Yeah I can see it now, Dina, flushed, exhausted: “I have been blowing on it for several minutes, and I still see no sign of arousal. Are you certain this is the preferred form of foreplay?”
Galasso lifts his face from the floor, teeth full of carpet fibers. “Truly, these modern sexual fads leave much to be desired.”
It’s such a natural comedic pairing that I’m surprised it’s taken this long, honestly. Even considering Dina’s long period of being dead in the other universe they’ve had like five years to hang out on this side of the line.
You are confusing the true Galasso with the false Galasso. The true Galasso knows pizza (and subs) is a far more effective tool of world conquest than things desired by geeks.
Galasso, like other great mayhem-minded fellows like Megatron and the Joker, has an extremely diverse portfolio of plans to further his domination of the world
You’re under the misconception that geeks and nerds don’t like pizza (and subs), when in fact, they’re more likely to spend money on those then they are on toys. Unless they’re Ethan.
Conquest the person, not Conquest the inevitable-result-of-Galasso’s-campaign-to-rule-the-world. We know how that happens and it’s a result of really good pizza (and subs).
I kind of like that idea, because it suggests to me that she was already named Conquest, and that he chose her based entirely on that criteria. Sure, he wants a male heir, but there’s no way Galasso could ever not take a baby named Conquest home with him.
Besides, there weren’t any kids named “Invetible demise of All Who Would Oppose Me”.
Possibly disconfirmed by this, at least as far as the Walkyverse is concerned, though Galasso also believes you can conquer the world with a toy store, so the phrase “I do not believe this was the case” may have been a deliberate out.
Nope not even a little perplexed. And you can’t disprove that cause it’s not like there’s record of me saying something like “I’m not quite sure where I fall on the kinsey scale” a couple days ago. So suck it 😛
That would be Anti-Galasso, a pansexual philanthropist with hair like flowing water. We do not speak of him. Except to explain that we do not speak of him.
Hmm maybe a questioning individuals meeting isn’t the best place for Galasso to start. I mean he can barely figure out gender, how is he gonna handle sexual preference?
But if anyone there is questioning, it’s Galasso. Galasso is questioning everything about human sex, gender, sexuality, etc. – and wishes to know how it may be used to further his plans of world conquest.
Pretty much a certainty. I think chill nonjudgmental people who specify that they welcome “anywhere along or outside the sexual spectrum” will welcome folks along/outside the gender spectrum, too.
I have always loved Galasso’s confusion regarding gender and sexuality, particularly because he has a wife and a kid. Seeing a comic of his backstory would be fascinating. 🙂
Yes but Dina asked if Becky wanted to come or not. I have a suspicion she didn’t even mention it to Becky at all so as not to out Ethan.
So she probably doesn’t know if Becky wanted to or not, and I would consider not copping up to that a lie.
Not that I blame her. I’d probably do the same.
Hmm, maybe Joyce didn’t do any of that and I’m just projecting.
Also, because Galasso has decreed he is only here to serve and not to learn, even though he decreed it in such a way as to convey a cover-up of his own perplexedness (it’s a word, darn it), I am bound to believe him.
I feel like some of them are legitimate, and some are people just trying to feel more unique, or to help define who they think they are.
It depends though.
When I go down the rabbit hole, sometimes I begin to wonder – were they invented, or were they lost cousins to the Great Old Ones, waiting to be found by men who wanted to know too much?
Even if that wasn’t all true, (and pretty attentively set-up, BTW), Dean, have you ever -been- to college? People will come to anything at any time if there’s free pizza.
Galasso has a wife named Pamela. In DoA, she’s only appeared in a single panel. In Shortpacked!, she died at some point before the comic’s beginning; however, an alternate-universe Pamela did play an important role in one story arc.
Galazzo: “FOOLS! They do not understand my GENIUS! Soon, I shall RULE THE WORLD with the POWER of MY PIZZA AL-”
Pamela: *clears throat loudly*
Galazzo: *GRUMBLE* “… (and subs) ALONE!!”
Conquest: “Seriously, Daddy, product diversity is better for our bottom line!”
Galazzo: “… fools…”
But if the gender is “Overlord”, the other person must also be “Overlord”. Which means they would be “Overlord Underlord”, or possibly “Underlord the Overlord”.
I’m 5’1, so I get where Dina is coming from in that last panel.
Dina is eating something other than cereal! Is she questioning her food preferences?
Dina has no idea just how much Galasso has to learn. While she’s trying to make eye contact, he’s tryingto determine if Dina is a male or the other one.
Admittedly, she hasn’t acutally EATEN it, yet. She may just be taking a slice out of politeness – as far as she can tell, everyone seems to be there for it. It may be rude not to take a slice. She may wind up taking it back to Amber. Then again, she is displaying her tongue in a distinctly non-saurian display of culinary anticipation.
Willis is continuing the theme of easily-distracted-Dina. From breakfast, to stalking the wily Raicob, to free gay pizza. To who-knows-where next? I get the impression this whole chapter may be Dina getting distractedly sucked into one interesting event after another, each one a growth experience for her.
Right, I forgot about that! I just went back to that chapter, and I found a comic where Dina not only ate pizza, but apparently sprouted fangs to eat it.
So, it seems that Dina does not live on cereal alone all the time — only most of the time.
Aww, Galasso is trying to understand human sexuality in an appropriately Galasso fashion and I like that he’s trying on the “harder” end of the spectrum that will give him a more accurate picture rather than trying to default to an easier normative narrative on what sexuality is supposed to be like. It shows he genuinely wants to learn and wants to learn correctly so that he can apply this knowledge to how his pizza can better conquer the world!!!
On a side note, I totally feel Galasso on this. I remember when I was utterly perplexed on human sexuality (albeit for different, more asexual reasons) stuff going on around me and having to just dive in where I could to research what it was all about. It can be difficult at first when you don’t really have a ledge to first grab onto.
* I also want to imagine the great Galasso trying to learn about gender and by accuracy being shunted away from the bad assumptions. “GALASSO was told that the male ones have the one set of genitalia and the other one has the other, but then the girl on the roller skates said that wasn’t the case and besides there may be more than one other one. Galasso must eavesdrop more to overcome this weakness that could be exploited by my enemies.”
I also liked this a lot. X3 It was just… cute. And considering it was just one line, I liked it especially for how neatly it elevated his comical sometimes-mentioned confusion from SP!
like, this line? Made me feel for him a little. Instead of just loudly announcing he can’t tell the difference between the “two (or more???)” genders, we’ve got him now trying to learn stuff. …idk, it’s just humanizing in a place I wasn’t expecting it, and appreciated.
I think Galasso heard this is a group for people who have questions about sexuality, and assumes the students around him have the exact same questions he has. He has no idea there is a spectrum with a harder end or an easier end.
He’s probably expecting a student to ask “How do you tell a male and a female apart?” and Jim to give a clear, simple answer. Perhaps he could get a sheet of words like “Sex” and “vagina” and their definitions.
I always liked how in Shortpacked!, Galasso’s problems with Conquest were that her mother assigned a gender to her at birth, even though Galasso would never have had a problem with her being his heir otherwise. I was kind of expecting Ultra Car to point out to him that he was misgendering his daughter as “not an heir” when she kept telling him she was an heir.
Anyways, always ask for pronouns, Galasso. Can’t go wrong with that.
I doubt you’ll ever read this, but I just wanted to say that these dina strips and related ones have been some of the best in the past year or so. keep up the great humor!
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Galasso does not disappoint! =D
…although Galasso used “I”… strange o_O
Galasso is the fifth-hottest man on the poll, so put your sass back in the sass safe.
Some prefers them bald eh.
The drooling masses do not rank over sass. So to use your phraseology “put your ass back into the drooling idiot safe.”
Galasso uses the first-person pronoun in a deliberate attempt to blend in with the human masses!
Deliberate… and successful! Because Galasso is always successful!
…I!
Well, he said “I’m”. He probably just wanted to show Dina that HE knows how to use contractions.
I think he used it because he becomes anxious if his proclamations would not fit neatly in word balloons. He is a strange and mighty leader.
Dina and Galasso, a thing of beauty.
An upcoming Slipshine???
I would totally read that!
I would totally pay for that!
I would totally cosplay that! 🙂
I just read the first part of A Centaur’s Life, and I feel like it’d be just like that…
“What are these parts?”
“Do you not have a daughter? How have you not seen this?”
“Galasso does not remember. It was a trifling thing.”
Yeah I can see it now, Dina, flushed, exhausted: “I have been blowing on it for several minutes, and I still see no sign of arousal. Are you certain this is the preferred form of foreplay?”
Galasso lifts his face from the floor, teeth full of carpet fibers. “Truly, these modern sexual fads leave much to be desired.”
So what is Dina blowing here?
Thanks for that. I nearly choked on my gum laughing.
I was drinking coffee. “Was” being the operative term. 😛
this is it. this is the worst slipshine suggestion ever. there have been a lot, all bad, but this is the worst
I know, that’s why it’s the funniest.
No no, it doesn’t involve Faz. The worst slipshine suggestion would involve Faz.
Faz and Galasso.
You have to see bigger.
Faz & Mary
THAT would be ultimate slipshine horror B)
Mary and Blaine.
… FAZ and Blaine.
Ew what ? He’s like Dina’s father’s age.
Oh great. Thanks. I ship them now. Like I needed THAT in my head…..oh well. I”ve shipped weirder.
Galasso and Dina. The socially unaware vibes are off the scale!
Galasso is practically dinosaur-sized.
Dinosaurs come in all sizes! Including Galasso-sized!
Galassosaurus. Sounds legit.
Nice pick, Plasma. I titled that picture “Sarah J. Wizard” (as in Jessica Rabbit 😛 ) when I acquired it for myself. A fine choice indeed.
It’s such a natural comedic pairing that I’m surprised it’s taken this long, honestly. Even considering Dina’s long period of being dead in the other universe they’ve had like five years to hang out on this side of the line.
no dina, don’t make eye contact, or else you’ll end up working at his toy store
You are confusing the true Galasso with the false Galasso. The true Galasso knows pizza (and subs) is a far more effective tool of world conquest than things desired by geeks.
So would the quickest path to world domination would be through pizza (and sub) geeks then?
Now if both Galasso’s were to meet each other, would they team up or battle?
They would coalesce and become Super Galasso, having power far surpassing either Galasso had as individuals.
but not before doing a marx brothers mirror bit
They would become Synergystic Galasso, where the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
Both. That’s how these villain team-up usually go.
Galasso, like other great mayhem-minded fellows like Megatron and the Joker, has an extremely diverse portfolio of plans to further his domination of the world
That’s what McAwesome’s had over Shortpacked!, it didn’t have food! Clearly they needed a food court with pizza (and subs).
You’re under the misconception that geeks and nerds don’t like pizza (and subs), when in fact, they’re more likely to spend money on those then they are on toys. Unless they’re Ethan.
As a fellow short person, I feel you Dina.
Galasso Agrees
Does this mean that Galasso know even less about sexuality than even Dina?… CRIKEY!
We still don’t know how Conquest happened.
Conquest the person, not Conquest the inevitable-result-of-Galasso’s-campaign-to-rule-the-world. We know how that happens and it’s a result of really good pizza (and subs).
I doubt even HE know how Conquest happened.
I’ve kinda always run with the assumption that Conquest is adopted and Galasso just has no idea how biological lineage works.
I kind of like that idea, because it suggests to me that she was already named Conquest, and that he chose her based entirely on that criteria. Sure, he wants a male heir, but there’s no way Galasso could ever not take a baby named Conquest home with him.
Besides, there weren’t any kids named “Invetible demise of All Who Would Oppose Me”.
He wanted a male heir and thought he got one, and was only disabused of the notion when he got home and Pamela said ‘what a cute little girl.’
Possibly disconfirmed by this, at least as far as the Walkyverse is concerned, though Galasso also believes you can conquer the world with a toy store, so the phrase “I do not believe this was the case” may have been a deliberate out.
‘xactly. He never actually says he had a ladyfriend.
That said I seem to remember some kind of flashback where Connie had a mommy so I could be wrong about that.
Dina is at least aware of the difference between female and the other one. Ones?
Seriously, is Galasso about seven feet tall or what? I recall him in SP always being taller than Ethan, who towers over most of this comic’s cast.
Galasso is as tall as he needs to be to look down on all the peons surrounding him.
This comment makes he wish for a like/upvote function.
Or to put it another way, “FOOLS! Galasso can be any size he wants!”
Sounds like he’s Gamagori from Kill la Kill.
Most of the cast is short.
Everyone Willis draws is either six feet high or four feet short.
Don’t worry Galasso, I am reasonably certain it perplexes everybody to some degree. At least, I certainly hope so.
Nope not even a little perplexed. And you can’t disprove that cause it’s not like there’s record of me saying something like “I’m not quite sure where I fall on the kinsey scale” a couple days ago. So suck it 😛
Your avatar is particularly well-suited to this comment. (And yes, I know who she is.)
True, but I’m gonna miss the old one.
Kyaaa an Evelyne avatar !
I’m pleased to see that Galasso’s obliviousness about human sexuality is a multiversal constant.
Even I know it involves Slots and Pegs somehow.
No, pegging is a discussion for another day.
Aww, I hope that somewhere there’s a place he finally gets it.
Hey, the multiverse is infinite, so at least one of him should be okay.
That would be Anti-Galasso, a pansexual philanthropist with hair like flowing water. We do not speak of him. Except to explain that we do not speak of him.
He got it at least once. Conquest didn’t come out of a cloning vat.
… probably.
Suddenly I thought of Jenny, the Doctor’s Daughter.
Yess! Why didn’t they do more with her! I HOPE they do more with her!!
Nice to know Ethan’s helping Galasso already.
Hmm maybe a questioning individuals meeting isn’t the best place for Galasso to start. I mean he can barely figure out gender, how is he gonna handle sexual preference?
He will naturally choose the one that allows him to take over the pizza(and sub) industries of the world(assuming he ever figures it out that is).
well the obvious answer would be pansexual then, you need somewhere to put the pizzas.
Pizza industries, and then the world*
fixed
(and subs)
But if anyone there is questioning, it’s Galasso. Galasso is questioning everything about human sex, gender, sexuality, etc. – and wishes to know how it may be used to further his plans of world conquest.
Galasso’s hair looks less “widow’s peak”y than usual. I assume this is unintentional.
It’s the shadow from his magnificent hat creating the illusion of a hairline.
Here when I saw Gelasso’s sponsoring it I was thinking Connie had something to do with it.
OMG Galasso has the gays or bisexuals!
Just curious, would this be a group where genderqueer/trans/other non binary genders would be welcome?
Jim said its was for everybody…so yes
Pretty much a certainty. I think chill nonjudgmental people who specify that they welcome “anywhere along or outside the sexual spectrum” will welcome folks along/outside the gender spectrum, too.
I wouldn’t be so sure about that. ‘Chill, nonjudgemental people’ can get pretty uptight and judgy when you don’t conform to the gender binary.
Today’s comic is my new favourite thing.
Indubitably!
I have always loved Galasso’s confusion regarding gender and sexuality, particularly because he has a wife and a kid. Seeing a comic of his backstory would be fascinating. 🙂
I bet Beckys here too
Yes, but only for the pizza.
She’s questioning if she likes pizza or boobies more.
I’m not really sure either
Why not have both?
Hot pizza + boobs = burnt tits
Solution: leftover pizza. Best with pepperoni.
Combine with boobs for the best of mornings.
Get on it, Dominos!
Joyce said Becky was taking care of other stuff instead. (Maybe looking for work or something.)
Unless Joyce lied..
“other stuff” is sufficiently vague that I don’t think you -can- be lying when you say “X is taking care of….other stuff”.
Yes but Dina asked if Becky wanted to come or not. I have a suspicion she didn’t even mention it to Becky at all so as not to out Ethan.
So she probably doesn’t know if Becky wanted to or not, and I would consider not copping up to that a lie.
Not that I blame her. I’d probably do the same.
Hmm, maybe Joyce didn’t do any of that and I’m just projecting.
i still think she’s off to buy more clothes.
Agender Aromantic Galasso?
Well, he’s probably not aromantic, what with the wife and kid and all. Demiromantic, maybe?
I feel kinda weird labeling him. The social context necessary for those terms to have meaning don’t compute for Galasso, why should he use them?
GALASSO CANNOT BE CONTAINED BY YOUR WORDS, MORTALS
Aromatic? Galasso is bound to smell like pizzas.
Aromatic? I hope his pizzas don’t smell like benzene!
Galasso broke the third person! Oh dear!
Also, because Galasso has decreed he is only here to serve and not to learn, even though he decreed it in such a way as to convey a cover-up of his own perplexedness (it’s a word, darn it), I am bound to believe him.
This is not where this comment was supposed to be. My computer freaked out, and I became confused.
Oh well, as you were.
DoA Galasso has resorted to…sneaking?
I missed him.
and I fraking love the Dina centric.. I’m so glad this’ll continue over my birthday
*plays Foreigner’s “I Wanna Know What Love Is” (live version) on the Muzak*
Noice!
Tell me about it, Gallaso. I go to sleep and 100 new sexual orientations spring up on the Tumblrwebs.
You… DO realize that tumblr didn’t invent any of those orientations…. right? ………………………….right???
Yeah, but can we please pretend they invented “otherkin”? Please?
I feel like some of them are legitimate, and some are people just trying to feel more unique, or to help define who they think they are.
It depends though.
Without objective standards, anything can be considered ‘legitimate’.
Because I totes feel like I was an attack helicopter in a past life!
Transformi-sexual?
Legitimacy aside, I’m pretty sure “was an attack helicopter in a past life” isn’t an orientation at all and has nothing to do with anything.
That does sound kinda badass, tho.
When I go down the rabbit hole, sometimes I begin to wonder – were they invented, or were they lost cousins to the Great Old Ones, waiting to be found by men who wanted to know too much?
I’m kind of curious how everyone is so keen to eat pizza right after breakfast.
The time posted on the wall for this meet is 1-3pm. Earlier in this timeline Amazi-Girl said Dina had slept in.
Dina had cereal for lunch. Now she’s having pizza.
In college, 1-3 is immediately after breakfast. But I think that’s the perfect time for a pizza dessert!
It’s ALWAYS the perfect time for pizza
(it’s also always the perfect time for cereals)
Even if that wasn’t all true, (and pretty attentively set-up, BTW), Dean, have you ever -been- to college? People will come to anything at any time if there’s free pizza.
David Willis acknowledged my existence in order to correct me. I am gratified, yet shamed.
“What if Gallasso was [something other than cishet]”
“PFF no only CISHETS get married and have CHILDREN!!”
ahh, the internet.
I do remember Conquest. How could I not?
But I do not remember her mother? Did Galasso’s partner ever get introduced to us? Or mentioned?
Galasso has a wife named Pamela. In DoA, she’s only appeared in a single panel. In Shortpacked!, she died at some point before the comic’s beginning; however, an alternate-universe Pamela did play an important role in one story arc.
Galazzo: “FOOLS! They do not understand my GENIUS! Soon, I shall RULE THE WORLD with the POWER of MY PIZZA AL-”
Pamela: *clears throat loudly*
Galazzo: *GRUMBLE* “… (and subs) ALONE!!”
Conquest: “Seriously, Daddy, product diversity is better for our bottom line!”
Galazzo: “… fools…”
#smallpeopleproblems
Galasso doesn’t change much between realities, does he?
And I wanted to see gay Galasso…
How can someone be gay, when their gender is called ‘Overlord?’
When they have a same-sex Underlord, obviously!
But if the gender is “Overlord”, the other person must also be “Overlord”. Which means they would be “Overlord Underlord”, or possibly “Underlord the Overlord”.
There’s a diet biscuit brand named Gayelord. That’d work.
I keep reading Galasso’s lines in Gru’s voice.
Perfect!!!
I’m 5’1, so I get where Dina is coming from in that last panel.
Dina is eating something other than cereal! Is she questioning her food preferences?
Dina has no idea just how much Galasso has to learn. While she’s trying to make eye contact, he’s tryingto determine if Dina is a male or the other one.
Admittedly, she hasn’t acutally EATEN it, yet. She may just be taking a slice out of politeness – as far as she can tell, everyone seems to be there for it. It may be rude not to take a slice. She may wind up taking it back to Amber. Then again, she is displaying her tongue in a distinctly non-saurian display of culinary anticipation.
Willis is continuing the theme of easily-distracted-Dina. From breakfast, to stalking the wily Raicob, to free gay pizza. To who-knows-where next? I get the impression this whole chapter may be Dina getting distractedly sucked into one interesting event after another, each one a growth experience for her.
That expression in panel 1 gives little doubt to the fact she oes, in fact, enjoy pizza.
Dina’s eaten pizza before. Remember when the gang was at Galasso’s?
Right, I forgot about that! I just went back to that chapter, and I found a comic where Dina not only ate pizza, but apparently sprouted fangs to eat it.
So, it seems that Dina does not live on cereal alone all the time — only most of the time.
Dina is the anti-Willy Wonka.
Dina has fast become my favorite character.
Dina is everybody’s favorite character, only a few won’t admit it to themselves.
Aww, Galasso is trying to understand human sexuality in an appropriately Galasso fashion and I like that he’s trying on the “harder” end of the spectrum that will give him a more accurate picture rather than trying to default to an easier normative narrative on what sexuality is supposed to be like. It shows he genuinely wants to learn and wants to learn correctly so that he can apply this knowledge to how his pizza can better conquer the world!!!
On a side note, I totally feel Galasso on this. I remember when I was utterly perplexed on human sexuality (albeit for different, more asexual reasons) stuff going on around me and having to just dive in where I could to research what it was all about. It can be difficult at first when you don’t really have a ledge to first grab onto.
* I also want to imagine the great Galasso trying to learn about gender and by accuracy being shunted away from the bad assumptions. “GALASSO was told that the male ones have the one set of genitalia and the other one has the other, but then the girl on the roller skates said that wasn’t the case and besides there may be more than one other one. Galasso must eavesdrop more to overcome this weakness that could be exploited by my enemies.”
I also liked this a lot. X3 It was just… cute. And considering it was just one line, I liked it especially for how neatly it elevated his comical sometimes-mentioned confusion from SP!
like, this line? Made me feel for him a little. Instead of just loudly announcing he can’t tell the difference between the “two (or more???)” genders, we’ve got him now trying to learn stuff. …idk, it’s just humanizing in a place I wasn’t expecting it, and appreciated.
I think Galasso heard this is a group for people who have questions about sexuality, and assumes the students around him have the exact same questions he has. He has no idea there is a spectrum with a harder end or an easier end.
He’s probably expecting a student to ask “How do you tell a male and a female apart?” and Jim to give a clear, simple answer. Perhaps he could get a sheet of words like “Sex” and “vagina” and their definitions.
I always liked how in Shortpacked!, Galasso’s problems with Conquest were that her mother assigned a gender to her at birth, even though Galasso would never have had a problem with her being his heir otherwise. I was kind of expecting Ultra Car to point out to him that he was misgendering his daughter as “not an heir” when she kept telling him she was an heir.
Anyways, always ask for pronouns, Galasso. Can’t go wrong with that.
‘Mortals’ and ‘peons’ are always appropriate.
OH. MY. GODS. I want….I want to hug Galasso.
I want to hug -Galasso-.
WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO ME, WILLIS?
He’s given you human feelings you silly lion.
Dina and Galasso are kindred spirits. There could have been a non-creepy ship if Galasso was a history TA or summin’.
Replying because you read my mind. New favorite ship! she’s legal, its all good!
Having Galasso as a TA would make it MORE questionable not less in the same way that Jason/Sal has a moral dodgyness to their sexual relationship.
I wonder if “asexual” is even enough to describe Galasso’s orientation.
Anti-sexual?
aphasexual: the inability (or impaired ability) to understand sex.
A cat may look at a king.
A triceratops may look at an emperor, but only his nostrils.
…I forgot how much I absolutely, dearly love Galasso. I am now sufficiently reminded. I love Galasso.
I doubt you’ll ever read this, but I just wanted to say that these dina strips and related ones have been some of the best in the past year or so. keep up the great humor!
Ah Galasso, the only man who can speak in brackets.