was much interaction, her parents ignore her and she resents Walky for being favoured.

              • Spencer
                Spencer
                September 1, 2015 at 3:27 pm | #

                She was a teenager in Tennessee. Would she even be able to make it to Indiana on her own? Besides, would the school even keep her over holidays?

                I’d like to think her parents cared enough to visit her, but given the Freshman Family Weekend arc it does seem likely that they’ve almost totally blotted her out of their minds.

            • HeySo
              HeySo
              September 1, 2015 at 10:33 pm | #

              Seeing each other for holidays counts as ‘barely spoken’, especially if she’s as taciturn as always WHEN she visits.

              Add in that she always dresses nice and acts nice around her parents, and his mild confusion over her more ‘badass’ appearance fits well, since he really wouldn’t have seen much of it.

          • Roborat
            Roborat
            September 2, 2015 at 2:45 pm | #

            She was sent to one of those houses of horror, what did she do to deserve that? They are worse than prison.

  65. Mada
    Mada
    September 1, 2015 at 9:16 am | #

    HANG ON

    I just noticed.

    Panel 4 is the image used for that “Straight Outta Clark Wing” pic that Willis put up back on the 9th.

  66. smooti
    smooti
    September 1, 2015 at 9:24 am | #

    The strangling thing is much too funny, it’s gonna end up being revealed that she has terrible night terrors or something like that, putting all of these humorous moments into a new, darker context.

    Or maybe she’s just not a morning person.

  67. SneaksyRanger
    SneaksyRanger
    September 1, 2015 at 9:29 am | #

    Sal looks like Faz in this strip.

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      September 1, 2015 at 12:07 pm | #

      Enjoy this handy chart that extrapolate what Faz would look like with boobs.

  68. BenRG
    BenRG
    September 1, 2015 at 9:30 am | #

    I just have to say at this point that panels 3 and 4 are the funniest moment that I’ve seen so far in DoA! 😀

  69. Weebles
    Weebles
    September 1, 2015 at 9:31 am | #

    That hat on Sal just makes me think of Miss Muffet.

  70. Alexx
    Alexx
    September 1, 2015 at 10:49 am | #

    Wow, that is THE worst reason to wake up in the history of “get up, it’s morning.”

  71. Mandy
    Mandy
    September 1, 2015 at 11:13 am | #

    All joking aside, it is ruder than holy hell to climb INTO someone’s bed uninvited just because it’s morning.

    • DarkoNeko
      DarkoNeko
      September 1, 2015 at 12:20 pm | #

      I can barely imagine how Joyce climbed then moved to the wall side of it without waking Sal up, too 😀

      • Mada
        Mada
        September 1, 2015 at 12:43 pm | #

        Jesus walked on water.

        Joyce walks on air.

  72. NoOneOfConsequence
    NoOneOfConsequence
    September 1, 2015 at 1:27 pm | #

    Is that ‘original’ Joyce (as in the clothing, possibly minus a SEMME stripe)?

    • Spencer
      Spencer
      September 1, 2015 at 5:53 pm | #

      Yes.

  73. Jenny Islander
    Jenny Islander
    September 1, 2015 at 2:30 pm | #

    …in a mobcap.

    She sleeps in a mobcap.

    BLACKMAIL MATERIAL!

  74. Robert
    Robert
    September 1, 2015 at 2:40 pm | #

    You may resume strangling.

  75. Amazi-Stool
    Amazi-Stool
    September 1, 2015 at 2:59 pm | #

    To all those wondering how the new color looked like:
    Willis has kept a part of the page on his tumblr.

  76. Rick Robin Cagnaan
    Rick Robin Cagnaan
    September 1, 2015 at 7:24 pm | #

    Apology accepted, almost. Sal knows how to react when she is awake.

  77. Just Here
    Just Here
    September 1, 2015 at 9:04 pm | #

    I thought Sal slept nude…

    • HeySo
      HeySo
      September 1, 2015 at 10:30 pm | #

      And I don’t see her just up and changing that for someone else..

      Continuity error?

      • HeySo
        HeySo
        September 1, 2015 at 10:30 pm | #

        Or maybe she was cold that night ;P

  78. John Madden
    John Madden
    September 1, 2015 at 9:52 pm | #

    I can’t say I blame Sal.

  79. The Other Mike
    The Other Mike
    September 2, 2015 at 2:42 am | #

    “Good morning” is a contradiction in terms.

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