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Amber
Posted on November 25, 2010 by David M Willis

196 thoughts on “Amber”

  1. addude

    I have that Batman shirt!

    1. Grrt

      I wish I had that Batman Shirt!

      1. No0ne

        I wish I had a shirt!

        1. Ian

          I don’t wish you had a shirt!

  2. David Herbert

    Crowbars are for crabs Mike. You should save it for the sluts.

    1. agentksilver

      Sluts like your mom, who can be had for a nickel?

      1. Johnny

        If she could be had for a nickel, then she would be no slut. She would be a prostitute.

  3. Darth Shadow

    Looks like Amber has found the joys of The Sundering.

    1. Aetharion

      [nerd] You mean The Shattering; The Sundering was some thousand years ago. [/nerd]

    2. Bill M.

      I just figured she was playing some new game on FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACEbook.

  4. Cassidy

    This was me in may.

    1. Grrt

      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…

      1. Kitteh

        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.

        1. Cognomen

          Indeed. Also perhaps she was running one of the many spider-like bosses in WotLK.

  5. Dedlok

    A wild Ethan appears!

    1. Mirenheart

      Yeah, and he’s your Icon

      1. Dedlok

        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.

  6. Jabberwocky

    Ethan!

  7. Ragnal

    And even in this universe, Mike is the connecting link to the Walky/Roomies and Shortpacked casts.

    1. Ragnal

      Aaaand we’re right back to Mike as the Gravatar. MY, what a cycle that was. Can’t wait for the next to happen.

      1. Undrave

        I’m Dinahsaur now! In your FAAAAAAACE!

    2. AndysDrawings

      Almost as though it was planned that way!

  8. John

    I got confused and thought this was Shortpacked for a minute.

    1. Chrisby

      Good to know I wasn’t the only one! Honestly thought I clicked on Shortpacked by mistake, kind of did a double-take.

      1. Jessie

        I did the same thing.

        1. MrGBH

          Well, I only ever visit DoA via Shortpacked, but I was still confuzzled.

    2. JacquieH

      Me too. I had to double check 😀

      1. JacquieH

        Wait, who am I?!

        1. vyseofarcadia

          Dun dun dunnnn!

        2. Undrave

          Jeph Jacques :p

    3. Malph

      Same here.

      Also, yay for Ethan!

    4. Acher4

      Lol, i felt the same thing.
      “Did I error clicked?”

    5. Tenn

      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.

      1. Kitteh

        It’s the hair. I think he needs a cut. XD

  9. Wackd

    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?

    1. Ragnal

      BecauseshutyerFAAAAAAAAAAACE!

    2. Wackd

      {I’m Head Alien. Seeing him will be a constant reminder that my snark is inadequate.}

      1. Undrave

        Your FAAAAAAAAAACE is inadequate

        :p

    3. George

      Because it gives him a chance to painfully tear Amber away from her computer. Mike will do anything to cause pain.

      1. Wackd

        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.)

        1. Joebo

          I had entirely forgotten about Alex, I hope he shows up at some point.

    4. David

      If you knew Mike, would you willingly room with him?

      1. Wackd

        Walky’s his roomie, though, so Ethan is chosing to be around him outside of class. Ethan must be a masochist in this universe.)

        1. JesseJanitect

          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?

        2. Someone

          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.

        3. Malph

          Maybe they all worked at a toy store together in high school.

      2. mpark6288

        Maybe. It would be hilarious, if hazardous to one’s health, FAAAAAAACE, or Mom.

      3. BD

        Seeing as how his jerkassery seems to tone down a bit for each series he appears in… no.

  10. Cratacon

    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

    1. Bickendan

      The hordes of insects spared their spidery fates agree!

      1. Cratacon

        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’.

        1. Pedant

          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.

  11. Samui

    One second. Killing FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE

    Maybe Ethan is still straight in this universe?

    1. Wackd

      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.

    2. arjay2813

      mike is moar likely to say: One second. Your mom.

  12. Darth Cariss

    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.

    1. Kokopure

      Exactly my experience o_o

      1. bionelly

        Mine too.

  13. Coppermouth

    The Amber avatar shall be mine!

    1. Coppermouth

      …damnit.

      1. Undrave

        You know you can set these manually right?

        1. Jake

          But where’s the fun in that?

        2. Chrisby

          Exactly. Joyce represent!

        3. Undrave

          Not much but who are we to judge?

        4. creativerealms

          Yeah I like the randomness of who I end up as.

  14. Jake

    Anybody else really hope she’s playing Minecraft?

    1. Lokitsu

      There are spiders in minecraft?

      1. Jake

        In the paid version, yeah. They’re giant and killable.

    2. Taryn

      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

    3. Kokopure

      Minecrafters represent 😀 !

      1. XMD

        SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSuper.

    4. Deviltrig

      woot woot!

    5. TexasNinjaBuzzard

      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. ;_;

      1. Caketown

        That’s Minesweeper you’re thinking of.

      2. Samlh

        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.

  15. Wackd

    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.

    1. green K

      I like how shirt/jeans is a costume 😛

      1. Wackd

        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.

  16. Cha

    I love Mike’s expression. Actually, I think I just love Mike’s FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE.

    1. Mute

      *Uses Mike’s crowbar to smash the FAAAACE! meme into itty bits*

      1. Undrave

        In Soviet Russia, meme smashes your FAAAAAAAAAAACE!

  17. Qaxis

    She probably hasn’t moved from that chair the whole time. Not once. Not even to kick random bullies.

    1. Chrisby

      I see what you’re getting at there.

      It’s because she’s secretly…SPIDER-CAR!

  18. Joebo

    AMBER! …and ETHAN!

  19. Joebo

    Also, it’s “Mike and me” not “Mike and I”

    1. MadarFoxfire

      A couple weeks of English 101 will whip that out of him.

      1. Malph

        Didn’t work on me.

        1. Rognik

          You mean “Didn’t work on I.”

          Wait a minute…

        2. Joebo

          no

      2. Kamino Neko

        No it won’t. Probably end up re-enforcing it, even if the prof tries to fix it.

    2. MeHael

      It’s “MikeandYourMom”. Check the twitter page.

    3. Tim

      Oh, I was planning to saying that. Amazed that nobody said it earlier.

  20. JesseJanitect

    Amber has a ladder to her loft that isnt touching the floor.

    1. Jen Aside

      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.

  21. MadarFoxfire

    I like how subtly younger they all look.

    1. Matt

      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.

      1. LurkerAbove

        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).

  22. Undrave

    Mike wants to kill the spiders with his crowbar obviously.

    Ethan could get a crush on Walky! That’d be funny.

    1. Ragnal

      Congratulations, you’ve now implanted a Walky/Ethan coupling in my mind.

      My boner and I are now confused thanks to you.

      1. Undrave

        You’re welcome 😀

        Now go write a fanfic or something!

  23. Chad from Canada

    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.

    1. Joebo

      ooh, yeah I hated that

  24. Bean

    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.

    1. David

      In DoA, Ethan is a freshman, same as 80% of the rest of the cast.

      1. No0ne

        You like em young eh, Mr. Willis? 😛

        1. G.S.Mercs

          Your mom likes them young.

        2. G.S.Mercs

          Dang, Mike avatar went away.

        3. R

          That is so less effective when coming from Leslie.

        4. No0ne

          It made me laugh instead of the normal reaction to Mike avatars, which is ignore them…

    2. JesseJanitect

      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.

  25. James

    Gamer girl by day, masked vigilante by night?
    Best. Superhero. Ever.

    1. Hoop

      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.

      1. Index

        That explains why I’m mildly turned on by this strip.

      2. R

        Really? I see her as someone I’d never date (even if I weren’t married and she were gay).

    2. Joebo

      Does anyone know exactly when she does any schoolwork? You know, between being a WoW addict and her hours at night as Spider-Car.

      1. Blah

        …………. What an inside joke

  26. Grue

    Of course, now that Ethan is a part of this universe, it’s only a matter of time before Faz shows up.

  27. Alechsa

    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!

    1. Undrave

      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!

      1. No0ne

        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…

    2. Rognik

      Sexy Faz? Isn’t that an oxymoron?

  28. Tahuk

    Whoo! Ethan! Also, Amber! Shortpacked! characters give me a firmer latching point than the Roomies/Walky ones.

  29. Ohmsford

    And immediately I wonder what server she’s on. (This post may or may not be solely to see what my avatar is.)

  30. Corlanthis

    Guh, seeing the Shortpacked cast in their own DoA strip right after reading Shortpacked was incredibly surreal.

    1. Joebo

      seconded

  31. KVogue

    It’s not just A crowbar, it’s THE crowbar. Mike has done this before.

  32. Acher4

    Fuuny thing.
    I so wonder now with this update with whom does Mike sleeps/is in pair? (especially if they are all three roomates)

    1. Rognik

      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…

      1. Joebo

        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.

      2. Acher4

        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? <..>…. <.<

    2. David Herbert

      He’s Walky’s roommate, that’s how he was introduced.

  33. Aesir

    I wonder how Ethan, Mike and Amber knew eachother before this series?

  34. Nightwingrayson

    Excuse me, Mr Willis, but why don’t we have Mike’s cast entry even though he appeared like 10 times ?

    1. Nightwingrayson

      (Mike gravatar, of course.) Thank you, Willis ! (Wait…)

  35. Rowen Morland

    Alt U Shortpacked crew!

  36. Tomb

    Glorious!

  37. James

    Personally I think Ethan looks fine, he isn’t necessarily older, just bigger and with a defined jaw line.

  38. Christopher Camacho

    So…. will Galasso be a Toys R Us manager in this universe?

    1. Joebo

      I’m still going with his being a dean. That would be awesome.

    2. the A.D.D. kidd

      What if he’s a PROFESSOR in this universe?!? AAAUGH!!!!

      1. Roborat

        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.

        1. Roborat

          Ooops, almost forgot;

          In your FAAAAAACE!

        2. the A.D.D. kidd

          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.

  39. Heather

    YAY ETHAN!

    It should be fun to see this trio around college.

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  41. Osaru Sensei

    0.o

    … This… Is… DoA, right?

    Thank God, I thought I was in the wrong spot.

  42. Ohmsford

    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.

    1. Ohmsford

      Also, my Gravatar should eat something. Jeez.

    2. Feenyksfyre

      And suddenly the question of who should/might be Ethan’s roommate is answered! 😀

  43. Just for kix

    Amber looks hotter in black

    1. Grrt

      Agreed

      1. Grrt

        And cue Ironic Icon Changes. Love it.

  44. ADHadh

    I’m waiting to hear some Jimmy Wits jokes now.
    And anticipating new gravatar.

    1. ADHadh

      My wish came true!
      In your face, Ruth.

      1. Undrave

        You’re supposed to say it like this:

        “In your FAAAAAAAAAACE, Ruth.”

        This is DOA man! DOA!!! FAAAAAAAACE!

  45. Gizen

    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?

    1. Hoop

      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.)

      1. Joebo

        that and she’s hunched over atm.

      2. JesseJanitect

        That’s the not-eating combined with ninja training camp, contagious batman syndrome via Ethan, and wii.

    2. Shift

      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?

  46. Grrt

    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.

    1. Kamino Neko

      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.

  47. MrGBH

    I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. Mike seems less angry in the Dumbiverse. He just seems grumpy.

    1. JesseJanitect

      -death, -aliens, -dana/drunk relationship

  48. Blightning

    Ethan and Joe have to meet up now.

    1. Blightning

      Also sweet, I’m Amazi-Girl now! I was Aslan before.

      1. Joebo

        not on this comic you weren’t. You’re probably still Aslan in Shortpacked!

        1. Ragnal

          They prolly got confused which comic they read like the above group. :/ Wouldn’t surprise me.

  49. Tercotta

    Not gonna lie, just checking my gravatar.

    1. goldie

      yeah, i want to see what mine is now too. >_>

  50. zuche

    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.

  51. Joebo

    Also, for those of you who don’t, check out the twitter feeds these characters. Especially the most recent two. They are hilarious.

  52. Jack Faire

    Almost wonder if Mike is a temporal anomaly to appear in every possible universe thread.

    1. Aesir

      He’s one of the Original 13 Transformers?!!! (or Rachel Gray)

      1. Undrave

        I’m pretty sure he is. His minicon partner is the biggest one ever and its name is Yourmom.

  53. Hbees

    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.

    1. Shade

      It’s World of Warcraft. She mentions it quite a lot on her Twitter feed.

  54. Xaxxa

    Personally, I’m just shocked Amber’s actually been playing WoW. Guess she has to put in some time to upkeep her secret identity.

  55. Gianni

    Shortpacked! invades DOA! Been waiting for Amber and Ethan to make their supposed appearances

    1. Gianni

      And I’m Walky now. Wiigii!

  56. Shift

    I wanna know where Mike was hiding the Crowbar…

    1. Shift

      I’m an alien! yay!

  57. ses

    I’m excited to see how Ethan will develop in this universe! I’m also excited for the crowbar.

  58. Aesir

    I wonder if Mike will end up with Ethan in this universe instead of Amber?

  59. Gianni

    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.

  60. Dahlia

    AMBEEEERRR!!! Nice! 😀

    Oh sweet, Ethan too! : )

  61. Beachfox

    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.

  62. XtraLargeRyan

    yay Ethan 8D .

    So happy now. I love ethan. In both the gay way and the obsessed fan way 8D

  63. Zem

    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.

  64. Tiger

    And here I thought she just mentioned it in her twitter as a cover-story for her secret identity!

  65. Heavy E

    This is pretty awesome, this strip is becoming the Super Robot Wars Alpha of the Walkyverse.

  66. Richie9999

    I love Mike’s expression, it says, don’t worry I came prepared for prying her out of her seat. Also, YAY Ethan!

  67. sarpiedon

    Can we have this Ethan think he’s gay but it turns out he’s really straight?

  68. DeWeese07

    perhaps I’ve missed something but, when did the shortpacked cast go to college? is this pre or post shortpacked?

  69. Kelvin

    YAY! Ethan!!!! 😀

  70. Mousa The 14

    I feel like I’m back in Shortpacked.

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