#. Tiny, tiny
Feb 03, 2027
#. Boilerplate
Feb 02, 2027
#. The pleasure
Feb 01, 2027
#. Rowdiness
Jan 31, 2027
#. Carla is great
Jan 30, 2027
#. Attentive
Jan 29, 2027
#. Under no delusions
Jan 28, 2027
#. Hung up
Jan 27, 2027
#. Way too hard
Jan 26, 2027
#. Whoa, whoa!
Jan 25, 2027
Every month at the Dumbing of Age Patreon there’s two new exclusive bonus strips — one that patrons get to vote on, and another that’s my choice! This month, folks voted for ROADBLOCK POSTER! He disparages you in rhyme, folks. Read this bonus strip and hundreds of previous at the Dumbing of Age Patreon! Which is definitely the correct Patreon of mine for this particular strip to be on, I swear.
Also, if you pledge up to $5 or more per month, you can read TOMORROW’s strip RIGHT NOW, every day!
The Dumbing of Age Book 15 Kickstarter has hit $55K! We’ve unlocked RUTH, the twelfth magnet! And with just 2 days left, is that it for magnets? I dunno? Usually there’s about 12? It’s not like anybody rode a dreamhorse in this book or anything.
Anyway, pledge at the RUTHLESS MAGNET tier and you’ll get: 1) A signed book, 2) the Ruthless magnet, and 3) the unlocked free Amber magnet! Or select her for your PICK THREE or PICK FIVE MAGNETS tier, or go all-in for COMPLETE MAGNET POWER! (or even COMPLETE BOOK AND MAGNET POWER, if you’re feeling fiesty).
anyway that’s a lotta magnets
and just 2 days left
ending this thing at 11:45pm eastern Tuesday
pledge today etc
The Dumbing of Age Book 15 Kickstarter has hit $50K, folks! That means CARLA is unlocked! The CARLA AWARENESS magnet will be 2″x4.5″ and if you pledge at her tier, you’ll get her magnet tucked into your book along with the freebie EXERMACISES AMBER magnet!
Additional options include choosing her for your roster for either of the PICK THREE or PICK FIVE MAGNETS tiers, or going all-in for the COMPLETE MAGNET POWER tier!
Up next, cower in fear of the RUTH MAGNET unlocked at $55k! We got just 7 days left, so this is the final week! Pledge today!
jumpscare Suddenly, at the Dumbing of Age Book 15 Kickstarter, appears the IRREFUTABLY HETEROSEXUAL JOYCE magnet! This 2″x4″ character magnet can be had at the (shocked Joyce face) IRREFUTABLY HETEROSEXUAL JOYCE MAGNET tier! You’d receive both her and the EXERMACISES AMBER magnet freebie tucked into your signed/doodled book.
For probably no reason, a DOROTHY and JOYCE MAGNETS tier is now available. In case you want to make sure you get both.
You can also pledge at the PICK THREE or PICK FIVE magnet tiers and choose her for your eventual roster, or go all-in for the COMPLETE MAGNET POWER tier! (or the COMPLETE BOOK AND MAGNET POWER tier, if you wanna be incredibly extra since there’s fifteen dang books now)
Next up: The CARLA magnet unlocks at $50K! We’re almost there!
We’ve got just 10 days left! Then we’re donezo! well, you’re donezo, i’ll have stuff to do
People have been asking for a post where I lay out what, exactly, might get a comment deleted. Having done two of these already and being met with hostility makes me a little wary, but I agree having this stuff buried in a comments section of a comic from days ago is bad practice, so here we go.
If you’re just pointing out a character did something wrong, that’s gonna get deleted. Note the word “just” there–it’s okay to bring up someone’s wrongdoing if there’s a point besides the wrongdoing. Say, some analysis of their character or arc or something.
In general if your comment is just “this is a thing that happened, and that’s bad”, it is getting deleted. We’re reading the same comic you are and know what happened in it.
If you’re “pointing out” that a character is an abuser/hypocrite/manipulator/narcissist/insert negative trait here, that’s gonna get deleted. This isn’t analysis, it’s just insults.
If you’re “pointing out” that a character, were they a reasonable person like you, would hate another character for their misdeeds or want nothing to do with them, it is getting deleted.
If you’re “pointing out” that one character in a conflict is obviously and unambiguously correct, or that another character in a conflict is obviously and unambiguously wrong, that comment is getting deleted. (Apply this one in good faith–if your reaction to this is to troll by defending characters acting on obvious hatred and bigotry, like Mary or an evil dad or whatever, that is also getting deleted!)
If your comment can be boiled down to “why isn’t character a doing action x instead of action y?”, it’s gonna get deleted.
A friend of mine has suggested a rule along the lines of “if you write a comment as a personal letter or DM to a fictional character, it is getting deleted.” I’m not gonna enforce this one but if you find yourself doing this you might wanna double-check it’s not comorbid with the other rules.
If your comment can be boiled down to “ugh, more of this”–more of this character, more of this arc, whatever–it’s gonna get deleted.
And, perhaps most importantly–if your comment is a negative statement about David Willis, another commenter, another group of commenters, a minority or minoritized group, or myself, it is going to get deleted.
I do not have the time to individually address each individual deletion. To keep the comments from becoming about the comments, any comments asking for clarification or seeking to debate these rules will also be deleted. I understand the guesswork involved in figuring out why a comment was deleted is stressful for some commenters. I’m sorry that I have no remedy for that at this time.
I reserve the right to modify these rules at any time and for any reason. If and when that happens, the rule will be added here, and a new link to this post will be put in the comments for that day’s comic.
Every month at the Dumbing of Age Patreon there’s two new exclusive bonus strips — one that patrons get to vote on, and another that’s my choice! This month, we get BOOSTER! And Walky! And a snowpile. But not for long.
Check out this strip and the backlog of hundreds of previous bonus strips at the Dumbing of Age Patreon! Also, if you pledge $5 or more per month, you can read tomorrow’s strip a full day-and-five-minutes early, every single dang night! You could be reading tomorrow’s strip right now!
I have a NSFW Patreon, did you know? And while usually it’s just shitposting naked people, today, May 5, is Joyce’s canonical in-universe birthday! Even though it’s, like, February right now for her in-story. But out here in the real world, it’s May 5, and so here she is in her birthday suit! It’s important to be attired appropriately.
We made it! $45K, everyone! The Dumbing of Age Book 15 Kickstarter has just unlocked the ADJECTIVELESS TONY MAGNET, which you can get at his titular tier, OR in a new SARAH AND TONY MAGNET tier where you can get both of them together, of course.
Additional options include choosing him for your roster for either of the PICK THREE or PICK FIVE MAGNETS tiers, or going all-in for the COMPLETE MAGNET POWER tier! And, of course, all of these tiers come with the unlocked FREE EXERMACISES AMBER magnet.
Up next, dare we say a CARLA MAGNET unlocked at $50k? We dare, we dare! and at least two more magnets at further $5k intervals, most likely
BAM! The Dumbing of Age Book 15 Kickstarter is adding HALLOWEEN SARAH to its magnet offerings! This 2″x4.5″ character magnet can be had at the (shocked face) HALLOWEEN SARAH MAGNET tier! You’d receive both her and the EXERMACISES AMBER magnet freebie tucked into your signed/doodled book.
You can also pledge at the PICK THREE or PICK FIVE magnet tiers and choose her for your eventual roster, or go all-in for the COMPLETE MAGNET POWER tier! (or the COMPLETE BOOK AND MAGNET POWER tier, if you wanna be incredibly extra since there’s fifteen dang books now)
There’s also that HALLOWEEN MAGNET COMBO add-on available if you grab Sarah and want to complete your Halloween magnet set with magnets from previous years’ Kickstarters.
Up next: TONY at $45K and CARLA at $50k!
Every month at the Dumbing of Age Patreon there’s two new exclusive bonus strips — one that patrons get to vote on, and another that’s my choice! This month, folks voted for MEREDITH! For reasons. Unrelated to what unofficial number-associated holiday we had six days ago. Probably. Read this bonus strip and hundreds of previous at the Dumbing of Age Patreon! Which is definitely the correct Patreon of mine for this particular strip to be on, I swear.
Also, if you pledge up to $5 or more per month, you can read TOMORROW’s strip RIGHT NOW, every day!
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