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Wait
Posted on February 21, 2011 by David M Willis

128 thoughts on “Wait”

  1. Jen Aside

    Joyce: e;fb

    1. David Herbert

      He out maneuvered her!

    2. TsunamiJane

      I’m embarrassed to admit that I have no idea what that means.

      I only recently learned the “tl;dr” convention.

      1. MIB4u

        Yeah, me neither… “tl;dr” is “too long, didn’t read”… but “e;fb”…?! No idea…

        1. Chickalupe

          Edit; Fuck, Beaten

          http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=EFB

        2. MIB4u

          Ah, now I get it. thnx! 🙂

  2. Seerow

    Aim them goals high Walky

  3. Zap

    I did that once, Walky. It is… inadvisable.

    1. Kar

      You can’t have done that. Doing it would create Mountain Dew: Black Hole, and collapse reality!

      1. Joebo

        …maybe it did. Would you know if it hadn’t?

        1. XLR

          woah, you blew my mind… Like your mom blew Mik- *shot*

      2. Cranberrier

        No, Walky! DON’T DEW IT!

    2. Scott

      Did you include the Taco Bell only flavor? Baja Blast, or something like that. Pretty sure they all follow the formula of + anyways.

      1. Bickendan

        Baja Blast is probably the best Dew.

        1. David

          Yes.

        2. Digidestined of Trust (Tim)

          TOTALLY!

        3. Salt-Man Z

          I’m not alone!!?!

        4. maggiemarmalade

          Incontrovertibly

        5. TsunamiJane

          YES.

          Oooh, except Livewire {the orange flavor} might be a tie.

        6. Patrick McGraw

          This is truth.

        7. Chaun

          If only they bottled it, I’m sure they would make millions, but adversely Taco Bell would lose money, so I’m conflicted.

        8. Magnus369

          it used to be… it got changed. at least in washington state, it now sucks balls.

    3. Ancestral Hamster

      No, Walky, No! There are Things Man was not Meant to Know!

      http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2011/1/3/ (1st of 3 parts)

      1. Magnus369

        well that was disgusting. first two strips I sort of chuckled… the third, I was moved to utter disgust. However, thanks to tycho an gabe, I will continue not buying tropicana products.

        bleh.

  4. addude

    Dam now I have to add something else onto my bucket list

  5. Lone Wolf

    Can’t say I care for Mountain Dew personally, but I respect his dedication to achieving the ultimate caffeine rush.

    1. Menachem Schmuel

      That’s not ultimate.

      The ultimate is that, plus energy drinks like Rockstar, Red Bull, and Monster.

      That’s so ultimate it would stop your heart. AND make you have to pee for the next 6 hours.

      1. JDX

        I can only assume that this mix includes the Mountain Dew branded energy drinks already. [Vault! and AMP, which has several flavors all on its own.]

      2. TsunamiJane

        “I’ve never seen anything like it. His heart stopped six hours ago. But his urine….it’s still flowing!”

        1. JacHunter

          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfBxM7Mt5ww

    2. JesseJanitect

      Ultimate Caffeine Rush- one of my friends used to make Green Tea with Mountain Dew instead of water.

  6. Mkvenner

    it’s not pretty good.

    IT’S FUCKING BRILLIANT!!!!

  7. Undrave

    So he’ll become a food chemist and develop new flavors at Mountain Dew or Ben & Jerry’s?

    1. Index

      I bet, in this universe, Walky invents the Nachito.

    2. Sarah

      That would be a really good career path if he thinks of it. It’d be great if he could turn his passion for junk food into a paying job.

  8. Joebo

    That is a terrifying Joyce in panel four, I’m just saying.

    1. wynne

      She is glaring into his SOUL. It might be the evilest eye I’ve ever seen.

    2. Greatest Extinction

      I suppose it’s wrong that I find her oddly attractive in that panel then…

  9. TheAlucinaut

    TWUE LOVVEE

  10. ScytheAkse

    walky is a… wait for it… GENIUS!!!

  11. Jimmy Suzuki

    Well, Walky is gonna need to find the right percentage of each flavor to make it as awesome as possible, I think.

  12. Viktoria

    Joyce, in emoticon form:
    😀
    😐
    >(
    🙁

    1. Rowen Morland

      Mike (even while off panel)

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      1. Menachem Schmuel

        Mike takes up five panels in a four panel comic.

        1. Menachem Schmuel

          And six in a five.

        2. lauren

          You can’t see it but in the fifth one he’s doing your mom

        3. Anonyamos

          And in the sixth, your grandmother. The seventh, your great-grandmother, the eighth, etc…

        4. Rowen Morland

          There are five panels! Even when he is a tiny background guy he still has >:( face.

  13. alicemacher

    Please tell me Joyce is just eager to thank Mike for “protecting” her from Joe.

    1. Zanosuke_Kurosaki

      Mike is higher in her esteem than Walky is right now., basically. And considering how he’s already acted (throwing an action figure at a girl’s head x.x), can’t say I blame her.

    2. Zem

      Actually, I’d enjoy that explanation for the warm welcome. She’s basically afraid that she’d run into Joe, so she’d rather be seen walking with Mike.

  14. arjay2813

    does that include discontinued flavors, like when they were doing the consumer votes thing and had 3 flavors w/1 becoming the “new dew” or just the ones still in production?

    either way, it makes walky sound minnesotan: they pretty much sell that about 90% of the time here

    1. Bill M.

      It should. Including both halloween grape flavors (original and sour) as well.

  15. Ragnal

    DAMMIT WILLIS. Now I wanna do what Walky does.

    1. Joebo

      Isn’t he a wonderful role-model?

      1. Madock345

        I have based an embarresingly large number of dicisions on Walky, and Mike.

        1. Lokitsu

          I’m surprised that you’re willing to admit that.

        2. maggiemarmalade

          I’ve made more!

      2. arjay2813

        yes, yes he is

  16. Tim

    MikeXJoyce

  17. zuche

    I don’t think Walky has ever looked as sexy as he does in that third panel.

    The enthusiasm of Joyce’s greeting for Mike disturbs me, but then everyone seems to lose clue points around him.

  18. Croaxleigh

    It would take a pretty X-Treem mug to hold that concoction.

    1. Digidestined of Trust (Tim)

      LOL! I just read through all the Joyce and Walky strips this week, that was ingenious!

      1. Rowen Morland

        The time with the X-Treem tea! 😀

        1. Digidestined of Trust (Tim)

          Man, that would rock.

  19. Digidestined of Trust (Tim)

    LOL! Loved this strip. I’m not a hyper guy, even with caffeine, but I think that all of em combined would in fact put me over the edge. Hmm, I may try that, on a day that I’m not working of course.

  20. Rognik

    Is it just me, or is Mike less angry than usual in the 2nd panel?

    Also, would this mountain dew blend have any relation to cadbury cereal? Drinking it causes Walky to enter a hyperspace that causes him to near the speed of light.

    1. Digidestined of Trust (Tim)

      I think he’s contemplating and confused as to why Walky’s still even talking to him and why Joyce is even around him in the first place….

      1. David Herbert

        Walky’s not surprising since they’re roommates, but I agree Joyce is a little confusing. Probably she’s lonely.

        1. halcyon1234

          Someone has to carry Mike’s books, and it ain’t going to be Mike.

        2. Trieo

          If you look at the first panel, Mike is actually carrying a book in his hand.

    2. Shift

      He’s probably hopeful she’ll ask him to chaperon her next date. After all, how many times does one get the allowance to beat up guys for being guys?

    3. Eposi

      I shudder at the thought of this universes Robin on that Mountain Dew blend

      1. Matt

        Well, seeing as how there’s no alien powers in this universe, Robin would probably just develop diabetes.

    4. Someone

      The answer is simple: Sharing a beatdown of a sinful person can bond people, clearly!

  21. Shift

    Does Joyce have a slight crush on Mike?

    And honestly, Walky’s aspirations for the future sound pretty damn good to me. Wish I could be as happy with life’s simple pleasures and caffeine induced heart attacks like Walky is.

    1. Janos

      No she’s just glad to see him because he helped her Physically assault Joe on her date.

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  23. Dierna

    Awww…. love thru the Dew….

  24. The Sound Defense

    I find it deliciously ironic that Joyce is being nice to Mike and cold toward Walky. Something tells me this arrangement won’t last.

  25. skies

    OH SHIT, I NEED TO DO THAT SO BAD.

    MTN DEW~

  26. Aeron

    Joyce went from Disney Channel to murder in half a panel. o_o;

    1. Ozzmandius

      This comment just made my morning. I salut you.

      1. TsunamiJane

        With your penis?

  27. Osaru Sensei

    Joyce’s thoughts in the last panel: ‘Well drat.’

  28. Alechsa

    A: I predict Joyce attempting to date Mike next.

    B: Would Walky’s super drink include the temporary summer flavors they put out for voting? Because while Voltage, Revolution, and Supernova were amazingly awesome and all should have been made permanent products… White Out, Typhoon, and Distortion were all crap and should never have been introduced to the world.

    1. Digidestined of Trust (Tim)

      I think White Out was pretty good actually.

      1. Alechsa

        It’s original Crystal Pepsi before they inexplicably fucked with it… of course it’s good. But as a Dew? Eh, I still think Revolution should be out there, is all.

  29. Daith

    Walky has the best future! Though how many flavors have there been. Normal, Code Red, Live Wire, Pitch Black I and II, Game Fuel Blue and Red. Supernova, Voltage, Typhoon, Distortion, White Out, Baja Blast, Revolution, Ultraviolet……

  30. goatman95111

    Hmm… I could see this as a start of Joyce/Walky relationship.

  31. Kavonde

    I’d just like to say that panel 4 Joyce is awesome. That is a GREAT angle, Willis.

  32. Thiron

    Huh. We only have one Mountain Dew flavor here…it’s called Mountain Dew.

  33. JesseJanitect

    Code Red + Regular makes fusion.

    MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHO ELSE MISSES SURGE?

    1. Sarah

      I loved Surge! I wish it hadn’t been taken off the market.

  34. Lee

    I just found a new goal in liffe.

  35. XLR

    okay so she likes Mike, but not Walky…. huh… Makes no sense to me at all :/

  36. Tobias

    Both 4th-panel Joyce and 5th-panel Walky would make excellent gravatars.

    Just sayin’.

  37. begbert2

    Well, looks like Joyce sees nothing at all wrong with Mike’s handling of her date. Should be interesting if she hires him again for a second one…if only because she’d then never get a third one, with anyone.

  38. T

    loving the It’s Walky! Joyce in panel one…the dimensions collide!

  39. Jon

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_Dew#Flavors_and_varieties

  40. Robert in San Diego

    It says something about Joyce’s opinion of Walky that the Mt Dew project was something she thought was “pretty good.”

    That, she’s still a college freshcritter.After the date from heck with Lustful Joe and punch-happy Mike as “wingman,” a non-sexual ambition might sound pretty good.

  41. Richie9999

    Walky is smart, he sets his sights on goals that are achievable, and therefore is happy.

    1. zuche

      “But a man’s reach should exceed his grasp, or what’s a heaven for?”

  42. KZero

    I just read through the whole archive.

    I have to say that this comic sorta just makes me facepalming sad, which is odd because it’s a funny comic. I think it’s because of all the stupid, but realistic, things people have been doing/being in it. Which actually speaks highly of David’s writing really.

    Walky has to be my favorite character XD he legitimately pulls me back to the funny (rather than facepalming sad) a lot.

    He’s made me officially want to get 50 chicken nuggets now, with a few different sauces to dip with.

    Hope he ends up with Joyce actually, they seem good together if they can reconcile their flaws.

  43. Sretsam

    I did this a few times when mountain dew was more managable.
    A bottle each of regular, code red, and livewire, mixed with a can of amp.
    I swear to god, I could phase through walls afterwards.

  44. Zem

    Wait, since when did she call him Walky? I thought that it was an affectionate nickname for those who knew him well, putting them in the “Walkerton” stage.

    1. Kamino Neko

      Billie calls him Walky. It’s not affectionate.

      In fact, being that she’s the only one there who knows him, aside from Sal, it’s kind of questionable that Joyce would even know what his legal name was.

      1. Zem

        Billie is a childhood friend, of course she’d know his nickname.

        Maybe it’s just a big change after the previous ‘verse has utilized it as a plot point. (Here’s a particularly memorable one: http://www.itswalky.com/d/20010417.html )

  45. zuche

    I know Mountain Dew in Canada is different than you find in the U.S.A, but it’s hard to drink something I’ll always envision as bottled bear-water.

  46. Andrew Foose

    One meal I will have sometime in life is 50 Chicken McNuggets and every standard bottle of Dew. And Possibly a whole bottle of ketchup.

  47. Gianni

    In wonder if Sarah will run into Joe sometime in the future and the two compare notes on how the date was? Might make for awkward meetings between Sarah and her violently bible-thumping roommate?

  48. Silva

    Yeah, Joyce, questioning your beliefs is a sin while assault is fine and dandy. It’s really hard to like her for me at this point. At the same time, I have to acknowledge that a character like THIS making a 180 after one night with Joe is just as unreasonable. Years of being sheltered and/or brainwashed don’t fade in a single night.

    And before anyone says anything, I’m not calling her brainwashed because she’s religious. I’m calling her brainwashed because she’s insane.

    1. zuche

      No, we’ve seen what brainwashing does to her. Not pretty.

      Insane, I’ll grant you.

    2. RandomPerson12

      I don’t think insanity requires brainwashing.

  49. Sporkaganza

    Maybe it’s just me, but I’m honestly finding argumentative Walky and Joyce way more fun than I ever thought their relationship was originally in IW!

    Not that I didn’t really love that couple, but this is just so much more entertaining to read. I hope to see loads of bickering in the future! =D

  50. Dahlia

    Awwww, I wanted to see Billie/ Sal confrontation!!!!

    Ah well.

    Walkys dreams mirror my own! O:

  51. numaron

    Could someone remind me why they aren’t getting along?

    1. Zem

      Because the female lead always has to have obvious disdain for the male lead for the first 30 minutes of the movie?

      1. numaron

        I meant in universe, but I like your answer. 🙂

        1. wynne

          He told her it was dumb to come to college solely for her M.R.S. degree. I rather agree with him, but hey, it’s her tuition dollars.

        2. numaron

          Ok, Thanks.

  52. Scarred Four Life

    Okay, seriously…
    Why is everyone hatin’ on Walky??

  53. DeWeese07

    angry eyebrow Joyce in panel 4 = WIN

  54. Plasma Mongoose

    Wait… There is more than one kind of Mountain Dew??

  55. NinjaGirl

    ….my bucket list just one Task longer.

  56. RandomPerson12

    That’s much better than my aspirations for the future.

  57. wakeangel2001

    I think it would be best if he got the syrups for them, mixed THAT, then put it into a soda fountain so it could dispense the amalgamation soda fully carbonated, mixing the sodas out of bottles could cause them all to go flat and lose the experience.

  58. BrokenEye, True False Prophet

    No, Walky. you mustn’t! Mankind is not yet ready!

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