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by David M Willis on October 22, 2012 at 12:01 am
  • 06 - Strange Beerfellows
└ Tags: amber, danny, dina

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  1. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    October 22, 2012 at 12:02 am | #

    “I just noticed the eyes in the back of your head is all.”

    • Resne
      Resne
      October 22, 2012 at 12:53 am | #

      “Well, everyone’s noticed, but we didn’t want to point it out.”

    • Ocksgrough
      Ocksgrough
      February 20, 2014 at 1:36 pm | #

      “With the ones on the side of mine.”

    • Hinoron
      Hinoron
      April 22, 2014 at 4:46 pm | #

      Y’know Willis, you could have made that scene work if you’d put a mirror on the wall behind the girls.

      • Znayx
        Znayx
        November 27, 2015 at 10:47 pm | #

        That wouldn’t work, unless we saw in the mirror behind the girls that they had a mirror in front of them. The fourth wall had to be the mirror. But then there’s the question of why she’s looking to the side, away from the theoretical mirror. Though I guess if this stuff was planned Willis wouldn’t need to make her look to the side.

        Though, to be honest, people can see quite far back out of the corner of their eyes, so it’s not completely unbelievable. Thing is, it’s not far enough. To see almost directly behind you, you need to rotate your head a little bit while also looking out of the corner of your eyes. Try it yourself. You hardly even need to turn your head 45 degrees; it’s surprising how much you can see.

  2. David Herbert
    David Herbert
    October 22, 2012 at 12:03 am | #

    Wow, she has awesome peripheral vision. That’d be handy for an Amazi-Girl sidekick.

    • Undrave
      Undrave
      October 22, 2012 at 12:13 am | #

      “Good job Dino Lass! You’re training is coming along fine!”

      • AckAckAck
        AckAckAck
        October 22, 2012 at 12:42 am | #

        Dino Lass!

        Power: Ability to resist hypnotism, appears somewhere undetected and almost invisible to everyone.

        Weakness: Everything related to Dinosaurs.

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          October 22, 2012 at 12:46 am | #

          Weakness: Meteorites, Sudden drastic climate changes, a higher evolved Dina striking her down.

          • Regalli
            Regalli
            October 22, 2012 at 12:00 pm | #

            Also bombs.

            *Waits to be struck down for this comment*

            • Wack'd
              Wack'd
              October 22, 2012 at 12:05 pm | #

              And Cybermen ships.

              • Undrave
                Undrave
                October 22, 2012 at 1:06 pm | #

                And decapitation.

                • Joseph Harner
                  Joseph Harner
                  October 26, 2012 at 12:13 am | #

                  And reapers.

            • J
              J
              October 22, 2012 at 8:53 pm | #

              @Regalli, you rock.

        • The Other Mike
          The Other Mike
          January 30, 2015 at 1:42 am | #

          Also, now matter how hard she tries, she can’t kill Jeff Goldblum.

    • fatemaster1
      fatemaster1
      June 18, 2014 at 5:17 pm | #

      I think that’s why they’re here together, it’s a test to see if she’ll make the grade, after all clearly Amber is Amazi-girl!

  3. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    October 22, 2012 at 12:03 am | #

    How did Dina see Amber look at him when her own eyes never turned in her direction?

    • lord of dance
      lord of dance
      October 22, 2012 at 12:13 am | #

      i imagine the same way that amber saw danny despite the fact that she was facing the opposite direction and she only looked slightly up and to the right… magic

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        October 22, 2012 at 12:13 am | #

        Magic… what cant it explain? 😛

        • Blob Marley
          Blob Marley
          October 22, 2012 at 12:22 am | #

          Wizard did it!

      • Rogue
        Rogue
        October 22, 2012 at 1:56 am | #

        or a mirror.

        • Axel
          Axel
          October 22, 2012 at 5:18 pm | #

          Or Window, or turned-off television screen.

      • fatemaster1
        fatemaster1
        June 18, 2014 at 5:21 pm | #

        Amber clearly saw Danny because she’s Amazi-girl and Dina is clearly the best candidate so far for being her new sidekick!

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      October 22, 2012 at 12:22 am | #

      MAGIC!

    • Xalticus
      Xalticus
      October 22, 2012 at 5:38 am | #

      The fourth wall could be mildly if not completely reflective.

    • Rachel Roth
      Rachel Roth
      August 5, 2014 at 7:58 pm | #

      How did Dina see HIM while looking forward?

  4. Wonder Wig
    Wonder Wig
    October 22, 2012 at 12:03 am | #

    The truth is indisputable –
    Underneath Dina’s hat is Lord Voldemort.

    • AckAckAck
      AckAckAck
      October 22, 2012 at 12:44 am | #

      Nah, she one of the Old Ones.

      That’s not a hat.

  5. thomas0comer
    thomas0comer
    October 22, 2012 at 12:04 am | #

    Dina knows all.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      October 22, 2012 at 12:06 am | #

      Dina owns a magic 8-Ball.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        October 22, 2012 at 12:28 am | #

        Unlike Dana, who’s 8-ball isn’t so magic, although she would argue otherwise.

  6. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    October 22, 2012 at 12:04 am | #

    Well She couldn’t see Amber at all until her eye moved. Her vision is based on movement.

    • Pyr05
      Pyr05
      October 22, 2012 at 12:28 am | #

      just like her favourite extinct creature.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        October 22, 2012 at 12:31 am | #

        What does this have to do with the Dodo? ohhhhhhh

        • AckAckAck
          AckAckAck
          October 22, 2012 at 12:59 am | #

          Dodo? I thought we’re talking about Ska fans!

    • Undrave
      Undrave
      October 22, 2012 at 1:08 pm | #

      Probably explains why she looks you in the mouth while you speak. That or she’s checking to see if you aren’t really a mascot.

  7. Scoot
    Scoot
    October 22, 2012 at 12:05 am | #

    She’s very observant

  8. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    October 22, 2012 at 12:05 am | #

    Dina is psychic!

    Also, I really hope there’s a TV or something in front of them, and she’s not just staring through the fourth wall at us.

    • thomas0comer
      thomas0comer
      October 22, 2012 at 12:07 am | #

      We’re looking at the hidden camera feed. The camera is behind a TV, yes.

    • Audiophillie
      Audiophillie
      October 22, 2012 at 12:07 am | #

      I could have sworn that said “Dina is perfect!”
      Which I would have agreed to.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      October 22, 2012 at 12:08 am | #

      If Dina is Psychic, does that mean that she can defeat Amazi-Girl since she is a Fighting type?

      • Pyr05
        Pyr05
        October 22, 2012 at 12:30 am | #

        I would say yes. Dina has a sub-set of Dark, I would think.

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          October 22, 2012 at 12:35 am | #

          Well she’s already got Glare.

          • thomas0comer
            thomas0comer
            October 22, 2012 at 12:39 am | #

            And now, evidently Miracle Eye.

            • Yotomoe
              Yotomoe
              October 22, 2012 at 12:41 am | #

              I think I have to make a few pokemon movescreens for them.

              • Vabolo
                Vabolo
                October 22, 2012 at 11:13 am | #

                Dina also has the ability Oblivious.

                • Plasma Mongoose
                  Plasma Mongoose
                  October 22, 2012 at 11:58 pm | #

                  Hot Dina/Wailord Action.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      October 22, 2012 at 12:09 am | #

      Do you think we can peel back the veil of static and reach into the source of all being, behind these pert patterns; this random pattern generator? So clever, here in every home, watching US from a one-sided mirror.

    • Roborat
      Roborat
      October 22, 2012 at 4:08 pm | #

      Darn, now I have to put some clothes on.

      • fatemaster1
        fatemaster1
        June 18, 2014 at 5:25 pm | #

        Not me, as long I don’t know for certain that some one is looking I have no shame!

  9. Uniqueantique
    Uniqueantique
    October 22, 2012 at 12:06 am | #

    Rofl, way to creep out Amber Dina, and me for that matter.

  10. Regalli
    Regalli
    October 22, 2012 at 12:10 am | #

    Maybe Dina was looking into a mirror?

    Or she sees outside the fourth wall, in which case we are all doomed. HAIL TO OUR DINOSAUR QUEEN!

    • Melizza
      Melizza
      October 22, 2012 at 12:16 am | #

      I wouldn’t say we are doomed, rather that we are saved!!! HAIL TO OUR DINOSAUR QUEEN!!

      • AckAckAck
        AckAckAck
        October 22, 2012 at 1:01 am | #

        But I vote for Billy!

        ?

        What is that rustling sound?

  11. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    October 22, 2012 at 12:11 am | #

    What you don’t realize is Dina’s Hat is actually sentient and relays information to Dina when it sees fit.

    • Regalli
      Regalli
      October 22, 2012 at 12:14 am | #

      Like the scarab in Blue Beetle?

      ‘Cause that’d be awesome.

      • Ryorin
        Ryorin
        October 22, 2012 at 12:39 am | #

        So she has to constantly struggle to remain in control and keep her Hat from killing everyone, just like the Blue Beetle?

        …that would explain some things…

        • Regalli
          Regalli
          October 22, 2012 at 12:02 pm | #

          YES.

    • Kernanator
      Kernanator
      October 22, 2012 at 12:21 am | #

      Ah, so I’m not the only one to think so!

  12. Melizza
    Melizza
    October 22, 2012 at 12:17 am | #

    Clever girl…..

    • Pyr05
      Pyr05
      October 22, 2012 at 12:32 am | #

      His badass persona went out the window when he screamed.

      • AckAckAck
        AckAckAck
        October 22, 2012 at 1:03 am | #

        Look, his body is being divided by raptors for further consumption. Of course he will scream.

        • Pyr05
          Pyr05
          October 23, 2012 at 12:06 am | #

          bah. I expected a few gunshots! A grenade pin being pulled! A “see you in hell” line. Anything!

  13. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    October 22, 2012 at 12:18 am | #

    Dina’s stare will haunt my nightmares.

    I am half-convinced that her “hat” is actually a sentient being.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      October 22, 2012 at 12:21 am | #

      I suspect a Metroid myself.

      • dethtoll
        dethtoll
        October 22, 2012 at 12:38 am | #

        http://fashionablygeek.com/hats/minimalist-metroid-beanie-hats/

        SplitReason doesn’t sell them anymore, but I got one last year and it’s great.

    • lightsabermario
      lightsabermario
      October 22, 2012 at 3:39 am | #

      Sentient hats? Like that Darkwing Duck episode?

      • Roborat
        Roborat
        October 22, 2012 at 4:10 pm | #

        Meet the Robinsons? Even ties into the Dino thing.

  14. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    October 22, 2012 at 12:24 am | #

    Fixed that last panel…

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      October 22, 2012 at 12:26 am | #

      Soon the Old Ones will awaken…

      • AckAckAck
        AckAckAck
        October 22, 2012 at 1:07 am | #

        The sky will turn red and the king will awaken. As the two lovers awaken from their long slumber they will call forth creatures from the world impossible to describe. The old and forgotten river will soon flow again so the hounds like creatures, the pets of the wise men of Ilimur can drink after their feast.

        • Rufus Saltus
          Rufus Saltus
          October 22, 2012 at 1:47 pm | #

          Only the Cheese can help us now…

  15. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    October 22, 2012 at 12:33 am | #

    Also, can somebody give me a fitting Disney movie quote? I’ve got one for Roomies and one for Shortpacked, but I can’t think of one for this, and I’d like to complete the trifecta.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      October 22, 2012 at 12:39 am | #

      Dina: I wanna be OUT THERE!

      • Kernanator
        Kernanator
        October 22, 2012 at 12:56 am | #

        So, what’s that from?

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          October 22, 2012 at 12:59 am | #

          it’s a corruption of little mermaid.

          • Kernanator
            Kernanator
            October 22, 2012 at 1:22 am | #

            I see, I see.

            • Heavensrun
              Heavensrun
              October 22, 2012 at 7:42 am | #

              Don’t let him fool you, he’s just quoting South Park.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      October 22, 2012 at 12:44 am | #

      Zip pe de do da zip ditty day!

    • Pyr05
      Pyr05
      October 23, 2012 at 12:08 am | #

      “Who is that girl I see, Staring right, back at me?”
      (When will my reflection show, who I am inside?)

  16. Giant Speck
    Giant Speck
    October 22, 2012 at 3:49 am | #

    I think that vending machine has Coke Zero. Fuck yes.

    • Jimmy
      Jimmy
      October 22, 2012 at 7:15 am | #

      Coke Zero is awesome, but if it has Cherry Coke Zero, I’d be in heaven!

  17. lightsabermario
    lightsabermario
    October 22, 2012 at 4:01 am | #

    Sigh, I know David probably already knows this, but this comic is a failure from a layout perspective. Unless Amber and Dina are BOTH reptiles, their eyes should not be able to see directly backwards. And you know he’s directly behind them because of the shot, and yet both are able to see his presence at the same time. The goal was to keep everything as stationary as possible and aimed right at their faces, I get that, it lends to the theme. And I realize that it’s difficult to show someone’s face straight on and still see what they’re looking at. But there are ways. Having him pass directly behind them, and at a distance no less, is not a good one. There are limits to peripheral vision. You could try changing the camera angle, but an even better way is by having Danny pass in front of them. Or walk past them towards us on the left side, and have the added effect of Amber glancing at his rear. That way, it makes sense that she’d be able to see him, and Dina can demonstrate good peripheral vision, seeing all this without moving her eyes, without having superpowers.

    • Gordon Blvd
      Gordon Blvd
      October 22, 2012 at 4:49 am | #

      BRO!!!!!! Decaf!

    • Historyman68
      Historyman68
      October 22, 2012 at 7:48 am | #

      Think of this like they’re, in theater terms, “cheating out” – their position may not literally work, but what it represents is perfectly apparent.

      • Jackson
        Jackson
        October 22, 2012 at 8:48 am | #

        I found it distracting. The whole time I kept thinking, “Neither one of them can see Danny from there!”, which got in the way of the punchline for me. Willis is generally tighter with his staging.

        • lord of dance
          lord of dance
          October 22, 2012 at 1:52 pm | #

          ambers reading the comic on her ds and was checking her periphery to confirm his position

          • begbert2
            begbert2
            October 22, 2012 at 3:29 pm | #

            That or she’s hacked into the school security system and was cyberstalking him – I mean, looking out for trouble that might require the aid of a superhero.

          • Pyr05
            Pyr05
            October 23, 2012 at 12:12 am | #

            I agree with this sentiment. Reflection in the DS could have shown her Danny walking past.

    • begbert2
      begbert2
      October 22, 2012 at 10:55 am | #

      They’re facing something reflective. When Amber saw Danny’s reflection, she instinctively started to look around to see him directly before she stopped herself.

      And Dina’s hat told her what is happening. It’s going to kill everyone you know. It’s only a matter of time.

    • David
      David M Willis
      October 22, 2012 at 4:01 pm | #

      If Danny walked in front of Amber, he would see Amber, and he’d be a dick for not stopping to say hello.

  18. Jesse
    Jesse
    October 22, 2012 at 4:42 am | #

    Dina has eerily sharp peripheral vision.

    • Maycroft
      Maycroft
      October 22, 2012 at 6:04 am | #

      Because she is part dinosaur.

  19. Doom shepherd
    Doom shepherd
    October 22, 2012 at 6:24 am | #

    Clever girl.

    • Doom shepherd
      Doom shepherd
      October 22, 2012 at 6:27 am | #

      Crap, somebody said that already, of course.

      • Melizza
        Melizza
        October 22, 2012 at 9:12 am | #

        Its ok…I’ll share that with you. Its about the only line I remember from those movies other than “life always finds a way” 🙂

  20. Bugberry
    Bugberry
    October 22, 2012 at 8:31 am | #

    in the words of a certain ninja yordle, the eyes never lie.

    • Notebooked
      Notebooked
      October 22, 2012 at 10:11 am | #

      You sneaky Kennen, you. (Well, bound to be sneaky. Ninja.)

  21. Bill Murphy
    Bill Murphy
    October 22, 2012 at 10:23 am | #

    Well, since discretion didn’t work you might as well stand up, turn around and scream “Hey Handsome!” 😛

  22. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    October 22, 2012 at 11:53 am | #

    Also, I find it funny that, up until this strip, Dina acted almost exactly like me.

    • begbert2
      begbert2
      October 22, 2012 at 3:19 pm | #

      So, stand behind a lot of doors, do you?

      • Kernanator
        Kernanator
        October 22, 2012 at 8:35 pm | #

        …Yes. Yes, I did.

        In fact, I’m behind your door right now!

  23. Squidiggles
    Squidiggles
    October 22, 2012 at 12:39 pm | #

    Amazi-Girl trained to be the best at everything. Including the ability to recognize people from only the slightest amount of peripheral vision.

    • Aydr
      Aydr
      October 22, 2012 at 3:49 pm | #

      Amazi-girl’s training isn’t done yet, I’d say, and there’s clearly a lot that Dina could teach her in that department.

  24. Axel
    Axel
    October 22, 2012 at 5:22 pm | #

    The one facial cue she picks up on is whichever one you don’t want her to notice.

  25. Tucker
    Tucker
    October 23, 2012 at 5:02 am | #

    @Willis:

    Your Friday comic broke and doesn’t forward to this one (I keep the tabs open and just refresh them to move forward). I figured you might want to fix that before it breaks the archive for new readers or something.

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