Religion
on February 18, 2015 at 12:01 amI’m going to count that large portrait of Daniel for the “oversized comedy prop” tag. It may be one of my favorite oversized comedy props — it implies Mike took a photo of Daniel and had it blown up and framed, or possibly painted a giant portrait of Daniel, just for the purpose of this bit. It opens up so many questions. Is the shrine because he worships the dog? If so, why is he ritually sacrificing the dog? Must he spill the dog’s blood BECAUSE he worships the dog? I must know more about Mike’s dogma.
You heard me.
I went there.
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Doggone it Willis!
(Yeah, I went there too.)
Willis goes to the doghouse for that pun.
Although, that position alone should be enough to kill the puppy. (The one on the wheel, not the one in the hand.
Mike’s karma ran over his dogma
Dogma is obviously the molten form of dog.
The penitent man kneels before Dog!
…but… oh no! in Aramaic dog is spelled with a k!
What sort of Religion is this though?
Well Christians drink the blood of Christ, so Mike might intend to drink the blood of his deity as well.
In Dog we trust!
The religion of making people who know him angry. That’s the only reason Mike is even doing this to be honest
Does spare many people tears and worry though. Least in the dumbingverse.
Pretty much Mike’s main goal in life is to antagonize everybody, especially in ways that poke at the issues they have but haven’t dealt with well. It’s actually a really bad idea in real life, but, well, he is kind of an asshole, after all.
Except for one particular thing that makes him act differently, bu that isn’t revealed for quite some time I think. Unless it wasn’t new in Shortpacked when it happened. Shortpacked has a lot of stuff about what makes Mike tick in it, though, which probably hadn’t been explored in It’s Walky.
No, that’s in Walky. It’s still not for a year or two though.
Maybe a Daisuke Ishiwatari influenced one? Kill DOG as a Sacrifice to DOG?
The selfish man is like a mangy dog chasing its own cautionary tail…
Calhoun!
Dude, you are welcome to write your own It’s Walky! Mike-centric fanfic, and I am sure we would all be pleased to read it. Though I should note you kind of already did, and we were pleased to read it.
But it didn’t explore the opportunities opened by this comic strip, which I think we can all agree was clearly a missed opportunity.
O.0 I’m now imagining Mike f’ing a dog. And we know they don’t have nickles, nor do they have use of them!!!
This is kinda close to the Roomies! Joyce-Danny shrine. Was that intentional?
I’m gonna retroactively head-canon say yes, and that Mike is just that good at getting under Joyce’s skin.
Any dog religion should get their motto from Tori Amos (Or whoever I’m thinking of). “Religion is a smile on a dog.” It wouldn’t make any sense if you’re killing the dogs but religion doesn’t need sense.
The dyslexic agnostic wakes up every morning wondering if there is a Dog
Wait, that last panel is reversed.
Just check J&W.com’s July 19, 2000 strip.
I literally laughed out loud for a full minute after that dogma pun!