Publishing date: 29.10.2024
Thank you to NetGalley and Titan Books for the ARC. My opinions are my own.

This year I have read more comics, and these "instagram panel comics" have been a treat for me. Sadly, this was not a treat for me.

First of all, I had set my expectations for colored dinos, not what I got. Not a big deal, but just a note to those who had the same expectations.

Second, the humor here is a strange South park esque type of humor. But it wasn't funny in the same way. Humor that is on the nose like South Park is really hard to pull off. There is a fine balance between sarcasm and crude. The humor here passed that line into crude. I don't think I chuckled once, just made faces like :\

You do get what you ask for here, there are two dumb dinos. But it was a little too dumb for me.

Final ranking and star rating?
2 stars, D tier. I gave it two stars because this is art made by a human, and there is clearly some effort put into it. Can't give it any higher for the simple reason that it wasn't for me. It might be for others.

I was expecting more from 2 Dumb Dinos. I didn't find any of the humor funny, the art barely changed, and I overall don't understand the point of this collection of comics. Unfortunately not for me

The art is really simple so it makes it easy to follow the story and enjoy the dad jokes. It was very silly and a lot of fun.

4 stars

While some gags land well, others fall flat, making the humor feel uneven. The blend of Peanuts-style simplicity with South Park-style absurdity is intriguing, but it doesn’t always work smoothly here. For fans who enjoy quirky, pop culture-heavy humor with a dose of nostalgia, 2 Dumb Dinos might bring a few laughs. For others, though, it might feel like just another random dino joke.

I chuckled at a few, but I wouldn't say it was really up my alley regarding the sense of humor. It definitely had the vibe of a tongue-in-cheek, very dry and absurd Sunday morning newspaper comic strip. I guess I wanted more development over the course of the run, with more call-backs and in-jokes, but that could just be my own personal preference.

A few of the comics were funny but I didn't really get most of them. The dinosaurs were kind of cute but very dumb, as per the title!

Thank you Netgalley for giving me the opportunity to read and review this book. These opinions are completely my own.

An enjoyable way to end my day. The Twix comic was my favorite.

This one is definitely not for me. I guess you would call it "dry humor" but honestly I didn't find a single thing funny in it. The cover is definitely deceiving. I thought I would be encountering a sarcastic type of humorous book, but I was sorely mistaken. Pretty sure this series is surviving purely off of the "famous name" of the author.

This is my first introduction to Eric Filipkowski, and while I enjoyed several of the comics, I feel that the humor just might not be my style. I laughed aloud at several scenes, but otherwise, I didn't find it too comical.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for a digital copy of this book in exchange for my honest opinion.

I didn’t find these comic strips very funny. Nothing wrong with them as such, but I didn’t even chuckle even once.

The cover art looked cute, but I wasn't familiar with this, which apparently is an established series/platform/[???]-- it seems like this is just a compilation of already-published/posted panels, so is probably of most interest to fans. One of the creators is the son of Mark Hamill-- hand-selling to sci-fi pop-culture fans could work here?

I didn't think any of it was funny. There are some pop-culture and 4th-wall references that some readers might enjoy. I spent most of the book wondering what the heck I was missing that none of these made much sense to me, but a sequence towards the end clarifies that these are jokes that don't make sense or even have a punchline most of the time (<< not a direct quote, because I was reading the eARC and quoting is not permitting, but that's very close).

Not for me, and I can't think of any particular person I would recommend this to. Maybe people who exclusively prefer satire and the driest possible humor? eARC from NetGalley.

Darkly witty. Sometimes the schtick wore a little thin, but there was a fresh, modern voice on most pages.

NetGalley Review

Star Rating: ★☆☆☆☆

Oof. That's about all I got for this one. I was so excited to read this. It seemed like it was going to be utterly hilarious. Nope. Definitely a let down. Last I checked my sense of humor wasn't broken. I still find Bo Burnham, Dave Chappelle, Demetri Martin, etc all hilarious. This just doesn't do it. It's like they aimed at humor and before the arrow was loosed they tripped, fell, and shot their own pinky toe. This just wasn't for me. Hopefully it's better for you!

Like always though, read it and decide for yourself

Irreverently funny, 2 Dumb Dinos is aptly named. These dinos share social commentary on politics, pop culture and social morality (or the lack there of). Don't let the simple drawings fool you, these dinos have bite.

My thanks to NetGalley and Titan Books for an advance copy of this new collection featuring the continuing adventures of two dinosaurs, and their interactions with the world around them, and most importantly their dealings with each other.

My parents moved from the Bronx to Connecticut when I was young, but never gave up on the fact that media made in the Big Apple was of more importance than the small town we moved to. News was always from NBC channel 4 in New York, and my Dad would always buy the New York Post, The New York Daily News, and the Times on Sunday. My brother and I would always fight over the Daily News, as they had a huge section loaded with cartoon strips. All in color, all featuring longer stories and or adventures. Peanuts, Broom Hilda, Motley's Crew, we loved them all. As I got older I found Mad and Cracked magazine, and one other one I can't remember. The Far Side opened my mind to what a one panel cartoon could do, so much different than The Family Circus. My dad bought me Life in Hell by Matt Groening, and again my mind was blown. Adult stories, a bit of the absurd, naughty words. Add in David Lynch's The World's Angriest Dog, and these strips had a lasting impact on my psyche and interests. And I think the creators of this digital comic 2 Dumb Dinos , created by both Nathan Hamill and Eric Filipkowski.

The strip is simple sounding. Two dinosaurs, shown mostly in profile scheme, fight, argue, berate, get fooled, get lost and try to live life in this weird place that we call the United States. The stories are timeless, one dinosaur is sleeping with the other dinosaur's wife, but later both dinosaurs seem to be cheated on by a third character. There are mentions or extinction, themselves and the human race, how to make money, and make deals. As the comic goes on the story becomes a little more topical, well 5 years topical, and one wonders how they look at the world now. At the end the stories reset and the next day new adventures begin, along with new problems.

I laughed quite a bit while reading this which is always pleasant, and I felt realy bad when it ended. Both creators are very talented in telling the story, from both the art and writing point of view. There are some exceptions in the early strips, but that soon ends as the stories start getting a little bigger, and more topical. The two are distinct in appearance, and though the title has dumb in the title, I feel that one of these characters are smarter than the other. However when the baseline is so low, it is easy to seem like Einstein when dealing with well a former president who has his own sneaker line. Though these characters are fun, and one doesn't feel a burdened, or bored, or sad hanging around with them.

I enjoyed this collection and will have to keep an eye out for more stories about these two. a Nice strip that looks at the world, how cartoons tell stories, and how important it is to have someone that one can talk too, one to share big ideas, and dumb stuff too.

I received this DRC from NetGalley.

The dinos are cute. The comics were a bit hit or miss for me. My favorite one was "Minister." I just thought that whole set up was really funny.

THis was too dumb to finish. I did not like it at all. It was not funny or witty. It wasn't even enough to hold my attention. I might be dumber for reading what I did.

It’s not actually funny or cute and there is a lot of empty space due to the comics being different numbers of panels long.

Distinctly unfunny - generally my minimum is a polite one and a half stars, but this in no way deserves such heights.

I love reading novels like this. The pointless jokes but you can’t help but carry on reading. Also loved the graphics.