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by David M Willis on October 8, 2023 at 12:01 am
  • 01 – Everybody's Looking for Nothing
└ Tags: joe, joyce, sarah

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  1. Amós Batista
    Amós Batista
    October 8, 2023 at 12:02 am | #

    phew…I thought they could take more 20 or 30 strips to kiss each other.

    • Decidedly Orthogonal
      Decidedly Orthogonal
      October 8, 2023 at 1:30 am | #

      Right-o. But now how many kisses will it take before they strip each other?

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      October 8, 2023 at 2:44 am | #

      I know what you mean but I initially thought you mean that they’d be making out for 20-30 consecutive strips.

    • Mravac Kid
      Mravac Kid
      October 8, 2023 at 9:49 am | #

      I mean, it’s not Webtoons or something.

    • JA
      JA
      October 8, 2023 at 11:47 pm | #

      A DBZ montage of like 27 strips of them slowly moving in would’ve been chef’s kiss.

  2. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    October 8, 2023 at 12:02 am | #

    *show of hands*

    …

    “THEY OVERLAP!”

  3. Nono
    Nono
    October 8, 2023 at 12:02 am | #

    No Joe that’s how you’ll get a hunchback, that posture

    • Angel
      Angel
      October 8, 2023 at 2:19 am | #

      well, we know he works out so hopefully it’d be fine in the long run lol unless joyce demands it this way every time XD

    • Proto
      Proto
      October 8, 2023 at 3:58 am | #

      Eh, he’s young, he’ll be fine… unless this is really awakening something in Joyce (or Joe for that matter) and they do it a lot.

    • MoreWLessG
      MoreWLessG
      October 9, 2023 at 10:19 am | #

      He’s just looking for some SANCTUAAAARYYYY~~~! …Sorry, I’ll show myself out.

    • Warcodered
      Warcodered
      October 14, 2023 at 2:14 pm | #

      I think he’s okay with that.

  4. Schpoonman
    Schpoonman
    October 8, 2023 at 12:03 am | #

    God… Dammit, Sarah.

    Man, just look at Joyce’s hand reach up for Joe’s wrist. God, this is so pure.

    • Angel
      Angel
      October 8, 2023 at 2:18 am | #

      well, it’s good she’s cooled down. tho at this point i think joyce has kissed more ppl than sarah has all throughout, even if yo udon’t count becky. not saying sarah ‘needs to get laid’ (well maybe not as crudely but i’m sure her own relationship even if it’s a quick fling might make things better for her own benefit)

  5. DailyBrad
    DailyBrad
    October 8, 2023 at 12:03 am | #

    She’s going to be a lawyer someday, so she’s gotta respect the adherence to guidelines.

  6. RassilonTDavros
    RassilonTDavros
    October 8, 2023 at 12:03 am | #

    …do heads not count as a body part?

    • ABunchOTrees
      ABunchOTrees
      October 8, 2023 at 12:14 am | #

      I think some heads are more a part of the body than others.

    • HueSatLight
      HueSatLight
      October 8, 2023 at 12:47 am | #

      must be that mind-body dualism

    • Tan
      Tan
      October 8, 2023 at 12:47 am | #

      In this context, ‘body’ refers to the main portion not including the head nor limbs. This is one of several valid definitions of the word.

    • Angel
      Angel
      October 8, 2023 at 2:19 am | #

      i think she just means they’re not straddling each other, since your heads would kinda have to ‘overlap’ to kiss

    • Quirdry Tawks
      Quirdry Tawks
      October 8, 2023 at 11:29 pm | #

      I think we’re overthinking it. ^_^

  7. Thag Simmons
    Thag Simmons
    October 8, 2023 at 12:03 am | #

    This comic is very good at cute romance stuff.

  8. DailyBrad
    DailyBrad
    October 8, 2023 at 12:04 am | #

    This is their first kiss, right? Am I missing one prior?

    • Schpoonman
      Schpoonman
      October 8, 2023 at 12:04 am | #

      I think it is.

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      October 8, 2023 at 12:06 am | #

      Unless you count a kiss on the cheek? I think there was a kiss on the cheek at some point?

    • HueSatLight
      HueSatLight
      October 8, 2023 at 12:25 am | #

      there was a peck to show interest. This is the first time they’re kissing each other, to show intimacy. It’s like https://www.dumbingofage.com/press/ and https://www.dumbingofage.com/introduced/

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        October 8, 2023 at 1:19 am | #

        God I miss Mike.

        • clif
          clif
          October 8, 2023 at 2:00 am | #

          Same.

  9. quark
    quark
    October 8, 2023 at 12:04 am | #

    joyce first watched spiderman while laying on her side

    • Rose by Any Other Name
      Rose by Any Other Name
      October 8, 2023 at 8:54 am | #

      This comic fills me with the urge to do the Game Grumps “Spider Kiss” meme all over this chat.
      I shall refrain, aside from this one comment, but truly… the desire burns within me.

    • davidbreslin101
      davidbreslin101
      October 8, 2023 at 4:00 pm | #

      Dear Diary,
      Now I am an atheist, I can do perverse sexual positions such as the Horizontal Spiderman.

  10. Carla's #2 Fan
    Carla's #2 Fan
    October 8, 2023 at 12:05 am | #

    So maybe she’ll let it go… *wishful thinking*

    I enjoy Sarah, but she’s been worse lately. I want her to go back to gimmicky-mean and not actually mean. (We all have moments we’re actually mean, you know what I’m trying to say)

    • Coatl
      Coatl
      October 8, 2023 at 12:43 am | #

      I don’t know, but the truth is I see the same Sarah as always, but with a little more intensity for a fairly obvious reason (Joe)

      • Archieve
        Archieve
        October 8, 2023 at 4:28 am | #

        I do think Sarah had ramped up her over proteciveness because at the start of the school year when Joyce had her first date with Joe even though Sarah didn’t like joes intentions she didn’t interfere. Now she’s acting like Joyce getting her heart broken is going to be the end of the world.

        • thejeff
          thejeff
          October 8, 2023 at 9:36 am | #

          Sarah is definitely more protective of her little sister than she was of the new roommate she’d just met.

    • Angel
      Angel
      October 8, 2023 at 2:20 am | #

      well i wouldn’t be surprised if she still had more passive aggressive jabs like “don’t come crying to me if he breaks your heart/you get pregnant” (well we know joyce is on birth control but still)

    • bleepbloop
      bleepbloop
      October 8, 2023 at 2:35 am | #

      She doesn’t really seem any meaner than usual. I know many don’t like Sarah, but I’ve found her recent hijinks and quick jabs rather fun lately. She’s not exactly meaner per se, but snarkier and wittier. I don’t think it will come to the point of her making a comment as nasty as the one Angel suggests. That would be cruel and she’s never come across as that to me. If we’re talking ranking main characters by meanness it’ll always be Jennifer at the top, who makes Sarah look like a sweetheart in comparison.

      • Lumino
        Lumino
        October 8, 2023 at 3:17 am | #

        Maybe not mean, but INSANELY insensitive lately. Between her arguments with Lucy and her repeated attempts to use other people as cudgels to get what she wants, especially when it’s none of her fucking business, she’s been a bit grating of late.

      • HueSatLight
        HueSatLight
        October 8, 2023 at 1:08 pm | #

        I agree, I think she’d probably not say that to Joyce. Something cruel and kind of deserved to Joe, perhaps.

        Sarah is blunt, abrasiveness, and cynical, and not actually wrong in a lot of the blunt, abrasive, and cynical things she says. Not wrong to the point of trying to be helpful sometimes. Like when she tells Lucy it’s not worth dating Walky if his parents are going to be colorist, and he (and Lucy) won’t stand up to them directly.
        The abrasiveness rubs a lot of the characters, and a lot of the readers, the wrong way. But some of the characters, like Dina, and some of the readers find her charming, in her own way. For the same traits that others dislike.

        • Schpoonman
          Schpoonman
          October 8, 2023 at 3:32 pm | #

          Dina finds her directness helpful. What Dina found charming was that Sarah didn’t need to be constantly talking, so it was okay to be in the same space and not talk. Something tells me Dina wouldn’t find what she’s been up to as charming. As for the screed she gave Lucy, Lucy and Walky are/were trying to make their relationship work. Sarah’s “advice” was to fuck Walky then dump him and get it over with.

          She really has taken on Mike’s role of being a horrible asshole whose entire existence hinges on being right 1% of the time and using that to justify the remainding 99% of abuse they throw out.

          • HueSatLight
            HueSatLight
            October 8, 2023 at 4:26 pm | #

            sure, argue with me that my opinion of a character is wrong if you want, when I *just* said that some people find charming what you find distasteful.

    • Quirdry Tawks
      Quirdry Tawks
      October 8, 2023 at 11:32 pm | #

      Sarah’s thinking all lawyery. You’ve got precedent, and no amount of time, experience and pain changes the precedent. *gavel bang*

  11. Alongcameaspider
    Alongcameaspider
    October 8, 2023 at 12:05 am | #

    So what are the odds that this diffused Sarah’s anger at the situation?

    • Segnosaur
      Segnosaur
      October 8, 2023 at 12:10 am | #

      It could also have been her conversation with Jacob, who told Sarah that Joe was actually into joyce.

    • Nono
      Nono
      October 8, 2023 at 12:14 am | #

      Sarah doesn’t so much get less angry that she gets apathetic and bitter about it.

      “Eh, make your mistakes, I’ll be here waiting when it all goes to pot.”

  12. NGPZ
    NGPZ
    October 8, 2023 at 12:05 am | #

    *plays “Dreams Come True” from Sailor Moon Soundtrack CD*

    😍😍😍🥹🥹🥹

    • Slartibeast Button, BIA
      Slartibeast Button, BIA
      October 8, 2023 at 12:39 am | #

      “It’s In His Kiss”
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZM5qIJdBtX0

  13. Kyrik Michalowski
    Kyrik Michalowski
    October 8, 2023 at 12:06 am | #

    Huh, I was expecting blind fury from Sarah. However her being that calm walking in on this makes me worry.

    Am I alone in that thought?

    • Coatl
      Coatl
      October 8, 2023 at 12:40 am | #

      Maybe she’s trying to try something different, you know, an anger hidden with serenity and thus attack in a surprising way.

    • HueSatLight
      HueSatLight
      October 8, 2023 at 12:41 am | #

      Feels more like a detente, following the encounter with Jacob, and Joe not matching her expectations. Could change if she finds out about him and Liz, or if he screws up.

      • Coatl
        Coatl
        October 8, 2023 at 1:04 am | #

        That”s right…. Liz.
        I forgot about her, well, the drama continues here hehehe

    • Angel
      Angel
      October 8, 2023 at 2:21 am | #

      She prolly cooled off after being flustered with jacob

      • Vanessa
        Vanessa
        October 8, 2023 at 8:05 pm | #

        And this scene is so silly that Joe can’t be pulling some kind of suave seduction. It’s really so in character for Joyce and so cute.

    • butting
      butting
      October 8, 2023 at 11:15 pm | #

      Acceptance can be even more daunting than dissent.

      Which Bujold is it where it turns out that what’s worse than being criticised by Cordelia is being critiqued by her? (Mirror Dance, maybe? Mark on one of the comparatively-lesser consequences of his raid on Jackson’s Hole, I want to say?)

      Because I can absolutely see Sarah developing as a Willisverse Cordelia. Oh hells yes.

    • Amós Batista
      Amós Batista
      October 9, 2023 at 6:14 am | #

      Just put some faith on her, like people like to say to Joe

  14. TrueVCU
    TrueVCU
    October 8, 2023 at 12:07 am | #

    Evidence of consent so clear even Sarah is like “dammit I have to accept that”

    • Grayfinity
      Grayfinity
      October 8, 2023 at 1:02 am | #

      “It’s proof beyond a reasonable doubt alright.”

  15. RacingTurtle
    RacingTurtle
    October 8, 2023 at 12:08 am | #

    *squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee*

    Sarah you are one of my favorite characters but I need you to go away

    *eeeeeeeeeeeeeee*

  16. Suet
    Suet
    October 8, 2023 at 12:09 am | #

    While this should come with much fanfare, I REALLY wanted a facehugger method of kissing

    Got Joyce pinned to the floor tho –3–

  17. DEAD MEME
    DEAD MEME
    October 8, 2023 at 12:09 am | #

    bro they’re spider-man kissing 🥺

    • RacingTurtle
      RacingTurtle
      October 8, 2023 at 12:21 am | #

      it is so cute

    • Thomas
      Thomas
      October 8, 2023 at 4:08 pm | #

      Joyce’s first kiss in the Walkyverse was a rain scene. This time she’s actually upside down in relation to her lover. Not sure if the Spider-Man movie was earlier than It’s Walky!

  18. Reltzik
    Reltzik
    October 8, 2023 at 12:09 am | #

    Is this Joyce’s first consensual kiss?

    No, wait, the kiss with Jacob was sorta consensualish…

    • miz
      miz
      October 8, 2023 at 12:15 am | #

      she had a couple reciprocal kisses with ethan, actually

    • HueSatLight
      HueSatLight
      October 8, 2023 at 12:28 am | #

      It’s her first kiss where nobody got hurt by it.

      • Jason
        Jason
        October 8, 2023 at 1:38 am | #

        Sarah is RIGHT THERE. It could very easily happen…

        • HueSatLight
          HueSatLight
          October 8, 2023 at 1:18 pm | #

          I guess I should say directly hurt by it. https://www.dumbingofage.com/first/
          https://www.dumbingofage.com/hindsight/
          https://www.dumbingofage.com/wanted/

  19. BBCC
    BBCC
    October 8, 2023 at 12:11 am | #

    Aww, even Sarah admits it.

  20. Sirksome
    Sirksome
    October 8, 2023 at 12:13 am | #

    Was Joyce even allowed to watch Spider-Man?

  21. Jamie
    Jamie
    October 8, 2023 at 12:14 am | #

    She’s not wrong.

  22. Joe Moose
    Joe Moose
    October 8, 2023 at 12:21 am | #

    Part of me wants to squee at this going on.

    The other part wants Sarah to be coming in on the first panel and overhearing conversation.

  23. Raja
    Raja
    October 8, 2023 at 12:22 am | #

    KISSES 🥰

    that is all

  24. morhek
    morhek
    October 8, 2023 at 12:22 am | #

    “If I knew who Spiderman was I’d maybe make a joke about it.”

    • clif
      clif
      October 8, 2023 at 2:03 am | #

      I’m going to assume you’re joking and move on.

      • Proto
        Proto
        October 8, 2023 at 3:54 am | #

        I believe the joke is because Joyce was so sheltered from non-Christian media like Spider-Man, she would be the one saying that

        • morhek
          morhek
          October 8, 2023 at 11:48 pm | #

          That was the joke, but Spiderman feels like one of those superheroes that evangelical churches love to rip off for bible passage pamphlets. I didn’t grow up religious, but I vaguely remember something like that, or adjacent to it, in the 90s and early 00s stuffed in the letterboxes.

  25. jeffepp
    jeffepp
    October 8, 2023 at 12:27 am | #

    Don’t tell Sarah about Joyce grinding enough on Joe to need to go change.

    • Throwatron
      Throwatron
      October 8, 2023 at 1:56 am | #

      To be fair, it turns out that wasn’t actually very much grinding!

  26. HueSatLight
    HueSatLight
    October 8, 2023 at 12:30 am | #

    Joyce + Joe: 1
    Walky + Lucy: 0

    • Amós Batista
      Amós Batista
      October 8, 2023 at 4:54 am | #

      Yeah, shove it on the face…

  27. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    October 8, 2023 at 12:35 am | #

    Hot.

  28. Slartibeast Button, BIA
    Slartibeast Button, BIA
    October 8, 2023 at 12:37 am | #

    So the kiss version of a Christian Side-hug?

  29. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    October 8, 2023 at 12:37 am | #

    I’m gonna ruin this romance by saying an on-brand comment.

    Joyce is kinda stacked, huh?

    • HueSatLight
      HueSatLight
      October 8, 2023 at 12:51 am | #

      “I mean, well, okay, if we’re going to use descriptions I can’t affirm without involving human resources.”

      • Grayfinity
        Grayfinity
        October 8, 2023 at 1:01 am | #

        That’s not a denial

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          October 8, 2023 at 1:20 am | #

          I don’t think it’s meant to be. It’s a silent confirmation.

    • Taffy
      Taffy
      October 8, 2023 at 1:54 am | #

      I’ve been saying this for years. Rewind the tape far enough, I guarana tea I’ve said some shit about Joyce having an immaculate rackulate. The lass is comely.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        October 8, 2023 at 1:57 am | #

        To be fair I’m sure I have too. (and definitely drawn something to that effect) It’s just very noticeable in this particular comic.

      • Proto
        Proto
        October 8, 2023 at 3:51 am | #

        I’m sure Joe has said the same… well, minus the “lass” part.

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          October 8, 2023 at 3:58 am | #

          He says lass. he just drops the “L”

    • Amós Batista
      Amós Batista
      October 8, 2023 at 5:07 am | #

      Since the episode of laundry machine, I can’t stop thinking about it.

      • Amós Batista
        Amós Batista
        October 8, 2023 at 8:28 am | #

        … also, you have contributed heavily with this perception, thank your art.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      October 8, 2023 at 7:59 am | #

      That’s a fact.

    • Allison Branford
      Allison Branford
      October 8, 2023 at 8:59 am | #

      You might even say, “Shortstacked”? Nailed it.

  30. Slartibeast Button, BIA
    Slartibeast Button, BIA
    October 8, 2023 at 12:42 am | #

    Didn’t Amazi-Girl and Danny have some kind of dangling related making out? Don’t recall if inversion was involved.

    • thejeff
      thejeff
      October 8, 2023 at 9:49 am | #

      More than making out.

  31. Pocky
    Pocky
    October 8, 2023 at 12:57 am | #

    when you’re too wholesome; even Sarah can’t get mad

    • Angel
      Angel
      October 8, 2023 at 3:07 am | #

      well sarah does care about joyce but since getting worked up about it didn’t help i can imagine her going the apathetic route like “well, you dating someone will mean you won’t annoy me as much/stay out of my hair”

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      October 8, 2023 at 12:12 pm | #

      How could she GET mad when she was ALREADY mad?

  32. Chaucer59
    Chaucer59
    October 8, 2023 at 12:59 am | #

    “Joyce-est.” Classic.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      October 8, 2023 at 1:20 am | #

      Way better than Joy-cest.

      • Mr D
        Mr D
        October 8, 2023 at 3:55 am | #

        joy-cest sounds dirty lol.

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          October 8, 2023 at 3:58 am | #

          It’s what you call Nurse Joys making out.

          • Mym
            Mym
            October 8, 2023 at 10:35 am | #

            How -many- Nurse Joys

            • Yotomoe
              Yotomoe
              October 8, 2023 at 10:47 am | #

              Two or more.

  33. DashWallkick
    DashWallkick
    October 8, 2023 at 1:20 am | #

    The reason Joyce likes the Spidey kiss would indeed be because no hanky-panky parts were touching.

    • BarerMender
      BarerMender
      October 8, 2023 at 1:29 am | #

      Also, kissing in that position is more pleasurable than the usual face-to-face position. More contact with the taste-bud sides of the tongues.

      • Proto
        Proto
        October 8, 2023 at 3:48 am | #

        Huh. I’ve never attempted the Spidey kiss because I thought it seemed silly for a non-superhero person to try, but you’re selling me here and now I’m gonna have to think of an organic way to suggest it to a partner.

        • BarerMender
          BarerMender
          October 8, 2023 at 4:34 am | #

          I recommend it.

          • BarerMender
            BarerMender
            October 8, 2023 at 4:38 am | #

            The way it happened for me: I was lying on a couch and the lady bent over the arm of the couch for the, ah, spidey kiss.

      • Amós Batista
        Amós Batista
        October 8, 2023 at 4:42 am | #

        you’re such a person of experience…

      • morleuca
        morleuca
        October 8, 2023 at 8:52 am | #

        Also more undersides of the tongues

        • Alan in DC
          Alan in DC
          October 8, 2023 at 3:11 pm | #

          Tongue? I hope Joyce knows that’s coming. If she’s unaware, she’s gonna heave her guts right into Joe’s mouth

  34. Bibliholic93
    Bibliholic93
    October 8, 2023 at 2:02 am | #

    Well…….. she might be a former religious fanatic, but still………

    …. she got him to bow down, didn’t she? Heh. Its definitely cute, and ironic.

    “Check out THIS temple,” ykno?

    • Amós Batista
      Amós Batista
      October 8, 2023 at 5:00 am | #

      Wow, I’m reading it again and having thus guessing:
      And Joyce’s position in last panel…Arms opened, legs crossed…
      Joe’s bowed, kissing a person “nailed” in an inverted-cross!

  35. yak
    yak
    October 8, 2023 at 2:28 am | #

    Even Sarah must admit that this is cute and romantic af

  36. AGV
    AGV
    October 8, 2023 at 2:57 am | #

    “Fine, MAYBE you’re a nice couple after all”

  37. Taffy
    Taffy
    October 8, 2023 at 3:42 am | #

    Sarah, just swap roomates with Lucy. You’ll get everything you want.

  38. Shaith86
    Shaith86
    October 8, 2023 at 5:46 am | #

    Oh good, Sarah’s back. Yaaaaay /s

    • Mym
      Mym
      October 8, 2023 at 10:35 am | #

      I’m sincerely glad Sarah is back

  39. Azhrei Vep
    Azhrei Vep
    October 8, 2023 at 6:37 am | #

    Oh good, Sarah’s back. Yaaaaay!

  40. ValdVin
    ValdVin
    October 8, 2023 at 7:14 am | #

    I don’t know what I like more: Their hands in panel 4 or their eyes opening in the last.

  41. Needfuldoer
    Needfuldoer
    October 8, 2023 at 7:20 am | #

    RIP Joe {int.currentYear – 18} – {int.currentYear}

    • RassilonTDavros
      RassilonTDavros
      October 8, 2023 at 11:48 am | #

      It’d probably be {int.currentYear – 19}, actually, since we’re on the Spring semester now.

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        October 8, 2023 at 7:22 pm | #

        True! Good bug report.

  42. Professional asexual
    Professional asexual
    October 8, 2023 at 7:30 am | #

    *Distant feral screaming*

    • CardinalFan
      CardinalFan
      October 8, 2023 at 11:00 am | #

      I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened.

  43. King Dragoon
    King Dragoon
    October 8, 2023 at 8:00 am | #

    The way it looks like Joe is pinning Joyce to the ground I’m honestly surprised Sarah isn’t jumping to conclusions and jumping Joe.

  44. Hof1991
    Hof1991
    October 8, 2023 at 10:01 am | #

    Penultimate panel Joyce: eye closed and enjoying the kiss. Last panel Joyce’s: eyes wide open wondering if she should panic.

  45. Steve
    Steve
    October 8, 2023 at 10:21 am | #

    A 12 year slow burn! Willis you’re worse than shoujo manga! Lol

  46. wakeangel2001
    wakeangel2001
    October 8, 2023 at 10:34 am | #

    they’re doing the Spiderman kiss

  47. Juanoku
    Juanoku
    October 8, 2023 at 11:01 am | #

    SPIDERMAN KISS YEAH

  48. Dev
    Dev
    October 8, 2023 at 1:14 pm | #

    This is adorable.

  49. C.T. Phipps
    C.T. Phipps
    October 8, 2023 at 1:42 pm | #

    Joe needs to show Joyce the Raimi Spider-Man movie.

  50. Felian
    Felian
    October 8, 2023 at 2:24 pm | #

    Holding her down by her wrists? Kinky. 😀
    (i don’t think he’s actually really holding her down but it is kinda hot^^)

  51. Amós Batista
    Amós Batista
    October 8, 2023 at 3:05 pm | #

    The difference from 3rd to 4th panel is Joyce getting more relaxed.
    Take a look by her neck. Her head is a bit uplifted.

    • CianM1301
      CianM1301
      October 8, 2023 at 7:55 pm | #

      She’s also holding Joe’s wrist, albeit at a bit of an awkward angle.

  52. Alan in DC
    Alan in DC
    October 8, 2023 at 3:08 pm | #

    Joyce: “Dina, Joe and I kissed! ”
    Dina: “BECKY AND I TOTES F___ED THE S__T OUT OF EACH OTHER!”

    I doubt Joyce would have a good comeback for that.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      October 8, 2023 at 9:25 pm | #

      “I hope not literally”

  53. Quirdry Tawks
    Quirdry Tawks
    October 8, 2023 at 5:50 pm | #

    All I can say is, we’re getting a WEALTH of cute Joyce faces. I don’t know how I could possibly choose between.

  54. CianM1301
    CianM1301
    October 8, 2023 at 7:56 pm | #

    5 bucks says the next panel will have Joyce suddenly darting up and accidentally headbutting Joe in the process.

  55. Mada
    Mada
    October 8, 2023 at 11:04 pm | #

    Tobey Maguire would be proud.

  56. Arianod
    Arianod
    October 9, 2023 at 3:58 am | #

    That’s saying something. Usually you can count on Sarah to find something to be mad about.

  57. smolgrlboi
    smolgrlboi
    October 9, 2023 at 10:44 am | #

    *airhorn noises* LET’S FUCKIN GOOOOOOOOOOOOO *more airhorn noises*

  58. Yakumo
    Yakumo
    October 9, 2023 at 7:44 pm | #

    Vote for Sara’s first sentence as next book/chapter/whateverthedivisionis title. I’m not going back to see if there’s a better one. But this should at least be considered.

Who should be the default doodle for Book 14?

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