Don’t worry, soon she’ll be at yale and can cavort with all of the sophisticated ivy leaguers and tell tales of her old school where everyone’s brains melted when they met her
Technically she doesn’t hang out with them. They all just walked out of the same class and she’s making conversation as they walk back to the dorms. So far they’re just acquaintances. They haven’t interacted beyond class and leaving class.
you cant prove that, and i cant disprove it.. for all we know willis has thousands of scenes of them cavorting at Galasso’s Subs and pizza whatever its called.
No, neither of us can 100% prove our opinion it, but from what Willis has presented us, Walky, Joyce and Dorothy’s interaction has come off as limited. Especially since this is only their second day of class with Leslie.
I doubt that Walky has been physically capable of inviting Dorothy to do anything, and Dorothy is still surprised and put off by Walky’s zombie act, meaning I doubt she’s sought him out to hang. Meanwhile, considering how much bible thumping Joyce does in (she has yet to interact with someone without her beliefs coming up in some manner or another), I would think that the subject of Dorothy’s atheism would have already come up long before this if they hung out, outside of class.
Again, neither of us can prove or disprove it, but right now, I’m not getting the impression that this Dorothy interacts with them very often. Particularly since she’s intentionally trying to limit any sorts of relationships with people, so that way she can leave the school first chance she gets.
This is only the third day of classes in the first week of school. I don’t think it’s possible for there to have been behind-the-scenes thousands of anything.
Hmm, the college is about 2 hours and 50 minutes from where I live in Cinci, I’d suggest if she can’t find a good church she visit ours on weekends, but am sure there are plenty of good ones same beliefs there.
Joyce looks like her puppy just was killed by atheists, or worse yet, ANYONE with a slightly different view of the world than her. Oh the humanity, the horrible, diverse humanity!
I’m stll weirded out by the fact people can consume 50 in one sitting by themselves which I’m not sure we even have as an option the UK myself (beyond the obvious buying several smaller portions).
I got a value meal the other day with ten McNuggets, my first ten-pack ever, and I got sick of them exactly at McNugget #6. I think McNuggets are about 5% chicken and 95% Pavlovian conditioning.
Stiffen that upper lip, Walkerton! How do you expect to swoon a lady when you’re quivering like Jell-o?
And belay those hiccups, Miss Brown! This is neither the time nor the place for a meltdown; you’re only allowed to have one after your first five days at school!
They were not made of sterner stuff, I fear. You’ve got to be strong and try to hang on, or your mind may very well snap and your life will be lived for the thrills.
Of course, we atheists consume peoples souls since we don’t have them ourselves to keep. It helps fill the void we must have though many of us deny they exist just because we’re simply jealous of those which have them. But of course merely eating it means it ends up being a temporary method. Itr’s not like having a REAL soul. So eventually we feel the need to repeat the process.
That’s why Joyce looks so weird. Dorothy pounced on the opportunity off panel. The shock/gasp and hiccups were in fact her downfall since it made it easier to consume from the air hole. It’s almost sad really, by fearing us such as overly gasping (or in some cases reacting and shouting with anger), they simply help us take what they don’t want us to take.
Simply talking normally or not talking at all is the only safe way to make sure your soul is safe from us.
But,,,,but,,, what about the corn? u gotta love the corn,Right?….actually, this really explains all the weirdos ind the comics. indianas full of these people
And now it’s showing up fine. Not sure if that means someone read my post and fixed it or if the problem was on my end and resolved itself somehow, but I’ll take it.
thinking about how mario's head has stayed the exact same size his entire life, while princess peach's head has shrunk on its way into adulthood
David M Willis!@damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 8h
do you think Mario, Luigi, and the Princesses have, like, existential crises about the baby versions of themselves also just casually being next to them in all the races
like I would be having ego death right now, not leaping triumphantly
do you think Mario, Luigi, and the Princesses have, like, existential crises about the baby versions of themselves also just casually being next to them in all the races
like I would be having ego death right now, not leaping triumphantly
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Normally I’d let this sort of thing just die out but an alarming amount of you have asked where you can buy this and my wife had to have an emergency surgery the day before I made this, so here is my chance to live the American Dream (selling print-on-demand shirts to pay down medical debt)
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Working on a t-shirt to sell to the weird people that show up in your mentions every time you talk about enjoying something that has crime or impure thought in it.
Someone leaked the entire unreleased Micronauts animated series to archive.org
All 52 episodes
Yes they FULLY FINISHED a Micronauts cartoon in the early 2020s and mothballed it
Vangelus@vangelus.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
tested ep1 of Micronauts, skipped to the credits so I could see every name of every crew member who put in so much work with the expectation that anybody would ever see the thing they did as part of their vocation in a creative field, working in service of what should be a reliable client & partner
tested ep1 of Micronauts, skipped to the credits so I could see every name of every crew member who put in so much work with the expectation that anybody would ever see the thing they did as part of their vocation in a creative field, working in service of what should be a reliable client & partner
admittedly, i might be arriving at a little annoyance on behalf of anyone responded to ever with "WELL it's not called SMARTING of age" because that's become a lot, i think the fork might be in that one, it's done
today in #9chickweedlane i learned that "how to lie" is not, actually, achieved by cupping the balls, despite the evidence of the entirety of the first panel, but by some other giant pile of words i guess, tl;dr
“It’s not me who’s a bigot,” they always argue. “I’m fine with all you people. But the rest of the electorate is full of bigots, on whose behalf I will now speak”
The two greatest evils known to mankind, A.I. and the person directly in front of you in line at the post office, have finally teamed up. We’re done.
Frances “Poet Laureate of the Robot Alliance” Klein@fklein907.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
Woman in line in front of me at the post office is not happy about the cost of shipping. She just whipped out her phone, asked ChatGPT how much it thinks the shipping should cost, and is trying to get the mailman to honor that price.
OK democrats shutting down congress by attaching Epstein amendments to everything is pretty funny
Aaron Fritschner@fritschner.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
Politico & Punchbowl report House Republican leadership is shutting down the Rules Committee - which is essential for moving party-line bills on the floor - for the week rather than vote on Democratic amendments on the Epstein files.
Dems have effectively halted Republican legislation in the House:
Josh Johnson is brilliant and I’m happy for him and wish him the world
Josh Johnson@joshjohnsoncomedy.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
This week, I’m hosting The Daily Show Tuesday through Thursday.
It’s my first time hosting anything on TV. Ever.
I’ve spent years writing behind the scenes, learning from truly great and talented people. Now, for three nights, I get to sit at the desk and do it myself.
It’s full of ANIMAL CROSSING PEOPLE
GASP
Joyce is starting to drive me nuts.
Can’t say what?
Can’t say “full of hicks.”
I say, I say, I say. Who was that lady I saw you with last night?
I dunno what I hate more: your pun, or that I didn’t think of it first.
I saw it immediately and was like, “Oh good grief.”
“Hics” is the title of this strip for a reason.
*gasp* PLEASE use the term “H-word” in the future.
PANEL TWO WALKY IS STARING INTO MY SOUL.
It would make a good “Im watching you poop” picture
http://aisforawkward.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/jeff_goldblum_is_watching_you_poop.jpg
If you stare at Walky long enough, he’ll stare back through you.
“…webcomic characters! If I stay any longer I might become one of them!“
Too late.
why does she hang out with these people?
Cause they are far more normal than the people she came here with?
Maybe she doesn’t know anyone else except for Danny and Joe, and she’ll probably be avoiding them for the time being.
Don’t worry, soon she’ll be at yale and can cavort with all of the sophisticated ivy leaguers and tell tales of her old school where everyone’s brains melted when they met her
No, don’t let her melt the ivy leaguers’ brains!
b/c walky will probably follow her…to the ends of the earth… and joyce started hiccuping at atheism: she’s a fun new toy for dorothy to break
Technically she doesn’t hang out with them. They all just walked out of the same class and she’s making conversation as they walk back to the dorms. So far they’re just acquaintances. They haven’t interacted beyond class and leaving class.
you cant prove that, and i cant disprove it.. for all we know willis has thousands of scenes of them cavorting at Galasso’s Subs and pizza whatever its called.
No, neither of us can 100% prove our opinion it, but from what Willis has presented us, Walky, Joyce and Dorothy’s interaction has come off as limited. Especially since this is only their second day of class with Leslie.
I doubt that Walky has been physically capable of inviting Dorothy to do anything, and Dorothy is still surprised and put off by Walky’s zombie act, meaning I doubt she’s sought him out to hang. Meanwhile, considering how much bible thumping Joyce does in (she has yet to interact with someone without her beliefs coming up in some manner or another), I would think that the subject of Dorothy’s atheism would have already come up long before this if they hung out, outside of class.
Again, neither of us can prove or disprove it, but right now, I’m not getting the impression that this Dorothy interacts with them very often. Particularly since she’s intentionally trying to limit any sorts of relationships with people, so that way she can leave the school first chance she gets.
This is only the third day of classes in the first week of school. I don’t think it’s possible for there to have been behind-the-scenes thousands of anything.
You forget what most college guys do with streaming video behind closed doors
The internet is for porn.
The Internet is for Porn.
So squeeze your clit and double click for PORN PORN PORN!
Wait… I’m lost… If this the 3rd day of the first week… Why would amber not having a class at the same time last week be a surprise to Mike?
not the same time last week, but the same time monday, I’m led to believe their working on a mon/wed/fri schedule
And yet, I have caused more confused confused conversations
I have got to start checking these things before I post
Considering what you were saying I think that actually turned out pretty well. I mean, I know I was confused confused for a second there.
Well, between Walky’s gollumface and Joyce’s muppetface, I’d say Indiana is full of critically-acclaimed movies!
It’s also full of awesome nachos. No joke.
you mean Nachitos
^ I love you.
Cosigned.
: P You know they say who you hang out with says a lot about you…DOROTHY…
xD Just kidding.
I just realized, we haven’t seen a Sunday yet. I’m looking forwards to Joyce encountering the college church environment.
I wonder what would be better? A church that conflicts with her super conservative upbringing, or one that reinforces it?
Depending on how far away her parents are, she may visit them every weekend and go to her home church on Sundays. She seems like the sort to do so.
Hmm, the college is about 2 hours and 50 minutes from where I live in Cinci, I’d suggest if she can’t find a good church she visit ours on weekends, but am sure there are plenty of good ones same beliefs there.
Ooo…I think it might be time for a new avatar. Panel 2 has won my heart.
You could always say ‘hoosiers’ instead, dear.
Confirmed Shaggy sighting! He’s just hard to see because for some reason he’s shape-shifted into a tree.
Joyce looks like her puppy just was killed by atheists, or worse yet, ANYONE with a slightly different view of the world than her. Oh the humanity, the horrible, diverse humanity!
Oh my glob, you guys! DRAMA BOMB!
ZOMBIFIED!
Haha, they are so made for each other
No! Dorothy and Walky all the way!
But Walky already has McNuggets. Wait a second…
LOVE TRIANGLE
As great as McNuggets are it’s sadly a love that can’t last for ever.
It would be difficult to maintain, but not impossible.
i disagree, my two boxes of mcnuggets and i get along well. we dont argue about which box i eat from.
Two boxes?
Dude you eat a 100 total by yourself?
HOW?
I’m stll weirded out by the fact people can consume 50 in one sitting by themselves which I’m not sure we even have as an option the UK myself (beyond the obvious buying several smaller portions).
I got a value meal the other day with ten McNuggets, my first ten-pack ever, and I got sick of them exactly at McNugget #6. I think McNuggets are about 5% chicken and 95% Pavlovian conditioning.
^from the guy that eats form taco bell regularly.
Stiffen that upper lip, Walkerton! How do you expect to swoon a lady when you’re quivering like Jell-o?
And belay those hiccups, Miss Brown! This is neither the time nor the place for a meltdown; you’re only allowed to have one after your first five days at school!
idk, I knew some people who melted down all shawshank redemption style on night one
They were not made of sterner stuff, I fear. You’ve got to be strong and try to hang on, or your mind may very well snap and your life will be lived for the thrills.
Yeah, thats pretty much what happened…uncanny
Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right….
You rang?
Really hoping Walky snaps out of it soon. I dunno about anyone else, but his blank lovestruck stare is getting pretty old as far as Im concerned.
That is the longest time anybody’s ever held a “cum” face I think.
Dorothy seems to be really good at breaking people….
breaking people is a superpower not to be used lightly.
The only acquaintance she hasn’t broken is Joe, I assume because she wants nothing to do with him.
No, I imagine a montage of we can rebuild him, but he’ll hit on everything and succeed.
I thought she was going to say “full of hicsters.”
ZOMBIES!
I thought she was going to say Eerie.
Is Walky fully aware of his zombie-mode? I’ve never been quite sure.
Does anyone else just want to take Joyce and Dot’s heads, and do a “Hulk Smash”?
Zombie Face Walky… is God!
Does Walky have an issue with his name that I am not aware of?
Nah. He’s just being girl-awkward.
I loved this strip! So much (or so little?) is conveyed with Walky’s and Joyce’s expressions. Excellent work, sir!
it’s full of-
a) STUPID POEPLE?IDIOTS?
b) WEIRD PEOPLE?
c) people who should be in jail of in a psychological institute
notice that all the answers above can be found everywhere you go!
also constipated Walky FTW
It’s full of–INTERESTING AND UNIQUE CHARACTERS.
Oh, no, Joyce, you discovered an atheist! …Get over it, you’re starting to creep me out.
Yeah but i don’t know whose creepier right now her or Walky.
Of course, we atheists consume peoples souls since we don’t have them ourselves to keep. It helps fill the void we must have though many of us deny they exist just because we’re simply jealous of those which have them. But of course merely eating it means it ends up being a temporary method. Itr’s not like having a REAL soul. So eventually we feel the need to repeat the process.
That’s why Joyce looks so weird. Dorothy pounced on the opportunity off panel. The shock/gasp and hiccups were in fact her downfall since it made it easier to consume from the air hole. It’s almost sad really, by fearing us such as overly gasping (or in some cases reacting and shouting with anger), they simply help us take what they don’t want us to take.
Simply talking normally or not talking at all is the only safe way to make sure your soul is safe from us.
And the internet I suppose.
So far progress is slow in that area.
Shun the non-Hoosier!
Too bad Dorothy, you are not in Kansas anymore.
Monkey Master avatar guy approves.
…i wonder does Joyce have to drink holy water to cure the ‘atheist’ hiccups?
Am I the only one who saw the Penny and Aggie Joyce advertisement? XD
Man, I’ve walked around with people like that before… and I’ve walked around as one of those people before. AH COLLEGE.
We forgot one thing though, FAAAAAAAACCCCCEEE!
Is it just me, or does Joyce look stoned?
I NEED an icon of Walky’s crushface!
I had a delayed reaction to that pun.
Yeah, I kept thinking, “…retards?” Whoops. =p
But,,,,but,,, what about the corn? u gotta love the corn,Right?….actually, this really explains all the weirdos ind the comics. indianas full of these people
Indiana may have its hicks and weirdos, but it does have its sane/intelligent people, too.
Joyce is just…one of “those” Hoosiers, as some of us put it.
…aaaaand that’s why I went out of state for college.
@Ruth
….true.
What? So full of what?
Look at the title of the strip.
Like I said, up to there tits in weirdos
Decided to reread the archives, and this one page isn’t showing up for me. The comic itself’s image loads eternally, rest of the site shows up fine.
And now it’s showing up fine. Not sure if that means someone read my post and fixed it or if the problem was on my end and resolved itself somehow, but I’ll take it.
Man, this really was a great eighteenth birthday present. (wrong email before! oops!)