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by David M Willis on March 26, 2017 at 12:01 am
  • 03 - The Thing I Was Before
└ Tags: jason, walky

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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    March 26, 2017 at 12:04 am | #

    “look, you want the beej or not”

    “put on this wig first”

    • Passchendaele
      Passchendaele
      March 26, 2017 at 12:16 am | #

      “you’ll also need this finite math book for conversation”

      *Walky freezes up and faints*

    • jeffepp
      jeffepp
      March 26, 2017 at 12:26 am | #

      Yep, he wants the same deal his sister wanted.

      • Historyman68
        Historyman68
        March 26, 2017 at 1:56 am | #

        I dinjo, I think Sal actually wanted to learn?

      • Coco Pommel
        Coco Pommel
        March 26, 2017 at 3:55 am | #

        This was just what I thought. XD

        • Clif
          Clif
          March 26, 2017 at 10:38 pm | #

          Walky wants to learn. He just wants it to be effortless.

  2. Emperor Daniel
    Emperor Daniel
    March 26, 2017 at 12:04 am | #

    Walky no

    • Tan
      Tan
      March 26, 2017 at 2:21 am | #

      I know, right?

      Walky is in a committed relationship; he should ask Dorothy if she’s cool with it first.

      • miados
        miados
        March 26, 2017 at 3:15 am | #

        or if it was accepted as a deal…… blackmail maybe?

  3. butts
    butts
    March 26, 2017 at 12:06 am | #

    Stop touching me, you weird little man

    • Reducto
      Reducto
      March 26, 2017 at 8:47 pm | #

      I will make you fun size… Back off!

  4. Stephen Bierce
    Stephen Bierce
    March 26, 2017 at 12:06 am | #

    *plays Hall & Oates’ “Adult Education” on the hacked Muzak*

    • tim gueguen
      tim gueguen
      March 26, 2017 at 12:09 am | #

      “Oh yeah, oh yeah!”

    • Undrave
      Undrave
      March 26, 2017 at 12:36 am | #

      *cues up Garfunkel & Oates’ “Handjob, Bland Job I Don’t Understand Job”*

  5. Danni
    Danni
    March 26, 2017 at 12:06 am | #

    wtf, david walkerton?!

    • Orion Fury
      Orion Fury
      March 26, 2017 at 1:13 am | #

      Far more eloquent than I’m capable of being right now.

      No need to debased yourself, Duke of Thingly.

      • C.T Phipps
        C.T Phipps
        March 26, 2017 at 7:22 pm | #

        Walky’s game. He’s an adult! Let it happen. Jason would probably be in a better mood as a result.

  6. Sam
    Sam
    March 26, 2017 at 12:06 am | #

    Sal and Walky have more in common than they know.

    • AWK
      AWK
      March 26, 2017 at 4:32 am | #

      They both have terrible Taste in men, tsk tsk.

  7. Jupiterror
    Jupiterror
    March 26, 2017 at 12:07 am | #

    god dammit walky, you can’t just seduce the TA into giving you an A

    • Pablo360
      Pablo360
      March 26, 2017 at 12:09 am | #

      Yeah, if the TA gives you an A, then he’s just a T

      Wait what’s a T

      • Passchendaele
        Passchendaele
        March 26, 2017 at 12:13 am | #

        A Teaching, an exceptionally rare elf-like creatufe.

        • Znayx
          Znayx
          March 26, 2017 at 2:35 am | #

          No, that’s a tiefling. A teaching is when you minorly adjust something.

          (an Imgurian would know where this is going)

          • Luddeus
            Luddeus
            March 26, 2017 at 6:14 am | #

            No, that’s a tweaking. A tiefling is when you use your fingers to make someone laugh uncontrollably

          • Ferret
            Ferret
            March 26, 2017 at 8:41 am | #

            No, that’s a tweaking. A teaching is what the British call molasses.

            • Blob
              Blob
              March 26, 2017 at 9:48 am | #

              No, that’s treacle. Teaching is when you poke fun at someone.

            • Marsh Maryrose
              Marsh Maryrose
              March 26, 2017 at 10:06 am | #

              No, that’s torquing. Tweaking is the brand name of an English tea company.

              • Librain
                Librain
                March 26, 2017 at 11:30 am | #

                No that’s Twinnings. A teaching is when a whale gets too close to shore and the receding tide leaves it stranded on land.

                • Izzy
                  Izzy
                  March 26, 2017 at 3:05 pm | #

                  No, that’s a beaching. Teaching is when you post a message or image on Twitter.

                • The12win
                  The12win
                  March 26, 2017 at 5:34 pm | #

                  no that’s a beaching. A teaching is when you take gross worm like creatures and let them suck all the bad blood out

                • Noiob
                  Noiob
                  March 26, 2017 at 5:38 pm | #

                  No, that’s beaching. A teaching is someone who is the monarch of a beverage commonly prepared by pouring hot or boiling water over cured leaves of the Camellia sinensis.

                • Michael
                  Michael
                  March 26, 2017 at 9:12 pm | #

                  @ Noiob: No that’s a Tea King, a teaching is when a whale or porpoise leaps out of the water.

                • thejeff
                  thejeff
                  March 26, 2017 at 9:42 pm | #

                  No, that’s a breaching.
                  The Tea-ching is an ancient Chinese divination method.

              • Clif
                Clif
                March 26, 2017 at 10:07 pm | #

                Too much is never enough .

      • Valerie
        Valerie
        March 26, 2017 at 12:27 am | #

        A comic writer.

      • AWK
        AWK
        March 26, 2017 at 4:32 am | #

        That’s Mr. T to you

        • Rhee
          Rhee
          March 26, 2017 at 9:22 am | #

          AH PITY THA FOOL

    • Mollyscribbles
      Mollyscribbles
      March 26, 2017 at 12:37 am | #

      It only works for lit classes, and then it’s not a grade, they just give you a letter ‘A’ cut from scarlet fabric for some reason. Dunno why.

      • darkgloomie
        darkgloomie
        March 26, 2017 at 3:26 am | #

        Still the easiest A you’re going to earn.

        • Passchendaele
          Passchendaele
          March 26, 2017 at 9:48 am | #

          And the hardest A to get rid of. 😛

      • Kryss LaBryn
        Kryss LaBryn
        March 26, 2017 at 1:22 pm | #

        I was in a parking lot the other day, and saw a scarlet capital A on the back of a car, and was like, “Wha–why would you label yourself like that?! Or did someone else stick it on there?!”

        And then I looked more closely at the font and figured it probably was symbolic of some local sports team or other. I kind of doubt whoever designed their logo got the historical implications of it; but as someone with a strong interest in history who does historical recreation for fun, yeah, it took me a bit to realize that what I was reading was probably not what it was saying, ha ha.

        –Whoa, deja vu! Did I tell you guys this before? O.o

    • Keulan
      Keulan
      March 26, 2017 at 4:26 am | #

      Of course not, you seduce him into giving you the D.

  8. tim gueguen
    tim gueguen
    March 26, 2017 at 12:07 am | #

    Jason, you wear a bowtie. Unless you’re Bill Nye that’s a turn off to most people.

    • Pablo360
      Pablo360
      March 26, 2017 at 12:10 am | #

      You shut your mouth. Bowties are cool.

      • tim gueguen
        tim gueguen
        March 26, 2017 at 12:16 am | #

        Only if they’re the spinning kind.

      • Chris
        Chris
        March 26, 2017 at 12:21 am | #

        I prefer ties. they look more aesthetically pleasing

      • Mr. Bulbmin
        Mr. Bulbmin
        March 26, 2017 at 6:34 am | #

        It’s a style thing. Some people pull off the look, some don’t, and some seriously can’t no matter how hard you try and OH GOD TAKE IT OFF YOU LOOK LIKE A TOOL

    • StClair
      StClair
      March 26, 2017 at 12:18 am | #

      I will also accept Matthew Smith.

      • Deanatay
        Deanatay
        March 26, 2017 at 9:52 am | #

        Well, he IS British.

        • StClair
          StClair
          March 26, 2017 at 3:11 pm | #

          He is [i]extremely[/i] British.

    • Undrave
      Undrave
      March 26, 2017 at 12:41 am | #

      Depends on the crowd. I also think he needs to go full on dapper with a mustache and maybe a bowler hat and a nice jacket :p

    • Abel Undercity
      Abel Undercity
      March 26, 2017 at 5:59 am | #

      I’m sure you meant to say a turn-off to people who are wrong.

    • Remmington Steele
      Remmington Steele
      March 26, 2017 at 4:40 pm | #

      The floppier the better, thankyou.

  9. Ragnarok101
    Ragnarok101
    March 26, 2017 at 12:07 am | #

    So, did Walky just immediately assume Jason was gay, or something?

    Because I can see people assuming that.

    • butts
      butts
      March 26, 2017 at 12:11 am | #

      I believe Walky’s been established as pizzaflexible.

      • Zach
        Zach
        March 26, 2017 at 12:46 am | #

        In TheenD comic’s alt text adventure, there is a cult devoted to the perfect crust.

        And blade-high heals
        And gratuitous female gaze (as opposed to male gaze)
        And turkey strippers.

    • Leorale
      Leorale
      March 26, 2017 at 12:13 am | #

      There’s a character in Good Omens whom everyone assumes is ‘gayer than a tree full of monkeys on nitrous oxide’.

      • Schol-R-LEA
        Schol-R-LEA
        March 26, 2017 at 12:19 am | #

        Yeah… too bad Angel’s don’t actually have those parts. (Not that this has ever stop folks from shipping Aziraphale with Crowley, which might be taking the idea of ‘angel/devil shipping too literally.)

        • Shiro
          Shiro
          March 26, 2017 at 12:35 am | #

          I think I remember the qualifier that angels were sexless “unless they really wanted to make an effort”? So hey, you never know ;D

        • Mollyscribbles
          Mollyscribbles
          March 26, 2017 at 12:38 am | #

          shipping doesn’t always require genitals.

          • Undrave
            Undrave
            March 26, 2017 at 12:42 am | #

            Just ak all the Transformers shipper! I’m pretty sure Cyclonus and Tailgate can’t interface that way :p

            • Falling Star
              Falling Star
              March 26, 2017 at 7:48 am | #

              Or the Undertale fanbase.
              Poor Frisk.

        • Kryss LaBryn
          Kryss LaBryn
          March 26, 2017 at 1:33 pm | #

          Heh. That reminds me very strongly of this scene from Pika la Cynique’s “Girls Next Door” webcomic (which you guys would probably greatly enjoy).

          “Get thee behind me, demon,” indeed. XD

          • Mollyscribbles
            Mollyscribbles
            March 26, 2017 at 8:38 pm | #

            Awesome comic, I’ve been reading for ages.

    • MM
      MM
      March 26, 2017 at 12:14 am | #

      I think Walky’s just assuming most guys aren’t going to turn down a BJ. Single guys, anyway. Which he probably doesn’t see as an unreasonable assumption with Jason.

      • BBCC
        BBCC
        March 26, 2017 at 12:49 am | #

        It’s also a true assumption – unless things have recently changed, Jason doesn’t have a girlfriend.

        • Jon Rich
          Jon Rich
          March 26, 2017 at 12:32 pm | #

          I think it’s a safe bet. His comment today implies that he’s actively looking for a relationship, one-night stands, or both (as in, “whatever he can get,” not “simultaneously”).

          • BBCC
            BBCC
            March 26, 2017 at 12:52 pm | #

            Yeah, seems that way. I repeat – maybe if he acted like someone people might want to bang, and not like such an ASS.

  10. Reltzik
    Reltzik
    March 26, 2017 at 12:07 am | #

    Because people see the suspenders and bow-tie and think you’re the bartender.

    …. er, wait, would that make it MORE likely? …. I don’t actually know if it does.

  11. Thursday Violist
    Thursday Violist
    March 26, 2017 at 12:07 am | #

    It is because you are more sexy when doing math instead of drinking, obviously.

  12. BBCC
    BBCC
    March 26, 2017 at 12:08 am | #

    Well, Jason, have you tried acting like someone people might WANT to sleep with?

    • BBCC
      BBCC
      March 26, 2017 at 12:09 am | #

      You know, as opposed to an asswad people will fuck for a favour?

    • AWK
      AWK
      March 26, 2017 at 4:35 am | #

      Jason, you need to act EXACTLY like George Clooney in order to get laid. The fate of the world rests on this.

  13. Kris
    Kris
    March 26, 2017 at 12:08 am | #

    One one hand morals, on the otherhand, who else could say they were 2for2 on the Walkerton twins.

    • AWK
      AWK
      March 26, 2017 at 4:35 am | #

      The only other person to fuck them both is life! Heyo!

    • Ntrovert
      Ntrovert
      March 26, 2017 at 11:37 am | #

      A charter member of the Double W club…

  14. quix
    quix
    March 26, 2017 at 12:09 am | #

    I mean, we all kind of wanted it to happen. But I’ll take a joke about it as a consolation prize.

    • Micro-Girl
      Micro-Girl
      March 26, 2017 at 7:29 pm | #

      You never know, we will see tomorrow.

  15. Passchendaele
    Passchendaele
    March 26, 2017 at 12:09 am | #

    Pretentious British suitors just aren’t all that attractive. And Sal probably scared off most everyone interested by saying far too much. 😛

    • Passchendaele
      Passchendaele
      March 26, 2017 at 12:11 am | #

      And I so want to change that first sentence, but it’s grammar vs. there being no country named Pretentious Britian.

      • Emperor Daniel
        Emperor Daniel
        March 26, 2017 at 12:15 am | #

        That’s it, I’m annexing Pretentious Britain to my empire.

        • Passchendaele
          Passchendaele
          March 26, 2017 at 12:19 am | #

          It seems like a hard country to control, but you’ll never run out of sticks.

      • Leorale
        Leorale
        March 26, 2017 at 12:16 am | #

        Pretensious Britain is the name of my new string-Ska band.

    • pjeseb
      pjeseb
      March 26, 2017 at 12:12 am | #

      She had nothing but good things to say about him when she was drunk.

      • BBCC
        BBCC
        March 26, 2017 at 12:13 am | #

        She said he was a large dick. That’s not much of comment on him as a person.

        • BBCC
          BBCC
          March 26, 2017 at 12:14 am | #

          He *HAD a large dick, not he was one.

          Well, I mean, he WAS one, but that’s not what Sal said in the bar.

          • pjeseb
            pjeseb
            March 26, 2017 at 12:16 am | #

            True, but it’s not the kind of thing that’s likely to scare off people looking for casual sex either.

            • Passchendaele
              Passchendaele
              March 26, 2017 at 12:22 am | #

              I was more looking at it in the frame that drunk!Sal’s conversations were clearly inappropriate and awkward, which might mean not many are interested in Jason beacuse she unintentionally drove them off. At least, those not already pushed away by his personality.

            • BBCC
              BBCC
              March 26, 2017 at 2:41 am | #

              Nah, but it’s also hardly an objectively good thing about Jason, any more so than ‘this guy is blonde’ or ‘this guy is scrawny’ is.

              • Leorale
                Leorale
                March 26, 2017 at 5:05 pm | #

                Some people are size queens, some people aren’t; the horse should be with the stallion, but the field-mouse with a field-mouse.

  16. Jabberwocky
    Jabberwocky
    March 26, 2017 at 12:10 am | #

    It’s because you’re going to fucking pubs, Jason

    • Kris
      Kris
      March 26, 2017 at 12:12 am | #

      I wasn’t aware there were “pubs” in Indiana.

      • tim gueguen
        tim gueguen
        March 26, 2017 at 12:17 am | #

        There’s probably at least one So and So’s Authentic English Pub.

        • StClair
          StClair
          March 26, 2017 at 12:23 am | #

          Two blocks down from the Authentic Mexican Restaurant.

          • StClair
            StClair
            March 26, 2017 at 12:31 am | #

            follow-up from a friend:
            “It is not inconceivable that there is at least one authentic Mexican and one authentic Englishman, but, this being America, the Mexican is probably running the pub and the Englishman is running the restaurant.”

    • Emperor Daniel
      Emperor Daniel
      March 26, 2017 at 12:15 am | #

      Nah, if Jason was going to fucking pubs, he wouldn’t have this “problem”.

      • Undrave
        Undrave
        March 26, 2017 at 12:45 am | #

        Yeah if he wants blowjob he should go to the sucking pubs not the fucking pubs! D’uh!

        • tyersome
          tyersome
          March 26, 2017 at 12:49 am | #

          The problem with sucking pubs is they keep going down …

        • Ntrovert
          Ntrovert
          March 26, 2017 at 11:44 am | #

          This lends a whole new interpretation to hearing about Englishmen going to the pub for a swift half…

    • 3oranges
      3oranges
      March 26, 2017 at 2:05 am | #

      Going in the pubs. I don’t know why, but there’s something about the not-quite-needed article there that feels either very British or very affectational to me.

      • Chris Borgars-Smith
        Chris Borgars-Smith
        March 26, 2017 at 5:49 am | #

        I mean it sounds completely un-British to me; the only way I can reconcile it is to assume that he’s too posh to speak like a human being. But if he was THAT posh he’d be getting his beej from a dead pig (UP TOP)

        • 3oranges
          3oranges
          March 27, 2017 at 1:55 pm | #

          Very affectational it is, then! 🙂 I didn’t know enough about British dialects to be sure which it was.

    • Roborat
      Roborat
      March 27, 2017 at 2:32 pm | #

      There are pubs for fucking? Why am I just learning this now?

  17. Chris
    Chris
    March 26, 2017 at 12:11 am | #

    Well, Jason hasn’t yet said yes, so maybe… Nope probably won’t really teach Walky. I thought we were making a breakthrough

    • Danni
      Danni
      March 26, 2017 at 12:12 am | #

      there are no breakthroughs with walky.

      • JessWitt
        JessWitt
        March 26, 2017 at 12:21 am | #

        and there are no walkthroughs with breaky.

        • Falling Star
          Falling Star
          March 26, 2017 at 7:50 am | #

          there are no walk breaks with through

          • SgtWadeyWilson
            SgtWadeyWilson
            March 26, 2017 at 12:19 pm | #

            Walk through and there, break with no.

            • Falling Star
              Falling Star
              March 26, 2017 at 6:01 pm | #

              that sounds like work

    • Some1
      Some1
      March 26, 2017 at 12:14 am | #

      I’m pretty sure telling someone your office hours and telling them they have to go continuesly means yes.

      • Chris
        Chris
        March 26, 2017 at 12:18 am | #

        Well at least they haven’t fought, yet…

  18. Fart Captor
    Fart Captor
    March 26, 2017 at 12:11 am | #

    Walky, I really don’t think that’s gonna help any

  19. Danni
    Danni
    March 26, 2017 at 12:12 am | #

    walky appears to be oblivious to the fact that what hes saying is inappropriate.

    • StClair
      StClair
      March 26, 2017 at 12:16 am | #

      as usual.

    • JessWitt
      JessWitt
      March 26, 2017 at 12:20 am | #

      It wouldn’t be Walky if he wasn’t aware.

      • JessWitt
        JessWitt
        March 26, 2017 at 12:21 am | #

        *was. Damn double negatives.

  20. Keulan
    Keulan
    March 26, 2017 at 12:12 am | #

    Apparently Walky and Sal have more in common than I previously thought.

  21. Bodmans
    Bodmans
    March 26, 2017 at 12:13 am | #

    That guy is like a magnet to Walkertons

    • Schol-R-LEA
      Schol-R-LEA
      March 26, 2017 at 12:21 am | #

      So it would seem. At least people can actually tell them apart in this world, unlike in some stories in It’s Walky!.

      • StClair
        StClair
        March 26, 2017 at 12:24 am | #

        I keep thinking of the Avalon crossover, m’self.

        • Schol-R-LEA
          Schol-R-LEA
          March 26, 2017 at 12:35 am | #

          I can see that, yeah. Walkie was pretty quick to worry about how she looked in front of Joe and Jason.

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      March 26, 2017 at 2:15 am | #

      Just wait until their parents call him to figure out what is up with their children’s grades.

      “Davids grade is not perfect. Something must be amiss.”

      “Sally’s grade is not shit. Something must be amiss.”

      • BBCC
        BBCC
        March 26, 2017 at 2:40 am | #

        “Somebody must have made a mistake and gotten their grades mixed up.”

        • StClair
          StClair
          March 26, 2017 at 2:42 am | #

          Obviously.

          • BBCC
            BBCC
            March 26, 2017 at 3:05 am | #

            I remember seeing that get thrown around in the comments for a while, so I can definitely see Linda or Charles getting it in their head

            • Bagge
              Bagge
              March 26, 2017 at 3:14 am | #

              And won’t THAT be fun when she calls the Dean to help her “fix that little mistake”.

              • BBCC
                BBCC
                March 26, 2017 at 3:18 am | #

                Summer’s probably half over before she’ll accept it’s Sal’s real grade.

                Walky’s has to be a mistake though. By the teacher, and of course, Sal should’ve been guiding and supporting her brother more, I mean she IS the oldest.

  22. Schol-R-LEA
    Schol-R-LEA
    March 26, 2017 at 12:14 am | #

    For those who missed it last night:

    Quake with fear, puny fools! I have once again committed a DoA/Whateley Academy fanfic,
    even while I have yet to be punished
    for
    my
    earlier
    crimes! Bwhahahaha!

    (Yeah, I know David can’t read them for legal CYA reasons, but I am egotistical enough to think some of the others here might. Well, that, and because I am as obsessed with Whateley Academy as Walky is with Dexter & Monkey Master, and I want to spread the contagion.)

    And while I am here: Frist! No, wait, I mean ‘Furst’. No… Forced! Forrest! Faust! Fast! Oh, never mind, I’m way too late anyway…

  23. Chris
    Chris
    March 26, 2017 at 12:14 am | #

    Walky naturally assumes that accepts bribery

  24. spriteless
    spriteless
    March 26, 2017 at 12:16 am | #

    Those siblings think alike.

    • JessWitt
      JessWitt
      March 26, 2017 at 12:19 am | #

      More alike than we thought they were.

    • darkgloomie
      darkgloomie
      March 26, 2017 at 3:32 am | #

      Eh. Sal thought that fixing her grade was an added bonus to the nookie, she didn’t set out to bribe Jason with sex.

  25. JessWitt
    JessWitt
    March 26, 2017 at 12:19 am | #

    Fittingly, there’s an ad on top for British rock – but in Japanese?

  26. nothri
    nothri
    March 26, 2017 at 12:26 am | #

    “How dare you! How dare you even suggest that I would do any such thing with one of my own-”

    ::Sal glares from across the room::

    “….no. The answer is no. Now good day!”

  27. Chris
    Chris
    March 26, 2017 at 12:29 am | #

    I predict that once we switch characters, the comic strip will have Dina in it

    • Chris
      Chris
      March 26, 2017 at 12:31 am | #

      Either Fina or Mike

      • Chris
        Chris
        March 26, 2017 at 12:32 am | #

        *Dina* Damn autocorrect

        • Chris Phoenix
          Chris Phoenix
          March 26, 2017 at 1:29 am | #

          Wait, it autocorrected to Fina? Fina isn’t a word! Google says FINA is the international governing body of swimming (?!?) for what that’s worth…

          • Chris
            Chris
            March 26, 2017 at 2:19 am | #

            Oh look! Another Chris. Yay 🙂

            • Kryss LaBryn
              Kryss LaBryn
              March 26, 2017 at 1:37 pm | #

              Yay! 😀

          • Bagge
            Bagge
            March 26, 2017 at 2:26 am | #

            Fina is Swedish for “Nice/beautiful” (in plural for whatever reason), so yeah, Becky agrees with your autocorrect.

            • JBento
              JBento
              March 26, 2017 at 9:14 am | #

              Fina is in plural because Dina is “too” beautiful, obviously.

            • SgtWadeyWilson
              SgtWadeyWilson
              March 26, 2017 at 12:24 pm | #

              So… nobody’s predicting that a Skies of Arcadia character is going to be in this comic?

  28. Badgermole
    Badgermole
    March 26, 2017 at 12:40 am | #

    My money says Jason will see helping Walky as redemption for being a shitheel to Sal and hope to rub it in to her that he’s a gear tutor and the only problem was *she* didn’t make an effort.

    • Badgermole
      Badgermole
      March 26, 2017 at 12:42 am | #

      *great, dammit. Autocorrect knows Jason is not a great tutor.

      • darkgloomie
        darkgloomie
        March 26, 2017 at 3:33 am | #

        Even your autocorrect won’t buy that Jason’s a great tutor

      • Koms
        Koms
        March 26, 2017 at 1:08 pm | #

        Isn’t autocorrect just grinding your *gears

  29. Delicious Taffy
    Delicious Taffy
    March 26, 2017 at 12:41 am | #

    Been there, done that.

    Things might be mending from last night. Thank you for the kind words and assistance.

    • Chris
      Chris
      March 26, 2017 at 1:44 am | #

      Just do your best and move forward, but still remember to look back. I’m glad your situation is better

  30. fogel
    fogel
    March 26, 2017 at 12:50 am | #

    Does Jason realize that Sal and Walky are sibs?

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      March 26, 2017 at 8:16 am | #

      They look similar and share an uncommon surname, surely Jason must at least have suspicions. He’s not that oblivious.

  31. Some1
    Some1
    March 26, 2017 at 12:59 am | #

    I looked up dumbing of age on a website worth calculator and this feels innacurate

    http://www.worthofweb.com/website-value/Dumbingofage.com/

    • BBCC
      BBCC
      March 26, 2017 at 1:04 am | #

      If it’s not, I think Willis’ advertisers need to start paying more.

    • Chris
      Chris
      March 26, 2017 at 1:46 am | #

      Willis, how such do you make?!??

      • Some1
        Some1
        March 26, 2017 at 1:47 am | #

        Jeph Jaques apparently makes 39 million

        • Chris
          Chris
          March 26, 2017 at 1:55 am | #

          Donate some of that money to the poor and needy for God’s sake

          • Clif
            Clif
            March 26, 2017 at 8:15 am | #

            That’s how much they estimate if he sold the Dumbing of Age business. Not something we want to see happen.

            • Chris
              Chris
              March 26, 2017 at 1:45 pm | #

              But it also said how much he makes on this site in money

              • David M Willis
                David M Willis
                March 26, 2017 at 3:17 pm | #

                yes, of course, i live in a skycastle and dine nightly on goldplated orphans

                • Clif
                  Clif
                  March 26, 2017 at 10:18 pm | #

                  It’s the gold plating that makes them crunchy.

                • BBCC
                  BBCC
                  March 26, 2017 at 10:23 pm | #

                  Well you don’t want SOFT orphans, you’ll be brushing them out of your teeth all the next week!

                • Chris
                  Chris
                  March 26, 2017 at 11:48 pm | #

                  what design is the skycastle? Is it Japanese, Scottish, English, French, etc.

                • Chris
                  Chris
                  March 26, 2017 at 11:51 pm | #

                  Also, what car do you own Willis?

                  My Brain’s Answer: An 18-wheeler, for all those Transformers

              • foamy
                foamy
                March 26, 2017 at 9:30 pm | #

                Those “site worth” sites are basically scams and lies, Chris.

                • Chris
                  Chris
                  March 26, 2017 at 11:47 pm | #

                  I agree. But pretty much everything is a scam nowadays, so we just trust the most reliable scam

  32. KaitouKidisBae
    KaitouKidisBae
    March 26, 2017 at 12:59 am | #

    Since his first protest was not Walky’s gender, I’m going to assume Jason is bi. Because it amuses me to do so

    • Kryss LaBryn
      Kryss LaBryn
      March 26, 2017 at 1:46 pm | #

      Wait–gender matters when you’re receiving oral?! Since when?!

      • Micro-Girl
        Micro-Girl
        March 26, 2017 at 7:36 pm | #

        I find your comment confusing….

  33. Some Random Name
    Some Random Name
    March 26, 2017 at 1:11 am | #

    So Walky’s sexuality is best described as opportunistic?

  34. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    March 26, 2017 at 1:38 am | #

    Slurp your way to sucksess.

    • Falling Star
      Falling Star
      March 26, 2017 at 8:36 am | #

      i’m choosing this song because you chose that gravatar

  35. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    March 26, 2017 at 1:44 am | #

    You kinda did, Jason. you kinda did.

  36. Tacos
    Tacos
    March 26, 2017 at 1:55 am | #

    Sal’s already beaten you to the beej first, Walky.
    .
    .
    .
    That sounds so wrong.

    • Chris
      Chris
      March 26, 2017 at 2:12 am | #

      … *No comment* …

  37. Lex
    Lex
    March 26, 2017 at 1:58 am | #

    I’m hoping Jason actually will be able to help Walky. He’s not a GREAT guy and he’s done some unprofessional and inappropriate things but he’s not a completely awful person. He did notice Walky’s grades had dropped drastically from the start of the semester and offered help unsolicited before, so that’s a sign he’s willing to try to be better at his job. It’s not going to be something he achieves overnight.

    I think the fact that Danny wasn’t an authority figure or trying to act remotely authoritatively with Sal helped a LOT as far as her willingness to work with him and ability to learn from him. She also taught him how to play Mariokart better, so it was a trade. I had a classmate who had issues with authority figures similar to how Sal does once, and she tended to do better when a classmate was helping her learn the course material rather than the teacher because she was already predisposed toward disliking the teacher. Jason is a stuffy stick in the mud who is very by the book and takes pride in his position to the point of being a condescending prick to those who don’t give him the respect he feels entitled to.

    • foamy
      foamy
      March 26, 2017 at 2:05 am | #

      That’s a pretty massive time commitment he’s volunteering to give Walky, too.

      • BBCC
        BBCC
        March 26, 2017 at 2:11 am | #

        I’d be more impressed if he weren’t obligated to give Walky that commitment, as part of his office hours.

        • foamy
          foamy
          March 26, 2017 at 2:16 am | #

          He’s not obligated to give it to Walky specifically, though.

          Which means he’s got nobody else asking for his help, or that he’s bumping other people to make room for Walky. Probably the first, really.

          • BBCC
            BBCC
            March 26, 2017 at 2:36 am | #

            No, he’s not, but it’s a time commitment he’s already obligated by his job to make to his students. He’s not offering time outside those allotted hours, so I’m not seeing this as anything laud worthy.

            We’ve seen on Patreon that he doesn’t get much attendance at his office hours, so I doubt he’s forcing room for Walky (which would still be a dick move and bad teacher move, tbh, it just wouldn’t be one aimed at Walky).

            • Gwen
              Gwen
              March 26, 2017 at 12:17 pm | #

              True, he already has to be at office hours, but when students don’t show up, you can use those hours for your own work. With grad school, this is no small thing. So it is actually a time commitment for him, since the work he would have accomplished will have to be done at some other time.

              • BBCC
                BBCC
                March 26, 2017 at 12:49 pm | #

                Considering, again, that using those hours to help students is part of his job description, him actually using those hours for their intended purpose is still laud worthy to me. Yeah, extra time to do work is awesome, but he is being paid (and, considering his TA work is part of his requirements, graded on) doing this, I don’t feel bad for him that he has to actually do his job. That’s not a ‘time commitment’ if students are taking advantage of hours he is obligated to be there for them. That’s him not getting extra work hours.

                • BBCC
                  BBCC
                  March 26, 2017 at 1:53 pm | #

                  *still NOT laud worthy, dammit me

      • Bagge
        Bagge
        March 26, 2017 at 2:13 am | #

        No, he just told him his office hours. Those are the hours he is already paid to tutor students. This is just him doing his job.

        With SAL it was a time commitment because he agreed to do it outside those hours.

        • Reltzik
          Reltzik
          March 26, 2017 at 2:30 am | #

          And by “agreed” you mean he got dragged there bodily, against his will, objecting all the way.

          • Bagge
            Bagge
            March 26, 2017 at 2:37 am | #

            I’m obiously not concerned that he is visibly being transported against his will.

            http://www.dumbingofage.com/2012/comic/book-3/01-if-the-shoes-split/bloke/

        • BBCC
          BBCC
          March 26, 2017 at 2:39 am | #

          I’m guessing IU doesn’t require TAs to take appointments, as Jason’s never mentioned them.

          Not an actual condemnation this time, just something I’ve noticed. My school had set office hours, but our profs and TAs were also supposed to be willing to make appointments outside those hours (obviously they couldn’t be obligated to do so at a specific time, but the idea was that office hours aren’t always perfect, so they had to be willing to be at least a little flexible).

          • JBento
            JBento
            March 26, 2017 at 11:02 am | #

            Help people? On their own time? For FREE? That sounds like socialism!

            • BBCC
              BBCC
              March 26, 2017 at 11:21 am | #

              It’s not free if it’s in your job description, for which you receive a cheque at the end of every week.

  38. poofdepoof
    poofdepoof
    March 26, 2017 at 2:01 am | #

    I know everybody’s commenting on the joke, but I wanna be that person and bring up, once again, that Jason is so goddamn awful at TAing. I’m a third-time TA in a technical course in a program which is fortunate enough to hire and train TAs that care instead of GSIs that are obligated to teach for some requirement or other, and like… gahhhh I am so frustrated with him, right now and forever.

    Like I’m not so much worried about Walky as, like, ANY students that need help. There are a lot of students who come from less privileged backgrounds, who have been fighting uphill to get into this college and to this class, who have been told all their lives that their gender or race or both means that they probably aren’t going to be good at math and should consider trade school or something. Who have been told all their lives that people like “them” aren’t engineers for an intrinsic reason, without acknowledging the SYSTEM that decides which kids go to which K-12 schools.

    Like, who the HECK does Jason think he’s supposed to be working with here? Does he just want to teach a bunch of people who understand everything already?

    “It is obvious to me that you will require more than one session” — Meh. Walky’s time would be better spent with a compassionate and competent tutor. And I don’t care how good Jason thinks he is at math; the half a sentence we saw him exchange with Sal about it (“[dx] is the derivative of –“)
    sounds like it’s going to lead to a real sh-tty explanation.

    /endrant basically Jason is not fictional but I wish he was

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      March 26, 2017 at 2:10 am | #

      Agreed. THE FIRST thing you should do when interacting with students is trying to lift them up. “Good thing you identified something you have problems with. That’s the first step. Now let’s get to work and solve it.”

      THE FIRST thing Jason does is putting his students down.

      I have hopes for him, because he really wants to be a good teacher, and if he manage to find someone at his good-awful department to tutor him he might improve drastically. But he has a long way there.

      Much like Walky with his studies. Best case scenario – they will help each other.

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        March 26, 2017 at 8:50 am | #

        Well, this strip is much more positive than the last one, at least as far as Jason goes. Walky’s not exactly shining.

        I doubt Jason’s actually intended as a villain , so I do think that’s basically what his arc is going to be – learning to be a competent teacher. And maybe not quite so much of a prat.

        • Kryss LaBryn
          Kryss LaBryn
          March 26, 2017 at 3:50 pm | #

          Suddenly I am reminded of Wesley and Cordelia’s exchange when he first showed up in Angel:

          “I am a rogue demon hunter.”

          “Cool. What’s a rogue demon?”

          XD <3 Alexis Denisof forever. I kind of picture him playing Jason, tbh.

  39. Bagge
    Bagge
    March 26, 2017 at 2:05 am | #

    What Walky says: *random smartassery*

    What I fear Jason hears: *I hear you accept sex for grades. Do I REEEEEALLY have to study, or will my grades get better just for me not telling people about you boffing my sister?*

    Hopefully I’m wrong, but if Jason connects the dots the wrong way this can be really ugly.

    • rectilinearpropagation
      rectilinearpropagation
      March 27, 2017 at 1:31 am | #

      Yep. I’m worried Jason’s going to ask Walky why he offered and say something like, “What did Sal tell you?”

  40. Power Stranger
    Power Stranger
    March 26, 2017 at 2:15 am | #

    Man, aside from the offers of sexual favors, this is giving me deja vu something fierce.

  41. Some1
    Some1
    March 26, 2017 at 2:16 am | #

    I’ve realized the one thing that really annoys me about Walky is that he only does this to make other people happy. That’s a shitty reason to do something

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      March 26, 2017 at 2:24 am | #

      It’s a bit more complicated than that. His self worth relies on him being smart. This is a desperate attempt to salvage that image.

      One primary reason why his self worth relies on him being smart is that that keeps him in mommy’s good graces (and he has seen what she did to the kid that WASN’T smart). With his grades crumbling he fears his relationship with his mother will crumble too (he might be right).

      When he started dating Dorothy he projected the same attitude on her, thinking that she dated him because “he’s smart”, despite of the fact that she didn’t know that when they started to date, and all she knew about him was that he was a smartass monkey-flinging buffoon who nevertheless commits to his friends. As seen when he finally came clean to her about his math score he a) genuinely thought she was going to break up with him there and then, and b) he was completely wrong.

      • Falling Star
        Falling Star
        March 26, 2017 at 6:09 pm | #

        Being honest, I think breaking away a little bit from his mother might be the best thing for Walky at this point.
        It seems to be working for other characters.

        • Bagge
          Bagge
          March 27, 2017 at 12:02 am | #

          It’s long overdue.

          It will still be ugly, especially since his mother has no intention of breaking away from him.

  42. C.T Phipps
    C.T Phipps
    March 26, 2017 at 2:24 am | #

    I ship it. I really do.

  43. AWK
    AWK
    March 26, 2017 at 2:27 am | #

    Jason strikes me as somebody who doesn’t realize how shitty he is at his job. He WANTS to help, but he does it in the worse fucking way and needs to realize that before he hurts more students.

    • Disloyal Subject
      Disloyal Subject
      March 26, 2017 at 2:35 am | #

      Yup. He made progress when he tried to get Sal to explain how Danny helped her she wasn’t feeling particularly charitable towards him, compounded by not being sober enough to even try to look at it from a perspective other than her own even if she’d wanted to – an amusing parallel to Jason’s inability to consider different people’s mindsets and learning methods, and getting frustrated when going through the material the way he learned it doesn’t help them.

      • Kryss LaBryn
        Kryss LaBryn
        March 26, 2017 at 3:52 pm | #

        Now I kinda wanna sit him down for that MLP:FIM episode where Twilight Sparkle is trying to help Rainbow Dash study. Seems apt, somehow. 😀

        • Falling Star
          Falling Star
          March 26, 2017 at 6:09 pm | #

          That was a great episode.

    • monkyvirus
      monkyvirus
      March 26, 2017 at 11:41 am | #

      I’m not sure if it’s really different in the US, but in the UK PhDs recieve maybe 3-6 hours training before we’re allowed to tutor/teach. It’s total luck whether you have a knack for teaching or not. I can’t hold Jason responsible for the university’s lack of training (which seems standard in all universities).

      • anonymsly
        anonymsly
        March 26, 2017 at 11:29 pm | #

        As far as I know, it really is different in the US. Jason’s neither a tutor nor a teacher, he’s a TA: teacher’s assistant. A lot of the TAs for university professors, especially in state universities like this, are just grad students in the subject being taught – mathematics in this case. They grade assignments and quizzes, have office hours for students (the professor also has office hours, but as a class like this might have a couple hundred students, that’s not enough) to ask questions and receive help, but they don’t teach the class, they don’t make the lesson plans, and they may not have any intention of being teachers in their future post-school lives.

    • Rowen Morland
      Rowen Morland
      March 26, 2017 at 11:46 am | #

      We’ve only seen him using his office hours to try and help a student once so far. That is pretty bad.

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        March 26, 2017 at 12:06 pm | #

        To be fair, we haven’t seen any other TA use their office hours to help a student at all. Mostly because we haven’t focused on what he or other TAs do with their office hours, except when it’s come to the main characters.

    • Remmington Steele
      Remmington Steele
      March 26, 2017 at 4:36 pm | #

      Joyce – and others – seem OK with his teaching.

      We have no idea what he’ll be like with David Walkerton. Both could learn from their mistakes. It’s more than likely they may not, this being the Dumbing of Age.

      We only see Jason and the rest though the lens of the story; trying to make value judgments about entire characters’ lives seems a little silly.

      For all we know, Jason may be up to his neck in students plaguing his office hours.

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        March 26, 2017 at 7:03 pm | #

        1) Jason isn’t actually teaching Joyce and the others. The professor is. He has is been described as regurgitating his lesson plan. Not high praise.
        The others have likely been making it by on doing the homework and mostly teaching themselves. I certainly did that in some classes in college.

        2)We only see them through the lens of the story, but on the other hand, the story is shaped to show us the characters. What we see isn’t random. If the story is emphasizing how lousy Jason is at teaching, it’s doing so for a reason.

        3) As for him teaching Walky, what he’s not likely to realize is that Walky doesn’t really need specific help with the parts of Calculus he’s struggling with. He needs more general help on how to study: How to take good notes, study habits & the like.
        He is smart. If he can get those basics down, he’s likely to do very well. Mind you, those basics are hard to learn quickly, when you’ve never had to do them before.

  44. Disloyal Subject
    Disloyal Subject
    March 26, 2017 at 2:33 am | #

    I’m confused – is he offering oral sex in exchange for grades, or in exchange for being tutored right now instead of during office hours?

    • Brotato
      Brotato
      March 26, 2017 at 3:14 am | #

      Essentially, he didn’t realize that being tutored would require actual effort and not have immediate results. So, now, seeking instant gratification like he always does, he’s offering a bj to just get the grade via no effort.

      • vlademir1
        vlademir1
        March 26, 2017 at 10:52 am | #

        Well, arguably less effort rather than no effort. I’m told that a blow job is fairly hard to learn to do adequately, let alone well, for various reasons. This being Walky, however, he’s probably expecting to be able get away with a sloppy, half-assed job.

        • Scar Man!!!
          Scar Man!!!
          March 26, 2017 at 7:07 pm | #

          i resent that implication, but only because Walky is me with more confidence and it’s entirely true.

          For years, my half-assed last-minute jobs still got As

          wow that came out wrong

  45. Adam Black
    Adam Black
    March 26, 2017 at 2:35 am | #

    Sooner or later Someone will say ‘yes’ to Walky’s oddly tangential ( for a supposed Hetero ) offers of cocksuckery.

    “Straight” Guys don’t gay tease this much, without sooner or llater , throwing down. He’s Bi.
    Absolutely he’s Bi.
    Willis has dropped more “Ho-yay” hints for this character than all others combined. ( From the first week , foreskin sighting ) .

    I bet someone will complain again he’s homophobic. But this is what it sounds like when a Questioning Young Man beats on the closest door.

    • Guairdean
      Guairdean
      March 26, 2017 at 5:39 pm | #

      It’s more likely that he’s just desperate. Nothing breaks down barriers like terror, and nothing instills more terror in a college student than having to explain bad grades to doting parents.

      • Meta
        Meta
        March 26, 2017 at 6:32 pm | #

        Walky also expressed sexual interest in Jacob, though.

        • Scar Man!!!
          Scar Man!!!
          March 26, 2017 at 7:06 pm | #

          my dear commenter, a paramecium would express sexual interest in Jacob.

          He’s Jacob

      • Scar Man!!!
        Scar Man!!!
        March 26, 2017 at 7:03 pm | #

        doting and controlling

      • Adam Black
        Adam Black
        March 27, 2017 at 2:48 pm | #

        He didn’t look so terrified when he made the same offer at the questioning meeting

  46. BenRG
    BenRG
    March 26, 2017 at 2:48 am | #

    Yes Jason, Sal has spread it around that you exchange sex for grades. I do hope that you enjoyed your professional reputation because it isn’t going to last!

    • JBento
      JBento
      March 26, 2017 at 9:09 am | #

      This is a lie. He very pointedly DIDN’T exchange sex for grades (there was a strip about it). For all the flaws Jason has as an educator, this isn’t one of them.

      • vlademir1
        vlademir1
        March 26, 2017 at 10:43 am | #

        There’s a thing to consider in what BenRG said, specifically “Sal has spread it around</b? that you exchange sex for grades." Even if it's not true, and even if that rumor is proven patently false now, Jason would always be considered somewhat suspect forever after the point it got around. His professional reputation would be destroyed by such a rumor and even if he is top notch at what he does he'd never get any significant advancement beyond postdoc.

        • thejeff
          thejeff
          March 26, 2017 at 10:53 am | #

          Really? Maybe times have changed. Such rumors were common when I was in school and never seemed to destroy anyones career. Actual proof and evidence might, if it’s not hushed up because the school doesn’t want the rep either.

          Mind you, I’ve no idea if any of the rumours were true and rumors in the student body don’t easily spread into the faculty or to parents.

          OTOH, if we take Penny at face value, such rumours might well destroy Jason, because he’s a stuffed shirt and nobody likes him. She’ll be fine, despite being far worse on the sleeping with students front, because she is liked. Office politics.

        • BenRG
          BenRG
          March 26, 2017 at 10:54 am | #

          FWIW, I suddenly wonder if it would even be Sal; it isn’t the sort of thing she’d want to make public. However, what about Penny? She certainly didn’t like Jason’s critique of her own behaviour and it wouldn’t be entirely out-of-character for her to choose this means to have her revenge.

          • Temperaryobsessor
            Temperaryobsessor
            March 26, 2017 at 11:23 am | #

            I know we will likely find out that Penny is indeed exchanging grades for sex but its possible she makes it clear to the students that the only benefit of sleeping with her is sleeping with her. Jason might not have known that was what Sal had in mind but she showed no sign of interest in him that way before throwing herself at him.

            • thejeff
              thejeff
              March 26, 2017 at 12:07 pm | #

              Even if she isn’t, and she probably is, anyone who notices she is having sex with students will likely assume grades are involved.

              Though the double standard may change that.

        • Kryss LaBryn
          Kryss LaBryn
          March 26, 2017 at 3:58 pm | #

          Pfft, you think anyone will believe that of him? Especially considering it’s Jason? Stuffy, uptight, bowtie-wearing, stick-up-his-ass Jason?

          Man, you can’t even get actual rape victims to be believed that something untoward went down. 🙁 Someone goes and says Jason is exchanging sex for better grades, and whoever is listening is gonna look the person up and down and say, “Seriously? That’s the best you could come up with?”

      • C.T Phipps
        C.T Phipps
        March 26, 2017 at 3:41 pm | #

        Jason not giving Sal an A for sex actually makes him worse in my opinion. If you’re confused by that, hear me out. It means he’s so unobservant that he thinks Sal had sex with him because she liked him (meaning he paid no attention at all to her behaver) or he didn’t care enough to give her what she asked after he got what he wanted.

        • BBCC
          BBCC
          March 26, 2017 at 3:46 pm | #

          Yeah, either he was REALLY not paying attention since Sal very strongly implied it, or that was a case of ‘Fuck you, kid, I got mine.’

          Considering he acted like not giving her a grade for it made him morally better than if he had, I’m leaning towards the latter. Jason’s neither bad at reading emotions nor is he stupid.

          • thejeff
            thejeff
            March 26, 2017 at 4:38 pm | #

            OTOH, she did jump* him again afterwards, when it was perfectly clear there was no “sex for grades” happening. Evidence strongly suggests some kind of attraction. Even if there was also dislike.

            *Technically, we didn’t see how the second bout started. We cut from them yelling at each other to making out. Given their two personalities, it’s hard for me to see Jason as the initiator there.

            • BBCC
              BBCC
              March 26, 2017 at 5:19 pm | #

              Actually, we DO know how that started. They were yelling at each other, paused, and then Jason kissed her. Jason was definitely the initiator there. There was no jumping by Sal the second time.

              But yes, their relationship is basically hatred and lust.

              • thejeff
                thejeff
                March 26, 2017 at 5:37 pm | #

                Not how I read it, but OK. It goes straight from yelling to a full on wrapped around each other snogging. She’s down on something with a leg wrapped around his waist. It’s certainly possible – though out of character for both, imo – for him to have made the first move, but that panel is well past the first move.

                • BBCC
                  BBCC
                  March 26, 2017 at 6:03 pm | #

                  I don’t think that was supposed to be a cut to later, I think that was a beat. Especially since Willis made a crack on tumblr about curly hair not breaking JASON’S stride. If Sal made the first move, there’s no reason to say that.

                • C.T Phipps
                  C.T Phipps
                  March 26, 2017 at 7:18 pm | #

                  I do think Jason thinks his relationship with Sal is a kind of slap-slap-kiss romantic comedy sort of deal. The thing is, Sal really feels cheapened and disgusted by Jason–not to mention degraded. That can sometimes lead to sex as I’m sorry to report but it’s actual hatred on Sal’s part. The fact Jason didn’t give her the grades is just icing on the cake.

  47. Arianod
    Arianod
    March 26, 2017 at 5:12 am | #

    Jason asking the important questions.

    • Scar Man!!!
      Scar Man!!!
      March 26, 2017 at 7:01 pm | #

      +1

  48. Falling Star
    Falling Star
    March 26, 2017 at 7:44 am | #

    Whoa, slow down there, Walky. You haven’t even bought him dinner.

    • C.T Phipps
      C.T Phipps
      March 26, 2017 at 7:19 pm | #

      Walky feels a bizarre attraction for Jason. This time, I hope, he gives Walky the grades.

  49. Tualha
    Tualha
    March 26, 2017 at 8:04 am | #

    Scene 1: Walky runs into Sal. “Hey sis, what up?” “Can’t talk, gotta go get my booty on.” Exit Sal.

    Scene 2: Walky runs into Sal ten minutes later, outside Jason’s office. “Oh, hi sis.” “Walky! What are you doing here?” “Oh, well, um … say, what are you doing here?” “I asked you first!”

    • Falling Star
      Falling Star
      March 26, 2017 at 6:11 pm | #

      the awkward is palpable

  50. Remmington Steele
    Remmington Steele
    March 26, 2017 at 9:19 am | #

    Alas for you David, you have to do the work. Nose meet grindstone.

    • C.T Phipps
      C.T Phipps
      March 26, 2017 at 7:19 pm | #

      That’s what Sal said!

  51. OldFart
    OldFart
    March 26, 2017 at 1:16 pm | #

    Danny might take the beej AND give good tutoring. Just sayin’

    • OldFart
      OldFart
      March 26, 2017 at 1:22 pm | #

      Huh, forgot who my Gravatar was, I post so seldom. Her expression looks like she’s cool with it. I say go for it, Walky.

      • Chris
        Chris
        March 26, 2017 at 11:45 pm | #

        The expression looks a bit sarcastic to me, like she’s saying ” *Sarcasm* Goooo for it Walky! I dooon’t miiinnd atttt all”

  52. Tenn
    Tenn
    March 26, 2017 at 3:53 pm | #

    I am SHOCKED and APPALLED that no one has yet suggested a Walky/Jason Slipshine. What’s wrong with you people? 😛

    • Brotato
      Brotato
      March 26, 2017 at 5:47 pm | #

      Actually, Tenn, it has been suggested. A lot.

      • Tenn
        Tenn
        March 27, 2017 at 5:49 pm | #

        On this particular page, I meant.

    • Scar Man!!!
      Scar Man!!!
      March 26, 2017 at 7:01 pm | #

      because students boinking teachers for better grades is yucky

      • C.T Phipps
        C.T Phipps
        March 26, 2017 at 7:16 pm | #

        Jason wouldn’t give the grades anyway. Which is part of what makes him awful. Always pay your prostitutes, people. To do otherwise is about the worst cheapskate act you can do.

  53. hof1991
    hof1991
    March 26, 2017 at 5:52 pm | #

    Re TAs, professors and students drawing in class.

    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C35WDuuVMAEDrft.jpg

  54. Scar Man!!!
    Scar Man!!!
    March 26, 2017 at 7:00 pm | #

    BWA HA HA HA HA HA

    Wow, how did Walky get this scared of math? i got the “take your clothes off and run” part, but for a guy as self-conscious of “manliness” to say this?

    • C.T Phipps
      C.T Phipps
      March 26, 2017 at 7:20 pm | #

      Walky has a very Spartan view of mentorship.

      • Scar Man!!!
        Scar Man!!!
        March 31, 2017 at 5:11 pm | #

        I believe your thinking about the Athenians. The Spartans did it with their fellow soldiers and perhaps some unlucky slaves

    • Sam
      Sam
      March 26, 2017 at 8:39 pm | #

      Walky has said before he would go down on a dude for pizza if he had to.

      Being seen as gay or bi/pan/poly isn’t one of Walky’s ingrained fears in relation to manliness.

  55. Micro-Girl
    Micro-Girl
    March 26, 2017 at 7:39 pm | #

    I really REALLY hope Jason hasn’t/don’t bang Sal right before the BJ, or this could go down hill in a hurry.

    Jason “Oh yeah that’s good…”

    Walky “Why dose your dick taste like pussy?”

    • Scar Man!!!
      Scar Man!!!
      March 31, 2017 at 5:11 pm | #

      welp, time for the brain bleach smoothies

  56. Commodore Jeep-Eep
    Commodore Jeep-Eep
    March 26, 2017 at 8:22 pm | #

    Can I thump this fucking nob already? /descended from british lower classes.

  57. wakeangel2001
    wakeangel2001
    March 26, 2017 at 8:25 pm | #

    He can’t have sex with Walky, he already did it with his sister, it would be weird…

    • C.T Phipps
      C.T Phipps
      March 26, 2017 at 8:41 pm | #

      Or hot! Definitely hot. 🙂

      • Clif
        Clif
        March 26, 2017 at 10:36 pm | #

        It can be both.

      • Scar Man!!!
        Scar Man!!!
        March 31, 2017 at 5:12 pm | #

        nope, just weird

  58. newllend(henryvolt)
    newllend(henryvolt)
    March 26, 2017 at 11:26 pm | #

    I guess it runs in the Family ?

  59. JohnnyO
    JohnnyO
    March 27, 2017 at 2:00 am | #

    I wonder if he has made the connection yet?

  60. Adam Black
    Adam Black
    March 27, 2017 at 2:53 pm | #

    Just Noticed
    *panel 5* looks like Walky’s staring at Jason’s crotch

  61. penguintruth
    penguintruth
    March 28, 2017 at 11:55 pm | #

    “I hope you’re at least as good as your sister.”

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