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June 8, 2026

Popping

by David M Willis on March 21, 2020 at 12:01 am
  • 03 - When It Crumbles
└ Tags: amber, dorothy, ethan, walky

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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    March 21, 2020 at 12:02 am | #

    I mean, I feel this, Hubby kept me up later than expected bc we were both talking shit about Hazbin Hotel

    don’t @ me

    also, nice callback

    • abysswatcher1993
      abysswatcher1993
      March 21, 2020 at 12:07 am | #

      The fuck you have against Hazbin Hotel?!

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        March 21, 2020 at 12:10 am | #

        I keep hearing about that and I’m fully convinced that exactly 50% of the internet loves it and 50% thinks it’s the worst thing ever.

        Which means I can never watch it because whichever group I fall into, it’ll ruin the perfect balance.

      • Cholma
        Cholma
        March 21, 2020 at 12:12 am | #

        She said DON’T @ her! You’re in big trouble now! (in Little China?)

      • Pablo360
        Pablo360
        March 21, 2020 at 12:16 am | #

        Personally I refuse to have an opinion on Hazbin Hotel, but come on. Tell me you can at least understand why people might take umbrage.

      • Delicious Taffy
        Delicious Taffy
        March 21, 2020 at 12:18 am | #

        Overly detailed (but also sorta bland) character designs, boring go-nowhere plot, Stamper, excessive and pointless swearing, dull songs, and no hook, just for starters.

        • Rose by Any Other Name
          Rose by Any Other Name
          March 21, 2020 at 12:42 am | #

          Wow. Did we watch the same Hazbin Hotel?
          My wife and I both loved the characters – it’s nice to have an openly bi disney princess.
          Boring plot? It was the pilot episode and did the work of setting the scene.
          Loved the songs.
          And no hook? It had like four hooks. Only two of them landed, but still.
          … I’ll give you the pointless swearing.
          But yeah, gonna have to agree to disagree on this one.
          My only concern is how long it takes her to make an episode.

          • He Who Abides
            He Who Abides
            March 23, 2020 at 10:51 pm | #

            Wait, she’s bi?

            Gotta check to see if there’s more episodes, Mrs. Abides and I literally just watched the pilot.

        • Needfuldoer
          Needfuldoer
          March 21, 2020 at 2:37 am | #

          I watched the pilot, and found myself checking the YouTube player multiple times to make sure it was set to 1.0x playback speed. I think they had two episodes’ worth of material crammed into one.

          I think the writing was good, but too many of the gags are blink-and-you-miss-it moments that don’t get the payoff time they deserve before the next one is set up. The first bit with the news anchors is a good example of this issue.

          I’m sure the ornate art style would work perfectly fine in a webcomic, and the stills look good, but there’s no time to take it in because it’s rushing through everything so fast. They could lose half the detail and you would barely notice; it’s a visual cacophony.

          It feels like a museum tour guide on the last tour of their shift, rushing past all the nice-to-look-at things on the checklist so it can get out of there.

          I think they’d have a winner on their hands if they either simplify the art design, or slow the pace down.

          • Delicious Taffy
            Delicious Taffy
            March 21, 2020 at 8:30 am | #

            Yeah, the general problem is that there’s way too much bullshit going on at any given moment, and I just couldn’t care about every single thing. They also introduce a new character about every minute and a half, like they were trying to cram in the entire extended cast into the pilot.

            • Needfuldoer
              Needfuldoer
              March 21, 2020 at 9:00 am | #

              Yeah, I think I would have liked it more if they gave the gags a chance to land.

              Then again, my tastes skew more toward King of the Hill than Rick and Morty, so I might not be part of its target demographic anyway.

            • Rose by Any Other Name
              Rose by Any Other Name
              March 21, 2020 at 10:10 am | #

              Ah. That may explain some things.

              See, I LOVE that blink-or-you-miss it shit. I remember watching Hazbin Hotel like six times when it first came out so I could puzzle out all the sight gags.

              So yeah, for me, that rapidfire style is a feature, not a bug.

        • AGV
          AGV
          March 21, 2020 at 4:16 am | #

          Of all the reasons to dislike hh, I didn’t even consider most of those

      • someone
        someone
        March 21, 2020 at 6:29 am | #

        The author is a creep.

        • Delicious Taffy
          Delicious Taffy
          March 21, 2020 at 8:23 am | #

          Yeah, I heard she drinks Diet Coke, and also drew a crappy webcomic with really gross undertones.

        • Needfuldoer
          Needfuldoer
          March 21, 2020 at 9:17 am | #

          Pretty much anyone who was on the Internet as a teenager in the 2000s is going to have some dumb shit in their post history, if you look hard enough.

        • Kinoko
          Kinoko
          March 21, 2020 at 11:57 am | #

          I’ve seen quite a but of her animation work before and I always had a fondness for it. She’s talented and puts a lot into her work. Can’t say I know jack all about her personally, but going by the more recent stuff, her posts seem fine?

        • Twitcher
          Twitcher
          March 21, 2020 at 1:37 pm | #

          Because she had an eighteen and nineteen year old character paired up together? Or because she hates John K. like any sane person? Or because she was successful? I hate people defaming badass women because they’re jealous.

          • abysswatcher1993
            abysswatcher1993
            March 21, 2020 at 2:54 pm | #

            She hates John K? Nice! One more reason to admire Vivzie! My only dislike about Vivzie’s posts is that she follows Shoe0nHead, a known youtube skeptic and girlfriend of the bigoted ArmoredSkeptic. Outside of that, Vivzie is an awesome artist.

            • Twitcher
              Twitcher
              March 21, 2020 at 5:17 pm | #

              Granted, the pilot needs some work. It could use some trimming, and some less fussy character design. Alastor NEEDS some color contrast. Way too red.

    • Sunny
      Sunny
      March 21, 2020 at 8:58 am | #

      What is this “Hazbin hotel” anyway?

      • Rose by Any Other Name
        Rose by Any Other Name
        March 21, 2020 at 9:36 am | #

        A Youtube adult cartoon.
        Think “Invader Zim” with swears.

        • Ana Chronistic
          Ana Chronistic
          March 21, 2020 at 11:00 am | #

          More like Cool World Beetlejuice

          • Ana Chronistic
            Ana Chronistic
            March 21, 2020 at 11:07 am | #

            Like, idk, I just think a Lackadaisy cartoon is a better use of adult animation time

            • Kinoko
              Kinoko
              March 21, 2020 at 12:06 pm | #

              Having an actual background in animation as a creator makes creating an animated show a bit easier. And even then, building out a team to animate your show is no small feat.
              You do you, but I’m not gonna resent anyone for just putting in the work to create something, when the other thing we “could have had” was never on the table to begin with. (If the content is actively harmful to an oppressed group, then that’s a different matter, but I don’t think that’s the case here?)

              I totally get it just not being your taste, though. That’s valid!

              • Ana Chronistic
                Ana Chronistic
                March 22, 2020 at 12:41 am | #

                The animation quality/existence is the part I have the fewest complaints about, to a degree representation also (though I couldn’t get into the story enough to pay attention to representation, it seems beside the larger point)

                It’s like watching… unfortunately I can’t find the original video I was thinking of, but something like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzZFsMCAWvI

                The animation is nice. I have zero complaints about the animation quality or designs. What am I watching, though? I know that specific link isn’t helpful in that there’s no sound, but what is there that makes the characters memorable and compelling, beyond the major characters who appear in other works? It’s a disposable “story” for them, just a fleeting dream to amuse but not astound. Slapstick.

                HH, I literally could not remember any character five minutes after watching it, other than Angel Dust bc LOL DRUGS, and I couldn’t get into the plot bc I already don’t like Heaven and Hell* stories (1. it’s segregation, 2. Good and Evil are relative), and then people die in Hell?? idk, you need to sell me harder… and “Don’t sing” “ok I won’t” *sings* …some of that is from reading Don Bluth’s The Art of Animation Drawing where he states and reiterates, “SONGS STOP THE MOVIE”

                *this includes when they’re called the Soul Society and Hueco Mundo, etc.

                I just feel like, I already have a lot of shows I *want* to watch that I don’t have time for, why spend time on ones I don’t… lesson learned from Black Clover (also good animation, STORY IS TRASH, CHARACTERS ARE TRASH)

              • Ana Chronistic
                Ana Chronistic
                March 22, 2020 at 12:56 am | #

                Actually, Kentucky Route 0 is prolly a better example

                super pretty, technically interesting

                what is the story, where is it going

                am I going to remember any of the characters and events beyond “these two seem to be robots/cyborgs but it’s never spelled out” and “Chapter 5, you are a cat”

                • Kinoko
                  Kinoko
                  March 23, 2020 at 10:10 pm | #

                  Right, and those are valid criticisms, but what does that have to do with the possibility of a Lackadaisy cartoon? This wasn’t a competition for resources. One didn’t beat out the other to get made. HH is created by an animator with experience in animation, who wrangled together a team to make an animated series. That experience makes production easier, and is part of how things get made. That’s the reality of entertainment.
                  Again, if it’s not for you, it’s not for you, but I dislike the comparison to some hypothetical animated version of another series that just doesn’t exist.

                  (This is entirely aside from from the fact that Lackadaisy’s extremely detailed rendering of values in each drawing would not translate well to animation without significant simplification, and may also very well encounter a number of the problems you described in reaction to HH re: too much clutter on the screen.)

                • Ana Chronistic
                  Ana Chronistic
                  March 30, 2020 at 5:40 pm | #

                  Oh yeah, I had a reaponse

                  Maybe I wasn’t clear, but I would rather watch X than Y. That doesn’t mean there’s no value in Y, just that I couldn’t find it personally, and if others love Y, cool. I just happened to feel I would rather invest *my own time* in X, regardless of the value of X inserted into that statement, and regardless of whether anyone else does the same.

                  The original comment was mostly, “I blew time I could have spent sleeping on hating something, whyyyyyyy, and where’s my phone”

                • Ana Chronistic
                  Ana Chronistic
                  March 30, 2020 at 5:49 pm | #

                  Overthinking I wanted to avoid but too late now I guess:

                  Lackadaisy I know I’ll like, bc the script is more or less written

                  Hazbin, it was thrown at us cold, and at a busy party, and we basically couldn’t follow any of it and nothing grabbed our interest to say hey, maybe it’s good if we give it a chance, for a bunch of reasons we went over later in private

                  I would be equally disappointed by, say, The Trenches animated, bc that also felt significantly lacking in almost every respect. The difference would be I would know that in advance, since I read the webcomic, vs. trying to grok it on the fly.

                  ACTUALLY DONE NOW bc I will forget to check again before comments get locked

            • Reaver
              Reaver
              March 21, 2020 at 2:07 pm | #

              I mean then the creator is more than willing to crowdfund, and animate a Lackadaisy cartoon if she wants? That’s what Vivzi did.

    • Freddie!
      Freddie!
      March 21, 2020 at 7:54 pm | #

      OOH – thanks – didn’t hear about that – I haven’t vivziepop’d in AGES!

  2. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    March 21, 2020 at 12:03 am | #

    Can’t tell if Amber’s blushing in the last panel because of Ethan’s comment, or because she’s turned on by Walky-As-Superhero.

    • Bicycle Bill
      Bicycle Bill
      March 21, 2020 at 12:06 am | #

      [headcanon]She’s blushing because she’s recognized that Walky is wearing one of her old Amazi-Girl masks.[/headcanon]

    • purblebirb
      purblebirb
      March 21, 2020 at 12:06 am | #

      *Pushes up glasses* Well, judging by the way the word balloons draw the eye from top to bottom, with the path focusing on Amber’s face, one can assume she’s blushing because she is aroused, which prompts Ethan to ask if theyre enganging in coitus

      • Kinoko
        Kinoko
        March 21, 2020 at 12:07 pm | #

        That was my read on it, too.

    • Jamie
      Jamie
      March 21, 2020 at 12:09 am | #

      ¿Por que no los dos?

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      March 21, 2020 at 12:23 am | #

      Her eyes have gotten huge and she’s pursing her lips. I think that’s arousal, not embarrassment.

      • Geneseepaws
        Geneseepaws
        March 21, 2020 at 8:36 am | #

        See? This is what kills me. An Eagle Scout, and as prepared as I am for every occasion, I have only once had a Zoro Mask ™️ In my pocket ONCE! And that was for Halloween. How does Walky do that, just pull a mask up of his pajamas? Best I can do is the elephant joke… cause you know, pyjamma pockets.

        • Reltzik
          Reltzik
          March 21, 2020 at 9:24 am | #

          Nightguy is always prepared for anything… that’ll make him into even more of a dork.

  3. AntJ
    AntJ
    March 21, 2020 at 12:04 am | #

    about time Ethan returned the favor https://www.dumbingofage.com/2018/comic/book-8/04-of-mike-and-men/brunch/

  4. bibulb
    bibulb
    March 21, 2020 at 12:04 am | #

    Dumbing of Age, Book 10 : You Two Are Fucking, Aren’t You

    • Marsh Maryrose
      Marsh Maryrose
      March 21, 2020 at 12:44 am | #

      Dumbing of Age Book 11: All Of You Are Fucking

    • Keulen
      Keulen
      March 21, 2020 at 2:33 am | #

      DoA Book 10: You Can Last Ten Minutes!

  5. Stephen Bierce
    Stephen Bierce
    March 21, 2020 at 12:05 am | #

    How much you want to be that Amber’s phone is in one of her pockets?

    • Stephen Bierce
      Stephen Bierce
      March 21, 2020 at 12:07 am | #

      Today’s strip is sponsored by Fisher Wallace Stimulators–“the only technology approved by the FDA to treat sleep disorders.”

    • clif
      clif
      March 21, 2020 at 12:51 am | #

      Amber’s phone is in dead Mike’s hand, hidden in Amber’s closet with Amazigirl’s superhero outfit.

  6. TrueVCU
    TrueVCU
    March 21, 2020 at 12:06 am | #

    Aww they have the same fetish

  7. abysswatcher1993
    abysswatcher1993
    March 21, 2020 at 12:06 am | #

    Kudos to Ethan for wearing a Dinobot shirt. Also, you can’t kill your second personality with sleep deprivation, Amber. Even Walkyverse Joyce couldn’t get rid of Anti-Joyce because she was part of her own nature that she wanted to reject like some Persona 4 shadow. You have to accept your shadow and move on.

    • ktbear
      ktbear
      March 21, 2020 at 12:16 am | #

      Or shoot it in the face.

      • clif
        clif
        March 21, 2020 at 12:39 am | #

        Or nuke it from orbit.

        • Opus the Poet
          Opus the Poet
          March 21, 2020 at 5:35 am | #

          “It’s the only way to be sure”

  8. BBCC
    BBCC
    March 21, 2020 at 12:07 am | #

    I mean when you act like THAT.

  9. Kyoulkoa
    Kyoulkoa
    March 21, 2020 at 12:07 am | #

    Pajama capes are so hot this year

  10. ReFlex76
    ReFlex76
    March 21, 2020 at 12:08 am | #

    Gotta admit, that last panel made me laugh out loud. Hard.

  11. ReFlex76
    ReFlex76
    March 21, 2020 at 12:09 am | #

    Also noticed Amber blushing as Walky put the mask on.

  12. cosine
    cosine
    March 21, 2020 at 12:16 am | #

    you never know when 10 minutes is gonna turn into 10 hours. be safe. bring your phone

    • brionl
      brionl
      March 21, 2020 at 12:41 am | #

      If my house was actually on fire, I would grab my phone. It’s got all my passwords & account access & insurance numbers and everything.

    • clif
      clif
      March 21, 2020 at 12:44 am | #

      Exactly how I feel about my tablet.

  13. Confuzor
    Confuzor
    March 21, 2020 at 12:20 am | #

    Is the Slipshine ad using new art? I don’t remember that particular image before.

    • David M Willis
      David M Willis
      March 21, 2020 at 12:23 am | #

      yes

      • AGV
        AGV
        March 21, 2020 at 4:19 am | #

        Who’s the character? I don’t recognize them

        • Opus the Poet
          Opus the Poet
          March 21, 2020 at 5:36 am | #

          Billy with her hair up it looks like.

          • Needfuldoer
            Needfuldoer
            March 21, 2020 at 9:24 am | #

            Maybe she’s a backdoor pilot for Billie getting a haircut? The idea was floated a couple days ago on Twitter. Personally I think it might make her look too close to Malaya. Her gigantic ponytail must cause difficult shot framing issues, but there’s got to be another way. Maybe try a bun first or something, I don’t know.

        • David M Willis
          David M Willis
          March 21, 2020 at 12:00 pm | #

          They exist only in the ad. Ain’t even picked out a name yet!

  14. Delicious Taffy
    Delicious Taffy
    March 21, 2020 at 12:23 am | #

    Unfortunately, the unknown lady in that Slipshine ad can’t sell me the service.
    Fortunately, that’s because I already paid for it so I could read hot Billie/Ruth shower smut.

  15. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    March 21, 2020 at 12:27 am | #

    THEY’D FUCKING BETTER BE.

  16. Adam Black
    Adam Black
    March 21, 2020 at 12:27 am | #

    Finally!
    Now Ethan can realize there is no reason to stop him from moving on Danny

  17. Pocky
    Pocky
    March 21, 2020 at 12:35 am | #

    ahem. . .

    OH THEY FUCKIN

    • MatthewTheLucky
      MatthewTheLucky
      March 21, 2020 at 1:33 am | #

      What? They’re just talking to each other.

  18. clif
    clif
    March 21, 2020 at 12:46 am | #

    The return of Nightguy. Somethings are inevitable.

    • UniqueSnowflake2
      UniqueSnowflake2
      March 21, 2020 at 1:04 am | #

      And some things…are…Iron Man.

      • Delicious Taffy
        Delicious Taffy
        March 21, 2020 at 8:19 am | #

        For some reason, my copy of Endgame always stops after that line, so I’ve never seen the ending.

      • Dara
        Dara
        March 21, 2020 at 4:51 pm | #

        For everything else, there’s MasterCard

  19. DailyBrad
    DailyBrad
    March 21, 2020 at 1:02 am | #

    I am with Amber, Nightguy’s kinda cute.

  20. Rose by Any Other Name
    Rose by Any Other Name
    March 21, 2020 at 1:02 am | #

    Amber: “Not YET, Ethan. Stupid fire alarm.”

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      March 21, 2020 at 2:05 am | #

      Don’t forget his mild-mannered alter ego, the Duke of Thingley!

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        March 21, 2020 at 2:07 am | #

        Sorry, this was supposed to be a reply to the next top-level comment down. Damn touchscreens!

  21. Jonah Sanville
    Jonah Sanville
    March 21, 2020 at 1:14 am | #

    wheres that nightguy tag tho /s

  22. Meagan
    Meagan
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    I just want to.share that I finally subscribed to slipshine. Where do I go to discuss this matter with other subscribers?

  23. Keulen
    Keulen
    March 21, 2020 at 2:34 am | #

    Nightguy is the best superhero.

  24. Bagge
    Bagge
    March 21, 2020 at 2:54 am | #

    Judging from amber’s expression in the last panel, I’m not sure she can last ten minutes.

    Walky sure knows how to show them a good time.

  25. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    March 21, 2020 at 4:08 am | #

    hahahaha Ethan got it

    • DarkoNeko
      DarkoNeko
      March 21, 2020 at 8:26 am | #

      Also someone went from Angry to Horny very quickly

  26. Suet
    Suet
    March 21, 2020 at 4:52 am | #

    Depends on how you define it, really, if all they’ve ever reached is third base.

  27. DJTsurugi
    DJTsurugi
    March 21, 2020 at 5:01 am | #

    I’m not sure what got me more, Ethan’s line in the last panel, or the fact that I can’t figure out if Amber is reacting to said line, or Walky putting on the mask and gaining extra hot points. ~<3

  28. Nenja
    Nenja
    March 21, 2020 at 9:07 am | #

    This reminds me of when the fire alarm went in the middle of the night at my Folk high school. It turned out to be an actual fire, damaging part of the building, the night before a big concert. Even if most alarms are pranks or mistakes, you never know when it will be a real thing. So best to be on the safe side, and stay outside, Amber.

  29. hof1991
    hof1991
    March 21, 2020 at 9:20 am | #

    Ethan may be making a general statement, but they are in the early stages of sexy times right now.

  30. thumb
    thumb
    March 21, 2020 at 9:54 am | #

    Wait, where’d Walky disappear to in that last panel?

  31. Rabisch
    Rabisch
    March 21, 2020 at 11:07 am | #

    Amber’s face in last panel is priceless♡. On the other hand, Walky that wait for met Amazigirl in his siderkick costume is both sweet and scary.

  32. bcb
    bcb
    March 21, 2020 at 12:06 pm | #

    Aww, Night Guy doesn’t get a tag.

  33. Dracke
    Dracke
    March 21, 2020 at 3:54 pm | #

    Sorry Amber…you are kind of the …evil personality….the hero personality might be violent to but not in a vengative evil way

    • BBCC
      BBCC
      March 21, 2020 at 4:45 pm | #

      AG’s the one who stalked Sal multiple times and the one who lost her shit at Danny.

    • Sam
      Sam
      March 21, 2020 at 5:13 pm | #

      Amber is not evil. AG stalked Sal, both Amber and AG blew up at Danny, AG has dismissed Amber’s anxiety about Sal (since deciding that she is okay so clearly Amber just has to get over it), Amber saved Dorothy’s life, AG saved Becky, Amber beat up her (abusive) father.

      Neither of them are perfect and Amber isn’t violent in an ‘evil’ way, she gets righteously angry, when people act in shitty ways or people are shitty, but she also gets angry over minor things because her father has made her defensive about people walking over her boundaries to the point the anger is excessive for the violation.

      Amber isn’t evil for struggling to always do the right thing, she just needs serious mental health care.

      • BBCC
        BBCC
        March 21, 2020 at 10:17 pm | #

        You. I like YOU.

  34. Agemegos
    Agemegos
    March 21, 2020 at 5:59 pm | #

    Walky isn’t Ethan’s type, is he?

  35. a/snow/mous/e
    a/snow/mous/e
    March 21, 2020 at 7:10 pm | #

    Now Walky just needs a flashlight and a limited-edition Pajama Man all-metal lunchbox to complete the look.

  36. Deanatay
    Deanatay
    March 22, 2020 at 10:55 am | #

    Amber panel 4: Jeez Walky, stop fucking arou-

    Amber panel 5: RELEVANT TO MY INTERESTS

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