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September 20, 2023

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by David M Willis on February 24, 2015 at 12:01 am
  • 02 - Three's a Crowd

└ Tags: carla, malaya, marcie, sal

Discussion (295) ¬

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  1. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    February 24, 2015 at 12:01 am | #

    “also she’s a great-ass kisser”

    [“not to be confused with ‘great ass-kisser'”]

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      February 24, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

      And who can really blame her?

      • newllend(henryvolt)
        newllend(henryvolt)
        February 24, 2015 at 12:14 am | #

        Ya those are a couple of great asses

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      February 24, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

      FINALLY. I’VE BEEN WAITING YEARS.

      • Jen Aside
        Jen Aside
        February 24, 2015 at 12:07 am | #

        I posted that like YEARS ago, not my fault you didn’t look at old posts |=p

        • SmartAlec105
          SmartAlec105
          February 24, 2015 at 12:48 am | #

          All characters in everything are bisexual until proven otherwise.

          • Rycan
            Rycan
            February 24, 2015 at 3:20 am | #

            And even after that point, fans will continue to ship them anyways. Because.

          • -Sentinel-
            -Sentinel-
            February 24, 2015 at 9:35 am | #

            No one can ever be proven non-bisexual! Joyce did not return Becky’s kiss, but it only means she’s not Becky-sexual.

        • Kang the Unbalanced
          Kang the Unbalanced
          February 24, 2015 at 11:30 pm | #

          ‘Twas your avatar for a stretch as well. That’s your work?? Very nice!

    • Rowan Mikaio
      Rowan Mikaio
      February 24, 2015 at 12:56 am | #

      Indeed, I’m sure she only kisses great asses, rather than their lesser-ass cousins.

      • xKiv
        xKiv
        February 24, 2015 at 5:44 pm | #

        Something something Malaya something something ass something something great?

    • hemlockstones
      hemlockstones
      February 24, 2015 at 8:21 am | #

      old joke: what is the difference between ass kissing and brown nosing?

      depth perception.

    • Twilightomens
      Twilightomens
      February 24, 2015 at 11:57 pm | #

      What a nice ass-car.

  2. T Campbell
    T Campbell
    February 24, 2015 at 12:01 am | #


    I turn my chin music up
    And I’m puffing my chest
    I’m getting red in the face
    You can call me obsessed
    It’s not your fault that they hover
    I mean no disrespect
    It’s my right to be hellish
    I still get jealous

    ‘Cause you’re too sexy, beautiful
    And everybody wants a taste
    That’s why (that’s why)
    I still get jealous

    • snogglethorpe
      snogglethorpe
      February 24, 2015 at 12:49 am | #

      Justin Bieber…?

    • Jenna
      Jenna
      February 24, 2015 at 1:13 am | #

      Get off of here with your Jonas brothers shenanigans. We don’t need you ’round these parts. *cocks gun*

      • Vklav
        Vklav
        February 24, 2015 at 3:17 am | #

        *guns cock*

        • Sailor_Arashi
          Sailor_Arashi
          February 24, 2015 at 5:52 am | #

          Stop gunning that cock!

          • Vklav
            Vklav
            February 24, 2015 at 7:30 am | #

            My cock shall be unbeatable in combat

            • Sonja
              Sonja
              February 24, 2015 at 5:46 pm | #

              I like how it devolved into cock jokes.

              • Screwball
                Screwball
                February 24, 2015 at 7:59 pm | #

                Yeah, it was a dick of a thing to do, get all cocky & just drop this line of comments into male genitalia jokes…

            • Rycan
              Rycan
              February 25, 2015 at 12:08 pm | #

              Hey! No cockfighting!

    • JetstreamGW
      JetstreamGW
      February 24, 2015 at 1:13 am | #

      Out! OUT!

      None of that!

  3. Idon'tcarenomore
    Idon'tcarenomore
    February 24, 2015 at 12:01 am | #

    So she is trying to learn sign. Good for her.

    • Jen Aside
      Jen Aside
      February 24, 2015 at 12:06 am | #

      I actually had a deaf (and maybe non-verbal?) co-worker once who did just this so we could talk with her. Took me a while to figure out, though, because no one actually told us she couldn’t hear or speak =p

    • T Campbell
      T Campbell
      February 24, 2015 at 12:06 am | #

      The thing about Malaya is that she rations on her caring gestures so sparingly that when she turns around and does something like this, it’s REALLY meaningful.

      • Kodra
        Kodra
        February 24, 2015 at 12:18 am | #

        also, kinda like Mike, all of her caring gestures conveniently piss someone else off

        • MeghanTheWorldEater
          MeghanTheWorldEater
          February 24, 2015 at 12:21 am | #

          If your kindness doesn’t piss off someone yer doin it wrong!

          • Kang the Unbalanced
            Kang the Unbalanced
            February 24, 2015 at 11:35 pm | #

            Indeed! A very Klingon statement. I just knew those sunglasses were there to hide the bumps.

      • Northcutt
        Northcutt
        February 24, 2015 at 10:52 am | #

        Also, y’know, she wants to hit that.

        Jus’ sayin.

  4. Dusk Tornado
    Dusk Tornado
    February 24, 2015 at 12:01 am | #

    awwwww

    • MeghanTheWorldEater
      MeghanTheWorldEater
      February 24, 2015 at 12:33 am | #

      Your grav makes it seem like Galasso is screaming in pain rather than swooning :p

      • Dusk Tornado
        Dusk Tornado
        February 24, 2015 at 12:34 am | #

        ONLY MASTER GALASSO’S ENEMIES SCREAM IN PAIN!!!

        • MeghanTheWorldEater
          MeghanTheWorldEater
          February 24, 2015 at 12:36 am | #

          Of course!
          Please forgive my foolishness Master Galasso D:

          • JacHunter
            JacHunter
            February 24, 2015 at 4:41 am | #

            Really? Great job, Meghan, you’ve sent him off on another tirade. This would be the part where I say “I’m gonna go hide in the broom closet”, but Mike locked me out.

            Again.

            • All Hail Dina
              All Hail Dina
              February 24, 2015 at 7:31 pm | #

              … Wow, he really doesn’t want his gay’s closeted does he?

              I guess that makes sense – it’s easier to know you don’t want to go into a room than to know that you don’t want to go into a closet.

              SERIOUSLY GUYS!!! PICK A ROOM WITH A SOCK HOLDER ON THE OUTSIDE!!!!!!

              (Yes, I am fully aware that is not what it means to be in the closet)

  5. Seerow
    Seerow
    February 24, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    Wait was that only 3 days ago in comic time? I thought it was at least a week by now.

    • John
      John
      February 24, 2015 at 12:08 am | #

      It’s Friday afternoon now. The confrontation in the Wal-Mart parking lot was early Tuesday morning. So a bit more than three full days.

      • Mike
        Mike
        February 24, 2015 at 12:37 am | #

        How do you keep track? This comic needs a permanent in-universe calendar/clock widget or something.

        • John
          John
          February 24, 2015 at 1:32 am | #

          I did an archive crawl and assembled a detailed timeline with links.

          • Rex Vivat
            Rex Vivat
            February 24, 2015 at 2:12 am | #

            Huh. I went “that address looks familiar”, and then it hit me.

            • Gigafreak
              Gigafreak
              February 24, 2015 at 1:11 pm | #

              Some of those summaries are pretty perfect

            • Roborat
              Roborat
              February 24, 2015 at 4:07 pm | #

              That’s what you get for standing in the street.

          • Thanks, I'll Have Another!
            Thanks, I'll Have Another!
            February 24, 2015 at 6:29 am | #

            Hey, this is pretty great. Bookmarked.

          • Bagge
            Bagge
            February 24, 2015 at 6:38 am | #

            That’s awesome!

          • Mike
            Mike
            February 24, 2015 at 11:25 am | #

            Wow, this is extensive! I’m impressed.

            I’m also shocked we’re only 4 weeks in. The people I know hardly got this much personal growth in 4 years of college, let alone 4 weeks.

          • Screwball
            Screwball
            February 24, 2015 at 8:27 pm | #

            I could have done that too, if I wanted… 😛

            Nice work on the timeline. That’s going in the bookmarks. Any chance it’s going to be updated as time rolls on?

            • John
              John
              February 24, 2015 at 11:39 pm | #

              It’ll probably always be a couple scenes behind, because it’s easier to summarize events after they’ve shaken out a little, but, yeah, I intend to keep it reasonably up to date. It wouldn’t be super useful if I didn’t.

              • Screwball
                Screwball
                February 25, 2015 at 6:26 am | #

                Cool. That’s going in the bookmarks once it’s working again…

      • Northcutt
        Northcutt
        February 24, 2015 at 10:54 am | #

        And the conversation that Sal’s mad about that took place earlier this morning was posted about MORE THAN A MONTH AGO.

        Comic time, ladies and gentlemen.

  6. Jon Rich
    Jon Rich
    February 24, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    That’s dedication. What’s that last sign mean, though?

    • Riku
      Riku
      February 24, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

      “Yes”

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        February 24, 2015 at 12:09 am | #

        That or the sign for revving up a bike…

    • Em
      Em
      February 24, 2015 at 12:10 am | #

      The last panel sign means “yes”

      • Em
        Em
        February 24, 2015 at 12:11 am | #

        Oh. It appears someone has beat me to it!

  7. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    February 24, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    Sal thinks fun is too square for a cool babe like herself obviously.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      February 24, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

      She’s a stone cold betty.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      February 24, 2015 at 12:05 am | #

      But I thought it was hip to be a square.

      Did Huey Lewis lie to me?

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        February 24, 2015 at 12:07 am | #

        Yes… yes he did. 😛

        • Doctor_Who
          Doctor_Who
          February 24, 2015 at 12:09 am | #

          Next you’ll be telling me I DO need money, fame, or a credit card to ride this train. 🙁

          • Plasma Mongoose
            Plasma Mongoose
            February 24, 2015 at 12:15 am | #

            Well DUHHHH! 😛

          • Tacos
            Tacos
            February 24, 2015 at 12:19 am | #

            You do indeed.

            • grantimusmaximus
              grantimusmaximus
              February 24, 2015 at 12:36 am | #

              Pretty soon, we’ll all want a new drug.

              • neeks
                neeks
                February 24, 2015 at 1:31 am | #

                I’ll settle for the power of love.

              • Deanatay
                Deanatay
                February 24, 2015 at 8:08 am | #

                I wanna new duck
                Not a swan or a goose
                One I can dress real cute
                Think I’m gonna name him Bruce

                I wanna new duck
                Not a quail or an owl
                One that won’t stick his bill in my mail
                One that won’t smell real ‘fowl’

                One that won’t beg for bread crumbs
                Waddling all around
                One that’ll teach me how to swim
                And help me not to drown
                And teach me how…. to GET DOWN
                GE-ET DOWN BABY (GET IT??)

                QUACK QUACK QUACK QUACK QUACK

                • saltchocolate
                  saltchocolate
                  February 24, 2015 at 9:19 am | #

                  So good. Have an internet.

                • Roborat
                  Roborat
                  February 24, 2015 at 4:08 pm | #

                  Once this thread started, the Weird Al reference was inevitable.

                • jesslin
                  jesslin
                  February 25, 2015 at 11:12 am | #

                  It was quite a while before I found out that wasn’t the original song… i lived a very sheltered life where pop music was concerned 😀

          • Lawzlo
            Lawzlo
            February 24, 2015 at 12:59 am | #

            He’s been compared to Elvis Costello, but I think Huey has a far more bitter, cynical sense of humor.

            • Ray Radlein
              Ray Radlein
              February 24, 2015 at 1:35 am | #

              The only thing Elvis Costello and Huey Lewis have in common is that The News were Elvis Costello’s backing band on his first album, “My Aim Is True”

              • S. Noir
                S. Noir
                February 24, 2015 at 11:28 am | #

                To the best of my knowledge, the backing band for Elvis Costello on album #1 were the Attractions, not the News.

                • S. Noir
                  S. Noir
                  February 24, 2015 at 11:30 am | #

                  And I correct myself. Tour yes, album no.

              • gwalla
                gwalla
                February 24, 2015 at 11:36 am | #

                (psst…Lawzlo was quoting “American Psycho”)

  8. Keroshino
    Keroshino
    February 24, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

    Yeah…fun.

  9. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    February 24, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

    Being attacked by a superhero isn’t FUN. It’s exciting, sure, but not really fun.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      February 24, 2015 at 12:07 am | #

      Didn’t Watchmen feature a “supervillain” who was just really into getting beat up? It creeped everyone out, if I recall.

      • John
        John
        February 24, 2015 at 12:10 am | #

        Until he tried it on Rorschach, and Rorschach threw him down an elevator shaft.

        • Doctor_Who
          Doctor_Who
          February 24, 2015 at 12:20 am | #

          I guess you could say he (removes sunglasses) got off at the ground floor.

          • insomniac
            insomniac
            February 24, 2015 at 12:25 am | #

            …are we still doing this?

            …well… okay.

            YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

            • jeffepp
              jeffepp
              February 24, 2015 at 12:40 am | #

              We will be doing this, until an entire generation has come to pass, that has not seen the show. Then, we will keep doing it, just to troll them.

              • JacHunter
                JacHunter
                February 24, 2015 at 4:45 am | #

                “Mom? Why does Grandpa always take his sunglasses off when he makes a really bad play on words?” “I…I don’t really know.”

          • Tenn
            Tenn
            February 24, 2015 at 6:30 pm | #

            Noooooooo you’re supposed to put them on, not take them off! Now time will start going backwards!

            *beat*

            Oh, you’ve already fixed it?

          • Kang the Unbalanced
            Kang the Unbalanced
            February 24, 2015 at 11:40 pm | #

            It’s jokes like that that gave me these bumps.

    • newllend(henryvolt)
      newllend(henryvolt)
      February 24, 2015 at 12:11 am | #

      I had to fight IRON MAN yesterday but its all Good I won, Hacked into his Google+ account had complete control of the fight before it really even started.

      • Deanatay
        Deanatay
        February 24, 2015 at 8:12 am | #

        And yet, you still got beat up… is there something you’d like to share?

        • newllend(henryvolt)
          newllend(henryvolt)
          February 25, 2015 at 12:18 am | #

          Ya Turns Tony Stark is a HUGE masochist, who would have saw that coming ?

          • newllend(henryvolt)
            newllend(henryvolt)
            February 25, 2015 at 12:20 am | #

            Turns out

  10. TheLurkerAbove
    TheLurkerAbove
    February 24, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

    Typing with a smartphone – because it’s just easier than making Malaya learn. 😛

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      February 24, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

      Sign language is HARD.

      • grantimusmaximus
        grantimusmaximus
        February 24, 2015 at 12:38 am | #

        Crazy hard. It’s like… another language, dude.

        • MeghanTheWorldEater
          MeghanTheWorldEater
          February 24, 2015 at 12:39 am | #

          Nah learning another language ain’t so hard.
          You just spend all day studying only to realize the next day you only half rememb-
          Okay yeah it’s pretty damn hard.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      February 24, 2015 at 12:05 am | #

      Smart-phones are smart so we don’t have to be. 😛

      • Solenoid
        Solenoid
        February 24, 2015 at 12:19 am | #

        Meanwhile, years in the future…

        • StClair
          StClair
          February 24, 2015 at 1:18 am | #

          You seem to have left out the link. Here you go.

          • Plasma Mongoose
            Plasma Mongoose
            February 24, 2015 at 4:43 am | #

            Nice… also a tad freaky…

          • No Name
            No Name
            February 24, 2015 at 5:00 am | #

            You forgot the obligatory side link. Here you go

            • Screwball
              Screwball
              February 24, 2015 at 8:31 pm | #

              Was that supposed to go to a specific page, or to the latest, cause it’s going to the latest…

      • neeks
        neeks
        February 24, 2015 at 1:35 am | #

        Once I was texting back and forth with a coworker and he asked if I had a smartphone because my texts were so “punctuate” (bro stop that is not an adjective) and I was like “no I just know how to spell” and he called me a nerd. But considering we’d just spent the last shift arguing about whether I should give up on Runescape so I could play WoW….I thought the “nerd” part was a given, really.

    • Foxhack
      Foxhack
      February 24, 2015 at 12:06 am | #

      Malaya is still very new at sign language.

      • Ailorn
        Ailorn
        February 24, 2015 at 12:10 am | #

        Agreed. Also it’s pretty cool of Malaya to automatically go towards looking up the sign rather than just ask Marcie to type it.

    • newllend(henryvolt)
      newllend(henryvolt)
      February 24, 2015 at 12:07 am | #

      But its funny to make her do such a hard task.

    • All Hail Dina
      All Hail Dina
      February 24, 2015 at 7:21 pm | #

      Or because the message was not something particularly common for sign language, and Marcie didn’t particularly want to wait for Malaya to try to search each sign individually.

  11. Mass Confusion
    Mass Confusion
    February 24, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

    But Malaya, motorcycle!

    • Tenn
      Tenn
      February 24, 2015 at 6:35 pm | #

      Motorcycle, Malaya butt!

  12. All Hail Dina
    All Hail Dina
    February 24, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

    How come Marcy’s mouth NEVER moves?

    • timemonkey
      timemonkey
      February 24, 2015 at 12:05 am | #

      Because she’s not talking or eating?

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      February 24, 2015 at 12:06 am | #

      Of cause it doesn’t, Marcie wouldn’t be any good as a ventriloquist if it did.

    • All-purpose guru
      All-purpose guru
      February 24, 2015 at 12:36 am | #

      She is really Hello Kitty?

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        February 24, 2015 at 12:41 am | #

        Hell O Kitty

        Possibly NSFW

        • Screwball
          Screwball
          February 24, 2015 at 8:58 pm | #

          You just had to open your mouth & show us that, didn’t you… 😛

          • All Hail Dina
            All Hail Dina
            February 24, 2015 at 9:52 pm | #

            Least she put a NSFW sign. YoToMoe didn’t.

          • Plasma Mongoose
            Plasma Mongoose
            February 24, 2015 at 9:58 pm | #

            But of cause. ψ(`∇´)ψ

    • Rycan
      Rycan
      February 24, 2015 at 3:35 am | #

      Why would she need to move it? She can’t speak anymore, after all. Hence the sign language.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        February 24, 2015 at 4:46 am | #

        More people can lip-read than know ASL.

    • Sarah
      Sarah
      February 24, 2015 at 4:03 am | #

      Actually, that’s a pretty good question. A good portion of ASL is based on facial expressions.

      • agentksilver
        agentksilver
        February 24, 2015 at 8:48 am | #

        Yes, precisely. It would be like skipping half your words in spoken language.

      • Em
        Em
        February 24, 2015 at 12:27 pm | #

        Most of it is. Moving your eyebrows and the rest of your face is actually a significant part of the grammar structure, ESPECIALLY the eyebrows. I always found it strange that Marcie speaks in a monotone.

        • winter
          winter
          February 24, 2015 at 6:47 pm | #

          Maybe she is moving her eyes and eyebrows and the characters can see it from behind the shades, but we can’t because of the artstyle.

          Or maybe she’s just not quite as fluent as we might expect. She was apparently a speaking person as a child, so ASL isn’t her first language, and, depending on when she turned mute, she may have missed the critical period.

  13. Jupiterror
    Jupiterror
    February 24, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

    nice mike impression with the face, malaya

  14. caesaria82
    caesaria82
    February 24, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

    Marcie and Sal are the true OTP of this comic.

    • 3oranges
      3oranges
      February 24, 2015 at 12:34 am | #

      The one true OTP? 🙂

      • caesaria82
        caesaria82
        February 24, 2015 at 12:43 am | #

        I realized this immediately after I typed it, I was hoping no one would notice. Damn :p

      • StClair
        StClair
        February 24, 2015 at 1:20 am | #

        I was gonna comment on this, but I had to run out to the ATM machine.

        • neeks
          neeks
          February 24, 2015 at 1:36 am | #

          Don’t forget your PIN number.

          • Doctor_Lantern
            Doctor_Lantern
            February 24, 2015 at 6:28 am | #

            And if you are affected by this winter’s cold it is always good to remember to check your Hot Water Heater.

          • Sailor_Arashi
            Sailor_Arashi
            February 25, 2015 at 5:50 am | #

            I lost my CAC card!

    • Opus the Poet
      Opus the Poet
      February 24, 2015 at 12:49 am | #

      You’re probably right, but it is a platonic OTP

      • Opus the Poet
        Opus the Poet
        February 24, 2015 at 12:50 am | #

        And I used the wrong altvatar for that comment.

      • caesaria82
        caesaria82
        February 24, 2015 at 1:05 am | #

        (in my mind they can be anything, including non-platonic ;-))
        But yes, in canon they’re the one true friendship pairing and I love them a lot.

  15. Solenoid
    Solenoid
    February 24, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

    Jealousy. Envy. The green-eyed monster. It comes for them all.

    • randonimity
      randonimity
      February 24, 2015 at 4:32 am | #

      I was taught that envy and jealousy are different. Jealousy is when you don’t want others to have what you believe is yours. Envy is wanting something others have that you don’t.

  16. Regalli
    Regalli
    February 24, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

    Aww, Marcie. Aww, Malaya trying.

  17. James
    James
    February 24, 2015 at 12:06 am | #

    And thus does Sal/Marcie reach the level of a “Don’t Care If It’s Platonic or Romantic, I Want Them Together” OTP.

    • grantimusmaximus
      grantimusmaximus
      February 24, 2015 at 12:41 am | #

      You don’t have to worry. They will surely be together 5ever. (dat mo den 4 eva)

      • Doctor_Lantern
        Doctor_Lantern
        February 24, 2015 at 6:29 am | #

        I crey evertim

    • Regalli
      Regalli
      February 24, 2015 at 2:19 pm | #

      Yes. NOW SNUGGLE.

  18. Bagge
    Bagge
    February 24, 2015 at 12:06 am | #

    Ooooh, backstory

    • newllend(henryvolt)
      newllend(henryvolt)
      February 24, 2015 at 12:16 am | #

      Well a bit but more like stating something we already knew.

  19. newllend(henryvolt)
    newllend(henryvolt)
    February 24, 2015 at 12:06 am | #

    Now you see the jealousy is unnecessary, everyone that means something to her loves the hell out her and would go to far langths to be around her.

    Although I will admit it is cute seeing her jealous.

  20. JessWitt
    JessWitt
    February 24, 2015 at 12:10 am | #

    Oh, Marcie’s not an IU student? She just lives around in the area? What if she hosted Becky in her home?

    • Jon P
      Jon P
      February 24, 2015 at 12:14 am | #

      I was about to say “I guess we don’t need to worry about where she [Marcie] fits in the dorms anymore”, but you’ve got a clever idea.
      Of course, this isn’t even “friend of a friend”, it’d be asking Marcie, “Hey, can we have the friend of a friend of your friend’s roommate crash with you?” Might be a bit of an ask.

      • John
        John
        February 24, 2015 at 12:24 am | #

        “Your friend’s roommate already paid her twenty bucks to go away, but I’m sure you’ll like her! I mean, you put up with Malaya.”

      • Gangler
        Gangler
        February 24, 2015 at 12:24 am | #

        If Marcie’s got an extra room then she’s a nice option for when Becky’s got a job though.

        They might be an interesting couple too. Could see Becky learning a new language just to pick up a cute roller derby girl. Not sure if Becky would be her type though. I mean, we don’t really have any info about what Marcie’s type is, but I just have trouble picturing that end of it.

        • JessWitt
          JessWitt
          February 24, 2015 at 12:35 am | #

          Now you’re shipping!

          • Robin
            Robin
            February 24, 2015 at 4:15 pm | #

            Now you’re thinking with shipping goggles!

        • Bagge
          Bagge
          February 24, 2015 at 6:34 am | #

          Heh, and given how annoying Becky has been for some people in the comments section – just imagine what Sal will think.

      • JessWitt
        JessWitt
        February 24, 2015 at 12:30 am | #

        It’s a stretch yeah. But it’s also a comic! Anything can happen – within reasonable limits.

        • Carriethedragon
          Carriethedragon
          February 24, 2015 at 12:34 am | #

          Yeah, it’s not like you could have a college story transition into a story about an alien invasion and parallel universes, or anything like that!

          • Solenoid
            Solenoid
            February 24, 2015 at 1:55 am | #

            Sounds like a boring shift. Definitely not the sort of thing one can keep up for 15 years. What would it even be like? Absurd to the point of making the all-powerful MacGuffin a branch?

            • Robin
              Robin
              February 24, 2015 at 4:18 pm | #

              I mean, as long as it doesn’t spin off into a story about a toy store, with stories like a talking car and, say, the employees locking up their boss in a cage, I’d still consider reading it.

              • Screwball
                Screwball
                February 24, 2015 at 9:00 pm | #

                Sounds good, long as it doesn’t get soggy towards the end tho…

      • Kamino Neko
        Kamino Neko
        February 24, 2015 at 9:21 pm | #

        A friend of a friend of your brother’s girlfriend would be more accurate. I don’t know that Billie and Joyce count as friends any more than Joyce and Walky.

        • Rycan
          Rycan
          February 24, 2015 at 11:00 pm | #

          So Marcie would wind up hosting a friend of a friend of a hitlfriend of a brother of a friend. That’s only five degrees of separation!

  21. advancecasette
    advancecasette
    February 24, 2015 at 12:10 am | #

    damn

    I must know more

  22. John
    John
    February 24, 2015 at 12:12 am | #

    Sal’s Marcie’s Peppermint Patty, Malaya.

    • grantimusmaximus
      grantimusmaximus
      February 24, 2015 at 12:43 am | #

      Except she would never call anyone “sir.” Marcie just doesn’t give a shit about titles.

      • No Name
        No Name
        February 24, 2015 at 4:36 am | #

        My god. I never realized just how well Marcie resembles, well, Marcie! The hair, the goggles, even the color scheme!

        • Doctor_Lantern
          Doctor_Lantern
          February 24, 2015 at 6:32 am | #

          I do remember Willis saying that Charles Schulz was a huge influence on him.

        • John
          John
          February 24, 2015 at 4:46 pm | #

          Original-flavor Marcie has an even stronger resemblance to Marcie from Peanuts. It’s even called out in her Walkypedia bio.

  23. Just Me
    Just Me
    February 24, 2015 at 12:13 am | #

    Marcie seems nice enough, but it seems a waste for her to not be thinking about her own future. Also makes Sal seem less cool and not much of a friend.

    • MM
      MM
      February 24, 2015 at 12:18 am | #

      I kinda doubt Marcie was college-bound (or at least ready for it right now) if she was willing to be that impulsive, Sal or no. There might be more opportunities for her here than back home anyway.

    • caesaria82
      caesaria82
      February 24, 2015 at 12:22 am | #

      We don’t even know what she does, she could have a great job. Not everyone is made for college (not that I’m saying she can’t go, of course she can but she obviously doesn’t want to right now) and college isn’t the only option to have a future.

      • Marie
        Marie
        February 24, 2015 at 2:22 pm | #

        Yes, this, thank you. No college does not mean no future, or irresponsible. Fuck.

    • newllend(henryvolt)
      newllend(henryvolt)
      February 24, 2015 at 12:25 am | #

      Depends on really what she does ? We still barely know anything about her for all we know she could be filthy stinking Rich or have the most kick ass Job ever or she has really successful Webcomic, ya that sounds about right she the Author of “Kick ass girls with Skate boards” in all honesty its a better read than “Dumbing of Youth”

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      February 24, 2015 at 12:29 am | #

      She’s just waiting for Marcie Pro Skater 3 to drop so she can get that Playstation money.

      • newllend(henryvolt)
        newllend(henryvolt)
        February 24, 2015 at 12:43 am | #

        Good choice going with Soney, Microsoft would just fuck her over and she’ll never make a living.

        But on that same topic that gives me an Idea what do you guys think of a Dumbing of age video Game ? You can either have Marcie Pro skate or an AMAZI-GIRL beat em-up where she just fighting crime and you can Sal as a Boss then after with that fight you can have her as a co-op character, either that or a dating Sim I would help Kickstart the shit out of any of these .

        • Opus the Poet
          Opus the Poet
          February 24, 2015 at 12:55 am | #

          Or a dating simulator. what?! It is a thing, they are really big in Japan.

        • Bagge
          Bagge
          February 24, 2015 at 6:32 am | #

          The dating sim would have a slipshine DLC…

      • Deanatay
        Deanatay
        February 24, 2015 at 8:22 am | #

        Playstation money? Is that like Internet money? I gotta get me somma dat.

  24. Gangler
    Gangler
    February 24, 2015 at 12:15 am | #

    Eeh, that adds a bit of weirdness to their relationship dynamic. Sal goes places because of goals, or because her parents are sending her here or whatever, and Marcie just tags along, uprooting her life to be wherever Sal is?

    And now Sal’s getting bent out of shape because Marcie has two whole friends. Like Marcie hasn’t already given her enough indication that she’s committed to this relationship. Most significant others don’t even move along with you after you graduate out of highschool.

    • MeghanTheWorldEater
      MeghanTheWorldEater
      February 24, 2015 at 12:19 am | #

      Sometimes significant others follow you after high school.
      Didn’t go so well for Danny and Dotty though.

      • Gangler
        Gangler
        February 24, 2015 at 12:26 am | #

        Yeah, sometimes. A lot don’t though. Point is it’s pretty far above and beyond what you’d expect of a friend.

        • Carriethedragon
          Carriethedragon
          February 24, 2015 at 12:31 am | #

          I’m not sure whether to think that they just have a really special, loyal, platonic relationship, or whether Marcie is in love with Sal.

          • MeghanTheWorldEater
            MeghanTheWorldEater
            February 24, 2015 at 12:35 am | #

            Well…if we return to the Danny and Dotty example…>.>

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      February 24, 2015 at 6:31 am | #

      Marcie has got more than friends. She and Malaya share the roller derby team which is a social context and hobby that Sal is not part of. Still completely disproportionate response from Sal, though.

  25. Gigafreak
    Gigafreak
    February 24, 2015 at 12:15 am | #

    Marcie moved because Sal moved? She was able to pull up roots that easily? Where does she live? Does she have a job?

    • Bilal Kalyal
      Bilal Kalyal
      February 24, 2015 at 12:17 am | #

      She gets around.

    • insomniac
      insomniac
      February 24, 2015 at 12:28 am | #

      “Roots” are often pretty shallow, especially right out of high school.

      • Gangler
        Gangler
        February 24, 2015 at 1:01 am | #

        Before this I’m pretty sure Marcie lived at a catholic boarding school, so I guess she had to go somewhere. Couldn’t very well just stay where she was.

        • Nono
          Nono
          February 24, 2015 at 12:17 pm | #

          That’s Sal.

          I presume that Marcie might have moved nearby though. We don’t know her reaction to Sal’s conveience store spree.

          • Gangler
            Gangler
            February 24, 2015 at 9:20 pm | #

            Yeah, but I’m pretty sure Marcie was there with Sal. It doesn’t sound like they’re just now reuniting after being apart for years. It hasn’t specifically been stated where she was before this but “At the catholic boarding school with Sal” makes the most sense.

            She coudln’t have just moved into the neighborhood of Sal’s new school. They were kids. She by necessity lived wherever her parents did, unless of course she was sent to a boarding school.

    • lekoppa
      lekoppa
      February 24, 2015 at 4:12 am | #

      I’m not really surprised that Marcie would follow Sal to Bloomington, but given that she went to all that trouble, I wonder why they aren’t roommates. You’d think Sal would prefer apartment living with her BFF to the dorms.

      • Greenygal
        Greenygal
        February 24, 2015 at 4:20 am | #

        As a freshman, Sal probably has to live on campus.

        • No Name
          No Name
          February 24, 2015 at 4:41 am | #

          Besides, this way she can stick it to her mom by by making her spend more money for the dorm residence.

        • nightsbridge
          nightsbridge
          February 24, 2015 at 10:31 am | #

          Not always true. I lived off campus during freshmen year.

          • David M Willis
            David M Willis
            February 24, 2015 at 10:41 am | #

            That’s not allowed at Indiana University. Freshman have to live on-campus.

            • lekoppa
              lekoppa
              February 24, 2015 at 12:30 pm | #

              I went to IU and never lived on campus- I couldn’t afford the housing costs. I had a terrible commute, which was really annoying, but it was perfectly allowed.

              It may be that IU used to have that rule, though- and it certainly makes sense here, as it serves the story.

              • David M Willis
                David M Willis
                February 24, 2015 at 12:45 pm | #

                http://www.rps.indiana.edu/resrequire.cfml

                First-year students are required to live on-campus, with some allowances made for those who live with a parent or guardian within 25 miles. Sal’s parents live a couple hours away, and that doesn’t address her living with Marcie anyway.

                • lekoppa
                  lekoppa
                  February 24, 2015 at 2:47 pm | #

                  All this time, I had no idea! That certainly explains my circumstances in freshman year. I’m sorry for the confusion!

                • Marie
                  Marie
                  February 24, 2015 at 3:57 pm | #

                  I’m not saying you’re wrong, because you just linked that, but that’s crazy. I’m so glad none of the schools here have that.

                • John
                  John
                  February 24, 2015 at 4:16 pm | #

                  The college I went to had a similar rule. I had a couple of friends who were a little older than traditional college students, and married with a young daughter, who were still required to live in campus housing their freshman year. There was limited married couple housing, so at least they got to room together, but their daughter had to stay with her grandmother during the school year.

                • JWLM
                  JWLM
                  February 24, 2015 at 10:01 pm | #

                  Replying to John: Eh? Married student housing at IU was apartment based. Spouse and I didn’t have kids, but we certainly could have housed them if we did.

  26. Bilal Kalyal
    Bilal Kalyal
    February 24, 2015 at 12:18 am | #

    Oh my, I half expected Marcie to rip Sal a new one behind her back, or at least a criticism.

    • newllend(henryvolt)
      newllend(henryvolt)
      February 24, 2015 at 12:27 am | #

      That’s kind of unnecessarily Spiteful

      • Bagge
        Bagge
        February 24, 2015 at 6:28 am | #

        And just plain unnecessary. If she want so be mean to Sal, hanging out with someone else seems to do the job just fine.

        • newllend(henryvolt)
          newllend(henryvolt)
          February 25, 2015 at 12:19 am | #

          Classic shunning

  27. Nena
    Nena
    February 24, 2015 at 12:21 am | #

    I wonder what happened to cause Sal to dislike Malaya so much.

    • bleeters
      bleeters
      February 24, 2015 at 12:22 am | #

      She met her.

    • MeghanTheWorldEater
      MeghanTheWorldEater
      February 24, 2015 at 12:23 am | #

      Did Sal get attacked by Amber before Malaya showed up? I think not…okay she did…but she didn’t have a costume back then >.>

    • Just Me
      Just Me
      February 24, 2015 at 12:26 am | #

      Jealousy, perhaps?

      • Bagge
        Bagge
        February 24, 2015 at 6:27 am | #

        I think it started with “someone else wants to hang out with me when I’m cool”. But now its jealousy.

    • segnosaur
      segnosaur
      February 24, 2015 at 1:21 am | #

      Remember, the first time you saw Malaya she was complaining about how much beer she was getting. That type of complaining might grate on a person.

      http://www.dumbingofage.com/2014/comic/book-4/03-up-all-night-to-get-vengeance/beer-weiser/

    • John
      John
      February 24, 2015 at 1:27 am | #

      I just browsed back through the Malaya tag, and… we haven’t really seen much of her in this universe, and while she’s hot-headed and a little obnoxious, there hasn’t been any real sign that she’s the spite-fueled hate machine that she was in Shortpacked!. I’m thinking that Sal’s pack just needed an omega wolf, and Malaya drew the short straw.

      • Gigafreak
        Gigafreak
        February 24, 2015 at 10:01 am | #

        Shortpacked Malaya was a spite-fueled hate machine probably because she was several years older than she is in Dumbing of Age, and employed by a culture she views as beneath her, recruited into it by a dude hoping to Nice Guy his way into her pants.

        • John
          John
          February 24, 2015 at 4:38 pm | #

          I actually realized recently, somewhat to my horror, that Malaya’s my favorite of the Shortpacked! new generation. Lucy’s too nice to be really interesting, I never managed to relate to Jacob and his too-hot sex-addict drama, and Zangief wobbles between being a completely bland milquetoast and being a douchecanoe without ever stopping at being someone I care about or want to read about. Malaya at least is all-in on that spite-fueled hate machine thing.

          • Rycan
            Rycan
            February 24, 2015 at 11:10 pm | #

            Zangief? Who’s dat?

      • Kintrex
        Kintrex
        February 24, 2015 at 8:14 pm | #

        Yeah, as someone who hasn’t read Shortpacked, I’m rather in the dark about why Malaya get so much hate in the comics, when in this comic Carla’s just as much of a jerk as she is, but everyone in the comments loves Carla for whatever reason.

  28. Arianod
    Arianod
    February 24, 2015 at 12:27 am | #

    Campus ain’t big enough for the two of ’em.

  29. grantimusmaximus
    grantimusmaximus
    February 24, 2015 at 12:30 am | #

    I think I kind of like Malaya. She’s feisty.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      February 24, 2015 at 12:40 am | #

      Aw yeah. Solidarity.

      • timemonkey
        timemonkey
        February 24, 2015 at 2:49 pm | #

        Soon all shall join the Malaya side.

  30. OnyxIdol
    OnyxIdol
    February 24, 2015 at 12:31 am | #

    So does Marcie not care about her own future or is she already an established webcomic artist and hence has no need for a degree?

    • grantimusmaximus
      grantimusmaximus
      February 24, 2015 at 12:46 am | #

      Maybe she just kind of walks the earth, David Carradine style.

      • StClair
        StClair
        February 24, 2015 at 1:27 am | #

        You mean she’s a bum.

        • grantimusmaximus
          grantimusmaximus
          February 24, 2015 at 1:37 am | #

          Residential flexibility has nothing to do with the gluteous maximus, thank you and good day. I SAID GOOD DAY

          • Gigafreak
            Gigafreak
            February 24, 2015 at 12:36 pm | #

            Her bum is probably pretty excellent though considering her proficiency at roller derby

            She has a very competent bum

            It is a bum of iron, and a bum of wrath

        • OnyxIdol
          OnyxIdol
          February 24, 2015 at 1:41 am | #

          I wanted to say basically the same thing, but I couldn’t find the exact PF quote quickly enough.

    • Ray Radlein
      Ray Radlein
      February 24, 2015 at 1:44 am | #

      Perhaps she has a sizable trust fund from a legal settlement from whatever incident rendered her mute.

      • OnyxIdol
        OnyxIdol
        February 24, 2015 at 2:00 am | #

        Interesting thought, and quite reasonable.

    • Gangler
      Gangler
      February 24, 2015 at 9:41 pm | #

      Sounds like she must have her living situation looked after somehow, so she’s probably doing alright for herself. Wouldn’t be the first person to get where she’s going without a college diploma.

  31. Archivist
    Archivist
    February 24, 2015 at 12:35 am | #

    So is there an easy way to look up signs based on the hand movements?

    • Opus the Poet
      Opus the Poet
      February 24, 2015 at 12:58 am | #

      Quite literally, there’s an app for that.

      • Opus the Poet
        Opus the Poet
        February 24, 2015 at 1:13 pm | #

        https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/asl-translator/id421784745?mt=8
        Just one of the dozens of apps I found to translate ASL for both iOS and Android.

        • Archivist
          Archivist
          February 25, 2015 at 2:23 am | #

          (Thank you for essentially Googling that for me.) Awesome. The information age is great.

    • elinoria
      elinoria
      February 24, 2015 at 1:03 am | #

      signingsavvy.com really helped me when I was learning asl, but it definitely doesn’t have everything. But I like it because you can actually see it in action, rather than an illustration.

      • Archivist
        Archivist
        February 25, 2015 at 2:24 am | #

        Useful! Thanks.

  32. zoelogical
    zoelogical
    February 24, 2015 at 12:40 am | #

    Malaya’s like a marshmallow coated in porcupine.

    • No Name
      No Name
      February 24, 2015 at 4:48 am | #

      Soooo…. A hedgehog?

      • zoelogical
        zoelogical
        February 24, 2015 at 10:50 am | #

        …AND SHE CANNOT BE BUGGERED AT ALL.

  33. anonymsly
    anonymsly
    February 24, 2015 at 1:01 am | #

    Hmm. I believe it. Despite Marcie’s general awesomeness, I bet she doesn’t have a lot of friends since whatever happened to make her lose her voice. Sal might well have been the only one to actually learn sign language to keep on speaking with Marcie.

    If that hypothetical is so, I can see that earning a lot of loyalty from Marcie. All other things being equal, I would certainly like to go where that friend does.

    Which means I very much like seeing Marcie making friends apart from Sal, especially friends who are also willing to learn sign like Malaya apparently is. (True facts, this one fact makes me warm right up to Malaya, and I have warmed to no other Malaya.)

  34. Tucker
    Tucker
    February 24, 2015 at 1:05 am | #

    Something like this happened to me. I was visiting an ER because I train nurses and a couple had come in, at least one with non-lifethreatening injuries and both were unable to speak or hear. The staff were looking for a way to contact an interpreter and since I know a few signs and how to finger spell because my wife was born severely hearing impaired I was about to offer to help, when I realized we were all being stupid and said, “If anyone has a note pad and a pen that might be all they need.” We all looked at each other for a second like, ‘Why was that so hard to figure out?’ and that was that.

  35. Prior Semblance
    Prior Semblance
    February 24, 2015 at 1:06 am | #

    Nice blue arms in panel 2 =p

    • Prior Semblance
      Prior Semblance
      February 24, 2015 at 1:06 am | #

      I know it’s meant to be that way btw, it just looks funny =p

      • MeghanTheWorldEater
        MeghanTheWorldEater
        February 24, 2015 at 1:19 am | #

        Sorta looks like someone else’s arm is coming in from off panel don’t it.

    • WeezerLuvr3030
      WeezerLuvr3030
      February 24, 2015 at 1:28 am | #

      Wait a minute… Those aren’t blue, they’re silver! She is either: a T-1000 on a mission on campus; or: she is trying to hide the Power Cosmic (and faltering).

      Either way, as far as I’m concerned, from now on both of those subplots are canon.

  36. The Wizard
    The Wizard
    February 24, 2015 at 1:19 am | #

    Yay, more Sal, Marcie, Malaya, and Carla content; the comic has been severely lacking these four, especially lacking Sal.

    • saltchocolate
      saltchocolate
      February 24, 2015 at 1:16 pm | #

      More Sal, please!!!

  37. Marc in MN
    Marc in MN
    February 24, 2015 at 1:27 am | #

    The last panel should have said, “Well, she is over there sneering at people from a wall….I do enjoy doing that….”

  38. neeks
    neeks
    February 24, 2015 at 1:43 am | #

    Yesterday: Sal wonders what’s so great about Malaya.
    Today: Malaya wonders what’s so great about Sal.

    • Rowen Morland
      Rowen Morland
      February 24, 2015 at 1:56 am | #

      Tomorrow they make out?

      • grantimusmaximus
        grantimusmaximus
        February 24, 2015 at 2:48 am | #

        http://i0.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/007/582/tumblr_lmputme3co1qa6q7k_large.png

  39. GoogerGeiger
    GoogerGeiger
    February 24, 2015 at 1:55 am | #

    Huh. What’s-her-name is curvier than I realized.

  40. DeCorrector
    DeCorrector
    February 24, 2015 at 2:07 am | #

    YOU SHALL NOT RUIN THIS FRIENDSHIP!
    SO SPEAKS GALASSO!

    • Superdud
      Superdud
      February 24, 2015 at 2:47 am | #

      I approve this message.

    • Keroshino
      Keroshino
      February 24, 2015 at 3:40 am | #

      so sayeth emperor galasso!

    • Flame_Warp
      Flame_Warp
      February 24, 2015 at 8:50 am | #

      Emperor galassooooo~

      He’s the best elder of all~

      His hq is a toy store/pizza place~

      But his power’s hardly small~

      • Flame_Warp
        Flame_Warp
        February 24, 2015 at 8:51 am | #

        Ruler, not elder! Please don’t execute me!

        • DeCorrector
          DeCorrector
          February 26, 2015 at 2:49 am | #

          YOU DO WELL TO RESPECT THE AUTHORITY OF GALASSO!

  41. heavvymetalqueen
    heavvymetalqueen
    February 24, 2015 at 2:51 am | #

    Awww. I like the idea that Marcie just goes where Sal goes, but I also like Malaya making such an effort to be her friend. I like both a lot tbh.

  42. ninja_jesus
    ninja_jesus
    February 24, 2015 at 4:43 am | #

    Malaya is a darling. I mean I know she had a reputation in Walkyverse, but this ain’t Walkyverse. Go Malaya.

  43. bumpercrumpets
    bumpercrumpets
    February 24, 2015 at 6:49 am | #

    Her gloves went from blue to red to blue again. Damn auto balance.

  44. Bagge
    Bagge
    February 24, 2015 at 6:49 am | #

    Marcie is good at those little affectionate gestures. Like here when she reaches out to borrow the phone, or earlier when she put her hand on Malaya’s in a ‘shush’ gesture. Note how Malaya isn’t startled at any point. Marcie moves slow enough to silently ask for and be given permission for an intimate gesture.

    Sal may be onto something…

    • Rycan
      Rycan
      February 24, 2015 at 10:29 pm | #

      How does someone who’s deaf or mute typically interrupt someone?

  45. Spencer
    Spencer
    February 24, 2015 at 7:13 am | #

    Aaand Marcie suddenly became really, really depressing.

  46. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    February 24, 2015 at 7:22 am | #

    …this kinda makes me wonder where Marcie lives and what she actually does for a living. I mean, students are pretty much provided for by the school, but.. ?

  47. Flame_Warp
    Flame_Warp
    February 24, 2015 at 8:47 am | #

    You know, you’re actually kinda making me start linking malaya.

    IAMUNUSEDTOTHEEMOTIONSIAMCURRENTLYFEELING

  48. diello
    diello
    February 24, 2015 at 9:23 am | #

    What do you suppose is the app she’s using?

  49. tim gueguen
    tim gueguen
    February 24, 2015 at 10:09 am | #

    Perhaps Sal is Marcie’s job. She’s been hired by someone for some reason to keep Sal out of really serious trouble. Being Sal’s friend forever just makes it that much easier to find an excuse to hang around with her.

  50. Chris
    Chris
    February 24, 2015 at 10:15 am | #

    Well, fuck you, Malaya.
    Sheeeeesh.

  51. Spencer
    Spencer
    February 24, 2015 at 10:21 am | #

    So what’s Marcie saying in the last panel? It’s probably not the title of the strip.

    • anonymsly
      anonymsly
      February 24, 2015 at 10:48 am | #

      That’s just ‘yes’, IIRC. Fist going up and down like a nodding head.

    • Em
      Em
      February 24, 2015 at 12:34 pm | #

      The title of the strip is maybe what she’s about to sign in the first one? It doesn’t look like classes to me. (I am partially deaf, and so I learned sign!) Possibly a different dialect? Yes–those exist.

      This is the one I’m used to: https://www.signingsavvy.com/sign/CLASS/75/1
      (it’s kinda hard to just explain)

      I actually have no idea what she’s signing. It doesn’t appear to sync up with the rest of the sentence that she wrote down. *shrugs* Maybe she was about to sign.

      • Em
        Em
        February 24, 2015 at 1:18 pm | #

        Actually, now that I’m looking more closely, she could be signing “none,” and ending the sentence.

        Hmmm that makes more sense with what Malaya said…

  52. Cybersnark
    Cybersnark
    February 24, 2015 at 10:24 am | #

    “Or you could just pull a Celty. That works too.”

  53. JBento
    JBento
    February 24, 2015 at 11:30 am | #

    Why have we wasted so many strips on Becky when we could be following these four?! ANY of these four?! Or Dina, but that’s a given.

    Also, when can we expect a flashback to Marcie’s story? I wants.

    • Keroshino
      Keroshino
      February 24, 2015 at 7:09 pm | #

      There is always time for more Dina!!!
      …but yeah, I also want more Marcie story! 🙂

      • All Hail Dina
        All Hail Dina
        February 24, 2015 at 10:39 pm | #

        –

  54. Jen
    Jen
    February 24, 2015 at 11:41 am | #

    Reporting an IAMs video ad that I couldn’t pause. I don’t mind ads but video ads are really annoying, especially when I’m at work.

  55. Splooshy
    Splooshy
    February 24, 2015 at 12:15 pm | #

    It’s seriously only been THREE DAYS since Amazigirl attacked them?! Holy crap, what are the parameters of the Dumbverse??? One day there is half-a-year for us??? Jeeeeeeeezzzz…

    • No Name
      No Name
      February 24, 2015 at 12:54 pm | #

      Welcome to the joys of “comic time”. Just be glad the seasons aren’t cycling in real time.

    • timemonkey
      timemonkey
      February 24, 2015 at 2:45 pm | #

      Get this, it’s only been like four weeks since the comic started. One month.

      • Rycan
        Rycan
        February 24, 2015 at 3:30 pm | #

        At least it won’t be hard to have this comic only span freshman year.

    • John
      John
      February 24, 2015 at 4:50 pm | #

      It’s been averaging about a Dumbiverse week per real-world year.

    • DuckDuckMoose
      DuckDuckMoose
      February 24, 2015 at 10:19 pm | #

      I anticipate the characters getting to the semester break in 2020. Maybe.

  56. Vangeln
    Vangeln
    February 24, 2015 at 2:08 pm | #

    And that luxurious river of chocolate.

  57. All Hail Dina
    All Hail Dina
    February 24, 2015 at 2:19 pm | #

    … We’ve heard of most of the main character’s parents already, but nothing about Marcie’s. She moves around and follows Sal without a care for anything else. She isn’t in college, though about the same age as Sal.

    Is she an orphan?

    • Keroshino
      Keroshino
      February 24, 2015 at 7:06 pm | #

      Yeah, now I really want to know more about Marcie.

      …hopefully this storyline leads to us readers finding out soon.

      • Spencer
        Spencer
        February 24, 2015 at 7:55 pm | #

        If she’s able to move to Bloomington without actually taking college courses, solely to follow Sal, I’d say chances are high that Marcie’s an orphan/

        • JWLM
          JWLM
          February 24, 2015 at 9:29 pm | #

          Or that her parents are quite wealthy and they’re supporting her.

          • Spencer
            Spencer
            February 24, 2015 at 9:39 pm | #

            Would any parent allow their kid to move someplace just to follow a friend? I don’t think even Billie’s folks are that laissez-faire.

            • Rycan
              Rycan
              February 24, 2015 at 10:21 pm | #

              They knowingly sent their alcoholic daughter to college. That is, I assume that they know about her alcoholism, or that she’s even in college.

    • TwinBladeWarrior
      TwinBladeWarrior
      February 24, 2015 at 9:53 pm | #

      Had a look at the flashback and I think Marcie being an orphan would help to make walkermoms “what kind of parent” line even better/worse/more amusing

      http://www.dumbingofage.com/2014/comic/book-5/01-when-somebody-loved-me/castlemarcie/

  58. PlainMarie
    PlainMarie
    February 24, 2015 at 2:36 pm | #

    If I had to choose between Sal and Malaya, there’d be no contest.

    • No Name
      No Name
      February 24, 2015 at 2:54 pm | #

      Soooo… Which one?

      • Keroshino
        Keroshino
        February 24, 2015 at 6:58 pm | #

        Sal, duh!

      • xKiv
        xKiv
        February 24, 2015 at 10:50 pm | #

        Between Sal and Malaya is Marcie.

  59. Los
    Los
    February 24, 2015 at 9:56 pm | #

    Sooo…unless it happened and I didn’t notice, are we ever gonna get around to why Marcie opted for sign language instead of speaking (which she did as child)?

    • Spencer
      Spencer
      February 24, 2015 at 10:13 pm | #

      Presumably, there was an incident that occurred (Sal’s only word on the subject is that she and Marcie learned ASL together because “stuff happens”) that caused her to lose the ability to speak. Marcie doesn’t choose not to speak, she’s mute.

      • Rycan
        Rycan
        February 24, 2015 at 10:23 pm | #

        Or deaf and a skilled lip-reader.

        • All Hail Dina
          All Hail Dina
          February 24, 2015 at 10:42 pm | #

          No, http://www.dumbingofage.com/2014/comic/book-5/01-when-somebody-loved-me/fun-2/ . Last panel.

  60. TwinBladeWarrior
    TwinBladeWarrior
    February 24, 2015 at 9:58 pm | #

    I like that Malaya actually goes to look the signs up, it shows that she cares and is willing to put the effort into being Marcies friend

    not sure what to think about Marcie following Sal though, could be a little weird depends what her situation is

  61. Jaco
    Jaco
    February 26, 2015 at 2:40 am | #

    David Willis, Marcie’s hands still need to be colored.

    • Jen
      Jen
      February 26, 2015 at 11:21 am | #

      When her hands aren’t colored, that signifies that they are moving and she is doing sign language. 🙂

  62. OmegaDez
    OmegaDez
    February 26, 2015 at 11:23 am | #

    Okay, I don’t understand why her arms turn blue when she signs… Is that some sort of convention to see her hands better?

    • DarkoNeko
      DarkoNeko
      April 16, 2015 at 11:12 am | #

      movement indications

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