Sterling
Posted on September 1, 2014 by David M Willis

296 thoughts on “Sterling”

  1. An Average Loser

    Girls.

    1. Plasma Mongoose

      Gals.

      1. Yotomoe

        Goils.

        1. ANeM

          Wrex.

        2. Big Drahma

          In effect.

        3. JustCheetoDust

          In full effect. In fuckin’ full effect.

        4. Zurr

          I guess you could say it’s…

          …in mass effect.

        5. Khaner

          Sheppard.

        6. LeslieBean4Shizzle

          Garrus.

        7. LittleMountain

          CALIBRATIONS!

        8. Cheryl

          ROFL!^

        9. Plasma Mongoose

          Not familiar with the term Wrex.

        10. Seth

          Well, that’s a shame.

        11. Plasma Mongoose

          That was… ummm… *scratches head*

        12. Seth

          That particular ‘conversation’ is like the Mass Effect equivalent of ‘for a nickel’: it’s stupid, yet the fans quote it all the time.

        13. ninja_jesus

          Indeed. What a shame.

        14. Osaru Sensei

          A shame indeed.

        15. Shadow12000

          Shepard.

        16. Lamia

          Shepherdddddddddd.

    2. Giant Speck

      Girls! Girls! GIRLS!

      1. Khaner

        RED LIPS
        AND FINGERTIPS

      2. JessWitt

        Girls being girls being girls being girls, Girl group!

      3. Jeffrywith1e

        back in the DAY
        there was this girl around the WAY
        she liked my home-piece mcA
        he said he would not give her PLAY
        i asked him please he said you MAY
        her pants are tight and thats oK
        if she would dance i would dJ
        we took a walk down to the BAY

      4. Koms

        Us girls we are so magical

      5. Maveric1984

        Girls on Film!

      6. Giant Speck

        I was going for Mrs. Garret from The Facts of Life, but okay.

    3. newllend

      Can’t live with , can’t live without them, can’t stop liking them, can’t stop loving them, can’t stop thinking about them or caring about them just freaking Girls man !

  2. Jen Aside

    RACHELS

    1. PsychoKineticEX

      O want to see more of them both.

  3. Mr. Random

    FINISH HER!

  4. Mr. Random

    Oh, Mary, you really are an example.

    1. Plasma Mongoose

      Well Jesus loves her, assuming he still exists that is.

      1. GrumpyPanda

        That’s one of those “in spite of” rather than “because of” things.

        1. Plasma Mongoose

          That is pretty much the truth.

        2. Opus the Poet

          And now your Gravatar is Catalina?

        3. Plasma Mongoose

          Yup after she was hit the V5 setting on the TF Gun.

        4. Gadgeteer Smashwidget

          V5 Catalina has the best hair in the entirety of EGS.

        5. Plasma Mongoose

          I do like wild looking hair look.

      2. Arkadi

        He doesn’t. Remember, Galasso runs a restaurant in this continuity.

      3. LockeZ

        I somehow don’t think Historical Jesus from Shortpacked will be making an appearance in Dumbing of Age….

        ….but I really hope I’m wrong.

    2. Mr. Random

      A bad example.

      1. JessWitt

        Nothing but eyerolls for Mary.

    3. DudeMyDadOwnsADealership

      An example of omni-directional sarcasm so rampant it’s like trying to speak with a de-motivational poster only more pointless. Mike’s angle for spooking Amazigirl away was a lot more labored over.

  5. magey

    ugh mary

    1. John

      Mary’s a bongo.

      1. tinfoil theory

        Watch where you’re going with those gender-charged epithets.

        1. begbert2

          Mary’s a bastard.

        2. Mal

          Mary is under-appreciated for her hard work being an example for everyone.

        3. Opus the Poet

          oooohhhh-kaaayyy?

        4. Kerry

          opus, why do you sometimes have your own gravatar, and sometimes have a mike gravatar?

        5. JWLM

          Besides, calling Mary a bongo is unfair to dogs. Dogs can certainly be vicious, but they aren’t spiteful, hateful, hypocritical, self-righteous, and poisonous.

      2. Emperor Kiva

        Even Mary’s mom said that Mary’s a bongo after a 2 hour labor

  6. Kerry

    goddammit, I love you amber, but danny/ethan…

    1. Clif

      But loyal do what’s right Danny.

    2. Jericho

      The answer is simple: They split into three groups of three: Danny, Ethan and Sal, Dorothy, Walky and Amber, and Billie, Ruth and Joyce. No problem, unless you don’t like threesomes or are straight.

      1. Kerry

        dear god, why would you want joyce to get involved in billie and ruth’s relationship
        just thinking about it is physically painful

      2. Kryss LaBryn

        Not quite sure why Ethan would want a threesome with a girl who took him hostage as a teen, either…

      3. Gadgeteer Smashwidget

        Danny would never agree to a polyamorous relationship. He’s a serial monogamist, remember?

        1. JWLM

          So he’d be serially monogamous between two people on a short time scale. How’s that different?

      4. OldFart

        I like Danny/Ethan/Amber as a throuple. Amber and Ethan are BFF’s, they could both perform sexes with Danny, not necessarily at the same time. Danny is really into both of them. It could be a good, loving triad. This messes up Jericho’s other groups, unless you have overlaps.

        1. Kerry

          yes, it would be perfect
          if not them, it still would be cool if david included some poly people at some point
          ’tis a long comic, after all

  7. Emperor Kiva

    No comment from me. Oh wait……I just did.

  8. Khaner

    I’m glad to see Amber is happy now.

    1. Yotomoe

      Amber’s happiness is inverse proportionate to how happy she will be in the future.

      1. Khaner

        So, when’s Blaine showing up again?

        1. Opus the Poet

          Not for a long time, campus security got a restraining order that prohibits him from entering the Campus.

        2. timemonkey

          And there’s nobody left for him to use to exploit her.

        3. Catullus

          Hospitalization also limits his flexibility somewhat.

        4. Opus the Poet

          It’s been like 5 days now, I was only in for 13 after getting hit with a truck so you would think even a P*ssy like Blaine would be out after only getting beat up by a girl.

        5. timemonkey

          Depends what damage she did to him.

        6. xKiv

          He hasn’t levelled in the Unkillable Bastard special, though.

        7. Opus the Poet

          There is that, as far as we know. The Willis could have levelled him while not on-camera.

        8. JWLM

          So will the injuries Amber inflicted on him.

        9. DSL

          Those always work so well.

    2. newllend

      Her moods going to change when she see Danny hanging out with Sal or Ethan.

      1. Clif

        Hanging out with Sal would be a trigger. With Ethan, not so much, unless there was much more apparent than hanging out.

        1. Koms

          +100 internets for you

  9. Yotomoe

    Man I want Mary to get hit by a Moon. Like an entire moon.

    1. Plasma Mongoose

      But that would end life for the rest of us, what were you thinking man?

      1. Dave Van Domelen

        Not if she’s ejected into space first.

        1. JustCheetoDust

          Or a Fastball Special that she never wanted.

        2. Gadgeteer Smashwidget

          Lumberjanes reference? I hope this is a Lumberjanes reference.

        3. arank11

          I’ve been meaning to read that. Is it any good?

        4. Gadgeteer Smashwidget

          it’s freakin’ amazing. It’s like Adventure Time, but… at CAMP
          and it’s also like Gravity Falls
          Basically it’s really good
          and all the main characters are GIRLS. Now, this shouldn’t be a selling point, but it really is because the cast is so diverse in both personality and, like, everything else

          The series is halfway over now (4 parts released out of 8), but I highly recommend it to anyone who likes fun stuff.

          And that was me gushing about a comic. *bows*

        5. zolo

          It’s really good! So much funniness. I love finding the clues that give additional insight about the character’s personality/interests, and all the other little details. Had to read them multiple times though, but that is always fun.

        6. JustCheetoDust

          I never read that far into Lumberjanes so I’m actually referring to Colos- You know what, let’s just go with Lumberjanes.

        7. Gadgeteer Smashwidget

          What were you originally referring to? I love finding out about new stuff to follow. 😀

        8. Kelly

          http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2013/02/09/drawing-crazy-patterns-wolverine-and-colossus-execute-the-fastball-special/

        9. JustCheetoDust

          I only did that because I thought anything but Lumberjanes would disappoint you; but yeah, that is most associated with Colossus throwing Wolverine.

        10. Gadgeteer Smashwidget

          It’s fine, I just said I hoped it was a Lumberjanes reference, as that would mean someone else has read it, and it’s a good comic!

      2. Yotomoe

        Acceptable losses.

        1. Clif

          I assumed you meant moon pie.

        2. Tenn

          Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeen the moon hits your judgmental christian fundamentalist right in the eye
          Like a big-a pizza pie
          That’s amore!

    2. Khaner

      DAWN OF THE THIRD DAY
      24 HOURS REMAIN

      1. Mass Confusion

        Nobody deserves that nightmare fuel….

        1. Gadgeteer Smashwidget

          But it would be a glorious way to die!

      2. fabforest

        Thats one awesome game I sadly never finished

      3. xKiv

        What do you mean I have to hold that face another 24 hours >_<

    3. Kennerly

      Moon, like an exposed butt?

      1. Jen Aside

        Maybe he left off “pie”?

        1. Plasma Mongoose

          Not sure if it’s a good idea for Willis to create another possible disfunctional couple, especially if Mary is one of the said couple.

        2. arank11

          Who would want to date Mary in the first place?

        3. Yotomoe

          Mary would.

        4. JustCheetoDust

          The way Jamie Gumb would…”date himself?”

        5. fabforest

          No, that would be against her religion

        6. Clif

          Mike would.

          For a nickle.

        7. Opus the Poet

          I’m reasonably sure that even Mike would require enough money for a mind-cleansing case of beer, or just the beer, for a date with Mary.

        8. scordo

          The Great Faz would allow her to accompany him.

    4. Kernanator

      Get Zelretch on it, this won’t be the first time he’s dropped a moon on someone.

    5. Jen Aside

      What if I have one that’s missing a “CHA” shape?

    6. Jackson

      You know what, Yotomoe? I’m giving up on my hopes for a redemption character arc. I want Mary to get hit by a moon too.

    7. Opus the Poet

      Yes, but you are going to have to be more specific. Are you talking something like Luna, or really big like Titan, or tiny like Charon? Or in between like Phobos or Deimos? And WTF, I spelled all of those correctly on the first try?

      1. TJ Baltimore

        I’m pretty sure that Phobos and Deimos are much smaller than Charon. Like, you could walk the whole way around them in several hours, whereas Charon is half the size of former-planet Pluto.

        1. JWLM

          How about Nix? That one’s really small. Or any of the transient moons of Jupiter or Saturn?

        2. Tenn

          According to this handy sortable list, the smallest moons in the solar system by radius are a shitload of Saturn’s and Jupiter’s moons, a few of Uranus’, and then Deimos. Nix is bigger than both Deimos and Phobos.

    8. Keroshino

      That can be arranged…all we need to do is teleport her to Termina!

    9. DSL

      How about a Moonie?

    10. t00lishness

      Please tell me I’m not the only one who thought Majora’s Mask on this. Someone? Anyone?

  10. Stephen Bierce

    Runs the gamut of emotions, doesn’t it?

    1. Opus the Poet

      I’m reminded of the old theater review that claimed the lead actress “ran the gamut of emotions from A to B”. I think this one got to “K”.

      1. gwalla

        That was Dorothy Parker on Katherine Hepburn. Nobody’s quite sure when she said it or what performance it was about.

  11. Gadgeteer Smashwidget

    Y’know, Mary’s a prick, but… I can sorta see where she’s coming from, given all the PROBLEM CHILDREN on her floor with PROBLEMS

    1. Yotomoe

      I’d give her credit if she’d ever tried to help anyone and not just be a turbo-bongo.

      1. Gadgeteer Smashwidget

        True.

      2. arank11

        She helped Joyce decorate her door

        1. Gadgeteer Smashwidget

          Also true.

          Which makes me feel conflicted, because I wouldn’t think Mary watched anime given the religious undertones present in so many of them.

        2. Tagg

          Maybe she watched Superbook.

        3. Jen Aside

          Pretty sure Mary just adopted How to Draw Manga style by osmosis, without having to actually watch anything. Easy to just see that shit in a bookstore* and co-opt it for your own nefarious uses.

          *IF YOU CAN FIND ONE LOL

        4. Rachel Roth

          Doesn’t have to be religous. Animation os actually quite a usefull gene; you are not restricted by the normal limitations of actors, nor do you need to re-outfit your actors every day, making it ideal for more complex shows and movies.

        5. Yotomoe

          The Hovertext implies it was a commission. Saying that’s helpful is like praising a Mcdonald’s employee for giving you your food.

        6. timemonkey

          You don’t do that? They need the praise, that kind of job is soul sucking.

        7. Gadgeteer Smashwidget

          By “praise,” do you mean a sincere Thank You, or a drawing of a random cartoon character saying “You Da Best”?

        8. timemonkey

          Whatever you can manage makes their days a little bit easier.

        9. Jen Aside

          I feel like I should do that, but that would mean patronizing a McDonalds and enabling the abuse to continue =/

          also, paying money for shit “food”

        10. Gadgeteer Smashwidget

          @Jen Aside: You should do this anytime you go to a fast food joint. (I refuse to call them restaurants.)

      3. Darth Cariss

        Mary is super nice and helpful to everyone when we’re not looking. We just only see her at her worst moments.

  12. Yotomoe

    I disagree with Sarah. Rachel’s not that pretty.

    1. Plasma Mongoose

      Not a big fan of Mick Jagger lips myself.

  13. Regalli

    … Yeah, my money’s on Mary drawing it.

    Possibly to try to pin it on someone else. (I’m thinking Roz, but I could see others.)

    1. Spiny Creature

      Someone asked Willis on tumblr if Mary had any redeeming features, and he answered “She draws okay.” Granted, that could just be a reference to the fact she helped Joyce decorate, but still…

      If I had to guess her motive, it would be just to make fun of all the other girls for being sluts. You know, because they all have so much sex with boys while Mary stays pure >.>

      1. JWLM

        Canonically, she’s actually a pretty good artist.

  14. Plasma Mongoose

    So is the Other Rachel known as Other Rachel by her friends?

    1. Yotomoe

      I always call myself the cool [REAL NAME] since there are two [REAL NAME]s in my class. Hasn’t caught on yet though.

      1. Ancestral Hamster

        You could be The Real [REAL NAME],
        Would The Real [REAL NAME] please stand up, please stand up?

        1. Opus the Poet

          Slim Shady reference.

        2. Ancestral Hamster

          Correct! For 3pts!

    2. Kennerly

      No, her friends call her O.R.

  15. chris73

    Well this is a nice strip to lighten the mood

    1. Gadgeteer Smashwidget

      But it reminds you of how crushed Amber will be when she finds out about Danny’s attraction. Maybe all her adulation will soften the blow, or maybe it will make her feel even more isolated. Either way, shit’s going down.

      1. fabforest

        Amber’s gaydar/bidar is really off…

        1. tinfoil theory

          It really isn’t.

          She’s homing in on them just fine.

  16. MrSirk

    Mary is a god send. Bravo to her for setting the example.

    1. Dean

      A cautionary example.

  17. AgentKeen

    Yeah, it was totally Mary.

    1. Jen Aside

      Then the TWIST:

      it was Other Rachel

      or, maybe the Fazoli’s kid

      1. Catullus

        Well, we don’t know for sure that Faz ever left the building. Maybe he’s still here. Waiting. Watching. Illustrating.

        1. John

          masturbating.

        2. Jen Aside

          I did mean the actual Fazoli’s kid that Faz is based on… pretty sure Faz is still hogtied and in the lost and found or wherever Dina dumped him

        3. tinfoil theory

          Dina gave the Faz to Ruth.
          (So he’s probably with Howard.)

        4. Tenn

          O_O

          *the sound of a clock ticking, gradually slowed down*

          AAAAAAIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!

  18. newllend

    Amazi-girl is mor social than Amber, that’s funny when I think about it.

    1. Plasma Mongoose

      In that regards, Amber is like Kanako from Genshiken, they both become more confident when they cosplay.

      1. newllend

        She should take herself to the nearest con then, I bet money people will confuse her for a nother superhero.

      2. JustCheetoDust

        Or Sewer Urchin whenever he’s back in the sewers. The apotheosis of cool.

        1. Plasma Mongoose

          Yeah, he was pretty cool in that episode of The Tick.

        2. gwalla

          Oh yeah, cool, definitely cool.

    2. tinfoil theory

      “Citizen, I suspect you of being the Whiteboard Ding-Dong Bandit because Sarah said you were too pretty to be a good person.” And this is the person that is teaching Dina about social graces.

  19. arank11

    I’m noticing that Rachel #2 is the only person that Amazi-Girl doesn’t question in this strip. She was also the only person in the Clark wing that wasn’t in pajamas when the dubious door ding dongs were discovered (Gotta love alliteration), implying that she was awake earlier than the other girls. I think we can add a new suspect to the list

    1. Cephalo the Pod

      That’s a good point.

  20. Plasma Mongoose

    The ‘Truth’ is that nobody drew the wangs on the whiteboards, it was a mass miracle like when an image of Jesus appears on your toast but dickier.

    1. newllend

      They must all have a really keen eye to be able to see that on a blank board.

      1. Jen Aside

        Psychic Paper Whiteboards?

    2. gwalla

      http://www.amazon.com/Burnt-Impressions-Penis-Novelty-Toaster/dp/B00C7ADCE2

      1. Tenn

        What they say:

        * Toast Images of a Penis on Bread
        * Two Slice Novelty Toaster
        * Final Assembly in Vermont USA
        * White Toaster with Color Accents

        What I read:

        * Toast Images of a Penis on Bread
        * Toast. Images. Of a Penis. On Bread.
        * Toast Images of a Penis. On Bread.
        * TOAST IMAGES OF A PENIS ON BREAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

    3. xKiv

      Dunkin’ Donuts won’t be taking credit for *that* one.

  21. Tnoy

    Look I know everyone was super psyched about the kissing stuff, but Amazi-Girl running around investigating peeners like some sort of porn spinoff Batman is where it’s at.

    1. newllend

      Now I agree with Amber/Amazi-girl how come her first investigation has to be about finding out who’s drawing dick all over her dorm?

      1. tinfoil theory

        It’s not her first investigation.

        We first saw her investigating who spiked Joyce’s drink.

  22. JessWitt

    So AmaziGirl leaves out Dorothy and Sierra? Dorothy I get but why not Sierra?

    1. wynne

      Maybe because Sierra’s parents tried to intervene with her dad, so she knows Sierra is Good People? Or she did it off screen?

      I’m not trying to sound trite or anything, those are my best guesses. Also Sierra’s barefoot all the time, so clearly she’s harmless.

  23. JessWitt

    Also what are Grace and Mandy’s orientations exactly?

    1. Opus the Poet

      Upright?

    2. Plasma Mongoose

      They’re either LUGs or lesbians.

      1. Gadgeteer Smashwidget

        LUGs? I’m not up on my marginalized community lingo.

        1. Gadgeteer Smashwidget

          LGBT community*, I don’t know why I said the other thing.

        2. Plasma Mongoose

          LUG = Lesbian Until Graduation, a term for otherwise straight girls who experiment with lesbianism during college/uni.

        3. Eukie

          “Lesbians until graduation”, a somewhat disparaging term for a woman who has woman-woman relationships during college, but pursues relationship with men after that. Depending on who you ask, LUGs are straight women engaging in experimentation, bisexual women, or “fake” lesbians.

    3. Kerry

      they were bi in the other universe, along with sierra and marcie, so I’m guessing they’re still bi here

  24. Ben

    Way to not sound sarcastic and suspicious Mary…. you bongo….

    1. Mkvenner

      “Students, eh? Love ’em or hate ’em, you can’t hit them with a shovel!”
      -Terry Pratchett, Making Money

  25. wynne

    It was totally Mary.

    1. Jen Aside

      TWIST:

      It was RONALD REAGAN

      1. wynne

        I LOVE YOU.

      2. Plasma Mongoose

        BTZZZZ! Wrong it can only be Richard “Tricky Dicky” Nixon.

        1. JustCheetoDust

          Only “Tricky Dick” indeed.

      3. Mkvenner

        A young Reagan maybe.

      4. Gigafreak

        I proffer, dupable and naive citizen, that it is time this country stopped blaming Reagan for all its problems.

        1. Jen Aside

          Not ALL, just this one!

  26. Hannah

    Enough of these ink dink shenanigans, the people demand Ethan and Danny adorable awkwardness!

    -Six months later after Willis has milked the heck out of the tension-

    Oh my gosh they finally kissed! …Wait, what do you mean now they have to work out their feelings even more for another year’s worth of strips before they finally maybe start talking about getting together? ;_;

    1. Yotomoe

      Not me! I Still don’t like Ethan and I’m not exactly the biggest fan of Danny.

      1. Gadgeteer Smashwidget

        but… CHEMISTRY

        GEEKINESS I CAN IDENTIFY WITH

        IT’S THE PERFECT SHIP

      2. Hannah

        I’m a sucker for relationships. All relationships. They all need to happen. All of them. All the time.

        Well, I’m a sucker for all consensual healthy relationships between adults anyway. THEY all need to happen. All of them. All the time.

      3. timemonkey

        But the Ethanny ship could fix that. No more beards, no more self deception, no more using people, no more complete obliviousnous to something right in front of you the entire time for weeks, just hot dudes makin’ out and being geeky!

        1. Pjotroos

          Will somebody please think of poor Amber completely snapping if that happens? She actually flat out asked Danny if he’s gay after her misadventure with Ethan. If Danny leaves her FOR Ethan… Hoo boy!

        2. Yotomoe

          Straight up.

        3. timemonkey

          1) Amber isn’t THAT fragile.
          2) Amber’s the one who will most likely be ending it
          3) She deserves to be dumped anyway (the lying and manipulating are terrible foundations to build a relationship on)
          4) Amber wants Ethan to be accepting of himself and happy, Danny has all the qualities of a good person to make Ethan happy and comfortable with himself.
          5) Amber thinks guy on guy is really hot. The idea of Danny and Ethan doing anything will probably prevent coherent thought and send her into horny incoherency.

        4. Gadgeteer Smashwidget

          Okay, when did Amber ever say she wants Ethan to be accepting of herself?

        5. timemonkey

          Accepting of himself.

  27. Kernanator

    You’re an example to us all, Mary. Just like Goofus.

    1. Plasma Mongoose

      Would Joyce be Gallant then?

      1. Kernanator

        Actually, yes. I thought about having that in there too, but figured it sounded better the way I have it.

      2. timemonkey

        I read a pretty great Goofus and Gallant slash fic once. Good times.

        1. Jen Aside

          “Goofus pulls out and makes Gallant sleep on the wet spot”?

        2. neeks

          http://verywrongslash.livejournal.com/507.html

        3. neeks

          Nsfw, I guess I should point that out, lol

  28. T Campbell

    Ruth and Billie were actually named as suspects, weren’t they? That interrogation’s gonna be interesting.

    1. timemonkey

      Ruth is left handed so she’s out, for the same reason as Dorothy.

      1. Jen Aside

        TBH they aren’t necessarily “out”–it’s just less expected to be them for the reason AG states.

        Which seems weird to me, because how is it that much easier for a righty to draw faces facing left but dicks facing right [for instance]? Then again, I’ve gotten used to just drawing things whichever way because paper.

        1. Gigafreak

          Well, don’t you usually draw the outline of the cheek and chin first (or forehead, nose and chin if it’s 90-degre profile), before you proceed on to fill in the actual facial features? That’s left-to-right order if the character is facing the left, which is how right-handed people learn to do things. For that matter, if you draw said outline starting from top to bottom, the curve swings in the direction that your right hand’s fingers and wrist bend anyway, offering less resistance compared to drawing a curve in the opposite direction.

        2. Jen Aside

          Yesh, it feels easier to draw both (dicks and faces) facing the same direction… dunno, still feels like “Bugs Meany’s Gonna Walk”

  29. Thores

    I don’t keep up with the thread comments very consistently, so forgive me if this theory has already been stated:

    I’m leaning towards Dina being the culprit.

    Seeing Mike drawing dicks on Joyce’s whiteboard, she spent the evening emulating “juvenile prank behavior”. Improving at the anatomy with each drawing and finishing with Joyce’s door, she realizes that she had been drawing with a permanent marker the whole time. She doesn’t come clean because nobody has asked her if she was the culprit directly, which nobody does because she’s an unlikely suspect.

    Also from a writing perspective, it’s funniest/most interesting if the culprit is one of the few characters Sarah *didn’t* list as a suspect (and also someone that the audience wouldn’t expect right away).

    1. timemonkey

      Dina would have admitted it once she realised people were upset by it.

      1. Jen Aside

        Dina: “Rebels enjoy pulling a stunt and lying about it in order to deceive others.”

        *tries it*

        “Is this what rebelling feels like?”

        …yeah, I’m not feeling it.

    2. Sam

      Several people in the comments have suspected Dina already though, and I doubt it is her. She would have observed how Mike doing so UPSET Joyce and how Sarah doing it too had the same effect.

      Dina thinks very logically so I imagine her she would have connected the drawing of male anatomy with upsetting people, even if she didn’t know why it upset them. So logically, she has very little reason to do so.

      I imagine it is more likely that she saw who did it – and just didn’t say so because she wasn’t asked, because it requires good knowledge of social cues to understand when to give such information – something she lacks.

      1. timemonkey

        I could see Dina drawing a penis on Joyce’s board, Dina isn’t above spite, but the whole floor is too far.

    3. Opus the Poet

      Dinosaurs don’t have penises, so Dina would have no interest in one. Well maybe clinically…

  30. Idon'tcarenomore

    I don’t dislike Danny. He is just a typical clueless US teen, with a bit more cluelessness than some. He’s not a bad guy. Just sorta, there.

    Agree. I don’t like Ethan based on his previous behavior(s).
    I think he needs a friend to come out of the closet with, maybe Danny is a good choice. The two of them can live in a big closet.

    1. Jen Aside

      a walk-in closet with a revolving door?

      1. Sam

        A walk in closet with five revolving doors – got to have spare doors for when friends watch to join them.

  31. FuryOfFirestorm

    “You’re totally that one girl that lives here”

    Well, that’ll narrow it down to about several dozen people.

  32. Swagstar

    Mike did it, at least by proxy, imo.

  33. Kelly

    Hm, I read all the comments, but I seem to be the only person that doesn’t understand this comic. Now I feel really dumb.

    1. Kerry

      amber’s going around questioning suspects

      1. Opus the Poet

        No, you should have asked if he didn’t understand the comic or just this particular strip and then it would have been super-funny. Or not…

        1. Kelly

          Haha! If I have been reading the comic all these years and not getting it, I don’t think I ever will. 😛

      2. Gadgeteer Smashwidget

        Heheh, if your names were to be rendered in Japanese, they would both sound the same.

        1. Kelly

          Trufacts! (TM)

    2. timemonkey

      What about it do you not understand? Maybe we can help.

      1. Kelly

        Well, some stuff like why anyone thinks she might be other Rachel…do they think her hair is a wig or something? How would that even work? And is there any connection between Mandy guessing other Rachel and the fact that the previous panel had AG and other Rachel interacting?

        But mainly the last panel. I have no idea what was said just before that, or what was about to be said, or why AG suddenly doesn’t want to say it.

        1. Jen Aside

          “Well, some stuff like why anyone thinks she might be other Rachel…do they think her hair is a wig or something? How would that even work?”

          Could be. There are a LOT of convincing cosplays [and CROSS-plays].

          “And is there any connection between Mandy guessing other Rachel and the fact that the previous panel had AG and other Rachel interacting?”

          No. That’s just a cut, because actually showing AG walk between each characters’ rooms is unnecessary filler. The pacing of the comic as Willis decided to portray this sequence of interviews best suited to Mary > Other Rachel > Grace/Mandy > Rachel.

          “I have no idea what was said just before that, or what was about to be said, or why AG suddenly doesn’t want to say it.”

          Ah, continuity: http://www.dumbingofage.com/2014/comic/book-4/04-the-whiteboard-dong-bandit/shakedown/

          Help?

        2. peadragon

          I had a hard time getting it too, so I went back to the strips with Sarah and found this one http://www.dumbingofage.com/2014/comic/book-4/04-the-whiteboard-dong-bandit/shakedown/

          So, yeah, that’s what it’s referencing.

        3. tinfoil theory

          Sarah said that Rachel is too pretty to be a good person.

          And Other Rachel is about the right height and build, and that hair is obviously a wig. Nobody has hair like that. You don’t seriously think it’s Sal, do you?

        4. BlackIo

          When Willis showed off the redesigned DoA version of Other Rachel, he mentioned he gave her purple hair because she’d be too physically similar to Amber otherwise. Of the girls in Clark, she’s the one who’s closest in Amber in build and height.

  34. Mkvenner

    Mary you’re a transparent lying bongo.

  35. TheZachariah

    This is the strip where Sarah says what Rachel is to prety to be. http://www.dumbingofage.com/2014/comic/book-4/04-the-whiteboard-dong-bandit/shakedown/

  36. Neonix

    Too pretty to be what?

    1. Jason

      “Too pretty to be a good person.” That’s what Sarah said, go back a few strips.

      1. Kelly

        Wow, I definitely did not remember that. Way more than “a few” strips back, though. Thanks, I was so confused!

        1. Sam

          I just went back to the start of the chapter to find out what Sarah said. So, yeah, a bit more than “a few”. Did you know this in-comic day has been going on since early July? :O

  37. Arkadi

    It’s the other Rachel, she did it. I’m calling it.

  38. Jason

    Still leaning towards Walky. He’s just immature enough and he drew the biggest dick on Joyce’s door.

    1. Jen Aside

      I dunno, have you seen his dinosaur masterpiece?

  39. John

    Goddamn it Mary

    1. Keroshino

      Goddamn Mary, Indeed!!!

  40. Mkvenner

    I it was Marcie.

  41. Thomas

    I’m not sure Grace is a likeable person. Redhead Leslie on the other hand… yes, totally likeable.

    1. JessWitt

      Grace just looks intimidating. She seems like an alright gal.

    2. Kerry

      damn, mandy does look like leslie

  42. MrSirk

    Is it actually possible to figure out who the bandit is? Like are there clues in the strips savy readers can discover?

    1. Jen Aside

      That’s for Willis to know and for you to find out

      [or not, ’cause it’s WILLIS]

    2. timemonkey

      We won’t know until the culprit is revealed.

      1. gwalla

        It was Colonel Mustard in the hall with the Sharpie.

        1. Jen Aside

          Surely it was Mrs. WHITEboard

        2. Jen Aside

          or Mrs. PeaCOCK

        3. timemonkey

          Dicks, dicks on the side of my face!

  43. Cowgirl

    I’m joining the Other Rachel theory. She wants to be Amazi-Girl, but since she can’t be her, she decided to become her nemesis instead. By drawing male anatomy on whiteboards.

    1. Tenn

      Amazi-Girl is voiced by Christian Bale and Other Rachel is voiced by Samuel L. Jackson. <– My new headcanon.

  44. Mass Confusion

    It’s Mary. CALLING IT NOW!

  45. TrueVCU

    Anyone else think Mike and Mary would have the most apocalyptically powerful hatefuck?

    1. Rani

      Unlike Mike, I don’t think Mary is turned on by her antipathies.

      1. Rutee

        Then why does she keep going on about them?

        1. Rani

          Also hatefucks are misnomers

        2. Opus the Poet

          Not really, there are people that do not like each other in the slightest who will nail each other when faced with a stiff breeze. The don’t fight so much as collide with their genitals. And it is mentioned on TV Tropes. Frequently.

        3. chodemonger

          Well if they do it on tv, it must be true then.

        4. Kerry

          tv tropes is also a misnomer
          they cover more than tv, and real life examples of tropes are often included in the articles

  46. neeks

    Uh Mary I’m not sure “Jesus is my alibi” will hold up in a court of law (unless you were hanging with someone whose name is pronounced “hay-zoos”, which seems unlikely).

    1. Rutee

      I don’t see Amazi-girl wearing no black muumuu.

      1. neeks

        No but I would totally watch a “judge Judy” type show with amazi-girl as the dispenser of justice, that would be amazing, no pun intended.

  47. Rani

    It’s the Head Alien.

  48. Chubomik

    The purple-haired, red lipped glasses girl’s design is really starting irritate me for some reason.

    1. Kintrex

      She looks like a Piplup.

    2. Thomas

      Other Rachel seems to belong to a different comic. Somehow her character design clashes with the rest of the cast. I wish we’d see more of her. Willis stated he likes her better than freckles-Rachel, so there must be more to her than just hanging out in the background.

  49. Nogre

    I’m worried about how this investigation will affect the secrecy of Amber’s identity. People seem pretty oblivious, but hanging around for long periods of time in daylight, talking to everyone seems potentially problematic.

    It’s good to see her legitimately happy, though.

  50. Whittier

    Too pretty to be what? I don’t have past comics memorized……

    1. WeezerLuvr3030

      I am also confused.

      1. Kernanator

        “…Rachel’s too pretty to be a good person.”

        http://www.dumbingofage.com/2014/comic/book-4/04-the-whiteboard-dong-bandit/shakedown/

        1. WeezerLuvr3030

          Awesome, thanks! 🙂

  51. MacBone

    I really like this strip. It tells a lot just in five panels, has numerous jokes, and shows us a bit more about a number of different characters. Three thumbs up!

    1. Jen Aside

      …one of those thumbs is actually a dick, isn’t it

  52. sps48

    So who broke Monday’s update?

  53. TheZachariah

    What is the thought process of assuming she is the Other Rachel “with the purple hair”…when she’s standing in front of them with brown hair?…

    1. TheZachariah

      Wigs?

      1. Jen Aside

        Clark Kenting

  54. Crumplepunch

    Man, what a b-word.

  55. Ed Rhodes

    I think we’re finding out that Amazi-girl isn’t the “Batman” she thinks she is.

  56. Kater

    Not a mary fan by any means but I love her clothes!

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