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Handholding

by David M Willis on July 4, 2019 at 12:01 am
  • 04 - Vote for Robin
└ Tags: carla, sal

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  1. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    July 4, 2019 at 12:03 am | #

    It is far too late in the game for me to realize that I’m Carla. But I am.

    • Lia47
      Lia47
      July 4, 2019 at 12:22 am | #

      We Are All Carla

      • Felix
        Felix
        July 4, 2019 at 1:33 am | #

        No, I’m Spartacus. Sorry wrong franchise.

        • Clif
          Clif
          July 4, 2019 at 2:22 am | #

          Call me Ishmael.

          • MIB4u
            MIB4u
            July 4, 2019 at 2:54 am | #

            You can call me Al …

            • Shen Hibiki
              Shen Hibiki
              July 4, 2019 at 4:10 am | #

              Call me any time, but not collect, okay, big fella?

              • JediMB
                JediMB
                July 4, 2019 at 5:27 am | #

                Call me Maybe.

                • Tan
                  Tan
                  July 4, 2019 at 5:28 am | #

                  Betty, when you call me, you can call me Al

                • He Who Abides
                  He Who Abides
                  July 4, 2019 at 7:21 am | #

                  Eddy, not Betty.

                • Walky_Talky
                  Walky_Talky
                  July 4, 2019 at 7:33 am | #

                  Just don’t call me late for dinner.

                • Geneseepaws
                  Geneseepaws
                  July 4, 2019 at 8:11 am | #

                  I.am.Ironman.

                • FacelessDeviant
                  FacelessDeviant
                  July 4, 2019 at 8:12 am | #

                  Don’t call me Shirley.

                • thejeff
                  thejeff
                  July 4, 2019 at 11:05 am | #

                  Call me a taxi.

                • nothri
                  nothri
                  July 4, 2019 at 2:09 pm | #

                  “I am he who is called I am.” -burning bush to moses

                • thejeff
                  thejeff
                  July 4, 2019 at 3:36 pm | #

                  ‘I yam what I yam, and that’s all what I yam.’

                • Tex
                  Tex
                  July 4, 2019 at 9:09 pm | #

                  I am Groot

                • Astaphe
                  Astaphe
                  July 5, 2019 at 1:54 am | #

                  No, this is Patrick!

            • Sazazezer
              Sazazezer
              July 4, 2019 at 2:47 pm | #

              This is Patrick.

            • Roborat
              Roborat
              July 4, 2019 at 3:46 pm | #

              I am the terror that flaps in the night. I am the itch you cannot reach.

          • Jade
            Jade
            July 4, 2019 at 5:09 pm | #

            Call me for your lover’s lover’s alibi.

    • Djenk
      Djenk
      July 4, 2019 at 8:30 am | #

      Don’t call us, child, we’ll call you

      • elebenty
        elebenty
        July 4, 2019 at 12:18 pm | #

        A classic rock earworm to start the most American Graffiti of holidays. I thank you.

    • kay
      kay
      July 4, 2019 at 3:26 pm | #

      I am Carla in general, but I have Sal’s desire to step on people and Becky’s level of overall gay-ity. It’s a very confusing mix, sometimes…

      • kay
        kay
        July 4, 2019 at 3:32 pm | #

        ….Being a transwoman asexual who’s also EXTREME LESBIAN PRIDE ALL THE TIME, and who also is a domme because kinks are lovely and separate from sex…. … …1. Life is very confusing and 2. Finding characters to identify with usually requires putting multiples of them in a blender. *Sigh*

        • Habe
          Habe
          July 4, 2019 at 4:12 pm | #

          Ya don’t have to feel so alone in that. Buck up. There are a lot of people that are more complex than most fictional characters. World is better for us, and probably wouldn’t buy our stories if we wrote them

          • Ana Chronistic
            Ana Chronistic
            July 4, 2019 at 10:42 pm | #

            I heard a quote along the lines of “The most boring real person is more interesting than the most exciting fictional person.” Can’t find the source for the life of me, though.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      July 4, 2019 at 9:54 pm | #

      Carla’s fetishes are showing

    • Austin
      Austin
      July 6, 2019 at 11:19 pm | #

      Call me beep me if ya wana reach me

  2. King Daniel
    King Daniel
    July 4, 2019 at 12:03 am | #

    Alas, Sal, that’s murder.

    • Stephen Bierce
      Stephen Bierce
      July 4, 2019 at 12:08 am | #

      “I’ll moider da bum”–Tony Galento, circa 1930

    • Wack'd
      Wack'd
      July 4, 2019 at 12:32 am | #

      It’s also what you should imagine if you want to imagine the future.

      • Chris Phoenix
        Chris Phoenix
        July 4, 2019 at 7:22 pm | #

        Ooh, nicely done. That’s on the short list of books that haunt me. (Another is On The Beach.)

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      July 4, 2019 at 1:20 am | #

      Not necessarily. It might just be aggravated assault. Maybe manslaughter.

      • Daisy
        Daisy
        July 4, 2019 at 6:49 am | #

        Definitely aggravated assault. Malaya is extremely aggravating.

  3. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    July 4, 2019 at 12:03 am | #

    Sal: https://twitter.com/OkamiIssho/status/867068146410246144/photo/1

    (actually, Sal would be more “WIN/WIN!” huh)

  4. ValdVin
    ValdVin
    July 4, 2019 at 12:04 am | #

    Between helping Joyce with the shower shoes and this, Carla certainly likes footwear.

    • Ophidiophile
      Ophidiophile
      July 4, 2019 at 1:56 am | #

      I’m thinking Carla has some very unusual hobbies.

      • drs
        drs
        July 4, 2019 at 2:07 am | #

        Carla is secretly a cobbler elf.

  5. Sporky
    Sporky
    July 4, 2019 at 12:05 am | #

    Carla is who’ll be happy!

  6. Stephen Bierce
    Stephen Bierce
    July 4, 2019 at 12:06 am | #

    These Boots Are Made For Walkin’
    And that’s just what they’ll do…

    • Wolfbeckett
      Wolfbeckett
      July 4, 2019 at 4:54 pm | #

      One of these days these boots are gonna… stomp Malaya’s stupid face in and WE’LL SEE WHO’S LAUGHING THEN!

  7. Pocky
    Pocky
    July 4, 2019 at 12:07 am | #

    upupupupup

    . . . my penis can only get so erect

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      July 4, 2019 at 12:13 am | #

      Mine can go even further beyond.

      • Delicious Taffy
        Delicious Taffy
        July 4, 2019 at 12:33 am | #

        Yeah, but it loses its eyebrows, for some reason.

        • Clif
          Clif
          July 4, 2019 at 1:35 am | #

          Um.

          • Delicious Taffy
            Delicious Taffy
            July 4, 2019 at 2:16 am | #

            What, you never saw a blenis go Super Saiyan 3?

    • Marsh Maryrose
      Marsh Maryrose
      July 4, 2019 at 1:50 am | #

      Dude, there are plenty of ways to talk about the sexiness of the characters without invoking the state of your own penis. Protip: no one who is not currently a sexual partner of yours has any interest in the state of your penis. See also: “unsolicited boner update.”

      • Shane Wegner
        Shane Wegner
        July 4, 2019 at 3:38 am | #

        Sure, well and good, you don’t care for it, fine. Additional missed context: OP is not literally talking about OP’s p state. As with the tie in to phrasing, these are direct quotes from Archer. Krieger in this case.

        • Marsh Maryrose
          Marsh Maryrose
          July 4, 2019 at 9:27 am | #

          Fuck, once again I have proved myself to be a culturally ignorant old fart. In the immortal words of Emily Litella, “Nivver mind!”

  8. Kyrik Michalowski
    Kyrik Michalowski
    July 4, 2019 at 12:07 am | #

    So ignoring her shortcomings (personality, attitude, etc.) who else would want to get stepped on by Malaya?

    Also Carla you are a delight, why are you not at the end of every situation?

    • tim gueguen
      tim gueguen
      July 4, 2019 at 12:10 am | #

      There’s only so much Carla to go around.

    • ian livs
      ian livs
      July 4, 2019 at 12:18 am | #

      I was just coming here to comment “I admit, I would indeed let Malaya step on me.”

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      July 4, 2019 at 1:48 am | #

      Me me me me me all day everyday every night every hour.

  9. Yumi
    Yumi
    July 4, 2019 at 12:09 am | #

    So now the entire background is an ad for 4 cut Hero? Which features a cat girl with weird boobs that I want to make sure is properly fed?

    • Yumi
      Yumi
      July 4, 2019 at 12:13 am | #

      It’s gone now. In style I minded it less than the pop-up ads along the bottom that are back now. I seem to only get one or the other.

    • ian livs
      ian livs
      July 4, 2019 at 12:19 am | #

      I’m also really worried about that poor cat girl, tbh…

      • Miri
        Miri
        July 4, 2019 at 1:16 am | #

        *Actually looks at the ads* Mine all seem to be for various Manga in which some poor woman is being pawed/undressed with titles indicating at best power imbalances… Disconcertingly, the woman in each of them looks the same including colouring. I will have to conclude either Mary has gotten out of DoA or she is an actress and nothing skeevy is actually happening here.

        • not someone else
          not someone else
          July 4, 2019 at 3:02 am | #

          Mine just want to sell me some kind of hideous SUV.

          • Streeter
            Streeter
            July 4, 2019 at 4:15 am | #

            Mine is for Kubernetes.

            I need to start blocking tracking by default, that is way too accurate and targeted for my taste.

            • MatthewTheLucky
              MatthewTheLucky
              July 4, 2019 at 9:04 pm | #

              I’m getting Gordman’s and Australian mortgage loans.

              I’ve never been to Australia.

        • NickG
          NickG
          July 4, 2019 at 5:30 pm | #

          One of the dodgy looking manga I’m seeing in the ads is called ‘Kissing Carla’, I can’t help thinking this would be a bad move.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      July 4, 2019 at 1:55 am | #

      Right now it’s giving me ads for manga, trash bags, tooth straightening retainers, and Bloomingdales.

      An eclectic collection to say the least.

  10. Batz
    Batz
    July 4, 2019 at 12:18 am | #

    Two very complicated individuals in today’s strip.
    Yessiree-bobby.

  11. BBCC
    BBCC
    July 4, 2019 at 12:19 am | #

    Sal, honey, baby, I love you, but please – phrasing. 😛

  12. DailyBrad
    DailyBrad
    July 4, 2019 at 12:26 am | #

    I find it amusing how dense Sal can be about this kind of thing.

    Also, are Marcie and Carla friends? We’ve seen them hang out a few times, but it’s been a while, and I wasn’t sure if it was just because one of them brought booze.

    • Marsh Maryrose
      Marsh Maryrose
      July 4, 2019 at 12:39 am | #

      That’s a good question and the archived strips don’t really answer, it, but Carla knows Marcie well enough to figure out something that Sal couldn’t figure out.

    • JBento
      JBento
      July 4, 2019 at 7:28 am | #

      Carla doesn’t have friends, just people who tolerate her enough not to want to push her off the nearest cliff.

      • DailyBrad
        DailyBrad
        July 4, 2019 at 4:47 pm | #

        Yes and no, I guess. She’s obviously a fan of pushing peoples’ buttons, but seems to get along well enough with Ruth and now Lucy.

  13. jeffepp
    jeffepp
    July 4, 2019 at 12:28 am | #

    Carla, your fetish is showing.

  14. Raen
    Raen
    July 4, 2019 at 12:30 am | #

    It almost seems like Carla has a crush on Sal.

  15. Wack'd
    Wack'd
    July 4, 2019 at 12:31 am | #

    Carla: not into sex but, evidently, big into people stepping on each other!

    …oh god i sure hope she takes the roller skates off for that

    • Delicious Taffy
      Delicious Taffy
      July 4, 2019 at 12:36 am | #

      Isn’t there a pretty big community of people who like and even get off to kinky stuff but aren’t necessarily into sex? I could swear I’ve heard that before.

      • BBCC
        BBCC
        July 4, 2019 at 12:37 am | #

        Yup. Non-sexual kink is a thing.

      • Lily
        Lily
        July 4, 2019 at 12:45 am | #

        Wait that’s a thing, because that would explain so much

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      July 4, 2019 at 1:49 am | #

      She just doesn’t wanna rub genitals. Doesn’t mean she doesn’t mind doing stuff that’s hot (or even that she’s against cumming)

      • Wack'd
        Wack'd
        July 4, 2019 at 2:03 am | #

        We’re definitely on the same page.

      • merbrat
        merbrat
        July 4, 2019 at 9:16 am | #

        She likes to watch.

      • LeslieBean4shizzle
        LeslieBean4shizzle
        July 4, 2019 at 10:48 am | #

        Indeed. One of my Ace friends got her nipples pierced for a similar reason. She enjoys orgasms and kink – she just prefers to provide her own.

  16. NF
    NF
    July 4, 2019 at 12:33 am | #

    This comic is adorable.

  17. Wack'd
    Wack'd
    July 4, 2019 at 12:41 am | #

    “alas, sal is extremely straight”

    You can say that as much as you like, Willis, but you can’t make us believe it!

    • BBCC
      BBCC
      July 4, 2019 at 12:45 am | #

      To be fair, this isn’t her most heterosexual moment, that’s for sure. XD

      • Meagan
        Meagan
        July 5, 2019 at 12:05 am | #

        Her ignorance of the sexual overtones present here could be considered evidence of her heterosexuality.

    • Wolfbeckett
      Wolfbeckett
      July 4, 2019 at 4:56 pm | #

      She did sleep with Jason, so yeah, I think her extreme heterosexuality has to be called into question here.

  18. Falcon
    Falcon
    July 4, 2019 at 12:50 am | #

    If Sal is “extremely straight” as the alt text says, then there is no perfect or near-perfect ending for Marcie. Manage your expectations, people.

    • Wack'd
      Wack'd
      July 4, 2019 at 12:54 am | #

      Or, you know.

      Fanfiction.

      • BBCC
        BBCC
        July 4, 2019 at 1:08 am | #

        I mean, that’s where I’ve been funnelling this.

  19. Keulen
    Keulen
    July 4, 2019 at 1:09 am | #

    I feel like I’d be Sal in this situation as well, since I wasn’t sure if the “step on me” thing was a sexual thing or not until reading this strip. To be honest I’m still not completely sure.

    • Zach
      Zach
      July 4, 2019 at 1:15 am | #

      It’s called ‘innuendo’. Sal does not mean it sexually, but Carla is making it sexual.

    • Zatar
      Zatar
      July 4, 2019 at 1:18 am | #

      It very much is.

    • Marsh Maryrose
      Marsh Maryrose
      July 4, 2019 at 1:57 am | #

      Visit any Rule34 site. But before you do, just remember that there are things that, once seen, cannot be unseen.

    • Luna
      Luna
      July 4, 2019 at 10:45 am | #

      It’s definitely a kinky thing, but not necessarily sexual.

  20. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    July 4, 2019 at 1:24 am | #

    Uuuh.

  21. Agemegos
    Agemegos
    July 4, 2019 at 1:32 am | #

    Sal, do not make casual promises to any of the Fair Folk.

  22. abysswatcher1993
    abysswatcher1993
    July 4, 2019 at 1:32 am | #

    Sal, your hatred is coming as a bit tsundere for the narcisist with a weird imagination.

    • Kyoulkoa
      Kyoulkoa
      July 4, 2019 at 2:10 am | #

      Gotta watch out for those sun-deer

  23. Gin
    Gin
    July 4, 2019 at 1:34 am | #

    DoA #467: Step Till You’re Happy

    • BarerMender
      BarerMender
      July 4, 2019 at 2:00 am | #

      Neck Stomp till You’re Happy.

      • Clif
        Clif
        July 4, 2019 at 2:17 am | #

        DOA#?: We ALL want Malaya to step on us.

  24. BarerMender
    BarerMender
    July 4, 2019 at 1:58 am | #

    Carla (as someone once said to me), “you’re a kinky motherfucker.”

  25. brionl
    brionl
    July 4, 2019 at 1:59 am | #

    “Stepped on”? Is that what you kids are saying these days?
    See also: My Lawn, and the getting off thereof.

    • Delicious Taffy
      Delicious Taffy
      July 4, 2019 at 2:15 am | #

      What are you doing to that lawn? Do I need to call somebody? Like a park ranger or something?

      • Clif
        Clif
        July 4, 2019 at 2:19 am | #

        Nah. After the cleanup on the 4th they won’t have enough left in their budget to do something.

    • not someone else
      not someone else
      July 4, 2019 at 3:03 am | #

      If it helps, it’s not actually a double entendre. It means what it says.

    • Josh Spicer
      Josh Spicer
      July 4, 2019 at 10:25 am | #

      But what if it is YOU that steps on your lawn?

      • Marsh Maryrose
        Marsh Maryrose
        July 4, 2019 at 11:16 am | #

        “In Soviet Russia, lawn steps on you!”

  26. BenRG
    BenRG
    July 4, 2019 at 2:11 am | #

    Something tells me that Carla is still a wee bit bitter that Malaya basically looked right through her.

    • Smatterguy
      Smatterguy
      July 4, 2019 at 6:02 am | #

      Wait.
      When was that?
      I thought malaya’s only “see through a person” moment was with sal?

      Could you link to the specific strip?

      • BenRG
        BenRG
        July 4, 2019 at 9:40 am | #

        It was when Malaya grabbed Joe. She basically left Marcie and Carla (the latter of whom was practically begging Malaya to pay attention to her) high and dry as if they didn’t exist.

  27. Clif
    Clif
    July 4, 2019 at 2:14 am | #

    I think Sal is missing some of the subtext.

    • krylani
      krylani
      July 4, 2019 at 2:22 am | #

      Yeah, but she’s all over that domtext.

      • a snow mouse
        a snow mouse
        July 4, 2019 at 2:40 pm | #

        +1 internets, but because that was a kink pun you only get the porn sites. Sorry, I don’t make the rules.

        • a snow mouse
          a snow mouse
          July 4, 2019 at 2:44 pm | #

          On the bright side, you won’t have to subscribe to see the latest DoA Slipshine!

          • krylani
            krylani
            July 5, 2019 at 2:48 am | #

            Woot! XD

  28. HeatherJean
    HeatherJean
    July 4, 2019 at 2:51 am | #

    I don’t think I’ve ever seen Carla be so turned on.

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      July 4, 2019 at 10:46 am | #

      There is always this
      http://www.dumbingofage.com/2018/comic/book-8/03-faz-is-great/friendly/

      • LeslieBean4shizzle
        LeslieBean4shizzle
        July 4, 2019 at 3:35 pm | #

        I forgot Willis basically dedicated that strip to Christine Love! I fuckin love Christine Love. No pun intended.

      • HeatherJean
        HeatherJean
        July 4, 2019 at 5:25 pm | #

        That is… disturbing.

  29. Bagge
    Bagge
    July 4, 2019 at 3:07 am | #

    I’m loosing track of who is attracted to who and how.

    • neeks
      neeks
      July 4, 2019 at 3:11 am | #

      Sounds about right for a college environment tbh

      • Bagge
        Bagge
        July 4, 2019 at 4:07 am | #

        …that’s fair.

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      July 4, 2019 at 4:28 am | #

      Carla is attracted to Malaya mostly because she’s impressed by loud and in-your-face types. Sal… is a bit of a mystery. Marcie is her friend and Malaya and Carla both annoy her for different reasons. Marcie is lonely and horny and thinks Malaya is physically attractive enough to lust over her. However, I think that holding hands with Sal was a weird and unexpected experience on a par with Joyce being kissed by Becky.

      • Nono
        Nono
        July 4, 2019 at 7:47 am | #

        Sal likes tall (see: Ethan, possibly Jason).

    • Jamie
      Jamie
      July 4, 2019 at 3:40 pm | #

      I got you: http://www.dumbingofage.com/2018/comic/book-8/03-faz-is-great/heck/

      • Bagge
        Bagge
        July 4, 2019 at 11:48 pm | #

        …thanks, I think.

  30. NinjaNick
    NinjaNick
    July 4, 2019 at 3:13 am | #

    I’m sure Sal will keep that promise.

  31. Anywhere
    Anywhere
    July 4, 2019 at 3:26 am | #

    I humbly submit to you all this Art I felt inspired to make immediately after seeing this comic. https://imgur.com/sxUMOUd

    • Delicious Taffy
      Delicious Taffy
      July 4, 2019 at 3:34 am | #

      I like your use of color. Proportions are all over the place, though.

      • Anywhere
        Anywhere
        July 4, 2019 at 3:45 am | #

        It was the best I could do

        with a laptop touch pad.

        If I’d been drawing with pen and paper, I promise you it’d be much, much worse.

  32. BenRG
    BenRG
    July 4, 2019 at 4:25 am | #

    Basically, panel 3 is Carla opioning that any relationship with Malaya would basically involve volunteering to be abused by her. Whilst I’m not personally certain that’s the case, I do think it’s necessary for Carla to honestly warn Marcie about that if she really thinks that.

    • Tarnish
      Tarnish
      July 4, 2019 at 4:54 am | #

      I’m pretty sure that’s more Carla opining that she has a foot fetish.

      • Zaxares
        Zaxares
        July 4, 2019 at 5:13 am | #

        Not really. The last time we had Carla and Malaya in the same strip together, Carla was pretty obviously displaying signs of liking the idea of being humiliated/degraded by Malaya, and now she’s liking the same idea of Malaya being humiliated/degraded by Sal. So to me, it’s fairly obvious that Carla has a humiliation/degradation fetish.

        • Tarnish
          Tarnish
          July 4, 2019 at 8:47 am | #

          This really seems like a question of how much overlap these sorts of paraphilias have, because foot fetishes can often have a strong overtone of humiliation or degradation.

          • Zaxares
            Zaxares
            July 5, 2019 at 7:49 am | #

            That is a fair point! 🙂 Most of the foot fetishists I’ve known were attracted to physical feet in general, or of using feet to play with certain intimate body parts, not so much BDSM powerplays that I’m more familiar with, but there might be an unconscious psychological aspect there that they either declined to mention to me, or weren’t aware of themselves.

      • Josh Spicer
        Josh Spicer
        July 4, 2019 at 10:26 am | #

        I don’t think the “stepped on” kink comes from the actual usage of the foot so much as it does from the power play in the action.

        • thejeff
          thejeff
          July 4, 2019 at 11:08 am | #

          Might vary from person to person, but in Carla’s case, her previous comments about humiliation from Malaya had nothing to do with feet, so it’s probably true for her.

  33. Eldritch Gentleman
    Eldritch Gentleman
    July 4, 2019 at 5:33 am | #

    Is Carla using Sal’s reverse psychology on her for Greater Amusement?

  34. BrokenEye, the True False Prophet
    BrokenEye, the True False Prophet
    July 4, 2019 at 5:39 am | #

    If you want a picture of the future, imagine Sal’s boot stamping on Malaya’s face — forever.

  35. Azukar
    Azukar
    July 4, 2019 at 7:37 am | #

    Waitwaitwait… is Carla into girls (and light kinky stuff) or just into seeing Malaya suffer?

    (inb4: porque no los dos)

    • thejeff
      thejeff
      July 4, 2019 at 8:48 am | #

      Carla’s definitely into girls, but probably not sex – asexual homoromantic is the usual theory. Apparently with a kink.

    • Romanticide
      Romanticide
      July 6, 2019 at 8:50 pm | #

      Other universe Carla is into girls but asexual, chances are this one too.

  36. C.T Phipps
    C.T Phipps
    July 4, 2019 at 9:24 pm | #

    I feel both guilty and amused that I hope Carla eventually uploads her brain into a robot vehicle.

  37. HeatherJean
    HeatherJean
    July 5, 2019 at 10:05 pm | #

    “You can punch us if you want! We have an eminently punchable face! – Questionable Content, 4 July

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