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by David M Willis on November 30, 2010 at 12:01 am
  • 02 - Uphill From Here

└ Tags: dorothy, joe, joyce, leslie, roz, walky

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  1. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    November 30, 2010 at 12:02 am | #

    Sex solves everything!

    Except, ya know… STDs.

    • G.S.Mercs
      G.S.Mercs
      November 30, 2010 at 1:28 am | #

      Well, if you’re lonely because you’re the only one you know with STDs, than it solves the problem 😀 No, this is not based on a personal experience.

  2. Chrisby
    Chrisby
    November 30, 2010 at 12:02 am | #

    Joe and Roz, anyone?

    • David Herbert
      David Herbert
      November 30, 2010 at 12:03 am | #

      Those horny kids were made for each other. Until they break each other.

      • MrGBH
        MrGBH
        November 30, 2010 at 6:00 pm | #

        Break each other? Ick.

    • agentksilver
      agentksilver
      November 30, 2010 at 12:07 am | #

      Uh, yes? This is a question?

    • Cha
      Cha
      November 30, 2010 at 12:08 am | #

      Maybe she’ll grab him now. She seems to be right in earshot, there.

    • Viktoria
      Viktoria
      November 30, 2010 at 12:26 am | #

      Look at their expressions in panel 1. They banged in the janitor’s closet before class, and are headed back to her room for round 2.

      • Undrave
        Undrave
        November 30, 2010 at 3:04 am | #

        They banged DURING class without anyone noticing! SEX NINJAS!!

      • Loki
        Loki
        November 30, 2010 at 11:27 am | #

        I dunno, if that’s what happened, I’m not sure she’s up for Round 2, from her expression.

    • NF
      NF
      November 30, 2010 at 12:40 am | #

      Yes, yes, yes. Just…yes.

  3. David Herbert
    David Herbert
    November 30, 2010 at 12:02 am | #

    Poor Danny. Maybe they can find Amzi-Girl to go give him a pep talk.

    • Gianni
      Gianni
      November 30, 2010 at 8:53 am | #

      Or… something else…

  4. Cha
    Cha
    November 30, 2010 at 12:03 am | #

    Well, if Joe was gay, he’d be in even *more* capable hands, Dorothy. (And Joe would fix Danny’s problem of not being laid, as well…)

    Also, Joe, here’s an opportunity to start schmoozing her! If, y’know, she’ll let you.

    …yes, I’m procrastinating homework again! This time it’s an English paper I’ve procrastinated three weeks. And a powerpoint for English as well. They’re due tomorrow. 8D

  5. George
    George
    November 30, 2010 at 12:08 am | #

    Love Dorothy’s look in the last panel.

    • Undrave
      Undrave
      November 30, 2010 at 3:37 am | #

      She reminds me of the cast of Peanuts with that wide pout o.o but its still funny.

  6. agentksilver
    agentksilver
    November 30, 2010 at 12:09 am | #

    Danny x Amazi-Girl (in lieu of that, Amber will do, I guess)
    Walky x Billie
    Joe x Roz

    …well, someone convince me who Joyce should end up with.

    • Ragnal
      Ragnal
      November 30, 2010 at 12:11 am | #

      Walky and Billie? Huh? >_>

      Also, I’m gonna go Joyce/Dorothy…just to be different.

      • agentksilver
        agentksilver
        November 30, 2010 at 12:12 am | #

        I believe Walky has a crush on Billie that he hasn’t admitted to himself yet. Dorothy is only temporary.

        • David Herbert
          David Herbert
          November 30, 2010 at 12:26 am | #

          Are they going to have drunken monkey sex?

          • R
            R
            November 30, 2010 at 3:03 am | #

            Is there any other kind (in this fandom anyway)?

          • Risky
            Risky
            November 30, 2010 at 5:56 am | #

            Premarital Hanky-Panky? Surely not.

    • Cha
      Cha
      November 30, 2010 at 12:24 am | #

      How ’bout Sal/Roz or Billie/Roz? Either one would be…a hell of a ship.

    • Viktoria
      Viktoria
      November 30, 2010 at 12:28 am | #

      Sal/Joyce. Joyce is already basically obsessed with her, Sal has enough religious knowledge from her years in Catholic school to convince Joyce that not all sin is bad, and Sal did go to an all-girls school during her teens. Not to mention she seems to love angering her parents.

    • Cassidy
      Cassidy
      November 30, 2010 at 12:50 am | #

      Joyce x mike would be pretty fracking hilarious.

      • Cassidy
        Cassidy
        November 30, 2010 at 12:51 am | #

        Also, Dina x Ruth.

        • Undrave
          Undrave
          November 30, 2010 at 3:06 am | #

          Also WalkyxEthan!

          • Loki
            Loki
            November 30, 2010 at 11:29 am | #

            Ow. Ow ow ow ow. Stop hurting my brain.

      • goldie
        goldie
        November 30, 2010 at 6:53 pm | #

        i’ve been thinking that since the start of this series. they’re just so vastly different. haha

        • goldie
          goldie
          November 30, 2010 at 6:55 pm | #

          ugh, i was trying to reply to cassidy’s joyce x mike comment. >_<

  7. Dahlia
    Dahlia
    November 30, 2010 at 12:13 am | #

    D: but its never mentioned WHY he hasn’t left his room and skipped class….though I think I know the answer… -_-

    • Wackd
      Wackd
      November 30, 2010 at 12:17 am | #

      Danny is taking the Walkyverse!Jacob approach to failure.

      Seems to be working well for the both of them.

      • Dahlia
        Dahlia
        November 30, 2010 at 12:54 am | #

        I suppose….

        I don’t care about Danny a bit, so I honestly wouldn’t give a crap if Danny went all emo or Amazi-girl obsessive (or both) but so help me if his pathetic depression ends up affecting another major characters life (especially one I happen to LIKE) in a negative way I will—

        uhm…BE REALLY UPSET WITH DANNY AND WILLIS!!!

        …D8 *not threatening…*

        • Cos
          Cos
          November 30, 2010 at 5:49 pm | #

          You’re seriously getting down on the guy for being depressed?

          Wow, you’re a bongo.

          • Dahlia
            Dahlia
            November 30, 2010 at 8:50 pm | #

            NO.

            I’m not getting on THIS universes Danny for getting depressed over being dumped! Thats understandable.

            However, in the main walkyverse, Danny being depressed (what I got was he started drinking because of all his problems) led up to the events of Ruths death because he drove DRUNK trying to drink away all the depression. I simply don’t want a repeat of that with Ruth or any other character (jesus, not even Billie deserves Ruths horrible death in the Main Walkyverse).

          • Cos
            Cos
            December 1, 2010 at 1:19 pm | #

            Fair enough, Dahlia, fair enough. I will concede this one.

            /knows when he’s jumped the gun

  8. RaijinK
    RaijinK
    November 30, 2010 at 12:29 am | #

    Walky looking nervously at Dorothy, Joe and Roz checking each other out, it’s great how one strip can cover sideplots like that without even needing wordspace to do so.

    • Kaj
      Kaj
      November 30, 2010 at 12:47 am | #

      Thank you! I was working my way down the thread, hoping someone else would point it out…

      • Undrave
        Undrave
        November 30, 2010 at 3:07 am | #

        Same here! Woot!

    • agentksilver
      agentksilver
      November 30, 2010 at 9:15 am | #

      Yeah, it’s small details like that that make strips like these worth reading.

  9. Shift
    Shift
    November 30, 2010 at 2:39 am | #

    Seeing as I’ve never read the original comics all the way through (I’m trying, I swear), does Joe really have no empathy at all? Or tact?

    • Gianni
      Gianni
      November 30, 2010 at 2:43 am | #

      He does, but he usually just thinks with his other head.

      • gangler
        gangler
        November 30, 2010 at 3:39 am | #

        Yeah, I can think of a couple moments in itswalky where joe was considerate, but that’s a lot of comics for only two moments. He has a heart of gold to be sure, but you got to dig real deep to find it. Half the battle is just getting him to think about not sex for a moment, and good luck getting him to understand that a man can have problems beyond a dry streak.

    • Someone
      Someone
      November 30, 2010 at 12:55 pm | #

      If I had to guess, Joe just wants people to deal with their own crap. HE does it, so they should be just as capable.

      • Shift
        Shift
        November 30, 2010 at 3:28 pm | #

        But isn’t that what Danny is doing? He’s dealing with his crap in his own way which means mourning in his room.

        I mean, so far we haven’t seen Danny ask Joe for emotional support. Joe is the one who showed up wanting to know if he can have sex with Dorothy after all.

        Seem’s Joe is simply annoyed that Danny is even bothered by the break-up.

        Besides, Joe doesn’t have any crap to deal with. He’s never been in love in this comic (as far as we know so far) and all he wants is to get laid.

        • Someone
          Someone
          December 1, 2010 at 3:09 am | #

          Enh. Sitting in his room blocking out the world isn’t really ‘dealing with it’ … and if he’s as annoying as he was in Roomies about a break-up, I fully give Joe thumbs up to do what must be done.

  10. Heather
    Heather
    November 30, 2010 at 3:51 am | #

    -Flashbacks to first day of first year of undergrad classes-

    Lecturer: “How many of you are in a relationship?”
    -Many people put up hands-

    “By the end of the year most of you will have broken up!”

    We were also then informed that that wasn’t a valid excuse for not keeping up to date with work etc and they didn’t care. They only took things into consideration if you were exceedingly ill or if a close family member had died or something (and even then it would have to be very near exams in that latter case).

    So if this uni is the same… Danny could be in trouble if they take registration etc. and feel its important. They’re not going to CARE that he broke up with his girlfriend.

    • agentksilver
      agentksilver
      November 30, 2010 at 9:19 am | #

      This was similar to my first thought on reading the comic. Isn’t this the first day of classes? Isn’t he missing his first day of classes? I know he didn’t go to college in order to learn, but if he doesn’t show up that will be grounds for academic dismissal, and those are hard to stop. I claimed (accurately) that I had a chronic illness that caused my academic nonperformance, and they still kicked me out. “My girlfriend broke up with me” is really a lame excuse.

      • taekwondogirl
        taekwondogirl
        March 29, 2011 at 1:08 am | #

        Wth kind of colleges do you guys go to where they are that strict with attendance?

        • David
          David M Willis
          March 29, 2011 at 1:19 am | #

          A lot of the classes I went to, if you miss three or so classes, they drop a letter grade. When I transferred to art school, if I missed more than two days, I’d have to take the quarter over.

          These sorts of things happen when, as you say, nobody goes to classes. They come up with crazy ways to make you want to show up.

  11. Zaratustra
    Zaratustra
    November 30, 2010 at 6:32 am | #

    Walky is all “ffff dat ass”

  12. Loki
    Loki
    November 30, 2010 at 11:25 am | #

    Blond bongoy Amber… I mean, Dorothy… looks cute while rolling her eyes and complaining. I imagine Danny was too busy admiring her to hear her when she bongoed before, hence being caught by surprise at the breakup. 😉

    “Aw, she’s doing that look again! … What’d you say, honey?”

    • Cha
      Cha
      November 30, 2010 at 5:20 pm | #

      That would explain a whole lot about their relationship…

      And your avatar makes that better. Or worse. I couldn’t begin to guess which.

      • Loki
        Loki
        December 2, 2010 at 10:27 am | #

        It can make it better AND worse.

    • RandomPerson12
      RandomPerson12
      October 16, 2014 at 10:33 pm | #

      That explains so much

  13. Sakimei
    Sakimei
    November 30, 2010 at 12:07 pm | #

    I wonder if Joyce is still thinking about the Lesbian prerequisite.

  14. Someone
    Someone
    November 30, 2010 at 12:58 pm | #

    Wouldn’t it be interesting, if Danny is the sacrifice of this universe? I mean, the way things are going, it’s a long road up from him being considered anything but a whiny brat who lost what he deserved to lose…but in death, he can whammy the hell out of Dorothy and, well, it would equal out the ‘drama gets real’ effect I’ve noticed Willis like to do.

  15. Lone Wolf
    Lone Wolf
    November 30, 2010 at 12:59 pm | #

    The problem with Dorothy leaving Danny in Joe’s capable hands is that Joe would rather have Dorothy in his capable hands.

    • Shift
      Shift
      November 30, 2010 at 3:38 pm | #

      Knowing Joe, he’d have Dorothy in his capable hands, while Danny is trying to sleep in the bunk beneath them.

  16. Twigfoon
    Twigfoon
    November 30, 2010 at 1:08 pm | #

    I’m thinking Joe needs to be more of a bro in this universe. Popped collars, self-tanning, and ripped.

  17. JesseJanitect
    JesseJanitect
    November 30, 2010 at 3:47 pm | #

    Is Dorothy that short or is Joe that tall?

  18. Richie9999
    Richie9999
    November 30, 2010 at 4:42 pm | #

    Wait, wasn’t Danny in that class a couple of strips ago? What’s going on, did he learn how to teleport? Also, chuckled at Walky’s expression in the second panel and at Joe’s in the fourth. Also, I know where Joe is coming from.

    • David
      David M Willis
      November 30, 2010 at 5:01 pm | #

      Not unless Danny was suddenly a redhead for one panel!

      • Cassidy
        Cassidy
        December 1, 2010 at 6:58 pm | #

        knowing you, he probably was

  19. Kitt
    Kitt
    May 23, 2011 at 1:28 pm | #

    Am I missing something or is it totally strange to me that all the people from Shortpacked! went to college together, and there’s NO mention of college days in the comic?

    • David
      David M Willis
      May 23, 2011 at 6:00 pm | #

      Look up at the top of the page. Click About.

  20. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    May 29, 2011 at 5:33 pm | #

    You know what Danny needs? For Joe to have a scandal to keep his mind off things.

    • marius_wynyard
      marius_wynyard
      December 30, 2015 at 8:30 am | #

      Yeah but what are the odds of that happening?

  21. Mousa The 14
    Mousa The 14
    March 31, 2016 at 2:59 pm | #

    Dammit Joe, you’re his only friend, you have ONE job.

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