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Release you
Posted on February 27, 2025 by David M Willis

201 thoughts on “Release you”

  1. Dot

    Oops, the friends you pushed away have all moved on!

    1. Sirksome

      Shhh. It’s better this way. Better for Willis’ drawing hand.

      1. Veronica

        Time to get rid of Billie to bring in a new character who is always on a bicycle or a horse.

        1. JA

          Could introduce a new mysterious superhero. Call her…The Cheerleader, or something.

    2. Grimey

      How could anyone have seen this obvious fallout comi— oh right, it’s Billie.

      Jennifer if you’re nasty.

    3. Queezle

      I feel like if she talked to them, at least some of them would accept her back in. They are just not going to wait for her.

      1. Needfuldoer

        Walky put up with her and the other cheerleaders bullying him through high school. This is nothing compared to that!

      2. Amelie Wikström

        It’s just Jennifer who wanted “out.” Might have made some mildly unkind comments about nerds, but the worst she has done is not talk to any of them for like a few weeks. All she’d have to do is hurry down the steps.

        They’ll be like “Hey Bjennifer, where have you been?” and “She has her COOL friends now, she doesn’t like us” and she’ll be like “Shut up Walky, I like you fine. Sorry I been so busy but, it turns out, today I’ve got time for friends. So what have I been missing?”

        You know, in the alternate reality where Jennifer can make a single simple obvious good decision.

        1. Makkabee

          As depicted in the syndicated newspaper comic “Coming of Sage Decisions”

        2. Casi

          that comic is so boring though. All the conflicts are resolved extremely quickly, nobody does anything stupid, and if they do, their friends are always 100% supportive and get them through it.

          It’s a feel good comic, but i need conflict dangit!

        3. Dan

          Do you??? DO Y…Oh you mean in your comics. Yeah I get that

      3. Archieve

        everyone was fine with Jennifer walking with the group a few days ago when Sarah started her smile saga. here its just her own issue of does she want to run to catch up and risk looking over eager or walk behind alone.

    4. Mark

      Is there some reason they should have been expecting her?

      1. Clif

        Don’t look at me. I’m trying to figure out if that’s a goodbye wave or a wait up wave in the last panel.

  2. Sirksome

    Are none of them aware of Dorothys slowly escalating crashout?

    1. AeromechanicalAce

      I think Walky’s interpreted her keeping herself occupied as a good sign regarding that. We’ll see whether or not he’s right.

    2. Thag Simmons

      Clearly not aware enough to be concerned

    3. Rose by Any other Name

      … do we know what Dorothy is busy doing?
      I feel like the comic thinks I know, but I don’t remember.
      Or is this foreshadowing for an upcoming reveal?

      1. Rose by Any other Name

        A peek in the archive indicates that Dorothy was last seen the day prior sending Joyce a lewd photo.
        So yeah, I have no idea what Walky is talking about here.

        1. Sirksome

          It’s been heavily implied if not just outright stated that Dorothy was likely going to join Jocelyne at the protest. Y’know that protest that just escalated this morning? Hopefully she’s just making out with Jocey and not in jail.

        2. Lingo

          I just went back and re-read all the Dot/Joce strips to see if I’d missed something. Don’t think I have. That has neither been stated nor IMHO implied.

        3. cain

          Jocelyn definitely offered for Dorothy to go with her to the protest. That’s as far as the implication went, though.

        4. Sirksome

          Did you read this one?

          https://www.dumbingofage.com/2025/comic/book-15/02-the-one-where-jocelyne-returns/carve/

          Feel free to tell me your interpretation of it. I could be wrong on my read. To me that at least implies she would consider attending the protest. What else is she writing apology letters for? It’s either the protest or Dorothy has something else irritating planned.

        5. Doopyboop

          I for one interpreted it as Dorothy trying to come around to the idea of being President to be an irritant, but that Dorothy still feels the urge to pre-write apology letters for the presidential war crimes

        6. marcus erronius

          I think the alt-text supports considering protesting. “dear mister president, there are too many social inequities these days, please eliminate three (ps i am not a crackpot)” Sounds like a very Dorothy protest letter

        7. Needfuldoer

          It’s a reference to The Simpsons, where Grandpa was typing a letter to the White House complaining that he thinks there are too many states.

        8. Nymph

          I think you’re right that Dorothy means to go to the protest, and specifically that she is there right now. I’m excited to see what changes come of this and I really hope she finds a healthy outlet for the overwhelming urge to be a force of change and good in the world that she struggles with.

        9. someone

          Maybe they’re making out in jail?

        10. Taffy

          Now that’s hot, and Dorothy deserves it.

      2. CrazyJ

        Well if it’s not something new it either involves pictures of boobs or the upcoming protest.

        1. Taffy

          She’s at the protest, topless.

        2. Nymph

          This is honestly the only possible correct interpretation.

        3. Gigafreak

          So she sent Joyce a glam shot photo of her breasts, because only her closest friend gets early access and premium content?

        4. Steamweed

          Ya know how writers need their beta readers? So, yeah, lewdness leaders need their beta lookers.

        5. Schpoonman

          Creatives need editors

        6. Nymph

          Mars needs Moms

        7. Clif

          But Mike needs your Mom.

          For a nickel.

        8. Steamweed

          Topless protesting is the next logical step.

        9. Taffy

          Sometimes the real protest is the friends we made (out with) along the way.

        10. Steamweed

          Have a +1 internet point.

      3. sultryglebe

        Maybe she’s snagging another byline.

        1. HueSatLight

          Getting the scoop on an unidentified person burning down the ROTC building. She just happened to be the first on the scene.

    4. Doopyboop

      Joyce is the only one who’s aware to any degree and I don’t think she realizes how bad it is or could be. The others are a bit too separated from Dorothy to really know, I think. At least, the others in this specific group. Ruth and Jennifer definitely know Dorothy’s heading for a crash out.

  3. Shitbird

    Maybe she’ll take the hint that she’s a terrible friend and actually change. She won’t but you know.

    1. PedanticJerkass

      Maybe she’ll take the hint that just standing there waving at people whose backs are to her and are walking away from her isn’t all that effective.

  4. Thag Simmons

    Well, these guys are definitely an improvement on trying to get Raidah to be your character witness at least

  5. TrueVCU

    Billie: I am also here (allegedly)

    1. Shaith86

      *You Say Run begins playing as she proclaims this*

  6. Nono

    AIN’T NOTHING GONNA BREAK MY STRIDE
    NOBODY GONNA SLOW ME DOWN

    1. Cholma

      Everytime I hear this song, I think “Yeah! Supertramp!” but then each time I look it up YouTube, it’s actually Matthew Wilder, and then I’m like, “Who the hell is Matthew Wilder?” I have no idea why I can’t him. Hell, I *lived* thru the ’80s! I consider ’80s music to be MY MUSIC, and yet, some things just won’t lock into my brain.

      1. sultryglebe

        He was in the 80s, but he was the part of the 80s that would fit comfortably in the 70s.

        1. Cholma

          I was in the ’70s also, as well as part of the ’60s, and while I love The Beatles, Creedance Clearwater Revival, The BeeGees, KISS, Led Zeppelin, Bob Segar, The Carpenters, Elton John, etc, it’s always the ’80s that I return to return to music-wise. (But not the fashion; dear Cheese, not the fashion!)

        2. Hof1991

          Music is best considered by years ending in 5. 1955-65 pre-Beatles. 1965-1975. Post Beatles but pre disco. 1975-1985. Synth and disco.

      2. mindbleach

        Supertramp doing that song would be WILDLY different. Surely halfway to “Crazy.”

      3. deliverything

        If it helps, he apparently also composed music for Mulan (and provided the singing voice for Ling).

    2. Looney

      OH NO!
      I’VE GOT TO KEEP ON MOVING!

  7. Cholma

    Maybe Jennifer & Dorothy will hang out together. I’m sure that wouldn’t be a disaster.

    1. Thag Simmons

      Would be less of a disaster than what I’m expecting. We know Jennifer’s looking for someone to help her convince Alice that she’s fine and normal, and I 100% expect circumstances to conspire such that she enlists Ruth for that task

      1. Cholma

        Well. asking Raidah was certainly a mistaker, and based on today’s Bonus strip on Patreon, Jennifer should definitely avoid asking Dina!

        1. Steamweed

          “No, Jennifer, I will not help you talk with Alice, because she has wrong ideas.”
          “Is she anti-science?”
          “No, she is anti-cereal.”

        2. Clif

          All this is moot. In Book 13, on page 167, Willis reveals that Dina and Jennifer are endgame!

  8. pickonecard

    Sal don’t look now but there’s a massive dick behind you

    1. Mr D phone posting

      That’s what she said

    2. Steamweed

      That might explain her facial expression.

  9. Morrison

    Nobody likes Jennifer. Billie was suicidal. Is there a middle ground?

    1. RassilonTDavros

      Well, if we wanna be overly literal about the “middle” part, she could always start going by Yunru.

    2. Firseal

      I personally feel, with regards to names, that there’s at least two camps of people. There are people who feel that their name defines who they are, and by changing it they change themselves. Then there are people whom their names define themselves, that even when they start going by or accepting a new name doesn’t define themselves by that name but adds it to their whole name.

      Billie / Jennifer is very much in the more extreme side of the first group. She found her name as Billie from Walkie right before she entered a whole new phase of her life and a peer group, putting away ‘Jennifer’, and defined herself by ‘Billie’ for, what, twelve or thirteen formulative years. When she decided she was ‘Jennifer’, she tried to pack up everything that was Billie and put it away, jettison it, unless she absolutely needed to go unpack something of that former person. As far as she’s concerned, she’s eliminated ‘Billie’. She’s ‘Jennifer’ now.

      Don’t get me wrong – both types of name / indentity association could be unhealthy. (Also, this is how I look at others and their applications of names – it is by no means any sort of psycology that I know of) – but in Billie/Jennifer’s case, she’s taking it a bit too far. As a consequence, today she’s more ‘Jennifer’ than she’s ever been-

      And none of these people have ever been friends of Jennifer’s.

      1. thejeff

        I don’t know.

        Sometimes I think the audience here takes Jennifer’s name chance much more seriously than she does.

  10. Thag Simmons

    Also have a better idea how to read Jacob’s line last page now, seems like the charitable interpretation is the correct one. Happy about that

    1. Grimey

      Which leads me to think if he gets wind that Raidah is trying to end this—we may see an actually angry Jacob.

  11. Alongcameaspider

    Sarah openly admitting her affection for her friend group? Is she ill?

    1. Axel

      maybe, but it probably helps that Tony makes her comfortable saying ‘they are annoying but I like them’ rather than making her feel like she has to pretend she’s cooler than them or that she has to pretend to be more friendly than she is

      1. Shade

        I feel like some of that was also from her decision to change, even if she was forcing it a little.

      2. Tan

        Also with regard to Tony specifically, he has explicitly expressed his preference for being direct and straightforward with one another. Putting up a front about not “really” caring about them even though she clearly does would work against her.

        https://www.dumbingofage.com/2025/comic/book-15/02-the-one-where-jocelyne-returns/buffoonery/

  12. Wereg

    It’s real nice to see Sarah so happy and comfortable.

  13. HueSatLight

    I’m surprised we don’t see more, “oh, hey, you’re one of the abductees” when new people meet this group.

    1. Nymph

      “Hey you’re one of the abductees, and so are you, and so are you! Am I about to fucking get kidnapped?

    2. Mark

      “So, what’s your affinity with alien tech?”

  14. Axel

    had half a second of ‘oh, they forgot jennifer’ before realizing she isn’t supposed to be exiting from their building anyway

  15. Pocky

    Suddenly Jennifer

    1. cbwroses

      ? is standing beside you! You don’t need no makeup! Don’t have to pretend! ?

      1. Miri

        I was going to go down the Shia LaBeouf (cannibal) musical route?

    2. Grayfinity

      Read like CinemaSins.

  16. Sirksome

    They’re all freshman?! Gross! Sarah and Tony need to drop that dead weight. As the campus’ new ruling couple they’re too influential to be associated with freshies.

    1. Dana

      Heh.

    2. Laserbeaks Fury

      It bums me out a little. Tony doesn’t strike me as the type to be “choose me or your friends”, but it does feel like that story is headed to a point where it’ll become a point of friction. Sarah has been maintaining she doesn’t “suffer fools”, but lately she very much has been.

      1. Leorale

        Suffer fools, but complain about it the whole time.

        1. Steamweed

          More like “Suffer friends, but complain about it the whole time”.

          As opposed to Billifer’s take: “Suffer, friends, but complain about it the whole time”.

      2. Thag Simmons

        A point of concern is that Tony’s on the football team, so even if he’s cool a lot of his buddies probably aren’t.

        1. staszu13

          So we have seen *cough* Paul Incellerator*cough*

      3. Shade

        I don’t really get that impression, I think he was just asking. Because from his perspective it is probably a little strange all her friends are freshmen.

    3. Miri

      I’m hoping it’s more “[I don’t recognise them from any classes, and I’m sure I haven’t seen them around all that long/I don’t think I know any of these people]? Is this group composed of Freshmen?” With maybe a little bit of “Are they naïve fools, or are they serious about their education and capable of holding rational conversation?”

  17. IntangibleMatter

    So many things have changed since the comic started, but no matter what… they’ll always walk to math class.

  18. Ty34er

    I think Jennifer is becoming Billie again and that might be a problem for her.

    1. Mark

      I think it might be an interim solution for her. Jennifer v1 was kind of a failure. If she can let herself be Billie again for a while (while avoiding the alcohol abuse) maybe she can grow organically into Jennifer v2 rather than applying a “mature” persona like paint.

  19. DailyBrad

    Panel 4, I dunno, something about Sarah’s expression is interesting to me. Blissful, for sure, but I dunno. Definitely suspect the story’s far from finished, though I am super happy for her current, well, happiness.

    I do feel for Jennifer, but she’s going to have to make some decisions about who she is, what she wants, and who she wants to share herself with.

    1. Coatl

      Sarah has had her setbacks, but now is the time for her to have a big moment.

      Jennifer…well, she was the one who broke away and joined Raidah, and at some point she’ll realize that joining her was a bad idea.

    2. Zaxares

      To me it read kind of like contentment mixed with relief. Sarah’s happy with Tony, but it’s probably also mixed with “good closure” feelings to know that Jacob approves and she can let go of her desire to pursue him and remain friends with him. 🙂

    3. Bobcat2022

      I read Sarah in panel four as giving a little bit of catty side-eye to Lucy. Lucy and Jacob said basically the same thing in panel three, and Sarah is pointedly thanking… Jacob. I think there might still be a little resentment between Sarah and Lucy.

  20. Icalasari

    Yep, looks like I interpreted Jacob correctly yesterday. His surprise was more that ANYBODY managed to snag Tony rather than thinking Sarah isn’t deserving of anybody

    1. Taffy

      Go figure.

    2. Jeremiah

      It’s almost like jumping to the worse possible interpretation is stupid.

      1. Steamweed

        (*grumps) I don’t like it.

  21. BBCC

    Go, go to them, Jennifer.

    1. Zaxares

      Heh, I was wondering if anyone else was like me and still had sympathy for poor, lost Jennifer. “It is never too late to turn away from the darkness” is a creed I hold strongly to.

      1. Shade

        As long as she’s willing to try and everyone is okay with it, why not?

      2. Mark

        Yeah, I enjoy seeing evil get its comeuppance, but Jennifer’s not evil.

  22. nobodybasically

    I don’t know if it’s just because I’m bad at telling what people’s ages are in general, but it seems kinda weird that Tony is able to tell whether someone is a freshman or a sophomore just by looking at them.

    1. cbwroses

      They lack the scent of cynicism and despair.

    2. Thag Simmons

      Tony lives in the same dorm as these people. I don’t think he knows Lucy or Joyce, but he’ll have seen Joe, Walky and Jacob around enough to be pretty sure they’re freshmen.

      1. Chris

        Isn’t there an Athletic dorm(s) at IU?

        1. Thag Simmons

          I wouldn’t know, but if there is Tony doesn’t live there

        2. Schpoonman

          I do hope Tony comments at least once on Walky being Walky. “Kinda glad my dad dodged that bullet.”

        3. Nymph

          I don’t think he will, he hasn’t shown any needless cruelty so far.

      2. thejeff

        Plus he’ll only have seen them this year, which is a pretty good if not definitive clue.

    3. Steamweed

      I don’t know about Tony, but experienced faculty and post-grads can develop a feeling for identifying freshmen. Fall semester is easier than Spring semester, though.

    4. Jeff K!

      When I was 24 working as an usher at a movie theater, I could pin down the 17 year olds from the high school graduates from the 19 year olds from the 20 year olds. There’s such a clear personality shift in people during that period that when you spend time with enough of them, you can recognize the differences.

      When I was 20 I was too blissfully unaware to be able to recognize such things, though. Tony’s on top of things.

      1. thejeff

        I do remember going back to visit my high school during my first year of college. They were children! It was amazing. So much younger than when I was there the year before.

  23. Tux Time

    Alternate title: How Sarah Got Her Groove Back.

    I don’t think I’ve ever seen this comfortable or relaxed before. After the trauma of dealing with Dana’s spiralling and the aftermath of Raidah’s bullshit, she deserves this. Absolutely.

    It does make me wonder, was Raidah always “evil”, or did it only happen after Dana was taken out of school? Cos I don’t think Sarah would have put up with Raidah’s current bullshit from the beginning.

    Not that it remotely excuses Raidah’s behaviour ever.

    1. Steamweed

      I’m expecting we’ll find out Raidah and Dana were a thing.

    2. thejeff

      My suspicion is that Dana was the leader of their little clique while she was there and Raidah’s issues became a lot more obvious when she took over after Dana left.

    3. Archieve

      Hard to say for sure since Sarah doesn’t many flashbacks of interacting with Radiah before things went south. I do strongly suspect however that Radiahs obsession with being an adult is atleast partly her doubling down after Sarah did the mature hard thing for a problem she wanted to ignore.

  24. Tux Time

    *I don’t think I’ve ever seen Sarah this comfortable or relaxed, I mean.

    (Bonus avatar roll GO)

    1. Tux Time

      I’m literally the opposite of Daisy, I’m sorry.

      1. Tux Time

        Could be worse but one more time

      2. Schpoonman

        That was Agatha, not Daisy.

  25. morhek

    “Does it make me look more desperate to walk to class alone or to run to catch up to them? Hmm…”

    1. Mark

      “Would it make me look cool and confident to shout, ‘hey, wait up!’?”

    2. Deanatay

      Well, remember a few comics ago, when BJ tried to ‘rescue’ Tony from Sarah? And got roundly rejected? Yeah, trying to casually hang out with them now might be awkward…

  26. DashWallkick

    Jennifer, for once in her life, is actually asking the question “wait, why can’t I have that?”

    1. staszu13

      Jen, you *could have* taken up Ruth on her offer for you to return, or you could have not been a manipulative bongo re Asher, but no…..

  27. Taffy

    I can’t believe how awful Jacob is being about this. Look at him, standing there and saying nice things throughout the entire interaction, that son of a son. Goddamn, he makes me so mad I just wanna fill him with cranberry sauce until he’s had a comfortable amount of it and can’t really hold more without it becoming a bother. That’d show him.

    1. Shade

      But only if he likes cranberry sauce of course.

      1. Mark

        If he doesn’t, the only difference is it takes way less cranberry sauce.

    2. Steamweed

      An unusually specific response. But you failed to mention the most important point: jelled or whole berry.

      1. Taffy

        Jellied, for sure. You can fit more in before he notices he’s full.

        1. Jeremiah

          I am afraid to tell you this is someone’s fetish.

  28. Suet

    aw, she said she loves them~

    Head Cheerleader, Timing Master

  29. Jay

    Billie: *pushes all her friends away*
    Everyone: *moves the fuck on*
    Billie: *surprise pikachu*

  30. Amós Batista

    Sarah: Now I am the alpha bongo.

  31. Mel

    I can never really get back into that weird headspace of teenhood where a single year difference in cohort was a big frigging deal. I once dated a guy one grade below in highschool and it was le scandal.

    1. Mark

      I am bemused now to reflect that there were, like, 500 kids in my high school and every single one that I knew was in my graduating class.

  32. Strain of Thought

    The oofs keep coming and they don’t stop coming.

  33. Thing2

    Um, What has Tony got against new folks, and why does he feel the need to label them? Or is this a USA thing? Sophomores are “wise fools” and “Freshman” is also an insult. Man it’s confusing for non USAvians! First year, second year, third year is so much easier, and nothing like as judgemental.

    1. anonymsly

      The fact that Sarah has zero friends who were at school with her last year is genuinely a bit concerning, though. Especially so since it’s followed up by ‘they took me in’ which essentially outright says ‘yeah, all my friends from last year ditched me’. The question of why becomes important. (Note: I expect Tony would have zero problems with Sarah’s actions in the Dana situation, aka the reason all of Sarah’s last-year friends ditched her. He’d have done the same.)

      1. Mark

        What with all the angst and stuff the previous year, Sarah kinda didn’t have a freshman year, socially.

    2. Shade

      I don’t think he has a problem with them, he just noticed something kinda curious to him. While not unheard of its more common for friend groups to be formed during someone’s freshmen year.

      1. Mark

        This. Plus 18-22 is a period of great change in most people so a year’s growth can make a big difference in attitude, dress, confidence that “I belong here”, the way they carry themselves.

      2. thejeff

        And when you show up as a freshman the older kids already have their friend groups and they’re busy doing their own things, while there are also all these other new freshmen who don’t know anyone looking for people to hang out with.

        Also, for whatever reason, it seems a large majority of people on their floor are freshmen, with a handful of sophomores and no one older?

    3. Astariel

      It’s standard US terminology. Most high schools and colleges are four years, and both use freshman, sophomore, junior & and senior as the names of the years. None of them are considered derogatory, and would guess that 99+% of students are never even aware of the etymology of sophomore.

    4. Uly

      You’re the one being judgmental here.

    5. Thing2

      OK, thanks for the explanations here, people. As I say, it can be very confusing when you are not used to it. And possibly, what i said could sound judgemental in the light of the other info/explanations people have given me… but that is why I asked “why”, and prefaced it with “Um” – I spoke as my social upbringing caused me to interpret it. I was questioning that.
      So, yeah, thanks for teaching me new stuff.

  34. Maddie B

    Bye bye, Billie.

  35. VolticEXE

    Hope that Tony comment doesn’t end up coming back to be bad. Its (normally) never about the Age Disparity in College; its about the Experience Disparity & how much of your soul you carry into doing more Adult things.

    1. anonymsly

      I would expect him to inquire why all Sarah’s friends are freshmen since ‘they took me in’ all but outright says ‘any friends I had last year ditched me’. It would be a good idea to poke a bit at why that was. (I would also not expect Tony to have a single problem with ‘my roommate was doing drugs in our room and spiraling hard, she needed help and also my grades were slipping from trying to take care of her, so I called her dad’ as said why.)

    2. Mark

      I do anticipate some tension, with Sarah now having her friend group and also access to Tony’s, who likely average older.

      1. Clif

        It’s possible Tony has teammates rather than friends.

  36. Sharizard

    That Joyce face…

    1. Risky

      I could do with at least 5 times as much Joyce in this page.

    2. Steamweed

      She’s still ultrasonically squealing.

  37. Nevermaker

    Oooooooone is the loneliest number that you’ll ever doooooooooooo

  38. AlexaSpuds

    Excited for the eventual return of Billie and departure of Jennifer

    1. M!a

      …is there a third option? Please?

      1. Adam Black

        Alien Abduction.

        1. Clif

          Where do you think his football prowess comes from? The Dean?

  39. darkoneko

    Thank you… Jacob ? He’s not the one who offered.

    1. CidGregor

      Lol, checked the whole comment section to see if someone else mentioned this yet before posting the question and then you beat me to it as I was typing it. Oh well, glad I’m not the only one wondering, I guess.

      1. Comic.phile

        Everyone overlooks Lucy. Except Jacob.

  40. CidGregor

    Hm. Am I overthinking it to wonder why Sarah replies to thank specifically Jacob and not Lucy in panel 4 after they BOTH encourage her to spend time with Tony? Is there still some animosity between Sarah and Lucy?

    1. Wilde

      I think Sarah could be reading Lucy’s statement as condescending. We release you could feel a bit like assuming that they have ownership of her time.

      To be clear, as a person who has had my awkward efforts to be nice read that way before, I’m on the fence. It’s just as likely Sarah just feels petty towards Lucy about dating Jacob, or perhaps that she’s feeling a bit smug towards Jacob after feeling rejected by him before for not being ultra-smiley.

  41. Tan

    Hoping that Tony noticing Sarah’s entire friendgroup is freshmen leads into a question of why and Sarah explaining the whole deal with Dana and Raidah’s group, so Tony is fully armed with information when Raidah comes sniffing around

    1. Steamweed

      Tony, being the son of one of the Deans, may or may not already know about that drugs-related suspension from the previous semester. I can see it either way. But he definitely should know about the incident of the active shooter, kidnappings, and student death.

      1. Tan

        Dana wasn’t suspended. Her dad pulled her out (probably went down officially as a leave of absence due to bereavement/mental health)

        1. Steamweed

          Ahh. Then definitely Tony won’t know about it. Not news-worthy; not fodder for dinner table discussion at the McHenry house.

  42. Ivkra

    Full-body OOF at that last panel.

  43. Kyulen

    Is Jennifer gonna realize soon that she’s been treating like crap a bunch of people who would like to be friends with her if she treated them better? I’d like to hope so, but I wouldn’t be surprised if she learns the wrong things somehow.

    1. thejeff

      Maybe, but this isn’t really a rejection. She hasn’t been walking with them, so they weren’t waiting for her and she came out late enough they didn’t notice her.

  44. Looney

    Hopefully Dorothy is busy exploring her bisexuality and/or protesting with Jocelyne and not continuing her downward spiral.

    1. Asky

      I’ve found that something that usually works with untreated clinical depression (which Dorothy definitely is showing signs of – I remember them well) is just keeping busy, staying too distracted to be in a downward spiral. Be it keeping busy or getting busy – if your mind is preoccupied, it can’t acknowledge that it’s not getting enough time on the seratonin

      1. Looney

        I know the symptoms as well, fellow depression warrior.

      2. Jeremiah

        I need my phone or the darkness take over my brain ?

  45. Hof1991

    That’s Jacob recognizing that he and Sarah were not a good match. And wishing her the best. Now they can be friends without any awkwardness.

  46. Daibhid C

    Other characters have had the big, dramatic character development, but Sarah’s really come a long way. Original Flavour Sarah would have maybe admitted she loved Joyce, if forced, but probably not to a guy she’d formed a connection with over hating people. She certainly wouldn’t have aknowledged out loud that she cares about the rest of these doofuses.

  47. Jess

    Out of curiosity. Will this mean that Other Jacob is renamed Other Tony?

  48. Kazuma Taichi

    I mean, Billie hasn’t walked with them in weeks, so it makes sense that they wouldn’t be waiting for anyone else
    Wonder why Jennifer’s waving at them, she’s never walked with these people

  49. ADLegend21

    Wow so gracious of Lucy to let Sarah be happy with her new boyfriend. She’s so cool.

    1. Jeremiah

      She is not “allowing” her anything, she just tell her she can go with him instead of walking with them if she wants, making her not fell obligated to anything.

      1. Adam Black

        The road behind was rocky
        But now you’re feeling cocky
        You look at me and you see your past
        Is that the reason why you’re runnin’ so fast?

    2. David M Willis

      what the fuck

      1. Adam Black

        ( squints )
        I’m runnin’ and I won’t touch ground
        Oh no, I got to keep on moving…
        Never let another girl like you
        Work me over
        Never let another girl like you
        Drag me under

    3. Taffy

      Escitalopram helps with my paranoid thoughts and empty pessimism. Ask your doctor about it.

    4. Nymph

      Lucy literally cannot be A TOTALLY NICE HUMAN BEING without some bozo treating her like a monster. It’s wild.

      1. ADLegend21

        Lucy literally saw Jacob and Sarah getting close and intercepted him like prime Deion Sanders with the Falcons. High Step and everything.

        1. Nymph

          Yes. She got with a guy who was single and capable of making his own decisions ~what a monster~ lmao.

  50. Cloud

    “Oh look, the consequences of my actions”

    1. Clif

      You say her actions were consequential?

  51. NGPZ

    Hi Jennifer

  52. armepos

    I do not like that look on sarah on panel 4. Sarah, don’t.

  53. Heavensrun

    Y’know, I’m actually pretty skeptical of Tony’s ability to identify freshmen by appearance? People’s appearance doesn’t change that much from 19-22, it’s not like you can just look at somebody and immediately know what year of college they’re in.

    1. David

      Oh, believe me, you know. Freshmen still have gleam in the eyes, to name one example

    2. anon

      it’s possible it could also be process of elimination of not having any of them as classmates in specific classes, even if college is more flexible of freshman and 2nd-3rd years being all mixed together

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