Let the cover by a 1930s greyscale noir homage with a suave Walky dipping Amber in Tarzan rags in the streetlight, Lucy hiding in the background in a trenchcoat, and his parents swooning in the foreground.
Naw. His face is longer/narrower, eyes are closer together, and his nose is tall and points down, not short and pokey. Also, significantly fewer bedsheet abrasions.
If anyone here looks like Linda, it’s Sal. They have the same face, same build, same body language and mannerisms… it’s like the only traits she inherited from Charles are her hair and skin tone.
… Maybe that’s part of the reason Linda comes down on Sal so hard, because she subconsciously sees a lot of herself in her?
This made me laugh. I had to do some internet searching to figure out what it was a reference to and wow this joke has alot! Death Note, Dragonball, Team Four Star … delicious icing.
The comic itself rarely leaves me lost, though this one did. But the comments almost always remind me that I am either the wrong demographic or too old (probably both) for this group. No knowledge of or interest in Transformers, Saturday morning cartoons, anime, comic books, video games – so really, most of what the commenters talk about…
I’m nearing Medicare enrollment age, there are lots of us ancients in the commentariat.
Ed Callahan
I’m on Medicare. The demographics for this strip skew older than I initially expected.
Leadsynth
I mean, doesn’t Willis’ bio explicitly state “I’m old” ? When you’ve been at it as long as he has, your fans are gonna skew old, too. 41-year-old checking in here.
Otl1973
41 is a youngster – I have jeans older than that. Yes, if there are multiple of us on Medicare, then there’s at least some level of older skew. Still, I’d guess the majority grew up in the 90s or more recently.
Kelibath
37 and figured I was probably the midpoint, with readership likely ranging from current students up to people in their 70s? I’d have assumed the bottom half of the graph were a little more dense than the top, though. I guess I’m still sub-central.
Hof1991
I’m certified old but Gail Simone once liked one of my posts.
Demographics be damned, OTL1973. I’m 66, on Medicare, love (some*) anime, Nimona, She-Ra And The Princesses of Power, Ducktales 2017, MLP gen 4, Steven Universe, The Owl House, and of course Lower Decks.
*Anime is diverse so there’s something for everybody. Check out films by Studio Ghibli, Mamoru Hosada, Isao Takahata, Naoko Yamada, Makoto Shinkai, series “A Place Beyond the Universe”, “Ancient Magus’ Bride”, “Blue Period” “Iroduku The World In Colors” to start.
Kelibath
You rock on, you. ^-^
zee
As someone who’s actually the age of some of the characters in the strip (less and less every year it feels weird) I think the audience actually skews older. Bunch of people who’ve been reading Willis for like the past 20-30 years or however long he’s been going. If I had to hazard a guess I’d say most commenters are in their 40s at least or something. Be an interesting poll to have
Kelibath
I came to Willis via DoA itself but was already in my 30s at the time. That being said, I do tend to skew younger as a person than my numeric age. Neurodiversity and chronic illness will delay you like that, plus our friendship groups were / still are formed in a rural university town with all-age town-uni gaming and comic societies. So it’s not been all that long since our friends ranged from 16/17 up to 77 – shorter than you’d expect anyway.
Like, I thought it was gonna be bad. And Walky would just watch them try not to make a scene in public about it, and be deviously smirking the whole time. Not go in GUNS BLAZING and MAKE THE FUCKING SCENE.
I’m surprised Amber didn’t react to being called a FERAL CHILD. That’s just brutal. He could have just laid low, and Sal would have been like, “Bro, I put in a good word for Lucy. Seems like Mom and Dad will be cool about it.”
Sal might actually be boosted to favorite child after this.
The way Walky breaks out the “only once!” gag like Sal isn’t five feet away from him, before even acknowledging her presence in the room, too.
It’s beyond words. It’s too dumb for me to even be upset at.
Zero
Walky knows that Sal and Amber are friends now. He knows that she defended Amber against their mother before.
temporalshrew
That’s fair – I think it’s just the circumstances collectively that leave me baffled. Sure, in isolation I don’t think that gag would be taken badly (particularly given Walky), but in *this* situation, with *these* people all in a room, without even saying hello to her? Just wild decision-making.
Which I guess is exactly how we ended up here in the first place, really.
Vanessa
Sal is going to be pissed at Walky and Lucy for this abuse of Amber though.
eskimolos
I’d honestly be pretty surprised if Danny wasn’t ticked as well. They both know that Amber is a walking microcosm of horrific life events, indeed a fractal of ever building traumas, a trauma romanesco one might say. She’s agreed to this because she full time dissociates and no longer has stakes in her own life or feelings.
Fay
She knows that, but their parents do not.
Zero
But Walky does.
He’s not trying to upset Sal. He is trying to upset his mother.
HueSatLight
Maybe it’s in contrast to the number of times she stabbed someone else.
Well, Amber already refers to herself as “the monster,” so her ego’s got limited capacity for bruising. Certainly not because of anything *Linda* might say.
Celebrity interactions can be interesting. My favorite were the conversations I’d had with online with John Tenta (Earthquake in the WWF). He was both engaging and a sweetheart. Obligatory “cancer sucks” statement.
Taffy
I helped one of the Marble Hornets guys fix a problem with a hostile NPC in his Fallout 4 stream and got a Twitter shout-out once, does that count?
Listen, if Amber doesn’t look Walky’s mother directly in the eyes and say
“I f*cked your son” and then gently place a roll of nickles that are missing a few… I cry.
326 thoughts on “Addicted”
Ana Chronistic
Pshhh, cats aren’t NEW
(will gladly take them, of course!)
Ana Chronistic
DoA Book 13: Ooooh, Gail Simone just liked my post would be interesting, actually
(as would every OTHER line in panels 2-5)
Ray Radlein
I like the way Amber is subtly signaling that this whole thing is a giant troll by invoking Gail Simone
eh, whatever
Her audience isn’t likely to have ever heard of her, so she’s not signaling. At best she’s trying and failing to signal.
TerribleTransit
It’s still signaling even if the signal isn’t received.
Clif
Is it still communicating even if the communication isn’t received?
Liara
If a tree falls in a forest, and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?
(yes, yes it does. and yes it is)
Zero
Something wrong with the lines in panel 1?
Jamie
Book 13: Bro!
Ana Chronistic
not as good for book titles
morhek
Book 13: “That Feral Child Stabbed Your Sister!”
Let the cover by a 1930s greyscale noir homage with a suave Walky dipping Amber in Tarzan rags in the streetlight, Lucy hiding in the background in a trenchcoat, and his parents swooning in the foreground.
Laura
Ooh, I love it!
Clif
Same.
Opus the Poet
Take my imaginary upvote!
Xaeon
Dumbing of Age Book 13: Only Once
Shade
But these cats are new.
shadowcell
alternatively,
Dumbing of Age Book 13: Cats
clif
Dumbing of Age 13: Gail Simone Just Like My Post!
Needfuldoer
The disturbing CGI version or the campy stage play version?
NGPZ
I understood that reference, hooray!
bcb
Epic troll due to the lack of cats on-panel.
butts
could’ve gone worse
TulipKitten
It’s only one comic strip. We’ll see. Linda understandably freaked out.
Paradoxius
Could have and still might!
Bin
Yea, Sal could realize that Linda looks exactly like Danny face-wise (check panel 1 and 3).
Even their hair is the same.
Decidedly Orthogonal
Naw. His face is longer/narrower, eyes are closer together, and his nose is tall and points down, not short and pokey. Also, significantly fewer bedsheet abrasions.
Bobbi
I was genuinely wondering why Danny was referring to Amber as a ‘feral child’ for a moment
Needfuldoer
If anyone here looks like Linda, it’s Sal. They have the same face, same build, same body language and mannerisms… it’s like the only traits she inherited from Charles are her hair and skin tone.
… Maybe that’s part of the reason Linda comes down on Sal so hard, because she subconsciously sees a lot of herself in her?
Yotomoe
True, it could’ve immediately devolved into a fistfight.
Animedingo
All according to cake
(Cake means keikaku)
(Keikaku means plan)
True Survivor
This made me laugh. I had to do some internet searching to figure out what it was a reference to and wow this joke has alot! Death Note, Dragonball, Team Four Star … delicious icing.
Otl1973
The comic itself rarely leaves me lost, though this one did. But the comments almost always remind me that I am either the wrong demographic or too old (probably both) for this group. No knowledge of or interest in Transformers, Saturday morning cartoons, anime, comic books, video games – so really, most of what the commenters talk about…
Laura
It’s cool. We can be old together. 😉
Opus the Poet
I’m nearing Medicare enrollment age, there are lots of us ancients in the commentariat.
Ed Callahan
I’m on Medicare. The demographics for this strip skew older than I initially expected.
Leadsynth
I mean, doesn’t Willis’ bio explicitly state “I’m old” ? When you’ve been at it as long as he has, your fans are gonna skew old, too. 41-year-old checking in here.
Otl1973
41 is a youngster – I have jeans older than that. Yes, if there are multiple of us on Medicare, then there’s at least some level of older skew. Still, I’d guess the majority grew up in the 90s or more recently.
Kelibath
37 and figured I was probably the midpoint, with readership likely ranging from current students up to people in their 70s? I’d have assumed the bottom half of the graph were a little more dense than the top, though. I guess I’m still sub-central.
Hof1991
I’m certified old but Gail Simone once liked one of my posts.
vulcanodon
Demographics be damned, OTL1973. I’m 66, on Medicare, love (some*) anime, Nimona, She-Ra And The Princesses of Power, Ducktales 2017, MLP gen 4, Steven Universe, The Owl House, and of course Lower Decks.
*Anime is diverse so there’s something for everybody. Check out films by Studio Ghibli, Mamoru Hosada, Isao Takahata, Naoko Yamada, Makoto Shinkai, series “A Place Beyond the Universe”, “Ancient Magus’ Bride”, “Blue Period” “Iroduku The World In Colors” to start.
Kelibath
You rock on, you. ^-^
zee
As someone who’s actually the age of some of the characters in the strip (less and less every year it feels weird) I think the audience actually skews older. Bunch of people who’ve been reading Willis for like the past 20-30 years or however long he’s been going. If I had to hazard a guess I’d say most commenters are in their 40s at least or something. Be an interesting poll to have
Kelibath
I came to Willis via DoA itself but was already in my 30s at the time. That being said, I do tend to skew younger as a person than my numeric age. Neurodiversity and chronic illness will delay you like that, plus our friendship groups were / still are formed in a rural university town with all-age town-uni gaming and comic societies. So it’s not been all that long since our friends ranged from 16/17 up to 77 – shorter than you’d expect anyway.
Animedingo
episode 60 finale!
newlland(Henryvolt)
Yeah here we go full on cringe,this hair brained scheme is still idiotic but at this point I don’t give a damn.
Let’s go maximum train wreck just so longe as Linda is on it because I’m tired of her shit.
not someone else
Knowyourmeme dot come slash lets-keep-going-and-see-what-happens, mmmmhmm.
Angel
either way free pizza, even if linda refuses to pay for ambers share i’m sure walky will compensate her lol
temporalshrew
This is genuinely too stupid to even comment seriously on. Impressive work, Walky.
TulipKitten
Like, I thought it was gonna be bad. And Walky would just watch them try not to make a scene in public about it, and be deviously smirking the whole time. Not go in GUNS BLAZING and MAKE THE FUCKING SCENE.
I’m surprised Amber didn’t react to being called a FERAL CHILD. That’s just brutal. He could have just laid low, and Sal would have been like, “Bro, I put in a good word for Lucy. Seems like Mom and Dad will be cool about it.”
Sal might actually be boosted to favorite child after this.
Zero
That was the plan.
Sal’s plan. And maaaaybe Walky’s?
temporalshrew
The way Walky breaks out the “only once!” gag like Sal isn’t five feet away from him, before even acknowledging her presence in the room, too.
It’s beyond words. It’s too dumb for me to even be upset at.
Zero
Walky knows that Sal and Amber are friends now. He knows that she defended Amber against their mother before.
temporalshrew
That’s fair – I think it’s just the circumstances collectively that leave me baffled. Sure, in isolation I don’t think that gag would be taken badly (particularly given Walky), but in *this* situation, with *these* people all in a room, without even saying hello to her? Just wild decision-making.
Which I guess is exactly how we ended up here in the first place, really.
Vanessa
Sal is going to be pissed at Walky and Lucy for this abuse of Amber though.
eskimolos
I’d honestly be pretty surprised if Danny wasn’t ticked as well. They both know that Amber is a walking microcosm of horrific life events, indeed a fractal of ever building traumas, a trauma romanesco one might say. She’s agreed to this because she full time dissociates and no longer has stakes in her own life or feelings.
Fay
She knows that, but their parents do not.
Zero
But Walky does.
He’s not trying to upset Sal. He is trying to upset his mother.
HueSatLight
Maybe it’s in contrast to the number of times she stabbed someone else.
Opus the Poet
Ryan can attest to that when his stitches come out, sometime in June in-comic.
elebenty
Could be alluding to the backstabbing Linda herself inflicted on Sal. Repeatedly.
Laura
Well, Amber already refers to herself as “the monster,” so her ego’s got limited capacity for bruising. Certainly not because of anything *Linda* might say.
spriteless aunty
Hahaha linda can’t hurt amber she doesn’t know amber the way blaine and mike did.
clif
Checks watch.
This train wreck is running right on time.
I dunno what people are complaining about.
not someone else
Gail Simone like! Well, no matter what else happens this evening for Amber, it was worth it.
TulipKitten
My comment was liked by Mara Wilson once and I was ecstatic.
Dr. T
Celebrity interactions can be interesting. My favorite were the conversations I’d had with online with John Tenta (Earthquake in the WWF). He was both engaging and a sweetheart. Obligatory “cancer sucks” statement.
Taffy
I helped one of the Marble Hornets guys fix a problem with a hostile NPC in his Fallout 4 stream and got a Twitter shout-out once, does that count?
Bin
Listen, if Amber doesn’t look Walky’s mother directly in the eyes and say
“I f*cked your son” and then gently place a roll of nickles that are missing a few… I cry.
MM
She’s gotta time it so Ethan and Asher walk in at that exact moment, though.
Yotomoe
Mike’s legacy.
Sirksome
We technically don’t know if they ever smashed do we? The farthest we’ve seen is some pants change level, implied grinding. I wanna believe though.
Laura
All depends on your definition of “smash”.
clif
My understanding was that dry smashing was involved.