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by David M Willis on April 18, 2011 at 12:01 am
  • 04 - The Bechdel Test
└ Tags: dorothy, joyce, walky

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  1. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    April 18, 2011 at 12:01 am | #

    “She spoke to me!!1” ;o;

    • landbasered
      landbasered
      April 18, 2011 at 12:25 am | #

      I feel like this is going to lead into a horrible turn song…

      • StevenXC
        StevenXC
        April 18, 2011 at 1:05 am | #

        And, on some corner of the internet, I have found that one person who saw Horrible Turn and apparently appreciated it. 🙂

        • Darkflame
          Darkflame
          April 18, 2011 at 10:31 am | #

          I saw it too….an amazing piece of work for a fanmade prequal.

          • Pagannerd
            Pagannerd
            April 18, 2011 at 10:51 am | #

            There are people who didn’t like Horrible Turn?

      • photo instant nocorner itxtaltman86
        photoman86
        April 18, 2011 at 2:11 am | #

        A man’s gotta do what a man’s gotta do.

        • MisterTeatime
          MisterTeatime
          July 29, 2011 at 4:44 pm | #

          Don’t plan the plan if you can’t follow through.

          • fizzywafflezsuperstore
            fizzywafflezsuperstore
            October 12, 2015 at 9:13 pm | #

            All that matters
            Taking matters
            Into your own hands

    • MM
      MM
      April 18, 2011 at 12:59 am | #

      “‘Strangest’ means I stand out! Yes!”

      • Moh!
        Moh!
        April 18, 2011 at 4:14 pm | #

        Don’t plan the plan if you can’t follow through.

        • Moh!
          Moh!
          April 18, 2011 at 4:14 pm | #

          ack! that was supposed to be a reply to the comment ABOVE yours…don’t mind me *hums nonchalantly*

  2. G.S.Mercs
    G.S.Mercs
    April 18, 2011 at 12:01 am | #

    D’awwwwwwww! Everyone, say it with me!

    • Ragnal
      Ragnal
      April 18, 2011 at 12:04 am | #

      But you already said it.

      • Mirenheart
        Mirenheart
        April 18, 2011 at 1:18 am | #

        Say it again. d’aww

        • G.S.Mercs
          G.S.Mercs
          April 18, 2011 at 2:08 am | #

          That’s the kind of spirit we’re looking for!

          • Mack
            Mack
            April 18, 2011 at 9:23 am | #

            D’AWWWWW!!

    • The Paulosopher
      The Paulosopher
      June 14, 2015 at 9:09 pm | #

      D’AWWWWWWWWWW

  3. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    April 18, 2011 at 12:04 am | #

    I was afraid his face would stick like that.

    • dchorror
      dchorror
      April 18, 2011 at 8:19 am | #

      If he actually stuck around her for a good extended period, it might.

  4. addude
    addude
    April 18, 2011 at 12:05 am | #

    So I have to meet Dorothy to keep my tittle now

  5. HMRC4EVR
    HMRC4EVR
    April 18, 2011 at 12:06 am | #

    It’s sad a fictional character like Walky is having more luck talking to a woman in college than I ever did.

    And yea, compared to me he’s having GOOD luck.

    • Tristan J
      Tristan J
      April 18, 2011 at 12:07 am | #

      His luck is fantastic, it’s his ability to take advantage of it that’s horrible.

    • Matt of Steel
      Matt of Steel
      April 18, 2011 at 1:48 pm | #

      Talking with women have very little to do with talk and a lot more to do with listening. So he’s kind of doing it right by not saying anything stupid.

      • Matt of Steel
        Matt of Steel
        April 18, 2011 at 1:50 pm | #

        Jeez, have = has.

        Commenting with proper English grammar is quite a bit more difficult right after Spanish class.

  6. Kraven
    Kraven
    April 18, 2011 at 12:06 am | #

    That Walky is one smooth operator!
    XD

    • addude
      addude
      April 18, 2011 at 12:10 am | #

      He’s a real player
      And if you mess with him
      You know you’ll never win

      I still don’t know why song popped up in my head

  7. David Herbert
    David Herbert
    April 18, 2011 at 12:10 am | #

    That was the cutest face ever!

    • DrDVD
      DrDVD
      April 18, 2011 at 5:15 am | #

      cutest love zombie ever goes to?

  8. Max
    Max
    April 18, 2011 at 12:11 am | #

    That’s so cute!

  9. Lokitsu
    Lokitsu
    April 18, 2011 at 12:14 am | #

    “See you Friday” is always better to hear than “I’m carrying mace”
    Way to go Walky!

  10. calendarman27
    calendarman27
    April 18, 2011 at 12:19 am | #

    strange does not mean unattractive *wink, wink*

  11. John Biles
    John Biles
    April 18, 2011 at 12:27 am | #

    At least Joyce recovered enough to say bye coherently.

  12. Ridureyu
    Ridureyu
    April 18, 2011 at 12:30 am | #

    And in the race of “Who will recover and communicate like a human being first,”

    …It’s JOYCE by a nose! WINNER!

    • Skye
      Skye
      April 18, 2011 at 12:37 am | #

      To be fair, she was able to talk earlier.

      “No… *hic*”

  13. knowwonattawl
    knowwonattawl
    April 18, 2011 at 12:35 am | #

    I wonder what Dorothy’s effective range is for doing that to Walky. There’s no way to tell how far away she had gotten before he reverted to “normal”.

    • Cha
      Cha
      April 18, 2011 at 1:02 am | #

      This requires further experimentation!

      Yeah, I really just wanted to say that…

      • das-g
        das-g
        April 18, 2011 at 6:31 pm | #

        It does!

    • CWR
      CWR
      April 19, 2011 at 4:31 am | #

      I’d like to reserve “Dorothy’s Effective Range” as the name of my hipster band that I’m assembling…never.

  14. Skye
    Skye
    April 18, 2011 at 12:36 am | #

    That smile on Walky’s face is just precious.

  15. arjay2813
    arjay2813
    April 18, 2011 at 12:36 am | #

    i wonder how long dorothy allow him to be like that around her before she tries to make him react to her talking to him, or just leaves to find someone who’ll talk to her

  16. Dahlia
    Dahlia
    April 18, 2011 at 1:56 am | #

    But on the bright side: Thats a compliment!

    …Right? D:

  17. Locke
    Locke
    April 18, 2011 at 2:07 am | #

    At least Walky’s “Nightmare” face is better than the awkward smirk that gets plastered on my face when I’m nervous.

    • JBO
      JBO
      April 18, 2011 at 4:59 am | #

      Your avatar makes that comment hilarious.

  18. DT
    DT
    April 18, 2011 at 2:22 am | #

    He’s actually smiling because she quoted the 2007 Transformers film to him. :p

    • Vivvav
      Vivvav
      April 18, 2011 at 6:25 am | #

      I don’t know if that’s true, but I’ll say it anyway:
      Damn it, Willis.

      • Derik
        Derik
        April 22, 2011 at 1:00 am | #

        http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Sam_Witwicky

        First quote.

  19. Björn
    Björn
    April 18, 2011 at 6:45 am | #

    We don’t see much of Sarah in the comic, considering she’s in the header image and all.

    • Hello, Mr. Anderson
      Hello, Mr. Anderson
      April 18, 2011 at 8:46 am | #

      That poor boy… I remember what trying to talk to girls was like back in college too…

    • agentksilver
      agentksilver
      April 18, 2011 at 5:26 pm | #

      I agree. It’s very annoying. I want more backstory out of her, now that we’ve gotten through the first few days of classes.

  20. DeWeese07
    DeWeese07
    April 18, 2011 at 8:44 am | #

    I had forgotten what his FFAACCCEEE really looked like 😛 this story is fun, keep it up Mr. willis! 😀

  21. James Rye
    James Rye
    April 18, 2011 at 9:09 am | #

    Good job, Joyce. No going crazy about Dorothy´s belief of god not existing at all. Bet most here thought the next holy crusade would happen but no, you proved them all wrong. Good girl, Jesus would give you a cookie for your effort. :3

    And Walky……er, please realize this was not a compliment by her and take a chicken nugget for free.^^

    • Jackson
      Jackson
      April 18, 2011 at 9:49 am | #

      It’s sort of sad that a hiccup fit for Joyce passes as tolerant and reasonable behavior.

      On the other hand, no sense being picky.

      • G.S.Mercs
        G.S.Mercs
        April 18, 2011 at 10:34 am | #

        Well, the hiccup fit wasn’t a planned thing. In thousands of other Universes, she could have inhaled like that and not gotten hiccups. This just happened to be the Universe she did get them. So, minus the hiccups, her reaction was fairly decent as opposed to some of the theories out there…

      • Pinnelipe
        Pinnelipe
        April 18, 2011 at 12:55 pm | #

        If we’re going to persecute people for hiccups now I’m screwed…

  22. Raistandantilus
    Raistandantilus
    April 18, 2011 at 9:18 am | #

    I sure wish I could get *my* eyes to migrate toward the side of my face, like Walky. It seems like the ability would be occasionally useful.

    • MeHael
      MeHael
      April 18, 2011 at 9:32 am | #

      It would be an effective defense against eye gouges.

      • Kamino Neko
        Kamino Neko
        April 18, 2011 at 10:44 am | #

        I dunno…they also grew several sizes, so where they’re supposed to be, or not, they’re better targets. >_>

  23. Zem
    Zem
    April 18, 2011 at 10:40 am | #

    Only once I would like to see a comment about the difficulty of talking to boys.

    • begbert2
      begbert2
      April 18, 2011 at 10:57 am | #

      Isn’t Dina’s mere existence such a comment? (Okay, she wasn’t exactly social at the all-girl’s floor meeting, but she wasn’t behind a door either.)

    • ADHadh
      ADHadh
      April 18, 2011 at 12:31 pm | #

      But it’s less funny this way.

  24. Shift
    Shift
    April 18, 2011 at 1:21 pm | #

    Awww… Walky is happy.

    And I’m very glad that Joyce went the entire time without trying to browbeat Dorothy into becoming a Christian or something. Even if she was over dramatic about Atheism, at least she kept her opinion to herself for once.

    • Doom Shepherd
      Doom Shepherd
      April 18, 2011 at 3:01 pm | #

      …unless she’s still recovering from Blue Screen of Death mode. Some people need a little more time to process before they can react to something completely outside their experience. THEN they can make with the beating of brows.

  25. Jaster
    Jaster
    April 18, 2011 at 4:52 pm | #

    Walky assumes that he and Dorothy are dating now.

    • CWR
      CWR
      April 19, 2011 at 2:00 am | #

      Not dating, married.

  26. Anime fan
    Anime fan
    April 18, 2011 at 5:38 pm | #

    C’mon Walky, use that southern charm.

  27. DaniellePhantom
    DaniellePhantom
    April 18, 2011 at 8:20 pm | #

    hoping for a joyce-amber meeting… they’ve never met before, right?

    • Joebo
      Joebo
      April 18, 2011 at 10:57 pm | #

      Not in this universe no. But Amber was Mike’s +1 at the Walky Wedding.

  28. KZero
    KZero
    April 19, 2011 at 12:11 am | #

    Unrelated to this particular comic, but I realized via the large Joyce DoA ad I saw earlier that Joyce’s eyes and smile sorta remind me of Harley Quinn. Is it just me?

  29. Kane
    Kane
    April 23, 2011 at 11:06 pm | #

    so, is this the universe where walky and dorothy are gonna be together?

  30. John
    John
    May 24, 2011 at 7:02 pm | #

    Does anyone else but me sympathize with Walky?

    • Maycroft
      Maycroft
      January 19, 2012 at 12:00 am | #

      I guess he decided to take it as a compliment.

  31. Hinoron
    Hinoron
    December 10, 2012 at 10:59 pm | #

    w: “YAY I’m MEMORABLE!”

  32. ubun7u43v3r
    ubun7u43v3r
    January 24, 2014 at 1:11 pm | #

    Glad he got over being this guy: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qSOjg73BDeU/RwfCE91rMcI/AAAAAAAAAB8/6YYVq8CeZcE/s320/alienhominid.gif

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