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Wronged

by David M Willis on December 28, 2011 at 12:01 am
  • 01 - Pajama Jeans
└ Tags: amber, ethan, mike

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  1. Rognik
    Rognik
    December 28, 2011 at 12:03 am | #

    And Mike shows amazing restraint.

    • tbf
      tbf
      December 28, 2011 at 12:08 am | #

      It’s not restraint. People already feel awful, so Mike’s just conserving energy and watching.

      • Tucker
        Tucker
        December 28, 2011 at 1:04 am | #

        But Mike is everything you don’t want him to be.

        • Steven
          Steven
          December 28, 2011 at 3:57 am | #

          Like right now he’s not helping at all.

          • aqua
            aqua
            December 28, 2011 at 8:33 pm | #

            3 mikes talking about mike? the trinity(of hate)?

            • TheBenenator
              TheBenenator
              December 29, 2011 at 12:06 am | #

              Mike is a force of nature. Mike is everywhere at once.

              Especially with your mom and her nickels.

  2. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    December 28, 2011 at 12:03 am | #

    I prefer the taste of lamb over scapegoat anyday.

    • Joe H
      Joe H
      December 28, 2011 at 12:05 am | #

      Haaaaa!
      Clever.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      December 28, 2011 at 12:09 am | #

      Fish tastes better than lamb any day except for burgers.

      • Chronos
        Chronos
        December 29, 2011 at 8:11 am | #

        I dunno. Fish seems awful fishy to me…

    • Tucker
      Tucker
      December 28, 2011 at 1:10 am | #

      What about Brahmin Steaks? You gotta watch out for those RADS, though.

  3. Thores
    Thores
    December 28, 2011 at 12:04 am | #

    Aw the conversation is making her hair sad in panel 2.

    • NakedDumblydore
      NakedDumblydore
      December 28, 2011 at 1:07 pm | #

      Hah! Good eye! :<

  4. David Herbert
    David Herbert
    December 28, 2011 at 12:05 am | #

    She needs a hug. From my penis.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      December 28, 2011 at 12:13 am | #

      Your penis has arms? OOOOOOH!

      • Rognik
        Rognik
        December 28, 2011 at 12:29 am | #

        Either that, or it’s as long as an elephant’s trunk.

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          December 28, 2011 at 12:38 am | #

          Elephant penises are prehensile, so that might be possible.

          • Tucker
            Tucker
            December 28, 2011 at 1:09 am | #

            In your FAAAAAAACE!

            • f.p.
              f.p.
              December 28, 2011 at 2:04 am | #

              Between your femurs

          • Osaru Sensei
            Osaru Sensei
            December 28, 2011 at 4:56 am | #

            … They are? O_o

            Holy f**k, dude.

            • f.p.
              f.p.
              December 28, 2011 at 6:53 am | #

              I thought that was dolphins.

              • Osaru Sensei
                Osaru Sensei
                December 29, 2011 at 5:16 am | #

                Me too.

                • Aydr
                  Aydr
                  December 30, 2011 at 4:53 pm | #

                  It’s both.

              • Kelly
                Kelly
                March 20, 2013 at 12:16 am | #

                Quite a few large mammals that might have trouble getting things lined up have that feature.

  5. OhHayMike
    OhHayMike
    December 28, 2011 at 12:05 am | #

    This Ethan seems even more pathetic than Shortpacked Ethan. And that’s saying something.

    • meanderling
      meanderling
      December 28, 2011 at 12:59 am | #

      He’s a gay teenager. That’s like +20 pathetic points, right there!

      • meanderling
        meanderling
        December 28, 2011 at 1:00 am | #

        W-wait, not insinuating that gay people or gay teens are pathetic, or anything! Just that…coming out is hard and it tends to contribute to sadness and drama?

        Oh god that could’ve been so much better worded, I am so so sorry.

        • Rex Hondo
          Rex Hondo
          December 28, 2011 at 1:05 am | #

          Don’t feel too bad. Being a teenager does mean that he’s much less likely to have the emotional tools to deal with all the drama surrounding his coming out, and we DO know that there’s drama, so we’ll let you slide.

        • AJBulldis
          AJBulldis
          December 28, 2011 at 8:24 am | #

          All teenagers deserve to be insulted. Gay people are by definition people, and thus likewise deserve to be insulted.

        • AndaisQ
          AndaisQ
          December 28, 2011 at 12:05 pm | #

          Eh. You’re not far wrong, speaking as a gay teenager.

      • TheBenenator
        TheBenenator
        December 29, 2011 at 12:08 am | #

        Wait — Ethan’s gay?

    • SuziRoo
      SuziRoo
      December 28, 2011 at 2:03 pm | #

      Not gonna lie, I thought I *was* reading Shortpacked!!

  6. Wonder Wig
    Wonder Wig
    December 28, 2011 at 12:06 am | #

    It feels like this conversation came out of nowhere, like the floodgates suddenly broke just because she didn’t feel like hanging out on their second Saturday since starting school.

    • Rognik
      Rognik
      December 28, 2011 at 12:13 am | #

      Isn’t this their first weekend? I think everyone moved in on Sunday, although I suppose it’s possible it’s been a whole week.

      • Wonder Wig
        Wonder Wig
        December 28, 2011 at 12:41 am | #

        I could’ve sworn that many many months ago we were all “oh wow it’s barely friday!” I’m trying to be generous with time lol

        • Tucker
          Tucker
          December 28, 2011 at 1:09 am | #

          Yeah, the time isn’t up for interpretation, Willis has confirmed on a number of occasions that each story-line is directly tied to a single day (at least for the time being). Pajama Jeans – that’s bloody Saturday. We’re six-days into DOA, folks.

    • Cholma
      Cholma
      December 28, 2011 at 12:20 am | #

      Read this strip from April 13, and the next one. Remember this is still the first week of school.
      http://www.dumbingofage.com/2011/comic/book-1/04-the-bechdel-test/attention/

    • Wack'd
      Wack'd
      December 28, 2011 at 1:05 am | #

      It feels like that to me too, but if you think about it, damn near every time we see Ethan and Amber he’s nagging her about not getting out more or paying attention to him and Mike. Doesn’t seem like a lot spread out over a year, but this is still week 1 for them. In that context, this makes perfect sense.

  7. Aizat
    Aizat
    December 28, 2011 at 12:07 am | #

    Damn, Ethan’s grandfather must have been absolutely wild. I may have some issues( the issues are already sorted by the way) but damn.

    • Rognik
      Rognik
      December 28, 2011 at 12:31 am | #

      It took me a couple of reads to get what you meant here. No, not that kind of nasty. Pervert.

      • Aizat
        Aizat
        December 28, 2011 at 12:34 am | #

        No, I meant that Ethan’s grandfather went ballistic.

        • Tucker
          Tucker
          December 28, 2011 at 1:06 am | #

          Yeah, pervert. lol

          • Aizat
            Aizat
            December 28, 2011 at 1:10 am | #

            I don’t mean it that way.

            • Tucker
              Tucker
              December 28, 2011 at 2:08 am | #

              I figured you’d see I was pointing at Rognik in concurrence with you =]

  8. LauraS
    LauraS
    December 28, 2011 at 12:08 am | #

    Sob.

  9. ShadowWing Tronix
    ShadowWing Tronix
    December 28, 2011 at 12:10 am | #

    Wait, Ethan and Amber full-on dated in this universe? Either I missed that or nobody noticed that revelation. I can see how having your boy/girlfriend admit to actually being gay would throw you for a loop.

    • Alechsa
      Alechsa
      December 28, 2011 at 12:16 am | #

      I read it more that they were best friends and she helped him control the lashing of his family when he came out.

    • Rognik
      Rognik
      December 28, 2011 at 12:16 am | #

      They went to prom together at the very least: http://www.dumbingofage.com/2011/comic/book-1/04-the-bechdel-test/attention/ I suppose that counts as dating.

      • AJBulldis
        AJBulldis
        December 28, 2011 at 8:26 am | #

        I wasn’t dating the girl I went to prom with. Also we never spoke again after prom. And I’ve forgotten her name.

        • Blue
          Blue
          December 28, 2011 at 10:14 am | #

          Yeah, but the mention of the “hotel room after prom” suggests to me that they were going as something more than two friends.

          Though given that I had a singularly boring high school existence and never went to an afterparty or had a date for prom, I know nothing of the matter.

  10. Cholma
    Cholma
    December 28, 2011 at 12:11 am | #

    Hey David, just noticed your con list on the right doesn’t include C2E2 in April. Passing on that? I think it’s April 13-15. Discount pricing expires Dec 31, and I’m debating buying a ticket now or not.

    • David
      David M Willis
      December 28, 2011 at 12:12 am | #

      Yeah, I’m not gonna do C2E2. Maybe if parking weren’t a billion dollars!

      • Digidestined of Trust (Tim)
        Digidestined of Trust (Tim)
        December 28, 2011 at 12:27 am | #

        Which reminds me, are you planning on going to the new Lexington Comic-Con?

        • David
          David M Willis
          December 28, 2011 at 12:51 am | #

          That I do not know.

      • Cholma
        Cholma
        December 28, 2011 at 12:29 am | #

        Parking is truly a bongo. Do you just mean at the convention center, or also at whatever hotel you’re staying at? If just the center, I could have worked something out for you. We can discuss late next year when the 2013 show starts ramping up.

        • David
          David M Willis
          December 28, 2011 at 12:51 am | #

          Both, you see. Parking at the hotel, then moving to the convention center, and back. There are no in-and-out privileges.

          So you spend $80 a day just to stow your car somewhere, and then nobody at the show wants to buy anything! C2E2 was not a profitable show for me.

          • Rex Hondo
            Rex Hondo
            December 28, 2011 at 1:07 am | #

            Hehe… In-and-out priveleges…

            • Tucker
              Tucker
              December 28, 2011 at 12:54 pm | #

              There’s plenty of in and out privledges at a hotel.

              • madd
                madd
                December 28, 2011 at 4:02 pm | #

                Sure, but it still costs $80’s a day!

                • Rognik
                  Rognik
                  December 28, 2011 at 11:23 pm | #

                  And that’s not counting the girl!

                  …wait, what are we talking about again?

                • Rex Hondo
                  Rex Hondo
                  December 28, 2011 at 11:46 pm | #

                  Whereas in-and-out privileges with your mom only cost a nickel.

                  Well, SOMEBODY had to say it…

                • Tucker
                  Tucker
                  December 29, 2011 at 1:38 am | #

                  Yeah, your mom did.

  11. iSaidCandleja-
    iSaidCandleja-
    December 28, 2011 at 12:13 am | #

    I feel for Amber. Helping with damage control is hard enough, I can’t imagine how the family would treat the last girlfriend before Ethan came out.

  12. L
    L
    December 28, 2011 at 12:19 am | #

    I’m surprised that Mike seems NOT to be angry.

    • agentksilver
      agentksilver
      December 28, 2011 at 12:24 am | #

      He’s still checking out Amber’s butt.

      • Tristan J
        Tristan J
        December 28, 2011 at 12:50 am | #

        Looks to me like he’s checking out Ethan’s butt.

        /confirmationbias

        /whyamIsoobsessedwithshippingthosetwo

        • meanderling
          meanderling
          December 28, 2011 at 1:02 am | #

          Is there a betting pool for when this becomes canon?

          • Tristan J
            Tristan J
            December 28, 2011 at 4:49 am | #

            Yes. Except instead of putting money you put your hopes and dreams in the kitty.

            • The E-man
              The E-man
              December 29, 2011 at 1:56 pm | #

              And if it doesn’t happen, Mike crushes your hopes and dreams for a delicious meal.

  13. Dr. Octopus
    Dr. Octopus
    December 28, 2011 at 12:35 am | #

    Somebody wants to get wronged real good, *if you know what I mean.

    • John
      John
      December 28, 2011 at 12:58 am | #

      If you mean she wants to get wronged until she has a good scapegoat, I know what you mean.

      • Usayasha
        Usayasha
        December 28, 2011 at 2:31 pm | #

        Wait, is this a euphemism? Because “having a good scapegoat” deserves to be a synonym for “orgasm.”

        • fellixe
          fellixe
          December 28, 2011 at 10:18 pm | #

          “Ha, ha! He got her goat!”
          That could work.

  14. Tristan J
    Tristan J
    December 28, 2011 at 12:44 am | #

    I like the ‘Ethan emotionally frustrated! Ethan SMASH!’ vibe coming off him in the final panel. Though I also get the sense he couldn’t tear a sheet of paper. And he’d feel bad about it after if he did.

  15. Zoey
    Zoey
    December 28, 2011 at 12:49 am | #

    mike needs his own memes

    • f.p.
      f.p.
      December 28, 2011 at 2:08 am | #

      Why? He can get memes from your mom for a nickel.

      • Zoey
        Zoey
        December 28, 2011 at 7:59 pm | #

        ROFL

  16. Locke
    Locke
    December 28, 2011 at 12:51 am | #

    The next page: Mike fixes everything by departing a piece of sage wisdom in the way only he can.

  17. Dahlia
    Dahlia
    December 28, 2011 at 1:00 am | #

    O_O Whoa…Deja vu *had this moment as well*

  18. Katie
    Katie
    December 28, 2011 at 1:26 am | #

    Wow…is Mike showing concern?! Because if this Mike is anything like Shortpacked!’s Mike; thats a Mike concerned face. Holy flip!

    • petsinwinter
      petsinwinter
      December 28, 2011 at 12:37 pm | #

      he could be slightly buzzed, I don’t know. either way this is not right for mike!

      • fellixe
        fellixe
        December 28, 2011 at 5:05 pm | #

        It’s almost like this Mike is ominous just because we don’t know yet if he’s really ominous or not.

    • Jackson
      Jackson
      December 28, 2011 at 5:55 pm | #

      Mike is concerned.

      We should be concerned.

      • fellixe
        fellixe
        December 28, 2011 at 10:19 pm | #

        Concerned Mike = concern

    • Aydr
      Aydr
      December 30, 2011 at 6:10 pm | #

      Mike is concerned… he’s also turned his head toward Ethan.

      They are so a couple.

  19. NCP19
    NCP19
    December 28, 2011 at 3:37 am | #

    Mike seems to be staring out through the fourth wall with an expression that says “can you believe this garbage?”

  20. f.p.
    f.p.
    December 28, 2011 at 4:20 am | #

    Well he *tried* to “wrong” her on prom night, but he just wasn’t able to do it. All that lead up but no show… it’s no wonder she’s frustrated!

    • Usayasha
      Usayasha
      December 28, 2011 at 2:33 pm | #

      All she needs is a good scapegoat.

  21. TexasNinjaBuzzard
    TexasNinjaBuzzard
    December 28, 2011 at 6:30 am | #

    Mike is clearly baffled by a display of hyoo-mon “emotion”.

    Also I dearly love eyebrows that obscure eyeglasses when making expressions.

  22. bubba11340
    bubba11340
    December 28, 2011 at 9:54 am | #

    … so was there a comic series before this one or what?

    • fellixe
      fellixe
      December 28, 2011 at 11:33 am | #

      Yes, yes, yes, and no. The characters are drawn from Willis’ earlier series’; Roomies, It’s Walky, and Shortpacked!. But at the same time it has nothing to do with any previous title.

      It’s special!

      • Tucker
        Tucker
        December 28, 2011 at 12:57 pm | #

        Like beardy Spock.

        By the way, a prog band called themselves Spock’s Beard. Just saying.

      • bubba11340
        bubba11340
        December 28, 2011 at 9:21 pm | #

        cool! Thank you sir/ma’am I appreciate the info.

        • fellixe
          fellixe
          December 28, 2011 at 10:26 pm | #

          Indeed! Enjoy the archives for those if you haven’t yet (start with Roomies! first). You don’t need to know any of it but it will help unlock Secret Inside Jokes, though I don’t know of anybody who has yet received a toy surprise…

          • Rex Hondo
            Rex Hondo
            December 28, 2011 at 11:48 pm | #

            Mike gave your mom a toy surprise…

            Oh God, I can’t stop…

  23. Charles RB
    Charles RB
    December 28, 2011 at 11:16 am | #

    OW. This was a painful strip to read. 🙁

    (Now do more)

  24. Kelvin
    Kelvin
    December 28, 2011 at 3:07 pm | #

    Am I the only one here who LOVES Ethan’s shirt?

    • David
      David M Willis
      December 28, 2011 at 3:35 pm | #

      It’s one shirt I can’t sell myself! Stupid intellectual property laws!

      • Tucker
        Tucker
        December 29, 2011 at 1:39 am | #

        Yeah, I suppose in the comic is fair use.

        • Kelvin
          Kelvin
          December 30, 2011 at 10:36 am | #

          That’s too bad. This shirt just stands up and says “I’m Batman”.

      • Aydr
        Aydr
        December 30, 2011 at 6:04 pm | #

        Why can’t you sell shirts of Monochrome Pointy-eared Not-rodent Man?

  25. Bobcat2022
    Bobcat2022
    December 30, 2011 at 7:28 am | #

    I like that Ethan’s got a Transformers Animated poster in his dorm room. This Ethan probably never watched Beast Wars, now that I think about it— but TFA aired at the same point in DOA Ethan’s life that BW did for SP Ethan. Well played.

    • Bobcat2022
      Bobcat2022
      December 30, 2011 at 7:29 am | #

      No, wait, this is Amber’s room, isn’t it? Interesting.

      • Aydr
        Aydr
        December 30, 2011 at 6:03 pm | #

        I know, I was wondering about that myself. Now is it Amber’s or Dina’s?

      • ryan
        ryan
        January 3, 2012 at 10:24 am | #

        it is amber’s room, but i like to think it’s still ethan’s poster.

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