W-wait, not insinuating that gay people or gay teens are pathetic, or anything! Just that…coming out is hard and it tends to contribute to sadness and drama?
Oh god that could’ve been so much better worded, I am so so sorry.
Don’t feel too bad. Being a teenager does mean that he’s much less likely to have the emotional tools to deal with all the drama surrounding his coming out, and we DO know that there’s drama, so we’ll let you slide.
It feels like this conversation came out of nowhere, like the floodgates suddenly broke just because she didn’t feel like hanging out on their second Saturday since starting school.
Yeah, the time isn’t up for interpretation, Willis has confirmed on a number of occasions that each story-line is directly tied to a single day (at least for the time being). Pajama Jeans – that’s bloody Saturday. We’re six-days into DOA, folks.
It feels like that to me too, but if you think about it, damn near every time we see Ethan and Amber he’s nagging her about not getting out more or paying attention to him and Mike. Doesn’t seem like a lot spread out over a year, but this is still week 1 for them. In that context, this makes perfect sense.
Wait, Ethan and Amber full-on dated in this universe? Either I missed that or nobody noticed that revelation. I can see how having your boy/girlfriend admit to actually being gay would throw you for a loop.
Yeah, but the mention of the “hotel room after prom” suggests to me that they were going as something more than two friends.
Though given that I had a singularly boring high school existence and never went to an afterparty or had a date for prom, I know nothing of the matter.
Hey David, just noticed your con list on the right doesn’t include C2E2 in April. Passing on that? I think it’s April 13-15. Discount pricing expires Dec 31, and I’m debating buying a ticket now or not.
Parking is truly a bongo. Do you just mean at the convention center, or also at whatever hotel you’re staying at? If just the center, I could have worked something out for you. We can discuss late next year when the 2013 show starts ramping up.
I like the ‘Ethan emotionally frustrated! Ethan SMASH!’ vibe coming off him in the final panel. Though I also get the sense he couldn’t tear a sheet of paper. And he’d feel bad about it after if he did.
Yes, yes, yes, and no. The characters are drawn from Willis’ earlier series’; Roomies, It’s Walky, and Shortpacked!. But at the same time it has nothing to do with any previous title.
Indeed! Enjoy the archives for those if you haven’t yet (start with Roomies! first). You don’t need to know any of it but it will help unlock Secret Inside Jokes, though I don’t know of anybody who has yet received a toy surprise…
I like that Ethan’s got a Transformers Animated poster in his dorm room. This Ethan probably never watched Beast Wars, now that I think about it— but TFA aired at the same point in DOA Ethan’s life that BW did for SP Ethan. Well played.
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And Mike shows amazing restraint.
It’s not restraint. People already feel awful, so Mike’s just conserving energy and watching.
But Mike is everything you don’t want him to be.
Like right now he’s not helping at all.
3 mikes talking about mike? the trinity(of hate)?
Mike is a force of nature. Mike is everywhere at once.
Especially with your mom and her nickels.
I prefer the taste of lamb over scapegoat anyday.
Haaaaa!
Clever.
Fish tastes better than lamb any day except for burgers.
I dunno. Fish seems awful fishy to me…
What about Brahmin Steaks? You gotta watch out for those RADS, though.
Aw the conversation is making her hair sad in panel 2.
Hah! Good eye! :<
She needs a hug. From my penis.
Your penis has arms? OOOOOOH!
Either that, or it’s as long as an elephant’s trunk.
Elephant penises are prehensile, so that might be possible.
In your FAAAAAAACE!
Between your femurs
… They are? O_o
Holy f**k, dude.
I thought that was dolphins.
Me too.
It’s both.
Quite a few large mammals that might have trouble getting things lined up have that feature.
This Ethan seems even more pathetic than Shortpacked Ethan. And that’s saying something.
He’s a gay teenager. That’s like +20 pathetic points, right there!
W-wait, not insinuating that gay people or gay teens are pathetic, or anything! Just that…coming out is hard and it tends to contribute to sadness and drama?
Oh god that could’ve been so much better worded, I am so so sorry.
Don’t feel too bad. Being a teenager does mean that he’s much less likely to have the emotional tools to deal with all the drama surrounding his coming out, and we DO know that there’s drama, so we’ll let you slide.
All teenagers deserve to be insulted. Gay people are by definition people, and thus likewise deserve to be insulted.
Eh. You’re not far wrong, speaking as a gay teenager.
Wait — Ethan’s gay?
Not gonna lie, I thought I *was* reading Shortpacked!!
It feels like this conversation came out of nowhere, like the floodgates suddenly broke just because she didn’t feel like hanging out on their second Saturday since starting school.
Isn’t this their first weekend? I think everyone moved in on Sunday, although I suppose it’s possible it’s been a whole week.
I could’ve sworn that many many months ago we were all “oh wow it’s barely friday!” I’m trying to be generous with time lol
Yeah, the time isn’t up for interpretation, Willis has confirmed on a number of occasions that each story-line is directly tied to a single day (at least for the time being). Pajama Jeans – that’s bloody Saturday. We’re six-days into DOA, folks.
Read this strip from April 13, and the next one. Remember this is still the first week of school.
http://www.dumbingofage.com/2011/comic/book-1/04-the-bechdel-test/attention/
It feels like that to me too, but if you think about it, damn near every time we see Ethan and Amber he’s nagging her about not getting out more or paying attention to him and Mike. Doesn’t seem like a lot spread out over a year, but this is still week 1 for them. In that context, this makes perfect sense.
Damn, Ethan’s grandfather must have been absolutely wild. I may have some issues( the issues are already sorted by the way) but damn.
It took me a couple of reads to get what you meant here. No, not that kind of nasty. Pervert.
No, I meant that Ethan’s grandfather went ballistic.
Yeah, pervert. lol
I don’t mean it that way.
I figured you’d see I was pointing at Rognik in concurrence with you =]
Sob.
Wait, Ethan and Amber full-on dated in this universe? Either I missed that or nobody noticed that revelation. I can see how having your boy/girlfriend admit to actually being gay would throw you for a loop.
I read it more that they were best friends and she helped him control the lashing of his family when he came out.
They went to prom together at the very least: http://www.dumbingofage.com/2011/comic/book-1/04-the-bechdel-test/attention/ I suppose that counts as dating.
I wasn’t dating the girl I went to prom with. Also we never spoke again after prom. And I’ve forgotten her name.
Yeah, but the mention of the “hotel room after prom” suggests to me that they were going as something more than two friends.
Though given that I had a singularly boring high school existence and never went to an afterparty or had a date for prom, I know nothing of the matter.
Hey David, just noticed your con list on the right doesn’t include C2E2 in April. Passing on that? I think it’s April 13-15. Discount pricing expires Dec 31, and I’m debating buying a ticket now or not.
Yeah, I’m not gonna do C2E2. Maybe if parking weren’t a billion dollars!
Which reminds me, are you planning on going to the new Lexington Comic-Con?
That I do not know.
Parking is truly a bongo. Do you just mean at the convention center, or also at whatever hotel you’re staying at? If just the center, I could have worked something out for you. We can discuss late next year when the 2013 show starts ramping up.
Both, you see. Parking at the hotel, then moving to the convention center, and back. There are no in-and-out privileges.
So you spend $80 a day just to stow your car somewhere, and then nobody at the show wants to buy anything! C2E2 was not a profitable show for me.
Hehe… In-and-out priveleges…
There’s plenty of in and out privledges at a hotel.
Sure, but it still costs $80’s a day!
And that’s not counting the girl!
…wait, what are we talking about again?
Whereas in-and-out privileges with your mom only cost a nickel.
Well, SOMEBODY had to say it…
Yeah, your mom did.
I feel for Amber. Helping with damage control is hard enough, I can’t imagine how the family would treat the last girlfriend before Ethan came out.
I’m surprised that Mike seems NOT to be angry.
He’s still checking out Amber’s butt.
Looks to me like he’s checking out Ethan’s butt.
/confirmationbias
/whyamIsoobsessedwithshippingthosetwo
Is there a betting pool for when this becomes canon?
Yes. Except instead of putting money you put your hopes and dreams in the kitty.
And if it doesn’t happen, Mike crushes your hopes and dreams for a delicious meal.
Somebody wants to get wronged real good, *if you know what I mean.
If you mean she wants to get wronged until she has a good scapegoat, I know what you mean.
Wait, is this a euphemism? Because “having a good scapegoat” deserves to be a synonym for “orgasm.”
“Ha, ha! He got her goat!”
That could work.
I like the ‘Ethan emotionally frustrated! Ethan SMASH!’ vibe coming off him in the final panel. Though I also get the sense he couldn’t tear a sheet of paper. And he’d feel bad about it after if he did.
mike needs his own memes
Why? He can get memes from your mom for a nickel.
ROFL
The next page: Mike fixes everything by departing a piece of sage wisdom in the way only he can.
O_O Whoa…Deja vu *had this moment as well*
Wow…is Mike showing concern?! Because if this Mike is anything like Shortpacked!’s Mike; thats a Mike concerned face. Holy flip!
he could be slightly buzzed, I don’t know. either way this is not right for mike!
It’s almost like this Mike is ominous just because we don’t know yet if he’s really ominous or not.
Mike is concerned.
We should be concerned.
Concerned Mike = concern
Mike is concerned… he’s also turned his head toward Ethan.
They are so a couple.
Mike seems to be staring out through the fourth wall with an expression that says “can you believe this garbage?”
Well he *tried* to “wrong” her on prom night, but he just wasn’t able to do it. All that lead up but no show… it’s no wonder she’s frustrated!
All she needs is a good scapegoat.
Mike is clearly baffled by a display of hyoo-mon “emotion”.
Also I dearly love eyebrows that obscure eyeglasses when making expressions.
… so was there a comic series before this one or what?
Yes, yes, yes, and no. The characters are drawn from Willis’ earlier series’; Roomies, It’s Walky, and Shortpacked!. But at the same time it has nothing to do with any previous title.
It’s special!
Like beardy Spock.
By the way, a prog band called themselves Spock’s Beard. Just saying.
cool! Thank you sir/ma’am I appreciate the info.
Indeed! Enjoy the archives for those if you haven’t yet (start with Roomies! first). You don’t need to know any of it but it will help unlock Secret Inside Jokes, though I don’t know of anybody who has yet received a toy surprise…
Mike gave your mom a toy surprise…
Oh God, I can’t stop…
OW. This was a painful strip to read. 🙁
(Now do more)
Am I the only one here who LOVES Ethan’s shirt?
It’s one shirt I can’t sell myself! Stupid intellectual property laws!
Yeah, I suppose in the comic is fair use.
That’s too bad. This shirt just stands up and says “I’m Batman”.
Why can’t you sell shirts of Monochrome Pointy-eared Not-rodent Man?
I like that Ethan’s got a Transformers Animated poster in his dorm room. This Ethan probably never watched Beast Wars, now that I think about it— but TFA aired at the same point in DOA Ethan’s life that BW did for SP Ethan. Well played.
No, wait, this is Amber’s room, isn’t it? Interesting.
I know, I was wondering about that myself. Now is it Amber’s or Dina’s?
it is amber’s room, but i like to think it’s still ethan’s poster.