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by David M Willis on December 24, 2013 at 12:01 am
  • 01 - The Only Dope For Me Is You

└ Tags: danny, sal

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  1. PureFedora
    PureFedora
    December 24, 2013 at 12:01 am | #

    We all know this, Sal. But we love him anyways.

    • Gram91
      Gram91
      December 24, 2013 at 12:02 am | #

      Love is a strong word

      • Deathjavu
        Deathjavu
        December 24, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

        Hate is also a strong word.

        Probably a more accurate one, too.

        • PureFedora
          PureFedora
          December 24, 2013 at 12:08 am | #

          Dan means well. He’s really dumb at times, but he really does mean well. Being an idiot is not his fault. Maybe. Sort of. Willis, thoughts?

          • Sageress
            Sageress
            December 24, 2013 at 12:10 am | #

            It’s his parents’ fault, I feel.

          • Claire
            Claire
            December 24, 2013 at 12:11 am | #

            I agree. He’s just naïve and nice.

            • Tunaro
              Tunaro
              December 24, 2013 at 12:17 am | #

              With a spine like Jello, unfortunately.

              • Sageress
                Sageress
                December 24, 2013 at 12:18 am | #

                I still don’t see how he’s spineless.

                • Heavensrun
                  Heavensrun
                  December 24, 2013 at 12:54 am | #

                  Yeah, I gotta agree with this. Danny may be a bit thick on some issues, and I would question his judgement on a few of his actions, but spineless isn’t a word I’d associate with him.

                • Leah Rockshard
                  Leah Rockshard
                  December 24, 2013 at 1:29 am | #

                  I think the spineless thing comes in with how he acted with Dorothy. Kid is happy to have no real plans of his own other than follow his romantic interest around like a lost puppy. I’m not sure that fits the definition of “spineless”, but that and his hopeless denial when Dotty tried to break up gently with him makes him seem like not a very strong person.

                  ‘Course, how he acted with Amber showed he had some spine after all, misdirected though it was due to his inability to see through simple disguises.

                • Grimjac
                  Grimjac
                  December 24, 2013 at 10:11 am | #

                  I don’t get the spineless thing, either. He hasn’t done anything really wrong; he’s a barely-out-of-high-school kid who has no clue what he really wants to do with his life. I sincerely doubt most people in his age bracket are nearly as confident as they might wish to appear. Danny’s just not very good at putting up a front.

                • DragonStryk72
                  DragonStryk72
                  December 24, 2013 at 10:26 am | #

                  Leah, it isn’t really spineless. Danny didn’t have any plans coming out of high school, like a number of high schoolers, but was with a girlfriend who did have plans for college. Now, sure, he could’ve just stayed home and not worried about it, but then, he loved her and likely knew that if he didn’t go, he was definitely going to lose her.

                  Danny following her to college always felt more like he was trying to support her, while remaining close by. And really, it’s on Dorothy for not pointing out that she was leaving him BEFORE he made large scale, life altering choices. It was clear she’d had the plan to dump Danny to focus on college, but she made no attempt to tell him that at any of the moments prior. That IS spineless, because basically, because she couldn’t activate her spine, Danny ended up getting hurt worse than he would’ve otherwise, only now he’s stuck at a college he never intended to attend.

          • newllend
            newllend
            December 24, 2013 at 12:16 am | #

            Wouldn’t say he’s an idoit , just really naive, and can’t realy see the avios rite in front of him

            • Bill
              Bill
              December 24, 2013 at 1:49 am | #

              clarification, please, for “avios”.

              • Questionor
                Questionor
                December 24, 2013 at 1:57 am | #

                Maybe avios is a typo for obvious?

                • Jumpydoll
                  Jumpydoll
                  December 24, 2013 at 11:00 am | #

                  Google said it’s the name of an Air Miles business, so a typo would make more sense yeah.

                • Dranorter
                  Dranorter
                  December 24, 2013 at 11:07 am | #

                  Typo? Or awesome respelling?

                • Bill
                  Bill
                  December 24, 2013 at 12:32 pm | #

                  I’ll accept “obvious”, especially when read in the context of the sentence.
                  -1 to newllend for the creative spelling.

          • DudeMyDadOwnsADealership
            DudeMyDadOwnsADealership
            December 24, 2013 at 2:08 am | #

            That line of logic is probably how Danny subconscionusly views (and rationalizes) himself and his love life. Digging for redeeming details in his past romances aside, his future with Amber may all come down to whether or not he can deal with Her and Amazigirl being the same person, and the more Watchmen than Marvel/DC reasons she dons the costume….

          • David
            David
            December 24, 2013 at 2:23 am | #

            Did you mean to write “Willis’, though.” because that would make more sense?

        • Ikaru
          Ikaru
          December 24, 2013 at 12:17 am | #

          I wouldn’t say hate. But I certainly don’t wish him on anyone. But….I am surprised to see him go after Amber. A little impressed too.

          • PureFedora
            PureFedora
            December 24, 2013 at 12:18 am | #

            He really does care about her. He just has no idea how much. Sometimes I think his subconscious is a bit more aware than his conscious mind.

            • Jack Finch
              Jack Finch
              December 24, 2013 at 8:20 am | #

              A lot like Walky toward Dorothy at first.

      • Tunaro
        Tunaro
        December 24, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

        NotHate would be more accurate, I suppose.

        • Philippe G.
          Philippe G.
          December 24, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

          Tolerate him, I think.

          • Mr. Random
            Mr. Random
            December 24, 2013 at 12:08 am | #

            That’s a bit strong for some other people.

          • Kernanator
            Kernanator
            December 24, 2013 at 1:08 pm | #

            More like tolerHATE, am I right?

      • Treb Miester
        Treb Miester
        December 24, 2013 at 1:28 am | #

        A VERY strong word.

  2. Ourorboros
    Ourorboros
    December 24, 2013 at 12:01 am | #

    She’s Foghorn!

    • Big Drahma
      Big Drahma
      December 24, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

      “Nice boy, but he’s about as smart as a sack of wet mice.”

      • Big Drahma
        Big Drahma
        December 24, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

        GRAH sharp! Sharp as a sack of wet mice!

        • Kernanator
          Kernanator
          December 24, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

          Eh, a sack of wet mice ain’t particularly smart, either.

          • Plasma Mongoose
            Plasma Mongoose
            December 24, 2013 at 12:07 am | #

            and a sack of dead kittens lack any kind of intelligence whatsoever.

            • Yotomoe
              Yotomoe
              December 24, 2013 at 12:19 am | #

              They may have, in better days.

              • rowanmikaio
                rowanmikaio
                December 24, 2013 at 12:32 am | #

                They may again, in the zombie apocalypse

                • Treb Miester
                  Treb Miester
                  December 24, 2013 at 1:30 am | #

                  Don’t even joke about the Kitteh Zombacolypse!

                • Ourorboros
                  Ourorboros
                  December 24, 2013 at 2:03 am | #

                  It’s the most adorable of all Apocalypses.
                  Of course the spread of Kitty Zombies is aided by all the memes that pop up instead of “How To” guides on killing them.

            • nothri
              nothri
              December 24, 2013 at 8:55 am | #

              I prefer to think of him as a box of hammers. Possibly useful in the right hands, but dumb as…a box of hammers on his own, and in all cases a giant tool.

        • Narf
          Narf
          December 26, 2013 at 12:19 am | #

          Mice are sharp! Ever been bitten by one? Unless they can’t bite when you get them wet… hmm…

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      December 24, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

      Now I want her to start randomly peppering her speech with “I say”.

      • Seerow
        Seerow
        December 24, 2013 at 12:08 am | #

        I believe you mean “ah say”

        • Sageress
          Sageress
          December 24, 2013 at 12:12 am | #

          I believe you mean “A-a-ah-AH SAY”

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        December 24, 2013 at 12:09 am | #

        If Sal is Foghorn, does that mean that Amber is destinbed to be the dog he likes to torment?

        • Doctor_Who
          Doctor_Who
          December 24, 2013 at 12:15 am | #

          I think that’s Billie. And Ruth is the little chickenhawk.

          • Yotomoe
            Yotomoe
            December 24, 2013 at 12:19 am | #

            Ruth wants to eat Sal? Fanfics, start your engines.

            • Rutee
              Rutee
              December 24, 2013 at 12:46 am | #

              Been shipping it since I first read the comic. Still do, just also ship Ruth/Billie

            • Plasma Mongoose
              Plasma Mongoose
              December 24, 2013 at 12:46 am | #

              Sal is too much woman for Ruth.

              • Rutee
                Rutee
                December 24, 2013 at 12:58 am | #

                Nah, just too straight. A gal can dream though.

          • Jay Eff
            Jay Eff
            December 24, 2013 at 1:19 am | #

            “You mean, Sals are great big monsters?
            They’ve got big, sharp teeth and they live in caves?
            And they fight like demons?”

            “That’s right.”

            “Well, what are we waiting for? Let’s go get some!!”

            • Jay Eff
              Jay Eff
              December 24, 2013 at 1:20 am | #

              That’s supposed to be a conversation between Ruth (as the chickenhawk) and Dean McHenry up there…

        • Ourorboros
          Ourorboros
          December 24, 2013 at 1:01 am | #

          I means Dorothy is that egghead chicken.

    • Kelly
      Kelly
      December 24, 2013 at 1:17 am | #

      That’s a joke, I say, that’s a joke son!

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LCsiWL6gn0

    • Roborat
      Roborat
      December 31, 2013 at 3:13 pm | #

      I see I was not the only one who caught the Foghorn J. Leghorn vibe.

  3. Tunaro
    Tunaro
    December 24, 2013 at 12:01 am | #

    Oh crap, did Danny just do something right?!

    • Aischylos
      Aischylos
      December 24, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

      Did he just *gasp* ANTI-DAN that up?

      • Opus the Poet
        Opus the Poet
        December 24, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

        Unless he wants that 3DS back.

        • Treb Miester
          Treb Miester
          December 24, 2013 at 1:36 am | #

          One must NEVER LEAVE BEHIND THE 3DS! Think of all the missed streetpass possibilities!

      • Sageress
        Sageress
        December 24, 2013 at 12:13 am | #

        Dan it down, I believe is the phrase.

    • Bill
      Bill
      December 24, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

      Sometimes you can do the right thing by accident……

    • Blackbird
      Blackbird
      December 24, 2013 at 12:12 am | #

      Why do you think he left the DS with Sal? He had to Dan SOMETHING up.

    • Ourorboros
      Ourorboros
      December 24, 2013 at 1:07 am | #

      Really?
      He just ‘confirmed’ again that Sal is Amazi-Girl when he said “she doesn’t know you’re actually” and Sal didn’t deny it.
      Sal just thinks it’s an incomplete sentence, or something like “my crush”, he knows he was going to say “Amazi-Girl”.

      Dan thinks this is about him.
      He didn’t see the cafeteria scene, he didn’t see Amber running down the hall upset. He saw Amber running away upset after seeing Sal.
      If he catches up with Amber, how many ways can that conversation go?
      If Amber says Sal robbed a store and traumatized her, Danny thinks that robbery is what made Sal change to the side of good as Amazi-Girl.
      If Danny reveals who Sal is and Amber says she’s Amazi-Girl, Danny goes back to post-Freshman Family night and thinks Amber is lying because she is jealous.
      If Amber and Danny reveal nothing, Danny thinks this is still about him.

      Sure, Willis can write a good way for this to turn out too, but looking at reasonable possibilities, how is this not another Danning?

      • ninja_jesus
        ninja_jesus
        December 24, 2013 at 1:41 am | #

        I tooooold yooooou.

      • fogel
        fogel
        December 24, 2013 at 5:25 pm | #

        1.Dan was too Danny to realize that Amber is Amazigirl’s alterego.
        2. He’s had this weird relationship with Amazigirl in which she hung out with him BUT wouldn’t reveal her secret identity to him.
        3. Nevertheless, he’s trying to discover her ‘Clark Kent’ (as if Danny wouldn’t then reveal it to multiple people ….)
        4. But WHY is he sooooooo OBSESSED with Amazigirl in the first place?

        • Ourorboros
          Ourorboros
          December 24, 2013 at 8:54 pm | #

          Danny is interested in Amazi-Girl because his dream is to be Lois Lane. He said as much.
          He didn’t want to know the ‘real’ identity. His full dream was to date Superheroine and regular girl, only to find out upon kissing that they were one and the same.
          Of course he won’t date an ordinary girl either. He is actually working against his dream by approaching Sal.

          That is, like many people he wants the surprise but also wants foreknowledge.

    • Megasteve
      Megasteve
      December 24, 2013 at 1:30 am | #

      He probably just Danned up losing his DS, and I’ll bet dollars to doughnuts he’s about to go Super Dan and Dan the situation with Amer straight into the sun.

      • thecanvashat
        thecanvashat
        December 24, 2013 at 1:14 pm | #

        Super Dan World 3D!

    • What was the question again?
      What was the question again?
      December 24, 2013 at 9:00 pm | #

      Not really, because he’s just put the ability to contact amazi-girl within reach of billie, who wants to find out her identity, at the same time amber is going to find out that she can contact her arch-nemesis, The World’s Worst Robber.

      Which allows two different points of maximum melodrama to occur:

      One, billie uses the DS to contact amazigirl and arrange a meeting, amazigirl leaps on and proceeds to beat the cartharsis out of billie without checking she’s the right person, billie ends up in hospital possibly forever or until he wants to bring the character back.

      Two, amber contacts sal via the ds to arrange a meeting, sal and amber go to fight it out, billie has found out about it ahead of time and when amber is unmasked during the fight billie gets a photograph of amber in the amazigirl costume physically assaulting sal, amber is expelled, billie dies of schlerosis of the liver.

      (or it’ll all be solved with talking)

  4. Idon'tcarenomore
    Idon'tcarenomore
    December 24, 2013 at 12:01 am | #

    Is there hope?

    • Tunaro
      Tunaro
      December 24, 2013 at 12:02 am | #

      A small chance; maybe a little bit above a snowball in Hell.

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        December 24, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

        Don’t mention Snowballs to Amber. In her current state, anything that reminds her of Hostess products may cause her to snap.

        • Sageress
          Sageress
          December 24, 2013 at 12:14 am | #

          I just hope she doesn’t see Ethan again today, for that very reason.
          “Hey, Amber, I-”
          “GAH, TWINKIE!”

  5. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    December 24, 2013 at 12:01 am | #

    She’s gonna be a Mario Kart master pretty soon.

    Or she’ll flog it for cigs.

    • Seerow
      Seerow
      December 24, 2013 at 12:09 am | #

      How does hitting your 3DS get you cigarettes?

      Why have I not discovered this sooner? I could make a fortune!

    • Rex Hondo
      Rex Hondo
      December 24, 2013 at 2:22 am | #

      I assume “flog” is the equivalent of “pawn” or “hock” on this side of the pond?

      • Kelly
        Kelly
        December 24, 2013 at 8:13 pm | #

        Flog isn’t necessarily common in the US, but it is certainly used.

  6. Geminia999
    Geminia999
    December 24, 2013 at 12:01 am | #

    And comments of people saying he will dan it up likely 2 posts above me by the time I post this -__-

    • Thor
      Thor
      December 24, 2013 at 1:25 am | #

      Sometimes it is necessary to state the obvious, just for the historical record. Don’t want future historians to think that we were too primitive to see that Dan is head-slappingly thick.

  7. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    December 24, 2013 at 12:01 am | #

    Sal says what we’ve all been thinking.

    • Geminia999
      Geminia999
      December 24, 2013 at 12:02 am | #

      Really, I don’t see too many say nice about him

      • Kernanator
        Kernanator
        December 24, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

        He means well, but it’s hard to see under all the layers of stupid.

        • timemonkey
          timemonkey
          December 24, 2013 at 12:15 am | #

          He`s an idiot inside a moron inside stupidity. He`s a stupidity turducken.

          • Ikaru
            Ikaru
            December 24, 2013 at 12:18 am | #

            This ^

        • David
          David
          December 24, 2013 at 2:25 am | #

          The layers of stupid are arrayed quite cleverly, though.

  8. Wonder Wig
    Wonder Wig
    December 24, 2013 at 12:02 am | #

    Sal’s pants are just getting lower… and lower…. *deep voice* and loower….

    • Geminia999
      Geminia999
      December 24, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

      Well what do you expect? They are held up by the magic of screen time.

      • Sageress
        Sageress
        December 24, 2013 at 12:15 am | #

        They’re the Suspenders of Disbelief! *rimshot*

    • Wack'd
      Wack'd
      December 24, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

      In panel three, the line denoting the bridge of Danny’s nose is 28 pixels high, but in panel four it’s only 19 pixels high despite his face being the same size in both panels.

      • Totz the Plaid
        Totz the Plaid
        December 24, 2013 at 12:13 am | #

        More importantly, Sal has no visible mouth in this strip! Her cigarette is just fused to her face-skin!

        It’s like if Neo were smoking during that scene in the Matrix when the agents have his mouth melt & fuse shut…

        • Doctor_Who
          Doctor_Who
          December 24, 2013 at 12:17 am | #

          I always thought the vast majority of Keanu films would be improved if he was always like that.

          Picture Bill and Ted if Air Guitar was his only means of communication.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      December 24, 2013 at 12:07 am | #

      New stretch goal for the next Kickstarter. Every thousand bucks and they go down an eighth of an inch.

    • tom
      tom
      December 24, 2013 at 1:20 am | #

      Did you say “pants”? Those are shorts if anything more than a censor bar. She’s wearing tights under them… and it’s a good thing this is a comic or I’d call shenanigans on the plausibility of the shorts & tights fitting like that.

  9. Rabbling Rouser
    Rabbling Rouser
    December 24, 2013 at 12:02 am | #

    Danny seems to be leaning on the fourth wall in that first panel

  10. VizardJeffhog
    VizardJeffhog
    December 24, 2013 at 12:02 am | #

    Street Smarts +1

  11. Wack'd
    Wack'd
    December 24, 2013 at 12:02 am | #

    I feel like Willis should remove Danny’s cast bio and just replace it with that last panel.

    • Sageress
      Sageress
      December 24, 2013 at 12:15 am | #

      Seconded

      • Ikaru
        Ikaru
        December 24, 2013 at 12:19 am | #

        Third’ed

        • VizardJeffhog
          VizardJeffhog
          December 24, 2013 at 12:21 am | #

          Fourth’d

          • Cragalanch
            Cragalanch
            December 24, 2013 at 12:58 am | #

            Fifth’d

            • Jen Aside
              Jen Aside
              December 24, 2013 at 1:32 am | #

              Sex ed

              wait

  12. Deathjavu
    Deathjavu
    December 24, 2013 at 12:02 am | #

    Oh boy, here comes the Danny. To do what a Danny does.

    Danny everything the Danny up.

    Danny-it.

    • Geminia999
      Geminia999
      December 24, 2013 at 12:14 am | #

      Oh boy, here comes the Deathjavu. To do what a Deathjavu does.

      Deathjavu everything the Deathjavu up.

      Deathjavu-it.

      • Deathjavu
        Deathjavu
        December 24, 2013 at 12:18 am | #

        I do tend to do that.

        Also, I like the idea of my name being used as a cuss.

  13. Bill
    Bill
    December 24, 2013 at 12:02 am | #

    Classic understatement there, Sal.

  14. xain
    xain
    December 24, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

    Come on Danny christmas miracle next strip DONT DAN THIS UP

  15. Phil
    Phil
    December 24, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

    She gonna sell the DS?

    • ijp92
      ijp92
      December 24, 2013 at 1:22 am | #

      if she doesn’t, can I consider it a successful seduction and collect my internet cookie winnings?

  16. Kladeos
    Kladeos
    December 24, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

    Sal, you’re adorable.

  17. KingMabel
    KingMabel
    December 24, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

    OH THANK GOD, COMEDY!!!

    I couldn’t take anymore drama from this comic… I needed a break. So how about Danny’s DS?

  18. Kiggy
    Kiggy
    December 24, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

    Ain’t that the truth, Sal?

    And Danny, if you’re gong to console Amber, do not Dan-it-up!

  19. Psycoticfart
    Psycoticfart
    December 24, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

    danny, why you so danny-like?

  20. John Madden
    John Madden
    December 24, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

    “…but he ain’t too smart.”

    That’s putting it…mildly.

  21. Psycoticfart
    Psycoticfart
    December 24, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

    WAY too mildly

  22. Tristan
    Tristan
    December 24, 2013 at 12:07 am | #

    He’s not getting that DS back, is he?

    • Mr. Random
      Mr. Random
      December 24, 2013 at 12:08 am | #

      No. Ah don’t think he is.

    • Packy
      Packy
      December 24, 2013 at 12:10 am | #

      Not a chance in hell.

  23. Calvin Coolage
    Calvin Coolage
    December 24, 2013 at 12:09 am | #

    This is either good or bad. Most likely bad.

    • Robin
      Robin
      December 24, 2013 at 11:38 am | #

      I’m going for “neutral”.

      • Mr. Random
        Mr. Random
        December 24, 2013 at 1:12 pm | #

        I have no strong feelings either way. As well.

  24. Sageress
    Sageress
    December 24, 2013 at 12:09 am | #

    That last panel sums him up too well.

  25. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    December 24, 2013 at 12:11 am | #

    That last panel should just be Danny’s Character description.

  26. otusasio451
    otusasio451
    December 24, 2013 at 12:15 am | #

    Well, say goodbye to Danny, everyone.

    • Hobouturtle
      Hobouturtle
      December 24, 2013 at 12:45 am | #

      Goodbye Danny

  27. Sageress
    Sageress
    December 24, 2013 at 12:16 am | #

    So does Sal like Mario Kart or

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      December 24, 2013 at 12:19 am | #

      Or she likes being handed expensive electronics by guys who have no way of getting them back.

  28. timemonkey
    timemonkey
    December 24, 2013 at 12:18 am | #

    I wonder is Ethan is also chasing after her

    • clodia
      clodia
      December 24, 2013 at 12:53 am | #

      I don’t think he is. He’s not particularly pleased with her, and I think he’d rather smooth things over with his girlfriend than with Amber right now. Which, honestly, is the right call for what he claims to value.

      • Ourorboros
        Ourorboros
        December 24, 2013 at 1:12 am | #

        He might not be, but I don’t think that’s the reason.
        He knows he is the reason why Amber is upset. We also didn’t see that Ethan is at all angry with Amber.
        He never said he valued Joyce much either. He did say he loves Amber too much to have a fake relationship with her when they both know it’s a lie.
        What’s the math on that for Joyce?

        • clodia
          clodia
          December 24, 2013 at 2:13 am | #

          Ethan said that he’s happy with his girlfriend. And, as much as he loves Amber, Amber did just table-flip on him and yelled and swore at his girlfriend. Ethan may not be pissed at Amber, you’re right, but he did have to specify that he was happy with his choices, and did so very coldly. He specifically said that she wasn’t listening to him. Therefore, it makes more sense for him to stay with Joyce and make sure that she’s okay right now rather than to follow Amber. I anticipate he might try to talk to Amber at another time, but not at present.

          • Ourorboros
            Ourorboros
            December 24, 2013 at 4:17 am | #

            I don’t think there was anything cold about the way he explained it to Amber. Neither did he shoot her a spiteful look when he kissed Joyce. He just explained the situation.
            Being happy with his closet isn’t the same as loving Joyce, is it? Has he ever made an affirmative statement there?
            I’d say a real motivator for not following Amber right now is simply because he is part of why she is upset right now. He seems pretty aware that he hurt her deeply and seems to be giving Amber some leeway there.

  29. xain
    xain
    December 24, 2013 at 12:20 am | #

    Dear Willis
    This holiday season all I want is for Danny not to Dan this up with Amber. Heck its still Danny so best I’m hoping for is them going back to being friends. But Willis i’m tired of hoping Danny wont Dan things up and having you trample over that hope. Just once for the holiday can Danny not screw this please.

    • chris73
      chris73
      December 24, 2013 at 12:23 am | #

      I agree

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      December 24, 2013 at 12:36 am | #

      Too bad! At his current buffer length and rate of comic production, Willis wrote this strip before he was even born! If you want your request to be heeded, address it to Willis-Bot-DamnU.exe 8.0, which is expected to go online in about 250 years.

      At that point it will just about be Christmas for these characters as well, so your wish will be well-timed.

      • Kelly
        Kelly
        December 24, 2013 at 1:31 am | #

        I enjoyed this comment immensely 🙂

        • Shogouki
          Shogouki
          December 24, 2013 at 1:52 am | #

          I too am amused.

          • Arkantos
            Arkantos
            December 24, 2013 at 10:01 am | #

            I three.

  30. Ikaru
    Ikaru
    December 24, 2013 at 12:21 am | #

    I don’t think Sal is gonna sell the DS or something, I think Dan will get it back.

    • clodia
      clodia
      December 24, 2013 at 12:56 am | #

      I agree. I think she was just commenting on the general stupidity of leaving an expensive item with someone you just met rather than suggesting plans to illegally sell it. Especially since, to my memory, we haven’t heard of her doing anything outright illegal since before she went off to Catholic school. There’d be no point in selling it, he knows who he lent it to, and I don’t think she would anyway.

      • PureFedora
        PureFedora
        December 24, 2013 at 9:28 am | #

        Prediction from your comment: Dan will end up talking to Amazi-girl before he talks to Sal. He will ask for his 3DS back. She won’t have a clue what he’s talking about. It will dawn upon Dan that Sal isn’t Amazi-girl. Amazi-girl will reveal herself to Dan for simplicities’ sake. And then Dan and Malaya will live happily ever after.

        • fogel
          fogel
          December 24, 2013 at 5:34 pm | #

          But Malaya and UltraCar…

      • Bill
        Bill
        December 24, 2013 at 12:37 pm | #

        I was looking at it as her commenting on the stupidity of abandoning a bird in the hand (herself) to go chasing after a bird in the bush (Amber).

        • Kladeos
          Kladeos
          December 24, 2013 at 1:28 pm | #

          I sure hope that isn’t it.

    • Ourorboros
      Ourorboros
      December 24, 2013 at 1:17 am | #

      He will because he thinks Sal is Amazi-Girl and will continue to pursue her.
      There will be half-allusions and oblique references to such, which Sal will miss or interpret in some other way that allows the charade to continue.

  31. Psycho
    Psycho
    December 24, 2013 at 12:23 am | #

    Don’t screw this up Danny!

    • David
      David
      December 24, 2013 at 2:28 am | #

      Danny could screw up a nail.

  32. newllend
    newllend
    December 24, 2013 at 12:27 am | #

    Sweet free 3DS score!

    • newllend
      newllend
      December 24, 2013 at 12:29 am | #

      Oh and Danny is doing something rite for a change( can’t wait to see how he fucks this up)

  33. Hobouturtle
    Hobouturtle
    December 24, 2013 at 12:29 am | #

    I think we have the tag line for Danny’s life.

  34. Evergreenfir
    Evergreenfir
    December 24, 2013 at 12:29 am | #

    I smell a reveal coming up…

  35. thinkingofthechildren
    thinkingofthechildren
    December 24, 2013 at 12:33 am | #

    I really like this comic. Like, a lot. I wish my college experience was more like this.

    • Jackson
      Jackson
      December 24, 2013 at 12:43 am | #

      Wait, which part? The part where through a perfectly innocent misunderstanding you end up getting seen by your girlfriend hitting on the girl whose holding up a convenience store scarred her for years afterward?

  36. xain
    xain
    December 24, 2013 at 12:36 am | #

    quick theory really more a hope. amber will duck out and put on the amazi-girl mask to collect herself like she did after the whole blaine thing and danny catches her and he manages to somehow not dan it up

    • Shanunu
      Shanunu
      December 24, 2013 at 12:46 am | #

      There’s a good reason ‘dan’ has become a verb. Danny ALWAYS dans it up.

  37. Super Duper
    Super Duper
    December 24, 2013 at 12:39 am | #

    The day I robbed that convenience store was the most important in your life. But for me, it was Tuesday.

    • David Willis
      David M Willis
      December 24, 2013 at 12:42 am | #

      Damn it, somebody learn a new movie quote!

      • chrisashtear
        chrisashtear
        December 24, 2013 at 12:44 am | #

        OF COURSE!

        • Kelly
          Kelly
          December 24, 2013 at 1:32 am | #

          Who is your avatar? Looks like Pirogoeth?

          • StClair
            StClair
            December 24, 2013 at 11:15 am | #

            The one and only. It’s an olllld (at this point) Piro art, nicely digi-painted.

          • Roborat
            Roborat
            December 31, 2013 at 3:17 pm | #

            I knew that looked familiar.

      • Rex Hondo
        Rex Hondo
        December 24, 2013 at 2:26 am | #

        “That’s a big Twinkie.”

      • Kernanator
        Kernanator
        December 24, 2013 at 2:49 am | #

        “Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.”

      • Kevin
        Kevin
        December 24, 2013 at 3:29 am | #

        No, Danny. *I* am Amazigirl.

        • Heavensrun
          Heavensrun
          December 24, 2013 at 5:29 pm | #

          That’s not true! THAT’S IMPOSSSIBLLLLEEEE!!!!

        • Jarawara
          Jarawara
          December 24, 2013 at 10:26 pm | #

          Inconceivable!!!

      • fogel
        fogel
        December 24, 2013 at 8:12 am | #

        “I blame society.”
        “That’s bullshit. You’re just a white suburban punk like I am.”
        “It still hurts.”
        from REPO MAN: after the convenience store hold up goes south…but it fits a lot of situations
        (All dialogue approximate)

        • fogel
          fogel
          December 24, 2013 at 2:22 pm | #

          Duke: The lights are growing dim Otto. I know a life of crime has led me to this sorry fate, and yet, I blame society. Society made me what I am.

          Otto: That’s bullshit. You’re a white suburban punk just like me.

          Duke: Yeah, but it still hurts.

      • Tomas
        Tomas
        December 24, 2013 at 8:45 am | #

        Have you ever danced with the Devil by the pale moon light?

      • Cybersnark
        Cybersnark
        December 24, 2013 at 10:53 am | #

        I’ve got a bad feeling about this.

      • Kiggy
        Kiggy
        December 24, 2013 at 11:08 am | #

        Dogs and cats living together! Mass hysteria!

      • Scott
        Scott
        December 24, 2013 at 11:13 am | #

        My life, when it is written, will read better than it lived…

      • StClair
        StClair
        December 24, 2013 at 11:15 am | #

        Why so serious?

      • Vree
        Vree
        December 24, 2013 at 1:06 pm | #

        Some people learn new movie quotes. And some people just want to watch the world burn.

      • Cragalanch
        Cragalanch
        December 24, 2013 at 6:14 pm | #

        “These are not the droids you’re looking for

      • Kevin
        Kevin
        December 24, 2013 at 11:30 pm | #

        Feed him to the sharkticons!

      • Hotsauce
        Hotsauce
        December 26, 2013 at 10:41 am | #

        Hello! My name is Inigo Montoya?

    • Jen
      Jen
      December 25, 2013 at 12:30 am | #

      The “convenience store/It was Tuesday” quote sounds really familiar but I can’t place it. Where’s it from?

      • Hotsauce
        Hotsauce
        December 26, 2013 at 10:43 am | #

        http://lmgtfy.com/?q=for+me+it+was+tuesday

        • Jen
          Jen
          December 26, 2013 at 11:25 pm | #

          I did google it, smartass, and I couldn’t find it. As you might imagine, Convenience store and tuesday are very common words and a lot came up, none of which were movies or other media.

  38. Fuzzydaemon
    Fuzzydaemon
    December 24, 2013 at 12:48 am | #

    Oh, this just gets worse.

    • xain
      xain
      December 24, 2013 at 12:51 am | #

      come on look at that alt text there is some hope … maybe?

  39. Shanunu
    Shanunu
    December 24, 2013 at 12:49 am | #

    Wonders how many times Amber has spoken on the behalf of Amazigirl.

    Proceeds to wonder why Danny thinks Amber doesn’t know who she is.

    • clodia
      clodia
      December 24, 2013 at 12:52 am | #

      Eh, she’s done it as “I’m a girl, I know what girls like” often enough that it’s not ridiculous that he hasn’t gotten it yet. Especially since I remember hearing people do that as a teenager quite a bit.

  40. clodia
    clodia
    December 24, 2013 at 12:51 am | #

    I’m glad Danny is going after her. Even if (by his perception) she’s only upset about the whole dating thing, she’s obviously really upset, and I think that he’s doing his best.

    Aw, man, I’m totally lying. If the situation was what it appeared to be from Danny’s point of view, I’d say leave her alone. You’ve said your piece, you can’t renege because you hurt her, you already know you hurt her.

    I just want Amber to get some reassurances and hugs and there’s at least a 5% chance of nothing getting worse if Danny follows Amber. There’s a good chance of a getting worse, and maybe a 3% chance of things getting better. But I’m hopeful, so sue me.

    • wynne
      wynne
      December 24, 2013 at 4:45 am | #

      The only problem is that he’s a terrible person to go after her. I mean, I’m glad SOMEONE is, because lord knows that girl needs some support, but there’s still that 95% chance that he’s going to Dan it up.

  41. UnspeakableAnger
    UnspeakableAnger
    December 24, 2013 at 12:52 am | #

    A small ray of hope. Thanks, Willis.

    • Thor
      Thor
      December 24, 2013 at 1:31 am | #

      Well, you can’t have your hopes crushed if you aren’t given some hope every once in a while.

    • timemonkey
      timemonkey
      December 24, 2013 at 10:37 am | #

      The good news: there’s a small ray of hope
      The bad news: it’s Danny

  42. Lel
    Lel
    December 24, 2013 at 12:59 am | #

    Sal sums up Danny in a single sentence.

  43. Leon
    Leon
    December 24, 2013 at 1:00 am | #

    That, my dear Sal, is the understatement of the year.

    • Mr K
      Mr K
      December 24, 2013 at 12:50 pm | #

      Let me continue. Mike’s kinda mean. Joe is kind of a perv. Walky is fond of fast food.

  44. newllend
    newllend
    December 24, 2013 at 1:02 am | #

    Aye you know what would say does keep it and gets hookep on Mario cart, like playing it 24/7 day and night like in morning when she eating breakfast, at night whens she is suppose asleep, in class (her math skill are shit any ways)

  45. Ridureyu
    Ridureyu
    December 24, 2013 at 1:14 am | #

    You’re so insensitive, Danny. Stop hurting Amber. He’s so callous he won’t even go after her!

    • Ikaru
      Ikaru
      December 24, 2013 at 2:09 am | #

      ….? Is this sarcasm? Or did you just not read the page?

  46. Mr K
    Mr K
    December 24, 2013 at 1:19 am | #

    Finally, Danny is doing something right. Hopefully it turns out Amber can admit her hate-crush on Sal and then Danny can get them together.

  47. ninja_jesus
    ninja_jesus
    December 24, 2013 at 1:39 am | #

    What did I say.

    DANNY IS FINALLY PULLING THROUGH. GO TEAM DANNY!

    • newllend
      newllend
      December 24, 2013 at 5:36 pm | #

      Team Danny has had bad year haven’t they?

      • newllend
        newllend
        December 24, 2013 at 5:39 pm | #

        A bad year

  48. Dr. Paul
    Dr. Paul
    December 24, 2013 at 1:44 am | #

    I’m amazed at the amount of casual physical contact Sal has let him get away with just because he is showing what is to her an unexpected level of confidence. Geek boy isn’t scared of me, acts like he knows where this is going. I guess this is ok… Must be echos from another universe.

  49. Em
    Em
    December 24, 2013 at 1:47 am | #

    So…is that DS going to be sold?

    • Dr. Paul
      Dr. Paul
      December 24, 2013 at 1:54 am | #

      Nope. Someone trusts her completely. That is a strong thing that she was missing from most people. It will be harder for her to betray that trust than to kick a puppy. Of course, if that puppy was caught widdling on her bike…

      • What was the question again?
        What was the question again?
        December 24, 2013 at 4:42 pm | #

        That comment made me lol because it literally blows “random guy gives me a DS, then runs off leaving me with a free DS” into this amazing life changing event for Sal.

  50. Fred
    Fred
    December 24, 2013 at 2:13 am | #

    I’m glad Danny is going to mess it up with Amber. Amber needs a strong partner who willl not stand for any of her ranty bullshit or she’s going to turn into an emotional abuser like Blaine. Someone like Mike…. oh wait, Willis already did that.

    How about Joe? Joe hasn’t ruled out the “one girl forever” situation, he just hasn’t met that girl (unless it’s Joyce, in which case Amber vs. Joyce for Round Two)

  51. Ikaru
    Ikaru
    December 24, 2013 at 2:14 am | #

    Also….is telling the girl he thinks is Amazi-girl, AKA his GIRLFRIEND that this other random girl who ran off crying is “Important” and that he needs to go after her the best thing to say in this situation? If Sal really was Amazi-girl, whom he’d been in a relationship with….wouldn’t that lead to….misunderstandings? Shouldn’t he had said ‘classmate’? Even in a misconception he adds more ontop of it! He’s such a Danny!

    • Kevin
      Kevin
      December 24, 2013 at 3:00 am | #

      I don’t think Danny is fully convinced Sal is Amazigirl, although he might not realize that himself.

    • Kelly
      Kelly
      December 24, 2013 at 3:44 am | #

      She was crying and clearly very upset. If I was in a situation like that, just hanging out with my GF (well, he thinks so) and someone that was just a good friend came by and was like that I would absolutely go after them.

    • timemonkey
      timemonkey
      December 24, 2013 at 10:40 am | #

      It’s been my experience that woman are fairly rational and can understand the concept of their boyfriend having other friends.

    • TJ Baltimore
      TJ Baltimore
      December 31, 2013 at 7:03 am | #

      I’m going to have to agree that a woman is likely to understand when her boyfriend runs off after another friend, who was just seen crying. That being said, from Dennys respective, how long have they been in a relationship? They’re not exactly married yet. Have they even had “the talk”s about relationship exclusivity?

      That being said, “important” *is* a really bizarre choice of words. I assumed was just Danny being digitally inept again (e.g., being Danny).

  52. I don't know what to put here.
    I don't know what to put here.
    December 24, 2013 at 2:38 am | #

    …

    • Arkantos
      Arkantos
      December 24, 2013 at 9:35 am | #

      Ha! I get it.

    • Kiggy
      Kiggy
      December 24, 2013 at 11:16 am | #

      Well played.

  53. Bilfred
    Bilfred
    December 24, 2013 at 2:41 am | #

    true dat, Sal, true dat.

  54. Kevin
    Kevin
    December 24, 2013 at 3:01 am | #

    If I don’t wake up Christmas day to Amber and Danny making out, I’m going to write a strongly worded letter…

    • Calvin Coolage
      Calvin Coolage
      December 24, 2013 at 4:40 pm | #

      Now, now, let’s not do something we might regret.

      • Oberon
        Oberon
        December 24, 2013 at 8:51 pm | #

        I agree, nobody should wake up during Christmas.

  55. Vigne the 3rd
    Vigne the 3rd
    December 24, 2013 at 4:31 am | #

    lets hope this works out….kinda

  56. Quatoria
    Quatoria
    December 24, 2013 at 4:50 am | #

    God *damn*, but that boy is stupid.

  57. Intie
    Intie
    December 24, 2013 at 5:35 am | #

    whoa
    Danny is actually
    whoa

  58. garblegarble
    garblegarble
    December 24, 2013 at 7:16 am | #

    Just waiting for Amber to go back and try to talk to Danny about Sal being a criminal.
    Via DS.
    As Amazi-Girl.
    Sal answers.

  59. CianM1301
    CianM1301
    December 24, 2013 at 7:31 am | #

    Well, his heart’s in the right place. Too bad his brain isn’t…

  60. hof1991
    hof1991
    December 24, 2013 at 7:43 am | #

    For a long time, the DOA banner featured Danny and AG smiling together, which is where I think this will all end up by the end of the day. The new one features a stern Sarah and a puzzled Dina. Hope that involves Sarah giving Ethan and Joyce some sage advice, also later today. Meaning sometime in mid-2014.

  61. Puppy
    Puppy
    December 24, 2013 at 8:02 am | #

    i can kind of see Amaz-girl stealing the 3DS from Sal’s room before she sells it and then giving it to Dan, which will convince him further that Sal is amazi-girl!

  62. Taigan
    Taigan
    December 24, 2013 at 8:28 am | #

    Danny’s entire character arc summed up in that last panel.

  63. xain
    xain
    December 24, 2013 at 9:11 am | #

    has anyone else noticed that danny kinda has an abusive relationship with the readers. No one wants danny screw up and they hope for once he wont and the he crushes that hope. After a few times you know its Danny of course he is gonna screw this up but you just cant help it and despite knowing better you still get your hope trampled. Which lead you to either hating danny is order ensure you have no expectations or continuing to delude yourself that maybe Danny wont dan this spidercar for once.

    • Arkantos
      Arkantos
      December 24, 2013 at 9:51 am | #

      Dude… that’s more mind-blowing than the fact that if Zod had just colonized Mars, he could have saved his entire race.

      • gka
        gka
        December 24, 2013 at 10:17 am | #

        Mars can’t sustain an ozone layer. Or liquid water. Or a breathable atmosphere.

        • timemonkey
          timemonkey
          December 24, 2013 at 10:43 am | #

          And you can’t fly by being exposed to sunlight, reality doesn’t really matter in superhero stories.

      • StClair
        StClair
        December 24, 2013 at 11:17 am | #

        I suspect that, like Doom, Zod (in any incarnation) doesn’t actually want to rule so much as he wants to conquer. The former is just what he’s obliged to do after he indulges the latter.

    • Yeah
      Yeah
      December 24, 2013 at 10:35 am | #

      I think Danny’s not the brightest, but I don’t feel that way. I haven’t read any of the other comics though, so I don’t know his other storylines.

  64. gka
    gka
    December 24, 2013 at 10:13 am | #

    I’m pretty sure that if Amber punches his face in sometime in the next several pages, I will be totally okay with that.

    • AlsoSprachOdin
      AlsoSprachOdin
      December 24, 2013 at 12:51 pm | #

      Amber wouldn’t.

  65. Charles Phipps
    Charles Phipps
    December 24, 2013 at 11:27 am | #

    I call that Sal is going to start falling for Danny because he has absolute trust and faith in her.

    • Reepicheep-chan
      Reepicheep-chan
      December 24, 2013 at 2:36 pm | #

      I hate to admit it but I kinda of ship them.

    • fogel
      fogel
      December 24, 2013 at 5:12 pm | #

      THAT would be a weird couple.

  66. Scott
    Scott
    December 24, 2013 at 11:28 am | #

    At the risk of offending the masses, I am rooting for Danny on this one. He is trying to do the right thing, even if it isnt the best thing. He breaks off his conversation with Amazi-girl (or so he thinks) to try to comfort Amber. His head may not be in the right place, but his heart is.
    Maybe he screws it up again – it is a convenient plot device to pillory Danny at every opportunity. But i’d like to see The Creator (Willis) try something new here…

    • OldFart
      OldFart
      December 24, 2013 at 2:09 pm | #

      I hope so too, Scott. But we both know Willis is a cruel and capricious diety.

    • Ourorboros
      Ourorboros
      December 24, 2013 at 6:02 pm | #

      He’s going to comfort Amber because he thinks it’s about him.

  67. Scott
    Scott
    December 24, 2013 at 11:30 am | #

    There is precedent. Witness the Furies transform into the Eumenides…

  68. Vitreousduck
    Vitreousduck
    December 24, 2013 at 11:48 am | #

    Danny is like a newly born baby stupid I some ways but you love him anyways

  69. Vitreousduck
    Vitreousduck
    December 24, 2013 at 11:49 am | #

    Mean to say in not I but auto correct didn’t agree

  70. Mr K
    Mr K
    December 24, 2013 at 12:24 pm | #

    I noticed we never see Blaine and Amazi-girl together.

  71. Anacrea
    Anacrea
    December 24, 2013 at 12:48 pm | #

    Unrelated but my newest headcanon is that joyce sings behind these hazel eyes whenever she loses a “potential husband”

  72. Baker
    Baker
    December 24, 2013 at 2:00 pm | #

    Why would Sal say that, she plans on selling it or something?

    • Rutee
      Rutee
      December 24, 2013 at 4:20 pm | #

      Because that was dumb and trusting, whether she returns it or not.

  73. Thrair
    Thrair
    December 24, 2013 at 2:21 pm | #

    I dunno, she kind of enjoys using it. I think the implication is more “He expects to see me again?”

    After all, Danny exudes a little stench of desperation, passive-aggressiveness, and fail.

  74. NobodySpecial
    NobodySpecial
    December 24, 2013 at 2:41 pm | #

    Anyone taking bets that at a later strip, Amber sees Sal with the DS and assumes she stole it?

  75. AlsoSprachOdin
    AlsoSprachOdin
    December 24, 2013 at 3:08 pm | #

    Said the girl who couldn’t be bothered to pull her jeans over her undies. (?)

    • David Willis
      David M Willis
      December 24, 2013 at 3:48 pm | #

      Said the person who thinks your IQ drops when you wear sexypants. (?????)

      • James
        James
        December 24, 2013 at 5:47 pm | #

        I thought you lose IQ when you see a person wear sexy pants

        • David Willis
          David M Willis
          December 24, 2013 at 6:09 pm | #

          That would explain all these posts I hafta delete!

          • Oberon
            Oberon
            December 24, 2013 at 8:48 pm | #

            All the ‘first’s?

  76. Jack Finch
    Jack Finch
    December 24, 2013 at 4:39 pm | #

    I’m rooting really hard for the Dan-ster. Go Dan Go!

  77. Foxfire
    Foxfire
    December 24, 2013 at 4:44 pm | #

    Dan summed up in seven short words. Sal should win a prize for that kind of mastery.

  78. Yan
    Yan
    December 24, 2013 at 6:19 pm | #

    Sometimes it feels like I’m the only one who has read Roomies, It’s Walky and Joyce and Walky. I remember this year I decided to read it all from the beginning to the end. Then I bought those exclusive strips that you have to pay to read. I enjoyed it immensely. I love Willis’ work.

  79. man in black
    man in black
    December 24, 2013 at 8:50 pm | #

    great page

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