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Eef

by David M Willis on September 16, 2017 at 12:01 am
  • 01 - Face the Strange
└ Tags: danny, ethan

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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    September 16, 2017 at 12:01 am | #

    “ykno, like Keef, but Eef”

    …

    “also like Beef but not really”

    • Ana Chronistic
      Ana Chronistic
      September 16, 2017 at 12:35 am | #

      “You must be tired after today… Let’s go to sleep.”

    • Remmington Steele
      Remmington Steele
      September 16, 2017 at 3:56 am | #

      Nah, mate. D’you mean this Keef? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b72_9jSXETg

      • Falling Star
        Falling Star
        September 17, 2017 at 7:07 pm | #

        I thought she meant this Keef.

    • Heavensrun
      Heavensrun
      September 16, 2017 at 10:44 am | #

      “I mean who the heck would name someone Beef?”

      • Krys Brynhildr
        Krys Brynhildr
        September 16, 2017 at 10:00 pm | #

        Someone in an 80s film or TV show?

      • Deanatay
        Deanatay
        September 17, 2017 at 11:16 am | #

        Short for Beefolemew? Or Beefoven?

        Or Elizabeef?

  2. AnvilPro
    AnvilPro
    September 16, 2017 at 12:01 am | #

    New Danny just wants to have fun

  3. gingercake
    gingercake
    September 16, 2017 at 12:02 am | #

    bold move danny. bold move.

  4. Shen Hibiki
    Shen Hibiki
    September 16, 2017 at 12:02 am | #

    … cant wait for new Danny to wake up immediatly in that situation… XD

  5. Zach
    Zach
    September 16, 2017 at 12:02 am | #

    “Now that is just gratuitous” would also be a good name for a book

  6. MM
    MM
    September 16, 2017 at 12:02 am | #

    As fanservice goes, this is not really doing it for me.

    • MM
      MM
      September 16, 2017 at 12:03 am | #

      …Aaaaand I forgot who my avatar is now.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      September 16, 2017 at 12:03 am | #

      Gravatar win.

    • SgtWadeyWilson
      SgtWadeyWilson
      September 16, 2017 at 1:52 am | #

      Better luck next time?

      I, however, ship this so hard.

      • Gaia
        Gaia
        September 16, 2017 at 2:20 am | #

        doubt you are the only hard thing right now…

        • Br44n5m
          Br44n5m
          September 16, 2017 at 8:55 pm | #

          Gargantuan would be raving!

  7. CandidCanid
    CandidCanid
    September 16, 2017 at 12:02 am | #

    And then he sleep-fucks him while Ethan grows increasingly exasperated.

    • Koms
      Koms
      September 16, 2017 at 12:36 am | #

      Grows all right! 😉

    • Gaia
      Gaia
      September 16, 2017 at 2:21 am | #

      Sexsomnia is a real thing so you never know. 😛

      • ValdVin
        ValdVin
        September 16, 2017 at 1:03 pm | #

        That sounds like something Cyril Figgis would say.

    • ǝ snow ʍousɐ
      ǝ snow ʍousɐ
      September 16, 2017 at 2:12 pm | #

      New Slipshine

  8. Yumi
    Yumi
    September 16, 2017 at 12:03 am | #

    Oh, come on, Danny. You’re a freshman, you were up one night. Toughen up.

    • Rambling Idiot
      Rambling Idiot
      September 16, 2017 at 12:05 am | #

      Danny’s a growing boy, he needs his sleep.

      • Gaia
        Gaia
        September 16, 2017 at 2:21 am | #

        Eff is probably also growing right now.

    • Rowen Morland
      Rowen Morland
      September 16, 2017 at 2:24 am | #

      A frshman written by an older-yearold.

      • Khno
        Khno
        September 16, 2017 at 5:02 am | #

        No all people have same tolerance to sleep-deprivation. My partner for one can’t function properly with less than 6 hours sleep, even in a sole occurrence. She is younger than I am, (I’m just a bit younger than Willis himself), I can still pull all-nighter from time to time, even if I tend to avoid to do it, because, you know… kids… they won’t let you get some sleep back when you need it… and it takes ONE WHOLE YEAR to overcome the effects of one all-nighter on your body… so…

        • Socks
          Socks
          September 16, 2017 at 10:59 am | #

          It’s true. I haven’t been able to function on less than 6 hours of sleep ever, I just was much more likely to try and do it anyway when I was 18. But I’m a fucking mess every time I try. God dang. I’m on 4 hours rn and I need to go back to sleep there is no reason for me to be awake but the sun is out and there is no god.

        • davidbreslin101
          davidbreslin101
          September 16, 2017 at 12:15 pm | #

          I averaged one all-nighter per term at university. Ended up in a similar state to Danny here each time. Which is how I didn’t notice what Word had kindly done to my essay on the composer Luciano Berio: converted his surname to “Beri-beri” throughout.

          • Khno
            Khno
            September 16, 2017 at 4:53 pm | #

            I’m almost sure he’d have liked it…

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      September 16, 2017 at 8:00 am | #

      Just think, in a few years he’ll feel like that just staying up until 1 AM!

  9. K the Nerd
    K the Nerd
    September 16, 2017 at 12:03 am | #

    Excitement and discovery await aboard the Good Ship Danneef!

    • SgtWadeyWilson
      SgtWadeyWilson
      September 16, 2017 at 1:56 am | #

      The Chaotic Neutral Ship Siecox waves as it passes you.

      • Opus the Poet
        Opus the Poet
        September 16, 2017 at 4:44 am | #

        I understand that reference.

  10. @zombieundergrnd
    @zombieundergrnd
    September 16, 2017 at 12:04 am | #

    Danny must be tired. He can’t even get the M out.

    • pjeseb
      pjeseb
      September 16, 2017 at 1:37 am | #

      Is that kinda like getting the lead out, but later on in the alphabet?

  11. Nono
    Nono
    September 16, 2017 at 12:06 am | #

    And that’s twice that someone has used Ethan to rest.

    So if the trend continues, Joe’s next.

    • Kernanator
      Kernanator
      September 16, 2017 at 12:11 am | #

      Ethan is the comfiest pillow.

      • Pablo360
        Pablo360
        September 16, 2017 at 12:14 am | #

        He’s a giant hunk of man-fluff

      • Slartibeast Button, BIA
        Slartibeast Button, BIA
        September 16, 2017 at 12:40 am | #

        Looking forward to the the Danny version of Joyce’s dream, but with a happier ending: http://www.dumbingofage.com/2012/comic/book-2/06-strange-beerfellows/know-2/

        • MatthewTheLucky
          MatthewTheLucky
          September 16, 2017 at 12:48 am | #

          Danny wakes up afterward:
          “Why the fuck would Ethan have a detachable dick?”

        • Nono
          Nono
          September 16, 2017 at 1:36 am | #

          SEXO LOCO

        • Sunny
          Sunny
          September 16, 2017 at 3:18 pm | #

          Didn’t he already have one where Amazi-Girl transformed into Ethan?

    • Zach
      Zach
      September 16, 2017 at 12:30 am | #

      Good for Ethan?

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      September 16, 2017 at 4:02 am | #

      It seems that Ethan has kept one key characteristic from the Walkyverse – He’s a nice guy who people trust and rightly take on as a best friend. However, beyond that? Somehow they can never plausibly see themselves doing that (except the ones Ethan doesn’t want going further, c.f. Joyce and Walkyverse!Robin).

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        September 16, 2017 at 8:03 am | #

        There was an exception to that rule over in the Walkyverse, but I don’t think they’ve been ported over to DoA yet.

  12. King Daniel
    King Daniel
    September 16, 2017 at 12:06 am | #

    And so Danny goes down on Ethan, but not in the way the readers expected.

    • Marsh Maryrose
      Marsh Maryrose
      September 16, 2017 at 1:04 am | #

      You have won this particular round of Pnwing Teh Internets.

    • ǝ snow ʍousɐ
      ǝ snow ʍousɐ
      September 16, 2017 at 7:26 pm | #

      So close, and yet, so far

  13. Stephen Bierce
    Stephen Bierce
    September 16, 2017 at 12:07 am | #

    …”But Mister Sandman did NOT bring him a dream–he brought a NIGHTMARE!”–Fred Roggin

    • FacelessDeviant
      FacelessDeviant
      September 16, 2017 at 11:00 am | #

      “Dreams of war, dreams of liars. Dreams of dragon’s fire. And of things that will bite.” – James Hetfield

  14. Passchendaele
    Passchendaele
    September 16, 2017 at 12:09 am | #

    Full name: eef annnnnzzzzzsnortzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

  15. Rukdug
    Rukdug
    September 16, 2017 at 12:12 am | #

    And then Amber turns the corner. Because that way we get maximum drama and awkwardness.

    • Zach
      Zach
      September 16, 2017 at 12:33 am | #

      Danny: Threesome?

      They’re the answer to most lust based love triangles, and that’s most triangles.

      • Rukdug
        Rukdug
        September 16, 2017 at 1:06 am | #

        Either that, or Joe will enter the hallway, give Ethan a wink and a thumbs up, and slowly back into the room.

        • MatthewTheLucky
          MatthewTheLucky
          September 16, 2017 at 3:39 pm | #

          Ethan will tell him it’s not what it looks like, Joe will assume Ethan’s trying not to out Danny, agree sarcastically, and push them into the room.

          • ValdVin
            ValdVin
            September 16, 2017 at 11:08 pm | #

            “Matchmaker Joe”, fresh from pushing a couple into a room over in the Walkyverse, tries it here?

            I can see that.

    • Spencer
      Spencer
      September 16, 2017 at 8:29 am | #

      Who cares what Amber thinks?

      • Socks
        Socks
        September 16, 2017 at 11:01 am | #

        Like, her best friend in life and her very recent ex who still cares for her wellbeing, I’m guessing?

        • Spencer
          Spencer
          September 16, 2017 at 1:02 pm | #

          So the guy she abandoned so she could play superhero, and the guy she verbally abused, gaslighted, and tried siccing Dorothy onto.

          • Spencer
            Spencer
            September 16, 2017 at 3:24 pm | #

            Sorry. I shouldn’t have posted this.

            • Inahc
              Inahc
              September 16, 2017 at 5:09 pm | #

              *hugs*

  16. Keulen
    Keulen
    September 16, 2017 at 12:13 am | #

    Come on Danny, it’s only 24 hours without sleep. I’ve gone 38 hours once, that was fun.

    • dunedon
      dunedon
      September 16, 2017 at 12:26 am | #

      my “record” was 74 … i don’t recommend that for anyone … hallucinations can be fun, but not really when you’re not expecting them.

      • Doribi
        Doribi
        September 16, 2017 at 12:39 am | #

        My record is about 4 days, the hallucinations were definitely not fun, I actually have vivid memories of the hallucinations to this day. part of me, now that I am older, wants to see if I can beat that record, but also I know that is a stupid idea, especially when people tend to rely on you to drive.

        • SgtWadeyWilson
          SgtWadeyWilson
          September 16, 2017 at 1:59 am | #

          What you need is a five day vacation and two people who are getting sleep to babysit you just in case.

          • Khyrin
            Khyrin
            September 16, 2017 at 3:25 am | #

            three. that way they can each take eight hour shifts. 8 hours sleep, 8 hours actively watching you, 8 hours of being awake and nearby, in case it takes TWO people to wrestle your sleep-addled body away from the door because you want to dance in the street nude in the middle of winter.

            Yes. This is from experience.

            • SgtWadeyWilson
              SgtWadeyWilson
              September 16, 2017 at 2:33 pm | #

              Well, I can’t argue with experience.

              • Khyrin
                Khyrin
                September 17, 2017 at 7:09 am | #

                To be clear, I was one of the two keeping someone inside.

      • Yumi
        Yumi
        September 16, 2017 at 12:47 am | #

        My record was 58 hours. It was actually pretty enjoyable for the most part. Towards the end of it my eyes stopped really feeling like they were working as eyes, though, so I was like, okay, time to sleep. At the 52nd hour I just felt really connected to things and started crying slightly with joy at how much I loved trees? And I described this experience to a professor of mine, and she was like, “Or you could just do drugs.”

      • Smiling Cat
        Smiling Cat
        September 16, 2017 at 2:08 am | #

        Only 72 hours straight for me, but one week working at the newspaper I managed only seven hours of sleep total. Since I was already pretty unhinged before this, once my boss found out she gave me the next three days off.

      • Svata
        Svata
        September 16, 2017 at 2:18 am | #

        Personal record is only 52 hours. Do NOT recommend it.

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        September 16, 2017 at 8:07 am | #

        Longest I’ve gone is about 52 hours, moving an office and half a server room to prep for renovations. (Taking a sledgehammer to a few carefully chosen desks at the end was cathartic, and enough of an adrenaline bump to get the car home!) It was a blur of coffee and Diet Mountain Dew.

    • Gojira
      Gojira
      September 16, 2017 at 12:49 am | #

      Meth’s a hell of a drug.

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      September 16, 2017 at 4:00 am | #

      What were the colours and shapes dancing in front of your eyes like towards the end of that stint? 😉

    • TGS
      TGS
      September 16, 2017 at 9:21 am | #

      Freshman year. I had an intro to set design class that was half art and half theatre lit. It was taught by the kindest and most twinkly-eyed elf of a professor who, in addition to the more obvious set design sketches for whatever play we were reading, required us to complete a graphic project each week.
      These would not be discussed in class. In fact, these would not actually be required until the end of the semester. But there was at least one per week, and their completion WAS required “before you go home for the summer”.

      Yeah. Methinks in hindsight he may have been a little more mischievous, because I didn’t do a single one of these projects for the entire semester. Until the end, in that weird week where my finals were done but no one left campus. Where I armed myself with caffeine for the first time.

      I awoke at around 10am on Sunday morning. I gathered my paints, brushes, sketchbook, and assignment list. How hard could be?

      I was awake straight through until I turned them in at 8:30 am that Thursday morning. No-Doze, Mountain Dew, and even cofgee (i cant stand coffee) coupled with bouts of slapping my face at regular intervals had pushed me through. I stumbled to breakfast at the dining center around 730 after I finally finished. I looked like Steve Martin at the end of The Jerk, minus the salt and pepper hair and thermos. I remember eating a banana, a bowl of oatmeal, a cup of cottage cheese, and a carton of milk. My friend Jess, who was on the crew team and thus used to being there that early, excitedly came over to say hello. I don’t recall what I said, if anything, or what I smelled like. But I remember her rising and wishing me good luck with a mix of distaste and concern.

      I went back to my room and finally slept after nearly 95 straight hours awake. I would have loved to get those projects back and see how badly they turned out, but I never did.

    • Roborat
      Roborat
      September 19, 2017 at 3:16 pm | #

      In the army, basic training. On a field exercise I went one week, Monday morning to Friday afternoon, on four hours sleep consisting of sporadic bits and pieces. I don’t remember any of it.

  17. Terry
    Terry
    September 16, 2017 at 12:13 am | #

    Old Danny can’t come to the phone right now. Why? Because he’s dead (of sleep deprivation)!

  18. Pablo360
    Pablo360
    September 16, 2017 at 12:13 am | #

    Actual book 8 title: “Now this is just gratuitous”

    • Queen Anthai
      Queen Anthai
      September 16, 2017 at 12:19 am | #

      I like it.

  19. Tacos
    Tacos
    September 16, 2017 at 12:14 am | #

    Oh my.

  20. Scoops
    Scoops
    September 16, 2017 at 12:14 am | #

    Okay, Eef isn’t a book title, but “Now this is just gratuitous” might work.

    • ValdVin
      ValdVin
      September 16, 2017 at 11:55 am | #

      Some comments just work better with a winking avatar!

  21. Marsh Maryrose
    Marsh Maryrose
    September 16, 2017 at 12:16 am | #

    Strange. It’s not like these two have ever been in a compromising position before.

  22. Tamar
    Tamar
    September 16, 2017 at 12:18 am | #

    Ethan: “I wish this were what it looks like.”

  23. Bagge
    Bagge
    September 16, 2017 at 12:21 am | #

    Yeah, it’s still cute
    http://www.dumbingofage.com/2014/comic/book-5/01-when-somebody-loved-me/facedown/

    • SgtWadeyWilson
      SgtWadeyWilson
      September 16, 2017 at 2:07 am | #

      I’m willing to go as far as to say it’s cuter this time.

      (…but that may in no small part be due to a bias I have about hoodies and hats.)

      • Bagge
        Bagge
        September 16, 2017 at 3:03 am | #

        Danny is a cute egg

      • ValdVin
        ValdVin
        September 16, 2017 at 10:09 am | #

        This is very cute, especially Ethan’s last line, but I submit that the smash cut* to Billie face down in Ruth’s chest is funnier.

        (*if I’m using that right)

        • SgtWadeyWilson
          SgtWadeyWilson
          September 16, 2017 at 2:34 pm | #

          It was funnier.

  24. Zach
    Zach
    September 16, 2017 at 12:27 am | #

    Ethan loosing his virginity to Danny will be one hell of a slipshine!
    But how would that ever happen? Danny would never stop asking if he was ok, and Ethan has never even kissed a man before.

    • Yumi
      Yumi
      September 16, 2017 at 12:43 am | #

      I feel like if they do get together, which might be a while from now, they might wait a while to have sex? I don’t know, I just get that sense from them. Danny is so new to realizing he likes guys, and Ethan hasn’t been with anyone before… and I know things went kind of fast with Danny and Amber, but he was with Dorothy for a long time before they had sex. Of course, that was high school, so it’s a bit different.

      I think it would be nice to see a major couple in the comic that waits a while to have sex. With these two, it would be pushing back on the idea that mlm are just looking to jump into bed with someone, those “the average homosexual has over 100 sexual partners” homophobic scare tactics. At the same time, it could be like, okay, but why don’t these two men get a Slipshine like everyone else?

      Basically I don’t know.

      • Spencer
        Spencer
        September 16, 2017 at 8:28 am | #

        Becky and Dina are already waiting. Danny and Ethan aren’t going to just jump into each other’s pants from the word go but they both want sex. It’s ridiculous to expect them to wait out of some hypothetical offending behaviour.

        • Yumi
          Yumi
          September 16, 2017 at 8:57 am | #

          I somehow managed to forget about Becky and Dina, my favorite couple.
          Anyway, I didn’t say I would expect them to wait just because of the stereotype, just that it would be a perspective to take on these two fictional characters’ actions regarding sex.

    • Khyrin
      Khyrin
      September 16, 2017 at 3:29 am | #

      > “Danny would never stop asking if he’s okay…”

      That’s not a bad thing… Perhaps a bit overzealous in maintaining continuous enthusiastic consent, but better safe than traumatized.

  25. Chris Phoenix
    Chris Phoenix
    September 16, 2017 at 12:31 am | #

    “Nah, I’m cool, I got it covfefe”

    • Koms
      Koms
      September 16, 2017 at 12:38 am | #

      Ahahahahh… and now we know

      • ǝ snow ʍousɐ
        ǝ snow ʍousɐ
        September 16, 2017 at 12:46 am | #

        covfefe! that explains evfefe

    • podian
      podian
      September 16, 2017 at 7:37 am | #

      covfeef

      • podian
        podian
        September 16, 2017 at 7:38 am | #

        covfeff*

        • podian
          podian
          September 16, 2017 at 7:39 am | #

          no wait, the first one was correct

          • podian
            podian
            September 16, 2017 at 7:40 am | #

            In unrelated news, I wish that this comment section allowed editing.

            • void
              void
              September 16, 2017 at 12:18 pm | #

              I love that your avatar is just pointing up at your previous comments.

  26. A comic reader
    A comic reader
    September 16, 2017 at 12:32 am | #

    Danny! Ethan! Get [it] together already!

  27. Synnerman
    Synnerman
    September 16, 2017 at 12:45 am | #

    Yay gratuitous!!!

  28. Ryek Hvek
    Ryek Hvek
    September 16, 2017 at 12:59 am | #

    It’s like Danny’s slurring the words to Eep Opp Ork Ah-Ah

    • StClair
      StClair
      September 16, 2017 at 2:02 am | #

      (that means “I Love You”)

  29. RacingTurtle
    RacingTurtle
    September 16, 2017 at 1:10 am | #

    was this strip written entirely around the title “Eef”

    if so, i can respect that

  30. sdrainbow
    sdrainbow
    September 16, 2017 at 1:12 am | #

    When I was in college, I worked as “night security” (really obnoxious air quotes there) in freshman dorms. Basically, my job was to be upright and conscious at the front desk in case someone tried to sneak in late. (freshman had a curfew at my university.)

    For SOME REASON I thought, yeah, it would be a GREAT idea to sign up for 9pm-9am shifts on Saturday and Sunday mornings for three years in a row. I made hella money (well, I made 7 dollars an hour when minimum wage was 5.15) and I got all my homework done, plus tons of video game time, because again: upright, conscious, literally my only two job requirements.

    One time, I picked up an extra shift to cover for someone and ended up being at something like 4 hours of sleep for the entire weekend. When my relief came in Sunday morning, I distinctly remember trying to say “good morning”, but something completely gibberish coming out of my mouth. We both looked concerned. I tried again, and again: gibberish.

    I’ve never really tried to push my staying-awake limits since then, even though I’m working nights again at a big boy job. It was pretty scary being unable to form coherent words.

    • Shade
      Shade
      September 16, 2017 at 11:45 am | #

      Oh man I’ve been there, overnight shift at McDonald’s 11 till 7 was doing five nights a week at one point. Can’t really remember too much from that time lack of sleep does that aparently but I can assemble a big mac from muscle memory to this day. The pay was crazy though, it was like a $17 an hour in USD plus penalty rates between 1 AM and 5 AM, then the Sunday bonus. But I could never go back to that job, wasn’t worth it. I was either working or sleeping.

  31. Raen
    Raen
    September 16, 2017 at 1:39 am | #

    And I only just noticed this chapter is named for a Bowie song.

    …does Ethan have a guitar?

    (Then again, it ought to be a Mormon going down on the guitar; page Agatha.)

  32. Gojira
    Gojira
    September 16, 2017 at 1:43 am | #

    In the unreleased 7th panel, Danny is performing fallacio to Ethan and Ethan is saying “Oh for God’s sake!”

    • OnyxIdol
      OnyxIdol
      September 16, 2017 at 2:06 am | #

      Fallacio? Is that, like pointing out someone’s fallacies 😛 ?

      • SgtWadeyWilson
        SgtWadeyWilson
        September 16, 2017 at 2:11 am | #

        More like pointing out their phallusies. Am I right?

        (Okay… I’m a little sorry. “Am I right?” was totally uncalled for.)

  33. Badgermole
    Badgermole
    September 16, 2017 at 2:13 am | #

    Danny has the gentlest wiped-out face (panel 4). And Eef needs to take him to the nearest bed and tuck him in.

    • StClair
      StClair
      September 16, 2017 at 4:30 pm | #

      note: that’s “tuck”. Tuck him in.

      • Chump
        Chump
        September 17, 2017 at 1:58 pm | #

        “Why when I say ‘f’ you say ‘k’?” falsely attributed to Soupy Sales

  34. Kamino Neko
    Kamino Neko
    September 16, 2017 at 2:30 am | #

    He is a nice slice of Eefcake, that’s for sure.

  35. BenRG
    BenRG
    September 16, 2017 at 2:31 am | #

    Well, I think that we can cross Danny off the list of anyone who might do anything useful… or anything at all today! Good thing it’s a Sunday!

  36. J. A. J.
    J. A. J.
    September 16, 2017 at 2:34 am | #

    Okay, we’re nicknamin’ him Eef now.

    • StClair
      StClair
      September 16, 2017 at 4:48 pm | #

      the Tome of the Dumbing of Age tells of the coming of the Second Eef.

  37. Eldritch Gentleman
    Eldritch Gentleman
    September 16, 2017 at 3:02 am | #

    Jojo music just started to play in my head…

  38. Emoroffle
    Emoroffle
    September 16, 2017 at 3:13 am | #

    This ship is great, lets hope the seas aren’t rough ahead.

  39. Leorale
    Leorale
    September 16, 2017 at 5:14 am | #

    He’s a Good Eef.

  40. darkoneko
    darkoneko
    September 16, 2017 at 5:36 am | #

    hahahhahahahhahaha XD

  41. Korvalus
    Korvalus
    September 16, 2017 at 7:55 am | #

    Don’t worry Ethan, the squeeing of shipping fangirls will awake him in no time.

    …

    Aaaany time now…

    …

    Okay, just call Joyce. That would suffice.

  42. Ryek Hvek
    Ryek Hvek
    September 16, 2017 at 8:50 am | #

    Sleep avoidance can be something of a gateway to lucid dreaming, if you can manage to stay alert when you finally decide to put your head down and snooze.

    • Cephalo the Pod
      Cephalo the Pod
      September 16, 2017 at 11:56 am | #

      Can’t it also be a gateway to sleep paralysis?

      • Ryek Hvek
        Ryek Hvek
        September 16, 2017 at 12:47 pm | #

        Yes it can be, although that is not so terrifying as it is made out to be, if you can simply accept that the mechanism of your body is shutting down.

        • Egg
          Egg
          September 16, 2017 at 2:38 pm | #

          Eh, it’s pretty terrifying when you have something obstructing your breathing and you’re aware that you have something obstructing your breathing but you can’t do a thing about it. Sure, you’ll probably wake up for reals before it actually becomes life-threatening, but…

  43. Ainara
    Ainara
    September 16, 2017 at 9:23 am | #

    Can’t blame him, Ethan DOES look like he’d make for a pretty comfy pillow

    • Eldritch Gentleman
      Eldritch Gentleman
      September 16, 2017 at 1:00 pm | #

      I can see Joyce fantasising about being surrounded by Ethan and Jacob’s muscle pillows in all their splendid naked glory.

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      September 16, 2017 at 1:02 pm | #

      In Danny’s condition, I think that the statue at the centre of the fountain would probably look like a comfy pillow!

  44. John the Fat of Great Burgundy
    John the Fat of Great Burgundy
    September 16, 2017 at 10:11 am | #

    As prone as Danny is to Dan it up, I gotta say he is doing things quite right here.

  45. Danni
    Danni
    September 16, 2017 at 2:09 pm | #

    good night danny

    • Jhon
      Jhon
      September 17, 2017 at 12:28 am | #

      Good night.

  46. JAIME
    JAIME
    September 16, 2017 at 2:28 pm | #

    As a college freshman that pulls one all-nighter almost every week (and two in this one!), I know the feeling. You go to college at 8 AM feeling great and telling yourself that you’re not going to sleep in class, then that 10AM class with the half-lit room and the monotonous teacher comes and proves the contrary.
    Never stayed up more than 48 hours yet, though. Most of my sleep deprivation is out of dumb, not necessity.

  47. Vulcanodon
    Vulcanodon
    September 16, 2017 at 3:02 pm | #

    My freshman year, I got a job working the night shift at a 7-11, and I still made the Dean’s list. Of course, the dean has two lists, and I was on the one you don’t want to be on.

    • SgtWadeyWilson
      SgtWadeyWilson
      September 16, 2017 at 3:47 pm | #

      Dean Claus?

    • Remmington Steele
      Remmington Steele
      September 16, 2017 at 5:05 pm | #

      Double double secret probation?

      • Vulcanodon
        Vulcanodon
        September 16, 2017 at 7:55 pm | #

        Just plain old academic probation. It’s a kind of dean’s list, right?

  48. Kijoda
    Kijoda
    September 16, 2017 at 3:24 pm | #

    Just seeing who my avatar is

    • Kijoda
      Kijoda
      September 16, 2017 at 3:26 pm | #

      Yeah that seems about right

  49. Forest Firefox
    Forest Firefox
    September 16, 2017 at 5:21 pm | #

    Firefox on Mac cannot access this website. “Unable to connect.” I haven’t found another website with this issue. Any ideas?

    • Jhon
      Jhon
      September 17, 2017 at 12:33 am | #

      Try power cycllng your router.
      It usually helps for me.

  50. Koboldnation
    Koboldnation
    September 16, 2017 at 6:28 pm | #

    Pulled alot of allnighters in school and at university, was the only way i would ever get papers done :p never got Danny level tired though, just got really cranky.

  51. Hilzabub
    Hilzabub
    September 16, 2017 at 10:54 pm | #

    Eef, meet Neil. Bob may be coming along later.

  52. Roborat
    Roborat
    September 19, 2017 at 3:13 pm | #

    Surprised Ethan isn’t glaring at the author in the last panel.

  53. Passchendaele
    Passchendaele
    October 14, 2017 at 11:39 am | #

    Hardcore sleeping (please never let me explain this pun)!

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