I played WoW for about 3 days, and all I did was kill spiders. I’d hope that Amber would be past the initial spiders and on to something a little more threatening what with all that Tweeting about playing SO MUCH WoW…
Funny thing about that, when I made the post initiall it showed Mary, but then when I came back it was changed to Ethan. Probably a coincidence, but sure is a funny one.
Yep, same here, what with the sudden scene change from gender class and the sudden first appearance of Ethan.
…It’s weird. For some reason, I really didn’t expect Ethan to appear in DoA at all. Especially not as a student. He still looks like a twenty-something-going-on-thirty to me.
So, how does Mike know Ethan in this universe? Moreover, even if they know each other from home, they’re not rooming together and they don’t have the same job. Why is Mike interacting with Ethan?
Alright then, take that reverse it. Why does Ethan hang out with Mike? I’d say he had a crush if it weren’t for Willis saying he wasn’t about to retread old story arcs.
Then again, Amber’s still a computer addict, so you never know. (I hope she doesn’t displace Alex in this universe, or better yet I hope they end up together.)
It’s TOTALLY obvious. Amber already knew Ethan, Ethan is already gay, Amber used gaydar on Mike, Amber is trying to shove them together. Or has. … If I’m right, I don’t know if I’m happy or sad.
I’d just like to award Amber the most prestigious thing the Arachnophobic Society can give out: the Killing Spiders Medallion. Amber, thanks to your efforts to kill spiders real, virtual, and imagined, the eight-legged terror has suffered another blow and someday, hopefully, they will suffer a defeat the likes of which they can never recover from. For every spider killed, countless generations of spiders will not be born, so remember to always kill every spider you see.
Insects would be next to go, but Spiders need to come first since only a fool would try to fight a two-front war against enemies who literally outnumbers your species a billion to one. It’s a strategy I like to call ‘Divide and Conquer’.
Wouldn’t it make more sense to wage war on the insects first? Then, deprived of their food source, the spiders will not be able to put up much of a fight.
No, Willis said he discovered he was gay in high school and is far away from the closet. I’d dig up the FormSpring post where he said it, but I’m lazy.
I totally thought this was Shortpacked! looking at it for a moment. Then I got confused because I realized I had just looked at the Shortpacked! Thanksgiving strip before coming here. Then I noticed they are were dressed weird.
Ugh, you mean the second most annoying mobs besides the ones that blow up. =_= But then again, I doubt that those spiders would take so long to kill. XD
I’m loving Ethan’s costume. I have trouble seeing him in anything besides a green collared buttondown, and of course his undershirt’s got the Batman logo on it.
Really? Because I was gonna comment on how out of place Ethan looks. Amber and Mike look subtly younger. Ethan looks like he walked out of Shortpacked, changed clothes and walked over to this strip.
I’m betting that Mike met Amber playing WoW. There’s not much more misery on the planet that can be caused by ganking people constantly while they’re trying to get their quests done.
This has caused me to wonder something I’ve never wondered before. How old is Ethan compared to the others in the cast? Somehow in the scene, I picture him as the oldest of the group, whereas before I kinda thought he was the same age.
He can just be the oldest of the freshmen. Around the time these guys would have been in Kindergarten, there was a fad of moms holding boys back a year so that they would be biggest/strongest/smartest kids in the class. Interestingly enough, 2/3 of the people I personally know that that happened to make Ethan look straight.
Amber’s evolution into Walky’s Fanbase’s Perfect Spank Fodder continues anew. Gamer! Introvert! Superhero! Glasses! Totally socially inept (but would probably put out if you got her drunk while watching torrented rips of MST3K)!
No, there is no Faz because Amber’s dad is like an American version of James Bond (Who is not Indiana Jones) and interrogates the wives of the Korean Mafia by sleeping with them, and then killing them after he gets the information he wants so they can’t come after him later. Which is exactly what James Bond SHOULD do, it is a lot less problematic that way…
I doubt Mike, Ethan and Amber are all roommates. All campuses that I know of have segregation by gender as far as dorms go. Plus, we already know Walky has Mike for a roommate, so that throws that out the window…
My dorm was you know, boys in one room girls in another, but the floor itself was mixed. Of course it probably helped to have out own private bathrooms.
I kind of messed up (and forgot) with the roommate remark. Ups.
But, I was going more of…a ‘sexual’ sleeping with, as we now know all three Shortpacked triangle (can we call it that?) exist and are friends(?).
Does Mike beds Ethan or Amber…or none, and he is a grumpy asexual? <..>…. <.<
shame someone brought him up being the dean before i posted my comment, but him being the dean is way scarier than being a professor. Heck, I think I’m going to have nightmares tonight. And combine that with all the food I ate today. Ugh.
It occurred to me: I hope this means Drew is around. I like him. He reminds me of my best friend’s boyfriend. My best friend’s room looks remarkably like Ethan’s does (did?) and although his boyfriend didn’t make him clean it up, there was this moment of panic in his (the boyfriend’s) eyes when he first saw it.
Is it just me, or does Amber look… smaller than we’re used to seeing her? Maybe it’s because the Amber of DoA is younger than the Amber of Shortpacked!, but she just feels small compared to previous appearances, but I can’t quite put my finger on why she seems that way. I want to say that she looks thinner, maybe? Maybe a result of all that excercise she gets running around, kicking people in the face, and climbing onto gazebos?
I think its a result of all her vigilante activity. She’s obviously not doing the Amazi-Girl as simply an imaginary costume she came up with for fun or Halloween. She’s doing the hero thing pro, so she’s probably being working out more.
And you have to admit, the WoW player thing is a good secret identity cover. Who’d expect someone addicted to that game to be a real and effective vigilante?
I think this is a regular occurence for Ethan and Mike. I mean either Mike knew he’d need it, or else he’s been carrying around several pounds of iron for a “Just In Case” situation. I think the latter is unlikely due to how quickly he loaded his book into Walky’s bag after class.
This strip makes me realize that DoA is like a reverse version of the theme from “Welcome Back Kotter”. The names are the same, but the dreams seem to have gone in different directions.
All I could think when I read this was ‘I wonder what game she’s playing? I want to play that game’ even though the only thing I knew about it is that in it you kill spiders. I don’t even have anything against spiders. That is what makes it strange.
Alright, so Ethan, Mike, and Amber were all friends in highschool. You know what this means…
Mike is Amazigirl.
Amber makes up Amazigirl. Mike finds drawings. Mike makes costume and goes out as Amazigirl to beat up punks.
Because Mike’s a dick.
His costume is designed to make it obvious that Amazigirl is Amber so Amber gets in trouble for punk-beating hijinks.
Mikes gets to beat people up as much as he wants.
Mike gets to live out a fantasy Amber would give anything to live out.
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I have that Batman shirt!
I wish I had that Batman Shirt!
I wish I had a shirt!
I don’t wish you had a shirt!
Crowbars are for crabs Mike. You should save it for the sluts.
Sluts like your mom, who can be had for a nickel?
If she could be had for a nickel, then she would be no slut. She would be a prostitute.
Looks like Amber has found the joys of The Sundering.
[nerd] You mean The Shattering; The Sundering was some thousand years ago. [/nerd]
I just figured she was playing some new game on FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACEbook.
This was me in may.
I played WoW for about 3 days, and all I did was kill spiders. I’d hope that Amber would be past the initial spiders and on to something a little more threatening what with all that Tweeting about playing SO MUCH WoW…
I’ve got several 80s and still occasionally waste time killing spiders for mats.
If she’s farming it doesn’t matter what level she is, and that’s very “real” wowish.
Indeed. Also perhaps she was running one of the many spider-like bosses in WotLK.
A wild Ethan appears!
Yeah, and he’s your Icon
Funny thing about that, when I made the post initiall it showed Mary, but then when I came back it was changed to Ethan. Probably a coincidence, but sure is a funny one.
Ethan!
And even in this universe, Mike is the connecting link to the Walky/Roomies and Shortpacked casts.
Aaaand we’re right back to Mike as the Gravatar. MY, what a cycle that was. Can’t wait for the next to happen.
I’m Dinahsaur now! In your FAAAAAAACE!
Almost as though it was planned that way!
I got confused and thought this was Shortpacked for a minute.
Good to know I wasn’t the only one! Honestly thought I clicked on Shortpacked by mistake, kind of did a double-take.
I did the same thing.
Well, I only ever visit DoA via Shortpacked, but I was still confuzzled.
Me too. I had to double check 😀
Wait, who am I?!
Dun dun dunnnn!
Jeph Jacques :p
Same here.
Also, yay for Ethan!
Lol, i felt the same thing.
“Did I error clicked?”
Yep, same here, what with the sudden scene change from gender class and the sudden first appearance of Ethan.
…It’s weird. For some reason, I really didn’t expect Ethan to appear in DoA at all. Especially not as a student. He still looks like a twenty-something-going-on-thirty to me.
It’s the hair. I think he needs a cut. XD
So, how does Mike know Ethan in this universe? Moreover, even if they know each other from home, they’re not rooming together and they don’t have the same job. Why is Mike interacting with Ethan?
BecauseshutyerFAAAAAAAAAAACE!
{I’m Head Alien. Seeing him will be a constant reminder that my snark is inadequate.}
Your FAAAAAAAAAACE is inadequate
:p
Because it gives him a chance to painfully tear Amber away from her computer. Mike will do anything to cause pain.
Alright then, take that reverse it. Why does Ethan hang out with Mike? I’d say he had a crush if it weren’t for Willis saying he wasn’t about to retread old story arcs.
Then again, Amber’s still a computer addict, so you never know. (I hope she doesn’t displace Alex in this universe, or better yet I hope they end up together.)
I had entirely forgotten about Alex, I hope he shows up at some point.
If you knew Mike, would you willingly room with him?
Walky’s his roomie, though, so Ethan is chosing to be around him outside of class. Ethan must be a masochist in this universe.)
Isn’t Ethan a masochist in Shortpacked!? Also, is Mike going to pry her out of her seat or smash her computer.
Maybe Amber is the connection? Twitter says she knows Mike in this universe already; Maybe she introduced him and Ethan?
It’s TOTALLY obvious. Amber already knew Ethan, Ethan is already gay, Amber used gaydar on Mike, Amber is trying to shove them together. Or has. … If I’m right, I don’t know if I’m happy or sad.
Maybe they all worked at a toy store together in high school.
Maybe. It would be hilarious, if hazardous to one’s health, FAAAAAAACE, or Mom.
Seeing as how his jerkassery seems to tone down a bit for each series he appears in… no.
I’d just like to award Amber the most prestigious thing the Arachnophobic Society can give out: the Killing Spiders Medallion. Amber, thanks to your efforts to kill spiders real, virtual, and imagined, the eight-legged terror has suffered another blow and someday, hopefully, they will suffer a defeat the likes of which they can never recover from. For every spider killed, countless generations of spiders will not be born, so remember to always kill every spider you see.
Sincerely:
Me, your local Arachnophobia Representative
The hordes of insects spared their spidery fates agree!
Insects would be next to go, but Spiders need to come first since only a fool would try to fight a two-front war against enemies who literally outnumbers your species a billion to one. It’s a strategy I like to call ‘Divide and Conquer’.
Wouldn’t it make more sense to wage war on the insects first? Then, deprived of their food source, the spiders will not be able to put up much of a fight.
One second. Killing FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE
Maybe Ethan is still straight in this universe?
No, Willis said he discovered he was gay in high school and is far away from the closet. I’d dig up the FormSpring post where he said it, but I’m lazy.
mike is moar likely to say: One second. Your mom.
I totally thought this was Shortpacked! looking at it for a moment. Then I got confused because I realized I had just looked at the Shortpacked! Thanksgiving strip before coming here. Then I noticed they are were dressed weird.
Yeah, there’s my play-by-play.
Exactly my experience o_o
Mine too.
The Amber avatar shall be mine!
…damnit.
You know you can set these manually right?
But where’s the fun in that?
Exactly. Joyce represent!
Not much but who are we to judge?
Yeah I like the randomness of who I end up as.
Anybody else really hope she’s playing Minecraft?
There are spiders in minecraft?
In the paid version, yeah. They’re giant and killable.
Ugh, you mean the second most annoying mobs besides the ones that blow up. =_= But then again, I doubt that those spiders would take so long to kill. XD
Minecrafters represent 😀 !
SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSuper.
woot woot!
I love Minecraft! It really sucks though when your first click is a 7, ‘cuz then you only have one square you can click that won’t end the game. ;_;
That’s Minesweeper you’re thinking of.
Actually, in that case you are statistically better off picking an entirely random spot elsewhere.
I’ve always wanted to create a Minesweeper odds calculator. Maybe I’ll get around to it over break.
I’m loving Ethan’s costume. I have trouble seeing him in anything besides a green collared buttondown, and of course his undershirt’s got the Batman logo on it.
I like how shirt/jeans is a costume 😛
In fiction, anything worn by anyone qualifies as a costume when referred to in an out-of-universe context. At least, that’s always how I’ve seen it.
I love Mike’s expression. Actually, I think I just love Mike’s FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE.
*Uses Mike’s crowbar to smash the FAAAACE! meme into itty bits*
In Soviet Russia, meme smashes your FAAAAAAAAAAACE!
She probably hasn’t moved from that chair the whole time. Not once. Not even to kick random bullies.
I see what you’re getting at there.
It’s because she’s secretly…SPIDER-CAR!
AMBER! …and ETHAN!
Also, it’s “Mike and me” not “Mike and I”
A couple weeks of English 101 will whip that out of him.
Didn’t work on me.
You mean “Didn’t work on I.”
Wait a minute…
no
No it won’t. Probably end up re-enforcing it, even if the prof tries to fix it.
It’s “MikeandYourMom”. Check the twitter page.
Oh, I was planning to saying that. Amazed that nobody said it earlier.
Amber has a ladder to her loft that isnt touching the floor.
I remember that thing. It’s not a ladder. It’s like a stupid design for the express purpose of hitting one’s head on it.
I like how subtly younger they all look.
Really? Because I was gonna comment on how out of place Ethan looks. Amber and Mike look subtly younger. Ethan looks like he walked out of Shortpacked, changed clothes and walked over to this strip.
I agree! Ethan looks the same, but somehow Amber looks that just a bit younger. That’s pretty subtle drawing there (for Amber at least).
Mike wants to kill the spiders with his crowbar obviously.
Ethan could get a crush on Walky! That’d be funny.
Congratulations, you’ve now implanted a Walky/Ethan coupling in my mind.
My boner and I are now confused thanks to you.
You’re welcome 😀
Now go write a fanfic or something!
I’m betting that Mike met Amber playing WoW. There’s not much more misery on the planet that can be caused by ganking people constantly while they’re trying to get their quests done.
ooh, yeah I hated that
This has caused me to wonder something I’ve never wondered before. How old is Ethan compared to the others in the cast? Somehow in the scene, I picture him as the oldest of the group, whereas before I kinda thought he was the same age.
In DoA, Ethan is a freshman, same as 80% of the rest of the cast.
You like em young eh, Mr. Willis? 😛
Your mom likes them young.
Dang, Mike avatar went away.
That is so less effective when coming from Leslie.
It made me laugh instead of the normal reaction to Mike avatars, which is ignore them…
He can just be the oldest of the freshmen. Around the time these guys would have been in Kindergarten, there was a fad of moms holding boys back a year so that they would be biggest/strongest/smartest kids in the class. Interestingly enough, 2/3 of the people I personally know that that happened to make Ethan look straight.
Gamer girl by day, masked vigilante by night?
Best. Superhero. Ever.
Amber’s evolution into Walky’s Fanbase’s Perfect Spank Fodder continues anew. Gamer! Introvert! Superhero! Glasses! Totally socially inept (but would probably put out if you got her drunk while watching torrented rips of MST3K)!
She is Fan Service brought to life.
That explains why I’m mildly turned on by this strip.
Really? I see her as someone I’d never date (even if I weren’t married and she were gay).
Does anyone know exactly when she does any schoolwork? You know, between being a WoW addict and her hours at night as Spider-Car.
…………. What an inside joke
Of course, now that Ethan is a part of this universe, it’s only a matter of time before Faz shows up.
I demand Faz nao. Give us the sexy Faz… Why wasn’t he in Gender Studies as the TA?!?!?! >.> That would have been, like, PERFECT!
There’s no Faz in this universe because Amber’s dad didn’t screw around with Koreans.
Or maybe he got shot in the FAAAAAACE by the Korean mafia when Amber was young, motivating her to become Amazi-Girl!
No, there is no Faz because Amber’s dad is like an American version of James Bond (Who is not Indiana Jones) and interrogates the wives of the Korean Mafia by sleeping with them, and then killing them after he gets the information he wants so they can’t come after him later. Which is exactly what James Bond SHOULD do, it is a lot less problematic that way…
Sexy Faz? Isn’t that an oxymoron?
Whoo! Ethan! Also, Amber! Shortpacked! characters give me a firmer latching point than the Roomies/Walky ones.
And immediately I wonder what server she’s on. (This post may or may not be solely to see what my avatar is.)
Guh, seeing the Shortpacked cast in their own DoA strip right after reading Shortpacked was incredibly surreal.
seconded
It’s not just A crowbar, it’s THE crowbar. Mike has done this before.
Fuuny thing.
I so wonder now with this update with whom does Mike sleeps/is in pair? (especially if they are all three roomates)
I doubt Mike, Ethan and Amber are all roommates. All campuses that I know of have segregation by gender as far as dorms go. Plus, we already know Walky has Mike for a roommate, so that throws that out the window…
My dorm was you know, boys in one room girls in another, but the floor itself was mixed. Of course it probably helped to have out own private bathrooms.
I kind of messed up (and forgot) with the roommate remark. Ups.
But, I was going more of…a ‘sexual’ sleeping with, as we now know all three Shortpacked triangle (can we call it that?) exist and are friends(?).
Does Mike beds Ethan or Amber…or none, and he is a grumpy asexual? <..>…. <.<
He’s Walky’s roommate, that’s how he was introduced.
I wonder how Ethan, Mike and Amber knew eachother before this series?
Excuse me, Mr Willis, but why don’t we have Mike’s cast entry even though he appeared like 10 times ?
(Mike gravatar, of course.) Thank you, Willis ! (Wait…)
Alt U Shortpacked crew!
Glorious!
Personally I think Ethan looks fine, he isn’t necessarily older, just bigger and with a defined jaw line.
So…. will Galasso be a Toys R Us manager in this universe?
I’m still going with his being a dean. That would be awesome.
What if he’s a PROFESSOR in this universe?!? AAAUGH!!!!
Professor? Hah, he’s the DEAN!!!
In case anyone is wondering, I got tired of the mutating avatar, this is the usual one I use.
Ooops, almost forgot;
In your FAAAAAACE!
shame someone brought him up being the dean before i posted my comment, but him being the dean is way scarier than being a professor. Heck, I think I’m going to have nightmares tonight. And combine that with all the food I ate today. Ugh.
YAY ETHAN!
It should be fun to see this trio around college.
0.o
… This… Is… DoA, right?
Thank God, I thought I was in the wrong spot.
It occurred to me: I hope this means Drew is around. I like him. He reminds me of my best friend’s boyfriend. My best friend’s room looks remarkably like Ethan’s does (did?) and although his boyfriend didn’t make him clean it up, there was this moment of panic in his (the boyfriend’s) eyes when he first saw it.
Also, my Gravatar should eat something. Jeez.
And suddenly the question of who should/might be Ethan’s roommate is answered! 😀
Amber looks hotter in black
Agreed
And cue Ironic Icon Changes. Love it.
I’m waiting to hear some Jimmy Wits jokes now.
And anticipating new gravatar.
My wish came true!
In your face, Ruth.
You’re supposed to say it like this:
“In your FAAAAAAAAAACE, Ruth.”
This is DOA man! DOA!!! FAAAAAAAACE!
Is it just me, or does Amber look… smaller than we’re used to seeing her? Maybe it’s because the Amber of DoA is younger than the Amber of Shortpacked!, but she just feels small compared to previous appearances, but I can’t quite put my finger on why she seems that way. I want to say that she looks thinner, maybe? Maybe a result of all that excercise she gets running around, kicking people in the face, and climbing onto gazebos?
She hasn’t put on the Freshman Fifteen yet. In Shortpacked, she already has and she never lost it.
(and she’s in way better shape than anyone who spends all day doing that WOW shit has any right to be.)
that and she’s hunched over atm.
That’s the not-eating combined with ninja training camp, contagious batman syndrome via Ethan, and wii.
I think its a result of all her vigilante activity. She’s obviously not doing the Amazi-Girl as simply an imaginary costume she came up with for fun or Halloween. She’s doing the hero thing pro, so she’s probably being working out more.
And you have to admit, the WoW player thing is a good secret identity cover. Who’d expect someone addicted to that game to be a real and effective vigilante?
I think this is a regular occurence for Ethan and Mike. I mean either Mike knew he’d need it, or else he’s been carrying around several pounds of iron for a “Just In Case” situation. I think the latter is unlikely due to how quickly he loaded his book into Walky’s bag after class.
But he didn’t drop the book in Walky’s bag because it was too heavy for him, he dropped it in Walky’s bag to make Walky’s bag too heavy.
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. Mike seems less angry in the Dumbiverse. He just seems grumpy.
-death, -aliens, -dana/drunk relationship
Ethan and Joe have to meet up now.
Also sweet, I’m Amazi-Girl now! I was Aslan before.
not on this comic you weren’t. You’re probably still Aslan in Shortpacked!
They prolly got confused which comic they read like the above group. :/ Wouldn’t surprise me.
Not gonna lie, just checking my gravatar.
yeah, i want to see what mine is now too. >_>
This strip makes me realize that DoA is like a reverse version of the theme from “Welcome Back Kotter”. The names are the same, but the dreams seem to have gone in different directions.
Also, for those of you who don’t, check out the twitter feeds these characters. Especially the most recent two. They are hilarious.
Almost wonder if Mike is a temporal anomaly to appear in every possible universe thread.
He’s one of the Original 13 Transformers?!!! (or Rachel Gray)
I’m pretty sure he is. His minicon partner is the biggest one ever and its name is Yourmom.
All I could think when I read this was ‘I wonder what game she’s playing? I want to play that game’ even though the only thing I knew about it is that in it you kill spiders. I don’t even have anything against spiders. That is what makes it strange.
It’s World of Warcraft. She mentions it quite a lot on her Twitter feed.
Personally, I’m just shocked Amber’s actually been playing WoW. Guess she has to put in some time to upkeep her secret identity.
Shortpacked! invades DOA! Been waiting for Amber and Ethan to make their supposed appearances
And I’m Walky now. Wiigii!
I wanna know where Mike was hiding the Crowbar…
I’m an alien! yay!
I’m excited to see how Ethan will develop in this universe! I’m also excited for the crowbar.
I wonder if Mike will end up with Ethan in this universe instead of Amber?
And isn’t Dina Amber’s roommate? At least according to Amber’s Twitter? I wonder if Mike ends up with Dina in this universe.
AMBEEEERRR!!! Nice! 😀
Oh sweet, Ethan too! : )
Alright, so Ethan, Mike, and Amber were all friends in highschool. You know what this means…
Mike is Amazigirl.
Amber makes up Amazigirl. Mike finds drawings. Mike makes costume and goes out as Amazigirl to beat up punks.
Because Mike’s a dick.
His costume is designed to make it obvious that Amazigirl is Amber so Amber gets in trouble for punk-beating hijinks.
Mikes gets to beat people up as much as he wants.
Mike gets to live out a fantasy Amber would give anything to live out.
Mike wins.
yay Ethan 8D .
So happy now. I love ethan. In both the gay way and the obsessed fan way 8D
This is obviously her robot double that she leaves in the room in her place when she goes out to fight crime as Amazi-Girl.
And here I thought she just mentioned it in her twitter as a cover-story for her secret identity!
This is pretty awesome, this strip is becoming the Super Robot Wars Alpha of the Walkyverse.
I love Mike’s expression, it says, don’t worry I came prepared for prying her out of her seat. Also, YAY Ethan!
Can we have this Ethan think he’s gay but it turns out he’s really straight?
perhaps I’ve missed something but, when did the shortpacked cast go to college? is this pre or post shortpacked?
YAY! Ethan!!!! 😀
I feel like I’m back in Shortpacked.