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October 2, 2026

Showin’ up

by David M Willis on September 23, 2025 at 12:01 am
  • 01 – Not-So Smooth Criminals
└ Tags: jennifer, walky

Discussion (219) ¬

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  1. NGPZ
    NGPZ
    September 23, 2025 at 12:01 am | #

    oooooo she gettin kinky now XD

    • Whirlakitty
      Whirlakitty
      September 23, 2025 at 12:10 am | #

      Bye Walky!

      • Whirlakitty
        Whirlakitty
        September 23, 2025 at 12:11 am | #

        Oops…that was NOT supposed to be a reply to your comment.

        • Clif
          Clif
          September 24, 2025 at 12:58 am | #

          He’ll be fine as long as he doesn’t land on his head and do a Mike.

    • anon
      anon
      September 23, 2025 at 1:19 am | #

      don’t think walky is as into it as ruth tho idk if he ever actually hit her back compared to her/others

    • zaratustra
      zaratustra
      September 23, 2025 at 4:11 am | #

      there’s still a chance!

    • Theluxland
      Theluxland
      September 23, 2025 at 8:03 am | #

      kinky or kicky?

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        September 23, 2025 at 11:01 am | #

        Some Kicks are Kinky tbf.

  2. Dave Van Domelen
    Dave Van Domelen
    September 23, 2025 at 12:02 am | #

    Ah, the sibling-like love.

    • Leorale
      Leorale
      September 23, 2025 at 12:23 am | #

      It’s true! Freshman year, I kicked a 6’3″ dude off of a couch and he actually fell off. We were both surprised. I have brothers, he’s an only child — he was like, “why did you kick me?” and I was like “why did you fall??”

      • Mr D phone posting
        Mr D phone posting
        September 23, 2025 at 1:59 am | #

        The power of sibling love is the only real magic in the modern world, it turns what would be a potentially dangerous act (shoving someone off furniture) into a funny gag (trying to shove someone off furniture and then turning into an immovable object)

      • Throwatron
        Throwatron
        September 23, 2025 at 12:56 pm | #

        poor thing, it hadn’t evolved protective instincts

      • SunflowerBanjo
        SunflowerBanjo
        September 24, 2025 at 12:06 am | #

        Lmao similar thing when my very good friend (guy, only child) and I (girl, 2 brothers) were playing some form of football/keep away in a pool with some other friends. He got got the ball and seemed to think I wasn’t a threat, then I tackle-dunked him. When he resurfaced he said something along the lines of, “You must have brothers.” Still makes me laugh.

  3. Sirksome
    Sirksome
    September 23, 2025 at 12:02 am | #

    Don’t trust…..I mean damn he just got rolled. 😳

    • Deckard
      Deckard
      September 23, 2025 at 12:03 am | #

      Don’t trust top bunk beds!

      • Tan
        Tan
        September 23, 2025 at 3:58 am | #

        Semi-regular reminder that they are loft beds, not bunk beds.

        • Deckard
          Deckard
          September 23, 2025 at 8:20 am | #

          Crap…

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      September 23, 2025 at 12:19 am | #

      NEVER trust pseudo-siblings.

    • StClair
      StClair
      September 23, 2025 at 12:38 am | #

      “I trusted him like a brother, which is to say, not at all.” – Corwin of Amber

      • Arian
        Arian
        September 23, 2025 at 12:56 am | #

        Well, yes. In Corwin’s case, that was entirely reasonable. Their father really did them no favours at all, not naming an heir.

        • Pappenheimer
          Pappenheimer
          September 23, 2025 at 1:15 am | #

          That’s true, but an heir was finally chosen, entirely at random.

          • elebenty
            elebenty
            September 23, 2025 at 1:33 pm | #

            Take my upvote

          • thejeff
            thejeff
            September 23, 2025 at 7:28 pm | #

            Oh.
            I totally missed that on first glance.

      • Twinsword
        Twinsword
        September 23, 2025 at 1:15 am | #

        Favorite book mentioned! ❤

      • Slartibeast Button, BIA
        Slartibeast Button, BIA
        September 23, 2025 at 1:41 am | #

        “I am going to tell you something Benedict should have told you long ago,” I said. “Never trust a relative. It is far worse than trusting strangers. With a stranger there is a possibility that you might be safe.”

        “You really mean that, don’t you?”

        “Yes.”

        “Yourself included?”

        I smiled. “Of course it does not apply to me. I am the soul of honor, kindness, mercy, and goodness. Trust me in all things.”

        Corwin to his niece Dara

        • StClair
          StClair
          September 23, 2025 at 2:54 am | #

          A lesson she took very much to heart, as I recall.

      • polerin
        polerin
        September 23, 2025 at 4:53 pm | #

        sheesus that was an unexpected pull. Very nice

  4. Nono
    Nono
    September 23, 2025 at 12:02 am | #

    The McNuggets boxes nooo

    • Folus
      Folus
      September 23, 2025 at 2:08 am | #

      I’d prolly be more concerned about agitating the nugs still being digested..

      • Rose by Any other Name
        Rose by Any other Name
        September 23, 2025 at 1:09 pm | #

        Nobody wants agitated nugs.

        • Clif
          Clif
          September 24, 2025 at 1:01 am | #

          It’s okay. It’s not her floor.

  5. Kyulen
    Kyulen
    September 23, 2025 at 12:02 am | #

    Walky’s not wrong, but this might not have been the right time to tell Billifer that.

    • Odo
      Odo
      September 23, 2025 at 12:18 am | #

      I am trying to parse whether her response is “We are siblings and I don’t take that sort of lip without hitting you” or “You crossed a line and touched a nerve. I am legitimately pissed off”.

      I am not thinking of a reason why Jennifer would be taking this more seriously than any other Walky snark, but her expression in panel 4 looks particularly enraged.

      • ZombieKyrik
        ZombieKyrik
        September 23, 2025 at 12:24 am | #

        Pretty sure it’s the first one; this is sibling behavior at it’s peak.

        • DashWallkick
          DashWallkick
          September 23, 2025 at 8:27 am | #

          Yeah, it’s the first one. He’s grateful for her comfort and support, but he can’t help but Walky things by bombing them for a joke antagonizing her cause it’s comfortable for him. Jennifer retaliates like any older sister would — “You mother *fucker!*” and hitting him.

      • Niklarean
        Niklarean
        September 23, 2025 at 12:33 am | #

        I’m thinking the answer is “Both”

      • Ophidiophile
        Ophidiophile
        September 23, 2025 at 3:10 am | #

        Jennifer likes to think that she can solve other people’s problems. Walky is saying the opposite.

      • Daibhid C
        Daibhid C
        September 23, 2025 at 9:49 am | #

        My personal experience is that it’s very easy to actually offend and enrage a sibling you’ve been teasing for years, and not always easy to understand what the difference is.

      • Caro
        Caro
        September 23, 2025 at 10:37 am | #

        That’s what I was thinking- she looks particularly angry and she’s getting the page focus, Walky isn’t ‘comically blown out of frame’ so much as his feet are a prop here

    • Envy
      Envy
      September 23, 2025 at 4:41 am | #

      There’s comfort in familiarity, and what’s more familiar than pissing off your sibling?

  6. Yumi
    Yumi
    September 23, 2025 at 12:02 am | #

    Wow, Walky died in my birthday comic.

    • Jo_cubstar
      Jo_cubstar
      September 23, 2025 at 12:03 am | #

      Happy birthday 🍰

    • Decidedly Orthogonal
      Decidedly Orthogonal
      September 23, 2025 at 12:03 am | #

      Happy Birthday Yumi

    • Laura
      Laura
      September 23, 2025 at 12:07 am | #

      🥳🕯🎊🎉🎈🎂🎁🍰
      Wishing you a year of hope and promise!

    • NGPZ
      NGPZ
      September 23, 2025 at 12:07 am | #

      Happy Birthday to you!
      The world is a zoo!
      We wish you a great party!
      And some sweet presents too!

      🥳 🪅 🎉 🎂 🎈 🎊 🎁

    • True Survivor
      True Survivor
      September 23, 2025 at 12:37 am | #

      Happy Birthday, Yumi.
      May you have cake. May it be Yumi.
      In the sense of pun and not cannibalism.
      Dang it. None of these lines rhyme…ism

    • Drew Hargrave
      Drew Hargrave
      September 23, 2025 at 2:53 am | #

      Happy birthday! Mine is very soon too. Can’t wait to see what I get for mine

    • Miri
      Miri
      September 23, 2025 at 7:14 am | #

      Happy birthday!

    • Sirksome
      Sirksome
      September 23, 2025 at 7:54 am | #

      Yo! Happy Birthday!

    • Daibhid C
      Daibhid C
      September 23, 2025 at 9:52 am | #

      Wow, Walky died in your birthday comic,
      It must have been something he said,
      He should have walkied away,
      He should have walkied away.

      (I don’t know why that came into my head, but happy birthday.)

    • Clif
      Clif
      September 24, 2025 at 1:04 am | #

      Happy Birthday, and may Walky die on your birthday every year onward.

  7. Decidedly Orthogonal
    Decidedly Orthogonal
    September 23, 2025 at 12:02 am | #

    Walky dropping truth bombs… at terrible moments. He’ll be okay. If he survives the landing.

    • drs
      drs
      September 23, 2025 at 12:39 am | #

      Billie dropping Walky bombs.

      • Rose by Any other Name
        Rose by Any other Name
        September 23, 2025 at 1:12 pm | #

        “Walky bombs” sound like what he’ll be dropping a certain number of hours after eating all those mcnuggets.

  8. not someone else
    not someone else
    September 23, 2025 at 12:02 am | #

    Ow.

  9. Jo_cubstar
    Jo_cubstar
    September 23, 2025 at 12:02 am | #

    Did she kick him off the top bunk?!

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      September 23, 2025 at 12:04 am | #

      Man’s 78% McNugget by mass right now, he’ll either bounce or just leave a very greasy stain.

    • StClair
      StClair
      September 23, 2025 at 12:52 am | #

      also, it’s not a bunk.

      • Jon
        Jon
        September 23, 2025 at 1:20 am | #

        Are you debunking this?

        • Steamweed
          Steamweed
          September 23, 2025 at 6:00 am | #

          Either the humor is lofty or it’s all bunk.

      • Nymph
        Nymph
        September 23, 2025 at 4:47 am | #

        “I’ll be in my bunk loft bed.”

        • Steamweed
          Steamweed
          September 23, 2025 at 6:01 am | #

          Paladins and Sickos ain’t fightin’ much now. New fight: Bunkers vs Lofters??

          • Nymph
            Nymph
            September 23, 2025 at 7:22 am | #

            Nah, the last fight made the comments unfuckingbearable over something equally silly and seemingly harmless. I’m not falling for it twice.

            • Clif
              Clif
              September 24, 2025 at 1:05 am | #

              Odd you should mention falling for it.

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      September 23, 2025 at 1:48 am | #

      When we next cut back to Jen we’re going to be seeing her contact Ruth to help her hide a suspiciously Walky shaped trashbag

  10. Steve
    Steve
    September 23, 2025 at 12:03 am | #

    Gotta tell you, this is going in a very different direction than Yotomoe’s fan fiction.

    • Amara
      Amara
      September 23, 2025 at 12:06 am | #

      It’s jennifer. Just cuz it’s getting violent does NOT preclude it getting romantic. If anything, physical altercations really is the best way to warm up before a passionate session.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      September 23, 2025 at 12:24 am | #

      You’re right. I shoulda included more violence. Clearly a characterization issue on my part 😛

      • Steamweed
        Steamweed
        September 23, 2025 at 6:02 am | #

        Ooh? (*Booster-style perking up of interest) Where does one find this fanfic? AO3, perhaps?

        • digitrev
          digitrev
          September 23, 2025 at 6:12 am | #

          It’s a fancomic hosted on imgchest: https://imgchest.com/p/qb4znodr34j

          • deliverything
            deliverything
            September 23, 2025 at 6:57 am | #

            Warning: very definitely NSFW.
            Lack of violence aside, though, the characterization feels impressively accurate.

    • Bryy
      Bryy
      September 23, 2025 at 1:06 am | #

      ok is everyone reading that?

      • ZombieKyrik
        ZombieKyrik
        September 23, 2025 at 1:08 am | #

        Only the horny trash goblins like myself.

        • Tawnee
          Tawnee
          September 23, 2025 at 1:29 am | #

          There are dozens of us!

        • deliverything
          deliverything
          September 23, 2025 at 3:25 am | #

          No, this non-horny trash goblin read it too. The sex doesn’t stop it being funny.

    • John Campbell
      John Campbell
      September 23, 2025 at 8:58 am | #

      Reminder that the Billie/Ruth thing started with Billie trying to punch Ruth, and Ruth throwing her across the room.

  11. Wraithy2773
    Wraithy2773
    September 23, 2025 at 12:03 am | #

    No, Walky, usually that’s what happens when *you* start talking.

    Case in point.

    • apricot
      apricot
      September 23, 2025 at 12:08 am | #

      two things can be true

  12. Staszu13
    Staszu13
    September 23, 2025 at 12:04 am | #

    No lie detected

  13. Mel
    Mel
    September 23, 2025 at 12:05 am | #

    Letting her take the inside spot was a rookie move, Walkerton

    • Steamweed
      Steamweed
      September 23, 2025 at 6:03 am | #

      He’ll learn. Eventually. If he doesn’t die from the fall.

    • Owlmirror
      Owlmirror
      September 23, 2025 at 11:53 am | #

      If Walky had been on the inside, she could have done a scooping lift and rolling fling.

      • Mel
        Mel
        September 23, 2025 at 12:17 pm | #

        The only winning play is to keep the high ground for yourself

    • ScienceOfFantasy
      ScienceOfFantasy
      September 23, 2025 at 2:33 pm | #

      I’ll take being dropkicked to the floor over getting my head basketballed against the wall any day

  14. jeffepp
    jeffepp
    September 23, 2025 at 12:05 am | #

    Billie’s next appearance: Walking back to her room in Walkie’s hoody. Just the hoody.

  15. Bagge
    Bagge
    September 23, 2025 at 12:06 am | #

    Of course, Walky wouldn’t know anything about making things worse by talking.

    • StClair
      StClair
      September 23, 2025 at 12:53 am | #

      Yeah, that was my second thought.

      • Slartibeast Button, BIA
        Slartibeast Button, BIA
        September 23, 2025 at 1:44 am | #

        Appropriate Avatar is appropriate.

  16. Dot
    Dot
    September 23, 2025 at 12:06 am | #

    These two are great. More of this!

  17. Switchchris
    Switchchris
    September 23, 2025 at 12:06 am | #

    oof…. that is a high fall that he looks to be landing on his neck/upper back, if not on his head… could be a bad injury for Billie to regret giving to him.

  18. JA
    JA
    September 23, 2025 at 12:07 am | #

    On the upside, Walky seems to be back to normal?

    • JA
      JA
      September 23, 2025 at 12:08 am | #

      Ahh yiss, got Dina.

      • Casi
        Casi
        September 23, 2025 at 1:09 pm | #

        new grav roulette? Or am i still leslie

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      September 23, 2025 at 1:49 am | #

      He’s good at seeming that way

  19. darkoneko
    darkoneko
    September 23, 2025 at 12:08 am | #

    LOL

  20. NGPZ
    NGPZ
    September 23, 2025 at 12:08 am | #

    oh yeah Rosh Hashanah to fellow Jews here! 🍷🍎🍯

    • Dot
      Dot
      September 23, 2025 at 12:16 am | #

      Shanah Tovah!

      • Leorale
        Leorale
        September 23, 2025 at 12:25 am | #

        Shanah tova! May you be inscribed in the Book of Life, with cool pictures and everything

        • esolo
          esolo
          September 23, 2025 at 12:36 am | #

          I hope I’ve got a cool sword in my picture.

    • StClair
      StClair
      September 23, 2025 at 12:43 am | #

      Willis re… skeeted? a great one, IMO:
      “It’s a Beautiful Day to Yell at God”

      • Nymph
        Nymph
        September 23, 2025 at 4:49 am | #

        Sorry I did all my yelling at the sky two days ago during the eclipse.

    • kaleido
      kaleido
      September 23, 2025 at 3:19 am | #

      shanah tovah, metukah, v’chofshi! a good, sweet, Free year!

  21. tim gueguen
    tim gueguen
    September 23, 2025 at 12:09 am | #

    Walky with martial arts training would probably not be a good idea. Especially if his teacher was Genma Saotome. Of course that can be said of anyone unfortunate enough to train with Genma Saotome.

    • Rose by Any other Name
      Rose by Any other Name
      September 23, 2025 at 1:19 pm | #

      Just gonna point out that “It’s Walky” is primarily about Walky having martial arts training and fighting using said training. Also super strength. So it being a good idea, while debatable, is easily tested by reading those archives and judging for oneself.

  22. Jason
    Jason
    September 23, 2025 at 12:10 am | #

    kicked that man right out of frame

    hesoutoflinebuthe’sright dot jpeg

  23. RassilonTDavros
    RassilonTDavros
    September 23, 2025 at 12:11 am | #

    Aaaah, there’s the ol’ Billie we all know and love.

  24. Jude Deluca
    Jude Deluca
    September 23, 2025 at 12:13 am | #

    WALKY NO BAKA!

    …well SOMEONE was gonna do it after that tag

    • Rose by Any other Name
      Rose by Any other Name
      September 23, 2025 at 1:20 pm | #

      I came down into the comments to hunt for Ranma 1/2 references, and I have not been disappointed.

      Yapapa yapapa ii shan ten.

  25. Mark Sebree
    Mark Sebree
    September 23, 2025 at 12:13 am | #

    Well, Akane usually prefers hammers when dealing with Ranma. Usually pulled out of nowhere.

    (Yes, I have the entire boxed sets of the anime series “Ranma 1/2”)

    • Jeff K!
      Jeff K!
      September 23, 2025 at 12:27 am | #

      Got a shelf full of the whole manga. My kid read it like four times when they were nine.

    • darkoneko
      darkoneko
      September 23, 2025 at 3:16 am | #

      (me tooooooo)

    • Sharizard
      Sharizard
      September 23, 2025 at 8:29 am | #

      I feel in retrospect that the hammers were barely a thing. I reread the whole manga recently and they don’t really show up.

      • Rose by Any other Name
        Rose by Any other Name
        September 23, 2025 at 1:22 pm | #

        They’re more a bit in the anime.

  26. Queen Anthai
    Queen Anthai
    September 23, 2025 at 12:14 am | #

    OFF THE TOP ROPE!

  27. ZombieKyrik
    ZombieKyrik
    September 23, 2025 at 12:14 am | #

    Walky you were doing so well, but I suppose it is a sibling thing. I’ve never literally kicked one of my siblings out of bed, but it falls under the right category of sibling actions.

  28. IntangibleMatter
    IntangibleMatter
    September 23, 2025 at 12:14 am | #

    RUN, RUN LIKE THE WIND, WALKY!

    • BarerMender
      BarerMender
      September 23, 2025 at 4:27 am | #

      Pull her half off the bed and give her a punch in the liver, Walky. If you’re able to stand up.

      • deliverything
        deliverything
        September 23, 2025 at 7:13 am | #

        Walky’s punches are nothing to what her liver’s already survived.

    • Astariel
      Astariel
      September 23, 2025 at 10:34 am | #

      After 137 McNuggets?

      • hatman
        hatman
        September 23, 2025 at 10:48 am | #

        Run with the wind.

        From his tootin’ bottom.

        • Tan
          Tan
          September 23, 2025 at 10:26 pm | #

          Wind AND the runs? In this economy??

  29. cbwroses
    cbwroses
    September 23, 2025 at 12:20 am | #

    I assume this will be violence played for laughs with no actual consequences.

    But it would be interesting if he actually got hurt, and then is seen by Joyce and/or Dorothy the next day and, unaware of what actually happened, they think they’re partially to blame (like he was heartbroken and wasn’t paying attention to what he was doing).

  30. Thing 2
    Thing 2
    September 23, 2025 at 12:20 am | #

    Suplex a ‘brother’

  31. Deanatay
    Deanatay
    September 23, 2025 at 12:22 am | #

    Can confirm accurate sibling behavior.

  32. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    September 23, 2025 at 12:23 am | #

    God she’s so hot.

    • ZombieKyrik
      ZombieKyrik
      September 23, 2025 at 12:26 am | #

      She’s also crazy; which may be a bonus depending on how you look at it.

      Crazy people have the most fun in bed; sometimes that means sexy times, and sometimes it means shenanigans.

    • Taffy
      Taffy
      September 23, 2025 at 12:45 am | #

      Top 5 for sure.

  33. Thing 2
    Thing 2
    September 23, 2025 at 12:24 am | #

    Y’know, as far as I recall, Dorothy declared the relationship with Walky to be non-serious, for funsies (tho she may have muddied the waters since). And no discussion has been had about seriousness in the last couple of days, that we have seen. So Walky may have taken her at her word on that.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      September 23, 2025 at 4:11 am | #

      She did, but then feelings happened.

    • Rabid Rabbit
      Rabid Rabbit
      September 23, 2025 at 6:23 am | #

      She said that, and reiterated it to her parents.
      Then she said “I love you” to him.
      Then she dumped him for the sake of her grades.
      Then they got kidnapped, and Mike died, and a new semester started, and eventaully she boned him because she really needed to bone someone, and —

      Anyway, just saying that Dorothy probably can’t be held to that declaration anymore.

      Just saying

    • Big Z
      Big Z
      September 23, 2025 at 8:24 am | #

      I was looking back at some other stuff and wandered into the middle of the long section where Dorothy told Walky they were on pause, didn’t even last a day before she ran back and seduced him, and they’ve both said “I love you” to each other at this point.

      And it’s notable that when that “pause” happened, Walky’s reaction was almost exactly the same: binge-eating, performatively declaring his newfound freedom to be a trash gremlin… and immediately falling back into her arms and being sweet to her when the opportunity came up. See for example here for them BOTH being lovey.

      Unless Walky is a complete idiot (which he is demonstrably not), he’s well aware that what Dorothy says and what Dorothy actually feels are quite often not the same thing, as he’s been on the receiving end of that multiple times now.

      • Daibhid C
        Daibhid C
        September 23, 2025 at 9:59 am | #

        Yes to this, but I’d also add that, as far as I recall, Dotty has never backtracked on that declaration of love. It’s always been “I love you and I have some reason why that means I can’t date you somehow.”

        • Big Z
          Big Z
          September 23, 2025 at 12:03 pm | #

          Yup, and almost always that reason has 0% to do with Walky and what Walky wants and 100% to do with whatever Dorothy THINKS she wants in a given moment — in her own trauma-infused way, she’s always been almost as flighty as Joyce can be.

      • Odo
        Odo
        September 23, 2025 at 3:59 pm | #

        It’s interesting how Walky’s response to Dorothy in that strip was basically exactly the same as Joe’s

        “I just want you to do everything you wanna do”

        “I just want you to have what you want”

        On one hand, kinda sweet and romantic. On the other hand obviously an immature management of the young love dopamine rush. You don’t build a functional relationship off of one sided worship… and dopamine only carries you so far.

        • thejeff
          thejeff
          September 23, 2025 at 6:57 pm | #

          Somehow it bothers me less when it’s “so I’ll try to make it easy for you to break up with me, if that’s what you need” than when it’s “I know you’ve chosen her over me, but maybe we can stay together too?”

          • Clif
            Clif
            September 24, 2025 at 1:16 am | #

            If you believe that love is a conserved quantity, then you should be bothered. If you believe that someone loving someone more doesn’t mean that they love you any less than they did before, it’s another matter entirely.

            • thejeff
              thejeff
              September 24, 2025 at 9:11 am | #

              That’s not what bothers me about it.
              Like Odo said it feels like one sided worship. Like he’ll do anything to stay with her, at least partly. Like it’s low self-esteem driving it rather anything healthier.
              “I don’t get to feel jealous”.

    • Thing 2
      Thing 2
      September 23, 2025 at 7:38 pm | #

      Yeah, I know, muddied waters and all that. But fuck-buddies is a thing. It was even a thing in the 70s, but just not called that. And how much store does Walky set by ‘love’, other than being chary of the word himself?
      Anyway, intersting story, someone I know was in a fuck-buddy relationship and they has arranged to meet at a cafe, one to say that they had met someone they wanted to date so the fuck-buddy relationship was off, thank you very much it was great and you are a lovely person, the other to say they had gradually come to the point where they wanted to change the fuck-buddy relationship into dating and get serious. Dreadful timing. The incident was very much like a DoA plotline. It left a puzzled wait-staffer holding a second cup of coffee, frozen, mid delivery as a punch line!

  34. Shakes
    Shakes
    September 23, 2025 at 12:25 am | #

    Time to listen to Alice and return Billie to the cast.

  35. Dedlok
    Dedlok
    September 23, 2025 at 12:27 am | #

    Not the nuggets! Leave them out of this! They are innocent!

    • ZombieKyrik
      ZombieKyrik
      September 23, 2025 at 12:47 am | #

      Pretty sure those are empty boxes; Walky is nothing if not efficient when it comes to unhealthy food choices.

      • CianM1301
        CianM1301
        September 23, 2025 at 3:44 am | #

        He only ate 238/250 McNuggets, there’s still 13 potential victims unaccounted for.

        • Miri
          Miri
          September 23, 2025 at 7:17 am | #

          12…

          • CianM1301
            CianM1301
            September 23, 2025 at 7:25 am | #

            Oh, whoops, bad math. Although they sometimes accidentally include an extra nugget or two in those big boxes, so there’s a chance it may be 13…

            • Clif
              Clif
              September 24, 2025 at 1:19 am | #

              If Schrodinger’s cat and Walky’s McNugget walked into a bar …

  36. Heavensrun
    Heavensrun
    September 23, 2025 at 12:28 am | #

    And that’s how Walky died.

    • Slartibeast Button, BIA
      Slartibeast Button, BIA
      September 23, 2025 at 1:46 am | #

      Coroner rules it was Macnugget poisoning, the head trauma was just a contributing factor.

  37. Reaver
    Reaver
    September 23, 2025 at 12:28 am | #

    He’s not wrong though…

  38. Suet
    Suet
    September 23, 2025 at 12:29 am | #

    Walky giveth and Walky taketh

    surely there’s fall damage here

  39. Ruby/AGV
    Ruby/AGV
    September 23, 2025 at 12:36 am | #

    *Smash Bros knockout SFX*
    “GAME!”

  40. Taffy
    Taffy
    September 23, 2025 at 12:38 am | #

    Fuckin’ got his ass.

    More of this, please. I love Billie beating the crap out of people.

    • Olofa
      Olofa
      September 23, 2025 at 3:30 am | #

      Avatar checks out

      • Taffy
        Taffy
        September 23, 2025 at 5:02 am | #

        As always.

        • Nymph
          Nymph
          September 23, 2025 at 7:27 am | #

          Listen, I’m not usually into conspiracy theories, but I actually have one about you. Your avatars are almost always on point for the story, for the comments you’re making, or for the media you’ve been consuming recently. It’s eerie how often they match up.

          I think you’re making them yourself and using them when you think it’s funny to do so but I can’t fuckin’ prove it. So, for now, you walk free.

          • Taffy
            Taffy
            September 23, 2025 at 5:22 pm | #

            I’ll never tell the secret.

            • Clif
              Clif
              September 24, 2025 at 1:22 am | #

              No, no. Taffy’s avatar has always been this. You can go back in the archives and check.

  41. brionl
    brionl
    September 23, 2025 at 12:40 am | #

    Oh great. Now Billie has Akane’s voice.

  42. Coatl
    Coatl
    September 23, 2025 at 12:40 am | #

    Heh…Walky doesn’t lie

  43. CinnamonToastBun
    CinnamonToastBun
    September 23, 2025 at 12:42 am | #

    Say Ranma things; win Ranma prizes.

    • John Campbell
      John Campbell
      September 23, 2025 at 9:05 am | #

      I guess the trans-Walky crew will be happy next time Walky gets some gender fluid on him.

      (I suppose technically it’s sex fluid, because Ranma’s gender doesn’t change when he’s a girl, but that sounds way dirtier.)

      ((It’s the rain.))

      • Rose by Any other Name
        Rose by Any other Name
        September 23, 2025 at 1:28 pm | #

        I feel like there was an arc or an OAV or something that explored Ranma beginning to identify in a more female fashion when in his female body. But it has also been two decades since I last watched Ranma 1/2, so my memory is fuzzy at best.

        Except for the season 1 opening credits, which I can still sing (or type, as noted in a thread above) from memory.

        • Rose by Any other Name
          Rose by Any other Name
          September 23, 2025 at 1:30 pm | #

          … although the thing with the opening credits might be a trauma response from the Ranma Marathon fundraiser….

      • Clif
        Clif
        September 24, 2025 at 1:24 am | #

        It’s the rain. — Have a damned Internet.

  44. Ray Radlein
    Ray Radlein
    September 23, 2025 at 12:43 am | #

    Nature is healing

  45. maneyan
    maneyan
    September 23, 2025 at 12:48 am | #

    Where’s the lie though?

    • Clif
      Clif
      September 24, 2025 at 1:25 am | #

      Being right should be a comfort as the floor accelerates towards you.

  46. Shiro
    Shiro
    September 23, 2025 at 12:59 am | #

    I can’t decide whether the ideal onomatopoeia for the last panel is something short and punchy like WHAP or something multi-syllabic and detailed like COMEDIC RETRIBUTION

  47. Doopyboop
    Doopyboop
    September 23, 2025 at 1:04 am | #

    Putting those cheerleader skills to good use!

  48. Björn
    Björn
    September 23, 2025 at 1:04 am | #

    “RANMA NO BAKA!”

  49. Zamperla
    Zamperla
    September 23, 2025 at 1:05 am | #

    He’s not. WRONG. She did show up, call him ugly, and justify not trying to reach out to him in more serious circumstances. Unwise to do while in arms reach of her, but. It’s Walky ™. He’s gonna go for the dumb gag.

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      September 23, 2025 at 1:07 am | #

      He’s CLEARLY wrong. Look how easily he got debunked.

      • StClair
        StClair
        September 23, 2025 at 1:11 am | #

        that was terrible.
        +10 points for you.

      • ZombieKyrik
        ZombieKyrik
        September 23, 2025 at 1:51 am | #

        Well played.

      • Steamweed
        Steamweed
        September 23, 2025 at 6:05 am | #

        This is lofty humor. Good show!

      • Miri
        Miri
        September 23, 2025 at 7:18 am | #

        I needed the bad pun. Thank you!

      • deliverything
        deliverything
        September 23, 2025 at 8:04 am | #

        You know what? In honour of that, and in case anyone has use for it, here’s a reaction image:
        https://imgchest.com/p/bp45qgzvn45
        Feel free to use it in emphasis of future debunkings.

      • Dave
        Dave
        September 23, 2025 at 8:57 am | #

        Willis it’s not too late to make this the title of the strip

  50. Woop de doop
    Woop de doop
    September 23, 2025 at 1:13 am | #

    She deserved that sting. Worth getting kicked off the bed I suppose.

    • Woop de doop
      Woop de doop
      September 23, 2025 at 1:16 am | #

      But I did think she was actually gonna reflect on her error rather than get violent. Eh it’s Billie. I hoped for too much.

  51. Bryy
    Bryy
    September 23, 2025 at 1:14 am | #

    I love how this comic treads nuance into situations where they is very clearly a wrong side.

  52. twiz
    twiz
    September 23, 2025 at 3:12 am | #

    Sometimes the truth hurts… this time, it hurt Walky.

  53. ADLegend21
    ADLegend21
    September 23, 2025 at 3:39 am | #

    oh, he ded.

  54. CianM1301
    CianM1301
    September 23, 2025 at 3:40 am | #

    See, I’m more worried that the impact of hitting the ground with that many McNuggets inside him will cause Walky to:
    A) projectile vomit all over the room,
    B) crap his pants, or
    C) both at the same time.

    • Proxiehunter
      Proxiehunter
      September 23, 2025 at 5:50 pm | #

      D) Onto Jennifer.

      • Clif
        Clif
        September 24, 2025 at 1:28 am | #

        Unlikely. Jenifer is too lofty for that.

  55. YourCousinJay
    YourCousinJay
    September 23, 2025 at 5:01 am | #

    One way or another those Nuggets are going to exit Walky’s body sooner than later

    Also great form from Billifer

  56. Steamweed
    Steamweed
    September 23, 2025 at 5:57 am | #

    Walky knows a thing or two about talkin’ and makin’ things worse.

    • Clif
      Clif
      September 24, 2025 at 1:29 am | #

      Danny could take lessons.

  57. Rabid Rabbit
    Rabid Rabbit
    September 23, 2025 at 6:28 am | #

    I do love Jennifer in the first two panels. Those little smiles. She looks — happy. What she could be if she wasn’t, well, her.

    That being said, she definitely deserved panel 3. And Walky just as definitely deserved panel 4.

    And when I showed up here, the banner gave me 7 Booster faces. Which seemed extremely appropriate.

  58. Micki
    Micki
    September 23, 2025 at 8:12 am | #

    Wow, she kicked him out of panel! Impressive. 😂

  59. Sirksome
    Sirksome
    September 23, 2025 at 8:25 am | #

    This moment will affect the Dumbing of Age power rankings.

    • nadamás
      nadamás
      September 23, 2025 at 3:07 pm | #

      Dina is of course always at the top

  60. Sharizard
    Sharizard
    September 23, 2025 at 8:28 am | #

    “Ran- i mean Walky, you jerk!”

    “Grrr, i hate boys!”

    Yeah, i’m pretty sure every Akane line out there could be said by Jennifer.

    • deliverything
      deliverything
      September 23, 2025 at 8:55 am | #

      To quote Kasumi: “She’s really a very sweet girl. She’s just a violent maniac.”

  61. tunasammich
    tunasammich
    September 23, 2025 at 8:42 am | #

    The truth hurts

  62. superglucose
    superglucose
    September 23, 2025 at 8:58 am | #

    It’s true, Jennifer: you fucking suck and you’ve fucking sucked forever except for the brief moment you were dating Ruth where you managed to only mostly suck.

  63. Circeus
    Circeus
    September 23, 2025 at 9:07 am | #

    Walky forgot that only people who are trying to get into her pants are allowed to talk to Billie like that

  64. Wendy
    Wendy
    September 23, 2025 at 9:15 am | #

    Re: the latest poll: ¿¿por qué no los dos??

  65. Kenny Williams
    Kenny Williams
    September 23, 2025 at 9:50 am | #

    And now Walky is dead from head injury and Billie gets kicked out and under trail for manslaughter. Oh wait. Cartoon. Nvm.

  66. Astariel
    Astariel
    September 23, 2025 at 10:43 am | #

    Oooh, that’s gonna be messy. I assume that once Walky hits the ground he’s going to start spewing semi-digested McNuggets from multiple orifices.

    • hatman
      hatman
      September 23, 2025 at 10:44 am | #

      I didn’t know you could SWEAT semi-digested McNuggets

      • Big Z
        Big Z
        September 23, 2025 at 12:04 pm | #

        Skill issue.

  67. thumb
    thumb
    September 23, 2025 at 12:17 pm | #

    Walky finding ways to motivate himself getting out of bed

  68. Seralyna
    Seralyna
    September 23, 2025 at 12:38 pm | #

    the alt text comparison that this is just exactly a ranma bit is extremely smart

  69. Jennifer Bak
    Jennifer Bak
    September 23, 2025 at 2:04 pm | #

    Akane?! Wow, haven’t read those in years. Still have all my manga. Maybe I should reread?

  70. mindbleach
    mindbleach
    September 23, 2025 at 3:16 pm | #

    Head cheerleader, problem solver.

    Immediately grabs the headboard for leverage.

  71. ElderlyMarxist
    ElderlyMarxist
    September 23, 2025 at 4:01 pm | #

    tbf he’s not actually wrong. do love their sibling-like constant fighting relationship though 🙂

  72. Alan in DC
    Alan in DC
    September 23, 2025 at 4:13 pm | #

    Was it ever explained anywhere if Jennifer is an only child, or if she had siblings?
    They must have been thrilled when she got the hell out of the house and headed off to college.

    • anon
      anon
      September 23, 2025 at 6:21 pm | #

      given what we heard of her parents they porlly don’t even notice/sal and walky were mrore her siblings

  73. Jernacious
    Jernacious
    September 23, 2025 at 4:29 pm | #

    Delicious. Finally some violence on Walky.

    • anon
      anon
      September 23, 2025 at 6:21 pm | #

      i’m sure he’s got hurt before but the brunt of it is mostly from biliefer

  74. Yeet
    Yeet
    September 23, 2025 at 7:06 pm | #

    something you have in common with her, walky

  75. Heavensrun
    Heavensrun
    September 23, 2025 at 7:16 pm | #

    Also was not expecting to find a Ranma 1/2 reference!

    Watch the remake, it’s great, Season 2 is hitting soon.

    • Rowen Morland
      Rowen Morland
      September 23, 2025 at 9:52 pm | #

      It wasn’t quite what i was expecting. Maybe more of a product of its time than I had thought it would be.

  76. Lightweight Baybee
    Lightweight Baybee
    September 23, 2025 at 9:55 pm | #

    on my soul this is probably the hottest billie has ever looked

  77. J Con
    J Con
    September 23, 2025 at 11:05 pm | #

    Yapapa yapapa

  78. Stormtide Leviathan
    Stormtide Leviathan
    September 24, 2025 at 1:00 pm | #

    I see there were multiple reasons for Jennifer to not block the exit. Real forward-thinking

  79. Barf Ninjason
    Barf Ninjason
    September 25, 2025 at 1:47 am | #

    As the illiterate children say, “where’s the lie?”

  80. Shinji16
    Shinji16
    September 25, 2025 at 6:32 pm | #

    No lies detected

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