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by David M Willis on October 8, 2014 at 12:01 am
  • 01 - When Somebody Loved Me
└ Tags: dorothy, joyce, mike, walky

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  1. astronomifier
    astronomifier
    October 8, 2014 at 12:01 am | #

    but where’s Billie?

    • Jen Aside
      Jen Aside
      October 8, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

      WHO IS DRUNK

      OH NO BEAR IS DRUNK HOW CAN THAT BE

      • thinkingofthechildren
        thinkingofthechildren
        October 8, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

        My day…You’ve made it.

      • Tom Speelman
        Tom Speelman
        October 8, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

        A+++, Jen Aside. Now…EVERYBODY WORK!

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        October 8, 2014 at 12:08 am | #

        This show doesn’t get referenced enough.

        • JustCheetoDust
          JustCheetoDust
          October 8, 2014 at 12:17 am | #

          It’s been 30 months since the announcement of its revival, and that makes me sad.

          • JDavis
            JDavis
            October 8, 2014 at 1:28 am | #

            So much has happened with Kevin Smith since that article. The movie it initially mentions as then being planned as his last (Hit Somebody) transitioned development into a miniseries (which I haven’t heard him mention on his podcasts in a while, so who knows), then he wrote Clerks 3, then there was a whole slew of hurdles to get that green lit (primarily getting the cast to come back and getting Miramax to decide if they wanted to make it or if they’d let Kevin make it himself since they had a contractual first dibs setup from making Clerks 2), then he wrote the recently released “Tusk” (which delayed the aforementioned Clerks 3), THEN there was a Christmas-themed horror anthology movie centered around the krampus (which I guess is still in the works?), and “Yoga Hosers”, and “Moose Jaws”… and some TV pilots as well. Dude’s been super busy lately, but his attention span isn’t the greatest.

            • gwalla
              gwalla
              October 8, 2014 at 2:31 pm | #

              He apparently made Tusk to raise money for Clerks 3.

      • TachyonCode
        TachyonCode
        October 8, 2014 at 9:20 am | #

        WAIT, THEN WHO WAS BEAR?

        • ProjectMars
          ProjectMars
          October 8, 2014 at 10:12 am | #

          Phone was bear.

      • Justin Reilly
        Justin Reilly
        October 8, 2014 at 10:40 am | #

        SOMETIMES BEAR IS DRUNK. BEAR HAS HAD HARD TIME OF IT. BUT BEAR IS GETTING BETTER ONE DAY AT TIME. BEAR REALLY TURNING LIFE AROUND.

  2. MrSirk
    MrSirk
    October 8, 2014 at 12:01 am | #

    It’s not like some of that story wasn’t true.

    • Yet_One_More_Idiot
      Yet_One_More_Idiot
      October 8, 2014 at 4:41 am | #

      Alt text = “Once a bear drunkenly mauled me in my pyjamas”.

      OK, two questions…why was a bear drunk and what on earth was it doing wearing Willis’ pyjamas? o_O

      • JCfromNC
        JCfromNC
        October 8, 2014 at 4:50 am | #

        How he got in my pajamas I’ll never know.

  3. Tunaro
    Tunaro
    October 8, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    I can think of worse ways to die than drunkenly wrestling a bear.

    • Cephalo the Pod
      Cephalo the Pod
      October 8, 2014 at 12:15 am | #

      If I’m gonna die drunk, I’m gonna light me a torch and blow in the face of my enemy. It probably won’t work, but at that point, it can’t hurt to try.

    • Disloyal Subject
      Disloyal Subject
      October 8, 2014 at 1:38 am | #

      It’s in my top 3. Has been for a few years, actually.

    • tinfoil theory
      tinfoil theory
      October 8, 2014 at 3:59 am | #

      She just died in the mama bear’s arms tonight.
      (It must have been something she said.)

      • Deanatay
        Deanatay
        October 8, 2014 at 8:48 am | #

        It musta been some kind of lesbian interspecies drunken kiss.

        I should’ve Walky’d away… I should’ve Walky’d away!

  4. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    October 8, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    Well, Billie was drunk first, but she’s like 40% ethanol by volume, so eating her got the bear drunk too.

    …Maybe Billie shouldn’t be roomed with a smoker.

    • Kernanator
      Kernanator
      October 8, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

      Are you saying that Billie’s breath is combustible?

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        October 8, 2014 at 12:09 am | #

        I think Billie herself is probably pretty combustible.

        • LeslieBean4Shizzle
          LeslieBean4Shizzle
          October 8, 2014 at 12:20 am | #

          According to Game Theory, you are correct – people who drink often and in excess are more likely to spontaneously combust.
          * The More You Know.

        • JessWitt
          JessWitt
          October 8, 2014 at 12:22 am | #

          I read your username and comment and I keep thinking Inspector Ruth and Constable Billie.

      • Cephalo the Pod
        Cephalo the Pod
        October 8, 2014 at 10:54 am | #

        Well she was a cheerleader for the Golden Dragons.

  5. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    October 8, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    Mike doesn’t need his shins to live, just he femurs.

    • JWLM
      JWLM
      October 8, 2014 at 5:19 am | #

      ‘He femurs’? Is that like ‘He demurs’? (Then again, is there any instance where you’d use that particular verb in the third-person singular present tense?)

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        October 8, 2014 at 7:19 pm | #

        I should have said his femurs, I guess I had a small brain fart when I wrote that part.

  6. carl320
    carl320
    October 8, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    A bear once bit my sister…

    • Koms
      Koms
      October 8, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

      Eeeks!!

      • Cholma
        Cholma
        October 8, 2014 at 12:11 am | #

        carl320 was sacked. Management apologizes for his posts.

        • OctopusGardener
          OctopusGardener
          October 8, 2014 at 12:18 am | #

          (Mind you, bear bites kan be pretti nasti)

          • Kryss LaBryn
            Kryss LaBryn
            October 8, 2014 at 1:50 am | #

            LLAMA LLAMA LLAMA!!

          • Roborat
            Roborat
            October 8, 2014 at 3:39 pm | #

            And she did carve her initials into it.

  7. NCP19
    NCP19
    October 8, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    How the bear got in my pajamas, I’ll never know.

    • timdrake3
      timdrake3
      October 8, 2014 at 12:11 am | #

      beat me to it!

    • captainswift
      captainswift
      October 8, 2014 at 12:14 am | #

      Ah, good. Somebody’s already got that covered. Thanks.

      • Leorale
        Leorale
        October 8, 2014 at 12:21 am | #

        I checked the comments for this, too.

        It reminds me of a very old Yiddish song involving misplaced modifiers:

        Boris sat upon a horse, sagging in the middle
        Boris sat upon a horse, playin’ on the fiddle
        It was Boris, not the horse, sagging in the middle
        It was the horse, not Boris, playin’ on the fiddle.

        (Boris, Boris, save me save me, from the Cossacks at my heels, hey! hey! hey! / Boris, Boris, save me save me, there are only two more reels…)

    • LograyX
      LograyX
      October 8, 2014 at 1:18 am | #

      I was going to be very disappointed if no one got to this joke by now.

      • StClair
        StClair
        October 8, 2014 at 2:27 am | #

        Me too.

  8. Mr. Random
    Mr. Random
    October 8, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

    TAKIN’ CARE OF BILLIE, OH YEAH, TAKIN’ CARE OF BILLIE, AAAALL RIGHT!

    • Sylvester Crow
      Sylvester Crow
      October 8, 2014 at 1:27 am | #

      TAKIN’ CARE OF BILLIE AND DRINKING OVERTIME!

  9. AgentKeen
    AgentKeen
    October 8, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

    …why was the bear wearing your pajamas?
    -hit in face with pie-

    • RoberJolt
      RoberJolt
      November 28, 2014 at 12:48 am | #

      If that’s a Three Stooges reference, I love you.

  10. clodia
    clodia
    October 8, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

    Guys. I’m kinda shipping Joyce/Mike. Somebody stop me.

    • thinkingofthechildren
      thinkingofthechildren
      October 8, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

      She won’t be able to change him. Nor he her. Ship only if you live for tragedy.

      • MissQuinn
        MissQuinn
        October 8, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

        It’s a David Willis comic. All ships end in tragedy.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        October 8, 2014 at 12:07 am | #

        Why do you think I call the Joyce/Mike ship Joke?

        • Jen Aside
          Jen Aside
          October 8, 2014 at 7:36 pm | #

          Not Mice?

    • newllend
      newllend
      October 8, 2014 at 12:10 am | #

      For once I’m actually on board for a random ship.( pun not included)

      • TheZachariah
        TheZachariah
        October 8, 2014 at 12:23 am | #

        On the one hand, NO.

        On the other hand it’s been interesting to see a VERY different Joyce recently. She would never have forced an entrance like this. And she DEFINITELY would never have done this before. Let’s just say, a Mike/Joyce ship is actually POSSIBLE in the future, it’s just not a future anyone would want to live in…

        • Opus the Poet
          Opus the Poet
          October 8, 2014 at 12:54 am | #

          Eh, I’d ship it…

          • Sylvester Crow
            Sylvester Crow
            October 8, 2014 at 1:28 am | #

            Could you not!?

            • Opus the Poet
              Opus the Poet
              October 8, 2014 at 11:45 am | #

              OTP.

    • saltchocolate
      saltchocolate
      October 8, 2014 at 12:19 am | #

      Oh dear — I seem to have ended up on board this ship by accident. But now that I’m here, I think I want to stay on . . . So, where’s the good ship Joke (or is that Mice?) going to take me???

      • Disloyal Subject
        Disloyal Subject
        October 8, 2014 at 1:41 am | #

        Mice. How has no one posted that yet?! It’s even better!!
        Especially after that Hymnal incident…

        • Amazi-Stool
          Amazi-Stool
          October 8, 2014 at 2:09 pm | #

          “You were right, Joyce, the Mike boy is pretty cute, once customed appropriate.”

        • Jen Aside
          Jen Aside
          October 8, 2014 at 7:36 pm | #

          whoops I can read farther down the page, huh

      • AustKyzor
        AustKyzor
        October 8, 2014 at 9:35 am | #

        I sense a lot of bondage in this ship’s future…

    • Willoughby Chase
      Willoughby Chase
      October 8, 2014 at 8:40 am | #

      Passing ships, night etc

    • Cephalo the Pod
      Cephalo the Pod
      October 8, 2014 at 10:53 am | #

      If you don’t stop now, from this moment on I will respond to each of your comments with this line:

      But the boar only has two shoes!

      Every. Single. Comment.

      • clodia
        clodia
        October 8, 2014 at 5:02 pm | #

        You’ve convinced me good cephalopod. I will only ship them in the alternate universe wherein Mike has a goatee and Joyce has gone evil.

    • Itama
      Itama
      October 8, 2014 at 9:45 pm | #

      NO! you will continue damnit!! this ship is too horribly amazing not to launch!!

  11. PsychokineticEX
    PsychokineticEX
    October 8, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

    FUCK EM UP JOYCE

  12. MissQuinn
    MissQuinn
    October 8, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

    Mike’s not a fan of his shins, but he is a fan of gratuitous violence inflicted on his person, it seems.

    • Rabid Rabbit
      Rabid Rabbit
      October 8, 2014 at 1:10 am | #

      As a masochistic acquaintance of mine once remarked, you can always identify the masochist in an S&M couple by which one says the most things deserving of pain.

  13. arank11
    arank11
    October 8, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

    I… I’m sorry, were you wearing the pajamas, or was the bear?

  14. newllend
    newllend
    October 8, 2014 at 12:07 am | #

    It’s was weird , she thought the bear was some chick named Ruth and she tried to make out with it, the bear was confused for a moment and it all just went down hill after that.

    • Cephalo the Pod
      Cephalo the Pod
      October 8, 2014 at 10:50 am | #

      Billie’s not asleep at the end of Book 4.

  15. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    October 8, 2014 at 12:08 am | #

    And a moose bit Walky’s sister.

    • AgentKeen
      AgentKeen
      October 8, 2014 at 12:15 am | #

      …It’s not your fault, but got dangit, now I have that silly moose song from that Old Navy (or was it the Gap?) winter commercial from a few years back.

      • Opus the Poet
        Opus the Poet
        October 8, 2014 at 12:55 am | #

        Same company, so mox nix.

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      October 8, 2014 at 8:54 am | #

      Weremoose.

    • AustKyzor
      AustKyzor
      October 8, 2014 at 9:37 am | #

      I’m going to have to have you sacked now. Tell your sister to stop carving her initials into moose.

    • Cephalo the Pod
      Cephalo the Pod
      October 8, 2014 at 10:49 am | #

      His parents were trampled by ducks.

  16. Sporky
    Sporky
    October 8, 2014 at 12:11 am | #

    Mike’s probably not a fan of The Shins either. Which is his loss.

    • Kryss LaBryn
      Kryss LaBryn
      October 8, 2014 at 1:52 am | #

      It’s a shame. It really took off after the third season.

  17. JessWitt
    JessWitt
    October 8, 2014 at 12:13 am | #

    More Mike is always welcome. I wonder if he’ll get his own existential college crisis subplot.

    • TheZachariah
      TheZachariah
      October 8, 2014 at 12:16 am | #

      Your Gravatar makes this comment wonderfully introspective. 🙂

      • JessWitt
        JessWitt
        October 8, 2014 at 12:36 am | #

        And your Gravatar is the very definition of introspection itself. 🙂

    • Cephalo the Pod
      Cephalo the Pod
      October 8, 2014 at 10:47 am | #

      This comic tends to focus on the dumb shit young people do.

      Mike’s not really dumb. Just a dick.

  18. Mkvenner
    Mkvenner
    October 8, 2014 at 12:14 am | #

    In a manner of speaking Mike is not wrong.

  19. nothri
    nothri
    October 8, 2014 at 12:14 am | #

    ANIMAL!!!!! How could you???

    • begbert2
      begbert2
      October 8, 2014 at 10:55 am | #

      He was drunk! He was just trying to shake hands, and stumbled!

  20. nothri
    nothri
    October 8, 2014 at 12:15 am | #

    And by “bear” he means “Ruth” and by “mauled” he means “screwed her brains out”.

  21. David Alexander McDonald
    David Alexander McDonald
    October 8, 2014 at 12:15 am | #

    And now, Walkerton, we begin Orgy 101.

    • AgentKeen
      AgentKeen
      October 8, 2014 at 12:17 am | #

      I was half-ready for a ‘Wait, this dream again… Awesome.” line from Walky, except he’d probably wonder why it was Joyce.

  22. Kennerly
    Kennerly
    October 8, 2014 at 12:19 am | #

    Bärenjäger strikes again!

    • tinfoil theory
      tinfoil theory
      October 8, 2014 at 4:14 am | #

      Girl Genius reference?
      (Because the thought of the bears drinking the Jägerdraught excites me in all the wrong ways.)

      • Kennerly
        Kennerly
        October 8, 2014 at 8:48 am | #

        No, Bärenjäger is just a honey liquor I know about.

        • tinfoil theory
          tinfoil theory
          October 9, 2014 at 1:41 am | #

          Ah. I never heard of it. I only know Jägermeister.
          Good pun, though.

      • gwalla
        gwalla
        October 8, 2014 at 2:39 pm | #

        Jäger is German for “hunter”, and is part of the names of two liqueurs: Jägermeister (“Huntmaster”), which is turpentine licorice flavored, and Bärenjäger (“Bear hunter”), which is honey flavored.

        The Jägermonsters from Girl Genius are of course a pun on Jägermeister, though their name does actually make sense in context.

        • Romanticide
          Romanticide
          October 8, 2014 at 3:04 pm | #

          Billy wrestling with a bottle of Bärenjäger sound amazingly appropiate XD

  23. saltchocolate
    saltchocolate
    October 8, 2014 at 12:22 am | #

    By the way, David Willis, I *love* how you drew Dorothy’s hair in panel two!

    • saltchocolate
      saltchocolate
      October 8, 2014 at 12:24 am | #

      How you make it show that she’s leaning over Walky, is what I mean—not just that she looks cute (though that’s also true!).

      • Thomas64
        Thomas64
        October 8, 2014 at 12:45 am | #

        I agree, her hair and the light on her face, and her expression, is just what you would want to see if you’re looking at a face looking down at you when you’re waking up.
        Except for the nose. Those DoA close-up noses that have only one nostril. That kinda creeps me out when I look at it too long, and I can’t seem to not do that.

        • 4th Dimension
          4th Dimension
          October 8, 2014 at 2:00 am | #

          Huh, I don’t notice those single nostril noses. My brain labels them as lines so I don’t see them. But now I do. Oh horror!

        • Cephalo the Pod
          Cephalo the Pod
          October 8, 2014 at 10:43 am | #

          Willis claims they’re shadows, but yeah, they do look a tad bit too big.

  24. Sam
    Sam
    October 8, 2014 at 12:27 am | #

    Of course that bear mauled you, you forced it into your pajamas, no one wants to wear those!

  25. Benjy
    Benjy
    October 8, 2014 at 12:30 am | #

    I’m likin’ this new Joyce.

    • Disloyal Subject
      Disloyal Subject
      October 8, 2014 at 1:43 am | #

      Violence is not the answer.
      It’s a question.
      And the answer is frequently yes.

    • Cephalo the Pod
      Cephalo the Pod
      October 8, 2014 at 10:42 am | #

      Here’s the new Joyce.
      Same as the old Joyce.

      • xKiv
        xKiv
        October 8, 2014 at 7:49 pm | #

        Second Joyce, same as the first!

  26. Flimsyfishy
    Flimsyfishy
    October 8, 2014 at 12:30 am | #

    Hey, he’s just trying to weasel his way into some more pain here.

  27. Moriarty70
    Moriarty70
    October 8, 2014 at 12:34 am | #

    How it got in my pajamas I’ll never know!

  28. Bunk
    Bunk
    October 8, 2014 at 12:39 am | #

    Am I the only one who made a Mii Fighter from the Amazigirl Mii Willis posted years ago?

    • David M Willis
      David M Willis
      October 8, 2014 at 12:54 am | #

      i made one

      • Bunk
        Bunk
        October 8, 2014 at 1:11 am | #

        I made here a brawler and gave her the tracksuit I believe. Seemed to fit the best.

        • David M Willis
          David M Willis
          October 8, 2014 at 1:23 am | #

          http://itswalky.tumblr.com/post/99159649462/dumbing-of-rage

          • Bunk
            Bunk
            October 8, 2014 at 1:26 am | #

            I made mine from like the first wave you put out. Less angry eyes.

  29. Khaner
    Khaner
    October 8, 2014 at 12:42 am | #

    I like aggressive Joyce.
    It fits her so well.

  30. ridtom
    ridtom
    October 8, 2014 at 12:49 am | #

    Ooooh Dorothy you got caramel fever!

  31. Lex
    Lex
    October 8, 2014 at 12:53 am | #

    Careful, Joyce. Mike likes excessive force. A little TOO much.

  32. blackhat64
    blackhat64
    October 8, 2014 at 1:00 am | #

    Since when was Joyce so chock-full of badass one-liners?

    • 4th Dimension
      4th Dimension
      October 8, 2014 at 2:03 am | #

      The power of ding dongs courses through her veins?

    • Cephalo the Pod
      Cephalo the Pod
      October 8, 2014 at 10:40 am | #

      For quite a while.

      “How much do I have to pay you to not say anything at all?”, towards Joe.
      “Our fists were instruments of the Lord!” Joe, again. Quite far back, too.

  33. Idon'tcarenomore
    Idon'tcarenomore
    October 8, 2014 at 1:26 am | #

    Like this strip, neat grouping of people on bunk bed.
    Also wondering why Joyce seems to be becoming human, and a smart ass one at that.
    Love Mike as usual, and if you go back far enough, he and Joyce have had conversations before: for some strange reason, he appears to like her-as being opposed to hating everyone else or being totally indifferent to them.
    As noted: as fine as these guys are drawn: never a problem looking at them to know pretty much exactly what they are feeling, and as fine as the animation can be and the artistic backdrops:
    WHY do they all have one closeup nostril? Creeepy?

    • Disloyal Subject
      Disloyal Subject
      October 8, 2014 at 1:47 am | #

      She’s always human. We’re pretty complicated critters, wonderful, horrible, and generally more than meets the eye.
      And on this nostril issue – I just see it as the underside of the nose being in shadow from the angle. It may not work in every scene, but it perfectly suits this one.

    • PSIREN
      PSIREN
      October 8, 2014 at 2:24 am | #

      Why DO they only have one nostril? Before I thought it was a thickened line to indicate shadow. What.

      • David M Willis
        David M Willis
        October 8, 2014 at 3:23 am | #

        It’s not a nostril. It’s a shadow, like the one under their chins.

        • Ophannin
          Ophannin
          October 8, 2014 at 2:20 pm | #

          I’ve always understood that it’s a shadow; it makes complete sense. But now that someone has pointed out the one nostril thing, I can’t unsee it. Damn you not-Willis!

        • PSIREN
          PSIREN
          October 9, 2014 at 2:47 am | #

          D: Sorry Willis ilu

    • Dorje Sylas
      Dorje Sylas
      October 8, 2014 at 5:46 pm | #

      I would think it’s becasue there are richer targets in proximity for most of those. The dicking of Joyce’s whiteboard was their first “solo” interaction, devoid of other targets. Joyce would be low on his target list because life away from a sheltered homeschooling is going to do most of his work for him. The white board is an example where no one else but Mike would have dicked it, out of deference to Joyce.

  34. ShaggyDonahugh
    ShaggyDonahugh
    October 8, 2014 at 1:39 am | #

    To everyone who mentioned the one close-up nostril business, I was having such a nice morning not seeing all of that. Thank you so much.

  35. shammers
    shammers
    October 8, 2014 at 1:52 am | #

    meh, i can see it. mauled by the bear of her drunken worthlessness

  36. Badeyes
    Badeyes
    October 8, 2014 at 2:20 am | #

    And from that day forward Mike constantly wore shin guards.
    Later events caused him to add armored athletic support to his wardrobe as well.

  37. StClair
    StClair
    October 8, 2014 at 2:30 am | #

    After Joyce takes his shins, Ruth can have his femurs.

    • Opus the Poet
      Opus the Poet
      October 8, 2014 at 3:20 am | #

      Well after the tibias are removed the femurs aren’t much use. Not quite as bad as going the other way around as tibias are completely useless without femurs.

      • Deanatay
        Deanatay
        October 8, 2014 at 9:00 am | #

        Worthless?? The femurs are the longest bone in the human body, great for making useful tools. Or flutes. If only we didn’t need them to live…

        • Deanatay
          Deanatay
          October 8, 2014 at 9:01 am | #

          (Not to mention they’re probably the largest producer of red blood cells in the entire body.)

        • Opus the Poet
          Opus the Poet
          October 8, 2014 at 11:54 am | #

          Tibias are pretty worthless without femurs to transmit the motion from the glutes…

  38. DK1105
    DK1105
    October 8, 2014 at 3:26 am | #

    Totally read that last line as “really not a fan or your shit” and that caused a bit of a double take coming from Joyce.

    • RandomRedmage
      RandomRedmage
      October 8, 2014 at 8:26 am | #

      Read it exactly the same way, twice…. on the third time my brain decided to read the word correctly.

  39. Emperor Kiva
    Emperor Kiva
    October 8, 2014 at 3:40 am | #

    He must not be, Joyce.

  40. Joebo
    Joebo
    October 8, 2014 at 3:54 am | #

    “How he got in my Pajamas, I’ll never know.

  41. James Rye
    James Rye
    October 8, 2014 at 6:12 am | #

    Mike isn’t so wrong with his joke. At least about the drunk part that is. XD

  42. Boomwolf
    Boomwolf
    October 8, 2014 at 6:17 am | #

    Joyce is actually becoming cool. Hooray for character development!

    • Cephalo the Pod
      Cephalo the Pod
      October 8, 2014 at 10:30 am | #

      Joyce has been aggressive like this before. It just takes a lot (or rather, something rather specific, as in Joe’s case) to piss her off.

  43. JustShy
    JustShy
    October 8, 2014 at 6:34 am | #

    Joyce and Mike should hook up.

  44. djaevlenselv
    djaevlenselv
    October 8, 2014 at 6:38 am | #

    I am wondering, is this the first time in this comic Mike is blatantly lying? He usually seems to favor hurting people with the truth or variations on the truth.

    • Tufto
      Tufto
      October 8, 2014 at 7:24 am | #

      Unless… he’s not lying! That really did happen! :o!

    • Parasite
      Parasite
      October 8, 2014 at 7:48 am | #

      Mike has been known to lie before, on at least one occasion. Specifically, when a girl asked to duck in his room so she could spy on someone else. Mike then approached the couple and claimed he and the girl were making out.

    • Willoughby Chase
      Willoughby Chase
      October 8, 2014 at 8:41 am | #

      Bear == Ruth perhaps?

      • Cephalo the Pod
        Cephalo the Pod
        October 8, 2014 at 10:26 am | #

        She’s a shapeshifter. This is now a superhero webcomic.

        • John
          John
          October 8, 2014 at 3:13 pm | #

          It’s been a superhero comic since Day One.

  45. Ntrovert60
    Ntrovert60
    October 8, 2014 at 7:43 am | #

    …but what color are the pajamas? And the bear?

  46. Willoughby Chase
    Willoughby Chase
    October 8, 2014 at 8:40 am | #

    We have the bear necessities of life, so we can begin.

  47. Gangler
    Gangler
    October 8, 2014 at 8:48 am | #

    This could get weird when they explain that they’re here to make sure he’s not sexin up his sister.

  48. DSL
    DSL
    October 8, 2014 at 9:34 am | #

    Please look up the word “animation.”

  49. Ghola
    Ghola
    October 8, 2014 at 11:13 am | #

    To be fair.. we have no idea how hairy ruth actually is… I think? Mayhaps the next slipshine…

  50. andmangrewproud
    andmangrewproud
    October 8, 2014 at 11:21 am | #

    “Walky… this is an intervention.”

  51. hof1991
    hof1991
    October 8, 2014 at 11:21 am | #

    Three panels of pleasant good morning and smiles. Then Mike speaks and a panel full of anger, confusion and angst. It’s a good day for Mike. Winning.

  52. brionl
    brionl
    October 8, 2014 at 12:18 pm | #

    This guy wants to join a Fraternity at U of Alaska. The brothers tell him he has to drink a fifth of Yukon Jack, go out into the woods and kill a grizzly bear, then come back and seduce a college girl. So he slams down the whiskey and staggers off into the night.
    A couple hours later he comes staggering back, clothes all torn up, covered in bloody scratches, generally mangled. “OK, where’s this college girl I have to kill?”

  53. Vangeln
    Vangeln
    October 8, 2014 at 2:28 pm | #

    Course no, Joyce, he is a fan of your mom.

  54. ATN
    ATN
    October 8, 2014 at 4:57 pm | #

    Shin-kicks for all!

  55. MrBurrows
    MrBurrows
    October 8, 2014 at 8:10 pm | #

    So, unrelated to the comic, but I think there was an allusion to “It’s Walky!” in this weeks “Agents of Shield”
    They refer to “The Sound of Music” while torturing/brainwashing someone.

    • Akahane
      Akahane
      March 10, 2015 at 7:39 am | #

      If a writer on Agents of SHIELD is a fan of It’s Walky, my fangirl squee circle will be complete and I can die happy.

  56. Akahane
    Akahane
    March 10, 2015 at 7:38 am | #

    Wow, when our little Joycey doesn’t like someone, she REALLY and violently doesn’t like the,.

    • ThatGuy
      ThatGuy
      June 8, 2015 at 7:34 am | #

      Its true. However at least in this case its Mike. The one who aggreed to shaparone Joyce’s date so long as he got to punch people.

      Karma.

  57. ThatGuy
    ThatGuy
    June 8, 2015 at 7:33 am | #

    Wait…what kind of bear? Was he cute…

  58. Onion
    Onion
    May 10, 2016 at 7:50 pm | #

    That might’ve been one of the saltiest things I’ve seen Joyce say yet.

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