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by David M Willis on December 17, 2021 at 12:01 am
  • 02 – I'll Leave You A Phantom
└ Tags: amber, danny

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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    December 17, 2021 at 12:03 am | #

    Is there a reverse of Stereotype Daisy?

    bc Amber seems like it

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      December 17, 2021 at 12:07 am | #

      Daisy is usually a lot less forward than this.

    • Rose by Any Other Name
      Rose by Any Other Name
      December 17, 2021 at 12:33 am | #

      Naw. I don’t really get the impression that Daisy is a voyeur.
      Amber? Oh my yes.

      • Carla's #2 Fan
        Carla's #2 Fan
        December 17, 2021 at 3:23 am | #

        I do believe that’s the point. Amber’s voyeuristic desires about her exes is the opposite of Daisy’s desperate desires for someone to hook her up with a lady (preferably breast window included).

        • Carla's #2 Fan
          Carla's #2 Fan
          December 17, 2021 at 3:23 am | #

          Oh and the part where neither one is having their wish fulfilled

          • The Wellerman
            The Wellerman
            December 17, 2021 at 3:38 am | #

            Almost makes me wanna write a show-tune song featuring them.

            Unfortunately, I ran out of Red Bull. 😪

      • marcus erronius
        marcus erronius
        December 17, 2021 at 11:53 am | #

        Daisy almost gave Walky a job because a possibly hot girl licked his shirt. That’s voyeurism once removed, I think

        • Andy
          Andy
          December 17, 2021 at 2:07 pm | #

          I think that’s just being egregiously horny on main.

  2. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    December 17, 2021 at 12:04 am | #

    uh ? it’s even more in advance today. yay

    • King Daniel
      King Daniel
      December 17, 2021 at 12:05 am | #

      Eventually the server’s clock will advance far enough back that we’ll be getting tomorrow’s strip today instead. The cycle will be complete then, as the strip will finally be updating at midnight again.

      • Reltzik
        Reltzik
        December 17, 2021 at 12:16 am | #

        Allowing Phileas Fogg to win his stupid pointless bet.

        …. wait, no, that’s not how that story went…

      • The Wellerman
        The Wellerman
        December 17, 2021 at 12:40 am | #

        Hey Daniel, here’s the commission I promised!

        It’s my first time animating something too!

        Tag the Cricket really gets BLOWN in this one bruh!

        https://imgur.com/a/dnWRGAg

        • Rose by Any Other Name
          Rose by Any Other Name
          December 17, 2021 at 12:44 am | #

          That is a thing that is happening.

          Seriously, though – excellent work on the animation.

        • King Daniel
          King Daniel
          December 17, 2021 at 12:46 am | #

          He will yet have his REVENGE!

          Spent a good couple minutes laughing and watching, looks great 🙂

          Now, back to watching…

      • Clif
        Clif
        December 17, 2021 at 1:14 am | #

        At which point we should get a leap-day strip. It’s only fair.

        • King Daniel
          King Daniel
          December 17, 2021 at 1:39 am | #

          At the current rate of chronistic drift, we might actually fully loop around by 29 February 2024!

  3. The Wellerman
    The Wellerman
    December 17, 2021 at 12:05 am | #

    I’d love for it to become a thing Willis!!!

    WELCOME TO THE BLACK PARADE!!!

    • Andy
      Andy
      December 17, 2021 at 12:08 am | #

      Eh, I like Danny and Sal. She needs someone who’ll love her without making her jump through hoops, and he needs someone who wants to be with him unreservedly.

      • Thag Simmons
        Thag Simmons
        December 17, 2021 at 12:10 am | #

        They’re talking about Danny singing the songs the titles are quoting, which the alt-text pointed out has happened twice in a row.

    • thakoru
      thakoru
      December 17, 2021 at 12:27 am | #

      Can someone point me to when the first time was? Because I can’t find it.

      • Thag Simmons
        Thag Simmons
        December 17, 2021 at 1:06 am | #

        This is it

    • WanderingLynx
      WanderingLynx
      December 17, 2021 at 12:48 am | #

      My Chemical Romance does suit the general feel of DOA, innit ♥

    • Farmer_10
      Farmer_10
      December 17, 2021 at 8:50 am | #

      Now I’ve got a ukulele cover of that in my head and I hate it

      • The Wellerman
        The Wellerman
        December 17, 2021 at 6:21 pm | #

        🎵 The song that you ran from is back again!

        🎵 You wonder if the madness will ever end!

        😈 *demonic dolphin laughter ensues*

  4. RassilonTDavros
    RassilonTDavros
    December 17, 2021 at 12:08 am | #

    Amber is pretty much made for OT3s, isn’t she.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      December 17, 2021 at 12:12 am | #

      In both universes.

      • Clif
        Clif
        December 17, 2021 at 8:12 am | #

        Technically, that’s a third universe. One where the drama tag had only just been pulled.

    • WanderingLynx
      WanderingLynx
      December 17, 2021 at 12:49 am | #

      Amber being poly would either solve a lot of things, or make them worse. But I’d be down for it in both cases :3c

  5. Kyrik Michalowski
    Kyrik Michalowski
    December 17, 2021 at 12:08 am | #

    Come on Amber, at least tell us where your hand is, for science, of course.

    Also I feel Danny is forgetting the real reason they didn’t together: Mike.

    So what are the odds that Amber decides to write fanfiction of her exes/friends?

  6. Sirksome
    Sirksome
    December 17, 2021 at 12:08 am | #

    I don’t like much about Amber but this specifically is really cringe to me. Please stop announcing you get off on the idea of your friends banging. Especially if they don’t like each other. Like just keep it to yourself.

    • Sirksome
      Sirksome
      December 17, 2021 at 12:12 am | #

      I just feel like if I had a lesbian friend and told them I got an erection from the idea of her fucking someone else I knew I’d have earned myself a slap in the face. I don’t know. Maybe I’m wrong on this.

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        December 17, 2021 at 12:16 am | #

        It might make it a little more okay because she has a romantic history herself with both of the involved dudes, and in particular a sexual history with Danny (never got that far with Ethan), so maybe they are okay talking openly about this stuff.

        Or not, I might be talking out of my butt here. Amber being inappropriate isn’t exactly out of character for her, she’s kind of a mess. Danny seems chill about it, but being chill about things is kind of his whole deal as well.

        • Thag Simmons
          Thag Simmons
          December 17, 2021 at 12:18 am | #

          There would definitely be a much stronger negative reaction if this was a straight dude talking about his ex-girlfriends though.

          • Leorale
            Leorale
            December 17, 2021 at 12:40 am | #

            Things are legitimately different when guys vs. girls do them in a boy/girl relationship. When a straight fellow is turned on, the lady has to figure out if there’s an implicit threat.

            (It sucks.)

            Even so, *anyone* walking over with their hands in their pants is weirding me right out!

            Oh well — it is a portrait of foolish college students, not a portrait of virtue or vice.

            • WanderingLynx
              WanderingLynx
              December 17, 2021 at 12:46 am | #

              +1. It’s pretty cringe from Amber, but generally speaking, since gender dynamics aren’t equal…

              (Plus in this case, both quoted parties were Amber’s boyfriends whom she had sexual feelings for – In one case, enthusiastically reciprocated; and in the other, there was enough of a lack of boundaries Ethan had zero problems with telling her about his escapades.

              It’s MOST DEFINITELY NOT something I’d do but, uh. At least Danny doesn’t seem bothered by it.)

              • thejeff
                thejeff
                December 17, 2021 at 9:01 am | #

                Both have also read her fanfic and have had ample opportunities to let on that they’re bothered by it.

            • zee
              zee
              December 17, 2021 at 10:41 am | #

              I mean straight girls dehumanizing and fetishizing gay men to their faces is A Thing.
              there’s a reason no one likes fujoshi

              • Ike
                Ike
                December 19, 2021 at 9:37 pm | #

                This. People trying to say it’s not as big a deal is pretty fucking creepy and weird.

          • AlexanderHammil
            AlexanderHammil
            December 17, 2021 at 1:18 am | #

            I mean even then it really depends on the relationship folks have with their exes. Like, *in general* this isn’t great, but *in specific* it can be fine.

            But, yes, Amber’s a mess. Her two moods are bleak existential despair and giddy horniness and she’s pretty explicitly using her libido in this storyline to break out of her doomspiral. She and Joe are… not so different.

        • Freemage
          Freemage
          December 17, 2021 at 1:09 am | #

          Honestly, Panel 2 Danny, being chill about being out, is definitively my favorite Danny.

      • Rainhat
        Rainhat
        December 17, 2021 at 12:31 am | #

        You’re not wrong.

      • Rose by Any Other Name
        Rose by Any Other Name
        December 17, 2021 at 12:39 am | #

        I mean, a lot of it depends on the sort of relationship that has been established.

        As the Doctor notes, it would bother me a lot less having a male lover say that about me and my wife than a random stranger or male friend who was not also a sexual partner.

      • adam Black
        adam Black
        December 17, 2021 at 1:13 am | #

        It’s different because we have a culture where woman arent permitted to endorse M-M , most Bi men are closeted, Most Women will refuse to date Bi men. and its been permitted for Women to display homophobia to men only for decades

        Until all those stigmas ends , Yoai and Bara functions as a social good.

        • Thag Simmons
          Thag Simmons
          December 17, 2021 at 1:43 am | #

          I am way out of my depth here, but people more knowledgeable about this than me have been highly critical of media fetishizing queer people and romances for a straight audience, that handling this stuff badly can hurt more than it helps and reinforce harmful attitudes.

          • Clif
            Clif
            December 17, 2021 at 8:21 am | #

            What a person gets up to in the privacy of their own mind is their own business. *

            If, however, they make it public, we get to savage them unmercifully to establish our moral superiority. **

            * And maybe God’s, given a whole raft of assumptions.

            ** That is the way it works, isn’t it?

          • Spencer
            Spencer
            December 17, 2021 at 1:18 pm | #

            I feel like gay/lesbian pornography only hurts as a result of a system that already hurts queer folks. There’s nothing wrong with enjoying porn of two dudes macking on each other, it’s only a problem when it exits outside that fantasy. Currently, well, yes, it does exist outside that fantasy to the detriment of queer men, but I don’t think there’s some kind of threshold to cross before it’s now morally acceptable to like gay porn. I think both can happen; porn can be porn, and people can be people.

            In a vacuum, like, no, I do not actually think it’s exploitative for a man to create lesbian porn or for a woman to create gay porn; pornography is about fulfilling a desire, however that manifests. I don’t think it’s weird if a dude wants to think about girls kissing and then writes/draws that, I think it’s weird if “thinking about girls kissing” is the only level he cares to engage with queer woman on.

            Or: Amber jilling off to Stucky isn’t a problem, it’s a problem when she expects and asks that same gratification from actual people, and if that gratification shapes how she views them.

        • zee
          zee
          December 17, 2021 at 10:44 am | #

          Given the sheer amount of yaoi that perpetuates the stereotype that gay men are predatory a en r*pey, imma have to say nah to that one chief
          These girls think Killing Stalking is a romance and the relationship is cute. Even if you have no idea what that is, it’s called fucking Killing Stalking

          • Spencer
            Spencer
            December 17, 2021 at 1:06 pm | #

            Yeah that.

            Yaoi is not meant for queer men, it’s porn for straight girls.

            Which, like, it’s fine that it is, it’s okay to want porn of boys touching weiners, but I’m not gonna call lesbian pornography very clearly aimed at dudes a stepforward for lesbian acceptance or whatever.

          • Lan
            Lan
            December 17, 2021 at 1:20 pm | #

            I’m glad someone said it

          • Andy
            Andy
            December 17, 2021 at 2:09 pm | #

            Do they hopefully kill stalking so that no one ever does it again? I’m assuming by your words they don’t, but that would be a really good use of that title that’s not creepy and terrible af.

            • zee
              zee
              December 18, 2021 at 11:56 am | #

              I’m a day too late lmao but it’s about a dude who gets caught stalking his crush so said crush holds him on false imprisonment and abuses him physically and. S-ually. Its meant to be a horrifying triller but there’s a large fan base thats more just. Into it.

    • GUIGUI
      GUIGUI
      December 17, 2021 at 2:13 am | #

      “Especially if they don’t like each other.” I mean, the whole point was specifically that they actually liked each other, so, it’s quite the opposite, there.

      • Sirksome
        Sirksome
        December 17, 2021 at 9:23 am | #

        Except they clearly don’t like each other now and Amber should know this since Ethan essentially told her so by calling Danny a backstabber. She was also imagining him making out with imaginsry Mike a guy we know Danny hated, which is fine for s private thought but it shows this is much less about her previous relationship with Danny and more about her personsl arousal at him being gay. For example she doesn’t give a crap about Sal and Danny together, cause it’s not really about Danny or his attractions or Ethan for that matter. Makes this feel less quirky and more selfish.

  7. Spencer
    Spencer
    December 17, 2021 at 12:10 am | #

    Something weird to me about Amber as a person is that for someone who constantly scrutinizes herself for behaviours that could be seen as socially awkward or a faux-pas, the one thing that has her dive right in is getting horny on main.

    That’s not a “Amber is being problematic” comment or anything, mind, it’s something I find noteworthy about her.

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      December 17, 2021 at 12:13 am | #

      Eh, I think there’s more than enough other stuff to make the case for deliberate self-sabotage, although this level of shamelessness is clearly for the sake of making jokes.

    • Jamie
      Jamie
      December 17, 2021 at 12:21 am | #

      “I have a lot of hangups, but not about sex.”

    • Spencer
      Spencer
      December 17, 2021 at 12:44 am | #

      Aight I wrote this but: don’t treat the queer men in your life like this, straight girls.

      It’s not actually woke and accepting to go “mmm yes fuck for my amusement” or for others to treat it as quirky and endearing and “taking ownership of your sexuality” or whatever when that ownership comes at the cost of queer men. Amber here is doing the exact thing I was fine brushing off with Ethan, because the two of them had the established boundary where this behaviour was something Ethan comfortably accepted, which Amber has obviously not with Danny vis-a-vis his sexuality.

      This ain’t a story complaint, either in thinking it’s presented as endearingly quirky or even just the portrayal of prejudice in likeable and sympathetic characters; that’s not only something I think fiction absolutely should engage with more often, we also just got done Joyce reciting the comments section every time we find out Ruth isn’t actually a lesbian.

      • Axel
        Axel
        December 17, 2021 at 12:50 am | #

        it’s very realistic to Amber’s age, sexuality, and immersion in fandom (but as a gay yes confirmed gross even without the public maybe masturbation)

        • Spencer
          Spencer
          December 17, 2021 at 12:59 am | #

          I know. I think it’s extremely true to Amber’s character, and it’s extremely true to the actions of far too many women.

          To be perfectly frank, having a series like DoA where I know going in that there’s no desire to praise this behaviour helps me parse through the behaviour itself, much like we just did with Joyce and Ruth. I can think about why Amber thinks it, which is the point of a story.

          • Axel
            Axel
            December 17, 2021 at 2:39 am | #

            I meant that in agreement to your comment, just to be clear.

            Not specifically at you, aside from the grossness, as a not-out-to-myself gay trans man in high school, it also was super confusing to have all the weebs* I was friends with indicate that fetishizing gays was a normal thing for straight cis girls, which in turn made it hard to figure out that I was genuinely attracted to gay men, because I was one.

            *I was also a weeb, so this was most of my friends and online friends

            • The Wellerman
              The Wellerman
              December 17, 2021 at 2:49 am | #

              I guess I get your point. Having some breathing room per say is really handy in figuring yourself out.

      • drs
        drs
        December 17, 2021 at 1:10 am | #

        Bottom row: https://www.egscomics.com/comic/party-043

        • Clif
          Clif
          December 17, 2021 at 8:28 am | #

          Another case where good friends are allowed transgressions of the general rules.

  8. Megan Rivera
    Megan Rivera
    December 17, 2021 at 12:11 am | #

    I think it’s important 🤣

    • The Wellerman
      The Wellerman
      December 17, 2021 at 12:14 am | #

      Me too 😅 😆

    • Sirksome
      Sirksome
      December 17, 2021 at 12:22 am | #

      I think the answer depends entirely on how much foot traffic this area of IU gets. Maybe she can get away with it.

      • The Wellerman
        The Wellerman
        December 17, 2021 at 12:29 am | #

        Here’s an interesting thought experiment to keep your brains busy 😏

        Would it be easier to get away with it there or at a beach, and why?

      • Axel
        Axel
        December 17, 2021 at 12:47 am | #

        I always have dreams that I’m in public and can’t get my hand out of my pants. Like I’m somewhere private doing something private (not necessarily sexual, often just fixing my waistband or something) and then suddenly I’m in public with my hand in my pants and I can’t remove it and I’m trying to hide. In reality I’m usually sleeping on top of my own arm.

        unfortunately I don’t think that’s what’s happening to Amber rn

    • Clif
      Clif
      December 17, 2021 at 12:55 am | #

      Yeah, Amber. I think it’s of *some* importance.

  9. ADLegend21
    ADLegend21
    December 17, 2021 at 12:14 am | #

    omg Amber you WYLIN lmaoooo

  10. ReFlex76
    ReFlex76
    December 17, 2021 at 12:15 am | #

    Horny Amber = Best Amber

    • thumb
      thumb
      December 17, 2021 at 7:40 am | #

      Now you see, that just says a lot about Non-Horny Amber. Because Horny Amber = Creepy Amber.

  11. AbacusWizard
    AbacusWizard
    December 17, 2021 at 12:18 am | #

    Dumbing of Age Book 11: Is Your Hand In Your Pants Right Now

    • Clif
      Clif
      December 17, 2021 at 12:56 am | #

      12?

    • Amós Batista
      Amós Batista
      December 17, 2021 at 1:56 am | #

      nice

    • Keulen
      Keulen
      December 17, 2021 at 7:53 am | #

      We’re in book 12 now, but yeah this is a great book title.

    • DarkoNeko
      DarkoNeko
      December 17, 2021 at 2:02 pm | #

      it’s more of a slipshine title tho

  12. newlland(Henryvolt)
    newlland(Henryvolt)
    December 17, 2021 at 12:20 am | #

    So many things would have been cleared up easily if people were just honest about their feelings with the people they don’t want to hurt. Sure there are times that’s not the best decision but this would have helped.

    • thejeff
      thejeff
      December 17, 2021 at 9:20 am | #

      I’m not entirely convinced of that. At least not right away.

      Amber’s feelings about Ethan being gay weren’t as simple as “Yay! sexual fantasy”.

      • DarkoNeko
        DarkoNeko
        December 17, 2021 at 2:02 pm | #

        yeah, she says that now but she may have taken it really poorly back then

  13. Wraithy2773
    Wraithy2773
    December 17, 2021 at 12:21 am | #

    And now for the significantly less drama-filled storyline in this book, “Amber gets arrested for Public Indecency and gets registered as a Sex Offender”…

    …it still would be more chipper than the Joyce/Becky fun >_>.

    • WanderingLynx
      WanderingLynx
      December 17, 2021 at 12:40 am | #

      See, the thing with Joyce/Becky fun is that it’d require Joyce to stop being an atheist wholesale realize that she’s bi.

      I’d like to see it, but as a fanfic. Dina deserves better, and my ship is Doroyce.

      • Wraithy2773
        Wraithy2773
        December 17, 2021 at 12:47 am | #

        ……..no, it really just requires Joyce to stop sneering at Becky for being religious. That’s it. If Joyce turns out to be Bisexual and realizes it, then it would matter precisely dick when it comes to her relationship with Becky, because the whole problem is that Joyce openly thinks less of Becky for still being Christian.

        • WanderingLynx
          WanderingLynx
          December 17, 2021 at 12:52 am | #

          I’d like to clarify I was making a joke about shipping and fanfics, and that I’m in zero hurry to rehash the discourse from the past days. Getting a strip with a different focus was a huge relief.

          • Wraithy2773
            Wraithy2773
            December 17, 2021 at 12:53 am | #

            Aaaah, okay, sorry, misunderstood, all good :).

      • Thag Simmons
        Thag Simmons
        December 17, 2021 at 12:57 am | #

        It’d require Joyce to have romantic feelings for Becky, which she definitely doesn’t, regardless of her sexuality.

        • WanderingLynx
          WanderingLynx
          December 17, 2021 at 1:08 am | #

          Man, I know playfulness often doesn’t translate well through text over the internet, but I’m starting to think I worded that joke far more poorly than I thought.

          • The Wellerman
            The Wellerman
            December 17, 2021 at 1:19 am | #

            The occasional emote might help!

          • Thag Simmons
            Thag Simmons
            December 17, 2021 at 1:52 am | #

            You worded it fine, the joke is clear. I responded with a serious answer and failed to acknowledge that I was responding to a joke, that’s my fuck up.

  14. Schpoonman
    Schpoonman
    December 17, 2021 at 12:27 am | #

    …Okay, alt text, you got me. I thought Danny was REALLY butchering Rockwell, but I just missed The Black Parade reference, which I really should have bought years ago.

    • Keulen
      Keulen
      December 17, 2021 at 7:55 am | #

      I mistook it for the Rockwell song at first too.

      • zee
        zee
        December 17, 2021 at 10:50 am | #

        What the FUCK do you mean it’s not the Rockwell song?

        • Schpoonman
          Schpoonman
          December 17, 2021 at 1:42 pm | #

          https://youtu.be/pInrJ72eeUU?t=116

          “I’ll Leave You A Phantom” is also a line from this song. I’m incredibly torn that we’re getting a major MCR reference for the comic but that it’s about Mike, one of the worst characters in the whole comic.

          • The Wellerman
            The Wellerman
            December 17, 2021 at 3:57 pm | #

            “Sometimes I get the feeling…
            she’s watching over me.”

            I only just realized Amber’s doing that right now LOL

            “Your misery and hate will kill us all.”

            Basically Ethan right now.

            Hopefully they aren’t also among the worst?

  15. Robbie
    Robbie
    December 17, 2021 at 12:29 am | #

    Tmi Amber.

  16. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    December 17, 2021 at 12:31 am | #

    Haha that’s gross and inappropriate but I’d be lying if I didn’t find it pretty fucking hot.

    • WanderingLynx
      WanderingLynx
      December 17, 2021 at 12:53 am | #

      Amber in general, or the OT3?

      • Clif
        Clif
        December 17, 2021 at 12:59 am | #

        Can’t speak for Yotomoe, but definitely Amber.

        • The Wellerman
          The Wellerman
          December 17, 2021 at 1:07 am | #

          She’s as hot as EMBERS right now 🤪 😎

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        December 17, 2021 at 1:07 am | #

        Amber in general but also it’s really hot to me when a girl is incredibly aroused. Girls being horny makes me horny I guess.

        • WanderingLynx
          WanderingLynx
          December 17, 2021 at 1:11 am | #

          Absolutely 100% Understandable, fam. Also I don’t think I’ve ever told you how much I appreciate your art /o/

          • The Wellerman
            The Wellerman
            December 17, 2021 at 1:13 am | #

            Me too! I’m luvin’ it!

          • Yotomoe
            Yotomoe
            December 17, 2021 at 1:19 am | #

            Well gee thanks. I’m too busy to draw anything lately.

  17. C.T. Phipps
    C.T. Phipps
    December 17, 2021 at 12:31 am | #

    Poor Amber probably never realized that Mike and Ethan were together.

    • WanderingLynx
      WanderingLynx
      December 17, 2021 at 12:41 am | #

      She did. She asked Ethan and Ethan told her, with deets

  18. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    December 17, 2021 at 12:32 am | #

    Jesus Danny, Haven’t you ever read “Kiss him not me?” This is first grade!

    • LiterallyJustSomeGuy
      LiterallyJustSomeGuy
      December 17, 2021 at 1:05 am | #

      I have not read that, but it doesn’t sound like first-grader reading material

    • zee
      zee
      December 17, 2021 at 10:53 am | #

      I’ll admit even with my hatred of fujoshi, kiss him not me is a damn banger. I mean, you can’t have a character like Asuma and expect me not love it

  19. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    December 17, 2021 at 12:33 am | #

    o3o also if anyone noticed I was absent from the last few comics. That was intentional. Not touching that discourse.

    • The Wellerman
      The Wellerman
      December 17, 2021 at 12:43 am | #

      Would you be willing to touch some pixel art that’s only superficially related though?

    • Kyrik Michalowski
      Kyrik Michalowski
      December 17, 2021 at 12:44 am | #

      I applaud your restraint in not getting involved.

  20. John
    John
    December 17, 2021 at 12:37 am | #

    kinda creepy to be fetishizing real peoples’ sexualities. these aren’t characters made for your sexual gratification, amber, they’re your friends…

    • Axel
      Axel
      December 17, 2021 at 12:40 am | #

      super agreed

      • Leorale
        Leorale
        December 17, 2021 at 12:45 am | #

        This is fair! If Danny or Ethan are uncomfortable about this, or if they call Amber out, in any way, on how she’s treating them, I’d like to think all the commenters will back them up a lot.

        • Leorale
          Leorale
          December 17, 2021 at 12:46 am | #

          (…Okay, not all the commenters. We never agree on anything. But, a lot of us.)

    • Lena
      Lena
      December 17, 2021 at 4:35 am | #

      She’s being an enormous creep right now.

    • Throwatron
      Throwatron
      December 17, 2021 at 4:49 am | #

      yeah its almost like amber is really really bad at these specific kinds of boundaries or something

      • zee
        zee
        December 17, 2021 at 10:54 am | #

        She is and i hate ittt

      • Rani
        Rani
        December 17, 2021 at 8:11 pm | #

        I don’t understand-what is that statement trying to convey? That because she doesn’t respect boundaries well historically means she gets a pass when she does it now?

  21. Buli-Buli
    Buli-Buli
    December 17, 2021 at 12:44 am | #

    Amber is officially transfering from being a superhero comic book character to being an edgy adult animation character.

    …you’re doing it wrong Amber. When Danny, for example, ceased trying to be a Rom-Com character he didn’t go looking for a new genre.

    • zee
      zee
      December 17, 2021 at 10:55 am | #

      Nah she’s becoming a cringy slice of life anime comic relief character

      Not a critique of Willis’s writing, just a critique of this type of person overall

      • Rani
        Rani
        December 17, 2021 at 8:08 pm | #

        How are those two things different? And why is crotoquing Willis’ writing a bad thing?

        • Rani
          Rani
          December 17, 2021 at 8:10 pm | #

          Critiquing?

      • Roborat
        Roborat
        December 21, 2021 at 5:41 pm | #

        As long as she doesn’t become the protagonist in a Korean romance novel isekai, all is good.

  22. Kim
    Kim
    December 17, 2021 at 12:46 am | #

    Fantastic!

  23. Nayann Martinelli
    Nayann Martinelli
    December 17, 2021 at 12:46 am | #

    Now ship it
    Now ship it
    S-ship it real good

    • Roborat
      Roborat
      December 21, 2021 at 5:47 pm | #

      When a pairing comes along, you must ship it
      I say ship it
      Ship it good

  24. DEAD MEME
    DEAD MEME
    December 17, 2021 at 12:54 am | #

    If you told everyone in 2011 that Danny would become a bisexual, ukulele-playing MCR fan, no one would’ve believed you.

    • WanderingLynx
      WanderingLynx
      December 17, 2021 at 1:04 am | #

      Yet it’s clearly the best possible destiny for him :’3

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      December 17, 2021 at 1:56 am | #

      Frankly I think they’d have a hard time believing you used your gift of prophecy to see the future of a webcomic character’s arc rather than anything else.

      • Andy
        Andy
        December 17, 2021 at 8:13 am | #

        In fairness, there’s only so many times you can win the lottery before you have more money than you could ever spend on your own

  25. Endplanets
    Endplanets
    December 17, 2021 at 12:56 am | #

    Insert joke about gay dudes not knowing what women want.

  26. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    December 17, 2021 at 12:57 am | #

    Y’know what, this is a super old picture but I think it’s relevant.
    (NSFW)

    • The Wellerman
      The Wellerman
      December 17, 2021 at 1:02 am | #

      Super swell bruh!!!

      😆 And perfect right now!

    • a/snow/mous/e
      a/snow/mous/e
      December 17, 2021 at 1:33 am | #

      Amazing 😀

    • Amós Batista
      Amós Batista
      December 17, 2021 at 1:55 am | #

      yeah, exactly as I think Amber is doing

  27. anonymsly
    anonymsly
    December 17, 2021 at 12:58 am | #

    Amber no. No, Amber. You cannot break up Danny and Sal by dangling Ethan because Danny/Sal makes your brain squirm. It’s not okay and also not going to work, because Danny.

    You know, if that’s the end goal here. If you honestly just want to chat, carry on.

    • Rocket Relm
      Rocket Relm
      December 17, 2021 at 1:05 am | #

      I don’t think this is as well reasoned out as any of that. This seems like Amber Horny, Amber Wants To Engage With It, and any considerations for who or what may actually happen long term will come later. Perhaps.

      • justin8448
        justin8448
        December 17, 2021 at 2:42 am | #

        Yeah, Amber just wants any and all details about how they were hot for each other.

    • LiterallyJustSomeGuy
      LiterallyJustSomeGuy
      December 17, 2021 at 1:41 am | #

      It’s also not going to work because Ethan.

  28. Kravis
    Kravis
    December 17, 2021 at 1:02 am | #

    Her boyfriends doin’ it would be the “Batman and Superman touching peens” of Amber’s dreams!

  29. John Campbell
    John Campbell
    December 17, 2021 at 1:11 am | #

    I thought at first that the hovertext was talking about the strip title.

    That’s how it goes
    Everybody knows

  30. AGV
    AGV
    December 17, 2021 at 1:28 am | #

    Yandere Amber is weird

    • Andy
      Andy
      December 17, 2021 at 7:34 am | #

      I think this is Fujoshi Amber. Yandere would be a lot more protective and violent.

      • Keulen
        Keulen
        December 17, 2021 at 8:01 am | #

        Yeah, this is definitely not yandere.

  31. BBCC
    BBCC
    December 17, 2021 at 1:37 am | #

    I didn’t need to know that, Amber. XD

  32. Agemegos
    Agemegos
    December 17, 2021 at 1:37 am | #

    Here it seems that both Danny and Amber think of Danny as Amber’s ex-boyfriend. Not Amazi-Girl’s. Is that odd?

    • AGV
      AGV
      December 17, 2021 at 5:28 am | #

      I think Amber’s too distracted to fuss over the details

  33. LiterallyJustSomeGuy
    LiterallyJustSomeGuy
    December 17, 2021 at 1:39 am | #

    I hope Amber mentions the “I told Ethan about you and Sal” and “Ethan acts like you stabbed him in the back” parts of that conversation. Those would be good for Danny to know.

    All in all, Danny’s taking this conversation in stride.

  34. Amós Batista
    Amós Batista
    December 17, 2021 at 2:00 am | #

    Amber’s smooth in 1st and 2nd panel, like a smol Diglett…

    • The Wellerman
      The Wellerman
      December 17, 2021 at 5:01 pm | #

      Wonder if Willis did that on purpose to subtly allude to her “digging and living in a hole” (FUCK how I hate that phrase in this context)

  35. GUIGUI
    GUIGUI
    December 17, 2021 at 2:11 am | #

    I don’t know if there is a better term for it and I don’t mean to use it with any negative connotation (and I think it is how it was used in the Oh Joy Sex Toy), but does that leans that Aber actually has a cuckhold fetish? and does that make Ethan the Bull?

    • AGV
      AGV
      December 17, 2021 at 5:37 am | #

      I think that her fetish is more about voyeurism and gay sex, like the “lesbian” category in porn

      Both being her exes being an added bonus

  36. Alanari
    Alanari
    December 17, 2021 at 2:15 am | #

    Respecting boundaries aside, not all fantasies should become reality. There’s stuff that is fun when imagined but has the potential to go really, really bad when actually happening.
    I’m not sure Amber can identify those fantasies. I’m not sure whether this specific fantasy belongs to that group.

    • Alanari
      Alanari
      December 17, 2021 at 2:15 am | #

      That avatar feels inappropriate.

  37. Queezle
    Queezle
    December 17, 2021 at 2:24 am | #

    I normally even kind of like Amber and deeply sympathise with her but jeez the way she talks about other peoples sex life or potential sex life, makes me deeply uncomfortable. Like what are boundaries even?

  38. Vivvav
    Vivvav
    December 17, 2021 at 2:37 am | #

    The women in this strip do not handle being around bi people responsibly. Feels like we oughta stick Joyce and Amber in some kind of sensitivity training program.

    • C.T. Phipps
      C.T. Phipps
      December 17, 2021 at 2:46 am | #

      Becky does!

      🙂

    • The Wellerman
      The Wellerman
      December 17, 2021 at 2:55 am | #

      I might be biased, but honestly I’d be grateful if I knew my just existing had the power to provide someone with release and happiness, even if I couldn’t hold a conversation with them.

      • The Wellerman
        The Wellerman
        December 17, 2021 at 3:54 am | #

        Hmmm… biased… Bi – Assed 😂

      • zee
        zee
        December 17, 2021 at 11:01 am | #

        If someone got this horny over finding out i was bi and picturing me with their ex i would set them on fire.
        The bridge would be nuked from orbit and our whole ass friend group would know how insanely creepy that person was in minutes

    • Eldritchy
      Eldritchy
      December 17, 2021 at 3:39 am | #

      They might start making out for all we know. Amber is a Dotty with a different paintjob after all.

  39. Deviant
    Deviant
    December 17, 2021 at 2:59 am | #

    Yeah, maybe don’t jill off when talking to people, especially not in public.

  40. Rocket Relm
    Rocket Relm
    December 17, 2021 at 3:25 am | #

    Unrelated to a lot of the conversation being had, that little panel with her going What. is so adorable, while peeking up and out. Which as I notice, is something she just tends to do for some reason.

  41. Juanoku
    Juanoku
    December 17, 2021 at 4:13 am | #

    Amber please
    Public fucking decency

  42. RedCat
    RedCat
    December 17, 2021 at 4:45 am | #

    See, THAT’S fucking weird.

    Is this just the characters being weird to bi people arc.

    • Throwatron
      Throwatron
      December 17, 2021 at 4:48 am | #

      The “characters being weird to bi people” arc of your life starts when you make it broadly clear to the average observer that you are bisexual, and ends whenever you stop doing that thing.

      • ischemgeek
        ischemgeek
        December 17, 2021 at 8:33 am | #

        Yeah, as an out bi, can confirm. The moment you’re out the weirdos come flocking and they keep flocking until you give up and just let people assume your orientation matches your current relationship configuration.

        Amber isn’t even close to the grossest comment I’ve had unsolicited about someone’s sexual fantasies involving bi people.

        To say nothing of the thinly veiled violent threats.

        • zee
          zee
          December 17, 2021 at 11:06 am | #

          All i know is my ex definitely saw me as a doorway to threesomes and definitely didn’t think sexual relations with women “counted”. I didn’t even realize how gross it was until i asked current bf how he’d feel if i slept /made out with a woman and the answer was uncomfortable unless he was also doing stuff bc, regardless of gender that’s still his partner being sexual with other people. He didn’t just find the idea hot.

          (I’ve never actually been with other women for the record, it was just a hypothetical)

      • Mr.Morningstar
        Mr.Morningstar
        December 17, 2021 at 8:38 am | #

        Can relate, God I hate it so much

      • egg egg
        egg egg
        December 17, 2021 at 10:12 am | #

        yup, half the reason i don’t bother coming out anymore is just how fuckin weird everyone decides to get

        • ischemgeek
          ischemgeek
          December 17, 2021 at 12:19 pm | #

          Right?!

          Like the straights get weirdly jealous or gross or both, the LGs get angry at you for existing or defensive of jealous or all 3 and the only folks who are more often than not decent on it are other bis/pans or trans folks.

  43. Stu
    Stu
    December 17, 2021 at 5:48 am | #

    “I always feel like… somebody’s watchin’ me!”
    “I WOULD be watching if you and Ethan had hooked up!”

  44. JBento
    JBento
    December 17, 2021 at 6:43 am | #

    Icky Amber considerations aside, I really love how Danny is taking this conversation so nonchalantly.

  45. Matthew E Davis
    Matthew E Davis
    December 17, 2021 at 7:33 am | #

    Is this Garbage Roof or Danny’s Wall?

  46. thumb
    thumb
    December 17, 2021 at 7:36 am | #

    Amber, please. No.

  47. Alan in DC
    Alan in DC
    December 17, 2021 at 8:24 am | #

    When I lived and worked in Syracuse NY in the late 80s, I had a female friend who thought exactly like Amber is thinking right now.
    Not being scornful or derogatory here, but I don’t get it. What’s the draw?

  48. Mr.Morningstar
    Mr.Morningstar
    December 17, 2021 at 8:28 am | #

    Amber that’s

    Really creepy actually

    • Mr.Morningstar
      Mr.Morningstar
      December 17, 2021 at 8:37 am | #

      Actually I’ve got more to say on this, bi folk get.weird shit like this all the goddamn time, women get shit like this from alot of cishet men and bi men get it from cishet women, but we dont talk about that one nearly as much.

      Its SUPER fucking gross, and I’ve experienced it myself, but I’ve been completely dismissed because I’m a masculine guy who must love that kind of attention.

      I hope amber stops hypersexualizing it, because its
      1): really uncomfortable and
      2): REALLY unhealthy

      • Icalasari
        Icalasari
        December 17, 2021 at 11:48 am | #

        3) REALLY illegal – She could get kicked out of college and be charged for this if she is legitimately hand down in public

  49. Yumi
    Yumi
    December 17, 2021 at 8:44 am | #

    Hm, way to be gross, Amber.

    • Yumi
      Yumi
      December 17, 2021 at 10:49 am | #

      Love Danny in this strip, though! So it kind of balances out.

  50. Deanatay
    Deanatay
    December 17, 2021 at 9:04 am | #

    Danny is fourth-wall aware, but only through his music.

  51. Rabisch
    Rabisch
    December 17, 2021 at 9:09 am | #

    Loss of contact with reality, loss of inhibitions and of the consciousness of being in a public space… I’m really afraid that from campus superhero Amber is slowly becoming the crazy pervert of the campus. I wonder how AmaziGirl will take it. Maybe she will decide to become the main personality?

    • Rani
      Rani
      December 17, 2021 at 11:18 am | #

      Maybe that’s Amber’s agenda: so thoroughly disgust her preferred alter that AG is permanently wooed out of retirement and puts Amber out of her misery.

      …what even happens to an alter when they don’t have the ‘spotlight’? Does it just feel like they’ve been asleep? Is the primary wanting to be displaced a quiet form of suicide?

      • Icalasari
        Icalasari
        December 17, 2021 at 11:44 am | #

        A bit like sleep as far as I can tell from my own experiences with my own alters

      • Mr. Random
        Mr. Random
        December 17, 2021 at 11:49 am | #

        Maybe it’s like watching a tv or something, only you have the construct of a mental apartment?

  52. Big Z
    Big Z
    December 17, 2021 at 9:18 am | #

    After all the Joyce and Becky stuff, it’s really a nice palate cleanser to just imagine Danny furiously strumming out The Black Parade on a ukulele.

    Even if we’re ignoring whatever Amber’s furiously strumming out behind the chair.

    • Eldritchy
      Eldritchy
      December 17, 2021 at 9:44 am | #

      I’m getting a mental image of Danny as Miguel from Road to El Dorado

    • Schpoonman
      Schpoonman
      December 17, 2021 at 1:36 pm | #

      Look, if he can do a recognizable rendition of the solo in Dead! on a ukulele he deserves every bit of clout he can get.

  53. David Doty
    David Doty
    December 17, 2021 at 9:57 am | #

    We still haven’t ever seen Danny reflect on the last thing he said to Mike, have we? Does he even remember?

    • Spencer
      Spencer
      December 17, 2021 at 10:22 am | #

      He panicked a lot when he saw Ethan so, probably.

      If I had to guess he feels guilty for that original foot-in-mouth “would it be so bad if it took a while to wake up?” comment, but the feelings that motivated that comment are real af. If he regrets anything, it’s probably how it made Ethan feel afterwards; if Danny hadn’t said it then at least he could have still been Ethan’s friend when he was mourning.

      • Yumi
        Yumi
        December 17, 2021 at 10:55 am | #

        If David Doty means what they said– last thing he said to Mike, rather than about Mike– it would be, “Goodbye forever, Mike.” Which, maybe unfortunate, but in context, pretty fair.

        I could see him going either way on remembering that. It wasn’t a hugely different type of interaction than what he was used to from Mike, so it could just blend into his general impression of what Mike was like.

        • thejeff
          thejeff
          December 17, 2021 at 11:09 am | #

          Yeah, that’s the kind of thing that could lead to a lot of unwarranted guilt if you think too much about it.
          It’s one thing if the last thing you said to a close friend or partner is something hurtful in the midst of a fight, but being dismissive of an abusive asshole? I don’t see a problem.

        • Spencer
          Spencer
          December 17, 2021 at 12:05 pm | #

          Ah, my bad.

          Emotionally, I think he’d feel bad. Rationally, he’d probably understand both where those words and those feelings came from.

  54. zee
    zee
    December 17, 2021 at 11:09 am | #

    Blehhh i was hoping this would be a one off gag but it’s not
    I hope Danny calls her out for being creepy tomorrow because this is getting increasingly gross

    • Icalasari
      Icalasari
      December 17, 2021 at 11:40 am | #

      No kidding, she’s now masturbating in public over the idea of her ex’s together, while talking to one. That’s just…

      WTAF

  55. Icalasari
    Icalasari
    December 17, 2021 at 11:39 am | #

    What in the actual fuck, Amber? That’s just… Creepy

  56. Mr. Random
    Mr. Random
    December 17, 2021 at 11:43 am | #

    It’s a little important.

    Please no masturbating in public.

    • Icalasari
      Icalasari
      December 17, 2021 at 11:49 am | #
      • Icalasari
        Icalasari
        December 17, 2021 at 11:50 am | #

        …It took the joke tag as a real one

        TheMoreYouKnow.wav

  57. Nobonesforever
    Nobonesforever
    December 17, 2021 at 12:59 pm | #

    Booooo Black Parade is Plebian MCR stuff, gimme Vampires Will Never Hurt you!

    • alongcameaspider
      alongcameaspider
      December 17, 2021 at 1:25 pm | #

      My MCR hot take is Welcome To The Black Parade is their weakest album, it has a few bangers but otherwise isnt anywhere near as good as its hyped up to be

      • Nobonesforever
        Nobonesforever
        December 17, 2021 at 4:41 pm | #

        Actually kind of a cold take from my experience. Most people are either 3 Cheers or Bullets die hades and feel ambivalent to negative about black parade

        • alongcameaspider
          alongcameaspider
          December 17, 2021 at 4:54 pm | #

          If I were to rank their albums I’d probably sat

          1: bullets
          2: Danger Days (probably the only person alive who’d rank it better then 3 cheers)
          3: 3 cheers
          4 Black Parade

          • Nobonesforever
            Nobonesforever
            December 17, 2021 at 6:38 pm | #

            and they only Ever had 4 albums……. only 4

  58. Bagge
    Bagge
    December 17, 2021 at 1:03 pm | #

    It’s kinda important

  59. Lan
    Lan
    December 17, 2021 at 1:26 pm | #

    We’re gonna get a line from somebody that she’s definitely Joe’s step-sister now for how gross she’s being and she’s gonna go completely batshit I’m callin it now

  60. alongcameaspider
    alongcameaspider
    December 17, 2021 at 2:06 pm | #

    Amber, stop sexually harassing your friends/ex

  61. Rainhat
    Rainhat
    December 17, 2021 at 2:29 pm | #

    Sometimes I feel very foreign to this fanbase.

  62. Kamino Neko
    Kamino Neko
    December 17, 2021 at 2:47 pm | #

    And yet, it’s the strip title that earworms me.

    (Probably because I’ve only I’ve ever heard The Black Parade once (before listening to it now), and apparently didn’t pay any attention to the lyrics, so I couldn’t put music to what Danny’s singing, but Everybody Knows ended up being a big part of my teen years, since Dad’s a big Leonard Cohen fan…and so am I as a consequence… I’m mostly familiar with Gerard Way as a comic creator and only heard a few MCR songs as a consequence of that.)

  63. Daniel M Ball
    Daniel M Ball
    December 17, 2021 at 4:24 pm | #

    re-read the archives, and suddenly, I realize a lot of the answers to questions that have bothered me about why our whole civilization seems to be run by idiots obsessed by what other people are doing with their genitals.
    It clearly gets reinforced in College while the rest of us are out working for a living.

  64. Derek
    Derek
    December 17, 2021 at 6:10 pm | #

    wow I genuinely hate Amber right now, all of Ethan’s pain was freaking white noise to her, literally the only thing she heard is “these two boys might like to kiss” and she tuned everything else now. Ethan, her friend for (over a decade??) is hurting but she cannot be arsed to be attention to that.

  65. WillowD
    WillowD
    December 17, 2021 at 8:28 pm | #

    I’m seriously laughing right now. I so love the characters in your comic. Thanks.

  66. Paul
    Paul
    December 19, 2021 at 11:25 am | #

    It’s not not important.

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September 13/14, 2025 - Small Press Expo in Bethesda, Maryland

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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 4h
today in #9chickweedlane i learned that alistair and lolly superdrowned
damnyouwillis.bsky.social's user avatarDavid M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
today in #9chickweedlane i learned alistair and lolly drowned
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 4h
wonder what that's code for
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 5h
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The REAL Ari-Dynamic @thereal-aridynamic.bsky.social ⋅ 7h
man hard to believe it's been 10 years since those crazy kids were flying around the courthouse mall like that, I tells ya
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“last fall I had this idea for a zine about Dilbert quitting his job and trying to learn to be happy and coming to terms with the fact that he’s trans actually” (posted 4/18/2022)
A sketch of Dilbert sitting at his desk, looking worn out. “There used to be a light inside of me,” he thinks, “when did I let this place snuff it out?”
Dilbert, now with slightly longer hair, eyeliner, and earrings, is putting on a scarf. After wrapping it around her neck, it springs up like her tie did in the comics. She smiles, her mouth visible for the first time.
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 19h
how can it be the most popular if it's the only one that's not sold out???????????
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
today in #9chickweedlane i learned alistair and lolly drowned
damnyouwillis.bsky.social's user avatarDavid M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
Yesterday and today and probably also tomorrow and the next day in #9ChickweedLane I learned you can fill a whole week of strips with drawing the same two submerged heads kissing
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
Dumbing of Age: "Riot police" www.dumbingofage.com/2025/comic/b... #webcomics #webcomic
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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
very into these inconvenient, extremely long and pointy shoes that spread across europe in the 14th century and made everyone so horny and effeminate that the church went full on moral panic mode and a bunch of kings made them illegal!!! also everyone got bunions
They were a controversial fashion and faced criticism from several quarters. In 1368, Charles V of France issued an edict banning their construction and use in Paris. An English poem from 1388 complained that men were unable to kneel in prayer because their toes were too long.[37] The c. 1440 morality play Castle of Perseverance includes the footwear in the
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
WON'T ANYONE LET SUNSTREAKER JERK OFF IN PEACE
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jon rosenberg @jonrosenberg.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
Stop calling them 'tweets' already. You're embarrassing yourself. They're called "bluejaculations" here
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
Weathering the colors a little bit
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paint has struck again
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
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Becky and Carla!  One is |:| and the other is 8D
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
Sometimes I forget I have an original Sunstreaker! During Shortpacked! times I was gifted a giant pile of G1 from a fan, and this guy has trouble finding purchase in my memory. The tooling was lost/destroyed decades ago, so he's never been reissued.
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
we have a proper dental office with scooby doo mystery inc on the monitors
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
Do the other yellow pages have a gorilla
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Amir Talai @amirtalai.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
zohran come to Los Angeles!!!!!!!!!
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David Mariotte @davidmariotte.bsky.social ⋅ 3d
As I'm working through unemployment stuff, now's a great time to remind folks that I'm very employable! I am seeking full-time comics editorial work (or in a related field), and in the meantime, I am also freelance writing and editing! Hit me up: dmariottewebhost@gmail.com or www.davidmariotte.com
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
Yesterday and today and probably also tomorrow and the next day in #9ChickweedLane I learned you can fill a whole week of strips with drawing the same two submerged heads kissing
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
really want to rescore this episode with Sound Mound's "It's Never Too Late (For Now)"
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
www.ebay.com/itm/23617834... winner never paid and didn't answer any messages, and it's been ten days, so hey, guess what we're relisting
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
look that was a different Dave Willis, I'm innocent
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
drew this panel 9 months ago, so if you conceived that night, your baby aughta be born now
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dorothy and joyce are outside
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
Dumbing of Age: "Facetious" www.dumbingofage.com/2025/comic/b... #webcomics #webcomic
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Kendra, regular version @kendrawcandraw.bsky.social ⋅ 3d
We are at 1,205 backers and nearly $35k with 9 days to go!! If we can hit 40k I’ll post more nude RHS characters on here
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Anywayyyyyy, it is actually the last day of pride month and there's 10 days left to back my very gay, very trans medieval fantasy adventure comedy REAL HERO SHIT: HARDER THAN IT LOOKS! Support a queer here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/iro...
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Grab the second volume of the queer fantasy adventures of a disparate band of mismatched adventurers: Real Hero Shit!
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
paint has struck again
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
"HELLO NEW NEIGHBOR!"
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Cable Contributes to Life @cctl.me ⋅ 4d
since it's the last day of pride month I figured I'd at least make one thing for it... i now unveil to you my greatest invention: color bars pride flag
An LGBTQ+ pride flag formatted in the layout of the SMPTE
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btw, the name of my 3d printer:
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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social ⋅ 3d
I got permission to share this, and I'm extremely grateful for that. The Onion got this letter from one of our subscribers in Alaska. She works with dementia patients and decided to leave a copy in the car for each one. This email made my year. Read it and you'll see what I mean. People are good.

I work as an elder and hospice caregiver, which I am oddly passionate about. I can love on them shamelessly and no one complains about my codependence. It's a win-win situation. 

Many of my caregiving colleagues complain about the repetitive questions and, sometimes reactions, of the elderly, especially when those patients happen to read the newspaper, especially with the current downward spiral of our country — as if these people haven't lived through enough horror...

I love my dementia peeps, but sometimes wonder if there's a Guinness Book World Record for how many times an hour a dementia patient can repeat the same question — it's got to be in the hundreds. At least with small children, they ask different questions. Dementia patients will get stuck on one short question and ask it until you can interrupt their train(carousel) of thought and successfully redirect their attention. That carousel is pretty manic sometimes. 

A couple days ago, I picked up my mail from the post office and drove over to the nursing home to take (let's call her
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