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September 28, 2023

Haircut

by David M Willis on September 13, 2020 at 12:01 am
  • 01 - This Bright Millennium

└ Tags: sal, walky

Discussion (173) ¬

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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    September 13, 2020 at 12:04 am | #

    oh good, they survived the Linda

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      September 13, 2020 at 8:25 am | #

      They survived. Physically speaking.

      • DarkoNeko
        DarkoNeko
        September 13, 2020 at 5:14 pm | #

        To the point their dad is the one that brought them to school.

  2. Cattleprod
    Cattleprod
    September 13, 2020 at 12:05 am | #

    … I want to say Walky looks taller and I have absolutely no idea why I’d think that.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      September 13, 2020 at 12:06 am | #

      The building sunk an inch into the ground over Christmas.

      • Schpoonman
        Schpoonman
        September 13, 2020 at 12:13 am | #

        He’s been slowly growing a spine for Sal.

        • Zebrafishy
          Zebrafishy
          September 13, 2020 at 1:01 pm | #

          I enjoyed this comment enough that I am making my first post here to tell you this.

      • Psychie
        Psychie
        September 13, 2020 at 4:53 am | #

        No the building that sinks an inch a year is the Well’s Library, that’s nearly 7 blocks away

        • Jhon
          Jhon
          September 13, 2020 at 4:36 pm | #

          Scribe a mark on the foundation and you will see the truth.
          ( pranksters add extra soil to the surrounding flower beds each year )

    • a/snow/mous/e
      a/snow/mous/e
      September 13, 2020 at 12:14 am | #

      He looks a bit taller than Sal here.

    • Foxhack
      Foxhack
      September 13, 2020 at 12:18 am | #

      Sal’s hair is pushing her down.

      Seriously, that much hair must weigh a ton.

      • He Who Abides
        He Who Abides
        September 13, 2020 at 12:52 am | #

        Yes, it does*

        *citation – my wife’s hair, when worn loose, brushes the ground. She says it’s pretty heavy.

    • Rose by Any Other Name
      Rose by Any Other Name
      September 13, 2020 at 12:19 am | #

      It’s the hair.
      I… I have never found Walky this attractive.
      No, wait, let me fix that.
      I have never before found Walky attractive.
      But… that haircut…

      • Foxhack
        Foxhack
        September 13, 2020 at 1:05 am | #

        I’ve been getting some really inquisitive looks from people because my hair is much longer than I normally like it to be. You know, with being scared of getting the plague so I haven’t cut my hair in since february.

        • clif
          clif
          September 13, 2020 at 1:54 am | #

          Same. I call it being prudent instead of being scared on account of I have a lot of experience at lying to myself.

          • Psychie
            Psychie
            September 13, 2020 at 4:56 am | #

            Fear is nothing to be ashamed of, it’s nature’s way of telling us “No, no, no! Don’t do *that* you moron! You could get hurt!”

            • Wizard
              Wizard
              September 13, 2020 at 10:36 am | #

              Fear does serve a purpose, but it’s very helpful to distinguish between rational fear and irrational. Can this thing I’m scared of actually hurt me? And if it can, how likely is it? What are the costs and benefits of the actions I take to protect myself?

        • Wizard
          Wizard
          September 13, 2020 at 10:39 am | #

          Finally got mine cut about a month ago, for the first time since November. (I was already a little overdue when things shut down.) I normally wear mine long, but I was getting excessively shaggy, even with a few self-administered trims.

        • StClair
          StClair
          September 13, 2020 at 3:07 pm | #

          I still don’t dare go in for a “real” cut, but about a month ago I couldn’t take it anymore and took a whack at it myself – trims in front and to the sides, and more in back where it was getting really shaggy.

        • Alaric
          Alaric
          September 13, 2020 at 4:25 pm | #

          I finally cut my own hair for the first time. It turned out a lot better than I expected.

    • Slartibeast Button, BIA
      Slartibeast Button, BIA
      September 13, 2020 at 12:56 am | #

      He has started snorting helium to cope.

    • Chris Sims
      Chris Sims
      September 13, 2020 at 5:59 pm | #

      Platforms

    • Joe
      Joe
      September 13, 2020 at 6:55 pm | #

      I wanna say it’s because of the vertical lines of the jacket, but I don’t know enough about design and optics to be super confident in that.

  3. Ray Radlein
    Ray Radlein
    September 13, 2020 at 12:06 am | #

    Hey, meat scissors are probably good for your hair

    • Ray Radlein
      Ray Radlein
      September 13, 2020 at 12:07 am | #

      …and I notice he didn’t say he washed the meat scissors

      • ValdVin
        ValdVin
        September 13, 2020 at 12:10 am | #

        I’m, uh, nobody’s idea of a Board-of-Health-approved kitchen cleaner, but my kitchen shears are always cleaned right away. What’s with Linda?

        • Inkyzuzi
          Inkyzuzi
          September 13, 2020 at 12:17 am | #

          The issue isn’t that the scissors are gross because their still bits of raw meat. The issue is that Walky didn’t clean them after cutting his hair and definitely didn’t tell Linda so she won’t know to clean them before she uses them the next time

          • clif
            clif
            September 13, 2020 at 3:01 am | #

            By the time she uses them the hair bacteria and cooties will have died. It’ll be fine.

            Particularly since I won’t be eating there.

            • Geneseepaws
              Geneseepaws
              September 13, 2020 at 9:03 am | #

              I wonder if she will notice the trimmings on the floor. Would Walky clean up after himself or not?

              • Needfuldoer
                Needfuldoer
                September 13, 2020 at 10:37 am | #

                He probably did it in the mirror over the bathroom sink. Maybe he ran the faucet for a second and rinsed some of the trimmings near the drain.

                Linda will blame Sal when she notices.

            • ruhrow
              ruhrow
              September 13, 2020 at 11:48 am | #

              I mean, if these scissors are only used on meat, anything they touch will be thoroughly heat-sanitized by the time they’re consumed.

              • RowenMorland
                RowenMorland
                September 13, 2020 at 1:21 pm | #

                You might still end up eating a Walky fur-burger.

                • Ed Rhodes
                  Ed Rhodes
                  September 14, 2020 at 10:39 pm | #

                  And, NOW, I’m gonna stop reading the comments!

          • ValdVin
            ValdVin
            September 13, 2020 at 9:23 am | #

            Ah, of course. I wasn’t thinking that way. (Of course, I’ve never trimmed my hair with kitchen shears.)

          • Random832
            Random832
            September 13, 2020 at 1:38 pm | #

            Well, *he* certainly thinks the scissors are gross [and expects Sal to think that as well] or he wouldn’t have felt the need to reassure Sal that he washed his hands

      • jeffepp
        jeffepp
        September 13, 2020 at 12:12 am | #

        See the hover text.

        • He Who Abides
          He Who Abides
          September 13, 2020 at 12:53 am | #

          He does that in my kitchen, he’ll eat those scissors. That’s disgusting.

      • Michael Lanting
        Michael Lanting
        September 13, 2020 at 6:58 am | #

        More importantly, he didn’t say he washed his *hair*.

  4. Cmasta1992
    Cmasta1992
    September 13, 2020 at 12:06 am | #

    He kinda looks a musician with that style.

    • not someone else
      not someone else
      September 13, 2020 at 12:08 am | #

      I was gonna say, I think he looks better like that. Tiny little bit of a badass.

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        September 13, 2020 at 12:09 am | #

        It’s the jacket. It gives him shoulders.

    • Rose by Any Other Name
      Rose by Any Other Name
      September 13, 2020 at 12:21 am | #

      I know, right?

      Walky is rocking that hairdo.

    • Linda
      Linda
      September 13, 2020 at 12:47 pm | #

      It’s the sideburns.

    • MM
      MM
      September 13, 2020 at 2:28 pm | #

      Danny’s hat had better be long burned by now.

  5. Mada
    Mada
    September 13, 2020 at 12:11 am | #

    Oh no, Walky growing his hair out is going to be hot…

    • Undrave
      Undrave
      September 13, 2020 at 12:37 am | #

      He’s just doing it because he can’t grow a beard.

    • ValdVin
      ValdVin
      September 13, 2020 at 7:33 pm | #

      Appropriate gravatar is appropriate.

  6. Stephen Bierce
    Stephen Bierce
    September 13, 2020 at 12:11 am | #

    Get A Haircut–and get a real job
    Clean your act up and don’t be a slob
    Get your act together like yer Big Brother Bob…

    • Geneseepaws
      Geneseepaws
      September 13, 2020 at 2:05 am | #

      So I tucked my hair up under my hat and I went in to ask him ‘why‘.

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      September 13, 2020 at 8:58 am | #

      Bob Walkeron? Bobky?

      Nah, not buying it.

  7. Mra
    Mra
    September 13, 2020 at 12:13 am | #

    Soooo, is Mike still comatose after 3 months?

    • Sirksome
      Sirksome
      September 13, 2020 at 12:18 am | #

      If you want to theorize for a bit one of the silhouettes from the big group shot kind of looks like it could be Mike, possibly in a new outfit, which would imply he wakes up eventually or did wake up maybe.

      • Bunny
        Bunny
        September 13, 2020 at 12:41 am | #

        Where do I find that big group shot?!

        • Sirksome
          Sirksome
          September 13, 2020 at 1:26 am | #

          Not sure where you can find an updated one with Sal and Walky added but it’s underneath the comic a couple pages or so back.

          • Amara Rezby
            Amara Rezby
            September 13, 2020 at 8:13 am | #

            Probably tomorrow or the day after when walky and Sal say hey to Joyce? I’m guessing she’s the focal point of all of the character portraits. Or when they’re inside the campus housing proper.

        • Bicycle Bill
          Bicycle Bill
          September 13, 2020 at 12:55 pm | #

          It’s also on the right-hand sidebar under the “Tweets”.  Currently showing Joyce, Becky, Dorothy (w/Fuckface on her head), and the Walkerton twins, and they’ve gone from silhouette to full-color pic as they appear in this new storyline.

          Predicting the next reveal will be Dina.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      September 13, 2020 at 10:42 am | #

      My theory is he was in a medically induced coma for 2-3 weeks to make sure any intracranial swelling went down and his skeletal/muscular injuries stabilized, and they gradually ramped up physical therapy for him since then.

      They probably buzzed all his hair off (at least around the primary injury) in the ER, but three months should be enough time for some of it to grow back. If the silhouette in question ks Mike, either he’s regrowing the front part or he’s wearing a baseball hat.

  8. Sirksome
    Sirksome
    September 13, 2020 at 12:13 am | #

    He’s only being defensive because he doesn’t actually know HOW to tie his shoes. Velcro exists for the Walky’s of the world.

    • Dunedon
      Dunedon
      September 13, 2020 at 12:17 am | #

      I will admit to wearing slip on dress shoes for almost all occasions to avoid having to deal with laces.

      • Undrave
        Undrave
        September 13, 2020 at 12:38 am | #

        Fuck laces. They’re an outdated technology and I don’t know why we still use them in the friggin’ Future Year 2020! I, too, have fancy shoes without laces. Loafers forever!

        • Bicycle Bill
          Bicycle Bill
          September 13, 2020 at 12:49 am | #

          Oxfords, not brogues.  A gentleman wears laced shoes.

          • He Who Abides
            He Who Abides
            September 13, 2020 at 12:55 am | #

            Manners maketh man.

            • Geneseepaws
              Geneseepaws
              September 13, 2020 at 2:08 am | #

              I think Guy DeMaupassant would disagree; “Clothes Make the Man.”

            • Agemegos
              Agemegos
              September 13, 2020 at 6:00 am | #

              Winchester College.

          • Deanatay
            Deanatay
            September 13, 2020 at 9:00 am | #

            Sneakers make me a gentleman? Sweet!

            • Bicycle Bill
              Bicycle Bill
              September 13, 2020 at 12:57 pm | #

              There are varying degrees of ‘gentleman’.

        • Wizard
          Wizard
          September 13, 2020 at 10:59 am | #

          Because they’re cheap and they work. The casual shoes I wear daily are slip-ons, but I prefer laces for my work boots, because they’re much more comfortable if I can tie them fairly tight. I prefer zippers for my motorcycle boots, because I have a not totally rational fear of getting the laces caught in the drive chain. (Slip-ons are a strict no-go; in an accident they become slip-offs.) While velcro is often associated with cheap sneakers, my cycling shoes use velcro straps, and they’re probably the most expensive shoes I own. (Aside from the work boots, but at least the company helps pay for those.) Conclusion? Different closures may work best in different circumstances. Also, I have too many shoes.

    • Regalli
      Regalli
      September 13, 2020 at 12:26 am | #

      I mean it’s also a vital accessibility thing for some disabled people (very much including me here – I can just about tie square knots these days but can’t judge spacing all that well so I still wear slip-ons or velcro because otherwise they WILL come untied. And tying knots is a very recent development with my motor skills.)

      I’m not sure your comment was intended as a significant jab at Walky or not, but given how much you hate him, kinda hits home as a disabled person who literally could not tie knots at age 18 because of her disability.

      • Sirksome
        Sirksome
        September 13, 2020 at 1:28 am | #

        I was meant to be a jab at Walky but I apologize if I offended you or any other disabled person. That was unintended.

        • Regalli
          Regalli
          September 13, 2020 at 6:55 am | #

          Accepted. It’s one of those things people don’t think about the splash damage for until it’s pointed out in general, so I’m used to it. Ableism is unfortunately baked pretty deep into the public psyche, so it happens unintentionally a lot, (Still a hell of a lot better than the Straw Discourse, which has been rehashing the same points for years now – straws are an accessibility thing, plastic straws are literally the only option that fit everyone’s needs, vegetable oil plastics are all made out of pretty common allergens, reusable ones place the onus on disabled people as yet another thing we have to spend more money and effort providing, the invisibly disabled will be policed even worse than usual if it’s a ‘only give them to disabled people who ask’ thing, and the entire thing is putting emphasis on consumers with a focus on something that makes up a frankly minute amount of pollution instead of where it belongs on the companies that are ruining things for everyone. Or at least plastic bags or balloons if you really want to talk about single-use plastics. Like I said, plural years of these exact same points, and it is almost always a ‘well have you tried’ doubling down.)

          • Chris
            Chris
            September 13, 2020 at 12:14 pm | #

            And paper straws make everything taste funny.

            • Regalli
              Regalli
              September 13, 2020 at 7:46 pm | #

              It’s the dissolving, I think. They’re such a non-solution.

    • Keulen
      Keulen
      September 13, 2020 at 2:31 am | #

      I tie my shoes kinda loose so I can slip them on and off without untying them. The only times I tie a pair of shoes is when I first get them and when they come untied on their own.

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

    They both look fantastic with their new hair!

  10. Danasaurus
    Danasaurus
    September 13, 2020 at 12:14 am | #

    Wait, Walky has an upper lip now?

    • Undrave
      Undrave
      September 13, 2020 at 12:39 am | #

      The twins are slowly growing similar…

      • ValdVin
        ValdVin
        September 13, 2020 at 7:34 pm | #

        And Dumbiverse Walky hasn’t even broken out the seaweed and coconuts.

    • guavajagular
      guavajagular
      September 13, 2020 at 1:59 am | #

      You should check out Joyce too. Walky standing up for Sal was when it all started, upper lip wise. I like it!

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      September 13, 2020 at 9:21 am | #

      Sure! It’s where he keeps his manly ‘stache! The few sparse hairs of it, at least.

      It’s not very stiff, tho.

  11. Schpoonman
    Schpoonman
    September 13, 2020 at 12:14 am | #

    Sal is on speaking-ish terms with Charles, but Linda isn’t present?

    Good.

    • BBCC
      BBCC
      September 13, 2020 at 12:20 am | #

      Sal talks to them, but she’s gotten very good at talking to them without saying too much.

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        September 13, 2020 at 10:47 am | #

        And they talk right back at her.

        (Not “to” or “with”, just “at”. That’s probably for the best.)

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

    The Walkerton twins look so GOOD! <333

    They deserve it after dealing with their parents for however long. I'm actually glad we did a time skip now because I don't think I have the blood pressure for seeing Linda for that long.

    I wonder if Sal went to see them for Thanksgiving or if this is her first time back since boarding school? We know she wasn't home over the summer because Walky hadn't seen her since boarding school at the start of the strip.

    • Regalli
      Regalli
      September 13, 2020 at 12:27 am | #

      Right? Walky finally gets a new hairstyle after so many, many years (even if it’s one born of apathy,) and Sal has leveled up in self-acceptance/not giving a shit what her shitty parents say! I’m so happy.

  13. BarerMender
    BarerMender
    September 13, 2020 at 12:24 am | #

    Walky looks like Asher, and Sal doesn’t like that.

    • Lingo
      Lingo
      September 13, 2020 at 1:44 am | #

      Ha ha ha, I was just thinking that maybe Walky is trying to look cool like Asher (subconsciously or not).

  14. William Leonard Reese Jr.
    William Leonard Reese Jr.
    September 13, 2020 at 12:25 am | #

    I. . .uh. . .request clarification for “Meat Scissors”. No matter what I picture in my head it does not come out well.

    • Some1
      Some1
      September 13, 2020 at 12:28 am | #

      Sometimes people will cut apart meat with scissors and will have a pair dedicated to that task. Usually very soft meat that would squish under a proper knife but is too tough to tear with your bare hands.

      • showler
        showler
        September 13, 2020 at 12:32 am | #

        There are actually specific “kitchen shears” one feature of which is a groove designed to cut through small bones.

    • Savail
      Savail
      September 13, 2020 at 12:31 am | #

      Pretty sure it’s just the big sharp scissors which come with kitchen knife sets. While we always refer to them as kitchen scissors/shears, can confirm they are fantastic for cutting hair.

    • Jamie
      Jamie
      September 13, 2020 at 12:34 am | #

      In googling the term, “poultry shears” comes up, and I feel like that should help. Mostly I’m saying that it’s safe to google.

      • Delicious Taffy
        Delicious Taffy
        September 13, 2020 at 1:12 am | #

        Now, why on Earth wouldn’t it be safe? 🙂

        • clif
          clif
          September 13, 2020 at 2:11 am | #

          Well, you see there is this thing called the Internet and …

          • He Who Abides
            He Who Abides
            September 13, 2020 at 8:30 am | #

            . . . it has these numbered rules, you see . . .

            • Deanatay
              Deanatay
              September 13, 2020 at 9:05 am | #

              …And the thirty-fourth rule says…

              …without exception…

  15. Lenora
    Lenora
    September 13, 2020 at 12:32 am | #

    Walky looks literally no different to me…

  16. JessWitt
    JessWitt
    September 13, 2020 at 12:36 am | #

    Aww the twins’ hair!!! Walky’s look brings back memories of my college days, free from high school’s strict grooming rules.

  17. butts
    butts
    September 13, 2020 at 12:36 am | #

    kinda love Sal’s hair

    • mrnoidea
      mrnoidea
      September 13, 2020 at 12:39 am | #

      IKR

    • BarerMender
      BarerMender
      September 13, 2020 at 9:38 am | #

      Does she have Jheri curls? Or is that really too old hat?

  18. Green
    Green
    September 13, 2020 at 12:37 am | #

    Oh GOD this reminds me of the time I walked in on my brother using my fabric-only scissors, that I had sharpie’d “FABRIC ONLY” on all sides, to open a pack of chicken. And you can bet I was over there in 0.004 seconds to snatch it away, all while yelling “YOU KNOW HOW TO READ, WHY ARE YOU USING THEM, YOU KNOW HOW TO READ!!!”

    Needless to say I do not keep my sewing supplies around the house anymore.

    • Regalli
      Regalli
      September 13, 2020 at 1:02 am | #

      God. And they were FABRIC SCISSORS those things lose edge fast. Ugh.

      • Geneseepaws
        Geneseepaws
        September 13, 2020 at 2:17 am | #

        I hope they weren’t the nice $60 Gingher or Wiss scissors, they are spendy.

        • Green
          Green
          September 13, 2020 at 6:53 am | #

          Fortunately they were some regular Scotch brand scissors that I had been using as fabric scissors atm But still! Now that I’ve really been getting serious in a way I hadn’t been in a long time, I have upgrades! And those NEVER leave my room. If there’s something my brother wants to do, he does it! No hesitation, no thinking, certInly no reading :9 so now there’s zero ammo.

          • Schpoonman
            Schpoonman
            September 13, 2020 at 8:11 am | #

            I hate people like that. My older brother is like that and after 30 years of this trash I finally found it in me to say “Family does not get a pass. They’re with you by accident, so if they hurt you by choice then you walk away from them the same as you would anyone else.”

            • Green
              Green
              September 13, 2020 at 11:48 am | #

              Proud of you for being able to recognize that! I’m very very much in agreement.

  19. Archivist
    Archivist
    September 13, 2020 at 12:44 am | #

    Oh no, this is a very good look on him.

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      September 13, 2020 at 9:07 am | #

      Appropriate avatar is appropriate.

  20. Bunny
    Bunny
    September 13, 2020 at 12:44 am | #

    HeeeEEEeeey! Maybe Dad dropped them off by himself because Linda took off or something. It could happen…

    • clif
      clif
      September 13, 2020 at 2:12 am | #

      Maybe, but probably she had better things to do.

      • Schpoonman
        Schpoonman
        September 13, 2020 at 8:11 am | #

        Walky is finally standing up for himself so now Linda has written off both her kids? I can believe that.

        • Regalli
          Regalli
          September 13, 2020 at 7:56 pm | #

          Nah, I expect Linda’s first response to her kids disappointing her is doubling down on being controlling. (Since… well, we’ve seen her do it with Sal.) Honestly I suspect Walky only gets away from her demands by going no-contact for at least a while. Maybe he can manage limited contact if she doesn’t pull the same ultimatum shit she did with Sal and nuke those chances from orbit while he’s still financially dependent on her, but sooner or later she’s going to ‘inform’ him what his real major is, and what the consequences are if he refuses.

          I don’t care for Linda Walkerton. At all.

  21. Dara
    Dara
    September 13, 2020 at 12:47 am | #

    No updated cast photo? Aw.

    • JessWitt
      JessWitt
      September 13, 2020 at 8:56 am | #

      The cast photos might get updated after everyone in the Decade 2 art is revealed.

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        September 13, 2020 at 10:51 am | #

        Willis hinted at that on Twitter the other day.

        Speaking of, I wonder if ol’ pudding head there in Dara’s grav finished letting her natural color grow out, or finally touched up her roots.

        • JessWitt
          JessWitt
          September 13, 2020 at 4:43 pm | #

          She re-dyed it immediately after her last appearance. However her hair grows really fast so it’s back to puddinghead status quo.

  22. LiterallyJustSomeGuy
    LiterallyJustSomeGuy
    September 13, 2020 at 1:03 am | #

    The both look so good!

    Walky’s hair doesn’t look as big as the second-from-the-left silhouette in the cast photo, though. I originally thought it was Asher until someone suggested Walky and pointed out the untied shoes. Maybe Walky’s hair gets bigger as time goes on?

    I LOVE Walky’s jacket-and-hoodie look, and I hope he keeps it

  23. brionl
    brionl
    September 13, 2020 at 1:03 am | #

    Mom’s Meat Scissors would be a great name for a band.

    • Green
      Green
      September 13, 2020 at 7:35 am | #

      Or an extremely specific niche show on YT

  24. Fiddler115
    Fiddler115
    September 13, 2020 at 1:06 am | #

    I used your mom’s meat curtains.

    • mrnoidea
      mrnoidea
      September 13, 2020 at 1:16 am | #

      That’s a terribly inefficient way to cut hair.

      • mrnoidea
        mrnoidea
        September 13, 2020 at 1:29 am | #

        Also, if you’re Mike speaking from the afterlife, don’t forget to mention the nickel.

  25. abysswatcher1993
    abysswatcher1993
    September 13, 2020 at 1:18 am | #

    Walky’s new look seems nice, but he is still a manchild.

  26. Bagge
    Bagge
    September 13, 2020 at 1:38 am | #

    The time skip and traumatic experiences have really changed Walky. Made him so much more mature, so much more dignified. yeah…

    • deathjavu
      deathjavu
      September 13, 2020 at 8:04 pm | #

      Weren’t you listening? Walky *refused* to be traumatize by that kidnapping. Naturally this means no drastic behavioral changes would happen, such as standing up to Linda even the tiniest bit.

  27. Reltzik
    Reltzik
    September 13, 2020 at 1:39 am | #

    “No, seriously bro, cut your hair. We’re twins, if we’re not careful we’ll end up looking exactly alike.”

    • Geneseepaws
      Geneseepaws
      September 13, 2020 at 8:13 am | #

      Which immediately gave DYW a slipshine.

  28. Romanticide
    Romanticide
    September 13, 2020 at 1:43 am | #

    Oh Sal has been letting her hair puff a little.

  29. Lingo
    Lingo
    September 13, 2020 at 1:52 am | #

    Well this is a little disappointing, I was hoping that the new silhouettes meant that Sal would now be wearing her all-natural, un-straightened hair to spite her parents, and that Walky would be doing the same to support Sal. Instead it seems like he’s just trying to steal Asher’s look. Still it seems like a step in the right direction.

    • BBCC
      BBCC
      September 13, 2020 at 2:43 am | #

      She’s straightening her hair less. I expect if she does decide to go natural, Willis will show us the process of her making that decision and the fallout with her parents.

      • Lingo
        Lingo
        September 14, 2020 at 12:33 am | #

        In fact, I’m beginning to think that Willis didn’t show us their illustrations in the group banner because these aren’t even their final forms!

  30. Lingo
    Lingo
    September 13, 2020 at 1:54 am | #

    P.S. I’m betting that Walky is rooming with Jacob now.

  31. Keulen
    Keulen
    September 13, 2020 at 2:26 am | #

    I like their new longer hairstyles, but I’m starting to wonder if anyone got a haircut over those 3 months we skipped.

    • Schpoonman
      Schpoonman
      September 13, 2020 at 8:13 am | #

      Becky at least did. Her hair is longer but still very asymmetrical, that requires pruning.

    • thejeff
      thejeff
      September 13, 2020 at 9:51 am | #

      The silhouettes suggest Billie did.

  32. clif
    clif
    September 13, 2020 at 2:28 am | #

    I wonder who will be next. I mean in Willis’s place I’d save Mike till last to maintain the expense. Meaning Amber will probably be delayed as well, as that is the obvious grouping.
    Ruth and Billie would be the obvious choice as the next revealed. Danny and Joe is also possible. Other groupings seem less likely, unless we repeat characters.

    • clif
      clif
      September 13, 2020 at 2:57 am | #

      *suspense

  33. The Coolest Child
    The Coolest Child
    September 13, 2020 at 2:53 am | #

    Walky still has more hair care then I do

  34. AutobotDen
    AutobotDen
    September 13, 2020 at 3:18 am | #

    hey, I gave myself a mohawk, so *shrug*

    • Bicycle Bill
      Bicycle Bill
      September 13, 2020 at 4:07 am | #

      Careful, dude. That could be considered an insensitive act of “cultural appropriation” nowadays.

  35. PB
    PB
    September 13, 2020 at 3:51 am | #

    Oh no they have more amazing hair

  36. PiotrW
    PiotrW
    September 13, 2020 at 6:37 am | #

    Hm. I prefer Sal with straight hair…

    (just a personal preference – I’m aware of the natural hair debate)

  37. Wishwater
    Wishwater
    September 13, 2020 at 6:44 am | #

    Bisexual voice: oh no they’re both hot!!!

    Loving everyone’s new hair….wonder if we will get someone who has dyed theirs for the full college hair experience?

  38. BenRG
    BenRG
    September 13, 2020 at 7:00 am | #

    I do think that Walky is trying various low-energy ways to show that he’s done being Linda and Charles’ perfect son. Threatening Amber was the last straw for him.

  39. Zaxares
    Zaxares
    September 13, 2020 at 7:48 am | #

    Wait… Was the whole time lapse just a way of catching up the DoA timeverse to current event to incorporate the COVID pandemic?

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      September 13, 2020 at 9:14 am | #

      Doubt it – Willis seems to be ignoring COVID, in his strips. It’s understandable, as COVID would throw a lot of his preplanned story straight out the window.

    • thejeff
      thejeff
      September 13, 2020 at 9:55 am | #

      The school’s open. No one’s wearing masks.

      Also it’s January, so incorporating it would still be weird. It wouldn’t have an effect in January of 2020, but is likely to still be a big problem in the start of 2021

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      September 13, 2020 at 10:08 am | #

      Can’t we just have a little escape from our horrific reality?

    • Zaxares
      Zaxares
      September 14, 2020 at 1:46 am | #

      Fair answers, all. I was just curious as to why BOTH Walkertons had left their hair uncut, and my mind immediately jumped to “lockdowns. Can’t go out” as the reason, especially considering that this arc starts in January when stuff REALLY started to hit the fan.

  40. LuminousLead
    LuminousLead
    September 13, 2020 at 9:08 am | #

    Did he wash his hair though or does he have meat-hair?

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      September 13, 2020 at 9:15 am | #

      This IS Walky. Hopefully his Mom cleans the scissors after each use.

  41. Spencer
    Spencer
    September 13, 2020 at 10:11 am | #

    Oh no, Walky’s hot.

    I don’t know how to deal with this.

  42. Pylgrim
    Pylgrim
    September 13, 2020 at 10:29 am | #

    80’s anime protagonist hair.

  43. Keith
    Keith
    September 13, 2020 at 10:40 am | #

    Oh you used the meat scissors to cut hair. And? Made gravy with OLD bacon grease for the dog one winter, stirred in the kibble. Without thinking treated it like any old gravy and licked the spoon. mmm, yeah bacon grease was a bit stale, not rancid, gee this is kind of gritty…oh yeah, dog food. 🙂 Eh, good enough. Mildly embarrassed not grossed.

    • Wizard
      Wizard
      September 13, 2020 at 11:13 am | #

      I once bought a couple of cans of dog food by mistake. I was just about to open one up and heat it up when I looked a little closer at the label and saw it said “for dogs”. In my defense, that was in fairly small type, and the rest of the label looked more like something you’d expect on a can of soup intended for humans. And the description made it sound delicious. Also, I found it on the clearance aisle, not in the pet department.

      • Sunny
        Sunny
        September 14, 2020 at 5:07 am | #

        You still ate it, right?

  44. Rabisch
    Rabisch
    September 13, 2020 at 10:55 am | #

    Nice. Long hair are the best.

  45. McMuffin
    McMuffin
    September 13, 2020 at 11:19 am | #

    Damn Walky looks real cute in panel 2. It’s the hair plus that expression

  46. Zee
    Zee
    September 13, 2020 at 12:42 pm | #

    Fuck. Fuck. No. Walkys hot now. Oh God. No. Fuck. I can’t handle this.

  47. Random832
    Random832
    September 13, 2020 at 1:36 pm | #

    are “meat scissors” really a thing?

    like, i know kitchen shears are a thing but i’d expect them to be washed thoroughly after each use, especially after uses involving meat

    • Agemegos
      Agemegos
      September 13, 2020 at 4:14 pm | #

      I have kitchen scissors and poultry secateurs, but it wouldn’t surprise or confuse me if someone like Walky referred to either as “meat scissors”.

      • Random832
        Random832
        September 13, 2020 at 7:54 pm | #

        it’s the fact that he thinks Sal will have concerns that will be addressed by telling her he washed his hands afterwards that gets me.

  48. Needfuldoer
    Needfuldoer
    September 13, 2020 at 2:21 pm | #

    Remaining character silhouette guesses (from left to right):
    Ruth, Dina, Carla, Joe, Sarah, Mike, Amber, Billie, Danny, Lucy, Malaya

    • Hoboturtle
      Hoboturtle
      September 13, 2020 at 3:50 pm | #

      Is it Lucy? That ones been bothering me. I thought her hair was abit more roundish then that. (Though I definitely wouldn’t argue against more Lucy).

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        September 13, 2020 at 4:03 pm | #

        The shape is reminiscent of her hairstyle in Shortpacked!, and the height relative to Malaya matches up.
        ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

        (This was the only strip I could find with both of them standing in the same frame.)
        https://www.dumbingofage.com/2019/comic/book-9-comic/02-but-the-sun-still-shines/overwhelmingly/

  49. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    September 13, 2020 at 5:08 pm | #

    so many characters getting longer hair <3

    • StClair
      StClair
      September 13, 2020 at 9:50 pm | #

      He has to balance out Jeph.

  50. JepMZ
    JepMZ
    September 13, 2020 at 9:06 pm | #

    How come Sal’s hair looks like layers of it shortened? Isn’t most of it the same length?

  51. ProjectXa3
    ProjectXa3
    September 13, 2020 at 9:50 pm | #

    M- me- MEAT SCISSORS?!

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      September 14, 2020 at 4:33 pm | #

      For cutting, not made of.

  52. Danny
    Danny
    September 17, 2020 at 2:01 am | #

    he can have a little depression, as a treat

  53. Meep
    Meep
    September 19, 2020 at 1:32 am | #

    So that’s what happens when Walky doesn’t slouch.

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