Joyce at home for Christmas
on June 3, 2013 at 12:01 amI was probably beginning to chafe a little under the restrictions of a School Day Only publication schedule, which is why I made these “____ at home for Christmas” strips. They were the first comics I drew to be published only online, as the student newspaper didn’t print during winter break. I probably wished I could show these characters at home so we could get to know them a little better.
Joyce’s house is pretty big. Her parents are pretty well off. But then, they’ve got six kids, and everyone’s apparently fed, so.
(The first peek at Joyce’s brothers in the picture frame in the bottom left corner of the last panel. I’d… tag them, but I’d have to come up with their names, and I’m lazy right now. They all start with “J,” if I recall my original intentions.)
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Joey
Jasper
Jesus
Julio
Jesus II
?
Jacob
Jeffery
Jack
Jason
Jay
Jerry
Jamarcus?
Wait. Back up. 15 years and you haven’t given Joyce’s brothers names?
Sorry. I just always thought I was the only one who did that kind of thing.
A general rule of thumb I remember being told at a fairly young age when I first got into writing fiction was that unless it’s important you don’t need to waste the effort on extraneous information for non-main characters, because it just becomes a time sink that’ll distract you from actually writing. Of course, that advice was given to me because I’m the sort that can spend years creating a setting and characters and whatnot, but never set pen to paper and actually let things play out with them.
Happens to me too. It gets quite crowded in your head.
But… “Drew” doesn’t start with a J :[
His name is now
Jrew.
That’s silly. It’s short for Jandrew.
6 Names that start with ‘J’, huh?
Joseph, Joshua, Jeremiah, John, Jacob, Jack.
Attempted to go with a biblical theme due to her up bringing (Back when I went to church, I knew a few families who did that sort of thing, Ezikeil’s and Zebidiah’s[spelling?] included). Gave up when i couldn’t think of any other names, and was too lazy to check.
Not that it matters. If I remember correctly, they aren’t like ever shown
We see a handful at Joyce and Walky’s wedding.
Oh crap, I totally forgot about that!
James, obviously. Probably the most popular biblical name after John and Mary. Also, this means his name is James Brown.
And Jeb, given the family’s Republican leanings. Short for Jebediah, to throw in another biblical reference.
The names are most likely “Ezekiel” and “Zebediah,” if they’re using the King James spelling.
I like Jackson nee Jack
If you need Biblical J names, just crib off the Duggars.
Joyce has a brohter named Jiminey in my headcanon now.
Yeah, Joyce’s parents totally seem like the type that would go with theme naming for their kids.
Joybert
Joyler
Joyffrey
Joysian
Joyvid
Joyce.
You’re welcome.
….Judas?
It IS Biblical.
Jayce
And while Joyce’s parents might seem well off, they clearly didn’t have the money to buy Joyce a bed that was long enough to fit her body. I’m thinking they have some brutal credit card debt propping up their lifestyle.
Jurrrz, Jiffy, Joel, Jonathan, Jazz
Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe and Joe.
Their parents were Foreman fans.
It’s also why Joyce fell into that behaviour pattern with Joe Rosenthal so quickly.
Sounds like they’re my maternal grandparents =p uncles Julius, Jolly, Jeffrey, Jesse, Jerry… Mum was both eldest sib and not Joyce, though [but a J name, like mine]
Biblical J Names off the top of my head: Jesus, Judas, James. John, Jesse, Jude, Jacob, Jason (Too which I’m partial), Jeremiah, Joshua, Jehovah…
Originally posted:
December 15, 1998