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Amy Grant

by David M Willis on June 24, 2015 at 12:01 am
  • 03 - The Butterflies Won't Fly Away
└ Tags: dorothy, ethan, jennifer, joyce, ruth, sarah, walky

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

    Walky: 8D (literally so!)

    ((inb4: I was playing Primordia, dang Steam sale))

    • Ahighfunctioningsociopath
      Ahighfunctioningsociopath
      June 24, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

      Don’t worry, you’re still first.

      • Jen Aside
        Jen Aside
        June 24, 2015 at 12:05 am | #

        I meant yesterday, since people seem to think that means I died or something =p

        • sps48
          sps48
          June 24, 2015 at 12:15 am | #

          You put so much effort into it, so….

          • DarkoNeko
            DarkoNeko
            June 24, 2015 at 2:35 am | #

            Bah.

        • K^2
          K^2
          June 24, 2015 at 7:34 am | #

          We planned the funeral and everything. It was going to be beautiful. Well, I suppose, there’s no rush.

          • ScumlordAzazel
            ScumlordAzazel
            June 24, 2015 at 8:27 am | #

            I read this in your gravatar’s voice. It was fitting.

            • ProjectXa3
              ProjectXa3
              June 30, 2015 at 3:38 pm | #

              Oh my god you said that and now so did I and it was amazing!

    • Ahighfunctioningsociopath
      Ahighfunctioningsociopath
      June 24, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

      Not sure if walky knows something or is just being drunk walky and reacting to the crowd.

    • dralou
      dralou
      June 24, 2015 at 12:11 am | #

      Nice choice, Primordia is excellent. If you like point&click retro games, you might appreciate the “Blackwell” series… There are plot holes, but the writing is great, overall.

      • Jen Aside
        Jen Aside
        June 24, 2015 at 12:16 am | #

        Blackwell was my first! –with a break for Resonance, backtracking to The Shivah, now Primordia. A Golden Wake is on my wishlist, but I’m opposed to Steam’s practices (what’s this one-week waiting period to trade items??), so I either have to get it as a gift, from (re-)selling trading cards, or whenever it ends up on massive sale.

        Or from GOG, I guess, but I’m waiting on that raise =p

        • dralou
          dralou
          June 24, 2015 at 12:24 am | #

          Golden wake ? didn’t know this one, I’m going to check it out. I heard nice things of “The Charnel House” too, if you like soft horror (the psychological kind).

        • Saucistophe
          Saucistophe
          June 24, 2015 at 3:26 am | #

          **cough** Lucas arts **cough**
          **cough** Abandonware downloads **cough**

          • Phlebas
            Phlebas
            June 24, 2015 at 6:21 am | #

            **cough** Available legit these days **cough**
            **cough** GOG.com **cough**

    • JustCheetoDust
      JustCheetoDust
      June 24, 2015 at 12:15 am | #

      I cleared half my wishlist, and on top of that bought all the Metal Slug games.

      I’m wondering how the hell I avoided the 2014 sales.

    • Cheryl
      Cheryl
      June 24, 2015 at 3:54 am | #

      omg walky….i cant even

    • Aisling
      Aisling
      June 24, 2015 at 8:30 am | #

      Walky’s expression is both scary and hilarious. 8DDDD

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      June 24, 2015 at 9:26 am | #

      Walky be all like: BABY I’m so Glad you’re mine! Oh yeah!

      (His heart’s in motion)

  2. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    June 24, 2015 at 12:01 am | #

    You booze, you lose!

    • Wire Segal
      Wire Segal
      June 24, 2015 at 12:13 am | #

      Ruth probably won’t be able to tell Drunk walky from normal Walky. He’s pretty silly, normally…

  3. Catullus
    Catullus
    June 24, 2015 at 12:01 am | #

    Walky defeats Gravity! FLAWLESS VICTORY

    • Catullus
      Catullus
      June 24, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

      But the question is, am I talking about the gravity of the situation or the physical gravity in the room?

      • AgentKeen
        AgentKeen
        June 24, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

        Yes.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      June 24, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

      The pink elephants are holding him aloft.

      • Jen Aside
        Jen Aside
        June 24, 2015 at 12:05 am | #

        “What keeps him there?”
        “Art.”
        “Art?!”

        • sps48
          sps48
          June 24, 2015 at 12:17 am | #

          Was Art in Roomies or something?

          • Willoughby Chase
            Willoughby Chase
            June 24, 2015 at 1:46 pm | #

            Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy!

  4. NinjaNick
    NinjaNick
    June 24, 2015 at 12:01 am | #

    LOL, Walky’s face.

  5. 0kami
    0kami
    June 24, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    Oh dear…

  6. Mr. Random
    Mr. Random
    June 24, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    Walky seems happy.

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      June 24, 2015 at 7:19 am | #

      Or he’s just trippin’ on the strong stuff! Revenge is not Joyce’s way otherwise I’m sure she’d be talking very loud around this bunch tomorrow.

      • Kryss LaBryn
        Kryss LaBryn
        June 24, 2015 at 8:48 am | #

        I legit once made a beautiful (and period!) bright Saxon outfit with a lovely bright saffron yellow underdress and a pretty bright blue-and-pink plaid over-tunic just for wearing at people Sunday mornings after SCA wars. 😀

        People with hangovers can be hilarious.

        • Bicycle Bill
          Bicycle Bill
          June 24, 2015 at 10:11 am | #

          I cannot even visualize what something like that must have looked like.

        • Freemage
          Freemage
          June 24, 2015 at 12:49 pm | #

          I had an olive green paisley bathrobe in college, for much the same purpose.

        • evilmidnightlurker
          evilmidnightlurker
          June 24, 2015 at 8:52 pm | #

          Wearing *at* people? 🙂

  7. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    June 24, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    It’s similar enough to his normal personality that she might not notice.

  8. Khaner
    Khaner
    June 24, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    Thats it.
    Comic is over.
    There is no way that anybody can top Walky.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      June 24, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

      I’m pretty sure if we ever saw Mike make the same face, it would end not just the comic but the world.

      • tim gueguen
        tim gueguen
        June 24, 2015 at 12:10 am | #

        “Reports continue to grow of thousands of people across the globe acting insanely. Beside committing numerous acts of violence, they are reported to all be screaming ‘mike’ as they do so.”

      • fogel
        fogel
        June 24, 2015 at 12:10 am | #

        If DoA Mike reacts to booze as W-verse Mike did …

        • Rycan
          Rycan
          June 24, 2015 at 1:40 am | #

          He’d have to act like some Mike-Walky hybrid, which is in and of itself a disturbing thought.

          • Commenter
            Commenter
            June 24, 2015 at 2:58 pm | #

            True. Drunk-Pleasant-Considerate Mike never made a face like the one that Walky is pulling here.

            • Storycat
              Storycat
              July 27, 2015 at 9:47 pm | #

              No, Mike’s smile is worse. Cerberus runs yelping in terror at the sight.

      • thebatman22
        thebatman22
        June 24, 2015 at 3:52 am | #

        He does whenever he gets drunk

    • ozaline
      ozaline
      June 24, 2015 at 12:10 am | #

      I’m sure with the right person he might let them top.

      • GallowsOfGalatea
        GallowsOfGalatea
        June 24, 2015 at 10:24 am | #

        Just look at the sidebar.

  9. Cynthia
    Cynthia
    June 24, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    DAMMIT CABOOSE! See what I did there? Because it’s a blame… train…

    • GreyTheDefender
      GreyTheDefender
      June 24, 2015 at 12:27 am | #

      “Dammit, Roshi!” “Shut up, Krillin.” *ding*

  10. Stephen Bierce
    Stephen Bierce
    June 24, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    —Just no getting over you~u~u~u!

  11. chris
    chris
    June 24, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

    love that last panel where billie knows they are fuck’d.

    • DarkoNeko
      DarkoNeko
      June 24, 2015 at 12:08 am | #

      More like “daaamn I’m starting to see pretty bad drunk illusions”

      • Deanatay
        Deanatay
        June 24, 2015 at 11:48 am | #

        “Damnit, Walky, stop defying gravity!!”

        • xKiv
          xKiv
          June 24, 2015 at 8:40 pm | #

          “You can’t pull me down!”

  12. TheTJ
    TheTJ
    June 24, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

    What’s wrong with Ruth? Can’t she see the Drunk Bubbles?

    • Mandy
      Mandy
      June 24, 2015 at 12:05 am | #

      Ruth lives in a constant haze of Drunk Bubbles and therefore can’t even see them anymore.

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

      She sees them constantly, so she just assumes they are always there.

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

      Of cause not, you need to wear your beer-googles to see those things. 😀

    • sps48
      sps48
      June 24, 2015 at 12:18 am | #

      Oh, Ruthless knows.

      • Bagge
        Bagge
        June 24, 2015 at 1:51 am | #

        I Think so too

      • Willoughby Chase
        Willoughby Chase
        June 24, 2015 at 3:38 am | #

        Ruthless is a feline playing with mice.

  13. AgentKeen
    AgentKeen
    June 24, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

    I’m guessing the alt-text is a lyric from an Amy Grant song? Cause all I’m getting is Fresh Prince of Bel-Air…

    • Mandy
      Mandy
      June 24, 2015 at 12:06 am | #

      *whispers* I don’t know who Amy Grant is…

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

        Amy Grant is one of those Christian Rock stars from the 80-90s.

        • Disloyal Subject
          Disloyal Subject
          June 24, 2015 at 12:49 am | #

          That was a thing?

          • Rycan
            Rycan
            June 24, 2015 at 1:44 am | #

            “Look angry. Pass it on.”

            Drunk Walky can end any game of Telephone on the spot.

            • Rycan
              Rycan
              June 24, 2015 at 1:44 am | #

              Dammit, how did it do that again?

          • Plasma Mongoose
            Plasma Mongoose
            June 24, 2015 at 1:45 am | #

            Yup it was a thing and from what I heard, it’s still a thing.

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

      I got Keane

      uh

      (p sure it’s “Baby, Baby”)

    • Quinctia
      Quinctia
      June 24, 2015 at 1:59 am | #

      I hated Christian music, even when I was fairly religious and did things like go to church summer camp as a teen for fun.

      But the line’s from an Amy Grant song that actually hit top 40, so I recognized that. It’s “Baby, Baby.”

  14. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    June 24, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

    It may not be a proper Christian party but there are certainly err “holy spirits” involved…

    • AgentKeen
      AgentKeen
      June 24, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

      Unfortunately, Joyce isn’t Catholic, so she can’t blame it on that.

    • feli
      feli
      June 24, 2015 at 12:07 am | #

      Well, there is wine involved in christian ceremonies, right?

      • DarkoNeko
        DarkoNeko
        June 24, 2015 at 12:09 am | #

        Grape juice as far as Joyce’s concerned

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

        Jesus can turn his blood into wine thus pickling himself anytime he wishes.

      • NerdHerder
        NerdHerder
        June 24, 2015 at 12:09 am | #

        Not with a lot of Protestants. Definitely not with a fundie like Joyce. They’d just use grape juice.

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

          The SDAs have even more of an anti-alcohol slant than most other Christian denominations do.

        • ozaline
          ozaline
          June 24, 2015 at 12:12 am | #

          Hmm some Protestant groups use wine, even some hard core fundamentalist ones, though often they have grape juice for the kids. Though some are quite of the opinion, “It says wine, we have to use wine!”

          • Plasma Mongoose
            Plasma Mongoose
            June 24, 2015 at 12:14 am | #

            I heard that grape-juice could be classed as an unfermented wine,

            • Jerden
              Jerden
              June 24, 2015 at 5:37 pm | #

              Does that make gruel unfermented beer? Because that might be a good way to market it.

          • vlademir1
            vlademir1
            June 24, 2015 at 1:43 am | #

            Like many things to do with matters of religious viewpoint, it varies so widely as to be impossible to really guess at without knowing details I doubt Willis wants to get into detail on.

            Just on this particular sacrament I’ve first hand experience with churches that don’t do it at all, those that use wine, those that use grape juice, those that do the body but not the blood, those that use wafers, those that use basic generally available leavened bread and those that use some variety of unleavened bread. Then you get the debates about whether it’s essential, about whether it need be administered by an officiant in a church, etc and all these can be expressed within most denominations (Roman Catholics being the most standardized because of it’s import in Catholic church liturgy compared to most other denominations).

        • Kryss LaBryn
          Kryss LaBryn
          June 24, 2015 at 8:49 am | #

          Anglicans use wine. Don’t know about others.

          • vlademir1
            vlademir1
            June 24, 2015 at 10:52 pm | #

            Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican, some Lutheran and some Baptist all use wine. Other Christian denominations it’s widely variable.

            • chris
              chris
              June 24, 2015 at 11:41 pm | #

              when you have 4 catholics you are likely to find a 5th.

  15. NotAnElf
    NotAnElf
    June 24, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

    Wow, I used to get stoned with my RA…

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      June 24, 2015 at 12:13 am | #

      You didn’t live in a glass dorm did ya? 😛

    • Quinctia
      Quinctia
      June 24, 2015 at 2:01 am | #

      My freshman RA instructed us at our first meeting that, if we wanted to get drunk, we should go to him and he’d find us a party because he didn’t want us drinking on the floor.

      In retrospect, it would’ve been hilarious if he’d caught the kid who was a chem TA that decided he wanted to distill liquor in one of the bathrooms…

  16. Reflex76
    Reflex76
    June 24, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

    “I picked a bad day to quit drinking.”

    • Leorale
      Leorale
      June 24, 2015 at 12:33 am | #

      “Guess I’d better pick a different one. Oh well.” ::chug::

    • Flimsyfishy
      Flimsyfishy
      June 24, 2015 at 1:36 am | #

      I picked a bad day to quit sniffing glue.

      • chris73
        chris73
        June 24, 2015 at 3:56 am | #

        Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit amphetamines

  17. Cattleprod
    Cattleprod
    June 24, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

    Is somebody holding him up? Is he hanging off of the bed frame? Are we seeing him right in the midst of a dramatic leap across the room?

    • DarkoNeko
      DarkoNeko
      June 24, 2015 at 12:10 am | #

      Yes.

    • saki
      saki
      June 24, 2015 at 3:04 am | #

      Gravity is irrelevant where Walky is concerned.

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      June 24, 2015 at 11:52 am | #

      His Heart’s In Motion! 😛

  18. otusasio451
    otusasio451
    June 24, 2015 at 12:05 am | #

    Walky’s like a honey badger: he don’t give a shit! And he’s immune to cobra venom. Probably.

  19. Sgore
    Sgore
    June 24, 2015 at 12:05 am | #

    It’s Walky!

    • DarkoNeko
      DarkoNeko
      June 24, 2015 at 12:06 am | #

      It’s Walky !

      • Leorale
        Leorale
        June 24, 2015 at 12:57 am | #

        It’s Drunky!

  20. feli
    feli
    June 24, 2015 at 12:05 am | #

    And instantly I think of that scene from Shrek, where they are all calling each others names … guess who is Donkey in this strip 😀

    • Karen Lynn
      Karen Lynn
      June 24, 2015 at 12:46 am | #

      WAL-KAAAYYYY

  21. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    June 24, 2015 at 12:07 am | #

    Why is Sarah mad at Joyce??

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      June 24, 2015 at 12:08 am | #

      Why is Bert mad at Ernie?
      Why is Brain mad at Pinky?
      Why is Abbot mad at Costello?

      It’s their dynamic.

    • JessWitt
      JessWitt
      June 24, 2015 at 12:15 am | #

      Honest question? Because she’s stowing away Becky in their room.

      But why is Joyce mad at Dorothy?

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        June 24, 2015 at 12:19 am | #

        She’s next in line.

        It’s a good thing they stood (or floated horizontally in Walky’s case) in an order that makes sense.

        If it weren’t for serendipity, we’d have Dorothy glaring at Dina, who glares at Sarah, who glares at Amber, who glares at Dina again because Dina can bilocate.

        • Lawzlo
          Lawzlo
          June 24, 2015 at 1:03 am | #

          Hey, just because she kissed a girl doesn’t necessarily mean Dina’s bilocational. She could also be in one location or the other. She’s figuring it out, don’t rush her.

          • 3oranges
            3oranges
            June 24, 2015 at 1:58 am | #

            I assumed she was bilocational so that she could be on the sides, the two Dinas you didn’t even know were there.

            • Enkrod
              Enkrod
              June 24, 2015 at 2:49 pm | #

              Clever Girl.

            • Arianod
              Arianod
              June 24, 2015 at 4:08 pm | #

              But she can only be on two sides at once as long as you don’t look at either one: the moment you do, the function collapses.

              • Doctor_Lantern
                Doctor_Lantern
                June 24, 2015 at 10:45 pm | #

                Schrödinger’s Dina?

      • Leorale
        Leorale
        June 24, 2015 at 12:34 am | #

        Because Dorothy and her stupid boyfriend are drunk in her room.

        • AgentKeen
          AgentKeen
          June 24, 2015 at 12:39 am | #

          And Dorothy is her best friend, so it’s even worse that she of all people is drunk. And I think Joyce felt a kindred spirit in the not-drinking thing at their last party, so it’s triple the betrayal of anyone else drinking.

          • Bagge
            Bagge
            June 24, 2015 at 1:54 am | #

            Walky is an idiot in Joyce’s mind, but Dorothy should know better. It’s not only a violation of common sense but of their friendship

            • DarkoNeko
              DarkoNeko
              June 24, 2015 at 2:39 am | #

              bah.

    • Nono
      Nono
      June 24, 2015 at 12:15 am | #

      The Becky thing?

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      June 24, 2015 at 2:51 am | #

      Because Joyce is keeping contraband (to wit Becky) in their room!

    • Pizkie
      Pizkie
      June 24, 2015 at 4:16 am | #

      My guess is she’s lashing out because Joyce hurt her feelings pretty badly.

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      June 24, 2015 at 5:55 pm | #

      Sarah’s terrified that Ruth will report her, and she’ll get kicked out, and her grades and her plans for the future will be RUINED. In other words, the fear that has driven her since the first comic.

  22. Yumi
    Yumi
    June 24, 2015 at 12:07 am | #

    Throw it back at her. “Just like it’s fine if we visit you in your room at random. It’s not like you have anything to hide.”

  23. timemonkey
    timemonkey
    June 24, 2015 at 12:08 am | #

    Quick, have Dina distract Ruth with sweet Dino facts while Becky grabs the booze and runs to Dorothy’s room.

    • Rycan
      Rycan
      June 24, 2015 at 1:47 am | #

      Why Dorothy’s room? We trying to pin the blame on her?

      • timemonkey
        timemonkey
        June 24, 2015 at 6:29 am | #

        It’s the farthest away while having the occupant completely aware of the situation. She can’t hide in the boys dorm, amber and Dina don’t know what’s up with her, Sal and Billie live right next door.

    • Amazi-Stool
      Amazi-Stool
      June 24, 2015 at 2:35 pm | #

      The booze is already drank up.
      So when you write “Becky grabs the booze” are you referring solely to Billie or do you suggest an orgy of drunk people in Dorothy’s room?

      • timemonkey
        timemonkey
        June 24, 2015 at 6:34 pm | #

        You really think Billie’s out of booze?

  24. tim gueguen
    tim gueguen
    June 24, 2015 at 12:08 am | #

    Ruth is playing a giant game of meta here. She knows some of them are drunk, but she’s pretending that she isn’t sure yet. She didn’t have to show up to know that someone might be drunk, since she knew Billie was going to the party, and would probably end up drunk sooner or later. She now has to decide which is more risky, penalising them for drinking, or not penalising them for drinking, given that she can’t be sure how Billie will react, but she also can’t be sure that one of the drunks won’t do something stupid, or that no one else who might rat them out knows what’s going on.

    This is of course the cue for Mary to walk in next strip.

    • Romanticide
      Romanticide
      June 24, 2015 at 12:22 am | #

      She will probably play clueless in that area if things don’t get crazy or dangerous… but I guess she also could be really curious on what a sheltered person like Joyce would do in a party. XD
      But yeah, Mary would be horrible trouble…

    • Sherlock9
      Sherlock9
      June 24, 2015 at 9:48 am | #

      After Mary, that is of course the cue for Sal to walk back in. The tally at that point would be: 5 drunk people, one scared Christian fundie, one judgemental Christian fundie, one runaway redhead, one cranky redhead, one cranky Dina, one grumpy roommate and a fight.

  25. -Sentinel-
    -Sentinel-
    June 24, 2015 at 12:09 am | #

    Subtle Sarah is subtle.

  26. Funhouseingabox
    Funhouseingabox
    June 24, 2015 at 12:10 am | #

    Why is Joyce mad a Dorothy? It’s not like she BROUGHT the alcohol. Plus, how would one drunk freshman matter? Almost everyone is smashed. Especially Walky.

  27. NerdHerder
    NerdHerder
    June 24, 2015 at 12:10 am | #

    It’s Drunky!

    • tim gueguen
      tim gueguen
      June 24, 2015 at 12:12 am | #

      Joyce and Drunky.

      • Jazz Hands
        Jazz Hands
        June 24, 2015 at 12:38 am | #

        The Drunkyverse.

        • AgentKeen
          AgentKeen
          June 24, 2015 at 12:41 am | #

          Shortkegged!?

          • Rycan
            Rycan
            June 24, 2015 at 1:48 am | #

            Drunkies!

            • JessWitt
              JessWitt
              June 24, 2015 at 4:03 am | #

              DuA: Drinking under Age

    • fogel
      fogel
      June 24, 2015 at 12:13 am | #

      🙂

  28. LouisvilleRobin
    LouisvilleRobin
    June 24, 2015 at 12:10 am | #

    Maybe Ruth is having a social moment and she came to Joyce’s because she’s sure that she won’t have to play the heavy. Maybe now that she hates herself a little bit less she wants to not play the ogre.

    • DarkoNeko
      DarkoNeko
      June 24, 2015 at 12:11 am | #

      Yeah, like I thought, she’s feeling lonely.

    • AgentKeen
      AgentKeen
      June 24, 2015 at 12:41 am | #

      Yeah, Ruth hate playing the Heavy. She much prefers the Scout and smashing people’s faces with his bat.

      • Disloyal Subject
        Disloyal Subject
        June 24, 2015 at 12:53 am | #

        She’s better at playing the Medic, though, so her team usually yell at her for picking Scout.

      • DarkoNeko
        DarkoNeko
        June 24, 2015 at 2:40 am | #

        I thought smashing people’s face with a bat was Sarah’s thing.

  29. Regina Phalange
    Regina Phalange
    June 24, 2015 at 12:11 am | #

    I could be wrong, but I thought as long as they could prove Joyce and Sarah are not keeping alcohol in their room, they can’t be in trouble for the rest of the gang being drunk by their own means.

    Regardless, Joyce, I’m pretty sure Sarah is referring to the third roommate, not necessarily the drunk Dorothy…or maybe both….

    • gkheyf
      gkheyf
      June 24, 2015 at 12:18 am | #

      no, the hosts definitely get penalized. i have second-hand knowledge of this. even if it can be proven that the host played no role in providing the booze, the tricky part comes when you have to prove ignorance of it without appearing passively permissive. even then, reasonable doubt can lead the university to punish on the off chance that all were guilty

      • DarkoNeko
        DarkoNeko
        June 24, 2015 at 2:41 am | #

        Sarah : “I didn’t know, I spent all the party in the bathroom”

        Authorities : “…yeah right”

      • Halloween Jack
        Halloween Jack
        June 24, 2015 at 7:39 am | #

        That sounds like more of an announced BYOB situation. And “reasonable doubt” as a concept applies more to presumed innocence than guilt. If someone wanders into my room with a red Solo cup full of gin and juice, and I’m not close enough to smell it on their breath, I don’t think I’m the one who gets in trouble.

        • El Chupacabre
          El Chupacabre
          June 24, 2015 at 10:57 pm | #

          Students of a university don’t have all of the rights of Citizens of the United States. In fact, they sign some of their rights away.

          • El Chupacabre
            El Chupacabre
            June 24, 2015 at 11:01 pm | #

            By way of clarification: Students are not afforded by their universities all of the same rights which Citizens are afforded by the united states, in similar scenarios. Your university can expel you in situations the United States Government can not legally rule you guilty. Furthermore, some of the rights you are afforded by the law of the United states are signed away while you attend university.

      • Doctor_Lantern
        Doctor_Lantern
        June 24, 2015 at 10:51 pm | #

        My little brother actually went to IU. Plenty of Freshman drinking parties in the dorms. Most of which involved the RA being present and drinking with them… Some RA’s were not so liberal. Some parties were broken up, some reported. The school did very little in the way of punishment. Basically it was a “you know better, don’t do it again, not go to class.”

        • Doctor_Lantern
          Doctor_Lantern
          June 24, 2015 at 10:52 pm | #

          *Now* go to class.”

          My bad.

  30. gkheyf
    gkheyf
    June 24, 2015 at 12:12 am | #

    d’aawww! it turns out that ruth was just lonely. do the christian thing and include her so long as she conforms to your way of partying.

    gotta love how several of the characters are familiar with pockets of pop culture that i’ve never heard of before. this comic is an educational experience all around!

    • Agemegos
      Agemegos
      June 24, 2015 at 12:43 am | #

      Give her a drink.

  31. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    June 24, 2015 at 12:12 am | #

    Sarah : “dooom angry glare”
    Joyce : “trying to look angry here”
    Dorothy : “help I’m panicking”

    • DarkoNeko
      DarkoNeko
      June 24, 2015 at 12:13 am | #

      (it’s the eyebrow)

    • Boomwolf
      Boomwolf
      June 24, 2015 at 12:15 am | #

      Walky: YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYY

      • Kryss LaBryn
        Kryss LaBryn
        June 24, 2015 at 8:56 am | #

        Walky: “It’s a party! Lighten up! :D”

    • m2iCodeJockey
      m2iCodeJockey
      June 24, 2015 at 12:23 am | #

      Walky: “Can’t stop me, mofo’s! I’m on a boat!”

    • Rycan
      Rycan
      June 24, 2015 at 1:51 am | #

      Billie: “NOT AMUSED”

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      June 24, 2015 at 5:46 pm | #

      Sarah: Joyce, YOU DID THIS TO ME!!
      Joyce: It wasn’t me, Dorothy’s the one who’s drunk!!
      Dorothy: It wasn’t me! Billie gave me the booze!!
      Billie: I… I… I… DAMMIT WALKY!! (her default blame target)
      Walky: Wheeee!

  32. M-M
    M-M
    June 24, 2015 at 12:15 am | #

    *trying to remember the last time we saw Sarah genuinely smile*

    • gkheyf
      gkheyf
      June 24, 2015 at 12:19 am | #

      introducing other jacob to joyce or laughing at joyce getting a flu shot? one of those, maybe

    • gkheyf
      gkheyf
      June 24, 2015 at 12:56 am | #

      nope, i was wrong. it was drawing the ding-dong

  33. LiaHansen
    LiaHansen
    June 24, 2015 at 12:17 am | #

    DAWWW

  34. JessWitt
    JessWitt
    June 24, 2015 at 12:18 am | #

    I’d be fine with an endless strip where each character stares down another.

  35. chris73
    chris73
    June 24, 2015 at 12:18 am | #

    I don’t see the big problem here, all Dorothy has to do is take Walky somewhere and give him sexy times

    • gkheyf
      gkheyf
      June 24, 2015 at 12:20 am | #

      that’s your answer to everything! it only sometimes works 8D (walky)

      • chris73
        chris73
        June 24, 2015 at 12:23 am | #

        It works pretty well with drunk 19 year old males, at least it did when i was 19 (or however old Walky is)

        • Someone
          Someone
          June 24, 2015 at 12:27 am | #

          I think he’s 18

          • chris73
            chris73
            June 24, 2015 at 1:03 am | #

            Even better

            • DarkoNeko
              DarkoNeko
              June 24, 2015 at 2:42 am | #

              seeing how slushed he is he might puke midway tho. Terrible idea.

              • chris73
                chris73
                June 24, 2015 at 3:50 am | #

                Funny story to tell the kids later then so its all good

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      June 24, 2015 at 12:22 am | #

      But can Dotty legally consent as she’s drunk.

      • Someone
        Someone
        June 24, 2015 at 12:24 am | #

        But Walky is even drunker then she is! Not sure how that works legally

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          June 24, 2015 at 12:28 am | #

          From what I heard from some news stories from America over the last few years, it sounds like men are legally responsible if they have sex while drunk while women are not.

          • John Small Berries
            John Small Berries
            June 24, 2015 at 12:48 am | #

            In Ohio, it’s illegal for someone to “[administer] any drug, intoxicant, or controlled substance” to another person “[f]or the purpose of preventing resistance”. (Unless they’re married and living together, in which case it’s apparently perfectly fine.)

            There’s nothing in the Ohio codes that makes it illegal if the participants are already intoxicated (absent intent to overcome resistance) and then decide to do the horizontal mambo.

            IANAL, but did serve jury duty on a case where this was germane.

            • Spiny Creature
              Spiny Creature
              June 24, 2015 at 5:58 am | #

              …Is IANAL “I am not a lawyer”? There really is an acronym for everything these days.

          • Li
            Li
            June 24, 2015 at 8:00 am | #

            You have heard incorrectly.

            Cases like Steubenville, where the female victim was unconscious, where there is video evidence of her being gang raped by laughing male perpetrators, are STILL treated like the woman’s fault. Those men got slap on the wrist sentences while CNN bemoaned how their lives would be destroyed (something the network never apologized for even slightly, despite a campaign launched to demand it).

            We know that rapists use alcohol because they tell us themselves, in anonymous surveys and case studies. They target victims who are already drunk, and then get them to drink more. They take these victims home and rape them, knowing that they can claim they were both drunk. It’s much easier than actually drugging someone, and safer too! Drugs show up in you screens. (This is one of the major reasons why date rape drug-detecting products are useless.)

            We also know (again, research has been done) that bartenders tend to over-serve women and under-serve men, as in women who ask for a mixed drink will literally receive higher alcohol content. This is on top of the average woman bring smaller than the average man, which makes us just a bit more susceptible to even the *same amount* of alcohol.

            So, guy and girl order the same amount of drinks — the girl is probably going to wind up more drunk, for reasons that are not her fault.

      • chris73
        chris73
        June 24, 2015 at 12:26 am | #

        Thats a whole can of worms I don’t want to be opening

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          June 24, 2015 at 12:28 am | #

          Best to keep those worms aside for fishing.

          • Disloyal Subject
            Disloyal Subject
            June 24, 2015 at 12:55 am | #

            True on many levels of meaning.

    • Rabid Rabbit
      Rabid Rabbit
      June 24, 2015 at 2:25 am | #

      But what if Walky’s drunk enough to be… um… non-functional?

      • DarkoNeko
        DarkoNeko
        June 24, 2015 at 2:43 am | #

        Or, like, not in the mood to.

        • chris73
          chris73
          June 24, 2015 at 3:49 am | #

          Hes 18, hes just discovered sexy times in the last couple of weeks and hes drunk so he’s probably…”up” for it whenever Dorothy gives him the go ahead

    • timemonkey
      timemonkey
      June 24, 2015 at 6:15 am | #

      Everyone but Joyce, Sarah, Amber, Dina and Becky is drunk. Billie’s still actively got alcohol and Becky is living there illegally. Unless Walky starts blabbing about Becky he’s the least of their concerns.

  36. Lou
    Lou
    June 24, 2015 at 12:21 am | #

    So… when is Ruth going to notice last-time-I-saw-you-you-were-fleeing-your-father Amber?

    • Captain Batson
      Captain Batson
      June 24, 2015 at 4:28 am | #

      Actually, the last time those two met was when Ruth dropped by to inform Amber that her jerkbag of a daddy was in the hospital.

      • Rich
        Rich
        June 24, 2015 at 1:15 pm | #

        Which is the closest we’ve seen to an embarrassed, apologetic Ruth. If there’s one person more likely than Billie to get some slack from her it’s Amber – and ironically, Amber doesn’t need it.

  37. 6Qubed
    6Qubed
    June 24, 2015 at 12:25 am | #

    8D

    that’s walky

    • AgentKeen
      AgentKeen
      June 24, 2015 at 12:44 am | #

      >:(
      >:(
      🙁
      8D

      • Disloyal Subject
        Disloyal Subject
        June 24, 2015 at 12:57 am | #

        You missed Billie

        : /

  38. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    June 24, 2015 at 12:36 am | #

    Becky is A-ok with more chicks in the party !

  39. Twilightomens
    Twilightomens
    June 24, 2015 at 12:36 am | #

    This comic makes me so happy.

  40. CleverTrousers
    CleverTrousers
    June 24, 2015 at 12:50 am | #

    Who can’t hold his liquor across universes? It’s Walky!

    • Rycan
      Rycan
      June 24, 2015 at 1:53 am | #

      And Sal, but she always got second fiddle.

  41. Idon'tcarenomore
    Idon'tcarenomore
    June 24, 2015 at 12:51 am | #

    If Ruth busts the party, she’s busting Billie. Billie is on record with the office as having a drinking problem. So, it could go bad for Billie, and in reflection Ruth herself.

    But the ones with the most to lose are Joyce and Sarah, for hosting the party: but mainly for boarding Becky secretly.

    Joyce is just mad at everybody about now, except Sarah.

    Time for Becky’s parents to show up.

    • Disloyal Subject
      Disloyal Subject
      June 24, 2015 at 12:58 am | #

      Parents? As in, plural?
      I mean, I know ToeDad’s considered an asshole, but I doubt he’d exhume his wife for a trip to haul Becky back home.

  42. EvergreenFir
    EvergreenFir
    June 24, 2015 at 1:00 am | #

    Oh dear gods, I remember Amy Grant… the song Emmanuel is playing in my head at this moment.

    • Rycan
      Rycan
      June 24, 2015 at 1:54 am | #

      But it’s not even December!

  43. Dean
    Dean
    June 24, 2015 at 1:59 am | #

    Ruth is successfully hiding the fact that she loves playing Apples to Apples.

  44. Aaron
    Aaron
    June 24, 2015 at 2:00 am | #

    It has been a long time since I have literally fallen out of bed laughing at this comic (I usually do laugh a lot, but not that much) but Walky’s face in the last panel is just too good.

    • Architex
      Architex
      June 24, 2015 at 6:10 am | #

      I know what you mean, this story line has been gold for laughs and feel for me. It’s really been a great ride.

  45. Haintsu
    Haintsu
    June 24, 2015 at 2:06 am | #

    Really Sarah?
    “Hmm, what should I do to make sure Ruth doesn’t find out about Becky? I know, I’ll comment in a way that makes it obvious we’re hiding something. Oh and I’ll also throw Joyce an angry look. Yeah, that will help.”
    …

    • Rich
      Rich
      June 24, 2015 at 6:40 am | #

      In a room full of underage drunks where Becky is one of the few people not breaking the dry campus rule? Yeah, she really pointed attention right at her, you bet.

      • Spencer
        Spencer
        June 24, 2015 at 9:43 am | #

        Becky’s breaking the rules just by being there, which might be what Sarah is focusing on when she says her line.

        But then, Sarah’s kind of been a jackass most of the party, so I might be assuming she’s referring to Becky rather than all the underaged drinkers in her room.

  46. BenRG
    BenRG
    June 24, 2015 at 2:11 am | #

    Billie, if you’re attempting to transfer blame to Walky, don’t bother. He’s flying high and lost to this world. I also think that tomorrow’s hangover will render him useless for the day!

    So, is Ruth lonly and bored? Or is she just not happy unless she’s making people miserable?

  47. Resulli
    Resulli
    June 24, 2015 at 2:37 am | #

    Moments like this are why Walky will remain my favorite character ever.

    8D

  48. TheOtherDibbler
    TheOtherDibbler
    June 24, 2015 at 2:57 am | #

    Okay, I’m genuinely not sure any more if Ruth is doing her ‘R.A. crashing the party to check for outlawed shenanigans’ bit for reals, or if she actually just wanted to come sit in on a party for once and not be alone in her room all evening, but has to put up her scary R.A. front in public because she can’t not.

    And Walky in the last panel is hilarious.

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      June 24, 2015 at 3:02 am | #

      I’ve got a strange feeling that, if there are no distractions (like having to take Walky to the emergency room to have his stomach pumped), Ruth may end up confiding in someone.

    • NF
      NF
      June 24, 2015 at 3:44 am | #

      Ruth is probably thinking, “I am a hypocrite if I bust these drunk kids when I won’t bust Billie, but I have to send an anti-alcohol message as an RA, and maintain my image as Ruthless. So I’m going to sit here and pretend I don’t know for sure they’ve been drinking, but that I’m on to them, and that way they will stop drinking, sober up, and I’ll have ensured that everyone is safe. And all I need to do is endure bad Christian music sober. Also, that Walky kid is so lucky I’m not his RA.”

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        June 24, 2015 at 7:04 am | #

        Does anyone really think Ruth is going to report anyone if she doesn’t have to? Threaten them. Scare them. Even rip out their femurs. But not report them and go through all the process and paperwork. That’s not her style.

        I’m not sure what she’s actually here for, but it’s not going to be that.

        • Spencer
          Spencer
          June 24, 2015 at 9:49 am | #

          I’m with LouisvilleRobin. Ruth is lonely right now and is trying to maintain superiority by acting like femur-tearing Ruthless.

          • thejeff
            thejeff
            June 24, 2015 at 7:24 pm | #

            That’s a strong possibility. I could see her focusing on Billie as the source of the alcohol and dragging her off to a horrible fate (sexytimes back in her room, of course). Leaving the others scared straight.

            I just don’t think she’ll be writing anyone up, other than as an extreme last resort.

    • LouisvilleRobin
      LouisvilleRobin
      June 24, 2015 at 8:24 am | #

      I think she’s feeling lonely, or more importantly, she’s feeling tired of feeling alone.

  49. Adam Smith
    Adam Smith
    June 24, 2015 at 2:58 am | #

    “Joyce!”
    “Dorothy!”
    “Billy…”
    “Walky-”
    “WALKY!”

    • masterofthez
      masterofthez
      June 24, 2015 at 7:38 pm | #

      This comment made me laugh just as hard as the comic today.

  50. ninja_jesus
    ninja_jesus
    June 24, 2015 at 4:21 am | #

    WHOA, Sarah, cast your accusing gaze to Billie, not Joyce. This party was for her.

    • chris73
      chris73
      June 24, 2015 at 4:26 am | #

      Sarahs probably thinking about Becky not the drinking

  51. Bagge
    Bagge
    June 24, 2015 at 4:23 am | #

    Poor Dotty. I think this is the only time in the comic she has done something genuinely stupid, and it takes ten minutes for it to backfire spectacularly.

  52. Arianod
    Arianod
    June 24, 2015 at 4:35 am | #

    Hey, defying gravity is not against dorm rules.

    …or is it.

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      June 24, 2015 at 4:59 am | #

      Sounds like a Hogwarts rule

      • Arianod
        Arianod
        June 24, 2015 at 3:59 pm | #

        Pretty sure we’re not in Hogwarts.

  53. Tobias
    Tobias
    June 24, 2015 at 4:36 am | #

    Who DOESN’T have anything to hide in this room?

    Billie’s hiding the fact that she just got most of the people here drunk.
    Ruth’s hiding the fact that she’s sleeping with a student on her floor and has an even bigger drinking problem.
    Becky’s hiding the fact that she’s currently homeless and living in Joyce’s room.
    Joyce’s hiding the fact that she was almost sexually assaulted at the last party she went to.
    Before she left, Sal was hiding the fact that she’s sleeping with her T.A.
    Sarah’s hiding the fact that she really wants to bone Jacob.
    Amber’s hiding the fact that she’s a violent vigilante and sleeping with Danny.
    Danny’s hiding the fact that he might be bi for Ethan.
    Ethan’s hiding the fact that he’s gay.
    Dorothy’s hiding the fact that she knows way too many of the above secrets.
    Dina’s hiding the fact that she thought, besides its paleontological sins, Jurassic World was a pretty decent movie.

    With this many drunk bubbles, no way all of these secrets are leaving this room intact.

    • Arikel
      Arikel
      June 24, 2015 at 5:12 am | #

      I like how everyone has some moderately real concerns and then there’s Dorothy and Dina who’re like yeah… you guys are weird.

      • John
        John
        June 24, 2015 at 1:41 pm | #

        Well, Dorothy’s hiding the fact that she’s drunk. Dina’s hiding behind the door. Walky’s hiding that he bombed a math quiz, and that there’s more to him than his goofy façade (but if he’s trying to hide that he’s drunk, he’s doing a really, really bad job of it). Joyce is hiding that she’s sheltering homeless lesbians in defiance of parents, college, and possibly God Himself, and also that she really wants to get laid despite the terrifying experience she had at the last party she went to. Billie’s hiding that she’s in a sexy lesbian suicide pact with the RA. Ruth is hiding that she’s lonely and depressed. Amber is hiding that she beat her father senseless. Danny is hiding that he knows that, and, along with Ethan and Dorothy, that they know that Amber’s Amazi-Girl…

    • Arianod
      Arianod
      June 24, 2015 at 4:00 pm | #

      They can all hide together! 😀

  54. Architex
    Architex
    June 24, 2015 at 6:08 am | #

    Dumbing of Age: Still the Webcomic of Meaningful Glances

  55. Thanks, I'll Have Another!
    Thanks, I'll Have Another!
    June 24, 2015 at 6:09 am | #

    Dear God, please let that Walky face become a Gravatar and please let me have it.

    • DarkoNeko
      DarkoNeko
      June 24, 2015 at 8:02 am | #

      it’s not particulary hard to crop that in MS paint and upload it for your use ^^;

  56. Spencer
    Spencer
    June 24, 2015 at 6:38 am | #

    Is this the first time Joyce has been angry at Dorothy?

    I guess the romance is over.

  57. podian
    podian
    June 24, 2015 at 6:59 am | #

    Joyce!
    Dorothy!
    Billie!
    It’s Walky!

  58. Mr. Bawkbagawk
    Mr. Bawkbagawk
    June 24, 2015 at 7:23 am | #

    “no you can’t, now get the fuck out or I will call the cops” how hard is that?

    • DarkoNeko
      DarkoNeko
      June 24, 2015 at 8:02 am | #

      “Sure, tell them to bring breathalysers while you’re at it”

    • RahDream
      RahDream
      June 24, 2015 at 8:13 am | #

      “No, you aren’t invited because you are a jerk. please leave”, while rude and uncomfortable, would have worked at my school. But then again our RAs weren’t there to enforce “the rules”, they were there to act as advisors and mediators, so they didn’t have any special authority to search students’ rooms or report them for underage drinking, or smoking, or anything that wasn’t specifically a safety/property damage issue.

  59. RedFloyd
    RedFloyd
    June 24, 2015 at 9:07 am | #

    Ruth and Billie end up arguing, Billie kisses Ruth because of her buzz, everyone is shocked, Ruth quickly says “If any of you talk, I’ll have you taken out with me for underage drinking.”
    Joyce “But Sarah and I weren’t drinking!”
    Ruth looks around, then sees Becky trying to hide
    “Well, you’re harboring a run away or something, aren’t you?”
    Joyce eeps
    Amber “What about me? I haven’t done anything wrong.”
    Ruth looks around again. Grabs a sock and some scissors, making a bandanna, then puts it around Amber’s eyes.
    Whole room is shocked (except those that already knew.)

  60. Someone
    Someone
    June 24, 2015 at 9:41 am | #

    Ah yes, Baby Baby. They used to play the heck out of it in the local skating rink that I used to go to.

  61. GDwarf
    GDwarf
    June 24, 2015 at 10:12 am | #

    First thought: Walky is hilarious.

    Second thought: Wait, he kinda looks like he’s going to…devour Billie*…um…

    *Cue double entendre

  62. hof1991
    hof1991
    June 24, 2015 at 10:15 am | #

    Ruth is just doing her job. Show up and the drinking stops. The drunk kids don’t do something stupid or get in serious trouble. She won’t report or discipline anyone. Doesn’t need to for order to be restored.

    Drunk freshmen will go play in traffic. Climb building walls. Throw up or urinate in public places. Attract the attention of campus security or police. Ruth just prevented all that. The party can continue much as Joyce originally wanted. Dorothy can remove Walky if she wants.

    No one is in any serious trouble so far. Ruth may kill Billie but that is a personal matter. As long as Becky stays unnoticed all will be well. So Becky will be noticed.

  63. Toes14
    Toes14
    June 24, 2015 at 10:21 am | #

    I like this Walky! Though I predict he’ll turn slightly obnoxious later and piss off Dorothy somehow, leading to a fight . . .

  64. Astronomifier
    Astronomifier
    June 24, 2015 at 12:08 pm | #

    Ok this one actually made me physically laugh, which is rare for me. I zoom in on the individual panels so walky scrolling onto screen was totally unexpected

  65. Just Here
    Just Here
    June 24, 2015 at 1:10 pm | #

    I just love the glare chain here. And the buck stops with Walky. Of course.

  66. DSL
    DSL
    June 24, 2015 at 1:38 pm | #

    We’ll know more in a few hours, but try this one on: It’s not an anger glare-chain (in fact, Dorothy’s look is more shock and fear than anger) — they’re all, in turn, looking at Walky, and he’s the source of the relevant drunkbubbles. And I’m going to farther out on the limb and say Walky’s playing silly buggers to give Becky a chance to run for cover. Because he blunders into nobility like that.

    • DSL
      DSL
      June 24, 2015 at 1:40 pm | #

      Damn I wish you could edit these things. Better, in my view, to say Dorothy’s look is more shocked-and-hurt-and-betrayed — which makes more sense if it’s directed at Walky rather than Billie.

    • Willoughby Chase
      Willoughby Chase
      June 24, 2015 at 2:37 pm | #

      Yes to all that. Joyce is looking past Dorothy who’s looking past Billie and to Walky who is playing silly buggers.

  67. RVB
    RVB
    June 24, 2015 at 3:37 pm | #

    Walky will eat your face… WITH GLEE!!!

  68. Tacos
    Tacos
    June 24, 2015 at 3:55 pm | #

    Well I’m sure Walky could probably pass off his drunkenness as his regular goofiness.

  69. Tenn
    Tenn
    June 24, 2015 at 6:31 pm | #

    My headcanon is that Walky’s doing the Aracuan bird song.

  70. Booyahman
    Booyahman
    June 24, 2015 at 8:28 pm | #

    Walky! Now is no time to forget that gravity exists!

  71. Someone
    Someone
    June 24, 2015 at 10:16 pm | #

    The twist will be that Walky never drank anything, the bubbles are due to Walky finding a bubble machine, and thats just how Walky acts normally

  72. mxjosh
    mxjosh
    June 24, 2015 at 10:41 pm | #

    Walky’s face is the best thing in the world

  73. Les
    Les
    June 24, 2015 at 10:55 pm | #

    “These are not the drunks you’re looking for … move along!”

  74. ThatMadCat
    ThatMadCat
    June 24, 2015 at 10:56 pm | #

    … Why can’t I help but be reminded of 2D from Gorillaz by that last panel. I don’t think I’ve ever seen him do that face … it just won’t stop clicking in my head.

  75. Edupoet81
    Edupoet81
    June 24, 2015 at 11:39 pm | #

    Ruth totally knows that they have something(s) to hide. Exactly what she knows, what she will find out, an what she chooses to do with information remains to be seen.

    Sarah’s glare is clearly directed at Joyce, but I can’t tell if Joyce is glaring at Dorothy, and Dorothy at Billie, or if each of them is glaring past the person on their right toward Walky at the end of the chain. At least Walky is (drunkenly) happy at the moment. I don’t know if he’ll be smiling so much when the hangover kicks in.

  76. Dylan
    Dylan
    June 26, 2015 at 5:54 am | #

    Fun fact, I went to College with Amy Grant’s daughter. She dated a close friend of mine. Girl was not opposed to getting wasted and having a good time.

  77. LiveWire
    LiveWire
    September 29, 2015 at 10:33 pm | #

    Goddammit, Walky!

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