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September 28, 2023

January

by David M Willis on September 9, 2020 at 12:01 am
  • 04 - Is a Song Forever?

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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    September 9, 2020 at 12:04 am | #

    where I live, in the past fourteen years I’ve been here, that would last for like two days, and no more snow for the rest of the year

    what climate change

    • clif
      clif
      September 9, 2020 at 12:26 am | #

      That. And the cars are back. It’s a conspiracy, I tell you!

      • Deanatay
        Deanatay
        September 9, 2020 at 8:32 am | #

        Dark Grey car must have forgot something. Something important.

        • Ana Chronistic
          Ana Chronistic
          September 9, 2020 at 9:55 am | #

          Yeah, like a license plate

          …I keed, it’s probably that rectangle that’s the size of a motorcycle plate and/or bumper sticker

          • clif
            clif
            September 9, 2020 at 1:49 pm | #

            I’ve not heard keed used that way in a very long time.

          • anonymousethatscurriesinthedarkness
            anonymousethatscurriesinthedarkness
            September 10, 2020 at 9:17 pm | #

            In some states and provinces there is no requirement for a front plate.
            Reason given is that when a car is approaching you are too busy avoiding becoming a hood ornament to take notice.

            • Ana Chronistic
              Ana Chronistic
              September 11, 2020 at 12:52 am | #

              these are the back of the car tho??

              • Ana Chronistic
                Ana Chronistic
                September 11, 2020 at 12:53 am | #

                ok shit I didn’t see the right side of the comic, I thought it was light grey and dark (medium) grey of the three in the middle

                • Ana Chronistic
                  Ana Chronistic
                  September 11, 2020 at 12:56 am | #

                  why are these cars all bland colours

                  no blue or red or anything

    • threePwny
      threePwny
      September 9, 2020 at 12:22 pm | #

      Meanwhile, where I live has seen increasingly severe winters for the last decade, constantly topping some new low temperature or snowfall record. And yet, being in the middle of the Bible Belt, the response that elicits is invariably “SEE?! GLOBAL WARMING ISN’T REAL!”

    • Some Ed
      Some Ed
      September 9, 2020 at 12:23 pm | #

      I lived in Texas for a while. It was my understanding that even before climate change, they had years where snow never lasted more than a couple of days.

      Still, the first major snowstorm I experienced featured snow that only lasted hours. I’ll admit, it did last over 12 hours, but most of them were night time hours. By 10 am, there were just little bits of snow off on the edges of the roads where there was shade, and it was gone by 11 am.

      • threePwny
        threePwny
        September 9, 2020 at 12:30 pm | #

        Heh. My brother went to Texas A&M (we grew up in the Midwest) and he always made fun of Texas drivers (and public schools) for freaking out at the lightest dusting of snow or cup of ice dropped on the ground

        Climate change sure ain’t helping them, but they’ve never been the place to end up with much snow all that often

        • clif
          clif
          September 9, 2020 at 1:42 pm | #

          Here on the Gulf Coast, climate change is great. Every day I’m a tiny bit closer to having beachfront property.

        • thejeff
          thejeff
          September 9, 2020 at 3:05 pm | #

          It’s fun to laugh at from more northerly regions, but to be fair, part of the reason is that they just don’t have the snow removal equipment we do. It’s too rare to invest in, so you just wait for it to melt and no one ever has to drive in it.

          • Elisto
            Elisto
            September 9, 2020 at 5:58 pm | #

            Everyone says that explanation, but I have family in the south and it snows every year. Not a lot, sure, but it’s not some rare occurrence that no one has experience with. And yet every time it snows, so many people, including the people making decisions about snow removal, road salt, closures, etc. act like they’ve never seen snow in their life and don’t know what to do.

            • Kazuma Taichi
              Kazuma Taichi
              September 9, 2020 at 6:58 pm | #

              To be fair, I live pretty far north where it snows and then sticks around for the next 7 months, and without fail the first snow of the year everyone seems to forget how to drive on snow. Maybe it’s that they haven’t changed over their tires yet, but the few months of clear roads seems to reset everyone regardless. So I can get why the south US doesn’t have snow permeance.

            • Moo Moo
              Moo Moo
              September 9, 2020 at 8:35 pm | #

              Has no one ever told you the secret? It’s because we all really like snow days. If we all pretend like we have no idea what to do, then we can justify snow days. Now go forth with your new knowledge and use it to do good.

              • The Lurker
                The Lurker
                September 10, 2020 at 12:32 am | #

                Snow days are a thing of the past… now there is only Zoom!

  2. Octopus Ink
    Octopus Ink
    September 9, 2020 at 12:04 am | #

    Time keeps on slippin’, slippin’…

    • Stephen Bierce
      Stephen Bierce
      September 9, 2020 at 12:16 am | #

      Nothing changes New Years’ Day…
      On New Years’ Day
      I will be with you again…

      • Geneseepaws
        Geneseepaws
        September 9, 2020 at 7:26 am | #

        Nice.

    • SoftVelvet
      SoftVelvet
      September 9, 2020 at 12:40 am | #

      Into the fuuuutuuuuure…

    • JediMB
      JediMB
      September 9, 2020 at 5:13 am | #

      Can you feel time slippin’ down your spine?

      • Schpoonman
        Schpoonman
        September 9, 2020 at 10:20 am | #

        OOOOOOHHH YOU TRY AND TRY TO IGNORE, YeEaAaHHHH.

  3. Chris
    Chris
    September 9, 2020 at 12:04 am | #

    Cars have returned!

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      September 9, 2020 at 12:08 am | #

      Their migratory period has ended, they return here to spawn.

      If you hear rhythmic honking and the sound of hydraulics, look away.

      • Mr. Random
        Mr. Random
        September 9, 2020 at 12:16 am | #

        No, don’t look away.
        Nature is beautiful.
        In its own strange way.

        And take pictures.

    • Slartibeast Button, BIA
      Slartibeast Button, BIA
      September 9, 2020 at 12:11 am | #

      The brown car’s attempt to build a new life was a failure. 8-({

    • Greg
      Greg
      September 9, 2020 at 3:52 am | #

      Nature is healing. We are the virus

  4. Geneseepaws
    Geneseepaws
    September 9, 2020 at 12:06 am | #

    Gray car didn’t eat the beige car. Yay! I’m glad

    • clif
      clif
      September 9, 2020 at 12:27 am | #

      But is it the same beige car or their evil twin?

    • Keulen
      Keulen
      September 9, 2020 at 1:19 am | #

      And the brown and white cars are back as well. I thought for sure they’d been eaten by the grey car.

      • clif
        clif
        September 9, 2020 at 1:30 am | #

        Re-car-pulation reciprocates progenity. Well known principle.

        • Geneseepaws
          Geneseepaws
          September 9, 2020 at 7:22 am | #

          When I grow up I want to have a brain like yours. +1 invisible upvote.

          • clif
            clif
            September 9, 2020 at 11:05 am | #

            I recommend hard druge. I mean, that’s not the route I took, but I understand it gets you there much faster.

            • clif
              clif
              September 9, 2020 at 11:06 am | #

              *drugs

  5. BBCC
    BBCC
    September 9, 2020 at 12:06 am | #

    Snow!!!! <3

    Welcome to the new semester, peeps. Hang on to your hats.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      September 9, 2020 at 12:08 am | #

      That advice is a little late for Danny, thank god.

      • clif
        clif
        September 9, 2020 at 12:35 am | #

        The drama tag was hidden in Danny’s cap and, once it was gone, exciting stuff stopped happening. I mean, it can’t be just a coincidence.

    • Jamie
      Jamie
      September 9, 2020 at 12:18 am | #

      We never did find out how Walky did on that midterm.

      • vlademir1
        vlademir1
        September 9, 2020 at 12:21 am | #

        I’m certain we will soon enough.

      • clif
        clif
        September 9, 2020 at 1:03 am | #

        Walky flunked out, but the Duke of Thingy passed with flying colors.

        • Eric
          Eric
          September 9, 2020 at 7:32 pm | #

          If you fail a class first semester, it may be college is not for you.

      • Spriteless Girl
        Spriteless Girl
        September 9, 2020 at 6:18 am | #

        I do hope he is retaking that class.

    • Undrave
      Undrave
      September 9, 2020 at 12:23 am | #

      Garbage roof is probably frigid

    • Dara
      Dara
      September 9, 2020 at 12:35 am | #

      ooooooh semester system not quarters

      somehow this makes more sense now.

      • Dara
        Dara
        September 9, 2020 at 12:35 am | #

        Even though, mind you, winter quarter starts in January too.

        • clif
          clif
          September 9, 2020 at 1:06 am | #

          Just remember there’s five nickels in a quarter. If you pass all five of the nickels, then it’s time for a change in diet.

          • Needfuldoer
            Needfuldoer
            September 9, 2020 at 2:34 am | #

            And those nickels used to have little pictures of bees on ’em! “Gimme five bees for a quarter”, you’d say…

            • Geneseepaws
              Geneseepaws
              September 9, 2020 at 7:35 am | #

              No quarter, neither asked nor given.

    • drs
      drs
      September 9, 2020 at 1:01 am | #

      New semester? Nah, we’ll keep going until they’re sophomores.

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        September 9, 2020 at 2:37 am | #

        New semester opens up new places for the plot to go. Becky can enroll, Robin’s successor is sworn into Congress, Walky may or may not be on academic probation and facing Linda’s wrath, we’ll have an entirely new class schedule…

  6. Sirksome
    Sirksome
    September 9, 2020 at 12:07 am | #

    Yeah cool but what year is it?! ?!

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      September 9, 2020 at 12:08 am | #

      Next year.

      Duh

    • BBCC
      BBCC
      September 9, 2020 at 12:09 am | #

      In strip?

      Why, January 2020. Why do you ask? *innocent face*

      • JetstreamGW
        JetstreamGW
        September 9, 2020 at 12:11 am | #

        I earnestly hope Willis never does the pandemic in the comic. Comics don’t need to mime the real world.

        • Sirksome
          Sirksome
          September 9, 2020 at 12:14 am | #

          I don’t think we’ll have to worry about that specifically but I’d still like to pretend they just skip over 2020 straight to 2021 we’ll catch up real quick anyway. I wanna believe these kids live in a better reality than we do.

        • BBCC
          BBCC
          September 9, 2020 at 12:28 am | #

          Nah, you saw how long it took to get through September (the Bechdel Test to That Perfect Girl) and that was with a couple short time jumps. Hopefully the pandemic won’t last that long.

          • clif
            clif
            September 9, 2020 at 12:41 am | #

            Someday the pandemic will end.

            Just in time for the next permanent emergency to come along.

            And after us, the deluge.

        • abacuswizard
          abacuswizard
          September 9, 2020 at 12:40 am | #

          Josh Fruhlinger of “Comics Curmudgeon” wrote an interesting article a few months ago on exactly that subject—how various comic strips are dealing with (or ignoring) the pandemic and lockdown.

          https://www.polygon.com/comics/2020/6/10/21284457/coronavirus-comic-strips-funny-pages-newspapers

          • JetstreamGW
            JetstreamGW
            September 9, 2020 at 8:34 am | #

            I, for one, wish PVP had ignored it.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      September 9, 2020 at 12:09 am | #

      https://i.imgur.com/qW1r6qJ.gif

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      September 9, 2020 at 2:39 am | #

      Next Sunday, A.D.

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      September 9, 2020 at 8:33 am | #

      Out with the Old Year!!

      In with the New Year!!

      (Same as the Last Year)

  7. Bagge
    Bagge
    September 9, 2020 at 12:07 am | #

    always winter, never christmas

    • clif
      clif
      September 9, 2020 at 1:08 am | #

      It was just last month. Don’t you remember?

    • DrunkenNordmann
      DrunkenNordmann
      September 9, 2020 at 1:26 am | #

      For some reason my brain automatically put this to the tune of Country Roads.

      • Deanatay
        Deanatay
        September 9, 2020 at 8:34 am | #

        Too much fo76?

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      September 9, 2020 at 1:27 am | #

      …. I count three lampposts.

      We may either make nothing of this, or read far, far too much into it. Those are the only options.

      • clif
        clif
        September 9, 2020 at 1:45 am | #

        They represent the three food groups.

        • Geneseepaws
          Geneseepaws
          September 9, 2020 at 7:42 am | #

          Four food groups; cookies, candies, cakes, and Cokes.
          Or did you mean Gorp? Granola, M&Ms, raisins, and peanuts?

          • banetheblue
            banetheblue
            September 9, 2020 at 10:46 am | #

            Peanut butter, rice, eggs. The three food groups, according to my pantry.

        • Slartibeast Button, BIA
          Slartibeast Button, BIA
          September 9, 2020 at 12:50 pm | #

          The teetotaller’s Three Junk Food Groups: Sugar, Salt, and Grease.

          • clif
            clif
            September 9, 2020 at 1:46 pm | #

            Proving Hostess Twinkies stuffed with pretzels are a balanced diet.

  8. Passchendaele
    Passchendaele
    September 9, 2020 at 12:08 am | #

    haha that’s about as much snow as I’ve got outside right now (in summer, which is a totally normal time for snow to fall)

    • Vanessa
      Vanessa
      September 9, 2020 at 12:14 am | #

      I’m in Colorado, are you? Over 90 degrees Fahrenheit in Denver for a record number of days this summer including yesterday and now it’s snowing. More extreme temperature swings and chaotic weather — check, just as predicted.

      Meanwhile, I heard it was 111 in California in wine county.

      • Chris
        Chris
        September 9, 2020 at 12:25 am | #

        Last Thursday, we had both a record high and a record low for the date.

    • Masumi
      Masumi
      September 9, 2020 at 12:16 am | #

      Not sure if southern hemisphere or sarcasm

      • Taellosse
        Taellosse
        September 9, 2020 at 12:57 am | #

        In the southern hemisphere, the colder portion of the year is still called “winter” – it just happens in the opposite half of the calendar from the north.

        • clif
          clif
          September 9, 2020 at 1:09 am | #

          They have winter in summer. It’s very efficient.

          • Reltzik
            Reltzik
            September 9, 2020 at 1:29 am | #

            Even more efficient, because their winter coincides with aphelion.

            … I mean that’s not MUCH more efficient, but it’s efficiency. Every little bit helps.

    • BBCC
      BBCC
      September 9, 2020 at 12:29 am | #

      I’ve had snow in August before! It lasted like 2 minutes and it was part of a hail storm but it was snow.

  9. danielle
    danielle
    September 9, 2020 at 12:10 am | #

    taking guesses on the first dialogue of book 11

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      September 9, 2020 at 12:22 am | #

      “I can’t believe I have History of Galasso right before Galassonomics! When will I find time for Dissident Hunting Club?”

      “At least Galassophy is cancelled on Friday so we can all attend Princess Conquest’s new consort-selection ceremony. She wears them out so fast. All Hail Galasso!”

      “All Hail!”

    • JessWitt
      JessWitt
      September 9, 2020 at 12:31 am | #

      FAAACE!

      • Dara
        Dara
        September 9, 2020 at 1:04 am | #

        Was I the only one completely creeped out by Face?

        • RacingTurtle
          RacingTurtle
          September 9, 2020 at 1:40 am | #

          oh no i’d forgotten about face and now he scares me too

    • Some1
      Some1
      September 9, 2020 at 12:33 am | #

      “I can’t believe Dorothy betrayed us, almost killed Joyce and joined a group dedicated to world domination!”

      “I’m just surprised Mary is a member.”

      Much later

      “DOROTHY!!!”

      “JOOOOOYCE!!!!”

      (For the confused, I am parodying Naruto)

      • chris2315
        chris2315
        September 9, 2020 at 3:43 am | #

        Could be any shonen manga, really.

    • Cholma
      Cholma
      September 9, 2020 at 12:38 am | #

      Wow. Soggies really *do* rule!

    • clif
      clif
      September 9, 2020 at 12:45 am | #

      Jeeze, Becky! This is *your* room? — As Joyce helps Becks move in.

    • abacuswizard
      abacuswizard
      September 9, 2020 at 12:46 am | #

      “I’m so glad we could all make it to the 10-year dorm reunion!”

  10. Cattleprod
    Cattleprod
    September 9, 2020 at 12:11 am | #

    We missed Halloween costumes AND ugly Christmas sweaters? You monster.

  11. Mollyscribbles
    Mollyscribbles
    September 9, 2020 at 12:11 am | #

    GO BACK GO BACK. We missed Halloween, do we need to miss Christmas, too? I wanted to see how Joyce handled the holiday season, given her new perspective on everything.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      September 9, 2020 at 12:24 am | #

      Well, I imagine she went home like most students. And I imagine Joyce’s home has not been a happy one, recently.

      • Mollyscribbles
        Mollyscribbles
        September 9, 2020 at 5:07 am | #

        BUT WE WON’T SEE WHAT HAPPENED. Will Joyce actually be able to handle Christmas with her mother, after everything? Will she be able to eat cookies baked by someone she knew was responsible for her kidnapping?

        • kendermage
          kendermage
          September 9, 2020 at 4:44 pm | #

          Aaaand cue flashbacks.

  12. Phroggonalog
    Phroggonalog
    September 9, 2020 at 12:12 am | #

    No snow on cars? They must have teleported from the Enterprise

    • Lenora
      Lenora
      September 9, 2020 at 12:13 am | #

      You brush off the car before driving so snow doesn’t obscure your vision or fall off and obscure the vision of drivers behind you

      • vlademir1
        vlademir1
        September 9, 2020 at 12:29 am | #

        You’ve clearly not spent enough time in Ohio during Winter. Many, many people here clear just enough from the windshield and back window to see out to drive “safely”.

        • Slartibeast Button, BIA
          Slartibeast Button, BIA
          September 9, 2020 at 1:04 am | #

          There is a new vigilante on campus targeting snowy cars.

          • clif
            clif
            September 9, 2020 at 1:10 am | #

            Amazing.

        • Needfuldoer
          Needfuldoer
          September 9, 2020 at 2:41 am | #

          You guys clean off your back windows?

      • Eric
        Eric
        September 9, 2020 at 10:07 am | #

        No one does that. Everyone scratches out a tiny “tank” window in the windshield, and drives off.

        • BBCC
          BBCC
          September 9, 2020 at 1:42 pm | #

          Speak for yourself. Where I am, everyone does that.

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      September 9, 2020 at 1:31 am | #

      The snow’s only sticking to the ground and the branches. It’s not accumulating on stuff like concrete and asphalt and cars.

  13. emeraldbeacon
    emeraldbeacon
    September 9, 2020 at 12:13 am | #

    Time will now pass at a rate of 1 month per day, until the sliding time scale has properly corrected to realtime. That means roughly 10 years of elapsed time, which should take 120 strips.

    THE TIME SCALE MUST BE CORRECTED… ONLY FOUR MORE MONTHS OF THIS TO GO

    • Tobias
      Tobias
      September 9, 2020 at 8:10 pm | #

      Nope, it’s just going to keep going like this for the next realtime ten years, until the cast is going to college in the 24th century.

  14. Rani
    Rani
    September 9, 2020 at 12:13 am | #

    So if a month and a half of these characters lives resulted in no fewer than 4 break ups, 5 attempted murders, three hostage crises, two suicide attempts, two parents getting righteously assaulted by parents on campus and a motherfucking mob conspiracy, what in God’s name could have transpired in 4 times that length of time?

    • clif
      clif
      September 9, 2020 at 12:48 am | #

      Nothing until Danny gets his hat with the hidden drama tag back.

    • Wizard
      Wizard
      September 9, 2020 at 12:54 am | #

      Nothing. The drama batteries have been recharging. After all that, they were pretty drained.

    • Meanderling
      Meanderling
      September 9, 2020 at 1:18 am | #

      …and a partridge in a pear tree!

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      September 9, 2020 at 1:32 am | #

      The complete unraveling of time itself.

      THAT IS THE ONLY EXPLANATION.

  15. Newllend(henryvolt)
    Newllend(henryvolt)
    September 9, 2020 at 12:13 am | #

    Did the whole website change its cooler just a bit?

    • a/snow/mous/e
      a/snow/mous/e
      September 9, 2020 at 12:15 am | #

      If you’re asking if everything is more pastel now, yes.

    • Mr. Random
      Mr. Random
      September 9, 2020 at 12:15 am | #

      I think he’s been altering it slightly with each month change, yeah.

      • clif
        clif
        September 9, 2020 at 12:49 am | #

        It’s a trick of the lightning.

  16. Amber
    Amber
    September 9, 2020 at 12:13 am | #

    Very appropriate, I just got snow here today!

    • clif
      clif
      September 9, 2020 at 12:49 am | #

      Throw a snowball at someone for Mike.

  17. leaf
    leaf
    September 9, 2020 at 12:16 am | #

    Prediction: this is gonna end with the original cast having graduated and the comic will continue with a completely new cast of college students nobody cares about, like in Skins

    • Jamie
      Jamie
      September 9, 2020 at 12:22 am | #

      Oh good. Joyce’s kids’ll be fascinating.

      • JessWitt
        JessWitt
        September 9, 2020 at 10:01 am | #

        But with whom will she have kids?

        • clif
          clif
          September 9, 2020 at 7:57 pm | #

          With their father.

  18. goki
    goki
    September 9, 2020 at 12:19 am | #

    So despite the fact that like 20 big incidents happened on campus, ranging from multiple assaults, multiple kidnappings, attempted murder, murder, a school shooting, a scandal involving the RA, several political scandals and the appearance of a masked vigilante (to name some incidences) happened in like the time of a month, yet nothing bad happened for several months?

    That seems unlikely, unless someone was able to put back the Drama Tag

    • Agemegos
      Agemegos
      September 9, 2020 at 12:33 am | #

      Hot glue.

    • SuperZero
      SuperZero
      September 9, 2020 at 12:37 am | #

      Real-life drama is like that. Sometimes it all happens at once. Have you heard of the year 2020, perhaps?

      • clif
        clif
        September 9, 2020 at 12:51 am | #

        I’m telling you, Danny lost his hat.

        Coincidence? I don’t think so.

    • drs
      drs
      September 9, 2020 at 1:00 am | #

      Willis is the anti-GRRM.

      • He Who Abides
        He Who Abides
        September 9, 2020 at 6:07 am | #

        Because he actually finishes what he writes, yes?

    • nobilis
      nobilis
      September 9, 2020 at 8:31 am | #

      The drama has escaped from the comic into our real life.
      There was a bit of residue, and the buffer helped, too, but now the dumbiverse is completely drained of drama.

      • SuperZero
        SuperZero
        September 9, 2020 at 8:35 pm | #

        So you’re saying we’re full on real drama?

  19. Jeff Harris
    Jeff Harris
    September 9, 2020 at 12:20 am | #

    Just as long as DoA doesn’t go full Funky Winkerbean, I’m fine with this time jump.

    • Undrave
      Undrave
      September 9, 2020 at 12:26 am | #

      Cancer cancer cancer?

      • Cholma
        Cholma
        September 9, 2020 at 12:35 am | #

        No worries. Pretty sure Lord Willis has his sights set on emulating 9 Chickwood Lane. DoA is going to become all about sex-crazed coeds and legs, Legs, LEGS!

        • clif
          clif
          September 9, 2020 at 1:12 am | #

          And we are surprisingly okay with that.

  20. Suet
    Suet
    September 9, 2020 at 12:24 am | #

    The fool and its winter will soon be parted…

    … as soon as it realizes that passing by four months this easy is more than the time passed in all ten years of this comic.

  21. BigDogLittleCat
    BigDogLittleCat
    September 9, 2020 at 12:24 am | #

    I am having a hard time coping with the fact that this week has covered more time than the last 10 years. About three times more time.

  22. The Coolest Child
    The Coolest Child
    September 9, 2020 at 12:25 am | #

    i waited TEN YEARS FOR halloween
    i just wanted to see osama bin doggy in the dumbing art style..
    DAMN YOU WILLIS

    • Chris Phoenix
      Chris Phoenix
      September 9, 2020 at 6:44 am | #

      He’s actually planning to go back and show us the halloween party, and a lot of other stuff… but all in flashback blue!

      • Geneseepaws
        Geneseepaws
        September 9, 2020 at 8:39 am | #

        It will not be very satisfactory to have you monochrome costumes on display. Half the fun is being able to see if there’s blood on the vampire, if the zombie is mold gray or mold green,… I’m overthinking this arent I?

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      September 9, 2020 at 8:46 am | #

      I am hollow inside, like a Jack O’ Lantern
      There is no Thanks, only DamnYou-tion
      Ho Ho Ho, and a bottle of rum

  23. Some1
    Some1
    September 9, 2020 at 12:26 am | #

    What if the time skip involved Joyce discovering that Jocelyne was going to be executed by the republican party? Forcing her to team up with a clown and fish dude?

  24. ADLegend21
    ADLegend21
    September 9, 2020 at 12:29 am | #

    Willis showing off his background drawing skills.

  25. brasca1
    brasca1
    September 9, 2020 at 12:29 am | #

    It’s like being inside George Pal’s Time Machine.

  26. Green
    Green
    September 9, 2020 at 12:29 am | #

    Please tell me I’m not the only one who has a very vague memory of Mr. Willis once saying DoA was unlikely to even get out of the first semester. Did I dream that? Was it a bizarre hallucination? (relative to what my hallucinations are usually like)

    Well, either way, I’m excited to see Becky as a student!! I did genuinely believe that was never going to be seen and it kinda bummed me out

    • BBCC
      BBCC
      September 9, 2020 at 12:48 am | #

      He decided to skip ahead a bit as a sort of soft reboot/new season type vibe.

      • Green
        Green
        September 9, 2020 at 1:29 am | #

        That makes sense, and thank you for clarifying for me! I was worried I had made up a memory that never happened, ha

        • BBCC
          BBCC
          September 9, 2020 at 3:40 am | #

          No, it did happen, but as Willis has said, with Dumbing of Age, word of god is not immutable or unchanging and he reserves the right to change his mind.

    • clif
      clif
      September 9, 2020 at 12:54 am | #

      From now on, it’s a floating semester. No matter how many season breaks we get, it’s always the current semester.

    • Anna
      Anna
      September 9, 2020 at 3:26 am | #

      No, he wrote that, I remember it. He also wrote that he wasn’t going to kill any characters this time and just wanted to write college snenanigans for the forseeable future, perhaps for the rest of his career.
      So either he actively changed his mind or he just couldn’t help it and the story ran away with him. My guess was the latter, but perhaps it’s both.

    • Eric
      Eric
      September 9, 2020 at 10:09 am | #

      He did say DoA would never get to sophomore year.

  27. Kravis
    Kravis
    September 9, 2020 at 12:31 am | #

    Happy New Year.

    Is it 2011 or 2012?

    • NinjaNick
      NinjaNick
      September 9, 2020 at 12:54 am | #

      It’s now 2011 in the Dumbiverse.

      • clif
        clif
        September 9, 2020 at 12:57 am | #

        Is not. It’s very clearly January of 2020.

        Why do you think the sign has been screaming all this time?

        • Keulen
          Keulen
          September 9, 2020 at 1:30 am | #

          They’re in for a rough year.

        • Geneseepaws
          Geneseepaws
          September 9, 2020 at 8:29 am | #

          Why is there no tag for the screaming sign?
          Please list your favorite conspiracy theories:

          • clif
            clif
            September 9, 2020 at 12:39 pm | #

            My favorite conspiracy theories? There aren’t enough electrons.

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        September 9, 2020 at 4:23 am | #

        DoA is always “this year”, but we can probably assume it’s following January 2011’s calendar for its days of the week now.

  28. Cholma
    Cholma
    September 9, 2020 at 12:32 am | #

    I wad just JOKING about skipping straight to St Paddy’s Day! Dear Cheese, I didn’t expect the Spanish Inquisition a Time Skip this big!

  29. LiterallyJustSomeGuy
    LiterallyJustSomeGuy
    September 9, 2020 at 12:33 am | #

    All the cars are back to where they were in October! Dun dun DUNNNNN!!!!!

    Spring term starts in January, right? Is it time to see some characters complain about the cold and snow?

    • BBCC
      BBCC
      September 9, 2020 at 12:48 am | #

      I’ll be very surprised if Sal’s hand doesn’t hurt like a bongo in the snow.

      • Some1
        Some1
        September 9, 2020 at 1:01 am | #

        Sierra is immediately hospitalized for frostbite.

        • clif
          clif
          September 9, 2020 at 1:23 am | #

          Her feet may have gotten a cold reception, but like Amazigirl, they are immune to criticism.

        • Needfuldoer
          Needfuldoer
          September 9, 2020 at 4:30 am | #

          You’d be amazed at how some people just deal with the cold, especially when they’re already used to being unshod. As long as she avoids slush and doesn’t stay outside too long, she’ll be fine.

          Plus she’ll get to freak other people out with no extra effort required.

  30. Some1
    Some1
    September 9, 2020 at 12:35 am | #

    Willis, how much would I have to pay you for you to agree to rename the comic Dumbing of Age 2: Electric Boogaloo?

    • clif
      clif
      September 9, 2020 at 11:40 am | #

      Out of curiousity, how much are you offering?

      • Some1
        Some1
        September 9, 2020 at 7:06 pm | #

        Eh 20 bucks.

        • clif
          clif
          September 9, 2020 at 8:06 pm | #

          I don’t see how he could turn that down.

  31. Juanoku
    Juanoku
    September 9, 2020 at 12:40 am | #

    So that’s it
    This is the webcomic now

    • Eric
      Eric
      September 9, 2020 at 7:26 pm | #

      Yep.

  32. abysswatcher1993
    abysswatcher1993
    September 9, 2020 at 12:46 am | #

    This timeskip is going to change a lot like in Fire Emblem Three Houses.

    Joyce probably began a different career path and became as cynical as Willis after whatever happened with his mom; Dorothy probably took a more realistic path in politics and tries to do more good for society indepdently of having a political charge; Walky would quit after his first semster and get a part time job; Becky would enroll for a biology career and she is already perfect the way she is; Danny had an intervention after Joe realized Danny was becoming an incel; Amber got therapy and after 8 months she finally began to love herself; Dina conquered Fodlan… wiat what?

    • Rikunda
      Rikunda
      September 9, 2020 at 1:19 am | #

      The funny part about Danny is you are probably correct. Dude cannot get laid, and keeps putting his foot in his mouth!

      • SuperFroakie82
        SuperFroakie82
        September 9, 2020 at 2:01 am | #

        Eh, Danny has shown plenty of ability to get laid. He almost did it with Billie without even trying pretty early on.

  33. JA
    JA
    September 9, 2020 at 12:56 am | #

    Wow, Willis is laying it on thick with that time skip.

    Which, given it took a decade to go, what, six weeks? And that he has no plans of going beyond this one year of college? The comic would take another 70 years or so to finish at the pre-time skip pace.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      September 9, 2020 at 4:32 am | #

      DoA Season 1 covered August 29th to October 21st, with about a week and a half skipped along the way.

  34. NinjaNick
    NinjaNick
    September 9, 2020 at 12:56 am | #

    Should old acquaintance be forgot…

    • clif
      clif
      September 9, 2020 at 1:01 am | #

      And daze of old Aunt Zyne.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      September 9, 2020 at 4:34 am | #

      “Here’s to the new year. May she be a damn sight better than the old one, and may we all be home before she’s over.”

      -Col. Sherman Potter, M*A*S*H S09 E06 A War for All Seasons

  35. Abdomino
    Abdomino
    September 9, 2020 at 12:59 am | #

    This is bordering on inane now.

    • clif
      clif
      September 9, 2020 at 1:16 am | #

      Insane? Did Kentucky change its name again?

      • clif
        clif
        September 9, 2020 at 1:18 am | #

        The rain in Inane stays mainly on horse tracks.

  36. Bicycle Bill
    Bicycle Bill
    September 9, 2020 at 1:01 am | #

    “Never in the course of webcomics have so many comments been inspired by so little activity.”    (…..apologies to Churchill)

    • clif
      clif
      September 9, 2020 at 1:21 am | #

      Never apologize. Never explain. — Winston Churchill

  37. Cass
    Cass
    September 9, 2020 at 1:22 am | #

    Oh yay, the middle car is back! I was so worried that poor person had lost their job or died or something.

  38. brionl
    brionl
    September 9, 2020 at 1:23 am | #

    Somebody captured the Infinity Pizza from Galasso, and un-did all of his vehicular slaughter.

    • clif
      clif
      September 9, 2020 at 1:26 am | #

      Well done. It’s the only explanation that make sense.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      September 9, 2020 at 4:36 am | #

      [Owner of the local huge car dealer network] played the Uno reverse card, and Galasso’s delivery car broke down.

  39. RacingTurtle
    RacingTurtle
    September 9, 2020 at 1:24 am | #

    Who the heck turned IU to ludicrous speed?

    Somebody stop it before it all goes to plaid

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      September 9, 2020 at 4:37 am | #

      We can’t stop! We have to slow down first!

      • Deanatay
        Deanatay
        September 9, 2020 at 8:52 am | #

        My brains… are going into my feet!!

  40. Romanticide
    Romanticide
    September 9, 2020 at 1:30 am | #

    I ran out of quotes of a part of “Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay” … oh well

  41. Keulen
    Keulen
    September 9, 2020 at 1:31 am | #

    How many months is Willis gonna skip? And will we at least get some flashbacks to some of the stuff that happened in those months, like Halloween?

  42. brumagem
    brumagem
    September 9, 2020 at 1:32 am | #

    THE DAY I THOUGHT WOULD NEVER COME

    WINTER QUARTER

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      September 9, 2020 at 1:37 am | #

      And it still hasn’t.

      Say hello to Winter Semester instead.

      You see, they’re like quarters, but they take Willis-length-time to complete instead of normal-length-time.

      • clif
        clif
        September 9, 2020 at 12:10 pm | #

        Having taught a semester or two back in the day, I can attest to this.

  43. poofdepoof
    poofdepoof
    September 9, 2020 at 1:40 am | #

    Ooh I wonder what Dorothy’s grades were like for the fall semester

  44. ElectricBlue
    ElectricBlue
    September 9, 2020 at 1:45 am | #

    I’m pretty sure Willis said on Twitter that this storyline ends on September 10, but I’m still all shocked-Pikachu-face at every update for the past few days when the time skip moves forward by yet another month

    (We’ve gotta be done by now though, right…? I’m not sure if September 10 is the end of this storyline or the start of the next one but it’d make sense to end the timeskip in January because it’s the start of a new semester)

  45. Farmer_10
    Farmer_10
    September 9, 2020 at 1:46 am | #

    Anyone think the tree’s character progression is going too fast?

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      September 9, 2020 at 4:38 am | #

      On the contrary, if we slow down we might never see it turn over a new leaf.

      • clif
        clif
        September 9, 2020 at 12:24 pm | #

        We should at least see it gain new interests and branch out.

        I mean Willis obviously needs more branches to draw.

  46. Ray Radlein
    Ray Radlein
    September 9, 2020 at 1:49 am | #

    So do students at IU pay by the semester or the year? Because if Amber’s late unlamented father had only paid for the first semester….

    • clif
      clif
      September 9, 2020 at 11:46 am | #

      When I went in Texas back in the dark ages, it was by the semester. But I imagine Richard’s lawyers are on it. She probably also qualifies for a scholarship or two.

  47. BIG DECK GETTIN WRECKED
    BIG DECK GETTIN WRECKED
    September 9, 2020 at 1:58 am | #

    David

    David stop

    David I don’t want to go so fast

    I’m frightened

    • Slartibeast Button, BIA
      Slartibeast Button, BIA
      September 9, 2020 at 2:15 am | #

      “It seems to have been deliberately buried…”

  48. BenRG
    BenRG
    September 9, 2020 at 2:17 am | #

    “Let is snooowww…!!!”

    Meanwhile, is that Joyce and Carla making snow angels?

    • clif
      clif
      September 9, 2020 at 12:27 pm | #

      Wait! Where?

  49. Katherine
    Katherine
    September 9, 2020 at 2:33 am | #

    I’m kinda confused tbh. Nothing notable happened when they all went home for Thanksgiving and/or Christmas? So many things unresolved from the last arc…

    • AbelUndercity
      AbelUndercity
      September 9, 2020 at 6:55 am | #

      I think Willis is artfully slipping past doing a year or so of Thanksgiving strips.

  50. William A Egbert
    William A Egbert
    September 9, 2020 at 2:45 am | #

    I’m confused too. This much nothing tells me that Willis is bored of the webcomic and quitting it. So, why make all the nothing?

    • foducool
      foducool
      September 9, 2020 at 3:03 am | #

      it’s just to show us nothing happened until graduation, the end XD

      • William A Egbert
        William A Egbert
        September 9, 2020 at 7:09 pm | #

        The thing is, with that group of characters in the situation they were left in, I don’t believe for one single second that nothing happened until graduation. Joyce, Amber, and Becky in particular were left in a rather unstable state. (Not to mention MIKE.)

    • thejeff
      thejeff
      September 9, 2020 at 8:34 am | #

      He’s skipping forward in time. It’ll likely read better collected or on a reread.

      I believe we’re likely to see normal strips start up tomorrow. (Or possibly tomorrow is the last of the skip strips, but that’s less likely.)

  51. foducool
    foducool
    September 9, 2020 at 3:03 am | #

    the storytelling is on point XD

  52. TrueVCU
    TrueVCU
    September 9, 2020 at 3:07 am | #

    How have none of those cars been towed

    • Bicycle Bill
      Bicycle Bill
      September 9, 2020 at 3:58 am | #

      Because they are not cars, they are frogs.  Anything else will be toad.

      • FacelessDeviant
        FacelessDeviant
        September 9, 2020 at 6:26 am | #

        What a ribbiting tale!

        • clif
          clif
          September 9, 2020 at 11:48 am | #

          What a load of croak.

          • TrueVCU
            TrueVCU
            September 9, 2020 at 3:19 pm | #

            I was not prepared for this level of punning toaday

  53. Dawn T
    Dawn T
    September 9, 2020 at 3:10 am | #

    I was very much interested in seeing Thanksgiving and Christmas drama with Joyce’s family. I really hope we get flashbacks. I really don’t understand what could be the purpose of a skip this long.

    • CJ
      CJ
      September 9, 2020 at 3:33 am | #

      Mike will have either died and they have had time to get over the raw grief or he is recovering and back in the story.

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      September 9, 2020 at 4:24 am | #

      The time skip means: “Nothing of significance has happened.” No matter how unlikely that seems to you or me.

      • ensiform
        ensiform
        September 9, 2020 at 12:31 pm | #

        @BenRG: That’s not necessarily true at all. Willis could be skipping over some things too heavy for him to dwell on in the strip, as CJ suggests. Flashbacks would be the preferred way to show what happened, in that case.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      September 9, 2020 at 4:47 am | #

      A substantial time skip opens up a lot of new territory for the plot to explore, and answer some long-term questions asked in the last season.

      January brings a new session of Congress, so Manley has been sworn into the House. This frees Robin up for hijinks.

      It’s a new semester, so Becky can be an enrolled student instead of being stuck in limbo.

      Willis can plausibly play with the characters’ hairstyles now, as hinted at by the shilouette preview on Twitter. (I guess we might see it get filled in gradually as we catch up with the rest of the cast?)

      Mike’s fate will be revealed. Does he have permanent, life-altering injuries? Is he still cognizant? We get to find out!

      There’s a whole new class schedule, so we might see new teachers. (Does Professor Doc exist in DoA? Will we finally see a reasonable shot of Professor Rees?)

      What about Jason’s employment and immigration status?

      Or Amber’s tuition, who’s paying for it now that Blaine’s gone?

      • Zaxares
        Zaxares
        September 9, 2020 at 5:13 am | #

        I’m focusing more on the cars in the strip. The beige-colored sedan has not moved from that spot for four months now. The grey SUV on the right has shifted once or twice, but it is also a constant here. So… Who do these cars belong to? Hank? Carol? Is one or the other refusing to go home for some reason? (If so, that might indeed mean divorce proceedings are underway. I’m curious as to how Joyce would take THAT news.)

        • Needfuldoer
          Needfuldoer
          September 9, 2020 at 5:31 am | #

          Those cars have been there almost every time we’ve seen this shot.

          Hank’s car is a green Chevy Blazer (or GMC Jimmy, same thing).

      • Bagge
        Bagge
        September 9, 2020 at 6:56 am | #

        ” This frees Robin up for hijinks. ”

        Now that will be a change of pace

        • BenRG
          BenRG
          September 9, 2020 at 9:20 am | #

          Huge post-Time Skip twist: Robin is now working at Gallassos as the barkeep. She’s actually quite good at the ‘wise sage for all the sad drunks’ part of the role. Leslie suspects that she’s Googling profound words of wisdom when no-one is looking.

          • CJ
            CJ
            September 9, 2020 at 10:08 am | #

            Upvote this👍

  54. Lilybits
    Lilybits
    September 9, 2020 at 3:50 am | #

    I guess we’d all skip the rest of the year if we could too

    • Lilybits
      Lilybits
      September 9, 2020 at 3:50 am | #

      YAY BLOWJOB CAT!!

  55. Bicycle Bill
    Bicycle Bill
    September 9, 2020 at 3:54 am | #

    Just sayin’ that, by Wisconsin standards, that ain’t hardly any snow at all.

    • TheStranger
      TheStranger
      September 9, 2020 at 3:58 am | #

      Co-signed. My first winter living in Wisconsin was apparently a record year for snowfall. The shoveling was epic.

      • clif
        clif
        September 9, 2020 at 2:06 pm | #

        Here in Houston that amount of snow would shut things down tighter than they would ever get for some mere virus.

    • Eric
      Eric
      September 9, 2020 at 7:23 pm | #

      It doesn’t snow south of the Lakes anymore. Thanks, repubs.

  56. GUIGUI
    GUIGUI
    September 9, 2020 at 4:23 am | #

    Isn’t that illegal?

  57. Phil
    Phil
    September 9, 2020 at 4:57 am | #

    Can’t believer we’ve all aged forty years in the last 4 days.
    (What? It took 10 years IRL for one month to pass in this comic.)

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      September 9, 2020 at 8:55 am | #

      That fits with how 2020 makes me feel.

  58. Reltzik
    Reltzik
    September 9, 2020 at 5:11 am | #

    Predictions:

    When (if) we get back to normal time…. Becky and Dina will have had their sexings and amicably broken up, Sarah will be a super-popular socialite, Walky will be managing his ADHD with black-market adderal and be hiding it from AG (but not Amber), Faz will have enrolled during Winter semester do to some surprising performance in AP classes, And AG (but not Amber) will have an eyepatch.

    I am prepared to defend these predictions to the last breath, provided my qualifier about normal time is observed.

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      September 9, 2020 at 5:43 am | #

      I do think that Becky will be determined to pair Joyce off with somebody and be completely in denial about her mixed feelings on the subject.

    • ensiform
      ensiform
      September 9, 2020 at 12:30 pm | #

      None of those predictions seem at all likely.

      • clif
        clif
        September 9, 2020 at 8:11 pm | #

        As opposed to recent events which were very probable.

  59. SillyGoose
    SillyGoose
    September 9, 2020 at 5:14 am | #

    That creeping suspicion that DoA will from now on only be seasonal pictures of the parking lot.

    • CJ
      CJ
      September 9, 2020 at 10:13 am | #

      wow, then we would end up in about ten year‘s time with the current buffer up to Jan 14th. still a bit early for Dorothy to be elected, though…

  60. Mr.Morningstar
    Mr.Morningstar
    September 9, 2020 at 6:02 am | #

    Tbh if I had one complaint its that theres no need to go through every month until whichever one is the current one. Maybe doing three at a time would suffice.

    I understand that when these are all out it’s not gonna be an issue after that but even so it is just several strips of nothing

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      September 9, 2020 at 7:05 am | #

      Artist mindset: “The idea appeals to me so I’m going to do it!”

      • clif
        clif
        September 9, 2020 at 11:51 am | #

        Artists gonna art.

        • BenRG
          BenRG
          September 10, 2020 at 9:35 am | #

          Ironically, from Willis’s footer notes, I suspect that he’s regretting the notion to do a ‘time passes’ montage. Mostly because drawing naked branches is hard.

  61. thumb
    thumb
    September 9, 2020 at 7:36 am | #

    I stand corrected

    • clif
      clif
      September 9, 2020 at 11:54 am | #

      I used to stand corrected. Now days it’s so much easier to sit corrected.

  62. Hilzabub
    Hilzabub
    September 9, 2020 at 8:10 am | #

    I’m assuming we’ll be doing this until the comic is completely caught up with the ten years that have passed since it began.

  63. davidbreslin101
    davidbreslin101
    September 9, 2020 at 8:24 am | #

    We’ve got a few more days of this- the plan is to fast-forward to their very last term.

  64. Heavensrun
    Heavensrun
    September 9, 2020 at 8:35 am | #

    we get through twelve months, then Willis just posts the exact same November image again….

    • clif
      clif
      September 9, 2020 at 2:01 pm | #

      And the picks the story up from where it was. No explanation ever.

      • clif
        clif
        September 9, 2020 at 3:11 pm | #

        *then. Sigh

      • SuperZero
        SuperZero
        September 9, 2020 at 8:23 pm | #

        They took a year off due to plague.

  65. JasonAW3
    JasonAW3
    September 9, 2020 at 8:42 am | #

    The black car waits patiently, watching, ready to strike…

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      September 9, 2020 at 9:03 am | #

      “My Lord Megatron, I’ve got to get moving soon! My systems are freezing!”

      “Wildrider, you pitiable excuse for a warrior! You will stay there until the target arrives or you’ll have more to worry about than the cold!“

  66. Wendylynn
    Wendylynn
    September 9, 2020 at 8:44 am | #

    The time skips gotta stop now because the strip will look exactly the same for the next three months.

  67. Pat
    Pat
    September 9, 2020 at 9:42 am | #

    This makes me unreasonably upset.

    • clif
      clif
      September 9, 2020 at 12:00 pm | #

      You do realize that this comic is a gift from Willis and not something he owes us? But if being upset makes you feel better, go for it.

      • Tan
        Tan
        September 9, 2020 at 2:23 pm | #

        Technically a commercial transaction rather than a gift. Also they never said upset at Willis. Also people are allowed to have an emotional reaction to art and media, so long as they don’t make unreasonable demands of others based on their emotional reaction, which they didn’t, as they made no demands of any sort.

        • King Daniel
          King Daniel
          September 9, 2020 at 2:47 pm | #

          It’s not even possibly a commercial transaction unless the person in question is a Patreon supporter. Even on Patreon, though, the “transaction-y” things only extend to getting bonus comics and seeing tomorrow’s comic today AFAIK; the strips published on the site are free.

          • clif
            clif
            September 9, 2020 at 3:17 pm | #

            Aside from commercial, Tan is completely right. It was intended more as a reminder than an admonition, though I do miss the point of being unreasonably upset.

          • Tan
            Tan
            September 9, 2020 at 7:25 pm | #

            It is absolutely a commercial transaction between the viewer, Willis, and advertisers. All three parties provide something of value and get something of value to them.

            You (hopefully) give a brief moment of attention to the advertiser’s ad, you get to read a comic.

            The advertiser gets that attention and gives money to Willis.

            Willis gets money and makes the comic. (Willis is also roundaboutly an ‘advertiser’ as well insofar as directing people to his Patreon, physical books, and merch)

            Willis is a professional doing his job, not your buddy making a present for you because he likes you. (I mean, he might like you, I don’t know, but whether he does or not is an unrelated matter)

            • clif
              clif
              September 9, 2020 at 8:14 pm | #

              There are ads?

              • Redcat
                Redcat
                September 9, 2020 at 9:11 pm | #

                Yes

  68. Bluesnake463
    Bluesnake463
    September 9, 2020 at 10:48 am | #

    I admit I am kind of disapointed that we are missing out on how christmas went for them this year.

  69. Jen Bak
    Jen Bak
    September 9, 2020 at 10:48 am | #

    Okay, I am now officially shocked the time jump has lasted so long. o_O

  70. Keith
    Keith
    September 9, 2020 at 11:28 am | #

    I can deal with the time jump. Really, it’s cool. No worse than the last time someone chloroformed me and stuck me in a cryotank for…how long doesn’t matter but really. I don’t fit anywhen now. BUT, what DOES worry me is that car has not moved the entire time. When I see things like that, with no obvious damage. Be it car, yard, business it makes me wonder what is up. Someone could be missing, but nobody seemed to notice.

    • clif
      clif
      September 9, 2020 at 12:03 pm | #

      If Blaine’s death was faked, where better to hide out then in an abandoned vehicle on his arch-nemesis’s campus?

      • Keith
        Keith
        September 11, 2020 at 12:19 pm | #

        Blaine is not that smart…obsessed possibly. But just not quite smart or disciplined enough for that.

  71. ziggy78eog
    ziggy78eog
    September 9, 2020 at 12:15 pm | #

    I thought I was just being sarcastic, when I said that the next story arc would just be parked cars, in a parking lot.

    • clif
      clif
      September 9, 2020 at 12:33 pm | #

      It’s traditional to do a victory dance in your underwear while yelling “CALLED IT!” at the top of your lungs.

      Or maybe that’s just me.

  72. bcb
    bcb
    September 9, 2020 at 1:49 pm | #

    Fools? Does that mean Galasso or Sydney are writing the hovertext? FOOOOOOOOLS!

  73. Roborat
    Roborat
    September 9, 2020 at 2:54 pm | #

    This comic is amazing, four pages of essentially nothing happening but cars rusting, and the comment section is still going strong.

    • clif
      clif
      September 9, 2020 at 3:36 pm | #

      Just think what the comment section will look like when Carla and Joe jetpack into the scene holding hands.

      • clif
        clif
        September 9, 2020 at 3:43 pm | #

        And that’s even before we see the pursuing zombies in the next strip.

      • RacingTurtle
        RacingTurtle
        September 9, 2020 at 10:49 pm | #

        That’s because they’ve become besties, right? Because Carla/Joe and Carla/Rachel are two ships that would be a hard NO in any universe, for Walkyverse reasons

  74. TomHCinMI
    TomHCinMI
    September 9, 2020 at 3:13 pm | #

    Ok, so, I was right about the snow sticking in January.
    I don’t know what winter’s usually like in Indiana.
    Is it like Ann Arbor?

  75. weirderthanweird
    weirderthanweird
    September 9, 2020 at 4:28 pm | #

    I am very happy that I got super busy after moving and ended up taking an 8 month break from reading this comic. Can you imagine reading the past 200 pages a day at a time? That would have been torture!

    • Roborat
      Roborat
      September 10, 2020 at 3:49 pm | #

      Cue the entire readership glaring at you.

  76. horsevoirace
    horsevoirace
    September 9, 2020 at 5:34 pm | #

    so is it gonna stop this winter or keep going another whole year

    • Eric
      Eric
      September 9, 2020 at 7:22 pm | #

      No. This is the comic now. Every day, a new month. Forever.

  77. Addle
    Addle
    September 9, 2020 at 5:43 pm | #

    I just realized that tomorrow is the 10 year anniversary of DoA. I wonder if there’s going to be a special strip?

    • adam Black
      adam Black
      September 9, 2020 at 11:50 pm | #

      i think we had it 3 days ago

  78. Paul
    Paul
    September 9, 2020 at 7:05 pm | #

    I feel we are being cheated out of some important details here.

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