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May 12, 2026

The Media School

by David M Willis on December 21, 2020 at 12:01 am
  • 02 - Look Straight Ahead
└ Tags: jennifer, walky

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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    December 21, 2020 at 12:05 am | #

    wtf Walky, you’re like my Animal Crossing neighbours, whining at my non-winter outfits bc I don’t have fur

    • Clif
      Clif
      December 21, 2020 at 9:58 am | #

      Tell them you could always obtain some and pull out your measuring tape.

  2. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    December 21, 2020 at 12:08 am | #

    These leggings are wool. Your hairstyle is invalid.

    • Clif
      Clif
      December 21, 2020 at 10:16 am | #

      Becky’s middle name is Nostradamus.

  3. LiterallyJustSomeGuy
    LiterallyJustSomeGuy
    December 21, 2020 at 12:09 am | #

    Yay, another college kid with a beard! Too bad he, too, is relegated to being a nameless background character

    • UnfrozenNeanderthal
      UnfrozenNeanderthal
      December 21, 2020 at 12:23 am | #

      honestly that may be a teacher

    • Clif
      Clif
      December 21, 2020 at 1:21 am | #

      What? You don’t recognize Ernie Pyle

      • UnfrozenNeanderthal
        UnfrozenNeanderthal
        December 21, 2020 at 2:40 am | #

        Nah, Ernie’s the bronze dude

        • Bicycle Bill
          Bicycle Bill
          December 21, 2020 at 6:15 am | #

          Better image of the statue itself:  Ernie Pyle statue at IU,  Ernie is seated on a (presumably) empty ammo box, table and typewriter in front of him, with a second box on which his subject/interviewee could park.

          Interesting fact — it might be noted that just before it was installed, someone noticed that Ernie is dressed in military fatigues with a ‘correspondent’ patch on the left shoulder; however, the word had been misspelled with only one ‘R’.  It was corrected by the artist before the statue was formally dedicated.

          And this wasn’t the first time someone messed up with Ernie.  When toymaker Hasbro released a 12-inch ‘Ernie Pyle’ figure in 2001 as a part of a special “D-Day Collection” to go along with its “G.I. Joe” products, the biographical info on the box said he went to Indiana State University.  Oops!!

        • BarerMender
          BarerMender
          December 21, 2020 at 7:46 am | #

          I wondered what he was doing. Just sitting there being bronze, huh?

      • Rainhat
        Rainhat
        December 21, 2020 at 3:52 am | #

        Ernie Pyle is the subject of the statue in Panel 1.

        • Clif
          Clif
          December 21, 2020 at 9:28 am | #

          They’re both Ernie. You just didn’t recognize him because of the beard.

  4. Rainhat
    Rainhat
    December 21, 2020 at 12:10 am | #

    Yes, tag Ernie Pyle!

    • Clif
      Clif
      December 21, 2020 at 9:59 am | #

      Twice.

    • Jhon
      Jhon
      December 21, 2020 at 12:24 pm | #

      And tag John Milton.

  5. crow
    crow
    December 21, 2020 at 12:10 am | #

    Ok but what the heck is telecom, did Willis just make up a major?

    • Yumi
      Yumi
      December 21, 2020 at 12:12 am | #

      It’s short for telecommunications.

      • Leorale
        Leorale
        December 21, 2020 at 12:14 am | #

        And he only picked it because it sounds like television.

    • Stephen Bierce
      Stephen Bierce
      December 21, 2020 at 12:13 am | #

      Telecommunications. The science and the art, I’m sure.

    • Jamie
      Jamie
      December 21, 2020 at 1:13 am | #

      It is this: https://telecom.iu.edu/

      • Catt
        Catt
        December 21, 2020 at 1:31 am | #

        That looks like the school IT department, not an educational program.

        • Needfuldoer
          Needfuldoer
          December 21, 2020 at 2:43 am | #

          They’re just preparing their prospective students for the lifetime of “hey you know computers, fix my [gadget]” that awaits them.

      • Clif
        Clif
        December 21, 2020 at 1:31 am | #

        Well kind of. But that’s a link to their telecommunications service, not their telecommunications department. Let’s see. Hmm. I expected it to be part of a technology department, but it seems to be part of their media school. Try https://jkmedia.sitehost.iu.edu/about/faq.shtml .

        • Clif
          Clif
          December 21, 2020 at 1:32 am | #

          Semi-ninjad by Catt.

        • CC
          CC
          December 21, 2020 at 1:43 am | #

          I was gonna make a joke about how they said it was in the media building right there in the comic, but if we’re being honest, I’d already forgotten it by the time I got down to the comments too 😛

        • Blindness
          Blindness
          December 21, 2020 at 2:35 am | #

          so it’s basically their attempt to not sound like what they really are: computer networking.

          • King Daniel
            King Daniel
            December 21, 2020 at 2:55 pm | #

            Per Willis’s Twitter, you’ve won

    • Ob
      Ob
      December 21, 2020 at 2:42 am | #

      I’m assuming it must be their Cinema & Digital Media department. Aka the department where the film directors, editors, cameramen, etc go to.

      • Clif
        Clif
        December 21, 2020 at 10:01 am | #

        at first I thought you meant after they die.

  6. Proto_Eevee
    Proto_Eevee
    December 21, 2020 at 12:11 am | #

    for some reason Walky looks extra douchey with that shaggy haircut

    • Leorale
      Leorale
      December 21, 2020 at 12:14 am | #

      I think it’s more the smirk. The hair is cute. Shaggy waves 4ever

      • CC
        CC
        December 21, 2020 at 1:46 am | #

        “Do you have anything non-punchable?”

    • TemporalShrew
      TemporalShrew
      December 21, 2020 at 12:21 am | #

      Really? I think it just makes him look like even more of a doofus. Which makes it pretty much perfect for him.

    • Avian Maria
      Avian Maria
      December 21, 2020 at 12:46 am | #

      The slang “douchebag” usually refers to someone who’s a jerk or a pretentious asshole. Neither of which describe our slacker Walky.

      There are probably ninety-nine names you can call Walky, but “a douche” ain’t one.

      On the other hand, my explaining the word to you might be a mildly “douche” move.

      Your play.

      • Hinoron
        Hinoron
        December 21, 2020 at 1:54 am | #

        Thank you for your explanation/perspective!
        This information makes me feel washed out, like a clean vagina! 😀
        … in a sack.

        Your move next. ^_^

        • Clif
          Clif
          December 21, 2020 at 10:46 am | #

          The only way to win is not to play.

      • Proto_Eevee
        Proto_Eevee
        December 21, 2020 at 2:11 am | #

        I certainly wasn’t saying walky acts that way. I was just saying he has that look

  7. 36skittle
    36skittle
    December 21, 2020 at 12:12 am | #

    It’s really a thing:
    https://bulletins.iu.edu/iub/college/2011-2012/departments/telecommunications/major.shtml

  8. Newllend(henryvolt)
    Newllend(henryvolt)
    December 21, 2020 at 12:15 am | #

    There’s the classic attitude we’ve all become accustomed to. All is right as rain.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      December 21, 2020 at 2:45 am | #

      *All is right as the rain.

      (You got the saying right, but missed an opportunity for a Walkyverse reference.)

      • Clif
        Clif
        December 21, 2020 at 9:21 am | #

        We hate it

        • Clif
          Clif
          December 21, 2020 at 9:24 am | #

          Oh wait, I’m jumping ahead.

          It’s the storm

  9. BBCC
    BBCC
    December 21, 2020 at 12:19 am | #

    I love these two.

    • BBCC
      BBCC
      December 21, 2020 at 3:18 pm | #

      Haha, awesome new gravity! Won’t lie, I hoped it’d be Sal but I don’t even know if she got a gravity so fair play.

      • BBCC
        BBCC
        December 21, 2020 at 3:36 pm | #

        *Gravitar

  10. Barf Ninjason
    Barf Ninjason
    December 21, 2020 at 12:19 am | #

    That a midwestern thing? His hair is well within “never even notice it” parameters for this Californian

    • March
      March
      December 21, 2020 at 12:32 am | #

      Yeah, Midwesterners tend to favor more conservative styles, and men having longer, “unkempt” hair is frowned upon by the general population. I’m in the middle of the East Coast though, and here, he’d be made fun of for not taking care of his hair too. It wouldn’t be the length though, it would be that it isn’t braided, combed, etc.

      • DSL
        DSL
        December 21, 2020 at 1:01 am | #

        The disorganized look is gaining ground in my part of the Midwest.

        • Clif
          Clif
          December 21, 2020 at 9:26 am | #

          Wait. Walky has hair?

          I never noticed.

    • Delicious Taffy
      Delicious Taffy
      December 21, 2020 at 7:30 am | #

      People ’round these parts mostly only care if your hair is in that semi-awkward median stage, when it’s not quite long or short enough to do anything with. Once you get it nice and long, they tend to shut their fucking mouths and stop butting into business nobody asked them about.

      • ValdVin
        ValdVin
        December 21, 2020 at 8:51 am | #

        I’m really digging your new gravatar.

  11. Stephen Bierce
    Stephen Bierce
    December 21, 2020 at 12:19 am | #

    From Here to There to Where?

  12. Robert
    Robert
    December 21, 2020 at 12:20 am | #

    Panel 2 Walky is making a Faz face.

  13. UnfrozenNeanderthal
    UnfrozenNeanderthal
    December 21, 2020 at 12:22 am | #

    You tagged Hank the Giraffe, so probably

  14. March
    March
    December 21, 2020 at 12:25 am | #

    I mean, yeah, to Billy. I only wear pants when I’m at work, and that’s because that’s the uniform. Anytime else, I wear leggings and a skirt/dress/cut-offs. Some good fleece or wool leggings/tights are just as warm as pants. Hell, they’re warmer than my uniform pants. I usually wear a silk camisole too, and that keeps my core body heat up enough I can get away with not wearing much up top either. (I like being covered, but heavy/cumbersome clothing messes with my senses in an unpleasant way)

  15. Bagge
    Bagge
    December 21, 2020 at 12:27 am | #

    Say what you will about Walky. He sure takes his duties as an annoying little brother who refuses to let yet another sis slip away without a fight seriously.

  16. Reed
    Reed
    December 21, 2020 at 12:28 am | #

    … i like long hair walky

  17. Hazel
    Hazel
    December 21, 2020 at 12:44 am | #

    Bead Guy needs to shush!

    • Clif
      Clif
      December 21, 2020 at 10:41 am | #

      Ernie is into beads, confirmed.

  18. Makkabee
    Makkabee
    December 21, 2020 at 12:47 am | #

    When did Ms. Billingsworth start getting tagged as Jennifer instead of Billie?

    *checks archive*

    Oh. November 22.

    • UnfrozenNeanderthal
      UnfrozenNeanderthal
      December 21, 2020 at 12:50 am | #

      After the comic where she asks to be called Jennifer instead of Billie

  19. NinjaNick
    NinjaNick
    December 21, 2020 at 12:49 am | #

    I prefer Walky’s shaggy look, thank you.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      December 21, 2020 at 2:40 am | #

      [Norville glares at him for cramping his style.]

  20. Xccj
    Xccj
    December 21, 2020 at 12:53 am | #

    Thought the guy in the red jacket was wearing a mask at first and my thought was “well at least someone in this universe cares about the virus.” (Timelines be damned.)

  21. JessWitt
    JessWitt
    December 21, 2020 at 1:02 am | #

    I’ll do Jennifer one better: “Has Walky heard of thermals?”

    • Clif
      Clif
      December 21, 2020 at 9:47 am | #

      Sure, but around here we call them updrafts.

      Now I want an image of Jenn floating along on her thermals.

  22. Delicious Taffy
    Delicious Taffy
    December 21, 2020 at 1:05 am | #

    “YoU nEeD a HaIrCuT” shut the fuck up.

  23. bcb
    bcb
    December 21, 2020 at 1:14 am | #

    Oh hey Jennifer’s tag has been updated.

  24. Sirksome
    Sirksome
    December 21, 2020 at 1:21 am | #

    This Jen seems a bit more like the one last semester then when she first shiwed up.

  25. Sirksome
    Sirksome
    December 21, 2020 at 2:05 am | #

    Also yeah uh…Walky? No one believes that ‘this is the media building” “I’m in telecom and you’re in journalism” excuse. You were sitting there waiting for Jenny to walk up cause you’re stalking her. Stop criticizing her appearance because you’re fishing for banter like the butt hurt dweeb, sad your friend wants to (justifiably if you ask me) distance herself from you. You twick! Get dumpstered!

    • Keulen
      Keulen
      December 21, 2020 at 3:13 am | #

      Yeah, how dare Walky still want to hang out with his childhood friend who’s trying to avoid all her friends because she thinks she’s too cool for them now. Seems like her behavior isn’t justified at all to me.

      • Sirksome
        Sirksome
        December 21, 2020 at 6:32 am | #

        Well since Jennifer is an adult human with free will she’s under no obligation to hangout with her friends and needs no justification for her choice even if we all find it a little sus. Walky specifically though immediately got 10x more annoying at just the hint of rejection from Jen so yeah I’d totally get distancing a bit from him just for personal sanity.

        • Delicious Taffy
          Delicious Taffy
          December 21, 2020 at 7:27 am | #

          This “under no obligation” bullshit is tedious and worthless. Nobody cares if she’s not legally required by the state to interact with or explain herself to anyone. She’s still being shitty by randomly shunning everyone out of the blue, and that’s all anyone is saying against her.

          • Sirksome
            Sirksome
            December 21, 2020 at 8:57 am | #

            Well she’s not really shunning anyone. The last thing Jennifer said on the subject was that they weren’t enemies and that she was just “happy and busy” and that’s why they hadn’t seen each other. Walky just took the news badly. Worse than anyone else in the group. Except maybe Sal who had a whole panel where she had a sort of questioning expression toward Asher that might lead to something.

            I’m real suspicious of what’s going on with Jennifer too but it’s also not fair to just disrespect her wishes or try to force interactions with someone because you miss them. Which is what Walky’s doing here. He’s even implying that he’ll just keep pestering her. Like, c’mon? How is that okay?

            But this is really only his first time doing this and he’s just really annoying by default so maybe he’ll respect Jennifer if she gives him more pushback. Or Jennifer will come around more without this being a whole thing with Walky constantly pestering her.

            • Clif
              Clif
              December 21, 2020 at 9:35 am | #

              How is it okay? — Sometimes friendship is complicated.

              • Clif
                Clif
                December 21, 2020 at 10:38 am | #

                In fact, I’m not sure that all Jennifer’s relationships can’t be sorted into just two bins, Complicated and Shallow. Which bin Asher goes in is yet to be determined.

            • thejeff
              thejeff
              December 21, 2020 at 10:39 am | #

              It’s a little brother’s job.

              And sometimes it’s important not to take a friend at face value. You just have to be right about when that is.

              • Leorale
                Leorale
                December 21, 2020 at 1:24 pm | #

                Especially if your friend has depression, which includes social isolation.

                Ruth has figured out that Jennifer pushes people away whenever her depression is worsening. After knowing each other their whole lives, Walky may have noticed this symptom, too.

                Yes, you should normally get consent to hang out. But you also need to not let your very-depressed friends isolate themselves, so that’s a tricky balance.

                In this case, Walky/Billie have traditionally had the comfortable pattern that he pesters her like a little brother. It’s legit that he’s leaning into their pattern when he suspects she is Not Okay.

            • BBCC
              BBCC
              December 21, 2020 at 3:14 pm | #

              Well, if the only reason she hasn’t seen Walky is because she’s busy, then it should be no problem for Walky to talk to her when he runs into her.

    • thejeff
      thejeff
      December 21, 2020 at 8:34 am | #

      Or you know, Walky is legitimately worried about his near sister.

      • Mike Crichton
        Mike Crichton
        December 21, 2020 at 4:40 pm | #

        What with her dating a junior mafioso thug and all. Who we, the readers, know was an accessory to at least one murder.

    • Mr D
      Mr D
      December 21, 2020 at 8:14 pm | #

      Sirksome, will you relax your Walky shaped hateboner?
      Every time he appears, you start whining.

  26. BenRG
    BenRG
    December 21, 2020 at 2:15 am | #

    Also, Jen, yes he’s stalking you. Everyone else has developed so much immunity to him that he’s having to look further afield to find someone to annoy.

  27. Needfuldoer
    Needfuldoer
    December 21, 2020 at 2:39 am | #

    Do today’s telecom majors still learn about dial-up modems, T1 circuits, and ISDN lines, like I had to back in 2005? (They were old news even then, but at least the core principles like time-division multiplexing and frequency-division multiplexing are still relevant. Your fancypants DOCSIS 3 cable modem uses both! Fun fact: current DOCSIS standards use interference-prone low frequencies for their upload links. That’s why you can get 300 megs down but only 12 up from the cable company. The next revision of the standard should fix that, and with the widespread adoption of video conferencing and live streaming that’s well overdue if you ask me.)

  28. Keulen
    Keulen
    December 21, 2020 at 3:11 am | #

    I think Walky looks better with longer hair.

  29. Brat
    Brat
    December 21, 2020 at 3:39 am | #

    “Wool”…. Billy wouldn’t wear plain wool… she’s wearing a mohair/cashmere/silk blend and making fun of Walky by calling it mere “wool”

    • King Daniel
      King Daniel
      December 21, 2020 at 4:02 am | #

      Who’s this “Billy” you speak of?

    • Giguioto
      Giguioto
      December 21, 2020 at 5:53 am | #

      Her name is Jennifer, and I met her on Tinder :v

      • evandrofisico
        evandrofisico
        December 21, 2020 at 6:06 am | #

        Hey! Another Brazilian!

        • Giguioto
          Giguioto
          December 21, 2020 at 9:29 am | #

          I must sing the song of my people!

          • Clif
            Clif
            December 21, 2020 at 9:38 am | #

            Fish heads, fish heads.

            Roley-poley fish heads…

            • Clif
              Clif
              December 21, 2020 at 9:39 am | #

              oh wait. Wrong.people.

              • Marsh Maryrose
                Marsh Maryrose
                December 21, 2020 at 8:09 pm | #

                Eat them up, yum!

                You sing the song of my people.

          • Mr D
            Mr D
            December 21, 2020 at 8:11 pm | #

            Cue “Garota de Ipanema”

            • Giguioto
              Giguioto
              December 22, 2020 at 12:02 am | #

              I was thinking on “Blue like the sea” aka. Azul da cor domar, but this fits

  30. Deanatay
    Deanatay
    December 21, 2020 at 8:19 am | #

    Such sibling
    Many annoy
    WOW

  31. Hydrohead
    Hydrohead
    December 21, 2020 at 9:09 am | #

    Is Ernie wearing a mask?

    Also, what is the deal with that bazar bronze statue in panel 1?

    • Bicycle Bill
      Bicycle Bill
      December 21, 2020 at 9:14 am | #

      He has been wearing one lately.

  32. C.T Phipps
    C.T Phipps
    December 21, 2020 at 9:18 am | #

    I wouldn’t be surprised if Billie was advised by her therapist to cut toxic people out of her life like Walky [who has no direction in life and enables her habits] and Ruth [because Billie can’t be in a co-dependent suicide pact right now]. Thus, she’s actually in a healthier happier place.

    We just assume she’s worse off because she’s not with the protagonists.

    • Spencer
      Spencer
      December 21, 2020 at 9:31 am | #

      Her romance with Ruth was hella toxic but I don’t think any therapist worth their salt would tell someone to abandon all their previous friendships and hook up with a guy who called the police on his friend for the lulz.

      • cmasta1992
        cmasta1992
        December 21, 2020 at 9:34 am | #

        Yeah because who people are at like 13 is who they are forever. Get outta here with that nonsense.

        • dralou
          dralou
          December 21, 2020 at 10:10 am | #

          The guy has also been painted as being the one who asked a crooked cop to take care of Blaine. And it seems fairly clear he knew what that would entail.

          Indeed, he changed from his 13-year-old self…

          • cmasta1992
            cmasta1992
            December 22, 2020 at 9:13 am | #

            I guess we forgot Blaine tried to kill no fewer than half the named cast. Surprise surprise people with mob ties end up waxed after something like that. And we don’t know the full extent of Asher’s role in that. Just that when it was done he was told. Very easily could’ve been just told about the hit being suggested and when he didn’t stop it with the higher ups he was told when the hit was finished.

        • Clif
          Clif
          December 21, 2020 at 10:14 am | #

          Who were you at thirteen?

          I ask because I was basically the same person at thirteen. I might have been a little smarter then and my body wasn’t starting to fall apart, but I would recognize me anywhere.

          • King Daniel
            King Daniel
            December 21, 2020 at 2:57 pm | #

            I…definitely wasn’t the same person I am now when I was thirteen.

            (And yes, I recognize the irony of posting this with my new gravatar)

          • cmasta1992
            cmasta1992
            December 22, 2020 at 9:10 am | #

            I’m rounding the bases to 31. 13 year old me may as well be a completely different person. Even if I were to compare myself at 13 to myself starting 2nd semester in college I was massively different. I think that’s true for a bunch of people.

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        December 21, 2020 at 10:41 am | #

        Well, it’s unlikely the therapist (or Jennifer for that matter) would know about Asher’s past.

        OTOH, one common abusive partner sign is that they get you to break off existing friendships.

        • Needfuldoer
          Needfuldoer
          December 21, 2020 at 11:05 am | #

          It’s possible she knows about Asher’s past (like Walky does) because she was there, or maybe she just knows he’s “one of Sal’s old friends”, or maybe she had no idea they were connected until they hooked up.

          I’m sure we’ll get that exposition in due time.

          As for Jennifer giving Walky the cold shoulder, maybe she’s just reverting to her haughty high school ways and doesn’t want to be seen with him. That sucks, but shallow’s gonna shallow.

    • Zee
      Zee
      December 21, 2020 at 10:49 am | #

      1. Therapists don’t do that
      2. Why do we expect an 18 year old to know what he’s doing with this life again? And why is not having direction a toxic trait? And when did Walky enable billies habits?

      • Delicious Taffy
        Delicious Taffy
        December 21, 2020 at 2:44 pm | #

        Once you’re 18, you’re officially All Grown Up and it’s time to know exactly what you’re going to be for the rest of your life. There’s absolutely no room for personal inspection or trying anything out. Once that meter ticks over, you have to be out your parents’ door with a full-time job that pays well, a brand-new vehicle, a house you bought yourself, a kid at least on the way, $40k in the bank, and you better be balancing all of that with an education you also paid for by yourself. Those are the rules.

    • Mike Crichton
      Mike Crichton
      December 21, 2020 at 4:42 pm | #

      And is with a literal criminal instead. Though to be fair, she might not know that yet.

  33. Rabisch
    Rabisch
    December 21, 2020 at 10:34 am | #

    After that. I hope Walky decides to let grow his hair even longer than Sal’s. We are in 2020 and still people can’t accept a guy with long hair?!

  34. FacelessDeviant
    FacelessDeviant
    December 21, 2020 at 11:24 am | #

    With such top class banter, how could he stay away?

  35. Jhon
    Jhon
    December 21, 2020 at 12:00 pm | #

    “Many a man lives a burden to the earth, but a good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life.” — John Milton

    Ernie Pyle said some good stuff too.

  36. J
    J
    December 21, 2020 at 12:41 pm | #

    There’s nothing wrong with Walky’s hair.

  37. Robbie
    Robbie
    December 21, 2020 at 2:08 pm | #

    Walky’s hair is great! (Actually I heard the icons changed and I want to see who I get.)

    • DarkoNeko
      DarkoNeko
      December 21, 2020 at 2:12 pm | #

      with your icon I declare you officially Biased regarding Walky’s hair !

    • Heather
      Heather
      December 21, 2020 at 3:24 pm | #

      Same and same. (I was the old Billie/Jennifer icon and now I am…)

    • Sara Hysaro
      Sara Hysaro
      December 21, 2020 at 6:54 pm | #

      Yeah, I don’t really notice Walky’s hair change unless I’m thinking about it! It’s not long enough to play with yet.

      So let’s see if I’m changed from Danny…

      • Sara Hysaro
        Sara Hysaro
        December 21, 2020 at 6:54 pm | #

        Dina! Definitely a good one.

        • a/snow/mous/e
          a/snow/mous/e
          December 21, 2020 at 7:40 pm | #

          Congrats!

          • a/snow/mous/e
            a/snow/mous/e
            December 21, 2020 at 7:41 pm | #

            oh no
            i miss amber lol

            • He Who Abides
              He Who Abides
              December 21, 2020 at 8:09 pm | #

              Who’m I know, I wonder?

              • He Who Abides
                He Who Abides
                December 21, 2020 at 8:10 pm | #

                *Now, not know. Eedjet.

                And let’s spin this wheel again, I want Dina.

                • He Who Abides
                  He Who Abides
                  December 21, 2020 at 8:12 pm | #

                  NO.

                • He Who Abides
                  He Who Abides
                  December 21, 2020 at 8:14 pm | #

                  Sara, what capitalization sequence did you use to get Dina?

                • thejeff
                  thejeff
                  December 21, 2020 at 8:46 pm | #

                  Won’t help you. Capitalization just changes how your email address is hashed.

                • He Who Abides
                  He Who Abides
                  December 21, 2020 at 11:12 pm | #

                  I dunno, it seems to work for me. Just can’t figure out the proper combination.

                • He Who Abides
                  He Who Abides
                  December 21, 2020 at 11:13 pm | #

                  Definitely not that one. Worse than Danny.

                • He Who Abides
                  He Who Abides
                  December 21, 2020 at 11:15 pm | #

                  Y’know what, sold. Fuckface I be.

                • thejeff
                  thejeff
                  December 21, 2020 at 11:44 pm | #

                  Certainly changes it up, but you can’t just use the same capitalization sequence to get the same result as some one else.

  38. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    December 21, 2020 at 2:12 pm | #

    . . . is that the “I have Opinions, change my mind !!” dude in the first panel ? hahahahaha

  39. King Daniel
    King Daniel
    December 21, 2020 at 2:48 pm | #

    The gravatars have been changed! I was wondering why there seemed to be a sudden preponderance of Season 2!Becky in the comments section.

    • King Daniel
      King Daniel
      December 21, 2020 at 2:48 pm | #

      I seem to have gotten Asher, which…sure, I’ll take it I suppose.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      December 21, 2020 at 9:48 pm | #

      I’m debating whether to stay Professor DeSanto or be obstinate and set the old av_dina.png as a custom gravatar…

      Hell with it, Robin stays for now. She’s my algorithmically-assigned gravatar over in the It’s Walky! comments too.

  40. Ohmsford
    Ohmsford
    December 21, 2020 at 2:59 pm | #

    Can anyone tell what the Unown on the building say?

    • Marsh Maryrose
      Marsh Maryrose
      December 21, 2020 at 8:16 pm | #

      It’s a quote from John Milton: “A good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit”

      It’s the inscription over the main entrance of Franklin Hall, the home of IU’s journalism department

  41. Seen2much
    Seen2much
    December 21, 2020 at 3:25 pm | #

    There’s that point between having short hair and long hair where you just look like a shaggy dog, that is where Walky is at this moment.

    • NickG
      NickG
      December 21, 2020 at 3:46 pm | #

      Well shaggy dogs are pretty cute (if often a bit smelly) much like Walky.

  42. Diane
    Diane
    December 21, 2020 at 4:04 pm | #

    Walky needs longer hair, hair long enough to put in a lazy pony tail. It’s not long enough to lightly tug in an “attention me” manner.

  43. Spencer
    Spencer
    December 21, 2020 at 7:13 pm | #

    Man I wonder what my gravatar is gonna be now

    • a/snow/mous/e
      a/snow/mous/e
      December 21, 2020 at 7:41 pm | #

      Good question!

      • a/snow/mous/e
        a/snow/mous/e
        December 21, 2020 at 7:42 pm | #

        Maybe Megatron?

  44. Svankensen
    Svankensen
    December 21, 2020 at 11:04 pm | #

    Let’s see.

    • Svankensen
      Svankensen
      December 21, 2020 at 11:04 pm | #

      Am I goth Billie?

      • King Daniel
        King Daniel
        December 22, 2020 at 12:19 am | #

        Looks like regular Jennifer to me.

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