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$50K Book 14 Kickstarter update: JACOB MAGNET tier unlocked!

by David M Willis on April 29, 2025 at 9:12 am
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The Dumbing of Age Book 14 Kickstarter is finally past $50k! And that means JACOB is unlocked! Pledge at the JACOB MAGNET tier to get a Jacob magnet along with your book! (And don’t forget you get a free DOROTHY magnet in there too!) Or if you’re aiming for Jacob plus two or four other magnets of your choosing, huzzah, there’s the PICK THREE or PICK FIVE MAGNETS tiers! And if you want all of them unlocked during this campaign? Well, there’s a few tiers that hand you COMPLETE MAGNET POWER!

Up next are LIPSYNCING LUCY at $55K and…. DREAM HORSE at $60k!  That’s right, it’s Dorothy and Joyce on a horse!  Let’s make DREAM HORSE happen!

One week remaining!  This thing ends next Tuesday just before midnight (Eastern)!  So pledge today!  or between now and then, whichever

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Patreon bonus strip for APRIL 2025 — KAITLIN

by David M Willis on April 27, 2025 at 2:09 pm
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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, folks voted for KAITLIN, Becky’s former roommate at her original college who was gay exactly once and then stopped that forever after she learned her lesson, probably! Read this bonus strip and hundreds of previous at the Dumbing of Age Patreon!

Also, if you pledge up to $5 or more per month, you can read TOMORROW’s strip RIGHT NOW, every day!

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Free Comic Book Day (May 3) signing at Laughing Ogre Comics!

by David M Willis on April 23, 2025 at 4:39 pm
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Free Comic Book Day is coming Saturday, May 3, and Laughing Ogre Comics in Columbus, Ohio, is featuring some local cartoonists!  And guess what?  I’m local cartoonists!  So from noon to 2pm, you’ll find me at a table inside the store.  I’ll have some Dumbing of Age books, bookmarks, and probably some magnets!

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$46,354 Kickstarter update: Surprise BEATRICE MAGNET tier revealed!

by David M Willis on April 21, 2025 at 10:01 am
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Dumbing of Age Book 14 Kickstarter update: It’s time for one final SURPRISE magnet unveiling this year!  At the incredibly important and not at all random number of $46,354, we’re throwing down the gauntlet of BEATRICE!  She’s one of the few remaining members of Lucy’s dorm crew that’ve yet to get a magnet!  And she’s technically in this book!  unlike zaph, sorry zaph

Pledge at the BEATRICE MAGNET tier to get her tucked into your signed/doodled Book 14 along with the free DOROTHY magnet!  Or choose to get her and a handful of others at either the PICK THREE or PICK FIVE MAGNETS tiers!  Or go whole-hog with the COMPLETE MAGNET POWER tier and get every magnet unlocked in this campaign!

Next up: JACOB unlocks at $50K, LIPSYNC LUCY unlocks at $55k, and I’m announcing now there will be a THIRTEENTH magnet this year if we pass $60K, and it’s a big’un.  So big it’ll have eight legs!  To help get us there, pledge today!

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Book 14 Kickstarter Good Friday update: CHRIST FALLS, DINA IS RISEN

by David M Willis on April 18, 2025 at 7:10 pm
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The Dumbing of Age Book 14 Kickstarter reached the next stretch goal of $45K on Good Friday, unlocking the PAJAMAS DINA MAGNET tier!  That’s right, Christ has fallen and DINA IS RISEN.  Take that, LORD!!!!

Pledge at the PAJAMAS DINA MAGNET tier to get a Dina magnet along with your book!  (And don’t forget you get a free DOROTHY magnet in there too!)  Or if you’re aiming for Dina plus two or four other magnets of your choosing, huzzah, there’s the PICK THREE or PICK FIVE MAGNETS tiers!  And if you want all of them unlocked during this campaign?  Well, there’s a few tiers that hand you COMPLETE MAGNET POWER!

Up next?  Jacob, I think, at $50K.  I don’t have a silhouette for him yet.  Still trying to decide which look to go for him: exercise wear?  casual wear?  It’s a quandry!!!  But there’s a surprise magnet reveal popping up soon who’s not Jacob!  They do have a silhouette.

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today in #9chickweedlane i learned we have to be shown children learning and relearning what sex is, for Reasons, even though they already clearly know and have prepared nuanced questions about it! also that Gran must hate, if she's still alive, how Old Juliette is the same but with gray hair
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help I had a big yawny stretch after I got into bed and threw out my back
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Phew, they made NoHo Hank wear pants.
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where's my hour loop of Vader fist-dancing
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Hot Toys Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith 1/6 Scale Darth Vader Deluxe ($495) & Standard ($315) is up for preorder at Sideshow - shrsl.com/4wcx6 #ad If you preorder make sure to hit the Exclusive versions since they include a commemorative plaque and cost the same.
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hey, FANTASTIC FOUR got an Eisner nomination for best ongoing series!! I think this news is... really great! Fantastic even :0
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oh no, new content over at the nsfw patreon joe introduces joyce to fingers that aren't breaded chicken www.patreon.com/posts/joe-fi...
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I may have to pin this
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btw if you're one of those rando bluesky weirdos who doesn't know me but sees me in the wild being sarcastic and don't know i'm being sarcastic because you haven't taken like 30 seconds to, like, maybe look at my user profile or something, keep walking, you're not going to score internet points here
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#relatable
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Politico: Ever been slapped by breasts?
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Here's an entertaining cite at the bottom of the first page
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JUST IN: Milwaukee Judge Hannah Dugan moves to dismiss federal criminal case against her for allegedly helping immigrant hide from ICE. Her lawyers say she's protected by official acts & judicial immunity and 10th Amendment. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Where did Hollywood go so wrong? I thought movies were supposed to be an escape from reality, a chance to put your worries aside and not have to think about any underlying ideas or concepts. Well, not anymore. theonion.com/you-can...
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I’ve loved movies ever since I was a little kid. Just stepping into that dark theater, with the smell of fresh popcorn, was like being transported to a whole other world. It used to be so magical. But now I’m thinking about boycotting movies altogether. Why? Because I can’t seem to watch one anymore without […]
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the 90s were a wild time. if i told you how many magazines there were you wouldnt even believe me
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It's not a new argument, of course, but Chesterton dismissed it effectively in 1908. "You will hear everlastingly... this argument that the rich man cannot be bribed. The fact is, of course, that the rich man is bribed; he has been bribed already. That is why he is a rich man."
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Hawley dismisses Trump lining his pockets with his memecoin: "Listen, I think nobody believes that Donald Trump can be bought. I mean, what does Donald Trump need more money for?"
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Who can forget the Swiss-Austrian Union, or its famous capital - Istanbul.
AI generated ad by a company called Travello showing the 10 most visited cities in Europe, except the cities are hilariously poorly placed. London is in Wales, Paris is in Ireland, Rome is in France, Rom (yes like Rome but without an E) is in Spain, Barcelona is in Morocco, Prague is in Germany, Vienna is in Italy, Istanbul is in Austria, Milan is in Libya, and Antalya is correctly shown as in Turkey but is in the wrong place. Also a few of the borders like Switzerland and Austria or Hungary and Slovenia are missing.
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*at the very end of Andor, cassian travels through a vortex that makes everyone look a decade younger*
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wilbur, savvy enough to know he's in a comic strip but still not a great actor, awkwardly lifts a muffin up into frame so that we, the audience, understand that he has a muffin right now, which is very important narratively, but he's not really selling it well as an organic, human action
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i mean i... guess there are people who want toy-accurate hyper-articulated original-toy-look guys but in cartoon colors for some reason
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Fuck you, Clayface!!!
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