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September 20, 2023

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by David M Willis on May 9, 2012 at 12:01 am
  • 03 - The First Step Towards Recovery

└ Tags: bryan, danny, jim

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  1. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    May 9, 2012 at 12:01 am | #

    Just talk to Mike, Danno!

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      May 9, 2012 at 1:43 am | #

      But can Amazi-Girl defeat Mike?

      • lord of dance
        lord of dance
        May 9, 2012 at 4:31 am | #

        she might not have to, i don’t think i’ve ever seen them both in the same strip

        • ryan
          ryan
          May 9, 2012 at 8:39 am | #

          they did a marvel team-up in shortpacked! to fight the giant honey bun, but that of course is in an alternate reality where mike thinks amazi-girl is amber.

          http://www.shortpacked.com/2009/comic/book-10/01-this-man-this-manhattan/amazigirl/

        • Grarl
          Grarl
          May 9, 2012 at 3:48 pm | #

          Mike is Amazi-Girl! Or maybe he and Sal trade off.

      • Maxion
        Maxion
        May 10, 2012 at 1:56 am | #

        Amazi-girl is immune to criticism. Mike’s main weapon.

  2. Aizat
    Aizat
    May 9, 2012 at 12:02 am | #

    Jump of a building, Danny. That’s how Lois Lane does it.

    • Leorale
      Leorale
      May 9, 2012 at 12:03 am | #

      and in that Shortpacked comic with young TV Clark Kent who never gets superpowers…

      • Cronomatt
        Cronomatt
        May 9, 2012 at 5:24 pm | #

        Oh that Clark Kent has superpowers…he just barely ever uses them.

        Cause, y’know, who wants to see Clark Kent actually using his super powers as a superhero?

  3. Tricia
    Tricia
    May 9, 2012 at 12:03 am | #

    Where’s Mike when you need him?

  4. Wonder Wig
    Wonder Wig
    May 9, 2012 at 12:03 am | #

    Is Danny so in love that… he’s seeing the world through rose-colored glasses?

    • SlenderTroll
      SlenderTroll
      May 9, 2012 at 12:06 am | #

      I think it’s supposed to be… sunset? So there’s pinkish light?

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      May 9, 2012 at 1:54 am | #

      If this was a sci-fi series, the world would have a greener tint.

  5. Leorale
    Leorale
    May 9, 2012 at 12:03 am | #

    Can we just get the ‘faaaace’ out of our systems real quick?

    • SlenderTroll
      SlenderTroll
      May 9, 2012 at 12:06 am | #

      FAAAAAAAAAACE.

      There, that did it.

    • Jetstream
      Jetstream
      May 9, 2012 at 12:09 am | #

      faaaace with a penis for a nickel inside your mom with blah blah I can’t remember the rest of them…

      • Usayasha
        Usayasha
        May 9, 2012 at 1:37 am | #

        Femurs, kneecaps, need to live, and… darnit, you’re right, we’re still missing a few.

        • Blob Marley
          Blob Marley
          May 9, 2012 at 2:05 am | #

          Perverse.
          Sexual.
          Lust.

          • Blob Marley
            Blob Marley
            May 9, 2012 at 2:05 am | #

            Wait… perverse journalistic lust? :3

            • I.care.0
              I.care.0
              May 9, 2012 at 1:24 pm | #

              For Science?

              • MrSmiley
                MrSmiley
                May 9, 2012 at 3:26 pm | #

                for Journalistic Science!!

                • Kryss LaBryn
                  Kryss LaBryn
                  May 9, 2012 at 4:46 pm | #

                  DAMN YOU WILLIS and your Journalistic Science!

                  –I think that’s the lot now…

                • Izzy
                  Izzy
                  May 9, 2012 at 5:38 pm | #

                  Don’t worry, guys. I’m here…butts

                • Slagathor
                  Slagathor
                  May 10, 2012 at 7:59 am | #

                  Butts disease

                • Slagathor
                  Slagathor
                  May 10, 2012 at 8:00 am | #

                  Butts disease

  6. ArkhamTexan
    ArkhamTexan
    May 9, 2012 at 12:04 am | #

    I want to punch him in the face, but then Amazi-Girl would show up and punch me in the face…

    • Blob Marley
      Blob Marley
      May 9, 2012 at 2:05 am | #

      Kinkyyyyyy… I like it!

    • wererat
      wererat
      May 9, 2012 at 5:15 am | #

      where’s mike when you need him?

      • Jacob
        Jacob
        May 9, 2012 at 11:44 am | #

        Being where you’d rather he wasn’t.

  7. iSaidCandleja-
    iSaidCandleja-
    May 9, 2012 at 12:04 am | #

    Don’t you need a giant search light with the letter “A” on it?

    • Kryss LaBryn
      Kryss LaBryn
      May 9, 2012 at 5:06 pm | #

      Giant search light with a Fisher-Price corn popper on it, I think.

  8. Paki
    Paki
    May 9, 2012 at 12:05 am | #

    Danny, I’m about to punch you in the face.

  9. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    May 9, 2012 at 12:07 am | #

    Danny’s chances would increase if he became some manner of news executive.

  10. NCP19
    NCP19
    May 9, 2012 at 12:08 am | #

    Help help! I’m being repressed!

    • TacosForever
      TacosForever
      May 9, 2012 at 8:48 am | #

      Bloody peasant!!

      • Roborat
        Roborat
        May 9, 2012 at 7:30 pm | #

        Oh, what a giveaway! Did you hear that? Did you hear that, eh? That’s what I’m on about! Did you see him repressing me? You saw him, Didn’t you?

  11. T Campbell
    T Campbell
    May 9, 2012 at 12:13 am | #

    MAN! This ALMOST made me stop wanting to punch Danny in the face!

    I can’t in good conscience wish harm on Danny. He’s me at fifteen. But still, the face. It’s like a punch magnet.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      May 9, 2012 at 12:33 am | #

      So Danny wanting to be punched in the face is counter productive?

      • Rognik
        Rognik
        May 9, 2012 at 12:51 am | #

        You very rarely get what you want in drama. The one time you want to get hit, you never can. As soon as you give up, you’re surrounded by thugs.

    • Random832
      Random832
      May 9, 2012 at 1:43 am | #

      He’s you at fifteen? I don’t think he’s fifteen.

      • Blob Marley
        Blob Marley
        May 9, 2012 at 2:06 am | #

        I don’t think he’s really matured as far as he should have, so it seems even to me.

    • Heavensrun
      Heavensrun
      May 9, 2012 at 10:47 pm | #

      As has been pointed out, if he’s you at fifteen, it’s worth mentioning he has to be almost twenty.

      • Leorale
        Leorale
        May 10, 2012 at 12:00 am | #

        He’s a really, really young nineteen.

  12. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    May 9, 2012 at 12:15 am | #

    Someone needs to save Danny from all those misguided hopes crashing all around him.

  13. mechaqua
    mechaqua
    May 9, 2012 at 12:20 am | #

    Subtlety is overrated.

  14. Uniqueantique
    Uniqueantique
    May 9, 2012 at 12:21 am | #

    Danny couldn’t attract Amazi-Girl if Godzilla was standing on him. Not after he told her alter ego he was not interested in her, he was going to be hanging around with Amazi-girl from now on. Oh wait, Amazi-girl is the alter ego…anyway…as said, try calling up Godzilla and see what happens Danny boy.

    • Zap Rowsdower
      Zap Rowsdower
      May 9, 2012 at 12:48 am | #

      Amber being Amazi-Girl? Now you’re just being silly.

      • Rognik
        Rognik
        May 9, 2012 at 12:55 am | #

        Who said anything about Amber being Amazi-Girl? Besides, it’s clearly Joe’s alter-ego.

        • Zap Rowsdower
          Zap Rowsdower
          May 9, 2012 at 1:12 am | #

          Well, Amber IS the only one he’s told on-panel so far, IIRC.

        • Sodomuffin
          Sodomuffin
          May 9, 2012 at 2:26 am | #

          Huh? I thought Sal’s motorcylce was Amazi-girl.

          • Lieutenant Dan
            Lieutenant Dan
            May 9, 2012 at 7:35 am | #

            Sal’s motorcycle is clearly Spider-Car.

          • TacosForever
            TacosForever
            May 9, 2012 at 8:50 am | #

            And SAL is Amazi-Girl. They’re a team. Duh.

    • Blob Marley
      Blob Marley
      May 9, 2012 at 2:07 am | #

      Has Danny even talked to Sal?

    • GenericScreenName101
      GenericScreenName101
      May 9, 2012 at 2:36 am | #

      Weird? I didn’t see Dina at lunch but that doesn’t mean that see wasn’t there I guess.

      • Rognik
        Rognik
        May 9, 2012 at 2:41 pm | #

        Dina is the invisible girl. She’s been in nearly every strip so far, but she’s spent most of her time behind a door or a reasonable facsimile.

  15. moonracer
    moonracer
    May 9, 2012 at 12:23 am | #

    Is that Faz’s Hispanic half brother?

    • Wack'd
      Wack'd
      May 9, 2012 at 6:09 pm | #

      Nope. It’s Bryan and Jim, from Squad 135!

      …You remember them, right?

      …Jim with the Tasmanian Devil routine? “I hope this is one of those ceiling fan things and not one of those airplane propeller things?”

      And Bryan? Who…um….huh. Did he do anything memorable? No? Then why did I recognize him on sight? He was always hanging around Daisy. That was it. He was her #2 or whatever.

      How does it feel, Willis, to have a fan as obsessed with your work as you are about other peoples?

      (Honestly I had to look up Bryan.)

  16. John Madden
    John Madden
    May 9, 2012 at 12:38 am | #

    Doing it wrong, he is.

  17. Gordon
    Gordon
    May 9, 2012 at 1:06 am | #

    The backgrounds look GREAT here. And I’m not just saying that because I took your photo reference. 🙂

  18. Locke
    Locke
    May 9, 2012 at 1:12 am | #

    So THAT’s why Louis Lane always got into really stupid and dangerous situations. She wasn’t dumb, she was just cravin’ some Superlovin’.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      May 9, 2012 at 1:46 am | #

      Louis Lane? 😛

      • Bekah
        Bekah
        May 9, 2012 at 1:57 am | #

        Lois Lane’s cousin from Gotham. Also had a thing for Superman. Went by Louis until the operation, then switched to Louise.

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          May 9, 2012 at 2:09 am | #

          DC sure does some strange storylines.

          • Hiredg00n
            Hiredg00n
            May 9, 2012 at 3:28 am | #

            and here I thought Louis Lane was from Earth 63, where all the genders of the characters are reversed (not a real alternate Earth in DC, but it’d be funny if they went there)

  19. Aizat
    Aizat
    May 9, 2012 at 1:15 am | #

    WHY WOULD I PUNCH YOU IN THE FACE, STRANGER?

  20. Krashthemystro
    Krashthemystro
    May 9, 2012 at 1:32 am | #

    If I was Amazi-Girl I’d let his ass get punched.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      May 9, 2012 at 1:46 am | #

      Ass-punching is a whole different kink.

  21. eber
    eber
    May 9, 2012 at 1:34 am | #

    I think in the first panel, “I’d” should be “I’ve.” “I’d” sounds weird.

    • David
      David M Willis
      May 9, 2012 at 1:46 am | #

      “I don’t think I had appreciated how hard…” is better English, I feel.

      • Bekah
        Bekah
        May 9, 2012 at 1:59 am | #

        The “had” isn’t necessary, but at least it has tense agreement.

        • Blob Marley
          Blob Marley
          May 9, 2012 at 2:08 am | #

          You’re right. That agreement needs a massage.

          • LeaLeonis
            LeaLeonis
            May 9, 2012 at 6:22 am | #

            Funny, I mostly stumbled over the term “appreciated”. In this context I would have expected it to be “anticipated”, “apprehended” or something. “Appreciated” isn’t wrong, grammatically, it just sounds weird because it’s rarely used the way it’s used here… I think.

            • Blob Marley
              Blob Marley
              May 9, 2012 at 10:54 am | #

              It’s definitely not as common as “anticipated,” you’re right.

      • Heavensrun
        Heavensrun
        May 9, 2012 at 1:21 pm | #

        Besides, proper english is not necessary in dialogue unless the person speaking is someone who would be meticulous about how they put sentences together.

  22. KresyAntics
    KresyAntics
    May 9, 2012 at 1:42 am | #

    desperation is not attractive, it is replusive…Danny school is where you are supposed to grow, not shrink into manhood.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      May 9, 2012 at 1:48 am | #

      You only way I know of where you can shrink into manhood is a cold swimming pool.

      • Bekah
        Bekah
        May 9, 2012 at 1:56 am | #

        #ThingsILearnedFromSeinfeld

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          May 9, 2012 at 2:08 am | #

          Seinfeld did it before the Simpsons?

          Holy Crap!

          • Tucker
            Tucker
            May 9, 2012 at 2:27 am | #

            Soup Nazi’s too!

          • KresyAntics
            KresyAntics
            May 9, 2012 at 5:57 am | #

            Bags full of ice can cause the same effect. Just ask all of the vicitims of Yuki…. TENTACLES!!!

            http://www.menagea3.net/cast.html

    • Tenn
      Tenn
      May 9, 2012 at 8:21 am | #

      Well, it’s called Dumbing of Age, so I guess Danny is doing it right. 🙂

  23. Blob Marley
    Blob Marley
    May 9, 2012 at 2:04 am | #

    Oh, Danny boy, the punch the punch is caaalliiiiiing!

    • L
      L
      May 9, 2012 at 3:37 am | #

      From fist to fist and down the blackened eye!

  24. Rachel
    Rachel
    May 9, 2012 at 2:08 am | #

    And suddenly Mike, with his desire to always punch people in the face, arrives to punch Danny…

    • Maycroft
      Maycroft
      May 9, 2012 at 5:46 am | #

      Perfect symbiosis.

  25. Historyman68
    Historyman68
    May 9, 2012 at 3:07 am | #

    I won’t lie, my first reaction was “Troy and Abed in the comic!”

    • Wack'd
      Wack'd
      May 9, 2012 at 6:11 pm | #

      Jim and Bryan didn’t really have any personality that I could recall. All the background SEMME folks were kinda generically snarky and pissy. I wouldn’t mind them becoming this comic’s Troy and Abed.

  26. Crumplepunch
    Crumplepunch
    May 9, 2012 at 6:44 am | #

    What a coincidence, Danny.

    I was thinking the exact opposite.

  27. Aizat
    Aizat
    May 9, 2012 at 7:23 am | #

    Well Danny, you can go one of two ways. One, act like Lois Lane or two, be the villain.

  28. Narcotic
    Narcotic
    May 9, 2012 at 8:43 am | #

    Danny will because a super-villan, the Dan-man, just to attract amaizi-girl attentions. Fuck yeah. :3

    • begbert2
      begbert2
      May 9, 2012 at 10:46 am | #

      It wouldn’t be the first time somebody got into supervilliany that way – see My Super Ex-Girlfriend.

  29. madd
    madd
    May 9, 2012 at 11:19 am | #

    Is it wrong to wish that somebody would? Just askin’ … you know … for a friend!

  30. iggy_rock
    iggy_rock
    May 9, 2012 at 11:20 am | #

    So which one is Bryan and which one is Jim!? I find myself oddly curious. Why couldn’t you be more stereotypical and named them B. Dawg and Jose?

    • David
      David M Willis
      May 9, 2012 at 11:49 am | #

      Well frankly, Jim isn’t Jose because he’s part Native American, not Hispanic.

      • Heavensrun
        Heavensrun
        May 9, 2012 at 1:16 pm | #

        It amuses me greatly that you’ve considered this.

      • Rognik
        Rognik
        May 9, 2012 at 2:57 pm | #

        At least it does identify who is which.

    • Jason
      Jason
      May 9, 2012 at 1:56 pm | #

      I’m just excited to see new, presumably recurring characters.

  31. Kryss LaBryn
    Kryss LaBryn
    May 9, 2012 at 5:13 pm | #

    Wow. That’s some really nice layouts there with the panels. Good work.

    Uh, I mean, Mike will punch him in the FAAAACE for a nickel. With his penis. Or something.

  32. DragoonChris
    DragoonChris
    May 21, 2012 at 12:10 pm | #

    Maybe he should ask Lois Lane to have the abiltiy of “always having trouble follows you”

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