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May 12, 2026

Cranium

by David M Willis on June 1, 2024 at 12:01 am
  • 04 – For Me It Was Tuesday
└ Tags: joe, sarah

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  1. NGPZ
    NGPZ
    June 1, 2024 at 12:02 am | #

    This is real life Squidward ya dealin with Joe. What did you expect, a hug and a kiss? XD

    • Nono
      Nono
      June 1, 2024 at 12:04 am | #

      Joycebob?

      • jeffepp
        jeffepp
        June 1, 2024 at 12:17 am | #

        That makes Joe Patrick?

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      June 1, 2024 at 12:05 am | #

      I wonder if Sarah would be offended by that comparison.

    • True Survivor
      True Survivor
      June 1, 2024 at 12:29 am | #

      Poorly preformed clarinet?

      PS.
      I like your new Avatar. Very alien, very fun, and ever so slightly menacing.

      • NGPZ
        NGPZ
        June 1, 2024 at 12:30 am | #

        Thanks!!! HeinzMM did a fantastic design for my sona ^-^

    • RassilonTDavros
      RassilonTDavros
      June 1, 2024 at 12:32 am | #

      Relevant.

    • ValdVin
      ValdVin
      June 1, 2024 at 9:35 am | #

      Upvoted, but lemme get into a little nonsense:

      Squidward doesn’t care that much about SpongeBob.

      Squidward does share the same “gawd I can’t believe these are my best friends” and “leave me out of this 90% of the time” as Sarah, yet at some point his crankiness is not overridden by concern for threats to the friends.

      Did Squidward ever need to become The Bikini Bottom Slugger?

  2. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    June 1, 2024 at 12:02 am | #

    if trust could kill…

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      June 1, 2024 at 4:04 am | #

      He’d be reeling from the pain.

  3. Nono
    Nono
    June 1, 2024 at 12:03 am | #

    First Joe became permanently stubbly.

    Now he has hair that looks permanently ruffled.

    He’s becoming a soft boy.

    • John Campbell
      John Campbell
      June 1, 2024 at 12:05 am | #

      I don’t get the perma-stubble. Really, who wants their thighs sandpapered?

      • Thag Simmons
        Thag Simmons
        June 1, 2024 at 12:08 am | #

        I mean it’s a good look and it’s low maintenance, which are both major positives in my book, but yeah I’m not sure I’d call it soft.

        • John Campbell
          John Campbell
          June 1, 2024 at 11:35 am | #

          I dunno about “low maintenance”. I trim my beard once a year, and it’s soft and silky.

          (My gravatar (the Selkie Daddy from John Allison’s excellent Bad Machinery) is actually pretty accurate, though I have more grey in my beard these days and I don’t turn into a seal that you can prove.)

      • HueSatLight
        HueSatLight
        June 1, 2024 at 12:12 am | #

        I can’t say how it feels on thighs, but whiskers do get softer at some point. On the other hand, my face does not stay smooth long after even a good shave.

      • Jerach
        Jerach
        June 1, 2024 at 1:34 pm | #

        I mean I’ve rubbed my stubbled face on a fwb’s ass cheeks before and they said it felt amazing.

      • Regret
        Regret
        June 1, 2024 at 2:06 pm | #

        It’s as close to clean shaven i can get without constantly irritated skin.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      June 1, 2024 at 12:06 am | #

      One day he will look down and see a fanny pack.

      …On Danny while he talks to him. Joe isn’t going to go THAT far.

      • Steamweed
        Steamweed
        June 1, 2024 at 5:30 am | #

        Phew! You had me worried for a moment!

      • Casi
        Casi
        June 1, 2024 at 7:42 pm | #

        Of course Joe wouldn’t have a fanny pack. he’d have a man-bag.

  4. BBCC
    BBCC
    June 1, 2024 at 12:04 am | #

    She’s changing and she’s not happy about it! That is her right as the older sibling

  5. NGPZ
    NGPZ
    June 1, 2024 at 12:05 am | #

    Happy Pride Month!!!! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

    Any y’all got plans?

    • ktbear
      ktbear
      June 1, 2024 at 1:24 am | #

      Well, my trans girlfriend is going to serve in Ukraine so…no, not really. Donated money to various pride associations but thats about it. And happy Pride Month to you too.

      • eh, whatever
        eh, whatever
        June 1, 2024 at 4:51 am | #

        Filler text to distract the spam filter.

        Героїням слава!

        More filler text to distract the spam filter even more.

        • Pergola
          Pergola
          June 1, 2024 at 10:43 am | #

          Glory to the heroes!
          Confusion to the spam filter!

    • Taffy
      Taffy
      June 1, 2024 at 5:09 am | #

      Sure, I’ve got an anniversary coming up in a few weeks. That counts since we’re both queers, right? Gonna have a mall day, a little bowling, maybe pick up a new TTRPG book to replace the ones I’ve got.

      I’d also like to finish *Symphony of the Night* within the month. Never played a *Castlevania* before this one, but it was on sale with *Rondo* for like $4 and has the characters from the cartoon in it so I figured why not.

      • Taffy
        Taffy
        June 1, 2024 at 5:26 am | #

        Fucksake, I guess I use discord too much. Replace all instances of * with either or , I guess.

    • GoodbyBallad
      GoodbyBallad
      June 1, 2024 at 10:27 am | #

      To me, this is mostly exams are over month, but I’ll try to do something p pud and supportive of the community with the free time that makes available.

    • Bash
      Bash
      June 1, 2024 at 11:59 am | #

      Once the European parliamentary elections are over I might talk to my political party about adding support for trans rights. We have some ideas but we haven’t done much about it yet. I think I’m the first trans member in my city.

    • HueSatLight
      HueSatLight
      June 1, 2024 at 1:24 pm | #

      I am going to change my OTP. Just have to remember how to log into gravatar.

      • NGPZ
        NGPZ
        June 1, 2024 at 3:27 pm | #

        Right next to your name field below the comment box, there’s a link that says “Get a Gravatar” 😉

        • HueSatLight
          HueSatLight
          June 1, 2024 at 4:30 pm | #

          It turns out I was already logged in, lol.

          Dorothy and Arnold? Why would Arnold be attracted to Dorothy, I wondered. Is he just a tool for Dorothy get an ideal outcome? Why not a pairing that makes sense from both sides.

          Mindy gets someone confident, even when they’re kind of a mess, and Dorothy explores her bisexuality, the age gap isn’t weird, and neither is Mindy’s resemblance to someone else as long as none of Dorothy’s friends mention it, and ok so she’s making Mindy a project, but Mindy seems ok with it.

          • HueSatLight
            HueSatLight
            June 1, 2024 at 5:53 pm | #

            not as impressive as Bash.

  6. Slartibeast Button, BIA
    Slartibeast Button, BIA
    June 1, 2024 at 12:06 am | #

    Is Sarah evolving into her ultimate form, or just an interim one?

  7. Sam
    Sam
    June 1, 2024 at 12:07 am | #

    Growth takes time Joe. She is on step 2. Stop snarling is at least step 30.

  8. ian livs
    ian livs
    June 1, 2024 at 12:09 am | #

    She’s snarling to convey the subtext of “but if you break that trust, I can swing a bat hella hard into those areas you’re worried about and More”

    • Dara
      Dara
      June 1, 2024 at 12:11 am | #

      Aaaaaaabsolutely this.

      It’s a good shift in position and tactic. I like it!

    • Miri
      Miri
      June 1, 2024 at 4:42 am | #

      Also, “I trust Joyce, so I’m not currently interfering. Do not assume this means I trust you. If you break her trust in you, I will destroy you.”

  9. Stephen Bierce
    Stephen Bierce
    June 1, 2024 at 12:09 am | #

    Change changing faces/Root yourself to the ground/Capitalize on this good fortune/one word will bring you ’round–CHANGES!

    • Chaucer59
      Chaucer59
      June 1, 2024 at 12:12 am | #

      Yes! Sing it, Jon!

  10. Chaucer59
    Chaucer59
    June 1, 2024 at 12:12 am | #

    Yes, Mistress. As you command, Mistress. Shall I avert my gaze as you depart?

    • Steamweed
      Steamweed
      June 1, 2024 at 5:36 am | #

      Bad sub! You’re Joyce’s property, not Sarah’s!

  11. IntangibleMatter
    IntangibleMatter
    June 1, 2024 at 12:13 am | #

    We’re proud of you Sarah!

    Scared of you too, but still proud!

  12. HueSatLight
    HueSatLight
    June 1, 2024 at 12:25 am | #

    Joe could knock the bonus strip bro down, like repeatedly. They could bond over it.

  13. Sajuuk-Khar
    Sajuuk-Khar
    June 1, 2024 at 12:25 am | #

    REJOICE, THOU CRAWLING THING

  14. Alexander Krizak
    Alexander Krizak
    June 1, 2024 at 12:26 am | #

    “Also, despite my best efforts, I’ve discovered that I can only hold a finite amount of hate in my body, and I need to free some up for the terrible person I just ran into downstairs.”

    • Slartibeast Button, BIA
      Slartibeast Button, BIA
      June 1, 2024 at 8:52 am | #

      “Hi! Your Hate Drive is almost full! Would you like some help with that?”

    • Anon A Mouse
      Anon A Mouse
      June 1, 2024 at 9:58 am | #

      He DID offer himself as a hate-sink some time ago I believe.

  15. Pocky
    Pocky
    June 1, 2024 at 12:29 am | #

    baby steps, Joe.

    She’s got a couple years of growing to do.

  16. DailyBrad
    DailyBrad
    June 1, 2024 at 12:34 am | #

    I like this for her.

    Also, fuck, gonna be honest, that is a good look for Joe. I love that jacket on him.

    • Johan
      Johan
      June 1, 2024 at 1:23 am | #

      With his little smirk

  17. Slarstorm
    Slarstorm
    June 1, 2024 at 12:35 am | #

    I-It’s not like I like trusting you, or anything. B-Baka!

  18. Amelie Wikström
    Amelie Wikström
    June 1, 2024 at 12:40 am | #

    Panel 2 tells a story all on its own. A story I will call Fear.

  19. Taffy
    Taffy
    June 1, 2024 at 12:44 am | #

    Cool, they’re getting along.

  20. morhek
    morhek
    June 1, 2024 at 12:53 am | #

    Poor Joe. Every interaction he’s had since he and Joyce started dating has effectively been “we know you’re a monster, but we’re going to set that aside because we trust Joyce to know how not to get bitten.” Including his own self-image.

  21. Vukodlak
    Vukodlak
    June 1, 2024 at 12:59 am | #

    And trust that if you hurt her, I will make you beg for death.

    • CianM1301
      CianM1301
      June 1, 2024 at 3:25 am | #

      I’m fully expecting that to be tomorrow’s strip.

  22. DashWallkick
    DashWallkick
    June 1, 2024 at 1:24 am | #

    even if the tone is wrong, Sarah is saying all the right words, so, you know, baby steps here people.

    • Coatl
      Coatl
      June 1, 2024 at 1:43 am | #

      true

    • BadRoad
      BadRoad
      June 1, 2024 at 3:31 am | #

      Sometimes you just have to say something until you believe it.

      • DashWallkick
        DashWallkick
        June 1, 2024 at 4:17 pm | #

        I have absolutely gritted my teeth and said something I don’t believe because it’s the right thing to say and I’ll eventually get around to believing it.

  23. Suet
    Suet
    June 1, 2024 at 1:33 am | #

    Volatile growth is still growth.

  24. Council
    Council
    June 1, 2024 at 1:35 am | #

    No rush, ma’am. Please don’t rip out my insides.

  25. Holly
    Holly
    June 1, 2024 at 1:50 am | #

    Wait ’til she finds out her sister almost hooked up with him!

    • Rabbit
      Rabbit
      June 1, 2024 at 3:07 am | #

      She knows that already, they had a whole convo in the car didn’t they?

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      June 1, 2024 at 4:07 am | #

      She knows, that’s why she’s confronting him now.

    • Rotunda
      Rotunda
      June 1, 2024 at 4:59 am | #

      I looked it up, and Liz isn’t straightforward about what happened, possibly leaving Sarah with the impression that no amorous contact was actually initiated.

  26. missilentmurmur
    missilentmurmur
    June 1, 2024 at 3:11 am | #

    I’ve just woke up from a dream where today’s comic was Dorothy posting a selfie with Walkie (who looked not so sure of himself in the picture). She put the words “back together” or something like that on it. And then it showed Lucy having lunch with Sarah and being grumpy about seeing it. Weird dream

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      June 1, 2024 at 4:09 am | #

      Sounds like your subconscious remixed this one:

      https://www.dumbingofage.com/sabbatical/

      • missilentmurmur
        missilentmurmur
        June 1, 2024 at 5:22 am | #

        Yea, that’s definitely one thing my brain put in the mix

      • missilentmurmur
        missilentmurmur
        June 1, 2024 at 5:25 am | #

        But there’s also that I don’t interpret Walky as being as much into this as Dorothy. And I don’t trust Lucy either being over this so quickly. No idea where Lucy and Sarah together came from though

        • Mark
          Mark
          June 1, 2024 at 8:31 am | #

          Interesting that people were saying the same thing about Walky and Lucy: he’s just not as interested as she is. Maybe he just doesn’t let it show?

          I do think he has some misgivings about this turn of events. And I share your concern about Lucy.

        • TulipKitten
          TulipKitten
          June 1, 2024 at 10:01 am | #

          He’s probably apprehensive because Dorothy dumped him last time, pretty much out of the blue because her grades were slipping due to all the extra time and attention she was giving him. And then kept hanging onto him for sex.

        • TulipKitten
          TulipKitten
          June 1, 2024 at 10:05 am | #

          Sarah was the one who gently warned Lucy about Walky. But at the same time, she also basically shat on her and compared her to Raidah.

          I don’t think they’d hang out, but there is kind of a connection there.

  27. CianM1301
    CianM1301
    June 1, 2024 at 3:24 am | #

    She’s doing her best, Joe.

  28. Heather
    Heather
    June 1, 2024 at 4:23 am | #

    Knowing something to be true and emotionally feeling it don’t always coincide Joe.

  29. Amós Batista
    Amós Batista
    June 1, 2024 at 5:01 am | #

    See that Sarah is trusting Joyce, but not necessarily Joe…

    • CianM1301
      CianM1301
      June 1, 2024 at 7:08 am | #

      She’s trusting Joyce’s decision, which in this case is Joe. So it’s at least trust-adjacent in Joe.

      • Da Boy
        Da Boy
        June 1, 2024 at 7:28 am | #

        From Sarah’s perspective Joyce is an EOD Specialist and Joe is a bomb. She trusts Joyce but has nothing but bad feelings about Joe.

    • HueSatLight
      HueSatLight
      June 1, 2024 at 10:17 pm | #

      She is trusting him enough to tell him she’s trying to change.

  30. Carms
    Carms
    June 1, 2024 at 7:00 am | #

    Man if I were Joe I’d be terrified.
    Not of Sarah. Change and positive growth have this attendant acrophobia. Like. ‘fuck man, if I fall from HERE, it’s gonna hurt SO much worse. And I’m still growing, the floor I’m used to is gonna get even further away…..’

  31. HueSatLight
    HueSatLight
    June 1, 2024 at 7:29 am | #

    Moving up from hate sink and he didn’t even have to ask.

  32. Pylgrim
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    June 1, 2024 at 7:38 am | #

    Huh, this has been a more sustained effort on Sarah’s part than I expected when she started her “change”.

  33. Mark
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    June 1, 2024 at 8:35 am | #

    “I am growing, and I am changing, and I don’t like it.”

  34. darkoneko
    darkoneko
    June 1, 2024 at 8:46 am | #

    there was an attempt

  35. Hof1991
    Hof1991
    June 1, 2024 at 9:04 am | #

    TBF to Joe, Joyce is now sure that good Christian boys like Tristan are not for her. A respectful (and terrified) Joe is about as good as Sarah could hope for.

    • John Campbell
      John Campbell
      June 1, 2024 at 11:28 am | #

      There’s nothing good about Christian boys like Tristan, and i don’t believe that’s ever what Sarah would have hoped for for Joyce. The best you can say about the dude is that he’s probably not deeply invested in his bigotry; he’s just easily led.

    • Bash
      Bash
      June 1, 2024 at 11:51 am | #

      I mean she expected (someone like) Jacob. A good person, but a bit of a nerd that likes to ramble on about religion. Someone like Joe, even if he’s turning over a new leaf, is a bit of a shock.

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        June 1, 2024 at 6:02 pm | #

        A Jacob (though Sarah would be jealous, she’d also have an excuse not to risk her own move on him.)
        But most of the rest of the male cast would have been fine too. She didn’t have any problem with her and Ethan – before they knew he was gay. Danny would have been fine. Walky might be annoying, but not a threat.

        • Opus the Poet
          Opus the Poet
          June 1, 2024 at 7:52 pm | #

          In-comic we have seen Walky having sex, or implied sex with more women than Joe. Walky we have seen with Dorothy, Amber/AG, almost Lucy, and Dorothy again. Joe we have had with Roz, that skater girl with the lizard, almost with Sarah’s sister, and cuddles with Joyce. So more “almosts” with Joe in-comic, but more completes for Walky.

          • thejeff
            thejeff
            June 1, 2024 at 10:45 pm | #

            Also with Penny – the other TA.
            And strong implications for off screen sex more often. Dan mentions being sexiled pretty regularly.

          • HueSatLight
            HueSatLight
            June 1, 2024 at 10:56 pm | #

            Walky:2 Dorothy and dry humping with Amber
            Joe:3 in-comic. Roz, Malaya, Penny. At least 9. According to Dorothy, at least 7 as of “If the Shoe Splits“, and Malaya and Penny after that.

  36. Yeet
    Yeet
    June 1, 2024 at 9:47 am | #

    let’s be fair, joe, this is the best interaction you’re likely to have with sarah anytime soon unless you stop a new attempt at kidnapping joyce or something

  37. Pergola
    Pergola
    June 1, 2024 at 10:53 am | #

    Odd choice of words there. Maybe he was going for the alliteration?

    And if he really feared for his sensitive parts, why even bother to ask?

    • John Campbell
      John Campbell
      June 1, 2024 at 11:36 am | #

      I mean, he is moving to cover them even as he’s asking.

  38. Fussypupy
    Fussypupy
    June 1, 2024 at 12:46 pm | #

    This exchange is amazing hahaha Honestly, though, I am absolutely loving all of the effort both Joe and Sarah are putting into changing into better people. I’m not entirely sure who my favourite character is, it might be Joyce, but I am really enjoying Joe’s arc in particular right now. He has become one of my favourite characters to see ~on screen~ and I love his care towards Joyce. I am excited to see where things go!!

  39. Eric
    Eric
    June 1, 2024 at 3:25 pm | #

    I have to sympathize with Sarah a little bit, here. It must be super weird to see your sheltered, naive waif roommate hot-and-bothered for your horndog former booty call. And to also see him apparently returning the sentiment.

    I hate when my frame of reference goes all askew.

    • thejeff
      thejeff
      June 1, 2024 at 5:28 pm | #

      Not Sarah’s former booty call. She’s never been interested in him. From basically their first encounter where he promised to fix that “sheltered, naive waif roommate” with his penis.

      • Eric
        Eric
        June 2, 2024 at 12:44 am | #

        Then who was it that she would call to have sex when she couldn’t focus on school?

        • thejeff
          thejeff
          June 2, 2024 at 10:12 am | #

          Other Jacob?

          As far as we know, Sarah hasn’t been with anyone since the comic started.

  40. shrub
    shrub
    June 1, 2024 at 3:49 pm | #

    When your first reaction to seeing someone is to protect yourself then there might be a problem

  41. anonymsly
    anonymsly
    June 1, 2024 at 5:56 pm | #

    This is genuinely a big step for Sarah and I’m proud of her, snarly or not.

  42. Schpoonman
    Schpoonman
    June 1, 2024 at 6:59 pm | #

    She’s trying.

    She’s very trying.

  43. Felian
    Felian
    June 3, 2024 at 6:32 am | #

    Fair enough, Sarah. Change takes time!

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