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Shoes

by David M Willis on October 17, 2012 at 12:01 am
  • 06 - Strange Beerfellows
└ Tags: dorothy, ruth, walky

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  1. David Herbert
    David Herbert
    October 17, 2012 at 12:02 am | #

    With blackjack, and hookers. In fact, forget the shoes.

    • Blob Marley
      Blob Marley
      October 17, 2012 at 12:50 am | #

      No matter what that meme is applied to, it is always hilarious and Benderific.

    • Flushmaster
      Flushmaster
      October 17, 2012 at 5:52 pm | #

      And the blackjack.

  2. Disastromatic
    Disastromatic
    October 17, 2012 at 12:02 am | #

    INTENSE SHOE KICKING FACE IS INTENSE

    • Resne
      Resne
      October 17, 2012 at 2:53 am | #

      DETERMINATION.

      • Bradytown
        Bradytown
        October 17, 2012 at 9:55 pm | #

        Your picture makes the comment all the more hilarious

      • Bradytown
        Bradytown
        October 17, 2012 at 9:56 pm | #

        Your picture makes the comment all the more hilarious!

        • Bradytown
          Bradytown
          October 17, 2012 at 9:57 pm | #

          Crap, random word press glitch posted my comment twice

      • Hashbrownmashup
        Hashbrownmashup
        March 16, 2013 at 12:23 pm | #

        Nice legs

  3. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    October 17, 2012 at 12:02 am | #

    PAJAMA SHOES

    • Digidestined of Trust (Tim)
      Digidestined of Trust (Tim)
      November 5, 2012 at 8:37 pm | #

      😀 Best thing is, I figured out how to do this YEARRRRRS AGO!

  4. Wonder Wig
    Wonder Wig
    October 17, 2012 at 12:03 am | #

    The last two comics have taught me how flexible they both are.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      October 17, 2012 at 12:19 am | #

      They’re gonna teach each other that soon enough.

      • Volkai
        Volkai
        October 18, 2012 at 1:02 pm | #

        And it will be good.

  5. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    October 17, 2012 at 12:03 am | #

    That SRS BSNS shoe kick face

  6. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    October 17, 2012 at 12:04 am | #

    I suspect that Ruth is too drunk to care at the moment.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      October 17, 2012 at 12:06 am | #

      She’s too caare to drunk at moment..

      • Wonder Wig
        Wonder Wig
        October 17, 2012 at 12:10 am | #

        Must be a naked invisible person wearing shoes taking large steps.

        • Kernanator
          Kernanator
          October 17, 2012 at 12:19 am | #

          I KNEEEEEW IT!

        • GrrArg42
          GrrArg42
          October 17, 2012 at 12:51 pm | #

          They’re on to me!

    • darcos0
      darcos0
      October 17, 2012 at 1:03 am | #

      see her eyebrows? not even on her HEAD

      • Groove
        Groove
        October 17, 2012 at 4:11 am | #

        Lol, I hadn’t noticed that until you said it.

    • Charlie Spencer
      Charlie Spencer
      October 17, 2012 at 11:55 am | #

      I suspect Ruth will take a whiff of sneaker and then track them down like a bloodhound.

    • Nerdman
      Nerdman
      October 17, 2012 at 4:55 pm | #

      I don’t know, a shoe suddenly flying at your face sounds like a quick way to sober up.

    • Valdrax
      Valdrax
      October 17, 2012 at 6:04 pm | #

      Is this even the same day?

  7. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    October 17, 2012 at 12:06 am | #

    “…THIS is how you kick a shooooh shit.”

    Also, I love how they make the exact same face when launching their shoes.

    MADE FOR EACH OTHER.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      October 17, 2012 at 12:20 am | #

      That is the mandatory professional shoe launching face. They could lose points off their final score if they fail to make it.

  8. taekwondogirl
    taekwondogirl
    October 17, 2012 at 12:07 am | #

    Welp, not anywhere near as bad as I was anticipating. I was thinking Ruth would get a face full of shoe and taste the agony of defeet.

    • Kernanator
      Kernanator
      October 17, 2012 at 12:09 am | #

      I’m in agony from your terrible pun.

      You sure you aren’t related to me?

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        October 17, 2012 at 12:21 am | #

        Crap! (S)he’s onto our secret cloning ring! ABORT!!!

        • Kernanator
          Kernanator
          October 17, 2012 at 1:18 am | #

          You won’t get away this time, Professor Yotomoe!

  9. Deemah
    Deemah
    October 17, 2012 at 12:08 am | #

    MAN THOSE WERE AWESOME SHOES TOO!!! Although since they were Walky’s they most likely had a funk >_>

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      October 17, 2012 at 12:18 am | #

      If she really wants to make it up to him, allow him to wear PJ Jeans again.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        October 17, 2012 at 12:22 am | #

        Only on the condition that they are wearing they share it. *nudge nudge wink wink*

        • Deemah
          Deemah
          October 17, 2012 at 1:11 am | #

          I smell something on rule 34, or Willis doing it when he is bored one night (but never showing us V_V)

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      October 17, 2012 at 12:31 am | #

      Yeah, in the missing sixth panel, Ruth keels over from having them land so near to her.

  10. Ragnal
    Ragnal
    October 17, 2012 at 12:11 am | #

    Why so scared? It’s not like they hit Ruth.

    • Sam
      Sam
      October 17, 2012 at 12:14 am | #

      Well, for one, Ruth is already known for being a terrible beast of an RA.
      And two, I doubt Walky’s supposed to be there, since it’s the girl’s floor and he is a dude.

      • Blob Marley
        Blob Marley
        October 17, 2012 at 12:53 am | #

        Not to nitpick, but aren’t they gender-segregated by “girls’ half of hallway” and “boys’ half of hallway”?

        • JepMZ
          JepMZ
          October 17, 2012 at 4:15 am | #

          i think there was an elevator scene that established that there are two elevators for two different halls, Unless those were super sexist elevators

          • Khrene
            Khrene
            October 17, 2012 at 4:58 am | #

            Well at Humboldt State theres two building each in the shape of an “L.” One wing of the L’s are meant for the men and the other for women, so the buldings are coed but the wings are seperated by sex.

            She coulda been riding the elevator in the mens wing of the building, if thats how these dorms work.

  11. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    October 17, 2012 at 12:14 am | #

    Dotty bends it like Beckham.

    • Kernanator
      Kernanator
      October 17, 2012 at 12:25 am | #

      Bet that will come in handy.

      Wink, wink, nudge, nudge.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        October 17, 2012 at 12:45 am | #

        Wakka wakka wakka!

        • Rex Hondo
          Rex Hondo
          October 17, 2012 at 2:31 am | #

          Bow chicka bwow-wow.

          • Kirt Dankmyer
            Kirt Dankmyer
            October 17, 2012 at 11:13 am | #

            I ain’t gonna lie. Panel 3 is weirdly hot.

        • Andiemus
          Andiemus
          October 17, 2012 at 4:44 am | #

          He-ey hey!

      • begbert2
        begbert2
        October 17, 2012 at 10:53 am | #

        Say no more!

        • GrrArg42
          GrrArg42
          October 17, 2012 at 12:52 pm | #

          Eh?

  12. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    October 17, 2012 at 12:25 am | #

    Sierra: or you could be awesome like me and not wear them. DOWN WITH THE OPPRESSIVE FOOT CAGES!!! LET YOUR FEET FLAG FLY!

    • Raoullefere
      Raoullefere
      October 17, 2012 at 3:52 am | #

      I think that’s “Let your feet fly flags.” Which, without shoes, I suppose they can do now, clutching the little sticks betwixt the toes.

  13. GenericScreenName101
    GenericScreenName101
    October 17, 2012 at 12:34 am | #

    Ruth is doing a great job of keeping of keeping that wall up

    • GenericScreenName101
      GenericScreenName101
      October 17, 2012 at 12:37 am | #

      …Also who the hell does Walky think he is giving advice on proper technique oh how to kick a shoe.

    • Blob Marley
      Blob Marley
      October 17, 2012 at 12:54 am | #

      Her eyebrows are clearly about to head south for the winter.

  14. Walky
    Walky
    October 17, 2012 at 12:44 am | #

    I’d be scared as hell too if I saw hovering eyebrows like those.

  15. Blob Marley
    Blob Marley
    October 17, 2012 at 12:49 am | #

    Dem legs 8-F

  16. Leorale
    Leorale
    October 17, 2012 at 3:21 am | #

    Woo! More footwear-shopping scenes!
    (Nah they’ll just go get their shoes when Ruth’s gone.)

  17. Raoullefere
    Raoullefere
    October 17, 2012 at 3:57 am | #

    Were Ruth more of a pansy, that’d be perfect timing; she’d be needing a receptacle in which to upchuck, and the gods provided.

  18. Blue
    Blue
    October 17, 2012 at 4:51 am | #

    *notes absence of drunk-bubbles*
    Man, Ruth sobered up quickly.

    • Khrene
      Khrene
      October 17, 2012 at 5:12 am | #

      Its been 3 strips Blue, who knows if its been 6 minutes or 4 days

    • DaJoshMaster
      DaJoshMaster
      October 17, 2012 at 6:23 am | #

      Naaa they’ve just disappeared for a few seconds as her eyebrows just popped them tall.

      • GrrArg42
        GrrArg42
        October 17, 2012 at 12:53 pm | #

        HA!

    • Star Ranger
      Star Ranger
      October 17, 2012 at 9:07 am | #

      or the foot funk has dissolved the alcohol in her blood stream.

  19. Zoey
    Zoey
    October 17, 2012 at 5:01 am | #

    Looks like shes doing a guile flash kick!
    youtube.com/watch?v=PVzRX50A-1A

  20. Jimmy
    Jimmy
    October 17, 2012 at 6:50 am | #

    Why do bad things have to happen to good shoes!?

  21. Pinja
    Pinja
    October 17, 2012 at 7:19 am | #

    You know it has been there for a little while but the line above Dorothy’s lips, whether it is supposed to be a lip or makeup, makes her looks like she has messily been eating cheetos.

  22. Mancuso
    Mancuso
    October 17, 2012 at 11:38 am | #

    Hehe, dorothy’s a southpaw. Or south… hind?

    • Kitsuki Noriyuki
      Kitsuki Noriyuki
      October 17, 2012 at 12:13 pm | #

      doesnt it only suggest walky is right footed that she, going second, is left with his left shoe to work with?

  23. EmmaU
    EmmaU
    October 17, 2012 at 3:44 pm | #

    Anyone notice Sierra’s gone missing? With her being a shoeless wonder she’s no doubt going to take the blame from Ruth.

  24. ACMB
    ACMB
    October 18, 2012 at 9:53 am | #

    Nooooo – I’m up to date! Just spent a most enjoyable few hours reading DoA from the beginning 🙂 Thank you Mr Willis.

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