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Joe: MAN, Dan, so many eligible chicks here, and only four years in which to do 'em.
Danny: Yeah, yeah.
Joe: So are you and Dorothy still a THING? I need to know if I can put her on the "DO" list.
Danny: YES, we're still TOGETHER, Joe. And, dammit, we always will be. I've worked HARD at this relationship. I'm not just going to GIVE UP on it, and neither is SHE. It will work out. It HAS to work out.
Joe: So, say, like EIGHT tonight I can put her on the "do" list?
Danny: WE ARE SOUL-MATES!
Joe: Make that seven-thirty.
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Posted on September 17, 2010 by David M Willis

60 thoughts on “Available”

  1. Alan / Falcon

    Danny is very emotional.

  2. davmopedia

    Good to see that Joe still hasn’t changed at all in 13 years and a continuity shift

  3. David Herbert

    Poor Danny. So is he going to be the Joyce this time?

    1. maggiemarmalade

      What goes around comes around, bizznitch.

      1. David Herbert

        I shall take that as a yes, since I figure you know what your husband is planning.

        1. maggiemarmalade

          Naw, I’ve read ahead a little, but I don’t know that much more than you. He’s very cagey.

    2. Crimson Magic

      Joyce is still Joyce.

      1. Sili

        Of course Joyce is Joyce.

        But is she the Joyce?

  4. Sarge

    Holy crap, is that Dina in the third panel?

  5. Bill

    Just noticed you are tagging even the background characters. So now I can confirm any people who might be a major character

    1. David

      I don’t always tag the background characters. If it’s their first appearance, I let people notice or guess at them for a while first.

      1. RaijinK

        In that case, I’m guessing blue shirt guy in the last panel is Jason.

  6. Joebo

    So I understand (after reading the “about” page) that this is brand new and no actions that took place in previous comics effect things in this comic. My question is, does that include people and their abductee status?

    1. David

      There are no abductees in Dumbing of Age.

      1. Sili

        Yet.

      2. Joebo

        Wait then, no The Cheese either? =(

  7. Trae Dorn

    Curveball: Joyce looks shocked in panel one because she’s spotted Alf and Doug Funny… and sees what they’re doing…

    1. Alan / Falcon

      Not Patty Mayonnaise and Willy?

      1. Trae Dorn

        That’s what makes it a Curveball. She was EXPECTING Patty and Willy.

  8. agentksilver

    I must say, I do like your planning on the colors. Joyce’s world has been pretty much orange and red, and as we switched over to a new circle of characters, the dominant colors are blue and green. It’s a handy visual.

  9. Mysterious Stranger

    I don’t know why but when I’m reading Joe’s dialogue in my head its in Patrick Warburton’s voice. I think I like that.

    1. dcmeserve

      Same here! It was automatic. Somehow the pacing of his lines in these first strips here are a really good match.

      1. Andrew_C

        Dunno why, but to me joe sounds kinda like a cross between George Clooney and Isaiah Mustafa (The Old Spice guy), but Patrick Warburton works also.

  10. Corlanthis

    Not that I wouldn’t have read and loved this regardless, but I admit I was hoping Joe would show up and Joe the place (and ladies) up, and Danny too. Cause I have a soft spot for Danny.

    Now: Question Time!

    I get that this is a continuity reboot, but does this stem out of some timey-wimey shennanigans that went on in J&W? Did Head Alien/The Cheese/Walky do something to the timeline that erased all the Abductin’ goin’ on?

    1. David

      Nah. There are already an established number of alternate universes adjacent to the Walkyverse. There’s the one Jason’s family comes from, there’s the one the new Head Alien comes from (in Joyce & Walky!), and there’s the one the Fans! folks come from. This is just another one of them floating out there.

      1. No0ne

        Isn’t the universe where Jason’s family comes from dead? Or was that just a universe they visited on their way to the one they currently resided (The older Walkyverse) in that they sentenced to a slow energy death? I always thought that it was pretty hardcore (in a bad way) of Jason’s father to kill his own home universe just to get revenge on the Cheese.

        1. ProjectXa3

          Nah, “Heat Death of the Universe”-flavored dooms tend to take millennia to complete, so either way, Universe Chesterfield will probably keep chugging for a good while longer no matter what.

  11. Crimson Magic

    I miss the comment button in the navigational controls :'(

  12. TSB

    Thanks to that first panel, I can’t stop imagining Joe as played by Bruce Campbell.

    1. Zap

      … damn it, now that thought will never, ever leave my head.

  13. Drpepperfan

    I’m so glad Danny still has a mullet, even if it is even more out of place nowadays. He just isn’t Danny without that horrible hair!

  14. MarkLar

    I can’t wait to see where this comic takes us in this crazy world full of adventures and such. The best of luck to you with this new comic, Mr. Willis. *bows*

  15. MrGBH

    None of this interests me except for Dina being in the background. I demand more Dina!
    (While I can’t literally demand anything of you, I can and will state my wishes as to which character/s I would like to see more of).

  16. Lazar Janus

    Danny seems kinda crazy……

  17. Heather

    Eh he’s a little overstrung, but as long as he isn’t sneaking into her room to watch her sleep without her knowledge, sabotaging her modes of transport and engaging in mass glitter use I think he’ll eventually do okay. Eventually.

    Not before some drama and laughs though at his expense.

  18. Shivore

    Just gotta say 2 things:

    1. I absolutely love this comment system! Why in the world do more comics not do this? Much better than thread-a-day in the forums, and a number of comics don’t even do that!

    2. Greatly looking forward to where this comic is heading, absolutely love J&W so have high hopes! Though gotta say Shortpacked! never really grabbed my interest personally.

    1. David

      Ever see the comments on YouTube videos? Many webcomics don’t have comments sections because they can (or did) easily devolve into… that.

  19. Sharktibolt

    Is it me or does Dina’s hat appear to have an eye and teeth in that one panel?

    1. Ascension

      I think it’s a frowning frog hat.

      1. Mirenheart

        Angry frog on the head

    2. dcmeserve

      Dinosaur!

      Dinosaur! Dinosaur!

  20. umop apisdn

    verrah nice… it’s been many many moons, but i lived in beck wing for a couple of years. you’ve got the lobby down pat.

  21. Jen Aside

    Just putting in my $.02 that I don’t really like the diminishing font size for comment replies. Seems okay on my mobile, but it was unreadable on my desktop.

  22. Someone

    This new direction seems so reflective and inverted of Roomies! Coming into the whole stream late, I have to say it’s a nice, fresh way to avoid reading through an archive to learn about all these awesome characters. Must be refreshing for the artist too 🙂 One comment: I know no one likes IE. I know I should get firefox. Just thought I’d share that for some reason the very cool background disappears to be replaced by this funky, ugly, no-interest blue color background.

    1. David

      People said the awesome background made things hard to read and they hated it, so there’s a blue there now.

      1. loneislander

        Well that’s a shame. I seriously prefer the old awesome background myself. Thought it went with the transparent panels beautifully.

      2. Alan / Falcon

        I agree, major shame. Old Awesome Background is great, ESPECIALLY with the transparent panels. “Funky, ugly, no-interest blue color” sums this up pretty nicely (sorry Maggie!!)

        1. Trae Dorn

          I’m with Falcon on this.

        2. Crimson Magic

          The blue is good, it mirrors the ‘black’ comment background on the Shortpacked! site. It could be a bit thinner, but I can read the comments much more easily now.

  23. LS

    So…wait, what about Sal? I didn’t think it was THAT big of a continuity shift…

    1. David

      Sal and Danny have never met.

      1. Mirenheart

        :O

  24. n0z3k1ll3r

    So do Jason and his family exist in this universe?

    1. beeftony

      Jason is a math professor.

  25. abreu7

    Okay, am I seeing things, or in the last panel do I see a possible Jason in the background?

    1. n0z3k1ll3r

      Wishful thinking I think. The hair isn’t quite right.

  26. The Professor

    Agreed.

  27. Thomas

    First chance, still failing the Reverse Bechamel Test…

  28. nothri

    Exhibit A in Joe’s descent into absolute dickery.

  29. Mousa The 14

    I can’t muster the energy to feel anything for Danny’s “struggle” besides complete amusement.

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