Tell me about it. The redraw doesn’t just look better – it tells the story better.
Hey Willis – can we do a Kickstarter or something to fund more redraw? Cause I would totally back that.
No amount of money would make me want to draw more once this is done. I am looking forward to only drawing one comic as of January like you cannot believe. Ditch this, ditch Shortpacked!, I can breathe easy for the first time in a decade. Keep your cash!
It would be kind of amusing if, instead of drawing a page for Dumbing of Age’s buffer, a page for Shortpacked, and a page for It’s Walky… he ends up drawing three pages for Dumbing of Age’s buffer just out of restlessness.
RE:Gigafreak I can TOTALLY see that happening! Y’know, eventually. Or he’ll just make another new webcomic. Maybe a DOA-verse Dexter and Monkey Master series?
December, 2014: Danny and Ethan Have a Sex
April, 2015: Joe and Roz Get Expelled
October, 2015: Mike and Joyce Have a Trauma
January, 2016: Walky and Mary Find True Love
February, 2016: Danny and Mary Find True Love
April, 2016: Robin and Leslie Go on a Field Trip
May, 2016: Sal and Mary Find True Love
June, 2016: Galasso and Mary Find True Love
October, 2016: Mike and Danny Have a Trauma
December, 2016: Roz and Mary Get Expelled
February, 2017: Dina and The Cheese Do The Best They Can
Eventually, he’s going to start running out of combinations.
We could tie you to the wall and stick a funnel in your mouth and… I’unno, play funny music with the funnel? I didn’t really think this through beyond the Weird Al reference.
I must be one of the crazies that prefer the silliness of the original. Also I feel that in the redraw the personalities changed to reflect their current ones and Joyce is a lot more brooding. But that’s just me probably.
I’ve been wanting more redrawn strips since a couple of weeks ago. I understand why it won’t happen though. I can live with that. BUT if (a big if) there’s ever a Kickstarter, I’ll definitely throw money that way!
At first I’m like, “Why is Head Alien trying to get Walky to oppose him?” and then I realized, “Because he’s Head Alien and he’s a magnificent bastard.”
I read through Roomies once before, but the broken navigation on the old site made it hard for me to progress far into It’s Walky. I do not know if I even got past the old redrawn strips.
This new strip is the perfect mix of evilly manipulative and hilarious.
Yeah, I had to use excessive use of internet bookmarks on my first run-through of IW!, and I’m pretty sure I never actually read all of Roomies! on the old site.
If you think it’s perfect now, just wait till he gets to ’08!
And now, the Head Alien literally has Walkerton be his caddie. Symbolism, or wackiness???? you debate with yourself as you start to feel like you’re watching a particularly surreal anime.
Yeah, looking back on it not everything should be at Bill-level intensity, but I think the exposition, scheming, and snake-tonguing should definitely be at Standard Bill Volume.
Oh my god. I just realized.
Mike’s Superpower… He got the HA personality injection.
They both have the “Totally fucks with you for the lulz (and maaaaybe to make a point)” thing down pat.
Eh, I can kinda see that developing more as a reaction to his folks. BRAINWAVE the mindwipes didn’t take, he’d try to tell his folks about it. They would take it in stride, sounding dismissive. “Oh, you were abducted by aliens last night? If you say so Mike! Have a cookie!” Eventually this develops into a resentment for his parents. This in turn manifests as a reaction against their sunny dispositions, becoming stormy to counter them.
That’s… surprisingly cold of him. I’m sorry, Head Alien has been so positively ridiculous that this may be the only time I have ver taken him seriously.
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Damnit, Willis. Now I’m gonna want the whole series re-done.
When is he ending the redrawing.
At the end of this battle.
Tell me about it. The redraw doesn’t just look better – it tells the story better.
Hey Willis – can we do a Kickstarter or something to fund more redraw? Cause I would totally back that.
As would I! Not only does the art look better, but the improved art makes it a lot easier to tell what’s going on.
Ooh yes what they said – this is a fantastic time and I would also throw money at you to continue it.
No amount of money would make me want to draw more once this is done. I am looking forward to only drawing one comic as of January like you cannot believe. Ditch this, ditch Shortpacked!, I can breathe easy for the first time in a decade. Keep your cash!
Well, thank you for making the fruits of your misery so enjoyable in the meantime.
With your buffer, my dear artist, you should be able to breathe well in a room without oxygen. #lovetheredrawnitswalky
It would be kind of amusing if, instead of drawing a page for Dumbing of Age’s buffer, a page for Shortpacked, and a page for It’s Walky… he ends up drawing three pages for Dumbing of Age’s buffer just out of restlessness.
I kinda think that’s the idea–he wants a buffer that will outlive him by A MILLION YEARS.
RE:Gigafreak I can TOTALLY see that happening! Y’know, eventually. Or he’ll just make another new webcomic. Maybe a DOA-verse Dexter and Monkey Master series?
I’m surprised you don’t have Carpel Tunnel Syndrome.
*cough*Joyce/Walky wedding*cough*
*tries to cough “seconded” but ends up having a hacking fit instead* …me, too.
I’m pretty sure he made it already, it’s just not open to the public. The old subscription thingy on the old site.
Awww. I never want anyone to breathe easy. Everyone should have laboured breathing.
Seriously though, you are going to be so bored with only one strip. You are an insane workaholic. You would not be able to handle that much downtime.
I can picture you just throwing yourself into Transformers for hours everyday.
So no more porn comics then?
Oh, there will be porn. Slipshine won’t let him stop.
December, 2014: Danny and Ethan Have a Sex
April, 2015: Joe and Roz Get Expelled
October, 2015: Mike and Joyce Have a Trauma
January, 2016: Walky and Mary Find True Love
February, 2016: Danny and Mary Find True Love
April, 2016: Robin and Leslie Go on a Field Trip
May, 2016: Sal and Mary Find True Love
June, 2016: Galasso and Mary Find True Love
October, 2016: Mike and Danny Have a Trauma
December, 2016: Roz and Mary Get Expelled
February, 2017: Dina and The Cheese Do The Best They Can
Eventually, he’s going to start running out of combinations.
except that you are inspired
this page is awesome!
could lead to all sorts of future plot-tangents ,
( other back-scenes not previously shown )
Does the head alien want Walky ( excised for spoiler ) for some future plan ?
Inspiration is intoxicating,
Besides. Sooner or later this will be a screenplay, then A movie,
another videogame
then a movie remade in full Holographic immersion
The Lucasing has already started
We could tie you to the wall and stick a funnel in your mouth and… I’unno, play funny music with the funnel? I didn’t really think this through beyond the Weird Al reference.
his wife is already rewarding him for this
I must be one of the crazies that prefer the silliness of the original. Also I feel that in the redraw the personalities changed to reflect their current ones and Joyce is a lot more brooding. But that’s just me probably.
I’ve been wanting more redrawn strips since a couple of weeks ago. I understand why it won’t happen though. I can live with that. BUT if (a big if) there’s ever a Kickstarter, I’ll definitely throw money that way!
You’re right, seeing Head Alien play golf is the most important scene we never got.
That is not sarcasm, by the way, that is 100% sincere.
I love everything about this scene.
At first I’m like, “Why is Head Alien trying to get Walky to oppose him?” and then I realized, “Because he’s Head Alien and he’s a magnificent bastard.”
This is the weirdest version of the “Join the dark side” speech I have ever seen.
It’s the only Version I’ve heard that would actually convince me to join the dark side though.
So THIS is why the Head Alien is the best character
Yep. First run through the Walkyverse, then?
I read through Roomies once before, but the broken navigation on the old site made it hard for me to progress far into It’s Walky. I do not know if I even got past the old redrawn strips.
This new strip is the perfect mix of evilly manipulative and hilarious.
Yeah, I had to use excessive use of internet bookmarks on my first run-through of IW!, and I’m pretty sure I never actually read all of Roomies! on the old site.
If you think it’s perfect now, just wait till he gets to ’08!
Sorry, did I say 2008? I meant 2004. It gets freaking insane in 2004. So, he should reach that in about three or four years.
And now, the Head Alien literally has Walkerton be his caddie. Symbolism, or wackiness???? you debate with yourself as you start to feel like you’re watching a particularly surreal anime.
Seriously though this is awesome.
Can’t it be both?
Symbolic wackyness? It’s Brown Betty all over again.
Brown Betty, Bam-Ba-Lam?
I’m ngl I’d watch It’s Walky: Brotherhood!.
All that is necessary for the triumph of
evilaliens is that good men do nothing.I missed Head Alien.
Walky = JD, Head Alien = Dr. Kelso, who is Walky’s Dr. Cox?
…Sal?
This. This comic is the one and ONLY problem I have with Dumbing of Age. It doesn’t have any Head Alien in it. D:
What about Dexter & Monkey Master?
I think the Dr cox role in Dumbing is Mike
But I don’t think Mike ever calls Walky by a girls name… How could he possibly be Dr. Cox. cough (Hopes this works) cough
Yeah I love the redraws also (and the originals).
This is a classic.
Just watched an episode of Gravity Falls, I can TOTALLY see HA having the voice of Cipher Bill.
…
Oh.
Oh goodness.
Yes.
Yes yes yes YES I have so much trouble thinking up the perfect voice for Head Alien!!.
But get Alex Hirsch to fluctuate his volume more. That always irks me about Bill.
Yeah, looking back on it not everything should be at Bill-level intensity, but I think the exposition, scheming, and snake-tonguing should definitely be at Standard Bill Volume.
For the record, Willis has said Head Alien sounds like Jon Lovitz.
I looked it up after you said that, and they’re actually kinda similar.
There is something a bit “Doom Patrol” about Head Alien. It’s like plotting world domination is just an excuse for messing with people’s heads.
Year Zero started out as a $5 bet between him and Alan.
At first he wasn’t gonna do it, but then Alan raised the bet to $10.
SPOILERS: every time he manages to rule the world he consistently gets bored and goes back to messing with Joyce and the Walkertons.
So yeah.
Oh my god. I just realized.
Mike’s Superpower… He got the HA personality injection.
They both have the “Totally fucks with you for the lulz (and maaaaybe to make a point)” thing down pat.
Eh, I can kinda see that developing more as a reaction to his folks. BRAINWAVE the mindwipes didn’t take, he’d try to tell his folks about it. They would take it in stride, sounding dismissive. “Oh, you were abducted by aliens last night? If you say so Mike! Have a cookie!” Eventually this develops into a resentment for his parents. This in turn manifests as a reaction against their sunny dispositions, becoming stormy to counter them.
It’s not actual Spanish
¡Claro que no, mi cuate de cohete! (Of course it isn’t, my rocket friend!)
That’s… surprisingly cold of him. I’m sorry, Head Alien has been so positively ridiculous that this may be the only time I have ver taken him seriously.
I promise it won’t be the last.