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don't croon out loud, just keep it inside, learn how to hide your singing

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Sal: 'K, so it's "choir." S'just singin' with a buncha other folks. Can't even pick me out. S'not a big deal, even. It's NOTHIN'.
Marcie: Your voice, be PROUD.
Sal: No, that's not-- Ah'd rather not.
Marcie: Your voice? I love.
Sal: Well, y'shouldn't.
 
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by David M Willis Posted on May 7, 2026

Second Patreon Bonus Strip for April 2026 — BOOSTER (and walky)

Posted on May 6, 2026 by David M Willis
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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!

$45K! TONY magnet unlocked!

Posted on May 1, 2026 by David M Willis
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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.  

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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 

$42,746 surprise magnet reveal: HALLOWEEN SARAH!

Posted on April 27, 2026 by David M Willis
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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.

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Up next: TONY at $45K and CARLA at $50k!  

Patreon bonus strip for APRIL 2026 — MEREDITH

Posted on April 26, 2026 by David M Willis
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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!

$40K! ALICE and JENNIFER magnets unlocked!

Posted on April 23, 2026 by David M Willis
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The Dumbing of Age Book 15 Kickstarter has hit $40K!  That means it’s time to unlock the pair of ALICE and JENNIFER magnets!  You can pledge for only Alice at the ALICE MAGNET tier, only Jennifer at the JENNIFER MAGNET tier, or pledge for both at the ALICE AND JENNIFER MAGNETS tier!  All three tiers include a doodle/autograph inside your book and the unlocked free Amber magnet!  Jennifer’s magnet will be about 2″x4″ and Alice’s will be a bit taller.

You can also pledge at the PICK THREE or PICK FIVE magnet tiers and choose either or both 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)

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Up next: Unlocking the TONY magnet at $45k!  and whichever other magnet i may decide to spring unawares at you at any time

Introducing: Wack’d, comments moderator

Posted on April 22, 2026 by David M Willis

I hit the “you can mod now” button at about the same time as I hit the “kickstarter launch” button, so things have been harried, but hey guess what y’all have a comments moderator, and her name is Wack’d. Well, it’s “Wackd” on here because apostrophes are an illegal character but whatcha gonna do.

Anyway, she’s gonna make things… readable? Her rules are her own, and it seems she has a different goal from my usual one: her “actually make things readable” rule versus my “let everyone be mean to me so they don’t think i’m mean” rule. It’s probably a better rule.

Also she’s big on transcripts and tagging, so you might see some of that now. Wasn’t in the job description, but I’ll certainly allow it.

To sum up: I bet we’re all extremely excited to have a new focus for all our hate. oh god wack’d i’m so sorry, i hope they’re paying you enough for this, oh no wait that’s me, i know the answer to that is definitely no

$34,217 surprise magnet reveal: BICURIOUS DOROTHY

Posted on April 21, 2026 by David M Willis
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We’ve hit $34,217, which the Dumbing of Age Book 15 Kickstarter has decided is an important number right now! SURPRISE!  It’s a Dorothy.  And she’s noticing things!  Uh oh!!!

BICURIOUS DOROTHY’S magnet’s gonna be of 2″x4″, and you can pledge for her at the BICURIOUS DOROTHY MAGNET tier!  You get her, the book, and a doodle/autograph inside!

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)

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Up next, ALICE and JENNIFER both unlock at $40!  And at $45… Tony?  wait who’s tony, did we know a tony 

also there may be some other unceremoneously-announced surprise magnets

$30K! FREE AMBER MAGNET unlocked!

Posted on April 20, 2026 by David M Willis
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The Dumbing of Age Book 15 Kickstarter has hit $30K!  A bit earlier than I expected!  Wow!  That means that everyone gets a FREE AMBER magnet, so long as you pledged for something physical I can mail it to you in!  Hot dang!

Pledged for an unsigned book? FREE AMBER! Pledged for a signed book? FREE AMBER! Pledged for ALL the books? FREE AMBER! Pledged for all the magnets? Surprise, FREE AMBER!

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*whispers* oh and i was an idiot and forgot to add the Previous Years’ Magnet add-ons, so if you were wondering where those were today, they’re there now, you can add them on

$26K! DAPPER DINA magnet unlocked!

Posted on April 20, 2026 by David M Willis
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Hey!  The Dumbing of Age Book 15 Kickstarter has hit $26k!  That means we’ve hit our first stretch goal.  And it’s DAPPER DINA!  Her magnet’s gonna be just shy of 2″x4″ (she smol), and you can pledge for her at the DAPPER DINA MAGNET tier!  You get her, the book, and a doodle/autograph inside!

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)

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Next up, maybe some sorta-surprise magnets, given how not-obscuring these silhouettes are?  And EXERMACISES AMBER is unlocked for EVERYBODY at $30k!