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Serial
Posted on September 24, 2012 by David M Willis

113 thoughts on “Serial”

  1. Wack'd

    Woot! Marcie!

  2. Jen Aside

    I thought serial killers had ALL KINDS of things on their walls…?

    1. Plasma Mongoose

      No, they usually have a secret room they set up as a shrine to whatever their obsession is.

      1. Aizat

        Usually a basement or a dungeon.

      2. Pickle

        ….Dexter Morgan, anyone? Keeping blood slides of his victims inside a box hidden in his ac unit?

        Doesn’t ring a bell to anyone?

    2. Pyr05

      No, that’s the INSIDE of the wall. You know, hidden compartments?

      1. Aizat

        Yeah, and then some kid’s gonna find that compartment by accident and then the killer have to clean up the mess. Do you know how hard it is to clean up a murder?

        1. waldosan

          actually they’re trying to say that if you don’t have a facebook account than you are a possible psychopath, they’re citing that most if not all of the people who committed school shootings didn’t have facebook accounts… so yeah, if your walls don’t have anything on them then it’s possible your a psychopath, or just like easily cleanable walls

        2. GrrArg42

          Crap! They’re on to me. Quick! To the Facebook!

        3. Steven

          You guys all know way too much about psychopaths.

        4. Alex Stritar

          Isn’t that the demographic Willis is targeting? I know all my fellow asylum-mates enjoy his work. XD

        5. The Other Mike

          Your avatar is just perfect for that comment.

        6. khyrin

          if you’re going to talk about ‘most if not all’
          Most school shooters didn’t have Facebook pages because they did their ghastly business long before Facebook existed…
          http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_shooting

        7. Stevie Windup

          And that is what we call Texas Sharpshooting. For those who don’t understand the reference, you shoot a bunch of rounds into the side of a barn, then draw a circle around the highest concentration of bullet holes, thus “proving” that you’re a great shot.

        8. Stevie Windup

          …….and for the record, I don’t think Texans are bad shots. I’m just using a phrase that somebody else coined.

        9. Pyr05

          I love it. Mind, we are talking about a state that, if wounded and looking for help, may shoot you through the door you’re knocking on/ringing the bell for. And not get in trouble. (To my knowledge)

        10. Narf

          You’re an idiot.

        11. CrazyPete

          But that means a smart psychopath will keep a FB account and be active enough not to be suspicious,
          P.S. we know how to cover our tracks

        12. Opus the Poet

          You’re thinking of Floriduh.

  3. Aizat

    Ah yes, “a snore”. We have dismissed those claims.

    1. Doctor_Who

      I could totally see Sal as Shepard. Do you think she’d be Paragon or Renegade?

      1. Cody

        Renegade.

        Renegade till the sun burns out.

      2. Aizat

        Renegade of course. Paragon’s too squeaky clean for her.

        1. waldosan

          sheep shepherd, they’re more of a challenge to maintain and protect than goats are.

        2. fatemaster1

          No, John Shepard, from Star Gate Atlantis.

      3. Volkai

        Mix of both. Sal is a ‘whatever it takes’ kinda gal, but she has good intentions at heart. Probably 75% Renegade, 25% Paragon.

  4. Wonder Wig

    I now pine to watch the end of Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure.

  5. Plasma Mongoose

    Marcie is her silent partner huh, cool!

    1. Yotomoe

      There are no words to describe their feelings for each other.

      1. Rognik

        All the signs are there, though!

        1. arjay2813

          marcie+sal shippers will begin their quiet riots….now

        2. Tha Mojster

          Bang your head! Metal heath will drive you mad!

  6. Yotomoe

    What you don’t see is the big-ass explosion in the background.

    1. Aizat

      And a cyborg T-Rex chasing them.

      1. Yotomoe

        and Dina chasing it.

        1. Aizat

          On a Mechasaurus.

        2. DaJoshMaster

          On fire.

        3. GrrArg42

          And zombie mutant honey bun. Oh my. *clicks heels*

    2. Wonder Wig

      They’re being chased by RobinxLesslie shippers from Shortpacked! who are rolling down the hill in sadness.

      1. Yotomoe

        They see me Rollin’
        They Cryin’
        Potronin’ trying to see this pairing
        trying to see this pairing
        trying to see this pairing
        trying to see this pairing
        trying to see this pairing
        —
        The comic’s so sad
        we’re screaming
        cryin’ shouting daming you willis
        Shouting Damn you Willis
        Shouting Damn you Willis
        Shouting Damn you Willis
        Shouting Damn you Willis

        1. meanderling

          *applause*

        2. Wonder Wig

          *tear*
          I’ll have your babies if you have mine.

        3. Yotomoe

          only if you accept that I will pay for child support with song.

        4. Wonder Wig

          and that I pay for child support with dance.

        5. Yotomoe

          we will have the hungriest kids.

        6. Yotomoe

          We will have the hungriest kids/

        7. Wonder Wig

          I’m hoping to give them a despairing backstory so that they grow-up to be crime-fighters.

  7. Pyr05

    Totally boring. Look how bored Marcie is! Just another offroad trip on a motorcycle. -yawn-

    1. Yotomoe

      oh, another weelie? thanks for mixing it up…yippee…

  8. nexev

    To be fair driving can be INCREDIBLY boring…

    1. Aizat

      Never a dull moment in my country though…though you will spend time cursing the idiots.

  9. David Herbert

    So Marcie grabs the back, not the driver? Is she worried about making it weird like Billie did?

    1. Plasma Mongoose

      No, she’s just hold onto Sal with her powerful thighs. 😀

      1. Yotomoe

        She’s popping her back at the moment. She usually rides sidesaddle with no hands.

    2. Undrave

      She also isn’t wearing a helmet. She just likes risks.

    3. Undrave

      And no helmet. Marcie just likes risk.

      1. Wack'd

        I can see why, it’s a fun game. What region does she usually play?

        1. Undrave

          Australia. She’s hardcore like that.

        2. Undrave

          No wait… Africa’s the hard region to defend right?

        3. MeHael

          Europe is the hardest to defend. Asia is the hardest to take.

    4. Rognik

      Look closer at Sal’s chest. Those are Marcie’s fingers wrapped around her. One-handed, though! That means she’s bad-ass.

  10. Aizat

    Ruth, there’s always some sports on somewhere. Heck, in my country, Astro have a crapload of sports channels, even one for golf. GOLF, off all things.

    1. Pyr05

      That channel is coded as S-L-E-E-P

    2. Plasma Mongoose

      The only way Golf can be exciting is if there is a panda armed with a pistol trying to blow your brains out before you can sink your ball in.

      1. Yotomoe

        God help you if you get it in the sandpit.

      2. Aizat

        Even better? Playing Golf in a minefield and everytime you go over par, a pack of rabid wolverines will be put inside your pants.

        1. Random Guy #108

          And it counts as a stroke if your ball explodes.

      3. Pyr05

        I approve of this new Olympic sport.

        1. Kaci

          very much yes.

  11. Ancestral Hamster

    Wait, Ruth and Billie drinking and watching TV together?! Is this Willis’ version of DC’s Elseworlds series?

    1. Historyman68

      Well, this whole thing… kinda… is…?

  12. Joe H

    Doing wheelies while you have a hot chick riding the back? Where are they going? Yawnsville?

  13. Bekah

    Willis, can you link to, or tumblr or something/whatever the reference picture(s) you used for Sal’s bike? I may be… shopping.

    1. David

      If it’s a specific bike, I didn’t keep the reference shots. Sorry!

      1. Undrave

        Isn’t it just Arcee with red on the front? :p

        1. David

          Not unless I had access to a time machine, dude.

        2. Undrave

          Movie Chromia with red then? :p

        3. David

          Considering ROTF Arcee and Prime Arcee transform into completely different-looking motorcycles, I’m starting to believe Sal’s motorcycle looks like them to you only because they’re the only modern motorcycles you’re familiar with.

        4. Undrave

          Familiar might be a big word but I do know plenty of bikes, I am however not at all familiar with ROTF Arcee, not having any desire to own that monstrosity.

        5. Jetstream

          I think they meant Arcee from the Bay flick, which did come out in 2009.

          It does vaguely resemble Arcee from those movies. Sorta.

        6. begbert2

          Two wheels, two handlebars… looks pretty similar to me!

  14. Null Set

    Willis is subtly implying that everyone who doesn’t buy one of his posters to put on their wall is a serial killer (because lets face it you aren’t as awesome as Sal).

    1. begbert2

      Are you implying you have evidence that DoA!Sal is not a serial killier? Cite?

    2. Animal

      Either that or he put them on sale the weekend elk season opened, and they sold out before you dragged back from the mountains.

      DAMN YOU WILLIS.

  15. Pyr05

    Loving how Ruth tuned into volleyball. I assume it’s women’s volleyball and she’s enjoying it a lot, all the while contexting that she wants to make out licky-style with Billie.

    You know. Cuz she loves her. Obviously.

    1. brasca1

      Well in another universe a few years removed someone is mentioning a brief tryst to a forlorn bridesmaid.

      1. Historyman68

        Out of context, that’s a pretty amazing sentence.

  16. Aizat

    Sal’s bike reminds me of a Kamen Rider’s bike.

  17. bunivasal

    I suddenly imagined Sal and Marcie as friends, like so many college friends are in real life. Brief, torrid, powerful connections that fry in the direct light of Life After College. In a few years Sal will realize that she doesn’t quite remember Marcie’s last name. The jubilant roar of her motorcycle is all the louder for its absence, and in spite of how hard she tried, she got old all the same.

  18. GenericScreenName101

    *Caution* Riding a street motor cycle off road without a helmet can be/is hazordous to your health. The fan of this webcomic does not endorse riding a motor cycle without properly wearing a helmet under ANY circumstances.

    1. Yotomoe

      Hemlest aer fro lsores. I do it al teh tme an I am jost fime.

  19. Raen

    I’m withholding my shipping until I hear the word “sir.”

  20. Parismio

    Ah damn. Read this first, then read SP, put two and two together and did a serious spittake. Nnnnnnnnng head explodes.

    1. Raen

      Two and two together? What, you think this makes Leslie/Sal a possibility?

  21. Marshall Erickson

    yea, she’s dying of boredom.

  22. Uniqueantique

    Ah, ‘silent partner’, Plasma?
    Indeed she is. 🙂 Bored she isn’t.

  23. Giant Speck

    Shouldn’t she be saying “what’s *with* the bare walls…”? It looks like a word was left out of that sentence.

    1. AJBulldis

      Well they are drinking…

    2. begbert2

      I’m just going to assume a regional dialect until and/or beyond when proof to the contrary turns up.

  24. coobee

    I need so many people to make out in this strip it’s getting silly

  25. Shade

    To be fair, what you don’t see is they’re going to the accountants fill out their tax returns

  26. Boom

    Oh god. No, no, no, no! It’s happening again!

  27. Bill Murphy

    Everyone knows it’s the quiet ones. They arren’t shy, they are trying to keep secrets. 😉

  28. Noel Schornhorst

    I’d like to think that tension builds between Ruth and Billie and just when we think they’re gonna make out, it cuts to Danny and Joe licky-licking it up with each other.

  29. begbert2

    Wait, I thought Billie still thought Sal was Amazi-Girl! Did something happen to change her mind?

    1. Star Ranger

      maybe Billie want to sit on that part till she gets enough for the editor to publish the story….

      1. begbert2

        Even taking that into account I can’t see her dismissively commenting that Amazi-Girl’s life is a snore. She’s not that deceptive, nor does she put that much thought into what she says.

  30. OmegaDez

    Am I the only one who wishes Marcie became a regular?

    And for Ruth and Billie to get hooked up?

    1. Big Drahma

      One down… one to go…

  31. Jimmy

    I love Marcie!

  32. Jimmy

    Woah with the Marcie Gravatar that makes it a bit meta.

  33. Just for kix

    Sal, then stops her bike right at the edge of a cliff all the while gripping and sliding due to intense speed with which she was riding the bike. Marcie and Sal then make out in front of the sunset.

  34. Big Drahma

    I guess we know now why Ruth settles for beach volleyball.

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