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September 20, 2023

Seriously

by David M Willis on November 10, 2010 at 12:01 am
  • 02 - Uphill From Here

└ Tags: dorothy, mike, sal, sarah, walky

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  1. Jabberwocky
    Jabberwocky
    November 10, 2010 at 12:02 am | #

    Those are the best kind of notes.

    • JacquieH
      JacquieH
      November 10, 2010 at 1:18 am | #

      My notebooks are full of doodles 😀

      • Osaru Sensei
        Osaru Sensei
        November 10, 2010 at 2:44 am | #

        … My old notebooks are full of margin obscenities crimes against nature doodles too.

        • Osaru Sensei
          Osaru Sensei
          November 10, 2010 at 2:47 am | #

          … Especially Math, for some reason.

          • Lee
            Lee
            January 9, 2011 at 4:06 pm | #

            My old physical science notebook from high school is filled with digimon doodles.

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

            @Lee WIN! Digimon FTW! I just write fanfiction during my college classes.

            • Kelvin
              Kelvin
              August 30, 2011 at 5:45 am | #

              Digimon is the best! <3 But wondering why Mike hasn't been very mean yet. :/

          • Alan / Falcon
            Alan / Falcon
            September 9, 2011 at 4:10 am | #

            Oh man, I have got to take this opportunity to introduce everyone to Vi Hart, http://www.vihart.com/doodling/

            I think doodling in Math Class is a Universal Truth.

        • Icalasari
          Icalasari
          August 6, 2011 at 9:11 pm | #

          Mine is full of various creatures and other things from a make believe world I created, including the deities, instruments, world map, religions…

          …I switched to art college this year 😀

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

      I spent most of Intro to Theatre screwing around on the internet, which may explain why I got an F in that class (that, and I didn’t have the book).

      I came up with my best edits to TV Tropes while in Psych 101.

      Now I take school more seriously and actually take notes, which are filled with explicit language, colored font, and random side notes.

    • Zack
      Zack
      June 26, 2013 at 1:38 pm | #

      mine has a pokeball

      ONE POKEBALL

  2. Alice Macher
    Alice Macher
    November 10, 2010 at 12:02 am | #

    Thank you, Calvin.

    Hobbes: So what does your teacher object to about your drawing dinosaurs?

    Calvin: Mostly my drawing them during math.

    • Kyle Lees
      Kyle Lees
      November 10, 2010 at 12:07 am | #

      Rowr.

  3. David Herbert
    David Herbert
    November 10, 2010 at 12:03 am | #

    Yeah, I did that in school a few times as well. But replace “A few” with “All the”

    • Cratacon
      Cratacon
      November 10, 2010 at 1:06 am | #

      All the times? Guess you should have paid more attention in English class! OWNED

      Wait, is it ‘payed’ or ‘paid’ in this instance. I’d check my notes but even in third year University I spend classes doodling orcs…

      • skies
        skies
        November 10, 2010 at 8:28 pm | #

        …ALL the times? :S

        • andersonfire
          andersonfire
          November 10, 2010 at 9:07 pm | #

          Draw ALL the times?

          O_o

      • Rognik
        Rognik
        November 18, 2010 at 5:24 am | #

        Hey, leave him alone! There isn’t even an “A few” in the first statement: no capital A.

  4. Sakimei
    Sakimei
    November 10, 2010 at 12:05 am | #

    Aw, all my TAs are pretty cool. But dinosaurs eating people are pretty cool, too.

  5. NF
    NF
    November 10, 2010 at 12:05 am | #

    The TA is probably drawing his students being eaten by a dinosaur.

    There is not a whole lot for a TA to do during lectures in professor-led classes.

  6. Viktoria
    Viktoria
    November 10, 2010 at 12:05 am | #

    That’s Mike’s first line? Meh.

    I’m sort of believing the theory that DoA Mike is designed to piss off fans, primarily by not being an asshole, which is exactly the sort of assholery Mike loves.

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

      Actually, his first line was asking Billie if she’d ever seen a motorcycle.

    • Tahuk
      Tahuk
      November 10, 2010 at 12:08 am | #

      Nah. He had a couple when Sal showed up. They were slightly ass-holey.

    • Joebo
      Joebo
      November 10, 2010 at 12:20 am | #

      Have you not read Mike’s twitter account for this universe. He’s still very much an asshole.

      • Rusty_Unycorn
        Rusty_Unycorn
        November 10, 2010 at 1:10 am | #

        He’s just waiting for the proper time to crush everybody. And then get away with it.

  7. Jabberwocky
    Jabberwocky
    November 10, 2010 at 12:05 am | #

    Also, I hereby dub the guy with the freakish smile behind Mike Hubert. He is majoring in astrophysics.

    This is canon in my mind.

    • Jabberwocky
      Jabberwocky
      November 10, 2010 at 12:09 am | #

      And beard-man is Ben.

      You know, like Ben Kenobi.

      • Cassidy
        Cassidy
        November 10, 2010 at 2:30 am | #

        Beard man should be named jeph. Because he looks like a jeph who is our doted artists nemesis.

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

      I see no freakish smile…

      • Jabberwocky
        Jabberwocky
        November 10, 2010 at 7:18 am | #

        Look behind Mike. SMILES ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO LOOK LIKE THAT

        • Daibhid C
          Daibhid C
          November 10, 2010 at 9:32 am | #

          As far as I can see, the guy behind Mike has a mouth that’s a tiny straight line. I think you’re looking at his neck-shadow.

          • Jabberwocky
            Jabberwocky
            November 10, 2010 at 9:36 am | #

            Behind and to the right.

          • No0ne
            No0ne
            November 10, 2010 at 2:39 pm | #

            Yea… thats a neck- shadow… Although that guy’s hair is eating Mike’s hair…

        • Jabberwocky
          Jabberwocky
          November 14, 2010 at 3:20 pm | #

          That cannot be a neck shadow. The position of the face doesn’t allow for it,

          • David
            David M Willis
            November 14, 2010 at 3:59 pm | #

            The guy behind Mike doesn’t have a mouth drawn on him.

    • Rusty_Unycorn
      Rusty_Unycorn
      November 10, 2010 at 1:11 am | #

      And now to me.
      And one day, it will be Word Of God.

  8. Onomatopoeia
    Onomatopoeia
    November 10, 2010 at 12:10 am | #

    Is…is that oddly detailed brown haired person back there in panel 2, Alex?

    • Onomatopoeia
      Onomatopoeia
      November 10, 2010 at 12:27 am | #

      You win this round, Willis.

    • Gianni
      Gianni
      November 10, 2010 at 12:28 am | #

      No way, Alex would never stoop to talking or sitting next to anyone. His computer is his only love.

      • Matt
        Matt
        November 10, 2010 at 1:10 am | #

        Maybe he’s on a very tiny netbook. Or an iPhone. 2010 would be Alex’s dream. Never separated from the internet.

        • Rusty_Unycorn
          Rusty_Unycorn
          November 10, 2010 at 1:11 am | #

          True dat, mah rigger.

  9. addude
    addude
    November 10, 2010 at 12:10 am | #

    Dinosaurs eating people will bring these roomies together

  10. JackNapier
    JackNapier
    November 10, 2010 at 12:12 am | #

    Who goes to class to take notes? I attend just so I can work on comic book scripts while someone rambles on about chemistry or something like that.

    • JacquieH
      JacquieH
      November 10, 2010 at 1:21 am | #

      I used to do that all the time. And then I hit the higher level classes, and can’t get away with it anymore -_-

    • Heather
      Heather
      November 10, 2010 at 4:37 am | #

      Meh I suck so hard at taking notes (I have a form of slight dyslexia when I was tested for this summer, nothing overly major but yeah, just the odd thing here and there and basically I suck in handwriting), so concentrating on taking too many notes would mean I’d probably not be able to get what was being said AS I was taking notes and get lost.

      (Really Ms/Mr. Lecturer, it’s because I want to concentrate on what you say… really! No! No! Put down the tazer! Please! Have mercy!…)

      So I don’t take as many and I just take a dictaphone. Granted while I’m in a taught masters, I only have about 7 hours of lectures a week. We’re supposed to know a lot of this stuff by now, just refreshing our memory on a few things plus seminars from people on whatever the hell they’re researching or have researched (oh the fascinating world of seaweed!). But I still drift off a little there sometimes thinking of story ideas. While some biological knowledge is kind of a given, sometimes they act ike everyone is a dead on expert in their specific field.

  11. Bickendan
    Bickendan
    November 10, 2010 at 12:17 am | #

    I have it on good authority* that the TA is Sara from Questionable Content. You know, Dora’s employee that got eaten by an Allosaur?

    *This is a blatant lie.

  12. Teowulf
    Teowulf
    November 10, 2010 at 12:18 am | #

    If I had a nickel for every time I drew my TA being eaten by a dinosaur… actually, usually it’s a dragon. Or some similar monster. I’m not skilled enough a doodler to draw dinosaurs.

    • agentksilver
      agentksilver
      November 10, 2010 at 12:47 am | #

      If I had a nickel for every time I drew my TA being eaten by a dinosaur, I would have your mom.

      Sorry, it was too easy.

      • Zap
        Zap
        November 10, 2010 at 1:53 am | #

        I’d have your mom’s FAAAAACE.

  13. Undrave
    Undrave
    November 10, 2010 at 12:22 am | #

    DRAMA IN THE FAAAAACE!

    Calling it now: Dorothy and Mike have a fling that ends in DRAMAAAAA!

    • dchorror
      dchorror
      November 10, 2010 at 8:44 pm | #

      With a line like that, I suspect Dorothy’s gonna have the most drama. Half of it’s gonna stem from people calling her the blonde Amber.

  14. Trent
    Trent
    November 10, 2010 at 12:29 am | #

    I love how happy Walky is about his drawing.

  15. Qaxis
    Qaxis
    November 10, 2010 at 12:30 am | #

    And then Walky drops his notes, and they get picked up by a Dina Saur. Who then proceeds to eat the TA.

    • Rusty_Unycorn
      Rusty_Unycorn
      November 10, 2010 at 1:13 am | #

      Out….
      Well, the TA is Sara from QC….

  16. agentksilver
    agentksilver
    November 10, 2010 at 12:48 am | #

    Man, I hope Walky gets his own storyline soon. Right now’s he’s just a satellite character. I’m starting to get convinced he has a crush on Billie.

    • Undrave
      Undrave
      November 10, 2010 at 1:59 am | #

      Why not? She’s totally tsundere for him and she got a nice rack XD

      • dchorror
        dchorror
        November 10, 2010 at 8:45 pm | #

        Yeah, but JoycexBilly seems to have some steam. He’d never have a chance.

  17. Index
    Index
    November 10, 2010 at 1:08 am | #

    Wow. Is that Mike’s amused face?

    Sorry. Amused FAAAAACE?

    • Rusty_Unycorn
      Rusty_Unycorn
      November 10, 2010 at 1:13 am | #

      FAAAAAAAACCCCCCEEEEE.

      • Undrave
        Undrave
        November 10, 2010 at 1:58 am | #

        FAAAAAAAAAAACCCEEEE?
        FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE!

        • Joebo
          Joebo
          November 10, 2010 at 7:56 am | #

          Fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff
          Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
          Ccccccccccccccccccc
          Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
          !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

          • Undrave
            Undrave
            November 10, 2010 at 12:53 pm | #

            Face! Faaace fa faaaceee! Faaaaaace ce ce! Face fa faaaaa!

            “FACE! USE THUNDERBOLT!”

            FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE!

    • drivethruwhale
      drivethruwhale
      November 10, 2010 at 2:28 am | #

      EEEEEEECCCCCCCAAAAAAAAF?!

      • Kamino Neko
        Kamino Neko
        November 10, 2010 at 3:10 am | #

        Here’s your D.

        >_>

      • No0ne
        No0ne
        November 10, 2010 at 2:42 pm | #

        YOUR DOING IT WRONG!

  18. Dahlia
    Dahlia
    November 10, 2010 at 1:19 am | #

    HAHAHA! AWESOME!

    …but I side with Sarah only because my roomies drive me nuts with their non-nonchalant attitude towards school (no, I’m not a school nazi, but when finals and midterm week roll around I don’t like being woken up at 1 AM in the morning because they’re calling me, beginning me to open the door because they always forget the keys to the room.)

  19. Ash
    Ash
    November 10, 2010 at 1:56 am | #

    I hate people like that. Yes, university is for higher education, BUT it is also for learning more than just textbook knowledge. It’s also that time when you’re supposed to be experiencing life to the fullest, not just sitting at home looking at books all day.

  20. TheStranger
    TheStranger
    November 10, 2010 at 2:16 am | #

    One wonders how Dorothy wound up with a boyfriend with that attitude. What, did he follow her home freshman year of high school and make her feel obligated to keep him?

    • drivethruwhale
      drivethruwhale
      November 10, 2010 at 2:29 am | #

      Isn’t that how everyone gets dates?

      • R
        R
        November 10, 2010 at 12:51 pm | #

        Interestingly enough, that’s kind of how I met my college boyfriend, he followed me around. Since then, I’ve discovered that mace (either the pepper spray or the medieval weapon) is much more effective in dealing with that problem.

  21. Randonimity
    Randonimity
    November 10, 2010 at 2:51 am | #

    I think I’m seeing things but is that ninja Rick behind Walky?

  22. Kamino Neko
    Kamino Neko
    November 10, 2010 at 3:11 am | #

    Sidenote. I love how everyone reads the strip and looks at every extra, hoping to figure out which character from an earlier strip is cameoing….

  23. Dabble
    Dabble
    November 10, 2010 at 5:56 am | #

    So is Walky taking on Willis’ persona now?

    • begbert2
      begbert2
      November 10, 2010 at 10:52 am | #

      I’m pretty sure Walky was always a blatant Marty Stu (complete with superpowers!), so where are you getting that ‘now’ from?

      • mags
        mags
        November 10, 2010 at 5:07 pm | #

        Actually, David’s more like Joyce than Walky. Though of course he’s a little like Walky. Anyway, we have discussions at length about how he’s Joyce and I’m Walky. Though the superpowers apply either way, I guess.

        • Akilika
          Akilika
          November 10, 2010 at 9:10 pm | #

          I always got the impression that the poop fascination was all Willis. But that may have been some crafty after-the-fact persona-crafting.

  24. MrGBH
    MrGBH
    November 10, 2010 at 7:04 am | #

    Is it just me, or does Mike seem to not be much of an asshole so far? He just seems to be grumpy.

    • dchorror
      dchorror
      November 10, 2010 at 8:48 pm | #

      He’s only in college. You gotta give him some time to develop that style we know and love.

      • Rusty_Unycorn
        Rusty_Unycorn
        November 10, 2010 at 9:50 pm | #

        Mike was born with the style that we know and love. Comes from having your mom while he was in the womb.

  25. Ristar
    Ristar
    November 10, 2010 at 8:27 am | #

    I had a teach in college once tell the whole class “Pay attention to what I am talking about rather than drawing doodles of me being eaten by teradactyls”…I spend 1 hour every other day for the next 3 months drawing him being eaten by teradactyls…

  26. Cha
    Cha
    November 10, 2010 at 8:44 am | #

    I could only wish that could actually happen in some of my classes.

  27. Jabberwocky
    Jabberwocky
    November 10, 2010 at 9:08 am | #

    The redhead in panel two is Howard, attempting to grow a “hip” and “edgy” hairdo!

    …He still gets beat up all the time, though.

    • No0ne
      No0ne
      November 10, 2010 at 2:43 pm | #

      Theres stuff stronger and meaner then you out here Howard… Like little girls…

      No its not an exact quote, I’m to lazy to find the exact quote…

      • Wackd
        Wackd
        November 10, 2010 at 5:18 pm | #

        The “It’s Walky” website has a search engine. Click the “Search” button on the top-right part of the screen in-between “Limited Prints” and “Giftart”. Under query text, type: “like little girls”. Then, bingo!
        http://www.itswalky.com/d/20040705.html
        “There are things outside that are meaner and stronger than you. Like little girls.”

        And there you have it. Probably, it’s more effort than one might want for a quick little gag, but whatever. It’s there if you want it.

  28. Laup
    Laup
    November 10, 2010 at 9:49 am | #

    Quick question. Is this an alternate timeline where SEMME never existed?

    • Jabberwocky
      Jabberwocky
      November 10, 2010 at 10:14 am | #

      Not just SEMME. The aliens and Martians, too.

  29. Richie9999
    Richie9999
    November 10, 2010 at 10:01 am | #

    Haha, Walky. Some things never change.

  30. JesseJanitect
    JesseJanitect
    November 10, 2010 at 10:02 am | #

    Mike is gathering information; once he knows all their hopes and dreams and delusions, he will procede to crush them as the Mike we all know and worship.

    • Heather
      Heather
      November 10, 2010 at 11:41 am | #

      You know a part of me wonders if Mike not being as assholish is because he was never abducted and he’s not trying to fool anyone nor is he biding his time at all. That he won’t be the same level of assholism we see on sp! or something

      OR THAT’S JUST WHAT HE WANTS ME TO THINK.

      /paranoia

      • Undrave
        Undrave
        November 10, 2010 at 12:50 pm | #

        Impossible. Mike is a multidimensionnal singularity, he’s the same Mike no matter what the universe so he’ll alway be an asshole. His methods might change though.

      • Feenyks
        Feenyks
        November 10, 2010 at 8:40 pm | #

        Mike will do the opposite of what might be expected. I’d guess that even in the DoAverse, Mike is still whatever you don’t WANT him to be.
        http://www.shortpacked.com/2006/comic/book-3-is-totally-gay/04-head-of-the-schemin/scientific/

  31. skies
    skies
    November 10, 2010 at 11:06 am | #

    MIKE AND WALKY: EPIC BROMANCE

    • mags
      mags
      November 10, 2010 at 5:08 pm | #

      *shudder*

      • dchorror
        dchorror
        November 10, 2010 at 8:51 pm | #

        Why shudder? It’s not really worse than any other Mike romance.

  32. XtraLargeRyan
    XtraLargeRyan
    November 10, 2010 at 2:40 pm | #

    wu-oh! I sense shenanigins with Walkie and Mike 8D

  33. Rachel
    Rachel
    November 10, 2010 at 7:08 pm | #

    Mike and Walky are fun together. ^_^

  34. Sporkaganza
    Sporkaganza
    November 10, 2010 at 8:54 pm | #

    OK, wow. This is the first time a Willis punchline has made me actually laugh out loud in a long time. Nothing against him though – I almost never laugh out loud at any webcomic ever, excluding Hark! A Vagrant and Bob the Angry Flower. So the fact that he made me laugh at all is, to me, an indication that I am definitely going to enjoy the direction this comic is going.

    Also I wonder who the TA is…

    • Dahlia
      Dahlia
      November 10, 2010 at 9:12 pm | #

      haha, thats awsome!

      btw, I also am wondering who the TA is….anyone wanna place some bets? o:

      • Rusty_Unycorn
        Rusty_Unycorn
        November 10, 2010 at 9:51 pm | #

        Your mom’s FAAAAACEEE.

        • Dahlia
          Dahlia
          November 10, 2010 at 9:58 pm | #

          D8< !!! No, YOUR MOMS FAAAAAAACCCEEE!!!

          • Dahlia
            Dahlia
            November 10, 2010 at 10:08 pm | #

            K, I’m not even gonna pretend to be offended, I LOL’D SO HARD when I read that xD;;;

      • dchorror
        dchorror
        November 10, 2010 at 10:36 pm | #

        Let’s go through a list of possibles…

        Robin
        Ethan
        Faz
        Sydney
        Tom Chestnut
        Leslie Bean
        Anthony McHenry Jr.
        Penelope Worthington
        Someone new

        • dchorror
          dchorror
          November 10, 2010 at 10:38 pm | #

          My vote is for Sydney, though Your Mom’s FAAAAACE! seems an interesting candidate. If true, I bet Mike ends up out a nickel.

          • Dahlia
            Dahlia
            November 10, 2010 at 10:57 pm | #

            Haha, my roommates think I’m some uptight witch, when actually they’re lack of courtesy is why I’m no snippy with them, especially when I TRY to talk to them about it they shove it in my face xD;; I’m actually very fun and very open, so I ..uh…*HOPE* Rusty was just joshing me ^ ^;;;

            Oh!! I hope its someone new!! You know, like someone exclusively for DoA! or something…

  35. Zem
    Zem
    November 11, 2010 at 9:15 am | #

    I was a good student, but I think I’ve still gotten more drawing practice in boring classes than anywhere else in my life ever.

  36. Protonos
    Protonos
    November 11, 2010 at 8:41 pm | #

    my note books are all filled with drawings between all the text. if not there is no fun in it.

  37. Rognik
    Rognik
    November 18, 2010 at 5:25 am | #

    If these two scenes take place at the same time, does that mean the first class is at noon? Or does Sarah just eat salad for breakfast?

  38. Mycroft
    Mycroft
    January 11, 2012 at 12:23 am | #

    That is the essence of Walky.

  39. RandomPerson12
    RandomPerson12
    October 15, 2014 at 9:09 pm | #

    Is Dumbiverse Walky secretly smart like his Walkyverse counterpart, or is he actually an idiot?

  40. Rheios
    Rheios
    May 12, 2015 at 2:09 pm | #

    I’m terrified. I think that’s a Mike grin.

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