What the heck do we care.

Posted on November 25, 2010 by David M Willis

Now that the last few stragglers have shown up in Dumbing of Age proper, I can finally show you my Big-Ass Cast lineup image.  I started with Joyce on the right and moved my way left as I redesigned folks.  The folks on the right are obviously the main characters, but as you get to the left it gets a little more roughshod as I filled in holes I realized I’d left as the strip actually began.  Why’d I even bother drawing Rachel, anyway?  I don’t have any immediate plans for her, and she looks exactly the same as I’ve always drawn her.  Oh well.

Oh, hey, and maybe at some point I should draw in a Jason.

45 thoughts on “What the heck do we care.”

  1. The Blot

    Is this the first time we’ve seen the DOA version of Ethan?

  2. The Blot

    Oops, wrong discussion thread 🙂

  3. Wackd

    I’m still wondering what’s up with Walkyverse!Rachel, anyway. Are she and Joe still together? Does she know about his librarian collection?

  4. Mysterious Stranger

    No Ninja Rick? Seriously? That’s it, I quit this stupid webcomic. … until tomorrow’s update.

    1. Alden

      Ninja Rick has actually been in every strip so far. Since he’s a master at the ninja art of concealment, you just haven’t been able to see him.

  5. Tev

    No Jason?

    Time to construct the ultimate ‘ship matrix! 18 characters, 306 possibilities!

    1. Tev

      Ninja’d!

  6. Rachel

    Hey, no Roz?

    1. David

      Eh, she looks the same, and I’ve already designed various outfits for her in Shortpacked!. I should draw her up soon anyway just so she has an icon, though.

      1. Rachel

        Fair enough.

  7. Acher4

    Now…that’s a cast! 😀
    Nice!

  8. Beachfox

    Is Ethan wearing an adorable lavender shirt and jacket combination?

    DoA Ethan is far hotter then SP! Ethan.

    1. AndysDrawings

      True that. He is totally buff. He is like buffer than the Tony-the-Jock.

      If height and shoulders are anything to go by, anyway.

  9. Pingback: Tweets that mention Dumbing of Age - What the heck do we care. -- Topsy.com

  10. Ohmsford

    And just like that, my Drew hopes are smashed. Curse you, Willis!

    1. David

      This cast image is not comprehensive. I mean, for example, Jason isn’t on it, and we’ve seen Jason.

      1. MrGBH

        So that means Jason is so unimportant that he doesn’t even get to appear?
        I’m gonna go hide in a corner and sob on behalf of my country.

  11. Brady Kj

    The ones on the right are the most important, huh? In that case, I DEMAND you move Amazi-girl to someplace right-of-center.

    1. dethtoll

      The fact you got an Amber icon makes that comment delicious.

  12. Nightwolf

    How come you haven’t added Mike to the cast section of the site? yet Ethan and Amber are already there? I know, nit-picky, but still!

  13. No0ne

    Are these the people we will be seeing on a regular basis? Or just the people you’ve gotten around to drawing in a big line?

  14. Steven Fisher

    Random: Looks like your main character is also your shortest character. Although Dina might be the same height, and her hat makes the difference.

    1. Strephon

      I can’t help but notice that Amazi-Girl is taller than Amber, even with her wider stance…which either means something sneaky is going on or the heights aren’t exactly to scale.

      1. milk experiment

        Or Amazi-Girl stands up straight while Amber slouches, or maybe Amazi-Girl wears thick-soled boots while Amber wears sneakers, or…

        1. milk experiment

          Wow, the Mike avatar makes that comment read about twice as snarky as intended.

    2. boogily

      what, short people can’t be main characters? ;(

      1. Steven Fisher

        Didn’t mean that, it’s just odd to have her be the very shortest person. It means he’s always going to be drawing her looking up at people. Less composition variety.

        Or maybe I’m nuts for thinking that might matter. 🙂

  15. Hawke

    You gotta post an ultra huge version of this on dev. Or at least separate normal sized one’s of all the characters on there. I wanna save Dinah and Amber sooo bad.

    1. David

      You’ll see both Dina and Amber at a bigger size soon enough, as well as Ethan.

  16. Zach Adams

    Somehow, I never figured Ethan was so tall. I figured him more Danny-sized.

  17. Bwernard

    You forgot Biff! Dont forget Biff…

  18. Ragnal

    Eesh, that cape on Amazi-Girl makes it look like Leslie’s a bit distanced from the rest of the crew.

  19. Pylgrim

    I know you said this is not conclusive… But no Robin???

    1. R

      Ditto – surprised at no Robin. But then again, without her abductee speed, maybe she’s just not as funny or something?

      1. agentksilver

        But — but — skittles!

        1. Ryune

          Maybe Robin is fat because of her sugar addiction minus abductee skills?

    2. Kaze

      Glad I wasn’t the only one thinking it. I’m hoping she’s somehow faculty, like Leslie. (Yes, Robin + Leslie are my OTP for the Walkyverse and it’s college-mirror.)

      Heavens save us all if she’s the Dean…

  20. Gianni

    Hmmm, knew Tony wasn’t as big as Joe but never imagined he’d be shorter than so many of the female characters…

  21. Sarge Abernathy

    This doesn’t mean that other characters from your previous strips won’t make cameos. Hadn’t Beef shown up in one strip already? I don’t see him in the pic here.

  22. .........

    No Galasso? Really?

    He totally needs to be the Custodial engineer with a manifest destiny.

    Today, that pile of vomit in the hallway…. Tomorrow…. THE WORLD!!!!

  23. zuche

    Oh, wow. The whole plot is revealed before us!

    Don’t you see? As the days pass, one character after another will disappear from this story as Leslie and Joyce are brought closer together.

    Alway be wary of the nice ones, especially when they get the Alpha and Omega positions on a cast image..

  24. Ryune

    Ethan is the tallest! Huh. Suddenly I have this mental image of him being like my high school debate partner.

  25. Rowen Morland

    This is a cool thing.

  26. Alechsa

    And WHY is Mike so damned far away from stage right?! This comic is TOTALLY about him! Look at it! -Dumbing of Age!- It’s his view of how dumbassed everyone else is!!….Right? <..>

    Seriously… he’s in more strips than Sal has been so far…. I call shenanigans.

  27. Lillian

    I really want Joyce and Ethan to meet for some reason. Something tells me it might be interesting.

Comments are closed.