BONUS STRIP FOR JULY 2023
Added 2023-07-26 19:25:58 +0000 UTCCarol won the poll! Enjoy this exciting, edge-of-your-seat Carol strip.
6/23 bonus strip: https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-strip-for-85177783
8/23 bonus strip: https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-strip-for-88307921
Comments
Not yet widely acknowledged, but living facing a highway actually causes major health issues; it's not just quality-of-life downgrade. In addition to the pollution (which the apartment probably doesn't ventilate well), constant street noise is significantly associated with dementia.
Minivet
2023-12-28 16:23:30 +0000 UTCAnd apparently Hank has not taken the dog. :(
Lynne B.
2023-12-27 15:59:55 +0000 UTCThe problem is that she already has a dog. It's not a question of which pet to adopt, it's a question of whether or not to abandon the pet she already has. I'm going to go out on a limb and guess you don't agree with her about that one...
Lisa
2023-08-17 04:09:17 +0000 UTCOh no I actually agree with Carol on something?? (Don’t get me wrong, I don’t dislike dogs, but I do really like cats, and quiet living spaces)
Chelsea Kenna
2023-08-12 06:18:17 +0000 UTCCarol is looking rather - butch - here. Significant? That would be a twist.
J. Steven York
2023-08-08 08:10:06 +0000 UTCDepends on who's name is on the title
Corzican
2023-07-30 23:06:47 +0000 UTCWait a minute: this John's Mustang could help to get q better house, huh? (https://www.dumbingofage.com/2016/comic/book-6/03-when-god-closes-the-door/trendy/)
Amós Batista
2023-07-29 02:43:21 +0000 UTCIt's definitely not something you want to face. Usually facing the highway means there's no trees out your window and yes, noise.
Mike Tremblay
2023-07-28 12:14:10 +0000 UTCIs the highway something you want to face, or what's the significance of mentioning that? I would assume highway is very noisy
jaaama
2023-07-28 07:11:13 +0000 UTCProbably her dentist father! Also, Joyce has already spent one semester break with Becky (https://www.dumbingofage.com/2020/comic/book-11/01-this-bright-millennium/oneofthose/), so she can probably crash there for the summer, too, if dad isn't an option.
C Bonesmith
2023-07-28 05:08:07 +0000 UTCDarn, I guess she is not homeless after all. So Joyce will be able to crash on the floor of this dump for a few days if needed when her dorm kicks her out between semesters. Hopefully Joyce will have other options. Who is paying her tuition?
Vanessa Pinter
2023-07-28 04:46:21 +0000 UTCprobably not in La Porte, though
David Willis
2023-07-27 15:14:02 +0000 UTCI do enjoy the 'facing the highway' bit, but I sorta wish Carol had an 'el' running by her bedroom window also.
ValdVin
2023-07-27 13:47:21 +0000 UTCIs this proof that the sale went through? Damn, I hoped that she wouldn’t be able to do it for legal reasons or something. 🫥
Stathis N.
2023-07-27 07:22:50 +0000 UTCIt's what she deserves.
Beck(y) Chonigman
2023-07-27 07:18:17 +0000 UTCThere's something different about the color scheme on this, I think. The colors seem a bit deadened in a way that feels quite appropriate for Carol. Or maybe it's fluorescent lights?
Lisa
2023-07-27 05:55:06 +0000 UTCno separate kitchen. at least the fridge door opens the convenient direction.
HueStL
2023-07-27 04:48:06 +0000 UTCEven if Hank took the dog, she's a MONSTER
Fart Captor
2023-07-27 04:27:44 +0000 UTCYep, house hunting is like that
BBCC
2023-07-27 04:07:18 +0000 UTCthe weird thing about love is you don't have to like or even respect someone to love them. and that's probably for the best, even if it's very inconvenient sometimes
Elizabeth Story
2023-07-27 04:05:32 +0000 UTCI got very sad reading this strip. Like, what If I really left my mother or father behind? All my relatives have abandoned her. Cannot I lend a hand for her, sometimes? I know Carol deserves it, but my heart sank a little for her, seen her in this situation. I can't stop thinking about this strip.
Amós Batista
2023-07-27 01:39:13 +0000 UTCJust draw a little time machine Snoop can take back to the early 50s and dovetail the third-hand homage into early Peanuts. His bizarre appearance in the past can be the result of the ordeal of time travel. EDIT: Li'l Folks, of course. Not Peanuts. IBUA. EDIT 2: Damnit, okay, based on the first named appearance, it would be Peanuts, despite existing in prototypical forms throughout the late 40s in Li'l Folks. The returns are ever-diminishing.
J.
2023-07-27 00:29:25 +0000 UTCThat contemplative panel will fuel an eventual week of other bonus strips. People are getting ready to request "Carol's thoughts during the pause" in the next poll, then later when it's actually okay to do so.
J.
2023-07-27 00:18:41 +0000 UTCI hope you are having a better life now than then.
davidk
2023-07-26 21:50:55 +0000 UTCI will draw myself into the strip in order to save the dog
darklion
2023-07-26 21:14:02 +0000 UTCMy mom did all the stuff during my parent's divorce that Carol's done and more. Looks like she'll be pulling the "getting rid of beloved pet" trick too which my mom managed to do multiple times. This stirs up some settled emotions but it's also validating to see. My mom put a lot of it on me, much like Carol: if I don't take the cat, she goes away. If I don't take boxes of childhood stuff, they go in the trash. If I don't take the family heirloom, it's getting sold. It's nice to see it treated as bonkers/shitty by both the writer and the readers, because I really blamed myself.
Christina
2023-07-26 21:03:12 +0000 UTCUnless she just dumps the dog by the side of the road and drives away. :( Selling it would actually be the better option.
Angie Penrose
2023-07-26 20:48:03 +0000 UTCI've not heard of an apartment like that with central air. I would guess that if it does have central air, it's for the whole building and Carol doesn't have access to the thermostat. So the temp it's set for is based on how hot it is somewhere else.
Buddha Buck
2023-07-26 20:31:54 +0000 UTCWillis, I find your willingness to give Carol central air conditioning disturbing. She should have to deal with self-installed window units. I only pray Hank gets Snoop. Maybe I'll have to start suggesting Snoop in the poll just so we know what happened to him.
Packy Anderson
2023-07-26 20:25:24 +0000 UTCI really don't understand the way this fandom votes on these things.
MysteryCow218
2023-07-26 20:14:11 +0000 UTCHow is Joyce going to keep a dog at IU? Snoop's either going to Hank, the ex-husband who defies the Lord's Will, or the kill shelter, because Lord knows dogs don't have souls so they don't go to heaven. Edited to add: *I* know dogs go to heaven, I was channelling uber-Christian Carol and my aunt-in-law who was agog that I said "excuse me" to a cat while I was moving it out of my seat.
Packy Anderson
2023-07-26 20:09:04 +0000 UTCCarol is just evil enough she would dump Snoop in a shelter to deny Hank getting him.
Packy Anderson
2023-07-26 20:07:06 +0000 UTCShe doesn't have cats, only a dog Snoop she's abandoning.
Packy Anderson
2023-07-26 20:06:32 +0000 UTCUgh why did Carol win this is an awful person
Lyman Green
2023-07-26 19:55:16 +0000 UTCThus cheaper.
Damien
2023-07-26 19:39:37 +0000 UTCReally, facing the highway? Sounds a house too noisy to me.
Amós Batista
2023-07-26 19:36:53 +0000 UTCJoceline better hide her cat.
Amós Batista
2023-07-26 19:35:38 +0000 UTC"Facing the highway"... sounds restful.
Donald Boettger
2023-07-26 19:34:29 +0000 UTCI STG Snoop /BETTER/ go to Hank or Joyce.
Gwen Sanger
2023-07-26 19:33:57 +0000 UTC"God told me to put down the family dog."
Ed Marshall
2023-07-26 19:33:23 +0000 UTCShe really went through with selling her child's family home to save the church in spite of all the pain it caused. I detest her in ways that I can't even describe.
Justin Seifert
2023-07-26 19:32:11 +0000 UTC…She's going to sell the dog, isn't she. Damn it all
A. B. Cianchetti
2023-07-26 19:30:45 +0000 UTCI hope she has upstairs neighbors with a bunch of kids who they allow to just run wild.
Uniquitous
2023-07-26 19:30:32 +0000 UTCI hope this means Hank will get the dog and not that she's just going to dump him in a shelter
Darastrix
2023-07-26 19:29:56 +0000 UTCThis is sad and pathetic. She now has no friends or family. Just cats.
Andrea Andrew
2023-07-26 19:29:19 +0000 UTCCarole is the worst.
Andrea Andrew
2023-07-26 19:28:46 +0000 UTCCarol is the dog
Drazi
2023-07-26 19:28:13 +0000 UTCSo help me, if the Browns have a dog that Carol is just going to throw out…
VengeanceKnight
2023-07-26 19:27:40 +0000 UTC
