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by David M Willis on October 15, 2012 at 12:01 am
  • 06 - Strange Beerfellows

└ Tags: dorothy, sierra, walky

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  1. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    October 15, 2012 at 12:02 am | #

    First pants, now shoes…

  2. Raine
    Raine
    October 15, 2012 at 12:02 am | #

    Oh god! The color scheme! WHY IS EVERYTHING DIFFERENT.

    • TheBenenator
      TheBenenator
      October 15, 2012 at 5:02 am | #

      I like it better — both this comic and, to a much greater extend, Shortpacked! load faster now without the background image needing to be downloadenatifizorized.

    • OmegaDez
      OmegaDez
      October 15, 2012 at 11:18 am | #

      I don’t see any change?

  3. Aizat
    Aizat
    October 15, 2012 at 12:02 am | #

    Sierra suddenly just became my favorite character.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      October 15, 2012 at 12:06 am | #

      Sierra’s been my favorate character since January 25th 😛

      • Sarah
        Sarah
        October 15, 2012 at 9:59 am | #

        I went to remind myself of January 25th and I accidentally went to Jan 25, 2011… Best. Mistake. Ever.

        “FIFTY… MCNUGGETS…”

        • Ben
          Ben
          October 15, 2012 at 4:15 pm | #

          You are so right. I thank you.

          • Scout
            Scout
            October 15, 2012 at 5:52 pm | #

            Appropriate icon is appropriate

        • Jackson
          Jackson
          October 15, 2012 at 8:26 pm | #

          That is a spectacular accident. Coincidentally, my dinner tonight consists of an entire bag of Chipotle BBQ Nachitos Doritos.

  4. Vivvav
    Vivvav
    October 15, 2012 at 12:02 am | #

    Sierra has to be the most chill person in the world.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      October 15, 2012 at 12:06 am | #

      Dr. Freeze might take offense to that.

      • Aizat
        Aizat
        October 15, 2012 at 12:09 am | #

        Nah, he might take offense if you threatened his wife though.

        • Wonder Wig
          Wonder Wig
          October 15, 2012 at 12:59 am | #

          Dina is Dr. Freeze’s wife? Oh.. no… this trows a major wrench in my fic.

      • Eposi
        Eposi
        October 15, 2012 at 1:37 am | #

        Wouldn’t Captain Chill be more offended?

  5. Aizat
    Aizat
    October 15, 2012 at 12:03 am | #

    What happened to the background?

  6. Wonder Wig
    Wonder Wig
    October 15, 2012 at 12:03 am | #

    The authorities never found Sierra’s body, but her roommate was curiously not bothered.

  7. David Herbert
    David Herbert
    October 15, 2012 at 12:04 am | #

    Oh dear, will Walky seduce Sierra? Maybe a threesome shall ensue?

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      October 15, 2012 at 12:06 am | #

      Walky? Seduction? Are we talking about the same guy here?

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        October 15, 2012 at 12:07 am | #

        He IS sculpted out of Caramel.

        • TacosForever
          TacosForever
          October 15, 2012 at 12:58 am | #

          Caramel: a seductive food, or the most seductive food?

          But I think it’s more like Sierra seducing Walky with her enticing shoelessness.

          • Plasma Mongoose
            Plasma Mongoose
            October 15, 2012 at 1:10 am | #

            If she’s also a fan of PJ jeans, we may end up with Ship To Ship Combat.

            • Yotomoe
              Yotomoe
              October 15, 2012 at 1:20 am | #

              A game of BattleShip, if you will.

              • Plasma Mongoose
                Plasma Mongoose
                October 15, 2012 at 2:19 am | #

                The trick to winning Battleship is having the luck to being able sink the patrol ship early on.

  8. Joe H
    Joe H
    October 15, 2012 at 12:04 am | #

    Walky knows what the girls like:
    And that’s a man that can literally kick his shoes off and launch them halfway down the hall.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      October 15, 2012 at 12:07 am | #

      That and his caramel abs. Which is surprising considering his diet.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        October 15, 2012 at 12:08 am | #

        Maybe he eats lots of caramel and has gained their power.

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          October 15, 2012 at 12:09 am | #

          Wait, Walky is Kirby?

          • Yotomoe
            Yotomoe
            October 15, 2012 at 12:11 am | #

            Yep. He has to be careful when making out with Dorothy or he’ll be come Blondie Walky. or Brainy Walky. or perhaps the ever popular, Glasses Walky

            • Aizat
              Aizat
              October 15, 2012 at 12:13 am | #

              Too bad there’s no Shades Walky or Bowtie Walky or Fez Waly.

              • fellixe
                fellixe
                October 15, 2012 at 12:40 am | #

                And if Walky ate Jabber Jaws… Or the moon?

              • Wonder Wig
                Wonder Wig
                October 15, 2012 at 1:02 am | #

                I prefer my Arctic Camo Walky and Wlkin’ Walky with real Walkin’ action!

                • Zaphod Beeblebrox
                  Zaphod Beeblebrox
                  October 15, 2012 at 6:37 am | #

                  Those need to be a thing. Like NOW.

                  I know the statues exist, but action figures of the Walkyverse/Dumbiverse would be awesome.

        • DaJoshMaster
          DaJoshMaster
          October 15, 2012 at 4:30 am | #

          Don’t question the caramel!

      • Valdrax
        Valdrax
        October 15, 2012 at 5:05 pm | #

        His abs are literally made of caramel. It’s a mutation in how his body stores calories. Tragically, as he gets older, they will harden to a Sugar Daddy like consistency, causing stiffness and pain when moving, before he succumbs to hardening of the toffies.

      • Whittier
        Whittier
        October 15, 2012 at 10:30 pm | #

        He’s 18. He can eat whatever he wants and stay buff. We’ll see how he’s doing in about 15 years….

        • Rex Hondo
          Rex Hondo
          October 15, 2012 at 11:54 pm | #

          Try 5 years. A couple of buddies of mine who could eat anything they wanted and never gain weight in their teens had their metabolism grind to a halt in their early twenties. It was hilarious for those of us who were pudgy straight through.

        • fatemaster1
          fatemaster1
          June 18, 2014 at 4:23 pm | #

          I’ve been 15 for the past 18 years, and people have saying things like this to me for the past decade, they’re still wrong.

  9. Tristan J
    Tristan J
    October 15, 2012 at 12:09 am | #

    I don’t know why people think you need conflict to make a story awesome.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      October 15, 2012 at 12:12 am | #

      Well, they need to move the story along.

      • Tristan J
        Tristan J
        October 15, 2012 at 12:21 am | #

        Man, I’d watch Sierra and Walky hanging out until the end times.

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          October 15, 2012 at 12:32 am | #

          Sierra & Walky. I GUESS I’ll have to draw THIS too! Thanks a lot, psonge bobbies.

          • Yotomoe
            Yotomoe
            October 15, 2012 at 1:06 am | #

            Jokes on you! I didn’t put all my effort into it! HAHAHA!

            • Yotomoe
              Yotomoe
              October 15, 2012 at 1:07 am | #

              here you go spongebobbies.

              • Audiophillie
                Audiophillie
                October 15, 2012 at 8:06 pm | #

                That is just adorable.

    • That Damn Rat
      That Damn Rat
      October 15, 2012 at 12:15 am | #

      You don’t need conflict to make a story awesome, you need to for there to be a story period.

      • Tristan J
        Tristan J
        October 15, 2012 at 12:34 am | #

        Not necessarily. I’ve enjoyed stories where the entire plot was basically ‘character walks from here to over here’.

        I mean obviously some stories absolutely require it, but not every story.

        • Pyr05
          Pyr05
          October 15, 2012 at 1:00 am | #

          You read the Lord of the Rings??
          or was it See Spot Run?

        • Kindra
          Kindra
          October 15, 2012 at 11:13 am | #

          Conflict in a storytelling sense doesn’t mean “two characters fight.” In storytelling, it means the thing that is motivating the characters to act.

          For instance.
          Conflict: I want McNuggets.
          Resolution: I’ll go to McDonalds and buy McNuggets.

          • Rex Hondo
            Rex Hondo
            October 15, 2012 at 11:55 pm | #

            Thank you. I wanted to point this out, but couldn’t come up with a good way to phrase it. Need more coffee…

  10. addude
    addude
    October 15, 2012 at 12:12 am | #

    Sierra X Walky is setting sail

    • Rex Hondo
      Rex Hondo
      October 15, 2012 at 12:25 am | #

      I’m pretty sure it’s Sierra X Walky X Dorothy.

  11. Nearphotison
    Nearphotison
    October 15, 2012 at 12:13 am | #

    I notice that last panel isn’t phrased as a question.

    • Maveric1984
      Maveric1984
      October 15, 2012 at 12:18 am | #

      Alex Trebek wouldn’t let you get away with that.

      • Aizat
        Aizat
        October 15, 2012 at 12:20 am | #

        And Sean Connery wouldn’t let Alex Trebek get away with that.

        • TacosForever
          TacosForever
          October 15, 2012 at 1:00 am | #

          But Alex Trebek’s mother might let Sean Connery get that.

          • TacosForever
            TacosForever
            October 15, 2012 at 1:01 am | #

            *get with that. For a nickel.

  12. Shakes
    Shakes
    October 15, 2012 at 12:22 am | #

    You just made me think of Faz Walky.

    • Drunken Nordmann
      Drunken Nordmann
      October 15, 2012 at 7:09 pm | #

      The horror!

  13. TheStranger
    TheStranger
    October 15, 2012 at 12:39 am | #

    I will cheerfully admit to being ignorant of the requirements law schools have, but do pre-law students actually take law courses?

    My freshman roomie, eons ago, was pre-law, but moved out of our room and in with a buddy whose roommate had ALSO done the musical chairs things, before the semester was more than a week old. So I’ve got my head cocked at this comic like the RCA dog.

    • Leorale
      Leorale
      October 15, 2012 at 4:38 am | #

      I dunno, but I’m really enjoying the fact that her textbook is just called LAW.

    • vlademir1
      vlademir1
      October 15, 2012 at 4:49 am | #

      The best information I can find suggests that “pre-law” isn’t typically a major in the typical sense but instead a track for those intending to go to law school with various focuses in the humanities and social sciences. What actual degree one leaves such a track with seems to be variable. Any such courses would not likely include actual course related studies on law itself for first year students, but could toward the end of the program if the focus is political science, sociology or possibly philosophy. A criminal justice or paralegal degree would likely contain actual legal studies earlier and could be seen as a viable prelaw undergraduate path that could open better career potentials during law school. All that is, of course, Earth Prime info, and the universe of DoA may diverge considerably.

      • Roborat
        Roborat
        October 15, 2012 at 4:16 pm | #

        Yes, I remember my university residence days. “I am in pre-law”, my new floormate tells me. “No you’re not” I say, “you are in arts”. And you over there in pre-med, it’s called science.

    • Andiemus
      Andiemus
      October 15, 2012 at 9:48 pm | #

      I’m a Criminal Justice major, and we take lots of classes pertaining to the law, also, Vlad is right that to my knowledge anyhow there is no such thing as a pre-law “major”.

  14. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    October 15, 2012 at 12:41 am | #

    Is it just me or does Dottie have mouse ears in this comic?

    • vlademir1
      vlademir1
      October 15, 2012 at 4:58 am | #

      Not really any more so than normal. Willis is really good about not actually showing characters looking straight on most of the time, so it’s usually less noticeable that her ears are slightly atypical in size compared to most everyone else in this comic.

  15. GenericScreenName101
    GenericScreenName101
    October 15, 2012 at 12:45 am | #

    Is Walky’s choice of pants a sign of him being considerate?

    IMHO he sould of wore the pajama jeans if he wanted “live the dream”.

  16. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    October 15, 2012 at 1:02 am | #

    Haha, reminds me of last year, me and my roomies threw rotten grapes of the balcony at night, just because.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      October 15, 2012 at 1:10 am | #

      reminds me of that time me and 4 of my friends accidently ran over a dude and promised not to tell…oop.

      • Kernanator
        Kernanator
        October 15, 2012 at 1:16 am | #

        It’s okay~ Your secret’s safe with me!

      • Eposi
        Eposi
        October 15, 2012 at 1:33 am | #

        So… it was you…

  17. spsook
    spsook
    October 15, 2012 at 1:48 am | #

    I keep seeing Tea Party campaign ads at the bottom of the last panel 🙁

    Damn you, Willis!

  18. Uniqueantique
    Uniqueantique
    October 15, 2012 at 1:56 am | #

    Dorothy knows him.

  19. LBD "Nytetrayn"
    LBD "Nytetrayn"
    October 15, 2012 at 3:46 am | #

    One would expect a law student to know that how things are phrased can mean everything…

    Then again, she’s a freshman, right?

  20. Leorale
    Leorale
    October 15, 2012 at 4:40 am | #

    I’m so pleased that her textbook is just called LAW.

    • Jeffrey the Man-Bitch
      Jeffrey the Man-Bitch
      October 15, 2012 at 4:50 am | #

      She’s reading The Judge Dredd Autobiography

      • Wack'd
        Wack'd
        October 15, 2012 at 7:39 pm | #

        It’s the long-awaited sequel to “I AM THE”.

    • Andrusi
      Andrusi
      October 15, 2012 at 9:07 am | #

      She needs another one that’s just called Textbook.

    • Valdrax
      Valdrax
      October 15, 2012 at 5:11 pm | #

      You’re missing the letter under her hand. The book says “LAWN.” She’s actually majoring in Turfgrass Management to get herself an “in” on the world of grassroots organization.

      • Leorale
        Leorale
        October 16, 2012 at 12:09 am | #

        I.. how is that a real thing?

        • Valdrax
          Valdrax
          October 16, 2012 at 1:22 pm | #

          Football players. Gotta have some thin excuse to claim they’re in an academic program, and hey, if they can’t make the big leagues, then maybe they can at least work with the pros in some way.

  21. Shade
    Shade
    October 15, 2012 at 7:05 am | #

    Silly Dorothy, how do you turn a phrase?

    • Doggieblues
      Doggieblues
      October 16, 2012 at 6:41 pm | #

      How do you turn a trick?

  22. coobee
    coobee
    October 15, 2012 at 9:03 am | #

    JAMMIES! WALKY JAMMIES!

  23. Az
    Az
    October 15, 2012 at 10:13 am | #

    Walky’s PJs seen awfully tight in the butt. Is there:

    (a) too much junk in the trunk.
    (b) a wedgie.
    (c) the jammies being pulled forward by what’s going on in the front.

  24. Bill Murphy
    Bill Murphy
    October 15, 2012 at 11:22 am | #

    Like I would ask permission to “Take” my shoes off. 😉

  25. JeffreyATW
    JeffreyATW
    October 15, 2012 at 12:12 pm | #

    Why isn’t this tagged “Head Alien”?

  26. Reiku
    Reiku
    October 15, 2012 at 12:38 pm | #

    the comic feels…less polished?…to me I guess, just seeing squiggles in the black lines

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