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Haunted
Posted on July 20, 2015 by David M Willis

169 thoughts on “Haunted”

  1. Jen Aside

    I’m pretty sure Riley went home tho

    …

    I miss Riley

    1. Kris

      We all miss Riley Jen….we all miss Riley. 🙁

    2. timemonkey

      Riley will always be in your heart.

    3. Bagge

      Nah, I’m sure she tags along with Robin during her grand tour and is adorable among all the lobbyists

  2. Doc

    Polterdina.

    Cocodinageist.

    1. Doctor_Who

      Malloween

      Psychoco Puffs

      The Texas Cookie Crisp Massacre

      Nightmare on Shredded Wheat

      Chocula – wait, that one doesn’t really work.

    2. Vincent

      It’s because she’s actually a ghost.

      Wait crap, forgot my spoiler tag.

      1. Screwball

        LOL, she is The Ghost Who Walks…With Dinosaurs… 😛

  3. Mr. Random

    “Count chocula actually.”

    1. marr

      Count Stalkula?

  4. Morrison

    Stalking

  5. Plasma Mongoose

    Dina huffs Coco-Puffs!

    1. DarkVeghetta

      Oh my!

  6. shadowcell

    there is an oviraptor joke to be made here somewhere, i just know it

    1. Dozer

      Oviraptors, while original thought to be egg stealers, actually turned out to be very protective mothers and aren’t really like raptors at all

      1. Kryss LaBryn

        How are “egg stealers” and “protective mothers” mutually exclusive? >.>

  7. Opus the Poet

    Dina that is too close. If you can’t hear you need to uncover your ears more.

    1. Doctor_Who

      She didn’t even move between panels three and four. She’s in the exact same place, we’re just seeing what Jacob and Raidah see.

      1. Eyebrow_raise

        Exactly what I was thinking. Amazingly, she only registers as a faint whiff of cuckoo bird.

      2. WolfLann

        Yeah that’s probably how she gets behind doors unnoticed. Or how she follows a crowd to the beach without being spotted.

    2. Plasma Mongoose

      The fins on her hoodie help magnify the sound to her ears.

  8. The end of time

    Wait is that supposed to be ghost or am I missing something?

    1. epershannd

      i don’t think so, gust as in gust of wind

    2. Chrissy

      No, Dina is quite corporeal. She’s just THAT good at sneaking around undetected 🙂

    3. The end of time

      damn I thought there really was a ghost of cocoa puffs XD

    4. JessWitt

      We can coin a new word! Ghust, for windy instances with a spooky quality.

      1. saki

        YES.

      2. Severing

        I can’t decide if ghust is too similar to ghast, or if that just makes it better.

        1. Disloyal Subject

          I had the same thought, but I’m leaning towards “that just makes it better.”

    5. The end of time

      Who says comics aren’t educational we’re making new words

    6. Palamdrone

      She’s not a ghost, she’s a ninja.

      1. begbert2

        And somewhere in in this universe a man named Rick looks up from his janitorial mop and wonders why he suddenly so very, very hard.

  9. Stephen R. Bierce

    Don’t they make Cocoa Pebbles anymore?

    1. Jen Aside

      yes but they smell different

      1. Opus the Poet

        I buy the MoM version Cocoa Dyno-Bites, over a pound of cereal for under $5.

        1. Disloyal Subject

          Keeping this college student well fed for over a decade. Not that I’ve been in college the whole time.
          I can’t stomach fruity/sugary cereals, but I actually prefer their rice crispies over Kellogs’ or the generic Grocer’s Association ones.

  10. Rodimiss

    The hoodie has a tail! That’s too cute.

    (Dina I don’t think you need to get that close, although since you seem to be nearly undetectable, you might as well)

  11. Undrave

    So can someone draw Dina as a Tricera-Ninja? ‘Cause that would look amazing!

    1. Cholma

      Dina as a Teenage Mutant Ninja Dino? I like it!

    2. Someone

      ask and ye shall receive

      http://chickenforyou.tumblr.com/post/124547852692/dina-ninja

      1. Gamaran Sepudomyn

        Yay, a Dininja!

      2. Screwball

        I like the people in these comment pages, you can always find something interesting… XD

  12. Detective Boomwolf

    And as they walked away, they heard a small voice whisper, “…. Cookoo for Coco Puffs…”

  13. Andr3wtime

    You know who else is like the wind? Tom Servo.

    1. Charlie Spencer

      M*A*S*H’s Col. Flagg.

      1. DSL

        “I told you he was the wind! You said he was the sun!”
        “No, I said he was the moon.”

      2. Roborat

        “The wind just broke his leg.”

    2. Deanatay

      Wash!

      What, too soon?

      1. Disloyal Subject

        It will always be too soon, but it’s still funny.

  14. otusasio451

    CuckOO Berry! With the mascot voiced by Paul Frees!

  15. gkheyf

    the freaky thing is…dina didn’t move between the last 2 panels. she’s just that good

    1. Plasma Mongoose

      The Dina in the third panel is in fact an afterimage.

  16. Plasma Mongoose

    If Dina can disappear so quickly without being spotted while wearing a costume like that, this proves she really is a ninja.

    1. Kernanator

      If you can be stealthy in the most conspicuous outfit ever, you can be stealthy in anything.

      1. Plasma Mongoose

        Dina has a great future as a commando.

        1. Lawzlo

          But I thought dinosaurs always wore their underwear!

        2. Plasma Mongoose

          Dinosaur panties.

      2. evilmidnightlurker

        This is the Naruto hypothesis.

      3. Disloyal Subject

        That’s what I keep saying, but no one believes me.
        Not even when I “appear” clad entirely in neon-bright clothes and they scream in surprise.

    2. newllend(henryvolt)

      It also proves even more that she is worthy of taking up the mantel of Raptor Girl the Dino gal wonder.

  17. otusasio451

    I’d say it’s more like Cocoa Pebbles, but Dina probably hates the Flintstones.

    1. Doctor_Who

      The phrase “Eh, it’s a living” has been known to cause her to snap. And crackle. Also pop.

  18. brionl

    Silent but Deadly.

  19. Ray Radlein

    “The Wind just broke his leg” — Reference for Old People Like Me

    1. Cholma

      “Incoming wounded!”

    2. BlackScarabZ

      I told you he was the wind. You said he was the stars.

    3. vlademir1

      OK, where’s the button to Flagg this comment….

    4. Makoto

      Piercing commentary, this. I’ll have to put a copy of it in my Trapper.

    5. Deanatay

      Heh, broken Wind.

  20. newllend(henryvolt)

    That’s not a good sign, how do you think cocoa puff bird went crazy?

  21. Tacos

    And people were saying Dina wouldn’t be stealthy. *shakes head*

    1. Chrissy

      I repent!

    2. Darkoneko

      I stand corrected.

  22. otusasio451

    Camouflage. Stealth. Cocoa Puffs. She is…

    InDinamus rex.

  23. Well_Played

    She’s a Stealthasaurus Rex.

    1. Deanatay

      She’s a girl, so… Stealthsaurus Regina.

      1. Disloyal Subject

        I was thinking Tyrranosaurus callidus, but okay.

  24. Tus

    Oh snap, its the super stealthy Spinasourus from Jurassic Park 3!

    1. newllend(henryvolt)

      Out of all the Jurassic park movies to bring up, it had to be that one.

      1. JessWitt

        You would have preferred the Lost World?

        1. newllend(henryvolt)

          *sigh* No

      2. 3oranges

        All right then.
        “And that’s when the gust of cocoa puffs comes. Not from the front, but from the back, from the Dina you didn’t even know was there.”

        1. Darkoneko

          There’s a fart joke here somewhere.

        2. fogel

          Break wind break
          Crack cracked cheeks
          (From a Fireside Theater send up of The Bard)

        3. Mada

          Clever girl.

    2. Gamaran Sepudomyn

      Well, at least the Spinosaurus was properly aquatic. It was ahead of its time in a way, especially now it’s known that Spinosaurus looked and acted more like a crocodile than anything else.

  25. nothri

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7cGNyiVMZw

    (Becky on vocals)

  26. Kernanator

    I’m pretty sure I’ve done this exact thing before. Well, except for the dinosaur costume, that’s different.

    1. Plasma Mongoose

      Batman does that sort of thing a lot.

      1. Darkoneko

        “how do you do that ?!”
        “bad lag”

        1. saki

          I totally lost my shit over this joke. X’D

    2. Disloyal Subject

      Really? I mean, I’ve shadowed people like that, but never with the end goal of sabotaging a relationship.

  27. Opus the Poet

    Dina has about 20 ranks in Hide In Plain Sight

    1. RetSiniSteR

      HIPS is a feat, not a skill, you pleb!

      1. Dean

        Dude, it’s class feature. I mean, come on.

        1. Disloyal Subject

          In their defense, it’s kind of obscure. I mean, who’s gonna take seventeen levels in Ranger? And while Scout may be better, I’ve never played with someone who’d even heard of them, let alone made one.

        2. MeHael

          I think assassins get the feature too, but that would be a prestige class feature.

          *awaits the Dina prestige class*

      2. nothri

        I thoughts hips were what kept your legs connected to the rest of your body?

  28. Twilightomens

    I love the first panel so much.

  29. JessWitt

    And now Dorothy will be tasked with investigating cereal-scented ghosts on campus.

    1. Bagge

      So she sends up the amazie-girl signal and let her take care of it.

      “It was my room mate all along” Dundundun

    2. Bicycle Bill

      “I hate my job.”

  30. Tacos

    On an unrelated note, I see Asma is in the tags. Is this gonna be like that one time Willis tagged Amber in that one strip at Joyce’s party and I spent 20+ minutes trying to find her?

    1. saki

      She must be the person behind the counter thingie in the first panel. 🙂

      1. Michael Steamweed

        Yep, that’s her. Panel 1, silhouette in the window. 🙂

    2. Someone

      Asma? I’m still looking for Dina! She just isn’t there!

  31. saki

    Haunted by a gust of cocoa puffs is my new favourite thing to be haunted by. If that even makes sense. 😀

    Ooh, they’re not studying together? Suspicious, anyone? Or just me over-analysing because I don’t want them to work out?

    1. Kryss LaBryn

      If they’re not studying the same thing it can be too distracting having another person there, especially if make-outs are a real possibility.

      Hell, even if they are studying the same thing, then.

  32. saki

    Willis’ twitter just now: “by the way, i’m currently inking your future favorite dumbing of age strip of all time, never to be topped”
    … Dina and Becky totally making out? 😀 Ethan and Danny making out? 😀 Ryan getting his ass kicked to hell where he belongs? 😀

    1. Someone

      Literally every non Blaine/Ryan character making out at the same time in one massive make out snog?

      1. Nono

        Wait, that implies an inclusion of Faz.

        1. Someone

          Wait…remove Riley from the make out…she’s 12 forgot about her.

        2. Someone

          I considered removing Faz, but I don’t quite hate him enough to not include him, remember I also didn’t exclude Mary and Radiah. Faz is just a dick, Ryan and Blaine are far worse

        3. Kryss LaBryn

          Mary, Raidah, and Faz can have a three-way. Problem solved! 😀

    2. Axel

      Make a note, judging by his tumblr previews it will be on or around October 11.

  33. bodmans

    Can’t you see her? She’s right behind that door!

    It’s all Dina needs for invisibility

  34. Pierre-Eric

    So… where can I get that hoodie?

  35. Jack Faire

    I forget but this girl’s not going to be a teacher is she? Then I feel like she would say of abused students “they are a liar and a troublemaker”

    1. saki

      Raidah? She’s aiming for lawyer IIRC.

      1. Disloyal Subject

        Eeyup.

  36. Michael Steamweed

    Dina-saur powers!

  37. Mandy

    Cocoa Pebbles are definitely the superior chocolate cereal.

  38. Plasma Mongoose

    In today’s Frivolesque, One of the girls goes for a new look

  39. Author X

    On the bright side, if they did see Dina listening, Raidah would probably just assume she doesn’t understand what they’re talking about and crouch down to explain that eavesdropping is not very nice.

    1. kinzvlle

      Thenlgets called on it by Jacob. ..hopefully.

  40. Darkoneko

    A bit too close, Dina.

  41. FuryOfFirestorm

    Just then, the ghost of Patrick Swayze appears shirtless with a pottery wheel, singing “I’m just a fool to believe…”

    1. Disloyal Subject

      I was so disappointed to read “Swayze” after picturing “Stewart.”

      1. ozzi

        I know I read Stewart and then feel your EXACT pain when I realised.

  42. BenRG

    Cereal-powered ninja! What else can you say?

    1. JessWitt

      She’s living the dream I didn’t know I wanted.

  43. BenRG

    BTW, I thought that Jacob and Raidah would be talking about nothing significant. Now, the question is how Dina will interpret this entirely mundane conversation!

    1. Bagge

      And how Sarah hope to use that information

    2. timemonkey

      This ma be simply to establish that Dina will be spying on them for a while. So while she may get nothing useful from this conversation there will be other.

  44. Bagge

    Isn’t that always the case? You try to get flirty but are stalked by a dinosaur

    1. Idon'tcarenomore

      Now that’s funny.

  45. Asper

    Dina, she’s secretly batman isn’t she?

    1. Darkoneko

      Nope, she’s neither super rich nor parentless.

    2. Bicycle Bill

      She’s actually a Romulan and has a cloaking device.

    3. Tacos

      Maybe she’s what Batman was talking about at the end of Arkham Knight.

  46. Heavensrun

    She’s STEALTHY!

    1. Rheios

      Aslan’s face makes this so much better.

      1. Disloyal Subject

        That’s Aslan? I’m afraid I don’t recognize the panel.

  47. overdosed

    now all we need is dina in a cardboard box sneaking up behind them metal gear style

  48. Willoughby Chase

    Clever girl.

  49. Kirkybobz

    MFW panel 4

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2P5qbcRAXVk

  50. Arianod

    Dina, you must learn to use those powers for good.

    1. kelticat

      She is using them for good. She’s going after a condescending bully and investigating how a smart guy can be fooled.

  51. Chronos

    I prefer to think Dina’s visibility is akin to the angels in the movie “City of Angels”: only viewable if they *want* to be seen.

  52. Hastings

    So i’m reading short packed. I should have read Roomies first. Where can I find Roomies?

    1. Someone

      here ya go

      http://www.itswalky.com/comic/and-now/

      1. Hastings

        Thanks mate!

    2. Someone

      and once you get through those, because thats the rerelease site, heres the original starting from where the new site leaves of

      http://www.joyceandwalky.com/d/20001214.html

      1. saki

        OMG http://www.projectwonderful.com/img/uploads/pics/924-1365318971.gif how have I never seen this before? *fangirling hard*

  53. Jimmy

    “All we are, is dust in the wind, dude.”

    1. Kryss LaBryn

      “Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives.”

  54. Deanatay

    Dina is the wind. The Cocoa-Puffy wind.

    (Beware of spaceship prows, Dina)

  55. Alexx

    I’m constantly haunted by the ghost of Lucky Charms. They’re magically…suspicious.

  56. brionl

    I had a dream last night that I was wearing a hoodie. Not a cool dino one, just a plain old gray one. Also with my big heavy BDU jacket over it. Then I woke up and looked at the time & temp on my phone and it was 3:45 AM and still almost 80F.

    1. saki

      It’s the middle of the night here and still it’s 30°C / 86°F, so I feel you. T_T

  57. Edupoet81

    It’s lunch time already? I suppose Dina did sleep in this morning. I had it in my head that this was breakfast. Ah, well.
    That is impressive that Dina was able to get in close enough for her cocoa puff breath to register, without being seen. She really does slip under the radar, apparently.
    So it seems that Jacob and Raidah are heading their separate ways for the time being. I don’t know that Dina managed to gather much useful data on this mission. Still, this is a useful talent. I’m interested to see how many secrets she manages to learn about other characters before the end of this in-comic day.

    1. Bagge

      Dina slept later than usual today

  58. KSClaw

    I’m reminded of Terry Pratchett’s Night watch, where young Vetinari had made himself a master of hiding in plain sight.

    1. Gamaran Sepudomyn

      Dina could hide even from him. Failing your stealth class due to absence is rather pathetic compared to Dina’s abilities.

  59. Zamer

    Ghosts are Coo-coo for Coco-Puffs

  60. kelticat

    How did Raidah feel a breath on her arm through the hoodie?

  61. ozzi

    Excellent! The final phase of the plan has been revealed. To the sewing room!

  62. eskarina

    So is Dina invisible, or did she abscond?

  63. Skyknight

    The Dinasaur! She’s just awesome!

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