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May 8, 2026

Solution

by David M Willis on October 17, 2021 at 12:01 am
  • 01 – Sister, Christian
└ Tags: lucy, walky

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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    October 17, 2021 at 12:05 am | #

    good thing Lucy wasn’t thirsty or anything

    • Tannen
      Tannen
      October 17, 2021 at 12:07 am | #

      She seems pretty thirsty to me… but that’s probably the joke

    • Decidedly Orthogonal
      Decidedly Orthogonal
      October 17, 2021 at 2:41 am | #

      Suddenly Walky is solidly dialed into Lucy’s signal. He just needed to have the appropriate food analogy connection. Lucy of course will analyze this tidbit, and extrapolate to ensure it is used to maximum effectiveness. I see Walky getting food spilled on his shirt and pants significantly more.

  2. Sirksome
    Sirksome
    October 17, 2021 at 12:06 am | #

    I don’t think saliva is a great stain remover.

    • Yumi
      Yumi
      October 17, 2021 at 12:06 am | #

      It does well enough.

      (according to me)

      • Bicycle Bill
        Bicycle Bill
        October 17, 2021 at 12:27 am | #

        It always worked for my momma and gramma.

        • Roborat
          Roborat
          October 18, 2021 at 4:19 pm | #

          The infamous mom spit bath.

      • A Red Balloon
        A Red Balloon
        October 17, 2021 at 1:29 am | #

        Not for ketchup and mustard though.

        Those are real hard to get out.

        • Reltzik
          Reltzik
          October 17, 2021 at 1:35 am | #

          Requires a mixture of soap, water, white vinegar, and elbow grease.

        • Felix
          Felix
          October 17, 2021 at 8:18 am | #

          Only when they’ve had time to dry off

    • Lokitsu
      Lokitsu
      October 17, 2021 at 12:07 am | #

      GF saliva has similar cleaning properties to mom spit.

    • Johan
      Johan
      October 17, 2021 at 12:07 am | #

      Breaks down food and blood

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      October 17, 2021 at 12:11 am | #

      Walky sweats Fire Sauce, Lucy salivates OxiClean, truly they are a perfect couple.

    • Ray Radlein
      Ray Radlein
      October 17, 2021 at 12:12 am | #

      ah but MOUNTAIN DEW plus sliva

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      October 17, 2021 at 12:52 am | #

      LIFEHACK: Use Coka-Cola to remove stains from clothing, because as we all know brown syrupy liquid doesn’t stain anything

      • Delicious Taffy
        Delicious Taffy
        October 17, 2021 at 12:58 am | #

        Most soda fountains I’ve seen have just a plain carbonated-water button. That’ll do the trick, right?

      • Sirksome
        Sirksome
        October 17, 2021 at 1:01 am | #

        Why are there so many cola based “life hacks”? I’ve rarely found pouring soda on it to have fixed the problem.

        • ktbear
          ktbear
          October 17, 2021 at 1:07 am | #

          Maybe this will work better for you. If you desperately need a lubricant for your car engine (and I DO mean desperately) cola is an acceptable alternative to oil (disclaimer; if it isn’t don’t blame me!)

          • tk2
            tk2
            October 17, 2021 at 6:43 am | #

            For posterity: it isn’t, don’t try this. Running a car with soda instead of oil will likely ruin the engine within seconds, causing several thousand dollars of damage.

          • Thag Simmons
            Thag Simmons
            October 17, 2021 at 4:14 pm | #

            That sounds extremely but I do not know enough about cars to dispute it

            • Thag Simmons
              Thag Simmons
              October 17, 2021 at 4:15 pm | #

              “extremely wrong” goddamnit, how did i fuck that one up

          • GeekRyuu
            GeekRyuu
            October 17, 2021 at 7:35 pm | #

            I’ve heard Coke is good for cleaning engine parts.

            And flat Coke syrup is good for nausea, but I prefer ginger ale.

            • Roborat
              Roborat
              October 18, 2021 at 4:17 pm | #

              Hey, two for one deal, clean the engine parts, then drink the resulting flat coke. Plus you get all that nutritious dissolved hydrocarbon sludge.

        • Needfuldoer
          Needfuldoer
          October 17, 2021 at 9:24 am | #

          Magical thinking, plus cola is just barely acidic enough that the true believers can point and say “see! it really works!” after giving it enough time.

          Same with vinegar. “Vinegar will clean and freshen anything! It’s magical!” No, it works because it’s a mild acid, and there are so many old wives’ tales about the stuff because it’s been around forever. Sure it can dissolve limescale a bit, but all you’re doing is making everything smell like vinegar. I can’t stand the stuff on anything but fries.

          “It really works! It’s so easy! Life hack!” videos are bullshit.

          • GeekRyuu
            GeekRyuu
            October 17, 2021 at 7:33 pm | #

            Although distilled white vinegar DOES work as a decent deodorizer in laundry. You just toss a bit in with your wash and it’ll take smells right out. We got to learn that one after trying to get smoke smell out of everything following a house fire.

            And don’t put it in the dryer until you’ve gotten the smell out. The heat seals the stink in otherwise.

        • Clif
          Clif
          October 17, 2021 at 10:33 am | #

          If pouring soda on something doesn’t solve it, then obviously you have the wrong problems.

          • Mopey
            Mopey
            October 17, 2021 at 12:12 pm | #

            I have come across an admittedly very specialized coke lifehack in the wild, decades back.

            At the ballet I used to be a stagehand at we’d have several a cans of coke standing in the janitor’s closet. They mystified me until I was told they pour a can into some mop water and give the padded mats on the floor a once-over after rolling them out. Apparently a thin film of sugar added stickiness to the mats to help avoid slips and falls.

            Like with a lot of performing arts stuff I’m not sure how much of it was just superstition, though.

    • adam Black
      adam Black
      October 17, 2021 at 2:13 am | #

      ice though

    • Axel
      Axel
      October 17, 2021 at 3:30 am | #

      It’s good for blood and some other things because it dissolves the proteins

    • Stifyn Baker
      Stifyn Baker
      October 17, 2021 at 3:47 am | #

      Eight out or ten cats disagree with you.

    • Tsath
      Tsath
      October 17, 2021 at 4:33 am | #

      Momspit is better than 409

    • Amós Batista
      Amós Batista
      October 17, 2021 at 5:24 am | #

      Sauce stain is impossible to remove, mainly in clear shirts that not white (I can’t bleach them)…

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        October 17, 2021 at 9:27 am | #

        Have you tried any peroxide-based color-safe bleaches like Oxi-Clean? (Sodium percarbonate, etc.) You might have to try saturating the stain in a heavy dose of the stuff if it’s dry, and if it’s already been through the dryer it might not be able to touch it…

        • Amós Batista
          Amós Batista
          October 17, 2021 at 12:04 pm | #

          Gonna try, it’s hard to find this in my region.

          • khn0
            khn0
            October 17, 2021 at 1:05 pm | #

            You may find simple sodium percarbonate tho.
            What to mix it with, I have no idea.
            I’ve found the easiest solution to environmental friendly washing is:
            -not to care about marketed or even too socially correct cleanliness
            -avoid stains
            -wash under water immediately

    • Jeff
      Jeff
      October 18, 2021 at 12:36 am | #

      Depends how hard you’re sucking.

    • JA
      JA
      October 18, 2021 at 10:27 pm | #

      It works in some cases. Just have to do it before the food dries on the fabric.

  3. A Red Balloon
    A Red Balloon
    October 17, 2021 at 12:06 am | #

    Hey would you look at that! I was right!

    So far….

    • milu
      milu
      October 17, 2021 at 3:19 pm | #

      Well Done 💯

  4. misanthropope
    misanthropope
    October 17, 2021 at 12:06 am | #

    how is the title not “all sucked off”?!?

    • Yumi
      Yumi
      October 17, 2021 at 12:07 am | #

      Surprised we don’t have to pay for a Slipshine to see this kind of content

    • David M Willis
      David M Willis
      October 17, 2021 at 12:07 am | #

      how do people keep expecting the punchline to be spoiled in the title of the strip

      • Agemegos
        Agemegos
        October 17, 2021 at 12:14 am | #

        Don’t dare say it’s because we are stupid!

      • Yumi
        Yumi
        October 17, 2021 at 12:14 am | #

        For me, the “titles” don’t fully register as much as titles since I just come to the site to read the strip and then see the title after I’ve already read it, so maybe some others have that experience too. I understand how you wouldn’t want to actually do titles like that, though if I had seen this promoted elsewhere with the title “All Sucked Off” and then read it, I actually think I would have found it even funnier.

        • David M Willis
          David M Willis
          October 17, 2021 at 12:34 am | #

          The titles are what link folks from Twitter to here every day, so.

          • Yumi
            Yumi
            October 17, 2021 at 12:52 am | #

            I mean, yeah, I know that.

          • Shitbird
            Shitbird
            October 17, 2021 at 1:57 am | #

            I just have the site bookmarked…

            • owen
              owen
              October 17, 2021 at 4:17 am | #

              and I use RSS!!! There are DOZENS of us!! I will say I really appreciate the new posting schedule for it with whole arcs at a time, because I can read it with the flow. just a +1 for the RSS updating <3

            • Rose by Any Other Name
              Rose by Any Other Name
              October 17, 2021 at 8:33 am | #

              I just never close the site.
              It sits in my tabs, day in and day out, for months… years…
              Always there.
              One click away.
              Between my email and WorldAnvil.

              • Ryek Hvek
                Ryek Hvek
                October 17, 2021 at 8:45 am | #

                At one time, making certain that the saved tab kept pace with the strip required opening the next day’s strip in a new tab. That got fixed. (My compliments to the code monkeys responsible)

              • Delicious Taffy
                Delicious Taffy
                October 17, 2021 at 1:47 pm | #

                WorldAnvil, you saaayy?

            • Roborat
              Roborat
              October 18, 2021 at 4:25 pm | #

              I type in the address manually. The tough part is memorizing a new page number every day.

          • Spencer
            Spencer
            October 17, 2021 at 1:49 pm | #

            I’m on this site so dang much it’s my second recommended when I go to type a new address.

    • Nicoleandmaggie
      Nicoleandmaggie
      October 17, 2021 at 5:42 am | #

      Solution is a chemistry pun!

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        October 17, 2021 at 9:30 am | #

        The ocean is the ultimate solution.

    • Keulen
      Keulen
      October 17, 2021 at 7:22 am | #

      Maybe that should be the next book title.

      • Mr. L. Shade
        Mr. L. Shade
        October 17, 2021 at 8:18 pm | #

        It’s the title to a GREAT Frank Zappa instrumental!

  5. Cmasta1992
    Cmasta1992
    October 17, 2021 at 12:06 am | #

    Lucy Slipshine incoming

    • Delicious Taffy
      Delicious Taffy
      October 17, 2021 at 12:07 am | #

      God, yess please.

    • Decidedly Orthogonal
      Decidedly Orthogonal
      October 17, 2021 at 2:47 am | #

      Correction: Walky slipping shine in Lucy coming.

      Also, I have to wonder if there isn’t a little nod to Yotomoe’s work in here. Willis does amazing work but I can see a read where he’s tipping his hat at Yoto’s thirsty, blushing non-sexually sexual situation style. Of course afyer I sleep I guess I’ll read this and think who-tha-f?

      • milu
        milu
        October 17, 2021 at 3:13 pm | #

        I yotally agree

  6. Delicious Taffy
    Delicious Taffy
    October 17, 2021 at 12:07 am | #

    Holy cow, Lucy. That’s just impressive.

    • Rose by Any Other Name
      Rose by Any Other Name
      October 17, 2021 at 8:35 am | #

      I know, right?
      Well played, Lucy. Well played.

    • Roborat
      Roborat
      October 18, 2021 at 4:28 pm | #

      I was expecting Lucy to pull Walky’s tee shirt out of her mouth in the last panel.

  7. Kyrik Michalowski
    Kyrik Michalowski
    October 17, 2021 at 12:07 am | #

    So when are we getting our LucyXWalky slipshine? Not just for our sakes, I’m worried she’s going to die of dehydration.

    • A Red Balloon
      A Red Balloon
      October 17, 2021 at 12:08 am | #

      Probably Valentine’s Day, but Willis’s warning to “brace ourselves” could refer to just about anything.

      Right?

      • Kyrik Michalowski
        Kyrik Michalowski
        October 17, 2021 at 12:10 am | #

        He could be fucking with us, so that when it does happen we won’t see it coming.

        • A Red Balloon
          A Red Balloon
          October 17, 2021 at 12:11 am | #

          Well, I guess if 2005 Willy Wonka is right about anything, the best kind of prize is a surprize!!!

          • Reltzik
            Reltzik
            October 17, 2021 at 1:33 am | #

            Which begs the question, IS 2005 Willy Wonka right about anything?

            • Needfuldoer
              Needfuldoer
              October 17, 2021 at 9:31 am | #

              There is no 2005 Willy Wonka.

        • ktbear
          ktbear
          October 17, 2021 at 1:09 am | #

          COULD be?? You do know Willis, right?

      • King Daniel
        King Daniel
        October 17, 2021 at 12:23 am | #

        Valentine’s Day strips in Dumbing of Age have a long and glorious tradition…of being disastrous for whatever couple features in them.

        • A Red Balloon
          A Red Balloon
          October 17, 2021 at 12:29 am | #

          Damn! Where are my psychic powers when I need them?

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      October 17, 2021 at 1:33 am | #

      Sermon on the Mount says third date.

  8. BlackScarabFilmZ
    BlackScarabFilmZ
    October 17, 2021 at 12:07 am | #

    This is what I think everyone should look for in a relationship. Someone willing to lick Taco Bell sauce off your shirt in a pinch!

  9. Joe M.
    Joe M.
    October 17, 2021 at 12:09 am | #

    This Taco Bell is becoming increasingly NSFW…

    • Delicious Taffy
      Delicious Taffy
      October 17, 2021 at 12:16 am | #

      Next thing ya know, there’s gonna be people ERPing right there in the booths.

      • zee
        zee
        October 17, 2021 at 9:53 am | #

        Oh no! What comic would have people doing sexual things right there in a restaurant booth?

        • King Daniel
          King Daniel
          October 17, 2021 at 12:18 pm | #

          Dumbing of Age is turning into 9 Chickweed Lane. Willis is becoming the very thing they swore to destroy.

          • StClair
            StClair
            October 17, 2021 at 3:07 pm | #

            You were the Chosen One!

          • Thag Simmons
            Thag Simmons
            October 17, 2021 at 4:08 pm | #

            The characters don’t look like malformed monsters and the words still seem like things actual human beings might say, so it has yet to cross the Chickweed Event Horizon

  10. Stephen Bierce
    Stephen Bierce
    October 17, 2021 at 12:09 am | #

    *plays T.Rex’s “Jeepster” on the hacked Muzak*

  11. Kravis
    Kravis
    October 17, 2021 at 12:09 am | #

    Yes, Lucy, by all means, do that WHILE maintaining visual contact with the “subject”…

  12. Wendy
    Wendy
    October 17, 2021 at 12:09 am | #

    Equal parts gross and adorable.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      October 17, 2021 at 12:12 am | #

      Sums up love in general, really.

      • milu
        milu
        October 17, 2021 at 3:42 pm | #

        also sums up earthworms! aww.

        • Clif
          Clif
          October 17, 2021 at 10:11 pm | #

          I must admit, I’ve never met an adorable earthworm.

          • Roborat
            Roborat
            October 18, 2021 at 4:29 pm | #

            Haven’t met Jim?

  13. Schpoonman
    Schpoonman
    October 17, 2021 at 12:10 am | #

    Lewcy Glenn, everyone, she’ll be here for quite a long while.

  14. Huehuetotl
    Huehuetotl
    October 17, 2021 at 12:10 am | #

    I notice they’re right next to a booth in a restaurant.

  15. not someone else
    not someone else
    October 17, 2021 at 12:11 am | #

    cackling maniacally

  16. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    October 17, 2021 at 12:12 am | #

    And that, Dear Walky, is just a teaser for what is to come.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      October 17, 2021 at 9:31 am | #

      Phrasing

  17. Carla's #2 Fan
    Carla's #2 Fan
    October 17, 2021 at 12:12 am | #

    That was awkward to watch, I hope no one around them noticed.

  18. mackabre
    mackabre
    October 17, 2021 at 12:13 am | #

    Really?? In front of my taco salad?

    • Kyrik Michalowski
      Kyrik Michalowski
      October 17, 2021 at 12:18 am | #

      I understood that reference.png

  19. Matty
    Matty
    October 17, 2021 at 12:14 am | #

    Well, I’M aroused.

  20. newlland(Henryvolt)
    newlland(Henryvolt)
    October 17, 2021 at 12:15 am | #

    Next time maybe she’ll do it when you’re not wearing a shirt.

    • Yumi
      Yumi
      October 17, 2021 at 12:16 am | #

      Really hope the skin on his chest isn’t loose enough for it to be recreated exactly.

      • Seventh-Sandwich
        Seventh-Sandwich
        October 17, 2021 at 12:32 am | #

        Of course not! She’ll use his chest hair instead.

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          October 17, 2021 at 3:02 am | #

          All one of them.

  21. Kravis
    Kravis
    October 17, 2021 at 12:17 am | #

    She only did that cause they’ve got to leave there lickety-split…

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      October 17, 2021 at 12:58 am | #

      Don’t you mean lickety-spit?

      • Lieutenant Dan
        Lieutenant Dan
        October 17, 2021 at 11:51 am | #

        Don’t you mean licky-style?

  22. Sirksome
    Sirksome
    October 17, 2021 at 12:18 am | #

    I feel like I have to note that the button up was intended as a tactic to throw off Joyce. A tactic that didn’t work mind you, thus the integrity of said button up doesn’t mean much here. Walky could easily just take it off as it’s purpose was rendered meaningless a long time ago. I doubt a nice shirt will give Walky an advantage with Daisy. They’ve created an artificial sense of urgency here.

    • Yumi
      Yumi
      October 17, 2021 at 12:22 am | #

      The idea that dressing nice will help you appear more professional /reliable/other positive characteristic doesn’t just extend to people who might be attracted to you.

      And, of course, Lucy wants Walky to look nice for herself.

      • Sirksome
        Sirksome
        October 17, 2021 at 12:38 am | #

        Looking professional or reliable wasn’t the intent for wearing the shirt though. Walky didn’t give a dump about it for the comic submission. In fact he argued that a nachito smeared hoodie was actually dressing for the job. I think they both got wrapped up in their own false narrative here. Which is kind of a joke in itself.

        • Yumi
          Yumi
          October 17, 2021 at 12:52 am | #

          That was more about your line about Daisy. I also think he could have multiple reasons for keeping it even if the convincing reason to put it on was to throw Joyce off her rhythm (which it hasn’t done *yet*).

          • Clif
            Clif
            October 17, 2021 at 11:01 am | #

            Joyce is already off her rhythm tho.

            • Yumi
              Yumi
              October 17, 2021 at 12:06 pm | #

              Maybe she’ll see Walky in his nice shirt and, in a twist, it will throw her back *on* her rhythm.

    • bleepbloop
      bleepbloop
      October 17, 2021 at 12:47 am | #

      He could also just wear the jacket, it’s the middle of winter after all and no one would question it.

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      October 17, 2021 at 3:54 am | #

      Given Daisy’s editorial biases Joyce’s comic is likely to have greater appeal in terms of format and subject matter, so Walky needs every advantage he can get and being able to appear reliable and relatively professional is definitely a plus

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      October 17, 2021 at 9:33 am | #

      Like I said yesterday, Lucy would spontaneously combust if he did that.

  23. JessWitt
    JessWitt
    October 17, 2021 at 12:24 am | #

    Odds are at least one reader did a spit take while reading this strip. And what a fortuitous moment that would be.

  24. Slartibeast Button, BIA
    Slartibeast Button, BIA
    October 17, 2021 at 12:26 am | #

    And somewhere, Jennifer is disgusted and does not know why.

  25. DailyBrad
    DailyBrad
    October 17, 2021 at 12:29 am | #

    Oh my.

    I remember someone questioning once if Walky was into Lucy, too, and this definitely answers the question.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      October 17, 2021 at 9:34 am | #

      He really did have something great right under his nose this whole time.

      • Agemegos
        Agemegos
        October 17, 2021 at 8:01 pm | #

        Taco Bell sauce?

  26. Tan
    Tan
    October 17, 2021 at 12:29 am | #

    Dumbing of Age Book 12: The Solution Is More Food On My Shirt

    • It Is I
      It Is I
      October 17, 2021 at 12:48 am | #

      Dumbing of Age Book 12: All Sucked Off

    • Keulen
      Keulen
      October 17, 2021 at 7:18 am | #

      DoA Book 12: There, All Sucked Off!

      • Clif
        Clif
        October 17, 2021 at 10:14 pm | #

        With panel 4 as the cover.

  27. ADLegend21
    ADLegend21
    October 17, 2021 at 12:46 am | #

    PHRASING Lucy.

    • Raen
      Raen
      October 17, 2021 at 12:51 am | #

      We’re not doing that anymore.

  28. BBCC
    BBCC
    October 17, 2021 at 12:56 am | #

    These two are a gift and I love them.

  29. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    October 17, 2021 at 1:08 am | #

    Why is Lucy licking Walky’s shirt in panel 4 so damn hot to me tho?

    • A Red Balloon
      A Red Balloon
      October 17, 2021 at 1:14 am | #

      Care to take it a little further with a little teasing art of your own?

      * hint hint *

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        October 17, 2021 at 2:30 am | #

        Not tonight, but maybe, if you’re good. Tommorow.

        • Schpoonman
          Schpoonman
          October 17, 2021 at 3:15 am | #

          I got a fat check from a deposit return from a rental about which I had completely forgotten.

          Totally unrelated, just thought I’d air some thoughts out.

          • Yotomoe
            Yotomoe
            October 17, 2021 at 3:23 am | #

            I’m happy for ya. I got an animation job after all these years.

            • A Red Balloon
              A Red Balloon
              October 17, 2021 at 3:37 am | #

              Oh I feel so happy for you too!!!

              • Leorale
                Leorale
                October 18, 2021 at 2:54 am | #

                Woah that’s awesome! Congrats ^^

            • JBento
              JBento
              October 17, 2021 at 6:08 am | #

              Congratulations!

              • Clif
                Clif
                October 17, 2021 at 11:03 am | #

                Yay!!!

            • Schpoonman
              Schpoonman
              October 17, 2021 at 11:41 am | #

              Congratulations!

            • StClair
              StClair
              October 17, 2021 at 3:13 pm | #

              Congrats!

            • a/snow/mous/e
              a/snow/mous/e
              October 17, 2021 at 3:46 pm | #

              Congrats!

            • OBBWG
              OBBWG
              October 17, 2021 at 7:56 pm | #

              Congratulations!

            • RassilonTDavros
              RassilonTDavros
              October 17, 2021 at 8:15 pm | #

              Congratulations!

              (this thread is starting to look like an EVA parody)
              (i think anyway idk i should really just watch it)

    • Keulen
      Keulen
      October 17, 2021 at 7:18 am | #

      No idea, but I find it hot too.

  30. brionl
    brionl
    October 17, 2021 at 1:24 am | #

    Well, if you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the precipitate.

  31. jeffepp
    jeffepp
    October 17, 2021 at 1:47 am | #

    They aren’t going to get to that editor, are they?

    • Heather
      Heather
      October 17, 2021 at 1:55 am | #

      Joyce might not have forgotten about her comic strips but Walky sure as hell might.

    • A Red Balloon
      A Red Balloon
      October 17, 2021 at 1:56 am | #

      What’s white, black and red all over?

      • Shitbird
        Shitbird
        October 17, 2021 at 1:58 am | #

        A red balloon in a zebra costume!

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      October 17, 2021 at 3:01 am | #

      Is it considered a win or a loss if you miss out on a career opportunity because you’re having sex?

      • Thag Simmons
        Thag Simmons
        October 17, 2021 at 3:47 am | #

        It’s a tactical victory but a strategic failure

        • King Daniel
          King Daniel
          October 17, 2021 at 3:49 am | #

          Would that qualify as a Pyrrhic victory in this analogy, or do we need to theorize a different event for that?

          • Thag Simmons
            Thag Simmons
            October 17, 2021 at 4:24 am | #

            I’d say it’s a sort of Pyrrhic victory but it doesn’t match the most common example, where you suffered losses severe enough to doom future actions.

            This is a case of fighting the wrong battle, the tactical execution may be flawless but it just wasn’t the thing you should have been doing to accomplish your broader strategy.

        • Amós Batista
          Amós Batista
          October 17, 2021 at 5:26 am | #

          me, playing minecraft

  32. Wraithy2773
    Wraithy2773
    October 17, 2021 at 2:24 am | #

    Panel 4 deserves a museum.

  33. Qube
    Qube
    October 17, 2021 at 2:30 am | #

    *Beavis and Butthead laughing intensifies*

  34. Bagge
    Bagge
    October 17, 2021 at 2:52 am | #

    Lucy makes a move

    • King Daniel
      King Daniel
      October 17, 2021 at 3:40 am | #

      She finally figured out how to perform a moves

    • Keulen
      Keulen
      October 17, 2021 at 7:20 am | #

      And it’s a pretty good move.

    • ValdVin
      ValdVin
      October 17, 2021 at 11:19 am | #

      Nice callback!

  35. Blibdoolpoolp
    Blibdoolpoolp
    October 17, 2021 at 3:32 am | #

    So this is where food fetishists come from.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      October 17, 2021 at 9:36 am | #

      Whipped Cream Taco Bell Sauce & Other Delights

  36. Anywhere
    Anywhere
    October 17, 2021 at 4:13 am | #

    Aim lower, Lucy!!

  37. GUIGUI
    GUIGUI
    October 17, 2021 at 4:19 am | #

    I saw it as a possible solution, wasn’t sure Willis would go that way, but am glad he actually did. This is too cute.

    By the way, a refer effective way to quickly clean a stain is to apply hand soap (push-liquid one, but soap bar also work) on a micro-fibre tissue, rub it on the stained fabric, rinse with water with the micro fiber again and it’s basically unnoticeable.

  38. Throwatron
    Throwatron
    October 17, 2021 at 4:27 am | #

    this would work on me tbh

  39. Rabisch
    Rabisch
    October 17, 2021 at 4:34 am | #

    These are the little things that make life wonderful ♡.

  40. Kim
    Kim
    October 17, 2021 at 4:49 am | #

    Lucy <3

  41. Amós Batista
    Amós Batista
    October 17, 2021 at 5:34 am | #

    That’s spice.

    …

    The sauce, I mean.

  42. Spencer
    Spencer
    October 17, 2021 at 5:59 am | #

    Please properly credit your guest writers, Yotomoe worked very hard on the dialogue and concept of this strip.

  43. Spencer
    Spencer
    October 17, 2021 at 6:00 am | #

    Walky’s not that impressed about Lucy getting super bold like that he’s just smitten because he found out she’s exactly as much of a gross degenerate as he is to lick stains off of clothes.

    • Raen
      Raen
      October 17, 2021 at 6:35 am | #

      …I have to ask – what the hell is your avatar?

      • Spencer
        Spencer
        October 17, 2021 at 6:56 am | #

        Melted wings of wax.

    • Alex
      Alex
      October 17, 2021 at 8:57 am | #

      Despite the way it started this could actually work out for them both.

      • Spencer
        Spencer
        October 17, 2021 at 9:04 am | #

        This strip was the turning point in making me realize these two could have something.

        And if I’m right about Lucy having her own drama bombs, well, I think it’d be cool for Walky to step up like he did for Amber and never really had to for Dorothy.

        • Needfuldoer
          Needfuldoer
          October 17, 2021 at 9:39 am | #

          Looks like it also sparked something with Walky. He started off almost humoring Lucy, then he seemed more like “this is pretty nice actually”. In today’s panel 4, he had his “HELLO!” moment.

          • Spencer
            Spencer
            October 17, 2021 at 10:41 am | #

            Yeah Dorothy/Walky was straight up Wacky and Uptight and for as happy as they were I think Amber and Walky’s brief thing led to a stronger emphasis on emotional honestly in Walky and showing he’s capable of providing not only valuable advice, but advice that the people around Amber couldn’t think to say.

            And if Lucy not only carries that forward but also gets to be a weird nutbar, well count me on.

          • Spencer
            Spencer
            October 17, 2021 at 10:42 am | #

            Well count me IN

            Goddamn it every time. I get jumpscared by my fucking spelling mistakes.

  44. Mr.Morningstar
    Mr.Morningstar
    October 17, 2021 at 6:52 am | #

    I guess you could say its

    Saucy

    • AGV
      AGV
      October 17, 2021 at 8:53 am | #

      Your pfp is just right for that comment

  45. Dark
    Dark
    October 17, 2021 at 7:09 am | #

    Wait why are they trying to get there first? The publishers will still read both comics and decide from there, it’s not a first-come-first-serve situation.

    • Clif
      Clif
      October 17, 2021 at 11:42 am | #

      Unless the publisher figures they are going to be lucky to get to any submissions at all and lock down the first opportunity.

  46. Eldritchy
    Eldritchy
    October 17, 2021 at 7:57 am | #

    Now which fanfic or doujin gave you That idea, Lucy?

  47. Alan in DC
    Alan in DC
    October 17, 2021 at 8:34 am | #

    The Slipshine for this has the potential to either be EPIC, or will just remind me of Mom wiping my face with her spit on a Kleenex when I was four.

    • Alex
      Alex
      October 17, 2021 at 9:03 am | #

      Ooooh I always hated that.

    • Roborat
      Roborat
      October 18, 2021 at 4:35 pm | #

      The dreaded mom spit bath. I think it must be hardcoded in genetic memory, because every mom does it.

  48. AGV
    AGV
    October 17, 2021 at 8:47 am | #

    I feel like Yoto has been summoned

  49. zee
    zee
    October 17, 2021 at 10:01 am | #

    Judging by his face in that fourth panel i think Walky has a much bigger problem to deal with now. Which, i suppose can be solved pretty easily with the same method

    • Agemegos
      Agemegos
      October 17, 2021 at 8:03 pm | #

      I’ve seen bigger.

  50. Adept
    Adept
    October 17, 2021 at 10:03 am | #

    This stuff is usually only shown on Slipshine…

  51. Deviant
    Deviant
    October 17, 2021 at 10:22 am | #

    Lucky it was on his shirt.

  52. TheFlamingonator
    TheFlamingonator
    October 17, 2021 at 11:03 am | #

    or just WEAR IT INSIDE OUT

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      October 17, 2021 at 11:25 am | #

      That’s just as noticeable, because all the seams stick out.

  53. Heather
    Heather
    October 17, 2021 at 11:45 am | #

    Honestly while I was kind of like ‘Hmm maybe these two can actually last’ at the newly weds gag they played up before Dorothy and Becky left to unwittingly enter the Disaster Zone this actually has me even more sold that they can. Like in the beginning I was someone shaking my head at Lucy because it felt way too soon in calling Walky a boyfriend to me.

    So that means they’ll definitely break up eventually doesn’t it. Why do you do this to us.

    • Alex
      Alex
      October 17, 2021 at 12:26 pm | #

      As cute as it would be, it would not be a realistic college comic if most couples stayed together past graduation.

      • Vulcanodon
        Vulcanodon
        October 17, 2021 at 1:54 pm | #

        My wife and I are 41 years tomorrow 🙂

        • StClair
          StClair
          October 17, 2021 at 3:42 pm | #

          Congratulations to the both of you, for being statistical anomalies. 😉

      • Spencer
        Spencer
        October 17, 2021 at 2:10 pm | #

        Ey it’s not gonna run the rest of their lives. It’s not even supposed to run past the end of their first year. Certain characters ending the series paired off doesn’t necessarily mean they stick together the rest of their lives so much as the story is over and we don’t need to know anymore. If Danny and Sal are still together at the end of the story that just means they’re together at the end of our window into their lives and culmination of the themes and beliefs those two were put together to convey.

      • Spencer
        Spencer
        October 17, 2021 at 2:12 pm | #

        But also the final strips will be a flash forward to Joe and Joyce’s domestic married life with their three cats.

        • Joyfulldreams
          Joyfulldreams
          October 17, 2021 at 3:53 pm | #

          YES. ABSOLUTELY.

        • Rabisch
          Rabisch
          October 17, 2021 at 6:31 pm | #

          Nah. Joe and Joyce are absolutely dog people.

  54. ziggy78eog
    ziggy78eog
    October 17, 2021 at 12:20 pm | #

    Next Slipshine strip.

    • Amós Batista
      Amós Batista
      October 17, 2021 at 9:24 pm | #

      – Only after marriage.
      ‘Lucy Gleen

      • King Daniel
        King Daniel
        October 17, 2021 at 11:19 pm | #

        I don’t know who this “Lucy Gleen” is, but Lucy Glenn is on record as quoting the Sermon on the Mount’s statement that “the third date” is appropriate.

  55. Disastroid
    Disastroid
    October 17, 2021 at 1:07 pm | #

    Shoulda kissed him too, girl.

  56. Throwatron
    Throwatron
    October 17, 2021 at 3:40 pm | #

    ngl sorta bummed that it took me like so many years of life to lock down that “dork” was actually my type

    • All-Purpose Guru
      All-Purpose Guru
      October 20, 2021 at 5:53 am | #

      Dorks can be a hell of a lot of fun. Both in the sack and out.

  57. Falconer
    Falconer
    October 17, 2021 at 5:36 pm | #

    I LICKED HIM

    HE’S MINE NOW

  58. milu
    milu
    October 17, 2021 at 5:44 pm | #

    I like how Walky is like “yay me for asking you out”.
    I mean sure, TeChNiCaLlY~

  59. Amós Batista
    Amós Batista
    October 17, 2021 at 9:22 pm | #

    You came for the sexy shenanigans, but you stay for tips for how to clean dirty from clothes.

  60. voidsiren
    voidsiren
    October 17, 2021 at 10:04 pm | #

    I had high hopes for Lucy navigating her relationship with Walky, but now I can surely say that she is perfect for him.

  61. LazyReader
    LazyReader
    October 17, 2021 at 10:30 pm | #

    She probably licks the Dorito crumbs too

    • RowenMorland
      RowenMorland
      October 17, 2021 at 11:35 pm | #

      She probably licks the Dorothy crumbs too

  62. Beau Kirin Maysey
    Beau Kirin Maysey
    October 17, 2021 at 11:34 pm | #

    not to be undertale cringe on main but this is Noelle Deltarune levels of thirst right about here, i personally feel like

  63. Steelbright
    Steelbright
    October 18, 2021 at 1:28 pm | #

    I’m impressed by the fact that i can imagine the taste and texture of the shirt/sauce combo, and yet i still think the panel did a good job lookin kinda sexy. Uhh…kudos??

  64. darkoneko
    darkoneko
    October 18, 2021 at 4:32 pm | #

    oh damn

  65. TK
    TK
    October 18, 2021 at 7:13 pm | #

    … that is incredibly hot.

  66. All-Purpose Guru
    All-Purpose Guru
    October 19, 2021 at 4:25 am | #

    I Have no idea why Walky hasn’t taken her in a manly fashion.

    She is incredibly sexy and incredibly dorky all at the same time, which is REALLY HOT.

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