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by David M Willis on November 28, 2013 at 12:01 am
  • 01 - The Only Dope For Me Is You
└ Tags: danny, sal

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  1. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    November 28, 2013 at 12:02 am | #

    Wow, it’s almost like you’re a whole other person, Amazi-Girl!

    ¬_¬

    • Auror
      Auror
      November 28, 2013 at 12:31 am | #

      Yeah, I really don’t get how he could confuse Sal for Asma- Er, Amazi-Girl either.

      • David Herbert
        David Herbert
        November 28, 2013 at 1:25 am | #

        He’s Danny. Also he desperately wants this to be Amazi-Girl.

        You’d think he could just hold up his hand to cover the top half of her face and realise the jawline doesn’t match.

        • Historyman68
          Historyman68
          November 28, 2013 at 3:05 am | #

          WHAT AN AMAZING DISGUISE

          • Shadow12000
            Shadow12000
            November 28, 2013 at 6:47 am | #

            It’s people like Danny that make Superman feel that his identity is safe.

            • GoldStarz
              GoldStarz
              November 28, 2013 at 11:29 am | #

              Actually, that would be the fact that nobody thinks he has a secret identity because what kind of person could just leave their job unexpectedly and still make a living and etc etc.

              • Babunga
                Babunga
                November 28, 2013 at 3:55 pm | #

                I think new superman is just an angry blogger or something.

                • Boom
                  Boom
                  November 28, 2013 at 9:36 pm | #

                  Nobody suspects Clark Kent because he’s absolutely useless. He’s the anti-Superman. That’s the disguise.

            • John
              John
              November 28, 2013 at 10:18 pm | #

              “So, he’s immune to bullets, can make pretzels out of I-beams, and could incinerate us all with his laser vision? If he wants to pretend that putting on a bad suit and glasses keeps us from recognizing him, I’ll call him ‘Clark’ all he wants.”

              • Kelvandil
                Kelvandil
                November 28, 2013 at 10:59 pm | #

                http://textsfromsuperheroes.com/post/29271149395

              • Adinfinitumspero
                Adinfinitumspero
                December 5, 2013 at 6:26 am | #

                what was that from again ?

      • AckAckAck
        AckAckAck
        November 28, 2013 at 1:50 am | #

        I can imagine the desperate Danny will hit any girls she think is Amazi girl. Including Asma and Mary.

    • fatso
      fatso
      November 28, 2013 at 12:37 am | #

      I want your avatar as my background now

      • Keroshino
        Keroshino
        November 28, 2013 at 2:24 am | #

        I want it as my IPhone background!

    • Ourorboros
      Ourorboros
      November 28, 2013 at 1:18 am | #

      You have to keep the persona’s secret, or everybody will figure it out. Just wearing glasses (the same frames as Amber) isn’t enough of a disguise these days.
      Besides, Sal is filled with fear for what would happen to Danny if her enemies figured out he is her boyfriend.

      • Historyman68
        Historyman68
        November 28, 2013 at 3:06 am | #

        Danny’s enemies… like the entire comment section?

        • Ourorboros
          Ourorboros
          November 28, 2013 at 3:11 am | #

          That’s okay, I’m pretty sure we can’t break the fourth wall either.

          • Felix
            Felix
            November 28, 2013 at 4:41 am | #

            unless you can draw fan-fic. ofc.

  2. GoldStarz
    GoldStarz
    November 28, 2013 at 12:02 am | #

    I would too, Sal. I would, too. I also wouldn’t give it back.

  3. EvergreenFir
    EvergreenFir
    November 28, 2013 at 12:02 am | #

    denser than lead

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      November 28, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

      Which makes him a super heavy metal which might improve his street cred. 😛

      • Waverocker
        Waverocker
        November 28, 2013 at 12:24 am | #

        Gee PM, who’s your Gravatar now?

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          November 28, 2013 at 12:29 am | #

          It’s Joyce as imagined by Sarah in this DoA comic.

          http://www.dumbingofage.com/2012/comic/book-2/05-saturdays-all-right-for-slighting/reservations/

        • Historyman68
          Historyman68
          November 28, 2013 at 3:08 am | #

          Uncanny similarity to Sal’s…hips

      • AckAckAck
        AckAckAck
        November 28, 2013 at 1:51 am | #

        Nah, he’s just simply resistant to heat to a degree.

    • GoldStarz
      GoldStarz
      November 28, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

      and harder than diamond (and I mean his skull)

      • Tunaro
        Tunaro
        November 28, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

        about as bright as charcoal, too

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          November 28, 2013 at 12:24 am | #

          About as Sharp as a pearl.

          • GoldStarz
            GoldStarz
            November 28, 2013 at 12:41 am | #

            And about as perceptive as someone with anesthesia who is blind, deaf, mute, and anosmic.

            • The Real Seal
              The Real Seal
              November 28, 2013 at 12:43 am | #

              About as smart as Danny.

              • John
                John
                November 28, 2013 at 1:23 am | #

                Swift as a snail, keen as a hammer, and about as sharp as a sack of wet mice. That’s our Danny!

                • AckAckAck
                  AckAckAck
                  November 28, 2013 at 1:52 am | #

                  Now we just need to add a jingle!

                • Historyman68
                  Historyman68
                  November 28, 2013 at 3:14 am | #

                  Wet… mice?

                • gka
                  gka
                  November 28, 2013 at 4:03 am | #

                  This is the best sentence.

              • Felix
                Felix
                November 28, 2013 at 4:44 am | #

                About as Danny as Danny… Aw, yeah – nailed it!

    • Aeron
      Aeron
      November 28, 2013 at 12:09 am | #

      Hide something from Superman, make Danny swallow it.

    • Auror
      Auror
      November 28, 2013 at 12:13 am | #

      Denser than the fucking moon.

      • desolation0
        desolation0
        November 28, 2013 at 12:18 am | #

        The density of the moon is only about a quarter that of lead, on average.

        • GoldStarz
          GoldStarz
          November 28, 2013 at 12:20 am | #

          SCIENCE! wins again!

          • Auror
            Auror
            November 28, 2013 at 12:27 am | #

            Alright, but can your *SCIENCE* explain why it rains?

            • ironbillie
              ironbillie
              November 28, 2013 at 12:38 am | #

              Yes, but can it explain why kid love Cinnamon Toast Crunch?

            • fatso
              fatso
              November 28, 2013 at 12:38 am | #

              yes.

              • The Real Seal
                The Real Seal
                November 28, 2013 at 12:44 am | #

                prove it

              • icelizarrd
                icelizarrd
                November 28, 2013 at 12:49 am | #

                But can it explain… LOVE?!

                • Shaggy-Donahugh
                  Shaggy-Donahugh
                  November 28, 2013 at 1:05 am | #

                  A cascade of hormones reacting from a scent the female gives off at breeding time, as well as a variety of psychosocial factors such as age, weight, sense of humor, etc.

                • Ourorboros
                  Ourorboros
                  November 28, 2013 at 1:20 am | #

                  Your question made me burn through 3 laptops before I could post.
                  Don’t taunt the poor machines like that.

                • Rutee
                  Rutee
                  November 28, 2013 at 11:42 am | #

                  Reasonably well. It’s ‘just’ an emotional reaction, if a sublime one (also previous dude hilariously fucked it up).

      • N0083rP00F
        N0083rP00F
        November 28, 2013 at 9:11 am | #

        I don’t know that particular moon. Its not on any of my lists of planetary bodies. Are you talking density of dwarf star alloy [aka Dr Who ] or Neutronium [ aka Larry Niven ] ?

  4. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    November 28, 2013 at 12:02 am | #

    Tuff grrls choose Samus.

    • Wonder Wig
      Wonder Wig
      November 28, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

      What? This is Mario Kart. She has to choose Laura Croft.

      • GoldStarz
        GoldStarz
        November 28, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

        No, Cynthia! She’s the best Champion!

        • Auror
          Auror
          November 28, 2013 at 12:14 am | #

          I, personally, like to play as Chun-Li.

          • GoldStarz
            GoldStarz
            November 28, 2013 at 12:16 am | #

            But Ryu isn’t in this universe.

            • Auror
              Auror
              November 28, 2013 at 12:26 am | #

              Yet. Zangief could always appear later.

              • GoldStarz
                GoldStarz
                November 28, 2013 at 12:30 am | #

                I suppose M. Bison could make a late debut, I mean Faz was just introduced last month so who knows.

                • Auror
                  Auror
                  November 28, 2013 at 12:32 am | #

                  Fingers crossed for the appearance of Poison, then.

                • AckAckAck
                  AckAckAck
                  November 28, 2013 at 1:54 am | #

                  It’s like watching Ruth got Schizoprenia.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        November 28, 2013 at 12:07 am | #

        Samus isn’t in MK? Well Lara does share Sal’s tatse in pants.

        • Doctor_Who
          Doctor_Who
          November 28, 2013 at 12:15 am | #

          MK? Oh, I always choose Scorpion.

          • GoldStarz
            GoldStarz
            November 28, 2013 at 12:20 am | #

            Scorpion? Eh, I’m more of a Venom fan.

            • Plasma Mongoose
              Plasma Mongoose
              November 28, 2013 at 12:23 am | #

              I was fond of using Sub-Zero.

              • Auror
                Auror
                November 28, 2013 at 12:26 am | #

                I like to play as Agumon.

                • Plasma Mongoose
                  Plasma Mongoose
                  November 28, 2013 at 12:31 am | #

                  I prefered Samurai Shodown over games like Mortal Kombat and Charlotte was my favourite character when I did play SS.

                • BorkAtWork
                  BorkAtWork
                  November 28, 2013 at 7:22 am | #

                  You know who else played SS…?

      • Historyman68
        Historyman68
        November 28, 2013 at 3:15 am | #

        Is this about Ken? Other universe, guys.

        • Rutee
          Rutee
          November 28, 2013 at 11:21 am | #

          ..

        • Rutee
          Rutee
          November 28, 2013 at 11:23 am | #

          Bloody hell, hit enter. What I was going to say was “…so Jacob, Faz, Amber, and Ethan can come, but not Ken?”. Then I realized you meant the street fighter jokes. Unless he’s Robins Aide, I guess.

  5. Pureed Madness
    Pureed Madness
    November 28, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

    Oh Danny. Oh Danny boy. Why? Why Danny?

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      November 28, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

      …as sung by Barry Manilow.

    • GoldStarz
      GoldStarz
      November 28, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

      Why Danny? I’ll tell you why Danny…

      …

      Actually, if you choose Danny, you’ve probably exhausted all other options.

      • The Real Seal
        The Real Seal
        November 28, 2013 at 12:33 am | #

        Option 1: Danny
        Option 2: Common Sense

    • Ourorboros
      Ourorboros
      November 28, 2013 at 3:29 am | #

      Dorky without being Adorkable.

      • Kintrex
        Kintrex
        November 28, 2013 at 6:07 pm | #

        Man, I think Danny’s pretty Adorkable.

        • AdInfinitumSpero
          AdInfinitumSpero
          December 5, 2013 at 6:29 am | #

          I know, all the Danny hate, so reviled it crosses dimensions…

  6. John
    John
    November 28, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

    He… he really doesn’t have any clue. I keep telling myself, “Danny couldn’t possibly be stupid enough not to figure this out soon,” and he keeps proving me wrong.

    • fatso
      fatso
      November 28, 2013 at 12:09 am | #

      Well at least her playstyle will show him the truth. You can’t fake that. That’s like a fuckin’ fingerprint!

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        November 28, 2013 at 12:25 am | #

        Sal and Amber are the only to humans in the universe that play Mario Kart exactly the same.

        • fatso
          fatso
          November 28, 2013 at 12:29 am | #

          That could complicate things. But no way a noob can play like a vet. Not even for someone oozeing coolness like Sal.

      • GoldStarz
        GoldStarz
        November 28, 2013 at 12:32 am | #

        Technically, even with fingerprint there is a chance that they could match… But the chance is so astronomically low, that we just smack an [IMPOSSIBLE!] stick right on there

        • fatso
          fatso
          November 28, 2013 at 12:35 am | #

          yeah we tend to do that with alot of things

        • N0083rP00F
          N0083rP00F
          November 28, 2013 at 9:22 am | #

          Astronomically low probability …. so there are only a few dozen matches worldwide.

  7. Gottawonder
    Gottawonder
    November 28, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

    Darn it dumped with a very odd screen.
    So what now?
    Gottawonder if Sal is going to make Danny eat that gadget?

  8. Darth Cariss
    Darth Cariss
    November 28, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

    I like this storyline. These two are pretty amusing together.

  9. timemonkey
    timemonkey
    November 28, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

    You know what would make this story hilarious? If it resulted in Sal getting a restraining order on Danny. The sheer difference between the two universes would to worth everything, all the frustration, all the stupidity.

  10. Khantalas
    Khantalas
    November 28, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

    Sal is getting tired of Danny so much, she’d rather play Mario Kart than talk to him.

    To be fair, he is Danning a lot lately.

    • John
      John
      November 28, 2013 at 1:11 pm | #

      Really, who wouldn’t rather play Mario Kart than talk to Danny? I “don’t have a 3DS” and “never played Mario Kart in my life”, but I’ll give it a shot if it means not having to listen to Danny blither at me.

  11. ironbillie
    ironbillie
    November 28, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

    *Throws 3DS on grounds, stomps and breaks 3DS*
    NEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      November 28, 2013 at 12:25 am | #

      I TOOK IT, AND THREW IT ON THE GROUND!!!

      • ironbillie
        ironbillie
        November 28, 2013 at 12:31 am | #

        Now if that was a Game Boy Gray Brick model everything would be fine.

        • E.R.
          E.R.
          November 28, 2013 at 1:09 am | #

          Well, you might damage the floor a little?

        • Rutee
          Rutee
          November 28, 2013 at 11:25 am | #

          DSes are pretty hardy consumer electronics, still. You just can’t run over them with an SUV.

          • ironbillie
            ironbillie
            November 28, 2013 at 7:32 pm | #

            I need an adult.

      • Shadlyn Wolfe
        Shadlyn Wolfe
        November 28, 2013 at 8:27 am | #

        I’M AN ADULT!

  12. The Candyman
    The Candyman
    November 28, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

    Sal is being more lenient than expected.

    • Aakriti
      Aakriti
      November 28, 2013 at 1:47 am | #

      I agree. I don’t know why though. It’s so unlike her!

      • Pizkie
        Pizkie
        November 28, 2013 at 2:45 am | #

        To be fair, her usual tactics is to insult and run. Seeing as she’s waiting for someone, that strategy isn’t accessible.

      • N0083rP00F
        N0083rP00F
        November 28, 2013 at 9:26 am | #

        I think this is because she is averse to being expelled.

  13. Pizzathehutt
    Pizzathehutt
    November 28, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

    Sal probably perfers a PS Vita, but everyone likes Mario Cart!

    • GoldStarz
      GoldStarz
      November 28, 2013 at 12:07 am | #

      At least, until it comes time for PvP.

    • ironbillie
      ironbillie
      November 28, 2013 at 12:12 am | #

      I Don’t.

      • Auror
        Auror
        November 28, 2013 at 12:19 am | #

        Then you, friend, are living a lie.

        • ironbillie
          ironbillie
          November 28, 2013 at 12:21 am | #

          The only lie I live in that I am wearing pants.

        • GoldStarz
          GoldStarz
          November 28, 2013 at 12:21 am | #

          Or has he found the hidden truth?

          • Keroshino
            Keroshino
            November 28, 2013 at 1:21 am | #

            Mario kart is love, Mario kart is life!

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      November 28, 2013 at 12:26 am | #

      I don’t like Mario Cart.
      Mario Kart on the other hand…

      • ironbillie
        ironbillie
        November 28, 2013 at 12:32 am | #

        Because Poor Literacy is Kewl

  14. Opus the Poet
    Opus the Poet
    November 28, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

    He’s Danning it up to epic proportions now. Soon the Danitude will be completely off the scale.

    • xKiv
      xKiv
      November 28, 2013 at 6:55 pm | #

      Impossible. The scale starts at 1 Dan, and ends at 1 Dan.

  15. Wonder Wig
    Wonder Wig
    November 28, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

    At least Danny hasn’t tried snogging her….

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      November 28, 2013 at 12:09 am | #

      Thanks for that image WW.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        November 28, 2013 at 12:26 am | #

        It’s the best image.

    • Keroshino
      Keroshino
      November 28, 2013 at 12:16 am | #

      …Yet!!!

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      Kelly
      November 28, 2013 at 12:32 am | #

      That word never fails to throw me…

  16. Baker
    Baker
    November 28, 2013 at 12:10 am | #

    Ok Danny, so you are still a total idiot at social situations. Are you going to succeed on your NERD check at least? Gonna notice she doesn’t play nearly as damn well as your level 120 paladin pasty pale girlfriend?

    • GoldStarz
      GoldStarz
      November 28, 2013 at 12:12 am | #

      Oh she’s “failing” to preserve her secret identity.

    • Ourorboros
      Ourorboros
      November 28, 2013 at 1:01 am | #

      The Fail is strong with this one.

      Unfortunately, Sal is not going to take this one herself. Certainly not with anybody else.

  17. Gottawonder
    Gottawonder
    November 28, 2013 at 12:10 am | #

    Any more teeth showing in panel 4 and his ‘smile’ will meet itself around the other side of his head.
    I don’t think Sal is going to stomp on it.
    I hope she makes him eat it, but she is being extremely patient, or was, which portends…what? Only Willis knows.

  18. fatso
    fatso
    November 28, 2013 at 12:12 am | #

    You’d think by now he’d at least go “Wait a sec, only one other person on campus has a 3ds… I just saw her playing it. I am stupid.”

    • GoldStarz
      GoldStarz
      November 28, 2013 at 12:14 am | #

      I’m actually gonna counter this argument with a: “We don’t know that for sure”. I mean, there are still incidentals, not to mention some minor characters might even own one and we just didn’t see it because we had no reason to.

      • fatso
        fatso
        November 28, 2013 at 12:18 am | #

        Yeah that’s true but are 3ds’s really that popular? I never see anyone with one. Plus I realize that there is just no applying logic to Danny.

        • GoldStarz
          GoldStarz
          November 28, 2013 at 12:23 am | #

          3DSs are actually pretty popular from what I’ve seen, although it took about a year and half for them to start really selling.

          Also, on the logic-to-Danny thing, point. Danny is a walking void of anti-logic.

          • fatso
            fatso
            November 28, 2013 at 12:32 am | #

            I never saw the point of the 3ds if you don’t use the 3d feature (I wouldn’t). I’d rather get an SP or DS for less but then, I”m a cheap bastard.

            • Reepicheep-chan
              Reepicheep-chan
              November 28, 2013 at 1:16 am | #

              The 3ds has newer games, some of them are really good. The extra stuff is fun to.

              Of course NOW you could get a 2ds and still get to play 3ds game.

              • AckAckAck
                AckAckAck
                November 28, 2013 at 2:08 am | #

                Newer games? You mean a lot of HD versions right? A lot of good games are stuck in Japan or Europe thanks to region locking.

                I prefer to grab the Vita, at least it’s region free.

                • Shadlyn Wolfe
                  Shadlyn Wolfe
                  November 28, 2013 at 8:29 am | #

                  Also, a lot of the grown-ups who have them (like everyone in my household) don’t carry them around with them; they play them at home, on the couch.

                • Kladeos
                  Kladeos
                  November 28, 2013 at 1:17 pm | #

                  I need to get a 3DS for PersonaQ…

        • Marisa Mockery
          Marisa Mockery
          November 28, 2013 at 1:40 am | #

          I go to a real life college and I pick up at least 3-10 miis every time I hit the cafeteria. So, yes. Popular. And they all play Pokemon XD

    • John
      John
      November 28, 2013 at 12:28 am | #

      There are like 40,000 students on IU’s Bloomington campus. I’m betting Danny and Amber are not the only ones with 3DSes.

      • fatso
        fatso
        November 28, 2013 at 12:36 am | #

        yeah I was just kidding but still.

    • Ourorboros
      Ourorboros
      November 28, 2013 at 1:03 am | #

      Amber and Dan are Comp Sci majors. They live in a dorm with a bunch of other kids away from home for the first time, but still with the stuff bought when they didn’t have to pay their own room and board.
      So I’m guessing he sees a higher than average amount of 3DS’s.

      • Kernanator
        Kernanator
        November 28, 2013 at 2:03 am | #

        I go to a California State University (CSU), and I can confirm that there are at least 100 individuals with 3DSs on campus.

    • xKiv
      xKiv
      November 28, 2013 at 6:57 pm | #

      And that person is Amazi-Girl’s butler.

  19. JBO
    JBO
    November 28, 2013 at 12:13 am | #

    I would now like to take a minute to congratulate Willis on setting up this situation with years of planning. His long game borders Echiro Oda levels.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      November 28, 2013 at 12:27 am | #

      Does that mean someone is gonna get punched with lava?

      • Kelly
        Kelly
        November 28, 2013 at 12:33 am | #

        Now I am sad 🙁

      • JBO
        JBO
        November 28, 2013 at 12:41 am | #

        No it means someone will die standing and use his last moments to troll the entire world.

  20. etyb
    etyb
    November 28, 2013 at 12:13 am | #

    Damn he’s stupid.

  21. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    November 28, 2013 at 12:14 am | #

    Even if Danny figures out that Sal isn’t Amazi-Girl, it would not surprise me one bit if upon seeing Marcie, who is quite athletic as well as sporting a similar general appeanance to Amber, assumes that she might be Amazi-Girl instead.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      November 28, 2013 at 12:27 am | #

      But Marcie has only been shipped with Sal and Sierra. Clearly she has a type.

    • Keroshino
      Keroshino
      November 28, 2013 at 12:29 am | #

      That’s just stupid Enough to happen!

    • Ourorboros
      Ourorboros
      November 28, 2013 at 3:18 am | #

      Plus Marcie has glasses like Amazi-Girl.

      Marcie does have the build, but so do 1/3 to 1/2 the women on campus, apparently. The hard part to figure is this – the athletic women in DoA aren’t built that way. So what translates?
      Dorothy certainly doesn’t look like she was on the track team for running. There is a reason runners have the same build – a “runner’s build” in fact.

      Plus you are asking for Danny to notice something.

    • Bill
      Bill
      November 28, 2013 at 10:37 am | #

      Danny has met Amazi-Girl and carried on conversations with her.  Marcie, on the other hand, has never yet spoken a word in any of her appearances, and even Sal has referred to her use of sign language (AMSLan).  I am convinced that Marcie is either speech- or hearing-impaired, and therefore cannot be Amazi-Girl.

      Although playing a deaf-mute would be a helluva way to keep a secret identity — it worked for Zorro’s companion Bernardo (as played by Gene Sheldon) in the 1957 TV series!

      • Blackbird
        Blackbird
        November 28, 2013 at 11:14 am | #

        “Lance Hunt can’t be Captain Amazing! Lance Hunt wears glasses!”
        “He takes them off when he’s in costume.”
        “Then how does he see?”

      • Ourorboros
        Ourorboros
        November 28, 2013 at 5:49 pm | #

        If Sal is waiting for Marcie and can’t wait to get out of this conversation, then they’d pretty much leave when she gets there.
        Since Marcie can hear, Sal just says “let’s go”. Marcie nods, Danny has no reason to see that Marcie is mute.
        In fact, he might believe that there was recognition so she wanted to leave to protect him from her enemies.

  22. ironbillie
    ironbillie
    November 28, 2013 at 12:14 am | #

    Well, Happy Thanksgiving America! Eat well, be grateful you don’t work all Wal-Mart and if you do my God (or whoever) have mercy on your soul.

  23. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    November 28, 2013 at 12:15 am | #

    Danny, this should be a clue, even if it doesn’t point toward her not being Amazi-Girl, it should at least point to her wanting you to not talk to her.

    But who am I kidding, this is Danny. He couldn’t find a clue if it was represented by a big blue pawprint.

    • Ourorboros
      Ourorboros
      November 28, 2013 at 1:06 am | #

      I think each awkward moment of this failure of conversation only convinces him more that Sal is Amazi-Girl.

      Remember a few pages (days) ago when a fair amount of posters thought Danny didn’t really believe Sal was Amazi-Girl? He’s pretty much proceeded straight ahead like he whole heartedly believes. He isn’t even trying to make sure.

  24. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    November 28, 2013 at 12:17 am | #

    Watch, Sal turns out to be the most badass Mario Kart player in history. She instantly loves it and soon she’s walking around with Mario hats and shirts like Joyce with D&MM.

  25. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    November 28, 2013 at 12:23 am | #

    Now Kiss.
    No need to take out the cigarette.

    • John
      John
      November 28, 2013 at 12:30 am | #

      Light it first.

      • Jo Pearson
        Jo Pearson
        November 28, 2013 at 1:21 am | #

        You made me splurt out my iced coffee.

  26. I don't know what to put here.
    I don't know what to put here.
    November 28, 2013 at 12:26 am | #

    C’mon, Dan.
    Suck…
    Suck…
    Suck…!

    • ironbillie
      ironbillie
      November 28, 2013 at 12:36 am | #

      Operation Vacusuck has commence!

  27. Gottawonder
    Gottawonder
    November 28, 2013 at 12:27 am | #

    That’s a thought, Marcie as Amazi-girl. Billie points out the physical resemblance and off goes Danny to…..he wouldn’t, would he?
    yeah, he would.
    Happy Thanksgiving to all.

    • Ourorboros
      Ourorboros
      November 28, 2013 at 1:07 am | #

      Billie won’t notice, she’s convinced Sal is it.

      • John
        John
        November 28, 2013 at 1:15 pm | #

        I’m just wondering if Billie is still watching this trainwreck.

        • Ourorboros
          Ourorboros
          November 28, 2013 at 5:46 pm | #

          Who could take their eyes off? Remember, she didn’t believe that Danny was Amazi-Girl’s bf. She’d be watching him magnificently fail.

  28. etyb
    etyb
    November 28, 2013 at 12:28 am | #

    I tell you hwut, that boy ain’t right.

    • Keroshino
      Keroshino
      November 28, 2013 at 12:34 am | #

      Yep!

    • Ourorboros
      Ourorboros
      November 28, 2013 at 1:07 am | #

      Uh huh.

  29. Gottawonder
    Gottawonder
    November 28, 2013 at 12:29 am | #

    Late thought. I wonder who it is Sal is waiting for?
    I think I missed that if it was brought up.
    Are she and Walky talking yet?
    Maybe Jason?

    • timemonkey
      timemonkey
      November 28, 2013 at 12:29 am | #

      Probably the same friend she’s always seen with: Marcie.

    • Ourorboros
      Ourorboros
      November 28, 2013 at 1:09 am | #

      Yet? She yelled at Walky yesterday (?) or about a month back in real time.
      It should take a couple years (our time) to get beyond that.

  30. Kladeos
    Kladeos
    November 28, 2013 at 12:32 am | #

    I hate to say it but I’m looking forward to where this is going.

    • ironbillie
      ironbillie
      November 28, 2013 at 12:43 am | #

      $10 these two are fucking by next Friday

      • Kladeos
        Kladeos
        November 28, 2013 at 1:33 am | #

        God I hope not. Sal can do so much better.

        • Tahkuya
          Tahkuya
          November 28, 2013 at 1:44 am | #

          is Jason the ta better?

          • timemonkey
            timemonkey
            November 28, 2013 at 8:37 am | #

            Slightly.

          • Rutee
            Rutee
            November 28, 2013 at 11:30 am | #

            Uh, yeah. He has a good body, and is a good lay. He’s also smarter and more dignified.

            • niblik
              niblik
              November 28, 2013 at 1:42 pm | #

              I find Jason to be a bore. But mind you, thats my personal opinion.

      • Blackbird
        Blackbird
        November 28, 2013 at 11:10 am | #

        Next Friday real world time (roughly 5-10 minutes from now DoA time) or next Friday DoA time (strip to be seen in May 2016)?

    • Ourorboros
      Ourorboros
      November 28, 2013 at 1:09 am | #

      ER and the back of a squad car.

  31. Gottawonder
    Gottawonder
    November 28, 2013 at 12:32 am | #

    Doh! And I was just talking about Marcie, Timemonkey.
    You are very much most likely correct.

  32. Gottawonder
    Gottawonder
    November 28, 2013 at 12:33 am | #

    Yes indeed, so am I Kladeos.

  33. Fen_Star
    Fen_Star
    November 28, 2013 at 12:34 am | #

    I am really wanting Sal to fall for Danny now.

    • JBO
      JBO
      November 28, 2013 at 12:42 am | #

      As in fall on top of him when she climbs out of a window?

  34. ninja_jesus
    ninja_jesus
    November 28, 2013 at 12:39 am | #

    QUIT BEATING AROUND THE BUSH AND ASK HER IF SHE’S AMAZI-GIRL! D:<

  35. LiaHansen
    LiaHansen
    November 28, 2013 at 12:39 am | #

    This is the greatest way to start a friendship i think I’ve ever seen.

  36. Lavaticmay
    Lavaticmay
    November 28, 2013 at 12:41 am | #

    Oh man, he honestly thinks her wanting him to leave her alone is all part of the act of keeping her identity secret, geez Dan you make it hard to root for you.

    • Ourorboros
      Ourorboros
      November 28, 2013 at 1:11 am | #

      If you were embracing his essential Danniness you wouldn’t say that.
      I haven’t read the previous stuff, but this is consistent with his DoA character.

    • Yet Another Laura H.
      Yet Another Laura H.
      November 28, 2013 at 7:51 pm | #

      I kind of want him to have subconsciously known all along, but also subconsciously figured, “If she is keeping it from me, there’s a reason, and I can wait for her… forever.” But I’m kind of a sap.

  37. John
    John
    November 28, 2013 at 1:01 am | #

    Hmm. Odds that Danny figures out that Billie’s wrong when Sal finds Amazi-Girl on the Streetpass thing and gets in a PvP game against her?

    … Odds that that happens and Danny still doesn’t catch the hint?

    • Keroshino
      Keroshino
      November 28, 2013 at 7:45 am | #

      First Question – 15% chance!
      Second Question – 85% chance!

  38. Claire
    Claire
    November 28, 2013 at 1:08 am | #

    Is Sal grabbing the DS to play it or smash it on the ground?

    Also, anyone reminded of Walky when she said “this is correct”? 😛 Finally we see some sibling resemblance.

    • Ourorboros
      Ourorboros
      November 28, 2013 at 1:12 am | #

      Or to throw it far away so he chases after it and goes away.

  39. Jo Pearson
    Jo Pearson
    November 28, 2013 at 1:19 am | #

    Ironically, Danny’s approach must presently appear more ballsy than clueless to Sal.

    I wonder when/if Willis is to pull on that particular rug.

  40. Rani
    Rani
    November 28, 2013 at 1:33 am | #

    Oh jesus christ…
    Jesus Christ.

    Willis, you’re gonna pull a Twelfth Night on us, aint ya.

    And then Danny is only going to date Sal bc he thinks she is Amazi-girl? And dump her bc she isnt?

    • Pope William T Wodium
      Pope William T Wodium
      November 28, 2013 at 3:05 pm | #

      You might be half right?

  41. Keroshino
    Keroshino
    November 28, 2013 at 1:37 am | #

    ~Sal’s mind~
    – Playing a silly video game!
    – Listening to this idiot speak!
    ——
    Come here Mario, we got some Karting to do!

    Although honestly I think she would play as Luigi.

  42. Kiggy
    Kiggy
    November 28, 2013 at 1:38 am | #

    Sigh
    *shakes head disapprovingly*

  43. nothri
    nothri
    November 28, 2013 at 1:47 am | #

    …..Anyone else feel like this is Willis’ revenge for all those endless “Sal must be Amazigirl/Ultra!car/batman” comments we love to make?

    • timemonkey
      timemonkey
      November 28, 2013 at 8:35 am | #

      What do you mean we? I thought those jokes were stupid the fist time they were made.

      • Doom Shepherd
        Doom Shepherd
        November 28, 2013 at 9:40 am | #

        Everyone who made those jokes needs some fist time.

  44. AckAckAck
    AckAckAck
    November 28, 2013 at 1:47 am | #

    Smashed 3DS incoming.

    It pained me to see a game console got destroyed. But this is 3DS, stupid region locking ruin all the fun.

    So… SMASH IT SAL! SMASH IT WITH MUCH GUSTO!

    • Kernanator
      Kernanator
      November 28, 2013 at 2:34 am | #

      NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!

  45. newllend
    newllend
    November 28, 2013 at 1:54 am | #

    Hm this is going well, man if she doesn’t like video games what in the hell does she do
    for fun?

    • John
      John
      November 28, 2013 at 2:49 am | #

      Jason.

      • vonnegut
        vonnegut
        November 28, 2013 at 9:44 am | #

        +5

    • Rutee
      Rutee
      November 28, 2013 at 11:47 am | #

      …oh, nerds.

  46. KKoro
    KKoro
    November 28, 2013 at 1:56 am | #

    Okay, NOW I hate Danny. This is what it took, is this ridiculous display.

  47. wren
    wren
    November 28, 2013 at 2:09 am | #

    this… this is such an interesting fanbase.

    i mean heaping all of this hate on a character is one thing, but it just seems so… unnecessary.

    holy hell you people need to calm down.

    • ninja_jesus
      ninja_jesus
      November 28, 2013 at 2:14 am | #

      I’m mad because he represents my stupidity.

      • wren
        wren
        November 28, 2013 at 2:18 am | #

        i suppose i’m just annoyed because a vast majority of people on here judge this guy so quick. all of the characters in this comic have their weaknesses and flaws, and they have made some downright terrible decisions, but no one else seems to get as much flak as danny.

        and most of the comments are “jesus he’s dumb”, in relation to amazi-girl. think about it: has anyone else who has seen amazi-girl and amber made the connection?

        • Rani
          Rani
          November 28, 2013 at 2:36 am | #

          It’s been 3 volumes.

        • Bill
          Bill
          November 28, 2013 at 10:42 am | #

          How many people have seen as much of Amazi-Girl (pun intended) as Danny has … or as frequently?

        • newllend
          newllend
          November 28, 2013 at 1:00 pm | #

          Nobody hates him , people just find him to be a naive dumbass, witch at time he seems to fit the image , trust me I’ve seen people vent there hate on a character before compared to this, he just seems to the loveable idiot

          • wren
            wren
            November 29, 2013 at 2:16 pm | #

            nah, people on here go CRAZY. it’s not “oh that’s cute, he doesn’t realize it’s her…” it’s “DANNY IS AN IDIOT I HATE HIM” or something more harsh then that. it’s insane.

    • Ourorboros
      Ourorboros
      November 28, 2013 at 3:27 am | #

      Even for just DoA it’s been a few years in our time.
      I’ll also point out that while each character has their faults, Danny has no real strengths. His faults are distinctly un-male too. I can (and have) detailed them and the fact that he is dumb or unperceptive never made the list.
      Well Mary seems to have no redeeming qualities, but she is clearly a background supporting character at this point. Maybe if DoA goes to 2 years real time = 1 year DoA time we get more.
      Even Joyce, whom I don’t enjoy much, has positive qualities and is trying to grow.
      Heck, even DANI, the possible autism spectrum character, is trying to grow.

      Danny, not so much. But my hope for this arc(let) is that it is traumatic enough to get that going. Growth, that is.

      • timemonkey
        timemonkey
        November 28, 2013 at 8:34 am | #

        Dina

    • Pinja
      Pinja
      November 28, 2013 at 7:03 am | #

      Its because the term fanbase is synonymous with “Intense shitlording”

      • ninja_jesus
        ninja_jesus
        November 28, 2013 at 4:43 pm | #

        Who would ever want to become the lord of shit?

        • Ourorboros
          Ourorboros
          November 28, 2013 at 5:56 pm | #

          Baalzebub
          Baal – “lord” used in many phoenecean languages. Hannibaal.
          zebub – flies.
          Lord of the Flies rules over a pile of shit.

      • wren
        wren
        November 29, 2013 at 2:17 pm | #

        it sure seems that way.

  48. Wensleydale
    Wensleydale
    November 28, 2013 at 2:19 am | #

    Thi can only end well. Go Sal! I’m sure motorcycle skills are transferable to the 3DS!

    • davidbreslin101
      davidbreslin101
      November 28, 2013 at 8:24 am | #

      I’m wondering about that. If Sal’s crap at the game, Danny will (one hopes) realise his mistake. If she’s good, hijinks ensue.

      • Scott
        Scott
        November 28, 2013 at 9:03 am | #

        Nah. In Danny-think, her being bad at the game would be a sign she is covering her secret identity.

    • Kladeos
      Kladeos
      November 28, 2013 at 1:25 pm | #

      I bet she used to play video games with Walky before she got sent away. Just like she used to watch Dexter and the Monkey Master with him.

  49. Miss Hedgey
    Miss Hedgey
    November 28, 2013 at 3:00 am | #

    That face….why is Sal so cute?

    • niblik
      niblik
      November 28, 2013 at 1:44 pm | #

      I know, right?

  50. Pan Dimensional Being
    Pan Dimensional Being
    November 28, 2013 at 4:41 am | #

    Utter adorableness, this whole interaction

  51. CianM1301
    CianM1301
    November 28, 2013 at 5:15 am | #

    My guess is, a few minutes from now, Amber’s gonna see Danny and Sal together,and think something’s up.

  52. Samae
    Samae
    November 28, 2013 at 6:42 am | #

    But what if she falls in love with the game and then starts dating danny 0.o. Then Amazi girl and Sal will have to fight…yes.

  53. Leonou
    Leonou
    November 28, 2013 at 7:37 am | #

    Everyone who’s ever had any hope in Danny, please raise your hand.
    Great. Now punch yoursel in the face ! Repeatedly !

  54. Arturo
    Arturo
    November 28, 2013 at 8:07 am | #

    Oh dear, this is going to turn into one of those “accidentally-in-love” things isn’t it?

    • Keroshino
      Keroshino
      November 28, 2013 at 5:36 pm | #

      Well if the writing of this story decide to turn to shit!…then yes

  55. Jack Finch
    Jack Finch
    November 28, 2013 at 8:11 am | #

    I don’t know. It’s hard to suspend disbelief here. Whatever else there is to be said about him, Danny’s totally in love with Amazi-girl, and they have been intimate. His internal biology is imprinted well past accepting any substitutes. I can just buy him mistaking his feelings for Amber as temptation to stray when it was in fact it was his unconcious screaming “yes yes, I remember…this is the one!”. But this? Every cell in his body would be telling him….that’s not her. Love is blind in other ways, but not this way. Just the opposite in fact.

    • Lel
      Lel
      November 28, 2013 at 8:26 am | #

      In this case love is blinded by revealing, revealing clothing.

      • Scott
        Scott
        November 28, 2013 at 9:05 am | #

        Truth. The boy may be in love, but he isn’t dead. Yet.

    • Rutee
      Rutee
      November 28, 2013 at 11:40 am | #

      Biology seriously doesn’t work that way.

      • Jack Finch
        Jack Finch
        November 28, 2013 at 9:52 pm | #

        I’ll admit I was being metaphorical and hyperbolic. Biology per se was probably the wrong word. Still I’ll stand by the idea that the brain certainly works this way. Mate recognition is a real thing (in humans and other mating species) and it’s visceral as hell. I’m just not buying Danny not knowing instantly that this ain’t Amazigirl.

  56. Nym
    Nym
    November 28, 2013 at 8:27 am | #

    Hahaha, you have made the right choice, Sal.

  57. All Else Fails
    All Else Fails
    November 28, 2013 at 8:35 am | #

    Well. I realized that Danny dans things up too much. It all falls on the parents how the child acts, so…

    Danny’s parents danned him up good. And Danny continues to Dan things up. He knows nothing else.

  58. Tandel
    Tandel
    November 28, 2013 at 10:13 am | #

    Recovering from surgery was less painful than this.

  59. Rani
    Rani
    November 28, 2013 at 10:34 am | #

    Just wondering, when did it tip over for Danny? Like when did the fanbase start getting mad at him as a matter of principle?

    For me, it was the break-up scene with Dorothy.

    • Rutee
      Rutee
      November 28, 2013 at 11:35 am | #

      I’m more amused than mad. He’s fictional. I might damn Willis, but Danny’s just clueless. It’d take something vile to make me mad.

      Fun to mock though!

    • Logician
      Logician
      November 28, 2013 at 12:11 pm | #

      For me the final straw was the fire alarm. He was having a good time in the comic shop with a girl who’s supposed to be his best friend, when he gets an alert about the alarm going off in the dorm. Using heroic fiction logic, he reasons that fire alarm => heroic rescue scene => Amazigirl in action, and rushes off. When he doesn’t see her, instead of realising he’s been jumping to conclusions, he asks Joe if he missed her, assuming she must have been there.

      That’s when I came up with the idea that he lives in his own fantasy world.

    • Ourorboros
      Ourorboros
      November 28, 2013 at 6:05 pm | #

      Early on. He has been entitled (I thought love [MY LOVE] was enough), entirely lacking in initiative, and fails to try to earn anything.
      Yeah, his dream was his love would be enough, Dorothy would achieve, and she would still sex him up.
      So yeah, I dislike that in people. They decide they get to join in, then somebody else does all the work.

      • Logician
        Logician
        November 28, 2013 at 6:40 pm | #

        You’re right about his sense of entitlement. Not only did he think he could tag along passively, he thought he could do it without bothering to listen to her when she has something important to tell him.

    • Stranger
      Stranger
      November 28, 2013 at 8:58 pm | #

      His personality grates me, he’s the kind of guy you see who obsessively clings to whoever he thinks he’s in love with at the moment, because he can only define himself with a romantic partner.

  60. James Rye
    James Rye
    November 28, 2013 at 10:58 am | #

    If this goes on and on, I’m starting to think Dan has a chance to land with Sal. But that’s impossible, right? o.o

    • Rutee
      Rutee
      November 28, 2013 at 11:36 am | #

      Yes. And I will laugh forever.

      • Rutee
        Rutee
        November 28, 2013 at 11:37 am | #

        yes, Danny has a chance, rather.

        • Rani
          Rani
          November 28, 2013 at 12:59 pm | #

          Danny has a chance. It’s Sal that I’m worried about; when they hook up and Danny figures out Sal isn’t Amazi-Girl, how will he deal with it?

          Will he be just stupid enough to dump Sal for his pure and chivalric love for AG? Perhaps call Sal an impostor as well?

          • Logician
            Logician
            November 28, 2013 at 1:07 pm | #

            Of course he will. And half the commenters will leap to the defence of his noble loyalty.

    • Logician
      Logician
      November 28, 2013 at 1:03 pm | #

      Sal strikes me as pretty desperate for attention (which makes sense given what we’ve seen of her mother) which could lead to her accepting Danny. How long could she stand his constant hints about dressing up as AG though?

      • Kladeos
        Kladeos
        November 28, 2013 at 1:29 pm | #

        I honestly don’t buy that. Sal is only desperate for attention from her parents. From everyone else, she doesn’t give a crap. When you’re looking for attention, you behave like Billie. You don’t sneak out early in the morning and sneak back in at night. You don’t avoid hanging out with people and have to be convinced to join in (at the beach). You talk to people. Right now the only people Sal really talks to are Marcie, presumably a friend from before college, Billie, a childhood friend and Walky, her brother. No one new. I guess Jason, but she only approached him because Joyce made her.

        She behaves and dresses the way she does for HERSELF. Not for anyone else.

        • Logician
          Logician
          November 28, 2013 at 1:59 pm | #

          I’m not certain either way. Could be what you say, could be that the only way she’s ever got attention is because she’s hot, so she maximises it.

          • Kladeos
            Kladeos
            November 28, 2013 at 6:42 pm | #

            From Sal’s official cast page: “Though she avoids most social contact and has few friends, she attracts a sea of admirers. This annoys her.”

            She does not appreciate the attention.

      • Ashley
        Ashley
        November 28, 2013 at 1:39 pm | #

        You’re confusing, wanting your parents’ approval with wanting attention from other people.

      • Ourorboros
        Ourorboros
        November 28, 2013 at 10:41 pm | #

        It’s a parental approval thing. That’s why she blew up at Walky.
        Though Mike has called her out for checking items off the cool loner thing.
        If it was general and she’s as hot as Billie says, she’d always and publically have a boyfriend. Or be under a pile of guys.

  61. Laser Jesus
    Laser Jesus
    November 28, 2013 at 11:50 am | #

    Danny is an expert at detective work.

    • Baker
      Baker
      November 28, 2013 at 11:57 am | #

      He can’t even recognize that the reason Amazi-girl said she didn’t have a DS when she so obviously did, was because her alter ego was someone who definitely would. He really is the best.

  62. Black
    Black
    November 28, 2013 at 12:20 pm | #

    I honestly can’t believe Dan’s gotten to this point with Sal. I really thought he’d look at her, start talking to Billie about how that can’t be Amazi-girl, describing some of her traits… only to realize who else he’s describing, smack himself in the head, and excuse himself to go have a talk with Amber.

  63. Johnny Z
    Johnny Z
    November 28, 2013 at 12:33 pm | #

    I can’t tell if he’s more stalker or more stupid.

  64. Ashley
    Ashley
    November 28, 2013 at 1:37 pm | #

    Danny, I’m sure your gut is telling you this is a dumb idea.
    Please, trust your gut.

  65. niblik
    niblik
    November 28, 2013 at 1:45 pm | #

    Go Danny Go! The poor guy needs a break…

    • Keroshino
      Keroshino
      November 28, 2013 at 5:35 pm | #

      A break…to his legs!!!

      Come on Sal!

      • James
        James
        November 28, 2013 at 8:57 pm | #

        Death by Snoo Snoo!!

    • Stranger
      Stranger
      November 28, 2013 at 8:57 pm | #

      The guy seems to have no connection to the world around him at all, and lives entirerly in his own delusional fantasies.

  66. maycroft
    maycroft
    November 28, 2013 at 6:37 pm | #

    He know how to make em’ laies cooperate.

  67. fatso
    fatso
    November 28, 2013 at 8:21 pm | #

    :0 Sal’s cigarette fell out in the last panel!

  68. Stranger
    Stranger
    November 28, 2013 at 8:56 pm | #

    God damnit this kid gives me a migraine. SHE DOESNT EVEN HAVE THE SAME SKIN COLOR FOR GODS SAKE!!! Even if you only met your superhero girlfriend at night ,you should still be able to tell that. Also, not the same body type, height or even jawline.

    • Ourorboros
      Ourorboros
      November 28, 2013 at 10:39 pm | #

      Love is blind. But not to a hot ass in low riders.

  69. cdot
    cdot
    November 28, 2013 at 10:00 pm | #

    Although its been said many times, many ways, Danny is a bongoass

    • Ourorboros
      Ourorboros
      November 28, 2013 at 10:38 pm | #

      And Merry Christmas to you.

  70. man in black
    man in black
    November 28, 2013 at 10:28 pm | #

    Great page

  71. Regalli
    Regalli
    November 28, 2013 at 11:22 pm | #

    It’s getting there. Come on, Danny, I know you can make this reach critical awkward levels!

  72. chris73
    chris73
    November 28, 2013 at 11:31 pm | #

    Danny makes it really hard to support him especially when he starts using air quotes

  73. OldFart
    OldFart
    November 28, 2013 at 11:48 pm | #

    I am such a sap that I want Amber/Amazi-girl to start messaging him on that thing, and for Sal to point this out, at which time Danny will realize that Sal is not The One, and extricate himself from this situation. The strip would die the day that happens, so I must tearfully accept that Danny exists only to Dan everything up. Dan on, Danny.

  74. Ryugen
    Ryugen
    November 28, 2013 at 11:58 pm | #

    Gosh dannit.

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