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    Default Dumbing of Age: Rebirth

    Here is a thread for Dumbing of Age by David Willis. While this is not the first thread devoted to Dumbing of Age, all previous threads have died well before hitting 50 pages.

    For those who are unfamiliar with the comic, Dumbing of Age is a coming of age drama about college students set in Indiana University. It features an ensemble cast and there are usually many interconnected stories running concurrently in each chapter. The comic updates seven days a week and has been running continuously since 2010. Time in-universe passes very slowly: only about six in-comic weeks have passed in the eight real years the comic has been running. However, time does advance, and the characters do develop.

    Dumbing of Age is a reboot of Willis' earlier comics Roomies, It's Walky, Joyce and Walky, and Shortpacked, which were collectively called the Walkyverse. However, it is not necessary to read any of the Walkyverse comics in order to understand Dumbing of Age.
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    It's one of the many I scan daily.

    Weenus? is that a filter dodge?

    <edit> Looks as if it works for that, as of this second.
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    The end of what Son? The story? There is no end. There's just the point where the storytellers stop talking.

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    So...is this genuine Mike we're seeing? The flashbacks do indicate that he really cares about Amber and Ethan, and this might be present-day-Mike's first time showing his soft side. Or it could be an elaborate prank, but that seems less likely to me.

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    Mike in the other Verse seemed to be also an assholish bastard with a somewhat tender core.

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    I'd say 'elaborate prank.'

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    Quote Originally Posted by JadedDM View Post
    I'd say 'elaborate prank.'
    On the other hand, the flashbacks in this chapter have been showing that Mike has been genuinely trying to help Amber for a long time in the Dumbiverse. I think it's likely that he also really cares about Ethan.

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    Book 9 just started. Time for some more Marcie and Sal development.

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