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Journalist

by David M Willis on April 6, 2011 at 12:01 am
  • 04 - The Bechdel Test

└ Tags: amazi-girl, jennifer

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  1. Touch Of Grey
    Touch Of Grey
    April 6, 2011 at 12:05 am | #

    Really? Really, Billie?

    • David Herbert
      David Herbert
      April 6, 2011 at 12:53 am | #

      She’ll grow up eventually.

    • Undrave
      Undrave
      April 6, 2011 at 1:47 am | #

      I bet she’s already a little tipsy.

  2. Digidestined of Trust (Tim)
    Digidestined of Trust (Tim)
    April 6, 2011 at 12:05 am | #

    HAHA! Okay AmaziGirl, come on out! We know it’s you Ultra Car!

    • Björn
      Björn
      April 6, 2011 at 11:13 am | #

      The day the truth is revealed, Willis will have to return to this strip and tag it with Amazi-Girl’s secret identity. Thereby creating a spoiler. Hmm, I should have thought this through better…

    • RandomPerson12
      RandomPerson12
      October 22, 2014 at 9:16 pm | #

      No way, it’s definitely Monkey Master!

  3. Ridureyu
    Ridureyu
    April 6, 2011 at 12:07 am | #

    AmaziGirl: Hero or stalker?

    • R
      R
      April 6, 2011 at 12:08 am | #

      Why can’t it be both?

      • Ridureyu
        Ridureyu
        April 6, 2011 at 12:24 am | #

        AmaziGirl: Heroic Stalker!

        • NF
          NF
          April 6, 2011 at 1:14 am | #

          Stalking hero?

          • SB
            SB
            April 6, 2011 at 10:49 am | #

            Stocking hero?

  4. TPmanW
    TPmanW
    April 6, 2011 at 12:10 am | #

    Been up 8min and it’s got 4 comments already. Dang.
    If you wait an hour no one will ever read your words at the bottom of a miles long list.

  5. Skye
    Skye
    April 6, 2011 at 12:12 am | #

    … wow… just wow…. Silly Billie.

  6. Tristan J
    Tristan J
    April 6, 2011 at 12:12 am | #

    Ernie Pyle Hall? What, is that where they learn excuses to give Sarge and how to guffaw in just the right fashion?

    • Ridureyu
      Ridureyu
      April 6, 2011 at 12:24 am | #

      Or it’s named after a generous donator with a really embarrassing name.

      • Tristan J
        Tristan J
        April 6, 2011 at 12:26 am | #

        I’ll bet at school Ernie really had the insults pyled on him.

        I apologise for nothing.

        • David
          David M Willis
          April 6, 2011 at 12:28 am | #

          History fail!: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Pyle

          • Tristan J
            Tristan J
            April 6, 2011 at 12:30 am | #

            Well, I assumed he was a real guy, I just couldn’t resist the urge to reference and then pun.

          • Ridureyu
            Ridureyu
            April 6, 2011 at 1:37 am | #

            And I have an MA in that subject.

            OH FOR SHAME

    • Rognik
      Rognik
      April 6, 2011 at 1:27 am | #

      I know this has little to do with your comment, but I thought I’d share some trivia.
      1) In the University of Toronto, it has a residence called “New Hall”. Not because it’s the newest res, but because it was named after a guy named New.
      2) McGill’s Student Center is unofficially called the William Shatner building, because he went there for one semester. Sadly, it cannot be official as he neither paid for half of the building costs, nor is he dead. Everyone calls it the Shatner anyway, though.

  7. Zem
    Zem
    April 6, 2011 at 12:13 am | #

    Yup, she’s definitely to end up as Amazi-girl’s Jameson.

    • Skye
      Skye
      April 6, 2011 at 12:14 am | #

      I need photos! Photos of Amazi-Girl!

    • The Cataclysmic Frogboy
      The Cataclysmic Frogboy
      April 6, 2011 at 12:31 am | #

      I kind of figured she’s going to end up as Amazi-Girl’s Lois Lane.

      • George
        George
        April 6, 2011 at 12:46 am | #

        Depends on which “She” we’re talking about. Daisy can be Jameson and Billie can be Lois.

        Also, while I don’t have the talent or inclination to do it, Billie as Lois needs a fanfic. Any takers?

      • Zem
        Zem
        April 6, 2011 at 8:00 am | #

        Well, of course she’ll be the reporter rather than the editor,but what I meant is that when the editorial is up in arms about “Cape on the Campus: Whoever may it be???” she ‘ll be the one to still be submitting articles like “Dorkwad costume fad: a new menace?”

    • Matt
      Matt
      April 6, 2011 at 7:56 am | #

      “Amazigirl: Villain or Menace? Print it on page 1!”

    • Björn
      Björn
      April 6, 2011 at 11:30 am | #

      Or Amazi-Girl’s Jack McGee.

  8. R
    R
    April 6, 2011 at 12:15 am | #

    Well, I guess we can see how important exposing the RA was to her (not very). I hope she finds her story. Hmmm…. Billie/Amber?

  9. Piccolo
    Piccolo
    April 6, 2011 at 12:18 am | #

    Good for Billie, she’s trying to change the way she thinks to match the way her new environment works.

    If only she were better at it.

  10. T Campbell
    T Campbell
    April 6, 2011 at 12:19 am | #

    “Gah, NERDS, always distracting me from my IMPORTANT ADULT BUSINESS. Nerds like stupid WALKY, who keeps trying to be my FRIEND or something. There’s got to be some way I can open a line of communication with Sal, who is Walky’s sister, BUT WHAT CAN IT POSSIBLY BE? THINK!”

    • Kamino Neko
      Kamino Neko
      April 6, 2011 at 12:39 am | #

      To be fair, if Billie hadn’t been all pouty about how everyone was giving Sal attention instead of her, she could have had every bit as much interaction with her as Walky has.

    • Rognik
      Rognik
      April 6, 2011 at 1:29 am | #

      I’m sure she could find the forest, if only all these trees would stop standing in her way!

  11. arjay2813
    arjay2813
    April 6, 2011 at 12:21 am | #

    i think she needs new glasses, or to clean the ones she’s wearing b/c she clearly (forgive my pun) cannot see what’s in front of her

  12. MM
    MM
    April 6, 2011 at 12:21 am | #

    Oh, Billie. One step forward, one tall building-sized leap backward.

  13. Dahlia
    Dahlia
    April 6, 2011 at 12:25 am | #

    Wait, why is Amazi-girl following Billie?

    • Croaxleigh
      Croaxleigh
      April 6, 2011 at 12:50 am | #

      Because trouble follows Billie. Saves Amazi-Girl time on her rounds if she just follows the people who naturally get in trouble the most.

      Later that afternoon, she’ll switch and just start following Danny around.

      • Dahlia
        Dahlia
        April 6, 2011 at 11:06 pm | #

        XD You do make a good point!

    • Undrave
      Undrave
      April 6, 2011 at 1:50 am | #

      She’s probably just stalking the newspaper staff in general, hoping for some publicity… or leads to place where she can do some heroics. Newspapers are good for that.

      • Dahlia
        Dahlia
        April 6, 2011 at 11:07 pm | #

        : D If I was Amazi-girl I would SO do that!

  14. Dalben
    Dalben
    April 6, 2011 at 12:30 am | #

    I missed something, why can’t she be a cheerleader again? Does this college not have sports teams or something?

    • Rook
      Rook
      April 6, 2011 at 1:09 am | #

      Cheerleaders don’t tend to have the instant popularity-boon in college as they did in high school. But jocks still do? Go figure.

      • Dalben
        Dalben
        April 6, 2011 at 10:39 am | #

        Good point, but is the school paper really a better place for social climbing than the cheerleading squad?

  15. GuitarDudeSD
    GuitarDudeSD
    April 6, 2011 at 1:09 am | #

    If Billie had a superhero name it would be Miss Oblivious

    • Rognik
      Rognik
      April 6, 2011 at 1:33 am | #

      or, even better, Miss Theobvious

      • Trevor
        Trevor
        April 6, 2011 at 12:21 pm | #

        You just made my life!

      • Roborat
        Roborat
        April 6, 2011 at 2:38 pm | #

        Drumroll, highhat.

  16. shoeboxjeddy
    shoeboxjeddy
    April 6, 2011 at 1:10 am | #

    AmaziGirl, Threat or Menace? Neither, she is a nerd. 🙂

  17. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    April 6, 2011 at 1:24 am | #

    To be fair, why would some nerd dressed up as a superhero be newsworthy? Colleges have weirder things happening in them all the time.

    • Jason
      Jason
      April 6, 2011 at 1:33 pm | #

      Well, if a girl with a motorcycle is newsworthy….

  18. OhNoUDiNt
    OhNoUDiNt
    April 6, 2011 at 1:36 am | #

    I foresee some hawtsome girl-on-Amazi-girl action in the near future.

  19. Ridureyu
    Ridureyu
    April 6, 2011 at 1:38 am | #

    “In her secret identity, AmaziGirl is a mild-mannered college student who kills spiders.”

    • Decimatrix
      Decimatrix
      April 6, 2011 at 3:24 am | #

      Is it possible for Ultra-car to even go to college?

      • HMRC4EVR
        HMRC4EVR
        April 6, 2011 at 7:01 am | #

        Yea

        On the Ford Grant

      • Joebo
        Joebo
        April 6, 2011 at 8:41 am | #

        Do I really have to point this out again? Amber is Spider-Car. We have no idea who Amazi-Girl is. Her secret identity is still a mystery.

        • begbert2
          begbert2
          April 6, 2011 at 10:59 am | #

          I think I’ve got her narrowed down to Dina, Billie, or Danny. One of those three, for sure.

          • Digidestined of Trust (Tim)
            Digidestined of Trust (Tim)
            April 6, 2011 at 11:10 am | #

            That avatar makes your comment all the more funny!

          • Tristan J
            Tristan J
            April 6, 2011 at 10:52 pm | #

            No, Danny is, and always will be, Faz.

            Wait. Doing it wrong.

  20. Sporkaganza
    Sporkaganza
    April 6, 2011 at 1:44 am | #

    Great. Awesome. Good job, Billie.

    Honestly any time a strip has Billie in it, I should just copy and paste that comment.

  21. Shift
    Shift
    April 6, 2011 at 2:13 am | #

    Why can’t Billie be a cheerleader again? Even if Ruth doesn’t give back the uniform, can’t she just get a new one or like it was suggested, inform a member of the admin and get it returned?

    And does Amazi-Girl think that Ruth is is going to attack Billie or something?

  22. Robert in San Diego
    Robert in San Diego
    April 6, 2011 at 2:55 am | #

    That’s Billie — focused, yet oblivious.

  23. gangler
    gangler
    April 6, 2011 at 4:29 am | #

    Oh those nerds and their vigilantism.

  24. Cholma
    Cholma
    April 6, 2011 at 5:54 am | #

    Jennifer Billingsworth: Ace Reporter.
    Hmm, has Amazi-Girl ever been seen with Sal? I think not! Hello, secret identity! Crack that case, Billie! “Hot girl with motorcycle roams campus as masked vigilante hero!”

  25. HMRC4EVR
    HMRC4EVR
    April 6, 2011 at 7:00 am | #

    Gee Lois, there’s your Superman right there and you’re writing (no pun intended) her off.

    For shame!

  26. coobee
    coobee
    April 6, 2011 at 7:20 am | #

    Now I really want to see Amazi-Girl’s head poking up over the bushes in the site header.

  27. Jabberwocky
    Jabberwocky
    April 6, 2011 at 8:39 am | #

    So Billie is going to be the Lois Lane to Amazi-Girl’s Superman?

  28. ziggy78eog
    ziggy78eog
    April 6, 2011 at 9:07 am | #

    So, how many strips will it take before Billie decides to an expose in Amazi-Girl? My guess is that it will take around a month worth of strips; she is just THAT clueless.

  29. goatman95111
    goatman95111
    April 6, 2011 at 10:43 am | #

    Technically, Billie can be a cheerleader again for the college team, but starting out as a freshman, there aren’t that many social opportunities unless she joins a sorority. And yeah… with what sorority chicks are known for doing, who would honestly want to join one of those?

    • begbert2
      begbert2
      April 6, 2011 at 10:58 am | #

      If it includes drinking, she’d fit right in.

  30. James Rye
    James Rye
    April 6, 2011 at 11:20 am | #

    Guys, guys, guys.
    Obviously Billy can only start writing about AmaziGirl once she got an archenemy. That was the same for Spiderman and Superman, only with their superevil enemies they got popular in the news; before that they were crazy dudes who jumped around the houses or wore their underwear over their pants.

    But there is a possible archenemy of AmaziGirl already:
    The Ruthless or Red Ruth or Ruthambo or Ruth the R.A. and so on.
    I can already see it happen: Billy shooting pics of fights between AmaziGirl who saves someone before the horrible fists/scissors/terror of The Ruthless/Red Ruth/Ruthambo/Ruth the R.A. and so on, writes a kick-ass story to it about crazy nuts who fight each other on the campus with costumes and voila:
    She got the job cause everyone wants to know *Who´s AmaziGirl?* And then Billy´ll lose her job cause Sal got better pics about the fights than her. XDDD

    • Logan
      Logan
      April 6, 2011 at 12:40 pm | #

      Spiderman and Superman were both journalists at the newspapers first responsible for publishing the most in-depth articles on said super-heroes.

      • James Rye
        James Rye
        April 6, 2011 at 4:51 pm | #

        See? They totally cheated! XD
        Our poor AmaziGirl is no journalist in the newspaper like Spiderman/Superman, so Billy being her connection could be profitable for both of them.
        AmaziGirl gets to read awesome stories about her heroic stuff and Billy gets paid for the job. 😀

  31. Logan
    Logan
    April 6, 2011 at 12:36 pm | #

    Dear god, no! That campus bush-shark just ate Amber!

    • Jabberwocky
      Jabberwocky
      April 6, 2011 at 7:04 pm | #

      Amazi-Girl is Ultra Car, not Amber. Everyone knows that.

      • CWR
        CWR
        April 7, 2011 at 3:30 am | #

        Bushes don’t eat cars. That’s just ridiculous.

  32. Matt of Steel
    Matt of Steel
    April 6, 2011 at 1:25 pm | #

    I wash my hands of you Billie. I no longer care about your character. Anybody who wants to be your friend you tell to get lost. You jumped at the chance to get in a fight with your superior, twice. You want things handed to you without working for them. You have a hate for anybody who is not seen as a popular person (or nerds as you so greatly call them).

    I’m done. You are the kind of person that makes the world suck more.

  33. Brendan
    Brendan
    April 6, 2011 at 2:37 pm | #

    Amazigirl vs. Sal: The Epic Showdown.

    • James Rye
      James Rye
      April 6, 2011 at 4:54 pm | #

      There can´t be any Epic Showdown when the winner is already decided. 😛

      We all know that Sal has no chance against AmaziGirl. 😉

  34. Lokitsu
    Lokitsu
    April 6, 2011 at 5:06 pm | #

    I’m amazed, it looks like Billie is wearing glasses, but clearly its a cleverly disguised set of blinders.

    • Corsair114
      Corsair114
      April 6, 2011 at 5:32 pm | #

      At this point, the only way she’s gonna pick up on a story is if it walks up to her and slaps her with a wet fish.

      ….

      I’ll be in my bunk.

  35. AspieCrow
    AspieCrow
    April 6, 2011 at 7:02 pm | #

    LOL. And here I was, naively thinking that I could be the first person to make a J Jonah Jameson reference.

  36. Saretto
    Saretto
    April 7, 2011 at 1:15 am | #

    It’s staring her right in the FAAAACE

    • PedanticJerkass
      PedanticJerkass
      April 7, 2011 at 3:09 am | #

      Did that really have to be done?

  37. Kitt
    Kitt
    May 23, 2011 at 6:24 pm | #

    I’m intrigued to know how Amber gets all her raiding done if she’s running around as Amazi-Gi—Oh, right…Ultra Car is Amazi-Girl. How could I possibly forget that???

  38. Sue
    Sue
    January 28, 2012 at 12:59 am | #

    Gah. she doens’t look like a typical cheerleader. The black hair and the glasses keep throwing me off.

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