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Situation ended
Posted on December 28, 2024 by David M Willis

143 thoughts on “Situation ended”

  1. Doctor_Who

    What’s the rope attached to, you ask?

    Same thing Spider-Man’s webs and Batman’s grapnel are usually attached to. The comic makes a lot more sense if you just assume dirigibles are common in this universe, and there’s always one just overhead, off-panel.

    One day, advancements in drone technology might solve this issue for good.

    1. Thag Simmons

      I’m sure there’s attachment points on the ceiling, I’d be more curious about how she got it up there.

    2. Charles Phipps

      There’s a video of a guy riding a drone over Times Square like the Green Goblin.

      Literally, Amber and Carla could team up to do something like that. Except Amber would be swinging from it!

      https://youtu.be/9KleziuLx3E

    3. David M Willis

      It’s very specifically attached to the wiggly artsy structures on the ceiling that are there in real life! This isn’t one of those Spider-Man/Batman things! That grapple landed somewhere real! i even drew them

      1. Charles Phipps

        Amazi-Girl
        Amazi-Girl
        Barely stands five foot four
        Is she strong? Is she bad?
        Why does the girl who looks like her always act so sad?

      2. Doctor_Who

        Nice of the university to make their buildings Superhero Accessible.

        1. Charles Phipps

          Walky’s mom used to be known as White Woman.

          She fell in love with the original Night Guy.

        2. DaveM

          In some of the flashbacks/reboots she’s known as “Very White Woman”, or “Extremely White Woman”. I’m given to understand it depends on the writer.

        3. Jamie

          Wheelchair accessible AND superhero accessible.

        4. Proxiehunter

          Professor Xessible.

        5. Shadowsnail

          Nice.

        6. Michael Steamweed

          Indiana universities take ADA requirements _very_ seriously.

      3. Mark

        Aw! I was thinking one of these.

    4. NGPZ

      Ruttech is already confirmed to have some “over eager drones”, so sooner than you think.

      https://www.dumbingofage.com/2019/comic/book-9-comic/02-but-the-sun-still-shines/narcissistic/

      1. NGPZ

        Come to think of it, that “R” on the Ruttech drone looks an awful lot like the Team Rocket logo, hmm….

      2. Michael Steamweed

        We start with this:
        “Hello, human, I heard you talking about the jacket. Please state your size.
        We need to clear up some warehouse space.”

        And that inevitably leads to:
        “Hello, superhero, I heard you wanting to exit this situation. Here is a contact point for your grapple. Please state your destination coordinates.”

    5. jeffepp

      When you read Dune, imagine Duncan Idaho with a cape, swinging in and out of every appearance. He’ll make much more sense as a character.

      1. Charles Phipps

        People don’t believe me when I say that the original Dune novels become about the power of Duncan Idaho to have sex with thousands of mind-controlling sex ninjas.

        1. Slartibeast Button, BIA

          S’true

        2. Adam Black

          Tbf Mindcontrolling sex ninjas are just Basic Bene Gesserit ( Acolytes imprinters with voice and prana bibdu fighting) .

          HM are something else

    6. ESM

      The bigger question is “What is she swinging towards”

      1. Aquila

        The future!
        And BEYOND !!!

      2. Eric

        Not here – she doesn’t live here!

    7. Needfuldoer

      Whenever you notice something like that, a wizard did it.

      1. Mark

        We owe a great debt to wizards.

        1. clif

          How are you planning on paying your share?

  2. Charles Phipps

    “Save yourselves!”

    1. Mark

      “Free Silver!”

  3. jeffepp

    “People are Garbage”

    1. Charles Phipps

      “Up here we can be garbage!”

  4. paleotectonics

    Not in the face! Not in the face!

    1. Shadowsnail

      Yeah, baby, yeah! I’m the Mad Midnight Bomber what bombs at midnight!

      1. Shadowsnail

        D’oh! Evil, not Mad. But also mad.

      2. Deanatay

        Tough kitty toenails! I’m makin’ gravy without the lumps!

  5. HueSatLight

    alt text going to be wrong in 10 years when it turns out she’s been planted in the background since the beginning as a planned major character.

    1. HueSatLight

      well well well another AG scene.

      1. Charles Phipps

        I assume the blonde on the left is this new girl.

        1. HueSatLight

          Blond and Kokomo-shirt, two new characters!

  6. HMRC4EVR

    How about “The Power…is Yours!”

    Don’t think it’s in use right now…

    1. Charles Phipps

      Amber versus a kid with the Power Glove!

      Maybe he’ll beat Sal’s record at Mario Kart.

      1. cbwroses

        I took that more as a Captain Planet reference.

        1. Shadowsnail

          Same. The Power Glove catchphrase would be:
          “I love the Power Glove… It’s so bad.”

  7. EtchJetty

    That’s the look of “we’ll talk about this later.” Hopefully Amber’s not in for a total surprise when the conversation happens…

  8. Opus the Poet

    That is a shitty catch phrase. Mine isn’t any better, “Being dead is boring, and coming back hurts. Just die the one time.”

    1. 3oranges

      Only because it’s too long. “Sorry, pal…I’m only dying the one time” is a perfect thing to say in fight scenes.

  9. Schpoonman

    Hey, the banner is AG giving Paul a Dynamic Entry.

  10. RassilonTDavros

    Ethan is so done with this shit.

    1. Charles Phipps

      “I wonder why the lady who held a knife to my throat is swinging over my head.”

      1. Daibhid C

        Did I miss the strip where somebody bonked Ethan on the head and he got comedy amnesia?

    2. Bryy

      I really wonder when Ethan is going to learn that emulating Mike ain’t a healthy coping mechanism.

      1. NGPZ

        A lot of the main cast “emulated Mike” already by default, hence the Doylist explanation of why he was done away with.

  11. darkoneko

    someone’s unimpressed

    1. Michael Steamweed

      Yes depressed; not impressed.

  12. Pocky

    I’m partial to “Random Bullshit GO” myself

  13. Nono

    Okay chat what name are we giving her

    1. NGPZ

      hmmm?

      she looks like a “Christina”, but that just me XD

      1. Yumi

        I’m feeling “Emma” for her, myself.

        1. NGPZ

          comment.upvote ++;

          ^-^

    2. Taffy

      Minerva “Minnie” Skovgaard, a theater major. She ditches class on occasion, refuses to read any book that’s not hard science fiction, watches Roz’s livestreams, and her favorite food is pork egg rolls.

    3. Confuzor

      Definitely Kari

    4. staszu13

      Sandy

    5. Michael Steamweed

      1. Rebel
      2. Emma

    6. SignSeeker

      She strikes me as a Svetlana.

    7. Shadowsnail

      Ylva. Spelled like it sounds.

  14. Charles Phipps

    Since Willis didn’t name her, I am saying the blonde girl is, “Jane Joanna Jameson.”

    1. Slartibeast Button, BIA

      We’ll give her a name, and take away her number?

      1. DaveM

        I got that reference.gif!

    2. Opus the Poet

      That would be good if she was the editor of the college newspaper, but Daisy has that job at the moment.

      1. Charles Phipps

        What if she’s Daisy’s baby sister who wants to be an Astronaut and date Mary Jane?

        1. Michael Steamweed

          *rubs chin thoughtfully

          I like where you’re going with this. Daisy needs some more drama in her life.

    3. Yak

      Jane Jangle Jinglehiemerschmidt

  15. Armadillo

    Closest thing I ever had to a catchphrase was “Never sign an NDA” for a conspiracy theorist character I made for a ttrpg with a futuristic setting.
    Good catchphrases are much harder to come up with than people tend to think.

    1. Needfuldoer

      That sounds like one of the Rules of Acquisition.

    2. Michael Steamweed

      I mean, “Never sign an NDA” is not bad advice, generally speaking. Neither non-disclosures nor non-competes.

  16. BSD

    Whether it is a TM, in-universe, is actually a fascinating question.

    1. IntangibleMatter

      Holy shit BSD, are you Free, Net, or Open?

      1. Slartibeast Button, BIA

        They are the Blue Screen of Death
        No one hears your screams

      2. BSD

        Given I’m posting this on an iphone, mostly Open, I’m given to understand. But no, it’s not Berkeley System Design, it’s Big Scary Dave. (also: on this topic I am decidely Not Free).

        1. Michael Steamweed

          “Always available; never free”

        2. Morleuca

          but reasonably priced for the housewife on the go

        3. Aura

          1 nickel

  17. IntangibleMatter

    They should call her Shitty Catchphrase Girl™

    1. Ophidiophile

      Who called the Shitty Catchphrase Police?

      1. Charles Phipps

        J Joanna is just mad that Daisy is the editor of the magazine and not her!

  18. Bogeywoman

    Alright gang, time to mass vote for the nameless lady for the next bonus strip

    1. staszu13

      Seconded but only if they put that girl who looks like Danny in too

  19. Mr. Random

    How many times has she actually said that though?
    We need a transcript search on this website.

    1. tbf

      Or to submit transcripts to OhNoRobot. (I’m not bothering to check if they’re already there.)

  20. BBCC

    Behold! The first appearance of AG’s sidekick! Amazi-Lass!

    …Look, it was be an unpaid intern superhero or an unpaid intern at a marketing place. Superhero was way cooler.

    1. Shadowsnail

      Catchphrase: Freaky fanfic, Amazi-Girl!

      1. Michael Steamweed

        As A-G’s intern, she has to be Amber’s intern, too. That’s where the fanfic comes in.

    2. Michael Steamweed

      Good career move. The latest batch of LLMs are murder on the marketing industry’s entry-level jobs. BUT ain’t any LLMs gonna affect the superheroing industry for quite a while.

      1. NGPZ

        While the market for LLMs and other AI is really large, turns our it’s also largely fraudulent ?

        https://ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/i-will-fucking-piledrive-you-if-you-mention-ai-again/

  21. Radiance

    “Quick! To the Amazi-Cave! (Which is NOT a dorm room.)”

  22. Icalasari

    Nameless so far

  23. Bryy

    Asher has seen Amazi-Girl. Amazi-Girl has seen Asher.

    1. NGPZ

      Like Cell locking eyes with Android 18 in Dragon Ball Z ?

  24. Sirksome

    Catchphrase lady went down in history as the only person to defeat Amazi-Girl.

  25. Legs

    Actually, that is not at all a shitty catchphrase, if you have seen “Foxfire” with Angelina Jolie. Her exiting line “I don’t even go here” is still one of the coolest catchphrases I’ve ever heard

  26. Justnobodyfqwl

    COMING SOON 2025: CATCHPHRASE LADY’S SLIPSHINE

    1. Opus the Poet

      +1!

    2. ValdVin

      We need this. The whole campus is asking “Who’s Catchphrase Girl?”

      Daisy wants to be in a triad.

      1. Sirksome

        Catchphrase lady has become DoA’s Hawk Tuah! When can we expect the inevitable rug pull?

    3. Michael Steamweed

      That would, in fact, get me to re-up my subscription.

      1. NGPZ

        Just cuz im in a YOLO kinda mood rn, have an upvote!!!! ^^

        Although we would probably get it on patreon, just sayin’ XD

  27. Needfuldoer

    Whaddaya mean “she doesn’t have a name”? She has an on-camera speaking part!

    Also, hi Ethan.

    1. Shadowsnail

      Maybe she canonically doesn’t have a name. You could call her “Baby Girl LNU”.

      1. Needfuldoer

        Somebody in the comments called her Lauren; I’m stealing that for my DoA expanded headcanon universe.

        You get an on-camera speaking line, you get your name in the credits. That’s just how it works.

        No I am not a crackpot.

  28. Charles Phipps

    Ethan is thinking, “Maybe I should try supervillainy now.”

  29. DailyBrad

    I do wonder what she thought Amazi-Girl would say. Does she have a catchphrase or was this her trying to tee her up for one?

    1. Charles Phipps

      I vote we have a poll!

      Mine would be for, “I am not a Mary Sue! I train really hard!”

      1. Michael Steamweed

        She’s totally not a Mary Sue. She’s more a Broken Bird sort of TV Trope.

        1. Needfuldoer

          Of course she’s not a Mary Sue. She’s an Amazi-Girl. It’s right there in her name!

    2. Azhrei Vep

      Well, she’s expecting her to say “I’m Amazi-Girl, and I’m immune to criticism!” naturally.

      1. Michael Steamweed

        Total callback. 🙂

  30. Steve DeGroof

    And so begins Catchphrase Girl’s supervillain origin story.

  31. Kyulen

    I could’ve sworn Amazi-Girl had a catchphrase before, but maybe that was in the other universe. Or maybe I’m just remembering wrong.

  32. BadRoad

    Book 14: “That’s a Really Shitty Catchphrase”

  33. Dara

    My 2025 catchphrase is “Why are you complaining? This is exactly what you voted for, you stupid-ass motherfucker.”

    1. Michael Steamweed

      Relative of mine is having something similarly worded printed on little stickers. She plans to go around putting them at gas stations, grocery shelves, and mail boxes.

    2. Zaxares

      Alas, if things still don’t go their way, they’ll probably just blame the Deep State or some other stupid reason that can’t be shot down with mere logic. 😛

    3. zee

      My favorite thing about the past few days has been conservative tech bros realizing that conservative policies would lose them their cheap labor, conservative POC immigrant professionals realizing that being “one of the good ones” isn’t enough to save you from people wanting to deport you and every other conservative realizing that profits trump principle with every single CEO. The infighting has been hilarious

      1. Taffy

        Again, if you vote for a guy who explicitly plans to round you and your family up in a camp and/or have you deported, you lose the right to complain when that happens to you. It’s what you want, no take-backs.

  34. Suet

    That catchphrase is not for you, Sabrina… or Lauren… it’s for Jennifer. And Sal.

    I like how someone is oblivious to the redesign, it’s all the same to ’em

    1. Mark

      It’s blue and yellow — it’s the same. Anybody who has ever shopped for breakfast cereal knows that the point of a packaging redesign is to make the product unrecognizable and impossible to find.

  35. Azhrei Vep

    Good thing for Amazi-Girl that she’s immune to criticism!

  36. thumb

    What’s the rope hanging from? How does it swing her upwards? Wouldn’t the length of the rope required for a swing to carry her even this high make it very dangerous indoors?

    THESE ARE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS!!!
    I refuse to take this comic seriously until they are answered.

    1. Alan in DC

      But other than that, everything else makes perfect sense then?

  37. Michael Steamweed

    “She doesn’t have a name…yet.”

    There ya go. Fixed it for ya. 😀

  38. Daibhid C

    My “I don’t live here(TM)” catchphrase has people asking a lot of questions which are answered by my catchphrase.

  39. Morrison

    Man, I was afraid of this. Incelorator led Amazigirl to the same room as Asher. Asher helped Blaine setup his evil plot on campus. He must of known how to contact Incelorator.

  40. Lightweight Baybee

    sweater lady is in 2 whole panels (that i know of) and doesn’t have a name
    damn willis is slipping >:^o

  41. AnonGrouch

    Olivia

  42. Yak

    What so you mean, that’s a fantastic catchphrase.

  43. Yeet

    not as good as “and I can breathe in space”

  44. Astariel

    I like Cute Blonde Amazi-Girl Fan. I want to see more of her.

  45. fwknight

    As far as catchphrases go, it could be worse. “I’m so tired” doesn’t sell toys after all.

    1. Taffy

      No, but it does foreshadow your death at the hands of the Kingpin.

  46. Graham

    Did she actually say TM?

    1. Straximus

      Asking the real question.

  47. Charles Phipps

    Submit your Blonde Girl names! You get two!

    1. Straight Becky
    2. Kat Fraise (Catch Phrase)

  48. cain

    AG/Amber must be far-sighted. Amber always wears her glasses (when staring at screens) and AG almost never does (when overlooking campus from rooftops or swinging from grappling hooks).

    1. Rotunda

      Willis has said that A/A-G is only astigmatic. Anyone have the reference?

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