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Hold
Posted on July 6, 2015 by David M Willis
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163 thoughts on “Hold”

  1. Jen Aside

    I wanna “awww!” but tbh it looks like Ruth’s been replaced by a new Terminator that holds hands instead of outright slaughtering its victims

    but awww!

    1. Jen Aside

      RAWR TERRIBLE LIZBIANS

      1. Kris

        The Becasaurus doesn’t want to be fed! It wants to hunt!

      2. Hoodiecrow

        Perfect.

    2. claudewicked

      That hit me right in the feels.

    3. MeghanTheWorldEater

      I think the juxtaposition makes it cuter

    4. Plasma Mongoose

      Are you suggesting that Ruth has being replaced with a T-X?

      1. Dean

        “I need your clothes, your boots, and your femurs.”

      2. nothri

        And Dina has been replaced by a T-Rex?

        1. Just saying

          That is a triceratops.

        2. thebombzen

          Dina is going to get rich inventing a line of clothing called Tricera Tops.

        3. thebombzen

          I FUCKING CALLED IT

        4. nothri

          That joke was golden, and it went right over your head.

        5. Irrelevante

          Good for him; gold’s heavy and if it hit him, it could’ve given him a concussion

    5. Marc in MN

      Yeah, the fact that Ruth’s expression doesn’t change at all for four panels is a bit unnerving.

      1. HeySo

        Very serial killery.
        Expect this to turn into Higurashi by next strip.

        1. HeySo

          Elfen Lied may be a better reference, I get the feeling Ruth is going to take out the whole dorm :X

    6. Bagge

      Cuddelbot? I for one welcome our new cozy robot overlords.

    7. Doctor_Who

      Billie just found the Ruth mannequin that Ruth keeps around. She stations it at the door to make it look like she’s keeping an eye on things so she can go get shitfaced.

      1. HeySo

        Sounds legit.

    8. Palamdrone

      They are merely exchanging long protein strings. If you can think of a simpler way, I’d like to hear it.

    9. David Alexander McDonald

      “Come with me if you want to cuddle!”

      1. Vangeln

        ‘Cuddle with me if you want to come!’

    10. Tenn

      “It can’t be bargained with. It can’t be reasoned with. It doesn’t feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And it absolutely will not stop — ever —, until you hold hands.”

  2. LiaHansen

    filth

    1. Plasma Mongoose

      SMUTTY SMUT SMUT!

      1. Stephen R. Bierce

        *fists on table* Smut without warning! *fists on table* Smut without warning!*fists on table* Smut without warning!

        1. brionl

          The best kind of smut!

      2. ocbrad1

        Pre-marital hanky panky!

    2. -Sentinel-

      THINK OF THE CHILDREN

      1. Plasma Mongoose

        When smut is involved, the last thing you should ever think of are children.

        1. Ancestral Hamster

          Though children can be the end product of smut …

        2. Fairwinds42

          Children, aka Smut-trophies!

        3. Ancestral Hamster

          Heh. Never thought of it that way before!

        4. Yet_One_More_Idiot

          My children, never forget…you are the end consequence of smut.

        5. Deanatay

          Unless you’re a test-tube baby. Freak.

        6. Plasma Mongoose

          If you’re a test-tube baby(they really should be called petri dish babies), you biggest worries are dingos with straws.

        7. Yet_One_More_Idiot

          I shall always refer to them from now on as petri dish babies instead. 😛

        8. Plaid

          Seeing as I am one, it’s nice to see other people using the right terminology. 😛
          Of course, depending on the situation, it can be better to use ‘test tube’; people might think you’re some sort of sci-fi Gattaca baby, and you shouldn’t discourage the notion.

        9. Yet_One_More_Idiot

          The other difference is, with the term Petri Dish baby, you can shorten it to just “Petri” and use it as a nickname, and it’ll sound like an actual name. 😛

    3. Willoughby Chase

      Lewd

  3. MeghanTheWorldEater

    Oh my god this so friggin cute!!! :3

  4. Stephen R. Bierce

    That’s when a smoke was a smoke/And groovin’ was groovin’!–John Cougar Mellenkamp

    1. Incomitatus

      “And holding hands in the dark was everything….”

      No… doesn’t quite work the same.

      1. dralou

        And yet, it’s quite something, these two holding hands…

  5. Opus the Poet

    Iz Kyute, right?

    1. Opus the Poet

      That comment was directed at the comic, not the news announcement.

  6. Rictus

    Why pick one or the other when you can do both?

  7. Bagge

    I kinda wonder the same thing. This was really sweet, though.

  8. Siyajkak

    DINA, WHAT ARE YOU DOING!? Triceratops, or any ceratopsian, is an herbivore! Why do you have sharp teeth!?

    1. Doctor_Who

      And HOW do you have sharp teeth? Did she spend all night filing them or something?

      1. Opus the Poet

        Prosthetics are a real thing in this world, and I assume the DoA-verse.

        1. Doctor_Who

          I know, but I worry that Dina would want to go for accuracy.

        2. Ancestral Hamster

          So no lasers in the Triceratops’ horns, or cybernetic targeting devices for same? Well damn. I guess I’ll just have to play Smash-Up instead.

        3. Opus the Poet

          Have you seen herbivore dinosaur teeth? rows of leaf-shaped knives for shredding what are basically trees. They are more terrifying than the carnivorous dinosaurs’ teeth. Those with just tear you to large, easy to swallow chunks. Herbivore teeth will turn you into hamburger.

        4. fogel

          Heck, being torn into chunks isn’t terrifying at all!

        5. Opus the Poet

          I rate it as “somewhat frightening”. That’s at least three steps below “terrifying”.

    2. Dean

      I am kind of hanging out to see Dina in the triceratops hoodie in-comic.

    3. Lucina

      She’s obviously not impersonating a Triceratops; she’s running bipedally. Why must her hoodie limit her dinosaur roleplaying opportunities?

      Personally, I’d guess Saurornithoides, judging by previous interest expressed, but she could be any theropod.

    4. Marika Oniki

      Gotta agree with Opus. Google triceratops teeth, they’re actually pretty close to the look of Dina’s. Well, aside from the fact they only had them in the side of the jaws, with the beak dominating the front portion of the mouth.

  9. JessWitt

    Weird thought here, but since Willis is having babies – and babies are the worst – maybe he could cut back to just five comics a week, to take some of the pressure off him?

    1. Andrew

      Nope. Under no circumstances. I will have literally nothing to do with my weekends to stave off actually being productive. Do you want that? You monster?

      1. Tacos

        You could always build pillow forts instead.

        1. 3-I

          Best plan ever.

      2. JessWitt

        Heehee, I’m so fiendish.

      3. Disloyal Subject

        Books. Painting. Games. A social life. Sculpting. Tailoring. Webcomicry.
        Endless, the possibilities are.

    2. dailybrad

      He has enough buffer to deal with it fine, he’s said, so it’ll be alright. Besides, it’s part of the kickstarter, so I imagine he wouldn’t want to back out on that.

      1. JessWitt

        Oh yea, right. He did promise that in the kickstarter. It was for a year?

    3. Sam

      I don’t think he really needs to at this point in time. He so far has enough buffer to last until September 30th at least (because the last panel shown on tumblr was labeled with that date). So he has enough buffer for almost two months in advance.

      But we should really wait until he actually has babies before making suggestions like that – because it is only when his schedule has to actually change to revolve around babies that he’ll know for sure how much comic making he can fit in per week and if he’ll be able to stay at the same rate of buffer.

      1. saki

        Tip: there is a buffer watch below the slipshine thingie in the left column (between some ads). :3

    4. Plasma Mongoose

      Willis is so far ahead that he could stop drawing for the rest of the year and still have comics showing up every day for the rest of this year.

      1. Lord Stoneheart

        Actually as of this posting that’s only true of up to October 4th.

    5. Kryss LaBryn

      Wait–Willis is having babies? Why am I just now hearing about this?!

      Congratulations, dude! 😀

      1. Ozzi

        Congrats on your smut trophies Darth Willis.

  10. Scoops

    Erotic!

    1. Orbit Junkie

      I like the way you think.

  11. MikeyMike

    Billy: “I have questions.”
    Ruth: “Just enjoy the moment, stupid.”

  12. Arkantos

    These two are cute. Violently self-destructive and headed down a path that can only end in tears, but cute nonetheless.

    1. Khrene

      Hopefully tears of joy.

      Hopefully

    2. Cerberus

      Agree. On all of it.

  13. Michael Steamweed

    Oh, yeah, that’s some hot hand-holding action, right there! I see the next Slipshine! 😀

    1. maxyai

      The next Slipshine will be 20 pages of Ruth and Billie holding hands because BABIES.

  14. Tacos

    Well that’s sorta sweet.

  15. Romanticide

    well at least for now this second… all is well

    1. EEWWW

      Billie, do you know where that hand has been? Oh, I guess you do…
      Right there holding your heart.

  16. Kraken

    What a couple of big romantic softies.

  17. dailybrad

    Ruth and Billie are cuties. Dina and Becky are cutiesaurs.

    1. Deanatay

      What does that make Marcie and Malaya? Cute on wheels? SkateCute?

  18. Khrene

    >//< L-lewd

  19. brionl

    I’ll take “between ‘auto’ and ‘asphyxiation’ for 200, Alex.”

  20. Carms

    …. ruth is looking very creepy.
    She could smell the booze.
    She knows.

  21. Twilightomens

    THAT LOOK

  22. Just Me

    Ruth could show just a little bit of emotion….that ruined what could have been a sweet moment.

    I would have accepted angry Ruth grabbing Billie’s hand…at least then we would know what was going to happen next.

    1. Barf Ninjason

      Oh, I can explain that. For you see, Ruth has just farted, prodigiously, right before Billie came in, and in a panicked state has decided, somewhat dubiously, that the best way to distract her from noticing is to instead perplex her with unmoving silence.

  23. m-m

    i love that Ruth fixed their hand position so that she could grab Billie’s hand. Sometimes, in the midst of deep deep depression, that’s the best you can do.

  24. Orbit Junkie

    The hovertext works best if you read it in the voice of Zapp Brannigan.

    1. Opus the Poet

      Or Quagmire works too (giggity!)

  25. Idon'tcarenomore

    Ruth has trouble showing her real emotions, unless they are femur stealing, Blaine throwing, and terrorizing freshmen. So, this is a big step for her, hand holding now: expressions while holding hands, later.

    Oh wow. Dina and Becky the dino’s, are adorable. I hope they pair up: and I never would have thought I’d think that.

    So: double AWWWW.

  26. Ben

    Yeesh…. between this and the Kitteh burial over on Stand Still, Stay Silent my feels meter seems to have cracked…

  27. The Weirdo

    L-Lewd…

  28. Mr. Mendo

    The feels!

  29. Azukar

    Dude, save these NSFW comics for the Slipshine 😛

  30. 6Qubed

    I can see Dina getting Becky a dilophosaurus-themed hoody because they are the “funny haircut” dinos and Becky has a funny haircut.

    1. Tacos

      Wouldn’t Stygimoloch have more of what would be considered a “funny haircut”?

      1. 6Qubed

        that is indeed a funny dino haircut, but is it a funny Becky-dino haircut? no, I do not think so.

        plus, dilophosauruses are a tad more mainstream, by dint of being movie stars and all

  31. Kocel

    Leave room for Jesus you two, sheesh

  32. CC

    Ruth: *holds hand*
    Hand: *is hold*

    1. Deanatay

      Held.

      1. Catullus

        It’s actually a reference.

        1. Deanatay

          Too vague.

        2. Disloyal Subject

          Obscure reference, sure, but with an error that glaringly obvious I’d say the intent was pretty clear.

        3. Eric

          Right? I find people get in such rush to correct my grammar, they don’t realize it’s only ever incorrect when it is referring to something else. Looks like that happened here too.

  33. NinjaNick

    Awww…

  34. saki

    Adorable. Ruth kinda looks like she was struck by lightning, but adorable.

    1. Yet_One_More_Idiot

      Ruthie currently has a fairly classic “rabbit caught in headlights” look on her face from the hand-holding that is entirely too adorable for words hdgakjkfghdfjkaghjkdfgdsfadf7ahhdgajkhjklh

  35. Rabid Rabbit

    I was unaware until I saw the Comic-Con image that the world is in desperate need of a crossover where Dina (and possibly Becky) meet Vanessa from S*P.

    1. Kamino Neko

      I don’t know if Vanessa could deal with Dina critiquing her costume….

    2. Opus the Poet

      Vanessa is a TA at UT in Austin. Unless you can come up with a plausible way for a TA at UT to interact in person with freshmen from IU your idea to cross over the Universes of DoA and SP! is DOA.

  36. Cypherfox

    …because, Billie, she wanted a shred of normalcy, out with her partner, at a party, holding hands. It’s not the same hiding in your room and doing it. That’s good too…obviously.

    But still, this is definitely an ‘awww’ moment.

    1. hof1991

      +1. Everything they have done has been impulsive and hurried. Slow down and share a little human contact. Hold hands. Maybe even talk to each other. Start to build an actual relationship.

      I know it looks unnerving, but this is the first sign that they might be good for each other and not just slipshine fodder.

      OK, now you can progress to hugs.

  37. PanzerVaughn

    Man, its going to be so sad when one of them dies.

    1. Flame_Warp

      *sniff sniff*

      *breaks through window*

      I SMELLED A REFERENCE! WHAT’S THE EMERGENCY!?

  38. takashid

    awwww

  39. Heavensrun

    She was lonely, you schmuck!

  40. Nym

    Great convention poster, or greatest convention poster?

  41. BenRG

    A very bittersweet strip. Am I the only one who thinks it’s sad that Ruth seems genuinely surprised that Billie… that anyone would want to hold her hand?

  42. feli

    Pls Ruth stop creeping us out with being doll-like broken. It hurts my eyes … and other stuff. Probably my femurs.

  43. Darkoneko

    Awwww *melts*

  44. Dr. T

    Man, Billie really is going to screw Ruth up when this whole thing inevitably blows up, isn’t she?

    1. Darkoneko

      It goes both ways.

  45. caesaria82

    Ok, yesterday’s strip felt so suicidal, too suicidal in fact for me to comment b/c it hit too close for me, but now Billie is talking about ‘whenever we want’, which implies a future? That’s good! Maybe she’s just planning to lock herself in Ruth’s room forever, which is obviously not much healthier, but at least it’s less suicidal. Well, unless she plans to drink herself to death … 🙁
    Oh god, I’m making myself sad, I need to stop.

  46. Varius

    Ruth went to the party because she missed Billie.

    1. Darkoneko

      Wasn’t that a given already ? ^^

  47. Torra

    this is too lewd for me

  48. Asper

    Awwwwww and a bit lewd for me at the same time.

  49. Nono

    Woah woah woah, Mike isn’t top for hottest dude so far? Wonders never cease.

    1. Cephalo the Pod

      His hair is a fucking brick.

      1. tim guegue

        No, a hammer, for hammering all hope you have for humanity.

        1. Disloyal Subject

          Some may be discarded, but what’s left is refined to better tensile strength and sharpened to a working edge?
          I the crucible of Mike, hope is tested.

  50. Arikel

    Willis if anything bad happens to this couple I swear…

    1. arias01

      Willis is like a capricious Babylonian deity. If you bring anything to his attention your more likely to have it destroyed than get it fixed.

      1. HMRC4EVR

        If Walky is Ezra (The Eater of Cities), who is Roland?

    2. darkoneko

      Please do not threaten the author.

      1. darkoneko

        Woops, mail typo.

  51. Arianod

    It’s a good thing we have Willis’ assurance that no one is gonna die in this iteration of the ‘verse. Otherwise I’d be seriously, seriously worried for Billie and Ruth right now.

    1. Cephalo the Pod

      If Batman the Animated Series taught people anything, it’s that forbidding death just makes things worse.

    2. Spencer

      Well, he didn’t say anything about expulsion or comas.

      1. Arianod

        Yeah. What I should have been said was “I’d be even more worried”.

    3. Disloyal Subject

      He could have been lying to make it a harder punch. He wouldn’t be the first.

      1. Spencer

        Nobody’s going to die. One week of DoA is approximately one year in DoA (hell, last Sunday started in late 2013 and we’re only now near the end of Saturday), and if anybody died, even a total bit part or a mentioned name only important to one of the characters, the repercussions would last far too long and it would kill the mood of the rest of the comic.

        Some kind of bad shit is going to happen to Billie and Ruth, but they won’t be acting with integrity any time soon.

        1. Spencer

          One week of DoA is approximately one year in real life*

          Who can I hire to proofread these things before I post them? It’s just getting silly now.

      2. Arianod

        Nah, that ain’t his style.

  52. arias01

    Anybody else read the hovertext in Gilbert Gottfried’s voice? Anybody? Good for you.

    1. jbear

      i read it in zapp brannigan’s voice. EROTIC!

    2. m2iCodeJockey

      Yep. It sounded just like GG reading “Fifty Shades of Sh## that will get you divorced and sent to the klink…”

    3. Tenn

      I SURE DID! *grins squintingly*

  53. Aisling

    Willis should make the alt text the page titles, so those reading phones can see it. O3O

    1. JaneDoe

      Not sure if it works on all mobile browsers, but try tapping the space below the comic to the right of the navigation buttons, that should bring up the alt text over the comic itself.

      1. Lumin

        Thank you!!

  54. Chronos

    D’awww…

  55. OmegaDez

    Ruth is now a “mostly” immobile statue.

  56. Deanatay

    Dina’s dino-cap is growing – it’s almost totally consumed her body now. Dina is now driven by its – BESTIAL LUSTS.

  57. Aaron Bourque

    Yeah! And if you want to emotionally confuse and manipulate me, you can do that in the dark of your room, too!

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