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
Awesome
First Previous Random 170Comments 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
Blindsprings
Kadi Fedoruk
Tamaura, wrested into a world 300 years in the future, must find a way to save the magic fading from her country.
Angel's Orchard
Harry Bogosian
After the events in Demon's Mirror, Gerda has accepted her role as a Demon Hunter, and Cezar has traveled back to the Demon City. Demons have existed alongside humans for millennia, so things begin to return to normal. But an impossibly powerful Relic has been taken by one of the Demon Masters, and a silent war enters its final stages.
Ozzie the Vampire
Eric Lide
Ozzie and her best friend Kimmy are your average everyday normal art students – except one is an immortal vampire with superpowers and the other possesses a magic talking grimoire. Also they have to save their town from a demonic invasion.
The Golden Boar
Magnolia Porter Siddell
A young woman joins a group of summoners who call forth Guardian Beasts to protect their isolated magical island. Unfortunately, her Guardian Beast is nothing like she'd imagined, and he's about to change her life, and everything she thought she knew about herself...
Darkling Bright
Chris Hazelton
Kieran Bright is a college student home for the summer and roped into an online reunion with his old neighborhood friends in the most recent update of their favorite childhood MMORPG. At least, he was, and that was the idea... Join Kieran and his friends as they are pulled into another reality that may or may not be real and are forced to confront their own identities, the nature of simulated universes and reality itself.
Little Tiny Things
Clover
What are the little things that move us? The simple joys that warm our bodies and hearts? The micro life of insects that influence our world more than we think? The tiny steps we make everyday to have a happier tomorrow?
Sister Claire
Yamino
In the troubled aftermath of a great war between Witches and her fellow Nuns, novice Sister Claire just wants a purpose.
Edison Rex
Chris Roberson
The adventures of the world’s greatest villain who, after defeating his superheroic nemesis, decides that he’s the only one left to defend the world.
Monster's Garden
Ash G.
Champion pit fighter Kilo Monster was content to spend the rest of his days tending to his quiet garden alone... until he met a curious robot girl and her human family.
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.
Heroes of Thantopolis
Izzy Strontium Hall
A living boy fights to save the City of the Dead.
Stand Still, Stay Silent
Minna Sundberg
A few generations after the end of the world, a small, poorly financed research crew is sent out to rediscover whatever is left of the forbidden old world in the south.
Lies Within
Lacey
Lysander's aimless and carefree life is turned upside down when he accidentally discovers that the cute boy next door, Simon, is a literal monster
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!
Peritale
Mari Costa
A fairy godmother with no magic tries her best to successfully fulfill a Fairytale and win the respect of her peers.
Novae
KaiJu
A historical romance with a touch magic and a dash of astronomy. It chronicles the romantic adventures of Sulvain, a sweet tempered necromancer and Raziol, a passionate 17th century astronomer.
Cyanide & Happiness
Explosm
Satire, dark humor and surreal humor.
Saint for Rent
Ru Xu
Saint Halliday runs an inn for Time Travelers. Unfortunately, he seems to attract other supernatural "guests," too.
Namesake
Isa, Meg
There's ghosts at your heels and fairy tale worlds ahead. What do you do? Jump down the rabbit hole!
The Weave
Rennie Kingsley
A young woman pursued by bad luck is witness to the murder of the Fairy Queen of Summer. Can she get to the bottom of this mystery?
Sakana
Mad Rupert
Our heroes must navigate a hazardous dating scene, overcome personal anxieties, and wrangle unruly seafood in order to find love, peace of mind, and a paycheck.
Three Panel Soul
Matt Boyd, Ian McConville
It's a pretty rigid format but we keep the content loose, you know?
Nerf Now!!
Josué Pereira
A cute webcomic about fanservice, video games, and... love. Mostly video games, though.
The Messenger
indui
In a ruin-abound town cursed with bad luck, Kai and Kalla--a young boy and a fledgling dragonbird spirit--take on a quest in hopes the reward will solve all of their problems.
ARISE, YE SKELETON KING
Brian Clevinger, Escher Cattle, Lee Black
A troupe of wandering "adventurers" down to their last silver "acquire" a map only to find the real treasure was the fiend they dug up along the way.
Nigh Heaven & Hell
Scotty
Heather Vodihn is on a simple mission: find her father. However she becomes entangled with two strangers with mysterious powers being stalked by a group with bizarre demands. Heather must learn to trust her new traveling companions, even if she is untrustworthy herself.
Sleepless Domain
Mary Cagle (Cube Watermelon)
In a world where magical girls and their battles are commonplace, loss has become all too common as well.
Augustine
Winter Jay Kiakas, Windy
August and her ragtag group are just like everyone else, simply surviving in the treacherous Crater... When they stumble into what may be an artifact of the ancient past, their lives are thrown into a much bigger loop as they trifle with bounty hunters, monsters and gods.
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.
Freakshow
Scotty
A festival of broken people, blood flows in the center ring. Come one and come all, to the greatest show in all of Paris.
Barbarous
Ananth Hirsh, Yuko Ota
A crummy wizard and an anxious monster have to get over themselves and bring order to an apartment building full of misfits.
Not Drunk Enough
Tess Stone
Logan Ibarra is possibly the unluckiest repairman in the world. A late night job should not have landed him in the middle of a mad scientist's squabble, but he soon finds himself surrounded by monsters and further madness with little tools to get out.
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:

May 12, 2026

Awesome

by David M Willis on June 19, 2012 at 12:01 am
  • 04 - Time Keeps on Slippin'
└ Tags: amazi-girl, dorothy

Discussion (170) ¬

[ Comments RSS ]
  1. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    June 19, 2012 at 12:01 am | #

    OH FWAP

    • fellixe
      fellixe
      June 19, 2012 at 1:28 am | #

      Fwap! Fwap! Fwap!

      Damn moths!… What did you think that was?

      • Zoey
        Zoey
        June 19, 2012 at 2:11 am | #

        ROFL jen aside and fellice you fwap me up

        • Chronos
          Chronos
          June 19, 2012 at 5:18 am | #

          People, please! Find someplace secluded to fwap. The rest of us don’t need to see that.

      • david with a small d
        david with a small d
        June 19, 2012 at 5:40 pm | #

        “Last Night was an A1, tip-top, clubbing, jam fwap. It was a sandwich of fwap, on ecstasy bread, wrapped up in a big bag like fwapping disco fudge. Now if only I could control these FWAPPING MOOD SWINGS!”

  2. Ridureyu
    Ridureyu
    June 19, 2012 at 12:02 am | #

    Now quick, take another picture while she runs away!

    • NCP19
      NCP19
      June 19, 2012 at 12:07 am | #

      But then you won’t be able to see her FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE!

      • Blob Marley
        Blob Marley
        June 19, 2012 at 3:39 am | #

        Might get a good shot of her femurs though

    • bobjohnsonandthediglets
      bobjohnsonandthediglets
      April 9, 2016 at 12:20 pm | #

      you should sell it…

      for a nickel

  3. Caffienated
    Caffienated
    June 19, 2012 at 12:02 am | #

    Oh that is awesome! Nice try Dorothy!

  4. addude
    addude
    June 19, 2012 at 12:02 am | #

    What’s to stop her from taking another picture now that she has her phone back?

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      June 19, 2012 at 12:03 am | #

      the sheer awe of her some

      • fellixe
        fellixe
        June 19, 2012 at 1:29 am | #

        And the sum of her awe.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      June 19, 2012 at 12:08 am | #

      If she(Amazi-Girl) was smart, she would have turned off the phone before giving it back, that way she can run away before Dotty’s phone finished turning itself back on.

      • TheBenenator
        TheBenenator
        June 19, 2012 at 1:40 am | #

        Amazi-Girl is immune to criticism.

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          June 19, 2012 at 2:05 am | #

          But not immune to the paparazzi.

          • Shippy McShipper
            Shippy McShipper
            June 19, 2012 at 4:20 pm | #

            Sure she is! You just saw it!

            • Plasma Mongoose
              Plasma Mongoose
              June 19, 2012 at 5:49 pm | #

              The real paparazzi use cameras with telescopic lenses.

              • Cody B
                Cody B
                June 19, 2012 at 6:03 pm | #

                Actually, saying she’s not immune to paparazi sounds like criticism, so there’s a good chance the statement is invalid in a ‘given A then B’ sort of way.

    • Furie
      Furie
      June 19, 2012 at 9:48 am | #

      Amazigirl deleted two things – the photo and the shortcut to the camera app. By the time Dorothy has found it the night will have hidden Amazi in its cool embrace again.

    • BD
      BD
      August 24, 2012 at 9:59 am | #

      Friggin’ annoying phone OS? The kind that takes long enough to boot up the camera option, that Amazi-Girl can turn and walk away from.

      (I think she’d have up to a couple of seconds even without that, since the camera would need to adjust to the non-existent light. They’re not near a street lamp, either.)

  5. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    June 19, 2012 at 12:02 am | #

    That’s a much better idea than the suggestion I made yesterday about throwing the phone away.

  6. oooo
    oooo
    June 19, 2012 at 12:02 am | #

    Quick! Take another picture! Of her FACE!

    • Henry
      Henry
      June 19, 2012 at 7:09 am | #

      You mean her FAAAAAAAAAACE?

      Sorry, I needed that.

      • vsophi
        vsophi
        June 19, 2012 at 2:42 pm | #

        And your Gravatar is quite apropros.

  7. The Sound Defense
    The Sound Defense
    June 19, 2012 at 12:03 am | #

    Well that was rather badass. How long has Amber been Amazi-Girl, exactly?

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      June 19, 2012 at 12:05 am | #

      ever since her parents didn’t die in an alley, her uncle picked her up from the bookstore and wasn’t the last survivor of her race.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        June 19, 2012 at 12:10 am | #

        Her powers also didn’t appear after touching a radio-active 3DS.

        • pyrofreakpenguin
          pyrofreakpenguin
          June 19, 2012 at 7:46 pm | #

          Radio-active indeed! Wireless technology is a blessing.

      • Regalli
        Regalli
        June 19, 2012 at 12:15 am | #

        No, no, clearly it was when she wasn’t involved in a train accident, didn’t have a plane crash onto her remote, uni-gendered island, turned down a trip to space and instead had a normal day at her school science lab.

        I’m trying to think what else we’ve missed.

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          June 19, 2012 at 12:19 am | #

          she didn’t get exposed to gamma radiation, avoided mutated spiders,and her skeletal system was not replaced with a antimintium.

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          June 19, 2012 at 12:22 am | #

          She also wasn’t exposed to cosmic radiation, nor did she participate in an experimental super-soldier program.

          • Nerdman
            Nerdman
            June 19, 2012 at 12:35 am | #

            She didn’t volunteer to be a test subject involving nanotechnology or get a mask that completely covers anything resembling a face. She wasn’t born a mutant, clone of a superhero, the son/daughter of Odin. And finally, she has never built anything IN A CAVE WITH A BOX OF SCRAPS!!!

            • Raoullefere
              Raoullefere
              June 19, 2012 at 1:34 am | #

              Her family stayed home the day they were due to be mowed down in a mob firefight, she wasn’t selected to be a galactic policeman of any sort, the super-soldier serum intended for her got injected into lab rat which immediately died, and the decrepit hermits who might’ve taught her legendary mystic and/or martial arts took one look at her and decided to let their secrets go to the grave with them.

              • HMRC4EVR
                HMRC4EVR
                June 19, 2012 at 3:39 am | #

                Nor did she meet an old wizard in a subway station, learn his name was an acronym for six powerful dieties and become the Wizard’s champion in this new age.

                • Shade
                  Shade
                  June 19, 2012 at 4:53 am | #

                  She also didn’t get afflicted with a rare illness as a child from being bitten by a green and her parents certainly didn’t use an untested serum, after which she did not turn green and her parents did not die in a boating accident.

                • Lieutenant Dan
                  Lieutenant Dan
                  June 19, 2012 at 8:38 am | #

                  She told her significant other he could fix his own damn watch.

                • AngryBamboo
                  AngryBamboo
                  June 19, 2012 at 10:32 am | #

                  She didn’t offer herself up as the herald of a world eating demigod in order to save her planet and thus become imbued with the power cosmic

                • Usayasha
                  Usayasha
                  June 19, 2012 at 4:54 pm | #

                  She was not made in a lab out of various foodstuffs, paraphernalia, and CHEMICAL X.

              • Andiemus
                Andiemus
                June 19, 2012 at 9:10 am | #

                Aw… I wanted to do Dr Strange. She also is not a spy with crazy skills picked up from her days in the circus, nor has she ever been exposed to Cosmic radiation.

                • Andiemus
                  Andiemus
                  June 19, 2012 at 9:13 am | #

                  Dammit, mongoose already did fantastic four.

                • Kryss LaBryn
                  Kryss LaBryn
                  June 19, 2012 at 11:35 am | #

                  Also she is in no way from Mars, and was never beamed to Earth in a weird scientist’s-basement experiment. And she doesn’t have any issues with fire.

          • AngryBamboo
            AngryBamboo
            June 19, 2012 at 10:47 am | #

            She wasn’t found by a glowing alien ring that was sent by its bearer in desperation to find a successor

        • Trieo
          Trieo
          June 19, 2012 at 3:59 am | #

          She didn’t steal devices from a museum where she worked as a nightwatchman and then travel back in time to become popular.

          • Chronos
            Chronos
            June 19, 2012 at 5:26 am | #

            Also, when offered a choice of pills, she chose red.

        • Prosthetic Conscience
          Prosthetic Conscience
          June 19, 2012 at 6:38 am | #

          She was also never struck by lightning and doused in electrified chemicals, nor is she the time-displaced grandchild of anyone who did.

    • lazarusLong
      lazarusLong
      June 19, 2012 at 12:27 am | #

      also, she did not get hit in the FACE with a canister of radioactive toxic waste that fell off the truck that was illegally transporting it through the city!

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        June 19, 2012 at 1:27 am | #

        If only she had Tromatons to help her sense and destroy EVIL!

      • Gargamel
        Gargamel
        June 19, 2012 at 5:28 pm | #

        She is not a deformed turtle without any pupils trained to be a ‘kicking rad’ ninja by a giant rat in New Yorks sewers.

    • Cheredarenee
      Cheredarenee
      June 19, 2012 at 2:16 am | #

      this is one of the best comment threads in DoA history

    • GenericScreenName101
      GenericScreenName101
      June 19, 2012 at 2:28 am | #

      Amber only fills in for Amazi-Girl when Dina is too busy answering call for vengence. Which is a rare event due to the super-contacts she needs to apply which are super difficult to get in.

    • Jared
      Jared
      June 19, 2012 at 7:18 am | #

      She has never met an insane man with a blue box?

      • hmrc4evr
        hmrc4evr
        June 19, 2012 at 3:04 pm | #

        If the Doctor ever shows up in DOA the walls of reality will shatter and the Worlds of Walky will blend with our universe!

        Not saying that’s a bad thing mind you…

    • nothri
      nothri
      June 19, 2012 at 10:56 am | #

      Her powers in no way come from her skin tight super suit that is incredibly damage prone and thus has a habit of leaving her defenseless at inopportune times.

      • stikibunn
        stikibunn
        June 19, 2012 at 11:11 am | #

        A cookie for anyone else who gets nothri’s reference!

        She was not the princess of an ancient civilization that ruled the moon and nor was she the leader of any sort of sailor-themed heroine patrol. She didn’t find the book filled with tarot cards in her basement.
        She didn’t accidentally find herself in the cockpit of any sort of transforming mecha during an alien invasion.
        She hasn’t ever met a party of travellers in a tavern.
        She was not raised in a forest with a race of eternal children and didn’t stop a man trying to get a set of magical golden triangles by pulling an ancient sword from a pedestal.

        • JepMZ
          JepMZ
          June 19, 2012 at 8:14 pm | #

          she was not molested as a kid, end up homeless, get befriended by a call girl and join the call girl corporation which also happens to be owned by one of the six most powerful business people in the U.S. and end up living the life of world class prostitution and espionage and being naturally good at deciphering the stockmarket and learning all sorts of fighting and being lovers with said powerful boss only to run away with first friend with a couple million dollars to live a normal life affter her friend dies from HIV and now living with her high school friend whom she loves but is an unrequisted love and also is stuck in a love triangle

          • Sarzeath
            Sarzeath
            June 20, 2012 at 12:29 am | #

            She wasn’t given a suit and instruction manual by aliens that if she hadn’t lost the manual too would give her superman’s powers plus some, although she would never get flying down pat if she did…

    • Joe
      Joe
      June 19, 2012 at 10:59 am | #

      To everyone in this comment thread, I just want to say that I love each and every one of you.

    • Jim
      Jim
      June 19, 2012 at 8:21 pm | #

      When she discovered she had a vajajay… even if MN outlaws it, they are still useful in the other 49 states. I try to use one regularly.

  8. Cholma
    Cholma
    June 19, 2012 at 12:04 am | #

    Go A-G! Go A-G! Go A-G Go! 😀

  9. GoldStarz
    GoldStarz
    June 19, 2012 at 12:04 am | #

    Who would win in a fight Batman or Amazi-Girl?

    • RJ
      RJ
      June 19, 2012 at 12:06 am | #

      The fans, for being able to watch such an Awesome Fight of Awesomeness

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      June 19, 2012 at 12:06 am | #

      I still gotta vote batman, man…

    • Zanosuke_Kurosaki
      Zanosuke_Kurosaki
      June 19, 2012 at 12:09 am | #

      They wouldn’t fight, unless she made the mistake of trying to intrude on “MY CITY!”

    • Stumblebee
      Stumblebee
      June 19, 2012 at 12:13 am | #

      Amazi-Girl would win if she had enough preparation time.

    • jimbo
      jimbo
      June 19, 2012 at 10:08 am | #

      amazigirl cause shes got boobs.

      • TARDIS With A Hat
        TARDIS With A Hat
        June 19, 2012 at 11:49 am | #

        appropriate Joe avatar is appropriate

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        June 19, 2012 at 5:52 pm | #

        But Batman has bat-nipples.

  10. Kaylee
    Kaylee
    June 19, 2012 at 12:05 am | #

    That is one useful cape!

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      June 19, 2012 at 12:12 am | #

      It must has weights on the edges.

      • vlademir1
        vlademir1
        June 19, 2012 at 10:07 am | #

        If it’s made of a heavy enough material, such as leather, it wouldn’t need to be. Either way it takes a good bit of skill to do something like that with a cape.

  11. Deemah
    Deemah
    June 19, 2012 at 12:05 am | #

    HELL YEAH AWESOME!!!

  12. Darth
    Darth
    June 19, 2012 at 12:06 am | #

    SICK NASTY!

  13. Ryan
    Ryan
    June 19, 2012 at 12:06 am | #

    Holy shit!

  14. Splash*Boogie
    Splash*Boogie
    June 19, 2012 at 12:08 am | #

    Is Amazing-Girl related to Spawn by any chance…?

    • HMRC4EVR
      HMRC4EVR
      June 19, 2012 at 3:41 am | #

      Amazi-Girl is too awesome to even be REMOTELY connected to anything Spawn.

      • Crumplepunch
        Crumplepunch
        June 19, 2012 at 4:09 am | #

        To be fair, the same goes for most of the world’s population.

        • Bekah
          Bekah
          June 19, 2012 at 5:18 am | #

          …

          I used to think Spawn was pretty keen.

          • karishi
            karishi
            June 19, 2012 at 1:49 pm | #

            Cool idea, pretty good look, pretty awful execution and story most places I encountered it.

  15. Sensedog
    Sensedog
    June 19, 2012 at 12:09 am | #

    That is indeed awesome. As much as I like Dorothy, I can’t blame Amber for wanting to protect her identity and privacy. Dorothy is only doing this so that she can add more to her own resume.

    So very well played, Amber.

    • Historyman68
      Historyman68
      June 19, 2012 at 2:27 am | #

      I dunno, I think Dorothy legitimately likes AmaziGirl and looks up to her in a way.

      • vsophi
        vsophi
        June 19, 2012 at 2:47 pm | #

        hee hee, “Dorothy…likes Amazi-Girl”. ; v ; <3
        *shot*

        • Splash*Boogie
          Splash*Boogie
          June 21, 2012 at 1:51 am | #

          What’s this? Something else to ship in addition to Billie/Ruth?

  16. The Aussie Bloke
    The Aussie Bloke
    June 19, 2012 at 12:13 am | #

    Wow. Cape must be made of something a little heavier than just a bedsheet to pull that off.

    Either that or this is just playing out in her head (Willis, don’t you DARE)

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      June 19, 2012 at 12:15 am | #

      it’s prolly made of titanium, 3 times tougher than steal

  17. Ben
    Ben
    June 19, 2012 at 12:15 am | #

    I wonder if Dotty instantly backs up everything in her own personal Cloud.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      June 19, 2012 at 12:16 am | #

      Billie hooked her up with the technology to mail it to the entire class.

      • Azumango
        Azumango
        June 19, 2012 at 1:21 am | #

        Joe’d her FAAAAAACE for a nickle.

    • pgn674
      pgn674
      June 19, 2012 at 12:37 am | #

      Any photos I take on my phone are immediately uploaded to Dropbox, Google+, and Ubuntu One, if the phone is online through cellular or WiFi. The photos would survive this.

      • Animaniac
        Animaniac
        June 19, 2012 at 3:25 am | #

        Note Dorothy took one picture, but Amber deleted several.. probably the uploaded backups.

        • Bekah
          Bekah
          June 19, 2012 at 5:18 am | #

          When I delete stuff, I make a delete sound-effect with my mouth. When I deleted an old term paper that I didn’t even realize I still had on my laptop because its very existence offends my sensibilities (one file), I said “deletedeletedelete” as I did it.

          • Lieutenant Dan
            Lieutenant Dan
            June 19, 2012 at 8:43 am | #

            Are you a Cyberman in disguise, or are you just channeling Teru Mikami?

            • Bekah
              Bekah
              June 19, 2012 at 11:34 am | #

              You are inferior. Man will be reborn as cyb — erm… I mean,,, Yeah. The second one. Terry McAmy. That guy.

  18. Mkvenner
    Mkvenner
    June 19, 2012 at 12:22 am | #

    Damn it.

  19. Dan
    Dan
    June 19, 2012 at 12:24 am | #

    The most impressive thing about this is that she used a touch screen while wearing gloves.

    • Nerdman
      Nerdman
      June 19, 2012 at 12:37 am | #

      My god. You’re right! Someone had it to the superpower list!

      • Nerdman
        Nerdman
        June 19, 2012 at 12:38 am | #

        Er, “add it” to the superpower list.

        • Ancestral Hamster
          Ancestral Hamster
          June 19, 2012 at 12:59 am | #

          “With great power comes great responsibility.”

          Yes, it’s a cliche, but it just doesn’t feel right if no one says (types) it.

          • Jim
            Jim
            June 19, 2012 at 8:24 pm | #

            With great vajajay, comes… well, pretty much anyone.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        June 19, 2012 at 5:55 pm | #

        If she were to misuse such power, the world as we know it will be DOOOOMED!

    • Ragnal
      Ragnal
      June 19, 2012 at 12:59 am | #

      Well gloves do exist during the winter season that are made so you can use the touchscreen of any smartphone/mp3 player. So there’s that.

      I WILL RUIN YOUR ILLUSION OF AWESOME.

    • Crumplepunch
      Crumplepunch
      June 19, 2012 at 4:08 am | #

      The Duke wore gloves when he was asleep, and he wore gloves when he was awake, which made it difficult for him to pick up buttons and pins and the kernels of nuts, and to tear the wings from nightingales.

    • Anonymous
      Anonymous
      June 19, 2012 at 11:37 am | #

      There are touchscreens that don’t work by capacitance or resistance. My phone has such a touchscreen.

    • Random Guy
      Random Guy
      June 19, 2012 at 3:16 pm | #

      The gloves are made from conductive foam.

  20. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    June 19, 2012 at 12:27 am | #

    That is quite possibly the coolest thing ever.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      June 19, 2012 at 12:33 am | #

      At least until Dotty learns to record AG secretly from a distance.

      • Kernanator
        Kernanator
        June 19, 2012 at 1:24 am | #

        Is that really cooler than getting knocking a phone out of someone’s hand with a cape?

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          June 19, 2012 at 1:28 am | #

          Cooler no, smarter YES!

    • Azumango
      Azumango
      June 19, 2012 at 1:21 am | #

      You mean awesomest.

      • Kernanator
        Kernanator
        June 19, 2012 at 1:22 am | #

        Yes. Thank you for correcting this horrendous mistake.

      • Bekah
        Bekah
        June 19, 2012 at 5:15 am | #

        Amazingest. You know. Cuz Amazigirl. Get it?

        I think I’ll just shut up.

  21. thatgirlwiththeglasses
    thatgirlwiththeglasses
    June 19, 2012 at 12:40 am | #

    Amazi-girl is AMAZING.

    • Jackson
      Jackson
      June 19, 2012 at 6:59 am | #

      Your avatar fits your comment like a glove.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        June 19, 2012 at 10:01 am | #

        your mom fit mike like a glove for a nickel.

        • karishi
          karishi
          June 19, 2012 at 1:52 pm | #

          Now at the Dollar Store: 20 Gloves!
          By Grapthar’s Hammer: What a Savings

  22. Brasca1
    Brasca1
    June 19, 2012 at 12:40 am | #

    I can understand the need to keep her identity a secret, but seeing as how Dorothy could only get a picture from her back I doubt anyone could tell much from it. Maybe Amazi-Girl doesn’t want fame to go to her head.

  23. Bergina
    Bergina
    June 19, 2012 at 12:49 am | #

    Six seasons and a movie!

    • Toug
      Toug
      June 19, 2012 at 11:20 am | #

      Oh thank god, someone else thought that.

  24. Uniqueantique
    Uniqueantique
    June 19, 2012 at 1:15 am | #

    Maybe she just does not like Dorothy?

    • Raoullefere
      Raoullefere
      June 19, 2012 at 1:35 am | #

      Could be. God knows I don’t.

    • Matthias11988
      Matthias11988
      June 19, 2012 at 1:58 am | #

      That is very possible since she might know Dorothy is Danny’s Ex.

      • Resne
        Resne
        June 21, 2012 at 7:53 am | #

        Except they didn’t seem to have a problem with one another when they were both in the room and it was made fairly clear what the relationship between them was.

  25. Kensou
    Kensou
    June 19, 2012 at 1:43 am | #

    Ultra Stun! ULTRA STUN!

  26. Spammy McSpamster
    Spammy McSpamster
    June 19, 2012 at 1:53 am | #

    Clearly she saw an old picture of Dottie & Danny.

    Enter crazy jealousy mode.

    • Wonder Wig
      Wonder Wig
      June 19, 2012 at 2:31 am | #

      I can see it already. Dorothy will be hanging upside down from a building any night now.

  27. MCPhatman
    MCPhatman
    June 19, 2012 at 1:58 am | #

    Don’t know if this is an Iphone or a walkyverse version of an Iphone but doesn’t the phone have a picture backup function?

  28. J42
    J42
    June 19, 2012 at 2:13 am | #

    After the last strip I really thought she was going to destroy the phone, but that would be unlawful, and going WAY too far for a campus-level superhero (I mean breaking a fan’s $500 smartphone could earn you an anti-hero arc).
    Deleting the picture is practical, and awesome!

  29. iSaidCandleja-
    iSaidCandleja-
    June 19, 2012 at 2:20 am | #

    It seems Dorothy and Billy will need teamwork to get the scoop on this elusive hero. But will it be able to top the last major story to hit this campus? Only time can tell. And of course “Time” is the name of the supervillain persona to be adopted by Daisy.

  30. NinjaNick
    NinjaNick
    June 19, 2012 at 2:44 am | #

    Nice one, Amazi-Girl. 😛

  31. HotelDon
    HotelDon
    June 19, 2012 at 2:48 am | #

    When I take a picture on my phone, DropBox automatically uploads it to my MAGICAL CLOUD STORAGE.

    Once again, technology RUINS EVERYTHING.

    • Random832
      Random832
      June 19, 2012 at 7:29 am | #

      How do you delete photos from your magical cloud storage, if you are implying that someone who grabbed your phone would be unable to do so?

  32. Mikey
    Mikey
    June 19, 2012 at 2:50 am | #

    Amazi-Girl can breath in, I mean, use touch screens with gloves!

  33. Aydr
    Aydr
    June 19, 2012 at 3:04 am | #

    You know, I just realized now that in Shortpacked! Amazi-Girl is pretty much a normal person with an immunity to criticism surrounded by people with legit superpowers/supertech, but here she’s the closest thing to a real superhero that exists so far as we know.

  34. Rex Hondo
    Rex Hondo
    June 19, 2012 at 3:05 am | #

    I have never been as turned on by a webcomic character as I am right now.

  35. Blob Marley
    Blob Marley
    June 19, 2012 at 3:37 am | #

    How do I shot cape?

    • petamas
      petamas
      June 19, 2012 at 6:07 am | #

      You don’t shot it, amateur! You “fwap” it.

      • begbert2
        begbert2
        June 19, 2012 at 10:44 am | #

        ‘How do I fwap cape’?

        No, I think if that became a meme it would end up meaning something a tich different…

      • Heavensrun
        Heavensrun
        June 19, 2012 at 12:52 pm | #

        http://imgur.com/eytus

        • Blob Marley
          Blob Marley
          June 19, 2012 at 3:34 pm | #

          The internet delivars

  36. chofm
    chofm
    June 19, 2012 at 5:12 am | #

    i wish to learn just such a skill. you’d never know when it could come in handy.

  37. Maycroft
    Maycroft
    June 19, 2012 at 7:47 am | #

    who ever said capes were a bad idea?

    • Mr. Morningstar
      Mr. Morningstar
      June 19, 2012 at 8:24 am | #

      Etna Mode :T

    • Ren
      Ren
      June 19, 2012 at 10:25 am | #

      They’re really just not a bad idea when you’re flying, and since Amazi girl does fly…yet…she should be fine. :3 Unless she stands close to a really big fan or she stands near a tornado.

      • Ren
        Ren
        June 19, 2012 at 10:26 am | #

        Grammer errors. Grr. Look. As long as she doesn’t learn how to fly and she doesn’t get near anything that can suck her in and kill her she should be alright. D:< UGH! Gosh darn grammar errors!

        • Random Guy
          Random Guy
          June 19, 2012 at 3:21 pm | #

          Gall-durned kids, when’er ya gonna larn te spake proper ‘merican english?

        • petamas
          petamas
          June 19, 2012 at 5:03 pm | #

          I think it’s not the only problem with capes. Have you ever heard about Dollar Bill? His cape got caught in the revolving door of a bank, and he was shot to death

  38. Foxhack
    Foxhack
    June 19, 2012 at 8:40 am | #

    Amazi-Girl doesn’t realize that Dorothy can get the photo back with one of many freeware tools that can undelete data from the phone’s memory card in like one minute.

    I don’t expect Dorothy to know about them, though.

  39. LimeTH
    LimeTH
    June 19, 2012 at 8:44 am | #

    See, this is why you don’t announce to the vigilante that you just took her picture.

    • karishi
      karishi
      June 19, 2012 at 1:56 pm | #

      She was blinded to this wisdom by the Amazi-ness.

  40. Zababcd
    Zababcd
    June 19, 2012 at 9:16 am | #

    I noticed that yesterday’s sound effect had an orange outline, and today’s sound effects have a red outline. It makes me want to go through the comic archives and compare sound-effect-outline-colours… but unfortunately, I don’t have the time.

    Also, I sometimes just don’t understand the implication of motion lines. I have to assume that Dorothy’s phone is just amazed in panel 3 (or 2.5). Seems to fit with the theme.

  41. Furie
    Furie
    June 19, 2012 at 10:00 am | #

    Simply because I love the idea of a superhero leaving religious literature with the people they’ve saved, is there a chance Amazi will take on Joyce as a sidekick at any point?

  42. Kirt Dankmyer
    Kirt Dankmyer
    June 19, 2012 at 10:10 am | #

    So, we move from potential makeouts to potential angry makeouts. 🙂

  43. Cybersnark
    Cybersnark
    June 19, 2012 at 10:44 am | #

    Clearly, Amber has watched The Cape.

    • bullardcr
      bullardcr
      June 19, 2012 at 11:48 am | #

      I concur! Why that show was cancelled, though… I do not understand.

  44. nothri
    nothri
    June 19, 2012 at 10:58 am | #

    Somewhere Danny has a boner and doesn’t know why.

  45. Romanticide
    Romanticide
    June 19, 2012 at 11:25 am | #

    I bet she practiced with the cape, better luck next time Dotty 😀

  46. Arkadi
    Arkadi
    June 19, 2012 at 12:13 pm | #

    She’s AMAZING.

  47. numaron
    numaron
    June 19, 2012 at 12:41 pm | #

    And suddenly the fact that someone who can’t fly is wearing a cape makes sense.

  48. Locke
    Locke
    June 19, 2012 at 1:45 pm | #

    You guys say “cape prowess”, I say “secret psychic powers.”

  49. karishi
    karishi
    June 19, 2012 at 1:59 pm | #

    She shoulda tossed it higher, and Batman’d while Dorothy was looking up to catch it.

  50. phildog
    phildog
    June 19, 2012 at 5:30 pm | #

    Yea! Fuck freedom of the press!

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      June 19, 2012 at 9:33 pm | #

      If you reclassify Dotty as paparazzi, the it doesn’t count.

      • phildog
        phildog
        June 19, 2012 at 11:54 pm | #

        Not since Amazagirl is a public figure, which is actually part of being superhero.

  51. Lis
    Lis
    June 19, 2012 at 5:55 pm | #

    proper use of cape is important

  52. Kafloobop
    Kafloobop
    June 19, 2012 at 6:31 pm | #

    I’m gonna predict that she can tell it’s Amber. Dorothy is clearly the smartest person in the comic and, let’s face it, the costume kind of makes it obvious that it’s Amber.

  53. LiC
    LiC
    June 19, 2012 at 9:57 pm | #

    Batman would have approved of that.

  54. George W Harris
    George W Harris
    June 19, 2012 at 11:05 pm | #

    There should be a ‘snag’ sound-effect in the third panel. Fwap-snag-delete-delete. Maybe finish it off with a ‘flip’ in the last panel.

  55. EireJack
    EireJack
    June 20, 2012 at 12:34 am | #

    I’d read shortpacked for a couple years and never clicked over to this comic, Gordon McAlpin told me this comic was about IU, so as a Hoosier I had to read it all on my day off! There’s something simpler about the use of the Shortpacked characters here, Ethan isn’t as obsessive, Mike is even more humorous (as if that were possible), Amber has more to do than be the often roled Straight man.

    It’s an interesting Maneuver using the same characters in another universe.

    Well done

  56. Doug Dean
    Doug Dean
    January 17, 2013 at 11:34 pm | #

    She can still hack those pictures back if she burns a media image, provided she doesn’t wait too long…

  57. Ed Rhodes
    Ed Rhodes
    May 4, 2013 at 12:34 am | #

    Amazi-girl watched “The Cape!”

    Well, I guess SOMEONE had to!

Who should be the default doodle for Book 14?

View Results

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


May 3, 2025 - FCBD @ Laughing Ogre Comics in Columbus, Ohio

David M Willis! avatar
David M Willis!
@damnyouwillis.bsky.social
damnyouwillis.bsky.social's user avatar
David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 5min
#relatable
header image - a man in a hospital gown says
media.tenor.com
a man in a hospital gown says " stop pooping " to another man
ALT: a man in a hospital gown says " stop pooping " to another man
1
 
reposted by David M Willis!
osmote.net's user avatar
OSMOTE @osmote.net ⋅ 7h
Screenshot of Jonathan Frakes on the set of Beyond Belief
brendelbored.bsky.social's user avatarBrendel @brendelbored.bsky.social ⋅ 1y
Politico: Ever been slapped by breasts?
9
188
857
 
reposted by David M Willis!
joshuajfriedman.com's user avatar
Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com ⋅ 12h
Here's an entertaining cite at the bottom of the first page
The problems with this prosecution are legion, but most immediately, the
government cannot prosecute Judge Dugan because she is entitled to judicial immunity for her official acts. Immunity is not a defense to the prosecution to be determined later by a jury or court; it is an absolute bar to the prosecution at the outset. See Trump v. United States,
603 U.S. 593, 630 (2024).
joshgerstein.bsky.social's user avatarJosh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social ⋅ 15h
JUST IN: Milwaukee Judge Hannah Dugan moves to dismiss federal criminal case against her for allegedly helping immigrant hide from ICE. Her lawyers say she's protected by official acts & judicial immunity and 10th Amendment. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com

45
670
2931
 
damnyouwillis.bsky.social's user avatar
David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 8h
Dumbing of Age: "Up, continued" www.dumbingofage.com/2025/comic/b... #webcomic #webcomics
www.dumbingofage.com
Up, continued
3
5
31
 
reposted by David M Willis!
theonion.com's user avatar
The Onion @theonion.com ⋅ 13h
Where did Hollywood go so wrong? I thought movies were supposed to be an escape from reality, a chance to put your worries aside and not have to think about any underlying ideas or concepts. Well, not anymore. theonion.com/you-can...
header image - You Can’t Even Watch A Movie Anymore Without Seeing Some Theme Explored
theonion.com
You Can’t Even Watch A Movie Anymore Without Seeing Some Theme Explored
I’ve loved movies ever since I was a little kid. Just stepping into that dark theater, with the smell of fresh popcorn, was like being transported to a whole other world. It used to be so magical. But now I’m thinking about boycotting movies altogether. Why? Because I can’t seem to watch one anymore without […]
25
235
1586
 
damnyouwillis.bsky.social's user avatar
David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 13h
GOTTEM
14
12
98
 
reposted by David M Willis!
parsnip.bsky.social's user avatar
geoffrey @parsnip.bsky.social ⋅ 13h
the 90s were a wild time. if i told you how many magazines there were you wouldnt even believe me
197
555
4949
 
reposted by David M Willis!
aubreygilleran.bsky.social's user avatar
Aubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social ⋅ 19h
It's not a new argument, of course, but Chesterton dismissed it effectively in 1908. "You will hear everlastingly... this argument that the rich man cannot be bribed. The fact is, of course, that the rich man is bribed; he has been bribed already. That is why he is a rich man."
atrupar.com's user avatarAaron Rupar @atrupar.com ⋅ 20h
Hawley dismisses Trump lining his pockets with his memecoin: "Listen, I think nobody believes that Donald Trump can be bought. I mean, what does Donald Trump need more money for?"
54
600
2151
 
reposted by David M Willis!
catacalypto.bsky.social's user avatar
Cat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social ⋅ 10d
1984 calendar meme reading 1529, the year of the first Ottoman siege of Vienna
spavel.bsky.social's user avatarPavel🐀 @spavel.bsky.social ⋅ 10d
Who can forget the Swiss-Austrian Union, or its famous capital - Istanbul.
AI generated ad by a company called Travello showing the 10 most visited cities in Europe, except the cities are hilariously poorly placed. London is in Wales, Paris is in Ireland, Rome is in France, Rom (yes like Rome but without an E) is in Spain, Barcelona is in Morocco, Prague is in Germany, Vienna is in Italy, Istanbul is in Austria, Milan is in Libya, and Antalya is correctly shown as in Turkey but is in the wrong place. Also a few of the borders like Switzerland and Austria or Hungary and Slovenia are missing.
19
241
1302
 
damnyouwillis.bsky.social's user avatar
David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 19h
*at the very end of Andor, cassian travels through a vortex that makes everyone look a decade younger*
2
2
71
 
damnyouwillis.bsky.social's user avatar
David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 20h
(May 14, 2026)
a bemused lucy watches as somebody collapses on her dorm room floor
5
2
42
 
damnyouwillis.bsky.social's user avatar
David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 20h
wilbur, savvy enough to know he's in a comic strip but still not a great actor, awkwardly lifts a muffin up into frame so that we, the audience, understand that he has a muffin right now, which is very important narratively, but he's not really selling it well as an organic, human action
3
2
31
 
damnyouwillis.bsky.social's user avatar
David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
Dumbing of Age: "Up" www.dumbingofage.com/2025/comic/b... #webcomics #webcomic #dofa
www.dumbingofage.com
Up
2
7
49
 
damnyouwillis.bsky.social's user avatar
David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
i mean i... guess there are people who want toy-accurate hyper-articulated original-toy-look guys but in cartoon colors for some reason
3
2
33
 
damnyouwillis.bsky.social's user avatar
David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
Fuck you, Clayface!!!
6
7
119
 
damnyouwillis.bsky.social's user avatar
David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
www.ebay.com/itm/23609982... selling my LG34 Mindwipe, minus Servant
header image - Transformers Generations TakaraTomy Legends LG34 Wipe (Mindwipe), incomplete | eBay
www.ebay.com
Transformers Generations TakaraTomy Legends LG34 Wipe (Mindwipe), incomplete | eBay
Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Transformers Generations TakaraTomy Legends LG34 Wipe (Mindwipe), incomplete at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many pro...
1
2
8
 
damnyouwillis.bsky.social's user avatar
David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
Menace Level: up to date on his vaccinations
3
3
73
 
damnyouwillis.bsky.social's user avatar
David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
Today in #9ChickweedLane I learned Gran is back from the grave so she can jerk it to furry porn with her daughter
10
6
62
 
damnyouwillis.bsky.social's user avatar
David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
www.ebay.com/itm/23609184... 5 hours left on my 4-jet titans return tidal wave
header image - Transformers Siege on Cybertron Titans Return Tidal Wave incomplete, restickered | eBay
www.ebay.com
Transformers Siege on Cybertron Titans Return Tidal Wave incomplete, restickered | eBay
Check out those stickers. They make him look pretty great, actually. That aircraft carrier mode shines. Tidal Wave is loose and incomplete! So there's only four (4) jets!
1
5
 
damnyouwillis.bsky.social's user avatar
David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
confirming that the reason there's been no Galaxy Version female characters in Blokees until now is that they felt they needed to make Round Lady Thighs For Ladies
2
1
33
 
damnyouwillis.bsky.social's user avatar
David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
Dumbing of Age: "For you" www.dumbingofage.com/2025/comic/b... #webcomics #webcomic
www.dumbingofage.com
For you
3
39
 
damnyouwillis.bsky.social's user avatar
David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
y'know there's not an awful lot of rocketeering in The Rocketeer
8
56
 
reposted by David M Willis!
dril.bsky.social's user avatar
wint @dril.bsky.social ⋅ 3d
buddy you came to the wrong ass to fuck
42
1317
6828
 
damnyouwillis.bsky.social's user avatar
David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 3d
Man if they were arresting judges then this'd be the dumbest fucking thing I've ever heard but thankfully that's not happening.
7
24
170
 
damnyouwillis.bsky.social's user avatar
David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 3d
Stop making the one toy I want the super-expensive chase, Auldey!!!!
3
2
31
 
damnyouwillis.bsky.social's user avatar
David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 3d
And that's why you have Jesus wear a condom!
4
4
42
 
damnyouwillis.bsky.social's user avatar
David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 3d
It's #webcomicday? We have a special day??? Well, my name is Pat McHoarney and I draw 69 Mouse-Ear Blvd, a multigenerational story about women who all have sexy legs and probably other features. There was a grandmother, but she wasn't hot and so she died off-panel.
18
30
212
 
reposted by David M Willis!
bsweet.bsky.social's user avatar
hoanna newsom @bsweet.bsky.social ⋅ 3d
nytimes.com's user avatarThe New York Times @nytimes.com ⋅ 5d
Elizabeth Holmes is in prison for defrauding investors through her blood-testing company, Theranos. Her partner, Billy Evans, is now trying to raise money for a company that describes itself as “the future of diagnostics.” nyti.ms/3FbtZm9
Elizabeth Holmes and Billy Evans, sitting closely on a couch. A headline reads:
14
300
1819
 
reposted by David M Willis!
chrismcfeely.bsky.social's user avatar
Chris McFeely @chrismcfeely.bsky.social ⋅ 3d
That's the most upsetting LEGO Thing minifig possible
preternia.com's user avatarpreternia @preternia.com ⋅ 3d
LEGO Marvel Studios The Fantastic Four: First Steps Fantastic Four vs. Galactus will release June 1st ($59.99) - bit.ly/3F4uRci #ad
24
32
153
 
damnyouwillis.bsky.social's user avatar
David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 3d
what's going on with tariffs right now i dunno, what time is it today
1
2
36
 

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