Dumbing of Age Book Twelve

Dumbing of Age

A college webcomic by David Willis
RSS
‹
›
  • Home
  • About/Read before posting
  • Archive↓
    • by calendar
  • Cast
  • Store↓
    • Main Store (books and stuff)
    • T-shirts
  • Patreon↓
    • Patreon (regular)
    • Patreon (NSFW)
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
dangit i promised myself character growth
First Previous Random 241Comments Share Next Latest
Reddit Digg Facebook MySpace Delicious Stumbleupon Buzz Up! Mixx Technorati Google Bookmarks Yahoo Bookmarks Yahoo MyWeb Windows Live Propeller FriendFeed Newsvine Xanga LinkedIn Blinklist Twitter
Discover more Hiveworks comics
Goblins
Ellipsis
A fantasy RPG as told through the eyes of the low-level monsters.
Tove
Severin
The end of the world is coming, and Tove doesn't want to be a hero, but SOMEONE has to look after her little brother.
Between Failures
Jackie Wohlenhaus
The low stakes adventures of an assorted group of 20 somethings trapped in the declining years of American retail. They are naughty and say lots of swears.
Real Science Adventures
Brian Clevinger
Spin off stories and other adventures from the world of Atomic Robo!
Lighter Than Heir
Melissa Albino
A young Volant woman joins the military in an effort to upstage her war-hero father.
Folklore
Adam Ma, Colin Tan Wei
A superhuman horror story focused on a small band of survivors trying to navigate a war-torn world in the aftermath of the Federation’s collapse.
Girl Genius
Phil Foglio, Kaja Foglio
In a time when the Industrial Revolution has become an all-out war, Mad Science rules the World...with mixed success.
Wilde Life
Pascalle Lepas
Oscar decided to rent an old haunted house, and that's when things got weird...
Empowered
Adam Warren
A sexy superhero comedy (except when it isn't) about the never-ending struggles of a plucky but very unlucky young superheroine.
Go Get a Roomie
Clover
Experience the queer journey of an upbeat hippie and the friendships she makes along the way! A tale of self-discovery and love of many forms.
No End
Erli, Kromi
A queer romance about people attempting to build lives in a cold, post-apocalyptic world ravaged by hordes of undead.
Dumbing of Age
David M Willis
Joyce has been homeschooled her entire life until now, when she's suddenly a freshman in college! Things don't go well.
Patrik the Vampire
Bree Paulsen
Patrik loves to knit, bake, and help his friends while dealing with his own demons... like his thirst for blood because, oh yeah--he's a vampire.
Come Hell or High Water
Jenny/Star, Mori
Prince Gladimir was never meant to fall for a pirate. Swearing off love for duty, the threat of war propels him back into the Captain’s world of high seas and high stakes. Their relationship could be the thing to save the kingdom of Yvoire - or destroy it.
Anacrine Complex
Sae Cotton
A superhuman heist involving probably too many pigeons than entirely necessary.
The Lonely Vincent Bellingham
Diana Huh
Vincent is an unkind man looking to disappear, and finds himself in the care of a vampire and her two wicked children.
Atomic Robo
Brian Clevinger, Scott Wegener
The robot punches monsters and bad robots and one time he was a cowboy.
[un]Divine
Ayme
A highschool senior thought giving up his soul for a demon was a good idea. It wasn't.
Wychwood
Varethane
When Tiara's pyrokinesis is finally noticed, she is captured by a magical research organization for study. If she cooperates, she could be helping to save humanity from a dire threat - but can she trust them?
How to be a Werewolf
Shawn Lenore
Malaya Walters was bitten by a werewolf as a child. After being raised by her human family, she faces the chance to learn what being a werewolf is really like as an adult.
Drugs & Wires
Mary Safro, Io Black
Dan used to be a VR operator until his brain got fried by malware. Now he's stuck delivering packages in a post-Soviet hellhole all while trying to adjust to his new life and find some answers.
Whomp!
Ronnie
A depressed, portly, hirsute anime fan stumbles through life in the ever-pursuit of chicken nuggets and other life-shortening indulgences.
Killjoys
Flatw00ds
When two disgraced ex-feds fall backwards into trouble with the clown mafia, getting out in one piece is gonna be no joke!
Clockwork
Chikuto
Cog Kleinschmidt is a diligent, quiet worker at the Mercia Fortress, the world power's leading stronghold. His orderly life is thrown into chaos when an enemy kingdom sends a diplomat for peace talks. This diplomat needs something from Cog - whether he agrees to their terms or not!
Sam & Fuzzy
Sam Logan
Troubled by gangster rodents, lovesick vampire stalkers, or confused ninja assassins? Don't panic! Sam and Fuzzy are here to help. (For a reasonable fee.)
The Otherknown
Lorian Merriman
Chandra is a 12-year-old accidental time traveler with a reluctant new dad, who happens to be a member of a feared galactic crime syndicate.
Solstoria
Angelica Maria
After her brother goes missing, Samantha vows to become a Knight and help those around her in the Kingdom of St. Helena.
Cyanide & Happiness
Explosm
Satire, dark humor and surreal humor.
Far to the North
Allison Shaw
Kelu turns to the monsters of her remote mountain home when her family is held hostage by outsiders.
Demon's Mirror
Harry Bogosian
Based loosely off of "The Snow Queen", a story by Hans Christian Andersen, we see things take a different turn as the demons become central characters, and the side characters stick around. Yup, that's the only differences. Enjoy!
Hazy London
Scotty
A story about messy relationships. From friendly foes to crazy families. Nothing is black and white, just full of color. But, all colors can get a little hazy...
Knights Errant
J.R. Doyle
Wilfrid's humble quest for revenge becomes bigger and bloodier by the day.
Sunshine Boy
Moosopp
New-kid Kelly is sweet but naive. Luckily, he's got his outgoing neighbor Grey in his corner.
Paint the Town Red
Windy, Winter Jay Kiakas
Winona runs a werewolf shelter with partner in crime, Odile in the Gothic city of Merlot. One day they take in an injured vampire, and soon unravels many of the dark secrets of Merlot.
Demon Studies
Miyuli
Four students summon and study potentially dangerous demons within the walls of the mysterious Summerland University.
Obelisk
Ashley McCammon
In 1908 New York, a young woman struggles to put her life back together in the wake of her father's death - until she discovers a vampire in the shambles of her inheritance.
Fairmeadow
Kendra P. / KP
A wayward soldier finds herself in a pacifist commune deep in the wilderness of a war-weary land. Living in isolation brings her closer to those she was sworn to kill than she could ever imagine - but also threatens to tear the place apart.
El Goonish Shive
Dan Shive
WARNING: This comic often ignores the Laws of Physics
Nerf Now!!
Josué Pereira
A cute webcomic about fanservice, video games, and... love. Mostly video games, though.
The Witch Door
Anni K.
Katariina Lehto discovers her neighbor is a witch called Jousia Muotka. Jousia introduces Katariina to the strange people and places beyond the witch door...
MASKLESS
kickingshoes
In a world where people can wield the magic of elemental Masks, all Ashe wants to do is help. Maskless and useless, with dreams of fire and smoke on the back of his tongue, he finds himself on a strange, dangerous path to uncovering the secrets of these incredible objects, and the source of the monsters plaguing his home.
Lunar Blight
Studio CARTRIDGE, Laura Lee
Lunar Blight is a gothic horror story about an elite knight serving a moon cult who must choose between upholding his honoured duty or condemning everything he’s grown to know.
Guilded Age
T Campbell, John Waltrip, Florence Machina
Welcome to the saga of the working-class adventurer! Enjoy the complete story with new annotations daily!
Heart of Gold
Eliot Baum, Viv Tanner
A pianist with failing eyesight seeks out a priest with a miraculous healing touch, drawing him deeper into a world of miracles and curses.
2 Slices
RJ Morel
After a case of mistaken identity, will awkward Daisuke find help from excitable Mamo, or will his love life be thrown completely off track?
Spinnerette
Krazy Krow, Rocio Zucchi, Pablo Rey
When a lab accident gives Heather Brown spider powers and six arms, she does what any midwest comic geek would do: Become Ohio's #3 superhero!
Star Trip
Gisele Weaver
Jas is a human taken from her home planet on a trip across the galaxy she will never forget.
Monster Pulse
Magnolia Porter Siddell
Four kids run afoul of a creepy secret organization's experiments, which turn their body parts into fighting monsters. Part sentimental coming-of-age story, part monster-training shonen manga, with just a bit of sci-fi body horror.
BOOKMARK
Click "Tag Page" to bookmark a page. When you return to the site, click "Goto Tag" to continue where you left off.
Goto TagClear Tag


BUFFER WATCH Comics are currently drawn and uploaded through:

June 14, 2026

De-escalate

by David M Willis on December 19, 2024 at 12:01 am
  • 02 – The One Where Jocelyne Returns
└ Tags: amazi-girl, becky, dina, jocelyne, joe, joyce, paul

Discussion (241) ¬

[ Comments RSS ]
  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    December 19, 2024 at 12:01 am | #

    typical of college, everything you learned is outdated in a few years

    • Ana Chronistic
      Ana Chronistic
      December 19, 2024 at 12:02 am | #

      also imagine if Joss had been there for Sal’s motorcycle jump rescue

      • Rolf of Many Doors
        Rolf of Many Doors
        December 19, 2024 at 1:33 am | #

        I’d say David jumped the shark with that one but let’s be honest it was cool as hell.

        Danny: “So anyway then my girlfriend Sal did a sick jump on her motorcycle and snapped the bad-guy’s neck and saved the day.”

        • Masumi
          Masumi
          December 19, 2024 at 5:35 am | #

          “wow wow wow….wow.”

          • a/snow/mous/e
            a/snow/mous/e
            December 19, 2024 at 11:56 am | #

            the bad guy’s neck: “Pop pop!”

    • Jeff K!
      Jeff K!
      December 19, 2024 at 12:50 am | #

      I took an Introduction to DOS class for the easy A!

      • Aquila
        Aquila
        December 19, 2024 at 2:07 am | #

        Even though I actually know, I feel compelled to go for the easy joke :

        “What’s a DOS?”

        • marcus erronius
          marcus erronius
          December 19, 2024 at 3:07 am | #

          It stands for Denial Of Sevice. It’s a form of online digital attack, where a waiter refuses to take your order because they’re busy checking websites on their phone. It’s why I always take a cellphone jammer to restaurants, they can’t go online on a phone covered with jam, it’s way too sticky.

          • BarerMender
            BarerMender
            December 19, 2024 at 3:14 am | #

            Nice. Love the stream of consciousness.

            • Opus the Poet
              Opus the Poet
              December 19, 2024 at 6:32 am | #

              +1!

          • Forvisk
            Forvisk
            December 19, 2024 at 7:15 am | #

            If Jeff did this he would get an A+.

          • Michael Steamweed
            Michael Steamweed
            December 19, 2024 at 8:32 am | #

            First sentence, yeah, ho, ho, nice one. Second sentence, whaat, oh I see, this is off-rails time.

          • CardinalFan
            CardinalFan
            December 19, 2024 at 1:52 pm | #

            Only one man would dare give me the raspberry! LONE STAR!

            • Some Ed
              Some Ed
              December 19, 2024 at 8:44 pm | #

              Lone Star only gave you the raspberry because you *asked* for it. I was in the booth right beside you. I heard you ask for it, I heard Lone Star read back the order to verify it was all correct, and I heard you say it was.

              Yelp isn’t interested in what really happened, but I know. I’m on to you. You’re secretly Black Hat man, aren’t you?

            • ktbear
              ktbear
              December 20, 2024 at 12:19 am | #

              Is this a Shadowrun reference?

              • thejeff
                thejeff
                December 20, 2024 at 10:02 am | #

                Spaceballs

              • CardinalFan
                CardinalFan
                December 20, 2024 at 6:39 pm | #

                Mine was, as thejeff said, Spaceballs.

      • Hof1991
        Hof1991
        December 19, 2024 at 9:19 am | #

        Fortran on punchcard. This involved neither Fortnight nor punching.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      December 19, 2024 at 3:13 am | #

      I’m sure someone somewhere is still running the equipment I learned on almost 20 years ago.

    • Decidedly Orthogonal
      Decidedly Orthogonal
      December 19, 2024 at 8:01 pm | #

      If your college experience is grounded purely in temporal facts, your college sucks. Every time I’ve attended post-secondary studies (and hell, even high school), the primary goal is to learn how to think and how to learn. The factual information is provided as context for particular domains, but is secondary to knowing how to navigate those domains.

      • Ana Chronistic
        Ana Chronistic
        December 19, 2024 at 11:56 pm | #

        I went to college bc I was expected to do so

        definitely would’ve had a better experience had I gone to learn (and paid my own way)

  2. Proto_Eevee
    Proto_Eevee
    December 19, 2024 at 12:01 am | #

    did joe just think everyone was lying the whole time? all his friends got kidnapped!

    • Paradoxius
      Paradoxius
      December 19, 2024 at 12:03 am | #

      He thought it was a running bit!

      • JessWitt
        JessWitt
        December 19, 2024 at 12:05 am | #

        A coping mechanism-induced group hallucination?

    • Charles Phipps
      Charles Phipps
      December 19, 2024 at 12:05 am | #

      Jocelyn does seem to have been surprisingly subdued on comforting her sister after her former neighbor was murdered in front of her.

      • Bryy
        Bryy
        December 19, 2024 at 1:59 am | #

        Yeah, actually.

    • Regalli
      Regalli
      December 19, 2024 at 12:08 am | #

      I think the person he’d have heard the most about AG from is Danny. He wasn’t necessarily close enough to have heard about, say, the car chase rescue when it happened from Joyce and Becky. And it wouldn’t surprise me if the public story of the big kidnapping kept Amazi-Girl’s involvement to a minimum. They did largely get themselves out of it, after all.

      Now, the car chase almost certainly made news, but if Joe’s not paying attention to that, I can see him genuinely not having heard about her as more than a campus rumor and Danny’s girlfriend he can’t introduce to Joe ever who totally exists.

      • Doki
        Doki
        December 19, 2024 at 12:21 am | #

        I think it would honestly be hilarious if Danny WAS Joe’s main source of info about Amazi-girl, and all this time he’s just chalked it up to some kind of superhero RP kink thing between Danny and his then-girlfriend.

        • Plain Marie
          Plain Marie
          December 19, 2024 at 9:04 am | #

          So then we get all the Joe reaction shots to fi ding out the full truth!

    • Furie
      Furie
      December 19, 2024 at 10:46 am | #

      I’m sure his new sister did some work to help with any pesky belief he had in a superhero. Come on Joe, that’s a bit Walky of you.

  3. Sirksome
    Sirksome
    December 19, 2024 at 12:02 am | #

    College has changed.

    • Charles Phipps
      Charles Phipps
      December 19, 2024 at 12:03 am | #

      College, college never changes.

      • Deanatay
        Deanatay
        December 19, 2024 at 12:42 am | #

        To protect humanity from the harsh brutality of post-graduation life, Dorm-Tec built vast underground living spaces called Dorms, designed to shelter the best and brightest of humanity. Generations after the Grad-pocalypse, Dorm Dwellers emerge into a brave new world filled with freaks and horrors.

        Gradout: the post-graduate role playing game.

        • StClair
          StClair
          December 19, 2024 at 1:57 am | #

          You’ve got to understand, though:
          the Dorms were never meant to save anyone.

        • Michael Steamweed
          Michael Steamweed
          December 19, 2024 at 8:34 am | #

          If anything could get darker than Fallout, yeah, this would do it.

      • Michael Steamweed
        Michael Steamweed
        December 19, 2024 at 8:36 am | #

        In grad school, thou shalt get sidetracked by bullshit every damned time.

  4. furubatsu
    furubatsu
    December 19, 2024 at 12:03 am | #

    I was wondering what Jocelyn wad making of all this.

    Also love that realisation that Joe (and probably a real good chunk of the campus) don’t believe in Amazi-girl (don’t worry guys, Amazi-girl doesn’t believe in Amazi-girl)

    • DJTsurugi
      DJTsurugi
      December 19, 2024 at 1:02 am | #

      don’t believe in Amazi-girl, believe in the me that believes in Amazi-girl ~<3

      • Da Boy
        Da Boy
        December 19, 2024 at 3:02 am | #

        Yours is the fist that will pierce his spleen

  5. Charles Phipps
    Charles Phipps
    December 19, 2024 at 12:03 am | #

    It’s kind of humorous she keeps trying to mentor Joyce when her kid sister has way more life experience these days.

    • Icalasari
      Icalasari
      December 19, 2024 at 2:44 am | #

      “Explains why she’s growing so fast if she doesn’t have a normal to retreat to.”

    • Mturtle7
      Mturtle7
      December 19, 2024 at 11:03 pm | #

      …I mean, strictly speaking, we don’t KNOW that Jocelyn’s life up to now hasn’t been just as unhinged and soap-opera-esque as Joyce’s. It’s just implied that there are less superheroes involved. Maybe she’s been chatting up Martians in her spare time, off panel!

  6. IntangibleMatter
    IntangibleMatter
    December 19, 2024 at 12:03 am | #

    Okay wait- is this a new Amazi-Girl costume? It looks more “robot-y” and also more like a jacket-dress than what I remember it looking like.

    Also Dina casually summing up every experience I have with my generation.

    • Pongles
      Pongles
      December 19, 2024 at 12:07 am | #

      Didn’t we just see Dorothy decide to modify Amazi-Girl’s costume?

      • Armadillo
        Armadillo
        December 19, 2024 at 12:10 am | #

        Honestly forgot about that. She did good work.

        • Mark
          Mark
          December 19, 2024 at 7:06 am | #

          They did good work. The suit was laid out on the floor with supplies and sewing tools at hand. AG(?) was working on it when Dorothy found the bits and decided she had a better idea.

      • HueSatLight
        HueSatLight
        December 19, 2024 at 10:13 am | #

        We saw Dorothy finding this suit and deciding she knew better and modifying it without telling AG/Amber first. The only change of Dorothy’s we’ve seen so far is different colored leggings. https://www.dumbingofage.com/sneakingback/

        • Needfuldoer
          Needfuldoer
          December 19, 2024 at 4:50 pm | #

          She’s just a humble tailor…

          Dorothy’s quip about the leggings seems like some meta-commentary, given what Willis wrote about the Amazi-suit redesign process on Bluesky…

      • anon
        anon
        December 19, 2024 at 9:30 pm | #

        it does look better but all i can think of is the ‘no capes’ line XD

    • P!enapple
      P!enapple
      December 19, 2024 at 12:07 am | #

      Iirc, Dorothy revamped it a bit, about the same strip time as Billie trying to get Sal to comment on being Amazi-girl.

    • Dara
      Dara
      December 19, 2024 at 12:13 am | #

      Yes, here’s several views of the previous one.

      And Dorothy clearly works really fast.

      • Freemage
        Freemage
        December 19, 2024 at 7:44 pm | #

        You know, that link had a little art-bit that I’d missed until now–look at the ‘mental image’ version of A-G in the last panel. Instead of a cape tied around her neck, it’s fastened to the collar of the shirt, with an open neck. In essence, it’s much more how Amber sees A-G, as a ‘professional’ super-hero. Nice job, 2020 Willis!

        • Decidedly Orthogonal
          Decidedly Orthogonal
          December 19, 2024 at 8:06 pm | #

          Thanks for calling attention, as I’d_still_ have missed it.

    • Stonewolf
      Stonewolf
      December 19, 2024 at 1:52 am | #

      Anazigirl gots herself a “Barrier Jacket” now!

  7. butts
    butts
    December 19, 2024 at 12:03 am | #

    wait, has Joe never encountered Amazi-Girl before? wild

    • Charles Phipps
      Charles Phipps
      December 19, 2024 at 12:06 am | #

      “No, but she did once catch me and Joyce together in bed.”

      “Joe, Sal isn’t Amazi-Girl.”

      “Who else would she be?”

    • Lingo
      Lingo
      December 19, 2024 at 12:11 am | #

      Yeah I’ve forgotten that he’s one of the few main cast who don’t know her secret identity yet. Pretty ironic, considering he’s her step-brother!

      • sultryglebe
        sultryglebe
        December 19, 2024 at 12:20 am | #

        Maybe he’s going to become the Aunt Mae.

        • Clif
          Clif
          December 19, 2024 at 2:29 am | #

          Aunt Mae. Aunt Man. One or the other.

        • staszu13
          staszu13
          December 19, 2024 at 6:51 am | #

          (Aunt May voice) Oh, you’re that horrible Amazi-Girl!

        • Michael Steamweed
          Michael Steamweed
          December 19, 2024 at 8:39 am | #

          Hopefully the older Aunt May who lives, not the younger hot one who dies. :O

          • Taffy
            Taffy
            December 19, 2024 at 11:50 am | #

            Why’d you specify only the younger one’s hotness? Everyone knows Rosemary Harris is the hottest Aunt May.

            • Michael Steamweed
              Michael Steamweed
              December 19, 2024 at 4:03 pm | #

              Mm, she _is_ taller by a couple inches. I’m often partial to the taller ones.

              But it’s Tomei’s accent that gets the hawtness rating.

              • Taffy
                Taffy
                December 19, 2024 at 8:02 pm | #

                Her featureless Midwestern accent even though she lives in New York?

  8. NGPZ
    NGPZ
    December 19, 2024 at 12:03 am | #

    *plays “Free Bird” by Lynyrd Skynyrd on hacked muzak*

    • Bryy
      Bryy
      December 19, 2024 at 2:00 am | #

      Topical, considering we’re discussing toxic males.

      • NGPZ
        NGPZ
        December 19, 2024 at 5:47 pm | #

        AG kickin this dudebro is a site banner now

        Fuck yeah! >:D

  9. Suet
    Suet
    December 19, 2024 at 12:04 am | #

    “It is upsetting to learn I am expected to understand any of this.” Big. MOOD.

    Now I’m just gritting my teeth at him for being cliché. Too stereotypical of a “villain”. Read too many bad comics.

    • Pinkie
      Pinkie
      December 19, 2024 at 12:15 am | #

      Just the quote for doing adult things like insurance paperwork

    • BadRoad
      BadRoad
      December 19, 2024 at 9:14 am | #

      Dumbing of Age Book 14: It Is Upsetting to Learn I Am Expected to Understand Any of This

      • Daibhid C
        Daibhid C
        December 19, 2024 at 6:57 pm | #

        The perfect gift for someone who’s never read the strip before!

  10. jeffepp
    jeffepp
    December 19, 2024 at 12:05 am | #

    So, he’s saying he’s bait? Some league of some sort in waiting?

    • Laserbeaks Fury
      Laserbeaks Fury
      December 19, 2024 at 12:14 am | #

      Like, I’m hoping this is just dumb stuff going on, but honestly “Incelerator” feels laser targeted to instigate with Amazi-Girl.

    • Lars
      Lars
      December 19, 2024 at 2:58 am | #

      Oh No. Asher in costume.

    • Adept
      Adept
      December 19, 2024 at 6:40 am | #

      He’s a violent bully and at least an aspirational rapist, but I don’t think he’s just randomly decided to become a supervillain.

      This has to be a display and provocation intended to draw out Amazi-girl.

    • Shadowsnail
      Shadowsnail
      December 19, 2024 at 8:03 am | #

      The League of Evil Ins (you know, the opposite of Exes but also short for Incels)

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      December 19, 2024 at 4:57 pm | #

      He’s a master of it.

  11. morhek
    morhek
    December 19, 2024 at 12:05 am | #

    “Did he choose “uncowed” because he’s an english major who learned a new word or for misogynist reasons?”

    “Yes.”

    • Thomas
      Thomas
      December 19, 2024 at 1:07 am | #

      He’ll learn to say “Uncle!” in a short while. Two new words! A fast learner.

  12. General Tekno
    General Tekno
    December 19, 2024 at 12:06 am | #

    If he had half a brain he’d have a buddy of this filming it, so he could post it online and proceed to live off the grift of how women need to be put in their place because look here, see, this woman is out of line when he was just Asking Questions (TM)

    • 3oranges
      3oranges
      December 19, 2024 at 12:36 am | #

      It would take some serious editing, considering that he threw the first punch and said “violence is the only way people understand” seconds before he got kicked.

      • Ophidiophile
        Ophidiophile
        December 19, 2024 at 3:02 am | #

        I’m pretty sure he’s egotistical enough to think he’s going to win, and the video is to be posted so he’ll be recognized as a hero. And start the anti-feminist revolution, if he also suffers from Holy Warrior Syndrome.

      • Some Ed
        Some Ed
        December 19, 2024 at 9:11 pm | #

        It’s not too hard to clip out a few seconds.

        Now, given the fight so far, it’ll be difficult to make it look like he’s up to the challenge, but that’s another matter entirely.

    • Mark
      Mark
      December 19, 2024 at 7:14 am | #

      I wonder if he’s considered the other people in the food court who by now are videoing his antics.

      I don’t see how anybody has the temerity to commit crimes in public these days, given the high probability that at least one random person is already inadvertently videoing in his direction and need only refocus slightly to capture conclusive State’s Evidence.

      • Astariel
        Astariel
        December 19, 2024 at 2:39 pm | #

        Eh, he’s a right-wing white guy who’s assaulted an Asian woman and a Black guy. He’d get a slap on the wrist at worst, and probably high-fives from the cops on the way.

  13. JA
    JA
    December 19, 2024 at 12:06 am | #

    Wait Joe didn’t think Amazi-Girl was real?

    • Vanessa
      Vanessa
      December 19, 2024 at 12:11 am | #

      She’s more real than NightGuy, that’s for sure. She has skills.

      • Sirksome
        Sirksome
        December 19, 2024 at 12:19 am | #

        Please. It’s obvious Nightguy softened Incelerator up for Amazi-Girl. The real skill was blocking that fist with his abs of steel that sent a delayed shockwave of pain through Incelerator’s body causing him to spin through the air just as Amazi-Girl’s kick connected!…Is how I’ll sell this story when I pitch the Incelerator movie script.

        • BarerMender
          BarerMender
          December 19, 2024 at 3:39 am | #

          I don’t understand that spin through the air, or what’s causing AG to skid backwards popping her heels on the floor.

          • Mark
            Mark
            December 19, 2024 at 7:19 am | #

            AG twisted around to land facing the foe, and has to dissipate the momentum that wasn’t transferred to the target on impact.

            • Sum Dum Gai
              Sum Dum Gai
              December 19, 2024 at 8:39 am | #

              I’m impressed by I’s kip-up. In wheels, no less.

  14. peng
    peng
    December 19, 2024 at 12:08 am | #

    “amazi-girl is real?” is so funny

  15. Armadillo
    Armadillo
    December 19, 2024 at 12:09 am | #

    It’s okay Amazi-girl, you’ve beaten the shit out of this guy before so this isn’t escalation. More of a plateau, really.

  16. Charles Phipps
    Charles Phipps
    December 19, 2024 at 12:09 am | #

    I have a funny thought now that Jocelyn is back.

    Hank isn’t bothered by the trans thing (he figured it out a while ago) but is against Bulmeria protests.

    • morleuca
      morleuca
      December 19, 2024 at 8:22 am | #

      Or Hank is just really invested in his daughters not getting arrested.

      • Charles Phipps
        Charles Phipps
        December 19, 2024 at 6:06 pm | #

        “Why are you antibulmerian? We’re 1/4th Bulmerian!”

        “Being anti-Bulmerian government isn’t Anti-Bulmerian!”

  17. Dawn
    Dawn
    December 19, 2024 at 12:10 am | #

    Doesn’t Jocelyne know about the superhero motorcycle car chase? I feel like this shouldn’t surprise her at this point.

    Though I guess actually seeing the superhero in action hits a bit different.

  18. KM
    KM
    December 19, 2024 at 12:10 am | #

    So is fisticuffs between costumed heroes and villains the norm now. I had no idea.

    • Opus the Poet
      Opus the Poet
      December 19, 2024 at 12:43 am | #

      That’s why I beat up car in street clothes, to prevent just this kind of escalation.

      • Clif
        Clif
        December 19, 2024 at 2:33 am | #

        Where he found a car in street clothes to beat up, I’ll never know.

        • Michael Steamweed
          Michael Steamweed
          December 19, 2024 at 8:43 am | #

          Groucho, is that you?

  19. Bogeywoman
    Bogeywoman
    December 19, 2024 at 12:11 am | #

    Dude, she has years of experience on you. You’re out-cowed.

    (I’m still wanting the derby team to show up and hip-check him like a pinball out the window)

    • Dante
      Dante
      December 19, 2024 at 12:18 am | #

      I kinda love that he’s “AT LAST, MY TRUE TARGET” meanwhile he… sucks. There’s not even some epic way to say it, this dude is just no nemesis material, he’s at best a second-hand punching bag.

      • NGPZ
        NGPZ
        December 19, 2024 at 12:25 am | #

        hope ain’t lost for him

        maybe with practice he can be somebody’s side-kick XD

    • Mark
      Mark
      December 19, 2024 at 7:23 am | #

      Not sure how a whole team can do that, but they could vigorously pass him around until he loses consciousness.

      • Taffy
        Taffy
        December 19, 2024 at 11:53 am | #

        Your sales pitch sounds too appealing.

        • Dante
          Dante
          December 19, 2024 at 11:49 pm | #

          That’s what he said

          The mental image came unbidden, can’t help it.

  20. Sirksome
    Sirksome
    December 19, 2024 at 12:12 am | #

    This is how we learn Incelerator’s true plan which was to get dominated by capable women, which through repetition has developed into a kink very hard to indulge.

    • jflb96
      jflb96
      December 19, 2024 at 3:35 pm | #

      Only while stuck on a student budget

  21. Pocky
    Pocky
    December 19, 2024 at 12:15 am | #

    Ahhhh, dive kicks. So much fun to do.

  22. mindbleach
    mindbleach
    December 19, 2024 at 12:16 am | #

    Dude has fantastic enunciation for someone who just took two hundred pounds of boot to the jaw.

  23. Newlland(Henryvolt)
    Newlland(Henryvolt)
    December 19, 2024 at 12:17 am | #

    This convinces me more so that this guy wanted AG’s attention on the possibility that the last few times he’s ever felt the passionate touch of a woman is when She’s punched him.

    • Dante
      Dante
      December 19, 2024 at 12:19 am | #

      The longest any woman has paid attention to him, period. Seconding Sirksome.

    • Da Boy
      Da Boy
      December 19, 2024 at 2:43 am | #

      Would certainly be funny if he was a masochist enjoying those beatings.

      • Miri
        Miri
        December 19, 2024 at 4:03 am | #

        … https://www.dumbingofage.com/2014/comic/book-4/04-the-whiteboard-dong-bandit/interrogation/

        And nobody has said “Wait, MIKE?!!” yet?

        • Da Boy
          Da Boy
          December 19, 2024 at 4:17 am | #

          His spirit came back and possessed this douche to get some more of that Amazi Violence

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        December 19, 2024 at 8:40 am | #

        “he pulled it on Rorschach, and Rorschach dropped him down an elevator shaft.”

        • Michael Steamweed
          Michael Steamweed
          December 19, 2024 at 8:50 am | #

          Though I don’t want AG to be a murderer, I do want her to drop Idioterator down an elevator shaft.

  24. RassilonTDavros
    RassilonTDavros
    December 19, 2024 at 12:19 am | #

    Huh. Joe never actually has seen Amazi-Girl before, has he.

    I seem to recall him thinking Danny was just making her up at some point early on in DoA’s run, but it’d take some digging.

    • Michael Steamweed
      Michael Steamweed
      December 19, 2024 at 8:51 am | #

      “What the hell? Your imaginary ex-girlfriend is real?!”

  25. BBCC
    BBCC
    December 19, 2024 at 12:19 am | #

    I like how she says “Your generation” like she’s not just a couple years older.

    • Dante
      Dante
      December 19, 2024 at 12:23 am | #

      Youngest she can be as a recent graduate is four years older, which is like. 22, 23? And already feeling That Generational Gap?

      Yeah, that tracks. Kids in their early 20’s tend to feel ancient :’33

      • Random832
        Random832
        December 19, 2024 at 12:52 am | #

        I mean, the comic started in 2010 and she presumably had already graduated by then.

        • Needfuldoer
          Needfuldoer
          December 19, 2024 at 3:21 am | #

          DoA is set in getCurrentYear(), otherwise that would imply Joyce and company have been in college for over 14 years.

          • Mark
            Mark
            December 19, 2024 at 7:26 am | #

            Well, they’ve been very busy, probably needed to repeat a few classes.

          • Dante
            Dante
            December 19, 2024 at 11:50 pm | #

            Please don’t, I remember reading this the day it launched

            //Lies down and cries

    • 3oranges
      3oranges
      December 19, 2024 at 12:38 am | #

      It’s realistic. I have genuinely heard people about to graduate complain about first year students as kids these days.

      • Jon
        Jon
        December 19, 2024 at 1:14 am | #

        @3oranges in high school I noticed that the frosh got shorter every year. Weird. I hope it hasn’t been going on ever since then!

      • BarerMender
        BarerMender
        December 19, 2024 at 3:44 am | #

        I went to college in the ’60s & ’70’s, and first year students looked like kids even to second year students way back then.

    • Da Boy
      Da Boy
      December 19, 2024 at 2:42 am | #

      I imagine at that age every year of difference feels like a decade.

      • Taffy
        Taffy
        December 19, 2024 at 3:21 am | #

        You’ll find out when you get to that age, kiddo.

        • Da Boy
          Da Boy
          December 19, 2024 at 3:51 am | #

          Sadly I’m already way past it

          • Clif
            Clif
            December 19, 2024 at 8:07 am | #

            Maybe next time then.

            • Taffy
              Taffy
              December 19, 2024 at 11:54 am | #

              Samsara comes for us all

              • Needfuldoer
                Needfuldoer
                December 19, 2024 at 4:04 pm | #

                At least if you drive company fleet vehicles.

    • Adept
      Adept
      December 19, 2024 at 6:47 am | #

      She had already thought about female names for herself, and suggested Joyce to their mum for the new baby girl. I think she’s more than 4 years older for sure. Could be more like ten.

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        December 19, 2024 at 8:46 am | #

        She was still pretty young at the time, couldn’t enunciate “Joss-win” correctly.
        Younger that 10, older than 4, but probably closer to it?

        OTOH, we know Jordan’s in between them and whatever happened to him happened when Joyce was still young enough to be sheltered from it.
        I can’t figure out the Brown sibling ages.

  26. HueSatLight
    HueSatLight
    December 19, 2024 at 12:19 am | #

    He saw an article about her, but clearly didn’t take it seriously. They might have talked, though, since they’re step-siblings.

    • Michael Steamweed
      Michael Steamweed
      December 19, 2024 at 8:54 am | #

      “No, Joe, I am your step-sister.”
      “NOOO!”

      • Plain Marie
        Plain Marie
        December 19, 2024 at 9:11 am | #

        Favorite comment so far!

    • Jeremiah
      Jeremiah
      December 19, 2024 at 8:55 am | #

      Joe is Sal step sibling?! Does Walky knows?

      • Michael Steamweed
        Michael Steamweed
        December 19, 2024 at 4:00 pm | #

        Oh, shoot, I thoughtlessly blabbed the secret from the other-other-Patreon. Dangit.

  27. Nono
    Nono
    December 19, 2024 at 12:19 am | #

    So I’ve been trying to articulate why I’m ready for the end of Amazi-Girl storylines.

    To sum up… every time there’s a villain for her to beat, it comes with trauma, baggage, and a reminder of villains that represent a side of society that’s probably a bit too reminiscent of real life. And there’s never a clear, easy win for her other than like, really early on when she saved Danny.

    Amazi-Girl saved Joyce from Ryan? Oh, she got traumatized by an almost-rapist.

    The DeSanto rally? Ryan got away. And then people were disbelieving the Ryan picture afterwards.

    Ryan got beat up? Dorothy got traumatized and also she was being stalked by someone carrying a knife.

    Saved Becky from Ross? Another piece of Joyce trauma and a reminder of people who would kill to ‘save’ their kids from queerness. And then Ross got bailed by religious nutjobs.

    The big kidnapping incident? Trauma for lots of people involved, and Mike died.

    Even this guy, I imagine it’s not going to be an ‘easy’ win because he’s a cis white guy getting beat up by a girl and will have ‘sympathizers’. Even now he’s smug after getting kicked in the face.

    There are some good storylines that the villains represent that can be told in the medium (sexism, religious indoctrination, etc.) but it’s getting very tiring that every time there’s an Amazi-Girl storyline I’m already thinking “well what fresh hard fought victory is it this time”.

    I’m sure Incelerator will ‘lose’ but unless it’s a super swift comeuppance with no backlash on any of the cast, I might start not reading til a current Amazi-Girl storylines are over because they’re becoming less power fantasy and more ‘hey here’s a reminder that the system and society hates people.’.

    Give me Linda, Mary or Raidah as villains over these yahoos. At least until they start wearing spandex and devolve into shouting one-note rhetoric.

    • Foolissa
      Foolissa
      December 19, 2024 at 12:32 am | #

      Everything you said, except that’s why I think the Amazi-girl storylines are really good writing

      • Dante
        Dante
        December 19, 2024 at 12:42 am | #

        I really like the way Willis toes the line of realism with these storylines tbh

    • Dante
      Dante
      December 19, 2024 at 12:39 am | #

      I get what you mean and I respect it a lot – I’m just making conversation here :3

      To me it _is_ cathartic precisely because I don’t really get to forget the system and society hates people (like me.) Watching a character I like doing away with this kind of asshole through fisticuffs and hijinks is nice, when one knows there’s no easy answer IRL. It’s still mostly grounded -nobody’s drinking a super serum or getting powers through sunlight- yet badass, and it does have consequences; so it doesn’t feel like it’s breaking the DoA worldbuild.

      I wonder how deep this AG storyline will get. Like… Will it be mostly for laughs, or is it going to lead somewhere more poignant? (And, given that it’s already happening, what would you rather?)

      • NGPZ
        NGPZ
        December 19, 2024 at 12:44 am | #

        honestly same

        heck whatever gives me an excuse to eventually make an SNES Batman clone with AG or something XD

        • Dante
          Dante
          December 19, 2024 at 11:51 pm | #

          Please please do tell us if you do omg

      • Nono
        Nono
        December 19, 2024 at 1:43 am | #

        Yeah I don’t think there’s anything inherently wrong, and if people still enjoy her stories, great.

        I think the low point for me was when after the whole Becky-Ross showdown, people were cooling off, seems like a happy ending… and then it cuts to the church planning to bail him out and Blaine showing up with ‘how much more do you need?’ Then it just felt like ‘of course. There’s always more. Always sympathisers, always easier for them to wriggle out or consequences.’. Cathartic for a while… but never forever.

        • Jeremiah
          Jeremiah
          December 19, 2024 at 8:48 am | #

          That sounds like an example of good writting? I don’t get what the issue here is.

        • Dante
          Dante
          December 19, 2024 at 11:46 pm | #

          “Cathartic, for a while” precisely because IRL it never ends…

          Yeah, I get it. The Becky-Ross showdown was really cool and I didn’t expect the entire storyline with Mike dying and the basement. I enjoyed it too, it was some of Willis’ best writing in my very humble opinion – Unguarded and from the heart. But I can’t help but re-read that (I do it every once in a while, either bits I liked or the entire comic) and feel like… 2020, right? We didn’t know The Years Don’t Stop Comin’ once they Start Comin’, or at least, not so hard.

      • Buck Ripsnort
        Buck Ripsnort
        December 19, 2024 at 10:08 am | #

        Unlike 99% of mainstream comics, Willis at least acknowledges that AG is the result of mental illness, not “destiny” or whatever comics trope the Big Two use.

    • Regret
      Regret
      December 19, 2024 at 1:13 am | #

      I don’t think this is the right place for power fantasies.

      • Nono
        Nono
        December 19, 2024 at 1:40 am | #

        Superheroes are pretty much power fantasies/wish fulfillment/catharsis. And yeah, I get the appeal of being able to imagine punching assholes like Ryan or Incelerator.

        I think the road to getting there in the comic tends to get more muddy than cathartic for me.

        • Jeremiah
          Jeremiah
          December 19, 2024 at 8:53 am | #

          It is mean to be. That is kind of the appeal of it, that things get muddy. Amazi Girl whole existence is an example of that, it started as power fantasy for amner, and way for her to discharge her more destructive tendencies in a way that appeals to her comic book nerd tastes. It then it turns into a whole second personality due to using as a way to compartmentalize her trauma. Amazi Girl storylines cannot be pure cathartis or power fantasy because that it’s simply not what they ever were meant to be.

        • thejeff
          thejeff
          December 19, 2024 at 8:58 am | #

          Amazi-Girl is definitely not written as a power fantasy.

          None of the stories here (with AG in them or not) are simple wish fulfillment. Is it just that you’re expecting the super-hero ones to turn into that?

          Though honestly, I’m not sure even classic comic book super-heroes are “pretty much power fantasies/wish fulfillment/catharsis.” I mean, that element is there, but it’s often muddy. The X-Men save a world that still hates and fears them. Peter Parker’s constantly broke and has girl troubles because he neglects his personal life to save people.

    • thejeff
      thejeff
      December 19, 2024 at 9:06 am | #

      This also amuses me because when the Incelerator first appeared someone was complaining they didn’t like it because they didn’t want a cathartic story where the mustache-twirling bigot just gets punched in the face and that solves the problem, since that’s too simple and easy for how bigotry actually works.

      Guess there’s no pleasing everybody, but it’s funny to see people disliking a story for exactly opposite reasons.

    • Plain Marie
      Plain Marie
      December 19, 2024 at 9:16 am | #

      I’m feeling a little bit of this too. There no real joy in some kind of win. It’s not like you can vanquish the bad for good. And maybe a little too topical for me. Sleezy evil keeps popping up no matter how you fight. *sigh*

  28. Taffy
    Taffy
    December 19, 2024 at 12:34 am | #

    I knew he was dense, but damn. Little boy’s talkin’ full sentences after getting kicked so hard he bounced across the room. Or maybe he’s spinning, it’s hard to tell and I don’t care to litigate.

  29. Meagan
    Meagan
    December 19, 2024 at 12:41 am | #

    Hey this is unrelated to today’s comic, but would anyone help me track down some comics I found via ads on this page? I think they are all associated with HiveWorks, but I find the HW site extremely not intuitive.

    1. A comic about a witch or otherwise female magical creature who due to a misunderstanding by a white knight gets “rescued” from a “curse” that she actually wanted to be under. Or something like that. She ends up cast out of her safe place in the woods and has to navigate an unfamiliar city. She runs into some girls, some of whom may have magic, but it’s a super big secret.

    2. A comic about a naked fairy girl wandering through the wilderness who runs into someone maybe from a city. She is perhaps on some sort of rescue mission from her people? Maybe she had amnesia? It was abandoned/on long-term hiatus.

    3. Another comic, possibly by the same author as #2, that was completed, about a manned mission to Mars in which an astronaut falls beneath the surface of Mars and ends up in a strange underground world he cannot escape with a main creature who I vaguely remember as being dragon-esque.

    Any help tracking these down would be appreciated.

    • Dawn
      Dawn
      December 19, 2024 at 1:12 am | #

      2 is The Meek, 3 is Mare Internum.

    • Thomas
      Thomas
      December 19, 2024 at 1:22 am | #

      #2 & #3 are The Meek & Mare Internum by Der-Shing Helmer. You can find them at meekcomic.com & marecomic.com.

    • Rabid Rabbit
      Rabid Rabbit
      December 19, 2024 at 6:42 am | #

      #1 would be Blindsprings (https://www.blindsprings.com/). Unfortunately it’s been on hiatus for a long time.

  30. Chaucer59
    Chaucer59
    December 19, 2024 at 12:52 am | #

    The Incelerator is either a masochist of the purist sort or he’s about as sharp as a sack o’ wet mice. What am I saying? Anyone who would thoroughly embrace incel-hood probably has almost as much intelligence as a small community of shellfish. Of course, he COULD be both an idiot and really turned on by getting pounded to rubble.

    • BarerMender
      BarerMender
      December 19, 2024 at 3:51 am | #

      No, see, he’s a hero fighting the evil women who refuse to be his toys. Incels have committed murder in this cause, although they probably wouldn’t put it in quite those words.

      • Opus the Poet
        Opus the Poet
        December 19, 2024 at 6:55 am | #

        +1! And not just murder, but rape and other sex crimes.

    • staszu13
      staszu13
      December 19, 2024 at 6:57 am | #

      Oh no a bag of wet mice is much smarter

      • morleuca
        morleuca
        December 19, 2024 at 8:37 am | #

        The mice would be able to figure out how to get out of the bag.

      • Pergola
        Pergola
        December 19, 2024 at 12:03 pm | #

        I prefer ‘sharp as a bag of hammers’. Or ‘not the sharpest hammer in the bag’.

        • BarerMender
          BarerMender
          December 20, 2024 at 3:11 am | #

          I like Foghorn Leghorn’s “Nice boy, but sharp as a pound of wet leather.”

    • Michael Steamweed
      Michael Steamweed
      December 19, 2024 at 8:56 am | #

      Incels and their ilk boast that no women want them. They are definitely into self-inflicted humiliation.

      • Chaucer59
        Chaucer59
        December 19, 2024 at 10:40 pm | #

        Proof, yet again, that you can teach the ignorant but you just can’t fix stupid.

  31. darkoneko
    darkoneko
    December 19, 2024 at 12:54 am | #

    ….as expected, it was a ploy.

    to fish Amazi-girl, apparently. Well, let’s hope there’s not some psychopath with a gun in the crowd.

    • Holly
      Holly
      December 19, 2024 at 4:34 am | #

      I’m expecting him to have a plan to get her caught by some form of actual authority, and thus risk getting Amber revealed and kicked out of college.

      • anon
        anon
        December 19, 2024 at 9:29 pm | #

        it’s gonna be fun when joe finds out that amazigirl is (well, sharing a body with) amber

      • Chaucer59
        Chaucer59
        December 19, 2024 at 10:42 pm | #

        That sounds like too much forethought for someone with so few working brain cells.

    • HueSatLight
      HueSatLight
      December 19, 2024 at 1:38 pm | #

      I bet it’s a camera. Only started recording after he punched Walky. Probably a really inconspicuous cameraperson, like Beef.

  32. Deanatay
    Deanatay
    December 19, 2024 at 1:00 am | #

    Amber: I thought we’d agreed to de-escalate!

    AG: He only bounced three times after I drop-kicked him. That’s much gentler than usual. Compared to what he did to *sigh* NightGuy, I’d say it’s definitely a step down.

    • Michael Steamweed
      Michael Steamweed
      December 19, 2024 at 8:57 am | #

      Methinks the internal dialogue will pivot once AG/Amber recognizes this incel guy.

  33. Wilde
    Wilde
    December 19, 2024 at 1:10 am | #

    Calling it now, Dorothy’s true purpose is to be Alfred to AG’s Batman. Just has to learn to cover for AG better. ALTERNATIVELY: AG can keep Dorothy in an underground secret base all the time so no one can question her

    • Thomas
      Thomas
      December 19, 2024 at 1:26 am | #

      No, thanks. I think Dorothy’s been kept in too many underground secret bases already. She’s free to hide in Amazi-Girl’s closet, though.

      • Michael Steamweed
        Michael Steamweed
        December 19, 2024 at 8:58 am | #

        Dorothy can stay in the closet until she feels ready to come out. 😀

        • Dante
          Dante
          December 19, 2024 at 11:53 pm | #

          I’m sure it’s coming soon.

      • Wilde
        Wilde
        December 19, 2024 at 12:18 pm | #

        Did I accidentally call back to the old series I didn’t read? Or forget something from this one?

        • Thomas
          Thomas
          December 19, 2024 at 1:02 pm | #

          They were all taken hostage by Amber’s dad and trapped in a basement. It was not a fun experience.

    • Dante
      Dante
      December 19, 2024 at 11:54 pm | #

      Amber needs someone to run her life without domming her, Dorothy needs to feel useful and competent, both need to de-stress.

      Yeah, I could dig it. As a ship :’33

  34. Icalasari
    Icalasari
    December 19, 2024 at 2:39 am | #

    Still better than what my college went through

    Somebody, as an art project, slaughtered a live chicken in the cafeteria

    Yeeeah it made national news up here in Canada

    • Taffy
      Taffy
      December 19, 2024 at 3:20 am | #

      Did they at least prep the damn thing like responsible meat people, or did they just kill a chicken and call it art?

    • Buck Ripsnort
      Buck Ripsnort
      December 19, 2024 at 10:04 am | #

      Closest we had was an “Apartheid Shanty-Town” protesting South Africa. Didn’t carry quite the same punch, pun intended.

  35. NinjaNick
    NinjaNick
    December 19, 2024 at 3:03 am | #

    Amazi-Girl is so awesome!

  36. Kyulen
    Kyulen
    December 19, 2024 at 3:23 am | #

    I feel like Jocelyne here, I don’t think I ever had anything like this happen when I was in college.

    • Opus the Poet
      Opus the Poet
      December 19, 2024 at 7:00 am | #

      Lucky you, we had a serial rapist my Sophomore year in college. I think he got like 3 or 4 women before they told anybody about it.

  37. TheFlamingonator
    TheFlamingonator
    December 19, 2024 at 3:51 am | #

    Yea my university experience sucked there were zero wheelie villains or vigilantes in tje lunch room.

  38. CianM1301
    CianM1301
    December 19, 2024 at 4:26 am | #

    “True Rival”? Just give him a quick kick to the nads and be done with it, Amazi-Girl.

    • Da Boy
      Da Boy
      December 19, 2024 at 4:43 am | #

      I mean, he took a flying kick to the face and seems ready for more. If nothing else, his toughness is commendable.

      • Opus the Poet
        Opus the Poet
        December 19, 2024 at 7:01 am | #

        No brain, no pain.

        • Da Boy
          Da Boy
          December 19, 2024 at 7:05 am | #

          Yeah that explains it

  39. Amelie Wikström
    Amelie Wikström
    December 19, 2024 at 4:46 am | #

    Something I’ve been thinking about lately. Why does a thing have to be a “generational experience?” Like superhero fights in the lunch room is something specific to these kids’ generation and completely unrelatable to Jocelyne who’s maybe 3 years older. That’s crazy talk, Jocelyne.

    • Mark
      Mark
      December 19, 2024 at 7:41 am | #

      “Generations” are just made up anyway. You could shift the boundaries by five years and come up with different excuses for claiming that your categories are characterized by this and that.

      • Bruno
        Bruno
        December 19, 2024 at 6:45 pm | #

        Personally I say we follow Exodus rules on this only, where a generation is 40 years.

    • Leadsynth
      Leadsynth
      December 19, 2024 at 1:04 pm | #

      I think Joss is being a bit facetious talking about “generations” here. But I’m curious to know exactly how much older she is than Joyce. Is it just 3 years? Do we know?

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        December 19, 2024 at 1:22 pm | #

        Almost certainly not just 3 years, since that would suggest she was still in college.

      • Amelie Wikström
        Amelie Wikström
        December 19, 2024 at 9:18 pm | #

        No I’m a bit facetious myself, 3 is certainly pushing it. But given that her career doesn’t have any college graduation requirement, and her general anti-conformist style, the age difference to her and Joyce doesn’t have to be very big.

        Also I’d agree with Bruno but maybe make it 50 years, aka the jubilee number.

        • thejeff
          thejeff
          December 19, 2024 at 10:58 pm | #

          We know from family weekend that she went to IU and while it’s never been explicitly stated that she graduated, there’s never been any hint that she didn’t and that she was their parent’s favorite strongly suggests she didn’t drop out.

    • anon
      anon
      December 19, 2024 at 9:32 pm | #

      LOL i don’t expect anything as ‘action filled’ as the amazigirl saga but i have heard there have been ‘student volunteers’ who dress up as super heroes or so while like serving/helping homeless ppl in like a soup kitchen, tho feels like that might be a pr stunt or so

  40. eh, whatever
    eh, whatever
    December 19, 2024 at 4:56 am | #

    How can I be the first to notice that Joyce can say AMAZI-GIRL in the right font and the right colors? Normally, people can only do this with their own logos!

    • Michael Steamweed
      Michael Steamweed
      December 19, 2024 at 9:00 am | #

      AMAZI-GIRL!
      OTHAR TRYGGVASSEN!

      Proper font display and voice reverberation is important.

      • Rotunda
        Rotunda
        December 19, 2024 at 10:08 pm | #

        Ahem. “Othar Tryggvassen, GENTLEMAN ADVENTURER!”.

  41. Masumi
    Masumi
    December 19, 2024 at 5:16 am | #

    Hey, de-escalation is easy in this case: roll him down the stairs!

    Also, wow, Joyce can talk in comic book font :O

  42. thumb
    thumb
    December 19, 2024 at 5:22 am | #

    Oh wait! This is what I said would happen. This incident combined with an article by Jennifer claiming Sal is Amazi-Girl will threaten to get Sal kicked out.

  43. Juanoku
    Juanoku
    December 19, 2024 at 6:01 am | #

    In sorry why is she leaving sparks off the floor? Is she using metal boots???

    • Rectilinear Propagation
      Rectilinear Propagation
      December 19, 2024 at 11:17 am | #

      I think it’s not literally there, like the blue line showing Incelerator bouncing on the floor.

  44. AbacusWizard
    AbacusWizard
    December 19, 2024 at 6:09 am | #

    The jerk is currently on the floor and not hitting anybody, so yeah, I would consider this situation to have been de-escalated. Keep up the good work, Amazi-Girl.

    • Da Boy
      Da Boy
      December 19, 2024 at 6:57 am | #

      He seems ready to get back up and start swinging, better further de-escalate it with a kick or two to the ribs

  45. Mild Lee Interested
    Mild Lee Interested
    December 19, 2024 at 6:59 am | #

    You and me both, Dina.

  46. I Know Why The Mowed Lawn Screams
    I Know Why The Mowed Lawn Screams
    December 19, 2024 at 7:14 am | #

    ngl going through the “incelerator” tag and realizing this guy has had his shit kicked in like five other times before has me endeared more to the idea of him getting beat up again. hope we get more panels of him bouncing around like a 2006 newgrounds flash game ragdoll lol

  47. Maddie B
    Maddie B
    December 19, 2024 at 8:26 am | #

    First panel and last panel are both gold, of different varieties.

  48. Michael Steamweed
    Michael Steamweed
    December 19, 2024 at 8:28 am | #

    We’ve been deescalating against Nazis. In WWII, we tried to kill them. Nowadays we’re going easier on them.

    • Jeremiah
      Jeremiah
      December 19, 2024 at 8:42 am | #

      A bit too easy, now they run social media companies.

      • Michael Steamweed
        Michael Steamweed
        December 19, 2024 at 9:01 am | #

        Too damn depressing.

      • Plain Marie
        Plain Marie
        December 19, 2024 at 9:20 am | #

        Argh.

    • Taffy
      Taffy
      December 19, 2024 at 12:02 pm | #

      Ze War ended 79 years ago. People were conceived that day and are dying of old age now. Their parents are lucky if they’re still alive to remember it.

    • NGPZ
      NGPZ
      December 19, 2024 at 9:05 pm | #

      it certainly didn’t help that the government recruited Nazi scientists under the premise it’d help them win the Cold War 0-0

  49. Deanatay
    Deanatay
    December 19, 2024 at 8:42 am | #

    Also note, Joyce is an experienced AG fan, knowing how to speak her name in Comic Sans Bold.

  50. Hof1991
    Hof1991
    December 19, 2024 at 9:29 am | #

    Can’t de-escalate him. There’s no escalator handy. Have to use a staircase or balcony instead.

  51. Amós Batista
    Amós Batista
    December 19, 2024 at 10:07 am | #

    AG got upgrades on her armor…

  52. Rectilinear Propagation
    Rectilinear Propagation
    December 19, 2024 at 11:15 am | #

    You should get that last line on as much merch as possible ASAP!

  53. Leadsynth
    Leadsynth
    December 19, 2024 at 1:05 pm | #

    I’m loving AG’s new outfit. Dorothy did a good job finishing it!

  54. Byron Orpheus
    Byron Orpheus
    December 19, 2024 at 2:49 pm | #

    “Uh, Incelerator? If you’re going to wear lycra you have to wear a jock. Also, when you wear light-colored lycra that isn’t athletic-grade the fabric becomes transparent when stretched. We can see everything and it’s making everyone uncomfortable. Except Walky, who is trying not to laugh.”

    • Rectilinear Propagation
      Rectilinear Propagation
      December 19, 2024 at 6:37 pm | #

      Is this a reference to the MLB uniforms?

  55. tunasammich
    tunasammich
    December 19, 2024 at 6:34 pm | #

    Mood, Dina

  56. Darkseide
    Darkseide
    December 19, 2024 at 6:43 pm | #

    you and me both, Dina

  57. PedanticJerkass
    PedanticJerkass
    December 19, 2024 at 6:47 pm | #

    Maybe this dumbass has a fetish for getting his ass beat by strong women, and this is just the best way he could think of to indulge in that without having to pay money for it. Or something.

    • Taffy
      Taffy
      December 19, 2024 at 8:05 pm | #

      If he’s getting beat up by people who look like Amazi-Girl for free and we’re all paying for it, who’s the real dumbass?

  58. anon
    anon
    December 19, 2024 at 9:27 pm | #

    lol i’m surprised he can still talk after a kick to the torso like that

  59. Olav
    Olav
    December 19, 2024 at 10:19 pm | #

    Hmm, anyone else seeing some super-suit redesign? It had been a while since we’d seen Amazi-girl in full costume, so maybe this is known and I missed it?

  60. Florence
    Florence
    December 19, 2024 at 11:56 pm | #

    Im assuming he’s Ryan, would be a personal reason for this guy to be so mad

    • NGPZ
      NGPZ
      December 20, 2024 at 12:01 am | #

      nah, he ain’t Ryan, thankfully

      he’s a gay-hating dudebro hired by Blaine for the kidnapping

      • Florence
        Florence
        December 20, 2024 at 12:36 am | #

        Has that been confirmed?

        • thejeff
          thejeff
          December 20, 2024 at 10:01 am | #

          Check the tags.

  61. CJ
    CJ
    December 21, 2024 at 2:26 am | #

    I need that last panel on a t-shirt.

CHOOSE A SIDE, NO COWARDS

View Results

Loading ... Loading ...
  • Polls Archive
CONVENTION APPEARANCES


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

©2010-2025 Dumbing of Age | Powered by WordPress with ComicPress | Subscribe: RSS | Privacy Policy | Back to Top ↑