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by David M Willis on October 20, 2011 at 12:01 am
  • 06 - Yesterday Was Thursday
└ Tags: amazi-girl, joyce, sarah

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  1. Seerow
    Seerow
    October 20, 2011 at 12:02 am | #

    I’m amazed the guy was capable of crawling away after that.

    • Yhelta
      Yhelta
      October 20, 2011 at 12:06 am | #

      Seriously doubt he got far and even if so, just follow the rather obvious trail of ketchup leaking from the packets in his pocket that Sarah seems to have ruptured.

      • isitsevenyet
        isitsevenyet
        October 20, 2011 at 12:07 am | #

        “… just follow the rather obvious trail of ketchup…”

        *snort*

        • Creaks
          Creaks
          October 20, 2011 at 12:46 am | #

          NO!!!!!!

          Dont snort the ketchup!

          • Wandering meme
            Wandering meme
            October 20, 2011 at 10:25 am | #

            Hey! I thought she was immune to criticism!

            • Rognik
              Rognik
              October 23, 2011 at 12:08 am | #

              Wrong continuity. Obviously she’s got a different origin story here.

          • Valdrax
            Valdrax
            October 20, 2011 at 7:29 pm | #

            What the-? That comment was totally not there when I posted. Man, jokeblocked.

          • lightsabermario
            lightsabermario
            October 21, 2011 at 4:41 am | #

            Don’t snort the ketchup! I wanna snort it!

        • Valdrax
          Valdrax
          October 20, 2011 at 3:42 am | #

          Personally, I’d just use my eyes.

      • darcos0
        darcos0
        October 20, 2011 at 4:10 am | #

        delicious ketchup

    • McGruff the Crime Dog
      McGruff the Crime Dog
      October 20, 2011 at 3:51 am | #

      He probably crawled away to die somewhere quiet.

    • Wandering meme
      Wandering meme
      October 20, 2011 at 10:23 am | #

      Hooray! He’s still alive!

      Now we can beat ‘im s’more!

  2. David Herbert
    David Herbert
    October 20, 2011 at 12:02 am | #

    And so Ryan escaped the woman with the baseball bat beating the crap out of him. Thank you Amazi-Girl

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      October 20, 2011 at 12:04 am | #

      This will not look good on her facebook page me thinks.

      • Candacey
        Candacey
        October 20, 2011 at 2:04 am | #

        Is there actually a facebook page? Cause i am so there.

        • darcos0
          darcos0
          October 20, 2011 at 4:12 am | #

          wow, no dumbing of age fan page on facebook.

          • Plasma Mongoose
            Plasma Mongoose
            October 20, 2011 at 5:25 am | #

            That is surprising.

            • saturnwonder
              saturnwonder
              October 20, 2011 at 7:43 pm | #

              Someone needs to make one…. *wants to*

  3. Milosh
    Milosh
    October 20, 2011 at 12:02 am | #

    After all those blows to the head, I’m surprised not only that he’s conscious, but that he’s still alive.

  4. Joe
    Joe
    October 20, 2011 at 12:02 am | #

    Oh snap, that’s some Joker moves right there

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      October 20, 2011 at 12:05 am | #

      It’s a shame that nobody had the chance to try out that disappearing pencil trick on Ryan.

      • NakedDumblydore
        NakedDumblydore
        October 20, 2011 at 1:22 am | #

        For that asshole, I’d rather do the disappearing broom handle trick.

        Pun strongly intended.

        • TheBenenator
          TheBenenator
          October 20, 2011 at 5:31 pm | #

          I was thinking month-old cow manure-encrusted pitchfork handle.

          Thoroughly soaked. And then hooked up to the nearest 240V outlet.

          And then allowed to catch on fire.

  5. Ridureyu
    Ridureyu
    October 20, 2011 at 12:02 am | #

    He’ll make it to the barn, but die before he can get the chainsaw.

    However, Joyce will be forever haunted by… no wait, that was Misery.

  6. Moonshine McGee
    Moonshine McGee
    October 20, 2011 at 12:02 am | #

    Good going, Ultracar.

  7. NCP19
    NCP19
    October 20, 2011 at 12:02 am | #

    Kinda doubt he’ll be able to get far, you know, savage beating and bleeding, eh wot

  8. phildog
    phildog
    October 20, 2011 at 12:03 am | #

    Wait. All those people around and nobody tries to stop him, or even (without knowing what he did) help him? Really?

    • Mkvenner
      Mkvenner
      October 20, 2011 at 2:04 pm | #

      They are drunk.

  9. 47
    47
    October 20, 2011 at 12:03 am | #

    Well now we know he’s still alive…

  10. Jacob
    Jacob
    October 20, 2011 at 12:03 am | #

    So we haven’t seen the last of Ryan…

    • Tylertlat
      Tylertlat
      October 20, 2011 at 12:05 am | #

      Holy super-appropriate avatars, batman

      • Pat
        Pat
        October 20, 2011 at 1:37 pm | #

        No, that’s Amazi-Girl. Her costume is a little different, see?

    • brasca1
      brasca1
      October 20, 2011 at 12:13 am | #

      Oh he’ll be back… possibly to file assault charges on Sarah. That’s why it’s important to get to a hospital or police station so they can check Joyce for rufies. Without it there’s just Joyce and Sarah’s word against his since it doesn’t look like the rest of the party goers were paying attention until after she started hitting Ryan. Moreover, Sarah isn’t all that popular so there might be enough people who’d claim she attacked him without provocation.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      October 20, 2011 at 1:19 am | #

      He’ll be back and when that day comes, they’ll be ready for him.

    • phildog
      phildog
      October 20, 2011 at 1:24 pm | #

      Where would heroes be without their villains?

  11. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    October 20, 2011 at 12:03 am | #

    But everyone knows that supervillains always find a way to escape, it’s the law of comicbook heroes dammit. 😛

  12. Mkvenner
    Mkvenner
    October 20, 2011 at 12:03 am | #

    YOU DIDN’T STOMP ON HIS HEAD BEFORE YOUR DRAMATIC ENTERANCE!

  13. Mkvenner
    Mkvenner
    October 20, 2011 at 12:04 am | #

    Just follow the trail of blood.

    • Yhelta
      Yhelta
      October 20, 2011 at 12:23 am | #

      Ketchup

      • NakedDumblydore
        NakedDumblydore
        October 20, 2011 at 1:23 am | #

        Jell-O. It’s alive!

        • lawzlo
          lawzlo
          October 20, 2011 at 2:14 am | #

          Beware of the Blob, it creeps
          And leaps and glides and slides
          Across the floor
          Right through the door
          And all around the wall
          A splotch, a blotch
          Be careful of The Blob…

          • lawzlo
            lawzlo
            October 20, 2011 at 2:40 am | #

            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eo4V-8GlPpQ

        • Wandering Meme
          Wandering Meme
          October 20, 2011 at 12:52 pm | #

          It’s not Red Kool-Aid?

          Man, i thought the Kool-Aid Man was leaking again.

  14. Glyph
    Glyph
    October 20, 2011 at 12:04 am | #

    What are they all staring at in the last panel?

    I think Ryan hasn’t gotten far, take another swing Sarah, third strike and he’s out!

  15. Platypus
    Platypus
    October 20, 2011 at 12:04 am | #

    Nice job breaking it hero. Still they can follow the trail of blood.

    • Fonzelot
      Fonzelot
      October 20, 2011 at 9:35 am | #

      Ketchup

      • Wandering Meme
        Wandering Meme
        October 20, 2011 at 12:57 pm | #

        Kool-Aid. Which means there’s a hole in a wall somewhere…

        OMG! RYAN WAS CARRIED OFF BY THE KOOL-AID MAN!!!! TO GET RAPED!!!

        Shut off the music for a minute! If anyone hears someone say a loud “OOOOOHHHH, YEAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!!” Let me know! it’ll be too late for Ryan, but at least we’ll catch the Kool-aid man on the Downstroke!!!

  16. SW
    SW
    October 20, 2011 at 12:05 am | #

    In Amazi-Girl’s defense, everyone was busy dealing with the woozy victim, and not restraining him, so he probably crawled away well before the attention-hogging began.

    • iSaidCandleja-
      iSaidCandleja-
      October 20, 2011 at 12:11 am | #

      Exactly! And it’s not like it will be hard to identify the student with the fresh scar. Assuming Ryan is a student and not a random older dude with a thing for… yeah, I think I know why Ryan didn’t move on to an easier mark.

  17. MarcinMN
    MarcinMN
    October 20, 2011 at 12:06 am | #

    Of course he escaped. Now he can return 100 strips from now as some kind of super villain. He’ll have a nice scar, and who knows what kind of personality alterations a few blows to the head with a baseball bat might cause. 😉

    • Jetpack Monkey
      Jetpack Monkey
      October 20, 2011 at 12:07 am | #

      100 strips from now will be Sunday afternoon, DoA time.

    • Platypus
      Platypus
      October 20, 2011 at 12:18 am | #

      I would very much like to see him with a Joker style Glasgow smile asking everyone if they want to hear how he got his scars.

      • MarcinMN
        MarcinMN
        October 20, 2011 at 10:31 pm | #

        “You wanna know how I got these scars?”
        “How?”
        “A 18 year old co-ed shattered a glass of Sierra Mist in my face.”
        “….That…That’s actually not a very good story.” 😉

      • MarcinMN
        MarcinMN
        October 20, 2011 at 10:32 pm | #

        “You wanna know how I got these scars?”
        “How?”
        “An 18 year old co-ed shattered a glass of Sierra Mist in my face.”
        “….That…That’s actually not a very good story.” 😉

  18. Tristan J
    Tristan J
    October 20, 2011 at 12:07 am | #

    My God, this comic is glorious. I don’t just mean this strip, I mean the comic in general.

  19. AaronS
    AaronS
    October 20, 2011 at 12:08 am | #

    I hope Ryan doesn’t crawl away, call someone and whine to them, and then try and turn this against the girls. He’s the kind of jerk who would do that. (Also, the kind of jerk who would beat up and sexually assault people. But I digress.)

    • AaronS
      AaronS
      October 20, 2011 at 12:10 am | #

      And by someone, I mean the dean of the school or something. WHO IS HIS DAD, or something.

      Though I’d laugh at him if he called like, his old babysitter. Or his mom (who Mike is currently with). Someone who he could whine to, like “Oh, [Person], I drugged and raped this girl and she fought back! And then her friend fought back! Wah!”

      • iSaidCandleja-
        iSaidCandleja-
        October 20, 2011 at 12:12 am | #

        I totally saw that episode of Law and Order.

        • AaronS
          AaronS
          October 20, 2011 at 12:23 am | #

          I think I’ve seen it in many tv shows, ect.

          BUT WHO KNOWS?

          • iSaidCandleja-
            iSaidCandleja-
            October 20, 2011 at 12:42 am | #

            Yes, but Law and Order has an entire spinoff series made from this premise.

            • AaronS
              AaronS
              October 20, 2011 at 1:09 am | #

              That’s pretty cool. I’m sadly uneducated when it comes to Law and Order type shows, I have to admit.

    • Swissaboo
      Swissaboo
      October 20, 2011 at 12:28 am | #

      wait, so now we’re hating ryan for hypothetically being the sort of person who reports someone broke the law when they broke the law.

      • AaronS
        AaronS
        October 20, 2011 at 12:38 am | #

        Rofl, that’s not what I mean at all. If he were to go and report someone for breaking the law (smashing his face in with a bat) while downplaying or completely concealing his breaking the law (drugging and attempted assault), then that’d be jerk-like behavior in my opinion. Which I think would be awful.

        Of course, if he were to try and turn people against Sarah by saying the whole truth, then that’d be him reporting someone who broke the law when they broke the law in a good way. Otherwise, by concealing his own actions? That’s jerk behavior imo.

        • Eggy
          Eggy
          October 20, 2011 at 10:45 am | #

          Nah, that’s more natural-human-response. Right now he’ll be downright terrified of Sarah, and afraid that she’ll be coming back for seconds. Frankly I’d be surprised if he *didn’t* do *something* about it, and if that something is going to the police, given his personality, I’d be astounded if he admitted to his own wrong-doing.

          So less jerk, more rape-y, and I don’t know if I’d characterize rape-y-ness as jerk behavior.

  20. Organs
    Organs
    October 20, 2011 at 12:12 am | #

    I really thin Sarah is my least favorite character. Which is quite an achievement, considering there’s also Joe and Ruth.

    • Cassidy
      Cassidy
      October 20, 2011 at 12:22 am | #

      In all honesty, i can’t get over Roomies, and I can’t hate them. ROZ on the other hand.

    • NakedDumblydore
      NakedDumblydore
      October 20, 2011 at 1:28 am | #

      I’m with you. There’s being right, and there’s being righteous, and then there’s being self-righteous. Sarah’s not even toeing the line, she’s berating it from the self-righteous side.

      • Jacob
        Jacob
        October 20, 2011 at 9:36 am | #

        I think this is kind of ironic, because in Roomies she delighted in the bringing down of the self-righteous. Which made her reappearance in It’s Walky! make me not like her, as she had become that which she hated.

        • Wackd
          Wackd
          October 20, 2011 at 4:12 pm | #

          I always saw Sarah as a bit of a hypocrite. She was being self-righteous about not being self-righteous.

    • agentksilver
      agentksilver
      October 20, 2011 at 11:30 am | #

      Really? Sarah is my favorite character. I wish we’d see more of her life, though, and less of her just angrily trying to clean up other people’s messes. Sure she’s self-righteous, but she’s so full of anger that I’d love to see it justified.

  21. Hello, Mr. Anderson
    Hello, Mr. Anderson
    October 20, 2011 at 12:13 am | #

    Dammit, Amazi-Girl! This is why you need a chest window!

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      October 20, 2011 at 4:58 pm | #

      If only…

  22. Ragnal
    Ragnal
    October 20, 2011 at 12:16 am | #

    He still breathes?

    No, seriously, I’m in shock. That guy still moves? After THAT?

    • NakedDumblydore
      NakedDumblydore
      October 20, 2011 at 1:29 am | #

      The only abductee in the DoA-verse. 😉

  23. Joebo
    Joebo
    October 20, 2011 at 12:19 am | #

    “Aww nuts” indeed.

  24. mageykun
    mageykun
    October 20, 2011 at 12:21 am | #

    Wait, wait wait. That sounds distinctly like criticism in that last panel. Amzi-girl is supposed to be immune to that!

    • Gizen
      Gizen
      October 20, 2011 at 12:29 am | #

      Only in Shortpacked! We don’t know what Amazi Girl’s powers in DoA are yet.

      • FHZebedee8
        FHZebedee8
        October 20, 2011 at 2:24 am | #

        Super dense bones, for one…

  25. Larson E. Jones
    Larson E. Jones
    October 20, 2011 at 12:34 am | #

    The creep lives to rape another day….
    OR WILL HE?!?!?!?!
    DUN
    DUN
    DUNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN(dramatic reverb)

    • Doom Shepherd
      Doom Shepherd
      October 20, 2011 at 12:57 am | #

      Maybe. In my college days, I know of at least one White Knight who had to actually be restrained from going after a would-be attacker beyond the initial incident.

    • Wandering Meme
      Wandering Meme
      October 20, 2011 at 12:48 pm | #

      Tune in next time, true believers, as the circle of nether defiling little dickmonsters conspires against their latest threat: The Louisville-slugger-smashing Sarah! Will she justly protect the joy-filled Joyce from jadedly jumping the gun once more?!?

    • Wandering Meme
      Wandering Meme
      October 20, 2011 at 12:50 pm | #

      btw, you should totally put plasma Mongoose’s link in your post! drama button makes everything easier!

  26. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    October 20, 2011 at 12:36 am | #

    Okay, Ryan is a dick, but I am officially impressed. The fact he was even able to BREATHE, let alone move after a beating like that speaks of either great endurance, or prior experience with being beaten within an inch of his life. Which, now that I think about it, isn’t too unlikely.

    • Rex Hondo
      Rex Hondo
      October 20, 2011 at 12:58 am | #

      Adrenaline can do miraculous things.

      • Xi
        Xi
        October 20, 2011 at 2:46 am | #

        So we’re blaming everything on adrenaline now? Seriously, that’s like 90% of the last 9 strips comments. (on a side note, I agree.)

        • Rex Hondo
          Rex Hondo
          October 20, 2011 at 3:13 am | #

          Yup. Adrenaline is now the official “A wizard did it” of DoA.

          • Osaru Sensei
            Osaru Sensei
            October 20, 2011 at 3:53 am | #

            yay TvTropes! 😛

            Ryan will now become the Joker to Sarah’s Batman.

            It must be so!

            • Wackd
              Wackd
              October 20, 2011 at 4:16 pm | #

              It’s weird to me that DOA has so many troper fans and yet such a short trope page.

              • Plasma Mongoose
                Plasma Mongoose
                October 20, 2011 at 4:56 pm | #

                That could be because while there are plenty of TVTrope fans here, I am guessing that not too many of them are Tropers (TVTrope contributors) themselves.

                • Asuka L.S.
                  Asuka L.S.
                  October 20, 2011 at 5:26 pm | #

                  The way I see it, why bother contributing to a wiki? Once you start, you never stop. It consumes your very soul.

                  See: “TV Tropes will Ruin Your Life”

                • Plasma Mongoose
                  Plasma Mongoose
                  October 20, 2011 at 8:29 pm | #

                  Asuka, you wouldn’t happen to be talking from experience now, would you? 😀

  27. Koschei
    Koschei
    October 20, 2011 at 12:44 am | #

    Anyone else notice that the crowd in panel 5 seem to be concerned about something out of view?

    • Fonzelot
      Fonzelot
      October 20, 2011 at 9:56 am | #

      My guess would be that they also just noticed that Ryan was gone so they were more looking around to see where he was.

      • Crimson Magic
        Crimson Magic
        October 20, 2011 at 5:17 pm | #

        But they’re all looking in a single direction. One woman’s got her hand over her mouth in shock, even.

  28. turkishproverb
    turkishproverb
    October 20, 2011 at 12:46 am | #

    I just realized Amazi-girl had a seperate tag from the the other characters. That means she’s NOT a pre existing character’s alternate identity in this universe, right?

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      October 20, 2011 at 5:23 am | #

      Willis has given Drunk Mike a seperate tag from Mike despite them being the same character, the same will apply to Amazi-Girl and her civilian persona (whomever that might be)

      • turkishproverb
        turkishproverb
        October 20, 2011 at 8:08 am | #

        *looks at avatar*

        She’s really Ultracar, isn’t she?

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          October 20, 2011 at 8:21 am | #

          Ultracar is also Spidercar.

          duh duh DUHHHHHHHHH!

          • Jacob
            Jacob
            October 20, 2011 at 9:40 am | #

            No, Amber is Spidercar. She hides the wheels under her shirt, remember?

          • Wandering Meme
            Wandering Meme
            October 20, 2011 at 1:01 pm | #

            Plasma, your link goes great with the 4th panel!!!!

            • Plasma Mongoose
              Plasma Mongoose
              October 20, 2011 at 8:26 pm | #

              The Drama Button is just sooo damn useful. 😀

  29. AliaPie
    AliaPie
    October 20, 2011 at 1:01 am | #

    How in the world did he manage to even move after that?

  30. Ancestral Hamster
    Ancestral Hamster
    October 20, 2011 at 1:04 am | #

    Perhaps someone dragged Ryan away, and the next we’ll see of him is gagged and bound in the kitchen of the Dining Commons, as someone prepares to turn him into barbecue.

    “This is the finest barbecue I have ever tasted.”
    “It’s all in the sauce.”
    😀

    • S.Yeske
      S.Yeske
      October 20, 2011 at 2:57 am | #

      ^THIS. I totally support this plot line.
      This gets my vote!

      • Ancestral Hamster
        Ancestral Hamster
        October 20, 2011 at 1:32 pm | #

        Thanks!

    • Asuka L.S.
      Asuka L.S.
      October 20, 2011 at 5:23 pm | #

      That might be a little much, even for me. The guy’s a rotten bastard, but I don’t want to KILL him. I want to imprison him.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        October 20, 2011 at 8:24 pm | #

        Of cause you want him imprisoned, that way he can discover a whole new way of looking at rape… from the victim’s side. >:D

  31. Romanticide
    Romanticide
    October 20, 2011 at 1:07 am | #

    I am still wondering how the guy could escape from a room full of people looking at his direction…

    • James
      James
      October 20, 2011 at 2:30 am | #

      They’re drunk and focused on the chick in spandex. And the girl with the baseball bat.

    • Rex Hondo
      Rex Hondo
      October 20, 2011 at 3:16 am | #

      Stupid time-travelling rapists and their stupid perception filters…

      • Joraiem
        Joraiem
        October 20, 2011 at 7:19 am | #

        Oh well, that just means we’ll have The Doctor show up and do something horrible to him.

    • Asuka L.S.
      Asuka L.S.
      October 20, 2011 at 5:21 pm | #

      He poured a shit-ton of ranks into the Hide skill. Also, his sweater is a magic item that gives him the “Hide in Plain Sight” and “Camouflage” abilities, and his belt lets him use the “Greater Invisibility” spell three times per day. That son of a bongo is decked out to the nines.

    • Locke
      Locke
      October 20, 2011 at 7:49 pm | #

      I’m wonder why they can’t just blood trail him. That looked to be a pretty deep cut.

  32. NinjaNick
    NinjaNick
    October 20, 2011 at 1:09 am | #

    I’m surprised that he’s still alive. 😮

    Let’s hunt down Ryan! He can’t run off too far.

  33. huh
    huh
    October 20, 2011 at 1:21 am | #

    Someone clearly swings a bat like a girl. Am I right men?

  34. sun tzu
    sun tzu
    October 20, 2011 at 1:24 am | #

    So, will Joyce remember it was the preacher’s son? Or will that disappear in a drugged haze?
    This could easily get ugly once more, a few days from now.

  35. Dean
    Dean
    October 20, 2011 at 1:42 am | #

    Oh, my God. You all know what this means, right?

    RYAN IS AMAZI-GIRL.

    You know it makes sense.

    • Xi
      Xi
      October 20, 2011 at 3:02 am | #

      More sense than Ultra-car. Unless Joe built him pre-college. Which I doubt in the DOAverse. Sill makes no sense though. Where’s the cut?
      Unless… healing factor…? RYAN IS WOLVERINE IS AMAZI-GIRL?!?!

    • Wandering Meme
      Wandering Meme
      October 20, 2011 at 12:40 pm | #

      so he’s trying to save Joyce from HIMSELF?!? Cmon man…

      you know that TOTALLY MAKES SENSE!!!!!! Cause he’s got split personalities anyway right, being a pastor’s son and a sexual predator! He’s like two-face! if two-face was batman and a transvestite!

  36. ShifterComic
    ShifterComic
    October 20, 2011 at 2:04 am | #

    Here’s a scary possibility; maybe he just crashed the party for an easy lay and doesn’t even go to the college.

    • vlademir1
      vlademir1
      October 20, 2011 at 4:57 am | #

      I can’t esplain why, but my money’d be on grad student… and I’m still expecting some kind of history with Ruth.

      • Jacob
        Jacob
        October 20, 2011 at 10:20 am | #

        I’m hoping this it true. Ryan is way overdue for a Ruth-level ass kicking.

    • Asuka L.S.
      Asuka L.S.
      October 20, 2011 at 5:12 pm | #

      I never assumed he was a student at the college to begin with. But we have a physical description of him, so the police have something to run on. We also have his MO, so we know where to look.

  37. Savory
    Savory
    October 20, 2011 at 2:06 am | #

    He is definitely a vampire. Or has… cohorts.

  38. Xi
    Xi
    October 20, 2011 at 2:54 am | #

    I think a lot of superheroes have that tendancy. I mean, they are more often concerned with aiding the victims than actually catching the villain and preventing it from happening again. Although a lot of them have complexes that stop them from choosing the greater good (e.g. letting 1 person die to prevent the villain from escaping to set up a plan to kill someone else). The others are generally stupid (e.g. Spiderman choosing to bring his Aunt back to life instead of Mary Jane and his daughter. Seriously, WTF?! She’s probably gonna die in a year or two! (please don’t hate me, I do like Spiderman, but seriously!)) So Amazi-Girl choosing to help the citizens is the obvious, superhero choice. Which is nice, but kinda dumb.

    All I’m trying to say is I want Amazi-Girl to restrain him and beat the crap outta him some more. This is a comic universe, after all. Suspension of disbelief. Who cares if it’s not exactly like real life? Seriously people… more Ryan beatings.

    • Historyman68
      Historyman68
      October 20, 2011 at 3:51 am | #

      Superheroes have to be primarily about protecting people, or else it just becomes vigilante justice. If Amazi-Girl took off after Ryan before ensuring that Joyce was safe and being watched after, and Joyce died or was injured somehow as a result, it would be on her hands.

      Without the primary goal of protecting the innocent, superheroes just become two gangs, with the civilian citizens caught in the middle.

      That’s why superhero teams make sense. If Batman & Robin were on the scene, Robin would stay with Joyce and make sure she’s taken care of, while Batman’d take care of Ryan.

      Conclusion: Amazi-Girl needs a sidekick. And possibly to be more observant.

      • Xi
        Xi
        October 20, 2011 at 4:50 am | #

        And then Billie or Dorothy become Icredi-Lass, or something similar. My vote being Billie do to the fact that she was already taking care of Joyce, and Dorothy is just to obvious a choice because of how eager she is about Amazi-Girl. But Amazi-Girl totally needs to be more observant. A) Joyce being taken care of already. B) Ryan escaped.

        To be fair, she probably won’t due to an immunity to criticism, and I’m pretty sure that includes the constructive sort… *shrugs*

  39. Dr. Worm
    Dr. Worm
    October 20, 2011 at 3:28 am | #

    Looks to me like Willis might just be setting up the Amazi-Girl thing as a self-deluding power fantasy on the part of Amber, as opposed to the comedy superhero she was in Shortpacked.

    I mean, her stupid antics actually gave the damn serial rapist a chance to escape. This isn’t gonna be good for her.

    • Historyman68
      Historyman68
      October 20, 2011 at 3:57 am | #

      I think it’s more of an “everybody’s human” point he’s making. And besides, we all saw exactly what happened- Amazi-Girl did not. It makes sense she’d need to take a minute to understand the situation before handing out beatdowns.

      Still, letting the dude go, not a good move. Even if he wasn’t the aggressor and was only the victim, it’s not a good idea to let someone who should probably be in the hospital disappear like that. He could be disoriented and wander off somewhere and die of blood loss.

      • Wix
        Wix
        October 20, 2011 at 5:32 am | #

        Another likely set up… Is that said laceration could end up with him bleeding out to the emergency room (or farther) and later Joyce finds out what she did (she did drink the ‘evil’ drink, so there’s a chance she wouldn’t remember unless somebody told her.)

        Joyce has been a bit ballsier in this comic than Walky, but even then I’d expect troubles for her.

    • Professor Zoot
      Professor Zoot
      October 20, 2011 at 2:36 pm | #

      Serial rapist, war criminal, nazi, child molester, terrorist, litterer, embezzler, con artist, brick thief, pickpocket, flasher, smuggler, tobacco lobbyist, pirate, slaver . . . c’mon everybody, we can assume Ryan’s done every evil under the sun. Maybe we can make him Bernie Madoff secret enabler . . .

      • Locke
        Locke
        October 20, 2011 at 7:45 pm | #

        “Every evil under the sun?”
        Damn, I didn’t know he was a telemarketer. That’s just low.

      • Locke
        Locke
        October 20, 2011 at 7:45 pm | #

        “Every evil under the sun?”
        Damn, I didn’t know he was a telemarketer. That’s just low.

        • Locke
          Locke
          October 20, 2011 at 7:47 pm | #

          Dang, what’s with this double-posting nonsense, eh?

    • Asuka L.S.
      Asuka L.S.
      October 20, 2011 at 5:07 pm | #

      I don’t think you can call Ryan a SERIAL rapist. We haven’t actually seen more than one instance where he tried to rape someone (not in this universe, compounding this one with the others doesn’t count).

      He IS a rapist, though. The fact that he failed doesn’t change that, and the fact that we have no cause to call him a serial rapist doesn’t make him any better a human being.

      • Tristan J
        Tristan J
        October 20, 2011 at 7:27 pm | #

        Considering he literally thought the phrase ‘Find mark’, I think we can conclude he knows what he’s doing.

        • Asuka L.S.
          Asuka L.S.
          October 20, 2011 at 9:38 pm | #

          Can we? I can use the proper lingo for a task and have absolutely no idea what I’m doing. And since he didn’t have a second Bible verse ready and grabbed one at random without knowing its meaning, that means he doesn’t prepare for all possible scenarios. And since it’s established that he’s a pastor’s son, this makes his mental abilities all the more questionable.

          If this guy’s a criminal, he’s a greenhorn who hasn’t practiced beyond one line of events. That’s good, because he won’t know what to do next. But it’s also indicative that he probably isn’t an established serial rapist (he doesn’t seem that experienced).

          Has he done this kind of thing before? Maybe. Does he have a long track record of successes? Possibly. Does the evidence suggest the second one? No.

      • Locke
        Locke
        October 20, 2011 at 7:43 pm | #

        Then again, we haven’t seen how he behaves around a box of Frosted Flakes… And I sure as hell wouldn’t trust him near a bowl of Fruit Loops.

        • Tristan J
          Tristan J
          October 20, 2011 at 7:47 pm | #

          I just ate breakfast, so I’m going to go vomit now.

  40. Brendan
    Brendan
    October 20, 2011 at 3:35 am | #

    Attention “hogger”?

    Never would have figured Sarah for the PC type…

    • Historyman68
      Historyman68
      October 20, 2011 at 4:00 am | #

      I honestly cannot figure out what you’re trying to imply here…

    • Historyman68
      Historyman68
      October 20, 2011 at 4:01 am | #

      Oop, just got it.

      And maybe Sarah just doesn’t want to antagonize the person closest to an authority figure right now.

      • iSaidCandleja-
        iSaidCandleja-
        October 20, 2011 at 12:21 pm | #

        Or perhaps Sarah is a woman and isn’t prone to using that particular gendered insult? And what’s with people claiming political correctness is the reason people choose not to be vulgar, as if vulgarity expression is the default?

        • Tristan J
          Tristan J
          October 20, 2011 at 7:29 pm | #

          I still have no idea what word you guys are talking about! I would have said ‘attention seeker’, which doesn’t sound gendered to me.

          Also, I am equally frustrated with people whining about political correctness!

          • Rex Hondo
            Rex Hondo
            October 20, 2011 at 11:30 pm | #

            “Attention hog” is also a fairly common term. If anything, I thought her phrasing was a bit odd, using “hogger.”

  41. Gargamel
    Gargamel
    October 20, 2011 at 4:56 am | #

    It’s a cartoon world; realistically he should have haemorrhaged and died. Buuut even then, I still find it unlikely that he could have got up snuck away after that beating and in a room full of people unless his last name is Creek.
    This does lend credence to my suggestion that someone hired him. I’m guessing his handler, pretending to be one of the party guests, picked him up and he’s currently being taken to a hospital.

    • Gargamel
      Gargamel
      October 20, 2011 at 5:00 am | #

      Or being given concrete shoes.

    • Asuka L.S.
      Asuka L.S.
      October 20, 2011 at 5:01 pm | #

      The fact that he crawled away amid the distraction is indicative that he was hired to rape Joyce? He got thwacked in the back with a baseball bat and glassed in the face by his target. Wouldn’t any sane rapist, hired or no, decide it was time to bail at that point?

      I just don’t see a whit of evidence that he was hired by anyone.

    • Locke
      Locke
      October 20, 2011 at 7:42 pm | #

      There’s a huge rape-conspiracy. Amazi-Girl will have to fight a powerful, faceless shadow-organization known only as The Brotherhood of Roofies.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        October 20, 2011 at 8:21 pm | #

        You are talking about the Roofarianism movement correct? You know, the ones who worship the Flying Tentacle Rape Monster, that group right?

  42. Charles RB
    Charles RB
    October 20, 2011 at 5:23 am | #

    Sarah is now my favourite character. Again.

  43. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    October 20, 2011 at 5:26 am | #

    Sarah has lipstick on again, what happened?

    • Zuche
      Zuche
      October 20, 2011 at 10:42 am | #

      It amuses me to see you oblige Charles RB’s avatar (right above your post) with that costume design.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        October 20, 2011 at 4:48 pm | #

        Appropriate avatar is appropriate.

    • Wandering Meme
      Wandering Meme
      October 20, 2011 at 1:04 pm | #

      and blush. No law against turning on the sexy at public beatdowns!

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        October 20, 2011 at 4:47 pm | #

        Fanservice counts as public service right?

  44. Wix
    Wix
    October 20, 2011 at 5:30 am | #

    Not like he’s easy to miss, he officially looks like he could start cosplaying with that scar. If you think you can list them all, feel free to reply with the names, though for the record I already have three names.

  45. Muffinivorous
    Muffinivorous
    October 20, 2011 at 5:54 am | #

    I guess everyone can stop worrying about Sarah having potentially manslaughtered him and getting caught up in a messy lawsuit. Although I don’t doubt Ryan would be jerk enough to try it on anyway.

    • Professor Zoot
      Professor Zoot
      October 20, 2011 at 2:40 pm | #

      ou don’t get sued when you commit homicide (okay, you might depending on the person’s income and familial status and all but it’s not the primary) you get charged. It is not a civil matter . . .

    • Professor Zoot
      Professor Zoot
      October 20, 2011 at 2:41 pm | #

      You don’t get sued when you commit homicide (okay, you might depending on the person’s income and familial status and all but it’s not the primary) you get charged. It is not a civil matter . . .

      • Professor Zoot
        Professor Zoot
        October 20, 2011 at 2:42 pm | #

        Oops, sorry double post . . .

      • isitsevenyet
        isitsevenyet
        October 20, 2011 at 5:48 pm | #

        It can be. Remember OJ Simpson?

  46. narmenduke
    narmenduke
    October 20, 2011 at 6:20 am | #

    Awww, be nice, Sarah. Amazi-Girl just wants to help.

  47. Kisai
    Kisai
    October 20, 2011 at 7:59 am | #

    Well I was half right about Amazi-girl coming to the guy’s rescue, if by rescue I meant “get away” lol.

  48. Sir Robin
    Sir Robin
    October 20, 2011 at 10:01 am | #

    Is that Jacob behind Amazigirl?

  49. Name
    Name
    October 20, 2011 at 10:09 am | #

    Only a temporary setback. Sarah still can ID him, same with some of the drunken gamers. Also…And you will know him by his trail of blood.

  50. Zuche
    Zuche
    October 20, 2011 at 10:51 am | #

    My blurry vision is playing tricks on me. I keep reading the smear furthest to the right in the fourth panel as though it spelled out “AIDS”. Why the previous “word” ends in “IVM” is beyond me, though.

    • begbert2
      begbert2
      October 20, 2011 at 11:00 am | #

      Wouldn’t that be fun!

      “Joyce, that man who you cut – some of his blood got into the cuts in your hand…”

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        October 20, 2011 at 4:45 pm | #

        Holy Cerebus Syndrome begbert2!

  51. Die.Freakin.Potato.DIE.
    Die.Freakin.Potato.DIE.
    October 20, 2011 at 12:30 pm | #

    I hope he dies in the middle of the road in rush hour!!!!
    Lol, okay maybe someone finds him and calls the cops?
    Supposedly Amazi girl finds him? Then AmaziGirl butts in and eventually murders him?

  52. Wandering Meme
    Wandering Meme
    October 20, 2011 at 12:36 pm | #

    Oh Suuure Sarah, blame the super hero! as if you weren’t supposed to be keeping an eye out yourself!

  53. Mkvenner
    Mkvenner
    October 20, 2011 at 2:01 pm | #

    Check all the irrigation drains.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      October 20, 2011 at 4:40 pm | #

      then shoot him while holding out your mobile phone video-camera.

  54. Professor Zoot
    Professor Zoot
    October 20, 2011 at 2:23 pm | #

    Or, ou know, someone dragged off the corpse . . .

  55. Professor Zoot
    Professor Zoot
    October 20, 2011 at 2:24 pm | #

    Or, you know, someone dragged off the corpse . . .

    • Professor Zoot
      Professor Zoot
      October 20, 2011 at 2:44 pm | #

      Damn. Sorry, about that. Gotta go see what’s goin’ on here.

  56. begbert2
    begbert2
    October 20, 2011 at 3:22 pm | #

    He moves fast – Sarah was looking approximately in his direction just a moment ago. (In the previous strip.)

  57. Iemikas
    Iemikas
    October 20, 2011 at 5:05 pm | #

    He’s like Mike Myers! Except a bit more rapey.

    • gangler
      gangler
      October 20, 2011 at 5:19 pm | #

      Just a tad.

  58. Locke
    Locke
    October 20, 2011 at 7:40 pm | #

    Okay, either he’s going to be a serial killer, or he’s going to become Amazi-Girl’s first arch-nemesis. Problem is, if it’s the latter, there are so many good names he could go by! The Drugger, Roofie-lad, Dr. Light…

  59. Sili
    Sili
    October 23, 2011 at 6:45 pm | #

    I hate when punctuation signs go inside the quotationsmarks; we’re not using lead type anymore.

    But I love Sarah.

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