What I’m hearing is that he wants to reach his goal of doing a comic strip for the newspaper without putting in too much effort and he needs Lucy’s help in doing the part of the work he doesn’t want to.
Exactly, I got Jennifer and while I was celebrating Willis messed with things and now look. I mean, its better than Walky but a fictional character in a fictional universe?
But does he have any experience with being the object of attraction from someone he was not already attracted to? Is he the standard totally clueless guy in that area?
I could be wrong, but I strongly suspect Walky wanting to spend time with Lucy is gonna win out over his crazy BS reasons for wanting to spend time with her.
Hasn’t stopped single-word titles from being reused before, sometimes multiple times (in such cases, the URL simply has a number after the second, third, fourth, etc. time said word was used as a title).
Lucy!!! are you stealing my idea of having a conversation where I say super basic obvious true things and come off as a reasonable person??!!!
ET TU LUCY???!!!
I believe saying super basic obviously true things usually establishes you as either a wise deep thinking guru or an elitist asshat, depending on what the market will bear.
Honestly I kind of am too. Hopefully it the distraction will help remove this chip off his shoulder he’s had since returning. But it also really hard for me to support this on a moral level with the whole 5 dollars a strip scam. I cannot let that go!
Klinger knew the hustle. Remember the peanut brittle bit from Boxing Day? Or the time everyone thought he just disappeared with the blank pass Hawkeye bribed him with? Honor among thieves.
Never change Walky!……Just kidding! Could you imagine if I was like that? Seriously though a little healthy competition should push Walky to creating a better comic. Maybe one day LAWsome becomes a Shortpacked and then a decade later you making bank drawing porn of your characters for slipshine! Get to work Walky!
Lucy!!! Are you trying to steal my idea of having a conversation where I say obvious true statements and come off sounding reasonable?!?!
ET TU LUCY????!!!
Way to go, Walky. Your dumbassery is getting meta. (And now I’m unreasonably amused that my spell check wanted to correct “dumbassery” to “dumbass erythromycin”.)
I was gonna post a comment, but I am afraid someone might try and steal it. So I will spare myself the effort and keep it to myself. Shame, it was gonna be epic, you guys, just like Walky’s would-be comic strip.
Between Lucy, Leslie, and probably a couple of others, we have ample evidence in this comic that women are just as capable of making really dumb choices purely on the basis of physical attraction.
In these circumstances I completely support Joyce trying out if she wants to, and Walky’s being unreasonable. But I could imagine a situation where Walky went to a friend for help and felt reasonably betrayed because they decided to compete with him.
All of this is to get to the following conclusion: Lucy didn’t interpret Walky’s statements in the most sympathetic way possible, so at least she isn’t too far gone.
Lucy. Honey. You can do so much better and you know it.
Walky. Sweetie. I am all for you actually thinking about what you actually want to do (he picked telecom major figuring ‘like TV, right? Awesome’) but that first requires even a modicum of effort.
… Or would thinking about how what you want to do ISN’T be a doctor, and how that means disappointing your mother? *Beat* Actually shit, yeah, now I get it. You’re gonna have to examine it eventually Walkerton! She’ll be just as pissed if you don’t graduate in four years or less! I recommend talking to Sal about this personally.
Prediction: Walky’s samples will be drawn/printed on the back of paper with Lucy’s doodles of hawt superheroine pairings. (Where’s that Lara Croft/Wonder Woman comic gone off to?)
Daisy will barely glance at Walky’s dropkick morphys comic, and will instead drool over her kink made real. She will demand more of her kink.
Wacky hijinks shall most definitely ensue!
Will Walky bellow “Lucy, you got some ‘splainin’ to do!”? Let’s hope not.
The Dropkick Morphys? I’m proud of this one; it’s my comic about a Roaring Twenties barnstorming football team who are all grandsons of a world chess champion.
Sorry Walky, but sometimes you actually have to put in effort on the things you want. Unless you were born into a super-rich family or win the lottery, then you can just buy pretty much anything you want.
OK, so Lucy will do the effort for Walky, but not before making clear that she is not buying his BS. Not that he cares a little bit about it, but still.
When someone tells you it’s OK to be shitty, they aren’t helping you, they are just being shitty people with you.
Walks was being a callous prick then to Carla, and disregarding Dorothy’s opinion on the mater, and is being shitty now by having a temper tantrum that something won’t be handed to him.
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interesting how Walky went to Lucy for help… she his “Yes Woman”?
HAHA though *I* stole Walky’s idea and made it my own by having DINNER
it’s an infinitely stealable idea
I steal your stolen idea by having supper, delicious cream of chicken soup.
I’m stealing the idea of milking chickens so I can make cream of chicken.
Does this mean he is aware of Lucy’s attraction and is using it or just that he thinks she’s a good source of help?
I’d vote for the latter. Which may be a setup for tragedy.
What I’m hearing is that he wants to reach his goal of doing a comic strip for the newspaper without putting in too much effort and he needs Lucy’s help in doing the part of the work he doesn’t want to.
(i.e., all of it)
I still think Walky probably isn’t aware that Lucy is attracted to him. He seems like the type to attract women without realizing it.
And even she knows that noone wants his ideas.
I think he thought she’d side with him, but turns out she has more integrity than anticipated
But she agreed to help.
Before realizing what was going on. She may well still help, but she’s not siding with him on the “stolen idea” thing.
Possibly but i think she’s also just his nicest friend.
Walky, as much as I try to defend you from your haters, you make it difficult at times.
Why can’t you be more like Carla? Then I’d have nothing but good things to say about you.
I’m trying to imagine Walky, trans robotics genius
…not seeing it 🤔 it’s a specifically Carla blend
Walky’s masculinity is just too strong for that. 🙂
He is kinda being a lazy ass.
Lucy, trying to reason with Walky isn’t gonna work when he’s in a state. Points for trying to do it while still being smitten though. 😛
Gravitar roulette GO~
Oh, FUCK no.
Hey, gravatar buddies! *high five*
Hello there!
General Rutten
We’re Rutten for you.
which would be funnier with the correct gravitar.
I’m going to have to start keeping notes.
any day now.
You might call them Clif notes
Gravatar Roulette: A better idea than deals with the Devil. Not much better, but better.
I suppose that’s one way to spin it.
I’m sure if we put our minds to it, we could figure out a scientific answer to the madness. A theory of grav-ity, if you will.
As we all know, Willis is at least a step above the Devil.
Above? Below? Beyond? Within?!
“in the general vicinity of”
Kinda feel like once you get Sal Willis’ll just add a new grav to the roster and start this whole process over again.
That’s a feature. We’ve not been meeting our quotas of DYWs and we need more opportunities to do so.
Exactly, I got Jennifer and while I was celebrating Willis messed with things and now look. I mean, its better than Walky but a fictional character in a fictional universe?
C’MON, dude. Even Willis updated his Grav. Is it so hard?
Probably not, but gravitar roulette is way more fun. 😛
That’s not reasoning with Walky. Panel 2 is reassuring Walky, 3 is fact-checking Walky, and 5 is teasing Walky.
Conflicted Lucy is Conflicted.
Pro: Walky wants to spend time with me.
Con: Walky’s crazy BS reasons for wanting to spend time with me.
Walky has shown an attraction to Dorothy and Amber (as well as Joyce in another reality).
Lucy assumes this means he likes short brainy women.
But no, my Jason/Walky ship lives on.
But does he have any experience with being the object of attraction from someone he was not already attracted to? Is he the standard totally clueless guy in that area?
I could be wrong, but I strongly suspect Walky wanting to spend time with Lucy is gonna win out over his crazy BS reasons for wanting to spend time with her.
I’m inclined to think Lucy thinks Walky secretly wants to spend time with her when, in fact, he wants to very publicly do his crazy BS.
The alt text stole my idea for what I was going to comment!
And you stole my idea of saying that the hovertext stole my idea!
I stole Anna Chronistic’s idea of leaving a comment.
Technically, I guess we all stole teach’s idea since they left the very first comment on the first strip. It just seems wrong it wasn’t Anna.
Since when are strip titles more than one occasionally-hyphenated-word long?
He ran out of single words
Hasn’t stopped single-word titles from being reused before, sometimes multiple times (in such cases, the URL simply has a number after the second, third, fourth, etc. time said word was used as a title).
Since January 19, 2011: https://www.dumbingofage.com/2011/comic/book-1/03-men-are-from-beck-women-are-from-clark/redbull/
(it has happened on more than a few occasions since as well, including as recently as Jan 31, Feb 1, AND Feb 2 of this year)
And yesterday actually
I’ve just realized that I’m kind of rooting for Walky in the comic strip battle. It’ll give him something to do.
Lucy!!! are you stealing my idea of having a conversation where I say super basic obvious true things and come off as a reasonable person??!!!
ET TU LUCY???!!!
I believe saying super basic obviously true things usually establishes you as either a wise deep thinking guru or an elitist asshat, depending on what the market will bear.
Can be both at the same time…
wise, deep thinking elitist asshat of a guru
… and now I have stretch goals
Honestly I kind of am too. Hopefully it the distraction will help remove this chip off his shoulder he’s had since returning. But it also really hard for me to support this on a moral level with the whole 5 dollars a strip scam. I cannot let that go!
Is paying Walky $5.00 a strip a scam if Lucy does all the work?
Sirksome cheering for Walky! *marks date on calendar*
KLINGER: “Stole” is such an ugly word. Shall we say “creatively acquired”? (M*A*S*H, “Morale Victory”)
Klinger knew the hustle. Remember the peanut brittle bit from Boxing Day? Or the time everyone thought he just disappeared with the blank pass Hawkeye bribed him with? Honor among thieves.
“This is why as an artist you should never help anyone else and sabotage the dreams of others.” – Actual advice I got as an author
Wow, sounds like the person who gave you that advice had some personal baggage they were unloading on you
Later I discovered he’d gotten burned by all the con men taking advantage of would be artists.
You too can take advantage of aspiring artists. For $1,000. I will show you how.
He hasn’t gotten to the “crushing the will of the weak with no remorse” class yet.
Lucy’s need to think the best of everybody, versus her crush on Walky: fight
Aww no, I’m the more annoying version of Billie :/
… when did Willis change his gravatar pic to Grizzled Lumberjack Willis?
Was it recently? Cause, if not, how have I not noticed until just now?
I want to say it has been within a week but I can’t be certain. I didn’t notice it until today so maybe it was today?
It’s fairly recent
I dunno about here on the page, but he posted it on Twitter 03 Feb:
“updated self portrait because i’ve been wearing this winter hat nonstop indoors/outdoors for like two months, i guess it’s just part of my look now”
https://twitter.com/damnyouwillis/status/1357083213743718401
“my hair is long and it’s IN MY FACE and so i’m a hat person now”
They’re called “scissors”, bud. That’s easier than trying to contain the mop in a toque.
Naw – I’m digging the new look.
Grouchy Lumberjack Willis with Longish Hair is kinda cute.
Never change Walky!……Just kidding! Could you imagine if I was like that? Seriously though a little healthy competition should push Walky to creating a better comic. Maybe one day LAWsome becomes a Shortpacked and then a decade later you making bank drawing porn of your characters for slipshine! Get to work Walky!
Comic Strip Deathmatch!
Fight! Fight! Fight!
C’mon comikers, — death-match to the death! Into your closets contestants, pull out your Micron .05s and come out drawing!
Lucy!!! Are you trying to steal my idea of having a conversation where I say obvious true statements and come off sounding reasonable?!?!
ET TU LUCY????!!!
I stole my own comment from myself!!! That’s how much stealing is going on today!!!
Original comments made in a tangible medium are born copyrighted, so can I represent you in sueing yourself for copyright infringement?
Yeah let’s nail me!!! Thieving dirtbag! *spits directly upwards*
Your spit landed directly onto Clif’s Gravatar.
Seems fair.
Don’t ever change, Walky. Because, you know, changing requires work.
I’m so tired of Walky.
I was gonna say other stuff, but eh. Summed it all up already.
Hah! Go Lucy.
Way to go, Walky. Your dumbassery is getting meta. (And now I’m unreasonably amused that my spell check wanted to correct “dumbassery” to “dumbass erythromycin”.)
Mine suggests “dumb as awry”. I’m not sure what sort of sentence would contain that trigram, but hey
This is the Walkiest Walky.
Walky:…swear not to instead steal my sweet-ass…
Lucy: NO DEAL
Walky:…idea, what what?
Lucy: You heard me.
I was gonna post a comment, but I am afraid someone might try and steal it. So I will spare myself the effort and keep it to myself. Shame, it was gonna be epic, you guys, just like Walky’s would-be comic strip.
So will Walky make her sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement?
Too much work.
Sorry Walky, it seems your sweet-ass idea’s more of a sweet ass-idea. 😛
There it is, I was hoping to find that link somewhere in these comments.
Damn, that was brilliant! I woke up my Mate. Now I’m in trouble…
I mean it made me laugh, and the laughter woke the sleeping lump I love.
Butts disease strikes again.
You stole my idea of posting that xkcd strip link.
I hope we get back to Billie being happy and well-adjusted away from the cast. I’d like to revisit that plot.
🙂
*ahem*Jennifer*ahem*
She is the fabled Seventh Jennifer, after all.
See, Lucy? This is what you’re smitten with. Is this really what you want?
/mostlyjoking. Mostly.
The ovaries have spoken.
I’m struck by how Lucy’s leaving the door open only a crack and blocking it, not letting him in or coming out herself.
On the other hand she has agreed to help with no idea of what this entails.
I was thinking the same thing. What are you hiding Lucy?
Between Lucy, Leslie, and probably a couple of others, we have ample evidence in this comic that women are just as capable of making really dumb choices purely on the basis of physical attraction.
Appropriate avatar is apporpriate.
In these circumstances I completely support Joyce trying out if she wants to, and Walky’s being unreasonable. But I could imagine a situation where Walky went to a friend for help and felt reasonably betrayed because they decided to compete with him.
All of this is to get to the following conclusion: Lucy didn’t interpret Walky’s statements in the most sympathetic way possible, so at least she isn’t too far gone.
Lucy. Honey. You can do so much better and you know it.
Walky. Sweetie. I am all for you actually thinking about what you actually want to do (he picked telecom major figuring ‘like TV, right? Awesome’) but that first requires even a modicum of effort.
… Or would thinking about how what you want to do ISN’T be a doctor, and how that means disappointing your mother? *Beat* Actually shit, yeah, now I get it. You’re gonna have to examine it eventually Walkerton! She’ll be just as pissed if you don’t graduate in four years or less! I recommend talking to Sal about this personally.
Okay, giving points to Lucy that she’s not so overly smitten that she’s been reduced to a yesman.
Lucy should enter! I bet she has a million OCs she could make up stories about! SHE SHOULD SO WINN!
Her comic would be about Starfire. She immediately gets sued by DC.
Sweet ass-idea. (That was gonna bug me unless I did it.)
Prediction: Walky’s samples will be drawn/printed on the back of paper with Lucy’s doodles of hawt superheroine pairings. (Where’s that Lara Croft/Wonder Woman comic gone off to?)
Daisy will barely glance at Walky’s dropkick morphys comic, and will instead drool over her kink made real. She will demand more of her kink.
Wacky hijinks shall most definitely ensue!
Will Walky bellow “Lucy, you got some ‘splainin’ to do!”? Let’s hope not.
–Walky
Fantastic ref.
Thanks! It’s a rare side effect of being in the cult for the musical Chess.
I wonder how often Willis reads the comment section and goes, fuuuuuck thats a SWEET-ASS IDEA
Or a sweet ass-idea.
Oh, Lucy, forget this guy and marry me instead.
That’s kinda gay, isn’t it?
…so ? 🙂
Sorry Walky, but sometimes you actually have to put in effort on the things you want. Unless you were born into a super-rich family or win the lottery, then you can just buy pretty much anything you want.
Flash forward some twenty-plus years later and he will have decided it would take more effort to stop drawing comics…
Lucy wants Walky to steal her getting-lunch idea, as long as she’s included.
Dumbing of Age 11: It’s Like Saying That Someone Stole Your Idea for Having Lunch.
I’d tell you who I stole the idea of guessing the book title from but I don’t wanna put in too much effort.
Lucy trying reeeaaallly hard not to disappoint her crush. More respect to her for standing her ground.
“have you considered complaining less and making out with me more ?”
OK, so Lucy will do the effort for Walky, but not before making clear that she is not buying his BS. Not that he cares a little bit about it, but still.
“No one is stealing any ideas from you.” Damn, Luce.
Hm
No
Okay, I can be Lucy.
It makes your first comment unintentionally ironic as well.
We can all be Lucy.
That would be an improvement for many of us.
We’ll be having minestrone soup today.
I like that Lucy doesn’t just go along with Walky’s absurd narrative just because she likes him. There’s hope for her yet.
In fact, ever since she was introduced, she became one of my favorite characters. She doesn’t get enough love.
Eeeeh…
Wait, nothing changed?
Better…
How’s this?
And now?
Big money no whammies!
Sal’s good, but I don’t like the cigarette…
…okay… I’ll just take Cool Joyce, final answer.
Walky discovers that it takes a lot of effort, to do nothing.
Kind of a red queen situation
I’m gonna be honest but Walky goes to the women in his life for support a lot and oftentimes they don’t care.
* Dorothy wouldn’t say Monkeymaster was better than Ultracar.
* Lucy wouldn’t say Joyce was wrong to steal his idea.
Honestly, they’re shitty friends.
There’s “support” and there’s “doing everything for him”.
I suspect his mother taught him that.
When someone tells you it’s OK to be shitty, they aren’t helping you, they are just being shitty people with you.
Walks was being a callous prick then to Carla, and disregarding Dorothy’s opinion on the mater, and is being shitty now by having a temper tantrum that something won’t be handed to him.
Oh no, tomorrow’s Valentine’s Day. Poor Lucy’s in for a bad day if the comic’s tradition continues…