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September 20, 2023

Foot forward

by David M Willis on October 2, 2013 at 12:01 am
  • 04 - Just Hangin' Out With My Family

└ Tags: charles, deborah, dorothy, jeremiah, linda, walky

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  1. Geminia999
    Geminia999
    October 2, 2013 at 12:01 am | #

    But who won the game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • David Herbert
      David Herbert
      October 2, 2013 at 12:07 am | #

      We all just lost it. Thanks.

      • Joebo
        Joebo
        October 2, 2013 at 1:02 am | #

        I hadn’t until you said something. Jerk.

        • nothri
          nothri
          October 2, 2013 at 12:02 pm | #

          How the game works, my friend. Once one person loses it, he makes sure everyone else loses it. Makes no sense not to. If I gotta go down in flames I’m taking all of you with me.

          • Bizze
            Bizze
            October 2, 2013 at 3:01 pm | #

            Au contraire! One of the rules of The Game is that, once announced, all within earshot have a grace period to forget about it.

    • Zaszamonde
      Zaszamonde
      October 2, 2013 at 12:33 am | #

      The other team. This is IU we’re talking about.

      • Rick
        Rick
        October 2, 2013 at 10:42 am | #

        Heyooooo

    • Judoka715
      Judoka715
      October 2, 2013 at 1:39 am | #

      BUT WHAT ABOUT BOOMER!?

      • NeutroBlaster
        NeutroBlaster
        October 2, 2013 at 2:12 pm | #

        Boomer will live.

    • John
      John
      October 2, 2013 at 10:37 pm | #

      We all won the game.

    • Whittier
      Whittier
      October 3, 2013 at 4:30 am | #

      This is an Indiana football game. IU lost.

    • ironbillie
      ironbillie
      October 6, 2013 at 12:08 am | #

      Well the did play Minnesota so they might of had a chance. I say they won. 1 everyone looks pretty happy and 2 it not because they are wasted either. The stadium is a dry zone after all.

  2. Tunaro
    Tunaro
    October 2, 2013 at 12:01 am | #

    I think I’m beginning to understand Sal’s issues with her folks

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      October 2, 2013 at 12:23 am | #

      At least they won’t push Sal into medical… I hope.

      • saltchocolate
        saltchocolate
        October 2, 2013 at 12:35 am | #

        Not through the employees’ entrance…

    • Pinja
      Pinja
      October 2, 2013 at 8:17 am | #

      Her mum is pushy, ergo crime?

      • taekwondogirl
        taekwondogirl
        October 2, 2013 at 12:36 pm | #

        Unable to live up to expectations set, plus not getting the same amount of attention her brother gets could quite easily lead to her doing crime as a way to try and get some attention and rebel at the same time.

        • Bill
          Bill
          October 2, 2013 at 1:06 pm | #

          She already did — stuck up a couple of convenience stores as a juvie.  Wasn’t that already noted as the explanation for why she got stuck into a Catholic boarding school?

          • danshive
            danshive
            October 2, 2013 at 1:56 pm | #

            I’m pretty sure that’s what they’re referring to.

          • taekwondogirl
            taekwondogirl
            October 2, 2013 at 4:20 pm | #

            I am aware. Pinja, the person I was replying to, was implying the only reason Sal turned to crime is because the mom is pushy.

            • Narf
              Narf
              October 4, 2013 at 2:15 pm | #

              That at least is what you inferred.

    • Ourorboros
      Ourorboros
      October 2, 2013 at 5:58 pm | #

      Her issue is that she wants some of her parent’s attention but can’t get any why David gets it all without trying.
      That’s why Sal wouldn’t drop out of calculus, though it seems doubtful that her major (if she has one) requires it. It’s also why she dressed up in her Catholic school stuff to meet them.
      All she got was “oh, you let your hair go curly?” from her father.

      Then she got her hair straightened up, though I think she was uncomfortable anyways.

  3. Kelly
    Kelly
    October 2, 2013 at 12:01 am | #

    Poor Walky!

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      October 2, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

      That’s Doctor Poor Walky.

      • Tunaro
        Tunaro
        October 2, 2013 at 12:07 am | #

        Poor Walky Walkerton, Caramel M.D.

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          October 2, 2013 at 12:07 am | #

          I didn’t go to medical school all these years to be called “Poor”. That’s the Loan Office’s job!

          • Tristan B.
            Tristan B.
            October 2, 2013 at 12:22 am | #

            Lord have mercy on his soul. Pre-med is horrifying!

            • Roborat
              Roborat
              October 3, 2013 at 2:45 pm | #

              Yea, it’s called science. Sorry, but that was a pet peeve of mine when I was in University. I would hear, “I am in pre-med” or “I am in pre-law”. And my response would be: “No, you are in science, and you are in arts”.

              • Twirls
                Twirls
                November 30, 2013 at 1:16 pm | #

                Some universities have ‘pre-med’ or ‘pre-law’ as totally separate tracks with majors and everything.

        • Vree
          Vree
          October 2, 2013 at 8:33 am | #

          Wait, why “Caramel”?

          • Tenn
            Tenn
            October 2, 2013 at 10:02 am | #

            It is funny that your avatar is Dorothy, because http://www.dumbingofage.com/2012/comic/book-2/03-the-first-step-towards-recovery/caramel-2/

      • Mr. Random
        Mr. Random
        October 2, 2013 at 12:07 am | #

        Captain Doctor Poor Walky.

        • Darkproject8
          Darkproject8
          October 2, 2013 at 1:25 am | #

          That’s Mr. Dr. Prof. Poor Walky to you…

          • Lokitsu
            Lokitsu
            October 2, 2013 at 4:46 pm | #

            Proc Walky- that would be an awesome name for an 80’s band.

  4. Casey
    Casey
    October 2, 2013 at 12:02 am | #

    Oh no…
    Freud was right

    • Tunaro
      Tunaro
      October 2, 2013 at 12:02 am | #

      Which part?

      • Casey
        Casey
        October 2, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

        You do date your parents

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          October 2, 2013 at 12:07 am | #

          I don’t….
          I DON’T DATE ANYONE!!!
          *cries*

          • tpman
            tpman
            October 2, 2013 at 12:55 pm | #

            As Freud would expect of an artificial human.

        • Matues
          Matues
          October 2, 2013 at 12:07 am | #

          Misread that as: GO DATE YOUR PARENTS.

          • Batman
            Batman
            October 2, 2013 at 2:04 am | #

            And the results were hilarious.

            • Logan
              Logan
              October 2, 2013 at 3:42 am | #

              you can’t date the dead

              • begbert2
                begbert2
                October 2, 2013 at 10:34 am | #

                That just means you’re not trying hard enough.

              • Reg
                Reg
                October 2, 2013 at 2:14 pm | #

                Sure you can. Has something to do with the isotopes of carbon. Or something.

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          October 2, 2013 at 12:09 am | #

          And this is why I secretly don’t date.

          • Pat
            Pat
            October 2, 2013 at 1:12 am | #

            You secretly don’t date?

            • Badeyes
              Badeyes
              October 2, 2013 at 1:42 am | #

              Yeah cause putting that on here is sure to keep it secret.

              • Muspel
                Muspel
                October 2, 2013 at 2:13 am | #

                His secret is safe with THE INTERNET.

  5. madock345
    madock345
    October 2, 2013 at 12:02 am | #

    So she’s THAT kind of mom, huh?

    Figures.

  6. David Herbert
    David Herbert
    October 2, 2013 at 12:02 am | #

    Oh Linda, you so horrible.

  7. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    October 2, 2013 at 12:02 am | #

    Is she in on that “the one alternate universe where Walky’s a doctor” thing…

    • Sensedog
      Sensedog
      October 2, 2013 at 12:07 am | #

      Indeed, it does seems to be a reference to that.

  8. Rheinman
    Rheinman
    October 2, 2013 at 12:02 am | #

    Being the favorite kinda sucks, too.

    • Leorale
      Leorale
      October 2, 2013 at 12:09 am | #

      That’s exactly what I was thinking. I’m curious how this started, too. Exactly when did Walky start getting all the attention and expectation (for better and worse)?

      • saltchocolate
        saltchocolate
        October 2, 2013 at 12:15 am | #

        Well, I have a friend who would say it probably started when Linda saw her babies’ plumbing, so to speak.

      • DudeMyDadOwnsADealership
        DudeMyDadOwnsADealership
        October 2, 2013 at 1:04 am | #

        The second his mother noticed his combination of gifted smarts and arrested development-level motivation and independence. Sal’s too prone to live her own life, so she gets to be Jan Brady.

      • begbert2
        begbert2
        October 2, 2013 at 10:35 am | #

        Probably around the time Sal acted out and broke the law.

        • taekwondogirl
          taekwondogirl
          October 2, 2013 at 12:37 pm | #

          I’d wager Sal acted out and broke the law because of the very obvious favorites being played here, though.

          • begbert2
            begbert2
            October 2, 2013 at 2:21 pm | #

            Hmm, having been in a possibly vaguely similar situation (and projecting a bit), I see a different scenario. When faced with pressure to be something you don’t want to/can’t do, it’s often easier to do the exact opposite. if nothing else it gets you unique attention!

            Which is why I didn’t do a single bit of homework from second to eighth grade. (Didn’t knock over any 7-11s though.)

  9. Wonder Wig
    Wonder Wig
    October 2, 2013 at 12:02 am | #

    Dammit Jim I’m a telecommunications major not a doctor!

    • Eromer
      Eromer
      October 2, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

      I am so happy about this comment.

      • Danielle
        Danielle
        October 2, 2013 at 9:11 am | #

        Agreed. Best comment.

    • saltchocolate
      saltchocolate
      October 2, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

      Star Trek?

      • someguywithakatana
        someguywithakatana
        October 2, 2013 at 12:22 am | #

        No. Boku no Pico.

        • someguywithakatana
          someguywithakatana
          October 2, 2013 at 12:23 am | #

          I misused that joke. It’s supposed to be anime-specific. I am a failure. Kill me. It is our code.

          • Ancestral Hamster
            Ancestral Hamster
            October 2, 2013 at 12:38 am | #

            You mentioned you had a wakizashi. You know what to do, someguywithakatana-kun.

            • someguywithakatana
              someguywithakatana
              October 2, 2013 at 12:42 am | #

              That you remember that amazes me.

              Alas, I’m at college at the moment. For some reason the school frowns on students bringing weapons into the dorms, so it’s back at home.

              • Ancestral Hamster
                Ancestral Hamster
                October 2, 2013 at 12:53 am | #

                Re: That you remember that amazes me.

                Not everyone has a katana. Since I have an interest in samurai and feudal Japan, that’s the kind of detail that sticks.

                Okay, you can do this yakuza style then. Just borrow a steak knife from the DC and take off the first joint of the left pinky.

                • someguywithakatana
                  someguywithakatana
                  October 2, 2013 at 12:58 am | #

                  Okay. Well, my computer’s covered in blood now. I don’t know where I expected to go with this.

                • Ancestral Hamster
                  Ancestral Hamster
                  October 2, 2013 at 1:06 am | #

                  Ah, but you have atoned for your misuse of that joke! You may now continue with your life as if had never happened!

              • John
                John
                October 2, 2013 at 12:29 pm | #

                So if you don’t have your swords, doesn’t that make you just “someguy”?

                • someguywithakatana
                  someguywithakatana
                  October 2, 2013 at 3:57 pm | #

                  … Oh God… I’M HAVING AN IDENTITY CRISIS YOU GUYS!!!

                • Roborat
                  Roborat
                  October 3, 2013 at 2:48 pm | #

                  “Someguywithakatanaathome”

        • Ghostforge
          Ghostforge
          October 2, 2013 at 12:35 am | #

          do you even KNOW the special kind of perverted crap that which you referenced is?! (read:”I” definitely do.)

          • someguywithakatana
            someguywithakatana
            October 2, 2013 at 12:41 am | #

            I do. Are you at all familiar with the joke or does that comment just sound completely out of left field to you?

          • Aizat
            Aizat
            October 2, 2013 at 12:46 am | #

            Crap is right. Never before I wanted to hack someone with an axe after watching that.. well there’s the “corn” scene I watched from AMV Hell.

            • someguywithakatana
              someguywithakatana
              October 2, 2013 at 12:48 am | #

              Shit. You actually watched it? Why would you watch it? Why would you ever watch Boku no Pico?

              • Aizat
                Aizat
                October 2, 2013 at 12:56 am | #

                Some jackass tricked me into watching it…I made him watch Genocyber and keep repeating the gory bits as punishment…he’s a bit squeamish, you know.

                • someguywithakatana
                  someguywithakatana
                  October 2, 2013 at 12:59 am | #

                  He’s squeamish, but he was able to sit through Boku no Pico long enough to make you watch it?

                • Aizat
                  Aizat
                  October 2, 2013 at 1:05 am | #

                  It goes like this:
                  “Hey, dude. I got this new anime, I heard it’s really good. Wanna watch?”
                  “Sure.”
                  “Why don’t you watch it first? I’ll get something to drink.”*leaves room*
                  “OK” *watched the anime* “You son of-”
                  *I turned around and saw him laughing his ass off*

                • begbert2
                  begbert2
                  October 2, 2013 at 10:39 am | #

                  Shut up you guys, now you’re making me curious.

                  And from the sound of it that could turn out really badly.

                • Aizat
                  Aizat
                  October 2, 2013 at 11:29 am | #

                  begbert, just don’t, OK? Curiosity killed the cat…though in my case, the cat rose from the grave, tied up curiosity and then forced curiosity to watch gore.

              • someguywithakatana
                someguywithakatana
                October 2, 2013 at 1:11 am | #

                And that’s when you break out the katana.

    • Robert
      Robert
      October 2, 2013 at 10:29 am | #

      “You can’t just pour concrete over a school bus and call it an egg salad sandwich!”

  10. Darbs
    Darbs
    October 2, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

    Ohhh boy. These parents are just getting worse and worse.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      October 2, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

      I have altered the parents, pray I do not alter them any further.

      • Wack'd
        Wack'd
        October 2, 2013 at 12:08 am | #

        Oh wait, here’s another alteration. You didn’t pray hard enough!

      • Aizat
        Aizat
        October 2, 2013 at 12:08 am | #

        Settle down , Darth Yotomoe.

      • Roborat
        Roborat
        October 3, 2013 at 2:49 pm | #

        And now you have me remembering Robot Chicken.

    • Pinja
      Pinja
      October 2, 2013 at 8:19 am | #

      Worse and worse? I dunno, this doesn’t seem nearly so bad as Joyce’s and not even within sight of Amber’s.

      Hell, I would say Danny’s were worse too.

  11. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    October 2, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

    In every relationship I’ve ever had, I’ve never been afraid of meeting her parents, or having her meet my parents, but having our parents meet each other is terrifying.

    Part of my just knows the moms are secretly discussing reserving a church and having a reception catered.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      October 2, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

      Haha. You can’t tie Dr. Who down!

      • Casey
        Casey
        October 2, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

        Tell that to River S-
        Oh wait
        no you’re right

      • Shadow12000
        Shadow12000
        October 2, 2013 at 12:07 am | #

        I’m sure his favorite parent to have met was Jackie Tyler.

        • Drakey
          Drakey
          October 2, 2013 at 12:49 am | #

          I thought Jackie hated him.

          Or was that someone else?

          • Mehri
            Mehri
            October 2, 2013 at 1:13 am | #

            Jackie didn’t trust him for a long time, but by the end they were on very good terms.

        • Heavensrun
          Heavensrun
          October 2, 2013 at 3:33 am | #

          Well, her only competition was Martha’s mom, who was….yeeeaaaaah.

          • 90percentgeek
            90percentgeek
            October 2, 2013 at 4:34 am | #

            And Donna’s mum who wanted to kill him every time she saw him. I guess that’s why with River, he got to know her mum first!

            • Khantalas
              Khantalas
              October 2, 2013 at 7:10 am | #

              Did he? I thought Nine met River Song first, and it wasn’t until Ten that he met her mother.

              • Doctor_Who
                Doctor_Who
                October 2, 2013 at 8:08 am | #

                You are one Doc behind. Ten met River, Eleven met her mum.

                • Reg
                  Reg
                  October 2, 2013 at 2:21 pm | #

                  But in reverse order if you take River’s perspective.

      • xKiv
        xKiv
        October 2, 2013 at 7:18 pm | #

        Dr. Who (bow)ties himself. He’s all grown up now.

    • Roborat
      Roborat
      October 3, 2013 at 2:50 pm | #

      Or discusssing how many grandchildren they will have.

  12. Pizzathehutt
    Pizzathehutt
    October 2, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

    Isn’t everyone’s mom like that!?

    • Mo
      Mo
      October 2, 2013 at 12:09 am | #

      Nah, mine was chill. But my dad and my stepdad…. (The latter wanted me to doctor, the former hoped I’d program computers even though it is 2013 and HE still doesn’t have a frigging e-mail address.)

      • Andiemus
        Andiemus
        October 2, 2013 at 6:51 am | #

        Get this: my family is like the inverse of every 80s movie cliche ever. My dad is disappointed that his son (me) became a jock instead of an artist like him.

        • Lanval
          Lanval
          October 2, 2013 at 12:23 pm | #

          …Were you raised by Monty Python?

          Because this is my mental image; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPSzPGrazPo

          • Andiemus
            Andiemus
            October 2, 2013 at 10:04 pm | #

            Well my dad’s Canadian but other than that, that’s pretty good.

    • Leorale
      Leorale
      October 2, 2013 at 12:10 am | #

      Mine supported me even when I ran away and joined the circus. They worried like hell, but they still supported me and didn’t try to force me to do something else.

      • vsophi
        vsophi
        October 2, 2013 at 3:18 am | #

        Is this… Did you really do this?

        Because if so, you are my new hero.

        • Leorale
          Leorale
          October 2, 2013 at 6:28 pm | #

          Aw shux! Yes, I did, for ~3 years. It was equal parts awesome and stressful.

    • Daibhid C
      Daibhid C
      October 2, 2013 at 5:25 am | #

      Mine was cool with whatever I wanted to do. Ironically, when she tried to defend my right to do whatever I wanted to do to the school, because I was going along with whatever the teachers said I should do and then being depressed about it, they assumed she was like this.

      Also, to judge from her expression in the final panel, Linda isn’t like this, and it gives her the creeps.

      • Daibhid C
        Daibhid C
        October 2, 2013 at 5:27 am | #

        Darnit, Deborah, not Linda! Linda is the one giving her the creeps.

    • vonnegut
      vonnegut
      October 2, 2013 at 7:13 am | #

      I have “whatever you want to do, darlin, I just want you to be happy and fulfilled” parents.

      Because they are awesome.

      In some ways.

    • JK
      JK
      October 2, 2013 at 9:07 am | #

      Haha, you know, its funny, because I thought so too. Until I started telling people about the things my parents have said to me over the years.

      My parents are both doctors, and I always thought they were very supportive of whatever I wanted to do with my life… except when I got to college I sort of looked back and realized how carefully (and subtly) they’d pushed me towards science and medical school. Now, I love science. But I never wanted to be a doctor, and I told them that.

      They were cool with it, I thought, except apparently the whole time they were doing exactly this – just biding their time waiting for me to “make the right decision.” When I got out of school and didn’t apply to medical school there was this sort of… “Wait what?” moment. I’m 26, I’m studying medical and scientific art now, which is AT a medical school but definitely not medicine, and they’re still dropping hints about how I could probably transfer to the medical school if I wanted…

      Don’t get me wrong, they’re loving and supportive parents, and I’m very privileged to have them, but goddammit if they aren’t still trying to get me to become a doctor!

      • Mo
        Mo
        October 3, 2013 at 12:31 am | #

        Food for thought. My wife the doctor (yeah, I married one instead) doesn’t want our kids to do it. Or so she says right now. We’ll see if that stays in place as they get older.

    • The kid
      The kid
      October 2, 2013 at 10:45 am | #

      Mine where the opposite. “you want to go to college? No, you’ll just fail out and waste money, it’s better if you just became a nurse (mom) or a HVAC tech (dad).”

      • The kid
        The kid
        October 2, 2013 at 10:48 am | #

        Whoops sorry forgot something important.
        “….waste OUR money.”
        Guess who’s paying them self though college.

        • Leorale
          Leorale
          October 2, 2013 at 6:33 pm | #

          Mad props, The Kid. That’s tough to do and you are a badass for doing it. Good luck!

        • Andiemus
          Andiemus
          October 2, 2013 at 10:07 pm | #

          *fistbump*

        • Roborat
          Roborat
          October 3, 2013 at 2:54 pm | #

          Good for you, that is very difficult. And having put one kid through, and the second in her final year, I kind of wish they had been that independant and resourceful, my retirement fund has taken a major hit.

      • taekwondogirl
        taekwondogirl
        October 2, 2013 at 12:40 pm | #

        …Don’t you have to go to college to become a nurse?

        • anifreik
          anifreik
          October 2, 2013 at 1:43 pm | #

          LPN just takes Tech School

          @The kid, shoulda took the HVAC tech, makes better money and has waaaaay better hours than your average doctor. Doctors schedule sucks green canal water.

          • The kid
            The kid
            October 4, 2013 at 9:42 am | #

            The thing is a had absolutely no interest in becoming an hvac tech, that and my father kept calling it part of his “plan”. Kindof like Glassco but instead of taking over the world we would watch MST3K and I would get married at 26.

            Also “Damn it anifreik i’m an Anthropologist not a doctor!”

        • Roborat
          Roborat
          October 3, 2013 at 2:55 pm | #

          Depends on what kind of nurse you are talking about.

    • Spiny Creature
      Spiny Creature
      October 2, 2013 at 5:30 pm | #

      Thankfully, no. And judging by the look on Dorothy’s mother’s face, she is not one of the moms who is ‘like that’.

      My parents are delightful in that they never cared/asked about what schools I’m looking into, what jobs I’m applying for, and what I want to study. But once I came to a decision about those things, they became interested because they care about, y’know, my life and interests and goals.

    • John
      John
      October 2, 2013 at 8:59 pm | #

      Mine sort of are. Whenever I take an interest in something (be it doodling journal comics, studying archaeology) they decide I’m going to be world famous until I flee in panic.

      Well, not the archaeology thing yet. Still doing that. Just hiding from her it’s to improve my writing, because I still remember when I was writing short stories and she started finding magazines for me to submit stories.

    • Whittier
      Whittier
      October 3, 2013 at 4:34 am | #

      My mom has always assumed I’m doing my best, whether I actually am or not.

  13. Regalli
    Regalli
    October 2, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

    That last panel is the face of realization. Soon to be followed by the face of “RUN AWAY, CHILDREN, RUN AWAY!”

  14. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    October 2, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

    Yes, that is a very suspicious thing to say.

  15. Darth
    Darth
    October 2, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

    David Walkerton is………..DOC WALK.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      October 2, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

      Doccy Walky.

      • Mr. Random
        Mr. Random
        October 2, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

        Davey Doc

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          October 2, 2013 at 12:23 am | #

          Walky Doc.

          • Tunaro
            Tunaro
            October 2, 2013 at 12:29 am | #

            Walky Docky

    • Matt
      Matt
      October 2, 2013 at 12:27 am | #

      Until he switches minds with Amazi-Girl and swears to be THE SUPERIOR AMAZI-GIRL man that joke is getting a little too nerdy and hard to understand.

      • Kernanator
        Kernanator
        October 2, 2013 at 1:06 am | #

        I got it! I understood that reference!

        • Heavensrun
          Heavensrun
          October 2, 2013 at 3:31 am | #

          And I understood that one!

    • Historyman68
      Historyman68
      October 2, 2013 at 1:45 am | #

      Daisy Docs?

  16. Dragonwheel
    Dragonwheel
    October 2, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

    Doctor Walky will from this day on be a recurring nightmare for me.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      October 2, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

      He preforms surgery with nachitos all over his hands.

      • Wack'd
        Wack'd
        October 2, 2013 at 12:09 am | #

        Not, like Nachito dust. Actual, full-sized Nachitos. He’s stuck them to his hands with saliva and he’s saving them for later.

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        October 2, 2013 at 12:10 am | #

        I see great minds think alike.

      • hexalm
        hexalm
        October 2, 2013 at 1:31 am | #

        Nachirurgie!

        …for anyone who knows a little german, or possibly latin…

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      October 2, 2013 at 12:09 am | #

      “The bad news is you seem to have developed an infection from a mistake during the operation. The good news is, Nachitos have a very long shelf life, so when I get it back out of you it should still be fresh.”

  17. Mr. Random
    Mr. Random
    October 2, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

    I do not enjoy parents who try to run their kids’ lives. IN real life or fiction.

  18. Shadow12000
    Shadow12000
    October 2, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

    She’s…pretty hopeful. I’d be scared if Walky were my doctor.

    • Leorale
      Leorale
      October 2, 2013 at 12:07 am | #

      I’d be even more scared if Walky was my surgeon.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        October 2, 2013 at 12:16 am | #

        I’d be even more scared if Walky was a Dr. like Dr. Dre is a Dr.

        • Clare
          Clare
          October 2, 2013 at 12:22 am | #

          It’d be worse if he was a doctor like Groucho was a doctor.

          • MichaelHaneline
            MichaelHaneline
            October 2, 2013 at 12:45 am | #

            Walky actually reminds me of a gynecologist I know.

            (That is actually not a joke.)

            • Plasma Mongoose
              Plasma Mongoose
              October 2, 2013 at 12:49 am | #

              Gyno: “There seems to a breakout of orange vaginal dust in all of my patients recently”.

              • Historyman68
                Historyman68
                October 2, 2013 at 1:48 am | #

                Ewwwwwwww

                • saltchocolate
                  saltchocolate
                  October 2, 2013 at 7:21 am | #

                  +20

    • JK
      JK
      October 2, 2013 at 9:10 am | #

      As someone taking classes at a medical school (not a med student but I’m in classes with med students) you would be… surprised? Not surprised?

      Seriously these people are only 22-25 and they are drinking and partying and smoking and eating junk food… they’re also brilliant, but supposedly so is Walky…

      … I’m just saying it doesn’t seem like much of a stretch to me…

    • Starscreamer
      Starscreamer
      October 2, 2013 at 8:11 pm | #

      I wouldn’t be worried if he were my Doctor. He’s actually awesome at things when he puts his mind to it. It’s just tough finding something he wants to put his mind to. If people’s lives were in the balance, I imagine he’d put his mind to it.

  19. John
    John
    October 2, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

    I keep liking Deborah more and more, and Linda less and less. And I didn’t like Linda very much to start with.

    And I was hoping for more DeSantos before we left the box.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      October 2, 2013 at 12:17 am | #

      The Desanto clan is a proud and sexy clan with a rich heritage of being awesome.

      • Aizat
        Aizat
        October 2, 2013 at 12:51 am | #

        THE PRIDE AND SEXINESS HAS BEEN PASSED DOWN THE DESANTO LINE FOR GENERATIONS!

  20. Aizat
    Aizat
    October 2, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

    Is it just me or is Linda giving out a Chi Chi vibe?

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      October 2, 2013 at 12:18 am | #

      GOHAN, GET IN YOUR ROOM AND STUDY OR I WILL UNLOAD A BEATING UPON YOU THAT’LL MAKE FRIEZA LOOK LIKE YAMCHA!!!

      • timemonkey
        timemonkey
        October 2, 2013 at 12:23 am | #

        EVEN THOUGH YOU COULD PROBABLY KILL ME BY SNEEZING IN MY DIRECTION.

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          October 2, 2013 at 12:28 am | #

          Clearly you forget that Chi-Chi took a full powered Super Saiyan Goten punch to the gut and got up in time to call him a delinquent.

          • Aizat
            Aizat
            October 2, 2013 at 12:32 am | #

            Here’s a question that really bothers me about Goku, where did he learn to, you know, “do it?”

            • Yotomoe
              Yotomoe
              October 2, 2013 at 12:36 am | #

              Chi-Chi taught him, of course.

              • Aizat
                Aizat
                October 2, 2013 at 12:48 am | #

                Which brings me to question number 2: How does Chi Chi could withstand that?

                • timemonkey
                  timemonkey
                  October 2, 2013 at 12:50 am | #

                  They started at roughly the same level and her power level’s been increasing enough that she can handle him when he’s powered down and beign gentle. There’s entire episodes dedicated to Goku learning how to control his higher power and not destroy everything in the house, her included

                • Aizat
                  Aizat
                  October 2, 2013 at 12:53 am | #

                  Roughly at the same level? Goku just blew her away in one shot. Heck, at that point, Goku is pretty much the strongest person on Earth.

                • Yotomoe
                  Yotomoe
                  October 2, 2013 at 12:55 am | #

                  People underestimate Chi-Chi. She’s been fighting since she was Goku’s age. She could probably beat Yamcha at least.

                • Aizat
                  Aizat
                  October 2, 2013 at 12:58 am | #

                  Everyone could beat Yamcha. Anyone who lost to Yamcha are weaklings. That’s says a lot about the folks who lost to Yamcha during the Tenkaichi Budokai qualifiers.

                • Mr. Random
                  Mr. Random
                  October 2, 2013 at 1:17 am | #

                  I believe in canon she’s the strongest woman in the world. They basically started the Adult relationship after Goku beat her at the end of Dragon Ball. Seriously, she has enough focus to use Kaioken. She can wreck you.

                • ICSM
                  ICSM
                  October 2, 2013 at 6:38 am | #

                  “I believe in canon she’s the strongest woman in the world.”

                  Number 18? She did get pregnant.

                • Yotomoe
                  Yotomoe
                  October 2, 2013 at 8:22 am | #

                  Strongest, unmodified woman in the world.

          • timemonkey
            timemonkey
            October 2, 2013 at 12:41 am | #

            Doesn’t change the fact that Gohan blew waaaaaay past her before in like a year.

            The thing about Chi Chi is, while she rides the kids hard she’s not actually forcing them to do anything they weren’t already inclined to do.

            • Mr. Random
              Mr. Random
              October 2, 2013 at 1:18 am | #

              Then again, Gohan has super alien fighter blood in him.

              • begbert2
                begbert2
                October 2, 2013 at 10:47 am | #

                The cheater.

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          October 2, 2013 at 12:28 am | #

          Dude, when her husband, who could fist fight gods, is afraid of her…that is saying something.

          • timemonkey
            timemonkey
            October 2, 2013 at 12:45 am | #

            Not really. Goku’s only really into actual physical fighting, verbal fighting he’ll cave to almost anyone he likes.

    • timemonkey
      timemonkey
      October 2, 2013 at 12:19 am | #

      Linda wishes she was as cool as Chi Chi.

  21. xain
    xain
    October 2, 2013 at 12:07 am | #

    A universe where Dorothy and Walky are together a hints towards Walky going into medicine. Willis why do you give me ammo for paranoid rants.

    • Pureed Madness
      Pureed Madness
      October 2, 2013 at 12:14 am | #

      I thought that as well. But then I remembered that the Head Alien doesn’t exist in this universe outside of cartoons and comics. SO SAYETH WILLIS.

      • Elva Rodríguez
        Elva Rodríguez
        October 2, 2013 at 1:27 am | #

        Also he isn’t suppose to meet Sal in that universe so, can’t be

        • Alex Stritar
          Alex Stritar
          October 2, 2013 at 3:08 am | #

          … I feel like I’m missing some big piece of Walkyverse lore. Is that much really in Joyce and Walky, the only Willis comic I haven’t fully read yet?

  22. Aizat
    Aizat
    October 2, 2013 at 12:07 am | #

    Hey, look at the bright side…at least you can get someone to say “What’s up, Doc?”

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      October 2, 2013 at 12:18 am | #

      All you need for that is carrots.

      • The kid
        The kid
        October 2, 2013 at 10:56 am | #

        Will Nachitos work….I mean they are orange right?

        • Leorale
          Leorale
          October 2, 2013 at 6:36 pm | #

          And triangular.

  23. Astraea
    Astraea
    October 2, 2013 at 12:10 am | #

    Y’know, eerily, Dorothy’s mom reminds me of mine, particularly in this comic. She wears her hair similarly, with the bangs swept to the same side, similar face shape and height, and *definitely* similar behavior. The greatest differences are in the nose, hair color and clothing.
    I’m not entirely sure what that says about me, but I do know that I like her 🙂

    • Leorale
      Leorale
      October 2, 2013 at 12:12 am | #

      It says that you’re pretty lucky! Your mom’s a classy lady.

  24. Bemmie
    Bemmie
    October 2, 2013 at 12:11 am | #

    Finally, a surgeon who would be willing to perform a butt taco transplant!

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      October 2, 2013 at 12:20 am | #

      “It was touch and go there for a minute but we managed to get the cheese transplants. Your taco meat should start popping up in a week”

  25. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    October 2, 2013 at 12:12 am | #

    But Pre-Med requires lots of actual study, if he does become a doctor, I hope it’s not as a brain-surgeon… *shudders*

  26. Juliecat
    Juliecat
    October 2, 2013 at 12:12 am | #

    This is going to end with Walky committing suicide by Nachito overdose and the rest of the cast standing up on their desks screaming “O Captain, my Captain!” at Leslie, isn’t it?

    • Jason
      Jason
      October 2, 2013 at 12:23 am | #

      I’m glad I’m not the only one to think of that movie! But I like your version better.

  27. David
    David
    October 2, 2013 at 12:12 am | #

    David, did you grew up as an orphan? Or do you wish you did?

    This is really “parent visiting day” like in “I was visited by a spectre”.

    • Ancestral Hamster
      Ancestral Hamster
      October 2, 2013 at 12:30 am | #

      He was raised in the wilds of Toontown by a pack of animated animals, and became, Willis, Lord of the Toons! He now uses his toon powers to entertain humanity!

      • The Candyman
        The Candyman
        October 2, 2013 at 8:09 am | #

        But they were fundamentalist toons, so he struggled with that for a couple years before becoming the cynical mastermind we love today.

    • StClair
      StClair
      October 2, 2013 at 6:18 pm | #

      “This month you shall be visited by three many sets of parents, each more terrible than the last!”

  28. vsophi
    vsophi
    October 2, 2013 at 12:12 am | #

    ok, linda’s kind of an asshole

    • saltchocolate
      saltchocolate
      October 2, 2013 at 12:17 am | #

      Second!

      • Tristan B.
        Tristan B.
        October 2, 2013 at 12:24 am | #

        Thirrrd!!!

    • Matt
      Matt
      October 2, 2013 at 12:29 am | #

      All parents are assholes in one way or another. I don’t know what fantasy world you guys are from where your parents were wonderful all the time.

      • -_-
        -_-
        October 2, 2013 at 12:33 am | #

        Parents may be assholes from time to time but linda is a major one for trying to force walky to do something he dont want to do

        • Casey
          Casey
          October 2, 2013 at 1:03 am | #

          To be fair to linda we have yet to see her force walky to do anything. She is “making plans” for him so to speak, sure, and yes that is stupid and assholish of her, but we don’t know that she is gonna force anything.

          • Mr. Random
            Mr. Random
            October 2, 2013 at 1:21 am | #

            Well, they forced him to go to college. The question is, at what point does it crossover from making up for their son’s laziness, to forcing their kid down a path he’ll resent?

            • Historyman68
              Historyman68
              October 2, 2013 at 1:50 am | #

              Eternal question for parents everywhere.

      • POSTER
        POSTER
        October 2, 2013 at 12:40 am | #

        Actually, my parents are pretty wonderful like… always.

      • vsophi
        vsophi
        October 2, 2013 at 12:49 am | #

        ???

        So we can’t criticize assholish behaviors when we see them?

      • Batman
        Batman
        October 2, 2013 at 2:10 am | #

        My parents are dead. The murderer killed them right in front of me. I held my mother as she died.

        You jerk.

      • 90percentgeek
        90percentgeek
        October 2, 2013 at 4:37 am | #

        This is one of my favourite poem’s from Phillip Larkin, seems appropriate here –
        They fuck you up, your mum and dad.
        They may not mean to, but they do.
        They fill you with the faults they had
        And add some extra, just for you.

        But they were fucked up in their turn
        By fools in old-style hats and coats,
        Who half the time were soppy-stern
        And half at one another’s throats.

        Man hands on misery to man.
        It deepens like a coastal shelf.
        Get out as early as you can,
        And don’t have any kids yourself.

        • saltchocolate
          saltchocolate
          October 2, 2013 at 7:26 am | #

          I love this poem. It’s the only one I can say from memory, pretty much!

  29. Galatine
    Galatine
    October 2, 2013 at 12:17 am | #

    Oh my god, Debbie’s faaaaaaace!

  30. Baker
    Baker
    October 2, 2013 at 12:17 am | #

    I’m starting to think she wants success from Walky as bad as Ethan’s mom wants heterosexuality from her son.

    • Casey
      Casey
      October 2, 2013 at 12:20 am | #

      they should get together over a cup of coffee and discuss unrealistic expectations.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      October 2, 2013 at 12:21 am | #

      I can’t really hold that against the former though…I mean…every mom does.
      Not every mom is Ethan’s mom. Thank God.

      • Ancestral Hamster
        Ancestral Hamster
        October 2, 2013 at 12:35 am | #

        That last line scans to the last line of Fountains of Wayne’s “Stacy’s Mom”:

        “Now every mom is Ethan’s mom.”

      • John
        John
        October 2, 2013 at 12:25 pm | #

        The problem isn’t that Linda wants Walky to be successful. The problem is that Linda seems to want Walky to be successful on Linda’s terms rather than his own.

    • Steve
      Steve
      October 2, 2013 at 2:08 am | #

      But only apathy is keeping Walky from being what his mother believes he can be. Maybe if he EVER shows passion for something she will support him in that but so long as he doesn’t really give a shit why NOT push him towards something meaningful?

  31. Fuzzydaemon
    Fuzzydaemon
    October 2, 2013 at 12:17 am | #

    I love that Mrs Keener says “You don’t have to try so hard.” Linda, meanwhile, is impervious. And, yes, she is giving out a chi-chi vibe.

    • -_-
      -_-
      October 2, 2013 at 12:22 am | #

      And that chi chi vibe is over 9000

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      October 2, 2013 at 12:25 am | #

      Thanks, Fuzzydaemon.

    • saltchocolate
      saltchocolate
      October 2, 2013 at 12:27 am | #

      Deborah may actually need to be trying harder.

  32. Aizat
    Aizat
    October 2, 2013 at 12:21 am | #

    “What do you mean change his mind?”
    “Let’s just say that he won’t be seeing Monkey Master…for a long, long time. MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!”
    “Mom, I can hear you laughing maniacally.”

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      October 2, 2013 at 12:23 am | #

      Linda: Was I doing the monolouge thing.
      Charles: Why did I marry a cartoon villain. Oh right….kinky sex. It’s not sex without a death laser pointed at your nads.

      • Mr. Random
        Mr. Random
        October 2, 2013 at 1:25 am | #

        How would that… Huh.
        Either a gyroscopic mount on her, or a motion sensitive laser guide.
        I’m tired and apparently a cartoon villain in training.

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          October 2, 2013 at 1:59 am | #

          Ever seen Goldfinger?

          • begbert2
            begbert2
            October 2, 2013 at 10:54 am | #

            Sex on the laser table would definitely be kinky, and she’d get to be on top, but on the downside it probably wouldn’t encourage his staying power much.

  33. timemonkey
    timemonkey
    October 2, 2013 at 12:21 am | #

    I’m starting to hope all the parents came on a bus and something bad will happen to that bus when they leave.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      October 2, 2013 at 12:24 am | #

      Poor Dina’s parents…and Amber’s mom…and Mr and Mrs. Keener, and Mike’s parents, And kinda Joe’s dad.

      • Tristan B.
        Tristan B.
        October 2, 2013 at 12:26 am | #

        Joe’s dad probly had sex with Amber’s mom. He can’t be bad at all!

      • timemonkey
        timemonkey
        October 2, 2013 at 12:34 am | #

        Their sacrifices will be honoured in the coming empire.

        • SiggimusMaximus
          SiggimusMaximus
          October 2, 2013 at 8:10 am | #

          Calm down there Prothy.

          • timemonkey
            timemonkey
            October 2, 2013 at 11:14 am | #

            Do not call me that, primitive, or I shall throw you out the airlock.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      October 2, 2013 at 12:27 am | #

      Except for Joe’s dad, I bet he came by helicopter.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        October 2, 2013 at 12:29 am | #

        He banged his way across the country.

      • Andy
        Andy
        October 2, 2013 at 12:58 am | #

        I was under the impression that Joe’s dad came in Amber’s mom.

        • Casey
          Casey
          October 2, 2013 at 1:00 am | #

          Boom there it is

        • Opus the Poet
          Opus the Poet
          October 2, 2013 at 1:27 am | #

          Waiting for that one.

        • Rex Hondo
          Rex Hondo
          October 2, 2013 at 7:23 am | #

          Did he come in her, or did he just come across her after he got there?

          • Psiberkiwi
            Psiberkiwi
            October 2, 2013 at 7:36 pm | #

            Both.

  34. saltchocolate
    saltchocolate
    October 2, 2013 at 12:21 am | #

    I can only think of mean things to say about Linda! Like: does anyone want to help me understand what Charles sees in her? And: maybe he should have had a chat with the dean before getting involved…

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      October 2, 2013 at 12:24 am | #

      Well you know what they say.
      “Once you go white…”

      • Aizat
        Aizat
        October 2, 2013 at 12:26 am | #

        “You’ll stay high like a kite”?

        • saltchocolate
          saltchocolate
          October 2, 2013 at 12:28 am | #

          You’ll lose your eyesight?

      • Tristan B.
        Tristan B.
        October 2, 2013 at 12:27 am | #

        “…you die of fright!”

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        October 2, 2013 at 12:29 am | #

        “You’re doomed to fight?”

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        October 2, 2013 at 12:33 am | #

        You’re too uptight?

      • Clare
        Clare
        October 2, 2013 at 12:38 am | #

        your sources you cite?

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          October 2, 2013 at 12:42 am | #

          “You will be at it all night?”

          • Drakey
            Drakey
            October 2, 2013 at 12:56 am | #

            You get “just-went-white-blight”?

      • vsophi
        vsophi
        October 2, 2013 at 12:52 am | #

        all else is trite?

      • Casey
        Casey
        October 2, 2013 at 12:56 am | #

        You’ll quake at the sight?

      • Rex Hondo
        Rex Hondo
        October 2, 2013 at 1:00 am | #

        “Once you go bongo, she won’t let you switch.”

      • nick
        nick
        October 2, 2013 at 7:05 pm | #

        Your life becomes shit (w/ British accent, so pronounced shite)

    • vsophi
      vsophi
      October 2, 2013 at 12:52 am | #

      Charles might suck too.

      • Casey
        Casey
        October 2, 2013 at 6:37 am | #

        But Linda blows so it all works out

        • vsophi
          vsophi
          October 2, 2013 at 3:48 pm | #

          +1 was waiting for someone to make that joke

  35. Bilfred
    Bilfred
    October 2, 2013 at 12:21 am | #

    A nice departure from all them feels.

  36. Taara
    Taara
    October 2, 2013 at 12:27 am | #

    Ah Christ I see way too much of my parents in this conversation.

  37. bibulb
    bibulb
    October 2, 2013 at 12:38 am | #

    We’re only Making Plans for Walky.

    • Steve
      Steve
      October 2, 2013 at 2:06 am | #

      I will totally sing it that way next time it comes on my phone at work!

  38. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    October 2, 2013 at 12:40 am | #

    But to qualify for Pre-Med, dontcha need a pretty high entrance score/highschool grades?

    • timemonkey
      timemonkey
      October 2, 2013 at 12:42 am | #

      Walky’s a straight A student.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        October 2, 2013 at 12:45 am | #

        I bet he will wish that he wasn’t such a good student soon that’s for sure.

  39. Ancestral Hamster
    Ancestral Hamster
    October 2, 2013 at 12:43 am | #

    Deborah in that last panel is thinking that Walky is a nice boy, who needs some time to find himself (like most people at that age), but his mom is bat***t crazy.

    • Casey
      Casey
      October 2, 2013 at 12:59 am | #

      I wouldn’t say bat shit crazy. Controlling? Sure. Strict? Probably. An asshole? Yeah. But not bat shit crazy. That’s a bit far reaching.

      • taekwondogirl
        taekwondogirl
        October 2, 2013 at 12:45 pm | #

        Yeaaaaaaah, there is a huge difference between even minimally crazy and an oppressive asshole.

    • DudeMyDadOwnsADealership
      DudeMyDadOwnsADealership
      October 2, 2013 at 11:17 pm | #

      Linda Walkerton’s reasoning being a little off is as much as defining trait of the character as her Son’s fondness of being Childlike and her Daughter’s habit of being a Drama Queen. Frankly, I was expecting a more…Erratic version of what we got. At least this Linda’s a much more predictable kind of awful person.
      Still awful either way, though. Tiger’s don’t change their stripes.

      • Nezumi
        Nezumi
        March 24, 2016 at 10:37 am | #

        “Reasoning being a little off” is a very polite way of putting it.

  40. derick
    derick
    October 2, 2013 at 12:46 am | #

    Sal’s reaction to her family is starting making a lot more sense.

  41. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    October 2, 2013 at 12:53 am | #

    This reminds me of some uncomfortable conversations I’ve had with my (normally pretty chill) father.

    No Dad, I’m not going to go into Math or Science. Yes, I know I found them interesting as a kid. I also found cardboard boxes interesting, and I’m not going to try to make a career out of them. Yes, I know you made a pretty successful career as a computer programmer, and I could do the same with some work, but I’m just not that interested in math. Yes, I was good at it. Being good at something and being interested in it are not the same thing.

    • Ancestral Hamster
      Ancestral Hamster
      October 2, 2013 at 1:09 am | #

      Re: I also found cardboard boxes interesting, and I’m not going to try to make a career out of them.
      But … but …. CARDBOARD BOXES!

      • TaintedSpud
        TaintedSpud
        October 2, 2013 at 1:32 am | #

        Cardboard box fort engineer is where the money’s at.

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          October 2, 2013 at 2:01 am | #

          No, a cardboard tank engineer is where the money’s at.

          • Chexwarrior
            Chexwarrior
            October 2, 2013 at 6:56 am | #

            So that’s where all that DOD money disappeared to.

            • Kernanator
              Kernanator
              October 2, 2013 at 10:25 pm | #

              That, and the box-smashing room.

    • Alexis
      Alexis
      October 2, 2013 at 7:45 am | #

      “I also found cardboard boxes interesting, and I’m not going to try to make a career out of them.”

      Man have you never read Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro.

      You can do ANYTHING with cardboard.

      ANYTHING.

      • Aizat
        Aizat
        October 2, 2013 at 8:16 am | #

        Yes, like a cardboard tank or cardboard ambulance or a box bomb or box that looked like a bale of hay.

    • begbert2
      begbert2
      October 2, 2013 at 11:00 am | #

      I think you vastly overestimate how much math you need to program computers. Heck, I can barely add anymore and it doesn’t matter – on the once-a-year instance I need to do some math, there’s the calculator application right there.

      Which is not to say you should like CS of course.

  42. Gottawonder
    Gottawonder
    October 2, 2013 at 1:01 am | #

    Sal’s reaction to her family is definitely justified I think.

    All parents want good things for their kids, but the ones who assume they have the right to chose their kids life are out of line.

    What makes Linda so dislikable to me anyway, is that she is so damn smug.

    • Casey
      Casey
      October 2, 2013 at 1:05 am | #

      I agree 100%. Its the smugness that gets me too.

    • begbert2
      begbert2
      October 2, 2013 at 11:01 am | #

      I get the impression that Sal’s reaction to her family was ‘start knocking over 7-11s’, so she may have gone just a touch overboard actually.

      • Heavensrun
        Heavensrun
        October 2, 2013 at 8:50 pm | #

        I believe that gottawonder is referring to her more -recent- reaction to her family. We still don’t know what led to the robbery incident.

  43. Anonymous
    Anonymous
    October 2, 2013 at 1:34 am | #

    Either brilliantly manipulative or delusional… hmm.

  44. Kaci
    Kaci
    October 2, 2013 at 1:56 am | #

    That will be me. Just smiling and nodding. “Yeah, controlling kids TOTALLY works… oh my gosh she’s forgotten everything about actual life”

  45. Barf Ninjason
    Barf Ninjason
    October 2, 2013 at 1:58 am | #

    I know it’s gonna be difficult because of our age difference and her status as a fictional character, but I really gotta find a way to glom my mouth onto Dorothy’s mom’s face forever.

  46. Jack Faire
    Jack Faire
    October 2, 2013 at 2:15 am | #

    Good mom. Horrible human being. I get that she think’s it’s what’s best for Walky but while I love Walky he doesn’t have the right personality to be a doctor and if you put other people’s lives in his hand on a daily basis it will destroy him and his patients.

    There are other ways for your son to have a successful life that don’t involve him being miserable.

    That being said Sal is the weak one and Walky is the strong one. It’s like me and my brother both of us our parents had these dreams and goals and they focused most of their “I will put you in this round hole you square peg” on my older brother because he broke down and rebelled.

    Me I did what Walky is doing. I said, “sure folks whatever you say” then quietly go do your own thing. Walky isn’t letting his parents dictate his life either by doing what she wants or doing the opposite he is walking his own path and that is a strong move.

    • Heavensrun
      Heavensrun
      October 2, 2013 at 3:23 am | #

      I’m sorry, my brain shorted out at the words “Good mom”, so it took me a couple of minutes to read and parse the rest of your post. Being a good parent -starts- with being a good human being, and no person who A) Blows off one child as irrelevant and/or B) railroads the other into pursuing -her- life goals rather than his own, can be considered -either-.

      • Andiemus
        Andiemus
        October 2, 2013 at 6:09 am | #

        Thank you. Trying to dictate your adult child’s life choices is the exact opposite of good parenting.

    • anifreik
      anifreik
      October 2, 2013 at 4:45 am | #

      Not saying his mother is correct, at all, ever, but c’mon I could totally see a more grown up Walky as a pediatrician. Working with kids? He’d be perfect. But only if that’s what he decided to do.

  47. MsSchiff
    MsSchiff
    October 2, 2013 at 2:34 am | #

    Sweet chocolate monkey Buddha on toast. This story arc reads like “The Aristocrats” of parenting.

  48. JoeMerl
    JoeMerl
    October 2, 2013 at 2:37 am | #

    I think these two should trade moms.

  49. Sethorien
    Sethorien
    October 2, 2013 at 2:42 am | #

    oh look it’s my mom!

  50. Yarner
    Yarner
    October 2, 2013 at 3:09 am | #

    In Walky’s case, Pre-med might turn out to be the short for “premeditated” if the mom pushes him too hard…

  51. 90percentgeek
    90percentgeek
    October 2, 2013 at 4:40 am | #

    Walky could be a doctor though, he just needs to watch every season of MASH and then become a doctor like Hawkeye. I could totally see him in scrubs with a nachito martinii and a Monkey-Master scrub cap!

  52. Alexis
    Alexis
    October 2, 2013 at 6:52 am | #

    Mrs Walkerton just cause you got a brown kid doesn’t mean he can suddenly shift gears in the middle of college and automatically excel at pre-med.

    The Kumar Syndrome is not a healthy stereotype to perpetrate.

    • AHA
      AHA
      October 2, 2013 at 7:11 am | #

      Middle of college? It’s week 4. You don’t have to decide on pre-med until the beginning of your second or third year.

      • Alexis
        Alexis
        October 2, 2013 at 7:44 am | #

        I’m assuming her plan for Walky is long term and would involve getting him to switch at second or third year ie the middle of college.

        This is a four year college, right?

  53. caesaria82
    caesaria82
    October 2, 2013 at 6:56 am | #

    I’m having a really uncomfortable flashback to an actual conversation between me a my mother right now, so good job on the realism there, Willis!

  54. Norj
    Norj
    October 2, 2013 at 7:14 am | #

    Does Walky realise how similar his mom and girlfriend are?

    • Rex Hondo
      Rex Hondo
      October 2, 2013 at 7:21 am | #

      I think the very important distinction is that, while Dorothy has a very clear plan for her own life, Walky’s mom has a very clear plan for his life.

    • timemonkey
      timemonkey
      October 2, 2013 at 11:08 am | #

      Dorothy’s not trying to control Walky’s life.

      • John
        John
        October 2, 2013 at 2:04 pm | #

        Isn’t she? Who picked out his clothes, again?

        • Leonou
          Leonou
          October 2, 2013 at 3:31 pm | #

          Because offering nice clothes to your significant other is controlling someone’s life and acting like a control freak ?

          • The Candyman
            The Candyman
            October 2, 2013 at 3:39 pm | #

            She insisted that he wear what she wants, but her judgement was admittedly good in that case.

            • Kas
              Kas
              October 2, 2013 at 5:15 pm | #

              And it’s not like she made him get rid of all his old clothes, either. She just wanted something a little nicer for him to wear–and in situations like their current one, I’d say it wasn’t an unreasonable demand.

            • tahrey
              tahrey
              October 4, 2013 at 5:00 am | #

              As in “you are NOT going to wear the butt-taco shirt in front of my parents at your first meeting”? I think that’s not unreasonable 😀

        • timemonkey
          timemonkey
          October 2, 2013 at 6:33 pm | #

          And who let him pick out whatever he wanted for her and wore it just like she promised to?

          • Heavensrun
            Heavensrun
            October 2, 2013 at 8:46 pm | #

            That’s the key, isn’t it? There was a compromise involved. Walky’s mom has thus far not shown the -slightest- care about what either of her own children are actually thinking or feeling. Sal is written off, to her, and Walky is -going- to be what she wants him to be.

            But honestly, even if that wasn’t there? DOROTHY IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR RAISING WALKY. She has influence over him, but she isn’t the person who brought him into the world and is responsible for seeing that he is well-prepared for the world in front of him.

  55. Doktor doktor professor
    Doktor doktor professor
    October 2, 2013 at 8:04 am | #

    I skipped pre-med, med, and jumped straight into post-med. Woo hoo.

  56. Michael
    Michael
    October 2, 2013 at 8:57 am | #

    Arhum. WHAT AN ASSHOOLE! *Audience laughs and claps*

  57. Tenn
    Tenn
    October 2, 2013 at 10:14 am | #

    Please tell me that’s not a Dirty Sanchez on Deborah’s lip?

    CAN’T UNSEE!!!

    • Pinja
      Pinja
      October 2, 2013 at 2:31 pm | #

      OH MY GOD, CANNOT UNSEE!

      It’s like that time someone suggested the lip-gloss-gleam in Naruto/Bleach was semen

    • kixon shadowbane
      kixon shadowbane
      October 2, 2013 at 8:33 pm | #

      Do I even whant to know what a dirty sanchez is

      • Heavensrun
        Heavensrun
        October 2, 2013 at 8:51 pm | #

        No.

  58. Sam
    Sam
    October 2, 2013 at 10:20 am | #

    Dorothy’s mum must be thinking this by now: ‘Why are all other parents so controlling of their children? I don’t know how to deal with this…I’ll just nod and smile until it is over….’

  59. Hotsauce
    Hotsauce
    October 2, 2013 at 12:05 pm | #

    Love the suddenly-awkward-grin

  60. Ashley
    Ashley
    October 2, 2013 at 12:23 pm | #

    To quote another comic: “Parental expectations… they buuuuurn meeee”

  61. Pinja
    Pinja
    October 2, 2013 at 2:31 pm | #

    Honestly while this isn’t ideal I think people are overreacting a little…

    • Pinja
      Pinja
      October 2, 2013 at 2:35 pm | #

      “Apparently you can’t major in that? “Telecommunictions” has “tele” in it, just like “television,” right? He likes watching television! So, hey, close enough.”

      I mean it’s not like he is really invested in doing Telecommunications. Honestly trying to get him to do a better major when he’s drifting is good parenting. Maybe not ideal, but better them letting him plod.

      • Jen Aside
        Jen Aside
        October 2, 2013 at 4:59 pm | #

        I don’t know if FORCING someone to be a doctor is a good idea. I mean, if he sucks at it, lives are at stake =/ Surely there are skeevy high-paying jobs that DON’T include malpractice suits [unless as, say, a doctor’s lawyer]?

        • someguywithakatana
          someguywithakatana
          October 2, 2013 at 5:41 pm | #

          True, but Walky’s actually kind of really, really smart. He just doesn’t apply himself at all. If he got into it, he’d probably be a pretty good doctor.

          • Plasma Mongoose
            Plasma Mongoose
            October 2, 2013 at 6:00 pm | #

            IF being the major factor here.

          • tahrey
            tahrey
            October 4, 2013 at 4:58 am | #

            He’s possibly a bit too ADHD I think. He’d get distracted by the shiny scalpels halfway through an op and take his mask off to make stupid faces in the reflection.

    • vsophi
      vsophi
      October 2, 2013 at 7:03 pm | #

      I agree that the DoA fandom tends to jump all over characters at the slightest hint of badness, but what she’s doing here still isn’t cool. Based on her actions thus far, it’s pretty safe to assume that she’s dismissed Sal as the problem child, while putting pressure on Walky to be something he’s not…

      …which actually reminds me of a certain girlfriend of his, come to think of it. People were totally defending Dorothy’s stupid ultimatum when she gave it. Why isn’t Linda getting a pass for it?

      • Pinja
        Pinja
        October 2, 2013 at 7:30 pm | #

        Because they were over reacting over Dorothy’s ultimatum and it was far less important than a live-career choice.

  62. Raen
    Raen
    October 2, 2013 at 4:54 pm | #

    Linda is reminding me of someone, but I can’t think who.

  63. The E-man
    The E-man
    October 2, 2013 at 7:25 pm | #

    Wow reading this comic and the comments has led me to really change my view of the Walkerton family quite a bit. When I first read today’s comic, I didn’t think much of it, as it just seems to be that Mrs. Walkerton is just a little intense but eh, whatever.

    Then the comments section DESPISES her. Which I was surprised about, because to me, she has a plan for her son, but it’s not like her son has come up with a different plan (or really any plan at all). So in my head I thought “Well, we’ll see what she’s like when Walky tells her he doesn’t want to be a doctor. That’ll be a better test of what she’s like.” (if he doesn’t plan on being a doctor)

    …then I decided to read everything Sal had to say about her parents and damn. What a family. Not only has Walky himself barely talked to her for five years but her parents gave her lectures on how she’s a failure and what kills me is that those lectures were likely before she left for boarding school when she was thirteen.

    And then, when we finally get to see Sal and her entire family interact, Lindaignores Sal. Because your son’s freshman year girlfriend apparently takes precedence over your own daughter.

    da fuq Walkertons. da fuq

    • vsophi
      vsophi
      October 2, 2013 at 9:56 pm | #

      yep

  64. Thad guy
    Thad guy
    October 2, 2013 at 9:54 pm | #

    Perfect example of Zach Weiner’s Uhhh-rabola.

  65. Lel
    Lel
    October 2, 2013 at 10:40 pm | #

    Am I the only one noticing that MY GOD LINDA DOES NOT HAVE A SINGLE CURVED LINE ON HER BODY.
    I mean look. Her head is literally a cube.
    The only possible explanation for this is that she’s been abducted and replaced with an androi- oh wait this isn’t Its Walky.

    • Zach
      Zach
      October 2, 2013 at 11:58 pm | #

      She’s just a square.

  66. ajm5007
    ajm5007
    October 3, 2013 at 1:56 pm | #

    So who else was all, “Who the fuck is David?” For a moment before they remembered “Walky” is not his given name?

  67. I don't know what to put here.
    I don't know what to put here.
    October 3, 2013 at 6:46 pm | #

    He’s in Telecommunications?
    …
    So he’s…
    WALKY TALKIE!?
    Eh?
    Eh!?
    EH!?

    • tahrey
      tahrey
      October 4, 2013 at 4:57 am | #

      That made me chuckle more than it should have done. Have a cookie.

  68. tahrey
    tahrey
    October 4, 2013 at 4:56 am | #

    The Walkeenertons went in two by two, aha, aha

  69. Wynne
    Wynne
    October 5, 2013 at 2:09 pm | #

    Whelp, I think we can officially give the “DOA Best Parents Award” to the Keeners and Sierra’s parents. Congratulations, you guys act like kind, supportive, and responsible adults, without resorting to passive aggression! The Warner’s are a close runner up, with third place going to Dina’s folks!

  70. Hinoron
    Hinoron
    October 21, 2013 at 3:27 pm | #

    Art critique: I think you should make a point of avoiding shading a female character’s upper lip (the intent was lipstick, right?) with a colour almost identical to said character’s hair.

    It looks like she has a mustache. 😛

  71. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    April 14, 2015 at 8:52 pm | #

    Walky&Sal’s mom really is starting to creep me out.

    …That interaction also explains so many things.

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