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by David M Willis on December 24, 2024 at 12:01 am
  • 02 – The One Where Jocelyne Returns
└ Tags: becky, dina, dorothy, jocelyne, joe, joyce, walky

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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    December 24, 2024 at 12:02 am | #

    “—and pants?”
    “…not always”

    • Ana Chronistic
      Ana Chronistic
      December 24, 2024 at 12:03 am | #

      requisite link: https://www.dumbingofage.com/2017/comic/book-7/03-the-thing-i-was-before/bone/

      • Decidedly Orthogonal
        Decidedly Orthogonal
        December 24, 2024 at 11:43 pm | #

        Depending on the speaker, Walkerton is still wearing pants.

    • Shakes
      Shakes
      December 24, 2024 at 12:08 am | #

      Sometimes the pants are pajamas but they *look* like jeans!

    • DJTsurugi
      DJTsurugi
      December 24, 2024 at 12:33 am | #

      frequently not actually… ~<3

  2. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    December 24, 2024 at 12:02 am | #

    Jocelyn, this morning: “I sure hope Joyce isn’t too shocked when she sees how I dress now.”

    (notices half the campus dressed as superheroes/villains)

    Jocelyn: “You know what, I don’t think it’s going to be a problem.”

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      December 24, 2024 at 12:04 am | #

      It’s only three people so far. So far.

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        December 24, 2024 at 12:07 am | #

        That’s like a solid third of the people she’s met. And she can’t rule out that the dinosaur hat counts too.

      • Proxiehunter
        Proxiehunter
        December 24, 2024 at 12:14 am | #

        If she had a nickle for every person on campus she saw dressed as a superhero she would have three nickles. Which isn’t a lot but it’s enough for Mike to do your mother three times. Wait, I think I messed something up there.

        • Drew Hargrave
          Drew Hargrave
          December 24, 2024 at 1:43 am | #

          No, no, that’s correct.

        • Uly
          Uly
          December 24, 2024 at 10:05 am | #

          Wait, I think I messed something up there.

          Yeah, it’s nickel.

        • Opus the Poet
          Opus the Poet
          December 25, 2024 at 4:47 pm | #

          That would be enough for Mike to do 3 mothers, he never does the same mother more than once.

    • Charles Phipps
      Charles Phipps
      December 24, 2024 at 12:05 am | #

      Who do we ship Jocelyn with now? She’s attracted to men and women now so it could be much of the cast.

      I say Jason, Joe, and Incelerator.

      • Thag Simmons
        Thag Simmons
        December 24, 2024 at 12:11 am | #

        She’s got her own friend group and social circle that we mostly aren’t privy too.

        • Thing2
          Thing2
          December 24, 2024 at 1:29 am | #

          You have a new Avatar!

          • Thag Simmons
            Thag Simmons
            December 24, 2024 at 1:46 am | #

            I’ve used Big Jorg before, so I think technically he’s an old avatar.

            • NGPZ
              NGPZ
              December 24, 2024 at 2:19 am | #

              I miss when it was Guns.

      • Switchchris
        Switchchris
        December 24, 2024 at 12:15 am | #

        If your not ruling out people already in a relationship like Joe, I put my vote on Ruth and her Boy welcoming her into a poly relationship lol.

        • Doctor_Who
          Doctor_Who
          December 24, 2024 at 12:16 am | #

          Well, it would more be Ruth informing Jason that the three of them are now in a poly relationship, I don’t think he gets a vote.

      • ian livs
        ian livs
        December 24, 2024 at 12:37 am | #

        I ship the Incelerator exclusively with a woodchipper. If he’s so shitty about cis women, there’s no way he wouldn’t be 10x worse about trans people.

        • Charles Phipps
          Charles Phipps
          December 24, 2024 at 12:40 am | #

          Yes, Jocelyn will redeem him with the power of her love!

          Probably available on Kindle Unlimited.

          • thejeff
            thejeff
            December 24, 2024 at 10:04 am | #

            I say again, ick.

          • Opus the Poet
            Opus the Poet
            December 24, 2024 at 8:34 pm | #

            More likely with the power of Sarah’s bat. Then she’ll have to apologize for getting it messy.

        • Reltzik
          Reltzik
          December 24, 2024 at 3:01 am | #

          Can I ship him with Mary? I think he might be just the man that Mary deserves.

        • Michael Steamweed
          Michael Steamweed
          December 24, 2024 at 11:45 am | #

          Look, people, don’t just shove garbage into woodchippers. The soft squishy stuff clogs up the ‘chippers’ inner parts. Ya gotta freeze the garbage first, then stick it into the ‘chipper device.

          And don’t forget frequent cleaning and maintenance!

      • Rabid Rabbit
        Rabid Rabbit
        December 24, 2024 at 1:33 am | #

        Wait, is she attracted to women? All I recall is her immediate clicking with Ethan.

        • Queen Anthai
          Queen Anthai
          December 24, 2024 at 1:36 am | #

          She said she wasn’t gay, so either she meant “as Ethan would perceive Jocelyn while she was presenting as male” or “not a lesbian”. Up to Willis to decide her sexuality, I guess!

        • Doctor_Who
          Doctor_Who
          December 24, 2024 at 1:36 am | #

          She told Becky she’s beginning to develop such an attraction, and believes the hormones to be responsible.

          • morleuca
            morleuca
            December 24, 2024 at 7:34 am | #

            Yeah, sometimes hrt does some pretty interesting things to your libido and sexuality. Think of it more as unlocking what is already in your brain, but trapped behind all that indoctrination crap. Its like a tiny blue Yoda helping you to unlearn what you have learned

            • Charles Phipps
              Charles Phipps
              December 24, 2024 at 11:48 am | #

              Becky: No, that’s not true. That’s IMPOSSIBLE.

              Jocelyn: Search your feelings, you know this to be true.

              • Taffy
                Taffy
                December 24, 2024 at 3:56 pm | #

                Becky unlocks an attraction to Michael Fassbender, making her inconsolable for an entire day, then she spends the whole next day banging Dina over and over again to reassert her gayness. It gets weird when Dina puts on a Magneto helmet and cape for a session or three.

  3. NGPZ
    NGPZ
    December 24, 2024 at 12:03 am | #

    damn what Dina holding onto?

    please tell me she still got somethin to eat after that whole ordeal 🙁

    • Dara
      Dara
      December 24, 2024 at 12:04 am | #

      Also my question.

      • Dara
        Dara
        December 24, 2024 at 12:05 am | #

        I mean maybe it’s her cereal bowl upside down? But.

        • Yumi
          Yumi
          December 24, 2024 at 12:07 am | #

          Definitely looks like her cereal bowl. Maybe she can get a quick refill and eat it on their way?

          • Shade
            Shade
            December 24, 2024 at 1:11 am | #

            Yeah pretty sure that’s exactly what it is.

    • cbwroses
      cbwroses
      December 24, 2024 at 12:10 am | #

      It’s technically true if she’s holding onto Becky.

    • Michael Steamweed
      Michael Steamweed
      December 24, 2024 at 11:46 am | #

      I’m thinking Becky got her something.

  4. Charles Phipps
    Charles Phipps
    December 24, 2024 at 12:03 am | #

    I am truly excited about the Bulmerian protests!

    I bet we’ll get to them in six or seven months!

    • NGPZ
      NGPZ
      December 24, 2024 at 12:04 am | #

      Well Jocelyn DID say they were happening “this weekend” ^^

      • Proxiehunter
        Proxiehunter
        December 24, 2024 at 12:16 am | #

        So what I’m hearing is eight months.

      • Bryy
        Bryy
        December 24, 2024 at 4:32 pm | #

        What day is this in comic? Do we know?

        • David M Willis
          David M Willis
          December 24, 2024 at 4:51 pm | #

          It’s Thursday

    • Michael Steamweed
      Michael Steamweed
      December 24, 2024 at 11:47 am | #

      (*puts note on my google calendar for july 2025)

  5. Cattleprod
    Cattleprod
    December 24, 2024 at 12:04 am | #

    However Jocelyne expected this visit to go, I’m assuming learning about the fashion habits of superheroes wasn’t on the list of possibilities.

    • Da Boy
      Da Boy
      December 24, 2024 at 5:17 am | #

      At least she’d have the urge to come to the protest dressed up as Captain America protesting against the war she could get some tips on how to make the outfit.

  6. darkoneko
    darkoneko
    December 24, 2024 at 12:04 am | #

    I hope someone cleaned the thrown cereals bowl 🙁

  7. Charles Phipps
    Charles Phipps
    December 24, 2024 at 12:07 am | #

    Prediction: Alex will be revealed to be a Bulmerian double agent and Becky will have to take on the secret information they’re carruing!

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      December 24, 2024 at 4:19 am | #

      Not just one Alex, but both Alexes.

  8. darkoneko
    darkoneko
    December 24, 2024 at 12:17 am | #

    If you’re that surprised about Amazi-Girl, wait until you realize the Ding-dong bandit stole your dong, Joe.

  9. jeffepp
    jeffepp
    December 24, 2024 at 12:18 am | #

    “And, you and Joyce are also…”

    “I kinda took her V-Card. Yeah.”

  10. reed
    reed
    December 24, 2024 at 12:19 am | #

    absolutely incredible that some characters like joe have made it this far without encountering amazigirl this whole time. what have you been doing at this school this whole time, school??

    • Pivitor
      Pivitor
      December 24, 2024 at 12:47 am | #

      Especially when you consider that Joe’s best friend/roommate was dating her for a not-inconsiderable amount of time

      • a/snow mouse/e
        a/snow mouse/e
        December 24, 2024 at 8:39 pm | #

        He thought the “superhero girlfriend” was the new “girlfriend from Canada”.

      • Opus the Poet
        Opus the Poet
        December 24, 2024 at 8:49 pm | #

        Not only that but she shares a head with his step-sister. How could she stay hidden all winter break?

  11. Zero
    Zero
    December 24, 2024 at 12:21 am | #

    That really didn’t seem like it took that long.
    …wait, are they stealing the dishes?

    • Taffy
      Taffy
      December 24, 2024 at 12:23 am | #

      Nobody’s gonna care.

    • John Campbell
      John Campbell
      December 24, 2024 at 1:11 am | #

      I’ve still got a spoon I stole from my college cafeteria by accident.

      • Yumi
        Yumi
        December 24, 2024 at 2:05 am | #

        My parents broke a dish I stole from my college cafeteria just the other day. It was not supposed to be microwaved.

        • Schpoonman
          Schpoonman
          December 24, 2024 at 6:43 am | #

          That’s it, into a nursing home they go.

    • Lamppost
      Lamppost
      December 24, 2024 at 2:14 am | #

      I accidentally reported your comment. Sorry! 😭

      • Taffy
        Taffy
        December 24, 2024 at 3:35 am | #

        I reported yours on purpose, as a form of twisted courtship for my demonic fiancee Maligore.

        • Jeremiah
          Jeremiah
          December 24, 2024 at 10:31 am | #

          Ugh, Maligore is a douche, you could do so much better.

          • Taffy
            Taffy
            December 24, 2024 at 1:32 pm | #

            Sometimes we make compromises, especially when he’s 50ft tall with crab claw hands.

            • Jeremiah
              Jeremiah
              December 24, 2024 at 5:40 pm | #

              To be honest I didn’t know Maligore was a real thing, I thought it was a generic demon name you made up.

  12. BBCC
    BBCC
    December 24, 2024 at 12:23 am | #

    It’s called a job uniform, you two!

    • HueSatLight
      HueSatLight
      December 24, 2024 at 12:30 am | #

      His job is getting gut punched.

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        December 24, 2024 at 10:11 am | #

        Someone has to provide the justification for Amazi-Girl handing out a beating.

  13. IntangibleMatter
    IntangibleMatter
    December 24, 2024 at 1:00 am | #

    Oh boy, Jocelyne and Dorothy time! Two no-nonsense characters!

    …oh who am I kidding they’re going to have some next-level nonsense shortly

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      December 24, 2024 at 8:48 am | #

      Yeah, Carla will be inexorably drawn in, the pranks will be legendary.

  14. John Campbell
    John Campbell
    December 24, 2024 at 1:06 am | #

    Wait, Dorothy doesn’t have the ibuprofen on her? I am disappoint.

    • Miri
      Miri
      December 24, 2024 at 3:42 am | #

      She has not yet reached the stage of life where she has a handbag which has everything on her at most times.

      However given that she is evidently a fast, competent seamstress who can work with difficult fabrics, having multiple pockets including an insulated, temperature-regulated pouch for painkillers, wouldn’t be beyond her. But could potentially add a 5-10 minutes of transferring stuff over every outfit change that she couldn’t have afforded herself…

    • ValdVin
      ValdVin
      December 24, 2024 at 7:33 am | #

      She doesn’t have a superhero’s utility belt. Yet.

  15. PedanticJerkass
    PedanticJerkass
    December 24, 2024 at 1:17 am | #

    You got held up by Amazi-Girl, Joe? Not that other guy?

    • Taffy
      Taffy
      December 24, 2024 at 1:20 am | #

      What other guy? Amazi-Girl just popped in for a bit to show off her new look and then she left.

    • Miri
      Miri
      December 24, 2024 at 3:43 am | #

      It does make it sound like Amazigirl mugged them, doesn’t it?!

  16. Thing2
    Thing2
    December 24, 2024 at 1:34 am | #

    Jocelyn hasn’t even had time to eat whatever is in her mouth…

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      December 24, 2024 at 4:17 am | #

      She pops another fry into her mouth between every panel.

  17. Groove
    Groove
    December 24, 2024 at 1:50 am | #

    Wherever there is danger she’ll be there.

    • Daibhid C
      Daibhid C
      December 24, 2024 at 5:24 am | #

      When there’s trouble, see,
      You call up A-G.

  18. nobodybasically
    nobodybasically
    December 24, 2024 at 2:14 am | #

    Huh, I hadn’t realized Joe hasn’t seen Amazi-Girl before.

  19. Kaffeeteria
    Kaffeeteria
    December 24, 2024 at 3:58 am | #

    I’m a bit disappointed that Dina didn’t get to destroy that idiot AND lost her breakfast.

    • Charles Phipps
      Charles Phipps
      December 24, 2024 at 4:04 am | #

      Night-Guy saved a life that day.

      Incelerator never realized it was his.

  20. Da Boy
    Da Boy
    December 24, 2024 at 4:33 am | #

    Jocelyne trying to figure out the civilian to superhero ratio in the group XD

  21. Kyulen
    Kyulen
    December 24, 2024 at 4:37 am | #

    Like Jocelyne, I’m pretty sure I never saw any of my fellow students going around dressed up as superheroes or supervillains when I was in college, outside of maybe a few at Halloween. And certainly never any of them seriously fighting each other as costumed heroes or villains.

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      Daibhid C
      December 24, 2024 at 5:28 am | #

      The “campus superhero” seems to be a thing in college webcomics (by which I mean I have read two college-set webcomics, and the other one had one as well. If EGS ever manages to get its cast into college, I’ll be three for three.) I don’t know of any real life examples, although I’m not prepared to say that anything is so ridiculous a college student hasn’t done it at some point.

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          Jeremiah
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          What is that?

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      Charles Phipps
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      Due to the sliding timeline, this obviously takes place when it becomes normalized in our society.

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      There was a guy at my college that dressed up like it was 1850 and walked around the woods. I saw him several times up there (I was a woods cryptid too). I was never able to convince any of the normals that the Fancy Man existed.

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        Needfuldoer
        December 24, 2024 at 10:57 pm | #

        He defeated the Awkward Zone. :O

  22. Shyandya
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    December 24, 2024 at 7:11 am | #

    How does Jocelyne know Walky is Dorothy’s boyfriend? And are they even a confirmed couple at the moment?

    • anonymsly
      anonymsly
      December 24, 2024 at 7:57 am | #

      They were dating when Jocelyne met them the first time, and just now Dorothy was fine with him going through her stuff while she’s not there. ‘They’re still together’ isn’t the worst conclusion she could have drawn.

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        And Dotty was pretty hands-on when checking if Walky was okay

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          I for one think it’s hilarious that as far as Joss is concerned it has been a seamless, unbroken line with no deviations to dating multiple other people whatsoever.

          Alternatively Joyce could have occasionally updated her in casual conversation offscreen, but that’s the boring, unfunny answer.

        • Akane
          Akane
          December 24, 2024 at 10:04 am | #

          And yet, I’m certain Jocelyn notices something going on between Dorothy and Joyce.

  23. Mr D
    Mr D
    December 24, 2024 at 8:47 am | #

    Say, what triggers the “This comment is awaiting mdoeration” thing?

    • CidGregor
      CidGregor
      December 24, 2024 at 8:53 am | #

      Was just looking at the FAQ for that myself, apparently changing your listed email or posting from a different IP address than usual can trigger it.

    • Slartibeast Button, BIA
      Slartibeast Button, BIA
      December 24, 2024 at 11:08 am | #

      Fast neutrons.

    • HueSatLight
      HueSatLight
      December 24, 2024 at 12:58 pm | #

      If it’s a new email address. If you’ve got too many links, even links to DoA strips (the cap is 2 or 3). Maybe if you do too many comments within a certain amount of time. If you type out the word, that if uttered would cause the universe to tear itself into countless pieces (word in next post):

      • Nymph
        Nymph
        December 24, 2024 at 5:23 pm | #

        Don’t you dare type that word again after I worked so hard to tape the universe back together.

    • Taffy
      Taffy
      December 24, 2024 at 1:29 pm | #

      You’re probably typing too many slurs.

      • Bryy
        Bryy
        December 24, 2024 at 4:35 pm | #

        I was drinking water when reading this comment.

        How dare.

      • Bruno
        Bruno
        December 24, 2024 at 4:41 pm | #

        Or not enough.

        • Taffy
          Taffy
          December 24, 2024 at 4:59 pm | #

          Just typing “weird cisgender terf Karen” over and over again to own the libs

          • Da Boy
            Da Boy
            December 24, 2024 at 5:53 pm | #

            I think Karen is too ideologically neutral

  24. Woop de doop
    Woop de doop
    December 24, 2024 at 10:11 am | #

    How often does Dorothy take ibuprofen that she has it on her desk?

    • Jeremiah
      Jeremiah
      December 24, 2024 at 10:27 am | #

      Not often, but it never hurts to be prepared!

      • Roborat
        Roborat
        December 24, 2024 at 2:13 pm | #

        And if it does hurt, hey, you already have ibuprofen.

    • ZerglingOne
      ZerglingOne
      December 24, 2024 at 4:18 pm | #

      *looks left at bottle of ibuprofen on desk*

      I only take it once in a while…but when you’re in pain, it’s good to know it’s right there.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      December 24, 2024 at 10:59 pm | #

      It’s bandages for your insides!

  25. Bryy
    Bryy
    December 24, 2024 at 4:36 pm | #

    Happy holidays and merry christmas eve, everyone!

    • NGPZ
      NGPZ
      December 24, 2024 at 6:07 pm | #

      and a happy Saturnalia and Sol Rebirth to you too

  26. Callid13
    Callid13
    December 24, 2024 at 5:03 pm | #

    Hmm, I’m not sure Joe really should be surprised Amazi-Girl is real. After all, he seemed to think she was real before, and even ranked her a “nine”, and noting “anyone who dresses like THAT clearly has issues”.

    https://www.dumbingofage.com/2014/comic/book-4/04-the-whiteboard-dong-bandit/skim-2/

    • Regret
      Regret
      December 24, 2024 at 9:15 pm | #

      Ah yes, because ranking doableness of fictional characters has never happened.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      December 24, 2024 at 11:00 pm | #

      But does he realize she’s his stepsister?

  27. Kyrik Michalowski
    Kyrik Michalowski
    December 25, 2024 at 12:02 am | #

    Well that could have gone much worse.

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