Guess we’re this much further from finding out what happened to Mike. Like, yeah, maybe he died, but I feel like if he DID, that’s kind of a big mess to have so far gone unnoticed.
It’s night. Walky should notice that the bed is empty. That’s kind of hard to cover.
King Daniel
Walky hates Mike enough to joke about his death being better for everyone (but especially him).
Nono
It’s been one day and for all Walky (or even Ethan) knows, Mike could have just hooked up.
Shariku
Can’t help but note the distinct lack of Ethan in this chapter, a chapter which has been about the distinct lack of Mike.
Honestly, i reckon the whole twist of this is going to be that Mike and Ethan have been shacking up all day.
Warclam
I like your style.
Jarawara
Walky? Notice something? You know we’re talking about Walky, right?
thejeff
Oh, I’m sure he’ll notice. He’ll probably just be grateful Mike isn’t around to harass him. That’s how I felt when I had a crappy roommate back in college.
Amber, that plan is extremely unlikely to help and will probably bring on more hallucinations. As someone who deals with hallucinations, I can tell you from experience it doesn’t work like that.
Also is Becky watching for her dad now, or just generally looking miserable due to his freedom?
What are you talking about, Kyrik? This comic doesn’t deal with hallucinations at all. This comic doesn’t even have Amber in it. Are you sure you’re not hallucinating right now?
Mirror, mirror on the wall
The face you’ve shown me scares me so
I thought that I could call your bluff
But now the lines are clear enough
Life’s not pretty even though
I’ve tried so hard to make it so
Mornings are such cold distress
How did I ever get into this mess…–Styx
**reads hovertext**
**looks at date**
**grabs nearest person**
The hover text is scary! Why is the hover text so scary?! Make the hover text stop with the scary!
Dina is right. You can’t wish good luck to something unhealthy. If Dina asked someone more capable, they would tell her to send Amber to visit a professional therapist.
Why Willis changed the name of the webcomic to Ignoring of Mike from Dumbing of Age has never been convincingly determined. He said the clues were hidden within, but researchers have never come to an agreement. Jeph Jacques, author of the webcomic Questionable Content, claimed the reason was related to Butts Disease.
-from Webcomics of the 21st Century, An Incomplete History, by AI #352AlphaTango96.
It is fortunate then that this is only the mid-point of the book. The first two books excepted (they were six chapters each), each DoA book has been four chapters long.
That was a surprisingly quick day. It feels like just a week or two ago, these kids were waking up on top of each other. Now they’re up late, fretting over both of the day’s developments.
(btw i dyed my hair for the first time. it is green now)
It’s a super bright safety green, in most light. Never even styled my hair any particular way before, let alone dye it, so I went for the furthest extreme I could.
101 thoughts on “Surrendering”
Ana Chronistic
ಠ_ಠ
Doctor_Who
Dina: (◔_◔)
Amber: Good, you’re getting the hang of it!
anonymousethatscurriesinthedarkness
Walky: :Here, let me try (◴_◶)
King Daniel
Tomorrow’s chapter: When It Crumbles
King Daniel
this’ll be fuuuuun
Bryy
oh shit, tomorrow? I thought it was Sunday.
It’s a good time for me to be going cross-country for a week then.
King Daniel
IIRC we know from Twitter that the next chapter is 99 strips long, so it’ll let up around late June.
Keulen
I wonder if that’s a reference to Skyfall by Adele.
Yumi
Not sleeping is always great for brain issues!
Jo Giggles
There certainly is no mental illness that isn’t compounded by sleep deprivation. That isn’t a thing. At all.
Loki
On the other hand, there are some acute depression therapies that have all-nighters as part of them.
Note: My only qualification is having had two partners with hospitalization with depression, so take this with a pile of salt.
DailyBrad
Guess we’re this much further from finding out what happened to Mike. Like, yeah, maybe he died, but I feel like if he DID, that’s kind of a big mess to have so far gone unnoticed.
Kinoko
Unless it was covered up. By, y’know, a guy with a history of mob activity…
Alanari
It’s night. Walky should notice that the bed is empty. That’s kind of hard to cover.
King Daniel
Walky hates Mike enough to joke about his death being better for everyone (but especially him).
Nono
It’s been one day and for all Walky (or even Ethan) knows, Mike could have just hooked up.
Shariku
Can’t help but note the distinct lack of Ethan in this chapter, a chapter which has been about the distinct lack of Mike.
Honestly, i reckon the whole twist of this is going to be that Mike and Ethan have been shacking up all day.
Warclam
I like your style.
Jarawara
Walky? Notice something? You know we’re talking about Walky, right?
thejeff
Oh, I’m sure he’ll notice. He’ll probably just be grateful Mike isn’t around to harass him. That’s how I felt when I had a crappy roommate back in college.
Couple of days and he’d wonder.
Mr. Random
… And now we get to the point in Amber’s descent where she weakens her psyche so her alter can take over while she’s conscious….
yaaaaaaaay.
Doctor_Who
She’s gonna wake up wearing a black symbiotic Amazi-Girl costume any day now.
Mr. Random
“We are Incredi-woman. We are immune to all criticism.”
He Who Abides
And once she sheds the damn thing, it’ll bond to . . . Faz? Either him or Buckets of Blood Guy, I dunno which one is her Eddie Brock.
Needfuldoer
It’s happened before, when Amber went full BSOD so somebody had to take the helm.
This one and the next two:
https://www.dumbingofage.com/2016/comic/book-6/03-when-god-closes-the-door/unrelated/
Zee
Man I forgot how upsetting that sequence was
thejeff
Though that’s back when they were sharing memories and much closer generally. That hasn’t happened since Scarface got stabbed.
The closest was when Sal found her and Walky on the roof, she ran off and seemed to be struggling to keep control.
Mr. Random
I took that more as, she forced the steering wheel over to AG.
In the instance I’m talking about, AG grabs the wheel.
Kyrik Michalowski
Amber, that plan is extremely unlikely to help and will probably bring on more hallucinations. As someone who deals with hallucinations, I can tell you from experience it doesn’t work like that.
Also is Becky watching for her dad now, or just generally looking miserable due to his freedom?
Hugo Bedward
I think the later
lightsabermario
What are you talking about, Kyrik? This comic doesn’t deal with hallucinations at all. This comic doesn’t even have Amber in it. Are you sure you’re not hallucinating right now?
Blob
Dude, don’t be a butt. Sarcasm doesn’t scan well through text and gaslighting is uncool.
Yumi
Just gonna have to echo Blob here to say: Dude, the fuck?
Stephen Bierce
Mirror, mirror on the wall
The face you’ve shown me scares me so
I thought that I could call your bluff
But now the lines are clear enough
Life’s not pretty even though
I’ve tried so hard to make it so
Mornings are such cold distress
How did I ever get into this mess…–Styx
Geneseepaws
Gene asks Stephen to play “yer Mommas alright yer daddies alright…”
Needfuldoer
Wasn’t that Cheap Trick?
Opus the Poet
Yep, “Surrender”.
Scrounge
“But don’t give yourself away” indeed…
Cattleprod
Becky’s inner monologue: “Huh, they’re just leaving Mike’s body there to rot.”
Doctor_Who
Raccoons will take care of it.
Jamie
“Huh, the raccoons have learned how to use meat cleavers to separate the body into portable chunks. Is this an evolution thing?”
King Daniel
I call hacks.
Reltzik
Cleaver girls.
King Daniel
That’s a good cut.
clif
Prime.
He Who Abides
“That one has a gun. And a big walking tree next to him.”
abysswatcher1993
I AM GROOT.
Scrounge
Oh come on, you know how this goes. We never saw the body, so he’s gonna turn up alive later with no explanation.
Agemegos
Oh dear. Sleep deprivation seldom helps with brain-care issues.
Rotunda
All the Becky strips to date have been leading up to the last frame.
Rose by Any Other Name
**reads hovertext**
**looks at date**
**grabs nearest person**
The hover text is scary! Why is the hover text so scary?! Make the hover text stop with the scary!
Tawdry Quirks
Yeah, I think Willis is about to stab all of us in the back.
clif
Just avoid the Senate and it’ll be fine.
clif
Probably..
He Who Abides
I doubt that. Senate’s still full of Republicans.
BBCC
I HAVE MANY CONCERNS.
clif
So does Becky.
abysswatcher1993
Dina is right. You can’t wish good luck to something unhealthy. If Dina asked someone more capable, they would tell her to send Amber to visit a professional therapist.
TemperaryObsessor
Sure you can.
Good luck.
If your lucky something will stop you before you hurt yourself too much.
tim gueguen
Why Willis changed the name of the webcomic to Ignoring of Mike from Dumbing of Age has never been convincingly determined. He said the clues were hidden within, but researchers have never come to an agreement. Jeph Jacques, author of the webcomic Questionable Content, claimed the reason was related to Butts Disease.
-from Webcomics of the 21st Century, An Incomplete History, by AI #352AlphaTango96.
Jarawara
A thousand upvotes!!!
Sirksome
This is the end of the storyline? I imagine this would be really unsatisfying if a book ended on this.
King Daniel
It is fortunate then that this is only the mid-point of the book. The first two books excepted (they were six chapters each), each DoA book has been four chapters long.
Sirksome
Oh! That’s what the number by the chapter title means huh? I never put that togetrh till just now!
Jamie
On the left, there’s a dropdown that says “Archives…” That lays it out.
Delicious Taffy
That was a surprisingly quick day. It feels like just a week or two ago, these kids were waking up on top of each other. Now they’re up late, fretting over both of the day’s developments.
(btw i dyed my hair for the first time. it is green now)
ktbear
So your pfp is actually a self portrait? Wicked!
Delicious Taffy
It’s a super bright safety green, in most light. Never even styled my hair any particular way before, let alone dye it, so I went for the furthest extreme I could.
Zee
Ook green is such a pretty colour on hair
Sirksome