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Cyanide & Happiness
Explosm
Satire, dark humor and surreal humor.
No End
Erli, Kromi
A queer romance about people attempting to build lives in a cold, post-apocalyptic world ravaged by hordes of undead.
Dumbing of Age
David M Willis
Joyce has been homeschooled her entire life until now, when she's suddenly a freshman in college! Things don't go well.
Hemlock
Josceline Fenton
A witch accidentally marries a monster, and now she and her familiar has to navigate life around her monstrous husband and her even more terrifying in-laws.
Shaderunners
Alex Assan, Lin Darrow
A ragtag band of bootleggers open a speakeasy for bottled colour in the greyscale city of Ironwell.
Paint the Town Red
Windy, Winter Jay Kiakas
Winona runs a werewolf shelter with partner in crime, Odile in the Gothic city of Merlot. One day they take in an injured vampire, and soon unravels many of the dark secrets of Merlot.
All Known Alternatives
Karolina 'Kajotko' Jankiewicz
Akane has only one way to get back home: collect the 42 keys to parallel worlds. Eri and Ben are just trying to get through the summer before university. When a magical key turns up in an old spare set, all three are forced to change their plans and fast.
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Wow this is amazing great work. By the way, the horrified look of agony on the turtle’s face when you eat him is just … well let’s say this nightmare might be self-replicating.
Huh. Was half-expecting it to still not work due to some obscure phone-model issue, like everything else I try with this thing. But no, it totally works. Fast fix!
My personal best was 207, and I would have gotten higher, but the game stopped giving me non-touching food. Not sure what I was supposed to do at that point. Ah well – beautiful (and often disgusting) game – amazing work! Loved it! The art in particular was fantastic!
Sunday is for sunning.
Monday is for mooning.
Tuesday is for tooting.
Wednesday is for wedding.
Thursday is for thumping.
Friday is for frying.
And Saturday is for sating.
Is Joyce depressed? Usually, when Sarah is happy its because another character (particularly Joyce) is very much not and the universe requires homeostasis.
She lost her faith months ago and we know she skipped church bat least the once back then, but I’d think she’d have had to have this confrontation with Becky back then if she hadn’t been going at all. Especially when she was staying with Becky over the break.
Yeah this makes this strip confusing. It’s been established in a previous arc that when Joyce is depressed, the balance of the universe shifts and Sarah becomes the uppitiest person on Earth. However, Joyce appears to be less depressed and more learning how to chill out. So is that a smile of universal imbalance or a smile of “my roommate is learning how to be like me?”
I think it’s because maintaining balance is less a fundamental aspect of the universe, and more a quirk of Sarah’s subconscious. Couldn’t that make the law vulnerable to misinterpretation on her part? Perhaps believing that Joyce is unhappy makes Sarah happy even if it happens that Joyce isn’t truly unhappy.
I’d say she is to a degree, that’s the point. She’s not feeling happy so she’s going to go back to sleep. The conversation with Walky and taking off her pants didn’t exactly fix things. It’s not the best coping mechanism but she doesn’t seem to be TOO heavy into depression.
Not quite that long but I have definitely had periods where I was sleeping like sixteen hours in a single day and it is not refreshing. Granted, if so I’m probably acutely ill, but you wake up and then two hours later you’re sleepy again and everything aches… not recommended.
Agreed. Due to my medical condition, sometimes I end up sleeping off and on for a week. My record is 35 hours straight. The weirdest side effect to me is that it can actually GIVE you a headache/migraine even if you don’t have sleep apnea due to the pressure on your head pressing into the mattress/pillow.
Btw, I think the best tip I can give is keep refillable water bottle and a cup by the bed (cut back on how often I got dehydrated because I could chug water before I was back out and it was also a reminder). Also, having something to put between your knees and arms while sleeping on your side can help you avoid sore shoulders, hips, and knees.
Sleeping for longer than I intended (and I’ve never even slept for a whole day) makes me feel disoriented. And hungry/thirsty since you can’t really eat or drink water while sleeping.
A tumblr post once said that sleep is sort of like emptying your brain of junk but you can’t get more empty than empty itself. So you can’t exactly pay a sleep debt forward. It’s not like sleeping for two days straight means you can go a week without sleep afterwards for instance.
Though given what I’m now hearing maybe it can get to a point where the bucket is scraping at the sides of your brain if you do sleep too long.
First of all, I’m impressed that the strip titled “Legs” is completely devoid of them.
Second of all, there sure are a lot of comic-inspired creative projects comin’ out lately. Might be time to dust off an old project, if I can manage the ADHD brain long enough.
Yeah it took really long in my case ’cause shit kept getting in the way, so it was more of an on-off kind of thing. If done with any kind of real commitment and I actually knew what I was doing with the graphical direction (which took up the OVERWHELMING majority of the time), it would have probably taken less than three months.
If I were attempting to take this strip seriously I might have thoughts about Sarah being happy only when Joyce is sad and that maybe not being a good thing for the dynamic.
But I’m gonna take it serious in a magical way and say that there must always be someone carrying the pure happiness energy of Joyce for if it isn’t held by anyone then the marycrons will steal it for there evil plans
Can Joyce and the rest of the battledumbs defend the pure happiness energy? Find out after these messages!
I had a whole joke with a link to power rangers but couldn’t post for some reason. Just imagine a next time on power rangers video about a trumpet monster
I don’t know about that. I didn’t roll out of bed until almost 1;00 pm CST today.
Of course, I stayed up until almost 6:00 am CST watching crap on TV, so that might have been a factor….
I feel like whether or not Sarah MEANS to be happy about this turn of events, it’s not…great… for Joyce to see Sarah getting so gleeful about a situation where Joyce’s likely about the loss of her regular schedule and community of church. She’s already feeling isolated and turned-away from friends she’d connected to through her religion, so this feels… like it’d be upsetting. Maybe I’m projecting because I’D be upset if I were Joyce. Maybe I’m just upset. I dunno.
Especially since Joyce could take it less as Sarah being happy that she won’t have to be woken up early on Sundays / Joyce is giving in to her strict schedule, and more as ‘ah, I guess Sarah doesn’t really want me around talking to her if she’s happy I’ll just be, sleeping”.
You might argue that seems like a silly, too-sensitive interpretation of this, but 1. Joyce’s head-space doesn’t seem the greatest, and 2. Shut your fuck up
Usually I’m all into Sleeping Through the Weekend, but her expression and Sarah’s reactions all indicates that Joyce is doing it cause she’s in a bad funk. I wonder if it’s because she’s still upset about the whole thing with Becky, or because she both misses her old church experience while at the same time also processing just how much it hurt her emotionally. Or both. Or maybe she’s just missing her pants.
Depends on how closely Willis wants to have Joyce’s character arc follow his own experiences at IU, i.e. crash and burn in traumatic anxiety and depression. (And he still kept publishing Roomies while laying the groundwork for transitioning to Its Walky.)
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I wonder if she’ll have another Christian Nightmare.
Speaking of which…
I made a game about it!
Joyce is in the game!!!
Joyce kills and eats herself out in her nightmare!!!
You can play the game on Newgrounds—
https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/830313
Enjoy!!!
My review.
Wow this is amazing great work. By the way, the horrified look of agony on the turtle’s face when you eat him is just … well let’s say this nightmare might be self-replicating.
I think you may have linked the wrong strip, unless Walky Becoming Hot is a Christian Nightmare.
I mean, it might be.
Never was religious.
Looks like it’s based on the Patreon bonus strip from the link in that day’s regular strip.
*laughs hysterically due to having a dirty mind*
I really enjoy the animations and soundscape. it’s nice and simple, with a little bit of that old-school educational CD-ROM flair.
Did I mention the game even works on mobile devices!
This ain’t your granny’s flash game!
Oh and by the way if you haven’t already made a Newgrounds account, please do so and vote my game in so it doesn’t get blammed!
Thanks in advance for playing!
Imma treat myself to a little Toonami!
“This submission is not compatible with your device”
Every single time, I swear.
OK, NOW it works!
Huh. Was half-expecting it to still not work due to some obscure phone-model issue, like everything else I try with this thing. But no, it totally works. Fast fix!
Just a heads up, Blackberries and Palm phones don’t work any more, and neither do most of those old Nokias.
Then how am I gonna microwave my instant ramen?
My personal best was 207, and I would have gotten higher, but the game stopped giving me non-touching food. Not sure what I was supposed to do at that point. Ah well – beautiful (and often disgusting) game – amazing work! Loved it! The art in particular was fantastic!
Thanks!!! Also —
Be quick or be dead!!!
NICE!
I never comment here but I am just to say I played for 5 minutes and it was a good time.
awww that is very cool Wellerman!!! you truly brought us sugar and tea and rum with this one <3
(i didn't get your email in time before bed last night, i signed off right after leaving my last comment, but anyway i would've had no notes =)
Fantastic game, Wellerman! I loved it!
How did you make, if I may ask you?
A tip for people playing it mobile: the tap on screen may be a little more longer if fast tap are not working.
this game is amazing. it is adorable and the facial expressions are superb.
This is exactly what they give you for ADHD testing. (So i suck at it)
Excellent decision Joyce, sundays are for sleeping in and hiding from the world. Now if only we knew where your pants are.
No, Sundays are for creating.
Saturdays are for sleeping in.
Sunday is for sunning.
Monday is for mooning.
Tuesday is for tooting.
Wednesday is for wedding.
Thursday is for thumping.
Friday is for frying.
And Saturday is for sating.
Sunday is the day that Darths and Droids updates. That’s what Sunday means to me.
Man I haven’t read that in years. Will need to binge at some point.
Also OGLAF.
Walky found them, tried them on, and now tells everybody that he got into Joyce’s pants.
Panels 3-4 are extremely relatable and I wish they weren’t.
Right? I have a fucked up relationship with sleep.
My head is between my legs
Yeah, how else are we supposed to kiss our asses goodbye?
Goodbye goodbye…
Is Joyce depressed? Usually, when Sarah is happy its because another character (particularly Joyce) is very much not and the universe requires homeostasis.
I think Sarah wants to give Joyce a hug for sleeping in on a Sunday.
Yeah that smile reads to me like Sarah realizing she won’t be woken up early on Sunday anymore
Joyce hasn’t been going to church for months, as far as I remember.
But did Sarah recognize it as a permanent change or a temporary reprieve until now?
Actually scratch that I forgot Sarah was one of the people who knew Joyce was Atheist before the argument
Has that been established?
She lost her faith months ago and we know she skipped church bat least the once back then, but I’d think she’d have had to have this confrontation with Becky back then if she hadn’t been going at all. Especially when she was staying with Becky over the break.
That’s what I was thibking
Yeah this makes this strip confusing. It’s been established in a previous arc that when Joyce is depressed, the balance of the universe shifts and Sarah becomes the uppitiest person on Earth. However, Joyce appears to be less depressed and more learning how to chill out. So is that a smile of universal imbalance or a smile of “my roommate is learning how to be like me?”
I think it’s because maintaining balance is less a fundamental aspect of the universe, and more a quirk of Sarah’s subconscious. Couldn’t that make the law vulnerable to misinterpretation on her part? Perhaps believing that Joyce is unhappy makes Sarah happy even if it happens that Joyce isn’t truly unhappy.
I’d say she is to a degree, that’s the point. She’s not feeling happy so she’s going to go back to sleep. The conversation with Walky and taking off her pants didn’t exactly fix things. It’s not the best coping mechanism but she doesn’t seem to be TOO heavy into depression.
Also, I don’t know if anyone else has experience for sleeping for literal days but it isn’t as awesome or as refreshing as people make jt out to be.
Last time I slept for days, I tried getting out of bed when I woke up and immediately fell down. Not fun.
Not quite that long but I have definitely had periods where I was sleeping like sixteen hours in a single day and it is not refreshing. Granted, if so I’m probably acutely ill, but you wake up and then two hours later you’re sleepy again and everything aches… not recommended.
Atrophy, hunger and dehydration work fast.
Agreed. Due to my medical condition, sometimes I end up sleeping off and on for a week. My record is 35 hours straight. The weirdest side effect to me is that it can actually GIVE you a headache/migraine even if you don’t have sleep apnea due to the pressure on your head pressing into the mattress/pillow.
Btw, I think the best tip I can give is keep refillable water bottle and a cup by the bed (cut back on how often I got dehydrated because I could chug water before I was back out and it was also a reminder). Also, having something to put between your knees and arms while sleeping on your side can help you avoid sore shoulders, hips, and knees.
I definitely struggle with sleep in general, nailing the right amount is so hard
Sleeping for longer than I intended (and I’ve never even slept for a whole day) makes me feel disoriented. And hungry/thirsty since you can’t really eat or drink water while sleeping.
A tumblr post once said that sleep is sort of like emptying your brain of junk but you can’t get more empty than empty itself. So you can’t exactly pay a sleep debt forward. It’s not like sleeping for two days straight means you can go a week without sleep afterwards for instance.
Though given what I’m now hearing maybe it can get to a point where the bucket is scraping at the sides of your brain if you do sleep too long.
Is there anything better than a smile you can hear, though.
A smile you can hear is generally referred to as a rictus. It is not a happy thing.
Audible joy
Look, Sarah, if you don’t use your muscles they get creaky.
Get used to that now. Age is around the corner. XD
This, this is just cute.
it’s adorable
Gotta catch up on all the sleeping in on Sundays you missed growing up I guess
Hello there! Milu and I had created a montage video of the I’ll Leave you a Phantom chapter last page.
After the January 17th mega-strip, Milo took an idea from Guigui and sent for us mixed audio and cut images from the strip in this comment. My work was just mixing ng all parts into a video.
<a href="https://youtu.be/5exm9AK8i-o"So, the finalized work is here.
Hope you enjoy the vídeo
The link is here.
I blame staying awake 2am and typing html in a cellphone for the typo.
I dig the filter on the audio at the start. Makes it feel like the end of a TV show.
sound mixing was really good, and the ukulele cover got very well with the Mullins song.
Fricking nostalgic AWESOME! 🤩
AWESOME!!!
oooh yeaaaah nice job Amos!!! the effects on the Mike falling panel are especially cool. thank youuuu =)
awwww yeah it’s really lovely. i love it. thank you for doing this <3
also, the video description has all the info and all the links in a very satisfying way lol =D
It’s okay, that smile’s gonna vanish the instant Liz makes her inevitable return.
5, 4, 3…
Enjoying the view?
Willis has been infected.
From now on, every strip will have at least two panels focusing on Joyce’s bare, lovingly shaded legs.
Fuckin’ finally, some quality entertainment.
Oh god don’t even joke about that. I follow Willis on twitter and every time I see a 9 Chickweed Lane strip I’m viscerally repulsed
Not the worst influence you-know-which-strip could’ve had.
Oh jeez no, we don’t need Willis to become like the author of 9CL.
Stare into the abyss long enough…
Everyone has been predicting Joyce/Dorothy lesbian action, but this is the clue to the swerve that it’s actually going to be Joyce/Sarah.
Should Sarah really be pleased about Joyce having low-grade depression stemming from an in-progress existential crisis?
Does Sarah recognize it as depression or does she think it is just Joyce being a bit cranky.
She is basically Squidward, so you can only expect it.
To comment on a different comic strip (Mary Worth), I was bummed about Wilbur not dying, but today’s strip did make me laugh.
heheh yeah it was funny.
he might still fall from the coconut tree to his death??? *crosses fingers*
Literally the sound I think Joyce heard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8tG4VFtjMw
At some point, I feel like the immodesty will get to her…
And then she will remember she didn’t pick up her pants and take them with her ^^;;;
Don’t worry, Becky will probably find them (and somehow immediately know who they belong to).
Somebody’s getting some free pants soon.
She is, partially, autobiographical, so this could be the start of her career as an internet pornlady.
First of all, I’m impressed that the strip titled “Legs” is completely devoid of them.
Second of all, there sure are a lot of comic-inspired creative projects comin’ out lately. Might be time to dust off an old project, if I can manage the ADHD brain long enough.
Don’t sweat it.
Would you believe me if I told you it took me 9 months to make Joyce’s Nightmare?
The one I had in mind started in like the spring of 2019 and is severely NSFW. The other one got as far as a hallway map and a few portraits.
RPG Maker I presume?
Yeah it took really long in my case ’cause shit kept getting in the way, so it was more of an on-off kind of thing. If done with any kind of real commitment and I actually knew what I was doing with the graphical direction (which took up the OVERWHELMING majority of the time), it would have probably taken less than three months.
If I were attempting to take this strip seriously I might have thoughts about Sarah being happy only when Joyce is sad and that maybe not being a good thing for the dynamic.
But I’m gonna take it serious in a magical way and say that there must always be someone carrying the pure happiness energy of Joyce for if it isn’t held by anyone then the marycrons will steal it for there evil plans
Can Joyce and the rest of the battledumbs defend the pure happiness energy? Find out after these messages!
*cue ad selling the battledumb play sets*
Find out on the next Dragonball Z! *guitar riff*
I had a whole joke with a link to power rangers but couldn’t post for some reason. Just imagine a next time on power rangers video about a trumpet monster
DBZ?!?! Sorry I just couldn’t help myself!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ij_rYpao9oM
Sarah, dear, don’t get too cocky. I’ve seen the chapter title
Watch that smile disappear when Liz stops in as she waits for her ride to show up. That bit hasn’t been fully mined for comedy gold yet.
Or drama gold either.
Some say Yay, And some say Nay,
But I take this to be my prize,
With my eyes I saw, so I am here to say:
Sarah’s smile Grew three times that day.
Joyce have chosen a nap
I’m sure the alt-text is a reference to something, but it’s escaping me atm. Can anyone elaborate?
I think it’s the Tin Man from the Wizard of Oz. And I just got that reference LOL
Exactly.
Would be funny if Joyce woke up with Sarah hovering over her going “Welcome to the Dark Side”
Yes, please.
Sarah: “Where are the cookies?”
Sarah has see character development and she likes that!
Sleep in on Sunday when you are young. When you get old, your eyes snap open at six and, like, dammit
I don’t know about that. I didn’t roll out of bed until almost 1;00 pm CST today.
Of course, I stayed up until almost 6:00 am CST watching crap on TV, so that might have been a factor….
I feel like whether or not Sarah MEANS to be happy about this turn of events, it’s not…great… for Joyce to see Sarah getting so gleeful about a situation where Joyce’s likely about the loss of her regular schedule and community of church. She’s already feeling isolated and turned-away from friends she’d connected to through her religion, so this feels… like it’d be upsetting. Maybe I’m projecting because I’D be upset if I were Joyce. Maybe I’m just upset. I dunno.
Especially since Joyce could take it less as Sarah being happy that she won’t have to be woken up early on Sundays / Joyce is giving in to her strict schedule, and more as ‘ah, I guess Sarah doesn’t really want me around talking to her if she’s happy I’ll just be, sleeping”.
You might argue that seems like a silly, too-sensitive interpretation of this, but 1. Joyce’s head-space doesn’t seem the greatest, and 2. Shut your fuck up
Usually I’m all into Sleeping Through the Weekend, but her expression and Sarah’s reactions all indicates that Joyce is doing it cause she’s in a bad funk. I wonder if it’s because she’s still upset about the whole thing with Becky, or because she both misses her old church experience while at the same time also processing just how much it hurt her emotionally. Or both. Or maybe she’s just missing her pants.
Frankly, this page as me less laughing and more very worried about Joyce
Depends on how closely Willis wants to have Joyce’s character arc follow his own experiences at IU, i.e. crash and burn in traumatic anxiety and depression. (And he still kept publishing Roomies while laying the groundwork for transitioning to Its Walky.)
That would be a downer of an ending to DoA…