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Criminal
Posted on April 10, 2016 by David M Willis

356 thoughts on “Criminal”

  1. Ana Chronistic

    “Uhh uhh… SO YEAH THIS’LL BE THE BEST LARP EVER HUHamirite”

    “you know I’m just trying to EARN tips, not give them to the police?”

    ((…watch them pull a Gunnerkrigg Chapter 55 after finding the door unlocked tho))

    1. JustcallmeSoul

      I patiently await the first person who grabs the new joyce face as a gravitar.

      1. JustcallmeSoul

        i did not meat for that to be a reply.

        eh well.

        1. Kelli

          Mmm…. meat.

      2. Wheelpath

        Which one? Sideways or forward slightly obscured by Becky?

        1. Carriethedragon

          Definitely the first option.

        2. Slartibeast Button, BIA

          Previous appearances of Zombie Joyce:

          I need my femurs to live

          It’s actually how Ah lost my virginity.

          All Hail Satan

          (Thanks to CH and NV)

        3. Bagge

          Awesome compilation. I still love how Sal makes everything cool!

        4. Vagabond J

          And there’ll be many more to come…

        5. gkheyf

          but the second looks like she’s trying to zombie-eat becky. and becky’s kinda into it

        6. TamiDOA

          Now if someone could just make an animation oscillating from big blue eyed Joyce, through depressed little blue eyes, anger red eyes, to terrified eyes. (Yeah, I know. Too many different angles)

          Joyce’s face has had a busy 10 minutes.

        7. JustcallmeSoul

          that’ll do

        8. Eric

          Dat face

        9. Needfuldoer

          We need to establish a heiarchy of Joyce reactions. Is Creeper Joyce more or less severe than BSOD Joyce? Where does Red-Pupiled Fury Joyce fit in?

        10. Slartibeast Button, BIA

          Joycecon 1 versus Joycecon 5?

      3. Just Saying

        I don’t actually know how you change your gravatar.

        1. Showler

          Right next to the post box is a link that says “get a gravatar”. You change it there.

    2. Cerberus

      Yeah, she’s not paid nearly enough to care about this sort of thing.

    3. JCfromNC

      Probably no one will read this, which is just as well…

      Back in college, a group of us were sitting in a local restaurant, discussing strategies for the spy mission in an RPG we were currently playing. One of us, who had a particularly carrying voice, was talking about the possibility of just assassinating the popular US VP candidate (who we had good reason to believe was a foreign agent) as a way of preventing them from coming into power. Oh, and did I mention it was a presidential election year in the real world, as well? Yeah, we got a lot of weird looks from the other diners…

  2. swizzermon

    what a shocking situation

  3. Mr. Mendo

    And now that waitress is part of the gang. She knows too much!

    1. Slartibeast Button, BIA

      “That random chance is what inevitably drew me into the dark world of the Robin Hood Identity Retrieval Gang…”

      1. Mr. Mendo

        “Never get out of the boat…”

      2. Bagge

        “I mean, I was hesitant at first but Becky had a REALLY rad haircut so…”

        1. Heavensrun

          Appropriate avatars are appropriate.

        2. Roborat

          “I had read the stories but never thought it would actually happen to me . . .”
          .
          .
          What? we aren’t doing Penthouse Forum opening lines?

    2. SmilingNid

      Tags say she is probably not that important, wish it was that easy in life.

      1. gkheyf

        tags have a funny way of retro-changing. just ask jocelyne

    3. Doctor_Who

      Actually, it turns out she is an experienced cat burglar, and can give them lots of great tips!

      1. Mr. Mendo

        That would be the most “Casey and Andy” way the story could go. 😉

        1. John

          I think the most “Casey and Andy” way the story could go would involve time travel, dimensional travel, a B&E-O-Mat, and the intrusion being interrupted by Quantum Cop, who would explain to them why trying to quantum tunnel through the wall isn’t actually going to work.

        2. Mr. Mendo

          Bob was there, too!

        3. Bagge

          Then they change to a regular tunnel, and Casy and Andy sets the DrillOMatic on “armageddon”, killing them both. They are back two panels later.

        4. Gamaran Sepudomyn

          Cue a cut to the chess-o-mats attempting an uprising, a beat panel and them realizing they can’t rebel, since they don’t even have arms.

      2. Leorale

        For example, cats have lots of pointy bits, so wear a hockey mask and padding when stealing one.

        1. Doctor_Who

          Heh. When I was little, my two year old brother had the brilliant idea of pulling the cat’s tail for fun.

          I remember him running out of the room in tears because “Kitty’s SHARP!“. It became a family meme for years.

        2. inqntrol

          Ouch, poor him, but at least he learned a life lesson: never mess with cats.

        3. thejeff

          “Five of his six ends are pointy when he lies like that” – Calvin.

      3. Roborat

        I never understood that as a profession. I mean, what is the point of stealing cats anyway?

    4. gkheyf

      ya…ooooor they never find the body.

      hey, in for a penny in for a pound, amirite?

      1. Mr. Mendo

        And then Sarah will get REEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLL smug about it! 😉

        1. Bagge

          +1+1+1

    5. Cass

      I want this to be true almost entirely because I love her hair and want to see it lots.

      1. Mr. Mendo

        It IS bouncy and vibrant!

    6. Willoughby Chase

      She IS the Pink Panther!

  4. David Herbert

    Offer to tip her 30% if she keeps her mouth shut.

    1. Dean

      Jocelyne slips the waitress $20, pats her on the cheek. “You didn’t hear nuttin’, sweetheart. “

      1. SgtWadeyWilson

        Quick, who stole John’s wallet? I’ll bet he has enough for a bribe!

        1. Falling Star

          More than enough.
          The waitress cries and hugs them all.

      2. Bagge

        Jocelyne, from the side of her mouth to the others. “Quick, anyone got any money, we have to bribe her.”
        Billie, pops in from the left: “Here, a twenty to shut up. Also, you are all nerds.”

        1. Emperor Norton II

          Headcanon!

  5. Julia

    THE POOR WAITRESS

    JOYCE’S FAAAAAAAACE

    I CAN’T STOP LAUGHING

    1. inqntrol

      That one expression of pure terror I’ve never seen. So magnificient.

      1. SmilingNid

        Last time I saw face like that involved a crit fail on fear check and a trio of blood letters.

    2. ChrisHerself

      It’s killing me too XD

  6. Some1

    KILL HER KILL HER NOW!

    1. inqntrol

      Sure kill her in broad daylight in a restaurant where there are other people.

      1. Some1

        KILL THEM TOO!

        1. Undrave

          Then burn the place down and blame Catholics! No one will ever suspect a thing!

        2. Slartibeast Button, BIA

          Is it Nov 5 in the comic already?

        3. JustCheetoDust

          It’s 2021 in real life?

          (on that note, I would’ve liked to timeskip past this year’s election…and the ensuing administration)

        4. Some1

          That does sound like something we’d do.

        5. Slartibeast Button, BIA

          Minsk: Gorb. Dis iz turnink into vun of dose plans… Hyu know – de kind vere ve keel everybody dot notices dot ve’s killin’ people?

          Gorb: It is?

          Minsk: Uh huh. And how do dose alvays end?

          Gorb: De dirigible iz in flames, evryboddyz dead an’ I’ve lost my hat.

          Minsk: Dot’s right. Und any plan vere you lose you hat iz?

          Gorb: A bad plan?

          Minsk: RIGHT AGAIN!

        6. Baronbrian

          +1 for excellent use of Jagers!

        7. Bagge

          Becky would make an excellent jager.

        8. Roborat

          Based on her pic in the last page, I would say she already is one. Just needs a nize hat.

        9. 3-I

          Thank you for making this reference so I didn’t have to. n.n

      2. TemporalShrew

        JUST KILL THEM TOO.

        1. GLaDOS

          KILL EVERYBODY IN THE WHOLE WORLD! HAHAHAHAHAHA!

        2. Falling Star

          I love you for this reference.

        3. Slartibeast Button, BIA

          Just a wild stab in the dark ….

    2. Doctor_Who

      Waitress: Quiet you, they do NOT have to kill you now.

      Some1: Well I say they DO have to kill me now! I demand that you kill me now!

      *BLAM*

      Some1: …You’re Deshpicable.

      1. TamiDOA

        Waitress season!
        Duh season!
        Waitress season!
        Duh season!
        .
        .
        .
        🙂

        1. Opus the Poet

          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-k5J4RxQdE Enjoy!

      2. Slartibeast Button, BIA

        +1

  7. Pluto is Sad

    What are you talking about? This is the perfect time…

  8. transgressingwaffle

    8D

  9. Stephen R. Bierce

    * “Raised On Robbery” is still playing on the Jukebox*

    1. Slartibeast Button, BIA

      Tempted to request Fiona Apple, but again suspect serious creepiness if I read the lyrics.

    2. Vagabond J

      Joni Mitchell?

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjbfsKaG86g

      1. saltchocolate

        Absolutely.

        1. saltchocolate

          I must confess: I think of this song almost every time Ruth is in a strip. Which is crazy, because the woman in the song makes fun of the Maple Leafs fans, but . . . .

  10. Wheelpath

    Cute waitress is cute

    1. epochryphal

      i know! and look at joss’s adorable barely-noticeable blush increase! come onnnnnn non-mono jocelyne!!

  11. Emoroffle

    And so Joyce inches ever closer to a sister induced panic attack.

  12. Doctor_Who

    Tomorrow’s strip, we cut to Jocelyn, Joyce, and Becky burying something in the woods.

    1. inqntrol

      They are burying a “time capsule”. Yeah, that will do.

  13. Safgaftsa

    Is Becky an atheist now?

    1. Mr. Mendo

      No, she was mocking the idea earlier…

    2. Leorale

      Nope, Becky’s still Christian, and God answers lesbian prayers.

    3. Safgaftsa

      It’s that I’m pretty sure that Joyce is so shocked in the last two panels because god is supposed to ‘know.’

      1. Bagge

        Becky’s attitude seem to be more in the line of “Come on, it’s hilarious, God won’t mind.”

        1. feli

          It IS her own house with her stuff and seeing what’s going on on earth, God sure has other stuff to deal with.

      2. Emma

        I assumed she was just horrified that the waitress had heard everything

    4. Cerberus

      No, she’s Christian, she just doesn’t believe in the hyper-vigilant judgmental version of God she was raised with. Her idea of God is one that doesn’t get all verklempt about premarital sex or having to break some stupid rules to survive and answers lesbian prayers.

      I’m betting she’s hoping “God is watching” this, largely because she could use the help when it all goes wrong.

      1. StClair

        This, here.

  14. Andr3wtime

    Oh, hey, it’s Claire.

    1. tim gueguen

      So I`m not the only one who thought it`s Claire.

    2. TamiDOA

      I wish. Right poofiness but the hair color’s off. And the eye color too.

      1. Roborat

        Oh come on, girls change their hair colour at the drop of a hat, and contacts area thing.

  15. tbf

    She’s been hit by…

    1. madock345

      She’s been struck by…

      1. Leorale

        …a SMOOTH CRIMINAL. ::dancing::

        1. Yatsude Hatte

          doot dootleootle dootdoo
          dootleootle dootdoo
          dootleootle dootdoo

  16. Cacturne

    welp, we know who’s winning next month’s Patreon strip.

    What will we name her? i like Clair.

  17. Foxhack

    Is… is Joyce even breathing right now

    1. inqntrol

      I don’t think her hearth is even beating.

      1. Orion Fury

        Or her heart is burning?

    2. Vagabond J

      Short answer: probably not.

      Long answer: If we take a vessel like a bus or a spaceship and shrink it to the size of a molecule, and assuming it goes through a massive amount of coincidences that lead it to the lungs, we can defer that not only shouldn’t we send people into other people’s bodies, but Joyce is not breathing at this point.

      1. StClair

        Sounds like a fantastic voyage.

  18. Rukduk

    Yes. Yes you did non-descript waitress. Now they have to kill you. (At least that’s what Joyce is afraid they’ll have to do.)

  19. Cerberus

    Jocelyne’s such a temptress and a wacky hijinks machine. I’m looking forward to her continued involvement in the plot!

    1. Dana

      She’s seems to have an attitude of “if we have to do it, let’s relish it.

      1. Clif

        That’s actually a pretty good attitude.

    2. Bagge

      “her parents favorite because they know the least about her.” …I start to get the feeling she is not ONLY talking about her gender.

      1. Cerberus

        I think you might be right. She’s not really the good little demure “proper Christian” type.

  20. Luzahn

    Well crap, she though about crime and now she’s been possessed by a demon. Way to go, Christianity.

    1. Bagge

      Hymmel: “I WARNED you”

  21. Mollyscribbles

    “I’m not paid enough to care as long as you’re not planning, like, a violent crime. Though hey, I know a locksmith who doesn’t ask questions, if you’re interested.”

    1. Bagge

      “I mean, you don’t think you are the first people to plan a robbery at Round-the-Clock, do you?”

      1. Silly Name

        Round-the-Clock: the nation’s greatest heists were conceived while sitting at our tables.

        1. Cerberus

          “We put it on a sign outside, but our cop patrons complained… ironically enough they were planning a heist while they were complaining.”

        2. Roborat

          Is there a bass ass looking black guy with a briefcase sitting with a skinny white guy? If so, leave, leave right now.

  22. Cas madocki

    I almost want to change gravatars again but…

    1. Carriethedragon

      Came here to congratulate you on your gravatar, read your comment, and now I’m not sure if I feel awkward? Eh, whatevs.

      1. Cas madocki

        Hey you’re Carrie the dragon? I’m Cas the dragon if you ask my friends! Also, cool gravatar, Joyce faces are awesome. They give me life and pulled me from my brief hiatus.

      2. Tan

        http://i.imgur.com/b8LUHZY.png

    2. Kaida

      So. Many. Choices!

      Love how you sorted out all of yesterdays! Its awesome!

      1. Cas madocki

        Ah I’ll have to look to see who did this but it was someone else in yesterday’s strip that did it but I’m on a tablet and can’t look. If you ctrl f and type challenge accepted you should fee able to find who did it!

        1. No Name

          The creator of the Gravatar is Ana Chronistic. I remember because it was my “challenge” she accepted, which was put forward, in turn, as a suggestion to RP – you might have to share, in other words.

        2. Ana Chronistic

          well I upped the ante if that interests you

        3. Slartibeast Button, BIA

          A Dumbing Of Age/Brady Bunch crossover?

    3. Jhon

      I dare somebody to try THIS ONE.

      1. Jhon

        I started by making the waitress cheerful. But “a smile is a frown turned upside down” — so I repurposed Joyce’s zombie expression.

  23. Larkle

    Joyce is experiencing so much emotion lately. >.<

    1. Dean

      If Dina was here, she’d be having a panic attack from all the Joyce faces.

  24. Charles

    That face is… Haunting.

  25. Ctrl+C D@

    Oh no! Quick Jocelyn distract her by kissing her so Becky and Joyce can escape, it’s the only way!

    The ONLY way.

    1. inqntrol

      Or give her a bigger tip.

      1. Ctrl+C D@

        L-lewd.

    2. a snow ʍousɐ

      I’m sure Becky is in favor of any sudden lesbian kiss

  26. biffzinker

    Does this make Joyce and accessory to the crime before the crime is committed?

    1. JustCheetoDust

      If you’re referring to conspiracy as the crime, then maybe.

    2. Silly Name

      Not as long as she reports it to the police! Though that depends on local legislation.

      Of course, first we must decide if this is a crime at all.

  27. MECaterpillar

    Jocelyn’s explanation appears to have had zero effect on Joyce. Is she just going to ignore the whole fact that there’s nothing wrong with it? Freaked out for no reason. At least I got a good laugh out of it.

    1. Some1

      Its Joyce, she’s about as lawful good as they come.

      1. de Combys

        Lawful good I agree, but with low Wis.

        1. StClair

          She’s trying to buy it up as she levels, but at this rate, it won’t hit double digits until 2020.

      2. chris73

        Except when it comes assaulting people and breaking many traffic laws of course…

    2. trlkly

      Joyce doesn’t react to whether things are right or wrong. She reacts to what people say. Joss called it “robbery” before. Now Becky is saying “who would know?” when Joyce fully believes that God is watching.

      And someone linked 3 other examples of the zombie face up thread. The first one is when Ruth has said she will beat Joyce with her own femurs if she doesn’t show up for a meeting. The second is when Mike says “ALL HAIL SATAN” to Joyce’s mom on the phone. And the third one is when Sal says she lost her virginity playing a card game that Joyce thinks is completely innocent.

      When someone says something both unexpected and completely at odds with Joyce’s worldview, it freaks her out. Even more so when it’s someone she thought she knew really well.

      1. Slartibeast Button, BIA

        It is her preferred response to an Outside Context Problem.

    3. Galdan

      Even Joyce’s mother told Becky to go live to her own house… Nobody would think it is illegal for her to enter that house. Joyce really should relax.

      1. Slartibeast Button, BIA

        If Carol thought Becky going to Ross’s house would get Becky in trouble with the law, she would consider that a feature, not a bug. Get that dirty sinner away from her innocent baby girl before it is too late.

  28. Cheshrin

    Clearly there is only one thing to do.

    They must induct her into the main cast, ensuring that she inevitably has her own drama to worry about and allowing them to once again go unnoticed!

    Quick, she needs a name! I vote Vicky, she looks like a Vicky.

    1. Slartibeast Button, BIA

      Vicky Flashback Time!

    2. de Combys

      She looks more like an Anne or Annette to me.

      1. Cas madocki

        Ooh my god your Joyce gravatar looks so angry at Vicky.

  29. Jordan

    In my head I’m just hearing the scene from Over The Garden Wall like
    Joyce: We don’t have to break in, Becky can do what she wants
    Becky: I wanna Steal

    1. Cas madocki

      Ooh good god I can’t stop laughing at that.

  30. Sam

    When will Joyce abruptly collapse to make the suffering end.

    1. Orion Fury

      Her face does appear to be turning into a black hole, so any time now really.

  31. a snow ʍousɐ

    Alt-text: *keels over and dice*

    1. a snow ʍousɐ

      I wish I played D&D so I felt more qualified to make that joke

      1. Orion Fury

        What’s next, waking up dead?

  32. Just Me

    Jocelyn’s right, as far as I know there is no law against breaking into your own home.

    Joyce, chill.

  33. cmd1095

    Now I have three options, keep my horrified walky gravitar, make it into Joyce’s face from last strip, or make it her face from this strip…

    I can’t decide >_<

    1. Reltzik

      Divide the panel up into 3 frames showcasing all of them!

      1. Cas madocki

        Another commenter did that last strip and I borrowed it, what a lovely person with Photoshop skills.

  34. Wolf

    Dumbing of Triangle: DAY 25

    PAYDAY 2 DLC canceled everybody go home

    1. Dallas

      Wolf, It’s been canceled. Look at this:

      http://imgur.com/gallery/I3piYoE

      Do you REALLY think that ANYONE would want this crap besides you?

      1. Wolf

        Yes.

        1. Dallas

          Look. Wolf, I like you. You’re one of the best technicians the PAYDAY gang has to offer. But you’re consumed by your shitty ideas. Your GF, Amazi-Girl? She doesn’t exist. I’ve been getting Clover to dress up in freaking piss yellow spandex for god knows how long just to keep this shit up. Now, I think I’M going nuts just leading you on.

          There’s a reason you didn’t go to Russia with us on that Boiling Point job, because you would get us all killed.

          So I’m giving you another chance. Go see a doctor or something. Settle this out, or else I’m kicking you out.

      2. de Combys

        I thought you were exaggerating, then I looked at the descriptive list and found it disturbing. Wrong audience.

        1. Dallas

          I know, right? Freaking out there, even for PAYDAY.

        2. Vagabond J

          So are you guys the same person?

        3. Wolf

          Expect something in in a few hours.

    2. Sokol

      More Amazi-Joyce by Wolf:

      http://imgur.com/a/Z4bbe

      1. Jacket

        Everyone’s reaction to Amazi-Joyce

    3. Crumplepunch

      Mirth level: Expert.

    4. Gamaran Sepudomyn

      If we’re going to photoshop peoples faces this regularly, someone has to photoshop Dina’s mouth into that of an Atopodentatus.

  35. Undrave

    “Okay Joyce, you’ll be our getaway driver. Becky, you’ll be the hacker.”
    “But there’s no computer at home.”
    “You can hack the door down with an axe!”

    1. inqntrol

      Lol, nice play of words.

      1. Bagge

        “manual override”

    2. Shiro

      Something something lesbians and axes

      1. Rukduk

        Well, that’s a complete 180 of symbolic meaning.

  36. L!ghtn!ng

    Panels 4 and 5: THOSE FACES!

    Love it!!!!

  37. Tacos

    D8 indeed.
    On a different note, that waitress reminds me of Ms. Frizzle from The Magic School Bus.

    1. a snow ʍousɐ

      huh, sorta!

      1. a snow ʍousɐ

        watch out for when Willis suddenly tags her as “Valerie” 😛

    2. inqntrol

      Maybe she’s Ms. Frizzle and will get them in the house by shrinking them.

      1. Needfuldoer

        “See? I told you it’s just a little problem!”
        “CAARRLOOOOS!”

  38. Jordan

    Joyce’s expression is priceless

  39. Nerd Herder

    BECKY, KNOCK HER OUT

    NO WITNESSES

    1. ninja_jesus

      DO THAT, EXCEPT REPLACE “KNOCK” WITH “EAT”!

      MAKE HER COME AT THE RIGHT TIME!

      (I am so sorry)

      1. Slartibeast Button, BIA

        HEY! NOT AROUND THE FOOD!

  40. Dana

    Nah, if you came at a different time we couldn’t see this Joyce face. We love this Joyce face.

  41. Dalrint

    He’s not wrong. With her father in prison and her being his only family, she has ever right to get into the house.

    Given the presumably high-profile nature of the school shooting, it’s entirely possible the police would have released his keys to her after they examined the house. But that’s not as much fun.

    1. Nyzer

      Why would they have had to examine the house? The crime didn’t take place anywhere near it. Becky was likely able to pick up Ross’ personal effects once they were finished processing, but with everything that happened all at once I doubt she even realizes/remembers that.

      As for the legality: I agree, unless there’s something else going on that I don’t know about. Her father took her from school, that’s her legal residence, and now that he’s in jail for kidnapping, public shooting, and possibly attempted murder of Amazi-Girl, it’s not like there’s anyone to claim ownership of the house over her. She could literally have it bulldozed if she wanted.

      1. Dalrint

        Because he was an active shooter on a campus. Usually they’ll examine the shooters residence looking for evidence they were making bombs or considering other threats or in communication with other shooters.

        1. Nyzer

          Except Ross wasn’t a school shooter trying to kill a bunch of random bystanders for unknown reasons; he was an armed kidnapper, and the kidnapping he attempted was foiled when his car flipped on the side of the highway and he got beaten unconscious. I mean, the moment they first learned anything about his identity was likely around the time Becky called 911, and even if they talked to Dorothy or Dina (the only people remaining on campus who had any idea of the shooter’s or victim’s identity) it’s not like they had any clue where “Ross MacIntyre” lived until then (did they even KNOW his first name yet?).

          WELL before the time they could have taken Ross’ keys, driven all the way to La Porte with either a warrant or Becky’s permission, searched the house, and returned… they would have already had all the information they needed to know about what he was doing and why. He wasn’t even carrying a super illegal weapon or anything either, it looked like a standard hunting rifle. Searching his house just seems completely superfluous at that point.

        2. Mep

          It really doesn’t matter why he did it. Anyone who shoots up a college campus is going to get a house search. I think many violent felons will have a search warrant for the house even if they did their criminal activity far from home. I think it might be reasonable to assume the cops would look for other illegal activity to go along with it.

          It’s also been a few days since the shooting. The search warrant, if it exists, would have already been executed. I doubt his stuff would go to her. It’s probably evidence.

        3. Silly Name

          A violent, unstable criminal is going to get their house searched because if you’re nuts enough to threaten to kill your own daughter because she’s a lesbian, who knows what other crazy shit you might have been doing.

          Sure, most of the time it turns out there’s nothing else, but better safe than sorry. For all the police knows, Ross might have committed other violent crimes towards lesbian women (and LGBTQ people in general), and this was just the first time he got caught.

        4. Cerberus

          This. Also, the Bloomington cops would want to investigate further to make sure he didn’t have accomplices and so Becky and the students of Indiana U weren’t in further danger.

          That all being said, it’s possible that the house wouldn’t have been searched because La Porte Police Department might not see it as the same priority as Bloomington PD.

          And that’s actually why she’s also unlikely to have much immediate police support if they get caught. In Bloomington, she might have sympathetic cops that remember her from that awful school shooting/kidnapping case like the guy outside Toedad’s hospital room, but in La Porte, she’s just the (slur for lesbian) that got her daddy locked up even though he tried to save her soul. So being recognized as the victim of that case will actually work against her.

        5. Nightsbridge

          It’s been two weeks since the shooting. Is it possible the investigation of the house is done and finished?

        6. Slartibeast Button, BIA

          Shooting was on Monday. This is the following Saturday.

      2. de Combys

        Ooh imagine if she could sell it and keep the money O:

        1. Nyzer

          I think you actually need the person who signed the lease in order for that. That, or some sort of official paperwork for death/incarceration that grants the estate to you instead. Which I expect takes some time to process.

          I mean, she’d likely face the same issue trying to hire someone to demolish the house. Officially. But in theory if she could operate a bulldozer she could probably use one herself to do the job and not have any legal trouble.

        2. de Combys

          And then sell the parts? Or maybe deconstruct it and sell the parts. You can get quite a lot of money by doing that. But that’s just my habitual mental extrapolation, I know it won’t ever happen here (and it makes me sad)

        3. Nyzer

          Well, she could sell everything IN the house.

        4. thejeff

          No more than you could legally sell everything in your parent’s house while they were at work. Or away for the weekend.

      3. Dynonychus

        Except the deed is in Ross’s name. The world doesn’t stop just because someone is put in jail: he’s not dead nor even convicted yet, so the property is still legally his responsibility. Becky has little or no legal standing (except as an adult who can claim legal residency) unless Ross grants her power of attorney… and I think we all know how likely that will be. PoA will likely fall to his lawyer or his bank, neither of which have Becky’s interests in mind. Not to say they are necessarily monsters who will ignore her plight, she just isn’t their client; Ross is.

        Attempted murder will be really hard to make stick. Amazigirl will be unlikely to testify unless they can suss out her identity (which might be possible, since she is very likely a Person of Interest to the cops). Without her testimony as to her motives, Ross can easily claim self-defense, since SHE was attacking HIM at the time. The rest of it (kidnapping, aggravated menacing, discharge of a firearm, various reckless behaviours) is fairly cut-and-dry, but he can still petition for leniency… and might get it, too, if the jury is polled from the tight-asses that seem to inhabit the non-university portions of the state.

        1. thejeff

          Self-defense is tricky to claim while you’re in the middle of a felony. Attacking someone to stop them from kidnapping is legal and they don’t get to claim self-defense if they shoot you.

          The point that an attempted murder conviction will be hard to get without Amazi-Girl’s cooperation is a better one.

        2. Slartibeast Button, BIA

          One of the Patreon bonus strips is a cop getting a description of AG from “Red Car Lady”.

  42. timemonkey

    I think Joyce just became a creepypasta character.

  43. Raen

    If you need help, Claire has a broadsword!

    1. TamiDOA

      Sorry, Martin made Xena-Claire give it back.

      1. John

        Marten is the anti-fun.

        1. Slartibeast Button, BIA

          “I must not have fun.”

          “Fun is the Time-Killer.”

        2. Bickendan

          “I will let fun pass through me…”

      2. trlkly

        I guess DofA isn’t the only comic where people mess up the E in a name, huh?

        1. Kamino Neko

          To be fair, Martin is a much more common name for a human than Marten.

        2. No Name

          Aren’t martens a kind of weasel?

        3. Kamino Neko

          Mustelids, anyway. Checking around a bit, they’re actually more closely related to wolverines than true weasels. (But both are pretty close to weasels.)

  44. Alice Macher

    I wonder which side of the family Joyce gets her face-making powers from.

    1. Kamino Neko

      Uncle Rake.

      1. Falling Star

        (-_-)

    2. John

      Hank’s. Carol’s side hasn’t got the eyes for it.

      1. Dynonychus

        Her side is more of the “narrow squint of disapproval” type

  45. J.A.J.

    Joyce: “Dee-eight! Dee-eight! Dee-eight! Dee-eight!…”

    1. Falling Star

      Roll: 2

  46. caesaria82

    System ‘Joyce’ has crashed, please reboot.

  47. detective boomwolf

    Joyce’s expressions just keep getting better

  48. Yumi

    There’s my server!
    Really needed this comic tonight; thanks.

  49. MiffedMab

    All the best Joyce faces this story line.

  50. NickS

    Dat reaction face.

  51. Zatar

    Careful Jocelyne your sister is threatening to knock you off your best expressions throne.

  52. Icalasari

    DAMMIT JOYCE! THIS IS WHY YOU SAVE AFTER VISITING A FRIEND’S TOWN IN ANIMAL CROSSING!

  53. QWERTY

    Joyce’s eyes, tho

  54. Makkabee

    I love Joyce’s Muench-face.

  55. Cerberus

    She could take the year of paperwork, stress, and so on and do it properly… or she could wacky hijinks. Becky is much more a wacky hijinks kinda girl. And Jocelyne is playing to that impulse completely. Plus, I guarantee Becky is feeling anxious to be beginning her new life as soon as physically possible so as not to fall too far behind her friends and her girlfriend.

    Hopefully it won’t end completely in badness and tears.

  56. Booster

    I actually have no idea why Joyce is freaking out…

    1. Inspector Hound

      They’re all going to jail! The waitress will Tell All. There are cops having lunch two booths over! There’s an intrepid reporter taking it all down and she’ll write the story and the paper will use Joyce’s bad ID photo for the picture!

      It’s all coming apart, I tell you!

  57. Cholma

    I never really inderstood the emoticon D8 before, but now that Joyce has demonstrated it so perfectly, it makes perfect sense!

  58. Jason

    I am in such suspense! WILL JOYCE EVER GET HER CHICKEN FINGERS??!?

    1. Slartibeast Button, BIA

      Drugged chicken fingers, to slow her reactions when the SWAT Team moves in.

  59. LadyThrimbletrimmer

    Joyce makes the best faces

  60. Megatron

    A fusion cannon sounds like a great thing to have right now, doesn’t it Joyce?

    1. AgentKeen

      That’s your answer for everything, Megatron.

      1. inqntrol

        Oh come on, like you never wanted a fusion cannon.

        1. Schpoonman

          You’re not wrong.

        2. Falling Star

          He may not be right, either.

  61. Palamdrone

    I’ve broken into my own home. It was the summer between graduating high school and going away to college, my parents were away for the week and I threw a party. The next day I went to a diner for breakfast with my girlfriend and a few others and lost my keys down a sewer drain. I had to break the window to my room to get in.

  62. Liliet

    aaaaaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwwww

  63. Lan

    Now I’m imagining Joyce animated and just kinda flailing around like Beaker from the muppets.

  64. Slartibeast Button, BIA

    The film noir version of this would have the waitress go into the back convinced that the J, J, &B know about the real crime ring that is operating out of the restaurant.

    Lies, chaos, violence, and betrayal ensue.

    1. Bagge

      My name is Jocelyne. Says so on the door. Says something else on my birth certificate. Just one more thing they don’t know about me.

      In my top drawer is a bottle and a pen. Mightier than the sword and all that. The bottle is empty. Stuff’s expensive. My money only pays for quality. Ramen for example. Job keeps me busy. Busy counting flies in the window, or reading. Ankylosaurus lived at the same time as T. rex, and was a walking tank with a club on it’s tail. I can related.

      The door made a noise that made me thing of a boat in distress and Trouble entered the door. She had legs all the way down and head all the way up in the clouds. Pretty smile almost but not entirely hiding the worry beneth. Redhad. Rad haircut. Things must be bad – they don’t come to me if things aren’t.

      Told me her story. She would still be telling it if I hadn’t cut her off – girl loves her voice. Simple job. Retreive some “personal papers”. In and out, no problems (“that’s what she said”). Yeah, I love me a good story so let’s pretend that for a moment. Of course I took her case.

      Needed some muscles though, and I knew the gal. Once decked a man three times her size and it took a pile of cops to keep his fermurs in place.

      We met up at the usual joint. I know the people who run it. Shady business but not my business. Not the kind I get paid for. Waitress was going to be problems though. I chalked it down to “future Jocelyne’s problem”.

      Writer is just another word for liar.

      1. Bagge

        …I may have had WAY too much fun with this.

        1. Slartibeast Button, BIA

          8-)}

        2. Rukduk

          I don’t think you had enough fun. This is bloody brilliant!!!

      2. Regalli

        I love you dearly.

      3. Spencer

        You are a perfect cinnamon roll.

        1. Bagge

          that… that might be the nicest thing anyone ever said to me. Thank you!

      4. saltchocolate

        So. Good. !!

      5. Cerberus

        *slow clap* That was just beautiful!

      6. Falling Star

        This is absolutely phenomenal. Props to you.

      7. nightsbridge

        Excellence.

      8. Emperor Norton II

        HEADCANON HEADCANON HEADCANON!

        Jocelyne just pretends to be a writer, but in reality, she’s a PI!

        1. Bagge

          *bows* I am to please, your majesty!

          We ONLY have Jocelyne’s word that she is a writer, don’t we?

        2. Bicycle Bill

          And a website addy that redirects to DoA…….
          Hey!!  Wouldn’t it be great if Willis would look over some of the fanfic and other writings that we the readers have done and compile the best of them as JOCELYNE’S work on the “JocelyneJBrown.com” site?  I nominate Bagge’s homage to the works of Chandler, Hammett, Hecht, and Spillane to start things off.

        3. Bagge

          I REALLY have to read some Chandler one of these days – I only know noir from parodies.

          Heh, interacting with fan material is a VERY sticky subject for most creators, so I think we are on our own…. which does not in any way exclude the prospect of a fanfiction section on Walkypedia!

      9. Jhon

        Sir, had I an Internet to bestow, it would be yours.

        1. Bicycle Bill

          Well, I do, and here it is.

        2. Bagge

          Awwww, you shouldn’t have

      10. StClair

        that was great.

      11. Tacos

        This is great.

  65. Smiling Cat

    Joyce has become a creeper! Run! Run before she explodes!

    1. Rex Vivat

      I was looking for this comment.

    2. Falling Star

      Pretty much.

  66. Sock_v

    Three weeks later Joyce was in Tunisia killing a man.

    1. Dean

      Just like the old Gypsy woman said!

  67. Tenzhi

    What does any of that have to do with an eight sided die?

  68. AgentKeen

    Jocelyne: Well, looks like we have a body to hide, too.

  69. nothri

    Great job guys. Way to transmogrify Joyce into a Pacman ghost.

  70. Bagge

    Heh, Joyce start to understand that she really doesn’t know her older ‘brother’, at all doesn’t she?
    “but, but, Joss, you are our parents favorite.”
    “and you are their perfect little princess, and just look how far YOU have come”

    1. Cerberus

      “C’mon Joyce, according to our parents, we’re all in the rocket sled to Hell, so we might as well have some wacky hijinks on the way there.”

      1. Bagge

        Becky: “You had me on wacky hijinks!”
        Joyce: “Be honest, Joss had you on ‘Rocket sled'”

        1. Cerberus

          “It’s a sled, that’s a rocket!!!”

  71. NinjaNick

    You’re freaking me out with that spooky face, Joyce.

  72. Orion Fury

    Only if you’re out of Chicken Fingers.

    Also, she’s not a named character, so just ignore her, she can’t possibly have an effect on the storyline.

  73. Vagabond J

    Joyce is just having a bad day, isn’t she?

  74. Creatrix Tiara

    So apparently Joyce is Chara now?

  75. Regalli

    THIS WEEK WILL BE A WEEK OF FACES AND WONDERMENT.

  76. Pink Freud

    Why do I get the strangest feeling that Joyce is about to hiss, then explode?

  77. Kaos

    Just invite her along and hold a break in party in Becky’s old home! it would be the best revenge party ever! 😀

  78. skdk

    so the police knows abiut this gunman and hes probably like on trial right now and they know his daughter but theyre not talking to her or reaching out to her or sending her to someone who can help or anything? is this normal in usa? or in whatever state theyre in? im so confused cause here the police would definitely try to help you as soon as they met you and had heard the story from you

    1. skdk

      yes, the thing about the documents might take time but appearently all they need to do is get into her house, ehich the police would definitely somehow help with

    2. skdk

      also please dont be angry and go “its just a comic” or whatever cause im asking this because i dont understand, not to critisize? its a genuine question. thank you

    3. Rex Vivat

      Were she a minor, Child Services would definitely have made an appearance. As it is, though, she’s an adult, and thus expected by the system to be able to cope on her own. Oh, and the police wouldn’t be able to help her get into the house without copious amounts of red tape involved, since the house belongs to a different adult (the fact that he’s her father is not enough to help, but that she has personal effects inside might).

    4. Cerberus

      Police know about the gunman and he’s in protective holding. They’ve interviewed Becky and got her statements about the kidnapping (based on the comics where they are in the hospital waiting room, those looked to take a good couple of hours from early afternoon to late evening).

      But, he’s probably not on trial or even be arraigned yet as that often takes a good amount of time before a docket in the court opens up. If he tries to plead not guilty by reason of God, Becky will be called in again by the State Prosecutors office to see if she’s willing to serve as witness and agree to appear in court, but otherwise, they have her statement and if he pleads guilty, the cops will not need her for anything, though they might inform her by phone call that he’s been locked away as a courtesy.

      For resources, I imagine she didn’t mention actively being homeless or having no access to the house (hell, even Carol assumed she had access to the house and is able to live there) to the cops and honestly, it wouldn’t have done her much good as cops tend to be… let’s just say “less than supportive” to homeless youth.

      Additionally, she runs into the problem of being a legal adult. Because she’s 18, not 17, she doesn’t have any access to any youth services and so would not be referred to Child Services or offered any governmental or police aid in accessing her house, acquiring documents, getting settled into the foster system or with a remaining living relative to serve as guardian.

      She could sue for access to her records and house, but that would take a while (I think Lin, who worked with queer homeless youth, said it takes months and often upwards of a year with a dedicated team of aid workers, so probably much longer than that for a google-illiterate college kid on her own. These resources would also very much be privately offered and she’d run into the other problem of there possibly not being any queer-friendly homeless services near her, as many American-based homeless services tend to passively discriminate against queer youth owing to their religious bents.

      This is sadly very normal in the states. 40% of all homeless youth are LGBT:
      https://truecolorsfund.org/our-issue/

      And because a lot of homeless services are religious charities that have “moral codes” for those receiving aid, most discriminate pretty heavily against queer youth even if they technically “serve them”. There’s services like the Ali Forney Center that are more explicit about serving queer homeless youth needs, though these tend to be based in major metropolitan areas and so may not exist close to Becky (the nearest one may be all the way out in Chicago, which would definitely be a long trip).

      Additionally, police here are very antagonistic against homeless populations in general and especially against queer homeless populations. Many areas have versions of loitering laws that are selectively enforced against homeless populations in order to push homeless people out of sight of tourists or rich people or easy access to public services like public transportation. And thanks to frequent negative attitudes towards queerness in society, many police will actually mis-serve queer victims, blaming them for their own victimization, encouraging them to get “cured”, or otherwise antagonizing them with slurs.

      And this is reflected in general culture treatment of homeless folks, as there’s little resources in general for our most needy and a lot of resentment for homeless people for even existing and thus demonstrating the central flaws of our capitalist system. This sometimes expresses itself in folks going to homeless camps and beating up on folks or setting them on fire or the like.

      And this can vary by jurisdiction. While the Bloomington Police were sympathetic to her, they do not have jurisdiction over La Porte and the La Porte PD are very likely to be antagonistic towards her as they know the gunman as a good Christian boy and the daughter as “that (slur for lesbian) that got her daddy locked up”. So reminding them of the story is more likely to invite abuse rather than sympathy.

      Our country’s got some problems, but thankfully it’s getting better a little at a time, though not nearly fast enough for most of our in-need population. And it means Becky in her universe is in a similar awful boat.

      1. skdk

        god, thats awful.

        1. Cerberus

          Yeah… unfortunately. What’s your general region by the by, cause I know one of the things that shocked me when I was in Denmark was how public services and officials seemed to go out of their way to help people and the cops didn’t seem (at the time, I don’t know if it’s gotten worse thanks to islamophobia and the folkeparti) quite as hostile to their citizens as back in the States.

        2. Rutee

          It hasn’t gotten worse in Denmark for citizens. It’s always been shit if you’re a legal immigrant of most arabic stripes (And has been for probably more than a decade). The people it’s getting worse for are mostly refugees who aren’t citizens yet. Which is a fucking terrible kettle of fish, but it’s a nominally different one.

        3. Cerberus

          That’s both refreshing and terrible simultaneously.

      2. Bagge

        *Me, making the Joyce-face from panel four*
        http://www.dumbingofage.com/2015/comic/book-5/02-threes-a-crowd/sweetlesbianfacts/

        1. Cerberus

          Yup, all of that and the stuff from the following comic.

    5. AgentKeen

      Haha, no way he’s on trial yet. Our judicial system is rarely that expedient.

      1. Roborat

        Yea, that only happens in soap operas.

  79. Lulu

    They should kidnap this waitress next comic strip.

  80. Keulan

    Joyce makes the best faces ever.

    1. Just for kix

      Another epic face after the previous comic!

  81. Just for kix

    Can we get a montage of Joyce faces?

    1. Bicycle Bill

      I second that motion.

  82. thumb

    Oh that’s unfortunate. Only once thing to do now. Joyce, where do you keep the hacksaw?

    1. BrokenEye, The True False Prophet

      Not the femurs!

  83. Arianod

    Oh no, they broke Joyce.

    1. spriteless

      I did not expect her to have a face past yesterdays D8 face.

      1. Falling Star

        None of them were gasping. Where is the gasping.

  84. GUIGUI

    It’s called Dumbing of age for a reason.

    1. BrokenEye, The True False Prophet

      To be fair, master crooks on television always discuss their plans in clear, completely undisguised language in public places like restaurants, and nothing bad ever comes of that. Way to set a good example, Hollywood.

      1. GUIGUI

        Beyond that, entering a sealed house is still an infraction, whether or not it is actually yours. It’s a very bad idea.

        It’s actually legally sealed for the investigation on her father, right? Or it’s just her not having the keys.

        1. thejeff

          All we know is “locked”, which sounds to me like she doesn’t have the keys, not crime scene seal.

  85. Dariu55

    WITNESSES!

    1. JBento

      Quick! Someone knock her over the head and put her in the trunk!

      1. Dariu55

        I love that your Grav is also Dina

  86. Darwin

    Joyce’s face in the last two panels belongs on lots of things. T-shirts, book covers, mousepads, buttons…

  87. Falling Star

    Joyce is just like

  88. Just Me

    Thinking (which is dangerous, I know), how common is it for parents to give their children keys to the house?

    I can understand why Toedad didn’t give house keys to Becky [as in, he’s a gun-toting, overbearing jerk]. But, I’m pretty sure I had them to my house when I went to college.

    Does not having keys seem odd or normal?

    1. Emperor Norton II

      Apart from when the circumstances are such that nobody locks the door unless leaving for several days*, I should think it somewhat odd (if not entirely unheard of) for a kid to -not- get keys when leaving for college.

      *Which were my circumstances growing up.

      1. thejeff

        Or when there’s no reason to expect the kid to come home without a ride from a parent. Honestly, I don’t recall if I had keys my first year of college. I know I did earlier, but I wouldn’t have needed them at school.

    2. skdk

      its normal to me since i dont live at home right now, but it would also be normal to me if i did because getting more keys costs money and we always hide a key somewhere cause thats what we’ve done forever (5 child family from the start, easier to have one key everyone had access to than to give everyone a key). but its obviously not the same in beckys situation since she was homeschooled by a secretly crazy, very religious person

    3. Marie

      I don’t have one, but my brother does, and my husband one to his parents’, and both of them have since whatever age they started getting home from school/places alone ever.

      I always used a hidden key if the doors were locked (actually well hidden, not a rock or flower pot by the door) when I lived there, and have borrowed or relied on people being home since. Although, unlike with my in laws, they live too far away for us to check in on the house when they’re away or anything.

      My dad thinks I have a key, though, he mentioned it at christmas (‘let yourself in’ or something), and meant to give me one when he found out otherwise.

    4. Cerberus

      Depends on different factors. If a kid is a latchkey growing up (both parents working, no one free to pick up, so kid walking themselves home), then they definitely grew up having a key. Otherwise, I think most kids get house keys around the time they get their driver’s license or learner’s permit or if they are assumed to be trustworthy and independent enough to be trusted going off on their own.

      But it’s not universal. Kids who were expected to be given a ride home most every time might not be given a key, places that have a common back way in the house that’s left unlocked might not be given a key, homeschooled kids or kids always picked up and dropped off from school rather than taking the bus might not be given a key, places with SAHP who are likely to be home when a kid is getting off might not give keys to the kids, and controlling abusive parents love not giving keys sometimes as a method of control (or give keys, but have draconian punishments if the kid ever loses them or enters the house at an unapproved time).

      I think it skews majority of folks having keys, but I wouldn’t be surprised if say 20% of the kids in comic didn’t have keys to their home.

  89. TrueVCU

    Dark eyes = Joyce’s soul fleeing her body

  90. Charles Phipps

    I predict Amazi-Girl will show up to beat up Joyce.

  91. Reltzik

    In the absence of any official tags, I hereby dub this waitress “Poorly-Timed Patty”. I predict that she will show up in a variety of places, roles, and disguises, but always in a poorly-timed arrival when the main characters of an arch irrationally thought they were alone or unobserved, and always with an innocent and expected purpose.

    With this means of identifying Poorly-Timed Patty established for future comics, let me be the first to say….

    Goddammit, Patty.

  92. Y3k

    This may be the best face. Ever. Of all time.

  93. Dara

    At ECCC yesterday, I got Willis to sign his nightmare fuel to Joyce from Walky. XD (Psalty the Singing Psalmbook was the real-life inspiration for Hymmel the Humming Hymnal, seen in previous strips.)

    1. figureaddict

      Thats hilarious

      1. Dara

        I was kind of nervous about it but I said “So would it be funny if…” and he laughed and did it. XD

  94. Ray

    (In best Michael Jackson voice)

    A not-so-smooth criminal….

  95. ozzi

    Waitress: I came at the wrong time?

    Becky: Oh no sweetheart….

    Queue slipstream

  96. Rob Carlson

    Really not sure where Joyce’s freakout is coming from. Are there actually people out there who think you’re not allowed to break into your own house?

    1. chris73

      Agreed, I mean off the top of my head shes assaulted people, shes broken traffic laws yet somehow breaking into your own home to retrieve your personal belongings is a freak out?

      1. figureaddict

        Her response does seem to be a bit much for what they are talking about

  97. Showler

    The waitress is just getting there now? Either terrible service or she was sensibly staying away while John was there.

    1. Ana Chronistic

      I don’t think walking in on obvious family drama earns you the big tips

  98. MapleAmber

    Not knowing how these things work in small towns (but guessing based on the way things seem to be panning out in the comic), I am guessing the local cops probably wouldn’t be very kind towards Becky if she gets caught. Sigh. Or Joyce’s mom might have a meltdown on Joyce for hanging around with a “criminal”.

  99. AlexHalstead

    Okay that’s the most funnest face I have seen for her.

  100. drai

    But, why couldn’t she just go to the cops who are handing her case and tell them she needs this stuff, and have them escort her in to collect it?

  101. Arquinsiel

    “And then Joyce hissed loudly before exploding and ruining hours of work”.

    1. Slartibeast Button, BIA

      “Thank you for calling the JoyceCo™ technical help line. All of our operators are assisting other customers. Pleas stay on the line, because your call is important to us.”

  102. Paul

    For those who ask about being allowed to break into your own house: If you are not white, the police will shoot you for trying to get into your own house. And Indiana is exactly the type of place where that is likely to happen. Granted, Becky, Joyce, and Joss don’t have that particular problem. But without ID, Becky has no way of proving she actually lives there or even who she is. Some Mrs. Kravitz type of person (called a “curtain twitcher” in the UK) may see a bunch of strangers messing with the door or windows of the house across the street with all the police tape around it, and call the cops. The cops will find two people who definitely do not live there and a third person with no ID at all. Or worse, they will recognize Becky as Mr. Ross’ dyke runaway criminal daughter (the stories about the incident will have grown in the re-telling). It might all be sorted out eventually, but only after adverse consequences for all three of them.

    If they try to take the honest route and ask for the help of the local police, the most likely outcome is that the police will want instructions from higher up as to who they should or should not allow into the house to remove stuff. Once again, the La Porte police will have heard a skewed, hyped-up version of what happened in Bloomington and probably consider Becky a “person of interest” at best, a suspect at worst.

    Even if you are white, the police are not your friends.

  103. Paul

    Oh, and I should have added, Becky’s attitude, impulse control, judgement, and haircut are not going to play well with police. If it were sweet, innocent, Pat Boone-esque Joyce that was locked out of her house while her daddy was in jail, she might be able to melt the heart of a cop with her puppy dog eyes. Plus, she has ID.

  104. Bolt

    I wish people would stop reacting as silly as Joyce. You have rights to your property even if you get kicked out. If you were paying rent, you go to the cops and say “I’ve been locked out without my property without notice” then you can have them serve papers to your former landlord. The dad’s lawyer would probably charge him $$$ to be a proxy via Power of Attorney so the lawyer would happy do it. If a parent wants to remove a child via trespass statutes, cops will come and stand there as the child gets their property and then explain what would happen if trespass happens. These are routine events, no need to ham it up.

    1. Paul

      Wow, you must live in one of those places that has some sort of renter’s bill of rights. A lot of people don’t.

      1. Bolt

        Comic is set in the USA, all states have a titanic amount of property law that handle these issues but protection of personal property rights has been found in medieval period Islamic law writings.

        I also don’t see a reason to white knight for figurative people. A person without property rights isn’t likely to be on the Internet reading a webcomic about US college life?

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