Line #22 Webcomic/WalkyVerse


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:[[https://www.deviantart.com/itswalky/art/Crisis-on-Infinite-Walkyverses-321968875 Crisis on Infinite Walkyverses]]]]
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4	The Walkyverse is the setting of four {{webcomic\|s}} series by David Willis:
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6	* ''[[http://www.itswalky.com/d/19970908.html Roomies!]]'', ''[[http://www.itswalky.com It's Walky!]]'', and ''[[http://www.itswalky.com Joyce and Walky!]]'', which [[Webcomic/RoomiesItsWalkyJoyceAndWalky share a page due to the interconnected nature of their narratives]], and
7	* ''[[http://www.shortpacked.com Shortpacked!]]'' ([[Webcomic/{{Shortpacked}} page here]]), a spin-off comic from ''It's Walky!'' which is largely self-contained.
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9	Outside the Walkyverse is the Dumbiverse, containing ''[[http://www.dumbingofage.com/ Dumbing of Age]]'' ([[Webcomic/DumbingOfAge page here]]), and, as of this writing, ''Webcomic/DorkTower'', an UltimateUniverse AlternateContinuity combining characters and elements from all four (but none of the science fiction elements so far).
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11	The Walkyverse also includes ([[{{Crossover}} de facto]] at any rate) a number of other comics largely written by friends of Willis, including (but not necessarily limited to) ''Webcomic/{{Melonpool}}'', ''Webcomic/{{Fans}}'', ''Webcomic/SomethingPositive'', ''Webcomic/QueenOfWands'', ''Webcomic/GirlsWithSlingshots'', ''Webcomic/AllNewIssues'', ''Webcomic/{{Multiplex}}'', ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'', ''Webcomic/DieselSweeties'', ''Webcomic/PennyAndAggie'', and ''Webcomic/ScaryGoRound''.
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13	The Walkyverse officially ended with the final ''Shortpacked!'' strip on January 17, 2015, and the final strips of ''Joyce and Walky!'' were uploaded on May 17, 2015. A series about Joyce and Walky's pregnancy, ''[[http://itspregnancy.tumblr.com It's Pregnancy!]]'', ran from June to December 2015.
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17	!!Tropes that apply to the Walkyverse as a whole:
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19	* AuthorAvatar: Every series has one:
20	** Danny Wilcox in ''Roomies!'' starts the trend, intentionally sharing many traits with Willis. By his own admission, however, Joyce grew into a more fitting avatar.
21	** Walky from ''It's Walky!'' is more overt, again sharing initials with Willis but also a first name and nickname, car, and other traits.
22	** ''Shortpacked!'' took it to the next level, with two avatars: one being a fictionalized version of himself, and the other being Ethan. And in-universe, they're rivals in the ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' fandom.
23	** ''Webcomic/DumbingOfAge'', while an [[AlternateUniverse AU]], has Joyce as his avatar, due to their shared [[TheFundamentalist style of religious upbringing]], [[spoiler:eventual [[EvilStoleMyFaith loss of faith]]]], and even becoming a cartoonist.
24	* CerebusSyndrome: Each comic got DarkerAndEdgier after starting off light-hearted and episodic.
25	* DarkerAndEdgier: The franchise started tackling darker themes with ''It's Walky!'', [[AnyoneCanDie especially toward the end]]. Then, after going DenserAndWackier for ''Shortpacked!'' and (mostly) LighterAndSofter for ''Joyce And Walky!'', Willis would go for a more DysfunctionJunction flavor of dark with ''Dumbing of Age'', dealing heavily with various forms of parental abuse.
26	* TheMultiverse: Has several, but most specifically:
27	** the Dargonverse, where Jason's Father's Organization was before it came to the Walkyverse; the [=NoWalkyverse=], where Walky went to college and never joined SEMME.
28	** the Dumbiverse, where all of the Walkyverse characters went to the same college and SEMME and aliens don't exist (named for the comic revolving around it, Dumbing of Age).

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