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Sibling-esque
Posted on January 20, 2024 by David M Willis

166 thoughts on “Sibling-esque”

  1. Ana Chronistic

    Wayne Campbell face: Exactly!

    1. Ana Chronistic

      (one more day of MAGFest for me to decide on the next anachronistic avatar)

      1. Jo_cubstar

        That’s where you’ve been!!!! That answers that!

        1. Needfuldoer

          We were getting worried!

        2. Ana Chronistic

          idk why, sometimes I just dip out

          or leave the house at 11p to pick up a friend 90 minutes away bc that’s when we’re free

  2. Thag Simmons

    Oh, this has been a long time coming huh.

    1. clif

      And it’s not even Feb. 14 yet.

    2. anon

      Better to do it now versus “fuck you guys i’m out” at an age where he’d have the money/ability to move halfway across the country and go no contact then lol

      1. Arillius

        Is it opposite day? Because that is the smart play.

        1. Decidedly Orthogonal

          Agreed. Happily, I had my dad to fall back on when mom threw me away at 10 years. But I fault no child for milking their larents for every benefit they can get while growing up, nor for saying, “fuck it,” and jumping ship sooner if they need to.

        2. ian livs

          Yeah, sometimes–if you can tolerate them–you’ve gotta milk your parents for every resource they’ll give you before you jump ship. My best friend(/roommate/platonic partner/basically-sister) cut contact with her parents too early and we would’ve starved about it after she lost her job, if not for my willingness to take advantage of my parents having surplus money.

          Obviously, I will never fault anyone for cutting off toxic relatives (and it’s something I’d also like to do someday) but if you can stand it, there’s no harm in taking advantage of the situation while you still can. I consider mine “emotional compensation for childhood pain and suffering,” lmao

  3. Yumi

    Oooo, good for Walky! Wow, I feel bad for assuming (okay, cheering for) his acting out was going to come in the form of hooking up with someone.

    1. Steelbright

      He could still go for both…

      1. NickG

        He could be doing that right now, you can’t see what’s going on behind the car.

        1. Loki

          That could be happening ANY TIME you can’t see below a character’s waist.

          Sounds like a really weird fanfiction…

        2. David DeLaney

          Dumbing of Age: Lower Decks

      2. Decidedly Orthogonal

        So like, Lucy and Amber? I like your style.

  4. Drain

    Walky would go platinum on Twitter

  5. Rei

    I did an incredibly loud OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH in my room at that last frame.

  6. newlland(Henryvolt)

    I wonder how long he was sitting there gathering the courage to do what he believed was the most ballsy thing he’s ever done in his life.

    1. Doctor_Who

      And he did it in the Walkyest way imaginable.

      1. clif

        He’s been taking lessons from Becky.

    2. RassilonTDavros

      I mean, it probably is the most ballsy thing he’s ever done in his life up to this point.

      As for the “how long,” it’s either been at least several hours, or fifteen seconds tops.

      1. Proxiehunter

        Especially considering how much this endangers his golden boy status (which yes is actually terrible in it’s own way but comes with perks as well) this really is pretty damn ballsy of him.

        And I’m guessing several hours waiting and fifteen seconds deciding what to say once he spotted them coming.

      2. Rabid Rabbit

        Well, except for all those things he did involving his balls with Dorothy. And Amber.

        But I grant that may be a somewhat different definition of ballsy.

        1. Miri

          Also the bits where he was quipping whilst dealing with an actual “my friends and I have been kidnapped” situation.

          I’d argue going to Amber and apologising for saying the bad things and making things better between them (even if it got awkward because she doesn’t really do “polite social filter” and also has destructive impulses of her own/may have thought he WAS hitting on her) was pretty ballsy…

        2. Azhrei Vep

          Considering the very real possibility that bringing the incident back up may have resulted in some level of physical violence, given Amber’s … Amberosity? Yeah, I’d call it pretty ballsy of him.

    3. James

      Honestly this may be the actually-ballsiest thing he’s done, standing up to your parents at ALL is flipping terrifying.

  7. Sporky

    Help, how do I choose both options on a poll

    1. clif

      Let me know.

    2. elebenty

      Choose the 2nd with a different browser.

  8. Warcodered

    Well if she’s just going to admit it.

  9. Sirksome

    Got em.

  10. Rose by Any Other Name

    Welp. That’s a way to start this conversation.

    1. clif

      You’re expecting a conversation?

      1. Needfuldoer

        There wouldn’t be much comic if he just dropped that line and scampered away.

        Besides, he did that already.
        https://www.dumbingofage.com/goodreason/

  11. Animedingo

    AAAAAAAAAYYYYYYOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOI

  12. shadowcell

    Dumbing of Age Book 14: racistmomsayswhat

    1. clif

      Nice.

  13. TheCozburger

    We got ’em!

  14. RassilonTDavros

    AND THE PENNY DROPS.

  15. Mel

    Jennifer knows walky better than me because I thought this was going to take at least one more timeskip and future parents’ visit day to come up

  16. DailyBrad

    It’s understandable, albeit kind of sad, that Jennifer has more faith in Walky and seems better at predicting him than she is, but they did get more time together, and Sal and Walky mending their relationship has been relatively recent.

    Still, it does kind of highlight that their issues aren’t some Good Guy, Bad Guy thing, that both of them have things to work on when it comes to being the best siblings they can be to each other.

    1. anon

      well he was dating lucy so i’m sure jennifer would’ve heard about walky a bit more from lucy’s gushing

    2. Daibhid C

      See, I read this as them both considering all three options, and slowly going over them together; Jennifer really is completing Sal’s thoughts of “these are the things Walky might do”. The one she gets just happens to be the right one, for narrative flow reasons.

      1. a/snow/mous/e

        Yeah, that’s how I interpret it as well.

  17. NGPZ

    Stick it to her Walky! ? ?

  18. Bittersweet

    Inexplicably, Linda believes that Charles said this to her and provokes an argument to which he never bothers to actually participate in, not even denying her accusations. This is how Walky makes his parents get a divorce and adds another layer of guilt to his first year of college.

    Though for real, I’m like really worried about him. I cannot see this going well.

    1. Bittersweet

      Him being Walky, of course. Charles is a bit like a maple seed or a butterfly, just kinda goes where ever the wind wings him.

    2. Bash

      I worry that he’s just going to fling accusations around, and Linda will rightfully tell him that he fucked up plenty on his own with Lucy.

      1. Illjwamh

        Which he already knows, so that won’t derail him for long

    3. DashWallkick

      If the past is anything to go by, Sal and Walky have switched places and now Linda will have to explain to him in patient detail that a mother simply understands these things and it has nothing to do with skin color, I just think Lucy is a bad influence on you, and Walky will either chicken out and solidify that Lucy can do better than him, or he’ll push the button really hard and Linda will without so much as a blink say some shit like she wishes he was more like Billie.

  19. Username Taken

    GOT EM

  20. BBCC

    Oooof, this’ll be one hell of a goodbye conversation and I need to see it.

    1. clif

      Linda will see the error of her ways and decide to become a better mom and a better person. This is going to go so well.

    2. anon

      lol be great if there were witnesses or so

  21. Proxiehunter

    I couldn’t even catch my at the time 11 year old nephew with Updog and a grown ass woman falls for that.

    1. True Survivor

      I assume that Walky was too quite for her to hear it as distinct syllables – just abstract susurration in her son’s voice.

      PS. How did you get the final word of your comment to be in italics?

      1. Proxiehunter

        Italics tags. at the start of what you want in italics (without the space) and (without the space) to close it. You can also use for bold and for strike through.

        1. Proxiehunter

          Looks like I can’t just use the indicators with a space to have them not read by the software. Lets try this. around your words for italics. around your words for bold and around your words for strike through.

          And if this works it’s to do what I did in this post to make the codes visible.

        2. Proxiehunter

          Okay if that doesn’t work what the fuck is the code tag even for?

        3. Mendel

          just use & lt ; for , without the spaces.

        4. Mendel

          just use & lt ; for < and & gt ; for > , without spaces ofc

        5. Uly

          It’s a lot faster and more efficient to tell people to google html tags for italics and bold. You don’t run into this sort of problem and they get to do a teeny tiny bit of their own problem-solving.

        6. Proxiehunter

          Looks like I failed to close the italics correctly there too. The perils of sites where you have to type html in by hand like you did in the olden days.

        7. Mendel

          This works: <i>italucs</i> italics
          See the note beliw the edit area for more info.

        8. True Survivor

          Thanks! You guys put a lot effort into this – appreciate it.

      2. HueSatLight

        The possible tags are listed below the comment box you type in. To stop doing the thing, you use the same tag again, with a / after the <

        1. clif

          Hey Proxie Hunter. What’s Updoc?

        2. a/snow/mous/e

          Good question. I’ve been thinking about Updoc for a while, and I still can’t figure out what it is! That really Bugs me…

        3. David DeLaney

          I’m pretty sure it’s a non-anime version of a Henwei

      3. a/snow/mous/e

        We can only hope he was too quiet to be heard…

        1. clif

          Yes, we shall all hope that.

          *Maintains completely serious face*

    2. anon

      i’m sure she’ll either be confused or shout at walky within the next 2 seconds lol

    3. Lan

      I’d posit an 11 year old is the most difficult target for an updog

  22. True Survivor

    I know its probably not important, but now I desperately want to know what that sign says. Given that I assume that it is on the lizard’s cage, and thus likely written by Malaya, it could say almost anything.

    1. HueSatLight

      Do Not Touch
      Science Project
      https://www.dumbingofage.com/pronouns/

      1. True Survivor

        Thanks. Wow, you have a good memory, especially to know the exact strip to cite.

        1. HueSatLight

          I looked under tag/malaya+sal for the cage and sign appearing in the background, and searched for the word “science” in the comments (this is not the first time someone has wondered). That strip was cited for confirmation for someone’s guess.

  23. Stephen Bierce

    “Your name is ‘Knotwhut Watt’. Sex?”–after an episode of The Monkees

    1. Otl1973

      I wonder what percentage of the commentariat knows who the Monkees are (well, were)? It wouldn’t surprise me if a significant portion of their parents aren’t old enough to.

      1. clif

        what? Isn’t MTV still showing reruns?

        1. clif

          I mean, I haven’t watched MTV in awhile, but why would they mess with success?

        2. Otl1973

          I really haven’t watched MTV since the late 80s, so I couldn’t say, but I think they showed a marathon in the mid-80s and that was it. I assume MTV doesn’t show anything anymore except really cut-rate “reality” shows.

        3. David DeLaney

          it still showed music videos when i was watching

          –Dave, i did NOT get to see Video Killed the Radio Star’s first showing, no

          ps: Mouseketeer roll call, count! off! now! go Speed Ra-cer, go Speed Ra-cer, go Speed Ra-cer go-o!

        4. Mark

          counters with Johnny Quest.

        5. David DeLaney

          i have only EVER seen one episode of Johnny Quest
          with the cave and the white ghost-like energy monster
          that ‘consumes’ things

          –Dave, I have seen it several separate times though

        6. clif

          Nah, couldn’t be. Where else would music groups show their vids?

      2. Max

        I got to see three of the Monkees when they were all still alive. Now half of them are dead.The sound system in the building was cranked up so loud that it was distorting the vocals and making it impossible to hear the words. It would have been an awesome show otherwise.

        1. Morleuca

          everybody remember Weird Al’s Pirate Satelite?

      3. Arian

        You’re slightly younger than me, assuming that number in your name is your birth year. And I know there are people a fair bit older than me who post.

        1. StClair

          We’re about the same, then.

      4. Needfuldoer

        Hey, some of us youngin’s* had Nick@Nite.

        (*I claim the title even though I’m closer to 40 than 30, because that’s an unsettling thought in its own right.)

      5. Daibhid C

        (Slowly crumbles into dust)

        (Last words are a faint, and completely incomprehensible “Cheer up, Sleepy Jean…)

      6. Mark

        I am so old, I remember seeing the show when it was first broadcast, before cable was a thing.

  24. HueSatLight

    previewed panel

    1. HueSatLight

      also, Charles’ shoes are tied. He’s probably a replicant.

      1. Proxiehunter

        Or Linda decided to make him tie them so he didn’t make her look bad.

  25. Grimey

    …Honestly, I respect him broaching the subject at all.

  26. Taffy

    She’s gonna run him over with the car.

    1. Yumi

      And then someone will be like, “You just ran him over with your car!” And she’ll be like, “Oh, so you’re going to make it out like it’s MY fault. *eyeroll*”

      1. clif

        But then she’ll back over him the other way to make everything alright again.

    2. PirateTawnee

      Which would at least confirm he’s acting with integrity, right?

      1. clif

        The mom was the truck all along.

    3. anon

      lol wel being in the hospital for a car accident would get him outta clas for a while

  27. bejouled

    I actually wheezed

    1. clif

      Which one of the seven dwarves are you?

      1. Mark

        Wheezy is one of the Seven Other Dwarves.

        1. John Campbell

          Wheezy, Gimly, Inky, Pinky, Blinky, Bombur, and Clyde.

  28. 0xKruzr

    I love him.

  29. Tan

    Perfect execution. No notes.

    1. clif

      and all this time I thought it was no regrets.

      1. David DeLaney

        5/7, no notes
        i’m pretty sure i did that right

  30. Steelbright

    This i did not expect

    1. clif

      No one expects the racistmomsayswhat.

      1. David DeLaney

        its chief weapon is incredulity

  31. ADLegend21

    Got her!

  32. TrueVCU

    IT’S HAPPENING

  33. Solace

    YES

  34. Derek

    I can’t fathom what Walky hopes to gain from this. If your parent is a bigot there are two ways to approach the situation: you either have hope they can be educated and start the conversation that will set them straight; or you know in your heart that they’re too stubborn to change and go low/no contact.
    This is neither of those things

    1. Archieve

      Though it’s in the second category for the Walkerton parents Walky might still have trouble processing that since falling out of favor after seemingly having it his whole life without effort happened overnight for him. He might still be holding out hope for wacky hijinks to work or maybe is trying to cement the fact that the parents he thought he had don’t exist through one last silly attempt.

    2. Mark

      There are three. The third is to know that you have no power to change the situation but act out anyway because it momentarily makes you feel better.

    3. Morleuca

      I think what Walky really hopes to gain out of this is a new personal record for the 100m dash as he careens away.

    4. HueSatLight

      Or he’s trying to get a do-over for the times he screwed up with Lucy. And he’s picking the one where his mistake was secondary to someone else being terrible.

    5. David DeLaney

      this is technically a lolwhat/single contact

  35. Lightweight Baybee

    The fact that fuckin worked
    Walky should just beat feet now there’s no topping that

  36. Schpoonman

    DRAG HER ASS, WALKY.

  37. Suet

    That’s such a Walky thing to do, confront with a tinge of cowardice

    Yeah how dare you end the storyline, we wanna see karaoke!!

    1. Archieve

      To be fair when you have somebody like Linda whose always on the verge of explosive anger I can see how this could be one way to say something on his mind without getting into more trouble then it’s worth.

  38. Needfuldoer

    This is going to be one of the most Walky things he’s ever done.

  39. Francoinblanco

    What?

    1. Taffy

      AHA!

      1. Needfuldoer

        Taaaake

        Oooonnn

        Meeeeeeee

        Take on me

        1. David DeLaney

          he’lllll beeee goooone

          aoo-EEEEEEE

  40. Karadaga

    My man! Hope he actually follows through

  41. DarkoNeko

    wow Walky, I didn’t think you had it in you

    (also lol “the sibling content he’s craving” ?)

  42. DarkoNeko

    Heey Malaya. What is this 2 meters tall covered “science” box in the background ? Is this why you allowed Fuckface to stay with Carla ? :3

  43. Maddie B

    Oh my gods, I laughed so hard.

  44. Cloud

    I’ve never been more excited for the next page lmao

  45. Taffy

    Please, for the love of fuck, if I have to see Linda Walkerton eating lunch one more goddamn time

    1. Da Boy

      Who knows, maybe we’ll get lucky and lunch will eat her? [hums the Attack of the Killer Tomatoes theme]

      1. Morleuca

        I didn’t know Charles had a nickname

  46. Doopyboop

    I love that it’s looking like Linda and Charles were gonna leave without a final good bye to their kids. And by love, I mean hate and it makes me wanna lay on the floor wishing I could adopt fictional characters.

    1. Archieve

      Got to wonder how many other possible family and friends this couple have alienated in their lives over petty BS.

  47. Lan

    I won’t be surprised if this is the entirety of the confrontation but oh how delicious it would be to get a walky vs linda throw down

  48. ValdVin

    I want Walky to have gone to karaoke. I think he’s got a good singing voice, is a natural clown (therefore like attention), and has stored a lot of music in his brain.

    https://www.dumbingofage.com/2017/comic/book-8/01-face-the-strange/existence/

    1. HueSatLight

      I want to see it for more sinister reasons: Walky and Dorothy arguing through song.

      1. David DeLaney

        I want the karaoke group to turn up HERE
        as backup singers
        for the inexplicably musical family fight
        about to break out

        –Dave, Jennifer and Ruth bobbing one way in unison while Dorothy sings out
        ‘chickadee tibit, chickadee tidbit
        skedaddle skedaddle pow’

        ps: will honestly be impressed if anyone younger than Willis gets the reference

  49. C.T. Phipps

    I liked how in WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS, the energy vampire keeps trying to do the updog joke and none of the vampires are falling for it. Despite being, objectively, the stupidest vampires on Earth.

  50. Reltzik

    Absolutely nothing can possibly go wrong with Walky’s plan, and I unreservedly endorse it.

  51. Bryy

    oh no

    oh nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

  52. Mark

    Well, this is going to be painful.

  53. Mr.Morningstar

    Wait is WALKY going to confront his mom?? Oh wow

    1. Adept

      I mean… kinda?

    2. StClair

      “In the most over-the-top yet half-assed way possible.”

  54. Juanoku

    Walky NO! at least not alone. This won’t end well…

  55. Adept

    Good you Walky.

  56. Big Z

    Next Dumbing of Age book title:
    “Currently doing the right thing in the most over-the-top yet half-assed way possible.”

  57. Amós Batista

    that’s a huge ass car

    1. David DeLaney

      at least it’s not a NASCAR ass-car

  58. Rabisch

    Looks like Walky is putting all his determination into becoming the most hated twin in his mother’s eyes. I’m pretty sure he will succeed.

  59. poyo

    WALKYYYYYYYYY LMAOOOOOOOOOOOO

  60. Mr. Random

    He’s trying.
    Which…

  61. The Jighole Man

    Gotem

  62. Odditude

    Love seeing more of this side of Jennifer.
    Also, it’s good showing she isn’t useless, she at least knows walks very well.
    Maybe she knows him the best, at least better than he knows himself

  63. HoopsieDaisy

    Wait, Malaya’s right about Jennifer followed by Jennifer being right about Walky? I’m not sure about this. It just feels wrong.

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