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July 1, 2026

Sibling-esque

by David M Willis on January 20, 2024 at 12:01 am
  • 02 – It's The Love I Haven't Got
└ Tags: charles, jennifer, linda, sal, walky

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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    January 20, 2024 at 12:01 am | #

    Wayne Campbell face: Exactly!

    • Ana Chronistic
      Ana Chronistic
      January 20, 2024 at 12:02 am | #

      (one more day of MAGFest for me to decide on the next anachronistic avatar)

      • Jo_cubstar
        Jo_cubstar
        January 20, 2024 at 12:07 am | #

        That’s where you’ve been!!!! That answers that!

        • Needfuldoer
          Needfuldoer
          January 20, 2024 at 3:51 am | #

          We were getting worried!

          • Ana Chronistic
            Ana Chronistic
            January 21, 2024 at 11:52 pm | #

            idk why, sometimes I just dip out

            or leave the house at 11p to pick up a friend 90 minutes away bc that’s when we’re free

  2. Thag Simmons
    Thag Simmons
    January 20, 2024 at 12:02 am | #

    Oh, this has been a long time coming huh.

    • clif
      clif
      January 20, 2024 at 12:49 am | #

      And it’s not even Feb. 14 yet.

    • anon
      anon
      January 20, 2024 at 1:35 am | #

      Better to do it now versus “fuck you guys i’m out” at an age where he’d have the money/ability to move halfway across the country and go no contact then lol

      • Arillius
        Arillius
        January 20, 2024 at 2:49 am | #

        Is it opposite day? Because that is the smart play.

        • Decidedly Orthogonal
          Decidedly Orthogonal
          January 20, 2024 at 10:47 pm | #

          Agreed. Happily, I had my dad to fall back on when mom threw me away at 10 years. But I fault no child for milking their larents for every benefit they can get while growing up, nor for saying, “fuck it,” and jumping ship sooner if they need to.

          • ian livs
            ian livs
            January 21, 2024 at 11:45 am | #

            Yeah, sometimes–if you can tolerate them–you’ve gotta milk your parents for every resource they’ll give you before you jump ship. My best friend(/roommate/platonic partner/basically-sister) cut contact with her parents too early and we would’ve starved about it after she lost her job, if not for my willingness to take advantage of my parents having surplus money.

            Obviously, I will never fault anyone for cutting off toxic relatives (and it’s something I’d also like to do someday) but if you can stand it, there’s no harm in taking advantage of the situation while you still can. I consider mine “emotional compensation for childhood pain and suffering,” lmao

  3. Yumi
    Yumi
    January 20, 2024 at 12:03 am | #

    Oooo, good for Walky! Wow, I feel bad for assuming (okay, cheering for) his acting out was going to come in the form of hooking up with someone.

    • Steelbright
      Steelbright
      January 20, 2024 at 4:06 am | #

      He could still go for both…

      • NickG
        NickG
        January 20, 2024 at 12:35 pm | #

        He could be doing that right now, you can’t see what’s going on behind the car.

        • Loki
          Loki
          January 20, 2024 at 1:20 pm | #

          That could be happening ANY TIME you can’t see below a character’s waist.

          Sounds like a really weird fanfiction…

          • David DeLaney
            David DeLaney
            January 20, 2024 at 6:48 pm | #

            Dumbing of Age: Lower Decks

      • Decidedly Orthogonal
        Decidedly Orthogonal
        January 20, 2024 at 10:48 pm | #

        So like, Lucy and Amber? I like your style.

  4. Drain
    Drain
    January 20, 2024 at 12:03 am | #

    Walky would go platinum on Twitter

  5. Rei
    Rei
    January 20, 2024 at 12:03 am | #

    I did an incredibly loud OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH in my room at that last frame.

  6. newlland(Henryvolt)
    newlland(Henryvolt)
    January 20, 2024 at 12:03 am | #

    I wonder how long he was sitting there gathering the courage to do what he believed was the most ballsy thing he’s ever done in his life.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      January 20, 2024 at 12:06 am | #

      And he did it in the Walkyest way imaginable.

      • clif
        clif
        January 20, 2024 at 12:50 am | #

        He’s been taking lessons from Becky.

    • RassilonTDavros
      RassilonTDavros
      January 20, 2024 at 12:06 am | #

      I mean, it probably is the most ballsy thing he’s ever done in his life up to this point.

      As for the “how long,” it’s either been at least several hours, or fifteen seconds tops.

      • Proxiehunter
        Proxiehunter
        January 20, 2024 at 12:20 am | #

        Especially considering how much this endangers his golden boy status (which yes is actually terrible in it’s own way but comes with perks as well) this really is pretty damn ballsy of him.

        And I’m guessing several hours waiting and fifteen seconds deciding what to say once he spotted them coming.

      • Rabid Rabbit
        Rabid Rabbit
        January 20, 2024 at 2:54 am | #

        Well, except for all those things he did involving his balls with Dorothy. And Amber.

        But I grant that may be a somewhat different definition of ballsy.

        • Miri
          Miri
          January 20, 2024 at 4:46 am | #

          Also the bits where he was quipping whilst dealing with an actual “my friends and I have been kidnapped” situation.

          I’d argue going to Amber and apologising for saying the bad things and making things better between them (even if it got awkward because she doesn’t really do “polite social filter” and also has destructive impulses of her own/may have thought he WAS hitting on her) was pretty ballsy…

          • Azhrei Vep
            Azhrei Vep
            January 20, 2024 at 5:51 am | #

            Considering the very real possibility that bringing the incident back up may have resulted in some level of physical violence, given Amber’s … Amberosity? Yeah, I’d call it pretty ballsy of him.

    • James
      James
      January 20, 2024 at 2:03 am | #

      Honestly this may be the actually-ballsiest thing he’s done, standing up to your parents at ALL is flipping terrifying.

  7. Sporky
    Sporky
    January 20, 2024 at 12:03 am | #

    Help, how do I choose both options on a poll

    • clif
      clif
      January 20, 2024 at 12:51 am | #

      Let me know.

    • elebenty
      elebenty
      January 20, 2024 at 1:59 am | #

      Choose the 2nd with a different browser.

  8. Warcodered
    Warcodered
    January 20, 2024 at 12:03 am | #

    Well if she’s just going to admit it.

  9. Sirksome
    Sirksome
    January 20, 2024 at 12:04 am | #

    Got em.

  10. Rose by Any Other Name
    Rose by Any Other Name
    January 20, 2024 at 12:04 am | #

    Welp. That’s a way to start this conversation.

    • clif
      clif
      January 20, 2024 at 1:21 am | #

      You’re expecting a conversation?

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        January 20, 2024 at 3:57 am | #

        There wouldn’t be much comic if he just dropped that line and scampered away.

        Besides, he did that already.
        https://www.dumbingofage.com/goodreason/

  11. Animedingo
    Animedingo
    January 20, 2024 at 12:05 am | #

    AAAAAAAAAYYYYYYOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOI

  12. shadowcell
    shadowcell
    January 20, 2024 at 12:05 am | #

    Dumbing of Age Book 14: racistmomsayswhat

    • clif
      clif
      January 20, 2024 at 12:45 am | #

      Nice.

  13. TheCozburger
    TheCozburger
    January 20, 2024 at 12:06 am | #

    We got ’em!

  14. RassilonTDavros
    RassilonTDavros
    January 20, 2024 at 12:07 am | #

    AND THE PENNY DROPS.

  15. Mel
    Mel
    January 20, 2024 at 12:07 am | #

    Jennifer knows walky better than me because I thought this was going to take at least one more timeskip and future parents’ visit day to come up

  16. DailyBrad
    DailyBrad
    January 20, 2024 at 12:08 am | #

    It’s understandable, albeit kind of sad, that Jennifer has more faith in Walky and seems better at predicting him than she is, but they did get more time together, and Sal and Walky mending their relationship has been relatively recent.

    Still, it does kind of highlight that their issues aren’t some Good Guy, Bad Guy thing, that both of them have things to work on when it comes to being the best siblings they can be to each other.

    • anon
      anon
      January 20, 2024 at 1:49 am | #

      well he was dating lucy so i’m sure jennifer would’ve heard about walky a bit more from lucy’s gushing

    • Daibhid C
      Daibhid C
      January 20, 2024 at 7:23 am | #

      See, I read this as them both considering all three options, and slowly going over them together; Jennifer really is completing Sal’s thoughts of “these are the things Walky might do”. The one she gets just happens to be the right one, for narrative flow reasons.

      • a/snow/mous/e
        a/snow/mous/e
        January 20, 2024 at 10:38 am | #

        Yeah, that’s how I interpret it as well.

  17. NGPZ
    NGPZ
    January 20, 2024 at 12:09 am | #

    Stick it to her Walky! 😎 😬

  18. Bittersweet
    Bittersweet
    January 20, 2024 at 12:11 am | #

    Inexplicably, Linda believes that Charles said this to her and provokes an argument to which he never bothers to actually participate in, not even denying her accusations. This is how Walky makes his parents get a divorce and adds another layer of guilt to his first year of college.

    Though for real, I’m like really worried about him. I cannot see this going well.

    • Bittersweet
      Bittersweet
      January 20, 2024 at 12:13 am | #

      Him being Walky, of course. Charles is a bit like a maple seed or a butterfly, just kinda goes where ever the wind wings him.

    • Bash
      Bash
      January 20, 2024 at 1:33 am | #

      I worry that he’s just going to fling accusations around, and Linda will rightfully tell him that he fucked up plenty on his own with Lucy.

      • Illjwamh
        Illjwamh
        January 20, 2024 at 4:29 am | #

        Which he already knows, so that won’t derail him for long

    • DashWallkick
      DashWallkick
      January 20, 2024 at 7:56 am | #

      If the past is anything to go by, Sal and Walky have switched places and now Linda will have to explain to him in patient detail that a mother simply understands these things and it has nothing to do with skin color, I just think Lucy is a bad influence on you, and Walky will either chicken out and solidify that Lucy can do better than him, or he’ll push the button really hard and Linda will without so much as a blink say some shit like she wishes he was more like Billie.

  19. Username Taken
    Username Taken
    January 20, 2024 at 12:12 am | #

    GOT EM

  20. BBCC
    BBCC
    January 20, 2024 at 12:15 am | #

    Oooof, this’ll be one hell of a goodbye conversation and I need to see it.

    • clif
      clif
      January 20, 2024 at 1:27 am | #

      Linda will see the error of her ways and decide to become a better mom and a better person. This is going to go so well.

    • anon
      anon
      January 20, 2024 at 1:46 am | #

      lol be great if there were witnesses or so

  21. Proxiehunter
    Proxiehunter
    January 20, 2024 at 12:17 am | #

    I couldn’t even catch my at the time 11 year old nephew with Updog and a grown ass woman falls for that.

    • True Survivor
      True Survivor
      January 20, 2024 at 12:21 am | #

      I assume that Walky was too quite for her to hear it as distinct syllables – just abstract susurration in her son’s voice.

      PS. How did you get the final word of your comment to be in italics?

      • Proxiehunter
        Proxiehunter
        January 20, 2024 at 12:25 am | #

        Italics tags. at the start of what you want in italics (without the space) and (without the space) to close it. You can also use for bold and for strike through.

        • Proxiehunter
          Proxiehunter
          January 20, 2024 at 12:28 am | #

          Looks like I can’t just use the indicators with a space to have them not read by the software. Lets try this. around your words for italics. around your words for bold and around your words for strike through.

          And if this works it’s to do what I did in this post to make the codes visible.

          • Proxiehunter
            Proxiehunter
            January 20, 2024 at 12:29 am | #

            Okay if that doesn’t work what the fuck is the code tag even for?

            • Mendel
              Mendel
              January 20, 2024 at 12:34 am | #

              just use & lt ; for , without the spaces.

            • Mendel
              Mendel
              January 20, 2024 at 12:35 am | #

              just use & lt ; for < and & gt ; for > , without spaces ofc

            • Uly
              Uly
              January 20, 2024 at 3:53 pm | #

              It’s a lot faster and more efficient to tell people to google html tags for italics and bold. You don’t run into this sort of problem and they get to do a teeny tiny bit of their own problem-solving.

        • Proxiehunter
          Proxiehunter
          January 20, 2024 at 12:30 am | #

          Looks like I failed to close the italics correctly there too. The perils of sites where you have to type html in by hand like you did in the olden days.

        • Mendel
          Mendel
          January 20, 2024 at 12:32 am | #

          This works: <i>italucs</i> italics
          See the note beliw the edit area for more info.

          • True Survivor
            True Survivor
            January 20, 2024 at 7:10 pm | #

            Thanks! You guys put a lot effort into this – appreciate it.

      • HueSatLight
        HueSatLight
        January 20, 2024 at 12:28 am | #

        The possible tags are listed below the comment box you type in. To stop doing the thing, you use the same tag again, with a / after the <

        • clif
          clif
          January 20, 2024 at 2:12 am | #

          Hey Proxie Hunter. What’s Updoc?

          • a/snow/mous/e
            a/snow/mous/e
            January 20, 2024 at 10:41 am | #

            Good question. I’ve been thinking about Updoc for a while, and I still can’t figure out what it is! That really Bugs me…

            • David DeLaney
              David DeLaney
              January 20, 2024 at 6:51 pm | #

              I’m pretty sure it’s a non-anime version of a Henwei

      • a/snow/mous/e
        a/snow/mous/e
        January 20, 2024 at 12:31 am | #

        We can only hope he was too quiet to be heard…

        • clif
          clif
          January 20, 2024 at 12:57 am | #

          Yes, we shall all hope that.

          *Maintains completely serious face*

    • anon
      anon
      January 20, 2024 at 1:46 am | #

      i’m sure she’ll either be confused or shout at walky within the next 2 seconds lol

    • Lan
      Lan
      January 20, 2024 at 6:33 am | #

      I’d posit an 11 year old is the most difficult target for an updog

  22. True Survivor
    True Survivor
    January 20, 2024 at 12:18 am | #

    I know its probably not important, but now I desperately want to know what that sign says. Given that I assume that it is on the lizard’s cage, and thus likely written by Malaya, it could say almost anything.

    • HueSatLight
      HueSatLight
      January 20, 2024 at 12:22 am | #

      Do Not Touch
      Science Project
      https://www.dumbingofage.com/pronouns/

      • True Survivor
        True Survivor
        January 20, 2024 at 7:09 pm | #

        Thanks. Wow, you have a good memory, especially to know the exact strip to cite.

        • HueSatLight
          HueSatLight
          January 20, 2024 at 8:30 pm | #

          I looked under tag/malaya+sal for the cage and sign appearing in the background, and searched for the word “science” in the comments (this is not the first time someone has wondered). That strip was cited for confirmation for someone’s guess.

  23. Stephen Bierce
    Stephen Bierce
    January 20, 2024 at 12:18 am | #

    “Your name is ‘Knotwhut Watt’. Sex?”–after an episode of The Monkees

    • Otl1973
      Otl1973
      January 20, 2024 at 12:59 am | #

      I wonder what percentage of the commentariat knows who the Monkees are (well, were)? It wouldn’t surprise me if a significant portion of their parents aren’t old enough to.

      • clif
        clif
        January 20, 2024 at 1:07 am | #

        what? Isn’t MTV still showing reruns?

        • clif
          clif
          January 20, 2024 at 1:12 am | #

          I mean, I haven’t watched MTV in awhile, but why would they mess with success?

          • Otl1973
            Otl1973
            January 20, 2024 at 1:48 am | #

            I really haven’t watched MTV since the late 80s, so I couldn’t say, but I think they showed a marathon in the mid-80s and that was it. I assume MTV doesn’t show anything anymore except really cut-rate “reality” shows.

            • David DeLaney
              David DeLaney
              January 20, 2024 at 2:00 am | #

              it still showed music videos when i was watching

              –Dave, i did NOT get to see Video Killed the Radio Star’s first showing, no

              ps: Mouseketeer roll call, count! off! now! go Speed Ra-cer, go Speed Ra-cer, go Speed Ra-cer go-o!

              • Mark
                Mark
                January 20, 2024 at 8:20 am | #

                counters with Johnny Quest.

                • David DeLaney
                  David DeLaney
                  January 20, 2024 at 6:52 pm | #

                  i have only EVER seen one episode of Johnny Quest
                  with the cave and the white ghost-like energy monster
                  that ‘consumes’ things

                  –Dave, I have seen it several separate times though

            • clif
              clif
              January 20, 2024 at 2:09 am | #

              Nah, couldn’t be. Where else would music groups show their vids?

      • Max
        Max
        January 20, 2024 at 1:53 am | #

        I got to see three of the Monkees when they were all still alive. Now half of them are dead.The sound system in the building was cranked up so loud that it was distorting the vocals and making it impossible to hear the words. It would have been an awesome show otherwise.

        • Morleuca
          Morleuca
          January 20, 2024 at 1:05 pm | #

          everybody remember Weird Al’s Pirate Satelite?

      • Arian
        Arian
        January 20, 2024 at 2:56 am | #

        You’re slightly younger than me, assuming that number in your name is your birth year. And I know there are people a fair bit older than me who post.

        • StClair
          StClair
          January 20, 2024 at 3:49 am | #

          We’re about the same, then.

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        January 20, 2024 at 3:50 am | #

        Hey, some of us youngin’s* had Nick@Nite.

        (*I claim the title even though I’m closer to 40 than 30, because that’s an unsettling thought in its own right.)

      • Daibhid C
        Daibhid C
        January 20, 2024 at 7:29 am | #

        (Slowly crumbles into dust)

        (Last words are a faint, and completely incomprehensible “Cheer up, Sleepy Jean…)

      • Mark
        Mark
        January 20, 2024 at 8:18 am | #

        I am so old, I remember seeing the show when it was first broadcast, before cable was a thing.

  24. HueSatLight
    HueSatLight
    January 20, 2024 at 12:19 am | #

    previewed panel

    • HueSatLight
      HueSatLight
      January 20, 2024 at 12:25 am | #

      also, Charles’ shoes are tied. He’s probably a replicant.

      • Proxiehunter
        Proxiehunter
        January 20, 2024 at 12:31 am | #

        Or Linda decided to make him tie them so he didn’t make her look bad.

  25. Grimey
    Grimey
    January 20, 2024 at 12:38 am | #

    …Honestly, I respect him broaching the subject at all.

  26. Taffy
    Taffy
    January 20, 2024 at 12:49 am | #

    She’s gonna run him over with the car.

    • Yumi
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      January 20, 2024 at 1:09 am | #

      And then someone will be like, “You just ran him over with your car!” And she’ll be like, “Oh, so you’re going to make it out like it’s MY fault. *eyeroll*”

      • clif
        clif
        January 20, 2024 at 1:17 am | #

        But then she’ll back over him the other way to make everything alright again.

    • PirateTawnee
      PirateTawnee
      January 20, 2024 at 1:34 am | #

      Which would at least confirm he’s acting with integrity, right?

      • clif
        clif
        January 20, 2024 at 1:51 am | #

        The mom was the truck all along.

    • anon
      anon
      January 20, 2024 at 1:48 am | #

      lol wel being in the hospital for a car accident would get him outta clas for a while

  27. bejouled
    bejouled
    January 20, 2024 at 12:51 am | #

    I actually wheezed

    • clif
      clif
      January 20, 2024 at 1:00 am | #

      Which one of the seven dwarves are you?

      • Mark
        Mark
        January 20, 2024 at 8:22 am | #

        Wheezy is one of the Seven Other Dwarves.

        • John Campbell
          John Campbell
          January 20, 2024 at 10:43 pm | #

          Wheezy, Gimly, Inky, Pinky, Blinky, Bombur, and Clyde.

  28. 0xKruzr
    0xKruzr
    January 20, 2024 at 1:00 am | #

    I love him.

  29. Tan
    Tan
    January 20, 2024 at 1:07 am | #

    Perfect execution. No notes.

    • clif
      clif
      January 20, 2024 at 1:55 am | #

      and all this time I thought it was no regrets.

      • David DeLaney
        David DeLaney
        January 20, 2024 at 6:53 pm | #

        5/7, no notes
        i’m pretty sure i did that right

  30. Steelbright
    Steelbright
    January 20, 2024 at 1:54 am | #

    This i did not expect

    • clif
      clif
      January 20, 2024 at 1:58 am | #

      No one expects the racistmomsayswhat.

      • David DeLaney
        David DeLaney
        January 20, 2024 at 6:54 pm | #

        its chief weapon is incredulity

  31. ADLegend21
    ADLegend21
    January 20, 2024 at 1:56 am | #

    Got her!

  32. TrueVCU
    TrueVCU
    January 20, 2024 at 2:00 am | #

    IT’S HAPPENING

  33. Solace
    Solace
    January 20, 2024 at 2:26 am | #

    YES

  34. Derek
    Derek
    January 20, 2024 at 2:35 am | #

    I can’t fathom what Walky hopes to gain from this. If your parent is a bigot there are two ways to approach the situation: you either have hope they can be educated and start the conversation that will set them straight; or you know in your heart that they’re too stubborn to change and go low/no contact.
    This is neither of those things

    • Archieve
      Archieve
      January 20, 2024 at 4:19 am | #

      Though it’s in the second category for the Walkerton parents Walky might still have trouble processing that since falling out of favor after seemingly having it his whole life without effort happened overnight for him. He might still be holding out hope for wacky hijinks to work or maybe is trying to cement the fact that the parents he thought he had don’t exist through one last silly attempt.

    • Mark
      Mark
      January 20, 2024 at 8:25 am | #

      There are three. The third is to know that you have no power to change the situation but act out anyway because it momentarily makes you feel better.

    • Morleuca
      Morleuca
      January 20, 2024 at 1:01 pm | #

      I think what Walky really hopes to gain out of this is a new personal record for the 100m dash as he careens away.

    • HueSatLight
      HueSatLight
      January 20, 2024 at 2:02 pm | #

      Or he’s trying to get a do-over for the times he screwed up with Lucy. And he’s picking the one where his mistake was secondary to someone else being terrible.

    • David DeLaney
      David DeLaney
      January 20, 2024 at 6:54 pm | #

      this is technically a lolwhat/single contact

  35. Lightweight Baybee
    Lightweight Baybee
    January 20, 2024 at 2:38 am | #

    The fact that fuckin worked
    Walky should just beat feet now there’s no topping that

  36. Schpoonman
    Schpoonman
    January 20, 2024 at 3:03 am | #

    DRAG HER ASS, WALKY.

  37. Suet
    Suet
    January 20, 2024 at 3:21 am | #

    That’s such a Walky thing to do, confront with a tinge of cowardice

    Yeah how dare you end the storyline, we wanna see karaoke!!

    • Archieve
      Archieve
      January 20, 2024 at 4:27 am | #

      To be fair when you have somebody like Linda whose always on the verge of explosive anger I can see how this could be one way to say something on his mind without getting into more trouble then it’s worth.

  38. Needfuldoer
    Needfuldoer
    January 20, 2024 at 3:44 am | #

    This is going to be one of the most Walky things he’s ever done.

  39. Francoinblanco
    Francoinblanco
    January 20, 2024 at 3:54 am | #

    What?

    • Taffy
      Taffy
      January 20, 2024 at 6:01 am | #

      AHA!

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        January 20, 2024 at 4:51 pm | #

        Taaaake

        Oooonnn

        Meeeeeeee

        Take on me

        • David DeLaney
          David DeLaney
          January 20, 2024 at 6:55 pm | #

          he’lllll beeee goooone

          aoo-EEEEEEE

  40. Karadaga
    Karadaga
    January 20, 2024 at 4:06 am | #

    My man! Hope he actually follows through

  41. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    January 20, 2024 at 4:43 am | #

    wow Walky, I didn’t think you had it in you

    (also lol “the sibling content he’s craving” ?)

  42. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    January 20, 2024 at 4:47 am | #

    Heey Malaya. What is this 2 meters tall covered “science” box in the background ? Is this why you allowed Fuckface to stay with Carla ? :3

  43. Maddie B
    Maddie B
    January 20, 2024 at 4:56 am | #

    Oh my gods, I laughed so hard.

  44. Cloud
    Cloud
    January 20, 2024 at 5:13 am | #

    I’ve never been more excited for the next page lmao

  45. Taffy
    Taffy
    January 20, 2024 at 6:04 am | #

    Please, for the love of fuck, if I have to see Linda Walkerton eating lunch one more goddamn time

    • Da Boy
      Da Boy
      January 20, 2024 at 6:07 am | #

      Who knows, maybe we’ll get lucky and lunch will eat her? [hums the Attack of the Killer Tomatoes theme]

      • Morleuca
        Morleuca
        January 20, 2024 at 1:02 pm | #

        I didn’t know Charles had a nickname

  46. Doopyboop
    Doopyboop
    January 20, 2024 at 6:31 am | #

    I love that it’s looking like Linda and Charles were gonna leave without a final good bye to their kids. And by love, I mean hate and it makes me wanna lay on the floor wishing I could adopt fictional characters.

    • Archieve
      Archieve
      January 20, 2024 at 1:24 pm | #

      Got to wonder how many other possible family and friends this couple have alienated in their lives over petty BS.

  47. Lan
    Lan
    January 20, 2024 at 6:42 am | #

    I won’t be surprised if this is the entirety of the confrontation but oh how delicious it would be to get a walky vs linda throw down

  48. ValdVin
    ValdVin
    January 20, 2024 at 7:13 am | #

    I want Walky to have gone to karaoke. I think he’s got a good singing voice, is a natural clown (therefore like attention), and has stored a lot of music in his brain.

    https://www.dumbingofage.com/2017/comic/book-8/01-face-the-strange/existence/

    • HueSatLight
      HueSatLight
      January 20, 2024 at 2:08 pm | #

      I want to see it for more sinister reasons: Walky and Dorothy arguing through song.

      • David DeLaney
        David DeLaney
        January 20, 2024 at 6:58 pm | #

        I want the karaoke group to turn up HERE
        as backup singers
        for the inexplicably musical family fight
        about to break out

        –Dave, Jennifer and Ruth bobbing one way in unison while Dorothy sings out
        ‘chickadee tibit, chickadee tidbit
        skedaddle skedaddle pow’

        ps: will honestly be impressed if anyone younger than Willis gets the reference

  49. C.T. Phipps
    C.T. Phipps
    January 20, 2024 at 7:27 am | #

    I liked how in WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS, the energy vampire keeps trying to do the updog joke and none of the vampires are falling for it. Despite being, objectively, the stupidest vampires on Earth.

  50. Reltzik
    Reltzik
    January 20, 2024 at 7:38 am | #

    Absolutely nothing can possibly go wrong with Walky’s plan, and I unreservedly endorse it.

  51. Bryy
    Bryy
    January 20, 2024 at 8:17 am | #

    oh no

    oh nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

  52. Mark
    Mark
    January 20, 2024 at 8:29 am | #

    Well, this is going to be painful.

  53. Mr.Morningstar
    Mr.Morningstar
    January 20, 2024 at 8:35 am | #

    Wait is WALKY going to confront his mom?? Oh wow

    • Adept
      Adept
      January 20, 2024 at 10:36 am | #

      I mean… kinda?

    • StClair
      StClair
      January 20, 2024 at 4:15 pm | #

      “In the most over-the-top yet half-assed way possible.”

  54. Juanoku
    Juanoku
    January 20, 2024 at 9:06 am | #

    Walky NO! at least not alone. This won’t end well…

  55. Adept
    Adept
    January 20, 2024 at 10:36 am | #

    Good you Walky.

  56. Big Z
    Big Z
    January 20, 2024 at 10:48 am | #

    Next Dumbing of Age book title:
    “Currently doing the right thing in the most over-the-top yet half-assed way possible.”

  57. Amós Batista
    Amós Batista
    January 20, 2024 at 11:07 am | #

    that’s a huge ass car

    • David DeLaney
      David DeLaney
      January 20, 2024 at 6:59 pm | #

      at least it’s not a NASCAR ass-car

  58. Rabisch
    Rabisch
    January 20, 2024 at 12:56 pm | #

    Looks like Walky is putting all his determination into becoming the most hated twin in his mother’s eyes. I’m pretty sure he will succeed.

  59. poyo
    poyo
    January 20, 2024 at 2:28 pm | #

    WALKYYYYYYYYY LMAOOOOOOOOOOOO

  60. Mr. Random
    Mr. Random
    January 20, 2024 at 3:30 pm | #

    He’s trying.
    Which…

  61. The Jighole Man
    The Jighole Man
    January 20, 2024 at 4:39 pm | #

    Gotem

  62. Odditude
    Odditude
    January 20, 2024 at 8:56 pm | #

    Love seeing more of this side of Jennifer.
    Also, it’s good showing she isn’t useless, she at least knows walks very well.
    Maybe she knows him the best, at least better than he knows himself

  63. HoopsieDaisy
    HoopsieDaisy
    January 21, 2024 at 4:19 pm | #

    Wait, Malaya’s right about Jennifer followed by Jennifer being right about Walky? I’m not sure about this. It just feels wrong.

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