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by David M Willis on November 22, 2010 at 12:01 am
  • 02 - Uphill From Here
└ Tags: dexter, dorothy, joyce, monkey master, walky

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  1. David Herbert
    David Herbert
    November 22, 2010 at 12:03 am | #

    Throwing toys at ladies? A brilliant strategy.

    • Malph
      Malph
      November 22, 2010 at 2:26 am | #

      It’s how I got my first girlfriend… by which I mean it’s how I got my ass kicked by a girl for the first time. And, in the end, isn’t that what love is all about?

    • Taigan
      Taigan
      July 20, 2013 at 2:52 pm | #

      Alternate versions had the same idea: http://www.joyceandwalky.com/d/20000809.html

  2. Cratacon
    Cratacon
    November 22, 2010 at 12:03 am | #

    Walky just gave the monkey to Dorothy.

    Gave it to her FAAAAAACE

    • Jabberwocky
      Jabberwocky
      November 22, 2010 at 6:22 pm | #

      “Give the monkey to her face?”

      Ewwwwwww.

  3. Cinder
    Cinder
    November 22, 2010 at 12:05 am | #

    Because throwing toys at people is the best way to make friends.

    • Joebo
      Joebo
      November 22, 2010 at 12:23 am | #

      …and influence people.

  4. Inara
    Inara
    November 22, 2010 at 12:07 am | #

    Welcome to approximately 70% of the conversations I had with guys when I was majoring in Computer Science…

    • Ristar
      Ristar
      November 22, 2010 at 8:39 am | #

      You were in a wierd computer science program. I graduated ~2 years ago and it was all binge drinking, video games, and badly concealed insults on everyone elses sexuality… ok maybe my computer science program was wierd…

      • Ristar
        Ristar
        November 22, 2010 at 8:40 am | #

        Yay Im not the shithead avatar in DoA!

    • R
      R
      November 22, 2010 at 10:48 am | #

      Your Billie avatar is very appropriate. My time in Computer Science was probably similar to yours, except guys would give me help with homework (I had a lot of health problems then). I didn’t really like it, but whatever, it helped me pass a couple of classes.

  5. Jacob
    Jacob
    November 22, 2010 at 12:08 am | #

    What a gentleman.

  6. Alix
    Alix
    November 22, 2010 at 12:08 am | #

    Walky’s adorkableness just made me laugh out loud. Not on a “lol” way, like a “crap I hope I didn’t wake someone” way. Very nice.

    • Alix (Rose)
      Alix (Rose)
      March 3, 2012 at 12:54 am | #

      :O we have the same name, Alix is my real first name and Rose is my internet name lol, cause of the username i used based on a song by my fave band… people just started callin me rose and so i got used to it xP

      • Dovahkiin
        Dovahkiin
        June 25, 2013 at 11:33 pm | #

        Would that band be Guns n Roses?

  7. Cholma
    Cholma
    November 22, 2010 at 12:08 am | #

    Awww, it’s twoo wuv!

    • landbasered
      landbasered
      November 22, 2010 at 1:19 am | #

      have you read “Itswalky”?

      • Cholma
        Cholma
        November 22, 2010 at 2:47 am | #

        Yep! Since it was called “Roomies!”
        I be old skool, dawg!

        • Lokitsu
          Lokitsu
          November 22, 2010 at 6:28 pm | #

          Dude, you just be old!

          • maggiemarmalade
            maggiemarmalade
            November 22, 2010 at 8:32 pm | #

            … loki?

    • Someone
      Someone
      November 22, 2010 at 12:03 pm | #

      No! that’s not true love. It’s clerarly, to blaaaaaaaive, which is an old way of saying to bluff. He’s probably going to cheat someone at a card game. (This horribly mangled film reference brought to you by Addled Brains, Inc. When it has to be gibberish, call ABI!)

      • Kaj
        Kaj
        November 22, 2010 at 12:46 pm | #

        Have fun storming the castle!

        • david with a small d
          david with a small d
          November 22, 2010 at 2:35 pm | #

          “wadda ya think, will it (Walky throwing toys at Dorothy’s head) work?”

          “it’d be a Miracle.”

      • Freon
        Freon
        March 28, 2011 at 1:24 am | #

        Yessssssssss princess bride reference get!

  8. skies
    skies
    November 22, 2010 at 12:08 am | #

    So…Walky’s the crazy stalker this time around, instead of Joyce.

    p.s. hopefully it won’t take Walky too long to realize that just because someone shares your fandom doesn’t mean you’d want to date them.

    • T Campbell
      T Campbell
      November 22, 2010 at 12:52 am | #

      Actually, Dorothy was also a crazy stalker the last time around, albeit a little better at hiding it before her meltdown. To complete the set, look for Danny to surreptitiously become Dorothy’s cyber-buddy, “SensitiveScanner35.”

    • Matt
      Matt
      November 22, 2010 at 1:58 am | #

      Walky was the crazy stalker in It’s Walky initially. He just dialed it down a notch. But he still did that “cling to the girl you like like glue” routine.

  9. TheSoundDefense
    TheSoundDefense
    November 22, 2010 at 12:16 am | #

    This is approximately equivalent to how crushes work.

  10. Alice Macher
    Alice Macher
    November 22, 2010 at 12:18 am | #

    Still beats some of the come-ons I’ve received at cons.

    • Kamino Neko
      Kamino Neko
      November 22, 2010 at 12:23 am | #

      That comment, combined with the Joevatar… Bwaha.

      • Alice Macher
        Alice Macher
        November 22, 2010 at 1:14 am | #

        I know, right? Damn you, Willis this random icon placement. 🙂

  11. Trevor
    Trevor
    November 22, 2010 at 12:20 am | #

    Does he carry that around with him all the time?

    • Joebo
      Joebo
      November 22, 2010 at 12:24 am | #

      well yeah. Don’t you?

    • agentksilver
      agentksilver
      November 22, 2010 at 1:10 am | #

      I’m more concerned about him carrying around the action figure.

      • Rognik
        Rognik
        November 22, 2010 at 2:22 pm | #

        Is that a Monkey Master in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?

  12. Carapace
    Carapace
    November 22, 2010 at 12:21 am | #

    True Story: First time I met my now-husband, he gave me a bootleg Sailor Moon knockoff doll that he’d bought on a whim. It was very odd, and made me think he was sweet and possibly a little brain damaged.

    We still have the doll.

    • TexasNinjaBuzzard
      TexasNinjaBuzzard
      November 22, 2010 at 3:44 am | #

      Okay, I was all freakin’ out for a moment here, like “OH HOLY CRAP somebody else has the same exact origin story what are the frakkin’ odds“… until I remembered that the new comment setup gives everyone without a personal Gravatar a new icon every time, so you’re not a jovial G1 Ratchet any more.

      …Also you left out the part about jumping out in front of the vehicle your future Sweetie is riding in and hopping back and forth like a toreador doing a taunt move.

  13. Kamino Neko
    Kamino Neko
    November 22, 2010 at 12:23 am | #

    Wow…you weren’t kidding about dropping to buffoon, were you?

  14. Sakimei
    Sakimei
    November 22, 2010 at 12:23 am | #

    Maybe he only carried it for luck on the first day of college!

    • Joebo
      Joebo
      November 22, 2010 at 12:21 pm | #

      More likely that his bag is stuffed with action figures, and Mike’s books.

  15. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    November 22, 2010 at 12:29 am | #

    ALLO SUE

    I GOT LEGS

    DO YOU LIKE BREAD?

    I GOT FRENCH LOAF

    *smacks her in the face with it*

    BYEEEEE

    (I love you!)

    • landbasered
      landbasered
      November 22, 2010 at 1:23 am | #

      what is this a reference to?
      It sounds scott-pilgrim-ish

      • Ragnal
        Ragnal
        November 22, 2010 at 1:46 am | #

        I don’t know, but GODS is it hilarious! XD

      • Kamino Neko
        Kamino Neko
        November 22, 2010 at 2:06 am | #

        It’s an Eddie Izzard bit. This one.

    • Scullwah
      Scullwah
      November 22, 2010 at 1:56 am | #

      Eddie Izzard has never been so successfully applied to anything

  16. JackNapier
    JackNapier
    November 22, 2010 at 12:29 am | #

    Should’ve gone with “Wanna see my Monkey Master?” That would have gone over a lot better.

  17. Orange lantern
    Orange lantern
    November 22, 2010 at 12:38 am | #

    Seeing walky say I love the head alien is…weird ><

    • Joebo
      Joebo
      November 22, 2010 at 12:19 pm | #

      well, he is the least threatening/ the most hilarious.

  18. Dean
    Dean
    November 22, 2010 at 12:43 am | #

    Smooth.

    • Umer
      Umer
      November 22, 2010 at 12:50 am | #

      Buffoon mode, activate!

      • MrGBH
        MrGBH
        November 22, 2010 at 10:20 am | #

        Powers of….. Idiocy!

        • Jabberwocky
          Jabberwocky
          November 22, 2010 at 11:18 am | #

          Form of… a fanboy!

  19. Dierna
    Dierna
    November 22, 2010 at 12:58 am | #

    Walky Walky Walky.. that’s not a toy…it’s an action figure with head bounce action

    • Rusty_Unycorn
      Rusty_Unycorn
      November 22, 2010 at 3:15 am | #

      I GIVE IT TO YOU.

      • Cognomen
        Cognomen
        November 22, 2010 at 9:00 am | #

        I have a feeling this could be the new FAAAAAAACE

        • Rusty_Unycorn
          Rusty_Unycorn
          November 22, 2010 at 12:00 pm | #

          I GIVE IT TO YOUR FAAAAAAACE

  20. NinjaNick
    NinjaNick
    November 22, 2010 at 12:59 am | #

    Go easy on Dorothy. 😛

  21. T Campbell
    T Campbell
    November 22, 2010 at 1:00 am | #

    This may look bad, but I wouldn’t count Walky out yet. It’s obvious that Dorothy regards her fandom as a vice, but for all her desire to get ahead in life, it’s a vice she’s found irresistible. That may change. But if it doesn’t, and if she begins to associate Walky with that vice, then he attains the lure of the forbidden pleasure.

    • Matt
      Matt
      November 22, 2010 at 2:03 am | #

      Oh yeah, it’s hard to admit in college something like “I like children’s cartoons” if you want to look cool/make friends. So now she has a nimrod to watch TV with. Walky hasn’t struck out yet by a long shot.

      • Zakrael
        Zakrael
        November 22, 2010 at 8:38 am | #

        Pretty sure you’re going/went to the wrong educational establishment.

        Cause round my university, if you announce that, say, you are a massive fan of Gargoyles, you’d get ten people saying “Me too!” and a further five who would come back a week later and say they hadn’t seen it before, but they had a look on youtube and now you’ve made them torrent all three series, you bastard.

        Replace Gargoyles with Avatar, Transformers, Animaniacs, or whatever, according to generation. Same result. There’s something about the late teens/early twenties that makes Saturday morning TV awesome again.

        • Jabberwocky
          Jabberwocky
          November 22, 2010 at 8:55 am | #

          “again?”

        • Rachel
          Rachel
          November 22, 2010 at 10:53 am | #

          This is a little what it’s like at my school, except there’s still the good number of skeptics who think you’re nuts. Fortunately, my roommate and I defy them all by indulging ourselves in various forms of nerdery.

        • Joebo
          Joebo
          November 22, 2010 at 12:17 pm | #

          would always watch Star Trek in my dorm room and after about two weeks had both my musclehead roommate and his buddy watching with me almost every day.

        • Roborat
          Roborat
          November 22, 2010 at 4:45 pm | #

          What do you mean again, I never stopped watching, and never made any excuses for it. I now have the box sets for Animaniacs, Tiny Toons, Pinky and the Brain, the Tic, etc. Must say I haven`t found much on the air right now as good as those old shows.

          When I was living in residence at university (30 year ago) almost the entire building would watch the Muppet Show at 430 every afternoon, then there would be a mass stampede to the cafeteria. These are the people who are running the country right now.

          • Rusty_Unycorn
            Rusty_Unycorn
            November 23, 2010 at 4:37 am | #

            Well that’s understandable. The Muppet Show is awesome.

      • maggiemarmalade
        maggiemarmalade
        November 22, 2010 at 8:36 pm | #

        The only thing that brought our entire house-dorm together was gathering around the toob watchin the Simpsons at dinner.

  22. Wackd
    Wackd
    November 22, 2010 at 1:02 am | #

    So…is it just me or does Walky look horribly, horribly sleep deprived in the third panel? It would explain why his brain isn’t quite working to it’s usual standard.

    Love is another possible explanation, but it doesn’t explain the bags under his eyes.

    • Jabberwocky
      Jabberwocky
      November 22, 2010 at 8:54 am | #

      I think it’s to convey that his eyes are wide.

      Y’know, with smitteness.

    • Ragnal
      Ragnal
      November 22, 2010 at 1:13 pm | #

      What Jabber said. It’s the same look, more or less, Walky had in that guest strip Willis did where he volunteered to say ‘menstrual cycle’ for Joyce.

  23. agentksilver
    agentksilver
    November 22, 2010 at 1:11 am | #

    In my experience this approach works for about three weeks. Then he’d better come up with a new tactic.

  24. Dedlok
    Dedlok
    November 22, 2010 at 1:20 am | #

    I just love the “I GIVE TO YOU!” at the end.

  25. Undrave
    Undrave
    November 22, 2010 at 1:39 am | #

    Dumbass :p

  26. Milosh
    Milosh
    November 22, 2010 at 1:47 am | #

    Thank you for using the word “snarkiness”! I was distraught when I recently learned that snarky, and derivations thereof, is a word that just barely exists outside of my personal vocabulary.

    • Rowen Morland
      Rowen Morland
      November 22, 2010 at 9:31 am | #

      Really? I use those all the time. I think I picked it up from my mother.

      • Rusty_Unycorn
        Rusty_Unycorn
        November 22, 2010 at 12:02 pm | #

        Your Sarah avatars are perfect for that. WILLIS WILL GIVE THEM TO YOUR FAAAAAACE.

        • Rusty_Unycorn
          Rusty_Unycorn
          November 22, 2010 at 10:24 pm | #

          I just realized that I made no sense there. The worst part?

          I have no excuse.

  27. Black Bumblebee
    Black Bumblebee
    November 22, 2010 at 1:55 am | #

    I don’t think that Dorothy is a “fan,” I just think she thinks its kinda neat. She mentions she thought it was funny “the FEW times she’s seen it.” That means, she enjoys it, but isn’t necessarily a “fan”

    Walky, on the other hand… he seems more the type to post on forums at 1 am…

    …wait a minute…

    • Kamino Neko
      Kamino Neko
      November 22, 2010 at 2:00 am | #

      Nah – she just doesn’t want to admit to being a fan She’s not responding to someone else bringing it up – ‘oh, hey, I’ve seen that a few times, it’s not bad’ – she’s talking about it because she has a Dexter and Monkey Master portfolio, and called it her guilty pleasure…then with obvious shame on her face, quite belatedly added ‘when I’ve seen it’.

    • Jabberwocky
      Jabberwocky
      November 22, 2010 at 11:15 am | #

      Yeah, but she’s said it’s her guilty pleasure. A guilty pleasure is something you like quite a bit and are embarrassed because you really like it, not something you’ve encountered just a few times.

  28. Doom Shepherd
    Doom Shepherd
    November 22, 2010 at 2:32 am | #

    Yep, pretty close to my reaction the first time I met a pretty girl who also liked Star Trek.

    (And I called it… that was my Freshman year in college.)

    Scared the **** out of her.

    I did better the second time… 8 years later.

    • Malph
      Malph
      November 22, 2010 at 7:31 pm | #

      I take a more subtle approach. One that indicates I’m a fellow fan, but doesn’t involve whipping toys at her head.

      It doesn’t work too well.

  29. No0ne
    No0ne
    November 22, 2010 at 2:33 am | #

    Now he has clubbed her over the head and can drag her off to his man cave to er… bake a cake with yeeaaaa… CAKE… nice g-rated CAKE…

    • Cholma
      Cholma
      November 22, 2010 at 2:50 am | #

      “It’s a piece of cake to bake a pretty cake!”

      • Dakhran
        Dakhran
        November 22, 2010 at 3:06 am | #

        “You gotta do the cooking by the book!”

        • Richie9999
          Richie9999
          November 22, 2010 at 10:02 am | #

          Amen to that, also props on the Richard avatar.

        • Rusty_Unycorn
          Rusty_Unycorn
          November 22, 2010 at 10:25 pm | #

          CAKE ROLL’D

    • Roborat
      Roborat
      November 22, 2010 at 4:47 pm | #

      The cake is a lie, there is never any cake.

      • Roborat
        Roborat
        November 22, 2010 at 6:43 pm | #

        You are surrounded by Richard avatars, prepare to be fwoooshed.

  30. Heather
    Heather
    November 22, 2010 at 3:14 am | #

    Smooth Walky, smooth. You really know how to charm the ladies.

    • Jabberwocky
      Jabberwocky
      November 22, 2010 at 11:13 am | #

      ….Said the Joe avatar.

  31. Shift
    Shift
    November 22, 2010 at 3:37 am | #

    Can you say “Restraining order” Dorothy?

    Though I have to admit… there is something adorably kindergarten about Walky’s approach to girls. Not remotely acceptable, but still adorable. Honestly, you’d think he never talked to a girl before.

    • MM
      MM
      November 22, 2010 at 5:20 am | #

      Bear in mind, most of his interactions have probably been with Billie and/or Sal. Throwing things from a distance and blurting out whatever you have to say so that you can run for it is probably the safest means of communication.

      • Shift
        Shift
        November 22, 2010 at 3:11 pm | #

        But he hasn’t seen Sal in forever, and went to a regular school with Billie. One would think he’s managed to have interaction with girls during the 13 years prior of education.

        • Grrt
          Grrt
          November 22, 2010 at 3:40 pm | #

          Keep in mind that he doesn’t quite see Billie as “a girl” as much as it is “Billie, that girl I’ve known forever and who currently has a drinking problem”

          • Shift
            Shift
            November 22, 2010 at 7:22 pm | #

            True, but what I meant was, it’s not like he went to a Boys Only school. He had to have had SOME sort of female interaction besides Billie.

  32. Lycinder
    Lycinder
    November 22, 2010 at 4:41 am | #

    I feel slightly sorry for Dorothy one lovestruck baffoon to the next.

  33. Jabberwocky
    Jabberwocky
    November 22, 2010 at 6:53 am | #

    Oh, Walky.

    • Jabberwocky
      Jabberwocky
      November 22, 2010 at 3:45 pm | #

      Note: The post button is being obscured, so I have to reply to my own post to post this…

      I wonder what the D&MM toyline would look like?

      http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/7381/dmmcat.png

      Maybe something like this? (DMMV = a vehicle toy; DMC/DMCV = “classic” toys being reissued)

      (Toyline assumes the Cheese and the Martians, as well as generic Aliens, are D&MM characters)

      I threw that together in paint.

  34. MrGBH
    MrGBH
    November 22, 2010 at 8:12 am | #

    walky’s making an enemy of every girl in the college one by one, isn’t he? And because of him, Dorothy and Joyce have instant bondage.

    • MrGBH
      MrGBH
      November 22, 2010 at 8:12 am | #

      I meant instant bonding. BONDING DAMMIT!

      • JackNapier
        JackNapier
        November 22, 2010 at 10:30 am | #

        Freudian slip much?

    • R
      R
      November 22, 2010 at 11:01 am | #

      Joyce’s eyes darted around the room dark room. She found breathing difficult as she was gagged and almost terrified. She wasn’t going anywhere though, as she was tied to a chair; she wondered how long she would have to wait.

      “Why hello Joyce,” a black leather-clad Dorothy said with an arrogant grin on her face. “So, what do you think of this ‘instant bondage’?”

      “MhhFhmmMhhh,” Joyce tried to say, to no avail.

      “Yeah, it’s not really my thing either,” Dorothy confessed, adjusting her glasses. She leaned over, carefully to not let anything fall out of her corset, as she untied Joyce.

      “Thanks for untying me,” Joyce said, as soon as the ballgag was removed.

      “Don’t mention it,” Dorothy replied, looking around to see if she could find real clothes that weren’t made of leather. “Hey, do you remember what chapter we have to read for tomorrow?”

      “Yeah,” Joyce said, stretching as being tied to a chair wasn’t comfy. “Chapter two.”

      “Thanks,” Dorothy said. “I’ll see you in class then.”

      • Rusty_Unycorn
        Rusty_Unycorn
        November 22, 2010 at 12:03 pm | #

        Oh. My. Goddess. My thanks, I GIVE IT TO YOU.

      • Joebo
        Joebo
        November 22, 2010 at 1:09 pm | #

        To borrow a phrase: This is full of win.

      • MrGBH
        MrGBH
        November 22, 2010 at 2:53 pm | #

        This is the most beautiful thing I’ve ever read.

      • Heather
        Heather
        November 22, 2010 at 6:03 pm | #

        Utter excellence!

      • maggiemarmalade
        maggiemarmalade
        November 22, 2010 at 8:40 pm | #

        This is full of THIS.

        face

  35. Gianni
    Gianni
    November 22, 2010 at 9:24 am | #

    …Mr. Monkey?

  36. zuche
    zuche
    November 22, 2010 at 9:44 am | #

    It could have been worse.

    He could have offered her Head Alien.

    • Jabberwocky
      Jabberwocky
      November 22, 2010 at 9:46 am | #

      Now THAT would’ve been ironic.

  37. Rowen Morland
    Rowen Morland
    November 22, 2010 at 9:45 am | #

    How’d they get together in the other universe anyway?

    • R
      R
      November 22, 2010 at 11:06 am | #

      I think they went to high school together, she got to know him more.

  38. Richie9999
    Richie9999
    November 22, 2010 at 10:01 am | #

    Walky is attempting to get the attention of the opposite gender and court a female. “He is successful. The female wonders about his diet.”

    Also, an ad at the bottom of the screen keeps covering the post button.

  39. Zagreus
    Zagreus
    November 22, 2010 at 10:20 am | #

    Something interesting just occurred to me.

    Remember how in Joyce and Walky! Dorothy was told by the Head Alien that she needed to be with Walky instead of Joyce, as Joyce would eventually kill Walky if they stayed together?

    I think she believed him. I think Dorothy somehow got herself into a new timeline and is very subtly attempting to seduce Walky. Everything we’re seeing here might be all just a part of the Head Alien’s master plan.

    Weirder stuff has happened to these characters, you can’t deny it.

  40. Hunter
    Hunter
    November 22, 2010 at 10:54 am | #

    “PLEASE ACCEPT THIS!”
    “MUCH OBLIGED THANK YOU!”

    • Jabberwocky
      Jabberwocky
      November 22, 2010 at 11:16 am | #

      Cannot unsee 🙁

      • Hunter
        Hunter
        November 22, 2010 at 11:37 am | #

        You’re welcome.

        • Gianni
          Gianni
          November 22, 2010 at 12:43 pm | #

          Awesome

          • Rusty_Unycorn
            Rusty_Unycorn
            November 22, 2010 at 1:21 pm | #

            Oh great…
            NONONONO! bad slashfic ideas!

          • Jabberwocky
            Jabberwocky
            November 22, 2010 at 3:40 pm | #

            It’s not slashfic if it’s not gay. It’s just a lemon if it’s straight.

          • Rusty_Unycorn
            Rusty_Unycorn
            November 22, 2010 at 4:44 pm | #

            what if it’s a toy?

          • Heather
            Heather
            November 22, 2010 at 6:07 pm | #

            To Rusty_Unycorn.

            I’d make a Toy Story joke, but Ethan beat me to it.

  41. sarpiedon
    sarpiedon
    November 22, 2010 at 11:17 am | #

    sooooo Dorothy is flirting with Joyce, huh

  42. Dahlia
    Dahlia
    November 22, 2010 at 1:54 pm | #

    How cute!

    hmmm, Maybe this is the alternate universe Walky and Dorothy end up together (assuming, of course, that the Head alien was telling the truth)?

    But Walky was also a doctor…I don’t think Telecommunications (thats his major, right?) has a doctorate program…

    Guh, confusing.

    • maggiemarmalade
      maggiemarmalade
      November 22, 2010 at 8:42 pm | #

      DOA is not that universe. I think Dor and Walky went to high school together in that one. Still could happen, though, I guess. David keeps me in the dark about that.

      • Joebo
        Joebo
        November 22, 2010 at 9:25 pm | #

        Is there any instant bondage in the dark?

        • Dahlia
          Dahlia
          November 24, 2010 at 3:13 pm | #

          Pervert! 😛 (kidding, kidding! xD)

      • Dahlia
        Dahlia
        November 24, 2010 at 3:12 pm | #

        I hope not….I really do…

        only because that would break my allusion of the true love Walky and Joyce share anywhere in any universe…

        I feel so sorry for Dorothy in that universe, though…hope shes less…erm, unfortunate in this universe >//<;;

  43. Grrt
    Grrt
    November 22, 2010 at 3:24 pm | #

    Y’know, I wish that Mike and Billie were here to lord this moment over Walky for the rest of forever if (Read: When) he crashes and burns…

    • Grrt
      Grrt
      November 22, 2010 at 3:25 pm | #

      Gah! Sarah Avatar is not the Billie Avatar I’d been getting…

  44. Feenyksfyre
    Feenyksfyre
    November 22, 2010 at 3:28 pm | #

    Between Dorothy trying to get out of a conversation with Walky and “I GIVE IT TO YOU”, the last two panels made me bust out laughing. 😀

  45. Zachinahat
    Zachinahat
    November 22, 2010 at 8:07 pm | #

    ‘Projectile courtship!’
    Walky knows how to woo a lady of the 21st century

  46. Hoop
    Hoop
    November 23, 2010 at 1:24 pm | #

    Blue Jackal?

    THERE WERE NO DEXTER AND MONKEY MASTER EPISODES ON THAT CD.

  47. Kelvin
    Kelvin
    August 30, 2011 at 5:57 am | #

    Aww, I LOVE how easily Walky got excited! XDDDD

  48. SHAZAM
    SHAZAM
    January 16, 2013 at 3:40 am | #

    And now we know this is you Willis. Regretting telling us this? Probably not.

  49. RandomPerson12
    RandomPerson12
    October 15, 2014 at 9:20 pm | #

    Does Walky carry that thing around with him everywhere he goes?

  50. Mousa The 14
    Mousa The 14
    March 31, 2016 at 1:15 pm | #

    Oh wow it’s like I have no switched webcomc tracks, Walky is exactly the same even in the face of a woman he likes.

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