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Judgin’

by David M Willis on October 19, 2013 at 12:01 am
  • 04 - Just Hangin' Out With My Family
└ Tags: jennifer, sal, walky

Discussion (184) ¬

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  1. Mr. Random
    Mr. Random
    October 19, 2013 at 12:01 am | #

    That’s our Billie!

  2. Bilfred
    Bilfred
    October 19, 2013 at 12:01 am | #

    Huzzah!

  3. GrrArg42
    GrrArg42
    October 19, 2013 at 12:01 am | #

    Dat scowl!

    • Pyr05
      Pyr05
      October 19, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

      Your face = win for your comment.

      • NeverAgain
        NeverAgain
        October 25, 2013 at 3:17 am | #

        Your FFFAAAAAAAAAAACCCCCEEEE

  4. Skull025
    Skull025
    October 19, 2013 at 12:02 am | #

    GLARE.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      October 19, 2013 at 12:17 am | #

      *Puts on sunglasses* GLARE AVERTED!

      • Tunaro
        Tunaro
        October 19, 2013 at 12:45 am | #

        ( •_•)>⌐■-■
        Looks like someone made
        (⌐■_■)
        A glaring mistake.

        • Lokitsu
          Lokitsu
          October 19, 2013 at 12:47 am | #

          YEEEAAAAHHHH!!!!!

      • Pyr05
        Pyr05
        October 19, 2013 at 6:16 am | #

        Plasma Mongoose is unaffected!

  5. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    October 19, 2013 at 12:02 am | #

    “Hey, your brother brought it up, not me.”

  6. Aizat
    Aizat
    October 19, 2013 at 12:02 am | #

    You know, Walky has a point. What’s with the school girl outfit? Besides the mythology gag, of course.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      October 19, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

      So that her parents think that she’s a good little girl.

    • Bill
      Bill
      October 19, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

      I had put it down to being a suck-up move for the parents.

    • Wack'd
      Wack'd
      October 19, 2013 at 2:46 pm | #

      Mythology Gag? I don’t recall her wearing anything resembling that in the Walkyverse…

      Did you mean Continuity Nod?

      • John
        John
        October 19, 2013 at 7:55 pm | #

        Sal didn’t, but Walkie did.

        And it’s an Avalon uniform. I don’t even know what you call it when you’re referencing an earlier reference to someone else’s strip entirely.

        • Wack'd
          Wack'd
          October 20, 2013 at 3:26 am | #

          Oh, right, that.

          Yeah. Um…I think it’s just a normal Shout Out in both cases, really.

  7. Bill
    Bill
    October 19, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

    Are those multi-headed lamps the de rigeur student housing accessory these days, like lava lights and chianti-bottle hookahs were in mine?

    • Shaggy-Donahugh
      Shaggy-Donahugh
      October 19, 2013 at 12:12 am | #

      Actually they’re not allowed on most of the college campus’s I’ve been to (Then again, it’s Michigan, nothing is allowed.)

      • Pyr05
        Pyr05
        October 19, 2013 at 6:18 am | #

        Just like a functioning major manufacturing city is not allowed. -rimshot-

      • Random832
        Random832
        October 19, 2013 at 9:48 am | #

        What possible reason could there be for banning them? Especially since if you fill it with CFL bulbs it almost certainly uses less power than two 100W incandescent bulbs, and if you use LED bulbs it’d be less than one.

        • ajm5007
          ajm5007
          October 19, 2013 at 7:03 pm | #

          Fire hazard is the usual claim. Something about wattage and all that.

          • taekwondogirl
            taekwondogirl
            October 19, 2013 at 11:09 pm | #

            I had one and a bulb did burn through the plastic… I think the problem is they’re supposed to use much lower wattage bulbs, but the people who use them are dumb college kids.

          • Random832
            Random832
            October 20, 2013 at 12:49 am | #

            So they were banned before the CFL era and no-one bothered to revise the rules?

    • John
      John
      October 19, 2013 at 12:14 am | #

      For a second my brain interpreted it as a hat or hair thing that Billie was wearing.

      • Casey
        Casey
        October 19, 2013 at 12:20 am | #

        That would be a very interesting choice. Very daring with that shirt.

    • Birke
      Birke
      October 19, 2013 at 12:23 am | #

      They were when I lived in dorms six years ago. 🙂

    • Twirls
      Twirls
      October 19, 2013 at 1:46 am | #

      Target, baby!

    • Sic 'em Bears
      Sic 'em Bears
      October 19, 2013 at 12:05 pm | #

      Yes, they’re everywhere!

  8. Bizze
    Bizze
    October 19, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

    Love Billie’s expression in panel 4

  9. Pyr05
    Pyr05
    October 19, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

    Schoolgirl outfit = fantasy city. I personally wonder what would have happened if Jason saw her in that. I think he would have nearly arrived in his pants.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      October 19, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

      He arrived quite promptly.

      • Aizat
        Aizat
        October 19, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

        He arrived…to this city.

        • Shaggy-Donahugh
          Shaggy-Donahugh
          October 19, 2013 at 12:10 am | #

          He built this city.

          • Aizat
            Aizat
            October 19, 2013 at 12:13 am | #

            He built this city on “rock and roll”.

            • Shaggy-Donahugh
              Shaggy-Donahugh
              October 19, 2013 at 12:16 am | #

              That’s what the kids are calling it nowadays?

              • Mr. Random
                Mr. Random
                October 19, 2013 at 12:18 am | #

                I feel like that’s a good description of what Jacob would do.

              • Bizze
                Bizze
                October 19, 2013 at 1:34 pm | #

                ‘Rock and Roll’ was a euphemism before it was a music genre, just like jazz.

                WE’VE COME FULL CIRCLE.

            • John
              John
              October 19, 2013 at 12:17 am | #

              I built this city on three rock and two grain.

              • TheMagicShortbus
                TheMagicShortbus
                October 19, 2013 at 5:06 am | #

                But did you build a wall for two brick?

                • John
                  John
                  October 19, 2013 at 9:26 pm | #

                  Nah, I just used an Engineer.

            • AgentKeen
              AgentKeen
              October 19, 2013 at 12:18 am | #

              He built this city… for a nickel.

              • Casey
                Casey
                October 19, 2013 at 12:20 am | #

                Your mom helped

        • tyren22
          tyren22
          October 19, 2013 at 12:50 am | #

          To give you a message.

          • Aizat
            Aizat
            October 19, 2013 at 12:52 am | #

            Card games on motorcycles.

            • Tenn
              Tenn
              October 19, 2013 at 4:56 am | #

              “Let’s get out of here, the obscure references are making me dizzy.”

        • k
          k
          October 19, 2013 at 1:51 pm | #

          But he also had an orgasm!

  10. EvergreenFir
    EvergreenFir
    October 19, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

    Guess you could call her “curious”…

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      October 19, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

      and her name is Billie.
      So let’s shorten it to Bi-Curious.

      • Aizat
        Aizat
        October 19, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

        Billie is Bi-everything. Curious is one of them.

        • FinalOwen
          FinalOwen
          October 19, 2013 at 12:27 am | #

          It wouldn’t be entirely inaccurate to call her bi-furious, either.

  11. neon5162
    neon5162
    October 19, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

    wooooo im not on the bottom of the comments today

  12. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    October 19, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

    The only good school uniform is Japanese schoolgirl uniform.

    • Totz the Plaid
      Totz the Plaid
      October 19, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

      Are you disparaging Catholic school girl outfits?

      • Tunaro
        Tunaro
        October 19, 2013 at 1:16 am | #

        Why choose? You can have both at the same time.

        • Neospector
          Neospector
          October 19, 2013 at 7:21 pm | #

          You fools, they all mean nothing without glasses.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      October 19, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

      No. The only good school uniform is no uniform. ANARCHY! RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE! FIGHT THE POWER! DOWN WITH THE PATRIARCHY! DOWN WITH CONFORMITY!

      • Aizat
        Aizat
        October 19, 2013 at 12:08 am | #

        YEAH, LET’S GO TO SCHOOL WITH NOTHING AT ALL!

        • Van Dyne
          Van Dyne
          October 19, 2013 at 12:11 am | #

          YOU FOOL! THINK OF THE CHILDREN!

          • Van Dyne
            Van Dyne
            October 19, 2013 at 12:11 am | #

            THE ONES WHO NEED GLASSES TO SEE!

          • Mr. Random
            Mr. Random
            October 19, 2013 at 12:12 am | #

            They are…

          • Aizat
            Aizat
            October 19, 2013 at 12:12 am | #

            CLOTHES ARE FOR CONFORMISTS! ARE YOU A CONFORMIST?

            • Mr. Random
              Mr. Random
              October 19, 2013 at 12:16 am | #

              ONLY TRUE ANARCHISTS TYPE IN ALL CAPS!

              • Aizat
                Aizat
                October 19, 2013 at 12:18 am | #

                WELL, THAT AND BRIAN BLESSED.

                • Mr. Random
                  Mr. Random
                  October 19, 2013 at 12:28 am | #

                  True, true…

                • That Damn Rat
                  That Damn Rat
                  October 19, 2013 at 1:57 am | #

                  Brian Blessed doesn’t type in all caps, but everything he writes ends up in All Caps anyway. It’s one of life’s mysteries.

                • Pyr05
                  Pyr05
                  October 19, 2013 at 6:20 am | #

                  I am not Brian blessed. I am, however, brain blessed.

                • Animal
                  Animal
                  October 19, 2013 at 9:55 am | #

                  Ah. Brian Blessed.

                  Love the guy. He’s the British me.

        • Casey
          Casey
          October 19, 2013 at 12:12 am | #

          One man’s nightmare is another man’s act of defiance.

          • Shaggy-Donahugh
            Shaggy-Donahugh
            October 19, 2013 at 12:20 am | #

            One man’s act of defiance is another man’s nightmare.

            • Mr. Random
              Mr. Random
              October 19, 2013 at 12:28 am | #

              And one man’s nightmare is another man’s fetish.

              • Shaggy-Donahugh
                Shaggy-Donahugh
                October 19, 2013 at 12:32 am | #

                So would that make one man’s fetish another man’s act of defiance?

                • Aizat
                  Aizat
                  October 19, 2013 at 12:35 am | #

                  Well, others think that some act of sticking it to the man is kinky.

              • Aizat
                Aizat
                October 19, 2013 at 12:33 am | #

                And one man’s fetish is another man’s reason to get some brain bleach.

                • colm
                  colm
                  October 19, 2013 at 6:03 am | #

                  Huzzah for nightmare fueled fetishes!

        • VizardJeffhog
          VizardJeffhog
          October 19, 2013 at 3:21 pm | #

          STUPID SEXY AIZAT

      • Varangian
        Varangian
        October 19, 2013 at 1:45 am | #

        WE DON’T NEED NO EDUCATION

    • Bill
      Bill
      October 19, 2013 at 12:10 am | #

      There are uniforms, and then there are uniforms.  At my high school young men wore trousers (not denim) and a collared, tucked in shirt (tie optional); young ladies wore a pleated or A-line navy skirt or shift with a white blouse.  And yes, it was a Catholic HS, so length was no more than 2 inches above the knee.

  13. John
    John
    October 19, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

    Her bicuriosity.

  14. Aizat
    Aizat
    October 19, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

    Panel 3: Billie imagining Sal in a school girl outfit.

    • Hoboturtle
      Hoboturtle
      October 19, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

      Panel 4, also she doesn’t have to imagine, she saw it, in all it’s…. “glory?”

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        October 19, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

        But she didn’t see Sal IN IT.

        • Beachfox
          Beachfox
          October 19, 2013 at 1:56 am | #

          Yes she did!
          http://www.dumbingofage.com/2013/comic/book-3/04-just-hangin-out-with-my-family/whatthe/

          • The Candyman
            The Candyman
            October 19, 2013 at 10:46 am | #

            I wouldn’t be surprised if Billie thought that was a hallucination.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      October 19, 2013 at 12:10 am | #

      Panel 4, I meant panel 4….I don’t know what came over me but somehow my brain is not functioning properly.

      • -_-
        -_-
        October 19, 2013 at 12:14 am | #

        You should see a doctor…perhaps

  15. Shaggy-Donahugh
    Shaggy-Donahugh
    October 19, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

    Why does it feel like Walky is hitting on his sister?

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      October 19, 2013 at 12:07 am | #

      Twincest.

      • Shaggy-Donahugh
        Shaggy-Donahugh
        October 19, 2013 at 12:08 am | #

        A caramel cookie with a soft vanilla center…..
        *drool*

        • Leonou
          Leonou
          October 19, 2013 at 1:36 am | #

          Well Billie’s half asian, so it would be more like a lemon&vanilla center ….
          gosh, I’m hungry.

          • Norj
            Norj
            October 19, 2013 at 6:10 am | #

            Hungry for Billie.

            • Yotomoe
              Yotomoe
              October 19, 2013 at 11:04 am | #

              Aren’t we all?

    • Hoboturtle
      Hoboturtle
      October 19, 2013 at 5:15 pm | #

      That would be weird. Walky’s parents would freak if he started hitting on Billie.

    • Leah Rockshard
      Leah Rockshard
      October 20, 2013 at 9:38 am | #

      Because he’s laughing at her for something he finds weird, stupid-looking, and out-of-character, but many people creepily find sexy – for dressing like a schoolchild.

      He’s not hitting on her. You aren’t taking into account that for some people childhood uniforms =/= sexy.

  16. Keroshino
    Keroshino
    October 19, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

    Curiouser…and Curiouser!

  17. -_-
    -_-
    October 19, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

    Sal has heat vision.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      October 19, 2013 at 12:07 am | #

      To melt Billie’s clothes off?

      • Shaggy-Donahugh
        Shaggy-Donahugh
        October 19, 2013 at 12:13 am | #

        To make smores of course.

  18. MarcinMN
    MarcinMN
    October 19, 2013 at 12:07 am | #

    If we want to question Sal’s fashion choices, maybe we should ask her why she almost always wears those gloves.

    • MarcinMN
      MarcinMN
      October 19, 2013 at 12:08 am | #

      Oh no! I have a Danny avatar now! That means that my post will be met with blind hatred no matter what it says!!!!! 😉

      • Mr. Random
        Mr. Random
        October 19, 2013 at 12:15 am | #

        I have a sudden urge to smack you… Huh. I guess you’re right.
        And that just makes me angrier…

    • -_-
      -_-
      October 19, 2013 at 12:08 am | #

      So she won’t leave finger prints duh.

  19. HMRC4EVR
    HMRC4EVR
    October 19, 2013 at 12:07 am | #

    Come to think of it, Sal could pull off a decent Sailor Jupiter with a little bit of tweaking.

    • Kiggy
      Kiggy
      October 19, 2013 at 2:47 am | #

      Sailor Pluto, more likelu

    • Pyr05
      Pyr05
      October 19, 2013 at 6:23 am | #

      I’m thankful you didn’t say “with a little twerking”

      • Mr K
        Mr K
        October 19, 2013 at 2:14 pm | #

        That’s what I read too. Eww.

  20. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    October 19, 2013 at 12:08 am | #

    Billie may need photos. For reasons.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      October 19, 2013 at 12:12 am | #

      For “educational” reasons.

      • MR K
        MR K
        October 19, 2013 at 4:16 pm | #

        She needs to “study” those photos privately

  21. Leonou
    Leonou
    October 19, 2013 at 12:09 am | #

    Uh …. okay, I tried but still can’t understand what Billie’s sentence means. Could someone explain it to me, please ? Especially the “propriety” part.

    Also. Billie’s and Sal’s are making such cute faces ! I love their faces ! Faceeeeees !

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      October 19, 2013 at 12:11 am | #

      It’s not fair pitting my sense of being appropriate or fitting against my curiosity.

    • Bill
      Bill
      October 19, 2013 at 12:13 am | #

      “Propriety”, in this instance, means she realizes that there are some things that one just does not press.  

    • John
      John
      October 19, 2013 at 12:21 am | #

      She realizes that it’s a bad idea to push Sal on this matter. But she really wants the mental image of Sal in schoolgirl uniform for her spank bank.

      • Shaggy-Donahugh
        Shaggy-Donahugh
        October 19, 2013 at 12:23 am | #

        Spank Bank=term of the day.

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          October 19, 2013 at 12:25 am | #

          Spank Bank? I called “the Vault of Delights”

          • Shaggy-Donahugh
            Shaggy-Donahugh
            October 19, 2013 at 12:30 am | #

            Damn, that’s a good one too. But the one that rhymes is a nice touch.

          • Drakey
            Drakey
            October 19, 2013 at 5:32 pm | #

            Welp, time to go rename my porn folder.

      • Leonou
        Leonou
        October 19, 2013 at 12:29 am | #

        Ooooooh, okay. Thanks everyone

        • John
          John
          October 20, 2013 at 11:43 am | #

          (Note, I was mostly joking about the spank bank thing. I really think the “curiosity” part is mostly Billie just wanting to know why the hell her bad-ass leather-wearing cigarette-smoking motorcycle-riding roommate was suddenly cosplaying Ceilidh MacFarlane.)

          (And I think by tomorrow she’s regretting ever having wanted to know.)

  22. Robert
    Robert
    October 19, 2013 at 12:12 am | #

    This coming from the chick wearing the “Dragons” T-shirt? Pfft…

    • Casey
      Casey
      October 19, 2013 at 12:17 am | #

      Perfect grav is perfect

    • John
      John
      October 19, 2013 at 12:22 am | #

      Yeah, “Dragons”, looks like something a nerd would wear.

      • -_-
        -_-
        October 19, 2013 at 12:42 am | #

        ……………………
        ………………
        ………………
        ………NERD

    • cliff
      cliff
      October 19, 2013 at 2:49 am | #

      You are all aware that dragons is her high school team? And that’s what this shirt originates from, it’s not just Billie bring nerdy 😛

      • John
        John
        October 19, 2013 at 3:18 am | #

        I’m pretty sure her high school team was the Drago. That’s what it says on her cheerleader uniform, at any rate.

        Anyway, wearing your high school team paraphernalia in college? NERRRRRRRD.

        • John
          John
          October 19, 2013 at 3:22 am | #

          Seriously, though, I want to see Ruth steal Billie’s uniform again, and give it back to her with the missing letters ineptly stitched back on. I would die of the cute.

    • Bill
      Bill
      October 19, 2013 at 3:46 am | #

      That’s right.  The same word was across Billie’s cheerleader outfit — the one Ruth vandalized.

      Incidentally, there are only three high schools in Indiana that use “Dragons” as their team mascot — Argos, New Palestine, and Sellersburg (Silver Creek HS) — and of these three only the Sellersburg colors (orange/blue) match Billie’s uniform.

      • Robert
        Robert
        October 19, 2013 at 1:07 pm | #

        Hence the “pfft….” I found it ironic that Billie would be curious about Sal’s school uniform, but she still has high school pride herself, wears her old team t-shirts and she’s been obsessed with her tenure as a cheerleader since day one.

        • Bill
          Bill
          October 19, 2013 at 2:59 pm | #

          Because, quite frankly, in high school if you’re one of the jocks or one of the popular girls (and face it, cheerleaders are automatically given a pass into the ‘popular’ group) you are the big fish in the small pond, and she’s trying to hang onto that feeling of being the “Alpha bongo”.  But it ain’t gonna last; once you get into college that all changes, and the first couple of months of the fall semester at *ANY* college find the campus strewn with the shattered egos of those who found out just where they stand on the pecking order.  Billie ego trip hasn’t crashed and burned quiet yet, but it’s losing power on all engines.

  23. Mr. Random
    Mr. Random
    October 19, 2013 at 12:13 am | #

    You know you’re in trouble when you can see the whites of Sal’s eyes.

    • Casey
      Casey
      October 19, 2013 at 12:19 am | #

      Because that is when she turns into Storm, right?

      • Aizat
        Aizat
        October 19, 2013 at 12:22 am | #

        Oh goody, I hope Sal become the classically trained Storm.

        • Shaggy-Donahugh
          Shaggy-Donahugh
          October 19, 2013 at 12:25 am | #

          What about 80’s mohawk storm?

          • Aizat
            Aizat
            October 19, 2013 at 12:28 am | #

            Unless 80’s Storm is as hammy as the Classically Trained Storm, sure.

  24. Casey
    Casey
    October 19, 2013 at 12:16 am | #

    My stupid phone made me misread that as “property” so I just assumed that Billie figured if she asked then Sal would break some of her stuff… Propriety makes much more sense.

    • Vim-Hogar
      Vim-Hogar
      October 19, 2013 at 1:15 am | #

      That’s exactly what I did, except without the phone excuse. I hope I’m not going dyslexic.

  25. -_-
    -_-
    October 19, 2013 at 12:19 am | #

    A tree who could do math would be nice now them wouldn’t it?

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      October 19, 2013 at 12:24 am | #

      Suddenly, a tree?

    • -_-
      -_-
      October 19, 2013 at 12:25 am | #

      Wow i fucked that message up.

      • Shaggy-Donahugh
        Shaggy-Donahugh
        October 19, 2013 at 12:26 am | #

        I wanted to respond, but my mind wasn’t rooted in anything funny.

      • -_-
        -_-
        October 19, 2013 at 12:26 am | #

        Tree-sum

        • Shaggy-Donahugh
          Shaggy-Donahugh
          October 19, 2013 at 12:28 am | #

          Billie or Walky would have to leaf to avoid twincest.

          • -_-
            -_-
            October 19, 2013 at 12:31 am | #

            Why billie?

            • Shaggy-Donahugh
              Shaggy-Donahugh
              October 19, 2013 at 12:34 am | #

              Doh, not Billie.
              Sal.
              Because Sal is not Billie. Nor is Billie Sal. Sal would have to leave, not Billie. But in all truthfulness Walky would have to leave because Billie wants to see the schoolgirl outfit.

              • YesBut
                YesBut
                October 19, 2013 at 2:30 am | #

                Will this end result of this scenario be Mike standing about in a sailor outfit, glare-daring anyone to comment, while plotting a massive firey demise?

                • Axel bander
                  Axel bander
                  October 20, 2013 at 11:31 pm | #

                  Yes

  26. Bill
    Bill
    October 19, 2013 at 12:20 am | #

    The one thing I’ve noticed is that, even in the close-ups, none of the girls have pierced ears.  Sal, for instance, strikes me as someone who would have multiple piercings, and not just the ears.

    • Kladeos
      Kladeos
      October 19, 2013 at 12:24 am | #

      I can picture her with multiple ear piercings. And maybe a belly button piercing.

    • John
      John
      October 19, 2013 at 12:24 am | #

      Willis has a thing about jewelry.

      • Vim-Hogar
        Vim-Hogar
        October 19, 2013 at 1:17 am | #

        Is it that he doesn’t like to draw it? Or is he like my aunt who had a phobia of buttons?

        • Shade
          Shade
          October 19, 2013 at 2:15 am | #

          Place yourself in his position. In a comic with as detailed art as this already has, would you want to make the work even harder for yourself? In most cases, anything other than large and noticeable jewelry is likely more effort than the payoff is worth.

          • Pyr05
            Pyr05
            October 19, 2013 at 6:27 am | #

            http://www.questionablecontent.net

        • John
          John
          October 19, 2013 at 2:36 am | #

          Phobia bad enough that he has issues even with drawing it, apparently. He went into it on Tumblr a while back. And I’m guessing he’d probably rather we shut up about it.

  27. Kladeos
    Kladeos
    October 19, 2013 at 12:21 am | #

    I wonder if she remembers the outfit from when she saw it in Sal’s closet?

    • Greenygal
      Greenygal
      October 19, 2013 at 2:08 am | #

      She saw it rather more recently than that. Though I suppose she didn’t really have time to get a good look.

      • Kladeos
        Kladeos
        October 19, 2013 at 2:41 am | #

        Oh right. That was a good strip.

  28. wynne
    wynne
    October 19, 2013 at 1:04 am | #

    Thank god Walky’s a decent brother. Sal needs affection from someone in her family.

  29. Emoroffle
    Emoroffle
    October 19, 2013 at 1:49 am | #

    Billie’s boobs. Dragons yes, but made of marshmallow.

  30. Raibean
    Raibean
    October 19, 2013 at 2:08 am | #

    Is it me or does Billie look different in this strip

    • owltawny
      owltawny
      October 19, 2013 at 9:50 am | #

      She looks different because her hair is down.

  31. Tahkuya
    Tahkuya
    October 19, 2013 at 2:47 am | #

    WE HAVE A NEW MATCH IN THE THUNDER DOME!

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      October 19, 2013 at 3:41 am | #

      Come on Tahkuya, can’t we get beyond Thunderdome? OK guys, what’s the score?

  32. Vash
    Vash
    October 19, 2013 at 2:56 am | #

    Ok so I really like the style of Billie’s eyes in this one. Anybody else?

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      October 19, 2013 at 3:51 am | #

      Eye do too.

      • nick
        nick
        October 19, 2013 at 4:36 am | #

        Aye matey

  33. Just for kix
    Just for kix
    October 19, 2013 at 3:30 am | #

    Did Billie just tell us the names of her boobs? The left is propriety and the right is curiousity?

    • Robin
      Robin
      October 19, 2013 at 8:29 am | #

      Is it because she killed a cat with her right boob?

      • Kernanator
        Kernanator
        October 19, 2013 at 11:11 pm | #

        …I can picture this far too easily.

        I have problems.

  34. fishamaphone
    fishamaphone
    October 19, 2013 at 3:38 am | #

    I just want to put this out there: I really like Panel 2. I think it’s the most we’ve seen of Sal with her defenses down, just being a real person. And that expression. Who else but her brother could do that?

  35. Jack Finch
    Jack Finch
    October 19, 2013 at 7:08 am | #

    Gosh Sal. You wear those gloves so much your hands must smell like feet.

    • Leah Rockshard
      Leah Rockshard
      October 20, 2013 at 9:44 am | #

      In the alternate universe, if I recall, her hygeine was only slightly better than Walky’s. I remember her telling Joyce that the orange toothpaste they’d just gotten was weird, but at least she couldn’t tell when her gums bled anymore.

      • Jack Finch
        Jack Finch
        October 20, 2013 at 11:10 pm | #

        Right, right. I remember that.

  36. hof1991
    hof1991
    October 19, 2013 at 7:46 am | #

    Walky is aweful busy shipping his sister, first with his girlfriend, then with his suster’s roommate. And leave the schoolgirl outfit alone when in company or Sal will destroy you. Does he have no Darwinian instincts?

    • karloaf
      karloaf
      October 19, 2013 at 10:54 am | #

      No, that’s what makes him one of the many natural wonders of the world.

    • John
      John
      October 19, 2013 at 7:24 pm | #

      Walky shipped Sal/Dotty? I think I missed that. I thought it was just Joyce/Dotty (or Joyce/Dotty/Walky) he was pushing. He’s definitely been shipping Sal/Billie, but, to be fair, I’m pretty sure Billie is shipping Sal/Billie, too, despite her pro forma protest at the beach.

  37. saltchocolate
    saltchocolate
    October 19, 2013 at 12:42 pm | #

    My curiosity is also running high, Billie. What makes Sal tick? What she’s saying to Walky about her hair seems to conflict in some ways with what she said to herself at the salon. (And then there’s the gloves, as people have mentioned . . . )

    • begbert2
      begbert2
      October 19, 2013 at 1:14 pm | #

      She’s apparently aware of the many massive and enough said social issues, but despite all that maybe she likes having hair that doesn’t POOF.

  38. nothri
    nothri
    October 19, 2013 at 1:08 pm | #

    So thinking about girls in school uniforms makes Billie curious? I hope Ruth is taking notes here.

    • nothri
      nothri
      October 19, 2013 at 1:09 pm | #

      And dammit, I miss my old avatar. Lewdly grinning Joe just works better for this kind of commentary.

      • Princesscarlos
        Princesscarlos
        October 19, 2013 at 3:22 pm | #

        Nah, that one works pretty good

  39. Chris Borgars-Smith
    Chris Borgars-Smith
    October 19, 2013 at 4:05 pm | #

    Fronted, not truncated.

  40. ajm5007
    ajm5007
    October 19, 2013 at 7:05 pm | #

    We black folks, most especially black women, have a long history of hair “issues,” and it can be a sensitive and complicated topic. Nice to see DoA giving it a nod.

  41. Derek
    Derek
    October 20, 2013 at 12:07 am | #

    Panel 4: we can see the distinct body types of Sal and Billie. It’s the mark of a seasoned artist that not all the bodies look like clones. I hope to get to this level someday.

  42. Leah Rockshard
    Leah Rockshard
    October 20, 2013 at 9:41 am | #

    I gotta say, it did not even OCCUR to me that people would find it sexy to see badass, hard-as-nails Sal out of her awesome motorcycle clothing and dressed like a little girl on her way to school.

    I fail at Internetting. No, wait, I fail at human nature.

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