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June 14, 2026

Change pants

by David M Willis on October 7, 2023 at 12:01 am
  • 01 – Everybody's Looking for Nothing
└ Tags: joe, joyce

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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    October 7, 2023 at 12:02 am | #

    you underestimate how much Joe indeed wants blowing

    also, top-of-head kisses are a thing

    (tho some people call that blowing)

    • Cholma
      Cholma
      October 7, 2023 at 12:05 am | #

      Yeah, in that position, I would have gone with the head kiss instead of complaining about how we were sitting.

      • Cholma
        Cholma
        October 7, 2023 at 12:06 am | #

        (or back of the neck; that’s a good spot)

        • Kimi
          Kimi
          October 7, 2023 at 12:41 am | #

          Couldn’t he also come in from the side? Have her lean on one shoulder and turn her head to him?
          Idk kissing is not one of my things (as it is one of the things my brain screams germs at).

          • Decidedly Orthogonal
            Decidedly Orthogonal
            October 7, 2023 at 2:05 am | #

            All of these are top tier solutions. Pity Joyce didn’t take a course in basic kinesiology.

            • ValdVin
              ValdVin
              October 7, 2023 at 8:31 am | #

              I read that as kissology. I’m sticking to it.

            • Felis Dee
              Felis Dee
              October 11, 2023 at 1:01 am | #

              Joe, on the other hand, has no excuse for not having thought of any of this…

      • Bogeywoman
        Bogeywoman
        October 7, 2023 at 4:00 am | #

        Just a good excuse for DW to flex his mastery of drawing faces from awkward angles.

        • ValdVin
          ValdVin
          October 7, 2023 at 8:32 am | #

          Drawing anatomy at awkward angles?

          He reads 9CL daily. He’s studied the master.

          • 3oranges
            3oranges
            October 7, 2023 at 11:25 pm | #

            There’s drawing anatomy at awkward angles, and then there’s drawing *plausible* anatomy at awkward angles. Also, Joyce is not 80% legs.

      • ProtoMan
        ProtoMan
        October 7, 2023 at 4:24 pm | #

        Joyce clearly wants the full Spidey kiss though.

        • Mark
          Mark
          October 7, 2023 at 7:16 pm | #

          Maybe they should ask Amber to ask AmaziGirl for some advice.

        • Ana Chronistic
          Ana Chronistic
          October 8, 2023 at 12:12 am | #

          she remembered something

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

    this is cute. that is all

  3. EmTaya
    EmTaya
    October 7, 2023 at 12:03 am | #

    HIS SMILE AWWHH

  4. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    October 7, 2023 at 12:04 am | #

    These two continue to be absolutely adorkable.

  5. Dr. T
    Dr. T
    October 7, 2023 at 12:05 am | #

    My wife would not try to do this with me. She’d expect me to dove into a 69 position……and she’d probably be right.

    • Jo_cubstar
      Jo_cubstar
      October 7, 2023 at 12:10 am | #

      I may be in the minority, but I absolutely hate 69. Can’t focus on either giving or receiving in that position and just find it extremely unenjoyable. 🫠

      • ian livs
        ian livs
        October 7, 2023 at 12:13 am | #

        That’s the consensus of… almost everybody I know, myself included. It’s really uncomfortable and hard to focus well enough on either oneself or one’s partner.

        • Null Set
          Null Set
          October 7, 2023 at 3:04 am | #

          You have to treat it like a competition where you are trying to distract the other so much that they stop what they are doing.

          • Liara
            Liara
            October 7, 2023 at 3:52 am | #

            That is indeed the way. Totally worth the neck cranking to notice you’re good enough for the to stop their part. Really good for the ego

        • Hrodvitnir
          Hrodvitnir
          October 7, 2023 at 4:36 am | #

          Oo, as someone who has never enjoyed receiving significantly because I don’t like the… less interactive nature of it? 69 is actually much better for me to be able to relax at all.

          Also yes, competitive oral is a great approach, haha.

      • Rose by Any Other Name
        Rose by Any Other Name
        October 7, 2023 at 8:00 am | #

        @Jo_cubstar
        Right there with you. It seems like fun on paper, but the logistics aren’t worth the hassle.

      • Opus the Poet
        Opus the Poet
        October 7, 2023 at 7:13 pm | #

        I have a very long torso and short legs, Fred Flintstone body. I literally can’t reach for 69 if the woman is doing anything to me unless she’s a WNBA player. Ditto on her doing anything to me while I’m doing her, same caveat.

    • milu
      milu
      October 7, 2023 at 9:23 am | #

      i like 69 on occasion. mostly i think the visuals are amazing? but TB completely H the awkwardness is part of the appeal too?? i think 69 has primo comedic potential. some of my most memorable sexytimes had derision and fabulous states of excitement folded into one another.. um yeah. dialectics baby. idk

  6. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    October 7, 2023 at 12:05 am | #

    Well actually I wanna blo-

    • Dara
      Dara
      October 7, 2023 at 12:07 am | #

      Yeah, I was pretty sure someone else would’ve beat me to it xD

    • Decidedly Orthogonal
      Decidedly Orthogonal
      October 7, 2023 at 12:04 pm | #

      -ck the vote? 😉

  7. NGPZ
    NGPZ
    October 7, 2023 at 12:05 am | #

    *plays “Mystery Kindaichi Band” on hacked muzak*

  8. Nono
    Nono
    October 7, 2023 at 12:06 am | #

    In this strip: Joyce learns the structural challenges of smol/toll.

    • Leorale
      Leorale
      October 7, 2023 at 12:22 am | #

      the challenges of smol/tall are why the good Lord invented stairs.

      • StClair
        StClair
        October 7, 2023 at 1:31 am | #

        and apple boxes.

      • drs
        drs
        October 7, 2023 at 4:30 am | #

        “Height differences matter less when you’re lying down.” – Miles Vorkosigan

        • Rose by Any Other Name
          Rose by Any Other Name
          October 7, 2023 at 8:02 am | #

          BUJOLD REFERENCE LET’S FUCKIN GO!

          **clears throat**

          I mean, that was a very skillful usage of the Nebula award winning author’s work. Very good. *golf clap*

        • Allandrel
          Allandrel
          October 7, 2023 at 10:11 pm | #

          Given Miles’ preference for “mountain climbing,” he had to find SOME solution.

    • Angel
      Angel
      October 7, 2023 at 1:16 am | #

      anything’s possible if youre flexible enough ;P

    • Dr. T
      Dr. T
      October 7, 2023 at 4:46 pm | #

      I mean, I’m roughly a foot taller than my wife. My brother has a similar gap in his current marriage and had 18 inches on his ex-wife. You can make it work.

  9. morhek
    morhek
    October 7, 2023 at 12:07 am | #

    “Joyce, I’m back from trying to get Dorothy to fix thiWHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON”

    Cue JoyceFace Sarah.

    • Angel
      Angel
      October 7, 2023 at 1:18 am | #

      not sure if she’d rly be that surprised given that she knows they’re a couple even if she is actively trying to interfere

  10. Taffy
    Taffy
    October 7, 2023 at 12:07 am | #

    I’m here for every pixel of this. It’s true though, kissing from behind like that is more complicated than one might think.

  11. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    October 7, 2023 at 12:07 am | #

    Honestly good job on Willis. These aren’t very easy angles to draw. They ain’t perfect but as someone who’s tried to draw the same angles with the same characters, game recognize game.

    • RassilonTDavros
      RassilonTDavros
      October 7, 2023 at 12:09 am | #

      The moral of the story is that Willis can draw way better romantic smut than McEldowney could ever dream of.

      • Nicoleandmaggie
        Nicoleandmaggie
        October 7, 2023 at 3:44 am | #

        Can you imagine the weird limbs and impossible angles McEldowney would give this?

        • Needfuldoer
          Needfuldoer
          October 7, 2023 at 4:34 am | #

          What, people don’t dislocate their spines when they smooch?

          • Decidedly Orthogonal
            Decidedly Orthogonal
            October 7, 2023 at 12:06 pm | #

            Obviously they just don’t care enough to try harder.

  12. HueSatLight
    HueSatLight
    October 7, 2023 at 12:08 am | #

    let the clumsy fumbling begin

    • Taffy
      Taffy
      October 7, 2023 at 1:48 am | #

      Flagged for not saying “clumbling”.

      • milu
        milu
        October 7, 2023 at 9:33 am | #

        flumsy clumbling

  13. Amós Batista
    Amós Batista
    October 7, 2023 at 12:09 am | #

    C’mon, Joyce. You have kissed more people than Joe. You must know how to do this better.

    • Angel
      Angel
      October 7, 2023 at 1:19 am | #

      i imagine she didn’t rly have to do this at ‘fun’ angles. or was maybe able to do this before with no problems but still aforeheadkis swould be cute

      • Taffy
        Taffy
        October 7, 2023 at 1:51 am | #

        She smooched Ethan and Becky from side-by-side, and Jacob while she was standing up. Unless there’s more we don’t know about somehow, that’s it.

  14. BBCC
    BBCC
    October 7, 2023 at 12:12 am | #

    Way to suck the fun out of it, Joe!

    • Risky
      Risky
      October 7, 2023 at 12:44 am | #

      If he has the ability to do that, she may be in the right spot to intercept. Muah.

  15. DailyBrad
    DailyBrad
    October 7, 2023 at 12:13 am | #

    This continues to be fucking adorable and fun.

  16. newlland(Henryvolt)
    newlland(Henryvolt)
    October 7, 2023 at 12:14 am | #

    May I introduce my fantasy movie cast and half the script for “The NightGuy Rises.”

    https://reddit.com/r/dumbingofage/s/tnhQeJn55C

  17. JessWitt
    JessWitt
    October 7, 2023 at 12:15 am | #

    Seems like Joyce is using Twilight as a reference for their kissing positions.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      October 7, 2023 at 4:31 am | #

      Or that scene from one of the Spider-Man movies.

      • Rabbit
        Rabbit
        October 7, 2023 at 5:49 am | #

        He did have a Christ allegory

        • 3oranges
          3oranges
          October 7, 2023 at 11:28 pm | #

          What position did Judas kiss him in?

  18. Cmasta1992
    Cmasta1992
    October 7, 2023 at 12:17 am | #

    Budding Dom Joyce? But my birthday isn’t for another 6 months

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      October 7, 2023 at 12:29 am | #

      It’s somebody’s birthday somewhere!

  19. cbwroses
    cbwroses
    October 7, 2023 at 12:21 am | #

    An upward turn to the left with some shoulder twists and a downward turn to the right with a forward lean would probably work better for you, you two.

    Me personally, I imagine upside down kissing probably works best when one of you is hanging upside down from a web strand, preferably in the rain.

    But doing it while at least one of you is lying down on the bed is easier when neither of you have the proportional strength of a spider, the ability to stick to vertical surfaces, and the biochemical know-how to produce webs.

    • Leorale
      Leorale
      October 7, 2023 at 12:24 am | #

      Plus you probably won’t get rain all up in your nose.

      • adam black
        adam black
        October 7, 2023 at 2:25 am | #

        think of all the people who died so we could have nostrils that align with gravity. we owe them everything

        • milu
          milu
          October 7, 2023 at 9:42 am | #

          right, all these hapless primates born with upwards-facing nostrils who died young because they kept drowning in a drizzle

          rip

  20. Dday
    Dday
    October 7, 2023 at 12:27 am | #

    Joyce, if he could kiss _there_ he wouldn’t have left his room to begin with

  21. UrsulaDavina
    UrsulaDavina
    October 7, 2023 at 12:39 am | #

    Cue Sarah in 5 4 3 2 1…

  22. Suet
    Suet
    October 7, 2023 at 12:54 am | #

    This option is still on the table.

    But sure let’s think of more kissing positions that gives Joyce a net advantage – kissing Joyce while Joe does push-ups, the sideview Spiderman…

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      October 7, 2023 at 1:10 am | #

      Sitting on his shoulders craning his head up towards hers and macking on him like a gremlin.
      Like this https://imgur.com/a/aK6uYGk

      90% sure this is impossible unless you’re really short but that’s my idea.

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        October 7, 2023 at 10:41 am | #

        I can’t draw, but this might work: Him holding her up by the butt in a seated position, she has her arms around his neck over his shoulders and her legs wrapped around his torso.

        Hanging off his shoulders by her knees just sounds like a one-way ticket to abdominal pain unless he’s supporting her with his arms around her back.

      • Decidedly Orthogonal
        Decidedly Orthogonal
        October 7, 2023 at 12:07 pm | #

        As someone who really appreciates strong sexual dimorphism…. whoooooooo🤤🥵

  23. AbacusWizard
    AbacusWizard
    October 7, 2023 at 1:15 am | #

    Dumbing of Age, Book 15: Lower More! MORE!

  24. Grant
    Grant
    October 7, 2023 at 1:16 am | #

    Joyce: I don’t care how many upside-down noseprints I get on my glasses, I’m going to do an upside-down spider-man kiss and it’s gonna be romantic as hell!

  25. DashWallkick
    DashWallkick
    October 7, 2023 at 1:34 am | #

    “Our first kiss will be incredibly romantic, once I can figure out the logistics to do the Spider-Man/MJ kiss while sitting down”

    Just slide to the side! It’s exactly the same!!

    • Rose by Any Other Name
      Rose by Any Other Name
      October 7, 2023 at 8:04 am | #

      Spider kiss? Spider kiss!

  26. Star Ringer
    Star Ringer
    October 7, 2023 at 2:17 am | #

    Now DIP ME, my love! Lower! LOWER! *wham* …….lowerrrrrr

  27. Steve
    Steve
    October 7, 2023 at 2:32 am | #

    Slipshine but it’s 12 pages of Joyce and Joe awkwardly trying and failing to upside down kiss

    • Bogeywoman
      Bogeywoman
      October 7, 2023 at 4:04 am | #

      Ending with Joyce calling in Amber to tie him upside down.

      (Bonus last panel of Sarah walking in with a bat chanting “pinata! Pinata!”)

      • Da Boy
        Da Boy
        October 7, 2023 at 5:53 am | #

        She ties a cord to Joe’s leg, then she points her grappling gun at the ceiling and fires XD

  28. Joshua Kronengold
    Joshua Kronengold
    October 7, 2023 at 2:33 am | #

    Now waiting for awkward nose-bumps (not from this angle, though) or difficulties in syncronizing mouth openings to the same size. (unfortuantely, only Joyce wears glasses so we can’t have tangled glasses hijinks!)

    Sure, Joe is experienced, but I’m not sure how experienced he is at actual romance rather than one-and-done, and really it only takes one to be adorkably clumsy.

  29. Gunslinger
    Gunslinger
    October 7, 2023 at 3:23 am | #

    Joe just casually doing a nope.avi in panel 4 like it ain’t no big deal

  30. Reltzik
    Reltzik
    October 7, 2023 at 3:24 am | #

    Of course.

    Of course.

    Of COURSE there would be a few thousand posts from people reading into what Joyce meant by “blowing”.

    But what I don’t get is, why are there none about what the alt text meant by “nailing”?

    THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION!

    • Taffy
      Taffy
      October 7, 2023 at 3:29 am | #

      What did Willis mean when Joyce said “Insert your penis into me, please”?

      • HueSatLight
        HueSatLight
        October 7, 2023 at 12:14 pm | #

        I’m baffled by “let us now do coitus together, and by that I mean sexual intercourse.” I know it’s a metaphor, but not sure what for.

  31. Mr.Morningstar
    Mr.Morningstar
    October 7, 2023 at 3:42 am | #

    this is just adorable i swear

  32. GUIGUI
    GUIGUI
    October 7, 2023 at 3:52 am | #

    She didn’t say where. A kiss on the neck seems feasible.

  33. eh, whatever
    eh, whatever
    October 7, 2023 at 5:40 am | #

    His chin is in the way 🙂

  34. Zaxares
    Zaxares
    October 7, 2023 at 5:49 am | #

    I mean, if YOU just keep arching back Joyce you’ll be in a good position to kiss something ELSE. 😉

  35. zaratustra
    zaratustra
    October 7, 2023 at 6:18 am | #

    where doing this man

    where MAKING THIS HAPEN

  36. Yeet
    Yeet
    October 7, 2023 at 6:57 am | #

    joe go to the SIDE not over her head good lord man
    you’ll get a fucked up back leaning down all the time, I speak from experience, but it can be worth it

  37. Steamweed
    Steamweed
    October 7, 2023 at 7:31 am | #

    “Docking sequence not complete. Alignment mismatch. Commence realignment sequence.”

  38. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    October 7, 2023 at 7:33 am | #

    ah, yes. Nailing.

  39. ValdVin
    ValdVin
    October 7, 2023 at 8:27 am | #

    Joyce, if you want to be kissed like that sit in your desk chair.

    So I hear.

    • coeurdechoeur
      coeurdechoeur
      October 7, 2023 at 9:14 am | #

      Yes! My partner and I often do a little upside-down kiss when one of us is sitting down and the other is standing behind.

  40. Felian
    Felian
    October 7, 2023 at 10:32 am | #

    Noooooooooooooo upside down is the most awkward way to kiss aaaaaaaaaaaaah

  41. Kitschensyngk
    Kitschensyngk
    October 7, 2023 at 11:07 am | #

    Maybe if one of you hung upside down?

  42. Bicycle Bill
    Bicycle Bill
    October 7, 2023 at 2:01 pm | #

    I get the idea that Joyce has spent a long, LONG time imagining how things like this are supposed to play out.

    • thejeff
      thejeff
      October 7, 2023 at 3:42 pm | #

      And her imaginings have nothing to do with anatomical realities.

  43. Big Z
    Big Z
    October 7, 2023 at 2:01 pm | #

    *bonk* “Joe, I think your chin just bent my glasses” “This was your idea.”

    • Felian
      Felian
      October 8, 2023 at 2:20 pm | #

      With my first partner, he had glasses, and him taking off his glasses was always a sign of “oooooh we’re gonna make out aren’t we“. hehe.

  44. Beck
    Beck
    October 7, 2023 at 2:11 pm | #

    God, this is so cute. You’re killing me here.

  45. ProtoMan
    ProtoMan
    October 7, 2023 at 4:17 pm | #

    Joyce watched Spider-Man 1 and clearly hadn’t really thought about the logistics of how hard an upside-down kiss would be

    • Schpoonman
      Schpoonman
      October 7, 2023 at 11:54 pm | #

      The secret is to watch Spider-Man 2 where MJ reenacts it with Junior with him on the couch.

  46. Felian
    Felian
    October 8, 2023 at 2:22 pm | #

    Joyce, why’d you change your undies if you intend to do more things that are going to wet your next undies too? 😀
    i mean, i get it, it’s annoying af for my neurodivergent body to wear wet undies, but, ummmmm you’re gonna need more changes in a few min 😀

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