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Knees

by David M Willis on May 1, 2012 at 12:01 am
  • 03 - The First Step Towards Recovery
└ Tags: dorothy, joe, joyce, walky

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  1. David Herbert
    David Herbert
    May 1, 2012 at 12:01 am | #

    At least it’s not his femurs. He needs those to live.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      May 1, 2012 at 12:06 am | #

      But do they need knees?

      • Joe H
        Joe H
        May 1, 2012 at 12:07 am | #

        It wouldn’t be so bad if they knead knees.

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          May 1, 2012 at 12:13 am | #

          Knees and rolling pins do not mix.

          • Yotomoe
            Yotomoe
            May 1, 2012 at 12:16 am | #

            B-but that’s how you make brown-knees

            • Blob Marley
              Blob Marley
              May 1, 2012 at 1:51 am | #

              I thought that’s how you make black and blue knees.

              • Usayasha
                Usayasha
                May 1, 2012 at 6:01 pm | #

                I thought brownies were made from fairy dust, chocolate bun-knees, and marinara sauce.

          • agentksilver
            agentksilver
            May 1, 2012 at 12:16 am | #

            I’d say they mix a little too well…

            • Plasma Mongoose
              Plasma Mongoose
              May 1, 2012 at 12:20 am | #

              Less of a mix and more of a break.

              • Khrene Cleaver
                Khrene Cleaver
                May 1, 2012 at 12:33 am | #

                Mmmmm… Kit kat bars…

                • Plasma Mongoose
                  Plasma Mongoose
                  May 1, 2012 at 12:52 am | #

                  Mmmmmmm Orang-Utan Fingers.

    • Rognik
      Rognik
      May 1, 2012 at 12:20 am | #

      I wonder if Danny could lease Ruth. At least until he meets Amazi-Girl again.

      • Cholma
        Cholma
        May 1, 2012 at 1:26 am | #

        But what if Dorothy *is* Amazi-Girl? “Oh! The humanity!”

        • Shippy McShipper
          Shippy McShipper
          May 1, 2012 at 11:01 am | #

          I’m starting to think it would be hilarious if (someone believed that) Ruth was Amazigirl.

        • G.G.
          G.G.
          May 1, 2012 at 12:53 pm | #

          I am I the only one who sees it?

  2. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    May 1, 2012 at 12:02 am | #

    Or will it be a demotivational poster about taking arrows to knees?!

    • Mkvenner
      Mkvenner
      May 1, 2012 at 12:04 am | #

      Albert Sydney Johnston took a bullet to the knee at the battle of shiloh and bleed to death.

      I’m serious.

      • Khrene Cleaver
        Khrene Cleaver
        May 1, 2012 at 12:34 am | #

        Well, he surely ain’t an adventure like you no more.

  3. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    May 1, 2012 at 12:02 am | #

    Worse, it will be a link to tubgirl dot com.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      May 1, 2012 at 12:09 am | #

      I just am going to imagine it’s a webcomic about a girl who was bitten by a radio-active bath tub

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        May 1, 2012 at 12:13 am | #

        Not exactly…

        (If you haven’t seen it, you are much better off)

      • Rognik
        Rognik
        May 1, 2012 at 12:24 am | #

        I have only heard about it second-hand, but I’m told that if your first reaction is “She’s still wearing socks”, then you’re completely desensitized to the internet.

        Bearing this in mind, I doubt even Danny could be that cruel.

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          May 1, 2012 at 12:33 am | #

          Lets just say that it is a shitty, bloated site and leave it at that.

          • Tualha
            Tualha
            May 1, 2012 at 6:59 am | #

            Cute avatar today (well, they all are), who is it this time?

            • Plasma Mongoose
              Plasma Mongoose
              May 1, 2012 at 8:37 am | #

              This time, the grav is Jane Foster from The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes.

  4. Mkvenner
    Mkvenner
    May 1, 2012 at 12:02 am | #

    WTF is it with exs and knees?

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      May 1, 2012 at 12:21 am | #

      Maybe these exs are from the Mafia.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        May 1, 2012 at 12:27 am | #

        I’m sure Dorothy isn’t Amber’s dad.

    • Rognik
      Rognik
      May 1, 2012 at 12:25 am | #

      I know! It’s supposed to be exes and ohs that go together. Sheesh!

      • Khrene Cleaver
        Khrene Cleaver
        May 1, 2012 at 12:37 am | #

        I’ve made my ex go oh before. But now I need someone else to B mine.

        • marr
          marr
          May 1, 2012 at 3:30 am | #

          R U sad 2 C your X go?

      • Kryss LaBryn
        Kryss LaBryn
        May 1, 2012 at 12:34 pm | #

        Also bees and knees. Although that may not be much of an improvement, come to think of it.

  5. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    May 1, 2012 at 12:03 am | #

    perhaps he will have several jpgs of knees being broken.

    • Kryss LaBryn
      Kryss LaBryn
      May 1, 2012 at 12:35 pm | #

      Perhaps it will be several pages of broken links. He will forever be left to wonder if, behind them, there lurk jpegs of broken knees…

      • Kintrex
        Kintrex
        May 1, 2012 at 2:47 pm | #

        The broken links are a metaphor. A metaphor for the body part linking the thigh to the shin.

  6. Jimmy
    Jimmy
    May 1, 2012 at 12:03 am | #

    Dorothy’s old news now. It’s onto Amazi-girl for Danny!

    • SuziRoo
      SuziRoo
      May 1, 2012 at 12:06 am | #

      The question is, if he finds out that Amazi-girl is Sal will he want to date her more or less.

      • Jimmy
        Jimmy
        May 1, 2012 at 12:09 am | #

        Since Sal’s not wearing glasses that could be a deal breaker.

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          May 1, 2012 at 12:10 am | #

          He’ll date Sal. Because since she’s walky’s twin, she too, is sculptpted in caramel

          • Jimmy
            Jimmy
            May 1, 2012 at 12:14 am | #

            Ah yes, delicious female caramel… PSL alert!

            • Yotomoe
              Yotomoe
              May 1, 2012 at 12:17 am | #

              In theory, that’d mean Danny and Dorothy just broke up and hooked up with…physically the same people

              • Jimmy
                Jimmy
                May 1, 2012 at 12:23 am | #

                I can sense a scene coming on where Dorothy sees Danny with Sal and walks away with a shocked expression like Joyce’s after discovering Dorothy being an atheist.

                • Khrene Cleaver
                  Khrene Cleaver
                  May 1, 2012 at 12:41 am | #

                  Hey nothing wrong with dabbling in the dark meat. I personally endorse it, especially considering my personal bais.

                  Yeah thats right ladies, I too am sculpted in carmel. Although my caramels been “melting” recently cause I haven’t running like I was last cemester.

                  DAMN YOU 19 UNITS + JOB!!!!!

          • Plasma Mongoose
            Plasma Mongoose
            May 1, 2012 at 12:23 am | #

            If Walky and Sal are caramel, does that make Danny nougat?

            • Jimmy
              Jimmy
              May 1, 2012 at 12:27 am | #

              I was thinking more like that white creamy filling like in a cadbury egg

              • Plasma Mongoose
                Plasma Mongoose
                May 1, 2012 at 12:29 am | #

                That’s fondant.

                • Jimmy
                  Jimmy
                  May 1, 2012 at 12:34 am | #

                  Hey watch the dirty talk!

                • Jimmy
                  Jimmy
                  May 1, 2012 at 12:35 am | #

                  j/k I Googled it 🙂

  7. T Campbell
    T Campbell
    May 1, 2012 at 12:04 am | #

    DANNY VS. WALKY

    THEIR CONFLICT WILL LEVEL MOUNTAINS

    • Tristan J
      Tristan J
      May 1, 2012 at 12:04 am | #

      AND BY MOUNTAINS

      YOU MEAN ANTHILLS

      AND THEN BOTH SIDES WILL BE LIKE AW POOP WHAT HAVE WE DONE

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        May 1, 2012 at 12:10 am | #

        It will look something like this geek fight.

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          May 1, 2012 at 12:40 am | #

          or this
          o3o i hope i did this right

          • Plasma Mongoose
            Plasma Mongoose
            May 1, 2012 at 12:53 am | #

            Yes… yes you did. 😀

  8. Tristan J
    Tristan J
    May 1, 2012 at 12:04 am | #

    Oh my God panel one gives me all the goofy squees.

    • Sensedog
      Sensedog
      May 1, 2012 at 12:16 am | #

      It’s pretty cool that he was able to earn respect from someone who would be considered an “alpha male”, so to speak. I would say that this situation is an overall “win” for Walky.

      • Blob Marley
        Blob Marley
        May 1, 2012 at 1:59 am | #

        Because Walky is a mastermind. We can only pray he never turns his talents to evil.

    • AndysDrawings
      AndysDrawings
      May 1, 2012 at 4:42 am | #

      Walky/Joe OTP!

  9. Tifanimi
    Tifanimi
    May 1, 2012 at 12:07 am | #

    So she’s actually dating him now? Is that what’s going on? I ask because if she meant for this to just be something casual I don’t think it would warrant an actual discussion with Danny and if she is planning on entering a new relationship about a week and a half after dumping Danny…yeah…that’s going to be a fun talk. Poor Danny. I mean I know he’s into Amazigirl now but that’s still going to hurt like hell.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      May 1, 2012 at 12:12 am | #

      Especially after making such a huge deal about how she needs less distractions in college and the fact that Walky has no goals, unlike danny, and pretty much breezes through life with little to no incentive or ambition. except for mcnuggets and pajama jeans.

      • Tifanimi
        Tifanimi
        May 1, 2012 at 12:21 am | #

        Yeah that’s why I just don’t see Dorothy/Walky lasting very long. Once the initial rush of attraction wears off he really doesn’t seem like Dorothy’s type at all. He screams rebound to me which is why I don’t see any reason for Dorothy to actually talk about this with Danny. Give it sometime and then if it seems like it’s going somewhere maybe have a talk about it but the break up wounds haven’t even started to heal so why hurt the poor guy all over again? He didn’t feel the need to run off and tell her about his brief hook up with Billie although I’m sure that will come up now.

        • Raoullefere
          Raoullefere
          May 1, 2012 at 10:53 am | #

          Walky will dump Dorothy, actually, when he gets the Rhodes Scholarship he didn’t even apply for.

          • Shippy McShipper
            Shippy McShipper
            May 1, 2012 at 11:11 am | #

            No, when he gets the scholarship she applied to.

      • Herohatch
        Herohatch
        May 1, 2012 at 12:41 am | #

        If I recall, the main reason Dorothy broke it off with Danny is because he lacked ambition of his own and simply followed Dorothy to Indiana. She just didn’t want to string him along anymore. Danny also made the mistake of implying Dorothy’s ambition to get into Yale was “just a phase”.

        Walky on the other hand came to Indiana on, more or less, his own accord (and yes, his parents wanted him to). Sure he doesn’t have an exact idea of what he wants to do, but keep in mind Walky isn’t downplaying Dorothy’s ambition. That and they seem to share more common interests than Dorothy did with Danny, or so we can assume.

        Point is, from my perspective, Walky isn’t some radical change from Danny and sure the relationship might not last. But Walky is more respecting to Dorothy’s life goals. I think his friendliness and shared hobby is just a bonus.

    • Sensedog
      Sensedog
      May 1, 2012 at 12:21 am | #

      I don’t know what Dorothy considers their “status” to be at this point (perhaps we will find out), but she doesn’t strike me as someone who will date casually, at least not without it becoming more serious. Then again, I don’t have much to go on here, and so I could be mistaken. It’s just a feeling I get.

      With regard to Walky having no direction or incentive in life, well, the incentive part may have just changed. And he isn’t stupid; if he learns how to apply himself when it comes to a specific goal, he probably has no limits.

      • Schadetj
        Schadetj
        May 1, 2012 at 3:13 am | #

        Which is what I’m still trying to figure out. You could kind of explain away Walky’s amazing skills without any real practice or effort in That’s Walky because of the whole Alien thing.

        This universe, that never happened. So somehow Walky never studies but is a genius, and never works out/is constantly eating junk food and yet has Adonis Abs. So either Walky is That Guy Everyone Hates, or something else is up.

        • begbert2
          begbert2
          May 1, 2012 at 10:49 am | #

          Meh, I never studied and was a genius. It happens.

          (The abs thing, though…well, at least I managed to magically stay [i]thin[/i]. Until college. And nowadays…let us not speak of it.)

          • begbert2
            begbert2
            May 1, 2012 at 10:52 am | #

            Based on my brilliant tag work there, it’s a good thing I put the genius thing in the past tense…

        • HeilMichael
          HeilMichael
          May 1, 2012 at 11:38 am | #

          But look at Dorothy in that last panel. That is the look of my loving mother catching me with spaghetti all over my face.

          Last week.

  10. The Sound Defense
    The Sound Defense
    May 1, 2012 at 12:08 am | #

    When Joe fist bumps you, your phone’s contact list suddenly includes 20 more eligible females.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      May 1, 2012 at 12:11 am | #

      Joe’s fists have bluetooth?

      • The Sound Defense
        The Sound Defense
        May 1, 2012 at 12:15 am | #

        No, that just happens.

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          May 1, 2012 at 12:17 am | #

          He’s got a contagious Fonz virus.

          • Plasma Mongoose
            Plasma Mongoose
            May 1, 2012 at 12:25 am | #

            Which means that anything he taps will light up. 😀

          • Rognik
            Rognik
            May 1, 2012 at 12:28 am | #

            And there is no cure for it. Just like Disco Fever. Those poor, poor disco dancers…

            • Khrene Cleaver
              Khrene Cleaver
              May 1, 2012 at 12:49 am | #

              I’ve lost many a friend and family memebers to the Disco Inferno. It truly is a sad way to go.

    • Björn
      Björn
      May 1, 2012 at 12:40 am | #

      I imagine the sound of Mario picking up a coin.

      • fellixe
        fellixe
        May 1, 2012 at 3:30 am | #

        Unless whomever he fist-bumps is a hot girl, then up pops the magic mushroom.

      • Kryss LaBryn
        Kryss LaBryn
        May 1, 2012 at 12:43 pm | #

        Bleep-bloop.

  11. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    May 1, 2012 at 12:08 am | #

    A Danny vs. Walky (sans superpowers) fight would be the most hilarious thing ever. Like watching an MMA cage match between a Care Bear and a Popple.

    Then Ruth shows up and kills them both.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      May 1, 2012 at 12:14 am | #

      or like a battle between two wacky waving inflatable arm flailing tube man

      • Blob Marley
        Blob Marley
        May 1, 2012 at 2:00 am | #

        Due to a release of toxic waste into our warehouse, we are now overrun with carnivorous WACKY WAVING ARM FLAILING INFLATABLE TUBE MEN and we’re passing the impending zombie apocalyse on to YOOOOUUUUUUUU

    • madd
      madd
      May 1, 2012 at 11:52 am | #

      But neither popples nor care bears have sculpted caramel abs …

  12. Sensedog
    Sensedog
    May 1, 2012 at 12:09 am | #

    Dorothy doesn’t seem very worried about a potential altercation between Danny and Walky, given her expression in the last panel. And to be honest, I don’t think that a fight between those two would be anything to cause concern; neither one of them has shown barely a shred of violent tendencies in this comic, at least thus far.

    • Shippy McShipper
      Shippy McShipper
      May 1, 2012 at 11:16 am | #

      Which will make it all the more hilarious when they break out the kung-fu/parkour/matrix combo and start fighting all over the campus, walls and ceiling included.

  13. MR C
    MR C
    May 1, 2012 at 12:11 am | #

    *gasp* the most dreaded of GIFs

  14. Blue
    Blue
    May 1, 2012 at 12:16 am | #

    …and now I’m picturing a Twelfth Night-style “fight” where both participants are terrified of the other.

  15. Izzy
    Izzy
    May 1, 2012 at 12:16 am | #

    I would like to take this time to cordially ask that someone make an animated gif of Danny breaking Wally’s knees

  16. Wonder Wig
    Wonder Wig
    May 1, 2012 at 12:21 am | #

    And the gif would be too big so it wont process quickly enough to animate smoothly. Oh NO!

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      May 1, 2012 at 12:29 am | #

      And it will be such pixilated bad quality! But JUST good enough to tell that knees are being broken

  17. Uniqueantique
    Uniqueantique
    May 1, 2012 at 12:34 am | #

    Why feel sorry for Danny? He’s got Amazi Girl. At least in his own mind he does.

    • ryan
      ryan
      May 1, 2012 at 8:44 am | #

      no he doesn’t. if he paid attention he could have amber, but, man, amber is no amazi-girl.

  18. Aizat
    Aizat
    May 1, 2012 at 12:40 am | #

    When Walky put it that way, I just imagined Danny being a badass troll.

  19. Icalasari
    Icalasari
    May 1, 2012 at 1:04 am | #

    No Walky. Your knees will be broken by someone using your femurs to break them before punching you in the FAAAAAAAAAAAAAACCCCCCE!

    • wererat
      wererat
      May 1, 2012 at 1:26 am | #

      with their penis.
      and it all began over a nickle.

      • fellixe
        fellixe
        May 1, 2012 at 3:33 am | #

        Which she got from Mike because the someone breaking your knees is YOUR MOM!

        • Izzy
          Izzy
          May 1, 2012 at 11:54 am | #

          Butts

  20. Mikehatesyou
    Mikehatesyou
    May 1, 2012 at 1:10 am | #

    He is going to send him a link to a geocities site centered on breaking people’s knees.

  21. that bard
    that bard
    May 1, 2012 at 1:30 am | #

    You guys sure love your puns, huh? I love how for half the strips, the comments themselves are just as enjoyable as the comic.

    • N0083rP00F
      N0083rP00F
      May 1, 2012 at 11:36 am | #

      What can I say … Willis seems to attract this particular kind of readership. And Plasma Mongoose as well ^_-

  22. Eve
    Eve
    May 1, 2012 at 1:49 am | #

    Should be pretty easy to tell Danny. “You were looking for something serious and longterm, I’m not, and neither is Walky. He just wants to smooch and hang out and that’s what I want right now”

  23. Blob Marley
    Blob Marley
    May 1, 2012 at 2:03 am | #

    Dotty’s smile is TOO FUCKING ADORABLE

  24. Fauxlosopher
    Fauxlosopher
    May 1, 2012 at 2:18 am | #

    Joyce seems to have calmed down a bit. Perhaps Joe’s presence is like a cold shower to her.

    Considering she screamed at him last time they came near each other it’s a step up toward them being friends.

  25. DiDi
    DiDi
    May 1, 2012 at 3:42 am | #

    Does it say something that I’m laughing harder at everyone’s comments than I am at the current comic?

  26. Steven
    Steven
    May 1, 2012 at 4:18 am | #

    “I NEED MY KNEES TO LIVE!”
    And at this moment, Joyce fell desperately in love with him.

  27. Crumplepunch
    Crumplepunch
    May 1, 2012 at 4:20 am | #

    It’s just a gif, Walky, there’s no eed to get so…

    *glasses pull*

    …animated.

    • Shippy McShipper
      Shippy McShipper
      May 1, 2012 at 11:19 am | #

      Okay, good enough.
      Here you go.

  28. Faeyas
    Faeyas
    May 1, 2012 at 4:26 am | #

    Beware the sternly worded email!

  29. McGruff the Crime Dog
    McGruff the Crime Dog
    May 1, 2012 at 5:48 am | #

    Dorothy dumped Danny for a dumb guy with a better body. What a slut.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      May 1, 2012 at 7:18 am | #

      Walky’s not dumb. He’s just impulsive and lazy.

      • begbert2
        begbert2
        May 1, 2012 at 10:55 am | #

        Dorothy didn’t know that when she went after him, though. She was *trying* for a dumb guy with a better body. Even if she failed that has to count for something.

    • Eve
      Eve
      May 1, 2012 at 9:25 pm | #

      She dumped a guy who wanted a very different type of relationship from her for one that wanted the same type she wants. How dare she look for someone she isn’t going to hurt by leaving when she goes through with her life plans.

    • Tifanimi
      Tifanimi
      May 1, 2012 at 11:52 pm | #

      Dorothy didn’t dump Danny for anyone. She broke up with Danny before she even met Walky.

  30. LiC
    LiC
    May 1, 2012 at 6:37 am | #

    I love how adorable Walky is in his fear of knee breaking.

  31. Jackson
    Jackson
    May 1, 2012 at 8:41 am | #

    “Aw poop?” Look at you, Walky. All chiding Joyce for using the phrase “smart-butt,” and then you turn around and go “aw poop.”

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      May 1, 2012 at 3:56 pm | #

      hey, those are- some gosh darn offensive words.

  32. NF
    NF
    May 1, 2012 at 9:02 am | #

    “At least I still believe in justice!”

  33. mikez
    mikez
    May 1, 2012 at 9:04 am | #

    is joe missing his left eyebrow? or just arching it…i cant tell…

  34. Bri
    Bri
    May 1, 2012 at 1:13 pm | #

    I think the whole Walky having nice abs despite being generally lazy and eating tons of junk food is that he likes to rough house/ play fight a lot. In the walkyverse it was mentioned that as kids Walky would often wrestle with Beef and Billy, I imagine he does the same thing now with Sal and Billy.

  35. EveryBody Popes
    EveryBody Popes
    May 1, 2012 at 2:23 pm | #

    ‘I Understimated you, little dude. Kudos.’
    Now i may not be the most literate person in the world. But my spell checker is telling me that it’s spelt Underestimated. Not Understimated.
    Dont know if its done on purpose or was just a minor error. Just happens to be what i notice when i look at it now.

  36. Wack'd
    Wack'd
    May 1, 2012 at 2:53 pm | #

    Man, look at that first panel. Willis has drawn the Peanutsest Walky.

    • davidbreslin101
      davidbreslin101
      May 1, 2012 at 3:12 pm | #

      Peanutsy, Peanutser, Peanutsest. I can see that entering the language. You have to really pronounce the “ts” though.

      • ADHadh
        ADHadh
        May 1, 2012 at 9:29 pm | #

        Good grief.

        • fellixe
          fellixe
          May 1, 2012 at 11:11 pm | #

          Well done!

    • Grassy Noel
      Grassy Noel
      May 3, 2012 at 12:11 pm | #

      You hold it, and I’ll run along and kick it!

  37. L
    L
    May 1, 2012 at 7:46 pm | #

    [Unfunny overused “Arrow to the Knee” joke]

  38. Erienne
    Erienne
    May 2, 2012 at 12:02 am | #

    This is so ridiculous. No one’s going to break his knees.

    It’s Joyce’s MLP collection that’s in trouble.

    (Because reasons)

  39. Grassy Noel
    Grassy Noel
    May 3, 2012 at 12:10 pm | #

    Animated gifs … this was a long time ago, wasn’t it!

  40. Zem
    Zem
    May 15, 2012 at 3:45 pm | #

    That’s a very Charlie Brown face in the 3rd panel.

    I want to see the vengeful delinquent Danny as imagined by Walky.

  41. Draegos
    Draegos
    November 6, 2013 at 10:14 pm | #

    So Joe’s what, eight and a half feet tall? Dorothy only comes up to his waist. o.0

  42. discountmusketeer
    discountmusketeer
    February 6, 2015 at 10:53 pm | #

    I’m pretty sure Walky could take Danny.

    Although I’m not sure how much “repressed berserker fury” got preserved in the universe shift.

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