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by David M Willis on June 17, 2014 at 12:01 am
  • 03 - Up All Night to Get Vengeance
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  1. Zap Rowsdower
    Zap Rowsdower
    June 17, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    She’s been exposed enough to the real world to know the “gays are camp and girly” stereotype?

    • TheOthin
      TheOthin
      June 17, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

      Well, her first reaction when he told her was “but you seem normal”.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      June 17, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

      She once denied that he could be gay because he liked Transformers instead of Barbie.

      • Tunaro
        Tunaro
        June 17, 2014 at 12:12 am | #

        I imagine the concept of a transforming Barbie would fry both their brains.
        (Also, please, please for the love of God don’t let this be a real thing.)

        • Karl
          Karl
          June 17, 2014 at 12:34 am | #

          http://cdn.buzznet.com/assets/users16/okami/default/transformer-barbie–large-msg-129748114151.jpg

          • Kelly
            Kelly
            June 17, 2014 at 2:31 am | #

            That’s a Gundam, not a Transformer!

            • Time Sage
              Time Sage
              June 18, 2014 at 4:36 am | #

              There’s always the Sailor V gundam, and the Chibi Moon and Super sailor moon… and the V repaints based Venus and the other senshi which all have thematic powers. (Like saturns being banned and having planet destorying capabilities)

              • gwalla
                gwalla
                June 18, 2014 at 3:46 pm | #

                Saturns banned? I know they were part of the GM recall, but that’s just to replace the ignition. Banning them seems a little harsh.

                Also, the guy at the dealership never mentioned planet destroying capabilities. Did those come standard?

          • ZORK
            ZORK
            June 17, 2014 at 1:46 pm | #

            You know, when I read “Okami”, “Transformer” and “Barbie” in the link, I hoped for some sort of Barbie Transformer that transforms into Amaterasu von Okami, Beast Wars style.

        • Nobody
          Nobody
          June 17, 2014 at 12:40 am | #

          http://okami.buzznet.com/photos/default/?id=64485321
          …I had to check

          • Tunaro
            Tunaro
            June 17, 2014 at 12:43 am | #

            I find myself surprisingly cool with RX-78 Sweet Lolita Gundam.

            • Ramba Ral
              Ramba Ral
              June 17, 2014 at 1:41 am | #

              (it’s the char custom)

              • dailybrad
                dailybrad
                June 17, 2014 at 11:28 pm | #

                I see what you did there.

              • Rutee
                Rutee
                June 18, 2014 at 1:30 am | #

                You must really fucking hate that guy for getting all the good press.

        • Megatron
          Megatron
          June 17, 2014 at 1:47 am | #

          Barbie and Transformers are made by two different companies: Mattel and Hasbro respectively. They are bitter rivals. So, unless they merge (and that would likely require FTC approval, but that’s not as hard to get as it should be) then no Barbie/Transformer crossovers.

          This isn’t to say that Hasbro wouldn’t court little girls who love fashion dolls with their Transformers brand. There is some MLP/Transformers crossover, after all. I wouldn’t expect a lot of it really. It wouldn’t surprise me if the Transformers brand started courting woman and girls, but I suspect that with be TF specific products, not crossovers.

          But who knows. I wouldn’t mind more woman helping Decepticons overthrow Prime.

          • Daibhid C
            Daibhid C
            June 17, 2014 at 6:21 am | #

            I’m honestly surprised there aren’t transformer-style Barbie toys, since “transformer-style” is something you can add to anything, even if you don’t own the rights to Transformers. There’s a transformer-style Postman Pat toy, and it doesn’t strike me as any weirder than that.

          • Betty Anne
            Betty Anne
            June 17, 2014 at 6:36 am | #

            Fun fact: Jem and the Holograms was Hasbro’s answer to Barbie.

            • David M Willis
              David M Willis
              June 17, 2014 at 7:05 am | #

              And then Mattel did Barbie And The Rockers in response.

              • The Candyman
                The Candyman
                June 17, 2014 at 9:44 am | #

                Ah, competition.

              • Yotomoe
                Yotomoe
                June 17, 2014 at 2:23 pm | #

                Sega and Nintendo levels of Pissing Contest!

              • Jen Aside
                Jen Aside
                June 17, 2014 at 5:27 pm | #

                And now Universal and Hasbro are making a Jem movie.

                Checkmate, Mattel.

                • Deanatay
                  Deanatay
                  June 17, 2014 at 5:34 pm | #

                  *shrug* Like there haven’t been Barbie movies.

                  (In fact, it’s scary how many Barbie movies there have been.)

                • Kamino Neko
                  Kamino Neko
                  June 17, 2014 at 8:50 pm | #

                  The Jem movie is a big budget theatrical live action film, not a direct-to-video cheapy.

                • Jen Aside
                  Jen Aside
                  June 17, 2014 at 10:17 pm | #

                  They’ve also been taking suggestions [and auditions!] from the fans from day one.

                  I hope they use the “Synergy played by RuPaul” one =o

          • Chibi
            Chibi
            June 17, 2014 at 8:35 am | #

            Could be a My Little Pony crossover though. And on that note http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8er83h9Bbn8

            • Legasher
              Legasher
              June 17, 2014 at 10:28 am | #

              I just put that video on my facebook the other day. I couldn’t stop laughing. So, so funny.

              “Tag! You’re it!”

            • Deanatay
              Deanatay
              June 17, 2014 at 5:36 pm | #

              Or an Angry Birds crossover.
              http://transformers.angrybirds.com/

          • DarkMyste
            DarkMyste
            June 17, 2014 at 12:07 pm | #

            if there is ever a transforming barbie that turns into a metal transformer i am going to hunt you down.. and make you play with it in public!!

            and watch you cry as you play with it

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      June 17, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

      But of cause, she has read Chick Tracts after all.

      • TFC
        TFC
        June 17, 2014 at 2:48 am | #

        i think even she would think they’re exaggerated.

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          June 17, 2014 at 7:59 am | #

          Are you suggesting that playing DnD doesn’t allow you access to cast magic missile in real life?

          How can this be? 😛

          • Gigafreak
            Gigafreak
            June 17, 2014 at 9:14 am | #

            It doesn’t? How will I attack the darkness now?

            • neeks
              neeks
              June 17, 2014 at 9:54 am | #

              With a gazebo, obviously.

            • Clif
              Clif
              June 17, 2014 at 10:17 am | #

              By lighting a single candle on a hill-top in the rain.

              • Clif
                Clif
                June 17, 2014 at 10:19 am | #

                I once shot a gazebo in my pajamas. What it was doing in my pajamas I’ll never know.

                • John
                  John
                  June 17, 2014 at 11:54 am | #

                  In the wilds of Virginia one day I encountered a wandering gazebo.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      June 17, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

      She does have the internet as confirmed by her knowledge of what shipping is.

      • Jen Aside
        Jen Aside
        June 17, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

        although that black basketball sounds racist

      • Edster
        Edster
        June 17, 2014 at 12:08 am | #

        Then she has seen things. You met whit a terrible l fortune haven’t you?

    • David M Willis
      David M Willis
      June 17, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

      http://www.dumbingofage.com/2012/comic/book-2/02-choosing-my-religion/toy/

    • Kschenke
      Kschenke
      June 17, 2014 at 8:16 am | #

      I think her parents/the church made she sure she knew how to see the elusive “gay stereotype” when out so she could avoid or convert said stereotype.

      • Jen Aside
        Jen Aside
        June 17, 2014 at 10:19 pm | #

        Well, this is the problem I have with super fundie Christian parents who say they “don’t even want [their] kids LEARNING about evolution!”

        Don’t you have to know what [supposedly] evil IS in order to combat it?

        Morons.

  2. Wonder Wig
    Wonder Wig
    June 17, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    Big McLargehuge

    • Wack'd
      Wack'd
      June 17, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

      Crunch ButtSteak

      • Mal
        Mal
        June 17, 2014 at 11:31 am | #

        Bob Johnson

    • Leorale
      Leorale
      June 17, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

      Rex Clampjaw

    • Dr. Zeus
      Dr. Zeus
      June 17, 2014 at 12:08 am | #

      Swift McRunfast

      • Dr. Zeus
        Dr. Zeus
        June 17, 2014 at 12:10 am | #

        Damn it THICK! Thick McRunFast

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      June 17, 2014 at 12:12 am | #

      Hugh G Wang

    • Leorale
      Leorale
      June 17, 2014 at 12:14 am | #

      Dirk Hardpec

    • Tunaro
      Tunaro
      June 17, 2014 at 12:15 am | #

      Merika Fukyeah

      • Opus the Poet
        Opus the Poet
        June 17, 2014 at 12:29 am | #

        Team America! Best puppet porn evah! (Imagine porn shot with Barbie and Ken dolls)

        • Anarchy 101
          Anarchy 101
          June 17, 2014 at 11:21 am | #

          there is rule 34 for a reason

          • gwalla
            gwalla
            June 18, 2014 at 3:49 pm | #

            Dude, the movie has scat porn in it already. You can’t make it any more corrupt than it already is.

    • Bill
      Bill
      June 17, 2014 at 12:28 am | #

      G. Studdley Hungwell

    • StClair
      StClair
      June 17, 2014 at 12:46 am | #

      We put our faith in Blast Hardcheese.

    • buzzsaw
      buzzsaw
      June 17, 2014 at 1:18 am | #

      Smoke Manmuscle

    • Sir Gregor the Unwise
      Sir Gregor the Unwise
      June 17, 2014 at 1:28 am | #

      Stump Beefknob

    • Kryss LaBryn
      Kryss LaBryn
      June 17, 2014 at 1:30 am | #

      Sebastian Lance. And ten Internet cookies to anyone who gets the reference. 😉

      • Disloyal Subject
        Disloyal Subject
        June 17, 2014 at 2:47 am | #

        I see your Sebastian Lance and raise you one Barry Steakfries.

    • Kryss LaBryn
      Kryss LaBryn
      June 17, 2014 at 1:31 am | #

      Also Sausage McStud-Muffin.

    • gwalla
      gwalla
      June 18, 2014 at 3:50 pm | #

      Roll Fizzlebeef

  3. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    June 17, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    “In fact, I’m putting the manliest things imaginable on your door! Like pictures from muscle magazines! And Chippendales! And Batman! That’ll make you straight!”

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      June 17, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

      And He-Man, the manliest of men there is. No sir. Nothing gay about good old HE-Man.

      • EvilPenguin
        EvilPenguin
        June 17, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

        HEYYEYAAEYAAAEYAEYAA

        • Betty Anne
          Betty Anne
          June 17, 2014 at 12:22 am | #

          I say, “HEY! What’s going on?”

          • Plasma Mongoose
            Plasma Mongoose
            June 17, 2014 at 12:34 am | #

            Moe Mr Satan grav? Scary! 😛

            • Betty Anne
              Betty Anne
              June 17, 2014 at 6:13 am | #

              LOL Thanks. I had to do it after I posted that pic yesterday…I was dying on the floor with laughter. It’s such a perfect pic of him. XD

          • Sambo
            Sambo
            June 17, 2014 at 6:13 pm | #

            And he tries….

        • Sambo
          Sambo
          June 17, 2014 at 6:13 pm | #

          http://heyyeyaaeyaaaeyaeyaa.com/

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        June 17, 2014 at 12:07 am | #

        “Fabulous secret powers were revealed to me the day I held aloft my magic sword and said ‘I have the power!'”

        Fun fact, I heard that the writers were 100% aware of the overtones and just ran with it for fun. Apparently Filmation was actually pretty gay friendly for the 80s.

        • Swerve
          Swerve
          June 17, 2014 at 12:11 am | #

          I’m not sure if “overtones” is the right word. Maybe subtext. And crappy animation. And bad PSAs. If you guys have a chance check out Bumblebee and Seaspray’s unaired PSAs. They did some really great stuff. But apparently someone felt “Knowing is Half the Battle” sounded weird coming out of an Autobot’s mouth, so they cut them.

        • Betty Anne
          Betty Anne
          June 17, 2014 at 6:16 am | #

          “BY THE POWER OF GRAYSKULL,” bro. (No, I didn’t watch too much He-Man when I was a kid, why do you ask? :p )

          I don’t know if Filmation was gay-friendly or not, but their nameplate at the beginning of their shows was very rainbow-y. http://youtu.be/VnBbW3g5y5Q

    • jatman18
      jatman18
      June 17, 2014 at 12:19 am | #

      fun fact: male bats have the highest rate of homosexuality than any other mammal

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        June 17, 2014 at 12:24 am | #

        What about male robins?

  4. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    June 17, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    “I like… tube steak”

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      June 17, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

      I gotta +1 that comment! 😀

      • Opus the Poet
        Opus the Poet
        June 17, 2014 at 12:30 am | #

        Yep, that there was funny, I don’t care who you are.

      • LeslieBean4Shizzle
        LeslieBean4Shizzle
        June 17, 2014 at 12:49 am | #

        As must I. Heh, tube steak.
        Also, PM, I quite like your gravatar… even if I’ve forgotten what anime it’s from.

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          June 17, 2014 at 12:56 am | #

          Saya(today’s grav) is from from a horror/romance visual novel Sayo No Uta, she only looks cute if you have ‘meat-vision’.

          • LeslieBean4Shizzle
            LeslieBean4Shizzle
            June 18, 2014 at 1:01 am | #

            Ah, of course. It is the only PC game I actually own on a disk. I mean other than my GOG backups.

  5. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    June 17, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

    I’ll admit, Panel 4 made me actually crack up Joyce always has the best faces.

  6. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    June 17, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

    So JUST BECAUSE IT’S A BASKETBALL IT’S GOTTA BE BLACK.
    I see how it is, JOYCE.
    (:P)

    • Edster
      Edster
      June 17, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

      Your avatar does not help.

      • nothri
        nothri
        June 17, 2014 at 12:11 am | #

        Of course YOUR avatar would say that.

    • newllend
      newllend
      June 17, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

      Fuck you Joyce

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      June 17, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

      Black basketballs are even a thing?

      • Swerve
        Swerve
        June 17, 2014 at 12:13 am | #

        Yeah. They usually reverse the color pattern, with the striped part of the ball being red, orange or white, with the main areas of the ball black.

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          June 17, 2014 at 12:18 am | #

          Thanks!

          http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/img-thing?.out=jpg&size=l&tid=48934346

          • Plasma Mongoose
            Plasma Mongoose
            June 17, 2014 at 12:18 am | #

            Bugger, I stuffed up the link.

        • Disloyal Subject
          Disloyal Subject
          June 17, 2014 at 2:50 am | #

          Unlike black pencils, this does not automatically make them better. Mostly because orange rules.

          • Arkadi
            Arkadi
            June 17, 2014 at 5:25 pm | #

            It’s the new black.

    • Robert
      Robert
      June 17, 2014 at 12:28 am | #

      Joyce is not thinking about a basketball. She’s thinking about the vibrator she was swinging around like a lightsaber.

  7. Edster
    Edster
    June 17, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

    A song for David Willis is in order.

    I shall call it ” Comic God”

  8. -JAD-
    -JAD-
    June 17, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

    …why does the basketball have to be black, Joyce? Just curious

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      June 17, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

      Cuz…Black is a …manly color?…
      No…
      Yeah Joyce. WTF?

      • Leorale
        Leorale
        June 17, 2014 at 12:09 am | #

        I think it’s supposed to be manly. She could’ve used blue, but then we’d all be cracking jokes regarding Ethan/Jacob.

        • John
          John
          June 17, 2014 at 9:54 am | #

          Aaaannnd…. black prevents that somehow?

    • Wack'd
      Wack'd
      June 17, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

      She’s decided that for Ethan she will only work in black. And sometimes very very dark grey.

      • Deanatay
        Deanatay
        June 17, 2014 at 8:07 am | #

        That was a Bat-joke.

    • nothri
      nothri
      June 17, 2014 at 12:17 am | #

      Because as far as colors go black is about as close as you can get to something that says “not a rainbow”.

      • Opus the Poet
        Opus the Poet
        June 17, 2014 at 12:31 am | #

        Someone get the subtext.

  9. luxlucis
    luxlucis
    June 17, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

    Gosh Joss, I like you but then you have these moments T.T
    Seriously I can’t wait for the future in which you are maybe ok with Ethan being gay and people not following stereotypes (especially gender ones).

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      June 17, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

      I hope for a future where she has a cyborg arm and can chuck cars one handed.

      • newllend
        newllend
        June 17, 2014 at 12:07 am | #

        What like jax from Mortal kombat?

        • J-Debs
          J-Debs
          June 17, 2014 at 1:05 am | #

          Pfft, he couldn’t chuck a motorcycle with BOTH hands!

      • nothri
        nothri
        June 17, 2014 at 12:18 am | #

        Pfff, she can do that without a cyborg arm in the Alpha timeline.

      • Dean
        Dean
        June 17, 2014 at 1:51 am | #

        I hope for a future where she fights robots in an apocalyptic wasteland.

        • Sambo
          Sambo
          June 17, 2014 at 6:15 pm | #

          And then goes on a quest to rescue Dorothy

    • Historyman68
      Historyman68
      June 17, 2014 at 12:07 am | #

      For a second I thought you were talking about joss whedon and that you literally thought he wrote this webcomic. You know, like, Damn you, whedon!

      • Kerry
        Kerry
        June 17, 2014 at 12:28 am | #

        same here lol

    • newllend
      newllend
      June 17, 2014 at 12:10 am | #

      I want the future where he leaves her for a dude, we all want it to happen.

      • Gordon
        Gordon
        June 17, 2014 at 12:47 am | #

        I want a future where he’s happy with who he is and doesn’t feel forced to hide.

        If he gets a boyfriend, that’s just the… The typical dessert metaphors are all puns and I refuse to make them, but y’all can pretend I did.

        • Leorale
          Leorale
          June 17, 2014 at 1:11 am | #

          I want a future where Joyce gets rocket boots and punches a shark in the face!

          • Kryss LaBryn
            Kryss LaBryn
            June 17, 2014 at 1:34 am | #

            “…in the FAAAACE.”

            Fixed that for ya.

          • newllend
            newllend
            June 17, 2014 at 1:43 am | #

            Nope! Badass Mature Joyce is gone now we have the younger not as cool one… You want to know how cool the old Joyce was? The old Joyce could beat Sal in a fight that’s how cool she was.

            • Historyman68
              Historyman68
              June 17, 2014 at 7:30 am | #

              Young Joyce can too. She just has to… believe in herself.

              • newllend
                newllend
                June 18, 2014 at 12:34 am | #

                No spiral power for her.

              • gwalla
                gwalla
                June 18, 2014 at 3:53 pm | #

                You gotta believe! Punch, kick, it’s all in the mind.

    • luxlucis
      luxlucis
      June 17, 2014 at 1:57 am | #

      Lol at the whole chain of comments.
      I have friend called Jocelyn (Joss for short) and I guess my wires crossed.

      • Deanatay
        Deanatay
        June 17, 2014 at 8:10 am | #

        Nope, Joyce is Joyce. Jocelyn is her ‘brother’s name.

        • luxlucis
          luxlucis
          June 17, 2014 at 1:15 pm | #

          That would be her sister!

          • Deanatay
            Deanatay
            June 17, 2014 at 5:45 pm | #

            Not how she identifies. There was quite a bit of discussion on this topic when this was revealed. You may want to read up on it.
            http://www.dumbingofage.com/2013/comic/book-3/04-just-hangin-out-with-my-family/writer/

            • David M Willis
              David M Willis
              June 17, 2014 at 6:39 pm | #

              the fuck page are you reading if you think that’s how she identifies

  10. newllend
    newllend
    June 17, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

    If you have Joyce teaching you how to be a man than you are literally the most pathetic guy on campus.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      June 17, 2014 at 12:08 am | #

      Next strip she sings “I’ll make a man out of you” from Mulan.

      • Tunaro
        Tunaro
        June 17, 2014 at 12:18 am | #

        Yes, because Disney songs are what he needs to act more manly.

      • Opus the Poet
        Opus the Poet
        June 17, 2014 at 12:34 am | #

        “In just 7 days, I can make you a man-aannnn!” And he can still sing all these years later… Amazing how many big stars graduated from that movie, Tim Currie, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick…

        • Tunaro
          Tunaro
          June 17, 2014 at 12:44 am | #

          That movie is an immortal monster and so is Tim Curry, in the most awesomest of ways.

        • Historyman68
          Historyman68
          June 17, 2014 at 7:30 am | #

          (And six long nights!)

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      June 17, 2014 at 12:08 am | #

      BE A MAN
      YOU MUST BE SOFT AS A FLUFFY PILLOW
      BE A MAN
      WITH ALL THE POSH OF A FOPPISH HEIR
      BE A MAN
      WITH ALL THE GLITTER OF A RAINBOW PONY
      AS FABULOUS AS HARRY STYLES’ HAAAAAAAAAIR

      • TheStranger
        TheStranger
        June 17, 2014 at 12:21 am | #

        This isn’t getting nearly enough love.

        Have an internet, good sir or madam.

      • newllend
        newllend
        June 17, 2014 at 12:24 am | #

        +1 no scratch that +10

      • Disloyal Subject
        Disloyal Subject
        June 17, 2014 at 2:54 am | #

        You had me until you put ‘glitter’ and ‘rainbow pony’ in the same sentence. I just don’t see the correlation.

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          June 17, 2014 at 2:26 pm | #

          If your rainbow pony ain’t glitterin’ just a little bit then they clearly ain’t rainbow enough.

        • Jen Aside
          Jen Aside
          June 17, 2014 at 10:22 pm | #

          I will send you one of the OG My Little Pony toys with the goddamn faken jewels IN THEIR EYES

          [also glitter hair]

    • nothri
      nothri
      June 17, 2014 at 12:20 am | #

      …..Danny?

      I’m sorry! I’m sorry! I swore I would stop doing this. It just slipped out. Its addicting.

      • newllend
        newllend
        June 17, 2014 at 12:35 am | #

        I hate to admit it be he’s been on a roll lately l think about it, fist he rejects sex with 2nd hottest girl on this comic, then gets to second first base with the 3rd hottest girl ( in my opinion the most ) and now gets to hag out with #1, he’s an idiot but he’s the most lucky one hear, the only thing that makes him an idiot is that he finds ways to fuck it up

        Like this: http://www.dumbingofage.com/2012/comic/book-2/03-the-first-step-towards-recovery/trust-2/

        • nothri
          nothri
          June 17, 2014 at 1:15 am | #

          Really he hasn’t done anything in awhile worthy of our wrath (unless you count this thing with Sal, but whatever). But like I said, addicting.

          • Deanatay
            Deanatay
            June 17, 2014 at 8:16 am | #

            Give Danny time. There’s no surer way to Dan things up than to give Danny lots of relationships with lots of different women. More women, more problems. More Dan-ing. It’s a sure-fire solution.

            • gwalla
              gwalla
              June 18, 2014 at 3:57 pm | #

              I thought it was more money, more problems.

        • Historyman68
          Historyman68
          June 17, 2014 at 7:32 am | #

          No, Joyce is the hag (burn, couldn’t resist)

        • Kinoko
          Kinoko
          June 17, 2014 at 1:30 pm | #

          Because the ability to hang out with multiple “hot girls” is winning forever, is exactly what he wants, and could in no way backfire? =_=;

          He seems pretty happy being monogamously faithful to Amber/Amazigirl (complications aside), so I’m sure he would consider romantic attention from others to be problematic.

  11. Leorale
    Leorale
    June 17, 2014 at 12:07 am | #

    Actually now I kinda want a picture of steak on my door, too.
    I wonder what Jacob will think of this development.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      June 17, 2014 at 12:09 am | #

      “Ah yeah! Like “Beefing Up”! YEAH LET’S GET RIPPED! (and then they work out for 5 hours.)

      • Leorale
        Leorale
        June 17, 2014 at 12:11 am | #

        HOO-AH!

      • Opus the Poet
        Opus the Poet
        June 17, 2014 at 12:36 am | #

        You do know that a euphemism for a gym is “gay church”?

      • Ancestral Hamster
        Ancestral Hamster
        June 17, 2014 at 12:56 am | #

        To the Village People’s “Macho Man” and “YMCA”.

  12. Kennerly
    Kennerly
    June 17, 2014 at 12:08 am | #

    Beefcake is kind of like steak.

  13. Ragnal
    Ragnal
    June 17, 2014 at 12:10 am | #

    You might as well put a sign up in flaming letters, “NOT GAY”.

    Because that totally doesn’t hide anything by having a basketball and steak, nosireebob.

    • Leorale
      Leorale
      June 17, 2014 at 12:12 am | #

      Ethan is the master of the glass closet.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      June 17, 2014 at 12:15 am | #

      Flaming…

  14. caesaria82
    caesaria82
    June 17, 2014 at 12:12 am | #

    LMAO. I love this one, it’s cracking me up.

  15. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    June 17, 2014 at 12:15 am | #

    If you went for your original idea Joyce, people wouldn’t assume he was gay, they would assume he was a brony.

    • nothri
      nothri
      June 17, 2014 at 12:24 am | #

      Okay, Joyce, take a moment to remember who his roommate is, then ask yourself if you want to put the idea in Ethan’s head every time he goes back to his dorm room of handling big black balls. You should probably rethink this one.

      • nothri
        nothri
        June 17, 2014 at 12:25 am | #

        …..Mongoose, I have no idea why this comment ended up responding to yours. Not my intention. Maybe a kindly Willis could correct that?

        • Deanatay
          Deanatay
          June 17, 2014 at 8:18 am | #

          It depends which comment box you use. If you click the Reply link, a comment box comes up that looks EXACTLY like the one at the bottom of the page. It PM’s was the last comment on the page at the time, it’s easy to confuse them.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        June 17, 2014 at 12:31 am | #

        The comment program screws up sometimes.

    • Kol
      Kol
      June 17, 2014 at 12:34 am | #

      Unlike nothri, this IS at Mongoose! And it is to say that oh my goodness, your avi is adorable. Who is that?

      Anyway, I think those decorations would be awesome on ethan’s door :3 Dang it Joyce! Stop holding him back! It’s not like that’s basically the reason you think you’re a good match for him or anything…

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        June 17, 2014 at 1:49 am | #

        Today’s gravatar is Saya from a horror/romance visual novel Sayo No Uta, in the story, she looks like a cute girl if you have ‘meat-vision’ but if you have normal vision she looks like an icky slime beast.

    • Lel
      Lel
      June 17, 2014 at 7:11 am | #

      Mongoose – why not both?

  16. newllend
    newllend
    June 17, 2014 at 12:22 am | #

    Ethan: I also love boobs,and race cars ! I also hate Neil Patrick Harris !

    Joyce: But he’s so dreamy.

    Ethan: I know I just want to nuzzle his face- I mean NO he sucks!…( so dreamy )

  17. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    June 17, 2014 at 12:36 am | #

    What he really wants is a large whiteboard, that way he can have random strangers draw great big willys on his door and still come off as straight.

    • Nevermaker
      Nevermaker
      June 17, 2014 at 12:41 am | #

      GENIUS.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        June 17, 2014 at 12:50 am | #

        It’s a cunning plan, one that could not possibly fail. 😀

        • Clif
          Clif
          June 17, 2014 at 10:48 am | #

          My mind is inserting sarcasm into your voice, but yet I must admit I’m unable to see the flaw in the plan. As such.

          • Plasma Mongoose
            Plasma Mongoose
            June 17, 2014 at 4:37 pm | #

            It shouldn’t fail but if Willis gets involved, he will somehow write it so it will end up outing him somehow.

  18. Romanticide
    Romanticide
    June 17, 2014 at 12:46 am | #

    And now I really want some Arrachera… https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrachera#mediaviewer/Archivo:01_Carne_Arrachera_Mexico.jpg

    • Clif
      Clif
      June 17, 2014 at 10:53 am | #

      Oh, thank heavens. At first I read that as “And now I really want some Arachnia. And with a name like Romanticide …

      so, is skirt steak intended as a gay reference?

      • Romanticide
        Romanticide
        June 17, 2014 at 12:52 pm | #

        nah I don’t have a tendency to mess with other people’s arachnophobia XD

        hmm good question, but to be honest I just heard steak and started to go hungry… but it could work I guess.

  19. Tom Speelman
    Tom Speelman
    June 17, 2014 at 12:49 am | #

    It wasn’t just me that heard a record scratch with Panel 4, right?

    • Jen Aside
      Jen Aside
      June 17, 2014 at 12:57 am | #

      I wonder what kids these days will have instead of the record scratch. Or do they grow up having heard it once and somehow knowing what it is *symbolically* without actually knowing what a record is, like how what is that square symbol they use to illustrate “Save File”?

      • Leorale
        Leorale
        June 17, 2014 at 1:19 am | #

        The record scratch is in modern animation; kids will totally know what this sound means without knowing what a record is. (Kinda like the penny-whistle slide for falling from a great height.)

      • Kerry
        Kerry
        June 17, 2014 at 1:20 am | #

        I’ve never actually seen/heard a real record, but I know what “record scratch” means
        and I understand that the save symbol is a floppy disk (though I have actually seen those irl)
        I mean, I was born in ’95, so maybe I’m not the demographic you’re referring to, but…

        • Tom Speelman
          Tom Speelman
          June 17, 2014 at 2:00 am | #

          I was born in ’92 and I know both floppy disks and vinyl records. Then again, my roommate’s a vinyl junkie, so…

        • Toad
          Toad
          June 17, 2014 at 2:25 am | #

          ’94 here, and yeah, I’ve seen and used floppies, and have handled vinyl records and listened to them on very rare occasions, but never heard the classic record scratch noise. I still know what it represents though. English (as with most other languages) is full of anachronistic idioms that we understand the figurative meanings of even if the literal meaning has long-since passed out of memory.

          • Jen Aside
            Jen Aside
            June 17, 2014 at 2:50 am | #

            I mean < Millennials! Need to ask some friends what their sprouts think [in a few years when they understand what I'm asking]

          • Animal
            Animal
            June 17, 2014 at 3:48 pm | #

            <— Was born in 1961 and is feeling distinctly elderly in this crowd.

        • Clif
          Clif
          June 17, 2014 at 10:57 am | #

          Don’t be silly. It’s a well known scientific fact that no-one human was born after 1991.

        • mistrali
          mistrali
          June 17, 2014 at 10:11 pm | #

          Mm, I think they mean kids born post-2000. I was born in 92 and have seen and used floppy discs. I’ve never seen or heard a real vinyl record, but they’re around and I’ve seen pictures of them. I’ve also heard songs off records (on Youtube, granted), with the crackling noises preserved.

      • Chris
        Chris
        June 17, 2014 at 4:20 am | #

        We had a CFL bulb that died an epic death with over 5 seconds of ssszzZZZss..puh! That was the sound I heard in my head, and it kind of fits the light bulb-as-idea metaphor, too.

      • gwalla
        gwalla
        June 18, 2014 at 3:59 pm | #

        They might interpret it as a variation on the “screeching brakes” sound.

  20. HamishD6800
    HamishD6800
    June 17, 2014 at 12:54 am | #

    I like trains.

    • ninja_jesus
      ninja_jesus
      June 17, 2014 at 3:36 am | #

      I like turtles.

      • Clif
        Clif
        June 17, 2014 at 11:01 am | #

        I like fractile quartonions

        • Clif
          Clif
          June 17, 2014 at 11:02 am | #

          Fractal Quartonions (/virtual edit)

        • gwalla
          gwalla
          June 18, 2014 at 4:00 pm | #

          I like pie.

  21. FuryOfFirestorm
    FuryOfFirestorm
    June 17, 2014 at 12:55 am | #

    Yes, Joyce. Big balls and juicy meat will be perfect!

  22. J-Debs
    J-Debs
    June 17, 2014 at 1:07 am | #

    She’s going to unintentionally arrange it like a dick and balls somehow.

  23. Jason
    Jason
    June 17, 2014 at 1:26 am | #

    These two are so great together. (I mean, funny. Also cute.)

  24. Bilfred
    Bilfred
    June 17, 2014 at 1:37 am | #

    wrestling is the most homoerotic sport there is, closely followed by water polo(also known as “wrestling, but in the water”)

    • TFC
      TFC
      June 17, 2014 at 2:53 am | #

      That reminds me, there’s some site that does pornographic wrestling-don’t remember the name.

      • TFC
        TFC
        June 17, 2014 at 2:54 am | #

        I swear, i love this avatar. Kinda looks like girl-me (from some years ago).

      • Leorale
        Leorale
        June 17, 2014 at 9:48 am | #

        I suspect there are lots of sites like that!

        • TFC
          TFC
          June 17, 2014 at 12:16 pm | #

          Ah! Naked Kombat!

          • Catullus
            Catullus
            June 17, 2014 at 11:45 pm | #

            Mortal Kumbat.

    • gwalla
      gwalla
      June 18, 2014 at 4:00 pm | #

      It’s really more like “kicking people in the shins, in the water”.

  25. Mass Confusion
    Mass Confusion
    June 17, 2014 at 1:38 am | #

    In panel 4, you can almost hear the sound of Joyce’s brain breaking…..

  26. Miles
    Miles
    June 17, 2014 at 3:07 am | #

    Straight People can like Pegasuses and Unicorns.
    The Song Unicorn Wizard is Proof of that

    • ninja_jesus
      ninja_jesus
      June 17, 2014 at 3:35 am | #

      I heard that guy’s horn was his strength.

  27. Idon'tcarenomore
    Idon'tcarenomore
    June 17, 2014 at 3:21 am | #

    A black basketball and a steak. Okay then.

    Basketball is what guys do apparently, in Joyce’s mind. And black is about as far from pink as you can get. Ok.

    But, steak? hummm, that one has gotta be a Joyceism. Maybe as in real men don’t eat Quiche, they eat steak?

    • Leorale
      Leorale
      June 17, 2014 at 9:46 am | #

      I eat steaks and drive monster trucks made of steaks. Rrr!

    • Bill
      Bill
      June 17, 2014 at 11:20 am | #

      Real men eat steak.
      Wrapped in BACON!!!

      • TFC
        TFC
        June 17, 2014 at 12:17 pm | #

        My quiche has a crapton of bacon.

  28. Vree
    Vree
    June 17, 2014 at 5:30 am | #

    How typical of the matriarchy to force males into stereotypes >:(
    (/joke)

    But honestly, I was looking for Father’s Day ideas the other day and this is what the US web suggested to me:

    – the Carnivore’s Cookbook
    Apparently, red meat is only bad for women.
    – motorbike shop gift card
    – lace-up loafers
    I guess this one’s actually practical (for older parents especially) but the implication that this is for men makes me maybe a bit uncomfortable
    – ESPN subscription
    “Whether passionately defending their hometown teams or just filling in a lull at the dinner table, dads take their sports seriously. Help him keep up with upcoming games, athlete bios and exclusive stories relating to his favorite teams — along with damning ammunition to throw in the face of rival fans.”, it says.
    – hammock
    “A cold beer on a hot sunny afternoon, while lounging in a comfy hammock, is about as close to Dad-paradise as you can get.”

    I mean I get it, some guys probably DO fill the bill, but is this all that we can be like?

    (I got him some cell phone accessories in the end – the universal 21st century gift.)

    • Vree
      Vree
      June 17, 2014 at 5:34 am | #

      And yes I realize I’m fueling the Willis brand social justice machine here. Good job.

    • Sam
      Sam
      June 17, 2014 at 10:53 am | #

      Red meat is only bad for people if it has been processed to hell and back, because that removes pretty much everything good for you from it. There is nothing wrong with fresh red meat though.

    • Israfel
      Israfel
      June 17, 2014 at 2:18 pm | #

      Hammocks are great regardless of gender! Social justice for hammocks! No more stereotyping their peaceful swinging ways!

      • JO512
        JO512
        June 17, 2014 at 4:54 pm | #

        Is hammocking usually considered a “masculine” thing, because it’s a pretty common activity at the college I go to and it’s practiced across genders.

        • Jen Aside
          Jen Aside
          June 17, 2014 at 5:43 pm | #

          the American stereotype Father’s Day is Dad lazing in the hammock or something

      • cmd1095
        cmd1095
        June 17, 2014 at 5:22 pm | #

        I was not aware hammocks were masculine or feminine…?

  29. maarvarq
    maarvarq
    June 17, 2014 at 6:49 am | #

    Two black basketballs and a Genoa salami?

  30. TJ Baltimore
    TJ Baltimore
    June 17, 2014 at 7:02 am | #

    Ethan would *love* Jacob’s black basketba–DAMMIT NOTHRI, YOU BEAT ME TO IT!!!

    • nothri
      nothri
      June 17, 2014 at 10:15 pm | #

      In some tongues I am called the Thief of Lightning, for many a time have I stolen another’s thunder.

      😀

      Sorry about that. You could go with the Pegasus being discussed in panel three and say that Jacob is hung like a horse. That’d be funny and original…ummm….sorry again.

  31. Scott
    Scott
    June 17, 2014 at 7:39 am | #

    REALLY? No one has posted anything about “Chocolate Salty Balls” yet?

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      June 17, 2014 at 8:24 am | #

      That apparently just happened. 🙂

  32. Animal
    Animal
    June 17, 2014 at 8:26 am | #

    What makes a man, is it the power in his hands?
    Is it his quest for glory?
    Givin all you got
    To fight to the to the top?
    So we can know you’re story?

    Now you’re a man! (Man!)
    A man, man, man!
    Now you’re a man! (Man!)
    A maney maney man!
    A man, man, man! (Man!)
    You are now a man
    You’re a maaaannn
    Now you’re a MAN!

    Live it! Live it!

    So, what makes a man, is it the woman in his arms?
    Just ’cause she’s got big titties?
    Or is it the way, that he fights everyday?
    No it’s probably the titties

    A maney maney man!
    A man, man, man! (Man!)
    You are now a man
    You’re a maaaannn
    Now you’re a MAN!

  33. Bagge
    Bagge
    June 17, 2014 at 8:40 am | #

    MY BOYFRIEND IS NOT A BRONY!

    • Clif
      Clif
      June 17, 2014 at 11:05 am | #

      What a coincidence. Neither is Ethan.

      • Bagge
        Bagge
        June 17, 2014 at 11:09 am | #

        +1

  34. dasbookpimp
    dasbookpimp
    June 17, 2014 at 9:13 am | #

    Why’s the basketball gotta be black yo? That’s racist

  35. Alexx
    Alexx
    June 17, 2014 at 10:53 am | #

    Get ’em Joyce, GET ‘EM! Get that gay outta him! Just sit ’em down and toss basketballs at him, too. I don’t think anyone can be gay with balls getting thrown in their face.

    • Drakey
      Drakey
      June 17, 2014 at 5:57 pm | #

      Well, I do usually find the three-pound objects flying at my breakable, cartilage-filled nose distracts me from thinking about naked men. Really, though, I find the sexualization of more-or-less perfectly spherical objects just because they’re called “balls” bizarre at best and offensive at worst. Just because I’m gay doesn’t mean that I think every round thing ever is just an excuse to think about testicles.

      and they don’t look like testicles. Testicles aren’t even really spherical, and even if they naturally were and everyone accepted that as the healthy, normal way for them to be, they’re wrapped up in a shape-concealing container.

      So yeah, actually, is is pretty difficult to “be gay”, in the sense in which you are verbing the word, with balls being thrown at your face, because you’re spending most of your time flinching and not being reminded of any part of a healthy male anatomy.

      *gets down off of soapbox, picks it up, and walks away with it*

      • Alexx
        Alexx
        June 18, 2014 at 7:56 am | #

        Joke failed, gottcha.

        *takes notes*

  36. The Candyman
    The Candyman
    June 17, 2014 at 11:18 am | #

    Joyce should just send Ethan to Walky, if she wants her boyfriend to be truly manly.

  37. Jerden
    Jerden
    June 17, 2014 at 12:01 pm | #

    You go Joyce! Assert his masculinity!

  38. ShadowDJ
    ShadowDJ
    June 17, 2014 at 1:13 pm | #

    way to stereotype, Joyce. just because he thought something was pretty doesn’t automatically mean that he doesn’t like manly things. Sure he’s gay, but people can like both ‘Masculine’ and ‘feminine’ things, be it either gender.

    I don’t get why there’s stigma over that.

    • kelticat
      kelticat
      June 17, 2014 at 2:40 pm | #

      It is how we are raised. I know that when I was twelve and my teacher had “coloring day” I was expected to choose the hyperglycemic cute baby animals with happy flowers(literally, they had happy faces on them) as opposed to the realistic cars and motorcycles that the boys got. Never mind that the animals were more appropriate for someone five or under, it was a “girl picture,” and I was a girl so I should like the “girl picture.” Interestingly enough 90% of the girls in my class couldn’t stand the “girl picture”.

      Interestingly enough in some European countries, needlework(knitting, crochet, embroidery, sewing) are taught to all students, regardless of gender. In fact knitting was once considered a manly profession and women weren’t taught how to knit. I recently worked with a gentleman who could both sew and cross-stitch and we got into quite the conversation. Too bad that he’s married.

    • JO512
      JO512
      June 17, 2014 at 4:56 pm | #

      Considering this “relationship” she’s in, we’re asking Joyce to evaluate her preconceived notions of femininity and masculinity? There are so many issues that have to be addressed with her between here and there.

      • Jen Aside
        Jen Aside
        June 17, 2014 at 5:42 pm | #

        Well, that’s kinda the point of the whole comic

        [spoiler]

      • ShadowDJ
        ShadowDJ
        June 18, 2014 at 7:59 pm | #

        Sorry, but it’s getting old fast. Seriously, I’m a guy and I can say something is ‘cute’ or whatever and not feel like I lack masculinity. They say that guys who can be masculine but like feminine things are a LOT more manly than muscle guys who just lift weights and all that crap.

  39. pendrake
    pendrake
    June 17, 2014 at 1:51 pm | #

    I should have put more steaks on my dorm room door back during my university days. ;(

    • Drakey
      Drakey
      June 17, 2014 at 5:58 pm | #

      I’m picturing you nailing entire raw steaks to your door. I am enjoying this image. It’s funny.

      • mistrali
        mistrali
        June 17, 2014 at 10:04 pm | #

        Yep, this is what I picture Joyce doing. Whole raw steaks! MANLEH. But hilarious and, um, unhygenic.

  40. Sir Robin
    Sir Robin
    June 17, 2014 at 4:44 pm | #

    Guys can like Ponies!!!

    • Sharon
      Sharon
      June 17, 2014 at 11:53 pm | #

      Cause Ponies are awesome! Of course, so are Giant Space Robots.

  41. Arkadi
    Arkadi
    June 17, 2014 at 5:11 pm | #

    I bet you do, Ethan. I bet you do.

  42. Deanatay
    Deanatay
    June 17, 2014 at 5:31 pm | #

    So, the question in my mind is, did Joyce’s abrupt turnaround in Panel 4 stem from:

    a) Avoidance of her boyfriend’s sexuality,
    OR
    b) Insecurity over Ethan thinking something other than her is pretty?

    ‘Cuz I’ve seen both reactions before.

    • mistrali
      mistrali
      June 17, 2014 at 10:27 pm | #

      Insecurity, which is why she countered with, “YOU’LL BE GETTING MANLY THINGS.” I doubt Joyce would be jealous of paper and sticky tape.

      • mistrali
        mistrali
        June 17, 2014 at 10:35 pm | #

        Also, she’s repressed and thinks gay people are just straight people who haven’t seen the light, but y’know. I really want to know what happened to Jocelyne now, too. She’s accepted that she’s trans* on some level, and even that seems like more than Joyce has done. Hell, that’s more than Ethan’s done re: coming out. How did Jocelyne get past her upbringing wrt accepting she was trans*?

  43. Ashley
    Ashley
    June 17, 2014 at 9:42 pm | #

    Oh Joyce, your prejudice is adorable.
    Until it isn’t.

  44. Sharon
    Sharon
    June 17, 2014 at 11:52 pm | #

    And you can just see Ethan’s heart break in panel five. He really, REALLY wanted Fluttershy on his door.

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