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Capable
Posted on December 20, 2017 by David M Willis

124 thoughts on “Capable”

  1. Ana Chronistic

    the sequel to Fight Dads

    starring Wack and Amazi-Durden

  2. MM

    It’s a little early in this…whatever it is to be introducing your kinks, Walky.

    1. Yumi

      Some people find it helpful to get it out there early. YMMV.

    2. gkheyf

      sometimes you gotta skip steps to the roof!

    3. Doctor_Who

      The THIRD rule of Garbage Roof is that what happens on Garbage Roof stays on Garbage Roof.

      1. Marsh Maryrose

        I’ll bite. What is the second rule of Garbage Roof?

        1. Regalli

          Presumably, don’t talk about Garbage Roof.

        2. Deanatay

          Nope, it’s you DON’T DISCOURAGE SELF-EMASCULATION on Garbage Roof!

          Basically, same as the first rule, only with more emphasis.

        3. Zach

          There is no second.
          Second isn’t good enough!

        4. Chronos

          First rule really is second rule, because first rule is too good for garbage.

        5. HeySo

          “There is no second.
          Second isn’t good enough!
          Second is for people who are garbage!”

          Fixed. >.>

        6. Tacos

          The second rule doesn’t exist. It’s just there to annoy people who ask about it.

        7. CrazyJ

          No poofters.

        8. Joe Covenant

          Only if his name’s Michael…

        9. thejeff

          But we’ll call him Bruce just to keep things straight.

      2. Needfuldoer

        Garbage Roof Rule #4: No littering. The name is strictly metaphorical.

        1. Roborat

          Rule 6 is that there is nooooo . . . Rule 6.

      3. N0083rp00F

        Oh? And I though that pretty much everything from the roof ended up on the sidewalk. Preferably via the stairs mind you. The other way …. cleanup in aisle seven.

    4. geno

      Early? We’re like four years in at this point. I’m amazed WIllis didn’t include his kinks before this. Roomies has a whole miniarc about how sexy glasses are

    5. HeySo

      In fairness, Walky mentions his ass-related kinks in nearly every conversation he’s a part of, so it’s a bit late for him to start holding back on it. 😛

  3. Nono

    Next strip: Walky’s revenge???

  4. Yumi

    Well, this interaction is just full of great would-be book titles. I’d buy the hell out of “You Take It Back and Shove It Right Up My Ass.”

    1. Bast

      Things you should never say in a sex toy shop…

      1. Mr. Bulbmin

        That sounds like a Jeopardy! category.

        “I’ll take Things Not to Say in a Sex Shop for 400, Alex.”

  5. bearfuz

    This garbage roof thing is an interesting and yet valid way to show love.

  6. Regalli

    Crap, I just broke the first rule of Garbage Roof would also be an acceptable title.

  7. Passchendaele

    jeez amazi-girl, it was like the *one* rule.

    1. Yumi

      Well, it was Amber who broke it. (/AG voice)

      1. Doctor_Who

        That’s worse! Now Amazi-Girl will have to punish her violation!

      2. Passchendaele

        oh whoops, I just saw the blue dialogue oval and thought it was AG, even though the past few comics easily disprove me. I should probably check on the tags more. anyways, thanks!

      3. missilentmurmur

        She is not in the tags.

    2. BBCC

      A handy way to tell if it’s Amber or AG is to check if she has rosy cheeks. Amber has ’em, AG does not.

      1. Liliet

        Also, they don’t swap mid-conversation without a noticable break in the flow. It was Amber last time, it’s Amber this time. When Amazi-girl appears, we’ll NOTICE.

      2. thejeff

        Or just check the tags 🙂

        The cheeks are needed to tell when they swap if both are tagged though.

  8. m-m

    I like this pairing – it’s interesting and works oddly well. I’m finding myself liking Amber here. weird. 🙂

  9. Watson the Snail

    Next Slipshine comic idea identified.

  10. TheAmazingKMan

    You had ONE JOB >:(

  11. Eric

    Garbage Roof == Hataz Club?

  12. DailyBrad

    Walky’s sense of responsibility really seems to exist more than he sometimes thinks it does, it just largely is tied up with Dorothy and Billie, though it’s cropped up for Joyce and developed more with Sal than it started off.

  13. chrisashtear

    You said there’d be butt stuff!

  14. robertskitch

    “the second rule of garbage roof is… you know”

    Stay on the roof? ^_^;

    1. Bagge

      It’s not so much a RULE as a… strong advice.

      *Wistfully looks to horisont* We loose a lot of good members that way.

      1. Khyrin

        Dark.

      2. RIK

        Wouldn’t calling them “good” members also violate the first rule?

  15. PB

    Phrasing!

  16. Reltzik

    Okay, so when does Walky get to ask why Amber/Amazi-Girl is garbage?

    1. Fart Captor

      Just after she makes a dramatic exit, I’d imagine :/

  17. Tacos

    Slow down Walky. Most people would sidle up to revealing their kinks to near-strangers.

    1. Sunny

      They’ve shared cookies, that makes them practically friends and confidantes.

  18. Keulen

    Compliments are not allowed on garbage roof.

  19. Bagge

    You fudged up the one rule, Amber. You are garbage. So…. that’s on brand for garbage club, I suppose. Well done, carry on.

  20. mister gray

    first rule of garbage roof is you don’t compliment each other on garbage roof.

  21. tirachokko

    why does it feel like there is a budding ship. goddammit me, people can be platonic friends with other people who happen to also be within the target range of their sexual orientation

    1. Rowen Morland

      Yeah, otherwise she couldn’t have any friends, since everyone is Amazi-sexual*.

    2. Yumi

      Platonic relationships are great and I like seeing them develop but I also ship way too many things. It’s interesting.

    3. Fart Captor

      Sure, okay, but what if instead of that there was smooching

      1. spriteless

        Nonono, not instead of, but in addition to. :X

    4. Old Fart

      Is shipping as friends allowed? I don’t undersand comment section protocols very well. I would like to ship them as friends.

      1. Leorale

        Friendshipping is allowed. ^.^

        1. Fart Captor

          I mean, I suppose. Seems like there’d be a lot less smooching that way tho

  22. Bagge

    *Shakes Dorothy*: DON’T MAKE YOUR BOYFRIEND YOUR PROJECT
    *Shakes Walky*: DON’T MAKE YOUR PERSONAL INSECURITIES A DEPENDENCY FOR YOUR RELATIONSHIP

    1. Reltzik

      *Shakes Bagge*: DON’T SHAKE PEOPLE IT CAN CAUSE NECK INJURIES

      1. Tacos

        *Shakes Reltzik*: UNLESS THAT IS WHAT THEY WERE AIMING FOR IN THE FIRST PLACE IN WHICH CASE, SHAKE AWAY

      2. Bagge

        *Shakes Reltzik* I REALIZE WALKY CAN COME ACROSS AS A MAN-BABY BUT THAT DOES NOT TRANSLATE TO RELATIVE NECK-STRENGTH. I’M A CERTIFIED SHAKER WITH DIPLOMA FROM THE DISCO ACADEMY OF RYTHM* AND I KNOW FIVE DIFFERENT WAYS TO HARMLESSLY SHAKE A GROWN PERSON WHILE SHOUTING AT THEM.

        *) No, you can’t see the diploma. It’s on… framing. Yeah, framing, that’s right. What do you mean I “do a basic disco-shake in front of you, right now”. I… could do that, but I don’t want to. Yeah, that’s right. Stop pestering me.

      3. JustCheetoDust

        *Shakes Reltzik*: I DON’T HAVE A POINT TO MAKE HERE, I’M JUST SOMEONE WHO’S WATCHED “AIRPLANE!” TOO MANY TIMES

        1. Chris Phoenix

          *Shakes JustCheetoDust*: I PICKED THE WRONG DAY TO STOP SNIFFING CHEETO DUST!

        2. Deanatay

          Kinky.

          *doesn’t shake anyone, just likes to watch*

        3. Sensei Le Roof

          *shakes JCD* WHAT IS IT!

        4. 3-I

          JCD, you’re needed on the phone. *takes over shaking someone.* EVERYTHING’S GOING TO BE ALRIGHT.

      4. Proxiehunter

        *Shakes a martini* Oh wait, did you order this stirred?

        1. Abel Undercity

          *Shakes milk* Wow, what are all these dudes doing in my yard?

        2. Bagge

          +1

    2. geno

      this was a remarkably fun conversation to read, and pretend we were all in the same room for.

  23. Bast

    Many campuses have a safe space, I suggest they should also have a hostile space, where you are only allowed to be mean,vulgar and cruel. (Garbage roof is a good start)

    1. CJ

      I though the idea of safe spaces was to have one place, where mean, vulgar and cruel are decidedly off-topic?

      1. CJ

        To clarify: I think there are loads of spaces for mean, vulgar and cruel anyway. Garbage roof is not one of them.
        It’s a space for respect and not hiding your crap, quite a different story.

        1. Deanatay

          Garbage Roof is a safe place for self-honesty, which can get you in trouble in your standard Safe Space.

        2. thejeff

          Self-honesty is usually fine in standard Safe Spaces, as I understand them. Unless the “self-honesty” involves attacking others.

          However, you’ll generally get support if you tear yourself down, rather than agreement. They’re not like the garbage roof in that people are likely to tell you you’re not garbage, rather than accept your feelings.

        3. Bast

          As I said “Garbage roof” is a good start but, the idea of “Hostile Space” is that you HAVE to be hostile, being kind, nice, cordial or even neutral would not be allowed. 😛

    2. Chris Phoenix

      That reminds me of alt.tasteless – because of what it wasn’t.

      It was an un-sanctioned, un-moderated, open-membership chat group on the internet, back when usenet was a thing, around 1990.

      The amazing thing is, even with that name, it was civil and harmless! Not cruel, not even mean – just vulgar. People would tell gross stories about their cats and dogs.

      Some things actually were better, back in the old days. I don’t think a group like that could exist on the internet today.

  24. auroki

    So that last panel needs some fun fan art now no?

  25. nlips

    So… she’s still tagged as Amber, so she’s just doing the Amazi-Girl voice so Walky doesn’t figure out who she is.

  26. Danni

    so walkys into pegging?

  27. Samantha

    I love this scene this is so cute and we get a rare look at Walky’s Vulnerable side and that he really does love DOROTHY. I also like that this is being an outlet for them to vent their self loathing almost healthily yes positive steps

  28. BenRG

    Occasionally, Willis writes a strip that reminds us just how young the characters are in DoA and this one of them. Just for a few moments there, they are just a pair of eighteen-year-olds who still have a lot of youthful innocence about them.

    1. geno

      Funny I feel like most of his strips are like that. Pretty much everyone comes off as a late teen fumbling through in their own unique ways

  29. Aggrax

    The only comment I have to make on this is that apparently my dumbass angry ramblings are weirdly prophetic.

  30. adam

    They are going to smosh

  31. Alex Denton

    Walkie ! That’s … kinky XD

  32. Drakey

    The title of book 8 shouldn’t be “Up Here, We Can Be Garbage,” it should be “The First Rule Of Garbage Roof”

    1. David M Willis

      that title’s not even a complete sentence

      1. foamy

        Lots of titles aren’t :p

        1. David M Willis

          Yeah but maybe if you noticed that, like, the first six Dumbing of Age book titles are all complete sentences, you’d see that, y’know, there’s kind of an established pattern.

        2. foamy

          Pattern recognition is for losers 🙁

        3. DSL

          There’s the title for Book 9!

        4. hof1991

          Pattern recognition is already the title of a great book by William Gibson.

        5. Reltzik

          …… is that a pattern you recognized there?

      2. thejeff

        “I just broke the first rule of garbage roof.” is though.

        Works better with “Crap!”, but that’s not part of the sentence and you may not want “Crap” as part of the title anyway.

  33. Dev Non

    I am here for hair-blowing-in-the-wind Walky

  34. Carms

    You could always re-invest in Dorothy I guess. Bring her food, help her manage the low-level survival shit, wake her up (or let her sleep). She doesn’t just think you’re a chance to prove herself, she also thinks you’re worth her investment. and you think she’s worth investment too, you just don’t think you’ve got anything valuable to offer. But anyone can bring food and tea and panadol.

  35. Martin Smith

    The second rule of Garbage Roof is “no literal garbage up here. Come on guys, if the University start finding loads of rubbish up here they’re going to start making it harder for everyone to use.”

    1. fire_daws

      The second law of Garbage Roof is “You don’t give out compliments”. The first law of Garbage Roof is also “You don’t give out compliments”.

  36. HMH

    how do i get to garbage roof garbage roof seems nice

  37. Formedras

    Just change the emphasis. “You’re not HER flaw.” Still allows for him being a flaw, or at least flawed. (The latter, of course, he damn well is.)

  38. JepMZ

    S-slipshine???? *cough*

    1. Clif

      Do you really want to deal with the resulting character guilt?

  39. ValdVin

    Again Walky has a moment somewhere mid-comic. His expression in panel three is just so different, and then he snaps out of it next panel.

  40. DarkoNeko

    Walky’s getting kinky

  41. Chris (the other one)

    I’m sure this has been asked/pointed out, but frankly, this comic gets too many comments daily to wade through. Simply not enough time.

    Walky? Why? Why do you insist on wearing shoes that are required to be tied, when you (obviously) either can’t, won’t and are too lazy to tie them? You got comfy jeans…. now go get loafers, or at the very least, Velcro… before you trip and end your issue.

    1. Jason

      He said he wanted velcro shoes when he went shopping with Dorothy. She thought he was joking and laughed iirc. Then these shoes happened.

  42. Clif

    Now it’s a fashion Statement.

  43. Freezer

    Bonding over mutual self-loathing. Aww?

  44. Sensei Le Roof

    The Garbage Roof Kids product line has been discontinued.

  45. Stacyswirl

    Walky has perfect Spike Spiegel hair in this comic.

  46. Joshua Kronengold

    The first rule of Garbage Roof is:

    Up Here, We can be Garbage.

    The second rule of Garbage Roof is:

    We can be Garbage Up Here.

    And yeah. The third rule of Garbage Roof is:

    Do not litter on Garbage Roof; that’s gross.

  47. Pylgrim

    That’s right. Anime hair is simply hair on which the wind is always dramatically blowing, always from the same direction.

  48. nysysy

    I’ve been getting into pairing Joyce and Joe, Sarah and Jacob, and now Amazigirl/Amber and Walky now. Also like the idea of Danny and Ethan.

    1. nysysy

      Hmm actually maybe Amazagirl and Walky are a better friendship, he seems to kinda like Joyce a bit, but they already dated for years in the other comics.

      1. HeySo

        “but they already dated for years in the other comics.”

        Just keep in mind how the DoA universe first got mentioned. There’s always been a “Will Walky and Joyce get together?” factor to the DoA universe that has overshadowed all other relationship considerations.

  49. HeySo

    There you go, Willis. Now you can insist on having “Shove it right up my ass” as the next book title.

    1. Argon

      Surely that would make a better title for the inevitable Slipshine compilation.

  50. A Scientist

    I don’t mean to be a buzzkill, but isn’t a roof a pretty bad place for garbage, what with all the wind up there and all?

    1. A Scientist

      To clarify, I only said, “I don’t mean to be a buzzkill,” as a social formality. It was dishonest, however, as I absolutely do mean to be a buzzkill.

  51. Leon

    This is how I keep frustrating my sister.

    “You did very well, Leon.”

    “Don’t you dare!”

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