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Legs
Posted on August 2, 2012 by David M Willis

157 thoughts on “Legs”

  1. Broken Products

    Don’t remember her……Maybe she leads to Joyce’s first lesbain P.M.H.P.?

    1. David

      You have a really short memory.

      1. Broken Products

        That I do.

    2. Raen

      I’m thinking less PMHP, more MDMA.

      Billie’s first lesbian PMHP, I’m not ruling out.

      (Also, weed helps the memory, man.

      …or maybe hurts it. One sec.)

      1. Blob Marley

        MDMA like the drug, or are we getting clever with the acronyms?

        1. Andrusi

          May Decrease Mental Acuity?

    3. maarvarq

      P.M.H.P.?

      1. Viktoria

        Pre-Marital Hankey-Pankey. Joyce in the old continuity used to shout it whenever she saw people so much as holding hands unescorted. No clue about MDMA, though.

        1. Raen

          “3,4-methylenedioxy-N-methylamphetamine.”

          (…ecstasy.)

        2. Andrusi

          “(…ecstasy.)” isn’t meant to indicate the common name of the drug. Raen just really, really, really likes typing out the names of chemicals.

        3. tahrey

          ooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

          i coulda sworn her first pmhp was with walky, but, i’unno for certs…

    4. Kirt Dankmyer

      ….

      Prepaid Mental Health Plan?

    5. tahrey

      I second that emotion… PMHP… Prepaid Mental Health Plan? What?

      Google’s got nothin’

  2. David Herbert

    She has no problem with the cleavage though. Huh, thought that’d be what she freaked out over.

    Personally I think she looks nice without going into Sarah’s trashy worries.

    1. NCP19

      I concur!

    2. Sensedog

      Same here. I think that the outfit works on her. By the standards of today, she could do a lot worse in terms of any measurement of trashiness.

    3. Aizat

      Could’ve been worse. She could be wearing only tassels and a bikini.

      1. ProfessorZoot

        How could you think that would be . . . worse?

    4. Yotomoe

      I don’t think you understand. You can see her knees! Knees are the new ankles.

    5. Plasma Mongoose

      Joyce must have chosen Great Cleavage as one of her feats for her character.

      1. Joebo

        I always get that on my new characters. For some reason though it never really works out the way I intend it. I guess his wardrobe isn’t really designed to accentuate such features.

      2. Khrene Cleaver

        I bet lil Miss Chizuru wuld love a little more Cleavge eh? And Definitely soe Lesbo PMHP action… Alright I’m bordering on creppy, lemme stop.

        1. LuckyStar7

          I think Walky will see her in the new dress, try to go for her, will get
          rejected at first, but it’ll happen in the end.

    6. Khrene Cleaver

      Actually her famous yellow dress shows a relatively comparable amount of cleavge.

    7. Roborat

      She just hasn’t gotten to processing that yet, give it a few minutes.

  3. Wonder Wig

    What’s the manikin in the back of the last panel modeling? A green ranger power vest?

    1. Rognik

      I think that’s a smock. Either that, or some kind of scarf.

    2. Kirt Dankmyer

      http://www.carenstyle.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/roman-clothing5.jpg

  4. LimeTH

    This can only end in tears.

    And a baseball bat to the face.

  5. madd

    Oh, good gravy, why?!

    1. Aizat

      Good gravy? Where?

      1. Krashthemystro

        Good gravy Who!

        1. Yotomoe

          Thank goodness…all my gravy sucks!

        2. LuckyStar7

          Om Nom Gravy

  6. Aizat

    She got legs, she knows how to use them.

    1. Null Set

      I would say she almost certainly does not yet know how to use them.

      1. Jetstream

        You’re making ZZ Top sadder with every word you type. You monster.

    2. Yotomoe

      right, then left….right?

      1. Null Set

        QWOP

    3. Wack'd

      Oh man. I cannot listen to this song without riffing. Things I’ve come up with for the first two lines alone:
      “Does she want a medal?”
      “Soon she’ll learn how to talk, too!”
      “I can finally take the training legs off!”

      And for just the first line:
      “I usually date double-amputees.”

  7. Rognik

    Somewhere, lightning strikes the earth dramatically.

    This has nothing to do with the events of the comic. I just thought that was cool.

    1. Aizat

      Somewhere, Great Mazinger is kicking the Mycenean Empire’s ass.

      1. DoomDarts

        Somewhere, a Black Mage just finished off Leviathan with Thundaga.

        1. Aizat

          Somewhere, Grendizer is destroying the Vegan Empire with its Space Thunder.

        2. Khrene Cleaver

          Somewhere, a Jolteon just finished off a Gyarados with Thundaga

          And in another place, Frog and Crono just pwned Magus with their Thunder Sword.

        3. Roborat

          Holy crap, a Chrono Trigger reference!

        4. Narf

          Robo received Atropos’s ribbon. His speed increased by 3 and his magical defense increased by 10!

        5. Bill M.

          And somewhere the tea’s getting cold…

      2. LuckyStar7

        Somewhere, Rainbow Dash and Nyan Cat are teaming up to create a DOUBLE RAINBOW!

    2. Krashthemystro

      I’ve got heat Lighting going on here in Maryland so your actually correct.

      1. LuckyStar7

        That lightning is probably from a heat storm we had in Kentucky less than a week ago.

    3. Wack'd

      And then Billy Batson turns into CAPTAIN MARVEL!

      1. Rognik

        Shazam?

        1. Bill M.

          PYLE!

        2. Tha Mojster

          wasnt that a shaquile oneil movie?

  8. The Sound Defense

    I think Billie wants to give Joyce the kind of attention that Billie would like to receive, though that’s probably not the best thing for Joyce.

    1. Khrene Cleaver

      But its the best thing for me. S=J

  9. NCP19

    dun dun DUN….

    1. Angel Elizabeth

      Beat me to it.

      1. LuckyStar7

        By an hour and two minutes.

  10. Wonder Wig

    I don’t know why… but Joyce is making me want a Fanta.

    1. Yotomoe

      If you really want to please us
      Give us a moment to talk about Jesus
      If you’ve really been feeling hot
      Take this time to learn from god
      Although my outfits one of temtation
      I’m here to save you from Damnation

      Don’t you need a Jesus
      Don’t you need a- need a Jesus

      1. Wonder Wig

        You win ALL of the Grammys!

  11. Cholma

    Billie chose . . . wisely. Although, I hope she doesn’t want Joyce to wear those boots with that dress. Buy some nice flats to go with that dress, Joyce!

    1. Krashthemystro

      What you mean you can’t wear uggs with everything? *mindblown*

      1. TacosForever

        Billie’s mind is blown as well.

      2. Plasma Mongoose

        But Uggs go with everything and nothing at the same time.

        1. Joebo

          They are Meta-Footwear.

        2. Wack'd

          Schrodinger’s boots!

        3. Wack'd

          I have existed from the morning of the foot and I shall exist until the last aglet falls from the night. Although I have taken the form of Uggs, I am all shoe as I am no shoe and therefore I am…a God. I shall wait for the unanimous decision of Payless ShoeSource, Crocs.

    2. Animal

      Flats? Flats? Who do you think she is, Martha Stewart? Get that girl some black leather spike-heeled boots.

  12. Gundi

    It doesn’t really need to be said, but Joyce looks good in that outfit. Also, wow Billie is being nice.

  13. alicemacher

    Joyce is about to become a pawn in the game of bongo.

    1. Aizat

      Game of bongo? Why is it that could somehow be made into a book and/or a television series?

      1. Kernanator

        Forget that, it should be a board game.

        1. Yotomoe

          roll a 3…
          “You bully the new kid until she breaks down in math class and runs into the bathroom crying. 5 point bonus”

        2. TheLastOutlaw

          You convince a girl prettier than you that sge is ugly, 50 points.

          It leads to therapy sessions later in life, 100 points.

        3. Plasma Mongoose

          The only way bongo The Game can live up to its name is if it causes more fights than Monopoly.

        4. LuckyStar7

          Or more board- and table-flipping

      2. lordphulish

        Or…a bongo school?
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sq3YD7fNZTI

    2. Wack'd

      “What’s a dashing homeschooler like you doing in a communal setting like this?”
      “Joyce not know. Joyce only pawn…in game of bongo.”

      1. Roborat

        You. Win. Everything.

      2. alicemacher

        Hahaha! Exactly the reference I had in mind. Full marks.

  14. SkepticJ

    Can’t wait to see Walky’s reaction to her new look.

    1. Joebo

      In the immortal words of Jayne Cobb, “I’ll be in my bunk.”

  15. Kernanator

    Dun-dun-DUNNN!

    1. Plasma Mongoose

      *dramatic turn of the head*

      1. LuckyStar7

        [dramatic line]
        ‘I must break you.’

  16. Liam

    Jesus, does the entire fanbase comment before 1 am?

    Sorry, new guy here

    1. Liam

      Sorry, that belonged on the previous comic

    2. Yotomoe

      well even though this question is directed at Jesus, I will answer.
      Yes…we do

      1. vlademir1

        To be fair not all of us do… I work too late for that fairly often, not getting home until 2:30 or so.

        1. Izzy

          IT depends. You usually got around 50 people who all comment and Interact around that time.

  17. Andy

    I take it we’re about to hear Raidah’s side of the story? Excellent.

    1. Wack'd

      *wiggles fingers while tapping them together and grinning*

    2. begbert2

      Funny, I thought we already had heard Raidah’s side of the story. From her own mouth. In her first appearance. And I paraphrase: “Sarah’s a narc, just because she’s a huge joykill who hates people. I disregard the fact that the narcee was doing illegal drugs – we liked her. I hope Sarah chokes.” (Most of the paraphrasing is that this was actually said to Sarah’s face.)

      She doesn’t seem to have left herself a lot of wiggle room there.

      1. Andy

        Sure there is. Why would she bother telling more of the story to someone who was there?

        There’s almost always more to a story when you’ve only heard one side of it. Even if you’ve heard two sides to a story, the audience and biases of those telling the story need to be considered. Raidah, when talking to Sarah, is an unreliable narrator because her anger over losing her friend can make her exaggerate, ignore bits of the story (that are inconvenient to her side of things or that she just plain forgot), or otherwise leave stuff out. She’ll still be an unreliable narrator when telling Billie and Joyce what happened because she’ll be trying to paint Sarah in a negative light, but we’ll likely hear more extenuating circumstances than we’ve had from her or Sarah so far. Finally, Sarah’s also been an unreliable narrator. Her dislike of people and Dana in particular, coupled with the fact that she’s only summarized the story, means that we really don’t know much for certain other than the fact that Dana did drugs, the drugs were illegal, and Dana got booted after Sarah narced.

    3. Raen

      Do we need to hear Raidah’s side? Sarah is a stormtrooper in the drug war, due to whom her friend is now rotting in prison, and she’s proud of it. ‘Nuff said.

  18. TacosForever

    I am a bit worried for Joyce, but at least she can’t go wrong with that dress. Dayumm.

  19. Yotomoe

    As short as that skirt is…it’s still no match for Billie’s shorts.

  20. Blur

    No, Willis! Bad artist, bad!

    1. Plasma Mongoose

      Why is he bad??

      1. Andrusi

        Because he lacks sufficient self-restraint to prevent him from taking negative actions.

    2. Wack'd

      He’s bad to the boner.

      B-b-b-b-b-bad.

      1. LuckyStar7

        On the day I was born
        The nurses all gathered ’round
        And they gazed in wide wonder
        At the joy they had found
        The head nurse spoke up
        Said “leave this one alone-r”
        She could tell right away
        That I was bad to the boner

        1. Heavensrun

          You should be ashamed of yourself. That was terrible.

          It doesn’t even have the right tempo!

  21. antiwesley

    Yum.

  22. Leorale

    I really, really relate to Joyce here. I went to middle school with Orthodox Jews (the style was 3/4 sleeves and skirts below knees. Cleavage was unthinkable). There, the clothing message was “dress modestly, so as not to distract the opposite gender from their studies”. I therefore spent many years intentionally trying to dress unsexily. My college years might’ve been different had I allowed myself to show cleavage and legs — I wouldn’t change my own experience, but I’m curious to see how Joyce handles the extra attention.

    1. Joebo

      I must say, the fact that you are currently sporting a Jason Gravatar made me very confused for a second.

    2. Wack'd

      So naturally, you’re avatar is of the most stuffy and formally dressed character across all universes.

      1. Luke

        It makes perfect sense.

        1. Leorale

          Yeah, that did work out nicely, didn’t it.

          And now I want to see Jason in a skirt.

        2. TheLastOutlaw

          Gah, need brain bleach… mental image… so wrong… at least take off the bowtie…

        3. Rognik

          Absolutely not! He must wear a skirt AND a bow tie. Anything else, however, is unnecessary.

        4. CuriousKitty22

          What about a fez? Possibly a Stetson? Either works~
          Could also go with a celery stalk, 3-D glasses (the red&blue ones), or a really long rainbow scarf.

          :3

        5. Roborat

          Or put the bowtie somewhere else.

  23. Originalslugboy

    I haven’t commented here in a while.

  24. Uniqueantique

    Boys in one school, girls in another. End the problem. Of course, you’ll get OTHER problems but …no plan is perfect.
    Waiting to see Sarah’s face when she walks into this scene.

    1. Izzy

      Those aren’t problems. They’re profits

    2. LuckyStar7

      FAAACE

      1. Roborat

        There we go, all is right in the Walkieverse now.

    3. TheLastOutlaw

      Sarah should at least be pleased that Billie hasn’t dressed Joyce up as skankzilla (yet).

      1. Izzy

        Skankzilla: adored by dicks and Dina

  25. Yotomoe

    Also can I say I’m glad Joyce wants Sarah’s opinion?

  26. Raen

    Raidah actually strikes me as pretty together, overall. It’s kind of jarring that when Sarah’s not on panel, drugs don’t seem to exist (except in the form of roofies), not even where Roz and Billie are concerned. I think Joyce could stand to learn some extracurricular pharmacology.

    …oh, God, I just had an awful thought – what if this brings her back into contact with Ryan? That would be horrible…

    1. Mr. Morningstar

      I beleive she would possibly

      A) Beat his face in with another glass
      B) Call Sarah to beat him with her bat again
      C) Call the police
      D) All the above.

      1. LuckyStar7

        You mea beat his FAAACE in?

  27. Knight Of The Stupid

    Uh oh… spagettios.

  28. Bekah

    I hate to agree with Billie, but Joyce does rock that dress.

  29. TexasUberAlles

    I really like this new New 52 Wonder Girl redesign.

    1. Rognik

      But she still lacks a chest window.

      1. Heavensrun

        That’s Power Girl.

  30. NinjaNick

    That is a pretty cute outfit, Joyce.

    1. Khrene Cleaver

      Is that the chick from KaBlam?

  31. agentksilver

    I am in love with that jacket, and the dress totally goes! And it’s not a Billy clone outfit, either. Billy is doing a great job!

  32. Gargamel

    Wow, Mike has alot of targets in this alternate universe.

  33. Kiki-chan78

    Maybe Joyce would feel more secure if she were also using opaque tights? They cover, yet still nicely show legs off.

  34. El

    I’m getting even more curious as to how Sarah broke up with Raidah and co… Raidah’s shaping up to be a rather intriguing character…

  35. Lizard

    Hey there, long time reader, first time poster. Anyway, my wife is a self-described “recovering fundie” (though still religious. “She has a degree in theology from an infamous fundie college! He’s an Atheist Jew! They fight crime have a happy marriage!”) One of the things I’ve learned from her is that fundie women don’t wear pants. Skirts (ankle length, of course) only. (Yes, this is the kind of pointless nitpicking only nerds do. Your comics target nerds. You expected something else?)

    1. David

      The fundie women I hung out with sure wore pants! And sometimes shorts like Billie is wearing. They can be quite diverse.

    2. Andy

      My understanding of fundamentalists of all kinds and creeds is that their motto is something along the lines of “If I do it, it’s OK for me but not necessarily anyone else. If I don’t like it, it’s a sin, but I might still do it because it’s OK for me.”

      1. Heavensrun

        It’s almost like people are -individuals- regardless of their religious affiliation or something.

  36. Jack Faire

    I get the feeling that Raidah and company don’t like Sarah because their idea of being good friends means you support and go along with every single dumbass thing your friends do no matter how negatively it will affect their lives. Or for taking anyone else’s side if your friends are in the wrong.

    1. TheLastOutlaw

      Raidah pretty much boiled down her friend/not friend litmus test to “fun to hang out with” which can range pretty wildly. Things probably not on the list: studying, sitting in your dorm room trying to avoid drama which Sarah has been powerleveling.

      Though right now we haven’t really seen enough of Char and Chan to really guage what kind of friends Raidah does have. Chan has been a background character who so far only makes faces for effect and helped Char bust on Dina for being “mentally challenged” (and until word of god said otherwise I assumed she was a Jersey shore inspire fake spray tan oompa-loompa. And Char is so far just a douche. But they must at least be “fun.”

    2. swissaboo

      You know what negatively affects someone’s life? Getting expelled.

      It is quite easy to see things as “Sarah threw someone that was at least a friend of her friends under the bus.” Frankly I wouldn’t want to be her friend either.

      I don’t expect friends to come out to bat for me if I’m doing something stupid or illegal, but I do expect them NOT to help me get caught.

      1. Heavensrun

        Except if Sarah’s roomate got busted without her help? SHE could be in danger of getting expelled, because if there are drugs in your dorm room, the authorities aren’t going to be able to distinguish who they belonged to.

        1. Heavensrun

          “SHE” being Sarah, for clarification.

        2. swissaboo

          So you first try to convince her not to keep drugs in the room, then try to convince your mutual friends to HELP convince her, then present an ultimatum “i am going to have to report you if you don’t stop” and THEN you can report. If you don’t try solutions that DON’T get your friend kicked out first, you arent just throwing someone.e under the bus, you’re throwing someone out of the bus for CONVENIENCE. Sarah MAY have tried these things, but we don’t KNOW yet.

        3. Henry

          Except that as far as we know, Sarah did try this. In this school year, she’s shooting down anything she thinks will be harmful as soon as possible, but that could easily be a reaction to a disastrous process of appeasement last year. We just don’t know the details yet.

          So for now, it’s probably best to not make assumptions to either extreme and condemn Sarah or Raidah. Especially since Sarah isn’t talking and Raidah is a clearly biased narrator.

        4. swissaboo

          I am not sure what that “except” was correcting since that is basically what the last thing I said was?

        5. Andy

          You mean Sarah’s not a biased narrator? Amazing! Someone who can tell a story in which they are a main component without any bias whatsoever!

  37. TheDoctor

    Yeah Joyce. You are rockin’ that dress, the whole outfit brings out your natural beauty (and Hotness). Makes her look better than Anti-Joyce. I’ have always loved Joyce through all her Incarnations.

  38. CardinalRam

    The “nice legs” comment reminded me of this article in Scientific American last month: “Our Brains See Men as Whole and Women as Parts” – http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=our-brains-see-men-as-whole-women-as-parts&WT.mc_id=SA_WR_20120801

    We even replicate it in comics!

    It’s not a male-sexist thing – both men and women do this.

  39. Johnny

    Raidah’s looking a lot nicer since her very first appearance. Did she take a redesign or it’s mostly the subtle shifts in style Willis’ been making?

  40. Roborat

    Wow, Joyce is mega hot in that dress. Wonder how long until Joe’s penis sense starts tingling?

  41. Nym

    Aww, Joyce is looking adorable in that get-up. Yellow is a good color on her. Billy in make-over mode is oddly reminding me of my older sister in a good way.

  42. newllend

    Well…fuck

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