He’s a QB so his tackling form is bad, and there ain’t a pinstripe in the land around to call for a personal foul, so he will be as unnecessarily rough as he wants.
Drive-by harassment would probably work better if you don’t have to stay and circle your victim to explain your perversions of social bonds and logic so she understands what you demand from them, Incelerator. (If that is your real name.)
Calling this arc “The one where Jocelyne returns” was to distract from the real surprise, frigging Tony showing up and being important. This is his seventh appearance, and his last was over six and a half years ago.
I think this will go towards him getting Sarah’s attention and hopefully reciprocating it.
Not a lot to go on, but that is where my mind went when I saw her eyes after Tony appeared.
Ooo, I like it. He is her type, big and muscular. It would be fun to get a new character. And Willis can follow up on the whole, Tony’s dad used to be married to Walky’s terrible mom thing. I bet every time that woman sees Tony she thinks that she could have had attractive, athletic white kids.
Man I really hope the race thing doesn’t come into play here. It might, and I wouldn’t be surprised… but we’ve already had one couple fall apart because of race being a factor, hopefully there’s not a second.
Pretty sure he has a mix between Brick’s BL1 moveset and some of the finance based stuff from Timothy Lawrence (Jack) in Pre-Sequel. Would definitely play, lets see what happens in BL4.
Exactly. Big strong dude (who isn’t Joe) is just what she wants. OK, she might be a little interested in Walkie, but he’s got plenty of game on already.
At this point I think Incelerator has taken more hits than anyone else in the comic. I think he even might beat out Blaine. I don’t know if that’s impressive or anything but it’s a record.
Incelerator has been getting beaten up since the start of the comic, before that date even happened. He’s arguably AG’s favorite punching bag. I think Blaine is the only one who has been beaten up more. It’s like he only exists to be hit.
Tony becoming a relevant character again after 20 years was NOT on my radar, but considering today is the 25th Anniversary of It’s Walky! I suppose a celebration is in order.
In the Walkyverse Tony was a mess not because of internal personal issues but because horrific traumatic event after horrific traumatic event was dropped on him. He seemed to exist to experience suffering and loss and humiliation.
JUST IN CASE someone gets the idea for reasons COMPLETELY UNRELATED to this NOT-AT-ALL-SHIP-BAITING post, we should probably come up with a Sarah-Tony ship name. Preemptively. You know, so we’re prepared if people do start shipping.
Sony is pretty fun, but neither of them seem like gamers. At least Sarah doesn’t. I know nothing about Tony other than his dad was once dicking down Linda apparently.
Maybe something based on their last names? McClinton? McSarah? Tony’s full name is Anthony McHenry Jr, you also might be able to do something with the Anthony or the Jr. part. Anthrah and Sarah Jr both sound a bit too weird though.
I love her cat-like ability to turn in mid-air and magically brake. I do hope she doesn’t accidentally smash into Tony and so let the Incel run away or get in another sucker punch.
It’s been so long but from what I remember Tony in the original Walkyverse just got absolutely dumped on by the plot over and over. He started out as someone important and powerful and then every major plot point for years just chipped away at everything he had and everything he was, and in the end nobody seemed to even care when he died in an incredibly pathetic way after having already had everything slowly stripped away from him. He never had too much depth or strong relationships with the other characters, he was just a dutiful soldier in a position of leadership, standing in the front line of battle, who was a jobber for the plot, someone presented as strong to be beaten down over and over to show things were serious. I’ve been really disappointed up until now that Willis didn’t seem to have any better ideas for Tony in Dumbing of Age- Willis certainly regretted using Ruth and Dina as a punching bag in the Walkyverse, so it seemed like a double standard. Seeing Tony jump in like this all heroic gives me all kinds of positive feelings that this time he’ll get a real story and it will be one worth reading.
Look, I really just want an Evil Council of Evil to come after our resident superhero – Incelerator, Gender Traitor from a few posts ago, and another, and I know basically nothing about Tony other than that he’s a nepo baby with reason to have a grudge against Walky.
He actually doesn’t have a reason for a grudge against Walky, no. All of their interactions have been Walky saying weird shit in his vicinity and then refusing to follow up.
There’s nothing indicating that Linda is Tony’s mom.
In fact given that Tony is maybe 1-2 years older than Walky at most, even more unlikely unless there was a very quick divorce between Linda/McHenry and then a whirlwind romance with Charles.
Wow, it would be awesome if Tony suddenly shifted from an extra to an actual character. He’s said a total of 38 words in the entire history of this comic. Yes. I counted. (Not including any bonus strips, which I don’t have access to.)
Maybe one thing will lead to another and then next thing you know, Prof. Rees will be mentoring Robin or something. Could happen!
It’s the moments where a character we literally haven’t seen in 6 years jumps in and suddenly becomes part of the plot that really reminds you that this comic strip that’s been running for well over a decade in real time hasn’t even had like 6 months pass in in-universe time yet.
I love last panel Amazi-Girl. “Oh shit, I need to completely arrest my momentum because my target is no longer in the same place and I might slam into this unexpected other avenger. Crap!”
The fact that I’m pretty sure her move defies physics is just an added bonus.
Also, what the hell, panel 4 Incelerator? I suppose Sarah’s smile might have disappeared off-panel, but it seems odd we wouldn’t see that. You really are just following a (very very stupid) script, aren’t you?
(I mean, obviously you’re following Willis’ script. But even so.)
Tony potentially is sick of all the weirdos making chaos on the campus his dad has to run. I know I would be. The stress of being the dean’s son must be high even WITHOUT all the drama surrounding the main cast.
I completely forgot about Tony. Apparently the last time we saw him was in April 2018, and holy shit what a badass way to return. I didn’t see that one coming, and by the looks of it Incelerator didn’t either.
And yea did the son of the Dean body tackle the evil one, showingeth that man not Superman must solve societal problems by not standing by while hate prospers…eth.
Looked through the strips with Tony and… this group just causes him constant confusion, doesn’t it?
Also… is that a mildly love-struck look I see on Sarah?
Elsewhere in the comments, there are indeed the beginnings of Sarah/Tony shipping. The cargo bays are being loaded; the navigation charts are being consulted.
Saranthony, Sarny, Sarony, Tonrah, Torah. The ship names are already under consideration.
Oh lawsy, I hope not. All the previous Tony strips show him to be a stand-up good man. He’s the son of the Dean, and the Dean is a good man, too. I hope very much Tony is not working with any incel garbage.
the excessive smiling at your friends and people you are at least trying to be neutral about is one thing
applying it when alone is a bit concerning
smiling at incelerator is making me wonder if sarah needs serious help
Is that… Tony!? checks tags It is!
I’m kinda surprised I recognized him so quickly after all this time.
Also a bit surprised at how excited I am to see him. Being here. And relevant.
I also hadn’t realized he’d shown up earlier in DoA until after reading some other comments, so for me it’s effectively been since the It’s Walky! re-run days.
I’m hoping Tony’s first line tomorrow is something like “I’m tired of sickos like you making it even harder for decent guys to meet girls. Leave this campus and don’t come back, or I’ll throw both halves of you out!”
Coming out of nowhere to flatten Incelerator seems a bit extreme for just his interaction with Sarah here.
Wonder if Tony saw some of the cafeteria scene? Or knows something else about Incelerator?
Well, at least he’ll be officially defeated by a man now. A woman was going to beat his ass, but now his fragile ego will be saved from true embarrassment.
Of course, he’d find a way to dismiss a woman’s opinion even if she punches him in the mouth so hard he bites his own heart. A man vehemently disagreeing with him is the only thing that could make him doubt his philosophies.
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MERRY CHRISTMAS YA FILTHY INCEL!!! D:<
Seeing him get decked makes for a nice X-Men treat; no?
X-Mas* Stupid autocorrect
His mutant power: getting p0wned
And a happy new year!
Now presenting Incelerator with the TONY for acting shitty
The Tony we didn’t know we needed.
The Tony Award goes to Sarah. Even though we expected the A-G award to go to her. We’re all surprised.
Aw c’mon Tony you can’t just steal the W
He needs it after the L to Notre Dame. topical
Amazigus Interruptus
‘Ey yo, Tony!
There’s too much action at this campus.
Look no one is getting shot at or kidnapped. Let’s take this as an improvement.
I miss 14 days ago already
Why is anyone throwing punches, when Boxing Day is tomorrow?
Tony, come on, what kind of tackle is that, you know this
He’s a QB so his tackling form is bad, and there ain’t a pinstripe in the land around to call for a personal foul, so he will be as unnecessarily rough as he wants.
*EEET
Insufficient roughness. Incel not missing more teeth. Penalty: Move 5 yards back inside; do over.
Tony knows when to dish it out and when to take a step back & look at things.
https://www.dumbingofage.com/2012/comic/book-2/03-the-first-step-towards-recovery/insulted/
This is a fantastic gift!
Merry Christmas to all who celebrate!
If you don’t celebrate, Happy Holidays.
ok, maybe Incelerator isn’t Tony.
Snerk!
Who here predicted Tony getting involved? You earned all the internet cookies.
Predicted? Nah.
Saw it on Patreon? Yah.
Next … Sarah pulls her softball bat out of hammer-space and waves off Tony and Amazi-Girl, telling them “I got this… “
. . . with a smile
Presenting Tony’s 7th appearance in the strip!
Is he gonna turn into a recurring cast member? Well, that will depend on how many are horny for him so get to posting you degenerates./j
Nobody was horny for Mary, why did she become recurring >:/
Don’t call me a nobody, it’s impolite.
plus the March 2019 bonus strip. book 9 iirc
A WILD TONY APPEARS.
He’s a real tiger, that one
He’s greeeeeeeeeaaaat! 😀
Everyone near you is sick of your shiiiiit~
Come back again and you’ll once more get hit~
I was wondering who this guy was and apparently this was his first appearance in over 6 years so I don’t feel so bad not knowing.
For what it’s worth he was more significant during the old universe
AG’s change of position in the air is impressive.
Right? I choose to believe she uses her cape as wings.
Yes but now it looks like she’ll collide with Sarah.
Drive-by harassment would probably work better if you don’t have to stay and circle your victim to explain your perversions of social bonds and logic so she understands what you demand from them, Incelerator. (If that is your real name.)
Calling this arc “The one where Jocelyne returns” was to distract from the real surprise, frigging Tony showing up and being important. This is his seventh appearance, and his last was over six and a half years ago.
Hell yeah, new (technically very old) character unlocked.
Mostly been used for a couple gags, curious to see where this goes with him. Wholesome Jock with connections is a good niche.
I think this will go towards him getting Sarah’s attention and hopefully reciprocating it.
Not a lot to go on, but that is where my mind went when I saw her eyes after Tony appeared.
Nah it’s plenty. Let’s see if Deans son makes her grade
Ooo, I like it. He is her type, big and muscular. It would be fun to get a new character. And Willis can follow up on the whole, Tony’s dad used to be married to Walky’s terrible mom thing. I bet every time that woman sees Tony she thinks that she could have had attractive, athletic white kids.
Man I really hope the race thing doesn’t come into play here. It might, and I wouldn’t be surprised… but we’ve already had one couple fall apart because of race being a factor, hopefully there’s not a second.
Additionally, it might piss off Raidah, since she was courting Walky because of his connection to the dean.
That would be perfect.
Raidah/Kirk: “I’m friends with someone who’s friends with someone whose mom used to be married to the dean. What about you?”
Sarah/Homer: “I sleep in a big bed with the dean’s son.”
I gonna need to see his moveset before buying the dlc.
Pretty sure he has a mix between Brick’s BL1 moveset and some of the finance based stuff from Timothy Lawrence (Jack) in Pre-Sequel. Would definitely play, lets see what happens in BL4.
FUCK YEAH TONY! <3 Really hoping this means relevance <3
“I don’t know if it’s possible for me to force an emotion suppressing smile even more, or if I want to if this is the attention I get for it.”
Also hey look Tony, I’m hoping I’ll like him better in this AU. He’s already to a good start.
Tony?
Didn’t see that coming
Neither did the Incelerator.
*badumtss*
Nor Amazigirl
TONY!
Always wondered why he wasn’t jumping in on some stuff more.
He’s basically has every reason to be batman in this campus.
Aw dang! I just now realized we haven’t seen Tony and Nightguy together in the same scene! (*raises eyebrow; rubs chin thoughtfullly)
New crush for Sarah just dropped
Exactly. Big strong dude (who isn’t Joe) is just what she wants. OK, she might be a little interested in Walkie, but he’s got plenty of game on already.
At this point I think Incelerator has taken more hits than anyone else in the comic. I think he even might beat out Blaine. I don’t know if that’s impressive or anything but it’s a record.
He’s only taken two hits.
Joe took more than that on the first Joyce date.
https://www.dumbingofage.com/2010/comic/book-1/01-move-in-day/move/
Incelerator has been getting beaten up since the start of the comic, before that date even happened. He’s arguably AG’s favorite punching bag. I think Blaine is the only one who has been beaten up more. It’s like he only exists to be hit.
“It’s like he only exists to be hit.”
If only that would apply equally to all incels.
It does. People are just too cowardly to act on it.
I read through all of Tony’s comics and I appreciate how few he’s in.
– Has every reason to be coded as kind of a douchebag
– Does nothing but affirm he is not a douchebag
Tony should steal one skate and just leave.
Merry Christmas Everybody!
Tony becoming a relevant character again after 20 years was NOT on my radar, but considering today is the 25th Anniversary of It’s Walky! I suppose a celebration is in order.
Happy Walkiversary, and Cheese bless us, every one!
Hell yeah, everyone beat up the Incelerator! Merry Christmas!
Tony seems like someone who has his shit far too together to be a recurring character in this comic.
It would a good change of pace though. And quite funny to see contrast with everyone else.
I mean you could have said that about Jacob.
Everyone has their issues. It’s just a matter of when their genie comes out of the bottle.
In the Walkyverse Tony was a mess not because of internal personal issues but because horrific traumatic event after horrific traumatic event was dropped on him. He seemed to exist to experience suffering and loss and humiliation.
Tony Ex Machina? Incelerator finally getting what he deserves? Or at least a small down payment? It really *is* Christmas!
The power of a real athlete.
Possible Sarah boyfriend! But is he taller than her?
TONY MOTHERFUCKING MCHENRY LADIES AND GENTLEMEN I CANNOT BELIEVE IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
….woah
JUST IN CASE someone gets the idea for reasons COMPLETELY UNRELATED to this NOT-AT-ALL-SHIP-BAITING post, we should probably come up with a Sarah-Tony ship name. Preemptively. You know, so we’re prepared if people do start shipping.
Sony? Sany? Saratonyn?
I like Saratonyn, but that really depends on how happy she actually is while involved with him.
Sony is pretty fun, but neither of them seem like gamers. At least Sarah doesn’t. I know nothing about Tony other than his dad was once dicking down Linda apparently.
Sarony?
I’d suggest Torah and Sony, but those doesn’t work for obvious reasons.
Tonah?
Don’t*
Maybe something based on their last names? McClinton? McSarah? Tony’s full name is Anthony McHenry Jr, you also might be able to do something with the Anthony or the Jr. part. Anthrah and Sarah Jr both sound a bit too weird though.
Wow, we ain’t seen this guy since 2018
three appearances in the last decade
Thank you for that facial expression, Sarah; there are so few occasions where I get to use the word “rictus”.
Did Amazi-girl just…. glide in the air using her cape to slow the fall
Amazi Girl for Smash!
I love her cat-like ability to turn in mid-air and magically brake. I do hope she doesn’t accidentally smash into Tony and so let the Incel run away or get in another sucker punch.
*makes note in game dev journal*
Capes let you ignore physics to some extent in situations where it would be cool to do so.
source: am physics teacher who wears capes
Tony, great job! Now please show your work.
Oh no, it’s his TRUE arch-nemesis, the White Knight!
…in about fifty pages the two are going to team up to take Amazi-Girl down, aren’t they?
Doubtful, we barely know Tony but he’s been cool in every appearance he’s been in.
It’s been so long but from what I remember Tony in the original Walkyverse just got absolutely dumped on by the plot over and over. He started out as someone important and powerful and then every major plot point for years just chipped away at everything he had and everything he was, and in the end nobody seemed to even care when he died in an incredibly pathetic way after having already had everything slowly stripped away from him. He never had too much depth or strong relationships with the other characters, he was just a dutiful soldier in a position of leadership, standing in the front line of battle, who was a jobber for the plot, someone presented as strong to be beaten down over and over to show things were serious. I’ve been really disappointed up until now that Willis didn’t seem to have any better ideas for Tony in Dumbing of Age- Willis certainly regretted using Ruth and Dina as a punching bag in the Walkyverse, so it seemed like a double standard. Seeing Tony jump in like this all heroic gives me all kinds of positive feelings that this time he’ll get a real story and it will be one worth reading.
Look, I really just want an Evil Council of Evil to come after our resident superhero – Incelerator, Gender Traitor from a few posts ago, and another, and I know basically nothing about Tony other than that he’s a nepo baby with reason to have a grudge against Walky.
He actually doesn’t have a reason for a grudge against Walky, no. All of their interactions have been Walky saying weird shit in his vicinity and then refusing to follow up.
Tony fits right into this arc because he’s got an *actual* superpower – the ability to get away with no consequences for kicking Incelerator’s ass.
White-male/nepotism powers GO!
The most useful superpower after having a net worth larger than most countries and the ability to literally buy elections.
Power corrupts.
Absolute power … is kinda cool.
LETS FUCKING GONY
This is probably because he punched David.
Probably not, but it would be fitting if he was protecting his half brother.
There’s nothing indicating that Linda is Tony’s mom.
In fact given that Tony is maybe 1-2 years older than Walky at most, even more unlikely unless there was a very quick divorce between Linda/McHenry and then a whirlwind romance with Charles.
okay now this is something I’d like to know more about Willis willing 🙏🏽
Wow, it would be awesome if Tony suddenly shifted from an extra to an actual character. He’s said a total of 38 words in the entire history of this comic. Yes. I counted. (Not including any bonus strips, which I don’t have access to.)
Maybe one thing will lead to another and then next thing you know, Prof. Rees will be mentoring Robin or something. Could happen!
It’s the moments where a character we literally haven’t seen in 6 years jumps in and suddenly becomes part of the plot that really reminds you that this comic strip that’s been running for well over a decade in real time hasn’t even had like 6 months pass in in-universe time yet.
Tony/Sarah OTP as of right now.
Apropos of literally nothing.
🙂
Haven’t seen Tony been plot relevant in forever
Literally the last person I expected!
Okay but what’s Ruth doing
BAH GAWD ALMIGHTY, IT’S TONY WITH A STEEL CHAIR
I love last panel Amazi-Girl. “Oh shit, I need to completely arrest my momentum because my target is no longer in the same place and I might slam into this unexpected other avenger. Crap!”
The fact that I’m pretty sure her move defies physics is just an added bonus.
Also, what the hell, panel 4 Incelerator? I suppose Sarah’s smile might have disappeared off-panel, but it seems odd we wouldn’t see that. You really are just following a (very very stupid) script, aren’t you?
(I mean, obviously you’re following Willis’ script. But even so.)
I think the implication is that her smile vanished because she saw Amazigirl looming and about to hit him. From smile to surprised, etc.
TONY???!!!!
IT’S TONY!! IS HE STILL AS WELL-ADJUSTED AS SEEN PREVIOUSLY? WE SHALL SEEEEEEE
Sarah looks so friendly 🙂
merry tonymas to all who celebrate <3
Dashing through the halls,
of Indiana U,
If you’re spreading hate,
Tony’s gonna tackle you!
Tony potentially is sick of all the weirdos making chaos on the campus his dad has to run. I know I would be. The stress of being the dean’s son must be high even WITHOUT all the drama surrounding the main cast.
BAH GAWD ALMIGHTY
This feels like some kind of Smash Bros. character intro.
“TONY enters the fray!”
It’s about time he got something to do again!
I completely forgot about Tony. Apparently the last time we saw him was in April 2018, and holy shit what a badass way to return. I didn’t see that one coming, and by the looks of it Incelerator didn’t either.
TONY!!!!
Great gift for Christmas!
AG standing there like, “I just want the record to show I did *not* escalate this, *SAL*!”
And yea did the son of the Dean body tackle the evil one, showingeth that man not Superman must solve societal problems by not standing by while hate prospers…eth.
Looked through the strips with Tony and… this group just causes him constant confusion, doesn’t it?
Also… is that a mildly love-struck look I see on Sarah?
…what… no. She’s suddenly scared because unexpected violence is suddenly happening right in front of her.
Shhh, let me dream
Elsewhere in the comments, there are indeed the beginnings of Sarah/Tony shipping. The cargo bays are being loaded; the navigation charts are being consulted.
Saranthony, Sarny, Sarony, Tonrah, Torah. The ship names are already under consideration.
Tony being fully introduced in this way is super suspect.
You think he’s in CAHOOTS with the Incelerator?
Oh lawsy, I hope not. All the previous Tony strips show him to be a stand-up good man. He’s the son of the Dean, and the Dean is a good man, too. I hope very much Tony is not working with any incel garbage.
BAH GAWD DAVID WILLIS!
OH SHIT IT’S TONY
…wait who’s tony
Check the tags and follow them for the few Tony strips we’ve had over the decade. Ain’t a lot.
Some guy. Some guy called Tony. That’s all there is to him.
Woah unexpected Tony!
You know what’s better than saying “not all men”? A silent body slam to the man who makes other men feel the need to say it.
I just realized football season is over and Tony finally has some free time.
TONY FINALLY DOES SOMETHING!!
In Norway, we open presents 24th december. I got book 13 in the mail yesterday, so it arrived just in time. Thank you, Willis. Merry Christmas!
the excessive smiling at your friends and people you are at least trying to be neutral about is one thing
applying it when alone is a bit concerning
smiling at incelerator is making me wonder if sarah needs serious help
IT’S A CHRISTMAS MIRACLE
it’s been almost 6 years since his last appearance, apparently. Damn.
Blast from the Past! Literally
People seem very excited for this random background extra.
Incelerator? Meet Decelerator!
Love AG’s “hang time” moment – definitely a superhero thing, they’re always pondering the mysteries of existence in mid-leap.
jumping off of buildings and shit will do that to you
PLAYER THREE HAS ENTERED THE GAME
Is that… Tony!?
checks tags It is!
I’m kinda surprised I recognized him so quickly after all this time.
Also a bit surprised at how excited I am to see him. Being here. And relevant.
I also hadn’t realized he’d shown up earlier in DoA until after reading some other comments, so for me it’s effectively been since the It’s Walky! re-run days.
Bit embarrassed to admit this, but I don’t remember who this guy is. Help? 🙁
walky’s mom’s ex’s kid
I’m hoping Tony’s first line tomorrow is something like “I’m tired of sickos like you making it even harder for decent guys to meet girls. Leave this campus and don’t come back, or I’ll throw both halves of you out!”
That’s just about the exact same number of words he’s had the entire run of DoA so far.
he wants to make this a gender war, but no, it’s a class war (as in people who HAVE class vs him)
Yup, called it again.
Coming out of nowhere to flatten Incelerator seems a bit extreme for just his interaction with Sarah here.
Wonder if Tony saw some of the cafeteria scene? Or knows something else about Incelerator?
TONY !!!!!
He shows up on all kinds of weird ass interactions and is just done with it.
Well, at least he’ll be officially defeated by a man now. A woman was going to beat his ass, but now his fragile ego will be saved from true embarrassment.
Of course, he’d find a way to dismiss a woman’s opinion even if she punches him in the mouth so hard he bites his own heart. A man vehemently disagreeing with him is the only thing that could make him doubt his philosophies.
I swear if this is setting up Sarah and Tony
You know what, it could work.
AYYYY TONY good to see you man!!!
I totally forgot about Tony; Isn’t he the starting QB, for the sportsball team?