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May 5, 2026

Belchin’

by David M Willis on November 13, 2014 at 12:01 am
  • 01 - When Somebody Loved Me
└ Tags: becky, joyce, walky

Discussion (259) ¬

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  1. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    November 13, 2014 at 12:01 am | #

    you know when it’s like “I didn’t even know I wanted this but now I want it SO BAD”??

    WACKY

    [Becky’s the Toph Beifong of DoA isn’t she]

    • liahansen
      liahansen
      November 13, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

      Maybe (Becky+Carla)/2

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      November 13, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

      Are you suggesting that she can also “rock your world” if you know what I mean?

      • Jen Aside
        Jen Aside
        November 13, 2014 at 1:51 am | #

        “Would you say you have a ROCKY relationship lolololol??”

        “Hahahahahahaha!” *points*nudges*

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          November 13, 2014 at 3:22 pm | #

          “I can feel the earth. move. under my feet…”

    • Gadgeteer Smashwidget
      Gadgeteer Smashwidget
      November 13, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

      From her reaction, I think that makes Joyce Sokka

      • -Sentinel-
        -Sentinel-
        November 13, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

        Dorothy is clearly Katara.

        • Doctor_Who
          Doctor_Who
          November 13, 2014 at 12:07 am | #

          Walky and Aang are already quite similar.

          Mary could be Azula. Mike is Zuko.

          Blaine for Fire Lord?

          • -Sentinel-
            -Sentinel-
            November 13, 2014 at 12:11 am | #

            Azula is way too awesome to be comparable to Mary in any way.

          • Plasma Mongoose
            Plasma Mongoose
            November 13, 2014 at 12:11 am | #

            Azula >>> Mary

            • nothri
              nothri
              November 13, 2014 at 2:11 am | #

              Captain Crazy Pants away!

          • Kiapdx
            Kiapdx
            November 13, 2014 at 2:44 am | #

            No no Joyce is Aang. Rather oblivious but learning and has a very idealized world view and thinks talking solves everything (except for sexual perversion which is solved by face-punches). Also very reliant on what she was taught as a child.

            • StClair
              StClair
              November 13, 2014 at 8:38 am | #

              and when she finally goes all levitating and glowy-eyed (or whatever the equivalent is here), she’s going to be effin’ terrifying.

              • begbert2
                begbert2
                November 13, 2014 at 10:15 am | #

                The equivalent is that face she made when she decided to start punching Joe in the face.

                • Suitora
                  Suitora
                  November 13, 2014 at 11:21 am | #

                  And when she was getting Walky and Dorothy back together.

          • Jen Aside
            Jen Aside
            November 13, 2014 at 8:12 pm | #

            Blaine for COMBUSTION MAN

        • Gadgeteer Smashwidget
          Gadgeteer Smashwidget
          November 13, 2014 at 12:07 am | #

          I guess that makes Walky Aang?

          • GuruBuckaroo
            GuruBuckaroo
            November 13, 2014 at 12:49 am | #

            Waang.

            • Drakey
              Drakey
              November 13, 2014 at 9:08 am | #

              Is it bad that I really wish there were people who shipped that just for that amazing, amazing name?

              • Drakey
                Drakey
                November 13, 2014 at 9:10 am | #

                AAAH! NO! I’M NOT SAL ANYMORE!

                • Random832
                  Random832
                  November 13, 2014 at 10:12 am | #

                  What? Gravatar update?

                • gwalla
                  gwalla
                  November 13, 2014 at 12:02 pm | #

                  Did you capitalize your email differently? That affects the hash function.

                  I don’t think it’s a gravatar update because I’m still Sarah.

        • Gadgeteer Smashwidget
          Gadgeteer Smashwidget
          November 13, 2014 at 12:08 am | #

          Danny is Zuko, they’re both adorable fuck-ups

          • Gadgeteer Smashwidget
            Gadgeteer Smashwidget
            November 13, 2014 at 12:09 am | #

            woops, meant to reply to the Doctor above

          • -Sentinel-
            -Sentinel-
            November 13, 2014 at 12:12 am | #

            I think Amber is Zuko, what with the daddy issues and sometimes being a masked avenger.

            • Pantheon the Mantheon
              Pantheon the Mantheon
              November 13, 2014 at 12:18 am | #

              My God, it’s actually scary how well that fits. I guess that means Danny is Mei….. Ya, Mei got the short end on this one.

              • Kennerly
                Kennerly
                November 13, 2014 at 7:47 am | #

                A Joe would be Sokka?

              • mr. purple
                mr. purple
                November 13, 2014 at 12:37 pm | #

                no, Sarah is Mei, becouse she hates everybody

    • Camachri
      Camachri
      November 13, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

      The Willis test: do two characters talk long enough to be shipped? (and if they don’t, is that going to stop any of us?)

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        November 13, 2014 at 12:14 am | #

        They don’t even need to have even been in the same comic strip together for them to be shipped.

    • Kernanator
      Kernanator
      November 13, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

      I KNOW, RIGHT?!

      The “inaugural poop” comment in the beginning should have tipped us off.

      • Jen Aside
        Jen Aside
        November 13, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

        the Chekhovest Chekhov’s Gun

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        November 13, 2014 at 12:07 am | #

        Such a class act that Becky is.

    • Gadgeteer Smashwidget
      Gadgeteer Smashwidget
      November 13, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

      that ship name just screams for this pairing to work, it’s great

      becky transfers to IU, makeouts happen, Joyce and Dotty are all over the emotional map

      • tinfoil theory
        tinfoil theory
        November 13, 2014 at 4:24 am | #

        I don’t know about Joyce, but I’m sure there are plenty of other male virgins for Dorothy to break in…

      • Deanatay
        Deanatay
        November 13, 2014 at 9:06 am | #

        Actually, I’d’ve gone with ‘BELCHY’.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      November 13, 2014 at 12:11 am | #

      I ship them harder in one strip than I’ve shipped Walky and Dorothy in like…3 years.

      • NoHeart
        NoHeart
        November 13, 2014 at 9:09 am | #

        I’m with ya on that

    • MrSirk
      MrSirk
      November 13, 2014 at 12:21 am | #

      I’d ship them but I feel the relationship would be nothing but bodily functions….I ship it anyway.

      • Jen Aside
        Jen Aside
        November 13, 2014 at 1:53 am | #

        their ship is a garbage scow

        • Historyman68
          Historyman68
          November 13, 2014 at 8:24 am | #

          There’s rubbish for every trash heap.

          • oldFart
            oldFart
            November 13, 2014 at 1:42 pm | #

            Oh! A reference us old farts can get! Something about Scotty getting into a fight, right?

            All the anime/manga references sail right over my head.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        November 13, 2014 at 9:57 am | #

        If you think about it, that’s what a lot of relationships are.

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      November 13, 2014 at 8:43 am | #

      I’d’ve called them ‘BELCHY’, because of how they met. Still, I’d wonder if it’s the best ship. They’re too similar, personality-wise. I’m still rooting for ‘DORKY’.

    • Maycroft
      Maycroft
      November 13, 2014 at 4:11 pm | #

      YESSS!!!
      YESS, PLEASEEEE!!!

    • Hinoron
      Hinoron
      November 15, 2014 at 4:13 pm | #

      I get the impression Becky has a few more of her sharp corners rounded off than Joyce does. ^_^

  2. liahansen
    liahansen
    November 13, 2014 at 12:01 am | #

    And the REAL Becky suddenly appears

  3. Dave
    Dave
    November 13, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    Becky just rose up my Character Chart about… 4.75 points today.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      November 13, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

      (checks calculations) Hmmm….yes, her Ensemble Darkhorse rating is now up to over 600 milliUrkels (or 4.5 Fonzarellis, if you aren’t on the metric system).

    • saltchocolate
      saltchocolate
      November 13, 2014 at 1:21 am | #

      Agreed. Becky, while totally gross, is also fabulous for out-burping Walky. (She made his hoodie strings sway in the breeze from her burp. That is hard to top.)

      • Bill
        Bill
        November 13, 2014 at 1:35 am | #

        I don’t think that was from the breeze.  Walky never expected that his mating call would be answered — he thought he was alone — and he flinched.

        • saltchocolate
          saltchocolate
          November 13, 2014 at 1:51 am | #

          Ha!

        • sps48
          sps48
          November 13, 2014 at 8:53 pm | #

          Nope. If Walky was flinching away from the burp, the hoodie strings would trail behind, not lead the way.
          Note his hair. Walky, his hoodiestring,, and his hair are all being blasted away by the force of Becky’s burp!

  4. shadowcell
    shadowcell
    November 13, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    the burp that launched a thousand ships

    • Jen Aside
      Jen Aside
      November 13, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

      an AIRSHIP lololololol

      [sorry]

      [[not sorry]]

      • Gadgeteer Smashwidget
        Gadgeteer Smashwidget
        November 13, 2014 at 12:10 am | #

        this non-pun reminds me of the play “The Drowsy Chaperone”

        • jpic89
          jpic89
          November 13, 2014 at 12:55 pm | #

          Funny, my sister was just in that play at school a couple months ago. What did it remind you of exactly?

    • Foxhack
      Foxhack
      November 13, 2014 at 10:47 pm | #

      That ship ain’t ever runnin’ outta gas.

  5. Mr. Random
    Mr. Random
    November 13, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    I’m really liking Becky, guys.

    • newllend
      newllend
      November 13, 2014 at 12:15 am | #

      Becky best girl.

    • Distrustful Guy
      Distrustful Guy
      November 13, 2014 at 4:27 am | #

      Nah I don’t trust her. She got hella secret or something. Very strong religious upbringing, travels across the country on a whim?

      I don’t understand it but I have a feeling Sarah will.

      • Ducky
        Ducky
        November 13, 2014 at 11:01 am | #

        It’s kind of obvious – she’s running away.

        After her last conversation with Joyce, she realized that Joyce was getting everything that Becky wanted: a life independent of her parents and her upbringing, with no religious shame or compunctions.

        Becky doesn’t know how conflicted Joyce is feeling. Joyce, being her lovely oblivious self, doesn’t realize that Becky feels trapped in the life that brought her so much comfort as a child. That’s the next bit of drama between the two of them.

        • Mr. Random
          Mr. Random
          November 13, 2014 at 11:11 am | #

          ^
          Yo.

          • saltchocolate
            saltchocolate
            November 13, 2014 at 1:09 pm | #

            +1 more

      • Thomas64
        Thomas64
        November 13, 2014 at 4:01 pm | #

        Travels across the country on a whim

        Anderson, IN to Bloomington, IN is 93 miles.

  6. MrSirk
    MrSirk
    November 13, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    Man, Walky ..she just took you to school brah.

  7. Yotsuyasan
    Yotsuyasan
    November 13, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    Yay, getting back to Joyce and Becky! If we did have to leave Ruth and Billie, that was where I was hoping the story would turn.

    Anyway…

    The Great “Help Yotsuyasan Choose A New Gravatar” of 2014:
    The Epic and Disturbing Conclusion!

    As of 11:00 p.m. yesterday, the votes (as counted by me) were as follows:

    Option #1 (Ruth): 4

    Option #2 (Yotsuyasan): 3

    Option #3 (Blaine as The Joker): 14

    And so the winner, because the internet is full of horrible people (including myself for presenting as an option in the first place), is…

    Blaine!!!

    So, from now on, whenever I post a comment, you will all get to enjoy that face smiling out at you!

    I hope you are all happy, internet. I hope you are happy.

    …

    …

    …

    😀

    • Van Dyne
      Van Dyne
      November 13, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

      You terrible person, appropriating Dumbing of Age characters and making them comic book people.

      • Yotsuyasan
        Yotsuyasan
        November 13, 2014 at 12:07 am | #

        I know! Who would do such a thing?

    • Cholma
      Cholma
      November 13, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

      Joker Blaine is just disturbing on so many levels.

      • Gadgeteer Smashwidget
        Gadgeteer Smashwidget
        November 13, 2014 at 12:42 am | #

        it works so well, though

      • nothri
        nothri
        November 13, 2014 at 2:12 am | #

        Dude, calm. Why so serious, huh?

        • StClair
          StClair
          November 13, 2014 at 8:41 am | #

          Hey, wanna see a magic trick?

          • Yotsuyasan
            Yotsuyasan
            November 13, 2014 at 2:59 pm | #

            I can make this cel phone disappear!

  8. someguywithakatana
    someguywithakatana
    November 13, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    Well Walky, time to fail upwards…

    • ShaggyDonahugh
      ShaggyDonahugh
      November 13, 2014 at 2:32 am | #

      I find it strangely appropriate that a mary gravatar is saying this.

  9. Emperor Kiva
    Emperor Kiva
    November 13, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    DAAAAAAAAAAAMN! Joyce ease up

    • begbert2
      begbert2
      November 13, 2014 at 10:16 am | #

      She’s worried that Walky will steal another of her friends.

      She shouldn’t worry though; when Walky finds out Becky is an insane-level fundie he’ll backpedal fast.

      • Ducky
        Ducky
        November 13, 2014 at 11:02 am | #

        I wouldn’t be so sure about Becky…

      • Dorje Sylas
        Dorje Sylas
        November 13, 2014 at 12:29 pm | #

        We have yet to see the fundieness from Becky. The suspicion is she’s fundmentaly snapped and is on the run. This would make Walky even more interesting.

  10. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    November 13, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    Becky is sounding better and better as this comic goes on. ^_^

    • nothri
      nothri
      November 13, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

      Yeah….which makes me nervous. I’m afraid she’s like getting married to Joyce’s date rapist or something.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        November 13, 2014 at 12:08 am | #

        Then that guy will have to deal with her burping all over him all the time. It’s her secret 20 year revenge plot.

      • Emperor Kiva
        Emperor Kiva
        November 13, 2014 at 12:08 am | #

        Fuck that would suck!

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        November 13, 2014 at 12:08 am | #

        Even Willis wouldn’t do THAT for drama sake… I hope…

        • nothri
          nothri
          November 13, 2014 at 2:14 am | #

          Your face in Willis’ limited capacity for inflicting misery upon his characters and audience is refreshing. Naive, but refreshing.

          • nothri
            nothri
            November 13, 2014 at 2:14 am | #

            Faith, not face.

            • ShaggyDonahugh
              ShaggyDonahugh
              November 13, 2014 at 2:33 am | #

              FAAAAAaaa….I don’t even have the energy to say it.

            • Kryss LaBryn
              Kryss LaBryn
              November 13, 2014 at 2:34 am | #

              You mean not FAAAAACE.

              • ShaggyDonahugh
                ShaggyDonahugh
                November 13, 2014 at 2:38 am | #

                Thank you, I ran out of breath.

      • Mr k
        Mr k
        November 13, 2014 at 12:10 am | #

        She plans on murdering Joyce, I bet.

        • Emperor Kiva
          Emperor Kiva
          November 13, 2014 at 6:23 am | #

          She better not!

          • begbert2
            begbert2
            November 13, 2014 at 10:21 am | #

            And then one day right in the middle of a storyline some character opens the door and finds Joyce dead. Final panel just says “The End”. Next strip is just author-drawn-style Willis laughing maniacally for sixteen panels (finales get larger comics). And that’s it, final comic.

            He does this on the first of April, but it turns out he wasn’t kidding.

            • M FunnyBone
              M FunnyBone
              November 13, 2014 at 11:56 am | #

              If I were a comic/web-comic artist/writer I would totally do that.

        • Opus the Poet
          Opus the Poet
          November 13, 2014 at 3:11 pm | #

          And wearing her face like a mask so Becky can steal Joyce’s life and friends. But as Pintsize found out that never works. http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2310

  11. Marc in MN
    Marc in MN
    November 13, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    You say that like it’s a bad thing, Walky.

  12. GoogerGeiger
    GoogerGeiger
    November 13, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

    I think Walky is getting ahead of himself. Sure, he committed come “L-word” faux-pas, but that shouldn’t be grounds for break-up.

    • MattR
      MattR
      November 13, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

      It’s his first real relationship, he doesn’t know that.

      • alicemacher
        alicemacher
        November 13, 2014 at 7:26 am | #

        Yeah, it’s a common mistake of people new to relationships, thinking that one argument means it’s all over.

        • sun tzu
          sun tzu
          November 13, 2014 at 10:06 am | #

          Well, they DID briefly break up over pajama pants, so…

        • Ducky
          Ducky
          November 13, 2014 at 11:03 am | #

          If one argument breaks it up, that wasn’t a relationship 😛

  13. winter
    winter
    November 13, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

    And she looks so composed and refined there in panel 5! With her fist pressed over her mouth.

    Burping with style. A+

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      November 13, 2014 at 12:08 am | #

      It’s not flying it’s Falling with style!

  14. Taigan
    Taigan
    November 13, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

    With Joyce’s family of brothers (mostly) I’m surprised she’s not used to this.

    • nothri
      nothri
      November 13, 2014 at 2:19 am | #

      Burping is probably the sign of the devil in the Brown household.

    • Historyman68
      Historyman68
      November 13, 2014 at 8:26 am | #

      “Used to it” doesn’t mean you have to like it.

    • sun tzu
      sun tzu
      November 13, 2014 at 10:07 am | #

      I don’t think Joyce minds Becky belching, so much as she minds her belching in response to Walky.

  15. dailybrad
    dailybrad
    November 13, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

    Becky’s fun.

  16. Calvin Coolage
    Calvin Coolage
    November 13, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

    >You will never have your own Becky
    Why oh why do I go on living?

    • Calvin Coolage
      Calvin Coolage
      November 13, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

      Nice going, Calvin.
      You messd up your own email address.

      • Calvin Coolage
        Calvin Coolage
        November 13, 2014 at 12:07 am | #

        Anyways, as I was trying to say: why can’t I have my own Becky?

        • Opus the Poet
          Opus the Poet
          November 13, 2014 at 3:17 pm | #

          Ask The Willis for a commision…

  17. Rachel Roth
    Rachel Roth
    November 13, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

    Wow. She is normal…

  18. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    November 13, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

    Wow. Becky just shot up to like…3rd on my favorite girls list. Right behind Billie and Sierra and Above Amber and Sal.

    • Mr k
      Mr k
      November 13, 2014 at 12:07 am | #

      Who’s on your least favorite girls list?

      • Calvin Coolage
        Calvin Coolage
        November 13, 2014 at 12:08 am | #

        Mary, for sure.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        November 13, 2014 at 12:09 am | #

        I’m fairly certain that Mary would be on THAT list.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        November 13, 2014 at 12:09 am | #

        Joyce is probably on there. She’s cute but I can’t stand her personality.

        • Kelly
          Kelly
          November 13, 2014 at 12:41 am | #

          I like her in the comic strip for some reason. IRL I am sure I wouldn’t be able to stand her. It would be like the Joyce-Dina situation, but moreso

          • Disloyal Subject
            Disloyal Subject
            November 13, 2014 at 8:12 pm | #

            I believe she’d treat me more like Mike – avoidance, with violence when interaction is inevitable.
            The dinosaur bit is infuriating, though. “Test of faith” razzum frazzum…

            • Disloyal Subject
              Disloyal Subject
              November 13, 2014 at 8:13 pm | #

              Oh hey my gravatar is working. Fare thee well, leering Joe.

      • MrSirk
        MrSirk
        November 13, 2014 at 12:12 am | #

        There’s only one person on anyone’s least favorite girl list and we all know who it is.

        • Lawzlo
          Lawzlo
          November 13, 2014 at 1:21 am | #

          Really, Malaya doesn’t get any hate? She’ll be so disappointed.

          Actually, I like Malaya a lot as a character, even if I probably couldn’t stand her in real life if I actually met her. She’s entertaining.

          • Ducky
            Ducky
            November 13, 2014 at 11:04 am | #

            Malaya isn’t worth the energy to hate.

        • Jen Aside
          Jen Aside
          November 13, 2014 at 1:31 am | #

          I’m sure Blaine would manage to get on there anyway

      • nothri
        nothri
        November 13, 2014 at 2:21 am | #

        A whole gaggle of characters mothers. No “for a nickel” jokes this time. There are just quite a few really horrible maternal figures amongst our cast’s forebears.

  19. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    November 13, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

    How did you not see this coming, Joyce? You’ve known her for how long again?

  20. ThisIsSoLemons
    ThisIsSoLemons
    November 13, 2014 at 12:07 am | #

    Can Becky never leave?

    Like, can she become the main character of this comic now?

    • Kelly
      Kelly
      November 13, 2014 at 12:41 am | #

      agree

    • nothri
      nothri
      November 13, 2014 at 2:16 am | #

      Uh, excuse me! Riley is due to become the main character when that slot opens up. Becky can damn way take a number!

      • 4th Dimension
        4th Dimension
        November 13, 2014 at 2:35 am | #

        Considering that this comic seems to run on about 1:57 scale of comic vs real time, and the fact that Riley is due to go to college in what 4-5 years? we can conclude that she will become one of the main characters in 4*57 approx 200 years.
        I think Becky can keep her place warm untill then.
        Based on: http://dumbingofage.tumblr.com/image/97895976082

        • HMRC4EVR
          HMRC4EVR
          November 13, 2014 at 10:52 am | #

          Well, you know there are people willing to wait that long to ship Riley properly so they won’t feel scuzzy cause of her age. Then everyone could ship Riley and Howard and not feel like ‘it came from the depths of 4chan!’ or something.

          • Plasma Mongoose
            Plasma Mongoose
            November 13, 2014 at 3:28 pm | #

            Longest Jailbait Wait EVER!

  21. Barf Ninjason
    Barf Ninjason
    November 13, 2014 at 12:07 am | #

    Walkerton, offended greatly, immediately challenged the young woman to a farting contest, at dawn the next morning.

    • Calvin Coolage
      Calvin Coolage
      November 13, 2014 at 12:09 am | #

      As they drew gas, Joyce suddenly let one rip that put them both to shame.

      • John
        John
        November 13, 2014 at 12:44 am | #

        She would not be the first Joyce to defeat Walky with her gastrointestinal system.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      November 13, 2014 at 12:10 am | #

      The campus had to be evacuated and quarantined.

    • Rabid Rabbit
      Rabid Rabbit
      November 13, 2014 at 2:59 am | #

      My lady and her Maid upon a merry pin,
      they made a match at farting who would the wager win.
      Joan lights three candles then and sets them bolt upright,
      with the first fart she blew them out, with the next she gave them light.
      In comes my Lady then with all her might and main,
      and blew them out and in and out and in and out again.

      (Can be heard here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwrrPPNR5is)

      • Tandel
        Tandel
        November 13, 2014 at 9:14 am | #

        http://media2.giphy.com/media/b9aScKLxdv0Y0/giphy.gif

  22. Stephen Bierce
    Stephen Bierce
    November 13, 2014 at 12:11 am | #

    …”And the Landslide will bring you down”

  23. alicemacher
    alicemacher
    November 13, 2014 at 12:12 am | #

    I forecast a wave of Becky/Walky shipping.

    Also I’m reminded of that scene from Revenge of the Nerds II.

    “Master!”

    “Soon, my son, you will take over.”

  24. newllend
    newllend
    November 13, 2014 at 12:13 am | #

    Becky ! you are now one of my favorites.

  25. AgentKeen
    AgentKeen
    November 13, 2014 at 12:15 am | #

    Oh no
    Oh dear god no

    • nothri
      nothri
      November 13, 2014 at 12:24 am | #

      za?

      • Kelly
        Kelly
        November 13, 2014 at 12:42 am | #

        Elliot?

        • GamaranSepudomyn
          GamaranSepudomyn
          November 13, 2014 at 1:16 am | #

          That guy?

  26. Anonymous #926
    Anonymous #926
    November 13, 2014 at 12:17 am | #

    Just noticed that even their eyes are practically the same

  27. Mkvenner
    Mkvenner
    November 13, 2014 at 12:17 am | #

    I think I know what the next slipshine project is going to be.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      November 13, 2014 at 12:19 am | #

      Walky and Becky belch and eat mcnuggets. Sounds kinda fetishy.

      • The_Master
        The_Master
        November 13, 2014 at 1:15 am | #

        It’s a niche project.

      • Opus the Poet
        Opus the Poet
        November 13, 2014 at 3:21 pm | #

        That’s one of the joys of the Internets, there is literally something for everyone if you look long enough.

        • Dirk Strider's Splinter Hopeself
          Dirk Strider's Splinter Hopeself
          November 13, 2014 at 5:00 pm | #

          People who want to be anthromorphic animals? Hah, I bet-

          no wait

          • Mkvenner
            Mkvenner
            November 14, 2014 at 1:03 am | #

            You just had to bring that up didn’t you. >(

  28. Cheryl
    Cheryl
    November 13, 2014 at 12:18 am | #

    Mother of shipping gods!!!

    • Arkadi
      Arkadi
      November 13, 2014 at 12:37 am | #

      The gods of shipping are pleased!!

  29. Nono
    Nono
    November 13, 2014 at 12:21 am | #

    Nice homage to that Joyce and Walky strip, too.

    • Nono
      Nono
      November 13, 2014 at 12:31 am | #

      http://www.joyceandwalky.com/d/20070616.html

      This one, for those who don’t remember.

      • Kryss LaBryn
        Kryss LaBryn
        November 13, 2014 at 2:37 am | #

        Thanks!

  30. arank11
    arank11
    November 13, 2014 at 12:22 am | #

    Okay, 1. I ship it
    2. Am I the only one who thinks Joyce looks really anime in the last panel?
    “Baka! Becky-chan, do not engage in the belch duel of dishonor! Kawai!” (I don’t watch a lot of anime, in case you can’t tell)

    • Calvin Coolage
      Calvin Coolage
      November 13, 2014 at 12:39 am | #

      I see it too……
      Someone get joyce a Gundam pilot suit.

      • John
        John
        November 13, 2014 at 12:50 am | #

        Will Eva do?

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          November 13, 2014 at 3:31 pm | #

          Joyce as Asuka? I didn’t see that coming.

          • John
            John
            November 13, 2014 at 10:11 pm | #

            That’d be Shinji that you see coming.

            (I’m sorry.)

      • 4th Dimension
        4th Dimension
        November 13, 2014 at 2:43 am | #

        How about these: http://www.joyceandwalky.com/d/20040513.html

      • tinfoil theory
        tinfoil theory
        November 13, 2014 at 4:35 am | #

        You do realize that sending 14yo boys to the frontlines in flying machines is not merely fiction in Japan, do you?

        • Disloyal Subject
          Disloyal Subject
          November 13, 2014 at 8:17 pm | #

          Ouch. I think I know the next random encounter for my gaming group now.

  31. chris73
    chris73
    November 13, 2014 at 12:23 am | #

    Egads! The game is afoot!

  32. Gigafreak
    Gigafreak
    November 13, 2014 at 12:26 am | #

    http://www.joyceandwalky.com/d/20070616.html
    Becky’s belching knitting proficiency is a multiversal constant.

  33. Idon'tcarenomore
    Idon'tcarenomore
    November 13, 2014 at 12:29 am | #

    And a new romance is belched er born.

  34. Boomwolf
    Boomwolf
    November 13, 2014 at 12:34 am | #

    K, so Becky is now second favorite. Any woman who can burp like that is twenty types of awesome in my book.

    However, she will forever fall short behind Dina. Because Dina.

    • Disloyal Subject
      Disloyal Subject
      November 13, 2014 at 8:18 pm | #

      Affirmative. I’ve only met one such lady, and she is the best of aunts.
      Hail Dina.

  35. takashid
    takashid
    November 13, 2014 at 12:37 am | #

    ………becky/walky??? if that happens, even temporarily, talk about a dark horse ship

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      November 13, 2014 at 8:52 am | #

      ‘belchy’

  36. Opus the Poet
    Opus the Poet
    November 13, 2014 at 12:37 am | #

    And the new name of the strip will be “It’s Becky!”

  37. Kevin
    Kevin
    November 13, 2014 at 12:39 am | #

    Becky’s statement makes no sense. She just out-burped him.

    • Kelly
      Kelly
      November 13, 2014 at 12:44 am | #

      no, in her context a “worse” belch is a weaker one. As in, he sucks at belching.

    • Morty
      Morty
      November 13, 2014 at 12:46 am | #

      I think you’re seriously underestimating just how attractive someone who can out belch you is to a person like Walky. At the very least it demands respect

  38. Idon'tcarenomore
    Idon'tcarenomore
    November 13, 2014 at 12:40 am | #

    I have been a Willis fan from the day I discovered Walky. I backtracted to Roomies. And have been hooked since.
    I didn’t start posting right away, And Never ‘Shipped’ Any Pair on Day One.

    But, going back and re-reading this one again: these two are perfect for each other.

    Dorothy and Walky were never going anyway regardless of Dorothy’s admission of love: she is the one that stated the rules – no commitments. Walky, complicated but simple soul that he is, believed her. Silly boy.

    I don’t think a break will seriously scar either Dorothy or Walky.

    Becky has gotta be added to the regulars….

  39. Arkadi
    Arkadi
    November 13, 2014 at 12:41 am | #

    The ship, it is launched.

  40. Lordmazapan
    Lordmazapan
    November 13, 2014 at 12:47 am | #

    Love is in the burp.

    • Arkadi
      Arkadi
      November 13, 2014 at 3:31 pm | #

      Everywhere I burp around.

  41. Rocketboy1313
    Rocketboy1313
    November 13, 2014 at 1:07 am | #

    Anybody anticipating Joe hooking up with Becky?

    • Boom
      Boom
      November 13, 2014 at 1:20 am | #

      I’m anticipating Walky and Becky now.

    • tinfoil theory
      tinfoil theory
      November 13, 2014 at 4:42 am | #

      Solely based on her looks (personality is for sober people, and sobriety does not facilitate the threesomes), Joe would pass her on to his wingman, Danny, so that Dan gets laid by a real woman for a change instead of passing up ex-cheeleaders and the one girl in CS for an unrealistic fantasy.

      • Bill
        Bill
        November 13, 2014 at 2:05 pm | #

        “… the one girl in CS …”

        Please explain “”CS”.  It does not compute.

        • Opus the Poet
          Opus the Poet
          November 13, 2014 at 3:54 pm | #

          Computer Sciences

  42. David Alexander McDonald
    David Alexander McDonald
    November 13, 2014 at 1:11 am | #

    I don’t know what it is, but red-headed girls can belch the paint off of battleships. Even the tiny ones. I have retired from the belching world because of this.

    • Orangey
      Orangey
      November 13, 2014 at 2:08 am | #

      Haha, I don’t know about that dude, I’m pretty terrible at it!

  43. Coco
    Coco
    November 13, 2014 at 1:25 am | #

    Becky just gave me the biggest Whyboner.

    • Rutee
      Rutee
      November 13, 2014 at 3:23 am | #

      I may regret asking, but what is a ‘whyboner’.

      • OnyxIdol
        OnyxIdol
        November 13, 2014 at 4:54 am | #

        I presume a boner that confuses you and makes you go “Whyyyyyy”

      • What was the question again?
        What was the question again?
        November 13, 2014 at 7:50 am | #

        boners can be classified into three major order; the Whyboners (bonerquerum), the IKnowThatBoners (bonerfamiliarus) and the wtfboner (bonerfromU2).

        The wtfboner is probably the most contentious of the orders, originally classified as just extreme cases of bonerquerum, it is currently considered to in fact consist of two seperate orders, the wtfboner for boners that defy all reason and logic and good taste, and the wellyoucouldhavetoldmesoonerboner (bonerqueerum) for cases of surprise sexual awakenings.

      • Deanatay
        Deanatay
        November 13, 2014 at 8:54 am | #

        It’s like, “I have the weirdest boner right now. WHYYYYY?”

  44. Intie
    Intie
    November 13, 2014 at 1:37 am | #

    I’d choose mcnuggets over Dorothy any day

  45. Hoboturtle
    Hoboturtle
    November 13, 2014 at 1:47 am | #

    Wait, the fans only just started constructing the BeckyJoyce ship. It’s not ready for navy combat!

    • Arkadi
      Arkadi
      November 13, 2014 at 3:35 pm | #

      Sucks to be it, then.

  46. Poskie
    Poskie
    November 13, 2014 at 1:53 am | #

    Walky… grab a (rebound) piece of that freckled ass.

  47. A5PECT
    A5PECT
    November 13, 2014 at 2:02 am | #

    What was that about failing upwards, Walky?

  48. zebrathinker
    zebrathinker
    November 13, 2014 at 2:12 am | #

    i don’t ship it per se because Walky and Dorothy are like the BEST

    but Walky and Becky becoming unlikely pals in a way that hilariously contrasts his attitude toward Joyce? yes pls.

    • Aolbain
      Aolbain
      November 13, 2014 at 10:15 am | #

      OK yeah I prefer this scenario

      • timemonkey
        timemonkey
        November 13, 2014 at 2:57 pm | #

        Plus Joyce’s reaction should be priceless.

        • Aolbain
          Aolbain
          November 13, 2014 at 4:41 pm | #

          Poor Joyce, all her friends likes Walky.

  49. Aolbain
    Aolbain
    November 13, 2014 at 2:14 am | #

    Ehrm

    http://www.dumbingofage.com/2014/comic/book-5/01-when-somebody-loved-me/surprise/#comment-340967

    • ShaggyDonahugh
      ShaggyDonahugh
      November 13, 2014 at 2:37 am | #

      Wow.

    • Kim
      Kim
      November 13, 2014 at 6:19 am | #

      who are you, Aolbain? Willis in disguise? from the future? tell’s!

      • Aolbain
        Aolbain
        November 13, 2014 at 4:38 pm | #

        Why not both?

    • saltchocolate
      saltchocolate
      November 13, 2014 at 8:59 am | #

      I’m impressed. And you went there before seeing them side by side in matching hoodie-n-shorts outfits!

    • cesium133
      cesium133
      November 13, 2014 at 9:15 am | #

      Reading that, I’m thinking Roborat is right. Only an alien in a Becky suit could burp that well.

  50. Ruck Bogers
    Ruck Bogers
    November 13, 2014 at 2:34 am | #

    Well, I think I may be in love.
    Dammit, Willis.

  51. Rutee
    Rutee
    November 13, 2014 at 2:37 am | #

    I don’t think you’re over yet, Wally. I mean, Dotty’s pretty level headed. But it’s not a good thing if she doesn’t feel like talking to you, specifically, right now!

  52. Waffle
    Waffle
    November 13, 2014 at 2:40 am | #

    Oh shit! We were all worried about Ruth and Billie, it was all a ruse. This is where all the sadness happens. You cheeky brilliant bastard.

  53. XMinusOne
    XMinusOne
    November 13, 2014 at 2:45 am | #

    AHAHAHAHA! Becky, you devil, you. Puttin’ Caramel Boy in the shade like that. Next thing you’ll be sharin’ a box of McNuggets and breakin’ poor Joyce’s heart.

    Now I wanna hear Aaaa … Eeee … Iiii … Oooo .. Uuuuu … urp!

  54. CianM1301
    CianM1301
    November 13, 2014 at 3:23 am | #

    …I don’t like where this is going…

  55. zmm
    zmm
    November 13, 2014 at 3:25 am | #

    I’m pretty fond of Becky honestly..

    I’m kinda waiting for the other shoe….

    Also Walky don’t jump to conclusions on your gf yet brah

  56. heavvymetalqueen
    heavvymetalqueen
    November 13, 2014 at 3:25 am | #

    Good Becky, she knows the status of Burp Champion is something that must be defended at all times *former high school Burp Champion*

  57. Chase
    Chase
    November 13, 2014 at 3:40 am | #

    The author is clearly shipping these two pretty hard.

    • saltchocolate
      saltchocolate
      November 13, 2014 at 9:00 am | #

      I saw what you did there, Chase.

  58. Zaxares
    Zaxares
    November 13, 2014 at 3:52 am | #

    … “Here comes a new challenger!”

    For Walky’s heart.

  59. ATN
    ATN
    November 13, 2014 at 3:55 am | #

    A challenger appears!

  60. skdk
    skdk
    November 13, 2014 at 4:44 am | #

    Dont tell me they will fall in love

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      November 13, 2014 at 3:34 pm | #

      It aint love until toys are thrown in the FAAAAACE!

  61. maxlines
    maxlines
    November 13, 2014 at 5:56 am | #

    Boy, he gives up easy, don’t he?

  62. Shadow12000
    Shadow12000
    November 13, 2014 at 5:57 am | #

    Uh oh

  63. Swoop
    Swoop
    November 13, 2014 at 5:58 am | #

    She’s gay. Walky has never been more turned on in his life, but this will go nowhere. Shipping will only lead to disappointment.

    • Disloyal Subject
      Disloyal Subject
      November 13, 2014 at 8:24 pm | #

      Ah, perfect. All the cuteness of the discussed ships with all the drama too, and a Willis-sized scoop of tragedy.

  64. Lume
    Lume
    November 13, 2014 at 6:09 am | #

    SHE HAS THE SAL ACCENT

  65. What was the question again?
    What was the question again?
    November 13, 2014 at 6:46 am | #

    Oh shit, Joyce has unleashed a semen demon upon the dorm!

    • Aolbain
      Aolbain
      November 13, 2014 at 6:58 am | #

      A what?

      • APersonAmI
        APersonAmI
        November 13, 2014 at 4:21 pm | #

        A Demon of, or by, the seeds that make babies when combined with a womb, in the case of human reproduction.

        No, I do not understand it, either.

  66. stevecharb
    stevecharb
    November 13, 2014 at 8:03 am | #

    Walky reconsiders his “Dorothy is the best possible girlfriend” position

  67. Darwin
    Darwin
    November 13, 2014 at 8:22 am | #

    It’s official. Becky is the total package.

  68. Malchus
    Malchus
    November 13, 2014 at 8:34 am | #

    This isn’t a ship, it’s a damned u-boat. It just up and surfaced when no one was expecting it.

    • Fred
      Fred
      November 13, 2014 at 8:47 am | #

      Ship?
      Ship.

      • Arkadi
        Arkadi
        November 13, 2014 at 3:38 pm | #

        Shippety shippety ship.

  69. Deanatay
    Deanatay
    November 13, 2014 at 9:02 am | #

    LET ME SING YOU THE SONG OF MY PEOPLE

  70. Regalli
    Regalli
    November 13, 2014 at 9:07 am | #

    … ALL BY HIMSEEEE- wait, what.

  71. Dumbmessage
    Dumbmessage
    November 13, 2014 at 10:11 am | #

    Shiping? Shiping.Yes. Wacht itch Dorochy.

  72. Joe
    Joe
    November 13, 2014 at 10:48 am | #

    Walky. One argument doesn’t mean the relationship’s over.
    Just give her a little bit of time, and don’t fuck it up when you talk to her again.

    • Killjoy
      Killjoy
      November 13, 2014 at 2:05 pm | #

      He should tell her the same thing he said to Billie in the last panel yesterday.

  73. OmegaDez
    OmegaDez
    November 13, 2014 at 10:48 am | #

    I know a girl who burps like that.
    Then she still complains when I burp or when I fart.

  74. Bill M.
    Bill M.
    November 13, 2014 at 11:00 am | #

    Just great, I have the weirdest boner right now.

    Seriously, though, I think this moves Becky up close to my second favorite college girl right now, just behind Dina. If only Dina burped like that would Becky be out of the running for me.

  75. Robert
    Robert
    November 13, 2014 at 11:14 am | #

    haha walky’s face in panel 4: “D-Did that girl just burp in my FACE?!?!? EWWWWWWwwwwww!!!”

    • Arkadi
      Arkadi
      November 13, 2014 at 3:38 pm | #

      FAAAAAAAAACE.

  76. Em
    Em
    November 13, 2014 at 11:33 am | #

    Aw man I hope Becky and Walky become friends! 😀

  77. Raznaak
    Raznaak
    November 13, 2014 at 1:42 pm | #

    She reminds me of one of my girl friend. Up to now, nobody ever beat her in a burping contest. NOBODY.

    • Raznaak
      Raznaak
      November 13, 2014 at 1:42 pm | #

      And she’s a gamer chick too.

  78. Willoughby Chase
    Willoughby Chase
    November 13, 2014 at 1:49 pm | #

    Woody Allen has common smelling as the courtship ritual. In this universe, belching is the preferred signifier for attraction.

  79. gwalla
    gwalla
    November 13, 2014 at 3:45 pm | #

    Oh. My. God.
    Becky, listen to that burp.

  80. Sir Robin
    Sir Robin
    November 13, 2014 at 4:31 pm | #

    What’s that on the horizon? Is that a … new ship?

  81. Vangeln
    Vangeln
    November 13, 2014 at 5:56 pm | #

    ‘Also I hafta belittle my girlfriend’s declaration of love.’

  82. mrmudkip
    mrmudkip
    November 13, 2014 at 6:46 pm | #

    I ship it. Sorry, Dorothy

  83. Disloyal Subject
    Disloyal Subject
    November 13, 2014 at 8:25 pm | #

    Boy did I pick the wrong day to show up late. This is glorious.

  84. Tess
    Tess
    November 13, 2014 at 8:38 pm | #

    That was my first thought too!

  85. Deathhead
    Deathhead
    November 13, 2014 at 9:20 pm | #

    Is that the same look he gave Dorothy when he first fell for her?

  86. ninja_jesus
    ninja_jesus
    November 13, 2014 at 11:18 pm | #

    New best friend!

  87. Roborat
    Roborat
    November 14, 2014 at 3:13 pm | #

    Marlon Perkins: “Shhh, quite everybody. Here we have the shy and elusive red hooded nerdmouse, in it’s natural environment. Be quiet, we don’t want to spook it. And there is it’s mating call. And look! Look! A female has responded. Also take note that this is one of the few species where the female plumage is more colourful than the male.”

  88. Vree
    Vree
    November 19, 2014 at 5:22 am | #

    Okay now I’m trying to come up with Walky pairings that all result in funny kid names that can be in spin off or something.

    Ruth + Walky = Rocky
    Becky + Walky = Backy & Wacky (the twins!)
    Sarah + Walky = Sacky
    Dorothy + Walky = Docky
    Dina + Walky = Ducky
    Mike – Walky = Mocky
    Carla + Walky = Cackly

    Pairings with Conquest or Faz have NSFW names.

    Also nothing results in Packy?…

  89. JA
    JA
    November 28, 2014 at 2:54 am | #

    Wow, here at first I thought Walky belched and then cracked a massive fart.

  90. Bernardo Arteaga
    Bernardo Arteaga
    October 11, 2015 at 10:15 am | #

    I thought he was farting on that second to last panel. Took me a while to figure out it was somebody else

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