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September 28, 2023

Wakeup call

by David M Willis on August 31, 2015 at 12:01 am
  • 01 - To Those Who'd Ground Me

└ Tags: becky, joyce, sal

Discussion (241) ¬

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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    August 31, 2015 at 12:01 am | #

    Sal killed the brain cells that remembered being choked when Joyce did that last time

    • evan
      evan
      August 31, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

      Yeah, but that doesn’t explain her forgetting “The Twins”.

      • -Sentinel-
        -Sentinel-
        August 31, 2015 at 12:07 am | #

        Nobody would ever forget “the Twins”. Even mind-wiped Joyce from It’s Walky! would remember the Twins, had she seen them.

        Fact: If you save a picture of the Twins on your computer, you cannot delete it. Ever.

        • Doctor_Who
          Doctor_Who
          August 31, 2015 at 12:09 am | #

          I think it’s more that your computer won’t want to delete it. That would be desecrating a work of art.

          • Disloyal Subject
            Disloyal Subject
            August 31, 2015 at 12:13 am | #

            Well, they said “you cannot delete it,” implying that the human is responsible. I know I wouldn’t want to delete my Sal folder even if it didn’t have something of the twins.
            Be pretty impressive if the could override machine logic, though.

    • Durandal_1707
      Durandal_1707
      August 31, 2015 at 12:05 am | #

      I’m probably forgetting something. When did Joyce do this before?

      • John
        John
        August 31, 2015 at 12:07 am | #

        Last Sunday.

        • Mr. Random
          Mr. Random
          August 31, 2015 at 12:31 am | #

          Just to be clear, it took two whole years here.
          To move forward one week in the there.

          • John
            John
            August 31, 2015 at 1:31 am | #

            Hey, we’re still a couple months shy of two whole years, and it’s Monday now, so it’s been a week and a day.

            • Mr. Random
              Mr. Random
              August 31, 2015 at 3:04 am | #

              But just to be totally clear, we’ve gone through two books since then, right?

              • leftwingfox
                leftwingfox
                August 31, 2015 at 10:53 am | #

                I wonder what the psychological impact would be if David used the in-universe date as a chapter marker. New readers would see “Monday, September 29”, go through six weeks worth of drama and angst, then suddenly see “Tuesday, September 30”.

              • John
                John
                August 31, 2015 at 9:03 pm | #

                Yeah, the previous strangulation was the first strip of Book Four. This’ll be the first strip of Book Six.

          • GanymedeanOutlaw
            GanymedeanOutlaw
            August 31, 2015 at 1:02 pm | #

            I wonder what the slowest ratio of real time:comic time is.

            Dumbing of Age would be around 5 years:1 month, about 60 times slower than real time

            I’m not really sure when Move-in Day starts though, but I’d guess it’s near the end of august.

            • John
              John
              August 31, 2015 at 1:22 pm | #

              My candidate for that title is Grrl Power, which, after five years, has finally gotten to the second day of a flashback to several months before the first few pages, thus having made negative progress.

              • Roborat
                Roborat
                August 31, 2015 at 3:27 pm | #

                Between Failures would also be a candidate, taking over 300 pages to cover one day. However it updates daily, so depends how you measure it, pages or chronological time.

                • John
                  John
                  August 31, 2015 at 9:01 pm | #

                  I think it’s picked up speed since then, though. Though I have to admit being not entirely clear on how much time has passed since that first day.

                  Freefall is also legendarily slow. Both Between Failures and Freefall have been making steady, if slow, forward progress, though. At its current rate, it’s going to be many years before Grrl Power catches back up to where it started.

                • Maveric1984
                  Maveric1984
                  August 31, 2015 at 10:14 pm | #

                  Between Failures is only MWF now.

                  I really hope Jackie gets well soon…

                • Roborat
                  Roborat
                  September 1, 2015 at 2:43 pm | #

                  Don’t know how I forgot that it has been MWF for a while now.

        • Durandal_1707
          Durandal_1707
          August 31, 2015 at 3:40 am | #

          Thanks for the link. I gotta ask, though, what the heck was Joyce doing in Sal’s room in that strip, anyway?

          I looked back and forward quite a ways from that strip in the storyline, and I still can’t seem to figure it out.

          • Lord Stoneheart
            Lord Stoneheart
            August 31, 2015 at 6:42 am | #

            http://www.dumbingofage.com/2013/comic/book-4/01-the-only-dope-for-me-is-you/supercool

            She wanted to ask for a ride on Sal’s motorcycle because she thought that disobeying her parents made her a rebel and thus cool enough for the bike. (Alas, motorcycles are only for people who can say fuck).

            • Durandal_1707
              Durandal_1707
              September 1, 2015 at 12:11 am | #

              How’d she get *in* there, though? Does Sal leave her door unlocked while she sleeps?

      • Mada
        Mada
        August 31, 2015 at 12:09 am | #

        Poof!

    • Explosions
      Explosions
      August 31, 2015 at 12:34 am | #

      If I was Sal I wouldn’t be chocking I’d be punching them in the face. NO ONE INTERRUPTS MY SLEEP!!!!! NO ONE!!!!!

      • inqntrol
        inqntrol
        August 31, 2015 at 1:21 am | #

        SHUT YOUR FAAAACES!!

      • Gordon
        Gordon
        August 31, 2015 at 9:22 am | #

        Punching is only a deterrent. It can be rationalized around.

        Choking them to death ensures they won’t ever disrupt her sleep again.

      • TrueVCU
        TrueVCU
        August 31, 2015 at 11:34 am | #

        YOU SHOULD HAVE LET ME SLEEEEEEEP

      • Screwball
        Screwball
        August 31, 2015 at 10:47 pm | #

        I heard Daniel the Human has had both a puppy & his younger-at-the-time little Sister jump over him to try & wake him. all he does is roll over, grab them, drag them in & snuggle with them. So I tried it. HE DOES NOT LET GO! THERE IS NO ESCAPE!! NOT UNTIL HE WAKEs UP!! And then he has solid things near his bed which hurt…

        His Mother on the other hand flails around when woken. That hurts too…

        …Add to that the freaky fact Daniel the Human sleeps with his eyes open…

        …I just let him sleep now…

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      August 31, 2015 at 4:06 am | #

      This is probably just meant to be a running joke but I can’t help but wonder exactly what happened to Sal that her first instinct, upon waking and finding someone leaning over her, is to attack them.

      Oh, wait! I forgot! She went to an all-girls boarding school! Yeah, she probably learnt the hard way that no-one should be allowed near your sleeping area lest you be pranked half-way to death!

      • Ana Chronistic
        Ana Chronistic
        August 31, 2015 at 9:38 pm | #

        stank breath prolly doesn’t help

  2. inqntrol
    inqntrol
    August 31, 2015 at 12:01 am | #

    2 for the price of one.

    • begbert
      begbert
      August 31, 2015 at 1:49 am | #

      They just need to get three people to wake her up at once! Then they’ll be fine! Or a third fine!

  3. liahansen
    liahansen
    August 31, 2015 at 12:01 am | #

    and just like that, everything dina loved was extinct

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      August 31, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

      Again? That’s the second time in 65 million years. What rotten luck.

      • nothri
        nothri
        August 31, 2015 at 12:26 am | #

        In two universes no less.

        • ThatMadCat
          ThatMadCat
          August 31, 2015 at 12:42 am | #

          Aww you made me remember sad things.

          • nothri
            nothri
            August 31, 2015 at 2:25 am | #

            Sorry. It was the best I could do.

            • JonRich
              JonRich
              August 31, 2015 at 8:00 am | #

              Oh, man, that was the best thing you could have said. Man, tears in my eyes this early in the morning…

          • John
            John
            August 31, 2015 at 1:33 pm | #

            If it makes you feel better, Willis has declared this Walkyverse canon.

            • Opus the Poet
              Opus the Poet
              August 31, 2015 at 7:18 pm | #

              Except Becky is shooting with the hand she needs to be using on the throttle. Dina needs to shoot while Becky does the driving. Dina can hold on with one hand and shoot with the other.

            • Bicycle Bill
              Bicycle Bill
              August 31, 2015 at 8:39 pm | #

              So this means that soggies may *NOT* rule?

              • John
                John
                August 31, 2015 at 9:10 pm | #

                I dunno, my theory is that Soggies rule, do a pretty good job of it actually, and Sogmaster gets statues erected in his honor for his vital role in repelling the Martian invasion.

                … has anyone else noticed that the Walkyverse is maybe kind of weird?

                • Screwball
                  Screwball
                  August 31, 2015 at 10:58 pm | #

                  Kind of?

            • Deanatay
              Deanatay
              August 31, 2015 at 9:44 pm | #

              Adventures In Soggybusting!

  4. Mada
    Mada
    August 31, 2015 at 12:01 am | #

    This choke never gets old 🙂

    • otusasio451
      otusasio451
      August 31, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

      Oh…oh-HO…ISEEWHATYOUDIDTHERE

      • Darkoneko
        Darkoneko
        August 31, 2015 at 12:13 am | #

        ho ho ho

    • Cephalo the Pod
      Cephalo the Pod
      August 31, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

      How fucking dare you.

      • Mada
        Mada
        August 31, 2015 at 12:10 am | #

        I make no apologies 🙂

        • Disloyal Subject
          Disloyal Subject
          August 31, 2015 at 12:34 am | #

          Nor should you. That was an excellent pun.

    • inqntrol
      inqntrol
      August 31, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

      ,,claps”

    • JessWitt
      JessWitt
      August 31, 2015 at 12:15 am | #

      Plus one to you!

    • nothri
      nothri
      August 31, 2015 at 12:28 am | #

      See, its funny cause she made it sound like she was saying “this joke never gets old” but instead of ‘joke’ she said ‘choke’ cause Sal is straggling them in the comic.

      • inqntrol
        inqntrol
        August 31, 2015 at 12:34 am | #

        Which means the choke’s one them

      • Disloyal Subject
        Disloyal Subject
        August 31, 2015 at 12:34 am | #

        …oh fuck you.
        Give yourself a cookie, because for some reason I was compelled to read that whole thing even once I could guess it.

        • nothri
          nothri
          August 31, 2015 at 12:39 am | #

          I am relieved I could help.

          • DSL
            DSL
            August 31, 2015 at 8:09 am | #

            “straggling”? — I love correcting pedants.

            • nothri
              nothri
              August 31, 2015 at 2:19 pm | #

              I resent that. I’m just making the joke better by explaining it. That’s always a thing that happens. Totally.

              • Clif
                Clif
                August 31, 2015 at 2:41 pm | #

                Now make the choke better.

                • Amazi-Stool
                  Amazi-Stool
                  August 31, 2015 at 4:28 pm | #

                  There’s already a patent for that; but doing it is the responsibility of otusasio451.
                  Because apparently you need at least one cylinder!

                • Opus the Poet
                  Opus the Poet
                  August 31, 2015 at 7:29 pm | #

                  Like this? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choke_(firearms)

    • MeyerFTW
      MeyerFTW
      August 31, 2015 at 12:46 am | #

      Clever girl

    • Jackson
      Jackson
      August 31, 2015 at 2:03 am | #

      This gag never gets old.

      • Xakthul
        Xakthul
        August 31, 2015 at 9:12 am | #

        Until you try to jugular more than one of ’em

        • Ana Chronistic
          Ana Chronistic
          August 31, 2015 at 9:40 pm | #

          Gag puns really take your breath away

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      August 31, 2015 at 9:47 pm | #

      Shouldn’t it be, ‘this choke never gets hold’? Ya know, ‘choke’ ‘hold’?

      Have we beaten this joke enough? It should do what we say now. Now, get it up. I need it to carry my baggage.

  5. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    August 31, 2015 at 12:01 am | #

    What a terrible way for Becky to discover she’s into this sort of thing.

    Or, as Cheryl Tunt would say, “Sploosh”.

    • gkheyf
      gkheyf
      August 31, 2015 at 12:09 am | #

      dina will have to adapt quickly to keep up with this

    • Tobias
      Tobias
      August 31, 2015 at 4:29 am | #

      Sal likely being mostly naked at the moment does not help matters.

      • HMRC4EVR
        HMRC4EVR
        August 31, 2015 at 9:52 am | #

        For some reason I don’t think Becky will mind.

    • Marc in MN
      Marc in MN
      August 31, 2015 at 11:26 pm | #

      Becky: “You got another one in ya?….”

  6. Safgaftsa
    Safgaftsa
    August 31, 2015 at 12:01 am | #

    Oh right, that’s why!

  7. otusasio451
    otusasio451
    August 31, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    SAL UNIT HAS EXITED SLEEP MODE. DESTROYDESTROYDESTROYDESTROY

    • Darkoneko
      Darkoneko
      August 31, 2015 at 12:24 am | #

      EXTERMINATE !

    • Boop
      Boop
      August 31, 2015 at 8:49 pm | #

      Crush kill destroy swag

  8. Too Old To Be Cool
    Too Old To Be Cool
    August 31, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    Some folks are just not morning people.

    • gkheyf
      gkheyf
      August 31, 2015 at 12:09 am | #

      while others grab the morning by the throat! carpe diem! seize the carp!

      • Ana Chronistic
        Ana Chronistic
        August 31, 2015 at 12:13 am | #

        turns out “seize the throat” is carpe iugulo

        • Disloyal Subject
          Disloyal Subject
          August 31, 2015 at 12:15 am | #

          Good old Pratchett.

        • Badeyes
          Badeyes
          August 31, 2015 at 12:16 am | #

          Hay! a new catch phrase!

          • Badeyes
            Badeyes
            August 31, 2015 at 12:26 am | #

            Though Mr. Pratchett and several arguments indicate that Carpe Jugulum is most appropriate translation for ‘seize the throat”. But that makes it too easy to decipher and not nearly as interesting.
            dang

            • electromagneticDestroyosaur
              electromagneticDestroyosaur
              August 31, 2015 at 12:51 am | #

              Except that the letter J didn’t exist, so iugulum it is.

        • inqntrol
          inqntrol
          August 31, 2015 at 12:20 am | #

          Wasn’t it jugulum?

          • Disloyal Subject
            Disloyal Subject
            August 31, 2015 at 12:24 am | #

            Yup.

            • Badeyes
              Badeyes
              August 31, 2015 at 12:28 am | #

              Ok, I’m just horribly slow on the response typy thing tonight. Obviously it’s time for bed

            • StClair
              StClair
              August 31, 2015 at 1:01 am | #

              “But in Latin, Jehovah starts with an ‘I’.”

              • OnyxIdol
                OnyxIdol
                August 31, 2015 at 8:11 am | #

                I totally thought the same thing.

  9. Chaotick
    Chaotick
    August 31, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

    Font change! That’s a font change! You can’t fool me!

    • JessWitt
      JessWitt
      August 31, 2015 at 12:14 am | #

      It looks font-astic.

      • Sambo
        Sambo
        August 31, 2015 at 5:57 pm | #

        Personally, I preferred the old fontshioned one

    • nothri
      nothri
      August 31, 2015 at 12:30 am | #

      A full fontal assault, no less.

  10. Cephalo the Pod
    Cephalo the Pod
    August 31, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

    HOORAY! CHOKING!!!

  11. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    August 31, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

    Joyce told Becky Sal sleeps in the buff, Mickey mouse style and she had to get in on that action.

    • gkheyf
      gkheyf
      August 31, 2015 at 12:10 am | #

      too…much…action!

    • newllend(henryvolt)
      newllend(henryvolt)
      August 31, 2015 at 12:27 am | #

      Becky:did somebody say sleeping naked chick? I’m in.

      • Disloyal Subject
        Disloyal Subject
        August 31, 2015 at 12:32 am | #

        It’ll be interesting to see how or if that changes now that she & Dina are an item.

        • Mada
          Mada
          August 31, 2015 at 9:20 am | #

          “Look I’ve got a girlfriend now and everything, but dang, if I didn’t I’d wanna be all over that!”

          Sal’s still to groggy to understand it.

          Joyce is blushingly horrified.

  12. Frogboy
    Frogboy
    August 31, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

    Given that it’s been established that Sal sleeps topless, I’m sure Becky regards this as a small price to pay for the privilege of waking her up.

    • inqntrol
      inqntrol
      August 31, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

      Topless? Wasn’t it,Garden of Eden style?

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        August 31, 2015 at 12:11 am | #

        Where does she get the figleaves? Does she wash them, or are they disposable and she gets new ones every night? And does the use spirit gum to hold them on, or velcro?

      • Disloyal Subject
        Disloyal Subject
        August 31, 2015 at 12:29 am | #

        Naw, she wears undies.

        • inqntrol
          inqntrol
          August 31, 2015 at 12:44 am | #

          Ahh,here is the thing whith Garden of Eden style.

          • Screwball
            Screwball
            August 31, 2015 at 11:07 pm | #

            Yeah, Gonna be interesting to see Becky’s reaction to Sal’s Micky Mouse sleeping wardrobe…

    • John
      John
      August 31, 2015 at 12:09 am | #

      Becky’s last words: “Rrrrrrkkk.. totally… worth… it….”

      • gkheyf
        gkheyf
        August 31, 2015 at 12:10 am | #

        lifewithoutboobsisnolifeatalliregretnothing!!!

      • Rabid Rabbit
        Rabid Rabbit
        August 31, 2015 at 12:37 am | #

        “Dina’s…great…but kinda…flat…worth it…and these are…totally dinosaur noises…I’m making…rrrrrkkkk.”

    • Michael Steamweed
      Michael Steamweed
      August 31, 2015 at 12:10 am | #

      So take a choke in exchange for a glimpse of the twins?

      Okay, yeah, that’s a fair tradeoff. 😀

      • Disloyal Subject
        Disloyal Subject
        August 31, 2015 at 12:16 am | #

        Many would consider it win/win.

        • Screwball
          Screwball
          August 31, 2015 at 11:08 pm | #

          I see what you did there…

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      August 31, 2015 at 12:12 am | #

      It’s all about perspective.

  13. Twilightomens
    Twilightomens
    August 31, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

    Look at Becky’s sunny good morning face.

    • Opus the Poet
      Opus the Poet
      August 31, 2015 at 1:26 am | #

      As a not-morning person I would do the same thing if my impulse control wasn’t so good.

  14. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    August 31, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

    Ooh, is this storyline’s title a reference to defying Gravity (AKA “Let it Go” take one)?

    • Edupoet81
      Edupoet81
      August 31, 2015 at 12:21 am | #

      Seems to be! Also, the next storyline title (starting late November) seems to be a reference to “Let it Go.” I’ve been listening to “Defying Gravity” a bunch in the days since I made the connection. I had mentioned in the comment section of a previous comic that it probably doesn’t bode well that the title of this storyline comes from a song that ends in a witch-hunt. There’s that, and the fact that this storyline starts with strangling.

  15. Stephen R. Bierce
    Stephen R. Bierce
    August 31, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

    *plays the Beatles “Good Morning Good Morning” on the Muzak*
    (Or perhaps I use the Bee Gees version from the Sgt. Pepper’s movie?)

    • Darkoneko
      Darkoneko
      August 31, 2015 at 12:15 am | #

      You say goodbye~ I say hello, hello, HELLO !

      • Stephen R. Bierce
        Stephen R. Bierce
        August 31, 2015 at 12:48 am | #

        Yes sir no sir–Don’t come closer!

  16. otusasio451
    otusasio451
    August 31, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

    Sal finds their lack of faith…disturbing.

    • inqntrol
      inqntrol
      August 31, 2015 at 12:06 am | #

      More like irritating.

    • gkheyf
      gkheyf
      August 31, 2015 at 12:12 am | #

      feel the force emanating from her gloves! hokey religions are no match for a good morning strangle

    • StClair
      StClair
      August 31, 2015 at 1:02 am | #

      That was my thought as well.

    • TheGrammarLegionary
      TheGrammarLegionary
      August 31, 2015 at 3:35 am | #

      Ironic, seeing as Joyce is usually the one disturbed by others’ lack of faith…

  17. detective boomwolf
    detective boomwolf
    August 31, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

    Ya done woke the bear ladies. Never wake the bear.

    • Mada
      Mada
      August 31, 2015 at 12:19 am | #

      Especially when the bear is bare.

      • Opus the Poet
        Opus the Poet
        August 31, 2015 at 1:05 am | #

        Nope the bear is wearing underwear (and gloves, the Mickey Mouse ensemble).

        • Mada
          Mada
          August 31, 2015 at 9:23 am | #

          Even if some clothes are there
          Enough’s not covered by underwear
          ,Enough no doubt for the lesbian prayer
          And so she remains adequately bare

  18. Cody
    Cody
    August 31, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

    FINISH THEM.

    • gkheyf
      gkheyf
      August 31, 2015 at 12:12 am | #

      flawless victory! double kill!

      • inqntrol
        inqntrol
        August 31, 2015 at 8:15 am | #

        Friendship!FRIENDSHIP?!

  19. Doctor Doom
    Doctor Doom
    August 31, 2015 at 12:06 am | #

    Those young women should know better than to wake up a sleeping Sal.

    Only Doom would dare to do so… with the Power Cosmic. On a good day. MAYBE.

    • otusasio451
      otusasio451
      August 31, 2015 at 12:09 am | #

      So, uh…what brings the dictato-LEADER of Latveria to an American webcomic this late at night. I feel like you have better things to do. Your Highness. Please don’t murder my face.

      • inqntrol
        inqntrol
        August 31, 2015 at 12:10 am | #

        Can’t a super villian enjoy some relief time to time?

      • John
        John
        August 31, 2015 at 12:11 am | #

        It’s been my theory for a long while that Doom slipped in the shower and broke his neck back in 1971. All alleged Dooms since then have just been Doombots. Even if they themselves believed otherwise.

        • otusasio451
          otusasio451
          August 31, 2015 at 12:16 am | #

          That’s…that’s awesome. Quick, John! TO THE FANFICS!!!

          DUHNUHNUHNUHNUHNUHNUHNUHNUH

          • inqntrol
            inqntrol
            August 31, 2015 at 12:31 am | #

            More like NANANANA

    • Someone
      Someone
      August 31, 2015 at 12:10 am | #

      The Avengers currently want her to join the team. Their still working up the courage to approach her. Considering making the X-Men do it.

      • inqntrol
        inqntrol
        August 31, 2015 at 12:12 am | #

        I think even Wolverine would fill a bit intimitated by Sal.

        • inqntrol
          inqntrol
          August 31, 2015 at 12:12 am | #

          *feel*

        • Lou
          Lou
          August 31, 2015 at 1:50 am | #

          Why? They’ve got the same gloves.

      • MrZombieScordo
        MrZombieScordo
        August 31, 2015 at 2:08 am | #

        Let’s hope they do it in the afternoon.

    • thebatman22
      thebatman22
      August 31, 2015 at 12:34 am | #

      Even God Doom, creator of Battleworld. Dares not to wake the mighty Sal

    • DSL
      DSL
      August 31, 2015 at 8:11 am | #

      Becky is secretly Squirrel Girl.

      • Amazi-Stool
        Amazi-Stool
        August 31, 2015 at 4:47 pm | #

        Squirrels are rare in this webcomic, but apparently they do exist! Tagged even.
        So beware, Doc Doom!

  20. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    August 31, 2015 at 12:06 am | #

    Being able to choke someone effectively with only one hand is pretty impressive. Or, at least I think it is.

    • Disloyal Subject
      Disloyal Subject
      August 31, 2015 at 12:20 am | #

      I don’t think so, but having the element of surprise does make it a lot easier. Not sure how much tougher it gets when someone tries to get free.
      The sheer surprise of suddenly having even a little pressure on one’s trachea can inspire a deer-in-the-headlights moment.

    • MrZombieScordo
      MrZombieScordo
      August 31, 2015 at 2:13 am | #

      If you can hook your thumb around the trachea and dig your fingers into the bank of the neck, not too hard. If you go for the standard choke in media where the web between your thumb and index hit the the trachea, no chance. Source: tried on myself when you asked (I didn’t press)

  21. Auroki
    Auroki
    August 31, 2015 at 12:06 am | #

    Staring the new arc off strong eh~?

  22. vlademir1
    vlademir1
    August 31, 2015 at 12:07 am | #

    I guess this means it’s too late to go back to sleep…

    • Disloyal Subject
      Disloyal Subject
      August 31, 2015 at 12:22 am | #

      Yeah, it’s probably not too likely that she just clutches them close like stuffed animals and rolls over.

    • Peep
      Peep
      August 31, 2015 at 12:22 am | #

      She’ll just have to trust her instincts on that.

    • Edupoet81
      Edupoet81
      August 31, 2015 at 12:23 am | #

      It’s time to trust her instincts, close her eyes and leap.

  23. timemonkey
    timemonkey
    August 31, 2015 at 12:07 am | #

    Yay, new story!

  24. Darkoneko
    Darkoneko
    August 31, 2015 at 12:09 am | #

    I FIND YOUR “LACK OF LETTING ME SLEEP” DISTURBING.

    • Darkoneko
      Darkoneko
      August 31, 2015 at 12:12 am | #

      Seriously tho, beware of Sal, she sleeps dressed like Mickey Mouse.

  25. LeslieBean4Shizzle
    LeslieBean4Shizzle
    August 31, 2015 at 12:10 am | #

    … and that was the first time I died. /husky voice

    • Tacos
      Tacos
      August 31, 2015 at 12:33 am | #

      “First time”?

      • Opus the Poet
        Opus the Poet
        August 31, 2015 at 1:07 am | #

        Well, yeah. Us unkillable badasses just keep coming back to life.

      • LeslieBean4Shizzle
        LeslieBean4Shizzle
        August 31, 2015 at 10:37 am | #

        A running gag from Canadian sketch comedy team Loading Ready Run. Obscure reference for the win.

        • Nightsbridge
          Nightsbridge
          August 31, 2015 at 6:21 pm | #

          “Hey, Russel here!”

  26. tim gueguen
    tim gueguen
    August 31, 2015 at 12:10 am | #

    IN THE NEXT EPISODE OF DUMBING OF AGE:

    Marcie(signing at Sal): Dammit, you promised me no more bodies to get rid of!

  27. Jenny
    Jenny
    August 31, 2015 at 12:11 am | #

    Aw… Put your tongues back in or you’ll get really hurt by biting them once you close your mouths ;-;

    • Darkoneko
      Darkoneko
      August 31, 2015 at 12:16 am | #

      “Now kiss”

  28. Victor Riley
    Victor Riley
    August 31, 2015 at 12:11 am | #

    Oh yeah, that’s why.

  29. JessWitt
    JessWitt
    August 31, 2015 at 12:12 am | #

    Yay, new font! I like it.

  30. Bagge
    Bagge
    August 31, 2015 at 12:13 am | #

    Rejoyce! There are two Joyce now.

    • nightsbridge
      nightsbridge
      August 31, 2015 at 6:33 pm | #

      …i just now got this pun, you beautiful monster.

      • Bagge
        Bagge
        September 1, 2015 at 5:05 am | #

        …I may have saved that one since Christmas….

  31. Badeyes
    Badeyes
    August 31, 2015 at 12:13 am | #

    Maybe the best first page of a new book ever.

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      August 31, 2015 at 2:32 am | #

      Is it just me, or would this also have worked as the end of Book 5?

      • saltchocolate
        saltchocolate
        August 31, 2015 at 2:45 am | #

        Only if Joyce & Becky were unconscious by the end of the strip.

  32. Professor Fate
    Professor Fate
    August 31, 2015 at 12:18 am | #

    The Good Morning Girls have reached Sal’s choke point. It can only get better from here.

  33. Disloyal Subject
    Disloyal Subject
    August 31, 2015 at 12:23 am | #

    Oh, good. Becky-related deja vu will continue past Book 5.

  34. newllend(henryvolt)
    newllend(henryvolt)
    August 31, 2015 at 12:25 am | #

    Now do an undertaker choke slam on them both.

  35. Derek
    Derek
    August 31, 2015 at 12:30 am | #

    Am I the only one who doesn’t find this funny but rather aggravating and invasive? I’m really with Sal on this one: going into my room while I’m sleeping and watching my face while I’m unconscious is asking to get punched/choked.

    • newllend(henryvolt)
      newllend(henryvolt)
      August 31, 2015 at 12:37 am | #

      https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HaBfBtGT6VE

  36. nothri
    nothri
    August 31, 2015 at 12:31 am | #

    Becky: See Sal’s boobs….get murdered…Sal’s boobs….get murdered…boobs….murder….boobs…murder….eh. Its been a full life.

    • newllend(henryvolt)
      newllend(henryvolt)
      August 31, 2015 at 12:39 am | #

      Becky: *in the afterlife* worth it.

  37. nothri
    nothri
    August 31, 2015 at 12:33 am | #

    Also, I’ve named panel 3 “So close and yet so far 2: Revenge of Proximity Distance.”

  38. Packy
    Packy
    August 31, 2015 at 12:35 am | #

    Hey, my buddy Bert is asleep!

  39. TrueVCU
    TrueVCU
    August 31, 2015 at 12:36 am | #

    Becky: totally into it

    • Rabid Rabbit
      Rabid Rabbit
      August 31, 2015 at 12:39 am | #

      Becky discovers a new fetish. Next on Slipshine, 18 pages of Becky trying to convince Dina to choke her.

      • inqntrol
        inqntrol
        August 31, 2015 at 1:38 am | #

        Erotic asphyxiation?

        • inqntrol
          inqntrol
          August 31, 2015 at 1:40 am | #

          Do not want.

          • Rabid Rabbit
            Rabid Rabbit
            August 31, 2015 at 3:47 am | #

            It’s honestly kind of fun if you know what you’re doing. And, of course, if you’re both into it.

            But yeah, if you have the faintest hint of a doubt, don’t try it.

            • TrueVCU
              TrueVCU
              August 31, 2015 at 11:34 am | #

              Luckily, Becky’s into exploring every aspect of her sexuality with utmost gusto. And hey she’ll prolly also enjoy sharing a mutual crush with Joyce.

  40. Triniking1234
    Triniking1234
    August 31, 2015 at 12:38 am | #

    Gotta keep those pimp hands strong.

    • inqntrol
      inqntrol
      August 31, 2015 at 1:41 am | #

      Pimp ‘Gloves’.

  41. Rabid Rabbit
    Rabid Rabbit
    August 31, 2015 at 12:38 am | #

    Goddammit, Sal, don’t engage in breath play with people unless you’ve cleared it with them first and are sure that everyone understands the risks.

  42. Koms
    Koms
    August 31, 2015 at 12:50 am | #

    Those uni nostrils tho..

  43. Kenjia
    Kenjia
    August 31, 2015 at 1:06 am | #

    “Hi I’m Joyce!”
    “And this is Becky.”

    “And this is JACK BUTT”

  44. Miles
    Miles
    August 31, 2015 at 1:06 am | #

    what I can’t wait is for the next comic where 3 people wake up Sal and the same thing happens.

    • Kenjia
      Kenjia
      August 31, 2015 at 1:27 am | #

      She’ll eventually use her feet and it’ll get to a point where five people try to wake her up. E’rbody will like like “she can’t get all of us-” and then she headbutts someone.

      • Gamaran Sepudomyn
        Gamaran Sepudomyn
        August 31, 2015 at 1:33 am | #

        And then six people try it and she also buttbutts someone.

        • DSL
          DSL
          August 31, 2015 at 8:13 am | #

          That would require Superheroine Comic Book levels of anatomical flexibility.

        • Mada
          Mada
          August 31, 2015 at 10:53 am | #

          So one in each hand, one with each foot, a headbutt, a buttbutt, and then Joe attempts to wake her up as well and we get an accidental motorboating.

          • Disloyal Subject
            Disloyal Subject
            August 31, 2015 at 11:21 am | #

            Her feet would have to be pinning them to the ceiling by their necks to pull off a good choke unless she’s got freakish length and dexterity in her toes, but she also has knees and elbows that can inflict harm.

    • nothri
      nothri
      August 31, 2015 at 1:45 am | #

      I think that’s when she awakens to her psychic potential and murders them all with her mind.

  45. Cerberus
    Cerberus
    August 31, 2015 at 1:44 am | #

    I find your lack of respect for sleep schedules… disturbing.

    • nothri
      nothri
      August 31, 2015 at 1:47 am | #

      I guess Cerberus kinda is the ultimate example of the guy who makes sure nobody disturbes the nappers in his vicinity.

  46. Normanstresskopf
    Normanstresskopf
    August 31, 2015 at 1:46 am | #

    Compare the alien being woken up in “Independence Day”,
    1″05ff here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8kf5HNIgwg

  47. Asper Storm
    Asper Storm
    August 31, 2015 at 2:03 am | #

    Ddddd DOUBLE KILL !!

  48. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    August 31, 2015 at 2:18 am | #

    Hello Book Six Six Six

    • inqntrol
      inqntrol
      August 31, 2015 at 2:32 am | #

      …I see what you did there,it eveb fits. They practically woke a beast,sort of.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        August 31, 2015 at 2:36 am | #

        Sal even has a ‘mark’ on her hand. ^_^

  49. Solenoid
    Solenoid
    August 31, 2015 at 2:37 am | #

    So it begins. Not the new story, no… Not the death of Sal’s patience either.

    It’s the competition for people to find what Book Six’s name will be from quotes.

  50. Kim
    Kim
    August 31, 2015 at 2:42 am | #

    Omg. Is this going to be a book where we follow Sal??! 😀
    And maybe in POV? omgomgomg, you guys! 😀

  51. Emily
    Emily
    August 31, 2015 at 3:17 am | #

    I like the lettering on this page.

  52. BenRG
    BenRG
    August 31, 2015 at 4:01 am | #

    Key learning: When waking Sal Walkerton, do so with a large mug of black coffee, hot with two sugars. She asks for little in life and it’s only fair that you try to meet her half-way! 😉 What I want to know is why Becky and Joyce are waking her up; I’m assuming maybe that she’s overslept and in danger of being late for class or something.

    So…! Looks like this will be a Sal-focus chapter, which could be interesting. Sal was one of the leading characters in It’s Walky but has had a bit more nuance in this strip.

  53. Architex
    Architex
    August 31, 2015 at 4:07 am | #

    “These hands, they thirst for necks.

  54. Sir Robin
    Sir Robin
    August 31, 2015 at 5:31 am | #

    The start of book 6? This comic could be the end of the last DoA book ever

  55. Bagge
    Bagge
    August 31, 2015 at 7:07 am | #

    You realize this is how Joyce and Becky woke each other up every sleepover their entire childhood? Plus an undisclosed number of Joyce-siblings at any given morning. ADORABLE!!!

    • nightsbridge
      nightsbridge
      August 31, 2015 at 8:39 am | #

      …Joyceline you poor, poor thing

  56. Plume
    Plume
    August 31, 2015 at 8:07 am | #

    Gee you’d think she’d remember almost dying the first time

  57. theheroesofcrash
    theheroesofcrash
    August 31, 2015 at 9:18 am | #

    I can’t help but wonder if this was a reflex; her time in prison may have taught her to always be wary of people trying to get her in her sleep…

  58. Pat Myers
    Pat Myers
    August 31, 2015 at 9:22 am | #

    Joyce is trying to off Becky so she can have Dina for herself!

    • DarkoNeko
      DarkoNeko
      August 31, 2015 at 12:05 pm | #

      an EVILutionist ?!
      Naaah.

      (Ironically, Ethan’s most probably one too)

  59. hof1991
    hof1991
    August 31, 2015 at 9:47 am | #

    Now it’s clear that Sal is ambidextrous. She can strangle people with either hand. Pretty useful considering she got stabbed in one of them while still a kid.

  60. the puniest man alive
    the puniest man alive
    August 31, 2015 at 10:55 am | #

    dina-saurus-becks

  61. Rani
    Rani
    August 31, 2015 at 12:20 pm | #

    The last arc to open like this was “The Only Dope for Me Is You.”

    That one tied w the parents weekend for the darkest and most chaotic.

    Oh goddamn.

  62. Mo
    Mo
    August 31, 2015 at 1:40 pm | #

    IT’S A TYPEFACE /dweeb

    Whose hands thirst for necks again?

  63. m2iCodeJockey
    m2iCodeJockey
    August 31, 2015 at 2:31 pm | #

    “Y’all need t’ feel the pow’r-o-the dark’sad…!”

  64. CommunistCanada
    CommunistCanada
    August 31, 2015 at 5:08 pm | #

    When did the background change to Pink?

  65. Mr. Random
    Mr. Random
    August 31, 2015 at 6:00 pm | #

    WHY IS THE BACKGROUND ORANGE?

    • David M Willis
      David M Willis
      August 31, 2015 at 6:18 pm | #

      looks the same to me, try adjusting your monitor

      • CommunistCanada
        CommunistCanada
        August 31, 2015 at 10:08 pm | #

        It’s a nice pink colour. Everything else is the same colour.

        • David M Willis
          David M Willis
          August 31, 2015 at 10:18 pm | #

          definitely a monitor issue, should probably throw yours out

          • CommunistCanada
            CommunistCanada
            September 1, 2015 at 12:14 am | #

            You sure? there’s a lot of people with the same issue.

    • WolfLann
      WolfLann
      August 31, 2015 at 8:26 pm | #

      Ah! It changed color for me too for me too.

    • Maveric1984
      Maveric1984
      August 31, 2015 at 9:36 pm | #

      Yep, I got orange too. More of a salmon actually

  66. AgentKeen
    AgentKeen
    August 31, 2015 at 6:48 pm | #

    OH NOES, THE SITE’S BEEN BECKY-FIED.

  67. Kiggy
    Kiggy
    August 31, 2015 at 8:08 pm | #

    Willis, please make the Sal-Choke a yearly tradtion XD

  68. Nobody
    Nobody
    August 31, 2015 at 8:37 pm | #

    I hope Sal doesn’t kill them.

  69. Deanatay
    Deanatay
    August 31, 2015 at 9:55 pm | #

    Sal is THE MOST INTERESTING GIRL IN THE WORLD.

    “I don’t always strangle my friends, but when I do, it’s for not letting me sleep.”

    • gkheyf
      gkheyf
      August 31, 2015 at 10:06 pm | #

      stay naked, my friends

  70. Marisa Mockery
    Marisa Mockery
    August 31, 2015 at 10:36 pm | #

    THE SITE IS ORANGE

    WHY

    X.x I liked the green….

    • Nightsbridge
      Nightsbridge
      August 31, 2015 at 11:36 pm | #

      I

      thought it was blue?

  71. Rick Robin Cagnaan
    Rick Robin Cagnaan
    August 31, 2015 at 11:52 pm | #

    Oh no, not the chokehold!

  72. Greg
    Greg
    September 1, 2015 at 9:32 am | #

    heh heh, “Wicked” reference. Closing of the 1st act is really awesome.

  73. ward Griffiths
    ward Griffiths
    September 2, 2015 at 6:22 am | #

    As Heinlein mentioned (back when I was a college freshman), “Waking a person unnecessarily should not be considered a capital crime. For a first offense, that is.”

  74. LiveWire
    LiveWire
    September 30, 2015 at 8:16 pm | #

    ♪♫ Take a message back for meeeeeeee. ♫♫♪

    • LiveWire
      LiveWire
      September 30, 2015 at 8:17 pm | #

      Sorry, that’s in response to the Chapter title.

  75. Rick Robin Cagnaan
    Rick Robin Cagnaan
    October 12, 2015 at 4:49 am | #

    Not the chokehold! Malaya did that to Lucy one time. Shortpacked, that is.

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