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Just A Dream

by Paul Taylor on October 30, 2009 at 12:00 am
Story: Wapsi-Archive
Characters: Conscience, Shelly
Location: Shelly's Apartment

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Discussion (45) ¬

  1. Carthen
    October 30, 2009, 12:06 am | # | Reply

    Oh sweet suggarbottoms that’s creepy!

  2. rande11
    October 30, 2009, 12:09 am | # | Reply

    Oh wow. Come on Monday get soon. I can’t wait.

  3. TSMillar
    October 30, 2009, 12:17 am | # | Reply

    excuse me while i change my pants…

  4. jwhouk
    October 30, 2009, 12:19 am | # | Reply

    The little girl is out. And I’m still betting that it’s Tina’s soul.

    • valkeiper
      April 20, 2020, 1:29 am | # | Reply

      Nope, just another (not necessarily new) major player in the strip.

      love it.

  5. jwhouk
    October 30, 2009, 12:32 am | # | Reply

    And I’m not taking anything away from the sheer creepiness of the whole thing, mind you.

    • Linux Learner
      December 9, 2010, 2:09 am | # | Reply

      And congratulations; you were absolutely correct about it being yet another nightmare.

      No barfing yet, though.

  6. The Old Wolf
    October 30, 2009, 12:52 am | # | Reply

    By Great Skull Zero and Split Sky Ahau, that is terrifying. The awesomeness of this strip is ascending with dizzying speed…

  7. Xtine
    October 30, 2009, 1:02 am | # | Reply

    I definitely would not want to come face-to-face with any of my demons. *shudder*

  8. bastlynn
    October 30, 2009, 1:14 am | # | Reply

    ACK!

  9. hyperanim8or
    October 30, 2009, 1:34 am | # | Reply

    Now THAT is a cliff hanger. I cant wait until Monday.

  10. ziggy78eog
    October 30, 2009, 1:37 am | # | Reply

    Is that a loft? Man, I love sleeping in lofts; it is like a bunk bed, with only the top bunk. I just want to hug the scary looking floating girl, so she would stop frowning, and looking so sad.

    • Bratty Roger
      February 10, 2022, 9:39 am | # | Reply

      😏I’ve got an office desk under mine❗

  11. fairportfan
    October 30, 2009, 2:14 am | # | Reply

    Repeating what i said in yesterday’s comments:

    Some of comments about the 3D effect Pablo had accomplished in the second panel yesterday piqued my interest, so i did this 3D rework of the panel; i posted it with Pablo’s kind permission.

    Way way back, in the pages of Amazing Fantasy (a couple of months before they unleashed Spider-Man in issue 15), Stan Lee and Steve Ditko did an amazingly creepy little story about waking up from a nightmare.

    ANd then waking up from that nightmare.

    And then waking up from that nightmare.

    And then waking up from…

    • The Old Wolf
      October 30, 2009, 10:34 pm | # | Reply

      @Fairport: Just went back and looked again – I hadn’t even noticed that Tina’s dialog had been tweaked. Superior work, even though I’ve said it elsewhere.

  12. fairportfan
    October 30, 2009, 2:16 am | # | Reply

    Another thing – Shelly strikes me more as the “Yaahhhhh!” kind, no the “Squeal like a girly” kind…

    • AvidFan
      November 1, 2009, 3:51 pm | # | Reply

      I agree. The girls scream has an effect though… it makes it even clearer how completely horrifying this must be to Shelly, I think.

  13. Rovena
    October 30, 2009, 2:32 am | # | Reply

    O.O wwweeee!!!
    Momma!!! That’s so friggin’ scary…

  14. sco3tt
    October 30, 2009, 2:32 am | # | Reply

    Floating off the side of a loft bed, it’s a Friday Lofthanger! Yet another Waspi first!

  15. Bianca
    October 30, 2009, 4:59 am | # | Reply

    Wow! I started reading this comic a few months ago and came back to it three days ago. I’ve been reading as many strips as I can fit into a night for the last three days which makes the story very intense. It flows magically.

    However, I caught up yesterday..and having to wait for each new comic is excruciating! But I’m so enjoying it. It’s also very interesting to read people’s comments.

    I agree…very spooky!

  16. Ganthan
    October 30, 2009, 7:50 am | # | Reply

    Man, Wapsi Square is starting to turn into Silent Hill.

  17. vince
    October 30, 2009, 10:05 am | # | Reply

    I think the little girl may actually be Shelly’s Doubt and she’s now out and about because of her thoughts of Bud/Brandi’s book plan………..

    • Valkeiper
      April 20, 2020, 1:37 am | # | Reply

      not exactly, but she does get a nickname from future posts

  18. UncleRice
    October 30, 2009, 11:51 am | # | Reply

    Levitating dead girls by your bed when you wake up from a nightmare. Not on the top 10 things you want to wake up to.

    • Mr. Nikk
      October 30, 2009, 1:15 pm | # | Reply

      I don’t know…I don’t think it’d be THAT bad. I think waking up to the Snuggle Bear wielding a chainsaw would be scarier.

      And Paul….really….needs to do a psychological horror graphic novel.

  19. Paula
    October 30, 2009, 12:20 pm | # | Reply

    this reminds me of ‘the ring’

    but well.. isnt that shelly as a kid?

  20. Opus the Poet
    October 30, 2009, 2:58 pm | # | Reply

    Seriously creepy. Paul your writing hasn’t been this good in ages, you’re getting consistently better.

  21. amethystshadow
    October 30, 2009, 3:01 pm | # | Reply

    I’ll be hiding under my bed if anyone needs me

    *tremble*

  22. John K
    October 30, 2009, 7:10 pm | # | Reply

    um…. happy Halloween?

  23. Ziggy Stardust
    October 30, 2009, 9:11 pm | # | Reply

    That’s kind of short for a nightdress on that little girl.

    • Paul Taylor
      October 30, 2009, 9:15 pm | # | Reply

      My nieces have worn large tee shirts like that to bed.

      • Ziggy Stardust
        November 1, 2009, 8:03 pm | #

        You raise a good point; so have I.

  24. jayessell
    October 30, 2009, 10:11 pm | # | Reply

    Couldn’t get my eyes to cross properly,
    so I used Red/Blue and the cardboard glasses.
    Three planes?
    Tina (and dialog)
    Shelly (and dialog)
    Tina’s hand and finger?

    Isn’t that one of the sacrificeees?

  25. Hoshi
    October 30, 2009, 10:11 pm | # | Reply

    Gahhh! I would die/faint if I woke up to that looking over me in bed! Leave it to me to come back here at night when I told myself not to. *doesn’t learn*

  26. RKSAustin
    October 30, 2009, 10:12 pm | # | Reply

    Yikes! Thanks for the Halloween scare! 🙂

  27. hewolf
    October 30, 2009, 10:22 pm | # | Reply

    Colour me funny, but I heard Newt from Aliens with that squeal.

  28. fairportfan
    October 31, 2009, 8:52 am | # | Reply

    Planes (back to front):

    Background
    Tina (and her balloon – with minor tweaks to parts of the dialog)
    Shelly
    Tina’s hand (and Shelly’s balloon)
    Tina’s finger

  29. Valis_kr3
    November 2, 2009, 12:47 am | # | Reply

    ya know I went to see Paranormal Activity last week and it was ok. Watching the woman’s hair be blown by a fan off screen and say “It’s staring right at me! I can feel it staring at me!” was a 5 out 10 on scary-o-meter. I can’t help but think that if we ever saw the thing that was haunting the couple it would look like the little girl at Shelly’s bed. It would have made the movie worth watching.

  30. triangulartimmy
    March 17, 2010, 2:38 am | # | Reply

    I’m going to have nightmares tonight. x_x

  31. Chris Mayer
    March 17, 2010, 3:10 pm | # | Reply

    Join us next time for; H.P. Lovecraft is back in town, or who the hell left the necrocon open?

  32. Page-Mistress
    August 21, 2010, 6:21 pm | # | Reply

    Wow, her bed is high up!

  33. Jenny
    October 27, 2010, 11:30 pm | # | Reply

    OK, that last panel scared the Bejesus outta me.

  34. Fauxlosopher
    November 28, 2010, 10:27 am | # | Reply

    She reminds me of Katherine.

  35. Techno Gray
    May 13, 2011, 11:52 pm | # | Reply

    Why am I reading through this on Friday the 13th?

  36. JustaPhilosopher
    June 6, 2011, 3:00 am | # | Reply

    Paula brings up the point I was thinking. I thought the demon in Shelley’s mind was her, as a kid, right after finding her mother, dead. And also, right before/during/or after cutting off all her hair. Also, I don’t think this is doubt. if it had a name, it’d prolly be like “Insecurity” which is vague/broad. This is Shelley’s metaphysical “little girl” who wants her mother back and won’t let others replace her. Hence why she wanted to attack Heather in the nightmares, coma-induced dreams Shelley had concerning Heather’s introduction as more than an acquaintance.

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