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Gross
Posted on December 14, 2011 by David M Willis

333 thoughts on “Gross”

  1. Kernanator

    Oh Willis.

  2. Jacob

    Wow, even Walky ships BilliexSal

    1. Kernanator

      It’s like sex by proxy!

    2. Plasma Mongoose

      Joyce DOESN’T approve of this ship.

      1. Digidestined of Trust (Tim)

        And neither do I

      2. wandering meme

        fanservice alert! and when exactly did walky get a “player’s grin” and pecs?

        What’d he just turn on the smoothness all of a sudden?

        1. Undrave

          it’s the water in the lake! GASP!

        2. Tucker

          It was the lady in the water.

        3. lawzlo

          “Lady in the water”
          …
          That terrible M. Night Schlamalamadingdong movie?

          NNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

        4. Tucker

          See, I was going much luder with the reference. Yes, terrible movie. But, suddenly Walky is suave? Coincidence!?

        5. Historyman68

          Come on, really? Yeah, dude’s got a somewhat out-of-the-ordinary last name. That’s like calling George Lucas George Puke-as, or Michael Bay Michael Gay- criticize them for their work, not their God given names.

          Sorry, it’s just a pet peeve of mine.

        6. Pat

          I think most people just can’t spell his last name. I know I cant!

        7. Raiser

          Shyamalan. Not that hard to spell, people are just lazy.

          (But Opinionated Internet Man! How does being unable to spell something on the internet beget laziness?)

          Because websites like Google exist.
          “What was that director guy’s name? The one that made all those movies with the twist at the end… M. Night something? I can’t spell his last name.”
          http://bit.ly/sZuapZ
          “OH, that’s what it was.”

        8. OhHayMike

          But it’s not always worth googling something just for the sake of posting a comment on a webcomic.

        9. fezzam

          Unsuprisingly “m night shamalamadingdong” comes up with the correct spelling as well.

        10. Tucker

          What a TWIST!

        11. Plasma Mongoose

          @Historyman68: Did someone make fun of your name when you were a kid by any chance?

        12. Historyman68

          Well, Plasma, as a matter of fact, yes. I think most of us have, at some point. But the whole “let’s make fun of his name” just feels vaguely racist or ethnocentric or something. Like we’re saying he doesn’t deserve for his name to be spelled or pronounced correctly because it’s not something easy, like Jones or Smith. Like he doesn’t deserve our respect since he’s got a different-sounding name.

          If he doesn’t deserve our respect because of his dumb movies, that’s fine (though I still think he gets a bad rap there too, but that’s a different story). But calling him M Night Shamalamadingdong just feels like a lazy ad hominem.

          And I love puns, too! I… I guess I didn’t realize quite how strongly I felt about this?

        13. lawzlo

          I know that this post is coming about 24 hours too late to matter, and nobody will ever read it, but I figure I might as well respond, seeing as I started this mess.

          Sorry if I offended anyone with my lame joke, but that really was all it was intended to be, a joke. You’re right in that I wrote the joke out of laziness. Not that I’m too lazy to google the correct spelling of Shyamalan, but because I’m too lazy to come up with a better joke than a lame “Rama lama ding dong” pun.

          As far as possible racism or ethnocentrism go, I really didn’t mean it that way. I have nothing against people of Indian ancestry, it really was just a lame attempt at humor. I apologize if this was offensive.

          If it makes any difference, I’m Polish American, and have a surname with a somewhat goofy spelling (no, I’m not posting my real name on the internet, sorry. that probably makes me a hypocrite). I have no problem with making fun of my own last name, or the surnames of my fellow vowel-challenged Poles.

          Peace, everyone.

        14. Thorulf

          As someone who took a great deal of teasing over my name while in school, I tend to agree with you.
          However, my parents gave me my name. Not God. Just saying…

        15. Historyman68

          I’m sorry, I probably over-reacted. I was more trying to make a general point for people to think about what they say than to pick on you. And Eastern European names can be hilarious, too! That’s a big part of my heritage, though that part of the family’s names are pretty tame (dad’s got a Norweigian name though, which is kind of ridiculous and kind of badass).

          Anyway, all is forgiven, I apologize for making you feel bad about a silly joke. And Thorulf, I meant “God-given” as a common phrase, not literally that someone other than his parents ha bestowed his name upon him. But after my “pay attention to what you say” speech, it’s a good point, and I’d be a hypocrite to say otherwise.

        16. David

          STOP BEING REASONABLE, ALL YOU GUYS. SOMEBODY CALL SOMEONE ELSE A NAZI.

        17. Tucker

          /\ I’m with NAZI.

          Happy?

        18. Lordphulish

          Shut up, you logic nazi! You know who ELSE wanted everyone to stop being resonable?

        19. Tucker

          …Hitler!

      3. Valdrax

        You know, if she’s familiar with shipping, you’d think she’d be more used to slash.

        1. Historyman68

          Joyce’s comfort zone is a finely-tuned instrument.

        2. Raiser

          Joyce’s comfort zone is capable of restructuring base (and sometimes crass) concepts into family-friendly misconceptions while neatly shielding her from that which disturbs her.

          Of course, like any finely-tuned instrument, it’s also likely rather fragile and capable of breaking in twain with hardly any effort if someone were to actually apply pressure.

      4. Kaolla

        Well I sure do :3

        1. RandomPerson12

          Yeah, it’s got my support. And I’m someone who hates shipping characters for no reason.

    3. Undrave

      Walky has seen OUR internet!!

  3. Mkvenner

    Curse you Willis!

  4. Uniqueantique

    Interesting….

    1. Jacob

      Wait, is Dorothy ogling Walky?

      1. dchorror

        She’s imagining him with boobs.

        1. Sporkaganza

          Why do I want to see Dorothy in the middle of a love triangle with Walky and Sal both after her now?

          Oh right, cuz it’d be awesome.

        2. Plasma Mongoose

          Walky With Boobs

        3. Joraiem

          Why does this scare me more than Amber’s fantasy Batman?

        4. iSaidCandleja-

          As always, it’s the eyes.

        5. Tucker

          Dorothy’s look is so much more potent with that edit.

        6. Historyman68

          That’s an unsettling avatar you got there.

        7. Tucker

          You love it.

        8. Jerricho

          Less disturbing Walky With Boobs

        9. Viktoria

          I found that one creepier. Somehow the fast edit is less uncanny valley about it.

        10. vlademir1

          Thank you. For some reason, likely because I failed to read the name before looking, that was what I had expected Plasma Mongoose had linked to.

        11. ImaginationRunningWild

          Can I say that male Joyce in adorable? ooh how about male joyce and male walky…mmmmmm….

        12. wandering meme

          *shudder*

        13. Valdrax

          Given how much fast food he eats, I’m surprised he doesn’t already have boobs.
          (Also, didn’t he have a pot belly?)

        14. Rokk

          He still has a metabolism *nods* One swim in the lake and all the maths books he’s been carrying and those extra fatty bits disappear right off.

          ((Also, I think in DoAverse he’s only been on the fast food diet a week. Maybe two? I doubt his parents would have let him eat nothing but fast food right off.))

        15. Historyman68

          He’s probably sucking in his gut, too. As guys at the beach are wont to do around girls.

        16. Kirt Dankmyer

          I actually think she’s just disgusted, guys. 🙂

        17. begbert2

          She looks more alarmed to me, possibly in a “well now this is a conversation I wasn’t expecting…I’ll be over here” kind of way.

      2. wandering meme

        yeah dorothy, we see you checkin’ him out!

  5. addude

    I don’t know who to agree with Joyce or Walky

  6. LauraS

    Yay! In-universe shipping wars!

  7. Plasma Mongoose

    Are you seriously telling us that you didn’t create today’s comic in responce to our comments?

    1. Kernanator

      Psst! I think he’s trying to tell us something.

      1. Plasma Mongoose

        That there are iceburgs heading towards our ships?

        1. Kernanator

          The captain always goes down with his ship!

    2. Joraiem

      No, he created this comic in ANTICIPATION of our comments.

      1. MichaelHaneline

        WILLS SEES ALL! WILLIS KNOWS ALL!

    3. David

      Dude. Three week buffer.

      1. Doctor_Who

        Guess you know us pretty well, then, huh.

        1. iSaidCandleja-

          Or he stole a tardis.

        2. Tucker

          Hey-oh!

      2. Plasma Mongoose

        Three EARTH weeks? 😛

        1. Tucker

          If it was a three DOA week buffer, we’d have comics clear through the end of the world.

        2. Andrusi

          I’m curious what other kind of “week” you think he could mean.

        3. Plasma Mongoose

          Three Jupiter weeks which equals 8 days 7 hours and 40 mins.

      3. Kirt Dankmyer

        Pffft, it’s be trivial to insert a comic into the buffer if you really wanted. Well, not “trivial,” as it’d involve all the work of drawing the strip, but still.

        That said, I like the idea that the shipping comments are that predictable.

        1. David

          Eh, truth be told, moving around comics on WordPress is a real bongo. Given that I’m three weeks ahead, not only do I have to delete three weeks worth of post pages, but each comic downloads into four separate folders with different versions of the image. (Normal, archive, RSS, thumbnail) So just to insert one comic, I’d have to spend time removing all that, renumbering everything, reuploading and retagging everything…

          Not a breeze, no. S’not like the old Autokeen days when all you have to do is rename files in FTP.

        2. Tucker

          But you do it, because you’re a GOD DAMN CHAMPION

          -group high-five-!

        3. Random Webcomics Junkie

          No, he does them three weeks ahead because he’s a goddamn[ed] champion.

        4. Tucker

          That’s actually what I meant.

      4. Icalasari

        You know your fanbase too well then

  8. dchorror

    A couple of months of just mcnuggets, and that could just be you, Walky.

    1. Andrew Colunga

      The mcnugget diet is clearly the way to go. I mean come on, just look at those results!

      1. Plasma Mongoose

        It’s the hormones in the chickens that did it.

      2. Blob Marley

        Dotty appreciates it.

  9. sreiches

    Now, is Dorothy’s sideways glance in the last panel one of derision or, and stay with me on this for a second, could it be that she’s actually checking Walky out?

    Dun dun dun

    1. Joraiem

      Oh, I thought she was just going “Oh wow, Sal really IS Walky with boobs. Aside from the personality, the clothes, and the hair, I mean.”

  10. Doctor_Who

    This is what would happen if you let your fans take over writing duties, Willis.

    Except that there would already be a lesbian sex scene going on by panel 4.

    1. Tucker

      Like letting Moffat do head writing duties. “ALL VILLAINS ARE ELUSIVE!!!”

      1. LauraS

        C’mon. Doctor Who’s been going on for so long, they don’t have much of a choice but to let a fan write it. Beats putting a non-fan in charge, anyway.

        1. Tucker

          There isn’t anybody left working on it that didn’t watch it as a kid XD

        2. Doctor_Who

          Actually, Matt Smith didn’t. He was only about 5 or 6 when it was canceled.

        3. Tucker

          …Egg on face.

          Very good, sir.

        4. Bill M.

          I thought Matt Smith was a fan of Troughton’s Doctor…

        5. Blue

          Yeah, but he didn’t really get into it until he was picked or at least under consideration for the role.

          In contrast to DT, who went into acting to try to play the Doctor.

        6. Tucker

          And now is a feller covered in ammo: http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2654125568/tt1438176

          It’s so absurd, I must watch it.

  11. Ryan

    Surprise, the church girl thinks two girls getting it on is gross. Shock and awe.

    1. Thor

      The question is, does she actually feel that way, or is she simply reacting in the way she’s been trained to react?

      In other words, has she ever taken the time to examine her feelings on this outside of a religious/cultural context? And for that matter, has she ever needed to?

      1. Ian

        Why should she?

      2. vlademir1

        Considering that viewing anything without the lens of our culture is a skill few of us learn and almost none of us ever master I’d doubt her ever actually doing so.
        Aside from that, it doesn’t invalidate those feelings as one’s own simply by the fact they’re feelings one is conditioned into, especially as typically one only deeply analyzes such conditioning when one’s own feelings run counter to it.

      3. Historyman68

        That’s what college is for- challenging your preconceptions and shit. I’ll bet once Joyce gets to be friends with actual open gays in/looking for committed relationships, she’ll get that they’re not that different. Her “find a husband” instincts might not be too different from Ethan’s.

      4. Raiser

        Intellectual, introspective retrospection is hardly common these days.

        I mean, shit, if I paid attention to the idiocy I’ve been prone to in the past, I wouldn’t read comment threads or post.

        Imagine, me clamming up because I hate being misunderstood. Ha! That’s more likely than me giving up my enjoyment of Sonic the Hedgehog, Dynasty Warriors, and Monster Hunter.

        (I really should shut up sometimes, though.)

        1. johannhowitzer

          I have the same problem. Sometimes I remember to shut up, usually the fifth post down after everyone’s taken everything I’ve said every single wrong way possible, and I’ve been personally attacked over it.

          Just goes to show I need to keep a normal bedtime. I’m much more eloquent before 2AM.

    2. Aizat

      Looks like my theory is correct after all.

    3. Viktoria

      Yeah, I’ve waffled on Joyce in the past. Every time I think “She’s not so bad”, she hits a new low. This, though…she needs to change her opinion. As-is, I don’t even want to read about her.

      1. a99steaksauce

        dude, could YOU see billie and sal doin it? Its like beauty, beast, and the drunkard. You can figure out how that works out.

        1. Michelle J Caboose

          “Here we are, the perfect pair… Beauty and the Beast. Mind you, if anybody calls you Beast, I’ll rip their lungs out.”

      2. Mary-Su

        I can’t say that’s entirely fair – I’m not Joyce’s biggest fan, but she is not the first Freshman in college to ever be ignorant of the GLBTQ people/issues/community/etc. One of my best friends was from a small town, she wasn’t extremely religious, but homosexuals and lesbians weren’t accepted or understood in her town. Was she a little grossed out at the prospect of two guys making out when she first heard about it? Yeah. Everyone in her town would have been too. Has she gotten over it since then? Very much so. She’s one of the most understanding people I know. Joyce has only been off her island for about a week. I’ve yet to see anyone change their home rooted opinions quite that fast. (She also, to her knowledge, doesn’t have a gay or lesbian friend, and would have less of a reason to change her mind anytime soon.)

      3. Pat

        All she said was that Billie saying “I’d sooner do his sister is gross,” and I think I kinda I agree with her.
        Her reason for this may be anti-gay prejudice, but it seems like a big assumption to me. She said one, little, very specific thing.

        1. Pat

          Er, that should be ‘”I’d sooner do his sister” is gross’*

      4. LauraS

        She’ll grow out of it. That’s how I felt years ago. Homosexuality had never really registered on my radar, so my default reaction was “ew, gross.” Gradually, as I was exposed to the real world more and more, I got over it. ‘Course, that was back in middle school.

        1. johannhowitzer

          Gender trend (not always true): women are more easily disgusted by mental images, and in general grossed out. So, farting in bed, bathroom talk at the dinner table, and the idea of sex while not actually having sex with someone you love. I mean, I’ve heard hundreds of complains from women about how “I don’t need to see that” with regard to a guy’s junk; doesn’t keep them from enjoying said junk in the heat of passion.

          I think that may be what’s going on with Joyce here, nothing more.

        2. Pat

          Yes, you’re right, women have an exaggerated and ridiculous reaction to naked men far more often than straight men do… oh wait…

        3. johannhowitzer

          I know quite a few girls who are grossed out by other naked girls. The majority of girls I’ve known have not made any comment one way or the other, though; it’s not a topic that comes up often. Would be an interesting survey to take, though I’m not sure I have the expertise to do it…

          Can’t speak for the rest of my gender, but I am not personally disgusted by nude men. Just indifferent. I’d be uncomfortable around a bunch of creepy guys in a communal shower, but that’s more about what they might possibly do to me.

    4. lawzlo

      She thinks it’s gross now… but just wait ’til she tries it!

      Prediction: Joyce will experiment with alternative lifestyles sometime in the vague future.

      1. AndrewFoose

        And the world knowledgeable Sal will be the one to teach it to her.

        1. Random Webcomics Junkie

          Oh god. Mind just blown.

          Sal and Joyce are from completely different universes. The prospect of them actually connecting on any real level hadn’t occurred to me as even a vague possibility yet.

        2. CWR

          Even though Sal is apparently just “Walky with boobs” and the Joyce and Walky the comic strip ran for years?

          I’m just kidding – it’s weird.

        3. johannhowitzer

          Not on a sexual level as that would probably be traumatic to Joyce, but I am interested to see where their friendship goes. That could potentially be a VERY interesting dynamic.

  12. ParkRNDL

    There’s a fourth wall something or other going on here, but I’m not sure exactly what. Like maybe they’re hearing the Comments through it.

  13. Ridureyu

    Has Joyce just admitted to obsessively scouring the internet for the most perverted fanfiction she could find?

    1. iSaidCandleja-

      Why do I think Veggie Tales are involved?

      1. Ridureyu

        Well, half of them are cucumbers.

        1. Blob Marley

          Upvote

        2. Bill M.

          Wait… Bob’s a tomato, Larry’s a cucumber, Junior & Archibald are both asparagus, then there’s Pa Grape, Mr. Lunt, Jimmy, and Jerry are gourds…

          You know what? Just go here… http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_VeggieTales_characters

      2. Plasma Mongoose

        Don’t forget the cumquats.

        1. johannhowitzer

          You have ruined that word for me.

    2. Jetstream

      Puts the tagline I saw on one of their DVDs (“A story about OBEDIENCE”) in a whole new light, donnit?

  14. TaZZerath

    Willis, you fanservice rascal! 🙂

  15. Joraiem

    Bringing up two opposing ships in the same comic?

    DAVID WILLIS – MASTER TROLL

    1. Kernanator

      Indeed.

    2. ryan

      why must they be opposing ships? can’t they be more like lifeboats on a much larger, all-encompassing ship?

      1. Plasma Mongoose

        Remember that on the internet, most ships are battleships.

        1. Kernanator

          I am now imagining a game of Fandom Battleship.

        2. CWR

          Just ships that pass in the night. Or in Walky’s case, pass gas.

        3. johannhowitzer

          Only problem with battleships is they get sunk so much…

  16. Tunasammich

    Ha! I love “Surprise, I’ve seen the internet!” XD

    1. Joraiem

      I know! But wait, if Joyce has seen the internet, and the internet is for porn…

      =O

      1. iSaidCandleja-

        You’re a pervert. Normal people don’t sit at home and look at porn on the Internet.

        1. Joraiem

          I was… it’s a reference.

          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W31ue-9u4z4&feature=fvst

          Jeez.

        2. Blob Marley

          Candlejack (aside from doing the meme wrong) was also referencing that song. The part where Kate is ta

        3. Pat

          … How do you not notice that that’s a line from not only the same show but the same song that you were referencing?

        4. Freefall

          I believe Joraiem was quoting the musical Avenue Q, Candleja–there is a song called “The Internet is for Porn” which is somewhat of a meme on youtube.

        5. Freefall

          and of course he beat me to his own defense anyway

        6. lokitsu

          iSaidCandleja was quoting Avenue Q too.

        7. NakedDumblydore

          Okay, you guys obviously don’t know the song you’re referencing well enough, because iSaidCandleja is playing along with you.

        8. NakedDumblydore

          Oh?? You have no idea! Ready, normal people?!

        9. Jerricho

          Ready!

        10. Blob Marley

          Ready!

        11. Tucker

          Ready!

        12. Bill M.

          Ready!

        13. insomniac

          Ready!

        14. iSaidCandleja-

          Wow, I’ve never been above so many people’s heads. What line causes the normal people to join the chorus?

        15. Joraiem

          Whoops!

          Been about a year since I’ve heard it, and I didn’t actually watch the video today caaause youtube’s a bongo.

        16. vlademir1

          Heh. I have <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Avenue-2003-Original-Broadway-Cast/dp/B0000BZK1R"the soundtrack for a reason… there are just so many good songs in the play, besides just the above, with so many interesting observations on the human condition in modern first world countries.

        17. Michelle J Caboose

          “Lemme hear it!”

        18. Bill M.

          You have no idea…

        19. Lordphulish

          Ready normal people?!

      2. dchorror

        You just know she found rule 34 of Jesus.

        1. Leorale

          some folks just loooove Jesus.

        2. Kamino Neko

          Now, was it the Jesus Fucking Christ, or the JesusXPikachu…cuz we need to know just what her inevitable psychotic break is going to involve.

        3. Tucker

          Now I’m starting to see the MAJOR differences with Joyce. OldJoyce would have had an aneurysm just trying to find a torrent, never-mind investigating memes.

        4. Zaratustra

          She has a 10-chapter Homestuck fanfic where John helps Rose find Jesus.

        5. Joraiem

          I think there’s too much fucking language in Homestuck for Joyce.

      3. DagonXIII

        Don’t worry she’s only ‘seen’ the internet. As in across the room with close parental supervision.

      4. Pat

        Hold on a minute!
        Now I happen to know for a fact that you, Joraiem, read webcomics and post commentary online.

  17. The Sound Defense

    Joyce with the save. Walky lives to see another day.

  18. Brendan

    She found this funny comic once about high school rivals…

    1. Kernanator

      Please tell me you’re not talking about what I think you are.

      NICE BOAT.

      1. Brendan

        …um, no. I don’t think I’m talking about what you think I am. NICE BOAT wasn’t a webcomic, and the one I was thinking of… I guess had a kind of NICE BOAT-ish moment toward the end, but that’s not what this is a reference to.

        1. Kernanator

          Oh thank god. I don’t think Joyce could handle that much mind-break.

    2. The E-man

      I LOVE PENNY & AGGIE!

  19. iSaidCandleja-

    Walky, your logic is infallible. As are your pecs. Everything you are doing today makes you look mighty attractive and you aren’t even trying are you?

    1. Blob Marley

      Remember that fan theory that Walky is actually a gorram super-genius and he masks his intellect in a layer of nachitos and comic books?

      Starting to seem credible, right?

      1. Rex Hondo

        http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ObfuscatingStupidity

        1. Blob Marley

          http://cache.ohinternet.com/images/b/b9/I%27ll_just_look_at_this_one_article_on_tvtropes.jpg

        2. Rex Hondo

          Drat! You’ve seen through my cunning and meticulously laid trap!

      2. Tucker

        I think they may have gotten that theory from somewhere…

      3. f.p.

        That’s not really a “fan theory” considering Walky basically admitted as much in the other universe. I suppose it’s always possible that this version *is* really an idiot, but I doubt it.

        1. Tucker

          Basically? Proof positive, from the other universe:

          http://www.itswalky.com/d/20030205.html

        2. f.p.

          “Basically” meaning “I don’t want to be responsible for finding the solid evidence for my vague recollection of stuff I read a couple of years ago.” No comment on whether that’s directly relevant to the topic…

        3. Blob Marley

          Well, in the other universe he was abducted by aliens, so I’m trying not to assume that everything is just carbon-copied.

        4. Tucker

          It’s hard to separate sometimes.

        5. f.p.

          I could be mistaken, but when Walky lists his abductee powers to Joyce, I’m pretty sure enhanced intelligence isn’t one of them.

        6. Tucker

          Yeah, he was actually just smart. Good genes is what I think it was chalked up to.

  20. DagonXIII

    I think this is my favorite strip of anything ever.
    Willis you are an evil Genius; please don’t stop…

  21. YEAAAAAAAAH

    Biting tongues = Gross in DoA universe

  22. iSaidCandleja-

    Nobody has pointed out that Billie’s objection isn’t to dating Sal. It’s to dating a roommate.

    1. Sporkaganza

      Oh my god, Walky’s sleazy face in the last panel.

      1. Blob Marley

        He’s making a Joe face.

    2. Sporkaganza

      Whoops I didn’t mean to reply to your post.

      But yeah, I noticed that too. I am shipping BilliexSal hard I can’t even believe it.

      1. Brendan

        I’ve known enough roomates who’ve hooked up NOT to ship that.

        Billie/Chihiro, on the other hand… poor girl must be lonely since she was dropped for an Amazon.

    3. Brendan

      That seemed too obvious to point out.

      The fact that Walky said he could set them up, I’m surprised no one pointed out.

  23. Null Set

    This is the perfect storm of shiptease.

  24. Blue

    Why do I get the sense Joyce is talking to us commenters in panel 2?

    Though from her reaction to Billie/Sal, it seems she hasn’t seen anything that isn’t het.

    1. Brendan

      It’s the Internet. Whatever you’re looking for, you have seen EVERYTHING.

      1. Aizat

        And what you have seen, you can never forget.

      2. vlademir1

        So it’s like being Patrick Stewart?

    2. Tylertlat

      I definitely got the same feeling on panel two.

  25. NF

    Must fight image of Walky’s last line…Must fight image…Image winning!!!

    1. Plasma Mongoose

      YOU CANNOT FIGHT IT!

  26. Wackd

    This honestly doesn’t surprise me. Joyce knows Twilight. She has to know what shipping is.

    What does surprise me is her meta-ness. This feels off to me for some reason. Can’t put my finger on it.

    1. Jackson

      From time to time, we get a strip that throws a wink to the fan base.

      This strip is basically winking its ever-lovin’ eyelid off.

  27. NakedDumblydore

    Much as I love Walky’s Joe-face in the last panel, I love his disgusted face in the third panel even more! 😀

  28. Brendan

    Walky, stop perving out over your “sister” and actual sister.

  29. beeftony

    Joyce, shipping people IRL is creepy. Telling them about it is even more creepy.

    Also, how can you have been to those parts of the internet and still be such a Polyanna?

    1. Aizat

      The Internet changes people, you know.

      1. Plasma Mongoose

        It certainly changed me.

        1. Michelle J Caboose

          And still does… Every day, apparently… ^_~

        2. Plasma Mongoose

          Would you believe involuntary shapeshifting?

        3. Michelle J Caboose

          oooh, you almost got me to click on that… My whole day would have been shot! That was a close one!

          [clicks on the link anyway]

        4. Tucker

          Oh no… Not TV Tropes….

          I would never go there.

    2. Blue

      …then I must have very creepy friends. .___.

    3. Kernanator

      It’s all a facade. She’s secretly horribly disturbed on the inside. She says this stuff because she wants someone to kill her.

  30. Jesse

    I predict Billie being shipped with Walky, Sal, or both, depending on the individual shippers. At least, more than usual, this being the internet and all.

    1. Undrave

      I just want to see Billie get some action myself, either of the Walkerton is fine :p

  31. Plasma Mongoose

    I can totally see Joyce shipping characters while posting messages in Twilight forums.

    1. Blue

      This makes perfect sense for Joyce’s shipping exposure.

      1. StClair

        “I’m Team Jacob!” ^_^

  32. Aizat

    Yeah right Walky.

  33. Thor

    And this is now my second favorite strip with Walky in it of all time.

    And for some reason, I can already picture Walky with boobs…

  34. Blob Marley

    Somehow almost unfazed by implications of lesbianism. I’m impressed, Joyce.

    Also, Willis, that joke is way too meta. I love it.

  35. NinjaNick

    And longer hair, too. 😛

  36. Henry

    Dorothy is thinking “Oh God, need brain bleach.”

  37. Joraiem

    I just realized Walky shaves his pits.

    Seems strangely… out of character.

    1. Kamino Neko

      Shaves? You think he can actually grow anything?

    2. f.p.

      The abrasive Nachito crumbs in Walky’s bed grind away excess body hair and exfoliate his skin like a pumice stone, as the discomfort they create causes him to constantly toss and turn. This constant movement exercises all muscle groups, accounting for his lean, toned figure.

      1. Plasma Mongoose

        Fasinating theory you got there.

  38. IamtheMasterPlan

    Whoa whoa whoa, what is this “internet” thing you speak of?

  39. Doom Shepherd

    She says no, but her Y-Y-Y says Y-Y-Yes.

    1. Joebo

      what exactly is her “Y-Y-Y”?

      1. Tucker

        SUPER CHROMOSOMES!

      2. f.p.

        Probably referring to Billie’s “YYYeah,” on the last panel.

        1. Doom Shepherd

          I thought that was obvious… guess not.

        2. Tucker

          I guess, she’s all into that.

          YEEEAAAHHHH!

  40. Aizat

    Again, he said no but the last part seems too…..ship worthy.

  41. Joebo

    Damn you Willis…Damn you.

    1. Aizat

      I feel your pain. I was shipping Billie and Walky too.

      1. Blob Marley

        Ships with Willis are like character deaths with George R R Martin. Until you’ve seen the corpse, NOTHING IS DEAD.

        1. f.p.

          I dunno. Ethan-plus-any-female-character seems pretty well shot.

        2. f.p.

          Or is that equivalent to seeing the corpse?

        3. Blob Marley

          Yeah, that’s pretty much the corpse.

  42. Ter

    I just imagined Walky with boobs.

    And yes, I realize what my Gravatar is, thank you very much.

  43. Lee

    Shipper on deck!!

  44. Tucker

    I have a confession to make… I totally read this comic while eating Amazing Spider-Man themed Alpha Ghetti. Hail to the king, baby!

  45. Locke

    CAN’T. UNSEE.

    1. Michelle J Caboose

      http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g194/WitchyWebcomics/My%20Motivationals/ItsTooLate.jpg

      I’ll leave to Plasma to decide whether he wants to “fix” it… ^_~

      1. Plasma Mongoose

        Isn’t that cute, his eyes were smiling.

        8^0

    2. Tucker

      I find this comment quite funny. As, you know, Locke was all about knowledge through experience….

      XD

  46. Rex Hondo

    So when exactly did Walky fall into the Spring of Drowned Badass? That’s the most logical explanation I can think of for his new, bold behavior after getting out of the lake. That and the pecs…

    1. PetsinWinter

      yeah.. i noticed that, too.

    2. Andrusi

      That is the lake.

      1. f.p.

        But waitaminute, the lake hasn’t turned everyone else into badasses… and Walky is the person most recently out of the water in this strip, so the drowning must’ve just happened… and Sal’s the only known badass nearby… and she’s also not in this strip. So Sal drowned just now? Bummer.

  47. Plan D

    GOD WHY IS WALKY SO GOOD IN THIS UNIVERSE?!

  48. Tucker

    What happens in Joyce reads It’s Walky! while she’s on the internet?

    1. Roborat

      Once she gets to the current page, the world disappears into a quantum singularity.

      1. Tucker

        http://pull.imgfave.netdna-cdn.com/image_cache/1304010545858530.gif

  49. John

    Not only is Billie the one that brought up the idea of getting it on with Sal, and objecting only on the basis of being roommates… remember Sudden Sal Boobs, and Billie hurrying her away from the others a few days ago? Consider this: The only guy along on this trip is Sal’s brother. Who exactly was Billie trying to conceal Sal’s hotness from? And why?

    1. Tucker

      This comment is like Sociology: too many words and unfortunately obvious.

      I mean, “I forgot six days ago!”

    2. f.p.

      I kinda figured she just didn’t want to get shown up. Some girls get that way about bust sizes and whatnot. Sorta the female equivalent of comparing dick sizes.

      1. Tucker

        Both have had significant inflation since the start of the school year. I don’t think either can complain XD

        1. Michelle J Caboose

          However, Sal actually has a waist. Plus, Billie has been shown to be uncomfortable with the changes going on with her own body since she started college.

          Sal’s body probably looks closer to Billie’s hh school cheerleader body than Billie’s current body does. And that embarrasses her.

          Plus, Sal’s hardly ever in the dorm when Billie’s awake. She saw an opportunity and ran with it. ^_~

        2. f.p.

          Also, Billie is rather proud of her chest, if her party habits are any indication.

        3. Tucker

          We started college last Monday…

          Just saying.

          No biggie.

        4. Rex Hondo

          It’s alright, Billie. Some of us prefer a luxury model to a sports car anyway, if you catch my drift. 😉

        5. f.p.

          Hehe. You said “drift” in an analogy about cars.

  50. TemplarKnight

    Okay, that went to a weird place.

  51. Grunt

    Wow, Walky capable of cruelty this time around?

  52. ThatOneGuy

    Proof Willis reads the comments!

    1. Tucker

      But not for the reasons you’re implying.
      Closer to the top:

      David
      December 14, 2011 at 12:19 am | Reply
      Dude. Three week buffer.

  53. Kelvin

    *looks at Joyce*

    XP

  54. Klondike

    Okay is anybody else a little weirded out by the fact Walky looks kind of hot in the last panel?

    Or is it just me?

    1. Michelle J Caboose

      Walky always looks kind of hot. 😛

      1. LauraS

        No, he usually looks kinda adorable. Yes, I am weirded out by the hotness. Not that I’m not enjoying it…

      2. Blob Marley

        Please tell me your gravatar was a deliberate thing…

        1. Michelle J Caboose

          You mean my Halo: Reach av? Because that’s what’s showing on my screen.

        2. Tucker

          It’s totally Ethan XD

          http://www.dumbingofage.com/wp-content/themes/comicpress-dumbingofage/images/avatars/dumbingofage/avethan.png?s=64

        3. Michelle J Caboose

          Weird. Funnily enough, it’s not even supposed to be the Halo av. It’s supposed to be this one.

        4. Tucker

          Clearly a villain is afoot.

  55. f.p.

    I have no problem believing Joyce knows what shipping is. That doesn’t mean she goes around reading X-rated fanfic or anything. I have a harder time believing cheerleader party girl Billie knows about dorky fandom stuff though. Maybe she knows by osmosis, via Walky.

  56. Shogo

    Ok. So this is how I’m reading the situation.

    In the original continuity, Dorothy was with Walky but ultimately broke things off because he didn’t take life seriously enough.

    In this continuity, having broken up with a boyfriend who took things seriously in a creepy way . . . Dorothy is now becoming attracted to Walky because of his less serious ways.

    1. Tucker

      I think you’re quoting continuity action from Joyce and Walky. Having recently just re-read all of It’s Walky and the free portion of Joyce and Walky, Dotty definitely never popped up XD

      I need more monies before I can give Willis my monies.
      He’s all in my base…

      1. f.p.

        I’m in the same situation.

        However, if Willis would print books of these stories, I would be more likely to part with monies that I shouldn’t.

        *COUGH HINT HINT COUGH*

      2. Michelle J Caboose

        Well, actually…

        1. Tucker

          Oh, touche. I forgot about that one damn Sunday strip XD

          That said, never gave her a name in the free sections.

          Challenge accepted?

        2. Michelle J Caboose

          Challenge? I’m not sure what you mean.

        3. Tucker

          I’m challenging you to find Dotty’s name dropped in the free portions of Joyce and Walky. You did a bang-up job finding her face when I was nay-saying. Prove me wrong again? =P

        4. Michelle J Caboose

          I’ll let someone else try. It took me about an hour to find a strip I only vaguely remembered, and I still have several tvtropes pages I need to click on…

          I thought I remembered that page as being part of a larger arc, and that Dorothy’s name was being mentioned. I’d dig some more, but… you know, tvtropes.

        5. Tucker

          Word of God? Wherefore art thou?

    2. Historyman68

      Walky’s still creepy, just a less serious creepy.

  57. McGruff the Crime Dog

    Too much fan service.

    1. Plasma Mongoose

      You’re kidding right?

    2. Tucker

      Says the Angry-Billie gravatar.

  58. ADHadh

    We don’t have to imagine, Walky. We just have to look at the strip from exactly a week ago.

  59. KB_SBI

    Walky could just pig out and eat till he develops a serious set of Moobs. That’ll get the ladies wild.

  60. BadgerBadger

    SHIPCEPTION

  61. Heather

    Joyce -sighs- there are times when I like you, this is not one of them.

    Still a great strip however!

    1. begbert2

      What? Just because she isn’t immediately attracted to the thought of girl-on-girl? I get all over her for her religious stuff, but this is pretty mild. It technically doesn’t even qualify as homophobic – she’s merely confirmed that she, herself, isn’t gay. Is that not allowed anymore? People not being gay?

      1. Heavensrun

        Heather there didn’t say anything about homophobia. She could just as easily have been reacting to the fact that Joyce was defensively flailing her knowledge of the term “ship” without anybody so much as raising an eyebrow at her usage of the phrase.

      2. John

        Not in a Willis comic!

  62. Mr. Morningstar

    If she has seen the internet.

    Why is she so sheltered? EVERYONE KNOWS THOSE WHO USE THE INTERNET ARE NOT SHELTERED AND HAVE NOTHING WRONG WITH THEM.

    ….What am I doing with my life? D:

    1. LauraS

      Joyce seems to be me circa middle school innocence-wise. I can confirm that it’s possible to remain sheltered while still enjoying the internet. It just doesn’t last very long.

    2. icepyrox

      She never turned off the safe-search on google.

      1. Bill M.

        AFA’s No Override Filter or something similar I’m guessing. I’ve listened to enough Christian radio to have heard of it.

  63. Bunny Suction

    Ever since the strip a while back, now every time I see Dorothy all I can see is Lisa Simpson.

    1. Plasma Mongoose

      I like to imagine Walky using Duke Nukem’s voice for the 4th panel.

      1. Blob Marley

        You mean Bruce Campbell’s voice? Since 90% of The Duke’s playbook was ripped straight from Bruce’s alarmingly manly chin?

        1. CWR

          No, Duke Nukem is infinitely creepier imitation of meta-cool Ash – like Quagmire imitating Clint Eastwood.

  64. Ian

    I love the second panel. Her face is priceless- it’s a punchline in itself.

  65. Tenn

    *reads first panel*

    Oh, Joyce, you’re so adorable. I have to write a comment about how it’s funny she knows the meaning of —

    *reads second panel*

    Oh. Well, never mind then.

  66. Sgt_Sarge

    Joyce has obviously never seen the Interwebs. This is obviously Anti-Joyce.

  67. Animal

    Methinks the lady doth protest too much.

    1. GarretSylvar

      What’s really interesting is she rejected the idea based on the fact it’s her room-mate. NOT on the fact that it is Sal.

  68. begbert2

    I’m sorry, I’m having a hard time buying that Joyce would have been trafficking in areas of the internet where shipping was discussed. Shipping is a half-tiny baby step to the left of six types of shocking (shocking I say!) fanfics, and I where one roams, the other follows – if you can call arriving at the exact same time “following”. What sort of parental filter would allow it?

    1. madd

      She WRITES fanfics! About Jesus.

      1. LauraS

        The sad thing is how likely that is. Fanfiction.net has a “Bible” category. I’ve never looked at it because its very existance disturbs me so much.

    2. Zababcd

      Personally, I discovered shipping through Harry Potter fan forums. And I often post on various fan forums (even for some shows I never watch and don’t like), and almost every fan forum has a ‘ships’ section. This, rather than fanfiction, is how I suspect that Joyce learned the word ‘shipping’.

    3. Blue

      The Twilight fandom is pretty much centered around shipping (Team Edward and Team Jacob, anyone?), and Joyce is already an established fan of Twilight.

      Disclaimer: I have never read Twilight, so I am semi-talking out of my arse.

  69. Chrisby

    If I was Walky, I’d be all over Billie.

    Obligatory “With my penis”.

  70. Fauxlosopher

    Consider, Billie, with the amount of time you spend drunk…?

    Hmm. And Sal has no alcohol tolerance. I imagine getting her one Caucasian would be enough to nearly floor her. Hmm.

    I can see how this could be arranged…

  71. begbert2

    I find it interesting that while Billie protests dating her roommates, she demonstrates no problem whatsoever with the idea of dating other women.

    Perhaps Daisy was a bit hasty in trying to drive her away from the newspaper.

  72. Palmetto

    I’d like to think my recently expressed ignorance of the term ‘ship’ was at least partially responsible for this strip.

    You’re welcome.

  73. cruncher3019

    Love watching people say ‘ship’ in real life.

    And defend the fact that they know the term. Because that matters. It’s not like you just said you were going to ‘ship’ to real people in a real situation. God damn, Joyce is dumb.

    1. Heavensrun

      “in real life” in relation to something that happened in a comic. <_<

      1. cruncher3019

        Something that happened in a comic depicting people in a real-life scenario, you moron.

  74. Raye

    THANK YOU, WILLIS! THANK YOU, WILLIS! THANK! YOU! WILLIS!

  75. valkeer1

    I still love how when the do the “ew, gross” tongue, it looks like they’re biting said tongue…

  76. johannhowitzer

    My initial gut reaction to this comic is that Walky is acting significantly out of character in the fourth panel. I dunno how Willis feels about it, but it doesn’t jive with my concept of Walky over four different webcomics…

    1. Tucker

      I’ll restate my lady in the water postulation that was lost in the ensuing Shayamalan hate-fest that went on.

      Walky goes into water, becomes shark, finds lady in water, becomes awesome. It’s like American Pie… but during college, and at a lake, and not with any of the girls already there.

      Lady in the f-in Water! WHAT?

      …and no flutes.

      …and sadly no Alyson Hannigan…

      1. Tucker

        Additionally: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiXaT_1I-vw

  77. D'anon

    Fun part is people ship actors all the time.

  78. tunelessmelody

    Okay, I ship Billie/Sal now. 🙂

  79. Zababcd

    Sorry to disappoint, but Dorothy isn’t checking Walky out. She’s eyeing Billie as she escapes, aided by Joyce who’s covering her, as per their agreement two strips back.

  80. Shifty

    That last panel kinda makes Walky look considerably older and confident and far less dorky man-child. Its weird. 🙂

    And don’t be homophoic Joyce. Particularly since there are tons of ships between you and half the female cast. Hell, if this was the original universe, she’d probably end up in a lesbian relationship at something like Robin.

  81. Asuka L.S.

    Joyce reads our comments? HI, JOYCE! YOU’RE AWESOME!!!

    1. Blue

      I doubt it. The femslash would probably scare her off. xD

  82. Zoey

    I cant stop laughing!!!

  83. SgtNumnum

    She knows what the internet means?And wait doesn’t that mean Sal has a ..?Just when I thought this couldn’t get any weirder

  84. discountmusketeer

    Note Dorothy subtly checking out the goods fourth panel.

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