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Joshin’

by David M Willis on May 25, 2014 at 12:01 am
  • 03 - Up All Night to Get Vengeance
└ Tags: joyce, sarah

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  1. TheOthin
    TheOthin
    May 25, 2014 at 12:01 am | #

    JOYCE

    • Ahighfunctioningsociopath
      Ahighfunctioningsociopath
      May 25, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

      STAP

      • Khrene
        Khrene
        May 25, 2014 at 2:59 am | #

        You just hatin on dat CHRISTIAN SWAGGER!

        #youonlyliveoncebeforeyou’reaccepttedintogodskingdomtoforeversinghispraisesineternalbliss

        • Yet_One_More_Idiot
          Yet_One_More_Idiot
          May 25, 2014 at 8:21 am | #

          Well you can tell by the way I use my walk,
          I’m a Christian girl, no time to talk,
          etc etc;….

        • Alan
          Alan
          May 25, 2014 at 3:21 pm | #

          Wow… that hastag.

    • Jen Aside
      Jen Aside
      May 25, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

      Jal?

      Soyce??

      • Zababcd
        Zababcd
        May 25, 2014 at 7:18 am | #

        “Joyce, is that you? What are you doing?”
        “N-no, I… Ah’m not Joyce, ah’m… J-… Jal. Yeah, that’s it. Jal.”

    • sps48
      sps48
      May 25, 2014 at 12:16 am | #

      Sarah is jealous that Joyce didn’t make such a big deal over her shirt.

    • Jerk
      Jerk
      May 25, 2014 at 12:22 am | #

      dose mittens

      • tinfoil theory
        tinfoil theory
        May 25, 2014 at 1:19 am | #

        finger gloves

    • Deimir
      Deimir
      May 25, 2014 at 3:08 am | #

      I imagine this is what I look like when I’m trying to be ‘cool’ as well…

  2. Odin
    Odin
    May 25, 2014 at 12:01 am | #

    … What is that Joyce has in her mouth? A pencil?

    • Maveric1984
      Maveric1984
      May 25, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

      Looks like it to me

    • Jabberwocky
      Jabberwocky
      May 25, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

      I’m hoping for crayon.

    • newllend
      newllend
      May 25, 2014 at 12:09 am | #

      She couldn’t even find a loli pop?

      • TheSuicidalGiraffe
        TheSuicidalGiraffe
        May 25, 2014 at 4:36 am | #

        NOT EVERYONE CAN BE THE REDUBED SANJI LOL, sorry i saw the picture and my soul cried out for a reference, thank you for your time

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      May 25, 2014 at 12:12 am | #

      Candy cigarette, maybe?

      • bennyboy18
        bennyboy18
        May 25, 2014 at 12:20 am | #

        joint.

      • Annie
        Annie
        May 25, 2014 at 4:36 am | #

        Do they even still make candy cigarettes?

        I kinda hope they do because they were sooooo good, but at the same time I’ve turned in to my mother and don’t want to give my kid anything else to use to pretend he’s smoking.
        I thought my mom was crazy and ridiculous when I was little and she said I couldn’t buy candy cigarettes any more because seeing a little kid pretend to smoke is “just wrong.”
        Now my son uses what ever he can find (usually a Mr. Potato Head arm) to pretend he’s smoking, and it really does just look wrong to see my 4 year-old strut around pretending to smoke.

        • Undrave
          Undrave
          May 25, 2014 at 5:57 am | #

          They do, but then can’t call them cigarettes anymore. It’s usually called candy sticks or some such.

    • Yet_One_More_Idiot
      Yet_One_More_Idiot
      May 25, 2014 at 8:23 am | #

      It could be a candy cigarette, the end of a lollipop, a pencil, pocky…anything really. 🙂

  3. AHR
    AHR
    May 25, 2014 at 12:01 am | #

    Omigod Joyce you are too cute stop

  4. Geminia999
    Geminia999
    May 25, 2014 at 12:01 am | #

    Well, that Grinch smirk she secures her next Halloween costume

    • timemonkey
      timemonkey
      May 25, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

      And then Joyce got an idea. A horrible, terrible, awful idea.

      • Maveric1984
        Maveric1984
        May 25, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

        But her hair isn’t curling with the smile.

        • timemonkey
          timemonkey
          May 25, 2014 at 12:07 am | #

          Not the hair we can see anyway.

        • JustCheetoDust
          JustCheetoDust
          May 25, 2014 at 12:08 am | #

          But her hair isn’t curling with the smile.

          Too bad, she could’ve gone to Sal for hair relaxing tips.

      • vegita
        vegita
        May 25, 2014 at 2:19 am | #

        She’d take the Happy Holidays and COMMERCIALISM out of Christmass, and just have a birthday party for her hero.

      • Resulli
        Resulli
        May 25, 2014 at 3:53 am | #

        And Sal’s heart grew three sizes that day?

  5. Alethiolet
    Alethiolet
    May 25, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    That… isn’t a cigarette is it? Bad Joyce!

  6. PsychoKineticEX
    PsychoKineticEX
    May 25, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    Wow, she can actually pull it off quite well.

    • Chris
      Chris
      May 25, 2014 at 12:10 am | #

      Needs a tank top. It’s the bare shoulders that makes the look.
      And some wheels. Any wheels will do.

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        May 25, 2014 at 12:22 am | #

        Too cool for words.

        • Nunc Pro Tunc
          Nunc Pro Tunc
          May 25, 2014 at 12:48 am | #

          Thank you sir.

        • David
          David
          May 25, 2014 at 1:19 am | #

          The eyes are not age-appropriate.

    • LeslieBean4Shizzle
      LeslieBean4Shizzle
      May 25, 2014 at 1:25 am | #

      Yeah, surprisingly well. That is actually pretty awesome. Well done Joyce!

    • Jadedcynic
      Jadedcynic
      December 29, 2014 at 7:32 pm | #

      I know, right?

  7. Tacdud2
    Tacdud2
    May 25, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    Silly Joyce being cool is for Sal.

  8. Doc Harleen
    Doc Harleen
    May 25, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    I love that those are probably just her winter gloves.

  9. Darwin
    Darwin
    May 25, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

    It’s… too much… can’t… stop… juxtaposition of the charming… and… ludicrous…

    • newllend
      newllend
      May 25, 2014 at 12:12 am | #

      Its weird I’m filled with laughter and Rage all at the same time.

  10. Ridureyu
    Ridureyu
    May 25, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

    SIN, that it may appear to be SIIIIIIIIN!

    • tinfoil theory
      tinfoil theory
      May 25, 2014 at 1:32 am | #

      That shirt definitely smells of fire and brimstone…

  11. LiaHansen
    LiaHansen
    May 25, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

    Oh my god I never knew Joyce was so cool

    • Geminia999
      Geminia999
      May 25, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

      Yeah, that’s why she’s wearing mittens, she’s cold and thus needs to warm up

  12. Mr. Random
    Mr. Random
    May 25, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

    She’s even got purple gloves on… this will definitely end well. Let’s watch.

  13. Bill
    Bill
    May 25, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

    IT’S ALL DOWNHILL FROM HERE!!!

    • JustCheetoDust
      JustCheetoDust
      May 25, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

      Maybe not for her fashion sense.

  14. Vile Gamer
    Vile Gamer
    May 25, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

    “Ah can even do tha accent”

    • LiaHansen
      LiaHansen
      May 25, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

      Ah jast raplace all tha vawals wath a’s and all tha “I’s” wath “ahs”

  15. rayrayravona
    rayrayravona
    May 25, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

    Dawwww is this as close as we’re going to get to Anti-Joyce?

  16. Bill
    Bill
    May 25, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

    You can almost see the devil horns poking up in panel #4, can’t you?

    • GoogerGeiger
      GoogerGeiger
      May 25, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

      THE TRANSFORMATION IS ALMOST COMPLETE

      • hof1991
        hof1991
        May 25, 2014 at 9:35 am | #

        She still needs an evil dimension goatee.

  17. Kyle
    Kyle
    May 25, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

    Thanks for making me smile.

  18. Pantheon the Mantheon
    Pantheon the Mantheon
    May 25, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

    Um…. Joyce? I think…. no, you know what? I’m just gonna let her have it. Good job Joyce, you’re cool now.

  19. James Rye
    James Rye
    May 25, 2014 at 12:07 am | #

    HHHNNNNG!

  20. newllend
    newllend
    May 25, 2014 at 12:07 am | #

    Oh my god…fuck this, Is there any hope of her becoming a better version of her past Universe self because I dont know man.

  21. cmd1095
    cmd1095
    May 25, 2014 at 12:07 am | #

    I don’t know which panel I’m laughing at hardest… 4 or 5… that evil grin *snort*

  22. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    May 25, 2014 at 12:07 am | #

    She’s become Joe Cool.

    • Cholma
      Cholma
      May 25, 2014 at 12:23 am | #

      Quick! Where’s a water cooler she can hang around?

  23. Barabajagala
    Barabajagala
    May 25, 2014 at 12:07 am | #

    This stirred something deep within me.

    • Roborat
      Roborat
      May 26, 2014 at 3:20 pm | #

      So, . . . you will be in your bunk then?

  24. caesaria82
    caesaria82
    May 25, 2014 at 12:10 am | #

    Evil Joyce face in panel 4 is legit scaring me right now.

  25. Dorsilus
    Dorsilus
    May 25, 2014 at 12:12 am | #

    I keep thinking Joyce can’t get any more adorable AND YET YOU STILL SURPRISE ME WILLIS

  26. JessWitt
    JessWitt
    May 25, 2014 at 12:12 am | #

    And then, whoosh!, AmaziGirl pounces on her.

    • newllend
      newllend
      May 25, 2014 at 12:16 am | #

      She just goes outside in the Dark and Amber see’s her outside then confuses her for Sal runs out in her Amazi-girl oufit and just gives her a German suplex.

  27. khambatta
    khambatta
    May 25, 2014 at 12:13 am | #

    Sarah’s just peeved that Joyce isn’t wearing a vest & a headscarf.

  28. arank11
    arank11
    May 25, 2014 at 12:15 am | #

    *Begins to hum Ridin’ Dirty in her head*

    • Cybersnark
      Cybersnark
      May 25, 2014 at 9:01 am | #

      Weird Al’s “White and Nerdy” would be more appropriate, though still not perfect.

      “White and Holy?”

      • Gadgeteer Smashwidget
        Gadgeteer Smashwidget
        May 25, 2014 at 5:46 pm | #

        “they see me prayin’…”

  29. MrSirk
    MrSirk
    May 25, 2014 at 12:22 am | #

    Wow she did get some residual coolness…or was it there all along?? O_O

    • Wisefool
      Wisefool
      May 25, 2014 at 2:55 am | #

      Its from the shirt, duh

  30. DailyBrad
    DailyBrad
    May 25, 2014 at 12:23 am | #

    Willis, you are a master of the precious. Joyce is adorable.

  31. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    May 25, 2014 at 12:26 am | #

    “Now to show Billie how cool I am!”

    Joyce knocks on Billie’s door, Billie groggily answers, stares at Joyce through bloodshot eyes for a moment, then says “I quit!” and throws away her bottle of booze like an old timey cartoon character.

    And that’s how Joyce saved Billie!

  32. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    May 25, 2014 at 12:28 am | #

    Sal has taken over Joyce’s body.

    • JustCheetoDust
      JustCheetoDust
      May 25, 2014 at 12:53 am | #

      That’s going to make things awkward for Carla, Marcie and Malaya at the next Walmart parking lot meetup.

      • Ancestral Hamster
        Ancestral Hamster
        May 25, 2014 at 1:17 am | #

        Oh, I’d like to see Joyce trying to take Sal’s place at such a meet-up …

    • tinfoil theory
      tinfoil theory
      May 25, 2014 at 1:29 am | #

      Jason will be so jealous.

  33. Bilfred
    Bilfred
    May 25, 2014 at 12:31 am | #

    that alt-text is so appropriate.

  34. Pyr05
    Pyr05
    May 25, 2014 at 12:54 am | #

    That’s the best cosplay of Sal I’ve ever seen. Shh, nobody reveal that the ‘cigarette’ is actually a lollipop!

    • tinfoil theory
      tinfoil theory
      May 25, 2014 at 1:27 am | #

      No problem.

      It’s a pencil.

  35. Kiggy
    Kiggy
    May 25, 2014 at 1:06 am | #

    Pfffft! Bwaaaaaahahahah!

  36. Animal
    Animal
    May 25, 2014 at 1:15 am | #

    It’s whatever it is in her mouth that makes it work.

    Because it’s in her mouth.

    In.

    Her.

    Mouth.

    • Animal
      Animal
      May 25, 2014 at 1:16 am | #

      Also, beginning hints of Anti-Joyce.

      • Gadgeteer Smashwidget
        Gadgeteer Smashwidget
        May 25, 2014 at 5:48 pm | #

        Soon, she’ll snap and suck like a billion dicks.

  37. Aizat
    Aizat
    May 25, 2014 at 1:17 am | #

    Jeez, Conrad. When Shepard said you can help, he doesn’t mean dressing up like him.

  38. David
    David
    May 25, 2014 at 1:17 am | #

    You can’t just put a pen in your mouth. Have the decency and buy chocolate cigarettes.

    • das-g
      das-g
      May 25, 2014 at 6:12 am | #

      Oh, you can use pens. And be nerdcool. Remember, she’s good at math and all that.

  39. Beachfox
    Beachfox
    May 25, 2014 at 1:35 am | #

    I can’t decide if Panel 4 or Panel 5 is the best…
    They’re both the best!

    • Tom Speelman
      Tom Speelman
      May 25, 2014 at 2:03 am | #

      The slyness in the fourth panel just kills me.

  40. Idon'tcarenomore
    Idon'tcarenomore
    May 25, 2014 at 2:28 am | #

    The 4th panel makes ya think…the 5th panel makes ya fall off your chair.

    The hover text says it all..

    “Oh, Lord”

  41. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    May 25, 2014 at 2:33 am | #

    Okay so clearly this is going to be the best storyline ever.

  42. etybolik
    etybolik
    May 25, 2014 at 2:46 am | #

    WHOA WHOA WHOA

    STAND THE FUCK BACK FOLKS, WE GOT A REAL BADASS OVER HERE

  43. Anarchy 101
    Anarchy 101
    May 25, 2014 at 2:56 am | #

    Now all she needs is some non alcoholic beer and a toy bicycle or trike to complete the look

  44. TheOtherDibbler
    TheOtherDibbler
    May 25, 2014 at 3:03 am | #

    Hahaha! XD Oh Joyce.

  45. p
    p
    May 25, 2014 at 3:05 am | #

    SANDY?!

    • DailyBrad
      DailyBrad
      May 25, 2014 at 3:42 am | #

      “Tell me about it, stud!”

      • Big Drahma
        Big Drahma
        May 25, 2014 at 10:50 am | #

        Man I was afraid I’d have to make the reference on my own, but here it is!

  46. Inlaa
    Inlaa
    May 25, 2014 at 3:43 am | #

    Okay, Mike. We know you want to do this. This is a golden opportunity to put someone down.

  47. Inlaa
    Inlaa
    May 25, 2014 at 3:45 am | #

    Wait… …Is that a PENCIL in her mouth?

  48. CianM1301
    CianM1301
    May 25, 2014 at 5:33 am | #

    Well, she’s trying.

  49. goatkid
    goatkid
    May 25, 2014 at 5:33 am | #

    Fingers crossed for a Big Gay Awakening…! (well… a Big Bi Bash but that’s sadly not an established thing) Joyce is way adorable trying to be Sal!

  50. Spliced
    Spliced
    May 25, 2014 at 5:44 am | #

    It’s like those tee-shirts my kids wear with the little character wearing the sideways hat and captioned ”I RULE THE PLAYGROUND”

  51. showler
    showler
    May 25, 2014 at 7:15 am | #

    Mr. Willis, sir? I think you forgot the Sal tag.

  52. nothri
    nothri
    May 25, 2014 at 8:37 am | #

    I can feel it coming in the air tonight (alt text), And I’ve been waiting for this moment for all my life (Alt Text)…

  53. Dreballin3x
    Dreballin3x
    May 25, 2014 at 11:28 am | #

    Man, I’ve been binge reading this for the last 3 days or so. I’ve finally caught up and this was a great one to end!

    Such a good strip!

  54. ridtom
    ridtom
    May 25, 2014 at 12:00 pm | #

    I got chills~

    Their multiplying~

    And I’m losing control~

    ‘Cause the power, you’re supplying~

    It’s electrifying!

    • Charles Phipps
      Charles Phipps
      May 25, 2014 at 7:38 pm | #

      Now I can’t get it out of my head!

      • Chris
        Chris
        May 25, 2014 at 8:40 pm | #

        I noticed lyrics from 2 songs were quoted in these comments, and both were from the 1970s.
        It’s more than I dare to think about.

  55. Kyle
    Kyle
    May 25, 2014 at 12:46 pm | #

    well this can only end well

    • mistrali
      mistrali
      May 25, 2014 at 1:22 pm | #

      Ah, the irony of your gravatar.

  56. mistrali
    mistrali
    May 25, 2014 at 1:21 pm | #

    Joyce, there’s a little thing called ‘style’ as well. 😛 Jumpers and jeans tucked into boots don’t quite cut it.. though at least she’s stopped wearing vests!

  57. Narf
    Narf
    May 25, 2014 at 2:31 pm | #

    Joyce channels Sal, with adorable results. 😀

  58. Ashley
    Ashley
    May 25, 2014 at 2:49 pm | #

    What are you doing Joyce? Don’t you know being cool is a sin?

    • Sam
      Sam
      May 25, 2014 at 3:37 pm | #

      Then Sal’s Christian School truly failed her because it only seemed to teach her cool.

      • Ashley
        Ashley
        May 26, 2014 at 2:05 am | #

        I’m pretty sure Sal didn’t learn her cool ways from any school, Christian or otherwise.

  59. Alexx
    Alexx
    May 25, 2014 at 2:56 pm | #

    It’s workin’ Joyce. I CAN FEEL IT.

  60. xXx_Fedoraflipper_xXx
    xXx_Fedoraflipper_xXx
    May 25, 2014 at 3:45 pm | #

    Ahhh. This will work well im sure.

  61. Tenn
    Tenn
    May 25, 2014 at 4:27 pm | #

    Attitude: You’re doing it… not that bad, actually.

  62. Mass Confusion
    Mass Confusion
    May 25, 2014 at 5:15 pm | #

    4th panel: “Oh, we all know I’m going to do it”

  63. ocbrad1
    ocbrad1
    May 25, 2014 at 7:09 pm | #

    Who knew such an attempt at baddassery would be so damn adorable? Ahhhhh!

  64. XMinusOne
    XMinusOne
    May 25, 2014 at 7:42 pm | #

    Go Joyce go! “Bad to the bone, bad to the bone, BBBBB Bad, BBBBB Bad!”

  65. Maycroft
    Maycroft
    May 25, 2014 at 9:32 pm | #

    It think it’s working.

  66. monica
    monica
    May 25, 2014 at 9:36 pm | #

    Ex-Catholic School Girl Swagger. Joyce is gonna freak when she realizes that she’s swaggin’ like a papist.

  67. Nym
    Nym
    May 25, 2014 at 10:22 pm | #

    Panels four and five may be the most ridiculously cute things ever. Sarah’s expression in panel two is pretty great, too.

  68. Static Air
    Static Air
    May 25, 2014 at 11:19 pm | #

    The irony about this strip is that one of the key things being “cool” is confidence, and technically Sal is not as confident as Joyce. For one thing, she has to dress up as some innocent schoolgirl for her parents and not tell her what’s going on in her life. Second, she doesn’t necessarily share a lot with other people about herself, but if she does share, it’s not stuff that she does like, which she hides to a certain degree (like playing Mario Kart, or liking the TA, in a way).

    Meanwhile, here comes Joyce, wearing a weird outfit like it’s no big deal and telling people how she loves Monkey Master, and then telling her parents about her atheist friend and standing up for her even though she knows her parents hate atheists.

    Heck, if we’re also including popularity, Sal is probably admired by more people, but Joyce is more approachable, and more people consider her a friend.

    What I’m saying is, in a way, Joyce is emulating herself.

  69. Jackson
    Jackson
    May 25, 2014 at 11:20 pm | #

    Joyce is owning the fudge out of that look.

  70. Hydrargentium
    Hydrargentium
    May 26, 2014 at 12:15 pm | #

    Is that… are those Uggs? 😛

    Hg

  71. Robin Lionheart
    Robin Lionheart
    May 26, 2014 at 4:16 pm | #

    Panel 4: Then she got an idea… an awful idea. The Joyce got a wonderful, awful idea.

  72. Lord Geovanni
    Lord Geovanni
    May 29, 2014 at 1:24 pm | #

    When sal comes back Joyce will have to pass the blunt

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