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Neighbor
Posted on April 27, 2014 by David M Willis

162 thoughts on “Neighbor”

  1. Geminia999

    Hey, knock first!

    1. Jen Aside

      Yeah! You could’ve startled Dina hiding behind the door!

      1. Plasma Mongoose

        Is that even possible?

        1. KingMabel

          I don’t think Dina reached the “act surprised” lesson yet.

        2. newllend

          I don’t know she’s a quick learner she might get it If you explain to her.

        3. Doctor_Who

          Dina: Explain this “act surprised to me”.

          Amber: It’s simple. You just open your eyes and mouth really wide.

          Dina: Eyes and mouth wide? I believe I have seen a fellow student do that. Shall I attempt to imitate the expression?

          Amber: Go ahead.

          Dina: Like this?

        4. Aizat

          Gah…The One with the Triangle Smile is everywhere!

        5. newllend

          AH!

        6. -Sentinel-

          How is it that mixing two adorable characters makes such a creepy result? O_o

        7. Gadgeteer Smashwidget

          Probably has something to do with the fact that they’re adorable for different reasons.

        8. Bill

          It’s the hat.

        9. Kiggy

          Bwahahah

        10. CianM1301

          Amber’s reaction is very appropriate!

        11. ocbrad1

          So. Much. Win. And. Scary.

        12. Jackson

          Where do I go to upvote this?

        13. Lou

          We saw her both angry and sympathetic. Anything is possible

        14. Jen Aside

          She might’ve unleashed the RAPTOR

  2. Idon'tcarenomore

    oh shit!

  3. Giant Speck

    It’s like walking into a mirror.

    1. Doctor_Who

      Raise your hands if you would love to see Amber and Dorothy recreate this scene.

      1. Mkvenner

        *Raises Hands*

      2. Kernanator

        When the part with the black hat happened I honestly burst out laughing.

        1. Doctor_Who

          See the movie if you haven’t. One of the funniest films of all time.

        2. Flipz

          Well, the physical comedy is some of the funniest of all time. The dialogue is alright but hasn’t aged well, and the plot is downright incoherent (and thus UN-funny, at least IMO).

      3. Kamino Neko

        Had my hand up even before clicking, since there was no other possible scene…

      4. JessWitt

        Yesssss!

  4. Doctor_Who

    “Can I borrow a cup of dramatic tension?”

    1. KingMabel

      “If you want you can borrow my awkward sexual tension whenever you need it.”

      1. AgentKeen

        “Oh… I see you have some supportive father figure there… Um, could I get a bit of that?”

        1. Animal

          “Piss on you! I’m workin’ for Mel Brooks!”

  5. Idon'tcarenomore

    This may get ugly.

  6. Vile Gamer

    My evil twin!

    1. Jen Aside

      bad weather friend

      1. ezrast

        He always wants to start when I want to begin.

        1. Justnobody

          it scares me so, like i scare i scare myseeeelf

  7. Mor

    Why don’t you knock?
    Why don’t you lock?

    1. CianM1301

      Permission to use that in everyday life?

  8. Mkvenner

    Why dose Dorothy what to know if amber is busty?

    1. Aizat

      They’ve met before?

    2. Plasma Mongoose

      So they can compare busts?

      1. KingMabel

        So we can write the fanfictions?

    3. Vile Gamer

      Genetics. Amber is busty.
      Oh you meant busy. She’s interviewing.

      1. Mkvenner

        I did think she said busty.

      2. Aizat

        Well, I do think the interview is a bust.

        1. JustCheetoDust

          “That interview went south. Like my eyes…towards the chest area.”

        2. Aizat

          “Excuse me, my eyes are up here”

        3. jy2

          “Excuse me, my boobs are down here.”

        4. Bill

          “Excuse me, my boobs are down here.”

          And my eyebrows are *WAY* up there!

        5. Deanatay

          “Is this some kinda of a bust?”

          “Yes, it’s most impressive. But, that’s not why we’re here.”

    4. Just Here

      Yeah, knowing if someone is busty is usually as simple as looking at them.

  9. MO

    Man I HATE getting surprised like that. Detaching your eyebrows hurts a lot more than you’d think.

    1. dropping.keys

      Reattaching them’s not that bad, though.

    2. Opus the Poet

      Not a problem really. In the Dumbiverse what we think of as eyebrows are really symbiotic organisms that live off calm brain waves. When the host is startled these symbiotes are exposed to what they interpret as distasteful brainwaves and leap away from the face only to settle back when the host is less agitated.

  10. Rybridge

    “Sooner or later God’ll cut you down,” is what I heard in my head while reading this.

  11. newllend

    Your kidding she was right next door? Of course she is.

  12. Hoboturtle

    There is no way that this is going to end well for everyone.

    1. Aizat

      Does it ever end well?

      1. newllend

        Fuck no.

  13. Aizat

    “Yes…I am busy fighting crime…on this here video game”

    1. Doctor_Who

      “Where were you last night?”

      “I beat up a guy while wearing a mask and a cape…in Arkham City, I mean!”

      1. Aizat

        “Saved a guy too….you know, in the game”

        1. JustCheetoDust

          “He spit on my dad afterwards. That too, was in the game. Easter egg.”

        2. Aizat

          “Wait..I thought Batman’s father was dead”
          “He spit on Alfred..he is pretty much Batman’s father figure”

  14. John Madden

    Uh oh…

  15. Saintslayer

    Why does Amber look like she just saw a ghost?

    1. Aizat

      She was busy?

    2. Geminia999

      Cause she’s not wearing pants

      1. Doctor_Who

        You YOU wear pants while in the middle of writing Iron Man / Captain America slash fic?

        1. Doctor_Who

          *Would you

        2. Aizat

          I thought they already made an Iron Man/Captain America fic. Heck, that pretty much averts the Civil War.

      2. Maveric1984

        It’s very possible, we can’t see below her navel. Everyone knows hat comic characters don’t wear pants when the planet doesn’t show them. It’s like tv news anchors.

    3. John

      Because the reporter who was chasing her other identity just walked unexpectedly and unannounced into her room through the shared bathroom they can’t lock?

      At least she wasn’t halfway into her Amazi-Girl costume when Dorothy walked in.

    4. Saintslayer

      IMO, Amber’s reaction doesn’t fit the entrance Dorothy gave, but this entrance might.
      http://i.imgur.com/dRGLngS.png

      1. Aizat

        Damn…I was going for the “It’s Goofy Time” joke….but that is in poor taste.

        1. Saintslayer

          With Amber’s father being abusive and all. Save it for next time he visits.

        2. Aizat

          Nah, it still in poor taste. Abuse is never actually funny to begin with.

    5. Thasvaddef

      Maybe she can see a ghost.

  16. Kernanator

    Yes, I have to go do that thing at the… thing.

    1. Aizat

      While I’m carrying the thing to put on the other thing while watching The Thing.

      1. John

        It’s clobberin’ time!

        1. Aizat

          Not that Thing, the other Thing.

        2. Kiggy

          The one found in the Antarctic and that can only be killed with fire?

        3. Aizat

          Yes…that Thing.

  17. Deathjavu

    Oh yeah, I forgot that was implied by Dina being at the end of WPaS.

    (psst guys Dina is in WPaS, if you needed another reason to get it)

    1. Kelly

      You’re an evil dude.

      1. Deathjavu

        I believe you mean “Marketing Genius”.

        1. Deathjavu

          (these are typically synonyms)

    2. Maveric1984

      Sierra is in it too.

  18. JustCheetoDust

    Amber could have handled that better if she didn’t want to be disturbed.

    1. Aizat

      Well, I was expecting Amber to yell like Finn.

      1. newllend

        http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rathXr7Y-pY

        1. Aizat

          Yeah, like that.

        2. JustCheetoDust

          Even though I watch Adventure Time I always associate that scream with Space Ghost.

  19. LiaHansen

    DAMMIT ALT TEXT WHY MUST YOU TAUNT ME

    1. Saintslayer

      ‘Cuz the Pornlord wants your moneys.

      1. Maveric1984

        Obviously he needs to donate to the Kickstarter so we break $75k then.

        1. xKiv

          Well, I am *not* pledging $20264, that would almost ruin me!

      2. StClair

        All your moneys.

  20. newllend

    Thinking about it this is dangerous for Amber, Dorothy still know Amazi-girls height, build, and hair color and she smarter than Danny so she might figure this out.

    1. dropping.keys

      But since she’s not Billie, she won’t make any firm statements until she has proof or a confession. Or at least she won’t publish them.

    2. dropping.keys

      I know Amber’s been hiding out and Dorothy has been… occupied, but for me this is stretching things a bit. I knew my suitemate’s names before I moved in freshman year, and I was basically Amber (not the secret vigilante and abusive father part, the stay in my room and revel in my new internet freedom part). At the very least the name would look familiar.

      1. David M Willis

        It made sense to me ‘cuz I never ever met my dorm neighbors, ever, neither year’s set, despite sharing a toilet with them. People like me and Amber find a way.

        1. Kidrik

          This was my first Semester!

          I lived in a hall of two sets of four rooms conjoined in the middle by a shared bathroom. It wan’t until the third or fourth week either “side” met the other. We became a really cohesive set of 16 guys, but for the first month or so we didn’t even speak.

        2. AgentKeen

          Y-you had 16 people sharing a bathroom?

          I-I just can’t… HOW?!?

        3. Kidrik

          It was mega-bathroom of sorts with doors on both ends. 6 sinks, 4 toilets, 4 showers. Calling it just a plain ol’ bathroom was a little unclear of me.

        4. StClair

          Let me tell you about a little thing called “Basic Training”.

        5. Deathjavu

          Have you ever been in a college dorm? We have bathrooms that are shared by an entire floor, something like 25-30 people.

          It’s just like a semidecent public bathroom, really. With more showers. (But not enough showers, especially since only one has a decent waterflow and everyone knows which one it is.)

        6. AgentKeen

          I’ve seen those (and used them), but the ones I’ve seen as part of connected rooms have usually been more like normal house bathrooms (1 toilet, 1 shower/bath, 1 sink). 16 people sharing that would be a bit too much for me…

        7. Joe

          I can corroborate this. Of the five roommates I had in my first apartment (Apartment! Not even dorm!) I only ever met four of them.

      2. John

        I had a roommate whose name I was never actually sure of. It’s really awkward to ask a dude you’ve been sharing a room with for most of a semester whether his name is “Mark” or “Mike”, so I just… didn’t.

        I saw more of my girlfriend’s roommate that semester than I did my own, anyway.

      3. PeterW

        It’s only been like a month. And they’re both busy.

        1. PeterW

          Though I didn’t realize they hadn’t even been introduced at any point.

        2. No Name

          They have actually, three times. Just not in this setting. I think John clarified it yesterday.

    3. dropping.keys

      And I have failed to post my own comment. Sorry!

    4. LiamAldam

      The Amazi-girl boots alter her height.

  21. Yotomoe

    Learn to knock. My hands were down my pants and Ninja turtles was on!!!

    1. Maveric1984

      Hell, my hands are down my pants most of the time anyway.

      1. Plasma Mongoose

        Why would you mix wearing pants and masturbation anyhow?

  22. timemonkey

    “Hey, Neighbor, you look exactly like that costumed vigilante I’ve been chasing around campus whose apparently dating my ex and beat up your abusive dad. Normaly I’d go with the obvious conclusion but there’s some cartoons I need to avoid for a few more hours”

  23. Maveric1984

    I think I have my prediction for the next Slipshine pairing!

  24. mai876

    Oh crap, Amber! She knows!!

    1. Aizat

      Knock her out and lock her in the closet.

      1. JustCheetoDust

        Several Metal Gear games have prepared her for this moment!

        1. Aizat

          Yeah..why do you think cardboard boxes is also in Amazi-Girl’s utility belt?

  25. Jake

    Amber! Go for the window! It’s right there, just get out now before she see gets a good look at you!

    1. Aizat

      Or…knock her out and lock her in the closet…..or behind the door since no one checks there.

      1. maxyai

        If you stick her behind the door Dina will have nowhere to stand. And you do not want to incur the wrath of Dina. Ten times worse than Amazi-Girl.

  26. Kiggy

    I have a bad feeling about this(tm)

  27. John

    Panel two Dorothy kind of looks like she’s looking through the fourth wall at us. Like, “Huh. Why didn’t you guys tell me this?”

    1. Blackbird

      The fourthwall breaking gets creepy for anyone reading this who might be named Amber O’Malley. “Amber O’Malley lives in… that’s right, I see you Amber. Clean your apartment.”

    2. Aizat

      Well, don’t look at me, Dotty. If you can break the fourth wall, you can figure it out by yourself.

  28. Pyr05

    Eyebrows, awaaaay!

    1. Aizat

      Eyebrows: I must leave now. My planet needs me.

  29. MrSirk

    Geez she’s not going to drop this is she?

    1. David M Willis

      well it’s her job

      1. Seerow

        Is she actually getting paid? I thought this was just an extraciricular.

        1. David M Willis

          The IDS is a real newspaper and it pays for its content. They paid me to publish Roomies! back in the day. “Extra-curricular” just means it’s not part of the curriculum, meaning you don’t get graded on it.

          Regardless, by “job” I didn’t mean “paid work” so much as it is a responsibility she has. Her editor assigned her to a (presumably enviable) beat. What’s she going to tell Daisy later, “I didn’t think you wanted me to try more than a little”? At that point, the story gets handed to someone who doesn’t give up after asking one person a question.

        2. John

          I’m sure Billie would love to have the story back. She could write an article without asking any questions at all!

        3. Joe

          Worked for Peter Parker.

  30. CianM1301

    If they’re neighbours, I’d say it was very awkward for Amber and/or Dina during the events of Walky Performs a Sex. Knowing Amber, she probably had headphones in and was playing WoW. Either that, or she was out fighting crime.

    1. Mass Confusion

      Actually, I believe she was beating down her father who totally deserved it

      1. Aizat

        Wait..since Blaine is probably in a hospital…I just got this awesome mental image where Amber attacks Blaine at the hospital like how Stone Cold attacked Vince McMahon that one time.

      2. CianM1301

        Oh yeah. So it was very awkward for Dina, then.

        1. Tenn

          Spoiler: nah, not really.

        2. Maveric1984

          Mammals ae weird

  31. Alexx

    …Amber doesn’t lock her side?

    1. Pinja

      This bizarre American room sharing seems designed to facilitate crime ¬___¬

      1. Bill

        It is my understanding that with connecting-door setups like this, the connecting door(s) can be locked to provide privacy and security; however, it has also been my experience that the neighbors sharing the connection usually become good friends and adopt a mi casa es su casa attitude and said door is left open far more often than it is locked.

      2. Vex Godglove

        I had a suitemate one semester who continually came in and took my TV when he wanted to play video games, even if I locked the door he’d pop the lock. Even after I explained I didn’t mind letting him borrow it if he just asked. He kept right on doing it.

    2. John

      From what I’ve gathered about the setup, the doors to the connecting bathroom can only be locked from the inside. So you can lock the other room out of the bathroom (which will annoy Ruth when she has to come deal with them not being able to use their bathroom), but you can’t lock the bathroom out of your room.

      And to be fair, it’s a college dorm, so if it were possible to lock the bathroom doors from the outside, there would be a lot of people getting locked into the bathroom, either as a prank or just accidentally. And Ruth would be even more annoyed.

      1. Alexx

        Yeah, but you’re not gona lock yourself inside if you’re using the bathroom, and the threat of pranks is too low to let go of security. Not being able to just walk into the other person’s room is more important. Back when my wife was in college, for instance: She kept her side locked, and her and the person across the way just remembered to knock on the door before entering. I mean…we wouldn’t have gotten anything “done” if there was a risk of someone just walking in.

  32. Jose231

    Is it strange i started reading this yesterday and im already caught up?

    1. Pinja

      No, we all have no life.

    2. PeterW

      I tried to pace myself and finished in a month. On the one hand, once I broke away from a sitting, it’d take me days to come back, but on the other, there was that day I read the last chapter of book two, all of book three, and the first chapter of book 4.

    3. 3oranges

      That’s not strange with a well written comic, but be warned: the switch from that to waiting for updates can be a tough one.

    4. No Name

      I went through the entire alternate universe in a week. No, it’s not weird.

    5. xKiv

      I think that means you didn’t read all the comments.

  33. Tealjoy

    Another reason I did not want suite style.

  34. PeterW

    I got the idea from the way it was handled in WPaS that this was somehow already common knowledge.

  35. Stephen Bierce

    Nobody here but the spiders I have to kill…

    1. Aizat

      Yes…”spiders”

  36. Maycroft

    What? I always thought those doors were closets.

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