Jennifer is after a news story. Totally ignores a possible Amazi-Girl lead *and* a fight in the halls.
Needfuldoer
She’s so focused on the hunt for the story she wants that she doesn’t see the story right in front of her. It’s a classic newbie newsie blunder.
Thomas
“IDENTICAL TWINS JOIN CHRONICLE STAFF”
thejeff
Hmm. Has anyone done “identical twins who share super powers and a superhero identity”? But only one at a time, so they can’t team up, they have to swap off.
Seems like it would be a 70s comic kind of thing, but I can’t think of anything similar.
Blaine didn’t believe it either, at first, even when Amber was dressed as AG. Is a SEP field involved?
Daibhid C
Blaine was an extremely special case, because a large amount of his worldview was centred around his contempt for his daughter, and the idea she was the superhero who bested him just didn’t fit in there.
Thomas
It occurs to me that Blaine is not so different from Peter Griffin.
Amber is uncool and unpopular (like someone who’s keeping a secret identity would work to keep a distance to people) and a nerd (like someone who would come up with “my bones were rendered super dense in a lab accident” to explain being stronger than she looks), so obviously she’s the last person around who could be dressing up as a superhero.
Even by Jennifer Rules, her theory has holes– she knows Sal can climb out the window of her room. It would totally be reasonable to think she’d gotten past Jennifer. (But nothing gets past Jennifer. Her reflexes are too fast. She would catch it.)
I knoow it’s supposed to be funny, but it’s just not. I know way too many people like this. I’ve literally shown people evidence of things they didn’t want to believe only for them not only to deny it but then later on tell me a variation of “I got mine”.
I’m kinda at that point too. Jennifer thinking Sal was Amazi-Girl was hilarious back in the early days, but Sal and Amazi-Girl have basically nothing in common in terms of appearance beyond both being women. This is a gag that’s long outlived its usefulness, and has just gotten tired.
I was wondering if Jennifer even knew Amber, they’re in very few strips together, a lot of them they’re not even in the same place*. But she calls her by her name during Halloween, ironically when she’s dressed as AG.
*there is a scene they’re talking, and Amber tells Jennifer directly that she’s AG. She doesn’t believe her, though, and also she’s probably blackout drunk.
The one in pink/lavender is Denise, the redhead is Vanessa, and the tan blonde is The Casey. I’ve mentioned them before. Nice of Willis to include my OCs.
On her original birth certificate, that’s her middle name. Casey “The Casey” Courtney Callaghan, nicknamed “The Casey” on account of her initials. If you address her without the “The”, she straight up won’t even realise you’re talking to her because there was another Casey (last name Jenson) in her class all the way to 5th grade. Any time they were together something weird and dangerous would happen, which started a whole Thing™ in their social circle about the universe wanting to eliminate one of them. The two of them were in the same car on the way home from a friend’s birthday party, but a semi truck hit the car on Casey Jenson’s side, killing her instantly. Since that, Casey Callaghan has been called “The Casey”. She hated it at first, but after a few months passed she came around and let it stick, saying that if she has to be The Casey who survived she’ll live enough for both of them.
eh, whatever
If you address her without the “The”, she straight up won’t even realise you’re talking to her
Like the Right Honourable the Lords Spiritual and Temporal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Parliament assembled?
Worst. Lois at least manages to get interviews with Superman, win his heart and help expose Lex Luther’s dastardly schemes. Jennifer can’t even get pictures of Amazi-girl, is disliked by pretty much everybody, and would ignore Lex Luther to follow Jimmy around all day trying to prove he was Superman.
126 thoughts on “Spotted”
Ana Chronistic
That’s our Jenningsworth! ʱªʱªʱª(ᕑᗢूᓫ∗)
foamy
This is Kuno-level obliviousness to the truth.
clif
And all the while the real story is right under her nose. I refer, of course, to the continuing invasion of the university by women with no names.
Daibhid C
How do they even fill in the application forms???
Michael Steamweed
Or get financial aid? Lemme tell ya, the government _really_ wants your name on those things.
Lilith Rose
It started with the artist formally known as Prince, and then one person managed to change their name to:
and then all heck broke loose.
Decidedly Orthogonal
They don’t have names yet !
Coco Pommel
They don’t have names unless he decides to give them to them five years later.
Decidedly Orthogonal
Bingo!
Needfuldoer
And he’ll absolutely come back here and tag this strip with their names, and boy won’t all our comments look foolish!
Sirksome
There were no mirrors down there so this is true.
Nono
Time for headcanons: do these ladies know each other? Maybe they’re like, a Sierra/Mandy/Grace from another hall.
Sirksome
Each hall has their own trio of women that group with each other. This is canon now.
Felian
And when one group has a falling out, they transfer to other halls and switch to another triad!
Justnobodyfqwl
I joked about a slipshine for catchphrase lady yesterday, but maybe now it’s for all three? So they can know each other carnally I guess
Daibhid C
It’s carnonical!
Michael Steamweed
Lookin’ forward to the Slipshine “Orgy of the Nameless Women”!
Mark
For some reason that sounds like an abandoned movement from The Nutcracker.
Hastur
It’s from the little-known lesbian porn parody of The Nutcracker, called The Nutlackers.
Ty34er
At this point Jennifer could be told straight up that Amber is Amazi-Girl and she would still say no.
Nono
She was.
Bryy
It gets even dumber.
Jennifer is after a news story. Totally ignores a possible Amazi-Girl lead *and* a fight in the halls.
Needfuldoer
She’s so focused on the hunt for the story she wants that she doesn’t see the story right in front of her. It’s a classic newbie newsie blunder.
Thomas
“IDENTICAL TWINS JOIN CHRONICLE STAFF”
thejeff
Hmm. Has anyone done “identical twins who share super powers and a superhero identity”? But only one at a time, so they can’t team up, they have to swap off.
Seems like it would be a 70s comic kind of thing, but I can’t think of anything similar.
DJTsurugi
totally ignores a possible Amazi-Girl lead while talking to Amizi-Girl’s alter. ~<3
Needfuldoer
It could only be better if Amazi-Girl was still fronting, but she was in their street clothes.
Nevermaker
I mean, Walky did exactly that, and apparently she didn’t believe him.
Felian
She probably wouldn’t even believe it if Amber told her.
Opus the Poet
Blaine didn’t believe it either, at first, even when Amber was dressed as AG. Is a SEP field involved?
Daibhid C
Blaine was an extremely special case, because a large amount of his worldview was centred around his contempt for his daughter, and the idea she was the superhero who bested him just didn’t fit in there.
Thomas
It occurs to me that Blaine is not so different from Peter Griffin.
Michael Steamweed
(1) That was Walky, and Bil-, er, Jenn, has opinions about him.
(2) Jenn is good at doubling down. Tripling down.
Amelie Wikström
Amber is uncool and unpopular (like someone who’s keeping a secret identity would work to keep a distance to people) and a nerd (like someone who would come up with “my bones were rendered super dense in a lab accident” to explain being stronger than she looks), so obviously she’s the last person around who could be dressing up as a superhero.
Michael Steamweed
AND she has glasses! A-G does NOT have glasses. How obvious can it be???
Kyoulkoa
Hilarious
Yumi
Even by Jennifer Rules, her theory has holes– she knows Sal can climb out the window of her room. It would totally be reasonable to think she’d gotten past Jennifer. (But nothing gets past Jennifer. Her reflexes are too fast. She would catch it.)
Masumi
True. It’s the whole reason she suspects Sal in the first place!
Bryy
I knoow it’s supposed to be funny, but it’s just not. I know way too many people like this. I’ve literally shown people evidence of things they didn’t want to believe only for them not only to deny it but then later on tell me a variation of “I got mine”.
This is one of Willis’ best perspective strips.
NGPZ
it’s cause they’ve come to associate having to admit they’re wrong with being denied rising social status or power in the future 9-9
Wraithy2773
I’m kinda at that point too. Jennifer thinking Sal was Amazi-Girl was hilarious back in the early days, but Sal and Amazi-Girl have basically nothing in common in terms of appearance beyond both being women. This is a gag that’s long outlived its usefulness, and has just gotten tired.
HueSatLight
I was wondering if Jennifer even knew Amber, they’re in very few strips together, a lot of them they’re not even in the same place*. But she calls her by her name during Halloween, ironically when she’s dressed as AG.
*there is a scene they’re talking, and Amber tells Jennifer directly that she’s AG. She doesn’t believe her, though, and also she’s probably blackout drunk.
IntangibleMatter
This woman is dense in a way that was previously only thought to be possible by Walky
Opus the Poet
+1 And she is someone who is a sister by another mother for Walky.
Nedlum
Jennifer was rendered super dense in a lab accident.
Nedlum
Darn it: https://www.dumbingofage.com/2011/comic/book-1/04-the-bechdel-test/weigh/
Shakes
Just give Jennifer all the Pulitzers now, you can’t top this level of investigative journalism.
Taffy
The one in pink/lavender is Denise, the redhead is Vanessa, and the tan blonde is The Casey. I’ve mentioned them before. Nice of Willis to include my OCs.
sultryglebe
I thought The Casey looked like a Courtney.
Taffy
On her original birth certificate, that’s her middle name. Casey “The Casey” Courtney Callaghan, nicknamed “The Casey” on account of her initials. If you address her without the “The”, she straight up won’t even realise you’re talking to her because there was another Casey (last name Jenson) in her class all the way to 5th grade. Any time they were together something weird and dangerous would happen, which started a whole Thing™ in their social circle about the universe wanting to eliminate one of them. The two of them were in the same car on the way home from a friend’s birthday party, but a semi truck hit the car on Casey Jenson’s side, killing her instantly. Since that, Casey Callaghan has been called “The Casey”. She hated it at first, but after a few months passed she came around and let it stick, saying that if she has to be The Casey who survived she’ll live enough for both of them.
eh, whatever
Like the Right Honourable the Lords Spiritual and Temporal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Parliament assembled?
Taffy
If thing you say does things I say, then sure. ?
Needfuldoer
More DoA expanded universe canon!
tim gueguen
Don’t be silly. Those girls are Trudy, Trudi, and Troodee.
brionl
Not even that one in front with the ample bosoms?
Dara
So is Jennifer the best or the worst Lois Lane?
PedanticJerkass
“lol owned”
Jeremiah
She is Louis Lane if she had hit herself in the head a few times.
True Survivor
Worst. Lois at least manages to get interviews with Superman, win his heart and help expose Lex Luther’s dastardly schemes. Jennifer can’t even get pictures of Amazi-girl, is disliked by pretty much everybody, and would ignore Lex Luther to follow Jimmy around all day trying to prove he was Superman.
Suet
She really has AG’s number, if she reads it like 616 instead of 919.
3 more unnamed women? Damn you alt-text (&Willis)
RassilonTDavros
Jennifer’s complete and utter conviction that Sal is AG, no matter how much evidence contradicts it, is probably my favorite thing about her.
General Tekno
I’m getting the feeling that when it falls apart for Jennifer, it’s going to ALL fall apart at once.
A little worried for her now given her alcohol issues. Could cause a relapse.
Yumi
Jennifer: “If I was wrong about Amazi-Girl, what else have I been wrong about?”
Walky: *sucks in air through his teeth*
Nono
She hasn’t drunk since the time skip, though.
thejeff
Thus “could cause a relapse”.
grep
This is a good opportunity to remind Willis that we would pay money to be in this strip.
Michael Steamweed
He’d get thousands of us on that. He’d be booked up for a decade plus.
Ray
She didn’t look in a mirror so, technically, she DIDN’T see Anazi-Girl there…
Kyrik Michalowski
You are technically correct; the best kind of correct.
Thomas
A nazi-girl is whoever the Red Skull is dating. I’m pretty sure she won’t turn up in this comic.
darkoneko
AG’s getting pretty popular eh
HueSatLight