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Far
Posted on August 22, 2013 by David M Willis
I just finished the last strip of this storyline yesterday.  It runs October 23.  You have nine weeks.

185 thoughts on “Far”

  1. Anna1090

    Oh noes. RUN AMBER RUN

    1. Cholma

      Wait. you want her to run from her Father three times, each time with a slightly different outcome? Her name’s not Lola, you know.

      1. Rowen Morland

        Unlike Amber, Lola might have had super powers.

        1. Aeron

          But Amber DOES have superpowers. She is now fully justified in using that grappling hook in ways that were not intended.

        2. ALLxISxGONE

          The Mother Avenger? nah not cool enough… or is it?

      2. Animal

        Lola?

        L-O-L-A, Lola?

        Lo- Lo-Lo-La Lola?

        1. Charlie Spencer

          Yoda!

          Y-O-D-A, Yoda!

          Yo, yo, yo, yo, Yoda!

        2. davidbreslin101

          I met her in a bar down in Mos Eisley
          Where you drink blue milk and it tastes just like lime and soda
          S-O-D-A soda…..

        3. John

          I met her in a dorm down in Bloomington
          Where I gotta ride herd over all these happy campers
          C-M-P-R Campers
          She ran past me with her dad in pursuit
          I looked up her name and on the student list it said “Amber”
          A-M-B-R Amber, Am- Am- Am- Am- Aaaamber…

          Well I may be the dorm’s most physical girl
          Threw her dad overhead and nearly broke his skull
          For that Amber, Am- Am- Am- Am- Aaaamber…
          Well I’m not drunk but I can’t really stand
          So I sent my girl to chase down that man
          For that Amber, Am- Am- Am- Am- Aaaamber
          Am- Am- Am- Am- Aaaamber…

          (That’s the Canadian spellings. Honest. And my rhyming is at least as good as the Kinks’.)

        4. Neospector

          So…wait, is that, like, Canadian country music then?

        5. Roborat

          Nah, not even close, Canadian country music must have references to buffalo, fields of grain, beer and raging blizzards (it’s in the constitution), and must be sung by either Shania Twain or whoever we pick to replace Stompin Tom.

          And John, nice work on the Kink’s rescript.

        6. Icalasari

          *claps*

      3. tahrey

        Best and most unexpected movie reference of the day so far. Nice one, Cho.

  2. SUGauthor

    Welp, my day is ruined

    1. Doctor_Who

      I always say that at 12:01 am. I find it saves time.

      1. Aizat

        I always say that every time I got out of bed.

      2. Squall

        If you forget, do you go back in time so you can get another chance to say it?

      3. Tenn

        Allegedly, my first words were “Well, my life is ruined”.

        1. Doctor_Who

          This comment works so well with your Sarah avatar.

  3. Darth

    Even Ruth admits that sometimes all you need is a cheerleader.

    1. Plasma Mongoose

      RAH RAH RAH!

    2. Aizat

      All you need is a cheerleader,
      All you need is a cheerleader,
      All you need is a cheerleader, a cheerleader,
      A cheerleader is all you need.

      1. Starscreamer

        Save the cheerleader, save the world.

        1. Mal

          +1

        2. Badeyes

          So who would be Sylar in this world?

        3. Heavensrun

          Mike, duh.

      2. David

        Too many syllables. Ringo don’t rap.

        1. Undrave

          Ringo don’t ANYTHING.

        2. Kiggy

          Except play tight drums

    3. Jack Finch

      It’s all about (pardon..aboot) thighs

  4. Fernando

    Team Work, bongoes! YEAH

    1. Yotomoe

      They are actually “The Teamwork bongoes”.

      1. Aizat

        That needs to be on a T-shirt.

  5. Jen Aside

    no hovertext? =<

    1. EvergreenFir

      beat me to it.

      1. EvergreenFir

        That’s better lol.

    2. David Willis

      The hovertext stuff fucks up when it’s in quotes. Fixed.

      1. EvergreenFir

        Apparently you can use character references instead to avoid this error (never knew of this until I googled it).

        http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/intro/sgmltut.html#h-3.2.2

      2. Fezzam

        Hover text?!? I’ve been reading this on mobile forever. WHAT HAVE I MISSED!!!!!

        1. Mr. Random

          It sucks, people keep referencing it, but you can’t see it. I’d get an XKCD type app but there isn’t one out.

        2. David Willis

          I believe reading DoA on the Comic Chameleon app gives you hovertext.

        3. Squall

          I usually read the comic and comment then read the hover text in Comic Chameleon in the morning. Comic Chameleon has some delay in putting up the comics.

        4. Mr. Random

          Oh look, the app was downloaded again, just now. By someone.

        5. Kiggy

          To the app store, Robin!

        6. shadow eagle

          To The App Store… TITANS GO!!!!

        7. Ocbrad1

          Correct. I read the hover text in the app, and then comment on the website.

        8. ankhtahr

          Well, I’d definitely try that app, if it was available for my phone operating system…

    3. Anna1090

      It was just added :3

  6. Geminia999

    the hover text?

  7. AgentKeen

    Oohh, nooo, Amber 🙁

    1. Squall

      Mr Bill!

  8. Yotomoe

    Please let the next comic be Billie crushing Blaine’s skull like sparrows egg between thighs.

    1. John

      Ruth’s got Taki’s moves. Billie’s got Chun Li’s.

      1. Aizat

        Really? I thought Ruth is more of a Makoto person.

        1. John

          Yeah, that move she used on Blaine yesterday is totally Taki’s throw. Except she fell over instead of flipping back to her feet. Her drunken master mojo is low at the moment.

        2. Aizat

          Wait, Taki’s throw is a belly-to-belly suplex?

        3. Mark Sakura

          That was no suplex. That was clearly a Tomoe Nage variant.

        4. Yotomoe

          I thought she was Either Poison or Juri. With a bit of C. Viper.

        5. Prickly

          Odd image of Ruth trying to rip Blaine’s head off, and her arm pops out.

      2. Rex Hondo

        For what it’s worth, the Amazi-Girl I made in Soul Calibur V uses Maxi’s move set.

    2. Aizat

      Or by kicking the dude. I could just imagine Billie pulling a Spinning Bird Kick.

      1. Yotomoe

        or a Hyakuretsukyaku.

    3. Brian Lynch

      Billie, she is “bad girl”. But this does not make her Bad Girl.

      1. Viredae

        Thank you for the input, Zangief!

    4. TheRealAllPurposeGuru

      Fear the thighs.

  9. John

    You can just feel the love between those two.

  10. Wonder Wig

    Hello feels my old friend.
    I’ve come to feel with you again.

    1. otusasio451

      Because a feel softly creeping
      Left its feels while I was sleeping

      1. carl320

        And the feels that were planted in my brain, still remains

        1. Totz the Plaid

          And echoes of “Damn you, Willis”…

        2. Ryune

          In restless nights I browsed alone
          These webcomics where Mike will bone (people’s moms)

        3. CianM1301

          ‘neath the glow of a laptop light,
          I turn my gaze to watch Blaine and Ruth fight,

      2. Juliecat

        And the feels that were planted in my brain
        Still remain
        And that’s when I say, damn you, Willis.

        1. J

          For some reason, these verses played along in my head to the tune of “The Wind Cries Mary” by Hendrix 🙂

        2. Svata

          I thought it was supposed to be Sound of Silence by Simon and Garfunkel.

  11. NeutroBlaster

    Poor Amber…

  12. Aizat

    Monster thighs? Looks like I was on the nose about Billie being Chun-Li. And yes, I still have that artwork that Yotomoe did.

    1. Yotomoe

      I fucked that picture up so much. The costume is so innacurate, I’m ashamed.

      1. Aizat

        Hey, it’s still good…and adorable. And I’m not the type of guy who would say that.

      2. BlueRam

        Clearly your punishment is to have Billie crush your head with her thighs while wearing that inaccurate outfit.

        1. Aizat

          Best death ever?

        2. Ocbrad1

          Best and most desirable!

        3. Yotomoe

          She would have to be inaccurately dressed as Zangief.

        4. John

          What does Asian Ethan have to do with it?

        5. Geminia999

          So, she’d have a bra then instead of a bare chest? Aww 🙁

        6. KB_SBI

          But unless she miraculously grows Zangief’s chest hair that kinda would make it even better >:)

  13. piemanpie24

    Hovertext schmovertext. (I’m so original. But did that hovertext in Shortpacked! signify you moving away from the hovertext? I’m gonna miss the hovertext if it goes away.)

  14. AHR

    Owh Amberrrr

  15. JebJeb

    For such a good vigilante, she sucks at hiding.

    1. Yotomoe

      Seeing as noone has found her, that is up for debate.

      1. Aizat

        Besides, sometimes the best to hide is in plain sight.

    2. showler

      Blaine probably thinks she went down the stairs to escape, while Amber probably actually went up the stairs towards the rooftop, which is her natural environment.

    3. Undrave

      “The Stairs of Occasional Sollitude” was not a good choice of hideout…

      1. Bill

        These look like a fire escape stairwell.  Not usually the first choice of people when there are elevators and more open stairways in a building.  And even is he does think of it, as was mentioned earlier her pursuer is going to assume she is headed out and going down the stairs — so if she went *UP* a couple of flights she is as good as invisible.

  16. The Candyman

    Yikes, looks like Amber was more affected by douchebag dearest more than we thought.

    1. Rex Hondo

      The adrenaline just wore off and allowed her to actually think and feel about what just happened.

  17. Plasma Mongoose

    Where is Amazi-Girl when you really need her?

    1. Totz the Plaid

      Needing a hug.

      1. Aizat

        Hugs for everybody! Unless you’re a Hugwolf.

    2. Yotomoe

      Wearing a schoolgirl outfit to impress her parents.

      1. AJBulldis

        Parked outside (she’s how the good Doctor got there right?)

    3. Squall

      She’s saving Gotham City.

  18. CollyWolly

    The alt text is better than the comic. Even Willis ships them.

    (but seriously, poor Amber. The last panel gives me feels)

    1. Totz the Plaid

      I know… I’d give Amber a hug if I could.

      1. Aizat

        I’d give Amber a hug too…after I’m finished with Blaine.

        1. CollyWolly

          Hopefully Billie’s gonna give Blaine a hug… with her thighs.

        2. Squall

          I’d tag this post mustache ride if it wasn’t something that made my brain hemorrhage horribly.

        3. xKiv

          A must-ache ride.

  19. guy

    Oh I get it. Because “far away” can be a measurement of distance or a state of mind. How depressingly clever of you Willis.

  20. LiamAldam

    And then she crushed Blaine’s head in between his thighs.

    1. Yotomoe

      …Between Blaine’s own thighs? That sounds awesome.

      1. Totz the Plaid

        Would that require breaking his back to do so, ripping off his legs, or ripping off his head?

        Don’t care. All options still awesome.

        1. Aizat

          Or we could go the Iron Sheik route: Break his back and make him humble?

        2. carl320

          Ruth could help by ripping out his bloody femurs.

        3. Ocbrad1

          +1 Totz, they ARE all awesome!

  21. Fuzzydaemon

    Poor Amber! If she only understood that Ruth and Billie, along with everyone else, have her back and she is not alone.

    Off track, but I am so shipping Ruth and Billy right now.

    1. Totz the Plaid

      I’m sure she’ll find out.

      …and I’m shipping them, too.

      1. Aizat

        Three way?

  22. TPman

    If only AmaziGirl were there to help Amber.

  23. Ragnal

    And the realization of what she just did kicks in…

    Poor Amber.

  24. Juliecat

    with QC and GWS in guest strips this week, I think it behooves Mr. Willis to post three strips a day.

    Who’s with me?

    1. Totz the Plaid

      GWS isn’t in guest strips. Danielle just felt like doing three strips in the memory of her grandmother and will be returning to the regular plot tonight.

      Also, as much as I’d love more frequent DOA, I don’t want to fuck up Willis’s monster 9-week buffer.

    2. guy

      I agree. In fact, he should also do the guest strips all week for QC and GWS, and I think SP needs a break to. Also he should do another alt universe strip set in the future, on a spaceship. Which also get daily updates.

  25. Lone Wolf

    Well now that the tension here has died down somewhat, I guess we’ll be shifting gears to a different family tomorrow.

    Also, I’m taking that hovertext as canon.

  26. Allcool-dontcare

    Amber aka Amazigirl sure does need a hug or some words of advise

  27. Gottawonder

    Wonder what the hallway stand around parents are doing?
    And Billie, keep your distance, Blaine is hurting, humiliated, and out of his frigin’ mind.

    1. Icalasari

      And Billie would just channel her inner Ruth and rip out his femurs and hit him in the FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE with them

  28. Yotomoe

    I’m sorry to dissapoint my fans, but I shall be going to bed soon.

  29. etyb

    Let’s all take a journey into Amber’s mind, folks!

    https://forums.pocketgems.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1072&d=1348960600

  30. dimblecon

    Sorry you’re feelin bad, Amber

    That’s a really tough thing to have to go through

  31. Jesse

    Why hasn’t Amber’s dad been beaten to death yet?! I demand satisfaction! *Slaps you with a glove*

    1. Aizat

      Yeah, and preferably beaten to death by an angry mob wielding torches and pitchforks.

    2. ninja_jesus

      I demand that Doctor Rosenthal do the honors!

      1. Undrave

        I want to see him use his bone doctor power to break Blaine’s femur with one touch!

        1. ninja_jesus

          And he would do it, too, especially since he just boned Amber’s mom. Imagine the rage, man.

        2. hmrc4evr

          How about we get really nasty. Let’s not just wish for Blaine to have broken bones but for his bones to be turned into 80’s gold plastic! That way he can walk but live knowing each step could be his last.

    3. David

      Why hasn’t Amber’s dad been beaten to death yet?!

      Someone does need to pay the tuition.

  32. J

    /me starts humming The Ultimate Showdown (of ultimate destiny). “… But Billie saw through his clever disguise, and she crushed Blaine’s head in between her thighs…”

    1. ninja_jesus

      I wanna see Billie do that to Ruth~

  33. maycroft

    No no amber, you should be changing to Amazi-girl right now

    1. Plasma Mongoose

      Unless there is a Darien/Tuxedo Mask like dynamic thing happening with Amber where she doesn’t know she transforms into Amazi-Girl.

      1. Cheryl

        Dat sailor moon reference.

        1. Squall

          “Gotta get in tune with Sailor Moon
          Cuz that cartoon has got the boom
          Anime babes, that make me think the wrong thing.”

        2. nothri

          Squall, your death will be as drawn out and agonizing precisely as long as that goddamn song stays stuck in my head. Not one minute less!

        3. Roborat

          So, you will punish him?

  34. Bronze Knight

    Why was the important question of Blain being on or not-on the list answered?

    1. Lamachine

      Billie’s got the papers and she’s going after Blaine; I think that question will be answered soon.

  35. Nym

    “And if you *do* find him, you can try that again with me later anyway.” -Ruth

  36. Justnobody

    Yotomoe, you know what you have to do.

    1. Keroshino

      ~ lights the “Yotomoe” signal~

      1. Squall

        He went into his thousand year rest.

        1. The Candyman

          Only to awaken when the kingdom needs him the most.

  37. Matt

    Damn, nine weeks? Those O’Malleys sure must have some real endurance to be running for that long!

    ba-dum-tsssh

    1. Undrave

      I hope it’s not nine weeks with Joyce’s parents o.o

    2. Nono

      Well we have Amber, Joyce, Walky/Sal and Ethan’s parents that are the most pressing concerns, and on the sidelines we have Dorothy, Dina, Mike, Sierra, Joe’s, and the currently MIA Billie and Jacob’s, not to mention all the minor ones like Mary and Marcie.

      Heck, even Becky’s parents might show up to support their daughter’s best friend. This could go on for a while.

      1. Nono

        Also Roz. Considering what little we know of Roz and Robin’s father that could be an interesting twist.

        1. The Candyman

          This is gonna be one long weekend.

        2. Gram91

          There’s probably gonna be a joke about that too.

  38. Michael

    Ah, stairs. The lonely man’s/gal’s depressive place. I remember thou so well.

  39. Jack Finch

    Oh man look at Ruth turning to Billie to help and Billie agreeing. The die is cast!

    1. David

      Nobody in the dorm disagrees with Ruth and lives, so that is not remarkable. Obeying Ruth is inconspicuous. Worrying about her isn’t.

      Apropos worrying about her: her state seems excessive even for detox.

      1. Jack Finch

        True. But the tone here seems like eager teamwork and trust which Ruth is going along with. I know that detox varies and can be pretty bad for some, especially the nausea. Willis might be laying it on thick, but we’re talking about Willis here after all.

      2. Pat

        There’s also violent motion there, and hitting the ground. That probably aggravated it.

  40. Moffitartan

    Billie confirmed for Dumbing of Age-verse Chun-Li. For she can crush man’s head like sparrow’s egg between thighs.

    1. Sterling

      But… it’s ZANGIEF who does that! …

      1. Mr. Morningstar

        They both have the best thighs.

    2. Jabro

      Child of Zangief and Chun-Li…

  41. ArkhamTexan

    “Dammit, why didn’t I hit him HARDER?!”

  42. Dr.Midnight

    Hmmm… Billie just let that “Monster Thighs” comment slide?

    1. nothri

      Well, A) this is an emergency situation, and B ) Billie knows by now that calling her fat is just Ruth’s way of saying hello. Or flirting. One of those.

  43. Ocbrad1

    I knew Ruthless would turn to the power of the former head cheerleader…specifically her awesome thighs!

  44. brumagem

    And here I was hoping for a quick police-call and get Blaine arrested in less than a week.

  45. Mal

    Not nearly enough props have been given to Mr. Willis for being able to draw and color Billie’s striped shirt for this story. I imagine that must have been a painful detail, and I appreciate his effort.

    1. David Willis

      You have no idea how much it means to me that someone recognizes how long it must have taken to do something so easily taken for granted.

  46. KiTA

    Uh, 9 weeks till… what?

    1. Aizat

      Till Doomsday!

      1. Squall

        Till the baby comes!

  47. Somebody

    Can’t she just hit him again? I’m not saying she should, but why didn’t she? Then again, she doesn’t want to expose her identity and it could have been he anger overwhelming her.

    1. Somebody

      the*

  48. Shaiyna

    Somehow I think Ruth is the perfect person to talk to Amber…. Not sure why, but I can see it as right….

    1. WikiDreamer

      I second this and wholeheartedly agreed.

  49. MarcinMN

    And thus, a new meme is born regarding Billie’s thighs.

  50. vonnegut

    I have to say. It looks like Ruth is grabbing Billie’s boob. Or maybe it’s just me.

    1. Arkadi

      RUTH, GRAB MY BOOB!

  51. fogel

    Amber is in a nicely ambiguous Willisian pose regarding what she feels and will do next. Wish T Campbell still came around to explicate what is and will happen. Now I must wait and find out.

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