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by David M Willis on March 15, 2014 at 12:01 am
  • 02 - I Was a Teenage Churchmouse
└ Tags: dorothy, malaya, walky

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  1. The Meek Ninja
    The Meek Ninja
    March 15, 2014 at 12:01 am | #

    I hear webcomics are all the rage these days…

    • LiaHansen
      LiaHansen
      March 15, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

      What like, on the internet? You mean that thing nerds use when they’re not too busy doing math homework and pretending to be wizards? Pff, yeah right.

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        March 15, 2014 at 12:09 am | #

        It’s true! Penny Arcade has, like, hundreds of fans!

      • Seerow
        Seerow
        March 15, 2014 at 12:21 am | #

        You imply the nerds don’t use the internet to pretend like they’re wizards…

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          March 15, 2014 at 12:23 am | #

          No, many of them like to pretend that they are elf babes with giant boobies.

          • deepblueink
            deepblueink
            March 15, 2014 at 12:55 am | #

            Most of the wizards on my internet ARE elf babes with giant boobies.

            • Tachyon
              Tachyon
              March 15, 2014 at 2:02 am | #

              At least one of the wizards on my internet is a halfling babe with giant… pineapples.

              • Pansirus
                Pansirus
                March 15, 2014 at 6:05 am | #

                Some human wizards also have huuuge… tracts of land

                • Curacaobill
                  Curacaobill
                  March 15, 2014 at 12:47 pm | #

                  But father I don’t want land

                • Marisa Mockery
                  Marisa Mockery
                  March 15, 2014 at 12:53 pm | #

                  But never forget the old song, a Wizard’s Staff Has a Knob On The End, it’s true and possibly will keep you out of trouble if you stay away from the knobby side

        • nothri
          nothri
          March 15, 2014 at 12:43 am | #

          I’m a real wizard who uses the internet to pretend that I am a math nerd.

          • etybolik
            etybolik
            March 15, 2014 at 12:56 am | #

            I’m a real math nerd who dresses like a wizard to pretend that I am the internet.

            • Jaxx Sentinel
              Jaxx Sentinel
              March 15, 2014 at 1:07 am | #

              I’m just a classics nerd who dresses like a math nerd to pretend that I am the burrito king

              • Batman
                Batman
                March 15, 2014 at 2:21 am | #

                I’m Batman.

                • Crazy Cat MAN
                  Crazy Cat MAN
                  March 15, 2014 at 3:15 am | #

                  I am catman.
                  I use the internet to stare at videos of cats for hours on end.

                • Megatron
                  Megatron
                  March 15, 2014 at 4:05 am | #

                  I am Megatron!

                  You know, I think we’re on to something.

                • Carlos
                  Carlos
                  March 15, 2014 at 9:19 am | #

                  I think you win

                • Not Richard Rhodes
                  Not Richard Rhodes
                  March 15, 2014 at 5:56 pm | #

                  I’m… not wearing pants right now.

            • tinfoil theory
              tinfoil theory
              March 15, 2014 at 5:03 am | #

              I am a UNIX wizard who controls (part of) the internet.

      • Saru
        Saru
        March 15, 2014 at 12:27 am | #

        No no, you’re thinking of fan conventions. The internet is that thing you used to buy your pajama pants.

      • Roborat
        Roborat
        March 17, 2014 at 3:16 pm | #

        I thought they used it for porn. Oh, is that just me? I will show myself out.

    • EvergreenFir
      EvergreenFir
      March 15, 2014 at 12:33 am | #

      nonsense. next you’ll tell me people keep journals on websites

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        March 15, 2014 at 12:37 am | #

        Apparently this MY SPACE thing could become the future of communications.

        • nothri
          nothri
          March 15, 2014 at 1:09 am | #

          I hear there is a website strictly for Americans that will let you know if you have mail.

        • Leorale
          Leorale
          March 15, 2014 at 2:34 am | #

          And has anyone noticed this new Face Book thing? It’s pretty popular; perhaps there should be a news article about it or something.

        • Smartass
          Smartass
          March 15, 2014 at 7:55 pm | #

          That’s a cute avatar. Where’s it from?

          • Smartass
            Smartass
            March 15, 2014 at 7:58 pm | #

            Just in case the layout isn’t making it obvious, I meant plasma’s…

          • William
            William
            March 15, 2014 at 8:28 pm | #

            If you’re on Chrome, right click and say “Search for this image on Google”.

            I did, and got the following: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodacious_Space_Pirates

            • Smartass
              Smartass
              March 18, 2014 at 4:17 am | #

              Thanks!

  2. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    March 15, 2014 at 12:01 am | #

    or Dumbing of Age, hovertext?

    • thecanvashat
      thecanvashat
      March 15, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

      I think Walky would be able to empathize with Walky.

      • Joe
        Joe
        March 15, 2014 at 11:16 am | #

        Yeah, but he’d probably get all googly-eyed over Dorothy, and it’s always weird when someone falls in love with a fictional character.

    • John
      John
      March 15, 2014 at 1:27 am | #

      Walky: “Hey, doesn’t this psycho chick in this ‘Roomies’ comic remind you of Joyce?”

      Dorothy. “Don’t be mean! … But yes.”

  3. Idon'tcarenomore
    Idon'tcarenomore
    March 15, 2014 at 12:01 am | #

    About time.

  4. Vivvav
    Vivvav
    March 15, 2014 at 12:01 am | #

    David Willis, talkin’ smack to his roots.

  5. Tunaro
    Tunaro
    March 15, 2014 at 12:01 am | #

    Are there even any good newspaper comics left anymore??

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      March 15, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

      No, just the old re-runs I believe.

    • brionl
      brionl
      March 15, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

      Pickles is pretty damn funny. And Mutts, Zits, Jump Start plenty of others. It’s mostly the big name ones that are over the hill.

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        March 15, 2014 at 12:07 am | #

        I will grant you Zits. That one actually nailed being a teenager pretty well. I loved it when I was in high school.

        I guess Doonesbury is…still Doonesbury. I suppose it depends on your tastes, but at least that one seems consistent.

        • LiaHansen
          LiaHansen
          March 15, 2014 at 12:32 am | #

          “I will grant you zits.” ~the worst genie ever

          • Flipz
            Flipz
            March 15, 2014 at 1:26 am | #

            I’m still trying to kill the little jerk that did it to me all those years ago. Apparently the kind of genie that does that sort of thing doesn’t count “die you bastard” as a legitimate wish. :/

      • Strain Of Thought
        Strain Of Thought
        March 15, 2014 at 4:50 am | #

        I’ll second Pickles as a breath of fresh air, despite being about elderly folks who are out of touch, and add Sherman’s Lagoon, which I never seem to hear anyone ever talking about online despite the fact that it’s the most reliably funny comic in the local paper.

        • Noel Schornhorst
          Noel Schornhorst
          March 15, 2014 at 10:40 am | #

          I love Sherman’s Lagoon! Woo!

          I also enjoy Pearls Before Swine and Get Fuzzy…

          Fox Trot is still fun too.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      March 15, 2014 at 12:13 am | #

      Garfield’s still here whether you like it or not!

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        March 15, 2014 at 12:21 am | #

        Do you mean the comic about James Abram Garfield the ghost of a assassinated President who haunts a loser named Jon?

        • Zekiah2
          Zekiah2
          March 15, 2014 at 12:59 am | #

          Garfield must have become a much more interesting comic recently.

          • Flipz
            Flipz
            March 15, 2014 at 1:26 am | #

            No, but the square root of its negative has. 😛

          • 3oranges
            3oranges
            March 15, 2014 at 7:18 pm | #

            Garfield has actually advanced its plot, with the owner and vet now in some sort of relationship. I think that more than doubles how interesting it is, sad to say.

      • Drunken Nordmann
        Drunken Nordmann
        March 15, 2014 at 1:25 am | #

        One of our regional newspapers in Lippe contains strips of Hägar the Horrible.

    • Opus the Poet
      Opus the Poet
      March 15, 2014 at 12:21 am | #

      Not since Doonesbury went into reruns, all the way from the beginning, in the Vietnam era…

    • Jen Aside
      Jen Aside
      March 15, 2014 at 12:41 am | #

      Heavenly Nostrils. =3

    • Pope William T Wodium
      Pope William T Wodium
      March 15, 2014 at 5:19 am | #

      Get Fuzzy. Frazz.

    • Charlie Spencer
      Charlie Spencer
      March 15, 2014 at 6:46 am | #

      Mary Worth 🙂

    • Ocbrad1
      Ocbrad1
      March 15, 2014 at 6:56 am | #

      Frazz and Pearls Before Swine are pretty good.

    • merbrat
      merbrat
      March 15, 2014 at 8:39 am | #

      I stopped reading the paper, years ago. Didn’t have to give up my comics… I have Go Comics in my morning routine, along with my web faves.

  6. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    March 15, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    I never realised that Malaya had such an odd last name.

    • Tunaro
      Tunaro
      March 15, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

      It used to be Schwina, but people kept makin’ dumb jokes ’bout pigs and endin’ up in the hospital.

      • KingMabel
        KingMabel
        March 15, 2014 at 12:14 am | #

        So THAT’S what happened to my friend…

        I saw that coming.

      • GoldStarz
        GoldStarz
        March 15, 2014 at 12:17 am | #

        I want this to be canon.

    • JAD
      JAD
      March 15, 2014 at 1:06 am | #

      Sorry, what last name, when who what now why?

      • JaneDoe
        JaneDoe
        March 15, 2014 at 2:54 am | #

        I second this confusion…

        • Jen Aside
          Jen Aside
          March 15, 2014 at 3:02 am | #

          The tag was “malaya sure why not” for a while

      • Cacturne
        Cacturne
        January 12, 2016 at 11:15 pm | #

        Her full name is Malaya Eugenio.

  7. Ess
    Ess
    March 15, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    Their dynamic I don’t even.

  8. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    March 15, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    And they’re so tiny, you can’t even tell what’s going on.

  9. clodia
    clodia
    March 15, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    Malaya! Yay!

  10. captainswift
    captainswift
    March 15, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    Malaya Sure Why Not!? That’s my favorite version of Malaya!

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      March 15, 2014 at 12:10 am | #

      I prefer Malaya Let’s Go With That, or Malaya What The Hell Just Run With It.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        March 15, 2014 at 12:15 am | #

        Malaya for the lulz is cool to, but she doesn’t compare to MALAYA OUT OF FUCKING NOWHERE.

        • Jen Aside
          Jen Aside
          March 15, 2014 at 12:42 am | #

          Not even Malaya BAM!!!!!1 ?

  11. Hoboturtle
    Hoboturtle
    March 15, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    “There’s that ‘Daivd Willis’ dude in here. He’s probably not going to continue writing comics after he’s out of here.”

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      March 15, 2014 at 12:16 am | #

      It’s not like he could make a living doing that, anyway.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        March 15, 2014 at 12:25 am | #

        No, he quits doing comics and takes up something with a future, selling newspaper subscriptions.

  12. Vael
    Vael
    March 15, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

    I guess Walky would have a reason to want the comics

  13. Levi
    Levi
    March 15, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

    Four comics is a lot in a student newspaper. Least’ from my experience. Which is none.

    FOUR COMICS IS A LOT. YEP. I have NO clue what I am doing here.

    • Hoboturtle
      Hoboturtle
      March 15, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

      That’s sounds about right. My school has about that many in their newspaper. All of which are terrible with the bare minimum of a joke or message if there is any.

    • Zap Rowsdower
      Zap Rowsdower
      March 15, 2014 at 12:22 am | #

      In my experience, of those four, one will be a real comic (either Garfield or Doonesbury), and three will be comics by students at the university, with all the quality that entails.

      • Jen Aside
        Jen Aside
        March 15, 2014 at 12:43 am | #

        Could be worse, Reply All =p

      • hoop
        hoop
        March 15, 2014 at 9:20 am | #

        you might get a Tom Tomorrow or Matt Bors type political thing, but yeah, four comics and they’re all done by students who think they’re way cleverer than they really are.

    • tofusmith
      tofusmith
      March 15, 2014 at 9:11 am | #

      As a former college newspaper comics editor, I gotta say four’s on the high side. It’s incredibly hard to hang onto student artists/authors for more than a year or so, and most of the good ones tend to be by people with very busy lives who just run out of time/energy to keep thinking up jokes.

    • Marisa Mockery
      Marisa Mockery
      March 15, 2014 at 12:56 pm | #

      My first college had an entire section for comics and they were actually pretty funny (I even wrote some for a while). My second one, NOTHING. And when I suggested starting one, I just got this blank cow-eyed look of bafflement…..

    • Roborat
      Roborat
      March 17, 2014 at 3:23 pm | #

      My student paper was the original source of Bob the Angry Flower and Bub Slug. But yea, usually the comics were terrible.

  14. Wonder Wig
    Wonder Wig
    March 15, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

    “Four”
    “Doh!”
    “Panels”
    “Doh!”
    “From the New Yorker”
    “Doh!”
    “From 20 years ago.”
    “Doh!!!!”

  15. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    March 15, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

    Maybe Walky should write a comic for the paper. It’d be hilarious if Dorothy fights tooth and nail for a byline, but all anyone talks about is Walky’s funny musings on poop.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      March 15, 2014 at 12:07 am | #

      It would be a comic about man-marriage and dinosaurs.

      • Regalli
        Regalli
        March 15, 2014 at 12:09 am | #

        Gary the Dinosaur the Comic.

        … I’d read it.

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          March 15, 2014 at 12:16 am | #

          Danny and Joe would be hugging on top of it.

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          March 15, 2014 at 12:17 am | #

          Even better, “Gary the Gay Dinosaur Comic” a story of a gay comedian dinosaur who likes to tell Batman jokes, this comic will help Ethan come to terms with his gayness and come out of his transparent closet at last.

          • tinfoil theory
            tinfoil theory
            March 15, 2014 at 5:12 am | #

            Now I’m wondering if Dina reads Dinosaur Comics.

            • Plasma Mongoose
              Plasma Mongoose
              March 15, 2014 at 5:55 am | #

              IIRC Willis said yes, yes she does read Dinosaur Comics.

              • John
                John
                March 15, 2014 at 6:53 am | #

                She probably has a list of its paleontological flaws, though.

  16. Fillan
    Fillan
    March 15, 2014 at 12:07 am | #

    Am I the only one who noticed Malaya in the first frame? Only me? OK

    • Ragnal
      Ragnal
      March 15, 2014 at 12:10 am | #

      Pfft, no.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      March 15, 2014 at 12:11 am | #

      No, I noticed just a second before I saw the malaya tag.

    • David Willis
      David M Willis
      March 15, 2014 at 12:48 am | #

      am i the only one who reads comments sections before asking if i’m the only one who noticed something

      • AgentKeen
        AgentKeen
        March 15, 2014 at 1:09 am | #

        Hey Willis, did YOU notice Malaya was in that first panel? I bet you didn’t.

    • John
      John
      March 15, 2014 at 1:36 am | #

      I noticed months ago when he posted that panel on Tumblr!

      • John
        John
        March 15, 2014 at 1:39 am | #

        (And speaking of preview panels, holy shit June 22nd Joyce is hiding a cleaver behind her back, isn’t she.)

    • Drunken Nordmann
      Drunken Nordmann
      March 15, 2014 at 3:07 am | #

      I only realized Malaya was there when I’ve read the comments.
      And by the way, you’re never the only one. 😉

  17. timemonkey
    timemonkey
    March 15, 2014 at 12:07 am | #

    Yeah, that’s pretty much my thoughts on newspapers as well.

  18. Link
    Link
    March 15, 2014 at 12:07 am | #

    What’s strange is that he’s throwing a tantrum about getting to page four when he’s already on page 6 😛

    • JAD
      JAD
      March 15, 2014 at 1:03 am | #

      Nope, Walky is mentioning the amount of comics on the newspaper and not the page he is on.

  19. Regalli
    Regalli
    March 15, 2014 at 12:08 am | #

    And two of those four are Funky Winkerbean and Crankshaft.

  20. WaveRocker
    WaveRocker
    March 15, 2014 at 12:10 am | #

    Oh, I remember the days when newspapers were my only source for comics.
    Thank goodness for the internet.

    • Leorale
      Leorale
      March 15, 2014 at 2:39 am | #

      Aw, I was hoping that would be a haiku.

      • tinfoil theory
        tinfoil theory
        March 15, 2014 at 5:19 am | #

        I remember when
        Newspapers were my only
        Source of comic strips.

    • David
      David
      March 15, 2014 at 12:13 pm | #

      The Internet was actually Internment once, but then the second e stabbed its neighbors.

  21. newllend
    newllend
    March 15, 2014 at 12:11 am | #

    Oh shit its Malaya.

  22. KingMabel
    KingMabel
    March 15, 2014 at 12:12 am | #

    I do the KenKens in the paper.

    Right next to Garfield.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      March 15, 2014 at 12:14 am | #

      The only remotely worthwhile Australian newspaper comic is The Phantom.

      • KingMabel
        KingMabel
        March 15, 2014 at 12:24 am | #

        American newspapers tend to have a 40/60 split on good to bad comics.

        • John
          John
          March 15, 2014 at 1:45 am | #

          In recent years, I don’t think I’ve seen one that gets higher than 10/90.

          Of course, the one I see most often, the one my parents subscribe to, has relegated Doonesbury to the editorial page because of its political content, yet has Mallard Fillmore on the comics page where innocent children might be exposed to it, which means they lose sooo hard.

  23. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    March 15, 2014 at 12:12 am | #

    There’s a dumb comic in here about roomates going to school by some christian dweeb.

    • Jay Eff
      Jay Eff
      March 15, 2014 at 12:19 am | #

      Yeah, and he totally stole his strip’s name from some furry comic.

      Dweeb!

      • Jen Aside
        Jen Aside
        March 15, 2014 at 12:44 am | #

        Which, Sabrina?

        • xKiv
          xKiv
          March 15, 2014 at 5:52 pm | #

          I think there must have been at least 3 furrycomics titled “Roomies”, “Roomies!” or similar.

          • Jen Aside
            Jen Aside
            March 15, 2014 at 10:34 pm | #

            That sounds like a gross underestimate, statistically speaking.

  24. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    March 15, 2014 at 12:13 am | #

    I like to imagine that this Malaya as an unusual attachment to her compact car.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      March 15, 2014 at 12:17 am | #

      She REALLY likes to ride the gear shifter.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        March 15, 2014 at 12:33 am | #

        She likes to ‘manually’ drive herself to an automatuc orgasm.

    • Historyman68
      Historyman68
      March 16, 2014 at 5:26 pm | #

      Implying that the inside of the fursuit is very “roomy”?

      • Historyman68
        Historyman68
        March 16, 2014 at 5:27 pm | #

        Whoops this was supposed to be a response to the above thread

  25. Ragnal
    Ragnal
    March 15, 2014 at 12:13 am | #

    But…give it a chance, Walky! One of the comics is called “Bunkmates!” and it’s about two dudes from two completely different styles of living that share a bunk bed, and then he meets this psycho girl with morality and stuff, then he finds out his ex-girlfriend is on the lam, and then-and then he meets this really depressing girl in overalls, and then he blames himself when she dies in a car crash because he was drunk driving and too stupid to see a truck come at him! AHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

    It’s good shit, I swear. Someone’ll like it.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      March 15, 2014 at 12:19 am | #

      The sequel “That’s Runny” is about a guy who’s got super powers in love with a girl with super powers given to them by aliens or something. But then they keep not killing the aliens cuz they’re all dumb and then all of them kinda get offed at some point and then they start banging! Shit’s tight, yo!

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        March 15, 2014 at 12:22 am | #

        Don’t forget Overstocked!, the spinoff about a dark-haired Jewish guy who likes toys, but isn’t the dark-haired Jewish guy who likes toys from the last two comics. This one likes dongs too!

        • Deathjavu
          Deathjavu
          March 15, 2014 at 12:27 am | #

          And lastly there’s Stupid of Years, which might sound reaaaaally familiar…

        • Jay Eff
          Jay Eff
          March 15, 2014 at 12:28 am | #

          Does RecordoBots count? It’s by the same guy, even though it’s not online. Isn’t that where that “Shattered Glass Billy” character comes from? I think it’s in some toy collector’s magazine, or somethin’.

          Maybe that Ethan guy knows.

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          March 15, 2014 at 12:30 am | #

          Eventually he reboots everything with his newest comic, Cumming of Rage, a story of a bunch of disfunctional students who regularly engage in epic hatefucks.

          • Jen Aside
            Jen Aside
            March 15, 2014 at 12:45 am | #

            DAMMIT you guys forgot LAWful!

            • JAD
              JAD
              March 15, 2014 at 1:01 am | #

              I happen to like them all.

            • AgentKeen
              AgentKeen
              March 15, 2014 at 1:02 am | #

              You mean MED-iocre!, which has the asshole with a heart of gold and a head of perfectly realistic hair combined with some doctor? No one even remembers that. The asshole just keeps giving purple nurples to people.

              • Badeyes
                Badeyes
                March 15, 2014 at 1:56 am | #

                Oddly the author of all those titles is frequently hears ‘Bless you Wave Dillis’ in the forums.

                • Jen Aside
                  Jen Aside
                  March 15, 2014 at 3:04 am | #

                  What about all that “post-marital shenanigans???”

                • Leonou
                  Leonou
                  March 15, 2014 at 6:00 am | #

                  However, this author alienated a lot of readers when he started a new carrier as a PURITYlord with his comic called “Runny performs Abstinence”

  26. nothri
    nothri
    March 15, 2014 at 12:37 am | #

    Little ashamed to say I am in complete agreement with Walkerton on this one.

    • Leorale
      Leorale
      March 15, 2014 at 2:42 am | #

      I was with him until he littered. :0

      • John
        John
        March 15, 2014 at 4:34 am | #

        Amazi-Girl should kick his ass and make him recycle that properly.

  27. rachel
    rachel
    March 15, 2014 at 12:47 am | #

    this is the willisest, the willisest of all times

  28. AgentKeen
    AgentKeen
    March 15, 2014 at 12:48 am | #

    Man, this one comic in here just has some skirt-chaser and some goody-two-shoes as roommates.

    It’ll never last.

  29. Pyr05
    Pyr05
    March 15, 2014 at 12:49 am | #

    Willis, I must ask. What is Doog and Blair?

    • C.
      C.
      March 15, 2014 at 1:53 am | #

      It was a comic which ran with Roomies! during its run in the IDS.

      • Jen Aside
        Jen Aside
        March 15, 2014 at 3:06 am | #

        share and enjoy!

      • silentknyght
        silentknyght
        March 15, 2014 at 8:09 pm | #

        I don’t quite remember that comic. 10 years ago, the IDS comics were awful, and apparently as meager as they are in DoA. I assume that they, too, must still be awful.

        • David Willis
          David M Willis
          March 15, 2014 at 8:40 pm | #

          When Roomies! ran in the IDS sixteen years ago, comics got a full page. Here’s a photo of the upper left quadrant, which admittedly leaves out most of the comics that ran then… http://itswalky.tumblr.com/post/64142034089/alex-farris-tweeted-this-photo-of-the-ids-comics

          • Spieguh
            Spieguh
            March 15, 2014 at 10:45 pm | #

            Holy crap, Doog and Blair and Help Me Harlan! I’m having flashbacks to working at the IU Bookstore Computer Connection.

          • Roborat
            Roborat
            March 17, 2014 at 3:30 pm | #

            That jerk Harlan, he never did answer my letter. I ended up having to get it removed at the hospital.

  30. JessWitt
    JessWitt
    March 15, 2014 at 1:03 am | #

    In my head, I always thought Malaya, Ken, and Lucy would be high school seniors visiting IU to scope it out as a possible university to attend.

    • fudo81
      fudo81
      March 15, 2014 at 7:02 am | #

      that would mean we’d have to wait >40 years for them to become regulars…

      • JessWitt
        JessWitt
        March 16, 2014 at 12:09 am | #

        I never expect them to become regulars.

        • fudo81
          fudo81
          March 17, 2014 at 9:00 pm | #

          We don’t know about Ken or Lucy yet, but Malaya will.

  31. Bill
    Bill
    March 15, 2014 at 1:21 am | #

    So what happened to the ‘S’ on the masthead in the last panel?  Or is the IDS printing the paper with disappearing ink?

    • Jen Aside
      Jen Aside
      March 15, 2014 at 3:01 am | #

      It’s slowly changing to GAF

    • fudo81
      fudo81
      March 15, 2014 at 7:00 am | #

      oops! I’m surprised Willis hasn’t corrected that yet. Or does it really mean something?

  32. newllend
    newllend
    March 15, 2014 at 1:46 am | #

    (Picks up news paper, reads dramatic/Humer comic about college struggling with their relationships,sexual identity, and belief) Eh not as good as a Sandra and Kuu

  33. Jesse
    Jesse
    March 15, 2014 at 2:47 am | #

    I can relate to Walky’s sentiment.

  34. moby
    moby
    March 15, 2014 at 4:37 am | #

    Littering. Walky, you have outlived your likability to me.

    • timemonkey
      timemonkey
      March 15, 2014 at 7:31 am | #

      It’s paper, it’ll break down in a couple days. Not like it’s plastic.

      • Optimus Prime
        Optimus Prime
        March 15, 2014 at 8:16 am | #

        A lesser offense, surely, but still, he disregards the feelings of his fellow sentients.

        • timemonkey
          timemonkey
          March 15, 2014 at 9:25 am | #

          Homeless people need something to keep them warm at night.

          • Whittier
            Whittier
            March 15, 2014 at 10:27 am | #

            Especially since the homeless shelter in Bloomington will close “for the season” on April 1. /rant

            • Megatron
              Megatron
              March 15, 2014 at 6:39 pm | #

              Does it actually close on April 1, cause that sounds suspicious to me fleshling.

              • Whittier
                Whittier
                March 16, 2014 at 1:56 pm | #

                Yes, the all-year shelter closed down completely last year, leaving only the cold-weather shelter.

          • Megatron
            Megatron
            March 15, 2014 at 3:06 pm | #

            Yeah Optimus! Littering is good for the fleshlings.

  35. madock345
    madock345
    March 15, 2014 at 5:14 am | #

    If walky wants comics so bad he should submit his own. It would be a fan comic of Dexter and Monkey master obviously, maybe starring yourself as the hero fighting off their evil schemes as part of a secret organization…

    • Pinja
      Pinja
      March 15, 2014 at 8:35 am | #

      INCEPTION

      • Drunken Nordmann
        Drunken Nordmann
        March 15, 2014 at 9:04 am | #

        Your gravatar makes your comment extremely funny – Dorothy is annoyed by Inception. 😀

  36. Bruceski
    Bruceski
    March 15, 2014 at 7:13 am | #

    College paper comics were terrible. You had “Soapbox Alwaysright versus the strawman army” “ten pages of handwritten text in four panels” “in-joke: the jokening” and “I can draw penises because I’m an adult.”

    • Bruceski
      Bruceski
      March 15, 2014 at 7:14 am | #

      Though as far as text-heavy comics, Subnormality is awesome and I’ll cut anyone who says otherwise.

  37. Pinja
    Pinja
    March 15, 2014 at 8:36 am | #

    THE QUEEN OF THE WILLISVERSE HAS ARRIVED!

    BOW DOWN!

  38. Amazi-Stool
    Amazi-Stool
    March 15, 2014 at 9:51 am | #

    Is that a transient hotel in the background?

    I mean the entrance promises JOURNALISM

  39. Doulos
    Doulos
    March 15, 2014 at 10:03 am | #

    Since Amber has been accused of being Dorothy’s clone, I wonder if anyone will accuse Dorothy of actually being Amazi-girl.

    • Drunken Nordmann
      Drunken Nordmann
      March 15, 2014 at 12:24 pm | #

      A superhero shoots pictures of herself in disguise for her alter ego’s job? Who’s ever heard of such a thing?

  40. Whittier
    Whittier
    March 15, 2014 at 10:26 am | #

    How many layers of meta is this?

  41. David
    David
    March 15, 2014 at 12:16 pm | #

    Nobody answered Dorothy’s question. Yes, Dorothy. Most definitely so, more than a bunch of squirrel droppings.

    • begbert2
      begbert2
      March 15, 2014 at 8:33 pm | #

      I can’t believe she thinks that any legal school would give two craps about some other college’s newspaper. That’s not a real thing, is it?

      • timemonkey
        timemonkey
        March 15, 2014 at 10:38 pm | #

        It would be about the quality of the article and the type of story. It’s an example of her work.

  42. Timni
    Timni
    March 19, 2014 at 1:57 am | #

    LOOK IT’S MALAYA *points out the obvious*

CHOOSE A SIDE, NO COWARDS

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“last fall I had this idea for a zine about Dilbert quitting his job and trying to learn to be happy and coming to terms with the fact that he’s trans actually” (posted 4/18/2022)
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how can it be the most popular if it's the only one that's not sold out???????????
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today in #9chickweedlane i learned alistair and lolly drowned
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Yesterday and today and probably also tomorrow and the next day in #9ChickweedLane I learned you can fill a whole week of strips with drawing the same two submerged heads kissing
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very into these inconvenient, extremely long and pointy shoes that spread across europe in the 14th century and made everyone so horny and effeminate that the church went full on moral panic mode and a bunch of kings made them illegal!!! also everyone got bunions
They were a controversial fashion and faced criticism from several quarters. In 1368, Charles V of France issued an edict banning their construction and use in Paris. An English poem from 1388 complained that men were unable to kneel in prayer because their toes were too long.[37] The c. 1440 morality play Castle of Perseverance includes the footwear in the
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
WON'T ANYONE LET SUNSTREAKER JERK OFF IN PEACE
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Stop calling them 'tweets' already. You're embarrassing yourself. They're called "bluejaculations" here
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
Weathering the colors a little bit
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paint has struck again
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Becky and Carla!  One is |:| and the other is 8D
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
Sometimes I forget I have an original Sunstreaker! During Shortpacked! times I was gifted a giant pile of G1 from a fan, and this guy has trouble finding purchase in my memory. The tooling was lost/destroyed decades ago, so he's never been reissued.
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we have a proper dental office with scooby doo mystery inc on the monitors
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Do the other yellow pages have a gorilla
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Yesterday and today and probably also tomorrow and the next day in #9ChickweedLane I learned you can fill a whole week of strips with drawing the same two submerged heads kissing
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
really want to rescore this episode with Sound Mound's "It's Never Too Late (For Now)"
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www.ebay.com/itm/23617834... winner never paid and didn't answer any messages, and it's been ten days, so hey, guess what we're relisting
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look that was a different Dave Willis, I'm innocent
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
drew this panel 9 months ago, so if you conceived that night, your baby aughta be born now
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dorothy and joyce are outside
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paint has struck again
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
"HELLO NEW NEIGHBOR!"
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I got permission to share this, and I'm extremely grateful for that. The Onion got this letter from one of our subscribers in Alaska. She works with dementia patients and decided to leave a copy in the car for each one. This email made my year. Read it and you'll see what I mean. People are good.

I work as an elder and hospice caregiver, which I am oddly passionate about. I can love on them shamelessly and no one complains about my codependence. It's a win-win situation. 

Many of my caregiving colleagues complain about the repetitive questions and, sometimes reactions, of the elderly, especially when those patients happen to read the newspaper, especially with the current downward spiral of our country — as if these people haven't lived through enough horror...

I love my dementia peeps, but sometimes wonder if there's a Guinness Book World Record for how many times an hour a dementia patient can repeat the same question — it's got to be in the hundreds. At least with small children, they ask different questions. Dementia patients will get stuck on one short question and ask it until you can interrupt their train(carousel) of thought and successfully redirect their attention. That carousel is pretty manic sometimes. 

A couple days ago, I picked up my mail from the post office and drove over to the nursing home to take (let's call her
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Printed out a lot of Amber's today, trying to get one the proper size and proportions (to Dorothy and Joyce), finally achieving it, but the glasses broke, so time for attempt 5
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Tried printing Amber leaning back, hoping fir a cleaner face, as she's looking down and all the supports wrench up in there. But her soles might not be flat enough to stand this way, so we'll see.
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