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by David M Willis on April 11, 2013 at 12:01 am
  • 02 - Guess Who's Coming to Galasso's
└ Tags: amazi-girl

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  1. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    April 11, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

    Engineers of Evil you mean.

    • John Harmon
      John Harmon
      April 11, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

      YES it must be a thing now. If not, it will be in my head.

      • GrrArg42
        GrrArg42
        April 11, 2013 at 12:20 am | #

        And I thought EE meant Electrical Engineer. I should reconsider some of my coworker’s backgrounds.

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          April 11, 2013 at 12:26 am | #

          Villainy knows no bounds.

          • Neospector
            Neospector
            April 11, 2013 at 1:45 am | #

            I have several evil engineer jokes that I can’t decide which to post. So I’ll leave with a hyperlink to a website which can do it for me.

            • Saucialiste
              Saucialiste
              April 11, 2013 at 8:49 am | #

              You don’t get it, all engineers are evil to some extent, I guess it comes from the ring thingy…

              • Roborat
                Roborat
                April 11, 2013 at 3:14 pm | #

                I think the ring thingy is pretty much a Canadian thingy.

                • General Tekno
                  General Tekno
                  April 11, 2013 at 6:21 pm | #

                  Yeah; it is a Canadian thing.

                  We’re a real life Lantern corps, minus the battery requirement.

                • Lukkai
                  Lukkai
                  April 11, 2013 at 7:48 pm | #

                  Actually the Ring Thing is a Swiss movie.

                • Neospector
                  Neospector
                  April 11, 2013 at 11:21 pm | #

                  Does that mean Canadian Sauron asked politely before creating armies of orks?

                • Roborat
                  Roborat
                  April 12, 2013 at 3:12 pm | #

                  Yup, then apologies for disturbing you while he burns the city down around you, and hands you a Tim Hortons coffee, with the rim already rolled up.

                • Lukkai
                  Lukkai
                  April 12, 2013 at 9:36 pm | #

                  Real gentlemen, those Canadian evil overlords!

        • Kernanator
          Kernanator
          April 11, 2013 at 12:33 am | #

          And here I thought EoE meant End of Evangelion.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      April 11, 2013 at 3:50 am | #

      DR DOOM and the Engineers of Evil!

    • Ivan
      Ivan
      April 11, 2013 at 8:28 pm | #

      Since when does IU have an Engineering School? Or are those visitors from West Lafayette? Besides… the type in West Laf are hardly the M.I.T. prankster type. They are some of the most boring individuals on the planet.

      I know, I spent 5 years with them, including 2 sems with a roommate I knew prior. Dullards… And the female engineering students… Oh! They were hideously stereotypical. And stereotypically hideous!

      I never knew what I missed until I made a single visit to Ball State. Had I known… Blue Balls at Ball State are IMPOSSIBLE with such a huge deficit of males there!

      • KKoro
        KKoro
        April 11, 2013 at 11:46 pm | #

        …wow, I feel kind of bad to have gone to the same school as you, now. Thanks for that.

  2. John
    John
    April 11, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

    See? This is why you don’t engage them in conversation!

  3. Demon-Something
    Demon-Something
    April 11, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

    Does anyone else think that Amazi-Girl has the voice of Kate Mulgrew?

    • timemonkey
      timemonkey
      April 11, 2013 at 12:07 am | #

      I now have the weirdest platonic boner.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      April 11, 2013 at 12:09 am | #

      Actually SF Debris’ version of Janeway would sound more menacing.

    • Robert
      Robert
      April 11, 2013 at 12:14 am | #

      When I picture Kate Mulgrew speaking in my head, she sloooowly turns into David Spade. I haven’t been able to get that damn correlation out of my head in like 15 years.

    • Rex Hondo
      Rex Hondo
      April 11, 2013 at 2:36 am | #

      Well, now I do.

  4. RJF
    RJF
    April 11, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

    “Well, if you’re so smart, how come you used a double negative? Eh? EH? EEEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHHHH? Learn English, dumbass? Feelin’ dumb? Feelin’ dumb?”

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      April 11, 2013 at 12:14 am | #

      Are engineers normally known for their mastery of the English language?

      • Spiny Creature
        Spiny Creature
        April 11, 2013 at 12:18 am | #

        I can assure you they are not.

        • Geegles
          Geegles
          April 11, 2013 at 12:20 am | #

          They also aren’t known for their violence, to be fair.

          • Andiemus
            Andiemus
            April 11, 2013 at 2:21 am | #

            Only if you haven’t played enough TF2.

            • Caleb
              Caleb
              April 11, 2013 at 7:04 am | #

              Have an internet.

          • All-Purpose Guru
            All-Purpose Guru
            April 11, 2013 at 6:56 am | #

            As a computer engineer I have a large Nerf bat for whacking the computer when it doesn’t behave.

            I’ve worn out three of them.

            Non-violent, my ass.

            • MrSmiley
              MrSmiley
              April 11, 2013 at 2:40 pm | #

              You know. usually its your fauld when the computer misbehaves.
              Computers are like gnomes and leprechauns. If you strike a deal with them they will carry out the letter but rarely the spirit.

              • MrSmiley
                MrSmiley
                April 11, 2013 at 2:41 pm | #

                *fault.

              • begbert2
                begbert2
                April 11, 2013 at 3:47 pm | #

                You haven’t used many computers, have you?

                Generally speaking, the average person hasn’t written their computer’s programs from the operating system on up. Typically the OS and most programs are written by somebody else. And they either hated you, or they programmed malicious sentience into their code for shits and giggles. Or they just screwed it up, but what are the odds of that?

            • xKiv
              xKiv
              April 11, 2013 at 8:18 pm | #

              You’ve only worn out three computers??
              .
              .
              .
              You are probably just that much younger than me …

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          April 11, 2013 at 12:21 am | #

          Humanities and Sciences rarely mix well.

          • Vabolo
            Vabolo
            April 11, 2013 at 1:31 am | #

            For instance, the Hindenberg, a wonder of science.

            OH THE HUMANITY!

            • Ivan
              Ivan
              April 11, 2013 at 8:30 pm | #

              Now THAT was funny!

      • Cybersnark
        Cybersnark
        April 11, 2013 at 6:28 am | #

        No, engineering students don’t speak English.

        They generally just point at things and grunt.

        [/ENGLISH MAJOR]

  5. Wonder Wig
    Wonder Wig
    April 11, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

    “And yet your facial hair claims otherwise.”

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      April 11, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

      Or maybe it’s the biggest confirmation.

      • Wonder Wig
        Wonder Wig
        April 11, 2013 at 12:16 am | #

        Is that a big confirmation in your pocket or are you just happy to see Amazi-Girl?

        • Josh
          Josh
          April 11, 2013 at 5:04 am | #

          Amazi-Girl should speak in the third person from now.

      • Mogotoo
        Mogotoo
        April 11, 2013 at 12:17 am | #

        This engineering student sure has a hell of a time growing facial hair.

        • Valdrax
          Valdrax
          April 11, 2013 at 12:57 am | #

          That’s the only proper way an engineer can be clean-shaven.

    • All-Purpose Guru
      All-Purpose Guru
      April 11, 2013 at 6:57 am | #

      Only if it continues down to his neck.

  6. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    April 11, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

    Wait, what?

    B-But you’re criminals! You’re supposed to be a superstitious cowardly lot! You aren’t supposed to be this smart, dammit!

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      April 11, 2013 at 12:09 am | #

      You’re supposed to have one fat one and one skinny one and you guys engage in wacky schtick before I come in and beat you up.

      • GrrArg42
        GrrArg42
        April 11, 2013 at 12:19 am | #

        Dibs on the skinny guy with the schtick!

        • Wack'd
          Wack'd
          April 11, 2013 at 12:25 am | #

          Does he speak softly?

          • John
            John
            April 11, 2013 at 12:55 am | #

            No, it’d be the fat one whose schtick is “big”.

            • Aydr
              Aydr
              April 11, 2013 at 2:54 am | #

              I dunno, it’s pretty common for skinny guys to have pretty big schticks, if you know what I’m sayin’.

              • Kernanator
                Kernanator
                April 11, 2013 at 3:01 am | #

                What skinny guys do you know?

  7. Sensedog
    Sensedog
    April 11, 2013 at 12:07 am | #

    Indeed, vigilantism is itself illegal.

  8. Count Dracula
    Count Dracula
    April 11, 2013 at 12:09 am | #

    Pfff, you’d never see a Physics major like me out on a Friday night vandalizing, ruckus-raising and causing mischief and mayhem. Lousy engineers.

    I mean, you’d never see a Physics major like me out on a Friday night PERIOD, but still.

    • Ragnal
      Ragnal
      April 11, 2013 at 12:11 am | #

      Except I think it’s still Tuesday here.

      • Count Dracula
        Count Dracula
        April 11, 2013 at 12:14 am | #

        Tuesday is within an order of magnitude of Friday. It’s a reasonable approximation.

        • Pie
          Pie
          April 11, 2013 at 12:21 am | #

          ‘Reasonable approximation’? Charlatan! You must really be an engineer! (or an astrophysicist).

          • Count Dracula
            Count Dracula
            April 11, 2013 at 12:29 am | #

            In my astro class, we’re allowed to approximate pi to one, and pi squared to ten. When I tell my math major friends that, they twitch.

            • Valdrax
              Valdrax
              April 11, 2013 at 1:01 am | #

              Oh, you’re in the observational sciences. Well, that explains the lack of rigor.

              /noblewoman’s laugh

            • Kernanator
              Kernanator
              April 11, 2013 at 1:07 am | #

              Hell, I’m getting twitchy, and I’m a Communications major.

              • Plasma Mongoose
                Plasma Mongoose
                April 11, 2013 at 7:54 am | #

                A Communications Major? Hopefully you will find some work, one of these days.

                • Roborat
                  Roborat
                  April 11, 2013 at 3:19 pm | #

                  Does a communications degree include courses on fry sales?

            • Nightmarewarden
              Nightmarewarden
              April 11, 2013 at 1:55 am | #

              I’m still a senior in high school and that make ME twitch. Does your professor enjoy torturing the other professors or something by dangling that little factoid over their heads?
              Kind of like how those students can dangle that paint can over shorty-mc-shortshort’s head BOOOM, take that Galasso-disguised-amazigirl!

            • Tenn
              Tenn
              April 11, 2013 at 9:56 am | #

              Pi squared to ten I can accept, but pi to one? I don’t know where else pi pops up in astrophysics, but I’d think it would give pretty meaningless results if orbits were calculated at less than a third of their actual values.

              • Kernanator
                Kernanator
                April 11, 2013 at 1:59 pm | #

                Maybe the Count meant that they approximate it as 3 or 4. At least, I hope that’s what he meant. Because that would make sense.

                Otherwise I may have to choke an astrophysicist.

              • David
                David M Willis
                April 11, 2013 at 6:19 pm | #

                Makes it really easy to multiply by pi!

              • xKiv
                xKiv
                April 11, 2013 at 8:25 pm | #

                It works if it’s 1 [half_of_earths_orbit/AU], so
                thing radius orbit
                sun 0 0
                earth 1 2
                jupiter 5 25
                …

            • JBO
              JBO
              April 11, 2013 at 11:24 am | #

              Well I am a history major and I am still getting twitchy.

              • Roborat
                Roborat
                April 11, 2013 at 3:24 pm | #

                I am still a history Captain, haven’t managed to get that promotion yet.

            • Ivan
              Ivan
              April 11, 2013 at 9:01 pm | #

              You have an astrological physics class in your curriculum? I know Buzz Aldrin skipped that at M.I.T., and was really sorry about it once he got to the moon and could see all the “Signs” so clearly, and all he could remember was that the bull is stubborn.

          • Kelly
            Kelly
            April 11, 2013 at 2:48 am | #

            Have you not heard of spherical cows?

            • George
              George
              April 11, 2013 at 5:22 am | #

              I’ve worked with spherical cows. The hardest part is getting them out of the frictionless vacuum when you’re done experimenting.

              • sidhe3141
                sidhe3141
                April 11, 2013 at 12:25 pm | #

                Have you tried shooting them? Since the collisions are perfectly elastic, neither shooting the cow nor the cow hitting the other end of the lab is going to damage anything.

                • John
                  John
                  April 11, 2013 at 2:13 pm | #

                  Then you just end up with the cow and the bullet bouncing endlessly around the lab.

                • Lukkai
                  Lukkai
                  April 11, 2013 at 8:12 pm | #

                  Makes for a good friday evening entertainment program though.

                  Just lead some unsuspecting philosophy majors into the lab and close the door behind them.

    • Wack'd
      Wack'd
      April 11, 2013 at 12:46 am | #

      …you chose the worst possible username for someone who doesn’t go out at night.

      • Nightmarewarden
        Nightmarewarden
        April 11, 2013 at 2:02 am | #

        Daywalker spotted. The Count here will need a new nickname. Hmm, Blade is taken, how about… Tingle. Now that’s a name!

  9. timemonkey
    timemonkey
    April 11, 2013 at 12:11 am | #

    So smart he was out valdalising public property with his face exposed and without gloves.

    Is Amazi-Girl trying to get them to throw the first punch so it can be technically self-defense? Clever (Amazi-)girl.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      April 11, 2013 at 12:24 am | #

      True. Don’t they know there’s campus security?

      • EspanolBot
        EspanolBot
        April 11, 2013 at 3:09 am | #

        They’re currently fully invested in investigating how their boss’ son Ryan mysteriously ended up getting glassed inna face several nights ago and punishing those responsible.

        Because people have weird priorities in situations like this.

  10. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    April 11, 2013 at 12:11 am | #

    ALT=”perhaps to strike fear into the hearts of criminals, amazi-girl should consider adopting the appearance of a creature of the night”

    But Squirrel-Girl has already been taken.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      April 11, 2013 at 12:26 am | #

      And noone would fear Late Night Drunken Rave Party Girl.

    • Pat
      Pat
      April 11, 2013 at 12:26 am | #

      She could take on the appearance of a college student.

      • Count Dracula
        Count Dracula
        April 11, 2013 at 12:33 am | #

        You know, there’s one group that only ever come out at night, because they’re so suspicious and cowardly. She could be Criminal-Girl.

    • molochmachine
      molochmachine
      April 11, 2013 at 12:26 am | #

      Hamsters are creatures of the night.

      • Ancestral Hamster
        Ancestral Hamster
        April 11, 2013 at 2:21 am | #

        Technically they are crepuscular which is active during twilight (dawn and dusk). Mind, that may only be true of wild hamsters in a natural environment. Mine (domesticated and in cages) were nocturnal.

        • molochmachine
          molochmachine
          April 12, 2013 at 9:24 am | #

          Interesting:) I’d like to imagine all you do here is clarify things about hamsters.

    • Somebody
      Somebody
      April 11, 2013 at 12:30 am | #

      Squirrels come out at all hours.

    • Ancestral Hamster
      Ancestral Hamster
      April 11, 2013 at 2:23 am | #

      My suggestion, she should appear as a naked woman wearing just a mask (and shoes), i.e. Kekko Kamen.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        April 11, 2013 at 7:56 am | #

        She should also have an apron on at least, that way you can cater to a certain type of fetish. 😀

      • Lukkai
        Lukkai
        April 11, 2013 at 8:14 pm | #

        Is it a bad thing that I actually know what you’re refering to? XD

    • John
      John
      April 11, 2013 at 2:14 pm | #

      Maybe an opossum?

      • Lukkai
        Lukkai
        April 11, 2013 at 8:16 pm | #

        Or a hedgehog.

        They’re great.

        Then there is the one creature of the night that is made of pure awesome of course: The badger!

        • Baroncognito
          Baroncognito
          April 12, 2013 at 3:49 am | #

          If she becomes Hedgehog woman, there’s going to be a ton of fan art in fucknoreligiousfanart about her.

  11. Dave Van Domelen
    Dave Van Domelen
    April 11, 2013 at 12:13 am | #

    Having taught a few thousand engineering majors, I would dispute the claim being made here….

    • Nightmarewarden
      Nightmarewarden
      April 11, 2013 at 2:04 am | #

      In your professional opinion, could the facial hair be the cause?

    • bunivasal
      bunivasal
      April 11, 2013 at 4:22 pm | #

      So you must know enough about engineers to realize that they would happily insinuate that being an engineer proves they’re smart enough to not get in fistfights with girls.

  12. GoogerGeiger
    GoogerGeiger
    April 11, 2013 at 12:15 am | #

    Calling it. Amazi-girl intentionally gets with this engineering dude and makes Danny sad. Then Amber consoles him and bada bing bada boom.

    • Wack'd
      Wack'd
      April 11, 2013 at 12:45 am | #

      …yay sexual blackmail?

    • Li
      Li
      April 11, 2013 at 7:35 am | #

      I feel certain she could do better, and one hopes she has slightly higher self-esteem than to be turned on by “negging”.

  13. GrrArg42
    GrrArg42
    April 11, 2013 at 12:17 am | #

    Amazigirl?! Don’t go evil! Granted, Amazitits would be a workable villain name, but still.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      April 11, 2013 at 12:28 am | #

      The Terrible Tyranical Amazi-Tits. She will crack your spine, but also she has a nice rack.

      • Kiggy
        Kiggy
        April 11, 2013 at 12:38 am | #

        She will crack your spine WITH her rack…

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          April 11, 2013 at 12:40 am | #

          D: …I…might draw that…

          • Kernanator
            Kernanator
            April 11, 2013 at 1:04 am | #

            DOOOOOO IIIIIIIIIIT!

            • Aizat
              Aizat
              April 11, 2013 at 3:18 am | #

              MOOOOOOOOOOO IIIIIIIIIITTTTTTT!

              • Yotomoe
                Yotomoe
                April 11, 2013 at 7:45 am | #

                Alas…I fell asleep. Perhaps tommorow.

                • MrSmiley
                  MrSmiley
                  April 11, 2013 at 2:25 pm | #

                  SLEEP NOT ALLOWED!
                  YOU MUST DRAW!!!

        • Baroncognito
          Baroncognito
          April 12, 2013 at 3:50 am | #

          Rack o’crackin’?

  14. ridtom
    ridtom
    April 11, 2013 at 12:27 am | #

    Once again, my superhero dreams are crushed by engineers. DAMN YOU ENGINEERS!!

    • Kernanator
      Kernanator
      April 11, 2013 at 12:34 am | #

      You have an excellent gravatar for yelling.

    • Wack'd
      Wack'd
      April 11, 2013 at 12:44 am | #

      RIDTOM

      VS.

      ENGINEERS

      • Nightmarewarden
        Nightmarewarden
        April 11, 2013 at 2:06 am | #

        Ridtom gets a monster truck and the engineers get lasers. How many lasers? ALL OF THEM. What kind of lasers? ALL OF THEM. How many engineers? ALL SIX OF THEM.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      April 11, 2013 at 3:48 am | #

      Well, engineers do solve problems. Well, practical ones at least.

      • Lukkai
        Lukkai
        April 11, 2013 at 8:17 pm | #

        Practical engineers or practical problems?

  15. Somebody
    Somebody
    April 11, 2013 at 12:27 am | #

    Ha, she said “push it” and “dirty”!

    • Wack'd
      Wack'd
      April 11, 2013 at 12:43 am | #

      Shut up, Beavith.

  16. Brian Lynch
    Brian Lynch
    April 11, 2013 at 12:33 am | #

    Okay, this is great and all, but Dorothy is naked somewhere on campus right now, so if we could just…

    • Wack'd
      Wack'd
      April 11, 2013 at 12:43 am | #

      Pretty sure she got redressed after Walky asked her to renounce “Wedding Smashers”.

      • Kelly
        Kelly
        April 11, 2013 at 2:45 am | #

        noooo!

    • Kernanator
      Kernanator
      April 11, 2013 at 12:56 am | #

      Priorities.

    • begbert2
      begbert2
      April 11, 2013 at 3:56 pm | #

      There are times it’s really annoying that this comic is PG-13.

      Especially since it’s pretty obvious that in some dark little corner of his mind, Willis likes the bow-chicka-wow-wow.

      • Baroncognito
        Baroncognito
        April 12, 2013 at 3:55 am | #

        Especially since it’s pretty obvious that in some dark little corner of his mind abnormally large pons, Willis likes the bow-chicka-wow-wow.

        I believe I have fixed that.

  17. nexev
    nexev
    April 11, 2013 at 12:34 am | #

    Of course what he doesnt realize is now someone can give a clear description of the perpetrator to the authorities.

  18. MTBDude
    MTBDude
    April 11, 2013 at 12:36 am | #

    How do you know when someone’s an engineer?

    Don’t worry, they’ll let you know.

  19. Timinane
    Timinane
    April 11, 2013 at 12:50 am | #

    At my university the Engineering students were the ones who got drunk and had wild parties so perhaps Amazi-Girl should snap back with “Well you’ve just engineered your own doom.”

  20. JP
    JP
    April 11, 2013 at 12:56 am | #

    Wait, I always thought Dumbing of Age took place at IU. Engineers? At IU? BLASPHEMY!

    Unless of course they’re not actually from IU…

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      April 11, 2013 at 3:17 am | #

      Engineers? This is madness.

      • Lukkai
        Lukkai
        April 11, 2013 at 8:19 pm | #

        Madness?!

  21. AY
    AY
    April 11, 2013 at 1:14 am | #

    wow
    every engineer i know is that guy

  22. Ross V
    Ross V
    April 11, 2013 at 1:21 am | #

    I had an engineer type using the locker next to me when I took tae quon do. He made sure everyone knew it.

  23. Mooslug
    Mooslug
    April 11, 2013 at 1:29 am | #

    Did they graffiti a flying pooping butt onto the sign??!

    • Nightmarewarden
      Nightmarewarden
      April 11, 2013 at 2:09 am | #

      Looks to me like a worm with a stick on its head. Poor little wormy… We shall remember that worm for all of time by using its shape to create the Amazigirl-signal! It is like the Bat-signal, but better!

      • John
        John
        April 11, 2013 at 12:51 pm | #

        It’s easy to tell the dude is an engineer, not an art major.

  24. Vabolo
    Vabolo
    April 11, 2013 at 1:43 am | #

    Hey look buddy, he’s an engineer; that means he solves problems. Not problems like “what is beauty?”, because that would fall within the purview of your conundrums on philosophy.

    He solves practical problems.

    • Andiemus
      Andiemus
      April 11, 2013 at 2:18 am | #

      Like, how to stop some big mean mother hubber from tearing him a structurally superfluous new behind.

  25. Linkara
    Linkara
    April 11, 2013 at 1:45 am | #

    “If you’re so damn smart, why do you think it’s a good idea to vandalize a street sign?”

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      April 11, 2013 at 3:45 am | #

      “Because it amused me?”

    • bunivasal
      bunivasal
      April 11, 2013 at 4:27 pm | #

      “Because being smart enough that you can’t be goaded into performing felony assault doesn’t exactly confer a degree in rocket science.”

  26. Zoey
    Zoey
    April 11, 2013 at 1:56 am | #

    Is it bad that I am reading her voice like batman?

    • Leonou
      Leonou
      April 11, 2013 at 2:06 am | #

      How could reading anyone’s voice as Batman be a bad thing ?
      Unless it’s anyone about to kick your ass that is.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      April 11, 2013 at 3:17 am | #

      Which one? Adam West? Michael Keaton? Val Kilmer? George Clooney? Rino Romano? Bruce Greenwood? Christian Bale? Diedrich Bader? Kevin Conroy?

      • shadow eagle
        shadow eagle
        April 11, 2013 at 7:39 am | #

        Kevin Conroy. the only REAL Batman voice. (he’s the james earl jones of batman voices)

        • joeyo
          joeyo
          September 15, 2013 at 10:45 pm | #

          THANK YOU, JEEZE. Someone else who recognizes the truth.

        • joeyo
          joeyo
          September 15, 2013 at 10:45 pm | #

          THANK YOU, JEEZE. Someone else who recognizes the truth.

      • CP
        CP
        April 11, 2013 at 12:21 pm | #

        Danny Pudi

  27. Aizat
    Aizat
    April 11, 2013 at 3:13 am | #

    I really enjoy the second panel for some reason. And Amazi-Girl’s glee of fighting someone kinda reminds me of Ryoma Nagare for some reason…..and now I have an uncomfortable feeling in my pants.

  28. Mr C
    Mr C
    April 11, 2013 at 3:25 am | #

    Dude has a weapon

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      April 11, 2013 at 3:47 am | #

      She has weapons too. It’s called her arms and legs.

      • Frank
        Frank
        April 11, 2013 at 4:02 am | #

        And a hidden push popper

  29. Zaxares
    Zaxares
    April 11, 2013 at 5:34 am | #

    The vandal actually brings up a good point. While he may be engaging in criminal activity, beating somebody up for doing it is also an excessive response to the situation.

    • JA
      JA
      April 11, 2013 at 8:53 pm | #

      There’s no kill like overkill.

      • Lukkai
        Lukkai
        April 12, 2013 at 9:41 pm | #

        There is no overkill. There is only “Open fire!” and “Time to reload!”

  30. Zababcd
    Zababcd
    April 11, 2013 at 5:42 am | #

    Amazi-girl has a remarkable knack for speaking with clenched teeth.

  31. Notebooked
    Notebooked
    April 11, 2013 at 6:18 am | #

    Ahh, and here we see the clutch! Amazi-Girl may be impressive in the papers, and things like stopping dudes from mugging people is cool, but either she does things like beat people up for graffiti (“man, what a crazy horrible vigilante”) or she doesn’t (“what sort of bastion of justice is she if she lets people break laws?”) and either option results in negative consequences! Plus she seems to mostly do the Amazi-Girl thing out of resolving anger issues, which is why she’s now coaxing people into fights, and lady, that’s just not healthy.

    • begbert2
      begbert2
      April 11, 2013 at 4:00 pm | #

      If she wasn’t itching for a fight, there’s always option 3: steal the spray can.

  32. Bob
    Bob
    April 11, 2013 at 6:59 am | #

    Does IU have an engineering school? I thought they went to Purdue.

  33. mechaqua
    mechaqua
    April 11, 2013 at 7:24 am | #

    You know what actually first thought that cam to my mind when he said he is in engineering was If this guy is so smart how come he is taking engineering courses at IU rather than Purdue. Although judging by his previous comments and the fact he is spray painting a sign instead of studying kind of answers my question.

  34. Arkadi
    Arkadi
    April 11, 2013 at 7:45 am | #

    Oh noes! Reality strikes!

  35. davidbreslin101
    davidbreslin101
    April 11, 2013 at 7:53 am | #

    This is something that always puzzles me about many of the students at the university where I studied and am now employed. They’re smart people who worked hard to get here, so why are they so bloody keen to trash the place?

  36. Beth
    Beth
    April 11, 2013 at 8:14 am | #

    Ohh, Amazi-girl. I love you so. 😀

  37. C
    C
    April 11, 2013 at 9:15 am | #

    IU doesn’t have an engineering school… He must be from Purdue!

  38. Zababcd
    Zababcd
    April 11, 2013 at 9:37 am | #

    I really wanted to do a noir edit of this one, but I just can’t get it. The lighting is all wrong. As almost all comic lighting is, really, but panel 4 gave me hope.

    Well, here’s the best I could do, anyway.

    • begbert2
      begbert2
      April 11, 2013 at 4:02 pm | #

      For the love of god I hope that’s supposed to be film grain because otherwise your compression is ack and either way aaugh my eyes.

      Other than that I have no comment.

      • Zababcd
        Zababcd
        April 11, 2013 at 6:01 pm | #

        It is, indeed, supposed to be film grain. I know the eyes protest, but I thought I had to do something more than I’d already done. Like I said, it’s really not an easy effect to achieve.

        • begbert2
          begbert2
          April 11, 2013 at 8:58 pm | #

          I think the problem is that film grain is generally visible only when looking at a larger image than the comic panels represent, so when I see the panel I mentally scale up the grain to what it would be if that was a full-screen image and, well, it’s less grain than ‘clean the gunk off the lens!’.

          Beyond that, like I said, I had no comment; you set yourself a hard task because, as you noted, the lighting is all wrong. I’m not quite familiar enough with the genre to speak on it, but I get this sense that to really get it across you should add stark shadows in and almost bring the thing to the level of chiaroscuro – hard blacks and whites. That and maybe give the guys fedoras, I dunno.

        • Zababcd
          Zababcd
          April 11, 2013 at 9:57 pm | #

          Here, have another version which is sort of noir- well, not at all, really. But at least it’s got a sort of film-grainy… no. Well. It’s another version that’s more comfortable to look at, anyway. It’s actually almost the same as the previous effect; I just switched it more into the ‘sharpen’ family of effects than the ‘blur’ family.

          I’ve got to stop posting pointless edits.

          • begbert2
            begbert2
            April 11, 2013 at 11:18 pm | #

            Dumbing of Age – the underwater edition! 🙂

            As to the other one, easier on the eyes, and the color adjustment is interesting. Getting me a ’30s/’40s vibe for some reason – newsreels style, perhaps. Close enough, eh? And it sure as heck ain’t like I could do better!

  39. spwatkins
    spwatkins
    April 11, 2013 at 10:10 am | #

    Who knew that Amazi-Girl’s arch nemesis would be Non-violent Conflict Resolution Man?

    • Lukkai
      Lukkai
      April 11, 2013 at 8:30 pm | #

      “Conflict Resolution Man” somehow sounds like a superhero in a Monty Python skit.

      • Baroncognito
        Baroncognito
        April 12, 2013 at 3:58 am | #

        No, it sounds like a Whose Line is it Anyway Superhero.

        The crisis he’d be asked to resolve is probably “Too many oranges in this chutney!”

  40. Gears
    Gears
    April 11, 2013 at 10:14 am | #

    Yay Engineering!

  41. Deirdre Mundy
    Deirdre Mundy
    April 11, 2013 at 10:46 am | #

    Engineering at IU? Pbtttt. Obviously not too bright. The shining stars of Indiana engineering go to Rose or Purdue!

    • ZZZ
      ZZZ
      April 11, 2013 at 11:13 am | #

      He did say “don’t have no”, so there’s that.

  42. Charles RB
    Charles RB
    April 11, 2013 at 11:24 am | #

    Goatee Dude is the smartest character of them all.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      April 11, 2013 at 11:51 pm | #

      If he had really been smart, he would have painted that sign and left 35 minutes ago.

  43. nothri
    nothri
    April 11, 2013 at 12:03 pm | #

    Okay Mr. Engineer, so why are you out tagging street signs in the middle of the night?

    • MrSmiley
      MrSmiley
      April 11, 2013 at 2:20 pm | #

      Being intelligent and immature are fully compatible.
      eg. walkey

    • Roborat
      Roborat
      April 11, 2013 at 3:29 pm | #

      Because he has classes during the day, of course.

  44. CPP
    CPP
    April 11, 2013 at 1:06 pm | #

    I think sh**’s about to get real soon….

  45. Ray
    Ray
    April 11, 2013 at 2:01 pm | #

    If she gets them to stop their vandalizing without violence, that’s still a victory, right? An unsatisfying one, perhaps, but still a victory. Though she could still decide to beat them up for refusing to clean up the graffiti they made, but they might be hard if they just leave.

  46. DragonStryk72
    DragonStryk72
    April 11, 2013 at 2:50 pm | #

    Yeah, but she’s still a tech geek, and I’m willing to bet, owns a camera phone.

  47. Roborat
    Roborat
    April 11, 2013 at 3:30 pm | #

    I don’t get the graffitti.

    • begbert2
      begbert2
      April 11, 2013 at 11:19 pm | #

      I see an R and a squiggle. Meh, assume it’s a penis.

  48. J42
    J42
    April 11, 2013 at 3:35 pm | #

    What’s he trying to say, that engineers are smart? Hahaha! Hahaha! Heh. heh..

    How can you guess I’m studying engineering?

  49. Felix Featherstone
    Felix Featherstone
    April 11, 2013 at 3:36 pm | #

    RAWER! Kick his smart Arse!

  50. bunivasal
    bunivasal
    April 11, 2013 at 4:41 pm | #

    Amazi-girl, stop being such a pill. Nobody gives a shit if some loser tags a “dead end” sign. If they were tagging a building or statue, or something else that was difficult and expensive to repair or replace, I’d say intercede, but that’s a street sign. It’s not even a particularly important street sign, and odds are whatever entity is responsible for the care and maintenance of that particular sign has about a billion more just like.

    As an aside note, Amazi-girl, you emulate the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles pretty closely, right down to the mouth shape they make when trying to be intimidating. Ever notice how the Turtles don’t generally hang out in Central Park, hassling winos or beating up litterbugs?

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      April 11, 2013 at 6:27 pm | #

      And they were defacing the back end of the sign, so no real harm done.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        April 11, 2013 at 6:31 pm | #

        Sorry, I misread the dialogue from the last comic.

  51. Yarrr
    Yarrr
    April 11, 2013 at 8:49 pm | #

    Amazi-girl enters barbarian rage!

  52. Hermitix
    Hermitix
    April 11, 2013 at 11:41 pm | #

    You can’t go around winning fights against multiple people larger than you unless you train WAY more than an MMO addict who nobody sees train could possibly train. Therefor, the obvious conclusion is that she has actual superpowers.

    • Narf
      Narf
      June 4, 2013 at 11:51 pm | #

      The only fight we’ve seen her win was mostly won with theatrics, deception and intimidation rather than sheer brute force, remember. 😛

  53. Vree
    Vree
    June 10, 2013 at 3:03 pm | #

    Guy should become a recurring villain.

    A Mr Normal Logic to Amazi-Girl’s fantasy life.

    “I’m in engineering” would be his catchphrase.

    “Sneaking out at night for pizzas? Your evil reign ends at last!”
    “um, that might scare a stupid person, but I’m in engineering. I’ll wait until you try to report us in THAT costume.”

  54. Dana
    Dana
    December 4, 2013 at 1:40 am | #

    Is it just me or does that guy kinda look like Tony Stark?

    • DarkoNeko
      DarkoNeko
      April 14, 2015 at 6:43 pm | #

      Figures he’d be in engineering, then.

  55. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    April 14, 2015 at 6:43 pm | #

    “This is so not happening as expected”

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