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Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 05:09:13 2017 No.88947440 View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>88947550 >>88947702 >>88947880 >>88947889 >>88953912 >>89015323

Billie has Stockholm Syndrome Edition

Always praise patreanon, Ruth is a horrible death eater etc.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 05:15:04 No.88947550 Report

Quoted By: >>88947582 >>88947690 >>88947889 >>88949624

>>88947440
I hope that Ruth gets the help she needs to address her anger issues and depression so she stop drinking and move on in her life.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 05:16:50 No.88947582 Report

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>02 - Everything You've Ever Wanted Floats Above
Anybody know if this is another song reference?

I don't think Willis has a set pattern for chapter titles, so I dunno if it's a pun on something, a quote from a later strip, or a song reference.

>>88947550
Judging from preview panels, Ruth will be in detox or rehab or whatever for about three days total.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 05:21:15 No.88947690 Report

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>>88947550
And dump Billie.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 05:21:43 No.88947702 Report

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>>88947440

>It's a "no see Ruth and Billie's relationship isn't toxic at all what are you talking about" strip

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 05:26:30 No.88947790 Report

Quoted By: >>88948214 >>88948533

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 05:30:54 No.88947880 Report

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>>88947440
>The only person who actually likes Ruth is Billie
>Not even Billie can think of anything nice to say about her

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 05:31:18 No.88947889 Report

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>>88947440
>panel 1
It's a bummer that Billie had the ends of her fingers lopped off in that accident.

>>88947550
I hope she apologizes to everyone she's wronged and breaks up her toxic relationship. Then I guess she can get better, I don't really care.

The dewd !!fynVFEFUBTe

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The dewd !!fynVFEFUBTe Sat 07 Jan 2017 05:32:55 No.88947920 Report

Quoted By: >>88977555

New strip!

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 05:49:19 No.88948214 Report

Quoted By: >>88949108

>>88947790
>That is not a "no", Becky.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 06:04:45 No.88948533 Report

Quoted By: >>88949113

>>88947790
I'm reminded of Joe saying "calm your tits" to Joyce and her reacting kinda similarly.

I wonder what you could say to Joyce to make her show off her bust. Maybe if you complimented her sweater vest, but that seems like cheating.

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Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 06:31:16 No.88949043 Report

Quoted By: >>88949113 >>88949269

>See, that’s why yesterday’s strip was such a rush. This had to be the Sunday.
>Man, I’m glad I don’t have to cram dailies for the Sundays anymore.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 06:34:14 No.88949108 Report

Quoted By: >>88949153 >>88949437

>>88948214
>Dina, you're a doll, but you're coming at this all wrong. Do I prefer larger breasts? Yes, but that does not imply a lack of desire towards any other chesticles. You look at Joyce's milkbags and feel insecure, but you shouldn't, not with those itty bitty titty committee approved, grade-A cups that fit perfectly on your body. I'm just an old-fashioned, cornfed, Midwestern lesbian so I might be biased, but breasts are God's way of saying he loves us, and who am I to not trust in the Lord? I love all the tits that surround us: Mary's modest mammaries, Carla's plastic teacups, Billie's teardrops with the right amount of sag, Sarah's bouncing B-cups, Sal's southern-fried sweater puppies, Amber's chubby love pillows, even Dorothy's button-down bosom. Leave your insecurities at the door, for whenever I'm around no tit will go unappreciated. And that, my dear Dina, is how I roll.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 06:34:26 No.88949113 Report

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>>88949043
>>88948533
i guess that answers your question. Get Walkyverse Joyce to do it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 06:36:21 No.88949153 Report

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>>88949108
Not obnoxious enough. I can't imagine it coming out of Becky's mouth. Also I doubt Joyce or Becky are aware of Carla.

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Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 06:42:19 No.88949269 Report

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>>88949043
>>Man, I’m glad I don’t have to cram dailies for the Sundays anymore.
Yeah, pacing regular strips and sunday pages is hard, better just cram everything I can into the same format. Just close ups of faces and shitty hands from here on out. And no bigger format for the more intense moments, not worth it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 06:51:58 No.88949437 Report

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>>88949108
Every other word needs to be Lesbian.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 07:03:26 No.88949624 Report

Quoted By: >>88949646 >>88949701 >>88949732

>>88947550
>Ruth and Billie break up, get detoxed, and start the process of healing so that, at some point, they can have healthy relationships again. They never get back together, but they keep in touch and make sure neither party relapses
>Joyce (and Becky, I guess) start hanging out with Sierra and her Christian friends. Becky moves in with one of Sierra's senior friends who lives off campus, and he eventually figures out that her relentless Beckyness is because she's trying to cope with her mom dying and her beloved father going nuts, and helps her find ways to cope so that she doesn't have to yell 'I'M A LESBIAN' at random to assert her own sense of self. Meanwhile, Sierra teaches Joyce about being a Christian on your own terms and making a path that's true to you rather than what your increasingly estranged hometown believes
>Amber gets arrested and ends up in juvie for a few years. The prison psychologist, which she's court-ordered to see, eventually teaches her to channel her rage and pain in a constructive manner. When she gets out, Danny (who finally learned how to assert himself and managed to get a nice start-up going) gets her a job and Amber spends her free time volunteering at a battered women's shelter
>Dina realizes that Becky's mostly infatuated with her rather than truly in love, and realizes that being an adult isn't about doing 'adult' things like getting a girlfriend or not eating cereal all the time, but about standing up for yourself and finding your place in the world. She dumps Becky, throws herself into her studies, becomes one of the biggest names in paleontology, and successfully convinces the next Jurassic movie to have feathered dinosaurs.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 07:04:59 No.88949646 Report

Quoted By: >>88949662 >>88949701

>>88949624
>Walky and Sal go home and have a proper goddamn talk with their parents about their childhood and, while Sal doesn't completely convince her parents, she does find some closure. Walky fails the math course but learns from his mistakes, graduates with a 3.0 and gets a nondescript job in the animation industry. Sal barely graduates but lands a decent, nondescript job that gives her enough time to hang with Marcie. She also stops straightening her hair.
>Mary has a mental breakdown which leads to her getting moved to another dorm. She's also required to see one of the school's therapists in order to stay in school, and her assigned therapist is secretly trans (though Mary and the audience doesn't know that at first). They make great progress, but eventually Mary figures out she's trans (maybe through the same secret method that she used to search out Carla) and initially gets really angry before realizing that this transperson is working her ass off to undo the damage the other transperson did. Eventually, Mary comes to grips with the fact that the people who hurt her were shitty people because they were shitty people, not because they were LGBT, and this leads her to come to a similar but different conclusion about her personal religion than Joyce's: a little more guarded about sinners because of her scars, but open to listen to what people have to say.
>Carla ends up joining the school's LGBT association and gets in a feud with Bryan (the gay black one) over how best to deal with anti-LGBT folk. It gets pretty heated, but they eventually reach a mutual comprise and accept that they both have good points. Later, Carla meets Mary after her revelation and they both reach some sort of peace after Mary extracts an apology from Carla while apologizing for her former closed-mindedness. They get their degrees in art and robotics, respectively, and use their expertise to design a new and improved Ultracar toy to encourage investors to approve an Ultracar reboot.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 07:06:01 No.88949662 Report

Quoted By: >>88949676 >>88949701

>>88949646
>Leslie breaks up with Robin after the one-night stand that I'm certain they're having right fucking now, and her guilt-fueled protests against Robin's campaign ironically shores up right-wing support for her. Out of options, Roz finally 'leaks' nude photos of herself, along with nude snapshots of Robin, which does successfully derail the campaign but also gets Roz kicked the fuck out of college. Robin tries to reinvent herself as the cool Republican option who likes girls, which gets her some political brownie points but not nearly enough. Eventually, she ends up in a low-effort, low-risk service job, which she fucking loves because she's not in front of everyone's eyes anymore and she doesn't have to think too hard. Roz leverages her fame into camwhoring with the occasional softcore porn shoot while campaigning for the one thing she's actually right about: sex-positivity. Leslie lives the quiet life of a gay professor, eventually picking up a wife somewhere, breaking up with her, picking up another wife and adopting a few rugrats.
>Sarah's ex-roommate eventually comes back to school, fully detoxed, and, while she's still sort of pissed that Sarah ratted her out, Sarah convinces her that she had a good reason for it. She eventually gets Sarah back in the loop with her old circle of friends, plus Jacob. Raidah never quite gets over how easily Sarah got back in and that friction (along with other elements) leads to her breaking up with Jacob as soon as they graduate. He and Sarah date for a while before realizing that they both have different levels of sexual needs. So they date on and off for a while, with both of them trying other people during the off periods, before deciding that they're probably not going to find anyone better and getting hitched. They then start a law firm together, with Jacob handling the people skills stuff while Sarah sits in a dark room in the back and gets shit done.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 07:07:03 No.88949676 Report

Quoted By: >>88949701 >>88949780 >>88949817 >>88953081 >>88953785

>>88949662
>Dorothy successfully transfers into an Ivy League (but one of the shittier ones that everyone hates, like Brown), but ends up dropping out after her first year due to the workload and being miles away from her comfort zone. She comes to terms with the fact that planning can't fix everything, and accepts a quiet but extensive career in local politics
>Mike becomes a CIA interrogator. Joe becomes a gigolo. They're both completely satisfied with this

I call it Walkyverse Perfect

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Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 07:08:17 No.88949692 Report

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>>88949269
>no bigger format for the more intense moments, not worth it.
That's something I hate about DoA.
In it's walky and Joyce and Walky, when the storyline got intense, they would occasionally switch to the sunday-format for the next comics.
Now they're all the same newspaper format shit.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 07:09:19 No.88949701 Report

Quoted By: >>88949728

>>88949624
>>88949646
>>88949662
>>88949676
>Walkyverse Perfect
So when do the aliens come in?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 07:11:16 No.88949728 Report

Quoted By: >>88949735

>>88949701
They're taken care of offscreen by an unrelated government organization.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 07:11:41 No.88949732 Report

Quoted By: >>88949755

>>88949624
>Amber gets arrested and ends up in juvie for a few years.
Amber is in college, so most likely she is no longer a minor.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 07:11:54 No.88949735 Report

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>>88949728
>unrelated government organization
SEMMF?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 07:12:57 No.88949755 Report

Quoted By: >>88949819 >>88953407

>>88949732
She's a freshman. A few of them don't hit 18 until a few months in.

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Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 07:14:33 No.88949780 Report

Quoted By: >>88949901

>>88949676
But what about guns?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 07:16:41 No.88949817 Report

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>>88949676
10/10. Saved me from years more of willis trash.

Who am I kinding. See you all tomorrow.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 07:16:43 No.88949819 Report

Quoted By: >>88949901

>>88949755
i can almost guarantee she's 18 or older. Willy won't draw non-canon couples shtupping because he feel icky about it, which makes me certain he wouldn't draw anything sexual involving a minor.

he may be a poopy-peey-pukey sadsack, but he's no Shmorky

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 07:21:20 No.88949901 Report

Quoted By: >>88949930 >>88950039

>>88949819
Fair point. I remember him saying no to Billie and her ex-friend (and possible lover) from high school because any canon sex stuff would be underage.

Maybe they'll give her a light sentence on account of her being insane but not so insane that she can't stand trial.

>>88949780
Guns will not be available in this utopia.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 07:22:41 No.88949930 Report

Quoted By: >>88950029

>>88949901
>Guns will not be available in this utopia.
Then it is not a utopia.
Give my waifu a happy ending, or else I'm rebooting a 2nd time.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 07:27:49 No.88950029 Report

Quoted By: >>88950055

>>88949930
My friend, Guns is not available in this utopia because I'm trying to rebuild from the current nadir that the comic is in. Guns was never written into DoA. Guns was never mishandled by Willis. Do not cry for Guns, for by not being in this utopia, she is better off than everyone who is.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 07:28:39 No.88950039 Report

Quoted By: >>88950196

>>88949901
at that level of crazy, they'd either send her to jail for a mandantory minimum where she'd inevitably have a relapse and brutally maul someone, prolonging her stay forever, or she'd get a shorter sentencing to a mental facility, where she'd serve her sentence. of course, she'd only ever enjoy her freedom for a few months before lapsing back into the asylum as a "Frequent Flyer/Yo-Yo Patient.".

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 07:29:33 No.88950055 Report

Quoted By: >>88950075 >>88950104 >>88950149 >>88950324 >>88951197

>>88950029
>Guns was never written into DoA
She could be

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 07:30:41 No.88950075 Report

Quoted By: >>88950114 >>88950196

>>88950055
fucking christ, my eyes

Zagreus

Zagreus Sat 07 Jan 2017 07:31:52 No.88950104 Report

Quoted By: >>88950114

>>88950055
Why wouldn't Willis put her in the strip again? Was she based on a real person too?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 07:32:37 No.88950114 Report

Quoted By: >>88950156 >>88950196

>>88950075
Yeah, now i'm kinda glad she's not in DoA if this would be her design.
>>88950104
Apparently Guns was his least favourite character.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 07:34:49 No.88950149 Report

Quoted By: >>88950196

>>88950055
That looks fucking AWFUL.

Zagreus

Zagreus Sat 07 Jan 2017 07:35:02 No.88950156 Report

Quoted By: >>88950178

>>88950114
More than Mary? Why? Guns totally looks like your average Willis Female (TM) in that pic; what's so special about her?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 07:36:25 No.88950178 Report

Quoted By: >>88950209

>>88950156
Maybe it's the use of firearms?
Plus she's a fan of alternate music.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 07:37:14 No.88950196 Report

Quoted By: >>88950279

>>88950039
Maybe instead of going to jail, she screws up as Amazi-Girl hard enough that she realizes how crazy she got and voluntarily goes into psychiatric care.

>>88950075
>>88950114
>>88950149
I actually kind of like it. If you changed the hair to one color and got rid of the shitty tattoos, she'd be alright.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 07:37:56 No.88950206 Report

Quoted By: >>88950248

REPOSTAN THIS LEWD SHIT

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 07:38:05 No.88950209 Report

Quoted By: >>88950220

>>88950178
The tatoos and anime hand and forearm wraps are also horrible.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 07:39:02 No.88950220 Report

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>>88950209
Well, that design was done as an april fools joke.
>For April Fool's 2014, a Dumbiverse version of Guns was unveiled on Tumblr. The post was tagged with "oh shit i've inadvertently created the best character haven't i".

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 07:40:44 No.88950248 Report

Quoted By: >>88950271

>>88950206
It's like the pubic hair is a Becky of it's own.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 07:43:07 No.88950271 Report

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>>88950248
Just following Willis's example.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 07:43:51 No.88950279 Report

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>>88950196
you're not wrong about the hair. i think the tattoos could stay if the hair was changed though.

that said, does Willis not get how dyed hair actually works? or how to make a good character color palette?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 07:46:48 No.88950324 Report

Quoted By: >>88950352 >>88950357

>>88950055
I don't like the art, but I like the muscle girl concept. Think of what you could do with a physically imposing and strong female character.

Maybe she could use her physical power to beat a former abuser to within an inch of his life-
Or maybe she could drag around a scrawny TA and then basically dominate him sexually...
Oh, oh, maybe they could become a vigilante, and perform acrobatic feats that would be outside the norm of those with normal physiques, but make sense due to her musculature!

Nah, it would never work.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 07:48:54 No.88950352 Report

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>>88950324
i get it

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 07:49:17 No.88950357 Report

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>>88950324
an anon can dream, anon. an anon can dream.

also lol

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 08:44:26 No.88951197 Report

Quoted By: >>88951218 >>88951264 >>88951327 >>88955380

>>88950055
What if Guns was a JoJo?

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 08:46:47 No.88951218 Report

Quoted By: >>88953302

>>88951197
Here's her stand.
>?BIG CHEESE?

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Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 08:50:41 No.88951264 Report

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>>88951197
pretty good

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Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 08:57:00 No.88951327 Report

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>>88951197

VA anon

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VA anon Sat 07 Jan 2017 10:36:52 No.88952279 Report

Quoted By: >>88952292 >>88952397 >>88952718 >>88953915 >>88956299 >>88959001

in today's comic....it's fucking nothing.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 10:38:40 No.88952292 Report

Quoted By: >>88952401 >>88952577 >>88952718 >>88958092 >>88978475 >>88978549

>>88952279
But who's the fat punisher in the leftmost panel?

He must be the key to all of this.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 10:54:31 No.88952397 Report

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>>88952279
Nice 2 panel comic.

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Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 10:55:43 No.88952401 Report

Quoted By: >>88952718

>>88952292
Obviously the solution is more frank face edits.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 11:19:51 No.88952577 Report

Quoted By: >>88952586 >>88952718 >>88955661

>>88952292
Fat Punisher you say?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 11:21:04 No.88952586 Report

Quoted By: >>88952718 >>88955661

>>88952577
The guy on the leftmost panel, black jacket and skull t-shirt.

VA anon

VA anon Sat 07 Jan 2017 11:38:51 No.88952718 Report

Quoted By: >>88952738

>>88952279
>>88952292
>>88952401
>>88952577
>>88952586

>Mitchell Oonbonce served in the deserts of Qandahar...in the newest call of duty. So immersed was he, that when he came back, he legitimately believed that he'd been fighting in the war. Adjusting back to the real world was difficult, but he had his sister and mom to help...until his mom remarried a PHYSICAL TRAINER
>watching his family get slimmed down in front of him, rather than live their life and have fun, scarred M.oonbounce, so he swore to never allow another physical trainer to take away those that people cared about. Now, he stalks the night, spamming message boards and protest rallies regardless of the laws. He is....the FUNISHER.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 11:40:36 No.88952738 Report

Quoted By: >>88953077

>>88952718
So who do we ship him with?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 12:23:04 No.88953077 Report

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>>88952738
Roz, who only associates with him to shore up her sex-positivity credits. Mostly she just friendzones him, only bothering to make out with/drop the occasional handjob to keep him around.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 12:23:48 No.88953081 Report

Quoted By: >>88953398

>>88949676
Adorable, now do the grim meathook future where everyone spirals down into depression addiction and suicide.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 12:47:07 No.88953302 Report

Quoted By: >>88953614

>>88951218
>a weird robot that looks like cheese and was used during bizarrely serious moments
Webcomics used to be wild, man. Now they're making hard scifi movies about a potato trapped on Mars.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 12:57:57 No.88953398 Report

Quoted By: >>88953645 >>88955544

>>88953081
>Joyce's PTSD continues to worsen, eventually turning into full blown paranoia that sees her withdraw from life. A few years after she dropped out of college she's committed to a mental health facility after attacking her landlord.
>Becky becomes increasingly self-absorbed alienating almost everyone in her life. Eventually she turns to the internet with a mixture of camwhoring, fandom bandwagoning, and virtue-signalling to provide the ego stroking she needs. She loses everything in a lawsuit after cyberbullying a high schooler into suicide.
>Amber picks the wrong guy to mess with as Amazi-Girl and is beaten into a coma. When she awakens the brain damage she received from the beating leaves her unable to function independently.
>Ruth manages to sober up, but the emotional distress caused by her grandfather causes her to frequently relapse, something that is aided by Billie, who seeks to drag Ruth back down to her level. Billie eventually dumps Ruth for a rich, older guy, sending her spiraling back into depression. Her body is found by her brother.
>Billie graduates to functional alcoholism. After dumping Ruth she engages in a string of marriages, mostly for money, before dying at age 53 from complications of long-term alcoholism.
>Dina successfully gets her doctorate in paleontology, but her difficulties in social situations mean that she was unable to form a network of academic and occupational contacts. That, combined with the rather limited opportunities in her chosen field, locked her out of most research and teaching positions. She is eventually forced to take a job at a kid's science museum where she spends the rest of her working years.
>Walky continues to have academic trouble due to a lack of discipline, eventually failing out of college. A lifetime of entry level jobs comes next, while all his free time is spent online trying to make a name for himself within the fading Monkey Master fandom.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 12:58:40 No.88953407 Report

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>>88949755
>there are 17 year old freshmen
>there are 19 year old freshmen
>they were in the same grade

suks2bthem

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 13:22:23 No.88953614 Report

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>>88953302
>a potato trapped on Mars.
Matt Damon's Irish?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 13:27:51 No.88953645 Report

Quoted By: >>88953720 >>88953738 >>88955544

>>88953398
>Sal becomes a rebel without a cause who lashes out over any perceived slight. Eventually she's arrested for domestic abuse after attacking her boyfriend in a bar.
>Mary goes hardcore into her Christian fundamentalism, eventually marrying a televangelist. Her personal aspirations are quashed in favor of her husband's and she spends her youth doing little more than popping out kids and pretending not to notice her husband's affairs.
>Carla is inadvertently outed as trans and against her wishes becomes the popular face of the LBGT movement due to her parent's wealth and power. Backlash against Carla for being an attractive, wealthy, white transwoman gets intense, not helped by Carla's prickly and aggressive personality, and following a few altercations and a personal lawsuit, Carla completely withdraws. She spends the rest of her days alone under an assumed name and living off her trust fund. Ultracar reboot sucked too.
>Leslie loses her job over the DeSanto lesbian scandal and is forced to take a job at a community college. After the bitterness and hurt from the media presentation of her faded, she got married less out of love and more out of a desire not to grow old alone.
>Robin successfully deflects the lesbian accusation by painting Leslie as a left-wing activist but finds herself increasingly bothered by what she did and her life in the closet. A little while after pushing for extensive anti-LGBT legislation she's found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, blamed on a recent breast cancer diagnosis.
>Roz attempts to use her association with the DeSanto lesbian scandal for self-promotion, but following some initial success she quickly fades. Attempts to recapture that success quickly see her turn into a parody of herself. A string of kids follow and she winds up living with her mother again, dumping parental responsibilities on her mom and Riley whenever she runs off with a new guy.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 13:38:23 No.88953720 Report

Quoted By: >>88955237 >>88955544

>>88953645
>Sarah gets her law degree, but her curmudgeonly personality sees her pushed to backroom roles within law firms that leave her unsatisfied. After attempts to start her own firm fall through, she spends the rest of her career as a public defender until forced to retire following a perforated ulcer.
>Dorothy never manages to get into the Ivy League. Attempts at politics fail due to her measured and inauthentic interactions with others. Her work behinds the scenes in campaign management only leave her unfulfilled and angry, which she increasingly takes out on her husband and kids.
>Mike's asshole behavior prevents him from finding steady employment or a functional relationship. His body is found in the rundown house he inherited from his parents three weeks after his death when the mailman notices the mail piling up.

Walkyverse Imperfect

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 13:40:41 No.88953738 Report

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>>88953645
>Ultracar reboot sucked too
Truly, this is the darkest timeline.

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Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 13:44:17 No.88953785 Report

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>>88949676
>Joe becomes a gigolo.
So he's Rob Schnider?

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 13:59:35 No.88953912 Report

Quoted By: >>88957949 >>88958120 >>88964251

>>88947440
yeah Ruth was the nicest RA
wasnt she?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 13:59:40 No.88953915 Report

Quoted By: >>88954059

>>88952279
How long do we have to pretend this relationship was important. It's getting in the way of Danny being fisted by a big gay jew.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 14:12:27 No.88954059 Report

Quoted By: >>88954108 >>88955544

>>88953915
None of the relationships are important. None have them have lasted an entire month.

And there is no way that Ethan has the drive to be a top.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 14:15:59 No.88954108 Report

Quoted By: >>88954170

>>88954059
They're basically all the characters ever focus on. Becky and Dina have known each other like a week and are practically married.

But Danny's a bi dude, so he needs to suck dick to actually count. His relationship was a sham the minute we found out he had the hots for Ethan.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 14:20:43 No.88954170 Report

Quoted By:

>>88954108
Becky and Dina are probably the only relationship that approaches realistic by virtue of them only being together for a week and a half.

And I'm saying that Danny would be the top, not Ethan.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 15:30:43 No.88955237 Report

Quoted By:

>>88953720
Mmm, grim. Does finding this more satisfying than the perfect version make me a bad person

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 15:38:20 No.88955380 Report

Quoted By: >>88955456 >>88957918

>>88951197
Did you draw this, or is this a WIllis thing. I only ask because it looks better than his normal work in some ways but also there are a few aspects that look Willis as fuck. So if you did it as a parody good stuff.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 15:42:58 No.88955456 Report

Quoted By: >>88977939 >>89003147

>>88955380
If he knew about JoJo then this edit wouldn't have a reason to exist

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 15:49:14 No.88955544 Report

Quoted By: >>88955571 >>88955593 >>88957263

>>88954059
Either of them having the drive to be the top is sort of a crazy delusion. Maybe that's why Mike is getting shoehorned in there -- because he's the only one who's believable as a pitcher.

>>88953398
>>88953645
>>88953720
Goddammit, how did you pull that off in half an hour? It took me twice as long to get Walkyverse Perfect right.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 15:50:58 No.88955571 Report

Quoted By: >>88955723 >>88957263

>>88955544
>how did you pull that off in half an hour?
Maybe he's actually been thinking up fanfiction ideas for the past month

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 15:52:33 No.88955593 Report

Quoted By:

>>88955544
Mike's here so Danny be a jealous bitch over a guy he's known for a week.

This way Danny and Ethan can get together without "betraying" that psycho bitch. It's just because they're both so super gay they can't help but suck each other off.

Then Ethan says "we're not friends anymore" and double birds Mike while he stands there quiet and unmoving. And then Cerberus writes an essay about how powerful it is that Ethan let go of this toxic influence.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 15:56:20 No.88955661 Report

Quoted By: >>88978475 >>88978549

>>88952577
>>88952586
I'm not 100% sure, but I'd bet you a pretty penny that's one of Ethan's strawmen from SP. Remember that one strip making fun of that super gorey DC comic?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 16:01:14 No.88955723 Report

Quoted By: >>88957263

>>88955571
And they were all as gloomy as that?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 16:33:49 No.88956299 Report

Quoted By: >>88956884

>>88952279
>no dialogue
So much for finding the password. I really gotta figure out how to Python.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 17:00:26 No.88956884 Report

Quoted By: >>88957628 >>88969056

>>88956299
That explains why my attempts to predict it the other night didn't work! I tried a few words I thought Billie or Dorothy might use.

Also, as usual, that was a bad strip to swap characters after. Ugh.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 17:00:34 No.88956886 Report

Quoted By: >>88957628

Why can't Amber just fucking kill herself already.

Has anyone's lives been improved through her? She abused Danny, neglected Ethan except for when she wanted to control him, tried to kill Sal. She's a piece of shit and she should fucking die.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 17:09:56 No.88957121 Report

Quoted By: >>88957628

Piece of shit let Joyce's rapist go free. Every single conversation she has is about her issues and her problems and she never makes anyone happy. She's a fucking burden. She's a fucking burden and she hurts everyone and she's going to keep hurting people and she needs to fucking die before she does it to anyone else.

She needs to die. She needs to fucking die. I hope she fucking kills herself and nobody fucking cares that useless fat piece of shit.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 17:16:53 No.88957263 Report

Quoted By:

>>88955544
>>88955571
>>88955723
I do actually spend a lot of time thinking up AU stuff for various things when bored. I've even posted several AU things here on /doag/. Some of Walkyverse Imperfect is cribbed from that, some is just flipped outcomes from Walkyverse Perfect and generic bad ends.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 17:33:00 No.88957628 Report

Quoted By: >>88957741

>>88956884
I think out of every scene shift in the past year or so, there's only been two or three good points where Willis shifted course.

>>88956886
>>88957121
Nobody dies in the DoAverse, sothe worst that will happen is Amber being written out of the story.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 17:38:08 No.88957741 Report

Quoted By: >>88968972

>>88957628
Good. She can go to a fucking asylum and be locked up for the rest of her life that fucking piece of shit. Just deserves to be gone. She deserves to be fucking dead. She should fucking die. Everyone should fucking abandon her that piece of shit. That fucking piece of shit.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 17:46:17 No.88957918 Report

Quoted By: >>88959731

>>88955380
I drew it, but deliberately emulated the Willis style from his Guns drawing.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 17:47:33 No.88957949 Report

Quoted By:

>>88953912
Those first two panels must be some sort of alcohol induced hallucination.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 17:53:28 No.88958092 Report

Quoted By:

>>88952292

He's just some strawman Ethan used to slay in Shortpacked

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 17:54:29 No.88958120 Report

Quoted By: >>88958219

>>88953912

>Being nice to Mary

Bu... what?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 17:58:44 No.88958219 Report

Quoted By: >>88958290

>>88958120
This was obviously before Willis had plans for Mary to be a full-fledged antagonist, back when she was no more than a background character meant to populate the universe.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 18:01:17 No.88958290 Report

Quoted By: >>88958421 >>88960463

>>88958219
>This was obviously before Willis had plans for Mary to be a full-fledged antagonist,
>Implying
She's been Joyce's Evil Twin since Roomies.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 18:06:50 No.88958421 Report

Quoted By:

>>88958290
Truly, but she was more of a background/minor character up until learning that Ruth and Carla were seeing each other.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 18:31:15 No.88959001 Report

Quoted By: >>88962601

>>88952279
>spend five strips building towards an emotional moment between two characters
>cut to a completely different, copy/pasted scene
really building that emotional investment, Limp Willy. every fucking character moment has to have at least two pointless, momentum killing "cliffhangers" before reaching its tepid conclusion. such writing, much cartoonist

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 19:01:40 No.88959731 Report

Quoted By:

>>88957918
You fucking nailed it, mate.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 19:36:27 No.88960463 Report

Quoted By:

>>88958290
If there's one thing I've learned, it's that the first part of every character arc will be something new, but then devolve into the same shit he wrote before.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 21:00:27 No.88962601 Report

Quoted By:

>>88959001
Yep. Heaven forbid his readers want to feel something.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 21:55:32 No.88963832 Report

Quoted By: >>88963872 >>88964251 >>88964507 >>88964542

Out of curiosity, do you prefer Danny be with Amber or Ethan.

Or do you not care because they're all boring and terrible.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 21:57:03 No.88963872 Report

Quoted By:

>>88963832
I want danny to find a fuccboi less bland than ethan.

and amber is too crazy to be in a relationship.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 22:11:35 No.88964251 Report

Quoted By: >>88964402 >>88964421 >>88964809

>>88953912
Thought this was kinda exploitable.

Also, I'd still really appreciate some of the more recent bonus strips to be reposted. Specifically, the ones after the chef hat comic. Basically, everything not in this album: http://imgur.com/a/X5kU9.

>>88963832
I'd prefer Ethan because he seems capable of caring about another person. I guess Danny could try dating Amber, but that would be a weird rebound after Amazi-Girl.

It's a rehash, but I liked the Danny Sal stuff. He gets a backbone around her, and she treats him like he's incredibly harmless. I'd love to see the dynamic there change because of an emotional connection to where they start dating from the same level. Unlike with Dorothy and Amazi-Girl, where I think he put them on a pedestal, which is a similar deal to that one time with Billie.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 22:17:15 No.88964402 Report

Quoted By: >>88965165

>>88964251

Low hanging fruit but whatever

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 22:18:20 No.88964421 Report

Quoted By:

>>88964251
Fuck, I forgot Danny/Sal was even a thing

It is a good idea, honestly.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 22:22:14 No.88964507 Report

Quoted By:

>>88963832
i prefer he develop a cavalier attitude towards auto-erotic asphyxiation

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 22:24:05 No.88964542 Report

Quoted By:

>>88963832
I want Danny/Amber because Ethan's a boring asshole.

And it'd be nice if I didn't have to read another comic about how bi dudes are just half-formed gay guys who need to find the right penis.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 22:34:59 No.88964809 Report

Quoted By: >>88964874

>>88964251
>It's a rehash, but I liked the Danny Sal stuff. He gets a backbone around her, and she treats him like he's incredibly harmless. I'd love to see the dynamic there change because of an emotional connection to where they start dating from the same level. Unlike with Dorothy and Amazi-Girl, where I think he put them on a pedestal, which is a similar deal to that one time with Billie.
Gotta say I agree. I couldn't figure out how they could have dated in the other universes, but you're right. He has an interesting, playful personality around her, while he turns into a damp rag around Ethan and Amber.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 22:37:33 No.88964874 Report

Quoted By:

>>88964809
>I couldn't figure out how they could have dated in the other universes
I think they were a thing while Danny was still in high school.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 22:49:40 No.88965165 Report

Quoted By: >>88965455

>>88964402
Joyce's line in panel 2 should be, "It isn't your ass!"

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 23:01:47 No.88965455 Report

Quoted By: >>88965743

>>88965165
>It isn't your tushie!
Fixed it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 23:13:17 No.88965743 Report

Quoted By: >>88966520

>>88965455
Willis probably has an even stupider word he made up for "ass", but I don't want to look up.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 07 Jan 2017 23:48:11 No.88966520 Report

Quoted By: >>88968081 >>88968265 >>88968269 >>88968409

>>88965743
Caboodle.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 00:48:31 No.88968081 Report

Quoted By: >>88968309

>>88966520
>We're all at least 18 and away in college, I'm pretty sure we can say 'vagina' now.

Joyce straddled a fine line between "naive and innocent" and "Acted like she's five". Good thing she's on the path to being wry and sardonic like the rest of the cast.

VA anon

VA anon Sun 08 Jan 2017 00:54:08 No.88968265 Report

Quoted By:

>>88966520
I'm kinda surprised I've not yet done this one.

http://vocaroo.com/i/s10PF2AJgclo

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 00:54:12 No.88968269 Report

Quoted By: >>88968309

>>88966520
Like using the word vagina would make that conversation any more normal.
>C'mon, Dotty, whadda you think about vaginal penetration?

VA anon

VA anon Sun 08 Jan 2017 00:55:33 No.88968309 Report

Quoted By: >>88968409 >>88973238

>>88968081
I've met teens who talked like her.

>>88968269
don't forget, vagina is apparently capoodle, so it's more like "C'mon Dotty, whadda YOU think about buttsex?"

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 00:58:58 No.88968409 Report

Quoted By: >>88968521 >>88968570 >>88968839

>>88966520
>>88968309
So, Becky was specifically trying to get Joyce a buttfucking?

VA anon

VA anon Sun 08 Jan 2017 01:02:18 No.88968521 Report

Quoted By: >>88970909

>>88968409
Yup. Doesn't this sound like a far more natural conversation?

http://vocaroo.com/i/s1qTBkFWEm8f

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 01:03:51 No.88968570 Report

Quoted By: >>88968598

>>88968409
Of course. Buttfucking is a religious loophole, along with oral and handies.

VA anon

VA anon Sun 08 Jan 2017 01:04:51 No.88968598 Report

Quoted By:

>>88968570
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ttw5a6xRj6c

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 01:12:38 No.88968839 Report

Quoted By:

>>88968409
>Becky was specifically trying to get Joyce a buttfucking
And you guys think Becky is a bad friend.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 01:17:52 No.88968972 Report

Quoted By:

>>88957741

While your assessment is spot on, we get the point already

Calm down already

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 01:20:39 No.88969056 Report

Quoted By:

>>88956884

What if Amber DID die? But only character-wise and Amazi-Girl took over completely?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 02:06:20 No.88970330 Report

Quoted By: >>88971882

Am i supposed to care for any characters in this? Some of them i want to see disappear while the rest makes me cringe

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 02:26:43 No.88970909 Report

Quoted By:

>>88968521
>"C'mon Dotty" line
Kek

The dewd !!fynVFEFUBTe

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The dewd !!fynVFEFUBTe Sun 08 Jan 2017 02:55:17 No.88971671 Report

Quoted By: >>88971862

New strip!

Annabeth is a dummy.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 03:02:10 No.88971862 Report

Quoted By: >>88972449

>>88971671
Sure, Annabeth is the dumb one in this situation.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 03:02:57 No.88971882 Report

Quoted By: >>88973627

>>88970330
The author expects you to, yes. He sees most of the characters as aspects of himself, so he can't really advocate hating most of them. Mary isn't a self-insert anymore, so he wants us to hate her. Because apparently you can only hate people who aren't like you.

The dewd !!fynVFEFUBTe

The dewd !!fynVFEFUBTe Sun 08 Jan 2017 03:28:46 No.88972449 Report

Quoted By:

>>88971862
Yeah, I guess Pam is pretty dumb too for wanting to date Annabeth.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 04:02:47 No.88973238 Report

Quoted By:

>>88968309

I knew a girl who was much like Joyce in regards to sex and sexuality of any kind

I fucked her
Her weakness was ginger

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 04:03:50 No.88973261 Report

Quoted By: >>88973409

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 04:10:04 No.88973409 Report

Quoted By: >>88977169

>>88973261
Why is the lesbian the only one not checking any of the other women out?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 04:18:40 No.88973627 Report

Quoted By: >>88973834

>>88971882
Mary wasn't even a self-insert, but wish fulfillment. Then he went into his self-loathing mode and took out his frustrations on her.

VA anon

VA anon Sun 08 Jan 2017 04:28:24 No.88973833 Report

Quoted By: >>88973913 >>88974076 >>88974593 >>88976180 >>88976348 >>88977417 >>88982241 >>88982447 >>88982566 >>88995451 >>89005003 >>89014409

so what hoppies do you guys have other than hating doa?
im currently drinking and trying to make my 40k army look less shit because I can't paint worth a damn even when sober.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 04:28:27 No.88973834 Report

Quoted By: >>88974076 >>88974477

>>88973627

I actually kinda like the character origin of Mary.

Dumping all your wildest fantasies onto a character thinking she'll become your absolute favorite, the paragon of your desires, etc. only to realize you can't stand her and she gradually becomes one of the least likeable characters...

Well, until DoA gave her a complex character and motives.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 04:31:38 No.88973913 Report

Quoted By:

>>88973833

I write.

Used to play vidya. I wrote erotica for /pol/'s Minecraft server. Built a dick-shaped library to keep it on.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 04:35:33 No.88974076 Report

Quoted By:

>>88973833
Grad school.

>>88973834
As a character origin, it works well. It's like finding yourself dating the person of your dreams, only to learn over time how shallow and uninspired/unmotivated they can be. But it can serve as a means of making a more fleshed out character as a result. Sure, they have faults that you can't stand, but it becomes an area you can investigate: What caused these faults? Do they recognize these faults, and if so are they choosing to ignore them or are they trying to rectify them? If they're ignoring them, what would cause them to seek change?

But it's Willis. Once he has a grudge, he holds it forever. Hence the word filter he made for "Mary was only trying to study".

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 04:37:26 No.88974147 Report

Quoted By: >>88974475 >>88974540

Meanwhile, we have a "model sheet" of Leslie Bean.

I say "model sheet" in quotes because most model sheets are more than one pose.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 04:46:04 No.88974475 Report

Quoted By: >>88974823

>>88974147
>Meanwhile, we have a "model sheet" of Leslie Bean.
Please tell me he didn't actually call that a model sheet.

VA anon

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VA anon Sun 08 Jan 2017 04:46:05 No.88974477 Report

Quoted By: >>88976180 >>88976501

Does anyone have any page requests while I'm far too drunk to actually take requests?

>>88973834
When I was in high school, I came up with the idea for a webcomic. I have hundreds of pages of sketches, random character art sheets, and fun stuff, as well as porn, but I never posted more than a couple pages.

The characters all(and I mean ALL) started as parts of my own personality, but over time, they all evolved to the point where I don't think any of them really reflected me anymore.

It amazes me that Willis still writes most of his characters as himself. I stopped doing that shit when I was a teenager, with nothing but my IRL friends around me giving me nothing but positive support.

pic related, a page from at least 7 years ago.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 04:47:40 No.88974540 Report

Quoted By: >>88974823

>>88974147
>Robin: Ok, fine, I'm naked. Back up and put your fake dick in me or whatever.
>Leslie: Dicks? Where we're going we won't need...
>Leslie straps bullet vibrator to index and middle fingers
>Leslie:... dicks.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 04:49:10 No.88974593 Report

Quoted By:

>>88973833
vidya, cartoons, art, writing etc.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 04:54:56 No.88974823 Report

Quoted By:

>>88974475
http://dumbingofage.tumblr.com/post/155463270727/first-model-sheet-of-2017#notes
You don't even have to click through. Just look at the URL.

>>88974540
Oh God, I didn't even notice it's a Marty McFly thing.

VA anon

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VA anon Sun 08 Jan 2017 05:02:38 No.88975174 Report

Quoted By: >>88975272 >>88975291 >>88975360 >>88975764 >>88975878 >>88976180 >>88976272 >>88977240 >>88977417 >>88978267 >>88978556 >>88980281 >>88981010 >>88982585 >>88983096 >>88984788 >>88984826 >>88994070 >>89048745

In today's comic

....who is the old alex, and what class is this?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 05:04:58 No.88975272 Report

Quoted By:

>>88975174
who is anyone in this series of pictures?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 05:05:16 No.88975291 Report

Quoted By:

>>88975174

It's Amber and Danny's computer-related class where they first met.

I'm wondering A) If this is an actual honest-to-God NEW character and B) If Willy is lampshading that there's really no point to this strip and it's just filter

In which case Willis is lazy.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 05:06:50 No.88975360 Report

Quoted By: >>88975835 >>88984557 >>88984715

>>88975174
why...why is Shaggy there?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 05:14:49 No.88975764 Report

Quoted By: >>88984715

>>88975174
Good lord, Willis, this is what you do when making casting changes in a TV series, not your actual comic strip.

Also, the whole thing about their course instructor being wanted for cybercrimes? I predict that will never be brought up again. Also, it would make for a far more interesting storyline than what we're probably about to get.

Also, why is Shaggy there?

Also, in Panel Five, what's wrong with that guy's face?

Also, are these all actually original characters? Or did Willis remember he had some "Get drawn in a DoA strip" backers that he forgot about until now?

Also, I already hate Alex for having a flower in her hair. But mostly because I hate everything about DoA. Except Mary. Pure, pure Mary.

Oh, and Mary/Carla shipping. I love that. Keep that up, yo.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 05:16:29 No.88975835 Report

Quoted By:

>>88975360
Dude's trying to get an education. Mystery solving doesn't pay the bills like it used to.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 05:17:36 No.88975878 Report

Quoted By: >>88976070 >>88976219 >>88977207 >>89006649 >>89006846

>>88975174
>....who is the old alex, and what class is this?
Pic related

I'm just gonna go ahead and assume it's the same Alex.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 05:22:06 No.88976070 Report

Quoted By: >>88976222 >>88984956

>>88975878
Why the fuck are you turning it in now, Amber? It's not due until next Tuesday, can you even fucking listen?

And congrats, an ENTIRE PAGE in HTML. Wow, with styles inline that's probably what, itsfuckingnothing of content.

Also, if you emailed just the HTML it's not going to run interactive stuff in-browser unless it's been uploaded to a server that runs Javascript.

Christ, as a beginner web student this shit triggers me to pieces.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 05:24:42 No.88976180 Report

Quoted By: >>88976790

>>88973833
Undergrad, amateur literary criticism (which is, for the most part, why I keep coming back here to rail at Willis), being a goddamn leftie and vidya games. Sometimes I write music and I write stories. Did some work for the Spooktober threads last year. I also did the Joyce/Mary and Amber/Dina erotica bits in here, if anybody remembers that.

>>88974477
I don't think that shaping characters out of your own personality is necessarily a bad thing; it just requires a certain level of care. A lot of the characters I write are, in some way, based on some aspect of me, but unlike Willis, I don't treat them as extensions of myself. As such, I can look at them objectively and thereby determine whether it would be realistic for them to win this fight or not fuck up this romance or what have you. And basing some (but not all) of their personalities on different, disjunct parts of my own gives me insight on how they interact with each other and how that would affect the stories that they're in.

>>88975174
Okay, so in the last month and a half, the school has suffered a sex tape scandal, a man threatening to shoot a gun on campus property, sightings of a vigilante who interfered at a fucking election campaign, and now a cybercrimes fiasco.

If this was real life, parents would be withdrawing their children left and right.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 05:25:50 No.88976219 Report

Quoted By: >>89006846

>>88975878
what's that expression in the last panel supposed to be? is she biting her lip? is she swallowing her head? can a human being actually make that face? did she snap on some oversized novelty teeth?

fucking god, you'd think basic facial expressions would be something he'd have some level of competence with.

VA anon

VA anon Sun 08 Jan 2017 05:25:53 No.88976222 Report

Quoted By: >>88982612

>>88976070
remember, this is what willis thinks is advanced.

...and possible.

christ, I did HTML code when I was 13 making neopets pages.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 05:26:57 No.88976272 Report

Quoted By:

>>88975174
Either she's preparing a thousand-hand slap or there's some sort of touchscreen interface in the last panel.
Is this an actual new character? Probably not.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 05:28:27 No.88976348 Report

Quoted By: >>88976466 >>88977417

>>88973833
Nothing really. The more I think about it the more I realize that I'm not in a place in life that leaves me contented. I should probably start drinking now.

VA anon

VA anon Sun 08 Jan 2017 05:30:26 No.88976466 Report

Quoted By: >>88976661

>>88976348
I'm drinking now, anon.

That said, I'm not going to play shrink, but if you feel you need help, seek it out. If you feel you can improve yourself, do it. I mean shit, I'm in college right now for a third attempt to achieve a pipe dream.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 05:31:14 No.88976501 Report

Quoted By:

>>88974477
Hell, even my self-insert for shitty web RP eventually evolved beyond being JUST that after a couple of years. Whereas these characters are like...20+ years old?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 05:34:02 No.88976661 Report

Quoted By: >>88976784 >>88977209 >>88977417

>>88976466
It's not that bad, more "soulful reflection" than "crawling in my skin."

I should go back to college and finish my degree, but I really feel that I should change majors since my original major doesn't really offer anything without graduate and post-grad studies.

VA anon

VA anon Sun 08 Jan 2017 05:36:53 No.88976784 Report

Quoted By: >>88977590

>>88976661
I wasn't implying you were suicidal. I dropped out of college twice, and I'm now trying to make my dream of being a professional VA happen, so I'm in college for Radio. You don't need to be depressed to seek help.

Do what makes you happy. If you can find a job you enjoy, go for it. I have a lot of hobbies, but I enjoy doing voice work, and I can seem yself doing a career of it, either as a VA or a radio personality

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 05:36:56 No.88976790 Report

Quoted By: >>88977209 >>88977590

>>88976180
>Okay, so in the last month and a half, the school has suffered a sex tape scandal, a man threatening to shoot a gun on campus property, sightings of a vigilante who interfered at a fucking election campaign, and now a cybercrimes fiasco.
I don't know how the sex tape scandal went down after its initial introduction, but I can tell you that the other three have been glossed over by seemingly all mainstream media. And that's unusual.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 05:45:59 No.88977169 Report

Quoted By:

>>88973409
shes busy checking out a hotter girl off-panel

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 05:47:00 No.88977207 Report

Quoted By:

>>88975878
I bet the joke is going to be that it's actually a different Alex.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 05:47:05 No.88977209 Report

Quoted By:

>>88976661
Hey, it's your life, man. Everybody has to find their own path that suits them. If you're feeling like switching to a new major will help, then all power to you.

>>88976790
I mean, any one of those would give the local news station a hell of a boost. If this was being realistic, they'd be pimping out these stories non-stop.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 05:47:57 No.88977240 Report

Quoted By: >>88977417

>>88975174
there isnt a single character in this strip weve ever seen before

also i dont think we knew the old teacher was named alex

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LinkDump Sun 08 Jan 2017 05:52:01 No.88977417 Report

Quoted By: >>88977772 >>88978633

>>88976661
>>88976348
If you are smart and motivated, you can get them to pay you to go to grad school. Look up graduate assistantships in the topic of your choosing. Ask me for advice about grad school if you or anyone else is interested.

>>88975174
Did he make her nose look like that because of how much we complain about his noses? There are four total styles of noses in this strip, three of which we have never seen before.

>>88973833
I write and edit for money and for fun. I play some online games with my bf and friends. Do a bit of D&D, but not a lot, because social interaction is exhausting at times. I also watch anime with my boyfriend. He's the one with DID, and things are good.

Got my Master's almost 2 years ago. I work as a freelancer and am employed for text annotating. I really enjoy the annotation stuff, because it's proprietary software and just fun, because I am a nerd.

I maintain the linkdump and DoA Google Doc, for giggles.

I like watching webcams of animals. It's comforting.

>>88977240
If you keep up with the older stuff of his, you might be familiar with Alex. Plus, it's in the tags on the site. Not that it matters, since he's gone.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 05:54:48 No.88977555 Report

Quoted By: >>88978681

>>88947920

Well the art is improving, kudos
Also the writing is at least less wordy. (I would suggest Tony to make out even less wordy but opinions)

I think it would be better if you had some stronger facial expressions and if you constantly repeated in your mind "show me don't tell" maybe we could see her strike out with someone more desirable and then the 4th panel could be her unenthusiasticly telling annabeth? That they are dating now and shock on the other character

Anyway just an idea. It is improving!

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 05:55:44 No.88977590 Report

Quoted By: >>88977735

>>88976784
Yeah, it's mostly me realizing that I'm pretty unaccomplished at age 31. Godspeed, VA anon.

>>88976790
Toedad, in a vacuum, wouldn't be a big deal since no one actually got shot. However, once you factor in the car chase, vigilante, and the homeless lesbian squatter, it should at least have had a bit more impact on the immediate plot. As long as Alex 1 didn't use school resources to commit his cybercrimes it wouldn't matter at all.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 05:59:14 No.88977735 Report

Quoted By: >>88977879

>>88977590
Come to think of it, there's no way in hell the university DOESN'T know about Becky's situation at this point.
>dad on campus with a gun
>gets arrested
>gets questioned by police
>police likely informed news
>or university directly

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 06:00:09 No.88977772 Report

Quoted By: >>88977991

>>88977417
My main problem with grad school is that the year before I dropped out was a complete shitshow and my grades took a big hit. Thanks anyways.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 06:02:39 No.88977879 Report

Quoted By:

>>88977735
If Willis hadn't used up so much time between bringing Becky in and Toedad he could have easily had Becky transfer.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 06:04:24 No.88977939 Report

Quoted By:

>>88955456
I doubt it

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LinkDump Sun 08 Jan 2017 06:05:26 No.88977991 Report

Quoted By:

>>88977772
Get into a new school if you're going back to undergrad. Get good grades. Study your butt off and do well on the GRE. Hard work makes all the difference if you're willing to try. There's nothing you can't come back from!

LinkDump

LinkDump Sun 08 Jan 2017 06:08:50 No.88978145 Report

Quoted By: >>88978303 >>88982532 >>89005853

Speaking of the linkdump, here you go, updated:

---Pornographiques---
Walkyface (Walky Performs a Sex)
https://sli.mg/a/OpAn4s
Walkyface on roz (My Lesbian/Once We Hit 88MpH We're Gonna See Some Serious Clit)
https://sli.mg/a/yARBCg
Mask (Mask or No Mask?)
https://sli.mg/a/lJGjvn
Mike and Amber are terrible parents (The Most Epic of Hatefucks)
https://sli.mg/a/om4Xfh
Sal fucks her way to A (Head of the Class)
https://sli.mg/a/yV028q
Lesbians featuring speed lines (Finally)
https://sli.mg/a/Uwz6hW
Ropelingus (To the End of the Line)
https://sli.mg/a/zQiRaN
That one with the dick frotting and a batman reference (Tales of Sinterest)
https://sli.mg/a/gIzMX2

---Pinups---
Dorothy/Walky
http://sli.mg/a/RADWNf
Sarah
https://sli.mg/S2fNN1
Ethan
https://sli.mg/SfIpPY
Amber/Danny
http://sli.mg/4iagTF
Marcie
http://sli.mg/apktEi
Grace/Mandy
https://sli.mg/efTFT1
Mary
http://sli.mg/61SJKj
Exploitable Mary
https://sli.mg/a/8WPQhH
Mike
http://sli.mg/etD55l
Ruth/Billie
Joe’s Dad
Free Pinups
http://itswalky.deviantart.com/gallery/37947681/Pin-Up-Week

---“Joyce and Walky” Dump---
http://pastebin.com/5MwZPhsE

---Patreon-Only Bonus Strips---
http://imgur.com/a/X5kU9

---VA Anon’s generous voice-over work---
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/pi3rlni1v293g/DoA_and_Shortpacked

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 06:11:59 No.88978267 Report

Quoted By:

>>88975174
The secret password is "alex".

VA anon

VA anon Sun 08 Jan 2017 06:12:40 No.88978303 Report

Quoted By: >>88978549

>>88978145
dorothy_walky is down

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LinkDump Sun 08 Jan 2017 06:17:12 No.88978475 Report

Quoted By: >>88978541 >>88978549

>>88952292
>>88955661
DoA website says it's the "buckets of blood" guy from SP.

http://www.shortpacked.com/searchcomic.php?search=buckets%20of%20blood

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 06:18:56 No.88978541 Report

Quoted By:

>>88978475
Fucking called it.

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LinkDump Sun 08 Jan 2017 06:19:10 No.88978549 Report

Quoted By: >>88982570 >>88983597 >>88984777

>>88978303
If anyone wants to dig it up, please send it my way!

>>88978475
>>88952292
>>88955661
Plus, he's been in there at least one other time. Interesting.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 06:19:17 No.88978556 Report

Quoted By:

>>88975174
God love you, VA Patreanon.

>last panel
Did Alex get this job by being our generation's successor to the ancient killing art of Hokuto Shinken?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 06:21:42 No.88978633 Report

Quoted By: >>88979223 >>88979576 >>88979808

>>88977417
Not that anon, but I am finally applying to grad school and am kind of floundering in the process if you have any tips

The dewd !!fynVFEFUBTe

The dewd !!fynVFEFUBTe Sun 08 Jan 2017 06:22:58 No.88978681 Report

Quoted By:

>>88977555
Thanks my dude!

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LinkDump Sun 08 Jan 2017 06:37:46 No.88979223 Report

Quoted By: >>88979576 >>88979808 >>88979824

>>88978633
If there are people in your profession that you admire, find out if they teach anywhere. Then figure out what they want from applicants for the school.

I'll use IU as an example, since it's where DoA takes place.

Here is a list of their graduate faculty:
http://graduate.indiana.edu/doc/faculty-staff/ugs_grad_faculty.pdf

CTRL+F to find people in your field of study (i.e., English, physics, etc.)
Be a creeper and Google the professors in your field of study.

Example:
Adams,Michael Paul * BL-ENG ENGLISH Professor

Usually, there will be a university page for that professor if you Google their name and the initials of the school:
http://www.indiana.edu/~engweb/faculty/profile_mAdams.shtml

This guy in particular is interested in language.
>I am foremost a historian of English language, especially of English words, who also specializes in the history, theory, and practice of lexicography.
>Lexicography, in all its aspects, is a deeply rooted, ongoing professional interest of mine, but I have other equally strong scholarly interests, especially slang and jargon.

If you are interested in literature and not linguistics, this not the professor for you to work with. If you're interested in working with him, then you would want to look into his work and interests, which are also listed on his faculty page. (Not included for the sake of brevity.)

He teaches 8 different classes, so inquiring about those classes is a good place to start. Find out what it takes to work with him, by understanding what he works on and what he teaches.

Then you can personally e-mail him and say "Hey, dude, I admire you and want to work with you. What do?" (but more eloquently)
(to be continued)

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LinkDump Sun 08 Jan 2017 06:48:15 No.88979576 Report

Quoted By: >>88979808 >>88979824

>>88979223
>>88978633
Find the page for your field of study, such as English.
http://www.indiana.edu/~engweb/

Then look for the admissions link:
http://www.indiana.edu/~engweb/gradApply.shtml

This page talks about admission requirements for different programs in the field of English. It lists deadlines and what needs to be turned in for admission.

It also has some important categories:
>Financial Aid (Literature Concentration)
>Aid in the First Year (Fellowships)
>Associate Instructorships

It tells you a little about these positions and how they pay.

Avoid asking stupid questions! Look *thoroughly* around the website before you e-mail them asking for help. You can expect to find like 90% of your answers on their site.

Some important words to look for:
-fellowships
-assistantships
-instructorships
-work-study
-loans

Find out what they need in terms of GRE scores. Most grad programs expect you to take the GRE.
http://www.ets.org/gre/

It costs money, takes 4 hours, and can only be done at certain locations. Don't take it until you are ready.

Important things on the front page of the GRE site:
>About the Test
>Test Centers and Dates
>Register for the Test
>Prepare for the Test
>On Test Day
>Scores
>Frequently Asked Questions

THEY HAVE FREE TEST-PREP MATERIALS.
AS IN TOTALLY FREE.
DO NOT PAY FOR MATERIALS UNLESS YOU ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO.

http://www.ets.org/gre/revised_general/prepare/?WT.ac=grehome_greprepare_b_150213

There is NO reason to pay for *anything* other than the registration fee for the test. (to be continued)[/spoiler:lit]

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LinkDump Sun 08 Jan 2017 06:55:36 No.88979808 Report

Quoted By:

>>88979576
>>88979223
>>88978633

Getting a C in grad school is like getting an F. If you can't get an A or B on most things, you may not have the work ethic for grad school.

Instead of regurgitating content, you are creating content. You do research and come to your own conclusions. Expect to write lengthy papers.

You have fewer classes but double the work. Don't overburden yourself, especially if you have a job. My school only allowed up to 9 hours a week, which is 3 classes.

Where I went, I had 3-ish classes and worked 15 hours a week. Doesn't seem like a lot, but trust me: it is. I still made time for a love life and a social life, but you have to turn down fun stuff sometimes. A lot of times.

Be prepared to teach, tutor, and/or grade papers if you get an assistantship of some kind.

Grading papers is the worst.

Just don't go to a school that you can't also get money from. Assistantships will pay for the whole thing, if you can get one. You'll get enough money to pay for school, and then some. Plus, it'll be relevant to what you're studying, so you'll get field experience as well. And you don't have to worry about them not giving you time off for school work and stuff, because, you know, they're the ones also teaching you.

Grad school is a very tightly-knit thing. You will be working closely with a small group of people. Don't be afraid to ask them for help. Go to office hours and make appointments and stuff.

They will treat you like an adult if you're working with them like you're an adult.

That's all I can think of right now. Ask specific questions if you want to know more!

Sorry for missing the spoiler tag on the other one!

I'd like to note that I was a sophomore in undergrad when DoA started. I finished undergrad in December of 2012 and spent two-and-a-half years in grad school. I graduated with my Master's in 2015 and have been freelancing since then.

In DoA, it hasn't even been 7 weeks. Food for thought.

grad applicant

grad applicant Sun 08 Jan 2017 06:56:14 No.88979824 Report

Quoted By: >>88979952

>>88979223
>>88979576
I've done the GRE and writing to professors of interest stage so far (although none of them responded), now I'm at the actual application stage. I'm mainly hung up on writing a statement of intent because I'm hot garbage when it comes to writing about myself.

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LinkDump Sun 08 Jan 2017 07:00:05 No.88979952 Report

Quoted By: >>88982329

>>88979824
If you want, set up a Google Doc, and I can work with you through it. I'll need a list of things you want to study and what you currently do and what you have done relevant to your field of study. And, if you feel comfortable with it, you can link me to their admissions page.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 07:13:49 No.88980281 Report

Quoted By: >>88980414 >>88982010 >>88982541 >>88985482

>>88975174
>who is the old alex

A character from Roomies who ended up in It's Walky as their computer guy because he hacked SEMME.

In DoA, he was Amber and Danny's programming teacher.
Until, I guess, Willis decided that was too repressively misogynistic.

Although, I suppose it's kinda weird that they're calling their professor by his given name.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 07:20:07 No.88980414 Report

Quoted By: >>88982010

>>88980281

Yeah it does seem like an odd... and overall pointless twist of events.

It's not even a twist of events, we haven't seen the guy in years...

This latest strip confuses me. What the fuck.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 07:43:12 No.88981010 Report

Quoted By: >>88981431

>>88975174
Oh. Okay...

Why is she a thing now?

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LinkDump Sun 08 Jan 2017 07:59:26 No.88981431 Report

Quoted By:

>>88981010
There is essentially nothing on Willis's Tumblr about Alex. We'll probably have to wait until the strip is live before we get more info.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 08:29:00 No.88982010 Report

Quoted By: >>88982075

>>88980281
>>88980414
My first time reading through Roomies/it's walky I didn't notice Alex's beard and thought he was a girl.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 08:32:19 No.88982075 Report

Quoted By:

>>88982010
you're forgiven anon, since he's probably retroactively trans now

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 08:42:20 No.88982241 Report

Quoted By:

>>88973833
I draw porn, attempt to make comics, cook, and play vidya while writing vidya fan fiction about how the boys should take their shirts off and kiss.
[spoiler/]also weed. Is weed a hobby?

grad applicant

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grad applicant Sun 08 Jan 2017 08:48:24 No.88982329 Report

Quoted By: >>88982400

>>88979952
It would be appreciated, if you don't mind some intentional vagueness because I am internet-paranoid. Always good to get more eyes on this sort of thing, especially from someone who doesn't know me IRL. What's the best email to share to?

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LinkDump Sun 08 Jan 2017 08:54:22 No.88982400 Report

Quoted By: >>88982541

>>88982329
I've made a dummy account at gradschoolcrap@gmail.com

If anyone else wants help, feel free to do a Doc or e-mail or whatever.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 08:58:25 No.88982447 Report

Quoted By:

>>88973833
Vidya and work, mostly.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 09:05:57 No.88982532 Report

Quoted By: >>88984101

>>88978145
does the VA Anon link include this?
http://vocaroo.com/i/s1muCLNJIp7c

grad applicant

grad applicant Sun 08 Jan 2017 09:07:10 No.88982541 Report

Quoted By:

>>88982400
Shared from my own dummy account. Sent you the rough draft as well as a few bullet points about the sort of studies I'm looking into.

>>88980281
>In DoA, he was Amber and Danny's programming teacher.
I wish we'd get more classes and classmates, it's really weird that everyone who interacts is not only in the same dorm, but on the same floor. Willis had said something about how Sayid is likely to be bonus strip fodder only because he doesn't interact with the main cast and it's like...then write situations where he does?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 09:09:45 No.88982566 Report

Quoted By:

>>88973833
Anime, a little /tg/, and some sewing and drawing. Currently trying to branch out into some quilting.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 09:10:04 No.88982570 Report

Quoted By: >>88983597

>>88978549
when will creep shaming end?
how long must i wait until this travesty is looked apon like slavery?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 09:11:34 No.88982585 Report

Quoted By: >>88982639 >>88982690

>>88975174
Phew, I was worried we didn't have enough characters. And I'm sure this one is quirky doesn't conform to gender stereotypes as well.

I was looking at the old comic to see if there are similarities between Alexes, and that story is just a cover for going trans, but then I I realized Willis doesn't draw people differently enough to conclude anything.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 09:14:11 No.88982612 Report

Quoted By:

>>88976222
>christ, I did HTML code when I was 13 making neopets pages.
Livejournal for me

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 09:16:14 No.88982639 Report

Quoted By: >>88982677

>>88982585
Unless Alpha-Alex got some serious lipo and a rhinoplasty, I'm pretty sure Beta-Alex is actually new.
Also I think Willis may've flipped the hand in the last panel, unless she's supposed to be miming moisturizing her face? He doesn't do palm lines so it's hard to tell.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 09:19:09 No.88982677 Report

Quoted By: >>88985482

>>88982639
>unless she's supposed to be miming moisturizing her face
She's gesturing at her face to indicate she doesn't have pimples and stuff.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 09:19:56 No.88982690 Report

Quoted By:

>>88982585
I thought about it, but the faces and general builds are different, and going by the 'one year = one week' rule, there's no way Alex would have enough time to change their appearance *this* drastically.

If it does turn out that Alex transitioned, then I'm calling all of the bullshit.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 09:50:51 No.88983096 Report

Quoted By: >>88983156 >>88983236

>>88975174
Did a quick check on Walkypedia, and the only Alex on there is Alpha-Alex. This might be a strip of 100% new characters. Holy crap.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 09:55:24 No.88983156 Report

Quoted By: >>88983183 >>88983236

>>88983096
I really do think that this is just old Alex who decided to transition, giving Carla a character to bounce off of and another plot line that doesn't involve Mary

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 09:58:04 No.88983183 Report

Quoted By: >>88983210 >>88983236

>>88983156
Seems quite quick for a transition.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 10:01:09 No.88983210 Report

Quoted By:

>>88983183
Time is pretty malleable in Willis land

plus Willis can't draw well enough to convey a mid transitioning mtf person

but it's just my guess, I really do kind of hope it is a new character. It's nuts to me even the blandest background character is usually someone he made up 15 years ago.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 10:04:10 No.88983236 Report

Quoted By: >>88983257 >>89006758

>>88983183
>>88983156
>>88983096
my money is on a transition utilizing "advanced technology" that has gone unmentioned this far into the narrative.

bonus points if the source of the technology is Carla's dad's company. double points if the technology is still "experimental" and being developed while skirting a law that prohibits it. no points for that law being the one Robin supported.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 10:06:23 No.88983257 Report

Quoted By: >>88983265

>>88983236
So really, this is a stealth reboot of It's Walky.
All we need now are aliens.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 10:07:02 No.88983265 Report

Quoted By:

>>88983257
if that happens, all bets are off and the table should just be flipped

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 10:37:23 No.88983597 Report

Quoted By: >>88983624

>>88978549
>>88982570
To the back of the bus with you, uggo.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 10:39:30 No.88983624 Report

Quoted By: >>88983672

>>88983597
i never asked for this
all i want is to be treated like a human being with feelings

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 10:43:40 No.88983672 Report

Quoted By:

>>88983624
Call the police! This one is resisting!

VA anon

VA anon Sun 08 Jan 2017 11:28:30 No.88984101 Report

Quoted By:

>>88982532
not yet, I haven't updated my folder yet.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 12:15:03 No.88984557 Report

Quoted By:

>>88975360
The worst thing is that Willis said something about "Norville's going to get his first speaking line tomorrow".

So yes it seems that is Shaggy.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 12:25:10 No.88984715 Report

Quoted By:

>>88975360
>why is Shaggy there?
>>88975764

He's not

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 12:30:56 No.88984777 Report

Quoted By:

>>88978549

Way to be a judgemental bitch, Amber

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 12:32:16 No.88984788 Report

Quoted By:

>>88975174

This is a Snowden reference, isn't it?

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 12:36:23 No.88984826 Report

Quoted By: >>88985129

>>88975174

I don't get how making a strip pointing out a meaningless change that he outright admits will literally make no difference whatsoever in ANYTHING is supposed to be funny.

If nothing is going to be affected why even make a change in the first place?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 12:51:54 No.88984956 Report

Quoted By:

>>88976070

B-but javascript runs in the browser.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 13:12:25 No.88985129 Report

Quoted By: >>88989651

>>88984826
Maybe Willis thinks he's clever and it is actually going to matter at somepoint.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 13:46:27 No.88985482 Report

Quoted By: >>88988595

>>88980281
This disappearance announcement seems like the messages SEMME would disseminate if you turned into a alien fighting agent.

>>88982677
>She's gesturing at her face to indicate she doesn't have pimples and stuff.
Yeah, cause he's not as gross as old Alex, haha! Never mind that the fact that clean skin and your propensity for blemishes are fairly unrelated, esp with acne, but even with normal 'trapped oil' pimples.

HAHA SHE'S NOT GROSS LIKE HIM, SHAGGY!

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 14:05:32 No.88985632 Report

Quoted By: >>88986995

It occurred to me just now that New Alex looks a lot like Dorothy.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 16:10:03 No.88986995 Report

Quoted By: >>88988061

>>88985632
Alex 2 is Dorothy's sister. Since having a fuck up for sibling makes you look more relatable to voters Dorothy will proceed with a gaslighting campaign designed drive Alex 2 into the throes of cocaine addiction.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 17:15:02 No.88988061 Report

Quoted By:

>>88986995
Dorothy is not Roz.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 17:42:55 No.88988595 Report

Quoted By:

>>88985482
The most judgmental path is always the one Willis will choose.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 18:33:49 No.88989651 Report

Quoted By: >>88989921

>>88985129
Like 6 years from now?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 18:46:30 No.88989921 Report

Quoted By: >>88991680

>>88989651
Alex 1 will return and attempt kill and replace Alex 2 forcing Amazi-Girl to come out of retirement one last time but Amber doesn't feel like it because she just got dumped and the multi-part Star Wars slashfic she's been into dropped a new chapter so she ropes Dina into being the the new Amazi-Girl and sends her into battle but in the end Amber shows up as Amazi-Girl too because it turns out the slashfic author accidentally reuploaded the prior chapter instead of the new one and Amber figured she might as well get some snacks while she was waiting and the Amazi-Girl costume was the only clean thing she had in her closet and she happened to come by the fight because it was on her way to the convenience store.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 20:00:27 No.88991680 Report

Quoted By: >>88993010 >>88994111

>>88989921
I hope in this scenario Amber's spare costume has a Rorchach-esque lady sploosh stain from long nights of jilling it to fanfic..

>Amber: Here, Dina, you take on the mantle of Amazi-Girl. Here's my costume.
>Dina (pointing to other yellow jumpsuit hidden in closet): Wait, if this is your costume, what's that one?
>Amber: That's before I switched to a waterproof fabric...

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 20:54:27 No.88993010 Report

Quoted By: >>88993935

>>88991680
>Do you not wear underpants?
>Oh, I do.
>Then how...? I think I do not want to know.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 21:31:57 No.88993935 Report

Quoted By:

>>88993010
>You don't get to judge me; I've seen your browser history.
>At least I take my pants off and put a towel down.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 21:37:15 No.88994070 Report

Quoted By: >>88994673

>>88975174

It triggers me how lazy this cunt is, I had a lot of fun making this character thing just to try to come up with different character looks for the people in my comic.

And then there is this cunt that has like 2 faces and calls it a day.

That blond woman looks just like anyone else and that Shaggy looking dude is just the annoying red head lesbian but with differnt hair

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 21:39:02 No.88994111 Report

Quoted By: >>88995541

>>88991680
>I hope in this scenario Amber's spare costume has a Rorchach-esque lady sploosh stain from long nights of jilling it to fanfic..

Why can't you be the one spamming these threads with your parody comic of Dumbing of Age instead of that Dewd cunt?

That alone is more funny and actually related to Dumbing of Age than the so called Dumbing of Age parody that the cunt posts in which EVERYTHING is different from DOA

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 22:04:33 No.88994673 Report

Quoted By:

>>88994070

I think it's funny how triggered he gets when you imply that he might be a little lazy.

It's not like it was us who said "I'm gonna quit Shortpacked cuz I can write Dumbing of Age with both hands up my ass"

Minifig !!3kTkiqN0Gwz

Minifig !!3kTkiqN0Gwz Sun 08 Jan 2017 22:34:36 No.88995451 Report

Quoted By: >>88995879 >>88996601

>>88973833
Board games - I was at a meetup earlier today, and I lurk on /tg/'s board games general now and then.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 22:37:56 No.88995541 Report

Quoted By:

>>88994111
Thanks, anon. I'm pretty bad and slow at art, though.

I do a lot of the edits with Willis' font. I did that one about Sarah recently.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 22:39:17 No.88995571 Report

Quoted By: >>88995611 >>88995690 >>88995879 >>88997245

Is this shit worth reading? I mean, it really seems like a little bit garbage, but I read QC for some reason and I openly accept that as total trash.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 22:40:43 No.88995611 Report

Quoted By:

>>88995571

If you have a chunk of time to kill, I suppose

I'd read his earlier stuff first, though. It's at least somewhat acceptable.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 22:43:54 No.88995690 Report

Quoted By:

>>88995571
If you enjoy having something you love to hate, sure. It's a fun little trainwreck at times. But a lot of times, it just doesn't feel worth it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 22:50:56 No.88995879 Report

Quoted By: >>88996009 >>89015056

>>88995451
Ah, I'm actually in a board games club too, though I'm a bit too scatterbrained for the more cerebral games like Resistance.

>>88995571
QC is the superior product, but DoA is readable. You can at least find some interest in seeing how it derails from the fairly stable opening.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 22:55:46 No.88996009 Report

Quoted By: >>88996637 >>88999952

>>88995879
Jesus christ, QC is considered superior to anything? The comic is a dumpster fire.

VA anon

VA anon Sun 08 Jan 2017 23:18:14 No.88996601 Report

Quoted By: >>89015056

>>88995451
I just got back from a 40k game, my DE vs nids.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 23:19:11 No.88996637 Report

Quoted By:

>>88996009
I dunno. Yelling Bird's alright.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 23:40:01 No.88997245 Report

Quoted By: >>88997357 >>88997606

>>88995571
DOA suffers from Naruto syndrome, in which I feel like the characters COULD be likeable but the author is either too inept or too opinionated to keep it from becoming trash.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 23:44:22 No.88997357 Report

Quoted By: >>88997606 >>88997672 >>88999454

>>88997245

I thought Naruto Syndrome was "Every villain's weakness is an extended conversation with the titular character"

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 23:53:34 No.88997606 Report

Quoted By: >>88997787 >>88999454

>>88997245
>>88997357
You're both wrong. Naruto syndrome is where you create a cast of diverse and interesting characters, but you neglect focusing on them in favor of your obsession with the main character and their heterosexual man crush.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 08 Jan 2017 23:56:05 No.88997672 Report

Quoted By:

>>88997357
That is called Talk no Jutsu.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 00:01:25 No.88997787 Report

Quoted By:

>>88997606

Nah nah, Naruto syndrome is an overexcessive usage of flashbacks.

Or... wait... it's when literally every character wants to be hokage?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 01:03:48 No.88999376 Report

Quoted By: >>89002250

i dont think i ever realized there were "full" cast pages for the four main characters (and sarah) aside from those shitty single paragraphs.

http://www.dumbingofage.com/cast/dorothy-keener/

i guess dorothys major is law

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 01:06:39 No.88999454 Report

Quoted By:

>>88997357
>>88997606
im seconding talk no jutsu but
>obsession with the main character and their "heterosexual" man crush
is a close second

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 01:22:22 No.88999952 Report

Quoted By:

>>88996009
QC is bland, milquetoast, and anticlimactic. DoA is retarded in a way that makes you angry, sad, and compelled to continue out of a desire to see just how retarded it can get.

To put things in perspective, if Handstab were writing the Toedad Saga it would have ended after three strips with Ross getting quietly arrested; if Willis wrote the Tranny Fucking Saga it would have ended with Faye kung fu fighting on top of a train.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 02:48:09 No.89002250 Report

Quoted By: >>89003160 >>89004132

>>88999376
So why is she focused so hard on journalism?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 03:30:26 No.89003147 Report

Quoted By:

>>88955456
Wow, way to generalize women's desires Willis.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 03:30:50 No.89003160 Report

Quoted By: >>89003922

>>89002250

Because Willis doesn't understand how career success is supposed to work like.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 04:07:57 No.89003922 Report

Quoted By: >>89004049 >>89004165

>>89003160
Obviously Dorothy is triple majoring in law/journalism/poli-sci.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 04:13:50 No.89004049 Report

Quoted By:

>>89003922
Honestly would not be surprised.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 04:18:39 No.89004132 Report

Quoted By: >>89004165

>>89002250
She wants a lot of extracurricular activities to put on her Ivy League application. It's also why she wants to be RA.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 04:20:14 No.89004165 Report

Quoted By: >>89004363 >>89006222

>>89003922
>triple-majoring
>Ivy League aspirations
>considered a perfect person by others
>dates a simpleton who can't tie his own shoes and skips out on classes and watches cartoons instead of doing schoolwork

Dorothy the kind of nigga to have bareback sex ONCE and get knocked up.

Y'know, it's the part where Dorothy is dating Walky that throws me off when Willis says that he wants to be like her, coupled with how Walky represents his childishness. Like, does Willis want to be a President with a degree from Yale who is married to a womanchild who eats cereal in her pajamas while watching cartoons at home?

>>89004132
Working for the school newspaper is not an extracurricular activity. It is not a volunteer job; you cannot just walk up to the paper's editor and say "I wanna work for you guys."

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 04:30:36 No.89004363 Report

Quoted By: >>89004558

>>89004165
I think you're looking too hard into his statement about what the characters represent. Dorothy originally wanted a fun, no-attachment relationship so she started dating a manchild. Only now she has grown attached while Walky is still mostly uninvolved. The Dorothy/Walky relationship is a microcosm of Willis' ability to have a good setup but shit the bed on the actual story.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 04:40:11 No.89004558 Report

Quoted By: >>89004602 >>89004649

>>89004363
NOW who's looking too hard into this?

But hey, at least it's not as weird as how Willis has TWO characters who supposedly represent his alcoholism. Specifically his alcoholism, mind you, not his relationship with alcoholism, which seems to work better for the metaphor.

In any case, I'd just like to know what Carla represents in Willis' mind.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 04:43:09 No.89004602 Report

Quoted By: >>89004649 >>89004695

>>89004558
>I'd just like to know what Carla represents
Willis' wish fulfillment of being a dick in public and not getting called out on it

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 04:45:52 No.89004649 Report

Quoted By: >>89004695

>>89004558

Yeah, >>89004602, hit the nail on the head. She's another Mike-type character, though probably with some baggage over his childhood or something.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 04:47:40 No.89004695 Report

Quoted By: >>89004733

>>89004602
>>89004649
I guess they need one now that Mike is a new antagonist or whatever.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 04:49:42 No.89004733 Report

Quoted By:

>>89004695
I'm pretty sure she was a replacement Mike during Shortpacked!.

VA anon

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VA anon Mon 09 Jan 2017 05:02:06 No.89004951 Report

Quoted By: >>89005030 >>89005223 >>89005385 >>89005718 >>89006222 >>89007576 >>89007678 >>89008657 >>89015056 >>89032691

pokemon go jokes for the next 6 years, all about gen 1. you all ready?

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 05:04:53 No.89005003 Report

Quoted By:

>>88973833
jump out of planes and shoot people in the face on uncle sam's dime.

also drink.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 05:05:55 No.89005030 Report

Quoted By: >>89005126

>>89004951
>thought bubbles
That's new to me.

Also, I still don't know how to feel about how Willis treats anachronisms. I almost wish the DoA timelines would track all these anachronisms so that we could see how six years have passed in one DoA month.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 05:10:32 No.89005126 Report

Quoted By: >>89005225 >>89005736

>>89005030
Sliding timescale, same as Marvel/DC comics.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 05:14:32 No.89005223 Report

Quoted By: >>89008839 >>89009591

>>89004951
Willis is literally just newspaper comic tier, isn't he?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 05:14:36 No.89005225 Report

Quoted By: >>89005426 >>89006222

>>89005126
Nah, I know it's a sliding timescale. What I mean is, it's six years of happenings taking place over one month of time. Imagine if the last six years of your life took place within the course of a month.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 05:23:12 No.89005385 Report

Quoted By: >>89005450 >>89005473 >>89005898 >>89007457

>>89004951
Also: Midterms? We're only six weeks into the semester. Assuming a mid-August starting date, that's around six weeks (~35 days) of the school year. If we also assume a four-month school semester, which is around 17 weeks, we won't be hitting midterms until October. As it stands, we're about halfway into September. There's another few weeks before midterms are officially "coming up".

Also, the secret password is "powerplay".

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 05:25:33 No.89005426 Report

Quoted By: >>89005534

>>89005225
>Imagine if the last six years of your life took place within the course of a month.

Frighteningly easy.

Anyways, it's a mixture of close to a dozen primary characters combined with exceptionally rapid pacing covered by the daily strip format. It's Joyce who suffers the most from this due to her status as the lead among the ensemble.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 05:27:04 No.89005450 Report

Quoted By: >>89005534

>>89005385
I know that the "secret passwords" are the official title to the next day's strip, but how do you know you have the right word(s) from the dialogue once you have the preview strip?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 05:27:47 No.89005461 Report

Quoted By: >>89005668 >>89005822

When the hell did Joyce and Walky finish? Years without an update and I check today and it's concluded.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 05:28:47 No.89005473 Report

Quoted By: >>89005534

>>89005385
According to the Walkypedia, it's currently October 5th in-universe.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 05:32:36 No.89005534 Report

Quoted By: >>89006083

>>89005426
Willis' pacing is weird. It all feels so drawn out, yet his stories seem to end so abruptly. I think what happens is that he comes up with an idea, makes it live, runs with it for a while, then realizes that he can't end it in a satisfying manner so he just goes with the first ending he can think of and wraps everything up so that he can move on. I dunno.

But yeah, several characters suffer from all of this.

>>89005450
It's easy: I manually check the words that it would most probably be. For example, with this strip, I checked "midterms", "curriculum", and "anywhere" before checking "powerplay".

>>89005473
Then that would mean that school began on September 1st, which generally isn't the case for American schools and universities, though apparently common in some states.
Regardless, Indiana University specifically begins in mid-August.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 05:41:54 No.89005668 Report

Quoted By: >>89005821

>>89005461
Like... a couple years ago I'm pretty sure.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 05:44:53 No.89005718 Report

Quoted By: >>89005843 >>89005860 >>89005981 >>89006045 >>89006222 >>89006270 >>89006292

>>89004951
>Even Danny's seating decisions are based on relationships and emotions, what a mess!
>Amber on the other hand makes decisions just based on her nerdy obsessions, how fun and cool.

I get that Danny is very much the relationship drama person, but his reaction seems more 'normal' if a bit overly concerned. Also, it's not that funny considering they broke up (and she got incredibly angry) because he talked to the wrong person. It's totally reasonable for him to be worried about pissing her off while just trying to make things easier for himself.

"Video games, lol", though.

Also, original Alex was based on a real person (his roommate) who has since transitioned. Willis says the characters were distinct in his mind when doing the change, but is not going to leave that open to interpretation as "enough transgender readers are hoping for same person that [he] won't push it." Source: his twitter. I think the writing of this strip kinda ruins that, but why go back and change already made strips to reflect your decision to do something for your reader base? It does explain why old Alex was jettisoned from the strip with so much finality.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 05:45:48 No.89005736 Report

Quoted By:

>>89005126

Marvel/DC comic characters are usually too busy dealing with crime, other superhumans, aliens, or existential crises to spout off too many pop culture references. I'm not saying it doesn't happen, but it's not often memorable when it does. For example, I don't remember Batman works in the 90s making any gags or references about them going to see CATS when Bruce's parents were shot.

Meanwhile, Willis's entire comic is a parade of pop culture reference and topical drama, so the sliding timescale feels completely fucked. My guess is that it will keep feeling exponentially more fucked as time rolls on without his characters in tow.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 05:51:27 No.89005821 Report

Quoted By:

>>89005668
The link Willis sent when I bought the damn subscription a few years back cuts off a few panels before the end.

http://joyceandwalky.com/members/theend.html

vs.

http://itswalky.com/members/theend.html

Years without a satisfying conclusion. Damn you Willis. Damn you to hell.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 05:51:36 No.89005822 Report

Quoted By: >>89005853 >>89006655

>>89005461
It ended quite a wile ago. There was a guy who posted all the direct links to the comics in /doag/ for quite a while, but he's not around so much anymore, and I never copypasta'd his post.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 05:52:43 No.89005843 Report

Quoted By: >>89006292

>>89005718
>Also, original Alex was based on a real person (his roommate)
Correction: internet friend, not roommate. He was Willis' roommate when he self-inserted into the Roomies! strip. https://www.itswalky.com/comic/out-there/

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 05:53:55 No.89005853 Report

Quoted By:

>>89005822
>>88978145
>---“Joyce and Walky” Dump---
http://pastebin.com/5MwZPhsE

Zagreus

Zagreus Mon 09 Jan 2017 05:54:19 No.89005860 Report

Quoted By: >>89005981 >>89006045 >>89006270 >>89006292

>>89005718

Holy shit. The fact that Willis has a cis character who is based on a real-life transwoman wouldn't NEARLY be as big of an issue if Willis didn't awkwardly call attention to it and then try to downplay the effects so people stop talking about it. If there was a worse way to handle this, I can't think of it.

Now he's stuck between having a character essentially make a joke out of her transition (which is ESPECIALLY egregious considering how SUPER SRS the Carla/Jocelyn storylines have been thus far) and having a character's gender identity become so purposefully vague that he can never be called out on his bullshit in writing her wrong. It's astounding to me. This entire thing took SO MUCH EFFORT on Willis' part - and for what? How much is this really adding to the story in any tangible way? Hell, this strip seems like a bizarre, pointless digression unless you know the full story, making this yet ANOTHER instance where you have to do research outside of the comic itself to understand what the hell is going on. What a shitshow.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 05:57:57 No.89005898 Report

Quoted By: >>89005981

>>89005385
They're probably quarters, not semesters. At least that's what we did in my school.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 06:02:27 No.89005981 Report

Quoted By: >>89006270 >>89006292

>>89005718
>original Alex was based on a real person who has since transitioned.
I don't think anybody would have known unless Willis said so.

>>89005860
I suppose that's why he just kicked Old Alex out of the story entirely. Unless, of course, New Alex is going to have a surprise twist in which they ARE Old Alex after having transitioned.

>>89005898
It's possible, especially given how Willis never plans to end freshman year. Just drag on and on through the first quarter, then have a break where he continues to pile on even more padding.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 06:06:39 No.89006045 Report

Quoted By: >>89006069 >>89006222 >>89006292

>>89005718
Oops, this should say "but *is* going to leave that open to interpretation." So, basically if you wanna think it's the same Alex, you can think that, if not you can think it's a different one.

Also, I expect this to change when Willis either wants to have it matter to the story, like having Carla meet her at group therapy, or if he thinks he needs to spite some detractor.

>>89005860
It is a pretty weird choice to straddle that line.
>SUPER SRS
intentional?

Zagreus

Zagreus Mon 09 Jan 2017 06:08:25 No.89006069 Report

Quoted By:

>>89006045
Wow. Didn't even see that when I was writing it out, lol. Freudian slip?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 06:09:14 No.89006083 Report

Quoted By: >>89006236

>>89005534
>yet his stories seem to end so abruptly
I think he has a problem empathizing with his readers; Often he doesn't explain enough, assuming his readers will fill in the blanks. There have been many times it felt like we were only getting half the story, and this has extended to the ends of his arcs as well (which also leads to him needing to clarify things for his readers).

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 06:19:21 No.89006222 Report

Quoted By:

>>89004165
>Like, does Willis want to be a President with a degree from Yale who is married to a womanchild who eats cereal in her pajamas while watching cartoons at home?
That sounds like the kind of Saturday Morning Cartoon that Willis would want to live in, yes.

>>89004951
WTF? How in the world is that unit on there? This is literal insanity. I know Willis didn't stay in college, but this annoys me.

>>89005225
Heck. No. I would be in far worse shape than Ruth ever was. The emotional whiplash alone would have killed me.

>>89005718
>I get that Danny is very much the relationship drama person, but his reaction seems more 'normal' if a bit overly concerned. Also, it's not that funny considering they broke up (and she got incredibly angry) because he talked to the wrong person. It's totally reasonable for him to be worried about pissing her off while just trying to make things easier for himself.
That hits me disturbingly close to home, emotionally.

>>89006045
Yeah, I get the feeling that he'll go back on that. Especially since he called attention to it like this.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 06:20:19 No.89006236 Report

Quoted By:

>>89006083
remember when he got made because his readers didn't realize that Carla was trans even though he never actually commented on it other than 2 vague as shit instances over 6 years?

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 06:23:30 No.89006270 Report

Quoted By: >>89006362

>>89005718
>>89005860
>>89005981
>trans person
>wanted by FBI for cyber crimes
>Willis thrives on esoteric, outdated references

ohohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 06:24:55 No.89006292 Report

Quoted By:

>>89006045
>>89005981
>>89005860
>>89005843
>>89005718
I am cringing so hard right now.

I edited the Walkypedia page before the actual New Alex comic went live. I refreshed the page to see if my changes were still there (They are).

Realized this tidbit is fairly horrifying when we recognize that the character is based on a transwoman:
>Though the name DarkPower451 looks sort of like Supergirl79, he doesn't pretend to be a girl on the internet any more.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 06:29:39 No.89006362 Report

Quoted By: >>89006562 >>89006768

>>89006270
Snowden on the streets, Manning in the sheets.

Well, so to speak. It's kind of a combination; it's more overtly Snowden than Manning given that Real Alex's trans status isn't meant to be gleaned by the reader unless they were acutely aware of Willis' Twitter feed.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 06:44:09 No.89006562 Report

Quoted By: >>89006606 >>89006649 >>89006830 >>89006942 >>89015056

>>89006362
Cerberus figured it and you can be damn sure she'd be offended if you didn't know Alex was trans

Zagreus

Zagreus Mon 09 Jan 2017 06:47:38 No.89006606 Report

Quoted By: >>89006749 >>89006758 >>89006764 >>89006768

>>89006562
How the hell is this even supposed to work, though? Alex transitions and suddenly they're unrecognizable to the class they've been teaching for weeks? This isn't goddamn Face/Off.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 06:49:54 No.89006649 Report

Quoted By:

>>89006562
>>88975878
>I'm just gonna go ahead and assume it's the same Alex.
I called it too, but with much fewer words.

Also, how can you call out the "nods to realism and our world-iness" and just skip over how fast the character's body changed over a few weeks? My excuse is that I just didn't give a shit, the hair was the exact same colour, the nose being similar and missing that garbage underline and that i didn't give a shit.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 06:50:20 No.89006655 Report

Quoted By:

>>89005822
I'm still here. I just let link anon post it now.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 06:56:51 No.89006749 Report

Quoted By:

>>89006606
makeup, lack of facial hair, and shes apparently lost a bunch of weight somehow. that and the students probably havent been paying much attention to their teachers appearance anyway

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 06:57:22 No.89006758 Report

Quoted By:

>>89006606
may i reiterate
>>88983236

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 06:57:57 No.89006764 Report

Quoted By: >>89008257

>>89006606
Alex is the most popular teacher on campus because she's a shapeshifter.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 06:58:28 No.89006768 Report

Quoted By: >>89007036

>>89006606
They have different facial features. Alex 2 has a smaller, more angular nose and pointy chin. Alex 2 is also thinner.

>>89006362
Maybe a bit of Assange thrown in as well.

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Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 07:02:08 No.89006814 Report

Quoted By: >>89006842 >>89006844 >>89006947 >>89009646 >>89009680 >>89012793 >>89014265 >>89018042

willis chiming in i guess

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 07:03:09 No.89006830 Report

Quoted By: >>89007036

>>89006562
Except their body types are different, Their facial structures are different and that even if that class is only once a week you'd think Alex would be incapable of making such a radical change.

For fuck's sake outside the medium of a comic you'd have someone say "Why does your voice sound odd." Honestly If was a trans person that'd actually piss me off more than anything else. Because now he's basically making light of how fucking long and complex the road to transitioning is and YET AGAIN is doing a MtF which, like making a lesbian character is like the EASIEST trans person to represent because there's more people who like the concept of ladyboys than Transmen.

Ugh. I REALLY fucking hope that's NOT where Willis is going with this.

Zagreus

Zagreus Mon 09 Jan 2017 07:04:38 No.89006842 Report

Quoted By:

>>89006814
And even when he's explaining shit he's still leaving it vague. "Alex doesn't HAVE to be the same person if you don't want them to be, wink wink nudge nudge oh god don't criticize me".

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 07:04:44 No.89006844 Report

Quoted By:

>>89006814

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 07:04:51 No.89006846 Report

Quoted By:

>>88975878
>HUGS BOSOM

This is one of those ironic shirts that are designed to 'punish' those with the nerve to look at it, isn't it?

>>88976219
It's either embarrassment, an anime o-face, or both.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 07:10:58 No.89006942 Report

Quoted By: >>89007031

>>89006562
Wait...seriously. Alex the old teacher and Alex the new teacher are the same person? That doesn't sound right or make sense at all...

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Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 07:11:16 No.89006947 Report

Quoted By: >>89006963 >>89007031 >>89008290 >>89015109

>>89006814
Y'know. I have no issue with trans people. I have trans friends. I've met plenty of them.

I have no idea but this makes me upset. It annoys the shit out of me and I can't put my finger on it.

>Is it the fact that he seems to be going out of his way to get brownie points?

>The fact that he clearly only wants to try doing MtF trans people and lesbian women?

>The fact that every trans person looks like a perfect female that was never a male and is bursting femininity (that flower's not at all overdone)

>The fact that he's potentially using it to completely arbitrarily change an old character of his for absolutely no reason.

>The fact that I know his fan base will jerk his dick right off about how progressive he is.

Honestly I'm getting so upset by this turn of events and I can't tell if I'm fed up with Willis or if I do still have a personal bias.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 07:11:59 No.89006963 Report

Quoted By: >>89007000 >>89007031 >>89007036 >>89007135

>>89006947
dude, shes based on an actual friend of his. shes trans because that friend is. thats it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 07:14:02 No.89007000 Report

Quoted By: >>89007045

>>89006963
a friend he hasn't seen ever or talked to in almost 20 years

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 07:15:45 No.89007031 Report

Quoted By: >>89007045

>>89006942
>>89006947
>>89006963
Given Alex 2's dialogue in the most recent strip, in-universe they're not the same person.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 07:15:53 No.89007036 Report

Quoted By:

>>89006768
>They have different facial features. Alex 2 has a smaller, more angular nose and pointy chin.
>>89006830
>their facial structures are different
This is referred to as "facial feminization." Or something like that. But it's an actual set of plastic surgery procedures to create a more feminine look.

>Because now he's basically making light of how fucking long and complex the road to transitioning is
Agreed.

>>89006963
I'm sure there's more to it than that. One of the things he said a while back was that he was avoiding using characters based on real people, even if they'd been in his other stuff. And it's unlikely that the transition occurred sometime between the character's last appearance and now.

He is shoving this really awkward strip in when it would have basically no impact on the audience if the character were left alone as is.

Also, I'd like to note that both Alexes use the same "Alex" tag on the site:
http://www.dumbingofage.com/tag/alex/

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 07:16:25 No.89007045 Report

Quoted By:

>>89007000
you can literally see they interacted on twitter today, and shes commented on the strip. theyre obviously still in contact

>>89007031
not what we're talking about

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 07:18:22 No.89007077 Report

Quoted By: >>89007102 >>89007211 >>89048587

Surprisingly enough, Shaggy has appeared in several other strips (6 times previous to this arc). His name is Norville.

http://www.dumbingofage.com/tag/norville/

Also, new pinup.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 07:19:52 No.89007102 Report

Quoted By:

>>89007077
well Norville is Shaggy's birthname

I guess the Mystery Gang is real in DOA world and somehow Willis thinks that Joyce and Gang si more interesting to read about than them

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 07:21:58 No.89007135 Report

Quoted By:

>>89006963
Alright that subsides my anger.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 07:26:28 No.89007211 Report

Quoted By: >>89007233

>>89007077
>more dorothy pin ups
>next one is probably Amber

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 07:27:44 No.89007233 Report

Quoted By: >>89007292

>>89007211
i mean it's not like Willis has dozens of characters to choose from. Clearly he had no choice but to reuse characters.

Zagreus

Zagreus Mon 09 Jan 2017 07:31:01 No.89007292 Report

Quoted By: >>89007335 >>89007350

>>89007233
And his Christian waifu and Asian autisticfu are obviously not for sexual, because he can't draw porn of them without feeling icky.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 07:33:42 No.89007335 Report

Quoted By: >>89007415

>>89007292
he can't draw guys either because 1) he can't draw dicks and 2) the thought of gay sex makes him "ass barfy"

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 07:34:43 No.89007350 Report

Quoted By:

>>89007292
Honestly I can get that. I mean y'know. I probably wouldn't shy away from suggestive stuff but I couldn't imagine doing full on porn of Joyce, Becky or Dina because yeah. I'd probably feel a bit bad too all things considered.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 07:40:11 No.89007415 Report

Quoted By: >>89008647

>>89007335
it gives him diarrhea? That's fucking WEIRD.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 07:43:55 No.89007457 Report

Quoted By:

>>89005385
This is the same way that Walky's grades are crap, despite how they shouldn't have done anything besides a few quizzes.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 07:52:21 No.89007576 Report

Quoted By: >>89007620 >>89007672 >>89032691

>>89004951
How delightful. A throwback I wouldn't have caught if I weren't looking at the strips with Shaggy in them.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 07:55:14 No.89007620 Report

Quoted By:

>>89007576
Well good for him for actually making Shaggy's design less half assed after all this time. He actually looks distinct. And not just "Danny with a goatie"

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 07:58:54 No.89007672 Report

Quoted By:

>>89007576
is Norville the best character in DOA?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 07:59:39 No.89007678 Report

Quoted By:

>>89004951

The perils of working ahead.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 08:50:04 No.89008257 Report

Quoted By:

>>89006764
Shapeshifter is 1000x cooler than "trans".

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 08:54:29 No.89008290 Report

Quoted By:

>>89006947

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 09:33:20 No.89008647 Report

Quoted By: >>89009868

>>89007415
Pretty sure Anon was speaking metaphorically about why Willis is afraid to draw actual gay sex.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 09:34:14 No.89008657 Report

Quoted By:

>>89004951

This is actually pretty good for Willis

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 09:56:29 No.89008839 Report

Quoted By:

>>89005223
No. Newspaper comics can be good.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 11:40:51 No.89009591 Report

Quoted By:

>>89005223

More like toilet paper tier.

The kind used in public school bathrooms

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 11:47:27 No.89009646 Report

Quoted By: >>89019857

>>89006814

So the older Alex is not the same as the new one, but the new one is Trans?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 11:51:21 No.89009680 Report

Quoted By: >>89010410

>>89006814

Why are progressives such retards?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 12:15:35 No.89009868 Report

Quoted By: >>89015045

>>89008647

No, he literally shits himself.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 13:11:45 No.89010410 Report

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>>89009680

Because they're all mental cases fighting so mental cases won't be seen as mental cases.

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Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 13:59:19 No.89010920 Report

Quoted By: >>89011370 >>89011719 >>89011922 >>89018042

Wat

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 14:45:45 No.89011370 Report

Quoted By:

>>89010920

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 15:15:12 No.89011719 Report

Quoted By:

>>89010920
>not licking your girlfriend.
Next time you wonder why she's so unsatisfied remember it's you! YOU!!!

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 15:31:15 No.89011922 Report

Quoted By:

>>89010920
She can probably tickle the cervix with that tongue.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 16:40:07 No.89012793 Report

Quoted By: >>89013295

>>89006814
Seriously? He's just throwing it out there without a second thought?
Willis, stop being a hack and let such details come naturally through your work. For all intents and purposes, you've just outed somebody who may or may not have ever WANTED to be outed. You've become Roz, goddammit.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 17:11:14 No.89013295 Report

Quoted By:

>>89012793
Yeah, it's no better than Carla outing Ruth and Billie.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 18:07:31 No.89014265 Report

Quoted By:

>>89006814

>Trans women
>Trans anyone

Gross.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 18:14:44 No.89014409 Report

Quoted By:

>>88973833
I make amateur bobbleheads, draw, design t-shirts and make video reviews. I also study a lot about history (mostly Cold War) and world politics.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 18:47:10 No.89015045 Report

Quoted By: >>89015206 >>89015319

>>89009868
Okay, I know it's fun to pick on Willis, but this one is getting out of control.

That stuff only happens when he randomly has a seizure. Willis is not stupid enough to say that drawing gay people gives him diarrhea. He would lose his audience immediately, because homophobia doesn't go over well with his readers.

>About once every year or two, stress of various kinds causes my gut to seize up, making me feel barfy and poopy and pee-y all at the same time, while also simultaneously making my brain fizz out until I am unconscious. It is fun! Usually this happens at pretty innocuous, private places, like in my apartment, and I can manage the whole deal pretty well without causing any problems. But sometimes it happens while watching Iron Man 2 on opening night, and SOMETIMES apparently it happens while I’m in an airplane flying home from Comic-Con International.
>For some reason, other people think this is a greater cause for alarm than I do, like airline attendants and the medical team they call to meet me at the airplane when it lands. ”I’ll be fine, just let me erupt from every orifice while unconscious in peace like God intended” is something I would say if I were not shutting down entirely as my eyelids flicker.
>(That last detail is a new one on me — no one’s ever seen me do it before.)
>Anyway, the worst part is when you wake up and the realization hits that NOPE that wasn’t a crazy dream you just had, you actually fucking exploded on an airplane. This is now your day.
And then you land and see the CNN coverage of ebola breakouts on the terminal teevees and then you’re all ohhhhh THAT’s why everyone else on the plane stared at me like I had come to destroy them.

http://itswalky.tumblr.com/search/barfy
http://itswalky.tumblr.com/post/93281353977/you-had-a-seizure-what-happened-are-you-okay
Abridged for relevance and space.

Minifig !!3kTkiqN0Gwz

Minifig !!3kTkiqN0Gwz Mon 09 Jan 2017 18:47:35 No.89015056 Report

Quoted By: >>89016200

>>88995879
Hiden objective games are my jam, but Resistance is kinda overrated.
>>88996601
I always thought about getting into 40K... then I realised that I like having money too much.
>>89004951
Oh boy, yet another Pokemon Go joke.
>>89006562
>Iain'tclickingthat.jpg

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 18:50:50 No.89015109 Report

Quoted By:

>>89006947
>>Is it the fact that he seems to be going out of his way to get brownie points?
>>The fact that I know his fan base will jerk his dick right off about how progressive he is.
These. It's the laziest kind of virtue signalling tokenism, yet people who claim to care about "representation" (which surely should mean putting some actual fucking effort into depicting people realistically) still lap it up. It's honestly depressing this is what liberalism has become.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 18:56:16 No.89015206 Report

Quoted By: >>89015319 >>89015370

>>89015045

I dunno, being retarded enough to wave off debilitating seizures as unworthy of concern seems worthy of picking.

I'd be more willing to cut him slack if he weren't such a smug cockbite. Maybe.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 19:02:00 No.89015319 Report

Quoted By: >>89017778

>>89015045
>>89015206

Also, being majorly uncomfortable with drawing homosex doesn't make homophobia. I think most every straight person would at least feel weird about it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 19:02:09 No.89015323 Report

Quoted By: >>89016200

>>88947440
>Leafs fan
Fuck the cast gets less and less redeemable. I miss when this comic was black and white, abot toys and didn't suck ass.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 19:04:19 No.89015370 Report

Quoted By:

>>89015206
>I dunno, being retarded enough to wave off debilitating seizures as unworthy of concern seems worthy of picking.
No, that's totally worth making fun of, and yes, he is a giant, smug turd. I'm just saying we need to work with the things that are true, not morphing one thing into a million other things.

VA anon

VA anon Mon 09 Jan 2017 19:46:56 No.89016200 Report

Quoted By:

>>89015056
> then I realised that I like having money too much.
you ain't lying.

>>89015323
>tfw fellow leafs fan
fuck it is suffering to like that team. they're the go to to make fun of hockey fans in canada and they fucking suck.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 20:52:22 No.89017778 Report

Quoted By:

>>89015319
>Also, being majorly uncomfortable with drawing homosex doesn't make homophobia. I think most every straight person would at least feel weird about it.
I'm sure the readers would crucify him if he said he was uncomfortable with it. Doesn't mean it is homophobia, but that's how they would take it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 21:02:56 No.89018042 Report

Quoted By: >>89018210

>>89006814
The sad part is he thinks clarifying his comic is a good thing, rather than a symptom of bad storytelling.

So we're up to what, 3 trans, 3 lesbians, how many bi? Is anyone straight anymore?

>>89010920
haha so wacky and endearing

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 21:09:09 No.89018210 Report

Quoted By: >>89019927 >>89023632 >>89032739

>>89018042
I know that was rhetorical, but here's the list anyway:

Straight:
1. Mary
2. Rapin’ Ryan
3. One of the Rachels (there are two)
4. Agatha (blonde Mormon)
5. Dorothy
6. Walky
7. Joyce
8. Amber/Amazi-Girl
9. Sarah
10. Sal
11. Jocelyne/Josh (likes guys) (Joyce’s sibling)
12. Roz
13. Joe
14. Jacob
15. Lucy (Malaya’s roomie)
16. Ken (pointless, works at Galasso’s)
17. Raidah (horrible person, hates Sarah, dating Jacob)

Bisexual:
1. Ruth
2. Marcie (mute, not deaf)
3. Billie
4. Danny
5. Mike (whichever preference spites you the most)
6. Sierra (footloose and fancy free)
7. Grace (dating Mandy, lives with her)
8. Mandy (looks like Willis)

Gay:
1. Becky
2. Leslie (Gender Studies prof)
Becky
3. Newspaper editor-in-chief (Daisy)
Becky
4. Ethan
Becky

Asexual:
1. Carla
2. Galasso (pizza man)

Generally undefinably not straight:
1. Robin
2. Malaya
3. Dina
4. Bryan (Tales of Sinterest)
5. Sayid (Tales of Sinterest)
6. Kaitlin (Becky’s old roomie)
7. Alice (Billie’s old friend)

Trans girl:
1. Josh/Jocelyne (straight [likes guys]) (Joyce’s sibling)
2. Carla (asexual)
3. New Alex

Entirely unknown (mostly because they are background characters that no one cares about--I pulled names from tags under strips):
1. Sydney Yus (worked at Galasso’s)
2. Other Rachel (purple hair)
3. Riley (youngest DeSanto, likes cereal)
4. Dean McHenry
5. Peyton (faceless student)
6. Frieda (Robin’s assistant)
7. Taylor (intern)
8. Tyler (intern)
9. Dawson (intern)
10. Arnold (strawman from Shortpacked! that has been the background twice)
11. Tony (football player that Danny tried to pick a fight with)
12. Asma (Muslim at front desk)
13. Meredith

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 22:18:33 No.89019857 Report

Quoted By: >>89020318 >>89021831 >>89022206

>>89009646
The old Alex is *possibly* the New Alex. He's decided to leave it vague for some reason. The new ones is trans for sure. They're probably the same person, but Willis is screwing it up.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 22:21:46 No.89019927 Report

Quoted By: >>89020043

>>89018210
Galasso isn't asexual, he has a kid.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 22:27:37 No.89020043 Report

Quoted By:

>>89019927
I think they might've put him there because there was this weird running "gag" that Galasso can't tell men and women apart and has some questionable ideas of how sex works.

But yeah, that doesn't necessarily mean he's asexual. That could also be a form visual agnosia of face blindness.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 22:38:37 No.89020318 Report

Quoted By: >>89021207

>>89019857
But New Alex seemed to be unfamiliar with the classes curriculum and Old Alex was seen the previous week. He would have had to have had the world's fastest and most effective transition over the weekend for his students not to be able to tell the difference.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 23:21:16 No.89021207 Report

Quoted By: >>89021226

>>89020318
That is logical. But Willis is being wishy-washy and weird about it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 23:21:57 No.89021226 Report

Quoted By:

>>89021207
What an asshole.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 23:52:11 No.89021831 Report

Quoted By: >>89027266 >>89027296

>>89019857
>The new ones is trans for sure.
We never would have guessed had Willis never said so.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Jan 2017 23:53:00 No.89021849 Report

Quoted By: >>89022397

Okay, I just got off a flight and I'm a bit beleaguered, so let me double-check.

*Willis based a cis character on someone who turned out to be trans and has since transitioned, and he now feels uncomfortable using them.
*Instead of taking the time out to write the character out, like he did with Ninja Rick and similar characters, he either had the character be trans and transition almost perfectly in an absurdly short amount of time while having them act completely different than the original character, or replaced him with a suspiciously similar substitute with literally one panel of explanation.
*Considering that we haven't seen that character in literal years, and they only appear in the context of class scenes (which Willis is increasingly shying away from), Willis could have probably avoided bringing the character back in the first place. Hell, this scene could probably be done with a cafeteria setting.
*And just to throw another monkey wrench into the situation, Willis claims that the new character is trans regardless of whether they're the same as the old character. If they are, then the problems I mentioned earlier still apply. If they aren't, then Willis is effectively making the character's prime trait being trans (since the only other things we know about her is that she takes care of her skin and is surprised at a class teaching HTML and right-mouse buttons in the same curriculum as we are), which is the very fucking definition of tokenism.

Did I miss anything?

The dewd !!fynVFEFUBTe

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The dewd !!fynVFEFUBTe Mon 09 Jan 2017 23:57:25 No.89021944 Report

Quoted By: >>89022174 >>89022414 >>89026068 >>89034792

Finished a new strip, and this chapter!

It took Willis 50 strips to do this chapter
It took me 29 strips.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Jan 2017 00:09:06 No.89022174 Report

Quoted By:

>>89021944
We're all very proud of you.

Now please go away.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Jan 2017 00:10:50 No.89022206 Report

Quoted By:

>>89019857

Thing is though the physiologists are VASTLY different.

No surgery or hormone treatment can change BONE STRUCTURE

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Jan 2017 00:20:38 No.89022397 Report

Quoted By: >>89027266 >>89027296

>>89021849
Other than how nobody would have ever known that New Alex was trans unless Willis stated so outright, you've pretty much got everything.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Jan 2017 00:21:43 No.89022414 Report

Quoted By: >>89022680

>>89021944
Like, these strips were funny at first, but now?

You are basically a less interesting David Willis with worse art. The entire exercise seems pointless and I am not sure who you think your audience is.

The dewd !!fynVFEFUBTe

The dewd !!fynVFEFUBTe Tue 10 Jan 2017 00:36:17 No.89022680 Report

Quoted By: >>89022862 >>89022964

>>89022414
I'm just doing it for fun.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Jan 2017 00:44:39 No.89022862 Report

Quoted By: >>89022926

>>89022680
>>89022680
Look at it this way dewd.

Every time you post your retarded bullshit, you distract us from focusing on Willis's shit and instead we have to talk about how awful you are at literally everything. You're ruining the soul of /doag/, which is shittalking that manchild and his retarded comic.

Do the right thing dewd. Stop posting.

The dewd !!fynVFEFUBTe

The dewd !!fynVFEFUBTe Tue 10 Jan 2017 00:47:03 No.89022926 Report

Quoted By:

>>89022862
>Soul
You guys have no soul and you know it, lol.

I mean, it's only one post, calm down my dude. These threads will always be here.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Jan 2017 00:48:12 No.89022964 Report

Quoted By: >>89023623

>>89022680
It's not fun for anybody else.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Jan 2017 00:49:52 No.89023016 Report

Quoted By: >>89023516

So, in case anyone's curious, the last time Alex appeared in the comic was during When Somebody Loved Me (i.e. back when Becky was good). The timeline sets that around September 23rd. And extrapolating from the timeline, it's about October 5th.

I was going to complain that there's no way the facial feminization surgery would have taken such a short amount of time (and for that drastic change in chin-shape, Alex would have needed the fucking surgery), but the estimated time from surgery to going back to work is about 2 weeks and it's been about 12 days since we last saw Alex, so it's not entirely unbelievable. And we skipped the last school week, so there could have been a substitute teacher.

Goddammit.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Jan 2017 01:16:12 No.89023516 Report

Quoted By:

>>89023016
Twelve days in total, but that assumes that Alex went to work that morning and got FFS that afternoon.

The dewd !!fynVFEFUBTe

The dewd !!fynVFEFUBTe Tue 10 Jan 2017 01:21:03 No.89023623 Report

Quoted By: >>89023923

>>89022964
Well then I guess it's not fun for you anon.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Tue 10 Jan 2017 01:21:22 No.89023632 Report

Quoted By: >>89023734 >>89024698 >>89024878

>>89018210
>Asma
>Muslim
>Undefined Sexual preference and gender
I think it's safe to throw her under a straight female.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Jan 2017 01:26:06 No.89023734 Report

Quoted By:

>>89023632
-muffled Mina from Paranatural in the background-

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Jan 2017 01:34:46 No.89023923 Report

Quoted By: >>89025110 >>89026068 >>89029746

>>89023623
It's not fun for anybody. And I'm pretty sure everyone here hates you.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Jan 2017 02:08:39 No.89024698 Report

Quoted By: >>89024838

>>89023632
>not wanting bisexual trap Asma
>not wanting slutty trans Asma
>not shipping Joyce/Asma

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Jan 2017 02:14:21 No.89024838 Report

Quoted By: >>89025119

>>89024698
>Awkward Christian Girl and Sardonic Muslim Girl. They fight crime.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Jan 2017 02:16:00 No.89024878 Report

Quoted By:

>>89023632
Of course she's bisexual. David Willis is devoting to showing how progressive he is by writing a comic about all these sexy freshmen girls scissoring each other.

And hey if she's bi then that means he has a chance too! Not like those untouchable, frigid lesbians.

The dewd !!fynVFEFUBTe

The dewd !!fynVFEFUBTe Tue 10 Jan 2017 02:24:52 No.89025110 Report

Quoted By: >>89025346 >>89025510

>>89023923
Nah, there's a good few that like it, /co/ is not a hivemind.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Jan 2017 02:25:05 No.89025119 Report

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>>89024838
>Sarah, Asma, Carla, and Mike form the Asshole League of Bloomington.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Jan 2017 02:33:46 No.89025346 Report

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>>89025110
Haven't all your thread attempts crashed and burned.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Jan 2017 02:39:49 No.89025510 Report

Quoted By: >>89025630 >>89029746

>>89025110
Literally nobody in this thread that isn't you samefagging likes your fucking garbage strips that aren't related to DoA at all at this point. Take your shit back to /hyw/ containment where you belong.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Jan 2017 02:44:10 No.89025630 Report

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>>89025510
I kind of like them, but they aren't good a lot of the time. I wish the art was better. If it wasn't posted all the time here I wouldn't even read it

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Jan 2017 02:59:15 No.89026068 Report

Quoted By: >>89026199

>>89021944
>>89023923
I don't hate him but I'd appreciate more effort. I think the concept of doing the corruptions of Willis' storylines but in fewer strips isn't actually laudable at all, especially when the results aren't better on any axis of quality. Half the strips with much better art/writing would be great, but three fifths that look pretty bad aren't anything to really cheer on.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Jan 2017 03:04:13 No.89026199 Report

Quoted By: >>89026356 >>89029746

>>89026068
I think the biggest issue is that he doesn't know exactly what it's supposed to be. A simple retelling of DoA except judiciously edited to see how many strips you can remove without impacting the plot? That's fine. A parody? That's fine. A deconstruction? A general riff on DoA that does its own thing? That's fine. All four at once? Nope.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Jan 2017 03:09:55 No.89026356 Report

Quoted By: >>89026516 >>89029746

>>89026199
It's a parody except the Joyce stand-in actually got raped.

Seriously what is your fucking defect dewd, you creepy piece of shit.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Jan 2017 03:15:39 No.89026516 Report

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>>89026356
Parody implies an exaggeration, which most of the time doesn't happen. Hell, the rape scene is probably the one point where you could definitively say it's a parody.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Jan 2017 03:41:44 No.89027266 Report

Quoted By: >>89027296

>>89021831
>>89022397
(1/2)

THIS is what chaps my ass the most (okay, second most but this a rant here) about Willis's writing. The fact that he leaves out SO GOD-DAMN MUCH and then he and his fans get monumentally pissy when people who don’t trawl through the comments of each and every strip, his tumblr and his twitter get confused by what's going on. Sal's parents compliment her straight hair? Obviously racist, as Willis said that was a fact in the comments and then he and his more zealous fans jumped on everyone who questioned the idea of racial motives in later comics, because it had already been explained.

Carla's transgender? The only indicators in the strip was that she's tall (‘cause tall girls don’t exist naturally – real women are shortstacks) and doesn't play on the roller derby term for unsaid reasons that the other girls "wouldn't care about", but Willis said outside the comic that Carla was trans, so I fucking guess Mary read the comments to find out! (seriously, how shit do you have to be to not even bother to establish your own PLOT POINTS - if Mary doesn't know Carla is trans, then how can she use a transphobic slur, trigger Ruth's ally senses, blackmail Ruth, cause Ruth to break up with Billie and go into a one-day funk? Answer: she can't, so she *has* to know somehow. Mary’s knowledge of Carla’s gender causes a fairly big butterfly effect. How do you set that up ahead of time? You're banned, that's how!

Here, New Alex is also transgender. Okay. Rather than letting us find that out organically - maybe Carla knows New Alex from a support group, maybe as someone who transitioned years before Carla did, New Alex has been a mentor to Carla to help her adjust - Willis just throws it out in the comments. It strangles potential plot hooks and character interactions in the crib.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Jan 2017 03:42:56 No.89027296 Report

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>>89021831
>>89022397
>>89027266

(2/2)

To be fair to Willis though, there is another side to this. Quite literally, it’s the gender of a very minor character that we’ll probably only see once a year. It’s nothing. A blip of minor information about a character who’ll be lucky to have more than half a dozen lines before being shoved into the basement with all the other professors, administrators, police officers, detectives and lawyers that should be swarming over this campus.

Revealing that New Alex is trans is not as bad as the other examples, since her gender is not likely to be an actual plot point. At least until in three months’ time when the new plot line begins about all the university’s LGBT+ characters being rounded up and shackled to the oars of the new president’s gold-plated luxury galley. Mary gets to beat the drums, of course. She also insists on donning a horned helmet, even after being informed that Vikings didn’t actually wear them.

…don’t look at me like that, you know this kind of story is coming.

But to come back to my original point, it’s a symptom of the larger issue, where the readers have to follow the comments, a twitter feed and a tumblr blog to learn information that SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE FUCKING COMIC to begin with.

Summary for those with short attention spans: revealing that New Alex is trans is not in and of itself bad, as it’s basically one trait of a character we’ll be lucky to see more than once a year, but taken with previous information dumps, it’s indicative of a much larger problem: there’s too much telling (and not even from the characters, from the author) rather than showing in the story.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Jan 2017 03:48:24 No.89027448 Report

Quoted By: >>89027533

To be fair, New Alex is something he's doing for a friend. It's not actually going to matter to the comic.

As much as I like how he writes Carla (sorry anons, I unironically believe she's a great character) he really did drop the ball with that, and the way everyone got so pissy you didn't trawl through his tumblr to find out why "YOURE GOING TO THE BOYS DORM" was bad was asinine.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Jan 2017 03:50:58 No.89027533 Report

Quoted By: >>89027655 >>89028523 >>89055081

>>89027448
okay seriously, how can you like Carla. I have several trans friends both male and female and every single one hates her guts

I'm literally asking you because I can't understand how you could like her personality so please try and help me understand

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Jan 2017 03:56:28 No.89027655 Report

Quoted By: >>89027854 >>89027928 >>89028011 >>89028139 >>89028523 >>89028661 >>89037218

>>89027533
Trans characters in fiction always have to be perfect angels (FUCKING CLAIRE) so I like that Carla can be an annoying jerk who pisses people off for no reason.

Everyone likes to shit on the whole Mary thing, and you're not wrong, but I did enjoy that we could acknowledge Carla was being an asshole, and also that she didn't deserve to have being trans thrown in her face. And I liked that instead of doubling down and making Carla into a pure perfect victim, she then proceeds to be a dick to Dorothy for literally no reason and forcibly out Ruth and Billie by being an idiot.

If later on Carla just goes Full Becky and starts farting in people's faces while being handed a lifetime supply of chocolate for existing, then yeah, fuck her. For now, I think she's great.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Jan 2017 04:05:42 No.89027854 Report

Quoted By: >>89027951

>>89027655
so you like Carla for being a piece of shit?

see, I hate Carla for being a piece of shit, it has nothing to do with her being trans she's just a horrible asshole and a hypocrite to boot.

she's also never been really confronted on her assholish nature. Billie said one thing once over outing her and Ruth but then it's never brought up again.

It sounds like you just like Carla because she can get away with being an asshole by being trans, though I don't think that's your intent

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Jan 2017 04:09:24 No.89027928 Report

Quoted By: >>89028210

>>89027655
Conceptually, a trans person being an outright jerk instead of a good person isn't a bad idea.
I'm not that Anon, but to me half the problem is that Carla's been given a free ticket to do as she pleases because she's trans. It's not that Carla goes "BECAUSE I'M TRANS" to get out of problems, but that it's others who give her a pass because of it. Why does Ruth go after Mary for her insult? Because Carla's trans. Why does Carla only get yelled at by Billie for directly causing Ruth to possibly lose her job, while Mary gets socked in the jaw for only blackmailing the two? Because Carla's too trans to punch.

I agree that Carla's an asshole. I agree that Carla being a trans asshole can be an interesting take on such a character. But the problem for me is that nobody else seems to think that Carla is an asshole, as if she were Mr. Snuffleupagus and Mary is Big Bird.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Jan 2017 04:10:14 No.89027951 Report

Quoted By: >>89028048

>>89027854
I like that Carla is trans and instead of being a snowflake she ends up being an annoying jerk.

If, like, she does something really bad at some point but just gets a by because she's trans, the way Becky constantly violates boundaries and acts like a creepass but it's okay because she's gay and sassy, then my interest in her was misplaced. For now I don't think that's what Willis was getting at with her character.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Jan 2017 04:12:31 No.89028011 Report

Quoted By: >>89028210

>>89027655

>I did enjoy that we could acknowledge Carla was being an asshole, and also that she didn't deserve to have being trans thrown in her face

That point was dropped since he retconned it into an evil plan by Mary from start to finish to misgender Carla and blackmail Ruth.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Jan 2017 04:13:34 No.89028048 Report

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>>89027951
oh okay, I see where you're coming from

but I think Carla already is a special snow flake, at least to the readers who comment which is Willis' biggest demographic and the people who actually pay him

see Carla is pretty much just Mike, they serve the same purpose almost by saying harsh truths to move the plot along. Except Mike is seen as the second worst character in the strip next to Mary by the comment section while Mary is seen as one of the best because she sticks it to Mary.

I don't see Carla ever having any sort of conflict oustside of dealing with Mary because no one else has a problem with her in the strip, nobody on the floor even reacts to her antics EXCEPT Mary

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Jan 2017 04:17:35 No.89028139 Report

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>>89027655

>If later on Carla just goes Full Becky and starts farting in people's faces while being handed a lifetime supply of chocolate for existing, then yeah, fuck her.

She's already there, anon. Carla acts like a bitch to everyone but never gets serious push back for it. As a character she is afforded plenty of leeway to act like a snide cunt by everyone except Mary. She even brags about how rich her parents are and how privileged she is, and not once does she ever get smacked down for it.

In terms of narrative bias she's at Becky's level, minus the stupid car chase.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Jan 2017 04:21:26 No.89028210 Report

Quoted By: >>89033373

>>89027928
>>89028011

Yeah as much as I like Carla, he has totally fucked writing Mary, but because his audience has the emotional range of a bunch of 7-year olds with bad sidecuts, he keeps getting praised for it.

Remember when all this started and it took Carla annoying Mary over and over before she actually said something genuinely hurtful to her? That was great, and more, that's real. A lot of people who spew bigoted shit have that "it's fine as long as they stay out of my way" mentality, so Mary not just immediately jumping to it makes her more real.

And now she's directly responsible for Ruth's near-death and brags about it and we're supposed to laugh when Billie punches her and blackmails her. You can practically hear Willis grind his fucking teeth whenever he draws her.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Jan 2017 04:34:48 No.89028523 Report

Quoted By: >>89037218

>>89027655
>>>89027533
>Trans characters in fiction always have to be perfect angels (FUCKING CLAIRE) so I like that Carla can be an annoying jerk who pisses people off for no reason.

Claire is kind of a dick though, and in a realistic, low-key sort of way that wouldn't have anyone confronting her because it's not at a level to warrant the effort. Carla should have people telling her to fuck off daily.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Jan 2017 04:41:33 No.89028661 Report

Quoted By: >>89028685

>>89027655
Not the other guy, but I guess that's fair.

Personally, I feel like Carla not being a model minority is tainted by the fact that Willis treats being an asshole as okay behavior for a lot of his 'good' characters. I mean, overriding the concerns of other characters to pursue their own benefit is basically the raison d'etre for Becky, Billie, and Amber and, to a lesser extent, Dorothy or Walky. And Willis protected her pretty well from the consequences of her one and only subplot. She makes a nuisance of herself in the halls, and she only gets the ire of the person that nobody likes. She gets insulted, and she beats the person she insulted over the head with cash and superior mechanical expertise. She pisses off the second-most volatile person on the hall and she gets off with a bit of harsh language when, given her temperament and Billie's, things could and probably should have gotten just as violent. And we never see her suffering any long-term after-effects from anything she does. Compare that to Joyce, who drove off her potential rapist but now has trouble walking by herself on campus, or Sarah, who fucked over her social life for her grades and is now a social pariah.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Jan 2017 04:42:34 No.89028685 Report

Quoted By: >>89028923

>>89028661
cont.

And to make it worse, Willis asks us to have sympathy for Carla's status as a transgender (with a fucking argument about cartoons with the most emotionally-stunted character in the cast bar Becky, no less) without really doing the work to reconcile her duality as a potential victim of abuse and discrimination *and* a free standing asshole with rich coddling parents. I mean, to use a well-known example, Vriska from Homestuck was a piece of shit and I hated her fucking guts, but when Hussie addressed her incredibly shitty childhood and her complete failure at making friends normally, it didn't ring false because it was appropriately colored by the fact that Vriska's response to her issues was to become a complete asshole. It can be done and, considering how many legitimate fans Vriska has, can be done well, but it takes work that Willis refuses to do (big surprise)

And I do like the concept of a selfish minority character in isolation. But in the context of the comic's already unrealistic deference towards selfish behavior and selective consequences, Carla's just as coddled in the context of DoA as Claire is in QC. More so even, because Claire is, in herself, a bit of an ass and while Martin could respond a bit more to that, enough of the other characters respond to her being an ass enough for me to accept her.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Jan 2017 04:55:27 No.89028923 Report

Quoted By: >>89029503

>>89028685
Willis keeps giving us random flashbacks to Sal and Walky's childhood that do nothing when he should have been giving them to Carla. With Carla being an asshole having her say that she was lonely and picked on as a kid doesn't engender sympathy, it just makes one think Carla was an asshole as a kid too. Carla being rich or having loving, adoring parents isn't an obstacle to her being an asshole or her being sympathetic, it's just that you have to actually work in a reason other than a vague, "other kids were mean to me," speech. Just from meeting his parents we can make a better inference about why Mike is an asshole than we have ever been able to with Carla.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Jan 2017 05:21:48 No.89029503 Report

Quoted By: >>89029658

>>89028923
I hate that Carla acknowledges she's a turd but says the other kids were mean to her ~for some reason.~

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Jan 2017 05:30:11 No.89029658 Report

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>>89029503
One could fix that with just three flashback strips.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Jan 2017 05:34:09 No.89029746 Report

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>>89023923
>>89025510
>>89026199
>>89026356
Just report the posts as off-topic and move on.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Jan 2017 05:49:14 No.89030007 Report

Quoted By: >>89030159

bumping for patreanon

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Anonymous Tue 10 Jan 2017 05:54:41 No.89030095 Report

Quoted By: >>89030250

meanwhile, in a better comic,with a compelling plot and interesting characters navigating a silly mystery while having complex relationships...

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Jan 2017 05:58:37 No.89030159 Report

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>>89030007
I think his name is now VAtreanon.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Jan 2017 06:03:54 No.89030250 Report

Quoted By: >>89030475 >>89030634

>>89030095
isn't this that comic where a lesbian got her brother arrested?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Jan 2017 06:18:06 No.89030475 Report

Quoted By: >>89032085

>>89030250
i can't remember, but one girl did allow her younger, high-school aged sister get sucked into hell, where she quickly mean-girled her way to the throne with the help of her friend-zoned boyfriend-who-turned-into-a-horse.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Jan 2017 06:27:28 No.89030634 Report

Quoted By: >>89030661

>>89030250
Shauna isn't a lesbian, although she may be fancying a curry.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Jan 2017 06:29:12 No.89030661 Report

Quoted By: >>89030742

>>89030634
link to the comic you're talking about?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Jan 2017 06:33:55 No.89030742 Report

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>>89030661
http://scarygoround.com/

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Jan 2017 08:01:07 No.89032085 Report

Quoted By: >>89033727

>>89030475
What? Even Willis isn't that insane.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Jan 2017 08:51:16 No.89032691 Report

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>>89007576
>>89004951
I know Willis doesn't know anything about computers, but can't he do better than using something so obviously stupid?

And this is another case where he does a throwback to a strip that I'm sure most people wouldn't remember, with it being from 2011 and all.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Jan 2017 08:56:40 No.89032739 Report

Quoted By: >>89032809

>>89018210

Bisexual:
1. Ruth
2. Marcie (mute, not deaf)
3. Billie
4. Danny
5. Mike (whichever preference spites you the most)
6. Sierra (footloose and fancy free)
7. Grace (dating Mandy, lives with her)
8. Mandy (looks like Willis)

Generally undefinably not straight:
1. Robin
2. Malaya
3. Dina
4. Bryan (Tales of Sinterest)
5. Sayid (Tales of Sinterest)
6. Kaitlin (Becky’s old roomie)
7. Alice (Billie’s old friend)

A more pertinent question, how many of these characters are dating people of the opposite sex, as opposed to in a same-sex relationship or not dating?

Bisexuals never date the opposite gender in comics, what's the point?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Jan 2017 09:06:37 No.89032809 Report

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>>89032739
There's hope for Kaitlin and Alice. We don't know what they did with their lives after they left Becky and Billie behind.

Danny has, for the most part, been defined by his girlfriends, until he suddenly realized he has the hots for Ethan.

Mike married Amber in Shortpacked, which isn't even the same universe, but whatever.

So there's not anything particularly significant in-comic of not-straight people doing hetero dating.

Like... so many of them could date whoever, and instead, they're just wallowing in the background.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Jan 2017 10:11:48 No.89033373 Report

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>>89028210
One of the things I don't like about Carla is that she is so self-absorbed that she thinks that her trans status is what Mary hates the most, out of everything Mary hates.

And rather than address that clearly absurd statement (since Mary makes it quite clear that she hates other things more), Willis's fans see that as a heroic moment.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Jan 2017 10:54:57 No.89033727 Report

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>>89032085

The difference is that John Allison is talented. None of that is out of the left field or tonally inappropriate to his work. Moreover, he's going a relatively successful ongoing at Boom!, and his Bad Machinery books are popular with both kids and his online audience. It's difficult enough to write for kids, never-mind juggling cross-over appeal like that, appealing to both audiences. Willis certainly couldn't do that.

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VA anon Tue 10 Jan 2017 12:58:00 No.89034717 Report

Quoted By: >>89034849 >>89034877 >>89035574 >>89037577 >>89038001 >>89038160 >>89038222

ow, my fucking neck.

this fucking shift just gave me emotional whiplash.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Jan 2017 13:09:20 No.89034792 Report

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>>89021944
Seriously, drop this fucking shit and focus on west tree.
Nobody wants to read a copycat of a shitty story. While your art and writing are far from good, at least the other one was entertaining.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Jan 2017 13:15:37 No.89034849 Report

Quoted By: >>89034966 >>89035581

>>89034717
Now that I think of it, isn't Ruth a Canadian citizen? She might have to leave the country if she is expelled.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Jan 2017 13:18:55 No.89034877 Report

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>>89034717
So Billie is going to end up happy, in a three way with Dorothy and Walky?

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Anonymous Tue 10 Jan 2017 13:29:12 No.89034966 Report

Quoted By: >>89034992

>>89034849
No kidding?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Jan 2017 13:32:53 No.89034992 Report

Quoted By: >>89035581

>>89034966
Maybe. That would be a legit fear that could occur to someone putting a lot of intense thought into this situation because it could have a huge effect on their life instead of some vague shit like "life doesn't let me get what I want."

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Jan 2017 14:35:44 No.89035574 Report

Quoted By:

>>89034717

Billie stopped using contractions briefly in Panel 3

Odd

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Jan 2017 14:36:10 No.89035581 Report

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>>89034849
>>89034992
Ruth is Canadian, but I would assume that she's lived in America with her grandfather since her parents died. Otherwise it makes little sense for her to be attending IU, as she'd pay significantly less tuition in Canada.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Jan 2017 16:31:38 No.89037218 Report

Quoted By: >>89037605

>>89027655
>>89028523
>Claire is kind of a dick though
Yeah, Faye and her brother even ended up blowing up at her due to her behaviour.

(The issue with Claire more has to do with her having that spiel about how tough her life is when none of that struggle has been shown in the comic. Especially when it usurped a conversation about AI, whose struggles have been explored to *some* extent in QC.)

>Carla should have people telling her to fuck off daily.
DoA has this issue where a decent amount of characters who should hate each other just co-exist for no reason without any friction until they do something really bad. Also, characters who should be friends just treat each other like garbage for no reason. It's weird. Mike gets to hang around where he isn't wanted a lot, Amber's trio seem to have no actual friendly chemistry most of the time. Sal and Marcie are supposed to be friends, but the last time they hung out, Marcie was just completely annoyed by Sal's presence. It makes the cases of characters who are disliked for their attitude stand out way more.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Jan 2017 16:52:44 No.89037577 Report

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>>89034717
>Dorothy is bubbling while Billie is sober
Let me guess. Dorothy's going to end up interviewed alongside Roz for the RA position, and she loses a major battle due to her being buzzed, and the Trump/Clinton analogy continues.

Also, Willis still can't draw hands.

Also, the secret password is "conflict".

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Jan 2017 16:54:28 No.89037605 Report

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>>89037218
Sal and Marcie's relationship really isn't a good example as their entire dynamic is purposely Sal being possessive and clingy. It's made worse by Willis' decision to make Marcie mute, his style doesn't lend well to body language or subtle facial expressions.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Jan 2017 17:18:46 No.89038001 Report

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>>89034717
holy crap, this is insane and melodramatic

it feels like the lines were ripped out of a daytime soap opera

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Jan 2017 17:25:49 No.89038160 Report

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>>89034717
This one isn't terrible so I can give a more standard critique.
I'd drop the "just" from panel 2 balloon 1, the sentence is kinda awkward and I don't find it adds anything.

>Conflict of interests
I think "interests" is usually singular in that phrase.

>It is how life is.
Strange wording. I don't have any problem with it being a general statement, as Billie does tend to generalize like this.

>She was something that I wanted.
I get that this is leading into a general statement about "things Billie wants" but the objectification is kinda weird. How about "I want(ed) her (to stay)"

Panels 4 and 5 are nice in how they contrast Dorothy and Billie. Billie is used to rewards because of her inherent nature, Dorothy is more used to working hard for what she gets. Also, Dorothy frames getting what you want as entirely a function of working hard enough, something I'm not sure she entirely believes or is just telling Billie to motivate her. It would be a nice wrinkle for her. Right now, Billie has equated her lack of rewards with a lack of personal value, so she sees herself as worthless. It would be interesting to have her respond to Dorothy's assertion in panel 5. It's pretty good use of the word deserve, which can mean entitlement, but has also meant earning something.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Jan 2017 17:29:10 No.89038222 Report

Quoted By: >>89038864 >>89039007

>>89034717
Oh goddammit, he did the 'let's take a break from the emotional bit for a three-strip scene that has nothing to do with anything' bit again. And it's even worse then last time.

What the fuck is pacing?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Jan 2017 18:02:37 No.89038864 Report

Quoted By: >>89039007

>>89038222
Willis literally couldn't think of a list of reasons why Billie likes Ruth, so he had to cut away during that part. It also functioned as a short time skip to Dorothy being tipsy, but you wouldn't need a cutaway for that.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Jan 2017 18:09:46 No.89039007 Report

Quoted By: >>89039588 >>89039608 >>89039656 >>89040187 >>89044039 >>89045102

>>89038222
>>89038864
>Willis literally couldn't think of a list of reasons why Billie likes Ruth, so he had to cut away during that part.
I wanna expand on this, because it isn't a joke. Billie and Ruth's relationship is extremely toxic and co-dependent. If she were to try and explain it to Dorothy, it would 100% raise some red flags to being unhealthy as fuck. And Dorothy would have some reaction to that, either verbal or just through her expressions. Or, Billie could change the subject, which would also be weird, and Dorothy would probably respond by sharing about her relationship with Walky to get her to open up. And even if Billie never did explain, that failure to explain would also be important.

It's not something that should've been skipped over, and "She was *nice?* She was so *pretty?*" doesn't count. By skipping that part, he's cheating. I didn't really think about it that much until you mentioned the shitty cutaway, but it's true.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Jan 2017 18:37:04 No.89039588 Report

Quoted By: >>89040187 >>89044120

>>89039007
Even if Billie can't list a reason why she likes Ruth, Willis could have used it for character growth. Billie is a bully and a bitch, for her to continue to want to be with Ruth even though she's no longer getting any benefit out of it and wanting Ruth to get help and be okay would point to a development of empathy not really seen from the character.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Jan 2017 18:38:06 No.89039608 Report

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>>89039007
I remember seeing something Willis said about how he kept things moving in the comic. In order to give the illusion of time passing, he swaps characters.

But this was an awful time to skip ahead, and the writing for this strip is atrocious. He sapped all the meaning and interest out of it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Jan 2017 18:40:10 No.89039656 Report

Quoted By: >>89039981 >>89040187

>>89039007
shut up they're lesbians that makes it ok

stop being a bigot

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Jan 2017 18:55:59 No.89039981 Report

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>>89039656
I wish a domestic violence researcher would discover DoA.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Jan 2017 19:05:33 No.89040187 Report

Quoted By: >>89040515

>>89039007
>>89039588
Writing complications and nuances into a relationship is hard, so Willis just changes the question and switches to another scene.

>>89039656
I have to wonder how much of his core audience falls for his tricks to just dismiss the more troubling aspects of these relationships as "quirky lesbians being quirky".

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Jan 2017 19:20:18 No.89040515 Report

Quoted By: >>89041933

>>89040187
I'm amazed that there isn't a lesbian who has been in a toxic relationship in the comments section.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Jan 2017 20:24:16 No.89041933 Report

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>>89040515
As if Willis would let a comment critiquing the relationship actually make it through to be posted.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Tue 10 Jan 2017 20:53:18 No.89042490 Report

Quoted By: >>89045809 >>89046896

OwO What's This?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Jan 2017 22:02:41 No.89044039 Report

Quoted By: >>89044855 >>89045781

>>89039007
>I wanna expand on this, because it isn't a joke. Billie and Ruth's relationship is extremely toxic and co-dependent. If she were to try and explain it to Dorothy, it would 100% raise some red flags to being unhealthy as fuck. And Dorothy would have some reaction to that, either verbal or just through her expressions. Or, Billie could change the subject, which would also be weird, and Dorothy would probably respond by sharing about her relationship with Walky to get her to open up. And even if Billie never did explain, that failure to explain would also be important.
I would really love to see any of this. Maybe I'll do some writing.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Jan 2017 22:06:38 No.89044120 Report

Quoted By: >>89044184

>>89039588
>for her to continue to want to be with Ruth even though she's no longer getting any benefit out of it and wanting Ruth to get help and be okay would point to a development of empathy not really seen from the character
...what? thats the entire foundation of why she was with ruth in the first place.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Jan 2017 22:10:03 No.89044184 Report

Quoted By: >>89044607

>>89044120
No, she hooked up with Ruth after Ruth made out with her after weeks of abuse, then engaged in a codependent relationship with Ruth that simultaneously allowed her to wallow in her own self-destructiveness and place herself in a position of power by acting as a maternal figure to Ruth.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Jan 2017 22:30:29 No.89044607 Report

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>>89044184
Don't forget Ruth provided a stead stream of alcohol to a minor.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Jan 2017 22:41:46 No.89044855 Report

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>>89044039
>if the vulnerable character were to drop her guard even for a moment, it would initiate interpersonal conflict

guess we know what isn't going to happen

VA anon

VA anon Tue 10 Jan 2017 22:52:41 No.89045102 Report

Quoted By: >>89045343

>>89039007
Reminder that willis broke up ethan and his boyfriend in S! because the boyfriend wanted him to acknowledge his addictions that were inconveniencing people around him.

And we were supposed to side with ethan after he found an enabler AND he chewed out the guy for calling him on his addiction, just because ethan had met someone whose addiction was slightly more self-destructive.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Jan 2017 23:04:24 No.89045343 Report

Quoted By: >>89045535

>>89045102
Willis doesn't see toxic abuses (be it relationship, emotional, or material) as a problem. The Transformers this was his own way off telling the world he doesn't have a problem, but I'm sure if we looked at his collection, it would be aweful. Ethen's character shows he doesn't understand what's wrong with collecting toys to the point of making your friends drive you all over town to find one figure and putting burdens on other because there's no space. Amber needs real psychological help, but Willis love Batman. Even though he loves to talk about how his comic has real world implications, he thinks that what Amber is doing is okay because my comic hero does it. No one has really told amber she has a problem and needs help because willis doesn't think it's one. Same with the toxic Billy and Ruth relationship. They were the first (?) Lesbian couple in DoA. So obviously he doesn't want that to end, even though it's very problematic.

VA anon

VA anon Tue 10 Jan 2017 23:14:31 No.89045535 Report

Quoted By: >>89045827

>>89045343
>No one has really told amber she has a problem and needs help because willis doesn't think it's one.
Danny, Dorothy, and Sal have all told her that. In fact, that's why Amber dumped danny.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Jan 2017 23:25:58 No.89045781 Report

Quoted By: >>89045805 >>89051467 >>89051511

>>89044039
>Dorothy: It's okay. You can talk about it with me. I'm in a pretty silly relationship. Can't be any stranger than Walky throwing a toy at my head. I don't even know what to call him during sex. *awkward laugh*
>Billie: Little Miss Perfect is in a "silly" relationship. I'm sure you wouldn't want that being advertised when you become president or whatever.
>Dorothy: My point is that relationships are hard to talk about sometimes. But I think it would help you. You said she threw a chair at you. Why did she do that?
>Billie: Oh, uh, I was just causing problems. Like I always do.
>Dorothy: Okay, well, um, what else can you tell me about how you got together? How did you know you liked her? All we ever saw was you two fighting.
>Billie: She kissed me.
>Dorothy: Oh?
>Billie: After she threw me against the wall.
>Dorothy: Oh.
>Billie: I told her to screw herself. Or something. I don't remember. I remember being angry. But it was flattering, I guess.
>Dorothy: Flattering?
>Billie: Yeah, I'm... I guess I'm just into that.
>Dorothy: So what about all those fights in the hallway? Were they all for show?
>Billie: Some of them were real.
>Dorothy: That... doesn't seem healthy. You kind of vanished for a while there. Where were you?
>Billie: With Ruth. Drinking. *holds up bottle for emphasis* We had like... I think I called a "sexy lesbian suicide pact."
>Dorothy: *concerned face*
>Billie: What? I couldn't exactly tell anyone. Not without Ruth getting in trouble for drinking and ... and for being with me.
>Dorothy: Um. Okay. That doesn't sound great. Let's switch gears. How was she nice to you?
(to be continued)

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Jan 2017 23:27:01 No.89045805 Report

Quoted By: >>89051467 >>89051511 >>89052575

>>89045781
>Billie: She, uh.... She, um... She let me stay with her?
>Dorothy: And...?
>Billie: She let me drink with her?
>Dorothy: Anything else? *very clearly concerned*
>Billie: We cuddled. I guess you could call it that. Look, I just miss her, okay? The "why" of it is not important.
>Dorothy: I care for Walky, you know.
>Billie: Good for you. *getting drunker*
>Dorothy: I'm just with him for fun, but I do love him. Do you love Ruth?
>Billie: Of course I do.
>Dorothy: Walky might be a moron, but he's my moron, you know?
>Billie: Yeah?
>Dorothy: Yeah, he can be really sweet sometimes.
>Billie: I guess... I guess I can't think of any times that Ruth was really genuinely sweet. She's cute. She's beautiful. I guess that's all that matters. *falls asleep*
>Dorothy: *pats her on the head and gets a glass of water* Get some rest. Ruth will be back soon enough. Maybe. And maybe love is enough.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Jan 2017 23:27:24 No.89045809 Report

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>>89042490
Maybe he'll calm down if I jerk him off through his pants?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Jan 2017 23:28:24 No.89045827 Report

Quoted By: >>89046172

>>89045535
but Danny is the least liked hero in DOA, that means his wrong because he's unpopular

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Jan 2017 23:45:10 No.89046172 Report

Quoted By: >>89046616

>>89045827
People like Danny now because he's into men. Immediately after Amber dumped him he went to Ethan and told him how much he wanted to fuck him.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 11 Jan 2017 00:05:50 No.89046616 Report

Quoted By: >>89046983 >>89047162

>>89046172
So would the fans like Mary if she liked girls?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 11 Jan 2017 00:20:07 No.89046896 Report

Quoted By: >>89046981

>>89042490
Tony going zombie berserk.

I miss Tony. He should show more often, being El Capitan of the Futbol Team and the Dean's son.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 11 Jan 2017 00:24:18 No.89046981 Report

Quoted By: >>89047089

>>89046896

He's way too white, cis, blonde, and normal.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 11 Jan 2017 00:24:21 No.89046983 Report

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>>89046616
Maybe, on the one hand you'd have people tripping over themselves to justify her asshole behavior by virtue of being repressed and closeted, on the other hand you'd have people despising her for passing privilege and being closeted. Cerb would write nine pages about trans-exclusionary lesbianism.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 11 Jan 2017 00:29:28 No.89047089 Report

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>>89046981
Make him macho gay. The kind of hard gay that'd call Rob Halford a sissy faggot.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 11 Jan 2017 00:32:49 No.89047162 Report

Quoted By: >>89048340

>>89046616
Oh no doubt.

These people overlook Ruth being a violent sex predator, for god's sake.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 11 Jan 2017 01:32:31 No.89048340 Report

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>>89047162
It's scary that people think their relationship is healthy.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 11 Jan 2017 01:44:12 No.89048587 Report

Quoted By: >>89048699 >>89048722

>>89007077

Little disappointed the new pinup hasn't been linked here yet.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 11 Jan 2017 01:49:03 No.89048699 Report

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>>89048587
sounds like someone needs to rise to the occasion and replace our old pornanon

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 11 Jan 2017 01:50:03 No.89048722 Report

Quoted By: >>89049326

>>89048587
Plus, there are two others we haven't seen yet: Ruth/Billie and Joe's dad.

It sucks, but no one is willing to pay for a monthly Slipshine fee.

We could let a few more build up, and then someone could do it and post them all at once.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 11 Jan 2017 01:51:28 No.89048745 Report

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>>88975174
This is the same Alex as before, but after a "transition". Calling it now.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 11 Jan 2017 02:22:56 No.89049326 Report

Quoted By: >>89049870 >>89051106

>>89048722
Has Slipshine ever been worth the monthly fee?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 11 Jan 2017 02:49:31 No.89049870 Report

Quoted By: >>89050340

>>89049326
Not recently, so I've heard. It's why they've continued to reach out to Willis, I think. Apparently one-month subscriptions spiked whenever he published a new comic.

So I'd assume they had him stretch out his latest "comic" into a series of pin-up drawings. Either that, or he suggested it himself so that he wouldn't have to spend time drawing the comic all at once; he's made pin-ups on the whim of Twitter polls and within 48 hours.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 11 Jan 2017 03:09:32 No.89050340 Report

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>>89049870
I wouldn't imagine a monthly subscription model is very viable in a microtransaction economic model.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 11 Jan 2017 03:45:07 No.89051106 Report

Quoted By: >>89051374 >>89051806

>>89049326
Maybe if you consume a LOT of porn.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 11 Jan 2017 03:57:06 No.89051342 Report

Quoted By: >>89051398 >>89051429 >>89051538

Which one of you fags is posting Dewd's shit on /v/?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 11 Jan 2017 03:58:26 No.89051374 Report

Quoted By: >>89051806

>>89051106
I don't know, I had access to it a few years ago and it didn't seem like it'd be worth even a few bucks a month.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 11 Jan 2017 03:59:56 No.89051398 Report

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>>89051342
Are you sure it's not dewd himself?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 11 Jan 2017 04:01:09 No.89051429 Report

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>>89051342
Dewd. Who else?

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 11 Jan 2017 04:02:50 No.89051467 Report

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>>89045781
>>89045805
Nice. I like how all Billie has to do is describe their interactions and the issues become apparent.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 11 Jan 2017 04:05:29 No.89051511 Report

Quoted By: >>89051702 >>89052235

>>89045781
>>89045805
Nice. I like how all Billie has to do is describe their interactions and the issues become apparent.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 11 Jan 2017 04:07:20 No.89051538 Report

Quoted By:

>>89051342
Don't blame us. We don't want him either.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 11 Jan 2017 04:17:02 No.89051702 Report

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>>89051511
I'm pretty sure that if you do that with all the relationships similar issues become apparent.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 11 Jan 2017 04:22:46 No.89051806 Report

Quoted By: >>89051855 >>89051878 >>89051935

>>89051106
>>89051374
You see, I DO consume a lot of porn, just not low quality porn. A majority of the comics on slipshine are TERRIBLE or at the very least uninteresting. Not worth money at all. There are a few gems, like linburger and titty time, but they are rare.

There is no point to slipshine when things like Alphie exist for free. Or the Rocks Cocks. Or the guy that does scrub diving/space pulp and the like. All free and quality works

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 11 Jan 2017 04:25:28 No.89051855 Report

Quoted By: >>89051954

>>89051806
FORVIEW, that is the artists name. He does good comics that also include very natural and genuine feeling sex scenes

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 11 Jan 2017 04:26:35 No.89051878 Report

Quoted By:

I know we're close to the post limit, so I need to make this important statement.

>>89051806
>titty time
Titty Time is amazing. You're right to call it a gem.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 11 Jan 2017 04:30:46 No.89051935 Report

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>>89051806
You also have people like Area, who is basically what Zone would be if they did comics instead of animations. Great on model art, especially with her recent co/aco related comic 'between friends'.

We are getting off topic though, point is slipshine sucks and there are better things out there if you dig a little. Seriously, look up these comics and give them a read, or drop the names of gems you have found yourself, fuck comics with paywalls.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 11 Jan 2017 04:31:38 No.89051954 Report

Quoted By:

>>89051855
Yeah, Forview is pretty great.

I think Slipshine's problem is that they can't really develop talent to feature on their site when content creators can get by on commissions and patreon. I think they'd be better off to do something like they did with Willis and reach out with some webcomic artists who are okay with smut to do some canon r34 or grab a few of the older Euro porn comic creators to do a few short series.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 11 Jan 2017 04:46:52 No.89052235 Report

Quoted By: >>89052274

>>89051511
Thanks! I can try to write more. Anything specific in mind?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 11 Jan 2017 04:48:52 No.89052274 Report

Quoted By: >>89053403

>>89052235
It's not Billie, but could you try something like that with Ethan and Danny, Danny describing his relationship with Amber?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 11 Jan 2017 05:06:19 No.89052575 Report

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>>89045805
This is what I love about DoA. Just the littlest tweaks and some head cannon make it one of the best college dramas I've ever read. The abusive relationships, the parental favoritism, the couples who only really seem to be together because it's better than being alone, the parental abuse, it's all great, if you just ignore the shitty attempts at humor and add a little of your own flavor.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 11 Jan 2017 05:21:09 No.89052796 Report

Quoted By: >>89052860 >>89052977 >>89052986 >>89053045 >>89054335 >>89054442

I don't really know what to say about this one other than that Willis is the worst at punchlines,

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 11 Jan 2017 05:25:22 No.89052860 Report

Quoted By: >>89052892

>>89052796
I forget what or if he said anything about it, but I think he includes a punchline at the end of damn near every comics because he wants to avoid having too much drama. Because apparently drama is a bad genre to find yourself within.

But get ready for everything but the last panel to be shared around as some kind of OMG FEELS and This Is Why Dumbing Of Age Is The Best Comic For Millenials Ever and shit like that. It reeks of emotional exploitation.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 11 Jan 2017 05:27:22 No.89052892 Report

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>>89052860
>I forget what or if he said anything about it, but I think he includes a punchline at the end of damn near every comics because he wants to avoid having too much drama. Because apparently drama is a bad genre to find yourself within.
its possible hes said something like that because hes inconsistent all the time, but i remember the opposite. he made a point to include strips without punchlines early in the comic so people couldnt joke about the "drama tag" being pulled in doa when the actual drama kicked in.

i think he just likes making jokes.

The dewd !!fynVFEFUBTe

The dewd !!fynVFEFUBTe Wed 11 Jan 2017 05:32:55 No.89052977 Report

Quoted By:

>>89052796
>I'm not sure anyone knows how to be happy.

Oh fuck you Willis, this kind of writing really pisses me off.

Mainly becuase people I used to hang out with kept on telling me to stop trying to find happyness.

VA anon

VA anon Wed 11 Jan 2017 05:33:22 No.89052986 Report

Quoted By: >>89053020

>>89052796
did...did I waste my money donating to willis? I thought patreanon was dead.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 11 Jan 2017 05:35:15 No.89053020 Report

Quoted By:

>>89052986
Not necessarily. Patreanons tend to mysteriously vanish, after all.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 11 Jan 2017 05:37:08 No.89053045 Report

Quoted By: >>89053162 >>89053554

>>89052796
That face in panel 6 is a disaster. It looks like she's melting.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 11 Jan 2017 05:44:17 No.89053162 Report

Quoted By: >>89053198

>>89053045
Willis should give all his characters eyes with colored pupils instead those creepy black raisins.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 11 Jan 2017 05:46:08 No.89053198 Report

Quoted By: >>89053220

>>89053162
Yeah. He even said that Jacob got the sclera pupil eyes in Shortpacked after starting off with just dots because he needed him to be more expressive.

If you know you can do more with it, why not just do it with everyone?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 11 Jan 2017 05:47:54 No.89053220 Report

Quoted By:

>>89053198
Giving "real" eyes would doubtless help Becky from looking like less of a monstrosity whose eyes are just free floating in her face.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 11 Jan 2017 05:59:09 No.89053403 Report

Quoted By: >>89053420

>>89052274
>Danny: So, uh, did you ever really date Amber?
>Ethan: Sort of, I guess? She accidentally helped me realize I was gay, so there's that, I guess.
>Danny: Does she ever... lash out at you? Or did she?
>Ethan: All the time. It was because of her dad. She's just so tightly wound, you know?
>Danny: What were her previous boyfriends like?
>Ethan: Pushovers. Guys who didn't question her. I don't know. She's never been happy. Ever.
>Danny: Did she ever break up with them without explaining why to them?
>Ethan: Um, she always just told me they were jerks and that she could do better. I didn't question it, because she made it clear she didn't want to talk about.
>Danny: By yelling? Or by shutting you out?
>Ethan: Both.
>Danny: *nods silently*
>Ethan: What happened with you two anyway?
>Danny: Sal told me to be careful with Amazi-Girl while I was waiting for her. And Amber saw us talking, decided we must have become--I don't know--bosom buddies? I also said I was concerned about her health because of Amazi-Girl, and she said she needed Amazi-Girl more than she needed me. And she was gone.
(to be continued)

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 11 Jan 2017 06:00:13 No.89053420 Report

Quoted By: >>89054205

>>89053403

>Ethan: Sal?
>Danny: Yeah, why?
>Ethan: Sal held a knife to my throat.
>Danny: A knife?! Why?!
>Ethan: She was holding up a corner store. Amber's dad egged her on. So Amber stabbed Sal in the hand while she was being arrested. Geeze, that sounds a lot worse when you say it like that.
>Danny: Yeah, you think? Did she ever ... push you? Physically?
>Ethan: Sometimes. Just when I'm making her feel like I'm invading her emotional space. She flipped a table at me when she found out I was dating Joyce.
>Danny: Does she ever call you names?
>Ethan: I don't know. She's just Amber. I don't think about the specifics.
>Danny: She didn't want anyone to know I was dating her as Amber. So I was just the weirdo dating the superhero hardly anyone has seen or even heard of. It was like dating a ghost. I didn't want to hide my feelings for her, but she made me bottle them up. So when I tried to change things, she pushed me and called me stupid. And she really, really meant it. She apologized, but I didn't forget. It wasn't much longer before she broke up with me. I just wish she had told me about Sal. I-- I had no idea. I would have kept away from her if I had known. But I didn't know. I couldn't have known. *puts face in hands* And now I've lost her.
>Ethan: *wraps his arm around Danny* If... if it helps, I don't think you're stupid.
>Danny: *blushes* I don't think you're stupid either...

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 11 Jan 2017 06:07:09 No.89053554 Report

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>>89053045
Well that's how he draws. Faces are a blob, with features added later. Not even exaggeration, he doesn't use facial structures of any sort.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 11 Jan 2017 06:46:05 No.89054205 Report

Quoted By: >>89054229 >>89054315

>>89053420
so what would happen if someone drew these as strips? just asking out of curiosity.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 11 Jan 2017 06:47:48 No.89054229 Report

Quoted By: >>89054315

>>89054205
some praise maybe and possibly even getting Willis pissed

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 11 Jan 2017 06:52:53 No.89054315 Report

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>>89054205
I would probably cry of happiness, because no one's ever drawn art based on my writing before.

>>89054229
As the writer of these dialogues, I am okay with both of those things. Willis can get over himself if he doesn't like characters literally stating the things that have happened to them.

I will gladly take any negative consequences of writing these, especially if they can help people recognize the signs of abusive relationships.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 11 Jan 2017 06:54:08 No.89054335 Report

Quoted By:

>>89052796
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9jRv1cnjDA

I guess this speaks to me because I'm the kinda guy who ends up overthinking things and ending up being up unhappy all the time.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 11 Jan 2017 07:02:54 No.89054442 Report

Quoted By:

>>89052796
This is a pretty good Dorothy moment, barring the mandatory shitty joke.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 11 Jan 2017 07:24:49 No.89054726 Report

Quoted By: >>89054991

Would anyone be interested in a new thread after this one auto-sages? I'm hoping to keep interesting discussions going, but if everyone wants to wait until closer to the next strip, we can roll with that.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 11 Jan 2017 07:48:53 No.89054991 Report

Quoted By: >>89055007

>>89054726
I'll start the new one once this one autosages, I have tonight's strip saved

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 11 Jan 2017 07:50:19 No.89055007 Report

Quoted By:

>>89054991
Great, thanks!

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 11 Jan 2017 07:57:20 No.89055081 Report

Quoted By:

>>89027533
>okay seriously, how can you like Carla.

I think he's the type who clicks his mouse with his left hand, if you know what Im saying

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