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I see
Posted on July 13, 2013 by David M Willis

123 thoughts on “I see”

  1. AHR

    My nightmare.

    1. Aizat

      Mine is when the dinosaur empire finally comes out of hiding and conquered Earth.

      1. Doctor_Who

        And Dina shall be their queen!

        1. Ryorin

          …I think you are confused about the connotations of “nightmare.”

      2. james

        Do not fret, Aizat. For here at the edge of hope, we are cancelling the Apocalypse!

        1. hmrc4evr

          So…Saint Walker is going to save us?

        2. Crimson Doom

          Yup, he’s going to beat up Darkseid on Apokolips to avert the Apocalypse.

      3. Salty

        Fear not. There will always be Getter.

        And psychos to pilot it.

        1. Aizat

          Wow, you actually got my Getter Robo reference.

        2. Kiggy

          I did too, but I was late to da par tee :p

      4. Potato-The-Faaace

        Dina would probably love that though

      5. David

        You mean, like with Dr McNinja?

      6. Kiggy

        Dinosaur Empire? Getter Robot reference?

    2. Roborat

      At least Walky wasn’t there.

  2. Juliecat

    What if…they ARE Dina’s parents???

    Poor Dina 🙁

    1. Plasma Mongoose

      What makes you think they’re Dina’s parents??

      1. saltchocolate

        Sometimes the hovertext is crucial to understanding the comments…

        1. Plasma Mongoose

          I keep forgeting about the hovertext.

  3. Super Duper

    Not creepy. Not creepy at all.
    Incidentally, her parent’s names are Jeremiah and Deborah. Huh. Trying to find symbolism. Failing to find symbolism.

    1. GoldStarz

      Deborah starts with D and has an Ora sound?

      1. Yotomoe

        While I’m ashamed of you for making that joke, I’m ashamed of myself for understanding it.

        1. Totz the Plaid

          …is that… is that a Kia-Ora reference?

      2. Plasma Mongoose

        Dora?

        1. Aizat

          The Explorer?

        2. ProjectXa3

          Swiper, no swiping!

        3. hmrc4evr

          They’ve come to swipe the windows? And accidently reveal the location of Cobra bases?

        4. saltchocolate

          Is that Backpack all grown up?

    2. Ryorin

      Jeremiah was a major prophet and Deborah was a kick-ass judge. Maybe her dad’s a economic analyst and her mom’s a colonel or general in some branch or another?

      1. Animal

        Actually Jeremiah was a bullfrog. He was a good friend of mine. I never understood a single word he said, but I helped him drink his wine. He always had some mighty fine wine.

        1. RossV

          Joy to the world.

        2. Animal

          Joy to all the boys and girls.

        3. Bill M.

          Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea.

        4. Boom

          Joy to the references I don’t get.

        5. xKiv

          You and me. (joy to)

        6. Animal

          “Joy to the World,” Three Dog Night, Dunhill Records, 1971.

          http://grooveshark.com/s/Joy+To+The+World/3zHE9m?src=5

        7. Animal

          Joy to you and me.

        8. Regalli

          If I were the king of the world, tell you what I’d do,

  4. asdsadafa

    I wish I was half as motivated as her, bust still three halves her dimension

  5. Wonder Wig

    Oh, I have my keyboard set to Deborah.

    1. Plasma Mongoose

      MILF ALERT!

      *KLAXON SOUNDS*

      1. Aizat

        KEEP HER AWAY FROM MIKE! I REPEAT, KEEP HER AWAY FROM MIKE!

        1. Yotomoe

          Mike has already banged her. Twice. This is a Carnival for him.

        2. Doctor Lantern

          And only spent 10 cents

        3. Plasma Mongoose

          Check fo nickels.

      2. AgentKeen

        So let’s see… We’ll have a bunch of Moms around Jacob, and Joe’s dad on a college campus… This might be interesting…

      3. Kirt Dankmyer

        Damn, you beat me to this. Mom is hotter than the daughter.

  6. Jen Aside

    “HI MOM AND DAD WHY DO YOU LOOK YOUNGER THAN I DO”

    …

    “OH SHI I BEEN STUDYING TOO HARD”

    1. Yotomoe

      Dorothy’s parents had a baby when they were 5

    2. Aizat

      Oh no, I STUDIED TOO LONG!

      1. Doctor_Who

        Army of Dorkness.

        1. Totz the Plaid

          Good? Bad? I’m the girl with the books.

        2. Linkara

          Yamiko Readman? What are YOU doing here?!

        3. Ryorin

          Yamiko Readman: Yomiko Readman’s dark twin. She reads the last page first.

        4. Belades

          Her hobby is reading character deaths out loud.

        5. Kiggy

          After writing them in the Death Note notebook?

        6. Cybersnark

          Her best friend is Nonono Sumiregawa.

  7. timemonkey

    Good thing she decided to bury her nose in her textbooks instead of Walky.

    1. Yotomoe

      I for one would be proud of my daughter if I found out she’s with a CARAMEL SCULPTURE!!!

      1. Black Bumblebee

        When you have a daughter, trust me, you don’t want to see them with anyone. It’s a dad thing.

    2. Dicrel Seijin

      I’ve been in a similar situation. My parents called saying they were coming over. I figured I would have time to walk the girl in my room back to her dorm and be back in time to meet my parents. We get to the lobby and I find my parents sitting on the couch–they had called from the front desk.

  8. Gil

    Dina’s parents? We saw them already though. Sort of. Also, race is a factor.

    1. Cybersnark

      I thought Dina’s parents were velociraptors (she’s adopted).

  9. Yotomoe

    Deborah is Cute as hell, for a mom. I wanna pinch her cheeks!

    1. Aizat

      On her face or the other cheek?

      1. Yotomoe

        FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE

        1. Kiggy

          Keep telling yourself that…. >;)

      2. Totz the Plaid

        Yes.

    2. Farmer_10

      I love the big smile on her face. She just looks so geniunely happy. It’s endearing.

  10. Sensedog

    And of course, Deborah also has freckles.

    …Hell yes.

    1. Aizat

      She got freckles on her elbows too.

  11. Yotomoe

    Mom, Why are we wearing the exact same color shirt?

    1. Totz the Plaid

      Actually, Dotty’s is a shade or two more red than Deborah’s.

    2. Plasma Mongoose

      Dark Grape is the new black.

  12. Robbie C

    Woohoo! I got first vote on the newest poll. We’ve already met Joyce’s parents, but I thought the “invent the internet” joke from Joyce’s dad is one of the funniest we’ve seen so far.

    1. Totz the Plaid

      When I voted it showed me as being the only vote… Hmm…

    2. John

      And you, of course, voted for Dina.

      (I got the second vote.)

    3. Plasma Mongoose

      Joyce’s father is Al Gore? Holy Toledo!

      1. Groove

        More like Joyce’s dad is Stan’s dad, always getting the best joke.

    4. Sporky

      It took me a little while to figure it out, but I eventually picked Roz. Really, more than anything else, this is actually just me wanting to know what kind of family Robin from Shortpacked! grew up in than actually Roz, but I’ll take a DeSanto family in either universe.

      Stuff like Walky/Sal or Amber I didn’t pick because I can’t imagine their families being substantially different from the Walkyverse versions. And I didn’t pick Dina because she’s not only too obvious but also I think she herself is more interesting than any potential family members – insofar as her family would be interesting it would be in how they reacted to Dina.

      1. inkwell

        But didn’t Robin and Roz’s dad leave the family at some point? That would just lead to more opportunities for depressing stories like Ruthless’s parents. Or Billie’s clearly inattentive parents who don’t care about their daughter at all.

      2. John

        I’m kind of curious what Linda Walkerton is like in a world where [MASSIVE IT’S WALKY! SPOILERS REDACTED]. Otherwise, yeah, most of the parents we met in the Walkyverse I figure aren’t going to be much different in the Dumbiverse. Of the ones we didn’t see in the Walkyverse, I figure Sierra’s are probably the most interesting.

    5. Yotomoe

      I’d normally want to meet Billie’s Parents the most, but I’m gonna have to go with Sierra cuz I love her :3.

  13. Cliff

    The addiction I have for this comic is unreal. Anyone got tips for the daily withdrawal I go through at 12:05 every day???

    1. Luzahn

      Random button, and then absentmindedly read through a chapter before you notice.

    2. saltchocolate

      Shortpacked! (Though I think this works the other way around for a lot of folks here.)

  14. nothri

    “WHAT THE HELL GUYS, REALLY?” Your fun, Willis, we likes destroy it. Like a pack of rabid hounds, we takes it in our doggy teeth and chew it to bits! Cause that is how we role.

    1. Belades

      Killing people’s fun is my sport of choice. My weapons are wikipedia, a lack of the social awareness to tell when people are joking, and a lack of actually caring when they are.

      1. xKiv

        DAMN YOU, WILLIS FANS!

  15. BigMadDraco

    I’m assuming Jeremiah is her mom and Deborah is her dad. No that’s not a typo.

    1. Plasma Mongoose

      …and an uncle named Sue.

  16. Uniqueantique

    She looks just like her father, except he looks more like her brother. How old are her parents anyway? About 12 when they had her?

  17. ProjectXa3

    Really?? DINA’s parents??? What the hell?

  18. Gram91

    Can we get a link to this tumblr page?

  19. WhiteEyedCat

    I’m really excited to see Roz’s parents, I’ve got to know what combination managed to produce Robin and Roz.

    1. WhiteEyedCat

      Joe’s face in my avatar makes this comment seem much seedier than originally intended.

      1. Yotomoe

        At least it wasn’t Mike.

        1. Boom

          Or Joyce.

  20. Justnobody

    I love Dorothy’s expression in the last panel.

    1. Maycroft

      He probably sent them in the right direction.

  21. C.

    Quite a fun coincidence that this strip ended up running on Saturday.

  22. Hans

    As we all know, hair style is passed on through the mother

    1. The Candyman

      Or father, depending on the gender of the child. Hair color can be from either parent (but never anything different).

  23. StClair

    I’ve had this happen for family birthdays.

  24. e-

    Maybe Dina was adopted.

  25. D. House

    WTF why does Joyce’s best friend from the first 2 strips in this comic remind me so much of Dorothy’s mum.
    Freckles, the hair style, the colour is just a few hues apart…
    Neither of them use glasses either.

    1. D. House

      Wahoops I take that back.
      Although maybe they’d be a bit more look-a-like-ish if Joyce’s best friend let her hair cover her ears.
      Just me tho.
      Also Willis has a liking for freckles, and I probably noticed the freckles more than anything.

  26. Kiggy

    LOL

  27. Martin Smith

    I don’t know quite why, but I find Dorothy’s mum terrifying.

    1. Boom

      Right there with you.

  28. Mad Man

    wow

  29. saltchocolate

    Is it just me, or does Dorothy with her glasses off look a lot like Leslie?

    1. CianM1301

      Wow, she really does!

  30. Jenny Creed

    I know we all want to see more of Dina, guys, but do you really want to go down this road? If it was up to me I’d punish the voters by doing like a month of The Adventures of Dina’s Parents and Not a Damn Word About Dina Herself.

  31. JustcallmeSoul

    Dina wins every poll! i hereby move that she be removed from the polling as she has served far too many terms in office!

    1. JustcallmeSoul

      *pops popcorn* And now we wait… yes… this shall be fun.

  32. DRILL DINGO

    Oh man, I found this comic on Tuesday & I just caught up now.

    What do I do now?

    1. Roborat

      Read the other comics that Sir Willis did/does.

  33. brumagem

    PREDICTION: Dorothy is closely related to Leslie.

  34. zomgvampires

    And thus I finally catch up with the two ongoing strips Willis has. First Shortpacked! and now Dumbing of Age… now to start on the other ones (working backwards).

    Also? I’m on the bandwagon for wanting to see Dina’s parents… and hoping that Robin makes another appearance (with Roz’s family)… and licky-styles Leslie.

    A girl can dream.

  35. Thor

    Deb and Jerry Keener.

    They couldn’t sound more WASPy if they hired a focus group.

  36. Robert

    Is it just me or do the keener’s look like they could be dan’s parents? Which is really awkward and creepy now that I think about it.

  37. iggy_rock

    I was disappointed that Ruth’s parents weren’t on the poll. Yes I know they’re dead and that’s the point. Zombie parents would RULE!

  38. Roborat

    How cute, mom and daughter have the same phones.

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