This Man– This Manhattan
on November 3, 2020 at 12:01 amOne of the stories I wanted to do in It’s Walky! was a jaunt over to New York to meet Mike’s parents, resulting in a battle with the Giant Mutant Frosted Honey Bun. But then, like, 9/11 happened and for a while it was a Bad Idea to draw shitty things happening amidst skyscrapers in New York, so it was shelved. BUT! In 2009, in Shortpacked!, I resurrected the idea (along with Mike). I’m gonna run it here because, whatever, it’s sorta an It’s Walky story anyway. And it goes here chronologically in the narrative, I realized, because stuff happens to a few characters very soon in J&W! that would preclude this happening later, and Amber mentions its events in past tense eventually in J&W! itself, so it looks like this 2009 story happens in the middle of J&W!’s 2008. Wibbly wobbly time shit, as Mister Benjamin Who would say!
ENJOY this Shortpacked! story presented here, with commentary!
This will be the first of two of these. Shortpacked! readers can probably can guess the second.
The studio apartment of ideas is now a house.
Well I’ll be happy to read the commentary, as I liked this SP arc. And…I can think of two possibilities for what the second one will be.
God if the second arc is what I’m thinking it’ll be, that’ll be AMAZING to see with commentary. There may possibly be higher points in the Walkyverse for me, but not many and they’re seriously close.
WFWOOOSH!
Uh oh.
Oh I remember really liking this story
Also please tell me I’m not the only one who read the opening narration in Stan Lee’s voice
I’m pretty sure it was _meant_ to be read in Stan’s voice.
Excelsior! Now, you’ve got me thinking about Saturday morning cartoons. Hulk, Spider-Man, Spider-Woman…
Originally Posted: September 28th, 2009
Incidentally, this strip is the second tagged appearance of Amber in the Walkyverse reruns – and the first of this universe’s Mike, alive, since his death in the Martian invasion.
I can’t decide whether I prefer Universes Where Mike Is Alive or Universes Where Ruth Is Alive.
It’s a tough call.
WOOOOOOOO
FUCKIN’
WHOOOOOOO!
I love this arc!
I remember reading this arc in Shortpacked. I liked it.
“I resurrected the idea (along with Mike)” ha ha
Speaking of time being weird, I can’t believe we’re already in 2008’s reruns. Only about 2 years’ worth of strips left until DoA starts!
It seems like forever ago, but also not that long… The last fifteen years passed a lot faster than the fifteen before (the century that is 2020 excluded).
Wait… what are they betting on?
– Amber requesting time off?
– Amber getting time off? or
– Amber and Mike going to NYC?
..either way: Robin lost.
She makes a habit of doing that.
It is really confusing trying to find where I left off last