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by David M Willis on March 22, 2020 at 12:01 am
  • 03 - When It Crumbles
└ Tags: amber, carla, dina, ethan, ruth, walky

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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    March 22, 2020 at 12:01 am | #

    MYSTERY SOLVED MIKE DIAF

    • Kyoulkoa
      Kyoulkoa
      March 22, 2020 at 12:05 am | #

      Problem solved

    • Walky_Talky
      Walky_Talky
      March 22, 2020 at 6:58 am | #

      Destroyed It And Fled? Dastardly Ingenious At Fellatio? Dookied In A Firetruck? Drowns Iguanas After Fapping?

      • Kaidah
        Kaidah
        March 22, 2020 at 8:42 am | #

        Did an Indianan’s Abuela For-a-nickel ?

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        March 22, 2020 at 10:26 am | #

        Leave Fuckface out of this!

  2. Stephen Bierce
    Stephen Bierce
    March 22, 2020 at 12:05 am | #

    Say I’m crying
    I’m looking at what’s on TV
    Pain and suffering
    And the struggle to be free
    It can’t ever be denied
    And I never will ignore
    But when I see you coming
    I can take it all
    You’re so fine
    Lose my mind
    And the world seems to Disappear
    All the problems
    All the fears
    And the world seems to Disappear
    –INXS

  3. Nono
    Nono
    March 22, 2020 at 12:05 am | #

    Odds on Joyce and co. rushing over to Becky’s?

    • Agemegos
      Agemegos
      March 22, 2020 at 1:17 am | #

      Seems like a leap in the dark. What do they know now that they didn’t a bedtime that points towards Becky’s?

      • Agemegos
        Agemegos
        March 22, 2020 at 1:24 am | #

        “at bedtime”, that is.

  4. AntJ
    AntJ
    March 22, 2020 at 12:05 am | #

    Seven strips in, and the Sustained Sense of Danger begins. 92 strips to go.

  5. Vangeln
    Vangeln
    March 22, 2020 at 12:06 am | #

    All of them are joggin, yeah Amber and Mike too. Letś go back to sleep.

    • clif
      clif
      March 22, 2020 at 12:48 am | #

      Sounds good.

  6. Kravis
    Kravis
    March 22, 2020 at 12:07 am | #

    Amber just did “The Batman”.

    • Bryy
      Bryy
      March 22, 2020 at 1:16 am | #

      Amber’s eyes in panel one are not fun.

  7. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    March 22, 2020 at 12:10 am | #

    Ethan, you turned your back on Amber. The Commissioner Gordon Rule clearly stipulates that she has to be gone when you look back.

    One day Gordon’s gonna install a mirror on the roof of police headquarters, just so he can turn away and watch Batman awkwardly tiptoe off.

  8. bejouled
    bejouled
    March 22, 2020 at 12:23 am | #

    So is “Mike” not showing up in the Amber comics anymore, now that she hallucinated him?

    • bejouled
      bejouled
      March 22, 2020 at 12:23 am | #

      Like is his name not hidden anymore

    • Felix
      Felix
      March 22, 2020 at 1:39 am | #

      Mike Who?

    • Kinoko
      Kinoko
      March 22, 2020 at 4:02 am | #

      He’s tagged in them, if that’s what you mean. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

  9. He Who Abides
    He Who Abides
    March 22, 2020 at 12:26 am | #

    Don’t lie, Walky. You weren’t hoping to see Mike anywhere.

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      March 22, 2020 at 2:02 am | #

      I mean, which would you be more comfortable with? Being able to see Mike and know what he’s getting up to, or not?

  10. Bryy
    Bryy
    March 22, 2020 at 12:27 am | #

    Welp. STRAP IN, EVERYONE.

  11. Sirksome
    Sirksome
    March 22, 2020 at 12:29 am | #

    Mike’s been dead for like three weeks and these guys are just now noticing he’s gone? His body’s probably already decomposed! They all deserve whatever bad thing happens to them!

    • BBCC
      BBCC
      March 22, 2020 at 12:31 am | #

      No. No he has not. Assuming he did die, it was the day before yesterday. Not even. It was after midnight he died, so it was literally yesterday. One night not home now come to two.

      • Sirksome
        Sirksome
        March 22, 2020 at 12:51 am | #

        I know. I was joking because it’s been a few weeks for us the readers since his fall. I’m not sure exactly how long but it’s been a bit of time. But yes’ to them it’s only been a day, so it’s believable they wouldn’t notice till now.

        • BBCC
          BBCC
          March 22, 2020 at 12:55 am | #

          Oh. My bad, I’m not always great at telling jokes online.

          • Sirksome
            Sirksome
            March 22, 2020 at 12:58 am | #

            It’s fine. Conveying humor through text is hard and a skill I have yet to master.

            • Geneseepaws
              Geneseepaws
              March 22, 2020 at 9:09 am | #

              It can be mastered? Inconceivable!

              • Deanatay
                Deanatay
                March 22, 2020 at 10:31 am | #

                Clearly, you must work harder.

            • BBCC
              BBCC
              March 22, 2020 at 2:26 pm | #

              I haven’t either so you’re definitely not alone on that.

    • Agemegos
      Agemegos
      March 22, 2020 at 1:05 am | #

      Mike’s not dead. He’s holding the evil dads in durance at the bottom of a dry well in the basement of an abandoned house, and forcing them to rub lotion on each other by threatening them with a hose. He’s doing it for Ambi-Girl, for a nickel. And he is wearing a latex fetish suit.

      • clif
        clif
        March 22, 2020 at 1:11 am | #

        But since it’s been an entire day, he’s running out of lotion.

        • Agemegos
          Agemegos
          March 22, 2020 at 1:19 am | #

          Soon he will have to throw the shiv, the nickel, and the half-eaten pepperoni into the pit.

  12. abysswatcher1993
    abysswatcher1993
    March 22, 2020 at 12:30 am | #

    Just 2 seconds and Amazi -Girl took control of Amber’s body. That is scary.

    Also, where are the girls now?

    • clif
      clif
      March 22, 2020 at 12:45 am | #

      I’m here.

    • BarerMender
      BarerMender
      March 22, 2020 at 1:05 am | #

      They’ve been kidnapped! Just like that! Gone in a glance!

    • Cass
      Cass
      March 22, 2020 at 1:35 am | #

      Or she ran back in to get her phone.

    • Jhon
      Jhon
      March 22, 2020 at 11:35 am | #

      Dorothy went jogging, as was her original intention.
      Joyce saw a chance for pal time with Dorothy.
      Sarah went along with her little sis.
      Nothing bad going on here.

      • clif
        clif
        March 22, 2020 at 12:31 pm | #

        Walky and Ethan clearly believe Amber went back in to get her phone.

  13. BBCC
    BBCC
    March 22, 2020 at 12:33 am | #

    Ohhhh the girls disappearing has me worried.

    Please just be going to get Amber’s phone or going to see Becky.

    • Slartibeast Button, BIA
      Slartibeast Button, BIA
      March 22, 2020 at 12:55 am | #

      Cue the Charlie’s Angels theme.

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      March 22, 2020 at 10:43 am | #

      Wait, who’s missing now? We were talking about someone being missing, and then a bunch of other names were thrown around, and then…

      Hey, was this comic always about beautifully drawn IU landscapes and buildings?

      • clif
        clif
        March 22, 2020 at 12:41 pm | #

        Well yes, but the plot and characters and stuff was supposed to distract you so you wouldn’t realize it.

      • BBCC
        BBCC
        March 22, 2020 at 2:29 pm | #

        It must have been, because the lighting is stunning.

  14. Chaucer59
    Chaucer59
    March 22, 2020 at 12:34 am | #

    I think we’re talking two nights in-comic time.

    • Rotunda
      Rotunda
      March 22, 2020 at 1:05 am | #

      A little over 24 hours. Mike fell after midnight Tuesday morning, and this is early Wednesday morning. See https://walkypedia.fandom.com/wiki/Dumbing_of_Age_Timeline

      • clif
        clif
        March 22, 2020 at 12:48 pm | #

        Nightguy is clearly a night, but I’m not sure about Ethan.

  15. DailyBrad
    DailyBrad
    March 22, 2020 at 12:49 am | #

    I’d hang out with Carla, she’s a hoot.

    • clif
      clif
      March 22, 2020 at 12:51 am | #

      And a half

    • Ray Radlein
      Ray Radlein
      March 22, 2020 at 4:30 am | #

      Pretty sure that means she’s wouldn’t want to hang out with you, alas

    • Geneseepaws
      Geneseepaws
      March 22, 2020 at 9:12 am | #

      She’s got better lines than Mike does. Wait, I think his name was Mike.

      • Geneseepaws
        Geneseepaws
        March 22, 2020 at 9:17 am | #

        Anyway, I saw him down at the Walmart, he had a cart full or toilet paper and half gallon jugs of ? Hand lotion? It said hand lotion on the label, so I guess it was.?

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      March 22, 2020 at 10:32 am | #

      Dat microbatch Carla experience

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        March 22, 2020 at 10:39 am | #

        Eh, it seems like everyone’s making some microbatch artisanal Carla or another these days.

  16. clif
    clif
    March 22, 2020 at 12:50 am | #

    DOA 10: You Haven’t Seen Mike?

    • Keulen
      Keulen
      March 22, 2020 at 2:30 am | #

      That’s pretty close to the question half of the comment section has been asking for weeks now.

      • StClair
        StClair
        March 22, 2020 at 12:51 pm | #

        And I am pretty thoroughly tired of it, especially since it was obvious to me in the first week that Willis wouldn’t tell us until he was damn good and ready. Why you all gotta feed the troll?

        • clif
          clif
          March 22, 2020 at 12:58 pm | #

          Think of it as an artisanally crafted experience.

        • StClair
          StClair
          March 22, 2020 at 1:04 pm | #

          Page after page of breathless speculation and wondering what happens next, as if – like your favorite wrestling and/or “reality” show – all of this wasn’t pre-scripted literally weeks in advance. Do you all truly have nothing better to do with your time?

          Seriously thinking about taking a break for a month. This plot still won’t be over, but at least it will have progressed, and you’ll have something else to talk about. Probably.

          • Delicious Taffy
            Delicious Taffy
            March 22, 2020 at 2:22 pm | #

            Sorry for being invested. /s

          • Joyfulldreams
            Joyfulldreams
            March 22, 2020 at 2:37 pm | #

            Are you…seriously complaining about people in the comment section of a webcomic. Discussing and speculating about the webcomic???

            What a bizarre thing to be annoyed by.

            • StClair
              StClair
              March 22, 2020 at 3:22 pm | #

              I don’t consider day after day, week after week, of “OMG, what happened to Mike? Is Mike dead? When will we find out if he’s dead? Why haven’t we found out yet?” to be “discussion”. But then, I guess I’ve been spoiled by the likes of Cerberus, who actually had things to say about the comic and wasn’t just filling time until something was revealed/resolved.

              We will find out what happened to Mike when we are told/shown, whenever that is. That, IMO, is all that needs to be said. Find a new damn topic and quit filling space and time with meaningless noise.

              • StClair
                StClair
                March 22, 2020 at 3:24 pm | #

                … or don’t, and keep on doing what the new Slipshine ad suggests. ‘Cause that’s what all of this is.

                • Agemegos
                  Agemegos
                  March 22, 2020 at 10:11 pm | #

                  Harmless self-pleasure?

  17. Sirksome
    Sirksome
    March 22, 2020 at 12:55 am | #

    If Amber went all Amazi that seems like a really bad thing here since she’s sleep deprived. I don’t know anything about disassociation but I don’t think it negates the brain or body’s need for rest. So this is just a bomb ready to go off at anytime really.

    • Sam
      Sam
      March 22, 2020 at 1:47 am | #

      I think it depends kind of like how some people sleepwalk and still wake up refreshed while others wake up feeling like a train ran them over.

  18. Agemegos
    Agemegos
    March 22, 2020 at 1:07 am | #

    No, Walky, I don’t know what you mean.

    • Pat
      Pat
      March 22, 2020 at 10:56 am | #

      He means Mike flaps both wings.

      • clif
        clif
        March 22, 2020 at 12:34 pm | #

        I … never heard that one before.

  19. Agemegos
    Agemegos
    March 22, 2020 at 1:08 am | #

    Ought not the men’s wing RA to be counting Mike’s heads?

    • clif
      clif
      March 22, 2020 at 1:14 am | #

      The men’s wing RA has been missing the entire semester and no one has noticed till now.

      • Ray Radlein
        Ray Radlein
        March 22, 2020 at 4:34 am | #

        Turns out Mike was secretly the men’s wing RA all along

      • He Who Abides
        He Who Abides
        March 22, 2020 at 1:55 pm | #

        Trek marathon was on.

  20. clif
    clif
    March 22, 2020 at 1:16 am | #

    The world needs more artisanally crafted experiences.

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      March 22, 2020 at 10:34 am | #

      Carla’s a microbatch.

  21. Rikunda
    Rikunda
    March 22, 2020 at 1:24 am | #

    Did she go back in for her phone or… Did she have a microsleep and cause her personality to shift?! FIND OUT NEXT TIME!

    • Agemegos
      Agemegos
      March 22, 2020 at 1:27 am | #

      Same Bat-Time! Same Bat-Channel!

  22. Proto
    Proto
    March 22, 2020 at 1:33 am | #

    “If he isn’t with the boys, he’s over with the girls, if you know what I mean.”

    I… don’t? Is it referring to Mike being bi? I feel like an idiot here, someone help me.

    • Marsh Maryrose
      Marsh Maryrose
      March 22, 2020 at 2:01 am | #

      I’m pretty sure that’s exactly what Walky is referring to. One explanation for Mike not sleeping in the boys’ wing is that he might have been in the girls’ wing. Being Walky, he has to make it into a wink-wink-nudge-nudge comment.

      • Agemegos
        Agemegos
        March 22, 2020 at 2:11 am | #

        Or he could have been with a lover in a different dorm, or off campus….

        Not every man whom Mike might sleep over with would be on Walky’s floor of Walky’s wing of Walky’s dorm.

        • Kinoko
          Kinoko
          March 22, 2020 at 4:06 am | #

          This may be based on observed behavior. As Mike’s room-mate, Walky would have noticed if that was a common pattern.

    • hof1991
      hof1991
      March 22, 2020 at 11:49 am | #

      Your mom doesn’t live in the dorm, so he’s elsewhere tonight. Gathering nickels.

  23. Keulen
    Keulen
    March 22, 2020 at 2:28 am | #

    So Amber Batmanned away, and apparently Joyce, Sarah, and Dorothy went somewhere too. I’m worried about what might have made them all leave.

  24. TheFlamingonator
    TheFlamingonator
    March 22, 2020 at 4:39 am | #

    the Skedaddlin Squad had vanished!

  25. Bagge
    Bagge
    March 22, 2020 at 5:55 am | #

    Carla is helping

    • Wizard
      Wizard
      March 22, 2020 at 8:48 am | #

      It’s a public service on her part. It would be tragic if anyone were unaware that they were being blessed by her magnificent presence.

  26. L!ghtn!ng
    L!ghtn!ng
    March 22, 2020 at 8:25 am | #

    Looming sense of foreboding escalates!

  27. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    March 22, 2020 at 9:18 am | #

    addressing the elephant in the room I see.

    • clif
      clif
      March 22, 2020 at 12:53 pm | #

      Hello Mr.Elephant?

      It’s marginally better than addressing the elephant you can’t see.

  28. Rabisch
    Rabisch
    March 22, 2020 at 10:43 am | #

    What the…..?

  29. Hilzabub
    Hilzabub
    March 22, 2020 at 11:52 am | #

    I’m sure Joyce and Amber disappearing is perfectly innocent. I mean there aren’t any people who could wish them any harm.

    • thejeff
      thejeff
      March 22, 2020 at 12:35 pm | #

      I don’t really see how the evil Dads could snatch them right out of the crowd without anyone noticing.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      March 22, 2020 at 1:27 pm | #

      And Amber forgetting her phone is an innocent mistake and not at all a Chekhov’s Gun.

  30. hof1991
    hof1991
    March 22, 2020 at 11:52 am | #

    The fire alarm is looking less like an innocent prank and more like something seriously nefarious. And Amazing-Girl is on the job. Forgot their phone. Did she remember her costume?

    • Agemegos
      Agemegos
      March 22, 2020 at 10:13 pm | #

      Good question!

      “Amazi-Girl rescues iguana! Text at eleven!”

  31. Zee
    Zee
    March 22, 2020 at 12:35 pm | #

    HM.

  32. Alaric
    Alaric
    March 22, 2020 at 9:01 pm | #

    Psst- Ruth! Ask Dina! Like a lot of people who are often labeled as “introverts”, she’s an observer! She may well have seen what happened to them. (Just look at her looking around at everyone a couple of strips ago.)

  33. Opus the Poet
    Opus the Poet
    March 22, 2020 at 9:16 pm | #

    Didn’t anyone notice Dina’s dinosaur head pajama pants?

  34. Alaric
    Alaric
    March 22, 2020 at 9:57 pm | #

    Obviously, the DoA cast members are being snatched away one by one by the nefarious Collector! But don’t worry- Ruth, Walky, Dina, and Ethan will track them down. (And most likely I’m the only one hear whose read that story, let alone when it first came out…)

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