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by David M Willis on June 20, 2011 at 12:01 am
  • 05 - Media Rumble
└ Tags: jennifer, mary, ruth

Discussion (92) ¬

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  1. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    June 20, 2011 at 12:02 am | #

    But giving free peepshows are an important part of the collegiate experience!

    • Kernanator
      Kernanator
      June 20, 2011 at 12:05 am | #

      Then why haven’t I gotten any yet?

      • David Herbert
        David Herbert
        June 20, 2011 at 2:22 am | #

        You need to start looking in the right places. I suggest the female showers.

      • Splash of Brown
        Splash of Brown
        April 21, 2013 at 11:44 pm | #

        This comment is made even better by your current scowly gravatar, lol

    • NF
      NF
      June 20, 2011 at 1:20 am | #

      I once declined a free peepshow in college. She was showing off her nipple ring to some other guys. In the men’s bathroom on my floor.

      I don’t know why.

      I was the only senior on a floor full of freshman.

      This is one of my few humorously strange anecdote from my time in college.

      • NF
        NF
        June 20, 2011 at 1:21 am | #

        And dear god is the Sal avatar really incongruous there.

      • Matrix374
        Matrix374
        September 25, 2011 at 8:54 am | #

        Nipple piercings……
        WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

  2. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    June 20, 2011 at 12:04 am | #

    She is Solid Fuckin’ Snake. Mary is her Otacon.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      June 20, 2011 at 12:42 am | #

      No way. If Billie’s Snake, she needs a cardboard box.

      • Kernanator
        Kernanator
        June 20, 2011 at 12:47 am | #

        And this is why she needs one: So she doesn’t get in awkward situations. And so Ruth doesn’t see her.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        June 20, 2011 at 12:49 am | #

        (!)

        • Rikushadow5
          Rikushadow5
          June 20, 2011 at 1:20 am | #

          And that’s now the second time I’ve been provoked into hearing the [ ! ] sound effect by this comic.

          (insert DAMN YOU WILLIS here)

        • SolegitRR
          SolegitRR
          June 20, 2011 at 8:09 pm | #

          Oh God, you can’t unhear it. Must find my copy of Metal Gear Solid now. There goes what could have been a productive evening. Thanks for that.

          • Plasma Mongoose
            Plasma Mongoose
            June 20, 2011 at 11:42 pm | #

            Sorry about that!

  3. RaijinK
    RaijinK
    June 20, 2011 at 12:06 am | #

    At first glance (of course my eyes were drawn to the last panel first), I thought Ruth was leaving an afternoon liason with Mary. How’s that for unexpected pairing?

    • RaijinK
      RaijinK
      June 20, 2011 at 12:07 am | #

      Also just noticed Dorothy has taken over the banner. That was quick.

      • Kernanator
        Kernanator
        June 20, 2011 at 12:09 am | #

        She’s been there for days.
        …
        Slowpoke, Slow.

        • Parismio
          Parismio
          June 20, 2011 at 12:48 am | #

          Well did you know at the bottom left of the page there’s a smiley face?

          • Ragnal
            Ragnal
            June 20, 2011 at 1:14 am | #

            No there isn’t. You’re being wei-OH MY GOD WHEN DID THAT GET THERE? O.O

            • Rikushadow5
              Rikushadow5
              June 20, 2011 at 1:22 am | #

              Sholy Hit, I never noticed that either.

          • NF
            NF
            June 20, 2011 at 1:23 am | #

            On seeing that I felt like a Twilight Zone musical cue should have played.

  4. Ridureyu
    Ridureyu
    June 20, 2011 at 12:06 am | #

    Ah, college, where naked times always happen!

    My poor dad. First time he came to visit me in a dorm, some naked dude was running around the halls, screaming his demands for love.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      June 20, 2011 at 12:53 am | #

      When I helped my cousin move in, all the dudes at the frathouses were sitting on their roofs wearing only boxers and holding signs that said “She’s ours now, dad!”

      My uncle was tickled pink, I can assure you.

      • Kernanator
        Kernanator
        June 20, 2011 at 2:23 am | #

        That sounds like a wonderful first impression.

      • Seraph
        Seraph
        June 20, 2011 at 11:54 am | #

        How very rape-licious of them. Still, it’s not very often that sexual predators are polite enough to advertise. I hope your cousin took them at their word and stayed very, very far away.

  5. Trae Dorn
    Trae Dorn
    June 20, 2011 at 12:08 am | #

    Mary is never the first to take her clothes off, but she’s never the last.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      June 20, 2011 at 12:34 am | #

      Wait, THAT’S MARY?

      • Joebo
        Joebo
        June 20, 2011 at 12:41 am | #

        Yes. (note the tag)

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          June 20, 2011 at 12:49 am | #

          I could not recognize her.

      • Beefcube
        Beefcube
        June 20, 2011 at 12:45 am | #

        Yeah, I didn’t even notice it was her during her first few appearances. I guess since she hasn’t shown up in any of Willis’ comics for years, the change in the way she’s drawn is much more noticeable.

    • Jen Aside
      Jen Aside
      June 20, 2011 at 11:58 pm | #

      Is this how she became the one knocked-up chick? =p

  6. Aizat
    Aizat
    June 20, 2011 at 12:09 am | #

    Make’s you wonder if Ruth had already knew that she’s being followed.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      June 20, 2011 at 12:14 am | #

      I think she does.

  7. Brasca1
    Brasca1
    June 20, 2011 at 12:10 am | #

    Was Mary an important person in the previous universe?

    • TeslaSunburn
      TeslaSunburn
      June 20, 2011 at 12:17 am | #

      Mary was a smarmy little know-it-all. She was one of Dannys friends and she was obsessed with keeping him in the “right” crowd. Also shes a hypocrite.

    • Kernanator
      Kernanator
      June 20, 2011 at 12:17 am | #

      She was a high school friend of Danny and Sal’s, and was a recurring character in the later half of Roomies! She wasn’t important enough to show up more than once in It’s Walky! though.

      • Horerczy
        Horerczy
        June 20, 2011 at 4:08 am | #

        Also mentioned in Joyce and Walky but

        Spoiler

        her then Ex-Husband

        • Horerczy
          Horerczy
          June 20, 2011 at 4:28 am | #

          by not but….

    • RaijinK
      RaijinK
      June 20, 2011 at 12:19 am | #

      Important enough to have her own drama-filled storyline. Not important enough for that story to have much of an impact on the main cast.

      • Brasca1
        Brasca1
        June 20, 2011 at 1:28 am | #

        Thanks everyone. I couldn’t find the Walkypedia and only read part of It’s Walky.

    • NF
      NF
      June 20, 2011 at 1:27 am | #

      Billie, Sal, and her hated each other. So very very much.

  8. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    June 20, 2011 at 12:12 am | #

    I believe Ruth made a successful Spot Check and is now just lulling Billie into a false sense of security before she strikes.

    • Kernanator
      Kernanator
      June 20, 2011 at 12:19 am | #

      So Billy has failed her Hide and Move Silently checks?

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        June 20, 2011 at 12:27 am | #

        Unless she has Ninja, Ranger or Rogue as one of her classes, I am pretty sure her Hide and Move Silently stats are really low & that is assuming added any skill points to them at all.

        • Kernanator
          Kernanator
          June 20, 2011 at 12:29 am | #

          Also, SHE GOT A 4!

          • Rikushadow5
            Rikushadow5
            June 20, 2011 at 1:18 am | #

            Dammit. I ROLLED A 4.

  9. tdm88
    tdm88
    June 20, 2011 at 12:16 am | #

    I can’t tell you how many times my father visited in me in my dorm (it was actually a suite) before I moved into an on campus apartment and he always asked before he came in if I was positive that all my roommates were “decent” before he’d come in.

  10. Cope
    Cope
    June 20, 2011 at 12:18 am | #

    So what’s with the armbands?

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      June 20, 2011 at 12:28 am | #

      Maybe they are sweatbands???

      • Kernanator
        Kernanator
        June 20, 2011 at 12:39 am | #

        She’s doing Naked Aerobics!

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          June 20, 2011 at 2:03 am | #

          The best kind…unless it involves old fat people, then it is the WORSE KIND.

          • Kernanator
            Kernanator
            June 20, 2011 at 2:21 am | #

            GAAAAH!!!! Must. Purge. Image. From. Brain!

            • MeHael
              MeHael
              June 20, 2011 at 11:14 am | #

              Sweat to the Oldies much?

              • Plasma Mongoose
                Plasma Mongoose
                June 20, 2011 at 4:03 pm | #

                If you mean music, then yes, yes I do.

    • CWR
      CWR
      June 20, 2011 at 4:39 am | #

      They look like…NO WAY! She’s banging Thor! Since he doesn’t really have a shirt she can wear, she wears his wristbands while they are on junk bumping break.

      • begbert2
        begbert2
        June 20, 2011 at 10:59 am | #

        I’m going to assume that we’re looking at a half-put-on wonderwoman outfit (okay they should be bulletproof silver, but she’s on a budget). And that despite all we’ve seen of Amazigirl, *WonderMary* is actually the superhero that everyone on campus is talking about.

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          June 20, 2011 at 4:02 pm | #

          Don’t you mean the Flash? 😛

          • Roborat
            Roborat
            June 20, 2011 at 7:00 pm | #

            Drumroll, rimshot.

  11. Aizat
    Aizat
    June 20, 2011 at 12:38 am | #

    Tomorrow: A beat down of epic proportions, I hope.

  12. Joebo
    Joebo
    June 20, 2011 at 12:40 am | #

    Woo, Fanservice!

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      June 20, 2011 at 12:44 am | #

      I should be happy but I was hoping that someone else be providing the fanservice.

      • Aizat
        Aizat
        June 20, 2011 at 12:50 am | #

        Who, Billie?

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          June 20, 2011 at 1:01 am | #

          While I wouldn’t exactly complain if Billie was the one, I was hoping that one of the other girls who has little exposure in this comic be the one to provide the FS.

          • NF
            NF
            June 20, 2011 at 1:32 am | #

            So, Daisy, Becky, or Agatha?

            • NF
              NF
              June 20, 2011 at 1:33 am | #

              Or Dina.

              • Plasma Mongoose
                Plasma Mongoose
                June 20, 2011 at 2:00 am | #

                or Mandy.

            • NF
              NF
              June 20, 2011 at 1:34 am | #

              Also, just want to add that I have read the entirety of the Walkyverse and I have no clue who Agatha is. Not gonna check Walkypedia at this moment.

              • Aizat
                Aizat
                June 20, 2011 at 1:42 am | #

                Me either. Who is Agatha?

                • Plasma Mongoose
                  Plasma Mongoose
                  June 20, 2011 at 2:02 am | #

                  Info on Agatha

    • Stephen
      Stephen
      June 20, 2011 at 11:38 am | #

      Question:
      If some girl flashed Danny, would it be Danservice?

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        June 20, 2011 at 3:59 pm | #

        CRICKETS

    • Roborat
      Roborat
      June 20, 2011 at 7:01 pm | #

      I don’t bother with fan service. I just throw them out and buy a new one.

  13. Lis
    Lis
    June 20, 2011 at 1:01 am | #

    while I find nothing wrong with not being dressed by 3pm you should then keep your door locked.

    • Rognik
      Rognik
      June 20, 2011 at 1:11 am | #

      I agree with this. If you’re going to be naked at 3 pm, lock your door or be in the shower/bath. Also, not locking your door in a first-year dorm is just ASKING for people to barge in on you, so it’s your own darn fault.

  14. SamUI
    SamUI
    June 20, 2011 at 2:13 am | #

    No, Mary, don’t listen to Billie!

    • SamUI
      SamUI
      June 20, 2011 at 2:14 am | #

      Loving my Joe gravatar.

      • Kernanator
        Kernanator
        June 20, 2011 at 2:19 am | #

        That actually IS something Joe would say…

  15. Martin S Smith
    Martin S Smith
    June 20, 2011 at 4:51 am | #

    I think we need to see more of Mary.

    And is it just me, or does she totally look like Joely Fisher from Til Death in this strip?

    • nothri
      nothri
      June 20, 2011 at 12:42 pm | #

      I think we’ve seen just about all we CAN see of Mary without this turning into an R rated comic.

      • begbert2
        begbert2
        June 20, 2011 at 3:21 pm | #

        Mary’s wrists need to be seen!

      • Roborat
        Roborat
        June 20, 2011 at 6:59 pm | #

        Actually, I would be totally OK with that. We need more strips like Menage a 3.

  16. Animal
    Animal
    June 20, 2011 at 7:09 am | #

    I had to read this twice before realizing that my first impression was wrong, that there was not, in fact, hot girl-on-girl sex occurring between Mary and Billie.

    Then I was very, very disappointed.

  17. ziggy78eog
    ziggy78eog
    June 20, 2011 at 8:55 am | #

    I believe that Billie wins this little debate.

  18. Zem
    Zem
    June 20, 2011 at 1:58 pm | #

    Yay, Mary! And with any luck, in this universe, she is a slut! Hubba bubba! (No, honestly. Make her a hot-blooded popular sexually healthy teenage girl in this universe. Tell you what, I’ll give you a dollar for it.)

    And I’ll give you another if she calls Billie a nerd in the next strip. PLEASE let her call her that.

    • Henry
      Henry
      July 2, 2011 at 7:53 pm | #

      Give her a nickel for it, though.

  19. Tobias
    Tobias
    June 20, 2011 at 3:59 pm | #

    I had been hoping we would see more of Mary- she’s one of the most attractive female cast members IMO. (Well, we just saw a LOT more of her, but you know what I mean.)

    • Kernanator
      Kernanator
      June 20, 2011 at 9:29 pm | #

      So, you mean more OFTEN, as opposed to more OF her.

      • RandomPerson12
        RandomPerson12
        October 23, 2014 at 7:27 pm | #

        I don’t think he does.

  20. Hello, Mr. Anderson
    Hello, Mr. Anderson
    June 21, 2011 at 12:00 am | #

    Woot! Fear Mary’s leet neked skillz!

  21. Hinoron
    Hinoron
    August 23, 2014 at 3:35 pm | #

    Billie, it’s 3PM, and she’s wearing panties and… hmm… a pair of S&M bondage leather cuffs? What do you want to bet her BF is stuffed in the closet with a 30′ coil of rope she was hoping he’d use to tie her to the bed?

    But yes, I think locking the door for that would be a good idea too. 😛

  22. Chris
    Chris
    October 9, 2014 at 11:43 am | #

    Topless and Pantless Mary? Jesus, are you trying to make me lose my appetite?

  23. RandomPerson12
    RandomPerson12
    October 23, 2014 at 7:27 pm | #

    I know that Mary’s a hypocritical psycho bongo, but that doesn’t mean I don’t wanna see her boobs.

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