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Crackin

by David M Willis on January 3, 2013 at 12:01 am
  • 01 - If the Shoe Splits
└ Tags: jason, penny, sal

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  1. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    January 3, 2013 at 12:02 am | #

    OH PENNY

    • Ancestral Hamster
      Ancestral Hamster
      January 3, 2013 at 12:29 am | #

      “Oh, Penny, came and you gave without taking,
      but I sent you away, Oh Penny.
      And I need you today, Oh Penny.”

      “Sod off.”

      • Osaru Sensei
        Osaru Sensei
        January 3, 2013 at 2:13 am | #

        Dammit, beaten to the pun(chline)!

    • Khrene Cleaver
      Khrene Cleaver
      January 3, 2013 at 10:27 pm | #

      Ohhhhh Penny.

  2. Bill
    Bill
    January 3, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

    pre-marital hanky panky time!!

    • Portmaneau
      Portmaneau
      January 3, 2013 at 8:49 pm | #

      The intent is purely mathematical.

      • |Agent
        |Agent
        January 4, 2013 at 6:21 pm | #

        …or journalistic.

        • Jenny Creed
          Jenny Creed
          June 4, 2013 at 2:01 pm | #

          …with his penis.

          • Aischylos
            Aischylos
            September 26, 2013 at 2:57 am | #

            He can rub her tummy with it quite well

  3. David Herbert
    David Herbert
    January 3, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

    Does this mean Jason’s father isn’t evil either?

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      January 3, 2013 at 12:14 am | #

      Well there was that time he ran over that raccoon and kept driving.

      • Aizat
        Aizat
        January 3, 2013 at 12:21 am | #

        Well, it was a stuffed raccoon so it the fault there goes to the sick bastard that goes around stuffing raccoons.

      • Edd
        Edd
        January 3, 2013 at 12:30 am | #

        He thought it would be full of candy.

        Instead it was just full of internal organs.

        • Kernanator
          Kernanator
          January 3, 2013 at 12:40 am | #

          Worst pinata ever, or best pinata ever?

        • CWR
          CWR
          January 3, 2013 at 3:45 am | #

          Hrm. Organs are no longer internal.

    • Undrave
      Undrave
      January 3, 2013 at 1:24 am | #

      He’s probably a stand offish negligent father that spent all of Jason’s childhood wastng time over a glass of whisky and resentment.

      Unless Jason’s dad is actually Gallaso then he would be evil.

      • Wack'd
        Wack'd
        January 3, 2013 at 3:45 am | #

        Jason is Squee’s older brother?

    • Aydr
      Aydr
      January 3, 2013 at 5:01 pm | #

      Um. Being a TA is proof Penny isn’t evil?

      • Aydr
        Aydr
        January 3, 2013 at 5:03 pm | #

        I’d think the expression on my Penny avatar’s face would be enough to point out the fallacy of that assumption.

        • kiapdx
          kiapdx
          January 3, 2013 at 6:06 pm | #

          I like that you got this face. I don’t know who you are, I’m just glad this face is already in circulation.

  4. Tim
    Tim
    January 3, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

    Jason is surrounded by women with impenetrable accents.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      January 3, 2013 at 12:20 am | #

      It’s his personal Rule 36. 😀

    • Undrave
      Undrave
      January 3, 2013 at 1:25 am | #

      Lucky bastard. Accents are sexy.

      (Holy carp! I’m Sal now.)

      • ADHadh
        ADHadh
        January 3, 2013 at 6:05 am | #

        Fitting.

    • CWR
      CWR
      January 3, 2013 at 3:49 am | #

      Like myself in college, Jason hangs around with impenetrable women. Good show!

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        January 3, 2013 at 3:15 pm | #

        Women wear chastity belt in this college?

        • Roborat
          Roborat
          January 3, 2013 at 4:09 pm | #

          They all become college lesbians.

      • Rokku
        Rokku
        January 4, 2013 at 8:18 am | #

        But, finding penetrable women is the entire POINT of college.

        • CWR
          CWR
          January 4, 2013 at 8:23 am | #

          It would have been helpful had the school brochure mentioned that…

  5. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    January 3, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

    Oh, look, it’s Penny. Excuse me for a sec.

    (Goes to kitchen, gets glass of water, returns, takes sip)

    SPIT-TAKE!

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      January 3, 2013 at 12:41 am | #

      Delayed reaction syndrome.

    • AckAckAck
      AckAckAck
      January 3, 2013 at 1:58 am | #

      I prefer invisible spit take. Easier and cleaner.

  6. Rayrayravona
    Rayrayravona
    January 3, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

    PENNY, I MISSED YOU!

    • Resne
      Resne
      January 3, 2013 at 1:15 am | #

      I would suggest better sights.

      • CWR
        CWR
        January 4, 2013 at 8:25 am | #

        Use the damn scope – that’s what it’s there for.

  7. Wonder Wig
    Wonder Wig
    January 3, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

    Moneypenny?
    Yes James?

    • Mkvenner
      Mkvenner
      January 3, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

      You were a bit high an to the right.

      • Tualha
        Tualha
        January 3, 2013 at 5:32 am | #

        Sounds like Rush Limbaugh.

      • Tualha
        Tualha
        January 3, 2013 at 5:40 am | #

        Penny, I assure you, our intent is purely mathematical. We’re studying interactions involving rigid and deformable bodies transitioning from sinusoidal oscillations into a chaotic phase with mass transfer.

        • wwlaos
          wwlaos
          January 3, 2013 at 10:36 am | #

          You’ve made me so very happy.

          I’m so glad you came into my life.

        • Roborat
          Roborat
          January 3, 2013 at 2:49 pm | #

          I’m very well acquainted, too, with matters mathematical
          I understand equations, both the simple and quadratical
          About binomial theorem I’m teeming with a lot o’ news
          With many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      January 3, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

      Bored, James Bored!

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      January 3, 2013 at 12:16 am | #

      So, she did harbour feelings for him?

      • Ancestral Hamster
        Ancestral Hamster
        January 3, 2013 at 12:30 am | #

        No, they were just ships who passed in the night!

      • Mkvenner
        Mkvenner
        January 3, 2013 at 1:09 am | #

        Yeah guilt for nearly killing him. Weren’t you paying attention at all

        • hmrc4evr
          hmrc4evr
          January 3, 2013 at 1:46 am | #

          Paying attention costs 2 cents and he only has one Penny.

          • Mkvenner
            Mkvenner
            January 3, 2013 at 5:31 pm | #

            In the UK there called pence not cents.

            • CWR
              CWR
              January 4, 2013 at 8:27 am | #

              The ha’penny has to come from somewhere…

  8. Bri
    Bri
    January 3, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

    What accent is that?

    • addude
      addude
      January 3, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

      Cockney if I’m right. Jason’s seems to be more Londoner of a higher class.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        January 3, 2013 at 12:16 am | #

        And I was just talking to my friend about how attractive I find cockney accents.

        • Drunken Nordmann
          Drunken Nordmann
          January 3, 2013 at 5:08 am | #

          I thought that depends on who’s speaking cockney.

      • Martin Smith
        Martin Smith
        January 3, 2013 at 5:31 am | #

        Dick Van Dyke style Cockney maybe.

    • Mkvenner
      Mkvenner
      January 3, 2013 at 12:07 am | #

      rhyming slang. I think.

      • Kamino Neko
        Kamino Neko
        January 3, 2013 at 12:24 am | #

        There’s not a single word of rhyming slang in there…

        Well, I don’t know the etymology of ‘cracking’ in this context, but I doubt it’s any more rhyming slang than the rest. Bird is just a reference to actual birds, ‘fit’ meaning attractive should be obvious, snog’s etymology is unclear (but seriously post-dates the heyday of rhyming slang by close to a century), and sod is short for sodomize.

        • Aud
          Aud
          January 3, 2013 at 12:35 am | #

          Kamino Neko, you are my new hero.

          • Kamino Neko
            Kamino Neko
            January 3, 2013 at 12:50 am | #

            Yays! I like being people’s hero. >_>

            • Foxhack
              Foxhack
              January 3, 2013 at 5:14 pm | #

              I KNOW YOU

              • Kamino Neko
                Kamino Neko
                January 4, 2013 at 5:15 am | #

                I KNOW YOU, TOO!

                … That doesn’t work as well with my gravatar as with yours…

        • Chaz
          Chaz
          January 3, 2013 at 1:26 am | #

          I believe “cracking” is slang for “awesome” or “excellent”. It’s sad I remember this from watching Wallace & Gromit.

          • George
            George
            January 3, 2013 at 1:59 am | #

            There is noting sad about that. Wallace and Gromit is amazing.

          • Kamino Neko
            Kamino Neko
            January 3, 2013 at 2:22 am | #

            Oh, I know the definition, it’s the etymology I’m not clear on.

            • mrelegos
              mrelegos
              January 3, 2013 at 2:58 am | #

              Without any kind of auditory evidence (or use of contactions and the like to denote accent) Penny could well be speaking a particularly foul mouted Received Pronunciation, though in my head, it’s Estuary

            • Martin Smith
              Martin Smith
              January 3, 2013 at 5:32 am | #

              Cracking’s nicked from the Irish, I believe.

              • Coru
                Coru
                January 3, 2013 at 3:33 pm | #

                And where’d you nick nicking from I wonder?

          • hmrc4evr
            hmrc4evr
            January 3, 2013 at 3:37 am | #

            Never be sad about learning anything from W&G. Awesome show for awesome fans.

        • Khrene Cleaver
          Khrene Cleaver
          January 3, 2013 at 10:34 pm | #

          Snogging is making out

          • Khrene Cleaver
            Khrene Cleaver
            January 3, 2013 at 10:37 pm | #

            Ohhh you were wondering about etymology… I was just like “Whats s/he going on about?”

            • Kamino Neko
              Kamino Neko
              January 4, 2013 at 5:18 am | #

              Hah, yeah. Not to worry, I totes knew what it meant.

              (That’s twice now people misread me as talking about the definition. I’m beginning to think I wrote it unclearly…)

      • Whittier
        Whittier
        January 3, 2013 at 2:53 pm | #

        The influence of Cockney rhyming slang carried even to America. Ever wonder why making that rude noise with your tongue is called “blowing a raspberry”? “Raspberry tart” rhymes with “fart.” Your trivia for the day.

        • Kernanator
          Kernanator
          January 3, 2013 at 3:31 pm | #

          The more you know!

    • TheLurkerAbove
      TheLurkerAbove
      January 3, 2013 at 10:15 am | #

      For some reason, I’m thinking Jason’s as proper RP, and Penny’s as Scouse. Not a very thick one, but it’s there.

  9. Mkvenner
    Mkvenner
    January 3, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

    A twinge of fear just ran down my spine.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      January 3, 2013 at 12:17 am | #

      It’s not like Britjas exists in this continuity?

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        January 3, 2013 at 12:20 am | #

        I was hoping they’d turn out to be a TV show, like the Head Alien.

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          January 3, 2013 at 12:29 am | #

          “Coming to you this summer. They’re British and they’re ninjas. They fight crime.”

          • Wack'd
            Wack'd
            January 3, 2013 at 12:55 am | #

            Fight crime?

            • AckAckAck
              AckAckAck
              January 3, 2013 at 2:06 am | #

              Light Creme.

              They bake stuff. Ninja that bake stuff.

            • Undrave
              Undrave
              January 3, 2013 at 3:56 am | #

              They’re a disgraced squad of Britjas who had to take to the underground to avoid being taken out by their former comrades. They take on mercenary job to make ends meet, usually taking on thugs and racketeers.

              It doesn’t look like it at first, but when Nigel shows up in a crocodile costume in the third episode you realize “This is just the A-Team with Britjas!”. Only they don’t have a van.

              • Mogotoo
                Mogotoo
                January 3, 2013 at 11:13 am | #

                The B-Team?

                • Aeyt
                  Aeyt
                  January 20, 2013 at 3:46 am | #

                  how about Break dancing crime fighter ninja pirates that moonlight as pastery chefs?

      • Mkvenner
        Mkvenner
        January 3, 2013 at 12:20 am | #

        Yes but SHE does. *shiver*

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          January 3, 2013 at 12:26 am | #

          What? She’s not scary, heck she looks kinda hot even with the eye-patch and the crazy.

          • Wack'd
            Wack'd
            January 3, 2013 at 12:54 am | #

            We don’t know she’s without the crazy.

            Even though I’m 99% certain Willis wouldn’t go there, I can’t help thinking the fact that she even exists is set-up for an eventual school shooting plot.

  10. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    January 3, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

    Does Penny’s carpet match the drapes?

    I ask all the important questions. 😛

    • Mkvenner
      Mkvenner
      January 3, 2013 at 12:08 am | #

      Most likely.

    • Wack'd
      Wack'd
      January 3, 2013 at 12:12 am | #

      Question: has anyone ever known someone where the carpet didn’t match the drapes?

      • Slipgate
        Slipgate
        January 3, 2013 at 12:17 am | #

        Are you aware what the question means? 😛

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        January 3, 2013 at 12:17 am | #

        Does naturally black hair with dark reddish brown pubes count?

      • Wonder Wig
        Wonder Wig
        January 3, 2013 at 12:19 am | #

        I know people with blue hair so I’m assuming they don’t match.

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          January 3, 2013 at 12:23 am | #

          If you mean blue as in bluish black then yes they can naturally match.

        • Kamino Neko
          Kamino Neko
          January 3, 2013 at 12:34 am | #

          I bet a lot of them go for the ‘hardwood floor’ look.

          • |Agent
            |Agent
            January 4, 2013 at 6:24 pm | #

            Heh. “Hard wood.”

        • Wack'd
          Wack'd
          January 3, 2013 at 12:53 am | #

          Dying doesn’t count.

          • Kamino Neko
            Kamino Neko
            January 3, 2013 at 12:58 am | #

            Sure it does.

            It is, in fact, the entire point of the question.

            It’s a euphemistic, yet crude way of asking if somebody dyes.

            • Wack'd
              Wack'd
              January 3, 2013 at 1:06 am | #

              Ah. I’d always assumed it was more straightforward than that.

            • Tenn
              Tenn
              January 4, 2013 at 4:10 am | #

              But isn’t it a myth that carpet and drapes will always have the same natural color?

              • Kamino Neko
                Kamino Neko
                January 4, 2013 at 9:39 am | #

                Not really a myth per se…with MOST hair colours, they’ll match.

                But, yeah, they don’t always. (Especially with blondes and some shades of redhead. Sun exposure can have a strong effect on those.)

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      January 3, 2013 at 12:22 am | #

      Well that all depends on where she purchased it from. Y’see in modern home design it is sometimes key to use color schemes rather than having everything one solid color. As such if she had purchased blue carpet, she would want a cool color to mach the drapes, perhaps a purple or green. However, it also pays to use complimentary colors, especially if you want to bring attention to something. It makes certain things pop, especially if it’s one small area in a room that sticks very closely to one color scheme. The effect is relative to both item location and size as too much of a conflicting color may not look as nice as a smaller area. So, if Penny has any decorating sense, I would argue that the carpet does not indeed match the drapes, as far as I know for I do not have the pleasure to look into her presumably lovely place of dwelling.

      • Mkvenner
        Mkvenner
        January 3, 2013 at 12:25 am | #

        By that logic her pubic hair would be cyan blue.

        • DaJoshMaster
          DaJoshMaster
          January 4, 2013 at 3:04 am | #

          This is now in my personal canon.

    • Edward
      Edward
      January 3, 2013 at 11:03 am | #

      Since no one else offered, I volunteer my services to find out.

  11. Giant Speck
    Giant Speck
    January 3, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

    Is that a gigantic floppy disk on the desk?

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      January 3, 2013 at 12:07 am | #

      A relic from the 80s no less.

    • Wack'd
      Wack'd
      January 3, 2013 at 12:11 am | #

      I think it’s a notebook.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      January 3, 2013 at 12:24 am | #

      I would love a giant novelty floppy disk. It’d be funny cuz even it wasn’t a gag it’d still be completely useless in 2013!

      • Undrave
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        January 3, 2013 at 4:02 am | #

        I think ThinkGeek has like, a notepad or a pad of sticky notes made to look like a floppy…
        Ah! Here: http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/e5da/?srp=2

        • begbert2
          begbert2
          January 3, 2013 at 10:46 am | #

          Pheh, real floppies would make lousy note paper, on account of being black.

          • DaJoshMaster
            DaJoshMaster
            January 4, 2013 at 3:07 am | #

            In my office, we’ve just got real floppys and turned them into drinks coasters.

            • Zekiah2
              Zekiah2
              February 26, 2014 at 6:35 pm | #

              That is the best idea I have ever heard.

              Also, Yay another penny gravatatar

  12. Raine
    Raine
    January 3, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

    She… that hair/eye scheme, smile and accent…. She’s adorable! <3

    • MM
      MM
      January 3, 2013 at 12:26 am | #

      Not sure if serious, but am definitely disturbed.

      Don’t get me wrong. It’s cool to see her. It’s just hard to block out the alternate universe version.

      • George
        George
        January 3, 2013 at 2:01 am | #

        She is adorable, yet terrifying. Like a dolphin.

      • AckAckAck
        AckAckAck
        January 3, 2013 at 2:08 am | #

        I don’t care about her alternate version. In here she’s hot!

  13. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    January 3, 2013 at 12:08 am | #

    “Our intent is purely mathematical…multiplication to be specific.”

    • Mkvenner
      Mkvenner
      January 3, 2013 at 12:09 am | #

      So Watership Down it is.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      January 3, 2013 at 12:13 am | #

      Legs will be divided, inches will be added and clothing will be subtracted.

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        January 3, 2013 at 12:17 am | #

        Don’t forget calculus. Jason hopes to find the area under her curves.

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          January 3, 2013 at 12:18 am | #

          Well, Jason is going to figure out that x=3, nudge, nudge, wink, wink.

          • Wonder Wig
            Wonder Wig
            January 3, 2013 at 12:20 am | #

            I wish I was your derivative so I could lie tangent to your curves

            • Aizat
              Aizat
              January 3, 2013 at 12:24 am | #

              Hey, can I use that? There’s this cute girl that a friend of mine knewin calculus class and I’m kinda interested in her……..

              • Wonder Wig
                Wonder Wig
                January 3, 2013 at 12:30 am | #

                Of course. It came from the internet. lol

                • Wack'd
                  Wack'd
                  January 3, 2013 at 1:13 am | #

                  Just watch her turn out to be someone in this site’s comments section.

                • Wonder Wig
                  Wonder Wig
                  January 3, 2013 at 1:23 am | #

                  That would be a match made in Cheese heaven. We should all be so lucky.

                • Yotomoe
                  Yotomoe
                  January 3, 2013 at 1:34 am | #

                  There’s no truer love than nerd love. Except maybe dork love.

            • Yotomoe
              Yotomoe
              January 3, 2013 at 12:28 am | #

              If you miltiply his fantasy by i, will that make it real?

              • Wonder Wig
                Wonder Wig
                January 3, 2013 at 1:25 am | #

                Dividing a fantasy by an imaginary unit…

  14. Random832
    Random832
    January 3, 2013 at 12:08 am | #

    Can someone who paid better attention than me to It’s Walky tell me who Penny is?

    • Regalli
      Regalli
      January 3, 2013 at 12:10 am | #

      I’m pretty sure she was part of Jason’s Father’s Organization, then became leader of it after killing him and taking his eyepatch for herself. Also I’m pretty sure she slept with Jason at some point.

    • Mkvenner
      Mkvenner
      January 3, 2013 at 12:10 am | #

      In that comic; Jason’s crazy ex, who also muedered his father.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        January 3, 2013 at 12:29 am | #

        It’s almost like a greek tragedy.

        • Chibi Squirt
          Chibi Squirt
          January 3, 2013 at 1:46 am | #

          Given that they’re TA’s in this reality, wouldn’t it be a *geek* tragedy?

          • Undrave
            Undrave
            January 3, 2013 at 1:11 pm | #

            Not if they’re in a greek sytem fraternity/sorority.

  15. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    January 3, 2013 at 12:08 am | #

    I’m guessing being insufferably British is a requirement for being a TA.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      January 3, 2013 at 12:16 am | #

      People are more likely to be hired if they got a nice accent.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        January 3, 2013 at 12:30 am | #

        You have no credentials but your voice is like a finely tuned violin. Welcome to the team Mr.Facepuncher.

        • begbert2
          begbert2
          January 3, 2013 at 10:48 am | #

          Mr. Facepuncher also has finely honed debate skills.

          • Plasma Mongoose
            Plasma Mongoose
            January 3, 2013 at 1:31 pm | #

            A left hook and a right uppercut are very handy for winning debates.

          • Roborat
            Roborat
            January 3, 2013 at 2:58 pm | #

            Facepuncher? How do you get out of hospital, back you your webcomic now.

            • Roborat
              Roborat
              January 3, 2013 at 4:10 pm | #

              Got to learn to proofread before posting.

          • LuckyStar7
            LuckyStar7
            January 3, 2013 at 3:53 pm | #

            Is that the brother of Mr. Punchyface?

  16. Wack'd
    Wack'd
    January 3, 2013 at 12:11 am | #

    Isn’t it convienient that Walkyverse!Penny already wears a suit and therefore doesn’t need a new wardrobe design?

    Also, I know she always had two eyes, but eyepatchless!Penny looks weird to me. I look forward to her being a pirate for Halloween a decade from now.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      January 3, 2013 at 12:16 am | #

      Maybe she offends Sal, who gives her a black eye, which serves as a sort of metaphor for the eyepatch.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      January 3, 2013 at 12:32 am | #

      Maybe she’s secretly penny from Out at Home.

  17. Aizat
    Aizat
    January 3, 2013 at 12:14 am | #

    Almost interesting? Jason, I think she wants you to snog her off hours.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      January 3, 2013 at 12:18 am | #

      Chicks dig a man in a bow-tie.

      • Aizat
        Aizat
        January 3, 2013 at 12:19 am | #

        Well, bow-ties are always cool.

        • Mkvenner
          Mkvenner
          January 3, 2013 at 12:22 am | #

          Especially when attached to a mad man with a box.

          • Aizat
            Aizat
            January 3, 2013 at 12:27 am | #

            And especially if that mad man had a fez or a stetson on.

            • Yotomoe
              Yotomoe
              January 3, 2013 at 12:35 am | #

              Don’t even get me started with mustaches.

              • AckAckAck
                AckAckAck
                January 3, 2013 at 2:10 am | #

                No love for beards?

      • Tenn
        Tenn
        January 4, 2013 at 4:19 am | #

        “Chicks dig a man in a bow-tie.”

        A man digs bow-chicka-tie-tie.

    • Wack'd
      Wack'd
      January 3, 2013 at 12:23 am | #

      Same old Penny.

    • Wack'd
      Wack'd
      January 3, 2013 at 1:01 am | #

      I just realized that Willis beat Doctor Who to the punch on not only having a British guy with a bow-tie he’s endlessly mocked for, but also on giving him a psychotic romantic interest who tries to kill him.

  18. Erickson
    Erickson
    January 3, 2013 at 12:16 am | #

    Penny made it to LOST purgatory too?

  19. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    January 3, 2013 at 12:17 am | #

    As an aside, I don’t know whether it’s Willis’ art improving, missing an eyepatch, a deliberate redesign, or some combination of the three, but Penny just looks so much younger here than she did in the old Walkyverse. It’s a little jarring, to be honest.

    • Wack'd
      Wack'd
      January 3, 2013 at 12:31 am | #

      I was gonna post an explanation for this–that gaining second-in-command position for a massive organization takes years longer than getting a TA job–but I Wayback Machined her article on Walkypedia, and that says WV!Penny was born in 1975, making her 28/29 in It’s Walky!–only a couple of years older than DOA!Penny probably is, since if I recall correctly Willis pegs DOA!Jason at 26 or so.

      So…I got nothin’.

      • David Herbert
        David Herbert
        January 3, 2013 at 12:50 am | #

        He said Jason was 23 in last Friday’s strip.

        • Wack'd
          Wack'd
          January 3, 2013 at 1:02 am | #

          Ah, okay. So she is in fact closer to a decade younger than her Walkyverse self.

          • begbert2
            begbert2
            January 3, 2013 at 10:50 am | #

            Presuming that all TA’s are exactly the same age, which would be a sort of novel hiring policy.

    • AckAckAck
      AckAckAck
      January 3, 2013 at 2:12 am | #

      I think I lean more of lack of stress. When you’re working in an organization that deal with evil intentions of course it will shave off your age due to a lot of stress.

      • Hoop
        Hoop
        January 3, 2013 at 8:41 am | #

        your ignorance of grad school is stunning

  20. Bunk
    Bunk
    January 3, 2013 at 12:21 am | #

    Shouldn’t she have an eyepatch? She looks weird without one.

    Anyway, I’m calling it now, she has a glass eye.

    • Wack'd
      Wack'd
      January 3, 2013 at 12:33 am | #

      She always had both her eyes. She took Dargon’s patch as a power symbol, without any apparent concern that it may be a handicap in combat.

      We see both her eyes moving here.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        January 3, 2013 at 12:39 am | #

        Actually it would be an asset cuz if she fights in a dark environment, she can use her covered eye which is already dilated to see and fight.

        • Wack'd
          Wack'd
          January 3, 2013 at 12:49 am | #

          Really? Huh. That’s actually very interesting. [/sinceritymode]

          I doubt that’s what she was thinking, though.

          • Doctor_Who
            Doctor_Who
            January 3, 2013 at 12:59 am | #

            Allegedly, pirates actually did that, hence the whole “pirate with eye-patch” thing. They weren’t all really missing eyes.

            • begbert2
              begbert2
              January 3, 2013 at 10:52 am | #

              Well, not all of them anyway. Sailoring really was a kind of sucky profession regarding safety, and pirating on top of that probably didn’t help matters.

            • John
              John
              January 3, 2013 at 11:55 am | #

              Given how vital depth perception is in close-quarters combat, I’m not sure I buy that.

              • begbert2
                begbert2
                January 3, 2013 at 3:21 pm | #

                His explanation would presume that at the point where combat began the patch would come off anyway, because there’s not point in preserving your night vision if you don’t use it when you need it.

                • John
                  John
                  January 4, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

                  The idea is that it preserves night vision for the transition from bright above-decks fighting to dark below-decks fighting. Having done more than a little hand-to-hand combat myself, I suspect the disadvantage of losing binocular vision in the above-decks fighting (where you have to keep the eyepatch on to preserve night vision) more than outweighs the brief advantage of slightly better vision in the dark when you go below decks.

                  (I love that my avatar for this conversation is Amazi-girl.)

  21. Rosicrucian
    Rosicrucian
    January 3, 2013 at 12:26 am | #

    …my God.

    A non-psychotic Penny.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      January 3, 2013 at 12:30 am | #

      She could be a tsundere. Or worse, a yandere.

    • Wack'd
      Wack'd
      January 3, 2013 at 12:34 am | #

      I always thought Ruth’s role would be better suited by Penny, since DOA!Ruth bares more resemblance personality-wise to Penny than Ruth.

      Since she’s here now, though, I look forward to seeing how this dynamic works.

    • JebJeb
      JebJeb
      January 3, 2013 at 8:11 pm | #

      Non psychotic as of yet… I’m gonna wait for a few more of her appearances before I declare her non-psychotic.

  22. MM
    MM
    January 3, 2013 at 12:28 am | #

    Okay, who wants to take bets on how long before she hooks up with Joe?

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      January 3, 2013 at 12:35 am | #

      I’ll give her two weeks DoA time.

      • Creativerealms
        Creativerealms
        January 3, 2013 at 3:43 pm | #

        Which will be what two years our time?

        • DaJoshMaster
          DaJoshMaster
          January 4, 2013 at 3:21 am | #

          This whole comic has been running for about 2 weeks in DoA time (and a lot of those days were cheat coded by Walky waiting for his PJ jeans), so that’s roughly about right. 😛

  23. xingped
    xingped
    January 3, 2013 at 12:28 am | #

    So here’s what’s gonna happen… Sal’s gonna realize what’s going on. Help get the two of them together. Then math geek there is gonna help her pass the class out of his immense gratitude.

    HOOK, LINE, AND SINKER.

    • Wack'd
      Wack'd
      January 3, 2013 at 12:48 am | #

      …All things considered I have a really hard time shipping Jason/Penny.

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        January 3, 2013 at 1:00 am | #

        They did it at least once in that other ‘verse, and if she’d not an evil dimension hopping murderer in this one, why not?

  24. Beachfox
    Beachfox
    January 3, 2013 at 12:30 am | #

    PENNY!
    Non-evil Alternate-Universe Army Penny!
    *squeeeeeee*

  25. Henry
    Henry
    January 3, 2013 at 12:38 am | #

    PENNY OUT OF FREAKING NOWHERE!

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      January 3, 2013 at 12:44 am | #

      LIKE THE YETI FROM SKI FREE!

      • Kernanator
        Kernanator
        January 3, 2013 at 1:31 am | #

        QUICK, PRESS THE F BUTTON.

  26. MarcinMN
    MarcinMN
    January 3, 2013 at 12:43 am | #

    I’m just worried that Sal is going to stretch out that nice sweater vest!

  27. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    January 3, 2013 at 12:45 am | #

    Jason’s not allowed to be interesting. It violates his stuffy british teaching assistant contract.

  28. Parkrndl
    Parkrndl
    January 3, 2013 at 12:53 am | #

    1. Did not follow Walky, so no prior knowledge of Penny.

    2. Penny is HAWT.

    • infr
      infr
      January 3, 2013 at 1:17 am | #

      On note #1: I am in the same situation as you

      On note #2: I am…still in the same situation as you

  29. TARDIS with a Hat
    TARDIS with a Hat
    January 3, 2013 at 1:05 am | #

    PENNY!

  30. Mkvenner
    Mkvenner
    January 3, 2013 at 1:11 am | #

    I get the feeling that penny just wants to rip jason’s clothes of and ravage him. repeatedly.

    • Wack'd
      Wack'd
      January 3, 2013 at 1:12 am | #

      True for either meaning of ravage.

      • Osaru Sensei
        Osaru Sensei
        January 3, 2013 at 2:26 am | #

        her halloween costume shall be this.

    • AckAckAck
      AckAckAck
      January 3, 2013 at 2:14 am | #

      I’ll bring the camera.

  31. MgthyRoach
    MgthyRoach
    January 3, 2013 at 1:17 am | #

    Kill it! KILL IT NOW!

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      January 3, 2013 at 1:37 am | #

      Hey! She has a name, mister. It’s Jason.

      • Aizat
        Aizat
        January 3, 2013 at 8:17 am | #

        Jason? Are we in Crystal Lake now?

    • Dragon Nataku
      Dragon Nataku
      January 3, 2013 at 1:47 pm | #

      That was my reaction too, albeit preceeded by “AAIIEEEE T3H EVIL!!”

  32. Benjammin
    Benjammin
    January 3, 2013 at 1:36 am | #

    PENNY!!! i totally forgot about her need to exist in the dumbiverse until this exact second. im soooooo excited!!!

  33. Audiophillie
    Audiophillie
    January 3, 2013 at 1:40 am | #

    Please let her last name be Lane…!

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      January 3, 2013 at 1:26 pm | #

      or Gadget. 😀

  34. Hbees
    Hbees
    January 3, 2013 at 1:55 am | #

    I… really really hope that’s not supposed to be a British accent. I promise you no-one but outside of Wallace and Gromit says ‘cracking’, and no-one but schemies say ‘fit’ unless they’re being sarcastic. Someone’s been watching too much Mary Poppins.

    • DudeMyDadOwnsADealership
      DudeMyDadOwnsADealership
      January 3, 2013 at 3:10 am | #

      Wallace, if the name and knack for engineering wasn’t a sign to anyone else, also strikes me more as a Brit of the Scottish variety, as opposed to English, like I’m assuming Penny is supposed to be.

      • JimHxn
        JimHxn
        January 3, 2013 at 5:51 am | #

        Actually, Wallace is English, but he’s from Lancashire, in the North – we sound a lot different to Southerners up here!

    • Groove
      Groove
      January 3, 2013 at 4:23 am | #

      I have to disagree, I’ve heard people repeatedly use all of those words, in standard conversation, with complete sincerity. It might be a bit outdated, but given that they’re not living in Britain then that’s about right.

      Also, given how attrociously most American comedy represents British accents, I’m willing to give this a lot of leeway for not being flat-out racist.

      • Hbees
        Hbees
        January 3, 2013 at 8:38 am | #

        Aye but when I move about the country I tend to pick up the local lingo. And maybe my Nan says ‘cracking’ but I’ve never heard anyone my age say it sincerely.

        I agree about the leeway though, now that you mention it. I was watching Prometheus, there was this actress in it doing an atrocious Scots accent despite the fact that I know her to be Scottish. Clearly she’d been asked to ham it up for the Americans. 😀

        • HG
          HG
          January 3, 2013 at 9:34 am | #

          Sure this isn’t a case of No True Scotsman?

          • Hbees
            Hbees
            January 3, 2013 at 12:48 pm | #

            Well I suppose it’s entirely possible that all my friends actually do say cracking all the time when I’m not around. It’s some kind of conspiracy. They just don’t want to upset me. 😀

          • Hbees
            Hbees
            January 3, 2013 at 1:01 pm | #

            To be honest I don’t think it’s even any of the individual words in the sentence that bothers me, on their own I probably would not have even noticed. But as a complete statement it’s jarringly abnormal. The only person I could imagine calling anyone a ‘cracking fit bird’ would be a sleazy middle-aged proper London geezer on the bevvie with his mates. And it would sound awful coming from him.

            • Zakrael
              Zakrael
              January 3, 2013 at 1:43 pm | #

              Agree with Hbees. I hear every one of Penny’s Britishisms (from a usual sample of London, Hampshire and Yorkshire, incidentally) on a semi-regular basis. It’s just never *all at once*, which I think is what’s a bit jarring for me. It’s like she’s overcompensating for something. Possibly for not actually being British. She may be faking the accent to get into Jason’s pants.

              Or it could be the normal thing of a US writer bringing English Accent B (“Approximately Cockney”) into play (with Jason being English Accent A, “The Posh Bloke”), and so I’ll just get another cup of tea and try not to let it bother me.

              • Hbees
                Hbees
                January 3, 2013 at 2:19 pm | #

                Haha, I just figured out who talks like that. Sid the Sexist from the Viz. Which, while being about as British as it comes is not a good reference material. XD

                • Groove
                  Groove
                  January 4, 2013 at 4:05 am | #

                  Amazing, that’s totally right now that you mention it. Tits Oot!

                  The only way this could be better is if Penny actually had a Geordie accent, instead of just being based on a character with one ^^

    • Nik
      Nik
      January 3, 2013 at 7:32 pm | #

      I thought she was making fun of Jason’s accent…

  35. HLY
    HLY
    January 3, 2013 at 2:10 am | #

    ah, I always love seeing other nations aproximation of our accents. it would surely make life so much more funny if anyone did actually talk like many of these 😀

    • Aeyt
      Aeyt
      January 20, 2013 at 4:24 am | #

      How do you feel about Americans that speak like Brits but in a native accent? I often speak in proper Queen’s English, and when I use slang, it is heavily laden with British terms. Especially expletives. It’s probably due to my heavy education in Literature and the English language, and the ridiculous amount of BBC television I’ve watched all my life.
      Did you know that only 2% of the worlds population is natural redheads? Penny is a rare jewel indeed.

  36. AckAckAck
    AckAckAck
    January 3, 2013 at 2:17 am | #

    I don’t know why you guys afraid of Penny. Sure she’s psychotic murderous bongo hell bent on world domination by crossing her old boss and sleeping with his son.

    But in this one, she’s actually looks younger, happier, and….. hotter.

    Also my avatar is now Jason! Whoooo go Jason! hit them both!

  37. Aegon01
    Aegon01
    January 3, 2013 at 2:23 am | #

    Enter the second DOA character to have irises.

    • David
      David M Willis
      January 3, 2013 at 2:44 am | #

      http://www.dumbingofage.com/tag/conquest/

    • begbert2
      begbert2
      January 3, 2013 at 3:25 pm | #

      How did you overlook Joyce?

  38. Jesse
    Jesse
    January 3, 2013 at 2:45 am | #

    Ahahahaha! She rogered the boogley!

  39. BrunDeign
    BrunDeign
    January 3, 2013 at 2:55 am | #

    I didn’t think it was possible for someone to shoot up my list of favorite characters so far with just one comic.

  40. Dr.Z
    Dr.Z
    January 3, 2013 at 4:44 am | #

    Inspector Gadget’s grownup niece is now in the comic!

    And really hot & sassy!

    And British!

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      January 3, 2013 at 1:25 pm | #

      Her latest computer book would put Star Fleet tricorders to shame.

  41. Groove
    Groove
    January 3, 2013 at 4:47 am | #

    And suddenly we were all reading Bad Machinery.

    ‘mazin.

  42. Anonymous
    Anonymous
    January 3, 2013 at 5:08 am | #

    [yugiohabridged 52] Okay, since when did this strip become /AMAZING!?/ [/yugiohabridged]

  43. Tualha
    Tualha
    January 3, 2013 at 5:42 am | #

    Formerly posted in the wrong place (how annoying):

    Penny, I assure you, our intent is purely mathematical. We’re studying interactions involving rigid and deformable bodies transitioning from sinusoidal oscillations into a chaotic phase with mass transfer.

  44. ADHadh
    ADHadh
    January 3, 2013 at 6:07 am | #

    Cockney-speaking freckled sexy redhead? Why doesn’t she teach at my u?!
    Life’s not fair.

  45. ADHadh
    ADHadh
    January 3, 2013 at 6:08 am | #

    I’ve just realized this strip is filled with funny accents.

  46. Raen
    Raen
    January 3, 2013 at 6:16 am | #

    …Penny?

    *deep breath*

    AAAGH! AAGH! AAAAAAGH! AAAGH! AAAAAAAAAGH!

    …that is all.

  47. Jimmy
    Jimmy
    January 3, 2013 at 6:43 am | #

    This is the DoA’s version of Menny Penny? I wonder what region of Great Britain that accent is from?

  48. Sir Robin
    Sir Robin
    January 3, 2013 at 8:04 am | #

    I don’t remember this character

  49. Jehosaphat
    Jehosaphat
    January 3, 2013 at 10:05 am | #

    I don’t think I understood the second panel.

    • Kitschensyngk
      Kitschensyngk
      January 3, 2013 at 10:33 am | #

      Don’t worry, I understand British English.

      “Bringing in a beautiful girl for an off-the-clock makeout session, are we, Jason?”

      • Jehosaphat
        Jehosaphat
        January 3, 2013 at 5:56 pm | #

        I think the part that threw me off was “crackin’ fit.” Is that even british slang?

        • The1exile
          The1exile
          January 3, 2013 at 11:50 pm | #

          Yep! “Cracking fit bird” = very attractive lady.

          You probably wouldn’t say “cracking fit” on its own, though.

  50. averystrangeplace
    averystrangeplace
    January 3, 2013 at 10:11 am | #

    I have never seen this character before but I am already in love. Take me. Take me now.
    …
    You didn’t read that.

  51. Kryss LaBryn
    Kryss LaBryn
    January 3, 2013 at 10:40 am | #

    I’m not an expert, but I believe that “sod it” denotes more of a “Fuck it, whatever,” sort of attitude rather than disappointment. I think the word you want here is “bollocks”.

    • Edward
      Edward
      January 3, 2013 at 10:53 am | #

      The expert I consulted was Australian, so he may be pulling my leg or it could be different down under, but “sod it” equates to the universal “oh sh#t”.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        January 3, 2013 at 1:23 pm | #

        As an Aussie myself, if we do use the term sod, it will be in one of these two forms; sod it[forget it] or sod off[feck off].

    • mrelegos
      mrelegos
      January 3, 2013 at 12:55 pm | #

      Sod it generally means “forget it” in this context.

  52. John
    John
    January 3, 2013 at 11:53 am | #

    Needs moar eyepatch.

  53. McFS
    McFS
    January 3, 2013 at 12:02 pm | #

    GAH

    Kill her! And kill her again to make sure!

  54. ridtom
    ridtom
    January 3, 2013 at 1:32 pm | #

    I thought this some Out At Home cameo of Penny. So many 4th wall jokes.

  55. james
    james
    January 3, 2013 at 2:03 pm | #

    I wanted Faz. 🙁

  56. aaron_bourque
    aaron_bourque
    January 3, 2013 at 2:11 pm | #

    Sex is mathematical.

    1+1 = 2 or more

  57. chaos_priest
    chaos_priest
    January 3, 2013 at 2:39 pm | #

    When i read the words i hear marry popins.

  58. Ray
    Ray
    January 3, 2013 at 2:57 pm | #

    I remember watching G Gundam on Cartoon Network, first time I’d seen it, but on a forum I frequented at the time most of the people spent the whole time talking about characters that wouldn’t appear until later on.

    So I guess at least two thirds of the people leaving comments here know all about Penny already, or rather they know some stuff about her, since this Penny is different from the other Penny. Me, I know that she’s British. Or Irish I suppose, what with the red hair and all. British Isles somewhere.

    Of course accents that differ from your own are frequently very sexy, so in lieu of knowing what her personality is, I’m going to like her by default for now.

    • Aydr
      Aydr
      January 3, 2013 at 4:48 pm | #

      She planned to kill Jason, chop him into pieces, and rape him. Order undecided.

      Nice girl.

      • Aydr
        Aydr
        January 3, 2013 at 4:50 pm | #

        hoooooooooooly fuck my new avatar is Penny. And that’s the first post that I ever made with it.

  59. Mkvenner
    Mkvenner
    January 3, 2013 at 3:33 pm | #

    Maybe penny was hoping for a threesome.

  60. Random NPC
    Random NPC
    January 3, 2013 at 4:50 pm | #

    Am I the only one who doesn’t know who Penny is? Someone please fill me in I feel like I’m missing so much.

    • mrelegos
      mrelegos
      January 3, 2013 at 7:57 pm | #

      In the Walkyverse continuity, Penny was Jason’s ex-girlfriend (sort of) and his fathers lieutenant (sort of) only she killed Jason’s father, and took command of his loyal army of british Ninja’s.

      And then went on to be a royal pain in Jason’s nethers.

      • Random NPC
        Random NPC
        January 4, 2013 at 7:05 pm | #

        Oh well that explains everything, thank you.

        • mrelegos
          mrelegos
          January 6, 2013 at 10:51 pm | #

          No worries Random NPC. So do I get XP for completing this quest, or am I just getting loot?

  61. penguintruth
    penguintruth
    January 3, 2013 at 6:18 pm | #

    Are all teacher’s assistants British?

  62. Ivan
    Ivan
    January 3, 2013 at 10:31 pm | #

    I saw real life Pajama Pants/Jeans today!

  63. Aeyt
    Aeyt
    January 20, 2013 at 3:34 am | #

    I wanna marry Penny. She’s the one for me.

  64. Jim
    Jim
    June 9, 2013 at 2:45 am | #

    Anyone else imagine Jason and Penny with the voices of the Luteces from Bioshock Infinite?

  65. Sethorien
    Sethorien
    August 12, 2013 at 6:44 pm | #

    So is there some kind of affirmative action thing going on in the math department with regards to employing people from England?

  66. newllend
    newllend
    August 15, 2013 at 3:21 am | #

    Is she irish?

  67. Themself
    Themself
    November 15, 2013 at 10:32 pm | #

    OI WANKA DOANT YE BE POKIN FUN AT US BRIT-FOLK
    RULE BRITANNIA

  68. discountmusketeer
    discountmusketeer
    February 7, 2015 at 12:23 am | #

    YOU

    YOOOOOUUUUUUU

  69. Aisling
    Aisling
    June 6, 2015 at 1:51 pm | #

    I just realised that Indiana is incredibly international for a hick state lol.

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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 1h
Smell like a hero (who won't do cunnilingus)
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I just stumbled onto this Marvel puzzle Game art of Sentry and wow I have some feelings
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the official heathcliff shop seems to have recently added a bunch of new products and they have some absolutely killer options shop.heathcliff.com
Heathcliff Meat Tank Tote Bag
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2h
hey remember Bigger Luke theory well here comes Bigger Ben Mendelsohn theory
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 4h
Last week in #9ChickweedLane I learned you can just... use the word "argue" in your definition for "argument." which is weird because usually the strip reads like it's been written with a thesaurus
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 6h
RIP Peter David, known for writing the Transformers Dark of the Moon novelization
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 6h
the full experience of being Gen X, condensed
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 6h
aww she takes after her dad
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 7h
hrm, being radicalized on Twitter has the opposite connotation now
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 9h
Dina!
Dina's in a blue hoodie!  over a long white t-shirt and some bluejeans

and the dino hat, but expect that as a default
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 9h
and every single time she was disappointed
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 11h
*weighs self* *poops* *weighs self again* HOW DO I WEIGH MORE
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 12h
man what the fuck is going on at taco fest
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Peter Kelly @thepeterkelly.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
Dear Mr. Clegg I have started a business, selling the contents of your house I knew when I launched I did not have legal access your house Without this access my company will not be profitable Others have told me I have a flawed business model, but I disagree Please advise how I should proceed
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Graham Thomson @thomsongraham.bsky.social ⋅ 15h
Here are some neat “Deluxe Class” Transformers from the Beast Wars/Machines era.
Transformers Beast Wars Tarantulas, Transmetal Cheetor, Fuzor Silverbolt, and Beast Machines Jetstorm toys in their robot modes.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co ⋅ 1d
I am begging for a Hollywood movie or TV writer to make something that features realistic 'artificial intelligence'
A four panel meme, featuring John Connor talking to The Terminator, from Terminator 2 

John: Wait a second, you’re saying you’re from the future?

Terminator: Great question! Thanks so much for asking. Let’s think about the answer…hmm! The current year is 1983. Working backwards logically, I’m from the year 1965, which is 300 years in the future. Anything else you’d like to know?

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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 20h
today in #9chickweedlane i learned amos is turned on by edda just waving her body limply around like she's an inflatable tube man you'd see in front of a car dealership
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 21h
...look, if you want to kill a goldfish, just... overfeed it, you don't have to EAT IT. you messy bench
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Dumbing of Age: "Salacious sex goss" www.dumbingofage.com/2025/comic/b... #webcomics #webcomic
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Salacious sex goss
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
jocelyne and carla are tied at 47 votes for bonus strip
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
I wonder if they sell these outside Columbus.
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Charles Louis Richter @richterscale.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
In an adaptation of the NYT diagram in the quoted skeet, a diagram showing Jeffrey Dahmer
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Hard-hitting analysis from NYT. As you can see from the diagram, legal impediments are a weak gray box that can be defeated by a strong orange arrow and bold typeface Gift article (but it’s bad) www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
NYT: “In Firing Watchdogs, Trump Sidesteps Laws and Moves to Expand Power, By Elena Shao May 22, 2025
President Trump summarily dismissed more than a dozen members of independent oversight bodies during his first two months in office, defying typical procedures and federal laws that say presidents cannot remove certain officials without good cause, like misconduct or neglect.”A diagram shows Trump’s head on the left and symbols denoting nine federal agencies on the right, connected by a faint gray arrow going through a text box reading “Should issue notice citing cause for firing.”
An orange arrow makes 90-degree turns to go up, over, and down the other side of the gray box, captioned “Sidestepping typical procedures,” as if the whole thing was a diagram of a football play.
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
SS86 Scrapper may not have a waist rotational joint, but he does have a sassy hip sway.
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
i've had this siege astrotrain sitting around for weeks to be ebayed but as soon as i give up and sell it, i just know i'll find that missing rifle it's somewhere in the house it's just gotta be
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Paperback Paradise @paperbackparadise.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
Postcards are on sale for the next week 🌊 $8 for 10 ☀️ $30 for 40 🫡 have a great Memorial Day weekend shop: paperbackparadise.bigcartel.com/category/pos...
Photo of a postcard of the paperback paradise cover BEACH HUMPER, which features a man gasping for air on the beach but it looks like he crushing that sand
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
i'm PRETTY sure the days of pb&js is right now, actually, if you wanted, especially if you're in a goddamn grocery store
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Aidan Moher @aidanis.fun ⋅ 1d
There’s been a murder.
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welp I sent an email
Hi Tripp,
I'm a reporter with the Guardian US, based in New York. I hope this finds you well.
I'm reaching out about your most recent article and its inclusion of the claim,
Incidentally, how are you defining
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Chris Schilling @schillingc.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
Headline - Nick Clegg: Artists’ demands over copyright are unworkable 
Strap - The former Meta executive claims that a law requiring tech companies to ask permission to train AI on copyrighted work would ‘kill’ the industry
“Then die”
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there has to be a better way to phrase a going out of business sale
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