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Shower

by David M Willis on October 25, 2010 at 12:01 am
  • 02 - Uphill From Here
└ Tags: jennifer, joyce, mary, sarah

Discussion (59) ¬

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  1. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    October 25, 2010 at 12:01 am | #

    Promo strip! =D I was wondering…

  2. Pariah Jones
    Pariah Jones
    October 25, 2010 at 12:01 am | #

    She’s wearing less than I would’ve expected from her.

  3. Cassidy
    Cassidy
    October 25, 2010 at 12:03 am | #

    Oh Willis. You make my life

  4. Ragnal
    Ragnal
    October 25, 2010 at 12:05 am | #

    Yay, new chapter!

  5. David Herbert
    David Herbert
    October 25, 2010 at 12:06 am | #

    Ah, good ol’ Joyce. Glad to see not all is different.

    • Hinoron
      Hinoron
      July 15, 2013 at 3:30 pm | #

      This reminds me so much of my student exchange trip to Japan. 2 American guys were part of our small group. On our way in and out of the country, we stayed a night in a hostel and had to use the public bathhouse. They didn’t want everyone looking at them, so they wore swim trunks into the public bath… which was so WEIRD, naturally everyone was looking at them. 😉

  6. Drpepperfan
    Drpepperfan
    October 25, 2010 at 12:12 am | #

    I own this on a bookmark! Yay!

    Also; Asian boobage. YES.

    • Joebo
      Joebo
      October 25, 2010 at 12:15 am | #

      where? The only boobage I see is from Billie. She’s not Asian is she?

      • David
        David M Willis
        October 25, 2010 at 12:17 am | #

        Her mother is Chinese.

        • Izzy
          Izzy
          July 19, 2011 at 8:55 pm | #

          ….Chinese? i thought her mother was Japanese

      • Drpepperfan
        Drpepperfan
        October 25, 2010 at 12:18 am | #

        Yup! Half-Asian!

        • David
          David M Willis
          October 25, 2010 at 12:19 am | #

          One of her boobs is Chinese, the other English.

          • Drpepperfan
            Drpepperfan
            October 25, 2010 at 12:19 am | #

            Like Two-Face?

          • captainswift
            captainswift
            October 25, 2010 at 12:22 am | #

            Boob-face. One of Batman’s less well-known but somewhat awesome enemies.

          • David
            David M Willis
            October 25, 2010 at 12:24 am | #

            “Oh? What if… half-Spider-Man, half-Asian asked you?”

            http://www.jaypinkerton.com/blog/archives/000831.html

          • Drpepperfan
            Drpepperfan
            October 25, 2010 at 12:28 am | #

            Oh, so THAT’S where the “My Mom said you’re a faggot” came from! I;ve been wondering forever!

          • Sabin
            Sabin
            October 25, 2010 at 1:58 pm | #

            I’m pretty sure you mean Two-FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE!!

  7. Zanosuke_Kurosaki
    Zanosuke_Kurosaki
    October 25, 2010 at 12:43 am | #

    Winter-Ninja!Joyce cracks me up. And Billie-cleavage is just plain awesome. Sir Willis, this strip just plain wins. =D

  8. ziggy78eog
    ziggy78eog
    October 25, 2010 at 12:43 am | #

    …yeeeessssssssss

  9. NinjaNick
    NinjaNick
    October 25, 2010 at 12:50 am | #

    Joyce, you’re so silly. You’re going to sweating in those layers. 😛

    • NinjaNick
      NinjaNick
      October 25, 2010 at 12:51 am | #

      I mean, to be sweating.

      I wish I could edit posts like I do in forums.

  10. Aesir
    Aesir
    October 25, 2010 at 1:41 am | #

    It’s finally day 2, after all these comics lol

  11. TexasNinjaBuzzard
    TexasNinjaBuzzard
    October 25, 2010 at 3:02 am | #

    This comic really reinforces how much Joyce needs to dress up in a Fremsuit for Halloween. Which should come right around Mother’s Day ’11 at this rate.

    I love strip comics that take weeks or months to tell one day’s story (Freefall is the absolute hands down king of this); it’s like drunk-dialing critics who bongo about decompressed storytelling and just laughing at them until they cry. I say more punchlines per square inch equals more efficient delivery of comedy.

    Gawd, such an adorable panel 3 Joyce.

    • Matt
      Matt
      October 25, 2010 at 5:15 am | #

      Willis’ hated enemy, Jeph Jacques, is pretty good about taking days to tell one day’s story. I think it’s been winter in QC-land since summer of this year, if not spring.

  12. Shift
    Shift
    October 25, 2010 at 3:41 am | #

    Okay, that’s just cute.

    So, what do you suppose she’s hiding underneath all that?

  13. No0ne
    No0ne
    October 25, 2010 at 3:48 am | #

    Joyce is really a Ninja, shes just so ninja she doesnt even know shes a ninja!

    • Shift
      Shift
      October 25, 2010 at 4:24 am | #

      That’s pretty damn ninja.

    • Kamino Neko
      Kamino Neko
      October 25, 2010 at 5:45 am | #

      Joyce has a brother in this reality.

      His name is Rick.

      • Joebo
        Joebo
        October 25, 2010 at 7:51 am | #

        well she has like four brothers, so one of them might be named Rick.

        • MrGBH
          MrGBH
          October 26, 2010 at 3:50 pm | #

          My mind. It has been blown.

  14. Maveric1984
    Maveric1984
    October 25, 2010 at 8:38 am | #

    Why is it that they make the freshman dorms have the communal showers anyway? Always awkward.

    Of course that’s only for the first couple of weeks, then you start seeing women in the men’s room, and that’s when the fun begins 😀

    • HMRC4EVR
      HMRC4EVR
      October 25, 2010 at 10:42 am | #

      Fun?

      In college?

      What reality are you from, and where’s the nearest wormhole for me to get there?

      College was the worse time of my life and I’d rather be trapped in hell with Carlos from Armada forever than go through that again.

    • Roborat
      Roborat
      October 25, 2010 at 5:38 pm | #

      Probably because it is cheaper to build, and cheaper for cleaning. And yes, have to love those co-ed washrooms, nothing like being at the urinal when a girl you are crushing on walks in. My favorite was seeing what the girls looked like in the morning before they got made-up and prettified.

      • Maveric1984
        Maveric1984
        October 25, 2010 at 8:34 pm | #

        Actually this is exactly what I was talking about. Wasn’t as if the girls were having showers in the boys room.

        On the other hand the year before I was there, they plugged all the drains and turn on all the showers and have a co-ed hot tub party. One damned year…

  15. joshquixote
    joshquixote
    October 25, 2010 at 8:53 am | #

    Incoming fanservice?!?!

  16. Zudarkness
    Zudarkness
    October 25, 2010 at 9:57 am | #

    “One of her boobs is Chinese, the other English.” LOL. You made me spit out my coke in laughter David

    As good old Jerry The king Lauler would say PUPPIES!

    Maybe Joyce is hiding the fact that she is wearing a thong? Nahh not Joyce. Yeah group shower bathrooms can be a little intimandating at first expecially in H blocks when I was in reserves. Personally I hated those showers but toughed it out none the less. co Ed Showers on the other hand. Whoo Hoo!!!

    Fan Service!!!!

    Any other guy getting wood from this. I know I am.

    • Malph
      Malph
      March 13, 2011 at 3:16 am | #

      Nope, just you.

  17. Zudarkness
    Zudarkness
    October 25, 2010 at 9:57 am | #

    This looks like a job for Amanzing Girl

    • begbert2
      begbert2
      October 25, 2010 at 11:02 am | #

      The girl who turns people into men?

  18. Animal
    Animal
    October 25, 2010 at 10:16 am | #

    Yes. Yes. More shower scenes. More. Shower. Scenes.

    • Joebo
      Joebo
      October 25, 2010 at 3:19 pm | #

      This isn’t a Manga, sorry

  19. JesseJanitect
    JesseJanitect
    October 25, 2010 at 11:52 am | #

    Didn’t any of these people take Gym in high school?

    • Gianni
      Gianni
      October 25, 2010 at 12:01 pm | #

      Joyce was homeschooled, so no, she probably didn’t take gym.

    • Bramble
      Bramble
      October 25, 2010 at 12:07 pm | #

      Yes, well, for some of us showering after gym in high school was a matter of getting in and out as fast as possible because the temperature and water pressure were lousy and we were fat and/or didn’t want the fat kids looking at us. It was a matter of not completely smelling during math class, and then we’d do a proper job of bathing when we got home. Waiting until you get home to shave and wash your hair isn’t an option when you’re living in a dorm, though, so there is a difference.

    • Joebo
      Joebo
      October 25, 2010 at 3:20 pm | #

      never showered in High School, wasn’t even an option.

      • Pariah Jones
        Pariah Jones
        October 25, 2010 at 4:50 pm | #

        At my high school, showering after gym was only available to people who were on the sports teams.

    • No0ne
      No0ne
      October 25, 2010 at 10:29 pm | #

      (Sarcasm) My bad leg kept me out of high school gyms, but my time in Boy Scouts allowed me to learn the joy of communal showering. (/sarcasm)

  20. Mysterious Stranger
    Mysterious Stranger
    October 25, 2010 at 11:53 am | #

    I wasn’t really getting into this new webcomic of your Willis but as of today I’m officially a fan.

  21. Hawke
    Hawke
    October 25, 2010 at 3:19 pm | #

    Man I want a better view on in a bra billie. Don’t judge me!!

  22. Zudarkness619
    Zudarkness619
    October 25, 2010 at 10:06 pm | #

    nahh your forgiven Hawke I want a better view as well

  23. Undrave
    Undrave
    October 26, 2010 at 3:35 am | #

    BOOOOOOBS…

    I mean FAAAAAAAAAACE!

  24. agentksilver
    agentksilver
    October 27, 2010 at 11:26 am | #

    Joyce must have sizeable breasts if they show that well under all that material.

  25. Me
    Me
    October 27, 2010 at 6:26 pm | #

    just going to ruin this for you guys. I live with communal showers. nothing like this. like at all.

  26. Valkeer1
    Valkeer1
    March 23, 2011 at 9:22 pm | #

    There…brushing her teeth…is that Dina…WITHOUT HER HAT?!?

    • David
      David M Willis
      March 23, 2011 at 9:58 pm | #

      Nope, that’s Mary. Check the tags.

  27. ryu
    ryu
    December 7, 2011 at 7:34 pm | #

    bewbs

  28. RandomPerson12
    RandomPerson12
    October 15, 2014 at 9:03 pm | #

    Joyce is wearing less clothes in the last panel than what I expected.

  29. nothri
    nothri
    November 6, 2014 at 6:57 pm | #

    I dunno about a shower, but she’s just a rope and ice pick away from being able to scale mt Everest.

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