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Eager
Posted on March 12, 2023 by David M Willis

109 thoughts on “Eager”

  1. Ana Chronistic

    It’s later than it’s ever been, and now it’s even later

    1. Ryan

      This day will soon be at an end
      And now it’s even sooner
      And now it’s even sooner
      And now it’s even sooner
      This day will soon be at an end
      And now it’s even sooner
      And now it’s sooner still.

    2. Dana

      Time keeps marching on.

      1. Leorale

        And time
        Is still matching on

        1. Lysbeth

          The years start coming
          And they don’t stop coming

      2. Opus the Poet

        Time keeps on slippin’ slippin’ slippin’… into the future.

    3. Cholma

      ? Time keeps on slippin’, slippin’, slippin’ . . . into the future . . . ?

      1. Freezer

        ? I wanna hang like a normie, casually
        Hang like a normie, not requiring nookie.

        I wanna hang like a normie, wholesomely
        NO ONE TOLD ME THIS IS ****ING STRESSFUL!?

      2. Opus the Poet

        I should have read further down.

    4. Needfuldoer

      Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day
      Fritter and waste the hours in an offhand way

      1. Jo_cubstar

        This is now stuck in my head

    5. Pergola

      Is it -now- yet?

  2. newlland(Henryvolt)

    Today’s Reddit post is me just posting head cannon idea about what certain characters do in their down time: https://www.reddit.com/r/dumbingofage/comments/11p5uwo/dumbing_of_age_headcannon_amber_sometimes_live/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

    Also this is day 6 of “The greatest rivalries in DoA.”: https://www.reddit.com/r/dumbingofage/comments/11ob9xb/greatest_nemesis_type_rivalry_in_doa/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

  3. Sirksome

    Joe is down bad.

    1. Raeconteur

      You mean down adorable.

  4. Slartibeast Button, BIA

    Time is just an abstract concept, Joe.

    1. Clif

      This strip is just a knock knock joke.

    2. Keulen

      Time is an illusion, lunchtime doubly so.

    3. ValdVin

      He can make this better by casually whistling. Unless he does that nervous off-embrochure whistling people do when…they…don’t…want…to…seem…too…eager.

  5. Karla Jean

    Unfortunately Joyce sleeps through morning class because she was up all night doing laundry.

    1. RassilonTDavros

      You could even say she was… up all night to get laundry.

      …I’ll see myself out

      1. Steelbright

        Up all night til the sun, huh?

    2. Doctor_Who

      Word is getting around that Joyce will do your laundry for you, and everyone on the floor is taking advantage. She’s fine with it, it ensures no one walks in on her.

  6. slarstorm

    Nope. It’s too early to post a comment here. I’ll seem too eager.

    1. slarstorm

      It’s slightly less early, now.

      1. System_Anomaly

        Having a hard time, thank you for the smile

        1. AY

          Hope things look up for you soon

        2. System_Anomaly

          Comment didn’t go through—I appreciate it.

  7. butts

    joe you’re overthinking it

  8. Yeet

    Prediction: Sarah pops out and hits him for knocking on the door wicked early then running away the first time.

    1. Dana

      “Wicked Early”? You’re making me miss New Hampshire.

      1. Yeet

        I’m not english I don’t know what any hampshire has to do with this

        1. BarerMender

          Using “wicked” as an intensifier is evidently New England dialect.

        2. Yeet

          I’m not new english either, pretty sure that area was made up by stephen king

    2. Mark

      Prediction: bleary-eyed Joyce slowly opens the door and says, “Wazzit? I was just falling asleep.”

  9. Doctor_Who

    As someone who obsessively shows up early to every appointment, and then worries that I’m too early and will come off as a weirdo if I don’t sit in my car for fifteen minutes, I feel called out.

    1. Ryan

      You’re a monster!

      Just knock on the door.

      1. kgy121

        I usually just wait around a corner for them to leave for unrelated reasons then pop out to give them the tupperware I borrowed or whatever.

    2. RassilonTDavros

      Yeah, I know that feeling. Sorta.

  10. UrsulaDavina

    Two knocks is eager three knocks is waiting with bated breath.

  11. sdrainbow

    i think if Joe had showed up at my dorm room door, dressed like that, to take me to class in a date-ly capacity, my closeted ass would have sprung a nosebleed so bad I died on the spot.

    1. Dana

      No one deserves to die of an anime trope.

      1. Schpoonman

        There are some cool anime tropes. I wouldn’t rate a nosebleed too high, but I’d be okay dying in a Single Stroke Battle.

        1. Casi

          Personally if i’m gonna go out in an anime trope, i want it to be a Macross Missile Barrage

    2. Steelbright

      Relatable, but i hope your ass doesn’t have nosebleeds often, sounds dangerous ;P

      1. BarerMender

        Reminds me of a thing my dad used to say: “No, don’t do [x]. You’ll get a cold in your butt and live forever. Wouldn’t that be awful?”

  12. Stephen Bierce

    Knock! Three! Times!/On the ceiling/If you want me…

    1. BarerMender

      I hate you for putting that in my head.

    2. Plain Marie

      I love it that you reminded me of that song.
      It’s like listening to 70’s radio with you. 🙂

  13. jeffepp

    “Just a… mmm… minute… I’m almmmmost… I’ll be right… almost there…”

  14. The Wellerman

    Joe Joy’s Bizarre Adventure continues!!!

  15. Nono

    What’re you holding in your right hand, Joe? It’s very noticeably out of sight.

    If it’s flowers that’ll be PRECIOUS.

    1. AY

      Oh dang, didn’t even notice, nice work

    2. Amós Batista

      Everybody looking at him, with flowers in the hand. Like: WTF Dude? Are you going to apologize Sarah?

    3. k

      Maybe he and Danny went out together to get flowers for their respective ladies!! Perhaps that was the advice Danny gave him, I would die of the cute <3 <3

  16. Taffy

    Joe it’s fine, she wants your booty.

    1. Yotomoe

      The feeling is mutual.

  17. Chaucer59

    I’m really starting to groove on Lovestruck Joe.

  18. newlland(Henryvolt)

    I’m going to find it odd if it’s the case that Joyce & Sarah aren’t in their rooms as the same time as Sal isn’t when they all probably have the same class that morning.

    1. Steelbright

      I think Sarah left Joyce early for some kind of study group? But maybe Joyce isn’t there….

      1. jeffepp

        I’m sure she’s coming.

        1. saltchocolate

          I see what you did there

  19. Yotomoe

    Good timing, Joe.

  20. Sajuuk-Khar

    Joe you can’t come in right now, she’s with Other Joe

  21. Steelbright

    My brain released so much dopamine at the thought of more Joyce/Joe interactions gaaah

  22. Jamie

    When is this going to stop being adorable. Hopefully never.

  23. DailyBrad

    I wonder what he’s got in his hand for her. A flower/multiple flowers? God, what if it’s another drawing?

  24. adam Black

    Bang bang, on the door Baby

  25. Reltzik

    No, Joe, no. You’re risking an encounter with an angry Sarah.* The better approach would have been to text Joyce asking to meet for biology, and if anyone thought it was suspiciously early you could have reminded her of the time she had you dragged out of bed because it wasn’t early enough.

    * Because dealing-with-Joe-Sarah is Angry-Sarah by default, that’s why.

  26. Keulen

    Now I’m wondering just how early Joe is.

  27. BBCC

    Hey, some people like eager, Joe!

  28. foducool

    kek the cherry on the cake would’ve been if he shaved before coming to Joyce’s room XD

  29. BarerMender

    I’m visualizing a naked arm coming out the door and dragging him in.

    1. Throwatron

      like a horny trapdoor spider

  30. Amós Batista

    Yeaah, my bet is their first time will happen in this “Joementum” episode.

  31. The Other Mike

    I’ reiminded of an old Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups commercial. “I like to eat one now, and save the other one for later.” *waits a few seconds* “It’s later!”

    1. Schpoonman

      There’s a bit in the English dub of Digimon after the DigiDestined get split up the second(?) time and Joe and Gomamon are lost at sea.

      “20 minutes is not that much later!”

      1. The Other Mike

        And, from the opposite end…
        https://prokopetz.tumblr.com/post/172759765477/i-cant-believe-you-still-dont-trust-me-you

    2. Plain Marie

      Speaking of Reese’s Cups, my teen very excitedly announced that her new discovery of dipping chocolate into peanut butter was the best thing ever. Ha. Then I forced her to watch several antique Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup commercials from my yut.

  32. GUIGUI

    A thought that just corssed my mind, but I wonder how much Joe’s father actually going steady has influenced Joe’s own attitude…

    1. Yumi

      I’m not sure Richard’s problem was ever so much “going steady” as it was “remaining faithful once in such a relationship,” but if Joe believes Richard is actually doing that this time, I could see that impacting Joe’s thoughts on himself.

  33. DarkoNeko

    Lt. Joe reporting for escort duty

  34. Tan

    Look, I do wanna see more Joe & Joyce, but I really need to see Walky & Lucy’s post-breakfast debrief

    1. Mark

      That’s why we have to wait!

  35. Adam Black

    At this point i think Willis is just trying yo in invent new pride flags. ( yellow green? )

  36. Sean Smith

    Nice shirt Joe.

  37. NickG

    Flushed and rumpled Joyce answers the door ‘Oh hi Joe, I was just …thinking about you’.

    1. ValdVin

      “And I no longer calm anything ‘Other Jacob’. “

    2. BarerMender

      Joyce: Who’s there?
      Joe: It’s Joe.
      Joyce: …………. Would you liked to come in?
      Joe: Sure.
      Joyce: Um… I’m naked.
      Joe’s voice issues from doorknob level; his knees have given way: Yes, please.
      Door opens. Joe adjusts trousers. Crawls in.

  38. Needfuldoer

    JOE’S BRAIN used SELF-DOUBT!

    It’s super effective!

    1. The Wellerman

      Surely there must be a recovery item in his inventory…

  39. Kaiyalai

    Is it just me or is Joe very nearly wearing a SEMME stripe shirt?

  40. TheScreenJockey

    I like that Sarah’s STILL got the drawing of herself as a witch up in January because she loves it that much.

    1. Yumi

      It was worth the two pretzels. Fuck, it was worth talking to Mary.

      1. Yumi

        So I went to look back at that strip, and I came across this image: https://imgur.io/95LbA3P
        Which apparently I made? I have no memory of doing this.

        1. BarerMender

          Joyce pays the price for masturbating.

  41. davidbreslin101

    Exactly how hot and bothered is Joyce going to be when she opens the door?

  42. Raja

    This is really adorable

  43. JRivest

    Vulnerable Joe is best Joe.

    1. Stephen Nedland

      This is rather adorable; I honestly believe that this is the first time, in his life, where he is trying to form an actual relationship, rather than a sexual conquest.

  44. bagge

    Things seem to work out well for alpha bongo Joyce

  45. Stephen Nedland

    But there never seems to be enough time,
    To do the things you want to do, once you find them!

  46. Schpoonman

    I’m glad so many other people are getting the dopamine rush this is giving me.

  47. milu

    if i was as productive and focused and painstaking with my work as i am with my procrastination, well, i would certainly be a very different person

    1. crys

      wow i love this! the linework, the posing, the subjects (<3)

      in-comic, we don't often see malaya express emotions outside of their usual palette of annoyance and indifference – but the roller derby scene showcased a very confident, in-their-element malaya. i can totally imagine them just leaping for marcie after a great drill.

    2. Vanessa

      Very nice! Even the hands are convincing, and great personality and movement. PS Everyone reading this, it’s safe for families although possibly the “next panel” in the action might not be.

    3. BarerMender

      I also love this. Love fan art by a real artist. I bet original creators like seeing other peoples takes on their character.

      1. BarerMender

        *peoples’*

  48. Roe

    So i’ve never had an original experience…

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