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Revulsion
Posted on June 25, 2012 by David M Willis

134 thoughts on “Revulsion”

  1. SalmonLeap

    Just in time for Pride parades everywhere: The Beard Express leaves the station!

    1. Raoullefere

      Yep, I can hear the whistle cry: FAAAKKKKEEE, GIIIRRRLFRIIIENDDD! I-DON’T-look-gay, I-DON’T-look-gay, I-DON’T-look-gay, IDON’Tlookgay, IDON’TlookgayIDON’TlookgayIDON’Tlookgay FAAKKKEEE GIIIRRRLFRIIIENDDD!

      1. milk experiment

        Today’s comic was mostly just kinda sad, but your comment made me laugh out loud. 😀

      2. madd

        you are always full of awesome

      3. Roborat

        That was brilliant. You win todays internet.

      4. tahrey

        you can have my daily internet as well.

      5. Narf

        Have a few more internets from me, that was excellent 😀

      6. DarkVeghetta

        catchy

  2. Mkvenner

    Premarital fuckin to be percise.

    1. Aydr

      Premarital for one, heterosexual for the other. So she has to generalize a bit.

      1. Jenny Creed

        Who knows, maybe they’re both asexuals in denial.

  3. Yotomoe

    Clearly Sarah is the only person who’ll be tapping Joyce’s ass

    1. Plasma Mongoose

      With her fingers I hope. 😀

      1. Wonder Wig

        Why specifically her fingers? .-.

        1. lord of dance

          cuz she should, no promises, be lacking the proper tapping tool

        2. Plasma Mongoose

          Cos tapping someone with your tap-shoes is kinda rude.

        3. madd

          And using a keg tap would just be painful … one would imagine …

        4. Mrelegos

          Tree tapping is something one only does on the third date.

        5. Jackson

          : add to your mana pool

        6. Jackson

          Blugh. Image tag fail…

          http://i.imgur.com/Ck6vY.png : add http://i.imgur.com/Dl4lm.png to your mana pool

        7. Sambo

          +3

    2. TacosForever

      I knew Sarah and Joyce were meant to be!

      1. G.G.

        *goes back through the splash contest entries*
        hmmm….

    3. Undrave

      HAHAHAHA! Nice one!

  4. Wonder Wig

    ‘Dat sheltered upbringing ass.

  5. Plasma Mongoose

    Congratulations indeed on scoring yourself a new cute beard.

    I gotta ask did you realise that you spelt contratulation instead of congratulations Willis?

    1. Plasma Mongoose

      I see Willis is as fast on the comic error fixups as always.

      GOOD JOB!

      1. Jim

        Contratulations!

        1. Plasma Mongoose

          Contratulations (noun)
          An expression of joy in the success of signing a beneficial contract.

  6. Aizat

    There are other relationships other porking each other you know.

    1. Plasma Mongoose

      True enough, besides ‘porking’ aint kosher.

      1. Yotomoe

        and Banging sound very loud and unromantic

        1. Aizat

          And making pretzels in bed sound odd.

        2. Plasma Mongoose

          and screwing sounds like you’re ASSembling IKEA style.

        3. Aizat

          and making Ha-Ha is like something the Joker would do.

        4. Yotomoe

          And making Whoopee sounds like something that involves lots of cheering

        5. madd

          Riding the bologna pony sounds downright unhygienic.

        6. Ziaheart

          It always makes ME think of farting.

        7. Plasma Mongoose

          I thought that Joker’s favourite trick is to make his ‘pencil’ disappear.

        8. Aizat

          That’s his second favorite trick, tying with the acid flower and the super joy-buzzer.

        9. Ancestral Hamster

          Try telling that to Harley. She’s been trying to get M. J to “ride his Harely vroom vroom!” With no luck.

        10. Yotomoe

          And making the beast with two backs sounds like a terrifying science experiment gone horribly wrong

        11. madd

          Putting some beef in the taco sounds … well … tasty, actualy. Dang! Now I’m hungry.

        12. Random Guy

          Unfortunately he prefers butt-tacos.

        13. madd

          so … much … win …

        14. Ancestral Hamster

          A beast with two backs? More chaos mutants; must be Tuesday, I’ll get the Deathwatch kill-team.

        15. Argon

          They aren’t ours. The Book of Lorgar says that our mutants and Chaos Spawn shall have only one back, as is the will of the mighty Chaos Gods. I would wager they belong to those Emperor’s Children tossers.

          Also, why would you call the Ordo Xenos for a mutant problem? Sure, they’re Astartes, but they’ve got better things to do.

        16. Ancestral Hamster

          Depending on the edition, chaos spawn can be incredibly dangerous. If it’s just a mutant, killing it with fire will do, but if it is a larval form of chaos spawn you’ll need experts.

  7. Futabakun

    Me, I’m wondering if this might be the start of a nice relationship between Sarah and Ethan. She might find him tolerable to talk with, and gay guys *can* have friendships with women.

    1. Yotomoe

      Ethan is probably within a small ring of people Sarah may tolerate, but I’m not sure she will fully like him since she’s in big sister mode protecting Joyce.

    2. insomniac

      When Joyce finds out he’s gay, her mind will break in half.

      1. Plasma Mongoose

        That or she will try to fix him with her astounding chest puppies.

        1. Yotomoe

          Joyce can’t fix what’s not broken. Besides Ethan’s seen Amber’s rack, and her boobs are so nice that they’re immune to criticism

        2. insomniac

          You can’t actually fix what’s broken, no.

          I don’t doubt that Joyce will try, out of sincere and honest desire to help, while probably making things 100 times worse for a gay teenager who’s still coming to terms with himself.

          I don’t expect DoA character arcs to mirror the ones in the Walkyverse, but I don’t see Joyce getting away without severe existential angst at the difference between the world as she sees it and the world as she’s been told it is.

        3. Shade

          That’s a funny euphemism for Christ.

  8. Brasca1

    Considering how constantly irritated Sarah is as well as a compulsion to express the truth no matter what I wonder if she might be a possible love interest for Mike.

    1. The Aussie Bloke

      Oh gods…

      I can’t tell if that would be awesome, or scary as hell.

    2. Yotomoe

      I think Sarah would not have the patience to deal with Mike. Being equally as Misanthropic does not a relationship make.

      1. gangler

        I think Joyce demands more patience of Sarah than Mike ever could. If anything Sarah’s already shown us that she has the patience of a saint.

        Ethan put it as “Mike doesn’t really have friends so much as he has people he’s willing to stand next to”. I think Sarah could easily find that she doesn’t mind standing next to Mike at all. It goes from there. No patience involved. Patience is for dogs and philanthropes where you make a concerted effort to forge the relationship. That type of behavior just drives away cats and misanthropes anyway.

        1. Shadlyn Wolfe

          I see them as a little too alike, personality wise, but not alike enough in interests. After all, we’ve seen no sign that Sarah takes genuine pleasure in other people’s misfortune.

          With that said, though, I have no doubt that Willis could make it happen AND make me believe it if he so chose. The man wields his characters as most artists dream of wielding a pen.

        2. gangler

          I think the drama issue would be the most likely thing to come between them. Sarah hates drama, Mike actively stirs and creates it.

      2. TARDIS With A Hat

        But the Hatefucks would be glorious!

    3. TARDIS With A Hat

      YES! YES!

      DOA Mike\Sarah OTP!

  9. Thor

    If Ethan’s going to try and pass for straight, he needs to start cutting back on the rouge.

    Besides, orange isn’t his color. He’s obviously a winter.

    1. Plasma Mongoose

      “Is there something you want to tell us about yourself?”

      1. Aizat

        Yes, I have very low-self esteem, very socially awkward, have some trust and rage issues.

        1. madd

          I believe we may have been separated at birth.

          Oh, wait … your dad doesn’t happen to be a rather tall Mexican musician who ditched your mom some time shortly after your birth, does he? If so, you may be one of my many half-siblings!

      2. Yotomoe

        I’m a handsome bachelor and I like long walks on the be-
        oh. you meant something else.

      3. Shade

        What do you mean? One only has to read Norse mythology to know Thor knows all about fashion and how to look good in a dress.

        1. Andiemus

          She has a rather healthy appetite as well.

  10. Organs

    Man, Sarah really needs her comeuppance!

    1. Aizat

      You mean, she needs to get laid?

      1. Yotomoe

        nonono that’d be her Cumuppance.

        1. Aizat

          And this is why you are one of the funniest guys/gals in the comments.

        2. Yotomoe

          I is male. and thank ya kindly

  11. Plasma Mongoose

    I just hope for Ethan’s sake that Joyce isn’t puritan, while they are all against PREmarital hanky-panky, they are pretty insistant on getting their regular quota of POSTmarital hanky-panky.

    1. Yotomoe

      If Joyce was a Puritan she may become slightly more unbearable…

      1. Naz

        Ironically puritans were pretty pro-sex compared to other christian sects. Sexual enjoyment within marriage was pretty much an expectation and a right. A woman could call her husband before the church if he failed to “fulfill his duties”.

        1. Khrene Cleaver

          Hmmm… If it weren’t for the witch burning racism…

        2. Random Guy

          If the Puritan men “performed their duties” better their women wouldn’t have been going out at night to “ride” broomsticks.

        3. Roborat

          Now that would be an interesting church service. Did they exchange sexual techniques as well? Live demonstrations?

        4. Andiemus

          In old Catholicism that wasn’t unheard of since impotence was grounds for an annulment and that’s really the only way to prove you’re not impotent.

        5. Roborat

          Performance anxiety, anyone?

  12. Resne

    From Sarah that’s as close as you’ll get to a “Good job.”

  13. lord of dance

    jeeze, i know WE know whats ethans up to, but what, aside from the usual, crawled up sarah’s butt. they’ve literally hung out once and all they did was watch cartoons, isn’t she jumping the gun a bit?

    1. Yotomoe

      Cartoons are a nerds 3rd base

    2. insomniac

      Sarah probably is jumping the gun and being all overprotective.

      HOWEVER. Waaaaay back, there had been some excitement about the prospect of becoming “Mrs. Joyce Siegal,” back in http://www.dumbingofage.com/2011/comic/book-1/04-the-bechdel-test/chaser/

      So she knows that Joyce is crushing on a closet case, which isn’t going to end well. It just doesn’t.

      1. begbert2

        And now Joyce’s face from the first panel of that comic is again haunting my nightmares. Thanks for that!

      2. lord of dance

        im just saying they’re not IN a relationship

        1. Shade

          Yes but Sarah also assumes the worst of people it seems.

        2. Aydr

          Maybe Sarah has seen more than we know for certain. After all, she is right on the money. Can’t assume we see every interaction and overheard bit in a comic strip.

        3. Andiemus

          Or she’s just being a bongo. Not like that’d be breaking new ground.

      3. Jim

        I have a much greater appreciation for that “plague” strip as DoA continues to unfold on its own. There is a lot more wit there than I realized on first reading. I might need to do a reread. Good call – thanks for the reminder link.

  14. Derek

    I demand a spanking tag, Willis

    1. Plasma Mongoose

      “But you two hardly know each other…” 😀

    2. Jim

      There is always this…

      1. Jim

        damned tags… http://www.smileyvault.com/albums/stock/smiley-fighting0056.gif

  15. T Campbell

    “Ethan was a perfect gentleman UNLIKE ME!” WHAP!

    “Revulsion FOR,” just in case anyone cares. I think I see someone in the back… no, they’re just yawning and stretching.

    1. Aizat

      Well, she is a lady.

      1. Khrene Cleaver

        dOuBLE StNaDraD1!!111!!111111!!!1

    2. Jason

      In my dialect, it’s “revulsion of.”

      1. Zababcd

        Would ‘revulsion towards’ be universally acceptable?
        My preference is ‘revulsion for’, though.

  16. sad

    If that last panel isn’t already a Halmark card, I’m going to be rich.

  17. Ridureyu

    Yay buttslap

    1. Aizat

      More like a buttbackhand.

  18. JoeMerl

    We’ve all been in that kind of a relationship, haven’t we?

    1. Jim

      I don’t think so. Mutual revulsion can be interpreted as “of each other” – like mutual hatred, as well as ‘mutual’ in the shared belief in general, which is how Sarah is applying it in the last panel.

      I have no such revulsion… unless it is used with someone specific in mind. So we would all have had to have a a period where we found it revolting, and had a relationship with someone who did also.

      Now… if we are talking about mutual revulsion and include really fat chicks… then yes, I have several relationships with males and females where the very idea is revolting and repulsive!

      Though I understand their mutual feelings on the concept, JoeMerl is applying it one-on-one, and that’s not how it was intended. Is the term contextually misleading to the masses? Does anyone else have mutual feelings with Joe about this?

      Do we care?

      Oh the humanity!

      1. Zababcd

        I have no idea what either of you are talking about.

  19. gangler

    Sounds like a perfectly fine foundation for a relationship if you ask me. I don’t fuck you, you don’t fuck me, everybody’s happy. Not seeing where this becomes problematic.

    1. Izzy

      Honestly neither am I. I think it was Greg giraldo who said ” gays! He’ll gays are amazing. In fact, of it werent for the sex, I could be gay. Everything would work ou so much better” or something to that effect

      1. gangler

        I actually find it kind of funny. It’s like the age old question “Can two people who want to fuck eachother just be friends?” but in reverse.

    2. Leorale

      It becomes problematic because she wants/expects more someday, such as love, marriage and babies. Ethan would only be dating her because he’s scared of being alone, not because he’s capable of ever falling in love with her.

      1. gangler

        In other words a relationship based on mutual revulsion against fucking becomes problematic the moment one of the parties ceases to be revolted by fucking.

      2. kschenke

        Are they dating? I thought they were just friends. …

  20. Kernanator

    Many relationships are built upon those same principles!

    1. Resne

      And then promptly destroyed by the caustic force of nature that is Mike’s acid wit.

  21. Porpoiseboy

    Is this the Michelle Bachmann story?

    1. Andiemus

      And the winner of the Internet is….porpoiseboy!

  22. ComicLover

    I wouldn’t call this a relationship yet, just friendship. Which I guess is a relationship but you know what I mean.

    1. begbert2

      To Joyce this is a relationship, I suspect. “Boy friend” probably looks like a typo to her.

      1. gangler

        I think Joyce is really eager to take this beyond friendship but doesn’t necessarily feel that such has already happened.

  23. Gargamel

    Are Ethan’s parents coming around in a few day or something?
    Is Ethan capable of that kind of intrigue?

  24. Zaxares

    This relationship will collapse promptly after the wedding when Joyce wants children.

  25. Flimsyfishy

    It’s beard time now… Hopefully not though, Joyce will be broken.

  26. Arkadi

    Somehow, Ethan’s poker face is what annoys me the most.

    1. EireJack

      It would probably take a lot of booze and a couple viewings of Magic Mike to get Ethan ready to poker face

  27. artemi71

    At first, I was like, ‘woo, Joyce spank!’

    But then I realized it was just so Willis didn’t have to have it in full bent over profile for us, and I was sad. *laugh*

    1. EireJack

      Gordon Mc Alpin draws good bent over figures…. you know for art

  28. Ryan Balis

    We all know Mike will end with Joyce’s fantasies sooner or later.
    Joyce spanking so cute *–*

  29. gangler

    Wait, look at Sarah’s thumb. She didn’t slap Joyce’s bottom. She backhanded Joyce in the rear.

    1. Resne

      Just a matter of direction.

  30. Jasmine

    That “Am I all right?” broke my heart though.

  31. Charles RB

    Sarah speaks only the truth!

  32. kschenke

    They also both like cartoons and are nice people. … Would you have rather he wormed his way into the relationship because he WANTED to sleep with her? No? Then why are you pissed about this.

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