Early update for July 14, 2025

Now I can rest

Amós Batista

Andrea. ANDREA! We won! We finally won!!

Amós Batista

Why Patreon sucks so much in navigate old comments. I'm looking for her hahah

Amós Batista

THIS

Amós Batista

I love that in this scenario, you approach wearing a gas mask and instead of giving Jocelyne another gas mask, you give her 2 books

Kelly (they-them)

I’ve been waiting for this for so long and it was so worth it.

Suzanne

OK, as I write this the comment count is at 420! Let's stop the comments right now so as not to ruin--- oh, blast it!

Harold

i'm having a convo about 'sonic adventure 2' in another window so my brain immediately tried to make this scan to "live and learn"

Seth Aaron Hershman has they she pronouns

If I had a $5 bill for every Patreon monthly charge I paid this moment back, I'd have two $5 bills. Which isn't a lot of money, granted;`but dammit the moment I've paid for has finally happened. And I'm still subscribing. So there!

Tony Collett

it's already going strong

Acebender

Okay it's up, I'm going over to the main site to watch the dumpster fire

Morgan Byrd

Yeah, I was thinking of Dorothy declaring to Joyce, but, since last storyline, I was caught by surprise

Amós Batista

I like this.

Leon

🎼Here, Running my hands through her hair Both of us thinking that love never dies Watching her eyes And hoping I’m always there🎼

Andrea Andrew

“Heroes” by David Bowie. Nothing else will match this part of the comic, I guarantee you.

MrShoggoth

Song suggestions for the (now under construction?) Dorothy/Joyce playlist: "Clarity" and "Stay the Night" by Zedd

5099 5618, Earth 80085

Hey ya never know, next strip could just be even more smoochie time

Megh

Ugh, I just want to live in this moment forever but in 90 minutes something else is going to happen

Vivian

I'm sure there'll be some hi-res on tumblr tomorrow! and probably on some of my other socials there's a request for such in my tumblr ask inbox already

David Willis

We might need to clean it afterwards.

Jeremy AR

Can we get a hi-res version of the comic? I want to make one of the kisses my phone background.

Prognostic Hannya

Man, I can't wait to see what comes next...and the website reaction is going to be something.

C

Thank god we finally made it. Not sure I would have survived seeing it happen in slow motion, one night at a time!! You are all stronger than I am. ❤️

Maggie Willis

i predicted 400 last night cant believe i was right

Mariah

400 COMMENTS LET'S GOOOOOO

Albi

PRAISE BE TO THE POLYCULE-THAT-WAS-FORETOLD

Girlycore

I'm staying up because I want to read the main site comments when this comes out. I'll admit it, I love the drama in the comments as much as the drama in the comic.

Girlycore

W-whoa!!!

Wally Oruam

never going back

Mariah

360 comments wow Im guessing we will make it to 400+ by the next update possibly more.

Mariah

“Can’t think straight”, lol

Lorraine Clarke

Glad I've bought Patreon OOOOOOHHHHH

Amós Batista

I'm not so worried about Joe relapsing. Even before getting together with Joyce, the mere fact of his attraction to her was changing him. He thought he could divert with Liz, and that didn't work for him. Joe now has skills he could use in other relationships should things come to an end with Joyce. He has been attentive to her needs from her point of view. We just saw him being nice and helpful to Sarah without trying to bed her. On the immediate consequences of the protest-situated events, I am neither speculating nor trying to quash the speculations of others.

Dan Rabin

“Uh-oh.” “…oh, well.”

EnterTheHero

This strip is wonderful. Seeing these two together fills my heart with joy :3 It feels like the pay-off to both of their story arcs starting from the beginning of the comic, or more specifically, Strip #6: https://www.dumbingofage.com/2010/comic/book-1/01-move-in-day/forget/ . Both Joyce and Dorothy have come full circle on who they used to be; with the last panel of 'Forget' being the first appearance of Dorothy, literally walking in on Joyce's story, and being the one who Joyce lets' change her; and for Dorothy, going from someone that broke up with her boyfriend because he kept following her out of love, and she was too focused on her future, now becoming exactly like him, pining for someone she 'can't have', having thrown away everything she was aspiring for back then to finally have what she wants now. The parallels are fun, and incredible, and I can't believe that 'Forget' was back in 2010, and that Willis has had this comic made for like, a year in advance, so things like the police riots being topical in the present day just lining up is mind blowing. Now, I've seen people getting mad about the fact that these two are in relationships with other people, and how much of a betrayal that is... first off, they're fictional characters and this story has a year's worth of strips to come that have already been drawn, so that'll be addressed in time, so calm thy tits Relationship Paladins. Secondly, all of these characters are constantly bouncing around into different relationships. Because College is the kind of place for doing that sort of thing and finding yourself. Is it funny that Joyce has had the most amount of partners in the comic out of any other character? Yes! Extremely hilarious. Because she herself hasn't known what she wanted. And after 15 years of comic strips, she's finally found what she wants, and who she wants to be, and be with. As for Joe and Walky themselves, well, Walky will be more fine in the end, I think, out of the two. Yeah, he'll be angrier when he finds out, but him getting back together with Dorothy was never really a sure thing. They were cute at one point, but Walky and Dorothy are a bad match, as he can't ever seem to meet Dorothy halfway. Their relationship ends up being toxic due to Dorothy basically having to act like his mother, and all Walky can do to offer support is sex and jokes, since he doesn't like addressing emotional baggage. If anything, Walky is a much better match with Amber, because Amber doesn't actually want someone to deal with her baggage, and the two are able to just vibe with one another. That relationship imploded because Walky was unable to handle Mike's death, and he reacted in a bad way that drove him and Amber apart, but we've seen since then that that relationship is healing, with Amber agreeing to his stupid plan to sit in for Lucy with his parents, and the fallout of that. The two are also both massive superhero dorks, and I could see Amazi-Girl and Nightguy being a great super duo now that costumed villains have started showing up. As for Joe though... I think we're about to see a relapse. He tried his best, worked to shape up and be a better person for Joyce, and she ended up choosing Dorothy over him. And to some degree, I think he knew early on that this might happen, with him addressing it with Dorothy earlier, so I think he'll be more accepting of the situation than Walky... but he's not gonna be the same after this. This will either be the excuse he needs to go back to 'the list', and get into a bunch of messy one-night stands, or he'll go cold turkey for a while, not wanting any sort of relationship after Joyce. Either scenario opens him up to more interaction and a possible relationship with Rachel. And I know, that might seem like it's coming out of nowhere, but Joe's had a whole series of strips where he has to deal with Rachel's biases, which will be interesting for her to deal with later, given she dressed down Joe for being 'disloyal', but in truth, Joe's never been disloyal or cheated on anyone, because he's never been in a proper relationship before Joyce, just merely slept around. So now Rachel is likely going to have to deal with the fact that Joe isn't, and hasn't ever been the Disloyal one, which she seems to value given her dialogue, and I can see that possibly leading to a relationship in the end. Doesn't really help that they ended up in a relationship in the Shortpacked Universe as well, and sometimes these two universes line up in hilarious ways (Joyce and Walky don't have a time travelling son for Dorothy to pine over, so she just pines over both of them instead lol). All in all, I'm excited to see the fallout of this, and I'm hoping that this relationship between Joyce and Dorothy lasts, because it really is sweet and wholesome, and opens so many doors to so many different potential storylines. How is Becky going to deal with this, having had a former crush on Joyce, and being 'rivals' with Dorothy? What will the fallout with Walky and Joe actually look like? How will Joyce's parents react upon seeing this on the news, since this is likely gonna be seen by EVERYONE? How will DOROTHY'S parents react?! Will this incident lead to the return of Ruth's horrible grandfather? How will Amazi-Girl get away from the police, and will she be a wanted vigilante now for assaulting the police? Will Soggies actually rule?! Find out maybe some of these questions in the year + of unreleased comic strips of DUMBING OF AGE!!! XD

Ignolian Thorne

Her biggest ship just sailed irl I’d have the same expression on my face 😂

Christy Aponte-Blizzard

Historically, they go out when I receive the books and am ready to begin shipping them, which is in the fall. As of last year, ALL surveys have to go out at the same time, regardless of tier, so I guess if that's the same, they go out when I get all the magnets produced and am ready to send out magnets to the Digital Plus tiers. So... later. I've got about half of them produced currently. But absolutely zero people have surveys as of now. So you're not missing one.

David Willis

IT'S HAPPENING! REALLY BAD PLACE FOR IT! HOPE SOMEONE HAS A BOTTLE OF WATER!

Alexandra Falk

Unrelated to this strip, Willis, when will surveys go out for magnet tiers of book 15? I still haven't gotten one. I messaged on kickstarter but you never responded.

Dahlia Rose Israel

If I may nitpick, I think that "He’s now just letting her go" has a typo.

Rob McBobson

All this pearl clutching about cheating is kind of annoying tbh. Is it cool to do this before agreeing to an open relationship? No, it’s not. Is this go no contact blow up the relationship forever worthy? Fuck no and please consider the actual characters and not your own personal trauma. Joe is not oblivious to what has been happening between Dorothy and Joyce nor is he against forgiveness. He and Joyce have also been dating for about a week. They are well within the window where boundaries are being renegotiated. We just had a whole storyline where they were. Joe is also very obviously deeply in love with Joyce. He’s not just letting her go. And Joyce also obviously loves Joe too. She’s not going to just drop him to be with Dorothy. And Dorothy wouldn’t want her to considering she just got Walky back after actively working to get him from Lucy. Meanwhile Walky dates Lucy while still being obviously interested in Dorothy and Amber. Amber btw has also been shown to not be against polyamory. But ignoring all that none of these are mistakes that make you irredeemably ruined in their eyes forever. They’re not Rachel. If you really and truly think this is going to end with any of these couples being over forever well…you’re wrong. You just are.

Tifani

So the question is, do I stay up until the early morning to read the next strip as soon as it comes out, or do I get a good night's sleep... Decisions, decisions...

Rob McBobson

Becky’s basically engaged to Dina. She’s going to be fine. Maybe a little bit of an ego hit but she’ll get over it fast. Honestly I’m not particularly worried about anybody here. I have never seen a better set up for polyamory in fiction and this is Dumbing of Age not some kind of edgy drama or rom com on tv. The most logical solution being set up is actually extremely plausible. I trust David completely. The only thing they all need to get on the same page about is that it’s a possibility and they’ve learned nothing in the last few months to dispute that. Dorothy/Joyce are canon. ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE. (But especially polyamory).

Tifani

I walk over to Jocelyne and hand her two copies of polysecure. “Give them to them when they come up for air.” (Works on two levels and as I realize this I demand a high five. I have a gas mask on btw).

Tifani

yknow i understand people being worried about the fallout this is going to have with Walky and Joe, but i think it's really funny to see people extend this same anxiety to Becky as if her crushing on Joyce in the past should at all be a relevant factor Joyce and Dorothy's minds as their love culminates here? like yeah, it'll likely re-open old wounds for her when she learns about it, but these two were never ever going to do the Ethan/Danny "let's not do this bc Amber's feelings" dance, so idk why anybody expected them to. the whole thing makes me think of that image of the earth exploding captioned with "This Will Affect The Trout Population I Think", which means i can't be mad about people bringing her up, because now i'm picturing Becky seeing pictures people may or may not be taking of Joyce and Dorothy right now and screaming "THIS WILL AFFECT THE TROUT POPULATION!!!", and that's hilarious.

QueenOfSodor

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa yes!

Jasmijn Wellner

I AM THE BLIND BI PROPHET OF JOECEROTHY AND I SAY UNTO YOU THE POLYCULE IS REAL, HOLD FAST, MY PEOPLE

Sajuuk-Khar

@Ben Wray: I was thinking about Daisy, and how (assuming someone from the paper is capturing this moment) she will absolutely lose her shit over this. Not just because Daisy, but also particularly because she *knows* both parties (her star reporter, and that girl who draws the insanely overplotted daily comic strip).

Harold

Oh good, Willis answers lesbian prayers

Sky Starlight

Jocelyne's face is adorable here

Sky Starlight

47 new paid members, 39 free. 1 paid canceled, 3 free.

David Willis

Hey, Willis, one question if you have time (but only if you do have the time): How much did the Patreon members increase during the last week or so? I don't need any specific numbers, but... was much more than usual?

Rob McBobson

Thinking about everything else later, for now just being deliriously happy these two figured things out. Looking forward to some high res panels once this is properly on the site!

Gwen R

I hope this ends with Joe cutting Joyce out

Jay

I didnt even think of that 😬

Jay

Well. Saw that coming

joe mcguire

Nobody influenced David. He’s said he planned this a while ago.

Andrea Andrew

Well. This is the culmination of years of shippers’ posts and mental efforts to influence Willis. I hope you’re happy! I feel bad for all of them, this is complicated for anyone at any age and for them being fairly young and still trying to work out so many aspects of early adulthood

Lyman Green

Love is in the air? Nope! Tear gas.

Ilana Feldman

Snake... Do you think love can bloom, even on a battlefield?

Justin Davis

Hate to be that person, but not enough I'm gonna refrain from saying it. Joyce isn't into girls, she's into Dorothy.

Katrina Marie Paton

Probably for the best. Main site tomorrow is going to be Thunderdome.

Girlycore

Also, that composition: my god man, well done. Say what you want about the lead up and fallout, but there is no denying this is objectively a beautiful strip.

Inquiring Raven

So, this is gonna be on national news, right? Their parents, their boyfriends, the people that crush on them, and every random dorm mate will all see this *before* they get out of the adrenaline moment and have any chance to think at all, right? It’s gonna be a glorious mess for months isn’t it? DAMN YOU WILLIS!

Inquiring Raven

Hella way to bust down the gates of the Bastille, Joyce :)

William Lewis

I'm not crying you're crying

Terra Bruder

It’s Willis, you know there will be consequences

Morgan Byrd

Hey we earned being insufferable thanks you very much

Jeremy AR

I am NOT looking forward to how insufferable the shippers will be, or how much the anti-shippers are gonna complain.

Olivia Cheatham

And Becky

Olivia Cheatham

OMG JOYCE IS INTO GIRLS?????????????????????????????????????????????????????

Jeph Jacques

[insert here the "oh my god it's happening, stay calm" moment from the office here]

Acebender

I am both very happy and very scared, good for them but oh no the boys are gonna be heartbroken

Joey245

I just hope that... (Wait. First of all, I wanna say that no matter how Willis chooses to proceed with the story, I'm gonna respect his creative decisions, 'kay? That being said:) I just hope the fact that this is cheating isn't gonna be treated lightly in the storyline. Some romance stories I've read, or read *about*, only pay brief lip service to the idea that cheating is inappropriate and don't treat it as a genuinely immoral thing, let alone one that needs to be sincerely atoned for in any way at all. And I'm not saying I need any atonement or regrets in *this scene*, I'm just saying that I hope the story treats this as, all in all, the wrong way for Joyce and Dorothy to handle their mutual attraction.

Rob McBobson

We got cookies!

Jeremy AR

I had to. I just had to! And it was fucking worth it. (Oh god the comments tomorrow are gonna something else)

Jeremy AR

Also, I love Jocelyne in the background. Her face just gives "lol nice"

NinjaZaku

Oh shit! Oh *SHIT!* I was expecting them to realize their feelings but I didn't think we'd get the kiss for a while!

NinjaZaku

Given this is clear cut cheating I’m not in favour of ot3 anymore

GPanda

Daisy: "Zoom in! Enhance! Slow motion!"

Ben Wray

I feel bad for Joe 😩 (but Joyce has two hands? OT3 maybe? )

Starline Hodge

The fact that Joyce is the one who has initiated every single last bit of this today is just like the biggest deal ever. :D Our baby's come so far. <3

Dahlia Rose Israel

YES! HAHAHAHAHA YES!

Mohmi

I don't see how anyone could be mad at this? It's not like he's making light of anything, and it's obvious this is probably going to end poorly. Are we not supposed to be allowed to make stories that take place during real events? You might not want to know about the several dozen of fictional romance novels that take place during WW2 I guess

JB Robinson

ohmygodohmygod

Wednesday Sophia

…Finally. 😬

Nate Weaver

Naw this ruins the strip for me. Not them kissing (good for them and happy for all those waiting for it), but using a protest as the danger in the background for this to happen is gross to me. This protest was parallel to the Palestinian campus protests. The police violence that is being used is parallel to the real police violence that protesters had to endure. And these two characters aren't even involved in the protest and are only here to cause a culmination in the drama of their relationship? Big NO from me

Ronokki

Mainly because this is the culmination of everything that's happened since Dorothy and Joyce met... I am very happy. But damn, the immediate future past this moment is going to be dicey.

Daniel

As captain of the SS Joecerothy: I didn’t hear no bell

Sajuuk-Khar

twin we fucking lost im so mad

Rice

Aw man, this is gonna destroy Joe :( Also, I'm definitely interested in how this will touch on the stereotype of bisexuals being cheaters.

SmartAlec105

AAAAAAAAAAAAAA *inhale* aaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!

faerevolt

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

faerevolt

I KNEW IT WAS COMING but it still hurts. Thankfully non-canon ships do tend to hit more anyway so I can look forward to that

Toby (she-they)

I've been reading this comic for years. This is the very first time that I truly, out loud, said "Oh DAMMIT Willis!" TBH, I was rooting for Joyce and Joe...will be interesting to see how he takes it.

Templeton

God damn it... Joyce, how could you do this to Joe - you *know* how much this sort of thing matters to him... Damn you Willis, and all you Sickos for encouraging this... I really hope this ends up with the polycule Chekov's Gun going off and Jorothyce becomes a thing

Purple Floof

… yeah.

Crunchos cereal

As someone who’s been following this series for a good couple years now and read most of David’s work from now it is genuinely a surprise to see this buildup after so long from their original incarnations being mortal enemies fighting over walky to becoming friends in the new Canon to be becoming what they are now apparently 😂 keep doing what you’re doing, and I cannot wait to see how this ends for everyone 🙂‍↕️

King BB

I have full faith in willis to write this amazingly But at the same time god im so scared for the next 20+ pages

Jay

I was a day early for getting the panel i thought i was gonna get haha

Jay

Holy crap there's twice as many comments here as the main site an hour after posting, that shit basically never happens... I wonder how many new members came in today

Megh

I used to you, an hour ago. Now I'm a Sicko... 😔

Sebastian Gomez

... welp. It's time for me to join the war of Sickos vs. Relationship Paladins on the side of the Sickos. Poor Joe...

Sebastian Gomez

I’m a relationship paladin and this is my religion!!!

The25th

Good thinking! Everyone knows they can’t arrest a lesbian/bisexual couple for the same crime!

pixarfan9510

Watching Joyce and Dorothy finally unearth and start comprehending their love for each other over the past few months has been a life-changing experience. Which isn’t hyperbolic in the slightest; my best friend and I actually got together last month because of them. She and I had been best friends for what feels like forever, been through a lot together, and during all that time I’d basically been for her what Dorothy’s been to Joyce. Like Dorothy, I’d been behaving more-than-platonically towards her without realizing it, because I didn’t ever think to examine why I was behaving that way. And like Joyce, she’d been (in hindsight, very obviously) carrying a torch for me the whole time. Once it clicked for me that we were like them, it led to a cascade of realizations re: why I was so willing to do so much gay shit with her despite “only seeing her as a friend.” Fun times. Thankfully because these storylines are more or less a perfect guide of what *not* to do when you’re a Dorothy and you’ve discovered you’re subconsciously pining for your Joyce, I was eventually able to tell her I loved her before I could do anything stupid like turn a genocide protest into the world’s most self-destructive attempt at sublimating my feelings! 

I love Dumbing of Age. My new girlfriend, my two other girlfriends, and our mutual friend group of weirdo tgirls love it too. All of us have been rooting for these two to get together since day one of our readership. No matter what happens between them after this point, I’ll never stop tuning in for more of their absurdly messy soap opera drama. Please don’t fuck it up!

QueenOfSodor

Oh and I so absolutely love Jocelyn's expression in panel two. It is hope and joy and heartbreaking love of life all rolled into one. You are a great artist, Mr. Willis.

Simon Magid

JoeJoyce heads . . . It's over . . .

Rice

Dumbing of Age Book 15: Uh Oh

Noelle Palmer

i LOVE the way the tear gas clouds frame this like cherry blossoms, its so ridiculously gay. im sure we will experience very severe Consequences for this series of decisions starting next panel but im so happy for them in this moment

Yootie

I could really just soak in that first panel for a while or two.

Uniquitous

Dumbing of Age Book 15: Even Sapphic Love Can Bloom On A Battlefield (But this is a College Campus, is My Country Actually Ok??)

voyager-ngc5195

i was probably listening to a lot of paramore at the time, but i don't remember exactly, unlike with the loft bed scene sidenote: did you know "the only exception" is a song about the generational trauma of infidelity

David Willis

nah theyre just paid protesters

Lia

I mean, there are other issues, but I kinda don't see Joe or Walky caring too much about being Poly

Leander Tupper

Every now and then my dumb brain goes "Why's Joyce's face all red?" and then when it reboots I remember, "Oh right the crazy bongo walked through tear gas just to get this kiss!"

Megh

You know the one problem? Joyce might have family watching the news, all things considered.

Leander Tupper

David, did you have any background music in particular in mind when you drew this?

Jake Howard

Well well and oh my.

Uniquitous

Keener keener keen-ner?

The Deliberate Myth

what if we kissed at the brutal police suppression of college students haha just kidding unless

crufl

Dorothy in the middle of the protest: Im not sure anything can make this feel like home though Joyce: how 'bout a Quindecennial Smooch?

Lia

I love mess :’)

S

AND IM ON MY WAY TO BELIEVINNNN 🗣️🗣️🗣️

Lia

Me and my wife screamed at this like it's the superbowl

Jess

This is petty of me, I know, but for a long while there was someone who kept commenting here, replying to Andrea and others who expressed any hope or desire for this moment with a single monosyllabic "Nope." Well, now that we're here, I feel entitled to reply to that person: NEENER NEENER NEEN-ER!

Rubia

Rachel can fuck off into the Sun I do not want to hear from her again on my LIFE

Sajuuk-Khar

Sickos stay winning!

Jason

The tear gas is the consequences of their actions 🤣

Jay

SCREAMING!!! WILLIIIIIIS!! DROP ANOTHER KISS SCENE AND MY LIFE IS YOURS!!!!

Chloe

TO BE CLEAR: I do not want this, I am all about Joe/Joyce/Dorothy, but if my beautiful and beloved ship sinks then I hope whatever happens is funny, like that

Sajuuk-Khar

To think, it was only fifteen years ago that this story started with an Inaugural Poop.

Kyle

Walky's either going to take it bad, or be the smuggest guy about having called it months ago.

C

Love the use of the tear gas as a romantic background flowery border! It's a good choice. Now please please please get the fuck out before it reminds you both it is in fact tear gas.

BBCC

But like, Walky's hesitation comes from self-doubt and feelings of unworthiness. + I feel his nugget sense bonus strip is pretty nearly explicitly indicative that this is gonna fuck him up somewhat

Ria

Incredibly hilarious outcome that I am not rooting for: Joe and Joyce break up, their friendship survives after a period of mourning, and Joe subsequently hooks up with Jocelyne

Sajuuk-Khar

I havent seen them I think they may have left for a while

Mariah

YAY!!!! So happy right now! Even Jocelyne looks happy!

Astariel

omggggggg

Lazuli

AAAAAAAAAAAAAA

CK

this gives me happiness

Ed Marshall

I understood that Kitty/Piotr reference!

Rubia

EEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee *deep breath* eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Ed Marshall

Walky won't really care since he seemed to hesitate getting back together with Dorothy. Joe's reaction is harder to gauge. He partially caused this by pointing out that Dorothy was attracted to Joyce and that accelerated everything. He might also be totally okay with it because of his own past and he might be fine with letting Joyce figure out who she wants to be. Love is complicated.

Joe Belfeuil

Also, as much as I am aware of and agree that this will be particularly brutal for Joe, I do kinda wanna express some sympathy for Walky. Especially because like, Walky has such a hard time experiencing his emotions, and is still very much in the early stages of learning how to do that, so I fully expect this to rend him slowly 😭 That said it is just absolutely *brutal* that this is happening the same day that Joe so decisively affirmed to Rachel, his biggest hater, that he's not invested in her cruel outlook on the world and on him. Rly hoping that he doesn't fall into the self-loathing she seems to need to inflict on him 🫠

Ria

TOXIC YURI

Lia

WOAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lia

I've been wanting this for years. Going from "Great ship but Dororthy's probably straight" to "Oh wait maybe she isn't. Could it...?" to "I am convinced this is happening!" And it is GLORIOUS! But oh boy do I feel bad for Walky and Joe. I think Joe will be "fine" in the sense he doesn't believe he deserves to be jealous but that presents its own set of issues. Walky on the other hand... I sense a crash out incoming.

ATD

We are at peak dumbing

Sajuuk-Khar

Other songs by the killers will likely also be quoted, going forwards

5099 5618, Earth 80085

If ever two people deserved their moment (God help them...)

5099 5618, Earth 80085

yeah i know and i uploaded it to the main site before noticing and that means i can't change the filename without deleting and restarting everything, also i'm learning right now that you guys can see the filenames on these

David Willis

The sapphic radiation has melted her brain. RIP Joss.

Sajuuk-Khar

the pink tear gas looking like cherry blossoms is killing me. kiss kiss fall in love

Laura

My current bet is 300

Mariah

Im just going to read the comments with popcorn also I am not going on the mainsite for a while....

Mariah

Joe will 100% find a way to blame himself and even if he doesnt backslide he's probably going to get self destructive

Jay

This is petty. … Continue. 👏🏽

Smoochie

Can we beat yesterday’s 200 Patreon comments, chat?

Sajuuk-Khar

joyce crosses the rubicon, dorothy instantly folds, and immediately after the lovebirds achieve post-kiss clarity, they go back in for seconds. immaculate. greatest comic strip to ever do it. i have more words to say but i need time to actually type them out. i love how jocelyne's panic and confusion seems to have been overridden with a combination "what the fuck is happening" and "aww, good for them". really funny she's just sitting there and letting this happen even though a minute earlier she was like "GIRL YOU GOTTA GET OUT OF HERE". she's so happy her little sister is doing gay shit!! (also willis you missed the first Y in Joyrothy in the filename lmao)

QueenOfSodor

I fully believe Walky will just shrug it off. He's not invested in this. Joe will think Joyce was driven to this by his bad behavior.

C.T. Phipps

Poor one out for Toby 🥃😞

GPanda

congratulations to andrea andrew

Gale Tazzin

This such a messy way to start this relationship, from the cheating to trying to convince themselves it wasn't gonna happen, and then letting it happen at literally the WORST possible time, and well I've made no secret I'm pretty firmly on team SICKOS so I'm all about it It is a mess, it's gonna be mess, and that mess is gonna hurt me in the future when we get to the fallout of this...but right now I don't care! I don't know exactly where this ride is going but I'm ready to find out!

Megh

WHAT?!?! GAY PEOPLE ARE REAL?!?!?!

Gale Tazzin

Joyce got fingered for the first time and kissed a girl in less than 24 hours. And in about 5 minutes she’s going to know what being tear gassed is like. She has had a DAY.

Tifani

oh my god the pink clouds of tear gas making it all dreamy and romantic

Carly Dingman

Is it *really* deserved hate?

el

Amazi-Girl: "Okay, gotta keep ducking and weaving so the sniper can't get a shot, kick that guy with the tear gas, go for the knees of that other one with the club, then flip over the one by the..." Amber: "SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEE...."

LupinThe8th

A continuing tradition

Sajuuk-Khar

What?

Andrea Andrew

This is kind of reminding me of one of those old Big Red gum commercials ("Kiss a little longer...")

Harold

now becky actually has a reason to hate dorothy

razboy

*loud gay boom of my head exploding*

Fart Captor

Joe and Walky could get together and it could still work!

Grace Kieser

YES!!!

Corronchilejano

YES ... HA HA HA ... YES!

Brian Danger Hicks

I know, man!! I know what you mean!!!

Sajuuk-Khar

Jay

"It was only a kiss, it was onl---" Oh, like FUCK it was.

Harold

The panels keep getting narrower. Soon they will have to stand sideways to the fourth wall to avoid being squeezed to death, then sideways to one another, then...

Dan Rabin

Well this is going to get ugly.

MrShoggoth

Jocelyne: "this is adorable! I knew something was up with you two!" "Hey, uh, we really should be going soon, though. ...you can make out more once we're behind the fence, I promise." "...guess you aren't gonna stop. Okay."

el

The fact the silhouette of their embrace is kind of a heart 🥰

Olivia Connolly

Amber, from inside Amazi-girl, is probably thinking: success!

Andrea Andrew

...Glorious magic in an otherwise dangerous moment. Love the kiss, now seriously, might want to get to safety.

C

We don't know that he's not willing to share!

Grace Kieser

I can't wait for shane wagner to explain how joyce is still straight.

Mariah

WE WON SICKOS

KaylaZX

We all know how Walky will react.

Andrea Andrew

also thank god about a month ago patreon started letting you crop your own preview instead of just showing you the middle third of the comic every damn time, jesus christ

David Willis

So glad I checked as soon as I got the notification, OMG my gay little heart is so happy right now! Will there be messy things later on with current partners? Probably, sure, but for right now, in this moment, I don’t care. Living in the moment, the moment of them kissing, that is. 🏳️‍🌈👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩

Elizabeth

YAYYYYYYYY

Johanne

Everyone’s gonna lose here

MrShoggoth

So, about that double date….

Andrea Andrew

This, man!!! All of this!!!!!!

Sajuuk-Khar

Everyone is worried about Joe here and rightly so. Some folks may also be worried about Walky, which is fair. But hoo boy when Becky finds out Joyce is in fact also into girls but just wasn't into her? I feel like that's going to be kinda heartbreaking.

Brendan T

no idea how hard it was to find a corner of this comic to use as a preview image

David Willis

NEVER HAS BEEN

Harold

I do like Joe and Walky tho so Im worried for those kids

Jay Bee

Wolverine: well, it’s about time.

Andrea Andrew

Omg I just noticed Jocelyn

E

NO HETEROSEXUAL EXPLANATION

Giant Speck

**AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA**

KaylaZX

Feel sorry for Joe to be honest

Justin Seifert

Processing... we were all prepared for the possibility of this outcome and yet I'm still taken off gaurd here.

HenryVolt

I’m glad they finally got it over with but I also have this pain in my chest thinking about how Joe of all people will react

Quantum

-There’s nothing straight going on here. -Jocelyn here thinking: I knew it! -I hope these two have a happy life together.

Andrea Andrew

Agreed Although I was expecting the kiss to be the last panel, not the 1st and 2nd and 5th

Megh

What a HELL of a way to end my break! Just in the nick of time, thank you for my life, Willis. Also Jocelyn is so happy for them!!! This is going to make a big beautiful mess but for now my queer little heart is FEASTING

Doran

ITS HAPPENING

Jay Bee

SQUEEEEEEAL

Thera Cherry

also, god DAMMIT Joss No thoughts, only gay

Sajuuk-Khar

Imagine me squinting at my watch to parse the image preview from this email update to get this comic five seconds sooner, because that's what happened

Jim Avery

There it is

Morgan Byrd

YES… HA HA HA… YES!

E

LIVE JOCELYNE REACTION

doinks

SICKOS ALWAYS WIN!

Megh

Peak fiction

Amelia Murphy

Joeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

orange slice

Oh, dear. Hopefully no one punches a hole in their recovery room.

Verteiron

LET'S FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO SICKOOOOOOOSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

Ria

Willis you sly dog, I see those tear gas clouds forming sakura patterns

Sajuuk-Khar

Finally

Mariah

I’ve never grabbed my phone so fuckin fast

Quantum

It was basically inevitable...

Maybeeus