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Honest
Posted on March 13, 2012 by David M Willis
This is the link I gave you yesterday. But tonight, do not vote for me! I think we have strongly established that not even my fake popularity can eclipse XKCD's real popularity. (You see, XKCD is very, very good.)

Instead, my mission for you tonight is to find the bottom of the rankings, work your way up the list, and find yourself some new webcomics. For example, the comic currently at the bottom is Metalero. (I haven't checked out that comic myself; it's just the one at the bottom of the list, so let's cross our fingers that it's not racist or something.) Enjoy!

174 thoughts on “Honest”

  1. Seerow

    d’awwwwww

    1. darcos0

      who likes blondes? that guy

    2. ViralBiae

      HAHA, TIME FOR SHIPPING.

      1. alex

        don’t think it’s shipping if it’s cannon.

        1. Plasma Mongoose

          Cannons are for sinking other ships, unless you were meaning to use the word canon.

        2. Blob Marley

          So cannons are canon if the ship is sunk?

        3. Mercury

          Canon sinks ships, too. Or at least it tries to.

        4. Phlebas

          Don’t loose lips sink ships?

        5. lordphulish

          Dorothy’s got some loose lips.

        6. shadowsneakz

          dat avatar doh, just makes it so perfect..

        7. Leorale

          I suck my ship into your mom’s loose lips

          for a nickle

        8. Leorale

          er, sunk. But it kinda worked either way.

        9. Leorale

          …..and nickel. 🙁

        10. xainoforgv

          Though I think this is sweet I hope this pairing doesn’t workout cause
          Walky x Dorothy mean a systematic killing of near infinite Joyce and
          Walky’s courtesy of head alien

        11. xainoforgv

          also the dexter and monkey master toys talked a few pages ago
          WHY DOES FEEL LIKE I’M ONLY ONE FREAKING OUT ABOUT THAT!?

        12. xainoforgv

          DAMN YOU WILLIS FOR FEEDING MY PARANOIA

    3. Zoey

      AWWWWWW!!!!!! ^_^

    4. Kirt Dankmyer

      d’awwwwww x10

  2. Jen Aside

    THAT IS NOT AN ANSWER

    oh wait

    8(

  3. OhHayMike

    Brown chicken brown cow!

    1. Mkvenner

      Honk chicka honk honk!

      1. Ragnal

        Wok shakin’ wok wok!

        1. Blob Marley

          Doo wacka doo wacka doo wacka doo wacka doooooooo!!!

        2. Sigma Octantis

          giggity giggity, giggity goo

    2. Kasamari

      Hey Chicka Bump Bump!!

      1. Astrotrain

        Blarg Chicka honk honk

        1. Max

          I LOVE YOU.

  4. Mkvenner

    Aaaaaaaaaawwwww.

    1. Plasma Mongoose

      Moch better than aaaaawwwwwwwwwkward at any rate.

      1. TheBenenator

        The week is still young.

      2. Roborat

        Yes, it could get awkward if he is wearing his pyjama jeans, his “little walky’ might come up to say hello, and hilarity will ensue for all, well, for us anyway. Or he gets laid, whatever.

  5. Janette

    Awwwwww. My night is made.

  6. b

    oh snap!

  7. Doctor_Who

    Dawwwww. Walky now has an adorable case of Cooties.

    1. mechaqua

      Silly you can’t get cooties from kisses! You get cooties from siting on toilets, and porcupines.

      1. Plasma Mongoose

        You’re thinking of piles not cooties with those examples.

        1. mechaqua

          Sorry I get those two thing confused sometimes. Probably because there both are itchy and painful.

        2. Plasma Mongoose

          It’s a common mistake. 😀

        3. Marr

          I think you will get more than cooties from sitting on porcupines

        4. Rognik

          I dunno how painful cooties really are, because I’ve never had them. (For those not in the know, cooties is an old-timey name for head lice.)

        5. Steve

          Know what’s funny? We’re told when we get older there’s no such thing as cooties. Have you ever had staph germs described to you? THEY ARE ADULT COOTIES!

  8. The Sound Defense

    That’s not what he asked, either.

    This relationship will never survive with communication problems like this.

  9. Will

    The look on Walkys face is absolutely priceless, and perfect. Pretty sure I had the exact same look back in my sophomore year in highschool when the girl I liked actually liked me back. Good for Walky… Now hows he going to screw this up?

    1. Blob Marley

      IT WILL BE PERFECT AND IT WILL LAST FOREVER!!! DO NOT RUIN MY DREAMS!!!

      1. Shippy McShipper

        I believe the quote is “Not even god himself could sink this ship!”.

      2. ComicGeek11

        WE WILL GO DOWN WITH THIS SHIP!!!

        1. Blob Marley

          It’s been an honor serving with you, gentlemen.

  10. Bekah

    Aren’t you supposed to do surprise kisses on a Friday? Isn’t that like… some kind of webcomic rule?

    1. NCP19

      Yeah, I was just as surprised to see this NOT be the cliffhanger strip. So…what else will happen then? Tune in tomorrow! Same Dumby time, same Dumby site.

      1. Izzy

        He’s actually gonna skip Tuesday and Wednesday and give us comics Saturday and Sunday instead

        1. Izzy

          And I apparantly can’t keep track of the days of the week. I blame you, Plasma

        2. Plasma Mongoose

          What did I do? 😛

    2. Insomniac

      If Willis is starting the week with a surprise kiss… it means that Friday is going to be MADE OF DRAMA AND SUSPENSE.

      1. Spazman

        and Dorothy/Walky sex

        1. Blob Marley

          No way, man. Dotty’s got self-respect and Walky’s got a sweet lego penthouse to protect.

  11. b

    Does that mean she thinks hes sweet, or she likes him?

    1. Leorale

      If she doesn’t like him, then that would be really horrible how she’s going about this: try to make him admit his crush, initiate a kiss, and then let him down? She is not nearly that mean or irresponsible: at the very least she thinks he’s a possibility worth exploring. Looks good for Walky!

      1. Historyman68

        Well, she did start off a year ago letting someone down… but in a pretty different context, and I’m not even sure why I’m still talking since it isn’t really relevant.

  12. tbf

    I really hope Walky doesn’t blow it.

    1. Izzy

      Ideally hope Dorothy does

      1. Izzy

        I really***

      2. Roborat

        Yea, I saw that coming (yea, I know, so did she), surprised the response took an hour, however.

        1. Izzy

          I didn’t get online until then. I responded as quick as I could, though i was surprised no one else made the response either, if that’s what you meant…and what is your gravitar from. I know it’s a HILARIOUS comic, but i forgot to bookmark it when i was reading it a month or two ago and forgot the name

        2. Roborat

          Richard, from Looking for group, one of three great webcomics by the Blind Ferret group. Although my opinion may be biased, as the comic is one of the few Canadian ones I have found (as am I, obviously).

        3. Izzy

          Thank you!
          Goblins is from Canadia

  13. Leorale

    !!! yay!

  14. mechaqua

    Walky still hasn’t answered her question.

  15. addude

    This story line can now only end with Walky fainting or Dorothy being pregnant.

    1. mechaqua

      So basically Walky faints and Mike comes in and sexes Dorothy?

      1. Leorale

        and then he sexes unconscious Walky. It’s pretty horrible, all around.

        1. MichaelHaneline

          So who does he pay the nickle to?

    2. Sporkaganza

      I read that as “Walky farting”. Is there a storyline that DOESN’T end with that?

    3. Ancestral Hamster

      For the twist, Walky will be pregnant, but by an elephant.

      1. Historyman68

        Wally the giraffe by Dorothy the elephant.

        1. Kintrex

          “I have your baby in me, giraffe!”

      2. Tom T.

        But elephant pregnancies last two years!

        1. Kernanator

          Or, in DoA time, the rest of eternity.

  16. Tricia

    Awwwwww! So adorable!

    1. Jackson

      Not as adorable as Dorothy doin’ the voices.

  17. Rayrayrave

    AWWWWWW! AWWWWWWWWWWWWWW! AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!! XD

  18. jererry

    So glad we get 3 more before the weekend.

  19. Bunk

    Huh, I wonder if THIS is the universe Walky becomes a Doctor…

    1. Thor

      Or maybe just plays doctor…

  20. KresyAntics

    Dorthory has been on the growing up kick lately… Well I think now its Walky doing the growing up XD

    1. Historyman68

      The joke is that KresyAntics isn’t talking about his maturity… though maybe his “maturity”…

      1. Blob Marley

        Is that a subtly hidden innuendo I hear? I dunno, Dad, it looks like we got a young Bill Shakespeare here!

  21. JeffEpp

    Journalism!

    1. Plasma Mongoose

      We will have to wait until second base before we get to see some indepth journalism between these two.

      1. mechaqua

        Hopefully its not a just short editorial.

        1. Plasma Mongoose

          If he can impress her with his column, she might be will to give him a fullpage spread. 😀

        2. Fauxlosopher

          Beautiful.

        3. Roborat

          And Plasma wins yet again.

  22. Sporkaganza

    Oops my heart just exploded

  23. Dr. Worm

    Yeah, THIS is gonna last.

    She’s going for the irresponsible kid on the rebound from her clingy obsessive ex.

    He’s still emotionally in middle school.

    We’re still on target…
    Still on target…

    1. Spammy McSpamster

      It’s a match made in comic heaven, yes.

      Tomorrow’s comic he throws the head alien at her face.

    2. johannhowitzer

      Actually, I disagree. First, I haven’t seen any signs of serious emotional baggage in Dorothy, so this might not be a rebound – after all, she broke up with Danny, not the other way round, so presumably she’d already moved on.

      Walky may not know how to talk to one girl he likes, but that’s only one side of a person’s emotional development, and he seems to have a good handle on most other things – his self-esteem, how to be happy in most situations, he’s capable of bouncing jokes back at people that pick on him… this all bodes very well. Even after having several very healthy relationships in college, a few years ago a girl still had me fumbling for words in her presence.

      Whether this works out or not, though, I called it.

      1. Blob Marley

        This. Dotty knew the breakup was coming probably since the beginning of the summer. Having been the dumpee in a similar-ish situation, I think it’s fair to say she knew what’s up a while ago. She started coping long before we first faded in.

  24. Nairb

    I saw the last frame of this in a banner on QC and was gonna be upset if it was just teasing me!

    1. Chuck Testa

      Same here, I saw the Billy kiss there too lol

      1. Tom T.

        Billy from Family Circus?

  25. Zuche

    Reading this, I felt compelled to listen to “Iris” for some reason.

  26. Ray

    Tsundere Walky?

  27. Chuck Testa

    One word: NICE

  28. Plasma Mongoose

    That showed her… also SCORE!

  29. Henry

    Night. Made.

  30. CaptainTempest

    Poor Danny… 🙁

  31. iSaidCandleja-

    Awwwww.
    I hope Walky doesn’t say anything stupid. But I also hope he doesn’t go mute. Too bad I can’t think of a third option for the poor guy.

    1. Tristan J

      He says something stupid, but it’s adorably stupid and Dorothy isn’t remotely offended.

  32. SlenderTroll

    Why doesn’t this ever happen to me?

    1. Plasma Mongoose

      Cos it’s not written in your script of life.

      1. CaptainTempest

        Or at least not in this particular chapter. Maybe the next one?

        1. Plasma Mongoose

          …and if it doesn’t happen soon, get yourself a new author.

        2. Zababcd

          I tried that once, but got into a series of unfortunate yet hilarious accidents, preventing me from completing my quest.

        3. Kavonde

          I tried that once, too, but I still got hit by a bus. Got to bang Maggie Gyllenhaal, though.

        4. johannhowitzer

          Dangit I was scraping air for a STF ref and you beat me to it.

        5. Roborat

          Lucky you, I just got an arrow to the knee. (runs away).

        6. Shippy McShipper

          You know, I used to spout mindless memes like you, but then I took Plasma Mongoose’s knee to the groin.

    2. Blob Marley

      Have you tried throwing an ape at a girl’s head? Apparently that shit is romance gold.

  33. Tunasammich

    But she’s going to go to Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaale

  34. Spammy McSpamster

    Re: Webcomics voting

    What I can’t believe is that Sluggy Freelance is so low on the list. It’s even older than the walkyverse (even if just barely) and one of the longest running and original webcomics.

    Pete (the artist) is just too classy a guy to ever tell his viewers to vote on these things. I think I’ve seen him ask his viewers to vote maybe once in my lifetime. Sure, the little guys need more viewers, but don’t forget to vote for Pete! He’s earned it by now!

    1. David

      The votes on these things mean absolutely nothing. That’s why nobody bothers, and why I treated it as a game. Voting won’t help Sluggy Freelance.

      Just, y’know, read it. Or one of the countless other comics listed.

      1. Spammy McSpamster

        Oh, Sluggy doesn’t need any help anyway, lol. With over 100k readers a day….yeah, I think Pete is doing pretty good for himself! It just makes me sad to see it ranked so low. Pete is my darn nifty hero.

        I never even read what the contest (or w/e it was) is for.

        PhD Comics rocks too and was also pretty low, but that’s probably just for us really small subset of nerds. It’s more than popular in the right circles, and I don’t see it attracting many outside of those circles… Also, I as far as I know, PhD comics was the first webcomic to make a successful ‘quality’ movie, without even taking donations from viewers. That’s what I like to see!

        1. KRVeale

          Kiwi Blitz is impressive so far.

        2. davidbreslin101

          I think a lot depends on the nature of the comic’s fanbase (how rabid?), whether they already know about the site doing the poll, and yes, whether the author is shouting “Go vote!” I’m pretty sure both Sluggy and Penny Arcade are much more popular than it looks like here….

      2. spiderpool279

        Yeah, I was surprised by how far down some of my favorite comics were on the lit. Don’t get me wrong, I like xkcd, but I feel recently the stuff coming out of DoA, Shortpacked, pvp, and QC, is a lot better, almost as if xkcd is running out of material.

        1. Spammy McSpamster

          I’ve been tempted to remove pvp from my daily readings, actually…

          Scottie Kurtz is extremely annoying. Nice comic, yeah, but whenever I read any of his posts or rants, I hate his guts. He’s so full of himself that it isn’t even funny anymore. I stopped reading least I could do for similar reasons some while back. The author pisses me off to no end.

  35. berky

    so much awwwwwwwwwwwweeeee up in here

  36. Plasma Mongoose

    I took your advice Willis and now I added Modest Medusa to my webcomic favourites.

    1. Roninwolf

      That one is actually quite enertaining, yes.

      1. Plasma Mongoose

        If I can spend several hours watching a visual novel about a guy with meat-o-vision falling in love with a slimy tentacle monster girl, I can enjoy a story about asnake girl who lives in the toilet. 😀

        1. Kernanator

          Oh Saya.

  37. Fauxlosopher

    WHAT.

  38. Heavensrun

    That’s so cute, I temporarily forgot to be enraged at the hole this shoots in my Dorothy/Joyce ship!

    But now I remembered. Grar!

    1. Rognik

      Does it, though? Does it really?

      1. MrSmiley

        Pimpin walky with 2 girlfriends!

        1. Animaniac

          I like this because it makes Walky the girlfriend in the relationship

  39. Zababcd

    The Stare That Melts Faces

    1. Historyman68

      The face that haunts my nightmares.

  40. Atcote

    Her expression makes me think this is more of a ‘I’m grateful’ kiss.

    Of course, if she’s only grateful and not really into him then kissing him is a TERRIBLE way to express it. Or maybe he had something delicious stuck to his cheek.

    1. lordphulish

      I’m grateful kisses are on the forehead, not the cheek

  41. Steven

    Panel 2 Walky… maybe I’m just more drunk than usual but wow.

    1. Steven

      Panel 3. Yes, I AM more drunk than usual.

  42. Kernanator

    But I…

    Didn’t she…

    What…

    Dorothy is the master of the mixed message.

    1. Spammy McSpamster

      The only thing mixed about this message is going to be their tongues.

    2. begbert2

      Dorothy is only interested in people who are not interested in her. He reacted with an angry demand, so she kissed him; had he shyly admitted feelings for her, she would have kicked him in the crotch.

  43. Tomb

    Boom. Headshot.

  44. Arkadi

    Teehee

  45. Romanticide

    Metalero is at the bottom!!!! D: Aww man I really like that one! T.T

  46. turkishproverb

    Awww…adorable.

  47. Rognik

    Good news! Metalero is now 3rd from the bottom with 2 WHOLE VOTES! Tied for last is The Breakouts and Zeke Is Hungry.

    Oh, and there was kissing. Whoo, rah, let’s move on.

  48. Herohatch

    Glad to see this ship take sail.

  49. tahrey

    =walky runs away screaming=
    … poor fella, i can’t see him dealing well with surprises like that.

    As for the voting thing, I consider my conscience to be fairly clear as the 50 or so comics I voted for out of that huge list (largely ones I do read from time to time, but a couple of forgotten “they’re still going?!” favourites and even a couple of new discoveries, e.g. Baby With A Mohawk) were already quite well spread. I think for one of them I was about the third or fourth voter even without doing it on purpose.

    And Willis, both of yours were hovering just outside of the “top ten”, which in this competitive market (with it’s several huge players) is one hell of an achievement. Kind of like being the most popular software house after Microsoft, Apple, Adobe, Sony and EA.

  50. Scoot

    Dawwwwwww 🙂

  51. Blob Marley

    Not gonna lie: I squee’d

  52. DaJoshMaster

    DAWWWWWWWWW!! ^_^

  53. agentksilver

    Uh oh…rebound.

  54. Tempo

    And the studio audience goes “Wooooo!”

  55. Furie

    Finally!

  56. ADHadh

    Awww.

  57. cake

    ABOUT FUCKING TIME

    1. begbert2

      No kidding! They’ve known each other almost a whole week! Talk about a long engagement!

    2. Roborat

      No, that will be on Friday.

  58. lordphulish

    Walky compared to Danny- Less repressed but more childish

  59. Kirt Dankmyer

    Is Walky straight in this continuity?

    *ducks, runs away*

  60. Matt of Steel

    Let’s try that a little lower and a lot harder.

  61. davidbreslin101

    “I’m sorry, that’s the wrong … well, what do you know? It’s the RIGHT answer!”

  62. Roborat

    Good idea, Mr. Willis. I found a few webcomics to add to my (incredibly long) list.

  63. Megamaniaco

    Oh sh**. Now I’ll feel all soft and light-headed for the rest of the day D:

  64. Tenn

    Awwwww I can’t see this working out in the long term but awwwwww!

  65. Keulan

    D’awwwwww!

  66. Chris

    Stupid girls, and their pretty smiles!

    You know, I’ll bet anything someone’s already made that joke before a million times, and I look like an uncreative jackass

  67. DarkoNeko

    Squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

  68. BrokenEye, True False Prophet

  69. BrokenEye, True False Prophet

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHvnMi9_9mM

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