Shortpacked! by David Willis

Discussion (34) ¬

1. 
   Kira.

   July 18, 2010 at 6:18 pm | # | Reply

   I’ve been reading your comic (from the beginning) for several weeks now. This is my favourite one, so far.
2. 
   hunetr

   July 23, 2010 at 2:31 am | # | Reply

   ok gonna say this again great comic and u double posted half of this comic
3. 
   Davian Wolfe

   September 16, 2010 at 3:15 am | # | Reply

   The most moving and epic post i’ve seen so far. He was good at motivation, captured him brilliantly. Thumbs UP!
4. 
   Tetsukalian

   October 8, 2010 at 7:30 pm | # | Reply

   I don’t know, Reagan wasn’t so bad. Sure he was a conservative, and held ideals that I don’t, but unlike the republican party of today, he himself had integrity, and dignity, and didn’t trade that for anything. The reaganites of today need to stop and look at his character, and try to emulate that, instead of using him as a platform in which to hate everything that isn’t conservative. Sorry for the soap box.

   • 
     Diztrakted

     November 25, 2010 at 2:37 am | # | Reply

     You know, I think he’s inspiring in just that way: I was about to write something similar.
   • 
     MikeB

     December 31, 2010 at 5:35 pm | # | Reply

     Forget party or leaning. I’ll vote for almost anyone that can convince me they aren’t jerking me around. An honest politician who is my polar opposite won’t screw me over as badly as one who shares my ideals but is too interested in that next big check.

     • 
       ViceOfGreed

       May 30, 2011 at 11:40 am | # | Reply

       Interesting fact:
       The president’s salary is only $400,000 ($569,000 if you count all the extra bits and bobs they get for various expenses).
       “That’s still a whole lot!” you say? Ah, but didn’t they just throw out several million (at least) campaigning for the presidency? The job isn’t about money; it’s about power.

       • 
         jeschr

         July 1, 2011 at 12:44 pm | # | Reply

         Campaign money isn’t exactly coming from their own pockets. Mostly a party of people, who have a certain interest in one person winning will donate the money for campaigning, in exchange for favors.
         It’s not like the president is bankrupt due to campaigning.
5. 
   The Guy

   January 5, 2011 at 11:27 pm | # | Reply

   Wow. Reagan may just have become my favorite president just because of this comic.

   • 
     Axel Bordelon

     September 6, 2012 at 2:06 pm | # | Reply

     Seconded. And I don’t even know anything he did in office.

     • 
       Narf

       March 5, 2013 at 3:38 pm | # | Reply

       That’s a fucking terrible statement, and I hope one day, without anyone telling you, you realize why.

       • 
         Supahewok

         April 20, 2013 at 12:50 am | # | Reply

         You… you realize he may not even be American? Right?
6. 
   The Sound Defense

   January 30, 2011 at 2:50 am | # | Reply

   I would like to thank the commenters of Shortpacked! for not insisting that American never lost the Vietnam War because “it was an armed conflict, not a war”.

   • 
     I.care.0

     February 6, 2011 at 8:46 am | # | Reply

     There are people who argue this?

     ‘-’

     • 
       Lesharo

       February 6, 2011 at 10:39 pm | # | Reply

       The technicality that, since Congress didn’t actually declare war, it therefore wasn’t one. Not arguing either way, just stating the argument itself.

       • 
         Orkinman

         February 15, 2011 at 3:01 pm | # | Reply

         War or not, we still lost it.

         • 
           Echoloco

           April 29, 2011 at 3:34 am | # | Reply

           And paid umpteen gazillion dollars for it. Plus interest.
         • 
           Wackd

           November 10, 2011 at 6:13 pm | # | Reply

           “SHUT UP IT WAS A TIE!”
           ‘Yeah, we WOOPED ‘dare asses REAL GOOD!’
7. 
   Phoequinox

   March 13, 2011 at 3:16 am | # | Reply

   This one is really amazing. I have nothing more I can possibly say about that. Great job, sir.
8. 
   Maycroft

   May 25, 2011 at 1:37 am | # | Reply

   Cheese Reagan, that was beautiful
   *Maycroft cleans tears from his eyes*
9. 
   Quantum Polagnus

   May 31, 2011 at 7:49 pm | # | Reply

   The last panel hit the nail on the head, I think. Everything leading up to it is beautifully inspiring, but the last panel really makes you think.

   I like it!
10. 
    SonicBlueRanger

    August 13, 2011 at 9:40 pm | # | Reply

    A Woman with SuperSpeed is talking about a Lesbian relationship with a dead president and this is a serious strip.

    • 
      JW

      September 2, 2012 at 6:53 pm | # | Reply

      And now I finally get why I have been compulsively binge-reading this strip on and off for over a week.
11. 
    Kelvin

    August 26, 2011 at 12:06 am | # | Reply

    Fantastic strip. Truly inspirational.
12. 
    L

    November 8, 2011 at 5:15 am | # | Reply

    Reagan critiziced the commies for promoting opression and terror while supporting right wing militias and dictators in Latin America, training them in interrogation, counterinsurgency and terrorism, and selling weapons to Iran as well as moving cocaine to fund some of those efforts.

    Also, your mom. A nickel. Hotdog down hallway.

    • 
      George

      February 7, 2013 at 11:08 am | # | Reply

      Ironically, this can been seen as “the way things should be” getting too powerful. A world without communism became a higher priority than simply a free world because people started acting like the former implied the latter. When you think about it, that statement really sums up the biggest issue with political partisanship- clinging too strongly to ideals instead of reality warps your perspective on both.
13. 
    Twigs

    November 9, 2011 at 12:28 pm | # | Reply

    D’awwww. I want a Ronnie for my house. He could sit on my dresser and give me advice.

    • 
      Twigs

      November 9, 2011 at 12:29 pm | # | Reply

      Y’know, a fictional one. Not the actual scary conservative one.

      Okay, maybe I want a talking bunny instead.

      • 
        Wackd

        November 10, 2011 at 6:14 pm | # | Reply

        With a nail through it’s chest?
14. 
    Vaiya

    July 21, 2012 at 2:41 am | # | Reply

    I’ve been re-reading the archives for the last few days, and I think this is my fav Shortpacked! comic of them all.
15. 
    Aaron

    September 10, 2012 at 4:33 pm | # | Reply

    Oh my god, you actually made me like Reagan for a moment there. My hat is off to you dear sir.
16. 
    coobee

    September 18, 2012 at 4:40 am | # | Reply

    I remember when this first happened, I was going through a bit here and there in my life, and this whole plotline made me so happy. Just perfect comic, Willis, just perfect.
17. 
    Beastlybro7

    February 23, 2013 at 10:26 pm | # | Reply

    Damn that’s inspirational
18. 
    Random Webcomics Junkie

    May 3, 2013 at 2:19 am | # | Reply

    Ronald Reagan, giving a speech to help a woman recognise her romantic love for another woman. I love this comic.

    Also, yes, this is fucking inspiring and thought-provoking.