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September 20, 2023

Walking with Dina

by David M Willis on July 10, 2015 at 12:01 am
  • 04 - Walking with Dina

└ Tags: dina

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  1. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    July 10, 2015 at 12:01 am | #

    ah, Dina is pondering the elusive Beckylosaurus, discovered in late 2015, the first of its kind living nearly 9.5 million minutes ago

    • GoldStarz
      GoldStarz
      July 10, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

      *does math*

      Yep, that’s a sound estimation for the minute she’s lived.

    • Jen Aside
      Jen Aside
      July 10, 2015 at 12:12 am | #

      also why did you people ask for this

      • Disloyal Subject
        Disloyal Subject
        July 10, 2015 at 12:13 am | #

        Do not question the lustwolves, art-slave!
        (Seriously, thanks. Nice work!)

      • MeghanTheWorldEater
        MeghanTheWorldEater
        July 10, 2015 at 12:14 am | #

        The real question is why are you pretending you don’t like it?

        • That Damn Rat
          That Damn Rat
          July 10, 2015 at 1:18 am | #

          There’s no pretending, why would you go with the stupid Halle Berry notCatwoman! costume.

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        July 10, 2015 at 12:14 am | #

        We are all horribly corrupt degenerates.

        Also, still has more dignity than this.

        • JessWitt
          JessWitt
          July 10, 2015 at 12:18 am | #

          I hairball on that cover.

          • Disloyal Subject
            Disloyal Subject
            July 10, 2015 at 12:28 am | #

            And I grab a mirror to check if the pose is doable.
            Turns out that yes, it is. A little hard on the spine if held for long, though.

            • bodmans
              bodmans
              July 10, 2015 at 8:24 am | #

              Might be hard for humans, Cats on the other hand…

          • Ender
            Ender
            July 12, 2015 at 7:49 pm | #

            But it’s some really impressive foreshortening.

        • Kryss LaBryn
          Kryss LaBryn
          July 10, 2015 at 10:06 am | #

          But–but, he gave her practical shoes!! How can that cover possibly be sexist?!1

        • Superdud
          Superdud
          July 11, 2015 at 12:22 am | #

          Did… did her ribcage dislodge or does she have a broken neck?

      • Seth
        Seth
        July 10, 2015 at 12:46 am | #

        I have to say, that outfit looks a lot better on Danny than I thought it would. Anyway, what do you expect from fans of the guy who drew this?

      • Flipz
        Flipz
        July 10, 2015 at 1:14 am | #

        Oh my god…this is beautiful. ^_^

      • saki
        saki
        July 10, 2015 at 4:05 am | #

        Cue Danny’s Halloween costume next month (in-universe time)?

        • WolfLann
          WolfLann
          July 10, 2015 at 9:51 am | #

          Meaning like 20 years from now ?

      • Bagge
        Bagge
        July 10, 2015 at 4:44 am | #

        Escher boys!

      • WolfLann
        WolfLann
        July 10, 2015 at 9:50 am | #

        Gah that is amazing!!! I wanted to do something similar but all I could do was a little squibble of his faaaaace.

      • J42
        J42
        July 10, 2015 at 9:58 am | #

        I thought I was the only one who wanted to draw this 😂

    • Aisling
      Aisling
      July 10, 2015 at 9:43 am | #

      Can we get ZeFrank to narrate this arc please?

    • Superdud
      Superdud
      July 11, 2015 at 12:36 am | #

      Or it could be Becklespinax she’s thinking of.

      • Hollister Dixon
        Hollister Dixon
        July 11, 2015 at 4:53 am | #

        HUSH.

  2. Mr. Random
    Mr. Random
    July 10, 2015 at 12:01 am | #

    Which one shall I walk like today?

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      July 10, 2015 at 12:05 am | #

      First she has to open the door, get on the floor…

      • Bicycle Bill
        Bicycle Bill
        July 10, 2015 at 12:35 am | #

        Everybody walk the Dina-saur!

        • Halloween Jack
          Halloween Jack
          July 10, 2015 at 12:40 am | #

          boom boom shaka-laka-laka boom
          boom boom shaka-laka boom boom

          • Darwin
            Darwin
            July 10, 2015 at 4:06 am | #

            I find your Was (not Was) invocations intriguing and wish to subscribe to your newsletter.

        • WolfLann
          WolfLann
          July 10, 2015 at 9:59 am | #

          You know, in the FAQ Mr. Willis says this:

          6) It’s pronounced “Dee-na.”

          In English Dee-na-saur! sounds weird but in French it sounds fine.

          Ive been pronouncing it Dee-na in my head when I seen her name and comments like this make me chuckle everytime.

    • Timinane
      Timinane
      July 10, 2015 at 2:32 am | #

      Egyptians, she should walk like an Egyptian.

      • Deanatay
        Deanatay
        July 10, 2015 at 9:02 am | #

        Don’t be silly!

        There were NO dinosaurs in Egypt!

        Dinosaurs HATE pyramids. 😛

        • Lucina
          Lucina
          July 10, 2015 at 10:25 am | #

          Spinosaurus aegyptiacus begs to differ. 😛

        • Tacos
          Tacos
          July 10, 2015 at 6:18 pm | #

          Aegyptosaurus and Paralatitan beg to differ.

  3. Disloyal Subject
    Disloyal Subject
    July 10, 2015 at 12:01 am | #

    Oh boy
    Time to learn some species!

    • Kelly
      Kelly
      July 10, 2015 at 12:15 am | #

      Genera, but yes 🙂

      • Disloyal Subject
        Disloyal Subject
        July 10, 2015 at 12:19 am | #

        Learning one is a natural side-effect of the other. I work best from the bottom up.

        • Kelly
          Kelly
          July 10, 2015 at 12:24 am | #

          True!

        • Kamino Neko
          Kamino Neko
          July 10, 2015 at 4:00 am | #

          That sounds perverse. >_>

      • Disloyal Subject
        Disloyal Subject
        July 10, 2015 at 12:21 am | #

        Not that I’m not so embarrassingly rusty that I failed to slot those names into the proper taxonomic rank…

        • Disloyal Subject
          Disloyal Subject
          July 10, 2015 at 12:22 am | #

          So embarrassed, in fact, that I forgot to end the italization after ‘not.’

    • Gamaran Sepudomyn
      Gamaran Sepudomyn
      July 10, 2015 at 6:55 am | #

      Volkheimeria, Lapparentosaurus (which has a strangely distorted letter L) and Cedarosaurus are all ones I’ve never heard of, which surprises me. Also, I love the little question mark next to Brontosaurus.

      • Bronttis
        Bronttis
        July 10, 2015 at 10:19 am | #

        No question about it. We Brontosauri do exist

    • Screwball
      Screwball
      July 10, 2015 at 2:03 pm | #

      While Daniel the Human remembered the name wrong, Utahraptor appears to be 1 of the largest of the “Raptor” type dinosaurs, with earlier feathered ancestors strongly suggesting it had feathers. Daniel the Human remembered it as Euroraptor :P.

      If you wish to see just how big it was, you can see in this picture, posing with a rather dapper gentleman. Because we all know there were plenty of dapper gentlemen around then, showing off their raptor collections…

  4. Rebecca
    Rebecca
    July 10, 2015 at 12:01 am | #

    I am ridiculously excited about this.

    • notlegato
      notlegato
      July 10, 2015 at 5:12 am | #

      this is already the best arc of all time.

      • Gamaran Sepudomyn
        Gamaran Sepudomyn
        July 10, 2015 at 6:55 am | #

        Yes. Yes it is.

        • Screwball
          Screwball
          July 10, 2015 at 6:00 pm | #

          Oh, yeah. Oooh, ahhh, that’s how it always starts. Then later there’s running and um, screaming…

    • Briny
      Briny
      July 10, 2015 at 9:29 am | #

      Right there with you! If “getting the popcorn” wasn’t sarcasm-only…

  5. Captain Batson
    Captain Batson
    July 10, 2015 at 12:01 am | #

    This is going to be the best thing ever, isn’t it?

    • Disloyal Subject
      Disloyal Subject
      July 10, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

      I have high hopes.

      • sithknightgalen
        sithknightgalen
        July 10, 2015 at 12:05 am | #

        Everyone should have such High Hopes

        • AndieStardust
          AndieStardust
          July 10, 2015 at 2:11 am | #

          High, apple pie in the– skyyy hopes?
          (at the risk of being a dork and no one knowing the song)

          • Icalasari
            Icalasari
            July 10, 2015 at 2:35 am | #

            So any time you’re gettin’ low
            ‘Stead of lettin’ go, just remember that ant
            Oops, there goes another rubber tree plant

            • Drakey
              Drakey
              July 10, 2015 at 2:40 am | #

              And a miwwion kilowatt dam.

              Seriously, listen to the song. There’s at least one recording where Sinatra said “miwwion” instead of “million.”

            • Pantheon the Mantheon
              Pantheon the Mantheon
              July 10, 2015 at 3:43 pm | #

              *sudden heavy rock interruption* (10 points if you get this one)

              • RequiemArc
                RequiemArc
                July 10, 2015 at 9:00 pm | #

                Goofie Movie yes? I cant believe just reading that comment of yours sparked that in my memory.

      • Joe
        Joe
        July 10, 2015 at 1:46 pm | #

        I’m afraid to have high hopes. The comment section is happy and we all know that can’t last.

    • lejwocky
      lejwocky
      July 10, 2015 at 12:05 am | #

      Yes.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      July 10, 2015 at 12:06 am | #

      It needs more David Attenborough narration.

      • Kelly
        Kelly
        July 10, 2015 at 12:13 am | #

        perfect idea!

      • Arianod
        Arianod
        July 10, 2015 at 5:13 am | #

        Seconded!

      • HMRC4EVR
        HMRC4EVR
        July 10, 2015 at 6:30 am | #

        If he were still with us, William Conrad (narrator of Rocky and Bullwinkle, Wide Wide World of Animals) would work really well for this too.

        • Opus the Poet
          Opus the Poet
          July 10, 2015 at 12:03 pm | #

          You forgot star of “Cannon”.

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          July 10, 2015 at 9:03 pm | #

          For some reason, your comment reminded me of this show from the 70s; Animals Animals Animals

      • Screwball
        Screwball
        July 10, 2015 at 4:12 pm | #

        YES, yes, David Attenborough. That is what we need. We got Timelord here, let’s send them back to make sure this happens…

    • Kernanator
      Kernanator
      July 10, 2015 at 12:12 am | #

      I really hope that this is just Dina walking in and out of various storylines.

      • Disloyal Subject
        Disloyal Subject
        July 10, 2015 at 12:15 am | #

        As do I.
        Drama? No, it’s DINA TIME.

      • JessWitt
        JessWitt
        July 10, 2015 at 12:42 am | #

        And these storylines involve the minor characters at DoA.

      • HMRC4EVR
        HMRC4EVR
        July 10, 2015 at 6:42 am | #

        Like that one episode of Babylon 5.

        • Kryss LaBryn
          Kryss LaBryn
          July 10, 2015 at 10:16 am | #

          That was a great episode.

    • saki
      saki
      July 10, 2015 at 4:07 am | #

      I very much expect it to be! 😀

    • N0083rP00F
      N0083rP00F
      July 10, 2015 at 8:42 am | #

      Yes it will be the best thing ever, untill the next new best thing ever.

  6. Chris
    Chris
    July 10, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    omg dina is so cute

    • -Sentinel-
      -Sentinel-
      July 10, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

      Especially with the drool on her chin.

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        July 10, 2015 at 12:06 am | #

        She senses prey. That cereal doesn’t stand a chance.

        • Opus the Poet
          Opus the Poet
          July 10, 2015 at 12:08 am | #

          So Dina is a Cereal Killer?

          • Hoodiecrow
            Hoodiecrow
            July 10, 2015 at 12:45 am | #

            Corner. Now.

          • DSL
            DSL
            July 10, 2015 at 3:13 am | #

            You should get Life for that.

            • The Other Mike
              The Other Mike
              July 10, 2015 at 5:19 am | #

              Or at least a few Kix in the (Grape) Nuts.

              • Oddball
                Oddball
                July 10, 2015 at 9:19 am | #

                Right in their lucky charms? ouch!

          • Chinoy Industries, Ltd.
            Chinoy Industries, Ltd.
            July 10, 2015 at 3:27 am | #

            Please tell me I’m not the only one who definitely remembers that that “cereal killer” line was said by one of the characters in QC some years ago… *hides*

            • Majere
              Majere
              July 10, 2015 at 4:16 am | #

              That line was first said by somebody’s dad like 12 seconds after the invention of cereal.

              • Disloyal Subject
                Disloyal Subject
                July 10, 2015 at 4:49 am | #

                And yet I didn’t get it until Hoodiecrow denounced it. Not my night, it seems.

              • Shadlyn
                Shadlyn
                July 10, 2015 at 6:40 am | #

                But it was used best in the classic film “Hackers.”

                • WolfLann
                  WolfLann
                  July 10, 2015 at 10:06 am | #

                  Yay I thought i was the only one who remembered that.

            • Gamaran Sepudomyn
              Gamaran Sepudomyn
              July 10, 2015 at 6:56 am | #

              I don’t remember it from QC, but to my eternal shame I remember it from Friends.

          • Osaru Sensei
            Osaru Sensei
            July 11, 2015 at 11:52 am | #

            She and Kai Leng both.

  7. tim gueguen
    tim gueguen
    July 10, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    Will we ever see Dina hatless?

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

      She has to hide her feathers somehow.

      • Doctor_Lantern
        Doctor_Lantern
        July 10, 2015 at 3:47 pm | #

        And now I have Coheed and Cambria’s “Feathers” Stuck in my head… I know what I’m listening to at work today!

        “Right now, hide your feathers on the back porch, baby.
        He’s coming home for… you’ve… been… such… a liar.
        Hide your feathers, little back porch lady.

        You’re too old enough to cry… your… sorry eyes out over the world.”

        • TheGrammarLegionary
          TheGrammarLegionary
          August 28, 2015 at 1:35 pm | #

          Between your Gravatar and this comment, I love everything that has transpired in the few inches above me.

    • Dr. Smart
      Dr. Smart
      July 10, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

      why would we want to?

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

      Last time we did, she blew up.

      In theory it was because of a bomb in the room, but I prefer to think that Dina herself is highly explosive, and the hat is like the pin in a grenade.

      • MM
        MM
        July 10, 2015 at 12:21 am | #

        It’s a naturally evolved defense.

        • Palamdrone
          Palamdrone
          July 10, 2015 at 12:46 am | #

          But a defense against what?

          • Tacos
            Tacos
            July 10, 2015 at 12:54 am | #

            Probably against Young Earth Creationists.

          • Screwball
            Screwball
            July 10, 2015 at 4:50 pm | #

            British Ninjas…

      • Pantheon the Mantheon
        Pantheon the Mantheon
        July 10, 2015 at 3:45 pm | #

        Still too soon.

        • you can't see me
          you can't see me
          July 11, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

          It will always be too soon.

    • John
      John
      July 10, 2015 at 12:10 am | #

      Preview panels indicate yes; she switches it up for a hood.

      • Porglezomp
        Porglezomp
        July 10, 2015 at 1:05 am | #

        Why not just keep the hat on under the hood! Solution solved!

        • Chinoy Industries, Ltd.
          Chinoy Industries, Ltd.
          July 10, 2015 at 3:28 am | #

          Noooo! I don’t want ghetto Dina!

    • Durandal_1707
      Durandal_1707
      July 10, 2015 at 12:21 am | #

      Did we ever see her in the original universe without her Sylvester McCoy hat?

      • Someone
        Someone
        July 10, 2015 at 2:23 am | #

        Yeah, but it was the best she could do.

        • you can't see me
          you can't see me
          July 11, 2015 at 12:24 am | #

          TOO SOON!

    • GoogerGeiger
      GoogerGeiger
      July 10, 2015 at 12:28 am | #

      Just like Double D?

      • Disloyal Subject
        Disloyal Subject
        July 10, 2015 at 12:30 am | #

        Oh no
        Think of the crossover potential

        Think of it and despair

      • Opus the Poet
        Opus the Poet
        July 10, 2015 at 12:58 am | #

        Is this an “Ed, Edd, and Eddie” reference?

    • Michael Steamweed
      Michael Steamweed
      July 10, 2015 at 1:41 am | #

      She shall remove the hat only in great dramatic fashion and circumstances.

      I.e., an upcoming Slipshine.

      • John
        John
        July 10, 2015 at 12:10 pm | #

        Seeing the top of Dina’s head is like seeing a Victorian lady’s ankles.

    • xKiv
      xKiv
      July 10, 2015 at 2:43 pm | #

      She takes her hat off for one thing, and one thing only.

  8. Twilightomens
    Twilightomens
    July 10, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    YES YES YES YES YES YES YES

    • Twilightomens
      Twilightomens
      July 10, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

      OH MY DINA

  9. Inlaa
    Inlaa
    July 10, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    So, Becky is a kind of dinosaur.

    • Boojum
      Boojum
      July 10, 2015 at 12:55 am | #

      But she’s evolving. . .

      • HMRC4EVR
        HMRC4EVR
        July 10, 2015 at 6:34 am | #

        So….it’s an Evolution Revoluton?

        (Now I’m thinking about Beast Machines. Crap.)

        • N0083rP00F
          N0083rP00F
          July 10, 2015 at 8:45 am | #

          And here I was reminded of Digimon.

        • Animal
          Animal
          July 10, 2015 at 11:21 am | #

          Lancelot Link flashback?

  10. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    July 10, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    I’m never that happy waking up. I need to try this.

    Then again, I’m so out of it in the morning that I’ll be more like “Dino…Yoshi…Barney…Dragonzord? What the fuck is a dragonzord anywZZzzz…”

    • Disloyal Subject
      Disloyal Subject
      July 10, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

      Yeah, you’d kind of need to program yourself with the names if you want to remember them. Detailed knowledge of what the name means helps a lot.

      • WolfLann
        WolfLann
        July 10, 2015 at 10:19 am | #

        Like Rose Tyler, Martha Jones, Captain Jack Harkness, Donna Noble, Amelia Pond and her husband Rory Pond, Melodie Pond / River Song, Clara Oswald.
        Dammit I probably forgot a few there.

        • JaneDoe
          JaneDoe
          July 11, 2015 at 3:14 am | #

          Well, you got most of the regular/frequently recurring ones from New Who, though Mickey Smith could arguably be in that list as well. It’s really your own prerogative whether you want to include all the one off companions like Lynda with a y, Astrid Perth, and the kids who Clara was nannying for, or those that appear in only a few episodes like Adam what’s-his-last-name or Madam Vastra, Jenny, Strax, and Harriot Jones (Former Prime Minister). Or the companion who was from the original series but reappeared briefly for one episode, aka Sarah Jane Smith. And then there’s the family members of the companions like Jackie Tyler and Wilfred Mott who frequently recur but would probably not be “official” companions. So really, whether you got them all just depends on where you draw the line 😉

          • WolfLann
            WolfLann
            July 13, 2015 at 10:13 am | #

            At least a thought about almost all of those ones too even though I didn’t write them down. There were other visitors too like the family he rescued from Pompei and where he got his new face. And there was the whole Orient Express passengers and crew. And probably a few more I can’t think of right now.

  11. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    July 10, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    So does this mean that this chapter will be a Dinumentary?

  12. Stephen R. Bierce
    Stephen R. Bierce
    July 10, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    *plays the theme song to Harry And His Bucket of Dinosaurs on the Muzak in the hall*

  13. Cattleprod
    Cattleprod
    July 10, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

    In which I notice for the first time there was never internal monologue before this.

    • Cephalo the Pod
      Cephalo the Pod
      July 10, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

      Ruth?

      • MeghanTheWorldEater
        MeghanTheWorldEater
        July 10, 2015 at 12:08 am | #

        Yeah Ruth got it once.
        http://www.dumbingofage.com/2014/comic/book-5/01-when-somebody-loved-me/moron/

        I think someone else may of had it before too but I forget when.

        • LiaHansen
          LiaHansen
          July 10, 2015 at 12:38 am | #

          hasn’t sarah also?

    • AgentKeen
      AgentKeen
      July 10, 2015 at 12:06 am | #

      Y’know it has to be good, ‘cus I’m pretty sure I remember Willis saying he’s not a fan of drawing thought bubbles, so it’s gotta be spectacular to warrant it.

  14. Someone
    Someone
    July 10, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

    Thinking about it, have we ever seen Dina without her hat? In this strip

    • Opus the Poet
      Opus the Poet
      July 10, 2015 at 12:10 am | #

      Which strip was that again? Because your link went in the drink.

      • JessWitt
        JessWitt
        July 10, 2015 at 12:22 am | #

        Easy, don’t cause a stink ’cause the link’s in the drink. Least it’s not real ink, I think.

      • Disloyal Subject
        Disloyal Subject
        July 10, 2015 at 12:23 am | #

        I think they meant DoA as a whole. This ‘verse, effectively.

        • Someone
          Someone
          July 10, 2015 at 1:18 am | #

          Yeah we saw Dina’s head in the walkyverse.

          • Captain Batson
            Captain Batson
            July 10, 2015 at 2:59 am | #

            Yeah, when she went kaboom.

            • you can't see me
              you can't see me
              July 11, 2015 at 12:31 am | #

              How many people are ignorant of this’s eternal too soon state?

  15. Katie
    Katie
    July 10, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

    Should i feel bed that i saw walking with dina and the song walk the dinosaur came into my head

    • Palamdrone
      Palamdrone
      July 10, 2015 at 12:49 am | #

      Yes. Walk by Pantera is what should be going through your mind.

      • Wack'd
        Wack'd
        July 10, 2015 at 1:36 am | #

        I got “Bungle in the Jungle” for some reason.

        • Twilightomens
          Twilightomens
          July 10, 2015 at 10:44 am | #

          I don’t know any songs about dinosaurs 🙁

    • Tenn
      Tenn
      July 10, 2015 at 2:44 pm | #

      If you don’t feel bed, it’s probably because you’ve been lying on top of your arms. Roll over and try to flail them around a bit to wake them up again.

  16. MeghanTheWorldEater
    MeghanTheWorldEater
    July 10, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

    Willis this was a really bad idea.

    I mean there’s no way the rest of the comic is going to be able to live up to this.

    Every chapter without Dina monologue will be inferior by comparison smh.

    • Spazman
      Spazman
      July 10, 2015 at 2:41 am | #

      The solution, of course, is that every day Willis releases a MST3K version of the strip with Ruthless, Dina, and Joe mocking the comic. Ruthless to berate everyone, Joe to comment on the women, and Dina being Dina.

      • DarkVeghetta
        DarkVeghetta
        July 10, 2015 at 2:50 am | #

        This… this must become a thing.

        • GollyGamma
          GollyGamma
          July 10, 2015 at 10:00 am | #

          No question. I WILL donate to Patreon for this if it has any shot at becoming a thing.

  17. SpruceGoose
    SpruceGoose
    July 10, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

    Open the door. Get on the floor. Everybody walk the Dinasaur.

  18. AgentKeen
    AgentKeen
    July 10, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

    …So you’re saying Becky is dead? D:

    • Someone
      Someone
      July 10, 2015 at 12:06 am | #

      Joyce: I see dead people

      • podian
        podian
        July 10, 2015 at 2:42 am | #

        Like Mike and Walky?

    • Animal
      Animal
      July 10, 2015 at 12:08 am | #

      Why, because of the dinosaur thoughts? Dinosaurs aren’t extinct. There are more species of dinosaurs alive today than there are mammals.

      We call them birds.

      • Animal
        Animal
        July 10, 2015 at 12:09 am | #

        Oh, wait. Alt-text.

        Never mind.

        (The bit about birds is still true, though.)

        • Lucina
          Lucina
          July 10, 2015 at 12:22 am | #

          Yeah, but all the species she’s thinking of are dead. They’re all sauropods, so they don’t even get living descendants like the theropods do.

          • Animal
            Animal
            July 10, 2015 at 12:37 am | #

            Maybe she’s hungry. Can you imagine the size of that top sirloin?

          • Willoughby Chase
            Willoughby Chase
            July 10, 2015 at 3:43 am | #

            Maybe she wants to jump some bones?

            • HMRC4EVR
              HMRC4EVR
              July 10, 2015 at 6:38 am | #

              Becky’s first in line for that idea.

    • Gamaran Sepudomyn
      Gamaran Sepudomyn
      July 10, 2015 at 6:58 am | #

      Oh god how did I not notice the “Beck-” in the lower right corner there. Yes yes yes my ship.

  19. dailybrad
    dailybrad
    July 10, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

    Maggie sounds hilarious, going by the alt-text. That’d have never occurred to me.

    Also, that Dina drools in her sleep is very endearing.

  20. Cephalo the Pod
    Cephalo the Pod
    July 10, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

    But…Ruth totally had an internal monologue earlier in this book.

    • Hoboturtle
      Hoboturtle
      July 10, 2015 at 12:07 am | #

      Yes, but she wasnt allowed to. She merely achieved a level of sentience that she rebelled against Willis.

      • Disloyal Subject
        Disloyal Subject
        July 10, 2015 at 12:11 am | #

        If she progresses farther along this path, there’ll be an outbreak of femur-beatings in our world.

  21. otusasio451
    otusasio451
    July 10, 2015 at 12:05 am | #

    …YES. Not only are you focusing on my favorite character, but in a special named after my favorite documentary series as a child. Thank you, Willis.

    • Disloyal Subject
      Disloyal Subject
      July 10, 2015 at 12:08 am | #

      If there were any children who preferred other documentaries, I’ll be surprised. It’s not exactly a competitive niche in terms of excitement, and Walking with Dinosaurs had, well, Dinosaurs. And other assorted prehistoric organisms.

      • otusasio451
        otusasio451
        July 10, 2015 at 2:38 am | #

        Well, I always liked Microcosmos as a kid, too. Plus, the Crocodile Hunter series, that Really Wild Animals show from National Geographic, plus a TON of other documentaries, those marketed to kids and those not marketed to kids. Honestly, most of what I watched around that age (8-10 at the time WwD came out) was documentaries.

        But, yeah, the dinosaurs had a lot to do with it.

        • Opus the Poet
          Opus the Poet
          July 10, 2015 at 12:09 pm | #

          Documentaries: Reality TV for smart people.

          • otusasio451
            otusasio451
            July 10, 2015 at 7:40 pm | #

            Amen to that, brother. Amen to that.

            That said, I DO watch reality TV. I mean, The Amazing Race and MasterChef and other competition shows (not Survivor, The Bachelor shows, or Big Brother; screw those), but, some reality TV. Not the trashy stuff, though. At least, I don’t think it’s trashy.

    • Lord Stoneheart
      Lord Stoneheart
      July 10, 2015 at 12:48 am | #

      We’ve known the title of this chapter for months and I didn’t notice that until you brought it up. Damn, that is really fitting.

  22. Dean
    Dean
    July 10, 2015 at 12:06 am | #

    D’awww, she’s a sleep-drooler!

  23. JessWitt
    JessWitt
    July 10, 2015 at 12:06 am | #

    An honest-to-goodness internal monologue?! Well fancy that!

  24. Vex Godglove
    Vex Godglove
    July 10, 2015 at 12:07 am | #

    It strikes me that that hat has to be getting kind of ripe now since she never takes it off.

    • Disloyal Subject
      Disloyal Subject
      July 10, 2015 at 12:09 am | #

      She has spares, and switches when we can’t see her.

      • Deanatay
        Deanatay
        July 10, 2015 at 9:19 am | #

        Behind the door.

    • Gamaran Sepudomyn
      Gamaran Sepudomyn
      July 10, 2015 at 7:03 am | #

      We don’t see her all that often. There’s a reasonable chance that she washes it every two or three days.

      • Gamaran Sepudomyn
        Gamaran Sepudomyn
        July 10, 2015 at 7:04 am | #

        And before anyone says “You don’t need to wash a hat that often”, I don’t know anything about hat care. I don’t wear hats…ever, really, now that I think about it.

  25. caesaria82
    caesaria82
    July 10, 2015 at 12:08 am | #

    I see you in the corner there, ‘Beck….’, I SEE YOU. Don’t think I don’t see you!

    • Jen Aside
      Jen Aside
      July 10, 2015 at 12:53 am | #

      he’s a loser, baby, so why don’t we kill him

      • MeghanTheWorldEater
        MeghanTheWorldEater
        July 10, 2015 at 12:56 am | #

        Fun Factz: There are zero other songs by Beck.

      • caesaria82
        caesaria82
        July 10, 2015 at 1:01 am | #

        This is my favorite comment maybe ever.

        Also, Beck is a Scientologist, which is a random fact I know about him. He was born into it and everything. Idek.

        • Tacos
          Tacos
          July 10, 2015 at 6:34 pm | #

          You can be born into Scientology? Man that must really suck.

  26. gkheyf
    gkheyf
    July 10, 2015 at 12:10 am | #

    facts:
    -dina’s happy morning thoughts are about dead things
    -her friends make her smile
    -she may be hiding razor sharp teeth and claw prosthetics behind the door

    conclusions:
    -she plans to make more happy memories

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      July 10, 2015 at 5:03 am | #

      OH MY!

  27. Kelly
    Kelly
    July 10, 2015 at 12:11 am | #

    YAY! SO COOL!

  28. Opus the Poet
    Opus the Poet
    July 10, 2015 at 12:11 am | #

    So this is Sunday morning of week 6?

  29. Stephen
    Stephen
    July 10, 2015 at 12:13 am | #

    Wouldn’t put it past Willis that she’s thinking of this guy, and he’s just throwing us off: http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/life/dinosaurs-other-extinct-creatures/dino-directory/becklespinax.html

    • Lucina
      Lucina
      July 10, 2015 at 12:18 am | #

      She appears to be thinking solely of sauropods, so that wouldn’t work. It would have to be a sauropod with a name beginning with “Beck”.

      • 3oranges
        3oranges
        July 10, 2015 at 12:41 am | #

        Becklespinax is not a sauropod, but it is not quite as different from them as Becky MacIntyre.

        • claudewicked
          claudewicked
          July 11, 2015 at 2:41 am | #

          If you look at the shape of the bubble, it seems far too small to include Beckospinax

  30. Lucina
    Lucina
    July 10, 2015 at 12:14 am | #

    THIS IS WHAT I’VE BEEN WAITING FOR

  31. THEBOONDOCKS
    THEBOONDOCKS
    July 10, 2015 at 12:14 am | #

    Brontosaurus?

    • Disloyal Subject
      Disloyal Subject
      July 10, 2015 at 12:25 am | #

      I heard there was some new evidence coming to light that might legitimize it as having actually existed as something other than a hoax…
      I didn’t read it for myself because I was too busy frothing with rage.

      • Kelly
        Kelly
        July 10, 2015 at 12:32 am | #

        It was never a hoax, that is for sure.

        There were arguments about junior and senior synonyms (the usual Bone Wars type of mess), and a particularly famous mount was built with an incorrect skull (they didn’t have one at the time, and figured the one they picked would be close enough, but later they found the real deal and it was pretty different)

        • Kamino Neko
          Kamino Neko
          July 10, 2015 at 12:37 am | #

          Specifically, the conjectural skull given to the Brontosaurus excelsis skeleton was based on Camarasaurus, which was discussed here a week or so back.

          • Kelly
            Kelly
            July 10, 2015 at 1:04 am | #

            Thank you! And I must have missed that one.

        • Kryss LaBryn
          Kryss LaBryn
          July 10, 2015 at 10:22 am | #

          I saw that mount with the wrong skull in the British Museum when I was a kid!

          So cool. Damn, that thing was HUUUGE.

          I wonder if it’s still there?

      • timemonkey
        timemonkey
        July 10, 2015 at 6:14 am | #

        Why would you froth with rage over something being real?

        • HMRC4EVR
          HMRC4EVR
          July 10, 2015 at 6:47 am | #

          Because if it happens Sludge is a real Dinobot again!

    • Tacos
      Tacos
      July 10, 2015 at 12:26 am | #

      They’re trying to bring it back. I’ve not been paying much attention but something about some fossils originally being named Brontosaurus turned out being different enough from Apatasaurus that Brontosaurus could potentially be valid.

    • Kelly
      Kelly
      July 10, 2015 at 12:27 am | #

      Yes, because the argument has been made to resurrect the taxon, but (AFAIK) there haven’t been any follow up papers for or against, so it isn’t necessarily 100% decided. Though I haven’t heard much dissent so far.

      • Kamino Neko
        Kamino Neko
        July 10, 2015 at 12:33 am | #

        The media has already had their ‘Brontosaurus is real!’ headlines, so, sadly, only people actually reading the papers will actually know how the consensus shakes out. If it’s agreed that Brontosaurus is a valid genus, they’ve already done the story; if it’s decided that, no, it really is just a couple species of Apatasaurus, well, that’s just not sexy.

        • AgentKeen
          AgentKeen
          July 10, 2015 at 11:27 am | #

          Well, Brontosaurus does got back, so therefore it must be sexy. It’s science.

    • Lone Wolf
      Lone Wolf
      July 10, 2015 at 12:35 am | #

      Here’s an article about it from earlier this year: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-brontosaurus-is-back1/

      I was immensely pleased when I learned of this.

    • Kelly
      Kelly
      July 10, 2015 at 12:36 am | #

      references!: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/back-brontosaurus-dinosaur-just-might-deserve-its-own-genus-species-science-180954892/

      http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2015/04/08/bully-for-brontosaurus/

      http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/tetrapod-zoology/that-brontosaurus-thing/

      The actual paper, if you are hardcore: https://peerj.com/articles/857/

      Too many links, now Willis will have to approve this. Sorry for the trouble!

      • Bagge
        Bagge
        July 10, 2015 at 2:29 am | #

        I love you guys. Especially since I know you will be at it this entire storyline. 🙂

  32. JessWitt
    JessWitt
    July 10, 2015 at 12:15 am | #

    Awww, Dina’s bed palette is green and yellow.

    We won’t be short of aww’s and daww’s during this whole storyline. 🙂

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      July 10, 2015 at 2:30 am | #

      “Thats how it all starts, but then there is running and um screaming*”

      *) You wish, Becky, you are only at second base yet, and that’s experimentally.

  33. Pilgrim
    Pilgrim
    July 10, 2015 at 12:20 am | #

    ALL MY YES.

  34. A Scientist
    A Scientist
    July 10, 2015 at 12:20 am | #

    I AM GOING TO LEARN SO MUCH ABOUT DINOSAURS!

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      July 10, 2015 at 9:23 am | #

      (and perhaps lesbians)

  35. A Scientist
    A Scientist
    July 10, 2015 at 12:21 am | #

    Inner monologues are my favorite. Also my favorite, though, are stories which begin with the phrase “in which…” I don’t know why, but the author so describing what is about to happen, with that phrase specifically, makes me jolly.

    • Wack'd
      Wack'd
      July 10, 2015 at 1:40 am | #

      I personally associate it with Winnie-the-Pooh.

  36. Pierre-Eric
    Pierre-Eric
    July 10, 2015 at 12:25 am | #

    I… I only 3 of those…
    Teach me Dina Sempai!

  37. sps48
    sps48
    July 10, 2015 at 12:27 am | #

    No thoughts of cereal?

    • A Scientist
      A Scientist
      July 10, 2015 at 12:29 am | #

      I wondered the same, since cereal seems like an appropriate thing to think about when one first awakens.

      I know I do. Right after I think, “Well, here I am” or similar.

    • Tacos
      Tacos
      July 10, 2015 at 12:33 am | #

      My thoughts first thing in the morning steer more towards, “Who the hell invented morning?”

      • Bicycle Bill
        Bicycle Bill
        July 10, 2015 at 12:41 am | #

        That’s why they always used to schedule executions at sunrise.  Who in the hell wants to be awake at 5:00 in the morning anyway?

      • WolfLann
        WolfLann
        July 10, 2015 at 10:35 am | #

        Not the guy who invented the snooze button for sure

    • Someone
      Someone
      July 10, 2015 at 1:28 am | #

      My first thoughts in the morning are bwaarg *falls back asleep*

  38. Kamino Neko
    Kamino Neko
    July 10, 2015 at 12:29 am | #

    I ♥ ‘Brontosaurus?’

  39. Tacos
    Tacos
    July 10, 2015 at 12:29 am | #

    The level of adorability here should be illegal.

  40. Joey
    Joey
    July 10, 2015 at 12:33 am | #

    I know enough paleontology to get that question mark after “Brontosaurus.” 😉

  41. Bicycle Bill
    Bicycle Bill
    July 10, 2015 at 12:40 am | #

    “Today, we’ll be talking about dinosaurs.
    It’s a DI-NO-SAURUS LINE!!“

  42. DEG1377
    DEG1377
    July 10, 2015 at 12:40 am | #

    This should be its own spin-off comic.

    Please Willis? Pretty please, with sugar on top? I-I’ll have your babies….

    • Kelly
      Kelly
      July 10, 2015 at 12:42 am | #

      Maggie has that covered 😛

    • Ollie
      Ollie
      July 10, 2015 at 12:42 am | #

      I would read a Dina spinoff comic. Hell I would double my patreon pledge for something like that. I AM INSATIABLE

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      July 10, 2015 at 2:52 am | #

      This is basically its own spin off chapter – let’s no be greedy here. 🙂

  43. Aislashu
    Aislashu
    July 10, 2015 at 12:41 am | #

    If you ship Dina and Becky, you put their names together and you get Dicky. And obviously I need sleep. x.x

  44. Marvelman
    Marvelman
    July 10, 2015 at 12:43 am | #

    Yah Dina!

  45. Palamdrone
    Palamdrone
    July 10, 2015 at 12:44 am | #

    Woot stomach sleepers!

  46. Professor Fate
    Professor Fate
    July 10, 2015 at 12:53 am | #

    Next strip:

    Becky awakens next to Dina and says “Whatcha thinkin’ about, Babe?”

    “Dinosaurs, what else?”

    “Aw, not about me?”

    “Sure, you’re my favorite dinosaur, Beckysaurus.”

    “C’mere you sexy paleontologist.”

    Giggles and fade out.

    • caesaria82
      caesaria82
      July 10, 2015 at 1:03 am | #

      I like the way your brain works. Yes good. I need fanfic of this.

    • Heavensrun
      Heavensrun
      July 10, 2015 at 7:02 pm | #

      “You were in there somewhere.”
      “With the dinosaurs? I wasn’t gettin’ eaten, was I?”
      “Sauropods are herbivores.”

  47. Idon'tcarenomore
    Idon'tcarenomore
    July 10, 2015 at 12:54 am | #

    Dina, a strange and happy ray of sunshine in a gloom & doom dorm of less fortunate DoAer’s.

    Nice. I like. She is a cute little rascal.

  48. The Gardener
    The Gardener
    July 10, 2015 at 1:01 am | #

    I’m so excited

  49. newllend(henryvolt)
    newllend(henryvolt)
    July 10, 2015 at 1:03 am | #

    So Dina never takes the hat off? Does she ever wash it?

    • MeghanTheWorldEater
      MeghanTheWorldEater
      July 10, 2015 at 1:06 am | #

      Of course she does, it gets washed when she showers.

      • Wack'd
        Wack'd
        July 10, 2015 at 1:42 am | #

        No it doesn’t! She puts a cap over it!

        • MeghanTheWorldEater
          MeghanTheWorldEater
          July 10, 2015 at 1:47 am | #

          A shower cap for your cap? :O

  50. caesaria82
    caesaria82
    July 10, 2015 at 1:14 am | #

    Also, this title is automatically gonna make some people pronounce Dina’s name wrong again. It just will happen. People will think ‘dinosaur’ and think ‘dye-nah’. This will undo all the work Willis has done on making ‘dee-nah’ the law of the land. But seeing it written it out like that…. xD

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      July 10, 2015 at 9:27 am | #

      Actually, the opposite will happen – Dina’s cuteness, and continual association with dinosaurs, will cause people to start pronouncing ‘dinosaur’ as ‘dee-na-sore’.

      (BTW, this is also what Dina thinks after a night of… vigorous activity… with Becky)

      • WolfLann
        WolfLann
        July 10, 2015 at 10:44 am | #

        Thats ok in French we already pronounce it Dee-no-zor. We are way ahead.
        And I always was pronouncing her name Dee-na in my head since I started reading the comic just a little while ago.

        • Darkoneko
          Darkoneko
          July 10, 2015 at 11:42 am | #

          Saaame. English is weird.

        • caesaria82
          caesaria82
          July 11, 2015 at 12:30 am | #

          Same in German, actually. Dee-no-zau-ria basically 😉

          Get with the program, English tbh.

  51. Tess
    Tess
    July 10, 2015 at 1:42 am | #

    I certainly hope that Becky, who seems to be a thought going off the side panel, is not dead!

    • MeghanTheWorldEater
      MeghanTheWorldEater
      July 10, 2015 at 1:45 am | #

      Insert obligatory truck jokes here.

  52. NinjaNick
    NinjaNick
    July 10, 2015 at 2:44 am | #

    Squee! A Dina storyline!

    • saki
      saki
      July 10, 2015 at 4:18 am | #

      Your avatar + your comment = perfection 😀

      • TheGrammarLegionary
        TheGrammarLegionary
        August 28, 2015 at 1:49 pm | #

        Just because Dina Gravatar thread.

  53. podian
    podian
    July 10, 2015 at 2:45 am | #

    So, are we, just for a single glorious moment, entering a drama-free zone?

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      July 10, 2015 at 3:18 am | #

      Sarah will desperately cling to Dina’s leg: “PLEASE, LET ME STAY WITH YOU”

  54. merbrat
    merbrat
    July 10, 2015 at 2:46 am | #

    http://i.imgur.com/XfZQLm9.jpg
    (then, this happened)
    http://imgur.com/dZ4GILI

    • Kryss LaBryn
      Kryss LaBryn
      July 10, 2015 at 10:26 am | #

      lol.

    • Tenn
      Tenn
      July 10, 2015 at 3:01 pm | #

      And people cite things like that as examples of what’s bad with Wikipedia! 😉

  55. BenRG
    BenRG
    July 10, 2015 at 2:47 am | #

    Well, now we know what is the content of the mystery that is Dina’s brain!

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      July 10, 2015 at 3:18 am | #

      She has been very… subtle in her interests so far.

  56. Random Opinion
    Random Opinion
    July 10, 2015 at 3:20 am | #

    I love Dina. I love her thoughts, I love her naivete, all of it.

    • Gamaran Sepudomyn
      Gamaran Sepudomyn
      July 10, 2015 at 7:21 am | #

      She’s not all that naive. She’s picked up on certain ques far faster than other characters.

  57. Kamino Neko
    Kamino Neko
    July 10, 2015 at 3:27 am | #

    I just noticed the drool, and now I’m giggling.

  58. Bagge
    Bagge
    July 10, 2015 at 3:28 am | #

    Re alt-text: Dina is very good at putting herself in a comforting cocoon and she’s very clear on what comforts her.

    I love how she wakes up all …sleeping… sleeping… sleeping .. DING dinosaurs! New Happy Day!

  59. RJ
    RJ
    July 10, 2015 at 3:56 am | #

    I AM ACTUALLY PHYSICALLY VIBRATING AND MADE A SOUND THAT WAS INVOLUNTARY THIS DOESN’T HAPPEN OFTEN

    • Darkoneko
      Darkoneko
      July 10, 2015 at 11:40 am | #

      kinky.

  60. Darwin
    Darwin
    July 10, 2015 at 4:08 am | #

    I love how the hat, while completely unchanging (except for general shape and position on her head) seems to emote anyway, making it an essential part of Dina’s character.

  61. Majere
    Majere
    July 10, 2015 at 4:12 am | #

    This arc is already the best arc.

  62. Bagge
    Bagge
    July 10, 2015 at 4:14 am | #

    No one has snagged awake!Dina as their gravatar yet? Strange

    • saki
      saki
      July 10, 2015 at 4:21 am | #

      Is there a way I can chose my avatar without having to go and make a gravatar? Because if there is, I will immediately take awake!Dina :3

      • Bagge
        Bagge
        July 10, 2015 at 4:32 am | #

        That’s the only way I know. Might be worth the effort though (I’m not giving up happy blue-panel Becky just yet though)

        • saki
          saki
          July 10, 2015 at 5:55 am | #

          Well then, Gravatar it is.

          • saki
            saki
            July 10, 2015 at 5:58 am | #

            Now I just have to figure out how this thing works. .-.

            • Bagge
              Bagge
              July 10, 2015 at 7:16 am | #

              Works great, apparently 🙂

              • saki
                saki
                July 10, 2015 at 7:55 am | #

                So it does. 🙂 My first comment post-gravatar-getting didn’t have the new picture yet, so I wasn’t sure if I’d maybe missed a step somewhere, but turns out it just needed time. 😀

                • Kamino Neko
                  Kamino Neko
                  July 10, 2015 at 8:25 am | #

                  Yeah, it usually takes a minute or two before a new gravatar takes.

  63. saki
    saki
    July 10, 2015 at 4:19 am | #

    Dina’s bed hair is so adorable! ><

  64. Darkoneko
    Darkoneko
    July 10, 2015 at 4:24 am | #

    Sleeping with her hat on ? 😮

  65. Bagge
    Bagge
    July 10, 2015 at 4:47 am | #

    The way Becky sneaks into Dina’s thoughts kinda reminds me of Robin’s mental landscape over in shortpacked, here (spoiler… I suppose)

  66. Ivresse
    Ivresse
    July 10, 2015 at 4:47 am | #

    It seems like Dina is doing a variation of the Elements song by Tom Lehrer, only with dinosaurs:

    ‘There’s Brachiosaurus, Cedarosaurus, Europasaurus, Brontosaurus…’

  67. Arianod
    Arianod
    July 10, 2015 at 5:09 am | #

    Of course! Brontosaurus for ever!! 😀

    • thebatman22
      thebatman22
      July 10, 2015 at 5:39 pm | #

      Brontosaurus doesn’t exist. They thought that when they discovered it, it was a new species, but was later found to just be a misidentified Brachiosaurus.

      • Tacos
        Tacos
        July 10, 2015 at 6:40 pm | #

        As we have said a bit further up in the comments section, there might be sufficient skeletal evidence now for Brontosaurus to potentially be considered its own separate genus.

      • Arianod
        Arianod
        July 10, 2015 at 7:07 pm | #

        Brontosaurus lives in our hearts ^^

  68. CianM1301
    CianM1301
    July 10, 2015 at 5:47 am | #

    Ooh, this’ll be interesting!

  69. Shadow12000
    Shadow12000
    July 10, 2015 at 5:58 am | #

    Dat cute drool tho.

  70. JBento
    JBento
    July 10, 2015 at 6:09 am | #

    *Fanboy squee*

  71. timemonkey
    timemonkey
    July 10, 2015 at 6:18 am | #

    It’s all fun and dinosaurs, until she starts trying to socially interact.

  72. PBManning
    PBManning
    July 10, 2015 at 6:25 am | #

    This is all going to end in tears, probably mine.

  73. HMRC4EVR
    HMRC4EVR
    July 10, 2015 at 6:41 am | #

    If Dina has any sisters I can’t recall, but I love to see five of.them all in different hoodies of their favorite dinosaurs.

    I would have to call then Dinabots.

  74. erejnion
    erejnion
    July 10, 2015 at 6:42 am | #

    THE BEST TIME OF THE YE… DECADE HAS COME. REJOICE, AUDIENCE, WE ARE IN FOR A TREAT!

  75. Les
    Les
    July 10, 2015 at 6:56 am | #

    Okay, is it just me, or do her facial expressions and body positioning look like she was finding this dream arousing? I can’t imagine sleeping all night with your arm out flat like that, so it seems more likely she moved under her body while she was dreaming. In the 1st panel it looks like she’s straining, then she hits the wall, then she wakes up with a somewhat guilty looking expression and her hand reappears. Or am I just wishful thinking about a future Slipshine strip?

    • Björn
      Björn
      July 10, 2015 at 7:24 am | #

      Whatever, I’m just glad the last panel didn’t read “A Dumbing Of Age pornographique”.

    • saki
      saki
      July 10, 2015 at 8:03 am | #

      I very often sleep with my arms either completely along my body – or with the arms folded to use as buffer between my belly and the mattress so my chest is more comfortable – so I didn’t read this like that at all. The panel where she moves her hand up and has wide opened eyes just looks to me like realising it’s morning, and positioning her arm so she can push herself up. Which isn’t to say I don’t like the way you think. 🙂

    • David M Willis
      David M Willis
      July 10, 2015 at 12:14 pm | #

      what in the fuck

      • timemonkey
        timemonkey
        July 10, 2015 at 1:44 pm | #

        I don’t really see how this is a ‘what the fuck’ question.

        • Pinja
          Pinja
          July 10, 2015 at 3:58 pm | #

          Because jumping from this image straight to sex is skeevy.

          • Spencer
            Spencer
            July 10, 2015 at 5:19 pm | #

            Eh, this comment section is obsessed with boning. Pretty much every page has at least one Slipshine request regardless of the circumstances.

            • Tacos
              Tacos
              July 10, 2015 at 6:41 pm | #

              Now I’m kinda scared to think what people might say if there was a strip with only inanimate objects in it.

              • John
                John
                July 10, 2015 at 7:00 pm | #

                This is the only strip I recall that has no characters in it (and I’m not really sure how to search for no tags), and jumping from that strip to boning isn’t really a huge leap.

                • Spencer
                  Spencer
                  July 10, 2015 at 7:32 pm | #

                  Amber’s whiteboard x Joyce’s whiteboard is my OTP.

            • saki
              saki
              July 10, 2015 at 8:25 pm | #

              And when it’s not Slpishine-type-boning, we’re talking dinosaur bones. Really this site’s comment section’s flag should be that Dig It T-shirt Dina (and I think Joe at some point?) was wearing way back.

  76. TJ Pittsburgh
    TJ Pittsburgh
    July 10, 2015 at 7:15 am | #

    Welp, today appears to be sauropod day . . .

  77. Spencer
    Spencer
    July 10, 2015 at 7:25 am | #

    Oh my God the Becky thought bubble.

  78. Shire
    Shire
    July 10, 2015 at 8:01 am | #

    Walking With Dina, eh?

    I nominate Kenneth Branagh as the voice of her internal monologue.

  79. Asper
    Asper
    July 10, 2015 at 8:15 am | #

    This might get interesting.

  80. Marethyu
    Marethyu
    July 10, 2015 at 8:34 am | #

    Dammit Dina, how are you so damn cute even when you just woke up? >.<

  81. Jen
    Jen
    July 10, 2015 at 8:40 am | #

    OMG. OMG. OMG!!! This is amazing!!

  82. ocbrad1
    ocbrad1
    July 10, 2015 at 9:06 am | #

    I’m confused. Is this the next Slipshine? Seems a little less “pornlord-y” than I would’ve expected…

  83. Rebecca
    Rebecca
    July 10, 2015 at 10:03 am | #

    Also, does Dina have some special interest in sauropods, because that’s what all of those are (except the possible “Becky” bubble in the corner…)

    • Kamino Neko
      Kamino Neko
      July 10, 2015 at 11:07 am | #

      Today’s Sauropod Saturday. Tomorrow’s Stegosaur Sunday, then Marginocephalia Monday, Pterosaur Ptuesday (wherein she details just why it’s known they’re not dinosaurs), Wildcard Wednesday (can be anything), Theropod Thursday, and finally Fantasy Friday (where she does nothing but think about riding and playing with dinosaurs).

  84. Toes14
    Toes14
    July 10, 2015 at 10:23 am | #

    Eww, Dina drool.

  85. Boomer Gonzales
    Boomer Gonzales
    July 10, 2015 at 10:31 am | #

    OK, real talk…I heard all of Dina’s inner monolouge like the “Manta Ray Song” from “Finding Nemo”.

    ^_^;;

  86. Alexx
    Alexx
    July 10, 2015 at 11:15 am | #

    I’m already excited.

  87. Darkoneko
    Darkoneko
    July 10, 2015 at 11:43 am | #

    Walk like an egyptian~

  88. Charles RB
    Charles RB
    July 10, 2015 at 12:48 pm | #

    HELL YEAH DINA

  89. Liz
    Liz
    July 10, 2015 at 1:00 pm | #

    Dina continues to be my favorite.

  90. Edupoet81
    Edupoet81
    July 10, 2015 at 1:16 pm | #

    Happy morning thoughts? Smiling within seconds of awakening? Waking up NOT feeling like crap mentally and physically? What is this strange new world in which I find myself?

    Not all of Dina’s thoughts are about things that are dead, if I’m right about that last thought bubble in the lower-right hand corner of that last panel. Exactly what is Dina thinking about Becky? It seems that we are not to find out. Not yet, anyway.

    In any case, I’m excited about this arc. What is the world like in Dina-vision? We will soon see!

  91. Darkoneko
    Darkoneko
    July 10, 2015 at 1:31 pm | #

    Doing a special:prefixindex/Beck on dinopedia gave me the Becklespinax

    • Darkoneko
      Darkoneko
      July 10, 2015 at 1:34 pm | #

      (I actually tried the english Wikipédia first, but there were wayyy too many unrelated results and I was lazy.)

      • Darkoneko
        Darkoneko
        July 10, 2015 at 1:35 pm | #

        speaking of which, the Wikipedia article on it is more complete so there :
        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Becklespinax

  92. Fugacity
    Fugacity
    July 10, 2015 at 1:34 pm | #

    … on a totally different track ….
    I was just reviewing the cast page and it struck me as odd that the majority of the female characters were bespectacled (7 with glasses vs 5 w/o) while only one out of 6 male characters has glasses (Jacob). Does the author/artist have a thing for girls with glasses or is it just pure happenstance?

    … just pondering

    • timemonkey
      timemonkey
      July 10, 2015 at 1:42 pm | #

      Yes, yes he does.

    • Darth Cariss
      Darth Cariss
      July 10, 2015 at 7:12 pm | #

      He totally does.

  93. Pinja
    Pinja
    July 10, 2015 at 3:57 pm | #

    I’m the same way only it’s about fictional characters fucking

    “America/Kate””Korra/Asami””Steph/Cass”

  94. Sir Robin
    Sir Robin
    July 10, 2015 at 5:13 pm | #

    If this became the focal point of every strip from now on, that wouldn’t bother me

    • Sir Robin
      Sir Robin
      July 10, 2015 at 9:48 pm | #

      Dina of Age, I’d read that

  95. Inarx
    Inarx
    July 10, 2015 at 6:54 pm | #

    Is…
    Is this a Slipshine ad..?

  96. rachel
    rachel
    July 10, 2015 at 10:06 pm | #

    I! AM! SO EXCITED!! ahhhhhhhh this will be so great.

  97. Cephalo the Pod
    Cephalo the Pod
    July 11, 2015 at 2:03 am | #

    …did I miss something? Am I the only one not seeing a new comic for July 11?

    • Cephalo the Pod
      Cephalo the Pod
      July 11, 2015 at 2:05 am | #

      Never mind; the homepage isn’t updated, but there is indeed a Next Comic.

  98. Thomas
    Thomas
    July 14, 2015 at 12:06 pm | #

    Of course Dina is aware that “Brontosaurus” is an obsolete scientifical name (being no longer in use) for the species of dinosaur nowadays known as Apatosaurus. It’s only in popular fiction that the name persists.

  99. Kenjia
    Kenjia
    August 17, 2015 at 12:27 am | #

    Just realized the word “Becky” is cut off in the last panel. “Beck-” Sneaky foreshadowing for the win!

    • Kenjia
      Kenjia
      August 17, 2015 at 12:28 am | #

      Whoops, folks already pointed that out. My bad.

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