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June 14, 2026

Goin’ down

by David M Willis on June 8, 2014 at 12:01 am
  • 03 - Up All Night to Get Vengeance
└ Tags: danny, ethan

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  1. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    June 8, 2014 at 12:01 am | #

    straight to the point, I guess

    • Ahighfunctioningsociopath
      Ahighfunctioningsociopath
      June 8, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

      The only way Ethan is straight

      • Tunaro
        Tunaro
        June 8, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

        Dude makes a pretty good straight man.

        • saltchocolate
          saltchocolate
          June 8, 2014 at 12:07 am | #

          ^ good one!

        • Jen Aside
          Jen Aside
          June 8, 2014 at 12:07 am | #

          he’s learning how not to beat around the bush

          [around the cock is a bit harder]

          • saltchocolate
            saltchocolate
            June 8, 2014 at 12:12 am | #

            So he’s not hiding the ball(s) anymore?

          • Sageress
            Sageress
            June 8, 2014 at 12:42 am | #

            Technically that’s still near a bush.

            • Tunaro
              Tunaro
              June 8, 2014 at 12:50 am | #

              Manscaping?

              • BlueRam
                BlueRam
                June 8, 2014 at 11:09 pm | #

                NOW KISS

  2. Idon'tcarenomore
    Idon'tcarenomore
    June 8, 2014 at 12:01 am | #

    Oh boy. Drama tag.

    • Joe
      Joe
      June 8, 2014 at 2:50 am | #

      This is not a frikkin’ drama tag.

      Danny is running a drama gauntlet.

      • Dibullba
        Dibullba
        June 8, 2014 at 8:34 am | #

        I thought it was a drama ring =P.

        • Jerden
          Jerden
          June 8, 2014 at 3:13 pm | #

          Riding the Drama Lama

          • hexalm
            hexalm
            June 8, 2014 at 3:38 pm | #

            Izzat something like the Dalai Lama?

  3. Tunaro
    Tunaro
    June 8, 2014 at 12:01 am | #

    Begin the Danning It Up Feedback Loop!!!

    • Mr K
      Mr K
      June 8, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

      Ethan will also Ethan it up. Which he is also doing with Joyce.

      • Vibbles
        Vibbles
        June 8, 2014 at 6:37 am | #

        I thought you were using Ethan as an innuendo for a second there and was really confused.

        But yes. These two should definitely team up and have the most completely, spinelessly passive intervention in the history of interventions.

        “Amber, we’re really worried about you.”
        “I’m fine.”
        “….”
        “…..”
        “….If you’re sure, okay. We’ll leave you alone.”

        • nekobawt
          nekobawt
          June 8, 2014 at 4:08 pm | #

          “but we’re only going to ask 5 more times! once a month, because we don’t want to be a bother.”

    • Mattyos
      Mattyos
      June 8, 2014 at 12:16 am | #

      feedback loop initiated.

    • DudeMyDadOwnsADealership
      DudeMyDadOwnsADealership
      June 8, 2014 at 10:21 pm | #

      Technically Ethan is the one Danning it up at the present.

  4. spriteless
    spriteless
    June 8, 2014 at 12:01 am | #

    What but the comments have small talk are we zombies?

    • Tunaro
      Tunaro
      June 8, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

      Depends on how much time you spend online.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      June 8, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

      MY TALK IS HUGE, WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

  5. Raine
    Raine
    June 8, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    This much drama in SEPTEMBER!?

    They aint getting through this semester alive.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      June 8, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

      They ain’t makin’ it a Quarter.

    • JessWitt
      JessWitt
      June 8, 2014 at 12:07 am | #

      Comic folk are made of more sturdier stuff than you and I.

    • Maveric1984
      Maveric1984
      June 8, 2014 at 12:22 am | #

      I doubt they’re gonna make it to Halloween

      • Anarchy 101
        Anarchy 101
        June 8, 2014 at 2:49 am | #

        They’ll make it, it will just end up with everyone either in a giant prgy, or in their room waiting for the end of days

      • Jordan
        Jordan
        June 8, 2014 at 9:49 pm | #

        Imagine how Joyce is going to handle Halloween at college.

  6. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    June 8, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    “Look, just keep her away from knives, convenience stores, and Batman comics for a while, okay? And maybe give her some spiders to kill, that always takes the edge off.”

    • timemonkey
      timemonkey
      June 8, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

      ” And Sal, definitely keep her away from Sal. It would eb bad.”

      • Mr K
        Mr K
        June 8, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

        Danny should try to make Sal and Amber fight each other. With his record, they’ll become lovers.

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          June 8, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

          And either event would be very entertaining to watch.

        • Doctor_Who
          Doctor_Who
          June 8, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

          Nah, failing on purpose never works out the way you intend.

          They’d probably gang up and beat the crap out of him.

          • Yotomoe
            Yotomoe
            June 8, 2014 at 12:10 am | #

            Waiting for a downside.

            • Doctor_Who
              Doctor_Who
              June 8, 2014 at 12:12 am | #

              “No awesome catfight between a biker chick and a superheroine” isn’t enough of a downside?

              • Tunaro
                Tunaro
                June 8, 2014 at 12:16 am | #

                Balanced out by Dan in the ICU.

                • Sageress
                  Sageress
                  June 8, 2014 at 12:44 am | #

                  Ah yes, Indiana College University.

              • Anarchy 101
                Anarchy 101
                June 8, 2014 at 2:50 am | #

                Or hatesex

        • JustCheetoDust
          JustCheetoDust
          June 8, 2014 at 12:13 am | #

          That might not work out exactly the way you’d think.

      • Maveric1984
        Maveric1984
        June 8, 2014 at 12:25 am | #

        I’m a little fuzzy on the whole “good/bad” thing. Why don’t you spell it out for me.

    • saltchocolate
      saltchocolate
      June 8, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

      Takes the edge off the knives??

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        June 8, 2014 at 12:08 am | #

        The chitinous carapace of arachnids can dull a knife pretty good. They have DR/Bludgeoning, though, so a rolled up newspaper can do the trick.

        I recommend +2 or higher.

  7. Vael
    Vael
    June 8, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    How much does a polar bear weigh?

    Enough to talk about Amber’s psychotic break.

    • newllend
      newllend
      June 8, 2014 at 12:27 am | #

      Ethan: so how’s Amber?

      Danny: I think she’s doing fine

      Ethan: I’m surprised they didn’t haul her ass out to the crazy house

      Danny:…excuse me!?

      Ethan: Oh I’m sorry I meant but house…you ok you look upset?

  8. brionl
    brionl
    June 8, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

    So when was the last time Ethan saw her? When she freaked out on him at breakfast?

    • cmd1095
      cmd1095
      June 8, 2014 at 12:10 am | #

      no she talked with him about Sal being on campus to give him the heads up, then left through the window after being all cryptic and stuff.

      • shietka
        shietka
        June 8, 2014 at 12:51 am | #

        And speaking in her Amazi-girl persona, as if Amber was a different person. Yeah, I wonder why Ethan would be concerned?

        • Jerden
          Jerden
          June 8, 2014 at 3:18 pm | #

          Jerden does that all the time, I don’t worry about him. Are you saying he’s crazy?

  9. Ragnal
    Ragnal
    June 8, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

    Relax, Danny, he already knows.

    Hell, the dead squirrel on the other side of campus knows she’s Amazi-Girl.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      June 8, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

      That’s because Amber needs to time her Amazi-jumps better.

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        June 8, 2014 at 12:09 am | #

        Or play fewer video games. She expected coins to pop out.

    • JessWitt
      JessWitt
      June 8, 2014 at 12:09 am | #

      Was the squirrel’s name Small Talk?

    • newllend
      newllend
      June 8, 2014 at 12:21 am | #

      But still what’s he going to do next go down stairs and call Dorothy fat in front of walky.

    • etybolik
      etybolik
      June 8, 2014 at 1:20 am | #

      He sorta knows some stuff. Is he aware she beat her deadbeat father to a pulp? I can’t remember.

    • John
      John
      June 8, 2014 at 9:48 am | #

      Squirrel is dead?!?

  10. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    June 8, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

    I imagine that in panel 2 Danny is whistling the tune of “Timber” by Pitbull and Ke$ha.

    • Jen Aside
      Jen Aside
      June 8, 2014 at 12:10 am | #

      dangit, I was hoping he was whistling at Ethan’s package

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        June 8, 2014 at 12:13 am | #

        He is, he just thought it might be a Ke$ha fan.

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          June 8, 2014 at 12:33 am | #

          Are you implying Ke$ha’s fans are just a bunch of dicks?

          • Opus the Poet
            Opus the Poet
            June 8, 2014 at 1:31 pm | #

            Not the female ones…

      • Sageress
        Sageress
        June 8, 2014 at 12:46 am | #

        He could still go down on that timber if you catch my meaning.

    • Jackson
      Jackson
      June 8, 2014 at 8:37 pm | #

      Cannot unhear.

  11. David Herbert
    David Herbert
    June 8, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

    “So, tapped that ass yet? I tried once, but I was gay so it just flopped everywhere.”
    “My roommate Joe knows where to score some viagra if that becomes a recurring thing.”

    And then they became best buddies.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      June 8, 2014 at 12:08 am | #

      “If we combine we may either become the most or least date-able person in the world!!!

      • Jen Aside
        Jen Aside
        June 8, 2014 at 12:11 am | #

        “Or the Ambiguously Gay Duo!”

        • JustCheetoDust
          JustCheetoDust
          June 8, 2014 at 12:19 am | #

          “What’s everybody looking at?”

          “Nothing!”

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        June 8, 2014 at 12:11 am | #

        Nah, you’ll just get a guy who loves Transformers but keeps accidentally buying Go-Bots instead.

        • Jen Aside
          Jen Aside
          June 8, 2014 at 12:22 am | #

          Haha, wow… my mother bought the whole Go-Bots Command Center and somehow it got left in the basement untouched until we were out of high school. I guess she’s a Danny in her own way.

          [then my ex got ahold of it, and who knows what happened to it now]

          [[and who cares]]

    • ajm5007
      ajm5007
      June 8, 2014 at 10:26 pm | #

      I’m just liking this “I tried once, but I was gay” line. Works in so many contexts. I might have to start using it.

  12. Swerve
    Swerve
    June 8, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

    Eh, small talk’s great and all, but when you’re on a quest you’re better off with drinking games, top ten lists, and other ways to shoot the breeze. Including shooting breezes; there was this sentient species of nitrogen we encountered a while back. Whirl loved shooting them.

  13. saltchocolate
    saltchocolate
    June 8, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

    Small talk’s not the only thing goin’ down in this conversation!

  14. JessWitt
    JessWitt
    June 8, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

    Danny should get his eye checked. He may have astigmatism.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      June 8, 2014 at 12:09 am | #

      He’s suffering from Chronic White Eyes. If you know anyone with CWE do not hesitate to bring them to a hospital. But first laugh at their silly looking face.

      • JustCheetoDust
        JustCheetoDust
        June 8, 2014 at 12:21 am | #

        Supposedly laughter’s the best medicine, so that last part’s really all you need.

  15. JessWitt
    JessWitt
    June 8, 2014 at 12:10 am | #

    Also Ethan come on, show some initiative and check on Amber!

    • newllend
      newllend
      June 8, 2014 at 12:16 am | #

      Ethan: can’t, to busy dealing with my own problems being secretly gay and pretending to love my girlfriend when I really don’t, I have no Idea why shit like that happens to me though.

    • Kernanator
      Kernanator
      June 8, 2014 at 1:27 am | #

      Sadly, Ethan has a Dex penalty, so his initiative isn’t that good.

  16. newllend
    newllend
    June 8, 2014 at 12:12 am | #

    When you think about it, there is no such thing as a completely sain person in the world, we all have a large amount of madness withen the deepest parts of our mind, there are only some people more sain than others.

    • Jerden
      Jerden
      June 8, 2014 at 3:23 pm | #

      You see there’s too kinds of lunatics. There’s the liars, they conceal their insanity, to spare the world and themselves from its consequences.

      We call them “sane” (spelt like that, please remember that).

      Then there’s those who chose to be honest, and realise and reveal the true depths of their madness.

      We call them “insane”.

      It’s a great system for the liars!

      • Betty Anne
        Betty Anne
        June 8, 2014 at 7:27 pm | #

        Now, my question is this: which type is the one who uses “too” instead of “two” and “there’s” instead of “there’re” (creating a singular/plural disagreement – “there is liars” vs. “there are liars” and “there is those” vs. “there are those”)?

  17. Saru
    Saru
    June 8, 2014 at 12:19 am | #

    Who’s going down on who?

    • AgentKeen
      AgentKeen
      June 8, 2014 at 1:31 am | #

      I was half-hoping no-one else would have commented on that, but then I’d be disappointed in humanity.

    • xKiv
      xKiv
      June 8, 2014 at 6:47 pm | #

      The sun, on me.
      It burns.

  18. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    June 8, 2014 at 12:23 am | #

    I don’t know how well you know Amber, but mysterious disappearances are kind of her thing. Er, not that she’s trying to be Batman or anything, that would just be crazy! Hahaha ha ha…

  19. GoogerGeiger
    GoogerGeiger
    June 8, 2014 at 12:30 am | #

    Cue sudden Danny sclera.

  20. madock345
    madock345
    June 8, 2014 at 12:31 am | #

    This is great. I really like Ethan’s pose in panel 2, very expressive. I’ve looked exactly like that many times.

  21. MrSirk
    MrSirk
    June 8, 2014 at 1:58 am | #

    Are Danny and Ethan friends? I think I can count the number of interactions they’ve had together on one hand.

    • David M Willis
      David M Willis
      June 8, 2014 at 2:12 am | #

      Perhaps you’ve answered your own question!

      • Johnny Slick
        Johnny Slick
        June 8, 2014 at 9:37 am | #

        As freshman year of college is practically senior year in HS with new people, I think that they are “frenemys”.

        To people who did go straight to real college, is this comic strip a true representation of your experience? If it helps, I find that the show “Community” is 104% accurate.

    • roguebfl
      roguebfl
      June 8, 2014 at 2:14 am | #

      Hence the awkward silence in panel 2. They are aware of each other, and their mutual connection to Amber.

  22. Paosheep
    Paosheep
    June 8, 2014 at 2:09 am | #

    Danny’s face in the last panel just might be the best face ever.

  23. Charles Phipps
    Charles Phipps
    June 8, 2014 at 2:18 am | #

    Ethan better not try to get Amber to stop being Amazi-Girl. I’d never forgive him for trying to destroy the True Amber!

    • John
      John
      June 8, 2014 at 3:17 am | #

      He should get Amazi-Girl to stop being Amber.

    • timemonkey
      timemonkey
      June 8, 2014 at 6:35 am | #

      Please tell me you’re kidding.

      • Hylleddin
        Hylleddin
        June 8, 2014 at 5:43 pm | #

        What other advice would you expect from Darth Vader?

        • Charles Phipps
          Charles Phipps
          June 10, 2014 at 2:54 am | #

          GIVE INTO THE DARK SIDE.

  24. John
    John
    June 8, 2014 at 3:19 am | #

    Yeah Ethan, you wish Danny were goin’ down.

    • Rabid Rabbit
      Rabid Rabbit
      June 8, 2014 at 3:34 am | #

      He does sort of look as though he’s trying to work up to asking for that in the second panel.

      • garaden
        garaden
        June 8, 2014 at 11:26 am | #

        And Danny looks like he’s got some DSLs going on there.

  25. Charles
    Charles
    June 8, 2014 at 6:02 am | #

    This was how I ended up married.

    • Dean
      Dean
      June 8, 2014 at 9:42 pm | #

      When a gay guy asked you if you were going down?

  26. J-Debs
    J-Debs
    June 8, 2014 at 6:52 am | #

    Will this end in a Danning?
    Will Ethan realize he started the conversation with innuendo?
    Will small talk ever make an appearance in DOA?
    Find out next time!
    Same dumb time.
    Same dumb channel!

    • Tanarin
      Tanarin
      June 8, 2014 at 8:24 am | #

      I think a Danning would be the BEST thing to happen for Dan at this point.

  27. Shadow12000
    Shadow12000
    June 8, 2014 at 7:44 am | #

    Huh…this is the first time I think we’ve seen Danny with an expression where Willis colored the white of his eye.

    • TheGrammarLegionary
      TheGrammarLegionary
      September 10, 2015 at 1:54 am | #

      Not quite…
      http://www.dumbingofage.com/2011/comic/book-1/04-the-bechdel-test/cam/

  28. Animal
    Animal
    June 8, 2014 at 9:20 am | #

    <— Will now have a Bruce Springsteen earworm for the rest of the day.

  29. Old Catching Up Dude
    Old Catching Up Dude
    June 8, 2014 at 9:41 am | #

    So, I just spent the better part of two weeks reading 4 years worth of DoA, and only this morning discovered hover text. Damn it.

  30. LiamAldam
    LiamAldam
    June 8, 2014 at 11:40 am | #

    So if they’re going down, why is Ethan pressing the Up Elevator Button?

  31. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    June 8, 2014 at 12:37 pm | #

    because Ethan’s jealous Danny’s going down

    • Jen Aside
      Jen Aside
      June 8, 2014 at 12:38 pm | #

      dangit that was supposed to be a reply to LiamAldam

      I swear I’m awakearghlbargle

  32. Black
    Black
    June 8, 2014 at 2:17 pm | #

    Not gonna lie, I LOVE Danny’s expression in the last panel! It’s both hilarious and appropriate!

  33. Edgewit
    Edgewit
    June 8, 2014 at 2:31 pm | #

    I like to imagine Ethan has a boner in Panel 2, and Danny is actually looking at that and not his phone.

  34. Gigafreak
    Gigafreak
    June 8, 2014 at 2:37 pm | #

    Maybe Amber will be missing from class, sleeping in.

  35. Deathjavu
    Deathjavu
    June 8, 2014 at 2:48 pm | #

    Aside from the plot itself, which is so deliciously full of curveball interactions there’s not much to say-

    Danny’s facial expression in the last panel is a pretty brilliant representation of the disconcerted & shocked face. Or as we say on the internet, o_0

  36. Sambo
    Sambo
    June 8, 2014 at 6:06 pm | #

    All these comments and not a single “well that escalated quickly”

    I am disappoint

    • Sailor_Arashi
      Sailor_Arashi
      February 28, 2015 at 9:05 pm | #

      But…that’s an elevator…

  37. Kevin
    Kevin
    June 8, 2014 at 9:03 pm | #

    I am realizing that all of the storylines I cared about have (seemingly) wrapped up and I don’t get excited about reading DoA anymore.

  38. Heavensrun
    Heavensrun
    June 9, 2014 at 1:28 am | #

    I know I’m late to the game her, but that is the greatest Danny face ever.

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