Shortpacked! by David Willis

Discussion (26) ¬

1. 
   Rodrigo

   July 21, 2010 at 5:50 pm | # | Reply

   He is back from Hell of course! Like Reagan and McCaim!

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     Mayhemzero

     March 25, 2012 at 10:40 am | # | Reply

     He WAS in Hell, but Satan got scared of him. Plus he kept taking Satan’s mom. For a nickel.

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       Max G.

       October 12, 2012 at 11:43 am | # | Reply

       If I were him, I’d have held out for more.
2. 
   No0ne

   October 27, 2010 at 3:33 am | # | Reply

   I like how it finally sinks in for Mike’s dad in the last panel about what his son had said in the third…

   Also, I want to see Mike’s dad and Joe meet, that would be awsome…
3. 
   wnderjif

   November 11, 2010 at 4:42 pm | # | Reply

   okk, that explains my comment two strips ago.

   • 
     Joebo

     November 22, 2010 at 12:39 am | # | Reply

     See, told you so.
4. 
   Herp

   January 19, 2011 at 1:01 pm | # | Reply

   I did not stop laughing for like 4 minutes after that. I actually felt like The Joker when he had his funny streaks going.
5. 
   ilvos

   February 25, 2011 at 12:06 am | # | Reply

   A friggin explanation!
   …kinda. It’s better than nothing.

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     ilvos

     February 25, 2011 at 12:07 am | # | Reply

     Also… was it periodical alien abductions that made Mike so evil!?!?!
     Or just perfect parents. That would drive anybody insane.
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     Arc

     June 8, 2012 at 1:48 am | # | Reply

     He was in the Cheese for a while with the rest of the agents who died, he was presumably resurrected from there

     • 
       David Willis

       June 8, 2012 at 1:04 pm | # | Reply

       That wasn’t “in the Cheese.” That was “the afterlife.”
6. 
   Meh

   March 10, 2011 at 9:40 pm | # | Reply

   Of course, only a former military man could be that cynical!

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     Wack'd

     August 21, 2012 at 5:49 pm | # | Reply

     Um, no. He was this bad before the war, too, possibly worse.
7. 
   Kelsey

   March 22, 2011 at 8:33 pm | # | Reply

   He can be taught. I think…..
8. 
   Ren

   September 11, 2011 at 12:35 pm | # | Reply

   Finally. This whole time Mike’s father was saying, “atta boy” whenever Mike said something. Now he finally realized that some of the things Mike does aren’t worth praising. I swear if he said “atta boy” when Mike talked about the Gay sex I would have screamed. :3 XD
9. 
   Chazz

   September 17, 2011 at 5:35 pm | # | Reply

   6 years ago? Mike died in the invasion of 2004 are they just estimating or did Mr. Willis make a mistake.

   • 
     David Willis

     September 17, 2011 at 6:22 pm | # | Reply

     The invasion happened very early 2004. So counting 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, and most of 2009, that’s indeed six years.

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       Wackd

       November 10, 2011 at 8:40 pm | # | Reply

       Hang on, though. Everyone enlisted by SEMME was presumed dead by all their loved ones. So that means they thought he was dead twice.

       Holy crap. Never have I pitied any fictional character more than I do Mike’s parents right now.

       • 
         MarkReed

         December 27, 2012 at 8:02 pm | # | Reply

         I wonder if they’ll be blasé about it the next time Mike dies.
       • 
         dcmeserve

         March 8, 2013 at 4:43 pm | # | Reply

         1. Joyce was presumed “gone to missionary work in Africa” or some such. So not all.

         2. What Mike’s parents say above seems to indicate that they didn’t know anything unusual was going on with him until they got the death notice. I’m guessing he just never calls or contacts them, period.
10. 
    L

    October 31, 2011 at 1:51 am | # | Reply

    Amber forgot how it is very important that we do not mention the war. Doing otherwise is Fawlty.

    • 
      Twigs

      November 9, 2011 at 4:30 pm | # | Reply

      I LOVE YOU
11. 
    Weylen

    March 19, 2012 at 1:19 pm | # | Reply

    Oh I can’t stop laughing at the last panel oh cheese I can’t breathe!
12. 
    kati

    April 30, 2012 at 10:16 pm | # | Reply

    i am re-reading this, and it occurred to me – mike was (according to the walkypedia) born in 79. it’s 09 in this strip, making him roughly thirty. if he was enlisted ten years ago, he would’ve been twenty, and his parents would’ve received news of his death when he was 24 (in 04.) at that point, his room became a shrine. but if he wasn’t even enlisted until he was twenty, why does his room still have teddy bear wallpaper? it’s not like he disappeared when he was six and they kept his room the same. theoretically, he grew up in that room. as unlikely as a six year old mike agreeing to teddy bear wallpaper seems, a fifteen year old mike allowing it is just unbelievable.

    • 
      SHAZAM

      January 30, 2013 at 10:07 am | # | Reply

      They wanted to change it but he refused just to annoy them
13. 
    Beastlybro7

    February 24, 2013 at 12:19 am | # | Reply

    Way to break the ice mike