The Wabe → Bitter Nerd™ Reviews → Dinosaur Comics
Normally, I’d reserve the review for really obscure webcomics, and Dinosaur Comics is relatively famous, but I’m running late, so…
In Calvin and Hobbes, Bill Watterson (in the guise of Calvin’s father) bemoaned that modern comic strips were nothing but talking heads. Near the end of the series, he took that criticism to heart: creating epic illustrations that attempted to recapture the glory days of Little Nemo on the Sunday comic page.
Dinosaur Comics will never be accused of placing style over substance. Each strip consists of the exact same three characters—T-Rex, Utahraptor, and Dromiceiomimus—in the exact same poses, doing exactly the same thing: the only difference is the dialogue. It’s cut-n-paste comics taken to its illogical extreme.
It’s brilliant.
Whether the conversation is about ethical relativism, modern love, or set theory, the same cabin is demolished, the same woman is crushed, and T-Rex always squeezes in the last word. Yet every repetitive action is unique, because the context in which it occurs is different.
Cut-n-paste, Philosophy, Humor.
Weekdays
Almost 400 strips.
It’s the same strip in the same order all the time, except when time travel or mirror universes are involved.
Tiny goatees for the evil mirror universe dinosaurs.
None. Any change of format would completely destroy this strip.
Mia accuses me of being a drooling fanboy (and with good cause) but I seriously cannot think of any improvements to this strip.
To truly appreciate Dinosaur Comics, you need to see multiple strips:
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