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by David M Willis on March 22, 2011 at 12:01 am
  • 04 - The Bechdel Test
└ Tags: dorothy, joe, joyce, walky

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  1. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    March 22, 2011 at 12:02 am | #

    “Hey there, you totally don’t look like you’re having a seizure or anything!”

    …

    • Aisling
      Aisling
      May 23, 2015 at 2:05 pm | #

      *gigglesnort*

      And then he makes some strangled hamster noise in response. xD

  2. Trae Dorn
    Trae Dorn
    March 22, 2011 at 12:02 am | #

    Well that’s just about the cutest thing ever.

    • Lan M.
      Lan M.
      March 22, 2011 at 12:45 am | #

      Agreed.

  3. David Herbert
    David Herbert
    March 22, 2011 at 12:02 am | #

    I could see a whole week of Walky getting nervous around Dorothy and it’d still be funny.

    • Digidestined of Trust (Tim)
      Digidestined of Trust (Tim)
      March 22, 2011 at 12:05 am | #

      I’m seeing a theme here of Walky being nervous. Hmmm….

      Good to see Joyce didn’t follow through with her attack.

  4. arjay2813
    arjay2813
    March 22, 2011 at 12:03 am | #

    Walky is so awkward but lovably so

    • Jack
      Jack
      March 22, 2011 at 3:16 pm | #

      agreed

    • Jack
      Jack
      March 22, 2011 at 3:16 pm | #

      agreed

  5. Ragnal
    Ragnal
    March 22, 2011 at 12:05 am | #

    So Joe didn’t get punched? Huh…

  6. MeHael
    MeHael
    March 22, 2011 at 12:06 am | #

    Despite their argument, Joyce and Joe are sitting beside each other. Though they seem to be paying each other much attention at the moment.

    • Undrave
      Undrave
      March 22, 2011 at 12:39 am | #

      Its the begining of a beautiful friendship filled with blushing and cries of ‘NOT IN THE FACE NOT IN THE FACE!’. How cute!

      • michi-no
        michi-no
        March 22, 2011 at 9:39 am | #

        You mean, “NOT IN THE FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE”?

        • wnderjif
          wnderjif
          March 22, 2011 at 10:07 am | #

          extremely funny with Joe avatar.
          i too ponder willis’ choice to have them sit next to each other.

          • ScytheAkse
            ScytheAkse
            March 22, 2011 at 11:59 am | #

            does anyone else see joyce turning around with a book and hitting joe?

  7. MeHael
    MeHael
    March 22, 2011 at 12:06 am | #

    don’t seem*

  8. Digidestined of Trust (Tim)
    Digidestined of Trust (Tim)
    March 22, 2011 at 12:07 am | #

    Haha, looking over at the Shortpacked Twitter box, I see that David has replied to my Power Ranger post mentioning that I’m going to be including him in my Digital and (Megaligo) Dino-Thunder Power Rangers Series.

    Yes David, you have broken the Power Rangers fanfic glass ceiling indeed. 🙂

  9. Black Bumblebee
    Black Bumblebee
    March 22, 2011 at 12:08 am | #

    …and yet Joe took a seat next to Joyce… hmmm….

    Really hoping now that their date comes up in class discussion.

    • Doom Shepherd
      Doom Shepherd
      March 22, 2011 at 12:12 am | #

      Joyce sat second, so she’s the one taking a seat next to Joe.

      Curiouser and curiouser…

    • Digidestined of Trust (Tim)
      Digidestined of Trust (Tim)
      March 22, 2011 at 12:12 am | #

      OH WOW, Wow oh wow, now I have the potential series for this running through my head right now! Especially for the class they’re currently in. Thanks.

  10. madock345
    madock345
    March 22, 2011 at 12:09 am | #

    lol, seizure walky in panel 3,
    and is it just me, or does walky look unusually feminine in panel
    2?

    • Skye
      Skye
      March 22, 2011 at 12:20 am | #

      Well, his eyes DO go wider as if to say “Whoa, wait a sec…”

  11. The Sound Defense
    The Sound Defense
    March 22, 2011 at 12:10 am | #

    I think this relationship will have some issues.

    • zuche
      zuche
      March 22, 2011 at 10:24 am | #

      With this author? Really?

  12. Tristan J
    Tristan J
    March 22, 2011 at 12:11 am | #

    For some reason the first time I looked at the sound effect, I thought Walky split his pants somehow. This amused me.

    • Noel Schornhorst
      Noel Schornhorst
      March 22, 2011 at 8:22 am | #

      Yes…

      …somehow…

      …

      …

      …

      …with his penis.

      • VinceNalari
        VinceNalari
        March 22, 2011 at 12:39 pm | #

        Roz avatar for the win!

  13. Alix
    Alix
    March 22, 2011 at 12:11 am | #

    I like Walky’s big eyes in panel 2. It’s sorta sad that him and Dorothy would be an awful match.

    • goatman95111
      goatman95111
      March 22, 2011 at 12:17 am | #

      From what we’ve observed of Dorothy, I concur. However, I also find the second Joyce (ha ha, I made a pun) is not the better option, either.

      Dare I say… Dina and Walky?

      • David Herbert
        David Herbert
        March 22, 2011 at 12:37 am | #

        Nah, I don’t think they could ever interest each other 😉

      • zuche
        zuche
        March 22, 2011 at 10:34 am | #

        As much as I enjoy jokes about her fate, I don’t know if I want to see her suffer the way she did in her previous series. She didn’t deserve to be just a fill-in. (Then again, neither did Mike.)

  14. shoeboxjeddy
    shoeboxjeddy
    March 22, 2011 at 12:12 am | #

    Willis, I love your comics and have for years, but I gotta tell you drawing two characters EXACTLY the same, coloring them different, and then saying they’re distinct entities is super lamesauce. What are you, SquareEnix?

    • David
      David M Willis
      March 22, 2011 at 12:18 am | #

      If you think Walky and Dorothy look alike, then I dunno what to tell you, sir.

      • Lokitsu
        Lokitsu
        March 22, 2011 at 2:29 am | #

        I think he’s referring to the obvious cut and paste job you’re doing with Joe and Amazi-Girl.

        • milk experiment
          milk experiment
          March 22, 2011 at 3:19 am | #

          Now that you mention it, have we ever seen Joe and Amazi-Girl in the same place at the same time? Hmm…

        • Magnus369
          Magnus369
          September 26, 2011 at 8:05 pm | #

          damn, nearly dropped my laptop when I read that.

          the internets, they are yours.

    • Skye
      Skye
      March 22, 2011 at 12:21 am | #

      I’m so confused…

    • linkman0596
      linkman0596
      March 22, 2011 at 12:34 am | #

      damn, now that you’ve said it, i can’t not see it, dorothy and amber are practically twins.

      • Dedlok
        Dedlok
        March 22, 2011 at 1:21 am | #

        amber has ears, Dorothy does not. How hard is that to differentiate?

        • Dedlok
          Dedlok
          March 22, 2011 at 1:21 am | #

          er i mant Dorothy has ears, Amber does not. >_>

          • gangler
            gangler
            March 22, 2011 at 2:52 am | #

            Lol. Evidently harder than it sounds.

          • zuche
            zuche
            March 22, 2011 at 10:35 am | #

            Yeah, you walked into that one.

        • begbert2
          begbert2
          March 22, 2011 at 10:50 am | #

          Also, their bangs are completely different, Amber’s glasses appear to ‘angle’ more, and Dot looks to have a somewhat rounder chin.

          Perhaps he was talking about Joyce and Dina?

        • begbert2
          begbert2
          March 22, 2011 at 10:59 am | #

          It’s probably a good thing that Leslie doesn’t collect notes. Walky would be handing in confetti.

          • begbert2
            begbert2
            March 22, 2011 at 11:00 am | #

            (Hmm, comment ended up in odd place.)

    • Zem
      Zem
      March 22, 2011 at 9:33 am | #

      Well, if the topic is pointing out issues with the artwork…

      SHADOW LIPSTICK!

    • Kurai_Seraphim
      Kurai_Seraphim
      March 22, 2011 at 9:42 am | #

      Amber Prime’s dad messed around. A lot. It’s certainly possible they look similar (not the same, but similar) for a reason.

    • OmegaDez
      OmegaDez
      March 22, 2011 at 10:09 am | #

      I really don’t think Dorothy and Amber look the same at all.

      They both have short hair and glasses? So what. Their glasses are different, and so are their hair styles, and they also don’t look the same overall. Woop-tee-doo.

      • shoeboxjeddy
        shoeboxjeddy
        March 22, 2011 at 11:24 pm | #

        CHALLENGE. If you took two undetailed (like distance shots) of Amber and Dorothy in black and white, are you going to be 100% with identifying who is who?

        I’m glad Willis kept his sense of humor though, many a webcomic creator has snapped back with unmitigated rage for less (cough Marry Me cough).

        • David
          David M Willis
          March 22, 2011 at 11:35 pm | #

          I’m mostly remaining bewildered why nobody notes the visual similarities between Amber and Billie, because there’s way more between them than between Amber and Dorothy.

          • OmegaDez
            OmegaDez
            March 23, 2011 at 10:34 am | #

            Because Billie has her hair tied back. That’s enough to make them VASTLY DIFFERENT in comic book land. XD

            Billie and Dorothy share the same glasses though. While Amber’s are kinda slanded upwards.

          • shoeboxjeddy
            shoeboxjeddy
            March 23, 2011 at 11:30 pm | #

            Amber’s like 30+ pounds heavier and has a rounder head, I just don’t see it. Maybe if they were both bald I would be like “Whoa, that’s uncanny!” but otherwise it’s all Dorothy = Amber from my perspective.

        • OmegaDez
          OmegaDez
          March 23, 2011 at 10:37 am | #

          I would, as a matter of fact, be able to tell them apart easily. Different hairstyles, different glasses, like I said earlier. That’s enough for me.

        • Magnus369
          Magnus369
          September 26, 2011 at 8:15 pm | #

          Ok, same token… take two black an white shots of oh… damn near anybody, and try to identify who’s who at a distance. hell, most people aren’t even capable of recognizing one another at distances greater than 300ft. of course, this generation seems to be incapable of recognizing anything off the end of their damn noses unless it twits, flickrs or some other stupid ass bastardized word.

          GET OFF MY LAWN!

  15. Darth Shadow
    Darth Shadow
    March 22, 2011 at 12:13 am | #

    Humans should not vibrate like that.

    EVER

    • David Herbert
      David Herbert
      March 22, 2011 at 12:38 am | #

      But it requires less battery power.

      (Should I be ashamed for that?)

      • zuche
        zuche
        March 22, 2011 at 10:36 am | #

        Nah. We saw this joke used with Walky and Dina years ago, so it’s fair game now.

    • HMRC4EVR
      HMRC4EVR
      March 22, 2011 at 5:24 am | #

      Unless they are named Wally West, Barry Allen or Bart Allen. Or Jessie Quick.

      • Noel Schornhorst
        Noel Schornhorst
        March 22, 2011 at 8:18 am | #

        No love for Johnny Quick, Jay Garrick, Eobard Thawne, or Zoom II? For shame!

        • Kamino Neko
          Kamino Neko
          March 22, 2011 at 8:30 am | #

          I don’t think Johnny ever actually mastered that aspect of the speed powers, and Zolomon’s powers are time-based, not speed, so he doesn’t get it, anyway.

          Jay and Thawne do, though…

        • MeHael
          MeHael
          March 22, 2011 at 10:20 am | #

          Also Jenni Ognats

          • zuche
            zuche
            March 22, 2011 at 10:38 am | #

            I miss Jenni. Bart too, come to think of it.

          • Jetstream
            Jetstream
            March 22, 2011 at 1:34 pm | #

            @zuche: Someone’s not reading enough Teen Titans, clearly.

        • airfox
          airfox
          March 22, 2011 at 2:40 pm | #

          No love for Max Mercury?

          -airfox

  16. Doom Shepherd
    Doom Shepherd
    March 22, 2011 at 12:13 am | #

    SRRNK, indeed, Mr. Walkerton.

  17. mokia_sinhall
    mokia_sinhall
    March 22, 2011 at 12:16 am | #

    Is it just me or is Walky like SUPER adorable in panel two? 8D

  18. Alechsa
    Alechsa
    March 22, 2011 at 12:19 am | #

    Oh I wonder what he will throw at Dorothy at the end of TODAY’S class…..

  19. Skye
    Skye
    March 22, 2011 at 12:19 am | #

    Oh man, this is gonna get good.

    Also, I have a feeling that Dorothy knows what she’s getting into, given how he acted before. Would they really be THAT bad?

    Also, SRRNK!

    • Lokitsu
      Lokitsu
      March 22, 2011 at 2:33 am | #

      I think Walky and Dorothy would be a cute couple. Would they stay together forever? No idea, but lots of folks don’t marry the person they dated in college.

      • MeHael
        MeHael
        March 22, 2011 at 10:21 am | #

        Shhhh! You’ll shatter poor Joyce’s hopes for the future!

        • zuche
          zuche
          March 22, 2011 at 10:41 am | #

          Where we’ll be living the rest of our lives.

          Eh, she’s learned to adapt before. I’m sure she’ll be able to do it here as well.

          And if it involves a breach of professional ethics by this class’ instructor, I doubt I’ll complain.

          • begbert2
            begbert2
            March 22, 2011 at 10:52 am | #

            I live in the past, thank you very much!

  20. Chrisby
    Chrisby
    March 22, 2011 at 12:22 am | #

    Oh Walky, you ladies man you.

  21. SB
    SB
    March 22, 2011 at 12:22 am | #

    OK, I’m scared of Walky’s face in panel 3. He’s some sort of… ALIEN.

  22. Ridureyu
    Ridureyu
    March 22, 2011 at 12:23 am | #

    I hope I don’t look like Gollum whenever I say hi to a girl.

    That would explain my single status, though.

  23. Gianni
    Gianni
    March 22, 2011 at 12:25 am | #

    Does Dorothy wield the awesome power of Nachitos to get that kind of reaction from Walky?

  24. darkond2100
    darkond2100
    March 22, 2011 at 12:28 am | #

    Ha. Walky is just like ones of my other friends. She draws porn in class, looks at a classmate, and BAM! ILLEGAL UNDERAGE PORNOGRAPHY!

  25. Locke
    Locke
    March 22, 2011 at 12:29 am | #

    The wild Walky has a mating behaviour that is totally unique within the animal kingdom. When a potential mate approaches, he starts to shake at high speeds, until he is reduced to a mere blur. The scientific explanation of this behaviour is something that still baffles scientists to this day.

  26. Joebo
    Joebo
    March 22, 2011 at 12:43 am | #

    The universe has warped, these desks were all lefty desks not two days ago!

  27. Dahlia
    Dahlia
    March 22, 2011 at 12:47 am | #

    She had him at “Hello”! XD

    I’m sorry, I HAD to!

    • zuche
      zuche
      March 22, 2011 at 10:47 am | #

      Then I shall have to fine you. Show me the money.

      • Joebo
        Joebo
        March 22, 2011 at 2:47 pm | #

        I want the truth!

        YOU CAN’T HANDLE THE TRUTH!!

      • Dahlia
        Dahlia
        March 23, 2011 at 1:50 am | #

        D: I’M BROKEDEDEDED!! I HAS NO MONEYS! </3

  28. Seerow
    Seerow
    March 22, 2011 at 12:49 am | #

    Could be worse, he could have been on 96+oz of caffeine http://itswalky.com/d/20011103.html

    • David Herbert
      David Herbert
      March 22, 2011 at 3:35 am | #

      Wow, that looks like it would have been a fun ride.

      • zuche
        zuche
        March 22, 2011 at 10:48 am | #

        Jason would disagree.

  29. Ryan Balis
    Ryan Balis
    March 22, 2011 at 12:54 am | #

    thumbs up for this couple!

  30. Marty
    Marty
    March 22, 2011 at 1:27 am | #

    Walky in 3rd panel just looks creepy. Very creepy.

  31. James
    James
    March 22, 2011 at 2:00 am | #

    It’s so weird seeing the white’s in Walky’s eyes… It almost doesn’t look like him… (O.O)

  32. CWR
    CWR
    March 22, 2011 at 4:32 am | #

    How did Joyce sit at her desk from the side with the arm? Is she Shadowcat?

    • Wackd
      Wackd
      March 22, 2011 at 4:48 pm | #

      She might’ve walked around it. Things do happen in-between panels, though.

      Or she jumped it.

  33. DrDVD
    DrDVD
    March 22, 2011 at 5:44 am | #

    anyone else think that walky’s seizure was accompanied by massive dehydration?

  34. DK1105
    DK1105
    March 22, 2011 at 7:23 am | #

    I was just looking back at a few comics yesterday and I noticed Dorothy hasn’t been around in a long time. Its a shame because she is one of my favorite characters. We demand more Dorothy and Amber. Well at least I do. ^_^

    • MeHael
      MeHael
      March 22, 2011 at 10:22 am | #

      Seconded!

    • zuche
      zuche
      March 22, 2011 at 10:50 am | #

      Do you mean separately or as a unit?

      • The E-man
        The E-man
        March 22, 2011 at 11:11 am | #

        Separately, they are just normal college students…but when combined they create AMBE-DOROTHY! TOO MUCH FEMALE INTELLIGENCE FOR THE WORLD TO HANDLE!

        • Wackd
          Wackd
          March 22, 2011 at 4:49 pm | #

          Amberthy?

          I smell slashfic approaching. Quick! Into the bushes!

          • Heather
            Heather
            March 22, 2011 at 8:28 pm | #

            Also incest perhaps. I wouldn’t be surprised if say Dorothy was her half sister…

      • nothri
        nothri
        March 22, 2011 at 2:32 pm | #

        “Do you mean separately or as a unit?”

        Knowing this crowd? They mean ‘making out’.

        Which I’m completely okay with, by the way….

  35. Shivore
    Shivore
    March 22, 2011 at 7:31 am | #

    What I wanna know is what did Joyce just see in Panel 4? She looks surprised to me, while looking at the textbook I presume. Or am I just reading things into nothing?

    • TsunamiJane
      TsunamiJane
      March 22, 2011 at 8:27 pm | #

      Well….she probably just opened her GENDER STUDIES textbook for the first time. I can’t imagine the horrors to which she will be exposed.

  36. Emily
    Emily
    March 22, 2011 at 7:53 am | #

    Third panel Walky is trying to eat my soul.

  37. Bekah
    Bekah
    March 22, 2011 at 8:13 am | #

    Poor walky… doesn’t dorothy know that she induces panic attacks?

  38. Commander Clash
    Commander Clash
    March 22, 2011 at 9:01 am | #

    Its the begining of a beautiful friendship filled with blushing and cries of ‘NOT IN THE FACE NOT IN THE FACE!’. How cute!

    If I were Joe I’d also be blocking below the belt. For all her sweet Catholic innocence, I could see Joyce taking the low road to inflict pain. I’ve seen it in the past IRL.

  39. RayBarrington
    RayBarrington
    March 22, 2011 at 9:26 am | #

    In panel 3, Walky’s FAAACE looks a bit like E.T.

  40. agentksilver
    agentksilver
    March 22, 2011 at 9:36 am | #

    Dorothy used LIGHTNING! Walky is SCARRED FOR LIFE!

  41. OmegaDez
    OmegaDez
    March 22, 2011 at 10:10 am | #

    Why is Dorothy such a cute thing?

    • zuche
      zuche
      March 22, 2011 at 10:53 am | #

      It’s the glasses. In a Dave Willis Universe, they automatically grant a woman a +4 modifier to Appeal.

      • Zachinhat
        Zachinhat
        March 22, 2011 at 11:02 am | #

        It’s not just the Walkyverse and its spinoffs where girls with glasses are ultimately sexier- its real life too

        • gangler
          gangler
          March 22, 2011 at 12:51 pm | #

          I suspect it’s relatively consistent throughout the multiverse. There’s eerie power to be found in glasses.

          • ArchSchnitz
            ArchSchnitz
            March 22, 2011 at 4:34 pm | #

            Which doesn’t explain why all the girls with glasses I know want to be rid of them.

        • Doom Shepherd
          Doom Shepherd
          March 22, 2011 at 3:19 pm | #

          Yeah, that’s definitely true in my universe as well.

        • Lokitsu
          Lokitsu
          March 22, 2011 at 7:01 pm | #

          Having just come back from the optometrist’s, I have to say, women in glasses are hot regardless of the universe. Also, eye dilation still sucks.

      • Bill M.
        Bill M.
        March 22, 2011 at 3:43 pm | #

        Only +4? No, I think it’s closer +10 to Appeal with +75% to “encouraging PSL.”

      • OmegaDez
        OmegaDez
        March 23, 2011 at 10:49 am | #

        It’s gotta be a part of it. 🙂

        I think I would like Joyce infinitely better if she wore glasses too, not that I think of it… So far, she’s my least favorite among the girls. XD

    • VinceNalari
      VinceNalari
      March 22, 2011 at 12:44 pm | #

      These two repliers seem quite different from each other.

  42. nothri
    nothri
    March 22, 2011 at 2:30 pm | #

    Ah yes…geeky girls who like nerdy things that will actually talk to him…Walky’s one kryptonite.

  43. Zap
    Zap
    March 22, 2011 at 3:28 pm | #

    Oh dear, I think the walky is broken.

  44. CyberSkull
    CyberSkull
    March 22, 2011 at 3:49 pm | #

    Damn your cute girl powers!

  45. ArchSchnitz
    ArchSchnitz
    March 22, 2011 at 4:32 pm | #

    I know how Walky’s feeling all too well.

  46. Comment
    Comment
    March 22, 2011 at 4:42 pm | #

    Walky looks like a nervous chihuahua on the last panels.

  47. Jason
    Jason
    March 22, 2011 at 5:42 pm | #

    Ah! I just figured it out. Smitten Walky looks like one of the Gorillaz.

  48. Heather
    Heather
    March 22, 2011 at 8:31 pm | #

    Third panel walky looks really creepy to me for some reason.

  49. Commander Clash
    Commander Clash
    March 23, 2011 at 2:14 pm | #

    I totally agree glasses = sexy on most girls. Bet then again I like tomboys and girls that can bust heads to so I’m not the leading authority on what the “majority” thinks.

    • They Call Me Sook
      They Call Me Sook
      April 3, 2011 at 3:30 pm | #

      But you certainly should be. The second I see a woman in glasses is the second my knees give out. The mere presence of women in glasses does wonderful things

      …with my penis.

  50. ubun7u43v3r
    ubun7u43v3r
    January 24, 2014 at 12:44 pm | #

    Walky looks like the protagonist of Alien Hominid in panel 3.

  51. ShadowDJ
    ShadowDJ
    November 5, 2014 at 7:59 pm | #

    What was he gonna do, shape shift?

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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 17h
Poop yourself some new hair
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 19h
america's ass (derogatory)
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Jess Morrissette @decafjedi.com ⋅ 1d
Bad news, America.
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 21h
GET UP, PETER. KILL AND EAT
Picture Bible
Action Bible
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
today in #9chickweedlane i learned that alistair and lolly superdrowned
damnyouwillis.bsky.social's user avatarDavid M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
today in #9chickweedlane i learned alistair and lolly drowned
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
wonder what that's code for
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
Dumbing of Age: "Goon" www.dumbingofage.com/2025/comic/b... #webcomics #webcomic
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Goon
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The REAL Ari-Dynamic @thereal-aridynamic.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
man hard to believe it's been 10 years since those crazy kids were flying around the courthouse mall like that, I tells ya
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pseudonym jones @pseudonymjones.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
“last fall I had this idea for a zine about Dilbert quitting his job and trying to learn to be happy and coming to terms with the fact that he’s trans actually” (posted 4/18/2022)
A sketch of Dilbert sitting at his desk, looking worn out. “There used to be a light inside of me,” he thinks, “when did I let this place snuff it out?”
Dilbert, now with slightly longer hair, eyeliner, and earrings, is putting on a scarf. After wrapping it around her neck, it springs up like her tie did in the comics. She smiles, her mouth visible for the first time.
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
how can it be the most popular if it's the only one that's not sold out???????????
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
today in #9chickweedlane i learned alistair and lolly drowned
damnyouwillis.bsky.social's user avatarDavid M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 3d
Yesterday and today and probably also tomorrow and the next day in #9ChickweedLane I learned you can fill a whole week of strips with drawing the same two submerged heads kissing
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
Dumbing of Age: "Riot police" www.dumbingofage.com/2025/comic/b... #webcomics #webcomic
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Riot police
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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
very into these inconvenient, extremely long and pointy shoes that spread across europe in the 14th century and made everyone so horny and effeminate that the church went full on moral panic mode and a bunch of kings made them illegal!!! also everyone got bunions
They were a controversial fashion and faced criticism from several quarters. In 1368, Charles V of France issued an edict banning their construction and use in Paris. An English poem from 1388 complained that men were unable to kneel in prayer because their toes were too long.[37] The c. 1440 morality play Castle of Perseverance includes the footwear in the
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
WON'T ANYONE LET SUNSTREAKER JERK OFF IN PEACE
storybook illustration of sunstreaker sitting down in the extreme foreground holding a rag and a bottle of wax while devastator in the extreme background approaches ominously
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jon rosenberg @jonrosenberg.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
Stop calling them 'tweets' already. You're embarrassing yourself. They're called "bluejaculations" here
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
Weathering the colors a little bit
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paint has struck again
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 3d
(july 3, 2026)
Becky and Carla!  One is |:| and the other is 8D
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 3d
Sometimes I forget I have an original Sunstreaker! During Shortpacked! times I was gifted a giant pile of G1 from a fan, and this guy has trouble finding purchase in my memory. The tooling was lost/destroyed decades ago, so he's never been reissued.
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 3d
we have a proper dental office with scooby doo mystery inc on the monitors
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 3d
Do the other yellow pages have a gorilla
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Amir Talai @amirtalai.bsky.social ⋅ 3d
zohran come to Los Angeles!!!!!!!!!
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David Mariotte @davidmariotte.bsky.social ⋅ 5d
As I'm working through unemployment stuff, now's a great time to remind folks that I'm very employable! I am seeking full-time comics editorial work (or in a related field), and in the meantime, I am also freelance writing and editing! Hit me up: dmariottewebhost@gmail.com or www.davidmariotte.com
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The official home of writer and editor David Mariotte online!
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 3d
Yesterday and today and probably also tomorrow and the next day in #9ChickweedLane I learned you can fill a whole week of strips with drawing the same two submerged heads kissing
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