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Grease

by David M Willis on February 28, 2020 at 12:01 am
  • 02 - To Remind You of My Love
└ Tags: jennifer, lucy, nash, rose, ruth

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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    February 28, 2020 at 12:01 am | #

    “see? ’cause now we have the COMPLETE picture!”

    “and also a big mess to clean up”

    • auroki
      auroki
      February 28, 2020 at 12:03 am | #

      1,2,3, not cleaning it up!

      • Fiiiiilo
        Fiiiiilo
        February 28, 2020 at 9:48 am | #

        Bruh I wasn’t ready, count again.

    • Kyoulkoa
      Kyoulkoa
      February 28, 2020 at 12:04 am | #

      Billie going the distance

      • Snorlax
        Snorlax
        February 28, 2020 at 2:30 pm | #

        She’s going for speed.

        • A Fan
          A Fan
          February 28, 2020 at 8:59 pm | #

          She’s all alone (all alone) All alone in her time of need

    • clif
      clif
      February 28, 2020 at 12:19 am | #

      But how could we have a complete picture without knowing what happened to Mike?

      • TheCozburger
        TheCozburger
        February 28, 2020 at 6:15 am | #

        That’s the current fireworks factory, isn’t it…?
        #WhenAreTheyGonnaGetToTheFireworksFactory

      • A Fan
        A Fan
        February 28, 2020 at 9:00 pm | #

        What if… everytime someone asks or mentions it, Willis pushes back the reveal comics?

  2. StClair
    StClair
    February 28, 2020 at 12:03 am | #

    Oh, that’s what was missing. Stomach contents.

  3. Madock345
    Madock345
    February 28, 2020 at 12:05 am | #

    Nash looks impressed lol

    • Foxhack
      Foxhack
      February 28, 2020 at 12:07 am | #

      “The movies were right, college is about learning and projectile vomiting!”

    • King Daniel
      King Daniel
      February 28, 2020 at 12:08 am | #

      Cheerleeders were trained to be the best at everything, after all.

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        February 28, 2020 at 12:16 am | #

        I thought that was Batman.

        …Do you think Batman studied cheerleading?

        • clif
          clif
          February 28, 2020 at 12:27 am | #

          I understand that there was a complex relationship with Ras.

        • Home
          Home
          February 28, 2020 at 3:03 am | #

          I think I’ll let Willis answer this one. https://www.shortpacked.com/comic/batman-is-good-at-everything

        • Khyrin
          Khyrin
          February 28, 2020 at 4:33 am | #

          Knowing how to throw someone in the air to make sure they can be safely caught or land might also mean you know how to do the inverse as well: Throw them into the air in such a way that it’s nearly impossible to land safely.

  4. Kravis
    Kravis
    February 28, 2020 at 12:05 am | #

    When Billie said “Wait, hold on, I’m gonna” I REALLY thought that that was going another direction…

  5. Dave Van Domelen
    Dave Van Domelen
    February 28, 2020 at 12:07 am | #

    Lots of slip, no shine.

  6. Stephen Bierce
    Stephen Bierce
    February 28, 2020 at 12:07 am | #

    Nice Richie Rich-variety liter sound effect.

    • Stephen Bierce
      Stephen Bierce
      February 28, 2020 at 12:08 am | #

      *literal*

  7. poofdepoof
    poofdepoof
    February 28, 2020 at 12:11 am | #

    The fight extended into the hall?

    • clif
      clif
      February 28, 2020 at 12:29 am | #

      DOA Book 10: Impressive Spray Distance Though

      • King Daniel
        King Daniel
        February 28, 2020 at 12:41 am | #

        Dumbing of Age Book X: Maybe Billie Isn’t a Role Model

        • Keulen
          Keulen
          February 28, 2020 at 2:48 am | #

          DoA Book 10: Suplex!

    • Slartibeast Button, BIA
      Slartibeast Button, BIA
      February 28, 2020 at 1:49 am | #

      Once again we see the underlying theme of DoA: Lock the damn door!

    • Happilychaotic
      Happilychaotic
      February 28, 2020 at 6:33 am | #

      I’m confused too.

  8. BBCC
    BBCC
    February 28, 2020 at 12:13 am | #

    It’s a good thing that ‘Horf’ is there or that line looks a lot dirtier. XD

    • Happilychaotic
      Happilychaotic
      February 28, 2020 at 6:12 am | #

      But now the hallway is gonna be a lot dirtier 😀

  9. Kyrik Michalowski
    Kyrik Michalowski
    February 28, 2020 at 12:13 am | #

    I’m glad the idea of Billie being a role model is dying, it wasn’t great for them or Billie. On the bright side though, all is as it should be between Ruth and Billie. This is how they express their love, playful bickering and/or sex.

  10. Tirachokko
    Tirachokko
    February 28, 2020 at 12:17 am | #

    fight fight fight fight

  11. clif
    clif
    February 28, 2020 at 12:21 am | #

    That moment when SUPLEX! becomes a sound effect,

    • He Who Abides
      He Who Abides
      February 28, 2020 at 6:39 am | #

      Willis’ second-best sound effect, after “DELOREAN!”.

  12. DailyBrad
    DailyBrad
    February 28, 2020 at 12:22 am | #

    Detox is going to be quite an ordeal, isn’t it? Glad she’s plenty feisty, still.

  13. Nono
    Nono
    February 28, 2020 at 12:25 am | #

    So who’s going to have the fun job of filling Beatrice in?

    • He Who Abides
      He Who Abides
      February 28, 2020 at 6:38 am | #

      I assume Nash. Dunno if Rose or Lucy know sign language.

  14. zellgato
    zellgato
    February 28, 2020 at 12:32 am | #

    Did they bust out of a room or something? or the rest just walk in?
    sidenote: that NSFW comic panel on the side with amber reading dawn of justice spoof.
    is that a solo comic i missed the announcemtn of?

    • Kim
      Kim
      February 28, 2020 at 6:36 am | #

      Sideanswer: I think he’s made a series of single panel pinups, and I believe it’s one of those! 🙂

    • thejeff
      thejeff
      February 28, 2020 at 7:42 am | #

      The latest Slipshine, though it’s been up for awhile. It’s a link, click on it.

  15. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    February 28, 2020 at 12:35 am | #

    Calculated. Nothing gets a girl off of you than projectile vomiting. S-so I’ve heard.

  16. StClair
    StClair
    February 28, 2020 at 12:38 am | #

    Grease is the word (is the word, that you heard)
    It’s got groove, it’s got meaning
    Grease is the time, is the place, is the motion
    Grease is the way we are feeling

  17. Bryy
    Bryy
    February 28, 2020 at 12:59 am | #

    I’m super confused. Are they doin’ it or wrestling?

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      February 28, 2020 at 1:23 am | #

      The answer, now and always, is “yes”.

    • Keulen
      Keulen
      February 28, 2020 at 2:52 am | #

      I’m pretty sure it’s both.

    • StClair
      StClair
      February 28, 2020 at 8:03 pm | #

      One leads into the other.
      And sometimes back around, in a circle.

      • Obligatory Leafs Fan
        Obligatory Leafs Fan
        February 28, 2020 at 9:05 pm | #

        Like when you’re in a large brawl, when a hockey game breaks out.

  18. Derek
    Derek
    February 28, 2020 at 12:59 am | #

    the real question is why did any of you think she was a role model at all in the first place!!

  19. Bagge
    Bagge
    February 28, 2020 at 1:21 am | #

    Get a room, you two.

    • Rabisch
      Rabisch
      February 28, 2020 at 9:39 am | #

      They already have one. Just need to close the door.

  20. Pocky
    Pocky
    February 28, 2020 at 1:46 am | #

    Well, the carpet did get stained. . .

  21. Arianod
    Arianod
    February 28, 2020 at 1:46 am | #

    Detoxing, huh? Is that what the kids are calling it these days? Where I’m from, we call it barfing.

    • Me et al.
      Me et al.
      February 28, 2020 at 9:07 pm | #

      Well… i mean… that IS *why* your body forces you to barf. You’ve dangerously poisoned it, and it is fighting to protect you from dying. (even if you know you didn’t drink enough to actually kill yourself)

    • Bicycle Bill
      Bicycle Bill
      February 28, 2020 at 9:53 pm | #

      We used to look at it as being “better out than in”.  And it’s cheaper than an ambulance ride and a stomach pump.

  22. BenRG
    BenRG
    February 28, 2020 at 2:15 am | #

    There’s a big irony in this, although I’m sure that Billie isn’t in a state to appreciate it: The only real friend she’s made in Forrest so far is the one she likes the least: Lucy.

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      February 28, 2020 at 3:47 am | #

      I wouldn’t call them “friends” exactly (even if Lucy obviously disagrees with me).

      But they are both sharing the experience of having fallen from grace with the weird pod-people cargo-cult that is Forrest hall. Lucy because she wasn’t as cool as Billie, Billie because she wasn’t as cool as they thought she was.

      How and if they build a friendship from that shared experience remains to be seen.

      • Schpoonman
        Schpoonman
        February 28, 2020 at 5:50 pm | #

        I really hope today is the start of Billie allowing herself to enjoy stuff again.

  23. NinjaNick
    NinjaNick
    February 28, 2020 at 2:42 am | #

    Cleanup on aisle five!

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      February 28, 2020 at 3:47 am | #

      You know what, take a quick swab in aisle four and six as well.

  24. Keulen
    Keulen
    February 28, 2020 at 2:55 am | #

    Pretty impressive pillow-throwing distance too.

  25. shadowcell
    shadowcell
    February 28, 2020 at 3:13 am | #

    Dumbing of Age Book 10: Maybe Billie Isn’t a Role Model

    alternative title, Dumbing of Age Book 10: HORF!

  26. Shane
    Shane
    February 28, 2020 at 4:21 am | #

    What’s even left to barf out? I thought most of dinner ended up on Ruth’s clothes (which is why she’s wearing loaner clothes), and they haven’t gotten around to breakfast yet.

    Also are we sure Billie doesn’t need some medical help with this cold turkey effort here?

    At least of Billie ends up in the hospital they might see Mike in traction or something. Or the morgue. Wherever.

    • He Who Abides
      He Who Abides
      February 28, 2020 at 6:35 am | #

      Yes, Billie should be getting some medical help here. Considering that she has severe alcoholic tendencies, an unsupervised cold-turkey approach to quitting is extremely dangerous.

  27. C.T Phipps
    C.T Phipps
    February 28, 2020 at 4:23 am | #

    Their turn on Billie breaks my heart. Shameful-shameful traitors.

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      February 28, 2020 at 6:32 am | #

      They were worshipping an illusion – What they wanted her to be, not who she really is. When they saw the reality and that it wasn’t that illusion they wanted, they just walked away like the disappointed customers they were.

  28. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    February 28, 2020 at 4:41 am | #

    I’m glad i’m not the one who’ll have to clean THAT

  29. Sombrero
    Sombrero
    February 28, 2020 at 5:07 am | #

    Who wants Billie as role model when you can have Ruth?

    • Happilychaotic
      Happilychaotic
      February 28, 2020 at 6:14 am | #

      This!

  30. ValdVin
    ValdVin
    February 28, 2020 at 7:21 am | #

    The pea-soup shade for Billie’s text bubbles in the last panel is a great touch.

  31. Ryek Hvek
    Ryek Hvek
    February 28, 2020 at 7:32 am | #

    if SUPLEX! were to be made into a song, perhaps its lyrics could be fit to this tune

  32. Rabisch
    Rabisch
    February 28, 2020 at 9:27 am | #

    FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT!!!!

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      February 28, 2020 at 10:37 am | #

      For now, at least. I do hope that those two remember to go back inside if things change back!

      • Rabisch
        Rabisch
        February 28, 2020 at 12:43 pm | #

        What? They have an audience now!

        • Roborat
          Roborat
          February 28, 2020 at 1:51 pm | #

          Yup, live studio audience, no laugh track for Willis.

  33. Zombycow
    Zombycow
    February 28, 2020 at 9:34 am | #

    oh, right. the withdrawal sickness.

  34. raultsi
    raultsi
    February 28, 2020 at 10:49 am | #

    how long has Billy been detoxing now? My mom was on tranks and IV for 5 days while she was in the hospital for her heart attack. Basically never knew that she was going through detox, and subsequently never acknowledged the fact that she had a drinking problem either.

    • Diane
      Diane
      February 28, 2020 at 1:16 pm | #

      I can tell you she started Sunday night. I unfortunately have no clue what day it is.

    • thejeff
      thejeff
      February 28, 2020 at 2:47 pm | #

      This is Tuesday. It was Sunday night she officially stopped – after Ruth drank again and wound up in hospital. We know Billie drank Saturday night, but not if she drank during the day Sunday. Probably not, since she was sick from it by Monday morning.

  35. Tacos
    Tacos
    February 28, 2020 at 4:02 pm | #

    I thought they were still in their room and was wondering why everybody else was in there too.

  36. Wereg
    Wereg
    February 28, 2020 at 4:48 pm | #

    Almost like idealizing someone you barely know isn’t a great thing to do.

  37. Makkabee
    Makkabee
    February 28, 2020 at 6:45 pm | #

    “Maybe Billy Isn’t a Role Model” makes a good book title.

    • Kamino Neko
      Kamino Neko
      February 28, 2020 at 6:54 pm | #

      Ironically, this is the best she’s been, role-model-wise.

  38. Alaric
    Alaric
    February 28, 2020 at 10:35 pm | #

    I’m inspired now. I want to go out and show everyone that I’m not a good role model, just like Billie.

  39. Lingo
    Lingo
    February 28, 2020 at 10:53 pm | #

    “What do you want?”
    “I want the RUTH!”
    “YOU CAN’T HANDLE THE RUTH!!!”

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