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Legs

by David M Willis on January 23, 2022 at 12:01 am
  • 03 – Trial and Sarah
└ Tags: joyce, sarah

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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    January 23, 2022 at 12:05 am | #

    MBisonYesYes.gif

  2. The Wellerman
    The Wellerman
    January 23, 2022 at 12:06 am | #

    I wonder if she’ll have another Christian Nightmare.

    Speaking of which…

    I made a game about it!

    Joyce is in the game!!!

    Joyce kills and eats herself out in her nightmare!!!

    You can play the game on Newgrounds—

    https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/830313

    Enjoy!!! 😉

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      January 23, 2022 at 12:09 am | #

      My review.

    • True Survivor
      True Survivor
      January 23, 2022 at 12:10 am | #

      Wow this is amazing great work. By the way, the horrified look of agony on the turtle’s face when you eat him is just … well let’s say this nightmare might be self-replicating.

    • Sol
      Sol
      January 23, 2022 at 12:21 am | #

      I think you may have linked the wrong strip, unless Walky Becoming Hot is a Christian Nightmare.
      I mean, it might be.
      Never was religious.

      • Nick Piers
        Nick Piers
        January 23, 2022 at 12:45 am | #

        Looks like it’s based on the Patreon bonus strip from the link in that day’s regular strip.

    • Bluewind
      Bluewind
      January 23, 2022 at 12:22 am | #

      *laughs hysterically due to having a dirty mind*

    • Delicious Taffy
      Delicious Taffy
      January 23, 2022 at 12:25 am | #

      I really enjoy the animations and soundscape. it’s nice and simple, with a little bit of that old-school educational CD-ROM flair.

    • The Wellerman
      The Wellerman
      January 23, 2022 at 12:44 am | #

      Did I mention the game even works on mobile devices!

      This ain’t your granny’s flash game!

      Oh and by the way if you haven’t already made a Newgrounds account, please do so and vote my game in so it doesn’t get blammed!

      Thanks in advance for playing! 😉

      Imma treat myself to a little Toonami!

      • Delicious Taffy
        Delicious Taffy
        January 23, 2022 at 12:46 am | #

        “This submission is not compatible with your device”

        Every single time, I swear.

        • The Wellerman
          The Wellerman
          January 23, 2022 at 12:49 am | #

          OK, NOW it works!

          • Delicious Taffy
            Delicious Taffy
            January 23, 2022 at 12:55 am | #

            Huh. Was half-expecting it to still not work due to some obscure phone-model issue, like everything else I try with this thing. But no, it totally works. Fast fix!

            • Bicycle Bill
              Bicycle Bill
              January 23, 2022 at 4:13 pm | #

              Just a heads up, Blackberries and Palm phones don’t work any more, and neither do most of those old Nokias.

              • Delicious Taffy
                Delicious Taffy
                January 23, 2022 at 5:32 pm | #

                Then how am I gonna microwave my instant ramen?

      • Rose by Any Other Name
        Rose by Any Other Name
        January 23, 2022 at 12:55 am | #

        My personal best was 207, and I would have gotten higher, but the game stopped giving me non-touching food. Not sure what I was supposed to do at that point. Ah well – beautiful (and often disgusting) game – amazing work! Loved it! The art in particular was fantastic!

        • The Wellerman
          The Wellerman
          January 23, 2022 at 1:05 am | #

          Thanks!!! Also —

          🎶 You got to watch them —
          Be quick or be dead!!!
          🎶

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      January 23, 2022 at 4:19 am | #

      NICE!

    • Allen Alberti
      Allen Alberti
      January 23, 2022 at 5:22 am | #

      I never comment here but I am just to say I played for 5 minutes and it was a good time.

    • milu
      milu
      January 23, 2022 at 5:39 am | #

      awww that is very cool Wellerman!!! you truly brought us sugar and tea and rum with this one <3

      (i didn't get your email in time before bed last night, i signed off right after leaving my last comment, but anyway i would've had no notes =)

    • Amós Batista
      Amós Batista
      January 23, 2022 at 6:32 am | #

      Fantastic game, Wellerman! I loved it!
      How did you make, if I may ask you?

      A tip for people playing it mobile: the tap on screen may be a little more longer if fast tap are not working.

    • jonathan young
      jonathan young
      January 23, 2022 at 9:33 am | #

      this game is amazing. it is adorable and the facial expressions are superb.

    • cosine
      cosine
      January 24, 2022 at 6:30 am | #

      This is exactly what they give you for ADHD testing. (So i suck at it)

  3. Kyrik Michalowski
    Kyrik Michalowski
    January 23, 2022 at 12:09 am | #

    Excellent decision Joyce, sundays are for sleeping in and hiding from the world. Now if only we knew where your pants are.

    • C.T. Phipps
      C.T. Phipps
      January 23, 2022 at 1:06 am | #

      No, Sundays are for creating.

      Saturdays are for sleeping in.

      • someone
        someone
        January 24, 2022 at 4:42 am | #

        Sunday is for sunning.
        Monday is for mooning.
        Tuesday is for tooting.
        Wednesday is for wedding.
        Thursday is for thumping.
        Friday is for frying.
        And Saturday is for sating.

    • Jamie
      Jamie
      January 23, 2022 at 1:40 am | #

      Sunday is the day that Darths and Droids updates. That’s what Sunday means to me.

      • Heather
        Heather
        January 23, 2022 at 2:40 am | #

        Man I haven’t read that in years. Will need to binge at some point.

      • Deanatay
        Deanatay
        January 23, 2022 at 8:48 am | #

        Also OGLAF.

    • Bicycle Bill
      Bicycle Bill
      January 23, 2022 at 4:22 pm | #

      Walky found them, tried them on, and now tells everybody that he got into Joyce’s pants.

  4. Thag Simmons
    Thag Simmons
    January 23, 2022 at 12:09 am | #

    Panels 3-4 are extremely relatable and I wish they weren’t.

    • Yumi
      Yumi
      January 23, 2022 at 12:13 am | #

      Right? I have a fucked up relationship with sleep.

  5. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    January 23, 2022 at 12:10 am | #

    My head is between my legs

    • Delicious Taffy
      Delicious Taffy
      January 23, 2022 at 12:17 am | #

      Yeah, how else are we supposed to kiss our asses goodbye?

      • AGV
        AGV
        January 23, 2022 at 9:44 am | #

        Goodbye goodbye…

  6. True Survivor
    True Survivor
    January 23, 2022 at 12:14 am | #

    Is Joyce depressed? Usually, when Sarah is happy its because another character (particularly Joyce) is very much not and the universe requires homeostasis.

    • Dr. Gonzo
      Dr. Gonzo
      January 23, 2022 at 12:26 am | #

      I think Sarah wants to give Joyce a hug for sleeping in on a Sunday.

      • alongcameaspider
        alongcameaspider
        January 23, 2022 at 12:30 am | #

        Yeah that smile reads to me like Sarah realizing she won’t be woken up early on Sunday anymore

        • Delicious Taffy
          Delicious Taffy
          January 23, 2022 at 12:49 am | #

          Joyce hasn’t been going to church for months, as far as I remember.

          • alongcameaspider
            alongcameaspider
            January 23, 2022 at 1:11 am | #

            But did Sarah recognize it as a permanent change or a temporary reprieve until now?

            • alongcameaspider
              alongcameaspider
              January 23, 2022 at 1:11 am | #

              Actually scratch that I forgot Sarah was one of the people who knew Joyce was Atheist before the argument

          • thejeff
            thejeff
            January 23, 2022 at 10:26 am | #

            Has that been established?

            She lost her faith months ago and we know she skipped church bat least the once back then, but I’d think she’d have had to have this confrontation with Becky back then if she hadn’t been going at all. Especially when she was staying with Becky over the break.

    • Johan
      Johan
      January 23, 2022 at 12:27 am | #

      That’s what I was thibking

    • powerpowerpow
      powerpowerpow
      January 23, 2022 at 1:02 am | #

      Yeah this makes this strip confusing. It’s been established in a previous arc that when Joyce is depressed, the balance of the universe shifts and Sarah becomes the uppitiest person on Earth. However, Joyce appears to be less depressed and more learning how to chill out. So is that a smile of universal imbalance or a smile of “my roommate is learning how to be like me?”

      • Reltzik
        Reltzik
        January 23, 2022 at 4:10 am | #

        I think it’s because maintaining balance is less a fundamental aspect of the universe, and more a quirk of Sarah’s subconscious. Couldn’t that make the law vulnerable to misinterpretation on her part? Perhaps believing that Joyce is unhappy makes Sarah happy even if it happens that Joyce isn’t truly unhappy.

    • Anon A Mouse
      Anon A Mouse
      January 23, 2022 at 9:32 am | #

      I’d say she is to a degree, that’s the point. She’s not feeling happy so she’s going to go back to sleep. The conversation with Walky and taking off her pants didn’t exactly fix things. It’s not the best coping mechanism but she doesn’t seem to be TOO heavy into depression.

  7. Kyrik Michalowski
    Kyrik Michalowski
    January 23, 2022 at 12:15 am | #

    Also, I don’t know if anyone else has experience for sleeping for literal days but it isn’t as awesome or as refreshing as people make jt out to be.

    Last time I slept for days, I tried getting out of bed when I woke up and immediately fell down. Not fun.

    • Regalli
      Regalli
      January 23, 2022 at 12:25 am | #

      Not quite that long but I have definitely had periods where I was sleeping like sixteen hours in a single day and it is not refreshing. Granted, if so I’m probably acutely ill, but you wake up and then two hours later you’re sleepy again and everything aches… not recommended.

    • Delicious Taffy
      Delicious Taffy
      January 23, 2022 at 12:50 am | #

      Atrophy, hunger and dehydration work fast.

    • Bluewind
      Bluewind
      January 23, 2022 at 12:54 am | #

      Agreed. Due to my medical condition, sometimes I end up sleeping off and on for a week. My record is 35 hours straight. The weirdest side effect to me is that it can actually GIVE you a headache/migraine even if you don’t have sleep apnea due to the pressure on your head pressing into the mattress/pillow.

      Btw, I think the best tip I can give is keep refillable water bottle and a cup by the bed (cut back on how often I got dehydrated because I could chug water before I was back out and it was also a reminder). Also, having something to put between your knees and arms while sleeping on your side can help you avoid sore shoulders, hips, and knees.

    • Florence
      Florence
      January 23, 2022 at 9:01 am | #

      I definitely struggle with sleep in general, nailing the right amount is so hard

    • Keulen
      Keulen
      January 23, 2022 at 9:41 am | #

      Sleeping for longer than I intended (and I’ve never even slept for a whole day) makes me feel disoriented. And hungry/thirsty since you can’t really eat or drink water while sleeping.

    • Heather
      Heather
      January 23, 2022 at 3:43 pm | #

      A tumblr post once said that sleep is sort of like emptying your brain of junk but you can’t get more empty than empty itself. So you can’t exactly pay a sleep debt forward. It’s not like sleeping for two days straight means you can go a week without sleep afterwards for instance.

      Though given what I’m now hearing maybe it can get to a point where the bucket is scraping at the sides of your brain if you do sleep too long.

  8. Nono
    Nono
    January 23, 2022 at 12:15 am | #

    Is there anything better than a smile you can hear, though.

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      January 23, 2022 at 8:51 am | #

      A smile you can hear is generally referred to as a rictus. It is not a happy thing.

  9. Pocky
    Pocky
    January 23, 2022 at 12:16 am | #

    Audible joy

  10. BBCC
    BBCC
    January 23, 2022 at 12:19 am | #

    Look, Sarah, if you don’t use your muscles they get creaky.

    Get used to that now. Age is around the corner. XD

  11. Regalli
    Regalli
    January 23, 2022 at 12:19 am | #

    This, this is just cute.

    • milu
      milu
      January 23, 2022 at 6:02 am | #

      it’s adorable

  12. alongcameaspider
    alongcameaspider
    January 23, 2022 at 12:22 am | #

    Gotta catch up on all the sleeping in on Sundays you missed growing up I guess

  13. Amós Batista
    Amós Batista
    January 23, 2022 at 12:23 am | #

    Hello there! Milu and I had created a montage video of the I’ll Leave you a Phantom chapter last page.
    After the January 17th mega-strip, Milo took an idea from Guigui and sent for us mixed audio and cut images from the strip in this comment. My work was just mixing ng all parts into a video.

    <a href="https://youtu.be/5exm9AK8i-o"So, the finalized work is here.

    Hope you enjoy the vídeo

    • Amós Batista
      Amós Batista
      January 23, 2022 at 12:26 am | #

      The link is here.
      I blame staying awake 2am and typing html in a cellphone for the typo.

    • Delicious Taffy
      Delicious Taffy
      January 23, 2022 at 12:52 am | #

      I dig the filter on the audio at the start. Makes it feel like the end of a TV show.

      • Amós Batista
        Amós Batista
        January 23, 2022 at 10:25 am | #

        sound mixing was really good, and the ukulele cover got very well with the Mullins song.

    • The Wellerman
      The Wellerman
      January 23, 2022 at 12:55 am | #

      Fricking nostalgic AWESOME! 🤩

    • Laura
      Laura
      January 23, 2022 at 1:54 am | #

      AWESOME!!!

    • milu
      milu
      January 23, 2022 at 5:29 am | #

      oooh yeaaaah nice job Amos!!! the effects on the Mike falling panel are especially cool. thank youuuu =)

      • milu
        milu
        January 23, 2022 at 5:47 am | #

        awwww yeah it’s really lovely. i love it. thank you for doing this <3

        also, the video description has all the info and all the links in a very satisfying way lol =D

  14. RassilonTDavros
    RassilonTDavros
    January 23, 2022 at 12:24 am | #

    It’s okay, that smile’s gonna vanish the instant Liz makes her inevitable return.

    • StClair
      StClair
      January 23, 2022 at 12:26 am | #

      5, 4, 3…

  15. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    January 23, 2022 at 12:30 am | #

    Enjoying the view?

    • StClair
      StClair
      January 23, 2022 at 12:36 am | #

      Willis has been infected.
      From now on, every strip will have at least two panels focusing on Joyce’s bare, lovingly shaded legs.

      • Delicious Taffy
        Delicious Taffy
        January 23, 2022 at 12:56 am | #

        Fuckin’ finally, some quality entertainment.

      • Sporky
        Sporky
        January 23, 2022 at 2:17 am | #

        Oh god don’t even joke about that. I follow Willis on twitter and every time I see a 9 Chickweed Lane strip I’m viscerally repulsed

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        January 23, 2022 at 4:30 am | #

        Not the worst influence you-know-which-strip could’ve had.

      • Keulen
        Keulen
        January 23, 2022 at 9:43 am | #

        Oh jeez no, we don’t need Willis to become like the author of 9CL.

        • Needfuldoer
          Needfuldoer
          January 23, 2022 at 11:05 am | #

          Stare into the abyss long enough…

    • Rose by Any Other Name
      Rose by Any Other Name
      January 23, 2022 at 12:57 am | #

      Everyone has been predicting Joyce/Dorothy lesbian action, but this is the clue to the swerve that it’s actually going to be Joyce/Sarah.

  16. TrueVCU
    TrueVCU
    January 23, 2022 at 12:41 am | #

    Should Sarah really be pleased about Joyce having low-grade depression stemming from an in-progress existential crisis?

    • Segnosaur
      Segnosaur
      January 23, 2022 at 12:47 am | #

      Does Sarah recognize it as depression or does she think it is just Joyce being a bit cranky.

    • The Wellerman
      The Wellerman
      January 23, 2022 at 12:48 am | #

      She is basically Squidward, so you can only expect it.

  17. Yumi
    Yumi
    January 23, 2022 at 12:51 am | #

    To comment on a different comic strip (Mary Worth), I was bummed about Wilbur not dying, but today’s strip did make me laugh.

    • milu
      milu
      January 23, 2022 at 5:57 am | #

      heheh yeah it was funny.
      he might still fall from the coconut tree to his death??? *crosses fingers*

  18. Kirtro
    Kirtro
    January 23, 2022 at 12:55 am | #

    Literally the sound I think Joyce heard

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8tG4VFtjMw

  19. Kelli217
    Kelli217
    January 23, 2022 at 12:59 am | #

    At some point, I feel like the immodesty will get to her…

    • Kirtro
      Kirtro
      January 23, 2022 at 1:09 am | #

      And then she will remember she didn’t pick up her pants and take them with her ^^;;;

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        January 23, 2022 at 4:31 am | #

        Don’t worry, Becky will probably find them (and somehow immediately know who they belong to).

      • Keulen
        Keulen
        January 23, 2022 at 9:45 am | #

        Somebody’s getting some free pants soon.

    • Council
      Council
      January 23, 2022 at 5:43 am | #

      She is, partially, autobiographical, so this could be the start of her career as an internet pornlady.

  20. Delicious Taffy
    Delicious Taffy
    January 23, 2022 at 1:03 am | #

    First of all, I’m impressed that the strip titled “Legs” is completely devoid of them.

    Second of all, there sure are a lot of comic-inspired creative projects comin’ out lately. Might be time to dust off an old project, if I can manage the ADHD brain long enough.

    • The Wellerman
      The Wellerman
      January 23, 2022 at 1:21 am | #

      Don’t sweat it.

      Would you believe me if I told you it took me 9 months to make Joyce’s Nightmare?

      • Delicious Taffy
        Delicious Taffy
        January 23, 2022 at 2:16 am | #

        The one I had in mind started in like the spring of 2019 and is severely NSFW. The other one got as far as a hallway map and a few portraits.

        • The Wellerman
          The Wellerman
          January 23, 2022 at 2:34 am | #

          RPG Maker I presume?

          Yeah it took really long in my case ’cause shit kept getting in the way, so it was more of an on-off kind of thing. If done with any kind of real commitment and I actually knew what I was doing with the graphical direction (which took up the OVERWHELMING majority of the time), it would have probably taken less than three months.

  21. Florence
    Florence
    January 23, 2022 at 1:09 am | #

    If I were attempting to take this strip seriously I might have thoughts about Sarah being happy only when Joyce is sad and that maybe not being a good thing for the dynamic.

    But I’m gonna take it serious in a magical way and say that there must always be someone carrying the pure happiness energy of Joyce for if it isn’t held by anyone then the marycrons will steal it for there evil plans

    Can Joyce and the rest of the battledumbs defend the pure happiness energy? Find out after these messages!

    *cue ad selling the battledumb play sets*

    • Mr.Morningstar
      Mr.Morningstar
      January 23, 2022 at 6:26 am | #

      Find out on the next Dragonball Z! *guitar riff*

      • Florence
        Florence
        January 23, 2022 at 11:31 pm | #

        I had a whole joke with a link to power rangers but couldn’t post for some reason. Just imagine a next time on power rangers video about a trumpet monster

      • The Wellerman
        The Wellerman
        January 23, 2022 at 11:45 pm | #

        DBZ?!?! Sorry I just couldn’t help myself!

        https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ij_rYpao9oM

  22. RacingTurtle
    RacingTurtle
    January 23, 2022 at 1:21 am | #

    Sarah, dear, don’t get too cocky. I’ve seen the chapter title

  23. Dr T
    Dr T
    January 23, 2022 at 1:53 am | #

    Watch that smile disappear when Liz stops in as she waits for her ride to show up. That bit hasn’t been fully mined for comedy gold yet.

    • thejeff
      thejeff
      January 23, 2022 at 10:30 am | #

      Or drama gold either.

  24. Geneseepaws
    Geneseepaws
    January 23, 2022 at 2:19 am | #

    Some say Yay, And some say Nay,
    But I take this to be my prize,
    With my eyes I saw, so I am here to say:
    Sarah’s smile Grew three times that day.

  25. Bagge
    Bagge
    January 23, 2022 at 3:03 am | #

    Joyce have chosen a nap

  26. Zaxares
    Zaxares
    January 23, 2022 at 3:46 am | #

    I’m sure the alt-text is a reference to something, but it’s escaping me atm. Can anyone elaborate?

    • The Wellerman
      The Wellerman
      January 23, 2022 at 3:58 am | #

      I think it’s the Tin Man from the Wizard of Oz. And I just got that reference LOL 😅

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        January 23, 2022 at 4:38 am | #

        Exactly.

  27. Eldritchy
    Eldritchy
    January 23, 2022 at 6:48 am | #

    Would be funny if Joyce woke up with Sarah hovering over her going “Welcome to the Dark Side”

    • Steve C.
      Steve C.
      January 23, 2022 at 9:34 am | #

      Yes, please.

    • Slartibeast Button, BIA
      Slartibeast Button, BIA
      January 23, 2022 at 10:19 am | #

      Sarah: “Where are the cookies?”

  28. Rabisch
    Rabisch
    January 23, 2022 at 7:17 am | #

    Sarah has see character development and she likes that!

  29. Vulcanodon
    Vulcanodon
    January 23, 2022 at 11:08 am | #

    Sleep in on Sunday when you are young. When you get old, your eyes snap open at six and, like, dammit

    • Bicycle Bill
      Bicycle Bill
      January 23, 2022 at 4:34 pm | #

      I don’t know about that.  I didn’t roll out of bed until almost 1;00 pm CST today.
      Of course, I stayed up until almost 6:00 am CST watching crap on TV, so that might have been a factor….

  30. Beau Kirin Maysey
    Beau Kirin Maysey
    January 23, 2022 at 12:41 pm | #

    I feel like whether or not Sarah MEANS to be happy about this turn of events, it’s not…great… for Joyce to see Sarah getting so gleeful about a situation where Joyce’s likely about the loss of her regular schedule and community of church. She’s already feeling isolated and turned-away from friends she’d connected to through her religion, so this feels… like it’d be upsetting. Maybe I’m projecting because I’D be upset if I were Joyce. Maybe I’m just upset. I dunno.

    • Beau Kirin Maysey
      Beau Kirin Maysey
      January 23, 2022 at 12:46 pm | #

      Especially since Joyce could take it less as Sarah being happy that she won’t have to be woken up early on Sundays / Joyce is giving in to her strict schedule, and more as ‘ah, I guess Sarah doesn’t really want me around talking to her if she’s happy I’ll just be, sleeping”.

      You might argue that seems like a silly, too-sensitive interpretation of this, but 1. Joyce’s head-space doesn’t seem the greatest, and 2. Shut your fuck up

  31. Inbar Fink
    Inbar Fink
    January 23, 2022 at 1:13 pm | #

    Usually I’m all into Sleeping Through the Weekend, but her expression and Sarah’s reactions all indicates that Joyce is doing it cause she’s in a bad funk. I wonder if it’s because she’s still upset about the whole thing with Becky, or because she both misses her old church experience while at the same time also processing just how much it hurt her emotionally. Or both. Or maybe she’s just missing her pants.

  32. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    January 23, 2022 at 1:13 pm | #

    Frankly, this page as me less laughing and more very worried about Joyce

    • Ed Callahan
      Ed Callahan
      January 23, 2022 at 4:05 pm | #

      Depends on how closely Willis wants to have Joyce’s character arc follow his own experiences at IU, i.e. crash and burn in traumatic anxiety and depression. (And he still kept publishing Roomies while laying the groundwork for transitioning to Its Walky.)

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        January 23, 2022 at 8:06 pm | #

        That would be a downer of an ending to DoA…

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