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Chirp

by David M Willis on December 29, 2017 at 12:01 am
  • 02 - This Is the Way that We Love
└ Tags: jennifer, ruth

Discussion (128) ¬

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  1. Bagge
    Bagge
    December 29, 2017 at 12:02 am | #

    Not gonna lie. That was an expertly set up gag.

    • Yumi
      Yumi
      December 29, 2017 at 12:02 am | #

      Seconded.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      December 29, 2017 at 12:28 am | #

      Both unexpected, and perfectly foreshadowed. A+.

      • Frost Magi
        Frost Magi
        December 29, 2017 at 12:40 am | #

        10/10 Would laugh again
        Thank you Willis

    • Walky_Talky
      Walky_Talky
      December 29, 2017 at 1:07 am | #

      *slow clap*

    • Questionor
      Questionor
      December 29, 2017 at 1:46 am | #

      magnifique

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      December 29, 2017 at 9:04 am | #

      The next couple of weeks will include many quiet night shots, awkward silences, conversations where people can’t find anything to talk about, and visits from pest exterminators.

  2. BBCC
    BBCC
    December 29, 2017 at 12:02 am | #

    I’m naming the cricket Jimmy, tagged or not.

    • Marsh Maryrose
      Marsh Maryrose
      December 29, 2017 at 12:18 am | #

      In a couple of seconds, its name is Splat.

      • BigDogLittleCat
        BigDogLittleCat
        December 29, 2017 at 11:29 pm | #

        Well, that is what happens to him in the original. With a brick, IIRC.

    • JetstreamGW
      JetstreamGW
      December 29, 2017 at 12:25 am | #

      Cricky. It’s Cricky.

      • SgtWadeyWilson
        SgtWadeyWilson
        December 29, 2017 at 3:27 am | #

        No, I’m pretty sure it’s called “Lettuce.”

        As in “Lettuce leaf this bag and explore the dorms.”

        • Danielle
          Danielle
          December 29, 2017 at 8:13 am | #

          Brilliant, thank you.

    • Remmington Steele
      Remmington Steele
      December 29, 2017 at 5:50 am | #

      It’s one of Buddy Holly’s.

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        December 29, 2017 at 7:33 am | #

        The other one was Mary Tyler Moore’s.

        • Remmington Steele
          Remmington Steele
          December 29, 2017 at 9:40 am | #

          Strange. I was listening to “I fought the law” this morning.

  3. gen
    gen
    December 29, 2017 at 12:02 am | #

    Uh, oh, trouble in… well, it was never paradise.

  4. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    December 29, 2017 at 12:02 am | #

    nice brick joke

    • Emily
      Emily
      December 29, 2017 at 12:05 am | #

      Chekov’s Cricket

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        December 29, 2017 at 12:32 am | #

        The Noisy Cricket, all it needs now is a silencer.

    • JessWitt
      JessWitt
      December 29, 2017 at 12:14 am | #

      Bricket joke?

    • Sunny
      Sunny
      December 29, 2017 at 6:50 am | #

      It was only set up 2 strips ago, so I’d say it’s a small-piece-of-ceramic-that-shattered-in-the-oven joke at most.

  5. DailyBrad
    DailyBrad
    December 29, 2017 at 12:02 am | #

    He’s here to tell them to always let their conscience be their guide.

  6. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    December 29, 2017 at 12:02 am | #

    Gee, why make them perpendicular tho

    • Yumi
      Yumi
      December 29, 2017 at 12:05 am | #

      Well, there’s not a ton of room. They do kind of look like they could go side-by-side on the last page, but maybe there’s just not quite enough space?

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        December 29, 2017 at 7:41 am | #

        Surely there’s enough room to put them front-to-front, then we can finally have that hardboiled detective noir subplot!

  7. Foxhack
    Foxhack
    December 29, 2017 at 12:03 am | #

    TAG THE CRICKET WILLIS

    • Raijin
      Raijin
      December 29, 2017 at 5:20 am | #

      #TheCricketWillis also known as #DamnYouCrickyWillis

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      December 29, 2017 at 9:25 am | #

      It does have a line…

  8. Nono
    Nono
    December 29, 2017 at 12:03 am | #

    Hey they could talk about booze! Like their stance on hops.

    • N0083rp00F
      N0083rp00F
      December 29, 2017 at 8:54 am | #

      Must we ferment this awkward pomace?

  9. Shiro
    Shiro
    December 29, 2017 at 12:04 am | #

    That set-up was beautiful, well done

  10. Passchendaele
    Passchendaele
    December 29, 2017 at 12:04 am | #

    That lettuce has an *epic* sense of timing.

    • MM
      MM
      December 29, 2017 at 12:39 am | #

      Well, it did know when to escape.

    • Chris Phoenix
      Chris Phoenix
      December 30, 2017 at 3:33 am | #

      It’s not lettuce.

      It’s a cell phone.

  11. Kazumi
    Kazumi
    December 29, 2017 at 12:05 am | #

    You tag that cricket right now mister or so help me!

    • Keulen
      Keulen
      December 29, 2017 at 12:14 am | #

      We’re rehearsing a play.

  12. Stephen Bierce
    Stephen Bierce
    December 29, 2017 at 12:06 am | #

    When You Wish Upon A Star
    Makes no difference who you are…

    • Stephen Bierce
      Stephen Bierce
      December 29, 2017 at 12:45 am | #

      Back in 2009…
      A Friend of Mine Name of Robert Vancel…
      Had HIS OWN Webcomic that featured a CRICKET as a character.
      Of course, I told him if he threw down against Willis, there’d be a smoking crater where he stood.

  13. Jupiterror
    Jupiterror
    December 29, 2017 at 12:06 am | #

    tag the damn cricket

  14. Keulen
    Keulen
    December 29, 2017 at 12:06 am | #

    I can’t believe I actually kinda called that cricket chirping indoors thing in the comments two strips ago. Nicely done Willis.

  15. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    December 29, 2017 at 12:08 am | #

    It’s name is Crikey the cricket.

  16. Meta
    Meta
    December 29, 2017 at 12:08 am | #

    tag the cricket

    • thejeff
      thejeff
      December 29, 2017 at 7:48 am | #

      That’s its name.
      Tag, the cricket.

  17. Pablo360
    Pablo360
    December 29, 2017 at 12:12 am | #

    Hah, the cricket.

    …the cricket from the bag that Carla had.

    …the bag that was meant to feed a pet.

    …a pet which is not allowed in the dorm.

    …Aw face.

    • Cybersnark
      Cybersnark
      December 29, 2017 at 8:56 am | #

      Right, the cricket. The cricket for Fuckface. The cricket chosen specially to feed Fuckface. Fuckface’s cricket. That cricket?

      • Godfather
        Godfather
        December 29, 2017 at 9:11 am | #

        YES, THAT CRICKET! *Yzma angry face*

        • Pablo360
          Pablo360
          December 29, 2017 at 2:11 pm | #

          So apparently Kronk and Yzma will both be played by Galasso in the upcoming live-action remake. This checks out.

  18. Woobie
    Woobie
    December 29, 2017 at 12:14 am | #

    #TagTheCricket
    animal hater
    🙂

    • Blackbird
      Blackbird
      December 29, 2017 at 3:19 pm | #

      “Tag the Cricket, Animal Hater” is the name of David Willis’ upcoming new webcomic about a cricket named Tag who hates other animals. Excellent viral marketing by Willis.

  19. Jupiterror
    Jupiterror
    December 29, 2017 at 12:15 am | #

    Non-cricket related, but I like how Ruth seems to be doing well for herself! Really turned that whole situation around.

  20. JessWitt
    JessWitt
    December 29, 2017 at 12:15 am | #

    Excellent.

  21. Tacos
    Tacos
    December 29, 2017 at 12:20 am | #

    Welp looks like they’re about to find out about the crickets and iguana. Whoops.

  22. Sam
    Sam
    December 29, 2017 at 12:26 am | #

    RIP, Chirpy. Died too young.

  23. tirachokko
    tirachokko
    December 29, 2017 at 12:35 am | #

    *confusion over the desk movement/placement in the last panel*
    but also yo this is me and the people i’m dating lmao

    “WE COULD HANG AND MAYBE EVEN TALK WHILE SITTING NEXT TO/IN FRONT OF EACH OTHER THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS”
    *silence and awkward stares exchanged*
    “d-do you wanna watch steven universe and cuddle awkwardly until one of us passes out/gets bored and starts smooching-” “YES”

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      December 29, 2017 at 7:56 am | #

      Ruth turned her chair clockwise, or faced that direction while standing up a little.

  24. Mr. Random
    Mr. Random
    December 29, 2017 at 12:39 am | #

    Tag the cricket.
    Her name shall be Cheery.

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      December 29, 2017 at 1:36 am | #

      Pretty much only male crickets chirp, and his name is Chester.

  25. nlips
    nlips
    December 29, 2017 at 12:40 am | #

    If they’re not drinking or fucking or wallowing in misery together, they seem to have no idea what to actually do… 😛

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      December 29, 2017 at 1:43 am | #

      Maybe they should get manicures.

      Also, that’s completely not true that they only fuck or wallow. They ALSO fight.

      • Dana
        Dana
        December 29, 2017 at 2:21 am | #

        Sometimes two or three of the above simultaneously! Maybe even all four!

        • Bagge
          Bagge
          December 29, 2017 at 2:42 am | #

          Fucking and getting manicures is a very specific kink.

          …It’s an existing kink, isn’t it?

          • Loki
            Loki
            December 29, 2017 at 3:12 am | #

            Well, I know (of) people who have a kink for “you try and do a delicate procedure such as accounting or math problems while I try to distract you as best as I can by fucking you senseless.”
            Manicure would fit that bill.

            • Delicious Taffy
              Delicious Taffy
              December 29, 2017 at 5:13 am | #

              This is the Dark Souls of kinks.

            • nlips
              nlips
              December 29, 2017 at 1:05 pm | #

              I know this game, except with video games. Imagine playing Mario while getting oral sex. If Mario dies, your partner stops, and you switch places.

              • Delicious Taffy
                Delicious Taffy
                December 29, 2017 at 3:10 pm | #

                This seems unfairly lopsided.

              • Bagge
                Bagge
                December 29, 2017 at 3:28 pm | #

                I learn so much from this comments section.

              • Kryss LaBryn
                Kryss LaBryn
                December 29, 2017 at 10:03 pm | #

                Well, and now I’m imagining that scene from “Swordfish”.

          • thejeff
            thejeff
            December 29, 2017 at 7:49 am | #

            Now it is. Thanks for making the universe kinkier.

          • Deanatay
            Deanatay
            December 29, 2017 at 9:10 am | #

            Rule 34, Bagge. That’s a question you never need to ask.

  26. Andrew
    Andrew
    December 29, 2017 at 12:45 am | #

    How surprisingly uncompletionist of you. Tag Chirpy the Cricket and make it the newest, oldest, bestest running gag ever. Go.

    • Andrew
      Andrew
      December 29, 2017 at 12:45 am | #

      Ooo, nice, picture.

  27. TAGTHECRICKET
    TAGTHECRICKET
    December 29, 2017 at 12:48 am | #

    TAG THE CRICKET

    • AbacusWizard
      AbacusWizard
      December 29, 2017 at 2:20 am | #

      I propose that the cricket should be named Tag.

      Tag, the Cricket.

  28. Just for kix
    Just for kix
    December 29, 2017 at 12:54 am | #

    Pretty sure the name of this cricket is lettuce!

    • Kryss LaBryn
      Kryss LaBryn
      December 29, 2017 at 10:04 pm | #

      Lettuce Tag the Cricket.

  29. Danni
    Danni
    December 29, 2017 at 12:59 am | #

    the cricket is mary, here to stop pre-marital hanky panky.

    • Delicious Taffy
      Delicious Taffy
      December 29, 2017 at 1:08 am | #

      So, she’s an Animagus with an insect form, which she uses to interfere with the lives of others? Seems lore-friendly to me.

      • Danni
        Danni
        December 29, 2017 at 1:20 am | #

        yes

  30. mister gray
    mister gray
    December 29, 2017 at 1:06 am | #

    oh no! I sense danger a head in the billie ruth relationship!

  31. Some Random Name
    Some Random Name
    December 29, 2017 at 1:13 am | #

    #TagTheCricket

  32. Sarah
    Sarah
    December 29, 2017 at 1:29 am | #

    tag the cricket, don’t be a COWARD

  33. Reltzik
    Reltzik
    December 29, 2017 at 1:33 am | #

    I hereby name the cricket Chester.

  34. GoblinScribe
    GoblinScribe
    December 29, 2017 at 1:43 am | #

    *Screaming through megaphone*
    It’s time to picket
    Tag the cricket!
    Don’t be a wicket
    Tag the cricket!
    Either lick it
    Or tag the cricket!

    • SgtWadeyWilson
      SgtWadeyWilson
      December 29, 2017 at 3:32 am | #

      http://hotlix.com/candy/image/cache/data/DB_CRICKETLICKIT_2014MAY-500×500.jpg

  35. BenRG
    BenRG
    December 29, 2017 at 2:03 am | #

    This was the moment that both Ruth and Billie learned, to their relief, that their life wasn’t a cheap network sitcom. Unfortunately, that didn’t stop their life from being just darn weird.

    Altogether now: “CARLAAA!!!“

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      December 29, 2017 at 4:13 am | #

      Heh, absolutely. I can just see Ruth running down the list of the usual suspects until she reaches Carla. Of course it’s Carla.

  36. Dana
    Dana
    December 29, 2017 at 2:18 am | #

    I didn’t know lettuce could emit cricket chirps.

  37. AbacusWizard
    AbacusWizard
    December 29, 2017 at 2:21 am | #

    This is basically the plot of Pinocchio (the original book, not the movie). Pinocchio’s a jerk, Talking Cricket shows up to scold him for being a jerk, Pinocchio throws a hammer at Talking Cricket and kills it.

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      December 29, 2017 at 2:42 am | #

      And there was all the hatefuck

    • ValdVin
      ValdVin
      December 29, 2017 at 9:17 pm | #

      When you wish upon a star
      Makes no difference who you are
      Any wish you heart desires will commmmme tooooo…
      SPLAT

      • AbacusWizard
        AbacusWizard
        December 30, 2017 at 12:13 am | #

        Meanwhile the Blue Fairy doesn’t even show up until many chapters later, after Pinocchio has been hanged by assassins. She tells Pinocchio that if he doesn’t take his medicine he will literally die (apparently the hanging is delayed-reaction) and summons forth an apparition of six black rabbits dressed as undertakers carrying a coffin to scare him straight.

  38. Bagge
    Bagge
    December 29, 2017 at 2:44 am | #

    “…sports?”
    “Leafs sucks!”
    “I’LL END YOU!”
    “Yeah, that was just enough foreplay for me too.”

    http://www.dumbingofage.com/2014/comic/book-4/02-i-was-a-teenage-churchmouse/colts/

    • Chris Phoenix
      Chris Phoenix
      December 30, 2017 at 3:41 am | #

      Upvote!

  39. Dull
    Dull
    December 29, 2017 at 3:16 am | #

    Tag the cricket you coward

  40. Alex Denton
    Alex Denton
    December 29, 2017 at 3:36 am | #

    That cricket deserves recognition, tag it 😀

  41. Reltzik
    Reltzik
    December 29, 2017 at 3:39 am | #

    …. okay, FINE, I’ll give up on calling the cricket Chester, but only if we can name him Tendulkar instead.

    • SgtWadeyWilson
      SgtWadeyWilson
      December 29, 2017 at 3:47 am | #

      https://media.tenor.com/images/51f8752e740fc46ad2964f6e91f91bcf/tenor.gif
      Carla named it Lettuce, and I’m inclined to agree with goddesses.

      • Ozoz
        Ozoz
        December 29, 2017 at 5:20 am | #

        …ALL the crickets are named lettuce? There’s more than one. There was a whole bag.

        • SgtWadeyWilson
          SgtWadeyWilson
          December 29, 2017 at 5:49 am | #

          Yep, a bag of Lettuce. They go by nicknames like: Iceberg, Butterhead, Romaine and Red Leaf.

          • Deanatay
            Deanatay
            December 29, 2017 at 9:20 am | #

            So, seeing as this is Ruth’s room, we’re probably seeing Red Leaf.

        • Kryss LaBryn
          Kryss LaBryn
          December 29, 2017 at 10:06 pm | #

          Prove it. prove it’s a whole bag and not just one immortal cricket. 😀

    • Remmington Steele
      Remmington Steele
      December 29, 2017 at 5:53 am | #

      C’mon mate. Don after Don Bradman surely?

      • Dean
        Dean
        December 29, 2017 at 6:49 am | #

        It’s name is Dennis, after Dennis Lillee.

  42. Mal
    Mal
    December 29, 2017 at 3:49 am | #

    why did she set it up so weirdly that makes me so uncomfortable

  43. erejnion
    erejnion
    December 29, 2017 at 3:51 am | #

    Poor cricket. Does this mean he’s gonna die next strip, and you don’t want to tag him for just two strips? Noooo!

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      December 29, 2017 at 4:31 am | #

      You can’t individually tag characters when they’re mostly only going to appear in groups.

      Mad Prediction: Joyce, Sal and Amazi-Girl are going to have a fifty-strip adventure finding, rescuing and releasing the crickets into the wild.

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      December 29, 2017 at 4:56 am | #

      NOOOOO! WILLIS PROMISED US NO DEATHS!

  44. Zaxares
    Zaxares
    December 29, 2017 at 4:42 am | #

    I confess, it took me a while to understand where the “setup for the cricket” came from. XD

    Also, desks make good furniture for bending someone over. Just leaving that out there for you two girls. 😉

  45. MasakiSayz
    MasakiSayz
    December 29, 2017 at 5:04 am | #

    I’ve missed Ruth.
    We could have a whole arc of just the misadventures of Ruth with Carla cameos, and I would be completely happy with it.

  46. Abel Undercity
    Abel Undercity
    December 29, 2017 at 5:13 am | #

    The game is afoot.

  47. OnyxIdol
    OnyxIdol
    December 29, 2017 at 5:30 am | #

    Hm. So now that there isn’t immediate drama around them they realize they have not much that connects them?

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      December 29, 2017 at 8:44 am | #

      It’s more a case of the fact that, for the first time, they don’t have the excuse of immediate drama to distract them from the most difficult part of a relationship of all: Find out who you both really are. For a pair of young women probably not even at the big-2-0 yet, that’s a daunting prospect.

  48. Remmington Steele
    Remmington Steele
    December 29, 2017 at 5:51 am | #

    That’ll be the day …

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eq9FCBatl3A

  49. Betty Anne
    Betty Anne
    December 29, 2017 at 6:31 am | #

    Probably an escapee from Fuckface’s food dish. :p

  50. Dariu55
    Dariu55
    December 29, 2017 at 6:48 am | #

    Tag the cricket as Jiminy. That way when he dies it’ll have some impact.

  51. adjudicus
    adjudicus
    December 29, 2017 at 8:36 am | #

    Man, the sound of crickets is gonna bug the cast for the rest of the strip, won’t it? Hopefully they’ll bee good to the crickets and won’t squish them

  52. Deanatay
    Deanatay
    December 29, 2017 at 9:28 am | #

    Dina: Amber?
    Amber: Can’t talk now, killing spi – arg, CRICKETS! *slams shoe against desk*

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      December 29, 2017 at 3:30 pm | #

      Dina’s eyes narrows.

      *Should I point out that crickets are not arachnids? She DID change her chosen term, but she did start to say spiders*

  53. Liliet
    Liliet
    December 29, 2017 at 9:45 am | #

    omg

  54. ETP
    ETP
    December 29, 2017 at 11:11 am | #

    #CricketsLivesMatter

  55. Oberon
    Oberon
    December 29, 2017 at 11:47 am | #

    So *that’s* where Carla’s lettuce got to!

  56. bodmans
    bodmans
    December 29, 2017 at 11:56 am | #

    Well, there’s Fuckface’s dinner

  57. Lulu
    Lulu
    December 29, 2017 at 12:18 pm | #

    If the sex won’t work cause it won’t be angry sex kind, there will be no hope for them, right?
    Maybe these two could start dating but without need for constant abuse, angry sex, booze etc. and just try it in normal way even if it’s a bit boring? Dating is boring and being a couple is even more boring, the secret is to get used to it and be content with small crazy moments from time to time to surprise your partner but in such way which shouldn’t destroy your lives.

  58. Tenn
    Tenn
    December 29, 2017 at 5:46 pm | #

    Me: “I bet he tagged the cricket, gonna scroll down and check, soon as I read the alt text…”
    *reads alt text*
    “Dammit!”

  59. Jay
    Jay
    December 29, 2017 at 9:32 pm | #

    This relationship isn’t gonna last…..that’s sad

  60. Jade
    Jade
    December 29, 2017 at 9:46 pm | #

    TAG. THE. CRICKET(s).

    Make it (them) a recurring character that breaks awkward silences. They’ve found their way into the ducts and keep breeding and no one can completely get rid of them. Tag as eighth plague.

  61. Reltzik
    Reltzik
    December 29, 2017 at 9:54 pm | #

    Okay, fine. His name is Wicket.

    …. c’mon, it’s a great name! It’s rhymes with cricket, it references the cricket sport, AND it’s ewokative.

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