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by David M Willis on June 15, 2021 at 12:01 am
  • 05 – As Long As It's Free
└ Tags: danny, joe, joyce

Discussion (206) ¬

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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    June 15, 2021 at 12:05 am | #

    oh no she’s rubbing off

    • Ana Chronistic
      Ana Chronistic
      June 15, 2021 at 12:06 am | #

      EVERY CHARACTER???

      *on pins and needles waiting for WAKEY WAKEY Snoop*

      • RassilonTDavros
        RassilonTDavros
        June 15, 2021 at 12:17 am | #

        so does that include mike?

        • Jamie
          Jamie
          June 15, 2021 at 12:41 am | #

          “October Surprise,” remember?

          • Clif
            Clif
            June 15, 2021 at 2:06 am | #

            It includes Jennifer and Jennifer is Mike.

        • Deanatay
          Deanatay
          June 15, 2021 at 9:54 am | #

          WAKEY WAKEY ASSHOLE

          *punches Joe in nose*

        • Opus the Poet
          Opus the Poet
          June 15, 2021 at 11:47 am | #

          Mike wakes Toedad and Blaine in Hell. Mike went to Heaven but has a day job in Hell.

          • Clif
            Clif
            June 15, 2021 at 1:42 pm | #

            Nights he spends with Blaines Mom.

            For a nickle.
            Or sometimes a nickel.

      • Nono
        Nono
        June 15, 2021 at 12:22 am | #

        WAKEY WAKEY IT’S BLOWJOB CAT

        • Clif
          Clif
          June 15, 2021 at 2:08 am | #

          WAKEY WAKEY IT’S ZOMBIE TOEDAD.

      • Lars
        Lars
        June 15, 2021 at 3:24 am | #

        Wakey, Wakey, Homphk!

      • Demoted Oblivious
        Demoted Oblivious
        June 15, 2021 at 10:31 am | #

        Everybody heard it here first. I guess it’s up to Yoto or other resident artists to render, but Ana proposed Joyce rubbing off every character.

      • Kirt Dankmyer
        Kirt Dankmyer
        June 15, 2021 at 11:08 am | #

        Galasso: WAKEY WAKEY, PEON!

    • Dean
      Dean
      June 15, 2021 at 12:27 am | #

      I guess that’s why she isn’t in the room .

      • Nick
        Nick
        June 15, 2021 at 2:00 am | #

        No, she’s not in the room so that she rub off.

        • Nick
          Nick
          June 15, 2021 at 2:01 am | #

          *doesn’t rub off. (HTML tags did something weird there.)

          • Clif
            Clif
            June 15, 2021 at 2:10 am | #

            She’s not in the room because she learned what Sal wears to bed and she can learn.

            • Demoted Oblivious
              Demoted Oblivious
              June 15, 2021 at 10:33 am | #

              I mean, I understand the visuals, but I somehow don’t see Sal sleeping in Joe’s room. Ever.

              • Clif
                Clif
                June 15, 2021 at 11:40 am | #

                Well, I was going to point out that what I actually meant was that for all Joyce knows (and for all we know) what Joe wears to bed is as little as what Sal wears to bed, and so Joyce is taking a more cautious approach. But then it occured to me that it might be better, and funnier, to just leave it with Demoted Oblivious’s image. But of course by then I had typed all this in, and it keeps getting longer as I type, and it would just go to waste if I didn’t post it.

                The sunk cost fallacy wins again.

                • milu
                  milu
                  June 15, 2021 at 12:37 pm | #

                  i mean or she’s just being generally cautious
                  what with him being an ISM (Indomitable Sex Monster)
                  you mean Demoted’s non-image
                  meh lol
                  haha
                  teh!
                  i’ve sunk your mom’s fallacy for a cost
                  witty meta comment

                  …oh no
                  the sunken cost fallacy is contagious

                • Clif
                  Clif
                  June 15, 2021 at 3:48 pm | #

                  Or maybe it was the sunken cost contingency is fallacious.

                  Something like that.

                • Wagstaff
                  Wagstaff
                  June 15, 2021 at 7:19 pm | #

                  Quick Milu! Research exemplary historical pitfalls resulting from the fallacy before it’s too late!

                • milu
                  milu
                  June 15, 2021 at 8:16 pm | #

                  aaaah much better. Thank you Wagstaff

                • Wagstaff
                  Wagstaff
                  June 15, 2021 at 9:21 pm | #

                  No problem!

                  Forget asteroids. The sunk-cost fallacy is one of the greatest, most insidious threats to all our lives and livelihoods.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      June 15, 2021 at 7:49 am | #

      Phrasing

  2. Spencer
    Spencer
    June 15, 2021 at 12:06 am | #

    Danny is in the bed of the wrong well chinned hunk of Transformers nerd.

    (Is Joe still a closet Transformers nerd here?)

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      June 15, 2021 at 12:12 am | #

      I don’t think so? I think the open Transformers nerds Amber and Ethan fill that niche well enough

      I’m sure he’s a closet nerd for something though

    • DailyBrad
      DailyBrad
      June 15, 2021 at 12:26 am | #

      I think he likely is, I know he’s demonstrated some dorkery at points on it, and I have like zero doubt if he *had* to talk to Amber, the conversation would loop to it as shared ground.

      • Thag Simmons
        Thag Simmons
        June 15, 2021 at 1:15 am | #

        We’ve seen him and Amber talk transformers before though, and it was less bonding over shared interests and more Amber monologuing while Joe rethinks his life choices

    • BBCC
      BBCC
      June 15, 2021 at 1:01 pm | #

      I don’t think so. I think Willis said Ethan niched him out on that one – he said ‘tall, handsome Jewish transformers nerd’ was a covered and he needed to focus more on what made Joe unique in such a large cast.

  3. Littlebit
    Littlebit
    June 15, 2021 at 12:07 am | #

    Danny’s mouth is entirely too much tooth.

    • Johan
      Johan
      June 15, 2021 at 12:12 am | #

      Joyce impression 👉😇👉

      • Clif
        Clif
        June 15, 2021 at 12:26 pm | #

        Can’t even pull off triangular smile right. Danny is the worst.

        • milu
          milu
          June 15, 2021 at 12:42 pm | #

          he’s like if Mike and Malaya had a child!!! who sucked!!!!

          • Clif
            Clif
            June 15, 2021 at 1:45 pm | #

            No, no. Danny is objectively the worst.

            For reasons.

    • Bicycle Bill
      Bicycle Bill
      June 15, 2021 at 12:21 am | #

      It takes time to properly perfect the Triangle Smile™.

      • MM
        MM
        June 15, 2021 at 12:25 am | #

        Not a bad initial attempt, all things considered.

        • King Daniel
          King Daniel
          June 15, 2021 at 9:49 am | #

          Better than Dina’s for sure.

          • Wagstaff
            Wagstaff
            June 15, 2021 at 4:59 pm | #

            Wait, did she ever actually try a Wakey Wakey Smile in particular?

            • deliverything
              deliverything
              June 15, 2021 at 9:27 pm | #

              Well, I know I’d find sleep difficult after seeing that smile.

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      June 15, 2021 at 9:35 am | #

      6/10, bright and annoying, but not quite triangular enough.

  4. NotThatDrew
    NotThatDrew
    June 15, 2021 at 12:07 am | #

    I fear for anyone tries to do this with Ruth

    • Jamie
      Jamie
      June 15, 2021 at 12:42 am | #

      So let’s have Mary do it?

      • Cholma
        Cholma
        June 15, 2021 at 12:50 am | #

        This made me laugh.

      • Delicious Taffy
        Delicious Taffy
        June 15, 2021 at 12:55 am | #

        I mean, if we’re trying to give Ruth a fuckin’ heart attack, have Mary do it before she’s finished dressing, on a day after Ruth has been drinking, just to add that extra layer of “What did I do last night??”. I feel like Ruth would take that in stride, after the initial jumpscare.

        • Needfuldoer
          Needfuldoer
          June 15, 2021 at 8:07 am | #

          So, before 3 PM?

          https://www.dumbingofage.com/2011/comic/book-1/05-media-rumble/dressed-2/

          It should work until Ruth’s brain finishes booting and she thinks “wait, I don’t hate myself that much…”

  5. Wagstaff
    Wagstaff
    June 15, 2021 at 12:07 am | #

    *plays “Beautiful Days” by Masafumi Takada on Voxola PR-76*

    • Opus the Poet
      Opus the Poet
      June 15, 2021 at 1:31 am | #

      Added to my “liked” on YTM.

  6. Cheshrin
    Cheshrin
    June 15, 2021 at 12:08 am | #

    Damn, I just realized that this is the first time a book has had more than four chapters/storylines in a whiiiile.

    (Also yesss always lowkey excited for more Joe/Joyce interactions. They bring out a very interesting mutual vulnerability in each other.)

    • Demoted Oblivious
      Demoted Oblivious
      June 15, 2021 at 10:36 am | #

      Agreed, and with acceptance and supportiveness too. It’s quite heartwarming.

  7. RassilonTDavros
    RassilonTDavros
    June 15, 2021 at 12:08 am | #

    After reading DoA first, then binging all of the Walkyverse, I’m so glad to be back in a comic where I actually like Danny again.

    Not sure the Joyce wake-up works quite as well with dot eyes, though.

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      June 15, 2021 at 12:22 am | #

      Yeah it’s a hell of a contrast.

    • Chris (the other one)
      Chris (the other one)
      June 15, 2021 at 6:59 am | #

      Rassilon, you are the Devil incarnate. You almost got me. thank God I was able to not go down the absolute rabbit-hole of TV Tropes.

      • milu
        milu
        June 15, 2021 at 12:49 pm | #

        i clicked, like an absolute chump. i awoke many hours later, dishevelled and twitchy and needing to pee very, very bad. It was awesome.

  8. Nono
    Nono
    June 15, 2021 at 12:08 am | #

    Man we haven’t seen Joyce since… May 1st. That’s surprisingly long.

    Also I’m always okay with more half naked Joe.

    • NotThatDrew
      NotThatDrew
      June 15, 2021 at 12:10 am | #

      I mean, we still haven’t SEEN her again yet

      • Maikeruu
        Maikeruu
        June 15, 2021 at 12:32 am | #

        She isn’t even tagged, so it doesn’t count as seeing her.

        • Rose by Any Other Name
          Rose by Any Other Name
          June 15, 2021 at 12:38 am | #

          … wait. Aren’t characters who speak but are not seen still supposed to get tagged?

          • Delicious Taffy
            Delicious Taffy
            June 15, 2021 at 12:56 am | #

            It was all a dream.

            • Clif
              Clif
              June 15, 2021 at 2:12 am | #

              These aren’t the tags you’re looking for.

              • Thomas
                Thomas
                June 15, 2021 at 8:33 am | #

                Tags? We don’t need no stinking tags!

        • Devin
          Devin
          June 15, 2021 at 4:30 pm | #

          She is, but I assume that was added in after you commented this.

          • Clif
            Clif
            June 15, 2021 at 4:47 pm | #

            Dimebox has always been at war with Flatonia.

  9. BlackScarabFilmZ
    BlackScarabFilmZ
    June 15, 2021 at 12:09 am | #

    I liked Joyce better before she got franchised out, she’s lost a lot of that homegrown feel.

    • Demoted Oblivious
      Demoted Oblivious
      June 15, 2021 at 10:39 am | #

      Reboots always miss some key nuance of the original.

  10. Thag Simmons
    Thag Simmons
    June 15, 2021 at 12:09 am | #

    Oh hey, a Danny & Joyce interaction

    She probably still doesn’t know his name

  11. Sirksome
    Sirksome
    June 15, 2021 at 12:09 am | #

    How did Joe get into the Joyce wakeup club?! That’s a very exclusive list.

    • Fist_of_Life
      Fist_of_Life
      June 15, 2021 at 7:37 am | #

      my guess is being partnered up for biology lab.

      • Clif
        Clif
        June 15, 2021 at 4:07 pm | #

        That’s right. Joyce is having Joe woken up so that they can get started on biology.

        • woobie
          woobie
          June 15, 2021 at 4:17 pm | #

          Joe would be on board with helping Joyce learn some biology.
          If you know what I mean.
          And I think you do.

          • Clif
            Clif
            June 15, 2021 at 4:56 pm | #

            A nudge is as good as a wink to a blind parrot.

  12. Kyrik Michalowski
    Kyrik Michalowski
    June 15, 2021 at 12:10 am | #

    No Danny, don’t succumb to the Joyce-side of the Force. That way leads to nothing but triangle smiles and barely-restrained horniness.

    • NotThatDrew
      NotThatDrew
      June 15, 2021 at 12:16 am | #

      I’m already halfway there

      • Rose by Any Other Name
        Rose by Any Other Name
        June 15, 2021 at 12:39 am | #

        “Ahhh ahhh! Livin on a Prayer!”

        • He Who Abides
          He Who Abides
          June 15, 2021 at 7:08 am | #

          “Take my hand, we’ll make it I swear!”

    • Devin
      Devin
      June 15, 2021 at 4:02 pm | #

      The Foyce

      • Clif
        Clif
        June 15, 2021 at 4:10 pm | #

        May The Foyce Be With Youse Guys Always.

  13. BBCC
    BBCC
    June 15, 2021 at 12:11 am | #

    Oh geez, they’ve teamed up. The DOAverse is doomed. That much ‘well meaning busybody’ is lethal.

  14. Rani
    Rani
    June 15, 2021 at 12:12 am | #

    If I suffer a terminal ailment, one of my final moves will be to attempt to emotionally blackmail Willis into accelerating the Joyce/Joe storyline so I might see it approaching its beginning stages before I die.

    • Sam
      Sam
      June 15, 2021 at 5:14 am | #

      You don’t think dying will be emotional blackmail enough to see the end of it, only the beginning? How many times you gotta die to see the end then.

      • Clif
        Clif
        June 15, 2021 at 1:34 pm | #

        You only die twice,
        Or so it seems,
        Once for the beginning of Joe/Joyce,
        And twice in your dreams.

      • Rani
        Rani
        June 16, 2021 at 1:59 am | #

        I’m a realist.

  15. Tarpo
    Tarpo
    June 15, 2021 at 12:12 am | #

    Every Character gets a Wakey Wakey, except one Walky Walky

    • Clif
      Clif
      June 15, 2021 at 1:37 pm | #

      Wakey Walky is a sign of the end times. Not our end times, the comics.

  16. Mr D
    Mr D
    June 15, 2021 at 12:13 am | #

    Hey, the last few days we’ve had a few DID systems posting here (Or maybe many alters of one DID system? I am not entirely sure). I wanted to know if any of you had read the current Hulk run, “Immortal Hulk”, and possible opinions? It deals a lot with Banner’s DID.
    (Sorry Willis if this is hijacking)

    • Delicious Taffy
      Delicious Taffy
      June 15, 2021 at 12:59 am | #

      Is that canon to Hulk, these days? I haven’t touched a single comic he’s in outside of big events (Civil Wars, Infinity Gauntlet, etc).

      • Mydnyt
        Mydnyt
        June 15, 2021 at 1:11 am | #

        Yep. Pretty much every different version of the hulk is a separate alter. Joe Fixit is my favorite

        • Mr D
          Mr D
          June 15, 2021 at 3:20 pm | #

          Yeah, Immortal Hulk pretty much makes it text. The Devil Hulk was the first alter to form, as someone who would love and protect him (due to his mother’s death and his father’s abuse).

          Savage Hulk, the one you know from most of his appearances, is basically a child with anger issues, and represents Banner as an abused child. Because this is the form that always has been persecuted and blamed for everything, he remembers kindnesses deeply. He also somehow always manages to minimize loss of life during his rampages.

          Joe Fixit is the Grey Hulk, a jerk with a heart of gold, who used to work as a mob enforcer. (According to Tvtropes he is a perpetrator alter? Takes out his aggression on the world around him). He is the weakest hulk, but he is the cunning one.

          the Professor Hulk was originally called a “merged” hulk, with the strength of Savage, the intelligence of Banner and the cunning of Joe Fixit, he is not quite that, and he isn’t as strong as Savage, smart as Banner or cunning as Joe. He is a whole other personality, and as of Immortal Hulk, he is gone from banner’s mindscape, either dormant or missing.

          The Green Scar was born on the planet Sakaar to protect the system from the brutal planet.

          While I dunno how accurate this all is to actual DID it is interesting! There is a small preface in Immortal Hulk #35 that gives some clarification as what each alter represents.

  17. Kitschensyngk
    Kitschensyngk
    June 15, 2021 at 12:13 am | #

    Joyce’s influence spreads. She is her own religion now.

  18. Mano308gts
    Mano308gts
    June 15, 2021 at 12:19 am | #

    So I would assume that Joe/Joyce shippers correctly default to calling them JoJo, and referring to their dating experiences together as JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure?

    • Spencer
      Spencer
      June 15, 2021 at 12:21 am | #

      Correct.

    • Wagstaff
      Wagstaff
      June 15, 2021 at 12:24 am | #

      “This must be the work of an enemy stand!!!”

    • DailyBrad
      DailyBrad
      June 15, 2021 at 12:27 am | #

      JoJo works, as does Joece, I guess.

      • Deanatay
        Deanatay
        June 15, 2021 at 9:47 am | #

        Fleeing Canon tyranny,
        The last BattleShip, Joece,
        Leads a ragtag, fugitive fleet
        On a lonely quest.
        A Shining Planet
        Known as OMG KISS ALREADY!!! *grinds two Transformers figs together*

        • milu
          milu
          June 15, 2021 at 12:24 pm | #

          hey, you even managed to spell FTLOAKT vertically! nice.

    • RassilonTDavros
      RassilonTDavros
      June 15, 2021 at 12:28 am | #

      “Joe, did you lay this egg?”

      • Spencer
        Spencer
        June 15, 2021 at 12:32 am | #

        NO

      • Mr D
        Mr D
        June 15, 2021 at 12:48 am | #

        eeeeyyy I get that reference.

      • NotThatDrew
        NotThatDrew
        June 15, 2021 at 12:51 am | #

        I hate that I know what this is a reference to

        • Demoted Oblivious
          Demoted Oblivious
          June 15, 2021 at 10:46 am | #

          I hate that I don’t. But I found it!! Sorry, I mean I found a “did you lay this egg?” citation.

          • NotThatDrew
            NotThatDrew
            June 15, 2021 at 11:29 am | #

            If you REALLY want to know, just google “Jouta Kujo”

            It’s exceptionally bizarre

        • NotThatDrew
          NotThatDrew
          June 15, 2021 at 11:25 am | #

          …son of a…

          I had gone to switch my gravitar to something more fitting for this comment, but now it’s just stuck on the default one I got through the roulette

          • NotThatDrew
            NotThatDrew
            June 15, 2021 at 11:45 am | #

            Aha, finally fixed it. Only took clearing the cache about 3 times and logging in/out of the account 7 times

    • a/snow/mous/e
      a/snow/mous/e
      June 15, 2021 at 12:33 am | #

      suddenly I’m a diehard Joyce/Joe shipper 😮

    • MrSmith
      MrSmith
      June 15, 2021 at 12:39 am | #

      I’m not mad at that

    • Rose by Any Other Name
      Rose by Any Other Name
      June 15, 2021 at 12:42 am | #

      NANI?!

    • Nayann Martinelli
      Nayann Martinelli
      June 15, 2021 at 1:12 am | #

      You expect Joyce to wakey wakey you,
      BUT IT WAS ME,
      DANNY!

  19. Schpoonman
    Schpoonman
    June 15, 2021 at 12:20 am | #

    Oh sweet merciful Neptune.

    • Wagstaff
      Wagstaff
      June 15, 2021 at 12:21 am | #

      Oh come on. King Neptune is much too busy not existing or being in denial about his baldness to ever help anyone, land or sea.

      • Fist_of_Life
        Fist_of_Life
        June 15, 2021 at 7:42 am | #

        better go ask Jupiter then.

      • Deanatay
        Deanatay
        June 15, 2021 at 9:49 am | #

        Not to mention Neptune not being merciful AT ALL

        • Demoted Oblivious
          Demoted Oblivious
          June 15, 2021 at 10:48 am | #

          Not even in Sailor Moon.

  20. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    June 15, 2021 at 12:23 am | #

    The roomies gang is back together :D. Now Sal just needs to come through the window.

    • VanVelding
      VanVelding
      June 15, 2021 at 12:42 am | #

      Hm. Yes. Good.

    • Delicious Taffy
      Delicious Taffy
      June 15, 2021 at 1:11 am | #

      “We don’t know how she got in.”

      “I’ll tell ya how she got in. In tru da window.”

      • Opus the Poet
        Opus the Poet
        June 15, 2021 at 11:32 am | #

        She came in through the bathroom window.

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o14wVjw3HfQ

  21. Crotonhurst
    Crotonhurst
    June 15, 2021 at 12:28 am | #

    Tri again Danny, the mouth is not sufficiently triangular!

    • Keulen
      Keulen
      June 15, 2021 at 4:19 am | #

      Pretty decent for a first try though.

  22. DailyBrad
    DailyBrad
    June 15, 2021 at 12:28 am | #

    I wonder if Danny and Joyce are any more acquainted now. Makes sense she’d enlist his help, though. I don’t think Joyce would want to casually climb over a half-naked buff guy. I mean, she’d *want* to, but you get what I mean.

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      June 15, 2021 at 2:35 am | #

      They’d get along, but I wouldn’t be surprised if the ‘Joyce barely knows that Danny exists’ gag sticks around

  23. MrSmith
    MrSmith
    June 15, 2021 at 12:30 am | #

    As much as like Danny this is coming off a ‘holding a stabby implement behind my back’ vibe kind of thing

    (But its Joe and Joyce together so its all good)

  24. butts
    butts
    June 15, 2021 at 12:37 am | #

    SEMICIRCLE GRIN

    • Jamie
      Jamie
      June 15, 2021 at 12:46 am | #

      Semi-what? That’s a bloody trapezoid.

  25. NinjaNick
    NinjaNick
    June 15, 2021 at 12:39 am | #

    The feeling is contagious.

  26. He Who Abides
    He Who Abides
    June 15, 2021 at 12:41 am | #

    Jaysus, she’s spreading. Fetch me flamethrower.

  27. Bagge
    Bagge
    June 15, 2021 at 12:43 am | #

    Danny is Joycing good

  28. Nayann Martinelli
    Nayann Martinelli
    June 15, 2021 at 1:09 am | #

    I get the feeling that, not matter how well you emulate Joyce’s “wakey wakey”, having someone right in your face getting you out of bed in the morning would just suck. Just let sleepyheads be, dang it.

    • MrSmith
      MrSmith
      June 15, 2021 at 1:16 am | #

      Its funny but only because its not happening to me

      • Clif
        Clif
        June 15, 2021 at 2:16 am | #

        THIS.

    • Keulen
      Keulen
      June 15, 2021 at 4:23 am | #

      Yeah I’m pretty sure I would hate to be woken up like this.

      • MrSmith
        MrSmith
        June 15, 2021 at 6:24 am | #

        I ended a possible friendship with someone because they had a tendency to bang on people’s doors, late at night, including mine

        I dont regret it

        • Nayann Martinelli
          Nayann Martinelli
          June 15, 2021 at 10:53 pm | #

          That’s not a friend, that’s an asshole in disguise, and you are right to cut them off.

    • Demoted Oblivious
      Demoted Oblivious
      June 15, 2021 at 10:49 am | #

      Naw. My kids do this sometimes, and frankly it’s the best way to wake up.

      • Clif
        Clif
        June 15, 2021 at 2:19 pm | #

        We call that Stockholm syndrome in the biz.

  29. RacingTurtle
    RacingTurtle
    June 15, 2021 at 1:10 am | #

    Hahahahahahahaha *breathes* hahahahaha

  30. DJTsurugi
    DJTsurugi
    June 15, 2021 at 1:35 am | #

    sees the comments number is 69 “nice” wait, that means this comment broke it… shit. ~<3

  31. David
    David
    June 15, 2021 at 1:49 am | #

    Eggs and bakey!

  32. Tan
    Tan
    June 15, 2021 at 1:54 am | #

    Actually Dan you are here AS proxy. Joyce is the one who is here BY proxy in this situation. You are the proxy who is representing Joyce.

    • Clif
      Clif
      June 15, 2021 at 11:58 am | #

      Actually, Dan and Joyce are both comic characters and Willis’s drawings are the proxy. Except that Joyce’s proxy is a word balloon.

      Though I suppose that the drawing of Dan in the first panel is, in some sense a proxy for both. But we can all agree that Joe has been proximitied.

  33. BenRG
    BenRG
    June 15, 2021 at 2:05 am | #

    I have no idea what’s going on here regarding Joyce wanting Joe woken up with a triangular smile. However, having no idea what’s going on is such a common situation when it comes to Joyce that, in a way, it’s unremarkable.

    • Regalli
      Regalli
      June 15, 2021 at 2:28 am | #

      She decided Joe must Suffer this fine morning.

      • Clif
        Clif
        June 15, 2021 at 11:59 am | #

        And Mike was no longer available.

    • Sol
      Sol
      June 15, 2021 at 12:17 pm | #

      My guess is it has something to do with the fact that they are lab partners and might have an assignment they have to do.

  34. Madock345
    Madock345
    June 15, 2021 at 2:07 am | #

    Joe is shirtless again, the world is in balance.

    There’s something terrifying about Danny in panel 1.

    • Demoted Oblivious
      Demoted Oblivious
      June 15, 2021 at 10:53 am | #

      Huh. Captain Kirk rubbing off on Joe doesn’t do it for me as much as Joyce doing so. Still, it’s an interesting idea. Are you planning on developing this further? Maybe into a full Trek-Formers-of-Age cross-over? (Trans-Trek seemed a little too on the nose)

  35. Clif
    Clif
    June 15, 2021 at 2:23 am | #

    Somehow I feel that Joe has had worse wakeup.

    • He Who Abides
      He Who Abides
      June 15, 2021 at 7:11 am | #

      When did he wake up next to Mary?

      • Fist_of_Life
        Fist_of_Life
        June 15, 2021 at 7:51 am | #

        I feel like there are many many things between the triangular wakey wakey and waking up next to Mary on the bad wakeup scale.

        • Demoted Oblivious
          Demoted Oblivious
          June 15, 2021 at 11:08 am | #

          Yeah. I mean, there’s fire drills, beer goggle induced walks of shame, being in hospital after an MVC, and waking up next to Jim Carrey’s “Vera de Milo” from In Living Colour,
          and still a very large drop before falling as low as waking up next to Mary.

          Still, I’d take Mary over my exes, because at least she’d be a new different mistake (although admittedly in the same class of errors).

          • Clif
            Clif
            June 15, 2021 at 4:38 pm | #

            I’m going to say something nice to you: You command a wealth of knowledge pertaining to terrible and horrific things.

            https://www.dumbingofage.com/2011/comic/book-1/06-yesterday-was-thursday/allergies/

            • milu
              milu
              June 15, 2021 at 8:21 pm | #

              Wow on point

  36. Clif
    Clif
    June 15, 2021 at 2:29 am | #

    Henceforth this comic shall be known as “the one where Willis promised that Mike would get his own WAKEY WAKEY panel.”

    • Sombrero
      Sombrero
      June 15, 2021 at 3:55 am | #

      And he wakes up from the dead.

    • Demoted Oblivious
      Demoted Oblivious
      June 15, 2021 at 11:10 am | #

      — gets out shovel to take a dig —
      DyW probably meant only major characters.

    • Opus the Poet
      Opus the Poet
      June 15, 2021 at 11:38 am | #

      Faked deaths are a thing for the witness protection program. Lots of them left in a body bag not zipped all the way up.

      • Clif
        Clif
        June 15, 2021 at 12:01 pm | #

        But do you know this from personal experience?

  37. darkoneko
    darkoneko
    June 15, 2021 at 2:31 am | #

    Joyce getting some naked torso service

    • Demoted Oblivious
      Demoted Oblivious
      June 15, 2021 at 11:15 am | #

      I would have said she wouldn’t’ve been looking, except she must have to critique Danny’s efforts. Perhaps she is getting more comfortable with shedding other aspects of her upbringing too. She could help Becky along with accepting her urges.

      • Demoted Oblivious
        Demoted Oblivious
        June 15, 2021 at 11:33 am | #

        Oh, except she only may have critiqued the voice, so maybe she wasn’t looking. Hard to say now.

  38. Rabisch
    Rabisch
    June 15, 2021 at 3:07 am | #

    Danny and Joyce are working together “against” Joe? This is awesome!!! Joe need to know that have a study project with Joyce is a serious business! Danny’s Triangle smile is cute.

  39. C.T. Phipps
    C.T. Phipps
    June 15, 2021 at 3:46 am | #

    I refuse to believe that Joyce would recruit a random stranger she’s never met before to harass Joe.

    🙂

    • Anon A Mouse
      Anon A Mouse
      June 15, 2021 at 7:20 am | #

      The archives don’t have a search feature so I couldn’t look up specifically comics containing both Joyce and Danny (and i’m not going to scour them for that) but considering Joe has dated Joyce, and their immediate circle of friends have been pretty engaged with each other its very likely they have at the very least had a few moments of “Hey, Joyce.” “Hey, Danny.”. At the very least she knows him because she went on a date with Joe and hangs with Dorothy almost exclusively.

      • Spencer
        Spencer
        June 15, 2021 at 7:29 am | #

        You can look it up by searching two characters tags at once.

        So to find shared appearances for Danny and Joyce you’d select a character tag and then add “+danny” like so

        https://www.dumbingofage.com/tag/joyce+danny/

        • Demoted Oblivious
          Demoted Oblivious
          June 15, 2021 at 11:25 am | #

          Thank you. I always forget the mechanism.

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        June 15, 2021 at 7:45 am | #

        The joke is that Joyce barely remembers Danny exists. (He was one of her first love interests back in the old Walkyverse comics.)

        Since he’s not wearing his hat right now, he’s just a big ol’ floating question mark.

        https://www.dumbingofage.com/2019/comic/book-9-comic/02-but-the-sun-still-shines/guys-2/

        • Rotunda
          Rotunda
          June 15, 2021 at 7:57 pm | #

          The hat is demised. It blew off his head on the roof, and has not been seen on his head since. https://www.dumbingofage.com/2020/comic/book-10/04-is-a-song-forever/transformative/

  40. Keulen
    Keulen
    June 15, 2021 at 4:21 am | #

    I’m kinda surprised Joyce didn’t do the waking herself.

    • C.T. Phipps
      C.T. Phipps
      June 15, 2021 at 5:44 am | #

      It’s part of her rebellion against the Nailed God. The morning sun shall be snuffed and she shall reign in eternal darkness!

      • Demoted Oblivious
        Demoted Oblivious
        June 15, 2021 at 11:28 am | #

        Sithrak, the Blind Gibberer?

        • woobie
          woobie
          June 15, 2021 at 4:21 pm | #

          based Oglaf poster

    • Daibhid C
      Daibhid C
      June 15, 2021 at 5:49 am | #

      And go into the BOYS’ bedroom?

      • Eldritchy
        Eldritchy
        June 15, 2021 at 7:51 am | #

        Well she seems to be in a boys’ bedroom… and within effective range of Joe’s shirtlessness.

        • Clif
          Clif
          June 15, 2021 at 12:23 pm | #

          I assumed she was out in the hallway peeking through a crack in a mostly closed door.

          • Eldritchy
            Eldritchy
            June 15, 2021 at 2:18 pm | #

            Smart, minimizing the exposure to the Chest.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      June 15, 2021 at 7:41 am | #

      Implying she wouldn’t just freeze once she got into position.

  41. Just for kix
    Just for kix
    June 15, 2021 at 5:11 am | #

    Sorry not enough triangular smile.

    • JBento
      JBento
      June 15, 2021 at 5:29 am | #

      Danny’s a bit round around the the edges.

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        June 15, 2021 at 7:42 am | #

        NERF football smile.

  42. Raen
    Raen
    June 15, 2021 at 6:03 am | #

    Here I thought we were about to get a new Slipshine.

  43. Sol
    Sol
    June 15, 2021 at 6:28 am | #

    Ooooh I love whenever Joe and Joyce interact! 😀 Not just because I ship them, but because they are often some of the best parts of the comic, hehe.

  44. Eldritchy
    Eldritchy
    June 15, 2021 at 6:39 am | #

    Oh No, Darth Joyce got a new discipline in her Way of Sunshiness

    • Demoted Oblivious
      Demoted Oblivious
      June 15, 2021 at 11:30 am | #

      Did you mean ‘discipline’ or ‘disciple’? I’m not asking to be pedantic, but am curious what this new discipline would be.

      • Eldritchy
        Eldritchy
        June 15, 2021 at 11:39 am | #

        Ah, a brain fart. Yeah I meant disciple. Damn now you’ve got me thinking of Joyce in a Domina outfit…

  45. catman
    catman
    June 15, 2021 at 7:12 am | #

    I know its supposed to be unsettling when anyone other than Joyce triangle smiles, but Danny actually kind of pulls it off.

    If anything, THAT makes it unsettling.

  46. Fist_of_Life
    Fist_of_Life
    June 15, 2021 at 7:51 am | #

    parabola smile

  47. Josh Spicer
    Josh Spicer
    June 15, 2021 at 8:14 am | #

    If what I think happened actually happened…it better have.

  48. bcb
    bcb
    June 15, 2021 at 9:31 am | #

    Oh, Joe doesn’t say “fuckin’ hell” because if there’s fuckin’ then clearly it isn’t hell for Joe.

  49. Alex
    Alex
    June 15, 2021 at 9:32 am | #

    Joe is having all kinds of second thoughts about dating Joyce right now.

  50. Acher4
    Acher4
    June 15, 2021 at 10:51 am | #

    “Wakey Wakey” should get a tag. 😛

  51. Call Me Deacon Blues
    Call Me Deacon Blues
    June 15, 2021 at 12:54 pm | #

    So… I know this probably means Joyce and Joe are finally dating, which I do love, they’re one of my favorite ships.

    But is it wrong that I kinda hope her and Danny are dating? I know the joke this whole time has been that Joyce and Danny don’t know each other now, but like… the comic is over 10 years old, and we just got confirmation for the first time that they actually interact now. I think Danny and Joyce, now that neither of them are awful, would have a really interesting dynamic. Even if they’re not dating that would be cool too, but I don’t know… i just think it would be fun to explore that for a bit.

    • milu
      milu
      June 15, 2021 at 12:59 pm | #

      i don’t think they’re dating, uh, yet?

      • Spencer
        Spencer
        June 15, 2021 at 6:05 pm | #

        Correct, they are not dating.

        They are married.

    • Alex
      Alex
      June 15, 2021 at 1:15 pm | #

      Someone further up reminded me that Joyce and Joe have a science project to work on together. That’s probably what this is about.

      • Eldritchy
        Eldritchy
        June 15, 2021 at 2:19 pm | #

        Joyce be like “Come Joe, we have science to do!”
        And somewhere around the corner Dina smiles and says “There is still hope for that one.”

  52. milu
    milu
    June 15, 2021 at 12:57 pm | #

    everyone keeps assuming he’s HALF-naked?!
    Like, who are y’all and what have you done with the comment section’s body??

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      June 15, 2021 at 2:02 pm | #

      If the other half has a blanket on it, then he’s not fully naked. (The comment section has its pedantic-side too.)

      • Clif
        Clif
        June 15, 2021 at 2:31 pm | #

        Technically,a side would indicate that we’re only half pedantic,.

        • Reltzik
          Reltzik
          June 15, 2021 at 6:23 pm | #

          We’re not 100% pedantry all the time, and technically “half” can just mean “in part” without implying a 50/50 division.

          • milu
            milu
            June 15, 2021 at 8:11 pm | #

            Well technically, the general definition of the word technically has been so systematically overstretched in internet arguments that in practice it is now used as a synonym for imo

  53. Dara
    Dara
    June 15, 2021 at 2:23 pm | #

    But is every character going to get a chicken bakey panel as well?

    • Clif
      Clif
      June 15, 2021 at 3:43 pm | #

      No. Only Mike.

  54. Juanoku
    Juanoku
    June 15, 2021 at 3:47 pm | #

    That is…
    Disturbing…

  55. lia
    lia
    June 15, 2021 at 7:41 pm | #

    aw joyce and danny friendship

  56. Darkseide
    Darkseide
    June 15, 2021 at 11:42 pm | #

    terrifying to wake up to

  57. sammyred8
    sammyred8
    June 16, 2021 at 8:37 am | #

    I’m shipping Joe and Danny now.

    No, I will not be taking criticism at this time.

  58. Arianod
    Arianod
    June 16, 2021 at 5:00 pm | #

    Danny’s muppet mouth will haunt you in your dreams.

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