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by David M Willis on November 21, 2022 at 12:01 am
  • 02 – Turning Saints Into the Sea
└ Tags: becky, jennifer, joyce

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  1. The Wellerman
    The Wellerman
    November 21, 2022 at 12:01 am | #

    Haven’t seen one of those in a while! 😆

    Feels good to see Joyce doing her signature move again! 😊

    *plays “Yoshi Star Galaxy” by Koji Kondo on hacked muzak*

  2. darkoneko
    darkoneko
    November 21, 2022 at 12:01 am | #

    Good morning !

  3. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    November 21, 2022 at 12:02 am | #

    so, is it better to see it coming or not 🤔

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      November 21, 2022 at 12:06 am | #

      Eh, lateral move

    • cbwroses
      cbwroses
      November 21, 2022 at 1:10 am | #

      The trick is she wants you to think you see it coming, only so she can appear to your left so you can call her a “clever girl” prior to be “GOOD MORNING”ed to death.

      • Yet_One_More_Idiot
        Yet_One_More_Idiot
        November 21, 2022 at 7:43 am | #

        Joyce: On your left! GOOD MORNING!
        Billie: Gahhhck! *clutches chest, keels over*

        • Needfuldoer
          Needfuldoer
          November 21, 2022 at 8:26 am | #

          Billiefer: “I’M COMIN’, ELIZABETH!”

          Sarah: “Oh NO, NOT YOU TOO.”

  4. Wack'd
    Wack'd
    November 21, 2022 at 12:03 am | #

    and i went on a journey
    and i forgot where i left my body

    they’re gonna tow you
    if they think you’re abandoned
    you’ve got to act like you’re not abandoned

    • Bicycle Bill
      Bicycle Bill
      November 21, 2022 at 1:06 am | #

      Just leave a note — “I ate’nt dead.”

      • Ed Rhodes
        Ed Rhodes
        November 21, 2022 at 5:59 am | #

        I hit “flag” and can’t get rid of it. That was wrong! This shouldn’t be flagged! Sorry!

        • Needfuldoer
          Needfuldoer
          November 21, 2022 at 8:34 am | #

          Don’t worry about that. It takes five people flagging a comment before anything happens, and even then it just gets bumped into a moderation queue for Willis to review. If the comment gets reinstated, it can’t be flagged again.

      • Opus the Poet
        Opus the Poet
        November 21, 2022 at 11:52 am | #

        Have I told you about getting scraped off the street and telling the guy closest to my head to be careful of my broken leg? I can’t remember if I told you or someone else.

  5. Sporky
    Sporky
    November 21, 2022 at 12:03 am | #

    I left my body and I went on a journey, and I forgot where I left my body

  6. Sporky
    Sporky
    November 21, 2022 at 12:04 am | #

    Oh god dammit

  7. Sirksome
    Sirksome
    November 21, 2022 at 12:04 am | #

    She’s grinning when you’re sleeping, she’s chipper when you’re awake. She knows when you’ve been bad or good so wake up between the hours of 4 and 6 am for goodness sake!

  8. Jess
    Jess
    November 21, 2022 at 12:04 am | #

    Oh! Becky isn’t tagged! She doesn’t exist!

    • Slartibeast Button, BIA
      Slartibeast Button, BIA
      November 21, 2022 at 12:14 am | #

      Must be a Robo-Becky duplicate.

    • Sombrero
      Sombrero
      November 21, 2022 at 6:06 am | #

      Jennifer’s soul invaded Becky’s body, kicking Becky’s soul off the strip.

  9. Madock345
    Madock345
    November 21, 2022 at 12:05 am | #

    That title text hurt me XD

    • Psi Baka Onna
      Psi Baka Onna
      November 21, 2022 at 7:10 am | #

      I regret going back to check what it was. Goddamnit Willis…

    • Decidedly Orthogonal
      Decidedly Orthogonal
      November 21, 2022 at 5:36 pm | #

      Loved it!

  10. Blume
    Blume
    November 21, 2022 at 12:07 am | #

    It’s interesting to see just how much Becky knows about her friend, sorta sweet! Feels like she felt worried about her back then too. I don’t think Joyce needs to be babied into taking her pills, but getting someone who already knows helping her to feel more comfortable about the idea isn’t the worst!

    I missed happy Joyce too 🙂 glad she’s not feeling awful anymore.

  11. Stephen Bierce
    Stephen Bierce
    November 21, 2022 at 12:07 am | #

    Be glad I’ve been mainly listening to instrumental music lately. I think the only song I heard overday with any actual lyrics was “Forces Of Evil” which wasn’t by an actual band.

    • Stephen Bierce
      Stephen Bierce
      November 21, 2022 at 11:33 am | #

      Sounds Like A KISS Ripoff Act.

  12. Cerusee
    Cerusee
    November 21, 2022 at 12:10 am | #

    I know those little dangling bits from her coat are flying out like that because Joyce just arrived at speed, but they also do so look like she’s got friendly alien tentacles, waving hello.

    • Joshua Kronengold
      Joshua Kronengold
      November 21, 2022 at 10:23 pm | #

      Just sayin’, but Joyce would make a FANTASTIC cheery tentacled horror.

      • Cerusee
        Cerusee
        November 21, 2022 at 11:16 pm | #

        You’ve said it, and now I’m seeing it.

        It’s so *cute*!

  13. DailyBrad
    DailyBrad
    November 21, 2022 at 12:13 am | #

    Our gal’s back in business!

  14. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    November 21, 2022 at 12:14 am | #

    People often say “Good Morning to me when I first show up to work. And it often gets on my nerves because…while I am not displeased to see them, those words may very well be the first words to come out of my mouth that day and it”s in a sorta “call and response” manner of which I’m only really say out of a formality. And since my throat is probably dry and unprepared to speak I don’t have the same energy in my “good morning” as they have. But I’ll come across as rude if I do not say it back.

    I don’t know when I became such a curmudgeon but that’s how I feel.

    • milu
      milu
      November 21, 2022 at 2:25 am | #

      I mean, it still takes less muscular effort than “Socially appropriate greeting”, though that one is lighter mentally

    • Clif
      Clif
      November 21, 2022 at 2:54 am | #

      You need to develope a repertoire of answers.

      “Oh, is it? I hadn’t noticed.”
      “And to you, my optimistic friend.”
      “And the very best of all good things to you this morning.”
      “I haven’t killed anyone yet, so it must be.”
      “Perhaps. Perhaps. We shall see. We shall see.”
      “Odd. That’s what my grandmother used to say, God rest her soul.”
      “An absolutely tip-top spiffing morning indeed.”
      “What are the qualities that make one morning good and another less so? Every morning is individual. When we say good morning, is it really fair to compare one morning to another as though it were a competition?”
      “Once I wake up, I’ll see if I agree.”
      “Tolerable morning at any rate.”
      “Mornings should be outlawed, but this one has behaved so far.”
      “Indeed, it’s a good day to die.”
      “That’s what it wants you to think. You know, it’s pretending to catch you off guard.”

      Good morning, Yotomoe!

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        November 21, 2022 at 7:57 am | #

        “What do you mean? Do you wish me a good morning, or mean that it is a good morning whether I want it or not; or that you feel good this morning; or that it is a morning to be good on?” – Gandalf

      • milu
        milu
        November 21, 2022 at 11:04 am | #

        “In this economy?!”

        Or just cackle maniacally. Normalize deranged laughter

        • Decidedly Orthogonal
          Decidedly Orthogonal
          November 21, 2022 at 5:38 pm | #

          Use deranged laughter. But never normalize it.

    • Carms
      Carms
      November 21, 2022 at 5:57 am | #

      Have a food or drink that you can believably or actually have a mouth full of, and gesture hi with the hand holding the food/drink.

      • DailyBrad
        DailyBrad
        November 21, 2022 at 9:14 am | #

        I do this or sometimes point to my throat to indicate it’s dry and that I want to drink first before getting into pleasantries.

      • Decidedly Orthogonal
        Decidedly Orthogonal
        November 21, 2022 at 5:40 pm | #

        This is best done with an obviously still factory sealed container.

    • Leorale
      Leorale
      November 21, 2022 at 9:53 am | #

      Could you drink some water and talk to yourself before you get to work?
      My mom often sings in the morning. It’s hella wholesome.

      • milu
        milu
        November 21, 2022 at 11:35 am | #

        I usually wake up with a song stuck in my head, no idea how common this is. Borderline can’t not be singing or humming in the morning. Lately it’s tended to be something off of Yebba’s album because I’ve been fairly obsessed with it for a couple weeks. Sometimes I’ll be surprised with a tune i haven’t heard in years. Brains are fun? Sometimes??

    • EpochFlame
      EpochFlame
      November 21, 2022 at 12:35 pm | #

      reply: “Thanks”

    • Hof1991
      Hof1991
      November 21, 2022 at 2:22 pm | #

      Guys. Don’t be Marco Rubio or Ted cruz on this. Just nod or wave and carry on.

    • anon
      anon
      November 21, 2022 at 3:58 pm | #

      Dwight: I see you guys every day, can i not just say “good month” lol

    • Wizard
      Wizard
      December 9, 2022 at 5:25 am | #

      I usually just respond with “Hello!” Then again, I’ve spent most of my adult life working the graveyard shift, so I don’t necessarily share most people’s definition of “morning”.

  15. tim gueguen
    tim gueguen
    November 21, 2022 at 12:16 am | #

    We must hope no one teaches Joyce ’70s kung fu movie kung fu. She’d probably develop Triangle Grin Fist and be a danger to everyone.

  16. UrsulaDavina
    UrsulaDavina
    November 21, 2022 at 12:17 am | #

    Good Morning!
    Good Morning!
    We’ve talked the whole night through!
    Good Morning!
    Good Morning to you!
    If you’re going to say goodm Morning with gusto I’m gonna refrence Singing in the Rain.

    • Mano308gts
      Mano308gts
      November 21, 2022 at 12:59 am | #

      Next thing you know, they’re going to have a theological debate about whether Moses supposes his toes are roses…. Or not. XD

      • NickG
        NickG
        November 21, 2022 at 2:26 pm | #

        He supposes erroneously.

    • Hof1991
      Hof1991
      November 21, 2022 at 2:23 pm | #

      I cain’t stand it.

  17. RassilonTDavros
    RassilonTDavros
    November 21, 2022 at 12:19 am | #

    Comedic nigh-teleportation will never not be one of my favorite comedic devices.

    • Clif
      Clif
      November 21, 2022 at 2:56 am | #

      What? Never?

  18. shadowcell
    shadowcell
    November 21, 2022 at 12:23 am | #

    Dumbing of Age Book 13: It Works Just As Well From Behind

    • AbacusWizard
      AbacusWizard
      November 21, 2022 at 12:44 am | #

      I was thinking
      Dumbing of Age Book 13: Her Grinning Mouth Eclipsing Your Senses

  19. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    November 21, 2022 at 12:26 am | #

    https://imgur.com/a/2oRdyRg
    A quick illustration to figure out what a Reverse Ciao girl might look like.

    • Taffy
      Taffy
      November 21, 2022 at 12:45 am | #

      The first one is creepier and therefore also funnier (depending on the soundscape), and the second one is definitely more flirty and therefore also funnier.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        November 21, 2022 at 12:52 am | #

        I enjoy the first one cuz I have this strange affinity for the concept of someone bending over backwards while sitting on your lap to deliver an upside down spiderman kiss of sorts.
        I don’t even know how possible it is but it certainly would not be easy.

        • Taffy
          Taffy
          November 21, 2022 at 12:59 am | #

          Easier than one might think, based solely on personal experience. Long as the one in the lap is about a head shorter than the lap’s owner and/or the seat is leaning back a bit. It’s a little work, but worth the while.

          • Yotomoe
            Yotomoe
            November 21, 2022 at 1:24 am | #

            That’s good to know! Though a Reverse Ciao Girl would just be a friendly hello from that position.

      • anon
        anon
        November 21, 2022 at 4:09 pm | #

        https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=3587353177954382 wouldn’t be as creepy unless joyce was able to do this full on, but that’d be fun to see how walky would react to her joyfully doing this woards him

    • milu
      milu
      November 21, 2022 at 12:03 pm | #

      Next up: sixty-n’hi’ne, ‘whassup dog’gy style, f’hello’tio and ‘yo’nic massage

  20. jeffepp
    jeffepp
    November 21, 2022 at 12:27 am | #

    Teleporting is working again.

  21. BBCC
    BBCC
    November 21, 2022 at 12:28 am | #

    That is the correct response to sudden, way too loud ‘good mornings’, Jennifer. XD

    That said, it’s good to see Joyce is feeling better.

  22. Pocky
    Pocky
    November 21, 2022 at 12:29 am | #

    Here lies Jennifer

    Died via small Christian woman jumpscares

    • cbwroses
      cbwroses
      November 21, 2022 at 1:06 am | #

      Small atheist woman jump-scares.

      Unless you consider Becky as the setup for said scare.

      • King Daniel
        King Daniel
        November 21, 2022 at 2:06 am | #

        Hey, Jennifer also considers herself Christian. She could be the “small Christian woman”. 😛

        • cbwroses
          cbwroses
          November 21, 2022 at 3:07 am | #

          I don’t think Jennifer is generally considered small by most aspects.

          • Needfuldoer
            Needfuldoer
            November 21, 2022 at 12:04 pm | #

            Looks like she’s a little taller than Becky and Joyce, who are about 5’4″.

  23. Taffy
    Taffy
    November 21, 2022 at 12:40 am | #

    Panel 4 is so loud the audio is clipping. That’s not good for the speakers, Joyce.

  24. Carms
    Carms
    November 21, 2022 at 12:58 am | #

    I used to come up behind people and like. Squeak, at obnoxiously high pitch. For the jump scare and also because I could make unreasonably high sounds. Volume wasn’t the *point*… But it was usually also high.

    Then I became a teacher, with like, triggerable tinnitus/auditory issues, and kids would yell in my ear to be deliberately shitty, or just cos 13/4 is not a good age for indoor voices, and I knew Remorse.

  25. Francoinblanco
    Francoinblanco
    November 21, 2022 at 12:58 am | #

    Wha what? What was the plan? Hey Jenifer, Joyce doesn’t want to see me and she feels beset by questions about her health come with me and together we will ask about her health.
    Another question is it normal not to lock your dorm room?

    • Alex
      Alex
      November 21, 2022 at 10:12 pm | #

      Probably the plan was for Jennifer to help but for Becky to make it clear that it was her idea and not Dorothy’s.

  26. Amós Batista
    Amós Batista
    November 21, 2022 at 1:13 am | #

    Just loved Jennifer’s style: black shirt, dress over pants. And coat wrapped on hips, that needs to be in fashion again.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      November 21, 2022 at 1:24 am | #

      It’s in fashion for as long as she’s wearing it. <3

  27. Throwatron
    Throwatron
    November 21, 2022 at 1:39 am | #

    this alt text has rendered me wilted i am now a mulch it is too powerful

  28. ADLegend21
    ADLegend21
    November 21, 2022 at 1:42 am | #

    well I guess Billie is gone forever and we’re just left with the soulless husk that is Jennifer.

  29. Qube
    Qube
    November 21, 2022 at 1:43 am | #

    JAIL

    JAIL FOR THAT ALT TEXT PUN

    JAIL FOR ONE THOUSAND YEARS

    • Bryy
      Bryy
      November 21, 2022 at 2:20 am | #

      Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.

    • anon
      anon
      November 21, 2022 at 4:07 pm | #

      What’s the pun, is it a play on some kinda wrestling move?

      • Schpoonman
        Schpoonman
        November 21, 2022 at 5:02 pm | #

        Pun on reverse cowgirl.

        • anon
          anon
          November 22, 2022 at 1:02 am | #

          …that just makes me think any future joe/joyce slipshine is def gonna feature that position then ;P

  30. bagge
    bagge
    November 21, 2022 at 1:57 am | #

    I love Becky’s complete non-surprise. She knows her Joyce

  31. Bryy
    Bryy
    November 21, 2022 at 2:14 am | #

    The alt text fucking sent me.

    • The Wellerman
      The Wellerman
      November 21, 2022 at 5:11 am | #

      I JUST got the joke 🤣🤣🤣 thanks Bryy

  32. powerpowerpow
    powerpowerpow
    November 21, 2022 at 2:21 am | #

    For a sec there I thought that was Joe’s drawing under the Dexter and Monkey Master poster, but upon closer inspection I don’t think it is.

  33. Rabisch
    Rabisch
    November 21, 2022 at 2:23 am | #

    How nice to see that Joyce is back in good spirits. I wonder if Jennifer will be able to understand what’s behind her happiness and if Becky will have suspicions or will simply think that Joyce is back to being the usual positive and happy girl. Because I don’t think Joyce will tell them why. Or at least, I really hope she doesn’t.

    • Archieve
      Archieve
      November 21, 2022 at 6:51 am | #

      I wonder if this will lead into a gag where Becky inists Joyce needs help until she realizes Joe and Joyce are dating and all the sudden decides Joyce’s doesn’t needs to be on the pill at all.

      • Rabisch
        Rabisch
        November 21, 2022 at 10:42 am | #

        You understand that a gag like this inevitably leads to the scene where Mary invites Becky to a pro-life rally telling her that, after all, they are the same. Becky saying she’s nothing like her and then running away in shock while Mary do an evil laugh in the background.

  34. Suet
    Suet
    November 21, 2022 at 3:47 am | #

    *Thunderous round of applause*

    Now she’ll miss it again… during spring break.

  35. darkoneko
    darkoneko
    November 21, 2022 at 6:26 am | #

    but, neither of them’s here and yet they didn’t lock the door uh

  36. BowlerHatGuy
    BowlerHatGuy
    November 21, 2022 at 6:31 am | #

    Does jennifer believe she has a soul? I know what she’s said, butttttttttt does she believe it?

    • Hampsterpig
      Hampsterpig
      November 21, 2022 at 8:56 am | #

      I’d venture that this is more of a common turn of phrase thing rather than some religious perspective. That said, a few of my non-religious friends do still believe they have a soul. Whatever that means for them, I don’t know. As someone who vaguely identifies as a Christian, idk what having a soul really means to myself either.

  37. Needfuldoer
    Needfuldoer
    November 21, 2022 at 8:25 am | #

    Somebody’s feeling better!

  38. Joy
    Joy
    November 21, 2022 at 9:45 am | #

    I’m glad Joyce is feeling better.

  39. BOOSTER SHOT
    BOOSTER SHOT
    November 21, 2022 at 9:56 am | #

    Oh shit!! Jennifer is Tyler Durdening/Mr. Roboting her own Becky! This is a legit cool twist, and I like how we now have another “just in the head” character, after Amber self-actualized Brain!Mike away

    • Taffy
      Taffy
      November 21, 2022 at 10:17 am | #

      What? Becky’s definitely physically present.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      November 21, 2022 at 10:21 am | #

      Counterpoint: Brain!Mike was tagged.

      • BOOSTER SHOT
        BOOSTER SHOT
        November 22, 2022 at 12:47 pm | #

        Oh right, he was. Touchè.

  40. vulcanodon
    vulcanodon
    November 21, 2022 at 10:46 am | #

    Growing up, everyone was either bullying me or trying to fix me. Often, the same people. You develop defense mechanisms and unnatural cheerfulness is probably Joyce’s.

    A college friend once told me; “People have their defenses because they need them.”

  41. thumb
    thumb
    November 21, 2022 at 10:47 am | #

    oh look, you can walk into somebody’s room in a dorm without calling in advance and it’s fine and not treated as . . . some sort of trespass?

    Weird.

    • Nova
      Nova
      November 21, 2022 at 1:00 pm | #

      Oh look, they’re standing in the doorway and she’s literally behind them (therefore standing in the hallway, not the dorm room) and she hasn’t started a nuclear meltdown about something she overheard and applied to herself?

      Also she wasn’t looking for them because “becky’s hanging out with someone else and also it’s my job to mother her into attending classes” she just happened on by? Maybe even to talk to Jennifer or Lucy (whose room it is) rather than to talk to someone she knew was visiting that room (as was the case with becky in Joe’s room).

      Weird how context matters in situations. Gosh, so strange. Next you’ll be telling me that possessive friendship and healthy friendship look different.

      • Blume
        Blume
        November 21, 2022 at 1:11 pm | #

        I have a feeling that’s not what they meant. Unless this person has that sort of track record?

        • Nova
          Nova
          November 21, 2022 at 11:58 pm | #

          I’m confident that I understood the context of the message I originally responded to, but I appreciate you trying to help.

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        November 21, 2022 at 2:51 pm | #

        It’s Joyce and Sarah’s room, right?

        I think thumb was commenting on how Jennifer and Becky walked over and even into Joyce’s room looking for her without scheduling it in advance because that’s a thing people do in dorms. And no one’s treating it as some sort of trespass as tends to happen around here when we don’t like someone’s motivations.

        • Nova
          Nova
          November 21, 2022 at 11:57 pm | #

          Lucy was waiting in it and Becky came looking for Jennifer (Lucy’s roommate). It is definitely not Joyce/Sarah’s room.

          I’m confident that I understood the context of the message I originally responded to, but I appreciate you trying to help.

          • thejeff
            thejeff
            November 22, 2022 at 9:07 am | #

            They switched rooms. Transition between strips. Becky went to Lucy and Jennifer’s to get Jennifer and came back to Joyce’s. That’s why they’re standing in the open doorway saying “Joyce isn’t in. Neither is Sarah.”

    • a/snow/mous/e
      a/snow/mous/e
      November 21, 2022 at 1:49 pm | #

      Well, Joyce just wanders into people’s rooms to say “good morning” on a regular basis, so she doesn’t have much room to complain if her friends barge in 😛

    • anon
      anon
      November 21, 2022 at 4:02 pm | #

      i guess they’re not locked? or joyce is used to/expecting becky or someone to come in or so but i imagine some friends are casual that way, it’d be diff than some new acquaintance showing up on your street at like 3 am but i don’t think joyce has been like “Text me first” or so

    • Alex
      Alex
      November 21, 2022 at 10:07 pm | #

      When the person hasn’t communicated that they’re busy doing something else, yeah.

  42. Username Taken
    Username Taken
    November 21, 2022 at 11:07 am | #

    Well if they’re not tagged, they don’t exist… Maybe the real Becky was the friends we made along the way.

    • Amós Batista
      Amós Batista
      November 21, 2022 at 12:35 pm | #

      Press F for Becky.

  43. EpochFlame
    EpochFlame
    November 21, 2022 at 12:32 pm | #

    the glasses survived

  44. Hof1991
    Hof1991
    November 21, 2022 at 2:26 pm | #

    With that flying entry I was expecting her to say Meep Meep!

  45. KingMonster
    KingMonster
    November 21, 2022 at 2:49 pm | #

    Joyce uses Fake Out! Jennifer flinches!

  46. Calibus
    Calibus
    November 21, 2022 at 3:47 pm | #

    Wholesome Joe was the medicine she needed all along.

  47. anon
    anon
    November 21, 2022 at 3:59 pm | #

    well at least jen doesn’t have a panic reflex to grab her and flip her over because even tho they’re in her room im’ sure some ppl don’t react well to someone behind them

    i imagine it takes a while for the medicine to kick in so the cheery mood because of joe being stronger is quite something lol

  48. Juanoku
    Juanoku
    November 21, 2022 at 4:17 pm | #

    Joyce jumpscare

    • LIGHTWEIGHT BAYBEE
      LIGHTWEIGHT BAYBEE
      November 21, 2022 at 5:47 pm | #

      it’s just a png of a white triangle

  49. Gash
    Gash
    November 21, 2022 at 6:25 pm | #

    Damn Willis, that was a top tier shitty joke right there on that secret comic text.
    Congratulations, not many make it to the top, and i bet you were giggling like a schoolgirl while you was dumping that tiny line of funny for the peeps here to see, hell, i was giggling for a solid 5 seconds and i didn’t even make the joke!

  50. SpongegirlCircleskirt
    SpongegirlCircleskirt
    November 21, 2022 at 6:30 pm | #

    Good to see Joyce back to her annoyingly charming self!

  51. Cracked_Egg
    Cracked_Egg
    November 22, 2022 at 12:37 pm | #

    My friends decribe me like this

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