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Joshin’
Posted on May 25, 2014 by David M Willis

131 thoughts on “Joshin’”

  1. TheOthin

    JOYCE

    1. Ahighfunctioningsociopath

      STAP

      1. Khrene

        You just hatin on dat CHRISTIAN SWAGGER!

        #youonlyliveoncebeforeyou’reaccepttedintogodskingdomtoforeversinghispraisesineternalbliss

        1. Yet_One_More_Idiot

          Well you can tell by the way I use my walk,
          I’m a Christian girl, no time to talk,
          etc etc;….

        2. Alan

          Wow… that hastag.

    2. Jen Aside

      Jal?

      Soyce??

      1. Zababcd

        “Joyce, is that you? What are you doing?”
        “N-no, I… Ah’m not Joyce, ah’m… J-… Jal. Yeah, that’s it. Jal.”

    3. sps48

      Sarah is jealous that Joyce didn’t make such a big deal over her shirt.

    4. Jerk

      dose mittens

      1. tinfoil theory

        finger gloves

    5. Deimir

      I imagine this is what I look like when I’m trying to be ‘cool’ as well…

  2. Odin

    … What is that Joyce has in her mouth? A pencil?

    1. Maveric1984

      Looks like it to me

    2. Jabberwocky

      I’m hoping for crayon.

    3. newllend

      She couldn’t even find a loli pop?

      1. TheSuicidalGiraffe

        NOT EVERYONE CAN BE THE REDUBED SANJI LOL, sorry i saw the picture and my soul cried out for a reference, thank you for your time

    4. Doctor_Who

      Candy cigarette, maybe?

      1. bennyboy18

        joint.

      2. Annie

        Do they even still make candy cigarettes?

        I kinda hope they do because they were sooooo good, but at the same time I’ve turned in to my mother and don’t want to give my kid anything else to use to pretend he’s smoking.
        I thought my mom was crazy and ridiculous when I was little and she said I couldn’t buy candy cigarettes any more because seeing a little kid pretend to smoke is “just wrong.”
        Now my son uses what ever he can find (usually a Mr. Potato Head arm) to pretend he’s smoking, and it really does just look wrong to see my 4 year-old strut around pretending to smoke.

        1. Undrave

          They do, but then can’t call them cigarettes anymore. It’s usually called candy sticks or some such.

    5. Yet_One_More_Idiot

      It could be a candy cigarette, the end of a lollipop, a pencil, pocky…anything really. 🙂

  3. AHR

    Omigod Joyce you are too cute stop

  4. Geminia999

    Well, that Grinch smirk she secures her next Halloween costume

    1. timemonkey

      And then Joyce got an idea. A horrible, terrible, awful idea.

      1. Maveric1984

        But her hair isn’t curling with the smile.

        1. timemonkey

          Not the hair we can see anyway.

        2. JustCheetoDust

          But her hair isn’t curling with the smile.

          Too bad, she could’ve gone to Sal for hair relaxing tips.

      2. vegita

        She’d take the Happy Holidays and COMMERCIALISM out of Christmass, and just have a birthday party for her hero.

      3. Resulli

        And Sal’s heart grew three sizes that day?

  5. Alethiolet

    That… isn’t a cigarette is it? Bad Joyce!

  6. PsychoKineticEX

    Wow, she can actually pull it off quite well.

    1. Chris

      Needs a tank top. It’s the bare shoulders that makes the look.
      And some wheels. Any wheels will do.

      1. Doctor_Who

        Too cool for words.

        1. Nunc Pro Tunc

          Thank you sir.

        2. David

          The eyes are not age-appropriate.

    2. LeslieBean4Shizzle

      Yeah, surprisingly well. That is actually pretty awesome. Well done Joyce!

    3. Jadedcynic

      I know, right?

  7. Tacdud2

    Silly Joyce being cool is for Sal.

  8. Doc Harleen

    I love that those are probably just her winter gloves.

  9. Darwin

    It’s… too much… can’t… stop… juxtaposition of the charming… and… ludicrous…

    1. newllend

      Its weird I’m filled with laughter and Rage all at the same time.

  10. Ridureyu

    SIN, that it may appear to be SIIIIIIIIN!

    1. tinfoil theory

      That shirt definitely smells of fire and brimstone…

  11. LiaHansen

    Oh my god I never knew Joyce was so cool

    1. Geminia999

      Yeah, that’s why she’s wearing mittens, she’s cold and thus needs to warm up

  12. Mr. Random

    She’s even got purple gloves on… this will definitely end well. Let’s watch.

  13. Bill

    IT’S ALL DOWNHILL FROM HERE!!!

    1. JustCheetoDust

      Maybe not for her fashion sense.

  14. Vile Gamer

    “Ah can even do tha accent”

    1. LiaHansen

      Ah jast raplace all tha vawals wath a’s and all tha “I’s” wath “ahs”

  15. rayrayravona

    Dawwww is this as close as we’re going to get to Anti-Joyce?

  16. Bill

    You can almost see the devil horns poking up in panel #4, can’t you?

    1. GoogerGeiger

      THE TRANSFORMATION IS ALMOST COMPLETE

      1. hof1991

        She still needs an evil dimension goatee.

  17. Kyle

    Thanks for making me smile.

  18. Pantheon the Mantheon

    Um…. Joyce? I think…. no, you know what? I’m just gonna let her have it. Good job Joyce, you’re cool now.

  19. James Rye

    HHHNNNNG!

  20. newllend

    Oh my god…fuck this, Is there any hope of her becoming a better version of her past Universe self because I dont know man.

  21. cmd1095

    I don’t know which panel I’m laughing at hardest… 4 or 5… that evil grin *snort*

  22. Doctor_Who

    She’s become Joe Cool.

    1. Cholma

      Quick! Where’s a water cooler she can hang around?

  23. Barabajagala

    This stirred something deep within me.

    1. Roborat

      So, . . . you will be in your bunk then?

  24. caesaria82

    Evil Joyce face in panel 4 is legit scaring me right now.

  25. Dorsilus

    I keep thinking Joyce can’t get any more adorable AND YET YOU STILL SURPRISE ME WILLIS

  26. JessWitt

    And then, whoosh!, AmaziGirl pounces on her.

    1. newllend

      She just goes outside in the Dark and Amber see’s her outside then confuses her for Sal runs out in her Amazi-girl oufit and just gives her a German suplex.

  27. khambatta

    Sarah’s just peeved that Joyce isn’t wearing a vest & a headscarf.

  28. arank11

    *Begins to hum Ridin’ Dirty in her head*

    1. Cybersnark

      Weird Al’s “White and Nerdy” would be more appropriate, though still not perfect.

      “White and Holy?”

      1. Gadgeteer Smashwidget

        “they see me prayin’…”

  29. MrSirk

    Wow she did get some residual coolness…or was it there all along?? O_O

    1. Wisefool

      Its from the shirt, duh

  30. DailyBrad

    Willis, you are a master of the precious. Joyce is adorable.

  31. Doctor_Who

    “Now to show Billie how cool I am!”

    Joyce knocks on Billie’s door, Billie groggily answers, stares at Joyce through bloodshot eyes for a moment, then says “I quit!” and throws away her bottle of booze like an old timey cartoon character.

    And that’s how Joyce saved Billie!

  32. Plasma Mongoose

    Sal has taken over Joyce’s body.

    1. JustCheetoDust

      That’s going to make things awkward for Carla, Marcie and Malaya at the next Walmart parking lot meetup.

      1. Ancestral Hamster

        Oh, I’d like to see Joyce trying to take Sal’s place at such a meet-up …

    2. tinfoil theory

      Jason will be so jealous.

  33. Bilfred

    that alt-text is so appropriate.

  34. Pyr05

    That’s the best cosplay of Sal I’ve ever seen. Shh, nobody reveal that the ‘cigarette’ is actually a lollipop!

    1. tinfoil theory

      No problem.

      It’s a pencil.

  35. Kiggy

    Pfffft! Bwaaaaaahahahah!

  36. Animal

    It’s whatever it is in her mouth that makes it work.

    Because it’s in her mouth.

    In.

    Her.

    Mouth.

    1. Animal

      Also, beginning hints of Anti-Joyce.

      1. Gadgeteer Smashwidget

        Soon, she’ll snap and suck like a billion dicks.

  37. Aizat

    Jeez, Conrad. When Shepard said you can help, he doesn’t mean dressing up like him.

  38. David

    You can’t just put a pen in your mouth. Have the decency and buy chocolate cigarettes.

    1. das-g

      Oh, you can use pens. And be nerdcool. Remember, she’s good at math and all that.

  39. Beachfox

    I can’t decide if Panel 4 or Panel 5 is the best…
    They’re both the best!

    1. Tom Speelman

      The slyness in the fourth panel just kills me.

  40. Idon'tcarenomore

    The 4th panel makes ya think…the 5th panel makes ya fall off your chair.

    The hover text says it all..

    “Oh, Lord”

  41. Kernanator

    Okay so clearly this is going to be the best storyline ever.

  42. etybolik

    WHOA WHOA WHOA

    STAND THE FUCK BACK FOLKS, WE GOT A REAL BADASS OVER HERE

  43. Anarchy 101

    Now all she needs is some non alcoholic beer and a toy bicycle or trike to complete the look

  44. TheOtherDibbler

    Hahaha! XD Oh Joyce.

  45. p

    SANDY?!

    1. DailyBrad

      “Tell me about it, stud!”

      1. Big Drahma

        Man I was afraid I’d have to make the reference on my own, but here it is!

  46. Inlaa

    Okay, Mike. We know you want to do this. This is a golden opportunity to put someone down.

  47. Inlaa

    Wait… …Is that a PENCIL in her mouth?

  48. CianM1301

    Well, she’s trying.

  49. goatkid

    Fingers crossed for a Big Gay Awakening…! (well… a Big Bi Bash but that’s sadly not an established thing) Joyce is way adorable trying to be Sal!

  50. Spliced

    It’s like those tee-shirts my kids wear with the little character wearing the sideways hat and captioned ”I RULE THE PLAYGROUND”

  51. showler

    Mr. Willis, sir? I think you forgot the Sal tag.

  52. nothri

    I can feel it coming in the air tonight (alt text), And I’ve been waiting for this moment for all my life (Alt Text)…

  53. Dreballin3x

    Man, I’ve been binge reading this for the last 3 days or so. I’ve finally caught up and this was a great one to end!

    Such a good strip!

  54. ridtom

    I got chills~

    Their multiplying~

    And I’m losing control~

    ‘Cause the power, you’re supplying~

    It’s electrifying!

    1. Charles Phipps

      Now I can’t get it out of my head!

      1. Chris

        I noticed lyrics from 2 songs were quoted in these comments, and both were from the 1970s.
        It’s more than I dare to think about.

  55. Kyle

    well this can only end well

    1. mistrali

      Ah, the irony of your gravatar.

  56. mistrali

    Joyce, there’s a little thing called ‘style’ as well. 😛 Jumpers and jeans tucked into boots don’t quite cut it.. though at least she’s stopped wearing vests!

  57. Narf

    Joyce channels Sal, with adorable results. 😀

  58. Ashley

    What are you doing Joyce? Don’t you know being cool is a sin?

    1. Sam

      Then Sal’s Christian School truly failed her because it only seemed to teach her cool.

      1. Ashley

        I’m pretty sure Sal didn’t learn her cool ways from any school, Christian or otherwise.

  59. Alexx

    It’s workin’ Joyce. I CAN FEEL IT.

  60. xXx_Fedoraflipper_xXx

    Ahhh. This will work well im sure.

  61. Tenn

    Attitude: You’re doing it… not that bad, actually.

  62. Mass Confusion

    4th panel: “Oh, we all know I’m going to do it”

  63. ocbrad1

    Who knew such an attempt at baddassery would be so damn adorable? Ahhhhh!

  64. XMinusOne

    Go Joyce go! “Bad to the bone, bad to the bone, BBBBB Bad, BBBBB Bad!”

  65. Maycroft

    It think it’s working.

  66. monica

    Ex-Catholic School Girl Swagger. Joyce is gonna freak when she realizes that she’s swaggin’ like a papist.

  67. Nym

    Panels four and five may be the most ridiculously cute things ever. Sarah’s expression in panel two is pretty great, too.

  68. Static Air

    The irony about this strip is that one of the key things being “cool” is confidence, and technically Sal is not as confident as Joyce. For one thing, she has to dress up as some innocent schoolgirl for her parents and not tell her what’s going on in her life. Second, she doesn’t necessarily share a lot with other people about herself, but if she does share, it’s not stuff that she does like, which she hides to a certain degree (like playing Mario Kart, or liking the TA, in a way).

    Meanwhile, here comes Joyce, wearing a weird outfit like it’s no big deal and telling people how she loves Monkey Master, and then telling her parents about her atheist friend and standing up for her even though she knows her parents hate atheists.

    Heck, if we’re also including popularity, Sal is probably admired by more people, but Joyce is more approachable, and more people consider her a friend.

    What I’m saying is, in a way, Joyce is emulating herself.

  69. Jackson

    Joyce is owning the fudge out of that look.

  70. Hydrargentium

    Is that… are those Uggs? 😛

    Hg

  71. Robin Lionheart

    Panel 4: Then she got an idea… an awful idea. The Joyce got a wonderful, awful idea.

  72. Lord Geovanni

    When sal comes back Joyce will have to pass the blunt

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