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by David M Willis on February 7, 2013 at 12:01 am
  • 01 - If the Shoe Splits

└ Tags: amazi-girl, danny, joe

Discussion (122) ¬

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  1. Skull025
    Skull025
    February 7, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

    Ladies and gents don’t like MY alternative way of seducing them. Apparently 50 buffalo skins really freak out the vegetarians.
    That shit is warm, BE GRATEFUL.

    • Saru
      Saru
      February 7, 2013 at 12:14 am | #

      mmmmmm, yess…

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      February 7, 2013 at 12:16 am | #

      Potato skins are where it is at.

      • Saru
        Saru
        February 7, 2013 at 12:29 am | #

        oohhhhh, quit tempting me you guys…

      • Skull025
        Skull025
        February 7, 2013 at 12:35 am | #

        I protest! Back in my day to woo a lady/gent all you needed was your bear hands and amazing fetch quest skills! Potato skins! PAH! I laugh at your petty bounty!
        What we need is three hundred platters of stolen hashbrowns from shady restaurants. Some of them still need the dusting of coke on the top. NOW THAT IS A GIFT FOR SEDUCTION!

        • AckAckAck
          AckAckAck
          February 7, 2013 at 1:00 am | #

          The problem the law limit our ability to have bear arms. It limit our options greatly.

  2. Sir Robin
    Sir Robin
    February 7, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

    I think this is the best pairing in this comic

    • Digidestined of Trust (Tim)
      Digidestined of Trust (Tim)
      February 7, 2013 at 12:10 am | #

      I will be with Joyce here soon….I’m drawing that meeting as we speak actually. As the Chick-Fil-A guy I get to be the revealer of some things

      • Digidestined of Trust (Tim)
        Digidestined of Trust (Tim)
        February 7, 2013 at 12:12 am | #

        That is assuming Willis allows this to happen, lol

    • Darth Cariss
      Darth Cariss
      February 7, 2013 at 1:47 am | #

      It’s my second favorite. I hope it works out for them.

    • GrrArg42
      GrrArg42
      February 7, 2013 at 1:53 am | #

      Agreement! : )

      But Soft, what light from yonder window breaks?
      It is the east, and Danny is the sun.
      Arise, Danny boy, and kill the flowers dying,
      Who are already tense with love and calling
      Out for she, a maid, more amazing than the rest.

      : P Crappy crossover is crappy.

    • Groove
      Groove
      February 7, 2013 at 3:54 am | #

      I think it’s fun but that it’s a terrible actual match. Danny is fairly emotionally stunted, and I doubt that a relationship based on secrets and hero worship will help with that.

      • Pinja
        Pinja
        February 7, 2013 at 10:23 am | #

        He doesn’t seem stunted to me, rather he’s too emotional and romantic.

        If anything Amber is the stunted one.

    • Volkai
      Volkai
      February 7, 2013 at 5:31 am | #

      Hahaha YES.

      This is great. It will get better when true identities are revealed. Probably. Depending on how that happens.

      But I think this ship is going places. Places where it can dock. And not sink.

  3. Pinja
    Pinja
    February 7, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

    Nice to see Amazi-Girl is only using her powers for good

    • NCP19
      NCP19
      February 7, 2013 at 12:37 am | #

      Can’t tell if sarcasm, but gravitar tells me, yes, yes you are being sarcastic.

      • Pinja
        Pinja
        February 7, 2013 at 10:21 am | #

        I’m really not

    • Volkai
      Volkai
      February 7, 2013 at 5:31 am | #

      Why use powers only for good when they can be used both for good and for awesome?

  4. Wonder Wig
    Wonder Wig
    February 7, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

    My fake Nintendo girl had a threesome with my Canadian girlfriend.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      February 7, 2013 at 12:08 am | #

      Didya trade Pokemons?

      • Skull025
        Skull025
        February 7, 2013 at 12:15 am | #

        We mean STD’s when we say pokemon, yes? Cause I think pikachu as an STD would be painful. Or Onyx.
        Onyx uses self-destruct.
        You die.

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          February 7, 2013 at 12:19 am | #

          I was thinking more on the line of “jiggypuffs”. 😀

          • Skull025
            Skull025
            February 7, 2013 at 12:26 am | #

            Ouch, those’ll sting. But it’s the Magikarps you don’t want swimming around in your bloodstream. Those things will flop around tackling your cellular structure until it’s dead or bored.

            • Wonder Wig
              Wonder Wig
              February 7, 2013 at 12:33 am | #

              And yet no one has mentioned Krabbies. Was it too obvious!? Are you not itchy!

              • Skull025
                Skull025
                February 7, 2013 at 12:37 am | #

                You can boil the fuckers out, they’re not serious. And then you can have delicious vagina-crab dinner afterwards. It’s like herpes; it’s the “cool” STD.

                • Somebody
                  Somebody
                  February 7, 2013 at 12:52 am | #

                  So…they forgot to use protection?

        • tjbarbacovi
          tjbarbacovi
          February 7, 2013 at 12:35 am | #

          According to my RA Yes!

    • Blob Marley
      Blob Marley
      February 7, 2013 at 12:10 am | #

      Maybe next time she’ll invite you!

      Sorry, that was mean.

  5. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    February 7, 2013 at 12:07 am | #

    Does Amazi-Girl have an actual grappling hook? If so she’s better equipped than I imagined.

    Though it would be funny if she went all the way up to the roof and tied a rope just so she could do this.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      February 7, 2013 at 12:10 am | #

      Which begs the question, does Sal also use a rope to climb through windows or does she have leet climbing skills.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        February 7, 2013 at 12:22 am | #

        She just walks up the walls vertically.

        • StClair
          StClair
          February 7, 2013 at 1:19 am | #

          and every week, a wacky guest star opens the window, leans out, and engages her in quips.

          • Roborat
            Roborat
            February 7, 2013 at 8:38 pm | #

            Yay, someone else who watched original Batman. The question is, did you watch it when it was new (Like me, good crap I am old) or in sindication later?

      • CanvasWolfDoll
        CanvasWolfDoll
        February 7, 2013 at 12:27 am | #

        well, since has the grappling hook, already, she might as well use it with both window entering identities.

      • Heatth
        Heatth
        February 7, 2013 at 12:29 am | #

        I believe she mentioned she uses a tree. There is one shot of their room from outside and you can clearly see a tree just by the window.

      • AsimovSideburns
        AsimovSideburns
        February 7, 2013 at 1:11 am | #

        There’s a store at my local mall that sells grappling hooks. And costumes. And custom weapons.

        Wait. I LIVE NEXT TO A HEROMART.

        • GrrArg42
          GrrArg42
          February 7, 2013 at 2:01 am | #

          This can be you. Live the dream!

          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBzqOa9y02I

          You do have an inn nearby as well, yeah?

      • Josh
        Josh
        February 7, 2013 at 6:50 am | #

        Erm… Sal is Amazi-girl, this question seems redundant.

  6. Blob Marley
    Blob Marley
    February 7, 2013 at 12:09 am | #

    Yeah, Dina looks smashing in that spandex.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      February 7, 2013 at 12:13 am | #

      Yeah I totally dig it. 😀

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      February 7, 2013 at 12:17 am | #

      Dina in spandex? Where?

      • Leonou
        Leonou
        February 7, 2013 at 12:31 am | #

        Right Under her Amazi-Girl disguise.

        • Nerdman
          Nerdman
          February 7, 2013 at 2:27 am | #

          Dina stole Ultra-Car’s costume?

          • leonou
            leonou
            February 7, 2013 at 8:26 am | #

            Nope, she borrowed it from Joe.

            She did it to masquarade as Amazi-Girl instead of him. Danny was becoming suspicious and would have uncovered Joe’s alternate super-hero identity.
            When Joe shouted “College”, it was the signal for Dina to start acting.

  7. Leonou
    Leonou
    February 7, 2013 at 12:12 am | #

    Danny just got a surprise visit from his sweetheart, in two different universes at the “same” time ?

    Here’s one lucky fellow.

  8. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    February 7, 2013 at 12:15 am | #

    Danny has a thing for girls that come in through the window.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      February 7, 2013 at 12:30 am | #

      That sounds kinky.

    • Josh
      Josh
      February 7, 2013 at 9:40 am | #

      The chest window?

      • Blob Marley
        Blob Marley
        February 7, 2013 at 10:02 am | #

        Perfect gravatar is perfect.

    • Pinja
      Pinja
      February 7, 2013 at 10:25 am | #

      Let the Danny/Sal shipping commence

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        February 7, 2013 at 3:46 pm | #

        it did! 15 years ago! and apparently even a little bit before then!

  9. Aizat
    Aizat
    February 7, 2013 at 12:15 am | #

    Normally? You’re the one to talk, Joe.

  10. LS
    LS
    February 7, 2013 at 12:15 am | #

    What is it with Danny and Window Women?

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      February 7, 2013 at 12:24 am | #

      Window Women are less likely to become Door Mats.

      • AckAckAck
        AckAckAck
        February 7, 2013 at 1:08 am | #

        But I start questioning their drapes though.

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          February 7, 2013 at 1:17 am | #

          Just as long as they match the carpets, it’s ok by me.

          • Josh
            Josh
            February 7, 2013 at 6:51 am | #

            A good wine rack is a plus though.

  11. Digidestined of Trust (Tim)
    Digidestined of Trust (Tim)
    February 7, 2013 at 12:16 am | #

    Amber could use some lessons from Sal, but otherwise capital job on window jumping!

  12. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    February 7, 2013 at 12:16 am | #

    This is like…the opposite of the first Roomies! strip.

  13. J42
    J42
    February 7, 2013 at 12:20 am | #

    Unrelated, but in the poll, is option #2 wrong because of abuse, or is David asking us if we think lesbianity is wrong?
    Also, Lesbianity is a word, right?

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      February 7, 2013 at 12:33 am | #

      OH THE LESBIANITY.

    • PBManning
      PBManning
      February 7, 2013 at 12:34 am | #

      I thought that Option #2 was more about their clashing personalities.

    • Thor
      Thor
      February 7, 2013 at 12:42 am | #

      I think in this case, “wrong” simply means “not right”.

    • David
      David M Willis
      February 7, 2013 at 12:55 am | #

      It is about abuse.

      • PBManning
        PBManning
        February 7, 2013 at 11:39 am | #

        Okay, that makes sense.

      • begbert2
        begbert2
        February 7, 2013 at 3:28 pm | #

        There is no option for thinking lesbianity is wrong because we try to pretend opinions like that have died out by now.

  14. John
    John
    February 7, 2013 at 12:28 am | #

    Nice reversal of the first Roomies! strip.

    • David
      David M Willis
      February 7, 2013 at 12:54 am | #

      Y’know, I didn’t even think about that. Heh.

      • Nerdman
        Nerdman
        February 7, 2013 at 2:28 am | #

        David Willis. The only man who can unintentionally create a Continuity Nod. Or a Mythology Gag, I forget which.

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          February 7, 2013 at 3:01 am | #

          A Continuity Nod is an intra-continuity reference to a person or work while a Mythology Gag is more of a meta-continuity nod.

          • Wack'd
            Wack'd
            February 7, 2013 at 7:25 am | #

            Mythology gag it is, then.

        • Roborat
          Roborat
          February 7, 2013 at 8:40 pm | #

          Yup, he is indeed a god of webcomic artistry.

    • Sporky
      Sporky
      February 7, 2013 at 4:14 am | #

      Does that make “Why can’t you do things normally?” the new “Don’t you ever think about consequences?”

  15. Somebody
    Somebody
    February 7, 2013 at 12:56 am | #

    I guess we’re never going to see what happens in the study room.

  16. ASmellyOgre
    ASmellyOgre
    February 7, 2013 at 1:11 am | #

    The next strip, of course, is Amber falling to her death, followed by years of therapy for Danny.

    • sidhe3141
      sidhe3141
      February 7, 2013 at 4:06 am | #

      Amber can’t fall to her death with Ruth there to save her.

    • Josh
      Josh
      February 7, 2013 at 9:38 am | #

      Why would Amber fall? Sal could fall but Amber is nowhere near I assume?

    • Pinja
      Pinja
      February 7, 2013 at 10:37 am | #

      Years of real time or years of DoA time?

      • ASmellyOgre
        ASmellyOgre
        February 7, 2013 at 1:37 pm | #

        David Willis said he only wants to do freshman year IIRC, so I suppose only real time.

  17. Uniqueantique
    Uniqueantique
    February 7, 2013 at 1:33 am | #

    Sal is fast enought to go up a vertical wall sans ropes. Amber…er Amazi-girl needs a bit of help. And indeed, nice coincidence of the the two strips: Danny gets a visit from two girl friends in unconventional ways.

    • Pinja
      Pinja
      February 7, 2013 at 10:39 am | #

      Well Amber is carrying a little more weight…

      …

      From all her crime fighting gadgets ¬___¬

  18. Uniqueantique
    Uniqueantique
    February 7, 2013 at 1:35 am | #

    That poll has some seriously warped stats: especially since David has stated the obvious: that it is about abuse.

    • begbert2
      begbert2
      February 7, 2013 at 3:33 pm | #

      Some of us enjoy the drama and warped but realistic emotion – I actually enjoy Billie smacking her down and Ruth curling up in response. (Full disclosure: I didn’t notice/respond to the poll until ‘Wait’, and I chose the ‘shut up’ option.)

  19. Nerdman
    Nerdman
    February 7, 2013 at 2:30 am | #

    Thursday is a surprisingly heartwarming day. With Shortpacked! And this… I’d say Willis was losing his evil touch, but Shortpacked! was heartwarming and evil. He’s getting stronger.

  20. Audiophillie
    Audiophillie
    February 7, 2013 at 2:50 am | #

    Nooooooooooo my ship, my ship is being non-canonized…

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      February 7, 2013 at 2:56 am | #

      Where can we find a pope on such short notice?

    • Pinja
      Pinja
      February 7, 2013 at 10:37 am | #

      What ship ?___?

      • thomas0comer
        thomas0comer
        February 7, 2013 at 10:13 pm | #

        Audio owns a galleon, but the new maritime laws prevent them from carrying heavy cannon armaments.

  21. Nono
    Nono
    February 7, 2013 at 2:51 am | #

    Joe wanted Danny to join him on that threesome, yeah.

    Joe/Danny, go!

    • Bill Murphy
      Bill Murphy
      February 7, 2013 at 8:44 am | #

      Looks like Joe might be discovering something about himself during college…

    • Pat
      Pat
      February 7, 2013 at 5:30 pm | #

      It wouldn’t be a threesome anymore, then.

      But I noticed that. Interesting.

  22. name
    name
    February 7, 2013 at 3:32 am | #

    Didn’t Amazi-Girl use to fight crime? All she seems to do now is play DS and flirt middle school style. Wouldn’t a real hero be, I dunno, working on finding that rapist she allowed to get away?

    • George
      George
      February 7, 2013 at 7:04 am | #

      Her reach is limited, and she’s been known to keep playing DS while stopping crime (although apparently she gets worse at Mario Kart while doing so).

    • Greenygal
      Greenygal
      February 7, 2013 at 7:32 am | #

      Clearly we are setting up for a searing storyline about the conflict of Amazi-Girl’s romantic life with her duties as a superhero, leading her to question her true priorities and whether she will ever really be able to have a normal life.

      (That aside, has Amazi-Girl ever shown any particular detective skills? I don’t think she’s really into tracking people down, as opposed to stopping crimes in progress.)

    • Pinja
      Pinja
      February 7, 2013 at 10:41 am | #

      You hardly ever see her, how do you know she’s not? She spent the entire night looking for Ryan after he got away and only came back to her room in the morning when Dina was only just getting up. Plus exactly what leads does she have to go on? If Ryan’s not a total fool he’d stay out of town until the cut is healed.

      Last time we saw her she was playing DS while also beating up a mugger on the Campus.

      Plus Dorothy has made her uncomfortable about her secret ID so she may be keeping a low profile.

    • Roborat
      Roborat
      February 7, 2013 at 8:42 pm | #

      Could be worse, she could be flirting Oppa Gangnam Style.

  23. GenericScreenName101
    GenericScreenName101
    February 7, 2013 at 3:47 am | #

    Doesn’t Dina know that hanging outside of windows like that is dangerous and everyone can see her in her power suit

  24. ADHadh
    ADHadh
    February 7, 2013 at 6:17 am | #

    I need a DS then.

  25. E.C.
    E.C.
    February 7, 2013 at 7:05 am | #

    Advantage: Dan. ^^

  26. Axel Bordelon
    Axel Bordelon
    February 7, 2013 at 7:51 am | #

    Totally called this a few comics back. Now just a climax to this plot point, i.e. kiss, and then valentines comic involving all three couples.

    • John
      John
      February 7, 2013 at 9:35 am | #

      Still need Ethan/some dude. Mike’s already got your mom covered.

      Valentine’s Day isn’t ’til like 2035 anyway.

      • Pinja
        Pinja
        February 7, 2013 at 10:41 am | #

        Ethan/Joe!

        • Pat
          Pat
          February 7, 2013 at 5:32 pm | #

          Joe DID just express only mild confusion over realizing he is unaware of the genders of the persons he slept with last night. And then said Danny should have been there.

      • Roborat
        Roborat
        February 7, 2013 at 8:45 pm | #

        Holy crap, how skinny is your mom?

  27. Alain
    Alain
    February 7, 2013 at 9:35 am | #

    This is a great stand-alone strip. You don’t need to know anything about the previous strips or the characters to be able to enjoy it.

    • m__
      m__
      February 7, 2013 at 10:18 am | #

      Well, to really enjoy it you need to know that Amazi-Girl is Mike.

  28. ArkhamTexan
    ArkhamTexan
    February 7, 2013 at 9:46 am | #

    Ugggggh, and we’re back to me wanting to pound Danny’s face in. ::headdesk:: That’s it. I’m on the Danny/Soda bottle shipping bandwagon.

    • Pinja
      Pinja
      February 7, 2013 at 10:42 am | #

      Whhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhy? What has Danny done to upset you guy this time?

    • Ian
      Ian
      February 7, 2013 at 10:44 am | #

      Things Danny did this strip:
      1. Say he’s not into parties/threesomes;
      2. Have a superhero vigilante girlfriend.

      I’m not sure which of these deserves a headdesk-inspired face-pounding, and I’d appreciate it if you could clear it up for me.

      • madd
        madd
        February 7, 2013 at 11:20 am | #

        Personally, I’m annoyed by the fact that he’s dismissed her out of costume. Implies he only likes Amazigirl for the mystery and excitement.

        • ArkhamTexan
          ArkhamTexan
          February 7, 2013 at 11:36 am | #

          Love your gravatar for this response, Pinja. 😀

          It’s just a general thing. When Danny’s near a girl, he gets this… stupidity thing in him. I mean, the first time we saw him was his obsessiveness over Dorothy. Then his obliviousness over Amber/Amazi-girl. I’m with madd on his/her opinion on the “dismissing Amber” thing and it was amazingly frustrating to see Amber have to pull teeth to get Danny to hang out with her rather than stay for Amazi-girl. I do say that I rather liked his handling of Dorothy and Walky during the shoe thing, though. I liked seeing that bit of him.

          It’s just that when he’s near a girl, I don’t like him. When he’s not, like last strip when he’s just chilling and having a soda, that feels more natural. Otherwise, a large part of his character seems to be defined by his interactions with women.

          To me, he’s like Cyclops. When I was first introduced to him, he was with Jean. And he was a bland, dull, punk. I never thought I’d like him. Later, I go back and read the Claremont stuff when Jean’s dead and he’s hittin’ it up with other women. Still not my taste. Then I read the stuff where he isn’t with ANYONE and, to my surprise, I turn out liking him an awful lot! I’m like, “Dude, THIS guy I can get behind!” I think Cyclops (and Danny) are just more interesting on their own.

          I’m not saying that I agree with Joe Quesada and his stupid, idiotic editorial edicts that the all female love interests need to be fridged to make the males “more interesting.” Just… I like the dude when he’s single.

        • Pinja
          Pinja
          February 7, 2013 at 12:37 pm | #

          He hasn’t dismissed her, he’s merely more amazed and intrigued by Amazi-Girl, nothing wrong with that.

          If anything it’d better he’s not two timing them but was straight and upfront with Amber.

  29. PBManning
    PBManning
    February 7, 2013 at 11:37 am | #

    100 comments? Wow.

    • AckAckAck
      AckAckAck
      February 7, 2013 at 4:18 pm | #

      Why so surprised? it can go for several hundreds when the comic has controversial issues.

      • thomas0comer
        thomas0comer
        February 7, 2013 at 10:19 pm | #

        You two are now, in my mind, both facets of Dorothy’s personality talking to one another.

        • tahrey
          tahrey
          February 8, 2013 at 3:45 am | #

          Let’s make it up to at least 110.

          “Is that a Fox-Squirrel or an Evee?”

  30. Jason
    Jason
    February 7, 2013 at 8:28 pm | #

    Something tells me Joe would recognize Amazi-Girl instantly if he ever saw her.

  31. Maycroft
    Maycroft
    February 7, 2013 at 11:57 pm | #

    Nothing melts the heart of a man like a girl sliding down to the balcony.

    • tahrey
      tahrey
      February 8, 2013 at 3:44 am | #

      Damn straight.

  32. Vree
    Vree
    February 12, 2013 at 12:55 pm | #

    Hey Willis I had the greatest idea.

    When he realizes that she’s into slash and games, he dumps her.

    That’s what would happen in any TV show, right?

    Ha ha. Nerds are stupid.

    • Vree
      Vree
      February 12, 2013 at 12:56 pm | #

      and unlikable

      (So are fat people, btw. You should make a strip when someone dumps a fat person because they DESERVE it.)

      • Narf
        Narf
        March 2, 2013 at 3:34 pm | #

        I get it! That was hilarious!

        Wait, no it wasn’t, you’re a tool.

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