Shortpacked! by David Willis
Toys are serious business.
Convention appearances:
Calgary Expo Calgary, AB: April 26-28
Phoenix Comicon Phoenix, AZ: May 23-26, 2013
BotCon San Diego, CA: June 28-30
San Diego Comic-Con San Diego, CA: July 18-21
SPX Bethesda, MD: September 14-15
Phoenix Comicon Phoenix, AZ: May 23-26, 2013
BotCon San Diego, CA: June 28-30
San Diego Comic-Con San Diego, CA: July 18-21
SPX Bethesda, MD: September 14-15
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The Transformers Wiki
Hail to the Slash
80 page GIANT
Axe Cop
The Book of Biff
Butt-Taco
Comics Curmudgeon
College Roomies from Hell!!!
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Dinosaur Comics
Dr. McNinja
Dresden Codak
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Priorities!
Damn! Beat me to it!
Well you beat me to the ‘beat me to it’ comment.
Well, you beat me to the: “you beat me to the ‘beat me to it’ comment” comment.
I’m sorry, I’ll leave now.
Ugh -> beaten to the {
beaten to the {
beaten to the {
joke }
}
}
}
AND the “sorry, I’ll leave now” comment. >_>
{{{{
that thing that was said
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<.<;
The programmer in me wants to yell at your extraneous brackets and lack of loop structures.
package joker;
public class comment {
public void beatenToTheLine() {
if (jokeHasBeenTold(1)) {
System.out.println(“joke+1″);
}
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
comment myComment = new comment();
myComment.beatenToTheLine();
}
}
eh too lazy to actually do any more than that… :p
Lots of tough questions in this, and a lot of things that we can probably empathize with.
And wow, Ethan’s face. Yeah, I hear ya, buddy.
A lot of questions… like what the hell is a muumuu?
Kind of a big frock-like shift usually seen on older full-size women.
Sadly the reality of this is that the wearing of such an item is intended for women, they are not the only ones that wear them. I have seen far too many “Full-scale” Men wearing them as well.
asically it’s a colourful tenat that a fat person can wear.
Yes, and flowery. Always flowery. Tropical flowers most often.
I made TWO spelling erroers in one comment. *FACEPALM*
*errors ;P
Go for the gold, Plasma, haha.
I seem to be having way too many senior moments today.
I’d rather have señor moments… you know, like a vacation in Mexico.
This hot girl’s got it wrong.
http://site.hawaiianoutpost.com/images/wallpapers/blue-muumuu.jpg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0BWjkA1IIA what Homer is wearing that episode after he hit 300 pounds
That’s way more than 300. I myself am about 285, last I checked, and ain’t 1/3rd as fat regular homer.
It’s density maaan … Like the Homer is less dense since he is so full of gas maaan.
If I ever get as big as that, to wear I have to wear one of those damn dresses, someone just shoot me dead >:(
But Muumuus are sooo cool.
Damn, beat me to it. And it’s not cool, it’s hot though your mileage may vary.
But not as cool as bowties and fez’s.
Oh yeah, I wear a muumuu now, muumuus are cool.
Uh-oh. Does that speech bubble in the fourth panel emanate from the wrong person?
Yeah, took me a minute to realize who was actually talking. Willis? Could ya move the tail of that bubble over, just a mite?
It appears that the Templars have wiped that incident from history.
Templars? Templars don’t exist, you dummy!
*This post is sponsored by Abstergo*
when did abstergo ever deny the existence of the templars? (pretty sure they’re in the history books too)
ahem yes, back on topic
It’s good that she’s actually thinking about these things.
Well, the wearing of a muumuu should never be undertaken lightly.
“She wore her with an appropriate sense of purpose”. Sounds like Kung Fu Hustle.
Looks like Ethan is still looking for his place in the world.
And you gravatar’s Fists of Mike will volunteer to help him find it?
your*
I notice AMBER’S saying “What’s wrong?”
It’s such a funny goof-up, i hope willis keeps it in.
Nope, he fixed it.
I saw it, and I shed a single tear for the planet we are leaving our children with.
Well this is certainly the deeper thinking Amber a lot of folks have been wondering about. And sad Ethan in panel 3. Cue sad violins.
BACKGROUNDS!!!! =D
At least she’s asking the right question- not “what will this mean for MEEEEE?”, but “What about the kid”
I would think that the latter only becomes the right question after the former has already been answered.
Nothing wrong with considering whether she actually wants a child or not. I mean she was actively attempting to prevent that outcome. It’s not implausible to think the answer’s no. In which case options really have to be looked into.
Sephiroth does have a point though. If there’s already a child, starting to put its welfare and needs above your own is kind of what being a good parent is all about. It’s a good sign that Amber’s already worrying about the kid.
Whether or not there’s already a child being a good parent comes after the decision to… you know, be a parent.
It doesn’t seem to have been a question for Amber, but I do think the statement that if she had taken a moment after this was thrust upon her to consider her own needs it would reflect poorly on her is just terribly unfortunate.
And you know, she might still end up addressing the issue. I mean she was actively working to prevent this scenario. It might be legitimately unappealing to her.
Just so the detail of the background isn’t ignored, I used to love Bop It as a kid. Not sure what they did with it now.
I might try that Connect 4 Launchers, though. That has potential.
Leslie’s practicing her ventriloquism, I see.
Well look at mikes parents and how he turned out.
Inversly the kid will be just fine
if only it worked like that…
By that logic, the kid will grow up to be the next Mr Rogers.
in a blood red sweater.
You know Mr. Rogers won the ultimate showdown of ultimate destiny, right?
Mr Rogers beats Batman? Damn, he’s awesome.
You mean this right?
Rap Battle with Mr Rogers
No, I think it’s this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WgT9gy4zQA
Refers to .
Oops. Myml-fu is weak. I meant this.
I think this one’s pretty self-explanatory.
Wait, what did you mean by that?
He means he doesn’t have to write up his usual multi-paragraph analysis of today’s update, which is what he’s been doing for most pages in this storyline.
That may have gone over your head.
Who are you, and what have you done with T?
Don’t worry Amber! They have tons of fashionable maternity clothes for you to wear! Muumuus are just more comfortable.
I would assume anyway being a male who has never been knocked up…
your avatar made me think you’re female… MUUMUUUUUUS.
When I was pregnant I just wore stretchy sweaters all the time. They fit well right up until my daughter was born, and still fit well because they don’t stretch permanently.
It must be avatar dissonance day
Everyday is avatar dissonance day when I am around.
I can so see Mike offering to give a Baby Shower with a coathanger motif.
I dunno, he seems to be all for the idea of raising his kid…
worryingly enough…
Normal child: “When my daddy drinks, he gets mad and hurts me and mommy…”
Mikespawn: “When my daddy drinks, he spoils me rotten.”
As long as Amber doesn’t go around during her last term in like shortshorts and a tank top, she should be fine.
TAKE LESLIE SHOPPING WITH YOU, I’M SURE SHE’LL FIND YOU CUTE MATERNITY CLOTHES.
One thing: next time Jacob says that Amber could do better, I’d like her to say: “Oh, yeah. No offence, but I’m not exactly about to drop my loving, genius, superpowered potential spouse for a friendless loser with a debilitating social disorder.”
And then I want Leslie, having overheard this, to say: “…Oh.”
Well, she won’t NOW.
Just delete the comment and use it anyway. We won’t tell, we promise.
Does Amber know about the Superpowers? I know she found out he worked for SEMME but I can’t remember if she got the full story or not.
If memory serves, the abilities of SEMME agents were TV news fodder by the end of It’s Walky!.
They fought the Giant Mutant Frosted Honey Bun together.
Mike ripped a huge chunk of asphalt and threw it at the thing, while bitching that people didn’t like it when he threw dead people at it.
Then Amber (Amazi-girl, please refrain from the memes for the moment huh?) used her body as a wedge to help Mike break the Honey Bun apart.
Amber knows that Mike’s superstrong from seeing him rip the Giant Frosted Mutant Honey Bun in half (http://www.shortpacked.com/2009/comic/book-10/01-this-man-this-manhattan/makemedothis/) and that he’s come back from the dead (I don’t think that Mike ever explained how that happened, tho).
*Mike* has a debilitating social disorder. Except that it’s not debilitating because, um, it’s funny? Amber’s dad just didn’t get the memo about following punches with punchlines.
^—- this is me continuing to not grok this plotting.
…did you miss the part where Jacob said “not me”?
Soo… did Leslie have a kid and lose it or something?? She seems to be sympathetic to Amber and rather sad about it.
Didn’t Leslie come from a kind of messed up home? Folks who do tend to kind of worry about that sort of thing for their own kids: “I remember how my parents screwed me up something awful and probably shouldn’t've had kids; what if I do the same thing to my kid” etc.
Not to mention that they seem to be fairly close friends; even if Leslie can’t answer per se, she is definitely a level-headed and sympathetic ear.
Aunt Leslie is always gonna be there to exert a positive influence on lil’ Warner. Amber (probably) has slightly less to worry about…
I think just the fact that she’s worrying about this before the kid is born is a good sign for Amber. I think a lot of truly terrible parents (if they can ever admit that they were) are too selfish to even think about how much their actions are screwing up their kids until the damage has already been done.
Sometimes empathy doesn’t require a harsh, personal lesson first.
+1
Everyone in muumuus! Muumuu Amber! Muumuu Mike! Muumuu Ultra Car! Muumuu Faz! Muumuu Ethan! Muumuu Roz!
Faz in a moomoo? IT BURNS!!!
Just be glad that you’re not visualising Faz NAKED!
Ugh! No! Put a muumuu on that!
“Great Faz enjoys the breeze, but not the shrinkage.”
The only thing missing from that is a graph proving evidence of ‘downness’.
I wasn’t, but I am now. Thanks for that.
I’m glad to be of service!
It’s a muumuu. i wear a muumuu now, muumuu’s are cool.
yessssss
Great, now you’ve spoiled next season’s surprise.
just a thought, but what if she’s having twins? what would happen (I ask because she made the deal with Galasso)
In the event of twins Galasso gets one half of each child.
Twins do happen to be born one after the other, you know. The ‘second born’ thing is still valid. It would be unimaginably painful for two babies to be born simultaneously.
Twins is so yesterday when it comes to “surprise” …. I vote for the more insane but still mamageable by Willis of triplets. *ebil grin* and of course mike would insist that they all have the same name and a numerical designator like, the first, the second and the third nickle ….
Now I want this to happen.
-airfox
Honestly, I expect Glasso to be confused for awhile why Amber is getting fatter until someone finally explains that she is pregnant. At which point, he will remember the deal and then much hilarity will ensue.
She’s probably not having twins. Willis already added Amber and Mike’s fetus to the cast page. Judging by the picture, there is only one in there.
Friesian style muumuus are called moomoos.
In the Dark Dimension they wear the dread Dormuumuus
In the Frozen Realms they may wear furmuus.
In H. P. Lovecraft stories, they wear Cuthulumuus.
You must now provide an illustration of a giant Cthulhu in a muumuu.
http://i52.tinypic.com/2jfzz11.jpg
Your wish is my command, sir. The photoshop was done by my fiancee, who is good at such things.
This is terrifying.
*Right-click, saves*
It’s okay, Amber. Being an adult means that you get to define what adulthood is. If there’s no room for muumuus in your adulthood, then there’s no muumuus.
Something just occurred to me…have we ever seen a kid in this toy store?? The only customers we usually see are (usually very immature) adults.
Yeah. Lots! (Or at least, several).
For instance, there’s a kid in Mike’s second SP! appearance.
And more in this other.
I’m sure there’s more examples.
-airfox
Yup there has been, I’m not going to go scouring through the archives for you, but I can remember several.
Particuarly where a guy admitted to buying toys, putting cheaper ones in the boxes and going to another store in the chain and bringing it in for a refund
Everyone attacked him until Amber went “Guys, stop there’s kids here. They get first dibs.” And then a squabble of children was after him.
Abortions for some! Miniature American flags for others!
Yup there has been, I’m not going to go scouring through the archives for you, but I can remember several.
Particuarly where a guy admitted to buying toys, putting cheaper ones in the boxes and going to another store in the chain and bringing it in for a refund
Everyone attacked him until Amber went “Guys, stop there’s kids here. They get first dibs.” And then a squabble of children was after him.
Well THAT was the wrong comment to reply to.
You still have to vote for ONE OF US!
I don’t think Amber and Mike are ready to bring a child into this world. They’re too busy screwing with each other’s minds. I’m glad Amber has realized this. I hope Mike realizes it, too.
Remember, Mike is an arsehole. What could be more arseholish, than to screw up a kid? Or use that kid to piss off others?
Hey now. I pop in less than three weeks and I’m proud to say that my wardrobe remains 100% muumuu-free.
Impending congratulations!
Ethens gay he can’t let her be seen in a muumuu….Cher would take his gay card from him
I actually think Amber and Mike will be fantastic parents, for one simple reason: my parents were terrible.
Okay yeah that needs some elaboration.
Basically, they drove me completely shitstain bonkers throughout all of my time living there. Not so much typical parent stuff, but more douchey stuff like I’d expect from Mike.
Now, I’m at college, with a roommate that most people are saying “Oh my god I’m so sorry you have to deal with him” about, and all I can think is, “Eh. It’s an improvement.”
Batshit insane parents prepare you for batshit insane people. And ALL of us will deal with batshit insane people.
Mike used his penis to make Ethan believe he is gay, taking from him a large opportunity to eventually share his personal joys and toys with a little tyke of the next generation. Now, he’s using it to take away Ethan’s best friend, obliging her to focus her attentions on a new, separate person. But how did he legally rename it “Kahn” just prior to the release of Star Trek 2, in spite of Takei’s protests with regards to the various Lovecraftian terrors visited upon Japanese-American internees during The War by said phallus?
Despite being broken and messed up, I love Amber showing her more thoughtful side. It’s quite endearing. ^_^ And also considering whether or not Mike could actually love their child. On the Ethan note, I feel bad for him. I really am starting to think he could wind up with Jacob. Ethan can relate, he could help Jacob work through the hoarding habit. Of course Willis is gonna do what he’s gonna do, let the chips fall where they may.
The baby of an abductee and a normal woman… Just tell me, Willis, that you will not pull a Breaking Dawn here, please.
But… Amber is a special and unique snowflake! And Dhalsim will see the baby and recognize his soulmate!!!
I think Dan is more interested in Robin. Ethan fits the Jacob role better, with being the person of their group that Amber knows since most time ago (if I remember correctly). Let’s just suppose the baby is a boy (and let’s call him Damian).
Please understand that when I start having children of my own, I will wear ALL OF THE MUUMUUS.
It will be nine solid months of muumuus.
It will be fantastic.
I regard this strip as further proof that Leslie and Malaya are not meant to be. Leslie cares about the people around her, she’s willing to listen, she’s happy for them when they’re happy and concerned for them when they’re not. Robin cares about her friends, too, even if she cares about herself a little more. But Malaya is hateful and doesn’t care about any of these people. We can’t expect her to have bonded with everyone yet, I realize. But she’s bitchy in a way that’s worse than Mike. Mike is upfront about being a total jerk, and he is this way with everyone. Malaya is a jerk, but she’s trying to act like whatever she thinks will attract Leslie. I think Leslie is smart enough to see this and decide from there if Malaya is worth pursuing anymore.
Reading this comic has me feeling like I’m reading the final season of Shortpacked. Like all the story lines are coming together, people are growing up and getting ready to move on. I love Shortpacked and hope this isn’t the case, but it does feel like things are winding down.
But a baby is proof that Willis is preparing It’s Walky/Shortpacked – The Next Generation/New Generation.
Just imagine. In some years, Dannys’ kid will be old enough to babysit the kids that will be born in the next few years.
Looks like Ethan just got hit with the “shit, my friends are having kids and I still spend all my time collecting plastic robots, maybe Drew was right” hammer.
Go Amber! If only more people were as self-aware (and selfless) as you are. I understand the biological imperative and social pressure create a strong pull, but we gotta think for ourselves if we want to make it to the next century.
To those talking about getting pregnant: please adopt. Please. We won’t run out of orphans any time soon, I promise. Don’t be selfish and insist that the baby has to have your genes and/or come out of your womb. Help a child in need instead.