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July 11, 2026

Your ex

by David M Willis on July 1, 2022 at 12:01 am
  • 04 – Don't Stop Billie-ving
└ Tags: jason, mary, ruth

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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    July 1, 2022 at 12:05 am | #

    Jason summarising the DoA comments for the last TWO YEARS

    • Kyrik Michalowski
      Kyrik Michalowski
      July 1, 2022 at 12:11 am | #

      Has it really been two years? I am losing track of time lately, today I thought my dog was a year old and he’s actually five years old. Makes me wonder what else I’m missing.

      • The Wellerman
        The Wellerman
        July 1, 2022 at 12:13 am | #

        The global events of the last two years and their heavy impacts really seem to distort one’s sense of time and space. 😵‍💫

        • Sharaku
          Sharaku
          July 1, 2022 at 4:57 am | #

          Also, Spiders are on the increase.

        • Decidedly Orthogonal
          Decidedly Orthogonal
          July 1, 2022 at 4:39 pm | #

          Two and a half years

        • autogatos
          autogatos
          July 2, 2022 at 4:20 am | #

          Yeah the past 2 years have somehow felt like forever and only a couple months at the same time.

      • ShellShockBP
        ShellShockBP
        July 1, 2022 at 5:04 pm | #

        September 10 2020 was the first strip of the new semester (not counting the art montage)

      • autogatos
        autogatos
        July 2, 2022 at 4:15 am | #

        This comic is apparently older than my child and yet my child is somehow now 7.

        I also discovered 2 days after my birthday this year that I somehow spent the entirety of last year genuinely thinking I was a year older than I actually was. Just skipped RIGHT over 35 apparently. Told people I was turning 37. But no…apparently I am 36. Again.

        So yeah…what even is time…

        (I actually just finished re-reading DoA from the beginning this week and wow I can’t believe it’s been over 10 years!)

    • Bryy
      Bryy
      July 1, 2022 at 12:28 am | #

      ………… wait what

      two what

      what did you just say

      • King Daniel
        King Daniel
        July 1, 2022 at 1:38 am | #

        It has been 662 days since it was confirmed we would be skipping over Halloween.

        (663 days for Patreon readers)

    • Steelbright
      Steelbright
      July 1, 2022 at 2:53 am | #

      fukkin RIGHT

    • Amós Batista
      Amós Batista
      July 1, 2022 at 6:58 am | #

      in this rhythm, it will too like, 8 years, to Joe start date Joyce, or Dorothy leaves the Campus

      • autogatos
        autogatos
        July 2, 2022 at 4:18 am | #

        Re-reading the comic from the start this week I got to Dorothy’s Yale letter again and went “Oh…I wonder if she’s gonna go…will she be written out of the comic?” But then I realized it’s cool, even if she decides to go, that’ll probably be like a decade from now, we got lots of time with her still.

    • Kazuma Taichi
      Kazuma Taichi
      July 1, 2022 at 3:43 pm | #

      me realizing that Mike’s been dead for 2 years :notlikethis:

      • Jo_cubstar
        Jo_cubstar
        July 1, 2022 at 4:39 pm | #

        Mike’s been dead for TWO YEARS!?!?!

    • AlexaSpuds
      AlexaSpuds
      July 1, 2022 at 7:44 pm | #

      oh my god I can’t believe it’s already been 2 years since the big 10 year anniversary time skip
      I also can’t believe I’ve been reading for like 5 years at this point

  2. The Wellerman
    The Wellerman
    July 1, 2022 at 12:05 am | #

    Brace yourselves! This is gonna be a crazy WILD ride back in time!!!!

    *demonic laughter*

    🌌 ⏳ ⏰ ⌛ ✌️😈

    *plays “Apocalypshit” by Molotov on hacked muzak*

  3. shrub
    shrub
    July 1, 2022 at 12:05 am | #

    Well thats not helpful at all

    • Yumi
      Yumi
      July 1, 2022 at 12:06 am | #

      Tomorrow starts the chapter “This Was Halloween.”

      • shrub
        shrub
        July 1, 2022 at 12:19 am | #

        Now thats helpful

        • Andy
          Andy
          July 1, 2022 at 2:05 am | #

          As a surprise it’s one strip long, and that strip is just Mary in her bedroom ranting and raving about demonic holidays.

          • khn0
            khn0
            July 1, 2022 at 6:10 am | #

            Never been so sad it’s not april 1st tomorrow

  4. Yumi
    Yumi
    July 1, 2022 at 12:06 am | #

    My prediction for today’s strip wasn’t far off. Nice.

  5. Sunday
    Sunday
    July 1, 2022 at 12:06 am | #

    WHAT HAPPENED ON HALLOWEEN??????

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      July 1, 2022 at 12:18 am | #

      Seems like we’re about to find out

      • Bryy
        Bryy
        July 1, 2022 at 12:29 am | #

        In a month or two.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      July 1, 2022 at 2:38 am | #

      We’re finally gonna find out what happened…

      Back then…

      [Voice echoing]

      Back then…

      [Screen goes all wavy]

      Back then…

  6. Kyrik Michalowski
    Kyrik Michalowski
    July 1, 2022 at 12:06 am | #

    So basically what everyone was expecting it to have been, damn you and your teasing Willis. We’re going to pass our own Halloween before we get any answers.

    • Yumi
      Yumi
      July 1, 2022 at 12:09 am | #

      Naw, we’ll probably get some answers in the coming storyline, which goes tomorrow through some time in August.

      • Roe
        Roe
        July 1, 2022 at 12:17 am | #

        I wouldn’t be surprised if we don’t find out until actual Halloween 2022

  7. Taffy
    Taffy
    July 1, 2022 at 12:06 am | #

    Fuck off and die, Mary.

    • Kyrik Michalowski
      Kyrik Michalowski
      July 1, 2022 at 12:08 am | #

      If only it were so simple; even if she was about to die, I’d expect her to make time to insult one more person before she goes to hell.

      • Taffy
        Taffy
        July 1, 2022 at 12:17 am | #

        Yeah but then she’s permanently gone.

        • Casi
          Casi
          July 1, 2022 at 12:11 pm | #

          With our luck, she’d come back after 3 days because her soul was rejected from all the after lives.

    • The Wellerman
      The Wellerman
      July 1, 2022 at 12:09 am | #

      Oh thanks for reminding me!!! Last chance to do this!

      Fuck off and die, Mary! 🖕😄

      • Kyrik Michalowski
        Kyrik Michalowski
        July 1, 2022 at 12:12 am | #

        Why is this the last chance to do this?

        • The Wellerman
          The Wellerman
          July 1, 2022 at 12:14 am | #

          I mean until Mary appears, which is probably gonna be a while.

          • Yumi
            Yumi
            July 1, 2022 at 12:24 am | #

            Tragically, Mary makes seven appearances in the next storyline. Maybe they’ll all be grouped together at the end, but the storyline isn’t a super long one either.

            • Bryy
              Bryy
              July 1, 2022 at 12:30 am | #

              How do you know this? What dark magics?

              • Yumi
                Yumi
                July 1, 2022 at 12:32 am | #

                A fair description for my source… Twitter.

                https://twitter.com/damnyouwillis/status/1503516472101978112

                • Tawdry Quirks
                  Tawdry Quirks
                  July 1, 2022 at 3:46 am | #

                  Hmm…Fuckface makes 11 appearances. My prediction is that someone went to play with Fuckface while Malaya wasn’t in, something goes wrong (possibly a molt being mistaken for something worse), then Billie and Ruth have to take him to the emergency vet and things spiral out of control from there.

                • The Wellerman
                  The Wellerman
                  July 1, 2022 at 2:35 pm | #

                  Oh no…. uh… why haven’t we seen Fuckface since the time-skip? 😨

              • The Wellerman
                The Wellerman
                July 1, 2022 at 12:34 am | #

                If you think that’s worthy of attribution to dark magics, you haven’t even seen what’s in store. 😈

        • Taffy
          Taffy
          July 1, 2022 at 12:20 am | #

          The Ritual wasn’t completed and so the Old Ones will rise from the earth and reclaim the lands they wrought. So, like, probably no WiFi for a while.

          • The Wellerman
            The Wellerman
            July 1, 2022 at 12:24 am | #

            Speaking of cosmic horrors, did you know I just completed a map of Galasso’s?

            A real labyrinth, I tell ya! Also did you know Newgrounds has a chat feature?

            • Taffy
              Taffy
              July 1, 2022 at 12:30 am | #

              #TomFulp’sAss

              • The Wellerman
                The Wellerman
                July 1, 2022 at 12:32 am | #

                If it’s possible, maybe we can use the chat feature to collab on the game? It’d just be you and me and brainstorming!

                • Taffy
                  Taffy
                  July 1, 2022 at 12:39 am | #

                  I keep forgetting Newgrounds exists. It’s a neat website. Lots of talented creators on there.

                • The Wellerman
                  The Wellerman
                  July 1, 2022 at 12:42 am | #

                  RIGHT?!?! Also, much less censors on your ass all the time!

                  https://www.newgrounds.com/chat

                • Taffy
                  Taffy
                  July 1, 2022 at 12:54 am | #

                  It’s a shame about that Incident last year. O/The staff hand their hands full that week.

                • The Wellerman
                  The Wellerman
                  July 1, 2022 at 1:14 am | #

                  You know what isn’t a shame? Log into your Newgrounds account and see! 😉

                • Taffy
                  Taffy
                  July 1, 2022 at 2:02 am | #

                  Sounds like more of a job for Sober Taffy. My ass barely makin’ sentences.

                • The Wellerman
                  The Wellerman
                  July 1, 2022 at 2:24 am | #

                  Can drunk Taffy still play Yugioh? 😛

                • Taffy
                  Taffy
                  July 1, 2022 at 4:59 am | #

                  Drunk Taffy can’t even tie her own shoes. It’s High Taffy ya gotta worry about, they’re dangerous at cards.

                • The Wellerman
                  The Wellerman
                  July 1, 2022 at 4:03 pm | #

                  Thanks for the tip, much appreciated! 😊

                  Also, I take it I should update your preferred pronouns?

                • Taffy
                  Taffy
                  July 1, 2022 at 5:16 pm | #

                  Hm? No, that was a typo. Or a froydian slip. Or possibly I lost track of who I was talking about mid-sentence. Idk, I’ve been blazed to the point of nigh-incoherence every night for like a week now. If I updated my pronouns during that time, no I didn’t.

                • The Wellerman
                  The Wellerman
                  July 1, 2022 at 5:49 pm | #

                  Ah, thanks for clean that up, friend. 😌

            • Needfuldoer
              Needfuldoer
              July 1, 2022 at 2:42 am | #

              If you told 2005 me that “Newgrounds Chat” is a thing, I’d write it off as a wretched hive of scum and villainy. I hope the site’s discourse has matured in the last… 17 (?!) years!

              • The Wellerman
                The Wellerman
                July 1, 2022 at 2:48 am | #

                Sorry, am I missing something here? Was it really toxic for a long time even relative to the vast majority of the internet?

                • The Wellerman
                  The Wellerman
                  July 1, 2022 at 2:51 am | #

                  I ask because, besides contacting prominent creators, I was really only ever there for the games and art. And as of more recently lack of censorship.

                • Needfuldoer
                  Needfuldoer
                  July 1, 2022 at 4:17 am | #

                  It was just your garden-variety mid-2000s teenage edgelord bullshit.

                  It was nicer than the imageboards, but rougher than DeviantArt.

    • Icalasari
      Icalasari
      July 1, 2022 at 12:37 am | #

      Nah, Satan made her immortal so as to create Hell on Earth

  8. Joe Moose
    Joe Moose
    July 1, 2022 at 12:07 am | #

    I was gonna complain on the cliffhanger you left us, but I remember that you update during the weekend.

  9. Thag Simmons
    Thag Simmons
    July 1, 2022 at 12:09 am | #

    Yes… Ha ha ha… Yes..

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      July 1, 2022 at 12:14 am | #

      Also this was a good storyline. Enjoyed it a lot and “Billie” is hands down my favourite individual update from this entire comic.

      Very eager to see what comes next

      • Rose by Any Other Name
        Rose by Any Other Name
        July 1, 2022 at 1:13 am | #

        Yeah, Billie was an excellent comic. Tons of visual story telling crammed into a very small space.

  10. Sirksome
    Sirksome
    July 1, 2022 at 12:11 am | #

    Why does Mary know? Also Ruth turning to drinking is not a good sign. Also also Jason’s bartender class really should give him better insight.

    • Yumi
      Yumi
      July 1, 2022 at 12:12 am | #

      Sounds like Halloween was a bad time all around, makes sense that Mary was there.

    • King Daniel
      King Daniel
      July 1, 2022 at 12:13 am | #

      I’d assume it was a very public breakup.

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      July 1, 2022 at 12:15 am | #

      Halloween party I assume. Hopefully not one she was present for, but who knows

      • Bryy
        Bryy
        July 1, 2022 at 12:31 am | #

        Mary has been established to LOVE Halloween.

        • Yumi
          Yumi
          July 1, 2022 at 12:41 am | #

          Love? Sarah loves Halloween, but as far as I know, Mary is just “not averse” to it.
          https://www.dumbingofage.com/2019/comic/book-9-comic/03-sometimes-the-sky-was-so-far-away/discretionary/

          • Bryy
            Bryy
            July 1, 2022 at 12:45 am | #

            Hm. I see.

          • thakoru
            thakoru
            July 1, 2022 at 12:51 am | #

            For Mary, “not averse” is the closest possible emotion to love.

          • PirateTawnee
            PirateTawnee
            July 1, 2022 at 3:09 am | #

            I clicked on a few pages from that link, as it was interesting, and stumbled into Jacob telling Joyce “You’ve got a leather jacket. That means YOU make the rules.” And the FIRST rule she made was about what other people can put inside themselves.

            *Squints carefully at Christian America*
            *sucks air in over teeth*
            *departs the comments section*

    • thakoru
      thakoru
      July 1, 2022 at 12:35 am | #

      My guess is that Mary doesn’t actually know any more than us, she’s just heard other people use that as an explanation and now repeats it to sound knowledgeable.

    • Masumi
      Masumi
      July 1, 2022 at 2:19 am | #

      Maybe she caused it.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      July 1, 2022 at 2:43 am | #

      I wonder if we’ll get an objective view of what ‘actually’ happened, or if different characters will retell the same story from their own perspectives…

      • thakoru
        thakoru
        July 1, 2022 at 3:09 am | #

        Ooh, I hope that’s what happens. Rashamon stories are a lot of fun.

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        July 1, 2022 at 9:49 am | #

        So far, all our flashbacks have been objective, but they’ve sometimes left out important bits that didn’t become clear until we saw the same scene from another characters perspective.

  11. BBCC
    BBCC
    July 1, 2022 at 12:11 am | #

    Jason is us and we are Jason.

    • Sirksome
      Sirksome
      July 1, 2022 at 12:49 am | #

      I heavily disagree with this statement.

      • 3oranges
        3oranges
        July 1, 2022 at 1:57 am | #

        …I heard that in an English accent. 😉

  12. Cmasta1992
    Cmasta1992
    July 1, 2022 at 12:12 am | #

    Oh good Ruth is still drinking. So none of the problems were solved.

    Jason seriously, freckles aren’t worth it. Get out of there.

    • Kyrik Michalowski
      Kyrik Michalowski
      July 1, 2022 at 12:14 am | #

      I suspect Ruth had stopped drinking and this is her falling off the wagon due to Billie/Jennifer and her little tantrum.

      • Yumi
        Yumi
        July 1, 2022 at 12:20 am | #

        Ruth drank on her 21st birthday, when she and Jason bonded.

        https://www.dumbingofage.com/2021/comic/book-11/04-hompk/superlative/

        Before then, it seemed she hadn’t been drinking. Since then, I don’t think there’s been indication of more drinking. That may have given her the idea that she can handle drinking once in a while– which, honestly some recovering alcoholics can, but for Ruth, it feels too recent, and this instance of seeking out alcohol is too “need this to deal with emotions” to feel comfortable.

        • Cmasta1992
          Cmasta1992
          July 1, 2022 at 12:26 am | #

          [Accidental flag. Fat fingered on mobile]

          That’s right. I thought was pre timeskip for some reason

        • eh, whatever
          eh, whatever
          July 1, 2022 at 3:46 am | #

          I read “bonded” as “boned” first.

        • Ed Callahan
          Ed Callahan
          July 1, 2022 at 6:51 am | #

          In comic time, that was only a couple of days ago.

        • pope suburban
          pope suburban
          July 1, 2022 at 2:07 pm | #

          Yeah I thought she was maybe at a place where she was doing well with it and able to responsibly drink, socially. I wasn’t, like, whole-hog *committed* to that idea, since people in recovery sometimes can’t manage that, or can’t for a while, but it looked possible. Seeing this reaction here really dashes my hopes in that regard, and makes me deeply frustrated with Jennifer. Yes, Ruth is responsible for her own actions, but Jennifer’s little fit of pique here seems designed to drag Ruth back into a dynamic that was deeply shitty for Ruth, Jennifer, and frankly everyone round them.

    • Johan
      Johan
      July 1, 2022 at 12:16 am | #

      Ruth was drunk when she met Jason.

    • Taffy
      Taffy
      July 1, 2022 at 12:27 am | #

      “Woman have problem, not worth dating.”

      • Nova
        Nova
        July 1, 2022 at 12:29 am | #

        No, no… I can fix her.

        • Taffy
          Taffy
          July 1, 2022 at 12:31 am | #

          God, same

        • Proxiehunter
          Proxiehunter
          July 1, 2022 at 1:12 am | #

          “I can make her worse.” – Jenifer probably.

          Come on, roll a Jenifer gravitar for this one . . .

      • Cmasta1992
        Cmasta1992
        July 1, 2022 at 12:44 am | #

        Or maybe someone who has a clear drinking problem and just assaulted her ex in front of you probably just showed some flags so red they could be Buccaneers logos.

        • Taffy
          Taffy
          July 1, 2022 at 12:51 am | #

          No, Ruth did not “assault” Billie. She hit her back. Billie started it and Jason saw it. I’m not even touching that “drinking problem” crack, though.

          • Cmasta1992
            Cmasta1992
            July 1, 2022 at 1:17 am | #

            I mean Ruth is a confirmed alcoholic the entire first half of this series goes over this. That’s not a crack. Thems the facts.

            • Taffy
              Taffy
              July 1, 2022 at 1:38 am | #

              We read the same comic. I’m not refuting anything. I said I wasn’t touching it. There is a difference.

  13. Mr D
    Mr D
    July 1, 2022 at 12:13 am | #

    Halloween gonna start on July 2nd? o boy, that’s gonna be quite a birthday present!

    • Laura
      Laura
      July 1, 2022 at 12:34 am | #

      Happy Halloween, and Happy Birthday, Mr D!

    • newlland(Henryvolt)
      newlland(Henryvolt)
      July 1, 2022 at 12:44 am | #

      And most like will end right before October if it’s timed right.

      Also I accidentally flagged your comment when I meant to hit reply, sorry

  14. RassilonTDavros
    RassilonTDavros
    July 1, 2022 at 12:18 am | #

    I REMEMBER
    DOING THE TIME WARP
    DRINKING
    THOSE MOMENTS WHEN…

  15. Sirksome
    Sirksome
    July 1, 2022 at 12:19 am | #

    I wonder if the Halloween chapter is indeed a flashback like the name implies if that whole chapter will be in the flashback blue tint?

    • The Wellerman
      The Wellerman
      July 1, 2022 at 12:21 am | #

      Willis DID say “it is very blue”. That could mean it figuratively too, yes, but I sure hope not literally.

      I like all the bright and stimulating colors of this comic, doing away with them during one of the most fun-packed holidays of the year seems like cheating at best, and a let-down at worse.

      • Laura
        Laura
        July 1, 2022 at 12:24 am | #

        I think Willis meant “Very Blue,” as in, the color of flashbacks.

        …Some reason, none of my comments are posting.

        • Bryy
          Bryy
          July 1, 2022 at 12:32 am | #

          Which is a shame because Halloween is a chance to be very colorful.

        • Azhrei Vep
          Azhrei Vep
          July 1, 2022 at 8:15 am | #

          OR ARE THEY?!

  16. JA
    JA
    July 1, 2022 at 12:20 am | #

    WHAT HAPPENED ON HALLOWEEN??

    • Taffy
      Taffy
      July 1, 2022 at 12:22 am | #

      Le epic cringe, I bet.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      July 1, 2022 at 2:45 am | #

      Costumes, candy, and drama.

    • Opus the Poet
      Opus the Poet
      July 1, 2022 at 3:56 am | #

      Many epic Slipshine openings.

  17. Mr. Random
    Mr. Random
    July 1, 2022 at 12:20 am | #

    Halloween.
    The night if masks where we have a chance to drop ours.

    Or just fucking hang out and watch cheesy shit.

    • Taffy
      Taffy
      July 1, 2022 at 12:25 am | #

      We likes to watch the spooky movies, yes. Play the games and drink the ciders, gollum.

      • The Wellerman
        The Wellerman
        July 1, 2022 at 12:27 am | #

        “Do you like scary movies?” 😆

  18. Thag Simmons
    Thag Simmons
    July 1, 2022 at 12:20 am | #

    Just noticed that Sarah never replaced her halloween witch portrait. Delightful

    • Nova
      Nova
      July 1, 2022 at 12:29 am | #

      Hmm, first message didn’t send – Trying again!

      “Oooo. Nice catch!”

    • PirateTawnee
      PirateTawnee
      July 1, 2022 at 3:12 am | #

      She paid two pretzels for that, she needs to get her money’s worth. (see archive link above)

      • The Wellerman
        The Wellerman
        July 1, 2022 at 2:47 pm | #

        And to think if Mary ever goes on a pretentious pious pilgrimage, she could easily sustain herself by drawing for food on the road!!! 😆

  19. Bunny
    Bunny
    July 1, 2022 at 12:21 am | #

    if there was a halloween party, who had been there?

  20. RedComet
    RedComet
    July 1, 2022 at 12:24 am | #

    Nice touch with the Halloween picture still on the door (or perhaps not actually still on the door/ a temporal connection to the oncoming flashback)

    • Sirksome
      Sirksome
      July 1, 2022 at 12:28 am | #

      I’m a little surprised Mary actually drew that for her. It seems out of character for her to do something nice like that.

      • thakoru
        thakoru
        July 1, 2022 at 12:45 am | #

        Well it wasn’t out of pure altruism. She got two pretzels out of it.

        • Needfuldoer
          Needfuldoer
          July 1, 2022 at 2:46 am | #

          And more of her art is now on public display.

          • thakoru
            thakoru
            July 1, 2022 at 3:11 am | #

            Right, lest we forget that ever-important exposure.

        • Laura
          Laura
          July 1, 2022 at 6:44 pm | #

          Plus, she got to depict Sarah as an unrepentant witch being tortured in hell. Win win!

  21. Nova
    Nova
    July 1, 2022 at 12:25 am | #

    Readers beware, you’re in for a scare dramatic reveal!

  22. AbacusWizard
    AbacusWizard
    July 1, 2022 at 12:27 am | #

    WHAT HAPPENED ON HALLOWEEN

    WE MUST KNOW

  23. Yumi
    Yumi
    July 1, 2022 at 12:29 am | #

    Quick, before we start getting real answers:

    What happened on Halloween? Wrong answers only.

    • Bryy
      Bryy
      July 1, 2022 at 12:33 am | #

      Jennifer was wronged.

    • cbwroses
      cbwroses
      July 1, 2022 at 12:33 am | #

      The Cheese appeared, watched Dexter and Monkey Master with Walky, then left, with some McNuggets for the road.

    • Pinkie
      Pinkie
      July 1, 2022 at 12:35 am | #

      Ruth got too drunk at the party and Jennifer broke up with her for falling off the wagon?

    • The Wellerman
      The Wellerman
      July 1, 2022 at 12:39 am | #

      Emo-than got an alien parasite.

    • Taffy
      Taffy
      July 1, 2022 at 12:41 am | #

      Billie ate Ruth’s little brother as a party trick, but forgot to take him back out and she fused with his soul, grossing Ruth out and causing her to break up with Billhoward.

    • thakoru
      thakoru
      July 1, 2022 at 12:43 am | #

      Absolutely nothing. It’s been a red herring this whole time.

      • Bryy
        Bryy
        July 1, 2022 at 12:46 am | #

        I see what you did there.

        • thakoru
          thakoru
          July 1, 2022 at 12:54 am | #

          Wait, are you sure? Because I’m not sure I see what I did there. Did I accidentally reference something? Is there some wordplay I’m missing? Honestly, I wasn’t even super proud of that joke.

          • The Wellerman
            The Wellerman
            July 1, 2022 at 1:03 am | #

            Basically me whenever I’m online 😅

          • Bryy
            Bryy
            July 1, 2022 at 1:27 am | #

            OP asked what happened. They asked for wrong answers only. Since some of us were thinking nothing happened, I thought you were implying something did actually happen.

      • Taffy
        Taffy
        July 1, 2022 at 12:55 am | #

        Red Herring was fucking framed, every single time. Freddy just had a fucking vendetta.

        • Needfuldoer
          Needfuldoer
          July 1, 2022 at 2:47 am | #

          Except for that one time it actually was Red Herring.

          • cbwroses
            cbwroses
            July 1, 2022 at 8:19 am | #

            7 hours to realize this was a pup named scooby doo reference.

            This whole time I’m wondering what Freddy Kruger has to do with red herrings.

            (Smacks forehead)

        • Nova
          Nova
          July 1, 2022 at 9:23 am | #

          Nostalgia bomb accepted.

          I can hear Freddy’s crazed tinfoil hat chatter now “IT WAS RED HERRING!”

    • Nono
      Nono
      July 1, 2022 at 12:49 am | #

      Ruth caught Jennifer making out with Alice.

      • Laura
        Laura
        July 1, 2022 at 1:45 am | #

        No, no, that was Alice and Bob with Carol and Mike.

    • RassilonTDavros
      RassilonTDavros
      July 1, 2022 at 1:11 am | #

      While Ruth was preoccupied with Billie, Carol broke into the dorm, said “It’s Carolin’ time,” and Caroled all over everybody. Her singing voice was so awful that Agatha’s roommate died from complications due to a ruptured eardrum, after which Ruth decided to purge her life of all distractions so that such a fate would never befall another student under her authority.

    • King Daniel
      King Daniel
      July 1, 2022 at 1:46 am | #

      Bloodrose finally showed her face for the first time.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      July 1, 2022 at 2:47 am | #

      Guns locked everyone else out of the exercise room.

    • Tan
      Tan
      July 1, 2022 at 3:39 am | #

      Becky and Dina did it.

    • Tan
      Tan
      July 1, 2022 at 3:43 am | #

      The Leafs won at sports.

      • Taffy
        Taffy
        July 1, 2022 at 2:47 pm | #

        Let’s not be ridiculous here.

    • Opus the Poet
      Opus the Poet
      July 1, 2022 at 3:57 am | #

      Joe had a foursome with triplets.

    • Azhrei Vep
      Azhrei Vep
      July 1, 2022 at 8:17 am | #

      Joyce fucked Mike to literal death.

      • Taffy
        Taffy
        July 1, 2022 at 2:48 pm | #

        Great, now I’m jealous of Mike.

    • Laura
      Laura
      July 1, 2022 at 12:19 pm | #

      Everyone caught COVID and the couples had to Isolate in dorm rooms together for 2 weeks. That’s why they broke up.

    • Mturtle7
      Mturtle7
      July 1, 2022 at 12:58 pm | #

      Mary seduced Billie, made sure Ruth caught them together, and then converted a distraught Billie to her particular sector of Christianity. Hence her current smugness.

  24. thakoru
    thakoru
    July 1, 2022 at 12:30 am | #

    Dumbing of Age Book 12: WHAT HAPPENED ON HALLOWEEN?

    • Sirksome
      Sirksome
      July 1, 2022 at 12:33 am | #

      It would have to be one long ass flashback to justify titling a whole book after it.

  25. jeffepp
    jeffepp
    July 1, 2022 at 12:32 am | #

    Wain’s World flashback!

  26. cbwroses
    cbwroses
    July 1, 2022 at 12:32 am | #

    Whatever happened on Halloween must have been extremely bad considering Mary is smiling.

    • Bryy
      Bryy
      July 1, 2022 at 12:33 am | #

      Mary smiling is like Trump throwing a tantrum.

      • The Wellerman
        The Wellerman
        July 1, 2022 at 12:38 am | #

        😑 thanks for putting that image in our heads

  27. Suet
    Suet
    July 1, 2022 at 12:37 am | #

    After realizing the phrase “Don’t Stop Believing” only occurs at the end of the song, its only chorus, “Don’t” by Neil Cicierega is now being played at the broken strike plate

    I guess Mary’s art is staying up until Groundhog Day

  28. Adam Black
    Adam Black
    July 1, 2022 at 12:38 am | #

    My guess: Ruth drives drunk puts Billie in the hospital. Ruth breaks up with Billie.

  29. newlland(Henryvolt)
    newlland(Henryvolt)
    July 1, 2022 at 12:40 am | #

    What the hell was Halloween!? I kept my piece about it because I thought it would be addressed in do time but Willis keeps fucking with us by dangling it over our heads like one does with a dog and a treat it really wants.

    • Taffy
      Taffy
      July 1, 2022 at 12:43 am | #

      Dude wait like ten seconds more, the next story is about to explain to you.

    • Yumi
      Yumi
      July 1, 2022 at 12:45 am | #

      I think it’s fair to discuss whether this whole something-big-happened-over-the-timeskip style of storytelling is really enjoyable/effective or not, but it’s pretty funny to me that people are reaching their breaking point with it so close to the reveal.

      I mean, assuming “This Was Halloween” is actually a reveal. If it’s more fucking with us…

      • Taffy
        Taffy
        July 1, 2022 at 12:46 am | #

        This is like leaving the subway station just before the train arrives.

      • Sirksome
        Sirksome
        July 1, 2022 at 12:56 am | #

        Personally I was never interested in Halloween and still am not. I figure the time skip shook up the status quo a bit and the mysteries of what happened made it fun. We don’t really need to know the why of things sometimes. Sometimes the answers are even unsatisfying. I tr

        • Sirksome
          Sirksome
          July 1, 2022 at 12:59 am | #

          -ust Willis to tell a good story but I also have to admit it’s a little bitter sweet to lose the ambiguity of some developments.

          • Cmasta1992
            Cmasta1992
            July 1, 2022 at 1:19 am | #

            Agreed. It’ll be interesting to see who in the comments have to backtrack who they were caping for once what happened is revealed.

          • Bryy
            Bryy
            July 1, 2022 at 1:29 am | #

            We get 55 days of Halloween. Don’t be a downer.

            • PirateTawnee
              PirateTawnee
              July 1, 2022 at 3:17 am | #

              Dang, we only get 1 day of Halloween over here in Britain. Good job always having things bigger America.

              Wait, you meant in the strip, didn’t you?

              • Laura
                Laura
                July 1, 2022 at 12:16 pm | #

                No, Halloween does go on for a while in parts of the states. There’s ding-dong doorbell night, mischief night (also called Devil’s Night), Halloween, All Hallow’s Eve, All Saints Day, All Souls Day, Dia de Muertos… sometimes these happen on the same night, sometimes the festivities get spread out over a week or more. Depends on the community.

                …You’re right, it IS bigger in the States!

                • Taffy
                  Taffy
                  July 1, 2022 at 2:43 pm | #

                  Go figure, the country that takes up like half a continent has more variety than an island you can walk across in a couple hours.

        • Taffy
          Taffy
          July 1, 2022 at 12:59 am | #

          Like when it was revealed that DW grew up to be a cop.

          • Yumi
            Yumi
            July 1, 2022 at 1:05 am | #

            I like the Legend of Korra, but I’m forever bitter that Toph grew up to be a cop.

            (And in a wider sense, yeah, sometimes– often– the flashforwards at the ends of shows or as extras or whatever just aren’t necessary. Like, I mostly watch shows where I like the characters, so it’s nice to see them happy, but it feels superficial.)

            • The Wellerman
              The Wellerman
              July 1, 2022 at 1:13 am | #

              Perhaps it is because we seek characters that we can also live vicariously through in ways that feel more “real” but also satifying?

            • Sirksome
              Sirksome
              July 1, 2022 at 1:20 am | #

              Tops being a cop isn’t so bad in Avatar, although yeah it is disappointing. Especially since she was so anti-authority. I chose to see it as the more Hollywood idealized version of cops than the incompetent and/or corrupt and cowardly bullies we have in real life.

              • Yumi
                Yumi
                July 1, 2022 at 1:27 am | #

                Eh, copaganda isn’t a great defense, though I see the show as more police-neutral overall. Which still isn’t great for Toph.

                It’s also, like, the Avatar comics start to show stepping stones for how Toph got to be a cop, but those comics are coming out after Legend of Korra, so instead of natural character growth and exploration, it just feels forced with a foregone conclusion.

                • Laura
                  Laura
                  July 1, 2022 at 4:29 am | #

                  Yeah. I did love the ending, but I felt they could have made the queer text more explicit. They kind of beat around the bush when they had a beautiful lady-lady love story on their hands.

                • Laura
                  Laura
                  July 1, 2022 at 4:31 am | #

                  I mean, I loved the ending of the cartoon, where Korra and Asami finally make their goo-goo eyes out in the open.

                • Yumi
                  Yumi
                  July 1, 2022 at 8:22 am | #

                  “They could have made the queer text more explicit”– well, I don’t know about that. I mean, I would have loved it, but they had to fight hard enough to do what they did. It’s possible that they really *couldn’t* have done much more. To me, what we did get felt very natural, and it served a very important place in the trajectory of queer content in kids’ shows.

                  All that said, I do respect the desire for there to have been more. There’s a Korra movie planned for the future, so if that happens, hopefully we’ll get a good amount of Korrasami content (but not in the form of drama, ideally– I think in the first two seasons, the show was really bogged down by the way shipping stuff was handled). The comics have kisses, but I want to see them animated.

                • Laura
                  Laura
                  July 1, 2022 at 12:11 pm | #

                  Ooh, thanks for telling me about the movie! I can’t wait!

            • PirateTawnee
              PirateTawnee
              July 1, 2022 at 3:18 am | #

              Flashforwards have been dead to me ever since I discovered that Kevin didn’t marry Winnie.

              • Laura
                Laura
                July 1, 2022 at 4:32 am | #

                …The Wonder Years. Took me a minute, there.

          • Sirksome
            Sirksome
            July 1, 2022 at 1:15 am | #

            I usually think of Star Wars and Midichlorians. Is Star Wars better now that we know what the Force is? Not really, not to me anyway, it was better as a mystery. Knowing why Ruth and Billie, or to a lesser extent Walky and Amber broke up might be interesting, or it might not live up to expectation, or be unsatisfying in some other way.

            • Devin
              Devin
              July 1, 2022 at 1:44 am | #

              That…wasn’t a burning question extremely relevant to the plot though.

              This very much is.

              If you don’t want to know, you can always just stop reading. Or skip the next storyline and hope you don’t pick up on it with context clues.

              • Sirksome
                Sirksome
                July 1, 2022 at 5:04 am | #

                Saying just don’t read isn’t really a great answer or even really the point. I’m not particularly adverse to knowing the answer and the comment discussions I like engaging with make it virtually impossible to stay ignorant anyway.

                I was just giving my opinion on the story telling devise of this type of flashback. Like I said I trust Willis to tell a good story, I just think sometimes a mystery is better. We don’t always have to know every detail. I can respect that some readers do like having every answer though.

            • Laura
              Laura
              July 1, 2022 at 1:48 am | #

              Midichlorians are just mitochondria. That’s my theory, anyway.

              • The Wellerman
                The Wellerman
                July 1, 2022 at 1:56 am | #

                Is that a reference to how mitochondria are actually bacteria that merged with eukariotic cells to eventually change all of life on earth over a billion years ago? 😃

              • 3oranges
                3oranges
                July 1, 2022 at 2:16 am | #

                Mitochondria + chloroplasts, the other endosymbiotic organelle.

                • The Wellerman
                  The Wellerman
                  July 1, 2022 at 2:22 am | #

                  I don’t even know if “organelle” is the right word for them.

                  They have their own DNA, and if they’re destroyed in the cell, they don’t regenerate.

                • 3oranges
                  3oranges
                  July 1, 2022 at 2:26 am | #

                  So does the nucleus, and it gets called an organelle. 😉

                • The Wellerman
                  The Wellerman
                  July 1, 2022 at 2:32 am | #

                  Seeing symbiotes like myself change all life on the planet billions of years ago, just so…. inspiring 😊

              • Laura
                Laura
                July 1, 2022 at 4:16 am | #

                …Or you could think of the mitochondria as being like the host universes described in “A Wind In the Door,” by Madeleine L’Engle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Wind_in_the_Door#Plot_summary

              • Needfuldoer
                Needfuldoer
                July 1, 2022 at 4:21 am | #

                Midichlorians are the powerhouse of the Force.

            • 3oranges
              3oranges
              July 1, 2022 at 2:25 am | #

              The thing with midichlorians is they were tacked on after the fact. That’s risky, you aren’t always going to come up with something worth explaining.

              When it’s something that people had planned in advance, deciding a certain aspect of the story is better to save as a surprise for later on, it tends to go a bit better.

              • The Wellerman
                The Wellerman
                July 1, 2022 at 2:34 am | #

                Or in a very diabolical twist, the information that technically “explains” it just raises more questions than it answers.

            • eh, whatever
              eh, whatever
              July 1, 2022 at 3:56 am | #

              The midichlorians don’t bother me at all, and I don’t get why they make so many people upset. The midichlorians aren’t even plot-relevant; even the Force is still a mystery (…so, instead of humans having magic powers, their endosymbionts have magic powers… nothing has actually changed there).

              • The Wellerman
                The Wellerman
                July 1, 2022 at 4:05 pm | #

                “any sufficiently analyzed magic is science”

  30. cbwroses
    cbwroses
    July 1, 2022 at 12:41 am | #

    Readers and fans of Dumbing of Age,
    We only have to wait one more day,
    Til it finally can be seen,
    All the drama of Halloween!

    • Taffy
      Taffy
      July 1, 2022 at 12:45 am | #

      I am the one drinking all your rum
      Eating all the cake and leaving only crumbs

      • Devin
        Devin
        July 1, 2022 at 1:18 am | #

        Is that why the rum is always gone??

    • june gloom
      june gloom
      July 1, 2022 at 2:14 am | #

      That’s cute.

  31. Francoinblanco
    Francoinblanco
    July 1, 2022 at 12:47 am | #

    Boys and girls of every age
    Wouldn’t you like to see something strange?
    Come with us and you will see
    This, our town of Halloween

    • Taffy
      Taffy
      July 1, 2022 at 12:56 am | #

      I am the one pissing under your stairs
      Framing your cat and earning her glares

      • The Wellerman
        The Wellerman
        July 1, 2022 at 1:39 am | #

        Mischief and mayhem make a wonderful pair
        Come with us if you dare

  32. Rabisch
    Rabisch
    July 1, 2022 at 1:13 am | #

    It’s weird seeing Mary don’t use a possibility for tell her, distorted, version of the story to someone so shocked and confused to probably believe in everything she will say. I’m sad for Jason here. Ruth is still no over her dangerous ex and just go away for poisson herself with alcohol. Probably the best thing for him is go away, but disgracefully he seems to really like Ruth a lot.

    • Cmasta1992
      Cmasta1992
      July 1, 2022 at 1:20 am | #

      “When you look at someone through rose-colored glasses, all the red flags just look like flags.”

      • The Wellerman
        The Wellerman
        July 1, 2022 at 1:53 am | #

        Brilliant! 😆

  33. Devin
    Devin
    July 1, 2022 at 1:18 am | #

    Wouldn’t you like to know, weather boy?

  34. ADLegend21
    ADLegend21
    July 1, 2022 at 1:24 am | #

    on second thought, I don’t wanna know what happened on Halloween.

  35. Lingo
    Lingo
    July 1, 2022 at 1:33 am | #

    FINALLY

  36. Darkseide
    Darkseide
    July 1, 2022 at 1:34 am | #

    Schrodinger’s Halloween

  37. Dr. T
    Dr. T
    July 1, 2022 at 2:00 am | #

    Maybe one of these days Jason gets to be in a healthy relationship.

    Oh, and Mary just is the absolute worst.

    • Rabisch
      Rabisch
      July 1, 2022 at 4:45 am | #

      Or in a relationship with Mary. I’m sure his father will love her!

      • Tan
        Tan
        July 1, 2022 at 5:29 pm | #

        Jason’s father is a supervillain, not an evangelical. I’m sure his standards are higher than that.

  38. alongcameaspider
    alongcameaspider
    July 1, 2022 at 2:18 am | #

    Part of me hopes that what happened on Halloween was something completely benign that everyone just decided to blow way out of proportion

    • Alex
      Alex
      July 1, 2022 at 3:14 pm | #

      Nah, that’s the commenters not the characters.

  39. Romanticide
    Romanticide
    July 1, 2022 at 2:26 am | #

    Oh, Sarah kept the witch chibi

  40. Eldritchy
    Eldritchy
    July 1, 2022 at 2:35 am | #

    What the fuck Mary? You were yelling all that good shit a moment ago and now you just go for one word answers? Spill the beans Mary! Spill the LORE!

  41. Acher4
    Acher4
    July 1, 2022 at 2:51 am | #

    This is either going to be a constant noodle incident,
    or we are going to get a book tittled
    “What happened on Halloween?????!!???!?!!???!”

    And yep. Jason is all of us 😛

  42. Opus the Poet
    Opus the Poet
    July 1, 2022 at 3:46 am | #

    JFC would someone please Toedad Mary? Or something equally fatal and messy?

    • Laura
      Laura
      July 1, 2022 at 4:18 am | #

      Anything but that! A fate worse than Toedad! X-D

  43. Sombrero
    Sombrero
    July 1, 2022 at 4:07 am | #

    Do I have enough popcorn? I have less than one day to get more popcorn!

  44. Laura
    Laura
    July 1, 2022 at 4:23 am | #

    …On a completely unrelated note, I finally just finished the very last assignment for a project I’ve been working on for the past 25 months.

    All done. No more. All gone. (As I used to say to the pup dog, when explaining why I could no longer play with him or give him treats.)

    Time to walk away, delete all my files, reformat my brain. No more of that whole field of knowledge. All done. Gotta just admit defeat (or at least a tactical retreat and impasse) and walk away.

    Time to fill the brain up with new information, get ready to plunge into a whole different field, after 25 months’ absence from it.

    It’s scary. And sad. And a little peaceful. And bittersweet. And regretful. It’s all those things.

    • Laura
      Laura
      July 1, 2022 at 4:26 am | #

      We didn’t succeed in our mission. But the mission didn’t quite beat us yet, either. So it’s a tactical retreat, to conserve forces and defend other fronts. With hope that the reinforcements will come from somewhere else, and will be enough.

      • Taffy
        Taffy
        July 1, 2022 at 2:41 pm | #

        Uh, this sounds vaguely military? Not gonna pry, but I’m not sure we should know about it if it is.

        • Alex
          Alex
          July 1, 2022 at 3:13 pm | #

          I assume it’s metaphorical and they’re not talking about literal reinforcements.

          • Taffy
            Taffy
            July 1, 2022 at 3:30 pm | #

            Wait til it turns out Laura was leading the research team that’s gonna invent Sephiroth. You’re gonna look silly and my personal bunker will look really smart in hindsight.

            • Laura
              Laura
              July 2, 2022 at 4:52 pm | #

              A personal bunker is ALWAYS in order! ;-D

          • Laura
            Laura
            July 2, 2022 at 4:53 pm | #

            Thank you for being so sensitive about pronouns, Alex! That was very thoughtful of you. 😀

      • Laura
        Laura
        July 1, 2022 at 5:31 pm | #

        Oh, no, sorry sorry! Not military. Public health.

        • The Wellerman
          The Wellerman
          July 1, 2022 at 5:47 pm | #

          That sounds like really important work!

          Regardless of whether you succeeded in your mission, just dedicating so much to it must come from a really good place. 🥲

          • Laura
            Laura
            July 1, 2022 at 7:04 pm | #

            Well, a sad place, anyway. It’s like that old song goes: “Sadness comes from a quiet place.”
            (Plays Radical Dance Faction on the hacked Muzak:
            https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EvCbVTt9QhU )

  45. Adam Black
    Adam Black
    July 1, 2022 at 5:15 am | #

    Imagine Joe and Dorothy merged their Spreadsheets,
    Life imitates art;

    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FWhtRyOWAAMP4mJ?format=jpg&name=4096×4096

    • Beau Kirin Maysey
      Beau Kirin Maysey
      July 1, 2022 at 7:42 am | #

      Is the OP of that post perhaps Mark Elliot Zuckerberg?

  46. Raen
    Raen
    July 1, 2022 at 6:43 am | #

    You’re British, Jason, you should know that anything can happen on Halloween.

  47. Chris (the other one)
    Chris (the other one)
    July 1, 2022 at 6:55 am | #

    Hey Willis? You’re a right shite.

    • Yumi
      Yumi
      July 1, 2022 at 8:26 am | #

      Seems uncalled-for.

  48. Just another fan
    Just another fan
    July 1, 2022 at 7:02 am | #

    At least we’re gonna learn now.

  49. Reed
    Reed
    July 1, 2022 at 7:37 am | #

    You know I do think it would be kind of funny if we never found out what happened on Halloween.

  50. Beau Kirin Maysey
    Beau Kirin Maysey
    July 1, 2022 at 7:40 am | #

    This is is the most evil Mary has ever been…

  51. JBento
    JBento
    July 1, 2022 at 8:24 am | #

    So, after so many people shitting on Jason, it turns out he’s all of us. How do you feel now, commentariat? HOW DO YOU FEEL NOW? /s

    • Taffy
      Taffy
      July 1, 2022 at 3:28 pm | #

      Kinda hungry, mostly.

      • JBento
        JBento
        July 1, 2022 at 5:29 pm | #

        Fuck, now *I*’m hungry.

  52. Darkoneko
    Darkoneko
    July 1, 2022 at 9:12 am | #

    There is always more halloween

    • Beau Kirin Maysey
      Beau Kirin Maysey
      July 1, 2022 at 11:21 pm | #

      there is always more money in the halloween stand

  53. Arianod
    Arianod
    July 1, 2022 at 9:18 am | #

    Looks like ‘Halloween’ is going the be DoA’s ‘Newcastle’

  54. Fetch85
    Fetch85
    July 1, 2022 at 9:45 am | #

    What happened on Halloween?

  55. thumb
    thumb
    July 1, 2022 at 11:14 am | #

    HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

  56. Adept
    Adept
    July 1, 2022 at 11:16 am | #

    As a reader I’ve been pretty annoyed at the timeskip. Maybe we’re finally about to be filled in on what the eff happened.

  57. Keulen
    Keulen
    July 1, 2022 at 12:05 pm | #

    Considering “This Was Halloween” is an entire chapter, it might still be a while before we find out what happened on Halloween.

    • JBento
      JBento
      July 1, 2022 at 12:05 pm | #

      Everything. EVERYTHING happened on Halloween.

    • Caro
      Caro
      July 1, 2022 at 12:27 pm | #

      that chapter starts tomorrow tho

    • Alex
      Alex
      July 1, 2022 at 3:11 pm | #

      Aren’t chapters usually a day long in comic time?

  58. Caro
    Caro
    July 1, 2022 at 12:26 pm | #

    sarah still has her witch drawing up!

  59. Caro
    Caro
    July 1, 2022 at 1:00 pm | #

    I just looked through Mary’s tag- her appearance in this arc is the first time we’ve seen her in over a year! this comic makes time go weird

    • Alex
      Alex
      July 1, 2022 at 3:11 pm | #

      I actually thought it had been way longer than that.

  60. Alex
    Alex
    July 1, 2022 at 3:11 pm | #

    Jason is all of us right now.

    • Taffy
      Taffy
      July 1, 2022 at 5:34 pm | #

      How dare you accuse me of being Bri’ish

  61. DavidAre
    DavidAre
    July 1, 2022 at 3:47 pm | #

    Chainsaw man reference xD

  62. schmess
    schmess
    July 1, 2022 at 5:44 pm | #

    I have been looking forward to Halloween since forever, and like I’m obviously super excited to learn about all the- drama, plot, backstory and everything!

    …on the other hand I think I’m equally, if not more excited, to see costumes.

    • schmess
      schmess
      July 1, 2022 at 9:39 pm | #

      OH and I just noticed the sarah art reveal after mary moved omg love that as part of the transition

      • Ana Chronistic
        Ana Chronistic
        July 1, 2022 at 11:51 pm | #

        haha yeah why do they still have the witch Sarah on their door in January

  63. schmess
    schmess
    July 2, 2022 at 12:37 am | #

    really really wanted Mary to get that exposure

    • schmess
      schmess
      July 2, 2022 at 12:42 am | #

      (whoops meant to reply that to ana lol)

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Good piece by @jamellebouie.net taking apart JD Vance's reprehensible immigration worldview on the substance. I'd add that JD seems to cast our admission of immigrants purely as an act of benevolence on our part, when of course that's not the story at all www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/o...
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JOR-EL was a moron
PANEL 1: A man with spiky white hair and cream robes with a gold superman S on his chest, stands next to a blond woman wearing the same outfit. She holds a swaddled baby with a blue pacifier in it’s mouth. The man holds up a glowing green crystal.
MAN: Dear wife, look! My 18 months of work are done! I designed this one tiny crystal to hold ALL of Krypton’s knowledge!

PANEL 2: The man stands against a white background, still holding the green crystal.
MAN: AND! I designed it to build a “fortress of solitude” out of nothing but ice! AND! I designed it with fully autonomous holograms of us! They can answer any question!

PANEL 3: The man slaps his hand on a metal object next to him, which his wife looks on happily, holding the infant.
MAN: AND! It slots right into this interstellar starship I designed to go to Earth!
WOMAN: And you designed it with three seats, right?

PANEL 4: The man bites his lower lip, eyes wide in regret. His wife yells at him.
WOMAN: …YOU DESIGNED IT WITH THREE SEATS, RIGHT?!?

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To teach my kids a lesson about socialism, I gave all my kids a list of chores that I thought they could handle, but set their allowances at the same level. 

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"what do you ship in #dumbingofage? joyce/dorothy? joyce/joe? dorothy/walky?" i am so glad you asked
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- arrows pointing between jennifer and ruth with the lyrics to
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Not sure where I am
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"...I cancelled the show but I stand by my decision"
Tweet from Variety:
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I hope Josh Johnson is given The Daily Show and is allowed to rebuild it from scratch in his own image just like Jon Stewart got to do in 99. He has built his own groundbreaking form of topical comedy, and imitating the style of others is something he is great at, but better than.
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 15h
thinking about how mario's head has stayed the exact same size his entire life, while princess peach's head has shrunk on its way into adulthood
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do you think Mario, Luigi, and the Princesses have, like, existential crises about the baby versions of themselves also just casually being next to them in all the races like I would be having ego death right now, not leaping triumphantly
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 16h
do you think Mario, Luigi, and the Princesses have, like, existential crises about the baby versions of themselves also just casually being next to them in all the races like I would be having ego death right now, not leaping triumphantly
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 16h
y'know not sure I trust the impartiality of a race track that has a giant statue of one of the guys I'm racing against
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 17h
For July's first bonus strip, folks voted for DEXTER and MONKEY MASTER! For world domination! Read this bonus strip and hundreds of previous at the Dumbing of Age Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-... and remember you can always pledge up to read tomorrow's strip 👀
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The Emotion Engine @emotion-engine.bsky.social ⋅ 9d
Good news for the people still circulating this post: it is now a real t-shirt you can purchase and wear to let the world know you take responsibility for the actions of fictional characters:
emotion-engine.bsky.social's user avatarThe Emotion Engine @emotion-engine.bsky.social ⋅ 9d
Normally I’d let this sort of thing just die out but an alarming amount of you have asked where you can buy this and my wife had to have an emergency surgery the day before I made this, so here is my chance to live the American Dream (selling print-on-demand shirts to pay down medical debt)
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Working on a t-shirt to sell to the weird people that show up in your mentions every time you talk about enjoying something that has crime or impure thought in it.
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Someone leaked the entire unreleased Micronauts animated series to archive.org All 52 episodes Yes they FULLY FINISHED a Micronauts cartoon in the early 2020s and mothballed it
vangelus.bsky.social's user avatarVangelus @vangelus.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
tested ep1 of Micronauts, skipped to the credits so I could see every name of every crew member who put in so much work with the expectation that anybody would ever see the thing they did as part of their vocation in a creative field, working in service of what should be a reliable client & partner
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tested ep1 of Micronauts, skipped to the credits so I could see every name of every crew member who put in so much work with the expectation that anybody would ever see the thing they did as part of their vocation in a creative field, working in service of what should be a reliable client & partner
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gotta go back to the original tagline
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
admittedly, i might be arriving at a little annoyance on behalf of anyone responded to ever with "WELL it's not called SMARTING of age" because that's become a lot, i think the fork might be in that one, it's done
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the people have spoken
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today in #9chickweedlane i learned that "how to lie" is not, actually, achieved by cupping the balls, despite the evidence of the entirety of the first panel, but by some other giant pile of words i guess, tl;dr
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“It’s not me who’s a bigot,” they always argue. “I’m fine with all you people. But the rest of the electorate is full of bigots, on whose behalf I will now speak”
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House Republicans have shut down floor votes and will likely adjourn for 6 weeks to avoid voting for the release of the Epstein files.
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😬 Rainbow Friends
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this is why layout matters
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The two greatest evils known to mankind, A.I. and the person directly in front of you in line at the post office, have finally teamed up. We’re done.
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Woman in line in front of me at the post office is not happy about the cost of shipping. She just whipped out her phone, asked ChatGPT how much it thinks the shipping should cost, and is trying to get the mailman to honor that price.
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Ken Plume @kenplume.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
I still love this Glen Brogan artwork capturing a truly iconic Star Wars moment...
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