Rockin’
Posted on December 10, 2019 by David M Willis

142 thoughts on “Rockin’”

  1. Ana Chronistic

    *Walky still eating pizza but also twirling a noisemaker*

    1. Cattleprod

      I’m imagining Fry trying to clap while eating several sandwiches.

      1. Yet_One_More_Idiot

        If Robin was REALLY mad at Becky, she should’ve called her “REBECCA WHATEVERYERMIDDLENAMEIS MACINTOSH!” rather than starting the full-name-shout with Becky. xD

        1. Ana Chronistic

          I doubt she knows Becky is a nickname

  2. Doctor_Who

    Excellent save, Becky.

    But the Robin I know is basically a Shipping Demon, and wouldn’t want to interfere with someone getting lucky, so you could probably just be honest.

    1. ian livs

      Plus, just look at Dina’s extra endearing face in this one. Could Robin get mad at that face? I think not.

      1. Marsh Maryrose

        I’m not quite understanding why Dina’s face goes from being so pleasant in panel 4 to full stink-eye in panel 5.

        Not that I wouldn’t give Robin the stink-eye, but I’d have done it from panel 2 onward.

        1. Doctor_Who

          I think she’s just looking up at the sign in mild surprise.

      2. Doctor_Who

        Yeah, Robin’s a lot less cool in this universe, but she’s not a monster.

        One second of puppy eyes from Dina (she calls them compsognathus eyes) and Robin will be scattering rose petals along the path to the bedroom while playing Barry White on her phone.

  3. Suet

    Ah right, Robin’s election woes

  4. DarkoNeko

    Hahaha someone came prepared for all eventualities

    1. DarkoNeko

      Tho, isn’t it supposed to be *Becky’s appartement* now while deSanto just take the couch ?

      1. Sunny

        Yes.
        That bit has me a little confused as well.

        1. seregiel

          I think she’s looking up at the banner that mysteriously unfurled. How dare it surpass her velociraptor cloaking.

    2. Tan

      It’s not that she has the banner. That’s simple enough. It’s that she managed to position herself in arm’s reach of the ripcord exactly when she needed it. That’s the impressive bit.

      1. BrokenEye, the True False Prophet

        Ah, you assume that’s the only banner.

        1. HeySo

          A Lesbian is always prepared.

          Learned that one from my Lesbian Scouts handbook.
          I never did manage to collect all the badges before leaving the troop..

          (Meme)

        2. Jhon

          Lesbian Scouts seem to be a thing in Canada. Huh.

    3. GutterChick

      That’s some impressive contingency planning, no wonder she’s a campaign manager

  5. Nono

    Well I can see this ending one of three ways:

    1. Dorothy confronts Robin about Ryan.

    2. Joe seduces Robin.

    3. Carla.

    1. DarkoNeko

      Mike.

      1. abysswatcher1993

        He is too grumpy right now. Let him be himself while drama occurs.

    2. bodmans

      Didn’t dotty leave one page ago?

      1. BarerMender

        No, that was amber. You can go back one page by clicking the left-pointing arrow under the comic.

  6. Nono

    Also, that little blue triangle on the right of Mandy in the last panel is bugging me because I can’t figure out what that is.

    1. Viktoria

      Someone’s leg. You can see the top of their foot.

      1. Emperor Norton II

        It’s actually Danny’s foot. He’s doing that cartoon trope where he disappears out of one side of the panel, only to re-appear on the other side.

        This is Our Imperial Headcanon and We will die on this hill!

        1. Wizard

          Eh, works for me.

      2. Reltzik

        Given that the person seems to be sitting on the couch, I think it’s an untagged Mike.

  7. Pablo360

    Becky, this is such a flimsy cover, there’s no way in haha okay yeah this is totally going to work

    1. AutobotDen

      If it were any other candidate, it wouldn’t work. It’s Robin, though. So it’ll work.

      1. Bicycle Bill

        It’s a comic strip, so it’ll work.

        1. Opus the Poet

          Rule of Funny. I had a D&D character who had that as a DM invocable feat, a 3.5E warlock whose deity was Dizzknee and had a spell that pantsed other characters

  8. Beef

    I don’t believe that Robin would be mad at Becky for throwing a party but I guess tomorrow’s strip will tell

  9. Bobcat

    Smooooth, Becky.

  10. Kyrik Michalowski

    Well Becky, no one can say you aren’t prepared, but pulling a re-election party banner out during the middle of what is otherwise a rockin’ party might not always go over the best.

    I don’t know, how would you feel if someone spontaneously pulled out a banner for a random candidate for what is otherwise a non-related party?

    1. Emperor Norton II

      We for one would expect it.

    2. Needfuldoer

      Sounds like the party was over anyway.

      1. He Who Abides

        For everyone else, maybe. For Becky and Dina, it was just about to start.

  11. Newllend(henryvolt)

    That’s some serious foward thinking, clever Becky very clever.

    1. abysswatcher1993

      Clever girl.

  12. BBCC

    Oh, great, Robin’s back.

    1. Piotr W

      Well, I say: oh, great, Robin’s back!!! <3 <3 <3

      1. BBCC

        Yeah, unfortunately 3 years living adjacent to a Trump presidency has killed my enjoyment of DoA!Robin.

        1. Opus the Poet

          Yeah I wanna move back to Newfoundland myself. I guess I missed my chance right after the election, when NL real estate was in the dumper pricewise and there was a lots of inventory for sale. That means I’m stuck in TX.

        2. Kamino Neko

          Oh, hey, you’re a Newf?

        3. Leorale

          But now you can be “just a Newfie in a Calgary hat”!

    2. JBento

      It’s the most damaging character in the entire strip, what’s not to like? I loathe that creature.

    3. Jhon

      This is more plausible than the Evil Dads crashing the party.

      1. He Who Abides

        They’re probably out recruiting more members of the Legion of Dipshits. My guesses are Guns, Whitney McJority, and Ninja Rick.

  13. whatevsman

    i see only good things coming of this

  14. PHNX

    Becky came prepared! Respect level up +2!!

  15. Tacos

    Well let’s be honest, Robin will probably be OK with this just because of seeing that sign.

  16. Piotr W

    Wow. Becky did think of *everything*…

  17. Dean

    So not only has Robin given Becky a place to live, she’s also giving her the opportunity to pull some classic teen movie party shenanigans.

    1. Bagge

      Which is something Robin fully supports

  18. woobie

    Ah, so it’s a Republican party.

    1. JBento

      So, next strip everyone denies they’re LGBT and say poor people are the worst?

  19. Mr. Random

    ….Ya gotta give props to Becky for covering her bases.

  20. Wizard

    What, exactly, is “further adieu”?

    1. Salmo

      A common mispronunciation/flourish. Presumably intentional on the author’s part.

    2. Delicious Taffy

      “Further ado” except French.

    3. Jeff K!,

      Honestly? It’s accurate. She’s leaving the group without further goodbyes… Without further adieu.
      My pun radar is giving high fives to Becky, that’s quite clever.

      1. Jamie

        But it’s weird to commend the group to God when Robin just showed up. … oh.

    4. BrokenEye, the True False Prophet

      Much adieu about nothing

    5. Carms

      A sure-fire short circuit in my brain. Aaaah.

    6. Deanatay

      What it is….

      IS A PUN.

      This is going to start a pun chain… and I, for one, am not bye-ing into it!

      1. Marsh Maryrose

        Then you’re not going to fare well in the near future.

  21. Bagge

    Hah! Crafty Becky. That’s the kind of thiking that makes her earn the big bucks

  22. Bagge

    Time to get started on that bookshelf, Robin.

  23. abysswatcher1993

    Who knew politics involved mental tricks and diversion tactics. My sarcasm is high, but not as high as Meredith right now.

  24. Jeff Harris

    Saved By The Bell did that trick too.

    It oddly worked.

  25. Charles Phipps

    Listen, all Robin needs to do is send Becky to dig up dirt on her opponent. She can withhold her apartment and tuition until then.

    1. Needfuldoer

      While she’s under investigation for conspiring to do just that, because nothing fucking matters anymore and the echo chamber will perpetuate a narrative more favorable to her.

      1. Charles Phipps

        Is it really a crime to break a written contract that money has been exchanged hands on?

        “Yes.”

        FAKE NEWS!

        1. BBCC

          I mean, Becky’s probably committing campaign finance violations in this party so that might not be the wisest objection.

  26. TemperaryObsessor

    I forgot Becky was using election funds for this party.

    1. Needfuldoer

      She could be paying for it out of her salary, if she’s paid herself yet. (Or if she’s doing some “creative” accounting to give herself an advance…)

      1. TemperaryObsessor

        I guess but then why would she not just admit to throwing her girlfriend a birthday party in her own home.

        1. Needfuldoer

          Remember the arc where Becky, Joyce, and Jocelyne broke into Casa Toedad, where Becky talked about how she used to sneak in and out all the time? And the time she “accidentally” got glue in her hair so she had an excuse to cut it shoulder-length? She got her rebellion where she could.

          “Throwing a big party while your parents aren’t home” is a rite of passage she’s missed out on so far. Now she can tick that one off the to-do list.

  27. Romanticide

    Becky is now batman for all it seems… so prepared for everything.

  28. Hugo Bedward

    Dang, Robin is gonna touchblock Becky

  29. BarerMender

    What’s that Robin has on her neck? Is that a Dexter-the-Head-Alien travel pillow?

    1. BarerMender

      And also, Robin doesn’t remember Becky’s right name.

    2. Bicycle Bill

      It surely looks like it.
      I just wonder if these were supposed to be commercially available in-universe, or if someone re-purposed Joyce’s pajama pants.

      1. Needfuldoer

        I bet D&MM is on anything and everything in the Dumbiverse.

        “Merchandising! Merchandising! Where the real money from the movie is made!”
        – Yogurt, Spaceballs

    3. ValdVin

      Robin still wearing her neck pillow from the airline flight is very on-brand.

      1. Needfuldoer

        Especially since it’s, what, a 2 or 3 hour flight from Reagan Washington to Munroe County?

  30. BenRG

    Becky, seriously, I don’t think that Robin will be upset with you hosting a birthday party. She WILL be upset at you starting without her!

  31. plasticwrap

    Nice backup plan.

  32. bobvankay

    Wait, whats the problem again?

    1. Delicious Taffy

      Becky was raised by a tyrant and would probably have been “honor-killed” for throwing a party like this, growing up. Also, I have a feeling she sorta hornswoggled Robin into going on whatever trip she went on.

      1. He Who Abides

        She’s also showered Dina with campaign funds and (the worst part, in Robin’s mind) made Robin do her damn job.

        1. Delicious Taffy

          Ain’t no harm in misappropriatin’ a few dirty Republican dollars here and there.

        2. He Who Abides

          True, but it could get one or both of them in legal trouble.

      2. Kaz

        200 points for “hornswoggled.”

        1. Delicious Taffy

          That’s my favorite Hogwarts House.

  33. Reltzik

    Um, wait. Is this Becky’s apartment, or Robin’s?

    Because Robin’s treating it like her place and Becky’s crashing here, and Becky seems to be acting the same way, but it’s actually being given/leased to Becky as compensation for labor, so…?

    1. Nymphie

      Robin straight up gave Becky her own apartment and then asked if she could crash on the couch, iirc

      1. Nymphie

        Huh, my photo instead of a character avatar, guess due to me registering a wordpress xD

      2. thejeff

        In other words, it’s still Robin’s apartment and Becky’s crashing there.

        1. JBento

          Trust nothing until the ink on the paperwork is dry, and Robin’s a republican so not even then.

    2. Charles Phipps

      Robin has three houses but wants a roommate.

  34. Chris Phoenix

    …did… did Becky just pull the drama tag?

    1. auroki

      *prepares chloroform rag* now now we don’t need any more of thay added to this fire

    2. timemonkey

      That would have required the drama to have been contained before now.

    3. OBBWG

      That was the hijinks tag.

  35. Carms

    I don’t know why I can take typos and incorrect punctuation and word misuse in stride, but mixups like ‘without further adieu’, ‘supposably’, ‘make due’ and ‘all intensive purposes’ wig me out so much. The make due one even makes better sense I just. Agh.

    1. Thomas

      I too, am wigged out. I’m willing to assume that the mix-up is entirely Becky’s own doing. It’s very much in character.

    2. Zee

      *clears throat* “could of”

      1. BarerMender

        Worse yet: “tow the line.”

        1. King Daniel

          I hereby submit “rouge/rogue”.

        2. Roborat

          Oh, the rogue one drives me up the wall, I see it all the time in D&D game forums. And another one I find annoying is “mute” instead of “moot”.

        3. JBento

          affect/effect

  36. Keulen

    Wow, Becky planned for everything.

    1. BenRG

      That’s why she’s going to end up the White House Chief of Staff! “Ambush fillibuster in Congress? Like, that’s scenario 18C, if I remember!”

  37. Aprion

    im pretty sure that’s a party faux pass.

    1. Falcon

      Pretty sure that’s a faux party pass.

  38. SpaceshipPilot

    Come to think of it, do we know any characters’ middle names?

    1. BenRG

      We’ll probably find out Joyce’s when Carol shouts it at her at some point.

    2. Delicious Taffy

      Billie’s middle name is Yunru, as I recall. I can’t think of any others, though. Until further notice, I’ve decided to insert random names for everyone. Really stupid names, like
      Joyce Watercress Brown
      Sal Doublebrick Walkerton
      Ruth Caterpillarstone Lessick
      Amber Scopilopteryx O’Malley
      Mike Underpants Warner
      Danny Indefinite Wilcox
      Dorothy Avalanche Keener

      And so on.

      1. Minim

        Dorothy’s middle name is Margot. Joyce shouts it at her after Dorothy broke up with Walky.

        1. Delicious Taffy

          Reality is often more boring than fiction.

        2. King Daniel

          Reality is often disappointing.

        3. David T. Shaw

          ‘Reality’

    3. BBCC

      Sal’s is Elizabeth, Dorothy’s is Margot, and if its the same as the Walkyverse, Joyce’s is Nicole.

  39. kilgaen

    Money well spent

  40. Zee

    Fucking genius

  41. Dracke

    I think people are taking Robins comment the wrong way, I think she is telling Becky she is coming along…
    Also she seems to be expending election funds for her own purposes a lot…she is going to get in trouble

    1. thejeff

      Nah. Becky’d sent Robin to DC for the day. That’s why she wasn’t here.
      The early flight explains why she got back during the party rather than the next day.

  42. Rabisch

    Becky is a genius in planning party.

  43. zombycow

    say what you want about becky, but she is a Grand Master when it comes to planning.

  44. Heavensrun

    Clever girl

  45. ValdVin

    Considering a previous aide got called “You”, MacIntosh is a pretty close guess for Robin.

  46. Needfuldoer

    “Becky Macintosh”?

    (This gag was given far more effort than it deserves.)

    1. Delicious Taffy

      Now, that’s impressive.

    2. David M Willis

      thumbs up

    3. He Who Abides

      ????????????????????????

    4. DarkoNeko

      bravo

    5. Bagge

      That’s awesome!

  47. Victor Riley

    She’s prepared, I’ll give her that.

  48. Felian

    “giving birthday girl #1 her birthday cuddles“ – the first ever G (maaaybe PG) rated slipshine!!

    (yes, the situation might arouse higher ratings, but it IS possible to just cuddle and not touch all of the many places right away! The excitement of exploration!)

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