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Nothing
Posted on January 30, 2014 by David M Willis

515 thoughts on “Nothing”

  1. The Meek Ninja

    YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

    1. Tunaro

      Small Correction:
      HEELLLLLLL YEEEAAAAAHHHHH!!!!

      1. sps48

        Daddy’s proud of her now!

        1. Robert

          Yeah. I bet all the baby books say its okay for dads to beat their daughters until their little girls turn bitter and resentful enough to beat the living pulp out of their abusers in a AAA parking lot just a few weeks into college.

    2. Jay Eff

      What is this, CSI?

      1. The Meek Ninja

        Just the pure unmitigated joy of watching Blaine fall down a flight of punches.

        1. Tunaro

          And then stomped on by a couple of kicks, and maybe crushed by one or two body slams.

        2. nothri

          What? No, no, I…uh…ran into a door knob.

          …..twenty times.

        3. Leorale

          He stabs himself in the back and then throws himself off a bridge. Tragic.

        4. MrSpkr

          Ehh, I knew a guy that fell on his own knife 28 times.

          Some people should be more careful.

        5. Aizat

          Well, I know a guy who jumped backwards on a knife(which is held together by a block of ice).

        6. Batman1016

          The police said he fell down an elevator shaft . . . onto some bullets.

          . . . I suspect foul play.

        7. Izzy

          Case Closed reference?

        8. Aizat

          Yes indeed, Izzy.

        9. Izzy

          Woo!

        10. Opus the Poet

          No, Izzy, Detective Conan!

        11. anonymous

          MANGA>ANIME

        12. Karma Aster

          “And then he ran into my knife! He ran into my knife ten times!”

        13. leedelleedellee

          lol Chicago

        14. sidhe3141

          I read that in Phil Rodriguez’s voice. And I’ve never even heard his voice.

        15. Big Ninja Jim

          Everyday abusive Assholes throw themselves off bridges with knives in their backs. For just 50 cents a day you can help more of these abusive pricks with their wishes of stabbing themselves in the back and throwing themselves off bridges.

        16. Aizat

          And pollute the river? No thank you. I prefer my abusive assholes vaporized, thank you very much.

        17. John

          I don’t think Amber can punch Blaine that hard.

        18. Yarrr

          Unless she rolls a crit, good chance for him to turn gaseous then.

        19. Morgauxo

          so you trade your water polution for air polution then?

        20. Shade

          Vaporized? I would’ve gone with complete annihilation, but then I’d feel sorry for the anti-matter.

        21. Mollyscribbles

          Seems like you’d save money if they took the knife out before tossing themselves over the bridge; let other assholes have a chance to use that knife.

        22. SiggimusMaximus

          And spread diseases? No thank you.

        23. Kinoko

          If it’s only the assholes who get the diseases, no big deal.

        24. Commander Clash

          Yeah, he needs to invest in some nerf doorknobs.

        25. motorfirebox

          And kicks. Don’t forget the kicks.

          He sure won’t.

    3. Tacdud2

      immigrant song started playing right when I started reading that comment.

    4. James Rye

      Bulk Biceps, is that you?

      1. Karma Aster

        Well he’s just so EXCITED about the Equestria Games, y’know?

        And, also Blaine getting his. Bulk doesn’t like bullies.

  2. Idon'tcarenomore

    Damn. Maybe she will kill him.

    1. newllend

      Fuck your rite, maybe thats going a little to far.

      1. Scott

        Yeah, fuck your rite. How dare you practice a religious custom.

        1. Sageress

          There is no god, only Tiny Thunder!

        2. EvilPenguin

          There is also Faz

        3. Drunken Nordmann

          There is no god…

        4. Sageress

          Only Zuul!

        5. Aizat

          Even if there is no God or Buddha…there is Kamen Rider.

        6. Sageress

          Aizat.

          Can we get married?

        7. Aizat

          Yes. We can.

        8. Usayasha

          There is no God like our God, like no God I know…

          Enjoying His miracles is so thrilling –
          Performing sacrificial rites –
          Praying and giving are so fulfilling –
          Be careful that you aren’t the one he smites –

          Let’s go on with the show!

        9. Led

          Faz is God.

          Be afraid… Be VERY afraid…

    2. Wereboyscout

      Nah, she’s like Batman. She can beat the tar out of you but if she kills you she’ll consider herself as bad as if not worse than the dickwad abusive partner

      1. Commander Clash

        From “Superman Grounded””
        Batman — “How are we supposed to play good cop-bad cop if we’re both bad cop?”
        Superman — “We’ll just play bad cop–psycho cop. Guess which one you are.”

        1. khrene

          YESH!

  3. Jen Aside

    “Just sat in the corner and DIDN’T GET STABBED.”

    Wow, asshole.

    1. Yotomoe

      Amber, why did I even bother teaching you CQC? You NEVER use it! This is why your love never blooms on the battlefield!

      1. Count Dracula

        I’ll be back in a month, I have to write extensive 40K meta-fanfic wherein Danny is somehow a stoic assassin. It will not be easy.

        1. Deafbok

          Nah, just make him an Eversor assassin – the cocktail of combat drugs that lot take would turn a field mouse into something capable of tearing Tyranid hive fleets apart XD

          Also, Amazi-girl’s mastery of disguise clearly makes her a Callidus assassin.

        2. 4th Dimension

          If Amber was male we would most certanly have a good candidate for a Angry marine.

        3. SyntheticPhylum

          She’d certainly make a good Sister of Battle!

        4. Arkantos

          I can’t remember the name of your avatar. Spider Jeruslalem?

        5. insomniac

          Yeah, that’s Spider Jerusalem. Truth-speaking reporter and horrible bastard.

    2. Leorale

      Huh, I initially read that as AmaziGirl talking to young-Amber. Didn’t realize until your comment that it was probably Blaine being a dick, instead of self-loathing.

      1. Leorale

        Oh, yeah, hello alt-text. Good thing Amazi-Girl is immune to criticism.

        1. Egraind

          Look at the tags, Amazi-girl checked out with that roundhouse kick. She’s just Amber in a mask when the red panels fly.

      2. DSL

        Door’s still open to this being self-criticism, being taken out on Blaine. I’ll wait to see what The Willis does.

        1. Chickolito

          IMO, can’t be Amber talking. She woudd not have said “took your little friend”, but just “took your friend”…

  4. Tunaro

    KICK HIS ASS!~! FINISH HIM!!

    1. Aizat

      YES, FINISH HIM! SHAO KHAN DEMANDS IT!

    2. GoldStarz

      Please, Amber is clearly more of a Smash Bros person…

      (and her final smash involves her bludgeoning people with her AMAZI-Popper Push)

      1. WaveRocker

        Dude, DOA fighting game!
        -Ruth: wielding a femur Special Move: “Canadian Spirit” makes her stronger or something
        -AmaziGirl/Amber: like Shiek and Zelda
        -Joyce: with a broken glass handy
        -Sal: street fighting (and knife?) Special Move: motorcycle wheelie
        -Mike: punching.
        -Billie: projectile booze Special Move: “hangover” makes her slower an less accurate, but does more damage
        -Sarah: Tank
        -Dina: can call upon the strength and/or powers of Dinosaurs thanks to her extensive knowledge on the subject
        -Walky: random fighting style, difficult to predict Special Move: “Pajama Jeans” +50 comfort (increases accuracy and regains health) -60 charisma (disables ability to do a combo attack with Dorothy)
        -Dorothy: high endurance and accuracy Special Move: “Study Up!” Increases abilities in the area of opponent’s weakness
        -Lord Galasso: all moves relate to some power of pizzas (and subs) ex: pizza SLICE, Mozzerella Mayhem, etc.
        -David Willis: mans transformer/mecha exosuit. Very OP. Special Move: “Damn You Willis!” the game (will have) changed

        man that would be awesome

        1. Batman1016

          1) DOA is already a fighting ga- oh, wait, nevermind.

          2) You forgot Mike’s special move: every time you put a nickel in the coin slot, he fucks your mom.

        2. Tenn

          That would indeed be awesome. And I read “exosuit” as “exoslut”, which might or might not be awesome.

        3. McKathlin

          Not bad, but I’m pretty sure that high kicks would play a much bigger role in Billie’s fighting repertoire. As we’ve seen, that’s how she takes out the trash.

        4. Jen Aside

          I feel like Mike’s movelist should include moms and nickels.

  5. GoldStarz

    Probably shouldn’t have baited her on, Past!Blaine.

    1. Cholma

      Yeah, he’s real Father of the Year material.

      1. GoldStarz

        He’s so passive aggressively supportive of his daughter’s future asskicking of him.

      2. Aizat

        Seriously, the guy overtook Gendo Ikari on dickishness alone.

        1. sps48

          Hey now, at least Blaine isn’t trying to turn us all into yellow fluid.

        2. Keroshino

          Tang, the fan-term is Tang!!!

        3. Nakari

          But I dun’t wanna be an Astronaut, Gendo!

          … Why is HE LOOKING AT ME LIKE THAT?!

        4. Aizat

          You know, I just found this demotivational poster of Gendo(http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2012/264/b/e/gendo_ikari_demote_by_sailmaster_seion-d5ffmdm.jpg) and I think we should change this to Blaine.

        5. etybolik

          Much of an asshole as Gendo was, he just wanted to be with his dead wife in the end. He had a reason, even if he was a total prick in pursuit of that. Blaine, on the other hand, doesn’t have a reason, he’s just an asshole for the sake of being an asshole.

          I know this much though, Gendo could kick Blaine’s ass in a heartbeat.

        6. JasonAW3

          I think even Shinji would go Fourth Impact on Blaine.

        7. FinalOwen

          “I mustn’t hide in the corner, I mustn’t hide in the corner…”

  6. James

    I want to be pumped for this, but there’s no way in hell this won’t have terrible, awful repercussions for Amber.

    1. Tunaro

      Oh God, yes, this so won’t end well, which is why you gotta sit back and savor Blaine finally getting his ass hand to him for a little while.
      Between this and Shortpacked, he’s had this comin’ for way too long.

    2. audkitten

      James, this is exactly how I feel about this.

    3. horrorshow88

      I know, but I’m suppressing those feelings for now and just reveling in the joy of this beatdown.

    4. etybolik

      Meh, worry about that later; sit back and enjoy the show for now.

      1. EEWWW

        Popcorn, anyone? Awww, Blaine bled from the second panel into mine! I’ll be back tomorrow with more popcorn.

      2. WaveRocker

        3 Dinas in a thread! 3 Dinas in a thread!

    5. Ghola

      I fully expect Danny to try pulling her off the beaten and bloody Blaine, and she backhands him without thinking, and he’s just kneeling there, holding his bloody face and she just BSOD’s.

      then Sal comes in and breaks up the “fight” and danny falls harder for her, utterly destroying Amber.

    6. Osaru Sensei

      “Amber? Why are you dressed up as Amazi-Girl?”

      “Because she is Amazi-Girl, you moron!”

      1. Opus the Poet

        +1 for the second Batman movie reference.

  7. David Herbert

    I’m guessing this is Blaine berating her. Yeah, that makes the beatdown tastier.

  8. Plasma Mongoose

    Can Blaine see without his glasses?

    1. The Meek Ninja

      It won’t matter once Amber gouges out his eyes with a rusty spoon.

      1. Aizat

        Why a spoon, Ninja? Why not a fork?

        1. The Meek Ninja

          Eh. Fork works as well. So does a ladle. Or a colander. Or the kitchen itself.

        2. Tunaro

          Why not just her own fingers?

        3. GoldStarz

          Because that’s groooooooooooss and will get her gloves dirty.

        4. Aizat

          Then cut him down with a piece of cloth.

        5. Keroshino

          You and your damn cloth,
          NOT EVERYONE CAN BE MASTER ASIA!!!

        6. Aizat

          Well, not everyone can be Batman too, but does that ever stop anyone?

        7. Tunaro

          Gloves are meant to get dirty, that’s why gloves exist

        8. GoldStarz

          Not when they’re used for STYLE!

        9. Mr. Random

          Because it’s easier to get purchase with a utensil. Plus, if you use your hands, you gotta clean it off later. And that’s just messy.

        10. Wack'd

          Because it’s dull, you twit! It’ll hurt more!

        11. Chase

          Dammit!

        12. Mr. Random

          Word for word even.

        13. nothri

          What do you mean its dull? That sounds totally badass to me!

          (Yes, I know not that kinda dull, and yes I know you are doing movie quotes, and no I don’t care if I ruined the mood muhahahahaha)

        14. Bill

          A spork.  But a titanium one.

        15. Chase

          Because it’s DULL, you twit. It’ll hurt more.

        16. GoogerGeiger

          To make sure he’ll never be able to see why kids love Cinnamon Toast Crunch.

        17. sps48

          “Because it’ll hurt more, you twit!”

        18. sps48

          oops, badly ninja’d

        19. Wack'd

          Considering you worded it completely wrong I’d say you were actally ninjaed quite well.

        20. begbert2

          Which is actually what being being “badly ninja’d” means!

          The English language is fun. Quick, answer this: will something that’s inflammable burn?

        21. Kryss LaBryn

          Yes. Yes, it will.

        22. Ocbrad1

          Because it’s dull, you twit! It’ll hurt more!

        23. Jen Aside

          A spoon will get the entire eye out! Fork might tear it and leave eye bits inside.

          EYE GUESS

  9. Aizat

    Apparently, Batman took over of the strip.

    1. Sageress

      Or the Punisher.

      1. lejwocky

        Or Rorschach.

        1. Sageress

          Punschatman.

        2. Aizat

          A former cop turned millionaire who fight crime wearing Rorschach mask, an arsenal of weapons and logo that is a mix between a skull and a bat?

        3. Sageress

          all of those things yes

        4. Aizat

          Someone should get on that.

        5. Batman1016

          And the name will be a combination of Batman, Punisher, and Rorschach.

          Bat . . sher . . . ch

          . . . .

          Batshark.

        6. Aizat

          You mean, Punschatman?

        7. ninja_jesus

          Why not “Banishach”?

        8. Cephalo the Pod

          No, no, we’re going with Batshark.

        9. Ocbrad1

          Batshark. Definitely Batshark.

        10. Opus the Poet

          Banishach is too close to Banicek, which was a cool (but short-lived) TV series.

        11. rowanmikaio

          First I see something about puns
          then I see the word ‘schat’
          And this has gone horribly, horribly wrong somewhere.
          By which I think I mean horribly, horribly right.

        12. Keroshino

          Or Hit Girl!

        13. begbert2

          Yeah. see, this strip is why, if you’re going to be a lunatic who trains your daughter to fight, you need to deliberately target her at somebody who is not yourself.

  10. Stephen Bierce

    Sound effects only cheapen it. I’m imagining rolling thunder in the background drowing it all out.

    1. Yotomoe

      Don’t you mean “Tiny Thunder”.

      1. Opus the Poet

        Really loud rain drops falling.

    2. lejwocky

      I’m imagining 1960’s style Batman sound effects.

      1. Tunaro

        POW! BAM! NUT-SHOT!

        1. Sageress

          Rib crack! Concuss!

        2. Batman1016

          Organ burst! Internal bleeding! Muscle tear! Bone shatter!

        3. Cephalo the Pod

          NUT-SHOT NUT-SHOT NUT-SHOT and PAUSE~.

    3. Mr. Random

      I’m imagining it from Amber’s perspective, in that, she can literally not hear a thing except what she’s remembering Blaine saying.

      1. begbert2

        It’s worth noting that the red flashback actually runs the entire length of the strip, with the ‘current time’ fight panels superimposed on top of it. So there’s good reason to see this as being from Amber’s perspective.

        Also close examination reveals that the first and third panel Ambers are actually a single entity with two heads. I presume she grew out of that as she got older.

        1. xKiv

          One would take panel 5 as evidence that you are correct.

  11. Yotomoe

    Where’s my Amber DLC for tekken?

    1. Led

      Damn, now I want a It’s Walky/Shortpacked/DOA mashup fighting game!

      1. Henry

        Yes. Only all of the opponents are Blaine, and he only fights back ineffectually as you utterly destroy him over and over again.

        Great for anger relief.

      2. Wack'd

        Is there really anyone else in the Dumbiverse who’d stack up against the Abductees in this hypothetical game? I mean, maybe Sal, but honestly I think that’s it.

        1. Tunaro

          Ultra-Car, Jason, The Cheese? Nah, screw that, Cheesy’s would be Walky’s Finisher.

        2. Wack'd

          Ultra-Car and the Cheese don’t exist in this ‘verse, and we’ve seen no signs Dumbiverse!Jason has any particular fighting prowess.

        3. Cephalo the Pod

          Sal on her motorcycle, maybe.
          Actually that fight sounds incredibly awesome.

    2. Allcool-dontcare

      No not a dlc how about a mod for the steam version of Tekken

    3. Arkantos

      You joke, but I bet someone’s going to make a mod for that now.

  12. timemonkey

    Yeah, I figured Blaine would give her shit about the robbery.

  13. Wonder Wig

    You know you’re punching fast when you catch all the raindrops in your swing, Matrix style.

    1. Yotomoe

      Amber knows how to us The Ripple!!

  14. Psycho

    Anyone got a song that would go well with this?

    1. Safgaftsa

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IItV3A0npBA

      Try this.

    2. Yotomoe

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IjnoM5-mnw

      Called it a few days back.

      1. Aizat

        If that’s the case…..it’s time for Amazi-Girl to let’er rip!

    3. Jon P

      How many people wanna Kick Some Ass?

    4. Aizat

      I wanted to say the Black Getter theme….but somehow the video was removed from Youtube.

    5. Aizat

      OK, try this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1OGqGkism8

    6. Aizat

      Here’s another one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4Y32JoK2Rg

    7. Sageress

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GW3iArO-RQ

    8. Sageress

      Or if we’re doing things from other things
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NOLO5p-LZ0

    9. Yotomoe

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aHQnDTd1y4
      This song goes with everything and I refuse to hear otherwise!

      1. Aizat

        No….this song goes with everything: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGw8DWctAts

    10. Yrael

      Only one came to mind.

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lsn2tT5yTc

      I feel anime has ruined my ability to think up fightscenes.

      1. Aizat

        That’s why I prefer going with this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOID9JXwkL8

    11. Psycho

      Here’s my choice, an old favorite, first heard from one of the 1st Youtube videos I’ve watched, Wrath of Giga Bowser: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olxIVcfY0hA

    12. Opus the Poet

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVBAeS5t5nc Better quality sound than the version I put up earlier in the week. Should be played while reading the last 3 comics.

      1. Aizat

        I’d go with this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCqEkWY8ekQ just because.

      2. Opus the Poet

        Not really “fight music” but “punchy” so WTH? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6jCJZEFIto

        1. Aizat

          Well speaking of Cowboy Bebop: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7R2Vl_hcCA

        2. Opus the Poet

          Oh yeah, I was wondering what was the name of that one.

        3. Aizat

          Live in Baghdad?

    13. Opus the Poet

      This goes well with any kind of “fvck avthovrity” situations, with or without the beatdown http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHhrZgojY1Q

  15. The Meek Ninja

    PAHAHAAHAHA! CRY SOME MORE!

  16. Wack'd

    Maybe don’t take your daughter’s friend hostage after beating into her that if her friend gets taken hostage she should do something about it?

    1. Rheinman

      Hoist by his own petard.

    2. Vex Godglove

      I am reminded of comedian Christopher Titus whose mother shot and killed her abusive husband that taught her how to shoot.

    3. Cephalo the Pod

      That was five years ago. I don’t picture him having that on his mind at the moment.

  17. Juliecat

    Yessssssssssssssssssssss

  18. YakkoRex

    Nice. Extremely satisfying.

  19. Aizat

    You know, I’m half-expecting Amazi-Girl to hit Blaine with his glasses.

    1. Rheinman

      At this point, she’s gonna rip his arm off and beat him with it.

      “Stop hitting yourself! Stop hitting yourself! Stop hitting yourself!”

    2. Yotomoe

      You wouldn’t hit a guy with glasses, would you?

      1. Wack'd

        No, but she’d hit a guy with glasses. It’d be well played.

        1. Mr. Random

          I liked the movie. Except the end. With the falling. It reminded me of Huck Finn a little. Specifically when he says “Then I’ll go to hell!”

        2. Spliced

          Are we all talking about Wreck it Ralph? Because I don’t remember the end with the falling

        3. Aizat

          Well, he did fall and land on the mentos near the end.

        4. Mr. Random

          That’s the part.

        5. begbert2

          Animated movies where the main character willingly chooses death to save their loved ones are awesome.

  20. Sam

    WELL LOOK WHO IS DOING SOMETHING NOW BLAINE.

  21. Uno

    On the one hand; Blaine’s in pain!

    On the other; I have a bad feeling about this..

  22. Myrcella's Ear

    Blaine is such a piece of human garbage that my extreme pacifism is being tested.

    Also cringing in anticipation. Please don’t go to jail, Amber. Please don’t call Amber “Sal,” Danny.

    1. Dante

      You pretty much read my ind with that one….

    2. begbert2

      Let’s combine the two, and have Sal get arrested for beating up Blaine! (There was a witness to her doing it!)

  23. newllend

    I’m going to take a guess and say that this is Blian taking

    1. Uno

      Yes, only a villain such as Blango would be so derisive in his tones.

    2. newllend

      Blaine

      1. Sageress

        Blian, our mortal foe.

        1. Roborat

          Welease Blian!

  24. clodia

    Oh, Amber. You deserve so much better. And I hope you learn that soon. I want you to stop being what your father has shaped you into being.

    1. clodia

      Doesn’t mean I don’t appreciate the beatdown, but it’s unhealthy, sweetie.

      1. Mr. Random

        No need for qualifications. We understand. We feel the same way.

      2. Nena

        I understand Amber. My father was exactly like Blaine. Every abused kid fantasizes about this moment. But it’s a double edge sword. You give the abuser what he gave you verbally and/or physically expecting to feel vindicated only to be horrified that you have that very same rage that was aimed at you. As my father was dying, I verbally berated him about all the shit he put me through. After he died, it was a similar scene as the funeral scene in Shortpacked. No. It doesn’t feel better. You have to learn how to let it go and not let it control you. You have to learn how to be aware of that rage and never, ever let it get out and lash out at others. And at times it will. Maybe not with a loved one. Maybe not with a friend. But the random asshole in the street. Or when you get too drunk in a bar and the alcohol uncovers that rage and makes you want to pick a fight with somebody who reminds you of the abuser just to get it out of you. No. This does not help. You need therapy and lots of it. You will live in an eternal Bruce Banner state, afraid of the Hulk that lurks beneath unless you get therapy and learn how to deal with this. Listen to me talking about a cartoon as if it is real life. No. Amber needs to learn to cool this rage. This is why living in college towns can be so dangerous for those who have psychaitric issues. Willis is a master at observing the human psyche and experience.

        1. Megatron

          I’m very sorry.

        2. Quatoria

          Yeah. I spent 20 years terrified of that rage, tying myself up into a tight little ball of repression, my greatest fear that I’d some day lash out and hurt someone else the way he hurt me for years. I was so afraid of myself, because I thought I had him inside of me – just like Amber does. I couldn’t even let myself feel. It took something unbelievable to get me past that.

        3. Nena

          I am so sorry you had this experience too. I hope that this story arc inspires those who have been abused to seek help and healing.

        4. etybolik

          I’m trying to articulate a sentiment coursing through my head at the moment that says there are exceptions to what you’re saying. The beatdown we’re seeing here, to me, is one of those exceptions. Blaine grabbed Dan in a similar manner to when Sal grabbed Ethan, and Amber no doubt felt she had to defend him. I don’t know that she would have fought Blaine had that not occurred; she was, after all, telling him to leave town. She didn’t hit him until after he grabbed Dan.

          But I get what you’re saying. Anger is a terrible thing to lose control of, especially because, at least in my case, it can feed itself. It feels good to be angry and justified in being angry. But it’s dangerous and unpredictable, and can lead to one doing things they normally wouldn’t. Like lashing out at a stranger. Like beating one’s abuser senseless. I still struggle with it at times.

          I’m not even sure what I’m trying to say at the moment, but you definitely have a good point. It’s not healthy to be in a state of constant rage; justified as one may feel, justified as Amber may feel, in being furious with one’s abuser…at some point, one has to let go.

          But for now? Fuck it, I see Amber defending her friend.

        5. clodia

          I think we’re on the same page here, more or less. I’m thoroughly enjoying this moment of beatdown. But I see the pattern of rage that’s been set. I see why she has such rage, that she’s defining herself against her father, even if she’s not acting the victim anymore. That she’s being active because (in part) he mocked her for being passive. That she refuses to stand down so much that she could become her father, like Mike said.

          If she saved Danny, beat down Blaine, and gave up violence, then I would be happy. But like Nena and Quatoria said, it stays with you. You don’t have that moment of catharsis and get over your trauma.

          I’m rooting for Amber 100%. If this is what she needs right now, I can’t blame her. But no more, after this. Heal. Become her own person.

        6. Quatoria

          And, you know, you mentioned the fantasizing abused kids do about lashing out at their tormenters – and that’s probably exactly what Amber did, for *years*, fantasizing about what she’d do different, how she’d stop it, if it ever happened again, if she could go back to that moment. And now, here she is. And he made it happen again.

  25. JebJeb

    That blow to the chest actually made me cringe a bit.

    1. Keroshino

      Personally, I think she is going overboard!!!

      1. Sageress

        SHE NEEDS TO HIT HIM MORE.

        1. Aizat

          CURB STOMP HIM!

        2. Nakari

          I am tempted to say “Some things are just low”..

          The rest of me? Screaming “DO I AMERICAN HISTORY X STYLE!”.

          I’m a horrible person either way.

        3. Nakari

          It*

          Damn typos tonight!

      2. Phil

        THE BEATINGS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL MORALE IMPROVES

        1. Keroshino

          Fuck it, Kick his ass Amazi-Girl…let’s see how far this goes!

        2. Aizat

          Hell, give Blaine the Iron Sheik treatment.

        3. Keroshino

          Break his back…Make him Humble!!!

        4. Aizat

          And there is that one part….what was it again?

        5. Keroshino

          Doing said “Backbreaking and making him humble” while he is in the Camel Clutch…sorry…got ahead of myself 😛

        6. Keroshino

          So I will reiterate…

          She will put him in the Camel Clutch, BREAK HIS BACK! Make him humble.

        7. Aizat

          Ah, Iron Sheik. He’s always awesome in my book.

        8. Cephalo the Pod

          Okay.
          *Selects Sheik*
          *Grabs Metal Box*.

    2. Wack'd

      Honestly I’m surprised he’s still up after that. Would’ve knocked the wind outta most people.

    3. Yrael

      That one can actually be fatal.

  26. ridtom

    I looked up the definition of Curbstomp and it showed me this.

    Coincidentally I looked up Mc’Asshole and all it showed was Blaine posing.

  27. Michael Crichton

    Oh, please let Danny somehow be killed in the crossfire. PLEASE! It would be a perfect character-defining moment for Ultracar, and let’s face it, he’s not good for anything else.

    1. alicemacher

      Now, now. Stupidity in and of itself isn’t a crime, much less a capital offence.

      1. Michael Crichton

        While it may not be a crime, Danny’s stupidity will inevitably lead to his death. Stopping Blaine’s heretofore hidden switchblade with his spleen (or perhaps an errant Amazi-punch with one of the numerous soft spots in his skull) is the most noble, least idiotic death he can hope for. If he misses this chance, he’ll probably die after eating shards of broken glass that a malicious stranger convinced him were really yummy candy, or decide that it’s safer to run with scissors if he sticks them up his nose first.

  28. Keroshino

    HOLY SHIT!!!!

  29. Sensedog

    This may as well be more porn.

    Again, thank you Willis.

  30. Benbo231

    This is on-par with Pacific Rim’s fight scenes! Of course, I’d pay a lot more than seven bucks to see Mecha-Amber beat up Kaiju-Blaine…

    1. Aizat

      I’d pay to see Amber-Zilla beat up King Blaine-rah.

    2. Viktoria

      I’d pay 7 bucks to see Amber XLR beating up Blaine.

      Not a giant robot Blaine, just Amber in a 10-story weapon covered in rockets and laser swords, utterly obliterating a small, pathetic little man.

  31. TheAstroKing

    Ya shouldn’t have done that, Blaine. Now Amber’s gonna use her Final Smash on you.

    1. Keroshino

      Blaine…
      You’ve Met With A Terrible Fate Haven’t You?

  32. EvergreenFir

    Glad to see, but I wanna see the aftermath with Danny… you better not cut away to another story line again

    1. Yotomoe

      Don’t tempt him, Evergreen! He is the puppet master and we are at his mercy!

      1. Opus the Poet

        There’s always Dina with her dino-romance novels…

        1. EEWWW

          Meanwhile, Joe and Sierra in the laundry room…

        2. begbert2

          Pretty sure Willis wasn’t drawing porn three months ago, so that probably wouldn’t be as interesting as you’d wish it was.

        3. Yotomoe

          Lucky for you, you all have Yoto.

        4. xKiv

          Are you … on the job?

  33. Fuzzydaemon

    What a terrible parent! Amber was supposed to go up against a maniac with a knife? Blaine had and has a real deathwish for her.

    I get that she became AmaziGirl TO PROVE BLAINE WRONG.

    1. Yotomoe

      Technically she’s only doing what he told her to do. Amazi-girl is basically just her saying that Blaine is right and she SHOULD be fighting crime.

  34. Jesse

    Well, it’s about damn time.

  35. Mr. Random

    So… he ridiculed her for doing nothing.
    Instead of wondering about her physical and emotional well-being.
    Well, she sure took that lesson to heart.
    Never just stand there if someone takes a hostage.
    Good job, Blaine.
    Enjoy getting your ass handed to you.

    1. Regalli

      *Cues up the Cellblock Tango*
      HE HAD IT COMING!

  36. YakkoRex

    Sixth panel – windmill punch?

  37. Idon'tcarenomore

    Amber is going to suffer over this so I feel bad about that.

    But, she is has been suffering big time, and if this relieves it, then she is justified because Blaine is a huge bastard.

    Maybe, just maybe, if Danny is smart enough to say Blaine kidnapped him, Amber may come out of this as a hero yet.

  38. Madness2.4

    RETRIBUTION!

    1. Leorale

      Moaning sword!

  39. Bill

    I am surprised Blaine is fighting back.  He doesn’t strike me as the type, and the comment he made about Amber’s mother (“You’re too much like your simpering mother.  Touch her once and she quits.”) made me think that he was more of the typical bully and that the people he has been controlling all his life were meek and submissive.  No one had ever stood up to him so he would not have a working knowledge of how to react when someone like Amber does push back.

    1. The Meek Ninja

      I would hardly call this fighting back. This is a beatdown.

    2. etybolik

      Keep in mind he was more than willing to fight her earlier after she clocked him. He wanted a fight, he just didn’t count on Amber being able to beat him senseless.

  40. Kernanator

    Well, looks like she’s doing something now.

  41. Blackbird

    As far as Danny knows, he’s watching Amazi-Girl beat the hell out of a mutual acquaintance’s dad with very little provocation. This isn’t going to help their relationship very much.

    1. Spliced

      But Amazi-girl used Amber’s voice last comic. He might catch on

    2. Wack'd

      I love how suddenly Danny’s extreme blinkeredness isn’t funny anymore.

      1. Historyman68

        Hey! Notice how Blaine didn’t recognize his own daughter? Let’s stop acting as if it’s only Danny who is being a dummy by following the rules of the universe.

        Yes, I know you’re talking about a different instance, but even then, he’s still seeing it in a reasonable way, from his perspective.

        1. Janons

          The idiot who has gone to second base with Amber, whom has felt her glorious curves…mistook SAL for Amazi-girl….

          This guy’s not just a dummy, he’s the king of them ;P

        2. diss

          Aw come on, let’s at least try to be fair. He did not MISTAKE Sal for Amazi-Girl. He RELUCTANTLY conceded to Billie’s claims, who was extremely confident in her “knowledge”. In fact, Dan took one look at Sal and *immediately* said there was no way they were the same person, and it took a while of conversation with her to actually really believe it (because he misinterpreted her Wiggler choice to be a hint.)

        3. ninja_jesus

          He’s the Mikio Jinno of Dumbing of Age: he isn’t merely any old fool, he’s a professional fool.

        4. D

          I honestly take this as just another sign of how bad a dad he is.

  42. Kerry

    Oh no, Amber…

  43. Marc in MN

    “Conscience Cat says: Assault is not an ideal way of dealing with emotional trauma.” 😉

    (Bonus internets to the first person to identify what this is referencing!)

    1. Leorale

      Sam and Fuzzy, of course!

      1. Marc in MN

        *High-five*

  44. Philippe G.

    I kinda feel sorry for him now.

    1. Sageress

      That’s the opposite of how you should feel.

      1. Spliced

        Seriously

  45. Spliced

    Damn. Overkill. Awesome.

    1. Aizat

      This is not a fight…it’s surgery. And Amber’s the surgeon.

      1. Sageress

        “Time for some malpractice.”

        1. Spliced

          dammit you posted before me AND I like yours better

        2. Sageress

          I try.

        3. Aizat

          Oh, I got one: “I can hear your heartbeat…for the very last time”

        4. Sageress

          “Your insurance doesn’t cover vengeance!”

        5. Opus the Poet

          Weird Al for the win!

        6. Keroshino

          Speaking of Weird Al
          …this weekend he’s gonna be voicing a character on My little Pony!!!
          And it’s a musical episode!!! 😀

        7. Spliced

          Like a surgeon

      2. Spliced

        Well, tell Kevorkian he’s just been outdone

      3. The Meek Ninja

        “Now? Let’s go practice medicine.”

        1. Sageress

          Yes good reference, I like you.

        2. Aizat

          “Ze healing is not as revarding as ze hurting!”

        3. Sageress

          “Oops! Zat vas not medicine!”

        4. Aizat

          “Zat vas doktor-assisted homicide!”

      4. Aizat

        I got one more: “The doctor will see you now.”

  46. Oliver

    In the most recent two comics, I’ve seen falcon kick, falcon punch and elbow of justice.

    I’m pretty sure Amazi-girl gets her “moves” from a certain Super Smash Bros character.

    1. Sageress

      Can’t wait to see the final smash.

      1. Oliver

        Blaines probably only at around 75% damage. I hope the next one is a knee of justice, and then meteor smashing his face into the ground.

        For a final smash she could be true to her inspiration and just run him over with the car.

        1. Sageress

          Or
          And hear me out here

          Giant corn popper

        2. Oliver

          …..go on…….

        3. Cephalo the Pod

          Of all the times I have ever desired a like button!!

    2. Leorale

      I’m loving all these action poses!

  47. Greenygal

    “What took so long?”
    “The store got held up and my friend was taken hostage with a knife.”
    “God, is that all? You can’t deal with anything, can you?”

    …I don’t know why it surprises me that Blaine is this loathsome, and yet somehow it does. Jesus Christ.

    1. Spliced

      Yeah and as she’s traumatized and crying about it

  48. Yotomoe

    Hey Guys. What if…
    What if that’s not Blaine talking to her?
    What if Amber is telling this to herself.

    1. Spliced

      Then Blaine’s abuse has gotten to her deeper than we thought before.

    2. Leorale

      It can be both, if she internalized his words. But, from the alt-text, sounds like it was originally him.

    3. AJBulldis

      I actually thought that was it at first, but then I realized it was Blaine being a macho ass.

    4. Cephalo the Pod

      Also, as has been mentioned above, the text says “little” friend. I don’t think Amber would use a dismissive diminutive, even if she internalized Blaine’s words.

  49. Ridureyu

    And then she beats up Danny, right?

    …Right?!?!?

    1. Sageress

      Why the hell would she do that.

      1. Aizat

        Yeah, Danny has not done anything…that warrants a beatdown anyway.

        1. Sageress

          Maybe a verbal berating, ending in a breakup but with them staying friends.

        2. Janons

          He stupidly got in the car with someone he doesn’t know, and let said person lure his FRIEND off campus 😐 He deserves a wedgie at the least!

        3. etybolik

          To be fair, Blaine manipulated him into thinking he was actually a decent human being and father. It’s not uncommon for abusers to do this when they’ve identified a new, unsuspecting target.

        4. begbert2

          God, you people.

          Danny met a man, on campus, on parents day, who immediately proved he knew Amber by name and introduced himself as Amber’s father. Danny thus concluded that he was Amber’s father. He IS Amber’s father. Stupidity level so far: zero.

          His friend’s father invites him to lunch at a nearby establishment. Blaine does nothing at all unkind or suspicious in the slightest. Danny proceeds to not lunge to the conclusion that all parents are abusers. Stupidity level: zero.

          Blaine continues to act perfectly innocent. Danny proceeds to act accordingly. Stupidity level: zero.

          There’s stupidity here, alright, but it’s not with the person who FAILS to go around accusing random people of child abuse for no reason.

        5. John

          At some point between “lurking outside the dorm to accost Amber’s friends instead of actually going in to see her” and “taking Amber’s friend to an isolated location off campus, borrowing the friend’s phone to call her, and making her walk 2.5 miles in the rain to meet them”, Blaine crossed the line between “perfectly innocent” and “kind of weird, but, okay, maybe there’s an explanation”, and then charged on full-tilt into “suspicious as hell” territory.

          Being completely oblivious to how increasingly sketchy this situation has gotten, to the point of not even realizing that he’d been no-shit kidnapped and held hostage… stupidity level: PRETTY FUCKING HIGH.

          It’s a good thing Danny’s got his own personal superhero around to save his dumb ass.

  50. Doom Shepherd

    “By G’Quan, I can’t recall the last time I was in a fight like that. No moral ambiguity, no … hopeless battle against ancient and overwhelming forces. They were the bad guys, as you say, we were the good guys. And they made a very satisfying thump when they hit the floor.”

    Blaine makes a very satisfying thump, indeed.
    …
    Did I just compare Willis to JMS? Yes, yes I did.

    1. Cybersnark

      And Amber to G’Kar. Not a bad analogy.

      Would this make Sal Londo? (I can see them eventually ending up sharing a cell.)

      1. Kryss LaBryn

        This kind of brings the comments back full circle to the ones above re: removing eyeballs with spoons… 😀

        (Also B5 is awesome)

  51. NerdHerder

    What?!? Amazi-Girl doesn’t…

    Aw, screw it. Kill the sonuvabongo.

    1. begbert2

      To be fair, we have no actual evidence that Amber’s not the sort of crime-fighter that leaves a trail of corpses in her wake. Sure, we haven’t seen her do it on screen, but it’s not like we’ve seen her every waking moment.

      Those sign vandals are totally dead now.

  52. Sageress

    FINISH HIM.

  53. Keroshino

    I seriously wonder how Danny is going to react to seeing Amazi-girl going berserk on Blaine!

    1. Leorale

      Maybe he’ll hide in a corner and do nothing.

      1. Keroshino

        Or think She is psycho and wants nothing to do with her anymore!

    2. Nakari

      Wet his pants, and look confused when he’s told he’s her Otacon?

    3. begbert2

      Rough guess: Either do nothing, or call the cops. Either option is the intelligent course of action, depending on how long the fight is and whether Amazi-girl continues to definitively win.

  54. Yotomoe

    Also, Blaine has so far not done anything worth this beating in at least our short term experience of him. I mean, he deserved at least…one of those punches.

    1. Keroshino

      This! Definitely!!!

      1. Keroshino

        Maybe two at most!

    2. Sageress

      HE DESERVES EVERY PUNCH.

      1. Aizat

        Every last one of them….yes even the finishing curb stomp.

        1. Sageress

          If Blaine leaves this with all of his teeth I’ll be disappointed.

        2. Aizat

          If Blaine does not leave by limping or crawling, I’ll be disappointed.

        3. Spliced

          If Blaine leaves with a working man-bit, I’ll be disappointed.

        4. Aizat

          So, we want Blaine to lose a couple of teeth, limping/crawling and castrated? Anything else?

        5. Opus the Poet

          Well he really doesn’t need four limbs.

    3. AJBulldis

      Yeah. On the one hand we all know he’s an asshole and we love the idea of assholes getting their asses handed to them. On the other there is nothing remotely healthy about this situation.

      Beating up your dad doesn’t fix your childhood.

    4. begbert2

      The asshole kidnapped somebody. (This was debatable until the instant he grabbed Danny and started dragging to the car; after that it was not.) As a kidnapper, he deserved exactly as many punches as it takes to 1) get him to stop with the kidnapping, and 2) stop punching back. Not a single punch less, so says actual laws.

      1. Yotomoe

        But you’re not counting the flying kick to his face!

      2. JQuire

        Eh, actual laws say he wasn’t a kidnapper at all. Just your run of the mill assault /battery when Blaine glomped on to Danny. But then I didn’t think he was dragging him towards the car – hence no asportation.

        But I mean, even then, you’re only justified in using reasonable force to protect others from crime. Amazber is well past that by now, I think. She’s gone straight-up Berzerker.

        1. Viktoria

          Blaine fought back, though. That helps her case. As does his history of violence and the fact that he is significantly larger, older, male, etc. “Abused teen cripples her abuser when he attacks her friend” is not a case any law enforcement officer wants. Most cops, even in Indiana, would make sure it gets lost in paperwork long before the DA laughs them out of the office.

  55. Flimsy

    Well, this is going to end badly for all parties… I know Blaine’s been deserving of it, but daaaaaaaaang!

    1. The Steve

      Yeah, I’m glad this is fiction because in the real world there would be absolutely no positive outcome from what Amber has done here…

  56. Claire

    Wanna bet Danny’s going to stop her from killing him?

    1. Keroshino

      And end up getting hit in the crossfire!

    2. Badeyes

      Was just thinking he’ll be bringing her back to reality here in a sec.

  57. someguywithakatana

    Wait. The last panel is confusing me. She throws a cross with her right arm, but it kind of looks like Blaine is being thrown in the opposite direction.

    1. luxlucis

      She punched him with her left. The right arm is preparing another punch.

      1. someguywithakatana

        No, I get that, but look at Blaine. He’s falling in the direction of her left fist. If she clocked him with the left fist, wouldn’t he fall the other way, in the direction the punch moved?

        1. someguywithakatana

          Or rather, he’s falling to her left, not the direction of her fist.

        2. Heavensrun

          This is something that drives me nuts in comic art critiques. Nothing against you personally, but I can’t stand when people try to deconstruct the action ofa comic panel. Linkara does this a lot, and it just feels pedantic.

          A comic panel, at least in a well drawn comic, is not a freeze frame of a moment. It is an expression of the essence of a moment. It needs to carry the energy and the intensity of the moment, which doesn’t happen in a simple still frame, and it needs to be well composed and balanced. Take the most well crafted action scene in film, and make a comic out of freeze frames of that action scene, and you’ll have a terrible comic.

          The last panel has energy, it’s dynamic, it’s chaotic, and it’s visceral. It draws the eye, it conveys the idea, and it’s steeped with emotion and expression. Even -if- the actual movement was impossible (See Willis’s response), it doesn’t -matter-, because that’s not he -point-.

        3. someguywithakatana

          I mean. I’m not trying to make a critique here. I didn’t mean it like “BER! This is bad because it doesn’t make sense HURR-DURR-DURR!” I just meant that I didn’t understand what physical… movement… whatever… Willis was attempting to convey in the panel. It was a request for clarification, not a critique of technique or what-have-you.

        4. Heavensrun

          Fair enough. I believe he was trying to convey that Amber is beating the shit out of Blaine. ;p

        5. David Willis

          That’s the way it works if Blaine is standing perfectly still on both feet. But he’s not. Any shift in how his weight is planted prior to the fist connecting can change his trajectory.

      2. Keroshino

        MACHINE GUN PUNCH!!!

        1. Aizat

          THIS HAND OF MINE BURNS WITH AN AWESOME POWER!

        2. Keroshino

          IT’S LOUD ROAR TELLS ME TO DEFEAT YOU!

        3. Aizat

          TAKE THIS, MY LOVE, MY SORROW AND ALL OF MY ANGER!

        4. Keroshino

          SHINING FINGER!!!

        5. Aizat

          GO! GO! GO!!!

  58. davesignal

    GET ‘EM A BODY BAG, JOHNNY

    1. Dante

      In looking for a reference clip for “Sweep the leg…” I have discovered there’s a band called Sweep the Leg Johnny…

      1. Cybersnark

        You sure you don’t mean Kings of Leon?

        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3iYmgDJ4FE

        1. Dante

          Nope

          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8Tf_qVEccM

  59. nothri

    Calling it now. Danny tries to pull her off the guy and gets Falcon punched for his trouble.

    And somewhere in the world I’m sure someone will care. Maybe even two people.

    1. begbert2

      And then despite being punched Danny continues to try to help her and calm her down, because he’s a very nice guy who cares and likes to help people, particularly ones he likes, like Amazi-girl.

      And all the people who don’t have mindless hate-hardons for him will be happy.

  60. Dean

    As a child, Blaine was visited by his time-travelling future self, who told him that the entire space-time continuum would be doomed unless Blaine could somehow arrange for his own teenage daughter to kick the shit out of him. Everything that has happened until now has been part of a carefully thought-out plan.

    Nah, Blaine’s just a jerk.

  61. Kernanator

    Pop Quiz Time!

    You’ve just found out that your daughter has been present for an armed robbery where her best friend was taken hostage. She is clearly traumatized by this event.

    Do you:

    A: Comfort her?
    Or
    B: Berate her for being scared and not doing anything?

    If you chose B, congratulations, you’re an asshole. Your prize is a brutal beating 5 years from now, which will be presented to you by your daughter.

    1. Yotomoe

      Wait. What if I spent my daughter’s entire life training her for nothing BUT this exact situation. Am I allowed to berate her then?

      1. nothri

        Nope. Still an asshole. Also, why are you spending so much time on defense training on that weirdly specific scenario anyway?

        1. Yotomoe

          I want my daughter to protect the weak. If she can’t defend those that are close to her, how can she hope to protect complete strangers.

        2. Aizat

          Yotomoe…if there is an award for awesome parent…congratulations, you won one.

        3. Eolirin

          Possibly because you are a family of ninjas.

  62. Mr. Random

    Just a quick check to see if something is like this.
    ~~~~~~~~~
    ~~~~~~~~~
    A M A Z I G I R L

    1. Yotomoe

      LA LI LE LO LU
      LA LI LE LO LU.

      1. Aizat

        Yotomoe, snap out of it. Yotomoe! YOTOMOE!!!!!!!

        1. Keroshino

          Aizat. turn the game console off right now!

          The mission is a failure!
          Cut the power right now!

        2. Aizat

          I hear it’s amazing when the famous purple stuffed worm in flap-jaw space with the tuning fork does a raw blink on Hara-Kiri Rock. I need scissors! 61!

        3. Mr. Random

          I was just checking the new filter, but now i wonder if anyone else understands what’s going on here.

        4. Aizat

          Well, Yotomoe gave me an easy one and I just went with it.

        5. Yotomoe

          Kawanishi-Noseguchi, Kinunobebashi, Takiyama, Uguisunomori, Tsuzumigataki,
          Tada, Hirano, Ichinotorii, Uneno, Yamashita, Sasabe, Kofudai, Tokiwadai,
          Myoukenguchi.

        6. Aizat

          Yotomoe, something happened to me last Thursday when I was driving home. I had a couple of miles to go – I looked up and saw a glowing orange object in the sky, to the east! It was moving very irregularly… suddenly there was intense light all around me – and when I came to, I was home. What do you think happened to me?

        7. Keroshino

          “You wouldn’t be trying to give yourself a bogus score using some ingenius trick would you?
          That’s just as low as anyone could possible stoop!
          I can’t believe you some times!”

        8. Aizat

          I was a North American Fall Webworm in my past life. Those were the good old days… What were you in your former life?

  63. Darwin

    LEFT CROSS! Almost as good as haymaker! Yay! Broken teeth! Bruised sternum! Visceral beating of someone in desperate need of it!

  64. Sageress

    I see Am Azig Irl is now censored to represent the fact that Amber is her own person now.

    Cool. Gonna make discussing the current story line a bit difficult tbh

  65. Chico

    The rain didn’t deserve that

  66. Sageress

    To everybody saying Amber’s going overboard, I respectfully disagree.

    She’s not hurting him enough

  67. Mal

    These must have been fun to draw. 🙂

  68. MikeSpader

    God I could read this strip over and over for hours

  69. Joe

    Blaine incapacitated, Amazi-Girl and Danny leave him at the hospital.

  70. Cliff

    “What’s that baby? You didn’t try to fight the older criminal girl who had a knife to your best friend’s throat? Gee, wasn’t that a sane and sensible decision.”

    ^
    Pretty much what anyone BUT Blaine woulda said.

    1. TemplarKnight

      Older? They are all the same age (give or take a year)considering they all are freshmen in college.

      1. David Willis

        Sal and Amber are no more than a month or few apart in age, correct.

        1. Mr K

          No, Sal and Walky are in their thirties. They just look younger because of genetics.

      2. Yotomoe

        Although I do find issue with that simply because anyone of any age (young adult) can be a freshman in college.

  71. cdot

    hahaha shes going to kill him

    1. Leonou

      Nah, Danny will stop her before that.
      Wich means that Danny will finally do something usefuls, and yet will be even more despised by readers.

      1. Nakari

        Danny could perfect a plan for world peace, inexhaustible free energy for homes, vehicles, and anything else needed, locate alternate worlds habitable by Human life, locate intelligent peaceful extraterrestrials that boost our knowledge of science, AND find perfect Zen while WRITING THE MOST AMAZING MOVIES TO EVER BE MADE, USING HIS FEET..

        Fans would still call for his head, tarred and feathered, on a pike.

        1. Roborat

          Why would they want to put his head on a fish?

        2. Ugakicka

          I lol’d. Good job, sir.

  72. Kyle

    I’m completely in love with the detail on the last panel, Amber’s fist actually cutting a swath through the storm and mingling the raindrops with her father’s blood. It’s perfectly exemplary of your style, which looks quick and clean but never rushed. Thanks for putting so much thought into Blaine’s suffering!

    This strip is a tiny little miracle. It actually has me hoping we get to see Blaine again, if only to see what he looks like absent a few teeth.

    (Blah, blah, compulsory sidenote about hoping Amber reins in her control issues before she becomes her father, blah, blah. Let’s just enjoy the Blaine giblets for now.)

  73. Kennerly

    As satisfying as this seems, I’ve dealt with people like Blaine and I know what happens next. When you beat a bully with your bare hands, he comes back with a weapon. It doesn’t end until one of you is dead or in prison.

    1. Leon

      And that’s why you take two eyes for an eye and all teeth for one tooth. Getting even gets you nowhere, you must hurt your enemy so horribly that the very thought of hurting you again will fill them with panic.

      1. Magyk

        I hate that I have to agree.

        “I have to win this now, and for all time, or I’ll fight it ever day and it will get worse and worse.”

      2. waterbuffalo

        I agree with this, I really hope that at the end Amber tears off the mask so Blaine can see exactly who has done this to him, and what he has made of his daughter. She’ll be shooting any chance she might have with Danny in the foot but I hope she’ll decide that getting away from her father will be more important in the long run.

  74. Darnel

    ……………. And,.. I am Quietly content.

    (Meh,.. I remain a bad man.)

  75. Leon

    Holy freaking crap! As if Amber didn’t have enough of a reason to beat the shit out of Blaine!

    1. Nakari

      It seems there is an endless well of reasons.

      See, Blaine just doesn’t release a level of low-grade evil that slowly sweeps across the world(Such as caused by tying up every phone line for 5 minutes around lunchtime), he releases a constant energy that causes the subconscious of certain people to scream “BEAT HIM SENSELESS!”.

      This is normally ignored, for voices like that, much like talking dogs, is treated by the rest of the brain as nonexistent. Yet, for some reason, they still stick a leg out and try to trip him.

  76. JA

    Let the hate flow through you, Amber.

  77. Jeffrywith1e

    I love how that punch is cutting through the rain!

  78. Xornmetal

    Tsk tsk, Blaine. You called down the thunder and Zeus himself responded.

  79. Regalli

    She is going to regret this beatdown so much as soon as this is over.

    Augh, Blaine. Fuck you.

  80. ShaggyDonahugh

    As much a fan as I am for seeing Blaine punched in the FAAAAAAACE!
    This is a bit too far. If she leaves him bleeding and unconscious by his car and she just leaves, the police are going to get involved no matter his crushed pride.
    This could spell trouble, and not just for Amber.

  81. Aegon01

    I think this might be Amber’s theme song:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OO0U2wTAHv0

  82. demoneater

    Now only Faz remains…

  83. SanzoKun

    “Amazing-girl is dominating” +500 gold
    “An enemy’s rampage has been shut down” bounty +800 gold

  84. Darth Cariss

    I like the way you have her fist cutting through the rain, sort of taking the place of a motion line. Well done.

  85. CianM1301

    Blaine used Beat Up! Blaine’s attack missed!
    Amber used Close Combat! It’s super effective!

  86. ioasuka

    [Zim voice] Nothing…. Or SOMEthing? [/Zim voice]

  87. chris73

    This is freakin’ awesome, sometimes violence is the answer!

  88. Kim

    From yesterday’s comic and still going with todays; this comic just turned great.

    1. xKiv

      GreatER.

  89. garblegarble

    waiting for Amber to unmask after she’s finished putting the pain to Blaine in the rain.

  90. Lupus_Amens

    I’ll be in my bunk…

  91. Björn

    Blaine continues to get beat up by girls.

  92. Layn

    I’m not sure i’ve said it before, i’ve definitely wanted to, but… Mr. Willis, dumbing of age is so amazing. I’m loving the art, the writing, the drama, the humor (well not NOW, of course), and the way you deal with several different topics.
    I love how this whole recent amazi-girl arc has looked and how much can be said about what is happening right here.

  93. Azhrei Vep

    Oh man, Poor Amber. There’s no way this will end well for anyone involved.

  94. The kid

    Do the twist amzagirl!

  95. zoabeast

    break him untill nothing remains.

  96. Musie

    Welp, this certainly raises the stakes on Amazi-girl’s identity being publicly revealed.

  97. Kathleen

    I feel like Willis is preemptively chastising the audience for possibly feeling this way about Amber. “oh, THIS traumatized you? that isn’t traumatizing enough to warrent that. you shouldn’t be so traumatized.” <– 100% BS

  98. Crumplepunch

    I know punching the bad guy is cathartic and all but the rage hard-on people have had with killing this guy for the last few days is getting a bit creepy.

    Seek medical advice about your days-long rage hard-on.

    1. maxlines

      Yeah, it is getting creepy. Funny how blood thirsty people can get.

      1. Opus the Poet

        People are looking for a socially-acceptable outlet for their rage and impotence (or fecklessness). For many people watching (or reading) a comic of a comically bad man getting the ever-loving crap beaten out of him satisfies that need.

    2. Volkai

      I’m moderately confident nobody actually wants or expects Amber to kill Blaine.

      But they want bad things to happen to him, and they (and I) want Amber to get some closure regarding her abusive father and past traumas.

    3. michaelw777

      Amber has a lot of pent-up rage toward her father for sure. At least she’s directed it to the source of her anger – which is kind of rare. I like how David has explained Amber’s rather unusual way of dealing with her anger in donning the costume.

      Yeah, Blaine is an asshole. Yeah, he had it coming and Amber was the one to give it to him. But Blaine himself didn’t become what he was in a vacuum, and although we’re unlikely to see it – he probably came from an abusive household himself.

      Isn’t he paying for her education? Will he retaliate? Will this be a moment of gestalt and growth for him? Stay tuned – we’ll all see where this ride takes us.

  99. Al Schroeder

    Probably another reason Blaine is not recognizing Amber. Not just the mask—and the rain (changing hairstyle and darkening hair)–but even after the blow in the dormitory, he just can’t visualize his daughter as a violent person–even if he made her it.

    I should be appalled. Instead, I want to pop popcorn. This is cathartic. If it were a human being, it would be one thing, but this is Blaine: an abusive asshole with little claim to humanity.

  100. Kevin

    I do not understand the rules that are used for filtering posts.

    1. Wack'd

      Your first post is filtered and then all your future posts are unfiltered.

      1. michaelw777

        Now I want a cigarette, and I don’t even smoke!

      2. John

        Posts with more than one link in them require approval. Posts that are made up entirely of a link go through without approval, but the link is removed. The name of a certain ex-SUV who doesn’t exist in this universe is replaced with ~s. And sometimes Willis just gets annoyed by things and deletes them.

        1. Kevin

          Commented on a quirk of the way one of the panels was drawn and my post apparently got deleted. I didn’t even say anything negative. Sigh.

        2. David Willis

          Sometimes a man can get tired of everything being turned into sexual observations, especially when a father and daughter are concerned. You don’t have to post everything that comes to mind.

        3. Kevin

          OK, fair enough. I’m sorry.

  101. Gargamel

    Haha, excellent!

  102. Never Simple

    Not sure if someone pointed it out but… Doesnt it seem a bit like it was Blaine telling her that in he past? And she agreed him which is WHY she fights crime so never to feel helpless again!… Damn she really is like Batman huh.

    1. shadow eagle

      YEP!!!

  103. Jack Finch

    Blaine, when you said she was ruining everything you had no idea how right you were.

  104. Alison E

    … oh god, there is no Amber, there is only Zuul.

  105. Mike

    Gawd Damn.

    I know nobody’s reading down this far, but this has gotten 365 views in the 8 hours it’s been up.

  106. shadow eagle

    REVENGE IS A DISH BEST SERVED IN THE RAIN!

  107. LS

    Hello, my name is Amber. You killed my childhood, prepare to die!

    1. Wack'd

      Stop saying that!

  108. Charles Phipps

    NEXT – SAL!

  109. Veckzis

    This is like in Spider-Man 3 when Black Suit Peter believed he was “killing” Sandman and fully intended to let him die.

  110. Cephalo the Pod

    Best hovertext yet.

  111. Volkai

    Did This To Himself.

    1. theskeuomorph

      …and that’s what really hurts?

  112. michaelw777

    Awww…his little girl is all grown up now.

    Sure hope he has a good dental plan.

  113. djhash

    This is very sad! This makes me feel sorry for Amber. She’s supposed to be better than that.

  114. Jackal

    I really hate this particular strip. Yesterday’s kick to the face was fine, but today we have Amber just beating Blaine senseless (narrated by Amber’s traumatic memories). It looks like he’s barely trying to defend himself, and probably doesn’t even know who this girl is or why she’s pummeling him; there’s no evidence yet that he or Danny recognized the voice shift from yesterday.

    I say this out of sympathy for Amber, not for Blaine, as I have no sympathy for him. Blaine’s still going to be a horrible, controlling, abusive father and overall asshole, and Amber’s actions here are probably just going to make things worse for her.

    Then there’s Danny, who thinks Amazi-girl is pretty rad, and is presently watching her beat Amber’s father bloody. Granted, the beating is not unprovoked, and it’s supposedly in his defense, but it is grossly excessive. In the closest thing to a happy ending for this arc, Amber’s identity is revealed, Danny recognizes that she’s struggling with a lot of past trauma, and decides he’s willing to help her however he can. But a more common (and sensible) reaction is to get back to a safe distance.

    Oh, and by “hate” in that first block of text, I mean something along the lines of “Willis is making me feel anger and sadness and a lot of other feels with his story-making prowess.”

  115. OmegaDez

    …Damn.
    This is taking a somber turn.

    I’m also really to suspend my disbelief over Danny not recognizing Amber. But her own FATHER?.

    1. Minder

      Amber and Blaine hadn’t seen each other in years before this storyline.

    2. beege

      However silly Amber’s Amazi-girl outfit looks to us, it appears to be an in-universe rule that it is an effective disguise.

    3. John

      In the dark, in the rain, while getting brutally beaten… I can buy that Blaine hasn’t realized that it’s his daughter, with whom he’s had only one brief contact in the last several years, delivering the beating. He’s got other things on his mind at the moment than exactly whose fist it is punching his face in, and he remembers Amber as that timid and helpless girl in the red panels.

      Though given that the brief contact was also Amber’s fist with his face, maybe this should be feeling familiar.

  116. nothri

    For some reason this got stuck in my head reading this comic.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EWozJkSML0

  117. wynne

    Knives can be pretty deadly.

  118. David

    Shouldn’t Blaine by now recognize that fist? Actually, it would appear that Amber will have quite a torn set of knuckles to explain away next time she meets Danny in civilian clothes.

    1. Bill

      Amber is wearing Amazi-gloves.

  119. D

    I’ve seen some folks predict (and hope) that if Danny tries to stop her he’ll get caught in the cross-fire. I was expecting that Danny would pull her off him and get her to come to her senses.

    I hope Amber doesn’t face too harsh a punishment for this, and that she finally realizes she needs help.

    1. waterbuffalo

      I don’t think I can express how happy this arc is making me. People are saying “Oh, Amber has deep-seated anger issues, she’s expressing them through violence, she needs help” NO. Amber is being violent because her father is violent. She knows perfectly well which situations don’t call for violence, because she hasn’t shown this much anger throughout all her time at school. She is rightfully angry now because her father has pulled her friend, a boy she has a crush on, into the charade and has put him in harm’s way. And she is taking back power that is rightfully hers, and making sure that he will never hurt her or try to attack her weak spots again. I am so proud of Amber, and people who think she needs help need to realize that she is HELPING HERSELF.

      1. Vert

        I was thinking something similar myself. Wouldn’t it be something if this is what allows Amber to re-integrate Amazigirl and herself? It’s like years of therapy concentrated into a few minutes, but with fists!

      2. Kryss LaBryn

        THIS.

    2. waterbuffalo

      I don’t think I can express how happy this arc is making me. People are saying “Oh, Amber has deep-seated anger issues, she’s expressing them through violence, she needs help” NO. Amber is being violent because her father is violent. She knows perfectly well which situations don’t call for violence, because she hasn’t shown this much anger throughout all her time at school. She is rightfully angry now because her father has pulled her friend, a boy she has a crush on, into the charade and has put him in harm’s way. And she is taking back power that is rightfully hers, and making sure that he will never hurt her or try to attack her weak spots again. I am so proud of Amber, and people who think she needs help need to realize that she is HELPING HERSELF.

      1. WikiDreamer

        While I greatly agree that she’s doing what I feel is right in taking back what was hers, violence be damned, I do feel she should consider just a wee bit of therapy for the duality complex she’s developed with Amazi-Girl. Sure, it’s a great way for her to vent and she easily compartmentalizes her emotions, but that is in no way healthy for herself. She has to vent. ALL of it. Otherwise it’s going to either a) fester within herself or b) she’ll reach a breaking point in the worst possible way. Right now, she’s handing that worthless cum stain survivor excuse of a human being we know as Blaine his well deserved pompous ass and she’s using the strength she both did and didn’t know she had to do it. Is she wrong for it? Hell no! Well she need help dealing with the trauma he’s caused her up to now? Yeah, she will but because she was a victim as much as she’s been the aggressor.

      2. beege

        This.

        We’re told ‘violence is not the answer’ and I do believe that, but this is about more than Blaine getting a richly deserved ass-kicking. This is about Amber breaking free of all the insecurities and self-doubt he’s saddled her with and internalising the idea that she’s stronger then he is, that his view of her doesn’t matter.

        That said, this is just the first step in the healing process. The next step is to deal with the anger she’s carrying and her fears that it makes her too much like her father.

      3. chris73

        I agree, there are times when righteous anger is needed and a beat down is needed and this is one of them.

  120. TOMMYOMEGA

    WIN.

    That is all.

  121. Paul1963

    I have a feeling Amber won’t need to be Amazi-Girl anymore after this is over. And I suspect there will be an angry, tear-stained unmasking as soon as she stops beating the shit out of Blaine.

    1. WikiDreamer

      So…..by Sunday’s strip then cause at the rate she’s going, I can bet she’ll black out into pure rage. Also, I call she get’s unmasked mid suplex. PLEASE don’t let that be a game changer in Blaine’s favor!

    2. Michael Crichton

      I suspect there will be an angry, tear-stained unmasking as soon as she stops beating the shit out of Blaine.

      Followed by an anguished declaration that Danny is simply Too Stupid To Love.

      1. MrMyerst

        To be honest, I’m kinda hoping he realises, then apologises profusely, asking if she can ever forgive him- she passionately kisses him, and says “of course I forgive you- what sort of person would hate you for an honest mistake?”. The she glares us us through the fourth wall.

  122. Schist

    Daaaaaaaaaang Amazi-Girl.

  123. tlaurence

    My prediction for tomorrow’s comic.

    Amber is about to pummel Blaine’s brains onto the pavement, when, off-panel, Danny says, “Amber?”

    Everything stops. Amber is still. Then she breaks down crying.

  124. Mystrana

    That second action panel with Amber gritting her teeth and glaring up at Blaine… wow! It really expresses so much.

  125. kelticat

    “I not only can take a punch, I can throw one too.”-Darling Cruel

    Perfectly sums up Amber as well. Blaine only knows how to hit people. Amber know how to fight.

  126. Maitreya

    Looking for a more satisfying crunch?

    Not me.

  127. xKiv

    Reading alt-text before comic: comprehension fail …

  128. ZachKaiser

    That’s an interesting twist put on it, and explains a lot about Amber. It wasn’t just that she felt powerless in the situation; instead of any kind of situation or comfort, she was told she was a coward for not standing up to a robber with a knife.
    “It was just a knife.”
    Yeah, a knife is plenty if all you have is your hands and you aren’t some kind of trained fighter.

    1. xKiv

      Knife is a lot even if you *are* a trained fighter without a weapon of your own.
      Real people get their hands ruined that way (and if you want to say that they weren’t *properly* trained, well, the knife-wielder wasn’t properly trained either).

  129. Mattyos

    Now this..ladies and gentlemen, is called Stomping a mud hole and walking it dry!

  130. Kugai

    This comic approved by Clubber Lang

  131. Stranger

    Awesome, now break his neck and make him cry like a bongo!

  132. Animal

    Something familiar,
    Something peculiar,
    Something for everyone:
    A pummeling tonight!

    Something appealing,
    Something appalling,
    Something for everyone:
    A pummeling tonight!

    Nothing with kings, nothing with crowns;
    Bring on the lovers, liars and clowns!

    Old situations,
    New complications,
    Nothing portentous or polite;
    Tragedy tomorrow,
    Pummeling tonight!

    Something convulsive,
    Something repulsive,
    Something for everyone:
    A pummeling tonight!

    1. Animal

      (Apologies to Zero Mostel and Stephen Sondheim.)

      1. kelticat

        How odd is it that I was actually humming the tune as I read your post?

        1. Animal

          I don’t find that at all odd. I was humming the tune as I posted it.

  133. Tealjoy

    Why am I not surprised you said that to your probably still terrified daughter? Asshole.

  134. DFS

    I imagine this fight is going to end with Blaine in a full body cast, Amber with blood sexily splattered across her face, and Danny with the hardest erection that he ever has had or ever will have.

  135. Wild woodsman

    Starburst Stream!!

  136. demoncat4

    nice for if nothing else blaine will hopefully know that amber is not weak as he made her and never ever be able to mess with her. though think her behavior is also a little pts due to what happen with ethan and the robber at the convince store. at least amber has the perfect outlet for her metal issues now using blaine as a punching bag.

  137. RossV

    Sorry, but when I see the NSFW ad, I just totally imagine those two going at it in the rain right around the corner while this ensues.

  138. Timtombimbomb

    She is giving him the business.

    Well, goodbye Amazigirl, it was nice knowing you.

  139. Squid

    I really like the rain effect in that last panel. Really gives emphasis to her punch.

  140. BL

    i’m honestly not sure if i care how badly this ends at this point, because those two panels of Blaine getting beaten to a pulp are the most cathartic thing i’ve ever seen in a webcomic since 2008

    1. Hythrain

      What did you see in 2008?

      1. Anon

        Excellent question. I, too, am curious as to the answer.

        In eager anticipation of your elucidation,

        Anon

      2. BL

        Basically all of It’s Walky. Watching Sal practically curb stomp the head alien had me at my desk screaming “YES!” for half an hour.

  141. OldFart

    Willis, did you just censor me or was that a technical glitch? I ‘ve had a lot of posts just disappear when I hit “Post Comment”, and I’d like to know.

    1. David Willis

      The only thing this website censors are names of people who are definitely not Amazi-Girl.

      1. Kevin

        What does that mean? I had a post with what I thought was an innocuous comment disappear as well, maybe the server was on the fritz.

  142. DarkoNeko

    So much red.
    so much… red red red red red red red RED

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