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October 20, 2026

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  1. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    July 17, 2024 at 12:02 am | # | Reply

    Okay, who here, just for a millisecond, thought that Ethan walked in with a second head?

    • Slartibeast Button, BIA
      Slartibeast Button, BIA
      July 17, 2024 at 12:05 am | # | Reply

      He is running for President of the Galaxy.

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        July 17, 2024 at 12:07 am | # | Reply

        Ethan’s just this guy, you know…

      • Mollyscribbles
        Mollyscribbles
        July 17, 2024 at 1:07 am | # | Reply

        Total hoopy frood.

    • Straximus
      Straximus
      July 17, 2024 at 12:09 am | # | Reply

      OH THANK GOD. I’m not the only one…

      • Vanessa
        Vanessa
        July 17, 2024 at 12:32 am | # | Reply

        Matching haircuts, how cute!

    • Kim
      Kim
      July 17, 2024 at 12:50 am | # | Reply

      Absolutely!!

    • M!a
      M!a
      July 17, 2024 at 1:11 am | # | Reply

      o/

    • hastur
      hastur
      July 17, 2024 at 1:56 am | # | Reply

      I mean, Ethan can sort of be pronounced like ettin…

    • Amós Batista
      Amós Batista
      July 17, 2024 at 3:17 am | # | Reply

      Edit the last pic and remove Ethan’s head: surprise Naughty Asher

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      July 17, 2024 at 3:23 am | # | Reply

      He said he’s up for a dorm party!

      I mean, they said it.

      Both of him said it.

    • Radiance
      Radiance
      July 17, 2024 at 4:07 am | # | Reply

      Ah yes, Ethan Ja Ja.

      • Jahu
        Jahu
        July 17, 2024 at 11:08 am | # | Reply

        ♪ TIME ♪

        ♪ NO MORE ONCE UPON A TIME ♪

    • Felian
      Felian
      July 17, 2024 at 6:15 am | # | Reply

      haha me too

    • Rabid Rabbit
      Rabid Rabbit
      July 17, 2024 at 7:35 am | # | Reply

      No, but it did take me half a second to realize that those were Ethan’s hands in his pockets, not Asher’s.

    • Anna
      Anna
      July 18, 2024 at 12:55 pm | # | Reply

      I will admit to this.

  2. Throwatron
    Throwatron
    July 17, 2024 at 12:03 am | # | Reply

    okay

    okay

    im beginning to realize those yaoi people are onto something, goddamn

    • Nono
      Nono
      July 17, 2024 at 12:12 am | # | Reply

      My inner fanfiction guy is going to be riding hard off Jacob saying he brought a plus one.

      “This is my boyfriend, Ethan, and his boyfriend, Asher.”

      • Switchchris
        Switchchris
        July 17, 2024 at 12:16 am | # | Reply

        Ethan is slowly transforming into his final form, Wallace from Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. He will eventually become married to a person who works at Nintendo.

        • Schpoonman
          Schpoonman
          July 17, 2024 at 12:18 am | # | Reply

          Jennifer: “Ethan! Again!?”

        • Proxiehunter
          Proxiehunter
          July 17, 2024 at 12:22 am | # | Reply

          So you’re saying Asher gets a job at Nintendo in the future?

          • Nono
            Nono
            July 17, 2024 at 12:25 am | # | Reply

            Well I’m sure Ethan’s playing with his joystick.

        • Doctor_Who
          Doctor_Who
          July 17, 2024 at 12:23 am | # | Reply

          Booster kinda reminds me of Wallace, with their habit of being present just to provide color commentary and be a bit of a pest.

          Incidentally, I have decided that Booster is voiced by Brandon Rogers of Helluva Boss, and will be taking no questions at this time.

          • Dante
            Dante
            July 17, 2024 at 1:17 am | # | Reply

            You know what? I can so see it o.o

          • GLaDOS
            GLaDOS
            July 17, 2024 at 3:49 pm | # | Reply

            But do they have a pet dog called Gromit and a taste for cheese?

    • Dante
      Dante
      July 17, 2024 at 1:25 am | # | Reply

      Tell us more about this epiphany :3c

      • Kim
        Kim
        July 17, 2024 at 5:18 am | # | Reply

        Secondemanded!

    • Kazuma Taichi
      Kazuma Taichi
      July 17, 2024 at 4:11 pm | # | Reply

      I could almost see we’re they’re coming from, but then I ask myself “what if they were all women?” and find myself staying in the yuri camp where I belong

  3. Wraithy2773
    Wraithy2773
    July 17, 2024 at 12:04 am | # | Reply

    Has Danny met Asher before? I’m suddenly very interested in seeing Asher come across him and Sal, if only to see how awkward Sal will be over it all :D.

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      July 17, 2024 at 12:05 am | # | Reply

      I don’t know if Danny knows Asher exists at this poibt

    • cbwroses
      cbwroses
      July 17, 2024 at 12:14 am | # | Reply

      The only other time they were in a strip together was when Blaine was killed at the hospital, and they were in two separate locations.

      So it’s entirely possible that Danny has never heard of Asher.

      Asher knows of Danny’s existence in that he knows there’s a math nerd dating Sal, from when it was brought up at brunch (about a week ago in story).

      • Mancuso
        Mancuso
        July 17, 2024 at 5:31 pm | # | Reply

        So, back in about 2018 irt is what you mean.

    • Dante
      Dante
      July 17, 2024 at 1:28 am | # | Reply

      Oh, I need them to interact now. I wanna see what Danny’s impeccable bisexual rizz does to Asher.

      His ukulele failboy dork ways haven’t failed him yet.

      • Wraithy2773
        Wraithy2773
        July 17, 2024 at 9:47 am | # | Reply

        I mean, that’d be interesting too, but I’m more curious about what Asher thinks about Sal happily being with such a failboy dork, and maybe a return of Sal’s own self-conscious awkwardness about being so happy with said failboy dork. 😀

    • elebenty
      elebenty
      July 17, 2024 at 3:54 pm | # | Reply

      I’m just waiting for Billie. All the chickens are coming home to roost party.

  4. shadowcell
    shadowcell
    July 17, 2024 at 12:04 am | # | Reply

    “i’m up for this because he’s up in this”

    • True Survivor
      True Survivor
      July 17, 2024 at 12:08 am | # | Reply

      “I’m in because, he’s in”

  5. Animedingo
    Animedingo
    July 17, 2024 at 12:04 am | # | Reply

    How big is this room

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      July 17, 2024 at 12:06 am | # | Reply

      Oh, it doesn’t matter. I’ve attended parties of 20+ in a double dorm room.

      You get to know your fellow partiers really well.

    • Slartibeast Button, BIA
      Slartibeast Button, BIA
      July 17, 2024 at 12:13 am | # | Reply

      It is dimensionally transcendent.

    • Dante
      Dante
      July 17, 2024 at 1:19 am | # | Reply

      I have a feeling that if it the room gets too small, they could be split between both rooms, united by their half-bath.

      But I’ve been to parties like this. Several times. I still don’t know how we made them happen.

    • Nymph
      Nymph
      July 17, 2024 at 1:31 am | # | Reply

      Big enough for the story.

      • Dante
        Dante
        July 17, 2024 at 2:17 am | # | Reply

        Joyce’s was perfectly serviceable for the Halloween party last time :33

    • anon
      anon
      July 17, 2024 at 1:33 am | # | Reply

      considering how much ppl pay in tuition i’d hope the room space would be generous but i can imagine ethan/asher awkward ending up in the same corner as sal and amber lol. dunno if she’ll have a fight/flight response to it or take pics later as reference (even tho she more writes slashfic than draws doujins but you never know)

      • Mr. Random
        Mr. Random
        July 17, 2024 at 5:11 am | # | Reply

        …. Have you been to college yet?
        I’m genuinely sure my dorm room was built to match the dimensions of a prison cell, with the cinderblocks (though painted) to match.

    • eh, whatever
      eh, whatever
      July 17, 2024 at 3:52 am | # | Reply

      It’s bigger on the inside!

      (Shame on Doctor_Who.)

  6. gears
    gears
    July 17, 2024 at 12:05 am | # | Reply

    Oh. Oh no. This is going to be an absolute fustercluck.

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      July 17, 2024 at 12:06 am | # | Reply

      it already kinda was

    • jeffepp
      jeffepp
      July 17, 2024 at 12:20 am | # | Reply

      This is why Booster is here.

      • Coatl
        Coatl
        July 17, 2024 at 12:27 am | # | Reply

        Booster will always take advantage of those kinds of moments

        • Vanessa
          Vanessa
          July 17, 2024 at 12:34 am | # | Reply

          Booster invited Billie.

          • staszu13
            staszu13
            July 17, 2024 at 2:18 am | # | Reply

            I can just see her reaction now: Momentary surprise, then: “Hmph! I don’t care. Doesn’t matter to me.”
            Sarah: Jennifer, that’s your third Cup already.
            Jennifer: So, pour me another. And my name is Billie.

            • Michael Steamweed
              Michael Steamweed
              July 17, 2024 at 7:34 am | # | Reply

              I am here for the return of Billie!

      • pope suburban
        pope suburban
        July 17, 2024 at 12:59 am | # | Reply

        I am hot and cold on Booster, but this…this is exactly the kind of situation I love them in most. I am not sure what they will do, but by god, they’ll do it. And it will be glorious.

    • Jahu
      Jahu
      July 17, 2024 at 11:06 am | # | Reply

      And I am SO excited for it

  7. Sirksome
    Sirksome
    July 17, 2024 at 12:05 am | # | Reply

    How big are these dorm rooms? I feel like this is already getting claustrophobic.

  8. Alongcameaspider
    Alongcameaspider
    July 17, 2024 at 12:05 am | # | Reply

    I’m not sure they have enough alcohol for this

    Also what are the odds Jennifer shows up and causes drama seeing Ethan and Asher together?

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      July 17, 2024 at 12:06 am | # | Reply

      Statistically significant

      • Clif
        Clif
        July 17, 2024 at 12:14 am | # | Reply

        She’s bringing the extra alcohol.

        • Proxiehunter
          Proxiehunter
          July 17, 2024 at 12:24 am | # | Reply

          Yeah but not for sharing. That’s her personal supply for the night.

          • Sirksome
            Sirksome
            July 17, 2024 at 1:03 am | # | Reply

            This would actually be really sad. Jen’s sober and her turning back to drink would be relapsing from her one positive character growth. Unlike Ruth, Jen considers herself an alcoholic so this party would be pretty bad for her.

            • thejeff
              thejeff
              July 17, 2024 at 8:59 am | # | Reply

              Really hoping, even if it doesn’t get mentioned, that everyone who might have considered it realized that inviting Jennifer to a party whose purpose is to consume a big jug of booze would be bad form.

          • Miri
            Miri
            July 17, 2024 at 2:39 am | # | Reply

            Well you can’t really expect Dina to steal enough to get her buzzed, she has small arms…

      • Vanessa
        Vanessa
        July 17, 2024 at 12:34 am | # | Reply

        100%

    • Nono
      Nono
      July 17, 2024 at 12:13 am | # | Reply

      What reason does she have to show up? Even if she’s going to yell at Asher, she doesn’t know he’s here.

      The only reason would be if she’s looking for Amber or Dina… or Dorothy and she hears the commotion since it’s next door.

      • DailyBrad
        DailyBrad
        July 17, 2024 at 12:20 am | # | Reply

        It’s not impossible, but given she’s ostensibly on the wagon, inviting her would be… kind of fucked up, so I sort of hope no one invited her.

        • Vanessa
          Vanessa
          July 17, 2024 at 12:38 am | # | Reply

          She knows these people and used to hang out with them. Oh no is that ex of Jacob’s going to show up with Billie/Jennifer? Asher’s ex with Jacob’s ex and Walky’s ex too. That would maximize the drama.

        • thejeff
          thejeff
          July 17, 2024 at 9:14 am | # | Reply

          Wouldn’t be too surprising if she heard about it and showed up or had the word passed by someone who didn’t realize that the whole point was to drink Dina’s booze.
          But yeah, her actually being invited by someone who knew what was up would be a problem.

      • brionl
        brionl
        July 17, 2024 at 1:55 am | # | Reply

        Jennifer shows up looking for Lucy.

        • Dante
          Dante
          July 17, 2024 at 2:21 am | # | Reply

          Lucy may have told her herself, even

      • DashWallkick
        DashWallkick
        July 17, 2024 at 3:43 am | # | Reply

        She hasn’t been in the comic much lately, but we’re setting up for the “you’ve been pushing me away” drop so it doesn’t have to involve alcohol. It could just be her hearing some noise and thinking “maybe Raidah was right and I should try to get Asher back” but then the desire for drama overpowers her when she sees the two hunks making out.

      • Michael Steamweed
        Michael Steamweed
        July 17, 2024 at 7:36 am | # | Reply

        Hell, maybe Booster invited (or at least informed) her. To add to the trainwreckiness.

    • Adam Black
      Adam Black
      July 17, 2024 at 2:49 am | # | Reply

      Jennifer > thinks she does a 3some with Asher and Ethan,

      wakes up with Dorothy and Walky.

  9. Grimey
    Grimey
    July 17, 2024 at 12:06 am | # | Reply

    Place your bets on whether we get a time skip and the relationship dynamics have shattered again or we get to find out who fucks everything up here.

    • StClair
      StClair
      July 17, 2024 at 12:07 am | # | Reply

      Well, Dina and Becky are already fucking so

      • Dana
        Dana
        July 17, 2024 at 12:27 am | # | Reply

        Yeah, but that’s not fucking up, that’s getting down.

    • Amós Batista
      Amós Batista
      July 17, 2024 at 5:36 pm | # | Reply

      Of course, not Joyce and Joe, because they are still a thing on previews.

  10. AY
    AY
    July 17, 2024 at 12:06 am | # | Reply

    I didn’t think this would actually be a trainwreck until the last panel. Oh, naive me of one minute ago…

    • anon
      anon
      July 17, 2024 at 1:35 am | # | Reply

      at least no one at the party’s some obnoxious influencer that will make scenes from the party go viral lol

      • Mano308gts
        Mano308gts
        July 17, 2024 at 4:24 am | # | Reply

        obnoxious influencers do not seem to exist in the dumbingverse, probably as a consequence of the fact that the artist is old enough for them to be an entirely foreign concept to his college experience.

  11. Kyrik Michalowski
    Kyrik Michalowski
    July 17, 2024 at 12:06 am | # | Reply

    Today’s comic is up unusually quickly; did something happen while I was gone?

    Also I feel like having Ethan, and Asher there is going to cause some drama; which every good party needs so I’m glad to see them at the party.

    • Cattleprod
      Cattleprod
      July 17, 2024 at 12:09 am | # | Reply

      I *think* that what happens is the the website’s time slowly gets out of sync and that’s why the comics seem to get later, and periodically someone slaps it like the Fonz to reset it.

      • Vanessa
        Vanessa
        July 17, 2024 at 12:40 am | # | Reply
        • Vanessa
          Vanessa
          July 17, 2024 at 12:41 am | # | Reply

          I meant to say, “gif of Russian astronaut wackin a spaceship with a hammer”

          • Steelbright
            Steelbright
            July 17, 2024 at 1:11 am | # | Reply

            Oops accidental report i thought that was a link to an actual gif

          • eh, whatever
            eh, whatever
            July 17, 2024 at 4:02 am | # | Reply

            cosmonaut – that’s why the link didn’t work

      • Reltzik
        Reltzik
        July 17, 2024 at 12:49 am | # | Reply

        The most recent slap being, what, something like a week or two ago?

  12. darkoneko
    darkoneko
    July 17, 2024 at 12:07 am | # | Reply

    [jump around squeeing] Billiefer will definitely stumble here later

  13. cbwroses
    cbwroses
    July 17, 2024 at 12:07 am | # | Reply

    A two headed Ethan appeared!

  14. Nono
    Nono
    July 17, 2024 at 12:07 am | # | Reply

    Take your pick which blows up first:

    Asher vs Sal

    Asher vs Amber

    Asher vs Walky

    Booster vs Dorothy

    Jacob vs Joyce

    Jacob vs Lucy?

    • Coatl
      Coatl
      July 17, 2024 at 12:15 am | # | Reply

      The most likely one is Sal or Amber, since in the end it is against Asher.

      Booster loves to annoy everyone, he’ll go out of his way to annoy Dorothy, I’m afraid it’s likely, but Booster has a range of possibilities with everyone else, so yes, Booster is going to enjoy it.

      However, I think Lucy doesn’t know about Asher and Ethan, there may be something going on there.

      And as for Jacob, I don’t think Lucy would dare do something so stupid, or maybe not.

      • Nono
        Nono
        July 17, 2024 at 12:18 am | # | Reply

        Booster uses they, by the by.

        I had actually meant Booster vs Amber due to their crush, but sure them vs Dotty works too.

        • Coatl
          Coatl
          July 17, 2024 at 12:24 am | # | Reply

          Oh, you meant that, hahaha.

          I think Amber is more busy getting angry with Sal.

      • Vanessa
        Vanessa
        July 17, 2024 at 12:42 am | # | Reply

        Lucy and Jacob go home together while Sarah pitches a fit and/or collapses in despair.

    • Clif
      Clif
      July 17, 2024 at 12:16 am | # | Reply

      Jacob, looking for a non-Joyce Joyce meets Lucy?

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      July 17, 2024 at 12:51 am | # | Reply

      Walky vs Lucy? Lucy vs Dorothy? Danny vs Sal? (Hey, Willis is overdue for sending us some pain here.) Ethan vs Amber? Amber vs Amazi-Girl?

    • Felgraf
      Felgraf
      July 17, 2024 at 4:48 am | # | Reply

      You neglect Danny vs. Ethan!

      Especially if Ethan gets drunk.

    • Wraithy2773
      Wraithy2773
      July 17, 2024 at 9:49 am | # | Reply

      Last I checked, Sal was largely good with Asher. Hatchet was firmly buried, maybe some lingering rough feelings, but nothing that’d blow up.

      The only reason there’d be a blowup there is if he teases her about Danny, and things go off the rails, but even then I don’t see a blow up there.

  15. Cattleprod
    Cattleprod
    July 17, 2024 at 12:07 am | # | Reply

    Sneak dozens or hundreds of people into an event by claiming each is the plus one of the one before them.

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      July 17, 2024 at 12:52 am | # | Reply

      Definitely not enough room in the dorm for that. We need to relocate to the Hilbert Hotel.

    • Francoinblanco
      Francoinblanco
      July 17, 2024 at 4:25 am | # | Reply

      Op op opa Gandalf style

      • Michael Steamweed
        Michael Steamweed
        July 17, 2024 at 7:41 am | # | Reply

        I’ve seen the Klingon version, but is there a Middle Earth version? :O

        • Ed Callahan
          Ed Callahan
          July 17, 2024 at 9:18 am | # | Reply

          When Thorin’s dwarves show up for a dinner meeting at Bag End.

  16. Agemegos
    Agemegos
    July 17, 2024 at 12:08 am | # | Reply

    “… and a hard-boiled egg.”

    • Slartibeast Button, BIA
      Slartibeast Button, BIA
      July 17, 2024 at 12:12 am | # | Reply

      Is my Aunt Minnie in here?

    • Mano308gts
      Mano308gts
      July 17, 2024 at 4:28 am | # | Reply

      honestly wasn’t really anticipating a Marx Brothers reference here… but that’s got to be one of the best scenes in black and white filmography.

      • Ed Callahan
        Ed Callahan
        July 17, 2024 at 9:34 am | # | Reply

        The best Mars Brothers bit is in Horse Feathers, when the jobless guy asks Harpo for a dime so he could buy a cup of coffee. Harpo reaches into his coat pocket and hands him a steaming cup of coffee in a china cup.

  17. Coatl
    Coatl
    July 17, 2024 at 12:09 am | # | Reply

    OH MY….
    Well…..from the previous strips, one would think that there would be no problems, but with these guests, now it will be chaos in every sense of the word.

  18. Nono
    Nono
    July 17, 2024 at 12:10 am | # | Reply

    Also good to see Ethan still is a bit broad despite being a bit more emancipated this semester.

    • Shakes
      Shakes
      July 17, 2024 at 12:13 am | # | Reply

      he’s freeeeeeeeeee

    • Switchchris
      Switchchris
      July 17, 2024 at 12:20 am | # | Reply

      He simply changed up his “Exercise” routine, now it involves a lot of Lifting, Pushing, and Pressing of a Human Sized weight for hours at a time. Lots of Endurance training.

    • M!a
      M!a
      July 17, 2024 at 1:19 am | # | Reply

      … Introducing, the Ab-Fucker!

      by NordicSex!

      Provides the same workout as over ONE THOUSAND fuck-ups!

  19. Francoinblanco
    Francoinblanco
    July 17, 2024 at 12:11 am | # | Reply

    At this point we need Wedding at Cana miracle or this is some big gallon jug

    • Dante
      Dante
      July 17, 2024 at 1:23 am | # | Reply

      Maybe Asher will know how to multiply it. He’s a worldly dude

  20. Dday
    Dday
    July 17, 2024 at 12:12 am | # | Reply

    They need to do a Red Mantle and Dragoon impression immediately

  21. Newlland(Henryvolt)
    Newlland(Henryvolt)
    July 17, 2024 at 12:12 am | # | Reply

    Unless that shit is super strong, they’re going to need more boose.

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      July 17, 2024 at 12:53 am | # | Reply

      Joyce is watering it down with soda.

    • thejeff
      thejeff
      July 17, 2024 at 9:18 am | # | Reply

      It’s been called whiskey and it’s a pretty big jug. I think they’ll be alright.

  22. Corsair114
    Corsair114
    July 17, 2024 at 12:14 am | # | Reply

    Trainwreck? No sirrah, this is a thirty-two train pileup in slow motion that’s about to have a 1999-vintage blur filter applied to it.

  23. Suet
    Suet
    July 17, 2024 at 12:16 am | # | Reply

    And a plus one | And a plus one | And a plus one

    This room ain’t big enough for more than two dramas

  24. Giblets
    Giblets
    July 17, 2024 at 12:17 am | # | Reply

    Each attendee gets one sip

  25. cbwroses
    cbwroses
    July 17, 2024 at 12:17 am | # | Reply

    So far, there has been relatively little drama over the Walky and Lucy deal at this party.
    There is very little reason for that to change.
    I hope Booster does not take this particular chance to say “I told you so” and becomes that reason.

    • Coatl
      Coatl
      July 17, 2024 at 12:21 am | # | Reply

      It’s Booster, so that probability is very obvious, however, he has a gallery of individuals here, so I don’t think he just wants to annoy one specific person.

      • Nymph
        Nymph
        July 17, 2024 at 1:20 am | # | Reply

        Booster uses they/them pronouns. Please stop misgendering them.

      • Dante
        Dante
        July 17, 2024 at 2:25 am | # | Reply

        i hope they get to annoy their entire gallery at once, even.

    • zee
      zee
      July 17, 2024 at 1:46 am | # | Reply

      I hope they do. It would be funny.

  26. Jeremiah
    Jeremiah
    July 17, 2024 at 12:18 am | # | Reply

    All of the exes are here now!

    • Vanessa
      Vanessa
      July 17, 2024 at 12:44 am | # | Reply

      We still need Raidah and Jennifer for maximum drama.

      • Bryy
        Bryy
        July 17, 2024 at 12:46 am | # | Reply

        Oh, Jennifer is coming. I can feel it.

        • M!a
          M!a
          July 17, 2024 at 1:21 am | # | Reply

          Billifer would roll her eyes, dismiss it as a Nerd Party, but remain anyway for the booze and wind up removing her shirt without provocation.

          • Bash
            Bash
            July 17, 2024 at 3:47 am | # | Reply

            I SERIOUSLY hope it doesn’t go that way because she’s in recovery.

            • NGPZ
              NGPZ
              July 17, 2024 at 3:51 pm | # | Reply

              I mean, IIRC recovery doesn’t mean no relapse at all, but rather that even when relapse DOES happen, it’s not nearly as bad as it was before.

        • Michael Steamweed
          Michael Steamweed
          July 17, 2024 at 7:42 am | # | Reply

          I can feel it in the air tonight!
          *ensues epic drum solo

    • Dante
      Dante
      July 17, 2024 at 2:27 am | # | Reply

      Everyone here has at least one ex and it’s glorious. And the few who don’t are in either past or present Situationships.

      Another reason this cast should be a polycule.

      • Michael Steamweed
        Michael Steamweed
        July 17, 2024 at 7:42 am | # | Reply

        Spot-on gravatar is spot-on.

  27. Clif
    Clif
    July 17, 2024 at 12:19 am | # | Reply

    Ethan’s back!!

    • Coatl
      Coatl
      July 17, 2024 at 12:22 am | # | Reply

      I thought it was impossible, but it’s happening

    • StClair
      StClair
      July 17, 2024 at 12:27 am | # | Reply

      so far it’s mostly his front.

    • morleuca
      morleuca
      July 17, 2024 at 5:59 am | # | Reply

      I think he goes by Asher

  28. NGPZ
    NGPZ
    July 17, 2024 at 12:21 am | # | Reply

    5 more people?

    I hope it don’t get too overwhelming for Dina ;-;

    (but i guess that’s what the booze she stole is for lel)

    • True Survivor
      True Survivor
      July 17, 2024 at 12:26 am | # | Reply

      She is shrouded and shielded from the noise and commotion by 80 lbs of dinosaur bean bag … and 130 pounds of Becky.

      • NGPZ
        NGPZ
        July 17, 2024 at 12:41 am | # | Reply

        wait that’s a bean bag? 😮

        if those actually exist please send a link to a store page or something, getting one of those to put in my room is on my bucketlist

        • anon
          anon
          July 17, 2024 at 1:37 am | # | Reply

          @NGPZ as far as i remember it’s something becky got during robin’s ‘campaign’ so it has a ‘vote for desanto’ tag on it some where i imagine but i suppose you can get some kinda similar thing if you paid enough money lol

      • anon
        anon
        July 17, 2024 at 1:36 am | # | Reply

        i thought it was just a giant sized plushie but i suppose whatever it’s filled with is sturdy enough to lean against (or i guess, have sex on/under now lol [must be a nightmare to clean tho /might need more than febreeze])

    • Smatterguy
      Smatterguy
      July 17, 2024 at 4:17 am | # | Reply

      https://www.amazon.nl/Lumaland-Kinderzitzak-dierenfamilie-waterafstotende-onderhoudsvriendelijk/dp/B0CMXN3HL5/ref=asc_df_B0CMXN3HL5/?tag=nlshogostdsp-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=680661656136&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=15061667635936647226&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1010740&hvtargid=pla-2265437676438&psc=1&mcid=9238340e5de93389a28970fd160f23b0

      This is all i could find on google.

      Perhaps your countries google will get different results

      • NGPZ
        NGPZ
        July 17, 2024 at 3:45 pm | # | Reply

        ? if the dragon balls still existed, I would ask Shenron for the same kind Dina has

  29. True Survivor
    True Survivor
    July 17, 2024 at 12:22 am | # | Reply

    Are those transformer icons on the door? I can’t find them online, but I think the purple one is Insecticons, maybe?

    Are they Beast Wars factions? I never saw that show and so I am also somewhat confused by what I know of the premise. I thought that the whole point of Transformer’s alt-modes was that they were “robots in disguise”, but a twenty-foot robotic animal seems inconspicuous and likely just worse in combat than a regular fighter jet. I mean its Transformers so the rule of cool dominates, but I just want to know if the show proposes some form of logic to cover why the Cybertronians of the future decided that ability to turn into giant robotic trout was the technological advantage that was finally going end their multi-million year space war.

    • Nono
      Nono
      July 17, 2024 at 12:35 am | # | Reply

      It’s Amber’s room so yeah makes sense that she has Transformers stuff up.

    • Doopyboop
      Doopyboop
      July 17, 2024 at 12:43 am | # | Reply

      Yep, it’s the Beast Wars factions! The green one is the Maximal icon, the other one is the Predacons. AKA, in order, the Autobot and Decepticons. The show was a lot of fun, BUT some of the particulars with the plot are kinda… hard to describe. The Maximals/Preds are meant to be like, descendants of the Autobots and Maximals, but they get flung into a planet way in the past (so you’ve got timey wimey wiggly wobbly ‘they’re from the future but they’re in the past’ shit going on) that’s only populated by animals and lesser evolved humanoids, so the turning into animals bit is less about a disguise (other than sometimes blending in with the animals) and more about providing some protection from the planet’s surface because there was something in it damaging to their robot modes. I forget what exactly it was, lol.

      It was definitely a show first thought up just to create toys, but one of the reasons I for one really enjoyed Beast Wars is because despite those origins, the writers really put their entire being into the writing. They did their best to use the restrictions they were given to concoct a story that, if nothing else, can be entertaining. There’s some interesting twists thrown in and, since one of the restrictions is that they could only have a set amount of characters (gotta sell those action figures!!!), they gave each one fun and engaging personalities.

      • Doopyboop
        Doopyboop
        July 17, 2024 at 12:44 am | # | Reply

        Meant to say descendants of the Autobots and Decepticons, damn.

      • True Survivor
        True Survivor
        July 17, 2024 at 12:52 am | # | Reply

        That is actually pretty cool. Thank you for the information and the recommendation.

        • Doopyboop
          Doopyboop
          July 17, 2024 at 12:59 am | # | Reply

          You’re welcome! I tried to be as spoiler free as I could! The first season is definitely a little rough at first, but by the end they really found their footing with the writing. There’s also a sequel series called Beast Machines but that one, people tend to hate. I’ve never seen it myself so I can’t judge.

      • Queen Anthai
        Queen Anthai
        July 17, 2024 at 6:39 am | # | Reply

        Found Ethan’s burner account

        • Doopyboop
          Doopyboop
          July 17, 2024 at 6:29 pm | # | Reply

          (Ssssh don’t blow my cover…!)

      • GingerMadman
        GingerMadman
        July 17, 2024 at 4:16 pm | # | Reply

        They were damaged by raw energon, so they could only be in bot mode for a limited time unless inside their crashed ships. They added more character later in the series run.

  30. DailyBrad
    DailyBrad
    July 17, 2024 at 12:22 am | # | Reply

    The look Jacob is giving Sarah in panel three, I’m going to venture a guess to say he likes that shirt.

    • DailyBrad
      DailyBrad
      July 17, 2024 at 12:26 am | # | Reply

      Ahhh, of course. She’s wearing an entirely sleeveless shirt after Jacob told her that he liked her arms in his last appearance. It only hit me after I’d posted, so uhh, yeah, yeah he likes the shirt.

      • True Survivor
        True Survivor
        July 17, 2024 at 12:27 am | # | Reply

        That is a good catch. I had forgotten about that.

      • anon
        anon
        July 17, 2024 at 6:11 pm | # | Reply

        LOL i wonder if Jacob is saved in her phone as “hot guy” or so

  31. Taffy
    Taffy
    July 17, 2024 at 12:24 am | # | Reply

    Please provide the exact dimensions of every single character and object in this room, or I’ll be forced to call it unrealistic in a court of law.

    • StClair
      StClair
      July 17, 2024 at 12:28 am | # | Reply

      pfft, like those mean anything anymore

      • Reltzik
        Reltzik
        July 17, 2024 at 12:54 am | # | Reply

        They mean a lot of things, unfortunately.

    • Coatl
      Coatl
      July 17, 2024 at 12:32 am | # | Reply

      It seems that there are a total of 15 people in the room.

      • Vanessa
        Vanessa
        July 17, 2024 at 12:45 am | # | Reply

        And a giant dinosaur plushie.

    • Nymph
      Nymph
      July 17, 2024 at 1:25 am | # | Reply

      Also I need to know the proof on that booze and exact amount of liquid inside everyone’s glass so I can decide which 18yo is definitely going to be an alcoholic just because they aren’t afraid of drinking occasionally.

    • Amós Batista
      Amós Batista
      July 17, 2024 at 3:22 am | # | Reply

      Dinosaur takes 1/3 of the entire room. Another 1/3 for Jacob and Joe.

  32. IntangibleMatter
    IntangibleMatter
    July 17, 2024 at 12:30 am | # | Reply

    (ProZD voice) Oh they FOUKIN’

  33. Bryy
    Bryy
    July 17, 2024 at 12:45 am | # | Reply

    We have entered surprise drama the likes we had never seen before.

  34. Chaucer59
    Chaucer59
    July 17, 2024 at 12:51 am | # | Reply

    Whoa! Sarah actually smiled.

    • Amós Batista
      Amós Batista
      July 17, 2024 at 8:46 am | # | Reply

      that was so precious

  35. Meagan
    Meagan
    July 17, 2024 at 12:52 am | # | Reply

    We are GETTING THE WHOLE GANG BACK TOGETHER, WOOT WOOT.

    Look at that big smiling face on Sarah when she sees Jacob. Wow!

    • Akane
      Akane
      July 17, 2024 at 1:03 am | # | Reply

      Except Malaya, Marcie, Carla, and Charlie.

      • morleuca
        morleuca
        July 17, 2024 at 6:16 am | # | Reply

        I’d rather a cutaway to Carla and Charlie doing something adorable. Please keep them far away from this horrorshow

  36. DailyBrad
    DailyBrad
    July 17, 2024 at 12:54 am | # | Reply

    You know, I feel like there’s a non-zero chance that Amber and Booster might bang. Amber has been shown to be pretty horn’t, Booster has expressed interest in the past (not that she is unique in receiving Booster’s interest, they had previously hit on Ruth, for example), and Amber has both of her exes and also her quasi-ex getting laid while she isn’t. I could see her getting a little bit impulsive.

    • Bash
      Bash
      July 17, 2024 at 2:04 am | # | Reply

      I might get slipshine for that.

      • Dante
        Dante
        July 17, 2024 at 2:31 am | # | Reply

        Seconded. I’m intrigued

    • DashWallkick
      DashWallkick
      July 17, 2024 at 3:41 am | # | Reply

      This is actually much more cogent than my theory of Walky ruining things because he’s feeling guilty and has regrets about Dorothy.

    • Michael Steamweed
      Michael Steamweed
      July 17, 2024 at 7:47 am | # | Reply

      Huh. I hadn’t thought of some Amber/Booster tomfoolery. Perhaps we will see such a thing.

  37. Reltzik
    Reltzik
    July 17, 2024 at 12:55 am | # | Reply

    …. so when does Ruth show up?

    • Dante
      Dante
      July 17, 2024 at 2:20 am | # | Reply

      Within a five minutes range of Billiefer showing up.

  38. Dante
    Dante
    July 17, 2024 at 1:10 am | # | Reply

    OH FUCK YES. I love that this is exactly how I thought all of them would materialize here, I just never thought they would at once!! This is awesome.

    Booster: “I’m not above BEING the trainwreck”, I felt them in my soul.

    • Coatl
      Coatl
      July 17, 2024 at 1:13 am | # | Reply

      This is going to get out of control

      • Dante
        Dante
        July 17, 2024 at 1:22 am | # | Reply

        And aren’t we all pumped about i

    • Newlland(Henryvolt)
      Newlland(Henryvolt)
      July 17, 2024 at 1:22 am | # | Reply

      I’m not going to lie, that line is T-shirt material.

      • Dante
        Dante
        July 17, 2024 at 1:31 am | # | Reply

        My bday is in two months and I’d seriously consider getting one if Willis made it

  39. PedanticJerkass
    PedanticJerkass
    July 17, 2024 at 1:12 am | # | Reply

    So… who’s left who hasn’t shown up yet that would make this even more awkward? Jennifer, Ruth, Jason, Raidah, Carla, Charlie, Mary, Linda and Carol and Clint all showing up together… um… Galasso… am I forgetting anyone? Mike?

    • Tanglaar
      Tanglaar
      July 17, 2024 at 1:16 am | # | Reply

      malaya?

    • Hazel
      Hazel
      July 17, 2024 at 2:46 am | # | Reply

      Sidney Yuss.

    • Adam Black
      Adam Black
      July 17, 2024 at 2:47 am | # | Reply

      Robin

      • morleuca
        morleuca
        July 17, 2024 at 6:33 am | # | Reply

        I still have a candle for her and Leslie

    • StClair
      StClair
      July 17, 2024 at 9:20 am | # | Reply

      Janet!

  40. Tanglaar
    Tanglaar
    July 17, 2024 at 1:13 am | # | Reply

    asher deciding to say fuck it and head to some random dorm party w ethan and his roommate that unknowingly contains: his quasi-ex, her boyfriend who’s the ex-mutual crush of his quasi?-boyfriend, his ex’s childhood friend and former roommate of his boyfriend’s dead quasi-boyfriend/childhood friend, and his ex’s roommate

    • Doopyboop
      Doopyboop
      July 17, 2024 at 1:22 am | # | Reply

      Oh shit. Somehow (despite the fact that they both show up in this strip) I forgot about the Danny and Ethan stuff. This might get kinda nasty…

      • DailyBrad
        DailyBrad
        July 17, 2024 at 1:53 am | # | Reply

        It might, though their last interaction was probably as civil as one could expect it to be. I doubt Ethan has Danny at the top of his favorite people list, but the fury from the past is definitely extinguished.

  41. M!a
    M!a
    July 17, 2024 at 1:23 am | # | Reply

    “…Usul, we have drama-sign the likes of which even God has never seen!”

    • Michael Steamweed
      Michael Steamweed
      July 17, 2024 at 7:51 am | # | Reply

      “Flirt without rhythm, and it won’t attract the drama.”

      *Booster sets out the thumpers

  42. Gizen
    Gizen
    July 17, 2024 at 1:24 am | # | Reply

    My biggest problem with this whole scenario is… how the fuck are they fitting all these people into a single dorm room? Surely it’s gotta be super cramped in there, right?

  43. Ray Radlein
    Ray Radlein
    July 17, 2024 at 1:40 am | # | Reply

    The real surprise will come when Mike shows up next

    • Dante
      Dante
      July 17, 2024 at 2:28 am | # | Reply

      Buddy, they’ve already shown up. I bet that pink shirt is actually sequined

    • Amós Batista
      Amós Batista
      July 17, 2024 at 5:05 pm | # | Reply

      Willis should makes a little changes in DoA universe, to allowing ghosts.

  44. zee
    zee
    July 17, 2024 at 1:44 am | # | Reply

    :O so many of my problematic (not rly imo but the comments beg to differ) on screen at once.
    Booster, baby, I missed you. I am begging them to stir some shit. And I’m happy seeing Ethan and Asher be so cute. And Jacob and Sarah for that matter. All my favorite ships are at this party, go figure

  45. Taellosse
    Taellosse
    July 17, 2024 at 2:05 am | # | Reply

    I see no way this could possibly go wrong!

  46. Acher4
    Acher4
    July 17, 2024 at 2:08 am | # | Reply

    WOW! This party is PACKED!

    Asher will have to squeeze inside on Ethan.

  47. Adam Black
    Adam Black
    July 17, 2024 at 2:42 am | # | Reply

    Asher : “hello everyone ( I helped get kidnapped ) Nice dorm you got here”

  48. Hazel
    Hazel
    July 17, 2024 at 2:47 am | # | Reply

    HI BOOSTER.

  49. Amós Batista
    Amós Batista
    July 17, 2024 at 3:18 am | # | Reply

    Nobody will be drunk, at this rate of people.

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      July 17, 2024 at 3:23 am | # | Reply

      Gravatar win.

    • NGPZ
      NGPZ
      July 17, 2024 at 12:48 pm | # | Reply

      Who said all of them will be drinking? :p

  50. Pylgrim
    Pylgrim
    July 17, 2024 at 3:46 am | # | Reply

    I don’t think even Booster could have suspected how much of a train wreck this is going to be. We’re talking here maglev collides against maglev running on the opposite direction.

  51. Taffy
    Taffy
    July 17, 2024 at 4:27 am | # | Reply

    “I had to beat an old lady with a stick to get these cranberries”

  52. GUIGUI
    GUIGUI
    July 17, 2024 at 4:42 am | # | Reply

    Ooooohh, it’s nice to know what will cause the trainwerk.

  53. Da Boy
    Da Boy
    July 17, 2024 at 5:04 am | # | Reply

    That’s such an insult to Jennifer XD Her boyfriend is there! And they have booze! AND SHE IS NOT INVITED XD Though she might be and just didn’t think to come.

    • Bash
      Bash
      July 17, 2024 at 9:37 am | # | Reply

      She’s in recovery.

      • Da Boy
        Da Boy
        July 17, 2024 at 10:24 am | # | Reply

        And let’s hope she stays there, for real, she really needs to quit that shit.

        • Francoinblanco
          Francoinblanco
          July 17, 2024 at 1:57 pm | # | Reply

          Buuut she is so boring now

          • Bash
            Bash
            July 17, 2024 at 2:40 pm | # | Reply

            She’s become insufferably smug, but if she’s boring I think it’s mostly because she’s not on panel much these days.

            • Da Boy
              Da Boy
              July 17, 2024 at 3:37 pm | # | Reply

              And with her much more interesting half now latched onto Ethan her screentime is doomed to drop further.

          • Jeremiah
            Jeremiah
            July 17, 2024 at 6:28 pm | # | Reply

            Is she thought? She still the same train wreck of a person, she just proven she doesn’t need alcohol to be that.

  54. Chris
    Chris
    July 17, 2024 at 5:08 am | # | Reply

    Welp. The Union Pacific “Big Boy” just pulled in.

    (sits down with a large bag of white cheddar cheese popcorn…)

  55. ValdVin
    ValdVin
    July 17, 2024 at 5:33 am | # | Reply

    Booster: “If this has to be my happening so someone freaks me out, I’m up for that.”

  56. Bogeywoman
    Bogeywoman
    July 17, 2024 at 5:47 am | # | Reply

    Now we just need Billie and Ruth and we will break the record for most trainwrecks in one room

    • Colin McKenzie
      Colin McKenzie
      July 17, 2024 at 9:48 am | # | Reply

      It’s like the stateroom scene in the Marx bros movie. They’ll fit in as many as they can, to maximize quippage and cringe.

  57. Acebender
    Acebender
    July 17, 2024 at 6:51 am | # | Reply

    NOW we are going to have a trainwreck

  58. Aslan
    Aslan
    July 17, 2024 at 6:53 am | # | Reply

    Hell yeah, boyyyyyyyyyyy

  59. Yeet
    Yeet
    July 17, 2024 at 7:35 am | # | Reply

    oh sick ethan is actually doing stuff
    also asher

  60. TheScreenJockey
    TheScreenJockey
    July 17, 2024 at 7:59 am | # | Reply

    Like Sal, I was also a person who just found himself attending many, many parties. And like Sal, I’m not really that into parties, so I’d just find a place to chill with my beer and maybe talk to one or two people at a time before eventually just vanishing altogether. This only added to my mystique and got me brought to more parties.

  61. thumb
    thumb
    July 17, 2024 at 8:38 am | # | Reply

    Honestly, Ethan hanging out with his dirtbag boyfriend(?) feels like something good. Yes, they’re both heading towards disaster, but it’s genuinely nice at the moment.

  62. SailorCakes
    SailorCakes
    July 17, 2024 at 8:40 am | # | Reply

    +5 added to the party and this just got a lot more fun! Bring on the head bubbles! Like Booster I’m here for this 😀

  63. Micki
    Micki
    July 17, 2024 at 9:42 am | # | Reply

    Oooh, this is gonna be messyyyyy *grabs popcorn*

  64. HueSatLight
    HueSatLight
    July 17, 2024 at 10:09 am | # | Reply

    This is like the climax of an Agatha Christie, but without a murderer. o wait

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      July 17, 2024 at 11:27 am | # | Reply

      I mean, it was Blaine he had killed, so I don’t know if I’m going to get too upset over that…

  65. Roborat
    Roborat
    July 17, 2024 at 3:35 pm | # | Reply

    Starting to look like a reenactment of the stateroom scene in the Marx brothers “Night at the Opera” movie.

  66. ElderlyMarxist
    ElderlyMarxist
    July 17, 2024 at 5:00 pm | # | Reply

    ethan & asher actually being good for each other ??

    • Dante
      Dante
      July 17, 2024 at 9:03 pm | # | Reply

      ISN’T IT? It’s so sweet! I love to see Ethan smiling again, and they’re so cuddly?? Which Asher seemed to dearly need too??

  67. BBCC
    BBCC
    July 18, 2024 at 12:35 am | # | Reply

    Sarah’s so happy, aaaaahhhhh it’s so cute!

  68. Yakumo
    Yakumo
    July 18, 2024 at 5:19 pm | # | Reply

    Everyone is waiting for so many things from Booster.

    However, Booster is in the race for best line this chapter with “I am not above being the trainwreck.”

  69. Nymph
    Nymph
    July 31, 2024 at 6:11 pm | # | Reply

    testing:

    • Nymph
      Nymph
      July 31, 2024 at 6:11 pm | # | Reply

      testing

      It’s Done

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