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What
Posted on June 25, 2019 by David M Willis

130 thoughts on “What”

  1. Ana Chronistic

    “WHAT DID YOU SAY?”

    “I SAID ‘WHAT DID YOU SAY?'”

    “WHAT WAS THAT?”

    “WHAT?”

    “WHAT?”

    1. JetstreamGW

      What you say!?

      You have no chance to survive make your time.

      1. TachyonCode

        Ha ha ha ha

        1. Minim

          Captain!

          Take off every ‘ZIG’!

        2. JasonAW3

          Someone set us up the bomb!!!

      2. Dana

        I said “What what” in the butt.

      3. someone

        Mmm, “what”, you say?
        Mm, that you only meant well? Well, of course you did.
        Mmm, what you say?
        Mm, that it’s all for the best? Of course it is.
        Mmm, “what, you say?
        Mm, that it’s just what we need? And you decided this.
        What you say?
        Mmm, “what”, did She say?

        (They’re doing this for Walky’s dear sister after all.)

      4. Arian

        Someone has set up us the bomb

    2. McBogue

      What’d I Say?

    3. Marsh Maryrose

      What’s on second.

      1. Delicious Taffy

        Who?

        1. Marsh Maryrose

          I Don’t Know.

        2. Geneseepaws

          Third base!

        3. JasonAW3

          What?

    4. Tan

      Do they speak English in What?

      1. Cholma

        W-what?

        1. Keulen

          Say what again! I dare you, I double dare you motherfucker, say what one more goddamn time!

        2. Roborat

          I knew this would be posted.

    5. Clif

      Yes, I think that this could be one those Rocky Horror moments where the same sequence can be repeated 3 or 4 times.

      1. Marsh Maryrose

        What…does the fox say?

        What…is dead may never die.

        What…becomes of the broken-hearted?

        What…is the answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything?

        And I haven’t even scratched the surface. Maybe in seven and a half million years…

        1. Charlie Spencer

          What … they do? They smile in your face, all the time they wanna take your place.

        2. Coru

          What…is your favorite color?

        3. Liquid Len

          What…is the airspeed of an unladen swallow?

        4. Ana Chronistic

          How do you mean, an African or a European swallow?

        5. thejeff

          I don’t know that.

        6. ktbear

          What? Not the American swallow then?

    6. Needfuldoer

      What, you say?!

      1. Schol-R-LEA

        Mmmmn, that you only meant well?

  2. Kay

    What!?

    1. Cholma

      WHAT?!

      1. Foxhack

        In the butt

        1. LeslieBean4shizzle

          What what?

      2. motorfirebox

        What…?

        1. anonamousethatscurriesinthedarkness

          Interstellar Homing Eight-ball of Doom DX

  3. Piotr W

    Heh. 🙂

  4. Schpoonman

    Now that it’s happened I’m so okay with this happening like this.

  5. Stephen Bierce

    COMPUTER: Correct letter is I. Applicant is not Knott-Watt but Nitt-Witt!

    1. Kamino Neko

      Holy shit, Monkees reference. Did not see that coming.

    2. 1958fury

      Points for obscurity!

      1. Stephen Bierce

        Previous Occupation: Peat Digger.

  6. Piotr W

    BTW. Amber’s face on the second-to-last panel… 😀

    1. Br44n5m

      Seconded

    2. Kyoulkoa

      Faaaaace

  7. William Leonard Reese Jr.

    Sal coming up from behind them all: What’re y’all whating about?

  8. John

    Internal monologue voice, Amber.

  9. brionl

    What?!

    https://youtu.be/YPkjz3mtBVw?t=4

    1. brionl

      Darn no edits.
      Anyway, smoking is an automatic -5 points on the hotness scale.

      1. Cholma

        Only 5? You’re more generous than I am.

        1. Zero

          The scale is binary.

        2. motorfirebox

          So someone who smokes isn’t on the scale at all?

          …Yeah, I see it.

  10. Kyrik Michalowski

    Yes, this all going exactly as well as I expected it to. And I say again, what could possibly go wrong here?

  11. DailyBrad

    Asher needs to go all in on the sideburns. Only then will Go Nagai give him his own robot.

    1. StClair

      I love this comment.

      1. Darkoneko

        Oh yeaaah !

  12. GoblinScribe

    Wait, does Walky… get it? Is he the first character to really work out Amber/Amazi-Girl’s situation this quickly?

    1. Marsh Maryrose

      That was the thing that leaped out at me. He is literally the first person to hear her say “I’m not Amazi-Girl, I’m Amber,” and understand that those are different personas.

      I wouldn’t assume that he understands the DID thing yet. But he at least understands that Amber compartmentalizes AG, something that Ethan and Danny still don’t get.

      As far as I’m concerned, one more piece of evidence that the Walky/Amber ship makes way more sense than their previous relationships.

      1. BarerMender

        Not the first. Dina figured it out early.

  13. BBCC

    Oops, awkward! Sorry, Amber.

    1. BBCC

      I like how she goes to talk to him after Walky asks who hurt Sal. Nice touch.

  14. Delicious Taffy

    He looks like a 35-year-old fast food manager who thinks smoking is a hobby.

    1. Agemegos

      Yeah, that’s what I thought.

  15. mister gray

    WHAT?!

  16. Cass

    No, What’s on second.

    1. CianM1301

      I’m not askin’ you who’s on second!

  17. Rukdug

    Who’s on first?

    1. Needfuldoer

      “When you pay the first baseman, who gets the money?”
      “Yes he does, every dollar of it. Sometimes his wife picks up the money.”
      “Whose wife?”
      “Yes.”

      1. Ed Rhodes

        Look, all I’m trying to find out is what is the guys name on first base?

        1. Needfuldoer

          No, What’s on second.

  18. Dean

    Now shipping Ambsher.

    1. Marsh Maryrose

      As Becky would say, Ambsher the Hamsher.

  19. Rabid Rabbit

    I first read that as “He, however, is not,” and the strip was therefore rather confusing.

    Also, “hot” vs. “cute.” Sorry, Walky, you may no longer be a virgin, but your manliness-cred is still lacking. (Yes, that’s gender-essentialist, etc. But so is Walky.)

    1. ǝ snow ʍousɐ

      Hah, I read it that way too!

  20. Khantalas

    I have to read the character tags to figure out who is in each strip featuring the short brunette meatshell please send help.

    1. Needfuldoer

      Cheek blushes are the easiest visual tell. They’re there when Amber’s in charge, but absent for Amazi-Girl.

  21. Reltzik

    “Stealth” and “Casual, mildly-flirtatious banter” do not synergize well.

    1. Kyrik Michalowski

      How do those superheroes manage to do it?

      1. Reltzik

        They all have “plot convenience” as an unnamed superpower.

  22. TrueVCU

    Wat

    1. Ed Rhodes

      Dookie, dookie doo! (That’s my wife’s morning alarm!)

  23. Bagge

    For having crippling social anxiety, Amber pops out from bushes to give compliments like a pro.

    1. ShinyNeen

      The more scared you are to initiate conversation, the bigger an icebreaker you need!

      1. Bagge

        Huh, that sounds like a pretty solid lifehack

  24. ǝ snow ʍousɐ

    @alt-text *appreciative golf claps*

  25. ǝ snow ʍousɐ

    @alt-text *appreciative golf claps*

    1. ǝ snow ʍousɐ

      shit, double posted

  26. CMasta

    I’ll do you one better: WHY is he hot?!

    1. Marsh Maryrose

      Let’s see:

      Built for dexterity, not power? Check.

      Lean? Check.

      Large, intense eyes? Check?

      Kissable lips? Subjective, but plausible.

      All that’s missing are the rosy cheeks. And maybe in daylight those might be there, too.

      1. Ron

        He reminds me of the thing amber drew in shortpacked! To show what she would think is a sexual ideal.

    2. Delicious Taffy

      Because looking like a Tim Sutton body double is exactly Amber’s flavor.

      1. Geneseepaws

        I like Tim Hortten’s better.

  27. Tom T.

    Are those Walky’s exclamation lines talking in panel 5?

  28. abysswatcher1993

    Amber, you fucked up a good cover. However, she is right that Asher looks hotter than Walky. Asher looks like an action movie protagonist, and Walky looks like a comedic sidekick that has attention span problems.

  29. Nono

    Ah, when your inner monologue escapes.

    1. Marsh Maryrose

      Actually, this is what happens when your inner monologue escapes.

  30. Keulen

    DoA Book 9: What?

  31. Hrafn

    Asher is meant to be Asian? He looks more Italian to me. I must admit I often find it hard to discern the intended ethnicities in DoA.

    1. Marsh Maryrose

      Walky thinks of Asher as Asian. Walky is from Evansville, which is not a very diverse community. (For that matter, Indiana is not a very diverse state.)

      It wouldn’t surprise me if people from Walky’s neighborhood assume anyone who isn’t white, black, or latinx must be Asian.

      (It’s been pointed out that the Middle East is technically in Asia, to which I can only say, take it up with the U.S. Census Bureau. You could also take it up with the late Lou Harrison, who pointed out that Europe is technically just Northwest Asia.)

      1. Marsh Maryrose

        On the other hand, the countries of the Middle East were included in the “Asiatic barred zone” in the Immigration Act of 1917. So whether or not they are Asian depends on who is doing the classifying, and when. (Which, come to think of it, is true for pretty much all racial/ethnic classifying.)

      2. Inahc

        Also, Russia is a big chunk of Asia, but does anyone call them Asians?

        1. BBCC

          Depends on the part of Russia. Some yes, as its part of north Asia.

      3. Hrafn

        I would suggest that there is an enormous difference between “technically in Asia” and ‘likely to be described as “Asian” in common parlance’, even by the most culturally-insulated American. Would Walky have made his decision based upon Asher’s detailed family history and an atlas, or superficial looks (the latter more likely to yield Italian ‘white’ or possibly ‘latino’ than stereotypic ‘Asian’)?

  32. NinjaNick

    Wha-wha-what?!

  33. REAver

    Walky using Amber’s guilt like that is kinda gross

    1. Bagge

      Yup.

      1. Reaver

        Like big YIKES energy there..

  34. SpaceshipPilot

    I know there’s nothing to support it (because Amber keeps her cheek-blush thingies), but I like to imagine AG briefly took control to say that.

  35. 0kami

    NANI?

  36. Darkoneko

    Well, he is.

    1. Darkoneko

      Seriously, that’s oldschool giant-robot-riding hottie material right there.

      1. dralou

        Too “2-days-beard” to be the main hero, though… At best, he’d be a begrudging second fiddle.

        1. Roborat

          Hero? I thought he looked like a stereotypical villain.

      2. Amazi-Stool

        “Get in the fucking robot, Ashi!”

  37. Meagan

    I love the slow burn up to Amber and Walky being a thing again. Active flirting is happening.

  38. FacelessDeviant

    Whatwhat what what?

    1. FacelessDeviant

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QK8mJJJvaes

  39. Josh Spicer

    What? spoken confusingly.

    What? spoken innocently.

    What? spoken indignantly.

    What?! spoken like it’s a fact and Walky being indignant makes no sense.

    1. Josh Spicer

      I miscalculated my What?s.

      Switch two and three around.

  40. Charlotte

    Maybe this has already been discussed in the last few days, but I don’t really get what Walky is trying to accomplish here at all. Won’t alerting Asher to Walky’s and Sal’s presence make trouble MORE likely, not less?
    I imagine that Sal would rather not have these ghosts from her past dug up at all.

    Anyway, I hope Asher has a similar amount of personal growth behind him as Sal has, but then there wouldn’t be drama, so I’m not too hopeful.

    1. ShinyNeen

      I think Walky was hoping to ‘scope out’ Asher without letting Asher find out Sal was on campus but, well, he probably didn’t plan this out very well >.>

      Asher could be an interesting parallel to where Sal’s at right now, especially considering that Sal just had a major moment of growth recently. That’d be neat!

    2. Sam

      Mostly he just wanted to scope things out, see if he might be a potential hassle to Sal later. He didn’t intend to alert him to his presence. That just happened because Walky did not come into this with a real plan.

  41. BenRG

    PREDICTION: Asher tells Walky to ‘beat it’; Amazi-Girl objects and defends their boyfriend. Violently.

  42. Zee

    Okay so I’m not the only one who saw it, great

  43. ValdVin

    Amber once mentioned “Have you seen Mike’s abs?!” to someone (Ethan?), showing an attraction to him which was at odds with his personality (because Mike).

    Has Amber yet to see Walky shirtless, with his sculpten caramel out there?

  44. BlackScarabZ

    Homer: [yawns] Well, time to go to work.
    Homer’s brain: Little do they know, I’m ducking out early to take the Duff Brewery tour.
    Homer: Roll in at nine, punch out at five, that’s the plan.
    Homer’s brain: Heh-heh-heh. They don’t suspect a thing. [camera pans down to Homer’s mouth, and back up] Well, off to the plant.
    Homer: Then to the Duff Brewery.
    Homer’s brain: Uh-oh. Did I say that or just think it?
    Homer: [panicky] I gotta think of a lie fast!
    Marge: Homer, are you going to the Duff Brewery?
    Homer: GAAAAAAGH! [runs off]

  45. ShinyNeen

    Yeah, someone bursting out of the bushes to say something like that would wipe the smirk off my face, too.

    Welcome to the comic, Asher!

  46. MatthewTheLucky

    Stealth 100

    1. Roborat

      How is her pickpocket skill?

  47. StClair

    What? Whaaaat? Stop POKING MEEEE!

  48. Meagan

    When I first read this, I thought Amber said, “He, however, is NOT.” As in not cute. Which made a lot of sense to me, because Asher looks kinda scruffy, and the cigarette makes it not be in a good way. Cigarettes automatically make people less attractive to me and can give an overall unhealthy vibe. But apparently Amber thinks he is hot. Huh.

  49. Tacos

    What?

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