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Buggin’
Posted on November 24, 2019 by David M Willis

139 thoughts on “Buggin’”

  1. Ana Chronistic

    I mean, don’t wanna eat all the bait, maybe

    1. Ana Chronistic

      alt text about the pizza or Amber?

      1. ValdVin

        Yes.

      2. vitalProximity

        Yes.

        1. ValdVin

          I like the cut of your jib.

        2. David M Willis

          i like the slice of your pizza

        3. ǝ snow ʍousɐ

          kinky?

        4. mrnoidea

          Saucy.

        5. vitalProximity

          You can tell it’s gay if the sausages are touching.

        6. He Who Abides

          Sounds dirty.

        7. Clif

          So hetronormative pizza has one sausage on every other slice?

        8. Khno

          They means this one, right?

        9. Khno

          Fudge, I used not to suck at HTML, back in 2000 when everyone was chatting on phpbbforum and it was a given you’d had to link images using it
          http://www.dumbingofage.com/2015/comic/book-5/04-walking-with-dina/sausage/

        10. vitalProximity

          As a matter of fact, I was referring to the alt-text of the strip called “Free Gay Pizza” (which, in my original comment, was apparently the only link I DID set up correctly on the first try last night, so I feel your pain, Khno – I too used to be flawless at links, but WYSIWYG editors have apparently made me lazy now xP)… but I had forgotten there was another sausage reference a couple of strips before/after that one as well, which appears to also be somewhat relevant! Nice catch, friend.

        11. vitalProximity

          @ Clif – No, the heteronormative pizzas can have sausage on all the slices, they just have to have olives in between. After all, it’s not gay if there’s an olive there too – that’s just a threesome. Totally fine.

        12. Marsh Maryrose

          I was going to answer “I drink your milkshake!,” but that just didn’t seem appropriate.

        13. vitalProximity

          My pizza is flattered, but I’m still not sharing.

        14. Emperor Norton II

          I like the cheese of your burger.

        15. Eyebrow

          How do we read the alt text on mobile these days?

        16. FriskyJacket

          Tap on the empty space next to the “latest” button

      3. Clif

        Exactly.

      4. LeslieBean4shizzle

        “You can call me Little Caesars.”
        **Homura style dramatic hair flip**
        “Because I’m hot and ready.”

        1. Delicious Taffy

          The brand implies a degree of sloppiness and grease that might turn a nose or two, but also an ease of access that ensures you’ll find someone to take up the offer.

        2. ValdVin

          Who are you, Stan Freberg?

        3. Roborat

          What about Wendy, she is hot and juicy.

      5. DarkoNeko

        Yes

    2. ktbear

      Dammit what? This page was LITERALLY not up 5 seconds before I got here!!

      1. Marsh Maryrose

        You got Ana’d. Like pretty much everyone every night.

      2. Doctor_Who

        https://i.imgur.com/fbsMxfT.png

        1. Keulen

          By all accounts it doesn’t make sense.

      3. Kyrik Michalowski

        You learn to accept that Ana will almost always have the first comment, not every time but damn near it.

        1. Jamie

          It’s one of my favorite traditions around here.

        2. Geneseepaws

          Yes!

        3. Marsh Maryrose

          The thing is, apparently she does it manually. If it were scripted, that would be easy to explain. But manually? She’s defying the laws of time, space, and quantum physics. And she does it almost every night.

        4. Miri

          Everyone needs a superpower, and Ana is clearly a sugar-powered speedster hobby ?

        5. BBCC

          I can confirm she does it manually. Her comments are different on patreon.

        6. ValdVin

          Who is the Ana of non-Patreons?

    3. Deanatay

      This is WALKY. If all the pizza were gone when he got there, he’d be scraping toppings and scraps of cheese off the cardboard.

  2. ValdVin

    Who is in the red in panel one, not tagged?

    1. GoblinScribe

      It’s Meredith. She’s seen a few comics back in the same color, and her hair is the same round shape. It’s still not a joint party, though.

      1. GoblinScribe

        The hair color might be a bit off. It’s such a small sample, it’s hard to be sure. But this is my best guess.

        1. ValdVin

          Ahh. Yup, looks like her.

      2. Marsh Maryrose

        If it were someone we know, they’d be tagged, right? There’s about as much of Mandy in the same panel, and she’s tagged.

        1. Lingo

          Maybe it’s, uh, what’s-her-name. Bloodrose?

    2. ǝ snow ʍousɐ

      A fancharacter whose design was never fully completed.

      1. ǝ snow ʍousɐ

        (that’s my headcanon, anyway)

  3. Stephen Bierce

    Today’s strip is brought to you by 502 Bad Gateway. And GameStop.

    1. Geneseepaws

      No music today? Its all stuck on the 502? That’s Demarest Rd. In Bergen County, right, 502?

  4. Kyrik Michalowski

    That’s a good question, where is Walky? Free greasy food of any description can summon him, whether it be pizza, burgers, or burritos.

    1. vitalProximity

      Even if he needs to provide a blowjob to get it.

      1. vitalProximity

        Okay so apparently the link didn’t work, let’s try that again

        1. ValdVin

          How many times has Walky mentioned exchanging that act for stuff like pizza, or good grades?

        2. vitalProximity

          Man, I don’t know, but if anyone wants to link another example or three, I’d love to review them, because I know there are more but I can’t remember exactly where to find any of them.

        3. ValdVin

          Here is the one for math class.

          http://www.dumbingofage.com/2017/comic/book-7/03-the-thing-i-was-before/off/

    2. Clif

      What makes you think Joyce would have invited Walky.

      1. Lingo

        Not Joyce’s party.

        1. Deanatay

          Yeah, he and Becky were pretty tight, i’d imagine he’d be invited…

          I’m kinda worried about him, myself, now. He is NOT the sort to miss free pizza…

  5. vitalProximity

    Little Caesars, re-confirmed. (Wasn’t there some debate about this at some point?…)

    1. Deanatay

      Not about whether the pizza portrayed was Little Caesar’s (Willis defined that almost immediately), but about whether or not it was any good, there was some disagreement, yes.

      1. vitalProximity

        aha, that makes more sense. Because I remember being confused because the alt text literally said “it’s Little Caesars” or something at one point.

  6. Charles Phipps

    Becky: Walky? Why would I invite a boy?

    1. He Who Abides

      They actually get along, though. When Becky first got to IU, she and Walky turned out to be damn near the same, personality-wise.

      1. King Daniel

        Much to Joyce’s chagrin, and Becky’s enjoyment.

    2. Emperor Norton II

      First guest to arrive was Danny.

    3. JBento

      And Joe’s also invited. Danny says he was “supposed to come with [his] roommate.”

  7. mrnoidea

    Her hair looks so poofy in that last panel.

    Also good on Becky for checking in on her guests.

  8. Nono

    Hm, is Ethan invited to this thing? Gut says yes, since Joyce might have invited him and Amber’s here, but he’s also Jacob’s roommate.

    Actually, if Ethan is invited, I’m suddenly interested if Drew’s gonna come, too.

  9. Tacos

    You’re right. Where IS Walky during all this?

    1. mrnoidea

      The suspense increases.

    2. Marsh Maryrose

      Walky pigged out on free campaign pizza earlier in the day, so even with his legendary stomach capacity, free pizza might not be as much of a draw. But it’s not like he won’t come for free food, on principle. But he might have been delayed. But of course, no foreshadowing here!

    3. Rabisch

      Amber’s and Becky’s “fathers” have kidnapped him for blackmail Amber. She will have to ruin the party or they will torture him.

      1. Schpoonman

        Do Blaine or Ross know that Amber likes Walky? I don’t think they had even kissed, much less spent any time together outside Garbage Roof, when Faz visited.

  10. He Who Abides

    Now, this may sound crazy, but maybe Walky’s studying?

    Dun-dun-DUN!

    1. Marsh Maryrose

      Away with you and your crack fic!

    2. BarerMender

      Maybe Lucy figured out how to perform a “moves.”

      1. Emperor Norton II

        If I wasn’t so tired, I’d write a Julia Gray-style story about Lucy performing a “move” on Walky.

    3. BrokenEye, the True False Prophet

      You’re right, that does sound crazy.

  11. Schpoonman

    Willis put that alt-text there just to hurt me.

    1. jeffepp

      Yup. They’ll be closed by the time I get off work. It’s torture!

      1. Schpoonman

        Why would you feel the need to hurt me even worse? What did I do to you?

  12. Miri

    I really hope Toedad and the Blaine aren’t torturing Walky by keeping him from pizza the cause of Walky’s lack of presence…

  13. BBCC

    It’s sweet of Becky to check in, but now I’m concerned where Walky is.

    1. Bagge

      Better question:

      Where is Night Guy (TM)?

      1. King Daniel

        Even better question: where is the Duke of Thingley?

        1. BBCC

          I mean, presumably in Thingley.

        2. NickG

          If he is I haven’t noticed him.

        3. Marsh Maryrose

          Is the Prince of Wales often in Wales? Is the Duke of Cambridge in Cambridge? Did the Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha live in either Coburg or Gotha?

          (Unrelated, but necessary to ask: Did the Grand Old Duke of York really march 10,000 men up the hill and down again?)

        4. Agemegos

          A military history that I read once said that he had a great many more than 10,000 men, and that if he had every done anything half so decisive as march them up a hill and then march them down again the entire course of modern history would have been different.

          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Frederick,_Duke_of_York_and_Albany#Flanders

  14. Suet

    DS? Hot.
    Party? Ready.
    Pizza? HOT AND READY

    Walky? None of the above

    1. Tan

      So cold and ill-prepared? Yes, that does sound like Walky.

      1. vitalProximity

        OUCH.

        …Truth hurts. </3

  15. abysswatcher1993

    Walky probably has indigestion problems from all the pizza he ate. That is karma.

  16. brionl

    Yech, so we’re still on Little Caesars Pizza? The most disgusting pizza-like objects ever produced?

    1. Delicious Taffy

      It’s cheap as hell, but there’s a limit on how low you should let yourself stoop for the sake of monetary convenience.

    2. He Who Abides

      I’d rather have Little Caesar’s than Chuck E. Cheese. Not by much, but still . . .

      1. ValdVin

        Agreed. However, that’s not the compliment that Little Caesar’s was looking for.

        1. He Who Abides

          If it makes Little Caesar’s feel better, they also are better than Papa John’s.

    3. Needfuldoer

      I think half the frozen pizzas on the market are worse than Little Caesar’s. With few exceptions, the square, microwaveable, and store brand ones are all generally nasty.

      There’s a local restaurant chain around here that partnered with some other company to start making frozen pizzas. The sauce is the same, but the crust is terrible. I tried one once and the crust didn’t bake as much as it set. It was like a big stale cracker that was doughy and wet in the middle. It’s a shame, because that chain’s real pizzas are pretty good.

    4. 3oranges

      Little Caesar’s, like McNuggets, goes with a particular mood. Every now and then when I’m sick and reacting to something, somehow Little Caesar’s is one of the only foods that tastes palatable.

  17. Bicycle Bill

    “Batsignal” would have made a better episode title.

  18. CMasta

    Errybody horny tonight

    1. jeffepp

      Every Body Wang Chung tonight.

      1. StClair

        Top comment.

        (“What the *bleep* is a wang chung?”)

        1. Roborat

          Not sure, but apparently everyone is doing it in the evening.

  19. Bagge

    awwwww. Becky is a good host (for people who aren’t Dorothy, at least)

  20. Keulen

    Maybe there’s another party with free pizza at the same time, and Walky had to try some of their pizza first.

    1. vitalProximity

      That would actually be the most in-character explanation I’ve heard so far. Therefore, I’m certain this is the answer and there is absolutely nothing else afoot!

  21. Renkiu

    Amber… I’m gonna have to ask you to either stop being fictional or stop being the perfect woman. Really it’s your choice

  22. BenRG

    That, ladies and gentlemen, is why Walky and Amber are perfect for each other!

  23. Pebble

    I love the colour palette in these panels.

    1. Alan in DC

      I love watching Amber break the Fourth Wall on the last panel, sharing her thoughts with the audience.
      Ruth did that too, when “Everything was in colour”.

  24. Rabisch

    I’m seriously worried about Walky. Only something really terrible can keep him away from the free Pizza. Maybe the union of the Two “fathers” has kidnapped him?

  25. Suet

    Dang, Willis, we’d only diss about Little Caesars if we had eaten some before.

    I haven’t yet, but there’s a new one an hour away, so… *hand steepling intensifies*

    1. Looks like walky

      its is a good pizza not something you will want weekly but something you will want in the night after a bad day

    2. Amazi-Stool

      Perfect gravatar for that comment!

    3. Emperor Norton II

      Little Caesar is… Not even bad enough to be dissed.

      Amount of grease aside, it really is —and deliberately so— designed to be tolerable. Inoffensive. It’s a pizza that practically nobody loves, but which a lot of people will accept when they’re too tired to make food, but too broke to get the good stuff.

  26. motorfirebox

    Becky is a good person.

  27. Shane Wegner

    The Navy Chief in me feels a very slight desire to correct that civilian’s “boomerang salute”.

    1. Bicycle Bill

      Which would make you still less hated than the person who always corrects pronunciation.

      1. He Who Abides

        At least his reason isn’t pedantry.

    2. Marsh Maryrose

      Also, what’s with the left hand salute? Becky’s not one of the known left-handers.

  28. Ohmsford

    I wonder at what point the sliding time-scale will turn Amber’s 3DS into Amber’s Switch?

  29. FacelessDeviant

    I thought milkshake brought all the boys to the yard. Not pizza.

    1. Bicycle Bill

      Pizza first, milkshake to wash it down with.

    2. He Who Abides

      I despise that song.

      1. FacelessDeviant

        You, me and probably everyone else. Probably why its such a ridiculed song.

  30. Charlotte

    Completely off-topic, but I just remembered Jacob wanted to search for a new girlfriend who is exactly like Joyce, but not Joyce… It’s going to be Lucy, isn’t it?

    1. Schpoonman

      Oh my god, Lucy’s head would pop a gamma ray burst out the crown if Jacob started to woo her.

    2. BBCC

      Very possibly. They were teased in the walkyverse but never happened. It might be a thing now that Willis has another opportunity to explore that.

    3. ValdVin

      A normal and presentable girl who otherwise resembles Joyce?

      1. Charles Phipps

        What an awful thing for Lucy.

        “I like you because you remind me of someone else but I can’t overlook her flaws.”

      2. Charlotte

        Wow, I didn’t remember that. Foreshadowing…

  31. Alan in DC

    …Oh, and then there’s that amazing hair that Amber has.

    If Sal gave her a bike ride, what would she use for a helmet? A cut-down Matt’s Beer Ball?

  32. Br44n5m

    Great now I gotta scold myself and refuse to buy hot n ready pizza after work, goddangit Willis!!

  33. Smooti

    i absolutely love that becky clearly got that tie with the intention of never wearing it actually tied. it’s very her

    1. Emperor Norton II

      Becky’s had her tie tied before.

      By Leslie.

  34. PHNX

    I dunno what it is, but, the rounder Amber’s hair gets, the more I like it!

  35. Romanticide

    A very local sucesion of thoughts right here with Amber

  36. Felian

    I am still very amazed that they are having a party with a quiet room available! 🙂

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