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May 12, 2026

Cheesy

by David M Willis on January 4, 2014 at 12:01 am
  • 01 - The Only Dope For Me Is You
└ Tags: dorothy, walky

Discussion (181) ¬

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  1. Tunaro
    Tunaro
    January 4, 2014 at 12:01 am | #

    D’awww

    • NightmareWarden
      NightmareWarden
      January 4, 2014 at 12:48 am | #

      Cacawww!

      • Fred
        Fred
        January 4, 2014 at 10:21 am | #

        WAPAPAPAPAPAPAW WAPAPAPAPAPAPAPAW

        • TehLulzinator
          TehLulzinator
          January 4, 2014 at 8:52 pm | #

          SOISOISOISOISOISOISOISOISOISOISOISOISOISOISOI

  2. Vivvav
    Vivvav
    January 4, 2014 at 12:01 am | #

    WALKY, THAT IS NOT SAL. YOU’RE SUPPOSED TO TALK TO HER.

    • Jen Aside
      Jen Aside
      January 4, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

      Haha I was gonna yell at him about Sal and thought that seemed too negative, then BEATEN ANYWAY

      • Thanks, I'll Have Another!
        Thanks, I'll Have Another!
        January 4, 2014 at 12:12 am | #

        Sal is out tooling around on her sweet ride; Walky needs to practice on his girlfriend in the meantime.

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          January 4, 2014 at 12:21 am | #

          And if it works on Dotty, he will try it out on Sal?

          I smell a ‘cest fanfic in the works.

          • Mr. D.
            Mr. D.
            January 4, 2014 at 12:36 am | #

            …Not sure if want.

          • Yotomoe
            Yotomoe
            January 4, 2014 at 12:40 am | #

            It’d be like genderbent masturbation.

            • Plasma Mongoose
              Plasma Mongoose
              January 4, 2014 at 1:21 am | #

              Twincest is a disturbingly popular fanfic subgenre after all.

              • Mr. Random
                Mr. Random
                January 4, 2014 at 3:39 am | #

                Because go fuck yourself has been deeply engrained in the public subconscious.

              • James
                James
                January 4, 2014 at 1:07 pm | #

                especially given what Walky said a few comics ago….. O_o

          • nothri
            nothri
            January 4, 2014 at 7:42 am | #

            ….damn my brain for wondering what such a thing would smell LIKE, and damn you inspiring the question in the first place.

            • Plasma Mongoose
              Plasma Mongoose
              January 4, 2014 at 9:08 pm | #

              My brain is a mysterious & scary place, it’s just as well that psychics don’t really exist or their mental health would be at risk. 😀

    • Spectre
      Spectre
      January 4, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

      To be fair, this might be Walky’s way of “trying to put some effort towards the stuff he gets dropped in his lap,” as Billie put it a few strips ago.

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        January 4, 2014 at 12:11 am | #

        I think he’s trying to get Dotty to drop in his lap right now, actually.

    • Deathjavu
      Deathjavu
      January 4, 2014 at 12:12 am | #

      Still undeniably positive- Walky’s putting in effort.

      Also, if Walky’s started displaying self awareness, he probably knows he’ll screw up that conversation royally. I think he might be turning to Dorothy for some help.

      • Slipgate
        Slipgate
        January 4, 2014 at 1:04 pm | #

        This. I think he’s about to ask what Dorothy’s read on him and Sal is.

        I know I’ve turned to a friend who is a third party about a sibling thing before.

    • newllend
      newllend
      January 4, 2014 at 12:34 am | #

      Don’t ruin the moment

  3. Mal
    Mal
    January 4, 2014 at 12:01 am | #

    Funny. My wife was just bugging me about not getting her flowers.

    • Leorale
      Leorale
      January 4, 2014 at 1:09 am | #

      It’s a sign to get the wife some flowers.

    • Winfield
      Winfield
      January 4, 2014 at 1:58 am | #

      You fool, that’s falling into her trap! Buy her flowers now, and you’ll hear nothing but how she has to ask you for flowers, for months. Be smart, buy her chocolates. Or a car. Flowers next month.

      • madd
        madd
        January 4, 2014 at 5:35 pm | #

        Smart!

    • Bickendan
      Bickendan
      January 4, 2014 at 3:18 am | #

      Get her flowers.

    • Karkat-san
      Karkat-san
      January 4, 2014 at 4:52 am | #

      You might need to step it up a notch and get her a bouquet of puppies.

      • Lokitsu
        Lokitsu
        January 4, 2014 at 7:54 am | #

        Puppies, the bouquet that waters YOU.

        • MeyersFTW
          MeyersFTW
          January 4, 2014 at 3:18 pm | #

          This. This so hard

    • ADHadh
      ADHadh
      January 4, 2014 at 7:31 am | #

      Flood her with flowers, so she’ll never ask you again.

    • Animal
      Animal
      January 4, 2014 at 10:57 am | #

      Some wives ask for flowers. Mrs. Animal asks for ammo.

      • David Willis
        David M Willis
        January 4, 2014 at 11:41 am | #

        Some wives ask for Guns and Roses.

    • timemonkey
      timemonkey
      January 4, 2014 at 12:38 pm | #

      Buy her some seeds and a bag of fertilizer.

  4. Zabet
    Zabet
    January 4, 2014 at 12:01 am | #

    D’aww.

  5. Whatever
    Whatever
    January 4, 2014 at 12:01 am | #

    99% chance this is leading to sex

    • Sageress
      Sageress
      January 4, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

      I assume that 1% is that it’ll lead to a drag race.

      • Spectre
        Spectre
        January 4, 2014 at 12:07 am | #

        .9%, you mean.

        There’s that .1% chance it may lead to both.

        • Tenn
          Tenn
          January 4, 2014 at 5:50 am | #

          99%: Sex
          .9%: Drag race
          .09%: Sex, then drag race
          .009%: Drag race, then sex
          .001%: Sex and drag race SIMULTANEOUSLY

          The great Faz will graph these numbers and apply them to his own (hopefully soon to be) glorious sex life.

      • Barf Ninjason
        Barf Ninjason
        January 4, 2014 at 12:08 am | #

        Hey! A thing on the internet that actually made me laugh. Congratufuckinglations.

        • Sageress
          Sageress
          January 4, 2014 at 12:18 am | #

          Thanks, Barf.

        • MeyersFTW
          MeyersFTW
          January 4, 2014 at 3:20 pm | #

          appropriate gravatar is appropriate

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        January 4, 2014 at 12:23 am | #

        and by drag-race, you mean taking off your pants and dragging your ass on the carpet like a dog right? 😛

        • CoreBrute
          CoreBrute
          January 4, 2014 at 4:42 am | #

          Is that how people are having sex these days? Damn it porn you’ve lied to me once again!

        • Tenn
          Tenn
          January 4, 2014 at 5:59 am | #

          I sense a DoA/Mario Kart crossover.

          …I don’t know what it says about me that I’ve already gone from imagining the DoA cast dragging their asses on a go-kart track to pondering who to cast as Lakitu.

          • Rex Hondo
            Rex Hondo
            January 4, 2014 at 7:22 am | #

            Camera Phone Guy from last week.

    • Lokitsu
      Lokitsu
      January 4, 2014 at 7:56 am | #

      You forgotten the possibility that it’ll lead to sex in drag.

  6. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    January 4, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    That doesn’t look like cheese to me =o

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      January 4, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

      I wouldn’t be so sure, according to GIS, “cheese flowers” are a thing.

    • Jay Eff
      Jay Eff
      January 4, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

      “Behold, the power of Cheese.”

      • Sageress
        Sageress
        January 4, 2014 at 12:18 am | #

        That power being shapeshifting into a lovely bouquet.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        January 4, 2014 at 12:41 am | #

        I wrestled these away from a Cheese Shogun.

        • Sageress
          Sageress
          January 4, 2014 at 1:21 am | #

          With the help of the Kids Next Door I presume?

        • ninja_jesus
          ninja_jesus
          January 4, 2014 at 3:26 am | #

          Gouda know that people still remember the Kids Next Door. 😀

      • Leorale
        Leorale
        January 4, 2014 at 1:10 am | #

        What a friend we have in Cheeses.

        • Sageress
          Sageress
          January 4, 2014 at 1:22 am | #

          “You got a friend in bree”

          • Jen Aside
            Jen Aside
            January 4, 2014 at 2:12 am | #

            Oh Camembert faithful, joyful and triumphant…

            • Sageress
              Sageress
              January 4, 2014 at 3:22 am | #

              You keep singin’ your cheese hymns and I’ll just keep firing back with cheese-based Randy Newman puns.

              • Obstreperous
                Obstreperous
                January 4, 2014 at 4:52 pm | #

                I’m a little Swiss-picious of these puns myself.

      • Rex Hondo
        Rex Hondo
        January 4, 2014 at 7:23 am | #

        Mmmm… Liquid gold.

  7. Geminia999
    Geminia999
    January 4, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    Damn mathematicians answer!!!!

    • Sageress
      Sageress
      January 4, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

      Mwahahaha!

  8. Jay Eff
    Jay Eff
    January 4, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    OMG FLOUR FLOWERS.

  9. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    January 4, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    You practice grabbing doorknobs? OH MY!

    • Sageress
      Sageress
      January 4, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

      How else will he qualify for nationals?

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        January 4, 2014 at 12:07 am | #

        Next you be telling me that it will be a new Olympic sport.

        • Sageress
          Sageress
          January 4, 2014 at 12:16 am | #

          What do you mean “Will be”? It’s been one since ’98!

          • Plasma Mongoose
            Plasma Mongoose
            January 4, 2014 at 12:24 am | #

            ’98? so it’s already a Winter Olympic sport then.

            • Sageress
              Sageress
              January 4, 2014 at 1:22 am | #

              Well you can’t do it in the summer, can you?

              • Rex Hondo
                Rex Hondo
                January 4, 2014 at 2:23 am | #

                You may only grab knobs during the winter, but around here it’s an all-weather event.

                • Sageress
                  Sageress
                  January 4, 2014 at 3:22 am | #

                  You must be Canadian.

                • Mr. Random
                  Mr. Random
                  January 4, 2014 at 3:42 am | #

                  You obviously don’t watch ‘Archer’.

        • KingMabel
          KingMabel
          January 4, 2014 at 12:17 am | #

          Not yet, but we need a good 300,000 more signatures to get it to the 2024 games.

  10. Spack
    Spack
    January 4, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    It’s not easy, being cheesy. At least this kind of cheesy, for Walky.

    • Tacdud2
      Tacdud2
      January 4, 2014 at 12:42 am | #

      I’m glad I wasn’t the only who had this come to mind.

  11. Sageress
    Sageress
    January 4, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    I knew I wasn’t the only one who answers yes to multiple choice questions. Chew on THAT, Arkantos.

  12. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    January 4, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

    He dressed nice for her too. He specifically made sure to only eat junk food that was the same color as his shirt, so the stains blend in.

    And they say chivalry is dead.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      January 4, 2014 at 12:42 am | #

      Chivalry is dead? Alert his next of kin.

      • Rex Hondo
        Rex Hondo
        January 4, 2014 at 2:16 am | #

        Chivalry is pre-deceased by Bushido. The French Foreign Legion’s Code d’Honneur will give the eulogy.

      • Catriona
        Catriona
        January 4, 2014 at 10:22 pm | #

        He had a soulstone. No problem.

  13. Wonder Wig
    Wonder Wig
    January 4, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

    Looks like a big piece of temaki sushi. Mmmmmmm…

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      January 4, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

      Holy crap, you’re right.

      http://www.mitoku.com/recipes/image_recipes/temaki_sushi001_large.jpg

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        January 4, 2014 at 12:12 am | #

        Well now it’s after midnight and I want sushi.

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          January 4, 2014 at 12:19 am | #

          Do you have service stations with things like 24hr bakery/Subway/sushi shops nearby?

          • Doctor_Who
            Doctor_Who
            January 4, 2014 at 12:34 am | #

            No. Only good sushi place around won’t open for 8 hours.

            Damn it all.

            • Plasma Mongoose
              Plasma Mongoose
              January 4, 2014 at 1:19 am | #

              While it might change in the future, so far here in Oz, 24hr sushi places are still somewhat uncommon, 24hr Subways on the otherhand are much easier to find.

            • JustDucky
              JustDucky
              January 4, 2014 at 10:11 am | #

              You just need to learn to make your own. That was my solution to “why are all of the good sushi places closed?” sushi cravings and it’s worked out quite well for me. ^^

            • xKiv
              xKiv
              January 4, 2014 at 5:26 pm | #

              But you’re a time lord! Time travel, maybe?

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      January 4, 2014 at 12:43 am | #

      Man. I would LOVE a bouqet of Giant Sushi.

      • Wonder Wig
        Wonder Wig
        January 4, 2014 at 12:50 am | #

        Like this one?:
        http://wonderwig.deviantart.com/art/Sushi-Bouquet-407803391

        • Rex Hondo
          Rex Hondo
          January 4, 2014 at 2:06 am | #

          Damn you, damn all of you to hell. I just had lunch, and now I’m craving sushi anyway.

          • Ocbrad1
            Ocbrad1
            January 4, 2014 at 11:28 am | #

            Fortunately for me, I am getting ready to go get lunch, and I’m thinking sushi is on the menu!

  14. Sageress
    Sageress
    January 4, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

    Normally, the only cheesy stuff he deals with is cheese puffs.

    • saltchocolate
      saltchocolate
      January 4, 2014 at 12:19 am | #

      A bouquet of nachitos would be more likely than this.

  15. JessWitt
    JessWitt
    January 4, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

    Best answer, Dorothy.

  16. Kladeos
    Kladeos
    January 4, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

    Not the girl you’re supposed to be talking to.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      January 4, 2014 at 12:44 am | #

      The other one is on a motor powered bicycle riding many miles faster than Walky’s top speed.

      • The Phantom's Belch
        The Phantom's Belch
        January 4, 2014 at 8:09 am | #

        But is it faster than Walkyverse!Robin’s top speed? 🙂

        Ah, the longing for a crossover between the two DeSanto families is painful. I think Roz is the only one close to the same age in both.

        • Kladeos
          Kladeos
          January 4, 2014 at 12:05 pm | #

          That doesn’t sound right. By this point Roz must have graduated because they mentioned her being in school years ago. Plus her younger sister has a toddler.

        • Graq
          Graq
          January 4, 2014 at 9:49 pm | #

          Fire up the Cosmic Treadmill for Crisis on Infinite Willis Comics

  17. The Candyman
    The Candyman
    January 4, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

    Oh no, I appear to be dying of overexposure to cuteness. Huh.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      January 4, 2014 at 12:09 am | #

      We did need a break from all the Joyce/Amber awkwardness after all.

  18. Gram91
    Gram91
    January 4, 2014 at 12:07 am | #

    Yes to nice or yes to cheesy? Or both?

    • Thanks, I'll Have Another!
      Thanks, I'll Have Another!
      January 4, 2014 at 12:08 am | #

      Yes.

      • MLEst1
        MLEst1
        January 4, 2014 at 1:03 am | #

        Avatar win of the day right here

        • Markus
          Markus
          January 4, 2014 at 2:33 am | #

          Tied with ‘Whatever’ at 12:01 I’d say.

  19. Geminia999
    Geminia999
    January 4, 2014 at 12:07 am | #

    Hmmm, now I need to figure out how to make “knockity” with my fists :/

    • Shrugs
      Shrugs
      January 4, 2014 at 12:10 am | #

      I imagine you do it by hitting the door with your knuckles, then quickly tapping it with your fingertips.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      January 4, 2014 at 12:44 am | #

      Don’t worry. I’m black. We know how to beat rhythms on doors.

  20. Cholma
    Cholma
    January 4, 2014 at 12:08 am | #

    MR WILLIS, you have a door knob fetish, sir!

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      January 4, 2014 at 12:10 am | #

      A well polished one at that. 😛

    • Keroshino
      Keroshino
      January 4, 2014 at 12:14 am | #

      He loves drawing characters grabbing knobs!

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        January 4, 2014 at 12:45 am | #

        You could say he a-DOORS it.

        • ShaggyDonahugh
          ShaggyDonahugh
          January 4, 2014 at 12:53 am | #

          Boy you guys really opened the door for Yotomoe on that one.

          • Plasma Mongoose
            Plasma Mongoose
            January 4, 2014 at 1:17 am | #

            Here’s hoping. ^_^

          • nothri
            nothri
            January 4, 2014 at 11:03 am | #

            Relax dude, I’m sure we can handle it.

          • nothri
            nothri
            January 4, 2014 at 4:44 pm | #

            Not like anything hinges on a lack of puns here.

        • nothri
          nothri
          January 4, 2014 at 7:46 am | #

          Guess we found the key to his passion.

    • Bill
      Bill
      January 4, 2014 at 1:07 am | #

      Maybe Willis is somehow distantly related to Aunt Clara.

      • Rex Hondo
        Rex Hondo
        January 4, 2014 at 2:09 am | #

        Or Anna Twombly.

        What? I have little kids, leave me alone.

  21. Thanks, I'll Have Another!
    Thanks, I'll Have Another!
    January 4, 2014 at 12:09 am | #

    What brought on this sudden display of courtly manners, Walkerton?

    • Jack Finch
      Jack Finch
      January 4, 2014 at 12:22 pm | #

      Enlightened Self Interest.

  22. John
    John
    January 4, 2014 at 12:10 am | #

    This is where Walky discovers that Dorothy has serious allergies.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      January 4, 2014 at 12:27 am | #

      Lactose intolerance to cheese flowers.

    • newllend
      newllend
      January 4, 2014 at 12:49 am | #

      That would be funny as hell.

    • Ess
      Ess
      January 4, 2014 at 5:00 am | #

      Ah… ahh… Gneep!

      • hof1991
        hof1991
        January 4, 2014 at 11:17 am | #

        Ah, a QC reference. Good to know I am not the only one who loves QC almost as much as DOA. My morning is usually Diesel Sweeties, Short packed, Girls with Slingshots, Girl Genius (on hiatus), Questionable Content and, saving the best for last, DOA.
        .

        • Kladeos
          Kladeos
          January 4, 2014 at 12:08 pm | #

          Woah, Girl Genius is on hiatus? After who knows how many years? (I got sick of them being in the same castle for 3 years so I stopped reading a while ago… Several years ago… But I keep meaning to catch up.)

          Swap out Girl Genius for Gunnerkrigg Court and Diesel Sweeties for Octopus Pie and we follow the same comics.

          • xKiv
            xKiv
            January 4, 2014 at 5:39 pm | #

            Foglios are on a … vacation? … and they have a stand-in (Chris Baldwin) “illustrating for the very first radio show they ever did”.
            That’s not really a hiatus. It’s not even a filler.

          • Thanks, I'll Have Another!
            Thanks, I'll Have Another!
            January 4, 2014 at 11:07 pm | #

            Kladeos…are you me?? Though Octopus Pie has been pretty sporadic lately so I don’t check it everyday.

  23. coobee
    coobee
    January 4, 2014 at 12:16 am | #

    KNOCKITY-KNOCK he even knocks adorably wow

  24. Regalli
    Regalli
    January 4, 2014 at 12:20 am | #

    Cuties.

  25. RandomRedMage
    RandomRedMage
    January 4, 2014 at 12:27 am | #

    A much needed positive page in this comic, 😀

    • Mr K
      Mr K
      January 4, 2014 at 1:54 am | #

      Next page will be Amber carrying Sal’s dead body and looking for a place to hide it.

  26. themaskedpixie
    themaskedpixie
    January 4, 2014 at 12:32 am | #

    We called this Velveeta, cheese smooth.

  27. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    January 4, 2014 at 12:39 am | #

    Both. You need to seriously clean the Nachito dust off your fingers.

  28. Doom Shepherd
    Doom Shepherd
    January 4, 2014 at 12:45 am | #

    True story: I was once leaving a friend’s house with a bunch of other people. Thinking I was the last out the door, I reached back, without looking, to grab the doorknob and close the door behind me.

    But what I grabbed was her boyfriend’s crotch. Oops.

  29. Romanticide
    Romanticide
    January 4, 2014 at 12:48 am | #

    My Walky, I am actually proud of you, no matter if it’s cheesy you can feel the effort 😀

  30. Shubs
    Shubs
    January 4, 2014 at 12:48 am | #

    From the title and a glance at the characters involved, I genuinely thought the bouquet was going to have nachitos in it or something similar.

  31. Sensedog
    Sensedog
    January 4, 2014 at 12:52 am | #

    This is good. This is progress, at any rate. He is growing up.

  32. JoeMerl
    JoeMerl
    January 4, 2014 at 12:58 am | #

    “Knockity-knock.” I can’t recall if other characters make that sound when they knock, but somehow it just fits Walky.

  33. DanielleM
    DanielleM
    January 4, 2014 at 1:05 am | #

    So is someone avoiding their sister?

    • Leorale
      Leorale
      January 4, 2014 at 1:15 am | #

      He might ask her for advice.

  34. Idon'tcarenomore
    Idon'tcarenomore
    January 4, 2014 at 1:08 am | #

    Think that most all of the statements in this thread have truth in them.

    Walky is practicing on Dorothy by bringing her flowers to soften her up so she will help him with figuring out how to talk to Sal who is off diddyboppin’ with her buddy and at the same time, he’s learning how to be ‘a gentlemen’, which is in his case means, cheese free shirted.

    • Scoops
      Scoops
      January 4, 2014 at 1:22 am | #

      You forgot to include the drag race.

      • Sageress
        Sageress
        January 4, 2014 at 1:23 am | #

        Never forget the drag race.

  35. timemonkey
    timemonkey
    January 4, 2014 at 1:45 am | #

    Guys, Sal is both pissed at him and took off on her motorcycle, he can’t go talk to her now.

  36. Rex Hondo
    Rex Hondo
    January 4, 2014 at 2:12 am | #

    I was going to make a joke about how long it would take somebody to find some way to get upset about this strip, but, after reading the comments already here, I guess I underestimated the DoA fanbase’s ability to get upset about things…

    • Sageress
      Sageress
      January 4, 2014 at 3:23 am | #

      I, for one, am upset by the notable lack of Optimus Prime.

      • The Phantom's Belch
        The Phantom's Belch
        January 4, 2014 at 8:12 am | #

        Where’s the Monkey Master figure?!

  37. Aizat
    Aizat
    January 4, 2014 at 2:23 am | #

    Would you believe that I’m taking notes right now?

    • Kernanator
      Kernanator
      January 4, 2014 at 2:40 am | #

      I am doing the exact same thing.

      • NoHeart
        NoHeart
        January 4, 2014 at 3:19 am | #

        Same here

  38. Natenanimous
    Natenanimous
    January 4, 2014 at 2:33 am | #

    Completely different clothes from before. Time compression … or secret shapeshifter plot? I think the answer is clear.

  39. Reltzik
    Reltzik
    January 4, 2014 at 3:23 am | #

    “Here, my new-love-interest. Have sex organs severed from a wide variety of species. I will totally disregard the possibility that it might give you ideas!”

    • Calvin Coolage
      Calvin Coolage
      January 4, 2014 at 4:40 am | #

      You had to have Walky as you Avatar? I can honestly see him saying this now.

  40. Jenniffniff
    Jenniffniff
    January 4, 2014 at 3:43 am | #

    Did he change hoodies?

  41. Tenn
    Tenn
    January 4, 2014 at 6:08 am | #

    Is the hovertext a challenge to all image manipulators to replace the doorknobs with penises?

    No?

    *changes subject*

    D’aaaaawwww, our little Walky is growing up!

    • CrazyOne
      CrazyOne
      January 4, 2014 at 6:12 am | #

      The penis doorknob was used in Oglaf… its NSFW so google it 🙂

  42. CianM1301
    CianM1301
    January 4, 2014 at 6:34 am | #

    All together now: Awwwww!!

  43. Sage
    Sage
    January 4, 2014 at 8:12 am | #

    The girls are extra cleavage-y this chapter.

    • sps48
      sps48
      January 4, 2014 at 8:14 pm | #

      Not that there’s anything wrong with that.

  44. xKiv
    xKiv
    January 4, 2014 at 9:34 am | #

    > Yes

    Sageress and Rex Hondo have another ally?

    • Rex Hondo
      Rex Hondo
      January 4, 2014 at 9:44 pm | #

      We are everywhere…

      • Sageress
        Sageress
        January 5, 2014 at 4:25 pm | #

        Kehehehe

  45. James
    James
    January 4, 2014 at 10:11 am | #

    Looks at over text:

    Is that what they are calling it now?

  46. Scolopendra
    Scolopendra
    January 4, 2014 at 11:43 am | #

    This is exactly how I feel when I try to do something nice for my girlfriend. Maybe my gravatar is more appropriate than I’d like to admit.

  47. Najaru
    Najaru
    January 4, 2014 at 11:57 am | #

    I never imagine Walky’s voice the same way twice. Sometimes I imagine it as high-pitched, sort of whiny, other times as a lower bass voice.

    • Cragalanch
      Cragalanch
      January 4, 2014 at 12:22 pm | #

      Cragalanch reads everything in Morgan Freeman’s voice

    • isitsevenyet
      isitsevenyet
      January 4, 2014 at 5:46 pm | #

      I’ve always heard it in my head as sort of a very young voice, almost teenage, mainly because of how he talks.

  48. Jack Finch
    Jack Finch
    January 4, 2014 at 12:33 pm | #

    The knobs, they must be polished

    • brionl
      brionl
      January 4, 2014 at 1:07 pm | #

      A Wizard’s staff has a knob on the end

      • Bill
        Bill
        January 4, 2014 at 11:02 pm | #

        +1 for the Discworld reference.

  49. Slipgate
    Slipgate
    January 4, 2014 at 3:15 pm | #

    Suggestion – I recall you drawing a lot of doorknob grabbings. If you can find them, tag the requisite strips (including this one) with “doorknob.”

    It’s the only way to be sure.

  50. Comment
    Comment
    January 4, 2014 at 8:14 pm | #

    Guys I have a question, how old is Joyce in It’s Joyce and Walky! ?

    • anonymous
      anonymous
      January 4, 2014 at 9:04 pm | #

      QUESTIONS ABOUT It’s Joyce and Walky! AND OTHER SUCH OUT-OF-UNIVERSE COMICS ARE VERBOTIN!

      In other words… you’ll have to ask someone else.

    • David Willis
      David M Willis
      January 4, 2014 at 9:04 pm | #

      She was born in 1979, so it depends on which year of J&W! you’re talking about.

      • anonymous
        anonymous
        January 4, 2014 at 9:10 pm | #

        Yeah, I guess the creator of the comic would be a reasonable person to ask.
        I’m sure it’s just a coincidence that we commented within a minute of each other.

        Not some sort of conspiracy involving government surveillance.

        • anonymous
          anonymous
          January 4, 2014 at 9:11 pm | #

          Or maybe it was aliens?

          • anonymous
            anonymous
            January 4, 2014 at 9:18 pm | #

            *Twilight Zone theme*

  51. OREZEVOLI
    OREZEVOLI
    January 4, 2014 at 9:24 pm | #

    I noticed somebody with the name “Jumpydoll” and I give that reference all the thumbs up.

  52. Arkadi
    Arkadi
    January 5, 2014 at 9:02 am | #

    “Yes” XDXDXD Nice one, Doroty.

  53. nate
    nate
    January 5, 2014 at 3:52 pm | #

    Thats real puppy love

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