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September 20, 2023

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by David M Willis on June 8, 2016 at 12:01 am
  • 04 - It All Returns

└ Tags: congressional aide, robin

Discussion (362) ¬

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  1. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    June 8, 2016 at 12:01 am | #

    “No! Smarter! This calls for a monocle!”

    • Ana Chronistic
      Ana Chronistic
      June 8, 2016 at 12:02 am | #

      smarter, not smarmier

    • JustCheetoDust
      JustCheetoDust
      June 8, 2016 at 12:02 am | #

      That’s for looking rich.

      At least, that’s what Space Ghost says.

    • LOLDWELL
      LOLDWELL
      June 8, 2016 at 12:03 am | #

      And a top hat for class

      • Silamy
        Silamy
        June 8, 2016 at 12:04 am | #

        And a cane so they’ll respect you when you’re walkin’ around all fancy-like!

        • Doctor_Who
          Doctor_Who
          June 8, 2016 at 12:06 am | #

          And opera glasses! You can put the monocle on the end, so it’s not weird that you have both!

          • Tacos
            Tacos
            June 8, 2016 at 12:09 am | #

            Don’t forget one of those long cigarette holders.

            • Doctor_Who
              Doctor_Who
              June 8, 2016 at 12:12 am | #

              But then you can’t smoke a cigar, the tobacco product of choice for fancy pants folks.

              …Unless you get that thing Captain Hook had that let him smoke two cigars at once! Extra fancy!

              • Tacos
                Tacos
                June 8, 2016 at 12:35 am | #

                Might as well just chomp down on two cigars at once. It’d probably get her points with the anime/manga crowd cuz they’d think she’s trying to cosplay as Smoker from One Piece.

              • Willoughby Chase
                Willoughby Chase
                June 8, 2016 at 5:29 am | #

                I say, chaps. Steady on. Cigars *before* dinner?

              • Lurlock
                Lurlock
                June 8, 2016 at 11:39 am | #

                Cigar? Surely all of the respectable people wouldn’t be caught dead smoking anything other than a pipe. I say. Harrumph.

              • Guairdean Beatha
                Guairdean Beatha
                June 8, 2016 at 3:50 pm | #

                Hook was an amateur. http://i.imgur.com/NkyRqoo.jpg

        • Dean
          Dean
          June 8, 2016 at 12:33 am | #

          Yes, I DO want to look exactly like the Monopoly guy!! Why is this so hard for you to understand, aide?

          • Willoughby Chase
            Willoughby Chase
            June 8, 2016 at 5:30 am | #

            Putting on the Ritz!

            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZOJoV6H2UM

    • Cephalo the Pod
      Cephalo the Pod
      June 8, 2016 at 12:04 am | #

      Made of DIAMOND!

      • LOLDWELL
        LOLDWELL
        June 8, 2016 at 12:05 am | #

        While sipping tea because you gotta look fancy

    • newllend(henryvolt)
      newllend(henryvolt)
      June 8, 2016 at 12:06 am | #

      Monical’s are for the evil kind of smart person and people don’t vote for someone who’s evil…. unless you’re Trump or Clinton.

      • Tacos
        Tacos
        June 8, 2016 at 12:24 am | #

        Monocles are for popping out dramatically after witnessing something incredible.

        • CrazyJ
          CrazyJ
          June 8, 2016 at 12:27 am | #

          Get the unlubricated ones and that won’t happen.

          • icalasari
            icalasari
            June 8, 2016 at 12:39 am | #

            Be sure to be prepared

            • Roborat
              Roborat
              June 8, 2016 at 2:52 pm | #

              I was waiting for someone to make the reference. I bought the three pack.

          • Dana
            Dana
            June 8, 2016 at 2:26 am | #

            My favorite bit from the Kickstarter FAQ was the question “Are they available lubricated?” and the answer “Eww.”

        • Willoughby Chase
          Willoughby Chase
          June 8, 2016 at 5:31 am | #

          By George, he’s got it!

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      June 8, 2016 at 12:28 am | #

      Smarter than that! TWO MONOCLES!

      • Travalanche
        Travalanche
        June 8, 2016 at 3:09 am | #

        …but both on one eye, right?

        • Reltzik
          Reltzik
          June 8, 2016 at 5:50 pm | #

          Well, duh. It’s not like she actually needs corrective lenses, so the two can cancel each other out. Because SMART.

    • TheAnonymousGuy
      TheAnonymousGuy
      June 8, 2016 at 12:31 am | #

      are all of willis comics connected? if soo this could be the mid point of shortpacked where robins on Cadbury

      • 4th Dimension
        4th Dimension
        June 8, 2016 at 1:28 am | #

        They are connected as in these are same characters, but Walkyverse (of which shortpacked is a part) does not include DoA verse. Consider them alternative universes, same characters different situations. Like here DeSanto is a conservative delegate? while in Walkyverse she was liberal.

        • Shade
          Shade
          June 8, 2016 at 5:49 am | #

          Alien abduction tends to affect one’s views.

        • Bob Bobberman
          Bob Bobberman
          June 8, 2016 at 10:57 am | #

          Wait.. didn’t she actually solve the world’s problems in the Walkyverse… at least for a while? Clearly she didn’t fit the labels of conservative OR liberal.. at least not as normally used in the US.

          • MatthewTheLucky
            MatthewTheLucky
            June 8, 2016 at 1:32 pm | #

            Please don’t start.

    • Mkvenner
      Mkvenner
      June 8, 2016 at 12:33 am | #

      More like a flying dildo

    • AgentKeen
      AgentKeen
      June 8, 2016 at 12:44 am | #

      “Wait! Glasses and monocle together!!”

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      June 8, 2016 at 3:17 am | #

      Because monocles are a universal symbol of intelligence and competence.

      • Willoughby Chase
        Willoughby Chase
        June 8, 2016 at 5:38 am | #

        I’ll have you know it’s a sign of being a cad, sir!

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      June 8, 2016 at 5:39 am | #

      Always insist on Unlubricated Monocles.

    • Rowen Morland
      Rowen Morland
      June 8, 2016 at 11:41 am | #

      No Aide, winners use single use monocles.

  2. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    June 8, 2016 at 12:01 am | #

    WARNING: HIJINKS AHEAD

    (also Riley?!)

    • Wheelpath
      Wheelpath
      June 8, 2016 at 12:02 am | #

      OOOOOOOOOOOOOOh, I’ll gladly accept more school liking cereal eater

    • Spidergirl
      Spidergirl
      June 8, 2016 at 1:42 am | #

      MORE RILEY IS ALWAYS A GOOD THING

    • Orion Fury
      Orion Fury
      June 8, 2016 at 3:03 am | #

      I thought it was Kyle…

    • Anorak
      Anorak
      June 8, 2016 at 9:00 am | #

      I read that as HUNKS AHEAD and was wondering if that meant Ethan was going to be back soon.

      • Annie
        Annie
        June 8, 2016 at 1:10 pm | #

        I saw that too.

  3. Tabitha Desanto
    Tabitha Desanto
    June 8, 2016 at 12:01 am | #

    Yay mommy

    • JessWitt
      JessWitt
      June 8, 2016 at 12:23 am | #

      K, this shook me out of my blues. 🙂

    • Pl0x
      Pl0x
      June 8, 2016 at 1:39 am | #

      Hahahahahahaha

      +10

  4. Demon-Something
    Demon-Something
    June 8, 2016 at 12:01 am | #

    Poor Kyle, not even the tags respect him.

    • Cattleprod
      Cattleprod
      June 8, 2016 at 12:05 am | #

      You know you’re reading a good comic when the *tags* make you laugh.

  5. AnvilPro
    AnvilPro
    June 8, 2016 at 12:01 am | #

    Until Willis changes the tags I’m picketing.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      June 8, 2016 at 12:02 am | #

      It won’t heal if you picket.

    • -Sentinel-
      -Sentinel-
      June 8, 2016 at 12:10 am | #

      #AideNamesMatter

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        June 8, 2016 at 5:41 am | #

        #AntiMatterCollidesWithMatter

        • a snow mous e
          a snow mous e
          June 8, 2016 at 11:53 am | #

          #ConvertingMassIntoEnergy
          #PetitionForTheConservationOfMassAndConservationOfEnergyLawsToBeCombinedIntoALawOfTheConservationOfMassEnergy #MassEnergyConservationLaw

          • a snow mous e
            a snow mous e
            June 8, 2016 at 11:55 am | #

            (oops that second hashtag ran over… I think it was “Petition for the conservation of mass and conservation of energy laws to be combined into a law of conservation of mass and energy”)

    • Foxhack
      Foxhack
      June 8, 2016 at 12:12 am | #

      Leave your nose alone!

      • JessWitt
        JessWitt
        June 8, 2016 at 12:15 am | #

        Yeah, your brains will fall out! Or so my dad says.

    • Bicycle Bill
      Bicycle Bill
      June 8, 2016 at 8:32 am | #

      It also appears to be the same aide as when she visited Leslie’s ‘Gender Studies’ class, so Willis will have to go back to put the name in the tags there as well.

  6. JerrmyFe
    JerrmyFe
    June 8, 2016 at 12:02 am | #

    Wow. Can’t wait to see where this goes.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      June 8, 2016 at 12:03 am | #

      To the glasses shop! More smartness is required!

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        June 8, 2016 at 3:22 am | #

        Next time we see her she’ll be wearing a pair, with a second hanging from one of those chains like librarians stereotypically wear, and a third will be sitting on top of her head.

        By the time she leaves she’ll have a pair hanging from each pocket and poor Congressional Aide will be following her around with a wheelbarrow full of glasses.

    • JustCheetoDust
      JustCheetoDust
      June 8, 2016 at 12:04 am | #

      Well, the jet already landed.

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      June 8, 2016 at 12:30 am | #

      Into Leslie’s classroom, and other locales.

      • gkheyf
        gkheyf
        June 8, 2016 at 6:13 am | #

        Oh, goodness! Don’t let the voters catch you talking like that

  7. Conuly
    Conuly
    June 8, 2016 at 12:02 am | #

    I like that sky. That’s perhaps a strange comment, but there ’tis.

    • Soundwave
      Soundwave
      June 8, 2016 at 12:03 am | #

      ‘Tis very pretty indeed.

    • Dara
      Dara
      June 8, 2016 at 12:03 am | #

      that is very much an 8-bit sky

      i mean that in a good way but it is very much an 8-bit sky

    • John Brewer
      John Brewer
      June 8, 2016 at 12:05 am | #

      What time is it? Dawn the next day?

      • NinjaNick
        NinjaNick
        June 8, 2016 at 12:08 am | #

        Or a sunset?

      • -Sentinel-
        -Sentinel-
        June 8, 2016 at 12:21 am | #

        Pretty sure, yeah. A chapter = a day, and this is a new chapter.

    • JessWitt
      JessWitt
      June 8, 2016 at 12:08 am | #

      It’s very Beach City-esque.

    • Awnman
      Awnman
      June 8, 2016 at 12:10 am | #

      I just find it cool that it looks like the bisexual flag colors. I’m pretty sure that wasnt deliberate but if it was thats rad

      • Cerberus
        Cerberus
        June 8, 2016 at 12:24 am | #

        Given that Robin’s arc in Shortpacked! centered around figuring out her bisexuality… sorry, her “undefinably queer”ness, I’m pretty sure it was all the intentional.

        • Awnman
          Awnman
          June 8, 2016 at 12:29 am | #

          OH YEAH. I forgot Robin was bi because shes been a touch outta focus in this comic but of course.

          • Deanatay
            Deanatay
            June 8, 2016 at 9:02 am | #

            I believe Robin described her sexuality as ‘straight, but with an exception’.

            • xKiv
              xKiv
              June 8, 2016 at 8:12 pm | #

              “Kinda undefinably queer”: http://www.shortpacked.com/index.php?id=1994 (diversity closet)

        • gkheyf
          gkheyf
          June 8, 2016 at 6:40 am | #

          Whoa…that just blew my mind. That sky is so significant 0_0

        • Gamaran Sepudomyn
          Gamaran Sepudomyn
          June 8, 2016 at 8:39 am | #

          Also, it’s pride month. So Willis probably realized what month this storyline would fall into and colored it accordingly. And the fact that Pride month coincides with Carla’s contraption probably isn’t accidental either.

  8. Stephen R. Bierce
    Stephen R. Bierce
    June 8, 2016 at 12:03 am | #

    The plane is a mishmash of an Aerostar and something more modern. Which means I need to find that airshow footage of Zar the Gallant…Watch this space.

    • Stephen R. Bierce
      Stephen R. Bierce
      June 8, 2016 at 12:05 am | #

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3Rd0gf3T88 <- He was a stig before there was THE Stig.

    • WaytoomanyUIDs
      WaytoomanyUIDs
      June 8, 2016 at 6:32 am | #

      I thought he confused the wing tanks of a Lockheed Jetstar for engines

    • Specter177
      Specter177
      June 8, 2016 at 6:56 am | #

      The Aerostar Jet. Only one flying right now. http://www.flyingmag.com/aircraft/jets/aerostar-jet-flying

      • WaytoomanyUIDs
        WaytoomanyUIDs
        June 8, 2016 at 8:01 am | #

        Yeah, you’re right, I vaguely remembered that from the wiki page about the Aerostar.

        • Roborat
          Roborat
          June 8, 2016 at 3:00 pm | #

          I wasn’t aware of any small corporate jets that used wing mounted engines, they tend to be fuselage mounted.

          • WaytoomanyUIDs
            WaytoomanyUIDs
            June 8, 2016 at 3:19 pm | #

            It’s an experimental conversion of a Piper Aerostar by the company that bought the type certificate for the Aerostar. Apparently they were hoping to manufacture it as the AeroStar Jet, but have so far failed to gain FAA certification.

            I did some more reading about it today, got sucked down into aviation blogs and just resurfaced

          • Stephen R. Bierce
            Stephen R. Bierce
            June 8, 2016 at 9:44 pm | #

            http://aviationweek.com/blog/mcdonnell-s-orphan-bizjet-survivor
            They show up every so often.

  9. Mkvenner
    Mkvenner
    June 8, 2016 at 12:03 am | #

    *resisting the urge to through my laptop against a wall*

    • Orion Fury
      Orion Fury
      June 8, 2016 at 3:05 am | #

      Did you mean “throw” or did I misunderstand the comment?

      • Mkvenner
        Mkvenner
        June 8, 2016 at 1:57 pm | #

        No you didn’t misunderstand the comment.

        • Orion Fury
          Orion Fury
          June 9, 2016 at 12:38 am | #

          And now I’m wondering why’d you want to hurt a poor laptop.

  10. NotaDoctor
    NotaDoctor
    June 8, 2016 at 12:03 am | #

    why are we off campus, what is this

  11. Mav
    Mav
    June 8, 2016 at 12:03 am | #

    People take taxis to different towns?!?

    • NotPiffany
      NotPiffany
      June 8, 2016 at 12:10 am | #

      If they’re close enough, sure.

      • tim gueguen
        tim gueguen
        June 8, 2016 at 12:13 am | #

        Or if they have a congressional expense account.

    • -Sentinel-
      -Sentinel-
      June 8, 2016 at 12:12 am | #

      According to Google Maps, Bloomington is slightly more than an hour’s drive away from Indianapolis. Long taxi ride, but certainly cheaper than a chartered plane.

      • -Sentinel-
        -Sentinel-
        June 8, 2016 at 12:14 am | #

        (Although I do wonder how such long taxi rides work. Does the driver ask payment for his return trip as well, or does he take a chance that another client will need a ride from Bloomington to Indianapolis?)

        • merbrat
          merbrat
          June 8, 2016 at 12:20 am | #

          Coulda chartered a limo! Then the arrival would’ve been seen by constituents, too!

        • segnosaur
          segnosaur
          June 8, 2016 at 10:53 am | #

          I knew someone who once took a taxi from my city (Ottawa) to a small outlying town about an hour away, at a time when it was too late to catch a bus. The taxi company had a flat fee for making long trips like that. (They were told up front “the fee will be $X.)

          Not sure if taxis that would be used in the comic would have the same payment scheme.

    • Viktoria
      Viktoria
      June 8, 2016 at 12:15 am | #

      She’s a Congresswoman, the party would usually provide a ride with a volunteer who has a nice car.

    • Kris
      Kris
      June 8, 2016 at 12:17 am | #

      Not sure on the geography of Indiana too much but if the drive is only a few hours away it would cost less than a plane ticket or “chartering” which I’m not rich or powerful enough to know what that involves.

      • tbf
        tbf
        June 8, 2016 at 9:15 am | #

        Google Maps says it’s 50 miles, or an hour’s drive.

        I think the plane may have taken longer than driving.

    • JustCheetoDust
      JustCheetoDust
      June 8, 2016 at 12:22 am | #

      You can, within reason.

      On a side note, some people actually thought Will Smith took a cab from Philadelphia all the way to LA.

      • AgentKeen
        AgentKeen
        June 8, 2016 at 12:46 am | #

        It was cheap because of the “fresh” smell.

    • danuis
      danuis
      June 8, 2016 at 12:24 am | #

      I took a taxi from new bedford to providence, once. Was fun. Was expensive.

      • Orion Fury
        Orion Fury
        June 8, 2016 at 3:06 am | #

        Hoped you packed a lunch.

        • danuis
          danuis
          June 8, 2016 at 2:38 pm | #

          Didn’t take long, actually. The i-95 was empty that day for some reason.

          • Orion Fury
            Orion Fury
            June 9, 2016 at 12:39 am | #

            95 or 195? Wonder what happened.

  12. inqntrol
    inqntrol
    June 8, 2016 at 12:03 am | #

    Robin yeah! How long has it been since we last seen her?

    • LeslieBean4Shizzle
      LeslieBean4Shizzle
      June 8, 2016 at 12:56 am | #

      I was going to post something along the lines of “Yay! Robin!” but I figured I should check if anyone got there first and I found your post. So yeah – Yay! Robin!

    • Spidergirl
      Spidergirl
      June 8, 2016 at 1:45 am | #

      According to her tag, the last main site Robin appearance was September 18th, 2013. She’s been in a few Patreon bonus comics since then, but if you don’t count those it’s been nearly three years since we last saw Robin.

    • Emily
      Emily
      June 8, 2016 at 5:38 am | #

      Not long enough.

  13. Cholma
    Cholma
    June 8, 2016 at 12:04 am | #

    *plays Top Gun Anthem for first panel*

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      June 8, 2016 at 12:33 am | #

      “Highway to the Danger Zone” would be more apropos if the lead character (er, lead character’s boss) was not giving a speech about shunning the highway.

  14. Silamy
    Silamy
    June 8, 2016 at 12:04 am | #

    Oh Robin. ….Never….? change.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      June 8, 2016 at 5:43 am | #

      …your underwear.

  15. tim gueguen
    tim gueguen
    June 8, 2016 at 12:04 am | #

    Sorry to break it to you, Robin, but I doubt the “look-smarter” glasses will help you look smart.

    • Mkvenner
      Mkvenner
      June 8, 2016 at 12:06 am | #

      It will make her look more like an IL politician.

    • tim gueguen
      tim gueguen
      June 8, 2016 at 12:10 am | #

      And you should be nicer to your aide. It may keep him from testifying against you when you end up under investigation for campaign funding irregularities, or improprieties with your congressional expense account.

      • Mkvenner
        Mkvenner
        June 8, 2016 at 12:14 am | #

        The guilty police themselves in that case not the FBI.

        • tim gueguen
          tim gueguen
          June 8, 2016 at 12:45 am | #

          I was thinking of testifying before an oversight committee, not the court system.

          • Mkvenner
            Mkvenner
            June 8, 2016 at 12:56 am | #

            Like I said the guilty policing themselves.

      • -Sentinel-
        -Sentinel-
        June 8, 2016 at 12:16 am | #

        Who would have guessed that Cadbury eggs were not covered by the food allowance?

      • Dana
        Dana
        June 8, 2016 at 4:47 am | #

        Winners don’t come under investigation.

    • StClair
      StClair
      June 8, 2016 at 12:36 am | #

      Tell that to the Doctor.
      (He calls them “the brainy specs”.)

  16. Nerd Herder
    Nerd Herder
    June 8, 2016 at 12:05 am | #

    Ooh, looks like someone went to the Rick Perry School of Political Image Management.

    • Mkvenner
      Mkvenner
      June 8, 2016 at 12:09 am | #

      Looks more the Trump University of Politics and Making [insert name of country/subdivision] Great Again.

  17. Woobie
    Woobie
    June 8, 2016 at 12:05 am | #

    Charlie Sheen-Trump

  18. Brute
    Brute
    June 8, 2016 at 12:05 am | #

    real life politics have made it difficult for me to deal with Robin plots.
    sigh.

    • Regalli
      Regalli
      June 8, 2016 at 12:10 am | #

      Yeah it’s… as a Shortpacked fan I am happy to see her again but I definitely have much lower tolerance for Congresswoman DeSanto at the moment.

    • -Sentinel-
      -Sentinel-
      June 8, 2016 at 12:17 am | #

      Who would she have backed in the GOP primary, do you think?

      • Cerberus
        Cerberus
        June 8, 2016 at 12:27 am | #

        Waspinator.

        • Regalli
          Regalli
          June 8, 2016 at 12:32 am | #

          Definitely Waspinator.

        • Reltzik
          Reltzik
          June 8, 2016 at 12:36 am | #

          Now THERE’S a candidate that could generate some buzz.

          …. sorry. I didn’t expect that pun to sting so bad.

          …. or that one to bee so awful.

          • Regalli
            Regalli
            June 8, 2016 at 12:39 am | #

            We’d say boo, but then our candidate just got ripped to shreds for the third time twenty minutes ago so eh, whatever.

            (Poor, poor Waspinator.)

          • Tan
            Tan
            June 8, 2016 at 1:48 am | #

            Change you can beelieve in.

            Not afraid to roll up the sleeves of his yellow jacket.

            Whether you’re a white anglo-saxon protestant or you ride a Vespa, Waspinator can relate.

            Trumpets and hornets for the new regime.

            Hymenoptera.

          • Orion Fury
            Orion Fury
            June 8, 2016 at 3:08 am | #

            He does have Plans…

      • C.
        C.
        June 8, 2016 at 4:40 am | #

        She may not even be a Republican.

      • Commodore Jeep-Eep
        Commodore Jeep-Eep
        June 8, 2016 at 4:45 pm | #

        Seriously speaking, given how much of a mercenary operator she is, she’d have been behind trump rather rapidly.

  19. tim gueguen
    tim gueguen
    June 8, 2016 at 12:06 am | #

    Hmmm, that last panel makes me think Robin is what Walky would be like if he was female.

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      June 8, 2016 at 12:12 am | #

      She is living the dream.

  20. Cephalo the Pod
    Cephalo the Pod
    June 8, 2016 at 12:06 am | #

    Holy shit, what sort of Third Impact-esque shenanigans are going on in that sky?

    • lia47
      lia47
      June 8, 2016 at 12:09 am | #

      that would be “sunset”

      • Bagge
        Bagge
        June 8, 2016 at 12:14 am | #

        THE DAY-ORB ASCENDING?? WHAT WILL THEY THINK OF NEXT????

        • Tacos
          Tacos
          June 8, 2016 at 12:21 am | #

          Iunno. Maybe the Day-Orb descending?

          • Cerberus
            Cerberus
            June 8, 2016 at 12:27 am | #

            Now that’s just crazy talk!

          • Bagge
            Bagge
            June 8, 2016 at 12:29 am | #

            #MindBlown

      • AgentKeen
        AgentKeen
        June 8, 2016 at 12:47 am | #

        I think it’s actually sunrise. It’s a new storyline/chapter, so it should be morning of the next day.

        • Cephalo the Pod
          Cephalo the Pod
          June 8, 2016 at 12:53 am | #

          …Huh. That never occurred to me.

    • Mkvenner
      Mkvenner
      June 8, 2016 at 12:31 am | #

      Indianapolis is burning while Robin fiddles.

      • gkheyf
        gkheyf
        June 8, 2016 at 6:38 am | #

        What representative Desanto does while in the privacy of her plane is her business and is not within the interests of the voters!

    • Thark
      Thark
      June 8, 2016 at 12:39 am | #

      All Joyce had to do was getting into that damn robot !

  21. NinjaNick
    NinjaNick
    June 8, 2016 at 12:06 am | #

    Whee! The Congresswoman is back!

  22. newllend(henryvolt)
    newllend(henryvolt)
    June 8, 2016 at 12:07 am | #

    What the fuck is the time in this strip? Early morning.

    • Mkvenner
      Mkvenner
      June 8, 2016 at 12:13 am | #

      Massive forest fire next county over.

      • EvilMidnightLurker
        EvilMidnightLurker
        June 8, 2016 at 1:51 am | #

        I initially read that as “next comic over.” I wonder if any webcomics are having a forest fire atm.

    • Tacos
      Tacos
      June 8, 2016 at 12:14 am | #

      Naw, not early morning. Third Impact. *nods*

  23. Regalli
    Regalli
    June 8, 2016 at 12:07 am | #

    Robin! I miss Robin!

    I don’t really miss this Robin, but I will accept this Robin all the same if it ends in happiness for at least one (1) lesbean.

    … I didn’t even entirely intend that as a typo I was just half-thinking but I AM KEEPING IT especially since, y’know, there’s only one age-appropriate lesbian in the strip at the moment and it is she of the beans.

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      June 8, 2016 at 12:16 am | #

      Here is for a hot, steamy leslie-date!!!

      • Cerberus
        Cerberus
        June 8, 2016 at 12:29 am | #

        So, we’ve got Joe potentially mellowing out and now we have Robin in town looking to build herself up. And we’re going to have a Joyce coming out of the ringer and ready for another shake-up.

        Who else is suddenly extra excited for the next Gender Studies strip?

        • Regalli
          Regalli
          June 8, 2016 at 12:37 am | #

          And a newly-extra-homeless Becky, don’t forget about that. (Because I doubt the Billie-Ruth-Mary-blackmail thing is going to resolve itself so easily, which might finally be the push they need to bring Leslie in on this as the Cool Lesbian Mentor… who immediately goes “crap I am SO screwed if this were a scifi series”.)

        • Reltzik
          Reltzik
          June 8, 2016 at 12:38 am | #

          …. when are we not?

        • Spidergirl
          Spidergirl
          June 8, 2016 at 1:51 am | #

          Maybe not the other people in the class?
          … Nah, the drama in that class is probably better than most stuff on TV, and with a lot less killing-off-female-leads.

        • Orion Fury
          Orion Fury
          June 8, 2016 at 3:11 am | #

          I don’t think I’m never not existed for that, but I think I blocked out the Roz Drama that had lead to a filter.

          • thejeff
            thejeff
            June 8, 2016 at 7:11 am | #

            Yeah, but even that was worth it for the filter alone.

          • Orion Fury
            Orion Fury
            June 9, 2016 at 12:45 am | #

            And that was supposed to be ‘excited’.

        • Amazi-Stool
          Amazi-Stool
          June 8, 2016 at 2:35 pm | #

          Well, it is sunday morning, so Gender Studies won’t happen for several months real-time!

    • Historyman68
      Historyman68
      June 8, 2016 at 12:17 am | #

      I miss Robin too. In a way, she’s sort of the cartooniest of the Sp! bunch, and tends to have the most fun and over-the-top adventures.

  24. Kris
    Kris
    June 8, 2016 at 12:08 am | #

    See now if aide was smart he’d record all everything Robin says and blackmail her with it later….but he doesn’t which is why he’s an aide.

    • -Sentinel-
      -Sentinel-
      June 8, 2016 at 12:18 am | #

      “It’s called a hustle, sweetheart.”

    • Some1
      Some1
      June 8, 2016 at 12:22 am | #

      who says he isn’t?

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      June 8, 2016 at 12:22 am | #

      Blackmailing only works if the person you try to blackmail doesn’t OWN THE FUDGE of the traits you try to blackmail her for.

      congressional aide: “…and as you can see, she treated me like shit.”
      Media: “In shocking news, congresswoman deSanto treats her aid like shit!!!!”
      Voters: “You go, deSanto. You tell them how it really is!”
      Robin: “Fo rizzle!”

      • Cephalo the Pod
        Cephalo the Pod
        June 8, 2016 at 12:29 am | #

        “The rims just got 1 inch thicker!”

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          June 8, 2016 at 5:47 am | #

          The rims would suit her best.

      • Cerberus
        Cerberus
        June 8, 2016 at 12:31 am | #

        Robin: “I treated him like shit for the economy!”
        Aide: “That doesn’t even make sense. Also, stupid tags, my name is Kyle.”
        Voters: “Yay, economy!”
        Aide: “I… I…”
        Robin: “Forget about it, Aide, it’s Indiana.”

        • Reltzik
          Reltzik
          June 8, 2016 at 12:42 am | #

          Aide: “You wasted taxpayer money on unnecessary plane flights!”
          Robin: “Which stimulated the economy!”
          Aide: “But… you always said that government spending doesn’t-”
          Robin: “ECONOMY, bongo!”

      • Reltzik
        Reltzik
        June 8, 2016 at 12:40 am | #

        Robin owns fudge? And HASN’T eaten it yet?

  25. Betty Anne
    Betty Anne
    June 8, 2016 at 12:09 am | #

    As long as she doesn’t spray herself orange, I think she’s going to do fine with the appearance-altering gig. :3

  26. Lan
    Lan
    June 8, 2016 at 12:09 am | #

    Please tell me her briefcase has like fake-ass glasses for ANY AND EVERY type of situation. I used to have spare frames for when my lenses fell out that I’d use like that. Hell sometimes I’d just get those shitty Dollar Tree frames and pop my lenses into those because I’d get ten frames for ten bucks and they’d last me over a year in my house!

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      June 8, 2016 at 12:43 am | #

      If not EVERY TYPE of situation, at least a spare pair of sexy rims for seducing Leslie.

    • Bicycle Bill
      Bicycle Bill
      June 8, 2016 at 8:26 am | #

      She does.  “My vision’s fine; they’re just for good first impressions.”

  27. Thor
    Thor
    June 8, 2016 at 12:10 am | #

    At least, the real protagonist of Dumbing of Age!

    • Orion Fury
      Orion Fury
      June 8, 2016 at 3:12 am | #

      Wait, Mike’s there? He’s not in the tags…

  28. Bagge
    Bagge
    June 8, 2016 at 12:10 am | #

    The thick rims? It’s ON!!!

    • Jay Eff
      Jay Eff
      June 8, 2016 at 12:16 am | #

      *puts on thick-rimmed Look-Smart Glasses*

      I am so smart!
      I am so smart!
      S-M-R-T!
      i mean, S-M-A-R-T!

      • Bagge
        Bagge
        June 8, 2016 at 12:23 am | #

        +1

      • Roborat
        Roborat
        June 8, 2016 at 3:16 pm | #

        That reminded me of a song:

        “I can’t spell VW but I got a Porsche
        I am a blonde
        B-L-I don’t know”

        • Slartibeast Button, BIA
          Slartibeast Button, BIA
          June 8, 2016 at 3:27 pm | #

          ‘Cause I’m A Blonde – Julie Brown

  29. Cephalo the Pod
    Cephalo the Pod
    June 8, 2016 at 12:11 am | #

    This is gonna be about the Gunman, right?

    • Kris
      Kris
      June 8, 2016 at 12:19 am | #

      Is it? Are school shootouts where no one died big enough things for a congressional representative to show up to? Maybe because her sister goes to school there?

      • Cephalo the Pod
        Cephalo the Pod
        June 8, 2016 at 12:23 am | #

        If the Gunman Incident isn’t big enough, then what is? Are we gonna be introduced to a whole new subject at the tail end of this Book (which has been all about the Gunman Incident and its repercussions)?

        • Bagge
          Bagge
          June 8, 2016 at 12:27 am | #

          It will be all about Riley and Dina’s relationship.
          WILL THEY STILL BE FRIENDS AFTER THEY DISCOVERED THE AGE DIFFERENCE?
          WILL THEIR FRIENDSHIP SURVIVE THAT DINA DISCOVERED THE JOY OF SMOOCHES WHILE RILEY STILL THINKS GIRLS ARE GROSS?
          WHAT ARE BECKY’S FAVORITE CEREALS???
          the DRAAAAAAAMA

          • Kris
            Kris
            June 8, 2016 at 12:34 am | #

            Becky only likes Captain Crunch “Oops all berries” it’s a strong point of contention in their fledgling relationship that Riley will have to help them work through.

        • Kris
          Kris
          June 8, 2016 at 12:30 am | #

          It’s definitely plausible, especially from a story perspective, just saying in these troubling times were some form of shootout happens every month an event were no one dies sometimes isn’t even enough for the mayor to show up sadly. At least that’s been my experience from watching the news.

    • showler
      showler
      June 8, 2016 at 12:25 am | #

      Probably all about the Leslie.

    • Cephalo the Pod
      Cephalo the Pod
      June 8, 2016 at 12:33 am | #

      Oh, I just remembered the Carla/Mary fued. Did Roz call her sister about Mary, maybe? That sounds a little too extreme, I guess.

      • Cerberus
        Cerberus
        June 8, 2016 at 12:41 am | #

        Oh… fuck… I don’t think Roz would do that, but now I’m genuinely terrified that Robin is going to go the Ted Cruz route of trying to bolster her campaign by building up a scare story of Carla using the dorm washrooms.

        • Regalli
          Regalli
          June 8, 2016 at 12:48 am | #

          I imagine if she tried though, that might be a step far enough that Roz would go “No, I am NOT allowing you to use me as a prop in your shitty transphobic fearmongering” and actually start trying to sabotage her campaign.

          Which, crap, sounds scarily plausible and I don’t think Roz would have the reach to counteract her Congresswoman sister, but on the other hand we do know that God does in fact answer lesbian prayers in this universe so I remain slightly hopeful?

        • Rutee
          Rutee
          June 8, 2016 at 3:30 am | #

          I don’t think we’ll have an arc centered on the politics of right the hell now. I think you were right to read that as background for Carla’s arc, but Carla’s arc was centered on Carla.

          I could be wrong.

          • Cerberus
            Cerberus
            June 8, 2016 at 11:43 am | #

            Okay, yeah, thanks Regali, Rutee, and Historyman68 for talking me off that worry. Robin is a wild card so I’m curious to see what she gets up to on campus, especially as she’s mostly written it off in favor of the more “family values” crowd surrounding it.

        • Historyman68
          Historyman68
          June 8, 2016 at 7:39 am | #

          Though I was yelling at someone the other day for presuming to know what Willis will do next with storylines, I’m gonna say that an entire storyline about trans bathroom rights doesn’t sound like his style. For one thing, these storylines are written way in advance (not that this controversy hasn’t been going on for long enough). But also, we already have one unambiguous transphobe. There’s enough of them in reality; I doubt Willis would decide to fill this strip with them when one is enough to contend with (and has been contended with rather well, at the moment).

          • Commodore Jeep-Eep
            Commodore Jeep-Eep
            June 8, 2016 at 4:48 pm | #

            On the other hand, the way that transphobe has been contended with means that she will be looking to strike back; if she and Robin meet, they could easily come to an accordance – vengeance for Mary, red meat for Robin’s base.

            • Historyman68
              Historyman68
              June 9, 2016 at 12:41 pm | #

              Hmmmmm. I could see that potentially happening…

            • Historyman68
              Historyman68
              June 9, 2016 at 12:43 pm | #

              Though I don’t know exactly what she’d tell her. “A trans person wouldn’t stop roller skating and then I ended up with pie on my face” is even less outrageous than “a lesbian asked me to make them a cake.”

              So, I guess it could happen…

    • DinaWho
      DinaWho
      June 8, 2016 at 12:46 am | #

      Could be a general campaign event? We’re in early October here, so it could be a reelection thing not related to recent events. The in-comic time is an ambiguous and shifting ‘this year’, but since she’s in the House, she’s up for election every 2 years, so it would still be a factor 50% of the time.

      • TheGrammarLegionary
        TheGrammarLegionary
        June 8, 2016 at 10:49 am | #

        She’s been referenced in comic as being up for re-election, so I think that will remain constant until the election actually happens.

    • anonymsly
      anonymsly
      June 8, 2016 at 3:34 am | #

      I think it’s more likely to be about Roz’s promise to Leslie back in the day, to get Robin to come in to talk to the Gender Studies class because Leslie wants to get her flirt on.

      As referenced in this strip: http://www.dumbingofage.com/2015/comic/book-6/02-that-perfect-girl/behave/

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        June 8, 2016 at 7:15 am | #

        Though it’s Sunday, so it’s not directly for coming to class.

  30. JessWitt
    JessWitt
    June 8, 2016 at 12:12 am | #

    Aww, Robin. No one can top your political ridiculousness, Annoying Orange V.2.0 exempted.

    • Cephalo the Pod
      Cephalo the Pod
      June 8, 2016 at 12:24 am | #

      Is it weird that I, a millenial (b. ’94) have managed to completely avoid The Annoying Orange?

      • JessWitt
        JessWitt
        June 8, 2016 at 12:30 am | #

        Not weird, but blessed.

  31. Historyman68
    Historyman68
    June 8, 2016 at 12:14 am | #

    Something about this strip is VERY anime, and I love it.

    • Cephalo the Pod
      Cephalo the Pod
      June 8, 2016 at 12:47 am | #

      Primarily non-blue sky.
      Character looking into the distance in a…whatever that pose is called…monologuing dramatically.
      Yeah, I can understand that reaction.

  32. Mkvenner
    Mkvenner
    June 8, 2016 at 12:17 am | #
    • Orion Fury
      Orion Fury
      June 8, 2016 at 3:13 am | #

      ?

      • Slartibeast Button, BIA
        Slartibeast Button, BIA
        June 8, 2016 at 8:32 am | #

        !

        • Historyman68
          Historyman68
          June 8, 2016 at 1:10 pm | #

          Interrobang!

          • TheGrammarLegionary
            TheGrammarLegionary
            June 8, 2016 at 8:32 pm | #

            I love that one… ‽

            • Orion Fury
              Orion Fury
              June 9, 2016 at 12:49 am | #

              But none of this answers my question.

  33. John
    John
    June 8, 2016 at 12:19 am | #

    I want to see Robin challenge Trump to a duel to the death for the nomination.

    • Mkvenner
      Mkvenner
      June 8, 2016 at 12:29 am | #

      I wish someone would.

    • Spidergirl
      Spidergirl
      June 8, 2016 at 1:48 am | #

      I mean, worst comes to worst, I’d vote for her.

    • Emily
      Emily
      June 8, 2016 at 5:31 am | #

      I hope it ends in a tie.

    • Gamaran Sepudomyn
      Gamaran Sepudomyn
      June 8, 2016 at 8:43 am | #

      Both would lose to Dina. Remember, dinosaurs hate Trump.

      • MatthewTheLucky
        MatthewTheLucky
        June 8, 2016 at 1:45 pm | #

        Nah, Dina hasn’t got the inclination for all this fighting over who’s alpha.

  34. Bicycle Bill
    Bicycle Bill
    June 8, 2016 at 12:23 am | #

    Well, I think I’m going to put her into the “typical politician” niche now and avoid the rush later on.

  35. Professor Fate
    Professor Fate
    June 8, 2016 at 12:23 am | #

    “We din’t take a taxi ’cause it din’t cost ‘nuthin’, the taxpayers are paying for it. Once more around the taxiway, aide.”

    “My name is Kyle.”

    “Whatever.”

  36. showler
    showler
    June 8, 2016 at 12:24 am | #

    I love Robin.

    However, in DoA I sometimes feel like she is an evil plot to trick me into liking Sarah Palin.

    • Some1
      Some1
      June 8, 2016 at 12:26 am | #

      I love Robin, but I wouldn’t vote for her.

      • Cerberus
        Cerberus
        June 8, 2016 at 12:37 am | #

        So… you’re Leslie?
        http://www.dumbingofage.com/2011/comic/book-1/06-yesterday-was-thursday/knock/

        • Some1
          Some1
          June 8, 2016 at 1:13 am | #

          Lets see here…

          Were both liberal
          we both like girls
          we both spend a lot of time in a school.

  37. Some1
    Some1
    June 8, 2016 at 12:25 am | #

    LITTLE GREEN!

    • Falcon
      Falcon
      June 8, 2016 at 1:35 pm | #

      And then when she’s betrayed by her aide, leading to her impending loss against a nutjob in the other party: LITTLE GREEN, WHY?!

      My name is Kyle.

      • Some1
        Some1
        June 8, 2016 at 5:36 pm | #

        Mary: you…aide thing..heal me

        Kyle: oh I’m sorry I’m having a hard time hearing you over my party’s blood on your hands.

        Mary: Oh no, do not be that guy right now

        Kyle: Oh I’m going to be that guy right now.

        Mary: I am literally going to die!

        Kyle: Okay…how bought this, I’ll heal you…on one condition.

        Mary: and that is?

        Kyle: Say my name.

        Mary: oooohhh uhhhhh

        Kyle: you don’t even know my name

        Mary: Oh I do! Its uhhh um uh…little aide

        Kyle: hahahhaha No, it’s Kyle…say Kyle.

        Mary: Kyle

        Kyle: Now say, please heal my Kyle

        Mary: Please heal me Kyle

        Kyle: Well sense you asked so nicely

        leaves in plane

        Mary: Come back congressional man!

  38. caesaria82
    caesaria82
    June 8, 2016 at 12:27 am | #

    lmao Robin is hilarious (I mean, as long as she’s fictional and I don’t *actually* have to live in a place where she has actual power to decide actual laws and such^^)

    • That Damn Rat
      That Damn Rat
      June 8, 2016 at 12:33 am | #

      But soon, America Could be getting the closest real-life facsimile, one Donald Trump.

      • caesaria82
        caesaria82
        June 8, 2016 at 1:00 am | #

        Ugh yeah. Don’t even. As a kid I always wanted to be American so bad (I blame pop culture and Hollywood lol), but these days I’m glad I’m not (not that I’m totally happy with my own country’s government either, but tbh, at least they’re not Trump-style bad).

      • Slartibeast Button, BIA
        Slartibeast Button, BIA
        June 8, 2016 at 8:31 am | #

        I blame Obama. He found this mysterious tag sticking out of his desk in the Oval Office and tugged on it.

    • Mkvenner
      Mkvenner
      June 8, 2016 at 12:57 am | #

      Not if you’re American.

      • caesaria82
        caesaria82
        June 8, 2016 at 1:03 am | #

        I’m not, but I do know that people like this are very real and they’re very real in every country. I’m just saying, if Robin was real, she’d be awful to have as a person with actual power 😉

  39. sun tzu
    sun tzu
    June 8, 2016 at 12:31 am | #

    You know, it’s funny. In Shortpacked, while I considered Robin a valuable member of the cast who contributed a lot to the comic, I also despised her most of the time, for being incredibly callous, selfish, inconsiderate, and willfully ignorant.

    In a way, I find DoA Robin refreshing: There isn’t ANY pretense that she isn’t a horrible person.

    • Cerberus
      Cerberus
      June 8, 2016 at 12:39 am | #

      It’s Robin minus all the positive influence of Ethan and Leslie plus the negative influence of running for office and actually caring about winning in central Indiana.

      • Regalli
        Regalli
        June 8, 2016 at 12:43 am | #

        I’d say “basically it’s Robin as an actual politician” but then I remember she somehow won her seat in the first place by courting the Star Wars necrophiliac vote.

        • Cerberus
          Cerberus
          June 8, 2016 at 12:49 am | #

          That’s really where Ted Cruz’s election went wrong. Not enough courting of the Star Wars necrophile voting bloc.

          • Mkvenner
            Mkvenner
            June 8, 2016 at 12:59 am | #

            And his name was foreign sounding unlike Trump.

            • caesaria82
              caesaria82
              June 8, 2016 at 1:10 am | #

              #makedonalddrumpfagain

              • Mkvenner
                Mkvenner
                June 8, 2016 at 1:29 am | #

                The bastard won’t die unfortunately.

  40. Bicycle Bill
    Bicycle Bill
    June 8, 2016 at 12:34 am | #

    “I enter you on a chariot, a champion.”

    And the aide, standing behind her, says “Respice post te, hominem te memento.”

    • Mkvenner
      Mkvenner
      June 8, 2016 at 12:42 am | #

      Valar Morghulis

    • Lumin
      Lumin
      June 8, 2016 at 12:48 am | #

      *applause*

      • StClair
        StClair
        June 8, 2016 at 1:38 am | #

        *joins the applause*

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      June 8, 2016 at 12:51 am | #

      And Robin responds, “Hey, I don’t actually know how to speak Spanish, Aide.”

      • Mkvenner
        Mkvenner
        June 8, 2016 at 1:00 am | #

        Where’s Hannibal Barca when you need him.

        • Tacos
          Tacos
          June 8, 2016 at 1:08 am | #

          Somewhere in Carthage probably.

          • inqntrol
            inqntrol
            June 8, 2016 at 1:22 am | #

            Three Punic Wars later
            Rome: “Carthage? What Carthage?”

            • StClair
              StClair
              June 8, 2016 at 1:37 am | #

              delenda est

  41. ConfusedServal
    ConfusedServal
    June 8, 2016 at 12:38 am | #

    I feel compelled to complement Willis on the colours in this strip. Really diggin’ the pink and purple sky. Very anime.

  42. Dean
    Dean
    June 8, 2016 at 12:38 am | #

    You just know that the next patreon strip will feature either Congressional Aide or Anonymous Sal Fangirl.

    • Cerberus
      Cerberus
      June 8, 2016 at 12:47 am | #

      I’m genuinely hoping for a Bonnie.

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        June 8, 2016 at 7:18 am | #

        Definitely voting for Bonnie in the next poll.

    • Tacos
      Tacos
      June 8, 2016 at 12:51 am | #

      Or that one waitress that served Joyce and Co.

      • Slartibeast Button, BIA
        Slartibeast Button, BIA
        June 8, 2016 at 8:28 am | #

        Robin and Aide doing a meet-and-greet at the restaurant where ASF is visiting with her folks.

  43. Kodiak
    Kodiak
    June 8, 2016 at 12:47 am | #

    Every aspiring politician in 5 panels..

  44. Chonos
    Chonos
    June 8, 2016 at 12:48 am | #

    This is something politicians on all sides of the spectrum are guilty of. Trump has a 737 I think, Hillary goes all over the place in a GLF4 or 5.

    • MatthewTheLucky
      MatthewTheLucky
      June 8, 2016 at 1:48 pm | #

      Because taxis make soooooooo much sense for travel between the east and west coast.

      • Zasz
        Zasz
        June 8, 2016 at 5:00 pm | #

        They’ve both used jets to go from JFK to EWR.

  45. wakeangel2001
    wakeangel2001
    June 8, 2016 at 12:50 am | #

    Private jets are the least efficient way to travel that exists, especially over short distances, she just lost the environmentalist vote.

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      June 8, 2016 at 12:52 am | #

      That can’t be right.

      …. I mean, surely a personal jet pack would be less efficient.

      …. and more likely to get votes.

      …. dammit, she’s RIGHT.

  46. DSL
    DSL
    June 8, 2016 at 12:52 am | #

    That plane has a lot of extra lights on it, is all I wanna say.

    • DSL
      DSL
      June 8, 2016 at 12:54 am | #

      Well, that, and a plane that size with underwing engines presents a real and very interesting risk of an impatiently deplaning Very Important Passenger being sucked into an engine.

      • David M Willis
        David M Willis
        June 8, 2016 at 1:04 am | #

        I … I didn’t make the plane up. I drew it from a real one!

        • Some1
          Some1
          June 8, 2016 at 1:16 am | #

          wait is this the image you used?

          http://www.bjtonline.com/sites/bjtonline.com/files/805_inside-charters10-765_0606.jpg

          • Some1
            Some1
            June 8, 2016 at 1:18 am | #

            I know realize although they look quite similar, the engine placement is different.

            Whoops!

        • Reltzik
          Reltzik
          June 8, 2016 at 1:16 am | #

          But…. but…. why would you apply perspective? PLANES ARE 2-DIMENSIONAL!

          ….

          I’ll just show myself out.

        • WaytoomanyUIDs
          WaytoomanyUIDs
          June 8, 2016 at 7:27 am | #

          The only business jet I’ve seen that looks like that is an experimental conversion of a Piper Aerostar to jet engines. It was never put into production, presumably because of the problems DSL mentioned and also I imagine debris ingestion (other than impatient Congresswomen) would have been a real issue.

          • DSL
            DSL
            June 8, 2016 at 7:40 am | #

            Here’s a bit of a write-up on the Aerostar conversion. The only reason I could see for an underwing jet mount on a plane that size would be the reduced cabin noise would appeal to the kind of person who spends that much money on a small plane. (Also, Shortpacked! Robin would probably be sucked into a jet engine only to emerge out the other end with super-, or perhaps ultra-, powers. Anyway … http://airinsight.com/2011/08/01/aerostar-jet-makes-first-appearance-at-oshkosh/

            • WaytoomanyUIDs
              WaytoomanyUIDs
              June 8, 2016 at 6:06 pm | #

              Thanks for the link, didn’t see that one while i was diving through flying blogs today. Stared looking for info on the Aerostar jet and ended up just browsing through flying blogs. Even more dangerous than wiki walking.

      • doubleW
        doubleW
        June 8, 2016 at 1:19 am | #

        Desanto picks planes for their coolness, not their practicality.

        • Tacos
          Tacos
          June 8, 2016 at 2:55 am | #

          So should I presume her plane shoots lasers and can transform into a robot?

          • Will
            Will
            June 8, 2016 at 4:13 am | #

            Ruttech lasers that spell her name and campaign motto?

      • Mkvenner
        Mkvenner
        June 8, 2016 at 1:26 am | #

        One can only hope.

  47. Kkiten
    Kkiten
    June 8, 2016 at 1:01 am | #

    Our favorite congresswoman Ms. Desanto is back!

    • Mkvenner
      Mkvenner
      June 8, 2016 at 1:27 am | #

      Unfortunately she is being over shadowed by Trump. And the anarchists in Oregon.

  48. doubleW
    doubleW
    June 8, 2016 at 1:19 am | #

    Leslie just got really turned on and she doesn’t know why

    • Mkvenner
      Mkvenner
      June 8, 2016 at 1:28 am | #

      Oh she knows.

  49. Kamenhero25
    Kamenhero25
    June 8, 2016 at 1:36 am | #

    Wow, that is some professional level politicianing.

    She just needs someone standing by to let her make false promises to and she’ll have the complete package.

  50. Spidergirl
    Spidergirl
    June 8, 2016 at 1:52 am | #

    The sky seems to know what’s up with our resident closet bisexual politician.

    • Commodore Jeep-Eep
      Commodore Jeep-Eep
      June 8, 2016 at 5:50 am | #

      I honestly hope her kid sister outs her at some point.

  51. Creatrix Tiara
    Creatrix Tiara
    June 8, 2016 at 1:54 am | #

    My dad was watching the news in Brisbane about the government wanting to cut funding to social services and such, and on the screen was the Queensland Premier (Campbell Newman) coming out of a private plane to meet constituents in regional Queensland.

    My dad immediately commented “if you’re trying to cut down on your budget the first thing you can do is get rid of your private planes and go take the bloody train!”

    • Bicycle Bill
      Bicycle Bill
      June 8, 2016 at 8:39 am | #

      You’ve got a country (continent, actually) the size of Australia and your leader is supposed to take a train?  Not too bloody likely, I’d say.

      • Creatrix Tiara
        Creatrix Tiara
        June 9, 2016 at 2:00 am | #

        This was just one state, not the whole country.

  52. Tenzhi
    Tenzhi
    June 8, 2016 at 2:15 am | #

    And now I expect her to use mind bullets…

  53. BenRG
    BenRG
    June 8, 2016 at 2:16 am | #

    ‘Robin de Santo’ and ‘smart’ are such differing concepts that you could never mistake one for the other!

    • Bicycle Bill
      Bicycle Bill
      June 8, 2016 at 8:40 am | #

      I would use “Robin de Santo” and “smart” in the same sentence quicker and with far less irony that I would for “Donald Trump” and “smart”.

  54. Dana
    Dana
    June 8, 2016 at 2:19 am | #

    Before I even read the comments I can already hear Robin and Leslie shippers squee.

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      June 8, 2016 at 2:43 am | #

      To be fair, we have been doing that since they first met.

  55. Charles Phipps
    Charles Phipps
    June 8, 2016 at 3:00 am | #

    Do Leslie and Robin have a snowball’s chance in hell in this universe? Would we want them to? The Robin of this universe is kind of an awful person.

    • Orion Fury
      Orion Fury
      June 8, 2016 at 3:03 am | #

      That implies that the Robin of the previous wasn’t.

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      June 8, 2016 at 4:45 am | #

      Dunno, but I know what I hope for for the next slipshine

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      June 8, 2016 at 6:48 am | #

      In the Walkyverse, Robin was initially a selfish and narcissistic woman who deliberately waved her ignorance around like a club as an excuse not to think too hard beyond her immediate whims and desires. She had to be forced to grow beyond that and it was Leslie (and, to a certain extent, Joe) who gave the impetus to motivate her to do so.

      The Robin in this universe hasn’t had that brake on her and has spent years in the ethically-toxic environment of Washington DC. Simply put, no, she is not a nice person and she will need to be changed by someone or something.

      • Charles Phipps
        Charles Phipps
        June 8, 2016 at 7:13 am | #

        I think it’d be a cool subversion if it turns out Robin is just bad in this world.

      • Jason
        Jason
        June 8, 2016 at 2:09 pm | #

        “In the Walkyverse, Robin was initially a selfish and narcissistic woman who deliberately waved her ignorance around like a club as an excuse not to think too hard beyond her immediate whims and desires. She had to be forced to grow beyond that.”

        Wow, she really WAS Walky 2.0!

  56. Orion Fury
    Orion Fury
    June 8, 2016 at 3:02 am | #

    hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.

  57. KSClaw
    KSClaw
    June 8, 2016 at 3:02 am | #

    well howdy Robin, haven’t seen you in a while o.o

  58. anonymsly
    anonymsly
    June 8, 2016 at 3:38 am | #

    Hi Robin! Finally succumbing to the manipulationg of Roz, I see, and visiting IU campus to be ogled and flirted at by its awesome Gender Studies teacher. (Though I’m sure Roz didn’t let you know that’s why she wanted you to visit.)

  59. ianmorris
    ianmorris
    June 8, 2016 at 3:41 am | #

    i want jacob manly to show up

  60. Willoughby Chase
    Willoughby Chase
    June 8, 2016 at 4:30 am | #

    *monocle pops out* I say, old thing. Steady on.

  61. Emily
    Emily
    June 8, 2016 at 5:28 am | #

    Oh gross, it’s Robin.

  62. Willoughby Chase
    Willoughby Chase
    June 8, 2016 at 5:34 am | #

    Isn’t a bit pointless coming by jet if there’s no peasants one to see you arrive?

    Landing by chopper in the IU playing fields …. now that’s an entrance …

  63. aiimy
    aiimy
    June 8, 2016 at 5:49 am | #

    YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS MY CHILD

  64. Spencer
    Spencer
    June 8, 2016 at 5:50 am | #

    Robin is so bisexual that the sky bows to her presence.

    Also because I’m probably never going to get another chance to talk about this, I genuinely though that Shortpacked!Robin was one of the best written bi characters in all of webcomics.

  65. Björn
    Björn
    June 8, 2016 at 6:27 am | #

    Hooray, Robin! I’ve missed her shenanigans so!

  66. L!ghtn!ng
    L!ghtn!ng
    June 8, 2016 at 6:41 am | #

    Yay, Robin! How I’ve missed her antics!

  67. JBento
    JBento
    June 8, 2016 at 6:51 am | #

    Eeeeew, Robin.

    I’ve got nothing else to add, but with everyone else seemingly so excited for her, I felt I needed to voice my dislike of her.

    • timemonkey
      timemonkey
      June 8, 2016 at 8:41 am | #

      Maybe this time she’ll do something that isn’t terrible?

      • Commodore Jeep-Eep
        Commodore Jeep-Eep
        June 8, 2016 at 4:18 pm | #

        LOOOOOL!

      • Emily
        Emily
        June 8, 2016 at 5:04 pm | #

        It’s a nice thought but all precedent says no.

  68. nothri
    nothri
    June 8, 2016 at 7:37 am | #

    Uhhhhh….sure. When I see a politician egregiously wasting tax payer money on shit like chartering a private plane I totally just wanna run right the fuck out ad vote for them right then and there. Just chomping at the motherfucking bit.

    • Charles Phipps
      Charles Phipps
      June 8, 2016 at 11:22 am | #

      What makes you think Robin is a GOOD politician?

    • Guairdean Beatha
      Guairdean Beatha
      June 8, 2016 at 11:24 am | #

      This would have been done with campaign funds, not taxpayer funds.

  69. Kirbilius Clausius
    Kirbilius Clausius
    June 8, 2016 at 8:03 am | #

    Did I miss the answer on whether the Dumbing-verse version of Robin was still a war vet?

  70. prime_pm
    prime_pm
    June 8, 2016 at 8:18 am | #

    Yay! Humor!

  71. Guairdean Beatha
    Guairdean Beatha
    June 8, 2016 at 8:47 am | #

    Whether or not the colors have a special significance, the coloring in this strip really stands out. Well done, sir.

  72. Bicycle Bill
    Bicycle Bill
    June 8, 2016 at 8:53 am | #

    Addressing this to Willis — is Robin supposed to be a Democrat or a Republican?  I know ‘her’ district (the 5th Congressional District) has historically been Republican for 41 of the last 47 years (and counting), but does that carry over into the story or not?

    • cesium133
      cesium133
      June 8, 2016 at 9:15 am | #

      It’s at least heavily implied that that carries over into the story: http://www.dumbingofage.com/2011/comic/book-1/06-yesterday-was-thursday/district/

      • Bicycle Bill
        Bicycle Bill
        June 8, 2016 at 1:43 pm | #

        Yeah, I know that’s the district as it was designated in 2011; it got redrawn, losing some of both the eastern and western portions in 2013 and now runs more-or-less straight north and south from Indianapolis to the Ohio River border.  But what little we’ve seen of Robin — she’s been in only a half-dozen strips until today — doesn’t really go all that deeply into her political affiliations or loyalties.

        • thejeff
          thejeff
          June 8, 2016 at 3:30 pm | #

          “keep my vow of preserving traditional family values”

          “down here live all the peeps who think you’re a hellbound slut. An those peeps are what keep me in office”

          And Leslie “voted for the white guy she ran against”.

          At the very least, she’s running as a conservative. Little reason to think she’s not Republican, but Blue Dog Democrat is possible.

          • Commodore Jeep-Eep
            Commodore Jeep-Eep
            June 8, 2016 at 4:29 pm | #

            I hope the characters find a way to mess that filth up.

    • danuis
      danuis
      June 8, 2016 at 2:49 pm | #

      5th? Looks more like the 9th.

      • Bicycle Bill
        Bicycle Bill
        June 8, 2016 at 8:15 pm | #

        You’re right, my bad.  It is the 9th, which was represented by a Democrat between 2007 and 2011.  So I’ll lean in the direction of her being a DINO (Democrat in Name Only).

        • bhtooefr
          bhtooefr
          June 8, 2016 at 10:00 pm | #

          I’m gonna say Republican.

          Preserving traditional family values? http://www.dumbingofage.com/2011/comic/book-1/06-yesterday-was-thursday/forgiveness/
          Pandering to old scared homophobic white dudes (OK, redundant)? http://www.dumbingofage.com/2014/comic/book-4/02-i-was-a-teenage-churchmouse/gag/
          And, finally, to be conclusive… Leslie voted against her? http://www.dumbingofage.com/2011/comic/book-1/06-yesterday-was-thursday/knock/

          Let’s face it, if Robin was the Democrat, Leslie wouldn’t have voted for the Republican. That means that she’s the Republican.

  73. GhostWriterL
    GhostWriterL
    June 8, 2016 at 8:59 am | #

    So in the Dumbiverse… Robin is Sarah Palin?

  74. Slartibeast Button, BIA
    Slartibeast Button, BIA
    June 8, 2016 at 9:25 am | #

    Red sky at morning, sailor take warning.

  75. hof1991
    hof1991
    June 8, 2016 at 9:36 am | #

    And somewhere Roz feels a great disturbance in the Force. She says “I got a bad feeling about this.”

    • Slartibeast Button, BIA
      Slartibeast Button, BIA
      June 8, 2016 at 9:40 am | #

      As if a million shippers cried out, and suddenly launched the USS Robean.

  76. Teddae
    Teddae
    June 8, 2016 at 10:04 am | #

    for some reason i still like robin in this universe…

  77. Reed
    Reed
    June 8, 2016 at 10:45 am | #

    She’s one white cat away from being a supervillain.

    • Slartibeast Button, BIA
      Slartibeast Button, BIA
      June 8, 2016 at 10:46 am | #

      She already has a secret underground base full of Uzi-wielding minions?

  78. graham
    graham
    June 8, 2016 at 10:51 am | #

    We already did this plotline in Australia last year; Bronwyn Bishop and a $5000 50 mile helicopter ride paid for by the taxpayer, which finally ended her career.

    • Mr Ak
      Mr Ak
      June 8, 2016 at 3:59 pm | #

      <3

  79. nicostrat
    nicostrat
    June 8, 2016 at 10:54 am | #

    Don’t keep changing characters while leaving so many story arcs so damn open! It’s making me -even more- anxious to see what happens!!!

    damn you Willis ¬¬

  80. Bob Bobberman
    Bob Bobberman
    June 8, 2016 at 11:00 am | #

    Is aide Kyle related to Mike?

  81. JBento
    JBento
    June 8, 2016 at 11:23 am | #

    Total and complete aside:

    Apparently, there’s a site called http://www.isidewith.com, that matches your stances on issues with the (purported ones) of the current US Presidential candidates. I took it, and my scores were:

    95% Sanders, 93% Clinton, 91% Jill Stein; which are all close enough to be essentially the same thing.

    70% Gary Johnson, whoever that dude is? Apparently, a libertarian?

    15% Trump.

    Any of the commentariat took that test? I’m half curious about what other people got.

    Disclaimer: not american myself. Over here, we’re basically saving money to buy all the popcorn we’ll be eating during the general campaign and, quite possibly, the next four years.

    • ninja_jesus
      ninja_jesus
      June 8, 2016 at 4:49 pm | #

      I got 100% with Sanders. As I would.

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        June 8, 2016 at 5:57 pm | #

        As did I.
        And 99% with both Stein & Clinton.

        5% with Trump.

        Voted for Bernie. Will happily support Hillary in the general. Fully expect to be alternately disappointed, elated and frustrated with her, as I have been with Obama.

    • TheGrammarLegionary
      TheGrammarLegionary
      June 8, 2016 at 9:44 pm | #

      Thanks for the link, that was very informative and worthwhile. And, for the record;
      93% Sanders
      93% Stein
      92% Clinton
      72% Johnson
      17% Trump (a little high for my liking, but at least it’s still WAY at the bottom)

  82. Lulu
    Lulu
    June 8, 2016 at 12:01 pm | #

    So Trump or Hillary?

  83. Mara
    Mara
    June 8, 2016 at 12:20 pm | #

    Doesn’t Robin know that it’s risky to provoke Kyl(o R)e(n)?

  84. Heather
    Heather
    June 8, 2016 at 12:28 pm | #

    Red sky in the morning, shepherd’s warning.

    (Pretty as hell though).

  85. Tenn
    Tenn
    June 8, 2016 at 12:52 pm | #

    This would go so much smoother if his name was Adrian instead.

  86. Eyebrow
    Eyebrow
    June 8, 2016 at 2:42 pm | #

    Would anyone like to speculate on the significance of the title of the last storyline, “When God Closes The Door”? At least three answers, maybe more?

    • Mr Ak
      Mr Ak
      June 8, 2016 at 3:58 pm | #

      Well it completes as “he opens a window”, and they broke in by opening a window. There could be underlying meaning too, but I’m happy with surface level interpretation.

      • AUnicornNoOneAskedFor
        AUnicornNoOneAskedFor
        June 8, 2016 at 4:33 pm | #

        Does that mean Joyce is God? :O

        • Ragnarok101
          Ragnarok101
          June 8, 2016 at 4:35 pm | #

          Well Willis did say she was basically an author avatar with regards to her upbringing, IIRC, and author avatars have a tendency to hit God-Mode….

    • CJ
      CJ
      June 8, 2016 at 6:02 pm | #

      Never before heard the closing-door simile in a theistic wording, only as a general “if a door closes, another one opens” mostly meaning that things ending allow a new beginning and sometimes meaning that you need to actually end something before something new can begin.
      (no Christians with proselytizing tendencies in my background, obviously).
      So I rather saw this chapter as an “all things end” arc, leading to the hiatus before the new doors open.

      • David M Willis
        David M Willis
        June 8, 2016 at 6:41 pm | #

        I would also like to point out that Joyce/Becky’s hometown is La Porte, and also maybe look up what that means in French.

        • TheGrammarLegionary
          TheGrammarLegionary
          June 8, 2016 at 9:47 pm | #

          … Just when this story couldn’t get any better, there are puns in French. Merci beaucoup, M. Willis.

    • thejeff
      thejeff
      June 8, 2016 at 7:07 pm | #

      Mary should have closed the door.

  87. Amazi-Stool
    Amazi-Stool
    June 8, 2016 at 2:58 pm | #

    HA HAS A NAME AND IT’S KYLE, YOU JERK

  88. Crumplepunch
    Crumplepunch
    June 8, 2016 at 4:00 pm | #

    Tremendously smart.

  89. Griffin
    Griffin
    June 8, 2016 at 6:00 pm | #

    what a bi sky

  90. Jhon
    Jhon
    June 8, 2016 at 11:44 pm | #

    Will that plane be pink the next time we see it?

  91. Iridium
    Iridium
    June 9, 2016 at 2:22 pm | #

    His name may be Kyle, but to me he will always be Jeremy Renner.

  92. TPman
    TPman
    June 10, 2016 at 1:42 am | #

    I have to wonder how much Trump’s arrival on the political scene impacted this depiction of Robin.

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