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by David M Willis on June 16, 2011 at 12:01 am
  • 05 - Media Rumble
└ Tags: dorothy, nachitos, walky

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  1. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    June 16, 2011 at 12:02 am | #

    I was almost right when I said that his brain was melting! ^_^

    • David Herbert
      David Herbert
      June 16, 2011 at 2:36 am | #

      Well it is hot. Like Dorothy.

    • Hinoron
      Hinoron
      July 15, 2013 at 7:32 pm | #

      No yelling my words from two feet away, no throwing things at her head…

      Man, courtship is complicated…

  2. arjay2813
    arjay2813
    June 16, 2011 at 12:02 am | #

    i’m not surprised it is boiling, but someday it will be hers…when they get together

  3. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    June 16, 2011 at 12:03 am | #

    You’re cute when you’re boiling…

  4. Seerow
    Seerow
    June 16, 2011 at 12:03 am | #

    Wow he formed a semi-coherent sentence. It’s slow progress, but progress!

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      June 16, 2011 at 12:05 am | #

      Well, one victory at a time.

    • addude
      addude
      June 16, 2011 at 12:05 am | #

      Yeah I know! I didn’t expect progress. Way to go Walky!

    • Beefcube
      Beefcube
      June 16, 2011 at 12:21 am | #

      Incredible progress! Unfortunately, panel 4 is looking dangerously close to a relapse.

    • Undrave
      Undrave
      June 16, 2011 at 1:12 am | #

      PROGRESS!!

      • Aizat
        Aizat
        June 16, 2011 at 2:41 am | #

        Is that going to be a meme?

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          June 16, 2011 at 5:42 am | #

          OF COURSE!

          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8u7px_GzWQ


          Sorry about all this, I am still figuring out HTML for comments

        • Tomb
          Tomb
          June 16, 2011 at 8:05 am | #

          Anything can happem if you believe in it!

          So why don’t we PROGRESS!!!

          • zuche
            zuche
            June 16, 2011 at 9:37 am | #

            Where? Into your FAAACE or your mom? Should we travel by nickel or were you looking to get there by other means?

            • Seerow
              Seerow
              June 16, 2011 at 11:14 am | #

              So what we’ve determined here is that Walky is making PROGRESS with his penis towards her FAAAAAAACE?

              • zuche
                zuche
                June 16, 2011 at 12:50 pm | #

                …I fear so.

  5. Aizat
    Aizat
    June 16, 2011 at 12:03 am | #

    Awwwww……that’s sweet. Walky learned to share his stuff with the girl he likes.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      June 16, 2011 at 12:09 am | #

      Walky will be able to pass himself as a (fairly) normal human being if this keeps up.

      • dchorror
        dchorror
        June 16, 2011 at 12:10 am | #

        Depends on how you define normal.

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          June 16, 2011 at 12:14 am | #

          He’s seems normal to me.

          • dchorror
            dchorror
            June 16, 2011 at 12:24 am | #

            So that’s how you define normal? Personally, I don’t believe anyone but Joe, Mike, and Creepy Guy have been acting remotely normal.

            That’s probably weird to say.

            • Aizat
              Aizat
              June 16, 2011 at 12:37 am | #

              Acting goofy in front of a girl that you like is perfectly normal. To me not normal is having any super powers, talks to himself and answering back to himself, soaking him or herself in butter and proclaiming “I’m a hamster” while running around in his or her underwear, having extra limbs like a third arm or having the ability to spit acid from you’re mouth(unless you’re a certain type of animal or alien) etc.

              • das-g
                das-g
                June 16, 2011 at 8:50 pm | #

                aliens are normal now?

                • Kelly
                  Kelly
                  June 17, 2011 at 12:07 am | #

                  Given the probabilities of life in the universe, yes. Also normal is inherently relative.

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          June 16, 2011 at 12:15 am | #

          YOu got me there, what is classed as normal anymore in this era of hipsters, emos, goths, punks, reefer heads, preppies, furries, LARPers and geeks?

          • zuche
            zuche
            June 16, 2011 at 9:50 am | #

            Beatniks and squares.

            • Plasma Mongoose
              Plasma Mongoose
              June 16, 2011 at 6:17 pm | #

              Squares I can understand, but Beatniks?

              Since when are they normal?

  6. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    June 16, 2011 at 12:06 am | #

    What wine does one serve with boiled brains, red or white?

    • dchorror
      dchorror
      June 16, 2011 at 12:12 am | #

      Wine? Wine! That there be a sissy drink. Besides, everyone knows you drink whiskey or vodka with boiled brains.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        June 16, 2011 at 12:21 am | #

        As a tee-totaler, I would most likely end up having a Moutain Dew, but if I was a drinker I would have a Fake Orgasm.

        • dchorror
          dchorror
          June 16, 2011 at 12:27 am | #

          Doesn’t sound appealing, from the ingredients. Besides, I don’t know how chocolate and brains would really appeal to me.

          • Plasma Mongoose
            Plasma Mongoose
            June 16, 2011 at 12:43 am | #

            Fake Orgasm: Vodka, Kahlua, Amaretto without cream.

            • dchorror
              dchorror
              June 16, 2011 at 12:46 am | #

              Recipe I found called for cocoa, and despite what my comment above might imply, I don’t particularly care for vodka.

              • MacaroniPterodactyl
                MacaroniPterodactyl
                June 16, 2011 at 4:23 pm | #

                Ask Dr. Hannibal Lecter. He would know.

    • George
      George
      June 16, 2011 at 12:14 am | #

      I’ve always favored white, but I think either goes. Boiled brains are a very versatile dish.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      June 16, 2011 at 12:21 am | #

      I don’t drink wine.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        June 16, 2011 at 12:24 am | #

        IIRC, you mentioned that you were a practicing Muslim, that means you would be a tee-totaler by default, am I correct?

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          June 16, 2011 at 12:38 am | #

          Yes, that and I was quoting Dracula.

          • Plasma Mongoose
            Plasma Mongoose
            June 16, 2011 at 1:48 am | #

            The only Dracula quote I know is: Blah blah blah, I vant ta sucka vour Blood!

            • Jackson
              Jackson
              June 16, 2011 at 3:01 am | #

              “What is a man? A miserable little pile of secrets! But enough talk…have at you!”

              • Aizat
                Aizat
                June 16, 2011 at 5:12 am | #

                “Playtime’s over. GRANT ME POWER!”

      • Lesharo
        Lesharo
        June 16, 2011 at 10:26 am | #

        It’s “I never drink…wine.”

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          June 16, 2011 at 11:45 am | #

          Really? For years I thought it was “I don’t drink….wine”. Thanks for correcting me, Lesharo.

    • Xelgaex
      Xelgaex
      June 16, 2011 at 7:44 am | #

      I’m going to say white and probably something with a bit higher acidity to it because of the high fat content of brains. Maybe a sparkling wine.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        June 16, 2011 at 6:20 pm | #

        Does this mean that when you call someone a fathead, you are really saying that they got a lot of brains?

  7. Merco
    Merco
    June 16, 2011 at 12:07 am | #

    Why’s Walky’s brain boiling? Is Dorothy that hot? I mean, Joe only rated her a 7, right?

    • Mnk
      Mnk
      June 16, 2011 at 12:09 am | #

      He did change it to an 8…

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        June 16, 2011 at 12:11 am | #

        When did Joe JOE Dotty?

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          June 16, 2011 at 12:16 am | #

          IIRC, never.

    • dchorror
      dchorror
      June 16, 2011 at 12:10 am | #

      Scale’s run different for different people. One person’s 7 can be another person’s 9.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        June 16, 2011 at 8:04 am | #

        Filming it can turn a 7 into an 8.

        • Roborat
          Roborat
          June 16, 2011 at 2:38 pm | #

          Then it ends up on the news at 10.

          • das-g
            das-g
            June 16, 2011 at 8:57 pm | #

            And when it becomes a meme, it’s up to eleven.

            • Plasma Mongoose
              Plasma Mongoose
              June 17, 2011 at 12:00 am | #

              Where it ends up been repeated over 9,000 times.

      • Loki
        Loki
        June 16, 2011 at 11:08 am | #

        Exactly. For example, if you have a thing for girls in glasses, that will likely upgrade Dotty for you.

    • Cholma
      Cholma
      June 16, 2011 at 12:11 am | #

      Different people have different ideas of beauty.
      I find lots of women merely attractive while others are drooling over some “hotness” that I’m not seeing.

      • Grikmeer
        Grikmeer
        June 16, 2011 at 6:15 am | #

        Britney Spears was a prime example of that. When everyone was going gaga about her I was decidedly baffled. Then again, I was into Garbage. Shirley Manson makes most people look unattractive 😛

        • badmartialarts
          badmartialarts
          June 16, 2011 at 4:50 pm | #

          “Shirley Manson makes most people look unattractive”

          For example, Shirley Manson. ZING!

  8. Cholma
    Cholma
    June 16, 2011 at 12:09 am | #

    Good effort, Walky! Keep it up, you can do this.

    (David: Dialog in panel 2 is very awkward. You might want to fix that.)

    • Historyman68
      Historyman68
      June 16, 2011 at 1:23 am | #

      Wow, way to be an asshole!

      🙂

    • Blightning
      Blightning
      June 16, 2011 at 9:09 am | #

      How is the dialogue in panel 2 awkward? It sounds like something a real person would say to me.

      • David
        David M Willis
        June 16, 2011 at 10:07 am | #

        There was an extra “it.” I fixed it.

        • Cholma
          Cholma
          June 16, 2011 at 6:04 pm | #

          Ah, yeah, that works. I couldn’t tell if you had too many words or were missing a word or punctuation. I thought she might have been saying two sentences. It’s much cleaner this way. You fixed it… LIKE A BOSS. 😀

  9. Mkvenner
    Mkvenner
    June 16, 2011 at 12:15 am | #

    Is it just me or did Walky’s eyes get bigger in the last panel?

    • Yhelta
      Yhelta
      June 16, 2011 at 12:25 am | #

      Nope. They are the same size. His mouth, however, is taking up a great deal more face real estate and thus making his eyes seem bigger.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      June 16, 2011 at 12:25 am | #

      Must be the heat from his boiling brain making his eyeballs expand.

  10. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    June 16, 2011 at 12:16 am | #

    Quick, Walky, remove your brain and lob it at her head!

    • milk experiment
      milk experiment
      June 16, 2011 at 12:43 am | #

      I GIVE IT TO YOU (splat)

      • CWR
        CWR
        June 16, 2011 at 2:14 am | #

        Sounds like a snippet from a porn soundtrack…

        • Beefcube
          Beefcube
          June 16, 2011 at 12:11 pm | #

          PLEASE ACCEPT THIS
          MUCH OBLIGED THANK YOU

          • CWR
            CWR
            June 17, 2011 at 2:46 am | #

            Is that Canadian porn?

  11. NF
    NF
    June 16, 2011 at 12:24 am | #

    I want to see it when Mike ties up Walky later because he wouldn’t stop jumping around the room and yelling that Dorothy likes him.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      June 16, 2011 at 12:26 am | #

      Nah, Mike would just punch him in the face.

      • Undrave
        Undrave
        June 16, 2011 at 1:14 am | #

        You mean in the FAAAAAAAACE!

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          June 16, 2011 at 1:46 am | #

          I knew it! when I posted face, sooner or later, someone will come along and reply with FAAAAAACE. ^_^

          • Undrave
            Undrave
            June 16, 2011 at 2:08 am | #

            For a nickel!

          • Jackson
            Jackson
            June 16, 2011 at 3:03 am | #

            Ha! Facebaiting.

            • Undrave
              Undrave
              June 16, 2011 at 1:58 pm | #

              That happens a lot around here. You just can’t ignore great openings like that right?

          • Rikushadow5
            Rikushadow5
            June 16, 2011 at 12:29 pm | #

            But of course!!

            • Plasma Mongoose
              Plasma Mongoose
              June 16, 2011 at 6:25 pm | #

              Of Course!

  12. Joe
    Joe
    June 16, 2011 at 12:27 am | #

    Progress!
    I can almost hear the “boink”.

    • TsunamiJane
      TsunamiJane
      June 16, 2011 at 8:37 am | #

      *applause*

      • Wackd
        Wackd
        June 16, 2011 at 10:03 am | #

        Relationship progress goes “boink”?

        • zuche
          zuche
          June 16, 2011 at 10:15 am | #

          Sometimes, usually round about level five.

  13. Ridureyu
    Ridureyu
    June 16, 2011 at 12:29 am | #

    And then Walky throws his bed at her.

    It breaks three of her bones, campus security is called, and the whole thing ends up a horrible fiasco.

    • CWR
      CWR
      June 16, 2011 at 2:18 am | #

      – as opposed to how not-a-fiasco that it started out as…

  14. Beachfox
    Beachfox
    June 16, 2011 at 12:36 am | #

    *melts* That is the sweetest thing I’ve ever…

  15. iSaidCandleja-
    iSaidCandleja-
    June 16, 2011 at 12:41 am | #

    If Walky stops shaking before she leaves it’s because he now needs to change his underwear.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      June 16, 2011 at 1:44 am | #

      Just as long as he doesn’t change in front of her.

      • MeHael
        MeHael
        June 16, 2011 at 11:14 am | #

        Everything I poo….I poo it for you.

  16. Cindermane
    Cindermane
    June 16, 2011 at 1:14 am | #

    That almost made me tear up. He was willing to give up something special for a crush 🙂

  17. Tristan J
    Tristan J
    June 16, 2011 at 1:25 am | #

    She’s dealt with love-shy geeks before, I see.

  18. alicemacher
    alicemacher
    June 16, 2011 at 1:31 am | #

    Yay Walky for talking normally, and yay Doreen for being kind! This strip is happy-making. <3 <3

    • Kamino Neko
      Kamino Neko
      June 16, 2011 at 2:48 am | #

      Pst. Dorothy. <_<

      But, yeah, nice to see them interacting on an almost normal level.

      • alicemacher
        alicemacher
        June 16, 2011 at 3:42 am | #

        Gah. Dorothy. Of course. >.<

        Which I could say it was the first time I'd done that.

        • alicemacher
          alicemacher
          June 16, 2011 at 3:43 am | #

          *Wish

          …Screw it, it’s too late at night…

        • zuche
          zuche
          June 16, 2011 at 10:19 am | #

          It’s okay, Alex, we all get names confused on occasion.

  19. Kaj
    Kaj
    June 16, 2011 at 1:58 am | #

    Willis, great job on Dorothy’s expression in panel 4. I normally have a blind spot for that sort of thing, but her expression fit so well it stood out to me 🙂

    • Energetic Jen
      Energetic Jen
      June 16, 2011 at 2:13 am | #

      I love her face (faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaace!) in panel four!!

  20. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    June 16, 2011 at 2:42 am | #

    No, Dorothy, don’t encourage him. If you feed him, the mother will reject him and you will have to take care of him forever.

  21. Neradoc
    Neradoc
    June 16, 2011 at 3:34 am | #

    Oh my, how many times in my life have I been in Walky’s shoes here, the girls they are so frightening !

  22. knowwonattawl
    knowwonattawl
    June 16, 2011 at 3:48 am | #

    I LEND IT TO YOU!!

    • Kernanator
      Kernanator
      June 16, 2011 at 2:53 pm | #

      BONK!

  23. Zem
    Zem
    June 16, 2011 at 6:24 am | #

    Alien-headed head alien lover.

  24. nothri
    nothri
    June 16, 2011 at 7:15 am | #

    Progress!

  25. Digidestined of Trust (Tim)
    Digidestined of Trust (Tim)
    June 16, 2011 at 7:41 am | #

    Braaaaiiiiinnnssssss

  26. DaniellePhantom
    DaniellePhantom
    June 16, 2011 at 8:39 am | #

    this is starting to get really adorable instead of creepy

    • zuche
      zuche
      June 16, 2011 at 10:35 am | #

      Well, he’s no Edward, at least.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        June 16, 2011 at 6:29 pm | #

        As in Scissorhands?

        • zuche
          zuche
          June 17, 2011 at 11:10 am | #

          Well, no, but that is a much better comparison.

  27. Hello, Mr. Anderson
    Hello, Mr. Anderson
    June 16, 2011 at 9:20 am | #

    Adapt or die, Walky! You’re almost there!

  28. Blob Marley
    Blob Marley
    June 16, 2011 at 11:24 am | #

    Am I the only person who feels like Dotty kind of insulted Walky a little bit in panel 2 without realizing it? “Hey, you’re really into this stuff. How does it feel to be a toddler?” It may have been designed for kids, but there are loads of things designed for kids that are, nevertheless, perfectly valid entertainment for adults.

    • Seraph
      Seraph
      June 16, 2011 at 12:08 pm | #

      You have a point, but I’d lean heavily on the “without realizing it”. I think she’s talking to herself here, trying to remind/convince herself that the “kid stuff” she misses so much were childish things that she was right to put aside.

    • Zem
      Zem
      June 16, 2011 at 12:09 pm | #

      That’s completely true, but I guess you learn to let things like that go. I mean, she clearly does like it.

      Now that you mention it, that may become one of Dot’s defining traits. She is the girl who wants to grow up and focus on the future. Walky is like an oasis of being able to indulge in her childlish hobbies without having to feel that she should judge herself over them, probably because he is so non-threatening. I wonder when it will take a turn though and have her overcome with a sense of responsibility and try to push Walky to act the way she does.

      • MacaroniPterodactyl
        MacaroniPterodactyl
        June 16, 2011 at 4:30 pm | #

        That’ll happen right before Willis creates another spin off webcomic and abandons this one to work on his new project with promises that it won’t end in a text story where everyone becomes a lesbian.

        • das-g
          das-g
          June 16, 2011 at 9:10 pm | #

          SP!-Ethan is lesbian now?

          Damn you, Willis!

    • gangler
      gangler
      June 16, 2011 at 2:14 pm | #

      It’s only really insulting if you have some odd hatred of your childhood and the memories and joys associated with it. Age thirteen, sure “Kid Stuff” is a hell of an insult. By College I think most of us have come to terms with the fact that we still enjoy the pokemon games, the digimon cartoons, Sonic Comics, and the works of Lauren Faust.

      Unless you’re expected to get defensive about it, calling such things “Kid Stuff” isn’t insulting at all. It’s just accurate. Especially in a conversation between fans it can be assumed we’re all cool with it.

      At the very least I don’t expect Walky of all people to get up in arms over this. Not only was no insult meant, no insult was given or perceived. I’m pretty sure Dot Matrix is in the clear here.

    • Elle
      Elle
      June 16, 2011 at 5:40 pm | #

      I’m going to have to say no, I did not find it insulting. Why? Look at her expression. She’s not condescending or mean, she’s sad that her kid stuff is gone. Most likely, seeing Walky’s stuff made her regret giving it up, or at least not saving her favourites.

  29. Seraph
    Seraph
    June 16, 2011 at 12:02 pm | #

    Oh. Oh, wow. We’re starting to get an idea of just how much Dorothy gave up to follow her dream. This:

    1) Makes my heart break for her pre-emptively, given that she’s almost certainly not going to Yale, and;

    2) Makes me wonder just how willfully blind Danny was to even think that Dorothy might change her mind and go along with his plans instead.

    • gangler
      gangler
      June 16, 2011 at 2:18 pm | #

      They say that love is blind. I say maybe we should work on that. Seems to cause lot of trouble. They accuse me of being unromantic.

  30. Tobias
    Tobias
    June 16, 2011 at 5:35 pm | #

    I’m hoping that Danny’s newly-developed spine last week because it realized Walky was going to be needing one, and is just now arriving on the scene.

    Go for it, Walks- I’m rooting for ya.

    • Tobias
      Tobias
      June 16, 2011 at 5:36 pm | #

      *spine disappeared last week. Type fail.

  31. AddleBoy
    AddleBoy
    June 16, 2011 at 6:02 pm | #

    If love were an RPG…

    Walky gained 100 EXP!

    Walky has reached Lvl 2!

    Speech +2

    Intelligence +1

    • Valkeer1
      Valkeer1
      June 16, 2011 at 6:19 pm | #

      Walky can now cast “Occasional Complete Sentence”!

  32. Engelfire
    Engelfire
    June 16, 2011 at 7:20 pm | #

    He’s going to BSOD any second at this rate.

  33. Shifty
    Shifty
    June 16, 2011 at 8:05 pm | #

    Aww… poor Dorothy. Sucks that she had to sacrifice her childhood for school. I know that pain.

  34. Lucca
    Lucca
    November 29, 2012 at 1:19 am | #

    Omigawd Nachitos.

  35. Eve
    Eve
    November 12, 2015 at 4:50 pm | #

    omfg I want a Walky.

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