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Come with
Posted on August 1, 2014 by David M Willis

158 thoughts on “Come with”

  1. An Average Loser

    Worried Billie Worries Me.

    1. Maveric1984

      You said that already two days ago. Had the first post too 😛

      1. An Average Loser

        I was going for a. . . joke? I guess? I dunno, I’m just a no-life loser anyways.

        1. jose231ful

          aren’t we all I just finished watching tons of anime/hentai playing hours of league of legend with a 2 liter bottle of soda have no gf and go on about 5 webcomic pages every night for new updates #living the dream

        2. jose231ful

          sorry not 5 9 :p

        3. Genndy Oda C.O.G.

          Try 195. Daily.
          (Wait, why am I saying this like it’s a good thing?)

        4. Cody B

          It is impressive, in a way.

        5. No

          I want the full list.

        6. Roborat

          Wow, your are the only person I have run across who beats my webcomic reading list, congrats. I do have over 300 bookmarked, however.

        7. Sylvia

          Woah and I’ve never run across someone who comes so close to mine (currently 208). Surely you guys don’t depend on the bookmarking system though, right? Rss feeds all the way.

        8. Disloyal Subject

          Try just memorizing URLs and update schedules. That’s what I did in highschool, though I’ve since pared back to a core twenty a something comics and catch up the others every couple months.

        9. Kelly

          I haven’t been using my rss reader in a while, for webcomics it doesn’t matter, since I keep them open in tabs at all times.

        10. Rachel Roth

          You sure about that? This: http://www.dumbingofage.com/2013/comic/book-3/03-answers-in-hennessy/eyebrowy-2/ might suggest otherwise.

        11. Cody B

          I’ve never counted them before. Apparently I do seven. Not every night, but fairly close. I’m not sure how it’s a bad thing though.

        12. jose231ful

          The worst at of it is that I only found dumbing of age (which led to many more webcomics) when I was on rule 34 one day ;-;

        13. jose231ful

          Cody its a good thing webcomics are awesome :p

        14. Ronnie long

          Currently I’m only reading 4 but I read them from the beginning over a period of like a week so it’s so weird to surely have to wait for a daily comic, I wanna know everything that happens ever!!!!!!

        15. Siggimus Maximus

          I only have five(Shortpacked, Dumbing of Age, Blip, Spinnerette, and Looking for Group, seven counting Non-Player Character and Tiny Dick Adventures), and they all have differing update schedules, which is terrible.

        16. Olin

          I will be your friend!
          I play League of Legends as well! Add me: rootCmdr

          Choice One: Don’t add me. Never hear from me again. Keep trundling along. Boring.
          Choice Two: Make a new friend? Possibly talk on Skype? Enrich your social life with more internet friends? End every sentence with a question mark?

        17. jose231ful

          I’ll add yah my name is jose231ful on league same as everywhere :p

        18. L33tmaster

          Yay league friends
          im l33tmaster126 see ya on the rift
          and yes a worried ex-cheerleader is never a good thing.

        19. Totally not a murderer in disguise

          Huh, and here I thought people who play league can’t be nice and sociable. Either you guys don’t exist, or I see the wrong people.

        20. L33tmaster

          Neither were just not ranked so we don’t yell at people for no reason.

        21. jose231ful

          yup but those league players do exist xD

  2. Jen Aside

    “I HOPE YOU DON’T MEAN YOU WANNA THREESOME B/C AWKWERRRRRRRD”

    1. An Average Loser

      I’m pretty sure no one could keep a straight face if that was said. . .

    2. Maveric1984

      Dotty’d be into that.

      1. Ivan

        Do you think Dorothy will have the basketball court removed, where Nixon’s two-lane bowling alley was, that was built over top of “the herpes pool” where so many old men screwed young secretaries during Camelot?

        (There was no cure for Trich then, so every JFK conquest gave and received that too, right along to the First Lady!) I’m betting Jackie got in on the Phase III trial on Keflex…

        It was often a post-cabinet meeting, lunch tradition – for WH staff and very close cabinet members only.

        I’d say Mrs. Lincoln was easily as loyal to JFK as Rosemary Woods was to Nixon, considering how often the president was “unavailable” and WITHOUT Secret Service protection…

        1. Maveric1984

          She’d totally have it rebuilt as an Arabic Harem full of young men “carved from caramel”

          All of them virgins, because she’s cursed to only have inexperienced men to teach in bed.

        2. Ivan

          That last sentence would indeed be a curse. I wouldn’t want anything to do with the teacher part ever again, though if the clock were turned back, I could definitely go for repeated Mrs. Robinson scenarios, all right about 35 years old!

      2. Plasma Mongoose

        If Dotty and Billie did it with Walky in the middle, does that count as a press-gang?

        1. Maveric1984

          Considering Billies proclivities, and her hatred of Walky, I’d say it’d be more like a MFF than a FMF,

        2. ninja_jesus

          She doesn’t hate Walky. She just doesn’t like his immaturity. Which seems to be lacking as of late…

          But honestly, a threesome with those girls would end up with him subbing under the both of them. >_>

    3. nothri

      Yeah, no kidding. I mean, Dorothy is already scheduled for a threesome with Amber and Danny AND Walky + Joyce. The girl can’t be everywhere at once.

      1. CiaranLovejoy

        SOLUTION: Five-Way.

        1. darkgloomie

          but where would Billie fit then?

        2. Opus the Poet

          Oh [$DEITY] group sex is worse than Tetris. No, really, at least in Tetris you have several different shapes to twist and move around, but in (most) group sex you only have the two and finding places where everything fits can be beyond awkward. You have only 2 physical shapes (speaking generically here) but personalities… Ugh! Never again more than three total…

  3. AgentKeen

    Walky in this strip is basically me interacting with anyone.

  4. Tobias

    Walky: I REMEMBER WHEN THIS WAS A SILLY PLOTLINE ABOUT DINGDONG DOODLES

    1. An Average Loser

      Wait, this chapter was about Drawing Dongs?

    2. Yotomoe

      Now it’s a plotline about Ding Dings being dumb.

    3. newllend

      And now its just one big chance for Billie to grab the spotlight.

      1. ninja_jesus

        As long as it doesn’t accidentally grab a dingdong.

        Unless it’s the snack cake.

        1. JWLM

          The cake is a lie.

    4. Nono

      See I read that as Dingdong Noodles.

      Coming to a campus near you.

  5. Wonder Wig

    Walky Shaky

    1. AgentKeen

      Walky no good at the Talky.

      1. ninja_jesus

        Walky was too used to Billie’s mocky. Billie’s talky was just too shocky for poor Walky.

        What am I doing with my life?

        1. gigafreak

          So he summoned the fan of hockey with the menace of the Jabberwocky and the relationships all rocky?

        2. Roborat

          Congrats, you win today’s prize, a box of Pocky.

  6. chris73

    Billies showing massive emotional strength, loving her at the moment

    1. Twirls

      Totally agree, way to go Billie

  7. MrSirk

    Walky with no wisecracks? My god he’s actually evolving?!

    1. Maveric1984

      All his wises are already cracked. He needs to make some new ones.

    2. AgentKeen

      “Your Walky has evolved into a Runny!’

    3. arank11

      What’s this? Walky’s evolving….

      Congratulations! Walky evolved into Mature Person!

      1. Catullus

        Despite his best efforts at holding onto an Everstone.

        1. ninja_jesus

          I would love to see a 4-panel comic where Walky accidentally drops an Everstone and evolves into an adult, much to his chagrin.

    4. Deanatay

      Walky’s got plenty of wisecracks, he’s just afraid to use them. He’s so freaked out about Billie, he doesn’t know what will help and what will hurt.

      He can tell she’s hurting. If it were a guy, he’d punch his shoulder and gently insult him – he knows ‘guy’. Billie’s from that strange realm of ‘girl-dom’, which ‘real men’ like Walky don’t understand.

      Fortunately for him, Joyce is standing just a few steps back, waiting for him to come along. Joyce may be exactly what Billie needs right now (but not in a creepy way) – someone she can safely snark at, get some of her self-confidence back.

      1. John

        Joyce is Billie’s best college friend. And shower buddy!

    5. Roborat

      Quick, give him more everstones.

  8. Stephen Bierce

    His deltoid muscles are getting a workout today.

    1. newllend

      I thought Dorothy gave his muscles all the workout they needed- Shing !

    2. Opus the Poet

      Shrugs are 90% trapesis.

  9. Emperor Kiva

    Holy hell, Walky’s actually not an idiot in this one.

    1. xKiv

      He’s not an idiot, he just plays one on the internet.

  10. Kernanator

    Walky is so far out of his comfort zone that he has forgotten what comfort feels like.

    1. Gigafreak

      He will spend the entire weekend in his pajama jeans to reacquaint himself with the concept.

      1. Deanatay

        He’s going into Billie-insult-withdrawal. Symptoms include uncontrollable shoulder-twitching, worried looks, and monosyllabic responses.

  11. CrownCorvus

    N-now kiss…?

    1. An Average Loser

      . . . Now that’s just pushing the envelope.

      1. newllend

        Nothing more but jumping the gun.

        1. An Average Loser

          More like Jumping The Shark.

        2. lejwocky

          Nukin’ the fridge

        3. begbert2

          Is that an Indiana Jones reference?

        4. Maxy

          No, he’s talking about the other movie where they nuked a fridge.
          Y’know, The Sound of Music.

        5. timemonkey

          The first half of that movie is a lot of fun. Then the Nazis show up and it gets needlessly drawn out.

        6. Roborat

          Yea, I have always felt that they should have changed that to a Benny Hill chase sequence.

        7. Tenn

          The hills are alive
          With the sound of fission!

  12. newllend

    Why would he make fun you, have never had a friend before.

    1. BloodPlum

      Her entire high school career was based on inflated status and material wealth. Walky was likely her only relationship in high school that wasn’t based on those two things.

      1. timemonkey

        Billie bullied the crap out of Walky in highschool. Their friendly relationship is from when they were little kids. They weren’t friends in highschool.

  13. arank11

    Quick! Check and see if Billie still has a belly button!

    1. Maveric1984

      Or a goatee!

    2. Deanatay

      She’s a clone, but Billie thought sober, mature thoughts when they were cloning her, thus triggering Walky’s suspicions.

      1. Keroshino

        I’m not saying she’s a Skrull…

        BUT, SHE IS A SKRULL!!!

  14. Beachfox

    Actually, I’m totally touched by Walky throughout this. He -knows- something’s up with Billie, and even though he has no idea -what- or what to do about it, he’s… trying? At least muffling the internal screaming so he doesn’t disturb anyone else with it.

    1. Leorale

      It’s making his eye twitch. But he’s doing a good job. 🙂

    2. Twirls

      Me too, I’m happy that he’s making the effort and that Billie is actually reaching out. I’m so proud of these characters rn ;u;

  15. Boomwolf97

    I’ve been in that whole “I have no idea how to be nice right now, and you’re in pain” situation.

    1. An Average Loser

      The awkwardness becomes palpable. . .

  16. deathjavu

    It’s impressive that Walky is managing to do so well despite knowing effectively nothing about the situation and even less about social graces. He’s like some kind of anti-Danny, who knows more than just about everyone in many situations but still manages to do the wrong thing.

  17. DavidMcG

    You’re a good friend, Walky.

    1. JessWitt

      He’s free of the foot in mouth disease.

      1. Plasma Mongoose

        That’s because he prefers to stuff his mouth with McNuggets.

        1. Roborat

          And lately, various Dorothy parts.

    2. Keroshino

      He’s a pretty nice guy…
      one of my favorite characters, Dood!

  18. Aubri

    Billie needs to be hugged so badly.

    1. An Average Loser

      The world needs more hugs.

    2. JessWitt

      Lots of hugs for Billie indeed. Poor lonely gal.

      1. Ivan

        I would give Billie a hug. First a tight friendly one, then one for each fun-bag, and after that… whatever else she wanted hugged – and with what what!

        I missed her type in school. All I can do now is play some kind of Super Hero scam where I deliver hugs, door to door, at large, predominantly female universities! Like Testicle Tech! I’d do it for SCIENCE!

    3. LeslieBean4Shizzle

      That comment with your current gravatar is just… wonderful.

  19. timemonkey

    I hope they become best of friends and he gets her off the booze and she hangs out with him and Joyce and then she punches Mary in celebration because life is awesome!

    1. An Average Loser

      Whoa there buddy! One step at a time. This is youth drama we’re talking about here.

      1. timemonkey

        Shhhhhh, let me dream.

      2. Maveric1984

        Yeah, but punching Mary is still OK right?

        1. begbert2

          Mary is going to suddenly mature into a kind, respectful, and and modest individual (who is somehow still religious, just not the horrible kind of religious) and we’re not going to have any idea how to react.

        2. Opus the Poet

          Mary is going to become a UU?

        3. John

          She’s going to turn into late-Walkyverse Joyce?

        4. xKiv

          I want my punches to be able to do that …

        5. JWLM

          Only if she’s pregnant.

  20. Archivist

    I think the appropriate move here is a hug but I guess this is progress, kind of.

    1. Plasma Mongoose

      I don’t know, hugs aint always welcome…

      1. Swerve

        Walky doesn’t seem like the type to give out hugs, especially unasked for hugs.

        1. Plasma Mongoose

          That I can relate to, I’m not a huggy kind of person either.

    2. Orangey

      I think a hug would make it more awkward. To me it seems like Billie doesn’t want to talk about things right now and just wants to distract herself with people and a hug would be acknowledging that something was very wrong. Which they both know there is, but she just wants the usual Walky. I mean she looks pretty disappointed when he doesn’t make fun of her like always.

      But then again I’m not too into hugs either unless im really upset ha.

  21. Hoboturtle

    I’ve been in this situation before. Where someone comes to you with a problem that is way out of you depth.

    Goddamnit WHY ARE YOU CONFIDING IN ME!? Im a fucking ten year old!

    That was some time ago…

  22. TrueVCU

    emotional refugees upon the night’s plutonian shore

    1. Opus the Poet

      So you’ve read Byron, then?

      1. Seven

        Or Poe.

      2. TrueVCU

        Poe, but your heart’s in the right place.

        Namely, under a floorboard

        1. Deanatay

          Or behind a brick wall – for the love of God, Montressor!

  23. Kra'ul Sheykhon

    T’would Seem that Ms. Billingsworth, Despite her Initial Attempts to Distance herself from Mr. Walkerton, is Seeking him Out for Comfort, & I should Hope that Mr. Walkerton does Not Confront her about her Previous Disregard for their Friendship, else the Drama could very well Overtake this Comic!

    1. Maveric1984

      Why are You capitalizing Every other Word?

      1. Mass Confusion

        Jesus christ On a Bicycle, it’s Spreading!

      2. Kra'ul Sheykhon

        It’s Not Every Other Word, you Fool!

    2. Bill

      Probably has to do with Na’kuhl grammatical practices, as it appears to be similar to Klingon.

  24. JessWitt

    DoA’s like the Community of webcomics – it’s hilarious yet deeply emotional.

    1. Ivan

      You’ve made my chin & lower lip quiver. I HOPE YOU ARE HAPPY NOW!

  25. Readwitch

    A lot of people been cracking jokes at Walky this arc, which is fair as he’s not the most serious character in a not super serious comic (which handles serious issues better than many serious comics) but geez has he been handling Billie’s little melt down well. I mean, he woke up to her freaking out in his bed and after he realized she was freaking out and he couldn’t handle it, he got a semi-responsible party to help, standing firm when Ruth at first wasn’t going to help. When Joyce asked why he was stressing, he didn’t tell her that Billie was freaking out because he didn’t know if Billie would be okay with that… and know he’s not making fun of her when she reaches out for help. Good job Walky, A+

  26. Opus the Poet

    Sad Billie is sad. And this would worry me if she was something other than a character in a web comic.

  27. Idon'tcarenomore

    Aw, that’s cute. Walky is trying to be ‘approapriate.
    He is growing up, he recognizes that Billie is trying to come out of her shell, and off her high horse at the same time.
    Nice guy Walky.
    Good luck, Billie.

  28. ninja_jesus

    Less shrugs, more hugs!

    Personally very happy that Billie’s been knocked down a peg or two. This brief moment of sadness will be the foundation for a lifetime of happiness, I think.

    [Unless she starts being a shit later on, of course.]

  29. Narf

    Poor Billie. Self-improvement is hard, and I don’t think she’s ever really had a good role model before. I hope she finds a way to be happy.

  30. madelgine

    MY FRIEND IS HAVING FEELINGS AT ME WHAT DO I DO

    1. Keroshino

      Offer Hugs, LOTS OF THEM!!!

  31. pendrake

    I personally, like this story-angle with a mature-themed Billie and Walky, it serves as a very good counter-balance to the Whiteboard Ding-Dong Bandit caper.

    One of the hardest things in sobering up in both in maturity and from alcoholism is, put rather tritely yet accurately, sobering up. This means taking a long hard look at yourself and seriously considering & re-considering your life.

    And one step in doing that? A step that is both simple and hard? Don’t do it alone.

    Will Billie and Walky return to their smart-ass ways? Sure, no doubt. But right now? Not the time for it.

  32. epershannd

    …argh. I’m having an extreme “terrifyingly relating to Billie” moment.

  33. nothri

    Walky, yer being supportive and keeping things light hearted. You are doing exactly what your supposed to. Don’t sweat it.

    Also, something about Billie asking to go to lunch reminds me of this. Don’t ask me why:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTQgs2OGVV8

  34. Lizardizzle

    I swear to dick, David, if you’ve made a lame sub-plot of Dorothy getting all offended and dramatic because Walky and Billie hanging out and not allowing Walky to just explain the situation, creating a generic movie-style situation where Dolly says she needs some time alone and Walky has to take weeks just to get her back, I’m going to be very disappointed. Because I can see that happening.

    1. Gigafreak

      Dorothy already knows Billie and Walky are close. She’s even called them “like an old married couple” at one point. It wouldn’t be THAT weird for her to see them together regularly. Besides, Dorothy is Billie’s colleague at the newspaper. They don’t particularly like each other, but they’re not strangers by any means.

    2. Tenn

      Hmm, yes, that would be completely out of character for Dorothy. Also, in the nearly four years DoA has been running, there has been no story arcs even remotely as stupid as that. So it seems rather likely that it would happen. And that would be disappointing, because it is expected.

  35. JimmyP424

    I misread the URL of this strip as “The whiteboard dong bandit cometh”

  36. Zababcd

    This poll is surprisingly close. Personally, my vote changes regularly, because I am debating with myself what qualifies someone as ‘bad-ass’.

  37. fishamaphone

    I don’t want to be alone anymore
    I was checking you out
    I was just making sure
    No I don’t want to be alone anymore
    And I’ll watch you tonight
    Although you hurt me before

  38. bunivasal

    Inappropriately empathizing with Walky, here: I’m in my late twenties and I still can hardly muster responses to emotional trauma that don’t make me look like a walking dicklord.

  39. bunivasal

    I also read the discussion around Billie’s alcoholism and have to remind myself that it’s clearly a real problem and that , since we’ve seen people consume alcohol without getting moralized, this is a good story and not a flat booze is bad aesop.

    That part boils down to me being a bit of a forgetful reader.

    1. John

      If you want the flat “booze is bad” aesop, Roomies! is over there.

      1. bunivasal

        I don’t want it. I read Roomies when it was still on Keenspot, back in… 2004?

  40. ajm5007

    So Billy has realized that being generally nice to people and appreciating the company of those with whom she is already friends is a good way to build a stable circle of social support?

    WHAT A TWIST!!!

  41. TheLurkerAbove

    What’s with all the Facebook links? Anyone else see it? Has my browser been hijacked?

  42. Ronnie long

    Ok so I just read 4 yrs worth of this strip and now I’m up to date and have to wait like everyone else! Goddamit 😛
    Ok so my opinion? I wish billie would just admit to Ruth that she love her because it’d probly be easier, or if mike would punch someone for good for once, like punching Billie and saying “you love Ruth! Tell her and stop being a jackass!”

  43. Em

    *hugs Billie* While I’m sad this happened to her, I think this is a good learning experience. I hope she opens up to Walky more seriously about her drinking problem. I think he’d be likely to go to Dorothy saying “What do I do what’s going on ahhhhh” and she’s likely to do something proactive. Alcohol is one of the hardest drugs to come off from once you’re hooked. 🙁

  44. Clif

    Walky mispoke. He meant to say “I hope yer cool with mostly manly shrugs.”

  45. jonathan

    Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🙁 All the feels.

  46. Wolfe & Windsilver

    Aaaaaah!
    The cast is maturing! Everyone’s learning life lessons!

  47. Darnel

    Thank you Walky.

  48. DT

    Man Walky is like me in this strip. “Oh. Okay.”, the only reaction I can think of when I try to think of “appropriate reaction”.
    I not so good at the social thingamajigger.

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