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by David M Willis on January 22, 2015 at 12:01 am
  • 02 - Three's a Crowd

└ Tags: carla, malaya, marcie, sal, walky

Discussion (243) ¬

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  1. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    January 22, 2015 at 12:01 am | #

    no YOU shut up Marcie

    wait a

    • Jen Aside
      Jen Aside
      January 22, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

      So is Carla studying robotics so she can build EXTRA middle fingers like “The Human Middle Finger” or

      • Crazy Dina
        Crazy Dina
        January 22, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

        Yes. For her chest.

        • Crazy Dina
          Crazy Dina
          January 22, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

          Edit: Yes. For her chest flap.

    • Crazy Dina
      Crazy Dina
      January 22, 2015 at 12:06 am | #

      Doctor Who! Jen Aside stole your TARDIS KEY!

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        January 22, 2015 at 12:08 am | #

        Yes, but not until tomorrow, so I have plenty of time.

        • Crazy Dina
          Crazy Dina
          January 22, 2015 at 12:13 am | #

          How did you know it was tomorrow? Did she just return it? Yiesh, time is wierd.

          • l33tmaster
            l33tmaster
            January 22, 2015 at 12:56 am | #

            dude his a time lord time is like a rug or somin to him lol

            • Crazy Dina
              Crazy Dina
              January 22, 2015 at 1:11 am | #

              Why would anyone want a wibbily wobbly spherical rug?

              • Doctor_Who
                Doctor_Who
                January 22, 2015 at 1:38 am | #

                That rug really tied the room together.

                • The Master
                  The Master
                  January 22, 2015 at 10:04 am | #

                  It really does.

                • Crazy Dina
                  Crazy Dina
                  January 22, 2015 at 10:09 am | #

                  O.O Now I want to see that room.

            • Kryss LaBryn
              Kryss LaBryn
              January 22, 2015 at 1:57 am | #

              I thought it was like a rubber sheet.

  2. Khaner
    Khaner
    January 22, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    Malaya, I can see you staring.

    • Taigan
      Taigan
      January 22, 2015 at 3:12 am | #

      Anyone else zoom in on the first panel to check if she and Carla were holding hands? … Just me?

      • Thomas64
        Thomas64
        January 22, 2015 at 8:08 am | #

        Well I have now… 😀

        • zmm
          zmm
          January 22, 2015 at 4:04 pm | #

          same.. after reading that haha

      • Crazy Dina
        Crazy Dina
        January 22, 2015 at 5:59 pm | #

        Shush! They’re in public!

        • Architex
          Architex
          January 23, 2015 at 4:02 am | #

          Shortpacked! feels…

  3. advancecasette
    advancecasette
    January 22, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    damn, everybody’s dressed fuckin’ stylin’ today

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      January 22, 2015 at 12:06 am | #

      The least realistic thing about DoA is that everyone seems to have their “look” figured out, and actually makes an effort to conform to it.

      Still, school only started a few weeks ago. Couple more years of this strip and we’ll start seeing people wearing pajamas to class and the same shirt three days in a row, because it was either use their pocket change for ramen or the laundromat. Just like a REAL college.

      • advancecasette
        advancecasette
        January 22, 2015 at 12:15 am | #

        tbh I like it this way

      • Jon P
        Jon P
        January 22, 2015 at 12:22 am | #

        That’s why you wear hoodies. It’s socially acceptable to wear a jacket or sweater or hoodie for days on end, and it hides the fact that you’re wearing that Animal House ‘COLLEGE’ t-shirt for the 3rd time this week.

        • MiaKitty
          MiaKitty
          January 22, 2015 at 4:55 am | #

          The use of a Walky Gravatar for this comment makes me happy.

          • HeySo
            HeySo
            January 22, 2015 at 4:12 pm | #

            Seconded.

            • Plasma Mongoose
              Plasma Mongoose
              January 22, 2015 at 8:39 pm | #

              Thirded!

      • John
        John
        January 22, 2015 at 12:27 am | #

        I dunno, I think Malaya may be in her pajamas already.

        The least realistic thing about DoA is that there’s only one person on campus named “Jennifer”.

        • Disloyal Subject
          Disloyal Subject
          January 22, 2015 at 12:35 am | #

          Are (competent) caped vigilantes more common on college campuses that I realized?

          • Crazy Dina
            Crazy Dina
            January 22, 2015 at 12:59 am | #

            Nah. They only make up 30% of the college vigilante population.

          • John
            John
            January 22, 2015 at 10:47 pm | #

            They’re more common than campuses with only one Jennifer!

        • dreadedseamonster
          dreadedseamonster
          January 22, 2015 at 10:49 am | #

          As a Jennifer I can confirm this. -___-

        • Tenn
          Tenn
          January 22, 2015 at 2:36 pm | #

          Oh, there are more Jennifers on campus, but they all have nicknames that sound like real names.

          • No Name
            No Name
            January 22, 2015 at 5:59 pm | #

            Like “Billie”?

      • barefootbiker
        barefootbiker
        January 22, 2015 at 2:05 am | #

        I think you’re forgetting about Walky.

    • Killjoy
      Killjoy
      January 22, 2015 at 9:47 am | #

      Not sure I’d consider wearing shorts so torn up that the pockets are sticking out at the bottom “stylin”.

      • ahecht
        ahecht
        January 22, 2015 at 10:17 am | #

        Clearly you haven’t been around teenage girls.

        • HeySo
          HeySo
          January 22, 2015 at 4:12 pm | #

          That WOULD come from a Joe avatar..

  4. Dr. Smart
    Dr. Smart
    January 22, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

    I really need some skates now

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      January 22, 2015 at 12:10 am | #

      How does one travel on a skate anyhow?

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        January 22, 2015 at 12:11 am | #

        Haven’t you played Super Mario Galaxy?

      • nothri
        nothri
        January 22, 2015 at 12:11 am | #

        Not very far if you hunt crocodiles.

        I’m sorry. Too soon?

        • Crazy Dina
          Crazy Dina
          January 22, 2015 at 12:13 am | #

          Too soon for what? I’m missing something.

          • Plasma Mongoose
            Plasma Mongoose
            January 22, 2015 at 12:20 am | #

            nothri was referring to Steve Urwin who discovered the hard way that a stingray’s stinger can be quite lethal.

            • Thomas64
              Thomas64
              January 22, 2015 at 12:31 am | #

              *Steve Irwin

              • Kryss LaBryn
                Kryss LaBryn
                January 22, 2015 at 2:03 am | #

                Now I’m sad. 🙁

            • Kelly
              Kelly
              January 22, 2015 at 12:34 am | #

              How did you misspell his name? Aren’t you an Aussie?

              • Plasma Mongoose
                Plasma Mongoose
                January 22, 2015 at 12:39 am | #

                Yes but I just went by how it was pronounced rather than check to see if I spelt it right.

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          January 22, 2015 at 12:14 am | #

          It turns out that stingrays don’t like foreplay.

      • Crazy Dina
        Crazy Dina
        January 22, 2015 at 12:12 am | #

        Balance. Lots of balance.

  5. caramelundqueer
    caramelundqueer
    January 22, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

    Carla’s outfit is pretty damn cute.

    • Mr k
      Mr k
      January 22, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

      Pity her personality isn’t.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        January 22, 2015 at 12:22 am | #

        At least she does have a good sense of humour…

      • Anywhere
        Anywhere
        January 22, 2015 at 12:23 am | #

        whatreyou talkin about flipped-over birds are the cutest

      • buckybone
        buckybone
        January 22, 2015 at 12:55 am | #

        Not hard to see where she gets it…the world does have a tendency to turn its back on anyone who’s different (especially trans people), so a lot of us end up with a “f*ck the world” attitude.

        • Sabrina Pandora
          Sabrina Pandora
          January 22, 2015 at 2:25 am | #

          If the majority of humanity is going to treat you like a freak or a joke, it has a tendency to put a bit of a chip on the shoulder, fo sho.

        • Starling000
          Starling000
          January 22, 2015 at 10:27 am | #

          And that’s why Carla is my life role model. <3_<3

      • JWLM
        JWLM
        January 22, 2015 at 1:11 am | #

        This strip is the first one I’ve ever seen in which I saw Carla as at all likable. I found the whole super-intellectual bit of patter in panel 3, followed by the honest and kinda rueful comment in panel 4, charming and believable.

        My problem with Carla is that I didn’t think she was characterized as wanting to be hated; in fact, the character is portrayed as wanting Sal to like her to the point that Carla hangs out with Sal’s friends. This strip humanizes her enough that I can see that coming through for real, and it makes her kind of vulnerable in a way we’ve never seen before.

        Of course, #damnyouwillis probably doesn’t intend that, but I’m sure I’ll find that out soon enough.

  6. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    January 22, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

    It’s a shame this comic has a floating timeline. If it were set during the like six month period where those sneakers with built in wheels were cool, they’d suit Carla perfectly.

    • Regalli
      Regalli
      January 22, 2015 at 12:06 am | #

      They come in and out of fashion every so often.

      At least I see commercials for them every like two years or so.

    • onethousandnames
      onethousandnames
      January 22, 2015 at 12:55 am | #

      I wanted some of those so badly. And I don’t know why, because I can’t rollerskate to save my life.

      • Kryss LaBryn
        Kryss LaBryn
        January 22, 2015 at 2:05 am | #

        Me too, because I want to be able to skate, but I will fall down. But the great thing about these things is that you can put your feet down.

        Now, if only they have them in women’s size 9… :/

        • Random832
          Random832
          January 22, 2015 at 4:35 pm | #

          You know what would be nice? Remote-controlled wheel brakes.

        • Crazy Dina
          Crazy Dina
          January 22, 2015 at 6:02 pm | #

          Stop using the stoppers then. Also, try two sets of two at first, to reduce how much balancing you do. That should severely reduce your chance of falling.

    • Screwball
      Screwball
      January 22, 2015 at 8:34 pm | #

      Well, they were walking over grass, which those wheeled shoes don’t like, so she could be wearing a pair…

      …And are you the same Doctor Who they sing about in this clip?

  7. BobaFett2
    BobaFett2
    January 22, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

    I love Carla more with every strip.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      January 22, 2015 at 1:05 am | #

      Or in this case with every stripe! ^_^

      • Deanatay
        Deanatay
        January 22, 2015 at 9:25 am | #

        Without wheels, Carla is reduced to ‘mingling with the common folk’.

        Last time we saw Carla, she’d almost collided with a reckless Danny. Perhaps such a close near-interaction with Danny caused a malfunction in her skates.

        • Solenoid
          Solenoid
          January 22, 2015 at 10:04 am | #

          Caught flat-footed like the rest of the hoi polloi, huh?

  8. Crazy Dina
    Crazy Dina
    January 22, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

    Carla and Malaya? Now that I’ve read shortpacked…

    When’s Carla going to get pies?

    Anyway – are we going to learn how Marcie lost her voice soon?

    • Mr k
      Mr k
      January 22, 2015 at 12:08 am | #

      Sal tore out her vocal cords.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        January 22, 2015 at 12:12 am | #

        But she needed those to live. 😀

        • Arianod
          Arianod
          January 22, 2015 at 1:56 am | #

          So what is she now, undead? Cool.

    • Dean
      Dean
      January 22, 2015 at 12:33 am | #

      She traded her voice to a wizard in return for robot eyes.

      • Arianod
        Arianod
        January 22, 2015 at 1:56 am | #

        Sweet deal ^^

  9. Vael
    Vael
    January 22, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

    Malaya’s face

    Oh my god

  10. Ryan
    Ryan
    January 22, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

    A middle finger is also an unspoken middle finger.

    • A Scientist
      A Scientist
      January 22, 2015 at 12:50 am | #

      This is true. I have verified it with the Scientific Method. The sounds associated with a statistically significant number of middle fingers are either/both imperceptible to human ears or/and not generated via conventional oration.

      Also, your Tesla coil is beautiful.

      • Dr. Smart
        Dr. Smart
        January 22, 2015 at 1:16 am | #

        I concur with your findings and thus consider your proposition valid.

        I also agree that is an awesome Tesla coil

        • Arianod
          Arianod
          January 22, 2015 at 1:57 am | #

          Is there such a thing as a non-awesome Tesla coil? Could it theoretically exist?

          • No Name
            No Name
            January 22, 2015 at 5:34 am | #

            Yes, but only when the market is saturated with them. Then they’re just so many spark generators.

            • Arianod
              Arianod
              January 22, 2015 at 10:41 am | #

              You mean… if there were… “too many” Tesla coils?

              Could such a thing theoretically exist?

              • No Name
                No Name
                January 22, 2015 at 1:33 pm | #

                Hrm… Now that I think of it, that does sound impossible. If only because we would run out of materials long before such a point is reached.

                • Arianod
                  Arianod
                  January 22, 2015 at 6:20 pm | #

                  That’s what I thought too ^^

          • SgtWadeyWilson
            SgtWadeyWilson
            January 22, 2015 at 6:30 am | #

            Slap some non-awesome theme on it, like Hello Kitty, Barney, or modern pop music. One of those would detract enough from the awe inspired by the coil.

            • Arianod
              Arianod
              January 22, 2015 at 10:44 am | #

              https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EQ2bJ9xO3A

              …I’m afraid that your argument is invalid O_O

            • Arianod
              Arianod
              January 22, 2015 at 10:44 am | #

              (Note: that’s *literally* the first result that came up)

            • Screwball
              Screwball
              January 22, 2015 at 8:45 pm | #

              I have seen awesome music being made with Tesla Coils, Too many to link, but if you search things like Cymatics, Tesla coil music, etc, there’s some pretty cool stuff…

              Mind you, if you start putting things like Hello Kitty stickers or other stuff like that, or worse, shaping the top like that stuff, then I’d imagine a few people would be put off…

      • Tenn
        Tenn
        January 22, 2015 at 2:40 pm | #

        “Your Tesla coil is beautiful” is best pickup line.

  11. Thores
    Thores
    January 22, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

    Oh yeah, Walky and Marcie were childhood friends! Or at least childhood friendly acquaintances? I already wanna see more of their dynamic.

    • dailybrad
      dailybrad
      January 22, 2015 at 12:09 am | #

      I sorta imagine Marcie might have joined them to play from time to time. Hope so, anyhow.

  12. Wonder Wig
    Wonder Wig
    January 22, 2015 at 12:05 am | #

    That’s exactly what birds gifted with flight say before they poop on your car.

    • Crazy Dina
      Crazy Dina
      January 22, 2015 at 12:11 am | #

      Or your Ultra Car, be that the case.

  13. Idon'tcarenomore
    Idon'tcarenomore
    January 22, 2015 at 12:05 am | #

    Malaya and Carla, oh yeah. Gonna keep Sal’s life interesting.

    • Mr k
      Mr k
      January 22, 2015 at 12:07 am | #

      She might be cool, but she has horrible taste in friends.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        January 22, 2015 at 12:34 am | #

        Sal hasn’t exactly scored high in making life choices department.

      • Kelly
        Kelly
        January 22, 2015 at 12:36 am | #

        Sal has said that Malaya isn’t her friend, and as for Carla, she is awesome.

        • grantimusmaximus
          grantimusmaximus
          January 22, 2015 at 1:14 am | #

          Indeed. Also, Sal did school her in the “you can’t skate!” thing, so Carla probably has mad respect for her.

          • Gamaran Sepudomyn
            Gamaran Sepudomyn
            January 22, 2015 at 9:53 am | #

            If you think Carla has respect for anyone, you’re probably wrong.

        • Bagge
          Bagge
          January 22, 2015 at 11:36 am | #

          I’d love to see Malaya and Marcie bond over roller derby. That’ would reduce Malay’s role as the tagalong unpopular kid and do interesting things with the Sal-Marcie dynamic.

  14. Spencer
    Spencer
    January 22, 2015 at 12:07 am | #

    All in favour of replace every utterance of Malaya’s name with that tiny font, say “aye.”

    Also, all in favour of removing Malaya from DoA, SP, and our collective thoughts, eradicating the very idea of her out of space and time, say aye.

    • Crazy Dina
      Crazy Dina
      January 22, 2015 at 12:09 am | #

      Ney.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        January 22, 2015 at 12:15 am | #

        Moo!

        • Crazy Dina
          Crazy Dina
          January 22, 2015 at 12:20 am | #

          If you’re going to use the cow noise, you have to make it more like the desperate “no” of finding out something a truly horrifying secret. MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

          • Plasma Mongoose
            Plasma Mongoose
            January 22, 2015 at 12:28 am | #

            You mean like this?

            • Crazy Dina
              Crazy Dina
              January 22, 2015 at 12:42 am | #

              No, it needs a touch more dispair.

              • Plasma Mongoose
                Plasma Mongoose
                January 22, 2015 at 12:49 am | #

                Like this much in despair then?

                • Crazy Dina
                  Crazy Dina
                  January 22, 2015 at 1:01 am | #

                  In moo form, yes.

                  Also, WHAT ON EARTH WAS THAT!?!?! I’m Loq over here!

                • Plasma Mongoose
                  Plasma Mongoose
                  January 22, 2015 at 1:09 am | #

                  That was Despair-sensei from Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei, he has a very negative outlook on life and finds any excuse to hang himself, the only thing weirder than him are his students.

            • grantimusmaximus
              grantimusmaximus
              January 22, 2015 at 1:17 am | #

              +1 for Nanami the cow.

              • Plasma Mongoose
                Plasma Mongoose
                January 22, 2015 at 1:29 am | #

                SKU doesn’t get much love anymore despite being one of the best shoujo animes of the 90s.

                • evilmidnightlurker
                  evilmidnightlurker
                  January 22, 2015 at 11:49 pm | #

                  Of EVER, you mean.

                  …There may be more people looking into it now that Lesbian Bear Storm is on the air.

    • Thomas64
      Thomas64
      January 22, 2015 at 12:25 am | #

      Now that ShortPacked! is over, where am I going to get Malaya if not here?
      (Also, why are we supposed to hate Malaya in DoA anyway? It’s been a few months since I discovered and archive-binged my way into this comic and I’m not sure right now what’s evil about her in this continuity.)

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        January 22, 2015 at 12:30 am | #

        There’s no clear reason to hate her in this reality so far…

        • Mr k
          Mr k
          January 22, 2015 at 12:31 am | #

          Maybe being hit by Amazi Girl damaged her brain so she’s nice?

          • Plasma Mongoose
            Plasma Mongoose
            January 22, 2015 at 12:51 am | #

            I don’t think so somehow…

      • John
        John
        January 22, 2015 at 12:50 am | #

        She seems to be as obnoxious a self-centered jerk as ever. Even her “friends” don’t like her.

        I don’t hate her. I find her entertaining. But I sure wouldn’t want to hang out with her without this fourth wall between us.

      • Crazy Dina
        Crazy Dina
        January 22, 2015 at 1:39 am | #

        I just hope she’s still a Teen Titans fan. And maybe a My Little Pony fan. Seriously, without Shortpacked, where else am I going to get my fandom updates?

        • Kamino Neko
          Kamino Neko
          January 22, 2015 at 5:59 am | #

          Ah…are you confusing Malaya with Lucy?

          • Crazy Dina
            Crazy Dina
            January 22, 2015 at 6:05 pm | #

            Quite possible. I WANT MY TITANS!!!!! (And it’s not like it’s that unlikely that it was her, they lived in the SAME HOME!)

            • Booyahman
              Booyahman
              January 22, 2015 at 8:29 pm | #

              I love Teen Titans, am rewatching now!

              • Screwball
                Screwball
                January 22, 2015 at 9:00 pm | #

                Only seen Teen Titans Go, bit weird, Like Cyborg tho :P. Still not as good as a Cybertronian Pretender… *straightens non-existant tie…* 😛

                • Crazy Dina
                  Crazy Dina
                  January 22, 2015 at 9:43 pm | #

                  Oh, Screwball, you are missing out. Teen Titans go is nothing like the original series, and then there are the comics from before that… Oh, if I only had a comic book shop nearby… I would have no money then. :/

      • Bagge
        Bagge
        January 22, 2015 at 6:45 am | #

        She’s a bit obnoxious, but I start to feel that the other characters treat her with way more disdain than her behavior makes her deserve. It start to look less than the coping mechanism with a jerk with saw over in Shortpacked, and more of a mild case of bullying.

        Seriously, has she had any appearance at all without anyone (mostly the ringleader of the gang, Sal) pointing out that she’s not welcome?

    • timemonkey
      timemonkey
      January 22, 2015 at 6:30 am | #

      I demand more Malaya.

      • Spencer
        Spencer
        January 22, 2015 at 11:25 am | #

        I’m honestly shocked people like Malaya.

  15. dmaxx
    dmaxx
    January 22, 2015 at 12:07 am | #

    I have a feeling ww will end up seeing carla alot more in the future and maybe she won’t turn out to be so bongoy;)

    Also, serious people, not even 3-4 min after the strip is up the comments counts goes past double digits? Do you practically sit and keep refreshing the site or something like that? XD

    • Jon P
      Jon P
      January 22, 2015 at 12:20 am | #

      Well, it posts at exactly 12:00am ET. I tend to be using my computer, and sometime shortly after midnight will just hit my “Comics” bookmark folder to open all the comics for my nightly read.
      In terms of having something to say so quickly, roughly 1000 people now are on Willis’s patreon and thus have access to tomorrow’s comic today. Thus they have up to 24 hours to think of the snark they’ll post at 12:01.

      • David M Willis
        David M Willis
        January 22, 2015 at 12:22 am | #

        Actually, it posts exactly at 12:01am EST! If it posts at 00:00, WordPress has a stroke.

        • Crazy Dina
          Crazy Dina
          January 22, 2015 at 12:24 am | #

          Can’t quite figure out the date at that time?

          • Kelly
            Kelly
            January 22, 2015 at 12:38 am | #

            It’s written in PHP, so it isn’t really surprising

        • Wednesday
          Wednesday
          January 22, 2015 at 12:31 am | #

          Ischemic or hemorrhagic?

          • David M Willis
            David M Willis
            January 22, 2015 at 12:34 am | #

            I’d say ischemic because it’s really a contained, internal kinda not working, rather than leaking itself.

            • Crazy Dina
              Crazy Dina
              January 22, 2015 at 12:36 am | #

              … I’m starting to believe you are actually the best comic writer in existance. O.O

              • Meghantheworldeater
                Meghantheworldeater
                January 22, 2015 at 12:40 am | #

                Starting to believe? By that you mean “always knew” right?

                • Crazy Dina
                  Crazy Dina
                  January 22, 2015 at 12:43 am | #

                  No. I’ve read Teen Titans comics, and others before finding out about about Willis’ works.
                  And trust me, surpassing Teen Titans is no simple task.

        • dmaxx
          dmaxx
          January 22, 2015 at 12:43 am | #

          Well. Technical, since am from skadinavia all strips usually end up being posted 0601 instead of 2401 so i many times wake up to new strips instead:-P

        • Opus the Poet
          Opus the Poet
          January 22, 2015 at 1:35 am | #

          OK that explains those lost posts on my blog that just kinda disappeared from the records like they never existed in spite of taking hours to collect all the links.

        • Screwball
          Screwball
          January 22, 2015 at 9:03 pm | #

          12:01 by which time zone? I’m guessing an American one, So that would be around the 12 hour difference mark for Down Under…

          • David M Willis
            David M Willis
            January 22, 2015 at 9:12 pm | #

            ….I said EST. Like, immediately right after am. You should wait to ask me questions until after you finish reading sentences!

            • Screwball
              Screwball
              January 22, 2015 at 9:32 pm | #

              Sorry, used to Aussie EST, which has multiple zones, daylight saving, gets confusing for an Aussie West Coast dweller…

              • Screwball
                Screwball
                January 22, 2015 at 9:35 pm | #

                Ah, found it, 13 hours behind West Aus, so that means 1:01 pm here. Thankyou 🙂

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      January 22, 2015 at 1:30 am | #

      Everyone wants to be the first to post but Jen almost always wins.

  16. JessWitt
    JessWitt
    January 22, 2015 at 12:08 am | #

    Best girl gang ever? Yeah, best girl gang EVER.

    • Mr k
      Mr k
      January 22, 2015 at 12:09 am | #

      Nah, Dina isn’t a member.

      • Crazy Dina
        Crazy Dina
        January 22, 2015 at 12:10 am | #

        But Dina isn’t a member of any other gang, so she is not taken into account.

      • Jay Eff
        Jay Eff
        January 22, 2015 at 12:10 am | #

        Dina is her own gang.

        • Carriethedragon
          Carriethedragon
          January 22, 2015 at 12:21 am | #

          blink and she’s there

          • Disloyal Subject
            Disloyal Subject
            January 22, 2015 at 12:39 am | #

            I’m blinking, but it’s not working! I feel cheated.

            • John
              John
              January 22, 2015 at 12:58 am | #

              Have you checked behind the door?

          • Rabid Rabbit
            Rabid Rabbit
            January 22, 2015 at 12:56 am | #

            But… but we mustn’t blink. Not ever.

            Hmm. So you can get Dina, but to do so you have to accept to be killed by a ludicrous version of the statue of Liberty. It’s a tough one.

          • Gamaran Sepudomyn
            Gamaran Sepudomyn
            January 22, 2015 at 9:56 am | #

            Dina is SCP-173?

            • Kodra
              Kodra
              January 22, 2015 at 8:51 pm | #

              isn’t 173 the giant reptillian creature that devoured entire staffs during even minor containment protocol breaches?

        • grantimusmaximus
          grantimusmaximus
          January 22, 2015 at 1:19 am | #

          Dina is her own pack. Of Velociraptors. WITH FEATHERS.

  17. Ridureyu
    Ridureyu
    January 22, 2015 at 12:09 am | #

    When you’re on skates, it’s also a lot easier to get clotheslined.

    • Thomas64
      Thomas64
      January 22, 2015 at 12:36 am | #

      Grass is also a problematic surface to negotiate on skates.

      • Meghantheworldeater
        Meghantheworldeater
        January 22, 2015 at 12:39 am | #

        I think you underestimate Carla’s ability.

        • Thomas64
          Thomas64
          January 22, 2015 at 1:07 am | #

          Am I? This isn’t the first time we’ve seen Carla on grass without her skates.

          • Opus the Poet
            Opus the Poet
            January 22, 2015 at 1:41 am | #

            I think that was because of the stairs

      • Axel
        Axel
        January 22, 2015 at 10:50 am | #

        I was just wondering how she feels about buildings filled with carpeting.

  18. Meghantheworldeater
    Meghantheworldeater
    January 22, 2015 at 12:10 am | #

    Does anyone else suspect Carla’s lack of skates has to do with being self conscious about her height?

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      January 22, 2015 at 12:16 am | #

      It didn’t seem to bother her before…

      • Meghantheworldeater
        Meghantheworldeater
        January 22, 2015 at 12:19 am | #

        Yeah but she had that conversation with Sal about how she’s “pretty dang tall” like a night or two earlier so I thought that coulda triggered it ya know

        • Carriethedragon
          Carriethedragon
          January 22, 2015 at 12:20 am | #

          Possible, but for Carla, I really doubt it. She doesn’t seem the self-conscious type. I mean, hell, she’s a young transwoman who feels quite comfortable baring her legs and shoulders and giving a middle finger to anyone around to see it.

          • Meghantheworldeater
            Meghantheworldeater
            January 22, 2015 at 12:26 am | #

            Good point. I suppose that shoulda occurred to me since I literally just saw a picture with her dressed as such.
            Unless that’s all in an effort to distract people from her height! (Incoherently mumbles conspiracy theories to herself)

            • Crazy Dina
              Crazy Dina
              January 22, 2015 at 12:29 am | #

              Meghan, that last one wasn’t your theory. I whispered it into your ear while you slept.

              <creepy_smile<

              • Meghantheworldeater
                Meghantheworldeater
                January 22, 2015 at 12:32 am | #

                Impossible! I never sleep for I have severe insomnia! (I actually do…)

                • Crazy Dina
                  Crazy Dina
                  January 22, 2015 at 12:35 am | #

                  … Maybe I should slow down with that hypnosis… Nah. You want to be a monkey or an elephant tonight?

              • Crazy Dina
                Crazy Dina
                January 22, 2015 at 12:34 am | #

                Darn it! I meant &gt;!!!!!

                • Meghantheworldeater
                  Meghantheworldeater
                  January 22, 2015 at 12:37 am | #

                  If I must be an animal why not a human? Or can I be a robot like Carla wants to be?

                • Plasma Mongoose
                  Plasma Mongoose
                  January 22, 2015 at 12:42 am | #

                  Marcie’s a mutant like Cyclops hence the need to always wear those ruby glasses.

    • A Scientist
      A Scientist
      January 22, 2015 at 12:55 am | #

      You know, this brings up a point. For some reason, everyone in Willis’s comics look really short to me for some reason. I don’t know if it’s the stylization or the environment or the fact that this was the first one I discovered, college kids just look short to me even if they’re taller (because they look young, and I’m not past the young=short part of my perceptive development), and so I extrapolated that to other comics, but Carla being relatively tall makes her look, to me, for some reason, comfortably average.

      • Crazy Dina
        Crazy Dina
        January 22, 2015 at 1:43 am | #

        Maybe Willis just draws everything else really tall because of his perspective. He apparently is a short guy, and short guys see objects as taller.

      • John
        John
        February 2, 2015 at 11:08 am | #

        It has to do with head diameter. Willis’ art style uses above average head sizes which means that proportionally the only people who look normal are the tallest people in his comic. The generally rule for realistic art is 7 1/2 heads = average height. However almost all comics and cartoons throw this rule out the window because bigger heads are easier to animate and show emotion with.

        Just eyeballing the first panel of this strip it I’d say that Marcie is 5 heads tall, Malaya 5 1/2, Carla is 6, Sal is 6, and Walkyis 6 1/4. That puts everyone in this scene below average proportionally.

        I want to say that this is not criticism. I find emotional connection to be a key appeal of DoA and I would sacrifice neither that nor production speed in order to get a little more “realism.”

    • showler
      showler
      January 22, 2015 at 10:19 am | #

      I could see her wearing skates because she’s self-conscious about her height.

      “Dang, that girl is tall. Oh, she’s on skates, that explains it.”

      Never thinks about it further.

  19. Blue
    Blue
    January 22, 2015 at 12:10 am | #

    Carla without skates?! Say it isn’t so! Quick, what’s the weather in Hell?

    • Crazy Dina
      Crazy Dina
      January 22, 2015 at 12:30 am | #

      Rainy, with a chance of Hail. Temperatures have been dropping for the last half hour. They’ll approach freezing by 1am Eastern Standard Time.

      • Blue
        Blue
        January 23, 2015 at 2:24 am | #

        One Internet for you.

  20. newllend
    newllend
    January 22, 2015 at 12:10 am | #

    Carla’s logics makes as much since as much as “The high ground” rule works for combat

    The Highground:http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2YSozbfIQbY

  21. a4lbi
    a4lbi
    January 22, 2015 at 12:12 am | #

    …why the hell didn’t I vote for Carla?

  22. Opus the Poet
    Opus the Poet
    January 22, 2015 at 12:13 am | #

    Gotta say I really like Malaya’s “look” in this strip. She’s healthy, she’s curvy, and she’s between the letters “a” and “c”. That’s a very natural look.

  23. nothri
    nothri
    January 22, 2015 at 12:14 am | #

    Walky knows Marcie too. File that away for later…

    • Kabo
      Kabo
      January 22, 2015 at 1:41 am | #

      They grew up together, as we learnt in this flashback:

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

      • merbrat
        merbrat
        January 25, 2015 at 5:53 pm | #

        …?.. Makes sense that Walky met Marcie, as Sal met her on the playground.
        But, that is Jennifer (Billie) in that comic. They *were* childhood buddies.

  24. LiaHansen
    LiaHansen
    January 22, 2015 at 12:14 am | #

    Girl needs some Heelies

  25. newllend
    newllend
    January 22, 2015 at 12:15 am | #

    And isn’t Carla still taller than everyone else ? She in since is still towering over the others.

  26. GuruBuckaroo
    GuruBuckaroo
    January 22, 2015 at 12:15 am | #

    Has no-one else noticed the very subtle fact that in the last panel, Carla is, in fact, the middle finger? Look at the heights of the four characters.

    • Crazy Dina
      Crazy Dina
      January 22, 2015 at 12:22 am | #

      That would probably work better if everyone else was leaning over to pick something up.

    • LiaHansen
      LiaHansen
      January 22, 2015 at 12:27 am | #

      It’s like the Da Vinci code! The Da. Willis code! Don’t bother following the clues though, they probably just lead to some kinda transformers nonsense

      • Meghantheworldeater
        Meghantheworldeater
        January 22, 2015 at 12:31 am | #

        Do clues about transformers transform into clues about other things?

      • John
        John
        January 22, 2015 at 12:56 am | #

        That’d still be better than the end of the Da Vinci Code.

      • Tenn
        Tenn
        January 22, 2015 at 3:12 pm | #

        The DA** *** WILLIS! code.

    • Rabid Rabbit
      Rabid Rabbit
      January 22, 2015 at 1:00 am | #

      Only if you’re using your left hand.

  27. KieranJML
    KieranJML
    January 22, 2015 at 12:31 am | #

    CAAARRLLLAAAA!!!!!!! *all the squees!*

  28. Em
    Em
    January 22, 2015 at 12:42 am | #

    If this isn’t a joke about her downstairs I will be very disappointed indeed.

    • Rabid Rabbit
      Rabid Rabbit
      January 22, 2015 at 1:01 am | #

      …

      Have you read Shortpacked? If not, don’t. You might be disappointed. Indeed.

      • Crazy Dina
        Crazy Dina
        January 22, 2015 at 1:04 am | #

        Maybe not, if he’ll accept the second floor, if you know what I mean.

        • Crazy Dina
          Crazy Dina
          January 22, 2015 at 1:06 am | #

          Okay, I’m really pushing one of the rules here. Too much pushing focusing on Shortpacked’s Ultra Car.

      • Em
        Em
        January 22, 2015 at 6:46 pm | #

        Oops! I wasn’t clear about what I had been referring to! *smacks head* I meant the hovertext. But I dunno, maybe that’s what you meant to!

  29. John Harmon
    John Harmon
    January 22, 2015 at 12:58 am | #

    It looks like nobody’s brought up that alt text…third middle finger huh? Clever.

    • Thomas
      Thomas
      January 22, 2015 at 4:34 am | #

      Right up above you. References UltraCar’s third middle finger in Shortpacked, but could also be constructed as a reference to Carla being a transwoman. I’m on the fence if this is problematic or funny.

      • Spencer
        Spencer
        January 22, 2015 at 11:30 am | #

        It’s definitely a reference to Ultra Car’s mechanical hand. Willis doesn’t strike me as the kind of person who would make a tasteless joke like that.

        • HeySo
          HeySo
          January 22, 2015 at 4:37 pm | #

          To anyone not looking for insult, that interpretation is entirely nonsensical, just from a logical application sense. Which is likely why Willis didn’t even consider it.
          Given that it’s an intuitive interpretation to anyone who is previously familiar with Carla, and that Willis’s tastelessness has thus far been limited to butt jokes, I think we can safely say the chances of that being a valid interpretation are about nil.

        • John Harmon
          John Harmon
          January 23, 2015 at 4:12 am | #

          How is it any more tasteless than a lot of the jokes he’s told? I remember a comic about mike talking to Ethan about raping him, for instance.

  30. Rabid Rabbit
    Rabid Rabbit
    January 22, 2015 at 1:00 am | #

    I admit it. I appreciate Marcie’s shirt.

  31. Lordess of Madness
    Lordess of Madness
    January 22, 2015 at 1:11 am | #

    And that’s why Carla’s awesome! Just like Marcie’s shirt

  32. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    January 22, 2015 at 1:16 am | #

    From this post on, if you want to know who my gravatar is, you can find out by clicking on my user-name.

  33. AgentKeen
    AgentKeen
    January 22, 2015 at 1:28 am | #

    …a bra with a spring-loaded middle finger that pops out. I’ll make millions.

    • Kryss LaBryn
      Kryss LaBryn
      January 22, 2015 at 2:12 am | #

      …I want one.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      January 22, 2015 at 3:40 am | #

      I read that as a bra that pops open when you use the middle finger. 😀

      • Screwball
        Screwball
        January 22, 2015 at 9:08 pm | #

        Still could make a good few bucks, just gotta know your target market… 😛

  34. Zababcd
    Zababcd
    January 22, 2015 at 1:42 am | #

    Marcie’s shirt could be considered rude, but at least she’s no hypocrite.

  35. The FireWater
    The FireWater
    January 22, 2015 at 2:02 am | #

    There is a way to have a third middle finger. An old childish trick, but a slightly impressive one nonetheless if done suddenly before people realize what they’re seeing.

    Hold your hands up, palms facing you. Keeping them parallel, overlap your right hand in front of your left, with your right pinky between your left middle and ring finger. Curl down your fingers, interlocking the overlapping right and left fingers, leave only the following fingers up: Right Middle, Left Middle, and Left Ring.

    Ta Da. The Triple Bird. Or somewhat ironic Triple Deuce. Try it on your friends when two middle fingers isn’t enough to tell them how much you want to throw a brick at their face!

    • Jupiterror
      Jupiterror
      January 22, 2015 at 3:22 am | #

      huh. haven’t heard of that in a while.

    • Clif
      Clif
      January 22, 2015 at 4:42 pm | #

      Who says the comment section isn’t educational?

    • Screwball
      Screwball
      January 22, 2015 at 9:11 pm | #

      Thanks for that. Interesting…

      …Until Daniel the Human threw a magnet in my palms & locked my fingers in place. He can be sneaky for a human…

  36. Lord Geovanni
    Lord Geovanni
    January 22, 2015 at 3:55 am | #

    Lol this reminds me and one of my best friends in HighSchool had this running thing where she stick up her middle finger i stick up two and she says she stick’s up 2 middle fingers and something else between her legs and id say id stick’s up 2 middle fingers and something else between my legs and this happened several times a week

    • Solenoid
      Solenoid
      January 22, 2015 at 9:55 am | #

      Sounds like a beautiful friendship. 😮

  37. Bliisk
    Bliisk
    January 22, 2015 at 6:39 am | #

    Having not read any other comic, I think Malaya is pretty great.

  38. AnvilPro
    AnvilPro
    January 22, 2015 at 6:47 am | #

    Carla and Malaya is going to happen eventually, just give it a while

  39. Bagge
    Bagge
    January 22, 2015 at 6:49 am | #

    The last time we saw Carla This happened.

    I have a pretty good idea how she busted a wheel.

  40. The Wizard
    The Wizard
    January 22, 2015 at 8:22 am | #

    In my head; Sal, Marcie, Carla, and Malaya all fall far the same dark skinned painter, which leads to a series of event that constantly point him on a crossroads of choosing between them from time to time. Yet he always is tryingnto treat all four equally every chance he gets.

    Mr. Willis, make it happen!

    • timemonkey
      timemonkey
      January 22, 2015 at 3:36 pm | #

      There’s some problems with that seeing as they’re not all into the same gender.

      • HeySo
        HeySo
        January 22, 2015 at 4:29 pm | #

        Malaya-Sexual, Malaya-Sexual, and I’m not sure about the first two- bi and lesbian, respectively?

        So basically, it might work if the painter is Malaya.

        And Sal and Marcie swallow all self-pride and get totally wasted.

        • No Name
          No Name
          January 22, 2015 at 6:15 pm | #

          Marcie is canonically bi, Carla is asexual-homoromantic-trangender, Malaya “wants to f*** whatever that is” (from the other universe, but still) and Sal is most likely straight, maybe bi, I dunno.

      • The Wizard
        The Wizard
        January 22, 2015 at 5:24 pm | #

        Has Malaya sexuality even been revealed in the dumbiverse, I don’t remember reading anything on it not any of them other then Sal. If not then all everyone is really doing is just making assumptions based on the walkyverse, which DOA isn’t connected too; some things changed, some things remained the same. This is why I started off with, “in my head.”

  41. Heavensrun
    Heavensrun
    January 22, 2015 at 9:52 am | #

    Carla is so adorable.

  42. Bagge
    Bagge
    January 22, 2015 at 10:08 am | #

    I love how Carla spent that whole panel being melodramatic just to set someone up for the punchline. I really like that sort of banter.

  43. Chris
    Chris
    January 22, 2015 at 10:22 am | #

    Everytime I see Ultra Car not as a car, it sorta freaks me out on the inside.
    And the outside.

    I am really not good with change…
    turnandfacethestrange

    • Screwball
      Screwball
      January 22, 2015 at 9:20 pm | #

      Ch-ch-Changes
      Don’t want to be a richer man
      Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes
      (Turn and face the strange)
      Ch-ch-Changes
      Just gonna have to be a different man
      Time may change me
      But I can’t trace time

  44. Raine
    Raine
    January 22, 2015 at 12:17 pm | #

    Ahhhhhhhh everytime Carla’s up I swoon. Whether its her refreshingly abrasive personality, her kickass outfit(please tell me I can get that exact sweater) or just as kickass representation: a trans girl that gives negative fucks.

    Just. So much love but I doubt she’ll be an inside cover doodle…

    • Tenn
      Tenn
      January 22, 2015 at 3:17 pm | #

      “Hey! HEY! Quit drawing me, asshole!”

  45. Tenn
    Tenn
    January 22, 2015 at 3:26 pm | #

    Malayas eyes in the last panel… 😀

  46. zmm
    zmm
    January 22, 2015 at 4:02 pm | #

    so don’t remember Marcie in the other walkyverse if she existed. probably part of that team Joe ended up on.

    Malaya might be checking caryla out…

  47. HeySo
    HeySo
    January 22, 2015 at 4:17 pm | #

    Carla has always been my favorite, ever since the personality started firmly developing in Shortpacked [which, basically, was around the time Malaya started poking at Ultra Car, and UC started reconsidering their view on humans].

    Unfortunately, exceptionally low screen time in DoA has kept me from voting for her in the polls- which may just be my misinterpretation of what the polls are supposed to accomplish, but she hasn’t had enough visibility to really make as much of a ‘favorite’ impact as others :X

    Of course, if given the option, Riley’d definitely be my favorite DoA character- an adorable-but-not-annoying character to contrast all the snarky ones?
    It’s great 😛

    In any case, more Carla, yay!

  48. someone
    someone
    January 22, 2015 at 5:34 pm | #

    Maybe she *has* a third middle finger. Between her legs.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      January 22, 2015 at 8:07 pm | #

      Or does she?

  49. Kyle
    Kyle
    January 22, 2015 at 5:41 pm | #

    Carla and Mike, sitting in a tree, DE-STROY-ING SO-CI-E-TY

  50. Pinja
    Pinja
    January 22, 2015 at 6:27 pm | #

    All the other characters have been taking turns to be annoying the past week, why not Carla too?

  51. cj95
    cj95
    January 22, 2015 at 8:59 pm | #

    This has got to be the grumpiest, unhappiest, no fun university on the planet.

    Why is everyone so pissy all the time it seems?

    • Spencer
      Spencer
      January 22, 2015 at 10:26 pm | #

      Abusive, neglectful parents, mostly.

      • Rabid Rabbit
        Rabid Rabbit
        January 27, 2015 at 2:55 am | #

        That, and their creator. Something about their creator.

  52. Screwball
    Screwball
    January 22, 2015 at 9:29 pm | #

    Mr Willis, I’ve had a random thought. Any possibility of a convention plot line? Not asking if there definitely will or won’t be, but it’s a thought…

    Been to 1 or 2, enjoyed them myself, & got to thinking while reading this who on here would go to one. Amber, Danny, Ethan & maybe Walky would definitely be the type to go, while I’m sure Joyce would be tempted if Monkey Master & Head Alien was mentioned. If Joyce goes, I can see Becky going too, plus a few others may be dragged along by others.

    As an added bonus, maybe even have them meet the creator of Monkey Master & Head Alien, a man by the name of David Willis…

  53. Rabid Rabbit
    Rabid Rabbit
    January 27, 2015 at 2:54 am | #

    It only just occured to me on rereading to wonder what Marcie thinks of Carla referring to her as one of Sal’s “dumb” friends.

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