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November 8, 2022

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by David M Willis on September 24, 2012 at 12:01 am
  • 06 - Strange Beerfellows

└ Tags: jennifer, marcie, ruth, sal

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  1. Wack'd
    Wack'd
    September 24, 2012 at 12:02 am | #

    Woot! Marcie!

  2. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    September 24, 2012 at 12:02 am | #

    I thought serial killers had ALL KINDS of things on their walls…?

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      September 24, 2012 at 12:06 am | #

      No, they usually have a secret room they set up as a shrine to whatever their obsession is.

      • Aizat
        Aizat
        September 24, 2012 at 12:07 am | #

        Usually a basement or a dungeon.

      • Pickle
        Pickle
        September 24, 2012 at 7:21 pm | #

        ….Dexter Morgan, anyone? Keeping blood slides of his victims inside a box hidden in his ac unit?

        Doesn’t ring a bell to anyone?

    • Pyr05
      Pyr05
      September 24, 2012 at 12:07 am | #

      No, that’s the INSIDE of the wall. You know, hidden compartments?

      • Aizat
        Aizat
        September 24, 2012 at 12:30 am | #

        Yeah, and then some kid’s gonna find that compartment by accident and then the killer have to clean up the mess. Do you know how hard it is to clean up a murder?

        • waldosan
          waldosan
          September 24, 2012 at 12:39 am | #

          actually they’re trying to say that if you don’t have a facebook account than you are a possible psychopath, they’re citing that most if not all of the people who committed school shootings didn’t have facebook accounts… so yeah, if your walls don’t have anything on them then it’s possible your a psychopath, or just like easily cleanable walls

          • GrrArg42
            GrrArg42
            September 24, 2012 at 1:03 am | #

            Crap! They’re on to me. Quick! To the Facebook!

            • Steven
              Steven
              September 24, 2012 at 3:54 am | #

              You guys all know way too much about psychopaths.

              • Alex Stritar
                Alex Stritar
                February 3, 2013 at 12:28 am | #

                Isn’t that the demographic Willis is targeting? I know all my fellow asylum-mates enjoy his work. XD

            • The Other Mike
              The Other Mike
              January 30, 2015 at 1:14 am | #

              Your avatar is just perfect for that comment.

          • khyrin
            khyrin
            September 24, 2012 at 7:59 am | #

            if you’re going to talk about ‘most if not all’
            Most school shooters didn’t have Facebook pages because they did their ghastly business long before Facebook existed…
            http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_shooting

            • Stevie Windup
              Stevie Windup
              September 24, 2012 at 3:21 pm | #

              And that is what we call Texas Sharpshooting. For those who don’t understand the reference, you shoot a bunch of rounds into the side of a barn, then draw a circle around the highest concentration of bullet holes, thus “proving” that you’re a great shot.

              • Stevie Windup
                Stevie Windup
                September 24, 2012 at 3:23 pm | #

                …….and for the record, I don’t think Texans are bad shots. I’m just using a phrase that somebody else coined.

              • Pyr05
                Pyr05
                September 24, 2012 at 11:59 pm | #

                I love it. Mind, we are talking about a state that, if wounded and looking for help, may shoot you through the door you’re knocking on/ringing the bell for. And not get in trouble. (To my knowledge)

                • Narf
                  Narf
                  March 1, 2013 at 10:19 pm | #

                  You’re an idiot.

          • CrazyPete
            CrazyPete
            July 3, 2013 at 5:33 pm | #

            But that means a smart psychopath will keep a FB account and be active enough not to be suspicious,
            P.S. we know how to cover our tracks

            • Opus the Poet
              Opus the Poet
              May 21, 2015 at 1:38 am | #

              You’re thinking of Floriduh.

  3. Aizat
    Aizat
    September 24, 2012 at 12:02 am | #

    Ah yes, “a snore”. We have dismissed those claims.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      September 24, 2012 at 12:10 am | #

      I could totally see Sal as Shepard. Do you think she’d be Paragon or Renegade?

      • Cody
        Cody
        September 24, 2012 at 12:15 am | #

        Renegade.

        Renegade till the sun burns out.

      • Aizat
        Aizat
        September 24, 2012 at 12:17 am | #

        Renegade of course. Paragon’s too squeaky clean for her.

        • waldosan
          waldosan
          September 24, 2012 at 12:45 am | #

          sheep shepherd, they’re more of a challenge to maintain and protect than goats are.

          • fatemaster1
            fatemaster1
            June 18, 2014 at 4:33 am | #

            No, John Shepard, from Star Gate Atlantis.

      • Volkai
        Volkai
        September 24, 2012 at 12:59 am | #

        Mix of both. Sal is a ‘whatever it takes’ kinda gal, but she has good intentions at heart. Probably 75% Renegade, 25% Paragon.

  4. Wonder Wig
    Wonder Wig
    September 24, 2012 at 12:03 am | #

    I now pine to watch the end of Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure.

  5. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    September 24, 2012 at 12:04 am | #

    Marcie is her silent partner huh, cool!

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      September 24, 2012 at 12:07 am | #

      There are no words to describe their feelings for each other.

      • Rognik
        Rognik
        September 24, 2012 at 12:29 am | #

        All the signs are there, though!

        • arjay2813
          arjay2813
          September 24, 2012 at 12:31 am | #

          marcie+sal shippers will begin their quiet riots….now

          • Tha Mojster
            Tha Mojster
            September 24, 2012 at 2:38 pm | #

            Bang your head! Metal heath will drive you mad!

  6. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    September 24, 2012 at 12:04 am | #

    What you don’t see is the big-ass explosion in the background.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      September 24, 2012 at 12:15 am | #

      And a cyborg T-Rex chasing them.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        September 24, 2012 at 12:22 am | #

        and Dina chasing it.

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          September 24, 2012 at 12:25 am | #

          On a Mechasaurus.

          • DaJoshMaster
            DaJoshMaster
            September 24, 2012 at 12:41 am | #

            On fire.

            • GrrArg42
              GrrArg42
              September 24, 2012 at 1:05 am | #

              And zombie mutant honey bun. Oh my. *clicks heels*

    • Wonder Wig
      Wonder Wig
      September 24, 2012 at 12:27 am | #

      They’re being chased by RobinxLesslie shippers from Shortpacked! who are rolling down the hill in sadness.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        September 24, 2012 at 12:34 am | #

        They see me Rollin’
        They Cryin’
        Potronin’ trying to see this pairing
        trying to see this pairing
        trying to see this pairing
        trying to see this pairing
        trying to see this pairing
        —
        The comic’s so sad
        we’re screaming
        cryin’ shouting daming you willis
        Shouting Damn you Willis
        Shouting Damn you Willis
        Shouting Damn you Willis
        Shouting Damn you Willis

        • meanderling
          meanderling
          September 24, 2012 at 12:37 am | #

          *applause*

        • Wonder Wig
          Wonder Wig
          September 24, 2012 at 12:41 am | #

          *tear*
          I’ll have your babies if you have mine.

          • Yotomoe
            Yotomoe
            September 24, 2012 at 12:47 am | #

            only if you accept that I will pay for child support with song.

            • Wonder Wig
              Wonder Wig
              September 24, 2012 at 1:07 am | #

              and that I pay for child support with dance.

              • Yotomoe
                Yotomoe
                September 24, 2012 at 1:19 am | #

                we will have the hungriest kids.

              • Yotomoe
                Yotomoe
                September 24, 2012 at 1:19 am | #

                We will have the hungriest kids/

                • Wonder Wig
                  Wonder Wig
                  September 24, 2012 at 1:57 am | #

                  I’m hoping to give them a despairing backstory so that they grow-up to be crime-fighters.

  7. Pyr05
    Pyr05
    September 24, 2012 at 12:04 am | #

    Totally boring. Look how bored Marcie is! Just another offroad trip on a motorcycle. -yawn-

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      September 24, 2012 at 12:09 am | #

      oh, another weelie? thanks for mixing it up…yippee…

  8. nexev
    nexev
    September 24, 2012 at 12:04 am | #

    To be fair driving can be INCREDIBLY boring…

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      September 24, 2012 at 12:32 am | #

      Never a dull moment in my country though…though you will spend time cursing the idiots.

  9. David Herbert
    David Herbert
    September 24, 2012 at 12:05 am | #

    So Marcie grabs the back, not the driver? Is she worried about making it weird like Billie did?

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      September 24, 2012 at 12:09 am | #

      No, she’s just hold onto Sal with her powerful thighs. 😀

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        September 24, 2012 at 12:13 am | #

        She’s popping her back at the moment. She usually rides sidesaddle with no hands.

    • Undrave
      Undrave
      September 24, 2012 at 12:20 am | #

      She also isn’t wearing a helmet. She just likes risks.

    • Undrave
      Undrave
      September 24, 2012 at 12:22 am | #

      And no helmet. Marcie just likes risk.

      • Wack'd
        Wack'd
        September 24, 2012 at 12:37 am | #

        I can see why, it’s a fun game. What region does she usually play?

        • Undrave
          Undrave
          September 24, 2012 at 1:06 am | #

          Australia. She’s hardcore like that.

        • Undrave
          Undrave
          September 24, 2012 at 1:39 am | #

          No wait… Africa’s the hard region to defend right?

          • MeHael
            MeHael
            September 24, 2012 at 5:29 am | #

            Europe is the hardest to defend. Asia is the hardest to take.

    • Rognik
      Rognik
      September 24, 2012 at 12:31 am | #

      Look closer at Sal’s chest. Those are Marcie’s fingers wrapped around her. One-handed, though! That means she’s bad-ass.

  10. Aizat
    Aizat
    September 24, 2012 at 12:06 am | #

    Ruth, there’s always some sports on somewhere. Heck, in my country, Astro have a crapload of sports channels, even one for golf. GOLF, off all things.

    • Pyr05
      Pyr05
      September 24, 2012 at 12:09 am | #

      That channel is coded as S-L-E-E-P

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      September 24, 2012 at 12:13 am | #

      The only way Golf can be exciting is if there is a panda armed with a pistol trying to blow your brains out before you can sink your ball in.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        September 24, 2012 at 12:16 am | #

        God help you if you get it in the sandpit.

      • Aizat
        Aizat
        September 24, 2012 at 12:19 am | #

        Even better? Playing Golf in a minefield and everytime you go over par, a pack of rabid wolverines will be put inside your pants.

        • Random Guy #108
          Random Guy #108
          September 24, 2012 at 12:46 am | #

          And it counts as a stroke if your ball explodes.

      • Pyr05
        Pyr05
        September 24, 2012 at 12:30 am | #

        I approve of this new Olympic sport.

        • Kaci
          Kaci
          September 24, 2012 at 5:15 pm | #

          very much yes.

  11. Ancestral Hamster
    Ancestral Hamster
    September 24, 2012 at 12:11 am | #

    Wait, Ruth and Billie drinking and watching TV together?! Is this Willis’ version of DC’s Elseworlds series?

    • Historyman68
      Historyman68
      September 26, 2012 at 3:19 am | #

      Well, this whole thing… kinda… is…?

  12. Joe H
    Joe H
    September 24, 2012 at 12:11 am | #

    Doing wheelies while you have a hot chick riding the back? Where are they going? Yawnsville?

  13. Bekah
    Bekah
    September 24, 2012 at 12:12 am | #

    Willis, can you link to, or tumblr or something/whatever the reference picture(s) you used for Sal’s bike? I may be… shopping.

    • David
      David M Willis
      September 24, 2012 at 12:14 am | #

      If it’s a specific bike, I didn’t keep the reference shots. Sorry!

      • Undrave
        Undrave
        September 24, 2012 at 12:21 am | #

        Isn’t it just Arcee with red on the front? :p

        • David
          David M Willis
          September 24, 2012 at 12:26 am | #

          Not unless I had access to a time machine, dude.

          • Undrave
            Undrave
            September 24, 2012 at 1:07 am | #

            Movie Chromia with red then? :p

            • David
              David M Willis
              September 24, 2012 at 1:44 am | #

              Considering ROTF Arcee and Prime Arcee transform into completely different-looking motorcycles, I’m starting to believe Sal’s motorcycle looks like them to you only because they’re the only modern motorcycles you’re familiar with.

              • Undrave
                Undrave
                September 24, 2012 at 12:36 pm | #

                Familiar might be a big word but I do know plenty of bikes, I am however not at all familiar with ROTF Arcee, not having any desire to own that monstrosity.

          • Jetstream
            Jetstream
            September 24, 2012 at 1:12 am | #

            I think they meant Arcee from the Bay flick, which did come out in 2009.

            It does vaguely resemble Arcee from those movies. Sorta.

            • begbert2
              begbert2
              September 24, 2012 at 10:21 am | #

              Two wheels, two handlebars… looks pretty similar to me!

  14. Null Set
    Null Set
    September 24, 2012 at 12:12 am | #

    Willis is subtly implying that everyone who doesn’t buy one of his posters to put on their wall is a serial killer (because lets face it you aren’t as awesome as Sal).

    • begbert2
      begbert2
      September 24, 2012 at 10:21 am | #

      Are you implying you have evidence that DoA!Sal is not a serial killier? Cite?

    • Animal
      Animal
      September 24, 2012 at 11:17 am | #

      Either that or he put them on sale the weekend elk season opened, and they sold out before you dragged back from the mountains.

      DAMN YOU WILLIS.

  15. Pyr05
    Pyr05
    September 24, 2012 at 12:15 am | #

    Loving how Ruth tuned into volleyball. I assume it’s women’s volleyball and she’s enjoying it a lot, all the while contexting that she wants to make out licky-style with Billie.

    You know. Cuz she loves her. Obviously.

    • brasca1
      brasca1
      September 24, 2012 at 12:17 am | #

      Well in another universe a few years removed someone is mentioning a brief tryst to a forlorn bridesmaid.

      • Historyman68
        Historyman68
        September 26, 2012 at 10:13 am | #

        Out of context, that’s a pretty amazing sentence.

  16. Aizat
    Aizat
    September 24, 2012 at 12:27 am | #

    Sal’s bike reminds me of a Kamen Rider’s bike.

  17. bunivasal
    bunivasal
    September 24, 2012 at 12:32 am | #

    I suddenly imagined Sal and Marcie as friends, like so many college friends are in real life. Brief, torrid, powerful connections that fry in the direct light of Life After College. In a few years Sal will realize that she doesn’t quite remember Marcie’s last name. The jubilant roar of her motorcycle is all the louder for its absence, and in spite of how hard she tried, she got old all the same.

  18. GenericScreenName101
    GenericScreenName101
    September 24, 2012 at 12:32 am | #

    *Caution* Riding a street motor cycle off road without a helmet can be/is hazordous to your health. The fan of this webcomic does not endorse riding a motor cycle without properly wearing a helmet under ANY circumstances.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      September 24, 2012 at 12:38 am | #

      Hemlest aer fro lsores. I do it al teh tme an I am jost fime.

  19. Raen
    Raen
    September 24, 2012 at 1:26 am | #

    I’m withholding my shipping until I hear the word “sir.”

  20. Parismio
    Parismio
    September 24, 2012 at 1:49 am | #

    Ah damn. Read this first, then read SP, put two and two together and did a serious spittake. Nnnnnnnnng head explodes.

    • Raen
      Raen
      September 24, 2012 at 12:21 pm | #

      Two and two together? What, you think this makes Leslie/Sal a possibility?

  21. Marshall Erickson
    Marshall Erickson
    September 24, 2012 at 1:53 am | #

    yea, she’s dying of boredom.

  22. Uniqueantique
    Uniqueantique
    September 24, 2012 at 2:07 am | #

    Ah, ‘silent partner’, Plasma?
    Indeed she is. 🙂 Bored she isn’t.

  23. Giant Speck
    Giant Speck
    September 24, 2012 at 3:48 am | #

    Shouldn’t she be saying “what’s *with* the bare walls…”? It looks like a word was left out of that sentence.

    • AJBulldis
      AJBulldis
      September 24, 2012 at 7:36 am | #

      Well they are drinking…

    • begbert2
      begbert2
      September 24, 2012 at 10:25 am | #

      I’m just going to assume a regional dialect until and/or beyond when proof to the contrary turns up.

  24. coobee
    coobee
    September 24, 2012 at 4:51 am | #

    I need so many people to make out in this strip it’s getting silly

  25. Shade
    Shade
    September 24, 2012 at 5:52 am | #

    To be fair, what you don’t see is they’re going to the accountants fill out their tax returns

  26. Boom
    Boom
    September 24, 2012 at 6:32 am | #

    Oh god. No, no, no, no! It’s happening again!

  27. Bill Murphy
    Bill Murphy
    September 24, 2012 at 7:35 am | #

    Everyone knows it’s the quiet ones. They arren’t shy, they are trying to keep secrets. 😉

  28. Noel Schornhorst
    Noel Schornhorst
    September 24, 2012 at 9:42 am | #

    I’d like to think that tension builds between Ruth and Billie and just when we think they’re gonna make out, it cuts to Danny and Joe licky-licking it up with each other.

  29. begbert2
    begbert2
    September 24, 2012 at 10:45 am | #

    Wait, I thought Billie still thought Sal was Amazi-Girl! Did something happen to change her mind?

    • Star Ranger
      Star Ranger
      September 24, 2012 at 10:55 am | #

      maybe Billie want to sit on that part till she gets enough for the editor to publish the story….

      • begbert2
        begbert2
        September 24, 2012 at 3:22 pm | #

        Even taking that into account I can’t see her dismissively commenting that Amazi-Girl’s life is a snore. She’s not that deceptive, nor does she put that much thought into what she says.

  30. OmegaDez
    OmegaDez
    September 24, 2012 at 2:01 pm | #

    Am I the only one who wishes Marcie became a regular?

    And for Ruth and Billie to get hooked up?

    • Big Drahma
      Big Drahma
      March 17, 2013 at 10:42 pm | #

      One down… one to go…

  31. Jimmy
    Jimmy
    September 24, 2012 at 3:44 pm | #

    I love Marcie!

  32. Jimmy
    Jimmy
    September 24, 2012 at 3:45 pm | #

    Woah with the Marcie Gravatar that makes it a bit meta.

  33. Just for kix
    Just for kix
    September 25, 2012 at 9:47 am | #

    Sal, then stops her bike right at the edge of a cliff all the while gripping and sliding due to intense speed with which she was riding the bike. Marcie and Sal then make out in front of the sunset.

  34. Big Drahma
    Big Drahma
    March 17, 2013 at 10:42 pm | #

    I guess we know now why Ruth settles for beach volleyball.

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