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Batman

by David M Willis on November 12, 2010 at 12:01 am
  • 02 - Uphill From Here

└ Tags: batman, jason, joyce, mike, walky

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  1. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    November 12, 2010 at 12:01 am | #

    on a Batcycle!

  2. David Herbert
    David Herbert
    November 12, 2010 at 12:02 am | #

    Bat-Sal! What a twist if she actually is Batman in this universe.

    • Matt
      Matt
      November 12, 2010 at 4:08 am | #

      Impossible. She didn’t announce her name.

      • Rodrigo
        Rodrigo
        December 19, 2010 at 7:59 am | #

        I’m Batman! =D

        • Digidestined of Trust (Tim)
          Digidestined of Trust (Tim)
          February 17, 2011 at 1:21 pm | #

          I’m Batman…..And I can breathe in space.

          • Jenny Creed
            Jenny Creed
            June 3, 2013 at 5:30 am | #

            I’m Batman, and so is my wife.

            • JacHunter
              JacHunter
              November 16, 2014 at 12:21 am | #

              So then she’s Batman’s wife. Mystery solved.

      • Kabrum
        Kabrum
        February 9, 2011 at 1:44 pm | #

        Does that means that Joyce is batman? You know, she already announced her name quite a few times! D:

        • Kernanator
          Kernanator
          June 21, 2011 at 2:58 pm | #

          No, she’s Daisy. Because she prefaced her “I’m Joyce”s with “Hi!”

    • dutchguy
      dutchguy
      August 5, 2014 at 11:30 am | #

      “She’s Batman”

  3. Mahare
    Mahare
    November 12, 2010 at 12:02 am | #

    Hehehe, Jason stalkie-time commence!

  4. Qaxis
    Qaxis
    November 12, 2010 at 12:03 am | #

    Those windows are quite large. Shouldn’t have been too hard for her to get away. And bow ties are cool.

    • Reboot
      Reboot
      November 12, 2010 at 12:05 am | #

      > Bow ties are cool.

      As are Fezzes. Jason should wear a fez now.

      • addude
        addude
        November 12, 2010 at 12:15 am | #

        Now I can’t stop seeing Jason in a blue phone box

        • Wackd
          Wackd
          November 12, 2010 at 12:22 am | #

          Shit. Now I’m picturing Jason wearing celery on the lapel of a cricket uniform.

          It’s the hair. It won’t let me see him in a tweed jacket and suspenders.

          • RandomPerson12
            RandomPerson12
            October 15, 2014 at 9:13 pm | #

            Now I’m picturing Daleks.

      • Qaxis
        Qaxis
        November 12, 2010 at 12:17 am | #

        But the fez died. RIP fez.

        • addude
          addude
          November 12, 2010 at 12:19 am | #

          you can buy a fez

      • landbasered
        landbasered
        November 12, 2010 at 12:21 am | #

        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvWYw0CnuSI
        Its a fez. I wear a fez now.
        Fezzes are cool.

        • dchorror
          dchorror
          November 12, 2010 at 1:06 am | #

          Is that an appropriate quote given that everyone else disagreed?

        • Reboot
          Reboot
          November 12, 2010 at 3:39 am | #

          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIfgIgispS4 :p

      • Richie9999
        Richie9999
        November 12, 2010 at 9:08 am | #

        Bow ties are indeed quite cool. Bill Nye wore one, ergo they are cool.

        • Chad from Canada
          Chad from Canada
          November 12, 2010 at 2:40 pm | #

          Bill Nye is my Hero. He made my grade 8 and 9 science classes worth attending.

          • Tahiri
            Tahiri
            November 13, 2010 at 6:27 am | #

            If you live near Pasadena, you can swing dance with Bill Nye! He’s pretty awesome in person, too! 😀

        • Pagannerd
          Pagannerd
          November 17, 2010 at 7:37 pm | #

          Bill Nighy wore one too, thereby making them even cooler.

    • Undrave
      Undrave
      November 12, 2010 at 12:20 am | #

      Bow ties are indeed very cool.

      • Rowen Morland
        Rowen Morland
        November 12, 2010 at 11:28 am | #

        Time for a bow tie revolution?

        • Undrave
          Undrave
          November 13, 2010 at 1:20 am | #

          That would make the Doctor trendy, causing a rip in the fabric of time itself!

          • Heather
            Heather
            November 16, 2010 at 6:52 pm | #

            Again?

          • Pagannerd
            Pagannerd
            November 17, 2010 at 7:39 pm | #

            The Doctor IS trendy. The man wore a tux and top hat into oblivion just so he’d be prepped to be reborn into existance at a wedding…

    • Bo Lindbergh
      Bo Lindbergh
      November 12, 2010 at 2:57 pm | #

      See also: http://lumia.comicdish.com/index.php?pageID=163

  5. Chaun
    Chaun
    November 12, 2010 at 12:04 am | #

    *Insert Batman joke here*

    • dchorror
      dchorror
      November 12, 2010 at 1:05 am | #

      I now have the image of Sal running around with a teenager in primary color tights.

      • skies
        skies
        November 12, 2010 at 2:25 am | #

        BatSal and Amazi-Girl.

  6. Ray Radlein
    Ray Radlein
    November 12, 2010 at 12:05 am | #

    OMG! Sal can BREATHE IN SPACE!

    • George
      George
      November 12, 2010 at 12:08 am | #

      Dammit, you beat me to it.

    • LurkerAbove
      LurkerAbove
      November 12, 2010 at 1:49 pm | #

      Batman! *duh duh duh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh*

  7. Milosh
    Milosh
    November 12, 2010 at 12:08 am | #

    Except this time, without the tragic death of her parents part.

  8. Kamino Neko
    Kamino Neko
    November 12, 2010 at 12:09 am | #

    Since she knocked over some convenience stores, and is thus, a criminal, wouldn’t Sal be more Owlman than Batman?

    • Undrave
      Undrave
      November 12, 2010 at 12:20 am | #

      Maybe she turned a new leaf, now she’s Plasticman,

      • Kamino Neko
        Kamino Neko
        November 12, 2010 at 1:25 am | #

        She’s the whole damn DCU!

        • skies
          skies
          November 12, 2010 at 2:31 am | #

          Can she be Renee plz?

          • Matt
            Matt
            November 12, 2010 at 4:11 am | #

            Trenchcoat and fedora is much more up Jason’s alley in terms of style.

    • MrGBH
      MrGBH
      November 12, 2010 at 11:28 am | #

      She’s like Catman. But Catwoman is taken and Catgirl has its own connotations.

      • JesseJanitect
        JesseJanitect
        November 14, 2010 at 2:52 pm | #

        Catman is a dipshit. Don’t insult Sal.

  9. Dierna
    Dierna
    November 12, 2010 at 12:18 am | #

    So THAT’s where she’s been hiding….in her Sal cave!

    • landbasered
      landbasered
      November 12, 2010 at 12:22 am | #

      I’m not sure if we want to mention “Sal cave” in front of her.
      Or anyone for that matter.

      • dchorror
        dchorror
        November 12, 2010 at 12:59 am | #

        It didn’t sound wrong until you said not to mention it.

        • Kamino Neko
          Kamino Neko
          November 12, 2010 at 1:46 am | #

          Joyce: ‘There’s a Sal Cave? I want to see the Sal Cave!’
          Joe: ‘Giggity.’
          Walky: ‘AUGH!’

          • mags
            mags
            November 12, 2010 at 12:22 pm | #

            Sorry, no Family Guy jokes allowed. *j/k* (but not really) (or am I?) (basically, no)

          • Kamino Neko
            Kamino Neko
            November 13, 2010 at 1:29 pm | #

            That’s not a Family Guy joke. If it were a Family Guy joke, Walky would be getting in on the Sal-lust, or else oggling Mike while muttering about killing Linda.

  10. Wackd
    Wackd
    November 12, 2010 at 12:24 am | #

    Are we actually going to see the professors? Or are we just focusing on the TA because it’s Jason?

    Kind of hoping Penny’s the professor and Dargon’s the head of the math department.

    • Matt
      Matt
      November 12, 2010 at 4:27 am | #

      Penny would be a little young for a professor. On this note, I can’t think of many characters from Willis’ previous strips that could be used as professors in Dumbing of Age. I am somewhat more interested in the graduate students’s theses, however (Jason’s must be about bow ties).

      • Arthur
        Arthur
        November 12, 2010 at 7:03 am | #

        Galasso could be a professor.

        So could Ronnie (although he should be the dean)

      • Ben
        Ben
        November 12, 2010 at 8:43 am | #

        There’s already been a serious study of the mathematics of necktie knots. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_85_Ways_to_Tie_a_Tie

        In fact, there’s a whole branch of rather abstruse math known as knot theory. Jason could well be working on a mathematics dissertation involving bowties.

      • Jen Aside
        Jen Aside
        November 12, 2010 at 4:33 pm | #

        It’s already been established that they’re different ages here. Anything is possible!

        [including Amazi-Girl is really Walky’s twin and Sal was switched at birth with Faz]

        [[oh noes]]

    • Gheald
      Gheald
      November 13, 2010 at 8:05 am | #

      Professor Doc is my bet to be one of the so-far unseen professors.

  11. Undrave
    Undrave
    November 12, 2010 at 12:24 am | #

    Blond European with a bow tie? Could Jason be related to Fantasio?
    http://data0.eklablog.com/fou2bd/perso/goodiesgastonip1.gif

    • Björn
      Björn
      November 12, 2010 at 3:47 am | #

      LOL I can’t believe I never made that connection myself! Though to my European eyes, British and Franco-Belgian are very different.

      • Undrave
        Undrave
        November 13, 2010 at 1:19 am | #

        The small nose threw you off. Plus Fantasio doesn’t wear a bow tie much anymore.

  12. XMD
    XMD
    November 12, 2010 at 12:33 am | #

    “Basically” meaning “She hasn’t said ‘I’m Batman’ in the past 5 minutes.”

  13. Joebo
    Joebo
    November 12, 2010 at 12:35 am | #

    So she makes everything funny? Batman is comedy gold you know.

    • No0ne
      No0ne
      November 12, 2010 at 3:28 pm | #

      I want to see Batman make geology funny…

      • Grrt
        Grrt
        November 12, 2010 at 5:05 pm | #

        All images in my head crossing those two subjects are pretty hilarious actually.

        • No0ne
          No0ne
          November 12, 2010 at 8:33 pm | #

          Yea… they kinna are… but not make me fall out of my chair laughing funny. + I want to see what twisted way Mr. Willis will find to make Batman and geology funny.

        • No0ne
          No0ne
          November 12, 2010 at 8:34 pm | #

          Batman on an oil rig drilling for oil is the most admusing one I can think of. He is wearing that bat hard hat :O

  14. dchorror
    dchorror
    November 12, 2010 at 12:37 am | #

    Who’s hoping for an Amazigirl/Sal team up with the revelation Sal is essentially Batman?

  15. Alechsa
    Alechsa
    November 12, 2010 at 1:08 am | #

    If Sal is Batman…. does that make Walky Robin? And if so… is he Tim, Dick, or ….*shudder*…. Jason Todd? >.>

    • skies
      skies
      November 12, 2010 at 2:33 am | #

      Walky can be Manbat.

    • JackNapier
      JackNapier
      November 12, 2010 at 10:33 am | #

      He’s Stephanie Brown. The Robin that Batman didn’t want.

    • No0ne
      No0ne
      November 13, 2010 at 3:14 am | #

      Naw he’s the clone of Bruce Wayne that killed Darksied!

  16. Ryune
    Ryune
    November 12, 2010 at 1:18 am | #

    I can see the “Danny latches onto Sal because he thinks she’s Amazi-girl” plot happening already.

    • Ryune
      Ryune
      November 12, 2010 at 1:18 am | #

      oh my, I love it when my avatar is stunningly appropriate.

  17. Brady Kj
    Brady Kj
    November 12, 2010 at 1:18 am | #

    Willis. Pay very close attention because I feel very strongly about this.

    T. rex
    NOT
    “T-Rex”

    • TexasNinjaBuzzard
      TexasNinjaBuzzard
      November 12, 2010 at 2:10 am | #

      I shed a single manly tear because you didn’t get the Dina avatar.

    • Just for kix
      Just for kix
      November 12, 2010 at 2:11 am | #

      Walky is allowed to make mistakes

      • XMD
        XMD
        November 12, 2010 at 2:18 am | #

        He exercises his right frequently.

        • Grrt
          Grrt
          November 12, 2010 at 5:10 pm | #

          To Grumpy Billie Avatar’s dismay.

    • skies
      skies
      November 12, 2010 at 2:26 am | #

      …I’ve just learned something today.

    • Erinaceus
      Erinaceus
      November 12, 2010 at 3:34 am | #

      Do you really expect Walky to say T. Rex instead of T-Rex?

    • Matt
      Matt
      November 12, 2010 at 4:15 am | #

      I must agree that “T-REX” should instead be written “T. rex” (obviously, there’s the unfortunate drawback of the dialog being all caps). Also, It isn’t a very good picture of Tachyoryctes rex.

      • Pagannerd
        Pagannerd
        November 17, 2010 at 7:45 pm | #

        … It isn’t “Tyrannosaurus”? I mean, I’m not a paeleontologist, but I thought “Tyrannosaurus rex” was the one dinosaur name everybody knew, other than Velociraptor.

  18. skies
    skies
    November 12, 2010 at 2:29 am | #

    Joyce is so going to start hanging around Walky constantly in hopes Sal shows up. Then she’ll freak out when she realizes she’s really there because she wants to bone him.

    • Richie9999
      Richie9999
      November 12, 2010 at 9:13 am | #

      True enough.

    • dchorror
      dchorror
      November 12, 2010 at 7:55 pm | #

      She settles for Walky cause Sal doesn’t reciprocate.

  19. Jabberwocky
    Jabberwocky
    November 12, 2010 at 6:46 am | #

    Sal can make anything funny.

    • SilverKunama
      SilverKunama
      November 12, 2010 at 8:39 am | #

      Oh my gosh, Jason-atar. Awesome 😀

      On an unrelated note, I like seeing Walky and Joyce hanging around together without him having love/fear/angst over her. Also that their budding friendship is totally realistic. “I dunno, I just bumped into them one day and we talked about stuff, and the next thing I knew we were walking to class together and bongoing about our siblings” is how I made about half my friends 🙂

      • Richie9999
        Richie9999
        November 12, 2010 at 9:15 am | #

        I remember how I made most of my friends in college, and its pretty similar.

        • katie01
          katie01
          November 12, 2010 at 10:06 am | #

          I’m pretty sure that’s the best way TO make friends in college.

  20. Doominbottle
    Doominbottle
    November 12, 2010 at 10:47 am | #

    She isn’t batman, she is WINDOW SMASHER!

    • begbert2
      begbert2
      November 12, 2010 at 10:54 am | #

      Pretty much whenever anyone talks about Sal’s window-entry proclivities, I’m reminded of the window that *didn’t* smash. :p

      • No0ne
        No0ne
        November 12, 2010 at 3:12 pm | #

        *splat*

      • No0ne
        No0ne
        November 12, 2010 at 3:17 pm | #

        “However do thank Sci-re for Sal-Proofing the windows, aye?”

        This is also reinforcing my desire to see Penny in DoA…

        • No0ne
          No0ne
          November 12, 2010 at 3:17 pm | #

          And the link decides not to work…

          http://www.itswalky.com/d/20030616.html

          …

          • agentksilver
            agentksilver
            November 12, 2010 at 3:54 pm | #

            I want to know how the conversation with Sci-Re went.

            “I’d like for this window to not break when a college-age girl comes crashing into it. And I’d like for it to be done quickly please.”

            “…You…you really think that’s going to be an issue? It’s, like, 20 stories off the ground.”

            “Yes. It’s going to be a very important issue. I need this done as soon as possible. Like now.”

            “I just don’t think…college age girls…fly…?”

            “What part of now did you not understand?”

            “I’m gonna have to run some tests…”

            “NOW.”

          • No0ne
            No0ne
            November 12, 2010 at 8:37 pm | #

            Your take on that event is pretty funny, but I have to point out that the JFO pretty much MADE Sal so that Sci-re knew all about her.

      • Doominbottle
        Doominbottle
        November 12, 2010 at 11:09 pm | #

        Yeah me too, the one Sal – Proof window….to RULE THEM ALL

    • Grrt
      Grrt
      November 12, 2010 at 5:11 pm | #

      Part of me is sure that the only reason Sal was in those convenience stores she held up was because those front windows were so damn tempting to enter through.

  21. begbert2
    begbert2
    November 12, 2010 at 10:52 am | #

    So does Jason have a buzz or something? He’s the only character whose hair doesn’t even slightly enlarge the appearance of his head-shape.

    • JesseJanitect
      JesseJanitect
      November 14, 2010 at 2:58 pm | #

      He’s pry got a Draco Malfoy gelmet cut.

  22. agentksilver
    agentksilver
    November 12, 2010 at 1:19 pm | #

    Mike’s walking around, looking around, like he’s Walky’s security detail or something.

    • captainswift
      captainswift
      November 12, 2010 at 1:32 pm | #

      Mayhaps it is so. I knew a guy who was nearly as assholish as Mike. He took a liking to me for some reason I can’t define, and anytime we were in the same room, he took it as his mission to be my ‘bodyguard’ (although there was never any particular threat to my well-being).

      That said, I actually like Mike. I suppose being fictional helps.

      • No0ne
        No0ne
        November 12, 2010 at 3:14 pm | #

        I knew a guy like that in high school. He heard me joke about knocking over a bank to use the money to buy a friend of mine lunch. I still haven’t decided if he followed me around because he wanted to help rob the bank, or if he wanted to turn me in for reward money when I did…

  23. agentksilver
    agentksilver
    November 12, 2010 at 3:49 pm | #

    Wait…in Roomies, didn’t it pretty much start with Joyce following Danny out of math class and back to his room? Is Danny even in this class? Is Joyce going to notice Danny’s existence? THESE ARE THINGS I WANT TO KNOW.

    • Jason
      Jason
      November 12, 2010 at 5:05 pm | #

      I also want to know where Danny and Joe are. Not in this math class, I guess?

      • Grrt
        Grrt
        November 12, 2010 at 5:12 pm | #

        For that matter, where did Billie get to?

        • Gianni
          Gianni
          November 12, 2010 at 5:33 pm | #

          Billie’s basically Invisible Woman

      • No0ne
        No0ne
        November 12, 2010 at 8:39 pm | #

        I’m not sure we can decide this just from these strips. It does appear to be a rather large class after all.

    • skies
      skies
      November 12, 2010 at 10:15 pm | #

      I’m kinda hoping we get to skip over the whole Danny/Joyce thing. Old storyline, right?

      • Katosen277
        Katosen277
        November 13, 2010 at 1:37 am | #

        Same characters; different universe.

        The same hook-ups that happened in the Walkyverse might not happen again in this ‘verse. Joyce could easily hook with with Mike of all people, for all we know.

      • No0ne
        No0ne
        November 13, 2010 at 2:48 am | #

        I want to see her reject him. XD

        • Gianni
          Gianni
          November 13, 2010 at 12:02 pm | #

          I want to see HIM reject HER

          • blackouthart
            blackouthart
            November 13, 2010 at 12:50 pm | #

            He’s done that already.

      • SinisterTwist
        SinisterTwist
        November 13, 2010 at 2:33 pm | #

        I wouldn’t be surprised to see Joyce glomp onto Walky relatively early, only for him to get freaked out by her. After all, in the alternate universe they had a past together & spent a lot time together with work. Different universe means different reactions.

        (Although if they don’t end up together I think I’ll go mad. They’re pretty made for each other, after all.)

        • SinisterTwist
          SinisterTwist
          November 13, 2010 at 2:39 pm | #

          After all, this is an alternate universe with Walky & Dorothy… she might end up being Joyce’s biggest competition. With her to obsess over Walky might not be the one to make the moves on Joyce. (I just hope this isn’t the universe he marries Dorothy in!)

  24. Carmen
    Carmen
    November 12, 2010 at 6:55 pm | #

    Yes, Sal is Batman. That would explain a lot…

  25. benenator
    benenator
    November 13, 2010 at 12:06 am | #

    “Yeah, I worked real hard on that T. Rex.”

    Especially the FAAAAAAAACCCCEEEE!

  26. sacramentotzar
    sacramentotzar
    November 13, 2010 at 2:21 am | #

    If Sal is batman… who is going to be the Joker?

    • Kamino Neko
      Kamino Neko
      November 13, 2010 at 3:12 am | #

      Billie, of course.

  27. Funderbunk
    Funderbunk
    November 13, 2010 at 9:05 am | #

    I wonder if Dave would be able to keep a comic going for longer than a year without making a Batman reference.

    But then, why would anyone want to try that anyway? BATMAN!

  28. Shift
    Shift
    November 14, 2010 at 3:35 pm | #

    Now I can’t get the mental picture Batman going to an all-girls boarding school out of my head.

  29. BD
    BD
    November 14, 2010 at 4:52 pm | #

    Sal… is much more of a Huntress, I think. Or maybe a 70s era Toku hero. Yeah, that’s more like it. All she needs is a proper theme sung by Shimon Masato.

  30. Dahlia
    Dahlia
    November 14, 2010 at 5:47 pm | #

    <3 Sal is Batman with boobs <3

    Haha, I was all emo and depressed and then I read this webcomic and my sanity and mental health are restored! ^ ^

  31. SonicBlueRanger
    SonicBlueRanger
    August 30, 2011 at 12:34 pm | #

    Batman with A dash of Agent Texas I think.

  32. Theron
    Theron
    September 11, 2011 at 3:18 pm | #

    So, does this mean that Ethan would go straight for Sal?

  33. bbg100
    bbg100
    August 7, 2013 at 7:17 am | #

    I am SO proud of my fellow whovians XD
    also http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPGTizdGwSc

  34. nothri
    nothri
    November 6, 2014 at 7:33 pm | #

    She is the Sal we deserve, but not the one we need right now.

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