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by David M Willis on September 27, 2021 at 12:01 am
  • 01 – Sister, Christian
└ Tags: joe, liz, sarah

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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    September 27, 2021 at 12:04 am | #

    the best edibles

    gummies are Top Tier amongst things that can be eaten

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      September 27, 2021 at 12:23 am | #

      Though they are always better when long.

      • Corlanthis
        Corlanthis
        September 27, 2021 at 12:42 am | #

        Wow. I just went on a *journey*. And I have no regrets.

        • K^2
          K^2
          September 27, 2021 at 1:04 am | #

          Savor it. You can only watch long long man for the first time once in your life.

          Ok, I suppose, that goes for many things, but this is one of the few I definitely wish I could take in again with a blank slate.

          • Keith Curtis
            Keith Curtis
            September 27, 2021 at 10:38 am | #

            That was worth every minute.

          • Achallenger
            Achallenger
            September 27, 2021 at 11:37 pm | #

            … I thought I’d seen them all already, but that video was about 2 minutes longer than I’ve ever lived before and I’m a more complete person for it

      • carms
        carms
        September 27, 2021 at 3:13 am | #

        YESSSSSSSSSSSSS I HOPED WHEN I CLICKED AND IT ISSSSS

      • Michael L
        Michael L
        September 27, 2021 at 6:10 am | #

        That was incredible.

      • Lys
        Lys
        September 27, 2021 at 10:21 am | #

        I knew this was going to be that. And I’m so so happy I spent these 6 minutes watching it too

      • Enkrod
        Enkrod
        September 27, 2021 at 11:00 am | #

        I… what? Yes! Good, but also… what?

      • Hilzabub
        Hilzabub
        September 27, 2021 at 11:02 am | #

        Clap. Clap. Clap.

    • Decidedly Orthogonal
      Decidedly Orthogonal
      September 27, 2021 at 12:26 am | #

      They may blow her mind, but it’s still neither of them blowing Joe.

      …
      Why does Joe have those *on his person?*

      • anonymsly
        anonymsly
        September 27, 2021 at 12:36 am | #

        Maybe he was about to take his daily vitamin (this IS roundabout breakfast time) when he answered a knock at the door, so he’s just been carrying them around?

        • Decidedly Orthogonal
          Decidedly Orthogonal
          September 27, 2021 at 1:08 am | #

          +1
          I would also have accepted “spooky comic book action at a distance.”

      • Reltzik
        Reltzik
        September 27, 2021 at 2:14 am | #

        Well this is his dorm room.

        • Needfuldoer
          Needfuldoer
          September 27, 2021 at 8:26 am | #

          It looks like he’s in arm’s reach of the desk, or they could have been sitting on the mini-fridge next to the door.

          https://www.dumbingofage.com/2021/comic/book-11/03-see-you-in-the-funny-page/rainorsunshine/

      • fishamaphone
        fishamaphone
        September 27, 2021 at 4:33 pm | #

        It is his dorm room. Probably on a desk behind him, and we just skipped the panel where he turns around for pacing.

  2. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    September 27, 2021 at 12:05 am | #

    Liz ’bout to get fuuucked up on 150% of her daily recommended Selenium intake.

    • Rose by Any Other Name
      Rose by Any Other Name
      September 27, 2021 at 12:08 am | #

      I don’t think it’s for Liz.
      I think that’s for Joyce.
      I think we’re about to have the pleasure of seeing how Joyce behaves when she THINKS she’s high and can thus use it as an excuse later.
      **makes popcorn**

      • StClair
        StClair
        September 27, 2021 at 12:39 am | #

        That was my first thought too, but how would Liz know it’s not “really” an edible?

        • Siddlaw
          Siddlaw
          September 27, 2021 at 1:08 am | #

          If Liz ever had an edible before and tasted it she should know. Joyce would not know.

        • StClair
          StClair
          September 27, 2021 at 1:17 am | #

          Upon further consideration, my doubt is because I would never amuse myself by daring someone to take something that (as far as I know) actually is a drug – no matter how “harmless”, or how “hi-larious” watching them be affected by it – because they might.

          But I’m old and boring and Liz is… well, see the strip title. Like most of the cast, she’s at the age where they’re still discovering things like “consequences”.

          • Lys
            Lys
            September 27, 2021 at 10:24 am | #

            No no, the strip titled “consequences” is another one

      • A Red Balloon
        A Red Balloon
        September 27, 2021 at 1:38 am | #

        Now, just how powerful is the Placebo Effect?

        • Fëanen
          Fëanen
          September 27, 2021 at 1:51 am | #

          Powerful enough. My mother, in her wayward youth, drank most of the vodka in a bottle and filled it with water. My uncle got absolutely smashed on shots of the homeopathic vodka.

        • Reltzik
          Reltzik
          September 27, 2021 at 2:21 am | #

          Given that I don’t think Liz or Joyce KNOW what affect THC is supposed to have, and are already kinda hyper about meeting each other?

          I’m pretty sure that the placebo effect’s going to have them bouncing here and there and everywhere.

          *runs from the three people who got that reference and now have the song stuck in their head*

          • Crotonhurst
            Crotonhurst
            September 27, 2021 at 2:35 am | #

          • Crotonhurst
            Crotonhurst
            September 27, 2021 at 2:36 am | #

            Bouncing here and there and everywheeeere

            • StClair
              StClair
              September 27, 2021 at 2:56 am | #

              ah yes, been a while.

            • Reltzik
              Reltzik
              September 27, 2021 at 5:54 am | #

              For the record, I’m running from the three people who didn’t need the link. Crotonhurst is running from everyone else.

              • Crotonhurst
                Crotonhurst
                September 27, 2021 at 10:03 am | #

                But only in the best slow jam sort of running

  3. Thag Simmons
    Thag Simmons
    September 27, 2021 at 12:06 am | #

    That is at least one successful Bluff check.

    • CC
      CC
      September 27, 2021 at 12:21 am | #

      Bluff: 4
      Insight: 3

  4. Sirksome
    Sirksome
    September 27, 2021 at 12:06 am | #

    Joe doesn’t really seem like a weed type to me anyway.

  5. Cmasta1992
    Cmasta1992
    September 27, 2021 at 12:07 am | #

    Nutrition is the ultimate high

  6. Lanie
    Lanie
    September 27, 2021 at 12:07 am | #

    But where was he keeping them…!?

    This arc is already a trip.

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      September 27, 2021 at 12:09 am | #

      Since this is his room presumably like the counter or something.

      • Lanie
        Lanie
        September 27, 2021 at 12:14 am | #

        Oh! I hadn’t realized they’d gone into Joe’s room. That makes the vitamins make a lot more sense. Although, with this newly realized context and Sal pitching rocks at the window earlier, I’m going to transition over to saying that Joe’s having a really weird day this arc.

      • Decidedly Orthogonal
        Decidedly Orthogonal
        September 27, 2021 at 12:34 am | #

        Why and how the hell did they… ooohh wait, didn’t joyce say she was taking Liz to meet Joe?

        Ah.. It’s Sarah’s fault (not really)

    • Andrew Weil
      Andrew Weil
      September 27, 2021 at 10:31 am | #

      Is that a multivitamin jar in his pocket or…

  7. Bogeywoman
    Bogeywoman
    September 27, 2021 at 12:07 am | #

    Vitamin gummies are my way of tricking my adhd brain into taking meds

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      September 27, 2021 at 2:24 am | #

      Vitamin gummies are my adhd brain’s way of tricking me into losing 6 hours of my life because I jumped online to try to find out whether this brand is vegetarian.

      …. or is that just neurosis?

      … Look, multivitamins = multiple brain disorders. It’s a fact, okay? I’ve proven it, it’s a fact now!

      • Clif
        Clif
        September 27, 2021 at 11:42 am | #

        Yay for Science?

  8. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    September 27, 2021 at 12:08 am | #

    😛 I definitely am channeling too much Joe here, but in my defense, I do draw some saucy stuff sometimes so it’s good to know.

  9. Jamie
    Jamie
    September 27, 2021 at 12:08 am | #

    Not getting one for Joyce?

    • ReverendJ
      ReverendJ
      September 27, 2021 at 12:16 am | #

      …or only getting one for Joyce…

      • Decidedly Orthogonal
        Decidedly Orthogonal
        September 27, 2021 at 12:38 am | #

        Or sharing. A lot of people will section a gummy, because they are often so insanely potent.

  10. Mr D
    Mr D
    September 27, 2021 at 12:08 am | #

    What did Joe say wrong this time?
    could someone explain for those of us who are slow?

    • DailyBrad
      DailyBrad
      September 27, 2021 at 12:12 am | #

      It’s more just she generally doesn’t like him, both for past… Joe-ness, and because I think it really got under her skin that he had the moral highground during the Jacob saga, and seeing him reminds her of that.

      • Thag Simmons
        Thag Simmons
        September 27, 2021 at 12:13 am | #

        They’re also just uncomfortably personal remarks from a dude you just generally don’t like.

      • Sirksome
        Sirksome
        September 27, 2021 at 12:16 am | #

        He also didn’t promote any good will from Sarah in their last significant interaction. What with the whole. “We’ll never be friends but maybe you can use me as a focus of anger” speech from Joe after pissing her off with a mildly sexist comeback.

        • StClair
          StClair
          September 27, 2021 at 1:21 am | #

          Believing that your greatest, or only, value/utility to others is as something they can hate is a level of self-loathing I’d expect of… Amber, actually. 🙁

          • Reltzik
            Reltzik
            September 27, 2021 at 2:18 am | #

            Nah, Amber wouldn’t like being the focus of so much attention.

            Maybe Mike? No, he valued being perceptive and puncturing bubbles, and the hate was just proof that he was good at his job. (And maybe funny.)

            Maybe Ruth or Billie, at previous points in the story?

          • Daniel M Ball
            Daniel M Ball
            September 27, 2021 at 3:45 am | #

            Uh, StClair, it’s not, only it is, but it isn’t. It’s complicated.

    • Jed!
      Jed!
      September 27, 2021 at 5:03 pm | #

      First panel: asking about her age makes it sound like he wants to have sex with her and checking to see if she’s at least 18, which is especially weird to ask Sarah since they’re sisters.

      Second and third panel: Liz was born after Sarah’s parents’ divorce, so talking about their ages is implicitly asking, “How long did it take for your mom to start a new family?” I don’t think Joe means any of this, but I can see why it sounds bad. Plus, Sarah’s already in a bad mood (worse than usual).

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        September 27, 2021 at 8:56 pm | #

        I doubt Joe knows that Liz is her half-sister, so he’s just reacting to them being that close in age.

  11. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    September 27, 2021 at 12:10 am | #

    I think it’s really impressive that Joe did the edible thing without missing a beat. He’s pretty quick.

    • Decidedly Orthogonal
      Decidedly Orthogonal
      September 27, 2021 at 12:13 pm | #

      I’m sure he would be sure to point out that he’s quick in *some* things.

  12. Sirksome
    Sirksome
    September 27, 2021 at 12:10 am | #

    Sarah and her sister share me and my older brother’s almost exact age difference. 16 months apart for me. No, I don’t know how my mom pulled that off. I also started school a year late. Huh.

    • brionl
      brionl
      September 27, 2021 at 12:15 am | #

      My brother is 13 months younger than me. But I skipped a grade and graduated high school 2 years before him.
      Also, my sister’s 2 youngest are, 14(? something like that) months apart.
      Also, also, we had a neighbor whose 2 youngest were 9 months apart, because the youngest was born more than 2 months premature.

      • Norah
        Norah
        September 27, 2021 at 12:38 am | #

        I went to school with a brother and sister who I thought were twins. Turns out he was born in January and she was born in November. Because the cutoff date for starting school where we lived was December 1, they were in the same grade.

    • JessWitt
      JessWitt
      September 27, 2021 at 12:34 am | #

      My younger brother and I also have a sixteen month age difference. Although he had to repeat kindergarten so he was one more grade level behind me than expected.

    • bejouled
      bejouled
      September 27, 2021 at 12:43 am | #

      My brother and I were born 15 months apart, and were always one grade apart in school, just like Sarah and her sister. My parents did want two kids, but they did NOT intend to have me so quickly after my brother.

    • Azhrei Vep
      Azhrei Vep
      September 27, 2021 at 8:33 am | #

      Man, I envy all of you with the closely aged siblings. I’ve got seven years and eleven months between my sister and I. To the day. Hooo boy, that sucked a fat one.

    • Andrew Weil
      Andrew Weil
      September 27, 2021 at 10:33 am | #

      My grandma had her third child, then 11 months later she had twins.

    • Khyrin
      Khyrin
      September 27, 2021 at 1:26 pm | #

      My sister is 359 days younger than me.

    • Robbie
      Robbie
      September 27, 2021 at 2:42 pm | #

      My kids are 16 months/1 school grade apart because the oldest was born in October
      Except the youngest child is smol and the oldest child is tol so they look like they’re 4-5 years apart, lol

      My older brother and I are one year and one week apart but he was a preemie and I was a chunky baby so people thought we were twins for awhile.
      Then he started balding when he was twenty and I still looked like a grade schooler when I was 19 so… People thought he was my dad.

      It has been a wild ride.

      • brionl
        brionl
        September 27, 2021 at 5:47 pm | #

        My brother was on the big side for his age, and I was a little short, so people frequently thought we were twins.

    • Heather
      Heather
      September 27, 2021 at 2:52 pm | #

      My sister is 15 months younger than me but I kind of raised an eyebrow at Joe because I’ve never considered it really THAT weird. Like I had several classmates/friends with similar age gaps, though admittedly they were in bigger families than the two daughters my parents had.

  13. DailyBrad
    DailyBrad
    September 27, 2021 at 12:12 am | #

    I really wonder if Liz is naive and talking a mean game, or if everyone here is humoring Joyce on multiple levels.

    • Wizard
      Wizard
      September 27, 2021 at 12:23 am | #

      Hard to say. After this strip, I’m starting to think she might be fronting almost as much as Joyce. Guess I’ll just have to tune in again tomorrow to see.

    • adam Black
      adam Black
      September 27, 2021 at 12:35 am | #

      Reminds me of when Becky did the same thing to Joyce.

      This is going to get very interesting if Liz is into Joyce.

    • Imogen
      Imogen
      September 27, 2021 at 12:53 am | #

      I think this is the moment where we start to realize both she and Joyce are a little not-on-the-level.

    • Keulen
      Keulen
      September 27, 2021 at 7:09 am | #

      I thought Liz was humoring Joyce last strip, but now I’m not so sure.

  14. Slartibeast Button, BIA
    Slartibeast Button, BIA
    September 27, 2021 at 12:13 am | #

    OK, not entirely getting the “Nice Guy ->” shirt thing. Huh?

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      September 27, 2021 at 12:14 am | #

      It’s like an “I’m with stupid” thing

    • HeatherJean
      HeatherJean
      September 27, 2021 at 12:17 am | #

      He was probably counting on having Danny stand to his left. But Danny is elsewhere.

      • TemporalShrew
        TemporalShrew
        September 27, 2021 at 12:21 am | #

        He’s not used to Danny having Things To Do™.

        • chuckroast
          chuckroast
          September 27, 2021 at 12:34 am | #

          That’s rude. She’s a person, and her name is Sal.

      • Nono
        Nono
        September 27, 2021 at 12:22 am | #

        I guess you could say Danny… left.

        • Reltzik
          Reltzik
          September 27, 2021 at 2:26 am | #

          And the reason that Sal wanted him to leave with her is that he’s an unironically nice guy.

  15. Dean
    Dean
    September 27, 2021 at 12:14 am | #

    Liz is too sober for Bad Girl Joyce.

  16. Disastromatic
    Disastromatic
    September 27, 2021 at 12:15 am | #

    Joe’s really Zinced to a new low here.

    • brionl
      brionl
      September 27, 2021 at 12:55 am | #

      The past participle of zinc, is zunc.

  17. Stephen Bierce
    Stephen Bierce
    September 27, 2021 at 12:17 am | #

    I don’t know whether to quote David Bowie or the Flintstone vitamins jingle. 😐 Maybe neither.

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      Decidedly Orthogonal
      September 27, 2021 at 12:16 pm | #

      Bowie covering the Flintstones vitamin jingle?

  18. Kravis
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    September 27, 2021 at 12:17 am | #

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    Batman is the nicest guy.

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      misanthropope
      September 27, 2021 at 12:43 am | #

      the tick is definitely nicer.

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        September 27, 2021 at 8:33 am | #

        But can he breathe in space?

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        September 27, 2021 at 12:43 pm | #

        Seconded. Batman is a doucebag. Core fans will talk about a particular issue that credits the wayne foundation with supporting Arkham, but really, Bruce’s home town has what is consistently supported as the worst mental health institution in fiction. Instead of fixing that, Bruce Wayne spends millions on armouring and kitting up, so he can run around in the dark beating up mental health patients to work out his issues that he was an orphan.

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          Spencer
          September 27, 2021 at 1:32 pm | #

          Yeah it’s because he’s a cartoon superhero and thus solves superhero problems.

          Why the hell would anyone write a Batman story that invalidates the premise of Batman.

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      September 27, 2021 at 10:26 am | #

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        Decidedly Orthogonal
        September 27, 2021 at 12:18 pm | #

        Disagree. Being orphaned is not the worst tragedy. There are plenty of kids who would be blessed to be orphaned. Child abuse is awful to live through.

        • Spencer
          Spencer
          September 27, 2021 at 1:31 pm | #

          I don’t even know how to process this post

          Do you think there’s an objective metric for suffering personal tragedy or something

          Like I think “suffering the death of your loving parents before your eyes” is probably the most primal and widely understood fear a kid can have

          So I don’t know how you decided to jump from that conversation about this children’s fantasy character into “yeah well what about abusive parents”

          I think “being orphaned is not the worst tragedy” made me phase out of this material universe

          • Decidedly Orthogonal
            Decidedly Orthogonal
            September 27, 2021 at 2:11 pm | #

            Um… you claimed that the worst thing to happen to a kid is being orphaned. Batman is largely irrelevant to that statement.

            I respectfully, if teresely, disagreed. Then provided an example of something that is arguably worse that being orphaned. If being abused isn’t worse than being orphaned, then how about dying? Normally if one is to disagree, it’s reasonable to provide a reason why we do. Ergo, there are provided for the reader, other examples that are reasonably, “the worst tragedy a child can go through.” Hopefully experience with being disagreed with will make it easier to process. At any rate we simply have differing world views on some things (like orphans, batman, and so on). That’s ok.

            • Spencer
              Spencer
              September 27, 2021 at 2:18 pm | #

              Please stop talking to me.

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      September 27, 2021 at 1:30 pm | #

      Most Batmans are assholes though. Like he is generally noy portrayed as anything resembling a nice dude

      • Spencer
        Spencer
        September 27, 2021 at 1:38 pm | #

        Yeah lowest common denominator Batman gets written badly all the time.

        This is because grown-ass dudes don’t want to admit Batman is for children.

        • Decidedly Orthogonal
          Decidedly Orthogonal
          September 27, 2021 at 2:18 pm | #

          Art is found in all forms. In literature, in pictures, and in both combined. Batman comics (and comics in general) are produced targetting a number of age demographics. Freedom of expression allows us to analyze and interpret them from different perspectives. Including it being respectable for someone to apply an adult perspective to what is claimed to be, “for children.” Beauty and truth are in the eye of the beholder, not the creator.

          • thejeff
            thejeff
            September 27, 2021 at 3:09 pm | #

            Obviously we can do as we please, but it’s definitely leads to weirdness to analyze children’s genre fiction (especially when produced over nearly a century now) as if it was meant to be realistic adult fiction. Even stranger when it gets written that way, while still meant to be part of the same broad continuity.

          • Thag Simmons
            Thag Simmons
            September 28, 2021 at 12:04 am | #

            The problem isn’t that kids media or pulp media isn’t art, it’s the insecurity that creators and fans of those types of media feel that results in them pursuing surface level signifiers of depth or maturity rather than just letting a thing be a good version of itself.

  19. Audkitten
    Audkitten
    September 27, 2021 at 12:18 am | #

    I don’t understand the “summer off” comment and why Sarah is so angry about it. Can someone explain please? Thanks

    • Disastromatic
      Disastromatic
      September 27, 2021 at 12:19 am | #

      He’s implying that she had “time off” from being pregnant, I think. Which is probably just to wind Sarah up a bit more.

    • Grimey
      Grimey
      September 27, 2021 at 12:21 am | #

      He’s making a light observation about people having kids all in a row, but because Joe is…Or used to be Joe, Sarah assumes he’s either being gross or just won’t give him the benefit of the doubt.

    • sultryglebe
      sultryglebe
      September 27, 2021 at 12:22 am | #

      Joe is relieved that Sarah’s mother was not non-stop pregnant for 18 months, which is a weird thing to think about, but I think Sarah’s annoyance is not specific to that, but just all of the unwanted interaction. Though, the brief thought that Joe was checking to make sure Liz was past the age of consent was part of that.

  20. Nono
    Nono
    September 27, 2021 at 12:21 am | #

    What makes the gummies for men? Are they black in colour or something?

    • Rayndel
      Rayndel
      September 27, 2021 at 12:28 am | #

      Different amounts of different vitamins than the “For women” gummy vitamins.

      • SuperZero
        SuperZero
        September 27, 2021 at 2:22 am | #

        Very, very slightly different.

      • Reltzik
        Reltzik
        September 27, 2021 at 2:31 am | #

        Also, branding.

    • woobie
      woobie
      September 27, 2021 at 12:28 am | #

      MOre saw palmetto, less iron, for starters.

    • Wizard
      Wizard
      September 27, 2021 at 12:28 am | #

      Men’s and women’s supplements often have different combinations and concentrations of vitamins and minerals. Not that they do most people much good in any case.

      • Zaxares
        Zaxares
        September 27, 2021 at 5:07 am | #

        Yep, pretty much this. As a general rule if you’re in good-average health and eating a balanced diet, you don’t need dietary supplements at all. You’ll get all the vitamins and minerals you need from your food. You should only take supplements on the recommendation of your doctor or if you’re suffering from a deficiency (or a condition that causes said deficiency). Anything else and you’re basically just wasting your money on excess vitamins/minerals that your body will promptly excrete out anyway.

        • Jason
          Jason
          September 27, 2021 at 9:17 am | #

          …How many students have a balanced diet though?

          • woobie
            woobie
            September 28, 2021 at 12:21 am | #

            Chicken flavor ramen is balanced by sesame chicken flavor ramen.

    • a/snow/mous/e
      a/snow/mous/e
      September 27, 2021 at 4:09 pm | #

      you can see they’re not black because there’s an orange one 😛

  21. Throwatron
    Throwatron
    September 27, 2021 at 12:25 am | #

    careful, if you take men’s gummies as a lady you may girlboss uncontrollably hard

  22. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    September 27, 2021 at 12:29 am | #

    https://imgur.com/a/uH7Eohz
    oops my pen slipped.

    • StClair
      StClair
      September 27, 2021 at 12:35 am | #

      Joe still with the glassy “I have no idea what is going on here” thousand-yard stare.

    • Deathjavu
      Deathjavu
      September 27, 2021 at 12:35 am | #

      One man’s pen slip is everyone else’s blessing. I’m not sure who looks less comfortable in that drawing, Joe or Joyce.

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      September 27, 2021 at 2:45 am | #

      Oooops!

    • Steelbright
      Steelbright
      September 27, 2021 at 3:53 am | #

      Joe in this pic: totally okay with being an object, please continue objectifying me

    • Teddae
      Teddae
      September 27, 2021 at 6:57 am | #

      for a moment i thought joyce was dorothy and i was confused.

    • Keulen
      Keulen
      September 27, 2021 at 7:13 am | #

      Nice slip of the pen there.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      September 27, 2021 at 8:35 am | #

      I love how Joe’s just standing there like

      “Welp. That just happened.”
      \
      :^|

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      September 27, 2021 at 11:11 am | #

      You need to get some grippier gloves, Yoto.

      *follows link*

      Oh hey ya know nevermind

    • Decidedly Orthogonal
      Decidedly Orthogonal
      September 27, 2021 at 1:48 pm | #

      Solid gold as always Yotomoe!

  23. BBCC
    BBCC
    September 27, 2021 at 12:34 am | #

    Oh please, yes, this is gonna be hilarious.

  24. Sol
    Sol
    September 27, 2021 at 12:39 am | #

    This definitely leads credence to the theory that Liz is equally as unknowledgeable about things as Joyce is, with the both of them trying to impress the other about how “worldly” they are.

    Which is funny but also I’m cringing still.

    • Regalli
      Regalli
      September 27, 2021 at 12:56 am | #

      I find it both hilarious and dying of secondhand embarassment.

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      September 27, 2021 at 12:58 am | #

      I find cringe comedy really hard to watch with any character who is even remotely likeable.

      • Sol
        Sol
        September 27, 2021 at 3:36 am | #

        I find cringe comedy really hard to watch with any character, period, likeable or not. I’m probably too empathetic for my own good in that regard. I tend to skip past the real cringe sections, or if it’s plot important I’ll turn sound off and only read the subtitles (somehow, that makes it marginally more tolerable).

        • eh, whatever
          eh, whatever
          September 27, 2021 at 4:24 am | #

          That makes it more tolerable because it takes the tone of voice out.

        • Daibhid C
          Daibhid C
          September 27, 2021 at 7:55 am | #

          +1

          It’s annoying because I recognise that, say, Fawlty Towers is funny and that the nasty hotel owner has brought this on himself, but I’m still like “Is there a way I can watch this without actually going through it?”

          • Decidedly Orthogonal
            Decidedly Orthogonal
            September 27, 2021 at 2:32 pm | #

            This. I found Dumb and Dumber palatable, because the leads were meant to be somewhat unpaletable. So it was easier to watch them suffer, much like Basil Fawlty. The cringe stuff that’s come after, has been with generally more sympathetic characters and is much, much harder to watch.

        • Jason
          Jason
          September 27, 2021 at 9:40 am | #

          It’s actually a thing with neurodiversity such as ADHD and ASD. I personally find cringe stuff to be physically uncomfortable. It feels like my entire body is being compressed. I’ve seen a lot of ADHDers say similar.
          Not to imply anything about you or anyone else who finds cringe uncomfortable, but yeah. It’s a thing.

          • Sol
            Sol
            September 27, 2021 at 1:15 pm | #

            I am definitely accursed with ADHD. My cousin is pretty sure I have ASD as well but I’m not so sure. Have not had any sort of official diagnosis though so

            ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

            • Spencer
              Spencer
              September 27, 2021 at 1:27 pm | #

              They’re pretty tightly linked, or so I’ve been told.

              I was diagnosed with ASD in late 2018 and this year got an ADHD diagnosis.

          • Decidedly Orthogonal
            Decidedly Orthogonal
            September 27, 2021 at 2:35 pm | #

            Tests keep coming back negative, but damn if cringe “comedy” doesn’t leave me climbing the back of my seat in discomfort. One more datapoint to feed the doc I suppose.

      • Spencer
        Spencer
        September 27, 2021 at 10:05 am | #

        The cringe stuff I can’t deal with are the moments where the character is publicly humiliated and in a way that’s not so over the top that the inherent discomfort just kind of fades away.

    • Bicycle Bill
      Bicycle Bill
      September 27, 2021 at 1:47 am | #

      Oh, what a tangled web we weave
      When first we practice to deceive.

    • Keulen
      Keulen
      September 27, 2021 at 7:15 am | #

      I thought Liz might be humoring Joyce in yesterday’s strip, but this strip definitely has me thinking Liz is about as unknowledgeable as Joyce.

      • Daibhid C
        Daibhid C
        September 27, 2021 at 7:53 am | #

        Probably not quite as unknowledgable, since I’m pretty darn sure Joyce has no idea what “an edible” is. (I figured it out from context.)

        • Segnosaur
          Segnosaur
          September 27, 2021 at 9:47 am | #

          I thought joyce might have been taught was an edible was as part of her christian upbringing/schooling.

          “Look at what those godless commie hippie atheists are doing… Putting drugs in candy!”

          • Slartibeast Button, BIA
            Slartibeast Button, BIA
            September 27, 2021 at 11:18 am | #

            That may run into sliding timescale issues. When did the term “edibles” for food with THC in it become common? I don’t recall it before states started legalizing it.

            • Sam
              Sam
              September 27, 2021 at 2:57 pm | #

              I have definitely known about it as a word for at least 10ish years from comedic movies but I have no firsthand experience with drugs, so it is likely old enough that Joyce could know it but whether she would have an accurate definition is… questionable. But then again, she also has a phone and internet access so she could learn if she really wanted to.

  25. JessWitt
    JessWitt
    September 27, 2021 at 12:41 am | #

    Looks like Joe got on Sarah’s good side for once.

  26. Spencer
    Spencer
    September 27, 2021 at 12:43 am | #

    It’s a good thing those weren’t Flintstones gummy vitamins, or else their terrible power would have overwhelmed Liz and destroyed her from within.

  27. Cholma
    Cholma
    September 27, 2021 at 1:26 am | #

    I think we’ve hit peak grumpy Sarah.

  28. Bicycle Bill
    Bicycle Bill
    September 27, 2021 at 1:44 am | #

    Strange … I was born in November and I was allowed to start kindergarten when I was four years old (well, four years, nine months)….

    • Cholma
      Cholma
      September 27, 2021 at 2:19 am | #

      I grew up in Michigan, and back in the 60s/70s at least, I believe you had to be 5 on or before Sept 1st to enroll in Kindergarten. I’m pretty sure that’s why my sister was two grades behind me instead of one. No idea what it is now since I don’t have kids (nor live in that state anymore).

      • Yumi
        Yumi
        September 27, 2021 at 7:30 am | #

        It was different in Michigan when I was a kid (90s), allowing me to start kindergarten when I was 4. Now I believe it’s been changed back, though I’m not sure.

    • BBCC
      BBCC
      September 27, 2021 at 2:45 am | #

      It apparently depends on the state. In my experience, it was the same. We also had junior kindergarten so the September-December kids were 3 turning 4.

    • Slartibeast Button, BIA
      Slartibeast Button, BIA
      September 27, 2021 at 11:14 am | #

      I think where I grew up the rule was if you would be 5 on 31 December, you could start school the previous September.

      Unless your parents wanted to hold you back a year so you’d be bigger for high school football.

      • Decidedly Orthogonal
        Decidedly Orthogonal
        September 27, 2021 at 2:37 pm | #

        In Ontario now, parents can choose, if their kids are in the Sept-Dec range, to start their kids that year or the one after.

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        September 27, 2021 at 3:03 pm | #

        It’s not just football. Or even just sports.
        Being most of year older and more mature throughout your school career is a pretty big advantage. You’ll very likely do better academically, as well as be bigger and more physically developed for sports.

        • Decidedly Orthogonal
          Decidedly Orthogonal
          September 27, 2021 at 3:08 pm | #

          Yes, people whose birthdays are closest to the start of the cut off for their sport of choice, are more likely to succeed at it. Or more correctly, those who have succeeded at a sport, are disproportiinately represented by having their birthdays be close to the start of the cut-off for their cohort.

          • thejeff
            thejeff
            September 27, 2021 at 3:10 pm | #

            But again, it’s not just sports.

            • Decidedly Orthogonal
              Decidedly Orthogonal
              September 27, 2021 at 8:03 pm | #

              oh absolutely. Sports just provide a convenient source of well supported data for the phenomenon.

  29. Lingo
    Lingo
    September 27, 2021 at 1:44 am | #

    That sure helps to explain why Sarah acts like she’s soooo much older than everyone else….

    • powerpowerpow
      powerpowerpow
      September 27, 2021 at 2:22 am | #

      So ever since I started reading Roomies, I’ve started to notice neat little background details like the posters in Danny & Joe’s wall. I’ve always known Willis paid attention to detail but goddamn this is commitment.

  30. A Red Balloon
    A Red Balloon
    September 27, 2021 at 2:08 am | #

    I didn’t know they made gummies specifically for men.

    • SuperZero
      SuperZero
      September 27, 2021 at 2:19 am | #

      They do. Also for women.

      They’re basically the same, for reasons you’d expect.

      • Cholma
        Cholma
        September 27, 2021 at 2:20 am | #

        So they can charge twice as much for the women’s version? (seems to be the reason behind soap/shampoo/shaving cream/etc)

        • Jason
          Jason
          September 27, 2021 at 9:43 am | #

          In this case more likely to sell men’s for more and market them as being super useful for working out. Which is why I’m not remotely surprised at Joe having them.

          Only seen vitamins as gummies for kids here though, but it’s not like I go looking.

      • egg egg
        egg egg
        September 27, 2021 at 10:02 am | #

        They taste like crap, unfortunately.

    • powerpowerpow
      powerpowerpow
      September 27, 2021 at 2:25 am | #

      Yeah, they make gummies so potent with masculinity that women can’t consume them. If a woman puts one in her mouth her titties fall off and a ballsack drops out of her vagina. This is the true origin of the phrase “your balls have dropped.”

    • brute
      brute
      September 27, 2021 at 3:05 am | #

      they’re a little different to make up for… uh… differences in lost bodily fluids, mostly. i think women’s might have more calcium or vitamin d or something too.
      there’s also children’s, senior’s, and prenatal. i don’t know what’s different about them. the beauty multis are basically a crapton of biotin and some other stuff you don’t need an entire vitamin for if you’re eating food.

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        September 27, 2021 at 8:19 am | #

        “If you’re eating food” being the key words. It seems like the demographic ‘beauty supplements’ are marketed to may be more prone to eating disorders than the populace in general. :/

        • Regalli
          Regalli
          September 27, 2021 at 11:37 am | #

          Could also be absorption issues, depending, but I’d expect that more from things like iron than ‘beauty supplements’, yeah.

          That and supplements are a weird and not particularly well-regulated field in a lot of cases. Wouldn’t be shocked if a lot of them aren’t actually in need of whatever nutrient, but you can sell it as TOTALLY necessary and helpful and you don’t actually have to see a doctor to confirm things are low to buy the supplements.

      • Segnosaur
        Segnosaur
        September 27, 2021 at 9:36 am | #

        Women’s multivitamins have more iron in them than men’s.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      September 27, 2021 at 8:21 am | #

      I remember a few years ago, one brand was marketed to late Gen-Xers and early Millennials as “gummies for grown-ups”. Because I guess swallowing a pill the size of a pea is difficult?

      What’s next, adult-size Flintstones chewables?

      • Decidedly Orthogonal
        Decidedly Orthogonal
        September 27, 2021 at 2:50 pm | #

        Well… they aren’t _not_ for adults.

  31. Rabisch
    Rabisch
    September 27, 2021 at 2:26 am | #

    Could this arc be the start of a better relationship between Joe and Sarah? I know it’s difficult. But maybe being the responsible people in this situation might bring them closer.

    • Sombrero
      Sombrero
      September 27, 2021 at 3:03 am | #

      Joe’s strategy with Sarah is kind of … lateral. But it seems to be working. What we do not know is what Joe wants his relationship with Sarah to be.

  32. Bagge
    Bagge
    September 27, 2021 at 2:44 am | #

    MANLY VITAMINS FOR MEN!

    VITAMEN!

    • RacingTurtle
      RacingTurtle
      September 27, 2021 at 4:00 am | #

      vitameatavegeMEN

  33. Lars
    Lars
    September 27, 2021 at 2:50 am | #

    Why is Batman not taged?

    • Slartibeast Button, BIA
      Slartibeast Button, BIA
      September 27, 2021 at 11:10 am | #

      No one sees him come. No one sees him go. He is The Night.

  34. Beef
    Beef
    September 27, 2021 at 3:13 am | #

    Ohhh ok so they’re both faking it

  35. Marrow
    Marrow
    September 27, 2021 at 7:01 am | #

    Hi guys and gals, a bit off topic but I have a question: is there a way to search for all the comments I have made here in the comments sections? I’m pretty sure I have made other comments before, but searching day by day is… you know… slow lol

    • ValdVin
      ValdVin
      September 27, 2021 at 7:33 am | #

      There’s always the Google with whatever term:

      Marrow site:www.dumbingofage.com

      should make things a bit easier.

      • Decidedly Orthogonal
        Decidedly Orthogonal
        September 27, 2021 at 2:54 pm | #

        Linked Marrow’s comment pages on DoA.

        • StClair
          StClair
          September 27, 2021 at 9:05 pm | #

          that… does not look like a properly formatted link.

      • Marrow
        Marrow
        September 29, 2021 at 10:04 am | #

        Smart, thank you ValdVin!

        • Marrow
          Marrow
          September 29, 2021 at 10:05 am | #

          LOL I was able to find this old comment of mine with another nickname https://www.dumbingofage.com/2015/comic/book-5/02-threes-a-crowd/dangerous/#comment-547490

  36. Keulen
    Keulen
    September 27, 2021 at 7:16 am | #

    DoA Book 12: You Can Unsheathe Your Ugliness

  37. Daibhid C
    Daibhid C
    September 27, 2021 at 7:25 am | #

    I just wanted to say that, while I think Joyce’s plan here is terrible for multiple reasons, kudos to Joe for Getting It, and finding a way to keep it going if that’s what Joyce wants. I feel like This Time Last Year Joe would have exposed the deception, either because he hadn’t bothered figuring out what was going on or had and wanted to upset her.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      September 27, 2021 at 8:14 am | #

      I think at this point Joe’s more likely to corner Joyce with a “what the hell are you doing, this isn’t you” interrogation than to just outright spoil it himself.

      • Decidedly Orthogonal
        Decidedly Orthogonal
        September 27, 2021 at 2:56 pm | #

        The suspense is terrible. … I hope it lasts.
        -Wilder/Wonka

  38. Needfuldoer
    Needfuldoer
    September 27, 2021 at 8:23 am | #

    That’s… not something people usually think about, Joe.

    And if they do think about it, they keep it between their ears.

    • Azhrei Vep
      Azhrei Vep
      September 27, 2021 at 8:42 am | #

      Really? When I run across siblings that seem really close in age, I wonder how their poor mother managed to handle it. In particular, I always boggled at my poor grandmother managing to crank out five kids in six years.

      I mean, jeeze … give yourself a chance to recover, for fuck’s sake.

      • SillyGoose
        SillyGoose
        September 27, 2021 at 3:52 pm | #

        Well maybe their choices were made, indeed, for fuck’s sake.

  39. BenRG
    BenRG
    September 27, 2021 at 8:47 am | #

    JOE: “I keep these for Joyce when she has her occasional urges to ‘try the hard stuff’.”

    SARAH: “Does she know that you’re just giving her vitamins?”

    JOE: “I… honestly don’t know.”

    • C.T. Phipps
      C.T. Phipps
      September 27, 2021 at 4:34 pm | #

      +1 Internet

  40. Nick Wright
    Nick Wright
    September 27, 2021 at 9:48 am | #

    It’s all “these edibles ain’t shit” until the lycopene hits

    • Schpoonman
      Schpoonman
      September 27, 2021 at 11:43 am | #

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDaXfU_58GI

  41. Deanatay
    Deanatay
    September 27, 2021 at 11:17 am | #

    Sarah: Dude, did you just DOSE my little sister?

    Joe: She ASKED me for it! And, there’s like, no drugs in it!

    Sarah: Placebo effect, dude!

  42. Smooti
    Smooti
    September 27, 2021 at 11:46 am | #

    …okay, think the reveal here is gonna be that Liz is *also* not nearly as cool as Joyce is thinking she is. I was thinking Liz was just letting Joyce talk out of politeness, but I think being handed a men’s multivitamin and not immediately realizing it’s not an edible is… a sign that she’s maybe not as wild as Joyce thinks she is.

    I think they’re both faking to try and impress each other!

  43. darkoneko
    darkoneko
    September 27, 2021 at 2:05 pm | #

    ah, right, an “edible” is a slang for drug in english. Weirdo language.

    • Sam
      Sam
      September 27, 2021 at 2:42 pm | #

      It is slang for food with marijuana in it specifically as that is an edible form of it instead of having to smoke it. Most stereotypically it is baked into brownies, but people do makes gummies with it too.

    • Decidedly Orthogonal
      Decidedly Orthogonal
      September 27, 2021 at 3:00 pm | #

      Well to be fair, it is Angle-ish.

      • plasticwrap
        plasticwrap
        September 28, 2021 at 12:45 am | #

        Actually, the edibles sold in SW Michigan dispensaries is fairly potent edibles, last for like 5-9 hours. They are gummies, mine were just squares. It is conceivable that weed edible gummies could be floating around the dorms, it’s only a few hours’ drive to MI dispensaries.

  44. Spencer
    Spencer
    September 27, 2021 at 2:51 pm | #

    Had a thought about the recent Sal/Danny strips: there’s a real interesting parallel between Sal and Jennifer right now.

    Sal went to go see Asher and he and his entourage were talking about how they were all settling down and growing up like real adults even though they’re like 20 tops. This is a really common narrative, where you have your wild crazy parties and once you’re over them you’re a real adult, but it’s transparently obvious that they’re all immature kids playing pretend to make themselves feel big. That doesn’t mean they’re villains or particularly bad people, but it’s pretty obviously insincere and misguided.

    Sal, meanwhile, is someone who’s come to realize she values that comfort and structure Asher and co. were talking about, except it’s not about telling herself it’s “adult”, it’s that her life has been chaotic and deprived of affection for so long that she can earnestly seek someone out who gives her that comfort and structure.

    TLDR: Sal wins again, Billie.

    • Decidedly Orthogonal
      Decidedly Orthogonal
      September 27, 2021 at 3:04 pm | #

      Beautifully put Spencer. I would summarize it as Ms. Billingsworth is fronting while Sal is doing, but they are both striving for that thing which superficially looks the same.

  45. plasticwrap
    plasticwrap
    September 28, 2021 at 1:50 am | #

    It is conceivable that a college student in Indiana might have marijuana edibles from a dispensary in SW Michigan that can get you hiiiiiigh if you eat a bunch. Just one on an inexperienced user could get you fairly high, experienced maybe lightly buzzed. I don’t know about Placebo effect. But this is what is meant here.

  46. Rainhat
    Rainhat
    September 28, 2021 at 6:41 pm | #

    Is anyone else weirded out by the art? Sarah’s better rendered than usual,but Joe isn’t?

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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 8h
GET UP, PETER. KILL AND EAT
Picture Bible
Action Bible
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 17h
today in #9chickweedlane i learned that alistair and lolly superdrowned
damnyouwillis.bsky.social's user avatarDavid M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
today in #9chickweedlane i learned alistair and lolly drowned
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 17h
wonder what that's code for
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 18h
Dumbing of Age: "Goon" www.dumbingofage.com/2025/comic/b... #webcomics #webcomic
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Goon
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The REAL Ari-Dynamic @thereal-aridynamic.bsky.social ⋅ 20h
man hard to believe it's been 10 years since those crazy kids were flying around the courthouse mall like that, I tells ya
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pseudonym jones @pseudonymjones.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
“last fall I had this idea for a zine about Dilbert quitting his job and trying to learn to be happy and coming to terms with the fact that he’s trans actually” (posted 4/18/2022)
A sketch of Dilbert sitting at his desk, looking worn out. “There used to be a light inside of me,” he thinks, “when did I let this place snuff it out?”
Dilbert, now with slightly longer hair, eyeliner, and earrings, is putting on a scarf. After wrapping it around her neck, it springs up like her tie did in the comics. She smiles, her mouth visible for the first time.
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
how can it be the most popular if it's the only one that's not sold out???????????
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
today in #9chickweedlane i learned alistair and lolly drowned
damnyouwillis.bsky.social's user avatarDavid M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
Yesterday and today and probably also tomorrow and the next day in #9ChickweedLane I learned you can fill a whole week of strips with drawing the same two submerged heads kissing
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
Dumbing of Age: "Riot police" www.dumbingofage.com/2025/comic/b... #webcomics #webcomic
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Riot police
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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
very into these inconvenient, extremely long and pointy shoes that spread across europe in the 14th century and made everyone so horny and effeminate that the church went full on moral panic mode and a bunch of kings made them illegal!!! also everyone got bunions
They were a controversial fashion and faced criticism from several quarters. In 1368, Charles V of France issued an edict banning their construction and use in Paris. An English poem from 1388 complained that men were unable to kneel in prayer because their toes were too long.[37] The c. 1440 morality play Castle of Perseverance includes the footwear in the
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
WON'T ANYONE LET SUNSTREAKER JERK OFF IN PEACE
storybook illustration of sunstreaker sitting down in the extreme foreground holding a rag and a bottle of wax while devastator in the extreme background approaches ominously
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jon rosenberg @jonrosenberg.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
Stop calling them 'tweets' already. You're embarrassing yourself. They're called "bluejaculations" here
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
Weathering the colors a little bit
damnyouwillis.bsky.social's user avatarDavid M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 3d
paint has struck again
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
(july 3, 2026)
Becky and Carla!  One is |:| and the other is 8D
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
Sometimes I forget I have an original Sunstreaker! During Shortpacked! times I was gifted a giant pile of G1 from a fan, and this guy has trouble finding purchase in my memory. The tooling was lost/destroyed decades ago, so he's never been reissued.
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
we have a proper dental office with scooby doo mystery inc on the monitors
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
Do the other yellow pages have a gorilla
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Amir Talai @amirtalai.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
zohran come to Los Angeles!!!!!!!!!
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David Mariotte @davidmariotte.bsky.social ⋅ 4d
As I'm working through unemployment stuff, now's a great time to remind folks that I'm very employable! I am seeking full-time comics editorial work (or in a related field), and in the meantime, I am also freelance writing and editing! Hit me up: dmariottewebhost@gmail.com or www.davidmariotte.com
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David Mariotte's Portfolio
The official home of writer and editor David Mariotte online!
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
Yesterday and today and probably also tomorrow and the next day in #9ChickweedLane I learned you can fill a whole week of strips with drawing the same two submerged heads kissing
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
really want to rescore this episode with Sound Mound's "It's Never Too Late (For Now)"
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
www.ebay.com/itm/23617834... winner never paid and didn't answer any messages, and it's been ten days, so hey, guess what we're relisting
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
look that was a different Dave Willis, I'm innocent
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 3d
drew this panel 9 months ago, so if you conceived that night, your baby aughta be born now
damnyouwillis.bsky.social's user avatarDavid M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 9m
(july 2, 2025)
dorothy and joyce are outside
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 3d
Dumbing of Age: "Facetious" www.dumbingofage.com/2025/comic/b... #webcomics #webcomic
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Facetious
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Kendra, regular version @kendrawcandraw.bsky.social ⋅ 3d
We are at 1,205 backers and nearly $35k with 9 days to go!! If we can hit 40k I’ll post more nude RHS characters on here
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Anywayyyyyy, it is actually the last day of pride month and there's 10 days left to back my very gay, very trans medieval fantasy adventure comedy REAL HERO SHIT: HARDER THAN IT LOOKS! Support a queer here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/iro...
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Real Hero Shit Book 2: Harder than It Looks by Kendra Wells
Grab the second volume of the queer fantasy adventures of a disparate band of mismatched adventurers: Real Hero Shit!
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 3d
paint has struck again
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