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Friends

by David M Willis on July 31, 2019 at 12:01 am
  • 04 - Vote for Robin
└ Tags: carla, danny, joyce, malaya, marcie, sal

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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    July 31, 2019 at 12:03 am | #

    Look at how upset Sal is by this development! Sure showed HER a thing or two!

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      July 31, 2019 at 12:09 am | #

      Her work here is done.

    • Walky_Talky
      Walky_Talky
      July 31, 2019 at 12:32 am | #

      Oh, crap. A happy comic? That means there’s some serious heartache and pain coming up. And with Billie and Ruth where we last left them, I’m not sure I’m ready.

      • foamy
        foamy
        July 31, 2019 at 12:41 am | #

        My money is on, given Ruth is going to a hospital, the return of Sir.

        • LookingIn
          LookingIn
          July 31, 2019 at 12:58 am | #

          oh dear god no…but if he does return, I hope he gets what he deserves like Toe Dad did…

        • Sunny
          Sunny
          July 31, 2019 at 11:22 am | #

          And don’t forget about Blaine and Toedad teaming up. The trio could form the League of Extraordinarily Shitty Legal Guardians.

    • LookingIn
      LookingIn
      July 31, 2019 at 1:00 am | #

      She could be an evil genius due to that plan…except she’s neither evil nor a genius.

    • Liliet
      Liliet
      August 3, 2019 at 10:19 am | #

      Malaya successfully manipulated Sal’s emotions!

  2. jeffepp
    jeffepp
    July 31, 2019 at 12:04 am | #

    Playing D&D!

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      July 31, 2019 at 12:11 am | #

      I would love to see Joyce’s reaction to that.

      • Just Karen
        Just Karen
        July 31, 2019 at 12:14 am | #

        Quite possibly nonchalant. I started gaming (GURPS, Yrth) at a Fundie school with full approval from the principal. I started playing D&D at my brother’s Christian College community center/game rooms.

        • Doctor_Who
          Doctor_Who
          July 31, 2019 at 12:23 am | #

          I had the unfortunate circumstance of moving to a tiny redneck school, and being like the only nerd there, so there was no one to play D&D with. So I started hanging with the local goths, because they played Vampire: The Masquerade, which was the in thing at the time.

          And then Columbine happened, and people started giving my goth friends the side-eye. The principal wanted a word, and I got the dubious honor of being the spokesman because I wore colors and had the usual number of holes in my head. So I got to explain to a fifty year old man that V:tM isn’t satanic, while he thumbed through a book full of people baring fangs and bleeding from the neck.

          Somehow got through it okay, and we were allowed to keep playing.

          • Jamie
            Jamie
            July 31, 2019 at 1:00 am | #

            We thank you for your service, genuinely. A lot of someones had to do that job and probably none of them wanted to do it, but it was worth doing.

        • King Daniel
          King Daniel
          July 31, 2019 at 1:22 am | #

          We did have a line at one point where Joyce explicitly told Carla that D&D was against her religion. Then again, Joyce has changed since then.

        • Chris Phoenix
          Chris Phoenix
          July 31, 2019 at 2:15 am | #

          Maybe it’s regional or generational, but D&D has definitely been considered satanic by some Christian fundamentalists. (e.g. upstate New York in the mid-1980’s.)

          • Zero
            Zero
            August 1, 2019 at 3:45 am | #

            That was artificially engineered by like two specific people.

      • jeffepp
        jeffepp
        July 31, 2019 at 12:18 am | #

        She’s rolling up a Sorcerer. Unicorn bloodline, of course.

        • Doctor_Who
          Doctor_Who
          July 31, 2019 at 12:27 am | #

          Good choice. She can be the party healer without having to worship a pagan god.

          Instead she can be Queen of the Ponies, like her god always intended!

        • jeffepp
          jeffepp
          July 31, 2019 at 12:31 am | #

          Carla is a barbarian, and Danny is the bard (because of course he is).

          “Y’all start in th’ quad of th’ adventurers school. Ya’ll have been charged with a quest…”

          • Felix
            Felix
            July 31, 2019 at 9:36 pm | #

            Mike’s the rogue. Don’t know about chaotic good, but definitely chaotic.

    • Romanticide
      Romanticide
      July 31, 2019 at 1:25 pm | #

      Huh? is she playing DnD? I thought she was on her math tutoring?

      • leadsynth
        leadsynth
        July 31, 2019 at 4:53 pm | #

        Gonna need that college-level math to calculate your damage, skill checks, and experience points

    • woobie
      woobie
      July 31, 2019 at 9:50 pm | #

      With what dice?

      • Zero
        Zero
        August 1, 2019 at 3:46 am | #

        Dice app.

  3. Yumi
    Yumi
    July 31, 2019 at 12:04 am | #

    This is so fucking cute and the hovertext gives me anxiety.

    • Author X
      Author X
      July 31, 2019 at 12:06 am | #

      I know, I was so happy for so brief a time.

    • AntJ
      AntJ
      July 31, 2019 at 12:06 am | #

      the penultimate strip of last storyline was Joyce faking a fundie aversion to Halloween so Sarah could have her pumpkins

      remember how that ended

      you tell me

    • Bathymetheus
      Bathymetheus
      July 31, 2019 at 12:07 am | #

      The chapter title is “Vote for Robin”, so I don’t think it’s over yet.

      If you mean Willis is foreboding . . . Well, yes of course. That’s what he does

      • AntJ
        AntJ
        July 31, 2019 at 12:55 am | #

        I think “Vote for Robin” was in reference to Dina’s raptor plushie (campaign slogan embroidered on the butt)

    • Keulen
      Keulen
      July 31, 2019 at 1:00 am | #

      I was feeling good about this strip until I read the hovertext.

    • Alan in DC
      Alan in DC
      July 31, 2019 at 5:35 pm | #

      How do I view hovertext on an Android phone?
      No probs on my laptop (Linux, Chromium browser), but no success on my POS Samsung.

      • Yumi
        Yumi
        July 31, 2019 at 6:02 pm | #

        Tap the space below the comic to the side of the navigation buttons.

  4. AntJ
    AntJ
    July 31, 2019 at 12:05 am | #

    tomorrow is Ross, Carol, Blaine, Landrum, and Powers isn’t it

    • cesium133
      cesium133
      July 31, 2019 at 12:07 am | #

      Spoiler alert: They are all in a plane crash tomorrow. Unfortunately, they all survive.

      • Delicious Taffy
        Delicious Taffy
        July 31, 2019 at 1:28 am | #

        Honestly, I’d rather die if my plane crashed. I would hate to show up on people’s Facebook feeds as some feel-good survival story.

        • Chris Phoenix
          Chris Phoenix
          July 31, 2019 at 2:19 am | #

          That… doesn’t seem like a very strong reason for preferring death. Appropriate expression of sympathy if I’m reading this right.

          Personally, I’d be happy to live. “Atheist survives plane crash, remains unconverted.”

          • He Who Abides
            He Who Abides
            July 31, 2019 at 4:54 am | #

            “Man survives plane crash, demands beer he paid for before impact”

            Always wanted to see that headline.

          • Delicious Taffy
            Delicious Taffy
            July 31, 2019 at 9:47 am | #

            Maybe it’s not ironclad reasoning, but if “Delicious Taffy miraculously survived this tragic plane crash. The Lord clearly had a plan for them. [Seven different emojis]” was getting shared around wine moms’ feeds, I would absolutely hate my life. I don’t like when people use me as an example of something without my involvement, and that’s exactly what would happen.

            • Tan
              Tan
              July 31, 2019 at 10:11 am | #

              But as long as you are alive, you have means to shape the narrative. For example, bring a sharpie. “Delicious Taffy miraculously survived this tragic plane crash covered with Satanic symbols”

              • Delicious Taffy
                Delicious Taffy
                July 31, 2019 at 5:39 pm | #

                Shit, you’re right.

              • Jon Rich
                Jon Rich
                July 31, 2019 at 6:22 pm | #

                This is absolutely brilliant. Even if you don’t have a sharpie, say you get interviewed by some fundie news network or whatever.

                “I mean, it just goes to show, the Lord is truly great, right?”

                “Oh, no, I was praying to Satan the whole time. I’m so blessed to have Him looking out for me.”

                • thejeff
                  thejeff
                  July 31, 2019 at 9:59 pm | #

                  Or if you don’t want to bring Satan into it, just point out that meant the Lord wanted everyone else on board to die.

          • BarerMender
            BarerMender
            July 31, 2019 at 2:01 pm | #

            Damn straight.

  5. Stephen Bierce
    Stephen Bierce
    July 31, 2019 at 12:05 am | #

    Derber Or Nothing

  6. Nono
    Nono
    July 31, 2019 at 12:05 am | #

    What happened to Lucy? Thought Carla would be buzzing around her.

  7. Mr. Random
    Mr. Random
    July 31, 2019 at 12:05 am | #

    ….Malaya wants to bone Sal.

    • Shane Wegner
      Shane Wegner
      July 31, 2019 at 4:38 am | #

      This is known. Malaya is like “lukewarm agreement to feel her body next to me still constitutes agreement! I’LL TAKE IT”

      What’s Malaya get out of this? Rebellion against Sal? Likes a few cuddles for their own sake? Trying it out just to see? Maybe Mal’s heart will grow a size.

      • anonamousethatscurriesinthedarkness
        anonamousethatscurriesinthedarkness
        July 31, 2019 at 9:06 am | #

        That isn’t good. She would be the next one in the hospital and for an extended stay if it is really serious.
        1. High blood pressure.
        2. A leaky heart valve.
        3. Inflammation of the heart muscle (myocarditis).

        The more you know the less fun you are at parties.

        • Delicious Taffy
          Delicious Taffy
          July 31, 2019 at 9:49 am | #

          Sure, if you only go to parties with willful ignorance as an implied rule.

  8. Dark
    Dark
    July 31, 2019 at 12:05 am | #

    Hm.

  9. TerribleName
    TerribleName
    July 31, 2019 at 12:05 am | #

    Ruth? No she went home and was perfectly fine STORYLINE OVER

    • Diner Kinetic
      Diner Kinetic
      July 31, 2019 at 12:06 am | #

      Obviously willis was talking about Becky getting sued for campaign finance reform

      • Dean
        Dean
        July 31, 2019 at 12:30 am | #

        Due to Becky, all political campaigns are now required to purchase a giant plush dinosaur.

  10. Diner Kinetic
    Diner Kinetic
    July 31, 2019 at 12:07 am | #

    *violation, my bad

  11. BBCC
    BBCC
    July 31, 2019 at 12:09 am | #

    Awwww, everyone is so happy here! And Sal and all her friends she never thought she’d make. I’m so hap –

    *reads hover text*

    I feel the need for a pre-emptive Damn You Willis here.

    • Keulen
      Keulen
      July 31, 2019 at 1:01 am | #

      I would join you but I’m running low on Damn You Willises after the last few strips with Billie and Ruth.

      • BBCC
        BBCC
        July 31, 2019 at 6:38 pm | #

        Here, I have a basket full for such occasions.

        • Clif
          Clif
          July 31, 2019 at 8:57 pm | #

          Yeah, it’s good to be prepared.

  12. DailyBrad
    DailyBrad
    July 31, 2019 at 12:10 am | #

    I’m glad that Sal hasn’t lost Marcie, but I’m glad she’s also gained some solid friendships as well. She needed that.

    Wonder if Carla and Joyce are hanging out with her proper, or just around while she studies with Danny. Kinda hard to say, but figuring they’re hanging around, since Carla was so tickled pink about Sal having the jacket and otherwise has warmed to her, and Joyce and Sal had their heart to heart.

    • Daisy
      Daisy
      July 31, 2019 at 6:37 am | #

      I’m guessing it’s a math study group! Carla is there to “help” with her wild and wacky antics, totally not because she’s bored and lonely and her crush just hooked up with another one of her friends.

    • BarerMender
      BarerMender
      July 31, 2019 at 2:06 pm | #

      It looks like Sal is reading something from the book to them.

  13. William Leonard Reese Jr.
    William Leonard Reese Jr.
    July 31, 2019 at 12:11 am | #

    And everybody was happy and content and nothing could possibly **EVER** go wrong.

    • Marsh Maryrose
      Marsh Maryrose
      July 31, 2019 at 12:22 am | #

      “And I am Marie of Romania!”

  14. Spriteless Girl
    Spriteless Girl
    July 31, 2019 at 12:12 am | #

    Walky still has to learn calculus. Oh, and Becky moral calculus

    • desolation0
      desolation0
      July 31, 2019 at 1:07 am | #

      Well Joyce’s got moral fractions down. People can be part good. Then it’s moral algebra where things start off more complex and you have to work out if what’s happened is good or not. Moral geometry where it’s all about the relationships between the different people making more complex goodness like friendships and romance. Moral trigonometry where we start getting into people vacillating between good and bad, eventually getting a real sense of how weird infinite good is to think about. Then the moral calculus can really begin.

      • Dana
        Dana
        July 31, 2019 at 1:20 am | #

        Her parents taught her about moral limits, but she’s having to figure out integration and differentiation for herself.

        • BarerMender
          BarerMender
          July 31, 2019 at 2:08 pm | #

          Just remember, Joyce, when you get to moral differential equations, they’re inherently unsolvable.

      • Daisy
        Daisy
        July 31, 2019 at 6:38 am | #

        I think Joyce’s problem is she was only taught |absolute values|.

  15. tim gueguen
    tim gueguen
    July 31, 2019 at 12:12 am | #

    Willis, Sydney Yus demands you continue to write Sydney Yus’s adventures, immediately!

    • Jamie
      Jamie
      July 31, 2019 at 1:02 am | #

      Are you sure this is what you wish for?

      • Marsh Maryrose
        Marsh Maryrose
        July 31, 2019 at 1:26 am | #

        FOOOOOL! This is Sydney Yus’s comic, and that vermouth of inestimable follicles David Willis only lives atop it!

    • JessWitt
      JessWitt
      July 31, 2019 at 1:21 am | #

      Encourage Sydney for the next bonus strip.

      See where she goes in her cool car.

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        July 31, 2019 at 1:54 am | #

        Cool? It’s a Prius that’s the better part of 20 years old, those haven’t hit AMC Gremlin “so bad they wrap back around to cool again” classic status yet.

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      July 31, 2019 at 1:58 am | #

      AND THAT WILL BE YOUR UNDOING!!!

  16. Bathymetheus
    Bathymetheus
    July 31, 2019 at 12:15 am | #

    Malaya is still looking away, and it doesn’t look as if she has put her arm around Marcie. So this is still a very one-sided attraction.

    Malaya clearly doesn’t know what she wants. We may hope that being in this situation will help her figure it out. Marcie is keen to help.

    • Dana
      Dana
      July 31, 2019 at 1:15 am | #

      I think Malaya doesn’t want to want people and she certainly doesn’t want to look like she wants people because that’s showing vulnerability.

  17. Kyrik Michalowski
    Kyrik Michalowski
    July 31, 2019 at 12:16 am | #

    Everything is happy and pleasant at the moment. So why am I so uneasy?

    • Clif
      Clif
      July 31, 2019 at 9:02 pm | #

      You’re have been reading Willis comics for awhile?

  18. timemonkey
    timemonkey
    July 31, 2019 at 12:16 am | #

    Aw, look at Sal and all her friends!

  19. ShinyNeen
    ShinyNeen
    July 31, 2019 at 12:18 am | #

    Aha! In the end, Sal’s plan worked! Long con for the win, baby!

    No, wait, the plan was stupid and went terribly. Honesty and communication for the win! … Relatively speaking!

  20. Sporky
    Sporky
    July 31, 2019 at 12:20 am | #

    It’s unsettling seeing this many happy people in the last panel of the strip. You’re just waiting for the other shoe to drop.

  21. BarerMender
    BarerMender
    July 31, 2019 at 12:21 am | #

    It bothers me that Malaya is looking everywhere but at Marcie.

    • Agemegos
      Agemegos
      July 31, 2019 at 12:32 am | #

      Yeah. She’s not really into this, and Marcie is getting no more than she said she wanted. 🙁

      • Meta
        Meta
        July 31, 2019 at 1:15 am | #

        maybe, but feigning disinterest in someone she actually likes is also somewhat on brand for Malaya imo, so could go either way

        • Deanatay
          Deanatay
          July 31, 2019 at 7:59 am | #

          Malaya doesn’t strike me as the type who would stick around if she wasn’t interested.

          She DOES strike me as the type who would feign disinterest because cool and aloof is her style.

          And yes, hypocrisy is also her style.

        • Marsh Maryrose
          Marsh Maryrose
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          “If certain girls don’t look at you
          It means that they like you a lot
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          It just means they’re ignoring you”
          –Dan Bern

          • BarerMender
            BarerMender
            July 31, 2019 at 10:56 pm | #

            The more I look at this, the more I’m convinced Malaya’s expression is fear. Fear of what? I don’t know. Fear of getting close to someone? Of letting down her chain-link-and-barbwire defenses? If so, what she’s doing is courageous.

        • BarerMender
          BarerMender
          July 31, 2019 at 3:22 pm | #

          Maybe she’s introspecting. Or maybe she’s looking away from herself. The opposite of introspecting.

  22. zellgato
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    July 31, 2019 at 12:21 am | #

    and then they banged.
    Thats the stereotype joke right?

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      Jamie
      July 31, 2019 at 1:03 am | #

      Joyce/Sal forever!

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        Juanoku
        July 31, 2019 at 8:56 am | #

        Yes, but no

  23. MaddMaxx
    MaddMaxx
    July 31, 2019 at 12:29 am | #

    This is so beautiful…
    No I’m not crying you are I’m a grown woman I don’t cry

  24. abysswatcher1993
    abysswatcher1993
    July 31, 2019 at 12:37 am | #

    This seems too good… are the league of evil christian parents going to interrupt this? Is Blaine going to car crash Sydney’s car to kill Ruth?!

  25. Sirksome
    Sirksome
    July 31, 2019 at 12:42 am | #

    Don’t smile Sal! If Malaya finds out she’ll break up with Marcie! For the benefit of her best friend Sal can never smile again!!

  26. Archivist
    Archivist
    July 31, 2019 at 12:47 am | #

    That alt text is…threatening.

    • Dana
      Dana
      July 31, 2019 at 1:09 am | #

      I’ve been ninjaed!

  27. Abbefaria
    Abbefaria
    July 31, 2019 at 1:00 am | #

    *adds a crack of thunder to go along with the hover text*

  28. Dana
    Dana
    July 31, 2019 at 1:08 am | #

    Somehow the mouseover strikes me as a threat.

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      July 31, 2019 at 2:10 am | #

      There are a large number of villains in this story. I’m guessing Willis means we’re checking in with them next.

  29. Dana
    Dana
    July 31, 2019 at 1:12 am | #

    I’m guessing she’s more into it than she’s willing to admit.

    • Dana
      Dana
      July 31, 2019 at 1:12 am | #

      That was supposed to be in reply to Agemegos.

      • Agemegos
        Agemegos
        July 31, 2019 at 2:06 am | #

        I hope you’re right, but I’m afraid that Malaya has issues with gender and orientation that are going to take her a long while to figure out.

  30. TrueVCU
    TrueVCU
    July 31, 2019 at 1:14 am | #

    Oh look a good thing happened
    …
    THE FINAL ATTACK IS COMING

  31. JessWitt
    JessWitt
    July 31, 2019 at 1:28 am | #

    Welp, Malarcie is for real now.

    Savor this malarkey-sounding portmanteau while they’re still together.

    • Sunny
      Sunny
      July 31, 2019 at 11:32 am | #

      It’s pronounced like “malarkey”, right?

      • JessWitt
        JessWitt
        July 31, 2019 at 6:21 pm | #

        In my head it’s “Mah-lar-SEE”.

      • He Who Abides
        He Who Abides
        July 31, 2019 at 10:14 pm | #

        Damn you Sunny, I was going to say that.

        REVENGE!

        Or tacos. Either or.

  32. Bagge
    Bagge
    July 31, 2019 at 1:44 am | #

    For Sal “friends” has always been deifned as singular.

    To see her surrounded by the friends she thought she would never make is very powerful

  33. BenRG
    BenRG
    July 31, 2019 at 2:10 am | #

    At some point, Marcie is going to have to address how reluctant Malaya is to relax. Until then, though, I think that Sal can relax in the light and with the people that she’s finally allowing to admit to herself are her friends.

    Meanwhile, Willis’s mouse-over text tells me that, tomorrow, we’re checking in with Blaine, Carol and Toedad.

  34. acher4
    acher4
    July 31, 2019 at 2:37 am | #

    I love Today.
    I’m afraid of Tomorrow.
    Cause it’s Willis… :O

  35. Chronos
    Chronos
    July 31, 2019 at 3:12 am | #

    DO NOT TRUST ALT-TEXT

  36. etherealdesiign
    etherealdesiign
    July 31, 2019 at 3:15 am | #

    alt text makes me feel like it’s time to see blaine and/or toe, if its not just something simple like some (more) heartrending ruth/billie drama

    cool beans. see y’all tomorrow.

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      July 31, 2019 at 6:02 am | #

      I’m voting the Evil Parents Society having their first meeting with Carol and Ross proving that there’s nothing quite like an ultra-moralistic group for missing when their “new best friend” is an incorrigible criminal.

  37. JoeCovenant
    JoeCovenant
    July 31, 2019 at 4:38 am | #

    Malaya looking away…
    Could be (for want of a better word) shyness…
    But I also got the feeling she was watching Sal, as Sal was watching them.

    But no… this is the end!
    (right…?)

  38. Solenoid
    Solenoid
    July 31, 2019 at 7:08 am | #

    A nice strip. Sometimes it’s good to have something nice, while there are still at least two wobbly spinning plates ready to crash to earth. (Ruth’s ER visit, the League of Shitty Parents)

  39. Agemegos
    Agemegos
    July 31, 2019 at 7:10 am | #

    Danny is wearing a hat indoors.

    • Ntrovert
      Ntrovert
      July 31, 2019 at 7:44 am | #

      Yeah, I’ve noticed that most guys who wear hats don’t bother to take them off when they are indoors anymore, unless guilted about it. This is especially true for caps ( baseball, seed corn, etc. ).

      • Khyrin
        Khyrin
        July 31, 2019 at 8:46 am | #

        Just start reminding folk that wearing a hat indoors is a studied insult to the owner of the building. You don’t trust them to keep rain and birdshyte off your head!

      • Marsh Maryrose
        Marsh Maryrose
        July 31, 2019 at 10:16 am | #

        What are you supposed to do with your hat if you take it off? No place has hat racks anymore.

        If it’s your home or your office, you probably have a place to put your hat. But if it’s a shared space, you can’t just put your hat on some table or counter, because people are using those surfaces. And carrying it around is just silly.

        • BarerMender
          BarerMender
          July 31, 2019 at 2:17 pm | #

          Carrying it around is normal. If it’s a cap, you tuck the soft end under your belt in back.

          • Yumi
            Yumi
            July 31, 2019 at 6:03 pm | #

            Just carry it around on your head.

            • BarerMender
              BarerMender
              July 31, 2019 at 10:08 pm | #

              Well, I try to act like a gentleman. I’m probably not fooling anyone, but I try.

      • MK15
        MK15
        July 31, 2019 at 10:29 am | #

        Guilting people to remove hats indoors is discriminatory against the bald and balding 😛
        *Does not apply to Danny’s full head of hair

        • thejeff
          thejeff
          July 31, 2019 at 10:35 am | #

          But if he’s not wearing his hat, how will people know he’s a Good Egg?

    • BBCC
      BBCC
      July 31, 2019 at 6:42 pm | #

      So? Taking hats off inside is an arbitrary social rule. Keeping it on hurts no one. 😛

      • BarerMender
        BarerMender
        July 31, 2019 at 10:09 pm | #

        It may be arbitrary, but it has that “social” to back it up.

  40. Rabisch
    Rabisch
    July 31, 2019 at 7:45 am | #

    So, it’s a new beginning (almost) for everyone? I love it!

  41. Juanoku
    Juanoku
    July 31, 2019 at 8:47 am | #

    They’ve come a long way, all of them

  42. Eldritch Gentleman
    Eldritch Gentleman
    July 31, 2019 at 9:16 am | #

    Why can’t this be the final of this comic. Now I have to worry about the Evil Dad Team Up looming on the horizon.

    • thejeff
      thejeff
      July 31, 2019 at 10:46 am | #

      Yeah, there was the temptation to say “Well, it’s been a great run. A few dangling plotlines, but a good place to end.” 🙂

  43. Fuchs Sakemann
    Fuchs Sakemann
    July 31, 2019 at 10:57 am | #

    Man, with all the crazy shit happening to Billie and Ruth right now, it’s nice to see something good happening to a few people here.

  44. Cedrick
    Cedrick
    July 31, 2019 at 12:24 pm | #

    Anyone else feels like Malaya is a Psychopath who wants to steal Sal’s life?

    • Sporky
      Sporky
      July 31, 2019 at 12:26 pm | #

      Uhhhhhhh….. no????????

    • Delicious Taffy
      Delicious Taffy
      July 31, 2019 at 5:41 pm | #

      I like the energy you’re bringin’, except I hate it and let’s don’t keep it up

    • Clif
      Clif
      July 31, 2019 at 9:24 pm | #

      I don’t think so. There is a profound difference between enjoying being an annoying twit and being a psychopath.

  45. Roborat
    Roborat
    July 31, 2019 at 2:24 pm | #

    Sal smiled, don’t see that often. And I see she has gathered her harem/fan club in the last panel.

    • BarerMender
      BarerMender
      July 31, 2019 at 3:18 pm | #

      Um… circle of friends?

  46. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    July 31, 2019 at 4:53 pm | #

    Sal is studying for midterm but… Walky… is making out with Amber instead I guess.

    • Clif
      Clif
      July 31, 2019 at 9:25 pm | #

      You have to have your priorities straight.

  47. Kim
    Kim
    July 31, 2019 at 4:57 pm | #

    I love this last panel! So happy Danny’s there <3

  48. Clif
    Clif
    July 31, 2019 at 9:32 pm | #

    First of all, Daw!
    I think Marcie will come to regret it, but Daw anyway.
    (Reads alt-tex) Oh-oh.

  49. PB
    PB
    August 1, 2019 at 11:10 am | #

    ALL THE FEELS <3

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