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Mornin’
Posted on June 5, 2017 by David M Willis

533 thoughts on “Mornin’”

  1. Ana Chronistic

    Look, bro, ACCORDION is where it’s at!

    (tho tbh I legit have both)

    1. MM

      Danny’s not weird enough to handle the accordion.

      1. Ana Chronistic

        Who needs to be weird?

        1. Ana Chronistic

          (that was the wrong way around, should be a link to TMBG)

        2. Danni

          al does~!

      2. John

        Weirdness is only required for playing the discordion.

        Hail Eris.

        1. Whirlwitch

          Fnord!

        2. Arianod

          Bless you!

        3. Proxiehunter

          How did you manage to make a blank post?

        4. Tgape

          That’s not a blank post! How did you miss that exclamation point?

    2. Durandal_1707

      Q: An accordion, a viola, and a banjo all fall off of the roof of a 12-story building. Which one hits the ground first?

      A: Who cares?

      1. Dara

        What’s perfect pitch?

        When the accordion you threw lands on the banjo without touching the trashcan’s rim.

      2. Felix

        The heavies gains the greatest velocity, duh.

        1. Clif

          Um.

        2. begbert2

          It would actually depend on which one fell off the roof first. The problem statement never said they fell off at the same time, after all.

        3. Ari

          Also air resistance!

      3. Bickendan

        Thank Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw and Eddie Daniels the alto clarinet wasn’t a part of that joke!

      4. hof1991

        Jeeves and Wooster playing Ladies on Spain in a Banjo Orchestra.
        https://youtu.be/_eEIIB5hVy4

      5. Benjamin Geiger

        I was driving cross-country with my accordion in the back seat. At one rest area, I got out to use the restroom and left the windows down.

        Realizing my mistake, I ran back to my car, but it was too late…

        … someone had left another accordion.

        1. Roborat

          Saw that coming, but still funny.

        2. durhamtyler

          I heard a variation of that joke years ago, but with bagpipes. Still a classic.

    3. Aeron

      Take “Weird Al” Yankovic. Does he play a ukulele? I didn’t think so!

    4. MoonLord

      The Broccordion.

      1. Remmington Steele

        The Banjolele! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEymZ3rXOmc

    5. Crumplepunch

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFM8IfTVpz0

    6. Clif

      ACCORDION? No, no. Everyone should have a Ryanskinned Ukulele from their ex. Play it proudly.

      1. Remmington Steele

        He’d probably make a better set of drums.

        Put his skeleton up as an aeolian harp.

  2. Foxhack

    GIVE US THE DRAMA, WILLIS

    1. foamy

      Jesus man, that’s evil.

      1. Emperor Daniel

        Could this be even considered . . . an unknown evil?

        1. Aeron

          It’s a known unknown.

  3. Emperor Daniel

    Whiplash like nobody’s business.

    1. Emperor Daniel

      (And yes, I saw the “storyline over” comment in the previous strip.)

    2. Undrave

      Mood neckbrace for everyone!

      1. JepMZ

        What if I lost my head?

        1. Needfuldoer

          We’ll try to reattach it pointing in the right direction, then you get your mood neck brace.

    3. McBogue

      Webcomic Tonal Whiplash?

      BETTER CALL SAUL!

  4. AnvilPro

    God damn it Willis, you’re gonna time skip after that?

    1. Kitanin

      Pretty sure it’s not so much of a time skip, as a time [falsetto]tiptoe through the tulips…[/falsetto]

      1. Gerard

        In Wilis time it’s a time skip. This three days should’ve taken months!

        1. Cholma

          *Watches joke tiptoe past Gerard, through the window, into the garden*

        2. begbert2

          Past the willow tree?

        3. saltchocolate

          That’s where I’ll be . . .

    2. David

      Three days are a customary time to prepare for a funeral.

      1. Fart Captor

        I don’t think it would take that long for them to flush the ashes, even being extra careful not to clog the plumbing

        1. John

          It probably took Amber a while to cut him into small enough pieces to flush.

      2. foamy

        Also the traditional time for coming back from the dead.

        1. Dara

          Now he’s gonna be a vampire? Great.

        2. DarkoNeko

          Or, you know, a zombie.

        3. begbert2

          Or a diety, I suppose. Given the ‘traditional time’ in question, and all.

    3. abacuswizard

      At least it’s not “Three and a half years later” and they’re all in gowns and mortarboards.

  5. Mr Ak

    Goddamn it.

  6. MissFortune

    A FUCKING TIME JUMP? What is this, BSG?

    1. lejwocky

      At least it’s not 25 years later…

      1. MissFortune

        I dunno, in the Dumbiverse 3 days takes like a year and a half, so…

    2. JepMZ

      It probably needs to zoom in on Dorothy’s eyes so much until you see reflection of Amber’s knife in her pupil lunging to something and then her hand comes back out but with a ukulele. And then it zooms out of the eye until we notice it’s Joe’s face sleepily blinking

  7. Danni

    danny, learn to play somewhere over the rainbow with that.

    1. Undrave

      No! He should learn to play ‘We Are the Crystal Gems’!

      1. Danni

        somewhere over the rainbow!

        1. jeffepp

          The Rainbow Connection?

        2. Danni

          that works

        3. Proxiehunter

          Somewhere over the rainbow connection we are the Crystal Gems.

        4. Pablo360

          And we’ll always live in a riptide submarine

        5. Abel Undercity

          That’s more of a banjo song. Hey, Danny, there’s an idea…

      2. SailorCake

        I know how to play ‘We Are the Crystal Gems’ on the ukulele

        1. Pablo360

          Child’s play. I can play Love Like You.

          I tried to learn Is There Anything That’s Worth More Than Peace And Love On The Planet Earth but that shit is IN MOTHER FUCKING ⛺️

      3. Doctor_Who

        That was actually my first thought when I saw him with it.

      4. C baker

        We always save the day!

        1. Jinxed44

          And if you think we can’t
          We’ll always find a way!

      5. ValdVin

        How about the Bob’s Burgers theme?

        1. Ivy

          That ones hard

    2. Reltzik

      Dueling banjos!

      (Needs to be double-necked, though.)

    3. Undrave

      Or maybe Danny’s more of a ‘Giant Woman’ kind of guy?

      1. Danni

        how about ‘be wherever you are’ for steven universe song?

        1. Undrave

          Could work, could work!

        2. Falling Star

          What about Here Comes a Thought? That one feels a little closer to the overall mood of thIs webcomic.

        3. Lumpy Frogsnuggler

          i was thinking the Jam Song.

          the sun is bright

          our shirts are clean

          we’re sitting near a murder scene

          come on and share this jam with me

        4. ValdVin

          “I’ll do my best to give this corpse the treatment he deserved.”

          “And I’ll keep it fresh, the coroner will see it’s preserved.”

      2. Lawzlo

        No, he’s into Amazi-Girl, not Giant Woman.

        1. Opus the Poet

          Split the difference? http://www.giantgirladventures.com/

    4. TheGrammarLegionary

      I teach guitar, and recently branched out into ukulele. Bought a blue ukulele, and the first thing I learned to play was Over The Rainbow.

      1. Remmington Steele

        I had one, seem to have lost it. This has regenerated my yearnings.

    5. foamy

      Nah: Devil Went Down To Georgia.

    6. Dara

      “An Open Letter to Stephen Fry.”

  8. Nono

    Huh, Joe doesn’t have the abs I’d have expected him to have for some reason.

    1. Rosicrucian

      Freshman Fifteen.

      And he doesn’t lift like Jacob does.

    2. Ana Chronistic

      you can totes be buff (read: actually strong) and have no definition, it’s healthy fat

      1. Eldritch Gentleman

        Just like Maui

    3. Theluxland

      That was a sight I never want to forget anyway XD

  9. Undrave

    DAMN YOU WILLIS!!!

    1. saltchocolate

      And I repeat: DAMN YOU WILLIS!!!

  10. Roger Sterling

    Willis…you magnificent bastard I READ YOUR BOOK!

    1. smolgrlboi

      fave comment

  11. Black

    Well, that de-escalated quickly…

    1. Reltzik

      Which was odd, because I didn’t think Ryan was the sort of person who could be staired down.

      *flees for dear punning life*

      1. Emperor Daniel

        It’s a good thing Amber was there to cut him down to size.

        1. Reltzik

          The moment he lost the knife, he lost his only edge.

        2. Emperor Daniel

          If he’d brought a firearm, Amber would’ve soon had him fleeing for his dear gunning life.

        3. Reltzik

          Nothing like a weapon to give a coward a shot of courage.

        4. Emperor Daniel

          Without it, he didn’t even have a stab in the dark at winning.

        5. Reltzik

          So the point is that he’s a loser either way.

        6. Clif

          I think it was the phone that had the point.

        7. Reltzik

          Like I said, I’m pretty sure it was a RAZR.

        8. Emperor Daniel

          The phone’s audio quality is pretty sharply defined.

        9. Reltzik

          I saw what you did there.

        10. Orion Fury

          I think this comment thread is unravelling now.

        11. Emperor Daniel

          At least we’re not mindless hacks?

    2. Pat

      That’s called “falling.”

      1. Undrave

        More like plummeting!

  12. Corlanthis

    Well this feels warranted.

    DAMN YOU, WILLIS!

  13. Yumi

    Three days later, are you shitting me????

    1. Okami

      “I am not shitting on you”

      1. Clif

        Who then?

  14. TimeLoss

    3 days is enough time to marathon all of the ABC hit show “How to Get Away with Murder” and… take notes

    1. Undrave

      Or to get into a hilarious comedy of error as they ‘Weekend at Bernie’ their way down to New-Orleans to throw Ryan to some gators so nature can take the blame!

    2. Tawdry Quirks

      The number one lesson to learn from that show is not to kill anybody, because otherwise you’ll have to kill even more people to stay out of prison, and might potentially end up getting murdered yourself.

  15. Emperor Daniel

    I guess you could now call him . . . “Danukelele”?

    1. Undrave

      No.

    2. Reltzik

      Danny: “I call it the ukulDanny.”
      Joe: “I kill Danny?”
      Danny: “No, the ukulDa-” *hurk*
      Joe: “If you play it too early in the morning, I’m going to get its name wrong.”

    3. Deanatay

      I believe it’s time for a ‘Damn You-Kelele!’

  16. Nicster216

    Well…..at least he’s getting over Amber well

    1. Reltzik

      If by “well”, you mean “spiraling down into a well of despair and nihilsim to the point where he will take up the ukulele.”

      1. Undrave

        It was either that or cocaine, but the ukulele is way cheaper.

        1. Suzi

          Only the crap-quality ukulele like that blue plastic piece of crap he’s holding.

          Damnit I’m a ukulele hipster now.

        2. Reltzik

          ….. also, Danny and cocaine.

        3. achallenger

          financially maybe but the emotional cost is thru the roof

  17. Kris

    I’m sure he’ll play a touching song on that mini guitar at Ryan’s funeral

  18. Goki

    Not the worst I have seen Willis troll us… but X_X….

  19. Ridureyu

    It is determined: EVerything that happened in the last strip is all Danny’s fault, because that Ukelele causes murderous rage.

    1. Clif

      Retroactively in time.

  20. shadowcell

    his best song is “love cuts like a knife”

    1. jeffepp

      But, it feels alright.

      1. Clif

        Isn’t the correct title “love cuts like a phone”

        1. David M Willis

          savage

    2. Random832

      cuts like a willis comic

  21. Sporky

    this is a very roomies-esque strip

    1. Cattleprod

      It really does feel like something from a gag-a-day strip, which helps maximize the whiplash.

      1. Orion Fury

        It’s a palate cleanser.

    2. Minder

      I think that is the point!

  22. jeffepp

    Angst queen Danny is making jokes. Amber murdered a dude, and he’s making jokes?

    1. Shiro

      This tells me Danny doesn’t know Amber (maybe) murdered a dude. How doesn’t Danny know? Has he been this far under a rock, or was it hushed up?

      1. Undrave

        Even if e didn’t know Amber did it a murder on campus would be a big deal!

        1. Danni

          unless amber didnt murder the bastard and only left him in massive pain.

        2. jeffepp

          Close enough. She only killed him a little bit.

          Still, the conversation implies that Amber is no longer around.

        3. Fart Captor

          They broke up like a week ago. The conversation implies that Amber is fine, or else Danny would be angsting about it.

        4. Clif

          Agreed. So incident not reported.

      2. fillerusername

        Whatever happened must have been hushed up somehow because both Danny and Joe are showing no signs of knowing anything. I think we were deliberately given this pairing to show that because Dorothy being friends with Joe and Amber/Dorothy being Danny’s exes if word had gotten out they’d be affected by it. So these two going along like everything’s fine and normal means no one knows anything yet.

        1. TheOthin

          It’s also possible that it’ll come up later in the conversation.

      3. Eyebrow

        Murder? Unnecessary.
        Castration with a knife? Necessary and sufficient.

    2. Sam

      He’s not dead. If he were dead, everyone would know and would be terrified that a murder happened on campus even if they didn’t know who died or who did it.

      1. C.T Phipps

        Honestly, if the campus was like, “That’s awful, time for class.” about a murder happening on campus that would be about par for the course at Ohio University, Athens. There’s a lot more violent crime on campuses than you’d ever know about.

      2. Meta

        I agree, but more because Danny would know if Amber had killed somebody.

    3. David

      Danny’s not invested in Amber but Amazi-Girl.

      1. thejeff

        No, Danny was invested in both. Even if he was only officially dating Amazi-Girl. He showed that again and again.

        1. Spencer

          I mean ever since finding out she was Amber he was stringent on trying to date her as herself, thought the whole thing was a game, and very clearly cared about her and her wellbeing so I don’t know how anyone could say he wasn’t invested in Amber.

    4. John

      Amber self-defensed a dude.

    5. Minder

      People are able to laugh after something bad happens. Like, your brain kind of forces you to insert humor into a morbid or terrifying situation the second it detects that your environment is no longer immediately dangerous or stressful and then suddenly you’re cracking a joke and forgetting for two seconds that something terrible happened to a love one.

      Angst queen Danny is either stressed and nervous because he senses something happened but doesn’t know what to do about it, or he knows very well and has been locked in his room for three days stressing out about it. Nervous energy is a great way to learn new skills like playing ukulele so HE HAS TO KEEP IT THE UKULELE JOKES NEED TO STAY

  23. Briny

    YES.

  24. Shiro

    NO Willis! Bad Willis! Back to the other thing!

  25. Cattleprod

    Gah, this is like most other fiction cutting to ‘five years later’. THREE DAYS?

    1. Fart Captor

      SOMEBODY CHECK THE MOON D:

      1. Gesc

        Prepare your ocarina!

        1. MatthewTheLucky

          Joe’s met with a terrible fate, hasn’t he?

  26. Synnerman

    NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

    *SOBS*

    It’s storitus interruptus!

    OMG… I can’t… I just can’t… I don’t know what I can’t anymore I so can’t, can’t.

    1. Reltzik

      There’s only one thing we can do.

      We speculate.

      It’s like how when we don’t have coffee we can drink chicory instead.

      ….

      Okay, so, two options. Speculation, or self-induced percussive coma so that when we wake up again enough new comments have been posted for us to get closure.

      1. Clif

        Three options. Speculation. Self-induced coma to reach the future faster. Shaking your fist at the sky and yelling “DAMN YOU WILLIS!!”

        These options are not mutually exclusive.

        1. Reltzik

          And an almost fanartical devotion to the fanon.

  27. The Mad Academic

    YES!

    1. Lingo

      This comic needs more Arnold. (And Ken. And Lucy.)

  28. Aislashu

    Triggered (Or should I say…hilted?)

    1. Shiro

      Idk but you definitely shouldn’t be making tasteless jokes about triggers.

      1. Pat

        …that’s a joke?
        Where’s the part that’s a joke?

        1. Andy

          Apparently saying “Triggered!” randomly is all that’s needed to complete the joke. Because nothing says humor like mocking trauma.

  29. Saaaam

    After getting bloodlust, Amber knifed everyone, and this is Joe in hell.

    1. Undrave

      No, this is the ukulele’s hell.

      1. Opus the Poet

        Joe’s Hell, Danny has an endless supply of ukuleles. And kazoos. “Who the gods would destroy they must first drive insane.”

  30. Stephen Bierce

    *plays Jeff Beck’s “Ambitious” on the hacked Muzak*

    1. Dara

      DOES NO ONE HERE LIKE MOLLY LEWIS?

  31. Derek

    deja vu? have we seen this panel in previews or something?

    1. vlademir1

      This was the preview strip for Kickstarter.

      1. Axel

        THANK YOU, I was also trying to figure out where I read this before, or if it was a retread of a roomies joke or something, because the deja vu was strong.

  32. chromacandi

    I refreshed like crazy for this??

  33. Reltzik

    And, of course, we get no resolution to the Amber/Ryan slash. I (and everyone else) called it. Willis often trolls us with cliffihangers. Today, he’s stringing us along with a ukulele.

    ….

    ….

    *flees for dear punning life*

    1. Emperor Daniel

      He really played us with that one.

      1. Reltzik

        I think he’s trying to make us fret.

        1. Emperor Daniel

          I treble with anticipation for a resolution of yesterday’s cliffhanger.

        2. Reltzik

          Sorry, that storyline’s overture.

        3. Emperor Daniel

          All orchestrated by Willis, of course.

        4. Jon S.

          He’s cleffed us in twain.

        5. Reltzik

          That’s how he likes to conduct his comic empire.

        6. Emperor Daniel

          We should all be taking notation.

    2. Cephalo the Pod

      No resolution? How is it not obvious that Ryan is hospitalized and Amazi-Girl fled the scene, leaving behind a terified Dorothy?

      1. Emperor Daniel

        Boo, you’re no pun.

      2. Clif

        It is not obvious that Ryan was injured enough to be hospitalized. It is not obvious that Ryan is alive. It IS obvious that Amazigirl did not flee the scene, because that identity wasn’t there.

        And as Billie would point out, neither was Sal.

  34. MM

    I feel like this strip should’ve been Joe peering through the window or keyhole in horror as Danny picked up the ukelele and began strumming.

    1. TrueVCU

      And then Ethan peering through a second window/keyhole at Joe :3

      1. Clif

        Ethan would be more likely paying attention to Danny.

        I wonder how Ethan, or for that matter Amber, feels about the banjo.

  35. TrueVCU

    VETO’D

  36. Mr.J

    Three days later: Amber is still beating the hell out of him.

    1. Emperor Daniel

      People walk by Amber and Ryan on their way to class. Amber is still hacking away. “Oh, just your regular Saturday morning slicing-of-life show…” they say, paying little heed as they stroll on by.

      1. Undrave

        People just keep tissing change her way, thinking it’s a brilliant piece of performance art.

        1. Reltzik

          Or because they know Ryan, and not in a good way.

        2. Undrave

          *tossing dangit ><

      2. Yumi

        Why do these people have class on Saturday

        1. Emperor Daniel

          That’s another of the great mysteries, behind “How do they get the snow into snowglobes”.

          It’s clearly the work of dark wizards.

        2. Eldritch Gentleman

          Not sure what the term is in US but… non-stationary students? Basically people who have jobs or for some other reasons can’t study normally and have a University-light version where they have classes on Saturday and Sunday.

      3. Eldritch Gentleman

        Dear God Emperor on his Golden Throne O_o I have entered some kind of cult of Chaos God of Puns. Need to go and tell the Inquisition!

        1. DonDueed

          Nobody expects the Punnish Inquisition!

        2. Eldritch Gentleman

          This is a job for Ordo Punnus!

  37. Passchendaele

    The concept of Danny soul-searching scares the crap out of me. Let’s hope he doesn’t become a self-righteous wiseass. 😛

    1. Emperor Daniel

      Nah, you gotta hit Ruth with a non-metaphorical truck for that to happen.

      1. Passchendaele

        hopefully Ruth won’t need to step outside for a week or two, just to be safe. :p

    2. Undrave

      Maybe he could do a semester abroad, in someplace so different and full of philosophy.

      Like Winnipeg.

      1. Eldritch Gentleman

        Send him to Gravity Falls. After That kind of adventurer he’ll be immune to everything the world can throw at him.

    3. Passchendaele

      Also, I just realized there is a tiny smily face on the bottom left of this page. Having *clearly* discovered it, I name it Chad. bow down to chad.

      (this is the most roomies! strip in doa I’ve seen, except Danny isn’t sulking/upset. I like it.)

    4. Reltzik

      I don’t know. He went searching for his soul and found a ukulele instead. I think it’s safe to say he’s off-course.

      ….

      Soul typically uses bass or a conventional guitar instead.

      1. Emperor Daniel

        Are youkelele sure about that?

        1. Reltzik

          Well it’s hardly a bassless assertion.

        2. Emperor Daniel

          I hope no-one sympathizes with Ryan for “being a victim of senseless violins”.

        3. Reltzik

          Unfortunately, I’m sure he’ll be able to drum up some support. People will think he’s cymbalic of some oppressed priveleged group or another.

        4. Emperor Daniel

          Yeah, that situation’s often a bongo to play. If only people would stop acting accordion to their preconceptions.

        5. Reltzik

          Yeah, but everyone feels they have to chime in.

        6. Emperor Daniel

          Does this ring a bell?

        7. joe archer

          Let’s hope no vital organs were sounded.

        8. Reltzik

          Depends how badly Ryan got scored.

        9. Clif

          I’m just glad he had to face the music.

        10. Reltzik

          He might still come back, though. His defeat might be tempo-rary.

        11. Emperor Daniel

          If he’s still out there, odds that he’ll come back balalaika-n annoying thing that just won’t go away?

        12. Reltzik

          But this time it won’t be with a blade. He’ll be playing spoons instead.

        13. Orion Fury

          Now this pun thread isn’t toying around.

        14. Emperor Daniel

          It’s all fun and games until someone reveals he’s Lute’s father.

  38. JetstreamGW

    Things that bother you never bother me. I feel happy and fine, aha!
    Living in the sunlight, loving in the moonlight, having a wonderful time!

  39. fillerusername

    Aww it’s blue! I support you in this Danny.

    ….So I’m guessing everything that went down has somehow not gotten around campus?

  40. Magdalana

    I swear to God I had to stop and check if it was April Fool’s Day.

  41. Valerie

    DAMN YOU, WILLIS

  42. Sam

    EXCUSE ME.

    ‘Three days later. I’ve got a Ukelele’!?

    There are no words that can truly convey how this has killed my soul.

    1. Fart Captor

      In a week, EVERYONE will have them!

      1. Danni

        i dont have a ukulele

        1. Inspector Hound

          Please report to the nearest indoctrination center for your ukulele.

          If you do not have a ukulele by end of week, please report to the department of music corrections.

          That is all.

        2. Orion Fury

          Huh, it says here that you’re bad at dealing with Home Economics. We weren’t even testing for that.

    2. Reltzik

      I think the word “ukulele” conveys the concept of soul-killing-ness pretty darn well.

  43. Tarmaniel

    I’m surprised that so many people are surprised. This is the kickstarter poll strip. We’ve alreadyvseen it. It even had the date on it.

    1. Lingo

      Well good for you, but I hadn’t seen it.

    2. JessWitt

      I didn’t care to keep track of the date personally. Still, it made for a bittersweet surprise (and I knew we weren’t going to see the Ryan-Amber knife fight through to an immediate end).

  44. Mandy

    Ah, so the unspoken evil mentioned on Kickstarter WAS the time-skip.

    1. Tacos

      Are you sure it’s not the ukulele?

      1. Danni

        ukuleles bring goodness! dont blaspheme ukuleles!

        1. Deanatay

          Only when you smash them…

      2. Reltzik

        It’s a ukulele that sounds like a skipping CD.

        …..

        …. I just dated myself, didn’t I? DAMMIT TECHNOLOGY, STOP INCREMENTING!

        1. Chris Phoenix

          If you play it really slowly, it sounds like a skipping record.

          …See, I’m more dateable than you!

        2. Reltzik

          ….. I think this makes us LESS dateable.

      3. Mandy

        Well, that was the obvious choice, but now that we’ve seen the time-skip in context, yeah. It’s definitely the most evil part of this strip.

  45. Jhon

    Dang. I was hoping for Dina/Becky banter.
    But this will do.

  46. Kernanator

    I am liking this new Dan-rection.

  47. Blackbird

    Us: “Nothing could be more horrific than the Amber-Ryan fight.”

    Willis: “Hold my beer.”

    1. jeffepp

      Never in our darkest nightmares, did we imagine a uke.

      1. MM

        His first name isn’t Damnyou for nothing.

      2. Andy

        All we need is a SEMME.

        1. Spencer

          This joke would be funnier if that’s how ukulele was spelled.

        2. Amazi-Stool

          Wait until you witness the backstory of the UKULELF!

        3. Clif

          This is English. We can agree to spell it however we want.

        4. Orion Fury

          Wouldn’t it be something else if Willis created a filter to turn SEMMe into ukulele?

    2. Schpoonman

      Jesus Christ.

      1. Orion Fury

        I think it’d be ‘wine’ and not ‘beer’ then.

  48. Fart Captor

    All other things aside, I completely approve of Danny annoying Joe by any and all means, and its definitely good that he’s actually focusing on himself and his own needs, not just as Danny The Boyfriend

  49. Daniel Shive

    I want to say “damn you, Willis”, but really, I welcome a bit of chill.

    1. Halpful

      yeah. It’s a relief to just have a silly fun comic. the last few strips felt like an eternity of dooooooom.

      1. Chris Phoenix

        Funny you should mention… Dooooooom is the punchline of today’s GWS Chaser.
        http://www.girlswithslingshots.com/comic/gws-chaser-585

    2. John

      I’m suddenly reminded that you still haven’t revealed what’s up with the shadow monster thing lurking in Susan’s room and grabbing hapless immortals.

      1. MatthewTheLucky

        I thought that was Box.

  50. ailorn

    What happened?? >,<

    1. Reltzik

      Willis said, “We’re here in the Dumbing of Age comments section, where I’ve secretly replaced the expected and long-desired comeuppance of a deeply-hated villain with a hot, steaming cup of ukulele. Let’s see if my fans notice.”

      1. Orion Fury

        Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark!

  51. Tomas

    Blah, blah, blah, but for me it was just Wednesday.

    1. Gesc

      Loophole!

    2. Orion Fury

      Wait, I thought someone said it was now Saturday.

      1. Tomas

        Therefore the butchery was Wednesday.

  52. Mada

    So three days after two of Danny’s exes are involved in some sort of appallingly brutal incident involving a knife and a known rapist…

    Danny’s doing this?

    I…did…did the shock addle his brain and that’s why Joe’s concerned?

    1. Cephalo the Pod

      You’re assuming either Amber or Dorothy has told anyone.

      1. Reltzik

        Or that Danny didn’t already spend a couple of days fretting over them and being reassured that they’re both okay.

      2. John

        You’re also assuming that Danny has a brain.

      3. JessWitt

        I wonder if it’s possible anyone else is privy. Goodness me.

      4. Inbar Fink

        Or, in another possiblity, maybe Danny had finally given up about telling Joe about his Issues

  53. Jess

    I’M WITH YOU JOE

    College has induced a thorough hatred of ukeleles in my very being.

  54. Tacos

    You better know how to play the Steven Universe theme on that Danny or else I’ll be disappointed.

    1. Emperor Daniel

      I bet a lot of people know how to play the Steven Universe theme on a Danny.

  55. Lauralot

    Okay, so Danny’s level of calm indicates that Amber hasn’t been arrested/hospitalized/gone on the run now that the police are trying to arrest her for murder or maiming? Or at least Danny’s not aware of it if she has, I guess?

    1. motorfirebox

      I dunno, man. He took up the ukelele. That’s a cry for help if I ever heard one.

      1. C.T Phipps

        It’s clearly a cover story for helping Amber and Dorothy dissolve Ryan’s body Breaking Bad style.

      2. Jess

        I’M LAUGHING

    2. Lauralot

      Also Danny’s happy ukulele face makes me happy, which I needed.

    3. Spencer

      I personally believe that he knows she’s okay, but given their last interaction, where she told him point blank that Danny shouldn’t want to talk to her anymore, maybe he is trying to distance himself from her?

      Of course, it’s Danny, so I doubt he’d be able to distance himself from his feelings for Amber that easily.

  56. Adam

    Danny: “That, and I’m Bisexual.”

    ( Joe raises one eyebrow )

    Danny: “Maybe my next girlfriend should… Be a Boyfriend”

    Joe: “Why do you do this to me? Why can’t you just say ‘I like knockers?’ .

    Danny: ( looks at Joe’s Chest ) “Nice Knockers, Joe”

    Joe: “Too late! Go Play your Ukulele!” ( Joe storms off to showers. )

    1. Derek

      Joe didn’t seem to mind Danny’s bisexuality and encouraged Danny to go get himself some dick as I recall.

      1. Adam

        I don’t think he’s fully out to him, Joe hasnt dealt with all the feels between them once he does. Joe was suggesting Ethan ( described anonymously ) would make a good catch ( especially as it sounded like Joe ) for someone.

    2. JessWitt

      lol. That’s great.

      1. Adam

        Thx

    3. motorfirebox

      I read this last night, and it’s so completely DoA that I forgot it wasn’t the actual strip until now.

      1. Adam

        / Takes A Bow.

        Thx

  57. Reltzik

    ….. I just realized.

    Willis is a genius.

    Pure, friggin’ GENIUS.

    ….

    If we kill him, we won’t get to see what happened with Amber and Ryan.

    DAMN UKULELE WILLIS!

    1. shammers

      Lmao that was a good one

    2. dn3s

      there’s a pretty big buffer built up, so we’d still have a pretty good chance.

  58. Bodmans

    Damn you Willis

    A 3 day skip is months worth of content

    1. Inspector Hound

      But then we’ll have flashbacks to the missing three days, and talk about the three days, and by the time it’s over we’ll have spent more months on those three days than on any other three days in DoA history.

      Very clever, Mr. Willis.

  59. Cephalo the Pod

    Funny thing is, this suddenly emergent passion for music is his first real development as a character that doesn’t involve a relationship with someone else.

    Or, at least, it could be, depending on how seriously this strip is taken.

  60. AY

    (o u o` what the fuck, willis

    1. AY

      (okay, to be perfectly honest, I think this is my new fav page)

  61. My1DigitIQ

    3 day timeskip? Thats like 2 months of comics right there.

  62. Mackabre

    I don’t agree with Joe often, but this one time we are in perfect alignment.

    NO!

  63. Ash_Ketchup

    A TIME SKIP?!!?!?!?

    1. C.T Phipps

      3 days is like 3 years in Real Time. It’s almost time for President Robin’s term to end.

      1. John

        Wait, wait… can we do this the other way around? Have Willis post a whole mess of DoA strips all at once and skip the next 3.5 years of real time?

        1. Opus the Poet

          What and miss Trump and the rest getting offed in a mass firing squad?

  64. Archivist

    Thank you for these snark idiots, Willis.

  65. C.T Phipps

    I misquote the DIXIE CHICKS song “Goodbye Earl.”

    “It turns out Ryan was a missing person that nobody missed at all.”

  66. newllend(henryvolt)

    Learn play a real fucking instrument, like a saxophone or a guitar.

    1. John

      Or the triangle! Danny seems like a triangle player.

      1. Tacos

        Needs more cowbell.

    2. Needfuldoer

      Somebody learning how to play can make far more horrible sounds with a Stratocaster than a ukelele.

  67. Heinousactszx

    Who would have thought that we were going to jump from a knife fight into something TRULY TERRIFYING?

  68. caesaria82

    I actually love the ukulele for Danny, that is so on brand lmao. It’s such a milquetoast white boy thing to do. Bless you, my only mildly problematic fave.

    1. C.T Phipps

      I really was hoping Danny could not get lamer–but it seems there is no end to his infinite lameness.

  69. Rukduk

    Well, at least it’s not a banjo. Banjos make everything worse. Except that one video game that I only 50% of the title of.
    …
    Also, I’m willing to bet Danny would have bought an actual guitar instead if he had the money.

    1. Emperor Daniel

      Banjos make everything worse? Say that to THE GOD OF PUPPETS WHY DON’T YOU

      1. Dave

        OK, danny worship giggles now

    2. Victor Riley

      Steve Martin. Your argument is invalid. Good day, sir.

    3. Lingo

      Man, imagine if it were a bongo. Think of all the stupid comments.

      1. Opus the Poet

        “Bongos” is the name of the instrument. They only come in pairs.

    4. rectilinearpropagation

      “Except that one video game that I only 50% of the title of.”

      For some reason I immediately thought of The Last of Us and I’m pretty sure my brain is very wrong on this.

  70. Yotomoe

    I ALSO play the ukulele.
    I’m perfect at it, just like I am at everything.

    1. Reltzik

      Except picking musical instruments. 😛

      1. Reltzik

        ….. okay, THAT pun was unintentional.

      2. Yotomoe

        ARE you implying The Ukulele, Guitar and Trombone are bad choices?

        1. Reltzik

          I’m not implying that the guitar and trombone are bad choices, no.

        2. Deanatay

          Besides, how would you pick a trombone? There’s no strings!

        3. Reltzik

          Technically, you’re right, but I’m willing to let it slide.

        4. AY

          *clap clap*

  71. Tyramisu

    We have a request for an Exterminatus because of a time skip, My Lady.

    Time skips are Heretical. Request GRANTED!

    1. Rukduk

      See, this is why no one likes the Inquisition and the only reason to play an Imperium of Man faction is because the Imperial Guard have the Baneblade and the combined WW2 strategis combined, the Skitarri are cool cyborgs, the Sisters of Battle are always the underdog, and the Salamanders are the only Space Marines who are actually nice to people, aside from occasionally the Blood Angels and Blood Ravens. Other than those, Tau is where it’s at. For the Greater Good!!!

  72. Derek

    A time skip! Willis’s stand is far more powerful than I could’ve ever imagined…

    1. AGV

      The next thing you’ll say is: “Damn you, Willis!”

      1. Derek

        By what sorcery do you read my mind and predict my actions so accurately?!?

  73. Absorbingman

    Meanwhile outside the dorm, Amber is still stabbing away at not-Ryan’s long dead corpse.

    1. Emperor Daniel

      His name is still Ryan, it’s just his middle name. Which is why Dorothy wasn’t able to find it by searching in the directory.

  74. zoelogical

    this feels like a dream. i can’t remember danny ever smiling like that, or being that emotionally grounded

  75. Jhon

    Dorothy was really upset about something.
    But she’s OK now.

  76. C.T Phipps

    I now have the weird idea for an R-rated black comedy about Dorothy helping Amber dispose of the body in Galasso’s pizza ovens.

    “HOW TO GET AWAY WITH SELF-DEFENSE.”

  77. Reltzik

    Okay, enough of bashing on the ukulele. (From me. You folks feel free to continue on.)

    Also, enough from you, Joe. You don’t get to veto Danny’s likes and dislikes. At best, ask him to not practice while you’re in the room together.

    While you’re at it, shitcan that joke you’re planning about Danny having the smallest phallic instrument ever.

    1. vlademir1

      Nah, he should make that joke, that way we’d get to watch as Danny replies, “Well, ya see Joe, I don’t have anything to compensate for.”

      1. Reltzik

        Danny doesn’t really do snappy comebacks.

  78. Sapphic-Sunshine

    I want to laugh, but spending my newfound free time learning to play the ukulele is exactly what I did following my breakup lol

  79. Bicycle Bill

    Since three days have passed and Joe and Danny are talking about ukuleles rather than the dead (or near-dead) body found outside the dorm doors, we can safely assume that Amber did not commit murder, manslaughter, or grievous bodily harm and that Ryan was able to leave under his own power.

    1. Emperor Daniel

      Would they be talking about that first thing in the morning, three days after it happened, though?

  80. Andy

    Half an hour after posting, 160 comments, and no one is talking about the fact that Danny has no girlfriend and just spent 3 days getting to know himself? Fine, I guess I’ll have to start that one.

    …so why isn’t his arm super bulked up?

    1. Reltzik

      It looks like he’s been focused on necking.

      1. Fart Captor

        *slow clap*

    2. Cephalo the Pod

      Hey, I DID make a post about how this is Danny’s first development as a character that doesn’t involve a relationship.

  81. Victor Riley

    I want a ukulele.

    1. Pl0x

      Me too. So many people are hating on it. There’s nothing wrong with ukuleles.

  82. Phantom

    I can only picture Joe saying this after saying No!
    “None of that! Shame on you!”

    1. rectilinearpropagation

      Tee hee. Now the only question is which other character ends up saying that exact line to him again later.

  83. Kingmonster

    NOOOOOOOOOOO!!! TIME SKIP!!!

    DARN IT, WILLLLIIIIIIIIIIIS!!!

  84. Leorale

    Aw, so many people dislike ukuleles! But they’re so happy.
    For me it’s like DoA!Danny is making up for his previous incarnation by being more likeable every strip. He’s bi, he spits on Blaine, he plays a cheerful novelty guitar, it’s darling.

  85. Keulan

    This is quite the mood whiplash from the previous strip. Also, kinda surprised that the 4th panel didn’t end up being a joke about masturbation or something.

    1. Reltzik

      From Willis’s twitter feed:

      “look it’s not tonal whiplash if it’s the first strip of a new storyline”

      1. Cephalo the Pod

        If this were a TV/web series, this could totally be the beginning of a new episode, even after the dramatic end we just had

    2. Amazi-Stool

      How is “I’m about (…) playing the ukulele” not a joke about masturbation?

  86. Cephalo the Pod

    People freaking out over a time skip as if moving on to just the next morning would have been any better.

    1. Reltzik

      No! We can’t skip even one second! We must stay frozen in that moment forever!

      1. Emperor Daniel

        “How does a moment last forever?”

        1. Reltzik

          Well, you need time to apply a force to divert it, and you can’t have that time if the moment lasts forever.

          In short, it just needs to have momentum.

    2. Cephalo the Pod

      In fact, I’m pretty sure this time skip is simply a means to give everyone the day off so that big plot developments can happen.

  87. L!ghtn!ng

    Damn you, Willis!!

  88. C.T Phipps

    So, Amber and Dorothy hid the body. Awesome.

    1. zoelogical

      road trip!!!!

    2. Reltzik

      “He was a self-centered, self-entitled prick with no real core. So he gets a shallow grave without any depth.”

      1. Kingmonster

        I feel wrong, but I REALLY LIKE THIS COMMENT.

        1. Valerie

          I’m as wrong as you, then.

  89. kater

    Good for Danny!

  90. Kitschensyngk

    But I’ve heard there’s big money to be made making cheap, happy, upbeat stock music to use in commercials for Windex and Lysol and prepackaged family dinners and dating sites and home improvement stores!

  91. AutobotDen

    I’m not even coordinated enough to play a normal-sized guitar. Props to Danny. Also, Joe, kindly stfu.

  92. Lingo

    Hmm I just noticed the name of this storyline. Might we have a story more focused on Joe for once?

    1. Lingo

      Also, Joe calls Danny “Li’l Buddy”? Now I can’t help thinking they’re based off of Gilligan and the Skipper.

      1. Minder

        Willis has mentioned a few times there’s a lot of Joe and Danny in this story. Also, Joe thinks of Danny as an annoying and immature / a kid for not spending his time focused on sex, which funnily enough is a wrong assessment because Danny’s been forced to mature at a breakneck pace up to keep up with the complications in his life and Joe is the actual dumb kid who needs some handholding to adulthood.

        1. Spencer

          I know there’s a lot of Joe in this story, but where did he say there’d be a lot of Danny?

        2. Minder

          I honestly don’t remember, coulda been twitter or tumblr but probably twitter

  93. Zatar

    I legitimately can’t tell if Danny is deliberately annoying Joe or not.

    1. Bagge

      Me neither. I’m intrigued and confused.

  94. rectilinearpropagation

    Nothing wrong with ukulele when utilized properly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxEuq32tI5s

    1. Needfuldoer

      How can they possibly be utilized properly when they’re not on fire?

  95. Aprion

    considering how chill these two are, either they have no fucking clue what went down, or what we were led to believe wasn’t anything serious. either way the author is being a troll.

  96. ABC123

    A Joe-centered storyline for once? Maybe my DannyxEthan ship finally sailing? Amber guest stars in an OITNB episode? I am intrigued. And annoyed. Because honestly Will, a cliffhanger that frigging big. The hate is winning in my one-sided love-hate relationship with you.

  97. Cephalo the Pod

    Wait…Do any of these characters go to clubs?!

    I don’t know how it works at Indiana University, but at the University of Western Ontario, signing up for clubs happens during, like, the second or third week of the year.

    I get that Amber’s a shut-in, Bilie got into journalism, and Dorothy keeps herself busy with lots of other stuff, but…did no school clubs pique the interest of Joyce? Of Walky? Ethan? Danny?

    Seems weird to me that so many of these characters don’t seem to have any extracirricular interests.

    1. Reltzik

      Sarah’s got a club.

      ….. *checks*

      … no, wait, that’s a bat.

      1. Delicious Taffy

        She can say it’s a bat all she wants. I’ve read the Player’s Handbook, and that’s definitely just a re-flavored club.

        1. Anowan

          Are we sure it wasn’t a phone though

        2. Delicious Taffy

          Don’t be ridiculous.

          Phones don’t have the Versatile keyword.

        3. Delicious Taffy

          I mean, I know a phone when I see one.

        4. Reltzik

          But do you know a phone when you see something else?

        5. Valerie

          I love that you’re so good humored. A lot of people would probably be all mad, but you’re here making jokes and shit. It’s awesome. A+.

        6. Rukduk

          In my experience there are three types of DoA commenters. The really insightful ones that occasionally throw out some really good humor and we all appreciate as a result like Cerberus, the really silly ones who can be serious when required like Reltzik or SgtWadeyWilsom, and the good humored hybrid between the two like Delicious Taffy. No idea where I fit into on that scale.
          …
          There’s also the ones that Willis blocks, but I don’t really count those.

        7. Orion Fury

          Um, sorry, little lost here. Phones? New filter, or inside joke?

        8. Reltzik

          Delicious Taffy made about twelve dozen thousand posts a few comics back insisting that Ryan was holding a phone, not a knife. He even went so far as to say that if it WAS a knife, he’d change his grav to something embarrassing for a week, whatever we suggested.

          The overwhelming suggestion was a grav of the knife itself.

          He’s been a good sport of it.

    2. rectilinearpropagation

      What percentage of the college student body ends up joining school clubs though? 30%?

      Whatever the number, I’d expect it to be lower for freshman since some of them are likely to want to find out what their academic load is like before making non-academic commitments.

      1. DinaWho

        Well in my case it was more like ‘sign up for like five different clubs and then never go to any of them, then proceed to get super involved in an activity that wasn’t even on your radar when picking clubs was a thing’.

    3. Doom Shepherd

      Feh. I didn’t join any clubs until my senior year. Being asocial will do that to you. What their excuse is, I don’t know, but that’s mine.

    4. Lingo

      I’d be shocked if Joe is NOT a member of some fraternity.

  98. rectilinearpropagation

    You know, after some thought, the time skip makes sense.

    We saw the how ordeal with Becky’s dad because we didn’t know how that was going to pan out.

    We don’t need to spend weeks watching Amber curb stomp Ryan and the very immediate aftermath. We saw what we needed to see which was 1) what Amber is like when it’s her being violent instead of Amazi-Girl and 2) Ryan lost the fight super hard. Instead of entire comics consisting entirely of Amber and Dorothy panicking and going “oh no, what now” we can skip to the what now part.

    I know in stories you’re supposed to show, don’t tell but sometimes summing up is OK. I don’t want to see the entirety of Wooden Rod’s drive to work.

    Also, as someone’s already pointed out, getting a break from the glum is nice.

    1. Minder

      Yep! It’s hard because we’re in a serial webcomic but the story would be worse if we’d just stayed on Ryan and Amber / Dorothy to just drag on the horror and psychological wringing instead of being allowed to infer the details of it later at a safer distance

      1. Needfuldoer

        But think of the spectacle! The gory, cathartic spectacle!

        1. Clif

          You can construct it in your mind.

  99. BP

    Don’t knock it ’til you try it, Joe! Mine was my best Christmas present last year (its name is Tiny Tim).

  100. Minder

    this is the best strip of all time and anybody that’s upset this strip is Joe and Danny talking about the ukulele is OBJECTIVELY WRONG.

  101. Arianod

    Ooh, a cut to a different scene º3º Who’d have guessed?

  102. Delicious Taffy

    Joe might change his mind if Danny started playing this.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ho1LgF8ys-c

  103. AgentKeen

    [‘Babe’ mouse chorus’]: Three Days Later?

    1. rectilinearpropagation

      OMG, you just reminded me of that “Make a Day for You” song!

      🙂

  104. Bagge

    The ukulele is an euphimism for his penis.

    1. JessWitt

      I was thinking more of his testicles.

    2. Remmington Steele

      That’s usually the pink trombone!

  105. LooksLikeDaniel

    SON. GET A MANDOLIN.

    1. Dara

      THANK YOU.

    2. Rukduk

      I love the Mandolin! Seriously, such a good instrument.

  106. A Scientist

    Strumming of Age, in which we find Danny is actually Chris Thile.

    1. A Scientist

      Wait, no, that’s a mandolin. Never mind.

      1. Bicycle Bill

        Listen to someone like Peter Ostroushko play a mandolin.  Mandolins were not meant to be ‘strummed’, and anyone who does so and still claims to be a mandolin player is not to be trusted.

    2. Chris Phoenix

      Unless Danny gets pretty good at the uke, pretty fast, we might have Shunning of Age.

  107. Saki

    Three days later?! ARE YOU KIDDING ME? THREE. DAY. LATER???!!!!

    Ahem. Well if this is just three days later either these boys have not heard about what happened (doubtful? word travels fast on campus) or things aren’t that bad? probably? hopefully?

    Also tbh Danny’s “quite the opposite” made me think “ah yes instead of a girlfriend it’s a boyfriend this time” and, like, I knew that wasn’t gonna be it, but I was still lowkey disappointed.

    1. Saki

      (okay but for serious the change to something ligther is actually very welcome, the last few strips had me really tense)

  108. BenRG

    Sometimes, I genuinely empathise with Joe. They’re rare occasions but they happen. This is one of those occasions!

  109. xtravisage

    Damn it, Three days!? That’s like, at least 5 years of content you’ve left out.

    1. ValdVin

      I’m older than Willis, and I guess most of the readers.

      Without timeskips like this, some fans may not live to see these kids graduate!

      1. Amazi-Stool

        Graduate? You hope for graduation?

        It’s unlikely that we ever see them completing first year!

    2. Remmington Steele

      and 3 years of flashbacks.

  110. brasca1

    Ukuleles are for the lazy. Now accordions and bagpipes are for those who want to commit to finding themselves while tormenting everyone around them. Unless Danny is completely disconnected I’m going to assume nothing catastrophic happened to Amber.

    1. Remmington Steele

      Trombone is also good for that.

    2. Vulcanodon

      One of our neighbor’s kids plays the bagpipes, and he’s pretty good at it. The sweet, sweet sound of nonconformity…

      1. Rukduk

        Well, there’s a good reason they’re used for military funerals. A skilled bagpipe player can make some of the most somber music around. Or some of the most exciting marching music. Highland Regiments exist for a reason.

      2. Remmington Steele

        +1

        I love the sound of bagpipes.

  111. NinjaNick

    After a tension-filled previous story arc, an ukelele sounds like a peaceful instrument. Danny needs to find some bandmates.

    1. Amazi-Stool

      You’ll find some suggestions here!

  112. acher4

    Ohhhh ffffffor crying out loud!
    That’s so mean Willis!
    Meaaaaaannnnnnnn!

    😛

  113. podian

    I don’t know whether to love or hate Willis for this.

    Just… wow.

  114. Walstafa

    Next thing you know he’ll be wearing a fedora.

    1. JessWitt

      And he won’t pull it off. Well, not with that hoodie I mean.

  115. Bane

    Jesus, I am WAY to familiar with this. I bought one after I graduated high school, because “Hmmm, I can’t afford a tuba, but I wanna sing the deep, soulful lyrics I can’t come up with while I play, and everyone already plays guitar.”

    $50 and sever people in my dorm shouting varying forms of “SHUT THE FUCK UP, NOBODY LIKES YOUR MUSIC” later, I left my cheapulele in the under my bed til the end of the year.

  116. some guy

    Dammit Willis you’ve made me even more invested to know if ryan is dead now that you’ve pulled the “3 days later” thing and goddammit it worked amazingly(pun unintended)

  117. CianM1301

    “The ‘Do List”? Will we be seeing a Joe-centred storyline? I hope so.

    1. JessWitt

      He could use a bit more dimensionality.

    2. Galuna

      Woah, it’s an OC Emerl.

      1. CianM1301

        I’m glad someone else remembers Emerl, because Sonic Team sure as hell doesn’t.

    3. Spencer

      According to Willis’ twitter he shows up in 30 strips of this storyline, approximately a third.

  118. Dara

    “Where’s the lil’ body lil’ buddy?”

  119. AGV

    What a twist

  120. George_V

    Next strip: Amber is still busy mutilating Ryan’s body.

    1. Valerie

      I’m totally down with Amber torturing a rapist for three days straight.

  121. phildog

    Oh come on man, what the hell dude?

  122. Pic of Ice

    My guess, is that Ryan aint dead, but Amber marked him so that all can read the kind of person he is.

    Inglorious Bastards style.

    Or, took away his weapon.

    BOTH of them.

    Im good with either, really.

    1. Danni

      or girl with the dragon tattoo style?

    2. TomHCinMI

      “Sin City” reference!

  123. Eldritch Gentleman

    Suckered by Willis we got I see…

  124. All mankind

    [Amanda Palmer’s Ukulele Anthem plays now]

  125. Remmington Steele

    Mornin’ Willis.

    Damn you.

  126. Martin Smith

    No court would convict you, Joe.

  127. Neil Himself

    “Anyway, here’s Wonderwall.”

  128. Remmington Steele

    Writing an atonal piece for accordion, viola and ukulele might just about piss every off;-j

    1. BenRG

      That could be a nicely artistic way of saying ‘screw you’ to everyone. Do stuff everyone hates then pass it off as ‘fine art’ and force everyone to think that they like it. I’m pretty sure that a lot of modern artists use this basic battle plan.

      1. davidbreslin101

        I have a theory that Modernism happened when a group of representatives from all the Serious Arts had a meeting. “In this new century, improvements in education and an increase in disposable income means that our audience is larger than ever! Now…. how can we get rid of all these frightful oiks?”

      2. Remmington Steele

        Just arseholes like you. Have fun!

  129. DarkoNeko

    You can make beautiful things with an ukulele.
    Well, other people can. not Danny.

  130. Ashonai

    NO

  131. Li

    Probably the only person here who’s relieved to get a break from the drama. (Although I’m hoping the fact Danny doesn’t seem upset is a good sign nothing TOO terrible happened with Amber)

    Anyway, I love Danny. He just whapped that ukele out from nowhere. He’s the best.

  132. IllogicalBobcat

    For once no one is yelling at Joe.

  133. Andrew_C

    I feel it would be appropriate to link to “The Most Unwanted Song” by Komar & Malamid, but I don’t know how to do links on this site so just google it.

  134. Callid13

    And tomorrow, we jump back with a “three days earlier”. Right? RIGHT?

  135. Inbar Fink

    Danny happy with a ukulele = good, happy, pure

  136. ArbiterSands

    Dat tone shift tho

  137. Vulcanodon

    *Ukulele plays, Danny imitates Kermit T Frog*
    “Why are there so many
    songs about rainbows?
    And what’s on the oooother side?…”

    1. Galuna

      LEARN A NEW SONG!

      1. Scar Man!!!

        but’s it’s the best song ever!

  138. Dex

    Judge“This is the second knife murder is less than a week on campus! What is going on over there? How do you explain yourself, young man?”

    Joe “Well, you see, your Honor, Danny started playing the ukulele…”

    Judge“Ah, say no more. Case dismissed!”

  139. JasonAW3

    Willis, you are an evil cuss!

    Well, guess I’ll just have to wait PATIENTLY for what happens with Amber, Dorothy and the late Ryan….

  140. Sam

    Soon, the ukulele will dump Danny and we will right back where we started.

  141. JBento

    Don’t worry, Joe – soon, Danny is going to play the ukulele on the Steps of Break-Up (TM), and the ukulele is going to dump him.

    Also: Willis made a megapost of the last few strips in one of his tumblers, and Ryan is tagged as “druggo mcstabbed,” which made me genuinely chuckle (I’m easily amused. Sue me).

  142. Deanatay

    Danny is found dead the next day, smothered in his own blue bedsheets, with a ukelele sticking out of his butt.

    In the wake of the Ryan Massacre, the newspapers don’t even notice.

  143. Spencer

    If something had happened to Amber Danny would probably be a nervous wreck, so maybe that’s a good sign?

  144. TomHCinMI

    We know Amber got “Ryan”‘s blood on that knifeblade, but we don’t know where she cut him, nor how deeply, nor whether it was a stab or a slice.

    1. Guairdean Beatha

      I’m waiting for either Amber, Amazi-Girl, or someone completely new to that body to show up with his scalp tied to her belt.

  145. Sarpiedon

    Why do I get the feeling that Dumbiverse Joe is going to end up with AIDS?

    1. Amias

      I dunno, he does seem pretty dedicated to using condoms. They’re a good safeguard.

  146. Tenchan

    Danny is evolving!!!

    1. JBento

      Danny has evolved into Ukulelemon!

  147. 3oranges

    Aw yeah now the plot is finally moving. 😀

    1. Orion Fury

      So it hasn’t been moving for the last few days?

  148. Guairdean Beatha

    This is intriguing. Is he really interested in the ukulele, or is he secretly getting a head start on Nintendo’s upcoming release of “Ukulele Hero, Nirvana Edition”?

    1. DonDueed

      Obviously, the Amber / notRyan Incident has driven Danny totally insane.

  149. Scar Man!!!

    Fucking hell, Willis!

  150. Cerberus

    Comic Reactions:

    Previous comic: That was what I ended up needing to self-care over. I’m so nervous and anxious for Amber and seeing Amber possibly very likely doing the thing that I spent my whole young DID life terrified I would do with exactly the same look from onlookers as Dorothy gives still haunts a lot.

    It’s an amazing piece of storytelling, though, just… intense and breaking my little DID heart. Like, I don’t even blame her fighting back or taking Ryan to the cleaners, just the psychic and legal fallout for Amber is likely to be so high as it’ll feel like yet another confirmation that the Amber alter is dangerous and needs to be constrained and locked up for everyone’s safety.

    This comic: On that note, damn you Willis, you are history’s greatest monster for leaving that on a long cliffhanger.

    Panels 1-2: Okay, I’ve been super hard on Joe, so I want to extra highlight how awesome and important a growth moment this is. Like, all this comic in total, he’s done everything he can to avoid emotionally checking in with Danny and create a wall of “don’t talk to me about life stuff”.

    But he’s recognizing how alienating that was and how it was pushing away his best friend and so he’s taking the opportunity to check in, even though it was highly likely that he’d be dealing with lots of feelings from Danny.

    Like, it’s an important growth moment and may be a sign that he’s starting to loosen some of the trappings he thinks are necessary to be a man.

    Panel 3: Good on you, Danny. That’s really really important and will help your next relationship (because you are very very alloromantic and will be in one eventually) be a lot lot healthier.

    Panel 4: Oh my Bob, Danny is every queer HS freshman at my school (they take turns passing around a ukulele and trying to play Steven Universe songs). So I guess intentionally or unintentionally, he’s fully embracing his newly discovered queerness. Next step is obsessing about Overwatch.

    1. Spencer

      Welcome back.

    2. Rukduk

      Welcome back Cerberus. *gesture of support* How are things going with the job and the fiancé? I know you were annoyed about the other teachers who didn’t actually stand up to your scumbag school head coming out of the woodworks all of a sudden, so I hope these past few weeks have been good for you and your students. I also hope you’re new job goes well. Also, about reaction 4: Gabe and Jack totally wanted to be a thing but Jack wouldn’t because of command reasons right? And Tracer is awesome as a possible role model for young lesbian women. Also, am I a bad person for feeling like Sombra and D.Va would make a nice couple based on their shared interests of electronics and tgeir similar joking attitude? And despite being a white cis-male I really relate to Symmetra because we’re both on the spectrum, and I have a lot of the same problems with crowds and properly communicating. Also, I now need to check if Steven Universe is still on hiatus. I must know if Peridot and Lapis become canon!!

      1. Spencer

        Steven Universe is back and Lapis and Peridot have become Lesbian Farmers.

        1. Rukduk

          Last episode I remember was the one with that one ruby stealing back the ruby ship to fly back to homeworld. So I get what you’re sayin.

    3. MatsuoTanuki

      I wasn’t aware Overwatch was a thing queers obsessed over.

      1. Micki

        Well, that explains my sister. LOL

    4. Bagge

      *All the hugs*

    5. Pablo360

      Your Panel 4 analysis describes me perfectly. I don’t even play Overwatch, I just read other people’s McHanzo.

  151. timemonkey

    So glad to be back with Danny and Joe.

    1. Spencer

      Said no one ever.

  152. Rosstifer

    ‘All joke aside Joe, my ex-girlfriend killed a guy a couple days ago. Cut his balls off and let him bleed to death. It was really fucking gruesome. I have no idea why I thought learning the ukulele would help, but I need to do something other than picture the event over and over again in my mind.’

    1. 3oranges

      “I heard my ex-girlfriend took up the machete, and I thought that might make for a good shared interest. But you don’t see many Portuguese instruments around here, so this ukulele was the closest thing I could find.”

  153. Fire_daws

    What t’fk happened to Amber?????

    DAMN YOU WILLIS!!!!!!!

  154. Brumagem

    Headcanon: when Joe says “”Mornin’ little buddy” he’s referring to his penis when Dan-o so Ridley assumes everything is about him and his instrument of Satan.

    1. ValdVin

      Of course Joe talks to his member; it’s good to be on speaking terms with the decisionmaker in a relationship.

      (I’ll show myself out.)

      1. MatsuoTanuki

        *chokes on drink*

    2. Orion Fury

      How in the hell did it take over 13 hours for this comment to be made? I was 10 top level comments away from asking if Willis was deleting them.

  155. Spencer

    Guys holy crap Ryan isn’t dead. We’re not suddenly in for Amber as a murderer. That would be awful.

    1. Guairdean

      As the bird said, you’d be amazed at what you can live through.

    2. Fart Captor

      Not being murdered doesn’t guarantee that he’s alive. He totally could have been hit by a truck on his way to the hospital

  156. Nenja

    Damn, the cliffhanger. I knew this was coming, since this is the ‘strip from the FUTURE’ that was promised people on the kickstarter, but still: what happened to Amber!?

    also, with a chapter-name like ‘The DO-list’, I wonder if Joe will get development?

    1. Spencer

      Given the nature of the comic she was presumably stopped from killing Ryan by either the police or campus security and had to give a statement along with Dorothy. Maybe afterwards she was taken to the hospital.

      She has a character model for this chapter so she’s gonna show up.

  157. CJ

    Has the color of Joe’s bedsheets changed and the last panel is a dream? Or are the blue sheets Danny’s?

  158. Spencer

    You know I have to say I’m pleasantly surprised by the total lack of “god look how much better Danny is without that psycho harpy Amber” going on in the comments today. I thought for sure that’d be the gist of things and I’d have to avoid it, but so far so good.

  159. Rodimiss

    This is honest-to-god one of the funniest things I have seen in a long time, especially Danny’s face in the last panel.

  160. Oberon

    Having a room mate who plays the ukulele would not be such a bad thing.
    .
    .
    .
    Having a room mate who was just learning to play the ukulele would be a living hell, a waking nightmare, and any number of other combinations of two words which describe a completely unbearable situation.

    Options include “justifiable homicide,” “broken ukulele,” and and any number of other combinations of two words which describe the means to end such a situation.

    1. ValdVin

      Having a roomie learning to play any instrument is much the same. (Don’t ask me how I know.)

  161. Reltzik

    Sorry, Danny, but no. NO. That’s a nerd instrument. Billie will back me up on this. And I’m not talking cool late-90s/2000s dignified nerd chic. I’m talking 80s/early-90s sitcom nerd laughingstock. It’s a tiny, high-pitched, annoying, unwelcome tool.

    It’s an Urkelele.

    1. StClair

      *claps* Just so.

  162. Micki

    Ahahaha — that alt-text made me laugh out loud. 🙂 I’m a sucker for corny jokes.

  163. McBogue

    Don’t rate musical instruments, Joe.

  164. Poskie

    I’m laughing at this strip and Danny’s stupid face, but it’s with a tic in my eye and a tiny voice in my brain screaming “WHAT HAPPENED WITH AMBER AND RYAN.” The laughter hinges on hysterical. Still it does not stop.

  165. Sarda

    I find it extremely hard to believe that three entire days passed without anyone finding out that a student murdered another student. Amber’s hopeless, sure, but Dorothy would have told someone.

    1. David M Willis

      I would also find that extremely hard to believe!

      Note to self: go back in time, tell self to NOT write strip that says Ryan is murdered and that also nobody found out about it somehow.

      *looks at strip*

      whoa, time travel works

  166. Griffin Fredette

    “but how could three days pass without everyone knowing that ryan was murdered????”
    maybe because

    he wasn’t murdered you dingueses.

    or maybe danny and joe know and are indifferent idk

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