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by David M Willis on January 9, 2019 at 12:01 am
  • 02 - But the Sun Still Shines
└ Tags: asma, jennifer, ken, ruth

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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    January 9, 2019 at 12:05 am | #

    poke ’em if you got ’em

    • Aeron
      Aeron
      January 10, 2019 at 6:22 am | #

      …Or rub ’em if you don’t.

      • Treita
        Treita
        January 13, 2019 at 5:57 am | #

        Different strokes for different folks

  2. TrueVCU
    TrueVCU
    January 9, 2019 at 12:05 am | #

    GATE QUEEN IS DISPLEASED

  3. AnvilPro
    AnvilPro
    January 9, 2019 at 12:05 am | #

    Asma’s sick of people messing up her den

    • Durandal_1707
      Durandal_1707
      January 9, 2019 at 12:08 am | #

      Billie and Ruth are about to experience an Asma attack.

      • Danielle
        Danielle
        January 9, 2019 at 12:10 am | #

        7/10

        • LookingIn
          LookingIn
          January 9, 2019 at 1:59 am | #

          nah, that deserves at least a 10/10 for apt and funny

          • Deanatay
            Deanatay
            January 9, 2019 at 7:20 am | #

            Sarge: Simmons, you earned an F for efficiency… but an A+ for dramatic timing!
            Simmons: Thank you, sir! I’ve always felt appearances were more important than effectiveness!

            • Treita
              Treita
              January 9, 2019 at 11:39 pm | #

              That’s what Griff’s for.

          • Znayx
            Znayx
            January 21, 2019 at 12:24 am | #

            I know I’m sooooo late on this, but… It’s a meme.

      • Remmington Steele
        Remmington Steele
        January 9, 2019 at 7:29 am | #

        She needs to get a-hold of the right end of her stick to clean out her den:)

  4. Yumi
    Yumi
    January 9, 2019 at 12:06 am | #

    And then Lucy comes into the lobby?

    • Rabid Rabbit
      Rabid Rabbit
      January 9, 2019 at 12:15 am | #

      Based on panel 5, Billie already has.

      • Rabid Rabbit
        Rabid Rabbit
        January 9, 2019 at 12:15 am | #

        Wait, sorry. I read that as “in,” not “into.” Ignore me.

        • LeslieBean4Shizzle
          LeslieBean4Shizzle
          January 9, 2019 at 1:11 am | #

          Give it a minute. Asma is only now producing the poking stick.

          • Rabid Rabbit
            Rabid Rabbit
            January 9, 2019 at 1:58 am | #

            I know that, according to Slipshine, Billie has promised to buy Ruth a poking stick, but so far that hasn’t been proved to be necessary for them.

            • LeslieBean4Shizzle
              LeslieBean4Shizzle
              January 10, 2019 at 12:10 am | #

              There is a big difference between “necessary” and “good fun”

        • LookingIn
          LookingIn
          January 9, 2019 at 2:00 am | #

          it works both ways 😉

    • ktbear
      ktbear
      January 9, 2019 at 12:20 am | #

      I fancy your chances of being correct. Comment number 9? Woot!

  5. DailyBrad
    DailyBrad
    January 9, 2019 at 12:06 am | #

    Heh, always glad to see Asma.

    • LookingIn
      LookingIn
      January 9, 2019 at 2:01 am | #

      when she’s there, it’s always going to be a good payoff

      • UnfeignedShip
        UnfeignedShip
        January 9, 2019 at 4:55 am | #

        Like every comic with Dina is 90% better!

  6. shadowcell
    shadowcell
    January 9, 2019 at 12:06 am | #

    Dumbing of Age Book 9: Time to Grab My Poking Stick

    alternatively, Time to Grab My Poking Stick: A Dumbing of Age Pornographique Compendium

    • Khantalas
      Khantalas
      January 9, 2019 at 1:53 am | #

      So I’ve never been exactly clear on the rules. Do the book titles only have to be complete sentences from the strip, or do they have to be the whole content of a speech bubble? Because I was under the impression it was the latter.

      • Clif
        Clif
        January 9, 2019 at 8:50 am | #

        The only real rule is that Willis can name them anything he wants. Unfortunately he reserves the best titles for the alt-text.

        • Khantalas
          Khantalas
          January 9, 2019 at 12:29 pm | #

          He does follow some sort of self-imposed rule that he has mentioned in comments before, though.

          • Clif
            Clif
            January 9, 2019 at 7:01 pm | #

            AND with that clue, activating Google … Dec 20 – “Yeah but maybe if you noticed that, like, the first six Dumbing of Age book titles are all complete sentences, you’d see that, y’know, there’s kind of an established pattern.” – Word of Willis

    • Keulen
      Keulen
      January 9, 2019 at 2:10 am | #

      Dumbing of Age Book 9: This Isn’t Passion. It’s Completely Logical That You Need To Die

      • Ana Chronistic
        Ana Chronistic
        January 9, 2019 at 1:05 pm | #

        Dumbing of Age Book 9: –oooAGGH!

  7. Stu
    Stu
    January 9, 2019 at 12:07 am | #

    Ken just doesn’t recognize when a couple is dancing the Masochism Tango.

    • Khantalas
      Khantalas
      January 9, 2019 at 1:54 am | #

      Sadomasochism Tango. It would be inaccurate to call Billie purely masochism.

    • Marsh Maryrose
      Marsh Maryrose
      January 9, 2019 at 3:47 pm | #

      “Let our love be a flame, not an ember
      Say it’s me that you want to dismember”

  8. BassBone
    BassBone
    January 9, 2019 at 12:07 am | #

    Help, it’s adorable!

  9. Kyrik Michalowski
    Kyrik Michalowski
    January 9, 2019 at 12:07 am | #

    Well, I am pleased with how this has turned out. They both got exercise, Ruth smiled, even if it was a smile of possible insanity but hey that’s love, and now they’re enjoying some makeouts. Alls well that ends well, right?

    • LookingIn
      LookingIn
      January 9, 2019 at 2:02 am | #

      the only thing more dangerous than a Ruth smile is a Sarah smile…if she smiles, RUN!

  10. Danielle
    Danielle
    January 9, 2019 at 12:08 am | #

    these bisasters

  11. BBCC
    BBCC
    January 9, 2019 at 12:08 am | #

    Aw, Ken, honey, Ruth’s boss isn’t gonna do shit. It’s nice you believe you live in an orderly dorm building though.

    XD Poor Asma though.

    • Yumi
      Yumi
      January 9, 2019 at 12:11 am | #

      Chloe: “I can excuse abusing your residents, but I draw the line at running indoors.”

      • BBCC
        BBCC
        January 9, 2019 at 12:17 am | #

        Rachel: “You can excuse abusing your residents?”

        • Clif
          Clif
          January 9, 2019 at 9:04 am | #

          It’s all part of our Perverse Incentive program. We pride ourselves on preparing students for the real world.

  12. jeffepp
    jeffepp
    January 9, 2019 at 12:08 am | #

    If she didn’t want to get caught…

  13. Stephen Bierce
    Stephen Bierce
    January 9, 2019 at 12:08 am | #

    –The race is on and it looks like Makeouts
    And the winner loses all
    –apologies to George Jones

    • Lokitsu
      Lokitsu
      January 9, 2019 at 12:15 am | #

      And the winner is…..
      Beedlebaum

      • Ryek Hvek
        Ryek Hvek
        January 9, 2019 at 5:04 am | #

        “Cabbage by a head!!”

  14. Piotr W
    Piotr W
    January 9, 2019 at 12:09 am | #

    I don’t understand what triggered Ruth so much…

    • Yumi
      Yumi
      January 9, 2019 at 12:12 am | #

      They’re playing.

      • LeslieBean4Shizzle
        LeslieBean4Shizzle
        January 9, 2019 at 1:09 am | #

        Foreplaying even.

  15. ShinyNeen
    ShinyNeen
    January 9, 2019 at 12:10 am | #

    Sh-shoves is not loves??

    • Delicious Taffy
      Delicious Taffy
      January 9, 2019 at 3:20 am | #

      True, but chases is smooching faces.

    • thejeff
      thejeff
      January 9, 2019 at 5:57 am | #

      Except when they are.

      People are complicated.

      • Clif
        Clif
        January 9, 2019 at 8:30 am | #

        Yep. And some people are more complicated than orhers.

        • Clif
          Clif
          January 9, 2019 at 9:33 am | #

          Orhers? And we all know how complicated orhers are. Damn it, spell-correct, you had one job.

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      January 9, 2019 at 10:06 am | #

      For these two, It definitely is.

  16. Wright
    Wright
    January 9, 2019 at 12:10 am | #

    A wild Ken appears!

    • Lingo
      Lingo
      January 9, 2019 at 12:22 am | #

      See you next year, Ken! Maybe.

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      January 9, 2019 at 2:12 am | #

      More mild than wild.

  17. foamy
    foamy
    January 9, 2019 at 12:12 am | #

    Oh look it’s Other Ethan

    • woobie
      woobie
      January 9, 2019 at 1:03 am | #

      haha that avatar + comment

    • Dana
      Dana
      January 9, 2019 at 1:34 am | #

      I thought he was a character from Street Fighter, but you’re right. That is Asian Jewish Chuck.

  18. butts
    butts
    January 9, 2019 at 12:12 am | #

    DEATH FROM ABOVE

    • Batman
      Batman
      January 9, 2019 at 9:53 am | #

      And it’s a messy score for the leafs. The ref is allowing the tackling and now for the traditional post goal celebrations.

  19. Roger
    Roger
    January 9, 2019 at 12:12 am | #

    ~~~~banter~~~~

    • Clif
      Clif
      January 9, 2019 at 9:50 am | #

      ~~~~botched attempt at witty reply~~~~

      • Roborat
        Roborat
        January 9, 2019 at 3:17 pm | #

        ~~~~incredibly obscure reference~~~~

  20. Shiro
    Shiro
    January 9, 2019 at 12:13 am | #

    …I mean. The whole amazing-spider-man-leap-into-makeouts thing is kind of an interesting maneuver, so well done there

  21. Regalli
    Regalli
    January 9, 2019 at 12:13 am | #

    Asma’s face is a delight, even as I feel terrible for her.

    • Jess
      Jess
      January 9, 2019 at 12:14 am | #

      “Asma’s face is a delight” was going to be my exact comment. So I’ll just tack on to the bottom of yours instead. Great minds must think alike!

      • BarerMender
        BarerMender
        January 9, 2019 at 12:40 am | #

        Great minds run in the same channel. Fools think alike.
        I hate it when people mess up old saws.

        • King Daniel
          King Daniel
          January 9, 2019 at 12:45 am | #

          The easiest way to mess up an old saw is to use it inappropriately. Such as by wielding it like a hammer.

          • Dana
            Dana
            January 9, 2019 at 2:34 am | #

            Software engineering is the art of finding the right wrench to hammer in the right screw.

            • Delicious Taffy
              Delicious Taffy
              January 9, 2019 at 3:22 am | #

              Why don’t you just use a screwdriver?

              • Drake
                Drake
                January 9, 2019 at 8:47 am | #

                Screwdriver is not supported in the framework API.

          • MatthewTheLucky
            MatthewTheLucky
            January 9, 2019 at 3:02 am | #

            When all you have is an old saw, everything looks like balsa wood.

            • Clif
              Clif
              January 9, 2019 at 9:08 am | #

              There’s no saw like an old saw.

              • Clif
                Clif
                January 9, 2019 at 9:12 am | #

                A cut in nine saves time.

                • Clif
                  Clif
                  January 9, 2019 at 9:12 am | #

                  A fool and his saw are soon hammered.

        • foamy
          foamy
          January 9, 2019 at 3:25 pm | #

          Great minds think alike; fools seldom differ, is how *I* always heard it.

          • Clif
            Clif
            January 9, 2019 at 5:58 pm | #

            I always heard it as great minds run the same gutter.

      • Agemegos
        Agemegos
        January 9, 2019 at 1:52 am | #

        Great minds like a think.

        • Marsh Maryrose
          Marsh Maryrose
          January 9, 2019 at 3:54 pm | #

          Great minds like a drink.

          “David Hume could out-consume
          Wilhelm Freidrich Hegel
          And Wittgenstein was a beery swine
          Who was just as schloshed as Schlegel.”

          • NickG
            NickG
            January 9, 2019 at 4:09 pm | #

            “Aristotle, Aristotle was a bugger for the bottle.”

            • Clif
              Clif
              January 9, 2019 at 5:35 pm | #

              And Hobbes was fond of his Rene Descartes

              or something like that.

    • Nono
      Nono
      January 9, 2019 at 12:18 am | #

      It’s the Sarah face.

      • ValdVin
        ValdVin
        January 9, 2019 at 12:13 pm | #

        It might even be more Sarah than Sarah.

        • Emperor Norton II
          Emperor Norton II
          January 9, 2019 at 5:57 pm | #

          This is how I envision Asma and Sarah having a girl’s chat.

  22. Cattleprod
    Cattleprod
    January 9, 2019 at 12:13 am | #

    Cheapass school can’t even afford proper poking sticks, employees have to supply brooms.

    • Clif
      Clif
      January 9, 2019 at 10:21 am | #

      To the contrary, if brooms were being used as poking sticks, Asma wouldn’t have to go grab one. I choose to believe that the broom closet and poking stick closet are side by side and properly labeled.

  23. abysswatcher1993
    abysswatcher1993
    January 9, 2019 at 12:18 am | #

    And this is the start of a slipshine.

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      January 9, 2019 at 2:11 am | #

      Start? We are at least two pages in already.

  24. Reltzik
    Reltzik
    January 9, 2019 at 12:20 am | #

    I feel that it is incumbent upon me to call attention to how completely inappropriate this whole scene is.

    …. I mean, Willis put the winner in a Leaf’s jersey.

    • Dean
      Dean
      January 9, 2019 at 12:55 am | #

      In a way, they are both winners.

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      January 9, 2019 at 2:11 am | #

      Leafs scores tonight

      • Solenoid
        Solenoid
        January 9, 2019 at 3:15 am | #

        Leafs can score as long as they lose the game. I think that’s the law of the universe in play here.

  25. Meta
    Meta
    January 9, 2019 at 12:22 am | #

    Ken AND Asma.. magical

  26. foducool
    foducool
    January 9, 2019 at 12:34 am | #

    get a bucket filled with water lol

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      January 9, 2019 at 2:11 am | #

      Or just get the hose and get it over with.

      • MatsuoTanuki
        MatsuoTanuki
        January 9, 2019 at 2:26 am | #

        Ken: “It isn’t working you’re only making them sexier!” D:

        https://youtu.be/nBkTmf_Sl9A

        • Delicious Taffy
          Delicious Taffy
          January 9, 2019 at 3:30 am | #

          Damn it, I was expecting Futurama.

  27. Electriccombines
    Electriccombines
    January 9, 2019 at 12:37 am | #

    So cute so cute so cute SO CUTE SO CUTE I LOVE THEM SO MUCH

    • Clif
      Clif
      January 9, 2019 at 9:56 am | #

      Yes, Ken and Asma are quite the pair.

  28. BarerMender
    BarerMender
    January 9, 2019 at 12:45 am | #

    I don’t think I’d care to poke those two. There might be poking going on.

  29. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    January 9, 2019 at 12:51 am | #

    “Ah HA, I have the high ground !”

    • Keulen
      Keulen
      January 9, 2019 at 2:08 am | #

      “It’s over Billie! I have the high ground!”

  30. LeslieBean4Shizzle
    LeslieBean4Shizzle
    January 9, 2019 at 1:09 am | #

    I know I am.
    (this comment makes no sense unless one reads the hovertext)

    • Clif
      Clif
      January 9, 2019 at 8:35 am | #

      TMI 😉

    • Emperor Norton II
      Emperor Norton II
      January 9, 2019 at 5:51 pm | #

      What about the whapping stick, the stick that goes “BZZZZZT”, and the double-poking stick?

  31. Peter
    Peter
    January 9, 2019 at 1:21 am | #

    I rejoice every time Asma is in the comic. She’s one of my favourite supporting characters.

  32. Dana
    Dana
    January 9, 2019 at 1:27 am | #

    I guess if I want in-panel makeouts I’ll have to pay.

  33. mrnoidea
    mrnoidea
    January 9, 2019 at 1:28 am | #

    That fifth panel is magnificent. That is all.

  34. Tenzhi
    Tenzhi
    January 9, 2019 at 1:41 am | #

    RUTH FROM ABOVE!

    • Marsh Maryrose
      Marsh Maryrose
      January 9, 2019 at 6:49 pm | #

      From “Wrath of Khan”

      Spock: He is intelligent, but not experienced. His pattern indicates two-dimensional thinking.” And then a knowing grin spreads across Kirk’s face.

  35. Ivy
    Ivy
    January 9, 2019 at 1:58 am | #

    Imagine seeing two people acting like this in real life

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      January 9, 2019 at 2:07 am | #

      Actually has happened to me. Such is the wonder of schooling!

      • Roborat
        Roborat
        January 9, 2019 at 3:22 pm | #

        Witnessing the act, or being the act?

        • BenRG
          BenRG
          January 9, 2019 at 5:38 pm | #

          Witnessing it only.

    • Pidgey
      Pidgey
      January 9, 2019 at 2:27 am | #

      Couple’s are weird. Not seen this but seen a very large guy and his very tiny girlfriend play wrestle each other til they fell off a picnic table bench… Couples are reeeeally weird.

  36. Bagge
    Bagge
    January 9, 2019 at 2:01 am | #

    Awwwww, they look so happy.

    …or, I suppose ‘frisky’ is a bit closer to the situation at hand.

    • MatsuoTanuki
      MatsuoTanuki
      January 9, 2019 at 2:28 am | #

      https://youtu.be/iGfBk5JnDAQ

  37. Needfuldoer
    Needfuldoer
    January 9, 2019 at 2:03 am | #

    This has got to be the most “Ruth and Billie” comic we’ve seen to date.

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      January 9, 2019 at 2:09 am | #

      I’m also pretty fond of this one

      http://www.dumbingofage.com/2014/comic/book-5/01-when-somebody-loved-me/murder/

      • Bagge
        Bagge
        January 9, 2019 at 2:10 am | #

        …although I suppose this one does a good job of encapsulating their relationship as well

        http://www.dumbingofage.com/2015/comic/book-6/01-to-those-whod-ground-me/breathing/

      • Emperor Norton II
        Emperor Norton II
        January 9, 2019 at 6:06 pm | #

        A strip encapsulating the relationship of Billie and Ruth that is titled “Murder”?

        How utterly absurd!!!

    • Marsh Maryrose
      Marsh Maryrose
      January 9, 2019 at 4:11 pm | #

      For all the fun of this scene, “I’m gonna murder you!” “Promise?” kinda harks back to the Sexy Lesbian Suicide Pact days of their relationship.

      “Do not attempt this relationship at home,”

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        January 9, 2019 at 5:36 pm | #

        Of course not. That would be silly.

        College is the place for this relationship. 🙂

  38. BenRG
    BenRG
    January 9, 2019 at 2:07 am | #

    I wonder how often Asma needs to use her Poking Stick during an average week? I mean, just how common are spontaneous make-outs in that building anyway?

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      January 9, 2019 at 2:10 am | #

      If your job requires you to have a designated poking stick, I’ll take a stab in the dark and say “too often”.

      • ninja_jesus
        ninja_jesus
        January 9, 2019 at 2:46 am | #

        Stabs in the dark aren’t done by the poking stick, though. They’re done with the knife of a serial rapist, by Amber.

        • Clif
          Clif
          January 9, 2019 at 10:00 am | #

          So what I’m hearing is that the building needs much better lighting?

  39. Eldritch Gentleman
    Eldritch Gentleman
    January 9, 2019 at 2:38 am | #

    Yeah Asma, don’t encourage the kinksters.

  40. AutobotDen
    AutobotDen
    January 9, 2019 at 4:46 am | #

    It’s not even noon, and poor Asma is just DONE.

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      January 9, 2019 at 4:50 am | #

      Better than the night shift with the Walkerton and O’Malley girls prowling around playing at superheroes! Or… Asma assumes they are ‘playing’ at superheroes!

  41. Ryek Hvek
    Ryek Hvek
    January 9, 2019 at 5:11 am | #

    The next Kickstarter needs to have a Poking Stick as a high level bonus incentive.

  42. nothri
    nothri
    January 9, 2019 at 7:17 am | #

    Noooo, your capture of me is highly illogical!!!

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      January 9, 2019 at 7:25 am | #

      …please tell me that’s not a StarTrek slashfic

      • Clif
        Clif
        January 9, 2019 at 8:40 am | #

        Well, it is now.

      • Emperor Norton II
        Emperor Norton II
        January 9, 2019 at 5:48 pm | #

        Please tell me that -is- a Star Trek slashfic!

  43. Remmington Steele
    Remmington Steele
    January 9, 2019 at 7:26 am | #

    The current and last three comic titles are:

    Illicit poop chase

    also

    narcissistic all-encompassing spirited JELL-O

    That’s almost poetry.

    • King Daniel
      King Daniel
      January 9, 2019 at 8:47 am | #

      One leads to the other.

      • Clif
        Clif
        January 9, 2019 at 10:02 am | #

        Order is important.

  44. Deanatay
    Deanatay
    January 9, 2019 at 7:36 am | #

    Billie: Faster.

    Ruth: Sneakier.

    Asma: Meaner.

    We all know who’s winning this fight.

    • Clif
      Clif
      January 9, 2019 at 8:43 am | #

      Well as a general rule sneakier usually wins, but not always.

      • Warfoki
        Warfoki
        January 10, 2019 at 6:35 am | #

        If it comes to a fight, sneaky usually doesn’t win. Sneaky tends to win before the other parties would be even aware that there is a fight to be had. That’s kinda the point of being sneaky… 😛

  45. JBento
    JBento
    January 9, 2019 at 7:47 am | #

    *fondness for Asma intensifies*

  46. Bicycle Bill
    Bicycle Bill
    January 9, 2019 at 8:38 am | #

    If you keep poking at it, Asma, it will never get any better.

  47. SonicBlueRanger
    SonicBlueRanger
    January 9, 2019 at 9:59 am | #

    Hey It’s Chun-Li! …Is that still a thing with Ken? Using other Street Fighter Character names? If not I’m brining it back.

    • purblebirb
      purblebirb
      January 9, 2019 at 10:22 am | #

      I thought his name was G

  48. Ziggy
    Ziggy
    January 9, 2019 at 11:44 am | #

    Ken: “Someone needs to call an RA.”
    Ruth: “I am an RA!”

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      January 9, 2019 at 12:20 pm | #

      “Then you should write yourself up for breach of the conduct rules!”

      “… You know, that’s actually a wonderfully bizarre idea. I might even try that!”

      • Emperor Norton II
        Emperor Norton II
        January 9, 2019 at 5:47 pm | #

        “Ruth?”

        “Yes, Ruth?”

        “… Please don’t do it again.”

        “Carla was right, it would’ve been more fun if I threatened to beat me to death with my own femurs.”

  49. Guest42
    Guest42
    January 9, 2019 at 12:01 pm | #

    Hey, it’s Ken!

    • Steve McBeezelbub
      Steve McBeezelbub
      January 9, 2019 at 12:19 pm | #

      Cool. I came to comments because I wondered if we’d seen this hotties before. Um, now who’s Ken?

      • Caroline Hewitt
        Caroline Hewitt
        January 9, 2019 at 12:22 pm | #

        http://www.dumbingofage.com/tag/ken/

        He works at Galasso’s.
        Some people know him from his larger role in Willis’ old comic Shortpacked!.

        • Daibhid C
          Daibhid C
          January 9, 2019 at 3:14 pm | #

          I don’t remember a Ken in Shortpacked! Did he join at around the same time as …

          …okay, this is the point where I realise I don’t actually know the names of any Street Fighter characters.

          • Roborat
            Roborat
            January 9, 2019 at 3:24 pm | #

            Google is your friend.

            • Emperor Norton II
              Emperor Norton II
              January 9, 2019 at 5:44 pm | #

              Google is your corporate brainwasher that wants your eternal servitude.

              • Clif
                Clif
                January 9, 2019 at 5:47 pm | #

                There’s a difference?

                • Emperor Norton II
                  Emperor Norton II
                  January 9, 2019 at 6:05 pm | #

                  All hail Hypnotoad Google!

          • Clif
            Clif
            January 9, 2019 at 5:45 pm | #

            An epsilon for effort tho.

        • Steve McBeezelbub
          Steve McBeezelbub
          January 9, 2019 at 10:31 pm | #

          Ah yes! He was that terrible woman’s roommate, right?

  50. Jhon
    Jhon
    January 9, 2019 at 4:28 pm | #

    What Asma needs is a Smakken.

    • thejeff
      thejeff
      January 9, 2019 at 10:10 pm | #

      I’ve got to admit, the Smakken is one of the few times in recent Girl Genius history that’s made me laugh out loud.

      • Roborat
        Roborat
        January 10, 2019 at 4:03 pm | #

        Yes, I had the same reaction when I read that page.

  51. Tim
    Tim
    January 13, 2019 at 3:33 am | #

    *Kif noise*

  52. Willinwoods
    Willinwoods
    January 13, 2019 at 5:51 pm | #

    I’m reading these panels as RUN – RUN – RUN – JUMP, and then Ruth is trying to be a backpack while Billie jumps… It makes perfect sense.

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