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September 28, 2023

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by David M Willis on September 30, 2010 at 12:01 am
  • 01 - Move-In Day

└ Tags: dina, dorothy, jennifer, joyce, mandy, mary, rachel, roz, ruth, sarah

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  1. Trae Dorn
    Trae Dorn
    September 29, 2010 at 11:22 pm | #

    And here comes a little bit of Squad 48!

    • Trae Dorn
      Trae Dorn
      September 29, 2010 at 11:26 pm | #

      Also, Ruth’s crotch appears to be exploding in panel one. 😛

      • RaijinK
        RaijinK
        September 29, 2010 at 11:27 pm | #

        That could explain a lot about her mood.

        • Trae Dorn
          Trae Dorn
          September 30, 2010 at 1:42 pm | #

          Either that, or it’s foreshadowing… 😛

          • Flushmaster
            Flushmaster
            February 1, 2013 at 7:52 pm | #

            Actually, I think it’s a SFX for the block that sets up the judo throw. Any lame punk can start a fight, but it takes a good manipulator (or a gifted evil bongo like Ruth) to sucker somebody into actually taking you up on an invitation to kick their ass and then helping you do so with their own bodily momentum.

  2. Ragnal
    Ragnal
    September 29, 2010 at 11:24 pm | #

    Femurs is such a funny word.

    • David Herbert
      David Herbert
      September 30, 2010 at 12:05 am | #

      Yep, that’s why she wants to keep hers.

  3. Orange lantern
    Orange lantern
    September 29, 2010 at 11:24 pm | #

    DINA GOT A LINE YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAY

  4. davmopedia
    davmopedia
    September 29, 2010 at 11:34 pm | #

    “tells you to tell you to show up” ? Bit of a typo on that one.

  5. RaijinK
    RaijinK
    September 29, 2010 at 11:34 pm | #

    Ruth is so bossy she doesn’t just tell you to do something, she tells you to tell you to do something. That’s right. She makes you boss yourself.

    Yay for Dina getting a line. Boo for it being explaining the pun. Nice to see Mandy too. And hey, for once nobody will be saying Dorothy looks like Amber. I have a feeling they’ll be saying she looks like Leslie today.

  6. davmopedia
    davmopedia
    September 29, 2010 at 11:35 pm | #

    And Billie’s in the banner now? When’d that happen?

    • Malph
      Malph
      September 30, 2010 at 2:02 am | #

      I just noticed that too. I swear that wasn’t there earlier.

    • beeftony
      beeftony
      September 30, 2010 at 6:09 pm | #

      It’s all part of Willis’ nefarious plan to keep sneaking characters into the banner until it’s even more crowded than the SP! one. Like a fully-clothed character orgy.

      Or NOT fully-clothed.

      • David
        David M Willis
        September 30, 2010 at 7:13 pm | #

        I’m actually making it a personal mission of mine to NOT crowd the banner this time! Adding Billie was a moment of weakness.

        • beeftony
          beeftony
          September 30, 2010 at 8:10 pm | #

          Didn’t you have the entire cast on there at the panel where you unveiled the comic? What happened to that?

          That said, I definitely like how Joyce looks here better than the original version.

          • David
            David M Willis
            September 30, 2010 at 8:22 pm | #

            Intentionally discarded!

        • karfsma
          karfsma
          July 17, 2015 at 9:56 am | #

          Ah, hindsight.

  7. Sarge
    Sarge
    September 29, 2010 at 11:35 pm | #

    Oh… Dina. On the one hand I’m happy to see her again, on the other hand it’s bringing back those horrible memories…

    At least she’s wearing a goofy dinosaur hat.

  8. No0ne
    No0ne
    September 29, 2010 at 11:43 pm | #

    So apparently Ruth only makes threats involving femurs to everyone. I would have assumed she would have made at least a few different threats.,maybe she is saving the other threats for later.

  9. Pivitor
    Pivitor
    September 29, 2010 at 11:45 pm | #

    I can’t help but think about how much more enjoyable this particular comic would have been in “Shortpacked!”‘s rectangular layout as opposed to this strip layout. There isn’t enough room for any of the action to play out.

    • David
      David M Willis
      September 29, 2010 at 11:55 pm | #

      I disagree! I was particularly satisfied with this one. I worried, similar to you, that I wouldn’t be able to get in everything I wanted, but I came out of it with more than I’d wanted, much less expected. That second panel, the really tall one with Ruth heaving Billie into the air? That couldn’t happen in Shortpacked!’s layout. In order to get something that tall, it’d have to be two rows high, and at that huge size, it has a completely different impact, rhythm, and prominence. Making it wider instead would have been the wrong timing and intensity.

      There never would have been more “action to play out.” It wasn’t a space thing. I wanted Ruth’s victory to be quick and decisive.

  10. No0ne
    No0ne
    September 29, 2010 at 11:48 pm | #

    Sadly no Sal yet…

  11. Shadowman
    Shadowman
    September 29, 2010 at 11:53 pm | #

    Is that…Is that Robin’s sister I see in the next-to-last panel?

    • Trae Dorn
      Trae Dorn
      September 30, 2010 at 12:05 am | #

      Yep. She was in yesterday’s comic too

      • Deviltrig
        Deviltrig
        September 30, 2010 at 8:58 am | #

        Not yesterday’s, but she was in Tuesday’s comic. Close enough. And we have yet to see a full view of her.

  12. Marc
    Marc
    September 29, 2010 at 11:54 pm | #

    I loved Ruth in Roomies and was greatly saddened by her passing. Not only am I happy as a lark that she’s in this comic, but I can seriously say watching her deadlift Billie OVER HER HEAD tugged at my fragile heartstrings.

    David Willis, now I treasure the last few years of reading your comics and owning a print of “The Many Faces of Sal” even more. God Bless You, good sir!

    • TheRealAllPurposeGuru
      TheRealAllPurposeGuru
      September 30, 2010 at 3:15 am | #

      I don’t think that’s a deadlift. I think it’s more of a judo move, she’s deflecting Billie’s forward momentum. But, I might be wrong.

  13. Marc
    Marc
    September 29, 2010 at 11:57 pm | #

    EDIT: Sorry, Ruth was part of It’s Walky…been a while. All the rest shall remain as stated.

    • Trae Dorn
      Trae Dorn
      September 30, 2010 at 12:06 am | #

      No… you were right the first time. Ruth was in Roomies! not It’s Walky!

      • George
        George
        September 30, 2010 at 1:12 am | #

        Ruth did show up towards the end of IW! as one of the souls Walky meets between his death and his taking over The Cheese. She was dead, but she was still technically part of the story.

    • Wackd
      Wackd
      September 30, 2010 at 12:07 am | #

      No, you were right the first time. A mere few months before It’s Walky rolled around Ruth died in the Great Shit Shower of 1999.

      • loneislander
        loneislander
        September 30, 2010 at 12:13 am | #

        Neva forget……………

  14. Philip M. Hofer (Frumph)
    Philip M. Hofer (Frumph)
    September 30, 2010 at 12:01 am | #

    Thanks for the smile David.

    – Phil (Frumph)

    • Cholma
      Cholma
      September 30, 2010 at 12:36 am | #

      Hey! It’s 3rd Panel Sound Effect Man! 😀

      • fangrider
        fangrider
        September 30, 2010 at 7:44 am | #

        Lmao Frumphed now im gonna have a weird ass dream, thank you willis (frumphs son)

  15. Dierna
    Dierna
    September 30, 2010 at 12:12 am | #

    Hehehe…femurs….

    • Ragnal
      Ragnal
      September 30, 2010 at 7:30 pm | #

      See, someone agrees with me!

  16. Al
    Al
    September 30, 2010 at 12:16 am | #

    May it be assumed Dina has MULTIPLE hats this time around?

  17. Joseph
    Joseph
    September 30, 2010 at 12:24 am | #

    Is Billie supposed to be fat or is Ruth just taunting her with something a cheerleader doesnt want to hear?

    All the female characters look a bit pudgy unless they’re *clearly* skinny (Dina) but the default body type seems to be ‘wide’… or do I have it all wrong?

    • David
      David M Willis
      September 30, 2010 at 12:26 am | #

      Billie has what are called “birthing hips.”

      • Wackd
        Wackd
        September 30, 2010 at 4:53 am | #

        Such is the cost of keeping aspects of the status quo in an AU comic. Billie has birthing hips when she has never given birth.

        Or has she? Find out, on the next All My Dumbing.

        • David
          David M Willis
          September 30, 2010 at 8:37 am | #

          You, uh, don’t need to have given birth in order to have birthing hips. That’s not what the term means.

          • Rachel
            Rachel
            September 30, 2010 at 10:32 am | #

            It’s funny that people think that’s what it means, though. Makes for interesting conversations. 🙂

      • Cyberlink420
        Cyberlink420
        September 30, 2010 at 12:54 pm | #

        So wait…Billie is now part Asian and has “birthing hips”…

        …is she Chun-Li’s long lost sister?

        • Mally
          Mally
          July 21, 2015 at 1:33 pm | #

          Don’t forget the Thunder-Thighs!

          (Though really, how could you?)

  18. Demetrius
    Demetrius
    September 30, 2010 at 1:04 am | #

    I thought at first(While looking through the comments) I was going to be the only person to see the nickname cameo.
    I am happy I was wrong.

  19. George
    George
    September 30, 2010 at 1:16 am | #

    I really want to see a Ruth Twitter feed now. The others are great, and I get the feeling she’d start an epic flame war with Mike.

    • Wackd
      Wackd
      September 30, 2010 at 4:54 am | #

      Seconded.

  20. Dave
    Dave
    September 30, 2010 at 2:06 am | #

    Ouch! Poor Billie! Great judo throw by Ruth, though. XD

  21. TexasNinjaBuzzard
    TexasNinjaBuzzard
    September 30, 2010 at 2:46 am | #

    Come on, Willis, you should know this– you don’t keep your glasses when you get hurled through the air. I’d expect a cheerleader to have sports-specs, though.

    I’m only Shortpacked! Generation, so I don’t know who the girl with the green hat is, but she is my favorite now.

    FAKE EDIT: Oh, crap, that’s Dina isn’t it. This bodes, I only need hair gel to BE Mike.

    • Mike Warner
      Mike Warner
      September 30, 2010 at 1:38 pm | #

      No.

  22. Clovis
    Clovis
    September 30, 2010 at 2:50 am | #

    The girl in the last panel (the one shushing) looks like a female Scott Pilgrim.

    • Mike Warner
      Mike Warner
      September 30, 2010 at 10:47 am | #

      So does your mom.

      Right after I’ve fucked. her.

      She dropped a bunch of nickels afterward.

      • fangrider
        fangrider
        September 30, 2010 at 2:47 pm | #

        what a mike 10$ says thats walky’s 2nd personallity

  23. Ash
    Ash
    September 30, 2010 at 2:52 am | #

    I love you Willis. You have restored my entire faith in this comic just by this comic alone. Good show!

  24. Matt
    Matt
    September 30, 2010 at 3:03 am | #

    GASP! Her name isn’t a straight up pun! I am outraged, sir, OUTRAGED! The end of an era, man. I’ve got to go pour a 40 out on the ground for the death of pun names.

  25. TheRealAllPurposeGuru
    TheRealAllPurposeGuru
    September 30, 2010 at 3:17 am | #

    Young Dina is so KYOOT… I was *so* sad when the poor girl went to the big archaeological dig in the sky…

  26. loneislander
    loneislander
    September 30, 2010 at 3:28 am | #

    I demand you start selling copies of Dinas hat!

    • No0ne
      No0ne
      September 30, 2010 at 3:20 pm | #

      SECONDED! And I’ll take a dozen…

  27. NinjaNick
    NinjaNick
    September 30, 2010 at 3:44 am | #

    Hey! It’s Mandy!

    I liked Dina’s dinosaur hat as well.

    Whoa! Don’t mess with the Ruthster. 😮

  28. Edde
    Edde
    September 30, 2010 at 6:03 am | #

    And in normal person would tell ‘Ms Lessick’ to go fuck herself.

    • fangrider
      fangrider
      September 30, 2010 at 2:48 pm | #

      i would play Alexandher will you fuck yourself tonight 😛 and then disturbed sacrifice for the fight scene

  29. Taigan
    Taigan
    September 30, 2010 at 6:05 am | #

    Maybe my scars are just too fresh, but I don’t find anything funny about a bully.

    • SeriouslyAwkward
      SeriouslyAwkward
      September 30, 2010 at 10:56 am | #

      Eh, she doesn’t really strike me as a bully. The whole point of an RA is to keep order in a residence that is typically full of raging hormones, dramaz, and overall college-age assholeishness. This doesn’t seem like it’s her first round around the RA block, so she probably knows that it’s much easier to establish that she won’t take shit right at the beginning of the year.

      Plus, I like this confident, self-assured Ruth.

      • No0ne
        No0ne
        September 30, 2010 at 3:25 pm | #

        Most high school teachers also feel a need to do this, and I would assume at least some college freshmen are alot like high schoolers. It’s perfectly logical for Ruth to establish her status as “Overlord” as soon as possible.

        I am assuming the bit about college freshmen being like high schoolers because I went to a comunity college freshmen year and took mostly night classes. Which were full of either nursing students, retired people, or construction workers.

  30. MightyPinto
    MightyPinto
    September 30, 2010 at 9:18 am | #

    So I’m guessing Billie and Ruth are much closer in age in this Walkyverse (Walkyverse-2? Would that make the original Walkyverse Prime? Or Walkyverse-1?)…

    • No0ne
      No0ne
      September 30, 2010 at 3:27 pm | #

      If were following DC Universe naming conventions this one would be Walkyverse-1 and the older one would be Walkyverse-2, and the one where good and evil is reversed would be Walkyverse-3.

      No, I still don’t understand why the older DC Universe has to be 2 and the newer one gets to be 1. Can some one explain it?

      • Strephon
        Strephon
        October 3, 2010 at 9:22 pm | #

        From an in-universe perspective, both universes are the same age; the characters don’t know who was published first, and apart from when superheroes first appeared they’re substantially the same. Barry Allen discovered the alternate Earth, so he got to name it (the Earth-2 characters did occasionally joke that this was kind of presumptuous).

        From an out-of-universe perspective, Earth-1 was where most of their stories took place at the time, so it was the primary universe (and remained so, with only a few series set on Earth-2). Julius Schwartz did later admit that it might have made more sense to do it the other way around, but it was too late to do anything about it.

        • No0ne
          No0ne
          November 7, 2010 at 1:12 am | #

          In Infinite Crisis Superman-2 pointed out that time ran differently between the two universes so his universe was older, people were older. (IE Batman was an old retired guy who took over for Commissioner Gordon in Earth-2) If you’ve ever read the book Timeline then you would know that parallel universes do not have to have equal time flow you could find a universe where it’s really 1972 or 2072. If you haven’t read Timeline go do it… the book is awesome.

  31. MrGBH
    MrGBH
    September 30, 2010 at 9:43 am | #

    Is there a Dina fan club I can join? The action was great but completely outclassed by Dina getting a sentence.

    • beeftony
      beeftony
      September 30, 2010 at 2:57 pm | #

      I love how so many people forget that Dina was a total scrappy when she first showed up because she got in the way of Joyce and Walky’s burgeoning sexual tension. Now everybody loves her.

      Granted, I love her as well, but I still find it amusing that she’s getting exactly the opposite reception this time around. And she didn’t even have to die this time.

      • No0ne
        No0ne
        September 30, 2010 at 3:30 pm | #

        I liked her when I first saw her. Mostly because her love of Archology matches my love of Geology.

        No I do not have any sort of crush on Dina. The only one I might have any sort of crush on in this Universe would be Robin. But after she want to the… other side… that vanished quickly.

        homophobia for the win…

      • MrGBH
        MrGBH
        September 30, 2010 at 9:44 pm | #

        I’ve loved Dina ever since the “Mine” comment. Back when she was dating Walky but Joyce was interfering.

  32. Dr. Worm
    Dr. Worm
    September 30, 2010 at 9:48 am | #

    Ruth looks like Kim from Scott Pilgrim in panel 5.
    Also, I just noticed that the title-bar-picture-thing has changed and now has Billie in it as well. Are you gonna be adding more and more characters as they get a chance to really appear in the story? Or is it just gonna change every few weeks?

  33. Blazey
    Blazey
    September 30, 2010 at 9:49 am | #

    Wasn’t it just Ruth Lesse?

    … I has a feeling Ruth and Howard aren’t related anymore…

    Just a subtle one…

  34. arjay2813
    arjay2813
    September 30, 2010 at 10:17 am | #

    i wonder if she threatens any of her prof’s femurs when she misses an assignment. i could see it happening…

    • No0ne
      No0ne
      September 30, 2010 at 3:31 pm | #

      10 says shes over respectful almost kiss up to her professors.

  35. AngelVS20
    AngelVS20
    September 30, 2010 at 11:10 am | #

    I am so glad Mandy is here! And I love Dina’s hat! I want one!!!

  36. BrassyDel
    BrassyDel
    September 30, 2010 at 11:56 am | #

    DIIIIINNNAAAAA!!!!!!

    That is all.

    • No0ne
      No0ne
      September 30, 2010 at 3:32 pm | #

      Indeed

  37. katamanda
    katamanda
    September 30, 2010 at 12:13 pm | #

    I wish to own that hat.

    • No0ne
      No0ne
      September 30, 2010 at 3:32 pm | #

      WE WHAT HAT! WE WANT HAT! WE WANT HAT!

    • George
      George
      September 30, 2010 at 8:59 pm | #

      Your avatar is amusingly appropriate for your comment, Kata.

  38. ziggy78eog
    ziggy78eog
    September 30, 2010 at 7:42 pm | #

    Rule no. 1, always listen to what Ruth tells you.

    Rule no. 2, always obey rule no. 1.

    • MrGBH
      MrGBH
      September 30, 2010 at 11:02 pm | #

      This ‘random avatar generator’ seems rather good at matching the avatars to the comments.

    • Kernanator
      Kernanator
      June 26, 2011 at 8:21 pm | #

      The first rule of Ruth is don’t talk about Ruth.

      Second rule of Ruth: DO NOT talk about Ruth!

  39. Robbie Allen
    Robbie Allen
    October 1, 2010 at 2:45 am | #

    Holy crap! I love Dina’s new design, she looks absolutely adorable.

    I’m not using my usual Gravatar account in hopes of getting a Dina icon. COME ON, DINA!

    • Robbie Allen
      Robbie Allen
      October 1, 2010 at 2:45 am | #

      What?! Ruth?! Sigh… almost as cool…

  40. quarktime
    quarktime
    October 3, 2010 at 5:54 pm | #

    Third question — How are you at mob assaults?

  41. Tomb
    Tomb
    October 10, 2010 at 7:51 am | #

    La Kickass!

  42. Protonos
    Protonos
    October 11, 2010 at 7:22 pm | #

    AWESOME!!!

  43. Joebo
    Joebo
    October 13, 2010 at 10:26 pm | #

    Can anyone tell me the age difference between Robin and Roz?

    • David
      David M Willis
      October 13, 2010 at 11:31 pm | #

      In DoA? No, no one can tell you, because no one knows, because it hasn’t been stated.

      • Joebo
        Joebo
        October 13, 2010 at 11:37 pm | #

        fair enough, can I at least still assume that Robin is older?

  44. Lazy
    Lazy
    October 16, 2010 at 7:16 pm | #

    Is that Leslie in panel 5?

    • David
      David M Willis
      October 16, 2010 at 10:07 pm | #

      Nope.

  45. Hunter
    Hunter
    October 18, 2010 at 9:15 am | #

    Wow, I actually had a monster hat like Dina’s when I was a kid–except mine had spikes and the eyes were pink. Best hat ever.

  46. Al the Mighty
    Al the Mighty
    January 20, 2011 at 3:09 pm | #

    Dina had dialogue!
    Oh, how I love Dina. She is the other reason I am reading this comic… I love that hat too…

  47. Brandon
    Brandon
    March 9, 2011 at 3:59 pm | #

    So yeah…Just finished reading the Walky and joyce (I stoped reading it right after Walky got regened…I liked to keep it on a tender moment ;w; <3

    *Ahem" So i think i can say this….OMG ITS DINAAA!!! : D

  48. NinjaGirl
    NinjaGirl
    April 23, 2011 at 1:10 pm | #

    i just remembered….Joyce’s roommate was her lawyer or somethin in the other comic.

  49. Anna1090
    Anna1090
    August 21, 2013 at 12:25 am | #

    After today’s strip, I have come to the conclusion that that is Ruth’s only known way to fight.

  50. RandomPerson12
    RandomPerson12
    October 15, 2014 at 8:52 pm | #

    Billie didn’t crash into Mary, and that sucks because I really wanted to see Mary get comically injured.

  51. Mousa The 14
    Mousa The 14
    March 31, 2016 at 9:42 am | #

    Oh come on I just made the ruthless joke two pages ago, Dina.

    But yeah, this page is pretty cool.

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