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by David M Willis on November 23, 2010 at 12:01 am
  • 02 - Uphill From Here
└ Tags: dorothy, joe, leslie, walky

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  1. Qaxis
    Qaxis
    November 23, 2010 at 12:02 am | #

    Leslie is the greatest teacher ever! Also, awkward seating choice, Walky.

    • Cratacon
      Cratacon
      November 23, 2010 at 12:04 am | #

      Walky doesn’t look very comfortable. He should switch to a class that has better desk-chairs than those old fold-up ones from the 70’s.

      • ilvos01
        ilvos01
        March 24, 2011 at 1:25 am | #

        We have those at my high school

        • Engelfire
          Engelfire
          May 19, 2011 at 7:21 pm | #

          We had those in middle school AND high school. And they don’t fold.

      • Rycan
        Rycan
        February 1, 2015 at 6:23 am | #

        Honestly, those things are like cockroaches – they’re a nuisance, nobody likes them, and they just won’t die. At least he gets a full desk – the desk chairs at my college had half a desk, maybe less.

    • General Tekno
      General Tekno
      November 23, 2010 at 12:15 am | #

      Awesome indeed to see Leslie is just as awesome in DoA as in the main Walkyverse.

      • Plan D
        Plan D
        November 23, 2010 at 2:48 am | #

        Even more awesome, imo. Didn’t even break stride dropping those wisdom bombs.

      • David Herbert
        David Herbert
        November 23, 2010 at 10:22 pm | #

        All Lesbians are awesome, Leslie Bean is more so.

        • The Professor
          The Professor
          February 6, 2011 at 10:47 am | #

          Of coarse Leslie is the teacher in Gender Studies.

          • Kirby
            Kirby
            May 21, 2011 at 10:16 pm | #

            So long as she doesn’t have to teach about sex with Ethan.

    • LurkerAbove
      LurkerAbove
      November 23, 2010 at 12:48 am | #

      Yay Leslie! Good to see her being awesome here as well. 😀

    • No0ne
      No0ne
      November 23, 2010 at 2:29 am | #

      So is this the part where Danny snaps and murders Walky with face punching?

    • Lycinder
      Lycinder
      November 23, 2010 at 7:55 am | #

      Ohh~
      I didn’t notice who he was sittting next to.
      Yeah he is a goner.

      • Richie9999
        Richie9999
        November 23, 2010 at 10:42 am | #

        Just saw that myself. I was wondering if anyone else noticed him.

        • Dream State's Author
          Dream State's Author
          November 23, 2010 at 3:44 pm | #

          I noticed, but I don’t think it’s Danny… he isn’t tagged, and the hair color is off.

          • Zem
            Zem
            November 30, 2010 at 11:18 am | #

            I’m surprised that Danny didn’t enroll in all the same classes as Dorothy, though.

    • Digidestined of Trust (Tim)
      Digidestined of Trust (Tim)
      February 17, 2011 at 1:38 pm | #

      JAWDROPS!

    • Hinoron
      Hinoron
      July 15, 2013 at 3:43 pm | #

      There are gender studies teachers who actually know anything about how men think? O.O

  2. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    November 23, 2010 at 12:04 am | #

    CALLED OUT

    The best part about school! =p

    • Alice Macher
      Alice Macher
      November 23, 2010 at 12:08 am | #

      “Would you care to read that toy in front of the whole”–no, wait.

      • No0ne
        No0ne
        November 23, 2010 at 2:31 am | #

        I had that happen to me once… the note was someone asking me for help with some homework…

        Alternatly, my fourth grade teacher would take the notes away and “read” them by making up the funniest and most random stuff ever.
        Sadly now days everyone just texts… I want to build a text interceptor and set it up in a public school and then email the students mothers what they text. That would be funny…

        • Chad from Canada
          Chad from Canada
          November 23, 2010 at 2:54 am | #

          They tried to install a cellphone jammer in a High school because they were sick of that shit, and the students took the faculty to court and won… They had to shut it down… I doubt they would be able to get away with interrupting text messages… Privacy laws and all…

          • R
            R
            November 23, 2010 at 12:14 pm | #

            That’s very stupid. Cell phones are just distractions in the classroom, students should be at least trying to focus on the lectures. You’re not allowed to have your cell phones on in class in college (or at some jobs). High schools should have a similar policy (and similar allowances for special circumstances).

        • Alice Macher
          Alice Macher
          November 23, 2010 at 3:43 pm | #

          Alternatly, my fourth grade teacher would take the notes away and “read” them by making up the funniest and most random stuff ever.>

          My eleventh grade homeroom teacher used to do that, only with student overdue notices the school librarian sent him. He’d read the student’s name and then make up funny book titles like Sex and the Single Teenager or I Was a Bay City Roller and Lived to Tell about It.

          • Alice Macher
            Alice Macher
            November 23, 2010 at 3:44 pm | #

            Gah, forgot to close an “em” tag in there somewhere.

        • Ben
          Ben
          November 23, 2010 at 4:59 pm | #

          I used to write notes full of the most disgusting dead-baby jokes I knew (and by 8th grade pre-Internet standards, they were pretty foul) and pass them deliberately across the classroom so that they would get intercepted by my reading teacher. She only tried that once. . . after that she pretty much left my notes alone. I mean, we have to defend personal privacy and liberty, right?

          • Bek
            Bek
            November 23, 2010 at 8:40 pm | #

            The Mike avatar just made your post infinitely more hilarious.

      • zuche
        zuche
        November 23, 2010 at 9:32 am | #

        One of my teachers learned early on not to have notes read in front of class after the subject of the note was a student’s abortion. After that, he simply had them discarded.

        Just out of curiousity, does cell phone use during tests or exams result in instant failure? The potential for cheating and disrupting other students should justify it.

    • Umer
      Umer
      November 23, 2010 at 1:31 am | #

      Pwned.

  3. Doom Shepherd
    Doom Shepherd
    November 23, 2010 at 12:07 am | #

    Props for having the gender studies class taught by a NICE, friendly lesbian. The stereotype angry one is so old. This is much better.

    (Well, assuming Leslie is a lesbian in this quantum reality. She still seems nice either way.)

    • Ragnal
      Ragnal
      November 23, 2010 at 12:09 am | #

      Maybe it’s me, but I imagine Robin and Leslie getting it on already. :/

      • dchorror
        dchorror
        November 23, 2010 at 12:11 am | #

        What are the odds that Robin is still pursuing a career in politics in this ‘verse?

        • Ragnal
          Ragnal
          November 23, 2010 at 12:16 am | #

          What do politics have to do with sexuality? If Willis ain’t covering the same arcs he did in the Walkyverse, I imagine Robin’s already gay here.

          • davmopedia
            davmopedia
            November 23, 2010 at 12:41 am | #

            Aah! Recursive Joes!

          • Loki
            Loki
            November 23, 2010 at 10:30 am | #

            As davmopedia points out, the fact that conversation exchange is all Joe adds to the fun.

        • agentksilver
          agentksilver
          November 23, 2010 at 12:46 am | #

          Because Robin is so serious about politics in Shortpacked.

      • dethtoll
        dethtoll
        November 23, 2010 at 12:57 am | #

        What are the odds you get a Joe icon?

    • R
      R
      November 23, 2010 at 12:18 pm | #

      I know. I’ve yet to meet one of those angry man-hating lesbians. The only man-hating women I’ve met are heterosexual married women who take their irresponsible husbands to represent the whole of the male gender. I’m a lesbian, and I think most men are alright people. I’ve found my view to be pretty common in the lesbian community.

      • adius
        adius
        November 23, 2010 at 7:25 pm | #

        As a man, I think you just need to meet more men and you’ll get the hang of hating them in time

  4. Wackd
    Wackd
    November 23, 2010 at 12:09 am | #

    Is it just me or does the last panel not get anyone’s hopes particularly high for the standard of education set in this class? I mean, I knew that when I was six….

    • Wackd
      Wackd
      November 23, 2010 at 12:09 am | #

      And, of course, Karma is possessing my Gravatar. Perfect.

      • ScotchCarb
        ScotchCarb
        November 23, 2010 at 12:29 am | #

        BLUH BLUH ASPERGERS

        • Wackd
          Wackd
          November 23, 2010 at 6:12 pm | #

          Okay. My mother used to tell my little sister that when boys are mean to her it might be because they like her.

          Apparently, this means I have Asperger’s. Huh.

          • ScotchCarb
            ScotchCarb
            November 24, 2010 at 12:14 am | #

            Actually I replied to the wrong comment. I was more reacting to the dude below me who thought his condition was somehow relevant to your comment about realizing that stuff when you were six. Basically I was being mean to the disabled guy because I like him, but (metaphorically) my Monkey Master hit you instead!

    • BlueNight
      BlueNight
      November 23, 2010 at 12:19 am | #

      You may have known that when you were six, but I have Asperger’s, and I was taught to be chivalrous. Hence, I would never do such a thing. “Is the third gender included in this class, Leslie?”

    • Rowen Morland
      Rowen Morland
      November 23, 2010 at 12:41 am | #

      The foundations of social science involve noticing what is common sense knowledge and then learning to go beyond that. First you put all of your basic thoughts about society in a row, then you assemble the tools you’ll need to start working on them 😀

    • agentksilver
      agentksilver
      November 23, 2010 at 12:47 am | #

      I think it’s a nice ice-breaker and a way to move the conversation along. Plus it shows that she’s a cool teacher and quick on her feet.

  5. Joebo
    Joebo
    November 23, 2010 at 12:10 am | #

    This comic is full of win. Yes, she does rock indeed.

    • Joebo
      Joebo
      November 23, 2010 at 12:11 am | #

      Additionally, Willis. The ad for “The Adventures of White Wolf” is blocking the post button. I had to block the images so i could post my comment. This is not full of win.

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

        What browser are you using?

        • Cratacon
          Cratacon
          November 23, 2010 at 12:13 am | #

          I had this problem too, on firefox. I could only see the button when I made my comment a reply to someone else.

          • David
            David M Willis
            November 23, 2010 at 12:16 am | #

            Which version of Firefox? I’m having trouble duplicating it.

            EDIT: Ah, I see what you mean. Not on the front page, but on the comments page, near the bottom. Yeah, that’s a problem. Bye bye, ad!

        • General Tekno
          General Tekno
          November 23, 2010 at 12:18 am | #

          I’m using Firefox 3.6.12 and having the issue. And here I thought it was just being weird.

        • General Tekno
          General Tekno
          November 23, 2010 at 12:19 am | #

          The problem is fixed now! Woohoo!

      • TexasNinjaBuzzard
        TexasNinjaBuzzard
        November 23, 2010 at 2:10 am | #

        Opera> Right Click> “Block Content…”> Left Click on ad> “Done”> Problem solved.

        • TexasNinjaBuzzard
          TexasNinjaBuzzard
          November 23, 2010 at 2:11 am | #

          [/smug jerk]

          • Stargazer
            Stargazer
            November 23, 2010 at 4:42 am | #

            *points out the part where Joebo mentions “I had to block the images so I could post my comment.”*

            [/smugger and jerkier.] 😉

          • Joebo
            Joebo
            November 23, 2010 at 8:00 am | #

            You can do that on Firefox too. In fact that’s what I ended up doing. I just figured that Willis would be able to fix the problem for those who weren’t smart enough to go that route.

  6. dchorror
    dchorror
    November 23, 2010 at 12:10 am | #

    You’d figure she learned that lesson in grade school…

    • T Campbell
      T Campbell
      November 23, 2010 at 12:24 am | #

      But she obviously didn’t, or she wouldn’t have come to Leslie with it that way.

      • R
        R
        November 23, 2010 at 12:21 pm | #

        I think she didn’t care about Walky’s motive, she just wanted the action to be denounced by the teacher. It sounded more like tattling than a desire to understand anyone’s motive.

  7. Jake
    Jake
    November 23, 2010 at 12:21 am | #

    Yes Leslie, you do rock. You rock so hard with your FAAAAAACE.

  8. Sporkaganza
    Sporkaganza
    November 23, 2010 at 12:24 am | #

    OK, second time I’ve literally laughed out loud at DoA. I am very much enjoying this comic.

    oh hay i just realized that doa can also stand for dead or alive. like the bon jovi song. or the videogame about boobies.

    • Joebo
      Joebo
      November 23, 2010 at 12:33 am | #

      or Dead on Arrival which is rather depressing and not funny in the least.

      • sr71eclipse
        sr71eclipse
        November 23, 2010 at 2:58 am | #

        Really, it all depends on who you’re talking to.

        • MLEst1
          MLEst1
          November 23, 2010 at 12:01 pm | #

          The Mike Gravatar on your post really made me laugh xD

        • Freemage
          Freemage
          November 23, 2010 at 12:32 pm | #

          … or about.

      • JesseJanitect
        JesseJanitect
        November 23, 2010 at 7:27 am | #

        It stands for Dumb on Arrival, which is more or less what all professors think about us students.

  9. NF
    NF
    November 23, 2010 at 12:27 am | #

    I love how Walky doesn’t seem to know whether to run out of the room or melt in his desk.

    Also, I can only begin to ponder what that look from Dorothy could mean.

    • Alechsa
      Alechsa
      November 23, 2010 at 5:40 pm | #

      He’s surrounded by the ex boyfriend and the guy who took dibs on her after she dumped him…. he’d better RUN.

      Also: She’s thinking ‘goddamit I just got rid of one obsessed dumbnut and now I get a NEW ONE?!’

  10. Haven
    Haven
    November 23, 2010 at 12:27 am | #

    Yes. Leslie. Awesome.

  11. TheSoundDefense
    TheSoundDefense
    November 23, 2010 at 12:28 am | #

    I like where this comic is going.

  12. Gianni
    Gianni
    November 23, 2010 at 12:45 am | #

    Is the best part of this comic Walky’s expression or Leslie’s awesomeness? I can’t decide, so I’ll just say BOTH!

  13. Zap
    Zap
    November 23, 2010 at 12:48 am | #

    The look on Joe’s face really seals this comic.

  14. agentksilver
    agentksilver
    November 23, 2010 at 12:48 am | #

    Walky looks more embarrassed that he pooed his pants in public than got caught liking a girl.

    • No0ne
      No0ne
      November 23, 2010 at 2:34 am | #

      Knowing Walky he would anounce that he pooped his pants to the world… and then be PROUD of it…

  15. Marky
    Marky
    November 23, 2010 at 12:49 am | #

    I totally am loving the direction in which this comic is going. And Leslie, one of my favorite characters!

  16. Yarpus
    Yarpus
    November 23, 2010 at 12:58 am | #

    Dang, it just put a smile on my face instantly.
    She rocks.

  17. Yarpus
    Yarpus
    November 23, 2010 at 12:58 am | #

    The worst Gravatar ever. Is she Mary from Roomies or what? ^^’

    • Undrave
      Undrave
      November 23, 2010 at 1:50 am | #

      I got that avatar too and I don’t know who she is. I used to be Joe.

      • Jake
        Jake
        November 23, 2010 at 9:08 am | #

        I always thought she was Mary, but I hope she isn’t.

        • Gianni
          Gianni
          November 23, 2010 at 10:07 am | #

          It is Mary, but maybe she’ll be different in DOA?

          • R
            R
            November 23, 2010 at 12:23 pm | #

            That is Mary. We haven’t seen too much of her in DoA, all we know for sure is that she’s not as modesty-obsessed as Joyce.

  18. Samui
    Samui
    November 23, 2010 at 1:12 am | #

    Um, Leslie, a boy just threw a toy at my FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE

    So basically the Aliens in the Roomies/It’s Walky/Shortpacked universe somehow kept Leslie from teaching? Interesting.

    • Wackd
      Wackd
      November 23, 2010 at 6:19 pm | #

      There are definitely some deviations that are more just “How do I get x character into a college setting?” than “What would this person be like if Aliens, SEMME and JFO never existed?” I believe this is one of them.

  19. Dierna
    Dierna
    November 23, 2010 at 1:22 am | #

    ….Wait… why is the teacher walking into the room so late? Yeah Leslie. You rock but you were also late to your own class!!

    • Tahuk
      Tahuk
      November 23, 2010 at 1:38 am | #

      That’s about standard really. I have a single professor who’s actually in the room before the students.

    • mpark6288
      mpark6288
      November 23, 2010 at 1:40 am | #

      How do you know she’s late? She might just be right on time, and on the first day it’s not like she probably has a huge amount of material to get through.

      • Rognik
        Rognik
        November 23, 2010 at 9:51 am | #

        Students usually show up for class early, while professors only arrive shortly before the class starts. Unless they need to set up. Sometimes, not even then. It really varies from class to class and teacher to teacher.

  20. arjay2813
    arjay2813
    November 23, 2010 at 1:31 am | #

    Leslie is so totally perfect for something like this..in shortpacked. she is full of win with just 3 panels of DoA

  21. Undrave
    Undrave
    November 23, 2010 at 1:49 am | #

    Dumbass.

    XD

  22. Trent
    Trent
    November 23, 2010 at 2:01 am | #

    Oh my god, I love Leslie.

  23. TexasNinjaBuzzard
    TexasNinjaBuzzard
    November 23, 2010 at 2:13 am | #

    Stood up and applauded.

  24. aimeee
    aimeee
    November 23, 2010 at 2:49 am | #

    I just did a happy dance in a Cambodian internet cafe! YAY LESLIE 😀

  25. Drpepperfan
    Drpepperfan
    November 23, 2010 at 3:35 am | #

    Awesome Leslie is indeed, Awesome. I like how cocky she is in this universe compared to usual. Awesome.

  26. Diaxiann
    Diaxiann
    November 23, 2010 at 4:30 am | #

    THIS

    THIS IS WONDERFUL

    GO YOU BEAUTIFUL LESBIAN 8D

  27. Cha
    Cha
    November 23, 2010 at 4:33 am | #

    Walky, you know what’s red? Your FAAAAAAAAAAAAACE.
    -clears throat- What? It’s three in the morning!

    Joe’s expression is the best. XD

  28. Davecom3
    Davecom3
    November 23, 2010 at 4:58 am | #

    Ah, so student/teacher relationship to include to the drama of Shortpacked, or was Leslie never a teacher in that universe?

    • Joebo
      Joebo
      November 23, 2010 at 7:58 am | #

      In SP? Leslie was a grocery store cashier before going to work at the toy store.

  29. meow
    meow
    November 23, 2010 at 5:32 am | #

    I hope to see Robin make her appearance soon!

  30. Grrtt
    Grrtt
    November 23, 2010 at 6:40 am | #

    I dunno about throwing toys, but I used to do silly thiongs like rearranging stacks of books while people were looking away while I was in school.

    • Grrtt
      Grrtt
      November 23, 2010 at 6:43 am | #

      And apparently I have difficulty spelling in the mornings…

  31. Ruth
    Ruth
    November 23, 2010 at 8:08 am | #

    Hm…I’ve had plenty of guys throw things at my head (especially in elementary school), and I don’t think they did it because they liked me.

  32. Robin
    Robin
    November 23, 2010 at 8:09 am | #

    We have already seen Roz as a student, so I assume Robin would be a student too, but then there may be rules that prevent Robin and Leslie from becoming a couple because of that.

    Maybe she will fall for Joe again first.

    • Kamino Neko
      Kamino Neko
      November 23, 2010 at 10:55 am | #

      Robin doesn’t strike me as someone who’d go on to do post-graduate work, so she might have graduated without making her age difference with Roz too terribly unusual.

      And even if she is still a student that doesn’t necessarily mean she can’t be involved with Les, if she’s not HER student.

      • R
        R
        November 23, 2010 at 12:27 pm | #

        I kind of am imagining Robin as a graduate student (who is a graduate student because they’re afraid of finding a real job, not because she has a serious interest in a subject).

  33. A Southpaw
    A Southpaw
    November 23, 2010 at 8:23 am | #

    Walky’s left handed in this universe? And Joe too, from the looks of it? Huh.

    Calling bullshit on there being more than one lefty desk, though. Those things are IMPOSSIBLE to get one’s hands on.

    • Toaster
      Toaster
      November 23, 2010 at 10:11 am | #

      Unless Mayella’s gonna get beat again, does it really matter which hand is dominant for the characters?

    • zuche
      zuche
      November 23, 2010 at 10:22 am | #

      It may be that this class arranged to acquire most of the ones that do exist. After all, Leslie does rock.

    • Kamino Neko
      Kamino Neko
      November 23, 2010 at 1:17 pm | #

      Since EVERY desk in the place is a left-handed desk, from what we’ve seen, clearly, DoA is in an alternate universe where lefties are the more common.

      We’re through the looking glass here, people!

      (No, seriously, I mean that quite literally.)

  34. MrGBH
    MrGBH
    November 23, 2010 at 8:23 am | #

    It’s a good thing Walky’s sitting next to Joe. He needs some serious lessons in how to act around the fairer sex.

  35. DrBear
    DrBear
    November 23, 2010 at 8:31 am | #

    I almost didn’t recognize Leslie without her tank top.

  36. Chris McFeely
    Chris McFeely
    November 23, 2010 at 8:49 am | #

    This is literally the hardest I have laughed at a Walky comic. 😀

  37. Bunk
    Bunk
    November 23, 2010 at 9:03 am | #

    30 seconds and she already has more depth then she did in her first story arc in shortpacked.

    • Loki
      Loki
      November 23, 2010 at 10:33 am | #

      Well, it’s not hard for her to have more depth than being “random unnamed lesbian that Robin hooked up with”.

  38. Dahlia
    Dahlia
    November 23, 2010 at 10:18 am | #

    Leslie! Yay Leslie! I like Leslie, shes awesome! o:

    I wonder if she will end up with Robin in this universe as well or not (Gosh I hope so, they are too cute together!)

    • Dahlia
      Dahlia
      November 23, 2010 at 3:06 pm | #

      Just curious, in the comments I noticed a lot of people are claiming that its Danny sitting to Walkys left…yet, when I look at the tags I don’t see his name at all, which is confusing as he has his own character profile so that he CAN be tagged…

      Is that solely because of the young mans hair/hairstyle (I am just curious and I sort of suspect that its Danny but you never know…D:) or am I missing something here??

  39. zuche
    zuche
    November 23, 2010 at 10:26 am | #

    That smile is glorious.

  40. Richie9999
    Richie9999
    November 23, 2010 at 10:40 am | #

    Yay Lesbian! Ans she understands how guys work! Why can’t all womens be like that?

    • Richie9999
      Richie9999
      November 23, 2010 at 10:41 am | #

      Also, I love the expression on Walky’s face and Lezzies “I rock.” stance of triumph.

      • Richie9999
        Richie9999
        November 23, 2010 at 10:47 am | #

        *Leslie, not Lezzie.

  41. airfox
    airfox
    November 23, 2010 at 12:14 pm | #

    Are we sure Leslie’s already out of the closet in the DOA-verse?

    -airfox

    • Gianni
      Gianni
      November 23, 2010 at 12:16 pm | #

      Whether or not she is, we’ll find out if Joe decides to get “hot for teacher”

      • Joebo
        Joebo
        November 23, 2010 at 12:54 pm | #

        when

        • Gianni
          Gianni
          November 23, 2010 at 1:12 pm | #

          Oh, you’re right. When.

        • ArchSchnitz
          ArchSchnitz
          November 23, 2010 at 10:06 pm | #

          Good catch.

  42. wbright92
    wbright92
    November 23, 2010 at 12:53 pm | #

    I’m confused about the timings here…

  43. Tori
    Tori
    November 23, 2010 at 1:26 pm | #

    And Leslie has just been redefined in my head as the coolest person in the world.

  44. TheAlucinaut
    TheAlucinaut
    November 23, 2010 at 2:45 pm | #

    <3 Leslie + That Joke = my favorite DoA strip yet. <3

  45. Maki P
    Maki P
    November 23, 2010 at 3:10 pm | #

    No way! The Lesbian! Leslie Been is it?

  46. Adam
    Adam
    November 23, 2010 at 3:29 pm | #

    Another wonderful comic by Mr. Willis! WIIGII!!

  47. katamanda
    katamanda
    November 23, 2010 at 3:57 pm | #

    Leslieee <3

  48. Robin
    Robin
    November 23, 2010 at 5:40 pm | #

    I just thought of something … what is Leslie is still married in DoA?

    • G.S.Mercs
      G.S.Mercs
      November 23, 2010 at 7:34 pm | #

      There doesn’t appear to be a ring on any of her fingers, so unless Willis just didn’t draw it, it is fairly safe to say she is either divorced, or has not yet married.

  49. Kaj
    Kaj
    November 23, 2010 at 7:50 pm | #

    This is not without precedent; Leslie has been teaching this group already! Unshelved book club

  50. Strephon
    Strephon
    November 23, 2010 at 10:31 pm | #

    Out of curiosity, does Leslie telling the students they can use her first name just a way of showing that she’s a cool teacher who can relate to her students, or is that sort of thing more common these days? (I went to a Quaker college where everyone from the college president on down was addressed by the first name, so I’m kind of vague on how it’s done elsewhere.)

    • bramblepatch
      bramblepatch
      November 23, 2010 at 11:03 pm | #

      It’s not terribly UNcommon, and in my (admittedly limited) experience, it’s more common among female teachers than male. But yeah, it does kind of mark her as a personable, cool teacher – again in my experience, the teachers who ask students to call them by their first names tend to interact with the class more.

      • bramblepatch
        bramblepatch
        November 23, 2010 at 11:04 pm | #

        Yesssss, I am Dina again! *fistpump*

    • David
      David M Willis
      November 23, 2010 at 11:03 pm | #

      Nobody wants to be called “Ms. Bean.”

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      March 26, 2011 at 12:04 am | #

      It’s also an age thing, teachers that are young or want to seem more youthful will ask their students to call them by theor first names.

      Older teachers prefer the more formal titles.

  51. Shift
    Shift
    November 24, 2010 at 2:54 pm | #

    Leslie seems even more awesome here than she is in Shortpacked! I didn’t think it was possible!

  52. DeWeese07
    DeWeese07
    March 10, 2011 at 10:27 am | #

    AH IT’S LESLIE! WOOOOO!

  53. Kelsey
    Kelsey
    July 8, 2011 at 10:01 am | #

    That you do, Leslie. THAT. YOU. DO.

  54. Maycroft
    Maycroft
    January 11, 2012 at 1:50 am | #

    The perfect gender studies teacher.

  55. Aegon01
    Aegon01
    March 23, 2012 at 12:59 am | #

    Walky’s face in panel 3 is the best. face. ever.

  56. Viredae
    Viredae
    March 19, 2013 at 4:46 am | #

    That was a brilliant deduction.

  57. Gareth
    Gareth
    May 30, 2014 at 6:22 pm | #

    Wait, Leslie is a teacher in this universe? Why haven’t I read this comic before now and how can I find the words to express how cry beautiful I find this moment to be?

  58. Glew
    Glew
    August 21, 2014 at 10:08 am | #

    Okay, I have been eyeing this comic with suspicion, unable to decide if I liked it or not. To be honest I’m still not sure.
    But this, this one made me laugh. And that is always cool 😀

    • Glew
      Glew
      August 21, 2014 at 10:09 am | #

      And okay I get it, it’s gender studies and all, but I’m a guy, not a gal with curly hair, come on you automatically generated avatar!

  59. RandomPerson12
    RandomPerson12
    October 16, 2014 at 10:24 pm | #

    i’m surprised the Monkey Master toy didn’t do that much damage…although my expectations may have been raised by seeing Walkyverse Monkey Master crush an Alien to death.

  60. Jon Gibson
    Jon Gibson
    December 13, 2014 at 5:33 am | #

    Anyone else read Leslie’s lines in Ellen degeneres’s voice?

    • Grace
      Grace
      February 3, 2015 at 6:23 am | #

      No, Ellen Page‘s!

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