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It's time for a little more Julia Gray in your lives!  Dang, pun names are the worst!

10/22 second bonus strip: https://www.patreon.com/posts/second-bonus-for-74329062

12/22 second bonus strip: https://www.patreon.com/posts/second-bonus-for-76939115

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Bad Poetry

I have a friend with that exact name. I kid thee not.

Vivian

Yeah who would do that 👀

Andrea Andrew

I thought Joyce and Deena were good with each other.

Rob McBobson

BTW, as far as I know "Saruyama" means "monkey mountain". Is that correct, or do I need to brush up on my Japanese?

Shane Wegner

Oh, I get it, because DINA likes DINOsaurs! NOT VERY ORIGINAL Willi- I mean Joyce.

Packy Anderson

I don't remember It's Walky! Dina being all that obsessed with dinosaurs. I mean, I know it was there, but Willis really leaned into that trait in DoA.

Andrea Andrew

Isn’t this the comic that Joyce’s editor said has more romantic chemistry between the two female leads (Doris and Julia) than the intended male love interest?

Harold

These strips were drawn way in advance. Joyce's buffer may be almost as long as Willis's. Even so, I wouldn't expect Dina to be saving the comic the way Dorothy does (although "Doris" doesn't come off too well here, either).

Some Ed

I seem to recall the trait was there pretty strong in Shortpacked! as well.

Harold

I hope we get to see "Moe" soon.

Harold

@Some Ed: Dina didn't appear in Shortpacked! until the very end (a version of her came through the portal that brought the Soggies), so the dinosaur love wasn't present there. (As long as we're talking about Shortpacked!, it was a nice touch that, in the 2018 April Fool's bonus strip, Dina had acquired Becky as a universe-hopping traveling companion.)

Jasmijn Wellner

Dina Saruyama, even (in the Walkyverse she was Dina Sarazu)

Captain Button

If cereal becomes an issue will we also see not-Riley along with not-Dina?

David M Willis

joyce is probably not gonna introduce a character based on a child she briefly saw for 2 seconds several months ago

SSPeanutButter

Is it a double pun on "ceratops" as well or am I overthinking?

SSPeanutButter

How many dinosaurs could Joyce know?

Lauren Fotiades

I alternate between impressed and horrified at how believably bad Joyce's comic is. It's like all the autobio comics we were drawing to post on keenspace and our .edu websites in the early 2000s.

Dan Rabin

Possible pun on "Siri".

Minzoku Bokumetsu

*tries to make a joke based on other readings of "saru"* *finds nothing believable, since no word would start with the verb ending* yeah, monkey mountain

Minzoku Bokumetsu

I imagine Joyce "knows" dinosaurs like pterodactyl =p

Bagge

I love how proud she is

Moon Goat

Mind you she also thought Parasaurolophus could breathe fire 😒

Sean Murphy

It's almost like Willis is drawing on personal experience or something. Maybe even using an archive of their old works as reference.

Maude Reads Things

I adore pun names and I see nothing wrong with these.

Sean Murphy

Years later a spinoff comic will introduce a character named Gary Mann. (Unless someone can think of a better pun; I'm not terribly proud of that one.)

yaoi boi

Joyce's editor may be just a bit overentheusiastic.

Heatth

You are correct. It is a legit surname though. It is not some nonsense that Willis created by picking random words and mashing together. I don't know if it is a common surname but, still, it is in my dictionary.