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by David M Willis on November 5, 2010 at 12:01 am
  • 02 - Uphill From Here
└ Tags: jennifer, joyce, mike, sal, walky

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  1. Pariah Jones
    Pariah Jones
    November 5, 2010 at 12:02 am | #

    I like Sal’s choice of clothing.

    • JK9000
      JK9000
      November 5, 2010 at 6:18 am | #

      I like Sal’s breasts.

  2. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    November 5, 2010 at 12:02 am | #

    I still find Sall + college highly dubious.

    • celestialravenpine
      celestialravenpine
      November 5, 2010 at 11:20 am | #

      is your avatar a kougra?

  3. Qaxis
    Qaxis
    November 5, 2010 at 12:03 am | #

    I’m kind of surprised Joyce doesn’t still have the motorcycle helmet and isn’t going VAROOM! Also, is that Faz in the background?

    • Ragnal
      Ragnal
      November 5, 2010 at 12:10 am | #

      I think I see Jacob back there as well, second panel.

      • Qaxis
        Qaxis
        November 5, 2010 at 12:21 am | #

        Now that you mention it, it does look a bit like him…

      • David Herbert
        David Herbert
        November 5, 2010 at 12:33 am | #

        Yeah, it does look like him.

      • Dream State's Author
        Dream State's Author
        November 5, 2010 at 6:36 am | #

        Could just be another black guy….

      • Chad from Canada
        Chad from Canada
        November 6, 2010 at 1:44 am | #

        Definitely Jacob. I concur.

        • David
          David M Willis
          November 6, 2010 at 9:19 am | #

          It is not.

          WORD OF GOD.

          • Jabberwocky
            Jabberwocky
            November 6, 2010 at 10:27 am | #

            And all the tropers said, “amen.”

          • Baconwich
            Baconwich
            November 6, 2010 at 6:18 pm | #

            But he never denied Faz being there…

            CONFIRMATION!

            • David
              David M Willis
              November 6, 2010 at 11:03 pm | #

              The person people think is Faz is actually a girl. Check out her tapering waist.

              • MrBurrows
                MrBurrows
                December 16, 2014 at 10:33 am | #

                So… it’s Amber?

          • No0ne
            No0ne
            November 7, 2010 at 1:40 am | #

            Does anyone else think not-Jacob looks like he has a little dirt on his lip? I mean hair… yes hair…

            *cough*failstach*cough*

          • Rusty_Unycorn
            Rusty_Unycorn
            November 7, 2010 at 1:46 am | #

            @Jabberwocky: amen.

  4. FortMax
    FortMax
    November 5, 2010 at 12:03 am | #

    Is that Faz in the last panel?

    • Sam
      Sam
      November 5, 2010 at 12:12 am | #

      Not sure. I can’t see his faaaaaaaaaaace

    • Dedlok
      Dedlok
      November 5, 2010 at 12:20 am | #

      I hope not.

      • Joebo
        Joebo
        November 5, 2010 at 12:25 am | #

        I hope so!

      • R
        R
        November 5, 2010 at 12:16 pm | #

        Knowing how Willis writes, it almost definitely is Faz. 🙁 Faz is creepy!

        • Kitteh
          Kitteh
          November 5, 2010 at 2:25 pm | #

          Nope, not Faz. The highlight is gray, not brown.

  5. agentksilver
    agentksilver
    November 5, 2010 at 12:04 am | #

    Sal’s got groupies!

    I want to know if that’s Jacob or Faz in the background there, or if I’m being too hopeful.

  6. Doominbottle
    Doominbottle
    November 5, 2010 at 12:05 am | #

    Mike is there JUST to tick off Sal.

    • Pariah Jones
      Pariah Jones
      November 5, 2010 at 12:09 am | #

      I think if Mike really wanted to tick off Sal, he would have forced either Joyce and/or Walky into her lap and took whichever seat they previously occupied.

      • dethtoll
        dethtoll
        November 5, 2010 at 2:06 am | #

        figures you have a mike icon.

    • DCHorror
      DCHorror
      November 5, 2010 at 7:23 pm | #

      Mike is there because Walky is there. He’s staying close to him for some reason.

      • Nifar
        Nifar
        November 6, 2010 at 1:19 am | #

        Mike/Walky? … Man, and I thought Mike and Amber’s relationship in SP! was a bad idea.

        So, yeah. No clue.

        • Pagannerd
          Pagannerd
          November 7, 2010 at 5:44 am | #

          Want.

  7. No0ne
    No0ne
    November 5, 2010 at 12:07 am | #

    Red haired guy in the last panel is Ninja Rick, because he must!

    • drivethruwhale
      drivethruwhale
      November 5, 2010 at 1:27 am | #

      Wrong. Ninja Rick must be the prof.

      • Arthur
        Arthur
        November 5, 2010 at 7:54 am | #

        No way. Reagan should be the prof.
        Ninja rick’ll totally be the crazy custodian.

        • No0ne
          No0ne
          November 6, 2010 at 3:24 pm | #

          Reagan is dead…

          I can see Rick being the crazy custodian now, he could eb the professor of Asian history or maybe he’s now a pirate lover and teaches naval history because that would be even more awsome… but unlikely.

          Oh wait, that pirate guy from McAwsome’s will be the professor of naval history and he and Rick will have a running gag of fighting over which is best.

  8. Ragnal
    Ragnal
    November 5, 2010 at 12:12 am | #

    Bah, a scooter would’ve just brought attention to…well…hm.

    Quick question, who here likes scooters?

    • JackNapier
      JackNapier
      November 5, 2010 at 12:14 am | #

      The only problem I’ve got with them is when people put them in front of the bike racks at my school, because then they take up a lot of space.

    • MrGBH
      MrGBH
      November 5, 2010 at 9:44 am | #

      Anybody who isn’t confident enough to ride a proper motorcycle. I myself ride a scooter purely because it’s unable to break the speed limits, hence removing any possible desire to do so.

    • Jabberwocky
      Jabberwocky
      November 5, 2010 at 12:14 pm | #

      Scooters are awesome. Especially electric ones and Mopeds (especially especially Mopeds).

    • Kokopure
      Kokopure
      November 5, 2010 at 3:43 pm | #

      I want a friggin’ scooter. FLCL instilled in me an healthy(?) desire for a Vespa of my own.

      • photo instant nocorner itxtaltman86
        photoman86
        November 5, 2010 at 5:25 pm | #

        Yaya for FoolyCooly. Need a vespa and a guitar. I have a guitar.

      • Chad from Canada
        Chad from Canada
        November 6, 2010 at 1:46 am | #

        FLCL Is so friggin awesome. I’ve never seen so much inuendo packed into 6 episodes in my life, and I’ve seen Samurai Pizza Cats.

        • Russell B. T. Kirkpatrick
          Russell B. T. Kirkpatrick
          November 7, 2010 at 7:21 pm | #

          What makes it even funnier, the story itself has nothing to do about sex at all. It’s actually about maturing from adolescence. That just happens to be what’s on the mind of a thirteen year old japanese boy most of the time, it’s also why the innuendo lessens towards the end as Naota grows into a more mature kid.

    • No0ne
      No0ne
      November 6, 2010 at 3:25 pm | #

      Sewing maching engines for the win!

  9. Undrave
    Undrave
    November 5, 2010 at 12:13 am | #

    Hard to be the brooding loner when you got a fanclub XD

    Poor Billie, don’t try so hard.

  10. JediAutobot
    JediAutobot
    November 5, 2010 at 12:13 am | #

    No Sal, you don’t want a Gobot!

  11. JackNapier
    JackNapier
    November 5, 2010 at 12:16 am | #

    You just stay right on that high horse, Billie. You’ll have to come down at some point.

  12. Beachfox
    Beachfox
    November 5, 2010 at 12:22 am | #

    *points at Panel 3* FAZ!!

    Faz is excited to be learning this subject, which is of much interest to Faz who will be top students because Faz is superior to all classmates and don’thitmesister!

    • DCHorror
      DCHorror
      November 5, 2010 at 7:26 pm | #

      Your comment is made of win.

    • Bill M.
      Bill M.
      November 9, 2010 at 2:33 pm | #

      The only thing missing from your post is a Faz avatar.

  13. Dierna
    Dierna
    November 5, 2010 at 12:22 am | #

    Oh look! Jacob, possably Faz….and whoever that red headed person is….

    • Wackd
      Wackd
      November 5, 2010 at 12:24 am | #

      Rick?

      • Qaxis
        Qaxis
        November 5, 2010 at 12:27 am | #

        Is he maybe Ruth’s brother? Howard, i think?

        • Joebo
          Joebo
          November 5, 2010 at 12:28 am | #

          That option I like.

        • Malph
          Malph
          November 5, 2010 at 1:45 am | #

          It’s Pirate Bob, Ninja Rick’s brother. They don’t really speak to each other (and tend to make Thanksgiving pretty awkward).

          Also, JACOB!

        • R
          R
          November 5, 2010 at 12:18 pm | #

          I think Howard’s hair isn’t like that. I think we saw him in the background of an earlier strip. His hair is very smooth and his glasses are excessively prominent.

      • Joebo
        Joebo
        November 5, 2010 at 12:27 am | #

        No! I want Ninja Rick to be staff!

        • BrooksCracktackle
          BrooksCracktackle
          November 5, 2010 at 1:17 am | #

          Wouldn’t Jacob still be in highschool?

          • Joebo
            Joebo
            November 5, 2010 at 2:53 pm | #

            not necessarily, Willis has kinda jumbled up ages in this universe.

        • MrGBH
          MrGBH
          November 5, 2010 at 9:45 am | #

          He should be a janitor.

          • Joebo
            Joebo
            November 7, 2010 at 4:41 pm | #

            Staff is someone who works at the college but doesn’t teach. So Janitor would fit into that category. Faculty is someone who teaches.

    • Trae Dorn
      Trae Dorn
      November 5, 2010 at 7:51 am | #

      …that really doesn’t look like Jacob at all.

      I think they really are just background filler people.

      • No0ne
        No0ne
        November 6, 2010 at 3:26 pm | #

        Word of God agrees with you mortal… (No I am not he)

  14. Geoffrey Finch
    Geoffrey Finch
    November 5, 2010 at 12:29 am | #

    That’s probably not Jacob considering he doesn’t look anything like Jacob.

    • TexasNinjaBuzzard
      TexasNinjaBuzzard
      November 5, 2010 at 2:04 am | #

      Yeah, but come on– all PANTONE 436 people look alike to me.

      • Joebo
        Joebo
        November 5, 2010 at 2:54 pm | #

        Hey. That’s racist. Tonist? Either way it’s wrong and I won’t stand for it. So I’ll just have a seat in this comfy chair.

  15. Dahlia
    Dahlia
    November 5, 2010 at 12:29 am | #

    :/ Thats right, Billie.

    Be sure to keep that quote in mind the next time you scowl jealously every time Walky pays more attention to Sal then he does you.

  16. NF
    NF
    November 5, 2010 at 12:39 am | #

    Mike is being the most unenthusiastic groupie ever.

    I so hope Sal and Mike date at some point. It would be epic.

    • Kamino Neko
      Kamino Neko
      November 5, 2010 at 1:28 am | #

      Mike’s not a Sal groupie…he’s a WALKY groupie.

      • skies
        skies
        November 5, 2010 at 1:35 am | #

        This is an extremely interesting theory.

      • drivethruwhale
        drivethruwhale
        November 5, 2010 at 3:55 am | #

        I thought he was just an asshole groupie.

        • drivethruwhale
          drivethruwhale
          November 5, 2010 at 4:00 am | #

          to clarify that, he’ll be anyone’s groupie as long as its insulting.

          • Joebo
            Joebo
            November 5, 2010 at 2:55 pm | #

            I don’t know, I rather enjoy the un-clarified implications.

        • Sili
          Sili
          November 5, 2010 at 4:10 pm | #

          I think I want him to be more of an arsehole gropie.

          • Pagannerd
            Pagannerd
            November 7, 2010 at 5:47 am | #

            Do you mean he appreciates unpleasant people, or he appreciates anal sex? Or both?

  17. Animeraider
    Animeraider
    November 5, 2010 at 1:27 am | #

    I just had this wierd vision of Sal and Mike hooking up. Fanfic writers, start your engines!

  18. drivethruwhale
    drivethruwhale
    November 5, 2010 at 1:29 am | #

    I really want Ninja Rick to be the prof. Cuz that class would be epic.

    • Malph
      Malph
      November 5, 2010 at 1:53 am | #

      He teaches World History and spends a lot of time talking about Japan and how Pirates are directly responsible for every problem with the world (including the inverse of the Pastafarian theory about global warming).

      • Hoop
        Hoop
        November 5, 2010 at 9:46 am | #

        LOL! INTERNET!!!!!!!!

  19. TJ
    TJ
    November 5, 2010 at 2:04 am | #

    Mike is only with them because it would annoy Billie. Also Mike is a freshman at this point. He would be Mike light at this point.

  20. TexasNinjaBuzzard
    TexasNinjaBuzzard
    November 5, 2010 at 2:06 am | #

    I think Mike is such an asshole that he’s not even enrolled in this school. He’ll show up in every class anyone else is in, because it doesn’t really matter.

    • Nifar
      Nifar
      November 6, 2010 at 1:25 am | #

      I’d point out that Walky claimed that Mike was his roommate, but it’s entirely possible that Mike just moved into a random dorm room to mess with the occupants and got Walky.

      • Rusty_Unycorn
        Rusty_Unycorn
        November 7, 2010 at 7:36 pm | #

        I wouldn’t put it past him.

  21. Cinder
    Cinder
    November 5, 2010 at 2:20 am | #

    I find Mike oddly adorable sitting there.

  22. Robert in San Diego
    Robert in San Diego
    November 5, 2010 at 2:32 am | #

    Yeah, scooters get better mileage, are easier to park, and don’t attract quite the attention “sports bikes” do. But “performance” is such a rush….

    • No0ne
      No0ne
      November 6, 2010 at 3:28 pm | #

      Sewing machine engines are the way of the future!

  23. Drpepperfan
    Drpepperfan
    November 5, 2010 at 2:43 am | #

    Two things about this comic. 1, I Love Mikes grumpy little sitting position. LOVE. And 2, Sal’s shirt? Yes. Awesome.

  24. Grrt
    Grrt
    November 5, 2010 at 2:52 am | #

    Part of me is upset that Sal apparently entered through a doorway…

    • Grrt
      Grrt
      November 5, 2010 at 2:53 am | #

      And my Avatar is upset that her groupies defected to Sal.

  25. goldie
    goldie
    November 5, 2010 at 2:56 am | #

    i like the expressions in the second panel. 😀

  26. arjay2813
    arjay2813
    November 5, 2010 at 3:37 am | #

    the look on joyce’s face in the 2nd panel..*shivers* i do love the mike-ness though

    • No0ne
      No0ne
      November 6, 2010 at 3:29 pm | #

      She is staring into your soul!

  27. Björn
    Björn
    November 5, 2010 at 4:27 am | #

    I hope we get to see Jason soon… I’ve missed him for so many years!

    • Joebo
      Joebo
      November 5, 2010 at 2:57 pm | #

      We saw him in the This man- This Manhattan storyline. That wasn’t that long ago was it?

  28. Fai
    Fai
    November 5, 2010 at 5:57 am | #

    Is it just me, or does Mike look disappointed in panel 3?

    Disappointed over Billie?

    • begbert2
      begbert2
      November 5, 2010 at 11:05 am | #

      It’s just you.

      Heck, his expression is unchanged from panel 2. It’s just his default frown-half-glare.

      • Index
        Index
        November 6, 2010 at 5:39 pm | #

        There’s just something about this Mike’s expression. Compared to the other Mike, this one looks downright pleasant. Or…sad?

  29. Heather
    Heather
    November 5, 2010 at 6:44 am | #

    Joyce and Sal are sitting next to one another.

    …

    This shall placate me as the silly shipper I am until Jason appears as the silly character fan I am.

    Of course if Joyce had had the helmet still on it would be even better.

    • Rusty_Unycorn
      Rusty_Unycorn
      November 5, 2010 at 6:49 am | #

      So you want to ship Sal/Joyce-Stig?
      I think that Sal’s outfit is Latex though…

      • Trae Dorn
        Trae Dorn
        November 5, 2010 at 7:47 am | #

        Oh my god, how did I not see this before — SAL IS THE STIG!

        It explains *everything*

        • Heather
          Heather
          November 5, 2010 at 12:35 pm | #

          -Fanfic plot bunny-

          Sal is later discovered by Joyce, and Amazi-girl’s identity is rather quickly discovered soon after by Joyce. (Sal always knew).

          Threesomes ensue.

          …

          Why do all my DoA fanfic ideas inevitably lead to Joyce femmeslash?

          Oh yeah. Because Joyce is adorable.

  30. Animal
    Animal
    November 5, 2010 at 8:47 am | #

    She’s not wearing a bra.

    I can tell.

    • No0ne
      No0ne
      November 6, 2010 at 3:30 pm | #

      Your name is strangely appropriate for your remark…

      • Animal
        Animal
        November 7, 2010 at 11:12 am | #

        You don’t know the half of it.

  31. Gianni
    Gianni
    November 5, 2010 at 8:53 am | #

    Mike’s just gotten close to the group so he can piss them all off later.

    • creativerealms
      creativerealms
      November 5, 2010 at 10:13 am | #

      That and right now he knows it’s pissing off Billie.

      • JesseJanitect
        JesseJanitect
        November 6, 2010 at 11:58 am | #

        Plus its really hard to be a sarcastic asshole if no ones there to hear/see you be a sarcastic asshole. True asshatery does require an audience, and using Walky et al. as that audience means he doesn’t have to go meet other people.

  32. Jabberwocky
    Jabberwocky
    November 5, 2010 at 9:10 am | #

    I feel that it is prudent to ask why the hell Mike hasn’t gotten a character profile yet.

    • MrGBH
      MrGBH
      November 5, 2010 at 9:48 am | #

      Yeah, I’m sitting on a great idea for a religion based on Mike as the prophet. It’s called Sarcasticism and the whole idea is to always ask yourself W.W.M.S? (What Would Mike Say?)

      • Gianni
        Gianni
        November 5, 2010 at 10:41 am | #

        Or What WILL Mike Say?

      • Lone Wolf
        Lone Wolf
        November 5, 2010 at 11:08 am | #

        That he fucked your mom for a nickel.

        • Jabberwocky
          Jabberwocky
          November 5, 2010 at 12:03 pm | #

          And that he overpayed.

          • Jabberwocky
            Jabberwocky
            November 5, 2010 at 2:56 pm | #

            And dammit, I liked my Dina avatar! 🙁

      • Rusty_Unycorn
        Rusty_Unycorn
        November 5, 2010 at 6:47 pm | #

        And instead of “Amen”, you say “F*** YOU TOO ASSHOLE!”

  33. ziggy78eog
    ziggy78eog
    November 5, 2010 at 10:52 am | #

    I hate to break this to you Sal, but you would still look hawt, and badass, even with a Scooter.

  34. begbert2
    begbert2
    November 5, 2010 at 11:03 am | #

    Given the side-by-side comparison, I think Joyce looks better with the triangle grin than the closed arc smile.

  35. thunk
    thunk
    November 5, 2010 at 7:40 pm | #

    Why do I get the feeling I’m gonna see Ninja Rick as a janitor, swinging a mop around like a sword.

    • thunk
      thunk
      November 5, 2010 at 7:41 pm | #

      Aw, was hoping for a Joe avatar

  36. Roadblock
    Roadblock
    November 5, 2010 at 9:37 pm | #

    While I’m reminded of Willis’s propensity for cameos, I would like to announce my increasing anticipation of the arrival of “Professor of Journalism, Bart O’Ryan.”

  37. George
    George
    November 6, 2010 at 12:33 am | #

    While I realize it’s probably just the comic not showing each character sitting down, when I first read this I had a vision of Joyce, Walky, and Mike teleporting into their current seats all at once. Not sure why. Poor Sal.

  38. Jimmy
    Jimmy
    November 6, 2010 at 12:39 am | #

    Just a guess but I’m betting the professor will be Leslie. This should be interesting!

    • captainswift
      captainswift
      November 6, 2010 at 1:13 pm | #

      They’re in math, and I’m pretty sure Leslie is an English professor.

      • Joebo
        Joebo
        November 6, 2010 at 9:28 pm | #

        she is.

    • No0ne
      No0ne
      November 6, 2010 at 3:32 pm | #

      Math prof is Jason… or so I’ve been told.

      • Joebo
        Joebo
        November 6, 2010 at 9:30 pm | #

        That is the rumor.

  39. Robert in San Diego
    Robert in San Diego
    November 6, 2010 at 9:50 pm | #

    I was kind of hoping Jason was the FBI/Secret Service/Postal Inspectors/local law enforcement suspect document examiner who teaches the paleography and typography classes on the side. As for why Mike is sticking close to Walky, I figure he’s already established Walky’s level of insult, and/or he’s actually scared of Billie’s negativity. Right, someone so censorious and negative they scare Mike.

    • No0ne
      No0ne
      November 7, 2010 at 1:25 am | #

      Or figures not sitting near Billie will make her more angry then not sitting next to Walky. It also appears to make Sal angry too.

  40. Lan Mikoto
    Lan Mikoto
    November 7, 2010 at 9:04 am | #

    Does it help that I think I saw Jacob right in the background of panel two as if he’s on his way to lunch?

  41. Blaze
    Blaze
    November 7, 2010 at 2:42 pm | #

    I’m really enjoying the whole Dumbing of Age thing. I really haven’t read alot of your older work. I just got into your stuff through Shortpacked and Joyce and Walky, but I really like this so far. Now you have the approval of some random stranger from the interwebz! HOMG!

  42. Kayyte
    Kayyte
    November 10, 2010 at 9:05 pm | #

    Mike looks highly unimpressed… its probably because he didnt get a chance to bang the professors mom

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      February 25, 2011 at 11:24 pm | #

      Why would he want to do someone old enough to be his grandmother? He’s got some kind of granny fetish I am unaware of?

  43. DeWeese07
    DeWeese07
    March 10, 2011 at 10:15 am | #

    is that Faz behind Sal’s text bubble in panel 3?!? 😀

  44. nothri
    nothri
    November 6, 2014 at 7:26 pm | #

    And thus Sal had inexplicably acquired a cult.

  45. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    April 12, 2015 at 4:42 pm | #

    …Mike totally wants in the motorcycle fangroup.

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