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by David M Willis on September 17, 2010 at 12:01 am
  • 01 - Move-In Day

└ Tags: danny, dina, joe, joyce

Discussion (60) ¬

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  1. Alan / Falcon
    Alan / Falcon
    September 17, 2010 at 12:04 am | #

    Danny is very emotional.

  2. davmopedia
    davmopedia
    September 17, 2010 at 12:04 am | #

    Good to see that Joe still hasn’t changed at all in 13 years and a continuity shift

  3. David Herbert
    David Herbert
    September 17, 2010 at 12:04 am | #

    Poor Danny. So is he going to be the Joyce this time?

    • maggiemarmalade
      maggiemarmalade
      September 17, 2010 at 12:28 am | #

      What goes around comes around, bizznitch.

      • David Herbert
        David Herbert
        September 17, 2010 at 6:57 am | #

        I shall take that as a yes, since I figure you know what your husband is planning.

        • maggiemarmalade
          David M Willis
          September 17, 2010 at 3:09 pm | #

          Naw, I’ve read ahead a little, but I don’t know that much more than you. He’s very cagey.

    • Crimson Magic
      Crimson Magic
      September 17, 2010 at 11:18 am | #

      Joyce is still Joyce.

      • Sili
        Sili
        September 17, 2010 at 2:28 pm | #

        Of course Joyce is Joyce.

        But is she the Joyce?

  4. Sarge
    Sarge
    September 17, 2010 at 12:10 am | #

    Holy crap, is that Dina in the third panel?

  5. Bill
    Bill
    September 17, 2010 at 12:13 am | #

    Just noticed you are tagging even the background characters. So now I can confirm any people who might be a major character

    • David
      David M Willis
      September 17, 2010 at 12:16 am | #

      I don’t always tag the background characters. If it’s their first appearance, I let people notice or guess at them for a while first.

      • RaijinK
        RaijinK
        September 17, 2010 at 12:19 am | #

        In that case, I’m guessing blue shirt guy in the last panel is Jason.

  6. Joebo
    Joebo
    September 17, 2010 at 1:02 am | #

    So I understand (after reading the “about” page) that this is brand new and no actions that took place in previous comics effect things in this comic. My question is, does that include people and their abductee status?

    • David
      David M Willis
      September 17, 2010 at 1:07 am | #

      There are no abductees in Dumbing of Age.

      • Sili
        Sili
        September 17, 2010 at 2:30 pm | #

        Yet.

      • Joebo
        Joebo
        September 17, 2010 at 2:50 pm | #

        Wait then, no The Cheese either? =(

  7. Trae Dorn
    Trae Dorn
    September 17, 2010 at 1:44 am | #

    Curveball: Joyce looks shocked in panel one because she’s spotted Alf and Doug Funny… and sees what they’re doing…

    • Alan / Falcon
      Alan / Falcon
      September 17, 2010 at 2:07 pm | #

      Not Patty Mayonnaise and Willy?

      • Trae Dorn
        Trae Dorn
        September 17, 2010 at 3:54 pm | #

        That’s what makes it a Curveball. She was EXPECTING Patty and Willy.

  8. agentksilver
    agentksilver
    September 17, 2010 at 8:30 am | #

    I must say, I do like your planning on the colors. Joyce’s world has been pretty much orange and red, and as we switched over to a new circle of characters, the dominant colors are blue and green. It’s a handy visual.

  9. Mysterious Stranger
    Mysterious Stranger
    September 17, 2010 at 9:22 am | #

    I don’t know why but when I’m reading Joe’s dialogue in my head its in Patrick Warburton’s voice. I think I like that.

    • dcmeserve
      dcmeserve
      March 18, 2013 at 10:34 pm | #

      Same here! It was automatic. Somehow the pacing of his lines in these first strips here are a really good match.

      • Andrew_C
        Andrew_C
        October 22, 2013 at 3:02 pm | #

        Dunno why, but to me joe sounds kinda like a cross between George Clooney and Isaiah Mustafa (The Old Spice guy), but Patrick Warburton works also.

  10. Corlanthis
    Corlanthis
    September 17, 2010 at 10:52 am | #

    Not that I wouldn’t have read and loved this regardless, but I admit I was hoping Joe would show up and Joe the place (and ladies) up, and Danny too. Cause I have a soft spot for Danny.

    Now: Question Time!

    I get that this is a continuity reboot, but does this stem out of some timey-wimey shennanigans that went on in J&W? Did Head Alien/The Cheese/Walky do something to the timeline that erased all the Abductin’ goin’ on?

    • David
      David M Willis
      September 17, 2010 at 11:01 am | #

      Nah. There are already an established number of alternate universes adjacent to the Walkyverse. There’s the one Jason’s family comes from, there’s the one the new Head Alien comes from (in Joyce & Walky!), and there’s the one the Fans! folks come from. This is just another one of them floating out there.

      • No0ne
        No0ne
        October 4, 2010 at 11:44 pm | #

        Isn’t the universe where Jason’s family comes from dead? Or was that just a universe they visited on their way to the one they currently resided (The older Walkyverse) in that they sentenced to a slow energy death? I always thought that it was pretty hardcore (in a bad way) of Jasonโ€™s father to kill his own home universe just to get revenge on the Cheese.

        • ProjectXa3
          ProjectXa3
          October 12, 2014 at 4:38 am | #

          Nah, “Heat Death of the Universe”-flavored dooms tend to take millennia to complete, so either way, Universe Chesterfield will probably keep chugging for a good while longer no matter what.

  11. Crimson Magic
    Crimson Magic
    September 17, 2010 at 11:15 am | #

    I miss the comment button in the navigational controls :'(

  12. TSB
    TSB
    September 17, 2010 at 11:28 am | #

    Thanks to that first panel, I can’t stop imagining Joe as played by Bruce Campbell.

    • Zap
      Zap
      December 3, 2010 at 3:54 pm | #

      … damn it, now that thought will never, ever leave my head.

  13. Drpepperfan
    Drpepperfan
    September 17, 2010 at 11:32 am | #

    I’m so glad Danny still has a mullet, even if it is even more out of place nowadays. He just isn’t Danny without that horrible hair!

  14. MarkLar
    MarkLar
    September 17, 2010 at 1:01 pm | #

    I can’t wait to see where this comic takes us in this crazy world full of adventures and such. The best of luck to you with this new comic, Mr. Willis. *bows*

  15. MrGBH
    MrGBH
    September 17, 2010 at 1:02 pm | #

    None of this interests me except for Dina being in the background. I demand more Dina!
    (While I can’t literally demand anything of you, I can and will state my wishes as to which character/s I would like to see more of).

  16. Lazar Janus
    Lazar Janus
    September 17, 2010 at 1:24 pm | #

    Danny seems kinda crazy……

  17. Heather
    Heather
    September 17, 2010 at 4:52 pm | #

    Eh he’s a little overstrung, but as long as he isn’t sneaking into her room to watch her sleep without her knowledge, sabotaging her modes of transport and engaging in mass glitter use I think he’ll eventually do okay. Eventually.

    Not before some drama and laughs though at his expense.

  18. Shivore
    Shivore
    September 17, 2010 at 7:29 pm | #

    Just gotta say 2 things:

    1. I absolutely love this comment system! Why in the world do more comics not do this? Much better than thread-a-day in the forums, and a number of comics don’t even do that!

    2. Greatly looking forward to where this comic is heading, absolutely love J&W so have high hopes! Though gotta say Shortpacked! never really grabbed my interest personally.

    • David
      David M Willis
      September 17, 2010 at 7:38 pm | #

      Ever see the comments on YouTube videos? Many webcomics don’t have comments sections because they can (or did) easily devolve into… that.

  19. Sharktibolt
    Sharktibolt
    September 18, 2010 at 12:24 am | #

    Is it me or does Dina’s hat appear to have an eye and teeth in that one panel?

    • Ascension
      Ascension
      September 18, 2010 at 12:35 am | #

      I think it’s a frowning frog hat.

      • Mirenheart
        Mirenheart
        September 18, 2010 at 12:37 am | #

        Angry frog on the head

    • dcmeserve
      dcmeserve
      March 18, 2013 at 10:42 pm | #

      Dinosaur!

      Dinosaur! Dinosaur!

  20. umop apisdn
    umop apisdn
    September 18, 2010 at 1:06 am | #

    verrah nice… it’s been many many moons, but i lived in beck wing for a couple of years. you’ve got the lobby down pat.

  21. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    September 18, 2010 at 4:41 pm | #

    Just putting in my $.02 that I don’t really like the diminishing font size for comment replies. Seems okay on my mobile, but it was unreadable on my desktop.

  22. Someone
    Someone
    September 18, 2010 at 6:53 pm | #

    This new direction seems so reflective and inverted of Roomies! Coming into the whole stream late, I have to say it’s a nice, fresh way to avoid reading through an archive to learn about all these awesome characters. Must be refreshing for the artist too ๐Ÿ™‚ One comment: I know no one likes IE. I know I should get firefox. Just thought I’d share that for some reason the very cool background disappears to be replaced by this funky, ugly, no-interest blue color background.

    • David
      David M Willis
      September 18, 2010 at 7:11 pm | #

      People said the awesome background made things hard to read and they hated it, so there’s a blue there now.

      • loneislander
        loneislander
        September 19, 2010 at 2:46 am | #

        Well that’s a shame. I seriously prefer the old awesome background myself. Thought it went with the transparent panels beautifully.

      • Alan / Falcon
        Alan / Falcon
        September 19, 2010 at 1:53 pm | #

        I agree, major shame. Old Awesome Background is great, ESPECIALLY with the transparent panels. “Funky, ugly, no-interest blue color” sums this up pretty nicely (sorry Maggie!!)

        • Trae Dorn
          Trae Dorn
          September 19, 2010 at 2:09 pm | #

          I’m with Falcon on this.

        • Crimson Magic
          Crimson Magic
          September 19, 2010 at 10:08 pm | #

          The blue is good, it mirrors the ‘black’ comment background on the Shortpacked! site. It could be a bit thinner, but I can read the comments much more easily now.

  23. LS
    LS
    September 19, 2010 at 2:43 pm | #

    So…wait, what about Sal? I didn’t think it was THAT big of a continuity shift…

    • David
      David M Willis
      September 19, 2010 at 4:58 pm | #

      Sal and Danny have never met.

      • Mirenheart
        Mirenheart
        September 19, 2010 at 10:34 pm | #

        :O

  24. n0z3k1ll3r
    n0z3k1ll3r
    September 19, 2010 at 9:24 pm | #

    So do Jason and his family exist in this universe?

    • beeftony
      beeftony
      September 23, 2010 at 2:49 am | #

      Jason is a math professor.

  25. abreu7
    abreu7
    September 20, 2010 at 6:51 pm | #

    Okay, am I seeing things, or in the last panel do I see a possible Jason in the background?

    • n0z3k1ll3r
      n0z3k1ll3r
      September 20, 2010 at 11:44 pm | #

      Wishful thinking I think. The hair isn’t quite right.

  26. The Professor
    The Professor
    February 1, 2011 at 6:42 pm | #

    Agreed.

  27. Thomas
    Thomas
    November 19, 2013 at 1:01 pm | #

    First chance, still failing the Reverse Bechamel Test…

  28. nothri
    nothri
    November 6, 2014 at 5:59 pm | #

    Exhibit A in Joe’s descent into absolute dickery.

  29. Mousa The 14
    Mousa The 14
    March 31, 2016 at 9:20 am | #

    I can’t muster the energy to feel anything for Danny’s “struggle” besides complete amusement.

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