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by David M Willis on March 16, 2014 at 12:01 am
  • 02 - I Was a Teenage Churchmouse
└ Tags: daisy, dorothy

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  1. AHR
    AHR
    March 16, 2014 at 12:01 am | #

    Nice cover up, there, Blaine.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      March 16, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

      “I wasn’t beat up by a girl! It was ninjas! Lots of ninjas! And I think Chuck Norris was leading them! Even then I would have won, but Mr. T sucker punched me from behind!”

      • T Campbell
        T Campbell
        March 16, 2014 at 12:07 am | #

        Blaine, such a pathetic excuse for a human being that his suffering can STILL be a source of undiluted joy, even when he’s not in the room and just being casually mentioned by two people who have no idea who he is.

        • shietka
          shietka
          March 16, 2014 at 1:36 am | #

          HA! Yes! So much this!

        • Speedball
          Speedball
          March 16, 2014 at 1:43 am | #

          Nail on the head there, T.

        • Ancestral Hamster
          Ancestral Hamster
          March 16, 2014 at 2:43 am | #

          The word for the day is “schadenfreude”. Can you say that, boys and girls?

          http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/schadenfreude

          • David
            David
            March 16, 2014 at 2:56 am | #

            Wie denn wohl nicht?

            • Drunken Nordmann
              Drunken Nordmann
              March 16, 2014 at 3:01 pm | #

              Scheinbar bin ich nicht der einzige hier. 🙂

              • vlademir1
                vlademir1
                March 16, 2014 at 4:24 pm | #

                Vielicht nicht, aber mein deutsch ist viel schlecht.

                • Drunken Nordmann
                  Drunken Nordmann
                  March 16, 2014 at 5:27 pm | #

                  Well, as they say in Germany: “Deutsche Sprache, schwere Sprache.”

          • Tenn
            Tenn
            March 16, 2014 at 4:12 am | #

            Like straight A students getting Bs?

            • TheKelliestKelly
              TheKelliestKelly
              March 16, 2014 at 4:15 am | #

              Or exes getting STDs?

              • Durgrumm
                Durgrumm
                March 16, 2014 at 7:52 am | #

                Watching tourists reading maps?

                • vonnegut
                  vonnegut
                  March 18, 2014 at 3:11 pm | #

                  I think Dumbing of Age comment people are the best comment people on the internet.

              • Raynebough
                Raynebough
                March 16, 2014 at 9:20 am | #

                Waking doormen from their naps!

                • BlueRam
                  BlueRam
                  March 16, 2014 at 10:14 am | #

                  Football players getting tackled!

                • Regalli
                  Regalli
                  March 16, 2014 at 11:05 am | #

                  CEOs, getting shackled!

                • Bill
                  Bill
                  March 16, 2014 at 12:10 pm | #

                  Watching actors never reach
                  The ending of their Oscar speech!

                • Noel Schornhorst
                  Noel Schornhorst
                  March 18, 2014 at 10:12 pm | #

                  Schadenfruede! The world needs people like you and me who’ve been knocked around by fate!

                • The Magus
                  The Magus
                  April 17, 2015 at 7:42 pm | #

                  ‘Cause when people see us they don’t want to be us, and that makes them feel great~!

          • EmpressTohru
            EmpressTohru
            March 16, 2014 at 7:54 pm | #

            Scoodin Froody?

        • Rutee
          Rutee
          March 16, 2014 at 2:44 am | #

          LikedWould like.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        March 16, 2014 at 12:19 am | #

        I was jumped by 18 gorillas made of titanium. The had rocket powered fists and Machine gun fingers.

        • Badeyes
          Badeyes
          March 16, 2014 at 2:28 am | #

          It just felt like titanium, er and that other stuff. Tried to tell you not to go to Gagibuzzo.

      • Count Dracula
        Count Dracula
        March 16, 2014 at 12:24 am | #

        “I’m gonna be honest with ya, officer; I had ‘im on the ropes until he whipped out the laser eyes.”

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      March 16, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

      He’s like Flass from Batman Year One, can’t really say that he got his ass kicked by one person.

      • Andiemus
        Andiemus
        March 16, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

        … but he’ll know. He’ll know and he’ll keep quiet.

        • Shinkui
          Shinkui
          March 16, 2014 at 11:19 pm | #

          Izanagi-no-Ookami?
          What are you doing chatting with mortals?

    • narmenduke
      narmenduke
      March 16, 2014 at 12:10 am | #

      If you’ve gotta invent somebody to beat you up to preserve your masculinity or whatever, wouldn’t you save more face by not reporting the crime at all? Seriously, this dude is the worst (reluctant to say what I actually feel about Blaine, because I’m not sure about Willis’s rules on profanity, but rest assured that it is vulgar).

      • Kevin
        Kevin
        March 16, 2014 at 12:14 am | #

        So witnesses report to police that this guy got beat up, the cops get there, he’s beat to shit, and he says “nope nothing happened”?

        • narmenduke
          narmenduke
          March 16, 2014 at 12:16 am | #

          Ah. I forgot about the witness, who probably was the one who did the reporting. Never mind.

        • Carlos
          Carlos
          March 16, 2014 at 12:16 am | #

          Darn, too slow it would appear. I congratulate you as well.

        • Charlie Spencer
          Charlie Spencer
          March 16, 2014 at 6:33 am | #

          “I ran into the door, dammit!”

          “But sir, you’re outside.”

      • Carlos
        Carlos
        March 16, 2014 at 12:16 am | #

        He probably wasn’t going to but there were witnesses who most likely tried to help him, called 911, etc. Also, I share your sentiment and comend you on your presentation. Bravo

  2. Vivvav
    Vivvav
    March 16, 2014 at 12:01 am | #

    Daisy’s a chubby chaser?

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      March 16, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

      Does Amber count as a chubby or does she simply creates ‘chubbys’?

      • Keroshino
        Keroshino
        March 16, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

        Well, apparently she does for Daisy!

      • Dr. Zeus
        Dr. Zeus
        March 16, 2014 at 12:17 am | #

        Chubby? No.
        She’s wonderfully curvaceous, though not very loquacious, and with a reasonable basis she goes to punch faces.

        • ChaoticCandy
          ChaoticCandy
          March 16, 2014 at 12:36 am | #

          That was the sexiest sentence I have ever read.

        • Cephalo the Pod
          Cephalo the Pod
          March 16, 2014 at 12:49 am | #

          Dr. Ze-us Dr. Ze-us! Doc-tor Ze-us!
          Dr. Ze-us Dr. Ze-us! Doc-tor Ze-us!

          • John
            John
            January 25, 2015 at 1:30 am | #

            Dr. Ze-us Help me… To get down!

            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUkYHcK3FfY

        • Lord Circe
          Lord Circe
          March 16, 2014 at 2:55 pm | #

          …………………….,,–~–,,
          …………………../:.:.:.:.:.|
          ………………….|;.;.;.;.;.;/
          …………._,,,,,,_.);.;.;.;.;.|
          ………,-“:.:.:.:.:.”~-,;.;.;.;|
          ……..(_,,,,—,,_:.:.:);.;.;..”,
          ……,-“:.:.:.:.:.:.””-,/;.;.;.;.”,
          …..(:.__,,,,,,,,,,,____);.;.;.;.;|
          …../””:.:.:.:.:.:.:.-“”\;.;.;.;.,”
          ….\:,___,,,,,,,,,,,____/;;;;;;;;/
          …..\.::.:.:.:.:.:.:.;..);;;;;;;/
          …….\,,,,—~~~~~~~;;;;;;;;,”
          ……….”””~~~–,,,,,,,,,,-”
          …………….GOOD JOB!

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        March 16, 2014 at 12:20 am | #

        I would need to see her more naked. If anything she is at least at that line where you’re JUST chubby enough that you can fake it with well fitting clothes.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      March 16, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

      As a lesbian, I doubt she’s very interested in chubbies.

      • tinfoil theory
        tinfoil theory
        March 16, 2014 at 2:21 am | #

        Daisy may have a different taste in women than you, though.

        (Also, safe search was on.)

        • Doctor_Who
          Doctor_Who
          March 16, 2014 at 2:26 am | #

          I meant chubbies as in the slang term for boners. Most lesbians aren’t that into boners.

          • Plasma Mongoose
            Plasma Mongoose
            March 16, 2014 at 3:29 am | #

            How can this be?! 😛

          • tinfoil theory
            tinfoil theory
            March 16, 2014 at 3:52 am | #

            My apologies. I was not familiar with that term. Excellent pun.

          • JepMZ
            JepMZ
            March 16, 2014 at 4:09 pm | #

            you barbarian savage! *drops monocle*

          • lightsabermario
            lightsabermario
            March 17, 2014 at 4:38 am | #

            Unless they’re the synthetic kind.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      March 16, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

      Amber ain’t chubby. Cartman is chubby…Amber, I call her filled.

      • brionl
        brionl
        March 16, 2014 at 12:07 am | #

        Word for the day: zaftig.

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          March 16, 2014 at 12:08 am | #

          What does that mean?

          • LiaHansen
            LiaHansen
            March 16, 2014 at 12:11 am | #

            “zaf·tig, adjective

            of a woman : slightly fat in an attractive way : having a full, rounded figure”

            • Bill
              Bill
              March 16, 2014 at 12:45 am | #

              Otherwise known as “Rubenesque”
              — after the works of Baroque painter Peter Paul Rubens.

              • Opus the Poet
                Opus the Poet
                March 16, 2014 at 12:57 am | #

                Not to be confused with Paul Ruebens AKA Pee Wee Herman.That would be “zany”.

          • Totz the Plaid
            Totz the Plaid
            March 16, 2014 at 12:13 am | #

            Sexily curvy/chubby.

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          March 16, 2014 at 12:12 am | #

          zaftig /ˈzaftɪg/

          adjective
          N. Amer.informal

          adjective: zaftig; adjective: zoftig

          1. (of a woman) having a full, rounded figure; plump.

          “a zaftig brunette”

          • Barf Ninjason
            Barf Ninjason
            March 16, 2014 at 12:53 am | #

            A zaftig callipgyean brunette, in this particular case.

        • tinfoil theory
          tinfoil theory
          March 16, 2014 at 2:24 am | #

          “Saftig” means “juicy” in German.

          • MindLink
            MindLink
            March 16, 2014 at 7:40 am | #

            In Norwegian too, it’s probably the same word I guess. i.e. : A plumpy pear, a zaftig pear, a plump Amber, a juicy Amber ?

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        March 16, 2014 at 12:21 am | #

        Clearly you don’t understand. Cartman is FAT. Amber is chubby.

        • Opus the Poet
          Opus the Poet
          March 16, 2014 at 12:58 am | #

          No, Cartman is “big-boned” and “under-tall”.

    • LiaHansen
      LiaHansen
      March 16, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

      I think liking amazi-girl qualifies you more as an “awesome chaser”. Or maybe a “human”.

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        March 16, 2014 at 12:07 am | #

        Amazon Chaser.

        Which is kinda close to Amazi-Chaser, now that I think about it.

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          March 16, 2014 at 12:09 am | #

          Well, we can safely say that Amber is part Amazon.

          • HMRC4EVR
            HMRC4EVR
            March 16, 2014 at 4:27 am | #

            Well, she is free to ship in most cases (with other DoA cast members)

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          March 16, 2014 at 12:13 am | #

          While Billie is more of a beer chaser.

          • Opus the Poet
            Opus the Poet
            March 16, 2014 at 12:59 am | #

            Would that make Ruth the whiskey if Billie is the beer chaser?

    • John
      John
      March 16, 2014 at 1:33 am | #

      I’ve said it before, but… based on the things we’ve seen her do, I’m pretty sure the only soft part of Amber is the Amazi-Rack. She’s probably actually heavier than she looks, because muscle is denser than fat, but there’s a big difference between “chubby” and “strong, stacked, and built on a short and wide-hipped frame”.

      • Dakhran
        Dakhran
        March 16, 2014 at 6:38 am | #

        “She’s a brick…house! Mighty might, just lettin it all hang out!”

    • nothri
      nothri
      March 16, 2014 at 9:18 am | #

      “Nonsense! I don’t chase chubbies. I have people to do that for me! Dorothy! Billie! Chop chop!”

    • vlademir1
      vlademir1
      March 16, 2014 at 4:30 pm | #

      Considering how baddly misapplied the terms “chubby” and “BBW” oft seem to be (ie 95% of women that don’t share Dina’s bodytype), I’d guess so.

  3. March
    March
    March 16, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    Awkward moment. Let’s all walk away now, Dorothy. This is how adults respond to finding one another’s porn. We walk away, and pretend it never happened.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      March 16, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

      While mentally filing away the URL for future perusal.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      March 16, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

      And some nice application of brain bleach when you found out that there are porns based on your childhood stuff…and things you wouldn’t believe that there are porn off.

      • David
        David
        March 16, 2014 at 2:58 am | #

        Thank deity then that my childhood stuff did not include Teletubbies. Sesame Street porn is bad enough.

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          March 16, 2014 at 9:19 am | #

          Yeah…I’m still trying to wrap my head around a Getter Robo doujin…or a Doraemon doujin.

    • Rex Hondo
      Rex Hondo
      March 16, 2014 at 12:20 am | #

      Except for in the alternate universe where this takes place at Brigham Young University, where Dorothy can’t just “leave a wounded comrade on the battlefield.”

      • The Candyman
        The Candyman
        March 16, 2014 at 1:03 am | #

        Does that lead to sexy times? I’m unversed in euphemisms.

        • Rex Hondo
          Rex Hondo
          March 16, 2014 at 1:47 am | #

          It most certainly does not. Google “Mormon masturbation video” if you want to see the video that made the rounds a couple months ago that likens porn and masturbation to being wounded on the spiritual battlefield and that a good soldier doesn’t leave a wounded man behind. It really walks a bizarre line between hilarious and creepy.

          • Rutee
            Rutee
            March 16, 2014 at 2:38 am | #

            No, I don’t believe I will be googling this video, good sir.

            • Leorale
              Leorale
              March 16, 2014 at 2:48 pm | #

              There’s no porn in the video; it’s an anti-porn commercial.

              • Leorale
                Leorale
                March 16, 2014 at 2:51 pm | #

                It tells you that, if you catch your buddy masturbating, he is like a wounded soldier and you can’t just leave him on the battlefield. You should heroically tell on him.

                • Drunken Nordmann
                  Drunken Nordmann
                  March 16, 2014 at 3:13 pm | #

                  That’s not really the logical conlusion to that analogy, isn’t it?

                • shadowcell
                  shadowcell
                  March 16, 2014 at 5:47 pm | #

                  see, when i read that, i thought it meant “you should heroically sit down and fap with him”

                  and i was all “i can respect that”

                  then i remembered it’s from the magic underwear people so, well, yeah, i like my version better

                • John
                  John
                  March 16, 2014 at 10:41 pm | #

                  No, then you’re both wounded. Clearly what you should do is make sure he doesn’t have to fap, by giving him some actual sex.

              • Rutee
                Rutee
                March 18, 2014 at 1:54 am | #

                Yes, I followed the meaning. That makes it WORSE, not BETTER.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      March 16, 2014 at 12:22 am | #

      Is that what we adults do? I just kinda say “Um..yeah!!Let’s look at this shit together, man!”

      • March
        March
        March 16, 2014 at 1:12 am | #

        Adults you’re not particularly close to, or who are your superior.

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          March 16, 2014 at 1:14 am | #

          It’s always important to have a good relationship with your superiors.

          • Cybersnark
            Cybersnark
            March 16, 2014 at 8:20 am | #

            Rule of Acquisition #112
            Never have sex with the boss’ sister.

            Rule of Acquisition #113
            Always have sex with the boss.

    • Barf Ninjason
      Barf Ninjason
      March 16, 2014 at 1:41 am | #

      I’ll never forget my teacher who said, “the polite, adult thing to do when someone farts is to just ignore it.” Actually, I have forgotten her in that I can’t remember specifically which teacher it was, BUT I remember the lesson in politeness and discretion and such. Also, I apologize if this comparison makes anyone think of the unfortunate conjunction of tarts and porn.

      • Barf Ninjason
        Barf Ninjason
        March 16, 2014 at 1:44 am | #

        Uh, I meant “farts and porn.” The conjunction of “tarts and porn” is pretty much a given, I suppose.

        • Tenn
          Tenn
          March 16, 2014 at 4:26 am | #

          Well, if you can use a pie, you can use a tart, I guess. ;P

      • sarahlost36
        sarahlost36
        March 16, 2014 at 11:03 am | #

        and suddenly a new genre of food porn is born… you made me rofl

        • That Damn Rat
          That Damn Rat
          March 16, 2014 at 4:34 pm | #

          New? oh you poor naive fool.

  4. Dr. Zeus
    Dr. Zeus
    March 16, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    No no no, that’s NUDE-fashioned sleuthing.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      March 16, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

      LIKED!

    • TrueVCU
      TrueVCU
      March 16, 2014 at 12:22 am | #

      DAMMIT I WAS JUST ABOUT TO POST THAT.

      But I must bow to your greater efficiency

    • nothri
      nothri
      March 16, 2014 at 9:19 am | #

      Wouldn’t that imply that Daisy and/or Dorothy would have to be naked whilst investigating the Amazigirl story?

  5. Cattleprod
    Cattleprod
    March 16, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

    That seems reasonable, nude means no costume.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      March 16, 2014 at 12:12 am | #

      And most superhero costume are tight enough that it feels like they are wearing nothing at all.

      • Ryan
        Ryan
        March 16, 2014 at 12:20 am | #

        nothing at all

        nothing at all

        nothing at all

        nothing at all

        • Keroshino
          Keroshino
          March 16, 2014 at 12:27 am | #

          Stupid sexy Amazi-Girl!

      • timemonkey
        timemonkey
        March 16, 2014 at 12:26 am | #

        …nothing at all…nothing at all

  6. Ahighfunctioningsociopath
    Ahighfunctioningsociopath
    March 16, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

    She wants amazagirl dropped in her lap, ya know what I’m saying?
    Seriously, can someone explain it to me?

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      March 16, 2014 at 12:08 am | #

      Well you see, when a girl and a superheroine love each other very much…

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        March 16, 2014 at 12:23 am | #

        Bed manufacturers make major bank.

        • Tenn
          Tenn
          March 16, 2014 at 4:27 am | #

          “Woman of steel, bed of Kleenex.”

        • Rutee
          Rutee
          March 16, 2014 at 5:53 am | #

          I’m trying hard, and I’m just not seeing how two women going at it are going to actually wreck a bed unless they’re both superpowered, and explicitly trying to at that.

          Well, physically destroy it, anyway.

          • nothri
            nothri
            March 16, 2014 at 3:54 pm | #

            SPOILERS: Joke comes from the Shortpacked verse. Lots of people were abducted by aliens in that series (lead by the Head Alien, who has been reimagined in this universe as the cartoon character Dexter that Joyce and Walky are such fans of). The aliens implanted them with all kinds of strange abilities, including super strength and superhuman endurance.

            BIGGER SPOILERS:Joyce and Walky got together towards the end of the original Itswalky series, which inspired the motel guy they got the room from to despair that this was a “man of steel, woman of steel, bed of kleenex” situation.

            NO SPOILERS: As for the whole “would the bed be in danger” bit, I can certainly see it. Sex does involve a lot of…ahem…back and forth motions, some quite enthusiastic and dramatic, the best ones quite convulsive and uncontrolled. If we’re imagining folks normally capable of busting through brick walls and throwing cars around like beach balls then such motions could easily become like mini earthquakes/meteor bombardments to your poor furniture.

  7. David Herbert
    David Herbert
    March 16, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

    “There was totally a big dude, like ten feet tall and a body like Donkey Kong. He must have unlocked the Cheat in Goldeneye.”

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      March 16, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

      Unfortunately for him, his opponent was Oddjob.

      • Aizat
        Aizat
        March 16, 2014 at 12:07 am | #

        Or Random Task. You don’t mess with Korean wrestlers.

        • Keroshino
          Keroshino
          March 16, 2014 at 12:14 am | #

          Especially when they got a mean “shoe-throwing” arm!

          • Aizat
            Aizat
            March 16, 2014 at 12:15 am | #

            Who throws a shoe? Honestly?

            • Rex Hondo
              Rex Hondo
              March 16, 2014 at 12:22 am | #

              American Maid.

              • Aizat
                Aizat
                March 16, 2014 at 12:27 am | #

                Never thought I see the day someone pulling out a reference to The Tick.

                • Kryss LaBryn
                  Kryss LaBryn
                  March 16, 2014 at 1:34 am | #

                  Spoon?

                • Rex Hondo
                  Rex Hondo
                  March 16, 2014 at 1:49 am | #

                  Then you’ve seriously misread the age and/or mentality of most of the readership here. 😉

                • John
                  John
                  March 16, 2014 at 2:11 am | #

                  Eh, it’s not like he referenced Man-Eating Cow or someone.

                • vlademir1
                  vlademir1
                  March 16, 2014 at 4:45 pm | #

                  Why not? The Tick had at least some mainstream popularity for a time. Personally, I’d be mildly surprised if I’d seen a ref to Orgasm Lass and Foreplay at some point on here (XXXenophile isn’t exactly mainstream recognized after all).

                • Roborat
                  Roborat
                  March 25, 2014 at 3:50 pm | #

                  You don’t know the audience here very well then.

              • MeHael
                MeHael
                March 16, 2014 at 1:34 am | #

                Not in the face!

        • JustCheetoDust
          JustCheetoDust
          March 16, 2014 at 3:50 am | #

          Or Random Task. You don’t mess with Korean wrestlers.

          Was Random Task a Korean wrestler? I know that the actor Joe Son was not. The closest he was to that was having a mixed martial arts career that lasted four fights, and that only happened because he managed a known MMA fighter and somehow parlayed that fact into a couple of fights of his own.) He did appear in a Japanese pro wrestling card back in 2003; I’d avoid it unless you want to see a 5’4, 240 pound guy wrestle in a leopard-print thong.

          As for his MMA career: his first fight in 1994 ended with the opponent showing no respect for Joe’s half-assed attempt at choking him and punching Joe in the balls a dozen times to make him let go. When Joe did let go the guy grabbed him by the throat and strangled him until he submitted. Not that Joe had much of a chance in that fight in the first place since his fight entrance consisted of him carrying a wooden cross to the cage.

          He took a kickboxing match in Japan and got his ass kicked there.

          An MMA match in Japan ended prematurely when he injured his elbow after getting slammed to the ground.

          Later he took a fight in LA and lost when he quit after getting slapped in the face. Supposedly he was high at the time of the fight. There is a fascinating personal account of that match. Even if that should be taken with a grain of salt, none of the other rumors deviate much from this story.

          He lost his last fight (he never won, come to think of it) when he injured his shoulder after getting thrown to the ground. He didn’t seem to have much luck getting ragdolled by guys who can actually wrestle.

          After flaming out in combat sports he was arrested for a decades old kidnapping and gang rape case that resulted in seventeen counts of sexual assault and a life sentence without parole. A few years ago he killed his pedophile cellmate.

    • narmenduke
      narmenduke
      March 16, 2014 at 12:12 am | #

      “Then he should have been perfectly easy to shoot in the head, citizen. Or even to karate chop, if you were for some reason not armed to the teeth. Ten years in solitary for wasting my time!”

      • Aizat
        Aizat
        March 16, 2014 at 12:14 am | #

        And he shoots fireball from his eyes and lightning bolt from his ass. And he can cleave rocks in half….by staring at it.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        March 16, 2014 at 12:24 am | #

        Assuming he was using Goldeneye cheats you could have even shot him in the gun. His hitbox was ENORMOUS.

  8. narmenduke
    narmenduke
    March 16, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

    Oh…oh dear. This won’t end well.

  9. Aizat
    Aizat
    March 16, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

    Yes…look at her “move”, Daisy.

  10. Jay Eff
    Jay Eff
    March 16, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

    Psst – Daisy!
    I know a place where you can find Dorothy nude…

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      March 16, 2014 at 12:25 am | #

      Dorothy doesn’t have an amazi-rack or an amazi-ass. Just Dorthotits and Dorthobutt. Much less appealing.

      • timemonkey
        timemonkey
        March 16, 2014 at 12:29 am | #

        Wait. Waitwaitwait. Dorothy is less appealing than Amber? In any way?

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          March 16, 2014 at 12:35 am | #

          She doesn’t have the mmmmmphhh. or the BAZOW. She’s just got the PEW and the BWIIIIIIIIIIIIIIING

          • Rex Hondo
            Rex Hondo
            March 16, 2014 at 1:50 am | #

            Not to mention the WUBWUB, and the Daaaaaamn.

            • Manly Bowler
              Manly Bowler
              March 16, 2014 at 4:47 am | #

              New life goal: Compliment a woman for having great WUBWUB without being beaten to death.

          • Jack Finch
            Jack Finch
            March 16, 2014 at 10:47 pm | #

            Who are you who is so wise in the ways of science?

  11. Mr. Random
    Mr. Random
    March 16, 2014 at 12:07 am | #

    I get the impression that this woman is horny.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      March 16, 2014 at 12:09 am | #

      I don’t see any horns.

      • Cephalo the Pod
        Cephalo the Pod
        March 16, 2014 at 12:54 am | #

        Her skeleton is covered in bony spikes.
        It’s actually pretty fuckin’ metal.

        • Rutee
          Rutee
          March 16, 2014 at 5:55 am | #

          God dammit. Now I’m thinking of my Sawako/Deathklok crossover that ends with Mugi outhardcoring them all.

      • Kintrex
        Kintrex
        March 17, 2014 at 1:16 am | #

        She’s got as many horns as Moses.

    • Historyman68
      Historyman68
      March 16, 2014 at 4:39 pm | #

      She doesn’t look anything like Moses!

  12. JessWitt
    JessWitt
    March 16, 2014 at 12:11 am | #

    So I guess that makes Daisy a Private Investigator?

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      March 16, 2014 at 12:13 am | #

      Don’t you mean a Privates Investigator?

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      March 16, 2014 at 12:25 am | #

      She just wants to catch Amazi-girl Red Handed.

  13. Super Duper
    Super Duper
    March 16, 2014 at 12:14 am | #

    Pretty sure Leslie is free.
    Wait.
    I just realized
    Leslie
    Lesbian

    I am a fucking moron.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      March 16, 2014 at 12:16 am | #

      Hey, don’t worry. Some of us don’t get puns too.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      March 16, 2014 at 12:17 am | #

      I don’t know about this universe, but in the other one her name is actually Leslie Bean.

    • threngrey
      threngrey
      March 16, 2014 at 12:19 am | #

      Made even more obvious when you remember Leslie’s surname is “Bean.”

      • AgentKeen
        AgentKeen
        March 16, 2014 at 12:30 am | #

        I’m guessing she gets pretty insistent about people not calling her ‘Les’, cause then she’d be Les Bean, and that’s just too close.

    • teddydragon
      teddydragon
      March 16, 2014 at 2:18 am | #

      And you people get on Danny’s case for not noticing Amazi-girl’s identity…

      • Rutee
        Rutee
        March 16, 2014 at 5:55 am | #

        In my defense, I didn’t know people missed “Leslie Bean”.

  14. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    March 16, 2014 at 12:17 am | #

    Surely you can’t believe such rumors. Next you hear this story, he’ll have been assaulted by 30 men and a dog.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      March 16, 2014 at 12:18 am | #

      And the dog has a human face…and rabies.

    • WingedBeast
      WingedBeast
      March 16, 2014 at 2:29 am | #

      I respect a good Discworld reference.

  15. Pyr05
    Pyr05
    March 16, 2014 at 12:18 am | #

    Admit it, we all have. For nearly everyone in DOA

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      March 16, 2014 at 12:19 am | #

      Nearly?

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      March 16, 2014 at 12:26 am | #

      Naw. I’ve found it but I always stumbled upon it by accident.

  16. arank11
    arank11
    March 16, 2014 at 12:19 am | #

    I want to take a quick poll. Judging by the last few strips’ comment sections, Danny seems to be the least liked character. I want to see who’s the MOST liked.
    Who is your favorite DoA character? Mine is Daisy

    • Keroshino
      Keroshino
      March 16, 2014 at 12:25 am | #

      I’m pretty sure Danny’s popularity has gone up since spitting on Blaine
      …Billie on the other hand has had her popularity gone down because of her lying to Ruth!

    • timemonkey
      timemonkey
      March 16, 2014 at 12:32 am | #

      The most popular is Dina. We’ve had several polls to prove it.

      Most hated is likely Mary, for characters who appear somewhat regularily and Blaine for guest appearances (closely followed by nearly every other parent)

    • teddydragon
      teddydragon
      March 16, 2014 at 3:29 am | #

      Dina! She’s depressingly relatable AND cute!

  17. Aizat
    Aizat
    March 16, 2014 at 12:21 am | #

    You know, I swear I see drool on Daisy’s lips on panel 2….could be just me though.

    • Keroshino
      Keroshino
      March 16, 2014 at 12:33 am | #

      Oh! I’m sure she is.

      thats why she is biting her lip…to hold back the flood!

  18. Alex Stritar
    Alex Stritar
    March 16, 2014 at 12:24 am | #

    Right now, the comment count is at 69. So perfect, almost wish it could always be that number.

  19. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    March 16, 2014 at 12:27 am | #

    “Daisy, stop poking me with your huge ladyboner, mmk?”

    • timemonkey
      timemonkey
      March 16, 2014 at 12:33 am | #

      The comments have been very ladyboner heavy these last couple weeks.

  20. Sensedog
    Sensedog
    March 16, 2014 at 12:29 am | #

    Rule 34. No exceptions.

  21. Kerry
    Kerry
    March 16, 2014 at 12:31 am | #

    unrelated: Jocelyne is on the hottest lady poll! ヽ(;▽;)ノ

    • timemonkey
      timemonkey
      March 16, 2014 at 12:34 am | #

      I almost picked her, until I realised I was judging her based on how she looked as a man and not as a woman.

      • Viktoria
        Viktoria
        March 16, 2014 at 1:05 am | #

        That’s what I don’t get. She’s doing decently in the poll, even beating out Joyce, and we’ve only ever seen her when she’s passing as a guy. Jocelyne does need to be included in the poll, but I’m not sure what the basis is for voting for her at this point.

        • Rutee
          Rutee
          March 16, 2014 at 2:40 am | #

          Personality/support?

        • Valdrax
          Valdrax
          March 16, 2014 at 3:41 am | #

          Preference for male physiology / discomfort in thinking of the hotness of female physiology?

        • Kerry
          Kerry
          March 16, 2014 at 4:15 am | #

          She might not actually be that feminine. Really, all you need to be trans is to identify as a different gender. She might not even be dysphoric.

          • JepMZ
            JepMZ
            March 16, 2014 at 7:02 pm | #

            true… maybe the poll is a hint that she’ll be seen in the comic again and we’ll find out for sure

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      March 16, 2014 at 12:34 am | #

      But isn’t Jocelyne F2M?

      • caesaria82
        caesaria82
        March 16, 2014 at 12:39 am | #

        Nope.

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          March 16, 2014 at 12:44 am | #

          My bad, I should have remembered her as an M2F.

          • caesaria82
            caesaria82
            March 16, 2014 at 12:48 am | #

            Could you imagine tho. Plot twist, the Browns: surprisingly chill with
            trans* people.

      • Nightsbridge
        Nightsbridge
        March 16, 2014 at 12:40 am | #

        Considering the name she chose for herself was ‘Jocelyne’ and she wears male clothing around her fundamentalist christian family . . . I doubt it.

    • Keroshino
      Keroshino
      March 16, 2014 at 12:37 am | #

      Oh That’s cool…but Billie is winning!

      WTF people, clearly Sal is Hotter!!!

      • John
        John
        March 16, 2014 at 1:40 am | #

        Sal gets an automatic two-point deduction because of that cigarette she’s always got sticking out of her mug.

        • Rex Hondo
          Rex Hondo
          March 16, 2014 at 2:58 am | #

          Only two?

          • John
            John
            March 16, 2014 at 4:34 am | #

            On a ten-point scale, that’s a lot!

      • Keroshino
        Keroshino
        March 16, 2014 at 2:32 am | #

        That’s better! 🙂

    • shietka
      shietka
      March 16, 2014 at 1:35 am | #

      I noticed that too! That was very sweet of you Willis!

  22. Shade
    Shade
    March 16, 2014 at 12:37 am | #

    Daisy is basically this universe’s J. Jonah Jameson at this point, but with a sexual fixation on the superhero.

    Then again… can’t rule it out for John either.

    • Jay Eff
      Jay Eff
      March 16, 2014 at 12:49 am | #

      Does that mean she’s gonna start flying around in an obsolete Iron Man suit like J.J.J has been recently in Spidey’s newspaper strip?

      • Shade
        Shade
        March 16, 2014 at 1:05 am | #

        We can only hope.

      • nothri
        nothri
        March 16, 2014 at 9:13 am | #

        I think the pertinent question in any case is that if Daisy does do this, will she have a chest window?

    • Rutee
      Rutee
      March 16, 2014 at 2:41 am | #

      JJJ’s religion is “Hates Spiderman” though, so it’s not a perfect fit.

      …Still doesn’t rule out a sexual fixation for JJJ, ofc.

  23. Sabre
    Sabre
    March 16, 2014 at 12:38 am | #

    I am leaving my first comment for the sake of stating that I just voted and Billie was on top with 69%. Perfection.

    • Bill
      Bill
      March 16, 2014 at 12:33 pm | #

      “Billy was on top with 69%”.

      No.  Absolutely not.  There is no way you could have innocently composed that sentence and not picked up on the double entendre before posting it.

      • John
        John
        March 17, 2014 at 1:04 am | #

        I’m pretty sure the double entendre was the point of the comment.

  24. caesaria82
    caesaria82
    March 16, 2014 at 12:41 am | #

    Is Daisy amazonian tall or is Dorothy just super short? Or both?

    • Bilfred
      Bilfred
      March 16, 2014 at 1:11 am | #

      It’s a comic strip, that means the difference between character’s hight is allowed to be over 2 feet.

    • John
      John
      March 16, 2014 at 4:04 am | #

      Dorothy’s the same height as Amber, who claims to be 5’5″ with her Amazi-Girl boots on… so probably really 5’4″, which is average female height. Tall Daisy is tall.

      • vlademir1
        vlademir1
        March 16, 2014 at 5:24 pm | #

        If we presume Amber and Dorothy are both 5’4″, I’d estimate Daisy is just under 6′. Which, if the standard deviation statistic I could find is accurate, puts her just beyond the +2σ part of the curve. So yeah, tall is apt but Amazonian is probably a bit off. I’d say “Amazonian” belongs to that tail created by the positive skew of female heights, so about 6’3″ and above.

        • David Willis
          David M Willis
          March 16, 2014 at 5:28 pm | #

          Amber is shorter than Dorothy. Dorothy’s probably closer to 5’5″, while Amber’s closer to about 5’3″. Dina’s the shortest in the cast, being even shorter than that. I say “about” because I don’t really have set heights, I just know how tall or short folks are in relation to each other. I know Walky and Billie are my height (5’7″) and that’s about it — I gotta work out from there. Also I like to exaggerate height differences in my art to make things more visually interesting, so don’t go try measuring heights or nothin’ based on the art. There probably aren’t a literal two inches in height difference if you go comparing art of Walky and Dorothy.

          • John
            John
            March 16, 2014 at 7:49 pm | #

            Hmm. I didn’t actually go back and check, and was remembering Dorothy and Amber in the last panel of this strip as closer to being palette swaps than they actually are.

  25. Barf Ninjason
    Barf Ninjason
    March 16, 2014 at 12:55 am | #

    Man, if there’s anything sexier than embarrassed lesbians, I don’t wanna kn……

    Man, if there’s anything sexier than embarrassed lesbians, I wanna subscribe to its newsletter.

  26. Sporky
    Sporky
    March 16, 2014 at 1:00 am | #

    I chose Dorothy, Billie and Amber…

    I guess my type is pretty obvious huh

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      March 16, 2014 at 3:35 am | #

      You’re into the curvy meganekko types right?

      • nothri
        nothri
        March 16, 2014 at 9:15 am | #

        Newsies and the stories they chase?

    • Kernanator
      Kernanator
      March 16, 2014 at 5:16 pm | #

      Same, except I chose Ruth instead of Dorothy.

  27. Bilfred
    Bilfred
    March 16, 2014 at 1:10 am | #

    Looks like two people are hopelessly aroused in this strip right now.

  28. Kyle
    Kyle
    March 16, 2014 at 1:15 am | #

    Oh god. Blaine is going to send some innocent black man to jail, isn’t he?

    It’s the only thing that could make me hate him more.

    • a4lbi
      a4lbi
      March 16, 2014 at 1:29 am | #

      That would be something he’d do, wouldn’t it?! >:(

      • Kryss LaBryn
        Kryss LaBryn
        March 16, 2014 at 1:38 am | #

        Uh oh… Jacob? Sure hope he’s got a rock-solid alibi… 🙁

    • teddydragon
      teddydragon
      March 16, 2014 at 2:21 am | #

      oh god no

    • Rutee
      Rutee
      March 16, 2014 at 2:43 am | #

      He could find many ways to make me hate him, but getting black dudes pulled over for matching the description of ‘large male’ is certainly one of them.

  29. newllend
    newllend
    March 16, 2014 at 1:21 am | #

    Uh….ya, “accidentally.”

  30. |Agent
    |Agent
    March 16, 2014 at 1:23 am | #

    Daisy is hornier than a billy-goat, I swear.

    • Sageress
      Sageress
      March 16, 2014 at 1:45 am | #

      Or just Billie

      • John
        John
        March 16, 2014 at 4:36 am | #

        If she weren’t, this scene might have ended differently.

  31. Idon'tcarenomore
    Idon'tcarenomore
    March 16, 2014 at 1:45 am | #

    Informative script.
    1. Blain is, unfortunately, alive.

    2. There were witness who saw 2 figures, one with a cape, at scene.

    3. Daisy is not stupid, juxtaposition of Amazi-girl on the brain, along with this report and hey there, ‘lets connect the two events’. AG and beating.

    4. Kids on campus reading the paper already commenting on how the photo of Amazi-girl is so ‘familiar’, and she’s been pinpointed to her dorm by more than one student who saw her ‘fly’ out the window.

    5. The first time Danny does something for someone-he gets burned. Or, he will get burned when the shit hits the fan.

    Things getting interesting again with that line. If by chance, Dorothy connects Amazi-girl with the beating, and traces a description of boy with her….and if Blaine does i.d. Danny….not a good ending for either of them maybe.

    • Nightsbridge
      Nightsbridge
      March 16, 2014 at 2:53 am | #

      I think most of what you say is viable, but I don’t believe Blaine will allow anyone to believe that he was beaten up by someone smaller than him, be that Amazigirl or Danny.

    • Valdrax
      Valdrax
      March 16, 2014 at 3:38 am | #

      “1. Blain is, unfortunately, alive.”

      Was this really in doubt? If Amber was a murderer, things would have been handled a bit differently.

    • Kerry
      Kerry
      March 16, 2014 at 4:14 am | #

      I am really freaking glad Blaine is alive. Amber’s character would be ruined for me if she became a murderer. I mean, jeez, I have a hard enough time reconciling my love for her with the beating on its own. Plus, y’know, her life would be ruined.

    • nothri
      nothri
      March 16, 2014 at 3:21 pm | #

      Danny does have an iron clad alibi. He’s Danny.

      “So what you are saying, Mr. Blaine, is that this kid over here is the one who beat you to within an inch of your life? Mr. Blaine, have you seen this kid? I don’t think he could take on a Basset Hound in a fight let alone a guy twice his height and body weight.”

      Okay, okay, I kid. But if Blaine tries accusing Danny he’s gonna have a lot more questions to answer and his story is gonna completely unravel. I know I was thinking the cops might be on his side in the aftermath if he played his cards right…but that would require him being a tad more clever with his lies than this. Now he has as much to lose if the truth comes out as Danny or Amber. Hell, his story says that some J-random dude decided to attack him for no reason and did not steal his car or anything on his person. At the very least that won’t sound right to the cops, and the fact that his story doesn’t match up with other witnesses? Yeah, that’s gonna look bad. Gonna look worse when they learn he isn’t from this town and was banned from visiting the campus two days ago yet is still skulking around.

  32. momomelon
    momomelon
    March 16, 2014 at 2:24 am | #

    I know this is kind of unrelated. but Its kind of been bugging me-
    in shortpacked, Robin pretend to be homosexual for a time, and then turns around and tries to force herself to become sexually attracted to Leslie. she does! and everything works out in the end.
    however-
    in dumbing of age Ethan pretends to be straight for a while, and then turns around and is trying to force himself to become sexually attracted to women. he gets massive criticism and everyone is predicting doom.
    is this a double standard? or is there a piece I’m missing??

    • 3oranges
      3oranges
      March 16, 2014 at 2:39 am | #

      Shortpacked! Robin is trying something new, for stupid reasons at first, but in the end because she genuinely cares for Leslie and wants to be able to fully reciprocate her love.

      Dumbing of Age Ethan is trying something he already rejected. It’s not really for love: he genuinely cares for Amber, and knowing he can’t reciprocate her love is why he left her. It seems more about not wanting to be the person he is.

      I think that’s the piece you’re missing: one is about changing for someone else, and one is all about denying what they want.

      • momomelon
        momomelon
        March 16, 2014 at 3:48 am | #

        I guess that’s true- robin was in love with Leslie, but Ethan wasn’t in love with amber as more then a friend.
        so when Robin knowing (saying?) she is straight still tries to changer her sexuality a little because she loves her. ethan is only doing it to make his life easier.

    • Rutee
      Rutee
      March 16, 2014 at 2:48 am | #

      double standards imply similar circumstances. You can begin by examining the assumption that Robin is straight, rather than bi.

      • momomelon
        momomelon
        March 16, 2014 at 3:26 am | #

        at one point she does say, “I’m straight, with one exception” which is why I assumed she wasn’t bi.

        • espanolbot
          espanolbot
          March 16, 2014 at 3:37 am | #

          No, that’s pretty much the definition of bi, even if it’s straight-leaning.

          Like my gf is bi, yet I’m a bloke, see?

          • Heavensrun
            Heavensrun
            March 16, 2014 at 6:58 pm | #

            Well, not really. The thing with labels like bi, straight, or gay, are that they matter the most to the person using them. So if somebody considers themselves straight with an exception, it’s kinda dickish to refer to them as bi, because they don’t identify that way.

    • David Willis
      David M Willis
      March 16, 2014 at 2:48 am | #

      man which alternate universe’s version of shortpacked! did you read

      • momomelon
        momomelon
        March 16, 2014 at 3:44 am | #

        ? did I get it wrong?
        she pretends to be bi to trick Ethan… and for a while when they lived together they didn’t even have the beds pushed together because robin was against it. because she loved Leslie, she pushed her boundaries to try and become what Leslie needed-which was someone who WOULD push the beds together. that is, someone who was sexually attracted to her.
        that was the vibe I was getting- unless I missed something. I could have forgotten some strip where robin goes, oh hey, I’ve been wanting that leslie’s female on my female the whole time!
        which would almost not surprise me coming from robin.

      • momomelon
        momomelon
        March 16, 2014 at 3:54 am | #

        wait a minute.
        is robin bi?
        like the whole TIME??
        and just too nervous to try it at first?
        but wouldn’t she REALIZE it after making out with a girl like, twice?
        but maybe she didn’t??? because she’s convinced herself she’s straight? and even to the end she SAYS she’s straight with one exception because she just can’t even admit it to herself she’s actually bi??
        and when Leslie asked who her first girl crush was she thought of amber because she’s actually is BI and not just because she wants to open up to amber in a way that she never could with her sisters??
        have I been doing the exact same thing in refusing to realize the fact that Robin is bisexual?
        !!!

        • Kerry
          Kerry
          March 16, 2014 at 4:10 am | #

          Robin’s liked other girls before, Amber being one of them. There was also the time she was super into genderbent Joyce, and Willis has said before there was more to it than just being attracted to her male form.

      • momomelon
        momomelon
        March 16, 2014 at 4:26 am | #

        ROBINS BI!

        okay, okay. okay. everybody already knew that.
        ROBINS BI.
        kjfakefjewfiunkjgjrfeuijfmsjkdnfkiearfnd
        fdnfejfieufn why did I not see that what the heck kdlgajfjaefi

        I mean. part of me was always like wha?
        but then I would be like, its robin so it doesn’t HAVE to make sense right?

        • John
          John
          March 16, 2014 at 5:04 am | #

          She’s currently self-identifying as “generally kinda undefinably queer”, which I think translates to something like “bisexual, generally heteroromantic, but nevertheless in a committed relationship with a lesbian woman”.

          • John
            John
            March 16, 2014 at 5:07 am | #

            (Malaya in that strip continues to crack me up, btw.)

      • moby
        moby
        March 16, 2014 at 5:32 am | #

        Be nice to your confused readers!

    • timemonkey
      timemonkey
      March 16, 2014 at 8:17 am | #

      Robin pretended to be homosexual to get Ethan’s attention. This was dropped a few strips later after Ethan broke the truth to Leslie. A couple years later Robin realised she was kind of into Leslie so a romantic relationship was possible.

      It was even acknowledged that Robin had always had a thing for girls: first Joyce, then Amber and definitely Leslie.

  33. Rutee
    Rutee
    March 16, 2014 at 2:45 am | #

    Billie and Sal lead the hottest lady vote. This is my surprise face.

    …and I contributed. I’m not too sure on Billie admittedly but I have fangirled over Sal since basically the start.

  34. Tom Speelman
    Tom Speelman
    March 16, 2014 at 3:09 am | #

    literally JUST realized this means Blaine. Uh oh.

  35. Crumplepunch
    Crumplepunch
    March 16, 2014 at 4:47 am | #

    I get it!

  36. moby
    moby
    March 16, 2014 at 5:14 am | #

    Daisy seems to always be havin’ a boner.

  37. C.
    C.
    March 16, 2014 at 6:25 am | #

    Was Blaine being nice to his daughter by lying on the police report?

    • John
      John
      March 16, 2014 at 6:35 am | #

      I think he just didn’t want to admit that a girl beat the shit out of him.

      • teddydragon
        teddydragon
        March 16, 2014 at 6:53 am | #

        John…I gotta admit that’s the only thing I ever thought, C’s idea didn’t even cross my mind.

        • Kathleen
          Kathleen
          March 16, 2014 at 7:09 am | #

          yeah I doubt Blaine is trying to do Amber any favors at this point. He didn’t want to pay for her college anyway, and this would be as good a reason as anyway for her to get kicked out. No, he’s selfish enough to value his own twisted pride over taking vengeance.

          But perhaps, if Dorothy and others find out what really happen and press it, he’ll think the cat is out of the bag and then just go for it with gusto and take Amber down.

          • John
            John
            March 16, 2014 at 9:46 am | #

            I don’t think he actually knows that it was Amber who kicked his ass. He didn’t seem to recognize her as she approached, and in the dark, in the rain, while being brutally beaten, is not ideal circumstances for making observations.

            Though when he has time to think about it, maybe he’ll start putting two and two together. “I came to visit my daughter, who I hadn’t seen in years, on Saturday, and I got beaten up by a girl. So I took my daughter’s boyfriend hostage and called her to demand she meet me, and I got beaten up by a girl again! Obviously, Amazi-Girl is… my daughter’s meddling RA!”

            (This ends with Blaine being beaten to death with his own femur.)

          • Gargamel
            Gargamel
            March 16, 2014 at 10:10 am | #

            Depends, if Amber is Blaines ‘pet project’ then he might be trying to pin it Danny while at the same time avoiding being emasculated.
            “I did this all because your so special” isn’t an uncommon excuse among the abusive.

      • Optimus Prime
        Optimus Prime
        March 16, 2014 at 6:53 pm | #

        “Yeah, it was a guy. A big guy. Like 8 feet tall, built like a brick house. He hit me from behind, so I only got a glimpse of him. I think he was black.”

    • timemonkey
      timemonkey
      March 16, 2014 at 8:12 am | #

      Considering he doesn’t know it was Amber I’m going with no.

  38. Kathleen
    Kathleen
    March 16, 2014 at 7:11 am | #

    ONE BRIGHT SPOT OF HOPE:
    If Willis wanted to do a whole story about a legal trial, it would take yeaaaaaaaaars for it to end. It would suck so much energy out of the story.

    So WILLIS: you wouldnt want to go through all the boring details of a legal quagmire would you? of course not. that would be the worst, and absolutely no fun for you.

    riiiight?

  39. brasca1
    brasca1
    March 16, 2014 at 8:23 am | #

    Well Daisy if you wait long enough I’m sure you’ll get your wish at Slipshine.

    • Gamaran Sepudomyn
      Gamaran Sepudomyn
      March 19, 2014 at 3:11 pm | #

      That is, without a doubt, the best avatar for this.

  40. hof1991
    hof1991
    March 16, 2014 at 8:41 am | #

    Hard to convict someone if the main victim doesn’t cooperate. Police would drop this. Its not like they run DNA for every assault. Not enough lab techs in the world for that.

  41. JA
    JA
    March 16, 2014 at 8:49 pm | #

    So how many went out and Googled ‘Amazi-Girl nude’ after reading this? It’s ok, we’re all fans here…

    Well, probably not googled, since Google has been down all day (at least for me).

    • John
      John
      March 16, 2014 at 9:35 pm | #

      The real question is how many people had done that before this strip.

      Google works fine, what’re you talking about.

  42. Jakebob
    Jakebob
    March 16, 2014 at 10:27 pm | #

    That fourth panel makes me think someone’s gonna have blame wrongly put upon them.

  43. chiba37
    chiba37
    March 16, 2014 at 11:11 pm | #

    I’ve never written to your comic before but I just wanted to say how much I enjoy every update it makes my day

  44. Opus the Poet
    Opus the Poet
    December 8, 2014 at 1:10 am | #

    just wanted to point out that same search would get vastly different results today…

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