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Food court
Posted on May 25, 2013 by David M Willis
I'm at Phoenix Comicon right now!  Come see me and Joel Watson at Booth #243.  That's a different booth than advertised earlier, 'cuz our original location blew huge monkey balls and we got ourselves moved. As you come in the entrance to the exhibitor hall, we will now be in the back left corner, amongst the dealers.

93 thoughts on “Food court”

  1. Geminia999

    Well that’s a nice white blotch above the window!

    1. Baroncognito

      Unless I’m mistaken, that’s a entry hall light and a blackboard, not a blotch and a window.

      1. David

        Yes.

  2. Yotomoe

    SHE’S ONTO YOU!!!

    1. Resne

      Double Yotomoe for Double Success.

  3. Yotomoe

    SHE’S ONTO YOU!!!!!!

    1. ASmellyOgre

      Are you suggesting Joyce eats her own poop?

      1. TPman

        Take a look at THE VERY FIRST COMIC. http://www.dumbingofage.com/2010/comic/book-1/01-move-in-day/home/
        Foreshadowing?

        1. Arkadi

          *LE GASP*

      2. Plasma Mongoose

        “My name is Joyce and I am a coprophiliac”.

      3. JBO

        Insert cheap unfair “eats up what ever the church tells her” joke here.

  4. David Herbert

    You will never be Dina, but you are still adorable.

    1. Doctor_Who

      Adorable, yes. Adinable, no.

      1. Wonder Wig

        Dina is DINA-MYYYYTE!!!

  5. timemonkey

    She’s just trying not to look at Dorothy to resist the inevitable lesbian attraction she’s been having towards every woman she sees lately.

    1. Kernanator

      She is thinking about licking her in places. Sexually.

      On a tangentally related note, is it just me, or does every sentence become better (or “better”) when you add the word “sexually” to the end of it?

      1. Chronos

        Let’s test that. Sexually.

        “On a tangentally related note, is it just me, or does every sentence become better (or “better”) when you add the word “sexually” to the end of it? Sexually?

        1. Petre Pan

          Wow, hm. I’m trying to find a way to prove you wrong, and having trouble. Let’s weave through this bureaucracy. Sexually.
          Let’s sing the Barney Theme Song. Sexually.
          Let’s fight a war. Sexually.
          Okay, see, those are ways that the sentence can become worse!

        2. dranorter

          I’m having trouble. Sexually.
          This doesn’t work for me. Sexually.
          How can you not see that? Sexually?
          Don’t let the door hit you on the way out. Sexually.
          I think we’re approaching this problem wrong. Sexually.
          I need a new audio cable. Sexually.
          It was your turn to do the dishes. Sexually.
          It’s time to quit. Sexually.

        3. BlueRam

          Hm. Let’s put it through the meme grinder, shall we? Sexually?

          “I need my femurs to live! Sexually!”

          “FAAAAAAAAAAAAACE!!!! SEXUALLY!”

          Seems legit.

        4. Alex Dickinson

          MY PARENTS ARE DEAAAAAAAAAAD!!SEXUALLY!

        5. Drunken Nordmann

          I think I’m dying… sexually.

        6. Kenny

          Happy Birthday Grandma! Sexually!

        7. Bunivasal

          This is the first time Joyce has seen Dorothy since she talked to Sarah. Her phrasing about Dina wouldn’t suggest sexual discomfort.

        8. Kernanator

          It worked on the first sentence at least.

      2. timemonkey

        Honestly, I’ve spent the last two years adding ‘in the butt’ to every comment I read on Willis’ comics. It makes for a great deal of enjoyment.

        1. Notebooked

          It makes for a great deal of enjoyment. In the butt.

        2. JBO

          Another guidance counselor meeting. In the butt.
          Seems legit.

        3. Kernanator

          You’re more adorable like my dog after eating his own poop. In the butt.

      3. Zababcd

        It doesn’t work for most sentences involving children or animals.

        1. justcallmesoul

          It doesn’t work with most sentences involving children or aanimals in the butt. Sexually

        2. Mal

          Rats, I didn’t see this reply, otherwise I wouldn’t have made mine. Sexually.

      4. Mal

        I think any sentence involving children becomes terrible if you end the sentence with sexually. I’m not going to demonstrate.

        1. Tenn

          *sigh* Fine, I’ll do it. (In the butt.)

          “Mom, please read me a bedtime story, sexually!”
          “Sure, honey, but not until you’ve brushed your teeth in the butt!”

        2. Kernanator

          I laughed. Does that make me a terrible person?

  6. Kernanator

    Joyce, Joyce, Joyce. You’re doing it wrong. To be adorable like Dina, you must stare blankly into space, then babble whatever inane statements pop into your head.

    Or is that how you act like Osaka?

    1. Plasma Mongoose

      Dina talks about dinosaurs, Osaka talks about random shit like eye bubbles.

      1. Chronos

        OH MY GAH!

        1. Tenn

          I WISH, I WERE A BIRD.

    2. Yotomoe

      You’re not sciencey enough to be Dina.

    3. JA

      Well she’s already halfway there with the inane statements…

  7. Kennerly

    There is something very interesting on the floor to the left of Joyce.

  8. TPman

    That’s a weird name for a food court. People are going to get the wrong idea about what goes on in there.

    1. Chronos

      At that university, they firmly believe in the phrase “You are what you eat.” If they all start eating books, they’ll all become knowledgeable in whatever subject the book entailed.

      1. Pyr05

        AAHHHHHH!!! Why are you me?

        1. Chronos

          I think I’m a clone now. There’s always two of me just-a hangin’ around….

    2. Pyr05

      It’s historical food you can read up on. That, or everyone eats in silence, and the sound of chewing is maddening.

    3. C.

      It’s a food court near the library. Don’t overthink it.

    4. TPman

      5 people have replied to this and they’re all Amber O’Malley.

      1. Notebooked

        Amber is a stickler for humorous misunderstandings.

  9. TPman

    Also worth wondering why Willis couldn’t get pictures. Does Indiana U not give full access to their VIP alumni?

  10. Pyr05

    Time to stare at a spot on the floor and wonder how it got there, or by the off chance, it’s actually money and hiding as a stain.

    1. Neospector

      …That’s not fair, I don’t want to use the same “suddenly, urine” joke I did on the last comic, but you’re just lobbing it over the plate, aren’t you?

  11. Kernanator

    Also, yay, people realize Dina is adorable!

    I mean, I already know we know it, but it’s nice to know the other characters are aware of it.

  12. Wonder Wig

    Often now I realize that there’s Saturday comics just a bit after they upload and I rush here.

  13. Uniqueantique

    Got to disagree, Dina does not stare blankly and mutter inane thoughts. She stares blankly perhaps or perhaps not. But when she doe utter something, it is response to a definite happening. Dina is just…Dina. Adorable.

    1. Kernanator

      You know, Uniqueantique, it took me a while before I realized that your comment was supposed to be a reply.

  14. Tomaj

    While I realize that she’s probably just afraid of her recent appreciation of the female form, Joyce looks absolutely terrified of that turnstyle.

    1. Toad

      I *think* she’s remembering her recent conversation with Sarah, who said she would lose Dorothy if she found out she was trying to “save” Ethan.

      1. Tomaj

        Yes that does make sense. I blame reading everything on It’s Walky! over the last few days for the confusion.

  15. vsophi

    I wonder what Ethan and Walky are talking about… I:

    1. David

      There was originally going to be a strip following this one where we see them talk. Walky, predictably, asks him his favorite Dexter episode.

      1. someguywithakatana

        Ethan, predictably, chooses the crossover episode with Transformers

        1. David

          I gave his answer to someone else later in this storyline. Didn’t want to waste the title and plot I’d made up!

        2. someguywithakatana

          i lohge you wrtilies

        3. someguywithakatana

          I’d like to apologize. That was drunkguywithakatana.

  16. MarcinMN

    Her conscience is a ticking time-bomb!

  17. Snograt

    Happiness is Dum Bingo Fage on a Saturday.

  18. shortstop

    my mind flipped joyce’s eyes upsidedown and she looks furious as hell.

  19. Raibean

    Joyce just likes everyone
    good for you, joyce

  20. Raen

    This strip, and Ethan’s hopeful attitude toward being “fixed” in general, make me wonder – what tradition was Ethan raised in? How homophobic are his family?

    1. fudo81

      Ethan is Jewish, and his parents are quite homophobic: in fact, Amber helped him dealing with them. Too lazy to get you a reference strip, sorry.

      1. Notebooked

        http://www.dumbingofage.com/2011/comic/book-2/01-pajama-jeans/wronged/ Woop woop woop!

        That doesn’t answer how he was raised exactly, though. Amber says that she helped him do damage control with his mom, which either means his dad was fine with it (seems unlikely) or that he was raised by only his mom and possibly his grandparents.

        1. Kamino Neko

          Or he could only salvage his relationship with his mom.

        2. fudo81

          This later strip speaks of both parents, and of “fighting” instead of just doing “damage control”.

    2. Tenn

      “This strip, and Ethan’s hopeful attitude toward being “fixed” in general, make me wonder – what tradition was Ethan raised in? How homophobic are his family?”

      It’s not about that. He doesn’t see his homosexuality as a flaw, but he doesn’t see it as a huge part of his identity either. Problem is, the rest of the world does. Even if they’re totally fine with it, he’s tired of being identified as “Ethan, the gay guy” first and “Ethan, the toy nerd”… not first.

      Or in his own words.

      1. fudo81

        Exactly.

      2. Steve

        Ethan’s attitude seems like someone who is still a virgin. He won’t go all Brian Kinney getting laid but he’ll probably be more realistic about how being gay fits in the life he wants then. Oh and if his roomie’s still a sex addict in this version, they have been known to cross party lines in pursuit of getting their freak on. Ethan’s eye opening experience could be coming sooner rather than later…

  21. Notebooked

    Oh come on, Joyce. Just looking at Dorothy won’t make you want to tear her clothes off and engage in a passionate carnal rampage in the middle of the food court, slathered in sloppy joes and Mystery Meat. Pieces of corn sticking to brown hair as fingers lock in embrace, each touch felt through a layer of enigmatic substance, greasy and slick like a patch of oil — sensuous, sensuous massage oil…

    Uh. Where was I?

    In any case, I think it’s really cute that Dorothy goes “Why do we have terrible eye contact?”. Makes her sound like a teacher talking to a child.

    1. Notebooked

      Sloppy Joe? He’d be joining in!

      (arrrgh)

  22. fudo81

    I think that Joyce’s attitude here is more likely due to Sarah’s remark that Dorothy won’t approve her relationship with Ethan. IMHO, the lesbian factor is secondary.

    1. CRtwenty

      I agree, I’m pretty certain Ethan’s new sexiness has cast aside any recent doubts Joyce has about her sexuality. And also reminded her of what Sarah said.

  23. Arkadi

    Dorothy is not so easily fooled.

  24. james

    ADORABLY IS FUTILE….YOU WILL BE CYNICAL….WE ARE THE DOROTHY DOMINION.

  25. showler

    How come no rich person bought me a Sunday comic?

    1. dropded

      Because Sunday belongs to oglaf, and only oglaf.

  26. dimonite

    You know, many a thing has tempted me to comment before, and failed. But this horrible ignorance or neglect of Darths and Droids could NOT be left uncorrected.

    1. Kernanator

      And this has to do with what, exactly?

  27. CleverTrousers

    1. Is there only one library?
    2. Why does it have a food court?

    1. David

      Sometimes I think folks forget these are actual real places drawn from photographical reference.

      1. CleverTrousers

        But why is there a food court in the library?

        1. Narf

          Ask the people who administrate IU?

  28. Kilo

    I’m not entirely sure why, but Dorothy’s outfit here – especially in the first panel – is making me think “Original Star Trek”. Possibly it’s to do with her top being yellowish and a little long, with sleeve stripes vaguely reminiscent of rank stripes. Though I don’t think the women’s duty uniforms showed their rank…

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