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Grayverse

by David M Willis on March 22, 2021 at 12:01 am
  • 03 – See You in the Funny Page
└ Tags: dorothy, joyce, julia gray, president doris

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  1. Kyrik Michalowski
    Kyrik Michalowski
    March 22, 2021 at 12:04 am | #

    Dorothy will show you how it is done Joyce. Which makes me feel that Joyce will get the spot as comic writer.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      March 22, 2021 at 12:06 am | #

      Daisy: Joyce, why does your comic contain a 4000 word essay on income inequality?

      Joyce: Because 4000 is all my co-writer could fit in the gutters between the panels…She has some really fine-tipped pens.

      • HeySo
        HeySo
        March 22, 2021 at 3:02 am | #

        Mmm-mmm-mm.
        That there are some fine tips on those there pens.

  2. Sirksome
    Sirksome
    March 22, 2021 at 12:04 am | #

    If Dorothy gets involved in this my head will explode at the distribution of work toward payment ratio!

  3. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    March 22, 2021 at 12:04 am | #

    hooray for Design by Committee

    eventually both comics are handed off until they are drawn exclusively by Carla(‘s art automaton) and Mary

  4. RassilonTDavros
    RassilonTDavros
    March 22, 2021 at 12:04 am | #

    JoyDot teamup! Yay!

  5. Thag Simmons
    Thag Simmons
    March 22, 2021 at 12:05 am | #

    Did anyone have money on Joyce/Dorothy as a possible collab?

    • Dean
      Dean
      March 22, 2021 at 12:09 am | #

      Maybe in a Slipshine.

      • Bryy
        Bryy
        March 22, 2021 at 12:11 am | #

        heyo

      • BarerMender
        BarerMender
        March 22, 2021 at 1:04 am | #

        I’ve never been big on girl-girl porn, but I might sign up for Joyce on Dorothy.

        • Needfuldoer
          Needfuldoer
          March 22, 2021 at 7:45 am | #

          April Fool’s a few years ago.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      March 22, 2021 at 12:11 am | #

      Hmmm, so both Joyce and Walky wind up recruiting more sensible people to help them.

      I’m gonna bet on the dark horse outcome and say that at the end Dorothy and Lucy both get fed up with the bullshit, collaborate together, and create an awesome comic.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      March 22, 2021 at 12:19 am | #

      “collab” ah is that what they’re calling it nowadays? :3

  6. BBCC
    BBCC
    March 22, 2021 at 12:06 am | #

    Ohhhh, this is gonna be hilarious.

  7. TrueVCU
    TrueVCU
    March 22, 2021 at 12:07 am | #

    Editorial mode: activate

  8. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    March 22, 2021 at 12:10 am | #

    https://imgur.com/KB9QCga
    I drew another thing. Starring Jen n Lucy who I DEFINITELY remembered are roommates.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      March 22, 2021 at 12:11 am | #

      Real talk I just have been in the mood for drawin’ big honkin’ boobs and B-Jennifer is my go to in that regard. though I’d be up for takin’ a crack at other DOA gals too if y’all have a request

      • He Who Abides
        He Who Abides
        March 22, 2021 at 12:19 am | #

        Wife saw that, says to me “I’m so glad you don’t care about those”.

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          March 22, 2021 at 12:22 am | #

          It’s a curse. I’m obsessed. Don’t be like me. And if you are like me, stop it.

          • Chris Phoenix
            Chris Phoenix
            March 22, 2021 at 1:54 am | #

            https://www.girlswithslingshots.com/comic/gws-chaser-1560

            • Yotomoe
              Yotomoe
              March 22, 2021 at 1:59 am | #

              Gosh, Jamie from GWS was a pretty big comic crush of mine back in the day. For…obvious reasons. It’s crazy to think that I’ve never drawn her.

      • Varangian
        Varangian
        March 22, 2021 at 3:28 am | #

        1.) Lucy, c’mon, this is GOOD ADVICE. LISTEN TO JENNIFER. Even if you don’t have all her talent, what you got can win!

        2.) I know it’s a basic answer but some Amber content is always nice, for a request

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          March 22, 2021 at 3:36 am | #

          It’s funny Amber was who I originally wanted to draw, although I may have to do a flashback Amber cuz she’s kinda intense right now. Then again I could probably figure something out. 😛

          • Varangian
            Varangian
            March 22, 2021 at 6:52 pm | #

            Oh, absolutely, flashback or “what if Walky and Amber worked out their issues and got their bone on” or something.

      • Delicious Taffy
        Delicious Taffy
        March 22, 2021 at 4:38 am | #

        If you’re open to requests, might I suggest Ruth? She’s not especially stacked, though.

      • Jhon
        Jhon
        March 22, 2021 at 1:39 pm | #

        Draw NightGirl!

    • Sporky
      Sporky
      March 22, 2021 at 1:30 am | #

      You’re finally back with more fanart? It’s been 84 years…..

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        March 22, 2021 at 1:44 am | #

        I did one of Robin like 4 days ago too
        https://imgur.com/a/QgoXQbK (NSFW). Don’t get used to it. I’m just doing it so people will compliment me.

        • ktbear
          ktbear
          March 22, 2021 at 2:55 am | #

          I hope its working, thats very good.

          • Yotomoe
            Yotomoe
            March 22, 2021 at 3:04 am | #

            It is now :3

        • RowenMorland
          RowenMorland
          March 22, 2021 at 2:17 pm | #

          That does seem to have been drawn directly from one Leslie’s daydreams.

    • milu
      milu
      March 22, 2021 at 3:35 am | #

      Awww cute! It really is commendable how you straight up remembered that Lucy and Jennifer live together as opposed to having randomly drawn them together. Well done

      Why is Jennifer all sweaty? Not that there needs to be a reason.

      You ask for requests? How about some Marcie & Malaya?

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        March 22, 2021 at 3:38 am | #

        My logic is that Jen was wearing a jacket outside but then she walked into the dorms which have a lotta people and central heating and slowly started getting a bit hot until she made it to the room. Y’know to facilitate the jacket removal.

    • Keulen
      Keulen
      March 22, 2021 at 5:07 am | #

      Nicely done, and definitely cute. I forgot Lucy and Jennifer are roommates.

    • ValdVin
      ValdVin
      March 22, 2021 at 8:19 am | #

      Gonna upvote it in advance even though I’m at work and some of your best stuff is NSFW.

    • Spencer
      Spencer
      March 22, 2021 at 12:06 pm | #

      Let Lucy Say Golly

  9. Stephen Bierce
    Stephen Bierce
    March 22, 2021 at 12:13 am | #

    *plays The Grateful Dead’s “Touch of Grey” on the hacked Muzak*

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      March 22, 2021 at 10:07 am | #

      Always thought that Julia Grey
      Was kind OP anyway
      That was all I had to say, hope
      It’s all right

  10. butts
    butts
    March 22, 2021 at 12:19 am | #

    that was easy!

  11. Regalli
    Regalli
    March 22, 2021 at 12:29 am | #

    This continues being a beautiful meta loop, thank you.

    So yeah, Dorothy the other known comics and cartoons afficionado is either going to be amazing at this or a shitshow.

    … So uh. How about Jennifer deciding her only way into the paper is by drawing the exploits of Ronnie, Sassy Reporter and Superheroine, who gives you campus news with a side of superhero action and she just so happens to have a (tasteful, not at all transparently an attempt to appeal to the editor) cleavage window?

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      March 22, 2021 at 12:36 am | #

      I think Jen’s attention is too focused on her no good very bad plan to hook up her boss with her ex

      • Regalli
        Regalli
        March 22, 2021 at 9:19 am | #

        She’s got (probably) all week. That gives us time for the Daisy-Ruth hookup to be an immediate disaster and Jennifer to reassess.

  12. Bicycle Bill
    Bicycle Bill
    March 22, 2021 at 12:30 am | #

    Has Joyce mentioned a title for her comic?  Might I suggest “Fifty Shades of Gray”… ?  Then, since Joe is no longer with us, let’s see which one of the cast has the heart to burst her bubble by telling her about the book of the same name.

    • RassilonTDavros
      RassilonTDavros
      March 22, 2021 at 12:45 am | #

      …Joe is still alive, last I checked.

      • Bicycle Bill
        Bicycle Bill
        March 22, 2021 at 1:26 am | #

        You’re right … I meant Mike.

      • HeySo
        HeySo
        March 22, 2021 at 3:01 am | #

        Oh, you checked, did you?
        :marks in another roman numeral on Joe’s “Done” tracker:

  13. Lingo
    Lingo
    March 22, 2021 at 12:40 am | #

    Take it from Willis, Joyce: the best way to start a comic is with a poop joke.

    • Chris Phoenix
      Chris Phoenix
      March 22, 2021 at 1:56 am | #

      Not only that, the next-to-last panel of the first strip of this comic has no dialog.

  14. The Archivist
    The Archivist
    March 22, 2021 at 12:40 am | #

    Love the detail of the anime side mouths.

  15. Michael Steamweed
    Michael Steamweed
    March 22, 2021 at 12:44 am | #

    10/10; would read for the next 20 years.

  16. Bagge
    Bagge
    March 22, 2021 at 1:21 am | #

    Dorothy is going in!

    • Clif
      Clif
      March 22, 2021 at 1:54 am | #

      Here we go.

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      March 22, 2021 at 4:02 am | #

      I’m expecting the acceptance letter from Yale, Harvard or whatever Ivy League school it is to come up and for Dorothy to start getting really agitated at the thought that Joyce just sees her in terms of her political ambitions. Joyce doesn’t see her that way, of course but it’s the impression that Dorothy fears and Joyce has inadvertently reinforced the impression that it is currently choking their friendship and will ultimately ruin it.

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      March 22, 2021 at 10:21 am | #

      Question is, is she gonna go around the front, or over the top?

      • Clif
        Clif
        March 22, 2021 at 10:54 pm | #

        Always go over the top.

  17. Ohmsford
    Ohmsford
    March 22, 2021 at 1:29 am | #

    Damn, if I had known the trick to getting the job you want was to introduce yourself that way I’d have introduced myself as “Future Spider-man” years ago

    • HeySo
      HeySo
      March 22, 2021 at 2:59 am | #

      You know what they say..
      Be the change you wish to see.
      Don’t put off till tomorrow, what you can do today.
      Spider-man it up now, before it’s too late.

      • Bicycle Bill
        Bicycle Bill
        March 22, 2021 at 3:12 am | #

        There is only one you. You are a unique individual, and no one else can be you. So you should always be yourself.

        Unless you can be Batman. Then always be Batman.

        • RassilonTDavros
          RassilonTDavros
          March 22, 2021 at 4:21 pm | #

          Bold of you to assume I can’t be myself and be Batman.

    • King Daniel
      King Daniel
      March 22, 2021 at 4:35 am | #

      But does Spider-Man get paid for being Spider-Man? Therefore, it’s not a job! QED.

      • Fist_of_Life
        Fist_of_Life
        March 22, 2021 at 7:55 am | #

        He gets paid to take pictures of himself being Spider-Man. I think that would qualify him being Spider-Man as his job, albeit in a roundabout way.

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      March 22, 2021 at 8:53 am | #

      Unfortunately that won’t get you the superhero gig, but instead the Spider equivalent to a cat lady

  18. beige
    beige
    March 22, 2021 at 1:56 am | #

    well Joyce, the issue’s clear… you forgot the panel without words 😉

  19. Kravis
    Kravis
    March 22, 2021 at 2:05 am | #

    It’s the lesbian kiss.

  20. Aggrax
    Aggrax
    March 22, 2021 at 2:33 am | #

    *reads it as Gravyverse* welp that’s what it is to me for the rest of time.

  21. BenRG
    BenRG
    March 22, 2021 at 3:06 am | #

    Something tells me that this script session is going to rapidly go beyond a discussion of Joyce’s writing technique and into feelings. Most importantly, not just Julia and Doris’s feelings.

    • Delicious Taffy
      Delicious Taffy
      March 22, 2021 at 4:41 am | #

      Their clearly platonic feelings, of course.

    • RassilonTDavros
      RassilonTDavros
      March 22, 2021 at 4:18 pm | #

      I think it’s pretty clear that Joyce has at least some romantic feelings for Dorothy that she either hasn’t fully recognized or is in deep denial over, and I really hope that she comes to a point where she’s able to confess her feelings to her. What’s less clear to me is whether Dorothy would feel the same way. She told Walky that she “loved Joyce”, but given that she was talking about how “love evolves” and how she would always love Walky in some way even if they broke up, it’s not entirely clear what “loving Joyce” means to her. She also told Danny the day after that exchange that as far as she could tell she was a zero on the Kinsey scale, though a) she acknowledged that her estimate might change and b) there’s a lot of stuff the Kinsey scale doesn’t take into account.

  22. Varangian
    Varangian
    March 22, 2021 at 3:29 am | #

    Confession: I voted Walky in the poll and I regret it like hell. Willis, never stop dunking on Roomies. This is amazing.

    • King Daniel
      King Daniel
      March 22, 2021 at 4:37 am | #

      Too late – if Walky gets the job, we all know who to blame

    • aelfwine
      aelfwine
      March 22, 2021 at 4:37 am | #

      I didn’t even notice there was a poll about it.

      I kinda hope Willis doesn’t actually go by the poll’s results. Walky seems to be winning there, and that’s a travesty.

      • AmazingKMan
        AmazingKMan
        March 22, 2021 at 7:39 am | #

        Considering Willis had already written and drawn the next few months worth of comics, I don’t think that’s very likely – which is good because I’m starting to root for Joyce too 😄

      • Thag Simmons
        Thag Simmons
        March 22, 2021 at 7:56 am | #

        I don’t think these polls are used for determining major story beats

    • Keulen
      Keulen
      March 22, 2021 at 4:58 am | #

      I’m enjoying seeing Joyce’s comic strip idea, but I still kinda hope Walky gets it since he seems to need something sorta productive like this more than Joyce does.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      March 22, 2021 at 5:14 am | #

      I voted walky because I’m always rooting for that cheeseball. I regret nothing, I hope he gets the job.

  23. General Tekno
    General Tekno
    March 22, 2021 at 3:47 am | #

    Me, the pedantic fool: “Shouldn’t it not be ‘Grayverse’, but rather named after a character who has yet to be introduced into the comic?

    “Also, why do I hear the sound of a truck backing up behind me?”

    • a/snow/mous/e
      a/snow/mous/e
      March 22, 2021 at 8:19 pm | #

      walky was racing his sportscar along the highway when he veers into the other lane in the path of a monster truck…
      suddenly miracuwoman swoops in on a jetpack and uses her super strength to push him out of the way. she yells “DERIVE YOUR INTEGRAL. NO REFUNDS!” into her megaphone before the truck hits her.
      she’s fine cuz superpowers though

      • a/snow/mous/e
        a/snow/mous/e
        March 22, 2021 at 8:23 pm | #

        people ask miracuwoman what she meant to say and she’s like “idk, i couldn’t think of anything. but it sounded cool, right?”

  24. Barf Ninjason
    Barf Ninjason
    March 22, 2021 at 7:00 am | #

    This is really building anticipation for Walky’s comic about the guy who every day he farts and rides a T-Rex.

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      March 22, 2021 at 9:47 am | #

      JOYCE: “Where’s your comic, Walky?”

      WALKY: “I… I still haven’t finished the first strip.”

      JOYCE: “What? Dorothy and I are plotting out season 2 of my comic! What happened?”

      WALKY (looks down in shame): “I… I couldn’t decide on what to call the dinosaur, let alone on whether he farts too.”

  25. Sombrero
    Sombrero
    March 22, 2021 at 7:57 am | #

    How come I didn’t notice the “Brown” signature in yesterday’s strip?

    • a/snow/mous/e
      a/snow/mous/e
      March 22, 2021 at 8:21 pm | #

      because it was next to shadows and in the corner?

  26. Fist_of_Life
    Fist_of_Life
    March 22, 2021 at 8:05 am | #

    Joyce is responsible for Julia’s character, and Dorothy is responsible for Doris. I assume both of them will be a tiny bit autobiographical. So, how long will it take for them to realize that they are essentially writing a fan-fic of themselves?

    • Hampsterpig
      Hampsterpig
      March 22, 2021 at 1:43 pm | #

      Dorothy already knows. Joyce is in denial about it.

      • Devin
        Devin
        March 22, 2021 at 3:35 pm | #

        I dunno, I think Joyce is perfectly aware of it but just doesn’t want to admit it.

    • Heather
      Heather
      March 22, 2021 at 2:37 pm | #

      Dorothy knows from the beginning. Joyce? About the same time she suggests the two characters should kiss.

  27. BenRG
    BenRG
    March 22, 2021 at 8:09 am | #

    I am just wondering if Julia could have been more ‘Hello, stranger, I am immediately attracted to you’ in her body language?

  28. Hydrohead
    Hydrohead
    March 22, 2021 at 8:51 am | #

    Joyce’s art is surprisingly reminiscent of a student comic that actually ran in my school paper at ASU back in the early 2000s. Joe Bowen I think was the artist/writer.

  29. Deanatay
    Deanatay
    March 22, 2021 at 10:19 am | #

    “UNTIL I’m President”? So, Doris plans to cut Julia loose after the election? Harsh, but then that’s politics for ya…

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      March 22, 2021 at 10:35 am | #

      I think that it’s just pretty bad foreshadowing.

      I get the impression that Julia and Doris’s friendship basically couldn’t survive the chain of command. When Doris becomes president (and Julia’s commander-in-chief) they’ll not be able get over that formal distance and relationship.

      • Devin
        Devin
        March 22, 2021 at 3:36 pm | #

        I read it as just an awkward shoehorning of another reminder that Doris’ defining characteristic is that she’s going to be the President, but all of this is entirely possible.

    • Sombrero
      Sombrero
      March 22, 2021 at 5:55 pm | #

      The walls separating the diverse metafictional realities are so bent that seepage is going through: Doris is alerting Joyce through Julia that her friendship with Dorothy may not survive after she transfers to Yale.

      Once Dorothy gets the message (as she will, she’s so bright) a hole will be open to alternate universes and a dinosaur will come out of it, farted by a giant monkey.

      • Regalli
        Regalli
        March 22, 2021 at 7:02 pm | #

        And then:

        SOGGIES MAY RULE.

  30. Rabisch
    Rabisch
    March 22, 2021 at 10:21 am | #

    Is Joyce and Dorothy’s friendship in danger???

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      March 24, 2021 at 11:07 am | #

      Gotta have tension, dude.

  31. Needfuldoer
    Needfuldoer
    March 22, 2021 at 11:20 am | #

    Don’t burn through all your worldbuilding and backstory too fast, Joyce. You might have to make Julia start fighting aliens or something right after graduation if you’re not careful.

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      March 22, 2021 at 11:55 am | #

      For extra pathos, have the invasion happen during Julia’s wedding to her college crush, Jonathan (Jacob expy) and her to be this stone-hearted warrior from then on. Then you can entertain yourself with Doris trying to find “the loving woman I once knew” inside humanity’s sword and shield.

      • a/snow/mous/e
        a/snow/mous/e
        March 22, 2021 at 8:25 pm | #

        oh no, do we need another set of J names for joe, jacob, and julia gray’s siblings??

      • Kamino Neko
        Kamino Neko
        March 22, 2021 at 11:54 pm | #

        Jacob can’t become Jonathan. Jonathan is the sibling Joyce hates. (He can’t share either other sibling’s name (not even Joss’s deadname), either, because that’d be weird.)

        • a/snow/mous/e
          a/snow/mous/e
          March 23, 2021 at 12:21 am | #

          i think that’s john

  32. RassilonTDavros
    RassilonTDavros
    March 22, 2021 at 1:14 pm | #

    Plot twist: this is all just Willis relearning how to draw the Roomies! artstyle in preparation for next year’s 25th Anniversary Slipshine.

  33. Brooks Flugaur-Leavitt
    Brooks Flugaur-Leavitt
    March 22, 2021 at 1:40 pm | #

    I read that as Gravyverse. And now I’m kind of disappointed it isn’t that!

    • Devin
      Devin
      March 22, 2021 at 3:36 pm | #

      Soggies may rule…

  34. Eldritchy
    Eldritchy
    March 22, 2021 at 2:46 pm | #

    So what happens when Doris becomes the President? Do they get into giant mechas and go at each other because Doris betrayed the principles of Democracy or something?

  35. TheFlamingonator
    TheFlamingonator
    March 22, 2021 at 2:59 pm | #

    Doris becomes president and Julia becomes the First Bestie Of the President

  36. bcb
    bcb
    March 22, 2021 at 3:18 pm | #

    But remember Joyce: even though NOW you’re thinking of Julia as the autobiographical character, when you do the reboot the autobio character will be the one who was obsessed with Julia romantically in the original!

    • a/snow/mous/e
      a/snow/mous/e
      March 22, 2021 at 8:07 pm | #

      her stalker Denny

  37. Mister Gray
    Mister Gray
    March 22, 2021 at 8:54 pm | #

    wow, this feels like a blast from the past. Reminds me of Willis’s early work.

    • Clif
      Clif
      March 22, 2021 at 11:07 pm | #

      No resemblance at all. Brown is clearly a much better artist.

  38. Agemegos
    Agemegos
    March 24, 2021 at 6:17 am | #

    I have just realised that Space Force is a real thing now, and not just a feature of the Hollywood sci-fi consensus.

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