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Storytime
Posted on August 10, 2012 by David M Willis

157 thoughts on “Storytime”

  1. Platypus

    Why is story time always the last strip of the week.

    1. insomniac

      Cliffhangers!

      DUN DUN DUUUUUUUUUUN!

      1. Rognik

        Damn you, Willis!

        Sorry, but it had to be said.

        1. Volkai

          And now it has been said.

          Does it need to be repeated or is once enough?

        2. LuckyStar7

          DAMN YOU, WILLIS!
          DAMN YOU, WILLIS!
          DAMN YOU, WILLIS!!
          DAMN YOU, WILLIS!!
          Are we satisfied?

      2. LuckyStar7

        http://www.dramabutton.com/

  2. Greg

    I love Joyce’s face in the third panel.

    1. DiDi

      Me too. She’s adorable.

    2. Jackson

      It’s her sstorrrytiiime FAAAAACE.

      1. LuckyStar7

        No, thats the last panel.

  3. Regalli

    And they all lived miserably ever after. The end!

    1. That guy

      With their penises

  4. Jen Aside

    moar like BLACKULA amirite???

    …

    I’m going over here now –> -.-

    1. hinoteoni

      zing

    2. Jhonka12

      boooooooo

    3. Rachel

      Yeah, if I was you I would stay wherever “there” was.

    4. Plasma Mongoose

      *hands Jen Aside a dunce cap* That was bad and not in the radical 80s sort of way either.

    5. David

      gnghgh

      1. Plasma Mongoose

        OH MY! Such language.

      2. Rex Hondo

        David can only achieve orgasm when somebody makes a blaxploitation joke? Huh, who knew?

        1. Animal

          Presumably Maggie.

      3. N0083rP00F

        Funny …. and here I thought it was the usual
        “Typing on a computer keyboard with your face”

    6. Yotomoe

      I am offended and request compensation!

      1. Rex Hondo

        Sorry, all I have is this nickel, and it’s already earmarked for your mom.

        1. Krashthemystro

          *HighFives*

    7. LuckyStar7

      http://www.losinghorns.com/

  5. Plasma Mongoose

    You cannot resist the triangular smile Sarah, it’s pointless to even try.

    1. AckAckAck

      Ok, who’s she? the one you use as avatar. She just too damn cute with that glasses and braided redhair.

      1. Plasma Mongoose

        Today’s grav is Asuka from Evangelion, I only wish she would adopt this look more often.

        1. AckAckAck

          That’s a different kind of Asuka….. artist/source please?

        2. Plasma Mongoose

          Here is the original it was based on:

          www,gelbooru,com/index,php?page=post&s=view&id=894117

          Just replace the commas.

        3. HiEv

          I’ve got to agree with AckAckAck, too damn cute. This is my favorite Plasma Mongoose avatar. I was a bit worried I wouldn’t see it again since the switch to the green backdrop, so seeing it again today made me happy.

        4. LuckyStar7

          I like Milly Thompson.

        5. Rex Hondo

          Narusegawa!!!

        6. AckAckAck

          Thanks for the link, sorry for the late reply.

        7. thomas0comer

          …No. You lie. All that show had was pain and mindfuck (and robots), no happy smileyness.

        8. Plasma Mongoose

          That’s only the TV/OVAs/manga, fanart is a different story.

        9. Kamino Neko

          Gotta start with smilings or the pain and mindfuck don’t mean much.

          (Of course, this is Asuka…a warm, generally happy smile, instead of a smug obnoxious one is OOC…)

        10. Raoullefere

          Maybe somebody shoulda told Sadamoto that… he seems to feel the pain and mindfuck are only there to bracket the absolute misery of existence.

        11. Naz

          I Like my Asuka Smug and Obnoxious just like I like my
          Rei cold distant and emotionless.

        12. Steven

          I am convinced that you continuously keep changing your avatar because you know people will keep asking you what it is.

        13. Plasma Mongoose

          shhhhh! 😛

    2. Yotomoe

      It’s not pointless. it has 3

      1. Plasma Mongoose

        Heh! 😛

  6. thomas0comer

    How does Joyce do that triangle smile?

    1. Rognik

      Practice. That, or the same way some people are double-jointed.

      1. Vabolo

        She has a jaw similar to that of a snake.

        1. Ancestral Hamster

          That means she can also dislocate her jaw and swallow much larger prey whole!

        2. Jackson

          relevant comic

    2. LuckyStar7

      Her innocence.

  7. jrgolden42

    THE TRIANGLE SMILE RETURNS!

    1. AckAckAck

      THE TRIANGLE FROWN SOON!

  8. Wonder Wig

    I hear Blues Clues MAAAAAILTIMMME!

    1. fellixe

      Here’s the mail, it never fails, it makes me wanna wag my tail…

      1. Leorale

        When it comes I wanna wail: MAAIL!

  9. thomas0comer

    Waitwaitwait… Sarah was… happy at one point?

    1. Plasma Mongoose

      She was happy before 1 BC (Before Comic(DoA))

      1. Björn

        Or before 1 AD (Age of Dumbing).

    2. Wack'd

      Back around 1998, yeah.

    3. begbert2

      She’s referring to the time before storytime, so, panel 2. That’s her happy face.

    4. LuckyStar7

      She actually only said she was happier, not truly happy.

  10. Rachel

    When I try to do it in real life with my own mouth, it doesn’t even compare to Joyce’s gleeful mouth.

    1. Plasma Mongoose

      I cant even do that U shape with my tongue, when I try it just goes to a point.

      1. Rognik

        Poor you. You didn’t get the right genes. Of course, you could try triangle smiling by shaping your mouth to your bent tongue.

        1. Plasma Mongoose

          That sounds mighty uncomfortable.

    2. Yotomoe

      I’m sure if you got lockjaw you could.

  11. Yotomoe

    Wakey Wakey part 2: Storytime

  12. Aizat

    Umm, Billie, Dracula burns in sunlight. Unless Sarah somehow spontaneously combust, she’s not Dracula.

    1. Yotomoe

      Also, I’m pretty sure certain retellings of Dracula portray him as a people person…you know…to lure people in for the neck bitin’

    2. Plasma Mongoose

      That depends on what version of vampires you subscribe to.

      1. Gordon

        The ORIGINAL Dracula did not burn in sunlight. He just lost most of his nifty powers and was kind of lethargic…for an evil undead monster of advanced age.

        1. Plasma Mongoose

          You can blame Bram Stoker for the whole sunlight turning vampires into crispy critters thing.

        2. Kamino Neko

          No you can’t. That was Gordon’s point – he was talking about Stoker’s Dracula…the only other ‘original’ Dracula was Vlad II, and he wasn’t an evil undead monster (he was an evil living monster, if you ask the Turks, an absolutely saintly hero if you ask the Romanians).

          You can blame FW Murnau and Henrick Galeen (director and scriptwriter for Nosferatu) for it – Nosferatu was the first version of the Dracula story, and…probably the first Vampire story*, to have sunlight be deadly. (… Arguably. Quite a few people interpret the ending as the heroine’s willing sacrifice being what truly killed Orlock.)

          * I don’t claim to know all the myths, of course, but deadly sunlight isn’t a traditional trait of any legendary vampires I’m familiar with, and of the major fictional precursors to Dracula, I’ve not read Varney, but both La Fanu’s Carmilla (of the novela of the same name) and Poldori’s Baron Ruthven (of The Vampyre) are active during the day (though Carmilla tends to sleep late, this is presented not as a problem with the sun, but simply being tired after her nocturnal adventures).

        3. Rex Hondo

          In fact, as I recall, the only times Stoker’s Dracula was truly vulnerable were dusk and dawn.

        4. TheLastOutlaw

          Right, while noon was actualy one if the times he was strongest.

        5. Osaru Sensei

          I tried to type down a quote, but I was too slow in transcribing and was like ‘wait, what did she just sa-… crap crap crap.’

          So I’m just gonna link the source video instead. Lazy me. 😛

        6. insomniac

          “(though Carmilla tends to sleep late, this is presented not as a problem with the sun, but simply being tired after her nocturnal adventures)”

          Her nocturnal lesbian adventures.

          …yeah, that’s all I’ve got.

    3. Raoullefere

      The ref hasn’t got as much to do with sunlight as Sara’s not emerging from her lair, I think.

  13. Barf Ninjason

    Why drunk lady call angry lady “Dracula”? Not understand.

    1. brasca1

      It’s a pretty weak insult. I’d almost expect it to come from Joyce.

    2. Plasma Mongoose

      My theory is that she called Sarah Dracula cos she sucked the fun out of the day… *shrugs*

      1. Rognik

        That or she’s all dark and broody. That’s more of a Twilight vampire trait, though.

        1. TheBenenator

          No. Sarah has redeeming characteristics and doesn’t sparkle.

        2. Jehosaphat

          So she is more like Angel from Buffy, dark and broody, but still kicks ass.

    3. Björn

      It’s weird that the palest girl compares the darkest girl to a vampire, yeah.

    4. Rex Hondo

      What is a roommate? A miserable little pile of secrets. But enough talk. Have at you!

      1. Andiemus

        Yes!

    5. Yotomoe

      I thought it was cuz Sarah’s tall and lanky…like dracula

    6. begbert2

      She’s the one with the bat.

      1. Kernanator

        You remind me of my parents. They’re always making terrible puns. That’s where I get it from.

      2. Somebody

        lol

    7. Kintrex

      She’s one of those

      nasty draculas.

  14. Eri

    I love how excited Joyce is to hear about Sarah’s dark past!
    but then again, aren’t we all?

    1. Rachel

      Why it gotta be dark?

      1. Plasma Mongoose

        Cos no one wants to hear the boring nice light past you know. 😀

      2. Rex Hondo

        http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/349/990/304.gif

        1. LuckyStar7

          That’s so cute.

      3. Vincent

        It was the 90ies.

      4. TheLastOutlaw

        Because people don’t punch others in the mouth when their past was lightheated and fun.

        1. Regalli

          Not even boxers?

        2. TheLastOutlaw

          I think there is more preparation and warning before boxers punch each other in the mouth.

    2. AckAckAck

      “Dark past”

      Heh.

    3. Zanosuke_Kurosaki

      I’m afraid I’ve found myself too distracted by Billie in that top.

  15. AckAckAck

    Prepare Drama tag.

    1. thomas0comer

      I think it came pre-pulled in this universe.

  16. Bekah

    Well… I already know that Sarah’s gonna lose this one. Willis announced we’d be entering FlashBackStoryArc sometime soon a week or two ago.

    1. Yotomoe

      Joyce has a machine that forcably nostalgically ripples the world.

      1. Raoullefere

        Drat. When I saw Bekah’s post, I thought maybe Billie and Dina were going wiggle their fingers, and make odd noises. (It worked for Wayne and Garth).

    2. Andiemus

      Initiate super wavy flashback effect!

  17. thomas0comer

    “They keep bullying me because I reported my old roommate for doing drugs.”
    Under 100 characters. No flashbacks or storytelling needed. You just want to use Photoshop’s sepia palate (how do you spell this word), don’t you, Willis?

    1. Kernanator

      In his defense, it’s a very nice palette.

    2. David

      Sepia? No, I prefer blues.

    3. Tenn

      Palate
      Palette

      A sepia palate probably isn’t healthy. 😉

      1. thomas0comer

        So that’s how you spell it.

  18. Ryan Balis

    Joyce can get the best of people in the worst scenarios. Lovely.

  19. Ryan Balis

    Expect “Dracula” in bookstores next monday. Prices may vary http://ryanbalis.tumblr.com/post/29106960659/expect-dracula-in-stores-next-monday-morning-oh

    1. Jehosaphat

      Subtitle: “Dracula don’t take no shit from no bongoes.”

      1. Ryan Balis

        Edited because of the lols http://ryanbalis.tumblr.com/post/29106960659/expect-dracula-in-stores-next-monday-morning-oh

        1. LuckyStar7

          WANTS

  20. Kernanator

    Yaaaay, storytime! I want Hamster Huey and the Gooey Kablooie!

    1. Rex Hondo

      Wrong comic. Shortpacked is where the Gooey Kablooie is about to take place.

  21. Resne

    I fully expect commentary by Dina.

    1. Rex Hondo

      “While the least physically imposing member of the herd, the small one posesses a triangular dentition, which, when combined with a particular tone, is capable of bending much larger specimens to her will.”

      1. Resne

        oh my god dina needs to crossover with kyra from Uh-oh It’s A Dinosaur

      2. Yotomoe

        “The roundest one proceeded agressively utter a remark refering to the tallest as a dracula. I did not know that the tallest was a dracula and will now keep this in mind as to not accidentally give her garlic or go to the beach (which I have previously noted as being inhabited by sharks swam up river from the ocean)

    2. Gordon Blvd

      a Dina commentary to wrap all this up would be ULTRA-AWESOME!

      1. TheLastOutlaw

        Yes it would.

  22. Krashthemystro

    Joyce uses Triangle Smile. It is super effective.

    1. Jason

      AAAARRRRGGGHHHH!

  23. DudeMyDadOwnsADealership

    So she WAS one of them and not just exposed to their liable antics.

  24. Giovanni

    AWESOME, retro triangle-smile Joyce!

    1. David

      It’s not THAT retro! In fact, I’d go as far as to say it’s fairly current!

      1. Giovanni

        Yeah, I suppose her head shape just looks more like Roomies Joyce to me because she has her head tilted back.

  25. Groove

    This has been my favourite strip for quite a while.

    Congratulations.

  26. Aegon01

    I couldn’t read past the first panel for two very big reasons.

    <_<

    1. LuckyStar7

      Yes, very big.

    2. Khrene Cleaver

      Mmmmmm thick Asian women…

  27. AJBulldis

    Ha! I knew Joyce was going to be understanding and wanting to get Sarah’s perspective on the situation.

  28. Maycroft

    Storytime
    C’mon grab your friends
    We’ll go to a very
    Distant mall…

    1. Kernanator

      With Joyce the grinner
      And Sarah the cynic
      The fun will never end
      It’s storytime

      1. Yotomoe

        Crazy-Booze-Princess and Dinaline the Dinosaur Queen

  29. Aydr

    How the hell are Joyce and Billie taking this in stride so well?

    …well, ok, Joyce has been shown to not understand violence. But it was against a woman! Not a guy!

    1. begbert2

      True, Billie should have objected to the failure to stab everything.

    2. Somebody

      Hey, Aydr, you take that “spray tan” comment back or I’ll be forced to repeat what I said before.

  30. GeekRyuu

    “Once upon a time, all the fairytale creatures you ever heard of were transported from thier world…to ours.”

    “Yeah, I’m pretty sure this isn’t the story we were asking for, Sarah.”

    1. LuckyStar7

      I WISH Pinkie Pie were real.

      1. GeekRyuu

        Well, with Pinkie’s fourth-wall-breaking powers, who’s to say she isn’t?

  31. Ryan

    Billie, as…incredibly hot as you look right now, and you do, please shut…shut…uh…what was I talking about again?

    1. Kernanator

      Boobs, I believe.

  32. CommentSpawn

    I initially didn’t like Joyce, but she just keeps getting better and better.

    1. LuckyStar7

      Did you read ‘Its Walky’?

  33. JA

    IT’S STOOOOORRRRYYYYYYYYTIIIIIIMMMMMEEEE!

  34. turkishproverb

    STORY TIME!

  35. Andiemus

    Billie’s straps seem out of place.

    1. Rex Hondo

      Only because they’re not on the floor.

  36. LuckyStar7

    ‘SSTORRRYTIIIME!’ is now an official pun.

  37. BrokenEye, True False Prophet

    Ub… storytime?

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