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by David M Willis on December 22, 2021 at 12:01 am
  • 02 – I'll Leave You A Phantom
└ Tags: amber, joe, mike

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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    December 22, 2021 at 12:04 am | #

    Amber’s tall and jewish, Mike?

    • Ana Chronistic
      Ana Chronistic
      December 22, 2021 at 12:04 am | #

      if they’re so similar, I wonder who’s living rent-free in Joe’s hea—wait I know n/m

      • Sombrero
        Sombrero
        December 22, 2021 at 4:59 am | #

        Next strip: Enter Ghost Liz.

        • Delavan
          Delavan
          December 22, 2021 at 9:17 pm | #

          Hey Ve-geeeee-ta! Guess what!

    • Decidedly Orthogonal
      Decidedly Orthogonal
      December 22, 2021 at 10:03 pm | #

      Is there _any_ chance Jason is jewish? And wood he break under the ministrations of a Ruth/Amber tag-team?

      • Rabbit
        Rabbit
        December 23, 2021 at 1:37 am | #

        I feel like at some point he has mentioned being catholic. I think

        This might just be me misremembering bc he’s a brit tho

    • Hinoron
      Hinoron
      December 26, 2021 at 3:42 pm | #

      She’s referring to Ethan.

  2. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    December 22, 2021 at 12:04 am | #

    Considering Joe’s dad, his DNA could show up anywhere. Though he and Joe look so similar, that it’s apparently very powerful DNA.

    Somewhere there’s an uncontacted Amazon tribe who all look exactly like Joe. Dr. Rosenthal got blackout drunk on a tour bus in South America during spring break once, and things happened that he can’t remember.

    • Jamie
      Jamie
      December 22, 2021 at 12:19 am | #

      I guess that’s one way to do a colonialism.

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        December 22, 2021 at 12:36 am | #

        He came, he…actually that’s about it.

        • Carms
          Carms
          December 22, 2021 at 1:53 am | #

          This sounds a lot like the Wickerman. Yknow, with Nic Cage and the Bees?

          • Felix
            Felix
            December 22, 2021 at 8:34 am | #

            No, not the beeeeeeeeeeeeeez

      • Decidedly Orthogonal
        Decidedly Orthogonal
        December 22, 2021 at 4:09 pm | #

        “to do a colonialism.” has been added to my handbrain for future use. Merci.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      December 22, 2021 at 2:42 am | #

      Joe’s paternal lineage is just “Joe Clones Through the Ages”.

    • Z
      Z
      December 22, 2021 at 8:26 am | #

      In Short packed, he was the first one Ultracar pulled the “dump in the Amazon” gag on.

  3. ThunderNight
    ThunderNight
    December 22, 2021 at 12:05 am | #

    Does anyone actually ask mike?

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      December 22, 2021 at 12:07 am | #

      Sure, right now some students having a sleepover have broken out the Ouija board, and are leaning unpleasant things about their mothers.

      • Proxiehunter
        Proxiehunter
        December 22, 2021 at 12:20 am | #

        And why said mothers were always short on nickles.

      • The Wellerman
        The Wellerman
        December 22, 2021 at 1:23 am | #

        Ouija board? Don’t you mean Wiigii board? 😜

        • mrnoidea
          mrnoidea
          December 22, 2021 at 1:34 am | #

          Oh hey, that’s pretty good!

          But I got a riddle in return.

          • The Wellerman
            The Wellerman
            December 22, 2021 at 2:29 am | #

            And what would that be?

            • mrnoidea
              mrnoidea
              December 22, 2021 at 1:49 pm | #

              How many figs would the big pigs dig if the big pigs could dig figs?

    • King Daniel
      King Daniel
      December 22, 2021 at 12:22 am | #

      I asked M’aiq, but he is a self-professed liar.

  4. Steamweed
    Steamweed
    December 22, 2021 at 12:06 am | #

    “Why must sexual objects ruin everything by being real people?”

    IKR!?!?

    • Zaxares
      Zaxares
      December 22, 2021 at 12:44 am | #

      That’s why you fantasize about video game characters! 😉

      • The Wellerman
        The Wellerman
        December 22, 2021 at 12:58 am | #

        You mean like Amber’s doing here? (NSFW) 😏

      • Rose by Any Other Name
        Rose by Any Other Name
        December 22, 2021 at 1:03 am | #

        Or your own original characters!

        … that may or may not be loosely based on video game characters…

        • Needfuldoer
          Needfuldoer
          December 22, 2021 at 2:41 am | #

          “I’m not Sonic! I’m my own original character, Blonic!”

          • RassilonTDavros
            RassilonTDavros
            December 22, 2021 at 11:05 am | #

            These aren’t Knuckles the Echidna, these are my Original characters Edmund, Steppenwolf, Moonwatcher, Harlan, Rembrandt, Aaron, Jordan, Matthias, Hawking, Tobor, Spectre, Sojourner, Thunderhawk, Janelle-Li, Athair, Sabre, and Locke!

            I hate that I was able to do this from memory

            • Spencer
              Spencer
              December 22, 2021 at 11:49 am | #

              Shout out to Tobor, who was replaced by a member of the Dark Legion and nobody in the Brotherhood noticed on account of his dad grabbing the wrong Echidna from a pile of wreckage and thinking it was his son, since all of them look the exact same.

              • James
                James
                December 22, 2021 at 11:26 pm | #

                That plot point could have been a potentially clever self-critique on character design, but no, it was just terrible writing. Sad.

        • C.T. Phipps
          C.T. Phipps
          December 22, 2021 at 4:40 am | #

          Hey, I make a living doing that as an indie author!

          Claire Redfield only showed up in one of my Agent G books!

          🙂

    • Decidedly Orthogonal
      Decidedly Orthogonal
      December 22, 2021 at 10:05 pm | #

      🤨 Mine don’t. Those things know better than that.

  5. Spencer
    Spencer
    December 22, 2021 at 12:07 am | #

    Consider the following: Amber went ham shipping Danny/Ethan/Sal despite all rationality dictating that would be A Bad Time. More specifically, she suddenly declared an interest in Danny smooching boys since “it’s canon.”

    Y’all.

    Amber’s totally gonna wingman for Joe.

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      December 22, 2021 at 12:13 am | #

      sickos.png

  6. The Wellerman
    The Wellerman
    December 22, 2021 at 12:08 am | #

    First of all Amber, it doesn’t hurt anyone as long as you DON’T TELL THEM about it and DON’T TRY TO MAKE THESE FANTASIES REAL.

    Second, now I’m gravitating towards Joe being the OG Fap Fairy, given how much he and Amber interacted BEFORE the whole Liz incident.

    • Keulen
      Keulen
      December 22, 2021 at 8:32 am | #

      Yeah, that’s pretty much my main problem with what Amber’s doing right now. I don’t mind shipping real life people, but it’s really creepy to tell those people you ship them and then try to push those people to get together.

    • Opus the Poet
      Opus the Poet
      December 22, 2021 at 10:02 am | #

      Are you talking about Urela, the Internet Porn Fairy?
      https://pictures.hentai-foundry.com/b/BleedingPervert/657731/BleedingPervert-657731-Slipshine_Mascot_-_Urela_Internet_Porn_fairy.png
      She’s been around ever since Slipshine was created by Jackie Lesnick (no relation to Ruth)

  7. King Daniel
    King Daniel
    December 22, 2021 at 12:10 am | #

    So who said Joe must’ve been rubbing off on Amber a few days ago, again?

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      December 22, 2021 at 12:12 am | #

      I was saying Faz, and frankly, I stand by it.

      • The Wellerman
        The Wellerman
        December 22, 2021 at 12:15 am | #

        Maybe this Amber is like a Super Saiyan God of fapping fantasy — the result of five fappers who have their powers merged into one.

        • thakoru
          thakoru
          December 22, 2021 at 12:29 am | #

          Captain Planet but horny.

          • Zach
            Zach
            December 22, 2021 at 12:32 am | #

            Captain Planet was always horny. He does it like he’s on the discovery channel.

            • The Wellerman
              The Wellerman
              December 22, 2021 at 12:43 am | #

              The Super Saiyan God metaphor works better IMO, because Captain Planet can’t manifest without all members and their rings present each and every time.

              And by the looks of it, Amber doesn’t need all the OG players around to manifest her powers.

  8. RassilonTDavros
    RassilonTDavros
    December 22, 2021 at 12:12 am | #

    Honestly, if Joe didn’t so obviously resemble Richard, we’d probably have real fan theories about this.

    • C.T. Phipps
      C.T. Phipps
      December 22, 2021 at 4:41 am | #

      That’s because we don’t consider that Stacy has super-genes too.

      All female descendants of her are identical to Amber.

      • Heather
        Heather
        December 22, 2021 at 6:17 am | #

        Dorothy learns she was the result of donor eggs.

  9. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    December 22, 2021 at 12:15 am | #

    I wonder how many people, beside Sal and Joe, have see Amber basically talking to herself and insulting the air like that

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      December 22, 2021 at 12:21 am | #

      However many people were watching her Mario stream.

  10. Nono
    Nono
    December 22, 2021 at 12:15 am | #

    Okay, but I bet Joe is used to being climbed on during sex.

    • Roborat
      Roborat
      December 22, 2021 at 7:20 pm | #

      Or in the cafeteria.

  11. Lan
    Lan
    December 22, 2021 at 12:15 am | #

    I’d just like to say that I called this

  12. Josh Spicer
    Josh Spicer
    December 22, 2021 at 12:19 am | #

    Amber: Again, not you Joe.

    Joe: Yeah shut up Mike.

    Mike: Oh so NOW who’s hallucinating?

    Joe:…shit

  13. BBCC
    BBCC
    December 22, 2021 at 12:19 am | #

    Ahhhhh siblings.

  14. Kravis
    Kravis
    December 22, 2021 at 12:20 am | #

    “Wh-What are you doin’ step-sister?”

    • Spencer
      Spencer
      December 22, 2021 at 12:21 am | #

      We’ve gone this long without anyone saying this and you had to ruin it.

      • King Daniel
        King Daniel
        December 22, 2021 at 12:25 am | #

        Faz ruined it first.

      • Kravis
        Kravis
        December 23, 2021 at 12:26 pm | #

        That’s what I’m here for, m*therfucka!

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      December 22, 2021 at 12:32 am | #

      I think the answer is “dissociating”

  15. Derek
    Derek
    December 22, 2021 at 12:22 am | #

    I really don’t know if Amber is meant to be funny or endearing in this storyline, but that’s a genuinely fucked up thing to say in the first panel.
    Like, nothing about this is cute or something easily brushed off as a joke.

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      December 22, 2021 at 12:30 am | #

      Pathetic feels like the wrong word, but it’s probably closer than funny or endearing. She’s in a bad place right now and she’s being extremely inappropriate, I don’t think this is supposed to be okay.

    • Spencer
      Spencer
      December 22, 2021 at 12:32 am | #

      Is Amber’s sexual objectifying of Danny for being bisexual that Danny himself called objectifying and akin to being treated like a weird sex puppet, and then Sal added to that by telling Amber to piss off like half an hour after making a fairly big effort at clearing the air with Amber regarding dating Danny, meant to be an endearing character trait? Probably not.

    • alongcameaspider
      alongcameaspider
      December 22, 2021 at 12:41 am | #

      It seems fairly clear we’re meant to be put off by it, given how other characters have reacted

    • C.T. Phipps
      C.T. Phipps
      December 22, 2021 at 4:43 am | #

      I think its meant to highlight Amber is completely unsocialized outside of Amazi-Girl, Mike, and Ethan.

      While Mike and Ethan existed, she had outlets for social interaction.

      Now she has none so she speaks openly only about what she knows: games and erotic fanfic.

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        December 22, 2021 at 8:24 am | #

        She rarely interacted with Mike except under protest. She dated Danny (and kind of Walky.) She’s still friendly with both of them. She was friends with Dina and kind of headed in that direction with Sal. A bit.

        She’s definitely got problems, but they’re far more attached to the trauma of last semester (and the rest of her life) than to just lacking social interaction.

        She’s also seriously sleep deprived right now, which isn’t at all good for her.

    • Keulen
      Keulen
      December 22, 2021 at 8:36 am | #

      I’m pretty sure her behavior in the past few strips isn’t meant to be funny or endearing. At least, I hope not. Because it’s actually really freaking creepy.

    • zee
      zee
      December 22, 2021 at 9:04 am | #

      No no I’m pretty sure she’s supposed to be objectively horrifying here. I mean it’s straight up being side by side compared to classic flavor joe in today’s strip

      • Derek
        Derek
        December 22, 2021 at 5:49 pm | #

        Classic flavour Joe was never this bad

        • thejeff
          thejeff
          December 22, 2021 at 7:45 pm | #

          He was never like this.

          But “fix her with my penis” is pretty damn awful. So was the talk of alcohol fueled threesomes.
          It was mostly performative, but so is this.

  16. Kim
    Kim
    December 22, 2021 at 12:23 am | #

    Yay!
    The best sibling-relationship is back on-panel! ^_^ <3

  17. thakoru
    thakoru
    December 22, 2021 at 12:27 am | #

    For real though, I do kind of love how quickly these two have developed a sibling-esque rapport.

    • J. Gawain
      J. Gawain
      December 22, 2021 at 7:51 am | #

      Christmas break will do that to people.

  18. Nathan
    Nathan
    December 22, 2021 at 12:28 am | #

    Joe, desperately trying to figure out how he somehow ended up being the most normal person here.

  19. StClair
    StClair
    December 22, 2021 at 12:28 am | #

    This is some grade-A parallelism, well done.

    • Deathjavu
      Deathjavu
      December 22, 2021 at 12:41 am | #

      That she can still be describing herself 3 panels in, but also unintentionally bulls-eyeing Joe is just perfect.

  20. Cholma
    Cholma
    December 22, 2021 at 12:28 am | #

    Look, Amber, just admit you harbor PSL for real people and make peace with it.

    • thakoru
      thakoru
      December 22, 2021 at 12:36 am | #

      What does “PSL” mean in this context? None of the Wikipedia articles that come up for it seem appropriate. Party for Socialism and Liberation? Percentage of the Speed of Light? Pumpkin Spice Latte?

      • fishamaphone
        fishamaphone
        December 22, 2021 at 12:41 am | #

        Perverse Sexual Lust. It was sort of an informal slogan for one of Willis’s earlier comics.

        • Amós Batista
          Amós Batista
          December 22, 2021 at 12:44 am | #

          err…this?

          • The Wellerman
            The Wellerman
            December 22, 2021 at 1:09 am | #

            Yeah, and for some reason, it’s seen at the end of one of Willis’s early flash animations.

            • Needfuldoer
              Needfuldoer
              December 22, 2021 at 2:39 am | #

              Three takeaways from that:

              1. I had no idea there was official Joyce and Walky animation! That must have been something like Flash 5.

              2. Getting some real “early Newgrounds Portal” energy from that. Motion tweens, compressed and recycled audio so it doesn’t take an hour to download at 28.8k…

              3. It’s weird to hear the characters actually talking, not in the internal dialogue voices I usually read their dialogue with.

            • Amós Batista
              Amós Batista
              December 22, 2021 at 9:39 am | #

              oh, I miss Flash 90’s animations. Loved the video.

          • Rocket Relm
            Rocket Relm
            December 22, 2021 at 8:31 am | #

            Okay so I browsed through that, having not read a lot of his other works, and I have found :3 face Joe and I do not know how I feel about it.

  21. Bagge
    Bagge
    December 22, 2021 at 12:49 am | #

    She’s not talking about Joe, but she’s still kinda talking about Joe.

    • Axel_Grease
      Axel_Grease
      December 22, 2021 at 11:35 am | #

      She’s not even aware of Joe as a person or that he shares some of the same qualities.

  22. Romanticide
    Romanticide
    December 22, 2021 at 12:51 am | #

    Joe has not being given any moment to be able to cool down and rest a little hasn’t he?

  23. Tenzhi
    Tenzhi
    December 22, 2021 at 1:02 am | #

    Anyone else read that as “tall and Joe-ish”?

  24. BigBassBone
    BigBassBone
    December 22, 2021 at 1:23 am | #

    Jesus, Amber. Just… no.

  25. mrnoidea
    mrnoidea
    December 22, 2021 at 1:31 am | #

    Joe. Just…just say “What happened.” Your ego can wait.

    • Rani
      Rani
      December 22, 2021 at 1:42 am | #

      It’s ego to ask why a madwoman is invading your space and rambling passive aggressively at you?

    • alongcameaspider
      alongcameaspider
      December 22, 2021 at 2:07 am | #

      To be fair he probably doesn’t know anything happened to ask about, she just showed up grumbling passive aggressively about stuff that could very well apply to him out of context

      • StClair
        StClair
        December 22, 2021 at 8:22 pm | #

        Amazingly (ha) so, yes.

  26. Steelbright
    Steelbright
    December 22, 2021 at 1:45 am | #

    once again, i hope Joe actually is forced to have a real conversation with somebody about what’s going on with them/him…

    • C.T. Phipps
      C.T. Phipps
      December 22, 2021 at 4:44 am | #

      Joe’s desire to be completely carefree and emotionally unattached probably has made him more like his father than his father ever was.

    • StClair
      StClair
      December 22, 2021 at 8:34 pm | #

      bender-serious.gif

  27. Carms
    Carms
    December 22, 2021 at 1:53 am | #

    i like Joe more and more

  28. Laura
    Laura
    December 22, 2021 at 2:44 am | #

    Is that how she was Ethan? As tall, Jewish furniture?

    I wonder — does AmaziGirl still like herself?

    • Sunny
      Sunny
      December 22, 2021 at 4:11 am | #

      I think she misses Ethan, and Joe is a good enough stand-in as long as he doesn’t say anything. She can pretend that things are still normal between her and Ethan for a little while. As long as she’s sleep-deprived enough.

    • C.T. Phipps
      C.T. Phipps
      December 22, 2021 at 4:45 am | #

      It’d be interesting but what if Mike killed Amazi-Girl?

      Like…AG disappeared after all this because Amber felt it got Mike killed?

      No it’s how real DID works but it might work via comic logic.

      • Daibhid C
        Daibhid C
        December 22, 2021 at 8:26 am | #

        We’ve seen Amazi-Gitl since then, though. She’s just stopped being a superhero.

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        December 22, 2021 at 8:28 am | #

        Amazi-Girl’s apparently given up the costume, but she’s still around. She plays roller derby.

  29. Rocket Relm
    Rocket Relm
    December 22, 2021 at 3:14 am | #

    I at first thought this little plotline about Amber being a creep was kinda dull and stupid, but I retroactively withdraw all my complaints, those first three panels make whatever contrivances that needed to happen entirely worth it.

  30. Rectilinear Propagation
    Rectilinear Propagation
    December 22, 2021 at 4:50 am | #

    Petition to have, “I was standing here minding my own business”, replace the “I’m in this picture and I don’t like it” meme.

    • Daibhid C
      Daibhid C
      December 22, 2021 at 8:23 am | #

      Upvote.

    • Arioch
      Arioch
      December 22, 2021 at 10:20 am | #

      Upvote

    • RedCat
      RedCat
      December 22, 2021 at 12:14 pm | #

      I feel like it’s much more similar to “I came here to have a good time and I’m honestly feeling attacked right now”.

      • Rectilinear Propagation
        Rectilinear Propagation
        December 22, 2021 at 11:24 pm | #

        You’re right!

  31. Rabisch
    Rabisch
    December 22, 2021 at 6:09 am | #

    Joe, you have a sister now. You can’t be “here minding my own business” anymore without that girl run near to you and start talking about things that makes feel you very uncomfortable. But you can do the same! It’s a good thing! If you two don’t end up hating each other, of course.

  32. Stephen Bolhafner
    Stephen Bolhafner
    December 22, 2021 at 11:17 am | #

    I wonder if someone IRL has been talking to Willis about making light of mental illness and how serious it is. Amber looks to me like she’s heading into a serious crisis that could have life-altering cataclysmic consequences.

    “Hey kids! It’s no fun to be mentally ill! Watch this train wreck and see!”

    • Clif
      Clif
      December 22, 2021 at 11:29 am | #

      Ha! Willis has been doing train wrecks since before trains were invented.

    • Axel_Grease
      Axel_Grease
      December 22, 2021 at 12:10 pm | #

      Personally I’ve never felt like Willis was making light of it. Look at what happened with Ruth.

      • Sombrero
        Sombrero
        December 22, 2021 at 12:54 pm | #

        More making fire than making light.

    • Koms
      Koms
      December 22, 2021 at 1:29 pm | #

      I really don’t think making fun of mental illness is his intention. In fact what I think is that he actually wants to say that mental health issues are fairly common and aren’t usually treated as seriously or with as much empathy as they should be. He probably wants to spread awareness, I’m only guessing.

      Also this is a comic so many things are exaggerated. But I don’t think Mr. Willis would poke fun at things like these.

      As for myself, reading this comic and the comment section has definitely made me more aware.

      • The Wellerman
        The Wellerman
        December 22, 2021 at 4:15 pm | #

        +1

        🤗

    • Eldritchy
      Eldritchy
      December 22, 2021 at 5:41 pm | #

      Is he making light of mental illness though? Like DoA is partially a comedy so you can expect certain aspects to be shown in a light-hearted way. But it’s not like several characters who are in the know didn’t express concern with Amber’s state and made it clear that she is Not well.

  33. Wakeangel2001
    Wakeangel2001
    December 22, 2021 at 12:53 pm | #

    I defy you to tell me this line wouldn’t fit in here: “What are you doing step sis?”

  34. jothki
    jothki
    December 22, 2021 at 1:56 pm | #

    There’s a growing issue here that Amber is supposed to be the one drawing these conclusions about herself, but since they come from “Mike” she feels that she can ignore them.

  35. Rani
    Rani
    December 22, 2021 at 2:32 pm | #

    “Tall and Jewish” “furniture” tho

  36. Alifer
    Alifer
    December 22, 2021 at 2:39 pm | #

    How long before she tells someone about brain ghost mike or gives him a puppet or something to possess

    • Tomn
      Tomn
      December 22, 2021 at 3:09 pm | #

      ALL HAIL SATAN

      https://www.dumbingofage.com/2015/comic/book-5/02-threes-a-crowd/answer-2/

      • The Wellerman
        The Wellerman
        December 22, 2021 at 3:57 pm | #

        Speaking of which…

        Willis and I must be mind-linked or something — I had a dream last night that I went on a field trip to HELL, which is what I imagine it must be like to NOT be able to taste Mac and Cheese 😱😱😱

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      December 22, 2021 at 4:36 pm | #

      It probably wouldn’t be very healthy for her, but now I’m just picturing Amber with a Muppet version of Mike (complete with perpetual grump and physics-defying hair).

  37. Pocky
    Pocky
    December 22, 2021 at 4:40 pm | #

    I know its unintentional; but Jewish and furniture really makes for an uncomfortable jokes to have made. . . yikes.

  38. thakoru
    thakoru
    December 22, 2021 at 8:46 pm | #

    Dumbing of Age Book 12: I was standing here MINDING MY OWN BUSINESS!

  39. ADLegend21
    ADLegend21
    December 22, 2021 at 10:32 pm | #

    man, Joe just cannot catch a break.

  40. Rartorata
    Rartorata
    December 23, 2021 at 1:52 am | #

    Joe is… the one person Amber’s age I am 100% confident is NOT Amber’s half-sibling, resemblance or no.

  41. JA
    JA
    December 26, 2021 at 10:23 pm | #

    First panel I giggled pretty hard at.

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