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Good morning

by David M Willis on January 23, 2021 at 12:01 am
  • 03 – See You in the Funny Page
└ Tags: joyce, sarah

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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    January 23, 2021 at 12:05 am | #

    turnabout is good for the gander, or something

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      January 23, 2021 at 12:07 am | #

      Nah, it’s “What’s good for the chicken is what’s good for the egg.”

      • StClair
        StClair
        January 23, 2021 at 12:14 am | #

        “Finally. It’s my go.”

      • Rabid Rabbit
        Rabid Rabbit
        January 23, 2021 at 12:46 am | #

        Well, let’s see, you cut the head off a chicken, and you cut the top off an egg, but generally you boil the egg before cutting the top off, while you cut the chicken’s head off before boiling it. I’m not convinced.

        • Clif
          Clif
          January 23, 2021 at 10:43 am | #

          Well, yes, but neither the boiling nor the head cutting is particularly good for the avian in question.

          • Lys
            Lys
            January 23, 2021 at 5:20 pm | #

            Nor is it exactly good for the egg. I mean, no chance it’s alive after that.

            • Agemegos
              Agemegos
              January 23, 2021 at 5:37 pm | #

              I think that maybe a hen’s egg counts as an avian.

        • Chris
          Chris
          January 25, 2021 at 8:01 am | #

          OMG, no, no, NO! cutting the head off of a chicken precedes the chase-the-damned-headless-chicken-all-around-the-yard-and-laugh-at-your-city-cousin-when-he-screams … ahhhh shit, triggered. sorry.

    • brionl
      brionl
      January 23, 2021 at 12:10 am | #

      Revenge is dish best served first thing in the morning with a cheerful smile.

      • Yet_One_More_Idiot
        Yet_One_More_Idiot
        January 23, 2021 at 5:17 am | #

        She needs to practice her obnoxiously cheery triangular smile though. But this is a pretty good start I guess. 🙂

        • Fuse
          Fuse
          January 23, 2021 at 10:18 am | #

          Sarah’s been out of practice as far as smiling goes for quite a while. She needs to warm up before she can pull off a full Joyce Triangle.

    • Sirksome
      Sirksome
      January 23, 2021 at 12:15 am | #

      What goes around is worth two in the bush.

      • He Who Abides
        He Who Abides
        January 23, 2021 at 12:26 am | #

        The early bird is always greener on the other side.

        • OBBWG
          OBBWG
          January 23, 2021 at 1:04 am | #

          Sometimes you get the early bird and sometimes the early bird gets you.

          • 0kami
            0kami
            January 23, 2021 at 1:05 am | #

            Is that some sort of eastern thing?

            • Clif
              Clif
              January 23, 2021 at 2:12 am | #

              You’re thinking of “Man who walk in middle of road get hit by cars going both ways.”

              • Jake'm
                Jake'm
                January 23, 2021 at 7:45 am | #

                Ehh, I’ll burn that bridge when I get to it.

                • Deanatay
                  Deanatay
                  January 23, 2021 at 10:56 am | #

                  “Do you want breakfast?”

                  “Yes!”

                  “Then you should go out and catch it!”

              • Lieutenant Dan
                Lieutenant Dan
                January 23, 2021 at 11:55 am | #

                Dan who drive in middle of road get hit by car with no regrets.

          • Plain Marie
            Plain Marie
            January 23, 2021 at 11:36 am | #

            “If you’re a bird, be an early bird,
            To catch a worm for your breakfast plate.
            Yes, if you’re a bird, be an early bird,
            But if you’re a worm, sleep late.”

        • Rex Vivat
          Rex Vivat
          January 23, 2021 at 3:53 pm | #

          “It’s a beautiful bird, lovely plumage.”

      • Delicious Taffy
        Delicious Taffy
        January 23, 2021 at 1:39 am | #

        And don’t cross the road if you can’t get out of the kitchen.

    • Dara
      Dara
      January 23, 2021 at 12:27 am | #

      WAKEY WAKEY CHICKEN BAKEY

    • Tan
      Tan
      January 23, 2021 at 1:29 am | #

      I do not like cobra-chicken OR New Sarah.

    • Bunny
      Bunny
      January 23, 2021 at 1:43 am | #

      You can’t make a silk purse out of a pig in a poke.

    • Demoted Oblivious
      Demoted Oblivious
      January 23, 2021 at 1:47 am | #

      The early bird, the second mouse, but the third wheel keeps a motocycle upright.

    • Lee
      Lee
      January 23, 2021 at 1:57 am | #

      Don’t count your geese before they’ve crossed the road?

      • Clif
        Clif
        January 23, 2021 at 2:16 am | #

        A fool and his money are as some party.

        • Harmony
          Harmony
          January 23, 2021 at 6:40 pm | #

          Once begun is early to bed.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      January 23, 2021 at 4:46 am | #

      My, my, how the turntables.

    • Demoted Oblivious
      Demoted Oblivious
      January 23, 2021 at 6:34 pm | #

      What a tangled web we weave, when first we practice makes perfect.

      • Ana Chronistic
        Ana Chronistic
        January 24, 2021 at 12:50 am | #

        It ain’t over until the cat lady sings

    • ziggy78eog
      ziggy78eog
      January 24, 2021 at 12:09 pm | #

      Actually, it is, “what is good for the goose, is good for the gander”; the idea being that a particular situation should be treated equally between multiple (traditionally it is two) parties. Typically this is applied to relationships; “if the guy can do “insert whatever action or behavior”, then the girl can also do, “exactly the same action or behavior”.

      • Ana Chronistic
        Ana Chronistic
        January 25, 2021 at 10:05 pm | #

        DontExplainTheJoke.jpg

  2. BBCC
    BBCC
    January 23, 2021 at 12:07 am | #

    I love Sarah and look forward to seeing where this goes.

    • Agemegos
      Agemegos
      January 23, 2021 at 3:58 pm | #

      Subscribe to Slipshine.

  3. Thag Simmons
    Thag Simmons
    January 23, 2021 at 12:07 am | #

    This feels wrong on a fundamental level.

    • He Who Abides
      He Who Abides
      January 23, 2021 at 12:27 am | #

      It did, until that last panel.

  4. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    January 23, 2021 at 12:07 am | #

    I’m midly horrified yet laughing a lot

  5. not someone else
    not someone else
    January 23, 2021 at 12:07 am | #

    Okay, Sarah is officially one of my favorite characters

    • a/snow/mous/e
      a/snow/mous/e
      January 23, 2021 at 12:21 am | #

      am i “someone else”? 😮

      but yeah! sarah seems to be in an actually good, albeit mischievous, mood! exciting!

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        January 23, 2021 at 4:46 am | #

        We’re all someone else.

        • Clif
          Clif
          January 23, 2021 at 10:48 am | #

          I’m not. It’s the rest of you who are someone else.

          Proportedly.

          • a/snow/mous/e
            a/snow/mous/e
            January 23, 2021 at 11:07 am | #

            *purportedly

            and a very happy unbirthday to you~

        • a/snow/mous/e
          a/snow/mous/e
          January 23, 2021 at 11:06 am | #

          ok i guess maybe it wasn’t a “don’t confuse me with the other bjcat” thing then, lol

  6. StClair
    StClair
    January 23, 2021 at 12:08 am | #

    well played.

  7. Octopus Ink
    Octopus Ink
    January 23, 2021 at 12:09 am | #

    Wow.
    This was almost “Opposite Day”.

    • DinaJoyce
      DinaJoyce
      January 23, 2021 at 12:19 am | #

      I was gonna say like a freaky Friday thing, but same idea.

      • DinaJoyce
        DinaJoyce
        January 23, 2021 at 12:20 am | #

        Oooooh! I’m Dina now! This is the first time I’ve been either of the characters in my username!

      • Demoted Oblivious
        Demoted Oblivious
        January 23, 2021 at 1:48 am | #

        And it is Saturday

  8. Emperor Norton II
    Emperor Norton II
    January 23, 2021 at 12:09 am | #

    Sarah has been waiting for this opportunity for months now.

    Sadly, this will turn out to be the happiest moment of her life. It’s all downhill from here.

    • Rabid Rabbit
      Rabid Rabbit
      January 23, 2021 at 1:40 am | #

      It’s weird to compare this to the last time she woke Joyce up while smiling. But then, that was part of an Evil Plan. https://www.dumbingofage.com/2017/comic/book-8/01-face-the-strange/hnnnrrgh/

      • SadnessWithASmile
        SadnessWithASmile
        January 23, 2021 at 2:44 pm | #

        Honestly, my first though was “what is Sarah’s scheme here?” I’m down for whatever it is because I like Sarah, but there are definitely ulterior motives at play.

        • Agemegos
          Agemegos
          January 23, 2021 at 3:59 pm | #

          She wants the room to herself for a little while. Is that mysterious?

    • Octopus Ink
      Octopus Ink
      January 23, 2021 at 3:35 am | #

      Honestly, I’m surprised that she isn’t sporting an unusually triangular smile!

  9. cookie1995
    cookie1995
    January 23, 2021 at 12:09 am | #

    Ah I see this storyline is set in the mirror universe
    Good to know

    • cookie1995
      cookie1995
      January 23, 2021 at 12:10 am | #

      Neat my new gravitar is Lucy
      I’m cool with this

    • Slartibeast Button, BIA
      Slartibeast Button, BIA
      January 23, 2021 at 12:23 am | #

      Can’t be, mirror universe characters must either wear Van Dyke beards or dress in stripperiffic outfits.

      (I don’t make the rules.)

      • Lee
        Lee
        January 23, 2021 at 1:55 am | #

        Mirror Riker was pretty normal. No wait, that was transporter glitch Riker. As you were.

  10. jmsr7
    jmsr7
    January 23, 2021 at 12:11 am | #

    Atheism: because we don’t have to pretend we’d rather sleep in

    • Amias
      Amias
      January 23, 2021 at 12:19 am | #

      Is it supposed to be Sunday in-comic?

      • Devin
        Devin
        January 23, 2021 at 12:37 am | #

        Not unless we’ve skipped a day without it being mentioned. Or if they somehow have Saturday classes. So I’m gonna go with not likely.

        • Needfuldoer
          Needfuldoer
          January 23, 2021 at 7:47 am | #

          Definitely a weekday; I’d guess Tuesday or Wednesday since “yesterday” was the first day of classes after winter break. We don’t have enough clues to pin down the exact date yet.

    • Keulen
      Keulen
      January 23, 2021 at 3:16 am | #

      When you’re both an atheist and not a morning person like me, you’ve got two reasons for wanting to sleep in.

  11. Mra
    Mra
    January 23, 2021 at 12:11 am | #

    Seemed like a huge role reversal for a second there, I was worried something had gone wrong.

  12. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    January 23, 2021 at 12:12 am | #

    We’re through the looking glass, people.

  13. a/snow/mous/e
    a/snow/mous/e
    January 23, 2021 at 12:12 am | #

    *checks phone* “…Sarah, it’s 4 AM.”
    “So?”
    “That’s not daytime.”
    “It’s a time… of day!”
    “ijeaf;od”

    • bcb
      bcb
      January 23, 2021 at 12:51 am | #

      It’s daytime somewhere in the world!

      • a/snow/mous/e
        a/snow/mous/e
        January 23, 2021 at 11:57 am | #

        JOYCE: “Sarah, it’s 1:23. This is not ‘daytime’.”
        SARAH: “Well, 1/23 is the DATE, I’M told!”
        JOYCE: “…”
        SARAH: “See, it sounds like ‘date I’m’ when you say it aloud. And also ‘told’ means to say it aloud, so it works!”

        JASON (jolting out of bed): ‘My British-sense is tingling! It’s telling me that … someone has somehow accidentally made a cryptic crossword clue?’

        • a/snow/mous/e
          a/snow/mous/e
          January 23, 2021 at 12:04 pm | #

          (cryptics aren’t actually exclusively british; in the USA, henry cox and emily rathvon also do them [currently publishing in the WSJ, and they formerly published in the Atlantic], and also us nerds who do puzzle hunts

          but i don’t think anyone in the cast is likely to be a word nerd except possibly jason, so)

  14. Sirksome
    Sirksome
    January 23, 2021 at 12:13 am | #

    I’m sensing some distinct differences when their dynamic is reversed.

  15. iam3dhomer
    iam3dhomer
    January 23, 2021 at 12:13 am | #

    “Well then go get some.”

  16. Stephen Bierce
    Stephen Bierce
    January 23, 2021 at 12:13 am | #

    I will turn your face to alabaster
    When you find your servant is your master!
    Oh! You will be Wrapped Around My Finger…

  17. tim gueguen
    tim gueguen
    January 23, 2021 at 12:15 am | #

    I wonder how much Sarah is secretly worried her face will stay that way from smiling too much.

    • Clif
      Clif
      January 23, 2021 at 10:50 am | #

      Obviously not enough.

  18. Emperor Norton II
    Emperor Norton II
    January 23, 2021 at 12:16 am | #

    There are times when you look at a particular comic strip, and you can just tell that the creator had way, way too much fun making it.

    This is one of those times.

    • Clif
      Clif
      January 23, 2021 at 10:52 am | #

      I just assumed that was every Willis strip ever.

      • Emperor Norton II
        Emperor Norton II
        January 25, 2021 at 12:16 am | #

        Oh no, not all of them, not by far. To mention but one example: Those he made in which he basically looks back at his own life as a fundie, as well as strips inspired by his relationship with his mother. Can’t imagine them being just plain fun to make. Important, yes. Fun, no.

    • hof1991
      hof1991
      January 23, 2021 at 11:16 am | #

      The strip is healing after the trauma before the time skip.

  19. Kyrik Michalowski
    Kyrik Michalowski
    January 23, 2021 at 12:16 am | #

    Truly, revenge is a dish best served cold and Sarah is enjoying every second of this. I most wholeheartedly approve of this scenario and hope we see more of Grumpy Glasses Joyce in the near future.

    Also where is Dorothy’s salad wrap? It’s been driving me crazy not knowing.

  20. butts
    butts
    January 23, 2021 at 12:19 am | #

    what is this, character growth? gross

  21. Jupiterror
    Jupiterror
    January 23, 2021 at 12:19 am | #

    This is certainly a welcome change of pace

  22. EvilMidnightLurker
    EvilMidnightLurker
    January 23, 2021 at 12:20 am | #

    The circle is complete.

    • Keulen
      Keulen
      January 23, 2021 at 3:08 am | #

      When Sarah left us she was but the learner, now she is the master.

    • Demoted Oblivious
      Demoted Oblivious
      January 23, 2021 at 6:36 pm | #

      First it was round, but now it has been squared.

  23. DailyBrad
    DailyBrad
    January 23, 2021 at 12:27 am | #

    Such a troll, I love it.

  24. ian livs
    ian livs
    January 23, 2021 at 12:30 am | #

    Sarah’s expression in the last panel is adorable. In a delightfully trolling way, obviously

    • Prince Mech
      Prince Mech
      January 23, 2021 at 7:53 am | #

      It’s a smile I want to protect.

  25. Uniquitous
    Uniquitous
    January 23, 2021 at 12:31 am | #

    Cackling like I just put my archnemesis in the shark pit. (Yes, it’s a pit, not a pool. Don’t ask.)

    • Bicycle Bill
      Bicycle Bill
      January 23, 2021 at 3:32 am | #

      But do the sharks have laser beams attached to their heads?

      You can’t be considered an evil genius unless you have sharks with frickin’ laser beams attached to their heads.

  26. Suet
    Suet
    January 23, 2021 at 12:31 am | #

    *plays We’ve Only Just Begun by The Carpenters*

    Well this Sarah™ brand cheer could use some Sara Lee, Joyce’s grump shall not spread beyond… 8 am.

  27. plasticwrap
    plasticwrap
    January 23, 2021 at 12:37 am | #

    I find this cheeriness highly suspect.

    • plasticwrap
      plasticwrap
      January 23, 2021 at 2:21 am | #

      I reckon there’s some sort of scandalous Schadenfreude type thing waiting in the hall or dining hall

      • Demoted Oblivious
        Demoted Oblivious
        January 23, 2021 at 6:41 pm | #

        I don’t think it’s waiting anywhere. It’s right there on Sarah’s face. But I think I follow where you’re going. It would be nicer if this wasn’t driven by Joyce’s obvious misery about glasses, but I can’t say it really bothers me either. Joyce’s discomfort shall pass like a spring rain, and if her lenses are even marginally ballistic, perhaps they will save her vision in another way shortly. What with the way things catch fire and explode around here.

  28. Lingo
    Lingo
    January 23, 2021 at 12:40 am | #

    With that facial expression and the glasses, Joyce looks more like a blonde Amber than Dorothy ever did.

  29. Jeff Harris
    Jeff Harris
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    Sarah is having too much fun with Joyce’s grumpiness. The tide has turned, and it is so sweet!

  30. Rabid Rabbit
    Rabid Rabbit
    January 23, 2021 at 12:47 am | #

    And I now have my answer about the color of Joyce’s frame. Namely, she really should have been wearing glasses when she picked them. Or rather, they may have matched her jacket when she picked them, but that doesn’t mean they match everything she wears.

    Seriously, that is a hideous clash.

    • Jamie
      Jamie
      January 23, 2021 at 1:25 am | #

      I like that your gravatar is happy Sarah.

    • heliska
      heliska
      January 23, 2021 at 3:38 am | #

      I think she looks super cute in those glasses. Also, she’s always been a blue kind o’ girl.

    • Reaver
      Reaver
      January 23, 2021 at 8:58 am | #

      IDK the teal goes well with her hair and eyes.

  31. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    January 23, 2021 at 12:55 am | #

    Revenge is a dish best served smiling.

  32. auroki
    auroki
    January 23, 2021 at 12:56 am | #

    Well well well.

    How the turn tables

  33. Koms
    Koms
    January 23, 2021 at 1:09 am | #

    What alternate universe is this

    • Clif
      Clif
      January 23, 2021 at 10:29 am | #

      42

      Or do you mean theirs and not ours. Colloquially it’s the Dumbingverse, but more correctly, Walkyverse Mark II.

      • Demoted Oblivious
        Demoted Oblivious
        January 23, 2021 at 6:46 pm | #

        Clearly he asked about this one, not that one.

  34. Rectilinear Propagation
    Rectilinear Propagation
    January 23, 2021 at 1:16 am | #

    Last panel Sarah is trying to tempt me into changing my avatar again but I will resist, even if it is more square than my current one.

  35. LiterallyJustSomeGuy
    LiterallyJustSomeGuy
    January 23, 2021 at 1:17 am | #

    Smiley Sarah is wonderful and I love this role reversal!

  36. Kitschensyngk
    Kitschensyngk
    January 23, 2021 at 1:21 am | #

    Are we entering another dimension?

    And by any chance would this other dimension be neither of sight nor of sound, but in fact one of mind?

    • Clif
      Clif
      January 23, 2021 at 10:37 am | #

      There is clearly sight, and if not sound, at least word balloons. Joyce and Sarah are in fact not of one mind. And quite obviously it’s morning and not twilight.

      The linguistic persecution rests.

      • Demoted Oblivious
        Demoted Oblivious
        January 23, 2021 at 7:01 pm | #

        Unless in fact we are simply viewing another dimension, that of DoA, via a virtual portal rendered digitally by Willis but in fact only present in his head, thus being one of mind. In which case we aren’t entering that dimension either way you slice it. And in that case it may still be the best thing since slice universes.

  37. vlademir1
    vlademir1
    January 23, 2021 at 1:23 am | #

    I would happily wake up to this. The bratty sarcastic tone rings through even without audio ;D.

  38. Tawdry Quirks
    Tawdry Quirks
    January 23, 2021 at 1:57 am | #

    The last panel is so, so close to unlocking the triangle grin achievement.

  39. Dean
    Dean
    January 23, 2021 at 2:08 am | #

    No breakfast cereal could be as sweet as this moment is to Sarah.

    • Dean
      Dean
      January 23, 2021 at 2:09 am | #

      This gravatar is pretty sweet too, not gonna lie.

  40. Reltzik
    Reltzik
    January 23, 2021 at 2:16 am | #

    …. I could ALMOST buy that Sarah was being cheerful just to make the point that she’s not as afraid of redefining herself as Joyce is, but I don’t think she’d put in this much effort to make that point.

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      January 23, 2021 at 2:17 am | #

      …. Grav Roulette must be pre-reading my posts.

  41. Airyu
    Airyu
    January 23, 2021 at 2:35 am | #

    These two need their own comedy series x3

  42. David Alexander McDonald
    David Alexander McDonald
    January 23, 2021 at 2:48 am | #

    Like Sarah you too can relax and enjoy psychosis!

  43. NinjaNick
    NinjaNick
    January 23, 2021 at 2:57 am | #

    I’d freak out if Sarah develops a triangle grin. This “normal” feels new.

  44. Keulen
    Keulen
    January 23, 2021 at 3:10 am | #

    Are we sure Sarah and Joyce didn’t switch bodies recently?

  45. saltchocolate
    saltchocolate
    January 23, 2021 at 3:11 am | #

    Who is this unmasked woman?!

  46. Romanticide
    Romanticide
    January 23, 2021 at 3:45 am | #

    Too late for Saturnalia but I guess the spirit remains.

    • ValdVin
      ValdVin
      January 23, 2021 at 4:58 am | #

      “Sarahnalia” is still available to coin.

      • Romanticide
        Romanticide
        January 24, 2021 at 4:59 am | #

        why not? sounds good to me.

  47. TemplarKnight
    TemplarKnight
    January 23, 2021 at 3:55 am | #

    Did we change universes again? How many splintered worlds are you going to make?

  48. PB
    PB
    January 23, 2021 at 3:58 am | #

    Huh. I’m bothered but cautiously hopeful at this turn of the tables.

  49. Jane
    Jane
    January 23, 2021 at 4:07 am | #

    Oh no. The Smiley has taken over the host.

    This is why one should never smile, and be suspicious of those who do.

    • PB
      PB
      January 23, 2021 at 2:38 pm | #

      “Any smile that lasts longer than a second and a half is a conman’s ruse.” -Captain Holt, Brooklyn 99

  50. Bagge
    Bagge
    January 23, 2021 at 4:25 am | #

    Smiley Sarah is the gift that just keep giving.

    …well, to a point.

    • Hopeluminous
      Hopeluminous
      January 23, 2021 at 7:02 am | #

      It’s nice to see her smile that way.

  51. Lone Duck
    Lone Duck
    January 23, 2021 at 5:05 am | #

    …And then, it was all a dream~~

    • Hescotti
      Hescotti
      January 23, 2021 at 4:46 pm | #

      Agreed

  52. Varangian
    Varangian
    January 23, 2021 at 7:01 am | #

    God, Sarah, I love you so much. Just the best.

    • Varangian
      Varangian
      January 23, 2021 at 7:01 am | #

      Oh no oh dammit, Roz? No thank you.

      • Varangian
        Varangian
        January 23, 2021 at 7:03 am | #

        Horny J. Jonah Jameson is a huge improvement but I think we can do better.

        • Varangian
          Varangian
          January 23, 2021 at 7:04 am | #

          WALKY’D

        • june gloom
          june gloom
          January 24, 2021 at 1:23 am | #

          What’s amazing about this is how in-character that is for him.

  53. Varangian
    Varangian
    January 23, 2021 at 7:05 am | #

    (You wish you were getting Walky’d, Lucy.)

    • Varangian
      Varangian
      January 23, 2021 at 7:06 am | #

      Diminishing returns, I see. I’ll take my Professor DeSanto then.

  54. Edwin I Callahan
    Edwin I Callahan
    January 23, 2021 at 7:09 am | #

    I guess in this alternate universe, the Pod Person is the nice one.

  55. JediMB
    JediMB
    January 23, 2021 at 7:20 am | #

    Oh my god, Sarah, I love you even more right now!

  56. JBento
    JBento
    January 23, 2021 at 7:43 am | #

    A-class trolling, Sarah. 11/10. Marry me.

  57. Jake'm
    Jake'm
    January 23, 2021 at 7:43 am | #

    Sarah revelling in this change is something I did not expect but will gladly accept.

  58. Apostate
    Apostate
    January 23, 2021 at 9:38 am | #

    Payback.

  59. Arianod
    Arianod
    January 23, 2021 at 10:05 am | #

    Wh-what kind of upside-down world is this

  60. Rabisch
    Rabisch
    January 23, 2021 at 10:45 am | #

    HOORAY!!!!!! FINALLY WORLD HAS GONE UPSIDE DOWN!!!! By the way Sarah, you need to clean the glasses before to put it on a nose.

  61. Lexi
    Lexi
    January 23, 2021 at 11:10 am | #

    Who are you and what have you done with Sarah?

  62. zee
    zee
    January 23, 2021 at 11:26 am | #

    Ahhh two adorable strips in a row, the willis is kind today

    • King Daniel
      King Daniel
      January 23, 2021 at 2:17 pm | #

      The Willis taketh away, but today the Willis giveth.

  63. Vulcanodon
    Vulcanodon
    January 23, 2021 at 11:35 am | #

    Having Joyce on a bit, by playing… Joyce!

  64. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    January 23, 2021 at 12:36 pm | #

    Thinking about it, daytime is pretty late in the winter.

  65. JessWitt
    JessWitt
    January 23, 2021 at 12:58 pm | #

    Phew I’m not ready for a perpetually cheery Sarah.

  66. Svankensen
    Svankensen
    January 23, 2021 at 2:28 pm | #

    Sarah is hot when she’s cheery.

  67. Victor Riley
    Victor Riley
    January 23, 2021 at 2:29 pm | #

    Love the role-reversal.

  68. Agemegos
    Agemegos
    January 23, 2021 at 4:03 pm | #

    Is Sarah about to get some?

  69. Agemegos
    Agemegos
    January 23, 2021 at 4:11 pm | #

    Once upon a time I did one of those on-line things where you are shown a lot of pairs of pictures in sequence and choose the one you prefer each time, and a software widget tries to infer things about you and your tastes. The one in question conclude that I liked tanned blondes or something like that, but in fact I was choosing the woman who looked more cheerful each time.

    I think happiness suits Sarah.

  70. Anthony
    Anthony
    January 23, 2021 at 6:05 pm | #

    Aaaand with that I’m caught up on the archive! Started reading from the beginning all the way back in mid-December.

    And it’s on a strip where something is very clearly wrong with the universe. And my OTP has dissolved… and I’m going to be waiting day to day to see what the hell happened (apart from, y’know, the fact that their relationship always had some issues).

    …Damn you, Willis!

  71. Zor
    Zor
    January 23, 2021 at 6:40 pm | #

    Wow. She’s really dedicated to this bit. Now that’s character development

  72. George the Archon
    George the Archon
    January 23, 2021 at 6:42 pm | #

    I’m cackling far too much at Sarah’s turnabout here, but I’m also really liking how ‘big sister’ is basically doing ‘Time to be up! Before you can properly wake up and think to object, here’s your glasses, and hey I’ve now tricked you into admitting that you have to leave the dorm, so again before you can properly fight back, go out into the world and start adjusting to seeing distance through new glasses’ – in a way that lets Joyce safely blame and be challenged by Sarah, providing motivation. It’s touching.

    (And also delicious delicious revenge.)

  73. Juanoku
    Juanoku
    January 23, 2021 at 6:53 pm | #

    Now this is the story all about how my life got turned upside-down~

  74. Dev
    Dev
    January 23, 2021 at 7:23 pm | #

    I require that last panel as a roulette gravitar now.

  75. seregiel
    seregiel
    January 23, 2021 at 8:11 pm | #

    I just realized… her phobia of being alone after her attack was probably in part due to her lack of vision… It’s a lot easier to be afraid of generic males when you cannot make out their features to know who they are before they approach closer than comfortable. I know she has already worked past that part on her own, but if Sarah has figured that out… yeah, embrace the glasses Joyce. You’ll at least know who is approaching you as you’re on your way to carefully deconstructed omelets.

  76. seregiel
    seregiel
    January 23, 2021 at 8:11 pm | #

    Also I love Sarah.

  77. David L.
    David L.
    January 23, 2021 at 9:47 pm | #

    Another new character? I can barely keep up with all the ones we already had. And how did she get past Sarah to wake Joyce up?

  78. GreyICE
    GreyICE
    January 23, 2021 at 10:31 pm | #

    Who is this brand new character?

  79. JA
    JA
    January 25, 2021 at 11:08 pm | #

    Soooo many ways Sarah’s last line can be interpreted, especially with that face.

  80. Roborat
    Roborat
    January 26, 2021 at 3:54 pm | #

    Sarah is having far too much fun with this. I hope she milks this for all it’s worth.

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