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Curating

by David M Willis on January 10, 2015 at 12:01 am
  • 02 - Three's a Crowd
└ Tags: amber, dina

Discussion (256) ¬

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  1. Camachri
    Camachri
    January 10, 2015 at 12:01 am | #

    It’s true, you know. Put an attractive person in a raptor suit with rainbow feathers, and no sexual being can resist.

    • Cheryl
      Cheryl
      January 10, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

      I know I’d scream clever girl

      • barefootbiker
        barefootbiker
        January 10, 2015 at 12:29 am | #

        This just makes me think of the Archer joke pilot where he’s a raptor.

        • Dean
          Dean
          January 10, 2015 at 2:26 am | #

          That is the only episode of Archer that Dina has seen.

        • Screwball
          Screwball
          January 11, 2015 at 11:35 am | #

          I’m guessing you mean this episode? Friend sent me a link. Bit interesting without all the lines, but I’m sure Dina could understand it… 😛

    • BrokenEye, True False Prophet
      BrokenEye, True False Prophet
      September 28, 2015 at 1:18 am | #

      Somewhere on the internet, there’s someone with an oddly specific fetish for exactly what you just described.

  2. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    January 10, 2015 at 12:01 am | #

    Dina-netics: The Prehistoric Science of Sexual Health

    also. did they enter the magical land of Toronto?

    ’cause that’s TOTES a Scott Pilgrim character where Amber used to be

    • Zagreus
      Zagreus
      January 10, 2015 at 12:01 am | #

      CANNOT UNSEE

      • Cheryl
        Cheryl
        January 10, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

        Lol for ever in my eyes

      • TachyonCode
        TachyonCode
        January 10, 2015 at 3:24 am | #

        AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

    • brumagem
      brumagem
      January 10, 2015 at 12:10 am | #

      Is anyone else worried Willis hired Bryan Lee O’Malley as an assistant?

      • JessWitt
        JessWitt
        January 10, 2015 at 12:16 am | #

        You say that like its a bad thing.

        • Sean
          Sean
          January 10, 2015 at 1:35 am | #

          probably not, but if this was like scott pilgrim, danny would be the only character to get story focus, and judging by the popularity vote, I don’t think the comic would be quite as fun and diverse.

          • TheZachariah
            TheZachariah
            January 10, 2015 at 1:47 am | #

            Man, if DOA was in the Scott Pilgrim universe, everyone would be battling everyone else’s evil exes. Pretty much all the time. Constantly.

            • Jen Aside
              Jen Aside
              January 10, 2015 at 2:49 am | #

              …instead of getting lots of sexy time with them?

              • Disloyal Subject
                Disloyal Subject
                January 10, 2015 at 5:26 am | #

                Can’t we have both?

            • neeks
              neeks
              January 10, 2015 at 8:34 am | #

              More like everyone would BE everyone’s evil exes and the fighting would never stop. Or maybe that’s what you meant and I didn’t actually alter your point any.

            • brumagem
              brumagem
              January 10, 2015 at 11:07 am | #

              It would also mean Ruth would have access to the subspace highways, making her even more terrifying.

          • Spencer
            Spencer
            January 10, 2015 at 12:28 pm | #

            Now that I think about it, Scott and Danny have sort of the same personality where they’re basically decent people who can occasionally act like assholes without thinking about it.

            • tyersome
              tyersome
              January 10, 2015 at 10:19 pm | #

              As far as I know, that describes every decent person … (granted I’ve never met any ‘saints’, but the historical versions seem to range from psychopath to basically decent but fallible).

            • gwalla
              gwalla
              January 12, 2015 at 12:56 pm | #

              Kinda, though Scott is really characterized by his ability to pivot from gung-ho confidence to crippling anxiety on a dime, sometimes even within the same line. The one problem with the movie adaptation, really, was that Michael Cera could only really do one of the two.

    • Hugo_ebeds
      Hugo_ebeds
      January 10, 2015 at 4:12 am | #

      Amber O’Malley VS The Plumage

    • JacHunter
      JacHunter
      January 10, 2015 at 7:55 pm | #

      Honestly, that was my first thought when I saw Becky’s “hey, everyone, I’m a lesbian” double thumbs up. Again, not necessarily a bad thing.

  3. Anthusiasm
    Anthusiasm
    January 10, 2015 at 12:01 am | #

    Dina were you watching

    • otusasio451
      otusasio451
      January 10, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

      Oh, she bought the Slipshine.

      • Hugo_ebeds
        Hugo_ebeds
        January 10, 2015 at 4:16 am | #

        Amber Walks the Dinosaur. (And also opens the door and gets on the floor)

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      January 10, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

      She is always watching, like Slenderman.

      • Betty Anne
        Betty Anne
        January 10, 2015 at 12:05 am | #

        NO

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          January 10, 2015 at 12:10 am | #

          Am I doing it wrong? ﴾͡๏̯͡๏﴿

          • Betty Anne
            Betty Anne
            January 10, 2015 at 12:13 am | #

            Slenderman makes me rage so irrationally, so no, you’re probably doing it right. XD

            • Lord Geovanni
              Lord Geovanni
              January 10, 2015 at 5:50 am | #

              how about just try doing it.

          • nothri
            nothri
            January 10, 2015 at 1:46 am | #

            We know for sure that electronic equipment actually functions around Dina cause Amber can use her computer without issue, so clearly Dina doesn’t watch as well as Slenderman. Or maybe she watches better. I dunno.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      January 10, 2015 at 12:07 am | #

      No one ever notices whether she’s there or not, so she very well might have been.

      • TPman
        TPman
        January 10, 2015 at 12:44 am | #

        Exscue me, I see you are quite involved with your coitus, but-
        [coitus intensifies]
        -could you please-
        [coitus intensifies]
        I don’t mean to disturb you, but you’re lying on top of my-
        [coitus intensifies]
        I’ll just wait here until you’re done.

    • newllend
      newllend
      January 10, 2015 at 12:46 am | #

      Weren’t we all !?

    • brumagem
      brumagem
      January 10, 2015 at 11:08 am | #

      Wait, no, they were in Danny’s dorm, not Amber’s.

  4. Cheryl
    Cheryl
    January 10, 2015 at 12:01 am | #

    Oh diana hahaha

    • Opus the Poet
      Opus the Poet
      January 10, 2015 at 12:37 pm | #

      Dina, DINA D I N A. Not diana.

      • AdmiralChucK
        AdmiralChucK
        January 10, 2015 at 11:29 pm | #

        Stands for Dinosaur In North America?

  5. Nono
    Nono
    January 10, 2015 at 12:01 am | #

    Exactly what you said… with sarcasm?

    • Tunaro
      Tunaro
      January 10, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

      Exactly what she said, not as a question.

  6. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    January 10, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    Well Amber does have an amazing plumage. 😀

    • otusasio451
      otusasio451
      January 10, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

      The plumage don’t enter into it!

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        January 10, 2015 at 12:05 am | #

        More like her ‘plumage’ was entered into. ♥(ˆ⌣ˆԅ)

      • Kryss LaBryn
        Kryss LaBryn
        January 10, 2015 at 2:29 am | #

        She’s just pining for the fjords.

        • lejwocky
          lejwocky
          January 10, 2015 at 2:58 am | #

          Thank you.

        • Hanii Puppy
          Hanii Puppy
          January 10, 2015 at 8:09 pm | #

          She’s puckered out from a long squawk.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      January 10, 2015 at 12:08 am | #

      She needs to work on her mating call though. Keeps attracting homosexual males.
      (Yes I am aware Danny is Bi)

      • Mr k
        Mr k
        January 10, 2015 at 12:25 am | #

        After realizing everyone she dates is gay, Amber decides to start dating women instead.

        • TheStranger
          TheStranger
          January 10, 2015 at 12:38 am | #

          /turns the women straight

        • John
          John
          January 10, 2015 at 12:41 am | #

          With Amber’s luck, that’s when she starts finding straight ones.

          • Nono
            Nono
            January 10, 2015 at 2:06 am | #

            Well, she’s really only interacted with Sarah, Joyce, Dorothy, Dina and Billie, so… 3/4 out of 5?

      • Opus the Poet
        Opus the Poet
        January 10, 2015 at 1:42 am | #

        Non-heterosexual is accurate.

      • jadedcynic
        jadedcynic
        January 10, 2015 at 2:57 pm | #

        That’s better than Danny’s awareness. (yet, at least – give him time, this comic is super-slo-mo)

  7. AnvilPro
    AnvilPro
    January 10, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    Never seen that face before…

    • Opus the Poet
      Opus the Poet
      January 10, 2015 at 12:41 pm | #

      Sure you did, that’s Dina. And the other one is Amber, we see her face all the time (well not ALL the time but frequently). Or are you talking about the Barney face on the T-shirt, because the eyes got eyelashes and changed expression in that last panel.

  8. Cephalo the Pod
    Cephalo the Pod
    January 10, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    That face at the end is really amazing. I hope we see more like that.

    • otusasio451
      otusasio451
      January 10, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

      The face of pure, unadulterated panic and embarassment.

    • Nono
      Nono
      January 10, 2015 at 12:05 am | #

      Get Mary to draw a bit more, it’s got the makings of anime.

      • Mr k
        Mr k
        January 10, 2015 at 12:10 am | #

        I wonder why Mary is such a bongo. Does she have any personal problems?

        • dailybrad
          dailybrad
          January 10, 2015 at 12:12 am | #

          Mary is everyone’s personal problem.

        • tinfoil theory
          tinfoil theory
          January 10, 2015 at 3:11 am | #

          Schizophrenia.

        • begbert2
          begbert2
          January 10, 2015 at 3:07 pm | #

          My working assumption is that every mean, spiteful fundamentalist Christian actually is that way because they hate themself, so yeah, probably. (Not that farfetched, since none of them are as perfect as they believe their god requires them to be.)

      • John
        John
        January 10, 2015 at 11:30 am | #

        Clearly this whole “Joyce is autobiographical” thing is a red herring. Mary is the one who’s going to end up being the Internet Porn Lady. Right now she’s drawing a comic called Roommates! for the IU paper, and also posting it on her Tumblr. It stars sanctimonious jerk Melissa Bradshaw and her horndog roommate Rose, who on move-in day climbed up to the floor above to see if there were any guys there to bang. In a couple arcs aliens appear out of nowhere and abduct Rose and Melissa’s stalkery pseudo-boyfriend Jason, and then things get weird.

        • No Name
          No Name
          January 10, 2015 at 9:40 pm | #

          Don’t forget her brooding ex-ish-boyfriend Sam who’s secret twins with Dana “Talky” Talkerson who was a childhood frenemy with Jonathan “Sandy” Sandbourne who had a relationship with his old babysitter Rodney before he (Rodney) sacrificed himself to save Melissa’s drunk butt after a few months of foreboding depression on her part. Then Sandy and Mellissa got together, but not before Joseph showed up and tried to ruin the whole thing.
          Also, I never realized how transparently pseudonymous Danny Wilcox’s name was until this moment.

    • Leorale
      Leorale
      January 10, 2015 at 12:30 am | #

      She turned extravagant colours!

  9. Idon'tcarenomore
    Idon'tcarenomore
    January 10, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    Now that is an interesting observation. But not so much as that face is!

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      January 10, 2015 at 12:07 am | #

      If billionaire Bruce wayne was as transparent as Amber we would not have to worry about Batman.

      • Dean
        Dean
        January 10, 2015 at 2:30 am | #

        Batman is already well aware of the aphrodisiac effect of his costume. About 5/8 of the action he gets is banging lady supervillains on rooftops.

  10. shoeboxjeddy
    shoeboxjeddy
    January 10, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    Dina wasn’t the #1 most popular character for a few seconds. WE CAN FIX THIS

    • Stgerlachus
      Stgerlachus
      January 10, 2015 at 12:18 am | #

      Indeed! Everyone who voted for Becky but didn’t vote for Dina should feel truly ashamed right now!

      • Swoop
        Swoop
        January 10, 2015 at 12:23 am | #

        You are mistaken friend. Becky is the best character. Anyone who disagrees is either lying or A Nazi.

        • HeySo
          HeySo
          January 10, 2015 at 1:03 am | #

          Well, I AM German-born..

          Ahem. But yeah, I stuck to my Dina loyalties for the last poll 🙂
          And then I had to vote for Ruth and Sal because they’re delightfully sarcastic creatures..

          Becky is adorbes, but I can’t pick five 🙁

          No, I didn’t miscount.
          Did you not see Mike there, scribbling his name in?

      • John
        John
        January 10, 2015 at 2:20 am | #

        I like Dina, but I figured she’d do fine without me, and gave my votes to characters I figured needed them more. Leslie is unacceptably low on the list.

        • Disloyal Subject
          Disloyal Subject
          January 10, 2015 at 5:30 am | #

          Ditto. Though I went for more core characters.

          • Shadlyn
            Shadlyn
            January 10, 2015 at 8:15 am | #

            I normally vote for Mike, but it feels like forever since he’s been around. I mean, quick appearances, sure, but no plots featuring him even secondarily.

            • HeySo
              HeySo
              January 11, 2015 at 12:24 am | #

              I know, it sucks :/

  11. Mr k
    Mr k
    January 10, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    Dina, you’re almost my favorite character. Get into an affair with Becky and you’ll definitely be top.

    • Tunaro
      Tunaro
      January 10, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

      Giggity?

    • Atomix26
      Atomix26
      January 10, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

      That double entendre.

      • Mr k
        Mr k
        January 10, 2015 at 12:07 am | #

        I didn’t think about it. Thank you for that observation!

        • jadedcynic
          jadedcynic
          January 10, 2015 at 3:00 pm | #

          The unintentional ones are the best. 😀

    • Dean
      Dean
      January 10, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

      Unless she isn’t into that, of course.

      • Opus the Poet
        Opus the Poet
        January 10, 2015 at 12:48 pm | #

        She might be but unaware of it, being so highly hetero-normative and possibly aspie. She may have interpreted no desire to bang guys as no desire to bang at all, and never even considered banging or getting banged by girls.

        • timemonkey
          timemonkey
          January 10, 2015 at 5:41 pm | #

          She had the desire to bang guys in the Walkyverse.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      January 10, 2015 at 12:06 am | #

      I dunno, I feel like Becky is more of a top.

      • HeySo
        HeySo
        January 10, 2015 at 1:05 am | #

        Sure, but if anyone is going to spring up on you from behind..

        • Kryss LaBryn
          Kryss LaBryn
          January 10, 2015 at 2:31 am | #

          …a door…

  12. Spencer
    Spencer
    January 10, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

    Jesus Christ, Amber’s face.

    Don’t say it.

    • sps48
      sps48
      January 10, 2015 at 12:05 am | #

      FAAAAACE

      • Hugo_ebeds
        Hugo_ebeds
        January 10, 2015 at 1:46 am | #

        OFF
        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIyvSKCnBnk

  13. Taigan
    Taigan
    January 10, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

    …aaaaaannnd Dina’s back at the top of my favorite characters list.

  14. LeslieBean4Shizzle
    LeslieBean4Shizzle
    January 10, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

    Yee gads! Amber’s eyes will haunt me… haunt me for days….

  15. Mr. Random
    Mr. Random
    January 10, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

    ….was she in the room?
    or is she Batman?

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      January 10, 2015 at 12:06 am | #

      Dina was standing in the corner of the room just taking notes. She wasn’t even hiding.

      • newllend
        newllend
        January 10, 2015 at 12:47 am | #

        Stealth is Dino girls greatest power.

  16. otusasio451
    otusasio451
    January 10, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

    So, in other words, the Amazi-Girl costume is a secondary sexual characteristic.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      January 10, 2015 at 12:05 am | #

      Does she need it? Her primary sexual characteristics are pretty powerful on their own.

      • otusasio451
        otusasio451
        January 10, 2015 at 12:28 am | #

        You sure you’re not thinking of other secondary characteristics (from a biological point of view)?

        • Kelly
          Kelly
          January 10, 2015 at 2:21 am | #

          Yeah, I think we need to save discussion of primary sexual characteristics for the slipshine.

  17. Beachfox
    Beachfox
    January 10, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

    Wow. That is a hell of an expression Dina inspired there.

  18. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    January 10, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

    Dina’s got you pegged, Amby.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      January 10, 2015 at 12:07 am | #

      Also in a size 6. ٩(^ᴗ^)۶

      • Solenoid
        Solenoid
        January 10, 2015 at 6:47 pm | #

        I see what you did there. Both things you did there.

    • Mr k
      Mr k
      January 10, 2015 at 12:09 am | #

      We already have one girl lusting after her straight roommate. How cool would be two?

    • Swoop
      Swoop
      January 10, 2015 at 12:10 am | #

      Your dedication to innuendo is inspiring. You’re here every day saying things that need to be said.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        January 10, 2015 at 12:12 am | #

        One day I’ll finally get off my ass and make my own comic. And you will all miss me.

        • newllend
          newllend
          January 10, 2015 at 12:53 am | #

          And I will be there for you old friend to show support, and to pass down judgement on you Like an angry God when I finally start reviewing webcomics.

        • Bill
          Bill
          January 10, 2015 at 4:52 am | #

          But how will we know it’s you?

          • Disloyal Subject
            Disloyal Subject
            January 10, 2015 at 5:33 am | #

            The name, I’m guessing.
            Could be fun. MAKE IT SO, Yotomoe… When you’re ready. If you don’t mind, that is.

        • Deanatay
          Deanatay
          January 10, 2015 at 8:33 am | #

          Nope, we’ll be reading it. And, commenting on it. You’ll never be free of us. Doesn’t that feel better?

  19. TerminusTypeR
    TerminusTypeR
    January 10, 2015 at 12:05 am | #

    Oh my gosh that is literally the best face.

  20. Swoop
    Swoop
    January 10, 2015 at 12:05 am | #

    Stupid sexy spikes. They hold too much power.

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      January 10, 2015 at 8:38 am | #

      Must… think… of… kittens…. No… ANGRY… kittens… covered… in spikes…. makes me angry…. GGRRAAAAAAAAHHHH!

  21. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    January 10, 2015 at 12:05 am | #

    That is the ultimate “Why are you talking about this in public?” expression.

    • Paul
      Paul
      January 10, 2015 at 12:27 am | #

      Been a lot of that going around.

      • Paul
        Paul
        January 10, 2015 at 12:31 am | #

        Hmm, gravatars aren’t working like I tried to set them up.

        • Razzmatazz MacKenzie
          Razzmatazz MacKenzie
          January 10, 2015 at 1:39 am | #

          It looks just fine to me.

        • No Name
          No Name
          January 10, 2015 at 8:09 am | #

          As Plasma Mongoose said a few days ago, you have to wait a bit.

          • jadedcynic
            jadedcynic
            January 10, 2015 at 3:05 pm | #

            S’funny, I had mine set up years ago…and went back to it and re-entered everything around xmas time…and y’all still seein’ Sarah, aren’t you?

  22. Betty Anne
    Betty Anne
    January 10, 2015 at 12:06 am | #

    LMAO That face! XD

  23. Jinxed44
    Jinxed44
    January 10, 2015 at 12:08 am | #

    You know…
    I didn’t buy the porn, but I think we’ve seen evidence that Dina’s hypothesis is correct.
    Or at the very least it turns Amber on.

    • Disloyal Subject
      Disloyal Subject
      January 10, 2015 at 5:34 am | #

      Affirmative. Probably Danny-boy too, if to a slightly lesser degree.

  24. Stephen Bierce
    Stephen Bierce
    January 10, 2015 at 12:09 am | #

    *plays the theme song to “Famous Five On The Case”*

  25. Boomwolf
    Boomwolf
    January 10, 2015 at 12:09 am | #

    And with that, Dina now takes her place in my heart as favorite character.

  26. Karfsma778
    Karfsma778
    January 10, 2015 at 12:10 am | #

    C-can I take my other two votes back and give all three to Dina?

  27. Nick J.
    Nick J.
    January 10, 2015 at 12:10 am | #

    The masks make it better 😉

  28. ninja_jesus
    ninja_jesus
    January 10, 2015 at 12:11 am | #

    Damn Dina, you nailed it exactly on the head.

    • tyersome
      tyersome
      January 10, 2015 at 1:33 am | #

      … that’s not how dinosaurs did it! If they were that inept they’d have died out …

      • No Name
        No Name
        January 10, 2015 at 8:14 am | #

        Instead of evolving into birds? Yes, of course.

        • tyersome
          tyersome
          January 10, 2015 at 11:32 pm | #

          I prefer to think of it as some dinosaurs were already birds, but it took them awhile to figure it out (even with the hint in their name) … but perhaps that’s just a fantasy of flight …

  29. XMinusOne
    XMinusOne
    January 10, 2015 at 12:12 am | #

    Jumping out from behind the cereal dispenser, Dina velociraptors Amber into absolute panic.

    • Malchus
      Malchus
      January 10, 2015 at 12:24 am | #

      Clever girl.

  30. dailybrad
    dailybrad
    January 10, 2015 at 12:13 am | #

    Given superhero costumes are hot in the bedroom, yes, Dina is correct.

  31. timemonkey
    timemonkey
    January 10, 2015 at 12:13 am | #

    Well, why else would she wear yellow at night?

    • HMRC4EVR
      HMRC4EVR
      January 10, 2015 at 9:31 pm | #

      Because it’s a lot more fun for her than sunglasses at night?

  32. JessWitt
    JessWitt
    January 10, 2015 at 12:14 am | #

    And we already have a contender for DoA’s Best FAAAACCCE of 2015.

  33. Marvelman
    Marvelman
    January 10, 2015 at 12:16 am | #

    I’ll say it again…

    Dina needs her own storyline.

    • Disloyal Subject
      Disloyal Subject
      January 10, 2015 at 5:37 am | #

      I dunno. I feel like she works so well largely because she doesn’t get her own storylines, and gets caught up in others’ or acts as an interlude.

      • Opus the Poet
        Opus the Poet
        January 10, 2015 at 12:55 pm | #

        Yes, but there is a complex personality behind that face and aspie-like behavior. I would like to see an arc explore that, possibly Becky seeing what kind of sexuality Dina expresses. As I posted up thread, Dina might have interpreted no desire to bang guys as no desire to bang period, and never even considered that she might be batting for the other team.

  34. Crazy Dina
    Crazy Dina
    January 10, 2015 at 12:16 am | #

    That is SO me right now.

    Seriously Willis, it’s like you’re drawing me. And at that, I change my name to Crazy Dina and my email to “All_Hail_Dina@Dina.Dina”.
    At least this once, because COME ON! I’ve been in this situation more than once in the last month. (last month being a period of 31 days, not based on the calendar dates)

    • No Name
      No Name
      January 10, 2015 at 8:15 am | #

      It’s a pity your randomly assigned Gravatar is Sarah rather Dina. Oh well.

      • Deanatay
        Deanatay
        January 10, 2015 at 8:42 am | #

        Easily changed…

        • Crazy Dina
          Crazy Dina
          January 10, 2015 at 2:01 pm | #

          Yes, but if I get a gravitar, I lose my other randomly assigned gravitar, and loose the ability to get other randomly assigned gravitars. It stops customizing my gravitars per strip and goes with one overall gravitar, which I don’t want cause I have an evil looking one on another site that I happen to like.

          • tinfoil theory
            tinfoil theory
            January 11, 2015 at 4:33 am | #

            Modify your email until it fits?

  35. kimmibeans
    kimmibeans
    January 10, 2015 at 12:19 am | #

    I never understood everybody’s love for Dina until now. I love you Dina, so much.

    • WeezerLuvr3030
      WeezerLuvr3030
      January 10, 2015 at 12:22 am | #

      Dina is the only character I could be friends with for more than a week. Well, Dorothy maybe. The others, including Becky, are cool but more like acquaintance material.

    • ninja_jesus
      ninja_jesus
      January 10, 2015 at 12:49 am | #

      Dina is often pretty insightful and knows more about social situations than people think. She’s one of the few who know about Amber’s vigilante alter-ego and is just really passionate about her interests. She’s great.

  36. cynicwithcinnamon
    cynicwithcinnamon
    January 10, 2015 at 12:23 am | #

    Well, she isn’t wrong.

    • Swoop
      Swoop
      January 10, 2015 at 12:33 am | #

      We don’t know that yet, it’s just a hypothesis.

  37. caesaria82
    caesaria82
    January 10, 2015 at 12:27 am | #

    lollllllll. Amber’s shocked face is making my day.

  38. BobaFett2
    BobaFett2
    January 10, 2015 at 12:30 am | #

    This sounds like something I might have asked a few years ago.

    • BobaFett2
      BobaFett2
      January 10, 2015 at 12:30 am | #

      Seriously asked, I mean.

  39. Paul
    Paul
    January 10, 2015 at 12:35 am | #

    Does anyone know how I go about setting things up so that a particular gravatar gets used for a particular site? I don’t want to use this gravatar anywhere but Dumbing of Age, for obvious reasons.

    • newllend
      newllend
      January 10, 2015 at 12:49 am | #

      I think you would haft to make a lot of accounts.

    • Ryan
      Ryan
      January 10, 2015 at 2:01 am | #

      I believe you can set a different gravatar for each email address you have. But! For many email accounts, including gmail, you can add a plus sign and then anything you want after it before the @ sign and it will still work as your address. So if your email is paul@gmail.com, then you can also use paul+sexoloco@gmail.com and assign that gravatar to that address. Then just use that same address in the comment form on this site.

      • Kelly
        Kelly
        January 10, 2015 at 2:15 am | #

        Indeed! and the + notation is great for many things, like autofiltering and spam control

        • Solenoid
          Solenoid
          January 10, 2015 at 6:52 pm | #

          I learned a thing today. Thank you, Ryan.

  40. Ben
    Ben
    January 10, 2015 at 12:45 am | #

    HAHAHA! I love you, Dina, and this is why. 😀

  41. AgentKeen
    AgentKeen
    January 10, 2015 at 12:46 am | #

    “You see, you’re costume was missing from our closet that night you copula-”

    “OH MY GOD, DINA!”

    • Disloyal Subject
      Disloyal Subject
      January 10, 2015 at 5:40 am | #

      *twitch*
      “Your.”

      • AgentKeen
        AgentKeen
        January 10, 2015 at 11:47 am | #

        Crap, I’m usually good about that…

  42. Resin
    Resin
    January 10, 2015 at 12:53 am | #

    Dina’s shirt looks unimpressed in that last panel.

  43. Gigafreak
    Gigafreak
    January 10, 2015 at 12:57 am | #

    Something something Danny dressed in a Ninja Turtle costume…

    • Tunaro
      Tunaro
      January 10, 2015 at 1:04 am | #

      Would that make him Danatello?
      I regret nothing.

  44. motorfirebox
    motorfirebox
    January 10, 2015 at 12:58 am | #

    Amber’s not actually shocked or embarrassed. She’s intensely aroused. It’s not her fault, it’s just that cereal and Mountain Dew for lunch is her fetish.

  45. The Wizard
    The Wizard
    January 10, 2015 at 1:05 am | #

    *insert dinosaur sex innuendo.*

    • motorfirebox
      motorfirebox
      January 10, 2015 at 1:42 am | #

      Huh huh you said “insert”

    • Gamaran Sepudomyn
      Gamaran Sepudomyn
      January 10, 2015 at 4:16 am | #

      “Hey, look at the feathers on that one!”

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      January 10, 2015 at 8:46 am | #

      Is that a cloaca in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?

  46. HeySo
    HeySo
    January 10, 2015 at 1:08 am | #

    I just realized.
    I mean, I’m asexual, so the whole Slipshine thing seems more a cheesy, targeted gimick than anything remotely interesting [as it applies to any comic].

    But I’d totally sign up to see a Dina one, just because, wow, can you imagine her approach to sex?

    Because I can’t, and that’s what makes it intriguing.

    I mean, I’ll probably be disappointed, not being the target audience, but I figure if there’s at least one dinosaur-sex-pun in there, it’ll be worth the trip 😛

    • Sebastian
      Sebastian
      January 10, 2015 at 1:21 am | #

      Likewise on every single thing you just said, yes good

    • Vilja
      Vilja
      January 10, 2015 at 1:28 am | #

      Ironically she appeared in the first Slipshine in a way that made me think she really is ace. Not sure if there’s Word of God about that.

      • Gamaran Sepudomyn
        Gamaran Sepudomyn
        January 10, 2015 at 3:22 am | #

        Her alternate universe self definitely wasn’t, and the orientation of characters stays the same compared to the Walkyverse. She seemed to find maturity attractive.

        • Nightsbridge
          Nightsbridge
          January 10, 2015 at 4:26 am | #

          Not all the time, mind. Danny showed no evidence of being bisexual in the walkyverse.

          • Heatth
            Heatth
            January 10, 2015 at 8:03 am | #

            That doesn’t mean he wasn’t, though. In fact, I believe Willis confirmed that, yeah, Danny is retroactively bi in the Walkyverse as well. It is just we have never seem him being attracted to men there.

        • chisci
          chisci
          January 10, 2015 at 10:25 am | #

          she could be ace but heteroromantic

          i mean, i never read it’s walky so i don’t know how strongly she liked mike or whoever else, but being attracted to a person doesn’t necessarily mean you’re attracted sexually to that person, or to sex at all

          • timemonkey
            timemonkey
            January 10, 2015 at 5:50 pm | #

            She had a grinding session that destroyed a lab with Walky and might have raped Mike. She didn’t really get that using alcohol to change his personality was bad.

    • tinfoil theory
      tinfoil theory
      January 10, 2015 at 3:05 am | #

      I never considered that anyone might read the slipshines for anything other than the character development.

      And I am also fairly certain that Dina is asexual. Her approach to sex is purely academic. You might say she is a voyeur.

      • Paul
        Paul
        January 10, 2015 at 8:02 am | #

        Having zero social skills is not the same thing as being asexual. I can see her cornering one of the unattached male characters (are there any besides Mike?) and saying “I want you to fool my body into thinking it has fulfilled its biological obligation”.

        • Suitora
          Suitora
          January 10, 2015 at 9:14 pm | #

          Jacob, Joe, and Faz are all single.

          But I don’t think she anyone in their right mind could possibly want the last one on that list.

          • Kamino Neko
            Kamino Neko
            January 10, 2015 at 9:58 pm | #

            Are you saying Wen is not in her right mind?

            • gwalla
              gwalla
              January 12, 2015 at 5:14 pm | #

              She’s basically a genderswapped Faz so no, definitely not.

        • Rorror
          Rorror
          January 10, 2015 at 10:32 pm | #

          But do make dinosaurs better pillowtalk than Wexler?

          • Paul
            Paul
            January 11, 2015 at 12:15 am | #

            Gah! That is the Questionable Content strip I was trying to find when I was trying to construct the sort of pickup line Dina might use: “I want you to help me trick my body into believing that it has fulfilled its genetic imperative.”

        • Rorror
          Rorror
          January 10, 2015 at 11:09 pm | #

          I forgot to add:
          1) She doesn’t have zero social skills. And, while she seems to lack a lot of experience, she is learning quickly. I tried to learn for many years (and still am) but I make barely progress.

          2) A friend of mine and I both never had a grilfriend. A common acquaintance suspected my friend to be a closeted gay because of this, however didn’t make any assumptions regarding me, since my social ineptness was reason enough.
          In conclusion, Dinas social ineptness leads people to beleive she is ace, whereas my social ineptness prevented similar assumptions.

          • tyersome
            tyersome
            January 10, 2015 at 11:48 pm | #

            … so this means your palindromic moniker is non-random?

            • Rorror
              Rorror
              January 11, 2015 at 8:20 am | #

              It is rather random, except for the being-palindromic part. From what were you concluding?

      • jadedcynic
        jadedcynic
        January 10, 2015 at 3:11 pm | #

        Ah, but voyeurs derive sexual pleasure from observing; Dina seems to have, as you said, a “purely academic” interest.

      • Rorror
        Rorror
        January 10, 2015 at 11:38 pm | #

        If I read the Slipshines, character development would be my major motivation. However, if I were there already, … I wouldn’t rule out the possibility of more happening.

        Doing something in a way that might seem purely academic doesn’t prevent one from having fun with it. I approach pretty much anything academically, because it is fun. I study myself during masturbation and it strongly tends to enhance the sensation. And even if Dina received no direct pleasure from the stimulation of certain organs, she might enjoy sex for secondary effects. Depending on your chosen definition this alone would make her non-asexual.

        Also, voyeurism most often includes the violation of someones privacy. I want to disassociate myself from this. I like to observe, learn and study, but I would never ignore someones privacy for that. And we have no indication of Dina handling this differently.

  47. Rabid Rabbit
    Rabid Rabbit
    January 10, 2015 at 1:26 am | #

    What on earth is growing out of Amber’s lower teeth?

    • Vilja
      Vilja
      January 10, 2015 at 1:29 am | #

      Her gums?

    • Ryan
      Ryan
      January 10, 2015 at 1:40 am | #

      I regret to inform you that those are likely half-chewed bits of the bacon visible on her plate in panel one.

  48. Vilja
    Vilja
    January 10, 2015 at 1:27 am | #

    Finally more Dina yessss. She’s ace too, isn’t she? I’ve been assuming that since Walky Performs A Sex.

    • John
      John
      January 10, 2015 at 2:27 am | #

      Other universes’ Dinae appear to be heterosexual, though terminally socially awkward. Presumably this holds true for this one as well.

  49. Opus the Poet
    Opus the Poet
    January 10, 2015 at 1:29 am | #

    I have been unable to locate any images of that Barney shirt, but I am positive I have seen it somewhere before. Are there any pictures in Shortpacked that might have used that shirt on a character?

  50. Allen Tor
    Allen Tor
    January 10, 2015 at 1:42 am | #

    Um, I don’t understand. Why is Amber flipping out over that question?

    • LiaHansen
      LiaHansen
      January 10, 2015 at 1:56 am | #

      She’s basically asking if she and others find her being amazi-girl attractive, which considering the way her hanky-panky sessions with Danny always start, they very much do, and Amber’s not exactly the type of person to talk openly about that stuff.

    • tinfoil theory
      tinfoil theory
      January 10, 2015 at 3:08 am | #

      Because you are not supposed to casually address people’s secret alter egos in public.

    • Thomas64
      Thomas64
      January 10, 2015 at 7:47 am | #

      I figured it’s because she’s still trying to keep her Amazi-Girl identity a secret.
      It seems strange to think you can keep a secret like that from your roommate, never mind an invisible and observant roommate like Dina, but then again heavily compartmentalized personalities are probably inevitably a bit too good at denial for their own sake…

    • Amazistool
      Amazistool
      January 10, 2015 at 12:36 pm | #

      She’s basically saying:
      “I’ve figured that you had sex this week.
      Now tell me details about it!”

      And Amber, self-acclaimed social mess, is not happy discussing her fetish.

      • Solenoid
        Solenoid
        January 10, 2015 at 7:00 pm | #

        If Dina were a bit more explicitly devious (essentially, replace Dumbiverse Dina with It’sWalky! Dina for a bit) and really wanted to know, she could probably convince Joe to drag it out of Danny.

        • John
          John
          January 10, 2015 at 9:15 pm | #

          That’s not how Dina does things. She would catch Danny in a rope trap and interrogate him while he’s dangling upside down.

  51. TheZachariah
    TheZachariah
    January 10, 2015 at 1:45 am | #

    CLEARLY yes

  52. LookingIn
    LookingIn
    January 10, 2015 at 1:48 am | #

    Love the subtle lines around her irises, really gives that extra subtle hint that her eyes are popping out of her head!

    • Thomas64
      Thomas64
      January 10, 2015 at 7:55 am | #

      They look just like Joyce’s eyes did after Ruth’s epic femur threat.
      It is the look of pure terror.

  53. Bo Lindbergh
    Bo Lindbergh
    January 10, 2015 at 1:49 am | #

    At least her primary sexual display frill isn’t too orange.

    • John
      John
      January 10, 2015 at 2:33 am | #

      OMG Acid Reflux is still on the net? I hadn’t even thought about it in years and years.

  54. a4lbi
    a4lbi
    January 10, 2015 at 1:53 am | #

    Dina, asking the tough questions!

    • Amazistool
      Amazistool
      January 10, 2015 at 8:23 am | #

      She’s channeling her inner Mike here!

  55. TheZachariah
    TheZachariah
    January 10, 2015 at 1:55 am | #

    In other news, Dina pulls the gap closer in the popularity poll, with an 8% percentage difference. And it seems Amber has overtaken Joyce for 3rd place! Probably not for any reason!

  56. All-purpose guru
    All-purpose guru
    January 10, 2015 at 2:15 am | #

    Dina is so frickin’ awesome…

    • Erinaceus
      Erinaceus
      January 10, 2015 at 11:05 am | #

      Seconded. She seems to know nothing about what’s going on, but actually she’s figured it all out.

  57. A Nickel
    A Nickel
    January 10, 2015 at 3:29 am | #

    Amber seems fat and happy and I like it.

    • Paul
      Paul
      January 10, 2015 at 8:08 am | #

      , indeed.

      • Paul
        Paul
        January 10, 2015 at 8:11 am | #

        Gah! How does href work? I thought the text entered as title would appear highlight, as a clickable link, and instead that text did not appear at all, only the text after the right angle bracket. I will try again:

        • Amazistool
          Amazistool
          January 10, 2015 at 8:27 am | #

          The title is optional and appears as hovertext, the text after the larger-sign and before the closing </a> is the clackable link.

          • Amazistool
            Amazistool
            January 10, 2015 at 8:28 am | #

            clickable!

        • No Name
          No Name
          January 10, 2015 at 8:27 am | #

          the “a href=” is where the link goes. The “title=” is where the title text goes (hence the the name). The words that you click on go between the “a href” and the “/a href” tags.
          Don’t worry, I had trouble with this myself a while back. Nothing like trial and error to teach you how to use html.

          • Paul
            Paul
            January 10, 2015 at 8:41 am | #

            So let’s trial this again:

            Some men are predisposed towards such.

            This time with intentional hovertext.

            • No Name
              No Name
              January 10, 2015 at 3:20 pm | #

              Perfect!

  58. Mik
    Mik
    January 10, 2015 at 3:31 am | #

    DINA FREAKIN KNOOOOWWWS

  59. Zaxares
    Zaxares
    January 10, 2015 at 3:35 am | #

    Yep. Dina is still my favourite character. XD

  60. NinjaNick
    NinjaNick
    January 10, 2015 at 4:12 am | #

    Oh, Dina. You sneaky devil. 😛

  61. OnyxIdol
    OnyxIdol
    January 10, 2015 at 4:15 am | #

    That was most appropriate, Dina. This was the best to read after getting up this morn.

  62. Synnerman
    Synnerman
    January 10, 2015 at 4:17 am | #

    Dina ‘done broke Amber.

  63. Bagge
    Bagge
    January 10, 2015 at 8:16 am | #

    That’s a pretty common idea why feather’s were invented at all – or at least colored feathers.

  64. Bagge
    Bagge
    January 10, 2015 at 8:17 am | #

    Daisy: But does it have a chest window?

  65. Alexx
    Alexx
    January 10, 2015 at 8:22 am | #

    Now, I’m no expert on Willis artistry, but, to my knowledge, that is an entirely new face I’ve never seen before. What do we call that? Hyper Ultra Turbo Embarrassment?

    • ninja_jesus
      ninja_jesus
      January 10, 2015 at 9:42 am | #

      This is classic Japanese manga embarrassment.

      • Cybersnark
        Cybersnark
        January 10, 2015 at 11:28 am | #

        Super ultra great delicious wonderful bad.

  66. Just Here
    Just Here
    January 10, 2015 at 8:52 am | #

    It’s a good thing Amber didn’t have a mouthful of food there. If she had, the spittake could have wiped out half the city.

    • Nagash1959
      Nagash1959
      January 10, 2015 at 10:26 am | #

      I was already laughing from the comic when I read your statement. Now I can feel a rib trying to escape…..can’t breathe…

  67. Arianod
    Arianod
    January 10, 2015 at 10:34 am | #

    Counting down to gravatars based on last panel’s Amber: 5, 4, 3, 2…

  68. B
    B
    January 10, 2015 at 10:46 am | #

    Dina is still second in the character poll . . . this is a travesty.

  69. Garrett
    Garrett
    January 10, 2015 at 12:35 pm | #

    So Mike knows right? Mike is old friends with Ethan and Amber, and he’s seen Amazi-Girl. He’s smart. is that a stretch?

    • John
      John
      January 10, 2015 at 9:22 pm | #

      There haven’t been any hints that he knows, but it’s certainly plausible, and he’s Mike. I tend to assume that he knows everything.

  70. Coco
    Coco
    January 10, 2015 at 12:38 pm | #

    I can often get a chuckle or two out of these whenever it’s not a feels moment or drama moment.

    It’s been a while since I just outright laughed for nearly a minute from this comic.

    This is beautiful.

  71. Spencer
    Spencer
    January 10, 2015 at 1:59 pm | #

    Amber is my favourite character so her being happy should be a good thing, except I’m then reminded that she’s also nursing some serious psychological problems that she’s obliviously making even worse.

  72. Seerow
    Seerow
    January 10, 2015 at 2:06 pm | #

    This strip really puts dina wanting to try on the amazi-girl costume into a completely different light.

  73. Chris
    Chris
    January 10, 2015 at 2:21 pm | #

    I see what you did there Willis… you’re trying to sway the vote from Becky for second place Dina… it’s working. Dina has become more awesome.

  74. Vangeln
    Vangeln
    January 10, 2015 at 2:44 pm | #

    My only aphrodisiac is justice!

  75. Kimbo G Pataki
    Kimbo G Pataki
    January 10, 2015 at 3:48 pm | #

    Look at Amber in panel 2! She looks so cute and happy! Don’t break her heart, Willis!

  76. Nobody
    Nobody
    January 10, 2015 at 4:09 pm | #

    …She even has to ask?

  77. Tenn
    Tenn
    January 10, 2015 at 6:11 pm | #

    Amber face is… best face.

  78. Solenoid
    Solenoid
    January 10, 2015 at 6:39 pm | #

    Holy crap, what a face! Good job, Dina, good job! =D

  79. Jen
    Jen
    January 10, 2015 at 6:55 pm | #

    HAhahahaha!!! 😀

  80. ButOfCourse
    ButOfCourse
    January 10, 2015 at 7:04 pm | #

    This is basically Dina speak for “You seems happy. Are you finally getting laid?”

  81. Hoax
    Hoax
    January 10, 2015 at 7:12 pm | #

    I laughed so hard I wheezed. Like one hard HAAAAAAAAAA~*hhheeeeh*
    This comic has made me laugh hard enough to hurt myself. Bravo.

    • Hoax
      Hoax
      January 10, 2015 at 7:14 pm | #

      Unrelated: Voted Dina, Becky, Amber. Top three are Becky, Dina, and Amber in that order. Kinda miffed my un-selected number 4 (Carla) isn’t so high up, but hey, at least I got the top three.

  82. thias
    thias
    January 10, 2015 at 8:31 pm | #

    Dina is the best oh my god

  83. pretty much
    pretty much
    January 10, 2015 at 11:41 pm | #

    The bad news lights are on… The bad news lights are blinking… rrring, rrring, rrring…It’s for you. Kablam!

  84. Lacey
    Lacey
    January 11, 2015 at 12:01 am | #

    I can’t figure out how to contact Willis without having a social media account, but I wanted to make him aware that I found one of his comics on another site with no credit to him. http://9gag.com/gag/aDw5NKw I hate seeing authors denied credit for their work.

  85. Screwball
    Screwball
    January 11, 2015 at 12:09 pm | #

    I know this is a little old, had some computer problems, but I figured with the topic of this DoA these 2 Spinnerette pages were quite appropriate. Maybe a bit more NSFW than this comic, but it’s all talk, no scenes…

  86. Roborat
    Roborat
    January 12, 2015 at 3:06 pm | #

    Dammit Dina, You shocked Amber so much she has anime face.

    Oops, I meant FAAAAAACE.

  87. Timni
    Timni
    January 12, 2015 at 9:04 pm | #

    those EYES THO

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