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Stakeout

by David M Willis on June 27, 2019 at 12:01 am
  • 04 - Vote for Robin
└ Tags: amber, asher, walky

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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    June 27, 2019 at 12:05 am | #

    aiming for next “Hot Mugshot Guy” candidate?

    • LeslieBean4shizzle
      LeslieBean4shizzle
      June 27, 2019 at 12:14 am | #

      “Okay. I’ll leave. But I’m gonna leave sexy.”

      • Dean
        Dean
        June 27, 2019 at 12:31 am | #

        ‘If you want o check out my ass as I leave, that’s cool.’

        • Br44n5m
          Br44n5m
          June 27, 2019 at 1:53 am | #

          “America’s ass has nothing on these glutes”

          • poofdepoof
            poofdepoof
            June 27, 2019 at 2:24 am | #

            What are all these quotes from? #outoftheloop

            • SgtWadeyWilson
              SgtWadeyWilson
              June 27, 2019 at 3:33 am | #

              Pretty sure they’re hypothetical quotes from a more on-the-nose/over-the top hypothetical version of the next comic strip, and they’re being played for laughs.

              It’s a common theme for webcomic comments.

              • LeslieBean4shizzle
                LeslieBean4shizzle
                June 27, 2019 at 9:01 am | #

                I can’t speak for the others, but mine was from “Crazy Ex Girlfriend” season 3.

                • HeySo
                  HeySo
                  June 27, 2019 at 2:15 pm | #

                  Huh. I plugged that into google images and, while I didn’t find a gif for the scene in question, I did get the following results [in the order presented, though I did skip over several interposed images].

                  I.. I appreciate how they manage to form a narrative response to “Okay. I’ll leave. But I’m gonna leave sexy.”.

                  https://i.imgur.com/SgJHG4v.png
                  https://i.imgur.com/aj5s5cH.mp4
                  https://i.imgur.com/XADgCD9.gif
                  https://i.imgur.com/yDvAVaH.gif

                  Crazy Ex-Girlfriend looks a lot more interesting than I expected, though. 🙂

                • Br44n5m
                  Br44n5m
                  June 30, 2019 at 7:28 pm | #

                  Mine was in reference to a line from Avengers Endgame

  2. Darkoneko
    Darkoneko
    June 27, 2019 at 12:05 am | #

    Asher is so chill

  3. Arkan
    Arkan
    June 27, 2019 at 12:06 am | #

    Asher is about to become our new favorite or least favorite character.

  4. timemonkey
    timemonkey
    June 27, 2019 at 12:06 am | #

    If he wasn’t smoking that would be hot.

    • Rabid Rabbit
      Rabid Rabbit
      June 27, 2019 at 12:19 am | #

      No, no, the smoking makes it extra hot. Don’t believe me? Touch the smoking end of the cancer stick. Temperature increase right there.

      • Felix
        Felix
        June 27, 2019 at 12:51 am | #

        FACTS

      • Shen Hibiki
        Shen Hibiki
        June 27, 2019 at 1:50 am | #

        That’s the problem! The cancer stick is hotter than him!
        But wait, does that mean that when you compare them, it makes him *cooler*?

    • DSL
      DSL
      June 27, 2019 at 2:02 pm | #

      The symbolism has changed. Smoking was the sign of urbane maturity _or_depravity, depending on context (that used to be an important word) and whether it was a cigarette in a slim holder (good or classy bad), a plain cigarette (context), a pipe (suburban dad good) or a cigar (context) — now it’s the universal graphic signal for a bad’un.

  5. MatthewTheLucky
    MatthewTheLucky
    June 27, 2019 at 12:06 am | #

    Whether he’s a villain or not, best character.

    • Kyrik Michalowski
      Kyrik Michalowski
      June 27, 2019 at 12:08 am | #

      I don’t know if I’ll go that far yet, Sal is still my number 1. But damn if Asher didn’t just earn himself a high spot in the rankings.

  6. NerdHerder
    NerdHerder
    June 27, 2019 at 12:06 am | #

    Amber is already writing the fanfic about what happens next in her mind.

  7. Kyrik Michalowski
    Kyrik Michalowski
    June 27, 2019 at 12:06 am | #

    Asher, you are a chill bro so far, and I am hoping you are a good guy now. Wouldn’t that be a wonderful change of pace?

    • Danielle
      Danielle
      June 27, 2019 at 2:09 am | #

      im gonna guess he probably is

    • Zaxares
      Zaxares
      June 27, 2019 at 5:42 am | #

      I SO very hope so, because honestly, the amount of gushing he’s getting in the comments over how hot AND cool he is is somewhat disturbing considering what we know about the stuff he used to do. It’s rather sobering how much people are willing to overlook if they find somebody attractive. :/

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        June 27, 2019 at 8:28 am | #

        Well, to be fair, the other character we know used to do the same stuff has changed, so why not him? I’m still wary, but I also prefer not to judge people over what they did wrong at 13.

        And of course Sal is also hot and cool, which probably helps 🙂

      • ESM
        ESM
        June 27, 2019 at 1:56 pm | #

        This is only Asher’s seventh appearance in the entire strip. All we know about him is that he used to be part of the shoplifting fandom

    • Charlie Spencer
      Charlie Spencer
      June 27, 2019 at 7:26 am | #

      Fortunately for those of us who haven’t read Willis’ other strips, new characters don’t come with any baggage. They can be accepted and discovered as they exist in DoA.

      • Woden
        Woden
        June 27, 2019 at 9:44 am | #

        Was Asher even in It’s Walky! or Shortpacked? I don’t remember him, but I honestly wouldn’t be surprised if I simply forgot.

        • Regalli
          Regalli
          June 27, 2019 at 7:58 pm | #

          He’s new!

  8. Reltzik
    Reltzik
    June 27, 2019 at 12:06 am | #

    On the one hand, he’s hot, perceptive, and self-aware.

    On the other hand, he’s a smoker.

    • StClair
      StClair
      June 27, 2019 at 12:09 am | #

      Yup.

    • oz
      oz
      June 27, 2019 at 12:19 pm | #

      Hot perceptive and self-aware is… also how I’d describe Mike. So not necessrily a good sign.

      • leadsynth
        leadsynth
        June 27, 2019 at 10:11 pm | #

        But what happens when Asher gets drunk?

  9. Dark
    Dark
    June 27, 2019 at 12:07 am | #

    Honestly, he seems kinda reasonable right now.

  10. Betty Anne
    Betty Anne
    June 27, 2019 at 12:07 am | #

    Fair.

    If he loses the smoking habit, I can like him so far.

    • Aaron
      Aaron
      June 27, 2019 at 12:53 am | #

      Given that you’re not going to make out with him (on account of your being corporeal) and you’re never going to see him suffer from lung cancer (because Willis’s readership will die of old age first) is the cigarette habit really such a deal-breaker?

      • Snycke
        Snycke
        June 27, 2019 at 1:34 am | #

        It’s an immersion thing, I imagine. While we are all completed divided from the DoA world, the imagery can still conjure some surprisingly vivid sensations in some people. (I guarantee you every time I see a cigarette in a scene, I get a visceral ‘retreat’ impulse)

  11. Artschoolrage
    Artschoolrage
    June 27, 2019 at 12:07 am | #

    Oh no he’s hot

    • Katherine
      Katherine
      June 27, 2019 at 1:11 am | #

      ^ This.

  12. Sam
    Sam
    June 27, 2019 at 12:08 am | #

    I don’t know why, but I actually don’t like this guy’s face and just find him incredibly suspicious.

    • ǝ snow ʍousɐ
      ǝ snow ʍousɐ
      June 27, 2019 at 12:14 am | #

      Same.

    • ruhrow
      ruhrow
      June 27, 2019 at 1:30 am | #

      Thirded.

    • Kyoulkoa
      Kyoulkoa
      June 27, 2019 at 2:15 am | #

      *Scruffy* Second

    • Deathjavu
      Deathjavu
      June 27, 2019 at 2:32 am | #

      I don’t even know how to phrase this without sounding like an ass, but…at least in real life, where it matters…you should probably take a second and third look at the things you think about other people when you don’t know why you think them.

      • Delicious Taffy
        Delicious Taffy
        June 27, 2019 at 2:43 am | #

        Some people just have suspicious faces.

        • Agemegos
          Agemegos
          June 27, 2019 at 4:33 am | #

          My face suspects everyone!

      • Sam
        Sam
        June 27, 2019 at 6:41 pm | #

        I’m not too worried about why I dislike Asher’s face since he’s not a real person and he’s the only character whose face I’ve gone ‘hmm, dislike, do not trust, very sus’. I’ve literally never had that thought or a similar thought about an actual person.

  13. Delicious Taffy
    Delicious Taffy
    June 27, 2019 at 12:08 am | #

    Then his eyes glow red and he mutates into his true monstrous form.

  14. Hazel
    Hazel
    June 27, 2019 at 12:10 am | #

    …threesome?

    • BarerMender
      BarerMender
      June 27, 2019 at 12:23 am | #

      If Amber gets to watch.

  15. Stephen Bierce
    Stephen Bierce
    June 27, 2019 at 12:11 am | #

    Today’s strip is sponsored by Chevrolet Certified Service, or as I like to call them, Mister Goodstench.

  16. mrnoidea
    mrnoidea
    June 27, 2019 at 12:11 am | #

    He’s perceptive as hell, I’ll give him that.

    • Chronos
      Chronos
      June 27, 2019 at 11:04 am | #

      Alarmingly so.

  17. BBCC
    BBCC
    June 27, 2019 at 12:11 am | #

    God I really hope Asher is decent.

    But considering the need for a shot of drama in the robbery arc and the lack of an on campus male antagonist, I’m not holding my breath just yet.

    • Kyrik Michalowski
      Kyrik Michalowski
      June 27, 2019 at 12:18 am | #

      You bring up excellent points, which does diminish my hope that he’s going to be a good guy. But maybe we’ll get lucky for once.

      • BBCC
        BBCC
        June 27, 2019 at 12:41 am | #

        I am choosing to ignore the red flags and hope this fictional character isn’t a shit head. On the grounds that I want to be optimistic.

        I do not advise this for non-fictional people.

        • thejeff
          thejeff
          June 27, 2019 at 8:31 am | #

          Are there actual red flags I’m missing besides the history? Which was a long time ago when he was barely a teen.

          I mean, we’ve very little of him in the present, but I don’t see anything that would be a flag if we were just meeting him for the first time.

          • BBCC
            BBCC
            June 27, 2019 at 1:19 pm | #

            Stuff like the alt text. It’s making me nervous.

    • CJ
      CJ
      June 27, 2019 at 4:06 am | #

      Somehow I hope he is the kind of badass good boy that can help Amber against Blaine&Co.
      But if Willis wants to make all of our hearts stop, Asher is working for Blaine.

    • thejeff
      thejeff
      June 27, 2019 at 10:51 am | #

      It will be interesting to see what new info we get on their past. Did he get busted for anything? Did Sal keep quiet about who else was involved in the first robbery?

  18. Diner Kinetic
    Diner Kinetic
    June 27, 2019 at 12:12 am | #

    Of course he’s an evil mastermind, he’s wearing a turtleneck

    • BarerMender
      BarerMender
      June 27, 2019 at 12:24 am | #

      Right? It’s a wonder he’s not petting a white cat.

    • Delicious Taffy
      Delicious Taffy
      June 27, 2019 at 2:47 am | #

      He’s so smart, he doesn’t have time to worry about trivial things like whether or not his neck chafes.

    • Sunny
      Sunny
      June 27, 2019 at 4:35 am | #

      Isn’t it autumn and morning in-comic? A turtleneck sweater is perfectly acceptable under those circumstances.

  19. GenJen
    GenJen
    June 27, 2019 at 12:12 am | #

    Good lord Willis, you nailed the art of smolder

  20. butts
    butts
    June 27, 2019 at 12:13 am | #

    okay that’s a smug grin, i’m concerned

  21. Kern Wallace
    Kern Wallace
    June 27, 2019 at 12:13 am | #

    Mmmmm dunno, that face is a little smug-looking for my liking.

  22. Bryy
    Bryy
    June 27, 2019 at 12:13 am | #

    Oh god that is a Damn You Willis if I ever saw one.

  23. Hazel
    Hazel
    June 27, 2019 at 12:13 am | #

    I love how Amber gets further into a defensive stance in panel 4

  24. AnvilPro
    AnvilPro
    June 27, 2019 at 12:13 am | #

    Lol, I love this guy

  25. Piotr W
    Piotr W
    June 27, 2019 at 12:15 am | #

    “You are transparent. I see plans within plans…”

    • Delicious Taffy
      Delicious Taffy
      June 27, 2019 at 2:48 am | #

      More like plants within plants.

      Cuz he has a cigarette, you see.

  26. Mechajin
    Mechajin
    June 27, 2019 at 12:15 am | #

    Everyone saying “Man I hope Asher’s a good dude!” but like, homeboy was doing the DreamWorks Face while lighting his cig a couple strips ago so…..

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      June 27, 2019 at 2:05 am | #

      So does that mean he’s just going to make rapid fire pop culture references and rip Disney off?

      • SgtWadeyWilson
        SgtWadeyWilson
        June 27, 2019 at 3:43 am | #

        I mean… Would that be so wrong?

        • He Who Abides
          He Who Abides
          June 27, 2019 at 4:54 am | #

          Depends on which Disney stuff he rips off.

  27. DailyBrad
    DailyBrad
    June 27, 2019 at 12:17 am | #

    Interesting.

  28. Keulen
    Keulen
    June 27, 2019 at 12:18 am | #

    I’m hoping the last panel means Asher is now a good guy. He’s definitely very perceptive.

  29. tim gueguen
    tim gueguen
    June 27, 2019 at 12:20 am | #

    Amber, Asher, and Walky would make a good name for a law firm.

    • Delicious Taffy
      Delicious Taffy
      June 27, 2019 at 2:51 am | #

      It’s got just the right amount of annoying syllables right next to each other. There’s no way they wouldn’t have a late-night TV commercial.

  30. Rabid Rabbit
    Rabid Rabbit
    June 27, 2019 at 12:21 am | #

    I love how everybody’s “Oh no, he’s a smoker! He can’t be a good guy!”

    Has anyone pulled that on Sal yet?

    • Shen Hibiki
      Shen Hibiki
      June 27, 2019 at 1:52 am | #

      Is Sal a good guy? (?)

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        June 27, 2019 at 2:07 am | #

        She’s a chaotic good antihero.

        • Agemegos
          Agemegos
          June 27, 2019 at 4:36 am | #

          But I wouldn’t kiss her.

    • thejeff
      thejeff
      June 27, 2019 at 8:34 am | #

      Smoking has been far more a focus of Asher’s brief appearances than of Sal’s many ones. Plus, we knew Sal was good from before the series started. Here we’re scrambling to guess about the new guy.

  31. Lexi
    Lexi
    June 27, 2019 at 12:25 am | #

    Damn, good, bad, whatever, that was pretty perceptive of him. “Oh hey, I know you. Oh! You must be hiding here to see what I’m like now!”

    I sure wouldn’t have guessed that from “Two people hiding in the bush and saying things about how hot I am.”

    • thejeff
      thejeff
      June 27, 2019 at 8:35 am | #

      Well, he didn’t guess until “Hey, you’re the brother of that girl I robbed a store with”, which adds a big clue.

  32. abysswatcher1993
    abysswatcher1993
    June 27, 2019 at 12:29 am | #

    Oh dammit, he is a smartass! Be careful you guys!

  33. Moon
    Moon
    June 27, 2019 at 12:33 am | #

    I don’t understand I usually am interested in women why can this dude get itooooh it’s because he looks like Dean Iron Giant aka #firstcartooncrush noooo

    • Delicious Taffy
      Delicious Taffy
      June 27, 2019 at 2:52 am | #

      Where’s the giant, Mansley?

  34. ESM
    ESM
    June 27, 2019 at 12:40 am | #

    Oh man, panel 2. This guy is so cool than his eyes are flexin’

  35. Pan
    Pan
    June 27, 2019 at 12:42 am | #

    Oh good. Everything is gonna be fine now.

  36. ESM
    ESM
    June 27, 2019 at 12:45 am | #

    Yesterday I was hoping Asher wasn’t a bad guy because he’s kind of cool, now I’m hoping he IS a bad guy because he’s kind of cool. He’s just so ambiguously sinister and dangerous

  37. Bagge
    Bagge
    June 27, 2019 at 12:46 am | #

    Well, I for one do not trust him.

  38. Lily
    Lily
    June 27, 2019 at 12:54 am | #

    Fcukeroni he looks so cool

  39. Aaron
    Aaron
    June 27, 2019 at 12:57 am | #

    I’m hoping he’s as much a bad guy as Eliot from the Magicians, except Hale Appleman’s now too old to play him in the movie they’ll make from this series in 2053.

  40. Well Played
    Well Played
    June 27, 2019 at 1:05 am | #

    I’m naively optimistic since he seems to be aware he was a bad dude when he knew them and is like “ah, alright, I can see why you wanna check up on that before I run into the one I had a hand in fucking up.”

  41. William Leonard Reese Jr.
    William Leonard Reese Jr.
    June 27, 2019 at 1:23 am | #

    . . . .I REALLY like how smooth of a operator Asher is right now. I don’t think he’s a good dude. . . but I doubt he is a bad one either. Right in that moist middle ground.

    • Darkoneko
      Darkoneko
      June 27, 2019 at 3:57 pm | #

      it feels to me he started weed

  42. Alex Boston
    Alex Boston
    June 27, 2019 at 1:37 am | #

    So, lawyer or private detective as a future career path?

    • Marsh Maryrose
      Marsh Maryrose
      June 27, 2019 at 1:57 am | #

      His quasi-Sherlockian appraisal of Amber and Walky reminds me a lot of a former student assistant I knew who became a background investigator.

      • dralou
        dralou
        June 27, 2019 at 2:16 am | #

        And with his checkered past, oh my, that would be perfect…

  43. Icalasari
    Icalasari
    June 27, 2019 at 2:00 am | #

    Amber looks ready to fight

  44. dethtoll
    dethtoll
    June 27, 2019 at 2:02 am | #

    Surprised how many people are upset by the fact that he smokes.

    • Falcon
      Falcon
      June 27, 2019 at 2:07 am | #

      Sal smokes too.

      • Delicious Taffy
        Delicious Taffy
        June 27, 2019 at 2:39 am | #

        And it’s one of her worse character traits.

        • Tadpole7
          Tadpole7
          June 27, 2019 at 10:33 am | #

          It”s a bad habit not a character trait.

  45. C.T Phipps
    C.T Phipps
    June 27, 2019 at 2:08 am | #

    Yep. He’s Sal.

    We had Manber.

    Now we have Mal.

  46. GrumpyGoat
    GrumpyGoat
    June 27, 2019 at 2:13 am | #

    Honestly curious, people who find the fact that he’s a smoker a negative – how old are you? Is this a generational thing?

    Like, I’m 35 and while I wouldn’t date a smoker, i think it generally adds “cool points”, but I grew up with a lot of anti-hero protagonists who smoked.

  47. Deathjavu
    Deathjavu
    June 27, 2019 at 2:30 am | #

    Not really getting why everyone thinks Asher is suspicious…is it the backstory? The smoking? The smug smile? I think we’d all feel pretty clever and a bit smug in this scenario?

    • Delicious Taffy
      Delicious Taffy
      June 27, 2019 at 2:38 am | #

      He’s demonstrated basic deductive skills. Not exactly something to be smug about.

  48. All-Purpose Guru
    All-Purpose Guru
    June 27, 2019 at 3:11 am | #

    Why is Walky wearing the SEMME yellow stripe?

    • BBCC
      BBCC
      June 27, 2019 at 3:16 am | #

      It’s based off a real hoodie. Willis couldn’t resist.

  49. Classic Appa
    Classic Appa
    June 27, 2019 at 3:42 am | #

    Wow, both hot and incredibly perceptive. Nice.

    • Shane Wegner
      Shane Wegner
      June 27, 2019 at 4:35 am | #

      I dunno about incredibly perceptive, it’s the first, most plausible, and bordering on only explanation once you recognize Walky.

  50. Kim
    Kim
    June 27, 2019 at 4:58 am | #

    Getting some real Sengoku-vibes from this Asher guy!

    • vlademir1
      vlademir1
      June 27, 2019 at 7:34 am | #

      Damn is that a deep cut reference… I was about to ask what about him puts you in mind of the Sengoku Jidai, then I actually checked that link and was reminded of something I watched as a kid.

  51. The Great Goblin Wizard Kazamaraz
    The Great Goblin Wizard Kazamaraz
    June 27, 2019 at 5:08 am | #

    This man is givin’ me way too much lip here in that last panel. Literal lip. I am disgusted.

  52. Jake'm
    Jake'm
    June 27, 2019 at 5:16 am | #

    God I have NO idea how to register that. I tend to respond to stuff with “understandable” if they say something that I disagree with, yet can see WHY they would say it. This is either an “I get why you’d check me out, we had history” thing, or “I acknowledge your fears and will now confirm them” as he goes for a scrap.

    Why can’t people be nicer and less ambiguous when they grow up? D:

  53. Red Comet
    Red Comet
    June 27, 2019 at 6:53 am | #

    He’s either really perceptive or just self absorbed enough to make assumptions that happened to be correct.

    I could see him being like a male version of what Malaya *thinks* Sal is like. We’ll find out!

  54. Heavensrun
    Heavensrun
    June 27, 2019 at 7:01 am | #

    Stoopid sexy Asher

  55. kilgaen
    kilgaen
    June 27, 2019 at 8:11 am | #

    Damn it! Stop being so cool and sexy, you bastard!

  56. Pylgrim
    Pylgrim
    June 27, 2019 at 8:17 am | #

    Disappointed that the alt text wasn’t “have a great day”.

  57. JBento
    JBento
    June 27, 2019 at 8:58 am | #

    Reasonable, self-aware, AND genre-savvy? What is this?

  58. TheFlamingonator
    TheFlamingonator
    June 27, 2019 at 9:31 am | #

    Hashtag No Regrets?

  59. hof1991
    hof1991
    June 27, 2019 at 9:46 am | #

    He’s not a good guy. Way too self-aware. He might be a lawyer in training. Training to break it without being caught.
    https://youtu.be/Qlp1efEEldA
    Yes, Rustler’s Rhapsody is the bad movie I love.

  60. Kater
    Kater
    June 27, 2019 at 9:55 am | #

    Billie Eilish intensifies.

  61. BenRG
    BenRG
    June 27, 2019 at 10:01 am | #

    Asher: “I am a glorious bastard and I am proud of that fact.”

  62. Tilty
    Tilty
    June 27, 2019 at 12:12 pm | #

    I love just how subtle Amber’s posture change was. From ‘this is getting intense’ to ‘make a move and I will kick your ass.’

    • HeySo
      HeySo
      June 27, 2019 at 1:59 pm | #

      Note Walky’s deepening cringe, as well.

  63. Micki
    Micki
    June 27, 2019 at 12:48 pm | #

    Shit

  64. ruhrow
    ruhrow
    June 27, 2019 at 2:00 pm | #

    Also, the way he draws cigarette smoking still makes me cringe. People don’t pucker their whole mouth around it like a straw, they usually let it dangle from one corner of the mouth. I think that’s why he looks so odd to me, and it just clicked.

    • ruhrow
      ruhrow
      June 27, 2019 at 2:01 pm | #

      Whoa, apt gravatar change. Sal’s form is much better! But that’s also likely because of her bad@ss pose!

      • Eve
        Eve
        June 27, 2019 at 5:39 pm | #

        How do you change the gravatar? I’ve been stuck with mary for a while and I am sick of it.

        • Delicious Taffy
          Delicious Taffy
          June 27, 2019 at 6:12 pm | #

          You can change the capitalisation in your e-mail address, or sign up for Gravatar itself to use your own custom image.

          • Eve
            Eve
            June 27, 2019 at 11:26 pm | #

            Huh, thank you

    • Marsh Maryrose
      Marsh Maryrose
      June 27, 2019 at 10:02 pm | #

      Most people have two nostrils. Most people don’t have one cow-lick-like bang in the center of their forehead. Most people don’t have eyes that are visible through long hair.

      Unless those people are characters drawn by Willis. Then it’s all part of the style. No reason to expect that cigarette smoking technique should be any different.

      • ruhrow
        ruhrow
        June 28, 2019 at 5:13 pm | #

        Sure, but most of his art style captures the intended expression. This doesn’t work for me. This is, for example, looks more like a Joyce trying a cigarette for the first time type of expression.

  65. Joshua Kronengold
    Joshua Kronengold
    June 27, 2019 at 2:08 pm | #

    The cigarette is clearly serving as a replacement sunglasses.

    But I can’t tell — is this an intentional CSI pun (understand as in stand under things staking someone out) or not? It’s clearly a CSI cadence!

  66. Roborat
    Roborat
    June 27, 2019 at 3:47 pm | #

    Wow, perceptive isn’t he? He could be an interesting new character. But is he good or bad now, that is the question.

  67. Robbie
    Robbie
    June 27, 2019 at 4:08 pm | #

    I hope we can soon clarify his moral alignment so I can decide whether or not I’m allowed to think he’s hot

  68. Ashley
    Ashley
    June 27, 2019 at 4:09 pm | #

    Damn it.
    He is hot.

  69. Eldritch Gentleman
    Eldritch Gentleman
    June 27, 2019 at 4:46 pm | #

    Damn, I’m straight and even I’m going “Oh no, he is hot.”

  70. Alan in DC
    Alan in DC
    June 27, 2019 at 5:22 pm | #

    He must have transcended “bad guy” and went right to “supernaturally evil.”
    Notice how in panel 4 he made the college disappear.

  71. Rikunda
    Rikunda
    June 27, 2019 at 5:41 pm | #

    I think he has changed… Just something about him acknowledging it in the last panel…

  72. Josh Spicer
    Josh Spicer
    June 27, 2019 at 10:10 pm | #

    This guy reminds me so much of JD and it’s nowhere close to a good thing.

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