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by David M Willis on December 7, 2010 at 12:01 am
  • 03 - Men are from Beck, Women are from Clark
└ Tags: danny, joe

Discussion (153) ¬

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  1. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    December 7, 2010 at 12:02 am | #

    BECAUSE IT WILL MAKE ME GAY

    which is hawt

    • Taigan
      Taigan
      October 30, 2014 at 1:43 pm | #

      …or bi.

      • Rheios
        Rheios
        May 12, 2015 at 2:34 pm | #

        Oh sweet irony.

        • Falling Star
          Falling Star
          May 4, 2016 at 8:41 pm | #

          And psychic powers.

  2. mpark6288
    mpark6288
    December 7, 2010 at 12:02 am | #

    I had that roommate. *shudder*

    • David Herbert
      David Herbert
      December 7, 2010 at 12:05 am | #

      You’re lucky. I had one for a week who didn’t wear underwear. I still have nightmares.

      • Nim
        Nim
        December 7, 2010 at 5:20 pm | #

        Ahhhhh! O_O

    • Pat
      Pat
      August 24, 2014 at 2:23 am | #

      Is this the thing where the straight boys have to pretend to be utterly terrified of less than 100% clothed dudes because otherwise someone will call them gay and that’s even worse than being called a woman?

      I have to ask because most of the straight boys I know don’t do that crap.

      • Hollister Dixon
        Hollister Dixon
        September 15, 2014 at 7:35 am | #

        Man, I have no damn idea where this comment came from, or why it’s a response to someone stating that they had a roommate like Joe.

      • John
        John
        January 26, 2015 at 8:26 pm | #

        I think that the *shudder may have been invoked by the roommate being unsightly while under dressed. Honestly Joe walking around in his underwear is about the least offensive thing he does.

      • Nope!
        Nope!
        August 6, 2015 at 2:32 am | #

        It might be the thing where straight dudes prefer to not see other dudes naked. That does happen sometimes.

        • Pat
          Pat
          May 15, 2016 at 9:19 am | #

          Not preferring and preferring not are two entirely different things.

  3. Eri
    Eri
    December 7, 2010 at 12:03 am | #

    Here’s the true fact of life, Danny: Intimacy is a bongo.

    • addude
      addude
      December 7, 2010 at 12:03 am | #

      agreed!

    • Jabberwocky
      Jabberwocky
      December 7, 2010 at 12:07 am | #

      This sentence made even more blunt via Jasontar.

  4. JackNapier
    JackNapier
    December 7, 2010 at 12:03 am | #

    That’s eerily close to what I told my roommate when he had a problem with his girlfriend. He needed to nut up or shut up.

    • Jen Aside
      Jen Aside
      December 7, 2010 at 12:05 am | #

      Did he have to face a whole year of “went to college for a girl = wasted” and you in your unnapants?

      • JackNapier
        JackNapier
        December 7, 2010 at 12:12 am | #

        Half a year, and I did wear jeans. No shirt or shoes, but jeans.

        • David Herbert
          David Herbert
          December 7, 2010 at 12:41 am | #

          I know you’re probably a dude, but that avatar’s making me think you were a girl giving the guy a talk topless.

          • green K
            green K
            December 7, 2010 at 1:18 am | #

            same 😀 lol

          • JackNapier
            JackNapier
            December 7, 2010 at 1:36 am | #

            How’s that for some mind-candy?

  5. MLEst1
    MLEst1
    December 7, 2010 at 12:03 am | #

    Oh my god… those shorts… so SHORT! It burns!

  6. Cratacon
    Cratacon
    December 7, 2010 at 12:05 am | #

    Danny likes it.

    He knows he likes it.

    • Grrt
      Grrt
      December 7, 2010 at 6:38 am | #

      the Amber avatar looks slightly embarrassed at the sight of Joe’s rear.

      • R
        R
        December 7, 2010 at 12:29 pm | #

        It does, it’s kind of cute. I really can’t see Amber and Joe together though (although it might be good for Amber if Joe is able to get her more interested in the real world).

    • Nick
      Nick
      August 24, 2014 at 5:32 pm | #

      This comment above: FORESHADOWING

  7. Drpepperfan
    Drpepperfan
    December 7, 2010 at 12:05 am | #

    FAAAAAAAAAAN-SEEEEEEEERVICE!

    • agentksilver
      agentksilver
      December 7, 2010 at 12:36 am | #

      I will leave my tip in the form of singles.

    • Tahiri
      Tahiri
      December 7, 2010 at 5:43 am | #

      Right now I’m picturing Joe transferred into Indiana Jones. All that stubble hawtness!

  8. Wackd
    Wackd
    December 7, 2010 at 12:06 am | #

    Joe looks like an army drill sergeant with the 5:00 shadow.

    Except in that, y’know, he’s naked. So he’s a stripper who caters to those with drill sergeant fetishes.

    The camouflage undies aren’t helping. Pass the brain bleach.

    • G.S. Mercs
      G.S. Mercs
      December 7, 2010 at 2:00 am | #

      I’m afraid we’re currently out of brain bleach. Would a bullet to the head have the same result?

      • GrassyNoel
        GrassyNoel
        December 7, 2010 at 10:32 am | #

        Only the first time.

        • dchorror
          dchorror
          December 7, 2010 at 11:13 am | #

          Does it need a second?

          • Pagannerd
            Pagannerd
            December 7, 2010 at 7:25 pm | #

            Your avatar makes your comment seem hilariously threatening.

          • Pagannerd
            Pagannerd
            December 7, 2010 at 7:27 pm | #

            Arrrgh no, I’m not Joyce anymore! I liked the JoyceTriangleSmile that accompanied my comments.

            (I don’t even remember the name of this character.)

          • dchorror
            dchorror
            December 8, 2010 at 12:59 am | #

            That’s great. IRL I give people a Children of the Corn vibe.

  9. Azreal
    Azreal
    December 7, 2010 at 12:06 am | #

    I agree with danny

  10. Joe
    Joe
    December 7, 2010 at 12:07 am | #

    Is that weird? It took me all of 12 hours to be comfortable in my boxers around my roommate.

    • Someone
      Someone
      December 7, 2010 at 1:36 am | #

      It’s probably dependent on the person. Of course, I got used to a whole room of other naked guys all the way back to high school (“Advanced” performing arts meant a lot of cramped dressing space as us guys disrobed and got into our tuxedos pre-concert)

      • Lillian
        Lillian
        December 7, 2010 at 1:45 am | #

        The Ethan avatar makes this comment better.

        • Pagannerd
          Pagannerd
          December 7, 2010 at 7:28 pm | #

          The Ethan avatar makes his comment downright pornographic.

          (This is an entirely positive thing.)

    • Matt
      Matt
      December 7, 2010 at 1:47 am | #

      It’s pretty common. I know me and my roomie almost always throw on some basketball shorts when in the room. Almost. It’s very unusual for Joe and Danny though, because they’re old pals. I’d imagine this situation had to have come up at least once before.

    • Cha
      Cha
      December 7, 2010 at 3:19 pm | #

      I got comfortable with naked people freshman year of highschool. My school only has one changing room for drama, and well, it isn’t gender-specified. We made the guys face the walls, though, so it wasn’t as awkward as it could’ve been. (We still do that…)

  11. arjay2813
    arjay2813
    December 7, 2010 at 12:07 am | #

    it just took you one day to notice. what has been seen can never be unseen..and i hate that….

  12. jaredTSF
    jaredTSF
    December 7, 2010 at 12:08 am | #

    So….. Robin going to be in here at all?

    • jaredTSF
      jaredTSF
      December 7, 2010 at 12:09 am | #

      Whaaaat? my avatar changed!

      • Reboot
        Reboot
        December 7, 2010 at 6:07 am | #

        They do that.

        Also, if Roz is the age of the main cast, and she’s Robin’s younger sister, then logically Robin’s not going to show up as a contemporary. Maybe she’s Leslie’s age and still in Congress here.

        • agentksilver
          agentksilver
          December 7, 2010 at 10:34 am | #

          Nope, I’m betting TA. Maybe she’s banging her fellow TA Jason.

          • R
            R
            December 7, 2010 at 12:32 pm | #

            Don’t you mean banging Professor Leslie?

            I just don’t see Robin as banging someone for the fun of it… or her tolerate Jason long enough to establish a relationship.

        • Joebo
          Joebo
          December 7, 2010 at 11:28 am | #

          The more I think about it, the more I think that it might be that Robin is the roommate that Sarah got expelled.

          • Chris
            Chris
            December 7, 2010 at 3:03 pm | #

            Robin on weed would be weird. Would it cancel out her hyperness or turn it into some strange mix of hyper and baked?

          • agentksilver
            agentksilver
            December 7, 2010 at 3:12 pm | #

            I can certainly see that as a possibility…but the thought makes me sad. Robin wants so desperately to be accepted, I don’t want her to be only accepted by bullying druggies.

        • Pagannerd
          Pagannerd
          December 7, 2010 at 7:31 pm | #

          Reboot, who is your avatar? I don’t recognise the character…

          …It looks almost like Matt Smith. Did Willis ever have reason to draw Matt Smith? I can’t imagine why he would, but damn, if you scored a Matt Smith avatar, I’mma be hella jealous…

          • Mute
            Mute
            December 7, 2010 at 10:16 pm | #

            Pretty sure he just made his own, Pagannerd. Took the Jason Gravatar, gave it Ethan’s hairstyle, flipped it and recolored it.

          • Reboot
            Reboot
            December 9, 2010 at 1:19 am | #

            Mute got it 🙂

  13. MM
    MM
    December 7, 2010 at 12:08 am | #

    Yep, Danny’s going to be okay. 😀

  14. Joebo
    Joebo
    December 7, 2010 at 12:12 am | #

    Marching Band obliterated all of the inhibitions I had regarding men in their underwear. Now I really don’t give a shit

    • Lokitsu
      Lokitsu
      December 7, 2010 at 12:26 am | #

      … You must have been in one really casual marching band.

      • Xenos
        Xenos
        December 7, 2010 at 2:03 am | #

        That is how most marching bands are from my experience. In my highschool marching band everyone just changed on the bus. Guys and girls and nobody really cared. Marching band is just awesome like that… (this is even more odd because I live in Utah which is VERY conservative)

      • Feenyksfyre
        Feenyksfyre
        December 7, 2010 at 2:40 am | #

        Not necessarily. When you have to hurry up and get dressed for inspection and are already running behind, you don’t really have time to stop and think “oh gee whiz Mike and Joe will see me in my boxers onoes”,

        • Feenyksfyre
          Feenyksfyre
          December 7, 2010 at 3:06 am | #

          …and the random names I picked just happened to be character names. They were intended to be random.

      • Li
        Li
        December 7, 2010 at 11:56 pm | #

        *woosh* …I love watching jokes fly over people. 😉

    • Plan D
      Plan D
      December 7, 2010 at 4:52 am | #

      There’s a half-naked marching band? Rock out with your tube socks out?

      • Qaxis
        Qaxis
        December 7, 2010 at 9:13 am | #

        Pretty much everybody in a marching band ends up seeing everyone else half naked at some point. Its just a fact of life.

        • zuche
          zuche
          December 7, 2010 at 9:40 am | #

          Three years playing bass drum, and now it seems I did it in the wrong places.

          Then again, playing in -20 degree weather where brass and reed section weren’t able to participate, leaving it to glocks and drums, should have also been a clue.

          • Joebo
            Joebo
            December 7, 2010 at 11:18 am | #

            yeah, lips frozen to your mouthpiece would be… unpleasant.

  15. Ian
    Ian
    December 7, 2010 at 12:16 am | #

    Personally, someone built like Joe being around me in just his underwear wouldn’t so much depress me as… very much not depress me at all.

    • agentksilver
      agentksilver
      December 7, 2010 at 12:37 am | #

      I would be the opposite of depressed. Wish I’d had a roommate like that the one year I went to college! Instead she was skinny and oversensitive.

    • AndrewFoose
      AndrewFoose
      December 7, 2010 at 9:57 am | #

      I would. I am out of shape, so having Joe as a roommate would make me feel inadequate.

  16. Dierna
    Dierna
    December 7, 2010 at 12:18 am | #

    Well now we know who wears short shorts…..

  17. Ragnal
    Ragnal
    December 7, 2010 at 12:22 am | #

    I WAS that roommate.

    • Doominbottle
      Doominbottle
      December 7, 2010 at 3:53 pm | #

      Sal + Joe wait what?

  18. Beachfox
    Beachfox
    December 7, 2010 at 1:00 am | #

    Whooo! *cat calls and wolf whistles through the window*

    And straight dudes complaining about eye-bleach: Suck it up, you pussies. If gay dudes and straight chicks can handle constant boobies in our face, you can handle a hot guy in tight shorts. Don’t be such little wussy babies.

    • Shade
      Shade
      December 7, 2010 at 4:01 am | #

      Yeah you tell ’em!

      It’s nice to see some male fan service now and again.

    • zuche
      zuche
      December 7, 2010 at 9:47 am | #

      Exactly so. If it’s not to my taste, I should focus on the face. (Even when it is, my eyes should still be up there in most of these situations.)

    • agentksilver
      agentksilver
      December 7, 2010 at 10:37 am | #

      Roomies started out with Joe spying on the girl’s dorms. He more than anyone deserves to be fanservicized!

  19. nanslice
    nanslice
    December 7, 2010 at 1:08 am | #

    Room time is no pants time. That’s the way I’ve lived my life and that’s the way I plan to keep living it, regardless of who – friend, foe, casual acquaintance, my younger brother’s friends – I may discomfort. If you jump in the ocean, you swim with the sharks.

    This is my convoluted way of saying, Jooooe, my maaaaan, I feel you, bro.

    • Cha
      Cha
      December 7, 2010 at 1:13 am | #

      You know, I’ve had that exact same philosophy for years. Luckily for those people I may discomfort, I tend to spend my room time under a blanket, reading.

      It also keeps people out of my room, which is apparently supposed to be a bad thing.

    • Tahiri
      Tahiri
      December 7, 2010 at 5:46 am | #

      No Pants O’clock was a constant in my college life… or at least it was the time I avoided the dorm rooms of my guy friends!

  20. George
    George
    December 7, 2010 at 1:09 am | #

    I love how Joe is more worried about his “sexy time” than about his roomie.

    • Someone
      Someone
      December 7, 2010 at 1:38 am | #

      A reasonable focus of the collegiate male. Or typical. Or reasonably typical.

      • Rognik
        Rognik
        December 7, 2010 at 7:49 am | #

        Perhaps it’s typically reasonable?

  21. Cha
    Cha
    December 7, 2010 at 1:10 am | #

    “Who wears short-shorts?” “Joe wears short-shorts!”

    Also: Fan-service to the ladies. It is appreciated. :’D
    And somehow, I think Danny’s going to be okay. Until he finds out about Walky whamming Dorothy in the head with that toy. Theen he might flip a shit.

    • Lokitsu
      Lokitsu
      December 7, 2010 at 7:41 pm | #

      Danny vs Walky?

      That would be EPIC

  22. Ryune
    Ryune
    December 7, 2010 at 1:53 am | #

    Joe’s boxer briefs have me contemplating the underwear choices of the DOA cast now.

    • Tahiri
      Tahiri
      December 7, 2010 at 5:47 am | #

      Haha what if Willis drew his character lineup in their preferred undergarments?

      • zuche
        zuche
        December 7, 2010 at 9:49 am | #

        It would amuse me to discover that some of them would wind up even more covered than in regular clothes.

        It should be noted that this is already the case with at least one case, assuming that Amber and Amazigirl (…I never get that right) are the same person.

        • dchorror
          dchorror
          December 7, 2010 at 11:22 am | #

          We already know Joyce is.

    • Cassidy
      Cassidy
      December 7, 2010 at 10:43 am | #

      amber wears granny panties!

      • R
        R
        December 7, 2010 at 12:38 pm | #

        Nah, Amber wears boyshorts or whatever they’re called.

  23. Undrave
    Undrave
    December 7, 2010 at 2:13 am | #

    Joe is comfortable enoughi n his masculinity to make Danny question his XD

    • zuche
      zuche
      December 7, 2010 at 9:50 am | #

      Some people view that as the only acceptable demonstration of masculinity.

  24. Confuzor
    Confuzor
    December 7, 2010 at 2:15 am | #

    loving the stubble effect on Joe there, Willis.

  25. Mirenheart
    Mirenheart
    December 7, 2010 at 2:22 am | #

    If I wasn’t slightly self conscious about my fat, I’d be like that too.

  26. Shift
    Shift
    December 7, 2010 at 2:29 am | #

    Danny makes having an attractive half-naked man walking around the room sound like a bad thing…

    Its funny how Joe is trying to help Danny, but through the most selfish sounding and tactless manner possible.

    • agentksilver
      agentksilver
      December 7, 2010 at 10:38 am | #

      aka Joe’s mode of living.

  27. Chester
    Chester
    December 7, 2010 at 2:31 am | #

    I’m at a community college, so thankfully, I don’t see any of my college peeps in their undies, but next year it’ll be me and two other guys in our own house… God help me.

  28. TexasNinjaBuzzard
    TexasNinjaBuzzard
    December 7, 2010 at 3:15 am | #

    JOE HAS NO MYSTERIES LEFT

    • Kamino Neko
      Kamino Neko
      December 7, 2010 at 8:46 am | #

      Sure he does. He’s still wearing underpants.

      • Cassidy
        Cassidy
        December 7, 2010 at 10:44 am | #

        FANFIC.

      • dchorror
        dchorror
        December 7, 2010 at 11:24 am | #

        See, that depends on how well endowed he is.

        • DaniellePhantom
          DaniellePhantom
          December 7, 2010 at 3:54 pm | #

          well maybe he’ll turn around tomorrow….

  29. Dahlia
    Dahlia
    December 7, 2010 at 3:22 am | #

    s: Ugh! Why do I feel so awful for agreeing with Joe so whole-heartedly?

    I mean, I don’t like Danny for a variety of reasons, but I would say (and have, on multiple occasions) something along these lines to my male best friend (fully clothed and less worried about “sexy time”) as bluntly (and a bit non-chalantly) as Joe put it (aka “Suck it up, Buttercup”), granted, he kinda IS like Danny, but still…

  30. Aesir
    Aesir
    December 7, 2010 at 3:58 am | #

    He’s lucky he at least wears Underwear!

  31. Heather
    Heather
    December 7, 2010 at 5:11 am | #

    Oh come on Danny, you know you love it.

  32. ReinCarnivorous
    ReinCarnivorous
    December 7, 2010 at 6:19 am | #

    Can one actually “parade” when one is solo?

    • zuche
      zuche
      December 7, 2010 at 10:03 am | #

      Having just looked it up, I can tell you, “Yes, you can.” The first definition listed in the closest dictionary, “a pompous show or exhibition”.

      Joe’s giving us at least a little bit of pomp and exhibition here.

  33. jfruh
    jfruh
    December 7, 2010 at 7:59 am | #

    Whoah, “second day”? The entire action of the strip so far has been a single day of college? MIND … BLOWN.

  34. Kriztov
    Kriztov
    December 7, 2010 at 8:52 am | #

    It kind of looks like he pood his boxers to me… Eew

  35. Kamino Neko
    Kamino Neko
    December 7, 2010 at 8:54 am | #

    Man, my first year at university, before classes even began, my entire residence (mixed sex) had seen each other in their underwear (or, those of us who weren’t self-concious about it had been seen, anyway).

  36. ziggy78eog
    ziggy78eog
    December 7, 2010 at 9:01 am | #

    Hey, Joe is comfortable in his own skin.

    • Samui
      Samui
      December 7, 2010 at 11:10 pm | #

      Joe is also comfortable in girls’ skins too, ZING

      because he wears peoples skin

  37. Cid
    Cid
    December 7, 2010 at 9:28 am | #

    “what? is hot outside!”

  38. Noxx
    Noxx
    December 7, 2010 at 9:31 am | #

    College is an excellent time to wear as little as possible. Sort of like Vegas, sans the hookers.

  39. Rachel
    Rachel
    December 7, 2010 at 9:36 am | #

    Is it different for guys than for girls? ‘Cuz my roommate and I just change in front of each other all time. Sometimes my roommate will sit on the chair at her desk for a half hour or more in just a towel with her hair up. So this? Not weird at all to me. Danny’s a wuss. 😛

    • Kamino Neko
      Kamino Neko
      December 7, 2010 at 9:53 am | #

      Girls don’t have the ‘oh, no, I saw someone of my own sex unclothed, that must mean I’m gay’ instinct.

      • zuche
        zuche
        December 7, 2010 at 10:06 am | #

        Too true. It’s also a little known fact that none of us ever show pda toward each other in an attempt to attract the attention of women.

      • R
        R
        December 7, 2010 at 12:42 pm | #

        oh, no, I saw someone of my own sex unclothed, that must mean I’m gay

        Some gay girls have that… I did anyway. In high school gym, I’d just go off and stare into a corner as I changed. I didn’t want to see any of my classmates semi-naked. I felt that it would be wrong of me or something like that, to see them less than fully dressed.

        But then again, I was a pretty big closet case back then.

      • inhumandecency
        inhumandecency
        December 7, 2010 at 3:08 pm | #

        Given the calls we’re hearing for Joe / Danny slash, it sounds like that’s a realistic fear for comic characters to have: see a same-sex friend in their underwear, and your chances of becoming gay go way up.

    • dchorror
      dchorror
      December 7, 2010 at 11:27 am | #

      Depends on the guys. Some guys are overly self conscious about it, others, not so much.

    • NightRaven
      NightRaven
      December 7, 2010 at 5:50 pm | #

      Well, I guess it’s more to do with the fact that girls are usually less ugly naked than guys.

  40. VigilanteMark
    VigilanteMark
    December 7, 2010 at 9:50 am | #

    In this universe, Joe can grow non-laughable facial hair.

  41. EvilLlama001
    EvilLlama001
    December 7, 2010 at 9:54 am | #

    I’m in my underwear right now.

  42. Tess
    Tess
    December 7, 2010 at 10:25 am | #

    I wonder if Walky wears Monkey Masters underwear. Or Dorothy.

  43. Tess
    Tess
    December 7, 2010 at 10:26 am | #

    My god! My icon…is perfect.

  44. The A.D.D. Kidd
    The A.D.D. Kidd
    December 7, 2010 at 10:56 am | #

    And then Joe cockslaps Danny out of bed in 3… 2… Okay maybe not. That’d just be awful.

  45. dchorror
    dchorror
    December 7, 2010 at 11:28 am | #

    I’m sorry, it looks like he drew stubble on his face, I’m reminded of Robin and all that.

    • The A.D.D. Kidd
      The A.D.D. Kidd
      December 7, 2010 at 12:41 pm | #

      I was going to bring that up too. DAMN YOU, SCIENCE!! Or that clock on my wall.

  46. Kater
    Kater
    December 7, 2010 at 12:52 pm | #

    The lofted dorm beds are like… ridiculously well drawn…

    • Kater
      Kater
      December 7, 2010 at 12:53 pm | #

      The tone there was meant to be awe but apparently came off assholish.

      • Gianni
        Gianni
        December 7, 2010 at 1:05 pm | #

        That is the power of Mike

        • Joebo
          Joebo
          December 7, 2010 at 11:47 pm | #

          seriously, look at this comment, with my gravatar it appears as though I am screaming it.

      • David
        David M Willis
        December 7, 2010 at 2:33 pm | #

        “Ridiculously well drawn” is now my favorite compliment ever.

  47. Breeze
    Breeze
    December 7, 2010 at 1:13 pm | #

    My roommate would do that regularly… No pants, changing in the room with her back to me, leaving her undergarments to dry right near the door… It was awkward.

  48. Blightning
    Blightning
    December 7, 2010 at 1:34 pm | #

    Wow, from the comments here I feel very alone. I hate being pantsless in my room unless I’m sleeping or having sexytimes. I actually wear all of my clothes to the shower and either bring a change of clothes to the shower or put my clothes on again before leaving the shower. I just don’t like nudity.

    My girlfriend, on the other hand, loves to be pantsless.

    • Laurel
      Laurel
      December 7, 2010 at 4:23 pm | #

      Now THAT sounds like a good girlfriend.

      • Franktr1000
        Franktr1000
        December 7, 2010 at 4:46 pm | #

        That sounds like a REALLY good girlfriend

        • Pagannerd
          Pagannerd
          December 7, 2010 at 7:36 pm | #

          That sounds like my Mother.

          Oh, wait, I’m oversharing my personal traumas again. My bad.

          • Joebo
            Joebo
            December 7, 2010 at 11:48 pm | #

            that’s ok, my dad likes to sleep naked, and head into the restroom naked as well… **shudder**

    • Ozzmandius
      Ozzmandius
      December 7, 2010 at 9:26 pm | #

      I’m the exact same way same way. It’s one pro to never having lived in a residence.
      Then again, I’m a bit ridiculous when it comes to being self-conscious.

  49. Jesse
    Jesse
    December 7, 2010 at 9:00 pm | #

    Wow! A ladder for the bed. My college mos def doesn’t have that. What a nice, rich, fictional school these characters go to.

    • David
      David M Willis
      December 7, 2010 at 11:01 pm | #

      Nonfictional! http://www.rps.indiana.edu/Readrescenter.cfml?page=360s

      • Joebo
        Joebo
        December 7, 2010 at 11:49 pm | #

        Hmm, the “Read Center Desk and Lobby” area looks suspiciously familiar…

        • David
          David M Willis
          December 8, 2010 at 12:13 am | #

          I would fuckin’ hope so!

  50. katie01
    katie01
    December 7, 2010 at 11:14 pm | #

    I’m not sure whether or not I should be worried about how much I can relate to the characters (well, Amber and Danny. So far).

    Now all it needs is for somebody to lose their key and wake their roommate up at two AM throwing stuff at the door.

  51. Joebo
    Joebo
    December 7, 2010 at 11:58 pm | #

    Am I the only one to notice Danny’s apparent lack of stubble?

  52. Unconquered Sun
    Unconquered Sun
    December 8, 2010 at 3:35 pm | #

    Joe. You have earned my respect for the third panel.

  53. Tamfang
    Tamfang
    December 22, 2010 at 1:57 am | #

    Are we meant to understand the chapter title? Are Beck and Clark the names of dormitories?

    • Radome
      Radome
      December 28, 2010 at 4:28 am | #

      When I see that title, I think of Foxnews (Beck) vs CNN (Clark). Don’t know why XD

  54. VersasoVantare
    VersasoVantare
    August 25, 2011 at 12:01 pm | #

    His green boxers and black-haired flat head make me think that Joe looks like Namor.

  55. DjR
    DjR
    August 20, 2013 at 4:40 pm | #

    Posting a comment on 2013 amidst 2010-2011s somwhat feels odd.

    ^
    And that statement is completely irrelevant to how great this comic is.

  56. nothri
    nothri
    November 6, 2014 at 8:12 pm | #

    In other news, Joe continues to be a dick.

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