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May 5, 2026

The boys

by David M Willis on June 16, 2021 at 12:01 am
  • 05 – As Long As It's Free
└ Tags: joe, joyce

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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    June 16, 2021 at 12:05 am | #

    Joyce, you should know better about waking people up, after Sal

    • MugiwaraNoPancakes
      MugiwaraNoPancakes
      June 16, 2021 at 12:41 am | #

      That’s why she sent expendable Danny to get strangled instead

    • RacingTurtle
      RacingTurtle
      June 16, 2021 at 1:48 am | #

      SHE SENT A PROXY

      • Deanatay
        Deanatay
        June 16, 2021 at 10:19 am | #

        admittedly the proxy also appreciates the male form in general, but does not want to do so with Joe in particular.

  2. Thag Simmons
    Thag Simmons
    June 16, 2021 at 12:05 am | #

    JoJo Shippers eat your heart out

    • Nono
      Nono
      June 16, 2021 at 12:07 am | #

      I was never on that train. I don’t know who I ship Joe with, but it’s not Joyce. They work way better as friends for the foreseeable future.

      • Mordecai
        Mordecai
        June 16, 2021 at 12:09 am | #

        “Foreseeable future” yes. Jojo shippers are playing the long game

        • Sirksome
          Sirksome
          June 16, 2021 at 12:10 am | #

          How long a game depends on exactly how far into the future one can see.

          • GreyICE
            GreyICE
            June 16, 2021 at 2:58 am | #

            10 seconds, of course. The problem is whatever we see always comes true

        • DailyBrad
          DailyBrad
          June 16, 2021 at 12:14 am | #

          We definitely are, I mean, they definitely are.

        • RowenMorland
          RowenMorland
          June 16, 2021 at 2:04 am | #

          They are eating a lot of healthy foods.

        • fridge_logic
          fridge_logic
          June 16, 2021 at 3:34 am | #

          This is the only way to ship Jojo

      • BarerMender
        BarerMender
        June 16, 2021 at 12:49 am | #

        I’m still shipping Joyce and Dorothy. Even though Dorothy is straight as a string and finds Joyce’s crush on her a little freaky.

        • RassilonTDavros
          RassilonTDavros
          June 16, 2021 at 3:10 am | #

          I mean, strings don’t have to be straight. You can make whatever shapes you want with them!

          • BarerMender
            BarerMender
            June 16, 2021 at 3:01 pm | #

            It’s the alliteration. And there is such a thing as a string
            level.

      • Demoted Oblivious
        Demoted Oblivious
        June 16, 2021 at 9:43 am | #

        I don’t know Nono, but I’m pretty sure that ship is not freight style shipping that can go on a train, although I agree a train would sink. Usually I think that ship is like a large, ocean-going vessel, often colloquially described as a boat. Then again, maybe that’s not the kind of train you meant, but I think those are not shipped, but rather … pulled.

    • RassilonTDavros
      RassilonTDavros
      June 16, 2021 at 12:17 am | #

      I’m not fond of eating hearts out. Maybe a pizza? with mozzarella? Or a Caesar salad, I dunno. Hell, I wouldn’t mind a large fries. Not fried chicken though.

      • a/snow/mous/e
        a/snow/mous/e
        June 16, 2021 at 12:57 am | #

        There are so many options for eating out!

        • AlexanderHammil
          AlexanderHammil
          June 16, 2021 at 1:01 am | #

          Not if you’re Batman!

          • a/snow/mous/e
            a/snow/mous/e
            June 16, 2021 at 1:18 am | #

            Batman can go with Catwoman!

            • RacingTurtle
              RacingTurtle
              June 16, 2021 at 2:02 am | #

              DC wouldn’t let Batman go downstairs on Catwoman. It was (is?) a whole thing

              • Delicious Taffy
                Delicious Taffy
                June 16, 2021 at 2:23 am | #

                Fucking what.

                • RassilonTDavros
                  RassilonTDavros
                  June 16, 2021 at 3:10 am | #

                  On the plus side it’s starting to cause a fanart boom.

            • I am Nothing
              I am Nothing
              June 16, 2021 at 2:04 am | #

              Batman can eat out Catwoman!

              • ShellShockBP
                ShellShockBP
                June 16, 2021 at 2:06 am | #

                as a treat

            • Jon S.
              Jon S.
              June 16, 2021 at 2:07 am | #

              Apparently not, sadly. DC says that heroes don’t, ah, eat catwomen.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      June 16, 2021 at 12:21 am | #

      I will. 😛

    • Demoted Oblivious
      Demoted Oblivious
      June 16, 2021 at 12:46 am | #

      Apparently Joyce is wearing the pants in today’s engagement. Joe, how does that make you feel?

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        June 16, 2021 at 1:08 am | #

        Aroused.
        Respectful.

    • Josh Spicer
      Josh Spicer
      June 16, 2021 at 1:11 am | #

      Heart ate.

    • Mister Gray
      Mister Gray
      June 16, 2021 at 1:16 am | #

      I still ship them!

    • Keulen
      Keulen
      June 16, 2021 at 4:20 am | #

      I like this ship, but I refuse to call it “JoJo”.

      • Jenn
        Jenn
        June 16, 2021 at 5:20 am | #

        What do you call it?

        • Ryek Hvek
          Ryek Hvek
          June 16, 2021 at 7:19 am | #

          “Inevitable”

        • Deanatay
          Deanatay
          June 16, 2021 at 10:21 am | #

          JOECE

      • Greg
        Greg
        June 16, 2021 at 9:54 am | #

        I prefer “Joey Jo-Jo Junior Shabadoo”

  3. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    June 16, 2021 at 12:05 am | #

    Man…Joe’s tall.

    Look at panel 4, he’s about the same as the doorframe. If it’s a normal sized door, he’s like six foot eight.

    • Demoted Oblivious
      Demoted Oblivious
      June 16, 2021 at 12:19 am | #

      If we go by a standard ceiling, (8′) he’s taller still and it’s a tall door too. If it’s a commercial height (9’+), he’s huge.

    • Kyrik Michalowski
      Kyrik Michalowski
      June 16, 2021 at 12:19 am | #

      I’m going to chalk it up to the weird angle. Unless Willis decides to confirm that Joe is super tall.

      • Demoted Oblivious
        Demoted Oblivious
        June 16, 2021 at 12:29 am | #

        Weird angle/artist was challenged is my guess. Like the recent call back to Joyce being 4′ tall standing outside the dorm’s main doors.

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        June 16, 2021 at 7:17 am | #

        Joyce is canonically 5’4″, Joe would have to be about 7 feet tall for her eye level to land where it does.

        I’ll chalk it up to ‘artistic license to make the joke land’.

        • ValdVin
          ValdVin
          June 16, 2021 at 7:41 am | #

          I don’t know, Spousal ValdVin is 5’3″ and I’m 6′, and my chin clears her head by a couple inches, and Joe’s seems to have a couple more inches clearance than than.

          • Lordhaw
            Lordhaw
            June 16, 2021 at 10:49 am | #

            I would agree. My wife is 4’10” and I’m 5’10” and there’s a similar difference in position. Using my teen daughter who actually is Joyce’s canonical height, based off my own height it’d probably be about correct for someone 6′ – 6’3″ or so

    • Samantha
      Samantha
      June 16, 2021 at 12:19 am | #

      I think he’s supposed to be about 6’3 he’s always been very tall

      • Caninse
        Caninse
        June 16, 2021 at 11:54 am | #

        Yeah, if we’re going that Joyce is 5’4″ and measure it by that, he’s probably about that height. I’m about 5’9″ and my friends that are 5’4″ go up to around my chin, so if Joe’s a good five inches taller than me, it would put Joyce around his chest. I think it’s just a low door, if anything.

    • woobie
      woobie
      June 16, 2021 at 12:22 am | #

      Parallax.

      • Demoted Oblivious
        Demoted Oblivious
        June 16, 2021 at 12:49 am | #

        While this is something of a downwards perspective, Joe doesn’t appear to be /that/ far away from the door frame.

        • woobie
          woobie
          June 16, 2021 at 1:23 am | #

          Joe is past the edge of the door, and the door is open widely.

          • Demoted Oblivious
            Demoted Oblivious
            June 16, 2021 at 3:43 am | #

            You’re right. And yet his hand on the door frame, or wall, also with the bend of his elbow, indicates that he is comfortably close to the entry. Yet when I had a door open 45d, I had to stretch my arm full out to rest my hand on the wall with my hip behind the door. Along with the foot on front brings us back to, meh it’s a comic and the art isn’t intended to be a physically perfect representation of the real world. wooo-woop-woop-woop hoo hoo hoo HOOOOO

            • Clif
              Clif
              June 16, 2021 at 11:31 pm | #

              It’s all in the mentals.

          • Audkitten
            Audkitten
            June 16, 2021 at 9:05 am | #

            I have a friend who is 6’9 and has to duck to get into doors. I think standard door frames are 6’8. My guess is Joe is 6’9

      • Segnosaur
        Segnosaur
        June 16, 2021 at 3:45 am | #

        You mean the villian from that Green Lantern movie that crashed and burned?

        • Spencer
          Spencer
          June 16, 2021 at 6:45 am | #

          The big yellow fear bug that made Hal Jordan not boring and greyed his temples, yeah.

    • JessWitt
      JessWitt
      June 16, 2021 at 12:26 am | #

      I wonder how tall Joyce is then. 5’3″ or 5’5″?

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        June 16, 2021 at 7:34 am | #

        5’4″.

        https://mobile.twitter.com/damnyouwillis/status/1402437792777617412

    • Suzi
      Suzi
      June 16, 2021 at 12:47 am | #

      I dunno, my inlaws house was built for someone less than 5’5″, I can touch the ceiling easily and anyone over 6′ might not fit in the house. I’m only 5’8″ and I have to duck through some of their doorways. Some buildings are built weird.

    • Bicycle Bill
      Bicycle Bill
      June 16, 2021 at 1:26 am | #

      Let’s face it … Joyce is still a unicorn; a bashful, blushing virginal unicorn – but somewhere along the past eighteen years she’s learned SOMETHING about the birds and the bees and the boys and the girls …

      And as Dustin Hoffman (as Captain Hook) said in the movie “Hook”, “To a 10-year-old, I’m huge.”

      So I think Willis is drawing this so that we are ‘seeing’ Joe from Joyce’s perspective. Half-nekkid man, flat abs, chest hair — and that bulging ‘package’ of his…..   well, in her eyes, he’s larger than life itself.

      • Demoted Oblivious
        Demoted Oblivious
        June 16, 2021 at 8:54 am | #

        Now THAT is a solid interpretation featuring artist license(TM). But it leaves all of us poor geometers holding our protractors and compasses ultimately unsatisfied with the numerical information we’ve derived. What about OUR needs?

    • Alaric
      Alaric
      June 16, 2021 at 4:24 pm | #

      Maybe we’re seeing him the way Joyce is seeing him at the moment, rather than his actual height?

  4. Wagstaff
    Wagstaff
    June 16, 2021 at 12:06 am | #

    *plays “Calm Sightseeing” by Yugo Kanno on Voxola PR-76*

    • Stephen Bierce
      Stephen Bierce
      June 16, 2021 at 12:13 am | #

      I would have used “Boys Keep Swinging” by David Bowie.

      • StClair
        StClair
        June 16, 2021 at 12:21 am | #

        or “Playing With the Boys”, by Kenny Loggins.
        which, like the scene that uses it in Top Gun, is not at all gay.
        nope. not one bit.

        • woobie
          woobie
          June 16, 2021 at 12:23 am | #

          It’s just a volleyball game….

      • Demoted Oblivious
        Demoted Oblivious
        June 16, 2021 at 12:21 am | #

        Did I miss a post where you officially passed the torch, or is Waggy just quicker on the draw?

        • NotThatDrew
          NotThatDrew
          June 16, 2021 at 12:32 am | #

          There’ve been days where I’ve seen both of em playing music. Hell, I’ve got a particular track in mind myself for whenever one of three potential (or rather nearly inevitable) scenarios finally play out.

          • Wagstaff
            Wagstaff
            June 16, 2021 at 1:10 am | #

            Great minds think alike, I guess.

            I mean, if Newton and Leibniz could conceive of calculus completely independently of each other and with extraordinary synchronicity, I guess anything is possible in that regard.

            On that note, there’s a good chance that I was also thinking of at least two of the same scenarios as you, for which I have reserved much revered cinematic masterpieces.

    • Keulen
      Keulen
      June 16, 2021 at 4:24 am | #

      I was thinking The Boys Are Back in Town by Thin Lizzy.

  5. Sirksome
    Sirksome
    June 16, 2021 at 12:06 am | #

    There’s suddenly a lot man in this comic. See this is what Asher is competing with and you want to tell me he’s pure sex!

    • DailyBrad
      DailyBrad
      June 16, 2021 at 12:12 am | #

      Joe’s definitely hot, too. Jacob, too, for that matter. And like the comic characters, I am digging Walky’s hair.

      Really, there is a good looking cast across the board.

      • Sirksome
        Sirksome
        June 16, 2021 at 12:17 am | #

        I think that just happens in most forms of media. Usually all characters are made more attractive unless intentionally designed otherwise. Especially when stylized. Pretty much everyone even the horrible characters like Mary or Blaine can be appealing to someone design wise.

      • Suitora
        Suitora
        June 16, 2021 at 12:25 am | #

        You all forgot Ethan the dreamboat.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      June 16, 2021 at 12:22 am | #

      You don’t have all the sex that Joe has without being at least decently hot.

      • Demoted Oblivious
        Demoted Oblivious
        June 16, 2021 at 3:46 am | #

        Ron Jeremy

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          June 16, 2021 at 5:45 am | #

          Touche

          • woobie
            woobie
            June 18, 2021 at 1:55 am | #

            no, those women were paid to get with Ron.
            Except maybe Trishelle.
            (And he didn’t look bad in the 70s).

    • Leorale
      Leorale
      June 16, 2021 at 2:08 am | #

      Joe and Jacob really aren’t my type, at least. They’re just too bulky-muscled. They’ve been established as Joyce’s type, though. Different strokes!

      • Nono
        Nono
        June 16, 2021 at 6:11 am | #

        Ethan, too.

        Joyce likes them tall and broad. And… 2/3 are Jewish?

        • Demoted Oblivious
          Demoted Oblivious
          June 16, 2021 at 8:57 am | #

          To be fair, christians have been super into jews since day one, but also like, /crazy/ conflicted about it.

  6. Nono
    Nono
    June 16, 2021 at 12:07 am | #

    Now, if Joe was bi/gay, that third panel would have a much different meaning.

    • RassilonTDavros
      RassilonTDavros
      June 16, 2021 at 12:19 am | #

      Danny/Joe slow burn confirmed?

      • Nono
        Nono
        June 16, 2021 at 2:32 am | #

        Danny is bi and barely blinks at his half naked roommmate every day. I think Joe doesn’t do anything for him, because it’s Danny and Joe and his brain just doesn’t register that combo.

  7. NotThatDrew
    NotThatDrew
    June 16, 2021 at 12:07 am | #

    I’m surprised Joyce’s head didn’t explode from exposure to that much Joe

  8. butts
    butts
    June 16, 2021 at 12:08 am | #

    his eyes are up there, joyce

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

      Just imagine if she accidentally caught a good look at his butt. She might spontaneously combust from the pure horny.

      • Johan
        Johan
        June 17, 2021 at 4:11 pm | #

        Mind reader

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      June 16, 2021 at 12:22 am | #

      She’s made her choice.

  9. Sirksome
    Sirksome
    June 16, 2021 at 12:12 am | #

    Is it just me or is 2 hours really last minute to do this assignment that I totally forgot what even was if it was even told to us? Like maybe do it the day before at least if you’re slightly serious about turning it in?

    • DailyBrad
      DailyBrad
      June 16, 2021 at 12:13 am | #

      Guessing they at least started it already or it’s not a super big assignment.

    • woobie
      woobie
      June 16, 2021 at 12:20 am | #

      2hrs was not that unusual.
      It didn’t normally get me “A”s, either, but I once got an Honorable Mention on a last minute project.

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        June 16, 2021 at 7:44 am | #

        In college (fifteen years ago holy smokes) I had a project assignment that was basically “make a tutorial on how to build a PC”. What I failed to register was that it was supposed to be an illustrated tutorial, so it had zero pictures and it was due in a couple hours. I only had a hard copy on me, the Word document was on my PC at home and the one on my laptop was an early draft. I had my digital camera with me though, so I quickly took a lab PC apart, reassembled it (taking iFixit style pictures along the way), retyped some of the paper, and did some last minute analog page layout with scissors and a Xerox machine.

        Not sure if it was just an easy class or if the teacher took pity on me, but I got an A.

    • BBCC
      BBCC
      June 16, 2021 at 12:39 am | #

      I usually handed mine in the day of and often within five minutes. I usually got As and Bs. Depends how good you can make your stuff.

      • Sirksome
        Sirksome
        June 16, 2021 at 12:53 am | #

        I think it depends on the assignment. I went to art school and good luck filling 2-5 pages of your sketchbook in 2 hours.

        • egg egg
          egg egg
          June 16, 2021 at 10:21 am | #

          It definitely depends on the assignment and subject. English paper? 2 hours before its due is plenty of time. Programming assignment? Buddy, you started that the second it was assigned and you’re still screaming about the bugs you haven’t had time to fix seconds before it’s due.

          Biology (at least the level they’re at) would definitely fit as a ‘spare 2 hours before its due’ level assignment.

          • thejeff
            thejeff
            June 16, 2021 at 10:29 am | #

            I’d normally expect a lab partners assignment to get done the night before, rather than morning of though. Unless you’d both checked and blocked out those hours.

            But neither of them want to work with the other, so they’ve been avoiding dealing it with.

          • BBCC
            BBCC
            June 16, 2021 at 12:40 pm | #

            Even with English, you have to put aside time to read the book and get any sources you need ready. But yeah, actually writing the paper rarely took me too long.

            • thejeff
              thejeff
              June 16, 2021 at 3:04 pm | #

              Once I got the procrastinating done, it never took long, but that was an important part of the process and couldn’t be rushed. 🙂

              • BBCC
                BBCC
                June 16, 2021 at 5:23 pm | #

                Same.

    • RacingTurtle
      RacingTurtle
      June 16, 2021 at 1:47 am | #

      They have apparently been avoiding each other, or at least avoiding their mutual homework. https://www.dumbingofage.com/2021/comic/book-11/04-hompk/partner/

    • Keulen
      Keulen
      June 16, 2021 at 4:31 am | #

      If it’s not really difficult, 2 hours isn’t too bad. Though they probably should have done this assignment much earlier.

    • Demoted Oblivious
      Demoted Oblivious
      June 16, 2021 at 9:05 am | #

      🙂 I just want to rip into the fact that THAT is the key information you got from this comic. I am of course severely undermined in my own derailment from the artistic license shown with my participation in the analysis of Joe’s height.

      For a positive contribution to your observation though: It is interresting that despite their occasional texting, Joyce and Joe have left this so late. Like character-wise, what is going on between them now?

  10. Koms
    Koms
    June 16, 2021 at 12:12 am | #

    I really like Joyce ‘s shirt and would like one for myself

    • DailyBrad
      DailyBrad
      June 16, 2021 at 12:13 am | #

      Indeed, honestly would like some of Joe’s shorts there, too. It’s a good color combination.

      • Nono
        Nono
        June 16, 2021 at 12:28 am | #

        Joe wears a fair amount of purple and green, it’s just part of his style at this point.

        • Fist_of_Life
          Fist_of_Life
          June 16, 2021 at 7:38 am | #

          Joe is the Dumbiverse’s Hulk confirmed?

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      June 16, 2021 at 7:49 am | #

      Joyce’s whole look is adorable.

  11. Kravis
    Kravis
    June 16, 2021 at 12:14 am | #

    The words “Where the boys are” remind me of “Where the boys aren’t“.

    Good times.

  12. Kyrik Michalowski
    Kyrik Michalowski
    June 16, 2021 at 12:17 am | #

    Oh come on Joyce, it’s just boxers; not like he is wearing a speedo or going commando. Besides, you can learn plenty about biology from Joe. :V

    • woobie
      woobie
      June 16, 2021 at 12:26 am | #

      There are boxer shorts
      and there are boxer shorts.

      • Demoted Oblivious
        Demoted Oblivious
        June 16, 2021 at 12:36 am | #

        And there’s Joe Boxer and Joe’s Boxers, so there may very well be Joe’s Joe Boxer Boxers that would have been purchased in Joe’s Joe Boxer Boxer’s Box, unless there’re many pairs then they would have come in Joe’s Joe Boxer Boxers’ Boxes.

        • He Who Abides
          He Who Abides
          June 16, 2021 at 1:46 am | #

          Quiet, you.

          • Demoted Oblivious
            Demoted Oblivious
            June 16, 2021 at 3:47 am | #

            Boop

  13. jupiterror
    jupiterror
    June 16, 2021 at 12:18 am | #

    holy shit joe is tall

  14. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    June 16, 2021 at 12:20 am | #

    Now, Due to her glasses, She’s seeing his body in HD for the first time. Lucky Duck.

    • Kyrik Michalowski
      Kyrik Michalowski
      June 16, 2021 at 12:21 am | #

      Just imagine what her imagination will go through if she ever gets the guts to buy a sex toy. I wouldn’t be surprised if she named it after him in secret.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        June 16, 2021 at 1:07 am | #

        Oh Joe, Sex Toy

        • Tawnee
          Tawnee
          June 16, 2021 at 1:13 am | #

          Brilliant.

        • a/snow/mous/e
          a/snow/mous/e
          June 16, 2021 at 1:20 am | #

          Oh Joye

          • a/snow/mous/e
            a/snow/mous/e
            June 16, 2021 at 1:20 am | #

            (it’s not quite Joe and not quite Joyce)

        • TheKelliestKelly
          TheKelliestKelly
          June 16, 2021 at 3:32 am | #

          Oh Joe, Sex Toe

          • quixoticmaunster
            quixoticmaunster
            June 16, 2021 at 7:16 am | #

            That made me remember the toenail arc and I feel nauseous about it all over again. Ugh, I’m so squeamish about it.

    • Roborat
      Roborat
      June 16, 2021 at 3:26 pm | #

      Yup, went from 640 by 480 to 4K 3D.

  15. NinjaNick
    NinjaNick
    June 16, 2021 at 12:20 am | #

    That’s a rather small doorway.

    • Demoted Oblivious
      Demoted Oblivious
      June 16, 2021 at 12:25 am | #

      If so, then it’s an even more ridiculously low ceiling (for North America).

    • Sirksome
      Sirksome
      June 16, 2021 at 12:26 am | #

      Is the door small or is Joe that tall?! I must know!

      • Demoted Oblivious
        Demoted Oblivious
        June 16, 2021 at 12:37 am | #

        Yes

        • Clif
          Clif
          June 16, 2021 at 1:01 am | #

          We are looking slightly downward at a distance at a door only slightly taller than Joe. This cuts off the top of his head. This is in contrast to the previous panel where we are Joyce high.

          • Sirksome
            Sirksome
            June 16, 2021 at 1:27 am | #

            I feel like that door is still too small. The handle is about level with Joe’s crotch and again I’m only measuring against my own personal frame of reference but door handles come to my belly button. Again I’m an above average height person. Joe’s looking real tall here.

            • He Who Abides
              He Who Abides
              June 16, 2021 at 1:51 am | #

              I mean, I’m 6’4″ and routinely find door handles to be crotch-high for me.

            • Thag Simmons
              Thag Simmons
              June 16, 2021 at 2:16 am | #

              Eh, this comic’s cheated with scale & proportion before

              • RassilonTDavros
                RassilonTDavros
                June 16, 2021 at 3:13 am | #

                Just be glad Beef isn’t a major player in this universe. He’s like a friggin Steven Universe character with how frequently he changes sizes.

  16. Sirksome
    Sirksome
    June 16, 2021 at 12:22 am | #

    Here’s a question. I know we’ve had height discussions before but how tall is Joe? He’s head’s like hitting the door frame and that tells me he’s at least above 6ft, but if I’m being honest here that’s at least above 6’6. I’m 6’7 myself and my head doesn’t hit door frames!

    • Demoted Oblivious
      Demoted Oblivious
      June 16, 2021 at 12:27 am | #

      You must have some close calls then, since residential doors are framed at 6’8″. (2032mm)

      • Sirksome
        Sirksome
        June 16, 2021 at 12:31 am | #

        I do. If I stretch my neck up or stand on my toes my head hits the frame, but Joe’s looking like he has to bend down a little to avoid scraping off his scalp. Either he’s taller than me or IU’s contractor cuts some corners on these doors.

        • Demoted Oblivious
          Demoted Oblivious
          June 16, 2021 at 12:43 am | #

          I have enough close calls at 6-2, I wouldn’t think I’d want to be more than an inch or two taller… but even at my height I know most people find that ridiculous. Do you ever think you’d like to still be just a /little/ taller? Or are you tall enough that the drawbacks outweigh enough of the benefits to be a wash? (if this isn’t all too personal, or inappropriate)

          • Sirksome
            Sirksome
            June 16, 2021 at 12:50 am | #

            I don’t want to be taller. The drawbacks kind of break even. It’s nice to be able to reach stuff easily on the top shelf at the grocery store, but it’s annoying a ton of people ask if I play basketball. *Might also have to do with me being black lol*. Also shoes are more expensive and you can’t wear some of the more fashionable ones without custom ordering which is even pricier. Same with clothes. I’ve been told being tall is attractive to most people. Maybe that’s something? I feel like it hasn’t had an effect positive or negative. I can tell some people are more intimidated and really young kids tend to stare.

            • MrSmith
              MrSmith
              June 16, 2021 at 1:08 am | #

              I’m a corrections officer and 6ft so any spare height you want to send my way would be appreciated

              • He Who Abides
                He Who Abides
                June 16, 2021 at 1:49 am | #

                I’d spare a bit of my 6’4″, but I need it all for being a bouncer, sorry

                (plus, the missus gets first dibs on spare height, them’s the rules)

                • MrSmith
                  MrSmith
                  June 16, 2021 at 3:19 am | #

                  Completely understand (my wife is also short)

              • Needfuldoer
                Needfuldoer
                June 16, 2021 at 7:55 am | #

                I’m 5’11.5″. If any of you can spare that half an inch it would be greatly appreciated. (Round numbers are just easier.)

                • Edwin I Callahan
                  Edwin I Callahan
                  June 16, 2021 at 8:15 am | #

                  My wife is six feet and that was a selling point even before I said hello on that first date. Subsequent selling points included a mutual love of Indian and Thai food, joint devotion to the Democratic Party and a 97 percent commonality in our moral codes (actual test results). The final clincher was when she mentioned she despised pulp in her orange juice. In that instant, I stopped feeling so alone in the world.
                  Orange pulp is so WRONG.

                • Clif
                  Clif
                  June 16, 2021 at 11:11 pm | #

                  Joe doesn’t like orange pulp either. It’s in his mentals.

  17. ADLegend21
    ADLegend21
    June 16, 2021 at 12:35 am | #

    Damn Joe is body goals ngl. Get his mentals right Willis!

    • Demoted Oblivious
      Demoted Oblivious
      June 16, 2021 at 12:44 am | #

      What.. what are mentals?

      • Clif
        Clif
        June 16, 2021 at 1:05 am | #

        More than one mental. You know, like those of us here in the commentariate.

        We’re all mental except for Sirksome who just kind of wandered in.

        • a/snow/mous/e
          a/snow/mous/e
          June 16, 2021 at 1:27 am | #

          Yes, we’re all mad here!

          • Demoted Oblivious
            Demoted Oblivious
            June 16, 2021 at 3:53 am | #

            Dure we’re all mad of star stuff,
            but what the mental are mentals?
            The mental…
            Mentals mental mentals ment a ls.
            MENTALS!

            • a/snow/mous/e
              a/snow/mous/e
              June 16, 2021 at 10:41 am | #

              I remember enjoying the Stardust movie a great deal.

              • Demoted Oblivious
                Demoted Oblivious
                June 16, 2021 at 6:07 pm | #

                The book is also awesome, and doesn’t ring as many mysogeny bells that I can recall. (not there’s a lot in the movie.)

          • JBento
            JBento
            June 16, 2021 at 7:13 am | #

            You don’t have to be mad to post here, but it helps.

  18. BBCC
    BBCC
    June 16, 2021 at 12:43 am | #

    Frankly, I’d have assumed he wasn’t getting his part done and handed it in myself by now. Then again, I never lived on campus so I suppose it would’ve been easier if I had.

    • Segnosaur
      Segnosaur
      June 16, 2021 at 4:01 am | #

      It’s also possible that the 2 of them had made vague plans to get the work done “before class” and this is the first time both have had free.

      I know Joe is preoccupied with sex, but is there any evidence he is a bad student overall? A slacker?

    • thejeff
      thejeff
      June 16, 2021 at 9:05 am | #

      I think she’s been avoiding seeking him out for it too, until now when there’s no more time to stall. Joyce is conflicted about working with Joe.

  19. BarerMender
    BarerMender
    June 16, 2021 at 12:46 am | #

    Damn. When did Joe get taller than the door? Or is that just how he seems to Joyce?

  20. Calibus
    Calibus
    June 16, 2021 at 12:57 am | #

    No! Bad Willis! Down boy! We dont need sinking ships like these.

    • MrSmith
      MrSmith
      June 16, 2021 at 1:09 am | #

      Yes we do

    • Clif
      Clif
      June 16, 2021 at 1:16 am | #

      I assume you’re referring to Danny’s band.
      https://web.archive.org/web/20071230185920/http://www.legitimatebros.com/main.php?pg=sinking_ships

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      June 16, 2021 at 2:18 am | #

      I don’t see any ships sinking here

      I don’t even see anything that could be used to sink a ship

    • Spencer
      Spencer
      June 16, 2021 at 6:46 am | #

      What you see is smooth sailing.

  21. Eldritchy
    Eldritchy
    June 16, 2021 at 1:08 am | #

    Oh Tactical Chest right in her unresolved sexual tension XD

  22. Josh Spicer
    Josh Spicer
    June 16, 2021 at 1:10 am | #

    I AM GETTIN THE BOTTLE READY TO CHRISTEN THIS DAMN SHIP

    • a/snow/mous/e
      a/snow/mous/e
      June 16, 2021 at 1:28 am | #

      But Joe’s Jewish.

      • Josh Spicer
        Josh Spicer
        June 16, 2021 at 1:35 am | #

        I feel like christening ships has no religious boundaries.

        • Demoted Oblivious
          Demoted Oblivious
          June 16, 2021 at 3:55 am | #

          Naming mentals surely doesn’t,
          But christening them very much mentals.

        • a/snow/mous/e
          a/snow/mous/e
          June 16, 2021 at 10:42 am | #

          How about atheistic boundaries?

        • JBento
          JBento
          June 16, 2021 at 1:15 pm | #

          I don’t mind ships getting christened, but it feels like it’d take an enormous cross to do it. And who’s hoisting the things up there?

  23. FacelessDeviant
    FacelessDeviant
    June 16, 2021 at 1:30 am | #

    Honestly, he’s probably just as flustered.

  24. Rabisch
    Rabisch
    June 16, 2021 at 1:46 am | #

    Joyce’s face in panel 3 is awesome . She was expecting him to wear a pajamas… How sweet ♡!!! Joyce is just too funny. She and Joe are a funny/sweet couple.

  25. RacingTurtle
    RacingTurtle
    June 16, 2021 at 1:50 am | #

    Heeheeheeheehee

    • RacingTurtle
      RacingTurtle
      June 16, 2021 at 1:53 am | #

      I like that Classic Joe’s aloha shirt has been repurposed into DoA Joe’s boxer shorts

  26. C.T. Phipps
    C.T. Phipps
    June 16, 2021 at 1:56 am | #

    Joe: Fi, Fi, Fo, Fum, I smell the fun of Joyce Browndum.

    Joyce: I AM NOT DUMB!

  27. BenRG
    BenRG
    June 16, 2021 at 2:07 am | #

    Poor Joyce! Hot and flustered by Joe!

  28. Joyfulldreams
    Joyfulldreams
    June 16, 2021 at 2:55 am | #

    And I’m gonna ship it EVEN HARDER. Thaaaaaaank you.

  29. TheKelliestKelly
    TheKelliestKelly
    June 16, 2021 at 3:35 am | #

    I just now remembered that Joe and Joyce have already been on a date. Ship burnt at port but may be repuilt

    • Segnosaur
      Segnosaur
      June 16, 2021 at 3:56 am | #

      Yeah. I remember a strip where Joe and Jacob were in the gym together. Jacob was complaining about Joyce being deceptive, and Joe was. (sort of) praising her. Until he stopped unexpectedly.

      My assumption was that Joe stopped because HE realized he was attracted to Joyce and didn’t want any competition from Jacob.

      • Spencer
        Spencer
        June 16, 2021 at 6:50 am | #

        That was the best strip ever.

        Joe: I hate Joyce, she’s so uptight.

        Also Joe: Joyce is literally the most wonderful person here and you’d be a sucker to not want to be in her life. She is constantly improving and trying to be a better person and eventually she’s going to be the most perfect Joyce she can be. What kind of idiot would want to miss out on that? Does such a fool even exist?

    • Eldritchy
      Eldritchy
      June 16, 2021 at 4:19 am | #

      Give it the Vasa treatment!

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      June 16, 2021 at 8:00 am | #

      That was Old Joyce, before she had her epiphany and she was still trying to make her world fit the way her religious upbringing led her to believe it was. I think it was even before Becky came out.

      It couldn’t hurt that much for them to try again…

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        June 16, 2021 at 9:07 am | #

        Won’t hurt that much because Mike’s not around for the punching any more.

      • BBCC
        BBCC
        June 16, 2021 at 5:26 pm | #

        It was in the third storyline of this strip, I’m pretty sure. DEFINITELY long before Becky came out. She and Dorothy weren’t even best friends yet and she hadn’t been to That Party yet.

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      June 16, 2021 at 10:37 am | #

      Eh, the Joece never really sunk. It’s lost its canon (sp intended), but remains in service due to the hard work and devotion of her shipping crew.

  30. carms
    carms
    June 16, 2021 at 4:08 am | #

    I appreciate Joyce SO MUCH. I do not have this problem, but still, she is ACCURATE.

  31. BenRG
    BenRG
    June 16, 2021 at 4:17 am | #

    Here’s a prediction: Joyce and Joe will end up together and grow up to be Mr and Mrs Boring Conventional Middle Class Couple. It just seems right that those two would end up having the most exciting college adventures and the most routine later adult lives.

    • Demoted Oblivious
      Demoted Oblivious
      June 16, 2021 at 9:13 am | #

      Agreed on all points except the scope on Boring and routine. Like, maybe the phrase “outside the bedroom” could be tucked in there somewhere, or maybe “mentals”.

      • a/snow/mous/e
        a/snow/mous/e
        June 16, 2021 at 10:45 am | #

        Is “mentals” going to become a recurring gag here in the comments section? 😛

        • StClair
          StClair
          June 16, 2021 at 2:15 pm | #

          I still don’t get it, myself. What is it even about?

          • Demoted Oblivious
            Demoted Oblivious
            June 16, 2021 at 6:08 pm | #

            Mentals

            • Clif
              Clif
              June 16, 2021 at 11:02 pm | #

              More than one mental.

  32. Keulen
    Keulen
    June 16, 2021 at 4:34 am | #

    I’m not sure “having a different threshold of familiarity” is limited to men. I’m a man and I don’t think I would ever feel comfortable answering the door in my underwear.

    • Eldritchy
      Eldritchy
      June 16, 2021 at 5:41 am | #

      Same. I guess it’s just Joe trying to be Pure Sex.

      • Nono
        Nono
        June 16, 2021 at 6:12 am | #

        Joe doesn’t want to be Pure Sex around Joyce. He’s just a grumpy just woken up dude who can’t be bothered to play nice around Joyce of all people.

  33. Amos Batista
    Amos Batista
    June 16, 2021 at 6:05 am | #

    Yes, Joyce, go for it!
    No, Joyce, don’t do it!

    I got a equal reason to ship and sink Joyce and Joe.

    • Spencer
      Spencer
      June 16, 2021 at 7:05 am | #

      Fight me.

      • Demoted Oblivious
        Demoted Oblivious
        June 16, 2021 at 9:29 am | #

        In the square corner, featuring a slightly custom grav, and a linked handle weighing in at twelve characters in length we have !*A-mosss BA-TIS-taaa*! In the red corner, with a fully custom black and white gravatar and a whip snapping seven character handle is _the challenger_: *!SPEN-CERRR!*. Now for the moment you’ve all been waiting for. Let’s get ready to MENNNNNNN-TALLLLLLLLLLLLLLSSSSSSS!

        Round One: FIGHT

        • Alex
          Alex
          June 16, 2021 at 10:47 am | #

          I love this so much.

        • Amos Batista
          Amos Batista
          June 16, 2021 at 6:35 pm | #

          hahaha, nice!

  34. darkoneko
    darkoneko
    June 16, 2021 at 8:01 am | #

    and with her glasses she can now see each chest hair clearly

  35. darkgloomie
    darkgloomie
    June 16, 2021 at 8:48 am | #

    No, no, Joyce, don’t fall into the cragged shamepit of the lustwolves!

    • Demoted Oblivious
      Demoted Oblivious
      June 16, 2021 at 9:32 am | #

      Meh. I could use the company. Or at least some help digging down past the shame layer, cause that shame stuff’s some BULL-shit.

      If I could get over to the cragged regularpit of the lustwolves I’d be much happier.

  36. raultsi
    raultsi
    June 16, 2021 at 9:13 am | #

    The boys of Beckentown da noaw da doaw

  37. Smooti
    Smooti
    June 16, 2021 at 9:54 am | #

    (emperor palpatine voice) Yes. Let the horny flow through you. Do him.

  38. TheScreenJockey
    TheScreenJockey
    June 16, 2021 at 9:56 am | #

    Just after the last comic, I found myself thinking, “I wonder how Joyce is adjusting to life with glasses?”

    Maybe we’ll find out!

  39. Spinmasta
    Spinmasta
    June 16, 2021 at 10:55 am | #

    Ok. Calm down just try to imagine him in his underwear. Wait he is in his underwear. Oh no he’s hot. Abort mission. We’ll get him next time.

  40. Bagge
    Bagge
    June 16, 2021 at 11:02 am | #

    “Julia Gray and the Biology Homework”

    • Roborat
      Roborat
      June 16, 2021 at 3:32 pm | #

      Volume 327.

  41. Jhon
    Jhon
    June 16, 2021 at 11:42 am | #

    Did Joyce just teleport again?

  42. thumb
    thumb
    June 16, 2021 at 4:49 pm | #

    so, is it the eyes that are laser guided, or the nipples?

  43. Rocketboy1313
    Rocketboy1313
    June 16, 2021 at 10:34 pm | #

    I read that as,
    “I PROnt a SExy”

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