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by David M Willis on December 25, 2012 at 12:01 am
  • 01 - If the Shoe Splits
└ Tags: jason, sal

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  1. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    December 25, 2012 at 12:02 am | #

    I WILL BEAT THOSE MATHS WITH WHEELIES

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      December 25, 2012 at 12:19 am | #

      I WILL BEAT THOSE MATHS WITH MATHS.

      • Kernanator
        Kernanator
        December 25, 2012 at 12:28 am | #

        I WILL BEAT THOSE MATHS WITH MY HAMMERS OF JUSTICE.

        • Heimdallw32
          Heimdallw32
          December 25, 2012 at 2:52 am | #

          I WILL BEAT THOSE MATHS WITH…BEETS?

          • Ralfor
            Ralfor
            December 25, 2012 at 2:31 pm | #

            I WILL MATH THEM WITH BEATS!

            • Kernanator
              Kernanator
              December 25, 2012 at 10:24 pm | #

              GET FUNKY.

        • Dibullba
          Dibullba
          December 26, 2012 at 3:44 am | #

          I WILL BEAT THOSE MATHS WITH REDEMPTION!!!

      • AndaisQ
        AndaisQ
        December 25, 2012 at 9:46 am | #

        BEAT THEM WITH THEIR OWN KIND!

        • Maycroft
          Maycroft
          January 7, 2013 at 7:16 am | #

          I WILL BEAT THEIR OWN KIND WITH MATHS!

          • AManWithAPlanDoingThingsInAPlace
            AManWithAPlanDoingThingsInAPlace
            November 9, 2013 at 1:32 pm | #

            I WILL MATH THEIR BEATS IN THE FAAAAACE!

    • TheGrumpyBear
      TheGrumpyBear
      April 13, 2016 at 4:53 pm | #

      I WILL FACE THEIR MATHS WITH MY FIST!

  2. David Herbert
    David Herbert
    December 25, 2012 at 12:03 am | #

    Quick Sal, while you’re on a roll, launch into a tirade about how they favoured your brother.

    • DudeMyDadOwnsADealership
      DudeMyDadOwnsADealership
      December 25, 2012 at 2:21 am | #

      While leaving out the whole armed robbery thing to boot.

      In spite of himself, Jason may be a better tutor than everyone seems to think so far. Sal may have found needed motivation to get something out of being able to attend a 4-Year University, if only to prove her parents and everyone else she’s bongoing about wrong.

      But can she, as they say, close the deal? Only time will tell…

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      December 25, 2012 at 2:55 am | #

      I read that as “how they flavoured your brother”.

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        December 25, 2012 at 3:56 am | #

        Like caramel, of course.

        • Björn
          Björn
          December 26, 2012 at 12:54 am | #

          I knew someone was gonna make that joke. 🙂

  3. Wonder Wig
    Wonder Wig
    December 25, 2012 at 12:08 am | #

    Here’s 5 cents Sal, go see Lucy down the street.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      December 25, 2012 at 12:18 am | #

      No, Lucy is horrible psychiatrist.

      • NCP19
        NCP19
        December 25, 2012 at 12:29 am | #

        You get what you pay for I guess.

        • Wonder Wig
          Wonder Wig
          December 25, 2012 at 12:41 am | #

          It all makes sense now…

          • Jeff K!
            Jeff K!
            December 25, 2012 at 12:53 am | #

            Five sense, in fact!

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          December 25, 2012 at 12:42 am | #

          Sal seems to have a phobia of failure. Lucy can help her with that with her “pulling the football out of the way” exercise.

      • Pyr05
        Pyr05
        December 25, 2012 at 1:19 am | #

        But her certificate is legit! written on cardboard and everything!

    • Piper
      Piper
      December 25, 2012 at 1:50 am | #

      Careful, you don’t know what Mike might have done with that nickel.

    • Zoey
      Zoey
      December 25, 2012 at 2:14 am | #

      she can see mikes mom for that price!

      • Björn
        Björn
        December 26, 2012 at 12:57 am | #

        Heh, when I read “Mike’s mom” I don’t think “the woman who gave birth to him” – I think “the mom Mike is currently banging”.

  4. Kafloobop
    Kafloobop
    December 25, 2012 at 12:08 am | #

    Jazz hands!

  5. Zach
    Zach
    December 25, 2012 at 12:11 am | #

    Kudos to you for updating on Christmas

    • tbf
      tbf
      December 25, 2012 at 12:58 pm | #

      I’m pretty sure Dumbing of Age has a one-month buffer. With the right scripts, the rest if the year could have been uploaded last week and will only show up on the right days.

      • Zach
        Zach
        December 25, 2012 at 3:49 pm | #

        oh….wel that sort of destroys the magic 🙁

  6. Jimmy
    Jimmy
    December 25, 2012 at 12:11 am | #

    I wonder what Sal does for a living? That bike couldn’t be cheap that’s for sure.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      December 25, 2012 at 2:56 am | #

      She’s Batman and thus filthy rich.

      • Resne
        Resne
        December 25, 2012 at 4:12 am | #

        She’s every superhero ever.

    • lordphulish
      lordphulish
      December 27, 2012 at 8:25 am | #

      go go cage dancer

      • Roborat
        Roborat
        December 27, 2012 at 3:06 pm | #

        At first, I read that like you were channelling Inspector Gadget.

  7. Jimmy
    Jimmy
    December 25, 2012 at 12:15 am | #

    Oh, and Merry Christmas to you Willis and all the DoA readers!

  8. Aizat
    Aizat
    December 25, 2012 at 12:17 am | #

    Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, folks. BTW, Sal is a textbook example of a Determinator.

  9. Mkvenner
    Mkvenner
    December 25, 2012 at 12:17 am | #

    She is in denial that she has a problem.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      December 25, 2012 at 4:00 am | #

      What if your only problem is that you are in denial about having a problem?

      • Rex Hondo
        Rex Hondo
        December 25, 2012 at 5:45 am | #

        Then Captain Kirk uses you to kill supercomputers.

      • Kernanator
        Kernanator
        December 25, 2012 at 4:00 pm | #

        But wouldn’t being in denial about having a problem require you to have a problem in the first place?

  10. Mkvenner
    Mkvenner
    December 25, 2012 at 12:18 am | #

    And Merry Christmas! 🙂

  11. Sensedog
    Sensedog
    December 25, 2012 at 12:22 am | #

    Merry Christmas!

  12. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    December 25, 2012 at 12:28 am | #

    I get the feeling this Jason is not the first Jason in the multiverse to say this to a Sal.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      December 25, 2012 at 12:43 am | #

      I have a feeling that tonight’s gonna be a good night. That tonight’s gonna be a goodnight. That tonight’s gonna be a good good night.

      • Pyr05
        Pyr05
        December 25, 2012 at 1:20 am | #

        Wooooooooohoo- BLAM! -thud-

  13. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    December 25, 2012 at 12:38 am | #

    Somebody photoshop some kanye west venetian sunglasses and a microphone into the last panel of the comic.

  14. Raine
    Raine
    December 25, 2012 at 12:45 am | #

    Why am I commenting on christmas eve?

    Nonetheless, Sal’s toothier than I’ve ever seen her in the comic. xD

  15. Pyr05
    Pyr05
    December 25, 2012 at 1:22 am | #

    Poor Sal. I know the feeling. Sometimes it’s not true, other times it’s so true you wonder if the people you’re trying to please are pod-people.

  16. TARDIS with a Hat
    TARDIS with a Hat
    December 25, 2012 at 1:25 am | #

    I! AM! NOT! A! MORON!

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      December 25, 2012 at 1:47 am | #

      You’re not. A genius.
      You’re not. A genius.

    • Rex Hondo
      Rex Hondo
      December 25, 2012 at 5:47 am | #

      THIS! IS! SPARTA!

      No, it’s actually Bloomington.

      GODDAMMIT!

  17. Uniqueantique
    Uniqueantique
    December 25, 2012 at 1:41 am | #

    Merry Christmas and/or the equivalent to you all.
    Wonder if Sal needs therapy anymore than we do? She is after all in school. We are sitting on line on Christmas Eve after midnight.

  18. Jererry
    Jererry
    December 25, 2012 at 1:47 am | #

    Oh dear God. What have we unleashed?

  19. Hippoman
    Hippoman
    December 25, 2012 at 2:55 am | #

    For some reason I feel like this is a cunning plan to incite Sal to work crazy hard to pass.

    If I’m right, I’m going to feel very clever for a few minutes.

  20. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    December 25, 2012 at 2:58 am | #

    I already cooked Xmas lunch today, it’s hard to beat a well cooked turkey log.

  21. JBO
    JBO
    December 25, 2012 at 3:04 am | #

    I was gonna make some comment about the strip, but since I am in Bolivia on Christmas, thousands of miles from home in Germany, I just wanna thank you all for making me feel less alone.

    • Zababcd
      Zababcd
      December 25, 2012 at 10:07 pm | #

      I suppose I should reply, then, and reinforce the feeling of non-isolation.

  22. Jesse
    Jesse
    December 25, 2012 at 3:41 am | #

    I think someone needs a hug.

  23. gangler
    gangler
    December 25, 2012 at 6:04 am | #

    Oh God I know the feeling. Keep at it, Sal. Only way you can truly prove them right with any degree of finality is if you quit. It’s not about the speed it’s about the constant forward motion. When you can’t win in the first few rounds you’ve just gotta turn it into an endurance match.

    It’s like Adam Warrock says. “Now I’m back to change the story and I’m back to make it mine and I’m back to switch the history offered to me by the gods and the creators who’s hands touched the divine.”

    You stop now this will always be the story of an idiot. A story where they were right about you. You’ve gotta keep going until this is retroactively the story of an intelligent person who was still figuring shit out. They won’t just start being wrong about you. They will have always been wrong about you.

  24. The Weird Dude
    The Weird Dude
    December 25, 2012 at 10:46 am | #

    I know I’m just proving my name right at this point, but… this might very easily be the hottest I’ve ever seen Sal. Just sayin’.

  25. Aaron S.
    Aaron S.
    December 25, 2012 at 10:49 am | #

    We get Jason and Sal for Christmas. I’m quite happy about this. Thanks, Willis!

  26. Tan
    Tan
    December 25, 2012 at 11:28 am | #

    Sal, we love you no matter what your grades are.

  27. Paul1963
    Paul1963
    December 25, 2012 at 12:13 pm | #

    So she “picked up” the drawl? I was kinda wondering why she talked that way when Walky doesn’t.

  28. Tenn
    Tenn
    December 25, 2012 at 12:40 pm | #

    And having sex with a prissy British guy counts as therapy.

    Come on, Sal, you know you want to.

    Also, Merry Christmas.

  29. Vibbles
    Vibbles
    December 25, 2012 at 2:55 pm | #

    And I still ship them just as hard as I did through IW <3

  30. Jason
    Jason
    December 25, 2012 at 5:55 pm | #

    No comments on Sal’s stated desire to run over her own parents? I think if she knew what had happened in that other universe, she’d be more than a little chagrined.

  31. Raine
    Raine
    December 25, 2012 at 6:01 pm | #

    I’m really really hoping for some crazy wacky montage or scene where she ends up turning into an English lady due to his training. College iiiis a place to reinvent yourself.

    • Borp
      Borp
      December 26, 2012 at 8:20 am | #

      “Th’ rain in spain stays mainly in th’ plain…”

  32. Joe
    Joe
    December 25, 2012 at 9:22 pm | #

    I, too, used to be too proud to drop a class I wasn’t doing well in.
    Then I took a 19 credit semester.

  33. Twirls
    Twirls
    December 26, 2012 at 2:51 am | #

    Sal, take a simpler math course. Dorothy said Walky was off to Calculus. In college I took “Applied Math” and “Principles of Calculus.”
    Math is hard for some people, I needed more foundation.
    There’s no need to be embarrassed if you can’t jump in right away.
    I DON’T KNOW WHY I’M LECTURING MY COMPUTER SCREEN.

  34. Roborat
    Roborat
    December 27, 2012 at 3:09 pm | #

    oh noes, that rage face in the last panel. The next person who pisses Sal off is so dead.

  35. averystrangeplace
    averystrangeplace
    January 8, 2013 at 7:24 pm | #

    Just don’t go to Mike for that therapy, you won’t be able to look at the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles the same way ever again.

  36. Storel
    Storel
    March 6, 2013 at 12:55 am | #

    So where DID Sal pick up that Southern drawl? I just realized when she said so that it had to have been acquired, since her brother doesn’t have one.

    • Narf
      Narf
      January 3, 2014 at 2:31 pm | #

      Got shipped off to boarding school in Tennessee.

  37. Witch [Soul] of Heart
    Witch [Soul] of Heart
    February 1, 2014 at 1:16 am | #

    My headcanon voice for Sal is identical to Sandy’s from Spongebob.

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