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September 20, 2023

Agreements

by David M Willis on September 23, 2010 at 12:01 am
  • 01 - Move-In Day

└ Tags: joyce, ruth, sarah

Discussion (80) ¬

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  1. Trae Dorn
    Trae Dorn
    September 23, 2010 at 12:02 am | #

    RUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUTH! 🙂

    • Alan / Falcon
      Alan / Falcon
      September 23, 2010 at 12:07 am | #

      Beat me to it.

      • Trae Dorn
        Trae Dorn
        September 23, 2010 at 12:32 am | #

        In both chat and the comments! I AM THE WINNER!

        • ironballs16
          ironballs16
          October 16, 2013 at 8:35 am | #

          Also in length of characters used!

      • LeodaFox
        LeodaFox
        May 20, 2012 at 6:08 pm | #

        actually you beat him to it he posted it at 12:07 you posted it at 12:02

        • JacHunter
          JacHunter
          November 16, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

          Time zone differences, maybe?

    • Deviltrig
      Deviltrig
      September 23, 2010 at 12:07 am | #

      I second this emotion.

    • Hinoron
      Hinoron
      July 15, 2013 at 3:13 pm | #

      First impressions are SO important… and first warnings.

  2. Alan / Falcon
    Alan / Falcon
    September 23, 2010 at 12:02 am | #

    RUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUTH!

  3. David Herbert
    David Herbert
    September 23, 2010 at 12:03 am | #

    So this is where David’s twitter avatar comes from?

    And I can atest to the fact that living with someone long enough will make you want to kill them eventually.

    • loneislander
      loneislander
      September 23, 2010 at 12:39 am | #

      Me and my best friend couldn’t last a week before we were throwing punches at each other. >.>

      • Colin
        Colin
        March 24, 2014 at 8:41 pm | #

        My buddies and I get the punches out of the way ahead of time. When it’s serious, we duel with either [dulled] blades or collectible card games.

  4. Outrider
    Outrider
    September 23, 2010 at 12:04 am | #

    Overtly bi-polar Ruth scares me.

  5. TheAlucinaut
    TheAlucinaut
    September 23, 2010 at 12:04 am | #

    eep.

  6. Tercotta
    Tercotta
    September 23, 2010 at 12:05 am | #

    I knew this appearance would happen eventually. Doesn’t make it less strange.

  7. Deviltrig
    Deviltrig
    September 23, 2010 at 12:07 am | #

    Huh. Ruth as the RA.. Nice touch. Is Howard gonna get special treatment or something?? that brings up another question. Is Howard coming in this year. If I recall correctly, Howard is a year behind Joyce, Joe, Danny, and the rest of ’em.

    • David
      David M Willis
      September 23, 2010 at 12:12 am | #

      I wouldn’t use the ages of the Roomies! characters to determine the ages of DoA characters. After all, Walky and Billie were the same age as Howard.

  8. beeftony
    beeftony
    September 23, 2010 at 12:09 am | #

    I seem to recall Danny and Joe encountering a similar scenario in the original Roomies!, though that RA was far less psychotic. Something tells me Joyce is going to be the only one in attendance.

    • Milosh
      Milosh
      September 23, 2010 at 12:27 am | #

      Nope… he posted art of the floor meeting earlier, though I can’t find it now. There were many others in attendance too.

      • beeftony
        beeftony
        September 23, 2010 at 3:04 am | #

        Oh, right. I remember something about Mary being one of the background characters there.

        The horror.

  9. addude
    addude
    September 23, 2010 at 12:12 am | #

    Did Ruth still babysit Walky and Billie this time around or is it something I am just going to have to wait to see?

    • David
      David M Willis
      September 23, 2010 at 12:15 am | #

      Nope. She’s never met anyone in the main cast before.

  10. xaan
    xaan
    September 23, 2010 at 12:16 am | #

    I see what you mean about the abundance of green shirts.

  11. Cholma
    Cholma
    September 23, 2010 at 12:18 am | #

    Yay! It’s Ruth! She’s back, and this time it’s No Integrity, Tons of Regret. ;D

    • Trae Dorn
      Trae Dorn
      September 23, 2010 at 12:56 am | #

      Nah, her new motto is just “No Regrets — except driving like an ass at night which might get me killed in a horrific car accident and cause me to die… so as I would regret that, I choose not to do it… good luck drunk Danny…”

      • taekwondogirl
        taekwondogirl
        March 28, 2011 at 10:19 pm | #

        How exactly was SHE driving like an ass…?

        • Regalli
          Regalli
          April 4, 2013 at 6:42 pm | #

          She did slam another car out of the way with her own car. Granted, in context that was a good thing, but…

  12. cappadocius
    cappadocius
    September 23, 2010 at 12:19 am | #

    RUUUUUUUTH! SHE’S BACK! I LOVE YOU RUTH! DON’T DIE THIS TIME!

    • CanvasWolfDoll
      CanvasWolfDoll
      September 14, 2012 at 12:23 pm | #

      heh. you’re gravatar is danny. this amuses me.

  13. Milosh
    Milosh
    September 23, 2010 at 12:24 am | #

    Reminds me of my own RA… minus the first three panels, that is.

  14. Hythrain
    Hythrain
    September 23, 2010 at 12:36 am | #

    Oh… my… RUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUTH! SHE’S BACK! My favorite character from Roomies! is ALIVE!

  15. Aesir
    Aesir
    September 23, 2010 at 1:56 am | #

    And weirdly, this is probably the happiest we’ve seen Ruth ever be

    • beeftony
      beeftony
      September 23, 2010 at 3:06 am | #

      That’s probably because she never caught her Dad cheating.

  16. Chumpy
    Chumpy
    September 23, 2010 at 2:29 am | #

    Something tells me she’s done this before.

  17. TinyDoctorTim
    TinyDoctorTim
    September 23, 2010 at 2:56 am | #

    I think I like this incarnation of Ruth. Better than I liked her before. That said, I hope she will still act with integrity, with no regrets.

  18. Chad from Canada
    Chad from Canada
    September 23, 2010 at 3:25 am | #

    Is it wrong that I’m totally hot for Ruth…? A: I dig glasses, B: I dig Redheads… And C: Any woman with the cajones to threaten to beat someone to death with their femurs is O.K. in my books…

    • atristain
      atristain
      September 23, 2010 at 2:24 pm | #

      I got wood too. Yet, I think she looks scarier when she’s happy.

      She deserves a song for her comeback:

      Been a lot of years since she went away, Ruth Lessik
      Now she’s back and I have to say

      Need you all the way, need you all the way, Ruth Lessik
      Need you all the way, need you all the way, Ruth Lessik

    • Kernanator
      Kernanator
      September 24, 2011 at 6:03 pm | #

      To quote Mike: “I got wood.”

  19. fangrider
    fangrider
    September 23, 2010 at 9:03 am | #

    i like where this is going….

  20. MrGBH
    MrGBH
    September 23, 2010 at 9:46 am | #

    Ah Ruth, just as angry as I remember her.

    • MrGBH
      MrGBH
      September 23, 2010 at 9:49 am | #

      Lovely. I meant just as lovely. Yes.
      >.>

  21. Brendan
    Brendan
    September 23, 2010 at 10:00 am | #

    Hmm… she’s Ruth “Lessik” now…

    Does she still know Walky and Billie?

    • Deviltrig
      Deviltrig
      September 23, 2010 at 10:29 am | #

      Does this mean that Howard isn’t her brother anymore? That’s gonna be weird…

    • Trae Dorn
      Trae Dorn
      September 23, 2010 at 10:30 am | #

      Where are you getting the “Lessik” from?

      • Trae Dorn
        Trae Dorn
        September 23, 2010 at 10:56 am | #

        (Never mind, just looked at the Cast Page)

      • Deviltrig
        Deviltrig
        September 23, 2010 at 10:56 am | #

        The cast page on this site.

        • Trae Dorn
          Trae Dorn
          September 23, 2010 at 10:57 am | #

          Ha! I self corrected before you could correct me!

          Shame Win! 😛

  22. Dark Tzar
    Dark Tzar
    September 23, 2010 at 1:28 pm | #

    um… quick question. Is reading the previous comics with these characters needed (ie they all have tons of history that you need to know to get some of the jokes) or will it be possible to just jump in with this series and at some point read the others later?

    I got linked over from Something Positive and I can’t help but wonder that.

    • David
      David M Willis
      September 23, 2010 at 2:38 pm | #

      This comic is a completely different, stand-alone continuity from my other works. You need to know nothing but the 10 or so strips in the archives.

    • Quix
      Quix
      September 23, 2010 at 6:54 pm | #

      Well, he’s reusing modified characters from previous continuities in a new storyline, so comment chat from fans is likely to go over your head and my money’s on there being throwaway/gravy references to other characters/events that you might not get. Other than that, you’re probably good.

      • Mitsukara
        Mitsukara
        November 28, 2014 at 4:36 pm | #

        Yes, having read through DoA without reading any of the others first (aside from one or two not-very-relevant early Shortpacked! strips, like the one about Batman breathing in space), this comic completely makes sense without knowing the others.

        Some fan conversations less so, but those aren’t too hard to figure out after a while.

    • Happy Fangirl
      Happy Fangirl
      July 1, 2011 at 2:17 am | #

      This is my first webcomic and even more embarrassing is the fact that I can really relate to the character Joyce. And I was starting to wonder the same thing lol.

      • Happy Fangirl
        Happy Fangirl
        July 1, 2011 at 2:19 am | #

        Also the girl named Ruth is really scary.

    • Lucca
      Lucca
      November 28, 2012 at 3:06 am | #

      I’m in the same boat, I got linked here from…Nuzlocke? I think? And I subsequently read Willis other works (albeit backwards). You will most likely still enjoy this comic, the might be occasional gags that reference Shortpacked! or It’s Walky! or something, but you don’t have to worry about those.

  23. JesseJanitect
    JesseJanitect
    September 23, 2010 at 5:54 pm | #

    Between Ruth and Mike, this has the intense possibility for gratuitous and extreme violence. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

    • fangrider
      fangrider
      September 23, 2010 at 7:23 pm | #

      or rough sex between ruth and mike

      • Deviltrig
        Deviltrig
        September 23, 2010 at 9:20 pm | #

        That’d be terrifyingly hot…

  24. ziggy78eog
    ziggy78eog
    September 23, 2010 at 7:47 pm | #

    Holy crap! That is the scariest RA I have ever see.

  25. Baron Fel
    Baron Fel
    September 24, 2010 at 12:03 am | #

    So RA over there means Resident Assistant? I’ve always heard Resident Advisor…learn something new every day.

    • Virnin
      Virnin
      September 24, 2010 at 12:32 am | #

      We just went with the generic Resident A-hole but that was in the 80’s.

  26. Zudarkness
    Zudarkness
    September 24, 2010 at 9:58 am | #

    Yoinks What I wouldn’t give to punch Ruth in the face right about now

  27. Corlanthis
    Corlanthis
    September 24, 2010 at 10:42 am | #

    Hee! Hi, Ruth! I have missed you! 😀

  28. Tomb
    Tomb
    October 10, 2010 at 7:46 am | #

    *Gasp* ….<3

  29. Randy Mcewen
    Randy Mcewen
    October 15, 2010 at 10:33 am | #

    Isn’t this just your old comic but from a slightly different perspective?

    • taekwondogirl
      taekwondogirl
      March 28, 2011 at 10:21 pm | #

      “slightly different perspective”. Hmm. So, what. Did you just glance at the list of cast members for the previous comic or what?

  30. Al the Mighty
    Al the Mighty
    January 20, 2011 at 2:26 pm | #

    Oh, Ruth. How I like you…
    I was thinking in staying just with the main continuity, but this is one of my reasons to follow this one comic.

  31. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    June 19, 2011 at 8:01 pm | #

    Wild Ruth used Bone Club!
    A critical hit!
    It’s super effective!

  32. SonicBlueRanger
    SonicBlueRanger
    August 22, 2011 at 3:09 pm | #

    Ruth is scary and Hillarious all at once I like that.

  33. bubba11340
    bubba11340
    February 28, 2012 at 5:56 am | #

    So is this the same universe as roomies and shorpacked?

    • omegaultima
      omegaultima
      March 7, 2012 at 10:03 am | #

      no, this is an alternate universe.

      • omegaultima
        omegaultima
        March 7, 2012 at 10:06 am | #

        oh, sweet, I got Amazi-girl!

  34. Stephen
    Stephen
    March 8, 2013 at 12:34 am | #

    Well, that was a nice chat. Do we stay or do we run?

    • Sailor_Arashi
      Sailor_Arashi
      March 20, 2013 at 4:07 am | #

      Run.

  35. Dovahkiin
    Dovahkiin
    June 25, 2013 at 10:41 pm | #

    Gah, shes worse than Skyrim’s GIANTS!

  36. rachel
    rachel
    July 16, 2013 at 11:32 pm | #

    Such a great Ruth intro!

  37. ThatGug
    ThatGug
    August 19, 2014 at 6:43 am | #

    Well, i like her.

  38. Chris
    Chris
    October 6, 2014 at 3:22 am | #

    It took me a looooong time to realise that Ruth’s full name was a pun.

  39. BrokenEye, True False Prophet
    BrokenEye, True False Prophet
    September 15, 2015 at 1:29 am | #

    Well she seems nice

  40. Mousa The 14
    Mousa The 14
    March 31, 2016 at 9:37 am | #

    Short for “Ruthless” I see.

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