probably not, but if this was like scott pilgrim, danny would be the only character to get story focus, and judging by the popularity vote, I don’t think the comic would be quite as fun and diverse.
TheZachariah
Man, if DOA was in the Scott Pilgrim universe, everyone would be battling everyone else’s evil exes. Pretty much all the time. Constantly.
Jen Aside
…instead of getting lots of sexy time with them?
Disloyal Subject
Can’t we have both?
neeks
More like everyone would BE everyone’s evil exes and the fighting would never stop. Or maybe that’s what you meant and I didn’t actually alter your point any.
brumagem
It would also mean Ruth would have access to the subspace highways, making her even more terrifying.
Spencer
Now that I think about it, Scott and Danny have sort of the same personality where they’re basically decent people who can occasionally act like assholes without thinking about it.
tyersome
As far as I know, that describes every decent person … (granted I’ve never met any ‘saints’, but the historical versions seem to range from psychopath to basically decent but fallible).
gwalla
Kinda, though Scott is really characterized by his ability to pivot from gung-ho confidence to crippling anxiety on a dime, sometimes even within the same line. The one problem with the movie adaptation, really, was that Michael Cera could only really do one of the two.
Slenderman makes me rage so irrationally, so no, you’re probably doing it right. XD
Lord Geovanni
how about just try doing it.
nothri
We know for sure that electronic equipment actually functions around Dina cause Amber can use her computer without issue, so clearly Dina doesn’t watch as well as Slenderman. Or maybe she watches better. I dunno.
Exscue me, I see you are quite involved with your coitus, but-
[coitus intensifies]
-could you please-
[coitus intensifies]
I don’t mean to disturb you, but you’re lying on top of my-
[coitus intensifies]
I’ll just wait here until you’re done.
Sure you did, that’s Dina. And the other one is Amber, we see her face all the time (well not ALL the time but frequently). Or are you talking about the Barney face on the T-shirt, because the eyes got eyelashes and changed expression in that last panel.
I wonder why Mary is such a bongo. Does she have any personal problems?
dailybrad
Mary is everyone’s personal problem.
tinfoil theory
Schizophrenia.
begbert2
My working assumption is that every mean, spiteful fundamentalist Christian actually is that way because they hate themself, so yeah, probably. (Not that farfetched, since none of them are as perfect as they believe their god requires them to be.)
Clearly this whole “Joyce is autobiographical” thing is a red herring. Mary is the one who’s going to end up being the Internet Porn Lady. Right now she’s drawing a comic called Roommates! for the IU paper, and also posting it on her Tumblr. It stars sanctimonious jerk Melissa Bradshaw and her horndog roommate Rose, who on move-in day climbed up to the floor above to see if there were any guys there to bang. In a couple arcs aliens appear out of nowhere and abduct Rose and Melissa’s stalkery pseudo-boyfriend Jason, and then things get weird.
No Name
Don’t forget her brooding ex-ish-boyfriend Sam who’s secret twins with Dana “Talky” Talkerson who was a childhood frenemy with Jonathan “Sandy” Sandbourne who had a relationship with his old babysitter Rodney before he (Rodney) sacrificed himself to save Melissa’s drunk butt after a few months of foreboding depression on her part. Then Sandy and Mellissa got together, but not before Joseph showed up and tried to ruin the whole thing.
Also, I never realized how transparently pseudonymous Danny Wilcox’s name was until this moment.
256 thoughts on “Curating”
Camachri
It’s true, you know. Put an attractive person in a raptor suit with rainbow feathers, and no sexual being can resist.
Cheryl
I know I’d scream clever girl
barefootbiker
This just makes me think of the Archer joke pilot where he’s a raptor.
Dean
That is the only episode of Archer that Dina has seen.
Screwball
I’m guessing you mean this episode? Friend sent me a link. Bit interesting without all the lines, but I’m sure Dina could understand it… 😛
BrokenEye, True False Prophet
Somewhere on the internet, there’s someone with an oddly specific fetish for exactly what you just described.
Jen Aside
Dina-netics: The Prehistoric Science of Sexual Health
also. did they enter the magical land of Toronto?
’cause that’s TOTES a Scott Pilgrim character where Amber used to be
Zagreus
CANNOT UNSEE
Cheryl
Lol for ever in my eyes
TachyonCode
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH
brumagem
Is anyone else worried Willis hired Bryan Lee O’Malley as an assistant?
JessWitt
You say that like its a bad thing.
Sean
probably not, but if this was like scott pilgrim, danny would be the only character to get story focus, and judging by the popularity vote, I don’t think the comic would be quite as fun and diverse.
TheZachariah
Man, if DOA was in the Scott Pilgrim universe, everyone would be battling everyone else’s evil exes. Pretty much all the time. Constantly.
Jen Aside
…instead of getting lots of sexy time with them?
Disloyal Subject
Can’t we have both?
neeks
More like everyone would BE everyone’s evil exes and the fighting would never stop. Or maybe that’s what you meant and I didn’t actually alter your point any.
brumagem
It would also mean Ruth would have access to the subspace highways, making her even more terrifying.
Spencer
Now that I think about it, Scott and Danny have sort of the same personality where they’re basically decent people who can occasionally act like assholes without thinking about it.
tyersome
As far as I know, that describes every decent person … (granted I’ve never met any ‘saints’, but the historical versions seem to range from psychopath to basically decent but fallible).
gwalla
Kinda, though Scott is really characterized by his ability to pivot from gung-ho confidence to crippling anxiety on a dime, sometimes even within the same line. The one problem with the movie adaptation, really, was that Michael Cera could only really do one of the two.
Hugo_ebeds
Amber O’Malley VS The Plumage
JacHunter
Honestly, that was my first thought when I saw Becky’s “hey, everyone, I’m a lesbian” double thumbs up. Again, not necessarily a bad thing.
Anthusiasm
Dina were you watching
otusasio451
Oh, she bought the Slipshine.
Hugo_ebeds
Amber Walks the Dinosaur. (And also opens the door and gets on the floor)
Plasma Mongoose
She is always watching, like Slenderman.
Betty Anne
NO
Plasma Mongoose
Am I doing it wrong? ﴾͡๏̯͡๏﴿
Betty Anne
Slenderman makes me rage so irrationally, so no, you’re probably doing it right. XD
Lord Geovanni
how about just try doing it.
nothri
We know for sure that electronic equipment actually functions around Dina cause Amber can use her computer without issue, so clearly Dina doesn’t watch as well as Slenderman. Or maybe she watches better. I dunno.
Doctor_Who
No one ever notices whether she’s there or not, so she very well might have been.
TPman
Exscue me, I see you are quite involved with your coitus, but-
[coitus intensifies]
-could you please-
[coitus intensifies]
I don’t mean to disturb you, but you’re lying on top of my-
[coitus intensifies]
I’ll just wait here until you’re done.
newllend
Weren’t we all !?
brumagem
Wait, no, they were in Danny’s dorm, not Amber’s.
Cheryl
Oh diana hahaha
Opus the Poet
Dina, DINA D I N A. Not diana.
AdmiralChucK
Stands for Dinosaur In North America?
Nono
Exactly what you said… with sarcasm?
Tunaro
Exactly what she said, not as a question.
Plasma Mongoose
Well Amber does have an amazing plumage. 😀
otusasio451
The plumage don’t enter into it!
Plasma Mongoose
More like her ‘plumage’ was entered into. ♥(ˆ⌣ˆԅ)
Kryss LaBryn
She’s just pining for the fjords.
lejwocky
Thank you.
Hanii Puppy
She’s puckered out from a long squawk.
Yotomoe
She needs to work on her mating call though. Keeps attracting homosexual males.
(Yes I am aware Danny is Bi)
Mr k
After realizing everyone she dates is gay, Amber decides to start dating women instead.
TheStranger
/turns the women straight
John
With Amber’s luck, that’s when she starts finding straight ones.
Nono
Well, she’s really only interacted with Sarah, Joyce, Dorothy, Dina and Billie, so… 3/4 out of 5?
Opus the Poet
Non-heterosexual is accurate.
jadedcynic
That’s better than Danny’s awareness. (yet, at least – give him time, this comic is super-slo-mo)
AnvilPro
Never seen that face before…
Opus the Poet
Sure you did, that’s Dina. And the other one is Amber, we see her face all the time (well not ALL the time but frequently). Or are you talking about the Barney face on the T-shirt, because the eyes got eyelashes and changed expression in that last panel.
Cephalo the Pod
That face at the end is really amazing. I hope we see more like that.
otusasio451
The face of pure, unadulterated panic and embarassment.
Nono
Get Mary to draw a bit more, it’s got the makings of anime.
Mr k
I wonder why Mary is such a bongo. Does she have any personal problems?
dailybrad
Mary is everyone’s personal problem.
tinfoil theory
Schizophrenia.
begbert2
My working assumption is that every mean, spiteful fundamentalist Christian actually is that way because they hate themself, so yeah, probably. (Not that farfetched, since none of them are as perfect as they believe their god requires them to be.)
John
Clearly this whole “Joyce is autobiographical” thing is a red herring. Mary is the one who’s going to end up being the Internet Porn Lady. Right now she’s drawing a comic called Roommates! for the IU paper, and also posting it on her Tumblr. It stars sanctimonious jerk Melissa Bradshaw and her horndog roommate Rose, who on move-in day climbed up to the floor above to see if there were any guys there to bang. In a couple arcs aliens appear out of nowhere and abduct Rose and Melissa’s stalkery pseudo-boyfriend Jason, and then things get weird.
No Name
Don’t forget her brooding ex-ish-boyfriend Sam who’s secret twins with Dana “Talky” Talkerson who was a childhood frenemy with Jonathan “Sandy” Sandbourne who had a relationship with his old babysitter Rodney before he (Rodney) sacrificed himself to save Melissa’s drunk butt after a few months of foreboding depression on her part. Then Sandy and Mellissa got together, but not before Joseph showed up and tried to ruin the whole thing.
Also, I never realized how transparently pseudonymous Danny Wilcox’s name was until this moment.
Leorale
She turned extravagant colours!
Idon'tcarenomore
Now that is an interesting observation. But not so much as that face is!
Yotomoe
If billionaire Bruce wayne was as transparent as Amber we would not have to worry about Batman.
Dean
Batman is already well aware of the aphrodisiac effect of his costume. About 5/8 of the action he gets is banging lady supervillains on rooftops.
shoeboxjeddy
Dina wasn’t the #1 most popular character for a few seconds. WE CAN FIX THIS
Stgerlachus