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YOU STAY AWAY FROM JACOB because it would hurt raidah, obviously, not because of jealousy, why'd your mind go THERE huh????
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September 18, 2023

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by David M Willis on January 22, 2019 at 12:01 am
  • 02 - But the Sun Still Shines

└ Tags: danny, ethan, jacob, joe, joyce, lucy, mike

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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    January 22, 2019 at 12:01 am | #

    “well uh, Other Jacob is okay I guess”

    dang, now I feel like there were some lines I wasn’t reading between

    • DailyBrad
      DailyBrad
      January 22, 2019 at 12:05 am | #

      I, uhh, think Sarah might have some deep misgivings about either of them going near Other Jacob.

      • tim gueguen
        tim gueguen
        January 22, 2019 at 12:06 am | #

        “Get your own!” would be her obvious response.

        • Ana Chronistic
          Ana Chronistic
          January 22, 2019 at 10:15 pm | #

          She was fine(?) with Joyce going near tho

          nostril-to-nostril-picker, even

      • Koms
        Koms
        January 22, 2019 at 5:20 am | #

        Haha deep

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      January 22, 2019 at 12:22 am | #

      Why settle for a battery powered vibrator when a diesel powered one can reach those hard to reach places.

      • Fox
        Fox
        January 22, 2019 at 12:28 am | #

        Why is that a thing?! Please tell me this is a joke!

        • BarerMender
          BarerMender
          January 22, 2019 at 12:33 am | #

          Diesel has more than one meaning.

        • Sarah
          Sarah
          January 22, 2019 at 1:09 am | #

          That’s indeed a real thing and not a joke. It’s used to beat the air pockets and voids out of concrete that has been poured into a form to make columns or foundations or things of that sort. Using one is stupendously messy, and tends to get you covered in little splatters of concrete.

          • Librain
            Librain
            January 22, 2019 at 10:08 am | #

            Honestly if your vibrator doesn’t normally leave you stupendously messy and/or covered in little splatters of concrete then I’m pretty sure you’re using it wrong.

          • Octochan
            Octochan
            January 22, 2019 at 10:13 am | #

            One of the best cosplay hacks I learned at a con panel was how to get bubbles out when casting resin. Professional fabrication places use vacuum chambers or vibrating tables for that. The cosplayer running the panel realized that she could get the same results by taping her strongest rabbit vibe to the table the resin mold was on.

            • laladoria
              laladoria
              January 22, 2019 at 1:03 pm | #

              This is amazing.

      • Roborat
        Roborat
        January 22, 2019 at 2:58 pm | #

        I have seen those things in action, it wouldn’t just reach the hard to reach places, it would liquefy them.

  2. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    January 22, 2019 at 12:01 am | #

    No !

  3. AnvilPro
    AnvilPro
    January 22, 2019 at 12:02 am | #

    Well now I need more Danny and Joyce comics!

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      January 22, 2019 at 12:12 am | #

      Time for a Roomies re-read?

  4. jeffepp
    jeffepp
    January 22, 2019 at 12:03 am | #

    Aaand the sanity slips. Again.

    • Screwball
      Screwball
      January 22, 2019 at 12:05 am | #

      Eh, this “sanity” thing is overrated… 😋

      • newllend(henryvolt)
        newllend(henryvolt)
        January 22, 2019 at 12:25 am | #

        Well said “Screwball.”

    • DrWattson
      DrWattson
      January 22, 2019 at 2:40 am | #

      To say it slipped is to imply it was there to begin with.

      • Shen Hibiki
        Shen Hibiki
        January 22, 2019 at 9:20 pm | #

        Is slipped off-camera. It’s been trying to reach the comic from the start but keeps rolling downstairs~

        • Geneseepaws
          Geneseepaws
          January 23, 2019 at 7:42 am | #

          Might wanna use Biccardi Dark instead of the Biccardi 151.

  5. shadowcell
    shadowcell
    January 22, 2019 at 12:03 am | #

    can that hat just replace Danny on the cast page

    • LeslieBean4Shizzle
      LeslieBean4Shizzle
      January 22, 2019 at 12:06 am | #

      Yes, seconded.

      • thEmpror
        thEmpror
        January 22, 2019 at 12:08 am | #

        Thirded

    • butts
      butts
      January 22, 2019 at 12:53 am | #

      pff, Danny

    • Bickendan
      Bickendan
      January 22, 2019 at 2:50 am | #

      Who’s ‘Danny’? All I know is ‘Hat’, Joe’s roommate.

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        January 22, 2019 at 6:52 am | #

        Hat is a good egg.

        • Emily
          Emily
          January 22, 2019 at 1:17 pm | #

          His full name is Hat with Ukulele.

          • Emperor Norton II
            Emperor Norton II
            January 22, 2019 at 3:41 pm | #

            Y’all can try and knock Danny down all you like.

            But he will get up again.

            • Tacos
              Tacos
              January 22, 2019 at 5:36 pm | #

              Ain’t nothing gonna keep him down.

              • Kinoko
                Kinoko
                January 22, 2019 at 10:12 pm | #

                Oh, Danny boy, Danny boy…

  6. Jabberwocky
    Jabberwocky
    January 22, 2019 at 12:03 am | #

    The fact that Joyce has barely any conception of Danny in this universe is hysterical

    • DailyBrad
      DailyBrad
      January 22, 2019 at 12:06 am | #

      other than that one party, I have like zero recollection of them being near each other much, so it kinda makes sense.

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        January 22, 2019 at 2:03 am | #

        They’ve been in 30-something comics together, but they’ve directly interacted with each other in just a handful of those.

    • MM
      MM
      January 22, 2019 at 12:30 am | #

      Her counterpart was so obsessed, there’s no attention left over for any other iteration.

    • Keulen
      Keulen
      January 22, 2019 at 2:43 am | #

      I’m loving that in this universe all she can remember about Danny is his hat.

    • David Doty
      David Doty
      January 22, 2019 at 8:30 am | #

      Gasp! MIND-WIPE!

  7. FLUFFYWOLF
    FLUFFYWOLF
    January 22, 2019 at 12:03 am | #

    …She’s not going to stay away from Jacob

    • ValdVin
      ValdVin
      January 22, 2019 at 5:10 am | #

      Especially if he undoes any more buttons on his shirt.

  8. DailyBrad
    DailyBrad
    January 22, 2019 at 12:04 am | #

    I love that this is still tagged Danny.

    Very curious how things’ll be when Joe does come back around, but yeahhh, bringing him to Forest Wing for a party is a REALLY poor idea.

    • Shiro
      Shiro
      January 22, 2019 at 12:05 am | #

      The general idea of Danny exists in this moment

      • Psyme
        Psyme
        January 22, 2019 at 12:20 am | #

        Schroedinger’s Danny, because you can say he exists and doesn’t exist until Joyce observes him directly.

        • Amazi-Stool
          Amazi-Stool
          January 22, 2019 at 2:40 pm | #

          More like the Cheshire Cat:

          The Danny disappears and only the hat remains!

          • Warren
            Warren
            January 22, 2019 at 4:12 pm | #

            I must not be Danny
            Danny is the egg-killer
            Danny is the little-crack that brings total badness
            I will face my Danny
            I will permit it to pass over and through me
            And when it has gone past I will tune my inner ukulele to see its path
            Where the Danny has gone there will be nothing
            Only the hat will remain

  9. meep
    meep
    January 22, 2019 at 12:04 am | #

    I thought Joyce backed off Jacob.

    • DailyBrad
      DailyBrad
      January 22, 2019 at 12:07 am | #

      Doesn’t mean she wouldn’t still have hangups she has to put to rest, I guess. That, and if Joyce couldn’t make a move, can’t figure she’d want Lucy to do it, either.

      • meep
        meep
        January 22, 2019 at 12:24 am | #

        Fair enough.

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        January 22, 2019 at 7:01 am | #

        We also haven’t seen them interact since she supposedly backed off. I’m curious how that will go.

  10. C.T Phipps
    C.T Phipps
    January 22, 2019 at 12:04 am | #

    Dammit, Joyce, you know Danny’s name!

    🙂

    • SgtWadeyWilson
      SgtWadeyWilson
      January 22, 2019 at 3:09 am | #

      Who?

      • Deanatay
        Deanatay
        January 23, 2019 at 7:21 am | #

        She means The Hat with The Ukelele.

  11. Shiro
    Shiro
    January 22, 2019 at 12:04 am | #

    It’s at this point that I remind myself that Joyce is 18, and a very sheltered and immature 18 at that, and that I wasn’t any less embarrassing as a teenager so stop making that face at your screen, self

    She’ll grow out of it, one hopes

    • DailyBrad
      DailyBrad
      January 22, 2019 at 12:08 am | #

      probably. Think of the early strips. That was like, a few weeks ago in-universe. Joyce has been making a lot of headway as it is.

    • letrival
      letrival
      January 22, 2019 at 12:09 am | #

      I feel like a lot of people in the comments are too hard on these characters for having flaws…

      almost like normal people…

      • DailyBrad
        DailyBrad
        January 22, 2019 at 2:27 am | #

        I think a lot of it comes down to being very invested in the characters, the story, or both, so people will get frustrated, wanting the characters to avoid a looming “oh no!”, or losing track of how comparatively short a time the come really has taken place in so far.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      January 22, 2019 at 12:24 am | #

      She’s being 18 for the past nine years.

    • James Rye
      James Rye
      January 22, 2019 at 1:29 am | #

      In a few years she will. In other words decades in rl.^^

    • Emily
      Emily
      January 22, 2019 at 8:23 am | #

      I was pretty fucking unbearable at 18 but I was still better than yelling at people to stay away from my unattainable crush.

  12. Roger
    Roger
    January 22, 2019 at 12:05 am | #

    been a while since we’ve seen most of these characters.

  13. NerdHerder
    NerdHerder
    January 22, 2019 at 12:05 am | #

    Which reminds me, we haven’t actually seen Joe in person since, like, last April.

  14. Tacos
    Tacos
    January 22, 2019 at 12:06 am | #

    Maybe Danny’s mutant superpower finally kicked in.

  15. BBCC
    BBCC
    January 22, 2019 at 12:06 am | #

    Ohhhhhhhh yeah, that story with Jacob ain’t over.

    And oh Lucy, sweetie, you are the best. <3

  16. Stephen Bierce
    Stephen Bierce
    January 22, 2019 at 12:07 am | #

    Some Other Guy now, is making me very VERY mad, oh now…

  17. MatthewTheLucky
    MatthewTheLucky
    January 22, 2019 at 12:07 am | #

    New Danny has been so successful that all traces of Old Danny are fading from the world.

  18. tim gueguen
    tim gueguen
    January 22, 2019 at 12:10 am | #

    Lucy would love Jacob, because pretty much everyone does. Of course given the universe this is set in Jacob no doubt has some arch enemy. It would be funny if it turned out be Joyce’s mysterious brother Jordan.

    Wherever he is at the moment Mike probably just broke into a scowl, because he psychically knows Joyce is thinking about him. Or just because he’s Mike.

  19. Nono
    Nono
    January 22, 2019 at 12:11 am | #

    Imaginary Joe looks significantly less broad than Real Joe.

    • JessWitt
      JessWitt
      January 22, 2019 at 2:49 am | #

      He needs to improve on imaginary delts day at the imaginary dorm gym.

  20. William Leonard Reese Jr.
    William Leonard Reese Jr.
    January 22, 2019 at 12:12 am | #

    . . . I love that this Joyce does not know who Danny actually is. It is so pleasingly ironic. Also still do not ship JoyceXJacob!

    JoyceXJoe for life!

    • Sporky
      Sporky
      January 22, 2019 at 12:15 am | #

      I love that she not only doesn’t know who he is, she doesn’t even remember what he looks like.

  21. Cattleprod
    Cattleprod
    January 22, 2019 at 12:14 am | #

    I got sidetracked from the comment I wanted to make when I started wondering if “The hat’s wearing him” is a line from the comic or is it a reference to something else and people referenced it so much in the comments I associate it solely with DoA?

    • King Daniel
      King Daniel
      January 22, 2019 at 12:39 am | #

      It’s a Mike line from about when Mike and Ethan slept together.

  22. Foxhack
    Foxhack
    January 22, 2019 at 12:15 am | #

    DANNY’S HAT DESERVES ITS OWN TAG

  23. brionl
    brionl
    January 22, 2019 at 12:15 am | #

    We need a tag for ukelele hat guy.

    • MatthewTheLucky
      MatthewTheLucky
      January 22, 2019 at 12:21 am | #

      I suggest Clef, for the obscure but well-fitting reference.

  24. chris73
    chris73
    January 22, 2019 at 12:16 am | #

    Seriously though who would want to hang out at movie night with those people, even hanging with Walky would be an improvement

  25. Undrave
    Undrave
    January 22, 2019 at 12:17 am | #

    Danny is dannying it up without being present! Way to be forgetable, even with your dumb ukulele :p

  26. Marsh Maryrose
    Marsh Maryrose
    January 22, 2019 at 12:17 am | #

    Um…whatever we think about Danny, the fact that Joyce can’t remember anything about him except his hat is literally bi-erasure? Am I reading too much into this?

    • Sporky
      Sporky
      January 22, 2019 at 12:18 am | #

      Yes

    • Fox
      Fox
      January 22, 2019 at 12:25 am | #

      She’s met him maybe twice, in this universe, so it’s not surprising that she can’t remember what he looks like. As for bi erasure, she knows nothing about his sexuality, so yes you’re reading waaay too much into this.

      • Marsh Maryrose
        Marsh Maryrose
        January 22, 2019 at 12:34 am | #

        Having checked the tags for Joyce+Danny…in the words of the immortal Emily Litella, “NIvver mind.”

    • Dean
      Dean
      January 22, 2019 at 1:00 am | #

      Joyce knowing that Danny is bi would at least make him memorable.

      • segnosaur
        segnosaur
        January 22, 2019 at 12:36 pm | #

        Does Joyce even know that bisexuality is a thing? I could see her being raised with the idea that people are either straight or gay (i.e. evil).

    • WonderRabbit
      WonderRabbit
      January 22, 2019 at 2:06 am | #

      I thought bi-erasure was the belief that people have to be gay OR straight, no inbetween – not literally ‘erasing’ individuals who are bisexual.

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        January 22, 2019 at 7:11 am | #

        Partly, though it laps over into other aspects. It’s easy for example to forget that someone (character or real person) is bi if they’re in a relationship – you tend to just think of their sexuality based on the relationship. Think all the references to Ruth and Billie as lesbians.
        They tend to get less representation in media than either straights or gays, partly because of that. Another side affect is that they tend to be shown as promiscuous, if only to keep reminding the audience they are bi.

        And of course it’s also turned into a running joke.

      • Sam
        Sam
        January 22, 2019 at 9:18 pm | #

        It could technically be both of those things. It can be labelling a bisexual character incorrectly on purpose (as gay, straight or other ill-fitting labels to explain away their bisexuality and erase it from their identity). If a character was literally erased or had that part of their identity erased in later interations, that could also be considered bi-erasure as well because it is erasing bi representation (unless it is like a hyperrealistic coming out journey which we all know it won’t be).

        • Geneseepaws
          Geneseepaws
          January 23, 2019 at 7:53 am | #

          My desk eraser is grey on one end, pink on the other. I don’t think that wualifies as bi-erasure, though…

  27. chris73
    chris73
    January 22, 2019 at 12:21 am | #

    Well at least Joyce knows why she and Jacob wouldn’t work so thats a good start at least

    • thejeff
      thejeff
      January 22, 2019 at 7:13 am | #

      Nah, that’s just Joyce’s insecurities kicking in. Purely her hangups, nothing to show Jacob’s bothered by them at all.

  28. MatthewTheLucky
    MatthewTheLucky
    January 22, 2019 at 12:22 am | #

    Okay, but what if they watch BMTAS? What then?

  29. Deadjolras
    Deadjolras
    January 22, 2019 at 12:23 am | #

    I love Imaginary!Joe’s hair in this. Also, I love seeing Joe again, even if he’s imaginary.

  30. stoodmuffin
    stoodmuffin
    January 22, 2019 at 12:23 am | #

    …

    Joyce.

  31. newllend(henryvolt)
    newllend(henryvolt)
    January 22, 2019 at 12:24 am | #

    It’s sad that women find Danny’s hat more memorable then Danny himself.

    • MM
      MM
      January 22, 2019 at 12:32 am | #

      Danny would probably be more bummed they didn’t remember the ukulele.

  32. Marisa Mockery
    Marisa Mockery
    January 22, 2019 at 12:24 am | #

    “Joe’s roommate I think he wears a hat” is a fantastic way to describe Danny.

    • Marsh Maryrose
      Marsh Maryrose
      January 22, 2019 at 12:59 am | #

      Also, the guy who plays “Hurt” on his ukulele.

      Well, sometimes he plays “Desperado.”

    • 3oranges
      3oranges
      January 22, 2019 at 5:13 pm | #

      It turns out Joyce and Joe see Danny exactly the same way!

  33. Wendy
    Wendy
    January 22, 2019 at 12:31 am | #

    Ethan is adorable and he should totally be invited! It would be really nice for both him AND Lucy to have Actually Nice Nerd Friends.

    • BBCC
      BBCC
      January 22, 2019 at 12:37 am | #

      Flight of the Navigator sounds like he’d enjoy it! 😀

  34. Reltzik
    Reltzik
    January 22, 2019 at 12:31 am | #

    See, Joyce? THIS is why you should get Walky with Lucy.

    …. while, you know, easing off the matchmaker thing because you get hyper-aggressive-manipulative about it.

  35. GreatContagion
    GreatContagion
    January 22, 2019 at 12:37 am | #

    I appreciate how, despite imaginary Jacob being correct, he maybe wouldn’t be interested in Lucy since it seems part of what’s bonded he & Joyce together is their faith. I feel like Lucy hasn’t been shown as religious so far?

    Also, to MyLadyStargazer in PoGo, PokemonMasterGC here (so humble) I just wanted to thank you for your steady gift trading! I hope you’re enjoying the distance eggs too! 😀

    • BBCC
      BBCC
      January 22, 2019 at 12:38 am | #

      Lucy’s religious enough that she goes to church every Sunday, even when she’s excited about something else happening soon (like when Billie moved in). It’s not something she talks about as often as Joyce does, but she’d probably be capable of talking about religion with Jacob. Which, actually, seems like something Jacob values in general. He enjoys talking to Raidah about Islam as well.

      • Emily
        Emily
        January 22, 2019 at 8:28 am | #

        Yeah, someone’s faith doesn’t have to be like the core of their identity for it to be important to them. Most religious people don’t actually constantly talk about it unprompted.

        • GreatContagion
          GreatContagion
          January 22, 2019 at 7:51 pm | #

          And, regarding what you said and building on my response to BBCC, I definitely agree. I feel like the majority of religious people I know don’t actually talk about it unless someone brings the matter up or asks them outright. I’m just used to it being explicitly addressed per character at some point in DoA. And of course, I realize there might be some religious characters in DoA for whom it’s not addressed, which is why we wouldn’t know it. I feel like faith tends to affect the story lines for the characters with it in a religious sense.

      • GreatContagion
        GreatContagion
        January 22, 2019 at 7:48 pm | #

        Oh! I guess I forgot she attended church. Not that not attending would mean she wasn’t religious. It just seems like, for most religious DoA characters it’s explicitly stated at some point.

        • BBCC
          BBCC
          January 22, 2019 at 9:24 pm | #

          No big deal! There’s thousands of strips and it’s been nine years. Stuff slips through the cracks.

          For the record, those considered ‘main characters’ (either on the cast page or bios in the books)

          Joyce – Nondenominational fundamentalist Protestant
          Dorothy – Atheist
          Walky – Agnostic of the ‘unconcerned’ variety (word of Willis)
          Billie – Christian of some variety, not stated what.
          Amber – Catholic (word of Willis)
          Danny – Christian of some variety, not stated what.
          Ethan – Jewish
          Sarah – Not stated
          Sal – Agnostic upbringing, went to Catholic school, no word whether any sort of religion ‘took’ (word of willis)
          Ruth – Not stated iirc.
          Dina – Atheist iirc (though I might be thinking of Walkyverse Dina so don’t quote me on her. Joyce also refers to her as non-Christian, but I’m not sure Joyce is accurate since she believes evolution is incompatible with Christianity)
          Becky – Nondenominational fundamentalist Protestant, same as Joyce.
          Joe – Jewish
          Mike – Not stated, iirc.
          Roz – Catholic
          Jacob – Episcopalian
          Marcie – Catholic (word of Willis)
          Carla – Not stated
          Leslie – Atheist
          Malaya – Not stated
          Lucy – Christian of some variety, not sure what. She was some stripe of ‘born again’ in Walkyverse, though.
          Mary – Nondenominational fundamentalist Protestant
          Raidah – Muslim.

          According to Willis, most of the kids believe in god (as is true in real life Indiana) but whether or not that’s important to them varies. Billie, for instance, doesn’t place super great importance on her faith (and Danny says ‘church isn’t really super exciting or anything’). Meanwhile, Becky is faithful but irreverent (unless it’s important) and Joyce has it all memorized and internalized. Mary, on the other hand, is a definite believer but uses it like a cudgel to hurt people.

          • MatthewTheLucky
            MatthewTheLucky
            January 22, 2019 at 10:07 pm | #

            I could see Dina as Atheist, Agnostic, or maybe Unitarian at the outside.

            Mike, as ever, is what you don’t want him to be.

            • BBCC
              BBCC
              January 22, 2019 at 10:10 pm | #

              I can see any of those. I’m just going on what’s been canonically (or word of Willis) stated. 😉

  36. Kern Wallace
    Kern Wallace
    January 22, 2019 at 12:41 am | #

    I hear the hat is really great at computer science.

    • Marsh Maryrose
      Marsh Maryrose
      January 22, 2019 at 1:03 am | #

      When I was the age of the DoA cast, I wore a wool tam o’ shanter in winter. I have to admit, it was better at computer science than I was.

  37. Renshear Blade
    Renshear Blade
    January 22, 2019 at 1:23 am | #

    Mike should of had NOPE!!! with the triple exclamation and a rawr face.

    • Zach
      Zach
      January 22, 2019 at 1:42 am | #

      Mike does not /do/ exclamations.

  38. Bobcat
    Bobcat
    January 22, 2019 at 1:29 am | #

    Not sure if that’s Jacob’s collarbone or he wears a shirt with a double right lapel.

  39. Meta
    Meta
    January 22, 2019 at 1:30 am | #

    I love this

  40. Needfuldoer
    Needfuldoer
    January 22, 2019 at 1:48 am | #

    Danny’s on his way to being The Riddler, or maybe Matthew Lesko.

  41. Danielle
    Danielle
    January 22, 2019 at 2:02 am | #

    danny made such a non-impression hes forgettable

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      January 22, 2019 at 2:04 am | #

      I was going to call that his ‘real problem’, then I realised that I think Danny is quite content being anonymous to most people.

      • Bagge
        Bagge
        January 22, 2019 at 2:22 am | #

        Danny is perfectly fine with the notion that the hat is more interesting than him.

        He does not have the best self esteem.

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

          I’m waiting for his reaction when he realises Sal finds his music to be the most interesting part of him.

          The good thing about him being unknown to Joyce is that she’ll probably be so late to the Sal/Danny ship that she won’t be able to meddle help until it is firmly established!

  42. MatsuoTanuki
    MatsuoTanuki
    January 22, 2019 at 2:18 am | #

    *falls to the floor while wheezing with laughter*

  43. Bagge
    Bagge
    January 22, 2019 at 2:22 am | #

    No, no, Joyce. If you bring Jacob to Lucy’s movie night in an attempt to attract Billie’s attention and he happens to fall for Lucy, that will be SURE to make him fall for Sarah.

    #EyesOnThePrize

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      January 22, 2019 at 6:11 am | #

      Jacob is such a nice guy that I can imagine him trying to find Joyce someone she can ask out on a date from the crowd in Lucy and Billie’s room.

  44. Skythos
    Skythos
    January 22, 2019 at 2:30 am | #

    I can’t be the only one who suspects Lucy of being Jabob’s sister… I mean she says she has a sibling at the college, but not a twin like with Walky.

    • JessWitt
      JessWitt
      January 22, 2019 at 2:36 am | #

      Nope, Jacob and Lucy aren’t related.

      Lucy’s brother is some other guy yet to be seen in this comic (he was in Shortpacked though).

      • King Daniel
        King Daniel
        January 22, 2019 at 4:29 am | #

        Plus, Jacob is Ethan’s roommate. Ethan doesn’t live in McNutt.

  45. JessWitt
    JessWitt
    January 22, 2019 at 2:39 am | #

    Joyce, you know already Ethan doesn’t like girls so that should have been the first thing that comes to mind before his nerd interests.

    I don’t blame her for knowing so few guys though because “Ryan”.

    • JessWitt
      JessWitt
      January 22, 2019 at 2:47 am | #

      Whoops my bad. Guys for the movie, not for Lucy.

      My brain is so fried without hair conditioner.

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      January 22, 2019 at 4:16 am | #

      Give Joyce credit, she isn’t automatically jumping to ‘who can I pair with Lucy’. She honestly thinks that Ethan simply won’t be able to stop talking about superheroes and Transformers during a romantic comedy or whatever it is Lucy wants to show.

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      January 22, 2019 at 4:17 am | #

      Basically, Joyce is focussed on Ethan’s likely role as a social liability, which is funny and also sweet. It shows she is totally over his sexual alignment as an issue.

      • MatthewTheLucky
        MatthewTheLucky
        January 22, 2019 at 11:45 am | #

        Yeah, Ethan finally got what he wanted.

  46. foducool
    foducool
    January 22, 2019 at 2:53 am | #

    “HE’S MINE!!!”
    not that she’d ever admit it at this point in time

  47. ValdVin
    ValdVin
    January 22, 2019 at 4:03 am | #

    Part of me wants there to be little height indicators behind them as if they were in a lineup.

  48. BenRG
    BenRG
    January 22, 2019 at 4:13 am | #

    I’m thinking that we’ve just been clued into a major neurosis on Joyce’s part: She’s not normal or presentable, at least in her own mind. Because of this self-image issue, she feels unable to act on her attractions too openly.

    • chris73
      chris73
      January 22, 2019 at 4:29 am | #

      She is for Jacob but she definitely isn’t normal or presentable enough for Jacobs career and thats the issue, you can’t separate the two

      Just imagine they’re out at a fund raiser for his (assumed) political career and they’re at a dinner table with wealthy, connected people about to enjoy a nice, well prepared dinner and Joyce asks for deep fried chicken tenders but not too spicy or starts separating her food or something

      Or they’re talking at the table and Joyce decides to get on her high horse and starts berating a donor because they’ve said something she doesn’t agree with

      • BenRG
        BenRG
        January 22, 2019 at 6:57 am | #

        I think if Joyce were Jacob’s SO rather than Raidah, he’d end up following a very different path. For example, I think that Joyce would encourage Jacob to be who he wants to be rather than try to ‘life up’ to his brother’s example.

        • chris73
          chris73
          January 22, 2019 at 1:17 pm | #

          How do we know that it also isn’t what Jacob wants and thats hes using his brother as a template to get there

          Its a bit…iffy…to suggest that Jacob doesn’t really kn ow what he wants, that hes only doing it because “brother”

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        January 22, 2019 at 7:22 am | #

        You’re also assuming that graduated college, married Joyce years down the road will have the same hang ups that 18 year old just out of home-schooling Joyce does. Or at least won’t have learned to cover them up better in public.

        Given how far Joyce has come in a month and a half, I’d say that’s not a safe assumption.

        No, this is just Joyce’s neuroses. Nor is this our first glimpse at them and how they affect her thinking about Jacob.

        • Emily
          Emily
          January 22, 2019 at 1:09 pm | #

          People don’t generally pick partners based on the assumption that they’ll get over their distasteful ideologies and get a handle on their hangups though. You’re dating the person they are now not who you hope they’ll become later down the road. Or at least that’s how healthy relationships usually work.

          • thejeff
            thejeff
            January 22, 2019 at 2:50 pm | #

            People also don’t usually avoid dating people based on fears their minor quirks will embarrass them at formal fundraising dinners years later.

            None of Joyce’s quirks seem to be bar to Jacob’s interest in her.

            • Emily
              Emily
              January 22, 2019 at 3:00 pm | #

              Jacob hasn’t stumbled onto how intensely judgemental and bigoted she can be. He hasn’t seen her throw a screaming fit in public over someone having premarital sex.

              • JBento
                JBento
                January 22, 2019 at 4:25 pm | #

                Jacob DOES have that funny quirk of saying all religions actually worship his god, they just go about it in funny ways.

                • C.T Phipps
                  C.T Phipps
                  January 22, 2019 at 6:32 pm | #

                  Yes, that funny little quirk which is the basis of Hinduism and a billion people believe?

                • BBCC
                  BBCC
                  January 22, 2019 at 8:40 pm | #

                  Yeah, I’m pretty sure the basis of Hinduism isn’t ‘we were placed in creation by the Christian god and thus count as ‘through Jesus”. If Jacob had said something along the lines of ‘there’s more than one way to salvation’, you’d have a point, but he wasn’t saying that at all.

              • thejeff
                thejeff
                January 22, 2019 at 5:18 pm | #

                No, because she’s gotten over that.
                He has seen her melt down from walking into a church that didn’t match her expectations.
                He has seen her food issues, which was a big part of the comment I replied to.

  49. Zaxares
    Zaxares
    January 22, 2019 at 5:34 am | #

    I’m sure this hardly warrants explaining, but… why did my mind go to “jealousy”?

    “Oh wow, you remind me of JOYCE but you’re normal and presentable.”

    ^ THAT. 😛

  50. Agemegos
    Agemegos
    January 22, 2019 at 6:00 am | #

    The last six weeks have been very tough going for Joyce, and she is having trouble coping.

  51. Shane Wegner
    Shane Wegner
    January 22, 2019 at 6:56 am | #

    Lucy Jacob might be the healthiest ship ever even hinted at in this comic.

  52. Ainara
    Ainara
    January 22, 2019 at 7:17 am | #

    I fear to think about any of these guys in Forest Hall honestly. Could you imagine

  53. Bagge
    Bagge
    January 22, 2019 at 7:42 am | #

    Heh, I love how Joyce recognize the similarities between Lucy and herself… and immediately gets threatened by them.

    Don’t worry, Joyce. Unless LUCY has sprained her arm punching out a kidnapper, I dare say Jacob will still focus his attention on you.

  54. Heavensrun
    Heavensrun
    January 22, 2019 at 7:51 am | #

    (GUFFAWS) Oh, Danny, you poor bastard.

  55. Whaatt
    Whaatt
    January 22, 2019 at 8:24 am | #

    Joe: will have sex with any one
    Mike: would also have sex with anyone of it means pudding someone else off
    Ethan: will like the movie night but won’t like Billie for sure
    Danny: might come, if Joyce remembers his face
    Jacob: NOPE.
    Anyone realize that Billie wanted guys there so they could fuck or make out, but that means she’d cheat on Ruth?
    Another new low for Jeniffer Billiingsworth! !!

    • wwwhhattt
      wwwhhattt
      January 22, 2019 at 8:47 am | #

      Greetings, name sibling.

      But Billie wanting guys there so that her fans will think she’s going to fuck them isn’t the same as actually planning on fucking them. If (when) she gets drunk I wouldn’t be surprised if she tried, but I doubt that’s actually what she wants to do.

      • C.
        C.
        January 22, 2019 at 9:06 am | #

        Would Billie want to only cheat on Ruth with men?

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        January 22, 2019 at 10:19 am | #

        Yeah, it’s mostly just Billie’s conditioned reflex for a good party. Booze and guys to hit on her.
        That doesn’t mean she’s actually going to cheat. Even to the making out level. Like you suggest, it’s all status. All the cheerleader/party girl image.

    • Liquid Len
      Liquid Len
      January 22, 2019 at 9:36 am | #

      Seeing “Mike” and “pudding” in the same sentence made me think of this:
      (hope the link works)

      • Liquid Len
        Liquid Len
        January 22, 2019 at 9:37 am | #

        Yay! link works!

  56. abysswatcher1993
    abysswatcher1993
    January 22, 2019 at 9:17 am | #

    The only non Walky men Joyce knows in college are the sex maniac, the sociopath, her gay ex that likes Batman too much, the one he barely knows but was her obsession in an alternate universe, and the guy she is obsessed with right now even if he is already in a relationship. Joyce has issues.

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      January 22, 2019 at 9:28 am | #

      Add to that the fact that Joyce explicit goal with going to college was to find a nice man to marry.

      Joyce’s college experience has not gone… EXACTLY according to plan.

      • abysswatcher1993
        abysswatcher1993
        January 22, 2019 at 5:26 pm | #

        She should rethink her goals and maybe get a career for the careers sake and not as a subproduct of getting a husband.

        • thejeff
          thejeff
          January 22, 2019 at 10:28 pm | #

          It’s been a month and half. She’s got time.

  57. JBento
    JBento
    January 22, 2019 at 9:29 am | #

    Truly, Joyce is a trashfire. I mean, who objects to watching B:TAS?

    • Lacuna
      Lacuna
      January 22, 2019 at 10:42 am | #

      Maybe she was exposed to Bat-bros or some other similarly toxic variant of Batman at some point and she thinks that’s all the wider franchise has to offer.

      • JBento
        JBento
        January 22, 2019 at 11:54 am | #

        But she knows Ethan, so no.

        • ninja_jesus
          ninja_jesus
          January 22, 2019 at 8:33 pm | #

          Her parents probably inundated her with how bad superhero shows are.

  58. Kaz
    Kaz
    January 22, 2019 at 10:47 am | #

    Dumbing of Age Book Whatever: YOU STAY AWAY FROM JACOB!

  59. kilgaen
    kilgaen
    January 22, 2019 at 11:35 am | #

    I love that despite Danny originally being the main character, once upon a timeline, hardly anyone knows who he is here.

    • JBento
      JBento
      January 22, 2019 at 11:55 am | #

      We all think we’re the main characters of the story. Most of us grow out of it, the others vote Republican or Libertarian.

    • Emily
      Emily
      January 22, 2019 at 1:11 pm | #

      Honestly he’s better off with most of these weirdos out of his hair the poor guy’s got enough problems as it is.

      • JBento
        JBento
        January 22, 2019 at 4:26 pm | #

        Danny does seem to be steadily improving. He’s pretty close to being the most mentally healthy and stable character of the comic, and this is DANNY we’re talking about.

        • ischemgeek
          ischemgeek
          January 22, 2019 at 10:36 pm | #

          Was gonna argue then realized that Dina and Jacob are probably the only two who have him beat. Maybe Sarah too. But yeah.

          What have we come to, when Danny is the (relatively) well-adjusted one?!

    • 3oranges
      3oranges
      January 22, 2019 at 5:07 pm | #

      It’s kind of too bad, because Danny is finally setting up to be a great protagonist. He has a musical instrument for changing the flow of time and a hat for taking control of bad guys.

      • MatthewTheLucky
        MatthewTheLucky
        January 22, 2019 at 10:11 pm | #

        He’ll need different taste in women; like hell is Sal or Amber getting kidnapped.

        • RacingTurtle
          RacingTurtle
          January 25, 2019 at 2:02 am | #

          Chiming in late to say: And poor Ethan doesn’t need to be put through anything like that again, even to develop Danny’s supervillain arch-nemesis.

  60. ADD
    ADD
    January 22, 2019 at 12:23 pm | #

    Considering the relationships in an alternate universe, I’m dying at Joyce barely even knowing that Danny exists in this one.

  61. Bagge
    Bagge
    January 22, 2019 at 12:52 pm | #

    Jacob has an… interesting time in the imagination spots.

    http://www.dumbingofage.com/2016/comic/book-7/01-glower-vacuum/physical-2/

    • Ainara
      Ainara
      January 22, 2019 at 1:21 pm | #

      Him and Ethan compete for who can star in more people’s weird sex dreams

      • Bagge
        Bagge
        January 22, 2019 at 5:05 pm | #

        SEXO LOCO!

        • Ainara
          Ainara
          January 22, 2019 at 5:07 pm | #

          We need a storyline where Danny gets a crush on Joyce so we can get Danny having a sex dream about Joyce having a sex dream about Ethan having a sex dream about Jacob

  62. Pigeon
    Pigeon
    January 22, 2019 at 1:23 pm | #

    Wait, so Joyce actually realizes that Jacob might be attracted to her? Go Joyce!! That’s a big step!

  63. NF
    NF
    January 22, 2019 at 2:15 pm | #

    I love that Joyce and Billie have such contrary opinions of how “normal and presentable” Lucy is.

    • JBento
      JBento
      January 22, 2019 at 4:27 pm | #

      That’s because they have wildly different concepts of what “normal and presentable” is, not due to any different perceptions of Lucy.

  64. Emperor Norton II
    Emperor Norton II
    January 22, 2019 at 3:38 pm | #

    So, Joyce’s dream person, based on her last ten thousand lines of conversation, is Dorothy’s head on Jacob’s body.

    Joyce: The other way around is also acceptable!

    • abysswatcher1993
      abysswatcher1993
      January 22, 2019 at 5:26 pm | #

      That allows for the weirdest aprils fool slipshine ever.

  65. ninja_jesus
    ninja_jesus
    January 22, 2019 at 8:31 pm | #

    Just realized that Joyce also notices how much Lucy is like her.

  66. JohnnyO
    JohnnyO
    January 22, 2019 at 8:41 pm | #

    Is the reason you haven’t had Joyce and Danny interact much because via different aspects they’re your most autobiographical characters and the universe inside your head would implode if you tried to have them converse?

  67. Marsh Maryrose
    Marsh Maryrose
    January 22, 2019 at 11:14 pm | #

    Comic Update Time +15 minutes and no comic update.

    I think the normal time lag is something like 8-9 minutes. I usually wait until +15 to refresh because I don’t want the server to think I’m desperate.

    • Marsh Maryrose
      Marsh Maryrose
      January 22, 2019 at 11:27 pm | #

      Whoops! I’m an hour off. Again, nivver mind.

  68. Makkabee
    Makkabee
    January 23, 2019 at 5:46 pm | #

    And to think, there was a time where someone posted “does Danny even own a hat?” in the comments.

    How far we’ve come.

    http://www.dumbingofage.com/2015/comic/book-5/04-walking-with-dina/ambster/

  69. Romanticide
    Romanticide
    January 24, 2019 at 12:52 am | #

    Today Joyce seems to be channeling Roomies Joyce a little it seems.

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