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May 12, 2026

Brunch

by David M Willis on May 23, 2018 at 12:01 am
  • 04 – Of Mike And Men
└ Tags: amber, ethan, mike

Discussion (168) ¬

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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    May 23, 2018 at 12:01 am | #

    “why, wanna watch?”

    “DO I‽‽‽”

    • Achallenger
      Achallenger
      May 23, 2018 at 12:04 am | #

      This is beautiful

      • Achallenger
        Achallenger
        May 23, 2018 at 12:05 am | #

        I did not mean that as a response but now must accept my fate in believing that watching Amber watch the boys hate fuck each other would be beautiful

        • Zach
          Zach
          May 23, 2018 at 12:19 am | #

          Accepting what you accidentally say about yourself as real is how you grow strange.

          Accepting yourself is another way to grow, but lacks artistic merit.

          • Clif
            Clif
            May 23, 2018 at 10:52 am | #

            Wisdom.

    • butts
      butts
      May 23, 2018 at 12:04 am | #

      c’mon amber, don’t let your slashfic dreams be dreams

      (i need to find a good panel of Mike’s butt at some point)

      • Sunny
        Sunny
        May 23, 2018 at 9:25 am | #

        I think there’s an argument to be made that any picture of Mike is automatically a picture of a butt on account of Mike’s general behaviour.

    • LeslieBean4Shizzle
      LeslieBean4Shizzle
      May 23, 2018 at 12:05 am | #

      **slowclap**
      I came here to say something, and found it already said.
      Now time for me to go to bed.
      I did not intend to rhyme.
      …
      **fails to think of something that rhymes with rhyme**

      • Psyme
        Psyme
        May 23, 2018 at 12:10 am | #

        I can think of something.

      • Zach
        Zach
        May 23, 2018 at 12:21 am | #

        ‘Clearly it’s sleeepyyy time.’

      • Beef
        Beef
        May 23, 2018 at 3:26 am | #

        You surprise yourself sometimes

      • Dana
        Dana
        May 23, 2018 at 3:29 am | #

        You do the rhyme crime, you do the rhyme time.

      • Makkabee
        Makkabee
        May 23, 2018 at 7:03 am | #

        This never happens to a mime.

      • Chronos
        Chronos
        May 23, 2018 at 9:06 am | #

        but it really was sublime

      • Charlie Spencer
        Charlie Spencer
        May 23, 2018 at 10:24 am | #

        In on this topic I’m going to chime.

      • King Daniel
        King Daniel
        May 23, 2018 at 12:07 pm | #

        Thyme.

      • Annonymouse
        Annonymouse
        May 23, 2018 at 12:29 pm | #

        Tequila !!! and lime.

      • SgtWadeyWilson
        SgtWadeyWilson
        May 25, 2018 at 11:29 pm | #

        Kind of a shame, tis not even that steep a climb.

    • Potatamoto
      Potatamoto
      May 23, 2018 at 12:44 am | #

      Cannot not hear this as a Cosgrove and Freakazoid exchange.

    • Felgraf
      Felgraf
      May 23, 2018 at 2:13 am | #

      I’m totally hearing the “DO I?” in Freakazoid’s voice.

      • Ana Chronistic
        Ana Chronistic
        May 23, 2018 at 10:52 pm | #

        There is ZERO percent reason for it to EVER be read in a voice OTHER than Freakazoid’s

    • Guest42
      Guest42
      May 23, 2018 at 9:17 am | #

      I commend your use of interrobangs.

      • Roborat
        Roborat
        May 24, 2018 at 5:00 pm | #

        So much banging on this page.

  2. AnvilPro
    AnvilPro
    May 23, 2018 at 12:01 am | #

    Years of reading fanfiction has trained her to recognizing corny, cheeky dialogue. The kind of which Ethan has no ability to hide.

    • Stu
      Stu
      May 23, 2018 at 12:35 am | #

      Probably helped that he said “Our people”, meaning he was including Mike in that as Amber, to my knowledge, hasn’t shown bisexual tendencies.

      • Marsh Maryrose
        Marsh Maryrose
        May 23, 2018 at 12:55 am | #

        The possibility has been on Amber’s radar before.

        • JessWitt
          JessWitt
          May 23, 2018 at 1:30 am | #

          And with that comic as evidence, she wouldn’t be mad at them being together, right?

          (Nah, she’s gonna be mad, maybe a little, maybe a lot.)

          • Inahc
            Inahc
            May 23, 2018 at 2:21 am | #

            hopefully just mildly jealous.

            …does amber *do* mild? :/

          • Sam
            Sam
            May 23, 2018 at 6:32 pm | #

            “He’ll fuck anyone,if only to piss somebody off”. Amber got that right. Poor Danny and Ethan too.

    • Pablo360
      Pablo360
      May 23, 2018 at 12:37 am | #

      The only cheeky dialog Amber eants is the posterior variety

      Specificly, Stucky admiring each others’

      Perhaps these two will be an acceptible buttstitue (substitute but with butt, I realized after I typed it there were other possible interpretations)

      • Pablo360
        Pablo360
        May 23, 2018 at 12:37 am | #

        Eants? I meant treants.

        • Needfuldoer
          Needfuldoer
          May 23, 2018 at 2:09 am | #

          I thought you said “weants”.

      • butts
        butts
        May 23, 2018 at 1:43 am | #

        buttstitue

  3. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    May 23, 2018 at 12:01 am | #

    To be fair, among habitual shippers like Amber that’s basically “Hello”.

    • Annonymouse
      Annonymouse
      May 23, 2018 at 12:33 pm | #

      “Good evening”

  4. SailorCakes
    SailorCakes
    May 23, 2018 at 12:01 am | #

    Nailed it

    • Foxhack
      Foxhack
      May 23, 2018 at 12:04 am | #

      Yes, he did.

    • butts
      butts
      May 23, 2018 at 12:05 am | #

      all night long

      • Pablo360
        Pablo360
        May 23, 2018 at 12:37 am | #

        Still bored.

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        May 23, 2018 at 2:13 am | #

        (All night)

  5. Mr. Random
    Mr. Random
    May 23, 2018 at 12:02 am | #

    WHAAAAAAAAAA? Yeah.

  6. Shiro
    Shiro
    May 23, 2018 at 12:03 am | #

    Astute, she is

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      May 23, 2018 at 12:04 am | #

      World’s Greatest Detective (in the very narrow field of slashfic).

      • Pablo360
        Pablo360
        May 23, 2018 at 12:38 am | #

        Joyce has a run for her money

        • JessWitt
          JessWitt
          May 23, 2018 at 1:33 am | #

          Lesbian love sleuth Becky MacIntyre is looking to expand to uncharted (i.e. gay) territory.

        • Deanatay
          Deanatay
          May 23, 2018 at 8:52 am | #

          Nah, Joyce is Amber’s villain.

          Well, The Whiteboard Dingdong Bandit is Amazi-Girl’s villain.

          She’s basically The Joker.

      • Bagge
        Bagge
        May 23, 2018 at 12:36 pm | #

        BEST COMMENT!

  7. butts
    butts
    May 23, 2018 at 12:03 am | #

    amber, just because they’re having brunch together doesn’t mean they’re banging

    even if it does mean they’re banging

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      May 23, 2018 at 12:37 pm | #

      I have brunch with many some people I’m banging.

      I have brunch with someone right now and we hardly bang at all.

  8. Reltzik
    Reltzik
    May 23, 2018 at 12:03 am | #

    Oh, good, Amber’s clued in to what’s happening and can finally provide some sanity to the situation.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      May 23, 2018 at 12:13 am | #

      Try saying that out loud with a straight face.

      • Reltzik
        Reltzik
        May 23, 2018 at 1:59 am | #

        There’s a REASON I went with this Gravatar.

    • Proxiehunter
      Proxiehunter
      May 23, 2018 at 12:13 am | #

      We’re relying on Amber to provide sanity?

      • Sporky
        Sporky
        May 23, 2018 at 12:15 am | #

        Actually, I think she’s pretty good when it doesn’t directly concern her. She gives all the sanity away to advice for other people and has none left for herself.

        • Proxiehunter
          Proxiehunter
          May 23, 2018 at 12:17 am | #

          Okay, it’s not quite relying on Walky to provide maturity or Mary to provide compassion but I still don’t think it’s a good idea.

  9. Passchendaele
    Passchendaele
    May 23, 2018 at 12:05 am | #

    *Ethan picks up tray, slides out of seat, and runs away*

  10. Schpoonman
    Schpoonman
    May 23, 2018 at 12:06 am | #

    I love Amber so fucking much.

  11. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    May 23, 2018 at 12:06 am | #

    I did some dumb crack ships
    https://imgur.com/a/okqWCTd

    • Schpoonman
      Schpoonman
      May 23, 2018 at 12:08 am | #

      Only one of those is a crack fic.

      • DailyBrad
        DailyBrad
        May 23, 2018 at 12:30 am | #

        Yeah, two of these have been established to some degree.

        Though I do wonder if Lucy likes gals, I don’t remember if it’s ever come up.

        • butts
          butts
          May 23, 2018 at 12:34 am | #

          Just Starfire.

          • Lilyliv
            Lilyliv
            May 23, 2018 at 12:43 am | #

            Everybody with a romantic bone in their body is into Starfire, let’s be real. 🙂

            • HMRC4EVR
              HMRC4EVR
              May 23, 2018 at 2:29 pm | #

              The Raven fans might disagree

          • Yotomoe
            Yotomoe
            May 23, 2018 at 2:05 am | #

            https://imgur.com/a/1Q9VhtJ
            DID YOU SAY STARFIRE?

        • King Daniel
          King Daniel
          May 23, 2018 at 12:55 am | #

          IIRC, Willis’s announced upcoming Slipshine is even Joe/Malaya.

          • Schpoonman
            Schpoonman
            May 23, 2018 at 12:57 am | #

            Yeah, but Malaya and Joe weren’t in the same ship.

            • King Daniel
              King Daniel
              May 23, 2018 at 1:20 am | #

              …for some reason I thought Joyce-in-the-middle-picture was Malaya.

  12. caesaria82
    caesaria82
    May 23, 2018 at 12:06 am | #

    I know this is not the main takeaway from this strip, but Amber’s perfectly round hair-cape brings me so much joy for some reason lol.

  13. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    May 23, 2018 at 12:07 am | #

    https://imgur.com/a/dc64wlm
    Also a dumb JoexJoyce thing.

    • butts
      butts
      May 23, 2018 at 12:09 am | #

      not sure why she’s using the kama sutra as a reference when she could just be taking notes on Roz’s sextape

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        May 23, 2018 at 12:15 am | #

        Let’s be fair. The Kama Sutra is basically just the novelization of everything Roz did in that video.

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        May 23, 2018 at 8:33 am | #

        Also a callback (intentional?) to the “really good book” Joyce’s parents had in It’s Walky!

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          May 23, 2018 at 10:55 am | #

          Someone caught that. Her mom probably gave it to her so it’s a “My First Kama Sutra”
          Probably has more simple pictures and jokes.

    • Schpoonman
      Schpoonman
      May 23, 2018 at 12:10 am | #

      Is there a place you store all your art conglomerated?

      I love your style so much. It’s so damn expressive.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        May 23, 2018 at 12:14 am | #

        Yes, but I don’t post my DOA art anywhere but here.

        • Makkabee
          Makkabee
          May 23, 2018 at 7:14 am | #

          I’d like to see some of your non-DoA stuff now. I agree that you’ve got a charming style.

          • Yotomoe
            Yotomoe
            May 23, 2018 at 10:56 am | #

            Well you could check “yotomoe” or “yotomore” on tumblr. Those’re both me.

    • Mordecai
      Mordecai
      May 23, 2018 at 12:26 am | #

      I really, really like your art.

    • Zee
      Zee
      May 23, 2018 at 11:58 am | #

      Cute!
      I love Joe’s expression in the first one

  14. brionl
    brionl
    May 23, 2018 at 12:08 am | #

    Are they yet though? I thought they were still at the muchos smooches stage.

  15. Mr D
    Mr D
    May 23, 2018 at 12:08 am | #

    Correct me if I’m wrong, didn’t Ethan and Danny agree to not bang because it would be a horrible thing to do to Amber?

    Wouldn’t that go likewise for Ethan and Mike, since they are also close friends with her?

    • butts
      butts
      May 23, 2018 at 12:10 am | #

      Nah, that’s different. Close friends fucking is one thing, there’s no implicit betrayal there.

      One of her closest friends banging Danny, her ex… that’s a whole other kettle of fish.

      • King Daniel
        King Daniel
        May 23, 2018 at 12:56 am | #

        Especially since Ethan is the other ex…

        • Skater Girl
          Skater Girl
          May 23, 2018 at 2:29 pm | #

          Eh. As a lesbian in a relatively small queer community, pretty much all of our exes have banged each other at some point.

    • Keulen
      Keulen
      May 23, 2018 at 12:10 am | #

      I find it hard to believe that Mike would agree to anything like that.

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        May 23, 2018 at 5:34 pm | #

        He must have some ulterior motive, this is Mike we’re talking about.

    • siburyo
      siburyo
      May 23, 2018 at 12:14 am | #

      I think it was more about them being ex-boyfriends of Amber than being her close friends.

      Not to mention that Mike wouldn’t care about her feelings.

      • Chris Phoenix
        Chris Phoenix
        May 23, 2018 at 3:45 am | #

        Yes he would. If he didn’t know what her feelings were, how would he be able to stomp on them?

    • meanderling
      meanderling
      May 23, 2018 at 12:14 am | #

      Yes, but Danny is fundamentally a nice dude whilst Mike’s moral compass has been thrown against a wall a few times.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      May 23, 2018 at 12:16 am | #

      It’s worse to fuck Danny because he’s her ex than Mike who’s just some asshole they know.

      • DailyBrad
        DailyBrad
        May 23, 2018 at 12:32 am | #

        Yeah, like, they’re friends, and Amber and Mike do have sexual tension, but I don’t think Amber would be pained by this revelation.

        • Vi
          Vi
          May 23, 2018 at 7:59 am | #

          Yeah, that’s how I figured it too. And I’m SUPER interested in where Willis is going to go with this storyline and all the other different possible ways the characters will shake out, all thrown together like this.

          Though I still ship Amber and Mike INSANELY hard from Shortpacked. They were my favorite part of that comic (though Ultra Car and Malaya were close), and I read the entire damn thing based on that one Shortpacked tease Willis gave in DOA when Amazagirl pinned Mike to the wall.

    • Laladoria
      Laladoria
      May 23, 2018 at 12:30 am | #

      I kinda saw it as since Ethan left Amber for dudes, it would be shitty if it seemed like she “turned” Danny gay too, even if that isn’t how it works.

      Anxiety probably wouldn’t care if that’s how it works or not, and i get the feeling she’s not 100% over the fact that Ethan is gay and they had to stop dating. It would just make her feel bad in general.

    • Coma
      Coma
      May 23, 2018 at 3:42 am | #

      Yeah they did, but with Danny and Ethan, it’d probably hurt more than with Ethan – because:
      1) She has more or less accepted that Ethan is gay and just tried to be her bf in school for appearances or even to deny himself (or something similar, which is why Amber got so angry at him x Joyce, I can’t clearly remember)
      2) Her relationship with Ethan is further in the past than Danny, so she’s probably not done sorting her feelings out on that one – she probably just shoved it into a corner of her mind/heart to not deal with (as she’s got enough on her plate as it is)
      3) It would be kinda double the betrayal, because it would be ex-bf x ex-fb, not ex-bf and close friend (who is a manipulative asshole and whom she already had suspected to try and sleep with Ethan for whatever manipulative reason)
      4) She doesn’t know Danny struggles with his sexual identity, and so after having had one BF ‘turn’ on her in the relationship…no that’s not right…ehm, lie to her(?) (these are AWFUL ways to express this, I know, but I just can’t think of a better phrasing…), it’d probably hurt a lot more if the second boyfriend, whom she had thought to be straight, would turn out bi PLUS she’d find out he was bi (which in itself would probably not be an issue) because he would have slept with her best friend and former ex-bf. Even though she cut ties to Danny, this would definitely hurt!
      With Mike, she’ll just be angry at Ethan for knowing Mike and still going along.

    • thejeff
      thejeff
      May 23, 2018 at 8:31 am | #

      Totally different reaction. This one will be more like “Ethan you idiot. You know he’s just doing this to mess with you.”
      DannyxEthan hits her “I’m a monster. I don’t deserve them” weakness.
      MikexEthan just triggers her protective response.

    • Sam
      Sam
      May 23, 2018 at 12:15 pm | #

      No.

      The reason why EthanxDanny isn’t happening is because they are both her ex-boyfriends and it is a known sore spot that her first ex-bf was gay and only truly interested in guys. If Danny proceeded to then date him, that would mean very soon after their break up, he recognised he too was interested in guys, which would hit that same sore spot again and trigger the ‘I’m not good enough for them’ line of thought. Plus, the break up is still fairly recent!

      EthanxMike is different because she never had anything with Mike like that, she doesn’t care who sleeps with Mike, but she does care about making sure Ethan protects himself because she knows he tends to veer towards self-destruction.

      • Mr D
        Mr D
        May 23, 2018 at 2:15 pm | #

        I’d argue that after the way she broke up with Danny, she really shouldn’t get into who dan dates next, y’know?

        • thejeff
          thejeff
          May 23, 2018 at 4:00 pm | #

          Note that Amber has never said anything about it. Never suggested Danny shouldn’t date anyone or anything like that.
          Ethan and Danny have agreed that they shouldn’t do such a thing, because they both care for Amber and don’t want to hurt her.
          Amber isn’t the bad one here.

  16. Keulen
    Keulen
    May 23, 2018 at 12:08 am | #

    I was kinda expecting the flashback to when they were kids to last longer.

    • timemonkey
      timemonkey
      May 23, 2018 at 12:15 am | #

      It’ll probably switch back and forth.

      • JessWitt
        JessWitt
        May 23, 2018 at 1:37 am | #

        And then the two will merge into some kind of time warp.

        • Inahc
          Inahc
          May 23, 2018 at 2:26 am | #

          It’s just a jump to the left…

          • jeffepp
            jeffepp
            May 23, 2018 at 8:37 am | #

            Something something pelvic thrust

            • thejeff
              thejeff
              May 23, 2018 at 9:46 am | #

              that really drives them insane

  17. Stephen Bierce
    Stephen Bierce
    May 23, 2018 at 12:10 am | #

    *plays actual Muzak on the Muzak for once*
    (I found a Muzakified version of the Nairobi Brothers’ song [I don’t know the real name of it] in my downloads collection today.)

    • Stephen Bierce
      Stephen Bierce
      May 23, 2018 at 12:20 am | #

      Correction 1: Nairobi TRIO.
      Clarification 2: “Solfeggio”.

    • hof1991
      hof1991
      May 23, 2018 at 9:24 am | #

      Viral videos from the black and white era? yes!
      https://youtu.be/416o9b_pjQk

    • Roborat
      Roborat
      May 24, 2018 at 5:06 pm | #

      Muzak gets confused by actually being used for designed purpose, and promptly self destructs.

  18. Nono
    Nono
    May 23, 2018 at 12:10 am | #

    Ethan is giddy, isn’t he. I’m expecting him to burst into song while Disney animals frolic around him.

    • Lilyliv
      Lilyliv
      May 23, 2018 at 12:45 am | #

      Disney Princess Ethan would be pretty cute tbh.

  19. space
    space
    May 23, 2018 at 12:10 am | #

    Definitely shipping a threesome… SEE YOU ALL AT SLIPSHINE! (in a few days)

    • Zach
      Zach
      May 23, 2018 at 12:28 am | #

      But how will Danny handle tying Mike up?
      Ethan’s gonna have his hands full.

    • pjeseb
      pjeseb
      May 23, 2018 at 12:52 am | #

      I would think Amber would prefer to have a threesome with someone who wasn’t her ex-boyfriend and someone who wasn’t Abrasiveness Incarnate.

      • Laladoria
        Laladoria
        May 23, 2018 at 12:56 am | #

        You say that, yet it IS alternate universe canon that it happened.

        • Vi
          Vi
          May 23, 2018 at 8:00 am | #

          I’m pretty sure that wasn’t a threesome- Mike just slept with both of them in the same night. They spend the next day trying to establish a timeline.

          • BBCC
            BBCC
            May 23, 2018 at 1:09 pm | #

            There’s another alternative timeline where they have a threesome. It’s the one where the Drama Tag was never pulled.

            Actually it may have been a foursome. Dina.

  20. Bagge
    Bagge
    May 23, 2018 at 12:11 am | #

    Brunching, fucking, tomato, tomato…

  21. Tempest
    Tempest
    May 23, 2018 at 12:15 am | #

    I mean, it doesn’t sound like they were trying to hide it…

  22. space
    space
    May 23, 2018 at 12:17 am | #

    Buy why does every comic have such a good last panel -_-, im always so ready to see the next one ….

    Damn you, Willis!
    (my first DYW guys 🙂 )

    • DailyBrad
      DailyBrad
      May 23, 2018 at 12:34 am | #

      Willis has been doing this a long, long time, over like a half dozen webcomics, so he’s got his timing down pat by now.

  23. Tacos
    Tacos
    May 23, 2018 at 12:20 am | #

    *cue to Amber furiously writing slashfic later.*

    • Fire_daws
      Fire_daws
      May 23, 2018 at 2:11 am | #

      You don’t think she’s already written it?

      …although it’s probably on that USB stick that Faz nicked.

  24. Ainara
    Ainara
    May 23, 2018 at 12:24 am | #

    “At least, you totally are in the fanfic I’m writing in my head right now”

  25. Aislashu
    Aislashu
    May 23, 2018 at 12:27 am | #

    If this became a Slipshine I might actually sub, lmao.

    • Madock345
      Madock345
      May 23, 2018 at 4:16 am | #

      I would definitely sub for that XD

  26. Laladoria
    Laladoria
    May 23, 2018 at 12:27 am | #

    Amber got him in Shortpacked! so Ethan gets him in DoA. It’s only fair.

    • Zach
      Zach
      May 23, 2018 at 12:30 am | #

      For a second I thought you meant Danny. It made for a VERY different story. He and Billy teach Sunday school in the other universe.

    • Laladoria
      Laladoria
      May 23, 2018 at 12:32 am | #

      I also just realized Mike isn’t in his normal shirt. Is that significant??

      • BBCC
        BBCC
        May 23, 2018 at 1:12 am | #

        Mike, as with all the characters, presumably has a variety of clothing he brought with him. We’ve seen him in a few different looks.

        Which reminds me, I really should start that DoA clothing analysis meta series at some point.

        • Laladoria
          Laladoria
          May 23, 2018 at 4:40 am | #

          Yeah, that’s true, but he’s most often seen in his plain black tee. It’s kinda rare to see him in other shirts.

  27. Dean
    Dean
    May 23, 2018 at 12:28 am | #

    “You mean, are we in a sexual relationship? Yes. Are we having sex at this very moment? Also yes.”

  28. Skittylover3
    Skittylover3
    May 23, 2018 at 12:32 am | #

    Oh shit she found them out.
    If she writes fanfiction I want it.
    NOW
    that is all

  29. C.T Phipps
    C.T Phipps
    May 23, 2018 at 12:33 am | #

    Great, now Ethan is dead when the horror movie happens.

  30. DailyBrad
    DailyBrad
    May 23, 2018 at 12:35 am | #

    I do wonder a bit how far they’ve gone, in so far as I was under the impression Ethan’s a virgin. All we’ve had confirmed so far is makeouts.

    • Laladoria
      Laladoria
      May 23, 2018 at 12:58 am | #

      Yeah I was under the impression we’ve only had smooches, but i wouldn’t be surprised if the sexytimes got timeskipped so we could enjoy this exchange a bit more.

    • CJ
      CJ
      May 23, 2018 at 1:18 am | #

      I thought it was quite clear they did more, but then I only found http://www.dumbingofage.com/2018/comic/book-8/03-faz-is-great/upfront/ and
      http://www.dumbingofage.com/2018/comic/book-8/02-this-is-the-way-that-we-love/mansomeone/
      So you are right, we don’t know how far they went. Ethan definitely feels like he has a boyfriend even though Mike clearly told him that he wasn’t.

  31. brasca1
    brasca1
    May 23, 2018 at 12:54 am | #

    I”m going to assume that Amber never dated Mike or she’d have a problem with that. It’s the reason why we denied Danthan.

    • newllend(henryvolt)
      newllend(henryvolt)
      May 23, 2018 at 3:04 am | #

      I want to argue back with this but I don’t know if I could since I’m still backing Jacob and Joyce and that’s almost on the same level of home Wrecking.

      But still there’s a difference between Raidah & Joyce and Amber & Ethan, there hast to be some sort of Bro-code that applies to this AmberXDannyXEthan love triangle and no waiting what equivalates to a week and a half in their time when neither one has gotten over each other doesn’t make it better.

      Then again though considering how Amber seems to be insistent on pushing away everyone who cares about her in every way imaginable. Well what better green light could she be giving Ethan.

    • Fart Captor
      Fart Captor
      May 23, 2018 at 10:30 am | #

      I don’t think she would care. She really doesn’t seem to like Mike anymore, and the reason Danny and Ethan are worried that dating might upset her is more to do with how recent the breakup was and how is affected her. Though they could be totally wrong about that. It’s not like either of them has talked to her. She might be totally okay with it

      The only reason she’d have to be upset by Ethan dating Mike is that she probably thinks Ethan deserves better (which he does)

      • BBCC
        BBCC
        May 23, 2018 at 1:08 pm | #

        Or heck, maybe she would have been upset at the time (it WAS right after they broke up) but would be okay with it now.

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        May 23, 2018 at 3:36 pm | #

        The problem is that if you talk to her about it, she certainly won’t object. Obviously Danny would be better off with Ethan than with her. She’s a monster.
        She won’t be upset with them, but it will still reinforce her internal problems.

        • newllend(henryvolt)
          newllend(henryvolt)
          May 24, 2018 at 12:33 am | #

          Don’t think you need to go as far as vilifying her to justify pairing Danny up with Ethan, as much as I frustrated with her right now I’m still not pleased with this ugly side of shipping.

          • Fart Captor
            Fart Captor
            May 24, 2018 at 1:18 am | #

            I think thejeff was describing how Amber would see it, not actually saying that she’s a monster

            • thejeff
              thejeff
              May 24, 2018 at 7:47 am | #

              Yeah, precisely. Amber wouldn’t object, she’d use it to beat herself up.

  32. bluebirdy
    bluebirdy
    May 23, 2018 at 1:57 am | #

    Amber’s fuck senses are tingling

  33. BenRG
    BenRG
    May 23, 2018 at 2:03 am | #

    I’m genuinely surprised that it took Amber this long to work out!

    • BBCC
      BBCC
      May 23, 2018 at 2:15 am | #

      It was only two days ago! Amber was kinda busy with Faz yesterday.

  34. NinjaNick
    NinjaNick
    May 23, 2018 at 2:37 am | #

    Amber knows best.

  35. Eldritch Gentleman
    Eldritch Gentleman
    May 23, 2018 at 4:28 am | #

    Annnnnd the cat is out of the bag and flying away on a jetpack

    • Zaxares
      Zaxares
      May 23, 2018 at 5:26 am | #

      *adds in a speech bubble of the cat yelling “BANZAAAAAAAIII!”*

      • Eldritch Gentleman
        Eldritch Gentleman
        May 23, 2018 at 7:00 am | #

        Is it a kamikaze cat? Should we point it the back of Blaine’s car?

  36. Ryan
    Ryan
    May 23, 2018 at 5:58 am | #

    Seriously, Willis, if this turns into a second missed opportunity to put Mike in a man-on-man Slipshine you’re dead to me. It’s like you don’t even WANT my money…

  37. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    May 23, 2018 at 6:39 am | #

    Amber’s gaydar is on point

  38. Ainara
    Ainara
    May 23, 2018 at 7:30 am | #

    I can’t stop focusing on how round Ethan and Amber’s heads look in the second panel. Their hair is so… spherical

    • abysswatcher1993
      abysswatcher1993
      May 23, 2018 at 11:52 am | #

      Josh: “SPHERICAL!!!!”

  39. Deanatay
    Deanatay
    May 23, 2018 at 9:08 am | #

    Brunching? Hrm.

    Well, Amber’s hair IS kinda shaped like a shuttlecock…

  40. Crusading Barista
    Crusading Barista
    May 23, 2018 at 9:17 am | #

    I’ll just leave this here.

    https://youtu.be/ulteZYyWAA8

    • stoodmuffin
      stoodmuffin
      May 23, 2018 at 2:12 pm | #

      Thank you for this

  41. Kater
    Kater
    May 23, 2018 at 10:34 am | #

    World’s greatest detective

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      May 23, 2018 at 12:35 pm | #

      BEST COMMENT!

    • stoodmuffin
      stoodmuffin
      May 23, 2018 at 2:11 pm | #

      Yup

  42. abysswatcher1993
    abysswatcher1993
    May 23, 2018 at 11:49 am | #

    Rude, Amber! Also, is Mike secretly Scorpion from Mortal Kombat?

  43. Bagge
    Bagge
    May 23, 2018 at 12:35 pm | #

    Surely, Amber refers to Boffin’

  44. stoodmuffin
    stoodmuffin
    May 23, 2018 at 2:10 pm | #

    That was Quick

  45. drakray
    drakray
    May 23, 2018 at 5:29 pm | #

    Nobody seems to have mentioned the jealousy plan? http://www.dumbingofage.com/2016/comic/book-6/04-it-all-returns/percent/

  46. Dokuhan
    Dokuhan
    May 23, 2018 at 6:28 pm | #

    Honestly I can’t wait for this to all come crashing down. I still remember that one comic from 2016 and I’m wringing my hands together in excitement.

  47. Jeremy
    Jeremy
    May 24, 2018 at 12:05 am | #

    Am I the only grammar Nazi? Who else is irritated that he says “Mike and Me” instead of the grammatically correct “Mike and I”? No one? Damn.

    • Lingo
      Lingo
      May 24, 2018 at 1:55 am | #

      Just you, because you’re wrong. “Mike and me” is correct in that sentence!

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