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haha
MADE IT RAIIIIIIIN
I think if you zoom out, the rain cloud is just over Dorothy and no one else.
Or else Mike is on the roof taking a leak.
Damn, Mike might need to get something checked out, that does not seem normal.
He’s actually been saving up and pouring it through a colendar.
Sounds about right. Only a plebe would pee through cheesecloth.
Yotomoe, how you manage to come up with this stuff….your head is a nice place to visit, but I dunno if I’d want to live there.
Eh. You wouldn’t even want to SEE what’s going on in my head — I have, like, 5 independent streams of thought going on in my head at all times, and AT LEAST one is constant, garbled music.
Yeah, same here. Mine is a collective analog parrot machine that spits out reality at roughly the same tempo it is received, and the code is UGLY.
Lol, a lot of people do that. :p There tends to be a heavy amount of them drawn towards modernist poetry and engineering, in my limited, anecdotal experience.
The pee stream makes a beautiful R A I N B O W as it ends right in Danny’s face, burning his eyes.
Dude, that’d be doing something good in the end. Mike’s more a long-term asshole.
Mike’s an asshole for all the right reasons. In the short term, and even the long term, you might not thank him, but usually something good comes of it. Although it’s unknown if that’s actually his intention, or if it’s just an unintended side effect.
It could just be his excuse. He likes one upping people, hence all the fucking of mothers.
This
I seriously doubt he intends to help. We saw the actual reason he screwed with Walky and Dorothy’s relationship: Walky let off a big fart in their room which pissed him off. (Right here: http://www.dumbingofage.com/2012/comic/book-2/03-the-first-step-towards-recovery/congratulations/ ) I see no reason to believe that any of his other mean actions were any more altruistic either. As best I can tell that’s just Draco-in-leather-pants fanwank.
Could be interpreted as Mike presents it–he decided to ‘save’ Dorothy from the Walky-Child. Not that that was his call to make. Also seems a failure of his omniscience, since Dorothy is leading Walky rather successfully.
I think his intent is to ruin lives but long ago he pissed of the wrong person and was cursed so that every terrible thing he did would have an unavoidable effect of serendipity.
Why wouldn’t he alter his diet beforehand so he can make it hail?
(talking ’bout kidney stones)
Victory!
BUH-BYE SUCKAS!!!
Dorothy: *slooge*; *disappoint*; *fml
Best way to leave a scene.
She respects Dorothy so much she’s giving a double salute, with one finger to show she’s number 1.
But one on each hand to show that she’s #2 as She, AMAZI-GIRL is #1.
As Dorothy gets drenched with #1.
Yeah! Go Amber! You totally won’t fall off that bus!
She’s #1!!!
IT WAS HER CAPE, MR. KRABS! SHE WAS NUMBER ONE!!!
I feel so live
Such adrenaline.
So Amazi
Many awesome
Wow
Die all of you. And your little Doge too.
Much death.
Mike avatar is strangely appropriate to this comment.
Stay classy, Amber.
She always does
Stay classy, Amazi-Girl
Amazi-Girl has weather control powers!
I don’t know how to feel about this
If you don’t know, you currently feel confused about this. Hope that helped.
Thanks doc
No problem. Now, will you be paying via insurance or out of pocket?
I haven’t felt this happy at DoA in a long time. Does this mean shit’s about to get super real?
Probably.
Life is suffering, especially in webcomics.
Here’s hoping Blaine isn’t driving that truck.
It’s actually Ethan. Blaine and Danny are in the back, using Amber’s transformers as firewood for an impromptu computer-roasting.
Meanwhile due to a horrid misunderstanding Joyce is lobbying to get a campus ordinance passed that forbids digital spider killing.
And Sal has won the lottery, and gotten a harem. Dina’s part of it.
I may be missing the point but:how could the last situation be a bad one?
Amazi-Girl ‘rains’ over you mere mortals.
She is, truely, a perfect storm of heroism.
Weather she is a true champion or not remains to be seen, but her precipitation in fighting crime is still worth thunderous applause.
Let us shower her with adoration and her own toy line!
All hail Amazi-Girl!
Fog-et about Amazi-Girl, I think you mean Amazi-Gale.
Oh, great, another one of these pun threads for me to try to figure out how to precipitate in.
You dew have a point.
Cragalanch doesn’t have the foggiest idea what you’re talking about
Oh yeah, definitely picturing her doing her victory dance now.
It almost looks like Amazi-girl is losing her belt.
But can she set fire to the rain too!?
“That’s not a pun! It’s an empty reference!”
Well…I’ve seen fire. And I’ve seen rain. I’ve seen sunny days I thought would never end. I’ve seen lonely times when I could not find a friend. But I just thought I’d get this song stuck in your head.
Luckily I’m not familiar with that song, so HA.
Well, that’s just a damn dirty shame, that is. Fortunately, I have a solution:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPz5ML_XIQ0
First line: thought of Lauryn Hill.
Second line: James Taylor
Third line: got distracted when the Steam client told me that Nidhogg finished downloading. Can’t wait to half-ass playing that when I remember to refresh this page for new comments.
TL;DR: Trolling with music foiled by waning attention span. Where the hell did this Haribo bag come from?
Am I dating myself if I admit that I first thought of Sluggy Freelance?
Me too.
Okay, I got the reference without the video link, and I like this song a lot, but I STILL did not need to have it on loop in my head tonight.
I know that song, but it’s just not an earworm that’ll stick in my head. Sorry.
Now comes the standard issue cartoon gag where Amber gets clonked by the bus going into a tunnel.
Exactly. Except…she seems to be Westbound on 10th, and there is no tunnel in that direction–unless that bus happens to be passing under either the Fee Ln or Indiana Avenue…but then, those both have fairly high clearance…. #townietoolong
Superheroes are sure rude these days…
She probably actually learned that from Lois Lane.
Or she read Oglaf three weeks ago.
But Oglaf is just once a week…
I the intervening time she had some very important spiders to kill and didn’t get around to reading it.
No seriously Amber that’s not safe at least sit down
Better hope there aren’t any low hanging stoplights or bridges coming up.
I admit it’d be funny though
Especially now that it’s raining. You are being very irresponsible, young lady.
If only she had a third arm that came out of her chest…
Thus proving that AG was a robot which explains all of her near-superhuman feats.
That’d actually be really cool.
“near”
DOUBLE DEUCE!!!!
She went from classy dignified adversary to entertainingly arrogant ass in 3 seconds flat.
That’s an academy recordThat was fast.If this was the movie “This Is The End”, the salute would have gotten her the blue beam of light lifting her to heaven, while the double birds would have dropped her back down, like Franco’s character. (I think it was Franco)
For sure. The real question is, who’s the cannibal group leader waiting below to bite her face off?
And yes, that was Franco. I’d describe that movie as “marginally entertaining”.
Gotta admit, that is impressive. Well-played, Amber. Well-played.
Wouldn’t it funny if it turned out that the truck wasn’t going to stop for a couple of hundred miles until it reaches a truck stop in another state?
Only if this truck managed to not hit a single red light until it gets to that state.
The truck might not, but Amber’s going to hit several things if she doesn’t get down.
She’ll get down soon enough.
you are a god
That would be hilarious. Then again it’s going down what appears to be a suburban street, so chances are even if it’s headed for the freeway it’ll hit a traffic light or stop sign first.
No pun intended.
No, it’ll have to slow down because it’s behind a city bus that’s about to pick up a lion.
Impossible. That bus never comes.
Heh. “Freeway”. It’s 30 miles to the nearest freeway.
Hey, there are parts of 37 that are unregulated! I mean, sure, there are traffic lights on 37…but only, like, THREE. That’s less than seven….though slightly more than one, if memory serves….
Personally, I’d be more upset if it wasn’t moving away from the rain.
And don’t trucks have to stop at weigh stations before crossing state lines?
It’s good to be Amazi-Girl
She seemed to earn a bit of respect from Dorothy…until she double-flipped her off. Not that I don’t sympathize with Amber/Amazi-Girl mind you.
Got to hate those out of nowhere downpour we get in the Midwest.
Dorothy Btfsplk.
What I learned today: Leaving bolt cutters up in the sky causes rainfall. Who knew?
Flipping the double bird while riding off on the top of a truck…
GUYS. I FIGURED IT OUT. AMAZIGIRL IS STEVE AUSTIN.
Only if it’s a beer truck.
Indiana Rain keeps pourin’ down…
…with the rain in my shoes–Searching for you!
In the cold Indiana Rain!–apologies to the King
I have never been more attracted to Amazi-girl than I am right now.
I felt a twitch.
(Self-)ship at full mast!
To quote one of my favorite lines from one of my favorite Let’s Players:
“See you later, fuckers!” Matt, Two Best Friends Play
Yay…Two Best Friends Play – Persona 4 FTW
I also like the “Two Best Sisters” version!
Must stop staying up late to catch the new strip… BUT HOW COULD I NOT WHEN THIS CHASE SCENE WAS SO EPIC.
We need to form DOAA, Dumbing Of Age Anonymous… or maybe just Willis Comics Anonymous. WCA is a lot smoother-sounding abbreviation even though i get the feeling it’s the abbreviation for some sort of early 20th century nativist political party.
We can all meet at the Y (because YWCA/YMCA duh) and meetings would consist of trust circles and chanting “Damn you Willis” as catharsis.
Stay classy, Amber.
“…this wave is mine.”
Let’s see if that smug smile lasts once she’s in Tulsa.
I don’t think that’s rain. Probably what happened is that the truck drove through a puddle and splashed all over her, as trucks are wont to do.
With Dorothy’s luck, a sewer line just burst off camera.
It’s rain. the future says so (spoilers of a minor sort, if you care):
http://itswalky.tumblr.com/post/65551148161/dumbingofage-weather-finally-comes-to-dumbing
http://itswalky.tumblr.com/post/65698217011/dumbingofage-january-20
Okay, cool. Now as long as Danny isn’t out driving drunk somewhere that truck should be a pretty safe place to be.
Awww
REFERENCES
….dude, Walky totally mentioned it being cloudy a few days ago. XD
But yeah, Amber, that’s just going to make her want to catch you more.
Best strip ever. It’s all downhill from here, David.
This man speaks the truth.
Or, not man, as the case may be.
We should end the strip here, on a high note.
Ok, this did make me literally laugh out loud. Bless you, Willis.
Thank you Willis, i needed this
And thus, Amber’s Bad Day has been passed to a new victim. Good luck, Dorothy! You’re gonna need it.
Okay, Dorothy is probably gonna be mad, Walky. Time to bust out something poetic, like how the rain is what defines her form and how we are beautiful but life is ugly and….eh, never mind. That sounds way too cheesy for you.
I had the same thought, that Dorothy will be snarling at Walky next.
Oh, no. The rain from the future!
This put a smile on my face. And I just broke ankle today too! Thanks Amazi-Girl!
It’s nice to see Amber occasionally show the influence Mike has had on her life.
It’s a bird! It’s . . . another bird!! It’s Amazi-Girl!!!
I just hope she had a license to fly those birds.
OK, quick question to clear up the continuity. Walky had been holding both the shoe and the Transformer when he and Dorothy initially confronted Amazi-Girl, but during the pursuit his hands are empty — so it is reasonable to believe that he dropped them when the chase began. We did see Amazi-Girl pick up the Transformer; can we then assume (even though it was not shown) that she was able to retrieve the shoe as well?
The smart plan is to not get the shoe, and buy new ones in town after she hitches a ride to somewhere that sells shoes. If she retrieved the shoe, Dorothy could theoretically spot the shoe on Amber’s feet at a later time.
Whether Amber is “Batman smart” is an open question. Whether she can afford to buy new shoes casually is another open question. (“Batman rich”? …nah, you don’t need to be as rich as that.) I suppose she could do something nice for Billie. She hands out 20 dollar bills as a way of saying thank you. (Just how she was raised.)
The problem with that is until you buy the shoes you’re walking around in your Amazi-boots, or maybe the full costume since she hinted that her lost items were why she hadn’t already changed back. Amazi-girl casually buying new shoes would probably taint your new shoes too from a ‘people know these are mine’ perspective.
The better approach would be to have grabbed the shoe, switch to your Amber costume, and then buy more shoes. Or not, depending on exactly how common that style of shoes are. Or how many dozen pairs you have stowed away already in your room. (She’s female so she’s allowed to have more than the one pair.)
Or the Dumbiverse could be akin to the Watchmen universe – where literally *everybody* wears the same shoes – to prevent the reader from correctly guessing the identity of the killer.
I’d buy a poster of Amazi-Girl saluting, without hesitation. It would mean I’d have three posters on my wall featuring Amber, but I don’t care! (I’m wild like that.)
I thought it never rained in Southern California…
This is in Indiana. What made you think it was in California?
Every sitcom and Hollywood movie i’ve ever watch have taken me to the conclusion that all pieces of entertainment share southern California’s weather.
Even the ones set in Seattle.
I’m not going to believe that that’s real rain without evidence. Rain doesn’t just happen, we need at least three strips of nothing but ominous clouds before I will suspend my rain disbelief. Maybe the basketball team was walking by after a particularly sweaty practice. Ever hear of sprinklers? Maybe it’s just a metaphorical image of the way Dorothy is feeling. I’m sorry Willis but I just don’t buy rain. Not that I’m weatherist or anything, precipitation like that has to be justified. You can’t just go boop, there’s a rainstorm, that’s tokenism.
(Although on a serious note I’m quite worried about Amazi-girl standing on a moving truck in the rain. It’s probably slippery up there, I know she’s all kinds of awesome, I just worry sometimes.)
That was a MacGyver salute, because she had a MacGyver item in her utility belt that creates rain clouds.
For as shitty as Amber’s day has been, she deserves this victory. However short-lived it may be.
She flipped the Amazi-Bird.
Amazi-girl’s bird flips also flips the clowds. Superpower confirmed.
What kind of superhero flips off the civilian?
The “Kick-Ass” kind?
An obnoxiously sane one, for now…
There are probably civilians who deserve it. Why, I bet Spider-Man has saved people from falling with a well-placed web…only to have said civilian complain about how they’ll never get the webbing off their good jacket.
Classy Amber…very classy.
Pretty much this: http://i.imgur.com/SdJSS9q.gif
Cue ‘ A team theme’
Now that’s an exit. Go Amber!
I love it when a plan comes together!
This not what I expected to happen. In retrospect, that’s good, I like Amber.
Glad to see she’s smiling. Also, I’d bet anything that the only person that’s currently being rained on is Dorothy.
Given those wide crazy eyes, I’m not sure I’d call that smile “good”.
Panel 1: Sayanora, suckers!
Panel 3: Because I’m better than you all! Wahahahahaha!!
And now, she rides off into the sunset atop a speeding truck, like a modern Lone Ranger. Hi-ho, Optimus! Awaaaaaaay!
All my internets to whoever will be the first using panel 4 as his new gravatar.
Gimme
G¡mme
Never gets.
Man, as good as the art was in the chase scene, I’m glad it’s over. Talk about decompressed storytelling when all the other things wait for their resolution :p
I don’t want to sound critical, but shouldn’t she be looking where she’s going?
In Walkyverse, bridge crosses you!
That’s a GREAT avatar, Crumplepunch!
I get that a lot.
That is just the best hover text. Starting my day off great. Thanks Willis! Wait… am I allowed to say that or can he only be damned?
Ok, Amber needed that win. Thank you, Willis.
Can someone who knows something about the IU campus figure out what direction that truck is going in?
Well, that makes t clear that AG isn’t Batman, though she may be one of the Robins or a TMNT. No Justice League membership for her.
This will also cement Dorothy as her nemesis. Dot may have dropped it after a satisfying chase, but not after this failure.
A fulfilling joint venture with Walky might have led to something of mutual benefit, but her current bitter frustration doesn’t bode well for Walky’s chances.
Really? I think she could easily be a young Batman throwing one of the Red Hood gang off a bridge.
I was just thinking that hof but what would Dorothy’s monkier be The Questioner?
“The Skeptic”.
Does anyone else think that AG is alienating Dorothy unnecessarily? Dorothy seemed to start out thinking she was pretty cool.
Not so much now, I’m guessing.
Eh, screw what Dorothy thinks.
Let’s see if Walky has acquired the presence of mind to suggest that Dorothy and he “get outta these wet clothes before we catch pneumonia . . . .”
AG in this strip reminds me of what happened with the high school hockey player up north who got replaced by the sophmore on his team. On senior night (he was goalie) he took the puck, scored against his own team then walked off the rink pausing only to turn around, salute the coaches, and flip them the double fingers.
Oh thank god I finished my coffee before reading this comic. I’d need a new laptop if I hadn’t!
Panel 4 needs to be a book cover at some point.
But so does panel 2. Front and back covers to book 4?
Ha! This made me laugh harder than anything Willis has made in a while.
Here’s your plan, Dorothy: Look for the person with about that build and hair color the next day who is ALSO limping around and DEAD TIRED.
…yeah yeah, that’ll be about impossible at a college, but it wouldn’t hurt to keep an eye out.
Awesomeness corrupts.
…and absolute awesomeness corrupts awesomely.
isn’t amazigirl going to get rained on too? actually I wouldn’t want to be on the roof of a truck in the pouring rain.
Dorothy will become a supervillain to get Amber out.
May I – on this, the occasion of the happiest / most awesomest DoA sequence I can bring to mind – may I just get in a pre-emptive “DAMN YOU WILLIS!!!” at the inevitable mood whiplash with which we are about to be afflicted?
Mood whiplash? Let’s see. Dorothy & Walky are both drenched & will need to change clothes. Maybe a hot shower. Why not together? Nope, I don’t see any problems for the near future.
– Oh, I guess you mean for Amber. Yeah, I’m afraid that will suck.
Really, am I the only person jumping ahead to this conclusion about a soon occurring need to change clothes?
Not even the first. My comment on that subject
appeared between 8 and 9 this morning
But even so, we seem the only two people who felt the need to comment on the prospect of weather-enabled hanky-panky. Which is far less than I expected.
So do you mean Amber getting knocked off by a traffic light, or something of that nature?
More like the double emotional punch of Blaine worming his way back into her life via Danny & Danny’s unknowing betrayal of her trust.
Dorothy confirmed for Vicky Vale
*glomps Amber* EEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Two fingers.
The promise of some ups (plural) has been fulfiled.
This was funny, but I hope she can safely get down from that truck.
Well, when all else fails, Amber is STILL an MMO player. They are not good sports about victory. At least I’m not.
Just when I think amazi-girl can’t get any more amazing she manages to top it, well done Mr Willis
Perfect XD
That is a FAB salute.