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 check in with JOE, whoever that is! Check out this strip and the backlog of hundreds of previous bonus strips at the Dumbing of Age Patreon!
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15 thoughts on “Second Patreon bonus strip for NOVEMBER 2025 — JOE”
Sirksome
I hope Danny is proving to be a responsible Joe owner.
Risky
Ohhhhh tssssss owwwch buddy oooof…. Don’t wait for her like…. During.
Elf grrl
At least now we know how Joe spent his weekend waiting for Joyce to get back to him with her shallow promise of talking later. I don’t have a patreon sub at the moment so I can only hope Danny offers some well needed support towards his friend.
Jdorr
Oof, Joyce did say she’d get back to him. She also said she’d talk to Dorothy about the dating both of them plan. This is going to get messy down the road
Needfuldoer
This is such a blatant middle finger to everyone who cared about Joe’s character arc.
Lumino
Honestly, it’s about what I’ve come to expect.
Acher4
I care a lot of Joe.
Has been one of my favourites and can’t wait to see where his story goes from here on…
and this update is kind of hillarious!
(any middle finger seems to be just towards the “moral superiors” :P)
Quinn
Damn. Poor guy. Joyce just completely blanked on her incredibly thoughtful and considerate boyfriend.
JSpider
nah, at this point they’re broken up, Joe just tried a tactic to stop it. “Maybe” should be taken as a no because that’s usually all it is. People feel bad saying no to you so you get weird partial answers instead, Joe needs to just move forward.
Sulsgoode
Joyce never said “maybe’> She also never said “yes” or know”. He said they don’t have to break up. And at the end she said “We’ll talk later, I promise”.
That’s not a “no”. She owes him closure, one way or another.
geno
Joyce really didn’t break up with him though. Nobody really owes anyone closure, but Joyce wants Joe in her life. That doesn’t work if she just leaves him hanging. I agree the best thing would be to move on, but their friendship requires a conversation.
Mitzi B.
Yeah this one sucks.
apocryphascribe
BIG OOF
Pocky
NOT THE CUCK CHAIR
Odditude
:(
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