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Dumbing of Age Book 14 crowdfunding BEGINS!

by David M Willis on April 6, 2025 at 11:50 pm
Posted In: Blog

Reminding Myself That Despite What That Sign on the Highway Says, Hell Isn’t Real will collect “Year Fourteen,” spanning the four storylines that start on August 16, 2023, and complete on August 16, 2024. This includes new commentary, behind-the-scenes artwork, rejected/unused strips, and piles of new character designs into a 220-page tome with luxurious glossy paper all bound up into a sturdy, full-color presentation.   It’s fancy!   There’s 24 new Patreon bonus strips collected!  And, as always, there’s a buncha character magnets you can grab along the way.

plus tariffs, lots of tariffs

There are two character magnets you can pledge for right off the bat, and this year they’re SAL and DANNY! Get just Sal+Book! Get just Danny+Book! Get both Danny and Sal+Book! All things are possible. And if/when we reach $30K, we unlock DOROTHY MAGNETS FOR EVERYBODY who pledges for mailable goods!

Here’s to 30 days of me being on an adrenaline high as I run this thing while the world falls apart. Phew!

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Second Patreon bonus strip for March 2025 — BJ CAT

by David M Willis on April 6, 2025 at 12:07 pm
Posted In: Blog

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’s second bonus strip is about BJ CAT, because I already drew several new backgrounds today and I deserve a break.  Check out this strip and the backlog of hundreds of previous bonus strips at the Dumbing of Age Patreon!

Also, if you pledge $5 or more per month, you can read tomorrow’s strip a full day-and-five-minutes early, every single dang night! You’d be reading tomorrow’s strip right now!

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The Other Patreon: Joyce

by David M Willis on March 29, 2025 at 2:10 pm
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I have a NSFW Patreon, did you know? Usually it’s just shitposting naked people, and today that meant… JOYCE.  Not 100% naked, ‘cuz she’s got her glasses and watch on, but, you know.  Naked.  Naked and happy!

Why?  Because it’s just time?  Because I’m random and know no tasteful bounds?  Because healthcare in this dumbass country is hella expensive????  one of those, probably

anyway, you’ve heard joe contemplate joyce’s “brains,” well here they are

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Patreon bonus strip for MARCH 2025 — AMAZI-GIRL

by David M Willis on March 26, 2025 at 10:12 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 AMAZI-GIRL, who’s the hero we both need and deserve! 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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Dumbing of Age Book 14 Kickstarter launch page!

by David M Willis on March 23, 2025 at 3:54 pm
Posted In: Blog

The Dumbing of Age Book 14 Kickstarter is imminent! There’s a link on the launch page you can tappy-tap to get notified when the campaign goes live.  Go press the button!  It’s fun.

 

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Is there somewhere in this article where I could talk about the very real feeling of jealousy and how it can make even the nicest people into assholes? No, that’s not this article. It’s not this article because we’ve let appealing to white people’s comfort get in the way of progress to the point where our culture, democracy, and future is at stake. Appealing to white people’s comfort is how we got to where BIPOC and LGBT people are being erased from history all together because the dark history of this country makes white people uncomfortable.
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An Instagram post by Alex Graham has stirred up a hornet's next of controversy
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