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It’s me

by David M Willis on November 5, 2012 at 12:01 am
  • 06 - Strange Beerfellows
└ Tags: ethan, joyce

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  1. David Herbert
    David Herbert
    November 5, 2012 at 12:02 am | #

    He’s come to tell her he’s a vampire.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      November 5, 2012 at 12:03 am | #

      and that he has been watching her while she sleeps…

      • NCP19
        NCP19
        November 5, 2012 at 12:05 am | #

        He feels…protective of her.

        • Wonder Wig
          Wonder Wig
          November 5, 2012 at 12:13 am | #

          “What was our math homework?”

          • Aizat
            Aizat
            November 5, 2012 at 12:14 am | #

            “Pages 14 through 25. Due tomorrow.”

            • TPman
              TPman
              November 5, 2012 at 12:23 am | #

              “Thanks. I totally forgot.”
              “Okay. Goodbye.”

              • Ziaheart
                Ziaheart
                November 5, 2012 at 3:09 am | #

                Is that actually what happened in the book?

                • iRamble
                  iRamble
                  November 5, 2012 at 3:06 pm | #

                  No it isn’t. That’s fairly well written and funny. None of that is in those books.

                • Ziaheart
                  Ziaheart
                  November 6, 2012 at 3:02 am | #

                  Seeing as how we find out what Bella’s mother looks like before we find out what Bella looks like and her mother’s described as
                  looking “just like me except longer hair” when we don’t even know what Bella looks like to begin with… I gotta say I don’t trust your account of events.

                • Somebody
                  Somebody
                  November 13, 2012 at 10:23 pm | #

                  It should have…

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        November 5, 2012 at 12:09 am | #

        She’s so cute when she sleeps. Occasionally she recites bible verses.

        • wererat
          wererat
          November 5, 2012 at 3:04 am | #

          actually, that might be cannon…

          • Drunken Nordmann
            Drunken Nordmann
            November 5, 2012 at 5:34 am | #

            And now I have to imagine Joyce as a bible verse-shooting cannon.

            • ShadowWing Tronix
              ShadowWing Tronix
              November 5, 2012 at 10:24 am | #

              She’s a Transformer?

              • Drunken Nordmann
                Drunken Nordmann
                November 6, 2012 at 12:51 am | #

                Maybe?

              • RandomPerson12
                RandomPerson12
                November 5, 2014 at 6:27 am | #

                Well, I guess that would be another reason for Ethan to hide his homosexuality in order to date her.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      November 5, 2012 at 12:06 am | #

      Vampires don’t tell their victims they’re vampires. They just take their victims away to their castle.

      • Historyman68
        Historyman68
        November 5, 2012 at 1:17 am | #

        Is this a Castlevania reference?

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          November 5, 2012 at 2:42 am | #

          Yes.

    • tom
      tom
      November 5, 2012 at 10:28 pm | #

      Don’t you mean “batman”?

    • Somebody
      Somebody
      November 13, 2012 at 10:19 pm | #

      That’s what should have happened.

    • BrokenEye, True False Prophet
      BrokenEye, True False Prophet
      September 18, 2015 at 10:57 pm | #

      But I thought he was a Greaser

  2. Wonder Wig
    Wonder Wig
    November 5, 2012 at 12:03 am | #

    Ethan is The Rake. O_O

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      November 5, 2012 at 12:08 am | #

      Or worse, Jeff.

      • BrokenEye, True False Prophet
        BrokenEye, True False Prophet
        September 18, 2015 at 10:53 pm | #

        That goofy-looking cartoony-faced dude who looks like he was in a freak Photoshop accident? Are people actually able to take that guy seriously enough to be afraid of him?

    • Liam
      Liam
      November 5, 2012 at 3:20 am | #

      I think Joe is already the resident Rake.

    • Liam
      Liam
      November 5, 2012 at 3:20 am | #

      I think Joe is already the resident Rake. Obviously Ethan is the Dandy.

    • Kaci
      Kaci
      November 5, 2012 at 4:30 am | #

      the only rake Ethan is, is the kind that piles up leaves.

      Or in his case, dudes.

      • Spazman
        Spazman
        November 6, 2012 at 3:44 am | #

        you guys are talking about rakes, and all I’m thinking of is the Shortpacked Batman comic where he keeps stepping on rakes.

        heh heh heh….

  3. Lumino
    Lumino
    November 5, 2012 at 12:03 am | #

    Dreaming.

    • Rebecca
      Rebecca
      November 5, 2012 at 5:56 pm | #

      My thoughts exactly. I think Joyce is going to have a sexy dream.

  4. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    November 5, 2012 at 12:04 am | #

    I am here to warn you that three ghosts will tell you the error of your waaaaaaays.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      November 5, 2012 at 12:10 am | #

      Uh, Ebenezer’s is on the other wing.

    • Maycroft
      Maycroft
      November 5, 2012 at 7:17 am | #

      Ghost of gayness pass: Harvey Milk.

      • BrokenEye, True False Prophet
        BrokenEye, True False Prophet
        September 18, 2015 at 10:53 pm | #

        Ghost of gayness future: Jack Harkness

  5. Tristan J
    Tristan J
    November 5, 2012 at 12:04 am | #

    “It’s a-me!”

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      November 5, 2012 at 12:17 am | #

      “Mario!”

      “Uncle Mario?”

    • fellixe
      fellixe
      November 5, 2012 at 3:05 am | #

      “Thank you for saving me, but your prince is in another castle!”

      • Kaci
        Kaci
        November 5, 2012 at 4:31 am | #

        “Do you have any pie instead?”

        • Bradytown
          Bradytown
          November 5, 2012 at 9:45 pm | #

          Or how about some sex “cake”

  6. Ragnal
    Ragnal
    November 5, 2012 at 12:04 am | #

    I’m putting money on:

    -It’s a dream
    -It’s Mike in a wig

    • NCP19
      NCP19
      November 5, 2012 at 12:04 am | #

      I thought it was Faz at first…despite him not showing up in DoA yet (I think?)

      • Wack'd
        Wack'd
        November 5, 2012 at 12:25 am | #

        Guys, Ethan is tagged. The tags don’t lie.

        • Historyman68
          Historyman68
          November 5, 2012 at 1:18 am | #

          But sometimes they… omit the truth

      • Kaci
        Kaci
        November 5, 2012 at 4:28 am | #

        it’s still Faz, in spirit.

    • Steven
      Steven
      November 5, 2012 at 12:08 am | #

      I’ll place a bet on the former.
      It’s going to be a nightmare. I can see it coming.

      • showler
        showler
        November 5, 2012 at 9:00 am | #

        Sex dream.

        So…same thing as far as Joyce is concerned.

        • Steven
          Steven
          November 6, 2012 at 8:17 am | #

          Well, next page is indicating this.
          However, I was more going with “Raped because of the subliminal fears she gained after the party.”

  7. Confuzor
    Confuzor
    November 5, 2012 at 12:04 am | #

    So how soon until Sarah wakes up and cracks his kneecaps with a baseball bat?

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      November 5, 2012 at 12:11 am | #

      I’m just imagining Ethan having to crawl out, knee cap less.

      • Resne
        Resne
        November 5, 2012 at 2:00 am | #

        Sarah would wake up, look at Ethan, go “Bout damn time,” roll over and go back to sleep.

        • Raoullefere
          Raoullefere
          November 5, 2012 at 2:33 am | #

          Or request time to fetch some popcorn, since this oughta be memorable.

        • Spazman
          Spazman
          November 6, 2012 at 3:46 am | #

          “Marshall, it’s physics. If the top bunk moves, the bottom bunk moves too.”

      • Jim
        Jim
        November 5, 2012 at 5:19 am | #

        I’m sure he always wears knee-pads.

        • I.care.0
          I.care.0
          November 5, 2012 at 1:27 pm | #

          You don’t take out your kneecaps when they crack?

          Weird. ‘-‘

  8. Aizat
    Aizat
    November 5, 2012 at 12:05 am | #

    Cue the porno music.

    • Raoullefere
      Raoullefere
      November 5, 2012 at 2:37 am | #

      Haaall-e-lui-Ah! Haaall-e-lui-Ah! Halleluiah! Halleluiah! Hall-e-lui-ah!
      (gimme a beat!)
      Hal-chick-bow-Haw e-lu-ya Hal-chick-bow-Haw e-lu-ya…

      • wererat
        wererat
        November 5, 2012 at 3:06 am | #

        i would watch the fuck out of a porno with that music.

      • Dragon
        Dragon
        November 5, 2012 at 4:25 am | #

        YES!

        • Drunken Nordmann
          Drunken Nordmann
          November 5, 2012 at 5:42 am | #

          Didn’t they use “Hallelujah” in Watchmen?

          • Raoullefere
            Raoullefere
            November 6, 2012 at 2:55 am | #

            Nah, that was Len Cohen’s. This is from Handel’s Messiah.

            Joyce could probably tell you all about it.

  9. thomas0comer
    thomas0comer
    November 5, 2012 at 12:05 am | #

    “Joyce, this is my room. Yours is in the other wing.”

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      November 5, 2012 at 12:07 am | #

      +1 Like

    • Kernanator
      Kernanator
      November 5, 2012 at 12:19 am | #

      Ahaha, excellent.

    • Mogotoo
      Mogotoo
      November 5, 2012 at 12:32 pm | #

      We never did see the two part ways.

  10. Joe H
    Joe H
    November 5, 2012 at 12:07 am | #

    Lying about not being gay, being super creepy and breaking into girls’ rooms… Yeah, Ethan is totally on a roll with the good decisions.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      November 5, 2012 at 12:15 am | #

      Sorry but Mike told me the only way out of this relationship is to kill you.

      • Geegles
        Geegles
        November 5, 2012 at 12:27 am | #

        More like Mike told me the only way out of this relationship is to sleep with your mom. For a nickel.

        • some dude
          some dude
          November 5, 2012 at 3:08 am | #

          no, the best way out of this relationship is to trick the other guy with feelings for her to sleep with her mom and give her an audio recording of the “deed”

          • Usayasha
            Usayasha
            November 5, 2012 at 4:48 pm | #

            Unless you edit and splice the moans and the bangs until the form a sound rather similar to the phrase, “Will you marry me?” I hear that gets ALL the ladies.

    • Valdrax
      Valdrax
      November 5, 2012 at 12:28 am | #

      Okay, well now that’s three for three for this being some sort of Twilight reference.

  11. Steven
    Steven
    November 5, 2012 at 12:07 am | #

    This is. . . . this won’t end well. It’s about time we see the true extent of her trauma.

  12. wooskie
    wooskie
    November 5, 2012 at 12:08 am | #

    your creepy halloween strip was five days late, jesus christ

    • Jesus
      Jesus
      November 5, 2012 at 12:31 am | #

      You rang?

      • David
        David M Willis
        November 5, 2012 at 12:32 am | #

        jesus is sal, who knew

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          November 5, 2012 at 12:49 am | #

          Jesus is Amazi-Girl?

          • DaJoshMaster
            DaJoshMaster
            November 5, 2012 at 4:15 am | #

            But Amazi-Girl is Galasso!

            • Joe_Doe
              Joe_Doe
              November 5, 2012 at 9:52 am | #

              Therefore Sal is Galasso!

              • I.care.0
                I.care.0
                November 5, 2012 at 1:30 pm | #

                Does Galasso weights as much as a duck?

                • Regalli
                  Regalli
                  November 5, 2012 at 3:41 pm | #

                  Depends, is he wearing the chef hat?

                • Robin
                  Robin
                  November 6, 2012 at 6:15 am | #

                  Galasso turned me into a newt!

                  …

                  I’m better now.

                • I.care.0
                  I.care.0
                  November 7, 2012 at 2:23 pm | #

                  You “got better”, I guess?

        • Jetstream
          Jetstream
          November 5, 2012 at 1:55 am | #

          No no, that’s not Jesus. That’s Jesus, Christian Martial Artist!

          • Aizat
            Aizat
            November 5, 2012 at 5:13 am | #

            I thought it was Jesus the bowling ball player.

          • Chronos
            Chronos
            November 5, 2012 at 6:20 am | #

            So *that’s* what the CMA awards are for…

        • Mogotoo
          Mogotoo
          November 5, 2012 at 12:35 pm | #

          But, if Sal is Jesus…then that would make Mrs. Walkerton God!

        • Mogotoo
          Mogotoo
          November 5, 2012 at 12:36 pm | #

          Also, no wonder Joyce admires Sal so much.

        • thomas0comer
          thomas0comer
          November 6, 2012 at 12:13 am | #

          Everyone is Jesus in Purgatory.

  13. Sporky
    Sporky
    November 5, 2012 at 12:08 am | #

    We can’t see his face. How do we know he’s not an IMPOSTER???

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      November 5, 2012 at 12:15 am | #

      His eyes are in fact where his mouth should be, and vice-versa.

  14. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    November 5, 2012 at 12:09 am | #

    “I have a terrible confession, that I know will disappoint you and make it impossible for us to continue our relationship. I’m really…Amazi-Girl.”

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      November 5, 2012 at 12:13 am | #

      Then, a zebra in a trench coat with the voice of Macho Man Randy Savage bursts through the walls and yells “OH YEAH!!!”.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      November 5, 2012 at 12:50 am | #

      Oh my gosh! You’re not gonna believe this but I’m secretly….DANNY!

      • Liam
        Liam
        November 5, 2012 at 3:24 am | #

        And suddenly Ethan finds himself the one who wants what he can’t have, and Danny is just playing along.

  15. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    November 5, 2012 at 12:12 am | #

    Theory: Ethan is Basement Cat.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      November 5, 2012 at 12:30 am | #

      And since I theorized Joyce is Ceiling Cat, does that mean they’ll fight soon?

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        November 5, 2012 at 2:51 am | #

        YES, all we need now is Long Cat to appear to referee.

        • thomas0comer
          thomas0comer
          November 6, 2012 at 12:29 am | #

          Sorry, longcat couldn’t fit in the elevator. Instead we have keyboard cat.

  16. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    November 5, 2012 at 12:12 am | #

    Don’t tell me: even her subconscious knows he’s gay?

  17. Regalli
    Regalli
    November 5, 2012 at 12:13 am | #

    There are only two ways this can end.

    Neither of them is pretty. And I’m pretty sure both of them include the bat.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      November 5, 2012 at 12:16 am | #

      Ethan’s Batman? Not since my discovery of Super Robot Wars had my mind had been blown.

      • Regalli
        Regalli
        November 5, 2012 at 12:24 am | #

        What, you didn’t know Ethan can breathe in space?

  18. Onomatopoeia
    Onomatopoeia
    November 5, 2012 at 12:15 am | #

    Boiyoiyoing.

    • Originalslugboy
      Originalslugboy
      November 5, 2012 at 5:04 am | #

      That is one weird alarm clock Joyce has.

  19. otusasio451
    otusasio451
    November 5, 2012 at 12:16 am | #

    This cannot end well. Or it could end fine. I honestly don’t know, just guessing here.

  20. Uniqueantique
    Uniqueantique
    November 5, 2012 at 12:17 am | #

    I don’t believe it, wouldn’t be Ethan unless he’s sleepwalking. Whoever that is, he’s in major trouble, you can just feel it coming from Sarah’s room.

  21. Solace
    Solace
    November 5, 2012 at 12:18 am | #

    Wonder how he got in there?

  22. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    November 5, 2012 at 12:19 am | #

    I’m Batma-Ethan.

  23. Aizat
    Aizat
    November 5, 2012 at 12:24 am | #

    It’s DDP?

    • Dragon
      Dragon
      November 5, 2012 at 4:27 am | #

      Self high five?

      • Aizat
        Aizat
        November 5, 2012 at 5:05 am | #

        FINALLY! Someone who got the reference.

        • MLBlue
          MLBlue
          November 5, 2012 at 7:05 pm | #

          Thats not a bad thing, Thats a good thing!

  24. Aizat
    Aizat
    November 5, 2012 at 12:29 am | #

    Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      November 5, 2012 at 2:52 am | #

      Caught in a landslide. No escape from reality…

      • Kernanator
        Kernanator
        November 5, 2012 at 3:02 am | #

        Open your eyes, look up to the skies and see…

        • Grayven
          Grayven
          November 5, 2012 at 3:46 am | #

          I’m just a gay boy, I need no sympathy…

        • AsimovSideburns
          AsimovSideburns
          November 5, 2012 at 4:15 am | #

          I’m just a poor boy, I need no sympathy

          • Aizat
            Aizat
            November 5, 2012 at 5:08 am | #

            Because I’m easy come, easy go

            • Jimmy
              Jimmy
              November 5, 2012 at 7:08 am | #

              Little high little low

              • Aizat
                Aizat
                November 5, 2012 at 8:02 am | #

                Any way the winds blow doesn’t really matter to me, to me

                • ADHadh
                  ADHadh
                  November 5, 2012 at 9:14 am | #

                  Ice is back with my brand new invention!

                • Jimmy
                  Jimmy
                  November 5, 2012 at 11:27 am | #

                  ADHadh karaoke fail! :((

        • DaJoshMaster
          DaJoshMaster
          November 5, 2012 at 4:26 am | #

          I’m just a poor boy, I need no sympathy…

  25. Rex Hondo
    Rex Hondo
    November 5, 2012 at 12:29 am | #

    “I’m drunk enough to imagine you’re Mike. Let’s do this thing.”

  26. bunivasal
    bunivasal
    November 5, 2012 at 12:30 am | #

    So what’s gonna happen. Will he admit he’s gay, to her horror? Will he admit he’s gay, to her embarrassment? Will he admit he’s gay, to her arousal?

    I have no idea why, but I want Joyce to bang someone this time around. Just go totes bananaboats for scrotes.

    • Matt
      Matt
      November 5, 2012 at 1:17 am | #

      Well she did bang someone before. Just took her all the way up until the night before the Martian invasion…

  27. Wack'd
    Wack'd
    November 5, 2012 at 12:32 am | #

    Ethan knows Joyce likes Twilight!

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      November 5, 2012 at 12:33 am | #

      Joyce likes Twilight? Somehow I doubt it.

      • David
        David M Willis
        November 5, 2012 at 12:34 am | #

        http://www.dumbingofage.com/tag/twilight/

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          November 5, 2012 at 12:37 am | #

          Oh right, that………I kinda forgot about that,

          • AsimovSideburns
            AsimovSideburns
            November 5, 2012 at 4:17 am | #

            The ability to suppress information is a wonderful tool of the human mind

  28. Aizat
    Aizat
    November 5, 2012 at 12:32 am | #

    I used to have a dream like this. Only instead of Ethan, it’s a hot, psychotic, axe-wielding lady.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      November 5, 2012 at 12:51 am | #

      Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeres JENNY!

      • Aizat
        Aizat
        November 5, 2012 at 5:08 am | #

        Nah, she just wakey wakey in a menacing tone.

  29. bunivasal
    bunivasal
    November 5, 2012 at 12:36 am | #

    Wait, Dave. Is… is this a Joyce sex dream?

    Hahaha, buckle up!

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      November 5, 2012 at 12:52 am | #

      A sex dream for Joyce is holding hands and occaisonally making eye contact and giggling.

      • Kernanator
        Kernanator
        November 5, 2012 at 1:31 am | #

        Holding hands? Eye contact? How scandalous!

        • Roborat
          Roborat
          November 5, 2012 at 5:09 pm | #

          And maybe she will show . . . some ankle! Oh gasp!

  30. LBD "Nytetrayn"
    LBD "Nytetrayn"
    November 5, 2012 at 12:45 am | #

    Somehow, that doesn’t look like Ethan. The hair just doesn’t seem right…

    • Raoullefere
      Raoullefere
      November 5, 2012 at 2:39 am | #

      Mike in an Ethan wig?

  31. Historyman68
    Historyman68
    November 5, 2012 at 12:56 am | #

    I’m expecting this is Pintsize with Ethan’s face taped on.

    • Raticate5
      Raticate5
      November 5, 2012 at 9:47 am | #

      it’s harder than it looks

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        November 5, 2012 at 9:55 am | #

        So is Joe.

        • Roborat
          Roborat
          November 5, 2012 at 5:14 pm | #

          And there it is.

  32. MR C
    MR C
    November 5, 2012 at 1:01 am | #

    either there’s about to be a long awkward talk about coming out of the closet, or going in deeper using religion

    or it’s time for someone to take joyce to the bone zone

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      November 5, 2012 at 9:59 am | #

      If Ethan goes much deeper he’ll be come a gay within a gay. Gayception.

      • MR C
        MR C
        November 5, 2012 at 12:30 pm | #

        actually i believe that a gay within a gay is just called sex

        *badum tsss*

  33. Cholma
    Cholma
    November 5, 2012 at 1:04 am | #

    “Are you there, God Joyce? It’s me, Ethan.”

  34. Matt
    Matt
    November 5, 2012 at 1:18 am | #

    Ethan’s going to pray the gay away. With his penis.

    • Maycroft
      Maycroft
      November 5, 2012 at 7:20 am | #

      for a nickel.

      • MR C
        MR C
        November 5, 2012 at 12:30 pm | #

        with your mothers

        • XMD
          XMD
          November 5, 2012 at 12:45 pm | #

          FAAAAACCCEEE

        • Mancuso
          Mancuso
          November 5, 2012 at 2:20 pm | #

          Hahaaaaa, Mikes! Mikes everywhere!

  35. slicedtoad
    slicedtoad
    November 5, 2012 at 1:28 am | #

    Why are her eyes glowing?

    • L
      L
      November 5, 2012 at 1:39 am | #

      That freaked me out a little too, it’s she’s got natural nightvision. Oh wait, don’t we all? XD

    • Jetstream
      Jetstream
      November 5, 2012 at 1:59 am | #

      She’s overdoing the Spice?

      • Raoullefere
        Raoullefere
        November 5, 2012 at 2:46 am | #

        Dude… Ethan Siegal… Closet Person

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        November 5, 2012 at 2:54 am | #

        Spice makes your eyes go blue not green.

        • HiEv
          HiEv
          November 5, 2012 at 4:45 am | #

          I’d say Joyce’s eyes are more of a cyan color.

          (Though, if you want to get technical, the name for the color #77C2C3 is “Monte Carlo”, and it’s right on the fine edge between green and blue.)

          • Plasma Mongoose
            Plasma Mongoose
            November 5, 2012 at 4:05 pm | #

            Someone discovered the Colour Name & Hue identifier I see. 😀

            • HiEv
              HiEv
              November 6, 2012 at 1:18 am | #

              I’m a computer programmer with a specialization in 2D computer graphics.

              So… yeah. I know all sorts of handy computer graphics stuff.

    • darcos0
      darcos0
      November 5, 2012 at 2:17 am | #

      glowing? pshhh, you atheists don’t know how much you can be filled with God’s love.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        November 5, 2012 at 2:56 am | #

        God’s love is phosphorescent in nature? Who knew!

        • L
          L
          November 5, 2012 at 5:02 am | #

          So a lightsaber is just God being really happy to see you?

          • MR C
            MR C
            November 5, 2012 at 12:31 pm | #

            don’t lightsabers make everybody happy (you know, until they cut through you

      • begbert2
        begbert2
        November 5, 2012 at 3:33 pm | #

        Oh we’re aware of it, but usually the subsequent messy explosion happens quicker than this.

      • Hotsauce
        Hotsauce
        December 10, 2012 at 11:43 am | #

        You call your penis “god’s love”, don’t you? 😉

    • HiEv
      HiEv
      November 5, 2012 at 4:36 am | #

      Good to see that I’m not the only one who thought that. 😛

    • Pinja
      Pinja
      November 5, 2012 at 7:17 am | #

      She used to be a member of SOLDIER

    • Kamino Neko
      Kamino Neko
      November 5, 2012 at 8:13 pm | #

      Oh, thank the GODDESS, I am not the only one who saw this.

  36. AliaPie
    AliaPie
    November 5, 2012 at 1:55 am | #

    That’s not creepy at all…

  37. Deemah
    Deemah
    November 5, 2012 at 2:08 am | #

    I see everyone made the same jokes I already was going to make, I’m going to shortpacked I guess

  38. shoeboxjeddy
    shoeboxjeddy
    November 5, 2012 at 2:52 am | #

    Hoping it’s a True Blood style sex dream. Believing its just Ethan being an idiot (how the hey did he get in there?)

  39. EspanolBot
    EspanolBot
    November 5, 2012 at 3:09 am | #

    Yup, breaking into the room of a girl who survived an attempted rape a few(?) days ago as she sleeps. This will surely go well.

  40. ReFlex76
    ReFlex76
    November 5, 2012 at 4:06 am | #

    Let’s see:
    – Very against character for Ethan.
    – A little too much like Twilight (so I hear).
    – That look on Joyce’s face.

    Yeah, put me with Team It’s a Dream.

    Soon to be a wet dream, apparently.

  41. AsimovSideburns
    AsimovSideburns
    November 5, 2012 at 4:20 am | #

    That jawline… Definitely Joe.

    Calling it now.

    • Wack'd
      Wack'd
      November 5, 2012 at 4:25 am | #

      Joe and Ethan have the same square jaw…

      • Karlaof
        Karlaof
        November 5, 2012 at 8:34 am | #

        Good old jewish genes.

        • ADHadh
          ADHadh
          November 5, 2012 at 9:15 am | #

          *Jawish.

        • Wack'd
          Wack'd
          November 5, 2012 at 10:07 am | #

          I’m Jewish. I wish I had a jawline that square.

        • Historyman68
          Historyman68
          November 5, 2012 at 12:12 pm | #

          It’s the Jew Bear!

  42. Dr.Z
    Dr.Z
    November 5, 2012 at 5:23 am | #

    Creeeeeeeepy.

    And odd for even Ethan. Hm.

  43. Arturo
    Arturo
    November 5, 2012 at 6:23 am | #

    This week in: “Dramatic Confessions!”

  44. Pinja
    Pinja
    November 5, 2012 at 7:22 am | #

    Please dear God let this be a sex dream and not Ethan unwisely confessing.

    Also let Sarah allow him to get out of there with his knees intact if it isn’t.

    • Rin
      Rin
      November 5, 2012 at 7:46 am | #

      Amen

  45. Tenn
    Tenn
    November 5, 2012 at 7:56 am | #

    Like various other people, I think it’s significant that we can’t see Ethan’s FAAAAAAAACE.

    Maybe… because it’s been RIPPED OFF!

    Oh, yeah. Halloween – last week. Got it.

  46. Phillip Wilde
    Phillip Wilde
    November 5, 2012 at 10:06 am | #

    Who’s willing to wager that that t-shirt is all he is wearing?

    • Roborat
      Roborat
      November 5, 2012 at 5:13 pm | #

      If it is, Sarah is going to get an eyeful.

  47. Jack
    Jack
    November 5, 2012 at 11:05 am | #

    “I’m here to have gay pre-marital sex with you. It’s all your parents’ nightmares at once!”

    • Skyboatpilot
      Skyboatpilot
      November 5, 2012 at 7:24 pm | #

      If her parents are anything like they are in the last universe, they wouldn’t mind that as much as you’d think.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      November 5, 2012 at 7:28 pm | #

      The only way I can think of that allows a man and woman to have gay sex together is good old-fashioned sodomy.

      • Jack
        Jack
        November 6, 2012 at 3:40 pm | #

        Since when did homophobia make sense?

  48. Ulstem
    Ulstem
    November 5, 2012 at 12:05 pm | #

    Wow, Joyce’s eyes make her look like she has been using a bit too much spice in her food.

  49. theantiwesley
    theantiwesley
    November 5, 2012 at 1:47 pm | #

    Yay! I got a package filled with some microscopic love from Ohio today! I don’t know who will be in it, but I’m just thrilled!
    Now I have a little bit of Willis’ SOUL! (and it cost me more than a nickel, so it should be much better than doing your mom!)

    • theantiwesley
      theantiwesley
      November 5, 2012 at 1:50 pm | #

      It’s Amazi-Girl! W00t! Still, not owner of my heart and liver, Billie, but still. 😉 Thank you, Easter Bunny! Bawk bawk!

  50. 13thprotector
    13thprotector
    November 5, 2012 at 2:02 pm | #

    Blue eyes that glow in the dark…. hnnn.

  51. jendra
    jendra
    November 5, 2012 at 2:09 pm | #

    A little off topic, but I have never read your comics and Something Positive back to back until today and realized that there are two blond Mikes out there. Therefore, please Willis, for the love of nerds do a another crossover with Randy Milholland where the two Mikes meet.

    • Spazman
      Spazman
      November 6, 2012 at 3:54 am | #

      seriously? They’re both dicks, but Willis’ Mike will kick S*P Mike in the nards.

      to say hello.

      Things will degenerate from there, after, well, need I elaborate on S*P Mike’s mom?

  52. Volkai
    Volkai
    November 5, 2012 at 10:03 pm | #

    I have no idea where this is going.

    I love the fact that I have no idea where this is going. I have plenty of guesses but each one seems to be equally (un)likely.

    What’s the opposite of a DYW! moment?

  53. someguywithakatana
    someguywithakatana
    November 5, 2012 at 11:02 pm | #

    “It’s me…Ethan…

    I’m Batman…”

    Anyone? Just me?

  54. RobHagen
    RobHagen
    November 5, 2012 at 11:07 pm | #

    Interesting to see where this goes. Nice effect with Joyce’s eyes in the low light of the room. Very nice.

  55. Broggly
    Broggly
    November 6, 2012 at 3:43 pm | #

    Are you there Joyce? It’s me, Ethan.

  56. Falconata
    Falconata
    July 5, 2013 at 8:16 am | #

    Her eyes glow at night….

    • BrokenEye, True False Prophet
      BrokenEye, True False Prophet
      September 18, 2015 at 10:54 pm | #

      She’s secretly part cat

Who should be the default doodle for Book 14?

  • Jennifer (30%, 740 Votes)
  • Danny (11%, 274 Votes)
  • Jason (9%, 217 Votes)
  • Ethan (12%, 285 Votes)
  • Amber (27%, 663 Votes)
  • Jacob (12%, 295 Votes)

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