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Spine
Posted on August 31, 2012 by David M Willis

312 thoughts on “Spine”

  1. otusasio451

    RUN, WALKY.

    1. Aizat

      Silly human. You can’t run from the One with the Triangle Smile.

    2. TheBenenator

      How do you expect him to escape . . . when she is already here? 8^y

      1. Derp-Face

        He could do a Sal and go through the window

        1. David Herbert

          Mike has blocked it in anticipation.

      2. Resne

        Family escape talent.

      3. Amaziboy

        HONK honk :o)

        1. TheBenenator

          S33, TH1S P3RSON KNOWS WH4T’S UP.

        2. Rowen Morland

          Advance or advance Walky!

        3. NotAPir8

          That third panel contains an expression of such fury as to to end the gr8est of civiliz8ions. A8scond while you still can, David Walkerton.

        4. Rowen Morland

          Can’t abscond bro.

        5. Resne

          On that note, I sense hatemakeouts in the near future.

        6. TheBenenator

          I am 0kay with this. OuO

        7. Flushmaster

          It’s true that angry sex is best, so I can only assume that the same goes diet version (makeouts) works the same way.

      4. NobleRot

        Magic won’t help, because we all know magic is fake as shit.

      5. AndaisQ

        bLeSs ThIs PoSt :o)

        1. Andy

          OH MAN IT SOUNDS LIKE A PARTY IS ABOUT TO ALL UP AND EMBRACE THIS ROOM. gonna be a real good time, walky. CHILL OUT. : o)

        2. Historyman68

          Yes! I love that avatar! That’s the football player who wasn’t homophobic, right?

      6. Random NPC

        SBaHJ all the way

      7. Scout

        Is that Hella Jeff?

      8. Rogue of Space

        NONONONONOBONOBONONONNONPNOJDJDJDKENKDCBLVDJSBSK

  2. Plasma Mongoose

    JOYCE SMAS- err KNOCK!

    1. Yotomoe

      She’s smashing that door. She just hasn’t been working on her smashing muscles recently.

  3. Nexev

    BE YOUR SISTER, ESCAPE THROUGH THE WINDOW!

    1. Wonder Wig

      THE WALKERTONS ARE RELATED TO SCOTT PILGRIM.

      1. Yotomoe

        DOROTHY HAS 7 EVIL EXES?
        Danny will defeat him with his Jpegs of Broken Knees.

        1. Shade

          Danny IS one of the seven evil exes.

        2. Yotomoe

          that’s kinda what I was implying.

        3. Shade

          Ah sorry my misunderstanding, made it sound like Danny was going after the seven evil exes. I see what you’re saying now.

        4. Petre Pan

          They are animated gifs! Not jpegs!

          Oh no destroy me I’m a pedant about a webcomic now (sob)

          = P

        5. Petre Pan

          OMG HOLY SWEET I’M MIKE <3

    2. Null Set

      You are now Amazigirl. What will you do?

      1. Ziaheart

        Procure arms!

        1. Khantalas

          Wait, don’t you already have arms?

        2. Rognik

          We need more arms! Two just aren’t enough.

        3. Khantalas

          We will form the Kali-tron!

        4. Khrene

          “MECHA-SHIVA. MECHA-SHIVA. MECHA-SHIVA. MECHA SHIVA.

        5. Kernanator

          And I’ll form the head!

        6. LuckyStar7

          YES!! CONDOM-HEADED MECHA-SHIVA!!!

        7. Corrin

          Shooooosh *pap**pap* shooooooosh

      2. Roborat

        Shoot him in the leg. Oh, sorry, wrong movie.

        1. Thisguy

          Aim for the femurs! YOU NEED THEM TO LIIIIIVE!

  4. Uniqueantique

    Now what?

    1. Aizat

      RUN!

    2. alex

      now she begins spewing unintelligible shouts at him, where he can only understand her demands for his pants.

      1. Luke

        Nice. One can only hope.

    3. ShadeTail

      Fight, item, or run?

  5. Michael

    This can only go good places

  6. Aizat

    David Walkerton, your angel of death awaits.

    1. ArkhamTexan

      The Amazigirl does not kill! You want her, you get her. I’ll have no part of it.

      1. Rognik

        OMG, it’s so obvious. Joyce is Amazi-Girl!

  7. Rachel

    ARE WE ALL GOING TO TYPE IN ALL CAPITAL LETTERS?

    1. Plasma Mongoose

      NO WE’RE NOT. 😛

      1. Tenn

        yes we are!

        1. Raoullefere

          MaKe uP yOuR MiNdS, pLEasE.

        2. Rex Hondo

          I aM cOnFuSeD!!!

        3. Ziaheart

          HoNk

        4. Lumpia

          bORk BorK BoRk

        5. lordphulish

          LOUD NOISES!!!

        6. LuckyStar7

          ThUnDeRsHoCk

        7. Wack'd

          tHe MaStEr WiLl NoT ApPrOvE.

        8. I.care.0

        9. I.care.0

          [I hope I don’t mess up the code.]

  8. Wonder Wig

    Walky is pulling the oh-god-switch-off-the-private-browsing FACE.

    1. Effie

      Oh yeah, he’s definitely got that crap-hide-the-porn look

      1. Plasma Mongoose

        Monkey Master porn no less… 😀

        1. Yotomoe

          The best kind of porn.

        2. Tenn

          Monkey Master, you’re the one, you make bathtime lots of fun…

        3. Khrene

          Plasma, for the sake of all thats is kosher, tell me where you got that pic of Daphne in Velma’s sweater cause I haven’t had a nerdgams like that since I heard Joss Whedon would be help doing a a Marvel SHIELD TV series

        4. Rex Hondo

          What I like about it most is the implication that Velma is currently without her sweater.

        5. Mrelegos

          Within that sweater lie the dreams of many introverted young men…

      2. Luke

        That’s a disturbing gravatar-comment combo… almost like you’re trying to seduce someone with porn-hiding capabilities.

        1. Effie

          That’s why I love my gravvie. It makes every comment I post slightly creepier and/or sketchier.

        2. Luke

          “Slightly” is not the word to use here. AT ALL.

        3. Groove

          Too true. Even if your comment wasn’t creept at all it would all seem like a front for murder and dumping the body in a ditch. We’re at full on sex-tarp here.

          http://xkcd.com/1101/

        4. Luke

          I imagine that Gravvie’s voice as Hannibal Lecter.

        5. Petre Pan

          see, I really felt like ravine and dungeon were SO much creepier than tarp. So disagreed with that comment!

      3. Dice

        Pyjama pants, man. Comfy and practical.

  9. Mkvenner

    Bad Joyce! No!

  10. Ben

    I never expected Joyce to go for premarital hanky panky so early in the series. and a rebound at that

    1. Yotomoe

      He is SCULPTED out of Caramel! What part of this is confusing?

      1. Plasma Mongoose

        The part where she was shipping him with Billie a few comics ago.

        1. Yotomoe

          College is the best time to start a harem. and expiriment.

        2. Kernanator

          I got a different sandwich. That counts as college experimentation, right?

        3. Tenn

          Depends on what you mean by “sandwich”…

        4. Rex Hondo

          Do you mean “Sandwich” as in a literal sandwich, the How I Met Your Mother “sandwich,” or some sort of euphemism involving trying your meat in different types of buns.

        5. Khrene

          Whats the How I met your Mother sandwich? Does it involve Mike and Nickels?

        6. Rex Hondo

          On How I Met Your Mother, since the entire series is the main character telling stories about his past to his kids, he does some editing. One such edit is that he changes any reference to smoking pot to “eating sandwiches.”

        7. Rognik

          Apropos of nothing, Nickels is also a restaurant chain in Quebec here. They also sell sandwiches.

        8. Khrene

          An also when you say different types of buns, do you
          mean like experimenting with wheat or white? Or like making a buttaco vs a fish taco? Or do you mean trying the fudge packing industry?

        9. Rex Hondo

          I suppose, if you wanted to stretch a euphemism even further, you could make specific reference to white, wheat, or a nice dark rye. Whichever one you’re in the mood to slide a nice plump sausage into.

        10. Rognik

          Honestly, when I hear “sandwich” (in a sexual manner), I think of a three-way, with someone stuck in between.

        11. Rognik

          Wait, is it Walky that’s starting the harem? Or are you saying Joyce is trying to get a male harem? So confused…

        12. Rex Hondo

          Walky: Caramel god of lust!

      2. Ziaheart

        The part where… well, I mean… what’s the point of caramel if there’s no chocolate covering it?!?

        1. lordphulish

          Like a twix?

        2. Ziaheart

          EXACTLY! And all the other chocolate treats with caramel centers.

    2. Shade

      Who said anything about premarital hankypanky?

      Pretty sure she has no issues with people kissing.

  11. addude

    And Walky’s song will end when she knocks six times

    1. Aizat

      So, Walky’s the Eleventh Doctor?

      1. Effie

        Tick tock goes the clock, even for the Walky

        1. John Bon Pony

          Walkies run when a good Joyce knocks on the door.

        2. Spazman

          Nanananana, time to get in a fight! So what, they’re my Pajama jeans–and guess what, I had a girlfriend, and now that we’re done, I’m gonna wear them toniiiiiiight, it’s alriiiiiight….

        3. Ziaheart

          I love you.

        4. LuckyStar7

          It ain’t alright anymore…

        5. Lieutenant Dan

          He’s just a madman with a box set of Dexter and Monkey Master.

        6. FlyingFish

          He wears pajama jeans. Pajama jeans are cool.

      2. Rognik

        It was the Tenth Doctor who died after a knock of 6. The Eleventh Doctor is the new one, who thinks bow-ties are cool. His stories aren’t as good as the previous season, though.

        1. Mrelegos

          Except when they’re better.

          Which is most of the time, because Moffet is a better writer then RTD.

        2. Thisguy

          He doesn’t think bow-ties are cool. They just ARE.
          Much like fezzes.

          Did I mention, I wear a fez now.

    2. Animal

      Six times? Everyone knows she should knock three times on the ceiling if she wants him.

      1. Wack'd

        And twice on the lights if the answer is no.

        1. Rognik

          You both are hella old, or like the moldy oldies. Perhaps both.

    3. DannyBoy

      It’s knock 4 times.

  12. Ridureyu

    WALKY GONNA GET IT

  13. derick

    It’s probably just Mike messing with us.

  14. SkepticJ

    Speaking of spine, Joyce is suddenly very bold.

    1. Marshall Erickson

      Speaking about spine, Joyce is about to break one…

    2. Rognik

      Joyce was never shy. Even in the original comics, she chased Danny like no one’s business. She’s just very naive about the world.

  15. Beachfox

    I AM FEELING WEDDING BACKLASH FROM ACROSS THE MULTIVERSE DIVIDE! YOU WILL ANSWER MY SUMMONS!!!

  16. Sensedog

    I won’t hold onto much hope of them actually getting back together, but it is nice to see them both be able to learn and mature with life experience.

    1. agentksilver

      Is this…sarcasm?

      1. Seraph

        Well, Dorothy has learned, or at least acknowledged her fault. When last seen, Walky was actively resisting it. We’ll see if Joyce helps or makes the situation worse.

        1. Zanosuke_Kurosaki

          The fact that she’s talking about “being the spine” in a relationship says she hasn’t yet done either of what you say. In a good relationship, neither is “the spine” because they’re both pretty much equal. Dorothy still has much to learn.

        2. Khrene

          Ahh but shes acknowledging that she was acting like “the spine”, and which means shes at least aware of how her actions made the relationship bust.

        3. Zanosuke_Kurosaki

          Nnnnnnnot -quite-. It’s easy to just say something – doesn’t always mean one has truly recognized the problem they’ve just admitted to. She’s only admitted she messed up, not exactly the same thing. 🙂

        4. M. Pomme

          correction: scratch ‘good relationship’, replace with ‘ideal relationship’

      2. Roborat

        No, it’s a webcomic. HTH

  17. Effie

    Took me a minute to realize who was knocking at Walky’s door.
    Hell hath no fury like a Joyce…
    I tried really hard to think of a way to end that joke and I couldn’t so I’m just gonna leave that there.

  18. Kernanator

    I hear if you say Joyce’s name 3 times, she is summoned.

    Joyce. Joyce. Joyce.

    Oh shit, she’s in the mirror-

    1. Yotomoe

      I think if saying Joyce 3 times sommoned her, everyone would do it. That would sound fun…except for heathens like me I guess.

      1. Kernanator

        Except that when she gets summoned, she gets angry.

        You won’t like her when she’s angry.

        1. Effie

          But that’s her secret. She’s always angry.

        2. Yotomoe

          that gravitar fits…so damn well.

        3. I.care.0

          I like angry.

      2. SplashBoogie

        I SUMMON ORANGE SWEATER JOYCE IN ATTACK MODE

        1800/600

        1. hmrc4evr

          Quick Walky, use your Joe of Greed card to draw two more cards then hope you get Swords of Revealing Mike so Joyce cant attact for three minutes!

          Heart of the cards man or she’ll use Guilty Phamphlet Attack on your pajamma jeans!

        2. Yotomoe

          I like to imagine that the mike card involves flipping a nickel to work

        3. Thisguy

          Only against your mom.

        4. Aizat

          You activated my Trap Card, Trap Hole!

        5. Rognik

          And that’s just her health stat!

        6. FlyingFish

          CHRISTIAN RAGE.

    2. Ancestral Hamster

      Ah, so Joyce is “The Queen in the Yellow Sweater” then. I ready my Elder Sign launcher.

      1. TsunamiJane

        Applause!

        1. Ancestral Hamster

          Thank you!

  19. Yotomoe

    DEAR GOD! That knocking is in a different font. This is SERIOUS BUSINESS.

  20. Ryan Balis

    Anger leads to love, COME ON JOYCE! NOW IS YOUR TURN!

    1. LuckyStar7

      Joyce: I play Dark Magician Girl in attack mode!

  21. Plasma Mongoose

    When the door goes aknocking, soon the bed will be arocking… 😛

  22. NCP19

    SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES

    1. LuckyStar7

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_yi10jhShs

  23. Sam

    So I see Joyce was just getting used to her OTP and absolutely refuses to see her ship sink in flames.

    1. Yotomoe

      She has a pool with Joe and she refuses to lose.

  24. Patrick

    Nah-uh. Joyce, Walky is in the right here. He’s allowed to stick up for himself. A relationship is based on equality. Dorothy needs to learn that she can’t just tell Walky what to do, no more then he she. Sure is it stupid? Yes. But I’m glad Walky has enough backbone to make a stand early on. If you don’t often times it becomes a one sided relationship… just look at danny

    1. Soozi

      I hope he keeps his ground with Joyce too, i was proud of him for not letting Dorothy tell him he has to look “proper” to date her. PAJAMA PANTS FOR THE WIN!!

    2. Uncle Rylon

      I’m with you. Walky, for me, stands for the belief that people should accept us for who we are. Including pajama pants.

    3. madd

      Yes. I do hope Walky will not cave. The jeans aren’t important, but not letting someone dictate to you or try to control your behavior via ultimatums is definitely something worth standing up for.

    4. ArkhamTexan

      Nobody was in the wrong on this one. God forbid a woman has standards. If Walky don’t meet it, then she finds another one. And if Walky don’t like it, HE can find another one. All it means is that they’re incompatible. She doesn’t want her dude to look like a slob. Nothin’ wrong with that.

      1. madd

        Actually, I do believe she was in the wrong. You’re right in that there is nothing wrong with having standards and sometimes people are just incompatible, but dropping ultimatums is not a good thing. You most especially shouldn’t be giving someone an ultimatum unless you’re prepared for them to go the other way. You can’t have a respectful relationship with someone who gives way to you on everything and if you’re attitude is my-way-or-no-way every time something doesn’t meet with you’re approval, you’re backing them in to a corner. They’re forced to either become your doormat, or walk away. Ultimatums are for last resorts or extreme situations. I’m not sure pj pants qualify.

        1. ArkhamTexan

          I didn’t see it as an ultimatum. She asked him to not wear the jeans as “clothes,” acknowledging that it their’s was a very casual thing–not really a relationship. When Walky said she can’t tell him what to wear, she said that she *can’t* tell him what to wear. So she knows that. But she can decide that he’s not attractive to her anymore, which she certainly has control over and *is* her standard. He decided it wasn’t worth it and walked away. A woman can decide if a dude is not attractive to her and not be in the wrong. And if it’s clothes, then it’s clothes. The pajama jeans are a bit slobbish in public and Dorothy don’t like that since she’s gotta, y’know, be seen with him if they’re in public together and he’s intent on wearing them like that. She was cool with them when it was in the privacy of dorms.

          Anyway, good thing they found out early and are free to make out with other people more to their tastes, and *both* seem to have learned a lesson. Dorothy realizes what’s done is done and will prolly be a bit more forgiving next time and Walky’s realizin’ that if he wants to keep some girls he likes, perhaps he shouldn’t prioritize clothes over them or find someone who doesn’t care. Dating be a maze with many hazards.

        2. ArkhamTexan

          And Mike got what he wanted. Can’t forget that part.

          Everything’s comin’ up Mike!

        3. madd

          But she is still attracted to him and she was trying to control him. Whether she worded it as such to him or not. She’s used to Danny doing things her way and let her boss him around. She tried to do the same thing with Walky and the results were not what she expected. If she wasn’t trying to dictate to him, then there would have been no reason for Walky to “stand up to” her.

      2. Rex Hondo

        There’s nothing wrong with having standards, so long as those standards are reasonable.
        “Needs to bathe, doesn’t smoke, wants/doesn’t want kids at some point, doesn’t hit me,” are reasonable standards.
        “Must wear clothing approved by me at all times in public, whether we’re on a date or not, just in case we bump into each other and people might see us together,” is shallow and controlling.

    5. agentksilver

      Keep in mind that Dorothy, although upset, is preparing herself to move on, learning something about herself. Joyce isn’t seeing that.

    6. Rust

      Keep in mind, Joyce doesn’t know the whole story. She only knows what Dorothy just told her, and she was barely listening by her look in the third panel. My point being that, as near as I can tell, Joyce isn’t upset because Walky stood up for himself. I mean, I;’m not saying she’s right either. I think she’s just upset ’cause her awesomecool friend got dumped by the boy she doesn’t like.

    7. Rognik

      Walky may be in the right as far as being allowed to dress himself (so long as it conforms to certain laws and is generally unoffensive), but breaking up over just a pair of pants is quite stupid. I bet there’s a way to get them back together without having Walky lose this little victory, and it might be a learning experience for both of them. And just to drive the point home, as my mother always says regarding car crashes, “It doesn’t pay to be dead right.”

  25. Leon

    Oh boy. Joyce, please don’t throw gas into a flame.

    1. Valdrax

      Yeah, I bet that Walky reacts real well to having a girl boss him around about letting a girl boss him around.

      1. DannyBoy

        That was a perfect Gravatar for that comment.

  26. Raine

    So the Dorky ship hasn’t been Titanic’d yet!?

    1. LuckyStar7

      NOPE!!!
      WOOHOO!!!
      🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂

  27. Yotomoe

    Standing up for yourself!? Someone better teach that punk some manners!

  28. Kamino Neko

    You know, Dorothy, if you really want to stay with Walky, you could, you know, apologize… I swear, some people…

    1. Yotomoe

      Remorse and Apologies are for the WEAK.

    2. Nerdman

      Story buffs everywhere laugh at your idea that anyone in fiction EVER talk things out.

      Seriously, let’s count the ways:

      Detective Conan: Almost every criminal
      Harry Potter: Sirius tells the government that Wormtail is alive
      The Spiderman movies: Tell Harry why his dad is dead
      Friends. Just Friends.
      Doctor Horrible ” I don’t have time for your warnings about this deadly device.”
      A lot in Ace Attorney
      The episode of Avengers where Wonder Man was created. What the hell, Tony?

      1. Rex Hondo

        I’ve been conviced for quite some time that if the two sexes actually talked to each other at all in the Wheel of Time series, the whole thing would have wrapped up in about two books, maximum. I still love them, but, hell, gender relations are at about a middle-school level through that entire world.

        1. Gordon

          Yeah, it’s a ridiculous problem in those books.

          Girls: Girls rule. Boys drool. Now let’s make complicated plans, but not tell anyone. Oh no! our plan has predictably failed miserably and we are captured. The boys saved us from our own stupidity, but we are still going to be mad about it. Those jerks.
          Boys: Despite the fact that some of the girls are uniquely talented to deal with this problem we have, we aren’t going to involve them. They could easily help us, but we don’t want them to be at risk. Yes, they risk themselves constantly, but that doesn’t matter. We know better.

          I like those books, too. But man, if the cast just sat down and talked about what was going on for five minutes, we could have been in the next Age by now.

        2. Roborat

          The real problem with those books is he took too damn long to write them. I discovered the first book just out of University, then he goes and dies before the series was finished. I don’t mind that he wanted to break L. Ron’s record of ten books, but at least stick around long enough to finish it.

        3. Kelly

          To be fair, it is an alien culture. You should not underestimate the effect of thousands of years of men going mad if they touch the One Power. There are bound to be changes to the culture and to relationships between the sexes, both subtle and profound.

          TL;DR: I believe the way they act is not unexpected in-universe.

        4. Rex Hondo

          Absolutely true, and one of the main reasons I don’t really mind the gender relations in the books. I try not to talk about them too much on line, though. Say “Wheel of Time” three times and it summons somebody to shriek about misogyny.

          Shit, I may have just done it…

        5. Rognik

          Wheel of Time Wheel of Time Wheel of Time.

          Set your timers, people, and let’s see it happen.

        6. LuckyStar7

          The Wheel of Time keeps on tuurniiiiin…

        7. Rognik

          If THAT post was too long, we need to do something about people’s attention spans.

        8. Kelly

          Yes, the modern attention span is – hey lets go ride bikes!

      2. sun tzu

        Not too long ago, there was a chapter in the HSDK manga where the hero was going to a secret meeting with a former rival. The love interest asked him where he was going. He thought to himself “I don’t want to worry her…but I don’t want to LIE to her, either.” And he TOLD HER THE TRUTH.
        Naturally, I was SHOCKED.

        1. Kernanator

          Tell me the name of this magical manga where people act with common sense. I wish to know more.

        2. sun tzu

          It’s “History’s Strongest Disciple Kenichi”. To say that people act with common sense there would be a MASSIVE overstatement, but it’s still a pretty cool manga (whose writer has clearly done some serious research before getting to work).

        3. Nerdman

          Oh, Kenichi! I’ve been hoping to get around to watching that! Come to think of it, there’s a lot of things I need to watch, Anime and otherwise. Fringe, Stargate, Star Trek, Scooby Doo, Bones, Gurren Lagan, Code Geass… And the Doctor Who premiere’s tomorrow… SO MANY CHOICES!!!

        4. Kelly

          Gurren Lagan, definitely. Then Doctor Who.

        5. Thisguy

          Can’t vouch for Gurren Lagan. But definitely shoot for Bones and/or Code Geass in the near future.

    3. Historyman68

      Again, I think a lot of it can be explained by her previous relationship. When she broke up with Danny, she knew it was the right thing to do and resented his attempts to make it work. So when Walky breaks up with her, she’s not thinking, “oh, maybe I can make things better so he won’t break up with me,” because she doesn’t like that mindset in Danny.

      I dunno. It’s a theory, at least.

  29. sandbridgekid

    knock Walky knock Walky knock Walky knock Walky knock Walky

    1. Effie

      Perfect gravvie-comment combination. Jussayin.

      1. vsophi

        Oh god, your Gravatar frightens me so much. orz

    2. Rex Hondo

      Shouldn’t that be

      *knock knock knock* Walky, *knock knock knock* Walky, *knock knock knock* Walky?

      1. Uncle Rylon

        *knock knock knock*
        Who do we love?
        Walky.
        *knock knock knock*
        Who do we love?
        Walky.
        *knock knock knock*
        Who do we love?
        Walky?

        1. Farmer_10

          *Raise hand* I-approve-of-your-humor Five.

      2. GrrArg42

        I think Joyce would know the words to “Soft Kitty”…

        1. LuckyStar7

          Soft Kitty
          Warm Kitty
          Little ball of fur
          Happy Kitty
          Sleepy Kitty
          Purr Purr Purr

    3. Valdrax

      I get the impression that that’s Joyce’s plan.

  30. McManus

    Joyce’s face in the third panel needs to be a gravatar.

  31. Rytsuryn

    Walky sense is tingling.

    1. Rytsuryn

      In fact, its a SUPER walky sense!

    2. Roborat

      I don’t think it is his sense that is tingling.

  32. sun tzu

    It’s odd how Joyce seems downright OFFENDED by the concept of Walky being “good enough” for Dorothy, never mind able to break up with her. Like Walky being romantically hopeless (without a shot at anyone better tha, say, Billie) is completely vital to her worldview. Weird.

  33. Crumplepunch

    Joyce is going to beat him with his spine.

    1. Kernanator

      That’s the problem with growing a spine, people can beat you to death with it. Which is why I’ve resolved to always remain spineless!

      …Wait.

      1. Rognik

        Nothing wrong with being spineless! Invertebrates have done it for centuries. They do tend to have exoskeletons in its place, though. Do you have one of those handy?

    2. artemi71

      Then she’ll well prepared to fight Ruth’s deadly femur, when, at the end of the comic, only they will be left, standing on a pile of skulls.

      Each will take their chosen weapon.

      And one shall fall.

      1. Spazman

        Spoiler: Mr. Rogers wins

      2. thomas0comer

        and then were there none?

      3. LuckyStar7

        THIS NEEDS A STORYLINE. NOW.

  34. beeftony

    Haha I forgot Joyce is an actual shipper.

    1. Patrick

      but she ships BillyXWalky…

      1. beeftony

        Ships change, my friend.

  35. Qixel

    Given Joyce had zero problem with Dorothy dumping Walky last strip, I’m thinking her problem is that Walky stood up for himself. :/

  36. Nerdman

    HA! Totally called it yesterday! Joyce is playing therapist for everyone!

    1. thomas0comer

      t-h-e-r-a-p-i-s-t
      t-h-e r-a-p-i-s-t

      1. Valdrax

        …for $200, Alex!

    2. Rognik

      I’m sure there’s some irony in this somewhere.

  37. Jon

    I’m gonna make the bold prediction that it’s not Joyce knocking on Walky’s door. I’m gonna say, like… Danny. Yeah. It’s Danny. And it’s a completely different topic of conversation.

    1. Nerdman

      “Hi, we’ve never met. I’m Danny. I heard Amazi-Girl was here.”

  38. Random Guy

    JOYCE SMASH!

    1. LuckyStar7

      WALKY SCREAM!!

      1. Rex Hondo

        WALKY’S CREAM!!

        1. Thisguy

          No, Walky’s Caramel. Sculpted of it, specifically.

  39. KLG

    Gotta love Joyce’s face in the third panel

  40. lightsabermario

    I guess we know who wears the pants in this relationship!
    Get it?

    1. LuckyStar7

      That Gravatar… is perfect.

  41. artemi71

    Willis, this comic highlights something I’ve been meaning to ask about, but keep forgetting.

    Are you using a specific font, and thus can resize it from that first bubble? Or is that your handwriting or something?

    1. Khantalas

      It is either a typeface, or whoever is doing the lettering has some horribly neat and uniform handwriting.

    2. David

      I use a font of my handwriting.

      1. begbert2

        Devious!

  42. Raoullefere

    So Joyce tried to ship Walky with Billie, and now (presumably) she’s going to try to get him back with Dotty?

    Anyone ever tell her if you want something done right, you have to do it yourself? (I.E. if she thinks he needs a girlfriend so badly… )

    1. Rognik

      That would certainly solve her problem of catching herself a husband at the same time.

  43. Ziaheart

    These fists were made for knocking, and knocking is what they adore.
    One of these days these fists will come a-knocking on your door.

    … and then these new boots will have a way with your ass.

    … too forced?

    1. begbert2

      I have philosophical problems with rhyming “adore” with “door” (sort of like rhyming “shoe” with “horseshoe”), so, yes.

      1. Ziaheart

        But adore is not adoor.

        1. Rognik

          But they are homonyms. It’s a bit like rhyming see with sea.

  44. Armchair Warrior

    HOPEFULLY ALL OF MY YES.

  45. lightsabermario

    Has my gravatar changed yet?

    1. lightsabermario

      Hmm, let’s try this one.

      1. lightsabermario

        Alright, let’s try now!

        1. lightsabermario

          Let’s see if this works.

        2. lightsabermario

          Ok, screw this. It won’t change to my new one, no matter what I do. Gravatar can suck it.

        3. Khantalas

          Is your gravatar in fact a pixellated Mario with a lightsaber?

        4. Rex Hondo

          I changed mine a few hours ago, and it still hasn’t switched over either.

        5. Rex Hondo

          Hurray, it’s caught up!

  46. Arturo

    Door Knocklish Translation: “THE POWER OF CHRIST COMPELS YE!”

  47. ADHadh

    Caramel Boy vs Bible Belt
    HEAVEN OR HELL

    1. Leorale

      Which one is which? I like caramel.

    2. George

      I would read the hell out of that comic.

    3. Rognik

      Go for broke! (I assume this is some fighter game reference here…)

      1. Valdrax

        Guilty Gear.

  48. gangler

    Huh. Is she really going to chew Walky out for this?

    1. Effie

      Well he is made of caramel…

      1. Choralistar

        your gravatar now makes me ship Walky and Danny.

      2. LuckyStar7

        NOM NOM NOM

  49. Jimmy

    “‘Tis some visitor,’ I muttered, ‘tapping (pounding) at my chamber door'”

    1. Leorale

      Only this, and nothing more. Pajama pants upon the floor.

      1. Leorale

        no, wait: Only this, and nothing more, for the pants which I adore.

        1. Jimmy

          *applause*

        2. Roborat

          In which I am fapping, fapping at my internet’s door.

        3. Khantalas

          Quoth the RA, “nevermore”?

        4. LuckyStar7

          (^^)/*\(^^)
          High Fives!!

  50. CC

    She’s not even gonna wait for him to answer. She’s just gonna tear down the door.

    1. Wack'd

      MR. WALKERTON, TEAR DOWN THIS DOOR!

  51. LionHeart

    Next page:
    Joyce: So you’re single now!? Because I was thinking…

  52. AJBulldis

    Clearly I’m the dumbest person here because it wasn’t until the comments that I realized that the knocking must be Joyce.

    1. Jimmy

      I didn’t realize it until I read the comments either.

      1. Raoullefere

        It may not be. But how can we comment on that?

        1. Rex Hondo

          “Good afternoon, sir. Do you have a few minutes to talk about The Cheese?”

        2. Rognik

          Sadly, I think The Cheese is in the same universe as Dexter and Monkey Master; perhaps he’s the heroic foil to their hilariously incompetant hijinks to take over the world.

  53. DSL

    It’s the boots. Gotta be the boots.

    1. Rex Hondo

      Joyce’s knocking boots?

      1. Rognik

        I heard that in ancient Rome, it was more polite to knock on doors with feet instead of hands. Whether this is accurate or just some liberty taken from a certain historical fiction I read. Just some food for thoughts for you all.

  54. Melizza

    Am I the only one who thought when they saw the last panel, “QUICK, TURN OFF THE PORN!”?

    (Probably not the only one…but I didn’t have time to read through all the comments today):

    1. ArkhamTexan

      Yes. Yes, you are.

      MY specific reaction, on the other hand, was “QUICK, PULL UP YOUR PANTS!” Perhaps we should team our statements up.

  55. Bill

    And just at that moment, something will play really loud on his computer indicating that he’s home.

  56. begbert2

    Walky, how dare you stand up for yourself! How are you going to be able to marry Dorothy if you have a spine??

  57. Charlie Spencer

    [Knock, knock, knock]
    WALKY!

    [Knock, knock, knock]
    WALKY!

    [Knock, knock, knock]
    WALKY!

    1. Audiophillie

      I knew someone would make this reference. It was too good to pass up.

      1. Charlie Spencer

        Yeah, too bad I didn’t notice Rex Hondo had already made it six hours earlier!

  58. carl320

    I hear the beating of war drums in the distance… or in this case on the other side of the door.

    1. Effie

      Here come the drums

      1. Kernanator

        Doom. Doom. Doom.

        1. Kelly

          Fly you fools!

    2. Wack'd

      Buster? You can’t do that on the balcony, buddy?

  59. gravsloe

    AN IMAGE OF AN ANGEL BECOMES ITSELF AN ANGEL!
    I don’t remember having a sweater vest. It is nice though. Hmm.

    1. Rex Hondo

      The Angels have the pajama jeans.

  60. kschenke

    Joyce is about to throw DOWN.

  61. Blob Marley

    Oh my. Dat “caught while fapping” face…

  62. Roborat

    Wow, the intensity of Joyce’s talking caused Dorothy’s boobs to deflate in the first panel

  63. Jason

    Bang bang bang, on the door baby….

    1. Jason

      Knock a li’l louder, sugar!

      1. Rex Hondo

        You’re WHAT?

        1. Effie

          TIN ROOF! Rusty.

        2. LuckyStar7

          Love SHACK, baby! Looove SHACK!!

        3. Jason

          Hi-five, me!

        4. Khrene

          The first time I heard that band, it was from Family Guy, but the first I recognized them as the B-52s was when Donkey Konga had “Rock Lobster” on its tracks to play.

          The most Epic thing is that through the power of AV jack manipulating, I found out that Rock Lobster fits to the intro of

        5. LuckyStar7

          SO MANY JASONS

  64. Chiatroll

    I think the knocking is being done by a talking car.

  65. gangler

    “Hey, I hear you and Dotty aren’t an item anymore. So… is there some kind of five second rule before I can move in on that or what?”

  66. luke

    p.sure this will end up with joyce in a pair of pyjama jeans

    1. Historyman68

      Haha I’m seeing this in my mind’s eye already.

  67. Sporky

    This conversation is gonna end in Walky/Joyce makeouts. Calling it.

    1. Gordon Blvd

      oh we are ALL ABOUT the Walky/Joyce makeouts all up in here yup yup!!!

  68. avstron

    Please please please, let Joyce come up again with something like “PREMARITAL HANKY PANKY!”. Pleaseee

    1. Historyman68

      Joyce’s Catchphrases on Demand!

    2. Historyman68

      Though actually the catchphrases seem to be distributed rather well throughout the cast- Joe’s got a few, Billie, Ruth… it’s a good sign that the comedy’s character-based rather than punchline-based.

      1. Roborat

        I see what you did there, clever.

  69. gkheyf

    dorothy is sufficiently emotionally detached from her own life to just accept a breakup that easily. mad props, but inconvenient to plot

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