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June 22, 2026

Get out

by David M Willis on July 2, 2013 at 12:01 am
  • 03 - Answers in Hennessy
└ Tags: joyce, walky

Discussion (174) ¬

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  1. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    July 2, 2013 at 12:02 am | #

    Get out while you still have a head, Walky

    • thecanvashat
      thecanvashat
      July 2, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

      He needs his head to live.

      • Kernanator
        Kernanator
        July 2, 2013 at 12:07 am | #

        More or less than his femurs?

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          July 2, 2013 at 12:07 am | #

          You can live without your femurs. But unless your a chicken or a cockroach i think you need your head.

          • thecanvashat
            thecanvashat
            July 2, 2013 at 12:10 am | #

            Batman can breathe without his head.

            • Yotomoe
              Yotomoe
              July 2, 2013 at 12:11 am | #

              Batman can do anything, your point is invalid.

              • Totz the Plaid
                Totz the Plaid
                July 2, 2013 at 12:15 am | #

                Only if he has enough time to prepare.

                • thecanvashat
                  thecanvashat
                  July 2, 2013 at 12:24 am | #

                  Rule number 0: Batman doesn’t kill, except when he does.
                  Rule number 1: Batman can do anything if he is prepared.
                  Rule number 2: Batman is always prepared.
                  Rule number 3: Batman is Batman is Batman is Batman.
                  Rule number 4: Keep the Batcave properly air conditioned
                  Rule number 5: Something about guns. Prolly not important.

                • Geegles
                  Geegles
                  July 2, 2013 at 1:00 am | #

                  I think we could base an entirely new form of government off of these

                • thecanvashat
                  thecanvashat
                  July 2, 2013 at 1:11 am | #

                  A government based on Batman is the best government.

                • Aizat
                  Aizat
                  July 2, 2013 at 1:17 am | #

                  Well, if you don’t mind 24 hours surveillance….oh wait.

                • NightmareWarden
                  NightmareWarden
                  July 2, 2013 at 1:17 am | #

                  Rule number 6: Alfred can defeat Batman. No exceptions.

              • Aizat
                Aizat
                July 2, 2013 at 12:29 am | #

                Anything?

            • Somebody
              Somebody
              July 2, 2013 at 1:21 am | #

              No, he can breathe in space. Wait, that’s Superman…and apparently anyone else he’s holding onto. What was UP with that Superman III scene?!

              • shadow eagle
                shadow eagle
                July 2, 2013 at 8:02 am | #

                no one saw Superman III or Superman IV for that matter.. they were illusions. after 2 came Superman Returns.

                • Kernanator
                  Kernanator
                  July 2, 2013 at 11:47 am | #

                  I’d much rather see Superman III than Superman Returns.

                • Jeff K!
                  Jeff K!
                  July 2, 2013 at 12:55 pm | #

                  Superman III is the most internally consistent Superman film. Whether you enjoy what it’s consistent about is up to you.

          • Totz the Plaid
            Totz the Plaid
            July 2, 2013 at 12:10 am | #

            Chickens still die pretty quickly without their heads. Cockroaches take longer, but losing their heads is still ultimately fatal to them.

            • Mr. Random
              Mr. Random
              July 2, 2013 at 12:30 am | #

              Actually, chickens die immeditealy without their heads. It’s just that their bodies are constructed just so, that if there head is suddenly removed, their nervous system goes HAYWIRE. It’s basically a seizure…with running.

              • Mr. Random
                Mr. Random
                July 2, 2013 at 12:31 am | #

                Damn, it was supposed to say Immeditaly.

              • NightmareWarden
                NightmareWarden
                July 2, 2013 at 1:20 am | #

                More stuff in nature should be programmed to explode upon death. Like supervillains!

                • CrazyPete
                  CrazyPete
                  July 5, 2013 at 4:45 pm | #

                  I totally agree

              • Spoon
                Spoon
                July 2, 2013 at 5:49 am | #

                What about Mike the Headless Chicken? He lived for 18 months before he choked to death in a motel room – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_the_Headless_Chicken

              • Blal
                Blal
                July 2, 2013 at 11:00 am | #

                Actually, as long as it is fed, a chicken can survive with just its brain stem intact. See Mike the headless chicken. They don’t always die immediately.

            • Jenny Creed
              Jenny Creed
              July 2, 2013 at 4:19 am | #

              Roaches just need their head because that’s where their mouth is. They starve to death without it. You could hook one up to a drip and get a really dramatic movie out of it, Mr Cockroach and all the little Cockroaches trying to deal with Mrs Cockroach’s head-ectomy, the tender love of a family torn apart, climbing the mountains of medical bills, Mrs Cockroach’s brother always being there, helping her, helping the kids, helping Mr Cockroach, the conflicting emotions, the forbidden love blossoming, thetragic weakness of a cockroach’s heart. . .

              Dramatic and pretty gross.

              • Jeff K!
                Jeff K!
                July 2, 2013 at 12:57 pm | #

                Somebody option this. NOW.
                Pixar, maybe.

                …

                But I know Blue Sky would get to it first. 🙁

              • The Cheese
                The Cheese
                August 22, 2013 at 4:12 pm | #

                Still a better love story than Twilight.

        • thecanvashat
          thecanvashat
          July 2, 2013 at 12:08 am | #

          More. It has his FAAAAAAACE on it.

      • Aeron
        Aeron
        July 2, 2013 at 1:14 am | #

        I’m pretty sure he’s proven otherwise.

    • Torgo
      Torgo
      July 2, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

      Get out while you still have a FAAAAACCCEEEE, Walky

  2. Ragnal
    Ragnal
    July 2, 2013 at 12:02 am | #

    Ah, Walky, you and your priorities.

    *laugh track*

    • Torgo
      Torgo
      July 2, 2013 at 12:25 am | #

      *cue 90’s sitcom style background music*
      *cut to commercial*

      • Batman1016
        Batman1016
        July 2, 2013 at 2:58 am | #

        “McDonald’s! Food, folks, and fun!”

        *PUM-PUM-PUM-PUM* “Still going! Nothing outlasts the Energizer
        Battery! It just keeps going and going and going . . . .”

        *ribbit, ribbit* “Bud-Weis-Er!”

        “Chi-Chi’s! A celebration of food!”

        “RIGHT NOW!! C’mon . . . it’s EEEEVERYTING!” *New Crystal Pepsi!*

        “Cha-cha-cha-Chia! Chia Pet! The pottery that grows!”

        *Ba-dow-ba-dow-ba-dow-ba-dow* “This week, on Seinfeld . . . .”

        . . . And now, back to our show!

      • Resne
        Resne
        July 2, 2013 at 4:28 am | #

        Way to go, Walkerton!
        *laugh track, cut to commercial*

  3. Seodra
    Seodra
    July 2, 2013 at 12:02 am | #

    Learn when to stop talking, boy. Sheesh.

  4. timemonkey
    timemonkey
    July 2, 2013 at 12:02 am | #

    I prefer death glares to make outs between these two to be honest.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      July 2, 2013 at 12:12 am | #

      What about death glares during make outs?

      • mintcricket
        mintcricket
        July 2, 2013 at 12:15 am | #

        I think you might be making out wrong.

      • timemonkey
        timemonkey
        July 2, 2013 at 12:16 am | #

        I’ve always thought they never fit together as a couple, in any incarnation. Which is weird since I’ve seen Willis state repeatedly that they were basically made for each other.

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          July 2, 2013 at 12:20 am | #

          Yes, they are made for each other….but sometimes that’s not a good thing, or so I’ve been told.

          • timemonkey
            timemonkey
            July 2, 2013 at 12:22 am | #

            In the Walkyverse I eventually liked both of them as characters but never as a couple. Even the parts I liked about them worked just fibe if they were just friends.

            • Jessie
              Jessie
              July 2, 2013 at 2:09 pm | #

              You are all insane!!! Joyce and Walky are my favorite fictional couple EVER!

        • FlyingFish
          FlyingFish
          July 2, 2013 at 8:21 am | #

          “We were meant for each other. Possibly as a punishment.”

  5. Sensedog
    Sensedog
    July 2, 2013 at 12:02 am | #

    No surprises here. At least he is honest.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      July 2, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

      Too honest in this case.

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        July 2, 2013 at 12:17 am | #

        Is today’s avatar Kagami Hiiragi?

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          July 2, 2013 at 12:24 am | #

          While I can see why you would think that, the truth is that it is Jun Watarase from Happiness!

          • Doctor_Who
            Doctor_Who
            July 2, 2013 at 12:31 am | #

            Drat, I almost got one.

            Just looked her up. Giving her that hairstyle is cheating! It’d be like if Betty and Veronica, or any two women drawn by Bruce Timm, dyed their hair to same color! NO ONE in their respective universes would be able to tell who is who!

            • Plasma Mongoose
              Plasma Mongoose
              July 2, 2013 at 12:35 am | #

              One other point, Kagami isn’t Kagami unless she is drawn with Tsurime Eyes

              WARNING: TVTropes link.

          • Aras Pabedinskas
            Aras Pabedinskas
            July 2, 2013 at 12:35 am | #

            So how does your avatar thing work exactly? Do you just choose a different character everyday? I’ve notice that it has been a stream of anime characters currently but I remember you using Ruth once, and is it based on something like what you were currently enjoying?

            • Plasma Mongoose
              Plasma Mongoose
              July 2, 2013 at 12:40 am | #

              When it comes to using anime characters for my gravs, I either use whatever is stored in my files or I scour the boorus where I edit the pics and add the minty background colour.

              With the Ruth and other webcomic pics, I either just edit an existing pic or on rare occassions, I try my hand with designing an original face.

  6. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    July 2, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

    Looks like that one guy doesn’t have to teleport into the comic to punch Walky!

  7. BlueOneTrunk
    BlueOneTrunk
    July 2, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

    Joyce and Walky? Kind of has a ring to it I suppose.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      July 2, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

      hmmm…nah. I couldn’t see it working out. That’d be as dumb as calling this comic ROOMIES.

      • Totz the Plaid
        Totz the Plaid
        July 2, 2013 at 12:11 am | #

        At least neither are as bad as, “It’s Walky!” would be… Sounds like a bad sitcom catch-phrase…

        • Doctor_Who
          Doctor_Who
          July 2, 2013 at 12:18 am | #

          That’s Our Walky!

          Laugh track. Exaggerated shrug towards camera. Music plays us out.

          • Aras Pabedinskas
            Aras Pabedinskas
            July 2, 2013 at 12:35 am | #

            The catch phrase would be “Way to go Walkerton!”.

  8. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    July 2, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

    damnit, now you’re making me want to draw them making out, but it’s not crack enough cuz it would make sense in another universe.

    • addude
      addude
      July 2, 2013 at 12:09 am | #

      Joyce totally want to get with Walky since he’s basically the male Sal minus the motor cycle.

      • sidhe3141
        sidhe3141
        July 2, 2013 at 11:41 am | #

        But isn’t the motorcycle what she likes about Sal?

    • Aras Pabedinskas
      Aras Pabedinskas
      July 2, 2013 at 12:38 am | #

      So that’s your motivation? If it’s an official couple it’s not worth it? Would you really stop drawing Joyce grabbing Billie’s boobs if they got together somehow?

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        July 2, 2013 at 12:44 am | #

        PROBABLY!

        • Aras Pabedinskas
          Aras Pabedinskas
          July 2, 2013 at 12:47 am | #

          WELL… OKAY THEN. To each their own hobby.

    • Mal
      Mal
      July 2, 2013 at 12:47 am | #

      After reading a comment up higher, I’d like you to draw them making out, but with their eyes open and their brows drawn down, so that they are also giving each other death stares.

      • Mr. Random
        Mr. Random
        July 2, 2013 at 6:52 am | #

        I refer you to shortpacked! Where a couple is currently harefucking each other to happiness.

        • Mr. Random
          Mr. Random
          July 2, 2013 at 6:53 am | #

          Auto-correct has a filthy mind.

  9. Wonder Wig
    Wonder Wig
    July 2, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

    The more I stare at Walky’s eye in the last panel the weirder it starts to seem to me.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      July 2, 2013 at 12:07 am | #

      His eye is heading south for the winter,

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      July 2, 2013 at 12:09 am | #

      Just imagine his brain just broke mid sentence and basically lobotomized himself.

      • thecanvashat
        thecanvashat
        July 2, 2013 at 12:18 am | #

        Dammit Brain! Stop running with scissors or you won’t run right!

      • Aizat
        Aizat
        July 2, 2013 at 12:22 am | #

        So, Walky basically Blue Screen’d himself?

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          July 2, 2013 at 12:36 am | #

          ME? Be nice to Joyce!? SYSTEM ERROR! DOES NOT COMPUTE! DOES NOT COMPUTE!!!!

    • tahrey
      tahrey
      July 2, 2013 at 4:49 am | #

      JOYCE’S DEATH STARE IS MELTING HIS FACE

      • DarkVeghetta
        DarkVeghetta
        June 21, 2015 at 10:44 am | #

        *HIS FAAACE
        Fixed that for you.

  10. alicemacher
    alicemacher
    July 2, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

    There are not enough facepalm macros.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      July 2, 2013 at 12:09 am | #

      A fish slap is worth a thousand facepalms.

      • thecanvashat
        thecanvashat
        July 2, 2013 at 12:10 am | #

        And a whale slap is worth a thousand fish slaps

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          July 2, 2013 at 12:12 am | #

          …and a turkey slap is NSFW.

          • thecanvashat
            thecanvashat
            July 2, 2013 at 12:15 am | #

            Now Soft Face Wrecked

          • Somebody
            Somebody
            July 2, 2013 at 1:25 am | #

            …why did I look that up? Still, I’ve heard of worse.

            • Jenny Creed
              Jenny Creed
              July 2, 2013 at 4:25 am | #

              Pork slap is the worst. Viz., http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=444

              • Plasma Mongoose
                Plasma Mongoose
                July 2, 2013 at 7:31 pm | #

                Looks like I will be adding this webcomic to my list to archive dive into.

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          July 2, 2013 at 12:13 am | #

          And a Godzilla slap is worth a thousand whale slaps.

          • thecanvashat
            thecanvashat
            July 2, 2013 at 12:17 am | #

            And a Dean McHenry Burn is worth a thousand Godzilla Slaps

            • andiemus
              andiemus
              July 2, 2013 at 8:57 pm | #

              And anything you read in Cosmo is the worst of them all.

  11. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    July 2, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

    Learn to quit while you are ahead, Walky.

    While you’re at it, learn to quit while you are behind, too. It’ll save you a lot of hassle and frustration in the future.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      July 2, 2013 at 12:09 am | #

      Walky is good at quitting. Just at all the wrong things.

    • Jon P
      Jon P
      July 2, 2013 at 12:12 am | #

      Seriously, Walky. Just because YOU’RE brainwashed by Dorothy’s charms doesn’t mean you have to announce it.

  12. The Sound Defense
    The Sound Defense
    July 2, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

    “Fry, remember what I told you about ending your stories one sentence earlier?”

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      July 2, 2013 at 12:10 am | #

      Walky is his own grandpa?

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        July 2, 2013 at 12:22 am | #

        Yes. Machete travels to this universe and impregnates Linda Walkerton, making him Walky and Sal’s father. Since Walky is the father of his own father, he is thus his own grandpa.

        And Sal is the aunt of her father, and the daughter of her nephew, which I think makes her River Song.

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          July 2, 2013 at 12:23 am | #

          I need a flowchart for this. I mean, I get River Song but this, this needs a flowchart.

          • Doctor_Who
            Doctor_Who
            July 2, 2013 at 12:33 am | #

            Aaaand it just occurred to me that Sal is bangin’ a dorky British guy with a bowtie.

            I think I might accidentally be onto something here.

            • Aizat
              Aizat
              July 2, 2013 at 12:48 am | #

              Well, here’s hoping that Jason has a blue police box.

              • hmrc4evr
                hmrc4evr
                July 2, 2013 at 1:05 am | #

                Hey…be careful what you say!!!

                `Cause…you know….

                Spoilers…….

                • N0083rP00F
                  N0083rP00F
                  July 2, 2013 at 11:19 am | #

                  You mean like take-out-sushi or that meat-cake in the back of the fridge?

  13. Luzahn
    Luzahn
    July 2, 2013 at 12:08 am | #

    I like to think Walky is lying about his motivations at the end there. It would fit his silly ideas about manliness.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      July 2, 2013 at 12:10 am | #

      TO BE A MAN YOU MUST HAVE HONOR.
      HONOR AND A PEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEENIS

      • thecanvashat
        thecanvashat
        July 2, 2013 at 12:12 am | #

        Ballpoint is convenient although a fountain has a nice antique feel.

        • Tenn
          Tenn
          July 2, 2013 at 3:21 am | #

          A penis fountain? O_O

      • Totz the Plaid
        Totz the Plaid
        July 2, 2013 at 12:13 am | #

        AND ONLY ONE PAIR OF SHOES!!!

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          July 2, 2013 at 12:17 am | #

          NOW YOU’RE A MAN! A MAN, MAN, MAN!

          • Aras Pabedinskas
            Aras Pabedinskas
            July 2, 2013 at 12:44 am | #

            Pac-MAN!

            • Cholma
              Cholma
              July 2, 2013 at 1:21 am | #

              What makes a man? Is it the power of his hand?
              Or his quest for glory?

              • Aizat
                Aizat
                July 2, 2013 at 1:50 am | #

                Give it all you got, to fight to the top. So we can know your story.

          • StClair
            StClair
            July 2, 2013 at 11:37 pm | #

            with all the force of a great typhoon!
            the strength of a raging fire!
            etc

      • Somebody
        Somebody
        July 2, 2013 at 1:28 am | #

        What if there’s an…accident?

      • Lawzlo
        Lawzlo
        July 2, 2013 at 5:02 am | #

        The Big Lebowski: What makes a man, Mr. Lebowski?

        The Dude: Dude.

        The Big Lebowski: Huh?

        The Dude: Uhh… I don’t know sir.

        The Big Lebowski: Is it being prepared to do the right thing, whatever the cost? Isn’t that what makes a man?

        The Dude: Hmmm… Sure, that and a pair of testicles.

  14. ReFlex76
    ReFlex76
    July 2, 2013 at 12:11 am | #

    Sure, “sleep.”

    • Totz the Plaid
      Totz the Plaid
      July 2, 2013 at 12:14 am | #

      Actually, I don’t think they’ve done it yet. Walky was nervous about even spooning Dorothy, so I think he’s not _quite_ ready for sex yet.

      • Aizat
        Aizat
        July 2, 2013 at 12:46 am | #

        Again, these things take time. I mean, you don’t screw the girl you’re going out with on the first day, right?

        • Kernanator
          Kernanator
          July 2, 2013 at 2:46 am | #

          So that’s what I’ve been doing wrong! And here I thought I just needed more deodorant!

  15. SUGauthor
    SUGauthor
    July 2, 2013 at 12:12 am | #

    Well that’s good, it would’ve been exhausting to build a dimensiontransversing machine.

  16. AHR
    AHR
    July 2, 2013 at 12:13 am | #

    Walky’s eye is meltinnnng

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      July 2, 2013 at 12:37 am | #

      It’s his brain frying at the idea of being nice to Joyce.

      • NightmareWarden
        NightmareWarden
        July 2, 2013 at 1:27 am | #

        Maybe he was trying to watch Monkey Master to his right while talking to Joyce.

  17. Cheryl
    Cheryl
    July 2, 2013 at 12:13 am | #

    god dammit david. you just brought a flash back o feels in my head

  18. Doom Shepherd
    Doom Shepherd
    July 2, 2013 at 12:13 am | #

    Walky is right, he shouldn’t have SAID it, despite it being true. You don’t want to be the green monkey.

    This is a lesson I understand intellectually, but have never been able to fully apply, and it has cost me dearly.

  19. NerdHerder
    NerdHerder
    July 2, 2013 at 12:14 am | #

    Nice to see some Transformers stuff in Ethan’s room. Some things never change.

  20. Sporky
    Sporky
    July 2, 2013 at 12:15 am | #

    I really like Walky and Joyce’s interactions in this comic. I love how they can’t stand each other but can’t help but constantly hang out anyway. It’s basically just like, they’re gonna have chemistry no matter what, it’s in their natures, but how can you keep from repeating their relationship in IW? And. This is just a good answer. And a good. Yeah.

    (i still ship it)

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      July 2, 2013 at 12:42 am | #

      Cuz Joyce and Walky are different people. Walky in It’s Walky! was kinda tailor made for Joyce. This Walky is harsher and gives less of a shit.

      • Sporky
        Sporky
        July 2, 2013 at 2:10 am | #

        That’s true in reverse also. Joyce had… issues in IW!, but she was also sort of the perfect girl for Walky in the sense that she was a lot less judgmental than DoA Joyce. A lot of that is the mind-wipe, of course.

        • Alex Stritar
          Alex Stritar
          July 2, 2013 at 4:42 am | #

          So basically, this is exactly how they would’ve reacted to each other if there was no mind wipes or alien abductions? Good to know.

          • DarkVeghetta
            DarkVeghetta
            June 21, 2015 at 10:46 am | #

            That’s the point as intended, actually.

  21. ShaggyDonahugh
    ShaggyDonahugh
    July 2, 2013 at 12:31 am | #

    Damnit Walky, you caramel stud-muffin. How can you be so sincere in your insincerity?

  22. Kennerly
    Kennerly
    July 2, 2013 at 12:32 am | #

    Imagine if Dorothy did forbid Walky from sleeping over for a week! From our point of view, it would be a year!

    • ShaggyDonahugh
      ShaggyDonahugh
      July 2, 2013 at 12:38 am | #

      She couldn’t hold out against Walky. No way, no how.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        July 2, 2013 at 12:43 am | #

        HE IS SCULPTED OUT OF CARAMEL FOR PETE’S SAKE!

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          July 2, 2013 at 12:49 am | #

          As long as Walky is not that Chocostein from that Axe commercial. Seriously, that thing, the Kinder Surprise “thing” and Pickle Surprise gave me nightmares.

  23. nothri
    nothri
    July 2, 2013 at 12:40 am | #

    I don’t often advocate violence to solve life’s problems, but…dammit Walkerton! First off your being a dick and should not have needed your girlfriend to tell you that. Second, the things you are thinking on the inside of your head do not always need to be presented on the outside via your stupid mouth!

    So as of now I fully advocate Mike following you around and punching you anytime you say something a retarded chimp would find insensitive. We continue this process until you’ve been civilized into something like a human being.

    • andiemus
      andiemus
      July 2, 2013 at 9:02 pm | #

      How is giving an honest assessment of the situation and being overheard being a dick? Kinda stupid, sure, but not dickish. If you don’t hold Joyce’s insufferable wholesomeness against her you probably shouldn’t hold Walky’s motormouth against him, either.

      • Crimson Doom
        Crimson Doom
        July 2, 2013 at 11:10 pm | #

        “Honest” doesn’t translate to “should be said”. Everything he said was technically correct, but ultimately, no good comes of saying it (especially that bluntly), whether or not she’s right there. That would be the reason behind Walky being a jerk, IMHO.

  24. Safgaftsa
    Safgaftsa
    July 2, 2013 at 12:50 am | #

    Why is Joyce facing us in the last two panels when she’s talking to Walky?

    • David
      David M Willis
      July 2, 2013 at 1:40 am | #

      The obvious answer is that she most definitely is not?

      • Aras Pabedinskas
        Aras Pabedinskas
        July 2, 2013 at 1:48 am | #

        I think they meant with her body, not her face. Although if you are facing someone, I guess that would require their face, wouldn’t it?

        • Safgaftsa
          Safgaftsa
          July 2, 2013 at 2:38 pm | #

          Yeah, that’s what I meant. Sorry the original comment wasn’t very clear.

          • andiemus
            andiemus
            July 2, 2013 at 9:02 pm | #

            I think she’s walking to Ethan.

  25. NeutroBlaster
    NeutroBlaster
    July 2, 2013 at 12:52 am | #

    God dammit Walky.

  26. NightmareWarden
    NightmareWarden
    July 2, 2013 at 1:25 am | #

    So I’m going to college in a couple months, any advice on how NOT to act like Walky? Or Joyce, or Joe… Or five other characters…

    • Ben
      Ben
      July 2, 2013 at 1:39 am | #

      um…. pay as little attention as you can to any biases you formed pre-college and think before you speak.

      • Chrissy
        Chrissy
        July 2, 2013 at 2:46 am | #

        Prefect advice, and not just for college.

    • AsimovSideburns
      AsimovSideburns
      July 2, 2013 at 3:13 am | #

      Party responsibly. Don’t do drugs. Go to class. Join a club.

      • AsimovSideburns
        AsimovSideburns
        July 2, 2013 at 3:14 am | #

        Definitely DO party, though, at least at the beginning. Blow off steam and avoid hermiting up in your room.

      • NightmareWarden
        NightmareWarden
        July 2, 2013 at 4:45 pm | #

        Don’t do ANY drugs? Even drugs that have no confirmed short or long term health risks? I am not talking about marijuana. And I’m not dumb enough to actually do drugs of any kind while actually on a “drug-free” campus.

        • andiemus
          andiemus
          July 2, 2013 at 8:48 pm | #

          I don’t think Sideburns was advocating abstaining from pharmeceuticals.

    • Josh
      Josh
      July 2, 2013 at 12:08 pm | #

      Walky is a pretty chill dude.

      • NightmareWarden
        NightmareWarden
        July 2, 2013 at 4:38 pm | #

        He broke up with his girlfriend over a pair of pants.

        • DarkVeghetta
          DarkVeghetta
          June 21, 2015 at 10:52 am | #

          Pijama pants are SPECIAL.

          • DarkVeghetta
            DarkVeghetta
            June 21, 2015 at 10:53 am | #

            pijama jeans even

    • andiemus
      andiemus
      July 2, 2013 at 8:52 pm | #

      Walky: Pay attention to people around you, care about what they think of you.
      Joyce: Don’t be a bigoted moron.
      Joe: Think about something other than sex and the getting thereof.
      Sarah: Don’t be misanthropic.
      Dorothy: Don’t be awesome.
      Billie: Grow out of high school.
      Ruth: Don’t be Canadian.
      Dina: Don’t wear a silly hat.

      • Kernanator
        Kernanator
        July 2, 2013 at 9:26 pm | #

        Does a hat made to look like a shark eating my head count as silly? Because I’m not giving that one up.

        • DarkVeghetta
          DarkVeghetta
          June 21, 2015 at 10:48 am | #

          Never do. It makes you a better shark-person.

  27. Ben
    Ben
    July 2, 2013 at 1:38 am | #

    It’s almost like these incarnations are making up for all their counterparts licky-style time by disliking each other extra hard.

    • Ben
      Ben
      July 2, 2013 at 1:38 am | #

      And gosh dang it DoA.com!! Why do you always make me joyce?!?

      • Aras Pabedinskas
        Aras Pabedinskas
        July 2, 2013 at 1:49 am | #

        I don’t think it’s something you can control after your first post, unless you get a Gravatar account. Sorry, Ben.

      • Tenn
        Tenn
        July 2, 2013 at 3:25 am | #

        Change your email address, change your avatar.

        • Tenn
          Tenn
          July 2, 2013 at 3:25 am | #

          Like so.

          • Ben
            Ben
            July 3, 2013 at 3:31 am | #

            Duly noted, thanks all. i was getting a little freaked and starting to think that the site thought i was actually like Joyce incarnate or something.

  28. Uniqueantique
    Uniqueantique
    July 2, 2013 at 2:54 am | #

    Open mouth, insert foot.
    Walky, just shut up you dork.

  29. Jo
    Jo
    July 2, 2013 at 3:34 am | #

    I am all caught up with the comic in one day, oh noooooo

  30. Groove
    Groove
    July 2, 2013 at 3:52 am | #

    David Walkerton, king of apologies.

  31. Jenny Creed
    Jenny Creed
    July 2, 2013 at 4:08 am | #

    You shouldn’t have talked about her behind her back. That would be good to apologize for. The way you said what you said and the fact that it hurt her would also be good things to apologize for. The thing you said is not something you can or should try to take back, so that’s a pretty lame thing to apologize for.

    • Josh
      Josh
      July 2, 2013 at 12:13 pm | #

      I wouldn’t really consider that talking about her behind her back, in the literal sense (as he was right in front of her) or figuratively.

      He was talking about himself and giving a totally valid reason why he walked away from the conversation (He was just a bit stupid about leaving her in earshot).

      • andiemus
        andiemus
        July 2, 2013 at 8:46 pm | #

        I agree. I don’t think it even counts as tactlessness if the offended party overhears. Should he be nicer to her in general? Maybe, if he wants to be her friend, but I don’t understand why he would. They clearly don’t get along, and I would think that Dorothy would be mature enough that she would understand that having a boyfriend that doesn’t get along with some girl you’ve known for like a month tops that you kind of like is a lame thing to get upset about.

        • Norah
          Norah
          July 2, 2013 at 10:20 pm | #

          Dorothy has only known Walky for about a month as well. There’s no reason why his likes should take precedence over Joyce’s. That said, I agree that there’s no reason that Joyce and Walky have to get along just because they are both friends with Dorothy.

  32. David
    David
    July 2, 2013 at 4:08 am | #

    Walky and Dorothy make a good couple, with her providing the social grace. Not an uncommon arrangement. And the sooner he learns to leave this to her entirely, the better.

    For him. Not for us readers.

  33. Paul1963
    Paul1963
    July 2, 2013 at 10:52 am | #

    Walky. Dude. Know when to stop talking.

  34. AgentKeen
    AgentKeen
    July 2, 2013 at 11:52 am | #

    In another universe, that would’ve included something about rain.

  35. Arkadi
    Arkadi
    July 2, 2013 at 4:57 pm | #

    Honesty is so overrated.

  36. ALLxISxGONE
    ALLxISxGONE
    July 2, 2013 at 7:30 pm | #

    Beatlejuice, Beetleguese, biitlejeiwes

  37. ALLxISxGONE
    ALLxISxGONE
    July 2, 2013 at 7:45 pm | #

    Sorry about that, couldn’t help myself

  38. penguintruth
    penguintruth
    July 2, 2013 at 7:47 pm | #

    Why should he apologize? He was right. He should have been harsher, if anything.

    • Crimson Doom
      Crimson Doom
      July 2, 2013 at 11:14 pm | #

      Because he was tactless, overblunt, and had a horrible sense of timing. He was completely correct in what he said, you’re right about that. Heck, there may have been a time and place for him to say exactly that, when it would have been better received. And had he said it in a gentler manner, perhaps he would have been alright.

      But doing it when she’s already upset and doubting herself? I don’t care who you are, that is NOT the time to say it. Don’t kick someone when they’re down, unless you’re already archfoes. Nothing good comes of it.

  39. Chronos
    Chronos
    July 2, 2013 at 9:04 pm | #

    godDAMN it, Walky.

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