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Revulsion

by David M Willis on June 25, 2012 at 12:01 am
  • 04 - Time Keeps on Slippin'
└ Tags: ethan, joyce, sarah

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  1. SalmonLeap
    SalmonLeap
    June 25, 2012 at 12:02 am | #

    Just in time for Pride parades everywhere: The Beard Express leaves the station!

    • Raoullefere
      Raoullefere
      June 25, 2012 at 4:06 am | #

      Yep, I can hear the whistle cry: FAAAKKKKEEE, GIIIRRRLFRIIIENDDD! I-DON’T-look-gay, I-DON’T-look-gay, I-DON’T-look-gay, IDON’Tlookgay, IDON’TlookgayIDON’TlookgayIDON’Tlookgay FAAKKKEEE GIIIRRRLFRIIIENDDD!

      • milk experiment
        milk experiment
        June 25, 2012 at 4:37 am | #

        Today’s comic was mostly just kinda sad, but your comment made me laugh out loud. 😀

      • madd
        madd
        June 25, 2012 at 12:10 pm | #

        you are always full of awesome

      • Roborat
        Roborat
        June 25, 2012 at 3:04 pm | #

        That was brilliant. You win todays internet.

      • tahrey
        tahrey
        June 26, 2012 at 4:04 am | #

        you can have my daily internet as well.

      • Narf
        Narf
        March 1, 2013 at 9:51 pm | #

        Have a few more internets from me, that was excellent 😀

      • DarkVeghetta
        DarkVeghetta
        June 19, 2015 at 2:36 am | #

        catchy

  2. Mkvenner
    Mkvenner
    June 25, 2012 at 12:03 am | #

    Premarital fuckin to be percise.

    • Aydr
      Aydr
      June 25, 2012 at 8:54 pm | #

      Premarital for one, heterosexual for the other. So she has to generalize a bit.

      • Jenny Creed
        Jenny Creed
        June 4, 2013 at 9:18 am | #

        Who knows, maybe they’re both asexuals in denial.

  3. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    June 25, 2012 at 12:04 am | #

    Clearly Sarah is the only person who’ll be tapping Joyce’s ass

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      June 25, 2012 at 12:08 am | #

      With her fingers I hope. 😀

      • Wonder Wig
        Wonder Wig
        June 25, 2012 at 12:26 am | #

        Why specifically her fingers? .-.

        • lord of dance
          lord of dance
          June 25, 2012 at 12:36 am | #

          cuz she should, no promises, be lacking the proper tapping tool

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          June 25, 2012 at 12:43 am | #

          Cos tapping someone with your tap-shoes is kinda rude.

          • madd
            madd
            June 25, 2012 at 2:43 am | #

            And using a keg tap would just be painful … one would imagine …

            • Mrelegos
              Mrelegos
              June 25, 2012 at 5:22 am | #

              Tree tapping is something one only does on the third date.

              • Jackson
                Jackson
                June 25, 2012 at 11:46 am | #

                : add to your mana pool

                • Jackson
                  Jackson
                  June 25, 2012 at 11:48 am | #

                  Blugh. Image tag fail…

                  http://i.imgur.com/Ck6vY.png : add http://i.imgur.com/Dl4lm.png to your mana pool

                • Sambo
                  Sambo
                  June 3, 2014 at 11:07 pm | #

                  +3

    • TacosForever
      TacosForever
      June 25, 2012 at 12:09 am | #

      I knew Sarah and Joyce were meant to be!

      • G.G.
        G.G.
        June 25, 2012 at 7:36 pm | #

        *goes back through the splash contest entries*
        hmmm….

    • Undrave
      Undrave
      June 25, 2012 at 12:34 am | #

      HAHAHAHA! Nice one!

  4. Wonder Wig
    Wonder Wig
    June 25, 2012 at 12:05 am | #

    ‘Dat sheltered upbringing ass.

  5. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    June 25, 2012 at 12:07 am | #

    Congratulations indeed on scoring yourself a new cute beard.

    I gotta ask did you realise that you spelt contratulation instead of congratulations Willis?

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      June 25, 2012 at 12:21 am | #

      I see Willis is as fast on the comic error fixups as always.

      GOOD JOB!

      • Jim
        Jim
        June 25, 2012 at 2:45 pm | #

        Contratulations!

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          June 25, 2012 at 8:37 pm | #

          Contratulations (noun)
          An expression of joy in the success of signing a beneficial contract.

  6. Aizat
    Aizat
    June 25, 2012 at 12:07 am | #

    There are other relationships other porking each other you know.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      June 25, 2012 at 12:09 am | #

      True enough, besides ‘porking’ aint kosher.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        June 25, 2012 at 12:10 am | #

        and Banging sound very loud and unromantic

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          June 25, 2012 at 12:11 am | #

          And making pretzels in bed sound odd.

          • Plasma Mongoose
            Plasma Mongoose
            June 25, 2012 at 12:14 am | #

            and screwing sounds like you’re ASSembling IKEA style.

            • Aizat
              Aizat
              June 25, 2012 at 12:17 am | #

              and making Ha-Ha is like something the Joker would do.

              • Yotomoe
                Yotomoe
                June 25, 2012 at 12:20 am | #

                And making Whoopee sounds like something that involves lots of cheering

                • madd
                  madd
                  June 25, 2012 at 2:50 am | #

                  Riding the bologna pony sounds downright unhygienic.

                • Ziaheart
                  Ziaheart
                  June 25, 2012 at 7:23 pm | #

                  It always makes ME think of farting.

              • Plasma Mongoose
                Plasma Mongoose
                June 25, 2012 at 12:22 am | #

                I thought that Joker’s favourite trick is to make his ‘pencil’ disappear.

                • Aizat
                  Aizat
                  June 25, 2012 at 12:29 am | #

                  That’s his second favorite trick, tying with the acid flower and the super joy-buzzer.

                • Ancestral Hamster
                  Ancestral Hamster
                  June 25, 2012 at 3:01 am | #

                  Try telling that to Harley. She’s been trying to get M. J to “ride his Harely vroom vroom!” With no luck.

          • Yotomoe
            Yotomoe
            June 25, 2012 at 12:15 am | #

            And making the beast with two backs sounds like a terrifying science experiment gone horribly wrong

            • madd
              madd
              June 25, 2012 at 2:52 am | #

              Putting some beef in the taco sounds … well … tasty, actualy. Dang! Now I’m hungry.

              • Random Guy
                Random Guy
                June 25, 2012 at 4:43 am | #

                Unfortunately he prefers butt-tacos.

                • madd
                  madd
                  June 25, 2012 at 12:07 pm | #

                  so … much … win …

            • Ancestral Hamster
              Ancestral Hamster
              June 25, 2012 at 3:02 am | #

              A beast with two backs? More chaos mutants; must be Tuesday, I’ll get the Deathwatch kill-team.

              • Argon
                Argon
                June 25, 2012 at 11:18 am | #

                They aren’t ours. The Book of Lorgar says that our mutants and Chaos Spawn shall have only one back, as is the will of the mighty Chaos Gods. I would wager they belong to those Emperor’s Children tossers.

                Also, why would you call the Ordo Xenos for a mutant problem? Sure, they’re Astartes, but they’ve got better things to do.

                • Ancestral Hamster
                  Ancestral Hamster
                  June 25, 2012 at 2:11 pm | #

                  Depending on the edition, chaos spawn can be incredibly dangerous. If it’s just a mutant, killing it with fire will do, but if it is a larval form of chaos spawn you’ll need experts.

  7. Futabakun
    Futabakun
    June 25, 2012 at 12:09 am | #

    Me, I’m wondering if this might be the start of a nice relationship between Sarah and Ethan. She might find him tolerable to talk with, and gay guys *can* have friendships with women.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      June 25, 2012 at 12:12 am | #

      Ethan is probably within a small ring of people Sarah may tolerate, but I’m not sure she will fully like him since she’s in big sister mode protecting Joyce.

    • insomniac
      insomniac
      June 25, 2012 at 12:42 am | #

      When Joyce finds out he’s gay, her mind will break in half.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        June 25, 2012 at 12:46 am | #

        That or she will try to fix him with her astounding chest puppies.

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          June 25, 2012 at 12:48 am | #

          Joyce can’t fix what’s not broken. Besides Ethan’s seen Amber’s rack, and her boobs are so nice that they’re immune to criticism

          • insomniac
            insomniac
            June 25, 2012 at 1:06 am | #

            You can’t actually fix what’s broken, no.

            I don’t doubt that Joyce will try, out of sincere and honest desire to help, while probably making things 100 times worse for a gay teenager who’s still coming to terms with himself.

            I don’t expect DoA character arcs to mirror the ones in the Walkyverse, but I don’t see Joyce getting away without severe existential angst at the difference between the world as she sees it and the world as she’s been told it is.

        • Shade
          Shade
          June 25, 2012 at 7:52 pm | #

          That’s a funny euphemism for Christ.

  8. Brasca1
    Brasca1
    June 25, 2012 at 12:10 am | #

    Considering how constantly irritated Sarah is as well as a compulsion to express the truth no matter what I wonder if she might be a possible love interest for Mike.

    • The Aussie Bloke
      The Aussie Bloke
      June 25, 2012 at 12:12 am | #

      Oh gods…

      I can’t tell if that would be awesome, or scary as hell.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      June 25, 2012 at 12:13 am | #

      I think Sarah would not have the patience to deal with Mike. Being equally as Misanthropic does not a relationship make.

      • gangler
        gangler
        June 25, 2012 at 2:28 am | #

        I think Joyce demands more patience of Sarah than Mike ever could. If anything Sarah’s already shown us that she has the patience of a saint.

        Ethan put it as “Mike doesn’t really have friends so much as he has people he’s willing to stand next to”. I think Sarah could easily find that she doesn’t mind standing next to Mike at all. It goes from there. No patience involved. Patience is for dogs and philanthropes where you make a concerted effort to forge the relationship. That type of behavior just drives away cats and misanthropes anyway.

        • Shadlyn Wolfe
          Shadlyn Wolfe
          June 25, 2012 at 9:59 am | #

          I see them as a little too alike, personality wise, but not alike enough in interests. After all, we’ve seen no sign that Sarah takes genuine pleasure in other people’s misfortune.

          With that said, though, I have no doubt that Willis could make it happen AND make me believe it if he so chose. The man wields his characters as most artists dream of wielding a pen.

          • gangler
            gangler
            June 25, 2012 at 3:18 pm | #

            I think the drama issue would be the most likely thing to come between them. Sarah hates drama, Mike actively stirs and creates it.

      • TARDIS With A Hat
        TARDIS With A Hat
        June 25, 2012 at 5:24 am | #

        But the Hatefucks would be glorious!

    • TARDIS With A Hat
      TARDIS With A Hat
      June 25, 2012 at 5:23 am | #

      YES! YES!

      DOA Mike\Sarah OTP!

  9. Thor
    Thor
    June 25, 2012 at 12:11 am | #

    If Ethan’s going to try and pass for straight, he needs to start cutting back on the rouge.

    Besides, orange isn’t his color. He’s obviously a winter.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      June 25, 2012 at 12:16 am | #

      “Is there something you want to tell us about yourself?”

      • Aizat
        Aizat
        June 25, 2012 at 12:21 am | #

        Yes, I have very low-self esteem, very socially awkward, have some trust and rage issues.

        • madd
          madd
          June 25, 2012 at 2:56 am | #

          I believe we may have been separated at birth.

          Oh, wait … your dad doesn’t happen to be a rather tall Mexican musician who ditched your mom some time shortly after your birth, does he? If so, you may be one of my many half-siblings!

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        June 25, 2012 at 12:22 am | #

        I’m a handsome bachelor and I like long walks on the be-
        oh. you meant something else.

      • Shade
        Shade
        June 25, 2012 at 8:04 pm | #

        What do you mean? One only has to read Norse mythology to know Thor knows all about fashion and how to look good in a dress.

        • Andiemus
          Andiemus
          June 26, 2012 at 2:07 am | #

          She has a rather healthy appetite as well.

  10. Organs
    Organs
    June 25, 2012 at 12:13 am | #

    Man, Sarah really needs her comeuppance!

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      June 25, 2012 at 12:23 am | #

      You mean, she needs to get laid?

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        June 25, 2012 at 12:31 am | #

        nonono that’d be her Cumuppance.

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          June 25, 2012 at 12:38 am | #

          And this is why you are one of the funniest guys/gals in the comments.

          • Yotomoe
            Yotomoe
            June 25, 2012 at 12:42 am | #

            I is male. and thank ya kindly

  11. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    June 25, 2012 at 12:20 am | #

    I just hope for Ethan’s sake that Joyce isn’t puritan, while they are all against PREmarital hanky-panky, they are pretty insistant on getting their regular quota of POSTmarital hanky-panky.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      June 25, 2012 at 12:21 am | #

      If Joyce was a Puritan she may become slightly more unbearable…

      • Naz
        Naz
        June 25, 2012 at 1:00 am | #

        Ironically puritans were pretty pro-sex compared to other christian sects. Sexual enjoyment within marriage was pretty much an expectation and a right. A woman could call her husband before the church if he failed to “fulfill his duties”.

        • Khrene Cleaver
          Khrene Cleaver
          June 25, 2012 at 1:38 am | #

          Hmmm… If it weren’t for the witch burning racism…

          • Random Guy
            Random Guy
            June 25, 2012 at 4:47 am | #

            If the Puritan men “performed their duties” better their women wouldn’t have been going out at night to “ride” broomsticks.

        • Roborat
          Roborat
          June 25, 2012 at 3:10 pm | #

          Now that would be an interesting church service. Did they exchange sexual techniques as well? Live demonstrations?

          • Andiemus
            Andiemus
            June 26, 2012 at 2:09 am | #

            In old Catholicism that wasn’t unheard of since impotence was grounds for an annulment and that’s really the only way to prove you’re not impotent.

            • Roborat
              Roborat
              June 26, 2012 at 2:52 pm | #

              Performance anxiety, anyone?

  12. Resne
    Resne
    June 25, 2012 at 12:27 am | #

    From Sarah that’s as close as you’ll get to a “Good job.”

  13. lord of dance
    lord of dance
    June 25, 2012 at 12:33 am | #

    jeeze, i know WE know whats ethans up to, but what, aside from the usual, crawled up sarah’s butt. they’ve literally hung out once and all they did was watch cartoons, isn’t she jumping the gun a bit?

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      June 25, 2012 at 12:43 am | #

      Cartoons are a nerds 3rd base

    • insomniac
      insomniac
      June 25, 2012 at 12:49 am | #

      Sarah probably is jumping the gun and being all overprotective.

      HOWEVER. Waaaaay back, there had been some excitement about the prospect of becoming “Mrs. Joyce Siegal,” back in http://www.dumbingofage.com/2011/comic/book-1/04-the-bechdel-test/chaser/

      So she knows that Joyce is crushing on a closet case, which isn’t going to end well. It just doesn’t.

      • begbert2
        begbert2
        June 25, 2012 at 10:48 am | #

        And now Joyce’s face from the first panel of that comic is again haunting my nightmares. Thanks for that!

      • lord of dance
        lord of dance
        June 25, 2012 at 11:01 am | #

        im just saying they’re not IN a relationship

        • Shade
          Shade
          June 25, 2012 at 8:07 pm | #

          Yes but Sarah also assumes the worst of people it seems.

          • Aydr
            Aydr
            June 25, 2012 at 9:52 pm | #

            Maybe Sarah has seen more than we know for certain. After all, she is right on the money. Can’t assume we see every interaction and overheard bit in a comic strip.

            • Andiemus
              Andiemus
              June 26, 2012 at 2:10 am | #

              Or she’s just being a bongo. Not like that’d be breaking new ground.

      • Jim
        Jim
        June 25, 2012 at 2:57 pm | #

        I have a much greater appreciation for that “plague” strip as DoA continues to unfold on its own. There is a lot more wit there than I realized on first reading. I might need to do a reread. Good call – thanks for the reminder link.

  14. Derek
    Derek
    June 25, 2012 at 12:35 am | #

    I demand a spanking tag, Willis

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      June 25, 2012 at 12:48 am | #

      “But you two hardly know each other…” 😀

    • Jim
      Jim
      June 25, 2012 at 3:09 pm | #

      There is always this…

      • Jim
        Jim
        June 25, 2012 at 3:10 pm | #

        damned tags… http://www.smileyvault.com/albums/stock/smiley-fighting0056.gif

  15. T Campbell
    T Campbell
    June 25, 2012 at 12:43 am | #

    “Ethan was a perfect gentleman UNLIKE ME!” WHAP!

    “Revulsion FOR,” just in case anyone cares. I think I see someone in the back… no, they’re just yawning and stretching.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      June 25, 2012 at 12:44 am | #

      Well, she is a lady.

      • Khrene Cleaver
        Khrene Cleaver
        June 25, 2012 at 1:37 am | #

        dOuBLE StNaDraD1!!111!!111111!!!1

    • Jason
      Jason
      June 25, 2012 at 1:43 am | #

      In my dialect, it’s “revulsion of.”

      • Zababcd
        Zababcd
        June 25, 2012 at 10:00 pm | #

        Would ‘revulsion towards’ be universally acceptable?
        My preference is ‘revulsion for’, though.

  16. sad
    sad
    June 25, 2012 at 12:53 am | #

    If that last panel isn’t already a Halmark card, I’m going to be rich.

  17. Ridureyu
    Ridureyu
    June 25, 2012 at 1:02 am | #

    Yay buttslap

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      June 25, 2012 at 1:07 am | #

      More like a buttbackhand.

  18. JoeMerl
    JoeMerl
    June 25, 2012 at 1:24 am | #

    We’ve all been in that kind of a relationship, haven’t we?

    • Jim
      Jim
      June 25, 2012 at 3:30 pm | #

      I don’t think so. Mutual revulsion can be interpreted as “of each other” – like mutual hatred, as well as ‘mutual’ in the shared belief in general, which is how Sarah is applying it in the last panel.

      I have no such revulsion… unless it is used with someone specific in mind. So we would all have had to have a a period where we found it revolting, and had a relationship with someone who did also.

      Now… if we are talking about mutual revulsion and include really fat chicks… then yes, I have several relationships with males and females where the very idea is revolting and repulsive!

      Though I understand their mutual feelings on the concept, JoeMerl is applying it one-on-one, and that’s not how it was intended. Is the term contextually misleading to the masses? Does anyone else have mutual feelings with Joe about this?

      Do we care?

      Oh the humanity!

      • Zababcd
        Zababcd
        June 25, 2012 at 9:52 pm | #

        I have no idea what either of you are talking about.

  19. gangler
    gangler
    June 25, 2012 at 1:25 am | #

    Sounds like a perfectly fine foundation for a relationship if you ask me. I don’t fuck you, you don’t fuck me, everybody’s happy. Not seeing where this becomes problematic.

    • Izzy
      Izzy
      June 25, 2012 at 1:31 am | #

      Honestly neither am I. I think it was Greg giraldo who said ” gays! He’ll gays are amazing. In fact, of it werent for the sex, I could be gay. Everything would work ou so much better” or something to that effect

      • gangler
        gangler
        June 25, 2012 at 10:56 am | #

        I actually find it kind of funny. It’s like the age old question “Can two people who want to fuck eachother just be friends?” but in reverse.

    • Leorale
      Leorale
      June 25, 2012 at 8:32 pm | #

      It becomes problematic because she wants/expects more someday, such as love, marriage and babies. Ethan would only be dating her because he’s scared of being alone, not because he’s capable of ever falling in love with her.

      • gangler
        gangler
        June 25, 2012 at 9:16 pm | #

        In other words a relationship based on mutual revulsion against fucking becomes problematic the moment one of the parties ceases to be revolted by fucking.

      • kschenke
        kschenke
        June 26, 2012 at 12:35 pm | #

        Are they dating? I thought they were just friends. …

  20. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    June 25, 2012 at 1:41 am | #

    Many relationships are built upon those same principles!

    • Resne
      Resne
      June 25, 2012 at 3:40 am | #

      And then promptly destroyed by the caustic force of nature that is Mike’s acid wit.

  21. Porpoiseboy
    Porpoiseboy
    June 25, 2012 at 2:16 am | #

    Is this the Michelle Bachmann story?

    • Andiemus
      Andiemus
      June 26, 2012 at 2:11 am | #

      And the winner of the Internet is….porpoiseboy!

  22. ComicLover
    ComicLover
    June 25, 2012 at 3:02 am | #

    I wouldn’t call this a relationship yet, just friendship. Which I guess is a relationship but you know what I mean.

    • begbert2
      begbert2
      June 25, 2012 at 10:51 am | #

      To Joyce this is a relationship, I suspect. “Boy friend” probably looks like a typo to her.

      • gangler
        gangler
        June 25, 2012 at 4:15 pm | #

        I think Joyce is really eager to take this beyond friendship but doesn’t necessarily feel that such has already happened.

  23. Gargamel
    Gargamel
    June 25, 2012 at 5:25 am | #

    Are Ethan’s parents coming around in a few day or something?
    Is Ethan capable of that kind of intrigue?

  24. Zaxares
    Zaxares
    June 25, 2012 at 6:43 am | #

    This relationship will collapse promptly after the wedding when Joyce wants children.

  25. Flimsyfishy
    Flimsyfishy
    June 25, 2012 at 7:07 am | #

    It’s beard time now… Hopefully not though, Joyce will be broken.

  26. Arkadi
    Arkadi
    June 25, 2012 at 9:00 am | #

    Somehow, Ethan’s poker face is what annoys me the most.

    • EireJack
      EireJack
      June 25, 2012 at 3:31 pm | #

      It would probably take a lot of booze and a couple viewings of Magic Mike to get Ethan ready to poker face

  27. artemi71
    artemi71
    June 25, 2012 at 11:33 am | #

    At first, I was like, ‘woo, Joyce spank!’

    But then I realized it was just so Willis didn’t have to have it in full bent over profile for us, and I was sad. *laugh*

    • EireJack
      EireJack
      June 25, 2012 at 4:55 pm | #

      Gordon Mc Alpin draws good bent over figures…. you know for art

  28. Ryan Balis
    Ryan Balis
    June 25, 2012 at 11:50 am | #

    We all know Mike will end with Joyce’s fantasies sooner or later.
    Joyce spanking so cute *–*

  29. gangler
    gangler
    June 25, 2012 at 5:03 pm | #

    Wait, look at Sarah’s thumb. She didn’t slap Joyce’s bottom. She backhanded Joyce in the rear.

    • Resne
      Resne
      June 25, 2012 at 11:31 pm | #

      Just a matter of direction.

  30. Jasmine
    Jasmine
    June 25, 2012 at 6:00 pm | #

    That “Am I all right?” broke my heart though.

  31. Charles RB
    Charles RB
    June 26, 2012 at 11:34 am | #

    Sarah speaks only the truth!

  32. kschenke
    kschenke
    June 26, 2012 at 12:34 pm | #

    They also both like cartoons and are nice people. … Would you have rather he wormed his way into the relationship because he WANTED to sleep with her? No? Then why are you pissed about this.

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