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July 10, 2026

Usually straight

by David M Willis on December 5, 2024 at 12:01 am
  • 02 – The One Where Jocelyne Returns
└ Tags: jennifer, ruth

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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    December 5, 2024 at 12:03 am | #

    It would be funny if literally EVERYONE ELSE ON CAMPUS BUT JENNINGSWORTH knows it’s Amber

    • Taigan
      Taigan
      December 5, 2024 at 12:05 am | #

      Given the alternative is JB admitting she was wrong, I think that’s a distinct possibility.

    • JessWitt
      JessWitt
      December 5, 2024 at 12:07 am | #

      The last panel of DoA will be the dawning realization of this on Jennifer and she drops the biggest F-bomb in response.

      • Reltzik
        Reltzik
        December 5, 2024 at 12:22 am | #

        I mean, that would be awesome to have preserved in perpetuity on the comic’s last page, but only if there was a way to fit Becky shouting that she’s a lesbian in there as well.

        • pope suburban
          pope suburban
          December 5, 2024 at 11:50 pm | #

          Jen yells “FUCK” real loud and Becky pops up to add “The ladies!” or something similar. Totes doable.

          • pope suburban
            pope suburban
            December 5, 2024 at 11:51 pm | #

            Omg best grav roulette for this. 🤩

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        December 5, 2024 at 3:06 am | #

        It’s the last panel because the F-bomb speech bubble covers the entire comic for a week.

      • Furie
        Furie
        December 5, 2024 at 9:30 am | #

        You really think the strip will go long enough to show 83 year old Billifer at Amber’s funeral?

        • Makkabee
          Makkabee
          December 5, 2024 at 2:18 pm | #

          Timeskip. We’ll see the same parking lot as the last one, and watch the silver-gray minivan disintegrating decade by decade in the post-apocalyptic hellscape of Indiana after the collapse of industrial civilization.

          Then we see an old woman once known as Jennifer, dressed in a mix of crudely tanned leather and ragged synthetic garments scavenged from the ruins of Bloomington and Indianapolis, arriving on muleback to see what’s left of the old college gang one last time…

    • Lars
      Lars
      December 5, 2024 at 2:32 am | #

      And Daisy.

  2. darkoneko
    darkoneko
    December 5, 2024 at 12:03 am | #

    HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA oh my god. Of course Ruth know too

    • Nono
      Nono
      December 5, 2024 at 12:05 am | #

      Well yeah, Ruth pretty much called Amber out on it during the whole kidnapping arc. And I imagine she had her suspicions after Amber and Sal had their fight.

    • Regalli
      Regalli
      December 5, 2024 at 12:06 am | #

      Don’t quote me on this, but I think it might have come up during the kidnapping arc for Ruth to figure it out? Could be misremembering though.

      • Sirksome
        Sirksome
        December 5, 2024 at 12:13 am | #

        Everyone’s remembering correctly. Even if Ruth wasn’t directly told this conversation makes it pretty obvious.

        https://www.dumbingofage.com/2020/comic/book-10/03-when-it-crumbles/effect-2/

        • Tesset
          Tesset
          December 5, 2024 at 11:15 am | #

          Wait, I read a little farther on this, and now I remember why this storyline has felt weird. Sal & Walky told Jennifer who Amazi-Girl is. Okay Jennifer…. >.>

          • superglucose
            superglucose
            December 5, 2024 at 11:53 am | #

            in the shock of shocks, it turns out JB doesn’t actually listen to anyone else

            • Anna
              Anna
              December 6, 2024 at 2:22 am | #

              Oh shock and horror!

          • Devin
            Devin
            December 5, 2024 at 1:38 pm | #

            Jennifer’s journalistic instincts for sussing out what’s true and what isn’t appear to be as sharp as a bouncy ball.

          • Daibhid C
            Daibhid C
            December 5, 2024 at 2:57 pm | #

            Yup, and Jennifer insisted that this didn’t make any sense because Amber was one of the kidnap victims. I think Sal and Walky just gave up at that point.

            • thejeff
              thejeff
              December 5, 2024 at 3:01 pm | #

              It’s kind of funny people linking that strip to show how weird it is that she doesn’t know when the whole point of that strip was her rejecting the info

              • clif
                clif
                December 5, 2024 at 7:27 pm | #

                Yeah. And Sal didn’t tell her who Amazigirl is, Walky did. And there’s the problem.

                In other news, I might not have gotten my popcorn’s worth earlier but this sequence is making up for it.

    • HueSatLight
      HueSatLight
      December 5, 2024 at 12:17 am | #

      Dorothy ratted out Amber/AG to Ruth. https://www.dumbingofage.com/desecrated/

      • HueSatLight
        HueSatLight
        December 5, 2024 at 12:21 am | #

        To be fair, some of that strip’s commenters think Ruth had already figured it out, and Dorothy just ratted on them fighting.

    • Effie
      Effie
      December 5, 2024 at 4:50 am | #

      Ooookay. So Billifer was told AG’s real identity, and still refuses to believe it. Not the twist I was expecting.

      • Cybersnark
        Cybersnark
        December 5, 2024 at 9:39 am | #

        Also known as the Lex Luthor effect.

        • Firseal
          Firseal
          December 6, 2024 at 6:58 pm | #

          The Daily Planet: Clark Kent is Superman.

          Lex Luther reads: Clark Kent is super, man. *Hmm, I’ve met him, he did seem like a decent fellow”.

  3. Sirksome
    Sirksome
    December 5, 2024 at 12:04 am | #

    Nice to know Ruh was looking.

  4. Nono
    Nono
    December 5, 2024 at 12:04 am | #

    Oh she really does still think it’s Sal.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      December 5, 2024 at 12:21 am | #

      Universal constants in Dumbing of Age:

      * Joyce will make hilarious faces

      * Walky will eat his weight in McNuggets weekly

      * Daisy will never get laid

      * Jennifer will be wrong

      • Lars
        Lars
        December 5, 2024 at 2:43 am | #

        * Jason will make a Bernd das Brot face with every human interaction.
        * Robin will drive Lesley mad.
        * Carla, Carla, Carla, Carla, Carla, Carla, Carla

        • Queezle
          Queezle
          December 5, 2024 at 6:16 am | #

          That is a reference I did not expect to see today

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      December 5, 2024 at 1:00 am | #

      dumbest girl alive, she’s great

      • Deanatay
        Deanatay
        December 5, 2024 at 2:10 pm | #

        Dumbest girl alive

        Acts like smartest

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      December 5, 2024 at 3:14 am | #

      Grass grows, birds fly, the sun shines, and Jennifer is stubbornly wrong.

  5. NGPZ
    NGPZ
    December 5, 2024 at 12:05 am | #

    At this rate Jennifer ain’t never gonna be cut out for real journalism

    more like fuckin TMZ 9-9

    • drs
      drs
      December 5, 2024 at 12:10 am | #

      She can be the news announcer.

    • Madock345
      Madock345
      December 5, 2024 at 2:04 am | #

      No way, tmz are trashy but nobody breaks celebrity news faster. They would absolutely not tolerate this lack of aggressively invasive investigation.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      December 5, 2024 at 3:15 am | #

      As long as she can sit behind a desk while (mostly) reading a teleprompter and ad-libbing a bit, she can be an anchor.

      • Thomas
        Thomas
        December 5, 2024 at 1:07 pm | #

        You mean she is a deadweight that can be tossed. Seems fair.

        Every ship she tried to commandeer so far has drifted, though.

        • Needfuldoer
          Needfuldoer
          December 5, 2024 at 4:40 pm | #

          It’s not quite as easy as it sounds, and AI slop certainly isn’t ready to do it yet. (Ever listen to that annoyingly chipper TikTok TTS voice for more than two minutes?)

    • anon
      anon
      December 6, 2024 at 7:35 pm | #

      Given that daisy’s ‘in charge’ of it , i wouldn’t be surprised if it’s being run incompently or anyone even bother reading it

  6. TrueVCU
    TrueVCU
    December 5, 2024 at 12:05 am | #

    And once again the day is SAVED by apathy!

    • CrazyJ
      CrazyJ
      December 5, 2024 at 3:43 am | #

      Even if someone directly told Jennifer who Amazi-Girl is she wouldn’t believe a geek like Amber is a superhero (despite it being pretty tropic to comic books). She latched onto Sal because Sal is cool and only cool people matter.

      • Effie
        Effie
        December 5, 2024 at 4:58 am | #

        Someone did! https://www.dumbingofage.com/2020/comic/book-10/04-is-a-song-forever/whatnow/

    • spriteless aunty
      spriteless aunty
      December 5, 2024 at 7:51 am | #

      Yaaaay!

  7. Yeet
    Yeet
    December 5, 2024 at 12:06 am | #

    I wonder if jen’s gonna take the amazi-girl thing too far with sal and go through her things or whatever and end up getting punched

    • Yeet
      Yeet
      December 5, 2024 at 12:07 am | #

      actually far more likely she ends up making malaya think that sal’s been telling people that she’s amazi-girl to make herself seem cool

      • sultryglebe
        sultryglebe
        December 5, 2024 at 1:07 am | #

        So Malaya is one other person who doesn’t know. There’s probably a handful.

      • Schpoonman
        Schpoonman
        December 5, 2024 at 1:30 pm | #

        Oh god, that is how those two idiots would shake this out.

    • Bryy
      Bryy
      December 5, 2024 at 12:13 am | #

      Of course she will.

    • anon
      anon
      December 6, 2024 at 7:37 pm | #

      I think sal will just be confused and brushed it off. Or malaya trying to take credit, if it not somehow leading to her ‘investigating’ her roller derby team

  8. Bryy
    Bryy
    December 5, 2024 at 12:07 am | #

    Good on you, Ruth.

  9. Suet
    Suet
    December 5, 2024 at 12:07 am | #

    Keyword: Usually.

    “Doing journalism” sounds wacky

    • Cabbage
      Cabbage
      December 5, 2024 at 2:58 am | #

      She has done journalism before! https://www.dumbingofage.com/2012/comic/book-2/02-choosing-my-religion/notsure/

    • Mark
      Mark
      December 5, 2024 at 7:35 am | #

      To me it’s the “on” that sounds wacky. These days it’s usually “doing journalism to“.

    • anon
      anon
      December 6, 2024 at 7:38 pm | #

      nothing wrong with physical print but i’m surprised it wouldn’t just turn into some online news letter/update on the official site or so and ppl just sending in stories/tips and daisy/editors just sending through whatever’s approved

  10. Ty34er
    Ty34er
    December 5, 2024 at 12:09 am | #

    Just need Mary to be like, “What are you talking about? It’s Amber.”

  11. Jeremiah
    Jeremiah
    December 5, 2024 at 12:09 am | #

    Oh Jennifer is gonna make a fool out of herself in front of Sal, more that she had already done multiple times in the past, and I can’t wait to see it. She is so sure she knows something and ready to reject the possibility that she might be wrong.

  12. HueSatLight
    HueSatLight
    December 5, 2024 at 12:09 am | #

    She must be headed to Danny’s room, because Sal’s room is right next to Amber’s, and Sal’s has the right-handed doorknob, like the door behind Ruth.

    • cbwroses
      cbwroses
      December 5, 2024 at 12:57 am | #

      Dorothy and Becky are the room next to Amber’s.
      They’re the ones who share a bathroom.
      I guess it’s possible Sal’s room could be on the other side and not share a bathroom, but I don’t THINK that’s the case.

      • Aquila
        Aquila
        December 5, 2024 at 2:01 am | #

        Sal’s room shares a bathroom with Joyce and Sarah. As far as I’ve figured (and remembered) it’s
        [Ruth] [Joyce/Sarah] [Sal/Malaya] [Dorothy/Becky] [Amber-mazigirl/Dina].

        There should really be a MAP somewhere on the site.

        • Nono
          Nono
          December 5, 2024 at 3:24 am | #

          I don’t think we know where Joyce’s room is in relation to the rest of the hallway but I think Ruth’s is at the end, and shares a wall with Carla’s.

          We also know that Roz/Mary’s room is catty-cornered to Sal/Malaya’s (from when Jennifer lived there), and is in between Ruth’s and Sal’s, which means by definition it’s also between it and Joyce’s.

          • Tan
            Tan
            December 5, 2024 at 10:50 am | #

            Ruth’s room is the one Roz&Mary’s is catty-cornered to. https://www.dumbingofage.com/2014/comic/book-5/01-when-somebody-loved-me/march/

        • Tan
          Tan
          December 5, 2024 at 9:44 am | #

          When Walky was taking Booster on a tour of the wing, they passed by Rachel & Other Rachel’s room, then Agatha, Sierra, Mandy, and Grace’s before coming to Joyce & Sarah’s room. The next room visited was Sal & Malaya’s, then Dina & Amber, then Dorothy & Becky, then the singles at the end of the hallway. It is noted then that Carla’s room and Ruth’s room are both back near the elevators.

          • Tan
            Tan
            December 5, 2024 at 10:38 am | #

            My best guess at the moment…. On one side of the hallway, starting from the elevators, is the Rachels, then Roz & Mary, then Joyce & Sarah, then Sal & Malaya, then Dina & Amber, then Becky & Dorothy, then the single. On the other side is Ruth, then Carla, then Agatha, Sierra, Mandy, and Grace in some combination between two rooms joined by half-bath. Then… There should be two more doubles then the single, but the only unaccounted person I can think of is Meredith.

            (my belief that Carla’s room is across the hall from Joyce & Sarah’s but closer than Ruth’s is when Amber ducked in there to change into her Amazi-Girl costume during the White Board Ding-Dong Bandit incident: https://www.dumbingofage.com/2014/comic/book-4/04-the-whiteboard-dong-bandit/peener/ )

            Dorothy was coming from Amber’s room when she ran into Jennifer.

            I have no idea how to make this gel that doesn’t amount to “It’s a joke in a webcomic, loosen up.”

            • HueSatLight
              HueSatLight
              December 5, 2024 at 3:18 pm | #

              This is what I have for “minimal” room layout, because there’s actually “dozens” of rooms, but the story has a smaller cast than that.

              Sunrise side of hall:
              Elevator
              Showers
              Ruth
              Carla
              Agatha Guns / Sierra (officially)
              mystery double
              Joyce/Sarah
              Sal/Jennifer/Malaya
              Amber/Dina/AG
              Dorothy/Sierra/Becky
              Forbidden Single.

              Mary/Roz are across from the mystery double next to Agatha, cattycorner from both Ruth and Sal
              Across from Joyce are Mandy and Grace (and Sierra).
              Across from Sal are the Rachels.
              Meredith and her roommate (implied Bloodthorn) are in a right opening room.

              Sometimes doorknobs switch which side of the door they’re on, though.

              I hum the MST3K themesong when I work on my chart.

              • HueSatLight
                HueSatLight
                December 5, 2024 at 5:33 pm | #

                https://www.dumbingofage.com/callin/ for Rachels’ room across from Sal.

    • HueSatLight
      HueSatLight
      December 5, 2024 at 2:55 pm | #

      there are some nebulous areas, where the hall lengthens and shortens as art/story/forgetful author dictate. But the four main rooms are: elevators<- Joyce/Sarah – Sal/Jennifer/Malaya – Amber/Dina/AG – Dorothy/Sierra/Becky -> end of hallway stairs

      • HueSatLight
        HueSatLight
        December 5, 2024 at 5:31 pm | #

        add “discourage strangers from showing up to where real college kids live”, to reasons for ambiguous layout.

  13. Kyrik Michalowski
    Kyrik Michalowski
    December 5, 2024 at 12:10 am | #

    I can’t quite tell, but I think Ruth and Jennifer have a problem with each other.

    No idea where it all comes from :V

    • Jeremiah
      Jeremiah
      December 5, 2024 at 12:33 am | #

      It’s a mystery for this ages.

  14. Dana W
    Dana W
    December 5, 2024 at 12:11 am | #

    They are not even the same height or build. How can an otherwise intelligent person be this intensely wrong?

    • Bryy
      Bryy
      December 5, 2024 at 12:18 am | #

      No, you don’t understand.

      She has to be right.

    • John Campbell
      John Campbell
      December 5, 2024 at 12:24 am | #

      I have to say, I haven’t really seen any signs that she’s otherwise all that intelligent.

      • Amelie Wikström
        Amelie Wikström
        December 5, 2024 at 8:04 am | #

        She has some advanced specialized knowledge (re. partying too hard), but her brain runs mostly on a deep intuitive understanding of all the people around her (that is usually spectacularly wrong).

        • thejeff
          thejeff
          December 5, 2024 at 2:58 pm | #

          According to Sarah, she commands a wealth of helpful knowledge pertaining to terrible and horrific things.

          • Dana W
            Dana W
            December 5, 2024 at 8:18 pm | #

            I’m glad to see someone else i have that on common with even if they are fictional.

    • jeffepp
      jeffepp
      December 5, 2024 at 12:25 am | #

      Remember who we are talking about.

    • Jeremiah
      Jeremiah
      December 5, 2024 at 12:31 am | #

      Let’s be honest, Jennifer intelligence is a very fluctuating thing, that changes depending on the topic and the person she is taking to and her mood.

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      December 5, 2024 at 1:40 am | #

      I don’t know if she’s ever gotten a great look at her, for what it’s worth.

      Plus she’s at least a bit into the sunk-cost fallacy at this point

      • Tan
        Tan
        December 5, 2024 at 8:21 am | #

        So there was the time Amazi-Girl physically carried Jennifer to the elevator and they had a brief conversation (though Amazi-Girl’s back was turned for most of it)

        There was also the time Amazi-Girl had broken into Jennifer+Sal’s room and Jennifer shined a flashlight directly in Amazi-Girl’s face. Not exactly the best lighting, and Jennifer was primed to think it was Sal at that time.

        And then at the party where Joyce got drugged, Jennifer was right there when Amazi-Girl announced herself and stood out in a brightly lit room. This one I shall link: https://www.dumbingofage.com/2011/comic/book-1/06-yesterday-was-thursday/assistance/ I guess to be generous Jennifer was distracted by Joyce’s state at that particular time?

    • thejeff
      thejeff
      December 5, 2024 at 8:03 am | #

      Sal is basically Batman. And Batman is a master of disguise.

    • Dana W
      Dana W
      December 5, 2024 at 8:14 pm | #

      I didn’t mean to imply she was brilliant, but she is a passing grades college student, and she was a head cheerleader as well right? And they are usually vultures about body type and build. NO way you can see the two and think they are the same person. The person saying she is willfully ignorant simply to be “right” probably isn’t far from the truth.

  15. BBCC
    BBCC
    December 5, 2024 at 12:21 am | #

    Yeah, don’t interrupt her while she makes this mistake, Ruth.

  16. JepMZ
    JepMZ
    December 5, 2024 at 12:24 am | #

    So she’s obviously wrong about this one, is she wrong about yesterday?

    • John Campbell
      John Campbell
      December 5, 2024 at 12:25 am | #

      The only thing she got right yesterday was identifying Ruth.

  17. Reltzik
    Reltzik
    December 5, 2024 at 12:26 am | #

    I’m sure Malaya will set her straight.

    ….

    … when I typed that sentence 5 seconds ago, I meant “explain the facts to her”, but now I’m wondering whether it works with whatever pronouns Malaya is using right now. (Last I remember she was still vague on how she wanted to categorize itself.)

    • Sol
      Sol
      December 5, 2024 at 12:42 am | #

      I think Malaya is cool with any pronouns, from what I recall when meeting Booster.

    • Yumi
      Yumi
      December 5, 2024 at 8:39 am | #

      “Works with whatever pronouns Malaya is using right now”? Do you mean with Malaya’s gender? Pronouns =/= gender, so it’s kind of unclear. Anyway, Malaya uses she/they/whatever pronouns and they transcend gender.

  18. IntangibleMatter
    IntangibleMatter
    December 5, 2024 at 12:43 am | #

    How many people are even left on this floor who *don’t* know Amazi-Girl’s identity at this point?

    • Bruno
      Bruno
      December 5, 2024 at 1:00 am | #

      Just one.

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        December 5, 2024 at 3:17 am | #

        And she’s just visiting.

    • Slartibeast Button, BIA
      Slartibeast Button, BIA
      December 5, 2024 at 1:01 am | #

      She needs one of those erase-everyone’s-memory-of-you spells, like in that movie.

      • Mark
        Mark
        December 5, 2024 at 7:40 am | #

        They left it in a previous comic.

    • Nono
      Nono
      December 5, 2024 at 3:27 am | #

      I’m not sure if people like Mandy, Grace, Sierra and the Rachels know. But they did know when Becky was in hiding so there’s probably some kinda grapevine.

      • Mark
        Mark
        December 5, 2024 at 7:40 am | #

        In a college dorm? Noooo….

      • Daibhid C
        Daibhid C
        December 5, 2024 at 2:30 pm | #

        Ooh, I betcha wondering how I knew,
        That AG shares headspace with you.
        You told half the people on this floor,
        So it’s no surprise it might have spread to more.
        You wear a disguise to hide your face,
        But Mandy knows and so does Grace,
        Don’cha know that they heard it through the grapevine.

    • Yeet
      Yeet
      December 5, 2024 at 7:14 am | #

      joe, jacob, maybe some other dudes? also booster most likely.
      probably some of the secondary characters in the girl’s wing.

      • Daibhid C
        Daibhid C
        December 5, 2024 at 2:46 pm | #

        Walky told Booster Amber had multiple personalities as soon as they met her. Since Booster is annoyingly good at psychological stuff (if not knowing when it’s appropriate to shut up about it) I wouldn’t be at all surprised if they’ve formed a strong hypothesis as to who the other personality is.

      • HueSatLight
        HueSatLight
        December 5, 2024 at 3:21 pm | #

        Since Amber hasn’t been arrested, Mary probably doesn’t know.

  19. Alongcameaspider
    Alongcameaspider
    December 5, 2024 at 12:47 am | #

    I’m pretty sure Amazigirl could show up, prove she’s the real Amazigirl, and then take off her mask and Jennifer still wouldn’t realize

    • Disastroid
      Disastroid
      December 5, 2024 at 5:59 am | #

      “Nice cosplay, dork.”

  20. Archieve
    Archieve
    December 5, 2024 at 12:50 am | #

    on one hand Ruth was so close to calling out Jennifer for being wrong about amazigirls identity, on the other good for Ruth for finally walking away from Jennifer’s schemes.

  21. Pocky
    Pocky
    December 5, 2024 at 12:54 am | #

    How is she so bad at this lol

  22. Sambo
    Sambo
    December 5, 2024 at 1:01 am | #

    The funniest part about this is how Walky straight-up told Jennifer that Amber is Amazi-Girl

    • Sambo
      Sambo
      December 5, 2024 at 1:04 am | #

      https://www.dumbingofage.com/2020/comic/book-10/04-is-a-song-forever/whatnow/

      • sultryglebe
        sultryglebe
        December 5, 2024 at 1:10 am | #

        Sal’s amazing ability is being better at sniffing out bullcrap than Jennifer.

    • Kyrik Michalowski
      Kyrik Michalowski
      December 5, 2024 at 1:04 am | #

      Both being stubborn, and refusing to acknowledge info until absolutely forced to accept it is Billie’s/Jennifer’s specialty.

  23. Needfuldoer
    Needfuldoer
    December 5, 2024 at 3:19 am | #

    Ruth once again demonstrates why she’s my favorite character.

  24. Nevermaker
    Nevermaker
    December 5, 2024 at 4:13 am | #

    JENNIFER I SWEAR TO CHRIST I WILL DRESS AMBER AS AMAZIGIRL AND PUT SAL NEXT TO HER AND FORCE YOU TO LOOK AT THEM

    • Twilight of the Sandwiches
      Twilight of the Sandwiches
      December 5, 2024 at 5:33 am | #

      Jennifer literally saw Amber dressed up like Amazi-Girl and it didn’t help

      https://www.dumbingofage.com/2022/comic/book-12/05-this-was-halloween/doesnt/

      I dunno what will at this point

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      December 5, 2024 at 6:42 am | #

      She’ll just wonder how Sal managed to be in two places at the same time.

      “I’m seeing double, here. FOUR Sals?!”

  25. foducool
    foducool
    December 5, 2024 at 5:11 am | #

    still thinks it’s Sal, huh? XD

  26. Owlmirror
    Owlmirror
    December 5, 2024 at 7:04 am | #

    Amusing notion:

    Jennifer confronts Sal: What were you doing at Maxwell Hall?
    Sal: Uh, hangin’ out?

    [Cut to blue panel of Sal seated just on the other side of the gargoyle grotesque, headphones on, staring into space
    Amazi-Girl wanders around to that side.
    Sal: You jumped down and climbed back up — Ah miss anythin’?
    Amazi-Girl: Nothing important. ]

    Back to present:
    Jennifer shouts: AH-HA! I knew it!
    Sal: WTF?

    • Owlmirror
      Owlmirror
      December 5, 2024 at 7:05 am | #

      Shit.
      Tagbork.

      Amusing notion:

      Jennifer confronts Sal: What were you doing at Maxwell Hall?
      Sal: Uh, hangin’ out?

      [Cut to blue panel of Sal seated just on the other side of the grotesque, headphones on, staring into space
      Amazi-Girl wanders around to that side.
      Sal: You jumped down and climbed back up — Ah miss anythin’?
      Amazi-Girl: Nothing important. ]

      Back to present:
      Jennifer shouts: AH-HA! I knew it!
      Sal: WTF?

  27. Michael Steamweed
    Michael Steamweed
    December 5, 2024 at 8:44 am | #

    We got 4 great book titles there!
    1. Panel 1: Dumbing of Age: I’m doing journalism
    2. Panel 2: Dumbing of Age: Enjoy being usually straight with Amazi-Girl
    3. Panel 4: Dumbing of Age: Open your shirt a little wider
    4. Panel 6: Dumbing of Age: You know what, I don’t care

  28. Rabisch
    Rabisch
    December 5, 2024 at 12:07 pm | #

    The question is whether Jennifer will be able to irritate just Sal or will she be able to make angry Danny and Malaya too in the same time. I hope to see her kicked out of a room again.

  29. Ophidiophile
    Ophidiophile
    December 5, 2024 at 2:13 pm | #

    Jennifer: Dunning-Kruger incarnate.

  30. Poyo
    Poyo
    December 6, 2024 at 3:02 pm | #

    pretty much everyone knows who amazi-girl is i had completely forgotten jennifer still thinks its sal. and everyone already knowing makes this so much funnier

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