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Homicide
Posted on June 3, 2011 by David M Willis
Sorry for the tardiness!  I was dumb apparently three weeks in the past and forgot to date a strip for Friday.  Instead, I dated it for Monday.  And, yay, that means everything henceforth is dated forward a day.  Grargh! Anyway, fixed now. Also also, forget me having a table at BotCon.  Long story short, California is stupid and you'll have to find me in person to buy my wares.  Or just say hello!  Look for the short dumpy dude in glasses wearing the red luau shirt.

127 thoughts on “Homicide”

  1. Seerow

    Hrm, I see the title, tags, and can comment. But no comic. This is strange.

    1. Dedlok

      It’s a special strip. It’s visible to everyone except the stupid and incompetent.

      1. Mirenheart

        But im only one of those. so why cant I see it?

        1. Rognik

          But the emporer HAS no clothes!
          Oh, wait. They’re here in the closet.

        2. Loki

          Is the Emperor gay in this universe?

        3. Lokitsu

          No, but he is secretly Amazi-Girl.

        4. Lady Ray

          No, he’s Ultra-Car.

  2. Mirenheart

    I SEE NOTHING.

    This makes me sad.

    1. 1Samildanach

      ^Perfect avatar for comment.

  3. Seerow

    And then willis edits in a message explaining it thus making me look stupid 🙁

    1. David Herbert

      Don’t worry, something else makes you look stupid. It’s your FAAACE!

      1. nothri

        Oh snap.

  4. Joebo

    Ummm, there is a serious lack of a comic here at the moment. Fix please?

  5. yourfaaaaace

    This “fixed” claim seriously lacks evidence.

    1. yourfaaaaace

      and now it appears. way to make me look like an ass, Willis.

  6. dchorror

    Rageblush!

    Maybe Dorothy is hoping for a bit of Lois Lane/Superman play?

    1. dchorror

      And I apparently missed the lack of the comic by five minutes. Yay?

      1. A random reader

        With this comic, Dorothy being paired with Amber (even if it turns out as one-sided) is much more appealing and distracting me from my unhealthy appreciation of AmberXMike.

  7. Mr. Cat

    Oh great Cheese, give us the comic!

  8. Mr. Cat

    Right when I comment, it appears. Thank you, great and powerful Cheese!

    1. Lesharo

      Behold…the power…of Cheese

      1. Joebo

        good lord, was that really why the character was called the cheese? Have I been blind to that this whole freaking time?

  9. Boringamus

    Umm, Danny…
    I think you got something on your face.

    1. Henry

      On his FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACCCE?

      1. PedanticJerkass

        Why will this retarded meme never die?

        1. Seerow

          The nature of memes is to never die. If you don’t like the memes, stop reading the comments.

        2. Undrave

          Why will your FAAAAAAAAACE never die?

        3. nothri

          Wait until its powerlevel is over 9000, then claim its base so that it now belongs to us, but sure that it is not a Trap!

  10. SeedyV

    http://www.dumbingofage.com/comics/2011-06-03-homicide.png

    Try that.

  11. Qaxis

    Little does Dorothy know, she IS Amazi-Girl.

    1. Plasma Mongoose

      Are you saying that Amazi-Girl is one of Dotty’s split personalities??

      1. Dedlok

        That must mean Ultra Car is alson one of Dorothy’s split personalities.

        Because everyone knows Ultra Car is secretly Amazi-Girl.

        1. dchorror

          But we haven’t seen her throw a pie yet.

        2. Daeva

          I don’t think we’re quite ready for the awesome majest of the Amazi-Pie just yet.

  12. Plasma Mongoose

    Holy shit! I think Amber might be hiding something serious.

    I think I finally figured it out peeps, Amazi-Girl is using her disguise powers to make herself look like Amber, which leads to the obvious question: WHERE IS THE REAL AMBER?

    1. dchorror

      Is there a real Amber?

      1. Plasma Mongoose

        WHOA! That. Is a scary question you just asked. :O

        1. dchorror

          I try my best.

    2. Aizat

      Amber is Amazi-Girl’s butler.

      1. Plasma Mongoose

        If Amber wears a suit, you could call her Amazi-Girl’s Battle Butler, otherwise she would be more of a Ninja Maid.

    3. NF

      DUN DUN DUUUUUU…

    4. OmegaDez

      Who is the girl in your Gravatar? She’s cuute!

      1. Plasma Mongoose

        Calice is her name, she is a character I thought up utilising the DoA art style.

        But if you meant NF’s Grav instead, that’s Sal.

  13. Undrave

    Now Amber needs to come up with a story of how she met Amazi-Girl before Dorothy can ask her!

    Hahaha Dorothy going crazy is funny!

    1. lord of dance

      wut do you mean? she already came up with a story in panel two. It seems pretty air tight to me

      1. Plasma Mongoose

        Dotty will still want more details from Amber later on as expected of a proper journalist.

        1. Undrave

          Yeah this isn’t Billie.

  14. Rayrayrave

    *sqwah* Danny is very much adorable when he’s angry.

  15. brasca1

    Get down with your bad self Danny.

    1. Aizat

      Yes Danny. Let the hatred flow through you and embrace the true power of the Dark Side, mwahahahahahahahaha!

      1. Kelly

        Disturbingly great avatar for that comment.

      2. Plasma Mongoose

        I just imagined your Gravatar as Anti-Joyce.

  16. Ridureyu

    You know, this always happens. You begin talking to somebody Of The Other Gender (and amenable persuasion), and then several of yoru friends just sorta barrel in from out of nowhere and go into embarrassment-lock. It’s usually not even an intentional cockblock, they just feel randomly forced to go “HYUUURRRRRR!!!” and belch in her face until she runs away.

  17. Rognik

    I’m torn between Dorothy being Lois Lane, in that she wants to report on Amazi-Girl, or Agent Mulder, in that she wants to believe. “Rescue me! I’m the one who believes in you!”

    1. ryan

      lois mulder. she wants to believe she can still report on amazi-girl.

  18. goatman95111

    I find Dorothy far more frustrating with each additional strip. She doesn’t care about Danny, she doesn’t care about friends, or anything beyond bolstering her resume and building her status as some Mercedes driving liberal drinking her fruity drinks in New York.

    Probably won’t even buy an AMG… maybe the sissy little SLK 230…

    1. gangler

      Okay, your post starts off with some pretty legitimate complaints, and then kind of starts going into some weird prejudice against various types of car, beverages, and political persuasion. What’s more confusing than the obvious question of what exactly is wrong with any of those things is that I’m pretty sure we haven’t actually seen anything indicating her preferences in beverages or automobile. You’d have to take some pretty severe leaps in logic to get a political alignment out of what we’ve seen of her too.

      So basically I’m just confused where any of this is coming from. The Mercedes, the fruity drinks, the association with the Liberal party. Did I forget the chapter where we learned all this?

      1. MO

        It was in an extra-special, subscription-only chapter of Dumbing of Age. You missed out on a lot! (I don’t want to spoil it, but…Joe may or may not have a certain secret-superhero-identity.)

      2. goatman95111

        It was implied during the first day of the gender studies class Dorothy was labeled a “liberal elite” by Joyce. Besides that, her constant talk of wanting to get into a better ivy league school, putting her career over any interest in people, and the snobbery at which she approaches everyone implies she’s a typical spoiled East Coast liberal kid from a rich liberal family (likely Boston).

        As for the car, most women professionals, if they have the money, buy a Mercedes Benz. Buying a Lexus or a Toyota Avalon is typically seen as an insult to any woman who makes over $80k annually, because most middle-aged schoolteachers’ dream car always winds up being a… you guessed it… fully loaded Toyota Avalon.

        Did I mention I worked in used car sales and consumer collections?

        1. Jackson

          I want a girl with a mind like a diamond.
          I want a girl who knows what’s best.

        2. Plasma Mongoose

          You mean like the result of intense heat and pressure?

        3. Tyris

          And with near-imperceptible flaws that will cause the whole thing to shatter if struck in just the right way.

        4. Kino

          With shoes that cut and eyes that burn like cigarettes?

          😀

        5. nothri

          Possibly in a short skirt and a long jacket?

        6. gangler

          Interesting. I appreciate your perspective, and can at least understand your reasoning better now.

          Just one thing. The only Joyce line I could find during that class that resembled the “Liberal Elite” is when she said her mom had told her that Dexter and Monkey Master cultivates a culture of snarkiness.
          http://www.dumbingofage.com/2010/comic/book-1/02-uphill-from-here/throw/

          Joyce is… hardly a reliable source on most things to begin with, and an offhand comment about a show someone has enjoyed as a pass time wouldn’t be much to go on even on a normal day, but even she presents it mostly just as something she heard once rather than concrete fact.

          Rest is cool. Not looking to argue. The joyce thing just seems odd though.

        7. Lokitsu

          This is the comic in question:
          http://www.dumbingofage.com/2011/comic/book-1/04-the-bechdel-test/indicator/
          Two points though– Joyce is obviously joking. And even if she wasn’t, to her “Liberal Elite” is probably anyone who doesn’t watch Fox News

        8. taekwondogirl

          I think your lack of empathy is showing. You have empathy for other characters but not Dorothy. I’m not certain why you have this particular bias but you do. Perhaps you should recognize it and that Dorothy has her own feelings.

          She was stuck for months wondering what to do about Danny. She had the guilt riding on her that he’s not thinking about his future, just about *their* future. Do you have any idea how much of a burden that sort of thing is? After carrying that for the entire summer, it kind of stings to see someone just fling themselves at a new person.

        9. Biker Matt

          This is something I actually care about, so I’m gonna slink out of lurk mode for this, starting with the backing for my opinion.

          From Dorothy’s perspective, she’s abandoned him from the point in which she announced the college she was going to, and isn’t anything she thinks is relevant to his pursuits, hence her surprise when she finds out he’s going there AFTER he’s accepted, and forfitted everywhere else.

          From his perspective, he sees this: “since I’m not going to ever dump you,” (which she didn’t until they met in college), “You’re abandoning me if you choose any other college.”

          Having no better options, he goes just to find out (it’s as good a college as any), and once set, he decides to build connections here, rather than agonise.

          back to her, well, now we’re caught between her acting according to what I said he believes (which makes her dumping him reprehensible, but the statement quite reasonable), or according to what I said she believes (which makes her dumping him almost admirable, but her statement downright vile, as an attempt to hurt him further).

        10. Dr. Worm

          And you know what, let’s just go straight to the fact that you’re using “liberal” like it’s a four-letter word. Don’t think for a second that you can get away with labeling half the population of the US, if we’re just talking about the US, as “them” like it’s some kind of inherently terrible thing to agree with anything not espoused by Fox News. Not trying to start a political argument in the future, but please watch what you say and how you say it.

          What am I even thinking? This isn’t gonna help. You’re gonna yell at me now, and use words like “typical” and “all” and stereotype this, stereotype that, everyone who voted for Obama is a selfish, stuck up ass who thinks they’re better than me and how dare anyone challenge me to think of them as being people too?
          …
          I know I’ve had a bad day and I’m irritable. But it does warrant saying. Don’t be a bigot, goatman59111. And don’t expect any sympathy for your statements from anyone who personally knows a member of the groups you’re stereotyping.

          I’m done with this one.

        11. MM

          Allow me to unleash my own stereotypical liberal elite side for a moment and point out that it is unlikely such a clan would have left their beloved East Coast and ended up in Indiana in the first place. Dorothy’s just a small-town Midwestern girl who thinks she needs a big-name university to validate her. (Also, her family can’t be from Boston if she’s dead-set on *Yale*.)

        12. Undrave

          Isn’t Yale a pretty conservative place anyway??

  19. Birch

    Say, if Dorothy shows up in the next comic, she’ll tie with Billie for third-most appearances.

    Willis, what happens in the case of a tie? Does the newcomer take the spot, or does she have to surpass the reigning champion?

    (Yes, I am putting way too much thought into the changing banner thing. I find it oddly exciting.)

    1. Plasma Mongoose

      You have an oddly appropriate Gravatar for that comment just then.

    2. Dedlok

      On Twitter Willis said on June 7th (think it was June 7th) Dorothy will ursurp Billie’s place on the banner.

  20. Plasma Mongoose

    Danny uses GLARE.
    It was super effective!

    On a side note: What Dotty really meant to say in panel 3.
    http://images.cheezburger.com/completestore/2011/6/2/2b16591c-e1d8-4646-84ed-c38b892fc2ab.jpg

    1. dchorror

      Amber’s Run Away ability kicks in.

    2. begbert2

      If Amazi-Girl is Roz or Joe, then yes, actually.

    3. Jackson

      Hey, looks like Danny evolved a spine!

  21. gangler

    Yeah Danny. I’m rooting for you today. Take care of this shit and make it clear that this is not cool. Get Dorothy the fuck out of there too. Why is she even here? Did she think it would be a good idea to just chill at her recently ex boyfriend’s pad for a while to see what happened?

    Move, bongo! You’re not welcome here! Begone from our abode and haunt us no more!

    1. JK9000

      Uh, she’s doing her job and getting an interview? Not like she wants to be there.

      Honestly, Danny should be angrier at Joe.

      1. Dahlia

        I think Danno’s angry at both parties (and once it seeps in Joe is more the cause than Dorothy he WILL be more mad at Joe…but now its so sudden and fast and hes upset Amber left, so he’s probably not processing all this)

      2. gangler

        Does her job mandate that she do this interview in his house? They could go elsewhere, do it over the phone, the internet, or whatever. She has absolutely no reason to physically enter his abode. Why would she think it was cool to do so?

        Heck, even if she simply must do it in the house, set up a freaking appointment so you know you’re not gonna run into the guy.

        Or here’s a novel concept. It’s not a job. It’s an extra-curricular. She can doesn’t have to do anything she’s uncomfortable with. She sure as hell didn’t have to tell daisy she had an inside connection on the large-scale news story she didn’t want to report on. What did she think was gonna happen?

        And, you know, if you are in Danny’s room, maybe it’s not a terrible idea to try and conduct yourself reasonably. Don’t walk in there wearing the strap-on all revved up to shaft him again without so much as a courtesy lick. Just a suggestion, more of a guideline than anything else. I’m sure Danny’s used to it by now.

        And yes, he’s angry at Joe too. I think Danny knows what to expect from Joe around women by now though. He knew what he was walking into when he took that room, and ultimately they’re still buds which makes all the difference. The best of buddies with the darkest of secrets and the greatest of benefits. Their bromance is the stuff of legends.

        1. taekwondogirl

          Uhh, because she knew he was going to be hiding out there so she went there. Joe is trying to avoid being in the media so he doesn’t want to go out.

          Get some critical thinking skills before actually going off the handle…

        2. gangler

          I’m kind of trying to be humorous here. Not really flying off the handle so much as poking fun at her character.

          Also fun that you only really addressed a single means of interviewing that would have had difficulties. Let’s try and remember that his room his hardly the only private setting on campus. She has a room of her own for one, and I’m sure the newspaper has a couple facilities they like to use. There are always rooms you can sign out at the library etc etc. Not to mention that it’s kind of a moot point that he’s trying to avoid media attention as he walks to his news interview.

          Suffice it to say it was well within her abilities to perform this interview without creating trouble for Danny. Either through taking him to another private setting, or the numerous other courses of action I listed. Not to mention that she never actually had to do the interview to begin with.

          I don’t think it’s unreasonable to say that if not causing trouble for Danny was a priority for her, she could have figured out something here. Just about every moment since that video popped up was a moment she could have taken another course of action and not ended up here.

          Of course, this is now getting far more serious and less lighthearted than I really wish to discuss matters. It’s a moment of awkwardness between a recently broken up couple. Hardly the end of the world, and we’ve all been there.

  22. NF

    In regards to panel 1 and 3, you are now free to ship Dorothy/Amazi-Girl. Ship away, you crazy shippers.

    1. dchorror

      People weren’t already doing it a few weeks ago when she was fighting for the story?

  23. John Biles

    Faster, Danny, KILL KILL!!!

    1. Silver C.

      I am love with Danny at the last panel. ♥

      1. Null Set

        I… I don’t think I can handle someone with a Mike gravatar saying ♥

  24. Hogan

    Seems like Danny is learning faster not to be a pushover than the first time around… hope it sticks 🙂

  25. Daeva

    It’s good to see that Danny’s getting in some righteous fury here. I just wonder how long it’ll last before someblondie tries to take the wind out of his frustration sails.

  26. Aslee

    I love how genuinely freaked out Dotty and Joe both look. ‘OH my God. He’s finally snappped.’

    1. Plasma Mongoose

      The next tihing to snap will be their FEMURS if they are not careful.

      1. Tabor

        Stay tuned for a double homicide investigation, next week on DoA: SVU

  27. CorSec

    Danny is now officially my favourite character. =)

  28. arjay2813

    nothing says “i love you” like homicidal, rage-fueled threats. this dany seems more likeable than the original one. maybe it’s b/c he doesnt have anyone i like dying around him

    1. agentksilver

      Oh trust me. This will all end in tears and death.

      1. zuche

        Emperor Amber-Teen: Now strike them down, and take your place by my side.
        Dannykin Skyvader: Yes, my master.
        Darth Mike: …

        1. arjay2813

          even if Mike was a sith, he’d be the Darth Bane style: kill all the other sith, and jedi so he alone would be an asshole, with Amber as his apprentice and wife

        2. MeHael

          So who’s Obi-Wan in this parallel universe?

        3. Plasma Mongoose

          Ninja Rick maybe?

        4. Plasma Mongoose

          I can imagine something like this happening:
          Darth Mike: Luke, I did your mum. For a nickel.
          Luke: Impossible.
          Darth Mike: Search your feelings, you know it to be true.
          Luke: NOOOOOOOOOOOO!

  29. Janette

    Sorry to hear about the table. That’s a bummer.

    But I want to Danny driven to homicide…

    1. Henry

      “Miss Dorothy, you are driving me to homicide!”
      “Homicide! Homicideee!!!”
      Bonus points for anyone who gets the reference.

      1. Spiffster13

        WE MAY SEE MURDER!
        YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!
        *end music*

      2. Plasma Mongoose

        The reference is on the tip of my brain but I just cannot seem to recall where you paraphrased that quote from.

        1. Henry

          1776?
          “Mr. Adams, why won’t you let me spend a night with my bride! Mr. Adams, you are driving me to homicide!”
          “Homicide! Homiciiiide!”

        2. Plasma Mongoose

          I was WAY off then, for some reason I believed it was from one of those movies Morgan Freeman starred in.

        3. lawzlo

          Did you think it was a “Driving Miss Daisy” reference?

        4. Plasma Mongoose

          Now you mention it, that was the movie I was trying to recall,… my brain isn’t what it was used to be.

  30. Shift

    Yeah… Dorothy, you need to relax a bit. Its been four days since school started and only three people you know have seen Amazi-Girl. Chances are you’ll be saved by her before the next week begins.

  31. Dahlia

    Aaaaaaaaaaaaawwwwww, Danny and Amber are cute! :3

    Well, as long as Dorothy doesn’t go treatin’ Amber bad…long live Danno x Amber!

    1. Aizat

      They are adorable, aren’t they?

      1. Dahlia

        YES!!!! x3

        : D I was so scared that Dan and Amber wouldn’t be happy because I thought a rivalry would spring between Dorothy and Amber, but Danno grew a back bone, so even if the subject did not get changed, happiness stood a chance! Learning from the ones you love! With that, I approve! 😀

  32. Becca

    I know it’s become something of an expression at this point, and one that religious persuasion has very little effect on, but Dorothy sure does say “OH MY GOD” a lot for an atheist….

    1. Haituri

      I “blaspheme” all the time; you’re right, it’s just an expression.

  33. Bekah

    I like Danny-with-a-spine.

    1. Plasma Mongoose

      Joe might have to consider removing any sharp implements from his room from now on.

  34. Kernanator

    Danny finally has a spine.
    Did the world end while I wasn’t looking?

    1. Plasma Mongoose

      Those two better not upset him of he will end up with two more spines. >:)

      1. nothri

        On the plus side, that will leave the femurs intact, which will make Ruth happy.

      2. Andy

        That may not be a bad thing. Spines are great for home decorating.

        1. Kernanator

          Not to mention they’re a GREAT conversation starter!

  35. Compass

    Isn’t it obvious? Amber is nervous because she was saved by Amazi-girl from an awkward situation and doesn’t want to talk about it!

  36. Tyris

    If everyone except Dorothy has seen Amazi-Girl, this leads to a simple conclusion: Dorothy is Amazi-Girl.

    1. John

      And also doesn’t show up in mirrors.

      And is therefore a vampire.

      1. nothri

        My God, we’ve discovered the source of her powers! Joyce will be THRILLED!

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