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Dina

by David M Willis on November 26, 2010 at 12:01 am
  • 02 - Uphill From Here
└ Tags: amber, dina, ethan, mike

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  1. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    November 26, 2010 at 12:02 am | #

    SURPRISE ROOMIE

    • David Herbert
      David Herbert
      November 26, 2010 at 12:09 am | #

      Next she’ll escape after punching them both in the dick.

      • Undrave
        Undrave
        November 26, 2010 at 12:12 am | #

        No in the FAAAAAACE!

      • R
        R
        November 26, 2010 at 1:53 pm | #

        She doesn’t really look capable of punching anyone anywhere. I think she’ll begin to cry, which will freak them out, and then that will allow her an opportunity to escape.

      • Chikara
        Chikara
        November 27, 2010 at 3:34 pm | #

        Woo Hangover reference!

      • Quantum Polagnus
        Quantum Polagnus
        August 23, 2011 at 9:15 pm | #

        Gnomish Cock-Punch Trap?

      • shadowsneakz
        shadowsneakz
        September 28, 2015 at 2:01 pm | #

        Nah, she’ll go all Ruth on them and no-one will ever see their femurs again…

    • Hinoron
      Hinoron
      July 15, 2013 at 3:47 pm | #

      The Veloci-Dina quietly stalks her prey….

  2. George
    George
    November 26, 2010 at 12:03 am | #

    Guessed it from the Twitter. Love Mike’s facial expression.

    Wait, am I first?

    • George
      George
      November 26, 2010 at 12:03 am | #

      Dang. Nope.

    • dchorror
      dchorror
      November 26, 2010 at 8:50 pm | #

      He doesn’t seem to have the scowl, he seems perpetually worried.

      • ArchSchnitz
        ArchSchnitz
        November 27, 2010 at 11:23 am | #

        He looks like he has my perpetual facial expression, which is a combined scowl/lost in thought.

        • wmpnash
          wmpnash
          November 28, 2010 at 1:32 pm | #

          Nonsense. Obviousy your perpetual facial expression is a Happy-Ethan-Smile. Really ArchSchnitz, who are we going to believe: you or Gravatar?

    • SteveCharb
      SteveCharb
      November 29, 2010 at 3:55 pm | #

      That’s one high-arching eyebrow. Spock is envious.

  3. captainswift
    captainswift
    November 26, 2010 at 12:03 am | #

    Ah, the shy one and the reclusive one. That room’s gonna be a party hotspot.

  4. Trevor
    Trevor
    November 26, 2010 at 12:05 am | #

    haha, oh Dina… you better not get caught in an explosion this time.

    • Malph
      Malph
      November 27, 2010 at 12:38 am | #

      Considering the setting of the strip (a college in a world NOT inhabited by aliens and the people abducted by them), I’d have to say that’s unlikely… which means it may still happen, just not in the same way as before (though probably just as much of a tearjerker).

  5. Chrisby
    Chrisby
    November 26, 2010 at 12:05 am | #

    Well I think Amber mentioned in her Twitter about her roomie being even more of a shut-in than her, or something to that effect.

    So this was to be expected.

    • Ragnal
      Ragnal
      November 26, 2010 at 2:58 am | #

      It was? I kinda thought Dina was a bit more social in the Walkyverse.

      • Jen Aside
        Jen Aside
        November 26, 2010 at 5:40 pm | #

        No way, only when Walky kinda sorta made her by demanding she be his girlfriend to spite Joyce.

      • Slipgate
        Slipgate
        November 28, 2010 at 4:48 pm | #

        Not sure what you read in the Walkyverse, but there was a whole sequence of strips of Dina trying to learn to socialize and standing out there in some common area or hallway with people passing her by and her being unable to strike up conversations.

        Dina was very much unable to deal with other people easily. When she was about to die she was thinking that in the end this is the only sort of thing she was good for other people for – taking it instead of them, who would miss her, etc.

        I can understand maybe missing some of it, but missing her thought-dialogue in the sequence of strips where she died seems weird unless one isn’t familiar with the old Walkyverse.

  6. KVogue
    KVogue
    November 26, 2010 at 12:07 am | #

    Does Dina stand behind doors often, or is this a new development? Either way Mike’s expression is great.

    • Wackd
      Wackd
      November 26, 2010 at 12:11 am | #

      She’s hiding from Mike. Y’see, he’s already got a reputation.

  7. Cassidy
    Cassidy
    November 26, 2010 at 12:10 am | #

    That’s the least assholeish mike could be… He should have pushed the door against the wall squishing her HAHA

    • Wackd
      Wackd
      November 26, 2010 at 12:12 am | #

      He could simply be too surprised to remember to be a dick.

      Of course, him pushing the door back will probably be the first panel of Monday’s comic…

    • Drpepperfan
      Drpepperfan
      November 26, 2010 at 10:18 am | #

      Have you forgotten that Mike has a soft spot for Dina?

      • Cassidy
        Cassidy
        November 26, 2010 at 4:26 pm | #

        not yet…. he is ONLY JUST MEETING HER FOR THE FIRST TIME. in this universe anyway.

  8. Undrave
    Undrave
    November 26, 2010 at 12:12 am | #

    I like Mike’s FAAAAAAAAACE too.

    Hullo Dinah-saur! Would it be in bad form to make a ‘clever girl’ ambushing raptor joke?

    • BlueNight
      BlueNight
      November 26, 2010 at 1:45 am | #

      I think that’s the point.

      Somebody warn Randall.

      • Fyrewyre
        Fyrewyre
        November 26, 2010 at 8:30 pm | #

        Munroe or the villain from Monsters Inc?

        • Ian
          Ian
          November 28, 2010 at 2:28 pm | #

          You assume they’re two separate entities?

          • Fyrewyre
            Fyrewyre
            December 1, 2010 at 11:45 am | #

            Touche, magic hallway.

  9. Kamino Neko
    Kamino Neko
    November 26, 2010 at 12:18 am | #

    That’s actually kind of creepy….

  10. No0ne
    No0ne
    November 26, 2010 at 12:19 am | #

    Dina is almost creepy in that last pannel…

    Also: Mike not being a jerk is futher proof that hes is still working on the whole world hater thing…

    • Chrisby
      Chrisby
      November 26, 2010 at 12:25 am | #

      Maybe he’ll say her hat is stupid.

  11. Dena
    Dena
    November 26, 2010 at 12:19 am | #

    Whoa, I have a hat just like that one!

    Yay for Dina!

    • David
      David M Willis
      November 26, 2010 at 12:34 am | #

      (Remember, folks, everyone can have a hat just like that one!: http://shortpacked.bigcartel.com/product/dina-s-dino-hat )

      • David
        David M Willis
        November 26, 2010 at 12:35 am | #

        (It’s available for a reduced price until Monday.)

        • Someone
          Someone
          November 26, 2010 at 2:55 am | #

          Willis! You..professional shiller, you.

      • MrGBH
        MrGBH
        November 26, 2010 at 5:58 am | #

        Is it available for shipping outside the USA?

        • Cassidy
          Cassidy
          November 26, 2010 at 4:27 pm | #

          im in Canadaland and i have one!!!

          • Joebo
            Joebo
            November 26, 2010 at 10:57 pm | #

            You man Canadia right?

      • Dena
        Dena
        November 26, 2010 at 9:42 am | #

        Ahaha, glad I could help.

        • Andi
          Andi
          November 28, 2010 at 3:29 pm | #

          Love that hat… so much.

  12. cappadocius
    cappadocius
    November 26, 2010 at 12:21 am | #

    Oh, I do hope Dina and Mike end up a couple in this Universe, too.

    • Starline
      Starline
      November 26, 2010 at 3:14 am | #

      I’m personally looking a Dina-Mike-Amber love-triangle drama situation. (But I’d also root for Dina first)

      • R
        R
        November 26, 2010 at 1:57 pm | #

        Mike just seems like a bad first boyfriend. I’d rather see Dina with someone else, someone who’s gentler, at least at first. Dina and Mike worked alright in Walky, but that’s because she had already gained some confidence and experience by then.

        • Rognik
          Rognik
          November 27, 2010 at 10:40 am | #

          I suppose keeping him sloshed didn’t hurt, either.

    • Tomb
      Tomb
      November 27, 2010 at 4:02 am | #

      Is it just I? Or does Dina appear to be blushing at Ethan?

      • Chris
        Chris
        November 28, 2010 at 1:11 am | #

        The coloured cheeks… It took me awhile to get used to them but now I like them, but Willis what made you wake up one day and decide to start colouring cheeks in? Just curious

        • David
          David M Willis
          November 28, 2010 at 9:34 am | #

          http://www.shortpacked.com/2009/comic/book-9/02-everyone-starts-having-rosy-cheeks/oldspock/

          I drew a strip with Chris Pine in it, he has rosy cheeks, so I gave him some, thought they looked kind of nice, and so they ended up on a lot of my characters.

  13. Nathaniel VonLypathronpicaplasty
    Nathaniel VonLypathronpicaplasty
    November 26, 2010 at 12:36 am | #

    Hmmm. First we’ve seen of Ethan. Wonder how he knows Mike in this universe, if at all.

    …..

    Oh, this could be interesting. Wonder if they’re…
    Naw. That’d be too good to be true. Right?

    • Reboot
      Reboot
      November 26, 2010 at 1:14 am | #

      Willis said somewhere or other that Ethan, Mike & Amber are childhood friends.

      And that Ethan declined to share a room with Mike because he doesn’t want horrible things done to him in his sleep.

      • Gianni
        Gianni
        November 27, 2010 at 1:51 am | #

        That seems like as good a reason as any not to want to room with Mike.

      • Someone
        Someone
        November 27, 2010 at 3:31 pm | #

        With as much of a masochist as SP!Ethan seems to be, you’d think he’d WANT that…

  14. Cha
    Cha
    November 26, 2010 at 12:36 am | #

    I’m going to be Dina in college. >> The room and the standing behind the door…yeah.

    • Malph
      Malph
      November 26, 2010 at 2:53 am | #

      I’m already like that. As soon as I get a dorm room I’m hanging out behind it.

      • Malph
        Malph
        November 27, 2010 at 12:31 am | #

        “It” being the door (or the alternate world located just behind the room).

  15. Ragnal
    Ragnal
    November 26, 2010 at 12:43 am | #

    Not gonna lie, my first reaction to Dina’s appearance here was just ‘D’awwwww’.

    • Malph
      Malph
      November 26, 2010 at 2:58 am | #

      Mine was more *waving arms in the air while silently saying “DINA!”*

    • Heather
      Heather
      November 26, 2010 at 4:27 am | #

      That was my reaction too.

      Hopefully, she’ll be invited along?

  16. Eri
    Eri
    November 26, 2010 at 12:45 am | #

    Loving Mike’s expressions!

    And yay, Dina =D

  17. blackouthart
    blackouthart
    November 26, 2010 at 12:49 am | #

    Not gonna lie, LOVE Mike’s expressions here.
    Third panel: “Seriously, what the fuck? I’m not seriously going to find a girl behind this door?”
    Fourth panel: “SUSPICIOUS GIRL IN DINOSAUR HAT.”

  18. blackouthart
    blackouthart
    November 26, 2010 at 12:49 am | #

    Not gonna lie, LOVE Mike’s expressions here.
    Third panel: “Seriously, what the fuck? I’m not seriously going to find a girl behind this door?”
    Fourth panel: “SUSPICIOUS GIRL IN DINOSAUR HAT.”

  19. Dierna
    Dierna
    November 26, 2010 at 12:53 am | #

    What? No Ceratopsians or Parasauralophi?! Hmf….how rude… I wouldn’t have a wall of dinos I would have a shelf. *lol*

  20. Tanukitsune
    Tanukitsune
    November 26, 2010 at 12:57 am | #

    Ha, ha! Since I read this in an RSS feed, I didn’t notice the title of the comic and for a second thought Dina was alive again in the Shortpacked / It’s Walky world! XP

  21. Gianni
    Gianni
    November 26, 2010 at 1:19 am | #

    Everyone loves Mike’s expression, but I think panel 4’s Ethan expression is good too. Sort of a “WTF girl behind the door” expression.

  22. Sporkaganza
    Sporkaganza
    November 26, 2010 at 1:20 am | #

    I can’t help but imagine a sharp, abrupt musical sting, like from a horror movie, for panel 4.

  23. Jabberwocky
    Jabberwocky
    November 26, 2010 at 1:32 am | #

    Someone’s in the doorway with Dina~

    • begbert2
      begbert2
      November 26, 2010 at 1:33 am | #

      Someone’s in the doorway I know-oh-oh-ohh~

      • Jabberwocky
        Jabberwocky
        November 26, 2010 at 11:49 am | #

        Someone’s in the doorway with Diiiiiiinaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa~

        • Ragnal
          Ragnal
          November 26, 2010 at 3:03 pm | #

          STRUMMIN’ ON THE OL’ BANJO!~

          • JesseJanitect
            JesseJanitect
            November 26, 2010 at 9:04 pm | #

            AKA your mom.

            The Mike-atar made me do it.

  24. begbert2
    begbert2
    November 26, 2010 at 1:32 am | #

    I find myself wondering how long they’ve been hanging around the room.

    With Dina just there, behind the door. Standing, silent, waiting patiently for somebody to need her, or for them to swing the door away from the wall and let her out again.

    • Malph
      Malph
      November 26, 2010 at 2:56 am | #

      I like how she doesn’t seem to be at all bothered by them moving the door.

  25. TheSuperhoo
    TheSuperhoo
    November 26, 2010 at 1:46 am | #

    Gotta tell y’all…it’s strange seeing all these different characters interacting in ways they havent before. Of course it helps that Shortpacked! is in the normal Walkyverse, but Ethan, Dina, Amber, and Mike in the same scene? Weird!

  26. Someone
    Someone
    November 26, 2010 at 2:57 am | #

    I can’t decide if Dina’s allowance of herself being pinned in that corner for two full strips, which is a long time in comictime, is a sign that she’s just that inert or…has Dina gone from shy, to creepy? :O

    • Bill M.
      Bill M.
      November 26, 2010 at 1:17 pm | #

      Well, in most comics, that would be logical, but think of this as a 24 style webcomic. The pacing is really slow, we’re on day 2 or 3… it’s not as bad as “Between Failures” which is closing in on 700 strips not counting bonuses, and it’s only day 3 there.

      • Kamino Neko
        Kamino Neko
        November 26, 2010 at 4:55 pm | #

        I’m actually not sure if there are any comics where ‘2 strips’ generally covers a long period of time. Certainly none of the ones I know of with ongoing plots. Some occasionally have strips covering a good length of time, or throw in a time skip (ranging from a couple days to a couple months – occasionally resulting in herky-jerky real time progress) between completed arcs, but for the most part, 2 consecutive strips in the same arc will generally be a fairly short period of time.

        ‘Comic time’ usually means just that, in fact – aside from the rare comic strip which proceeds at approximate real time (or something like Funky Winkerbean which throws in random arbitrary timeskips) comics proceed at a much, much slower pace than the real world. A 6 issue arc of a monthly comic book can take place over a few nights. A year of a comic strip could take place over a month, or even a couple days.

  27. Shift
    Shift
    November 26, 2010 at 3:29 am | #

    Is it me or does Mike seem oddly… not grouchy in this strip? I mean, he actually seems politely curious.

  28. Aesir
    Aesir
    November 26, 2010 at 3:41 am | #

    Dina’s intro actually surprised me lol

    so technically she was in the previous comic as well, just behind the door

    • Ragnal
      Ragnal
      November 26, 2010 at 3:01 pm | #

      She’s also previously been seen at the floor meeting thingamajig earlier, too, but didn’t seem QUITE as shy or silent…HM…

  29. Dahlia
    Dahlia
    November 26, 2010 at 4:26 am | #

    ; ~; Thinking of Dina only makes me think of her death in the main Walkyverse which makes me sad…

    Willis better not do anything mean to her!!!

    • MrGBH
      MrGBH
      November 26, 2010 at 6:07 am | #

      This is Willis you’re talking about.

      • Dahlia
        Dahlia
        November 28, 2010 at 11:44 pm | #

        I know….

        I know… <///3 Darn you, Willis! D:

    • G.S.Mercs
      G.S.Mercs
      November 26, 2010 at 1:44 pm | #

      Mr. Willis may, or may not, have already contacted me about hiring a mercenary. Oddly, if he did contact me, it wasn’t until after this comic came up. I wonder what that means for Dina…

      • George
        George
        November 28, 2010 at 1:05 am | #

        Schlock Mercenary crossover?

      • Dahlia
        Dahlia
        November 28, 2010 at 7:30 pm | #

        ; ~ ; You shattered my dreams, G.S Mercs!

        • G.S.Mercs
          G.S.Mercs
          November 28, 2010 at 10:07 pm | #

          That may or may not have been part of that contract as well.

          • Dahlia
            Dahlia
            November 28, 2010 at 10:43 pm | #

            <//3 I'll bet. ; ~;

  30. TexasNinjaBuzzard
    TexasNinjaBuzzard
    November 26, 2010 at 4:39 am | #

    I laughed so hard at this I had to go have a liedown to keep from blacking out. This strip is absolutely perfect. Put this on the next set of bookmarks!

  31. Hythrain
    Hythrain
    November 26, 2010 at 5:08 am | #

    DIIIIINAAAAA!

    *so very happy*

  32. Davecom3
    Davecom3
    November 26, 2010 at 5:24 am | #

    Hmm, I thought most colleges try to arrange for one gender for all roommates; interesting it doesn’t seem to be the case in this college.

    • XtraLargeRyan
      XtraLargeRyan
      November 26, 2010 at 7:06 am | #

      Mike is Walky’s roomate I beleive. I beleive Ethan was talking to Amber but Mike just answered anyway.

      • Davecom3
        Davecom3
        November 26, 2010 at 8:45 am | #

        Oh, actually, just realized the person saying that isn’t even in the frame as the word bubble is pointing nowhere near Mike, so yeah, she’s presumably Amber’s roommate.

        • XtraLargeRyan
          XtraLargeRyan
          November 29, 2010 at 12:16 am | #

          ah yes, I only noticed that since you mentioned it. Looks like we were both wrong.. though I was right about Walky being mikes roomate so nyeh >:P

  33. MrGBH
    MrGBH
    November 26, 2010 at 5:57 am | #

    The first meting of Dina and Ethan. I honestly have no idea what to expect.
    (Other than awesomeness on the part of Dina, but that’s to be expected)

  34. Yino
    Yino
    November 26, 2010 at 7:45 am | #

    Uhuh, wait. Both Dina and Amber had feelings for Mike in the Walkyverse and Shortpacked. I think this can lead to an awesome roomies’ war.

  35. HMRC4EVR
    HMRC4EVR
    November 26, 2010 at 8:11 am | #

    Quick! Someone get that girl a PCC Grimstone set!

    That might make her smile…or cry.

    Could go either way really.

    Maybe a set of G1 Dinobots (even if they aren’t totally accurate anymore) would be a good icebreaking gift.

  36. Diaxiann
    Diaxiann
    November 26, 2010 at 8:35 am | #

    I’m not sure if it’s just me, but Mike seems to be less of a major dick in DoA than he ever was in Walkyverse Prime. It would make sense, this being somewhat more of a real world than Walkyverse Prime, and as much as I love Walkyverse Prime Mike. it’d be nice if DoA Mike was slightly more down to earth.

    *cough* Walkyverse Prime. *cough*

    THIS SHOULD BE A THING

    • arjay2813
      arjay2813
      November 26, 2010 at 9:48 am | #

      i liek WP. it should totally be a thing

    • Blah
      Blah
      November 26, 2010 at 5:30 pm | #

      The largest part of Mike’s alien super powers were super-dickery.

      He’s still a dick, but don’t expect the ability to irritate somebody out of mind control or anything.

      PS Mike has always made his moves at the most opportune times. If you’re planning on knowing somebody for a significant length of time (ie more than 2 minutes in a store) there’s no reason to stir things up all the time.

  37. Rowen Morland
    Rowen Morland
    November 26, 2010 at 9:45 am | #

    Oh no! Dina.

  38. arjay2813
    arjay2813
    November 26, 2010 at 9:47 am | #

    Oh. My. God. Mike just did a nice by pulling the door off her. considering Amber, and Dina have both had a thing for mike in different universes this rooming setup could make things very interesting. when he does their moms.

  39. Booger.
    Booger.
    November 26, 2010 at 10:34 am | #

    I don’t get this comic.

    As in, I don’t get it today, or ANY day. Am I supposed to laugh cause I know who all these characters are? Cause I don’t know who they are. Is it funny that this girl has a dinosaur hat?

    I’ve read all the Shortpacked!s but I’ve avoided other Willis stuff cause it’s about aliens and stuff and I don’t want to read 10 years worth of alien drama. So I thought this was supposed to be a fresh starting place for new readers?

    How is it “fresh” when we are supposed to be reacting to these character reveals? It has no impact if you have no clue who these characters are! And without knowing, I have to say, it makes little sense….

    Like what the hell are the SP! gang doing in here? They’re in college now? What about their lives at the store and stuff?

    Shortpacked is funny. The TNI strip is funny. Is this strip a comedy strip or a drama? You all seem to be in on something I’m not. Do I really have to read all of Willis’s old stuff for this to make sense??

    Does anyone else have any idea where I’m coming from here?

    Is the punchline of today’s joke that there’s a girl behind the door wearing a dinosaur hat….or is it that it’s DINA wearing a dinosaur hat? Cause neither are really funny per se, but the latter is really un-funny cause I have no idea who Dina is.

    • Nim
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      November 26, 2010 at 12:27 pm | #

      The “punchline” is that the roommate has been hiding behind the door the whole time — and possibly had been hiding behind the door every time they have come to see Amber.

      I find your avatar ironic. 😉

      • Malph
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        November 27, 2010 at 12:27 am | #

        It’s as if some almighty power gave him that avatar for the sole purpose of being ironic.

        And it doesn’t matter that you don’t know who half these people are, they’re not the same as in the other world.

        The joke of this strip has little to do with Dina’s previous incarnation. The joke is that she’s been behind the door since Ethan and Mike walked in, which is weird and therefore funny. She was also shy in IW!, which can be counted as a bonus for IW! readers (I guess).

    • Henry
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      November 26, 2010 at 12:27 pm | #

      It’s an alternate universe, so the SP! characters are different from the regular ones. The punchline is that amber’s roommate is so shy that she’ll quietly stand behind a door instead of risking having to talk to these strange, unfamiliar people.

    • Ze Lynx
      Ze Lynx
      November 26, 2010 at 12:41 pm | #

      The older comics Willis did won’t take -that- long to go through. Any they’re pretty gripping anyway, so I wholly recommend them.

      • Ze Lynx
        Ze Lynx
        November 26, 2010 at 12:41 pm | #

        *And … sigh.

      • Ragnal
        Ragnal
        November 26, 2010 at 2:58 pm | #

        Si. It took me about two days just to get from #1 of Roomies! to the end of IW! And wasn’t timing going through J&W!

        Buuuut that one I still got to go through all the hiding “donation” comics…T_T

    • Undrave
      Undrave
      November 26, 2010 at 8:56 pm | #

      I don’t get your FAAAAACE!

      But meme aside… I didn’t read all of Willis old stuff either so this is mostly new. The jokes work well on their own, its just the fans are happier to see old character in new forms (its a Transformers fan thing I think :p ) than they are about discussing the punchline but I can assure you I found this funny nonetheless.

      Just relax and enjoy the ride.

    • begbert2
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      November 26, 2010 at 10:07 pm | #

      The thing I don’t get is why you’re reading this comic, if you don’t find it funny. Not to drive you away or anything, but if you don’t like it, then you don’t like it. No skin off anyone’s nose.

      As for what it is, it is episodic comedy drama comedy. With episodes. And some drama. (No comedy, though, as best I can tell.) If you’re the kind of person who squeals whenever you see Dina, well, squeal away I guess – but for myself the fun of this strip is the situational non-sequitur. The roommate…has been standing behind the door. The whole time. What the wha? Which equals fun. Or not, as you like it. Whichever.

    • Davecom3
      Davecom3
      November 27, 2010 at 1:48 am | #

      You also seem to assume that every comic needs a punchline, which if the comic is telling a story would not necessarily need to be the case. Currently, we’re still in the process of people who are new to this comic learning about the characters. As such, the necessity of a punch line is mostly minimal. Willis is helping you meet the characters and giving you the necessary information to understand them. You hardly need a laugh every day to get through a comic; in fact, for a story based comic, it can even be detrimental to have a laugh every day.

    • TexasNinjaBuzzard
      TexasNinjaBuzzard
      November 27, 2010 at 5:32 am | #

      The sickness is inside you.

      This strip would have been weepingly funny if it had been about Shriners, man. She was just standing there. Behind the door. When the door was pulled away, she just stood there. Making a tiny little face.

      And her roommate knew she was there the entire time and said nothing.

      I didn’t need to know who the Manic Hispanic riding by on a bicycle with a mop held like a jousting lance was in the Bill Murray classic Quick Change to know that was the single funniest scene in motion picture history. It was just funny.

  40. Jao
    Jao
    November 26, 2010 at 11:47 am | #

    Bonus points for feathered velociraptor!

  41. Gianni
    Gianni
    November 26, 2010 at 12:06 pm | #

    Wait… How do Ethan and Mike know Amber in the DOA universe? I have to wonder if Ethan has come out of the closet (yet) in this reality, or if he’s actually dating Amber? Just realized that.

    • Rali
      Rali
      November 26, 2010 at 12:28 pm | #

      Mike, Ethan, and Amber are friends from high school. Ethan’s been outed since high school.

    • Henry
      Henry
      November 26, 2010 at 12:29 pm | #

      Willis has said that Ethan came out in high school so he doesn’t have to retell the same story arcs.

      • Gianni
        Gianni
        November 26, 2010 at 1:37 pm | #

        Yup, I just read the Formspring query to the same effect. Good to know

  42. zepherdossier
    zepherdossier
    November 26, 2010 at 12:47 pm | #

    What would be interesting is if Dina’s pith helmet was in her room in the background somewhere, unworn, in favor of her new dino hat.

    • Kamino Neko
      Kamino Neko
      November 26, 2010 at 5:56 pm | #

      Just to nitpick – Dina didn’t wear a pith helmet. Her hat was soft, with a squared off top, and generally looked like a boonie hat.

  43. Zem
    Zem
    November 26, 2010 at 4:04 pm | #

    Because if they open the door on you it’d be impolite to complain about it, so you just stand there politely until they notice by themselves or go away, see?

    • Kamino Neko
      Kamino Neko
      November 26, 2010 at 5:04 pm | #

      Given Willis’s mentioning Dina’s ‘crippling social phobias’, she probably preferred being behind the door to dealing with strangers.

  44. Tori
    Tori
    November 26, 2010 at 4:48 pm | #

    Yay Dina! How I have missed you! *huggles Dina* You are so adorable.

  45. Richie9999
    Richie9999
    November 26, 2010 at 5:20 pm | #

    Yay, Dina!

  46. RX 78-2
    RX 78-2
    November 27, 2010 at 12:22 am | #

    Does anybody know of any websites or stores where i can find a hat like that?

    • David
      David M Willis
      November 27, 2010 at 1:22 am | #

      That’s a joke, right? Riiiiight? RIIIIIGHT?

    • Dahlia
      Dahlia
      November 28, 2010 at 7:31 pm | #

      xD After how much time he put into sewing the Dina hats and putting up announcements and stuff about selling them at conventions or something I hope you’re kidding! o:

    • Mirenheart
      Mirenheart
      November 28, 2010 at 9:40 pm | #

      You’re either Trolling, or you’re new.

  47. Tomb
    Tomb
    November 27, 2010 at 4:00 am | #

    She lives!

  48. Rognik
    Rognik
    November 27, 2010 at 10:59 am | #

    Dina’s not hiding. She’s actually a robot in this universe, and her charger is behind the door instead of, say, in the bed. Or maybe someone challenged her to stand as still as she possibly could.

    Ooh, ooh. I know! Standing behind a doorway is perfect for zen meditation. So few distractions back there.

  49. TheSoundDefense
    TheSoundDefense
    November 28, 2010 at 1:00 am | #

    Young and cute Amber is young and cute.

  50. superscientistgirl
    superscientistgirl
    December 23, 2010 at 8:29 pm | #

    OHMYGOSH…IT’S DINA! MY FAVORITE CHARACTER! 😀

  51. Al the Mighty
    Al the Mighty
    January 20, 2011 at 6:26 pm | #

    So, tell me Willis. Is Dina inspired in a real girl? Do you have that girl’s MSN?

  52. Lucke0204
    Lucke0204
    December 8, 2011 at 9:34 pm | #

    She hasn’t said anything yet, but somehow I like her a lot. (Yes I’m archiving)

  53. ThatGug
    ThatGug
    August 19, 2014 at 7:07 am | #

    Like a ninja.

  54. nothri
    nothri
    November 6, 2014 at 8:02 pm | #

    Dina!!!

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