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September 20, 2023

Smeared

by David M Willis on August 29, 2021 at 12:01 am
  • 01 – Sister, Christian

└ Tags: booster, lucy, walky

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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    August 29, 2021 at 12:03 am | #

    Who’s “we” here, Ms. Lives on Comic Time

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      August 29, 2021 at 12:05 am | #

      I think that was a Booster line actually

      • Ana Chronistic
        Ana Chronistic
        August 29, 2021 at 12:21 am | #

        GDI
        1. My computer decided it was doing a Windows Update and has been at “100%” for the past hour so my prepared statement is MIA

        2. Phone >>> Mx.

  2. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    August 29, 2021 at 12:04 am | #

    Hmmm, dress for the job of a cartoonist?

    I believe Willis usually wears Hawaiian shirts to cons, so I guess that’s the official uniform.

    Maybe Walky can borrow Booster’s

    • RassilonTDavros
      RassilonTDavros
      August 29, 2021 at 12:06 am | #

      “cons”

      Now that’s a name thing I’ve not heard in a long time.

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        August 29, 2021 at 12:08 am | #

        One day…

        • RassilonTDavros
          RassilonTDavros
          August 29, 2021 at 12:22 am | #

          …I shall come back. Yes, I shall come back.

          • StClair
            StClair
            August 29, 2021 at 12:36 am | #

            Until then, there must be no tears, no regrets, no anxieties.

            • RassilonTDavros
              RassilonTDavros
              August 29, 2021 at 12:40 am | #

              See, I used to love that speech, but now I kinda think telling your own granddaughter that she’s not allowed to have tears or anxieties is a bit of a dick move.

              • Wack'd
                Wack'd
                August 29, 2021 at 3:36 am | #

                In general, dumping your teen daughter in a post-apocalyptic wasteland with no warning because you eavesdropped on her confessing to her crush that she’d like to settle down is…well, let’s just say there’s a reason why the series 9 finale hinges on interrogating Doctor Who’s habit of ignoring the actual wants and needs of their companions in favor of “doing what’s best for them.”

              • Delicious Taffy
                Delicious Taffy
                August 29, 2021 at 4:40 am | #

                Nine still gets the best speech. Short, to the point, and no regrets.

                • Ana Chronistic
                  Ana Chronistic
                  August 29, 2021 at 11:59 pm | #

                  started watching for 10, absolutely loved 9

      • Deanatay
        Deanatay
        August 29, 2021 at 10:41 am | #

        I’m going to one next weekend, in Los Angeles. A tabletop gaming convention, replete with all the risks. Lots of 50+ attendees, many with respiratory and mobility issues (gamers are not known for physical fitness), clustered around gaming tables with no social distancing? Yeah, we know the dangers, but we’re gamers, and we HAVE to know whether this kind of thing will work in the future.

        We’re taking all the precautions we can – proof of vaccination is required of all attendees, and masks must be worn at all times on the convention floor – but it’s still a risk. This may be a bellwether for the viability of future cons, so wish us luck!

        • Imogen
          Imogen
          August 29, 2021 at 5:54 pm | #

          This is so needlessly irresponsible. Just wait a couple months. Like, jesus. Cases are literally climbing right now. You’re gambling with the lives of others, not just those of the “gamers”.

          • Imogen
            Imogen
            August 29, 2021 at 5:54 pm | #

            “is a drunk driving convention risky? Maybe, but we’re gamers. we live on the edge”

        • Librain
          Librain
          August 29, 2021 at 6:34 pm | #

          I feel like there’s at least one precaution that you’re not taking – holding the event virtually rather than risking spreading the virus further and killing thousands more people.

          • Spencer
            Spencer
            August 29, 2021 at 6:40 pm | #

            I swear I’m being genuine, but if those precautions are being taken (as in you have to prove you’re vaccinated), is that not sensible?

            • BBCC
              BBCC
              August 29, 2021 at 8:28 pm | #

              No, it isn’t sensible to have a convention right now, even with those precautions. It’s one thing to see a small group of people you know and trust and another to go to a whole fucking convention full of people. We are still in a pandemic and that doesn’t change because some gamers think not being able to sit around a table together risks the viability of future cons.

              • thejeff
                thejeff
                August 29, 2021 at 10:40 pm | #

                Yeah, I haven’t even gone back to gaming in person with my local group and I’m in a state that doing pretty well at the moment. Wouldn’t even consider a convention.

                • Clif
                  Clif
                  August 30, 2021 at 12:19 am | #

                  If everyone there is fully vaccinated and wearing masks then it should meet the current CDC guidelines for fully vaccinated people. Maybe don’t go if you’re in contact with someone who’s immunosuppressed.

                  https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/fully-vaccinated-guidance.html

                • BBCC
                  BBCC
                  August 30, 2021 at 2:51 am | #

                  My boyfriend, who is the type of con going gamer as above, has ONE in person game currently running. It’s him and two close friends he knows for a fact are fully vaccinated and not going around seeing a ton of other people all the time. Again, there’s a big difference between small gatherings with people you know and trust and a convention full of randoms who’ve been seeing god knows who and been in god knows what crowds. Clearly safety isn’t a big concern for them.

                  Clif – The CDC’s guidelines saying you don’t need to mask up and social distance in large gatherings and crowds is a big part of why Delta’s spreading so badly right now, because there’s no way to actually ENFORCE the ‘If you’re fully vexed’ most of the time. Sure, let’s say they confirm everyone in the con is fully vaxxed. You can’t vouch for everyone they’ve seen on the bus, in stores, the people they’ve hung out with, etc. Having an in person convention right now is reckless and irresponsible

            • deliverything
              deliverything
              August 30, 2021 at 1:53 am | #

              It might be viable later, but unless the hospitals have stopped being strained by patients since I last checked – even in pre-pandemic times, con crud was a thing. Add variants and breakthrough infections, and going to a con with the current shortage of medical access seems a little unwise, even with the comparatively low infection chances resulting from the precautions.
              This isn’t even getting into the possibility of anti-vaxers with forged vaccination cards showing up.
              I understand being impatient to get back to in-person gaming, but it’s probably best to wait a little longer. For now, as Librain said, virtual options exist.

        • BBCC
          BBCC
          August 29, 2021 at 8:31 pm | #

          Absolutely not. This isn’t just irresponsible, it’s reckless.

          • BBCC
            BBCC
            August 30, 2021 at 4:32 am | #

            I’m sorry if I’ve been coming off as harsh in this thread – my immune system is lower than average and I’ve been getting more and more testy about things like this as the pandemic goes on. I still maintain virtual cons are the better option right now, but I can be less cranky about it.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      August 29, 2021 at 12:06 am | #

      Also, is John Mulaney’s middle name really Edmund?

      I now wish to headcanon that he is a secret member of the Blackadder family, the Mulaney Branch having been disowned for not being grumpy enough, despite having the genetic predisposition to wit.

      • Dark_T_Zeratul
        Dark_T_Zeratul
        August 29, 2021 at 12:31 am | #

        Hm, so if John Mulaney is a Blackadder, who is his Baldrick?

        • Doctor_Who
          Doctor_Who
          August 29, 2021 at 12:47 am | #

          Nick Kroll.

      • Mr. Random
        Mr. Random
        August 29, 2021 at 2:13 am | #

        Isn’t it kinda weird to “headcanon” living real people?

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      August 29, 2021 at 12:07 am | #

      Should probably steal Danny’s hat. I’m given to understand that those hats are comic artist standard

  3. ValdVin
    ValdVin
    August 29, 2021 at 12:05 am | #

    Lucy is going to combust here.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      August 29, 2021 at 12:09 am | #

      Sonic Squee incoming.

  4. Sirksome
    Sirksome
    August 29, 2021 at 12:05 am | #

    I mean Joyce is gonna have a default advantage just by being a woman, but also her comic might have subconsciously inserted lesbian undertones so this is not looking good for Walky even if he is looking good actually dressed well.

    • RassilonTDavros
      RassilonTDavros
      August 29, 2021 at 12:07 am | #

      “Joyce is gonna have a default advantage just by being a woman”

      I thought that I’d fallen into an alternate universe before I remembered who edits the newspaper.

      And yeah, Daisy’s definitely gonna be into the Julia/Doris slow burn

      • Sirksome
        Sirksome
        August 29, 2021 at 12:11 am | #

        It’s actually kind of nice that roles are reversed as far as inherent prejudice based employment advantages go, but I guess Walky is a minority so overall they probably break even sadly.

      • Suzi
        Suzi
        August 29, 2021 at 12:13 am | #

        Right? I put my pitchfork down so fast when I remembered.

      • Nono
        Nono
        August 29, 2021 at 12:21 am | #

        Joyce’s undercurrent bisexuality is gonna appeal to Daisy’s unsubtle lesbianism SO HARD:

        • powerpowerpow
          powerpowerpow
          August 29, 2021 at 1:27 am | #

          Oh no… I’m just realizing this.

          The inevitability of Daisy meeting Joyce feels like watching a truck full of strawberries hurtling out of control, right towards a molten vat of chocolate. It could be extremely messy or an absolute delight, but it’ll probably end up being a whole lot of both. I can’t decide whether to feel dread or excitement.

          • BarerMender
            BarerMender
            August 29, 2021 at 7:05 am | #

            Oh, oh! It never occurred to me to ship Joyce and Daisy. Now I’m shipping them so hard. Unfortunately, I would expect it to take forever. May my expectations be subverted.

            • Jungle Dwayne
              Jungle Dwayne
              August 29, 2021 at 8:15 pm | #

              Doyce? Joysy?

          • Needfuldoer
            Needfuldoer
            August 29, 2021 at 9:00 am | #

            ¿Por qué no los dos?

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      August 29, 2021 at 12:12 am | #

      Walky’s best hope is that Daisy finds his simple gag-a-day strip a more appropriate fit for the newspaper than Joyce’s complex soap, which TBH it probably is

      • Sirksome
        Sirksome
        August 29, 2021 at 12:18 am | #

        Is Daisy actually invested enough in this comic opening to give it that much thought? She honestly seemed really dismissive about the whole thing when it was brought up like she didn’t care what was printed just that something filled the slot. She doesn’t even know Joyce is applying and considering how her recent date went she might also be rather irritable.

        • Thag Simmons
          Thag Simmons
          August 29, 2021 at 12:21 am | #

          Daisy is irritable, but when she thinks with her brain and not her legs she’s actually decent at her job.

  5. Vukodlak
    Vukodlak
    August 29, 2021 at 12:06 am | #

    In her mind she’s squealing “I saw him topless!”

    • Mydnyt
      Mydnyt
      August 29, 2021 at 12:13 am | #

      And wasn’t the phrase “abs like sculpted caramel”

    • BarerMender
      BarerMender
      August 29, 2021 at 7:07 am | #

      She didn’t see him topless. He put the shirt on over his t-shirt. She’s grooving over his manly collared shirt.

      • BarerMender
        BarerMender
        August 29, 2021 at 8:05 am | #

        No, I’m mistaken. Different t-shirt.

    • Opus the Poet
      Opus the Poet
      August 29, 2021 at 3:41 pm | #

      This is why we need an upvote system. Lucy need to go roll in the snow.

  6. Spencer
    Spencer
    August 29, 2021 at 12:06 am | #

    Is Walky wearing an undershirt?

    W-was I supposed to be this whole time?

    • Schpoonman
      Schpoonman
      August 29, 2021 at 12:10 am | #

      Eeehh, depends. Undershirts tend to have me writhing but I know multiple guys who are A-OK with them.

      • William Leonard Reese Jr.
        William Leonard Reese Jr.
        August 29, 2021 at 12:12 am | #

        I can only stand them if they’re a size larger then they should be.

        Nothing tight and restrictive.

        Adds that nice extra layer between skin and your overshirt fabric

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        August 29, 2021 at 12:13 am | #

        I used to wear a t-shirt under my collared shirts for work, back when I had a dress code. mostly so I could take it off when I went out to lunch and be comfortable for a while.

        • deliverything
          deliverything
          August 30, 2021 at 1:58 am | #

          I assume that “take it off” was meant to refer to the collared shirt, not the t-shirt (as would be grammatically implied), but… well, the ambiguity will appeal to many Whovians, I’m sure.

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        August 29, 2021 at 9:03 am | #

        I can’t stand them. The extra layer is too warm most of the time.

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      August 29, 2021 at 12:13 am | #

      I think it depends on circumstance and preference

    • Jamie
      Jamie
      August 29, 2021 at 12:19 am | #

      I’ve started wearing an undershirt because I sweat a lot and I am extremely tired of caring. Like, a few years back, I leaned my back against a glass door for, I dunno, ten minutes? And left a stain. So I’ve started wearing fast-dry performance shirts under whatever and it has helped.

    • cbwroses
      cbwroses
      August 29, 2021 at 1:45 am | #

      I only wear undershirts with dress shirts.
      I also wear thermal shirts under regular shirts if it’s really cold.
      Since they live in Indiana (I believe, one of the I states regardless), I imagine it’s VERY cold in the winter, but I also wouldn’t be surprised if they were used to it.

    • Decidedly Orthogonal
      Decidedly Orthogonal
      August 29, 2021 at 1:45 pm | #

      I don’t think a t-shirt under a hoody is “an undershirt”. Colloquillay, and undershirt is meant to be worn under something like a dress shirt. Hoodies fill a roll closer to a jacket, so wearing one doesn’t relegate the item beneath it to being ‘an undershirt’ any more than a business suit does a dress shirt.

      Also, “damn english, you crazy?”

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        August 29, 2021 at 10:42 pm | #

        But he’s now wearing an undershirt under his collared shirt.

  7. AntJ
    AntJ
    August 29, 2021 at 12:09 am | #

    Excellent pitch, Lucy!

  8. DailyBrad
    DailyBrad
    August 29, 2021 at 12:10 am | #

    Not going to lie, that’s honestly a good look for him.

    • Ucchan
      Ucchan
      August 29, 2021 at 12:33 am | #

      Seconded.

    • StClair
      StClair
      August 29, 2021 at 12:47 am | #

      Thirded.

    • JessWitt
      JessWitt
      August 29, 2021 at 1:47 am | #

      Fourthed.

    • Autogatos
      Autogatos
      August 29, 2021 at 1:53 am | #

      Yeah suddenly seeing what all these girls see in Walky (aside from nerdy charm of course)!

    • Keulen
      Keulen
      August 29, 2021 at 8:48 am | #

      It really is.

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      August 29, 2021 at 10:54 am | #

      Walky has always cleaned up well. Problem is, getting him to bother…

  9. Schpoonman
    Schpoonman
    August 29, 2021 at 12:12 am | #

    Lucy really does get Walky. After 4 months she seems to know what makes him tick. Cannot WAIT for the introduction of the new significant others to their parents.

    • Nono
      Nono
      August 29, 2021 at 12:20 am | #

      I think this was the strip that made me go , “okay, maybe she’s not completely helpless in this crush”.

  10. Throwatron
    Throwatron
    August 29, 2021 at 12:12 am | #

    wait shit the girls were all totally right that boy does clean up nice

    • powerpowerpow
      powerpowerpow
      August 29, 2021 at 2:03 am | #

      Wait, hold on. We don’t know whether his shoelaces are still untied or not.

  11. Prince Mech
    Prince Mech
    August 29, 2021 at 12:13 am | #

    Alt text reminded me of that and made me sad again. 🙁

    • Rose by Any Other Name
      Rose by Any Other Name
      August 29, 2021 at 12:21 am | #

      I hadn’t heard about it before! Now I am sad.
      He had a whole bit in one of my favorite shows of his about how happy he was to be married.

  12. Rosicrucian
    Rosicrucian
    August 29, 2021 at 12:15 am | #

    Lucy is playing with fire here. Walky was already approaching dangerous enough levels of hotness that it was palpable even under his slovenliness. Now? Hooh, boy.

    • Jamie
      Jamie
      August 29, 2021 at 12:20 am | #

      “Pimp my ride,” they said.

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        August 29, 2021 at 9:10 am | #

        And it was surprisingly appropriate. Pimp my Ride didn’t actually solve any of the underlying problems with the cars they flipped, and most of the electronics were taken back by the companies that furnished them for the show after filming wrapped.

  13. powerpowerpow
    powerpowerpow
    August 29, 2021 at 12:18 am | #

    Could any of you imagine being off Twitter for so long that you find out months later that yihr favorite comedian got a divorce, through the alt-text of a webcomic?

    …No? Just me? Okay…

    • Rose by Any Other Name
      Rose by Any Other Name
      August 29, 2021 at 12:22 am | #

      I can’t imagine being on Twitter, having never been on it.
      But the just finding that out via alt text? Yeah, right there with you.

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        August 29, 2021 at 9:12 am | #

        They’ve been pushing you to sign up more and more lately, to the point you can’t even click on related tweets or view media full-size without an account.

        They’re getting as bad a Pinterest, or Instagram.

        Social media was a mistake. Bring back the 2005 Internet, it didn’t run on a handful of big platforms.

        • thejeff
          thejeff
          August 29, 2021 at 12:10 pm | #

          You can, but you get the sign up/log in prompt every time. It’s annoying as hell.

          Open in another tab or window and you’ll get there.

          • BBCC
            BBCC
            August 29, 2021 at 4:37 pm | #

            Or re-enter the address in whatever you’re trying to click on.

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      August 29, 2021 at 12:22 am | #

      I can dream

    • Mollyscribbles
      Mollyscribbles
      August 29, 2021 at 12:42 am | #

      I’d heard the general concept but not that it was “yikes” territory. I’d kinda assumed that after the rehab news his wife had made the hard but understandable realization that being married to a recovered addict is entirely different than being married to a relapsed addict.

      Nope, turns out the dude we mostly know for making “I love my wife very much” jokes was the one to initiate it.

      • powerpowerpow
        powerpowerpow
        August 29, 2021 at 1:20 am | #

        To be fair, we’re just outsiders looking in. Who knows, he may have initiated it because he didn’t want things to fall apart slowly and horribly after he relapsed. Either way I’d imagine that it’s a difficult and unhappy situation all around.

        • Mollyscribbles
          Mollyscribbles
          August 29, 2021 at 1:25 am | #

          Days after the divorce he started openly dating Olivia Munn.

          • powerpowerpow
            powerpowerpow
            August 29, 2021 at 2:48 am | #

            Oh. Well, shit. Damn. I stand corrected then. I feel so sorry for Anna.

            Guess I need a new favorite comedian now, since as funny as he is, I don’t think I can listen to his jokes without feeling sad and a little disgusted. Especially since so many of them were about his marriage. It’d almost feel like trying to laugh at Louis C. K.’s jokes about jerking off again.

            • Carla's #2 Fan
              Carla's #2 Fan
              August 29, 2021 at 4:20 am | #

              I absolutely feel this. The only reason he hasn’t ruined Spiderverse for me looking back is that I had never let Nick Cage’s presence do that. I’d like to suggest Geroge Carlin or James Acaster (or literally any lesbian comedian) in place of John Mulaney.

              • Needfuldoer
                Needfuldoer
                August 29, 2021 at 9:15 am | #

                If you want your mind blown, listen to some of George Carlin’s later work, then read the part in his autobiography about his time on Shining Time Station as Mr. Conductor.

              • zee
                zee
                August 29, 2021 at 1:35 pm | #

                To parrot Willis here this is mad parasocial. Unhealthy. Dude got a divorce and started seeing someone new and suddenly he’s being mentioned in the same breath as Louis CK, a literal sex offender. He made jokes about loving his wife and got a divorce, who cares that’s his private life that we don’t know anything about. It’s none of our business. If he didn’t cheat or abuse her, i couldn’t care less and neither should anyone else

          • timemonkey
            timemonkey
            August 29, 2021 at 7:05 am | #

            Again, to be fair, we don’t know what went down or how long they’ve been separated emotionally. What seems like a fast development could have been a long time in the making.

          • Spencer
            Spencer
            August 29, 2021 at 9:30 am | #

            I can’t believe this adult who got a divorce started dating another adult.

            • zee
              zee
              August 29, 2021 at 1:18 pm | #

              Exactly. This is gross, let’s leave the dudes personal life alone. It hasn’t come out that he was cheating or abusive, so i don’t care. He did a normal thing adults do, it’s none of my business

          • Aethelred the Unready
            Aethelred the Unready
            August 29, 2021 at 10:32 am | #

            If you are claiming that Mulaney cheated on his wife, just say that. But insinuating it by suggesting there is something wrong with a divorced man dating again is cowardly.

            There is no mandated “mourning period” for divorce.

            • Drake
              Drake
              August 29, 2021 at 11:20 am | #

              Unless she mentions cheating herself, my assumption is generally going to be on no cheating involved, because just assuming people are cheaters is kind of a big jump.

              And well, someone realizing “I fell in love with someone else” and then immediately divorcing before heading to pursue the other relationship seems… reasonable? Seems one of the things divorce is for.

              • Spencer
                Spencer
                August 29, 2021 at 11:33 am | #

                Can we not talk about real people like they’re fictional characters.

                We don’t need to speculate on this. We don’t need to think about it.

                Two adults broke up. It doesn’t actually matter to us. Liking his standup doesn’t mean he’s a cartoon.

                • David M Willis
                  David M Willis
                  August 29, 2021 at 11:43 am | #

                  https://twitter.com/lukeisamazing/status/1393733210039795715

                • Spencer
                  Spencer
                  August 29, 2021 at 1:18 pm | #

                  Like I don’t want to sound like a super boomer but I think this is something exacerbated by an age where it’s easier than ever to not only directly ascribe a face to the fiction you’re experiencing, but to be capable of constant, immediate contact with them.

                  It’s like, there have always been folks who get too into the people who make fiction, but actually talking about that with other people was hard, and nowadays you can just go “hey how’s this dude’s private life going?” and not only can other people chime in but you can directly ask the person you’re talking about.

                  That’s weird.

          • zee
            zee
            August 29, 2021 at 1:19 pm | #

            And?

          • Devin
            Devin
            August 29, 2021 at 6:30 pm | #

            Key word: after

            Gonna need more than that to make me care. He’s not my friend, he’s a performer. We have no actual evidence that I’ve yet seen of any kind of abusive or predatory situation, so I don’t see why this is anyone’s business but theirs.

  14. Nono
    Nono
    August 29, 2021 at 12:19 am | #

    Okay, I’m more okay with Booster’s role as “person pointing out the obvious as the joke” and not “person trying to be ‘brutally honest and insightful’”.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      August 29, 2021 at 9:15 am | #

      They bring the genre-savvy comic metahumor.

    • Seregiel
      Seregiel
      August 29, 2021 at 10:40 am | #

      This.

    • Imogen
      Imogen
      August 29, 2021 at 5:56 pm | #

      This! I’ve enjoyed them these last couple of comics a lot more. Much less “that one abusive leftist we used to know who used pop psychology and misunderstood discourse terminology to gain social capital” and much more “snarky asshole who can’t stop pointing out the obvious”.

      • Spencer
        Spencer
        August 29, 2021 at 6:38 pm | #

        Y’all remember that Ruth dragged that first analysis of herself out of Booster, right? And then Booster got going?

        Like, does anyone not see that Booster themself seems to have no idea what they sound like to other people? Is it me? Am I the weirdo?

        • BBCC
          BBCC
          August 29, 2021 at 8:31 pm | #

          Nah, I get that vibe too.

        • StClair
          StClair
          August 29, 2021 at 11:54 pm | #

          Well, you are a weirdo, but you’re definitely not alone.

  15. BBCC
    BBCC
    August 29, 2021 at 12:21 am | #

    Well, Lucy’s having a good day.

  16. Nayann Martinelli
    Nayann Martinelli
    August 29, 2021 at 12:24 am | #

    I see Lucy is deploying Reverse Psychology, and it seems to be super effective

    • John
      John
      August 29, 2021 at 12:26 am | #

      was that even reverse? she didn’t tell him “go wear what you usually wear,” she appealed to his sense of spite and competition.

  17. Black Drazon
    Black Drazon
    August 29, 2021 at 12:25 am | #

    Incorrect, Booster! YOU watched it at regular speed. LUCY watched it in slow-motion.

    • Wizard
      Wizard
      August 29, 2021 at 12:56 am | #

      And judging by the grin and blush, it’s mentality playing back on constant loop.

      • Opus the Poet
        Opus the Poet
        August 29, 2021 at 4:05 pm | #

        😍 over and over again for Lucy

  18. Mr. Random
    Mr. Random
    August 29, 2021 at 12:48 am | #

    Mulaney’s getting divorced?
    That’s sad.
    I loved his jokes about how his wife was a bongo and he loved her so much.

    • Devin
      Devin
      August 29, 2021 at 6:32 pm | #

      That doesn’t have to change. The fact that they’re divorced now doesn’t mean it wasn’t true. Sometimes things fall apart, that doesn’t mean there wasn’t genuine love there.

      • a/snow/mous/e
        a/snow/mous/e
        August 29, 2021 at 7:54 pm | #

        Still sad that he lost that, though.

  19. woobie
    woobie
    August 29, 2021 at 12:55 am | #

    Frankly, I’m suprised Walky didn’t put that shirt on over the yellow T.

  20. Ghastly
    Ghastly
    August 29, 2021 at 12:56 am | #

    I can’t help but see Panel 4 as either a Poggers or a Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff face

    • Fel
      Fel
      August 29, 2021 at 1:06 am | #

      Pog Walky Pog Walky

    • Delicious Taffy
      Delicious Taffy
      August 29, 2021 at 4:32 am | #

      I told you about collared shirts bro

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        August 29, 2021 at 9:16 am | #

        It keeps happening

  21. Bagge
    Bagge
    August 29, 2021 at 1:00 am | #

    Walky changing in regular speed – available on slipshine

  22. BenRG
    BenRG
    August 29, 2021 at 1:31 am | #

    Someone get Lucy a glass of water before she melts down!

  23. Kitschensyngk
    Kitschensyngk
    August 29, 2021 at 1:37 am | #

    What DOESN’T Joyce dress nice for?

    • JessWitt
      JessWitt
      August 29, 2021 at 1:45 am | #

      The line to the shower?

      • Josh Spicer
        Josh Spicer
        August 29, 2021 at 1:59 am | #

        Specifically her shower. Not the one on Joe’s floor.

      • Tawnee
        Tawnee
        August 29, 2021 at 2:06 am | #

        Custom shower shoes doesn’t count as dressing nice? It’s more effort than I put into my shower outfit.

  24. Reltzik
    Reltzik
    August 29, 2021 at 1:44 am | #

    … so, wait. Is the big selling point of trying to dress up your significant other that it involves them undressing?

    ….

    HOW DID IT TAKE ME THIS MANY DECADES TO FIGURE THAT OUT?

    • Tawnee
      Tawnee
      August 29, 2021 at 2:12 am | #

      There’s a scene in the Douglas Adams book So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish where Arthur is at Fenchurch’s flat while she’s getting changed and he completely fails the task of not staring at her while she’s changing. I have been in a similar situation as Arthur and aced that task. The fact I still remember the incident a quarter of a century later is probably a sign. 🙂

      • Delicious Taffy
        Delicious Taffy
        August 29, 2021 at 4:36 am | #

        I completely fail that task every single time. One thing comes off and even if I’m in the middle of a raid, BOOM, like a magnetic hinge.

  25. Robbie
    Robbie
    August 29, 2021 at 1:53 am | #

    Lol she got to see his abs AND she bought him a shirt that color coordinates with her outfit so they are unmistakably An Item
    This is strategic because she’s also upping his attractiveness levels

    She is schemier than I gave her credit for, in the best way

  26. Slartibeast Button, BIA
    Slartibeast Button, BIA
    August 29, 2021 at 1:57 am | #

    Needs more Reginald Thingley.

  27. Josh Spicer
    Josh Spicer
    August 29, 2021 at 1:58 am | #

    I mean…correct…but also good lord man just wear the collared shirt all the time it looks ten times better on you than the hoodie.

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      August 29, 2021 at 11:01 am | #

      Yeah, but…

      a) is it more comfortable? (Answer: Nerp)

      b) Can he really be bothered to wear it every day? (Answer: Maybe, but he’d still get stains on it anyway)

  28. ADLegend21
    ADLegend21
    August 29, 2021 at 2:17 am | #

    ooo I was wondering if this was pre or post divorce announcement.

  29. Brumagem
    Brumagem
    August 29, 2021 at 2:30 am | #

    ….is that shade above Walky’s lips new? Or am I just inattentive?

    • eh, whatever
      eh, whatever
      August 29, 2021 at 4:46 am | #

      That’s not above his lips. That is his upper lip. Compare Lucy’s.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      August 29, 2021 at 9:18 am | #

      I think that change started after the time jump.

  30. nightshade
    nightshade
    August 29, 2021 at 2:31 am | #

    heh made lucys month and possibly year …..

  31. TheFlamingonator
    TheFlamingonator
    August 29, 2021 at 3:51 am | #

    Next you’re telling me he will go by David instead of Walky… WAIT NO-

    • Lone Duck
      Lone Duck
      August 29, 2021 at 5:54 am | #

      Yes, but it’s pronounced Duhveed. David J. Walkerton, DJ and Cartoonist for hire.

  32. Rabisch
    Rabisch
    August 29, 2021 at 4:10 am | #

    He’s so handsome! Lucy can barely contain her emotions. But she had a good chat with him. She knows how to convince him by speaking to him clearly, without forcing him. Nice! They’re a better couple than I thought. Really balanced.

    • Anon A Mouse
      Anon A Mouse
      August 29, 2021 at 6:07 am | #

      Yeah, I have to say I liked this interaction. They seemed to have a genuine exchange of ideas. She made a very good point that he conceded and he seems to take her advice to heart. It’s still too early to say how it’ll start to deviate but they look like a pretty good pair here.

  33. Delicious Taffy
    Delicious Taffy
    August 29, 2021 at 4:37 am | #

    That last panel is very anime. I dig it.

  34. Eldritchy
    Eldritchy
    August 29, 2021 at 4:50 am | #

    Hmm… well if it works at making Walky Not look like a slob then it works.

  35. Amos Batista
    Amos Batista
    August 29, 2021 at 6:00 am | #

    Lucy, as a pure genius. Walky, as a smart-ass with popular knowledge.
    I guess that means they’re a power couple.

  36. BarerMender
    BarerMender
    August 29, 2021 at 8:02 am | #

    The boy needs a haircut. Also, Booster, you’re an asshole.

  37. Keulen
    Keulen
    August 29, 2021 at 8:52 am | #

    Lucy’s face in the last panel makes it clear she was watching him change into that shirt.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      August 29, 2021 at 8:56 am | #

      But what’s the proportion of “she just watched him change” to “seeing him kinda dressed up” in that expression, though?

      • Alex
        Alex
        August 29, 2021 at 9:38 am | #

        The cheek blushes.

  38. Suet
    Suet
    August 29, 2021 at 8:57 am | #

    Book 12: He Will Dress Nice For The Lulz

    Cover’s perfect for it, too

  39. Bicycle Bill
    Bicycle Bill
    August 29, 2021 at 9:02 am | #

    Judging from those red patches on Lucy’s cheeks in panel four, Walky went all the way down to “skin for the win”, and Lucy’s DEFINITELY liking what she saw.

  40. Ava-Ann
    Ava-Ann
    August 29, 2021 at 9:04 am | #

    Are there any female presenting characters in the current cast that would accept Walky as himself?

    Not a criticism, just wondering. I guess, Amber?

    • Spencer
      Spencer
      August 29, 2021 at 9:33 am | #

      Yeah that was Dorothy and Amber, because “Walky as himself” is actually a goofball who’s scared of living up to adulthood but will go to the ends of the earth for the people he cares about.

      Lucy is dating a facsimile, Walky’s surface persona that he’s locked himself in because it’s what comes naturally and therefore putting effort into any other aspect of his life is terrifying because he’s been led to believe everyone’s going to stop wanting him if he stops being perfect, and “perfect” to Walky means “no effort” in that if something doesn’t come naturally to him it means he has to try, and if he has to try it means he’s not already perfect.

      • Regalli
        Regalli
        August 29, 2021 at 7:30 pm | #

        Yep. If Lucy got the emotional vulnerabilities Walky shared with Dorothy and Amber, we haven’t seen it. Which, given how they’ve talked about Mike’s death (or more to the point NOT talked about it) onscreen, I suspect she hasn’t.

        Walky definitely NEEDS someone to talk about Mike’s death with, and Amber is uniquely unqualified to be that person right now (which sucks, because she needs someone to talk about it, too, but I don’t think she’s up for ‘he was so shitty to me I’m not entirely sad he’s dead’,) but I suspect because of the complication there and the idea you SHOULDN’T speak ill of the dead and of COURSE Walky’s sad his roommate died, he’s way less willing to share it with anyone who isn’t already on Garbage Roof friendship level.

        • Spencer
          Spencer
          August 29, 2021 at 8:11 pm | #

          Yeah I never thought about it until now but Dorothy and Walky are both perfectionists. Amber too, now that I think about it, wonder if Lucy’ll fit into that.

          Dorothy needs to be perfect and so devotes every ounce of effort in her life to making her dream happen to the exclusion of leisure and relaxation. Dorothy needs to keep going to be perfect, but Walky needs to be perfect right now. Perfection means never having to put effort into anything, and now that he has to with his schoolwork that illusion he had of himself is gone even though his life was genuinely enriched by Dorothy pulling him out of his surface level persona because for a bit there Walky was going along with it, he was actually trying to be a better person in aspects of his life, he was being a more emotionally honest person, but then the school stuff hasn’t really come up again since Jason’s tutoring other than Amber changing his grades (which is ???)

          Like, he tells Dorothy he’s flunking math and it’s like pulling teeth, he seriously looks like he thinks she’s going to hit him, and then he asks her if she’ll still love him. That didn’t come from nowhere.

        • Schpoonman
          Schpoonman
          August 29, 2021 at 9:00 pm | #

          Walky needs to talk to Joe who will rip the bandaid off that his late roommate was an abusive piece of shit and he shouldn’t feel bad about being glad he’s gone.

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      August 29, 2021 at 12:45 pm | #

      Amber did and now she doesn’t

  41. Alex
    Alex
    August 29, 2021 at 9:39 am | #

    Damn Walky looks super sexy in that last panel and that’s not something I ever thought I would say.

  42. Cmd1095
    Cmd1095
    August 29, 2021 at 10:14 am | #

    Heh, Lucy might actually be the perfect partner for Walky despite the rocky start to the relationship. She is fully aware of how he thinks and how to make use of it to nudge him in positive directions. She may be an idiot for falling for him, but she’s a dang genius otherwise XD

  43. Sue donym
    Sue donym
    August 29, 2021 at 10:21 am | #

    DAMN! Walky cleans up NICE!

  44. darkoneko
    darkoneko
    August 29, 2021 at 12:41 pm | #

    Looks like a couple people had the honor to witness a shirtless Walky

  45. ziggy78eog
    ziggy78eog
    August 29, 2021 at 12:58 pm | #

    Once again, Lucy gets a preview of whats to come, when she gets him in bed.

  46. bcb
    bcb
    August 29, 2021 at 1:17 pm | #

    Oh good, meta comic-time jokes:D

  47. Kazuma Taichi
    Kazuma Taichi
    August 29, 2021 at 1:31 pm | #

    Interesting to get a periodic refresher of the timeline for where the buffer pages are at. Divorce happened in early May, and we’re at late August, so the inking process is about 3.5 months back? I think I counted that right.

    Also holy shit, this is my first hearing of the divorce. Guess that means I’m not in a parasocial relationship with this comedian...Because I’m in one with vtubers.

    • David M Willis
      David M Willis
      August 29, 2021 at 1:37 pm | #

      Note: the time stretch between writing and inking is a few minutes, so really I just looked up from my pencils to check my Twitter timeline.

      • Alex
        Alex
        August 29, 2021 at 1:57 pm | #

        Wow that’s a startling command of timing you have there.

      • Devin
        Devin
        August 29, 2021 at 6:35 pm | #

        Timing truly is everything.

      • Decidedly Orthogonal
        Decidedly Orthogonal
        August 30, 2021 at 12:12 am | #

        This actually makes the whole bit even more entertaining.

  48. Megan Rivera
    Megan Rivera
    August 29, 2021 at 2:14 pm | #

    I don’t want to sound mean, and I certainly cannot draw cartoons myself, forgive me if this is incredibly rude, I don’t mean it that way at all—-That being said, Walky’s lips in the last panel look so grey he looks a little corpselike, Willis? I’m SO SORRY!

    • Delicious Taffy
      Delicious Taffy
      August 29, 2021 at 4:53 pm | #

      He’s recently taken up eating dust as a hobby, cut the kid some slack.

  49. Kyrik Michalowski
    Kyrik Michalowski
    August 29, 2021 at 5:33 pm | #

    I guess my comments got eaten by a sandworm. Oh well

    • Spencer
      Spencer
      August 29, 2021 at 8:12 pm | #

      If it had too many links that could be it, or if you misspelled your existing email since new emails need to be verified.

  50. Chester
    Chester
    August 29, 2021 at 10:41 pm | #

    Wait Jon Mulaney wrote and inked this page? Weird

    • a/snow/mous/e
      a/snow/mous/e
      August 30, 2021 at 12:19 pm | #

      pfff dangling participle joke +1
      but -1 for misspelling John

  51. Roborat
    Roborat
    August 31, 2021 at 5:03 pm | #

    And it was on this day that Lucy discovered that she could spontaneously orgasm.

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