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Wonders
Posted on December 5, 2013 by David M Willis

347 thoughts on “Wonders”

  1. Vivvav

    Kid knows what she wants in life. Gotta respect that.

    1. Tunaro

      If only we could all be so enlightened. And have cereal whenever, even super late at night because cereal is awesome and you should be able to have it when you want, damn it.

      1. Historyman68

        I have been having cereal for dinner recently. Can’t scoff at fiber.

      2. Deathjavu

        I eat cereal whenever the hell I feel like it for any meal, and always have a box or two (groceries are cheaper than on-campus food) on hand.

        COLLEGE, FOLKS.

        1. Nyxness

          I haven’t had cereal for dinner since I started college, actually. I actually miss it. It was always my go-to dinner at home when my mom wouldn’t cook. Eating in public in the dining hall makes me more self-conscious about what I eat, though. And I never have breakfast, so the only times I wind up getting cereal is weekend lunches, which are basically breakfast anyways.

          Damn, now I want cereal.

        2. Sage

          Good way to get around being self-conscious about what you eat: wear something that you feel extra super comfortable (or absolutely ridiculous, depends on how you handle such things) in so your daily dose of give-a-fuck is already taken care of.

          Then go forth, young one, and enjoy that cereal in public. Make them jealous of your rockin’ duds and your sugary bowl of happiness.

        3. Katherine

          Man, I wish I liked cold cereal. It’s just never been my thing. I do like oatmeal, though. Having some right now for lunch, as a matter of fact.

        4. Tom Speelman

          One of the joys of having an on-campus apartment and a meal plan, plus an early morning on-campus job, is that I now have freedom at last to experiment with cereal. By experiment, I mean switch back and forth between both varieties Krave and Honey Nut Cheerios, but whatever.

          Also, I wound up receiving two boxes of peanut butter-flavored cereal a few days ago. My friends know me so well.

      3. BlueRam

        I live on my own and I just bought a huge econobag of coco puffs. I already live the “enlightened life”.

        1. Bill

          When you’re the grownup, it’s your turn to decide what that means.

    2. David Herbert

      And right now it’s a ton of cocoa puffs.

    3. Jen Aside

      The crazy thing is I’m at a point in my life where cereal is dessert now.

      I even mean Honey Bunches of Oats kind of cereal. [I end up buying whatever’s cheapest that isn’t like Raisin Bran]

      [[bleh raisins]]

      1. TheEyes

        Eh. Dried fruit is okay if you reconstitute it in the microwave for awhile, otherwise yeah, bleagh.

        Except banana chips. I have no idea who ever thought that would be a good idea.

        1. adinfinitumspero

          Different strokes I guess, can’t stand raisins but I adore banana chips

      2. Tachyon

        Cereal does make a good ice cream topping.

        Also, this is the second webcomic I’ve read in a week that has had a mouse-over comment about Cinnamon Toast Crunch.

    4. TheRealAllPurposeGuru

      My son has boxes of cereal 24/7 in his dorm room. Between that and LoL, I’m not sure he ever leaves.

      1. Fermat

        Better than me and my friends perhaps. At least he’s covering a variety of food groups. In my circle, we have one fellow who only eats dates, one fellow who only eats canned raspberries, and another who eats nothing but dried pork. On the plus side, we only ever need to go shopping once, and then we’re good for all semester.

      2. begbert2

        Lord of Lorecraft?

        1. taekwondogirl

          No, it’s clearly Lore of Lovecraft!

        2. Roborat

          Leaugue of Lunchables?

        3. xKiv

          Legend of Legend?

  2. Darbs

    That is me right now.

    1. Yotomoe

      That is me every year of my life from birth to death.

  3. Tunaro

    OH MY GOD IT’S HAPPENING!!!!!!!!

    1. James

      The adorkable-splse Has Begun!!!!!

      I warned you all this would happen!

      1. Keroshino

        IT HAS BEGUN!!!

  4. Mr. Random

    Dina has found her true friend. Let the fanfics BEGIN!

    1. Tunaro

      Like they ever stopped.

      1. Mr. Random

        Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. I meant the new ones. They are like tiny babies slowly learning to swear. Both beautiful and creepy in wonderful ways.

    2. Regalli

      YES, SHE HAS WINGS! (I HAVE WIIINGS!)
      AND I CAN FLY (I CAN FLYYYYY)
      AROUND THE MOON, AND FAR BEYOND THE SKY!
      You called my name, and you set me free…
      One small, voice in the universe.
      One true, friend in the universe.
      ~Who believes in me.~

      1. Regalli

        I didn’t even get one full line in before I dropped all pretense of filking.
        *Shrugs* Ah, well. Ten points to anyone who gets the reference.

        1. Ahighfunctioningsociopath

          Seussical

        2. Regalli

          Haha! Yes!

      2. Bill

        Reference to filking itself, or reference to the song you were filking?
        If it’s the song, Horton sang it.

        1. Regalli

          Yep! Horton and Jojo.

    3. Shade

      I’ve got it!

      They’re magically transported to the Land of Cereal, where together they must defeat the Soggies or else they will rule.

      1. Tunaro

        Throw in Captain Crunch and Tony the Tiger piloting a giant robot running on Lucky Charms and you got it.

        1. Shade

          I thought that was implied.

        2. Regalli

          Where do we work in that Cheerios bee?

        3. Tunaro

          Right after Snap, Crackle, and Pop finish baking the Apple Jacks guys into a pie.

    4. Matt

      Anybody writing fanfics has already forgotten that Riley is strictly cerealsexual and thus has no interest in Dina outside of their mutual hatred of Soggies.

      1. Tenn

        You are probably thinking of slashfics.

        1. begbert2

          I was going to joke about not being aware that there was a different kind, but realized that would be insulting to all those people writing interesting, creative fiction that just happens to be set in an existing property’s universe.

          But still.

      2. Em

        Riley is also what, 11? 12? I can’t remember. PRETTY SURE Dina isn’t into that. All fanfiction will be 100% SFW.

  5. Norj

    Dina has met her soul-mate.

    1. David Herbert

      They need to go to the natural history museum together.

      1. begbert2

        “Where to they tell the history of Lucky Charms? Or Cheerios? What kind of dumb place is this?”

    2. Keroshino

      Heterosexual life partners!

  6. Ourorboros

    I admit, like most First Worlders, I take my cereal for granted.

    1. Ourorboros

      Roz would totally agree with Riley if she replaced Cocoa Puffs with different names for genitals.

      1. Doctor_Who

        Fucky Charms.
        Count Cockula.
        BoobBerry.
        Felati’Os.
        Apple Jackoffs.

        1. etyb

          Count Cockula

          +1

        2. Valdrax

          Product 69
          Special Lay
          Honey Bunches of O’s
          Grope Nuts

          …and of course, the wince-worthy, no changed needed…
          Banana Nut Crunch

        3. adinfinitumspero

          I lost it at honey bunches of O’s. You win.

        4. Jen Aside

          How did you miss Frosted Fucks

        5. Doctor_Who

          Same way I missed Porn Flakes.

  7. Yotomoe

    I’m pretty sure FRUIT LOOPS are where it’s at.

    1. Nono

      You can’t be cereal.

    2. AgentKeen

      Cinnamon Life, dammit!

      1. rachel

        oh my god now I want cinnamon toast crunch so bad

        so bad

        so bad

        maybe I’ll…

        NO

        1. AgentKeen

          I’m this close to jumping up and grabbing the box from my kitchen and just eating it straight out of the box.

          Welcome to Being an Adult.

        2. rachel

          hooray!!

          though I’m totally not going to go buy CTC. sorry kiddoz.

    3. Tacdud2

      You seemed to misspell that. Its spelled Froot Loops.

    4. Tunaro

      3 words: Count. Chocula. bongo!

    5. Plasma Mongoose

      Nutri-Grain® is where it is at when you want a sugar overload and best of all, it is marketed as a healthy ‘Iron-Man’ food.

    6. Ourorboros

      Fruit Loops are unclean and condemned by the Bible.

      Mary would like to have a word with you.

    7. Doctor_Who

      They’re always after my Lucky Charms!

      Though if “they” were as adorable as Dina and Riley, I might be inclined to share. Who could say no if they threatened to cry?

    8. Mr. Random

      I prefer cinnamon toast crunch. Or similar generic brand. I respect your differing taste.
      …
      However.
      This is the Internet.
      And the Internet hates respect for anything.
      Nothing is Sacred. Everything is permitted until the admins show up.
      Therfore.

      HOW DARE YOU LIKE THAT PROCESSEED FROT JUNK! IT TASTS LIKE TEH UNDERPITS OF SEVERAL DISEASED FAT MEN@ I CANT BELIBE THT U CULD LIKE SOMETHING AS HORRIbLE AS THE SPIT WHICH ISSUES FROM THE BOTTON OF A SNAKES STINK! AS DEBASED AS A WOOLY MAMOTH WIth AN EAGLE”S TOLIET! AS FILTHY AS MY LANGUAGE!
      I do not like it.
      (actually i do, but that’s beside the point.)

      1. rachel

        your dedication to trolly rage in your spelling is admirable! I think I would just throw up in my mouth (where else?) if I tried to type that.

        http://xkcd.com/1238/

        I’m not ready.

        1. Usayasha

          My word. That sentence was so bad that it winded me; I’m literally coughing as if I’ve just been hit full force in the chest.

        2. Mr. Random

          I tried typing it incorrectly spelling most of them, and typed them correctly on accident. I winced when I tried to read it.

  8. Nono

    Fools, it’s all about Frosties.

    1. Keroshino

      Nope, Wheaties are where “it’s” at.

      OH YEAH! REAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS!!!!

      1. Keroshino

        -correction!-
        Nope, Wheaties are where “it’s” at.

        OH YEAH! BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS!!!!

        1. John

          The Breakfast of Champions is Mountain Dew and cold pizza from the night before.

        2. Cholma

          I would like to subscribe to your newsletter.

        3. davidbreslin101

          Meanwhile, the “breakfast of champignons” is fried mushrooms.

  9. Doctor_Who

    This strip fills me with “yaaaayyyyyy”.

    1. Keroshino

      Louder! 😀

  10. Plasma Mongoose

    Dina and Riley are the SAME size? CRIKEY!

    1. AgentKeen

      She has been mistaken for being too young to be in college before.

      Actually, do we know that she didn’t skip some grades or something?

      1. Plasma Mongoose

        Hope you’re not suggesting that Dina is also underaged, that would make the Dina shippers a tad uncomfortable to say the least.

        1. AgentKeen

          True, and Willis would probably nip that in the bud if it was the case like he did with the mini-DeSanto.

        2. Historyman68

          Not if they’re shipping her with Riley…

        3. Plasma Mongoose

          Somehow I dont think Willis will approve of lolishipping.

        4. Ross

          Too late! It’s done.

        5. Boom

          To infinity, and beyond!

        6. Keroshino

          There’s no stopping this train!

        7. Ancestral Hamster

          This is the internet. Not sure what rule applies, but someone will have a fetish for it, and there will be porn of it.

        8. Eebiot

          34, I think you’ll find, has this covered.

        9. Ross

          Not yet it doesn’t

        10. Keroshino

          Don’t temt it!

  11. LiaHansen

    It was only a matter of time before they were in a strip together. Soon, all the strips will be Dina and Riley. Then, the world.

    1. Chug

      I, for one, welcome our cereal-loving overlords.

  12. Luzahn

    Heh, it’s still funny to see “Hoosier” just printed on a shirt like that. I guess I need to keep in mind that it’s not an insult in most of the country.

    1. Random832

      Where is it an insult? Because I’ve never heard it refer to any group other than people from Indiana, and it’s not an insult here.

      1. luzahn

        For some reason, it is used as a synonym for “redneck” in St. Louis. I still have no idea why.

        1. Luzahn

          …Huh. Apparently accidental-lowercase-me has a Joyce avatar. Good to know.

        2. Kladeos

          My email with a capital first letter is Joyce too…

        3. Valdrax

          Ssssh! You’re giving away the trick.

        4. blue Dragon

          Gravatar test! (Had to try it right away!)

        5. Blue Dragon

          …and nothing changed. I’d read it was email related. Perhaps Luzahn also was accidentally lower case w/ email as well as name.

        6. Luzahn

          Yeah, the emails appear to have differed as well.

          Although I see your two posts as being Ethan and Mike, did I miss the intent?

  13. xailenrath

    A girl after my own heart… and stomach.
    Cocoa Puffs Uber Alles!!

  14. LiamAldam

    All aboard the Rilina!

    1. rachel

      if you mean in a strictly friendly, cereal-consuming way…

      THEN YES!! HOORAY!!!

    2. Aizat

      Is the last name of the Rilina, Peacecraft?

    3. Ross

      *Buys a ticket and checks luggage.

    4. Adinfinitumspero

      I really can’t think of anyone I would want to see Dina with honestly, so far in the comic, except maybe Joyce’s sister (brother ? I can’t remember if s/he was ftm or mtf) and even that’s iffy. She’s too good for any of the cast right now, and I don’t want to resee what happened with Walky or Mike, as much as they’re possibly my favorite male characters. Maybe Dina and Joe, that could actually be kind of amazing if she could conquer him.

      1. Mr K

        She’s male to female. I personally think that Dina would love Walky.

  15. alicemacher

    I’m just gonna go over here and squee at the adorableness. Adorability. Whatevs.

  16. Wonder Wig

    Cocoa Puffs are relatively easy to talk your parents into getting, but Count Chocula? Ugh, forget about it.

    1. HMRC4EVR

      Buy them at Halloween and store them.

      Take a look at the expiration date-trust me, they’ll keep.

    2. LiaHansen

      I was going to yell at you for presuming that your privileged, Cocoa Puff laden childhood was one we all shared, but you’re right, Count Chocula was basically the stuff of legend in my house. Sometimes, I wasn’t even sure if it had ever existed to begin with.

      1. amusedandconfused

        I’ve literally never had Count Chocula once in my life. First Halloween after I move out…

  17. HMRC4EVR

    Why have Cocoa Puffs when you have the unlimited bliss of Golden Grahams??

    Kids these days…

    1. LiaHansen

      -_-

      you shall be punished.

      1. Aizat

        I like to punish you now. I send you the Blagole.

  18. Keroshino

    HOORAY! THEY HAVE FINALLY MET!!!! 😀

  19. xain

    but unfortuntly soggies will rule

    1. Tunaro

      Blasphemy

    2. Aizat

      Not Captain Star has anything to say about it.

    3. MM

      May rule. May. It’s not written in stone. Or cereal. Whatever.

    4. Nym

      Does anyone else actively cheer for soggies? The more they conquer, the more cereal I can consume without concern for my ridiculously delicate mouth. Otherwise, the delicious processed sugary goodness will happily slice open the roof of my mouth in vengeance.

  20. Tacdud2

    That last panel just made my night.

  21. Aizat

    WILLIS, YOU FOOL! YOU HAVE CROSSED THE STREAMS OF ADORABLENESS!

    1. Plasma Mongoose

      I am imagining a giant Coco-Pops based destroyer of worlds being created now.

      1. Jack Finch

        Twenty story Rabbit battles behemoth Cukoo, laying waste to Tokyo.

      2. HD23

        Is it a Stay Puft Marbit Man?

  22. Sam

    lol aww, Riley is adorable.
    Also…. is Dina having a bowl of Fruity Pebbles? ‘cuz it kinda looks like that.

    1. C.

      Could be Trix

      1. Aizat

        Or Lucky Captain King Nuggets.

        1. StClair

          “Ridiculous Lucky Captain Rabbit King! Lucky Captain Rabbit King Nuggets are for the youth!”

        2. The Candyman

          +1

        3. Alex

          Was that a powerpuff girls reference? And there’s a final fantasy 7 reference further up.

          The commenters here make me happy. Just thought you should know :).

      2. Plasma Mongoose

        Trixs are for kids, not grownups. :p

        1. Aizat

          Silly Plas, Trix are for rabbits.

        2. Plasma Mongoose

          Nah-ah!

        3. Aizat

          Yeah, it turns out Trix are for rabbits but the kids being total assholes and the universe just love screwing around with the Trix rabbit that he never got to taste it.

        4. Opus the Poet

          And Kix are for trids. Silly Rabbi…

        5. John

          So in our Shadowrun game one evening, the street sam and the physad were having an argument about which was more suitable for trideo broadcasts of combat sports, magic or cyberware. The sammy finally came out with an indisputable argument in favor of cyberclaws: “Silly adept, *snikt*s are for trid.”

        6. Bill

          Apparently Opus and I know the same joke.

  23. Kernanator

    RILEY AND DINA: THE ULTIMATE DREAM TEAM.

    1. Aizat

      And also the death of the universe. You know what happens when you cross the streams of adorableness?

      1. Kernanator

        Total protonic reversal?

        1. Mr. Random

          Complete hyper-cute meltdown. All who see them melt into puddles of baby talk.

        2. Mr. Random

          It’s fatal.

        3. Boom

          It’s so fatal you die.

        4. Eebiot

          It’s so fatal your ghost dies.

  24. Doctor_Who

    Just for funsies I checked out the DoA playlist that Willis posted on his Tumblr and…

    …And Halestorm has done a cover of a Daft Punk song. WHAT?! How did this glorious thing escape my notice?! How was this moment not written of in prophesy and holy texts? Humanity has peaked, it’s all downhill from here.

  25. berober

    Everything is Dina and Riley now.

  26. Opus the Poet

    And already the Dina/Riley shippers are busy…

    1. etyb

      “Ew”, said Riley.

      1. LiaHansen

        Dina blushed, not wanting to show her hidden affections for the raven haired girl.

  27. Kladeos

    I’ve never had Cocoa Puffs. But Cinnamon Toast Crunch is great until your tongue burns.

    Man, Riley and Dina together, the greatest of buddies.

    1. etyb

      You’ve never had Cocoa Puffs? You poor, poor thing. You best get some now and bask in the glory.

      1. Kladeos

        I’ve never even seen them in a grocery store in Canada…

      2. Kladeos

        Like, this is the first time I’ve heard of them.

        1. etyb

          Perhaps one of the Amurricans here could send a care package your way consisting of several dozen boxes of the stuff.

        2. Kladeos

          When I lived in Hong Kong I got Koko Krunch. If it tastes anything like that I’m down!

        3. Bill

          Imagine Kix, only chocolate flavored.
          Side benefit — the milk you add to the cereal turns chocolate.

        4. Kladeos

          Never heard of Kix either.

    2. rachel

      tongue… burns?

      it’s been too long I guess

      1. Kladeos

        Try eating several bowls without milk and then you’ll know what I’m talking about.

        1. Opus the Poet

          Silly, you should only do that with Frosted Mini Wheats!

        2. Mr. Random

          But… Cereal needs milk. It is incomplete without it.

        3. Keroshino

          Tell that to Linkara! 🙂

        4. Crimson Doom

          Don’t care. If I let the milk in, the soggies always ruin my cereal before I can finish it. No milk in my cereal, thank you very much.

          Note that I don’t care if you guys eat milk with your cereal. I just resent the implication that cereal needs milk to be complete. /notreallyresentful

        5. Valdrax

          That burning is the Lord’s way of letting you know He disapproves of eating cereal without milk.

  28. Aizat

    KOKO KRUCH RULES!

    1. Kladeos

      I haven’t had any since I moved from Hong Kong almost a decade ago… It was so good.

  29. etyb

    The cafeteria at my job offers six different kinds of cereal…and none of them are Cocoa Puffs. Thanks for reminding me, Willis. I may need to cry now.

    At least there’s Froot Loops.

  30. newllend

    She’s like a female version of walky
    Oh hey Dina

    1. newllend

      She just need’s to looks a little more like sal and BAM! female Walky clone

  31. Foxhack

    I never realized just how small Dina is until I saw her standing next to Roz.

  32. Whazzit

    The problem with having infinite cocoa puffs in any one place is that they would form a planet-devouring singularity.

    1. Keroshino

      Unicron?

    2. Manly Bowler

      Most delicious Galactus-ripoff ever!

  33. OkamiKing

    You guys think she’s kidding. Freshman year I had unlimited meal trades, didn’t get any cereal because I didn’t like any of it. Start of this year with limited meal trades and BAM! Mother Honey Golden Grahams.

    Now let me set this straight. Golden Grahams are the creme de la creme of cereal (For me at least) and I had a limited amount of meal trades this year, and I was on a diet. I cried. I dedicated protein day to eating burgers and Golden grahams this semester. And while I may be out of meal trades… I regret nay a second.

    Golden Grahams are delicious.

    1. etyb

      They’re pretty good…but Cinnamon Toast Crunch is king in my book.

  34. Otera

    Lucky Charms.

    hehehe Look how happy Dina is!
    poor Dina, she finally meets someone who she understands and that someone is leaving to go home soon!

  35. Aizat

    We can safely say that Riley is Coo coo for Cocoa Puffs.

  36. Plasma Mongoose

    What’s the ‘backpack around Europe’ bit about and why does she not want to go anymore.

    1. Aizat

      Riley wanted to backpack around Europe?

      1. Plasma Mongoose

        I know, it seems like an odd thing to say without any apparent context.

        1. The Candyman

          If she backpacks around Europe, then she we won’t be able to feast gloriously on cereal in IU.

    2. rachel

      because of UNLIMITED CEREAL OMG

      also it is a thing that The Kids say, that they are going to backpack around Europe, as if that’s a reasonably affordable option for nearly anyone, with tickets being upwards of $1200 to get to anywhere in europe, before food, lodging, doing anything

      1. Plasma Mongoose

        So she wanted to backpack around Europe jsut to enjoy Cocoa Puffs everyday??

        1. John

          Nah, she told her teacher she wanted to backpack around Europe when she grew up because it sounds like a cool thing to do, but now she’s hoping she’s got a legal loophole to get out of that so she can just go to college and eat Cocoa Puffs all day instead.

      2. Mr K

        Well, she does have a congresswoman for a sister, so I’m sure she has more money than the typical kid.

        1. Doctor_Who

          Robin’s constituents: “EUROPE?! Home of socialism?! How DARE our congresswoman allow her own family to get indoctrinated!”

      3. Boom

        I personally quite like it. It makes Europe sound less boring.

      4. Fred

        Cost of IU – approximately $20,000 a year for instate student
        (from their website)
        Spending $50 a day backpacking around Europe for a year? About the same cost. (18,500 + airfare/train ticket).

        There are a lot of hidden costs on both sides: How much do language lessons cost to make travel easier? What about a laptop for school? Clothing for both of them? Phone/Entertainment budget for both of them?

        The biggest difference is you can’t get loans or grants to go to Europe.

      5. Kladeos

        You can get <$800 if you book way in advance.

  37. Mr Soviet

    Riley is quickly becoming one of my favorite characters. This was me all of freshman year.

  38. Bill

    Almost fifteen minutes since the strip went up and no one made the obvious reference about “Cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs”??

    1. etyb

      Too easy.

    2. Aizat

      Look up my comment there, Bill. But I’ll try this again. It looks like Riley is -puts on sunglasses- Cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs.

      1. Bill

        Look at the time hacks — we posted almost simultaneously.  Your post wasn’t visible until after I clicked to submit mine.

        1. Aizat

          Ok….

    3. Jenny Creed

      Riley deploys nutritionally vehement yet tactically brilliant preemptive strikes in the defense of cocoa puffs.

      Riley killed and stuffed her mother but keeps hearing her talking about green vegetables whenever she thinks about cocoa puffs.

      Riley would like to talk to you a few minutes about accepting the light and glory of cocoa puffs in your life, that you may be saved.

      Riley is going to marry Kendall J Powell, CEO of General Mills, producers of cocoa puffs. And then she’s going to eat him.

      Sorry guys, I just woke up.

  39. All Else Fails

    Riley??? Riley!? You’re freaking out! And when you freak out, I FREAK OUT?!

  40. All Else Fails

    (Replying to Alt-Text)
    Eh, I’m more of a Crave person myself. Whatever happened to s’mores, though?

  41. Sammie1053

    Yeah, this is ship launching material, even if it’s just a comedic one.
    And by ship, i mean large white bowl sailing through a sea of milk. Captained by CAPTAIN CRUNCH OH MY GOD IT’S A SIGN FROM THE HEAVENS
    On a side note, Dina and Riley are officially two of the most adorable characters ever conceived.

    1. Deathjavu

      I cannot BELIEVE this is the first mention of captain crunch in the comments.

      WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE, PB CAPTAIN CRUNCH IS GOD TIER.

  42. Henry

    Well, at least Riley has her priorities in order. Cocoa Puffs > Sexual Liberation. Every day of the week.

  43. Darwin

    Dina has a potential friend who gets her in the last panel. God must be in his heaven, because all is right with the world.

    1. John

      There is no god there is only Willis.

      1. Boom

        So does that mean we have to attack him with pilotable bioengineered horrors, or would he just enjoy that too much?

      2. Norj

        And Willis loves to make us suffer.

        1. Eebiot

          He eats our pain with milk and a light sprinkling of brown sugar.

        2. Jack Finch

          He is one of the old gods….he demands sacrifice!

        3. Crimson Doom

          Wait, I thought we were talking about Willis, not Calvin…

          …

          …now I am picturing Willis as a grown-up Calvin.

          CANNOT UNSEE.

    2. Nightsbridge

      You do realize she’s about to leave before the end of today?

  44. Wensleydale

    Just saying. Cocoa Puff and the Marshmallows from Lucky charms own every cereal. All of them.

  45. rachel

    David, your outrage face on Riley in panel one is entirely too adorable

  46. DeathsApprentice

    THE TASTE YOU CAN SEEEE

    1. Crimson Doom

      Appropriate avatar is appropriate.

  47. quietlythundering

    I love this child XD

  48. Banah

    Is it too soon to ship it? I don’t care, I ship it.

    1. someguywithakatana

      SHE’S 12!!!

      1. Keroshino

        There is such a thing as non-sexual shipping…
        FRIENDSHIPPING!!!

        1. Aeyt

          HERE HERE!!! She’s the best character of them all! So cute! I Friend-Ship it!

      2. Mr K

        Seriously, Dina hopefully isn’t a pedo.

    2. Kladeos

      It’s too soon because Riley is massively underage. Beyond inappropriate.

      1. Jen Aside

        Do either of them even know what sex is? [Well, I guess Riley has had it shoved down her throat, as it were, BUT THEY CAN STILL BFF DAMMIT]

        1. John

          I’m sure Dina intellectually understands and could give a clinically detailed explanation of the mechanisms and evolutionary implications of sexual reproduction, but while that puts her ahead of Joyce “Give my tummy all of your thing!” Brown, it still kind of misses the point…

        2. Mr K

          I’d like to see Dina describe sexual acts.

        3. John

          Granted! And your next wish is…?

    3. Plasma Mongoose

      The only ship Riley wants to be on is the Good Ship Cocoa Puff.

  49. someguywithakatana

    Honey Nut Cheerios dude. Everything else is insufficient.

  50. Keroshino

    Roz is not amused! 🙂

  51. Plasma Mongoose

    Riley: “Dammit Roz, why do I have to wear this thing for again?”

    1. Bill

      But it’s ribbed for her pleasure.

      1. rachel

        NO NO NO NO NO dudes DUDES willis has said repeatedly to PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD NOT SEXUALIZE RILEY (in so many words)

        TWELVE YEARS OLD

        tweeeeelve

        CUT IT OUT

        1. Boom

          You’re not from around here, are you?

        2. rachel

          oh my friends, I have been reading mr willis’s comics for a long time. regardless, uh, pedophilia jokes are pretty off-color, and I don’t think it takes a genius to see that. right? right???

        3. Boom

          I mean the general here: reality. People’re going to do it regardless of anyone else’s wishes, it’s just a matter of whether you see it or not.

        4. David Willis

          If you don’t agree with rachel, I wish that you were not from around here.

          And by “wish” I mean “strictly enforce your departure from this website.”

        5. Bill

          I’ll be good.

        6. Ross

          http://www.dailywav.com/sites/default/files/wavs/itsacartoon.wav

        7. Keroshino

          You must be new to this…
          —-
          The Internet is really really great…
          FOR PORN!!!!

        8. Eebiot

          Hush, let the poor newb wallow in blissful ignorance a little while longer.

        9. Rutee

          I agree with you but I don’t think the condom hat is itself particularly sexual?

        10. rachel

          oh cool so what do you use your condoms for

        11. Ross

          hats

        12. rachel

          pretty much walked right into that one

    2. Plasma Mongoose

      I wonder if Kerny will like this pic.

  52. Gottawonder

    Cereal rules.
    So do Riley and Dina.

  53. Kitschensyngk

    What is life without cereal?

    1. Mr. Random

      Milk.

      1. Boom

        Milk soup.

    2. tahrey

      Toast.

      Which, yknow, is perfectly acceptable. Just sometimes you wanna change it up a bit, yeah?

    3. Plasma Mongoose

      Crumpets.

  54. Rook

    I’ll just leave this here and let the cereal fans battle it out among themselves…
    http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-best-breakfast-cereals-of-all-time

    1. etybolik

      >Frosted Flakes ranked #1

      But that’s wrong…

      1. Aeyt

        Frosted Flakes are good but Captain Crunch is definitely better

        1. Aizat

          If only you guys been to Malaysia…you never tasted Koko Krunch or Honey Stars.

    2. Mr. Random

      Read: most popular. Not best.

  55. wynne

    This is very true. Sometimes we just get to-go boxes and fill them with nothing but Lucky Charms.

  56. Chill

    ONE PANEL TOGETHER AND I ALREADY SHIP IT

    1. tahrey

      No. No no no. You fail. Get out.

      1. Keroshino

        Dina and Riley = OTP/BFF!

        1. Kladeos

          The acronym you’re looking for is BrOTP.

  57. JA

    I remember grabbing one of the to-go styrofoam containers and filling it with Cocoa Puffs or Lucky Charms in the dining hall a couple times a week.

    Or when I started working there, just taking home all the leftover hamburgers and bacon and tacos that I could.

    Word of advice to college students and those about to enter college:

    DO NOT WORK IN THE DINING HALL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO HATE YOUR LIFE AND/OR LOSE ALL FAITH IN HUMANITY. Seriously, my time on the dining hall staff permanently damaged my faith in humanity and exposed me to the true stupidity of people for the first time. Seriously, you’d think that some of them were raised by animals from the messes they made and left.

    1. Jen Aside

      You mean, don’t work in any capacity where you have to deal directly with customers (or their aftermath) =p

      though, if more people DID, I bet there’d be fewer assholes

      1. rachel

        Excellent point. you are totally right. it’s the ones who have been servers who always tip the best!

        1. Boom

          Mostly.

        2. Aeyt

          and people that have worked in customer service tend to be polite and clean up after themselves.

      2. JA

        I’m done with customer service jobs, or jobs that require you to regularly deal with non-coworkers. A people person I am not, no matter how hard I try to be.

    2. Jenny Creed

      I always feel like people constantly judge humanity as a whole – an accumulated one hundred thousand million lifetimes, or 35 000 000 000 000 000 man hours of people being people – by a few acts by a few individuals that show either the best or the worst we have to offer, depending on if they want to think well of us or not.

    3. tahrey

      Dining hall? Dining hall??

      I don’t even wanna think about that, having seen the state that people who are supposed to be responsible adults are able to leave a previously pristine Lecture Theatre in after a 90-minute seminar.

    4. Kladeos

      At my school you weren’t allowed to bring food out, unless you were getting a specifically packed to-go lunch. People still stole food with their own containers. And utensils and dishes. Douchebags.

  58. Boom

    That’s how the world works, kiddo. You’re not allowed anything until you’re too old to simply not care you have it anymore.

  59. Aeyt

    D there has what looks like fruity pebbles. no surprise there. I’d go for plain Captain Crunch myself. Love that shit.

  60. Kiggy

    Now I want to eat cereal…

  61. CianM1301

    So many American cereals that I don’t know about…
    Do you at least have Krave?

    1. Aizat

      Do you have Koko Krunch where you’re from?

      1. CianM1301

        No we do not.

        1. tahrey

          American cereal is straight up balls to the wall weird by international standards. But then, so are most of their breakfast choices.

          OK we’ve got yer cornflakes … frosted cornflakes … honey + nut cornflakes? (certainly a favourite in Britain) … special K / its equivalents … rice krispies … chocolate krispies (by various regional names) … sometimes frosted krispies … cheerios or equivalent … chocolate cheerios … shredded wheat … shreddies / grahams … frosted / golden version of that … and, weetabix?

          So far so fairly normal. But then you start going down the rabbit hole.

          I bought a box of Fruit Loops once, which had escaped from the “world foods” aisle onto the shop-soiled cart. It was still somewhat expensive vs my normal choices, but no more than a regular box of cereal off the normal shelves would be, so I figured I’d give it a go.

          Can’t say I saw the attraction. Or that I was able to taste the fruit.

          The rest of them – pebbles, lucky charms, captain crunch, count chocula and the rest – are a very closed book.

          Though, I wonder … do they have, or have they ever had, “Start”? I really miss that. It was so bizarre a concept, about as close as we ever got to space-cereal I think.

        2. CianM1301

          What about Coco Pops: Moons and Stars? They were pretty spacey.

        3. Aizat

          We got Honey Stars in Malaysia.

  62. twirls

    This was my mentality when it came to chocolate soft serve.
    Since they renovated the dining halls they only have vanilla soft serve ice cream in any of the machines.
    and i am sad

    1. tahrey

      Wait what

      You live somewhere
      that has a machine
      which dispenses unlimited whippy icecream
      ready for putting into a cone and licking
      then refilling
      and refilling
      and refilling

      AND THIS IS A BAD THING?

      Where even is this? I’m going to go to there. And then, I am going to kill you, and steal your identity.
      And all the icecream.
      ALL OF IT.

      PS chocolate topping sauce is hellsacheap, bro.

      1. Volkai

        The bad thing is that twirls is in the situation of…

        Lives somewhere
        that had a machine
        which dispensed unlimited chocolate icecream
        ready for putting into a cone and licking
        then refilling
        and refilling
        and refilling

        …but no longer does.

        1. Plasma Mongoose

          I remember this one Maccas in Queensland where they had chocolate softserves for 30c… I miss that.

  63. Crumplepunch

    All the cereal all the time!

    Live the dream.

    The cocoa puffs dream.

    1. Crumplepunch

      With milk from this giant invisible cow.

      1. tahrey

        One presumes there is a milk dispenser.

        1. rachel

          nah dude definitely a giant invisible cow

  64. tahrey

    Oh, so THAT’S how breakfast works in the DoA world. I get it, now.
    (And that’s why Riley couldn’t just go and get her own damn breakfast…)

    Man, and I thought I had it good keeping an eye out for the shop-soiled boxes of cereal that mean I can get a pound and a half of /real/ honey nut cornflakes for 50p… I mean, there’s /cheap/ and then there’s “very nearly free, if you have enough of them in one go”.

    Sure beats hell out of the unbranded super-value crap (plain cornflakes or plain rice crispies, always slightly soft and/or deflated even right out of the pack) that I had to put up with at college as that’s all I could afford.

  65. chris73

    Porridge is a better breakfast option but unfortunately it just doesn’t taste as good…

  66. Nym

    No one is asking the important question: are those Fruity Pebbles Dina holds in her grasp, or is there something else out there dyed in those delightful colors?

  67. tahrey

    Oh, and I’m still wondering what happens if you introduce her to Cadbury Egg Cereal.

    1. Plasma Mongoose

      She will wake up after 3 days and discover that she’s the new school council president.

  68. Jimmy

    The stupid adult in me says “Oh no, be good and eat a healthy breakfast”. Well no more! I will be going out and getting a box of Honeycomb cereal, because THAT’S where it’s at! 🙂

  69. calmcalamity

    CINNAMON LIFE FO’ LIFE

  70. NoneOfYourConcern

    Weren’t people saying that Dina and Riley should become friends, or pair up as a buddy cop duo a while back.

    1. rachel

      YES! I mean. I didn’t. but WOW what a good idea

  71. Lyze

    Riley and Dina, now and forever, BFFs. So when do we get the spinoff comic that’s just them eating cereal and talking about dinosaurs?

  72. Jack Finch

    Wow, those eyebrows probably influence the tides.

  73. Stormy

    I want everyone here to know that my husband, a stroke neurologist, loves to eat a bowl cereal for dinner. I tend to consider cereal a snack myself, and eat it straight out of the box, like chips. Also, Dina and Riley…what’s the word for girl bromance?

    1. rachel

      Very cute 🙂 I love the contrast between his ultra serious job and the kiddie style cereal. Everyone needs an outlet, and I imagine a stroke neurologist more than most!

  74. RoxyRocketeer

    Is it just me, or does anyone else read Dina’s lines with Starfire’s voice?

    1. Makkabee

      Somehow I read that as “Starscream’s voice” at first.

      I think I like that better, actually.

    2. Plasma Mongoose

      I hear it as Fluttershy’s voice myself… yay!

      1. daywalker

        She does make the perfect fluttershy doesn’t she?

  75. Makkabee

    On some deep, existential level, Walky is kicking himself for not being involved in this conversation.

  76. LordHaw

    Cereal for a snack is great…and Captain Crunch is where it’s at!

  77. Dr.Midnight

    Who is Mrs. Piper?

    1. Bill

      I think we are to assume that she is a teacher or guidance counselor at Riley’s school.

    2. Bill

      I think we are to assume that she is a teacher or guidance counselor at Riley’s school.  Remember?  Anything that happens in school goes on your *PERMANENT RECORD*…….

  78. The kid

    Here I sit alone all day,
    muchin’ on my special K

  79. Mo

    Another vote for Lucky Charms.

    Although I had a soft spot for Apple Jacks, but there’s a backstory. I was a freshman orientation leader, and we would play a video every week for the noobs that Student Housing had put together, about communal living and the dining hall and all that.

    Now Student Housing was like one of those uncles who thinks he’s still young and fresh, even though nobody says “fresh” anymore (I was an RA too, so I got it from both ends), and so the video was all ham-handed overwrought attempts at appealing to frickin’ kids who think they know everything. As such, most people tuned it out. But they came back when this stoner dude appears on camera, eyes barely open, cheesy grin, and mumbles, “I’m not right without my Apple Jacks in the morning.”

  80. Andor

    This. This right here.

    This is officially my new favorite comic. 🙂

  81. Henry

    Also, Riley’s my new favorite character.

  82. OmegaDez

    I’m starting a “Riley Needs Glasses Too” campaign.
    Who’s in?

    1. Plasma Mongoose

      Do you mean something like THIS, OmegaDez?

      1. OmegaDez

        Ah, dear Moongoose. I knew you were listening. 🙂
        Now, let’s just hope Willis thinks it’s a good idea too.

  83. taekwondogirl

    Enjoy cereal while you can! I found out a few months ago I’ve got a wheat sensitivity that can go into a full blown, serious allergy if I eat too much wheat. Soooo now my cereal options are dramatically reduced. 🙁

  84. ShadowWing Tronix

    Dina made a friend. See, miracles DO happen!

  85. brionl

    I don’t eat any cereal that has sugar as one of the first two ingredients.

    1. Reepicheep-chan

      Haha, yeah my friends tend to think I am weird but I have always preferred stuff like plain Cheerios and Special-K to the sugary stuff. I never added any sugar either. IDK, it is not like I do not like sweets, I am just not really a fan of sweet cereals.

  86. Rutee

    I can’t countenance her taste in junky food, but I can empathize with her really wanting to have it.

  87. Najaru

    Looks like Riley can’t see why kids love Cinnamon Toast Crunch.

  88. Sporky

    She really is a DeSanto after all. That’s a relief.

  89. Kyle

    I’m glad this came up again. A few weeks back, I reread Dumbing of Age and found myself feeling a bit nostalgic about the college-campus-full-of-cereal that I totally didn’t appreciate at the time. Mourning what might have been for nearly a full minute, I eventually realized that as a grown-ass adult with a middle class income, I could damn well eat all the cereal I wanted.

    I went to the store, and bought enough boxes of enough types of cereal that I got more than one funny look. For two days, it was heaven. Sure, all that fiber left me a little gassy, but being able to simply eat delicious food whenever I was hungry without an ounce of preparation was lovely. After the third morning, though, I stopped eating. I stopped eating altogether.

    There are no words to describe the horrible nausea, constipation, and bloating that results from eating -nothing- but cheerios, chex, banana nut crunch, and so on. I looked like I was pregnant and felt like an alien chestburster was trying to claw its way out of my intestinal tract. Drinking lots of water and taking lots of walks, I still only found relief on the fourth morning of this ill-fated experiment. It was hell.

    Now, I’m not saying that Dina can’t eat cereal all day if she wants. She’s of a different age, gender and race than me, and our intestinal flora are sure to differ as well. More importantly, she is fictional and unbound by the treachery of real world biology. But, if it ever comes up, no matter how much or how disgusting his Taco Bell splurge might be, Walky should not be considered a shoe-in for a Dumbing of Age farting contest.

    Thanks for the comics, Willis. They are as they have always been, an inspiration.

    1. Jen Aside

      See, that’s why it’s dessert for me. After dinner, and only one bowl at a time.

      1. Jen Aside

        Although, I have finally tried Frosted Mini-Wheats [or, the store-generic version], and I seriously don’t taste the appeal. Might be the store brandness, but I can’t fathom that the “real” version is significantly better.

  90. Leonou

    I think I can see how both Roz and Robin tried to shape their little sister in their own image.
    They both succeeded.
    Which means they both failed.

  91. mister gray

    I have shipped them as best friends forever!

    1. I don't know what to put here.

      That’s what I call…
      FriendShip.

  92. Cragalanch

    Cragalanch doesn’t like Coco Puffs. Cragalanch likes Frankenberry

  93. Marisa Mockery

    I used to get two or three bowls and mix them all together like sodas.

    I also like cereal. 😛

  94. Jack

    Finally the main character returns.

    1. LiaHansen

      Both of them!

      1. Keroshino

        Dumbing of Age!
        Starring Dina and Riley.

        Everyone else is the secondary characters!

  95. Albi

    I am really hungry and this only made me want cereal. Two giant bowls of cereal.

    D-DANG YOU WILLISTERS

    1. David Willis

      DangYouWillisters is my low-budget knock-off doppelganger.

  96. Kathleen

    This girl used the word “unfettered” in a sentence. And what is she, 12? She is some kind of genius.

    1. John

      I once had a friend’s three-year-old daughter greet me at the door with, “John, John, I vanquished Daddy in battle!”

      Twelve is plenty old enough to have a reasonable vocabulary.

      1. begbert2

        It does make me suspect that she might be one of those deviant freak children who reads books, though.

  97. man in black

    great page

  98. Arcelos

    Anyone else remember Waffle Crisp? Just me? I miss those little sugary fucks…

  99. Sailor_Arashi

    There’s a little irony in the fact that my primary problem with Cinnamon Toast Crunch is that it gets soggy too quickly. Of course, Golden Grahams were always my favorite and they had the same problem.

  100. The Magus

    Can…. Can we just have a Dina & Riley spinoff?

  101. Jacques Cornelius Parrot III

    But can Willis see why kids love cinnamon toast crunch?

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