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Confession

by David M Willis on July 19, 2014 at 12:01 am
  • 04 - The Whiteboard Dingdong Bandit
└ Tags: amazi-girl, mike

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  1. An Average Loser
    An Average Loser
    July 19, 2014 at 12:01 am | #

    Good job breaking it, Mike.

    • Yet_One_More_Idiot
      Yet_One_More_Idiot
      July 19, 2014 at 6:37 am | #

      Ah Mike….he’s just too kinky to torture. 😛

      • blackhat64
        blackhat64
        July 28, 2014 at 2:24 am | #

        dammit, am I the only one here who actually HATES Mike?

        • Lord Geovanni
          Lord Geovanni
          July 29, 2014 at 2:48 pm | #

          Yep though not to the extent that Mike can get away with I used to fuk with my friends like that too

        • Rorror
          Rorror
          December 30, 2014 at 1:53 am | #

          Well, I don’t HATE him either, but I dislike him. He’s probably my least favorite of the often occurring characters.

        • bearpelt
          bearpelt
          December 18, 2015 at 2:50 am | #

          No, I hate Mike, too. I don’t quite get why anyone likes him in the slightest.

          What he’s doing here is also a form of sexual harassment, i.e. making sexualized comments in order to make someone extremely uncomfortable, etc.

          And before anyone comes at me with “she attacked him,” sexual harassment is not an acceptable response, sorry. Altho frankly I don’t really agree with her constantly literally illegally assaulting people, but I get the feeling that the comic’s narrative is at least somewhat critical of that aspect.

          • de Combys
            de Combys
            April 9, 2016 at 11:00 pm | #

            In what way is it harrassement if he stops when she communicates her dislike?

        • kkiten
          kkiten
          April 18, 2016 at 7:30 am | #

          The only way anyone could hate Mike is if they didn’t read Shortpaked! hard enough.

    • Hinoron
      Hinoron
      July 19, 2014 at 3:19 pm | #

      If only this worked on real police.

      • Lev La Tikvah
        Lev La Tikvah
        July 20, 2014 at 12:47 am | #

        Well, Have you ever tried it? I know at least one officer it would work on….

      • Kra'ul Sheykhon
        Kra'ul Sheykhon
        July 20, 2014 at 1:23 pm | #

        Why does your Handle Link to Porn? Why is it Only Porn of Ranma 1/2? What does Ranma Porn have to do with Horny Mike? Why am I Asking All of these Questions? What have you Done to me R-b-rt?!

  2. Tunaro
    Tunaro
    July 19, 2014 at 12:01 am | #

    Still ship it.

    • An Average Loser
      An Average Loser
      July 19, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

      Any ship is salvageable in this world. . .

      • Aizat
        Aizat
        July 19, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

        But there are some ships that really needs to stay at the bottom of the ocean.

        • Kernanator
          Kernanator
          July 19, 2014 at 12:09 am | #

          Excuse me, CLEARLY the word you’re looking for is submarine.

          • Aizat
            Aizat
            July 19, 2014 at 12:10 am | #

            No..I really meant it.

            • Betty Anne
              Betty Anne
              July 19, 2014 at 12:15 am | #

              Unfortunately, I’ve been on a few of those ships. :/ http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v373/cliodhnaglen/GoDownWithShip_zps6d1a95a0.gif

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        July 19, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

        All you need is enough ping-pong balls.

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MOJN07XRYw

        • van Jealous
          van Jealous
          July 19, 2014 at 12:10 am | #

          Almost as many ping pong as these….

          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7H9jbrzrbA

          (Action is at 57 seconds, btw)

      • Kra'ul Sheykhon
        Kra'ul Sheykhon
        July 20, 2014 at 1:27 pm | #

        I’m Shipping Ruth with whoever will Make her Happy, Doesn’t Matter to me who it is, just Hoping she Doesn’t Die(again).

    • LeslieBean4Shizzle
      LeslieBean4Shizzle
      July 19, 2014 at 12:28 am | #

      Yup. This really doesn’t do anything to discourage the ship. Rather the opposite, actually. That is the most adorable Mike has been in…
      …
      … ever? I’m gonna go with most adorable ever in the Dumbverse. There are a couple scenes in Shortpacked that have it beat, not many.

    • rachel
      rachel
      July 19, 2014 at 2:05 pm | #

      YEAP. dat face tho

  3. Tobias
    Tobias
    July 19, 2014 at 12:01 am | #

    Is “pursuing leads” anything like “journalism”?

    • Jen Aside
      Jen Aside
      July 19, 2014 at 12:20 am | #

      or “roller derby”?

      • Aeron
        Aeron
        July 19, 2014 at 1:18 am | #

        Roller skates totally need to be Amazi-girl’s primary mode of transportation.

      • Camachri
        Camachri
        July 19, 2014 at 4:36 am | #

        Easiest way to find out is to use the “with my penis” test.

  4. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    July 19, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

    Ah the infamous Too Kinky To Torture trope.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      July 19, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

      That’s why “The Masochist” is the Girls with Slingshot’s greatest Villain.

      • Aizat
        Aizat
        July 19, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

        Wait…there’s finally a masochist villain? What took them so long?

        • John
          John
          July 19, 2014 at 12:22 am | #

          Just as he was getting going, Rorschach threw him down an elevator shaft.

          • Aizat
            Aizat
            July 19, 2014 at 12:28 am | #

            Wait…seriously?

            • Deanatay
              Deanatay
              July 19, 2014 at 8:36 am | #

              It’s been a while since I read the Watchmen, but it sounds about right.

            • Black
              Black
              July 19, 2014 at 10:36 pm | #

              Yeah, seriously. I can’t remember the villain’s name, but he was a weirdo who always wanted to be punished by the superheros. Nite Owl just told him to buzz off, then he tried that on Rorschach, and he tossed the guy down an elevator shaft.

              • Dreizehn
                Dreizehn
                August 6, 2014 at 12:26 am | #

                Captain Carnage

    • An Average Loser
      An Average Loser
      July 19, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

      Considering Mike’s sexual escapades with various mothers, this doesn’t come to much of a surprise. . .

      • roguebfl
        roguebfl
        July 19, 2014 at 2:18 am | #

        Sound like flat back hairbrushes were involved…

  5. Aizat
    Aizat
    July 19, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

    Mike…you’re starting to creep me out…or is this one of Mike’s mind games?

    • Darth
      Darth
      July 19, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

      Does Mike have any idea that Amber is Amazi-Girl?

      • Aizat
        Aizat
        July 19, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

        Maybe he knows…you can’t tell with Mike.

        • Tandel
          Tandel
          July 19, 2014 at 12:10 am | #

          In true Mike fashion, it’s whatever you don’t want him to, baby.

          He has quantum knowledge.

          • Scubasteve0209
            Scubasteve0209
            July 21, 2014 at 4:10 am | #

            I always assumed his Alien power was that he was the personification of the internet. It’s how he always knew the things you didn’t want others to know, was impossibly tough (after all, who gets hurt when they fight on the internet?) and has photos of your mom.

      • TheOthin
        TheOthin
        July 19, 2014 at 1:16 pm | #

        In Ethan’s case, knowing her before college was enough. For Mike, I’d assume the same. He may not have spent as much time with her, but he’s very good at picking up on things.

    • An Average Loser
      An Average Loser
      July 19, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

      You gotta remember that Mike’s a strong advocate of “Tough Love”.

    • timemonkey
      timemonkey
      July 19, 2014 at 12:13 am | #

      Probably both. He’s likely being honest, but only because it’s weirding her out.

    • zmm
      zmm
      July 19, 2014 at 1:00 am | #

      honestly I thought this was his power.
      always knowing what people don’t want him to know so he can cause the most annoyance.
      i mean hell it worked with a psycho brainwashed guy in Its Walky!

  6. Emperor Kiva
    Emperor Kiva
    July 19, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

    Get out of there fast, use a smoke grenade if you have any.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      July 19, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

      Or a flashbang.

      • Darth
        Darth
        July 19, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

        Hell, a regular grenade will do nicely.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        July 19, 2014 at 12:07 am | #

        Barry Allen truly is faster than a speeding bullet.

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          July 19, 2014 at 12:08 am | #

          I prefer Wally West.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        July 19, 2014 at 12:16 am | #

        Mike wants a flash AND a bang.

        • JessWitt
          JessWitt
          July 19, 2014 at 6:32 am | #

          That interrogation almost became an interrobang. *wink nudge*

  7. DocHarleen
    DocHarleen
    July 19, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

    Willis, you flippin’ tease.

  8. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    July 19, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

    Damnit Amazi-girl. You’re the kind of person that’d get a man all riled up and don’t even have the common curtesy to give him a reach around!
    (Movie Reference. Kinda!)

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      July 19, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

      Hell, I like you. Maybe you can come over to my house .

      • AtomsOrSystems
        AtomsOrSystems
        July 19, 2014 at 3:56 am | #

        I don’t want to presume what you were censored from quoting, of course. However, I suspect that were Amazi-girl to take you up on your offer, she should bring a supply of nickles.

        (Or do sisters follow a different pricing scheme than moms?)

    • Mal
      Mal
      July 19, 2014 at 3:57 pm | #

      Full Metal Jacket, I assume.

  9. Aizat
    Aizat
    July 19, 2014 at 12:07 am | #

    Seriously…Mike is acting like the Joker…wait.

    • sylvester crow
      sylvester crow
      July 19, 2014 at 2:18 am | #

      Then who’s harley quinn?

      • ShaggyDonahugh
        ShaggyDonahugh
        July 19, 2014 at 3:35 am | #

        The Fez

        • ShaggyDonahugh
          ShaggyDonahugh
          July 19, 2014 at 3:35 am | #

          Faz* goddamnit

          • Deanatay
            Deanatay
            July 19, 2014 at 8:40 am | #

            Actually, ‘The Fez’ is Faz’s supervillian identity.

            • Bagge
              Bagge
              July 19, 2014 at 1:20 pm | #

              Nooooo Fezes are cool. Don’t destroy Fezes, Faz

              • Adam
                Adam
                July 19, 2014 at 1:30 pm | #

                If Faz with a Fez makes ‘The Fez’, then what does Faz’s Fez think about ‘The Fez’ being Faz?

                • Mal
                  Mal
                  July 19, 2014 at 3:58 pm | #

                  That they’ve got nothing on The Fonz.

  10. MrSirk
    MrSirk
    July 19, 2014 at 12:08 am | #

    The funny thing is we’ll never know how serious he is about this.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      July 19, 2014 at 12:09 am | #

      Again, he could be just doing this to mess with Amazi-Girl.

  11. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    July 19, 2014 at 12:08 am | #

    You know, I’m starting to think there’s a bit of an overreaction going around.

    • Devlerbat
      Devlerbat
      July 19, 2014 at 2:50 am | #

      Yea. It makes sense that Joyce would overreact like she did, but why is Amber…er…I mean Amazi-girl going so far just because of a bunch of inappropriate drawings?

      • JessWitt
        JessWitt
        July 19, 2014 at 6:34 am | #

        She’s fighting the patriarchal system – as perpetuated by her own hated patriarch.

      • Betty Anne
        Betty Anne
        July 19, 2014 at 9:36 am | #

        Because she’s the hero her dorm needs, not the one they deserve.

        • timemonkey
          timemonkey
          July 19, 2014 at 2:24 pm | #

          WILLIS? Can we get this phrase blocked too? It appears every Amazi-Girl strip and wasn’t funny to begin with.

      • Bagge
        Bagge
        July 19, 2014 at 1:12 pm | #

        Because a superhero needs to do superheroing, otherwise she would just be Amber in a costume. She DID lament the lack of higher quality supervillains, but this is what she has to work with.

        • Jerden
          Jerden
          July 20, 2014 at 1:38 pm | #

          I find that if you dress in a costume to fight crime, a wide variety of supervillains show up to stop you.
          Some wear white coats, others dress in black and wear caps and have badges. Both try to lock you away. It escalated from there.

  12. Pyr05
    Pyr05
    July 19, 2014 at 12:12 am | #

    Come on. Pretty please? I’ll even put the gag on myself. I’ll tie my legs, just finish the job!

    • sylvester crow
      sylvester crow
      July 19, 2014 at 2:20 am | #

      I have some candles on the cabinet, and there’s a whip in the closet, just do what feels right!

    • Papa Oleg
      Papa Oleg
      July 19, 2014 at 10:15 am | #

      I even got Blaine to come! Com’oon!

  13. astraea
    astraea
    July 19, 2014 at 12:12 am | #

    Heh, “I have some rope.” Classic.

  14. Katie
    Katie
    July 19, 2014 at 12:13 am | #

    It’s like Mike knows that in another universe they’re having some ridiculously kinky sex right now.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      July 19, 2014 at 12:32 am | #

      Mike secretly constructed a viewer that allows him to see the alternate universes.

      • Nightsbridge
        Nightsbridge
        July 19, 2014 at 1:52 am | #

        He uses this information to be a better asshole

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          July 19, 2014 at 1:53 am | #

          Yes…and then he will be the Superior Asshole.

      • Cybersnark
        Cybersnark
        July 19, 2014 at 10:27 am | #

        Mike is Walter Bishop?

        That would explain a whole hell of a lot.

  15. Dave
    Dave
    July 19, 2014 at 12:14 am | #

    I…am genuinely confused if Mike is really into this or he’s just being a dick.
    …
    *slaps self on forehead*. Oh well, DOY, of course!
    He’s being BOTH.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      July 19, 2014 at 12:17 am | #

      His Dick is into this but his brain is into being a dick.

      • Gigafreak
        Gigafreak
        July 19, 2014 at 11:16 am | #

        He wants his dick into SOMETHING…

        • Dave
          Dave
          July 19, 2014 at 2:33 pm | #

          Likely your mom, I heard nickels when he hit the ground last time.

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      July 19, 2014 at 8:41 am | #

      Screwing with Amazi-Girl’s head is so turning him on right now.

    • Tenn
      Tenn
      July 19, 2014 at 2:08 pm | #

      “I’m whatever you don’t want me to be, baby!”

  16. vonnegut
    vonnegut
    July 19, 2014 at 12:15 am | #

    Trying to figure out if Mike could be any more sexually attractive. I don’t think it’s possible.

  17. Idon'tcarenomore
    Idon'tcarenomore
    July 19, 2014 at 12:18 am | #

    Amazi-girl leaves, he’s too damn willing.

    Mike gets what he wants, per usual.

  18. kimmibeans
    kimmibeans
    July 19, 2014 at 12:19 am | #

    I ship this so hard. Can we please have Mike and Amber be a thing in this universe, please?

  19. Aizat
    Aizat
    July 19, 2014 at 12:20 am | #

    OK..that rules out Mike…right?

    • Clif
      Clif
      July 19, 2014 at 10:06 am | #

      Not so much. You’ll notice that he said *someone* outdid themselves. He didn’t actually deny it was him that outdid himself. So to this point he hasn’t denied anything. He’s just asked questions that might be intentionally misleading.

    • Sam
      Sam
      July 19, 2014 at 10:38 pm | #

      it’s billy.

  20. timemonkey
    timemonkey
    July 19, 2014 at 12:20 am | #

    Sorry, Mike, Amazi-Girl has other random people to assault.

  21. Digit Gidget
    Digit Gidget
    July 19, 2014 at 12:20 am | #

    Kinky submissive Mike. Be still my heart!!

  22. MsSchiff
    MsSchiff
    July 19, 2014 at 12:20 am | #

    Oh, he REALLY wants to get under her cape, doesn’t he?

    It’s the utility belt. Guys dig the utility belt.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      July 19, 2014 at 12:27 am | #

      Not me. I dig ladies who can kick ass.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        July 19, 2014 at 12:31 am | #

        I dig all ladies, not just the ones who kick ass. How else will they get out from underground.

  23. PAC
    PAC
    July 19, 2014 at 12:22 am | #

    If Mike isn’t the culprit I think it might have been Joe

    • Ikaru
      Ikaru
      July 19, 2014 at 5:49 pm | #

      Or Roz?

      • Ikaru
        Ikaru
        July 19, 2014 at 5:49 pm | #

        Then again… I think she would draw vaginas instead.

      • Oxyvolt
        Oxyvolt
        July 19, 2014 at 9:56 pm | #

        Can’t be Roz. The whiteboard dongs don’t have condoms on.

  24. boomwofl
    boomwofl
    July 19, 2014 at 12:23 am | #

    can’t tell if he’s being serious or if he’s just trying to get her off his case.

    • Thom Yorke
      Thom Yorke
      July 19, 2014 at 12:44 am | #

      I’m a reasonable man. Get off my case. Get off my case.

    • Sam
      Sam
      July 19, 2014 at 4:09 am | #

      Knowing Mike, he will always do what allows him to be the biggest jerk to somebody. So he likely IS being serious that it is a turn on, because he KNOWS it will squick out Amber/Amazi-girl, and thus fulfil max jerkiness at this time, but will also steer her to investigate other leads.

      In this universe, he uses his jerk side both to be cruel, and to help people at the same time.

      • Kryss LaBryn
        Kryss LaBryn
        July 19, 2014 at 9:03 am | #

        In this universe, he uses his jerk side both to be cruel, and to help people at the same time.

        Which instantly reminded me of this…

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D80NLUcixPg

        • slicedtoad
          slicedtoad
          July 19, 2014 at 4:08 pm | #

          dammit, I just spend 2 hours watching random kid in the hall sketches because of you.

          • Kryss LaBryn
            Kryss LaBryn
            July 19, 2014 at 10:13 pm | #

            😀

            Also that is the best face for that.

  25. Jen
    Jen
    July 19, 2014 at 12:25 am | #

    Squee! Mike in Shibari! If I had more time, I would do fanart of this. 😀

  26. Romanticide
    Romanticide
    July 19, 2014 at 12:26 am | #

    well it was good while it lasted XD

  27. OldFart
    OldFart
    July 19, 2014 at 12:29 am | #

    AG now just seems ridiculous to me. The awesomeness and the horror are both fading away. Eventually the costume may be relegated to Halloween and the occasional sexy cosplay…but with whom?

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      July 19, 2014 at 12:46 am | #

      Hey, that’s what they say about Batman….and then the Bronze Age hit.

  28. Sarah
    Sarah
    July 19, 2014 at 12:37 am | #

    I can’t imagine THIS Mike ending up with Amber, mainly because in this universe they have a history. Howeverm I can imagine Mike secretly lusting after Amazi-girl until he finds out it’s Amber.

  29. Miao
    Miao
    July 19, 2014 at 12:46 am | #

    I’ve seen the face in that first panel. It’s in porn.

  30. Rutee
    Rutee
    July 19, 2014 at 12:47 am | #

    And now Amber learns things about her best friend she didn’t necessarily want to know. Also, herself. :3

    • Rutee
      Rutee
      July 19, 2014 at 12:47 am | #

      Third best friend now I guess. Man, she does not have many friends, does she.

      • Pinja
        Pinja
        July 19, 2014 at 6:19 am | #

        That puts her at the top of the heap as far as DoA is concerned. I really think only Joyce could be said to have more.

  31. Darwin
    Darwin
    July 19, 2014 at 12:55 am | #

    Maybe she should take a shower before she investigates. Ewwww…

  32. jose231ful
    jose231ful
    July 19, 2014 at 1:17 am | #

    Masochism at its finest.

  33. Ancestral Hamster
    Ancestral Hamster
    July 19, 2014 at 1:19 am | #

    Actually, tie him up and leave him for the police like he wants. Mike has does something to deserve it, even if he is not the Whiteboard Ding-dong Bandit.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      July 19, 2014 at 1:32 am | #

      Yeah…like sleeping with the commissioner’s wife to settle a bet with his son.

    • Kryss LaBryn
      Kryss LaBryn
      July 19, 2014 at 9:05 am | #

      But then, this:

      http://wondermark.com/178/

  34. Marvelman
    Marvelman
    July 19, 2014 at 1:39 am | #

    What month is it in the strip? How many weeks into the term are we?

    • AgentKeen
      AgentKeen
      July 19, 2014 at 1:47 am | #

      Like a month-ish in? I’d have to do a bit of digging to get more specific.

      • AgentKeen
        AgentKeen
        July 19, 2014 at 1:49 am | #

        We’re 25 days in.

        • Camachri
          Camachri
          July 19, 2014 at 10:49 am | #

          And we’re still only in September. Oh dear, imagine when we get up to late october (DoA 2020: The year of Halloween) or even December

  35. Mass Confusion
    Mass Confusion
    July 19, 2014 at 1:43 am | #

    Mike: Ever classy

  36. Nightsbridge
    Nightsbridge
    July 19, 2014 at 1:48 am | #

    Hahahahaha Mike

  37. AgentKeen
    AgentKeen
    July 19, 2014 at 1:50 am | #

    I’m not sure how I feel about last panel Mike. His second line is almost… too open for him? Maybe it’s just the more relaxed look on his face compared to the other panels.

  38. Horrible Person
    Horrible Person
    July 19, 2014 at 2:12 am | #

    Wow, I’ve never seen Mike laugh before!

    • Ikaru
      Ikaru
      July 19, 2014 at 5:47 pm | #

      Wait ’til you see him drunk.

  39. acher4
    acher4
    July 19, 2014 at 2:25 am | #

    sooooo… BDSM?

    Ye, BDSM. 😛

  40. Chupabarbara
    Chupabarbara
    July 19, 2014 at 2:56 am | #

    I’m pretty sure he knows it’s Amber considering they went to high school together and he knows her prom secrets. I feel like this is to embarrass Amber with a truth-grain in there.

  41. Jacquie H
    Jacquie H
    July 19, 2014 at 3:17 am | #

    Well, I’m turned on, now.

    Mike’s making me question my sexuality D<

  42. Starline
    Starline
    July 19, 2014 at 4:25 am | #

    I ship this so much. Any dysfunctional Mike relationship really. So all of them.

  43. Annie
    Annie
    July 19, 2014 at 4:32 am | #

    Why couldn’t have found a guy like Mike in college during my casual sex phase?! Damn, that sounds like it’d be a lot more fun than the plain vanilla I got stuck with.

  44. CianM1301
    CianM1301
    July 19, 2014 at 5:24 am | #

    So, Mike’s kinky. Who knew?

    • Clif
      Clif
      July 19, 2014 at 10:14 am | #

      Or Mike can pretend a good kinky if it will annoy other people. Which is a form of kinky, but one we knew.

  45. Soap
    Soap
    July 19, 2014 at 5:24 am | #

    Wouldnt it be great if this lead to mike falling in love with amber/amazi girl and follows her around?

  46. Soap
    Soap
    July 19, 2014 at 5:25 am | #

    Also, ive never seen so many “i ship this” comments in the comment section before

    • Ikaru
      Ikaru
      July 19, 2014 at 5:46 pm | #

      Well, it is cannon in the other universe. I don’t know if it’ll carry over or if it is leading up to a new ‘Damn you Willis’ moment, but I still love it.

  47. Mystrana
    Mystrana
    July 19, 2014 at 6:36 am | #

    This made me smile and wrinkle my forehead in concern at the same time.

  48. Rabid Rabbit
    Rabid Rabbit
    July 19, 2014 at 6:44 am | #

    Amazi-Girl is mostly disgusted because she’s been out-masochised, having thought that she’d won the trophy back when she begged Sal to hurt her the other night.

  49. hof1991
    hof1991
    July 19, 2014 at 7:31 am | #

    AG goes back to Clark and someone who reads the DOA comments section has erased all the evidence. The ding dong episode is all about AG coming to some realizations.

  50. MM
    MM
    July 19, 2014 at 7:59 am | #

    Well, Amber, you wanted an archnemesis. Now you’ve got your own Catwoman!

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      July 19, 2014 at 8:46 am | #

      Catboy?

      • Kryss LaBryn
        Kryss LaBryn
        July 19, 2014 at 9:07 am | #

        Catman?

        • Nono
          Nono
          July 19, 2014 at 10:08 am | #

          I believe Drew is Catman though.

          Mike can be the Joker, except less smiley.

          • Ikaru
            Ikaru
            July 19, 2014 at 5:45 pm | #

            He’s like, the polar opposite of the Joker. So…Snarkman? The Dick? THe….hn. I can’t think of a word that is the opposite of ‘joke’.

          • Deanatay
            Deanatay
            July 19, 2014 at 6:17 pm | #

            K-K-K-K-K-Catman Drew!

  51. Volkai
    Volkai
    July 19, 2014 at 9:29 am | #

    Perfect.

  52. Samuel Larkin
    Samuel Larkin
    July 19, 2014 at 9:31 am | #

    I love that promo of Amazi-Girl, and Batgirl together; please make a poster of it. Not only that, but my view of superheroes is highly influenced by Garth Ennis, so that is something of me to like that image you have up there http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=preview&id=8223

    • gwalla
      gwalla
      July 21, 2014 at 2:04 am | #

      “but my view of superheroes is highly influenced by Garth Ennis”

      Oh man, I’m sorry.

  53. Samuel Larkin
    Samuel Larkin
    July 19, 2014 at 9:33 am | #

    And here is a full free issue http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=preview&id=13739

    • Bill
      Bill
      July 19, 2014 at 5:27 pm | #

      I admit, it’s going to take a while for me to get the images on page 7 — and the concept behind them — out of my mind.
      And I do also wonder why there is what appears to be a doorknob on a brick wall (p.7, first panel, far right-hand side)?

  54. Clif
    Clif
    July 19, 2014 at 10:19 am | #

    I can’t believe that people here in the comments section are concluding that Mike didn’t do it on the basis of Mike asking questions and saying that someone outdid themselves.

    Mike may not have done it, but Mike is also the master of misleading. If he had said he didn’t do it, I would believe him, but he never said anything of the kind.

    • Ikaru
      Ikaru
      July 19, 2014 at 5:43 pm | #

      I agree, I sorta got the feeling that he was inferring that it wasn’t him without saying it wasn’t him because it was him. A double bluff.

  55. Rob Carlson
    Rob Carlson
    July 19, 2014 at 12:31 pm | #

    So we all knew that Mike would be the first suspect because it’s obvious, that it wouldn’t turn out to be him right away because it’s obvious, but I’m not sure how many of us saw the kink angle. Is he just being an asshole to make Amber uncomfortable, or are we seeing something of his inner life??

  56. Annabanana
    Annabanana
    July 19, 2014 at 1:30 pm | #

    Now he is going to become Amazi-girl’s arch nemesis just to have her push him around the way he wants. Which will cause yet another wave of doubt and insecurity in Amber due to the whole Danny thing. Though I have a feeling Mike knows her dual life and just wouldn’t say anything so as to mess with Amber/Amazi-girl.

  57. Minder
    Minder
    July 19, 2014 at 3:06 pm | #

    it shouldn’t be surprising that mike is into bondage and whatnot but yeah, it kind of is

    • slicedtoad
      slicedtoad
      July 19, 2014 at 4:32 pm | #

      I always took him for more a sadistic type but it does kind of fit.

    • Regalli
      Regalli
      July 19, 2014 at 8:16 pm | #

      Explains a lot about the Mike/Amber ship, though.

  58. Kugai
    Kugai
    July 19, 2014 at 5:40 pm | #

    I’d take a shower first Amber – after that, I’d be worried about where he’s been.

  59. Kathleen
    Kathleen
    July 19, 2014 at 5:44 pm | #

    Someone on the Walky wiki mentioned that Mike gets off to people being assholes. So the whole bdsm thing is basically an extreme version of that.

  60. Em
    Em
    July 19, 2014 at 10:15 pm | #

    So it’s canon now that Mike is a sub? 😀

    • Daken
      Daken
      July 19, 2014 at 11:45 pm | #

      Mike is whatever you don’t want him to be.

  61. pumpkincat
    pumpkincat
    July 19, 2014 at 11:01 pm | #

    Mike remains a fave. I don’t ship ’em – if only because I’m highly curious to see how Mike would fare dating anyone else who he hasn’t previously been paired with.

    Hmmm. Joyce/Mike for the funny!

    • Silamy
      Silamy
      July 20, 2014 at 12:29 am | #

      Which one of them would break first? I figure that if they had to be together, Joyce would snap from forced exposure to the *ahem* sketchier bits of life, and Mike would eventually just surrender completely to Drunk Mike out of fear for his neurons.

      • pumpkincat
        pumpkincat
        July 20, 2014 at 11:55 am | #

        Who knows? It’d be interesting to watch, either way.

  62. NF
    NF
    July 20, 2014 at 3:42 pm | #

    Does Mike know Amazi-Girl is Amber? Because knowing that he is saying that to his friend would take this to another level.

  63. Timni
    Timni
    July 20, 2014 at 10:16 pm | #

    Mike, please

  64. lipstick_suckerpunch
    lipstick_suckerpunch
    July 21, 2014 at 3:52 pm | #

    I say that Joyce is drawing them as she sleep walks. All that repression has to be unleashed somehow.

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