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One More Sunday

by David M Willis on August 17, 2019 at 12:01 am
  • 04 - Vote for Robin
└ Tags: asher, becky, dexter, dina, jennifer, joyce, monkey master, ruth, walky

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  1. Raen
    Raen
    August 17, 2019 at 12:04 am | #

    …wait, why is Becky not with Dina?

    • Suitora
      Suitora
      August 17, 2019 at 12:05 am | #

      Probably crashed back at her place that Robin gave her.

    • AntJ
      AntJ
      August 17, 2019 at 12:05 am | #

      she has an apartment

    • Rabid Rabbit
      Rabid Rabbit
      August 17, 2019 at 12:16 am | #

      Velociraptors only have room for one.

      • MacareuxMoine
        MacareuxMoine
        August 19, 2019 at 6:28 am | #

        The Velociraptor should get a tag. It’s much more of a character than Dexter and Monkey Master on a poster.

    • Marsh Maryrose
      Marsh Maryrose
      August 17, 2019 at 1:24 am | #

      Becky is sexually intimidated by Dina.

      Also, Becky lives somewhere else now.

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        August 17, 2019 at 9:01 am | #

        And has all along. With Joyce. In Billie’s room. On Leslie’s couch. Now in Robin’s apartment.
        She might have spent a couple nights with Dina, but those were during a timeskip, so it’s not 100% clear.

    • Heavensrun
      Heavensrun
      August 17, 2019 at 11:53 am | #

      Becky and Dina are not sexually active, sleeping or living together.

  2. Cheesy1
    Cheesy1
    August 17, 2019 at 12:05 am | #

    Been there, Walky. Been there.

  3. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    August 17, 2019 at 12:06 am | #

    I guess only major characters get beds

    • Clif
      Clif
      August 17, 2019 at 12:50 am | #

      So are you a major character or an alternative sleeper.

    • John
      John
      August 17, 2019 at 2:45 am | #

      So Ruth is a half-major character, because she has a bed, but Billie stole all her covers?

      (And of course Billie is a cover-stealer.)

  4. DailyBrad
    DailyBrad
    August 17, 2019 at 12:06 am | #

    Asher is a boxers guy, huh.

    Also, gosh, Billie looks so adorably content there. They’re not out of the woods yet, but her and Ruth have got to be pretty relieved for the moment. Let’s just see how long that moment lasts.

    • Cholma
      Cholma
      August 17, 2019 at 12:18 am | #

      Could be Hanes Boxer-Briefs. The best of both worlds; very comfortable.

      • Portland
        Portland
        August 17, 2019 at 12:22 am | #

        Dude, I’m a cis woman and I just discovered those and oh my god it was a revelation. I’m never wearing anything else.

        • BrokenEye, the True False Prophet
          BrokenEye, the True False Prophet
          August 17, 2019 at 12:42 am | #

          What, not even, like, a shirt or something?

        • FacelessDeviant
          FacelessDeviant
          August 17, 2019 at 8:01 am | #

          I forsee you having some trouble going out in public in the future.

      • Nono
        Nono
        August 17, 2019 at 12:25 am | #

        Boxer briefs in general are the best.

        • Marsh Maryrose
          Marsh Maryrose
          August 17, 2019 at 1:27 am | #

          Alas, they work a lot better if you don’t have a big pot belly.

          • Clif
            Clif
            August 17, 2019 at 5:03 pm | #

            I wouldn’t know.

      • BarerMender
        BarerMender
        August 17, 2019 at 4:37 am | #

        Ibought a package of boxer briefs. Throwing them out. Hate them.

        • Madock345
          Madock345
          August 17, 2019 at 7:27 pm | #

          What do you like better?

          • BarerMender
            BarerMender
            August 25, 2019 at 1:34 am | #

            Knit boxers. Comfortable.

        • Sorcyress
          Sorcyress
          August 19, 2019 at 12:52 am | #

          Extremely pleased by the very angry Galasso ranting about boxer briefs.

      • DailyBrad
        DailyBrad
        August 18, 2019 at 12:34 am | #

        I figure they’d be a touch snugger than that, if boxer-briefs, but they could be.

  5. Stephen Bierce
    Stephen Bierce
    August 17, 2019 at 12:06 am | #

    She looked at me
    And the emptiness in her eyes was cruel to see
    Then she turned away and said,
    “Once I loved, but love is dead”
    And I whispered, “Sometimes Love Is Only Sleeping”
    She said, “I cannot cry
    And I cannot give or feel or even try”
    And her voice was hard and cold
    Then her sweet young face looked old
    And I whispered, “Sometimes Love Is Only Sleeping”
    …

  6. Jess
    Jess
    August 17, 2019 at 12:06 am | #

    Dexter and Monkey Master get character tags but not the velociraptor?? This is a terrible oversight.

    • He Who Abides
      He Who Abides
      August 17, 2019 at 5:08 am | #

      Fuckface Jr hasn’t been officially named yet. Give it time.

      • Jess
        Jess
        August 17, 2019 at 9:08 am | #

        That’s a good one for the running though!

  7. Sherlock9
    Sherlock9
    August 17, 2019 at 12:06 am | #

    Another book in the bag. May the next one be kind to the characters. (It’s not likely but one can hope)

  8. BBCC
    BBCC
    August 17, 2019 at 12:07 am | #

    Ohhhh, you poor, messed up babies.

    • BBCC
      BBCC
      August 17, 2019 at 12:13 am | #

      Best book thus far, Willis, and I’m not just saying that because it opened on a Sal storyline (but JESUS GOD that Sal storyline. It was so great).

  9. TrueVCU
    TrueVCU
    August 17, 2019 at 12:07 am | #

    Joe: FAP FAP FAP FAP FAP FAP

    • Delicious Taffy
      Delicious Taffy
      August 17, 2019 at 4:16 am | #

      I can’t read that in any voice other than that of the late Billy Mays. The reason isn’t important.

      • He Who Abides
        He Who Abides
        August 17, 2019 at 5:09 am | #

        And now, neither can I. DAMN YOU, DELICIOUS TAFFY!

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        August 17, 2019 at 11:28 am | #

        Hopefully Joe won’t need THE STAIN-FIGHTING POWER OF OXI-CLEAN, THE STAIN FIGHTING SPECIALIST.

        (You have to use caps lock when quoting the loudest pitchman.)

  10. Juanoku
    Juanoku
    August 17, 2019 at 12:09 am | #

    Wait is Joyce wearing the step counter to bed

    • BarerMender
      BarerMender
      August 17, 2019 at 12:19 am | #

      Reminds her not to masturbate.

    • BrokenEye, the True False Prophet
      BrokenEye, the True False Prophet
      August 17, 2019 at 12:43 am | #

      Maybe she sleepwalks

    • yamikuronue
      yamikuronue
      August 17, 2019 at 3:38 am | #

      Some of them track your sleep too, how much you toss and turn.

    • thejeff
      thejeff
      August 17, 2019 at 9:03 am | #

      Amber should wear one to bed. Then she’d know if AG was active.

  11. Sirksome
    Sirksome
    August 17, 2019 at 12:10 am | #

    Dafuq is Asher doing? Just staring out a window in his boxers? Dats kinda weird.

    • Dean
      Dean
      August 17, 2019 at 12:13 am | #

      In a further attempt to gain his allegiance, Blaine is performing a sexy dance in the moonlight.

      • Nono
        Nono
        August 17, 2019 at 12:24 am | #

        With a boombox.

        • Cholma
          Cholma
          August 17, 2019 at 12:32 am | #

          Neither Asher nor Blaine can get enough of Peter Gabriel’s music.

    • Rotunda
      Rotunda
      August 17, 2019 at 12:17 am | #

      His situation is that his criminal past has just caught up with him in the person of Blaine O’Malley, and he is evidently disturbed to the point of sleeplessness, looking out at his new world that he could be giving up if he doesn’t figure out a course of action that keeps both Blaine and Asher’s grandfather at bay.

      • Clif
        Clif
        August 17, 2019 at 12:56 am | #

        I assumed he was watching Amazigirl on patrol.

    • BarerMender
      BarerMender
      August 17, 2019 at 12:21 am | #

      I kind of expected Asher to be built. I guess a cigarette smoker in this day and age will not be a guy who takes care of himself.

    • Romanticide
      Romanticide
      August 17, 2019 at 1:04 am | #

      Knowing Blaine is out there and wanting to try something would make an imsoniac out of anyone.

    • Marsh Maryrose
      Marsh Maryrose
      August 17, 2019 at 1:31 am | #

      It’s insomnia that is weird. Looking out a window while one is brooding may or may not help with one’s insomnia, but it couldn’t hurt.

  12. Pocky
    Pocky
    August 17, 2019 at 12:10 am | #

    see; this is why everyone needs a giant dino to sleep on.

    • Clif
      Clif
      August 17, 2019 at 1:00 am | #

      Either that or a warm blanket-hog to cuddle with. Dana does look peaceful, though.

    • Bathymetheus
      Bathymetheus
      August 17, 2019 at 10:06 pm | #

      Yeah, I notice that of these seven characters, only two are actually sleeping.

      Then again, if I had in my life the kind of stress these youngsters do, I’d not sleep well either.

  13. AntJ
    AntJ
    August 17, 2019 at 12:11 am | #

    Wow. So in this storyline alone… Joyce skipped church, Becky skipped church to buy Dina a velociraptor, Walky punched someone and Amber did not, Sal and Marcie almost made out, Malaya came out as possibly trans, Malaya held hands with Marcie, Blaine showed up again and blackmailed a dangerous dude, Ruth started drinking again, Billie gave up her fake ID and promised to quit drinking and go to therapy, Walky became a copycat vigilante, somebody finally saw that AG and Amber are not sharing memories, and Sydney Yus works at Galasso’s again.

    What a doozy.

    • AntJ
      AntJ
      August 17, 2019 at 12:23 am | #

      also Ethan banged a dude on the velociraptor within hours of its appearance

      • Nono
        Nono
        August 17, 2019 at 12:24 am | #

        Well we don’t know if there was any banging. We don’t know if anything even happened. Heck, we don’t even know what state of clothing Drew was in.

    • JessWitt
      JessWitt
      August 17, 2019 at 12:35 am | #

      Dang this storyline was packed. Thank goodness for the bed strip, it makes for a neat summary.

      Also in lieu of saying Malaya is possibly trans, let’s say she is questioning her gender identity. The gender spectrum is so vast and wide with possibilities.

      • Ron
        Ron
        August 17, 2019 at 2:36 am | #

        So she is possibly trans.

      • Chris Phoenix
        Chris Phoenix
        August 17, 2019 at 4:35 am | #

        Last I heard (from a trans person) trans means having a different gender identity than one was assigned at birth, so anyone whose identity is something other than “male” or “female” is automatically trans.

        • S.
          S.
          August 17, 2019 at 7:48 am | #

          Speaking as a nonbinary person, I personally define trans that way, but other trans and nonbinary people do not.

          JessWitt’s “she is questioning her gender identity” is the clearest and most precise wording of those offered in this thread.

          • Lee
            Lee
            August 17, 2019 at 10:53 am | #

            Concur. I’m non-binary but personally don’t feel a connection to the word trans, as I don’t know where I sit on the gender spectrum and it’s not always the same.

            • oh no
              oh no
              August 18, 2019 at 11:40 pm | #

              Third non-binary chiming in, and agree with both Lee and S..

              Personal I declare myself trans, but with that caveat that it’s better to not assume my experience is universal; not all non-binary folx ID as trans.

      • Delicious Taffy
        Delicious Taffy
        August 17, 2019 at 4:41 am | #

        It’s sometimes confusing to be on more than one spectrum. I wonder what the overlap might be, come to think of it.

    • Clif
      Clif
      August 17, 2019 at 12:46 am | #

      But to me it was a Sunday.

  14. BiOnyx
    BiOnyx
    August 17, 2019 at 12:12 am | #

    Is it weird that I think Billie being a blanket-hog is one of the cutest things ever?!

    • Keulen
      Keulen
      August 17, 2019 at 2:08 am | #

      If it’s weird, then I’m weird too.

      • He Who Abides
        He Who Abides
        August 17, 2019 at 5:11 am | #

        Then let’s all be weird together.

  15. Rotunda
    Rotunda
    August 17, 2019 at 12:12 am | #

    Billie looks so contented and at peace with herself and the world, but this serenity is not shared by Ruth because HEAD CHEERLEADER BLANKET HOG.

  16. Nono
    Nono
    August 17, 2019 at 12:15 am | #

    Ah yes, the Billierito.

    • Marsh Maryrose
      Marsh Maryrose
      August 17, 2019 at 1:39 am | #

      One of the cutest Doubleclicks songs ever: Love You Like a Burrito. (“A tortilla is a hug made of flour.”)

  17. Rabid Rabbit
    Rabid Rabbit
    August 17, 2019 at 12:18 am | #

    Joyce: “So, I didn’t go to church this Sunday. Does that mean I get to invite a fine, fine stack of tall, hairy-chested, richly muscled man-flesh into my bed and not feel guilty about it?”

    • Delicious Taffy
      Delicious Taffy
      August 17, 2019 at 4:28 am | #

      You don’t need to feel guilty if it’s just some friendly spooning.

      • Ron
        Ron
        August 17, 2019 at 8:02 am | #

        I think she would feel guilty for spooning. Sharing a bed would be crossing the line.

        • Delicious Taffy
          Delicious Taffy
          August 17, 2019 at 2:50 pm | #

          Yeah, crossing the line into a world of comfort and warmth and security.

          • thejeff
            thejeff
            August 17, 2019 at 5:58 pm | #

            And you know that’s not allowed.

      • ego
        ego
        August 17, 2019 at 7:09 pm | #

        spooning leads to forking

  18. pienapp1e
    pienapp1e
    August 17, 2019 at 12:21 am | #

    love the humor mixed with the anxiety… the look on ruth’s face, compared to billie’s, and the hand tugging… priceless!!!

  19. JessWitt
    JessWitt
    August 17, 2019 at 12:30 am | #

    Looks like Asher has an ascended role in the plot.

    Question is: friend, foe, or in-between?

    • Lawzlo
      Lawzlo
      August 17, 2019 at 1:31 am | #

      My guess (totally a guess) is foe, until it becomes clear that he wants out of the criminal life, then eventually in-between, then maybe friend.

    • fire_daws
      fire_daws
      August 17, 2019 at 9:39 am | #

      At first I thought that read ‘toe’. And that equally fits.

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        August 17, 2019 at 11:32 am | #

        Let’s hope Asher’s not that bad…

  20. abysswatcher1993
    abysswatcher1993
    August 17, 2019 at 1:44 am | #

    A dinosaur fangirl sleeping over her blood money dinosaur, a politician apprentice questioning her decisions, two alcoholics, a slacker in love that is afraid of growing up, a thug running away from his problems, and a girl that is questioning the existence of god and close to getting her own Persona. The next book promises a lot!

    • Delicious Taffy
      Delicious Taffy
      August 17, 2019 at 4:20 am | #

      The question is, will Joyce stick her hand in the TV?

    • Marsh Maryrose
      Marsh Maryrose
      August 17, 2019 at 9:20 pm | #

      By George, I think you’ve got it!

      • Bathymetheus
        Bathymetheus
        August 17, 2019 at 10:11 pm | #

        I got that reference!

  21. Doom Shepherd
    Doom Shepherd
    August 17, 2019 at 1:54 am | #

    Ruth appears to have gone Eclipso. Frown in shadow, small smile in light.

  22. Bagge
    Bagge
    August 17, 2019 at 2:01 am | #

    A chapter ends when someone is sad in bed. No exceptions.

    • Marsh Maryrose
      Marsh Maryrose
      August 17, 2019 at 2:40 am | #

      Au contraire, mon frere! Book Five ended with Dina falling asleep like a tired puppy, dreaming of Becky.

      Apart from that, though, you’re right. So only one exception.

      • Bagge
        Bagge
        August 17, 2019 at 2:41 am | #

        And what an adorable exception it was!

        • Clif
          Clif
          August 17, 2019 at 5:07 pm | #

          Indeed!

  23. BenRG
    BenRG
    August 17, 2019 at 2:24 am | #

    Lots of folk have made compromises today; maybe good compromises and maybe necessary compromises but not ones that have left them feeling entirely happy and at ease.

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      August 17, 2019 at 2:34 am | #

      Dina didn’t choose to compromise between bed and awesome dinosaur, and she is happy! I don’t reccomend Dina’s way of living for everyone, but it sure works for her.

  24. Bagge
    Bagge
    August 17, 2019 at 2:41 am | #

    Dina sleeping blissfully in her new, awesome dinosaur bed given to her by the person she loves.

    Becky being kept awake by the glowing screen of her resonsibilities, and the growing doubt in how wise she was to accept the devil’s bargin.

    Ruth and Billie happy back in their comfort zone of mutual self destruction. Right here, right now they can be happy and don’t think of tomorrow (but stop hogging the blanket, Billie).

    Poor little mouse boy, hiding in fear of his math book seeing him. But it always sees you, Walky. It always sees you.

    My offer stands to stop calling you a piece of shit if you punch Blaine, Asher. But until then – hey, piece of shit, trouble sleeping?

    Joyce double checks so God doesn’t frown at her from above.

    Goodnight, dofuses, good night.

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      August 17, 2019 at 3:46 am | #

      I don’t know… To me, Joyce is really talking to God. There is a big difference between formal rituals and actually having that connection.

      • BarerMender
        BarerMender
        August 17, 2019 at 3:57 am | #

        My impression is she’s looking for lightning bolts.

      • drs
        drs
        August 17, 2019 at 4:00 am | #

        But God isn’t talking back.

        • Delicious Taffy
          Delicious Taffy
          August 17, 2019 at 4:23 am | #

          Good, because if that son of a bongo talks back one more fucking time, I’m gonna slap the holy out of Him.

  25. BarerMender
    BarerMender
    August 17, 2019 at 3:56 am | #

    I wonder where Marcie and Malaya are.

    • Delicious Taffy
      Delicious Taffy
      August 17, 2019 at 4:26 am | #

      Making out in a parking lot, if anyone has to guess.

  26. TheFlamingonator
    TheFlamingonator
    August 17, 2019 at 4:16 am | #

    Walky you have to open the book it wont tell you the answers

    trust me ive tried it but it just wont whisper answers to you

    • Delicious Taffy
      Delicious Taffy
      August 17, 2019 at 4:25 am | #

      You Americans and our cheap-ass education system, always pinching pennies in the wrong places. Non-whispering textbooks are yet another victim of the college sports cult.

  27. Delicious Taffy
    Delicious Taffy
    August 17, 2019 at 4:32 am | #

    Billie is missing out on some prime burrito tech. The real pro strat is to have the blanket over your head, so you can pull the edge down over your eyes for a makeshift sleep mask. Then it’s just your nose and lower face exposed, leaving you room to breathe but preventing most low-level night spooks from hainting your unconscious corporeal form.

    • Liquid Len
      Liquid Len
      August 17, 2019 at 6:40 am | #

      My low-level night spooks are two black cats that want to be fed at 5:30 in the morning. This technique doesn’t deter them!

      • Delicious Taffy
        Delicious Taffy
        August 17, 2019 at 2:48 pm | #

        If a cat aims to haint you, then haunted you will be.

  28. Eldritch Gentleman
    Eldritch Gentleman
    August 17, 2019 at 7:25 am | #

    Becky
    They said be gay, do crime
    It would be fun they said
    When is FBI going to kick in my door?

  29. Rabisch
    Rabisch
    August 17, 2019 at 8:51 am | #

    Good night sweet children. Goodnight.

  30. RaulTsi
    RaulTsi
    August 17, 2019 at 9:21 am | #

    Sunday? but … but … it’s Saturday in my part of the world, anyway.

  31. Lieutenant Dan
    Lieutenant Dan
    August 17, 2019 at 10:29 am | #

    It’s just another Sunday in a tired old street.

  32. Austin C Williams
    Austin C Williams
    August 17, 2019 at 11:35 am | #

    That last panel with Joyce stabs me in the heart a little.

  33. StClair
    StClair
    August 17, 2019 at 12:13 pm | #

    Good night, moon.

  34. ADLegend21
    ADLegend21
    August 18, 2019 at 2:22 pm | #

    Can we get some Joe character development? I feel like you dropped his incredible self-loathing revelation on us and then just swept it aside for Joyce’s development.

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