favorite dinosaur comics
dinosaur comics is a comics series by critically acclaimed writer guy ryan north--the pictures stay the same, but the words change! dinosaur comics has been running since 2003, and i've been reading since around 2007 or so. i bought the first dinosaur comics book and got it signed by the man himself at an anime convention! it was great. i was quite excited.
so here is a list of some of my favorites; chronological order. i USED to have a bunch bookmarked, but that was several computers ago. i also had a list like this on my terribly basic website when i was in high school...so let's do it again!
the list
2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023
2014
taken from my tumblr "dinosaur comics" tagthe link titles are taken from panel 2. i always think that's the best whammy. but sometimes it's panel 1. if you see a hashtag ("#"), then that's from my personal comment!
- IT'S NEVER TOO LATE
- what's next, a novel about romance, a "romance novel", if you will??
- something called A LITTLE WHITE LIE SPIRALS OUT OF CONTROL??
- STOP THE WEDDING!!
- #you're all doctors
- HOW TO STOP GETTING EMAILS
- Oh phew what a relief
- 1910s: the distance to Tipperary is approximated for the very first time!
- CYBERNETICALLY ENHANCED BODIES.
- #antonio tony stories are great
- FREE BUSINESS CARDS print and save! also add in your own personal information that part should be obvious
- "The afterlife is not what I was hoping for," Tiny Ghost sighed!
- My phone died, so I got a new phone! HAH HAH HAH!
- #who else but t-rex could and would be a meat expert
- I NEED MONEY?!
- FRIGGIN' OW
- Like, he'd stare intently at your forehead and swipe it occasionally to turn the page!
- HOW TO BE BETTER AT STREET HARRASSMENT
- From now on all you'll get from me is 100% VERIFIABLE FACTS.
- Wait. Why CAN'T I eat ice cream every day?
- Thanks, computers!!
- #i think a lot of us can relate to panels 1 & 2
- No wait, Batman riding a pterodactyl!
- Winning at wrestling a bear!
- And OBVIOUSLY I always summarize my friends while walking over to their house!
- It's--kinda weird?
- TIPS ON BEING AN ADULT
- You know what everyone knows we're doing just because it's in a photo? SMILING.
2015
- #amazing
- #the devil makes an interesting point though because the same could be said for chiptune music i think? for the same reasons? maybe
- ...THE MEANING OF LIFE?!
- THEY HAVE NEVER FAILED
- DID YOU EAT MY LUNCH [ ] YES [ ] NO
- #this one's a RIDE
- GREAT NAMES FOR FRUIT
- Attention, parents! THERE IS NO STOPPING THIS.
- LOBSTERS??
- Then she controlled plants to make trees cover the Arctic!
- (throwback from 2009) HOW TO KISS
2016
- #a relatable comic
- JOKES FOR TEENS
- ANTONIO TONY meets MANCAVE STEEL
- Can we talk to dogs?!
- "SMOOTHING THE CAT"
- It's EVERYWHERE.
- LATER: They wouldn't even explain the rules?!
- #kale fax
- #TJ COOL SHADES
- AHHH I'M SO EXCITED AND YOU CAN TELL BECAUSE I'M SCREAMING IN A RESTAURANT
- And that's how tons of people found out they were furries!
- COMIC TO GIVE TO YOUNG PEOPLE ABOUT THEIR CHANGING BODIES
- (throwback from 2009) Yet more SECRETS OF THE MEDICAL PROFESSION!
2017
- Hey God, quick question!
- I WILL NOT!!
- T-REX IF THIS IS A DESCARTES BEFORE DE HORSE JOKE I WILL DESTROY THE UNIVERSE
- #i missed the devil
- Wait...TOWN CRIERS ARE A THING AGAIN?!
- PRIMO MARIO KART TIPS
- I HAVE EXCITING NEWS ABOUT ICE CREAM!
- So did I guess correctly?
- Sure it does!
- ...SECRETS FROM THE WORLD OF TOMORROW!
2018
- WHY HASN'T FACEBOOK DIED YET?!
- #you know what t-rex? me too
- THE TOP FIVE EMOTIONS
- This Darth guy's not been in his son's life at ALL!
- But if you're three stories up, they probably won't see you!
- What is their deal, I might ask?
- ARE YOU SUPER SCREWED FOREVER?
- But then folks started using these medical terms as insults!
- ...my good friend Mr. Tusks!
- Attention, everyone! I clearly told y'all so!
- ...NEVER WENT TO GO TO SLEEP AGAIN?!
2019
- My favorite holiday!
- Everyone likes a compliment! ESPECIALLY ME.
- IT'S 11 AM AND I HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING YET!!
- You'll just continue on as you always have, unaware that you're now mathematically An Old!
- #no refunds
- ...THEIR AGING BODIES??
- ...and I'd distribute my music exclusively on compact discs with blue cover art!
- Hah hah hah! It takes all kinds, I guess!
2020
- Right, well, we can DEFINITELY do whatever we want here!
- And you wouldn't judge this perfect person for it!
- And like many of those same people, I've thought "hmm maybe I could make money at this?"
- ...that sometimes we will insult animals who can't understand us?
- SHORTLY: Ooh, scented candles! NICE.
- COMPUTER SCIENCE WITH T-REX
- And THAT is why all civilizations are doomed to fail!
- When kids call themselves "CONTENT CREATORS"!
- Can VIDEO GAMES be ART??
- Turns out we're all trapped inside our own bodies and minds and can never truly know another!!
- ...NATURE is a SCAM??
- Hey, remember when ANY of us used to hang out??
- For Captain Charles Boycott, this is no mere hypothetical!!
- ...that would've really affected the rest of my life!"
- That's me! I'm gonna be that guy!
2021
- WHICH BOOK IS IT?
- But that's how they GET you!!
- I'm going to be the BEST BAKER that EVER LIVED!!
- And that's before we even TOUCH all the Fortnite lore!
- It's been a minute, huh?
- SNOREFEST.
- Aren't you GOD? Don't YOU know?!
- WHICH ANGLE RULES THE HARDEST IN YOUR OPINION
- "Keep your magnets away from my computer, thanks!!" we'd say!
- LITERARY TECHNIQUE COMICS today's technique: ALLEGORY
- It's a distinct feeling!
- I do remember SOME of it, ladies!!
- But if you go back in the language far enough, there's different names for these animals!
- DO YOU BELIEVE USING CHEAT CODES IN SINGLE PLAYER GAMES IS CHEATING Uh, yes?
- LATER: Success!
- FREESTYLE RAP COMICS
- Psych! I'm not really that sorry actually!
- NICE TRY, SURVIVALISTS!!
- I'm ready for savoury toothpaste!
2022
- Yeah, there's been a couple a' close calls!
- ...the moon!
- I guess??
- But I didn't know it!!
- #shadow the hedgehog?? in mY dinosaur comics??? #it's more likely than you think
- Anyway, our first letter comes from Yorick!
- RIGHT Right!
- Eventually!
- I just wish they were more popular!
- Not me though!!
- #this is already real t-rex i promise
- AND SO: OH NO
- But that doesn't mean it'll be a thing FOREVER, babies!
2023
- BUT I STILL GOT A PIMPLE!!
- (oh no, is God cringe?)
- It's sure been a minute since I stared at a painting and wept openly in the face of its beauty!
- But you can tell REAL pi nerds by how many MORE digits they've memorized!
- TEN YEARS AGO BUT A FEW MINUTES LATER:
- 10 MINUTES LATER, NO FOCUS: Maybe a cookie will help??
- #1: PRODUCE AND RAISE A CHILD - Nah. Next!
- How come I can't just see the GOOD stuff??
- Hello! This is not what I requested!
- Some people aren't good at it but I can totally just chill out by myself!
- AND WE ARE.
- WATER FACTS
- ...or hate the GAME??
- Okay everyone, we need to lose weight PRONTO!!
- I speak of course of Jughead!
- I don't want to die!
- It'd be hard to get what I'm doin' in text, so that's why I'm saying it out loud! Sure!
- Step one: be good at this!!
- I finally used up a whole thing of Chapstick before losing it!!
- OR SO I THOUGHT!!
- ...there's WAY more fictional characters than there are real people!
- Anyway, our first letter comes from Alex!
- I recently saw a t-shirt arguing I should "be the change I want to see in the world"!
- WRONG!! You're WRONG if you agreed with me just now!
- I GOT ANSWERS
- A STANDING DESK
- ...and replace it with "web forum"!
- (none)
- The reason we have dogs is because we want our lives to have dogs in them!
- Aaaaaand...DONE.
- People building their own airplanes!
- LATER: Oh well, time to leave this place forever!!
- Our next letter comes from Jake!
- TREE FACTS COMICS
- HOW TO WRITE A FIVE PARAGRAPH ESSAY
- NOTES ON THE SOLAR SYSTEM
- True!
- PROCEED
