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by David M Willis on July 15, 2011 at 12:01 am

06 - Yesterday Was Thursday

└ Tags: grace, jennifer, joyce

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Aizat

July 15, 2011 at 12:02 am | #

Oh c’mon Billy. Joyce is not that bad.
- Plasma Mongoose
  
  July 15, 2011 at 12:04 am | #
  
  Asking your ‘best friend’ to remove icky clumps of hair for them isn’t good, I can tell you now.
  - Aizat
    
    July 15, 2011 at 12:11 am | #
    
    Well, Billie could say no.
    - Plasma Mongoose
      
      July 15, 2011 at 12:18 am | #
      
      Yeah but still…
      - b
        
        July 15, 2011 at 12:22 am | #
        
        a best friend never asks another best friend to remove strange clumps of hair
        
        Aizat
        
        July 15, 2011 at 12:37 am | #
        
        Then again, Joyce is kind of rushing in to this best friend business. Shouldn’t you have to be friends with the person for at least a month then you can call that person your best friend? Then again it could be just me.
        
        Daeva
        
        July 15, 2011 at 12:42 am | #
        
        Well, I think she’s working off a one-sided perspective here. Billie’s one of the few people in college that she considers a friend, and as such, she would be about her ‘best’ college friend simply for lack of anyone else to fill the position. That and well, she reeeeeally doesn’t wanna touch that hair clump.
        
        Undrave
        
        July 15, 2011 at 12:47 am | #
        
        You mean Joyce is the only person Billie can consider a friend :p her and Walky anyway.
        
        David Herbert
        
        July 15, 2011 at 2:22 am | #
        
        What about Dorothy? Or does the atheism knock her off the top slot?
        
        Aizat
        
        July 15, 2011 at 2:32 am | #
        
        Dorothy is an acquaintance, I guess.
        
        Plasma Mongoose
        
        July 15, 2011 at 12:43 am | #
        
        Not just you, it’s only been a couple of days, too soon to call BBFs.
        
        Aizat
        
        July 15, 2011 at 1:19 am | #
        
        Don’t you mean BFF’s? Or you meant Best Buxom Friends?
        
        Daeva
        
        July 15, 2011 at 1:33 am | #
        
        Would that make them Bosom Buddies?
        
        Plasma Mongoose
        
        July 15, 2011 at 1:51 am | #
        
        Literally in this case.
        
        1Samildanach
        
        July 17, 2011 at 5:47 am | #
        
        What Joyce says is: “We’re friends, right?” [no ‘best’ to be seen there] then “Would you say that *so far* I’m your best college friend?” [again, not even saying they’re _good_ friends, just that Joyce is the best Billie has at the moment]
        
        Aydr
        
        July 15, 2011 at 6:59 pm | #
        
        A best friend never asks a best friend, but who says that Joyce considers Billie HER best friend…?
        
        Kernanator
        
        July 17, 2011 at 3:38 pm | #
        
        As opposed to, what, asking a total stranger to do it?
  - Sili
    
    July 15, 2011 at 11:15 am | #
    
    Really? I thought girls helped eachother wax those hard to reach spots.
- Josh
  
  July 25, 2013 at 12:34 pm | #
  
  Yes. Yes she is.
Plasma Mongoose

July 15, 2011 at 12:02 am | #

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
- Jen Aside
  
  July 15, 2011 at 12:06 am | #
  
  “Well, it’s okay if you actually, literally can’t remove the hair. I was just asking.”
- Kernanator
  
  July 16, 2011 at 12:32 am | #
  
  That’s not true! That’s impossible!
- Aizat
  
  July 16, 2011 at 8:15 am | #
  
  DO NOT WANT!
Crimson Magic

July 15, 2011 at 12:03 am | #

Hilarious!
Beefcube

July 15, 2011 at 12:04 am | #

Billie’s gotta be getting close to passing Joe for the top banner, right?
- Skye
  
  July 15, 2011 at 12:25 am | #
  
  Actually, it seems she has. With today’s comic, she’s at 67 while Joe is 66.
  - Aizat
    
    July 15, 2011 at 1:05 am | #
    
    Joe needs more love.
    - Plasma Mongoose
      
      July 15, 2011 at 1:09 am | #
      
      Joe needs more chances to ‘joe’ more.
      - Aizat
        
        July 15, 2011 at 1:29 am | #
        
        Yeah, what happened to the poor wingless wingman?
      - Kernanator
        
        July 16, 2011 at 12:35 am | #
        
        Not gonna say it this time….
        With his penis. Dammit.
- KZero
  
  July 15, 2011 at 7:55 am | #
  
  Oh man that looks like some sort of Mega Man Chocobo! Nice.
  - Beefcube
    
    July 15, 2011 at 9:12 am | #
    
    Thanks! But wow. I made that image about seven years ago and I never noticed that I used the same colors. I’m almost ashamed, considering that Mega Man is probably my favorite video game series!
- Thor
  
  July 15, 2011 at 2:05 pm | #
  
  It’s only appropriate because Billie and Joyce are getting closer together in the comic as well.
Tristan J

July 15, 2011 at 12:06 am | #

Panel 5 Joyce is my favourite Joyceface so far.
- Plasma Mongoose
  
  July 15, 2011 at 12:08 am | #
  
  What about the Panel 5 Billie face?
  - Beefcube
    
    July 15, 2011 at 12:09 am | #
    
    Well Panel 1 definitely has the best Grace face so far.
    - MM
      
      July 15, 2011 at 12:15 am | #
      
      Either she’s got amazing lips, or that is some really water-resistant makeup.
      - Undrave
        
        July 15, 2011 at 12:38 am | #
        
        Maybe it’s her super power and she’s in Amazi-Girl’s rogue gallery!
      - Plasma Mongoose
        
        July 15, 2011 at 12:46 am | #
        
        Maybe it’s just Maybelline Superstay Lipcolor.
        
        iSaidCandleja-
        
        July 15, 2011 at 1:01 am | #
        
        Or maybe she’s born with it.
        
        Kernanator
        
        July 15, 2011 at 12:57 pm | #
        
        Cut, cut! You guys got it all wrong. It’s “Maybe she’s born with it”, THEN “Maybe it’s Maybelline”. Okay, Take 2. And, action!
        
        Lunchbox
        
        July 15, 2011 at 5:47 pm | #
        
        Maybe she’s just a vampire.
- SolegitRR
  
  July 15, 2011 at 11:30 am | #
  
  I can’t honestly say I have a favorite Joyceface. I like them all. I think it’s the crazy blue eyes that make every Joyceface ridiculously cute and humorous at the same time. But I guess maybe not, Joyce have been my favorite Walkyverse (and now Dumbiverse) character since the beginning of It’s Walky! and like 95% of those were black and white. I guess I’m just biased.
Cholisose

July 15, 2011 at 12:08 am | #

Joyce is my best friend too, oddly enough.
MM

July 15, 2011 at 12:14 am | #

I think Joyce just did a more effective job of breaking Billie than Ruth.
ginsoo

July 15, 2011 at 12:15 am | #

my condolences to Billie
- Jackson
  
  July 15, 2011 at 6:31 am | #
  
  I feel so incredibly sorry for her right now.
Plasma Mongoose

July 15, 2011 at 12:16 am | #

And that’s scary.
- Aizat
  
  July 15, 2011 at 12:41 am | #
  
  Very scary, indeed.
  - NF
    
    July 15, 2011 at 1:14 am | #
    
    “I’m terrified beyond the capacity for rational thought.”
    - Plasma Mongoose
      
      July 15, 2011 at 1:54 am | #
      
      Just take a few deep beaths and think about shipping characters.
Daeva

July 15, 2011 at 12:18 am | #

How is it these two keep getting fantastic final panels? How does this keep happening?

THEIR FAAACE…es…
- Undrave
  
  July 15, 2011 at 12:39 am | #
  
  FAAAAAACEsss!
  - Daeva
    
    July 15, 2011 at 3:12 am | #
    
    Yes, that. Thank you. :3
Marion

July 15, 2011 at 12:39 am | #

What an adorable strip, thanks Mr Willis
Undrave

July 15, 2011 at 12:46 am | #

Com’on Billie that’s not true. You got Walky!
- NF
  
  July 15, 2011 at 1:15 am | #
  
  And Billie is rendered catatonic with horror.
  - MM
    
    July 15, 2011 at 3:24 am | #
    
    Someone needs to Photoshop Walky’s “OMGprettygirl” face on to Billie now.
    - Plasma Mongoose
      
      July 15, 2011 at 6:18 am | #
      
      Is this photoshop below, the right FAAAACE?
      
      Modified Billie
      - TsunamiJane
        
        July 15, 2011 at 8:19 am | #
        
        Not quite. Needs more zombie.
        
        gangler
        
        July 15, 2011 at 10:32 am | #
        
        I like the idea that this might be your professional opinion as a gender studies prof.
- gangler
  
  July 15, 2011 at 3:25 am | #
  
  In this universe Joyce and Walky are still a great pair, but they need a bit of a buffer. That’s where Billie comes in.
  - Undrave
    
    July 15, 2011 at 3:55 am | #
    
    Threesome!
    - SolegitRR
      
      July 15, 2011 at 11:32 am | #
      
      Mistakenly thought this was Youtube, tried to vote this comment up about 6 times before I realized I couldn’t and got sad.
      - Undrave
        
        July 15, 2011 at 2:29 pm | #
        
        Thank you hahaha.
Dean

July 15, 2011 at 12:51 am | #

BFFs!
Plasma Mongoose

July 15, 2011 at 1:11 am | #

BBFs that shower together, STAY together.
- Aizat
  
  July 15, 2011 at 1:17 am | #
  
  Shippers, START YOUR ENGINES.
  - Kernanator
    
    July 15, 2011 at 1:06 pm | #
    
    Oh, trust me, they’ve already started.
    - Daeva
      
      July 15, 2011 at 6:24 pm | #
      
      I was under the impression that they were already several laps into the race.
      - Kernanator
        
        July 16, 2011 at 12:33 am | #
        
        Yeah, this is just gonna add some extra TURBO.
    - 1Samildanach
      
      July 17, 2011 at 6:09 am | #
      
      Yeah, they’ve started their engines. And the ones that replaced the originals after those got thrashed to death. What they’re doing now is getting the third set going ;). Pit crews are already prepping the next lot…
Jon

July 15, 2011 at 1:20 am | #

Wow, and we thought Joyce wouldn’t learn the ways of the world. She picked up on “taking advantage of your friends” pretty quickly!
Spellingchek

July 15, 2011 at 1:22 am | #

Willis, you have slowly been restoring my faith in webcomics since you started DoA. Thank you.
Joebo

July 15, 2011 at 3:20 am | #

That is why no shower kit is complete without tweezers.
- Joebo
  
  July 15, 2011 at 3:21 am | #
  
  …or perhaps a ten foot pole.
  - Xalticus
    
    July 15, 2011 at 5:15 am | #
    
    Tongs work too.
  - Biege
    
    October 4, 2013 at 5:18 am | #
    
    no inventory is complete without a 10 foot pole
Cognomen

July 15, 2011 at 3:40 am | #

Awwwww, I remember when I first realized who my best friend is. It was similarly terrifying.
- CWR
  
  July 15, 2011 at 4:56 am | #
  
  Hopefully I’ll never have to experience this – I’ve sucessfully avoided such for over 4 decades, so I think I’m safe. =]
- KZero
  
  July 15, 2011 at 7:59 am | #
  
  I think I had that effect on someone once. It was interesting from my persective.
- Rachel
  
  July 15, 2011 at 3:48 pm | #
  
  The day I realized who my best friend was, I was super happy. “OMG I’m best friends with this super amazing person!” Though she may only seem super amazing because she’s my best friend. Ah well. I stand by my exclamation.
Rikushadow5

July 15, 2011 at 3:47 am | #

Come now, it’s not THAT bad, Billie. You could have Roz as your best friend.
Björn

July 15, 2011 at 5:07 am | #

OMG Joyce’s eyes are huge! Is she puppyfying them on purpose to get what she wants?
- Plasma Mongoose
  
  July 15, 2011 at 5:48 am | #
  
  She will need those skills for when she shills the Chick Tracts.
  - Kernanator
    
    July 15, 2011 at 1:06 pm | #
    
    You know the saying…
    - Undrave
      
      July 15, 2011 at 2:30 pm | #
      
      IT’S A TRACT!
      
      That one right?
      - Kernanator
        
        July 16, 2011 at 12:34 am | #
        
        But of course!
TexasNinjaBuzzard

July 15, 2011 at 6:05 am | #

Power Girl?
- Mkvenner
  
  July 16, 2011 at 11:03 pm | #
  
  Who?
Animal

July 15, 2011 at 7:20 am | #

Need.

More.

Shower scenes.
- Sili
  
  July 15, 2011 at 11:17 am | #
  
  Really? I did’t notice Sal anywhere.
  - G.S.Mercs
    
    July 15, 2011 at 2:21 pm | #
    
    Ah, but you forget something. If there are more shower scenes, that will mean more scenes in general. And if there’s more scenes, there’s a greater chance of having Sal in various forms of undress in one of these scenes.
KZero

July 15, 2011 at 8:01 am | #

Huh. It took surprisingly little time to catch up on this from my viewing months ago.
- Plasma Mongoose
  
  July 15, 2011 at 7:51 pm | #
  
  It’s a bit like a soap opera in that respects, only about 4-5 have passed in DoA time.
  - Plasma Mongoose
    
    July 15, 2011 at 10:09 pm | #
    
    4-5 days
Jimmy

July 15, 2011 at 8:40 am | #

“It’s just a little hair clump…”
- Joebo
  
  July 15, 2011 at 10:18 am | #
  
  It’s not just a little hair clump. It is someone else’s little hair clump.
Blob Marley

July 15, 2011 at 10:09 am | #

I think there’s a porno script to be written somewhere in this scene.
- Undrave
  
  July 15, 2011 at 10:35 am | #
  
  It’s the all-girls wing of a dorm, OFF COURSE there is a porn script to be written :p
Janette

July 15, 2011 at 11:35 am | #

I feel for you Joyce. It is icky.

But you have to man up and do it yourself. Even if your a germphobe, and the first five times consisted of running back to your dormroom and hiding.

Not talking from personal experience. At all.
- begbert2
  
  July 15, 2011 at 3:27 pm | #
  
  Somebody with a gender studies professor gravitar needs to comment on you telling Joyce to “man up”.
  - Plasma Mongoose
    
    July 17, 2011 at 6:09 am | #
    
    “Joyce, you really REALLY need to grow a pair.”
    - Aizat
      
      July 17, 2011 at 9:29 am | #
      
      A pair of what prey tell.
      - Plasma Mongoose
        
        July 17, 2011 at 4:37 pm | #
        
        A big pair of ovaries.
        
        Kernanator
        
        July 17, 2011 at 7:50 pm | #
        
        Or a big pair of boobs. As opposed to the average pair she already has.
        
        Plasma Mongoose
        
        July 17, 2011 at 11:14 pm | #
        
        Boobs Of Steel no less.
Kernanator

July 15, 2011 at 12:51 pm | #

I knew it! I knew IT WAS A TRACT!
Heartlesshealer

July 15, 2011 at 1:53 pm | #

Billie’s face in panel 5 is hilarious. (not using the meme since I don’t remember its origin well enough)

But yeah, Joyce, you don’t ask your best friend to get hair clumps for you. Best friends make you do it yourself. Even if it’s someone else’s, it’s just sitting there. Not like it got in your food or drink or something.
Jimmy

July 15, 2011 at 2:17 pm | #

Trust me Joyce, it could be much much worse. Take it from a guy who’s spent 13 years cleaning part time. If it gets too bad, invest in latex (gloves that is).
- Aydr
  
  July 18, 2011 at 3:55 pm | #
  
  Or use sex as a bargaining tool for cleaning. That might work too.
Rachel

July 15, 2011 at 3:44 pm | #

Are the showers at IU actually like that? Even at my boarding high school every room had it’s own shower, though not always very big.
- Sarah
  
  July 15, 2011 at 9:55 pm | #
  
  I don’t know about IU, but at my college they’re all stalls like that.
Birch

July 15, 2011 at 5:41 pm | #

Alright, tag counter says it’s quite literally time to take Joe down a peg.

Come on, Willis, Joe has been staring smugly down from that glorious number two-spot for too long!
- Mkvenner
  
  July 16, 2011 at 1:14 am | #
  
  But he’s number 3. Patrick McGoohan is Number Six.
  
  Be seeing you.
Lee

July 15, 2011 at 7:51 pm | #

I wish Joyce was my best friend, I don’t even mind clumps of hair.
Mkvenner

July 16, 2011 at 12:23 am | #

This is easy to fix. You and Joyce fly to Éire and you both go visit Craggy Island. You leave Joyce on the front step of the parochial house with a note, ring the bell and then run like hell. The best part is she’ll never be able to leave, because no one escapes from that mental hell hole.
- Mkvenner
  
  July 16, 2011 at 12:34 am | #
  
  It’s like the Village in a way.
Mkvenner

July 16, 2011 at 12:55 am | #

Grace get her first three word.
- Mkvenner
  
  July 16, 2011 at 12:56 am | #
  
  Motherhugger!
- Mkvenner
  
  July 16, 2011 at 2:06 pm | #
  
  Grace gets her first three words.
Steven

July 16, 2011 at 2:13 am | #

Oh wow, this comic is full of references:
http://www.itswalky.com/comics/19990224a.gif
- Steven
  
  July 16, 2011 at 7:09 am | #
  
  Also, the new banner: great. Billie and Joe leering at each other. Marvelous.
  - Zanosuke_Kurosaki
    
    July 16, 2011 at 8:09 pm | #
    
    One is leering. The other appears to be about to break into a snarl.
    - Kernanator
      
      July 17, 2011 at 7:48 pm | #
      
      Either way, it’s a great combination.
dchorror

July 16, 2011 at 5:30 am | #

Let’s look at this honestly, Billie. Did you really need the horror face for Joyce being your best friend? You could, you know, not have friends at all.
- 1Samildanach
  
  July 17, 2011 at 6:25 am | #
  
  I think part of the problem is not being sure which option is more horrifying :p.
Luke

July 16, 2011 at 10:14 am | #

My god, Joyce’s eyes are bluuuuuuuuue. It’s like she’s sucking blueness out of the entire room and absorbing them into her eyes.
- Kernanator
  
  July 16, 2011 at 3:55 pm | #
  
  Of course! That must be the source of her powers! Or maybe it’s like that paint commercial where the painter’s eyes suddenly turn blue!
Zanosuke_Kurosaki

July 16, 2011 at 8:11 pm | #

I find it cute that this has just dawned on Billie. Now let’s see how long it takes her to figure out that -she- is the problem for having only one real friend now… =D
Daeva

July 17, 2011 at 3:09 am | #

Alright, Joe and Billie in the banner? Perfect. Simply Perfect.

“Heeeeeeeeeyyy–”

“NO.”
OhNoUDiNt

July 17, 2011 at 5:57 pm | #

What’s a mysterious hair clump between SBFs? If your shower buddy won’t remove it, who will?
ThatRobedGuy

July 17, 2011 at 7:13 pm | #

Wow. That last panel has some GREAT emotion. Good job, Willis.
- ThatRobedGuy
  
  July 17, 2011 at 7:14 pm | #
  
  Aaaaand my icon makes it look like I’m being sarcastic…damn you, random icon giving computer!
Kelsey

July 29, 2011 at 4:52 pm | #

It’s what best friends do.
Abyss Phantasia

April 13, 2012 at 10:56 am | #

wait best friends…..

Does this mean the two of them become Cure Black and Cure White?
newllend

August 13, 2013 at 8:30 pm | #

Hahahaha, bellie your pathetic
dutchguy

August 6, 2014 at 2:43 am | #

Oh don’t worry Billy it gets worse, after all your only other friend so far is Walky