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by David M Willis on December 24, 2022 at 12:01 am
  • 02 – Turning Saints Into the Sea
└ Tags: booster, ethan

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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    December 24, 2022 at 12:01 am | #

    “Like a dog? Ooo, yes, a dog might be a superior friend to any of your acquaintances”

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      December 24, 2022 at 12:03 am | #

      I mean some people might call them a certain kind of dog.

      • Thag Simmons
        Thag Simmons
        December 24, 2022 at 3:22 am | #

        I didn’t know that Booster herded sheep

      • The Wellerman
        The Wellerman
        December 24, 2022 at 3:55 am | #

        🎶 Harmonic dogs, house dogs, street dogs…

    • anon
      anon
      December 24, 2022 at 12:07 am | #

      i mean i wouldn’t turn down a puppy cuddle if i was sad either lol

  2. shadowcell
    shadowcell
    December 24, 2022 at 12:01 am | #

    Dumbing of Age Book 13: Sit

    • Clif
      Clif
      December 24, 2022 at 1:16 am | #

      Pithy.

    • uze
      uze
      December 24, 2022 at 5:58 pm | #

      Love this

  3. The Wellerman
    The Wellerman
    December 24, 2022 at 12:02 am | #

    *plays “Atomic Dog” on hacked muzak*

    • The Wellerman
      The Wellerman
      December 24, 2022 at 12:07 am | #

      ✌😎 Happy Holidays!!!

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuyS9M8T03A

  4. Archieve
    Archieve
    December 24, 2022 at 12:02 am | #

    Off to a good start I think?

  5. BBCC
    BBCC
    December 24, 2022 at 12:02 am | #

    Well, so far the honesty hasn’t blown up in their face. That is a start, right?

    • Mark
      Mark
      December 24, 2022 at 7:59 am | #

      This is the one thing I like about Booster, so far.

    • Theluxland
      Theluxland
      December 24, 2022 at 12:34 pm | #

      I think Booster is handling that really well actually.

  6. Yumi
    Yumi
    December 24, 2022 at 12:03 am | #

    Ooo, I like their color schemes together. Somehow visually pleasing to me.

    • JessWitt
      JessWitt
      December 24, 2022 at 12:05 am | #

      It’s like the two houses meme: goth and purple-pink.

    • anon
      anon
      December 24, 2022 at 1:40 am | #

      black goes well with everything. esp pet fur lol (wonder how many other secret pets besides fuckface tho)

      • Thag Simmons
        Thag Simmons
        December 24, 2022 at 2:47 am | #

        Fuckface is about the largest pet as I think you could hide in the dorms and he’s already pushing it

        I dunno maybe someone has a gerbil or a betta, but I doubt there’s any dorm kitties

        • Needfuldoer
          Needfuldoer
          December 24, 2022 at 5:13 am | #

          And that’s a damned shame.

        • Thanatos
          Thanatos
          December 24, 2022 at 10:14 am | #

          Someone in my college had a cat in her dorm room because she had anxiety and a doctor gave her a note that it was a comfort animal. Could be something like that going on. The school just said that her dorm-mate had to be ok with it and not allergic and no-one on the floor had a problem with severe allergies.

          • Yumi
            Yumi
            December 24, 2022 at 1:08 pm | #

            My mom had a cat in her dorm room for a time because the RA simply didn’t care. Two guys down the hall had a dog. One time, apparently, the cat and the dog were playing together in the hall, and the RA came by like, “Hey, some people are going to be touring here later, if the animals could just not be around then, that’d be good.”

      • Spriteless Aunty
        Spriteless Aunty
        December 24, 2022 at 8:52 am | #

        Quick Willis add a blind person to the cast so we can have a working dog to the dorms.

        • Nova
          Nova
          December 24, 2022 at 9:45 am | #

          Disability rep is always good! Yes please.

  7. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    December 24, 2022 at 12:03 am | #

    broody broody

    • anon
      anon
      December 24, 2022 at 12:10 am | #

      at least it seems to be in a public(?) setting/i assume is in the cafeteria as opposed to ethan hurriedly getting lunch and shutting himself in his dorm

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        December 24, 2022 at 12:14 am | #

        Well yeah, no point in brooding if nobody can see you do it.

        Why do you think Batman always perches on top of gargoyles? Can’t be good for his back, but now anyone who looks up will see that he is the gothiest in the land.

        • StClair
          StClair
          December 24, 2022 at 12:31 am | #

          HE IS VENGEANCE, HE IS THE NIGHT

        • MisterJinKC
          MisterJinKC
          December 24, 2022 at 1:31 am | #

          He’s too high up for the ground to see easily. He’s up there to get a better view of the city. Now in the Batcave? THAT’S some quality brooding.

        • Thag Simmons
          Thag Simmons
          December 24, 2022 at 2:59 am | #

          Honestly I wonder why Gotham has that many Gargoyles for him to cling to in the first place

          • Mark
            Mark
            December 24, 2022 at 8:01 am | #

            They keep putting up more, to prevent his being lured away by Windy City.

            • Smallmoon
              Smallmoon
              December 24, 2022 at 9:50 am | #

              They uh…
              They aren’t putting up more.
              they just sort of… Appear.
              Before anyone says it, The Wayne Foundation definitely isn’t stealth-renovating building exteriors to tip the city’s architectural trends. Several Pixtagraph users have verified footage of the gargoyles just sort of… Popping into existence, accompanied by the sound of grinding stone. Some theorize it’s some sort of infection that’s spread by spores, as ‘new’ gargoyles tend to appear on buildings downwind of existing gargoyles after very high winds.

              • FlyingFish
                FlyingFish
                December 24, 2022 at 12:28 pm | #

                That or Goliath and the gang moved in.

                Batman: I watch this city. I guard over it like–
                Broadway: Hey buddy, your foot is literally in my ear.

                • Uly
                  Uly
                  December 24, 2022 at 12:37 pm | #

                  Literally was just thinking that! Great minds, huh?

          • Daibhid C
            Daibhid C
            December 24, 2022 at 8:02 am | #

            I’m prepared to bet that there’s a reason in the comics somewhere, and it probably has to do with “Gotham was founded by crazed bat-demon cultists” nonsense.

            • Thag Simmons
              Thag Simmons
              December 24, 2022 at 11:57 am | #

              aren’t they owl cultists?

              • Daibhid C
                Daibhid C
                December 25, 2022 at 6:32 am | #

                The owl cultists came later. I forget if they have any connection to the bad-demon thing or if it’s just a coincidence.

        • PirateTawnee
          PirateTawnee
          December 24, 2022 at 7:03 am | #

          He’s up there to make sure all the people are eating plenty of bacon for every meal.

          They are the Got Ham Residents after all.

          • Laura
            Laura
            December 24, 2022 at 9:08 pm | #

            X-D

        • anon
          anon
          December 24, 2022 at 6:11 pm | #

          hm, makes me wonder, how long could you shut in and ‘brood’ privately/skip classes before you’d get kicked out/asked to leave? i assume ethan’s still going to classes now, or just getting by tho i don’t think jacob would say anything too unless he thinks that ethan’s being a danger to himself

  8. Reltzik
    Reltzik
    December 24, 2022 at 12:04 am | #

    “Now to qualify as a candidate for friendship, fill out this questionnaire on Transformers. No, you don’t get to pick one essay question, you have to answer all five.

    • Nicoleandmaggie
      Nicoleandmaggie
      December 24, 2022 at 7:27 am | #

      Hahaha!

  9. Sirksome
    Sirksome
    December 24, 2022 at 12:04 am | #

    That worked?

    • anon
      anon
      December 24, 2022 at 12:08 am | #

      i mean, depending on how far he’s thinking ahead, him turning down booster and then them reporting to amber might cause more issues or so (tho not sure if the reverse would work if someone she barely knew approached her)

    • Dana
      Dana
      December 24, 2022 at 12:10 am | #

      We’ll see. Ethan might have just had Booster sit down so they could better pay attention to instructions to tell Amber off.

  10. Mr. Random
    Mr. Random
    December 24, 2022 at 12:05 am | #

    Well.
    He’s at least open to it.

  11. IniquitousKing
    IniquitousKing
    December 24, 2022 at 12:07 am | #

    I really like Ethan’s eyes in panel two.

    And I’m really glad they’re starting things off on the right foot (IE: No bullshitting involved). Reckon shenanigans would not go over well here.

  12. RassilonTDavros
    RassilonTDavros
    December 24, 2022 at 12:08 am | #

    Interesting, they’re going with the direct approach. Really curious to see how this plays out.

    • Lux
      Lux
      December 24, 2022 at 12:40 am | #

      I really like the blunt honesty, tbh. It both acknowledges the current dynamic and makes it very clear what the goal/intended eventual dynamic is.

      • Lux
        Lux
        December 24, 2022 at 12:41 am | #

        … that was not supposed to be a reply and I seem to have accidentally flagged that comment as well. Whoops.

        • Lux
          Lux
          December 24, 2022 at 12:41 am | #

          (“that comment” meaning my original one, not RassilonTDavros’s)

    • Nathan
      Nathan
      December 24, 2022 at 2:25 am | #

      That went straight to 11

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      December 24, 2022 at 2:40 am | #

      Their body

  13. Amós Batista
    Amós Batista
    December 24, 2022 at 12:10 am | #

    Have to check twice, to have sure I didn’t jumped any page. So I believe Walky will rest on these pile of dirty for the rest of day…

    • tim gueguen
      tim gueguen
      December 24, 2022 at 12:12 am | #

      Or the life of the strip.

      • Regalli
        Regalli
        December 24, 2022 at 12:32 am | #

        Nah, it’ll melt too quickly for that, alas for him.

  14. Sirksome
    Sirksome
    December 24, 2022 at 12:12 am | #

    Now it’s gonna be real awkward when Mike finally come out of witness protection and reveals they were secretly Booster the whole time.

    • Yumi
      Yumi
      December 24, 2022 at 12:13 am | #

      Damn, I was hoping that wasn’t going to be awkward. :/

      • Clif
        Clif
        December 24, 2022 at 1:43 am | #

        it was always going to be gloriously awkward when Mike reveals his secret identities. . Particularly for Asher.

        • Thag Simmons
          Thag Simmons
          December 24, 2022 at 2:50 am | #

          Yeah, Mike is Jennifer, I thought we established that

          • Lan
            Lan
            December 24, 2022 at 8:39 am | #

            Could be both. Have we seen Booster and Jennifer in the same room? I think not.

            • someone
              someone
              December 24, 2022 at 11:44 am | #

              Honestly, is there anyone that we can confidently say is not secretly Mike in disguise? I think not.

              • Sombrero
                Sombrero
                December 24, 2022 at 1:10 pm | #

                Joe.

              • Reltzik
                Reltzik
                December 24, 2022 at 6:53 pm | #

                We can confidently say that Mike isn’t secretly Mike in disguise.

  15. UrsulaDavina
    UrsulaDavina
    December 24, 2022 at 12:13 am | #

    That went way better then expected on a scale of purple to grey I’d I say magenta

  16. Whoknows
    Whoknows
    December 24, 2022 at 12:15 am | #

    I am a big fan of how you made this particular strip. The amount of weight from the angles. I did have a crush on Mike for all the wrong reasons for so long (Shortpacked! But have since read all your work). Booster has been everything without the before and I think better. I hope they bring you as much as they do me. I know and kinda think I am happy Mike is gone but would love to learn slowburn how Booster came about. But repeat this particular strip slaps, comic fashion.

  17. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    December 24, 2022 at 12:16 am | #

    I don’t care much for either of them so I don’t have much to say.

    • Kyrik Michalowski
      Kyrik Michalowski
      December 24, 2022 at 12:23 am | #

      I feel you, I’m already tired of Ethan and it has only been 2 panels.

    • Sirksome
      Sirksome
      December 24, 2022 at 12:23 am | #

      I can understand being mixed on Booster as their trait of poorly attempting to psychoanalyze everyone they meet made a pretty ambiguous first impression, but when did you sour on Ethan?

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        December 24, 2022 at 12:28 am | #

        Honestly I’ve kinda not liked Ethan for years? I’m talking back to shortpacked. He’s that kinda nerd that I recognize as “oh, I wouldn’t have much fun talking to him” and beyond that I dunno. He never really had much going for him other than being nice and handsome. I’ll admit I’m a little more biased against male characters but for some reason I’ve never “truly” hated Danny’s brand of Dorkiness and Joe has been making strides to becoming my favorite male character. Ethan is like…a step above Jacob, another character who I feel like is sorta boring that i don’t particularly care for.

        Honestly the most interesting thing about Ethan right now is how he’s handling his depression and that’s not exactly “fun”.

        • Regalli
          Regalli
          December 24, 2022 at 12:36 am | #

          Yeah, I like Ethan well enough but this is totally an accurate depiction of depression including the part where it’s just. Not fun to be around. (And I say this with sympathy towards fellow depression-havers, but sometimes we are not pleasant company.)

          I mean, it is a good sign he’s being soul-crushingly gloomy in common areas, at least? Compared to shutting up in his room. He still appears pretty isolated, since he’s doing no conversational work, but it gives more opportunities this way.

          • The Wellerman
            The Wellerman
            December 24, 2022 at 12:46 am | #

            Yeah, all this is pretty legit. Hope you’re all doing alright, I know it can get especially bad during the holiday season, and just a heads up, I’m available here on Christmas and Boxing Day for chat and what. Always interested in company that GETS it. 🥲

          • Arawn
            Arawn
            December 24, 2022 at 1:20 am | #

            Hahaha… I feel this reply 100% this holiday season.

    • Amós Batista
      Amós Batista
      December 24, 2022 at 12:27 am | #

      Even Booster’s sister?

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        December 24, 2022 at 12:28 am | #

        What about her?

        • C.T. Phipps
          C.T. Phipps
          December 24, 2022 at 1:23 am | #

          I really expect we’re going to find out that there’s two Boosters and they’re identical because….tropes.

          • Yotomoe
            Yotomoe
            December 24, 2022 at 2:00 am | #

            I mean…we’ve already seen Booster’s Twin.

          • Thag Simmons
            Thag Simmons
            December 24, 2022 at 2:42 am | #

            They don’t look identical

    • Keulen
      Keulen
      December 24, 2022 at 9:46 am | #

      I liked Ethan in the past, but not currently, and I never really liked Booster, so same here.

    • zee
      zee
      December 24, 2022 at 9:58 am | #

      I think they’re both super entertaining so I’m excited

    • anon
      anon
      December 25, 2022 at 6:56 pm | #

      i’m kinda lukewarm on them but other than some huge conflict/plot or so, i imagine booster would just stay as a secondary/third chara unless another person takes an interests and ‘chases’ after them as a love interest or so

  18. shrub
    shrub
    December 24, 2022 at 12:19 am | #

    I don’t know what it is (maybe trampling over social interactions or being overly pushy) but they just rub me up the wrong way

    • anon
      anon
      December 24, 2022 at 1:41 am | #

      i don’t think booster is being overly pushy yet compared to amber, at least they didn’t snap a pic of ethan right away and ethan’s talking to them for now

      • Icalasari
        Icalasari
        December 24, 2022 at 7:47 pm | #

        Yeah. I normally dislike Booster, but I like how straightforward he is being here

  19. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    December 24, 2022 at 12:30 am | #

    Sometimes honesty really is the best policy

  20. saltchocolate
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    December 24, 2022 at 12:38 am | #

    It kills me to see Ethan like this.

  21. Mollyscribbles
    Mollyscribbles
    December 24, 2022 at 12:40 am | #

    does the timeline shuffle mean Ethan’s doing the Battinson casual cosplay on purpose now.

  22. Raja
    Raja
    December 24, 2022 at 12:57 am | #

    Very curious how these two will or won’t vibe. as much as I’m STILL thinking about butts massaging faces

  23. Bryy
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    December 24, 2022 at 1:18 am | #

    I just realized that this is, in fact, the Dec. 24th comment and not the two day old strip that I just commented on.

    I think that Ethan will try to use Booster as just another way to feel sorry for himself in all of his edgelord glory. That’ll backfire wonderfully.

  24. C.T. Phipps
    C.T. Phipps
    December 24, 2022 at 1:22 am | #

    I admit, Goth Ethan looks much more appealing.

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      December 24, 2022 at 2:12 am | #

      You’re not wrong, his levels are off the charts, but seems like not relationship material now.

  25. Clif
    Clif
    December 24, 2022 at 1:35 am | #

    it was always going to be gloriously awkward when Mike reveals his secret identities. . Particularly for Asher.

    • Clif
      Clif
      December 24, 2022 at 1:42 am | #

      This was a reply above which mysteriously ended up down here. Going to try again in the.right place.

  26. Reed
    Reed
    December 24, 2022 at 2:10 am | #

    praise be to the transformer gods (are those a thing? like a being of sentient robotic higher power, or are there characters in the transformers universe who are regarded as living gods?)

    ANYWAYS. a strip with ethan in it! huzzah. i missed him.

  27. HueSatLight
    HueSatLight
    December 24, 2022 at 2:22 am | #

    I’m kind of interested where this could lead, although I suspect Booster saying they’re not pulling any bullshit is some kind of bullshit.

  28. DailyBrad
    DailyBrad
    December 24, 2022 at 2:28 am | #

    I find it curious that Ethan is humoring them. Maybe he’s intrigued.

  29. Kamino Neko
    Kamino Neko
    December 24, 2022 at 2:30 am | #

    Is this the first time we’ve seen their last name? I don’t remember it coming up before. (And the use as the strip title is suggestive up that, too.)

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      December 24, 2022 at 2:52 am | #

      It’s in their cast page. If it’s been brought up in the comic proper I don’t remember it, although I figure it probably has?

      • Nono
        Nono
        December 24, 2022 at 6:37 am | #

        It hadn’t before this strip.

        • Thag Simmons
          Thag Simmons
          December 24, 2022 at 7:02 am | #

          It would have been nice to realize that you were talking about the name being brought up in the comic proper and not the cast page before I went and got citations from the wayback machine and wikipedia to prove that the cast page has said Sanchez since at least April 2021. Whoops.

  30. Grayfinity
    Grayfinity
    December 24, 2022 at 3:24 am | #

    A wild Ethan appears!

    I guess we’ll have some inkling of what he’s been up to off-screen.

  31. Hazel
    Hazel
    December 24, 2022 at 3:35 am | #

    That’s… promising?

  32. Suet
    Suet
    December 24, 2022 at 3:41 am | #

    Sit.

    Stay…

    Good… friend?

  33. Needfuldoer
    Needfuldoer
    December 24, 2022 at 5:02 am | #

    I can’t read “Sanchez” without hearing it in Assy McGee’s voice.

    • The Wellerman
      The Wellerman
      December 24, 2022 at 5:42 am | #

      It always makes me think of Rick Sanchez LOL

  34. fishamaphone
    fishamaphone
    December 24, 2022 at 6:04 am | #

    Sanchez!? And here this whole time I thought his last name was Gold!

    • Daibhid C
      Daibhid C
      December 24, 2022 at 8:10 am | #

      I assumed their last name was Rod.

      • Lieutenant Dan
        Lieutenant Dan
        December 24, 2022 at 9:18 am | #

        I admit I had kinda been secretly hoping for Rod “Booster” Power.

      • Sombrero
        Sombrero
        December 24, 2022 at 1:13 pm | #

        I assumed their last name was Rodriguez.

    • Nova
      Nova
      December 24, 2022 at 9:50 am | #

      Booster’s pronouns are They/Them not He/Him <3

      • fishamaphone
        fishamaphone
        December 26, 2022 at 7:26 am | #

        Thank you for the correction.

  35. Rabisch
    Rabisch
    December 24, 2022 at 7:12 am | #

    I wonder if Booster is more a Rick Sanchez or a Todd Shanchez, I admit to like more the later and they have a similar positive attitude and way to tell what they say. Let’s hope Ethan will find helpful having Booster around and maybe end up helping they with Amber.

  36. Lan
    Lan
    December 24, 2022 at 8:31 am | #

    Given the cast’s tendency towards volatile interactions of late, I reckon this’ll be mighty interesting

  37. The Oracle
    The Oracle
    December 24, 2022 at 8:34 am | #

    Ethan, stop being sad. They made a new Dinobot figure, probably. That fixes everything, I assume.

  38. Joy
    Joy
    December 24, 2022 at 8:46 am | #

    Yay!

  39. FadingMemory
    FadingMemory
    December 24, 2022 at 9:33 am | #

    Ethan’s been absent for so long I legit forgot he was a character.

    • anon
      anon
      December 24, 2022 at 6:18 pm | #

      i imagine it won’t be ‘back to normal’ for a while unless booster’s somehow able to speedrun his therapy/grieving. or put on meds and a time skip like ruth (tho she still has her issues too)

  40. Liliet
    Liliet
    December 24, 2022 at 10:13 am | #

    I love how it seems to be actually working

    • Joy
      Joy
      December 24, 2022 at 6:37 pm | #

      Me too :3

  41. Kelli217
    Kelli217
    December 25, 2022 at 12:01 am | #

    Stop trying to make fetch happen.

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