Surely not ALL clowns are demonic monsters. Right?
Jamie
Some of them are presidents, too!
Too soon?
Paradox
It’ll always be “too soon” because EVERY modern president is a clown
thejeff
Ahh, the smell of false equivalence in the morning.
Clif
Nobody said they were equivalent clowns.
Some Ed
I could go on a recap of every president since I’ve been able to vote, but I don’t want this to turn too political. Regardless of whether I voted for them or not, they’ve all been worse than I had feared possible. To be fair, that’s saying a lot for the last clown to leave office, because I’d been pretty frightened of what he’d mess up even before he was nominated. And one of those only wins that ‘worse than I’d feared possible’ because he’d managed to snooker me into thinking he might actually be a good one. If not for that, he’d have been the exception.
He Who Abides
Nah, some just wanna poison Gotham’s water supply.
The things you take for granted. I remember sitting like that for hours as a kid but at some point I don’t know when, just sitting for five minutes then getting up sets my knees on fire.
As you get older, laying flat on your back and then getting to your feet without grabbing onto anything external is wonderful exercise. Painful, but good short term exersize.
Needfuldoer
Just don’t get up too fast, or you’ll get a head rush.
I somehow screwed one ankle up a few years ago, something went *pop* and there’s an extra bump near the bone that sticks out. Squatting for more than a couple minutes hurts. :\
Some Ed
head rush is one of those funny terms to describe something in the exact opposite way that it is, right?
I mean, when I get up too fast, what I experience is a lack of everything my brain needs to survive in plentiful supply around my brain. My perceptions can’t keep up with reality, and I worry I’ll pass out. I wouldn’t describe that as a rush. I’d say, “Don’t get up too fast or you might come close to passing out.” And expect some joker to suggest that they didn’t come close to it, they did. Like, getting somewhere doesn’t mean you’re close to that place. I’m not sure what’s closer than being there.
Tell me, can a western adult adapt to Seiza and reap its benefits, or must you have done it as a child?
Madock345
You can adapt. Just expect it to take a while. I know people who started practicing sitting meditation when they were in their 50’s and can do it for hours at a time now
You were able to sit on the floor comfortably? My circulatory system would cut off all circulation to my feet if I sat the wrong way on the floor. This is why we invented couches and comfy chairs I’m pretty sure.
Showing up would imply Mary had even a modicum of empathy and since Joyce stated she invited everyone (I assume Mary is included in everyone) she clearly doesn’t which is sad cause I’m waiting for Mary to be more than a 2 dimensional caricature bad guy.
Regalli
Once upon a time I wanted to see if there was depth to Mary.
I think that ship’s long since sailed, especially since people like her do unfortunately exist, and have only gotten more normalized and visible since the strip started.
Thanks to the sliding timescale, I suspect in a few years Mary will canonically have attended an anti-mask rally in high school.
I don’t think she was invited, but since this is a public area I think she might spend a moment being lured in by public cake before realizing she’d have to be nice to someone she disdains for long enough to receive cake.
I mean it’s technically Bonnie’s cake, even if she isn’t there for it, so Mary’d probably be more offended that they’re “glorifying the sin of suicide” or some shit.
i mean it’s not like Mary’s ever harassed someone to the point of a suicide attempt or anything /sarcasm
Does Mary know of Bonnie? Or that she died from attempted suicide?
Jamie
Unlikely. I’m not confident even Dorothy or Dina knows.
Paradox
“Or that she dies from attempted suicide”
Pretty sure its no longer “attempted” at that point
Sirksome
Bonnie died from “attempted suicide’ because it’s heavily implied her original suicide attempt didn’t work and she died later in the hospital due to complications from it.
I’m sincerely not sure if it classifies as suicide or not. Feel free to elaborate if you do.
Paradox
Right, I forgot about that part
Unless the “complications” were the result of negligence on part of the hospital staff, my gut tells me it counts as suicide, but I’m honestly not sure either
I’m kinda digging the gradually-developing (step-)sibling dynamic between Amber and Joe. I’ve got a feeling she’s not actually interested in the party at all, even if there is cake, and is just trying to use reverse-psychology on Joe.
Not sure if Sarah in panel one is intimidated by the number of other people there (wonder what the record for most named characters in a single DoA strip is?) or if she’s just really enjoying the cake.
I don’t think Sarah gets intimidated by large groups of people. She doesn’t like them, but she’s never shown fear. If anything, she’s delighted to get her irritation done in one fell swoop.
135 thoughts on “Hiding out”
Ana Chronistic
look, you snost, you lost
Jeff K!
Good lord, Newshounds! I had completely forgotten that existed!
Sirksome
Gonna be honest the sentiment is nice but this party is kind of lame. There’s not even a clown.
Kyrik Michalowski
We want a happy party, not a horror show. Take your clown loving self back to “It” and take the clown with you.
Wagstaff
Oh come on!
Surely not ALL clowns are demonic monsters. Right?
Jamie
Some of them are presidents, too!
Too soon?
Paradox
It’ll always be “too soon” because EVERY modern president is a clown
thejeff
Ahh, the smell of false equivalence in the morning.
Clif
Nobody said they were equivalent clowns.
Some Ed
I could go on a recap of every president since I’ve been able to vote, but I don’t want this to turn too political. Regardless of whether I voted for them or not, they’ve all been worse than I had feared possible. To be fair, that’s saying a lot for the last clown to leave office, because I’d been pretty frightened of what he’d mess up even before he was nominated. And one of those only wins that ‘worse than I’d feared possible’ because he’d managed to snooker me into thinking he might actually be a good one. If not for that, he’d have been the exception.
He Who Abides
Nah, some just wanna poison Gotham’s water supply.
mrnoidea
Pretty sure that was Scarecrow, not the Joker.
Sunny
I vaguely recall each of them trying to do it at different times.
Deanatay
It’s a GREAT way to threaten a city. I’m surprised Gotham doesn’t have tighter security on its DWP.
Thag Simmons
Both of them have tried it more than once
Psi Baka Onna
But only one if them tried to patent the horrible mutated fish that the toxins created!
The Gotham City Tourist Board really must insist visitors not swim in or drink the water…
mrnoidea
Some clowns are fish.
Felix
Yeah! There’s VR Lolathon. Wait. Oh but he only spooks for the lulz. It’s Fiiiiiiiiiine…
Wagstaff
Wait, did anyone else notice the RED BALLOON in the past few slides?
Clif
It’s been there since the beginning of the party.
https://www.dumbingofage.com/2021/comic/book-11/05-as-long-as-its-free/facebookinvite/
MacareuxMoine
It wasn’t in the past three strips (following Sal), so I totally forgot about it and was wondering what the heck the red blob in the first panel is.
Keulen
I’ve never understood how clowns are supposed to be funny. Clowns are creepy.
Some Ed
Well, isn’t the fact that clowns think they’re funny kind of hilarious?
…
Sorry. It was the best I could offer.
Sam
Maybe Bonnie is afraid of clowns and balloons and only liked sitting on the floor eating cake.
tim gueguen
What do you mean? Becky’s there.
Yotomoe
That’s cuz Joe’s around the corner.
Sirksome
Yo! Someone finally hit the the ball I threw!
Clif
Somehow, I never thought of Joe as a clown.
Kyrik Michalowski
Come on Joe, you can handle a few emotions if there is cake involved. Right?
Deanatay
“Happy Birthday. Your mom. Cake me!”
Actually, those are Amber’s lines. Joe will have to come up with his own thing.
AGV
If Joe said that it would sound sexual
Yumi
Man, I miss being able to comfortably sit on the floor like that.
Sirksome
The things you take for granted. I remember sitting like that for hours as a kid but at some point I don’t know when, just sitting for five minutes then getting up sets my knees on fire.
Clif
As you get older, laying flat on your back and then getting to your feet without grabbing onto anything external is wonderful exercise. Painful, but good short term exersize.
Needfuldoer
Just don’t get up too fast, or you’ll get a head rush.
I somehow screwed one ankle up a few years ago, something went *pop* and there’s an extra bump near the bone that sticks out. Squatting for more than a couple minutes hurts. :\
Some Ed
head rush is one of those funny terms to describe something in the exact opposite way that it is, right?
I mean, when I get up too fast, what I experience is a lack of everything my brain needs to survive in plentiful supply around my brain. My perceptions can’t keep up with reality, and I worry I’ll pass out. I wouldn’t describe that as a rush. I’d say, “Don’t get up too fast or you might come close to passing out.” And expect some joker to suggest that they didn’t come close to it, they did. Like, getting somewhere doesn’t mean you’re close to that place. I’m not sure what’s closer than being there.
Kyrik Michalowski
Imagine trying to sit on the ground the same way the Japanese do. That would be hell after like 2 minutes.
Wagstaff
Hmmm…. if the Japanese could do it without hurting, maybe we’re not doing it right.
Chris
Seiza takes practice.
Wagstaff
Tell me, can a western adult adapt to Seiza and reap its benefits, or must you have done it as a child?
Madock345
You can adapt. Just expect it to take a while. I know people who started practicing sitting meditation when they were in their 50’s and can do it for hours at a time now
Sam
You were able to sit on the floor comfortably? My circulatory system would cut off all circulation to my feet if I sat the wrong way on the floor. This is why we invented couches and comfy chairs I’m pretty sure.
Citizen Octopus
Cake skills trump EVERYTHING!
Regalli
Everyone shows up for cake.
Even Mary would show up for cake, probably. Maybe. Depending on if she thinks the cake has Gay Cooties on it.
Kyrik Michalowski
I hope that Mary wasn’t invited, she would probably say something about Becky’s mom being in hell since she committed suicide.
Sirksome
Showing up would imply Mary had even a modicum of empathy and since Joyce stated she invited everyone (I assume Mary is included in everyone) she clearly doesn’t which is sad cause I’m waiting for Mary to be more than a 2 dimensional caricature bad guy.
Regalli
Once upon a time I wanted to see if there was depth to Mary.
I think that ship’s long since sailed, especially since people like her do unfortunately exist, and have only gotten more normalized and visible since the strip started.
Thanks to the sliding timescale, I suspect in a few years Mary will canonically have attended an anti-mask rally in high school.
Sunny
Joyce said “basically everybody” was invited. I am not convinced that includes Mary.
thejeff
She did say she sent the invite to “everybody”, but if she hesitated over Ethan, I can’t imagine Mary was included.
Regalli
I don’t think she was invited, but since this is a public area I think she might spend a moment being lured in by public cake before realizing she’d have to be nice to someone she disdains for long enough to receive cake.
RassilonTDavros
I mean it’s technically Bonnie’s cake, even if she isn’t there for it, so Mary’d probably be more offended that they’re “glorifying the sin of suicide” or some shit.
i mean it’s not like Mary’s ever harassed someone to the point of a suicide attempt or anything /sarcasm
Sirksome
Does Mary know of Bonnie? Or that she died from attempted suicide?
Jamie
Unlikely. I’m not confident even Dorothy or Dina knows.
Paradox
“Or that she dies from attempted suicide”
Pretty sure its no longer “attempted” at that point
Sirksome
Bonnie died from “attempted suicide’ because it’s heavily implied her original suicide attempt didn’t work and she died later in the hospital due to complications from it.
https://www.dumbingofage.com/2020/comic/book-10/04-is-a-song-forever/connelly/
I’m sincerely not sure if it classifies as suicide or not. Feel free to elaborate if you do.
Paradox
Right, I forgot about that part
Unless the “complications” were the result of negligence on part of the hospital staff, my gut tells me it counts as suicide, but I’m honestly not sure either
Wagstaff
Oh how wonderful!!! Everyone’s here for the party!!!
*plays “Sanie cu Zurgãlãi” by Fanfare Vagabontu on Voxola PR-76*
eh, whatever
ă; Romanian doesn’t use ã (or have the sounds it represents e.g. in Portuguese)
Wagstaff
Yeah, I was just cutting and pasting the title from YouTube.
Makes me feel kinda bad for not knowing, because I’m actually half Romanian myself.
RassilonTDavros
I’m kinda digging the gradually-developing (step-)sibling dynamic between Amber and Joe. I’ve got a feeling she’s not actually interested in the party at all, even if there is cake, and is just trying to use reverse-psychology on Joe.
Not sure if Sarah in panel one is intimidated by the number of other people there (wonder what the record for most named characters in a single DoA strip is?) or if she’s just really enjoying the cake.
Rotunda
Sarah likes cake. Sarah *steals* cake. https://www.dumbingofage.com/2019/comic/book-10/01-birthday-pursuit/wish-2/
Clif
Amber not interested in the party at all? Never underestimate the power of cake.
Jamie
I don’t think Sarah gets intimidated by large groups of people. She doesn’t like them, but she’s never shown fear. If anything, she’s delighted to get her irritation done in one fell swoop.
Reltzik
Well they’re fighting over the last slice of cake. I think that means they’re now level-4 siblings?
Miri
I was going to say, they’re totally believable as siblings here ?
Kim
I was thinking the same!
Great sibling-energy between these two nowadays ^^
<3 it
milu
I’d say they’re about to break into a Sibling Dance
Roborat
That certainly was . . . something.
AGV
This would be perfect with the Browns if Joyce had more than one cool sibling
BBCC
All the more reason to hurry up and grab it.
MK15