I am generally known for being the biggest dick possible to many of my characters, but I am going to go out on a limb and say “dropping the dead bodies of Sal’s adoptive parents — the deaths for which she feels personally responsible — onto her brother’s girlfriend and her new surrogate father, forcing her to choose who to save” is proooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobably at the top of the list, just maybe. I am a disturbed person.
There’s a lot of disembodied voices here, the kind I would usually tag with who they belong to, but generally that’s the kind of thing we can infer. But we can’t here, and I’m holding a squiggly baby, and so you can just decide for yourselves who’s saying these things, I guess. Except eyedropping the skincolor tells me those are likely Mike’s hands in panel two. And, um, “what the bloody Hell happened” is … it’s Jason, obviously it’s Jason. But the rest! Who knows.
So yeah, here I am on September 6, 2001, throwing corpses on people from great heights.
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Almost ill-timed.
Yeah, I’d feel nauseous, too.
i just came from doa to here. well, then. today is an interesting day
This is quite a grim day.
I decided to come here first figuring I was at least vaguely prepared for the Sal’s Dead Parents bit. Is quite gory, though.
I’m uh, kinda scared to go over to DoA considering what could well be there.
More realistic and relatable, therefore much sadder and, weirdly, darker.
Should have followed this one up with a picture of a kitten as well.
But this one would have a reminder of the kitten’s mortality, instead of a declaration that it would live for all time.
Ironically, DoA Sal probably wishes something heavy would fall on her parents sometimes…
Oh man, imagine if you’d had a five-day buffer.
Dude. Willis. You can’t have a comic about drug overdose/suicide and a comic like this on the same night. You can’t do that, man.
Dang, I thought this storyline was dark before…
Almost as disturbing (to me; can’t speak for other readers) as the smashed, spilt human remains is the sight of Sal with such wide eyes and copious tears. She’s normally a “don’t get sad, get MAD” sort.
This is my last Serenade~ x2
…wait. Sal saw Big Boss as a surrogate father?
Big Boss took her in despite knowing nothing about her when her “real” parents were dead and she had no idea she was switched at birth, so, yeah, Big Boss would be a surrogate father. And, if things went differently, a father-in-law as well.
The shading in panel 3 makes it look like Sal pissed herself. Which is a reasonable reaction to what just happened, to be fair.
Yesterday I thought to myself, “Since this comic is all reruns, I wonder if knowing when certain story-lines are going to happen/be posted influences the plot and timing of DoA.” Today proved the answer is yes. Very much yes.
We usually don’t do this over here, but…
*Plays Synchronicity II on the hacked Muzak*
(Sub in the John Tesh cover if you want it more Muzak-y.)
That’s sick, man.
Oh come on guys sals parents just wanted to drop in on their daughter.
Now, on the list of things that are not ok, that was really not ok.
So overall this page is pretty great.
But whenver I move from the first panel to the middle panel all I can hear is a cartoonish *bonk* sound effect as Sal’s eyes explode.
it just occurred to me that the poll here is still “I’m so excited for a webcomic that’s not about being drunk and depressed!”
…yep, such an improvement 6_6;
I figured it was a self-aware joke for the people who already read this one/a trap for new readers.
You’re a monster
I think this warrants at least three DAMN YOU WILLISes.
Though eesh, that timing. kinda surprised you didn’t get some sort of backlash anyway, with how sensitive people became immediately after.
I… I dunno how to express how this comic is making me feel.
All I can say is “Poor Sal.”