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May 12, 2026

Cozy time

by David M Willis on May 17, 2024 at 12:01 am
  • 04 – For Me It Was Tuesday
└ Tags: dorothy, walky

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  1. NGPZ
    NGPZ
    May 17, 2024 at 12:03 am | #

    Are ya sure Walky?

    Dunn’s Woods is supposed to be really pretty this time of year. ^^

    • True Survivor
      True Survivor
      May 17, 2024 at 12:10 am | #

      The markings at the end make me feel like this is a sex pun of some sort, but Dunn’s Woods is a real place on that campus, apparently with very pretty trees. Consequently, I am unsure if this is literal or simply a very well researched and devilishly detailed debaucherous jest.

      • NGPZ
        NGPZ
        May 17, 2024 at 12:16 am | #

        Hahahahahaha who names these places anyway? XD

      • a/snow/mous/e
        a/snow/mous/e
        May 17, 2024 at 1:24 am | #

        ^^ is a variant of the ^.^ emoticon, and I don’t think it typically represents innuendo?

        • Furie
          Furie
          May 17, 2024 at 2:56 am | #

          Everything is innuendo if you waggle your eyebrows furiously enough.

        • PedanticJerkass
          PedanticJerkass
          May 17, 2024 at 11:14 am | #

          Sometimes accompanied by a ; which denotes an anime sweat drop. For example: ^_^;

  2. IntangibleMatter
    IntangibleMatter
    May 17, 2024 at 12:04 am | #

    Walky is the romantic interest we need, but not the one we deserve.

  3. ADLegend21
    ADLegend21
    May 17, 2024 at 12:04 am | #

    men see this giant snow pile and go “hell yeah”

    • ADLegend21
      ADLegend21
      May 17, 2024 at 12:05 am | #

      Hell yeah

      • Schpoonman
        Schpoonman
        May 17, 2024 at 3:55 am | #

        Hell yeah.

        • Felian
          Felian
          May 17, 2024 at 5:59 am | #

          Hell yeah!
          (i’m not a man, but as an enby i also love giant snow piles)

          • Schpoonman
            Schpoonman
            May 17, 2024 at 9:27 am | #

            Humans see this giant snow pile and go “Hell yeah.”

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      May 17, 2024 at 12:06 am | #

      I think this would pass as a mountain in Indiana.

      • NGPZ
        NGPZ
        May 17, 2024 at 12:08 am | #

        Interestingly enough Indiana is as flat as it is because of an iceberg which shifted over the land thousands of years ago.

        • True Survivor
          True Survivor
          May 17, 2024 at 12:13 am | #

          Did you mean a glacier? That is a fun fact. Geo-history is fascinating.

          • NGPZ
            NGPZ
            May 17, 2024 at 12:16 am | #

            Yee, probably.

            Vocabulary yet escapes me.

            • Clif
              Clif
              May 17, 2024 at 2:09 am | #

              Icebergs float around at sea looking for the Titanic.

              • BorkBorkBork
                BorkBorkBork
                May 17, 2024 at 2:44 am | #

                Silly iceburgs; pretty sure it’s still under the sea, not floating on top of it. They’ll never find it at that rate.

                • Kyrros
                  Kyrros
                  May 17, 2024 at 7:10 am | #

                  Thankfully – at this rate, they won’t be finding the HMS Hood, or the Bismark either.

                • Azhrei Vep
                  Azhrei Vep
                  May 17, 2024 at 9:38 am | #

                  Ah, but are they that silly? Most of any given iceberg is also under the sea, where any given ‘berg is positioned to seek out its hated nemesis.

        • Mark
          Mark
          May 17, 2024 at 7:21 am | #

          Only the northern 3/5 or so was ground flat. You can see the rubbish that piled up at the glacier’s edge a bit south of Indianapolis, and by the time you get to Bloomington (or even Martinsville) it’s quite hilly. There’s downhill skiing in Paoli in the winter.

          But yes, we’d have fairly low standards for mountainosity.

      • Mancuso
        Mancuso
        May 17, 2024 at 5:39 am | #

        Of course it would, it’s got the snow on top and everything. On top and below and inside and everywhere, but my point stands.

    • Moon
      Moon
      May 17, 2024 at 12:12 am | #

      There’s this giant sand dune at the coast near where I live. This monster dune is like 200+ ft tall, I kid you not.
      And it’s sort of ended up being like a litmus test for relationships for me.
      If someone is willing to climb that sucker with me, then I know they’re a keeper.

      • Clif
        Clif
        May 17, 2024 at 2:09 am | #

        How many of them did you manage to keep?

      • RonF
        RonF
        May 17, 2024 at 10:18 am | #

        Which coast? Are you talking the Indiana Dunes?

        • Moon
          Moon
          May 17, 2024 at 1:26 pm | #

          https://wavejourney.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/1343186849_7dd3589cb8_b-Small.jpg

          The dune at Cape Kiwanda. She’s a beaut, although a little touristy for my taste most parts of the year.

      • True Survivor
        True Survivor
        May 17, 2024 at 12:37 pm | #

        Weeding out all the Anakins, very smart.

    • foamy
      foamy
      May 17, 2024 at 12:18 am | #

      I’m jaded because giant snow piles are just literally everywhere here for three months of the year :v

      • Just_IDD
        Just_IDD
        May 19, 2024 at 7:52 am | #

        All of the large ones are breeding grounds for shopping carts. As the snow melts, the carts return to the care of the herd.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      May 17, 2024 at 3:12 am | #

      Oh yeah, giant snow piles! I remember those! It’s been a few years since we’ve had those around here.

    • morleuca
      morleuca
      May 17, 2024 at 5:39 am | #

      Huh. Something else to add to my folder of “shoulda figured it out sooner” alerts. I mean, yeah that tracks. I see a big pile of snow and the thought that goes through my head is that clothing is whoolg inadequate, and I hate it when my hands and feet are cold.

    • Wilde
      Wilde
      May 17, 2024 at 7:21 am | #

      Turns out all genders love a good snow pile!

  4. Jenniffniff
    Jenniffniff
    May 17, 2024 at 12:04 am | #

    Dot, just use your words!

    • Steamweed
      Steamweed
      May 17, 2024 at 12:07 am | #

      Give the body language a chance first.

      • sception
        sception
        May 17, 2024 at 11:08 am | #

        I think Walky recognized the body language, accurately interpreted it, and communicated a gentle rejection of her advance while still offering support and companionship as a friend by choosing a hangout activity in a context that is both public and cold enough to force Dorothy to cover up.

    • jeffepp
      jeffepp
      May 17, 2024 at 12:14 am | #

      “Do you want to get out of here, and have a threesome with Amber?”

      • Miri
        Miri
        May 17, 2024 at 2:20 am | #

        “And for Amber to provide narrative explanations… But it’s OK coz it won’t be weird because Joyce will be behind a curtain”

    • Masumi
      Masumi
      May 17, 2024 at 1:20 am | #

      “Joyce said she wants to watch”

      • Clif
        Clif
        May 17, 2024 at 2:11 am | #

        There’s a pizza in it for you.

        • Rowan
          Rowan
          May 17, 2024 at 6:01 am | #

          This would definitely work for Walky – not sure what situation he wouldn’t end up in if free pizza was involved.

  5. Sirksome
    Sirksome
    May 17, 2024 at 12:04 am | #

    Is it still by McNutt or did the snow pile migrate?

    • HueSatLight
      HueSatLight
      May 17, 2024 at 12:42 am | #

      same tree in the background. but it could just be a re-used element.

      • PhyrexianRogue
        PhyrexianRogue
        May 17, 2024 at 12:59 am | #

        Or an Ent?

        • saltchocolate
          saltchocolate
          May 17, 2024 at 5:09 am | #

          Heh

  6. Thag Simmons
    Thag Simmons
    May 17, 2024 at 12:05 am | #

    I think this is as fancy as Walky dates get Dorothy, you should be honoured.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      May 17, 2024 at 12:13 am | #

      He put on a jacket with only two Taco Bell Fire Sauce stains, man’s hot to trot.

  7. Steamweed
    Steamweed
    May 17, 2024 at 12:06 am | #

    _Their_ slippery shiny tryst will have to wait a bit. Willis needs time to finish the Joyce/Joe slippery shiny first.

    *significant glare at willis

    • CianM1301
      CianM1301
      May 17, 2024 at 2:23 pm | #

      They’ve already had the slippery shiny treatment. Their relationship was the very first to get the slippery shiny treatment. Granted, this doesn’t mean they can’t have another.

  8. Sirksome
    Sirksome
    May 17, 2024 at 12:07 am | #

    Wait, was this supposed to be Dorothy’s sexy clothes?

    • Shakes
      Shakes
      May 17, 2024 at 12:09 am | #

      I believe that’s the outfit she wore when they first Performed a Sex.

    • DailyBrad
      DailyBrad
      May 17, 2024 at 12:09 am | #

      It’s what she wore the first time they had sex, judging by the alt-text.

    • Vanessa
      Vanessa
      May 17, 2024 at 12:10 am | #

      I thought she was very cute and sexy in a casual way.

    • RassilonTDavros
      RassilonTDavros
      May 17, 2024 at 12:14 am | #

      It’s the same outfit she was wearing right before her and Walky’s first time.

      • poofdepoof
        poofdepoof
        May 17, 2024 at 12:35 am | #

        Here’s a link that shows the whole outfit before parts of it start getting removed: https://www.dumbingofage.com/2014/comic/book-4/01-the-only-dope-for-me-is-you/salute/

    • Axel
      Axel
      May 17, 2024 at 12:15 am | #

      I was talking about how weird she was wearing her shirt collar tucked under the sweatervest with my husband re: yesterday’s strip, and it took a few minutes for me to realize ‘oh she’s trying to be sexy with the cleavage’

      • Axel
        Axel
        May 17, 2024 at 12:18 am | #

        ** I was talking with my husband about how Dorothy was wearing her shirt collar weirdly tucked under the sweatervest in yesterday’s strip, and it took a few minutes for me to realize ‘oh she’s trying to be sexy with the cleavage’

        • shrub
          shrub
          May 17, 2024 at 12:23 am | #

          Not sure a sweater vest is the sexiest option but each to their own

    • Taffy
      Taffy
      May 17, 2024 at 12:41 am | #

      It’s the outfit she was wearing in Panel 1

    • Amós Batista
      Amós Batista
      May 17, 2024 at 1:08 pm | #

      Dorothy’s giving up her dream to be a president, but she plans everthing like a good one.

  9. Dot
    Dot
    May 17, 2024 at 12:08 am | #

    Third time’s the charm, I guess?

  10. Bittersweet
    Bittersweet
    May 17, 2024 at 12:10 am | #

    Awwwww, I eat my cynicism from yesterday, I love these two.

  11. shrub
    shrub
    May 17, 2024 at 12:10 am | #

    Dorothy looks a bit odd in that second panel or is that supposed to be her sexy come-hither face?

    • Vanessa
      Vanessa
      May 17, 2024 at 12:11 am | #

      I’m sure she has so many feelings.

    • Freemage
      Freemage
      May 17, 2024 at 2:04 am | #

      She’s trying to do the sexy lip-bite thing. She has yet to understand that you can never TRY to do the sexy lip-bite thing; if you make the attempt consciously, it will fail.

  12. BBCC
    BBCC
    May 17, 2024 at 12:11 am | #

    Willis, please don’t torture me with those eyes in panel three if they won’t get back together.

    • Coatl
      Coatl
      May 17, 2024 at 12:14 am | #

      I share the feeling

    • saltchocolate
      saltchocolate
      May 17, 2024 at 5:11 am | #

      This

  13. JA
    JA
    May 17, 2024 at 12:12 am | #

    Ah, it’s going to be the kind of talk that even the snow hill isn’t suitable for.

  14. Chaucer59
    Chaucer59
    May 17, 2024 at 12:13 am | #

    Poor Dorothy, rocking that cleavage and Walky drags her out in the snow.

    • Miri
      Miri
      May 17, 2024 at 2:25 am | #

      I think he noticed the cleavage and decided on an outside hangout because talking without getting distracted by bOObs seemed wise, given he knew she’d get a jacket (she does remain Dorothy after all), and he is trying to be a nice, ‘asponsable dude who’s considerate of the people around him, here…

      • Adept
        Adept
        May 17, 2024 at 5:07 am | #

        It’s the only thing that makes sense to me. David is a conflicted young man right now. I think he’s trying hard to be a good person (not sure his reasoning is quite sound here), and still disturbed by how things went with Lucy.

        The fact that mum would find Dotty perfect probably doesn’t help.

  15. Versen
    Versen
    May 17, 2024 at 12:14 am | #

    Not gonna lie, that boob frame pose works 95% of the time.

  16. Queezle
    Queezle
    May 17, 2024 at 12:15 am | #

    Are there some implications in that question which are going over my head?

    • DailyBrad
      DailyBrad
      May 17, 2024 at 12:25 am | #

      I think she is again trying to fuck him, and again, Walky obviously has feelings for her and is aware of what she’s doing, but due to the Lucy situation, is not receptive to that right now.

      • Fay
        Fay
        May 17, 2024 at 4:19 am | #

        I also think Walky still cares enough for Dorothy that he might not be down for just a casual hook up. Also, I think(I hope) he’s doing some self reflection after how things ended with Lucy, and IMO getting back with his ex right now proooobably wouldn’t be a very good idea.

        • thejeff
          thejeff
          May 17, 2024 at 9:09 am | #

          I have no idea why anyone thinks Dorothy wants a casual hook up. She wants to get back together with Walky again

        • Dday
          Dday
          May 17, 2024 at 8:00 pm | #

          My interpretation is that Walky can tell there’s been an overt element of emotional desperation behind Dotty’s entreaties. She knows damn well how not classy it is to try to jump on your ex when they’re in the middle of an ambiguous, probably-breakup, Walky knows she knows. It seems like she’s been repeatedly trying to do the wrong thing as a way of, well… attacking her own self-worth.

      • Da Boy
        Da Boy
        May 17, 2024 at 7:51 am | #

        Amazing, Walky learnt how to be patient and considerate.

    • Radiance
      Radiance
      May 17, 2024 at 12:59 am | #

      “Wanna get out of here?” is usually used to mean “wanna go somewhere else so we can have sex?”

      Usually you’d be saying it when you’re at a bar or something and not when you’re already in their bedroom. Alas, Dorothy realised moments too late that her particular phrasing had left her open to a comedic smash-cut at her expense.

      • Freemage
        Freemage
        May 17, 2024 at 2:06 am | #

        Well, she probably meant, “Back to my room, where that creepy roommate of yours with boundary issues isn’t likely to make snarky comments.”

  17. Coatl
    Coatl
    May 17, 2024 at 12:19 am | #

    That look in the third panel is very misleading. But at least I took her to her favorite mountain.

    So far so good, let’s keep waiting for it to happen.

    • Coatl
      Coatl
      May 17, 2024 at 12:33 am | #

      *That look in the third panel is very misleading. But at least Walky invited her to his favorite mountain.

      So far so good, let’s keep waiting for it to happen.

      • v.gay.person
        v.gay.person
        May 17, 2024 at 2:45 am | #

        You’re not fooling anyone, Walky. I know that’s you hiding behind Sarah’s face

  18. HueSatLight
    HueSatLight
    May 17, 2024 at 12:25 am | #

    I bet the fortress of solitude is still symbolic.

  19. Marvelman
    Marvelman
    May 17, 2024 at 12:26 am | #

    Oh, Walky! Just go see Lucy already before Jacob nabs her up!

    • Adept
      Adept
      May 17, 2024 at 5:10 am | #

      The odd thing is, I never got the sense Walky is particularly attracted to Lucy. He may have realised it just too late, of course.

      • Da Boy
        Da Boy
        May 17, 2024 at 9:54 am | #

        Pretty much the reason they didn’t work out I think. Lucy was more like a… responsibility? Attempt at responsibility? Walky having this slight desire to grow up and have a mature relationship with Lucy trying to Fix Him? There wasn’t really a spark there or genuine attraction from Walky.

        • thejeff
          thejeff
          May 17, 2024 at 2:36 pm | #

          I think there was. Or at least it was growing, but it was a spark compared to Lucy’s bonfire.

          Interestingly, I think that Walky’s initial attraction has been less to each of his girlfriends in order. He was kind of overwhelmed by Dorothy even before they really talked. The attraction to Amber grew out of their garbage roof talks.

  20. Sirksome
    Sirksome
    May 17, 2024 at 12:31 am | #

    I don’t know where this is going but there is potential building for the Walkerton twins to be fucking two people that dated each other at the same time. That would be a hilarious development.

    • Drain
      Drain
      May 17, 2024 at 9:46 am | #

      Oh god imagine that double date 😭😭

  21. Suet
    Suet
    May 17, 2024 at 12:34 am | #

    At least the hill’s cleaner now.

    *plays Too Good by… Rihanna*

  22. Taffy
    Taffy
    May 17, 2024 at 12:37 am | #

    Forget cold showers, we’re on to cold towers.

    • Nymph
      Nymph
      May 17, 2024 at 12:51 am | #

      I hear cold towers are notably smaller than warm towers.

  23. Florence
    Florence
    May 17, 2024 at 12:51 am | #

    I do not think Walky has the head for anything that isn’t constantly thinking “why am I such a fuckup”

    Sorry Dorothy but the king of garbage roof is out of commission this day to help you run away from what’s bothering you

  24. EmTaya
    EmTaya
    May 17, 2024 at 12:52 am | #

    Dorothy, stop it

  25. Francoinblanco
    Francoinblanco
    May 17, 2024 at 1:00 am | #

    So how can you see what your life is worth
    Or where your value lies?
    You can never see through the eyes of man
    You must look at your life
    Look at your life through snow pile eyes

  26. Andrews
    Andrews
    May 17, 2024 at 1:24 am | #

    ‘let’s melt our way through this whole damn snow hill together baby’

  27. Vukodlak
    Vukodlak
    May 17, 2024 at 1:47 am | #

    Okay Dorothy time to pull out the big guns, tell him “I want to ride you till you see stars” due to the sliding time scale of the comic he’s probably played BG3 by now, and will get the reference.

    • Rabid Rabbit
      Rabid Rabbit
      May 17, 2024 at 3:29 am | #

      I’m pretty sure panel 2 is her pulling out the big guns, as far as she’s comfortable doing (so that she can deny that’s what she was doing if someone calls her on it).

  28. ValdVin
    ValdVin
    May 17, 2024 at 6:57 am | #

    Willis basically always collarbones. I enjoy the just-righr level of detail.

    But freckled collarbones and her pose? That’s more than I could resist.

    • Schpoonman
      Schpoonman
      May 17, 2024 at 9:25 am | #

      Panel 3 Walky is reeaaallll close to breaking

      • ValdVin
        ValdVin
        May 17, 2024 at 12:31 pm | #

        I haven’t counted the days, but Walky’s being inundated with his three girlfriends an awful lot lately.

        • CianM1301
          CianM1301
          May 17, 2024 at 2:37 pm | #

          Of all the people in the college to form a harem, I was not expecting it to be Walky.

  29. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    May 17, 2024 at 7:22 am | #

    oh, it’s Walky’s mountain of awesome again !

  30. RF
    RF
    May 17, 2024 at 7:40 am | #

    Sorry Dorothy, I think Walky has decided he needs to work on himself.

  31. Rabisch
    Rabisch
    May 17, 2024 at 7:52 am | #

    Perfect place to cool off Dorothy. Maybe they can really talk and she can stop chasing Walky every time she gets a fantasy or feels unsure about how she really feels about her best friend.

  32. Jo_cubstar
    Jo_cubstar
    May 17, 2024 at 10:50 am | #

    Just tell him you wanna have sex, Dotty

    • poofdepoof
      poofdepoof
      May 17, 2024 at 11:57 pm | #

      Oh, he knows

  33. HueSatLight
    HueSatLight
    May 17, 2024 at 11:43 am | #

    It’s like looking in a mirror, that shows you the face you made 97 days ago.

    • Mturtle7
      Mturtle7
      May 17, 2024 at 11:57 am | #

      Ooh, good catch!

  34. Yeet
    Yeet
    May 17, 2024 at 2:27 pm | #

    snowball fight or we riot

    • NGPZ
      NGPZ
      May 17, 2024 at 7:57 pm | #

      thank you very much earthling!!!! 😉

      *boots up code editor, makes a few calls and orders bulk coffee*

  35. Kazuma Taichi
    Kazuma Taichi
    May 17, 2024 at 5:39 pm | #

    Regarding the poll, I’m sitting here wanting to vote Sal or Joe TuT

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