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Apology

Posted on November 29, 2010 by David M Willis

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Tags: dina, ethan, mike
This was the first time I drew Dina's hat after having sewn like 15 of them into existence.

Discussion (99) - “Apology”

  1. Cha

    11/29/2010, 12:01 am
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    OH MY GOD WHY IS SHE SO ADORABLE

    1. Cha

      11/29/2010, 12:03 am
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      …and I’m first…due to having to screech that to the world. xD;
      Hey, I’m avoiding PreCal homework!
      I love Mike’s face in the last panel. He’s just like “…I didn’t get a chance to be an ass!”

      1. Kokopure

        11/29/2010, 5:47 am
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        I’m avoiding Canadian Lit homework! And yeah, she’s totally adorable; girls who like dinosaurs usually are, in my opinion <3

        1. Nathan

          09/14/2013, 6:12 pm

          The Ruth Gravatar makes that totally worth the Physics homework I’m skipping.

    2. David Herbert

      11/29/2010, 1:47 am
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      It’s the hat, it adds to the cuteness.

    3. Bluhblohblah

      03/31/2012, 7:57 pm
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      A..Door..Able…… hahaha funny…. I’ma go kill myself now for making that pun.

  2. Milosh

    11/29/2010, 12:03 am
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    This is why I love Mike. (This is why everyone loves Mike.)

    1. Milosh

      11/29/2010, 12:04 am
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      Wait. Did Mike push the door on Dina, or did she close it herself? I thought it was the former at first but a second look makes it seem like the latter.

      1. George

        11/29/2010, 12:07 am
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        She definitely closed it herself. I had the same first impression you did, but the hand on the door is at the wrong angle. Mike looks disappointed that he didn’t get to slam it on her.

      2. Jen Aside

        11/29/2010, 12:07 am
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        Mike’s arm isn’t raised. She closed it.

  3. David Herbert

    11/29/2010, 12:03 am
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    Barely a few words out of her mouth and I already love her.

  4. wnderjif

    11/29/2010, 12:04 am
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    “what, she liked it there”

    1. Jabberwocky

      11/29/2010, 12:08 am
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      This.

    2. Rognik

      11/29/2010, 5:55 am
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      I called that back on Friday’s strip. Makes me worry about if she were in a horror flick.

  5. Andrew

    11/29/2010, 12:05 am
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    She’s so meek, it’s just on the cusp of adorable overload.

  6. ProtonCon

    11/29/2010, 12:11 am
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    Yeah I’m getting a reading of 1.21 Gigadawws from Dina.

    1. Wackd

      11/29/2010, 12:23 am
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      However, Mike’s evilness rating for this comic is so low thus far it can’t even be measured in kilonazis…

      1. Plasma Mongoose

        04/28/2011, 7:04 pm
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        Why is evil measured in kilonazis? Nazis were pretty much one of the worse things ever and kilo suggests that average evil is 1,000 times worse, so if anything the standard measurement of evil should be millinazis.

        Kilonazis should be reserved for things like Eldritch Abominations.

        1. Wade

          07/06/2011, 3:10 am

          I dun know I’d say Eldritch Abomination of Hate works well for Mike.

    2. Alice Macher

      11/29/2010, 12:38 am
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      “Gigadawws.” <3 I'll have to remember that.

      1. Osaru Sensei

        11/29/2010, 4:23 am
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        *takes notes*

        Dina just went from my Favourite Walkyverse Character to… wait, there’s no higher position on the list! XD

  7. No0ne

    11/29/2010, 12:11 am
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    I half expected Mike to be the one to shut the door on her again…

    1. bionelly

      11/29/2010, 5:12 pm
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      I think Mike was expecting that, too.

    2. MrGBH

      11/29/2010, 5:19 pm
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      Dina has a long history of deprecating herself before Mike gets a chance.

  8. Keleso

    11/29/2010, 12:11 am
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    This made me laugh at work… not that there’s anyone to hear me at work at midnight. =/

  9. Tomb

    11/29/2010, 12:14 am
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    Ethan! Do your thing and go after her! Make her get more spot light!!!!

    1. XtraLargeRyan

      11/29/2010, 12:17 am
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      Wouldnt that result in fucking mike with Ethan :O

  10. Kater

    11/29/2010, 12:15 am
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    t-totally not me freshman year… nope… never… *closes door*

    1. Echoloco

      07/17/2011, 6:47 pm
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      Unfortunately, if you’re a guy and you do this, they think you need therapy for some reason. I know this from experience.

    2. coincidencefinder

      07/26/2011, 2:14 pm
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      It’s ironic that your avatar turned out to be Dina.

  11. Sakimei

    11/29/2010, 12:48 am
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    Oi, Dina. It’s too late – they’ve already spotted you. ): Maybe you should lie down on the floor and roll away. Sometimes that works for me..

  12. Qaxis

    11/29/2010, 12:55 am
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    I think Mike is just disappointed that she did that first. And of course, Dina is so cute…

  13. Kamino Neko

    11/29/2010, 12:55 am
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    She’s…adorable.

    Can I keep her?

  14. Dierna

    11/29/2010, 1:08 am
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    Dina fails at being a ninja

  15. Gianni

    11/29/2010, 1:11 am
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    Dina reminds me a little of my roommate’s guinea pig, who huddles at the back of the cage every time the cage door is opened. Dina! If you let yourself be known, people might like you and pat you on the head!

    That said, this scene was adorable.

  16. arjay2813

    11/29/2010, 1:13 am
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    love dina and mike in the final panel. also, totally want a dina hat

    1. Cassidy

      11/29/2010, 10:08 am
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      last day of the sale in the store!!!
      http://shortpacked.bigcartel.com/product/dina-s-dino-hat

      1. arjay2813

        11/29/2010, 2:54 pm
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        sadly i have no money in the bank atm, or i would get it. i may wait a week or 2, but i’ll get it at full price i suppose. +/

        1. Cassidy

          11/29/2010, 4:02 pm

          still a good deal, full price is only like 2 or 3 dollars more than sale price. i bought one! (before the sale started)

  17. Eri

    11/29/2010, 1:15 am
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    Mike’s expressions: Still ruling my heart <3

  18. KVogue

    11/29/2010, 1:45 am
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    Little did they know that Dina has a secret liar behind the door…

    1. TheStranger

      11/29/2010, 2:24 am
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      A secret liar? So it’s *not* really fine? Gasp!

  19. Shift

    11/29/2010, 1:55 am
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    Wow… so I guess this makes Amber the less socially awkward and meek one in the group.

    Trippy.

    1. begbert2

      11/29/2010, 10:43 am
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      Amber’s not meek. She’s just got better things to do than associate with meatpeople.

      1. begbert2

        11/29/2010, 10:48 am
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        Also I just remembered that she’s Spidercar. She’s *really* not meek.

  20. Alechsa

    11/29/2010, 2:22 am
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    ….So does she just live behind that door and Amber has the rest of the room? I’d believe that.

  21. TheSuperhoo

    11/29/2010, 2:54 am
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    Confirmed: College Student Dina is wayyyyy cuter than Lab Assistant Dina.

    1. Cassidy

      11/29/2010, 10:08 am
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      ^this

      1. Joebo

        11/29/2010, 4:40 pm
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        Bad Cassidy. That is evil and lazy. At the very least you should use my own “Seconded”

    2. superscientistgirl

      12/23/2010, 8:33 pm
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      Thirded!

  22. JesseJanitect

    11/29/2010, 2:55 am
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    It occurs to me that DOA Ethan and Amber are probably largely immune to Mike’s general level of jackass, so he might not bother to be a jackass around just them. That stuff’s no fun if you don’t get a reaction.
    Or it could just be that since Willis is the person who created Mike, he’s channeling Mike’s ultimate philosophy “I’m whatever you don’t want me to be” and consistently keeping Mike rather lowkey to continuously kick all of us Mike-worshippers in the metaphorical nuts.

    1. milk experiment

      11/29/2010, 10:46 am
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      What better way to honor the inventor of the “metaphorical crotch-kick”?

  23. Chris

    11/29/2010, 3:06 am
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    Well after sewing all dem hats just think about how good you are at drawing them now! 😀

    1. Joebo

      11/29/2010, 4:41 pm
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      I don’t know, I liked the hat better with more smaller teeth.

  24. Heather

    11/29/2010, 3:46 am
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    D’Awwwww.

    But also kind of pathetic too really.

  25. Zaratustra

    11/29/2010, 6:45 am
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    Is it just me or Mike seems a bit more … expressive in this world?

  26. creativerealms

    11/29/2010, 8:18 am
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    As much as I hate to say this since I don’t really like the term Dina is just so Moe I love it and her.

    Yeah I’m kind of embarrassed to be an anime fan.

    1. Krimson

      11/30/2010, 3:04 pm
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      Nothing wrong with being an anime fan. And yes, Dina is Moe.

  27. Ragnal

    11/29/2010, 8:20 am
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    I think Mike looks annoyed because he didn’t get to close the door on her. XD

  28. Maarvarq

    11/29/2010, 8:22 am
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    Is Dina supposed to be slightly cross-eyed here?

    1. Sporkaganza

      11/29/2010, 9:17 pm
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      …SLIGHTLY? She’s got the HERP DERP going on in panel two something serious.

      Yeah, I think it’s on purpose. It’s kind of adorable.

  29. Erinaceus

    11/29/2010, 8:27 am
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    Dina makes a wonderful woobie

  30. Richie9999

    11/29/2010, 8:29 am
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    I’m not sure what I find more amusing, Dina’s shyness and pulling the door back in front of her or Mike’s expression in the last panel. Either way I still lol’d.

  31. zuche

    11/29/2010, 9:48 am
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    The only way they’re ever going to get her out from there is with explosives.

    What? This isn’t the first time she’s gotten herself stuck behind a door.

    1. Gianni

      11/29/2010, 9:55 am
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      I’m sure Mike brought the explosives too, besides the crowbar

    2. Joebo

      11/29/2010, 4:43 pm
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      you should be ashamed of yourself.

      1. zuche

        11/30/2010, 4:50 pm
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        Let me check.

        Nope. No shame detected. There’s a reason my business cards include the phrase “relentlessly inapporpriate”.

  32. ThatRobedGuy

    11/29/2010, 10:04 am
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    Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaw.

  33. ADHadh

    11/29/2010, 10:08 am
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    Alright, Dinobot (Ethan/Dina) shippers, assemble!

    1. beeftony

      11/29/2010, 10:34 am
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      Ethan is already out of the closet in this universe.

      1. Cha

        11/30/2010, 12:04 am
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        Anything can happen in fanfiction. ;D

  34. Zem

    11/29/2010, 11:50 am
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    Yeeah, Mike doing it may have worked better, but he’s apparently a lot more subtle in this ‘verse. Or he just used to be irritated because he has had it with those motherfucking aliens at that motherfucking SEMME.

    Did Willis ever see some Haruhi Suzumiya, because the blank expression and the “It’s fine” is totally channeling some Yuki Nagato there.

    And maybe Dina is only like this: “No, that’s totally fine that you opened the door at me. See? I’ll open it on myself. Oh, you want some food? Fine, take my seat at this table. I’ll just eat some dog food from here on the floor. No, that’s totally fine. Woof woof.”

    1. Cha

      11/30/2010, 12:07 am
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      …goddamnit. First fanfiction ideas, now drawing ideas. I should stop reading the comments and do my homework.

      Then I can stay up to attempt to draw this. Because that would be cute. Horrifyingly sad, but still cute.

      And Dina doing it worked so much better – Mike doesn’t even have a CHANCE to be an asshole to her.

      1. Zem

        11/30/2010, 11:30 am
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        Wanna hear something else cool?

        Dorothy also has a mole on her chest.

        http://www.dumbingofage.com/2010/comic/book-1/02-uphill-from-here/gender/

        1. David

          11/30/2010, 12:24 pm

          That is her collarbone.

        2. Krimson

          11/30/2010, 3:07 pm

          Alas, Dorothy isn’t Mikuru after all. 😛

  35. Micah

    11/29/2010, 12:54 pm
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    I wandered in here from a link on QC, and just read through the archives. Funny stuff! You’ve got a new reader. 🙂

    1. Mirenheart

      11/29/2010, 4:29 pm
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      You should go read the the It’s Walky! Archives on itswalky.com and the Shortpacked! archives on shortpacked.com
      😀

      1. Micah

        11/29/2010, 11:47 pm
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        I shall do that! I did get the impression that some of these characters “knew” each other, and there was backstory somewhere. Many thanks!

  36. Fawlkes

    11/29/2010, 1:04 pm
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    Dina… I’ll never forget the sacrifice you made in Walky. *sniff*

    I think I still have the last picture of her somewhere.

    1. MrGBH

      11/29/2010, 5:22 pm
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      Sometimes I use the image of Mike seeing Dina die as my avatar.

    2. Sporkaganza

      11/29/2010, 9:19 pm
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      Am I the only one that thought the very last image of her in Walky was reminiscent of Spock in Star Trek II?

      “The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the one…” ;____;

  37. Mirenheart

    11/29/2010, 4:23 pm
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    … she’s really F**king cute… X3

    1. Mirenheart

      11/29/2010, 4:36 pm
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      She’s always been my favorite character, and now she is even more so!

  38. Roborat

    11/29/2010, 5:54 pm
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    Cute Dina is cute. Is that supposed to be a dinosaur hat, or a headcrab? But, is there something wrong with her arm, that is a vey awkward way to try and close a door. My arm cramped just trying to figure the motion out.

  39. Dahlia

    11/29/2010, 10:11 pm
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    I love Dina and her hat <3

    I totally asked my mom for a Dina hat for X-mas (linked her to the page and everything)….D: I NEED a Dina hat!

  40. Randonimity

    11/30/2010, 4:55 am
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    I’m wondering if it hadn’t been Dina (whom we all love because she is too adorable for words) who was behind that door and had closed said door on herself but a different or a new character altogether, would we still think it cute/adorable?

    1. Cha

      11/30/2010, 5:35 pm
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      …as long as she had the same expression, probably.

  41. Yoto32

    12/15/2010, 5:18 pm
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    Is she supposed to look cross-eyed? Or does the problem lie with my eyes?

  42. The Professor

    02/06/2011, 10:51 am
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    Where can i get that Hat?

  43. DeWeese07

    03/10/2011, 10:31 am
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    only her second appearance and i LOVES her! plus, I wants her hat!

    1. daughterofthestars

      05/20/2011, 10:50 am
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      She was actually in like, the second strip. Go back and look. The big bird’s eye view comic in the very beginning shows her green hat and black hair.

  44. Magnus369

    09/26/2011, 4:48 am
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    looked more like mike was giving a eye/head twitch WTF look to ethan.

  45. Jenny Creed

    07/19/2013, 6:01 pm
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    Clever girl. . .

  46. ShadowDJ

    11/05/2014, 7:23 pm
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    SO…what could she do in the Main Walkyverse?

  47. nothri

    11/06/2014, 8:05 pm
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    Ethan: So Mike, would you hit that?

    Mike: Meh. Maybe if I was really drunk…

  48. Aisling

    05/22/2015, 3:25 pm
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    OMG Can I hug her and take her home? She’s freaking adorable in only four panels AND shes a nerdy dinosaur girl. <3

  49. Nezumi

    03/16/2016, 1:58 am
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    She’s even more “me” here than in Walkyverse.

  50. Mousa The 14

    03/31/2016, 1:20 pm
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    Okay, And I guess her thing is “weirdly awkward”.

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