Easy
Posted on September 6, 2013 by David M Willis

473 thoughts on “Easy”

  1. KingMabel

    Well that didn’t take long…

  2. Bloody_Jerk

    This will end in a delicious desaster…

    1. newllend

      I hope it will.

    2. Furie

      Jewish parents heating about church. Christian parents hearing their girl called easy. Ethan hearing the call of a penis far far away. What could go wrong?

      1. Dean

        Look at Ethan’s eyeline in the last panel. Methinks the penis isn’t that far away.

        1. Rognik

          Just one more discussion a Brown boy will have to have with the parents…

        2. Wallace Wells

          Called it weeks ago. I am satisfied.

        3. Pier

          Called it ago. Very, very satisfied

        4. Pier

          href tag fail 🙁

        5. Bloody_Jerk

          The Call of the Penis:
          The Comic.

      2. Bill

        I believe that Naomi has enough class/presence of mind to make the remark “Yes, she’ll be easy” about Joyce she is doing so sotto voce; we are reading an under-her-breath comment.  Otherwise, she would deserve to be slapped by Mrs. Brown for such a remark.

  3. Jen Aside

    …better than I expected? [let’s see how fast it degenerates]

    1. Jen Aside

      …O-HO I see what you did in that last panel

  4. Boom

    A new ship has set sail!

    1. Plasma Mongoose

      A horrifying new ship at that.

      1. Thanks, I'll Have Another!

        Definitely a Black Pearl level of ghoulishness up in this ship.

        1. Boom

          Ethan and Mrs. Brown!

        2. Gordon Blvd

          Ethan and MR Brown! 😉

        3. Boom

          Joyce’s dad has got it goin’ on!

        4. Shobo

          *Brother

        5. Boom

          No, no, no. Joshua is just a poor man’s Hank, the older, sexier Mr. Brown.

        6. Bloody_Jerk

          Why not all of them? A great, unholy Orgy.

        7. Thor

          As long as someone says grace first, it’s probably cleared for take-off.

        8. N0083rP00F

          Which one is Grace? Have we seen her before noe?

        9. Kernanator

          Ladies and gentlemen of the comments section, I give you Grace.

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

    2. NightmareWarden

      This ship also has the terrifying figurehead of Monkey Master.

    3. Resne

      Oh ship.

    4. Pier

      Queue in the music!!

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4nx9j8JKoU

      1. Opus the Poet

        You’re placing the music in a line?

  5. trollerskater

    And so it begins

  6. Mkvenner

    This won’t end well for the parents.

  7. AHR

    YES I SHIP IT

    1. KingMabel

      I’m not sure one can ship people who don’t fit sexually… but who am I to judge? SHIP AWAY!

      1. HK-A6A7

        Something doesn’t fit?
        DUCT TAPE!!

        It always works.

        1. Davriel

          As an engineer, I can confirm this.

        2. StrawGirl

          Your avatar is really what sells your remark.

      2. AHR

        I mean Ethan and Joyce’s brother.

        1. Brian Lynch

          I meant Naomi and Carol. Or Saul’s mustache and Hank’s combover.

        2. Boom

          I meant Ethan and Mrs. Brown!

        3. NightmareWarden

          I meant Optimus Prime and Megatron.

        4. Optimus Prime

          You have a right to think what you wish, but know that I have never heard a more disturbing notion in the whole length of my existence.

        5. BlueRam

          Joyce X Motorcycle OTP

        6. The Candyman

          Sal/Joyce/Motorcycle OT3.

        7. John

          And break up Megatron and Starscream??

    2. Keroshino

      On one hand…I also Ship it!
      On the other…I feel so bad for Joyce 🙁

      1. Lilly

        With the other hand, you should do sexy things.

    3. NerdHerder

      NEW OTP

  8. Icalasari

    What would be the male equivalent to lesbian pregnant?

    1. Plasma Mongoose

      MPreg.

    2. Mason Kramer

      Junior? Like that Arnold Schwartzenegger movie from the mid-90s?

      1. Aizat

        And my reaction to that one scene in Junior:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUxXepJ2WVo

    3. Pink Freud

      Golden Manbabies

      1. Jackson

        It’s so Golden Manbabies, it’s Golden Manbabies McIntyre?

        1. Phillip Wilde

          Only if the father is Davan MacIntire from Something Positive.

        2. Icalasari

          Oh god, imagine that crossover

          …I mean Davan actually appearing. There is already a crossover due to the gummy cat that eats everything and “helped” Ethan clean up his toys

        3. nekobawt

          golden manbabies mcgillicuddy.

  9. Jason Ell

    *WOW*

    Not sure how I didn’t see *that* coming.

    1. Brian Lynch

      I thought his twist was going to be that he was a closet atheist. Based on that smile, I think his closet is more traditional.

    2. Paul

      Yep. In retrospect, this seems like it was so obvious.

    3. Elva Rodríguez

      I feel ya’ bro… .-. How could we unseen it?

    4. Scoops

      It makes a lot of sense. Most of the parents did not bring siblings, so why is Joshua here? (Narratively speaking)

      Also, his advice earlier was “Choose your battles.” Which made me wonder what “battle” he was keeping in the closet.

      1. Scoops

        And in the comments on that older comic, at least two people guessed that Josh is gay, and it would come out when he meets Ethan.

        “Or he’s gay. They are totally going to meet Ethan next, and it will be love at first sight.”

        “Just wait until he meets Ethan and they start flirting with each other.”

      2. iggy_rock

        So would this be considered a Chekhov’s Penis?

        1. saltchocolate

          Two internets for you, Iggy!

  10. JebJeb

    Kinda looks like the brother has something he wants to get off his chest.

    1. Brian Lynch

      Or ON IT.

      …

      I don’t know how sex works.

      1. Icalasari

        It involves breaking things, right?

        1. Doctor_Who

          If you’re doing it right.

        2. NightmareWarden

          What are you supposed to do with the balloon-covered banana?

        3. NightmareWarden

          What are you supposed to do with the balloon-covered banana?

        4. Rognik

          I think you dip it in the honey pot repeatedly.

        5. shadow eagle

          or the fudge pot…..

        6. Aydr

          A lot of things. Just… lots of them.

        7. Pier

          Joshua doesn’t have a hymen to break, oh wait…

      2. GoSpeedRumpist

        It’s easy, you just take out your thingy and rub it on her tummy.

        1. AgentKeen

          But how would that work with Ethan and Joshua?

        2. Yotomoe

          Men have tummies too.

        3. AgentKeen

          But whose tummy and whose thing? -mind blown-

        4. CapnPanda

          Faz’s obviously.

        5. StClair

          “They go off in the bushes and bump dickheads, I reckon.” – overheard speculation (possibly apocryphal)

      3. dethtoll

        quote of the day, thank you sir

    2. Plasma Mongoose

      His shirt?

    3. JebJeb

      Or he wants to get off on someone’s chest… Can’t believe I didn’t come up with that first.

  11. Sam

    OH GEEZE, OH GEEZE, OH GEEZE.

    1. Boom

      OH YEAH, OH YEAH, OH YEAH!

      1. Forest Gladiator

        OMG, OMG, OMG

        1. The Candyman

          OH GOD, OH MAN, OH GOD, OH MAN, OH GOD, OH MAN!

        2. Rognik

          Was it good for you?

        3. The Candyman

          I’ve had better.

        4. HAB

          Well there goes my self-esteem

      2. Aizat

        Oh great, now I have to repair three Kool-Aid Man shaped holes in the wall.

  12. Kernanator

    It’s like Naomi is trying her hardest to dislodge Blaine from the “Most Hate-able Parent” position.

    Also, yep, Ethan’s liking Joshua, it looks like.

    1. MM

      Well, after her husband comes out of the closet, she’ll be on the lookout for a rebound, and…

      …Nope. Can’t do it. Do not want to take that thought any further.

      1. timemonkey

        They will get married and produce the anti-Mike.

        1. The Candyman

          You mean the Mike who is really nice to everyone, but only in a condescending and passive-aggressive way, and is also an angry drunk?

    2. Ryune

      Looks like Joshua’s liking Ethan, too.

    3. JebJeb

      Well all she’s gotta do is rip Joyce’s shirt off, kick everyone else out of the room and tell Ethan to “make her proud for once” and then I think she’d tie with Blaine… Kinda hard to outdo him. He’s a tough act to follow.

    4. Sporky

      I’m pretty sure Blaine still is and always will be way way worse.

  13. Brian Lynch

    Oh, hey there boy Joyce… Boyce…

    1. ocbrad1

      Your comment would’ve won the internet today, if it hadn’t been for the strip overall. Still, +1 for awesomeness!

  14. The Candyman

    I really don’t like the way Naomi is talking here..

    1. Brian Lynch

      I really don’t like the way Naomi in general.

      1. Cholma

        She’s trying to unlock the “Total Ass” achievement in Life. Just 5 more evil statements to make!

        1. The Candyman

          But it just sounds really disturbing here. Like: “This one’ll be easy. Won’t put up too much of a fight. Could probably scare her into keeping quiet.”

          I don’t even know where I got that vibe, but still. *shudders*

        2. Cholma

          I think that’s exactly what she’s saying. “My boy won’t have any trouble getting you into bed”

        3. Bill

          Absolutely.

        4. saltchocolate

          Little does she know. You have to literally drug Joyce to take advantage of her. And even then, she’s got a friend with a bat.

        5. John

          And at that Sarah was just batting clean-up after Joyce went after him with the glass.

        6. Bill

          +1, John.

    2. vonnegut

      List of things about Naomi that we like:

      1. timemonkey

        She encourages safe sex.

        1. vsophi

          I don’t think she cares if it’s safe or not. It just has to happen. Frequently.

        2. timemonkey

          I believe she had a condom for Ethan yesterday.

        3. vsophi

          Doesn’t look like it. She hasn’t brought up the subject at all the entire time she’s seen Ethan. Just… sex.

        4. Jon P

          Safe sex doesn’t produce the grandbabies, so I can’t imagine Naomi’s for it.

        5. shadow eagle

          surprised she’s not unbuckling his pants for him.

        6. Twirls

          Nah. I thought that too, but it’s just one of Ethan’s Transformers stickers.

        7. Bill

          True – his mother was just jabbing her finger at him.  But if he needs one (or two or three), Roz can probably fix him up.

      2. Yotomoe

        That eventually she will die.

        1. timemonkey

          DOA is trapped in a time vortex forever stuck in the present. So she’ll NEVER die.

      3. begbert2

        Well, the shape of her nose isn’t altogether displeasing.

  15. Keroshino

    Boom! Ethan X Joshua…Commence!

    1. Luzahn

      Naomi was being terrible and it made me sad, but that last panel fills me with glee.

      I’m not sure if it’s something benevolent or just schadenfreude…

    2. NightmareWarden

      Nahh, Jacob and his family are going to come in next. Jacob x Joshua!

    3. Boom

      You rang?

      1. Rang

        Yes?

        1. begbert2

          If you two went off somewhere together, you’d be sure to come back.

        2. Er

          Am I late? Sorry, guys, traffic was awful…

  16. Aizat

    It’s heartwarming…but my gut tells me this is going to end in tears/

  17. Shade

    You didn’t let her finish
    “My brother.”

    1. Jack Finch

      Apropos of your question yesterday. ICEBERG RIGHT AHEAD!

      1. Shade

        Unfortunately, that’s not me. It seems one of my clones got loose again.

    2. Etrigan

      I read that in Hulk Hogan’s voice.

  18. Dahlia

    …I KNEW IT!

  19. Super Duper

    HEARTWARMING! AAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!

    1. Aizat

      SAVIOR OF THE UNIVERSE!

  20. Aizat

    His highness Joshua also has eyes for Ethan….I guess.

  21. Raine

    OH COME ETHAN. DON’T. DON’T. SHTAAAAAAAAAHP.

  22. Doctor_Who

    Yeah, this was always going to happen. Called it as soon as you gave one of Joyce’s brothers a face.

    “Now why would Willis do that after all these years?” I asked myself because I am quite mad and do that. “Introduce a male character who looks just like Joyce when Joyce is dating a repressed gay dude who would probably like her if she were male.”

    1. Boom

      And Hank is an older, sexier Joshua…

    2. John

      Joshua’s got a fair resemblance to Drew, too. Or possibly Catman.

    3. Regalli

      I didn’t think it until just now, but in hindsight I really should have.

    4. Pier

      Yes! Yes! Now you know why were shipping them, aside from Joshua being hot as how he is now.

  23. Regalli

    Aww, lookit the little smiles!

    … I ship this so much.

  24. Darwin

    They’ll make such an adorkable couple.

    1. Boom

      Joyce’s mom has got it goin’ on.

  25. Thanks, I'll Have Another!

    The Boobs Have Eyes.

    1. Doctor_Who

      “Hey, don’t stare! My eyes are up-well, okay, I see your point.”

      Poor Dina will try to follow Amber’s advice, but won’t know WHERE to look.

      1. MM

        After an afternoon of dealing with Faz, I suspect Dina may be just fine with social awkwardness if it lets her hide for a bit.

      2. Cybersnark

        It’s deceptive colouration to deter predators by looking like a larger animal.

        Lots of animals do it.

    2. brionl

      That was a Saturday Night Live sketch. Starring Raquel Welch, IIRC.

    3. Dr.Midnight

      Right? Every time Joyce wears that shirt it makes me stare at her boobs.

      1. The Candyman

        And her boobs stare back at you.

  26. Alex

    OH. MY. GOSH.

    1. David

      More like OH. MY. JOSH.

      1. princesscarlos

        …UA. Thank you, thank you. I’ll be here all week

  27. LiamAldam

    Initially I was concerned about the upcoming clash of the Brown’s and the Siegal’s religious beliefs then I read the subtext. Oh boy!

    And no one is going to come out of this entirely happy.

    1. Shadlyn Wolfe

      No, but a couple people may come out…

      1. saltchocolate

        Badda-boom, badda-bing!

  28. Jack Finch

    Oh no. Don’t. Willis. Just stop.

  29. vsophi

    YES JOSHUA/ETHAN

  30. CollyWolly

    Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh noooooooooooooooooooo.

    1. Paul

      Oh yes!

      1. Paul

        Wait, I said that wrong. Please allow George Takei to correct me:

        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nSKkwzwdW4

    2. timemonkey

      *smashes through wall* OH YEAH!

      1. Keroshino

        Dammit! now Aizat has four Kool-aid man sized holes to fix

  31. GoogerGeiger

    Oh fuck yes, Joshua and Ethan.

    1. timemonkey

      I say switch the second and third words in your statement.

  32. Paul

    IT’S A TRAP!

  33. Yotomoe

    I love how completely out of context I do not hate this comic.

    1. Aizat

      Yeah, we’re seeing two most hated people in one room and yet there is no wishing of grievous bodily harm to both of them.

      1. Shade

        Well, it’s still there. We’re just otherwise occupied at the moment.

  34. Tomb

    You know. I reeeeeaaallllly wonder if Ethan’s Mom is just projecting onto her son to hide her own lesbian feelings.

    We already know that Ethan is doing this in some form to please her.

    1. timemonkey

      I predict every member of Ethan’s family is secretly gay and they’re just pissed because he’s the only one with the balls to admit it.

      1. David

        Well, looks like he is missing out because he just has the balls to admit it (well, the kind of admittance he has brought into college is about mouse ball level only anyway) while they have the full balls and chains.

      2. vsophi

        I like this prediction.

  35. Yotomoe

    Darnit. Why did you bring Male Joyce with you!?

    1. David

      Threesome!

    2. Nono

      Bear in mind Joyce has three brothers, I think. So… foursome?

  36. Rani

    Sometimes when I’m reading DoA, I listen to music I feel matches the scene.

    For the past 5 I’ve been playing the promos to the last episodes of Breaking Bad.

    1. Yotomoe

      I think movie trailers for JACKASS might also fit well.

  37. Ryune

    So I burned through the entirety of It’s Walky last night to find the strips where Carol was trying to force Joyce to partake in hanky panky, and was wondering why Joyce was the last resort for grandkids when there were five older brothers. I went to bed wondering if they were all gay or something.

    Guess I’m at least 20% right.

    1. Paul

      Yep. Kinda gives some context to how they “failed” her.

    2. John

      I’m kind of reminded of that “fundie mom is a gay baby factory” Shortpacked! strip.

      1. vsophi

        It only just occurred to me that out of all of the brothers Willis would pick to come visit, it’d make the most sense to bring the gay one. Because yeah, the more brothers, the higher chance of man-lovin’.

        1. kiapdx

          Plus apparently a strong correlation has been found in birth order vs sexual orientation – the more older brother a boy has (whether he has met them or not), the more likely it is that he wants the D.

          They’re trying to discern if there’s a real causal relationship still, but the current leading theory on that is that the more sons a woman has, the less tolerance she has for the extra testosterone so she pumps in extra estrogen. (Doesn’t explain why my youngest brother, the fourth son, is somehow blond though.)

        2. Roborat

          Have you checked what colour the mailman’s hair is?

        3. Opus the Poet

          Pretty sure he was a red-head.

        4. Colleen

          “the more older brother a boy has (whether he has met them or not), the more likely it is that he wants the D.”

          I wish more professional studies and articles about sexuality used the term “wants the D”. Too funny

        5. vsophi

          Yeah, that was what I was getting at.

          Joshua’s the second youngest, right?

    3. Regalli

      I know, right? Like I think we’ve assumed they were all gay or infertile or both.

    4. khambatta

      She already has grandkids, but they failed her by growing up. She just wants babies.

      1. Kernanator

        Give her the family sword. It’s made out of babies.

    5. Historyman68

      Different universe, bro

  38. Ragnal

    Huh. Joyce’s bro is gay.

    …that was the last thing on my list of things to expect. Why didn’t I expect that most?

    1. Yotomoe

      I don’t think smiling at another guy makes you guy. I’ve smiled at plenty of dudes and I don’t want to mash lips or nuthin.

      1. timemonkey

        Or DO you?

      2. vonnegut

        That doesn’t look like “polite smile” to me. That looks like “how YOU doin” smile.

        1. Yotomoe

          I hate to be all like “NOTHISCHARACTERAIN’TGAYSHUTUP” but I dunno. I feel like he’s been smilin’ all dopey since he first showed up. It’s hereditary.

        2. kiapdx

          It could be a flirty smile. Or it could be a “wow I’m so glad my sister found a nice guy already and I don’t think he’s a douche” and we’re reading too much into it (and thinking Ethan is reading too much into it by going “oh no he’s cute and he’s smiling at me and I wanna tap that. Note to self: do not prod his sister with my boner”).

          Either way, speculation abound!

        3. Rani

          I think the hint people are picking up on is that Joyce’s shout and Joyce’s smile, which seem to be trying awful hard to get back someone’s captured attention.

      3. Shobo

        🙂

      4. John

        There’s a fine line between “smiling at” and “making eyes at”, and Joshua is dancing around on that line winking at Ethan.

      5. Leonou

        Yeah … but did you smile at them seconds only after meeting them, while being lost in their deep brown eyes, twisting your fingers and imagining their robust chest against yours as Marvin Gay music tarts playing into your head ?

        … well me neither !

      6. Greenygal

        Think of as a framing thing. On one side of the panel, Ethan is looking at Joshua and smiling because he thinks Josh is hot. On the other side of the panel, Joshua is looking at Ethan and smiling because… That sentence could be ended other ways, but I think the mirroring is suggestive.

        1. Shadlyn Wolfe

          I’m not sure, either. I mean, he’s smiling, but is it “My sweet sister has a guy” smile or “He’s hot” smile. Dunno.

          And there is a potential for even greater conflict if Ethan misreads the situation entirely, so I call it a coin flip.

        2. Jack Finch

          If Josh isn’t gay, then his expression is shocked bemusement at his gaydar pegging the needle at 100% certainty.

        3. begbert2

          I think if he’d pegged Ethan as gay (and dating his sister presumably without telling her that she was his beard), he wouldn’t be smiling. And come to think of it, that would hold even if he’s gay himself, which leads me to think that his returned smile is innocent, not romantic.

        4. Jack Finch

          Now see, I have Josh pegged as the kind of guy who ducks behind a smile when confronted with challenging information or potential drama. First line of defense against his gravely serious parents.

        5. vsophi

          It’s not always clear to a person when they are romantically/sexually interested in someone. For all we know, Joshua could be thinking “wow, this guy looks pretty neat, I wanna talk to/hang out with him”, not yet realizing why exactly he feels that way.

        6. Jack Finch

          It’s one of my favorite things about Walky’s falling for Dorothy. The look on his face in his first encounters are the distress of a person being suddenly dragged by an invisible force, no longer in control of their own body. It’s almost pathetic but sooo sweet.

        7. vsophi

          Perfect example!

          Yeah, Walky’s pretty cute like that.

  39. Astraea

    *flinches at Naomi’s comment* That hope for change I mentioned yesterday? Just died a little.

  40. Plasma Mongoose

    Naomi’s chances of winning the coveted Gendo Ikari School of Parenting Award are well and truly looking up.

    1. Aizat

      Glad I’m not the only one who thinks that Gendo is a dick.

      1. Boom

        Wait, there are people who don’t think Gendo is an asshole?

        1. Aizat

          Yes and some would even defend what Gendo did to Shinji.

        2. Boom

          Gendo threw aside his son after losing his wife to concentrate on his efforts to get back his wife, and only when Shinji became useful to that plan did Gendo pay any attention to his son at all. Non-shitty people don’t do that.

        3. Aizat

          And the funny thing is, this one guy who defended Gendo then has the guts to say that Goku is a deadbeat dad even though Goku died saving his TWICE!

        4. Boom

          Well, to be fair, he isn’t very present in his son’s life. He often either spends it in training or dead, but calling him a deadbeat is a bit harsh considering that he’s usually training to save the world or is dead because he died saving the world.

        5. Kernanator

          He’s a deadbeat in the sense that he spends time dead.

        6. Makkabee

          Maybe he thinks deadbeat means “beaten to death?”

        7. Keroshino

          I know, Right?

        8. Plasma Mongoose

          Yes, they share a broom cupboard with the Wesley Crusher fanclub.

        9. Blue

          The funny thing is I actually know a Wesley fan.

        10. princesscarlos

          Are you sure they aren’t just a Wheaton fan? Because Wil Wheaton is a pretty cool dude.

        11. Blue

          Well, she is /also/ a Wheaton fan (as am I), but we watched the entire first season of TNG together, and yes, she legit likes Wesley as a character.

        12. Cybersnark

          Hey, at least Gendo can recognize his own offspring when he’s standing in front of him.

          Don Wei couldn’t even do that.

      2. Kernanator

        I thought that Gendo being a dick was the one thing every Eva fan could agree on.

        1. Plasma Mongoose

          The proper term when Gendo is involved is bastard.

        2. Keroshino

          “Magnificent Bastard” to be exact 😀

        3. Yotomoe

          I’m still so confused on how Asuka has a huge fan base. Is she SUPPOSED to be intolerable?

        4. Plasma Mongoose

          She has a woobie backstory and it doesn’t hurt that she’s hot, besides tsunderes are in this season.

        5. Aizat

          Dude, there comes a time when no matter how hot the person is, there is so much a person can take.

        6. Crumplepunch

          By “this season” do you mean “the early nineties”?

        7. begbert2

          Tsunderes are in every season.

        8. Aizat

          Yeah, but I give some of them like Sayaka a pass because they paired up with jerks or in Sayaka’s case Kouji. To me, tsunderes only works when they got paired up with jerks.

        9. begbert2

          I’m also fine with them if they’re relatively low-key, particularly if it’s because of uncertainty on their part. As in, toggling warm/cold, rather than warm/heinous bongo. One that comes to mind is featured in Otoboku (complete with a hilarious send up in their ‘Tsunderella’ bonus episode, which is mostly why she leaps to my mind when discussing tsunderes).

        10. StClair

          I was gonna say.

        11. Roborat

          Wait, it’s tsundere season? Now where’s my shotgun?

        12. Aizat

          The same damn reason why Naru Narusegawa even have a fanbase. Or any tsundere character for that matter.

        13. Yotomoe

          But is she a tsundere or just a huge bongo with a kinda tacked on crush….i dunno…

        14. Aizat

          I thought they were one and the same?

        15. kiapdx

          I’m of the “huge bongo with a crush” opinion. After all, we don’t see her rescuing kittens from the rain or playing with small children, do we?

        16. Aizat

          You know, I like Asuka better when they made the character in the 70’s and goes by the name of Tetsuya Tsurugi.

    2. Boom

      Knucks, Ethan.

      1. Aizat

        Or slaps in disgust works too or as I like to call them “Slappy Ds”

    3. Yotomoe

      Hell, she’s close to achieving the Clay Puffington award of Parenting and “Interesting” Life advice Award.

    4. Regalli

      If she tries VERY hard, she may even make it to the next class, Shou Tucker’s Parent of the Year Award! (Blaine had that one locked in until this last set of strips.)

      1. Crumplepunch

        Is the Shou Tucker award more or less prestigious than the Gendo Ikari Award for Excellence in Parenthood?

        1. Regalli

          Mostly it just gets you beat up by everyone who sees it.

        2. Pat

          But I already want to beat her up!

      2. ijp92

        I just can’t see Naomi among such illustrious company as Medusa Gorgon, Frau Totenkender, and Craster.

  41. smallmercies91

    I feel like I’ll be needing a deck chair and a bucket of popcorn in the near future.

    1. Jackson

      Haven’t folded my deck chair up since the first strip.

  42. Unit Eleven

    We were already heading for some form of catastrophe, but now… well then.

  43. Fay

    Oh. This… could potentially be complicated.

    So Joyce’ll act as a very unwilling beard while Ethan gets with her opposite sex clone brother? Hm. Sounds like a lovely sitcom subplot.

  44. TrueVCU

    JESUS CHRIST, Ethan’s mom

    1. Aizat

      Dude, Jesus does not want to be associated with Naomi.

      1. Boom

        She tried to convert once, but they kept moving the church.

        1. Yotomoe

          The church would literally back away when she tried to step in it.

        2. Kernanator

          When she wouldn’t stop trying, the church chose to set itself on fire.

        3. Paul

          It burned down, fell over, then sank into the swamp.

        4. Boom

          Simpsons references. Haven’t seen one for a while.

        5. Kernanator

          Pretty sure it’s actually a Monty Python and the Holy Grail reference.

        6. kiapdx

          Monty Python, you mean?

        7. John

          We may have reached the point where everything is a Simpsons reference. Just some things are referencing the Simpsons referencing prior art.

        8. Paul

          Good God… The meme singularity…

  45. LiamAldam

    Wait! Before we ship up, let’s consider the possibility that Ethan is just admiring his old haircut.

    1. Paul

      Hell, I’ll be the first person here to say it: I ship Ethan’s and Joshua’s haircuts.

      1. Yotomoe

        Their hair make out licky style and they just have to stare into each other’s eyes until it finishes.

        1. Plasma Mongoose

          Then 9 months later, Cousin It was born.

  46. *wookie growl*

    You can practically hear the soundtrack going DUN DUN DUNNNNNNN.

  47. timemonkey

    The last panel would be better if Dorothy was behind Ethan so Joyce could smile at her too.

    1. Boom

      Don’t be silly, Dorothy is having the basted turkey.

      1. Paul

        There’s nothing wrong with mixing your turkey with some white mashed potatoes.

        1. AgentKeen

          Just don’t eat too much or you’ll get tired?

          D-did i do that right?

        2. Boom

          New potato or old potato?

    2. begbert2

      Sal’s motorcycle is visible out the window.

  48. Juliecat

    Had to read it twice before I got the joke *blush*

  49. Vince

    Ruh-Roh.

  50. AgentKeen

    Noteworthy reactions

    Panel 2- Wow, Mrs. Siegal, you just become worse, and worse, and worse….

    Panel 4- OH F___!!!

    1. Anonymous

      Yep.

      (Though my reaction to the last panel was laughter.)

      Panel 2: Previously, we’ve seen that she fails at interacting with people in her family. Now, we learn that she also fails at interacting with people outside her people.

      1. Crumplepunch

        Whaddaya mean, “her people”?

        1. begbert2

          Ones that she possesses. As in, slaves.

          Normally they’d be called ‘family’ but this is Naomi we’re talking about.

  51. vonnegut

    I am… having trouble shipping this. Joyce is being a complete and utter idiot for this whole “relationship” situation, but how much would that hurt if her “boyfriend” ended up with her brother? And how would Joshua really be able to feel good about himself if it involved hurting his little sister’s feelings?

    As someone with a sister close in age, I sadly know that someone flipping from one sibling to another doesn’t end well.

  52. Ninja Ned

    SHIPPING AROUND AT THE SPEED OF SOUND!

    1. LiamAldam

      GOT PLACES TO GO, GOTTA FOLLOW THE RAINBOW!

      1. vsophi

        this is perfect good job guys

  53. John

    So are we allowed to make “Lucy is Amazi-Girl” jokes?

    1. Plasma Mongoose

      Only in the SP! comics.

    2. Yotomoe

      If you have to ask…

      1. Boom

        Questions are like children! Everyone can have them, but most shouldn’t!

    3. David Willis

      FAQ, read it!

  54. Stepfan Huntsman

    Now kiss. *slams the Ethan and Joshua Dolls together*

  55. Charles RB

    Please let this lead to what I think this is leading to, please oh please 😀

  56. Jesse

    Wait, is Josh Brown gay too?

    1. Scoops

      Is Josh Brown gay in this universe?

  57. Corsair114

    There’s no way this ends well.

    *munches popcorn*

  58. Yotomoe

    Maybe I’ve got shitty fictional gaydar. I just don’t see Joshua being gay…Yet. He’s gotta do more than just look at Ethan for me to hop aboard this ship.

    1. Blue

      You make a good point… we can’t say 100% at this point what Joshua’s response means, though I personally feel it’s a little more than politeness. (Or maybe it’s just those Brown-child bright blue eyes making everything seem more intense)
      Personally, I was considering the possibility ever since Joshua’s ‘choose your battles’ line to Joyce indicated he had some secrets of his own.

      If it wasn’t clear enough in the comic itself though, Ethan’s look isn’t just friendly. Since Willis put in in the alt-text I suspect we will see enough of this to have a definitive answer on the point.

      1. Yotomoe

        Oh no. Ethan definitely wants a piece of that. I just don’t know if Joshua in turn, also wants a piece of that.

        1. Jackson

          Yep. Josh’s smile indicates that he’s happy to meet Ethan, but at this point, we don’t really know why he’s happy to meet Ethan. Given that DoA is generally optimized for shenanigans, I see two viable scenarios:
          1) Josh has no idea what’s going on here, and hilarity ensues.
          2) Josh knows exactly what’s going on here, and hilarity ensues.

        2. saltchocolate

          I approve of this message. ^

  59. Aras

    Irrelevant to the comic problem! Is it possible to retroactively change the posted name on comments of previous strips, or if worse comes to worse delete them? I used something that was too close to my actual name as my username here and on the Shortpacked! and comments I’ve made show up when I google search it. I’m aimming to become a teacher and as you all know, everybody acts and says things that are less than befitting a teacher on these boards. Is it possible to change the name on those posts to this shorter username I’m posting under currently or if worst comes to worst and that is not possible, can I request that all my previous comments be deleted? I would like to save them if I could though.

    1. David Willis

      I cannot alter your name, but I can easily delete all your posts.

      1. Aras

        I’m going to have to request that. I’ve said too many stupid things that could get me in trouble. WIll you need the specific name or will you be able to figure out who I am from the avatar?

      2. someguywithakatana

        Good guy Willis.

        Just put the doobie in the Gravatar’s mouth and it works.

  60. Oishi1117

    I got to admit with how wrong this relationship is they do look cute together. <3

  61. DT

    Oooooooooooooooooooh.
    So THAT’s why Joshua’s here for the Minnesota game.

  62. Fluffy

    THIS. Will not end well.

  63. EvergreenFir

    Oh… wow…

  64. Honor

    and your brother.

  65. khambatta

    Monkey Master does not approve :[

  66. Bemmie

    HAH! Love it!

  67. Blue

    This is one of those days when I am even more grateful for 7-times-a-week updates than usual.

    1. vsophi

      iktf

  68. Leonou

    Wow, I was worried everything was heading toward disaster but it seems like everything will be alright.

    In a bout five strips from now, we’ll have Naomi finally getting out to the closet to hug Carol while their sons start kissing.
    At first, Hank and saul will not know what to do, but they’ll refuse to miss all the fun and start “experimenting”.

    …. Poor Joyce will be the only one left alone, but at least it will save her from a doomed fake relationship with Ethan. Also, I think she’s a kind of girl to be happy just seeing other people happy ^^

    1. Tristan B.

      Your imagination is horrifying and intriguing at the same time

  69. ZZ

    I made an audible hideous pterodactyl shriek.

  70. AndaisQ

    FEAR

    I AM EXPERIENCING FEAR

  71. JessWitt

    Hi all! Long time DoA reader, first time commenter.

    That being said, is Naomi going to be a TOTAL jerk to everyone she meets?

    1. kiapdx

      Yes

    2. Kernanator

      Probably.

      1. JessWitt

        Perhaps Mike can put her in her place – for a nickel.

  72. timemonkey

    But seriously, Ethan, lose the horizontal stripes.

    1. vsophi

      Joshua might be able to help him with that.

    2. Pier

      Zing!

    3. Aizat

      But the stripes are a symbolic of Ethan being a prisoner.

      1. The Candyman

        Not in the 21st century they are.

    4. AndaisQ

      but they’re so cute

  73. Bunivasal

    Poor Joyce. The only person who has eyes for her is Naomi, and she’s only imagining her son forgoing a condom for grand kids.

  74. Yotomoe

    I’m pretty sure Naomi just called Joyce Easy. Back in my neck of the woods that deserves a cold hard bongo slap. Context doesn’t even matter.

    1. timemonkey

      Understanding the comment would be required for said slapping to occur.

    2. Thor

      Taking offense at someone else being called “easy” isn’t, in itself, slut-shaming behavior, but it does require an acceptance of the idea that libidinal freedom is a heinous thing to be accused of, which is a root cause of slut-shaming. At best, it’s an ontological tightrope to walk.

      1. Yotomoe

        But…if you’re overweight and someone says
        “Ha, you’re fat”
        Or if you’re not pretty and they’re like
        “Wassup uggo.”
        or if you look like me and someone says
        “Hey Whoopie!!! [Goldburg]”
        You can still take offense, even if it’s not something you believe you should be offended about.

        1. Thor

          Offensiveness is all in the mind of the offended. If someone was to call me a “fag” I would not be offended because I do not consider being homosexual offensive. With the proper context, it might even be complimentary. Indeed, the actual status of my sexuality is not even relevant. To be offended by the examples you listed above, you would have to consider being overweight, unattractive, or Goldbergesque as universally offensive states to be, or to be associated with being. Being offended at a label is actually a form of prejudice and bigotry.

          Now you *can* be offended by the conduct of a person who attempts to label you in an attempt to upset you. Whether the label upsets you are not, the act, when paired with the intent to offend, is rude. (Of course, this assumes that you are correctly ascertaining the person’s intentions, which is never a sure thing, even with previous experiences, tone and expression cues, and even the direct testimony of the labelling party.)

          tl;dr. In short if a label offends you , it is always productive to ask yourself what negative connotations a word carries, and if the correct response is not to react with reflexive emotion (which is what the provocateur probably wants), but to take a mental step off to the side and eye your own baggage and biases for unhelpful assumptions. And the plus side is, if you are able to perform this feat of mental aikido, you are able to throw any assailant mentally off-balance.

        2. vsophi

          I’d think it’d be less that the state of being fat/ugly/gay itself is offensive or negative and more the fact that the person who is labeling you as such views it to be so and is intending to hurt you/knock you down a peg. It’s pretty disheartening when someone expresses disdain for a trait of yours that’s out of your control, even if it is not something you identify with personally.

        3. Thor

          That’s what I am saying. The greater offense is not the labeling or mislabeling, but the intent of the one doing the labeling. Which is why the same label applied to you causes much less offense if you believe the labeller didn’t intend it to harm or demean.

      2. kiapdx

        It is however offensive that Naomi took one look at Joyce and said “yes this girl will drop her panties for my boy like they’re going out of style” and MEANT it offensively. Taking offense at someone else being called easy is acceptable when the obvious implication is that it is intended to offend. Naomi is saying Joyce is easy, with the implication that that means inferior. It’s perfectly acceptable to be insulted by being insulted.

        We can talk about reclaiming slurs all we want, but Naomi is INTENDING to be offensive, and it’s a lot harder to reclaim a slur when the slur is being used as a slur. I can call myself a slut all I want, but if a guy says it to me on the street I will still be insulted, not proud, that he said it, because his reasons for saying it are not the same as mine.

  75. vsophi

    You know, guys, when Freshman Family Weekend’s over, Joshua will be gone too. Ethan’s got a very limited window to make it happen.

    I kinda wonder if Yotomoe’s right and Josh is straight, though. He’d still serve the same role (adorable 63’d Joyce* for Ethan to lust over).

    Though, if he is, I feel bad for Ethan – all the hotties are straight.

    * Not to say Joyce isn’t already awfully cute. <3

  76. newllend

    Till another man walks in the room,boom!

    1. Allcool_dontcare

      Till ethan’s roommate makes things awkward

    2. Boom

      Will people stop talking about me?!

  77. Thor

    So am I the only one who didn’t figure it out until they read the hover text, and then the Comment section? Once you have it spelled out to you, it’s obvious and blatant, but without the collective subtext deconstruction brigade, I would have missed it for at least another 4 or 5 strips.

    1. saltchocolate

      Have to admit, it blew right past me at first. But that’s why it’s such a hilarious strip. I was thinking Ethan was looking out at the families, feeling vindicated that he was able to produce the girlfriend his mother didn’t believe in. But that’s my own stupidity overriding the obvious subtext. (And I don’t mean hovertext — reading this on my phone today.). Willis’s subtlety demands that we remember at all times who his characters are and *what they (really) want.* Go, Willis!!

  78. Minder

    Dang, I didn’t even notice Ethan and Josh eyeing each other until I read the comments section. I always knew my gaydar (and straightdar, for that matter) was nonfunctional in real life but I SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE THESE THINGS COMING IN FICTION, DAMMIT.

    (Do other asexuals have this problem??)

    1. Bartymae

      Yes. I thought they were all just smiling at each other and finally having a nice moment – a good departure from the ugliness of the last dozen or so strips. Apparently not. 🙁

  79. kujazlilmage

    OH MY GOD NO BEEP BEEP RED X RED X WRONG DIRECTION ETHAN YOU DON’T NEED THAT DRAMA WALK AWAY WALK AWAY BACK IT UP SLOW CHILD

    1. Thor

      I think it’s fairly clear that there will be no change in navigation here. Ethan started this whole mess by balancing himself unsteadily on a crumbling precipace. Tumbing off was neven an if, but always a when.

      1. kujazlilmage

        I have seen the future, and it is a spectacularly Michael Bay-ish explosion of a train wreck.

    2. Leonou

      No don’t do walk back ! I’ve already bought my popcorns and they won’t give me a refill !

      1. Tristan B.

        This is gonna epically entertaining. Bring in every family. That would be awesome.

  80. Greenygal

    Man, I hope Naomi’s not in position to see the way Ethan’s looking at Joshua.

  81. Plasma Mongoose

    Knees up Mother Brown…

  82. wynne

    I’m hoping he’s gay (this ship has sailed), but on the common sense train, isn’t Joshua at least 4 or 5 years older than Ethan?

    1. vsophi

      (if this is true) So?

      1. wynne

        Ethan’s gotta be what, 18? A freshman dating someone who already graduated isn’t unheard of, but it raises a few eyebrows. He’s fresh out of high school, after all.

        1. vsophi

          I’d think the only eyebrows that matter in this case would already be well past raised given the more immediate problem of their being the same sex.

        2. Shadlyn Wolfe

          In my experience, those eyebrows are only raised if the girl is the older one. No girl here, so all should be well.

          (Seriously, 5 years you can’t tell visually, so you can only tell by knowing them. And if you know them, you judge by behavior together…unless you’re judgy. See above.)

        3. wynne

          Eh. I know five years older isn’t a big difference once you reach your early-mid twenties, but as a senior in college… you can tell. Even without the maturity difference (which is definitely there, despite a number of mature freshman and immature seniors), and especially during the first semester. Freshmen are like sweet, adorable babies, and the first thing you think each August is, “Why do they all look so YOUNG?”

          Now, as long as everyone’s over the age of consent there really isn’t anything to get judgmental over, but the aforementioned maturity thing might pose an issue.

        4. Pat

          Hold up–we can only judge things if they’re illegal, now?

        5. Logician

          someone came up with a great formula for the social acceptability of dating: take the younger age, subtract seven, then double. This means 18 year olds can date 22 year olds without comment, but not 23 year olds. It sounds completely arbitrary, but works surprisingly well.

        6. kiapdx

          That formula falls apart quickly, and lacks corollaries for persons under the age of 18 (as in “unless it’s okay with your state laws (like if they have Romeo & Juliet laws) then don’t”). Sure 18 and 22. But 20 and 26? 22 and 30? 24 and 34?

          It gets out of hand fast.

          It’s a lot easier to judge by thinking “how weird would I think it was if *insert family member* was dating someone that age?” (ie: 24 year old cousin dating some person who is 34)

          With how quickly pop culture changes, it can also cause some serious disparity in terms of interest and common knowledge. I dated a guy 5 years older than me when I was 19, and the only reason we had interests in common was because *spoiler alert* he was a total manchild (which I didn’t realize until I spent more than 3 hours at once in his presence).

          The number game doesn’t always help, is my point. It’s a lot better to just think about it and figure out on your own, because everyone is different in terms of maturity and interests and what not, and those ARE impacted by age and have a HUGE impact on relationship dynamics.

        7. Logician

          Obviously cultures vary, but none of the examples you give sound that bad to me. Similarly below 18: 13 can’t date, 14 only date 14, 15 date 15-16, 16 date 15-18, 17 date 16-20, 18 date 16-22.

          It’s not supposed to tell you whether it’s really a good idea, just whether other people will look askance at you. I’m just surprised buy how close to the truth it is.

        8. Colleen

          I’m confused as to what’s so wrong with someone in their 20s dating someone in their 30s. My boyfriend and I have been together for almost 4 years, and we’re 13 years apart. The formula IS kinda wack, and I’m sure it doesn’t work completely, but like Logician says it’s probably more like a litmus test. Not really an official or ‘real’ way to solve any age difference problem.

    2. Heavensrun

      Yes, because in the face of Joshua being closeted (if he is), and Ethan being Jewish and dating J’s sister, the biggest impediment to these two hooking up is a pretty slight age difference. ;p

      1. wynne

        Well, in terms of people who aren’t a member of the Brown or Siegel family.

  83. PainfulBuggery

    I’m really, really, really liking where this beautiful trainwreck is going.

  84. Gottawonder

    And Ethan only has eyes for Joyce’s brother who looks like he may be interested in swaping eyes with Ethan.
    Somebody please kill Ethan’s mother.

    1. Pat

      …”swapping eyes”?

  85. Tomas

    “Wallace! Again?!”

    Ethan really is a heart breaking machine in both continuities. Mr. “Choose your battles.” looks ready to take his place on the barricades.

    Red! The blood of angry men! Black! The world when you’re not there!

    1. Wonder Wig

      You read my mind!

    2. bibulb

      DAMNIT! SO, SO CLOSE TO BEING FIRST ON THAT ONE!

      Excellent call, BTW!

    3. Pier

      “Hey, Josh. Do they rock or do they suck?” 😀

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XamNRZe1_C0

    4. AndaisQ

      I had not realized the potential meaning of that “choose your battles,” and now I am sad. You have saddened me.

      Also, appropriate Scott Pilgrim quotes FTW!

  86. MeatyStakes

    WoW, it took me a re-read one hor later to figure out he was meking eyes at Joyce’s brother.

    trainwreck doesn’t even begin to cover it.

  87. Aesir

    He also has eyes for Joshua

    1. Cheryl

      lol

  88. Keroshino

    on second thought
    No…Bad, Willis…Very Bad!

    don’t you make Joyce cry!!! 🙁

    1. Narf

      Oh sweetheart, you knew that this entire debacle was destined from minute one to make Joyce cry at some point, didn’t you?

      1. wynne

        These are the two strangest things you could ever picture Mike saying, and your avatars aren’t even drunk.

  89. Rosicrucian

    …okay, something is definitely going to happen between Ethan and Joyce’s brother before we’re done here. I can see the approaching train wreck from here.

  90. ninja_jesus

    Oh hey, Mrs Siegal, look who just came to the door!

    It’s KARMA!

    1. John

      It just ran over her dogma.

  91. JA

    This…will not end well.

  92. Dave

    Now give your new brother-in-dating-law a kiss.

  93. MsSchiff

    *puts on funny hat*

    Wheeen a pairing comes along! YOU MUST SHIP IT!
    If the feelings are too strong! YOU WILL SHIP IT!
    You think it can’t be wrong! AND SO YOU SHIP IT!

    *bum bum bum*

    Now ship it!
    Write a pic!
    Draw a pic!
    Hopeful glee!
    Fandom squee!
    Your hopes are up!
    So ship it!
    SHIP IT GOOD!

    *air keyboards away*

    1. Opus the Poet

      That’s actually a pretty good “Whipit” parody there Al.

    2. Ocbrad1

      +1 for your epic levels of Devo awesomeness!

    3. saltchocolate

      +2!

  94. tahrey

    YES.

  95. SHAZAM

    Ethshua OTP

  96. Nick

    Joshua is definitely my favorite family member.

  97. James

    ICEBERG!! HARD to port!

  98. Jimmy

    I was trying to think of ways this could get even more awkward and this particular scenario did not come to mind. Well played, Willis.

    1. saltchocolate

      With that grav. Yes. Ditto!

      1. Jimmy

        Excellent! 😉

  99. bob14323

    This can not end well for anyone here.

  100. Crumplepunch

    Just for a moment, I thought that was a “We are all happy with this situation” smile.

    I think Willis broke my gaydar.

  101. LS

    Had to relook at last panel, at first I thought Ethan was eyeing Joyce’s dad, which even for Willis would have been a little dicey.

  102. Narf

    “Oh. Oh hey there, Blue Eyes. It’s just… fanTAStic to meet you… *lingering handshake*”

    Ohhhh dear. MAYDAY! MAYDAY! ALL ENGINES, FULL REVERSE! BRACE FOR IMPACT!

    This will not end well, but it WILL end spectacularly. Keep ’em coming, Mr. Willis! 😀

  103. Phillip Wilde

    Ethan later: RUB IT, JOSHUA! RUB MY TUMMY WITH IT!

    OOH, YES, FASTER!

    GIVE MY TUMMY ALL OF YOUR THING!

    1. Narf

      Bwahahaha! Nice.

  104. Phillip Wilde

    That is how sex works, right? My only source of sex education is this comic.

  105. George Takei

    He is interested in her brother. Ohhhhh myyyyyy…

  106. The Candyman

    To be honest, Etyan would have to be a major asshole to start eyeing dudes while getting a hug from Joyce.

    1. Keroshino

      Especially so…considering it’s “her” brother!

      That’s just plain not cool Ethan.

      1. The Candyman

        Dude’s committing some serious violations of the bro code.

    2. John

      Given that she knows he’s gay, I’m finding it hard to hold against him.

      (No, not like that, you pervs.)

      ((So is Joshua. Like that.))

  107. ADHadh

    You know how sometimes when you date a girl, you’re effectively dating her whole family?
    Apparently it’s not always bad.

    1. AndaisQ

      Hey-o!

  108. Tenn

    “We’re all actually gay, aren’t we?”
    “As sailors.”
    “Goddammit. Well, that explains a freaking lot!“

    1. The Candyman

      The entire Siegal family and the Brown family are all gay. New headcanon.

      1. vsophi

        Except for Joyce.

        Poor Joyce…

        1. The Candyman

          There’s a joke to be made there, I know it.

  109. Victor Riley

    Mon-sewer Willis, you certainly know how to write unlikeable side characters.

    Now, more of them just need to receive some “comeuppance”… Amber’s dad is a good start… then, please move to Ethan’s mom.

  110. Kelli

    What gets me is not that Ethan is eyeing Joshua, but that Joshua is returning the look. That’s a time bomb waiting to happen (Hi NSA!) that’s going to take a lot of pressure off of Joyce about ‘merely’ hanging out with atheists.

    1. rachel

      hahahaha HELLO BACK AT YOU

      just kidding, I am comically far from the pov of the ennessay

  111. Hoboturtle

    Wait, Joshua may be gay and if sexuality is constant between multiverses than that means that he was gay in the walkyverse which might explain why Joyce’s parents were cool with it by the time Joyce told them that she wasn’t. In fact Joyce’s mother seemed surprise that she was straight. All of Joyce’s brothers are gay. Called it now. Going big.

    1. Nicholas

      It’s consistent with Walkyverse Mr. and Mrs. Brown being very concerned about not having grandkids. Pehaps not all of them, but when there’s 5 boys in a family, it’s very likely that at least one of them is gay.

  112. Ashley

    Ethan, at least give Joyce a minute before you prove her wrong.

    1. Pat

      That’s not how punch lines work.
      Uh… punch.. images?

  113. Arkadi

    …so Ethan, Joshua and Joyce happies everafter? o.O Well, I’ll be damned. I didn’t think this would be so easy.

    1. Vash

      It’s never that easy…

      1. Arkadi

        It never is, yeah :c Joyce would end up crazy from the stress of maintaining the façade and being starved of proper sex, or something like that.

  114. brumagem

    EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE now i’m writing all sorts of fanfic in my head willis what have you done

  115. Peruhain

    Wow.

  116. Toes14

    “Ethan, F*ck her now!”
    “Okay Mom, but only if I can state into her brother’s eyes while I do it”

  117. rachel

    this storyline is going to continue to be brutal, y’all. yesss for everyone but also sadjoyce and meanparents and ahhhhhh

  118. Biege

    welp, looks like ethan is intrested in getting to know the rest of the brown family. joyce’s brother specifically

  119. Angel

    oh crap, hot brother…Ethan, you are just desperate to fit in and already kind of leading the girl on, do not become despicable by making out with her brother!

  120. blackaeon

    Dat brother?

  121. Em

    #1. Joyce doesn’t want to have sex before marriage SO SUCK ON THAT NAOMI. SUCK. ON. THAT.

    #2. Hahahahahahahaha. Ha. Ha. Yeah sorry hun, Ethan doesn’t even HAVE eyes for you. He has eyes for all those hot sexy gay and bisexual men. (Oh man is it bad that I want Joyce’s brother to be gay and for them to be SECRET LOVERS that’s what they are…Yes okay that is bad. Very bad.)

  122. Hoboturtle

    Oh look, a Monkey Master tag without Dexter.

  123. ocbrad1

    Welp. This got interesting.

  124. KB_SBI

    Someone’s gonna get a BJ today and it’s not Joyce.
    10.- on some seriously fabulous action going down between Ethan and Joshua soon.

  125. Brando

    Joshua is staring right back at Ethan, they’re giving each other that “look.”
    Also Naomi is a conga.

    1. vsophi

      There are so many words you could have used instead of that one.

  126. wynne

    Well, at least something positive and not completely horrible came out of this train wreck of a family weekend. All this bigotry and abuse was really piling up.

  127. Reepicheep-chan

    That hug is adorable tho.

    1. Bill

      That has to be one of the top three best-drawn hugs I have ever seen.

  128. Jack

    So who is going to turn out to be gay tomorrow?

    1. Noel Schornhorst

      Everyone! It is a Willis cartoon, after all…

  129. Roborat

    Yay, navigation bar fixed. Thanks Mr. Willis.

    1. David Willis

      I didn’t do anything to it and I’m not sure what was wrong to begin with?

      1. El Tebbaro De Bertopia

        No I believe you meant to say “Absolutely, I am amazing and I am a god! Tremble before me mortal!” Even if you did nothing, why refute someone’s claims that you did something awesome?

  130. Noel Schornhorst

    There’s your problem, folks, you had your Joyce set to ‘Easy.’

    1. Kernanator

      We ought to reset to ‘Normal’. Or maybe even ‘Hard’.

      1. Thor

        We’ve already seen Joyce set to ‘Insanity’, and that’s a level we do not need to revisit.

    2. Bill

      Nothing easy about Joyce.  Naive, yes.  Easy, no.

      1. Hoboturtle

        She didn’t see the last person who thought Joyce was easy. Guy got glassed in the face.

    3. Heavensrun

      Didn’t Joe already disprove that hypothesis?

  131. Opus the Poet

    Yep no way this could possibly turn out bad, nope not gonna happen

  132. DEG1377

    Oh god there’s only so much relationship-drama-train-wreck I can take.

    Willis you are testing my tolerance… and I watch (and read) shoujo anime (and manga)…

    1. Pier

      Then read Yaoi for once. 🙂

      1. vsophi

        Yaoi is actually pretty much always shoujo.

        …Which probably explains all the iffy non-con rapey-ness of it all.

        1. Raen

          Yaoi is by definition shojo… it’s not yaoi if it’s aimed primarily at gay men.

  133. quietlythundering

    Aw dammit ><
    This does NOT look good.

  134. AJBulldis

    This is so sad and funny and heartbreaking. How long before everything falls apart?

    1. Keroshino

      I give it till tomorrow’s comic…

      then the proverbial “Excrement Hits the Oscillating Device”

  135. guy

    I suppose a haircut and doggy style aren’t long term solutions for this relationship, but it could buy them a few years I guess.

  136. Mattyos

    HIIIIIIIIIIIIGHWAY TO THE DANGERZONE!!

  137. Megan

    I read your entire archive in 2 days. I love this comic! 🙂

  138. sumolegend

    Oof. Harsh.

    1. Pier

      Did I hurt you dude? Don’t worry, I’ll take it slow.

  139. MightyWizardTim

    Never Forget, but debate all you want: This Damn You Willis at his malevolent finest, his most disreputable, fiendish worst. Of course, there can be no other, explanation: Joshua is gay!! His Infernal Self is cackling at all the navel gazing. If you are quiet, you can hear the Sheldonesque– Mwah Ha Ha from a distance.

  140. MightyWizardTim

    http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aZdp46Jen_w For your edification, Ladies and Gentlemen

  141. Darnel

    Mixed feeling.
    Meh,.. I don’t want these two hurt, yet I want to backhand a few parents,.. Holy spit!

  142. M.Pomme

    Hey,
    I don‘t get the “…yeah she‘ll be easy” comment, someone care to explain? (Non native speaker here)

    Easy to fuck? Easy to control?
    I know the pejorative meaning (as “she gets around”), but that doesn‘t seem to be it here, or is it?

  143. Again with Dragons

    Have you chosen a cover and title for book 3 yet? My vote is for the last panel here.

  144. Bill

    test

  145. Lantz

    Joyce’s brother looks like the Villager from Animal Crossing.

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