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Scurry
Posted on July 3, 2014 by David M Willis

179 thoughts on “Scurry”

  1. Poo

    Aww. Nice turn of events.

  2. Plasma Mongoose

    I’m a bird.

    1. George

      I’m kinda plain.

      1. Ivan

        I’m leaking cerebrospinal fluid & red stuff.

    2. Tunaro

      I’m a plane.

      1. Swerve

        I transform into a truck!

      2. Batman

        I’m Batman.

        1. Mass Confusion

          I’m….. what am I again?

        2. Jackson

          I’ve been secretly replaced with Folger’s Crystals!

        3. gwalla

          Dang, you noticed.

        4. Cheryl

          HAHAHA^

        5. Marianne

          I’m not your supervisor.

        6. JWLM

          You’re not the boss of me!

        7. etybolik

          The GODDAMN Batman.

      3. das-g

        I’m more than a bird, I’m more than a plane: I’m a birdplane.

    3. Kryss LaBryn

      I have to admit, I always kind of wondered about the first two people, who point up at the sky in astonishment, going, “Look! Up in the sky! It’s a bird!”

      Yes… yes, it is. And..?

      “It’s a plane!”

      –Says the guy who has apparently never actually seen a plane in the sky before in his life, his excitement almost surpassing that of the guy seeing his first bird ever.

      When I was in college, I’d occasionally stop, point at the sky, and yell “Look! Up in the sky! It’s a bird!” Haven’t done that in years, but then, haven’t been out and about with a bunch of geeks in years, either. Will have to try to remember to do it with my coworkers if I get the chance; they’d get it.

      1. Bill

        “It’s a bird!”
        “It’s a plane!”
        “It’s a frog!!”

        1. Charlie Spencer

          Not bird, nor plane, nor even frog.

        2. Opus the Poet

          Just little old me: Underdog.

        3. Ivan

          “Just Little Old Me, Sucking Marlon Brando’s Hog.”

        4. xKiv

          It’s a birdplane!
          It’s a politician!

      2. WeezerLuvr3030

        I dunno Kryss, Superman sort of looks like the big blue emu from Untalkative Bunny. Maybe they mean that kind of bird.

      3. Evil Midnight Lurker

        You’ve got it wrong, I’m afraid.

        First guy just goes “Look! Up in the sky!”

        “It’s a bird” is a REPLY to that, as is “It’s a plane.” You can take both of those as dismissive.

        1. Kryss LaBryn

          Wow, that makes LOADS more sense. XD Can’t believe I never took it like that!

      4. Bagge

        Some day I’m going to write a superman comic where Metropolis is attacked by a gigantic seagull or something, and the punchline will be the first guy going “I TOLD you it was a bird”

        1. Sam

          Then he gets eaten first.

        2. Catullus

          Sherman’s Lagoon actually did that joke once.

        3. Bagge

          AWESOME!!! I’m some sort of reverse prophet or something. And thank you for finding it.

  3. EvergreenFir

    AmaziSquirrel! She’s nuts!

  4. Jen Aside

    “Though my pussy’s FANTASTIC”

    1. Plasma Mongoose

      ^*in Miss Slocombe’s voice*

      1. Plasma Mongoose

        In case you didn’t know to whom I was refering to:

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unmkX15AeN8

        1. Tunaro

          …She was talking about a cat, right? RIGHT?! Say yes, damn it!

        2. Plasma Mongoose

          Of cause she was, it was the 70s after all.

        3. insomniac

          “What on earth is wrong with you, Dr Asquith? This is a bawdy 1970s hospital. Please stick to using innuendo.”

        4. JepMZ

          What?? There’s no way that bad word wasn’t born much earlier than the 70’s, or else why would the audience laugh so hard?

        5. Plasma Mongoose

          The concept of pussy meaning both cat and vagina has been around for a couple of centuries.

        6. Betty Anne

          As a term of endearment for women, from the 1580s; as a word for cat (diminutive of “puss”) from 1726; slang for female genitalia dates to at least 1879 but was probably used at least occasionally earlier than that, possibly as early as its association with women (1580s).

        7. ProfessorZoot

          And, oddly from our modern perspective, the term “cock” as a reference to genitalia was originally meant for the feminine version.

        8. HMRC4EVR

          Ah, Miss Slocombe. Classic Are You Being Served never gets old (and believe me PBS tried it’s best to make it feel that way with repeats for YEARS).

          But the big question is this: who’s Mr. Humphries??

        9. chris73

          “I’m free!”

        10. Plasma Mongoose

          I would say Ethan but he’s no where near as free as Mr Humphries was.

    2. Yotomoe

      Next slipshine?

      1. Camachri

        Amazi-Girl and Dorothy do Journalism.

        1. Plasma Mongoose

          A full page spread you might say.

        2. Dean

          “Gosh, Amazi-Girl, I’ll do anything for an exclusive interview…”

        3. Mass Confusion

          *insert newspaper innuendo here*

        4. Opus the Poet

          I would never insert anything in my endo. >:)

  5. Mr. Random

    Are we sure she’s not? You never know. She does wear a mask.

    1. Lanval

      She’s clearly not, Sal isn’t a Cat after all.

      1. tinfoil theory

        She’s not?
        But, she’s leaving through the window! On purpose!

    2. Yotomoe

      That’s her animal side kick, Amazi-cat.

      1. Mr. Random

        A shape shifting Cat sidekick would explain why sSal can be in two places at once.

        1. Ancestral Hamster

          Schrondinger’s Sal. As long as we don’t know where Sal is, an in potential might appear ANYWHERE.

        2. Ancestral Hamster

          That should have ended, an Sal in potential might appear ANYWHERE.

  6. Wonder Wig

    Scurry, sniff,

    1. Yotomoe

      FLINCH.

      1. Tunaro

        TREE!

  7. Yotomoe

    Yeah, but your behavior in the past is likened to how a cat would interact with someone it doesn’t trust.

    1. Nono

      Dorothy didn’t reveal her identity as Amazi-Squirrel though, so now Amazi-Catquirrel trusts her, right?

      1. AgentKeen

        -takes off mask-
        “actually, I’m a blue-footed booby! I had everyone fooled!”

        1. Daddy

          You’re pushing it, I think.. You’re one step from writing a Chicken Boo crossover fanfic.. Which would be awesome..

  8. Tunaro

    And thus, Amazi-girl invites Dorothy to become her sidekick, Amazi-lass!

    1. BlueRam

      Amazi-lassie the wonder dog?

      1. Tunaro

        I thought Lassie already had superpowers.

      2. Plasma Mongoose

        What’s wrong Amazi-Lass, did Walky fall down the well again?

        1. Steamweed

          Walky? No. Danny? Yes.

  9. Rutee

    I think we’d know if she were a tree rat.

  10. LiamAldam

    Interview time!

    1. Leorale

      Yeah! Looks like AG’s making good on their deal.

  11. Doctor_Who

    Okay, my mind has presented me with an irresistible image.

    This with Amazi-Girl as the cat and Dorothy as Sakaki.

    Tell me that isn’t a wonderful thought.

    1. Lanval

      Honestly, I’d loved to see fan art of Sal as Sakaki getting bitten by the Amazi-cat. Something about it just seems perfect.

      1. Plasma Mongoose

        With Riley as Chiyo-chan.

        1. Tunaro

          If Riley’s Chiyo though, who’s Joyce?

        2. Doctor_Who

          I suppose if Sal were Sakaki then Joyce could be Kaorin…

        3. Plasma Mongoose

          With Mike as Mr Kimura.

        4. LimeTH

          And from that logic, Billie would be Kagura.

        5. Plasma Mongoose

          With Billie’s drinking, I see her as more like Yukari-chan.

        6. Ancestral Hamster

          And that also implies something about Billie’s driving … and not in a good way.

        7. Opus the Poet

          Well Billie already has at least one DUI. Canon. http://www.dumbingofage.com/2013/comic/book-3/03-answers-in-hennessy/not-directly/

        8. Rutee

          I would think Tomo. With Ruth as Yomi.

          But even without the latter, she’s basically perfect for the job (Except she has some athletic ability, unlike Tomo)

        9. LimeTH

          And Dina as Osaka.

        10. Doctor_Who

          One thing is certain: Mr. Kimura is definitely Faz.

        11. Kiggy

          Yup

      2. Ancestral Hamster

        Amazi-Kamineko then.

    2. LimeTH

      Yes, yes, please yes.

    3. Stikibunn

      I always thought Robin was Tomo-chan, at least in the alternate universe.

  12. JoeMerl

    Squirrel Girl vs. Amazi-Girl—who would win?!

    (Answer: Squirrel Girl, obviously.)

    1. caesaria82

      Obvviously. Poor Amber doesn’t stand a chance.

      1. Doctor_Who

        Neither did Thanos.

        If Squirrel Girl shows up in the Avengers 2, then we might as well pack up the human race because we will never achieve anything better.

        I’d settle for her getting a nod, like a girl with Doreen who reads Silver Age comics and insists on wearing long skirts like she’s hiding something.

        1. Doctor_Who

          A girl NAMED Doreen, I meant.

        2. caesaria82

          Yeah she’s like, in a park somewhere, nannying some kids and reading some comics and then Iron Man flies by or something. Totally into it 😉

        3. WeezerLuvr3030

          Squirrel Girl is a nanny. Unless Tony Stark hires her to care for his illegitimate children, just whose spawn would she be watching? SG would fit a Fantastic 4 movie with the Richards children more. in fact, then we wouldn’t have to fear that hovering robot from the FF cartoon that was shaped like the baby from Eraserhead.

        4. Darkflame

          In the comics there was one of those hovering robots around WITH THE AI OF A DOOMBOT.
          Now that was a bad combination.

    2. Gigafreak

      I’m putting my vote on the one that humiliated Dr. Doom once

      1. gwalla

        And MODOK, don’t forget.

        1. Darkflame

          Thanos is the best one imho, because the Watcher comes down to confirm it;
          http://37.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4jc7deS3R1r65ftxo1_1280.png

          I freaking love Slott as a writer – I REALLY recommend Great Lake Avengers for more of this madness.

        2. gwalla

          Did you check out Slott’s latest Silver Surfer mini with Mike Allred? Great stuff!

        3. gwalla

          Oops, n/m I see below that you did

  13. Regalli

    … Dorothy, I suggest you take this moment to play Lois Lane, promise not to reveal her secret identity…

    And ask her why she became a superhero and if she doesn’t think therapy might also be a useful option here.

    1. Rutee

      But if she went to therapy then she might stop using violence to solve her problems!

      …oh, I see. Good idea!

      1. Jerden

        And then we wouldn’t have her to entertain us anymore!
        Okay, maybe that’s a bad attitude to have towards mental illness. But come on, violence may not solve problems, but it distracts us from them by creating new problems, which has roughly the same effect.

    2. Bagge

      I hope you are right. I think Dorothy of all people might have a real chance of getting through to the Amber under the mask.

  14. Kernanator

    “Is this the part where you fly me through the sky?”

    1. Plasma Mongoose

      Only after she uses her Xray vision to make sure she doesn’t have lung cancer.

      1. Yotomoe

        …right…that’s what she’ll be lookin’ for.

        1. JWLM

          This is Amber we’re talking about, not Daisy.

      2. KingMabel

        Which we all know is a very tedious process. It may take a few minutes… you may want to sit down…

    2. AgentKeen

      I’m just imagining Dorothy doing the (to me) really weird internal monologue Lois Lane has in the Superman movie when he takes her for a fly.

      1. Swerve

        They’ll do the scene from “Batman (1989)” where Batman asks Vicki Vale how much she weighs.

      2. Deanatay

        “Can you read my mind?”

    3. Bagge

      “Can we do the upside down kissing now? …please?”

  15. timemonkey

    Stop cockblocking Dorothy, Amber.

    1. deathjavu

      Hey, the first time they met she sorta did the opposite.

      I mean, she actually provided the prophylactic. That’s about as far from cockblocking as one can get.

    2. Nono

      Amber and Walky have never actually interacted, have they?

      I’m curious how such a meeting would turn out.

      1. Gigafreak

        Assuming the chase scene with the Amazi-Girl persona doesn’t count…

        http://www.dumbingofage.com/2013/comic/book-3/02-guess-whos-coming-to-galassos/meet/

        They’ve seen each other a few times before that, but this is first time they speak directly to each other.

        You can search for multiple character tags at once in Dumbing of Age by putting a “+” between names in the URL. (This doesn’t seem to work for Shortpacked, sadly)

      2. Anarchy 101

        Obviously Walky would mistake Amber for Dorothy and try to have sex with her, and then Amber would beat Walky up.

  16. deathjavu

    Yes, a thousand times yes.

    I’m not even shipping or anything, I just think this can only be good for Amber, and to a lesser degree Dorothy

  17. caesaria82

    But is she Squirrel Girl? If she was she’d defeat every damn supervillain and still not get her own movie.
    … I will never stop being bitter about the non-existence of Squirrel Girl in the MCU. YES I KNOW IT WOULD BE SILLY LEAVE ME ALONE.

    Ahem. I just have a lot of feelings about Squirrel-Girl.

    1. Ancestral Hamster

      Continue being enraged. Squirrel Girl was left out of the new Avengers vs X-Men collectible dice game as well.

      1. WeezerLuvr3030

        The only 2 Marvel heroes worth a damn anymore are Squirrel Girl and Howard the Duck.

        1. Swerve

          And Doop. Can’t forget Doop!

        2. gwalla

          No way man, Marvel’s actually pretty strong right now. Hawkeye of all people has a good title, She-Hulk’s new book looks pretty good, Silver Surfer just had a really fun 3-issue mini by Dan Slott and Mike Allred(!), Young Avengers just had a good run by the Phonogram team of Gillen & McKelvie…

          Just stay away from the “core” Avengers titles, which are all infected with Epic Crossover bullshititis.

        3. Darkflame

          Marvel is doing great right now, and Id second all those comics you said. (although the best She Hulk is still Slotts). Id also add to it Waids run on DareDevil – really hope the tv show of takes cues from that.
          The only disapointment for me has been Fantastic Four – Hickman set the bar too high there and no one is coming close. (either if Allred’s artwork on FF made it a joy)

          However…the current crossover Original Sin has actually been pretty good. After a string of meh crossovers (Fear Itself) or downright bad and character destroying (XMen whatever) its quite a nice concept so far with no one acting too forced for the plot to work. Not reliant on tie-ins either, the concept lends itself to the “tie ins” really just being completely separate standalone storys rather then affecting the main plot in any way.
          [/ comics!]

      2. Deanatay

        Because, any reasonable depiction of Squirrel Girl would break the game.

      3. gwalla

        That’s because she would totally throw off the balance.

        1. Swerve

          Squirrel Girl is going to be in an exclusive booster set, limited to 500 pieces only, containing Howard the Duck, Hit Monkey, Speedball’s pet cat Nils, Lockheed, Lockjaw and the Toad!

    2. Darkflame

      They will get to her.
      I swear it. Marvels got big plans laid out for the next few decades they will go down their characters fitting them in as it becomes approporate.
      I dought she will ever make a feature, but in some form she will appear.
      I recon as a background character (read baby sitter for someone) with one “surprise” bad ass moment.

      Still, first is She Hulk I think. Phase4 film, or (better) a TV Series – possibly with a DareDevil cameo first.

  18. Pyr05

    ‘or some other easily spooked animal’

  19. Googergeiger

    I am so friend shipping these two.

  20. Khaner

    …I just imagine that being stated in Christian Bale’s Batman voice.

    1. Batman

      Trust me, it’s hilarious.

      1. Jerden

        I agree with Batman!

  21. newllend

    More like a tiger.

    1. KingMabel

      More like a cougar.

      1. Plasma Mongoose

        She’s about 20 years too young to be a couger.

        1. KingMabel

          My count was 10…

          Is there an age limit on being a cougar?

        2. Yotomoe

          I’d say 40+

        3. Plasma Mongoose

          I believe cougers are 40-49 years old.

        4. EEWWW

          Actually, a friend of mine just turned 35, and is technically a cougar since her fiancee turns 27 in November. The did the research and technically, since cougar has *mostly* lost it’s previously negative notation, the only hard and fast rule for a cougar is a woman who hooks up with a man at least 8 years younger than herself. Since Amber is a freshman in college, we can assume 18years old for herself and her cougar/jail bait would be 10. EEWWW

        5. Plasma Mongoose

          In my day they just called them cradle-robbers.

        6. Anarchy 101

          I think most of the time cougars are just called milfs, at least among my generation

  22. historyman68

    I love this page so much. The composition is great: At first, you see from above how Amazi-Girl is seeing Dorothy, then you see the moment of recognition. Panel 3, intimidating shadow (so far, everything is sinister and ominous); then in Panel 4 you get a sort of goofy shrug and talk about cats. Excellent use of tension and release, as well as characters being character, AND advancing the plot significantly. Firing on all four cylinders, here, Willis.

    1. WeezerLuvr3030

      The first 2 panels imply AG’s visual perspective too, so there is a sense of what AG might feel from her vantage point.

    2. Thanks, I'll Have Another!

      You almost never see commenters actually offering useful and substantive input on the artistry of this webcomic for some reason (this might be the goofiest commentariat known to humankind), so I appreciate your thoughts, historyman68.

  23. MrSirk

    Dorothy can be her Gordon and they both go in halfsies on an Amazi-signal!

    1. Swerve

      I don’t think either of them could afford an Amazi-signal. College is expensive.

  24. acher4

    Ohhhhh. This is going to be good!

  25. Just for kix

    Is it just me or does anybody else want to see a cat dressed up in Amazi-girl costume? :3

    1. WeezerLuvr3030

      And a squirrel in a cat costume.

  26. WeezerLuvr3030

    This story arc is happening just as the Sailor Moon reboot is about to come out. I want to see Walky in a Tuxedo on one of the rooftops.

    1. Deanatay

      Danny as Sailor Mars?

      1. timemonkey

        But Mars is the cool one.

    2. Roborat

      Yes, my daughter is so excited about this. Note, she is 23.

      1. Rutee

        I’m surprised, marginally; it wasn’t that big in her childhood, is it? X3

  27. fishamaphone

    Ugh. If I could draw a whit, I’d totally put together a picture of Grace from EGS cosplaying as Amazi-Squirrel.

  28. Idon'tcarenomore

    Very nice shadow, an ominous feeling, good suspense, and comic relief. Artwork is just plain good.

    I like this. Glad Amazi-girl came decided to talk to her.

  29. AndromedaRage

    Omg, she makes an appearance as I finish up a few last cosplay details for anime expo. won’t have the puches but meh, i’ll add them in after i get more craft foam.

  30. itachi_0802

    Squirrel Girl!

    1. Roborat

      Thought that would be Grace (EGS) or Scarlet (Sequential Art).

  31. hof1991

    Was home sick yesterday and saw (more than watched) part of Catwoman. Halle Berry rules, but Catwoman kinda scurries. More like Gollum than a cat. Weird, spooky and some kind of uncanny valley thing.

    1. ChaoticNeutral

      That movie makes me so sad… halle berry kicks ass, but the movie overall sucks, and it could have been so frickin awesome!

  32. Gigafreak

    “…But not for lack of trying. Do YOU see a Super Bell anywhere around here?”

  33. Bagge

    The president and the vigilante. We meet again.

  34. Deanatay

    Lesbians. Just make everyone lesbians.

    1. WeezerLuvr3030

      Just make EVERYONE lesbians.

      EVERYONE.

  35. Sam

    A very good question: HOW DID SHE KNOW WHERE DOROTHY WAS?

    1. Deanatay

      It’s a dorm, there’s pretty much only one entrance. If AG’s looking for Dorothy, and concludes that she’s not in the building, you can pretty much just camp the front door until she shows up. It’s a matter of patience.

    2. Bagge

      This is just her usual evening standing-looking-dramatic routine.

  36. Just Me

    So, if Billie still thinks Amazi-girl is Sal, and Dorothy knows who Amazi-girl really is but swears never to reveal her secret, and both work on the Newspaper, and their editor was a story, does Dorothy allow Billie to write the wrong thing or does she rat Amazi-girl out?

    Same Bat -Time; Same Bat-Channel.

    1. Swerve

      Correction: Same Amazi-time, same Amazi-website!

    2. kelticat

      I think the newspaper editor would look at Sal’s picture and state that Amazi-girl and Sal look nothing alike. Dorothy might end up saying something along the lines of “I look more like Amazi-girl than Sal does.”

      At which point Billie will come up with the theory that Dorothy is Amazi-girl.

      1. Bagge

        I think the editor would get sidetracked by the lack of chest windows, and that would be the main focus of the story.

    3. JWLM

      Obviously, nobody is going to figure out who Amazi-girl is until Sal catches Billie and Ruth making out. And, even then, nobody’s going to believe any of that.

  37. Tenn

    “Can… can I touch you?”
    “I’m not a dog either.”

  38. IronManFan

    anyone else think that the new panel from tomorrow’s strip would make a cool poster w/a slight angle adjustment?

  39. Paul

    Maybe this is just because I now live, and went to college in, the middle of a major urban area, but… Jeese, Dorothy, consider walking with someone when you take the “abandoned courtyards at night” path.

  40. Mr. Cat

    Meow

  41. Vree

    Nice.

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