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by David M Willis on July 1, 2013 at 12:01 am
  • 03 - Answers in Hennessy
└ Tags: dexter, ethan, jacob, joyce, monkey master, walky

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  1. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    July 1, 2013 at 12:02 am | #

    I woulda been here sooner, but y’know…traffic.

    • AgentKeen
      AgentKeen
      July 1, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

      I lost my shoes, and they got mounted… You know how it goes.

    • Ivan
      Ivan
      July 1, 2013 at 9:48 am | #

      What’s the rush? Jacob’s Cantaloupe Lipstick has lasted two strips so far!!

    • Lord Geovanni
      Lord Geovanni
      March 31, 2014 at 12:02 pm | #

      Had to start from the balls and travel the ureta road until I reached the main urethra high way and then it was only a matter making it to the end

  2. pisshorse
    pisshorse
    July 1, 2013 at 12:02 am | #

    I bet he did, too.

    • Resne
      Resne
      July 1, 2013 at 1:13 am | #

      You’re on! Ten bucks!

  3. dimonite
    dimonite
    July 1, 2013 at 12:02 am | #

    Is this just Walky’s superpower? I feel like even Aquaman has a more useful one than that…

    • Brando
      Brando
      July 1, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

      Not that I’m a fan of Aquaman or anything, but people are really fucking ignorant about him. He is not weak and he is not useless. Think about being able to withstand the pressure on the bottom of the ocean with no gear, pressure that would collapse your skull, then think about Aquaman.
      Yeah thanks alot family guy, so fucking funny.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        July 1, 2013 at 12:10 am | #

        Also, Aquaman can control Cthulhu, now that’s an awesome power in of itself.

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          July 1, 2013 at 12:12 am | #

          Also He can swim as fast as superman can fly. Even half that speed would kill the shit out of you.

          • Aras Pabedinskas
            Aras Pabedinskas
            July 1, 2013 at 12:15 am | #

            I really hope you can cite your sources because that S*** SOUNDS AWESOME and I want to see it!

            • Rex Hondo
              Rex Hondo
              July 1, 2013 at 1:13 am | #

              http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Aquaman_(Arthur_Curry)

              Powers and abilities are near the bottom.
              He’s not as fast as Superman underwater, but he sure as heck is faster than anybody or anything else.

          • toddtr
            toddtr
            July 1, 2013 at 12:26 am | #

            That doesn’t sound right

            Superman flies within spitting distance of the Flash’s speed.

            • Doctor_Who
              Doctor_Who
              July 1, 2013 at 12:33 am | #

              Although at least one issue claimed Flash is WAY faster.

              Superman: I’ve raced you before, Barry. I even won some of those races.
              Flash: Those were for charity, Clark.

              • tbf
                tbf
                July 1, 2013 at 12:47 am | #

                Well, of course. If the Flash isn’t faster than Superman, he becomes redundant.

                • Yotomoe
                  Yotomoe
                  July 1, 2013 at 12:57 am | #

                  Superman’s inclusion in the Justice league makes most of them redundant unless he gets nerfed and they get buffed.

                • Cheryl
                  Cheryl
                  July 1, 2013 at 2:25 am | #

                  rofl on nerfing/buffing

                • Andiemus
                  Andiemus
                  July 1, 2013 at 2:32 am | #

                  Wasn’t the Spectre on the justice league for a while? That’s even sillier.

                • Najar
                  Najar
                  July 2, 2013 at 12:54 am | #

                  well, there’s always kryptonite

              • Oruncrest
                Oruncrest
                July 1, 2013 at 11:38 am | #

                And Supes should’ve responded:

                “And those were Foot races, Barry.”

                • Andiemus
                  Andiemus
                  July 1, 2013 at 4:03 pm | #

                  Saying you can fly faster than someone who can’t fly is not really good bragging material.

                • das-g
                  das-g
                  July 1, 2013 at 6:06 pm | #

                  @Andiemus: Thus, don’t say it like that. Instead just say you’re faster at racing, if it is freestyle.

          • Darwin2500
            Darwin2500
            July 1, 2013 at 1:11 am | #

            Pretty sure that would vaporize the ocean and kill everything on the planet.

          • Icalasari
            Icalasari
            July 1, 2013 at 1:41 am | #

            Going that fast would require more power than going that same speed on foot (no idea on energy requirements for flying), so that’s pretty fast

          • The1exile
            The1exile
            July 1, 2013 at 5:34 am | #

            I refer you all to Ryan North’s seminal work on better uses for fictional superheroes http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=2230

            • BigCheese
              BigCheese
              July 2, 2013 at 7:43 pm | #

              Shows what he knows. Flash IS a scientist (forensics)!

        • Somebody
          Somebody
          July 1, 2013 at 1:42 am | #

          It wasn’t cthulu, but still pretty big
          .

        • Mustachio
          Mustachio
          July 1, 2013 at 8:44 am | #

          contrary to popular opinion, cthulhu is not an aquatic life-form, despite his current location under the sea.

      • Aras Pabedinskas
        Aras Pabedinskas
        July 1, 2013 at 12:14 am | #

        Not to dismiss your hate of Family Guy, believe me I loathe it, but the jokes go farther back than that. Most people cite Superfriends being the root of problem.

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          July 1, 2013 at 12:28 am | #

          yeah. Super friend’s aquaman was kinda dumb…then again…superfriends was kinda dumb.

        • Andiemus
          Andiemus
          July 1, 2013 at 2:34 am | #

          Yeah, that’s what I’ve always thought. South Park made fun of aquaman via seaman in “Super best friends.”(one of the best episodes, I might add).

      • Darwin2500
        Darwin2500
        July 1, 2013 at 1:10 am | #

        Fish don’t survive those depths by being super strong and tough, they survive by being porous and letting the internal and external pressures equalize. They pop and disintegrate into goo if they come up to the surface.

        Anyway, yes, they tacked on generic flying brick powers to make aquaman into a serious character, but the *core concept* was supposed to be the king of the sea who can talk to sea creatures, and it’s fair to criticize based on that conception.

        • Icalasari
          Icalasari
          July 1, 2013 at 1:42 am | #

          But Aquaman can survive on the surface as well

          That kind of requires that he just has sheer toughness to withstand the crushing pressures

        • Somebody
          Somebody
          July 1, 2013 at 1:47 am | #

          There are fish that can dive and rise. Whales aren’t porous, yet some of them can dive deep. Also, no human being could handle the currents…yet Aquaman does. He doesn’t freeze to death either.

          And recently it was discovered that sea creatures have an effect on tides.

          • Somebody
            Somebody
            July 1, 2013 at 1:49 am | #

            And his lungs don’t explode. He’s gotta have several secondary powers.

        • Jeff K!
          Jeff K!
          July 1, 2013 at 7:52 pm | #

          Having read the very first Aquaman story ever written, I will tell you that “really strong guy that also swims” is the character’s core concept. He started controlling sea life about five or six years into the character’s existence. See also Superman’s ability to fly.

        • BigCheese
          BigCheese
          July 2, 2013 at 7:48 pm | #

          Seeing how even in his super-friends days he was shown as having super-strength, it’s only fair to criticize him on that concept if you choose to ignore reality and go only by your biases.

      • Revil Fox
        Revil Fox
        July 1, 2013 at 3:06 am | #

        I agree that Aquaman isn’t nearly as bad as most people seem to think he is. Even so, he’s still nothing compared to Namor. Even when Aquaman is all moody he’s nowhere near as big of a dick as Namor is either.

        • Brian Lynch
          Brian Lynch
          July 1, 2013 at 10:10 am | #

          But no one mocks Namor, despite him being a slightly older character, having the same powerset, and having objectively a far sillier costume.

          • Aras Pabedinskas
            Aras Pabedinskas
            July 1, 2013 at 12:12 pm | #

            Well the thing about Namor is that he is less well known than Aquaman. Most of what I can tell you about Namor is he is usually the most lightly dressed male superhero, he’s an a**hole, and he is usually potrayed as obsessed with Invisible Woman.

          • Reepicheep-chan
            Reepicheep-chan
            July 1, 2013 at 2:09 pm | #

            I mock Namor all the time.

            • DarkVeghetta
              DarkVeghetta
              June 21, 2015 at 10:33 am | #

              YARRRR

          • Patrick McGraw
            Patrick McGraw
            July 1, 2013 at 2:41 pm | #

            People don’t mock Namor because he doesn’t have the same power set as Aquaman – he’s a top-tier “flying brick” comparable to Thor. He has repeatedly demonstrated feats of strength and durability far in excess of Aquaman.

            Plus, he’s an arrogant prick.

            • Reepicheep-chan
              Reepicheep-chan
              July 1, 2013 at 3:41 pm | #

              He is aquaman with a vulcan face and itty bitty ankle wings.

              Alls I am sayin is everyone who does not mock him is objectively wrong.

            • Jeff K!
              Jeff K!
              July 1, 2013 at 7:59 pm | #

              He has repeatedly demonstrated feats of strength and durability *comparable to* Aquaman. The difference is that Aquaman’s first and most lasting mainstream-visible media was Superfriends, where no one was allowed to hit things. This meant that Superman used his cold breath, Batman used his batline to tie things up (and other utility belt silliness), Wonder Woman used her lasso, and Aquaman (whose other powers mostly revolve around strength and hitting things) sent fish to do his bidding.

              If Namor had been on a show with the same visibility with the same restrictions, I guarantee you’d be seeing Namor jokes on Family Guy instead.

              PS: Namor also has the “control sea life” powerset. He’s just not well-known for using it. It’s also not built-in; he has a magic trumpet that calls to them.

              • LiamKav
                LiamKav
                July 1, 2013 at 8:54 pm | #

                Namor doesn’t need telepathy to control sea life. They’d do what he said because he’s fucking Namor, and he will shout at them in faux-Latin if they don’t do what he said.

                Namor looks ridiculous, but he does not give any number of shits about that. He’s the closest thing the Marvel universe has to Mike. He will fuck your mom. And then stop a martian invasion.

                • DarkVeghetta
                  DarkVeghetta
                  June 21, 2015 at 10:37 am | #

                  You sir, made me laugh – out loud even. But you forgot he’d also fuck Invisible Woman while doing your mom… somehow.

        • dimonite
          dimonite
          July 1, 2013 at 4:34 pm | #

          Fun fact – in the brief “DC vs. Marvel” series, Aquaman did fight Namor. And won by pinning him underneath an orca whale.

          Also, this is a lot of discussion about what was essentially a joke about the common perception of Aquaman. A poorly executed joke, but a joke nonetheless.

          • Somebody
            Somebody
            July 1, 2013 at 10:16 pm | #

            An orca is a dolphin, not a whale. And his strength depends on water contact…so that’s bs. Not saying you made that up, just that the comic fails.

          • DarkVeghetta
            DarkVeghetta
            June 21, 2015 at 10:37 am | #

            BEHOLD, the beauty of the DoA comment section! REJOICE!

        • Megatron
          Megatron
          July 1, 2013 at 6:33 pm | #

          Namor, you mean the 90s anti-hero from 1939? On one hand, that sounds like he designed to be mocked. On the other, he’s a freaking bad ass. No bad for a fleshling.

          • LiamKav
            LiamKav
            July 1, 2013 at 8:52 pm | #

            Namor wears tiny swimming shorts because he has an awesome body, and he wants the ladies to admire it and the men to feel akward about it.

            Hope to Namor: “You’re not just a pretty face, are you?”

            Namor: “No. A complete compilation of Namor’s virtues would be a far lengthier list.”

            Hope: “Would it include ‘great abs’?”

            Namor: “Yes, they would be documented.”

            Namor is the guy who will punch the Hulk, save the Earth from giant space monsters and then hit on your wife, all while talking down to everyone. Aquaman is the guy who whines that “No-one takes me seriously! I am tough! I am! I really, really am!”

            • Reepicheep-chan
              Reepicheep-chan
              July 2, 2013 at 6:00 pm | #

              OK I will grant you his abs are pretty great.

            • BigCheese
              BigCheese
              July 2, 2013 at 7:50 pm | #

              Truly spoken like someone who has never read an Aquaman comic in his life…

      • Cybersnark
        Cybersnark
        July 1, 2013 at 9:24 am | #

        Also, humans evolved from sea creatures. The kind that Aquaman has a psychic link to. We’re too distant for his usual telepathy, but that doesn’t man he can’t reach into your head and twist.

        • Totz the Plaid
          Totz the Plaid
          July 1, 2013 at 4:52 pm | #

          His psychic abilities have been used in the comics to cause migraines and seizures in human opponents.

      • Marcos Dantas
        Marcos Dantas
        July 1, 2013 at 12:09 pm | #

        It’s not Family Guy’s fault.

        Cartoon Network already have mocked Aquaman several times, and before that, Hanna Barbera had ridiculed him, paintig him as an useless piece of scenary, in the Superfriends series.

        • StClair
          StClair
          July 1, 2013 at 4:25 pm | #

          “My ability to talk to fish is of no help, Wonder Woman!”
          [‘oy’ expression]

          • Somebody
            Somebody
            July 1, 2013 at 10:25 pm | #

            How the heck would the ropes hold Wonder Woman? =/

      • Manamana
        Manamana
        July 1, 2013 at 6:15 pm | #

        LOL. Sorry, Aquaman is weak. It’s not because of Family Guy that people think so. They think so because he is. You know how you beat Aquaman? Don’t get in the ocean. Pretty simple 🙂 Of course, most of DC is pretty useless anyway save for Batman.

        • Somebody
          Somebody
          July 1, 2013 at 10:23 pm | #

          Did you read ANY of the other comics? A humanoid would not be able to survive under the ocean if that were true.

          And, again, sea life has a significant effect on tides. Taken to its logical conclusion, he has the potential to wield more power than the moon. I’m not even a big DC fan and that made my jaw drop.

        • BigCheese
          BigCheese
          July 2, 2013 at 7:56 pm | #

          Yeah, anyone who says most of DC is useless save for Batman automatically forfeits any right to any discussion of comic book heroes.

      • Scott
        Scott
        July 1, 2013 at 6:32 pm | #

        He WAS weak and useless, and then people talked so much shit about him that DC did what they always do and arbitrarily powered him up to Superman levels. Same thing happened to Wonder Woman.

        • BigCheese
          BigCheese
          July 2, 2013 at 7:55 pm | #

          that’s complete revisionist history, repeated by people who can’t comprehend their image of the character has ALWAYS been wrong and when they find out the truth, they have to tell themselves that it’s surely a new development, when it’s really not.

          Name me a point in time wen you think Aquaman was useless and I will show you examples from even before then to prove you wrong.

    • Dibullba
      Dibullba
      July 1, 2013 at 5:27 am | #

      He is like Tucker from RvB. He knows when he is needed.

      • ProjectXa3
        ProjectXa3
        July 1, 2013 at 4:59 pm | #

        Haa!

  4. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    July 1, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

    Why am I flashing back to Pokemon?

    • AgentKeen
      AgentKeen
      July 1, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

      You want to be the very best?

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        July 1, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

        Because Walky has to catch ’em all? (ie. all the Monkey Master episodes)

      • Mickey
        Mickey
        July 1, 2013 at 12:09 am | #

        Like no one ever was…

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          ProjectXa3
          July 1, 2013 at 5:00 pm | #

          To catch them is my real test…

          • 6Qubed
            6Qubed
            July 1, 2013 at 8:44 pm | #

            To train them is my cause!

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            • SUGauthor
              SUGauthor
              July 2, 2013 at 6:01 pm | #

              Try traveling across the land, it helps.

      • Kernanator
        Kernanator
        July 1, 2013 at 1:57 am | #

        No. Well, yes, but that’s not it.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      July 1, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

      You were polishing your pokeballs? 😀

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        July 1, 2013 at 12:31 am | #

        Is that what we’re calling it now?

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        xKiv
        July 1, 2013 at 9:28 pm | #

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    • Regalli
      Regalli
      July 1, 2013 at 1:33 am | #

      I came

      when I heard you’d beaten the Elite Four.

      • Kernanator
        Kernanator
        July 1, 2013 at 1:57 am | #

        That’s it!

  5. YoTWOmoe
    YoTWOmoe
    July 1, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

    Haha, CLASSIC Walky.

  6. Jackson
    Jackson
    July 1, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

    IT’S A PUN!

    I get it.

  7. Aras Pabedinskas
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    July 1, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

    Given the state that Joyce left the pair, I’m assuming his balls aren’t tired from EE-EHR EE-EHR.

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      Yotomoe
      July 1, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

      More like BASH BASH BASH…
      wait that could also be sexual…

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      July 1, 2013 at 1:50 am | #

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    July 1, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

    It just hit me:
    Dexter’s Laboratory
    Dial M for Monkey

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      AgentKeen
      July 1, 2013 at 12:09 am | #

      Now anytime I see Monkey Master, I’m going to have Monkey’s theme playing in my head, which is pretty awesome, so thanks!

      • Wonder Wig
        Wonder Wig
        July 1, 2013 at 1:19 am | #

        Monkey theme song FTW.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      July 1, 2013 at 12:26 am | #

      I know Willis has said that Dexter has the voice of Jon Lovitz, but I always hear Mandark (aka Eddie Deezen).

      • Somebody
        Somebody
        July 1, 2013 at 1:52 am | #

        Ugh, I can’t stand that guy. Can I imagine Tom Kenny instead?

    • ProjectXa3
      ProjectXa3
      July 1, 2013 at 5:01 pm | #

      Ding!

  9. SUGauthor
    SUGauthor
    July 1, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

    If he doesn’t apologize next strip, I’ll spend the next 20 years of my life developing an interdimensional teleporter and enter the dumbingverse so that I may then smack him. (I don’t care if Dorothy beat me to it)

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      July 1, 2013 at 12:07 am | #

      Walky is kind of a jerk. An honest jerk but a jerk all the same.

  10. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    July 1, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

    Walky came as soon as he heard D&MM? I hope he remembered to change his pants.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      July 1, 2013 at 12:07 am | #

      This is Walky We’re talking about. Do you think he EVER changes his pants?

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        July 1, 2013 at 12:09 am | #

        I forgot he only has one pair of PJ jeans.

  11. Sensedog
    Sensedog
    July 1, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

    Good old hover text.

  12. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    July 1, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

    This was one of my favorite jokes from Duckman.

    Cornfed: I came as soon as I heard Duckman was missing.
    Aunt Beatrice: So did I. Then I got a little worried. Ha!

    Loved that show. Underrated gem.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      July 1, 2013 at 12:08 am | #

      Oh Duckman. That show I was too young to watch when it was on…but Like seeing reruns of on the interwebs.

  13. Luzahn
    Luzahn
    July 1, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

    Uh oh, let’s see if Joyce is still angry with him.

    Although Angry Joyce Faces are the best…

    I’m torn.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      July 1, 2013 at 12:22 am | #

      I think that bug-eyed horrified face she made when she first heard Dorothy was an atheist should be her default reaction to everything. Here depicted by the emoticon \(◎۝◎)/

      Sarah: We’re out of toilet paper
      Joyce: \(◎۝◎)/

      Dina: The Smallest Dinosaur was the Saltopus. It was only 3 feet long, and weighed about five pounds.
      Joyce: \(◎۝◎)/

      Leslie: You got an A on your test.
      Joyce: \(◎۝◎)/
      Leslie: I’m so inspired I’m converting to your religion.
      Joyce: \(◎۝◎)/
      Leslie: Just kidding, boobs are way too awesome. And you actually got an A-.
      Joyce: \(◎۝◎)/

  14. NerdHerder
    NerdHerder
    July 1, 2013 at 12:07 am | #

    They’ve put Dexter & Monkey Master up on Netflix? About time the studio got off their asses.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      July 1, 2013 at 12:09 am | #

      Especially after they shafted us on the DVDs. They Basically gave us random episodes from season 1 and 2 and threw in some half assed commentary from the storyboarders.

      • NerdHerder
        NerdHerder
        July 1, 2013 at 12:12 am | #

        And they left out some real classics, too. Not to mention how they only put in the edited versions used for syndication. Honestly, it was criminal.

    • Whittier
      Whittier
      July 1, 2013 at 10:26 am | #

      Every time “Dexter and Monkey Master” show up in the strip, I google to see if Willis ever actually created an animated series, but I’m getting the feeling I’m on a snipe hunt. Could someone level with me? Thanks.

      • Wack'd
        Wack'd
        July 1, 2013 at 11:40 am | #

        No. No he did not. You are in fact on a snipe hunt.

        • hmrc4evr
          hmrc4evr
          July 1, 2013 at 1:34 pm | #

          But all that means is Walky SHOULD make a D & MM stript!

          • Totz the Plaid
            Totz the Plaid
            July 1, 2013 at 4:55 pm | #

            I’m still working on the episode summaries, by the way. Life’s been busy lately.

  15. Nono
    Nono
    July 1, 2013 at 12:08 am | #

    The real question is, which episode to start Joyce on? I mean, give her the best episode and it’s all downhill from there, but give her a really bad episode and it’s hard for her to keep going.

    Not that the bad episodes aren’t still good, of course.

    • NerdHerder
      NerdHerder
      July 1, 2013 at 12:10 am | #

      The first season can be kind of a chore at times, but it’s worth it in the long run. It really grows the beard in later seasons.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        July 1, 2013 at 12:13 am | #

        I didn’t really start getting hooked until half way through the 2nd season. I feel like that was right around when the production value started improving.

    • Potatamoto
      Potatamoto
      July 1, 2013 at 12:15 am | #

      I think they’d probably better skip “Time Travel Trouble.” It’s one of the best, but they sneak a couple of girl/girl jokes in under the radar on that one. Usually, they’d probably just fly right over Joyce’s head, but the way things are going now…

      • Leorale
        Leorale
        July 1, 2013 at 2:26 am | #

        Ooh, but you know she’d love when they bring in April Winchell as the voice of Monkey Master’s Mom.

    • xKiv
      xKiv
      July 1, 2013 at 9:34 pm | #

      Personally, I find that starting at the start and going straight through to the end can only be topped by starting in the middle and working your way out on a spiral.

  16. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    July 1, 2013 at 12:08 am | #

    So Jacob and Walky know each other quite well then?

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      July 1, 2013 at 12:10 am | #

      We black people are mentally linked. They know of each other through Racial Synergy.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        July 1, 2013 at 12:24 am | #

        So black people have racially based ESP, I wonder if that counts as an example of Heart Is An Awesome Power trope or the Blessed With Suck trope.

      • Mr. Random
        Mr. Random
        July 1, 2013 at 12:36 am | #

        Hispanics are working on it, but it’s still a little spotty.

        • Alex Stritar
          Alex Stritar
          July 1, 2013 at 12:54 am | #

          White people would try and make it, but we blew our racial perks budget some time in the 50’s. Just been costing on what’s been accumulated before for the last 60 years, but they’re starting to run low. Just give it another 30 years and school history books will no longer be Eurocentric. But hey, that’s what we get for trying to have it all.

          • Yotomoe
            Yotomoe
            July 1, 2013 at 12:58 am | #

            Unfortunately, we’ll never catch up to the Asians. They’ve got it down pat.

        • Emoroffle
          Emoroffle
          July 1, 2013 at 1:09 am | #

          We have worked up to communicating vi a look and a nod so far but it still requires a line of sight.

  17. Aras Pabedinskas
    Aras Pabedinskas
    July 1, 2013 at 12:19 am | #

    Man, this Jacob is either a jerk, or just plum tired of other people existing.

    • Jason
      Jason
      July 1, 2013 at 12:23 am | #

      Maybe he *would* be a match for Sarah!

    • RaijinK
      RaijinK
      July 1, 2013 at 12:39 am | #

      That’s really how I had Jacob pegged back in his earliest SP! appearances. It seemed like his every response to other people’s dialogue was designed to take the wind out of their sails. Not in the explicitly malicious Mike sort of way, just as blunt and honest statements with no interest in sparing feelings. In the absence of a character focus that delves into his own personal problems, that’s about as much as there is to Jacob’s role in either universe.

    • LadySol
      LadySol
      July 1, 2013 at 1:13 am | #

      He does seem really different from the other one, doesn’t he?

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        July 1, 2013 at 1:22 am | #

        Not unless we find out he and Ethan have some sort of rivalry.

        • Aydr
          Aydr
          July 1, 2013 at 1:35 am | #

          Well, they do have conflicting goals. Jacob wants to bang chicks, Ethan wants to bang Jacob.

          • Nono
            Nono
            July 1, 2013 at 1:40 am | #

            And chicks want to bang Ethan. The Holy Trinity!

            • AgentKeen
              AgentKeen
              July 1, 2013 at 7:34 pm | #

              Actually, chicks want to bang Jacob and Ethan, which is called the Holy Trinity. It’s one of the moves Roz taught Joe.

              • Zach
                Zach
                July 2, 2013 at 8:40 pm | #

                She taught him to be Jacob and Ethan? Talk about a sex god.

  18. Mo
    Mo
    July 1, 2013 at 12:31 am | #

    I came as soon as Jacob was amazingly hilariously snarky.

    • Bemmie
      Bemmie
      July 1, 2013 at 6:32 pm | #

      I came as soon as Jacob…

      …That is all.

  19. ShaggyDonahugh
    ShaggyDonahugh
    July 1, 2013 at 12:41 am | #

    Jacob is shaping up to be my second favorite character in the show. The first you ask? Ruth but of course ^_^

  20. Arcelos
    Arcelos
    July 1, 2013 at 12:48 am | #

    So… I think Joyce and Walky might end up together in this universe too. Especially if some freaky HA stuff happens somehow…. Which I think it totally could

  21. Raibean
    Raibean
    July 1, 2013 at 1:14 am | #

    Niiice

  22. Twirls
    Twirls
    July 1, 2013 at 1:54 am | #

    I just had a delayed “OOOOH” moment.
    Jacob is climbing in the ranks of my favorite characters.

    • TJ Baltimore
      TJ Baltimore
      November 3, 2013 at 7:10 am | #

      Yeah, on third reading spaced many months apart, I just realized that Jacob’s comment was full of innuendo . . .

  23. timemonkey
    timemonkey
    July 1, 2013 at 1:58 am | #

    Nice to see you Walky, they were afraid Joyce might stop feeling bad.

    • Luzahn
      Luzahn
      July 1, 2013 at 2:35 am | #

      There is no comic without Joyce’s sadness. It’s just one of those things.

    • Andiemus
      Andiemus
      July 1, 2013 at 4:06 pm | #

      After what she daid last time? Nah, walky’s just icing on the cake, now.

  24. Notebooked
    Notebooked
    July 1, 2013 at 2:35 am | #

    Sass-ah!

  25. Uniqueantique
    Uniqueantique
    July 1, 2013 at 3:11 am | #

    Yup, just what Joyce needs. Old seriously sensitive Walky.
    Jacob looking like a good match for Sarah after all.

  26. Tenn
    Tenn
    July 1, 2013 at 3:19 am | #

    Fanart of flying Walky flapping his balls. (See hovertext.)

    Get on it!

    • tahrey
      tahrey
      July 1, 2013 at 4:22 am | #

      I don’t think that’s quite what was meant, but, now you’ve mentioned it, the rules (34, 35 and occasionally 36) require it to happen.

  27. CapnPanda
    CapnPanda
    July 1, 2013 at 4:16 am | #

    Both Jacob AND Walky’s caramel abs?

    Talk about temptation…

    • Ruck Bogers
      Ruck Bogers
      July 1, 2013 at 8:36 am | #

      Jacob has chocolate abs. Walky has caramel abs.
      You know what you get with Chocolate, Caramel, and nuts?
      Turtles. You get turtles. If Walky and Jacob hook up, they will make turtles.

      • Whittier
        Whittier
        July 1, 2013 at 10:28 am | #

        Thank you, Laugh of the Day™

      • Marcos Dantas
        Marcos Dantas
        July 1, 2013 at 12:13 pm | #

        The nuts being provided by Ethan?

        • Vince Offer
          Vince Offer
          July 1, 2013 at 4:59 pm | #

          You’re gonna love my nuts

          • Andiemus
            Andiemus
            July 1, 2013 at 8:09 pm | #

            Til you’re bifocal-curious!

  28. tahrey
    tahrey
    July 1, 2013 at 4:21 am | #

    The clue here is, he was only next door…

    Ethan’s new haircut is messing with my mind, it’s almost like it’s changed his entire face o_O

  29. davidbreslin101
    davidbreslin101
    July 1, 2013 at 7:50 am | #

    OK, I’m liking this version of Jacob. I wonder if he’s got his Shortpacked! counterpart’s psychological problems? It’d be almost more interesting if not: that would make him a drastically different character.

  30. Steve
    Steve
    July 1, 2013 at 11:54 am | #

    If Jacob still is a sexual addict, then Ethan could have his first experience just a six pack away…

  31. Luzahn
    Luzahn
    July 1, 2013 at 6:12 pm | #

    Now is it just me, or is 3rd panel Joyce super-adorable?

  32. dee
    dee
    July 1, 2013 at 6:15 pm | #

    Considering his snarkiness, Jacob actually COULD be a good match for Sarah. Heh.

  33. MarcinMN
    MarcinMN
    July 1, 2013 at 7:12 pm | #

    This reminds me of a classic Penny Arcade strip:

    http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2010/01/11

    I hope it’s ok to post that, if not I deeply apologize. 😉

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