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
Ex
First Previous Random 129Comments 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
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.
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.
Cyanide & Happiness
Explosm
Satire, dark humor and surreal humor.
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...
Whomp!
Ronnie
A depressed, portly, hirsute anime fan stumbles through life in the ever-pursuit of chicken nuggets and other life-shortening indulgences.
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.
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.
Wilde Life
Pascalle Lepas
Oscar decided to rent an old haunted house, and that's when things got weird...
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.
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.
[un]Divine
Ayme
A highschool senior thought giving up his soul for a demon was a good idea. It wasn't.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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!
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.
Lighter Than Heir
Melissa Albino
A young Volant woman joins the military in an effort to upstage her war-hero father.
Real Science Adventures
Brian Clevinger
Spin off stories and other adventures from the world of Atomic Robo!
Nerf Now!!
Josué Pereira
A cute webcomic about fanservice, video games, and... love. Mostly video games, though.
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?
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.
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?
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.
Atomic Robo
Brian Clevinger, Scott Wegener
The robot punches monsters and bad robots and one time he was a cowboy.
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.
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!
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...
Anacrine Complex
Sae Cotton
A superhuman heist involving probably too many pigeons than entirely necessary.
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 Studies
Miyuli
Four students summon and study potentially dangerous demons within the walls of the mysterious Summerland University.
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!
Knights Errant
J.R. Doyle
Wilfrid's humble quest for revenge becomes bigger and bloodier by the day.
Star Trip
Gisele Weaver
Jas is a human taken from her home planet on a trip across the galaxy she will never forget.
Goblins
Ellipsis
A fantasy RPG as told through the eyes of the low-level monsters.
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.)
El Goonish Shive
Dan Shive
WARNING: This comic often ignores the Laws of Physics
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:

July 11, 2026

Ex

by David M Willis on June 2, 2011 at 12:01 am
  • 05 - Media Rumble
└ Tags: amber, danny, dorothy, joe

Discussion (129) ¬

[ Comments RSS ]
  1. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    June 2, 2011 at 12:01 am | #

    It’s Jinx week, innit?

    *punch*

    • HMRC4EVR
      HMRC4EVR
      June 2, 2011 at 12:05 am | #

      and I thought I was going to be the first with a Kim Possible reference!

      Bah!

      Well Played Jen. Well Played.

      • Kamino Neko
        Kamino Neko
        June 2, 2011 at 12:27 am | #

        … Bloody kids today.

        • Dox
          Dox
          June 2, 2011 at 8:13 am | #

          Sorry…cant take that seriously with a ‘My little ponies” Gravatar

          • arjay2813
            arjay2813
            June 2, 2011 at 12:38 pm | #

            the imagery of bloody kids is made even moar entertaining with the serious or angry looking pony in the picture. and i invisioned this http://www.rhymes-with-witch.com/rww09152010.shtml only with less frolicking, and angry, yelling ponies in the stands

      • Slipgate
        Slipgate
        June 2, 2011 at 12:55 pm | #

        I’m not sure if that was meant as Kim Possible. If it had been, I think *punch* would’ve instead been “You owe me a soda!”

        (Aside: Anyone imagine what they’ll tell each other they owe each other in the future, INSTEAD of sodas? :P)

        • TheBenenator
          TheBenenator
          June 3, 2011 at 9:30 pm | #

          Their butts/femurs/FAAAAACEs?

    • Digidestined of Trust (Tim)
      Digidestined of Trust (Tim)
      June 2, 2011 at 11:06 am | #

      Jinkies! Oh wait, wrong tooniverse.

  2. arjay2813
    arjay2813
    June 2, 2011 at 12:02 am | #

    dorothy might just be the only one out of the 3 who doesn’t know amazi-girl’s true identity to figure it out

    • Berenzen
      Berenzen
      June 2, 2011 at 12:05 am | #

      No, danny only suspects that amazi-girls true identity is ultracar

    • David Herbert
      David Herbert
      June 2, 2011 at 2:25 am | #

      Joe probably won’t, he’s too busy getting laid.

      • dchorror
        dchorror
        June 2, 2011 at 5:14 pm | #

        The mask is probably the one thing he isn’t trying to get off her.

    • JK9000
      JK9000
      June 2, 2011 at 2:36 am | #

      I don’t see how Amber is suppose to know, either.

    • Chiatroll
      Chiatroll
      June 2, 2011 at 4:42 am | #

      Why would they know? Ronald Reagan hasn’t even shown up in this world yet except when he dons his amazi-girl costume.

      • ryan
        ryan
        June 2, 2011 at 8:04 am | #

        yeah, but ronnie was the PRESIDENT. he’s very recognizable. i honestly don’t see how the entire student body hasn’t figured it out yet.

    • Freon
      Freon
      June 2, 2011 at 11:53 am | #

      C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER!!

    • arjay2813
      arjay2813
      June 2, 2011 at 12:34 pm | #

      after looking at all those, i’m just glad nobody said Faz is amazi-girl (well, an alt-reality femFaz)

      • XMD
        XMD
        June 2, 2011 at 1:23 pm | #

        Are you like a vegan or something? You didn’t even consider Trans Faz in your diet.

        • Zagrede
          Zagrede
          June 2, 2011 at 3:01 pm | #

          *rimshot*

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        June 2, 2011 at 9:20 pm | #

        Clearly you missed some of my comments over the last few days. ^_^

        • Laurel Raven
          Laurel Raven
          June 3, 2011 at 1:17 am | #

          I noticed…unfortunately.

          Can’t…get…image…out…of…head!

  3. Seerow
    Seerow
    June 2, 2011 at 12:04 am | #

    How does Amber know the masked vigilante’s name? Maybe she knows something!

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      June 2, 2011 at 12:15 am | #

      Well, she could be Amazi-Girl but that’s insane, right?

      • Stephen
        Stephen
        June 2, 2011 at 12:31 am | #

        Of course it’s insane, everybody knows that Dorothy is Amazi-Girl, duh.

      • Cha
        Cha
        June 2, 2011 at 12:50 am | #

        Amber is Ultra-Car, remember?

        • Seerow
          Seerow
          June 2, 2011 at 1:23 am | #

          So Dorothy (Amazi-Girl) rides Amber (Ultra-Car) frequently?

          • 1Samildanach
            1Samildanach
            June 2, 2011 at 2:04 am | #

            Like a Mini-Con.

            • wnderjif
              wnderjif
              June 2, 2011 at 2:14 am | #

              POWER-LINX!

              • milk experiment
                milk experiment
                June 2, 2011 at 4:11 pm | #

                Don’t cross the Willis fandom meme-streams! It would be bad.

                • dchorror
                  dchorror
                  June 2, 2011 at 5:15 pm | #

                  How bad are we talking?

                • Vabolo
                  Vabolo
                  June 2, 2011 at 7:07 pm | #

                  ET: The Video Game bad.

                • LaurelRaven
                  LaurelRaven
                  June 3, 2011 at 10:52 pm | #

                  Try to imagine all memes as you know it stopping instantaneously and every molecule in the internet exploding at the speed of light.

                • nothri
                  nothri
                  June 6, 2011 at 8:10 pm | #

                  Suddenly I want the Cheese to show up and ask “Are you a God?”

              • CWR
                CWR
                June 2, 2011 at 7:19 pm | #

                BAD bad.

                • Seerow
                  Seerow
                  June 3, 2011 at 12:59 am | #

                  but so good

                • Random Webcomics Junkie
                  Random Webcomics Junkie
                  June 3, 2011 at 10:46 pm | #

                  Seerow: somehow that avatar makes that post so creepy.

  4. Mkvenner
    Mkvenner
    June 2, 2011 at 12:05 am | #

    smooth. 🙂

  5. Jackson
    Jackson
    June 2, 2011 at 12:06 am | #

    Hmm. Ultra-Car’s been laying low lately.

  6. MacaroniPterodactyl
    MacaroniPterodactyl
    June 2, 2011 at 12:07 am | #

    I wish my clone had a secret superhero identity 🙁

    • Baf
      Baf
      June 2, 2011 at 12:55 am | #

      I wish my secret superhero identity had a clone.

      • Undrave
        Undrave
        June 2, 2011 at 1:20 am | #

        You mean like Spider-man?!

      • ryan
        ryan
        June 2, 2011 at 8:06 am | #

        You mean like Ben Reilly?

        • dchorror
          dchorror
          June 2, 2011 at 5:16 pm | #

          Did the two of you plan that?

          • Jack
            Jack
            June 2, 2011 at 8:20 pm | #

            Bet you 5 bucks they did.

            • ryan
              ryan
              June 3, 2011 at 7:52 am | #

              unplanned, but i saw the opportunity.

  7. Aizat
    Aizat
    June 2, 2011 at 12:07 am | #

    Wait, Amber are you hiding something? Something to do with Amazi-Girl, perhaps?

    • ProtonCon
      ProtonCon
      June 2, 2011 at 12:11 am | #

      Well when you’re the butler of a superhero you gotta play it coy. Citation: Alfred

      • Aizat
        Aizat
        June 2, 2011 at 12:17 am | #

        She’s Amazi-Girl butler? I never thought of that.

        • ryan
          ryan
          June 2, 2011 at 8:07 am | #

          yup, amber is secretly amazi-girl’s butler, alfred.

          • Lesharo
            Lesharo
            June 2, 2011 at 12:36 pm | #

            Sad to say that I could probably name a few 50-60 year old Englishmen who would pose as co-eds to pick up college boys.

  8. Someone
    Someone
    June 2, 2011 at 12:07 am | #

    Excellent. It finally feels like there’s a storyline taking center stage instead of random snippets of everyone’s day to day (Which we’ve only seen four days worth)

    • taekwondogirl
      taekwondogirl
      June 2, 2011 at 12:19 pm | #

      I’m not certain if you’re referring to the comic as a whole or just the recent strips. Because there have definitely been storylines already that have “finished” and others that have started and are being developed.

  9. T Campbell
    T Campbell
    June 2, 2011 at 12:09 am | #

    Wow, that went a lot better than I was expecting.

    • MM
      MM
      June 2, 2011 at 12:14 am | #

      Amazi-Girl’s awesome powers of distraction save the day! Or date, possibly.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        June 2, 2011 at 7:04 am | #

        Her powers of distraction would improve drastically if she were to add a chest window to her costume.

        http://images.cheezburger.com/completestore/2011/5/11/2176bc6b-1af6-4206-8aa4-4fea0f6ca5d5.jpg

        • Pat
          Pat
          June 2, 2011 at 11:45 am | #

          http://www.shortpacked.com/2007/comic/book-4/11-the-amazing-spider-car/mammobombs/#comments

    • gangler
      gangler
      June 2, 2011 at 4:00 am | #

      It ain’t over yet 😉

  10. Rognik
    Rognik
    June 2, 2011 at 12:16 am | #

    I guess she’s unnamed no longer!

  11. Ridureyu
    Ridureyu
    June 2, 2011 at 12:17 am | #

    So Danny is Amazi-Girl?

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      June 2, 2011 at 12:19 am | #

      No, Danny could not be Amazi-Girl. Amazi-Girl saved him, remember?

      • Ridureyu
        Ridureyu
        June 2, 2011 at 12:50 am | #

        He staged it with a robot duplicate, like all the good superheroes do.

        Or it was just Foggy Nelson standing in. One or the other.

        • goatman95111
          goatman95111
          June 2, 2011 at 3:19 am | #

          Rather than a robot, don’t you mean Burt Ward?

      • Henry
        Henry
        June 2, 2011 at 12:30 pm | #

        We’ve been through this. Danny can’t be Amazi-Girl because Ultra-Car is Amazi-Girl. Amber is Spider-Car.

    • lawzlo
      lawzlo
      June 2, 2011 at 6:36 am | #

      Maybe Joe is Amazi-Girl. Or better yet, maybe Li’l Joe is Amazi-Girl!

      • lawzlo
        lawzlo
        June 2, 2011 at 6:45 am | #

        Li’l Joe is Amazi-Girl, and that’s why you couldn’t get a good look at him in that video! Amazi-Girl was hiding inside of that woman to preserve his secret identity!

        • ryan
          ryan
          June 2, 2011 at 8:10 am | #

          no no no no no

          li’l joe is stoolie the amazi-stool.

          • CWR
            CWR
            June 2, 2011 at 7:22 pm | #

            Well, he DOES get sat on quite a bit…

            PLAUSIBLE.

  12. meanderling
    meanderling
    June 2, 2011 at 12:18 am | #

    Don’t they already (kinda, sorta?) know each other from http://www.dumbingofage.com/2011/comic/book-1/04-the-bechdel-test/swap/ this strip?

    • Cha
      Cha
      June 2, 2011 at 12:52 am | #

      They didn’t actually introduce themselves to each other.

  13. Wackd
    Wackd
    June 2, 2011 at 12:20 am | #

    We’re going to end up with a version of the Spider-Man Clone Wars where it turns out Dorothy is Amazi-Girl, aren’t we?

    Maybe she broke up with Danny to protect her secret identity.

    • Wackd
      Wackd
      June 2, 2011 at 12:21 am | #

      Oh, and just to save you all the trouble:

      “But Ultra-Car looks nothing like Dorothy! How could they be clones?”

      • Henry
        Henry
        June 2, 2011 at 1:04 pm | #

        That’s where Robin comes in. She finds a way while on Cadbury Creme Egg cereal.

  14. Dahlia
    Dahlia
    June 2, 2011 at 12:33 am | #

    D: Well I’m glad I was WRONG, but…. *scratches head* is this any better? o.e;

    • beeftony
      beeftony
      June 2, 2011 at 1:05 am | #

      Look, I hate to ask this question, but all you seem to have are negative comments, so… why are you reading this again?

      • Dahlia
        Dahlia
        June 2, 2011 at 2:04 pm | #

        D//x; it does seem that way.

        I like the story and the art (which is rare because its usually one or the other) and the characters…but some of them just shouldn’t mesh romantically, different universe or not s:

        I knew Danny was going to arrive with Amber when Dorothy was interviewing Joe, and I knew her reaction would be “: / so quick to get over me, huh?” …I’m glad the subject got changed, but I think we can all agree we’d rather not have her secret identity be discovered so soon >//<;

  15. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    June 2, 2011 at 1:19 am | #

    We know that Amber isn’t Amazi-Girl as she isn’t immune to criticism.

    I suspect that Faz must therefore be Amazi-Girl.

    • Daeva
      Daeva
      June 2, 2011 at 1:57 am | #

      No, if that were the case, the instant Faz donned the Amazi-garb, he’d instantly be overcome with the urge to procreate with himself.

      • lawzlo
        lawzlo
        June 2, 2011 at 6:38 am | #

        I thought Faz had that urge anyways?

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          June 2, 2011 at 8:10 am | #

          He has been known to give a mop names and mount them, so that part wouldn’t change.

          • ryan
            ryan
            June 2, 2011 at 8:12 am | #

            so the mop is stoolie?

        • Henry
          Henry
          June 2, 2011 at 1:05 pm | #

          We’ve been through this. Because there will also be a Fazette in this universe, Faz will be able to procreate with himself/herself.

    • Jackson
      Jackson
      June 2, 2011 at 11:24 am | #

      In my book, the longer we go without seeing Faz, the better. He makes me cringe and I am enjoying his absence.

      Not that he’s not funny sometimes. But he is only sometimes funny, whereas he is always weird and creepy.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        June 3, 2011 at 12:44 am | #

        What? No love for the Faz? Impossible! 😛

  16. Bekah
    Bekah
    June 2, 2011 at 1:29 am | #

    So Amber and Dorothy have met before.

  17. IamTheMasterPlan
    IamTheMasterPlan
    June 2, 2011 at 1:32 am | #

    Did anyone notice that the site banner changed to have Joe instead of Sarah? When did that happen?

    • Darden
      Darden
      June 2, 2011 at 1:41 am | #

      Author decided to put the 3 most voted characters on the banner. Happened a few strips ago.

      • IamTheMasterPlan
        IamTheMasterPlan
        June 2, 2011 at 1:46 am | #

        Well then I better come up with something entertaining to say about this strip so that this comment thread does not make me look absolutely idiotic!

        …I love how horrified Danny looks at having his new crush and his ex-girlfriend meet.

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          June 2, 2011 at 8:13 am | #

          But you cannot really call yourself a member of the DoA community until you posted a few idiotic comments, usually in the form of memes.

          FAAAAAAACE

          • Jetstream
            Jetstream
            June 2, 2011 at 11:42 am | #

            I’ve found that you can join the community by studiously avoiding those memes just as easily as giving in to them.

            • Lesharo
              Lesharo
              June 2, 2011 at 12:43 pm | #

              Exactly, instead try putting them into comment threads in other webcomics, just to see who from that comic will follow along.

              • dchorror
                dchorror
                June 2, 2011 at 5:22 pm | #

                And start looking for names that you recognize from other comics comment threads.

          • Henry
            Henry
            June 2, 2011 at 1:06 pm | #

            With your penis. For a nickel. >:D

    • Eri
      Eri
      June 2, 2011 at 8:25 am | #

      Actually, I did not notice that.

      Mind blown.

  18. Ancestral Hamster
    Ancestral Hamster
    June 2, 2011 at 1:44 am | #

    How is it that Dorothy can recognize Joe’s “Lil Joe?”

    • licoricepencil
      licoricepencil
      June 2, 2011 at 1:51 am | #

      Maybe he Joed her.

      • Ancestral Hamster
        Ancestral Hamster
        June 2, 2011 at 9:43 pm | #

        That’s kinda what I’m thinking … “Methinks the lady doth protest too much.”

        @Daeva: Re: “Accident”. And there’s that too. Joe seems like the kind of guy who would walk through the house after a shower without a towel waving his “Lil Joe” yelling “Woohoo!”

    • Daeva
      Daeva
      June 2, 2011 at 1:52 am | #

      She and Danny dated for a pretty substantial amount of time, and Joe is Danny’s best friend…

      …given Joe’s antics, I’m sure Dorothy got a few glimpses of “Lil Joe” here and there by accident. Whether or not those times were really accidents on Joe’s part, weeeeellllll…

      • dchorror
        dchorror
        June 2, 2011 at 5:23 pm | #

        But why would it have been enough to recognize it? You’d imagine most people would look away.

  19. Daeva
    Daeva
    June 2, 2011 at 1:55 am | #

    Alright, alright, I’ve got it all figured out. Danny is Amazi-girl, using the guise of a female to make his secret identity harder to trace!

    Now, I know what you’re thinking: “But Daeva, Amazi-Girl SAVED Danny in the strip they met, how could he be saved by himself?”

    A valid question, but that’s where my other theory comes into play. Amber is actually…a WereDanny!

    • lord of dance
      lord of dance
      June 2, 2011 at 2:18 am | #

      so… danny bit amber so that he could save himself to protect his identity on the off chance that someone suspected him of being a cross-dressing super hero?

      hes like a fractactical genius!

    • ryan
      ryan
      June 2, 2011 at 8:16 am | #

      this is a solid theory. the only question i have is, how do you know that the amazi-girl identity is supposed to be female?

      • Lesharo
        Lesharo
        June 2, 2011 at 12:48 pm | #

        While the long hair and boobs may apply to either gender I suppose, it’s generally accepted that the Girl in Amazi-Girl implies femininity.

        • Henry
          Henry
          June 2, 2011 at 1:08 pm | #

          Unless it’s Faz.

        • Ancestral Hamster
          Ancestral Hamster
          June 2, 2011 at 9:46 pm | #

          But that’s why it’s so clever! Really, it is a male character cross-dressing as a female superhero to better protect his secret identity. So Amazi-Girl is really Joe wearing a cunningly-engineered exo-skeleton to disguise his masulinity and to allow his to express his oft-denied feminine side!

  20. TemplarKnight
    TemplarKnight
    June 2, 2011 at 2:52 am | #

    Guys.

    I think. . .I think Amber is Amazi-Girl.

    • shoeboxjeddy
      shoeboxjeddy
      June 2, 2011 at 3:59 am | #

      Amber wears glasses. Amazi-Girl doesn’t. Your theory is ridiculous.

    • ryan
      ryan
      June 2, 2011 at 8:18 am | #

      preposterous. they look nothing alike. but i heard amber wrote an amazi-girl sighting app.

      • Henry
        Henry
        June 2, 2011 at 1:08 pm | #

        So people can find Ultra-Car when he drives people into the Amazon and leaves them there?

        • Amazo
          Amazo
          June 2, 2011 at 1:41 pm | #

          Joe has not built Ultra-Car in this universe. Logically, Joe is Amazi-Girl. And… and Danny is Joe.

          …

          Think about it.

          • Henry
            Henry
            June 2, 2011 at 8:12 pm | #

            Mind. Blown.

  21. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    June 2, 2011 at 4:28 am | #

    Joe built Amazi-Girl and he used Dotty as a template.

    • Aslee
      Aslee
      June 2, 2011 at 11:24 am | #

      Good Lord, yes!!! And he made her brunette so no one would think it really was Dotty. His first thought when seeing Amber was: ‘Oh Crap’, not ‘Creepy’.

      • dchorror
        dchorror
        June 2, 2011 at 5:25 pm | #

        And he used Danny’s personality as a base to program her.

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          June 2, 2011 at 7:56 pm | #

          And Spider-Car will later become his new super-hero project.

        • Zem
          Zem
          June 3, 2011 at 2:09 pm | #

          It makes sense, they are both immune to rejection.

  22. NF
    NF
    June 2, 2011 at 9:37 am | #

    “politically-adjacent”

    Heh.

  23. Zem
    Zem
    June 2, 2011 at 11:39 am | #

    We should start putting name tags on those two or something. I have no idea who is talking in each panel.

    • Lesharo
      Lesharo
      June 2, 2011 at 12:57 pm | #

      I know! I can never tell which one is Joe and which one is Danny, either.

      • Zem
        Zem
        June 2, 2011 at 5:51 pm | #

        I was talking about Amber and Danny, obviously.

        Why was Amber dating Dorothy, again?

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          June 2, 2011 at 9:26 pm | #

          To provide the readers with some yuri fanservice naturally. 😛

          • Zem
            Zem
            June 3, 2011 at 2:11 pm | #

            Clone shipping. It’s the new “in” thing.

  24. Brasca1
    Brasca1
    June 2, 2011 at 3:19 pm | #

    Dan doesn’t know Amber was Amazi-Girl that night, but I wonder if Amber recognizes the boy she saved was Dan.

    • dchorror
      dchorror
      June 2, 2011 at 5:26 pm | #

      Why would she? Ultra-car is Amazi-girl, not Amber.

  25. Liberal1337
    Liberal1337
    June 2, 2011 at 3:33 pm | #

    Dude, everyone knows that Galasso is amazi girl

  26. milk experiment
    milk experiment
    June 2, 2011 at 4:29 pm | #

    Two guesses on how this will go: (1) Danny gushes about how amazing Amazi-Girl is, and Amber struggles not to blush or (2) Danny gushes but describes Amazi-Girl as a 6-foot buxom amazon, while Amber struggles not to punch him.

  27. DaniellePhantom
    DaniellePhantom
    June 2, 2011 at 5:06 pm | #

    And so the plot thickens.

  28. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    June 3, 2011 at 12:47 am | #

    I just noticed that in the first panel, Amber asks “So who is my alleged clone now” suggesting that there have been clones of her around before…. mhmmmmmmm very interesting indeed!

  29. Al the Mighty
    Al the Mighty
    June 4, 2011 at 6:39 pm | #

    Zaph and Rose are still missing in this continuity…

    • Al the Mighty
      Al the Mighty
      June 4, 2011 at 6:42 pm | #

      I forgot to mention in my comment, that Joe’s eyebrows were blown by the clone revelation and landed in Danny’s faaaaacee!!

More Asma?

View Results

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


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

David M Willis! avatar
David M Willis!
@damnyouwillis.bsky.social
damnyouwillis.bsky.social's user avatar
David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 22min
rode my bike past where my kid was at camp bike trail was 10 feet from where they were having lunch called his name, louder and louder, eventually other kids got his attention he looked at me like "...who are you?" "...I'm your DAD." i have never before felt so much like i was Stranger Danger
1
29
 
reposted by David M Willis!
alexjaffe.bsky.social's user avatar
Alex Jaffe “Alex Jaffe” Alex Jaffe @alexjaffe.bsky.social ⋅ 1h
I was wearing a Batman hat when I walked into Krispy Kreme and the woman behind the counter said “Let me guess”
4
6
81
 
reposted by David M Willis!
ti99kitty.bsky.social's user avatar
TI99Kitty @ti99kitty.bsky.social ⋅ 1h
@damnyouwillis.bsky.social
theonion.com's user avatarThe Onion @theonion.com ⋅ 5h
GE Recalls Washing Machines That Failed To Pleasure Lonely Housewives theonion.com/ge-reca...
GE Recalls Washing Machines That Failed To Pleasure Lonely Housewives
3
21
 
reposted by David M Willis!
gregsargent.bsky.social's user avatar
Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social ⋅ 4h
Good piece by @jamellebouie.net taking apart JD Vance's reprehensible immigration worldview on the substance. I'd add that JD seems to cast our admission of immigrants purely as an act of benevolence on our part, when of course that's not the story at all www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/o...
28
203
840
 
reposted by David M Willis!
davekellett.bsky.social's user avatar
Dave Kellett @davekellett.bsky.social ⋅ 21h
JOR-EL was a moron
PANEL 1: A man with spiky white hair and cream robes with a gold superman S on his chest, stands next to a blond woman wearing the same outfit. She holds a swaddled baby with a blue pacifier in it’s mouth. The man holds up a glowing green crystal.
MAN: Dear wife, look! My 18 months of work are done! I designed this one tiny crystal to hold ALL of Krypton’s knowledge!

PANEL 2: The man stands against a white background, still holding the green crystal.
MAN: AND! I designed it to build a “fortress of solitude” out of nothing but ice! AND! I designed it with fully autonomous holograms of us! They can answer any question!

PANEL 3: The man slaps his hand on a metal object next to him, which his wife looks on happily, holding the infant.
MAN: AND! It slots right into this interstellar starship I designed to go to Earth!
WOMAN: And you designed it with three seats, right?

PANEL 4: The man bites his lower lip, eyes wide in regret. His wife yells at him.
WOMAN: …YOU DESIGNED IT WITH THREE SEATS, RIGHT?!?

———
Want 5,000 more comics like this? Join us at Patreon.com/sheldoncomics for the *FULL* Sheldon archives, art giveaways, fun community, and more! Sheldon Comics copyright Dave Kellett. Colors by Beth Reidmiller
2
43
142
 
reposted by David M Willis!
feralcommie.bsky.social's user avatar
Feral Millennial Communists of Late Stage Capitalism @feralcommie.bsky.social ⋅ 6d
Harsh, but fair
To teach my kids a lesson about socialism, I gave all my kids a list of chores that I thought they could handle, but set their allowances at the same level. 

Then I had the CIA murder me and install a puppet dad.
45
652
3514
 
reposted by David M Willis!
wackd.bsky.social's user avatar
Wack'd @wackd.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
"what do you ship in #dumbingofage? joyce/dorothy? joyce/joe? dorothy/walky?" i am so glad you asked
a complicated diagram of romantic and sexual relationships, including
- joyce/dorothy
- joyce/joe
- dorothy/walky 
- an arrow pointing from dorothy to joe with an angry face
- arrows pointing between joyce and walky with a meh face
- arrows pointing between dorothy and jennifer with an angry face and sweat drops
- arrows pointing between jennifer and ruth with the lyrics to
6
4
42
 
damnyouwillis.bsky.social's user avatar
David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 3h
Not sure where I am
7
24
 
reposted by David M Willis!
bransonreese.bsky.social's user avatar
Branson Reese @bransonreese.bsky.social ⋅ 15h
"...I cancelled the show but I stand by my decision"
Tweet from Variety:
6
12
230
 
reposted by David M Willis!
ryanestrada.com's user avatar
Ryan Estrada @ryanestrada.com ⋅ 8h
I hope Josh Johnson is given The Daily Show and is allowed to rebuild it from scratch in his own image just like Jon Stewart got to do in 99. He has built his own groundbreaking form of topical comedy, and imitating the style of others is something he is great at, but better than.
10
32
314
 
damnyouwillis.bsky.social's user avatar
David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 15h
thinking about how mario's head has stayed the exact same size his entire life, while princess peach's head has shrunk on its way into adulthood
damnyouwillis.bsky.social's user avatarDavid M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 17h
do you think Mario, Luigi, and the Princesses have, like, existential crises about the baby versions of themselves also just casually being next to them in all the races like I would be having ego death right now, not leaping triumphantly
4
9
86
 
damnyouwillis.bsky.social's user avatar
David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 16h
Dumbing of Age: "Take stock" www.dumbingofage.com/2025/comic/b... #webcomics #webcomic
www.dumbingofage.com
Take stock
6
7
62
 
damnyouwillis.bsky.social's user avatar
David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 17h
do you think Mario, Luigi, and the Princesses have, like, existential crises about the baby versions of themselves also just casually being next to them in all the races like I would be having ego death right now, not leaping triumphantly
14
10
113
 
damnyouwillis.bsky.social's user avatar
David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 17h
y'know not sure I trust the impartiality of a race track that has a giant statue of one of the guys I'm racing against
3
3
50
 
damnyouwillis.bsky.social's user avatar
David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 17h
For July's first bonus strip, folks voted for DEXTER and MONKEY MASTER! For world domination! Read this bonus strip and hundreds of previous at the Dumbing of Age Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-... and remember you can always pledge up to read tomorrow's strip 👀
dexter and monkey master decline, apparently, to take over the world
2
3
43
 
reposted by David M Willis!
emotion-engine.bsky.social's user avatar
The Emotion Engine @emotion-engine.bsky.social ⋅ 9d
Good news for the people still circulating this post: it is now a real t-shirt you can purchase and wear to let the world know you take responsibility for the actions of fictional characters:
emotion-engine.bsky.social's user avatarThe Emotion Engine @emotion-engine.bsky.social ⋅ 9d
Normally I’d let this sort of thing just die out but an alarming amount of you have asked where you can buy this and my wife had to have an emergency surgery the day before I made this, so here is my chance to live the American Dream (selling print-on-demand shirts to pay down medical debt)
18
43
 
reposted by David M Willis!
goronamber.bsky.social's user avatar
amber @goronamber.bsky.social ⋅ 20h
I just wanna post this in the comments bsky.app/profile/emot...
emotion-engine.bsky.social's user avatarThe Emotion Engine @emotion-engine.bsky.social ⋅ 13d
Working on a t-shirt to sell to the weird people that show up in your mentions every time you talk about enjoying something that has crime or impure thought in it.
A stock photo of a man holding a phone wearing a shirt that says “I PERSONALLY ENDORSE EVERY BAD THING IN THE MEDIA I WATCH. MAY THEIR CRIMES ONE DAY BE MY OWN”
1
5
25
 
reposted by David M Willis!
generaltekno.bttoons.com's user avatar
Tekno 😈🌐👑🇨🇦 | TEAM FOSSILS @generaltekno.bttoons.com ⋅ 1d
Someone leaked the entire unreleased Micronauts animated series to archive.org All 52 episodes Yes they FULLY FINISHED a Micronauts cartoon in the early 2020s and mothballed it
vangelus.bsky.social's user avatarVangelus @vangelus.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
tested ep1 of Micronauts, skipped to the credits so I could see every name of every crew member who put in so much work with the expectation that anybody would ever see the thing they did as part of their vocation in a creative field, working in service of what should be a reliable client & partner
9
98
164
 
reposted by David M Willis!
vangelus.bsky.social's user avatar
Vangelus @vangelus.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
tested ep1 of Micronauts, skipped to the credits so I could see every name of every crew member who put in so much work with the expectation that anybody would ever see the thing they did as part of their vocation in a creative field, working in service of what should be a reliable client & partner
9
24
119
 
reposted by David M Willis!
wackd.bsky.social's user avatar
Wack'd @wackd.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
gotta go back to the original tagline
1
1
42
 
damnyouwillis.bsky.social's user avatar
David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
admittedly, i might be arriving at a little annoyance on behalf of anyone responded to ever with "WELL it's not called SMARTING of age" because that's become a lot, i think the fork might be in that one, it's done
5
1
94
 
damnyouwillis.bsky.social's user avatar
David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
the people have spoken
3
1
75
 
reposted by David M Willis!
senatormeow.bsky.social's user avatar
Senator Meow @senatormeow.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
they're selling twink dongs at the grocery store now
Hostess Ding Dongs x Twinkies mashup with delicious Twinkies cake covered in Ding Dongs fudge
68
1096
3011
 
damnyouwillis.bsky.social's user avatar
David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
today in #9chickweedlane i learned that "how to lie" is not, actually, achieved by cupping the balls, despite the evidence of the entirety of the first panel, but by some other giant pile of words i guess, tl;dr
7
2
32
 
reposted by David M Willis!
louisathelast.bsky.social's user avatar
Louisa @louisathelast.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
“It’s not me who’s a bigot,” they always argue. “I’m fine with all you people. But the rest of the electorate is full of bigots, on whose behalf I will now speak”
19
113
 
reposted by David M Willis!
beetlemoses.bsky.social's user avatar
beetle moses @beetlemoses.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
7
291
2135
 
damnyouwillis.bsky.social's user avatar
David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
Same, Dunkin, same
2
31
158
 
reposted by David M Willis!
kevinmkruse.bsky.social's user avatar
Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
factpostnews.bsky.social's user avatarFactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
House Republicans have shut down floor votes and will likely adjourn for 6 weeks to avoid voting for the release of the Epstein files.
40
219
964
 
damnyouwillis.bsky.social's user avatar
David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
😬 Rainbow Friends
1
3
34
 
reposted by David M Willis!
lukeknox.me's user avatar
Luke Knox @lukeknox.me ⋅ 2d
this is why layout matters
video thumbnail
33
542
2581
 

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