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Terrible
Posted on January 17, 2014 by David M Willis

159 thoughts on “Terrible”

  1. Super Duper

    So, who’s going to be hit by a truck.

    1. Mr. Random

      Nobody dies in the strip. Which means everyone is killed by the truck’s children off screen.

      1. Wonder Wig

        “You’d be surprised what you can live through.”

        1. Lumino

          What an esoteric reference.

        2. W31RD0

          Anyone over 21 has probably seen The Return of Jafar.

        3. TheZachariah

          That doesn’t sound…actually I have no comment for this, as I have seen the Return of Jafar.

      2. GoldStarz

        Everyone is Amnesia Zombies.

        1. Tunaro

          So they spread amnesia to people by biting ’em?

        2. GoldStarz

          And they don’t remember biting them either.

        3. Sageress

          Who doesn’t remember? Remember what?

      3. Jay Eff

        Truck children? How does that happen?

        GASP!

        They’re Transformers!!

        1. Shadow12000

          *getting horrible memories of ToplessRobot’s Fan Fiction Friday*

          Optimus Prime, whyyyyy! T_T

        2. Kai

          I usually don’t like Chuck Norris jokes, except this one:

          Once upon a time Chuck Norris had sex with a robot.
          The result is nowadays known as Optimus Prime.

    2. Weedleplop

      Well I’m pretty certain Amazi-girl is going to get beaned by a streetlight if she doesn’t pay attention to where she’s going…

  2. Mr. Random

    Is Walky going to start pontificating now?

  3. Idon'tcarenomore

    Hummm. Here it comes.

    1. lividjellyfish

      Forecasters predict an 800% rise in feels over the next two weeks.

      Brace yourselves.

      1. Keroshino

        The feels are coming!

  4. Stephen Bierce

    *plays the Styx song “Haven’t We Been Here Before?” from KILROY WAS HERE*

    1. Stephen Bierce

      I hadn’t seen the video since it was on “Friday Night Videos” thirty years ago–and man…it’s better than I remembered.

  5. Rheinman

    All work and no play make Dorothy a dull girl.

    1. KKoro

      Man, I just cannot like Dorothy.

  6. Tandel

    Mmm… that’s good self reference, Sir Willis.

    1. David Willis

      I DID NOT INVENT RAIN.

      1. Plasma Mongoose

        Surely you jest Mr Willis! 😛

      2. David Herbert

        Did you invent asshole parents?

        1. David Willis

          I’m pretty sure I’m required to say “no, they invented me” regardless of whether it’s actually true.

        2. Cholma

          Referencing your other universe, mister?! That’s a no-no in this forum, by order of the Head Cheese, himsel…. uh, nevermind.

        3. Rowen Morland

          😀

      3. Yotomoe

        Sure you didn’t, Willis.
        Or should I say THE RAINMAKER?

        1. Keroshino

          Making it rain on all of us!

      4. Psycho

        “It’s the rain” was one of my favorite scenes in It’s Walky, I love you so much for referencing it.

        1. saltchocolate

          Where is it?? Someone post the link — please! I’ve only read It’s Walky once through — I’ll never find it on my own…

        2. saltchocolate

          Never mind. A kind soul already did so, downstream!

      5. Sageress

        This is the funniest thing I’ve ever read.

      6. Reltzik

        How are you not bankrupt? You have to pay a licensing fee every time one of your comics has a precipitous event!

        ….

        *flees for dear punning life*

  7. Kernanator

    It’s the-

    *checks the alt-text*

    goddammit.

    1. Mr. Random

      For those who can not access the alt-text, it says blood of blueberries.

      1. Ongion

        And for those who don’t believe Mr. Random, It’s the rain

        1. Mr. Random

          Apologies to anyone who believed my doppalganger.

        2. Sageress

          Yeah, we aren’t proud of Cousin Ongion. Spreadin lies.

        3. Kernanator

          I love you guys.

        4. Sageress

          Th-that’s stupid, baka!

  8. Mr K

    Joyce will come and be very jealous.

  9. LiaHansen

    Amazi-girl: great for on-campus crime, better for on-campus bangin’.

    1. Yotomoe

      That should be her slogan.

    2. bibulb

      She went back for Tailgate, but left the condoms.
      Because she knew that once she got away, SOMEONE would have good use for them.

  10. The Candyman

    Hooray for random downpours.

  11. lividjellyfish

    Awwww

  12. Deathjavu

    I guess rain is just Walky’s natural aphrodisiac.

    1. Yotomoe

      No, that’s Nachitos.

      1. Psycho

        It’s BOTH.

        1. brionl

          Raining Nachitos? That could get messy.

        2. Wack'd

          Hallelujah.

      2. Deathjavu

        I love how both of these things are references to other things.

    2. Tom T.

      The rain cleans him off a bit.

  13. Ragnal

    And Dina looks out her dorm window, much regret in her eyes as Walky and Dorothy kiss elsewhere on campus.

    She is sad, but she knows not why…

    1. Mr K

      She then convinces Amber to kiss her.

      1. Yotomoe

        Amber, who’s obviousely been in her room all day playing games.

    2. Heavy E

      You win. Everyone else can go home now. Good game everyone.

    3. Cholma

      Shouldn’t it be Joyce who sees and is sad?

      1. Cholma

        Actually, nevermind, I know what you mean. The Sunday strip after “It’s the rain”.

    4. Psycho

      Adding this to my Headcanon mental files…..

  14. Giant Speck

    Oh, God. All I see is a Nicholas Sparks novel cover.

    1. David Herbert

      Willis actually got a commission to do one.

  15. David Herbert

    Curses, I was going to type what’s in the alt text. Damn you Willis!

  16. JessTheBest

    NOW KISHHH!!!

  17. AY

    Oh no, this is far too cute.
    hella, even.
    hella cute.

  18. OkamiKing

    Its the rain thats a terrible idea. Chasing superheroes is an amazing idea

  19. KingMabel

    Go on and kiss the girl

    1. Video master 12

      Is this a little mermaid reference?

      1. KingMabel

        No but thanks for asking 🙂

  20. Jenny Creed

    Rain is cool. Running through the rain with your lover is basically cooler than Fonzie.

    1. Yotomoe

      But is it Cooler than Frieza?

      1. Sageress

        That pun’s so bad, I might just Buu you.

        1. Yotomoe

          I wouldn’t be surprised if people started throwing rotten fruits and Vegetas at me.

        2. andiemus

          It’s time for you to go han.

        3. LiaHansen

          They’ll lock you in a Cell.

        4. Sageress

          You could be in there for five to Tien.

        5. LiaHansen

          Yup. The only crime worse than puns is Krillin’.

  21. LiaHansen

    WAIT SHIT I GET THE REFERENCE AFTER ALL

  22. ZuiyoMaru

    Man, sometimes I forgot how much Walky and Dorothy are a good match. Their personalities complement each other pretty perfectly.

  23. Wonder Wig

    I’m having a Commissioner Gordon and Essen flashback.

  24. newllend

    Quick someone reference a love song involving Rain

    1. Mr K

      It’s hard to hold a candle in the cold November rain.

    2. newllend

      Um,oh got ” just like the clouds, my eyes will do the same if you walk away, everyday in the rain.

    3. saltchocolate

      Here comes the rain again, falling on my head like a memory, falling on my head like a new emotion . . .

    4. ninja_jesus

      한순간 내 몸에 익숙했던 니 손이 날 밀어내
      나는 어떡해 나는 어떡해
      오늘도 떠나간 너의 숨결 아직도 널 사랑해
      나는 어떡해 나는 어떡해 제발..
      오~ 제발.. 돌아와…

      1. ninja_jesus

        “You pushed me away with your very hands.
        Once were so wanted by me, what can I do? What should I do?
        I no longer have your~ breath here with me, but I am still loving you.
        What can I do? What should I do?
        Please, oh please. Come back.”

      2. OldFart

        Where can we hear it, ninja_jesus? I am not familiar enough with the genre or with Korean to look at the Hangul and know the song. The only Asian pop I know much about is old Thai plaeng peua chiwit, which is unfortunately not considered cool by the Internet.

    5. Jen Aside

      “It’s rainin’ men, hallelujah”

  25. Archivist

    I looked at the top part of the picture before the rest had loaded on my screen, said to myself, Well that last panel is a kiss. Instead I got a Pacific Rim headbutt. Thank you, Willis.

  26. Yotomoe

    Darnit. Willis beat me to it!

  27. Mr K

    Sal, come on and appear.

  28. AgentKeen

    Bad alt-text, read Rule 3!

    1. Yotomoe

      Nobody follows that rule.

      1. Mr. Random

        Just like we’re not supposed to talk about the first two rules?

  29. CaptMuffin

    Meanwhile, Dina looks out the window, shrugs, and eats some cereal.

    1. timemonkey

      And from a nearby window Joyce is watching them sadly.

  30. Alex Stritar

    Daww, why are these two so cute?

  31. timemonkey

    Sometimes failure is awesome.

  32. Tahkuya

    this tender moment will soon be c-blocked by Joyce

  33. DT

    MEANWHILE:
    Amber is soaking wet stuck on top of a truck going who-knows-where.

    1. Mr. Random

      To her destiny.

  34. Baker

    Obligatory romantic rain scene here

  35. Henry

    The Rain in Spain falls mainly on the Walky.

    1. xKiv

      And maybe Blaine?

  36. Estron

    Okay, would someone please explain whatever “reference” is going on here to a noob who’s only read DoA?

    1. Mr. Random

      Very emotional scene in IW! That led to character growth for both Walky and Joyce, and a deepening of issues to a third party.

    2. MM

      If you pop over to Roomies, you can catch the start of the arc in the strips airing right now. Mind you, there’s an awful lot to go before it pays off.

    3. Cholma

      It’s from this strip: http://itswalky.com/d/20020504.html

  37. Sensedog

    Sad that all good things must eventually come to an end.

    1. Vex Godglove

      To be fair, all bad things come to an end too. The transitory nature of reality.

      1. xKiv

        Nitpick: heat death of universe doesn’t come to an end.

  38. Kelly

    “It’s the rain” – Oh the feels!

    1. Regalli

      I know, right?

  39. Sageress

    Kisssssssss

    1. Mr. Random

      If you listen closely, it’s what the rIn says in evey movie.

    2. Bill

      Tell her “you’re welcome”.
      THEN kiss.

  40. ninja_jesus

    Walky and Dorothy’s relationship leveled up!

    1. Heavensrun

      Yeah, Joyce better get her act in gear, or she’ll never steal Dotty away from him.

  41. jatman18

    i wanna see walky go for the upside down spiderman kiss

    1. gigafreak

      Again?

      1. Zap Rowsdower

        They’re in the rain, it’d be more authentic this time.

  42. Twirls

    Aww <3

  43. ze doctor14

    Things are gonna go wrong. I can just tell. Feels. Feels everywhere. Can’t pick them up. Gaaah.

  44. Bill

    I held her close
    Until the storm passed,
    And we fell down laughing in the wet grass.
    Both our bodies drying in the sunshine.

  45. Zuzi

    SQUUUUUUUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

  46. Ugakicka

    Fuck. You. Willis.

  47. begbert2

    Walky’s shenanigans make Dorothy wet.

    1. Hythrain

      I both groaned and laughed in the same instance when I read this.

  48. Osaru Sensei

    *reads alt text*

    DAMN YOU WILLIS.

  49. Kiggy

    When the rain comes/they run and hide their heads…
    (Lennon/McCartney)

  50. Crumplepunch

    Begone, angst! This rain is for makeouts!

    Until the inevitable Amber/Danny/Blaine thing that’s coming up. Then you can come back, I guess.

    I’m watching you.

  51. Jimmy

    Earworm alert: Blame it on the rain.

  52. Infammo

    For some reason this comic makes me afraid Willis is going to give one of them terminal cancer.

  53. Pat Myers

    Oh my gawd. The rain. It is traveling across dimensions to soak every version of Walky it can find.

  54. jonathan

    Aw, this is adorable!!

  55. CiaranLovejoy

    I always loved the “It’s the Rain…” Scene. It was fantastic.

    1. Leonou

      Agreed. One of the highmarks of the Walkyverse.

  56. Kyle

    I-It’s the rain. It’s the storm we all have to endure. We hate it but it’s every drop that runs down your face that traces out who you are, your shape… including the freshman fifteen you’re already rocking down south. Seriously, if you’d lay off the studying a little and go out with me more often we might have kept up. We just got owned by a WoW nerd with a pair of bolt cutters. The storm shows me so much right now, but not your abs.

    1. Allan

      This comment has made my day

    2. Kernanator

      Beautiful.

  57. OmegaZato

    Heartwarming to see that,despite the crushing defeat she suffered(and all the frustration it surely encompass),Dorothy hasn’t forgotten the truly important things.Corny,I know,but what can I say? Life’s not always made of testosterone.

  58. Had to comment

    That alt-text…dammit, bringing back the urge to archive binge. Again.

  59. Robert

    I feel sorry for Amazi-Girl, she’s clinging for dear life to a slick bus roof in a rainstorm. Not smart Amber. Not smart at all.

  60. acher4

    Daaaaaaawwwwwwww!!! 😀

  61. lightsabermario

    http://itswalky.com/d/20020504.html

  62. Toes14

    Walky is gonna get lucky tonight!!!

    1. ironbillie

      And it will last 25.1/8 seconds.

  63. ironbillie

    Lucky that Jeph is in England or else he would of surely “improved” this comic with some anal wind passing.

  64. Volkai

    Willis comics – rain only happens at important times.

  65. Arkantos

    Don’t worry Dorothy, “It can’t rain all the time”

  66. Stara

    Concern: that this is going to be a coin-flip of perspective; one, Dorothy and Walky’s sweet, romantic adventures (with which I sympathize and from which I think most readers derive a good deal of amusement) and two, Amber’s equally understandable POV. But, my concern is that with the latter, something negative will occur. There’s a moral shoe to fall somewhere, usually, in Dave Willis’s comics, and what if Amber is the new Ruth in a Princess Diana fashion? To evade pursuers who didn’t see anything wrong in a chase for their own goals– who actually had a lot of jesting fun out of it, and for whom it seems to have been just a tiny bit of a game– Amber’s been put in a dangerous position. She’s on the roof of a moving truck, in the rain. Just saying, she could get really badly injured as a result of her attempt to evade publicity.

    Alternately, we could cue to Amber drying off safe and sound, or skip the rest of this entirely and see Amber in another context later, thus deducting she was pretty okay with the truck-surfing; until then, though, the nagging feeling fears something horrible will happen.

  67. JAD

    It’s the rain… it’s the storm we all have to endure.

    We are beautiful. It’s the world that is ugly.

    Thank you, David Willis, for having written those words (and all the ones in between) a long time ago. They are among my list of amazing phrases said by fictional characters.

    1. JAD

      …also, I should get a gravatar… I mean, nothing against Ruth, but not my ideal representation 🙂

  68. LiamAldam

    Cosmic irony: Amazi-Girl had those condoms for Danny, Dorothy’s ex.

    1. LiveWire

      They’re totally going to use them, now…

  69. nothri

    AWWWWWW.

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