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Doublechecking

by David M Willis on December 11, 2018 at 12:01 am
  • 02 - But the Sun Still Shines
└ Tags: joyce, walky

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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    December 11, 2018 at 12:02 am | #

    Pickin’ butts sounds like a good time for all tho!

    • butts
      butts
      December 11, 2018 at 1:05 am | #

      who, me???

      • Clif
        Clif
        December 11, 2018 at 8:18 am | #

        Remember the rule:

        You can pick your friends,
        You can pick your butt,
        But you can’t pick your friend , Butts.

        • Clif
          Clif
          December 11, 2018 at 8:30 am | #

          Or something like that.

  2. TooOldToBeCool
    TooOldToBeCool
    December 11, 2018 at 12:03 am | #

    He likes big butts and he cannot lie.

    • LeslieBean4Shizzle
      LeslieBean4Shizzle
      December 11, 2018 at 12:52 am | #

      You other brothers can’t deny

      • Kris
        Kris
        December 11, 2018 at 2:53 am | #

        When a female enters his vicinity with a proportionately thin mid section, yet also a significantly large hip circumference in ratio to said thin midsection he gets sexually aroused!

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      December 11, 2018 at 8:31 am | #

      Dat ‘thicc Dorothy’ butt

  3. jeffepp
    jeffepp
    December 11, 2018 at 12:03 am | #

    Smooth and cool.

  4. shadowcell
    shadowcell
    December 11, 2018 at 12:04 am | #

    Dumbing of Age Book 9: Butt Lineup

    • AntJ
      AntJ
      December 11, 2018 at 12:06 am | #

      Storyline 02 – Butt The Sun Still Shines

      • Koms
        Koms
        December 11, 2018 at 12:38 am | #

        And i thought the sun didn’t shine there

        • SgtWadeyWilson
          SgtWadeyWilson
          December 11, 2018 at 2:16 pm | #

          The sun doesn’t shine there, but the sun still shines… in the summertime.

      • DarkoNeko
        DarkoNeko
        December 11, 2018 at 1:58 am | #

        Storyline 03 : Everything butt the rain

        • Clif
          Clif
          December 11, 2018 at 8:22 am | #

          Something about the rain outlining who our butts are?

    • butting
      butting
      December 11, 2018 at 12:33 am | #

      Me an’ Butts approve, even if we’re slightly nervous.

      • butts
        butts
        December 11, 2018 at 1:04 am | #

        i’m not nervous

    • Keulen
      Keulen
      December 11, 2018 at 2:27 am | #

      Dumbing of Age Book 9: Oh, It’s You

      • Ana Chronistic
        Ana Chronistic
        December 11, 2018 at 1:02 pm | #

        Dumbing of Age Book 9: Good, Good

  5. Agemegos
    Agemegos
    December 11, 2018 at 12:04 am | #

    Walky keeps it classy.

    • butts
      butts
      December 11, 2018 at 1:09 am | #

      clbuttic joke

  6. Arawn
    Arawn
    December 11, 2018 at 12:04 am | #

    As long as you’re not picking your butt. That’d be gross.

    But that butt, over there, I’d pick that.

    • butts
      butts
      December 11, 2018 at 1:04 am | #

      i’d pick that ass (and mine out valuable minerals)

  7. tim gueguen
    tim gueguen
    December 11, 2018 at 12:04 am | #

    Don’t worry, Walky. The majority of US police forces stopped using butt lineups back in the mid ’70s.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      December 11, 2018 at 12:06 am | #

      NYPD Blue really ruined that for everyone.

      • Reltzik
        Reltzik
        December 11, 2018 at 5:17 am | #

        Someone always has to be an ass.

  8. Afterword
    Afterword
    December 11, 2018 at 12:04 am | #

    “Butt number 5 stabbed my sister.”

    • Kinoko
      Kinoko
      December 11, 2018 at 11:49 am | #

      I’m glad someone else instantly thought this.

  9. Yumi
    Yumi
    December 11, 2018 at 12:04 am | #

    Ayy, I get the hovertext reference today.

    • Kyrik Michalowski
      Kyrik Michalowski
      December 11, 2018 at 12:05 am | #

      I do not, care to explain?

      • Yumi
        Yumi
        December 11, 2018 at 12:06 am | #

        https://youtu.be/ffyKY3Dj5ZE

        • Questionor
          Questionor
          December 11, 2018 at 12:08 am | #

          omg I forgot about that

        • Kyrik Michalowski
          Kyrik Michalowski
          December 11, 2018 at 12:09 am | #

          Ahhh, thank you very much. I now understand.

        • Doctor_Who
          Doctor_Who
          December 11, 2018 at 12:09 am | #

          Still my favorite cold open for that show.

    • Siddif
      Siddif
      December 11, 2018 at 9:25 am | #

      I came to say this too. Obviously much too late.

  10. Kyrik Michalowski
    Kyrik Michalowski
    December 11, 2018 at 12:05 am | #

    Walky for the second time in as many months, smooth, real smooth.

    Butt maybe, learn to relax?

  11. Stephen Bierce
    Stephen Bierce
    December 11, 2018 at 12:05 am | #

    *tries to remember what act recorded “Don’t Leave Me Behind”*
    *suddenly doesn’t care*

    • Marsh Maryrose
      Marsh Maryrose
      December 11, 2018 at 12:54 am | #

      I can’t help you with that. But I do know that Spinal Tap recorded “Big Bottom.”

      • Br44n5m
        Br44n5m
        December 11, 2018 at 1:15 am | #

        Ah like big butts and ah cannot lie

        • Marsh Maryrose
          Marsh Maryrose
          December 11, 2018 at 1:30 am | #

          Somehow I momentarily forgot that Queen recorded “Fat Bottomed Girls.”

          • Br44n5m
            Br44n5m
            December 11, 2018 at 10:53 am | #

            For some reason that conjures some marriage between “fat bottom girls” and “uptown girls” in my brain and I can’t think of any other song

            “Fat bottom girls, they be livin in a flat butt world”

            • butts
              butts
              December 11, 2018 at 5:38 pm | #

              …huh

    • Keulen
      Keulen
      December 11, 2018 at 2:29 am | #

      If we’re going with songs about butts, I think this one is pretty fitting.

    • Bicycle Bill
      Bicycle Bill
      December 11, 2018 at 8:25 am | #

      How about “Troglodyte” by the Jimmy Castor Bunch?
      (and if I remember correctly, the single release had “The Bertha Butt Boogie” as the flip side)

  12. NerdHerder
    NerdHerder
    December 11, 2018 at 12:05 am | #

    Oh my god, I forgot about that part.

  13. Catullus
    Catullus
    December 11, 2018 at 12:05 am | #

    Joyce is about to find out about Walky and Amber, it seems.

    …I’ll heat up some popcorn.

    • AntJ
      AntJ
      December 11, 2018 at 12:09 am | #

      And Walky is about to find out about Amber and Sal…

      • Tacos
        Tacos
        December 11, 2018 at 12:11 am | #

        And then maybe Amber starts freaking out when she hears Walky asking her about computers and falsifying information.

        • Badgermole
          Badgermole
          December 11, 2018 at 12:14 am | #

          *grabs the McNuggets*

        • AntJ
          AntJ
          December 11, 2018 at 12:15 am | #

          OOOOOHHHH I HAD NOT CONSIDERED THIS ANGLE

          I was convinced the last storyline would be reality crashing in on Amber and Walky, but I was wrong.

          Sal and Amber are good, but I have a feeling Walky and Amber are about to become not so good

          • Clif
            Clif
            December 11, 2018 at 8:27 am | #

            I have a feeling you’re wrong, but it’s certainly a possibility.

  14. TrueVCU
    TrueVCU
    December 11, 2018 at 12:06 am | #

    Amber’s butt has taken so many lives it must be stopped

  15. Cattleprod
    Cattleprod
    December 11, 2018 at 12:06 am | #

    That butt wants it that way… … … title of your sex tape.

    • Koms
      Koms
      December 11, 2018 at 12:40 am | #

      Said the butt to the chilli “You are… my fire”

    • butts
      butts
      December 11, 2018 at 1:10 am | #

      the title of my sextape is “butts butts & more butts vol. 69” excuse you

  16. Madock345
    Madock345
    December 11, 2018 at 12:07 am | #

    Yup, still ship these two.

    • John
      John
      December 11, 2018 at 12:09 am | #

      I still say they make better antagonistic pseudo-siblings than they ever did a couple.

    • DailyBrad
      DailyBrad
      December 11, 2018 at 12:14 am | #

      I do sometimes wonder how DoA Walky and Joyce would be as a couple, but yeah, probably better to not rehash.

      • butts
        butts
        December 11, 2018 at 1:13 am | #

        it would be a nightmare, are you serious

        • Abel Undercity
          Abel Undercity
          December 11, 2018 at 5:02 am | #

          As a latecomer to DoA I was shocked, absolutely shocked, to learn of an alternate continuity where Joyce and Walky were not only a couple, but had a kid together.

  17. Delicious Taffy
    Delicious Taffy
    December 11, 2018 at 12:08 am | #

    Ha. Round butt. Classic.

    • Marsh Maryrose
      Marsh Maryrose
      December 11, 2018 at 12:55 am | #

      I think you meant to say Clbuttic?

  18. Badgermole
    Badgermole
    December 11, 2018 at 12:09 am | #

    Joyce will sense the hanky-panky vibes. And then nothing will be safe from her righteous fury.

    • AntJ
      AntJ
      December 11, 2018 at 12:11 am | #

      Right now, it’s nothing but Garbage vibes, and “guess who I stabbed” vibes

      • Badgermole
        Badgermole
        December 11, 2018 at 12:15 am | #

        Yeah there will be so many secrets circulating in one room. And Walky sucks at secrets. Can’t wait!

        • AntJ
          AntJ
          December 11, 2018 at 12:19 am | #

          Know who else really sucks at secrets? Joyce.

          • Badgermole
            Badgermole
            December 11, 2018 at 12:24 am | #

            She’s bad at keeping them but Joyce is pretty perceptive! That, and Walky being a doofus, says she’ll figure it out.

  19. Crusading Barista
    Crusading Barista
    December 11, 2018 at 12:11 am | #

    Butts is not here to take about butts?

    This is heresy to the next level!

    • Crusading Barista
      Crusading Barista
      December 11, 2018 at 12:11 am | #

      ^talk, typo

    • butts
      butts
      December 11, 2018 at 1:03 am | #

      listen mate sometimes i got shit to do

      • Yumi
        Yumi
        December 11, 2018 at 1:03 am | #

        Gross

        • butts
          butts
          December 11, 2018 at 1:05 am | #

          yes

        • Deanatay
          Deanatay
          December 11, 2018 at 8:37 am | #

          In large quantities, yes.

        • Tacos
          Tacos
          December 11, 2018 at 8:29 pm | #

          It beats constipation so….

      • a/snow mous/e
        a/snow mous/e
        December 11, 2018 at 2:03 pm | #

        Ohh, I get it

  20. voidsiren
    voidsiren
    December 11, 2018 at 12:12 am | #

    Joyce’s been taking door answering lessons from Sarah, it looks like.

  21. FLUFFYWOLF
    FLUFFYWOLF
    December 11, 2018 at 12:12 am | #

    Oh no. He has contracted BUTTS DISEASE

    • Keulen
      Keulen
      December 11, 2018 at 2:32 am | #

      It’s spreading. Eventually it will spread to all the characters in every Willis comic.

      • Clif
        Clif
        December 11, 2018 at 8:36 am | #

        And from there into the comments section.

        … Thereby saving the real world.

  22. newllend(henryvolt)
    newllend(henryvolt)
    December 11, 2018 at 12:12 am | #

    Jeez Walky you were a lot better at playing coy about knowing who she was before you hooked up with her.

  23. Badgermole
    Badgermole
    December 11, 2018 at 12:13 am | #

    Hold up, it’s just the next morning? Did Amber and Sal go to roller derby practice that same night after beating the shit out of each other?

    Dang, girls.

    • DailyBrad
      DailyBrad
      December 11, 2018 at 12:15 am | #

      I wanna say this would be like two days later, or more just since I was pretty sure it was day time when they had their make-peace conversation. They definitely both looked like they had slept, just since they’d have been even more haggard, otherwise.

      That said, I am not 100 percent sure.

      • Yumi
        Yumi
        December 11, 2018 at 12:17 am | #

        It’s just the next day. We’re informed when there’s a time skip beyond end of the night and the next morning. Plus, two or three days would put us into the weekend.

      • BBCC
        BBCC
        December 11, 2018 at 12:26 am | #

        It was night time when they made up and went out. We saw Sal throw her jacket to the floor after the fight, then she goes to make up with Amber, and they’re both wearing the same clothes they were during the fight when they go to the roller derby place (where members meet at night) and Malaya calls back to their last conversation – “What, you finally came to watch us practice, huh?”.

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        December 11, 2018 at 2:13 am | #

        It’s just the next day, Friday the 15th. Classes are scheduled and tonight is movie night in Billie’s new dorm.

        • Deanatay
          Deanatay
          December 11, 2018 at 8:40 am | #

          *uses all his mental might to try and move the comic forward to his mostest favorite holiday*

  24. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    December 11, 2018 at 12:17 am | #

    Perhaps if he had a hands on experience with said rump he may be able to discern it better.

  25. Pinkie
    Pinkie
    December 11, 2018 at 12:17 am | #

    There’s only one way this ends…everybody except the professor shows up to math class just to see if Mike was trolling them. And yes, everybody includes Jason.

    • MatthewTheLucky
      MatthewTheLucky
      December 11, 2018 at 11:19 am | #

      Even Mike, just to fuck with them further.

  26. Bagge
    Bagge
    December 11, 2018 at 12:18 am | #

    I like that for all their bickering, Walky still considers Joyce someone he can go to with a problem, and Joyce tries to help him. They are nice sorts.

    I also like Joyce’s sweater. Very cute.

    • cbwroses
      cbwroses
      December 11, 2018 at 12:27 am | #

      You sure it’s not just that she’s the only who goes to class who also knows how bad things are with his grades who he’s willing to have some kind of conversation with about it (if forced)?

      Like he can’t trust Mike, Billie is in the other dorm (to his knowledge), and he’s not ready to stand up and admit to Sal just how bad things are with his grades (though I’m sure she has an idea or can figure it out).

      Joyce is the only one he knows who goes to class, is easily accessible, and is “safe”, and that last part is only because she saw his grades from passing his papers to him.

      • Bagge
        Bagge
        December 11, 2018 at 1:21 am | #

        Sure, but there are tons of ways he could have found out without asking any of his class mates. That he goes to Joyce suggest it isn’t that high of a bar. And as for her, she doesn’t slam the door in his faaace, but goes out of her way to help him.

        • Alanari
          Alanari
          December 11, 2018 at 10:12 am | #

          Well it’s her class too, so finding out whether Mike wrote that mail is in her interest.

          But yes, even so she doesn’t like him, she’s listening.

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        December 11, 2018 at 9:11 am | #

        But the grades aren’t really relevant. They don’t need to come up if he’s just checking to see if they’d heard that class was cancelled.

    • ShinyNeen
      ShinyNeen
      December 11, 2018 at 8:00 am | #

      Seconding that Joyce’s top is really cute! Though I thiiiink it’s just a t-shirt? Could be wrong about that.

      And yeah, Walky and Joyce have a weird, interesting dynamic! They’re like normal classmates (friends?), except their default form of communication is sass? Like despite appearances they still have a fairly healthy level of trust in each other that’s evident more in their actions than their words, like here.

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        December 11, 2018 at 9:12 am | #

        They’ve got kind of a bickering sibling thing going on.

  27. AntJ
    AntJ
    December 11, 2018 at 12:18 am | #

    If Mike wanted to email someone else as well to convince Walky to cut class, Joyce is the logical choice. Also, tricking Joyce into skipping class is totally up Mike’s alley.

    But then again it looks like Mike is broken, and it’s more likely he just wanted to get Walky running around the dorm to give him a few minutes of peace

    • Keulen
      Keulen
      December 11, 2018 at 2:34 am | #

      Either way, Mike has just (intentionally or not) trolled everyone who goes to that math class.

  28. BBCC
    BBCC
    December 11, 2018 at 12:18 am | #

    Subtle, dude. 😛

    You realize when Joyce finds out is the instant Dorothy finds out and so it’s definitely a good idea to throw her off. …Except you’re a lovable goof and not necessarily the best liar.

  29. cbwroses
    cbwroses
    December 11, 2018 at 12:21 am | #

    So is grouchy Joyce just how she answers the door when it’s Walky or is she still mad that Walky called her out for having a libido?

    • AntJ
      AntJ
      December 11, 2018 at 12:22 am | #

      That certainly factors into her opinion of him

    • Roborat
      Roborat
      December 11, 2018 at 3:50 pm | #

      Maybe she finally got her hands on a vibrator and was up all night “discovering herself”.

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        December 11, 2018 at 4:10 pm | #

        I think it was the night before she was up late watching porn.

  30. Arianod
    Arianod
    December 11, 2018 at 12:28 am | #

    There’s only one way to know for sure: we need a butt lineup ASAP!

  31. Electriccombines
    Electriccombines
    December 11, 2018 at 12:29 am | #

    Digging that Brooklyn 99 reference!!!

  32. Marsh Maryrose
    Marsh Maryrose
    December 11, 2018 at 12:30 am | #

    “A little bit of Dorothy in my life,
    A little bit of Sarah by my side,
    A little bit of Joyce is all I need,
    A little bit of Asma’s what I see,
    A little bit of Amber in the sun,
    A little bit of Dina all night long,
    A little bit of Mandy, here I am,
    A little bit of you makes me your man

    BUTT number FIVE!”

    • Brotato
      Brotato
      December 11, 2018 at 1:39 am | #

      [Polite applause]

    • Brotato
      Brotato
      December 11, 2018 at 1:39 am | #

      I will admit to singing this aloud.

      • Marsh Maryrose
        Marsh Maryrose
        December 11, 2018 at 1:52 am | #

        I thank you, and I fully admit it is not one of my best. I blame Willis. There just aren’t enough women in DoA with dactylic names.

  33. Archivist
    Archivist
    December 11, 2018 at 12:35 am | #

    Joyce being notably unhappy to see Walky remains weird no matter how justified it is in the dumbiverse.

    • Zach
      Zach
      December 11, 2018 at 10:53 am | #

      It was the standard on the other side for YEARS. Maybe they will fight their way through the apocolips here, too.

  34. Marsh Maryrose
    Marsh Maryrose
    December 11, 2018 at 12:50 am | #

    Who is Amber? What is she
    That all our dorks adore her?
    Nerdy, smart, and strange is she
    And hipster dweebs go for her

  35. newllend(henryvolt)
    newllend(henryvolt)
    December 11, 2018 at 12:51 am | #

    Joyce:” Hey Amber this is Walky and Walky this is Amber, you guys probably met before but I think you haven’t been formally introduced yet.” 😞

    Walky: “Hello there pretty curvaceous brunette geek girl with the Rosey cheeks that I definitely don’t know, it’s nice to meet you.” 😳

    Amber:” Uh like wise alarmingly cute boy that I definitely do not have the urge to cuddle fuck, it’s nice to finally meet your acquaintance.”😶

    Joyce:” What in the- why is my imminent smooch sense going off?” 😕

    • Delicious Taffy
      Delicious Taffy
      December 11, 2018 at 7:37 pm | #

      Thanks, now I’ve got “cuddle fuck” in my search history.

  36. Dean
    Dean
    December 11, 2018 at 12:52 am | #

    It was the one-buttocked man!

  37. Bicycle Bill
    Bicycle Bill
    December 11, 2018 at 1:24 am | #

    Remember the ‘practical joke’ episode of “M*A*S*H”? Best way to mess with someone. Plant an idea in their mind … in this case, the mere possibility of a dummy email … and then let their own imagination run wild with it.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      December 11, 2018 at 2:21 am | #

      One of my favorite episodes, but I don’t want to spoil it with quotes for anyone here who somehow hasn’t seen it.

      There’s copies on YouTube and the Internet Archive, but the DVDs are cheap and everyone should have them all by now anyway.

      Season 11, Episode 4: The Joker is Wild

    • Dean
      Dean
      December 11, 2018 at 5:20 pm | #

      That episode first aired 36 years ago, btw.

      • Yumi
        Yumi
        December 11, 2018 at 5:44 pm | #

        Yeah, I was going to say… I “somehow” haven’t seen this particular episode of a show that ended 11 years before I was born. (Though I have seen some episodes!)

  38. Bryy
    Bryy
    December 11, 2018 at 1:33 am | #

    Mike just trolled the entire readership.

  39. BenRG
    BenRG
    December 11, 2018 at 2:06 am | #

    I’m pretty sure that Mike would be proud at how paranoid he’s made his classmates!

    I’m also still trying to work out why Walky is so reluctant to admit that he and Amber are basically in the process of becoming an item. It’s nice that he doesn’t want to hurt Dorothy by moving on too quickly but, on the other hand, is it reasonable for her to be offended at all?

    • BBCC
      BBCC
      December 11, 2018 at 2:10 am | #

      This is emotions territory. What’s reasonable got to do with it?

      • Clif
        Clif
        December 11, 2018 at 8:09 am | #

        Also Joyce is perfectly capable of becoming far more offended on Dorothy’s behalf than Dorothy will ever be.

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      December 11, 2018 at 2:37 am | #

      People knowing about it might mean people judging him for it. The little mouse boy is very much into people not judging him.

      • BBCC
        BBCC
        December 11, 2018 at 3:34 am | #

        Also, Walky feels guilty about moving on so quickly. Even if Dorothy doesn’t begrudge him, he might still feel that way.

    • Emily
      Emily
      December 11, 2018 at 8:17 am | #

      He’s a manchild with the emotional maturity of an 8 year old. I’m surprised he isn’t accusing her of having cooties.

      • MatthewTheLucky
        MatthewTheLucky
        December 11, 2018 at 11:23 am | #

        Again.

  40. Nobody
    Nobody
    December 11, 2018 at 2:41 am | #

    Subtle Walky. Subtle.

  41. CJ
    CJ
    December 11, 2018 at 2:53 am | #

    Very convincing, Walky.
    Joyce is spot on with her observation that if Mike knows enough to spoof one email, he can spoof any number of them.

  42. BBCC
    BBCC
    December 11, 2018 at 2:57 am | #

    This isn’t really relevant to this particular strip, but I’m realizing right now that both Walkerton kids get their intelligence underestimated a lot. That’s interesting to me.

    • Emily
      Emily
      December 11, 2018 at 8:19 am | #

      Yeah, but with Sal it’s mostly unjustified by anything she actually does whereas with Walky it’s because he says things like this or claims that only girls own more than one pair of shoes.

      • BBCC
        BBCC
        December 11, 2018 at 1:08 pm | #

        Yeah, that’s what makes it interesting. Walky doesn’t like having people expect things from him, so he deliberately cultivates being an immature goof (and to an extent, he really IS an immature goof). This does lead to him being thought of as stupid, which he doesn’t like because he revels in being the honour student who doesn’t have to try and can totally goof off. It’s kind of the opposite problem Sal has, where people have so many things they want her to be that she’s not, and so that leads to her being either totally disregarded or turned on, and a big part of that is the belief she’s stupid (well, that, and asshole ideas about bikers in general, which is often tied into racist and classist ideas (though Sal’s not poor, good luck convincing a lot of people that bikers aren’t stupid and broke).

        • Bathymetheus
          Bathymetheus
          December 12, 2018 at 12:04 am | #

          My stereotype of bikers is that they’re all into organised crime and have LOTS of money.

          Not to be taken seriously.

  43. Roger
    Roger
    December 11, 2018 at 3:11 am | #

    Lol he still doesn’t know jack about that bullshit that just went down

    • BBCC
      BBCC
      December 11, 2018 at 3:19 am | #

      Neither does AG.

      • Uly
        Uly
        December 11, 2018 at 8:36 am | #

        Amber doesn’t know what goes on in AmaziGirl’s life, but are we sure that AmaziGirl doesn’t know what goes on in Amber’s life?

        • thejeff
          thejeff
          December 11, 2018 at 9:16 am | #

          We’ve got a strong hint at least: When she was late to meet Sal for the dudebro fight because she couldn’t find the mask that Amber had thrown down the stairwell. It’s possible she actually remembered and just couldn’t find it there, but that would be pretty blatant misdirection.

  44. Koms
    Koms
    December 11, 2018 at 3:40 am | #

    Joyce looks cute!

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      December 11, 2018 at 5:30 am | #

      Joyce is a synonym for cute.

  45. Felian
    Felian
    December 11, 2018 at 4:25 am | #

    … or, you know, you could just go to class and find out for good 😛

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      December 11, 2018 at 5:30 am | #

      Why do that when you could lie in your bed and play Pokémon?

      • Reltzik
        Reltzik
        December 11, 2018 at 5:59 am | #

        Because this way you get to check out the pokestops closer to the classroom.

  46. Reltzik
    Reltzik
    December 11, 2018 at 5:09 am | #

    Look, Walky, Joyce, if EVERYONE got sent the email, then only a third of the class (the third that doesn’t check emails) will show up, and the professor won’t mark you down for nonattendance.

    This would only be a problem if Mike specifically spoofed emails only to the few people in class that he knew.

    …..

    …. okay, better check with Amber.

  47. Lauralot
    Lauralot
    December 11, 2018 at 7:07 am | #

    Smooth, Walky. No one will ever know.

    • BBCC
      BBCC
      December 11, 2018 at 12:42 pm | #

      No one ever.

  48. ShinyNeen
    ShinyNeen
    December 11, 2018 at 7:28 am | #

    Mike’s mindgames are so strong that they self-perpetuate even when he’s not there.

    I hate that.

  49. Shane
    Shane
    December 11, 2018 at 7:46 am | #

    My brother’s last words were “WORTTHHH IIIIT!”

  50. Vulcanodon
    Vulcanodon
    December 11, 2018 at 7:47 am | #

    What mike does isn’t cute; it’s gaslighting. It’s to make people doubt the usual tools of veracity.

    • Clif
      Clif
      December 11, 2018 at 8:12 am | #

      That’s what Mike wants you to think.

    • Emily
      Emily
      December 11, 2018 at 8:20 am | #

      Yeah, like this is literally just gaslighting. Lots of pranks tend to fall into that category and it’s why I can’t stand April Fools because my grasp on reality is tenuous enough without people actively sabotaging it.

      • ShinyNeen
        ShinyNeen
        December 11, 2018 at 8:32 am | #

        Oh geez, yeah, same. And since that kind of humor is normalized there are some genuinely nice people who think that stuff’s funny. I don’t usually think too much of it but it’s, uh, ‘fun’ having to play the game of “did this terrible thing actually happen or am I just being pranked”.

        • Deanatay
          Deanatay
          December 11, 2018 at 8:55 am | #

          All humor must degrade SOMEONE, that’s how it works. The most popular comedians mock themselves, but the slyest ones mock their audience. Mike is one of those sly dogs.

          • Emily
            Emily
            December 11, 2018 at 9:00 am | #

            Well that’s just blatantly untrue.

          • JBento
            JBento
            December 11, 2018 at 9:16 am | #

            I’m sorry, are you just here for the comment section? Do you not read the comic itself?

          • thejeff
            thejeff
            December 11, 2018 at 9:20 am | #

            I don’t know about all, but it’s certainly very common.

            Mike mostly just picks easy targets. The better forms of humor punch up.

          • Agemegos
            Agemegos
            December 11, 2018 at 5:44 pm | #

            Humour doesn’t have to degrade any real people. To the extent that it is a reaction to someone suffering a loss of dignity (an academically respectable theory o humour) the somebody can be a fictitious character or a public figure who is absent — as is usual in a non-practical joke.

            • Emily
              Emily
              December 11, 2018 at 6:25 pm | #

              It’s not even an academically respectable theory on humour because it’s obviously untrue.

  51. Whatt
    Whatt
    December 11, 2018 at 8:33 am | #

    Wow Walky, way to play it cool

  52. BenRG
    BenRG
    December 11, 2018 at 8:59 am | #

    I’m wondering if Amber’s response will be: “With Mike, anything is possible, including him suddenly knowing enough to fool me.”

  53. JBento
    JBento
    December 11, 2018 at 9:18 am | #

    So, I hear the Democrats battle plan seems to be “capitulate”? This is gonna be a fun 6 years, isn’t it?

    • thejeff
      thejeff
      December 11, 2018 at 9:20 am | #

      Not sure what you’re referring to, but no, it isn’t.

      • JBento
        JBento
        December 11, 2018 at 1:33 pm | #

        I’m referring to them handing over $1B to Trump for “border security”. It hasn’t happened yet, but that is their stated intention.

        • BBCC
          BBCC
          December 11, 2018 at 2:39 pm | #

          Most recent news I’m getting is about them refusing to give any money for the wall. Is the border security money different?

          • thejeff
            thejeff
            December 11, 2018 at 2:58 pm | #

            As I understand it, there’s something like $1.3 billion that’s already been agreed to in another deal, though not yet passed. Trump’s threatening a shut down if he’s not given $5 billion, which Pelosi and Schumer very nicely got him to take ownership of in their meeting today. If there’s a shutdown in the next month it’s the Trump shutdown. This also handicaps Republican plans to push anything else through using the threat of funding the government.
            Remember, this is all still in this year’s session, with the House still under GOP control. Democratic leverage is pretty minimal.

            But yes, it’s very likely that he’ll get the already planned $1.3 billion from the GOP Congress, though his own overreach may put even that at risk.

            I’m not sure why that needs to be painted as Democratic capitulation? Do we need to push the “Dems are weak” line constantly? I think they’ve actually done a damn good job these last two years, despite having very little to work with. It’s going to get much more interesting come January, when they have some actual control.

            • JBento
              JBento
              December 11, 2018 at 7:38 pm | #

              I’m not entirely sure if it’s Dems are weak, or they just failed to adapt to the fact that the Republicans are now playing dirty. It wasn’t that many years ago that, trash as their politics might be, Dems could trust them to honour agreements. This is no longer the case and Schumer, at least, seems to fail to grasp that fact.

          • JBento
            JBento
            December 11, 2018 at 7:32 pm | #

            From what I understand, it’s like saying “You can’t have any money for soda, but here’s some for drinks.”

            For the case in point, the amount of money isn’t really important, the GOP budget increases debt by over a TRILLION, so a billion here or there is meh, and it’s not like Trump gives a fuck anyway. He might as well have asked for a bag of marbles. The point is that he successfully extorted money, which means he will continue to do so for the next 6 years (oh gods, has it really been only 2 years so far?). Literally every time the Dems need to get something through his desk, he’s going to try and extort them, and he’ll succeed.

            He’s going to fire up his base by virtue of “the Democrats didn’t want to give me any money, but I got them to hand me over a billion dollars”, and by virtue of that good old magic called “Republican voters are dumb as all fuck”, Democrats are going to be, at the same time, “those evil stonewallers that you need to vote out because they’ll keep siding with whatever boogieman I feel like today over good Americans like you” and “those pushovers that I can do whatever I want with, and do you really want pushovers in charge of this country?”.

            • thejeff
              thejeff
              December 11, 2018 at 10:01 pm | #

              And by “got the Democrats to hand over a billion dollars”, you mean, “Managed to get the GOP Congress to hand over a billion dollars while demanding more that I didn’t get”?

              Sure, he’ll try to spin it. Some idiots will even believe him.

              And yes, when Democrats need to get something through his desk, he’ll extort a price. That’s how it works when someone else controls something you need. There’s no “Democrats are weak” or “failed to adapt”, that’s “This needs to be done and he needs to sign off (and the Senate needs to pass it too)”. It’s reality.
              There’s going to be stuff we don’t like in some of those must-pass bills. Especially crammed into the one they need to get through before January, since that’s entirely under GOP control.
              But less than there might have been after the way Pelosi and Schumer played him today.

              But really, can we at least wait until Democrats control the House and have some power before we decide they’re going to roll over?

    • Zatar
      Zatar
      December 11, 2018 at 1:05 pm | #

      Honestly feels like a long time since that HASN’T been the democrat plan.

      • 3oranges
        3oranges
        December 11, 2018 at 2:41 pm | #

        “I know what I have to do. I just have to be more accommodating. Offer them everything they want, give in to all of their demands, and then they’ll have to respect me.”

        • thejeff
          thejeff
          December 11, 2018 at 3:01 pm | #

          Yeah, I don’t see that at all. Republicans would have gotten a lot more passed if that had been the Democratic attitude.

          There are a few Democrats from red states/districts who’ve done some of that, but it’s been far from a general attitude. Even some of those stood up and in some cases paid the price for it.

          • BBCC
            BBCC
            December 11, 2018 at 3:27 pm | #

            Yeah, the situation’s a lot more tense with red state Dems, who have to balance party interests with trying to keep their seats, especially because they’re often leaps and bounds better than their opponents.

            • thejeff
              thejeff
              December 11, 2018 at 4:09 pm | #

              See for example:
              Heidi Heitkamp who voted against Kavanaugh and lost her seat.
              And Joe Manchin who voted for him and kept his.

              Other factors involved of course. Heitkamp likely had a harder race anyway, but still …

              • BBCC
                BBCC
                December 11, 2018 at 4:44 pm | #

                The sad thing is that Manchin was STILL much better than his opponent would have been.

  54. Benjy
    Benjy
    December 11, 2018 at 1:51 pm | #

    TELL ME WHY

    • Delicious Taffy
      Delicious Taffy
      December 11, 2018 at 7:42 pm | #

      I need another pet rock

  55. goggleman64
    goggleman64
    December 11, 2018 at 2:38 pm | #

    I get that it’s already happened in a different comic, but still, I am getting powerful “When Harry Met Sally” vibes off these two.

  56. wakeangel2001
    wakeangel2001
    December 11, 2018 at 3:12 pm | #

    I kind of love how that’s how he was able to tell it was her in the Amazigirl costume

  57. Victor Riley
    Victor Riley
    December 11, 2018 at 3:41 pm | #

    Smooth, Walky. No one suspects a thing.

  58. nothri
    nothri
    December 11, 2018 at 4:46 pm | #

    Walking once again being a smooth criminal executing the perfect crime. No one suspects a thing…

  59. Tenn
    Tenn
    December 11, 2018 at 6:40 pm | #

    Re: alt text

    “Remember me, Eddie? When I killed your brother, I was farting JUST… LIKE… PHRBLPRRHBLRRT!!!”

  60. Mr. Random
    Mr. Random
    December 11, 2018 at 7:42 pm | #

    So apparently Mike just needs to be very depressed to lie well.

  61. AeroQC
    AeroQC
    December 11, 2018 at 8:18 pm | #

    I’m pretty sure that a musical number would be required to deduce number 5. XP

  62. Vivid Grim
    Vivid Grim
    December 11, 2018 at 10:25 pm | #

    walky confirmed for jake. does that make dorothy amy?

    • Yumi
      Yumi
      December 11, 2018 at 10:27 pm | #

      I don’t even dislike Walky, but my first thought was still, “Jake Peralta deserves better than this.”

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