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Trumpet
Posted on March 22, 2014 by David M Willis

181 thoughts on “Trumpet”

  1. Opus the Poet

    Dina= Adorable

    1. Opus the Poet

      And she changes clothes real fast, too.

      1. Maveric1984

        It’s her abductee power

        1. Tunaro

          I thought it was mental control over lizards. I don’t really know but I sorta just assume since it’s Dina.

        2. Parnifia the Bastard

          It’s always just Dina. Even when it isn’t, it is.

      2. hof1991

        Learned the quick change from Joyce. It might also be something all Indiana girls learn.

        1. kirwar4face

          ohh my myyy, oh hell yessss

    2. Jen Aside

      That must be the “adorable” pose, to have too-long sleeves–first Joyce, now Dina =3

      1. Rabid Rabbit

        To be fair, another webcomic artist proved that a long time ago:

        http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1766
        http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1767

        1. Kevin

          Speaking of Hanners, did you catch the alt-text reference?

    3. LupinThe8th

      Adinable.

  2. Geminia999

    So now the Who is Amazi-girl jokes return

    1. David Herbert

      You mean they ever left?

    2. Tunaro

      Isn’t it Ruth?

    3. Doctor_Who

      Maybe this is leading up to some sort of “I am Sparticus” moment where someone tries to unmask Amber as Amazi-Girl, and EVERYONE claims to be her.

      1. Tunaro

        I like this scene better.
        http://youtu.be/RVsmJTBT8bU?t=17s

        1. Ed Rhodes

          That’s great. I stopped watching this show a long time ago
          so I never realized Bulk and Skull got a “Crowning Moment
          of Awesome!”

      2. Kiggy

        I like the way you think.

      3. tofusmith

        When everyone is Amazi-girl, no one will be.

  3. TheOthin

    AMAZI-DINO

    1. Khrene Cleaver

      AMAZI-SAUR

  4. Jen Aside

    Amazi-Dina!

    1. Kiggy

      Dyna-Girl!

      But that would make Amber Electro-Woman?

      1. Tsakta

        I don’t know which is worse, that you made that reference or that I got it.

        1. Opus the Poet

          Somebody had to have watched that TV show, it was on for more than one season.

  5. Wonder Wig

    And Allosaurus-Girl was born!!!!

    1. Questionor

      Did she eat Sara?

      1. garaden

        SARA IS MADE OF CEREAL

        1. asmcint

          Headcanon confirmed.

      2. asmcint

        Yes, but Sara survived and now has a deep-seated hatred of Allosauruses.

        1. Tunaro

          Ironically, she could not escape and now lives Jonah style inside it’s belly, living off the half digested carcasses of lesser dinosaurs.
          Allosauruses were carnivores, right?

        2. hof1991

          Not if you ask Joyce. One version of creationism insists that all dinosaurs were vegetarians. Talk about sucking all the joy out of a concept.

        3. Ruck Bogers

          I never heard that one. How strange.

        4. John

          I think that’s only in Eden. They started eating meat after the Fall.

        5. Questionor

          What we really need is an Amazi-Girl and Pizza-Girl crossover

        6. Opus the Poet

          I sure Jeph Jacques would be willing…

    2. Tunaro

      “Jur ass ic grass, villainous scum!”

    3. Bill

      While Allosaurus-Girl is good, since Dina accepts the theory that dinosaurs had feathers I think she should become ArchaeopteriGirl !!!
      That way she still doesn’t have to change the “A” on the jumpsuit.

  6. Taigan

    Adorableness just reached critical levels!

  7. John

    I had a comment, but the hovertext said it for me.

    1. John

      Also, mask-wearing hat: +10 adorable.

      1. AgentKeen

        Oh dang, I didn’t even notice that part the first time.

        I think it may be TOO adorable.

  8. Jackson

    She put the eye mask over her hat’s eyes.

    1. Maveric1984

      Well yeah, the hat is a memorable feature! If she didn’t, then you’d recognize her!

    2. Plasma Mongoose

      She would need to disguise her hat somehow.

      1. Jackson

        Yes! And also it is frigging adorable!

        1. Jackson

          so frigging adorable

    3. Kamino Neko

      That’s my favourite part. It’s so…Dina.

  9. Plasma Mongoose

    “Amazi-Girl, did you do something with your hair?”

  10. Calibus

    My Dina Boner is excruciating right now.

    1. Just Here

      I find that phrase disturbing.

      1. JustCheetoDust

        I can’t dig it either.

        1. Opus the Poet

          I’m still trying to figure out what your Grav is supposed to be. At this resolution it looks like the love child of a Picasso and a Jackson Pollack painting. Cubism meets splat.

        2. Kamino Neko

          Looks like Sabin suplexing a train.

        3. tinfoil theory

          It looks like Superman taking a dump.

        4. JustCheetoDust

          It’s the Phantom/Ghost Train getting suplexed by Sabin.

    2. Tunaro

      Well, as long as it doesn’t last for more than four hours…

  11. Mr. Random

    yesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss.

  12. Junker

    Where did Dina go? WHY IS SAL HERE? CONTINUITY WILLIS!!

    1. Hoobadoo

      This is the first time I’ve ever laughed at this joke.

    2. Touchfuzzy

      She went behind the door when Sal came in.

  13. Ragnal

    You got that too quickly, Dina. I’m suspicous.

  14. Tunaro

    Wow, I guess Dina really is a ninja…

  15. JessWitt

    How anyone can say ‘No’ to Dina’s face is beyond me.

    1. Yotomoe

      It’s easy for me. She’s not SIERRA.

  16. shadowcell

    this is the best possible development

  17. JessWitt

    Heck yeah, Amazi-Dino Girls!

  18. Plasma Mongoose

    Will the Amazi-suit give her squirrel-like powers?

    1. KingMabel

      No, that come with being Bubbles.

      1. Doctor_Who

        If Bubbles, Squirrel Girl, and Dina ever met, the concentrated cuteness would blow up the earth.

        1. HMRC4EVR

          Better by them than the Sliveene (sp) if I had my druthers.

  19. Quatoria

    *sigh* Amber is really good at fucking things up for herself. She wants to run from Danny, because Danny actually knows who she is now. She wants to stop being Amazi-Girl, because she’s made some tiny progress towards healing. Damn it, Amber. Damn it, damn it, damn it.

    1. Keroshino

      I know…it makes me want to bang my head against a wall!

    2. Tunaro

      She’s definitely starting to Dan things up royally.

    3. Yotomoe

      Maybe she wants to quit being amazi-girl cuz she realizes that there’s a reason that vigilanteism is illegal?

      1. brionl

        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3NxRrVcRsQ

    4. John

      I think Amber wants to stop being Amazi-Girl because Amazi-Girl just beat a dude half to death, and might have gone for the other half if Danny hadn’t stopped her. (And, moral and ethical dilemmas aside, as Daisy just helpfully informed us, there were witnesses to this highly illegal activity.) That the dude was her abusive father just exacerbates her dilemmas, because it makes her think she’s turning into him.

      And, honestly, I think Amber getting some space from Danny for at least a little while is probably a good move. She needs some time to get her head straightened out, and Danny’s too deeply entangled in the very problems that she needs to deal with to be helpful in that at the moment.

      So is Ethan, and Mike is Mike, and Dina is the only other friend Amber has. I’m really glad Dina’s revealed that she knows Amber’s secret, because that means Amber can talk to Dina about it, and while Dina is… probably not the world’s best therapist, she’s an uninvolved party, and just talking about it will help Amber get her head on straight so she can start straightening out the rest of her life.

      1. John

        I hope Amber talks to Ruth, too. Not about Amazi-Girl, necessarily, but about her father problems. I think they’d both probably get some benefit out of that conversation. (Dammit, Billie, stop distracting Ruth from doing her job with your hotness and your alcoholism.)

        I also hope that Dina doesn’t take Amber’s statement that it’s not a secret anymore literally.

      2. fudo81

        +1

  20. Keroshino

    Dina becoming the next Amazi-Girl?

    …I am ok with this!

  21. NerdHerder

    Sidekick? Sidekick. Dina will be the Robin to Amber’s Batman, albeit with more dinosaur references.

    Crime? Prepare to become… extinct.

    1. Opus the Poet

      Puts on sunglasses as Roger Daltry screams in the background…

    2. tinfoil theory

      I’m thinking Puss-in-boots to Amber’s Hannibal Lecter. (It’s a Mask of Zorro reference.)

      1. ninja_jesus

        I actually understood this. Do I get a prize? 😀

        1. tinfoil theory

          What could I give you?

    3. halcyon1234

      I said it before (in some comment somewhere), I’ll say it again YES! Dina is the perfect sidekick

      1) She’s already stealthy. She’s standing behind you right now. You wont see her even if you look.

      2) She’s already eager to learn.

      3) She already lives with Amber in The Manor / her dorm room

      4) The most famous sidekick? Robin. What’s a robin? A bird. Where did birds come from? Dinosaurs. SEE?

      5) To repeat… DINOSAUR THEMED SIDEKICK PLAYED BY DINA!!!!!!!!!!

    4. Gamaran Sepudomyn

      I think Dina would add “with exception of a small group of avian creatures, which will then proceed to become widely spread.”

  22. Sensedog

    Yes. Yes indeed. Yessssssss.

  23. Hoboturtle

    Part of me wants to imagine that shes been trying that on everytime Amber wasnt in the room from the very beginning and has been trying to find the right time to ask if she could borrow it.

    1. Yotomoe

      This way I won’t have to talk to people. I can just say short one liners and leave them in awe.

  24. newllend

    Ah the true test of a hero, when their back is against the wall facing a challenge or turmoil they stop to think, “would my life and the life of other people be better of if I just gave this up”? Now at a cross road to make a choice, an important choice.

    1. Yotomoe

      I chose C. The answer is always C.

      1. DEG1377

        Stick it in?

        1. ArbiterSands

          Haha, haven’t heard that one in a long time..

  25. My1Digit I Q

    I love you Dina

  26. caesaria82

    Amber’s side-eye in the last panel is giving me life.

  27. Alex Stritar

    Dina better be the new Amazi-Girl. The way she has the mask over her hat is too adorable.

  28. Yotomoe

    And thus the torch has been passed down.

    1. KingMabel

      And Dina became…

      Dino-Gal!

  29. Horrible Person

    You’re doing this on purpose Dina

  30. Opus the Poet

    OK I have a DOA unrelated question, how do I find the Roomies/Here’s Walky strips with Marcie in them? I’m trying to find out more about her character in the “other” universe. So far all I have been able to wring out of the search system there is that she exists as a character…

    1. No Name

      Marcie never appeared in Roomies! and only made a few appearances in It’s Walky! She didn’t have much character development.

      1. Opus the Poet

        Yeah, SP had only the one comic with her tagged and she was in the background facing away from the scene.

        1. Opus the Poet

          And I forgot to change my Grav for the serious answer again.

      2. Opus the Poet

        And it looks like she’s never going to get any dialog in DoA either.

        1. tinfoil theory

          “Bullshit.”

    2. Gigafreak

      http://comicsearch.stacken.kth.se/search.fast?database=itswalky
      The search term is…
      Marcie :

      That’s Marcie’s name, then a space, then a colon, then another space.

      (The spot before the colon is for the type of presence: whether the character is on panel, off-panel, speaking through 2-way comms, et cetera. The spot after the colon is for the type of speech/text: whispering, shouting, narration, singing, and so on. Leave them blank, as here, to keep all results that include the character in any capacity.)

      If you want to see the only time Marcie spoke (“Holy sh**”), search for “Marcie :s “

  31. acher4

    OMG, soooo efing cuuuute!

  32. Yotomoe

    My big question is how is this fitting as well as it is. I mean I realize that The sleeves are long but I feel the Waist and bust would be stretched to the point that it’d look like she’s in a bag or something.

    1. fudo81

      Probably because spandex is elastic; it fits very tightly around Amber’s body, and it is just OK around Dina’s?

      1. Ragnal

        I don’t think it’s elastic though, is it?

        Goes back to SP!, but when Amber was designing the outfit she made mention of it being loose fitting because fighting crime in something tight-fit would, realistically, rip. I’d imagine that same rule applies here in DOA where everything just as much follows realistic physics.

        I mean, Dina’s popping up out of nowhere aside.

  33. Philippe G.

    Don’t do it Dina!
    If reading DC comics has taught me anything, it’s that PoC legacy characters always get killed off so that the original white superhero can return.

    1. Yotomoe

      Also if you’re a female successor to a male hero your chances are pretty slim as well.

    2. MM

      That’s not true! Sometimes they just…get turned evil.

  34. Estron

    Oh! the cute! It glares off the screen, nearly blinding me.

  35. Darth Cariss

    So this is where Amber gets the idea to have Dina act like Amazi-Girl in public while Amber is present, to throw suspicion off of herself? Always a good move when your secret identity is close to being revealed.

    1. StClair

      Next best thing to having a robot double.

      1. JAD

        I saw that one! Were writers even hired for TV back then?

  36. Regalli

    CUTIEST!

  37. Tacdud2

    I want more Dina-Gal.

  38. EvergreenFir

    DAMN IT ALT-TEXT, QUITE LITERALLY READING MY MIND!

  39. nothri

    Foolish Amber. Don’t you know that your angst is no match for the might of Dina’s cute?

  40. AgentKeen

    Godammnit, I said yesterday was the pinnacle of your career. You don’t get to turn it up to 11 like that!

  41. Makkabee

    I love Dina. I love Dina so much. I love Dina more than I hate Danny.

    1. teddydragon

      Now that’s a lot of love!

  42. Ben

    Amazidina!!!

  43. Kernanator

    MY INSTRUMENT.

    Oh and Dina wearing the costume. Yaaaay!

    1. Yotomoe

      Is that a euphenism?

      1. Kernanator

        No, it’s a joke about how the title of the strip is “Trumpet”, which is the musical instrument I play.

        1. Yotomoe

          Ah. When will we get to Trombone? Or Guitar? Or best of all, Ukulele?

  44. TPman

    See, Dina knows what’s cool.

    1. Doctor_Who

      Dina’s not wearing it because it’s cool, it’s cool because Dina’s wearing it.

      1. Tenn

        Just like fedoras and Humphrey Bogart.

        1. Gamaran Sepudomyn

          Dina wearing Humphrey Bogart is a disturbing mental image. Dina wearing a fedora that’s several sizes too large for her is cute, though.

  45. MM

    MUST HAVE AMAZI-HAT.

    1. Hythrain

      Perfect icon is just too perfect.

  46. Jenn Jamison

    I lov that the Amazi-Girl mask fits over Dina’s hats eyes! Perfect

  47. andrew

    That is the appropriate question. Good job Dina

  48. Idon'tcarenomore

    Dina definitely defines cuteness factor.

    As said in upstream post, yes Amber needs to distance herself from witnessed scene of her beating on her father. And right now, Danny is just to close to the problem.

    As ambivalent as Amber is on about everything: Danny broke her heart telling her to go away and then he saved her from killing her father and gets her away from the scene. I can see why she needs distance from him, talk about love-hate relationship.

    She also maybe needs a lawyer. She will be caught-it’s just a matter of time.

    More than one person knows her secret-identity, and too many more are putting two and two together, and will likely soon guess it.
    Dorothy is investigating the ‘2 persons running from scene, one in a cape.”

    Last. Blaine is still alive and if he was pissed before…..

    1. tinfoil theory

      Blaine won’t press charges. It wouldn’t be macho to rely on the help of others, like as if he wasn’t able to take care of himself. He’s going to hunt her down himself, r███ her, and tell her to stay the hell away from his daughter. (His son can defend himself, she’s just a girl.)

  49. Shanunu

    As one of the people with burning apathy towards Dina, that is hilarious.

    Dina’s like “did you even try to hide this costume?”

  50. Shanunu

    Additional thought- does this mean Amber doesn’t realize Ethan knows, or is it given that he does?

    1. John

      I’m pretty sure that this strip means that he knows, and she knows he knows, even though neither of them are saying what it is they know.

      I’m not sure how he knows. That strip also seems to imply that it’s not because she told him what she was getting up to. I kind of suspect that somewhere there’s a stick-figure crayon drawing (in Crayola primary yellow and blue) entitled “AmAzzinG GiRL By AmBeR AGe 5”, and Ethan was there when she drew it.

  51. Bill

    Yes, by all means give it to Dina.  She would make a wonderful Dread Pirate Roberts.

  52. Vincent

    Yessss
    http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2664

    1. fudo81

      yessss http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1751
      (4th QC reference in a strip’s comments, I think this might be a record)

  53. Darwin

    Not a hoax! Not an imaginary story! Dina as Amazigirl! My evening is now complete. I can rest easy knowing I had a good Dina-derived adoralaugh.

  54. Tom Speelman

    YES! YES! YES!

  55. JoeMerl

    Oh my gosh. I have it.

    Dina can be her sidekick. She’ll be the Robin who keeps Amber’s Batman from going into all-out total grimdark mode.

    NOW THAT I’VE SAID THIS, IT MUST BE CANON.

    1. tinfoil theory

      Would that make Danny Catwoman?

      1. John

        Danny is Superman’s Girl Friend Lois Lane.

        I vote Sal for Catwoman.

        1. MM

          In terms of the Amazi-Girl backstory, isn’t Sal more Joe Chill?

        2. tinfoil theory

          Sal is the Joker.

  56. Aeron

    Well now she really will be CLEVER-GIRL!

    Obviously she will be a full tilt stealth mode super hero.

  57. Jesse

    Oh my god, that’s adorable!

  58. Kyle

    The best part of what is a fantastic strip is the implied alacrity with which she dons the uniform. She has practiced putting it on before.

  59. Pyr05

    She’s got raptor skills! A leaner, hissier Amazi-girl! She’ll probably jump even higher! And bite more than punch!

  60. Crumplepunch

    Yeeeesssssssssssssss.

  61. Triniking

    Oh wow. The eye sockets in the Amazi-Girl mask lined up on the eyes with Dina’s hat.

    Great job, Mr. Willis.

  62. Alexx

    DINAMAZING.

  63. Joe

    A tale of two Amazi-Girls!
    In a continuity where wacky hijinks trumped all, this would actually be kinda interesting to see. They could switch off who takes on the Amazi-Girl mantle, and throw people off the trail.
    Never again would people be able to argue “but you never see them in the same room.”

  64. Amazi-Stool

    I approve of this event!

  65. Hiraku

    Oh man, what if Dina offers to become Amber’s decoy-Amazigirl to distract the student body away from Amber? That way Amber can continue being Amazigirl without all the hassle of the media.

    1. Triniking

      That sounds too logical, brah.

  66. Ashley

    Did she just magical-girl-transform herself into the outfit?

  67. Dhraakellian

    I love that the dino-hat is wearing the mask

  68. Tealjoy

    I love Dina. I just love her. And the fact that her dino-hat is wearing the mask is precious.

    1. ZORK

      Same here, same here.

  69. DeathsApprentice

    It’s Amazi-Dina! 🙂

  70. Bill

    “Yessss …. but you may want to shorten the sleeves.”
    (Incidentally, T. Rexes had the same problem with their shirts)

    1. Plasma Mongoose

      That’s why they switched to singlets then.

  71. Kevin

    I started reading DoA because of an ad above QC. I’m glad Willis is referencing QC.

  72. Ikaru

    Dina gets cuter every page. And her dinohat is wearing the mask? Genius! No one would recognize her!

  73. Bsword

    I approve the hat with eyes needing the eye guard to protect it’s identity

  74. Jack Finch

    Oh that Last Panel!!! This is my new favorite Amber Face.

  75. Sam

    The eye holes in that mask are magical. They exactly fit Dina’s hat and Amazi-Girl’s eyes as they squint and widen.

  76. Flimsyfishy

    Amazi-girl and her sidekick Dinasaurus Rex.

  77. Joshua Rotella

    This is like when Captain America used Thor’s Hammer in 2099:Manifest Destiny and made an awesome CapThor.

  78. maycroft

    Amber:”why”
    Dina: “Because there HAS to be an Amazi-girl”

  79. AnvilPro

    Wait, where did Dina go in the last panel? And I thought Amber was Amazi-Girl, how are they in the same place at the same time?

  80. Akahane

    My jaw dropped at the adorableness. Srsly.

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