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It's.... Joe's childhood!    

just as a general rule of thumb, we should only be nominating characters, not character and subject matter, but YOU GET JUST THIS ONE 

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Michael Steamweed

Sheesh, flashback time for me, too. I was so embarrassed when I made that "PUBERTY" sound at 11 years old.

darklion

puberty didn't make my eyebrows grow

MatsuoTanuki

Thank you for this gift of character AND subject matter Great God Willis!"

Bagge

THAT CAN'T BE GOOD!

Simon Magid

Did the Doom Marine teach you that one? o.o

Simon Magid

This is the first time I have seen ‘PUBERTY’ used as a sound effect. O.O

Maude Reads Things

Ohhhhh boy. Poor Joe's mom. Has she been named yet? If not, I vote Mara.

Maude Reads Things

I like it! Wait, was this brought up at some point? I feel like it was and I'm forgetting.

HenryVolt

I also apparently has visual effects since the shading in the 3rd panel seems to give off a flash.

Kurt051

Thank You David. I've been asking for this strip for months. Glad to finally see it. Lastly thank you all 37 who voted for me.

Bagge

In Joe's case it think perfectly approperiate.

Bagge

I'm sure "Poor Joe's mom" is a phrase that would be uttered a lot if we knew more about her life with Joe's Dad.

Maude Reads Things

Agreed. Especially as Joe decided detachment is the way to go.

Andrew

So she’s appeared in a strip, and we now know her name. It’s like Willis is just softballing this up for next month!

Packy Anderson

You didn't need them to make that face.

Packy Anderson

"Her name is Karen." Of COURSE it is.

Ill-Tempered Clavier

Speaking personally, and for myself only, I can only say: panel 3, fuck yeah and oh fuck.

Ill-Tempered Clavier

Just noticed the rest of panel four and I have to say: even though I was starting to grow a beard at thirteen, the other major issue of puberty wouldn't hit me for another four years.

Ill-Tempered Clavier

Also: what's up with Joe's book? It's clearly hardbound, but it doesn't have a title on the spine or front cover. (Nor does it appear to have a book jacket.)

C.T. Phipps

Joe thinks nothing but ill of his father but I wonder if JoeDad was just as miserable in their marriage as his wife.

NinjaZaku

I, too, remember when I instinctually was compemled to loudly shout "Puberty", thus activating the epigenetic process allowing for the sudden appearance of facial hair

Ill-Tempered Clavier

I can't find it online, but I remember a great cartoon by the then-Minnesota based cartoonist Richard Guindon where some guy is bending over to pick up a newspaper on his doorstoop, and there's a sound effect over his head: "WINTER!"

Bagge

I just have to ask... what kind of philosophy did he read to get an erection? Maimonides?

Ill-Tempered Clavier

Epicurus, maybe? Although at that stage, it probably wouldn't matter what he was reading or if he was reading at all.

Bagge

Or Kant with "Das Ding an Sich?" I mean, you are 100% right, but that won't stop me from making a penis joke about a philosopher.

Ill-Tempered Clavier

In regard to that which is unspeakable, we must remain silent.

Ntrovert

Looks like Joe might be Epi curious?