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September 28, 2023

Transformative

by David M Willis on September 5, 2020 at 12:01 am
  • 04 - Is a Song Forever?

└ Tags: amber, becky, carla, danny, dina, dorothy, jennifer, joyce, ruth, sal, sarah, walky

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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    September 5, 2020 at 12:03 am | #

    Season finale?

    Also I totes have the feeling they will learn ABSOLUTELY NOTHING

    • Ana Chronistic
      Ana Chronistic
      September 5, 2020 at 12:04 am | #

      aww, Amber rejoined the group, big moment

    • Gerrico
      Gerrico
      September 5, 2020 at 12:30 am | #

      You have to learn moral lessons, or someone will die.

      • Gerrico
        Gerrico
        September 5, 2020 at 12:31 am | #

        …oops, wrong link.
        You have to learn moral lessons, or someone will die.

        • ValdVin
          ValdVin
          September 5, 2020 at 8:33 am | #

          Wait, there’s a Willis crossover I’ve been neglecting all the while? Welp, I know what I’m bingeing this holiday weekend.

    • Lingo
      Lingo
      September 5, 2020 at 1:12 am | #

      Hmm, I thought the next storyline doesn’t start until September 10, so what will the next 4 strips entail?

      TOMORROW: In a dark room, we see a gathering of Mary, Raidah, Asher, Rachel, and of course Sydney Yus. THE AXIS OF SOMETHING RE-FORM!!

      • Bluesnake463
        Bluesnake463
        September 5, 2020 at 2:54 am | #

        I assume we will need some kind of closure with whats going on between Joyce’s mom and dad, perhaps a final conclusion leading to divorce.

        • Needfuldoer
          Needfuldoer
          September 5, 2020 at 9:10 am | #

          I’m pretty sure that’s going to be one of the long-term plot threads of Season 2.

      • showler
        showler
        September 5, 2020 at 4:43 am | #

        Has to end with someone in bed and there is one person stuck in bed right now

        • Needfuldoer
          Needfuldoer
          September 5, 2020 at 9:14 am | #

          It’s just an exterior shot of Read Hall, with voiceover of all the characters remarking about the day and wishing each other goodnight.

        • Lingo
          Lingo
          September 5, 2020 at 2:28 pm | #

          Perhaps Joe? I’m a bit disappointed he’s not here. I know that he doesn’t know Amber is Amazi-Girl, unlike everyone here (or almost everyone), but Amber and Joe are apparently about to become step-siblings, so she has a reason to invite him, and maybe even tell him about AG.

      • TachyonCode
        TachyonCode
        September 6, 2020 at 1:30 pm | #

        The next 4 pages are clearly gonna be about Danny going on an epic quest to discover why the hat has to go.

        Obviously.

        • TachyonCode
          TachyonCode
          September 6, 2020 at 1:32 pm | #

          The timing of my prediction may seem a little unfair, but I did make it before reading the next page, so in my book that counts.

  2. StClair
    StClair
    September 5, 2020 at 12:05 am | #

    the hat has served its purpose.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      September 5, 2020 at 12:13 am | #

      I have been hoping the hat would die for ages.

      Now the healing can begin.

      • butts
        butts
        September 5, 2020 at 12:26 am | #

        GOOOOOD riddance

        (maybe it’ll take some of that danny-ness away with it)

        • Norah
          Norah
          September 5, 2020 at 12:52 am | #

          We can hope. Although he Danned stuff up before the hat.

          • SuperFroakie82
            SuperFroakie82
            September 5, 2020 at 12:55 am | #

            It may have merely amplified his Danning abilities if recent events are anything to go off of.

        • Undrave
          Undrave
          September 5, 2020 at 2:53 am | #

          Don’t cry victory too easy. Danny could just turn up in a beret or, even worse, a trillby!

        • Daibhid C
          Daibhid C
          September 5, 2020 at 6:36 am | #

          Wasn’t the hat meant to be a symbol of a reduction in Dannyness? Like, Hat-Danny was “a good egg”, while No-Hat-Danny was the one who danned things up?

          • Needfuldoer
            Needfuldoer
            September 5, 2020 at 9:28 am | #

            The hat didn’t stop him from Danning up that conversation in the hospital with Ethan.

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      September 5, 2020 at 8:33 am | #

      Hey, when did Danny come back? And where’s Hat Guy?

  3. Octopus Ink
    Octopus Ink
    September 5, 2020 at 12:05 am | #

    Danny’s HAT!
    OH NOES!!
    (blow winds, blow!!)

    • Stephen Bierce
      Stephen Bierce
      September 5, 2020 at 12:20 am | #

      I was reminded of the first episode of Kimagure Orange Road, when Madoka’s hat went flying and Kyosuke caught it.

      • Nick Wright
        Nick Wright
        September 5, 2020 at 11:24 am | #

        I was just thinking the same thing, and imagining who could be standing just off-screen to catch it. But alas, Danny is no Madoka Ayukawa.

    • Undrave
      Undrave
      September 5, 2020 at 2:53 am | #

      Danny: “MY CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT!”

      • clif
        clif
        September 5, 2020 at 2:56 am | #

        Oh nos!! How can Hat Guy be Hat Guy with no hat?

        • Undrave
          Undrave
          September 5, 2020 at 3:03 am | #

          “Wait, this could be my next character arc!”

          • Deanatay
            Deanatay
            September 5, 2020 at 8:34 am | #

            Betelgeuse: Hey. This could be a new look for me.

        • BenRG
          BenRG
          September 5, 2020 at 3:16 am | #

          Joyce will start calling him ‘Danny’ again and show no conscious awareness that he and ‘Hat Guy’ were the same person. She will even actually ask Sal “Whatever happened to Hat Guy?”

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        September 5, 2020 at 9:29 am | #

        The real dapper cap is in your heart, Danny, not on your head.

        That’s the real overarching theme of DoA.

        • Jamie
          Jamie
          September 5, 2020 at 2:04 pm | #

          The real hats were the friends we made along the way.

          • thejeff
            thejeff
            September 5, 2020 at 10:33 pm | #

            The real friends were the hats we made along the way?

  4. Astaphe
    Astaphe
    September 5, 2020 at 12:05 am | #

    The last time I was this early, Joyce had absolute faith in the church.

    • Astaphe
      Astaphe
      September 5, 2020 at 12:07 am | #

      But seriously, this has some “end of series” energy. Willis would tell us if this was the end, wouldn’t he?

      • Kyrik Michalowski
        Kyrik Michalowski
        September 5, 2020 at 12:09 am | #

        Maybe the buffer strips are just a lie and he’s been planning to sutprise end it this whole time.

      • insomniac
        insomniac
        September 5, 2020 at 12:11 am | #

        I feel like it’s more “end of book.” Willis does not tend to be coy about his series finales.

        • King Daniel
          King Daniel
          September 5, 2020 at 12:14 am | #

          Series finale? No. But Willis has stated that this storyline and the kidnapping one which preceded it are meant to be taken as a season finale.

          Which sadly means that the timeskip tomorrow will probably breeze past Halloween, since the upcoming previews show snowy weather/entirely bare trees, and in-universe Halloween is just a few days away.

          • Blackdrazon
            Blackdrazon
            September 5, 2020 at 12:18 am | #

            Aw, I hadn’t thought about that, I was kind of hoping to see everyone’s costumes.

          • Slartibeast Button, BIA
            Slartibeast Button, BIA
            September 5, 2020 at 12:19 am | #

            Maybe he is using “series” in the British TV sense?

            • Undrave
              Undrave
              September 5, 2020 at 2:54 am | #

              So 5 episodes a year, tops?

              • davidbreslin101
                davidbreslin101
                September 5, 2020 at 4:45 pm | #

                Oh, be fair, it’s a lot more than that. 6, in fact.

          • bryy
            bryy
            September 5, 2020 at 12:39 am | #

            We got so close.

        • AndieStardust
          AndieStardust
          September 5, 2020 at 2:51 am | #

          I scrolled down to look for this thread, it’s the type of season finale that we would get left with if the executives cancelled the show. It’s mostly (?) wrapped up and open for more story but we’ll never get it unless Netflix adapts it years later. That kind of feeling, ya know?

          • Needfuldoer
            Needfuldoer
            September 5, 2020 at 9:31 am | #

            Maybe the syndication rerun ratings and DVD sales will be high enough that the network will revive it.

  5. Cattleprod
    Cattleprod
    September 5, 2020 at 12:06 am | #

    Is the hat just blowing away? Carla seems to be watching it, but isn’t posed as if she’s the one who threw it.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      September 5, 2020 at 12:14 am | #

      She’s using her telekinetic abilities.

      • Geneseepaws
        Geneseepaws
        September 5, 2020 at 12:36 am | #

        I figured it was magnetic induction, since she’s engineering, not Psych. Now if she was a psych major, then yeah, I’m all in with Telekinesis.

        • SuperFroakie82
          SuperFroakie82
          September 5, 2020 at 12:58 am | #

          Maybe she hid a drone inside of it when he wasn’t looking so she could strike at the most hilarious moment.

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      September 5, 2020 at 8:47 am | #

      Carla bit down on the hat with her teeth, and threw it away with a toss of her head, like a reverse terrier. That’s why her mouth is wide open, and her hair is in motion.

    • Zee
      Zee
      September 5, 2020 at 1:04 pm | #

      My headcannon is she said, “Up here, your hat is garbage,” and tossed it away, quickly putting her hands at her side in a triumphant stance that’s mostly blocked by the characters in the foreground.

  6. Kyrik Michalowski
    Kyrik Michalowski
    September 5, 2020 at 12:08 am | #

    Now we say our final goodbyes to the hat, now that Danny has been freed from it.

    So who is going to ruin this moment and how?

    • JessWitt
      JessWitt
      September 5, 2020 at 1:47 am | #

      Carol. Escorted off campus but not from Joyce’s life.

  7. zelgato
    zelgato
    September 5, 2020 at 12:09 am | #

    Series ends. With Coma and lost loves haha.

    Or danny’s hat is magical super alien powered and its gonna revive Mike to kick off the super powered arc :p

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      September 5, 2020 at 12:17 am | #

      Darkwing Duck had a species of evil alien mind controlling hats. I used to theorize that Dina’s hat was one of them because of the visible eyes, but Danny’s makes more sense.

      Hmmm, come to think of it, that one on the right kind of looks familiar…

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        September 5, 2020 at 9:33 am | #

        Dina’s Hat is more like Wade the duck’s life preserver from Garfield and Friends, reflective but (probably) not in control.

    • RowenMorland
      RowenMorland
      September 5, 2020 at 7:09 am | #

      Has anyone drawn Mike wearing the hat?

  8. crys
    crys
    September 5, 2020 at 12:09 am | #

    what a gorgeous last panel

    (and not only b/c my joyce/dorothy heart was pleased)

    • woobie
      woobie
      September 5, 2020 at 12:31 am | #

      I notice that there are 3 pairs where one has a hand on the shoulder of the other.
      Becky/ Dina.
      Ruth/ Billie.
      Dorothy/ Joyce.

      • Rabid Rabbit
        Rabid Rabbit
        September 5, 2020 at 12:43 am | #

        And Sal has her elbow on Bro’s shoulder.

        • woobie
          woobie
          September 5, 2020 at 12:59 am | #

          Don’t sink our ship.

          • Aro
            Aro
            September 5, 2020 at 4:37 pm | #

            It’s fine, elbows are not hands and therefore don’t count.

    • Undrave
      Undrave
      September 5, 2020 at 2:55 am | #

      I noticed that too! Dorothy is moving the ship along… she’s getting into the idea…

      • clif
        clif
        September 5, 2020 at 3:03 am | #

        But if Joyce hooks up with Dorothy, she then has to hook up with Amber. Those are the rules.

        • BarerMender
          BarerMender
          September 9, 2020 at 8:22 pm | #

          If Joyce gets the hang of hooking up, there won’t be any rules.

  9. OBBWG
    OBBWG
    September 5, 2020 at 12:10 am | #

    Danny, when did you get here? And where’s Hat Guy?

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      September 5, 2020 at 12:19 am | #

      Note: Hat Guy died on the way back to his home planet.

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      September 5, 2020 at 8:37 am | #

      Aw, man, ninja’d!

  10. Opus the Poet
    Opus the Poet
    September 5, 2020 at 12:10 am | #

    Danny’s hat! it may be lost forever if it goes over the edge in the dark! (I’m assuming from the lighting that it’s now after sundown on Garbage Roof)

    • Undrave
      Undrave
      September 5, 2020 at 2:56 am | #

      *Hat lands on random guy’s head* Guy: “Maybe I should learn to play the ukulele…”

  11. Moon
    Moon
    September 5, 2020 at 12:10 am | #

    *catches dannys hat in my mouth like a dog catching a frisbee* 🐕

  12. Rosicrucian
    Rosicrucian
    September 5, 2020 at 12:11 am | #

    So this is the point of demarcation for the big tonal shift, right?

    Like tomorrow, Billie is a werewolf.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      September 5, 2020 at 12:22 am | #

      Teen Wolf 1: Basketball

      Teen Wolf Too: Boxing

      Te3n Wolf: Cheerleading!

      …Honestly, I’d watch it.

      • Undrave
        Undrave
        September 5, 2020 at 2:57 am | #

        Same!

    • Some1
      Some1
      September 5, 2020 at 12:37 am | #

      Tomorrow’s strip shows Joyce’s church awash in a sea of blood as the entire congregation (sans her family) lies dead in the pews. A man carrying a bloody knife pulls out a photo of Joyce before crumpling it in his hand.

      • Bicycle Bill
        Bicycle Bill
        September 5, 2020 at 2:50 am | #

        Joyce’s mom is whacked out, but not South Glade Mission Church-level whacked out.
        Yet.

        • clif
          clif
          September 5, 2020 at 3:06 am | #

          More importantly, she isn’t a man carrying a bloody knife.

          Either that or she’s really really good at keeping secrets.

          • Bicycle Bill
            Bicycle Bill
            September 5, 2020 at 4:00 am | #

            I was thinking more along the lines of Hank being the guy with the knife, who goes berserk a la Galahad in “Kingsman” and takes revenge on the church for allying with Blaine and giving him the bail money for Toedad, which set all the previous events into motion.

            But I guess this ain’t that kind of movie, bruv.

      • Undrave
        Undrave
        September 5, 2020 at 3:04 am | #

        Way to introduce Ninja Rick into this new universe! Really dramatic.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      September 5, 2020 at 9:38 am | #

      This feels like it ‘should’ be the last strip in the chapter, like the last scene in the last episode of a season.

      I wonder if we’re going to get a ‘time lapse’ of strips featuring different important locations (the dumping stairs, BJC, etc) gradually progressing from ‘fall’ to ‘winter’, ending on the first strip of the next semester/chapter/book/season/episode.

  13. Cephalo the Pod
    Cephalo the Pod
    September 5, 2020 at 12:11 am | #

    Okay, now cut to the Head Alien.

    • clif
      clif
      September 5, 2020 at 2:44 am | #

      Before or after he crumples Joyce’s photo?

  14. Tirachokko
    Tirachokko
    September 5, 2020 at 12:11 am | #

    wish granted joyce.
    you won’t feel like you learned much from college <3

  15. danielle
    danielle
    September 5, 2020 at 12:11 am | #

    goodbye, danny’s hat.

    • Undrave
      Undrave
      September 5, 2020 at 2:57 am | #

      Hat: “Goodbye Danny, my faithful steed, my Planet needs me!”

  16. Nono
    Nono
    September 5, 2020 at 12:11 am | #

    Okay, who in the main cast isn’t present for this nice wrap up photo? Ethan, Mike, Joe…

    • JessWitt
      JessWitt
      September 5, 2020 at 1:49 am | #

      Malaya, Jacob, Marcie, Lucy…

      Take a look at the cast page. Swap Ethan for Carla and that’s the Garbage Roof Gang.

  17. Suet
    Suet
    September 5, 2020 at 12:11 am | #

    Bittersweet comes as bittersweet goes.

    What’re we looking at?

    • Bicycle Bill
      Bicycle Bill
      September 5, 2020 at 2:54 am | #

      The vast, mysterious, undefinable, inexplainable, and unexplored future lying ahead of each one of them.

    • clif
      clif
      September 5, 2020 at 3:12 am | #

      A tree, two yellow things, and a car.

      Or so I’m told.

  18. Slartibeast Button, BIA
    Slartibeast Button, BIA
    September 5, 2020 at 12:11 am | #

    The hat will be back for revenge after the big DoA corporate sellout Ruins It Forever.

    • Undrave
      Undrave
      September 5, 2020 at 2:58 am | #

      With an eyepatch.

      • clif
        clif
        September 5, 2020 at 3:13 am | #

        And a parrot.

  19. Chris
    Chris
    September 5, 2020 at 12:12 am | #

    Is Carla responsible for the hat’s departure, or is she just enjoying the moment?

    (Now, if *Dina’s* hat was blowing away, that would be an emergency.)

    • Rabid Rabbit
      Rabid Rabbit
      September 5, 2020 at 12:45 am | #

      Well, it definitely looks like she’s blowing it away.

  20. HeinousActsZX
    HeinousActsZX
    September 5, 2020 at 12:13 am | #

    The gang’s all here.

  21. Sirksome
    Sirksome
    September 5, 2020 at 12:13 am | #

    Well I for one am glad that we’ve recognized that what has happened in the college life of Joyce Brown and by extension a bunch of other weirdos is by no means common. I swear the past three months for them has felt like ten years!

    • Lingo
      Lingo
      September 5, 2020 at 12:59 am | #

      Two months. Two months.

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        September 5, 2020 at 9:42 am | #

        Season 1 covered August 29th through October 21st, with about a week and a half skipped along the way.

  22. HeinousActsZX
    HeinousActsZX
    September 5, 2020 at 12:13 am | #

    if only this was done at a better time though. All I can think is that they’re not socially distancing properly.

    • mrnoidea
      mrnoidea
      September 5, 2020 at 1:12 pm | #

      Me thinks Willis decided to leave coronavirus out of this universe for good reason. The sliding timescale would’ve brought the virus in to the spotlight for at most two weeks in Dumbiverse time. And then it would be awkward for it to just disappear after two weeks.

  23. Jo Giggles
    Jo Giggles
    September 5, 2020 at 12:13 am | #

    That hover text isn’t suggesting literal series end, right?

    • SuperFroakie82
      SuperFroakie82
      September 5, 2020 at 12:23 am | #

      Just the end for Danny’s hat I’m guessing, but on the little preview descriptions for the strips on patreon he said it’s a series wrap on leaves for yesterday’s strip, so I guess that means we’re not going past winter?

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        September 5, 2020 at 9:44 am | #

        At the current pace (and barring any more long skips), winter should last about 15 years.

      • NullSet
        NullSet
        September 5, 2020 at 10:55 pm | #

        By the time we get to “spring” the sliding timescale will reflect our current climate apocalypse. Expext lots of burning trees.

  24. Slartibeast Button, BIA
    Slartibeast Button, BIA
    September 5, 2020 at 12:14 am | #

    Flashforward a generation to when they are all the new Evil Overlords and a new class must unite to overthrow them.

  25. Jo Giggles
    Jo Giggles
    September 5, 2020 at 12:14 am | #

    like all you patreon folks have already seen tomorrow’s strip, yeah?

    • Sirksome
      Sirksome
      September 5, 2020 at 12:18 am | #

      It’s a huge tone shift as we follow the journey of Danny’s hat as it lands on the heads of different people from different walks of life and changes their lives in significant ways, not always for the better.

      • Slartibeast Button, BIA
        Slartibeast Button, BIA
        September 5, 2020 at 12:20 am | #

        Does it have Rod Serling giving you the cryptic morals?

        • Geneseepaws
          Geneseepaws
          September 5, 2020 at 12:46 am | #

          It looks like it will be another night of studying for James Newsomb, as he heads to the Library to do some research on plays by Marlow.
          While it looks like any other night to James, tonight is different. He won’t know when it happened, but the hat James found on the ground outside Reid Hall, will lead him into: The Twilight Zone.

          • Undrave
            Undrave
            September 5, 2020 at 3:00 am | #

            Next thing James knows, he’s looking up ukulele tutorials

      • hof1991
        hof1991
        September 5, 2020 at 10:49 am | #

        I want the hat to land on Asher’s head. Then he starts playing ukulele. He and Sal for a duo and start touring coffeehouses.

    • Some1
      Some1
      September 5, 2020 at 12:19 am | #

      I don’t have patron but what I can tell you is that tomorrow’s strip will have a tree in it and something yellow (well two yellow things). Also I think a car.

  26. OniLink
    OniLink
    September 5, 2020 at 12:17 am | #

    this… really feels like the series ending

    if it did end here, I’d be sad because it feels like there’s so much more to explore with these characters, particularly around Mike and Amber and Becky and how they develop now that.. things have changed significantly with them! But also, it feels like this would work very well as an ending so I think I’d be satisfied.

    • Mra
      Mra
      September 5, 2020 at 12:20 am | #

      I’d be more curious about Carla, she is here for a big emotional finale, but her appearance in the comic overall was really limited.

    • adam Black
      adam Black
      September 5, 2020 at 12:53 am | #

      ^^^ i had many of these exact same thoughts.

      Time skip?

      Looks and feel Likes The End.

      Its well written too.

      • Norah
        Norah
        September 5, 2020 at 12:59 am | #

        And he mentioned a time skip at the end of Book 10, which I’m assuming this is.

        • Claire
          Claire
          September 5, 2020 at 11:52 am | #

          I was thinking the same thing.. time skip to next semester?

    • Norah
      Norah
      September 5, 2020 at 12:57 am | #

      He has a nearly 4 month buffer, guys!

    • Kamino Neko
      Kamino Neko
      September 5, 2020 at 2:16 am | #

      No, it feels like a season ending.

      This is only a series ending if it’s cancelled when the showrunners think they’re getting another season, so they don’t have to tie off ALL the loose ends and can set up more character development to come.

      If this was a series ending, Mike would have either woken up or died. Amber would have left school or been told that they were taking her tuition from Blaine’s estate or that JoeDad would pick up the bill.

      Jordan’s deal would have been revealed, and Joyce would have discovered that she has a sister.

      And Linda, Carol, Naomi, Sir, and maybe Charles and Ethan’s-dad-whose-name-I-can’t-remember would have been hit by buses.

      (OK, maybe that last one is just wishful thinking.)

      • Dara
        Dara
        September 5, 2020 at 4:57 pm | #

        Exactly. Fall season is over, winter season is next. I mean, we’ve seen previews of buildings with snow.

        I’m confused by all the kerfuffle.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      September 5, 2020 at 9:47 am | #

      There will be a substantial time skip, so the next book/chapter will be like a soft reboot, but it’s not the end. Like you said, there are plenty of loose threads to tie into.

  27. Cattleprod
    Cattleprod
    September 5, 2020 at 12:18 am | #

    Tomorrow, they all work at a detective agency and the change is never addressed.

    • woobie
      woobie
      September 5, 2020 at 12:27 am | #

      Do you want settings changes?
      Because that’s how you get settings changes.

    • Undrave
      Undrave
      September 5, 2020 at 3:00 am | #

      ‘Dumbing of Ages Nights”

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      September 5, 2020 at 9:53 am | #

      The time skip is actually backwards. Now they’re all kids solving paranormal mysteries together, Fuckface can talk, and it’s animated in Tom Ruegger’s distinctive style.

  28. TemporalShrew
    TemporalShrew
    September 5, 2020 at 12:18 am | #

    Damn, can’t believe we had another character death so soon.

    • Mra
      Mra
      September 5, 2020 at 12:18 am | #

      The hat?

      • Deanatay
        Deanatay
        September 5, 2020 at 8:41 am | #

        Hat Guy. He will be missed.

        (Un?)Fortunately, Danny’s back.

        • ValdVin
          ValdVin
          September 5, 2020 at 3:18 pm | #

          Now I’m trying to figure out which one, between Danny and Hat Guy, is Jekyll and which one would be Hyde.

  29. Mra
    Mra
    September 5, 2020 at 12:18 am | #

    That looks like a finale pic the last panel,

  30. The Coolest Child
    The Coolest Child
    September 5, 2020 at 12:20 am | #

    SEASON TWO LET’S GO

  31. Axel
    Axel
    September 5, 2020 at 12:28 am | #

    Not a fan of Danny’s hat but he likes it and dang I’d be stressed over losing a good hat.

    • Undrave
      Undrave
      September 5, 2020 at 3:01 am | #

      Do you really think Danny has Good Hat money? He probably picked it up at Target.

  32. Taigan
    Taigan
    September 5, 2020 at 12:30 am | #

    “May We Be Blessed With Uneducational Times” Book 10 Title?

    • Rabid Rabbit
      Rabid Rabbit
      September 5, 2020 at 12:44 am | #

      And book cover image, frankly.

    • Lumino
      Lumino
      September 5, 2020 at 1:01 am | #

      My first thought on seeing that big cast shot.

      • Bicycle Bill
        Bicycle Bill
        September 5, 2020 at 4:01 am | #

        I was thinking “POSTER!!”

    • Circeus
      Circeus
      September 5, 2020 at 9:37 am | #

      “May you have an educational Time” new Irish curse

    • Perdellian
      Perdellian
      September 8, 2020 at 3:16 pm | #

      I came here to say this but knew in my heart it had already been said.

  33. BBCC
    BBCC
    September 5, 2020 at 12:31 am | #

    Joyce, no, stop that at once. You do not wish on the Willis, he is a fickle and wrathful God.

  34. Johan
    Johan
    September 5, 2020 at 12:39 am | #

    And then joe shows up and they all make out dammit

    • He Who Abides
      He Who Abides
      September 5, 2020 at 1:53 am | #

      That’s a funny way of spelling “fuck” you’ve got there.

    • Undrave
      Undrave
      September 5, 2020 at 3:01 am | #

      Dorothy’s going in for a peck on the cheek right now…

  35. Rikunda
    Rikunda
    September 5, 2020 at 12:40 am | #

    And then they were all expelled for being on the roof.

    • Geneseepaws
      Geneseepaws
      September 5, 2020 at 12:49 am | #

      I thought that was the one place that’s guaranteed to be trouble proof, (up on the roof).

      • Deanatay
        Deanatay
        September 5, 2020 at 8:42 am | #

        It’s Garbage Roof, not No Consequences Roof.

  36. Lia
    Lia
    September 5, 2020 at 12:54 am | #

    awww :’) fuck that hat

  37. Jezi
    Jezi
    September 5, 2020 at 12:55 am | #

    Everything thoughtful has already been said, so I’ll just say that my favorite character referencing my favorite meme made me really happy. Thank you Willis. :3

  38. LiterallyJustSomeGuy
    LiterallyJustSomeGuy
    September 5, 2020 at 12:56 am | #

    Oh no! Who is Hat Guy without his hat???

    I love all these faces so much! Carla, I can’t even deal

  39. Mr D
    Mr D
    September 5, 2020 at 1:12 am | #

    timeskip? Timeeeeeskiiiip!

  40. Robert
    Robert
    September 5, 2020 at 1:17 am | #

    That last panel scared me for a second. This is exactly how Shortpacked! ended.

    • Daibhid C
      Daibhid C
      September 5, 2020 at 6:39 am | #

      Not enough soggies.

  41. Dara
    Dara
    September 5, 2020 at 1:24 am | #

    ALERT ALERT

    HAND ON SHOULDER ALERT

    DOROTHY’S HAND ON JOYCE’S SHOULDER ALERT

    this ship is gonna sail one way or another and that’s all there is to it

    the only other people touching each other are couples

    IT’S HAPPENIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIING

    xD

    • King Daniel
      King Daniel
      September 5, 2020 at 1:30 am | #

      Sal’s leaning on Walky’s shoulder…

      • BenRG
        BenRG
        September 5, 2020 at 2:24 am | #

        Siblings, especially siblings working on reconciling, get a free pass.

    • Undrave
      Undrave
      September 5, 2020 at 3:02 am | #

      I ship it like FedEx!

    • Perdellian
      Perdellian
      September 8, 2020 at 3:17 pm | #

      ♥♥♥

    • BarerMender
      BarerMender
      September 9, 2020 at 8:40 pm | #

      I’d have more confidence in the ship if Dorothy were pressing her booby to Joyce’s arm.

  42. Jess
    Jess
    September 5, 2020 at 1:28 am | #

    Gosh, this makes me so happy. I’m glad they have this little halcyon moment here.

    It seems pretty well certain that the comic will in fact be continuing tomorrow, but, like others have said, I wouldn’t be too sad if it ended here!

  43. JessWitt
    JessWitt
    September 5, 2020 at 1:45 am | #

    That’s a lovely last panel. Given that there will be time-skipping months ahead, bed scenes are definitely not enough.

  44. PB
    PB
    September 5, 2020 at 1:54 am | #

    RIP Danny’s hat

    June 7, 2017 – September 5, 2020

  45. ANeM
    ANeM
    September 5, 2020 at 1:54 am | #

    Joyce is Spiders Georg but for trauma.

    • Lumin
      Lumin
      September 5, 2020 at 4:55 am | #

      Yup.

  46. NinjaNick
    NinjaNick
    September 5, 2020 at 2:02 am | #

    So long, Danny’s beret.

    On to year #11…what kind of craziness will happen ahead?

    • Kamino Neko
      Kamino Neko
      September 5, 2020 at 2:34 am | #

      Danny’s hat isn’t a beret, it’s a newsboy cap.

      Berets don’t have brims by definition, and while I can’t say for sure they never have buttons, it’s not typical – either it’s flat, or it has a pompon or a…I’m not even sure what to call the little ‘tail’ of felt that comes out of the top of a typical Basque beret.

      • BarerMender
        BarerMender
        September 9, 2020 at 8:37 pm | #

        I’d refer to Danny’s had as a snap brim. I don’t know if that’s standard.

  47. BenRG
    BenRG
    September 5, 2020 at 2:23 am | #

    Definitely a nice concluding shot of our heroes as this part of their lives comes to an end. I’m sure that Sarah is sort of relieved now that she ddn’t have an “interesting” freshman year!

    I wonder if Dorothy is consciously aware that she has her arm around Joyce? Or if Joyce is consciously aware of Dorothy doing it?

  48. mare
    mare
    September 5, 2020 at 2:33 am | #

    Placing my bet: we’re going to time-skip to the start of next semester. That jumps us neatly over winter break, gets Becky enrolled, and allows time for things like style changes – we know from previews Joyce has slightly different hair, and I think Sal is going to let hers go natural. And if Mike is alive we’ll also be able to drop in further along in his recovery. Just makes sense from a story perspective and with the scale DoA moves at. In any case, excited to see what lies ahead!

    • SuperFroakie82
      SuperFroakie82
      September 5, 2020 at 3:04 am | #

      This would make sense, but dang, skipping Halloween AND Christmas?

      • Nenja
        Nenja
        September 5, 2020 at 3:13 am | #

        Always winter, never Christmas.

    • hof1991
      hof1991
      September 5, 2020 at 11:06 am | #

      Skip thanksgiving but there are 3-4 weeks after that before the end of semester. That’s 3-4 YEARS of comics. And end of semester is the end of a lot of things as kids and couples split for a couple weeks. Plenty of drama there.

    • BarerMender
      BarerMender
      September 9, 2020 at 8:42 pm | #

      Where are the previews? I’ve never seen one.

  49. Nenja
    Nenja
    September 5, 2020 at 2:35 am | #

    Prediction: After the timeskip, Danny will have found himself a different hat.

  50. bemisawa
    bemisawa
    September 5, 2020 at 2:53 am | #

    Today: a lovely, serene, hopeful END OF SCENE.

    Tomorrow: we have a shot of a pile of rubble. After a moment, the top of the pile starts to shift, until slowly but unstoppably, BLAINE’S HAND reaches out, grasps at the sky, and grabs hold of the pile. Cut to black.

    • bemisawa
      bemisawa
      September 5, 2020 at 2:56 am | #

      Producer’s note: rubble appears to be made out of BULLETS.

  51. NotAnElf
    NotAnElf
    September 5, 2020 at 2:58 am | #

    Needs Mike 🙁

  52. Vjlobel
    Vjlobel
    September 5, 2020 at 3:30 am | #

    Congratulations Shinji!

  53. Keulen
    Keulen
    September 5, 2020 at 3:38 am | #

    Aw man, I liked Danny’s hat. I think he’s been mostly getting better since he started wearing it.

  54. Random832
    Random832
    September 5, 2020 at 3:42 am | #

    Did Danny’s hat blow off in the wind, or did Carla throw it?

    • Keulen
      Keulen
      September 5, 2020 at 3:44 am | #

      I was wondering if Carla threw it too, based on the look on her face in the last panel.

    • Daibhid C
      Daibhid C
      September 5, 2020 at 6:38 am | #

      Now I want fanart of Danny as the Eleventh Doctor and Carla as River Song.

  55. foducool
    foducool
    September 5, 2020 at 3:56 am | #

    man, this looks like a “the end” panel

  56. Ray Radlein
    Ray Radlein
    September 5, 2020 at 3:59 am | #

    NOTE: Kidnappings Geoyc, who is kidnapped 10,000 times a semester, is an outlier and should not be counted

  57. SpaceshipPilot
    SpaceshipPilot
    September 5, 2020 at 5:22 am | #

    Carla’s expression makes me think she’s shouting at the top of her lungs. I wonder what she’s saying.

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      September 5, 2020 at 8:21 am | #

      “Fly little hat-brother! Be free!”

  58. Bagge
    Bagge
    September 5, 2020 at 5:41 am | #

    No ukulele, no hat and honestly not that good of an egg tonight. This has not been a good day for New Danny.

    …which is fitting enough for Garbage roof. On garbage roof there is only old Danny.

  59. PiotrW
    PiotrW
    September 5, 2020 at 6:29 am | #

    Wait. Is this… The End? Feels like it, a little…

    • thumb
      thumb
      September 5, 2020 at 7:21 am | #

      timeskip incoming

  60. Lieutenant Dan
    Lieutenant Dan
    September 5, 2020 at 6:39 am | #

    Book title? 🤔

  61. EvilMidnightLurker
    EvilMidnightLurker
    September 5, 2020 at 7:01 am | #

    Spiders Geoyce

    …Spiders Joyc?

  62. Aragem
    Aragem
    September 5, 2020 at 7:17 am | #

    Well, now that the toxic fathers have been vanquished. The next threat will be overbearing mothers. Looking at you Carol and Linda.

  63. thumb
    thumb
    September 5, 2020 at 7:21 am | #

    Aw, all the girlfriends lined up in the front

  64. Oberon
    Oberon
    September 5, 2020 at 7:34 am | #

    Trump: “I love the poorly educated.”

  65. Colineo
    Colineo
    September 5, 2020 at 8:20 am | #

    I know it was the wind, but in my mind Carla threw Danny’s hat with her mouth.

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      September 5, 2020 at 8:33 am | #

      Or by just being her usual awesome self.

  66. Bagge
    Bagge
    September 5, 2020 at 8:36 am | #

    I have said it before, I’ll doubtless have cause to say it again. For me, one of the main points of this comic is Joyce her and two ladies. and here they are in the center of a beautiful, beautiful shot.

    I look forward to what the future has to bring.

  67. Eric
    Eric
    September 5, 2020 at 8:39 am | #

    What are they all looking at? Is there a hovering aircraft nearby?

  68. ValdVin
    ValdVin
    September 5, 2020 at 8:41 am | #

    As the couples pair together in the last panel (Becky and Dina, Ruth and Billie, Joyce and Dorothy (WAIT, they’re just good friends, for now) ), Danny and Hat suffer a breakup.

  69. Deanatay
    Deanatay
    September 5, 2020 at 8:44 am | #

    If Willis skips Halloween…

    SO.

    MUCH.

    RAGE.

    • Peter Huppertz
      Peter Huppertz
      September 5, 2020 at 11:10 am | #

      I wish thee strength.

  70. Jabberwocky
    Jabberwocky
    September 5, 2020 at 9:14 am | #

    This honestly would not be a bad stopping point for the series as a whole

    • Vulcanodon
      Vulcanodon
      September 5, 2020 at 10:25 am | #

      Let Willis have a well-deserved vacation, but we all want to embrace Jocelyn, watch Carol get her comeuppance, Mary have a redemption arc, Becky and Dina… being Becky and Dina, and SO MUCH MORE!!!

      • mrnoidea
        mrnoidea
        September 5, 2020 at 1:18 pm | #

        Mary is too evil to be redeemed. I’m more interested in seeing Asher’s character development.

      • SuperFroakie82
        SuperFroakie82
        September 5, 2020 at 7:01 pm | #

        Yeah, I highly doubt Mary will get a redemption arc. Unless her conversations with Malaya in art class go somewhere after Malaya figures out her gender stuff, but that’s being very optimistic. Although if she does learn something, I can definitely imagine a scene between her and Carla where she says something like “I realize that I was wrong before but I’m not sorry because you’re still a dirty sinner just like everyone else! Muahahahaha!”

  71. Vulcanodon
    Vulcanodon
    September 5, 2020 at 9:57 am | #

    “Nurse, I need 50cc’s of Heart Emojis over here, STAT!”

  72. hof1991
    hof1991
    September 5, 2020 at 11:01 am | #

    Prediction. Season end in that we will skip Halloween and move from late summer to early winter. Halloween would consume a full year of kids in costumes if DYW let it, so he won’t. We won’t see Hank and carol break up or any funerals.

    We are two months in. Last words are a wish for uneducational time. So skip the next month. That gives everyone a month where nothing exciting or educational is happening. Next book opens after Thanksgiving is my prediction. Drama reset and characters set for new adventures.

  73. SonicHowling
    SonicHowling
    September 5, 2020 at 11:08 am | #

    Everyone hating on Danny’s hat can absolutely suck it. Newsboy caps are great and I refuse to be persuaded otherwise. SUCK IT

    • Kamino Neko
      Kamino Neko
      September 5, 2020 at 11:16 am | #

      Yeah. If they’re good enough for Piper Wright, they’re good enough for Danny Wilcox, dammit.

    • Spencer
      Spencer
      September 5, 2020 at 1:33 pm | #

      You have my sword.

  74. MyaApplesauce
    MyaApplesauce
    September 5, 2020 at 11:53 am | #

    https://gumroad.com/l/MdwkY

  75. Peristeronic
    Peristeronic
    September 5, 2020 at 12:32 pm | #

    “No, no, I’ve got a cunning plan,” Willis said. “As soon as he’s got the hat, I’m going to kill the hat.”

  76. Raptorofwar
    Raptorofwar
    September 5, 2020 at 1:36 pm | #

    That’s sweet.

  77. Kazuma Taichi
    Kazuma Taichi
    September 5, 2020 at 2:24 pm | #

    Well, that’s the volume cover if I’ve ever seen one.

  78. Eldritchy
    Eldritchy
    September 5, 2020 at 2:53 pm | #

    Danny: Noooo! My personality!

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      September 5, 2020 at 3:08 pm | #

      Given that said ‘personality’ put him and Ethan seriously at odds, I suspect that he’ll be happier without it!

      • Eldritchy
        Eldritchy
        September 5, 2020 at 4:04 pm | #

        Yup

      • Spencer
        Spencer
        September 5, 2020 at 5:48 pm | #

        No that was calling out Ethan’s complacency in Mike’s longtime abuse.

        • Eldritchy
          Eldritchy
          September 5, 2020 at 6:40 pm | #

          Well there is time and place for that. Outside his hospital room while he is in a coma and on the verge of death is neither the right time nor place…

  79. Rabisch
    Rabisch
    September 5, 2020 at 3:30 pm | #

    Beautiful group strip♡. AND FINALLY THE HAT IS GONE!!!

  80. Falcon
    Falcon
    September 5, 2020 at 4:29 pm | #

    This is the first time I’ve taken a potential Dorothy/Joyce ship seriously.

  81. davidbreslin101
    davidbreslin101
    September 5, 2020 at 5:03 pm | #

    Goodbye, Danny’s hat
    No-one ever liked you at all
    Or the ukulele which
    Drove his dorm-mates up the wall.
    You crawled over his haircut
    And you whispered into his brain:
    “Be a manic pixie dream-boy,
    And be aimlessly inane.”

    And it seems to me, you lived your life
    Like a beret in the wind
    Never know which head to cling to
    When the rain set in.
    And they damned him for his Danning
    But he was just a kid.
    His beret took off long before
    His legend ever did.

    • nothri
      nothri
      September 5, 2020 at 11:06 pm | #

      ……okay, I want to be snarky, but honestly this was fucking brilliant.

    • Lingo
      Lingo
      September 6, 2020 at 3:14 pm | #

      DO FREE BIRD NOW

  82. C.T Phipps
    C.T Phipps
    September 5, 2020 at 5:26 pm | #

    I kind of love Joyce wanting nothing to do with Danny.

  83. Alan in DC
    Alan in DC
    September 5, 2020 at 11:00 pm | #

    What’re they all looking up at?

  84. nothri
    nothri
    September 5, 2020 at 11:04 pm | #

    Sarah, step back! The front row is clearly being reserved for the lesbian couples of the series.

  85. Kitschensyngk
    Kitschensyngk
    September 6, 2020 at 2:16 am | #

    Truly

    this was a DUMBING

    OF AGE

  86. Liam
    Liam
    September 6, 2020 at 7:01 am | #

    Is that a subtle Terry Pratchett reference I see?

    Or am I just conflating something?

  87. Blatherskite
    Blatherskite
    September 6, 2020 at 9:31 am | #

    “You are an outlier.”

    Hmph. Considering how huge the first couple months have been for pretty much everybody, maybe Sarah was the outlier.

    • Brighter Side
      Brighter Side
      September 6, 2020 at 6:17 pm | #

      I’m really hoping that less than 0.1% of students at the university get kidnapped their freshman year. Because, if not, yikes.

  88. Brighter Side
    Brighter Side
    September 6, 2020 at 6:15 pm | #

    But what’s Dan going to be without a hat?

  89. Lynth
    Lynth
    September 8, 2020 at 3:26 pm | #

    It all makes sense now; Joyce cursed us. #thanksobama

  90. banetheblue
    banetheblue
    September 9, 2020 at 10:32 am | #

    Carla is totally admiring her hover drone, and Danny is flabbergasted as to why there are multiple jet engines attached to it

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