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A WILD PENNY APPEARS

by David M Willis on January 3, 2013 at 12:27 am
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  1. antiwesley
    antiwesley
    January 3, 2013 at 1:03 am | #

    I’m in love. She may even take a place in my Billie/OTP shrine in my head!

  2. Jason
    Jason
    January 3, 2013 at 1:37 am | #

    One of the last IW! characters I’d ever think of seeing here!

  3. NinjaNick
    NinjaNick
    January 3, 2013 at 1:48 am | #

    Cool!

  4. dunder
    dunder
    January 3, 2013 at 1:59 am | #

    Redheaded mathematician babe?!?! Heck yes!

    • Joseph
      Joseph
      January 3, 2013 at 2:56 am | #

      Readheaded *English* mathematician babe. With an appealing sense of humor. Somebody alert the TV Tropes Fetish Fuel page stat!

    • Zesty Piquante
      Zesty Piquante
      January 3, 2013 at 7:22 am | #

      Hell yes. I’ve got visions of licky-style dancing in my head.

    • Mkvenner
      Mkvenner
      January 3, 2013 at 11:08 pm | #

      Second!

  5. Knight Of The Stupid
    Knight Of The Stupid
    January 3, 2013 at 3:00 am | #

    Ah yes, now here’s a character that I’ve missed <3

  6. Holly Dixon
    Holly Dixon
    January 3, 2013 at 3:21 am | #

    I want her to sound like Amy Pond.

    • tahrey
      tahrey
      January 3, 2013 at 3:42 am | #

      Great, now my mind’s ear can’t hear her (two) lines being said in any other voice.
      Does kinda work, though.
      Even though until I saw your comment, I was thinking “australian”.

      • Holly Dixon
        Holly Dixon
        January 4, 2013 at 4:57 am | #

        THANK ME LATER

    • Daibhid Ceannaideach
      Daibhid Ceannaideach
      January 7, 2013 at 8:03 am | #

      Sorry, speaking as someone from Karen Gillan’s hometown, Penny’s speech patterns are definitely English, not Scottish.

  7. Sir Robin
    Sir Robin
    January 3, 2013 at 7:23 am | #

    I don’t remember this character, who was she?

    • Tenn
      Tenn
      January 3, 2013 at 10:43 am | #

      I think sort of squad leader for the British ninjas (or “britjas”) and second-in-command to Jason’s father from a parallell universe.

      I must admit I take pleasure in the blank stares this post will get from those who haven’t read It’s Walky!. ^_^

      • Sir Robin
        Sir Robin
        January 3, 2013 at 6:41 pm | #

        I did ages ago, I just can’t remember, time for a re-read I think

        Thanks

        • Anime fan
          Anime fan
          January 3, 2013 at 8:41 pm | #

          All different kinds of evil. Pervy evil no less!

      • TheRealAllPurposeGuru
        TheRealAllPurposeGuru
        January 7, 2013 at 3:05 pm | #

        The whole concept of Britjas is enough for a frontal lobe blowout all by itself.

  8. AckAckAck
    AckAckAck
    January 3, 2013 at 7:43 am | #

    Rawr! look good there.

    • Mkvenner
      Mkvenner
      January 3, 2013 at 11:07 pm | #

      Second.

  9. creatorx2
    creatorx2
    January 3, 2013 at 8:51 am | #

    > Item
    > Quick Ball

  10. Makkabee
    Makkabee
    January 3, 2013 at 11:50 am | #

    Homina-homina-homina!

  11. Avstron
    Avstron
    January 3, 2013 at 5:29 pm | #

    I ship this.

  12. Aaron B.
    Aaron B.
    January 3, 2013 at 6:40 pm | #

    “Snogging”? Such foul language. I like her!

    Also, I really dig the expression in the final panel.

  13. Anime fan
    Anime fan
    January 3, 2013 at 8:40 pm | #

    Ppppppp puh puh puh pupuh Phheenneee. O.o
    -jumps off bridge-

  14. Mkvenner
    Mkvenner
    January 3, 2013 at 11:05 pm | #

    Is she Irish or British (meaning English).

    • Hewlett
      Hewlett
      January 6, 2013 at 5:15 pm | #

      If you meant English, why didn’t you say English?

      Also I’m pretty sure she’s English. Like, a toff or what have you. Posh.

  15. sandbridgekid
    sandbridgekid
    January 4, 2013 at 5:45 am | #

    O please let her be a Scot, with an Edinburghra or Perthshire accent! Please?….

  16. Animal
    Animal
    January 4, 2013 at 7:58 am | #

    The archetypical bad penny; always turning up when least expected.

  17. MLBlue
    MLBlue
    January 4, 2013 at 4:35 pm | #

    Wow, just a couple of appearances and everyone has a huge crush on Penny. I have to admit, I think shes very cute too.

  18. Lee
    Lee
    January 4, 2013 at 6:36 pm | #

    She’s the money. Every penny of it.

  19. The blot
    The blot
    January 6, 2013 at 12:16 am | #

    Catching up on some DoA and am blown away by this appearance! Definitely didn’t see this one coming.

  20. Dr.Z
    Dr.Z
    January 6, 2013 at 7:18 am | #

    I think we are missing the “Penny” tag.

    Cool pics like this should be easy to search for latter on.

    • David
      David M Willis
      January 6, 2013 at 11:49 am | #

      The character tags are how I keep track of how many times each character has appeared in the strip itself, so I don’t tag them outside of the strip.

      • Dr.Z
        Dr.Z
        January 7, 2013 at 6:08 am | #

        Ohhhh…

        So you think the Tags exsist for <b<YOU?

        I see. Don’t think of the ease your fans can look up stuffs, Mr. Willis. (Sniff.)

        Don’t think of us at all! (Sob.)

        Stupid free web-comic.

  21. Hewlett
    Hewlett
    January 6, 2013 at 5:16 pm | #

    I’ve baited the trap. A piping hot cup of Earl Grey under a box supported by a stick should work, right?

  22. GrrArg42
    GrrArg42
    January 7, 2013 at 1:21 am | #

    Jason used Bite. It’s super effective!

  23. nothri
    nothri
    January 15, 2013 at 5:57 pm | #

    Maybe I’m biased from the original walkyverse, but I don’t trust her. I think she is mean and dangerous and has no one’s best interest at heart. In short, I think she’s going to prove to be a very bad penny indeed.

  24. E.W.
    E.W.
    January 21, 2013 at 1:01 am | #

    Uh-oh. Nice work. 🙂

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