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Self-conscious

by David M Willis on March 6, 2014 at 12:01 am
  • 02 - I Was a Teenage Churchmouse
└ Tags: sarah

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  1. Idon'tcarenomore
    Idon'tcarenomore
    March 6, 2014 at 12:01 am | #

    hehe

    • Jen Aside
      Jen Aside
      March 6, 2014 at 12:23 am | #

      My guess is there’s a credit card company handing out free hoodie dresses…

      • Led
        Led
        March 6, 2014 at 6:59 am | #

        No, no, remember… Joyce dresses EVERYONE today 😀

        • Jaxx Sentinel
          Jaxx Sentinel
          March 6, 2014 at 4:05 pm | #

          ASSIMILATE! ASSIMILATE!

          • Plasma Mongoose
            Plasma Mongoose
            March 6, 2014 at 6:07 pm | #

            We Are The Joyce
            Resistance Is Futile

            • das-g
              das-g
              March 6, 2014 at 7:23 pm | #

              Also, we’re legion.

            • Nee Hou
              Nee Hou
              March 7, 2014 at 8:13 am | #

              Resistance Is Useless!
              (When will the Vogons run into the Borg? It would be … EPIC!)

  2. Mr. Random
    Mr. Random
    March 6, 2014 at 12:01 am | #

    It is a sea of JOYCES!

    • Khantalas
      Khantalas
      March 6, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

      Among which, hopefully, Sarah will stick out like an island for Jacob, wandering in that sea, looking for safe harbor. :p

      • saltchocolate
        saltchocolate
        March 6, 2014 at 12:40 am | #

        ^ This. And it must be said, Sarah wouldn’t have been wearing a hoodie dress, even if she hadn’t put on the outfit Joyce got her.

      • I don't know what to put here.
        I don't know what to put here.
        March 6, 2014 at 6:44 pm | #

        Is he gonna dock with her?

        • I don't know what to put here.
          I don't know what to put here.
          March 6, 2014 at 6:44 pm | #

          I hope he doesn’t get cock-docked.

  3. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    March 6, 2014 at 12:01 am | #

    Looks like a cult started up on campus when no one was looking.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      March 6, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

      ALL HAIL THE HOODIE DRESS.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        March 6, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

        All we need now is the Ugg boots.

        • saltchocolate
          saltchocolate
          March 6, 2014 at 12:40 am | #

          They’re all on my campus.

          • Lauren
            Lauren
            March 6, 2014 at 2:12 am | #

            I think that’s preferable to art school: everyone in designer.

            • MichaelHaneline
              MichaelHaneline
              March 6, 2014 at 3:05 am | #

              At my art school half the people wore stuff they found in thrift store (the beginning of big Hipster… thing, I guess), and the other half wore whatever the fuck they didn’t care about getting paint and clay and ink all over.

              • Betty Anne
                Betty Anne
                March 6, 2014 at 10:22 am | #

                ^ This. We weren’t sure some of the art students ever changed their clothes – kind of a “Hipster Hipster” thing, I think. O.o

                But yeah – whatever it was, it usually had clay and/or paint and/or charcoal on it, so it was never very expensive.

        • The kid
          The kid
          March 6, 2014 at 5:51 am | #

          O hoodie dress why art thou so comfy with yet look so good with my leggings

          • Undrave
            Undrave
            March 9, 2014 at 11:27 pm | #

            That’s hilarious with your gravatar.

        • BrokenTusk
          BrokenTusk
          March 6, 2014 at 3:57 pm | #

          and size 6 strap ons

    • newllend
      newllend
      March 6, 2014 at 12:09 am | #

      HOLY SHIT, Joyce is a natural Jim Jones, next thing you know she’ll be handing out cups of poisoned koolaid.

      • AgentKeen
        AgentKeen
        March 6, 2014 at 12:11 am | #

        Not poisoned, just spiked. She is Queen of the Drunks after all.

      • Zap Rowsdower
        Zap Rowsdower
        March 6, 2014 at 12:22 am | #

        Flavor-Aid.

        • Opus the Poet
          Opus the Poet
          March 6, 2014 at 11:43 am | #

          Yep, they were too cheap to buy the name brand drink mix, they went with the generic because the aftertaste would hide the drugs…

    • Mystrana
      Mystrana
      March 6, 2014 at 6:04 pm | #

      Haha, all of the similarly colored hoodie dresses made me think “cult” too! Sarah looks awesome!

  4. Khantalas
    Khantalas
    March 6, 2014 at 12:01 am | #

    Joyce dresses literally everyone, it seems.

  5. Pteropine
    Pteropine
    March 6, 2014 at 12:01 am | #

    What a rebel.

  6. arank11
    arank11
    March 6, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    HOODIE DRESSES FOR EVERYBODYYYYY!!!

    • Badeyes
      Badeyes
      March 6, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

      None for me thanks.
      ;^)

    • TacosForever
      TacosForever
      March 6, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

      Aww, you beat me to it! But I’m glad we can join in this cause.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      March 6, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

      I haven’t the legs for it.

      • Opus the Poet
        Opus the Poet
        March 6, 2014 at 12:30 am | #

        Aside from the hideous scars all over them I do have the legs for them. Especially in the summer when I shave them so the cuts from flying road trash are easier to treat… Riding a bicycle for transportation in Texas is a full-contact blood sport. In spite of the clothes it ain’t for sissies.

        • Turbo Sexaphonic Delight
          Turbo Sexaphonic Delight
          March 6, 2014 at 12:51 am | #

          Solution: leather bicycle chaps.

          • Opus the Poet
            Opus the Poet
            March 6, 2014 at 11:49 am | #

            Someone made me a pair of those and leather on bare skin in 110F is a really bad combination. It doesn’t take much humidity at those temperatures combined with the exertion of riding a bike and the chaps moving on the legs to make pools of sweat and large areas of skin that are missing layers. And that was the only time I wore the chaps, the girl that made them took them and turned them into a domme costume.

        • OldFart
          OldFart
          March 6, 2014 at 12:52 am | #

          I admire your bravery, sir.

          • Opus the Poet
            Opus the Poet
            March 6, 2014 at 2:32 am | #

            I don’t know how much of it is bravery and how much is brain damage from the first big wreck to be brutally honest.

    • AHA
      AHA
      March 6, 2014 at 7:08 am | #

      Willis, for the next Kickstarter you should sell hoodie dresses. They could have the Dumbing of Age logo printed on them.

      • Casey
        Casey
        March 6, 2014 at 2:14 pm | #

        I would buy one. Or five.

  7. Michelle
    Michelle
    March 6, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    Well, hey – being the only one not dressed like a comfy Jawa will certainly help. Catch Jacob’s eye!

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      March 6, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

      Thank God, Sarah! I thought everyone had become some sort of bizzare Joyce clone!

    • Baker
      Baker
      March 6, 2014 at 12:07 am | #

      Yeah after all, if everyone was dressed slinky it’s not like it would provide an edge.

  8. Idon'tcarenomore
    Idon'tcarenomore
    March 6, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    Letting Joyce dress you is not the smartest move no matter who you are. Although I’m surprised, it is not a sweater vest.

    • nothri
      nothri
      March 6, 2014 at 4:50 pm | #

      I think she looks cute!

  9. EvilPenguin
    EvilPenguin
    March 6, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    I was about to ask if today was hoodie day.

    Then I remembered I always wear hoodies and every day is hoodie day.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      March 6, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

      I never wear hoodies but I always wear a jacket.

  10. Wonder Wig
    Wonder Wig
    March 6, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    I remember seeing the art with everyone walking toward the camera and thinking that Sarah seemed a bit odd in that outfit, which is the one she’s wearing now.

  11. timemonkey
    timemonkey
    March 6, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    I think she looks really nice in it.

    • Opus the Poet
      Opus the Poet
      March 6, 2014 at 12:23 am | #

      Yes, Joyce has picked a good look for Sarah (and I had to go read the tags to make sure I had the name right, I’m trash at remembering names).

      • Kelly
        Kelly
        March 6, 2014 at 12:33 am | #

        Remembering character names is usually easier for me than remembering real peoples’ names. Odd that.

        • Pat
          Pat
          March 6, 2014 at 1:17 am | #

          Characters in fiction often have more easily distinguished names, since the same person named them all and did that on purpose.

          • John
            John
            March 6, 2014 at 1:54 am | #

            Willis said once that the most unrealistic thing about his comics is that he only has one character named “Jennifer”.

            • Opus the Poet
              Opus the Poet
              March 6, 2014 at 11:51 am | #

              And everyone calls her “Billie”. So zero in realistic terms.

              • Plasma Mongoose
                Plasma Mongoose
                March 6, 2014 at 6:30 pm | #

                My theory was that when she was younger, Billie went to a school where there were a few Jennifers around, so she(or someone else) nicknamed her Billie and the name stuck.

                • John
                  John
                  March 6, 2014 at 7:02 pm | #

                  I’ve kind of been assuming that the Walkyverse backstory for Billie and Walky’s nicknames holds in this universe, too. Except, y’know, with less Ruth and alien abductions.

                  Though the preponderance of Jennifers is probably the reason, in both universes, that everyone calls her “Billie”.

    • saltchocolate
      saltchocolate
      March 6, 2014 at 12:43 am | #

      Yes — she’s rocking it. Let’s see if it actually works magic on Jacob, though…

  12. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    March 6, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    Night of the Living Hoodie Dresses.

  13. TacosForever
    TacosForever
    March 6, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    Oh my god, the dream is coming true!

    HOODIE DRESSES FOR EVERYONE

  14. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    March 6, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    Oh Sarah…sweetie….You’re in a David Willis comic.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      March 6, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

      Quick, kiss a girl! Then you’ll fit right in! 😀

      • Wonder Wig
        Wonder Wig
        March 6, 2014 at 12:07 am | #

        Sha-la-la-la-la- don’t be scared

        • AndromedaRage
          AndromedaRage
          March 6, 2014 at 1:13 am | #

          We got the mood prepared,
          Go on and kiss a girl

  15. Bunk
    Bunk
    March 6, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    They all have these blank stares… I think… I think they might all be robots guys.

    • MM
      MM
      March 6, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

      Robots don’t have blank stares. They assess you clinically, trying to figure out the best way to kill you. Or at least abandon you in the Amazon.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      March 6, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

      Joyce Brown Models 24-B, 72-A and 459-D

      • Gigafreak
        Gigafreak
        March 6, 2014 at 3:37 pm | #

        Is it too much to ask for a model 36-DD?

        • Cragalanch
          Cragalanch
          March 6, 2014 at 6:39 pm | #

          Yes. Yes it is

  16. Tom Speelman
    Tom Speelman
    March 6, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    Boy, you weren’t kidding when you said hoodie dresses for everyone, eh, Willis?

  17. David Herbert
    David Herbert
    March 6, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

    Must have been a sale at Target.

    Also, Joyce picked out a good outfit, I’d say.

    • Opus the Poet
      Opus the Poet
      March 6, 2014 at 12:25 am | #

      Wassup with your web site dude? I keep getting a russian malware warning and a file attempts to download itself…

      • Opus the Poet
        Opus the Poet
        March 6, 2014 at 12:32 am | #

        That’s the LWI web site not the Domain Tnemrot.

        • David Herbert
          David Herbert
          March 6, 2014 at 7:19 pm | #

          Just cleaned out the code, I think it’s something in the Project Wonderful ads. I’m asking them what’s going on.

  18. Giant Speck
    Giant Speck
    March 6, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

    I’ve seen this outfit on her elsewhere but I can’t remember where. Was it Tumblr?

  19. LiaHansen
    LiaHansen
    March 6, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

    Suddenly it doesn’t look so great anymore.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      March 6, 2014 at 12:07 am | #

      The hoodie dresses or Sarah’s outfit?

      • LiaHansen
        LiaHansen
        March 6, 2014 at 12:11 am | #

        hoodie dress

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      March 6, 2014 at 12:15 am | #

      Many things don’t seem half as good when EVERYBODY does it.

  20. newllend
    newllend
    March 6, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

    Its funny how things can go “everybody is going to say something about what I’m wearing” too A”WHYNTHE FUCK HAS NOBODY NOTICED JET!?”

    • newllend
      newllend
      March 6, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

      “Yet” the J and the Y are next to each other on my- never mind

    • Maveric1984
      Maveric1984
      March 6, 2014 at 12:07 am | #

      I had that happen to me when I started to wear contacts in high school. Nobody said anything. And since I never got used to putting them in or wearing them, I just said “forget it” and went back to wearing glasses.

  21. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    March 6, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

    A sea of juvenile delinquents…

    • newllend
      newllend
      March 6, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

      That must be a really violent sea

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        March 6, 2014 at 12:08 am | #

        In London, hoodies = juvenile delinquents so…

        • newllend
          newllend
          March 6, 2014 at 12:12 am | #

          Didn’t we talk about that case on trayvon martin before, On this strip?

          • Plasma Mongoose
            Plasma Mongoose
            March 6, 2014 at 12:16 am | #

            Not sure, I don’t recall…

        • JustCheetoDust
          JustCheetoDust
          March 6, 2014 at 12:21 am | #

          On a somewhat related note, I would like to see football hooliganism applied to American collegiate sports. (in this comic, not in real life)

          • Belegcam
            Belegcam
            March 6, 2014 at 12:46 am | #

            It already exists in real life. Look up Harvey Updyke.

            It’s not likely to happen in this comic, though. Football isn’t a big thing at IU.

            • JustCheetoDust
              JustCheetoDust
              March 6, 2014 at 1:35 am | #

              I was well aware of the incident, I just managed to go two years without associating a name with it.

              Anyways, I meant the kind of hooliganism that results in police using riot gear.

              • begbert2
                begbert2
                March 6, 2014 at 11:04 am | #

                I think the reason you see less of that over here is guns guns guns. Cops carry them, which dissuades the crazies, and a proper American drunken mob would be shooting everyone in sight, which would summon serious reprisal, which dissuades the crazies.

                This is just a guess, mind; I haven’t studied the psychotic (non-American) football fan mindset in detail. Maybe American football is just less interesting than the foreign alternative.

                • Plasma Mongoose
                  Plasma Mongoose
                  March 6, 2014 at 6:36 pm | #

                  So if the English had more guns, there would be less soccer riots?

                • John
                  John
                  March 6, 2014 at 9:44 pm | #

                  We don’t have soccer riots here because no one gives a shit about soccer here.

                  I’ve seen both basketball and baseball riots. Never witnessed a gridiron riot, but they probably have them in the parts of the country where people feel about it the way they do about basketball in North Carolina. (My sister is in an interfaith marriage. She’s a UNC fan; her husband is a Duke fan.)

  22. Detective Mury
    Detective Mury
    March 6, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

    Huh I just realized she’s dressed like Sal…

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      March 6, 2014 at 12:08 am | #

      Joyce things Sal is the most beautiful girl in the world, and thus thinks that dressing Sarah as her will make her pretty.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        March 6, 2014 at 12:10 am | #

        So will Joyce be playing with Sarah’s hair next then?

    • newllend
      newllend
      March 6, 2014 at 12:16 am | #

      I dont see it.

      • nothri
        nothri
        March 6, 2014 at 4:53 pm | #

        yeah, me neither. Drop us a link to illustrate your point? Pretty please.

  23. Kell
    Kell
    March 6, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

    Joyce: Trendsetter of the year.

  24. Baker
    Baker
    March 6, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

    Joyce really did dress everyone today

  25. Stephen Bierce
    Stephen Bierce
    March 6, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

    It’s like the old DOONESBURY storyline with Ginny & Joanie in law school. With Sarah in the Ginny role.

  26. MM
    MM
    March 6, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

    The girl in the last panel who’s standing up looks a bit like a long-lost Walkerton triplet who got adopted by Joyce’s family and taught the ways of the triangle grin. I’m a little scared.

    • Opus the Poet
      Opus the Poet
      March 6, 2014 at 11:54 am | #

      There is more than one mixed-race marriage in the state of Indiana you know.

  27. Jay Eff
    Jay Eff
    March 6, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

    “That’s a lotta fish hoods.”

  28. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    March 6, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

    Sarah’s thinking “Man, I totally stand out. Everyone wore black dot eyes today except me.”

    • AgentKeen
      AgentKeen
      March 6, 2014 at 12:09 am | #

      “How many kids did the Walkertons have…”

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      March 6, 2014 at 12:09 am | #

      Scleras are sooo last season you know. 😛

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      March 6, 2014 at 12:10 am | #

      And clearly I didn’t get the memo that today is ponytail day.

    • TBeckett
      TBeckett
      March 6, 2014 at 11:56 am | #

      It’s a sign of the hivemind! You cannot dress like a hoodie-wearer without BECOMING a hoodie-wearer!

  29. Cattleprod
    Cattleprod
    March 6, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

    Just how big was the hoodie dress advertising blitz and sale that week? That’s some pretty impressive market saturation.

  30. DailyBrad
    DailyBrad
    March 6, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

    On the bright side, she does look great. Sarah seems to do layers quite well.

  31. EvergreenFir
    EvergreenFir
    March 6, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

    Those don’t look like Ugg boots, tights, and a Northface coat…

  32. Navi
    Navi
    March 6, 2014 at 12:07 am | #

    Is it just me, or does one of the girls in the third panel look like Danny?

    • Dude
      Dude
      March 6, 2014 at 12:20 am | #

      Just you.

  33. GoogerGeiger
    GoogerGeiger
    March 6, 2014 at 12:08 am | #

    God damnit, Joyce.

  34. AgentKeen
    AgentKeen
    March 6, 2014 at 12:08 am | #

    Well, he wasn’t lying. Everybody in a hoodie dress.

  35. nothri
    nothri
    March 6, 2014 at 12:08 am | #

    So if everyone dresses like Joyce is dressed does that mean that they are all….Re-Joycing?

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      March 6, 2014 at 12:12 am | #

      Happy Happy Joyce Joyce!

      • Flimsyfishy
        Flimsyfishy
        March 6, 2014 at 12:57 am | #

        Well if you ain’t the grand daddy of hoodie dresses

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          March 6, 2014 at 6:38 pm | #

          Were you referring to me or my grav?

    • WaveRocker
      WaveRocker
      March 6, 2014 at 1:17 am | #

      I’m sure they don’t SWEAT it

  36. March
    March
    March 6, 2014 at 12:09 am | #

    Sarah is now that One Girl in class who is actually dressed like a grown-up, that everyone else looks at with envy and something like fear.

    • Maveric1984
      Maveric1984
      March 6, 2014 at 12:11 am | #

      I still like wearing hoodies as a 30 year old man, but I feel slightly ridiculous wearing them in public anymore.

      • Kelly
        Kelly
        March 6, 2014 at 12:28 am | #

        As a 32 year old man, I feel fine wear my PA or Debian hoodies in public.

        • Opus the Poet
          Opus the Poet
          March 6, 2014 at 12:34 am | #

          As a 55 YO man I still wear my Punisher hoodie in public when the weather dictates.

      • March
        March
        March 6, 2014 at 1:07 am | #

        Dude, I’m a 24-year-old woman, and I am one of the masses, in a hoodie and jeans. Sarah has become my Feared Classmate, she of the Done Hair, and the Coordinated Outfit. Her notes have multiple highlighter colours, and each colour has a meaning.

        • Zekiah2
          Zekiah2
          March 6, 2014 at 3:53 am | #

          She has shown herself! The one who is prepared, the one who has embraced vanity! Surely she brings the four horse men!! APOCALYPSE, RAGNARÖK, THE END IS NIGH!!!!

          • March
            March
            March 6, 2014 at 5:55 pm | #

            People who show up for morning classes dressed nicely with all their supplies just intimidate me.

            I doubt even the Apocalypse could make a decently-dressed me.

    • Pinja
      Pinja
      March 6, 2014 at 4:39 am | #

      That’s your idea of grown up clothes?

      Because that is my idea of clubbing outfits.

      • nothri
        nothri
        March 6, 2014 at 4:59 pm | #

        You mean like this kind of clubbing? http://www.dumbingofage.com/2011/comic/book-1/06-yesterday-was-thursday/oldtestament/

        • Pinja
          Pinja
          March 6, 2014 at 5:29 pm | #

          That’s a bat you knob, not a club.

          They’re totally different.

      • March
        March
        March 6, 2014 at 5:59 pm | #

        Going to have disagree with you on that. That looks like pretty typical day wear to me. Well, for people who actually try when they go out in the world.

  37. Alex Stritar
    Alex Stritar
    March 6, 2014 at 12:10 am | #

    Everyone must’ve been on the same brainwave or something. I never even knew hoodie dresses were a thing before.

    • March
      March
      March 6, 2014 at 5:59 pm | #

      It’s usually just an oversized hoodie over leggings/jeggings.

  38. Super Duper
    Super Duper
    March 6, 2014 at 12:11 am | #

    Who weres short shorts? Sarah were’s short shorts.

    • Opus the Poet
      Opus the Poet
      March 6, 2014 at 12:35 am | #

      She’s a lycanshort?

      • Opus the Poet
        Opus the Poet
        March 6, 2014 at 11:56 am | #

        Wereshorts turn into people when they aren’t shorts?

  39. themaskedpixie
    themaskedpixie
    March 6, 2014 at 12:15 am | #

    well sarah and sal.

  40. BloodPlum
    BloodPlum
    March 6, 2014 at 12:16 am | #

    The problem with this, it’s %100 true. Because in college, girl cliques go shopping together, and they ALL get the same outfits only in different colors. Like a living collection of Bratz dolls. My sister really hates it cause she wears something different and people look at her weird (and like call her a hipster, which she hates too).

    • MM
      MM
      March 6, 2014 at 12:19 am | #

      …Where does your sister go to college that there are girl cliques? Besides sororities, I mean.

      • BloodPlum
        BloodPlum
        March 6, 2014 at 12:25 am | #

        Georgia State University in Milledgeville, and honestly in all walks of life there are girl cliques. It’s unavoidable.

        • timemonkey
          timemonkey
          March 6, 2014 at 12:44 am | #

          We never had those at school. There were groups of girl friends but they freely interacted with everyone else, never coordinated outfits and were very pleasant all around. Come college there weren’t even girl groups anymore.

        • ChaoticCandy
          ChaoticCandy
          March 6, 2014 at 1:09 am | #

          Not in my neck of the woods thank goodness. By the time we hit college we couldn’t care less.

    • March
      March
      March 6, 2014 at 1:10 am | #

      Uh, dude, most college girls wander around in a hoodie and jeans or yoga pants. Or a hippie dress. When all your thoughts revolve around “OH GOD PLEASE LET ME UNDERSTAND THIS MATERIAL” clothes kind of just become that thing you put on to pass in public. Bras become optional, because hoodies are thick in material, and your back already hurts from sitting over a laptop/book all day.

      People are probably looking at your sister because they’re thinking “Oh gawd, she’s dressed all cute, and her make-up is done. I look like shit. She probably thinks I’m some lazy-ass brat. Fuck. How early does she get up to get all that done?”

      • Marisa Mockery
        Marisa Mockery
        March 6, 2014 at 1:12 am | #

        Or “how the fuck can she afford those clothes?!” That was a common thought in my head. I felt happy when I could buy a new t-shirt.

        • March
          March
          March 6, 2014 at 1:31 am | #

          That too, though, for reference, consignment shops are your friend. Also, you can get sign-ups from shops like Target and Old Navy telling you when stuff is on sale, where you can score stuff on the cheap. Usually when the seasons are changing. They send you coupons too. The e-mails can be annoying, but every now and then they send you something useful.

      • WaveRocker
        WaveRocker
        March 6, 2014 at 1:15 am | #

        I can’t stand yoga pants. Apparently (like Uggs) they’re very comfortable, but I can’t get over how bad they look. especially with those awful riding boots

        • March
          March
          March 6, 2014 at 1:33 am | #

          I know they don’t look great, but goddamn, my ass and waist are comfortable, and if my hoodie is long enough, I look decent. ‘Sides, I’m here to learn, not be pretty. I’ll be pretty later, when I have a grown-up job.

      • BloodPlum
        BloodPlum
        March 6, 2014 at 2:50 am | #

        Knowing my sister, around six am, after she’s killed her alarm clock. She sleeps like a bear, but she gets up early cause she always overclocks like everything. As for affording clothes, she just wears the same clothes she had in high school, which is a mash up of clothing actually bought for her, and clothing she’s stolen from my other five sisters (I never fit their clothing or liked their style so I never touched there stuff) and occasionally discount online funny shirts I send her from six dollar t-shirts.

    • Marisa Mockery
      Marisa Mockery
      March 6, 2014 at 1:11 am | #

      ……..This never happened to me. Then again, I went to a very large state school, so….

  41. Beige
    Beige
    March 6, 2014 at 12:17 am | #

    …clones o.0 an army of clones

  42. Fuzzydaemon
    Fuzzydaemon
    March 6, 2014 at 12:19 am | #

    Poor Sarah. She is so cute. Jacob, notice her.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      March 6, 2014 at 12:20 am | #

      He’s too busy showing off his new hoodie dress.

      • JustCheetoDust
        JustCheetoDust
        March 6, 2014 at 12:26 am | #

        Hoodie dashiki?

      • Super Duper
        Super Duper
        March 6, 2014 at 1:06 am | #

        Hoodie Kilt

      • Marisa Mockery
        Marisa Mockery
        March 6, 2014 at 1:14 am | #

        Why isn’t this facebook so I can like this comment? XD

        • Opus the Poet
          Opus the Poet
          March 6, 2014 at 2:38 am | #

          Because FB is the spawn of Satan and devours your soul, and we don’t cotten to any soulless around here. One Blaine is more than enough thankewverramuch.

  43. timemonkey
    timemonkey
    March 6, 2014 at 12:23 am | #

    I could never wear hoodies. They make my neck sweat too much. Drives me insane.

    • Bill
      Bill
      March 6, 2014 at 3:57 am | #

      I don’t wear them either.  I don’t like the way they cut off my peripheral vision.

      • John
        John
        March 6, 2014 at 7:07 pm | #

        You don’t have to put the hood up.

      • Bill
        Bill
        March 6, 2014 at 8:09 pm | #

        But if you’re not going to put the hood up at one time or another, why buy it in the first place?

        • John
          John
          March 6, 2014 at 8:36 pm | #

          You don’t have to not put the hood up, either. It’s an option. It can go up or down as required. Like a convertible.

          Out in the rain, hood up. Come inside where it’s dry, hood down. Shoveling snow and you want to keep your ears warm, hood up. Working on the ice ridge the plow left at the end of the driveway and you want your peripheral vision to watch for traffic, hood down.

          Also, the hood looks better than just a round neck hole.

  44. newllend
    newllend
    March 6, 2014 at 12:26 am | #

    Man everybody is copying Billies style, not cool.

  45. Huttj
    Huttj
    March 6, 2014 at 12:34 am | #

    …did Joyce dress everyone to make Sara stand out more to catch Joe’s attention?

    • timemonkey
      timemonkey
      March 6, 2014 at 12:42 am | #

      Jacob’s attention. Sarah and Joyce are firmly anti-Joe attention.

      • Huttj
        Huttj
        March 7, 2014 at 1:41 am | #

        you know, that’s what I meant, and I even double-checked the tag, just brainfarted while typing.

  46. moby
    moby
    March 6, 2014 at 12:42 am | #

    And Sal

  47. Darwin
    Darwin
    March 6, 2014 at 12:46 am | #

    <3 Sarah.

    • WaveRocker
      WaveRocker
      March 6, 2014 at 1:11 am | #

      Narcissism much? Geez, some people

  48. eff this my name is S.A.L.
    eff this my name is S.A.L.
    March 6, 2014 at 12:54 am | #

    She looks like a TDI competitor…. *cannot unsee*

    • Opus the Poet
      Opus the Poet
      March 6, 2014 at 11:28 pm | #

      Volkswagen Jetta TDI Racing Series?

      • eff this my name is S.A.L.
        eff this my name is S.A.L.
        March 6, 2014 at 11:35 pm | #

        Total Drama Island

  49. Ben
    Ben
    March 6, 2014 at 12:56 am | #

    It is clearly the beginning of hoddie-dress-mageddon.

    • Super Duper
      Super Duper
      March 6, 2014 at 1:06 am | #

      We could have prevented it. Now, it is too late. Far too late…

    • The Candyman
      The Candyman
      March 6, 2014 at 4:44 pm | #

      No one wanted to believe, believe they even existed..

  50. Double M
    Double M
    March 6, 2014 at 1:01 am | #

    Am I alone in thinking that Sarah looks hot right now?

    • WaveRocker
      WaveRocker
      March 6, 2014 at 1:11 am | #

      That was her intention (regarding your Gravatar)

    • sumolegend
      sumolegend
      March 6, 2014 at 12:16 pm | #

      NOPE.

    • Megatron
      Megatron
      March 6, 2014 at 8:38 pm | #

      All you fleshlings look alike to me.

  51. Kennerly
    Kennerly
    March 6, 2014 at 1:01 am | #

    So what class is this that has no guys in it?

    • Jen Aside
      Jen Aside
      March 6, 2014 at 1:13 am | #

      Hoodie Dresses 101

  52. WaveRocker
    WaveRocker
    March 6, 2014 at 1:10 am | #

    WILLSI
    Why is this a thing?

  53. Deathjavu
    Deathjavu
    March 6, 2014 at 1:22 am | #

    Oh Sarah. Being better dressed than everyone else is a perfect way to get Jacob’s attention.

  54. Regalli
    Regalli
    March 6, 2014 at 1:36 am | #

    All hoodie dresses, ponytails and triangle smiles. All the time.

    ALL SHALL BE JOYCE.

  55. Kevin
    Kevin
    March 6, 2014 at 1:48 am | #

    Yeah Sarah, cuz the best way to attract the attention of someone is to blend in with the crowd.

  56. TrueVCU
    TrueVCU
    March 6, 2014 at 2:00 am | #

    Makeover Stage 1: COMPLETE

  57. Chris Phoenix
    Chris Phoenix
    March 6, 2014 at 2:11 am | #

    I came across a photo of a real-life Dina, apparently doing a velociraptor impression – in something that might be a hoodie dress!
    http://a.disquscdn.com/uploads/mediaembed/images/872/5650/original.jpg

    • Zekiah2
      Zekiah2
      March 6, 2014 at 3:37 am | #

      That image met and obliterated every expectation I had. Thank you.

    • Red Robot
      Red Robot
      March 6, 2014 at 1:32 pm | #

      That lovely dino-hoodie immediately brought this to my mind:
      http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/menace.html
      Now I wonder if a raptor costume would have a similar effect on Dina.

  58. Pinja
    Pinja
    March 6, 2014 at 4:37 am | #

    That seems like a pretty revealing outfit to be picked by Joyce.

    Also kind of spoiled by the ugly headscarf thing

  59. Arturo
    Arturo
    March 6, 2014 at 4:53 am | #

    Wow, that halter-top is actually pretty hot. Definitely a summer look though.

    • Opus the Poet
      Opus the Poet
      March 6, 2014 at 11:30 pm | #

      That’s a spaghetti-strap top, not a halter top. Two straps over the shoulder instead of one strap around the neck.

  60. The kid
    The kid
    March 6, 2014 at 5:52 am | #

    I am just noticing how tall Sarah is…

  61. Gargamel
    Gargamel
    March 6, 2014 at 6:20 am | #

    I’d say this (assuming it is a negative reaction) has more to do with Sarah being tall rather than having her own style.

  62. Nono
    Nono
    March 6, 2014 at 6:43 am | #

    The real question:

    Will Jacob be in a hoodie dress?

    • Farmer_10
      Farmer_10
      March 6, 2014 at 7:13 am | #

      EVERYONE!

    • hof1991
      hof1991
      March 6, 2014 at 7:54 am | #

      I want Dina in a dino-hoodie. Cute but dangerous.

      • Alex Stritar
        Alex Stritar
        March 6, 2014 at 3:10 pm | #

        I think I’ve actually seen those before.

        • Opus the Poet
          Opus the Poet
          March 6, 2014 at 11:31 pm | #

          See the picture of “Dina” up thread.

  63. hof1991
    hof1991
    March 6, 2014 at 7:53 am | #

    Like Sarah needs to feel more isolated. Older and more mature than her dorm mates, who all seem like kids to her. Active enemies from her first year. Tall. She definitely needs someone like Jacob who she might consider an equal. Almost said peer, but I know how dirty all your minds are.

  64. jbear
    jbear
    March 6, 2014 at 8:50 am | #

    AM I THE ONLY ONE THAT DOES NOT KNOW HOODIE-DRESSES?

  65. davidbreslin101
    davidbreslin101
    March 6, 2014 at 9:58 am | #

    Joyce picked those shorts? JOYCE!!!!!?????
    (Maybe she was thinking very, very hard about what a pagan would wear to get laid.)

  66. dropded
    dropded
    March 6, 2014 at 10:22 am | #

    We Need A New Poll!!

  67. KingStarscream
    KingStarscream
    March 6, 2014 at 11:37 am | #

    Wait, that last panel: when did Walkie become a chick?

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      March 6, 2014 at 12:09 pm | #

      Dorothy wears the pants in their relationship. Therefore, he must wear the hoodie-dress.

    • John
      John
      March 6, 2014 at 7:12 pm | #

      November 16th, 2003.

  68. David
    David
    March 6, 2014 at 12:09 pm | #

    Now let’s hope Jacob is not a hoodlum.

  69. Daibhid C
    Daibhid C
    March 6, 2014 at 12:34 pm | #

    A couple of the girls in panel 3 could conceivably be thinking “She’s not wearing a hoodie dress! What’s up with that?” By panel 4, as Sarah attempts to disappear into the wall in embarassment, it’s very apparent that no-one cares what she’s wearing.

  70. Bill
    Bill
    March 6, 2014 at 1:35 pm | #

    Willis must be getting lazy.  No tags for the ancillary characters.

    • ninja_jesus
      ninja_jesus
      March 6, 2014 at 1:37 pm | #

      <_< Surely you meant "auxiliary"?

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        March 6, 2014 at 6:51 pm | #

        ancillary: pronounced (anˈsɪləri)
        meaning:providing necessary support to the primary activities or operation of an organization, system, etc. “ancillary staff”

  71. Twirls
    Twirls
    March 6, 2014 at 2:10 pm | #

    I am confused by Sarah’s outfit.
    I am also confused by hoodie dresses.
    But damn, Sarah has nice legs.

  72. Ikaru
    Ikaru
    March 6, 2014 at 2:40 pm | #

    I love Sarah’s outfit. <3 I love the reversed layers look. I wear stuff like that too….now even. A sundress over a long sleeved shirt. And a vest over all of it. <3

  73. Roborat
    Roborat
    March 6, 2014 at 2:47 pm | #

    The page made me laugh, then after I had read my other webcomics for the day, I had to come back and laugh again. That is a rare thing. Kudos Sir Willis.

    Sarah looks good in that outfit, Joyce has a good eye. That last panel looks like an ewok invasion. At first glance, I thought that was Walky in the last panel.

  74. Arias01
    Arias01
    March 6, 2014 at 3:13 pm | #

    *Whistle* *Whistle*

  75. Cragalanch
    Cragalanch
    March 6, 2014 at 6:31 pm | #

    Joyce in triplicate

  76. Doc Harleen
    Doc Harleen
    March 6, 2014 at 9:50 pm | #

    WHAT IS HAPPENING.

  77. Prior Semblance
    Prior Semblance
    March 6, 2014 at 11:59 pm | #

    So either way she would have been dressing different from everyone else

  78. peachkid4
    peachkid4
    March 8, 2014 at 7:08 pm | #

    Damn you WILLIIIIIIIS!!!!!!
    I really want a hoodie dress, cannot find one in any stores around me (or even amazon) and you just keep throwing it’s awesomeness in my face! IN MY FACE, YOU BASTARD!!!!!

    On another note, dayum, Joyce knows how to sexy dress other people!

  79. OmegaDez
    OmegaDez
    March 10, 2014 at 3:24 pm | #

    What’s with the hoodie thing? XD

  80. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    April 14, 2015 at 10:30 pm | #

    Don’t mind them, Sarah, you look gorgeous.

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