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July 11, 2026

Slept

by David M Willis on February 5, 2024 at 12:01 am
  • 03 – Trystin' in the Wind
└ Tags: joe, joyce

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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    February 5, 2024 at 12:02 am | #

    Joyce has had a lot of practice just staring at Tristanpeople

    • Dday
      Dday
      February 5, 2024 at 12:37 am | #

      ohhh hey its a match cut huh

      • HueSatLight
        HueSatLight
        February 5, 2024 at 6:10 pm | #

        down to her sitting position!

    • anon
      anon
      February 5, 2024 at 12:54 am | #

      lol that flashback ended sooner than expected

      i wonder if sarah’s already in teh room too lol but i’m sure she would’ve told sarah she’d be staring at him all night XD

  2. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    February 5, 2024 at 12:03 am | #

    Joe: I mean, you could have just slept in a chair or something.

    Joyce: Oh, no, I had to be here to keep watch.

    Joe: Keep watch from what?

    (Pan over to Sarah in corner, standing with baseball bat)

    Joyce: The good news is you’re rested and she was up all night too. If I can buy you a few seconds, think you can make it to the door?

    • Jess
      Jess
      February 5, 2024 at 12:46 am | #

      I snorted. entirely too plausible by half

    • Steelbright
      Steelbright
      February 5, 2024 at 12:50 am | #

      Wow I think you just had an episode of foresight for the next strip. (i laughed too much)

    • MadamMango
      MadamMango
      February 5, 2024 at 7:25 am | #

      Yes, this! By the way I love how Joyce is in the same posture as in the strip before! 🙂

    • Freezer
      Freezer
      February 5, 2024 at 10:43 pm | #

      In lieu of actual likes, please accept this “LOL.”

  3. StClair
    StClair
    February 5, 2024 at 12:04 am | #

    oh, Joyce. -_-

  4. Ty34er
    Ty34er
    February 5, 2024 at 12:04 am | #

    I mean I know I was internally complaining about the flashback but this feels like a really hard pivot

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      February 5, 2024 at 12:05 am | #

      I suspect this is not the last we’ve seen of the flashback stuff.

    • anon
      anon
      February 5, 2024 at 12:55 am | #

      maybe it’ll be ‘intertwined’/intercut with the present to parallel/give more context to how joyce acts around a boy that likes her XD: tho well we know for sure joe likes her

    • Alaric
      Alaric
      February 5, 2024 at 12:10 pm | #

      Doesn’t seem like that hard a pivot to me. Thematically, we’re in the same territory, and it makes sense that Joyce, given her background, would be thinking about the first time she was aware of having physical feelings for a boy.

  5. Thag Simmons
    Thag Simmons
    February 5, 2024 at 12:04 am | #

    Being able to sleep in uncomfortable positions is a very useful skill! I managed to miss out on my entire high school education that way.

    • True Survivor
      True Survivor
      February 5, 2024 at 12:06 am | #

      Would you mind elaborating. I am very confused, but very interested in seeing where this is going.

      • Thag Simmons
        Thag Simmons
        February 5, 2024 at 12:16 am | #

        I misread the comic and assumed she fell asleep in a sitting position

        I think that’s genuinely a useful thing to be able to do, mainly so you can get some shut eye on long vehicle rides, but I also saw an opportunity to joke about how I slept through a lot of classes back in high school.

        • True Survivor
          True Survivor
          February 5, 2024 at 12:39 am | #

          Ohhh. Sorry I am tired and the joke went over my head. Thanks for taking the time to explain.

          • Thag Simmons
            Thag Simmons
            February 5, 2024 at 12:43 am | #

            Since the joke in the comic proper went over my head I can’t really judge.

            • Opus the Poet
              Opus the Poet
              February 5, 2024 at 10:28 pm | #

              I managed to fall asleep while marching in formation while in Basic, and the only way anyone could tell was I missed a column movement and kept on marching straight a couple of times and they had to send someone after me. That was more than 40 years ago.

        • HueSatLight
          HueSatLight
          February 5, 2024 at 1:47 am | #

          My passengers really don’t like it when I do that.

          • clif
            clif
            February 5, 2024 at 2:31 am | #

            Mmm.

          • Miri
            Miri
            February 5, 2024 at 4:21 am | #

            Husband is currently doing the “basically jetlagged due to having worked one night shift last week but not enough to properly shift his clock” thing. Fell asleep last night, after driving us and our kids best part of 3 hours in total and being sociable and getting us home safely, and reading bedtime stories to the youngest.

            He apologised because I’d done a few of the “preparing for the school week” things he usually does. I thanked him for not sleeping while driving 🤷🏻‍♀️

            • Decidedly Orthogonal
              Decidedly Orthogonal
              February 5, 2024 at 8:52 am | #

              Having lived with the opposite, thank you for being an awesome and understanding partner.

    • Steelbright
      Steelbright
      February 5, 2024 at 12:53 am | #

      I get it…in high school I slept with my face in a pile of towels in zero period, head down on a book in 1st period, face propped on my hand in 3rd period…by 5th period I could sleep sitting up hiding behind the person in front of me.

      • Leorale
        Leorale
        February 5, 2024 at 3:29 am | #

        My zayde (grandfather) could always sleep in any position, anywhere — even in a WWII foxhole with guns firing above him.
        I think his ability was an evolutionary advantage: he must’ve been the only well-rested guy around, and he did fight well, and he came back alive to have four more kids.

        • Steelbright
          Steelbright
          February 6, 2024 at 12:45 am | #

          That’s not just an advantage, it’s a fuckin’ superpower

    • DurkVash
      DurkVash
      February 5, 2024 at 9:07 am | #

      To sleep in any position and surface is truly a gift.

  6. Qube
    Qube
    February 5, 2024 at 12:05 am | #

    “look man the only thing I know about sex is that it starts in bed, and I’m not taking any chances”

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      February 5, 2024 at 12:29 am | #

      “Would it help if I explained to you how it often doesn’t start in bed?”

      “….. nope!”

    • anon
      anon
      February 5, 2024 at 12:57 am | #

      at least they somehow weren’t locked in the laundry room together lol

  7. Kyrik Michalowski
    Kyrik Michalowski
    February 5, 2024 at 12:05 am | #

    I understand Joyce’s cuddle reflex. I used to share a bed with my best friend, and I would hold her while we slept. Nowadays I have body pillow during the winter and a smaller pillow during summer.

    • Jo_cubstar
      Jo_cubstar
      February 5, 2024 at 12:13 am | #

      Have you tried a “pregnancy” pillow? The large u-shaped ones? I swear by them

      • Kyrik Michalowski
        Kyrik Michalowski
        February 5, 2024 at 12:26 am | #

        I have not. I’m not even sure what a pregnancy pillow is. Might be awkward for me to buy in person though. I have no girlfriend/wife to accompany me, and I prefer to go to certain places only with a gf/wife because it is a little awkward for a guy to be purchasing stuff there.

        • HueSatLight
          HueSatLight
          February 5, 2024 at 12:54 am | #

          just tell them repeatedly it’s not a sex thing and pay in cash.

          • Kyrik Michalowski
            Kyrik Michalowski
            February 5, 2024 at 1:20 am | #

            Fair.

          • stePH
            stePH
            February 5, 2024 at 10:15 am | #

            😂

        • Uly
          Uly
          February 5, 2024 at 1:45 am | #

          So hire a random actor or ask a platonic friend to help you out? I mean, you’re not buying this for any actual salacious purpose, so it’s not inappropriate to ask for help.

          • Leorale
            Leorale
            February 5, 2024 at 3:35 am | #

            People will just assume you’re getting it for a baby shower, as it’s a very common (and nice!) gift. Go with your head held high, and have only cuddly sleep in your future. 🙂

            • Leorale
              Leorale
              February 5, 2024 at 3:48 am | #

              — oh yeah, and that’s if they notice or think anything at all. People are incredibly bad at noticing things.
              Point is, go get the pillow if you want it, happy dreams.

        • Miri
          Miri
          February 5, 2024 at 3:59 am | #

          May I introduce you to a concept known as internet shopping?

          • Miri
            Miri
            February 5, 2024 at 4:02 am | #

            Woohoo, going InPrivate gets around the Headers Too Large no comments or previous comic for you, now no comic at all! Issue I’ve had since… Fri I think? But really? Exchanging Ruth for Lyle?

            • Miri
              Miri
              February 5, 2024 at 4:05 am | #

              Given that being annoying and loud was a very maladaptive coping mechanism when I was Really Not OK I’m spinning grav roulette again.

              • Miri
                Miri
                February 5, 2024 at 4:05 am | #

                And it trolled me…

        • Big Z
          Big Z
          February 5, 2024 at 7:44 am | #

          You can get them in ordinary places like Target, and believe me, there are a LOT of solo dudes who have bought one of these (either for themselves or to carry home for a pregnant person who was not immediately present).
          https://www.target.com/p/pharmedoc-pregnancy-pillow-u-shape-full-body-maternity-pillow-jersey-cotton-cover/-/A-86167750?preselect=89134521#lnk=sametab

    • anon
      anon
      February 5, 2024 at 1:05 am | #

      we need more friends/platonic cuddle buddles lol

  8. Nathan
    Nathan
    February 5, 2024 at 12:06 am | #

    Kept awake by the dulcet sounds of Sarah slamming her head against the bottom of the top bunk, every five minutes, all night.

    • True Survivor
      True Survivor
      February 5, 2024 at 12:09 am | #

      Don’t worry Sarah has a hard head.

  9. EpochFlame
    EpochFlame
    February 5, 2024 at 12:07 am | #

    they’re being cute

  10. Rabbit
    Rabbit
    February 5, 2024 at 12:08 am | #

    My random prediction: Joyce is going to have to confront her own issues because the Tristan thing was a mean joke Misha played, and it plays into her insecurities/ why she was so pumped that Joe found her hot fr.

    My only source is that I also dealt with this as a young kid in day-church activities.

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      February 5, 2024 at 12:18 am | #

      That sounds right. It seems unlikely that Tristan would just show up unprompted in the modern day.

    • pyrock_mania
      pyrock_mania
      February 5, 2024 at 12:23 am | #

      It does really align with what triggered Joyce taking Joe seriously as a partner (not counting their first date, ofc).

    • Bash
      Bash
      February 5, 2024 at 1:37 am | #

      Oh, that fits really well!

    • J.Gawain
      J.Gawain
      February 5, 2024 at 7:46 am | #

      It isn’t exclusive to day-church activities. I had a group of kids in school tell me my crush liked me and asked me if I wanted to date him. Apparently when he found out, he told them to break up with me. It was my shortest perceived relationship ever, clocking in at around 3 hours.

  11. Suet
    Suet
    February 5, 2024 at 12:09 am | #

    Dang, didn’t even cuddle in Joyce’s bed.

    Coulda been worse, Joyce could’ve fallen asleep at the right moment and Joe stealthily left like Dorothy.

  12. HueSatLight
    HueSatLight
    February 5, 2024 at 12:11 am | #

    remembering a classic.

  13. Nono
    Nono
    February 5, 2024 at 12:11 am | #

    The last time we saw Joe they were still at the gym.

    What were they doing all day?! He’s even changed clothes.

  14. NGPZ
    NGPZ
    February 5, 2024 at 12:12 am | #

    Oh thank goodness, it aint gonna be ALL flashback. 😌

    • Jo_cubstar
      Jo_cubstar
      February 5, 2024 at 12:14 am | #

      Glad I’m not the only one who is happy it’s over for now

    • Jeremiah
      Jeremiah
      February 5, 2024 at 12:27 am | #

      I really don’t understand the comment section apparent disdain for flashbacks. I remember during the Halloween storyline people just wouldn’t stop complaining about it and I just found it bizarre.

      • Yumi
        Yumi
        February 5, 2024 at 6:06 am | #

        I didn’t like the Halloween storyline in flashback for different reasons, but I do enjoy flashbacks here in general. I like to see what the cast was like when they were younger.

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        February 5, 2024 at 6:33 am | #

        Maybe it’s because they’re all blue, all the time?

        I liked the extended flashback sequence where we finally got to see Sal’s perspective of the gas station robbery, where it started out blue but transitioned to desaturated “normal” colors.

        • HueSatLight
          HueSatLight
          February 5, 2024 at 11:37 am | #

          I think that’s it for me too. Even with the “all blue” version of flashbacks, there used to be some hint of color and shading.

    • anon
      anon
      February 5, 2024 at 1:07 am | #

      at least this is a daily webcomic, even weekends, i remember back in the day with some series only uploading once a week lol

      i don’t dislike flashbacks but it’d be nice to just like skip a week doing other things and then catch up since it’s proll ybetter to read it all in one sitting anyways

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        February 5, 2024 at 6:43 am | #

        Not just a daily webcomic, but a well-paced daily webcomic. We’re spoiled by how good Willis is at this.

        One of the comics I followed for years updates daily, but the plot meanders along at a snail’s pace. Go back 6 months and barely anything of consequence has happened.

        • Taffy
          Taffy
          February 5, 2024 at 9:36 pm | #

          Sounds like Questionable Content nowadays, except double it to a year.

  15. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    February 5, 2024 at 12:14 am | #

    What the hell were they doing since we last saw them? We last saw them during a morning workout session. Did they just go into her room and talk for 10 hours and then Joe fell asleep? Did Joe somehow sleep for 18 hours?

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      February 5, 2024 at 12:17 am | #

      Maybe a future comic will elaborate. If we didn’t need to see it, it probably wasn’t that interesting, but still.

    • Kyrik Michalowski
      Kyrik Michalowski
      February 5, 2024 at 12:29 am | #

      That’s a good point, though they could have been doing stuff all day that we just didn’t see. I think it is more likely that they went to lunch, and supper together, and were talking in Joyce’s bed when he fell asleep.

    • HueSatLight
      HueSatLight
      February 5, 2024 at 12:31 am | #

      Probably went down to Walgreen’s and got a fizzy drink from the jerk at the fountain.

      • David DeLaney
        David DeLaney
        February 6, 2024 at 5:02 am | #

        for the young and/or non-Indianan: no, that’s an actual job title, ‘soda jerk’. as seen on, for instance, Happy Days TV show.

        –Dave, seen by your {counts on fingers} grandparents, at this point? durn timescale keeps sliding…

  16. Jonah (firelight_waltz)
    Jonah (firelight_waltz)
    February 5, 2024 at 12:18 am | #

    i love joyce

  17. Warcodered
    Warcodered
    February 5, 2024 at 12:27 am | #

    The silent killer.

    • clif
      clif
      February 5, 2024 at 2:37 am | #

      It’s not actually fatal unless the other person is a human furnace. Which, to be fair, is a thing.

  18. Risky
    Risky
    February 5, 2024 at 12:29 am | #

    Cuddling is not a sin.

    • Kyrik Michalowski
      Kyrik Michalowski
      February 5, 2024 at 12:32 am | #

      Deep in her fundie brain, cuddling means lust and thus is a sin. Now that she is an atheist she is slowly learning to cut through the bullshit, but it takes time.

      • Miri
        Miri
        February 5, 2024 at 9:55 pm | #

        Was she raised the flavour of “Christianity” where if men have lewd thoughts about them, the girls/women are to blame, and behaviour codes for girls become increasingly convoluted (can’t eat ice cream/a lolly because watching them suck/lick would put Thoughts into boys’ minds about them licking/sucking other things; can’t recline on a sofa in mixed company coz seeing them lie down could make boys think about laying them down and doing THINGS to them; can’t do X sports activities or wear Y clothes…)?

        Coz if so, cuddling, spooning, and the possibility of morning wood absolutely mean she could well have absorbed the message that she’d be leading him astray if she went to sleep next to him in her own bed…

        • Felian
          Felian
          February 8, 2024 at 12:47 pm | #

          Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh.

      • Felian
        Felian
        February 8, 2024 at 12:53 pm | #

        Yeah, the christian doctrine i grew up in was basically “it’s a slippery slope, one thing will inevitably lead to the next and boom you are pregnant, or worse, DEFILED“.
        Then everyone keeps discussing the cutoff point of how much physical closeness was okay before it’d get, well, slippery. There’s no clear line.
        The people on the Jesus forum i was on spent more time discussing KSvdE (no sex before marriage, but in German, they discussed this so much they had to abbreviate it, lol), than discussing, you know, God.
        Which is why these days i feel like if your goal is to focus on God, you should just go do all the things you are obsessed with so you can stop obsessing about them. Fuck to clear your brain, then you can come back and think about how to be more like Jesus or something. I had the same experience trying to fast for a few days “to focus on God” – all i could focus on was “i am so damn hungry”, i’ve definitely had times when i ate like a normal person and was able to focus on God stuff. Your brain *will* focus on what you can’t have, esp if it’s important things like food and sex.

    • anon
      anon
      February 5, 2024 at 1:08 am | #

      she’s prolly thinking about sarah mentioning joe just being in their room is enough for ppl to assume XD;, so idk how it’ll be when she blurts out “we had a sleepover last night” or so

    • morleuca
      morleuca
      February 5, 2024 at 4:57 am | #

      Spooning leads to forking

  19. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    February 5, 2024 at 12:36 am | #

    Against my better judgement I want Joyce and Joe to bang

    • anon
      anon
      February 5, 2024 at 1:12 am | #

      it’s either going to be super amazing or super awkward if she accidentally blurts out something like “it felt better when dorothy helped” XD

    • Schpoonman
      Schpoonman
      February 5, 2024 at 1:55 am | #

      Against?

  20. Mr. Random
    Mr. Random
    February 5, 2024 at 12:40 am | #

    You’re dating.
    It’s allowed.

  21. JA
    JA
    February 5, 2024 at 12:45 am | #

    Sleep snuggles are the best, Joyce. Give in to the snuggliness.

    Until you overheat and shove your partner away because you’re about to get heat stroke.

  22. Steelbright
    Steelbright
    February 5, 2024 at 12:57 am | #

    quick poll: Does anybody actually find sleeping next to somebody/sleeping whilst cuddling (as opposed to alone) soothing & helpful? I feel so warm and fuzzy when it works that way in romance stories, but IRL I can’t fall asleep whilst cuddling. Roll around way too much.

    • anon
      anon
      February 5, 2024 at 1:12 am | #

      i wouldn’t mind but other than a younger/age /kiddy sleepover with someone of the same gender, it’d be awkward to ask someone of the other in a platonic way unless ur already close or like know they’re ace or already taken (although unless their partner is in bed too hugging as friends is one thing but i wouldn’t sleep in the same bed as someone already in a relationship even if i had no sexual/romantic desires for them at all)

      but yeah i’d rpolly roll around too much myself/would rather have some cute fluffy dogs to cuddle iwth

      • Steelbright
        Steelbright
        February 5, 2024 at 1:23 am | #

        Aww, the struggle of our society not having any outlet for platonic touching is real. :/ i guess there’s always pets. or, rant about this topic to close friends waiting for one to volunteer, haha.

        • Needfuldoer
          Needfuldoer
          February 5, 2024 at 6:46 am | #

          No touchy! Noo touchy! No touch.

    • abi
      abi
      February 5, 2024 at 1:38 am | #

      I frequently fall asleep cuddling with my partner, and he’ll roll over in the middle of the night, sound asleep, to reach out and pull me to him so he can nuzzle into my hair. We both love it a lot 🙂

      We don’t stay cuddled up all night long, but it happens off and on throughout the night as we move and shift in our sleep.

    • eh, whatever
      eh, whatever
      February 5, 2024 at 7:22 am | #

      Roll around way too much.

      Some people do, some people don’t.

    • Lanie
      Lanie
      February 5, 2024 at 12:26 pm | #

      I cannot stand to have my movement restricted while I’m trying to sleep, but I do love falling asleep next to my spouse. I’m a stomach sleeper, and my spouse is a back/side sleeper. We normally don’t even face each other, but we always have a hip on the other person’s hip, sometimes a shoulder on a shoulder. Juuuuust enough contact, but we’re both free to move.

    • Drain
      Drain
      February 5, 2024 at 11:59 pm | #

      from a culture where cosleeping and platonic touch with family is very normal — usually I end up back to back or just holding hands with whoever I’m sharing the bed with. It’s funny to me how this trait seems more common in cultures w hot climates

  23. Thomas
    Thomas
    February 5, 2024 at 1:10 am | #

    Just curious how much cuddling occurred when she fell asleep next to Becky or Dorothy.

    • Steelbright
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      February 5, 2024 at 1:25 am | #

      right… suddenly much more suspicious of those “weird dreams” Joyce keeps reporting

    • HueSatLight
      HueSatLight
      February 5, 2024 at 1:38 am | #

      Most of the time its the other person doing more of the cuddling.
      https://www.dumbingofage.com/early-2/
      https://www.dumbingofage.com/cheating/

      an exception
      https://www.dumbingofage.com/strewn/

      • HueSatLight
        HueSatLight
        February 5, 2024 at 1:43 am | #

        *most of the time that it’s shown.

        Becky does mention previous cuddling in “cuddlin”

  24. DashWallkick
    DashWallkick
    February 5, 2024 at 1:27 am | #

    And now Joe gets to find out about more of Joyce’s “this is normal right” behaviors.

    • David DeLaney
      David DeLaney
      February 6, 2024 at 5:05 am | #

      we need a “… you’re aware that’s trauma, right?” emoticon

  25. DaveM
    DaveM
    February 5, 2024 at 1:37 am | #

    I had a relationship with a lass some years ago where we were both quite sleep cuddly, but also very used to sleeping alone. Which was an issue as she was a VERY restless sleeper. Honestly, the number of nights I’d wake up get out of bed and walk around to her side, get back in and snuggle up so I wouldn’t get pushed out of bed onto the floor (which isn’t as fun as you might think)…

  26. Bash
    Bash
    February 5, 2024 at 1:42 am | #

    Anyone else think this is a lie, and Joyce didn’t want to admit to cuddling Joe?

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      February 5, 2024 at 6:26 am | #

      No way! Nope! That can’t possibly be the truth at all!

      /s

  27. Schpoonman
    Schpoonman
    February 5, 2024 at 1:57 am | #

    At least she’s not hovering directly above him like the ships from Independence Day.

  28. Sajuuk-Khar
    Sajuuk-Khar
    February 5, 2024 at 2:57 am | #

    Sleep-cuddling is a slippery slope to P E R V E R S E S E X U A L L U S T

    • Superducked
      Superducked
      February 5, 2024 at 11:18 am | #

      Sleep-cuddling is THE BEST slippery slope to P E R V E R S E S E X U A L L U S T

  29. Daibhid C
    Daibhid C
    February 5, 2024 at 4:06 am | #

    Wait, why was Joe dreaming about Joyce and Tristan?

    (I kid, I know flashbacks in this strip don’t have to be someone’s actual memories.)

    • David DeLaney
      David DeLaney
      February 6, 2024 at 5:06 am | #

      Joyce is a contact oneirist for her super-power?

      –Dave, besides the teleportation, I mean

  30. Spriteless Aunty
    Spriteless Aunty
    February 5, 2024 at 5:29 am | #

    Oh shoot and it’s Monday too.

    • HueSatLight
      HueSatLight
      February 5, 2024 at 10:27 am | #

      The Monday before was “Don’t Stop Billie-ving” (and 4 panels in This was Halloween).

      significant events:
      Jennifer took Joyce to the health center, where she got prescribed BC for her bad period pain and got a referral to be tested for autism.
      Raidah invited Walky (and Lucy) to breakfast … for reasons?
      comic relief regarding Becky and Dina trying to keep their sex a secret from Joyce, but telling everyone else in the world.

      To analyze/editorialize a bit, there’s a lot of strips about Jennifer/Billie and changing identity, how much a person changes, what they keep with them, and how other people resist that change. Even Joyce and Jennifer, who commiserate about other people resisting how they’re changing, reflexively see each other as who they were, not who they’re becoming.

      It feels like a thesis statement almost. But written in a way that feels natural for the characters, and not like an essay plopped down into their speech bubbles.

  31. Needfuldoer
    Needfuldoer
    February 5, 2024 at 6:23 am | #

    Oh no, does Joyce hallucinate the ghosts of her friends when she’s tired, like Amber does?

  32. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    February 5, 2024 at 7:54 am | #

    Oh, so you realized that when it was Dorothy, eh ?

  33. Adept
    Adept
    February 5, 2024 at 9:35 am | #

    Poor Joyce…

  34. Ray
    Ray
    February 5, 2024 at 9:54 am | #

    A peak autistic ex-fundie moment.

  35. Hof1991
    Hof1991
    February 5, 2024 at 9:59 am | #

    She had to stay awake otherwise she would be sleeping with him.

  36. Sleipnir
    Sleipnir
    February 5, 2024 at 10:18 am | #

    Hmm. A convert to atheism, with a moral compass still calibrated by Christianity? I’m sure I have no idea what THAT’S like.

  37. thumb
    thumb
    February 5, 2024 at 10:26 am | #

    so this is the chapter where Joyce deals with her hangups vis-a-vis sex, attraction, and intimacy.

    • Mturtle7
      Mturtle7
      February 5, 2024 at 12:08 pm | #

      Honestly, I wouldn’t get your hopes up – I think Joyce is gonna continue progressively dealing with her hangups vis-a-vis sex, attraction, and intimacy fro a long, long, time. They’re pretty deeply seated, so removing them isn’t exactly a one-day process!

      • thumb
        thumb
        February 5, 2024 at 2:05 pm | #

        Aye, but I also didn’t say “resolve”.

  38. davidbreslin101
    davidbreslin101
    February 5, 2024 at 3:47 pm | #

    … I slightly misread Joyce’s dialogue in the 3rd panel and went “You WHAT?!”

  39. Drain
    Drain
    February 5, 2024 at 4:18 pm | #

    Barista Willis thank you for the Morning Joe

  40. CardinalFan
    CardinalFan
    February 5, 2024 at 9:01 pm | #

    Its progress. Joyce slept with someone (without the Hanky Panky) and Joe slept with someone without the Hanky Panky. Progress.

  41. Giblets
    Giblets
    February 5, 2024 at 11:56 pm | #

    Rooting for this couple…. can’t wait to see what heartbreak Willis has up his sleeve

  42. JepMZ
    JepMZ
    February 6, 2024 at 12:02 am | #

    Wow, am I a day late? The comments section is bursting

  43. samantha
    samantha
    February 7, 2024 at 5:24 pm | #

    hey willis thanks for making the ending of the previous strip echo the start of this one. you’re really good at this whole “making comics” thing

  44. Perdellian
    Perdellian
    February 28, 2024 at 12:12 am | #

    How very… Minbari

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