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by David M Willis on September 10, 2010 at 12:01 am
  • 01 - Move-In Day
└ Tags: becky, joyce

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  1. teach
    teach
    September 24, 2010 at 1:30 am | #

    starting it off with a poop joke. classy

    • ilvos01
      ilvos01
      February 20, 2015 at 7:47 pm | #

      You, Teach, are the first comment on the first strip of the entire Dumbing of Age universe. Thousands of people read your words as the very first DoA comment they read. Congratulations.

    • Chris
      Chris
      March 18, 2015 at 4:08 pm | #

      I feel nostalgic rereading this comment.
      I first read it a year back, before I knew ANYTHING about the Walkyverse. And it was such a weird experience, reading all three, seeing the stories mix and mingle, characters leaving and coming back… it was a fun ride.
      And this was the first comment I read for this incredible cartoonist.
      Wow.

    • TheNinthShader
      TheNinthShader
      February 16, 2016 at 10:12 am | #

      Poop jokes. Hah.

  2. namrata
    namrata
    September 28, 2010 at 7:50 am | #

    no better way to inagurate a place!

    • David Herbert
      David Herbert
      October 26, 2010 at 9:41 am | #

      What about sex?

      • Megan
        Megan
        December 6, 2010 at 2:07 pm | #

        Touche sir

      • ProjectXa3
        ProjectXa3
        February 24, 2012 at 12:08 am | #

        She doesn’t know what that is yet in this universe.

        • Portmaneau
          Portmaneau
          December 12, 2012 at 1:48 pm | #

          Yet.

      • 5Cats
        5Cats
        October 29, 2013 at 3:04 pm | #

        Dude! Your name is one letter away from my (real life) name! Lolz!

        About this comic: Looks good!

        Home = Where you poop. It’s a saying around here…

        • 5Cats
          5Cats
          October 29, 2013 at 3:06 pm | #

          I refer to David, eh? The ‘nesting’ doesn’t make that clear…

  3. Erspa
    Erspa
    March 1, 2011 at 11:33 am | #

    Just testing…

    • Erspa
      Erspa
      March 1, 2011 at 11:34 am | #

      Yes! It works!

  4. Random new reader
    Random new reader
    April 2, 2011 at 2:52 am | #

    A webcomic with a main page that links to the first comic. I like that. I actually wish more webcomics would do that.

    • Arlo James Barnes
      Arlo James Barnes
      July 7, 2011 at 3:27 am | #

      Seconded.

  5. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    May 25, 2011 at 9:07 am | #

    Poop is cheaper than Champagne after all.

  6. Merco
    Merco
    June 1, 2011 at 6:56 pm | #

    Poop is, in fact, the answer to all your problems.

    • Kernanator
      Kernanator
      June 19, 2011 at 7:37 pm | #

      Same with monkeys

      • Alex Stritar
        Alex Stritar
        September 23, 2011 at 9:11 pm | #

        Poop and monkeys are the best combonation of things. XD

  7. ALostProphet
    ALostProphet
    July 5, 2011 at 1:14 am | #

    And so it begins…

  8. andrew
    andrew
    August 7, 2011 at 12:28 am | #

    cool this started on my birthday

  9. SonicBlueRanger
    SonicBlueRanger
    August 22, 2011 at 2:32 pm | #

    The Beginning always a good place to start I think. Yeah this was just an excuse to get my name remembered on here.

  10. sundance66
    sundance66
    August 25, 2011 at 1:40 pm | #

    This reminds me of the comic of Winnie the poop.

    Oh Bother!

  11. Ragnal
    Ragnal
    September 14, 2011 at 7:41 pm | #

    This first comic needs more attention.

    So I’ll just say hello to the strip. ENJOY YOUR ETENITY IN ARCHIVE HELL MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA!

    …but no, seriously, enjoy yourselves.

    • Ragnal
      Ragnal
      September 14, 2011 at 7:41 pm | #

      Frack. Eternity. Not etenity. Whatever that is.

  12. a99steaksauce
    a99steaksauce
    November 10, 2011 at 10:33 am | #

    So this is what im thinking Mr. Creator (AKA David). I think this entire webcomic is infact reference the ending in Its Walky where Joyce wonders if they still would have ended up together under entirely different cercumstances “like at college or something”.
    Again, you may delete this if you wish.

    • David
      David M Willis
      November 10, 2011 at 11:09 am | #

      You got it backwards!

      • a99steaksauce
        a99steaksauce
        November 16, 2011 at 3:45 am | #

        Thank you. I was always wondering about that.

      • Sagara S.
        Sagara S.
        February 11, 2012 at 9:52 pm | #

        Does that mean that this was envisioned first?
        (not that it really weighs heavily on me, I like all your continuities)

      • ProjectXa3
        ProjectXa3
        February 24, 2012 at 12:17 am | #

        I just finished reading pretty much everything you’ve put on the internet that doesn’t require a PayPal (took me about two ‘n a half months) and something just occured to me: when the interdimensional Head Alien was talking to Dorothy about a universe where Walky became a doctor and married her and all, that was *this* universe wasn’t it? Nicely done, Mr. Willis.

        • jrgolden42
          jrgolden42
          October 3, 2012 at 8:29 pm | #

          No. It is a universe that you see in the pay only Joyce and Walky! comics. It is almost the same as the normal Walkyverse. But with some differences

  13. faultyspacecash
    faultyspacecash
    January 10, 2012 at 11:19 pm | #

    this looks like a good comic, and its helping me figure out this gravatar thing to!!!

    • faultyspacecash
      faultyspacecash
      January 10, 2012 at 11:19 pm | #

      thats pretty cool

  14. dozr
    dozr
    December 23, 2012 at 5:49 am | #

    Not sure what is happening it looks like it has character from itswalky(roomies) and all but its a new time line? I havent been following the comic in quite a few years but stumbled upon this… is there some sort of timeline/explanation of whats going on or does the previous/current story lines explain it with in the stories :D.

    • David
      David M Willis
      December 23, 2012 at 2:08 pm | #

      http://www.dumbingofage.com/about/

    • Ragnal
      Ragnal
      February 1, 2013 at 6:24 pm | #

      Basically, it’s an alternate universe, but here, it isn’t quite a “what if” scenario like I (and a few others…they exist) thought it was. Basically, everyone from every comic series is in college, co-existing, as the same actors from a different show, only typecasted.

  15. Pinja
    Pinja
    February 3, 2013 at 1:09 pm | #

    I hope Becky moves to IU 🙁

  16. TPman
    TPman
    April 2, 2013 at 12:27 am | #

    I just clicked an ad that brought me to the first strip, and wow has the art evolved since then. It’s not as noticeable as say early and late It’s Walky! strips but quite impressive nonetheless. Doubt many people will read this but it’s worth stating.

    Current strip is http://www.dumbingofage.com/2013/comic/book-3/02-guess-whos-coming-to-galassos/poke/#comment for reference.

  17. Bartholomew Klick
    Bartholomew Klick
    April 23, 2013 at 2:35 am | #

    You moved Ethan and Amber over here. Now I have to read all of these.

    DAMN YOU WILLIS!

  18. Jackson
    Jackson
    June 23, 2013 at 10:40 pm | #

    Already passes the Bechdel test. Good start.

    • fogel
      fogel
      November 21, 2015 at 1:19 am | #

      Two named female characters talking to each other about pooping …

  19. sage
    sage
    July 12, 2013 at 8:58 am | #

    sup /co/

    • Otty
      Otty
      July 14, 2013 at 2:25 pm | #

      Not much, /co/mrade.

  20. Hooty
    Hooty
    August 23, 2013 at 1:08 am | #

    I lucked up on this strip. It is the greatest! I have spent the better part of the last 8 or 9 hrs. reading this, can’t stop. I am a big Daria fan and this is an equal. This strip could easily be made into a toon with the right voices for TV. Can’t wait to see what other stuff Dave has written.

  21. Alex Stritar
    Alex Stritar
    September 9, 2013 at 12:19 am | #

    I just realized. Right out of the gate, this series passes the Bechdel Test.

  22. Bill
    Bill
    January 17, 2014 at 1:22 am | #

    html test
    I held her close
    Until the storm passed,
    And we fell down laughing in the wet grass.
    Both our bodies drying in the sunshine.

    • Bill
      Bill
      January 17, 2014 at 1:22 am | #

      I held her close
      Until the storm passed,
      And we fell down laughing in the wet grass.
      Both our bodies drying in the sunshine.

  23. King Blind Mime
    King Blind Mime
    February 28, 2014 at 6:51 pm | #

    I’ve been caught up for a while, but I had to say this to somebody.

    I don’t know why, but I wasn’t expecting much from the start; maybe the artwork and strip format turned me off a little, making me think it was far more generic a series than it actually is (I wouldn’t know why I’d subconsciously think this; I came here at the suggestion of T. Campbell, and his stuff is far removed from mediocrity)? But any doubts I had were proved wrong soon enough, and I’m glad for that.

    I’ve been searching for slice-of-life webcomics for a while, now, and this series is simply phenomenal. You treat your characters with an understanding that makes the strip feel more authentic, and that’s simply treasurable. Thank you, Willis, for this.

    Also, my gravatar is apparently Sarah, and that’s fucking rockin’.

  24. Roborat
    Roborat
    April 23, 2014 at 3:12 pm | #

    Wow, just doing an archive dive, and noticed that people are still posting on this page. Also noticed that I didn’t post here when the strip started, bad me.

  25. Bill
    Bill
    May 18, 2014 at 12:01 am | #

    It’s interesting to come back to this page these early pages and see how Willis drew Joyce and the rest of the cast then compared to now (four years later).

  26. LuckyStar7
    LuckyStar7
    June 4, 2014 at 9:35 am | #

    Joyce moves from the world of inaugural poops and innocence to rabbit dildos and ‘sparkly plastic man-dangles’.
    Oh, how the times go.

  27. Emperor Kiva
    Emperor Kiva
    July 17, 2014 at 4:48 pm | #

    I like Joyce

    • Emperor Kiva
      Emperor Kiva
      July 17, 2014 at 4:52 pm | #

      She’s nice

  28. copcake50
    copcake50
    June 6, 2015 at 12:43 am | #

    To think I started this comic a number of months ago & I still have much to catch up with. Definitely one of the more interesting comics I’m reading at the moment.

  29. Twilightomens
    Twilightomens
    August 6, 2015 at 1:38 pm | #

    Is it okay to re read this a fourth time?

    • OsoPescado
      OsoPescado
      August 10, 2015 at 12:14 am | #

      It will never not be okay.

    • Roborat
      Roborat
      August 25, 2015 at 2:26 pm | #

      Only four? Pffft, amateur.
      .
      .
      .
      Just kidding.

  30. Silvester Crow
    Silvester Crow
    October 26, 2015 at 11:59 pm | #

    I love just lazing in bed, and alternating between re-reading all of Dumbing of Age on my phone, and then doing the same with my laptop when my phone battery dies.

    #CompletelySerious

  31. Rani
    Rani
    December 9, 2015 at 12:24 am | #

    *To be read in the voice of a news reporter in the 1930s*

    Future report no. 1: Good evening ladies and gentlemen, this is Rani ——–, reporting to you now from the Dumbing Of Age strip Crazy. My fellow readers and novices, we are at war. Not against a maniacal super-villain. Not against a mere asshole. We are at war against an army of fundamentalists who would make IU unsafe for decent people. Fear, intimidation, a conspicuous lack of neck, violence. These are the tools of this nefarious scoundrel known as the moral values crusader.

    Oppression and obsession are the currency of these reprobates, cranks and misogynists as they struggle for control of our nation’s students.

    Both ———- and ———- are committed to this battle, which they must and will win.

    This has been Rani ——–, broadcasting from October 20th, 2015

  32. Cacturne
    Cacturne
    January 10, 2016 at 4:59 pm | #

    Becky was the first character to say something in this comic, and she’s the first to appear when reading left to right
    i guess she’s the main character then. I wonder how often she’s be appearing.

  33. Psychotic Mantis
    Psychotic Mantis
    January 25, 2016 at 6:21 pm | #

    Man, this one strip makes it all seem so simple.

  34. Void
    Void
    January 28, 2016 at 2:53 am | #

    OH MY GOSH. I JUST CLICKED BACK HERE AND THE ART BURNS MY EYES. The art has SERIOUSLY improved. inaugural poop!

    • TheNinthShader
      TheNinthShader
      February 16, 2016 at 10:13 am | #

      r00d

  35. Cacturne
    Cacturne
    March 6, 2016 at 7:25 pm | #

    You know what they say
    Home is where the shart is.

  36. Sporky
    Sporky
    March 9, 2016 at 4:41 am | #

    In case you’re here because you just noticed that there’s alt text (or hovertext if you prefer) for every comic and you want to read them all, the first one is here, two and a half years after the comic began:

    http://www.dumbingofage.com/2013/comic/book-3/02-guess-whos-coming-to-galassos/scoot/

    Spoilers, obviously.

    • Sporky
      Sporky
      March 9, 2016 at 4:45 am | #

      Alt-text. Title text title-text. This comment is here to make extra sure potential search keywords are picked up. Whee!

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