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by David M Willis on March 27, 2012 at 12:01 am
  • 03 - The First Step Towards Recovery
└ Tags: jason, jennifer, sal

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  1. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    March 27, 2012 at 12:01 am | #

    Yeah, Billie. You want her in the sack, just say so!

    • David
      David M Willis
      March 27, 2012 at 12:21 pm | #

      All those folks whose following comments I’ve deleted, you should know better. You know who you are.

      • Rikushadow5
        Rikushadow5
        March 27, 2012 at 2:57 pm | #

        Whoa. I must’ve missed something in the month or so I ignored comments.

        • David
          David M Willis
          March 27, 2012 at 3:15 pm | #

          If you think what happened is only frowned upon because of “something that happened within the last month,” then you really should know better.

          • Nezumi
            Nezumi
            March 19, 2016 at 10:12 pm | #

            I’m extremely worried, now.

      • Jen Aside
        Jen Aside
        March 28, 2012 at 12:00 am | #

        Buh?

        [me and my “checking Willis’s comics is absolutely the last thing I do before bed” curfew!]

        • David
          David M Willis
          March 28, 2012 at 1:22 am | #

          It had basically nothing to do with what you said. I wouldn’t worry about it.

          • davidbreslin101
            davidbreslin101
            March 28, 2012 at 3:10 pm | #

            I am now desparately curious, but yeah, probably best to forget about it. Would hate Achewood Comment Syndrome to strike here.

      • Orion Fury
        Orion Fury
        April 25, 2013 at 7:36 pm | #

        Is there a place one can read up on what one is not allowed to comment on? Aside from saying first to comment, already saw that rule.

      • shadowsneakz
        shadowsneakz
        October 2, 2015 at 12:01 pm | #

        what happened?

    • Somebody
      Somebody
      March 27, 2012 at 6:31 pm | #

      Let’s hope so…

  2. Vabolo
    Vabolo
    March 27, 2012 at 12:01 am | #

    THE PIXAR FACE

    MAKE IT GO AWAY!

    • Gordon
      Gordon
      March 27, 2012 at 12:04 am | #

      Surely you mean the Dreamworks Face. The Pixar Face is not a thing that I am aware of, unless it looks exactly like the Dreamworks Face, which Billie is making.

      • Wack'd
        Wack'd
        March 27, 2012 at 12:25 am | #

        The Pixar face is someone wearing an expression that one would find naturally on that character found in the situation depicted on the poster.

        • Gordon
          Gordon
          March 27, 2012 at 1:08 am | #

          …I have no idea what that means.

        • Khrene Cleaver
          Khrene Cleaver
          March 27, 2012 at 3:08 am | #

          You’re getting confused with the dreamworks face S=J

          • TheCerpent
            TheCerpent
            March 27, 2012 at 3:19 am | #

            I’m not sure. Maybe it depends on if you saw <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21075074@N05/3398960470/&quot;)this image first, or this one.

        • artemi
          artemi
          March 27, 2012 at 10:32 am | #

          …I’m sorry, but as tvtropes has a entry for DreamworksFace and not Pixar Face, I have to say that it’s the first.

          TVtropes IS the official repository for all of mankinds cultueral artifacs, after all. *laugh*

          http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DreamworksFace

          • Plasma Mongoose
            Plasma Mongoose
            March 27, 2012 at 3:53 pm | #

            Thanks for the TVTropes link, I haven’t seen that particular one before, I was only checking it for 5 mins.

            • Bratty Roger
              Bratty Roger
              May 9, 2016 at 12:13 pm | #

              Only 5 minutes?! How did you keep from crossing the TVTropes’ “event horizon(fer lack of a better word)”?

  3. OhHayMike
    OhHayMike
    March 27, 2012 at 12:02 am | #

    She’s not cool, she’s just stupid! Illusion = shattered.

    • gangler
      gangler
      March 27, 2012 at 3:21 am | #

      The two qualities are pretty far from being mutually exclusive.

    • ryan
      ryan
      March 27, 2012 at 8:44 am | #

      can’t she be stupid cool?

    • Nanashi
      Nanashi
      March 27, 2012 at 12:35 pm | #

      Bad at math, or any academic field does not mean stupid. When a person rebels against authority, they often don’t attend class, or do homework. Cognitive capacity is not actually related to educational history.

      • gangler
        gangler
        March 27, 2012 at 6:40 pm | #

        When I see someone voluntarily putting their time and money into being here with no intention of learning or even putting the minimal effort into getting their accreditation I don’t think “Wow. They’re so smart”.

        She’s not “Bad at schoolwork”. She’s deliberately and belligerently stupid.

        • thomas0comer
          thomas0comer
          March 27, 2012 at 8:33 pm | #

          That’s called ignorant, and it’s much worse than just being stupid.

          • gangler
            gangler
            March 27, 2012 at 10:12 pm | #

            It seems to me like ignorance is just the lack of information whereas stupidity is the lack of receptiveness to new information. I might have that backwards though.

    • Jererry
      Jererry
      March 27, 2012 at 11:12 pm | #

      Since her brother is smart and shares genes, I doubt she’s stupid, but likely rebellious and not school-minded…which is classic cool. Great troll attempt though.

  4. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    March 27, 2012 at 12:02 am | #

    Gotta love Billy’s face.

    • mechaqua
      mechaqua
      March 27, 2012 at 12:08 am | #

      Speaking of faces liking the Yachiru gravatar!

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        March 27, 2012 at 12:11 am | #

        She’s the only character I can think of that is immune to rape-faces.

        • Kelly
          Kelly
          March 27, 2012 at 2:23 am | #

          Did she ever even do anything? I kept expecting to see why a little kid was second in the 11th squad…

          • Cheredarenee
            Cheredarenee
            March 27, 2012 at 2:30 am | #

            Back-track to the first Ichigo/Kenpachi fight. She exhibits some frightening spiritual pressure and literally carries Kenpachi away at the end. Conclusion she can probably fight just as well, if not better than the other squad 11 members but never has too but that would take away from Kenny’s fun.

            • Rowen Morland
              Rowen Morland
              March 27, 2012 at 3:01 am | #

              There is always the chance that she is the manifestation of his sword.

              • Plasma Mongoose
                Plasma Mongoose
                March 27, 2012 at 4:33 pm | #

                There is also a theory that Kenny is the manifestation of Yachiru’s sword.

          • gangler
            gangler
            March 27, 2012 at 4:07 am | #

            Now, wouldn’t being a kid there just be an indication of the age she died at rather than how long she’s actually “Lived” or how much seniority she has in the organization?

          • SpaceInvader42
            SpaceInvader42
            March 27, 2012 at 7:20 am | #

            I figured it’s just because Kenpachi says she’s his lieutenant, and nobody wants to argue with him. He’s really not the kind of guy you want to argue with.

            • Kelly
              Kelly
              March 27, 2012 at 7:58 pm | #

              I the old man thought it would compromise the squads effectiveness, he would complain

        • Roborat
          Roborat
          March 27, 2012 at 2:45 pm | #

          You know, it must be really confusing for latecomers reading through the archives, as the posts commenting on your avatar don’t make sense after the next avatar switch.

          • Plasma Mongoose
            Plasma Mongoose
            March 27, 2012 at 4:34 pm | #

            Yeah I know but what can I say, I love to change my gravs.

  5. Leorale
    Leorale
    March 27, 2012 at 12:03 am | #

    What does Sal’s shirt say? Slim?

    • Gargamel
      Gargamel
      March 27, 2012 at 6:41 pm | #

      I figure it’s a Meta hipster t-shirt of some kind, stating that she is in fact: ‘Slim’.

  6. Sensedog
    Sensedog
    March 27, 2012 at 12:03 am | #

    This can only end…very awesomely. Probably.

    • mechaqua
      mechaqua
      March 27, 2012 at 12:11 am | #

      Which scenario the office meeting or the Dream works/Lucy van Pelt/Grinch smiling Billie?

      • Sensedog
        Sensedog
        March 27, 2012 at 12:15 am | #

        …Yes.

  7. Wonder Wig
    Wonder Wig
    March 27, 2012 at 12:03 am | #

    I’m getting a very Lucy van Pelt vibe from Billie in this page.

    • mechaqua
      mechaqua
      March 27, 2012 at 12:07 am | #

      Ha that’s what who it is! I was getting a peanuts vibe I just couldn’t identify the character thanks!

      • ryan
        ryan
        March 27, 2012 at 8:47 am | #

        billie’s about to take sal’s football away, if you know what i mean.

        • Argon
          Argon
          March 27, 2012 at 11:17 am | #

          Is that what we’re calling it now?

          • Shippy McShipper
            Shippy McShipper
            March 27, 2012 at 3:59 pm | #

            But I thought we were calling it journalism!

            • Plasma Mongoose
              Plasma Mongoose
              March 27, 2012 at 4:37 pm | #

              Journalism loans itself to more double entendres that football does.

              • Plasma Mongoose
                Plasma Mongoose
                March 27, 2012 at 4:38 pm | #

                that = then

                • Zababcd
                  Zababcd
                  March 27, 2012 at 7:00 pm | #

                  then = than

                • Plasma Mongoose
                  Plasma Mongoose
                  March 27, 2012 at 8:32 pm | #

                  D’OH!

                • thomas0comer
                  thomas0comer
                  March 27, 2012 at 8:35 pm | #

                  A deer, a female deer…

              • Shippy McShipper
                Shippy McShipper
                March 28, 2012 at 11:52 pm | #

                This may be a matter of regional dialect thing, but I really feel that should’ve been “lends”, not “loans”.

  8. TheTJ
    TheTJ
    March 27, 2012 at 12:05 am | #

    Huh, Sal’s been caught off guard. That doesn’t really happen that often.

    Now Willis needs to find a way to get sal to wear an amber wig to make Billie even more certain.

    • Historyman68
      Historyman68
      March 27, 2012 at 4:13 am | #

      But now that you’ve said it he’ll have to change plans! 5 week plans!

      • ryan
        ryan
        March 27, 2012 at 8:51 am | #

        it’ll be okay as long as it conveniently aligns with a shortpacked! gag. this can only mean that sp! amazi-girl will raid nickelodeon’s/michael bay’s office and demand that the ninja turtles movie features a more traditional origin for the titular characters.

    • Rognik
      Rognik
      March 27, 2012 at 7:27 am | #

      But why would Billie be more certain if Sal had amber hair on? Amazi-Girl’s hair is more chestnut brown like Amber’s. Still, there’s no way that Amber could be Amazi-Girl. I mean, Amber wears glasses!

  9. Mkvenner
    Mkvenner
    March 27, 2012 at 12:08 am | #

    You’re still wrong.
    (You stupid drunk)

    • Wack'd
      Wack'd
      March 27, 2012 at 12:19 am | #

      Why I have the sudden urge to write a parody self-help book with this title?

      • iSaidCandleja-
        iSaidCandleja-
        March 27, 2012 at 12:31 am | #

        I have a sudden urge to buy your next book.

        Also: scaaaaarce.

        • Blob Marley
          Blob Marley
          March 27, 2012 at 12:40 am | #

          I’d buy that for a dollar!

          • Fruit Punch Tsunami
            Fruit Punch Tsunami
            March 27, 2012 at 12:47 am | #

            Or a nickel

            • MM
              MM
              March 27, 2012 at 1:16 am | #

              I’d buy your mom for a…you know where this is going.

              • Khrene Cleaver
                Khrene Cleaver
                March 27, 2012 at 3:10 am | #

                This is going IN YOUR FAAAAACCCCCEEE!!!

  10. Dahlia
    Dahlia
    March 27, 2012 at 12:08 am | #

    *squeals* Jasoooooonnn~!!!!! <3

    • Yusaku777
      Yusaku777
      March 27, 2012 at 12:22 am | #

      Wow, that avatar does not go with that comment. Or if it does, that is some epic level bad romance.

      • TheBenenator
        TheBenenator
        March 27, 2012 at 1:53 am | #

        I just imagined a Level 20 Lady Gaga in D&D.

        It was not fun.

        • Dahlia
          Dahlia
          March 27, 2012 at 1:55 am | #

          Haha, yeah it is a bit mismatched…

          I adore Sal, though, so I don’t want my Gravatar to change…D:

          • Rognik
            Rognik
            March 27, 2012 at 7:30 am | #

            You just need to have a vast collection of Sal gravatars to switch through depending on your mood. Angry Sal, Irate Sal, Frustrated Sal… then again, I suppose all the faces look more or less the same. :/

        • MalikLucius
          MalikLucius
          March 27, 2012 at 2:30 am | #

          Lady Gaga IS epic level, what are you talking about?

          Rogue10/Bard10/Master of Masks 5

          High Diplomacy and Perform; Low, Low Disguise.
          Because you can ALWAYS tell it’s her.

          • thomas0comer
            thomas0comer
            March 27, 2012 at 8:37 pm | #

            Proficient in meat armor.

          • Leorale
            Leorale
            March 27, 2012 at 10:08 pm | #

            Adorkable.

        • Rikushadow5
          Rikushadow5
          March 27, 2012 at 4:43 am | #

          The only time a Bard could possibly be useful in D&D.

  11. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    March 27, 2012 at 12:14 am | #

    Now when I think of the Billie/Sal Ship, I will visualize Sal as the ‘bottom’ in the relationship.

    • Sensedog
      Sensedog
      March 27, 2012 at 12:18 am | #

      I’m not so sure about that…then again, there would be a very simple positioning solution to solve that issue. If, in fact, it were to become an issue between them.

    • Blob Marley
      Blob Marley
      March 27, 2012 at 12:40 am | #

      Well… fat floats!

  12. Wack'd
    Wack'd
    March 27, 2012 at 12:18 am | #

    Billie is the worst Lois Lane ever.

    • Simius
      Simius
      March 27, 2012 at 1:18 am | #

      That’s because Billie is actually Lucy Van Pelt.

      • Arkadi
        Arkadi
        March 27, 2012 at 2:00 am | #

        So Lois Lane is actually Lucy from Peanuts? Oh my God, everything makes sense now O_O

      • Wack'd
        Wack'd
        July 14, 2012 at 12:57 am | #

        Well, when you’re right, you’re right.

  13. Wack'd
    Wack'd
    March 27, 2012 at 12:20 am | #

    Wait…so, Sal kept going back for help without Joyce nagging her?

    Huh.

    • Blob Marley
      Blob Marley
      March 27, 2012 at 3:50 am | #

      I think it’s only happened once, right?

    • Jason
      Jason
      March 27, 2012 at 12:39 pm | #

      They set an appointment last week, but Sal hasn’t actually gone yet.

  14. mechaqua
    mechaqua
    March 27, 2012 at 12:33 am | #

    Billie smile reminds me of the Grinch so…

    You’re a delusional one Billingsworth
    You really are a simple.
    You’re as insightful as Goldfish,
    And as subtle as PETA,
    Billingsworth!

    You’re a pomegranate seed ,
    With a sour aftertaste!

    You’re inebriated ,
    Billingsworth!
    Your liver is full of holes.
    Your stomachs full vodka.
    You’ve got rum in your soul,
    Billingsworth!

    If you were to drive you would probably hit
    a thirty nine- and- half foot pole!

    • Wack'd
      Wack'd
      March 27, 2012 at 12:40 am | #

      SOMEONE RECORD THIS.

      • Wack'd
        Wack'd
        March 27, 2012 at 12:41 am | #

        Better yet, someone should sing it decades from now when Christmas finally happens.

      • mechaqua
        mechaqua
        March 27, 2012 at 12:56 am | #

        oh there’s more

        You’re a Sultry one, Billingsworth!
        WHAT THE FUCK, DUDE –Admin
        You have all the romantic inclinations
        Of intoxicated Joe Rosenthal,
        Billingsworth!

        Given the chemstry between you,
        I’d ship you with a seasick crocodile!

        You’re a tired one, Billingsworth!
        You’re a lazy, wazy sloth!
        Your bed room is full unwashed socks.
        Your eyes is full of gunk,

        Billingsworth!

        The three words that best describe you
        Are as follows, and I quote,
        “sloth, wrath, punk!”

        You’re a terrified one, Billingsworth!
        You’re the queen of fearful sorts!
        Your heart’s is full terror,
        Splotched Ruth’s punch spots,
        Billingsworth !

        Your skin is a punching bag for Ruth
        Overflowing with the most painful bruises
        Mangled-up in tangled-up knots!

        • mechaqua
          mechaqua
          March 27, 2012 at 1:04 am | #

          ba da da da dump

          You worry me, Billingsworth!
          With concern and fearful thoughts!
          You’re on rooked path,
          And you drive a crooked horse,
          Billingsworth!

          You’re a three steps away from
          Joyce fueled intervention,
          Without any sauce!

          • Sensedog
            Sensedog
            March 27, 2012 at 1:17 am | #

            Excellent.

          • Yotomoe
            Yotomoe
            March 27, 2012 at 7:45 pm | #

            <3 I love this so much.

        • mechaqua
          mechaqua
          March 27, 2012 at 4:23 pm | #

          I apolgize for this it was sexist and outright.offensive I am truly sorry for my behavoir and I understand and thank the admins decision to delete the phrase if not the entirty of the comment.

    • Cheredarenee
      Cheredarenee
      March 27, 2012 at 2:33 am | #

      did you ever know that you’re me hero…

  15. Blob Marley
    Blob Marley
    March 27, 2012 at 12:42 am | #

    Wossat shirt say? Is it “SUMO?” Or maybe a Sum 41 shirt? Can’t tell! Boobs too big!

    • mechaqua
      mechaqua
      March 27, 2012 at 1:07 am | #

      Sal does seem like the sort to like punk rock. That or Techno.

      • Drunken Nordmann
        Drunken Nordmann
        March 27, 2012 at 1:35 am | #

        Maybe it’s a Country singer called Slim.

    • Spazman
      Spazman
      March 27, 2012 at 3:09 am | #

      That’s a great problem for us, isn’t it, Blob?

  16. Peruhain
    Peruhain
    March 27, 2012 at 1:57 am | #

    It would appear that Billie thinks Sal is AmaziGirl. Because Sal is accustomed to coming in and out by the window? Of course, why Sal would need to sneak in as AmaziGirl to listen to the tape when she lives in the room already, I don’t know.

    • ryan
      ryan
      March 27, 2012 at 9:00 am | #

      billie set a few rules for sal to follow in their room. sal, being the rule-breaker that she is, decided to create the amazi-girl persona as an out to do whatever she wants.

    • Jason
      Jason
      March 27, 2012 at 12:37 pm | #

      Read the archives. It makes sense in context (at least to Billie).

      • noises. clank.
        noises. clank.
        March 27, 2012 at 6:30 pm | #

        Though Sal’s word/actions definitely are in line with AmaziGirl’s, I just can’t get past the fact that Billie doesn’t notice the very obvious physical difference between the two: 1 – they have fairly different body types, and I’m pretty sure AmaziGirl is shorter than Sal (not sure on that one). 2 – Unless Bille thinks that Sal is either wearing a wig as Amazigirl, or as just Sal, it would be pretty hard to explain the foot or two length difference between their hair. 3 – growing up together (at least with Sal’s brother), Billie should be quite aware of the fact that Sal is half African American… so considering AmaziGirl is pretty damn white, I’m really having a tough time suspending my disbelief on this plot line… I mean, the whole spidercar/amazigirl thing in short packed work ’cause Robin is kind of a dolt. Billie on the other hand, though a bit wacko, seems fairly astute most of the time (usually a good trait for a reporter), so the only way I can really buy this would be if Billie has, in fact, been drunk for the entire length of the strip so far, or she just really needs new glasses…

        Eh, it’s a comic strip. I’m reading into this too much.

      • Peruhain
        Peruhain
        March 28, 2012 at 1:19 pm | #

        I’ve read the archives. Don’t remember where Billie would have specific reason to suspect Sal, except the window-as-door thing.

  17. Arkadi
    Arkadi
    March 27, 2012 at 2:16 am | #

    Face of Blissful Smugness: +1 against biker girls.

    • CWR
      CWR
      March 27, 2012 at 7:38 am | #

      I have to say it’s reminiscent of either ‘Where’s Waldo’ or even more so of The Warden of Superjail…

  18. Haruko Hoshiko
    Haruko Hoshiko
    March 27, 2012 at 2:31 am | #

    I can’t read Sal with anything other than the Applejack voice.

    • Roninwolf
      Roninwolf
      March 27, 2012 at 3:36 am | #

      Glad I’m not alone there

      • MagpieSeven
        MagpieSeven
        March 27, 2012 at 7:18 am | #

        Hah! I didn’t realise I was doing the same thing! APPLESAL FOREVER

        • MagpieSeven
          MagpieSeven
          March 27, 2012 at 7:20 am | #

          Hah, my avatar makes it look as though Jason disapproves of everything I’m saying. Yo Jason! Your bow tie looks ridiculous!

          • Parismio
            Parismio
            March 27, 2012 at 11:23 pm | #

            Hey shut your filthy mouth! Bowties are cool.

  19. Akari
    Akari
    March 27, 2012 at 5:09 am | #

    Good gravy, every time I see Sal and Jason interacting I feel so happy and nostalgic.

  20. Maycroft
    Maycroft
    March 27, 2012 at 5:27 am | #

    J’ accuse!

  21. Jesse
    Jesse
    March 27, 2012 at 6:01 am | #

    Why does Billie’s manic expression remind me of Haruhi Suzumiya?

    • Rognik
      Rognik
      March 27, 2012 at 7:37 am | #

      Because Billie believes in espers, time travellers and aliens? (Well, at least the last two are confirmed in It’s Walky!)

  22. begbert2
    begbert2
    March 27, 2012 at 10:50 am | #

    Sal wears her motorcycle gloves in class. I wonder if that effects her handwriting?

    • RandomNameGen
      RandomNameGen
      March 27, 2012 at 4:39 pm | #

      They are magic gloves that take notes for her while she sleeps.

  23. Sarah
    Sarah
    March 27, 2012 at 5:58 pm | #

    I keep getting a weird vibe from the TA talking about “office hours” all the time… I have a feeling he’s a creeper. Is that just me? Probably.

  24. Zababcd
    Zababcd
    March 27, 2012 at 7:06 pm | #

    Look at Sal trying to look cool in front of Billie even when she’s startled. And retrospectively, look at Billie seeing Sal everywhere, even in places/forms she couldn’t possibly/reasonably be. Sorry, the shipping was slightly delayed due to some issues with Customs.

  25. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    March 27, 2012 at 7:42 pm | #

    I knew Billie shoulda worn one of her other faces today

  26. Jererry
    Jererry
    March 27, 2012 at 11:16 pm | #

    I hope Walky tutors her and all it good. Sal seems like a good person who just made irrational mistakes in her past, perhaps just teenage bad decisions. I hope she passes. The failing plot line would just be sad and stressful.

  27. coobee
    coobee
    March 28, 2012 at 7:15 am | #

    Ugh, Sal/Jason or Billie/Sal, choices choices…

  28. OmegaDez
    OmegaDez
    March 28, 2012 at 10:56 am | #

    It’s howard again! =D

  29. MrBurrows
    MrBurrows
    October 12, 2014 at 9:14 pm | #

    How do I Gravatar? Do I have to use the wordpress name… or?

  30. Aisling
    Aisling
    May 28, 2015 at 9:57 am | #

    I didnt know teachers assistants had offices.

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