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Friends

by David M Willis on November 3, 2018 at 12:01 am
  • 01 - Flyin' to the Red
└ Tags: danny, sal

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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    November 3, 2018 at 12:01 am | #

    “a shitty excuse for an airbag?”

    “yer in back”

    “EXACTLY”

    • Clif
      Clif
      November 3, 2018 at 9:52 am | #

      You know you’re a long time reader of Willis comics when you see a panel with a large truck and your blood pressure immediately goes up.

      • AGV
        AGV
        November 5, 2018 at 2:47 am | #

        I try to avoid that by thinking that we’re getting a nice Optimus Prime cameo

  2. AnvilPro
    AnvilPro
    November 3, 2018 at 12:01 am | #

    Best friends

  3. Durandal_1707
    Durandal_1707
    November 3, 2018 at 12:02 am | #

    Act with integrity…

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      November 3, 2018 at 12:04 am | #

      They’re safe. Nobody with that taste in hats will ever be without regrets.

      • LookingIn
        LookingIn
        November 3, 2018 at 12:10 am | #

        just wearing that hat is a lifelong regret…

        • Felian
          Felian
          November 3, 2018 at 5:16 am | #

          i think the highest regret might turn out to be not wearing a HELMET though…

          • Nikol Geier
            Nikol Geier
            November 3, 2018 at 2:18 pm | #

            I will say, I think people are pushing the “helmet” thing a bit too much. One occasional ride without a helmet isn’t the worst indulgence in the world.

            • A5PECT
              A5PECT
              November 3, 2018 at 3:44 pm | #

              I’d agree, but it looks like Sal is speeding and weaving through traffic.

              The helmetlessness stands out a hit more in this scenario.

              • thejeff
                thejeff
                November 3, 2018 at 3:56 pm | #

                Though the “Oh mi god no helmet” thing started when she first rode up and intensified when she actually picked him up.

                Before even the Patreon folks saw the weaving.

            • Ed Rhodes
              Ed Rhodes
              November 3, 2018 at 9:18 pm | #

              Well, since you can’t actually plan when you’re going to have an accident, hence why they call them “accidents!” I’m gonna go ahead and say; yes, yes it can be.

      • Kamino Neko
        Kamino Neko
        November 3, 2018 at 2:34 am | #

        I will never comprehend the hate for Danny’s hat.

        • not someone else
          not someone else
          November 3, 2018 at 2:56 am | #

          It’s a very stereotypically Old Man Hat, and Danny’s like 18. There’s an air of silliness about that for many people.

          • Daibhid C
            Daibhid C
            November 3, 2018 at 8:09 am | #

            I had a hat like that when I was 14. I have a hat like that now. Admittedly, I only wear it to work, because pairing an S-shield baseball cap with a suit doesn’t work. (And if I don’t wear a hat at all, I keep thinking I’ve forgotten my hat.)

            • OctopusGardener
              OctopusGardener
              November 3, 2018 at 5:39 pm | #

              I have a hat like that. It was my grandfather’s

        • Rowen Morland
          Rowen Morland
          November 3, 2018 at 5:07 am | #

          I think it looks good.

    • Jacques Cornelius Parrot III
      Jacques Cornelius Parrot III
      November 3, 2018 at 12:05 am | #

      I saw those first couple panels and panicked for a second.

      • Tan
        Tan
        November 3, 2018 at 12:14 am | #

        No worries. Worst case scenario, we get an isekai spin-off.

        • Shaith
          Shaith
          November 3, 2018 at 12:30 am | #

          I would read the shit out of that. I trust our Internet Pornlord to do better than SAO :p

        • Mr D
          Mr D
          November 3, 2018 at 1:28 am | #

          I don’t find the upvote button

        • Ana Chronistic
          Ana Chronistic
          November 3, 2018 at 3:07 am | #

          I always mentally follow up Isekai with Shokudou and now I’m imagining Sal in an otherwise normal restaurant full of magical beasts on a Saturday

      • SgtWadeyWilson
        SgtWadeyWilson
        November 3, 2018 at 7:18 am | #

        Me too.

    • LeslieBean4Shizzle
      LeslieBean4Shizzle
      November 3, 2018 at 12:05 am | #

      No regrets!

      • LeslieBean4Shizzle
        LeslieBean4Shizzle
        November 3, 2018 at 12:05 am | #

        Poo, I wasn’t fast enough. Poo I say.

    • Kamino Neko
      Kamino Neko
      November 3, 2018 at 12:09 am | #

      ‘Hey, I actually don’t regret this.’

    • Tacos
      Tacos
      November 3, 2018 at 12:13 am | #

      Truck-kun is too tired already of sending kids to different worlds.

  4. Just Me
    Just Me
    November 3, 2018 at 12:03 am | #

    Why is his hat still on his head? Shouldn’t it have blown off by now?

    • Stephen Bierce
      Stephen Bierce
      November 3, 2018 at 12:05 am | #

      There’s a reason why British sports car drivers have these: Downforce. The faster you go the more likely they’ll STAY on your head.

      • Tex
        Tex
        November 3, 2018 at 1:21 am | #

        There’s a reason sports car drivers and not motorcycle riders wear these, effective windshields.

        Been riding a while, only hat I’ve found that stays on my head on the highway is a helmet.

    • tim gueguen
      tim gueguen
      November 3, 2018 at 12:06 am | #

      Hatglue.

    • King Daniel
      King Daniel
      November 3, 2018 at 12:12 am | #

      Have one of those hats myself, can confirm they do not come off easily.

    • Tacos
      Tacos
      November 3, 2018 at 12:14 am | #

      It fused to his head.

      • Khyrin
        Khyrin
        November 3, 2018 at 4:17 am | #

        I think you mean the moment he put it on it seeded his head and the tendrils through his skull are holding it on.

        • Rowen Morland
          Rowen Morland
          November 3, 2018 at 5:32 am | #

          Every time he thinks about removing the hat it pushes the idea of playing the ukulele instead.

    • mendel
      mendel
      November 3, 2018 at 12:34 am | #

      The trick is to keep the head down so the wind hits the top side of the brim.

    • Wizard
      Wizard
      November 3, 2018 at 12:50 am | #

      And what about her hair? How is it not totally out of control? I thought maybe it was tucked inside her jacket, but the first panel suggests otherwise. I did that exactly once, and nearly yanked myself bald working out the resulting tangles.

      • Ana Chronistic
        Ana Chronistic
        November 3, 2018 at 3:16 am | #

        Sal’s straightening process must involve a lot of hairspray

        or a little, bc… idk I don’t actually know anything about straightening hair but anyway I wouldn’t imagine Sal isn’t used to tangles

        • Zee
          Zee
          November 3, 2018 at 8:19 am | #

          Well we’ve seen her straightening process involves going to the hair dresser. Presumably involving relaxer

      • Chris Phoenix
        Chris Phoenix
        November 3, 2018 at 5:42 am | #

        You think that’s bad, the first time I went skydiving I had hair halfway down my back, and I didn’t secure it… that took a while to untangle!

      • thereaverofdarkness
        thereaverofdarkness
        November 3, 2018 at 5:55 pm | #

        Sal has physics-defying powers of looking cool in all possible situations.

    • Tex
      Tex
      November 3, 2018 at 1:24 am | #

      More head scratching-ly how can they hear each other? Over 40mph and it’s darned hard to hear someone screaming in your ear without a helmet speaker.

      • Dalben
        Dalben
        November 3, 2018 at 10:15 am | #

        Maybe it’s not over 40 mph? Thus explaining the hat staying on and how moving in front the truck isn’t as dangerous as it seems. It’s hard to judge speed from a static picture.

        For that matter maybe we didn’t see Sal signaling her lane change and the truck might even have tapped on it’s breaks to let her in.

        But yeah, it’s probably just a convention to make the scene work better, instead of:

        D: SHOULDN’T WE HAVE HELMETS!

        S: WHAT!

        D: AH! WATCH OUT FOR THAT TRUCK!

        S: WHAT!

        S: THERE WAS SOMETHING I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT!

        D: WHAT!

    • Remmington Steele
      Remmington Steele
      November 3, 2018 at 4:42 am | #

      it’s COMICFORCE!!

      (Available at your local store or supermarket)

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      November 3, 2018 at 8:51 am | #

      Motorcycles in the Dumbiverse must be equipped with the technology to sustain a bubble of relatively stable air above them.

      Or it’s just cartoony artistic license to support storytelling.

    • woobie
      woobie
      November 3, 2018 at 6:33 pm | #

      Hat Club for Men.

  5. Kris
    Kris
    November 3, 2018 at 12:03 am | #

    Your court mandated probation officer. Undercover of course. Sal can never know!

    • Delicious Taffy
      Delicious Taffy
      November 3, 2018 at 1:42 am | #

      Isn’t that illegal?

      • Kris
        Kris
        November 3, 2018 at 1:48 am | #

        Another reason it needs to stay a secret. Also obviously none of this is true and I was joking.

        • Clif
          Clif
          November 3, 2018 at 9:57 am | #

          Isn’t that illegal in Indiana?

          • DSL
            DSL
            November 3, 2018 at 10:14 am | #

            Yes, joking is illegal in Indiana.

            • Clif
              Clif
              November 3, 2018 at 10:34 am | #

              I thought so.

            • Makkabee
              Makkabee
              November 4, 2018 at 8:50 am | #

              If joking is illegal in Indiana, how do we explain Dan Quayle?

    • thejeff
      thejeff
      November 3, 2018 at 10:01 am | #

      In order to keep it properly secret, they didn’t tell Danny either.

  6. meep
    meep
    November 3, 2018 at 12:03 am | #

    Cutting infront of that truck looks scary, and it’s what made me realize Sal isn’t wearing her helmet.

    • Kinoko
      Kinoko
      November 3, 2018 at 12:53 am | #

      Yeahhh. I get that as Danny stated, this is therapy for Sal, and it probably is kinda fun for him, but I wish she wouldn’t demand he hop on her bike and then endanger him by driving super recklessly. :/

    • Keulen
      Keulen
      November 3, 2018 at 1:23 am | #

      Yeah, that looks extremely dangerous, even if they were both wearing helmets. Which they’re not. I like to drive a bit fast but even I wouldn’t cut in front of a semi truck like that.

      • Betty Anne
        Betty Anne
        November 3, 2018 at 11:13 pm | #

        It IS extremely dangerous, and it’s SUPER aggravating to truck drivers, because the tiniest mistake could not only cost the motorcyclist their life, it could cost the truck driver his life or job, or it could cost the lives of people in other nearby vehicles.

        STOP fucking with truck drivers, people.

  7. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    November 3, 2018 at 12:03 am | #

    How does his hat stay on?

    Or is the hat an illusion, an outward indicator of his personality that isn’t really there but we perceive it because it embodies him? Like, ever meet someone who seems to have a cigarette dangling from their lips even when they don’t?

    Or maybe Dina lent him her bottle of hat glue.

    • foamy
      foamy
      November 3, 2018 at 4:19 am | #

      So what you’re saying is, it’s Miles Vorkosigan’s hat.

    • Laladoria
      Laladoria
      November 3, 2018 at 9:07 am | #

      its the style of hat, doesnt fall off easily even in heavy wind

  8. Rocketboy1313
    Rocketboy1313
    November 3, 2018 at 12:04 am | #

    Speaking as someone who lives (on some level) in far of the day everyone around him reveals it has all been an elaborate practical joke, and no one actually likes me… I kind of get Dan’s reaction here.

    • Catman
      Catman
      November 3, 2018 at 12:09 am | #

      Same

  9. BBCC
    BBCC
    November 3, 2018 at 12:04 am | #

    I see both Sal and Danny have their eye on that truck. Considering Willis I can’t blame them.

    It kinda makes me sad Danny didn’t think Sal would consider him a friend, but I’m super glad she does!

    I’ll have to be super glad inwardly though. My neighbours have informed me very politely I am not allowed to squee at midnight anymore.

    • Clif
      Clif
      November 3, 2018 at 10:04 am | #

      Wait. I thought that there was an inalienable right to squee or something.

      • Clif
        Clif
        November 3, 2018 at 10:36 am | #

        There certainly should be.

      • BBCC
        BBCC
        November 3, 2018 at 11:48 am | #

        Maybe not at midnight when your neighbours work early, come home late and have small children.

  10. guavajagular
    guavajagular
    November 3, 2018 at 12:04 am | #

    At least give Danny a helmet, Sal. That hat ain’t gonna cut it

  11. Cattleprod
    Cattleprod
    November 3, 2018 at 12:05 am | #

    You could be mine
    But you’re way out of line

    • StClair
      StClair
      November 3, 2018 at 12:21 am | #

      “Come with me if you want to live.”

  12. Morrison
    Morrison
    November 3, 2018 at 12:06 am | #

    I want that first panel Embiggened.

  13. Stephen Bierce
    Stephen Bierce
    November 3, 2018 at 12:07 am | #

    Today’s strip is sponsored by U-Ship trailers for hauling motorcycles. I wonder why.

  14. Kern Wallace
    Kern Wallace
    November 3, 2018 at 12:08 am | #

    Danny, that’s just what friendship with Sal feels like.

  15. Badgermole
    Badgermole
    November 3, 2018 at 12:08 am | #

    Someone you dated in another universe living out a what-if scenario in this one?

  16. Catman
    Catman
    November 3, 2018 at 12:09 am | #

    Okay, I was okay with the no helmets thing because they would obscure facial expressions,
    But having them cut off a truck, while wearing no helmets, and then immediately have the driver turn around!?!
    Sal is being really self destructive here, and Danny is either too trusting or oblivious of the danger.

    Willis is either setting up a (hopefully minor) accident or messing with us.

    • BBCC
      BBCC
      November 3, 2018 at 12:32 am | #

      If there’s an accident, it’ll almost definitely be a minor one. Sal and Danny aren’t going to die or get (more) disabled because the adjustments and angst would go on forever and we’d all get sick of it eventually.

      • Kinoko
        Kinoko
        November 3, 2018 at 12:55 am | #

        I’d say more likely some kind of near miss.

        • BBCC
          BBCC
          November 3, 2018 at 1:25 am | #

          Honestly, I’m thinking nothing’s really gonna come of it if only because yesterday Willis was joking about how today’s comments were only gonna be about the lack of helmets (and he said earlier it was so we could see Sal’s facial expressions).

  17. Nico
    Nico
    November 3, 2018 at 12:09 am | #

    Wear your helmet, Sal, please. I am so worried.

  18. TheStranger
    TheStranger
    November 3, 2018 at 12:09 am | #

    Well, I mean, he’s not WRONG.

  19. Tacos
    Tacos
    November 3, 2018 at 12:11 am | #

    I’ll be honest, those first two panels made me anxious. Especially since neither is wearing a helmet.

  20. tirachokko
    tirachokko
    November 3, 2018 at 12:12 am | #

    Oh Sal
    (yessssss sal and wonderbreadddddd actionnnnnnnnnnnnnn, the healthiest of all my shipsssssssssssssss)

  21. DailyBrad
    DailyBrad
    November 3, 2018 at 12:13 am | #

    I’m glad. Danny and Sal both did needed another friend, anyhow.

  22. ShinyNeen
    ShinyNeen
    November 3, 2018 at 12:13 am | #

    C’mon, Danny, this is the friendliest Sal gets! You’re out on her bike, getting to experience all the sweet stunts! Like swerving in front of that truck ohgodsalpleaseno yeeeeeep just the friendliest!

    … Well, at least Danny’s taking it all in stride!

  23. King Daniel
    King Daniel
    November 3, 2018 at 12:15 am | #

    Guys, we’re all missing the big picture – is this definitely that same truck driver dude as in Roomies!? http://www.dumbingofage.com/tag/definitely-that-same-truck-driver-dude-as-in-roomies/

    • ShinyNeen
      ShinyNeen
      November 3, 2018 at 12:19 am | #

      Well, now that you’ve pointed out that fantastic tag… apparently not! Unless the tags get updated, anyway.

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        November 3, 2018 at 10:09 am | #

        Oddly, he wasn’t in the following strip, which features the same truck. Perhaps he jumped out?

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      November 3, 2018 at 12:39 am | #

      If so, he’s repainted his cab.

      • autogatos
        autogatos
        November 3, 2018 at 12:48 am | #

        Maybe he’s hoping red will be easier to see and prevent people from constantly trying to drive in front of his truck.

        Clearly not going as he hoped…

        • Clif
          Clif
          November 3, 2018 at 11:04 am | #

          It’s an unacknowledged fact that all large trucks are driven by the same driver.

  24. Goki
    Goki
    November 3, 2018 at 12:16 am | #

    I think this is the most I have ever liked Sal, I hope they compliment each other (as friends at least)

    • mendel
      mendel
      November 3, 2018 at 12:29 am | #

      complEment, I expect you mean. Unless you mean that they say nice things about each other to each other.

      • Delicious Taffy
        Delicious Taffy
        November 3, 2018 at 1:46 am | #

        That’s such a minor difference in spelling, I’ve never noticed it before. Are you sure you’re not making it up?

        • BBCC
          BBCC
          November 3, 2018 at 9:13 am | #

          It’s a thing.

          • Clif
            Clif
            November 3, 2018 at 10:39 am | #

            We’re the grammar police. We serve and correct.

            • Goki
              Goki
              November 3, 2018 at 3:14 pm | #

              Well then, Im sorry your so upset, I thought I did my grammar good.

              • Schpoonman
                Schpoonman
                November 3, 2018 at 4:48 pm | #

                Now that’s just uncalled for.

                • Goki
                  Goki
                  November 4, 2018 at 12:50 am | #

                  Oh I disagree! It was quite called for.

              • BBCC
                BBCC
                November 3, 2018 at 7:35 pm | #

                I don’t mind at all. People aren’t strictly grammatical when they talk, and since internet comments are the farthest thing from formal writing I can think of, it’s really not a big deal. I just wanted to say that there is a difference between the words ‘compliment’ and ‘complement’ and that wasn’t made up.

                • Goki
                  Goki
                  November 4, 2018 at 12:52 am | #

                  Fair enough, honestly I was good till someone ratted me out to the cops. You know what they say, snitches get “your” instead of “you’re”

  25. not someone else
    not someone else
    November 3, 2018 at 12:16 am | #

    Why is everyone asking about his hat in the face of the physics of how the hell either of them can hear each other over the wind and not get bugs flying into their mouths

    If there’s anything I’ve learned from listening to people who ride motorbikes it’s that you never open your mouth on the highway because that will be the exact moment an insect happens to be in your line of movement

    That and if you leave the bike outside for more than 30 seconds it will become full of spiders who think this warm metal thing is the best ever place to build a web

    • Leorale
      Leorale
      November 3, 2018 at 12:28 am | #

      That was my qualm too, that they could actually hear each other, but sometimes Willis takes liberties so that we can see them swooshing around on a motorcycle while they chat.

      • not someone else
        not someone else
        November 3, 2018 at 2:52 am | #

        Well, yeah. It’s artistic liberties.

        I just think the hat thing isn’t the most obvious one here

  26. Sean
    Sean
    November 3, 2018 at 12:26 am | #

    The coolest thing about Danny is that he’s completely at ease with his total lack of coolness.

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      November 3, 2018 at 7:37 am | #

      which, incidentally, is EXACTLY Sal’s idea of being cool.

      http://www.dumbingofage.com/2013/comic/book-4/01-the-only-dope-for-me-is-you/fudge/

  27. Leo
    Leo
    November 3, 2018 at 12:43 am | #

    I dig how the leaves are multi-colored as we are still in Fall.

  28. Lazarus
    Lazarus
    November 3, 2018 at 12:52 am | #

    i don’t know if anyone else noticed it but i am pretty sure Dina did a cameo in Phil and Kaja Foglio’s “Girl Genuis” on wednesday. i could be wron, what do you think? http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20181031#.W90plNtKiW8

    • Abel Undercity
      Abel Undercity
      November 3, 2018 at 4:03 am | #

      Oh. My stars. And garters.

    • Zee
      Zee
      November 3, 2018 at 8:24 am | #

      Yeah it was like half the comments on Wednesday

  29. Stoodmuffin
    Stoodmuffin
    November 3, 2018 at 1:01 am | #

    Oh. Wait. Is this, parallels with the four of them ?

  30. WalkerOfSorrow
    WalkerOfSorrow
    November 3, 2018 at 1:04 am | #

    Honestly, Danny, so did most of the audience.

  31. Kris
    Kris
    November 3, 2018 at 1:10 am | #

    People are understandably worried for Sal and Danny not wearing helmets and practicing proper motor safety, but what’s more worrisome is they also have no protection against their life threatening ignorance to why M&M’s melt in your mouth and not in your hands. They may have dodged that truck, but even Sal can’t out maneuver staying humble.

  32. Zach
    Zach
    November 3, 2018 at 1:12 am | #

    I know you’ve drawn this motorcycle before, but is that Transformers Prime Arcee?

    • David M Willis
      David M Willis
      November 3, 2018 at 1:23 am | #

      sal’s motorcycle is older than transformers prime arcee

      • Clif
        Clif
        November 3, 2018 at 10:47 am | #

        briefly considers googling to try and find out how old Transformers Prime Arcee is in order to make a snide comment about the age of Sal’s motorcycle and then decides it’s not worth the effort.

        • Alan Lafond
          Alan Lafond
          November 4, 2018 at 11:22 pm | #

          First appearance of Sal’s motorcycle was Sep 14, 2010. First episode of Transformers Prime was Nov 26, 2010.

  33. Ivy
    Ivy
    November 3, 2018 at 1:33 am | #

    Jesus, what the fuck Sal

  34. Bagge
    Bagge
    November 3, 2018 at 1:56 am | #

    Soooo…. friends are not defined in singular any longer.

    That is huge.

  35. Axel
    Axel
    November 3, 2018 at 2:25 am | #

    I saw this and definitely thought she was giving hin a taste of Amazi-Girl’s proximity to truck… way after it would have made sense in story. Not because that seems like a Sal thing, just because image and the text being small on my phone.

  36. Nobody
    Nobody
    November 3, 2018 at 2:41 am | #

    Danny you need to work on that self confidence even though I totally get where you’re coming from

  37. BenRG
    BenRG
    November 3, 2018 at 3:14 am | #

    It’s nice that Sal is willing to admit to having friends. Normally, she strikes me as being too emotionally reserved for something like that. It’s also very in-character for Danny to have poor self-esteem.

    • Zaxares
      Zaxares
      November 3, 2018 at 5:46 am | #

      Agreed. Although Sal needs to learn that yelling “You, get on!” is not the right way to invite friends for a bike ride. 😛

      • Bagge
        Bagge
        November 3, 2018 at 7:35 am | #

        She could always try this thing again

        http://www.dumbingofage.com/2016/comic/book-6/03-when-god-closes-the-door/stubb-2/

  38. Mitsukara
    Mitsukara
    November 3, 2018 at 3:23 am | #

    So is this the fateful highway, or a not-so-fateful highway?

  39. chris73
    chris73
    November 3, 2018 at 4:21 am | #

    Its nice Sal is increasing her circle but not so nice shes putting her friend in quite serious danger

  40. Remmington Steele
    Remmington Steele
    November 3, 2018 at 4:40 am | #

    It’s not even been his year … or has it?

  41. Dracke
    Dracke
    November 3, 2018 at 4:53 am | #

    You are her Jimmy Olsen

    • Ryek Hvek
      Ryek Hvek
      November 3, 2018 at 6:38 am | #

      Does he have a signal watch that goes Zee-zee-zee ?

  42. Pylgrim
    Pylgrim
    November 3, 2018 at 7:32 am | #

    Much is said of Danny being lame and milquetoast, but in all honesty, I think he’s super badass for not freaking out right there after those first two panels. I know I would.

    • Clif
      Clif
      November 3, 2018 at 10:21 am | #

      You have to view this comic in the light of Danny wanting Amber to give up Amazigirl because it was putting her in danger. The sudden shift in Danny’s previously solid support was the first step in reaching where she is now. Sal is an unintentionally hypocrite and Danny is a good egg with no spine.

  43. Darkoneko
    Darkoneko
    November 3, 2018 at 8:19 am | #

    “I broke the whole comic’s ‘fuck’ quota thanks to the game you lent me”

  44. WonderRabbit
    WonderRabbit
    November 3, 2018 at 8:25 am | #

    Where IS Sal’s helmet anyway?
    She had it day one.

    Did Joyce end up ‘borrowing’ it permanently at some point or something?
    Now her Sal Shrine is complete…

    • BBCC
      BBCC
      November 3, 2018 at 8:54 am | #

      She probably took off immediately after she talked to Marcie and didn’t bother going to grab it.

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      November 3, 2018 at 10:07 am | #

      Sal’s helmet is probably still in her room. She is far too focussed in running away from Marcie’s condemnatory words to do something like go back for it.

      • Clif
        Clif
        November 3, 2018 at 10:28 am | #

        Sal’s helmet is still on her head like normal. You just can’t see it because of the telepathic field that allows Sal and Danny to talk over the wind noise. I swear I’ve never seen a group so unforgiving of comic book conventions as the comment section.

  45. Remmington Steele
    Remmington Steele
    November 3, 2018 at 10:04 am | #

    Admiring Danny’s composure whilst whizzing pillion.

    A sentence like “Someone who outrageously pratfalls into being in your proximity” is nice.

    Might be tricky to say in a 70mph gale, staring into this mortal coil.

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      November 3, 2018 at 10:07 am | #

      Danny has just tacitly admitted that his role in most girls’ lives so far has been ‘comedy sidekick’, especially with Amazi-Girl.

      • Clif
        Clif
        November 3, 2018 at 10:30 am | #

        He was emotional support until suddenly he wasn’t.

  46. Vulcanodon
    Vulcanodon
    November 3, 2018 at 10:59 am | #

    Amber’s got to be freaking out right about now.

    • Clif
      Clif
      November 3, 2018 at 11:08 am | #

      Oh, come on. Walky’s not that bad.

  47. Creature_SH
    Creature_SH
    November 3, 2018 at 11:25 am | #

    The sense of scale and speed in the first two panels is amazing and very nervousifying.

  48. Meta
    Meta
    November 3, 2018 at 12:31 pm | #

    You GOTTA wear helmets y’all

  49. Robert
    Robert
    November 3, 2018 at 2:55 pm | #

    Oh God, Dan is gonna be the next Marcie, isn’t he?

    #BffTurnedRoadKillPartDuex

    • Arawn
      Arawn
      November 3, 2018 at 3:11 pm | #

      Well, Willis has to get him to stop playing the ukulele somehow… breaking his hands in a motorcycle accident would work.

    • WonderRabbit
      WonderRabbit
      November 4, 2018 at 1:33 am | #

      I’m getting Liar Liar vibes.
      “Stop recklessly endangering your friends, a**hole!”

  50. ValdVin
    ValdVin
    November 3, 2018 at 4:23 pm | #

    Pratfall used for a second time in a month? Hmmm.

  51. Willinwoods
    Willinwoods
    November 4, 2018 at 5:12 am | #

    Oh, that low self-esteem. It’s like looking in the mirror. 🙁

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