A strip titled "Curtains"? Yeah, well it's CURTAINS for the Dumbing of Age Book 13 Kickstarter! Today is this kickstarter's final day, and it comes to a sudden halt this very night at 11:45pm Eastern! how's that for a segue
As of this writing, we're just under $2000 from unlocking the bonus thirteenth JENNIFER MAGNET tier! Pretty sure we're gonna do it! I haven't yet had a final Kickstarter day that hasn't cleared at least that much! So, like, if you want thirteen character magnets, I'd grab that COMPLETE MAGNET POWER tier. Thirteen! It's one more than twelve!
But also, the book itself. So, for the final time: My Peer Group’s Smoochy Chart Is Basically Now An Ouroboros will collect the thirteenth year of Dumbing of Age, spanning the four storylines that start on August 22, 2022, and complete on August 15, 2023. This includes strip commentary, behind-the-scenes artwork, and new character designs into a 218-page tome with luxurious glossy paper all bound up into a sturdy, full-color presentation. It’s fancy! There’s 24 Patreon bonus strips collected! There’s rejected strips! There’s… laundry!
Pledge today! Because there won't be a tomorrow! Curtains
A strip titled "Curtains"? Yeah, well it's CURTAINS for the Dumbing of Age Book 13 Kickstarter! Today is this kickstarter's final day, and it comes to a sudden halt this very night at 11:45pm Eastern! how's that for a segue
As of this writing, we're just under $2000 from unlocking the bonus thirteenth JENNIFER MAGNET tier! Pretty sure we're gonna do it! I haven't yet had a final Kickstarter day that hasn't cleared at least that much! So, like, if you want thirteen character magnets, I'd grab that COMPLETE MAGNET POWER tier. Thirteen! It's one more than twelve!
But also, the book itself. So, for the final time: My Peer Group’s Smoochy Chart Is Basically Now An Ouroboros will collect the thirteenth year of Dumbing of Age, spanning the four storylines that start on August 22, 2022, and complete on August 15, 2023. This includes strip commentary, behind-the-scenes artwork, and new character designs into a 218-page tome with luxurious glossy paper all bound up into a sturdy, full-color presentation. It’s fancy! There’s 24 Patreon bonus strips collected! There’s rejected strips! There’s… laundry!
Pledge today! Because there won't be a tomorrow!
210 thoughts on “Curtains”
NGPZ
AAYOOOOAOAOAOAOAOAOOOOO!!!
Azhrei Vep
Aw, man. I saw that link, and thought it was going to be this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9akIlAEhOx4
Now I am disappointed.
Byron Orpheus
An ad for Grammerly? I just don’t get this generation’s sense of humor.
NGPZ
was the lyricist doing IRL Povid meme? XD
Azhrei Vep
I have no idea what a Povid is or how one would meme it, so I have no idea.
Mr D
I thought it was gonna link me to the pillarmen theme
NGPZ
fuuuuuck that would have been PERFECT T_T
Ana Chronistic
I thought curtains were to keep out the Cursed Day Star
NGPZ
Ah yes, the same star that slowly kills you while providing energy to all life on your planet.
JA
Why can’t the sun be more reasonable and rise at like 11:30AM?
Kat
Just a heads up, if you were going to make it your Genie wish, you’re just going to end up somewhere in the northern Alaska around December-January.
Forvisk
And just exist in that period, disappearing and reappearing just for that small period of time. Also, you could go to Antarctica.
clif
It does, just much further west.
someone
From the sun’s point of view, he’s just sitting in place, just minding his business. It’s just up to the Earth to rotate more slowly on its own axis.
Or you could live in an airship that’d be constantly flying westward, crossing timezones as it goes.
Needfuldoer
Try working third shift; it will feel like the sun comes up at 11:30 AM!
M!a
Ooh, the vampire shift. I remember it too well.
Although, a workplace full of goth girls and a *much* less stringent dress code… this, I did not hate.
NGPZ
In my line of work it technically does. XD
eh, whatever
Wrong again! Curtains are to keep out the ceiling lights of the neighbors across who don’t have curtains. Also, to keep more light from your own lamps inside.
IntangibleMatter
Sal! Happy to see you just very bad timing
M!a
She should have snuck in and pounced on Joyce with a WAKEY WAKEY!
True Survivor
And now to pull a Jamie Lannister to keep the shameful secret.
Thag Simmons
No offense intended to the kid, but Sal probably lands a lot better than he did
Freezer
And Sal could probably kick both their asses afterwards.
bubba0077
Well, she isn’t nearly so high up.
Taffy
The kid got pushed out of the ground-floor window.
Azhrei Vep
He most assuredly did not. He had to climb a good ways to get up there.
Martin goes into unnecessarily exhaustive detail about how far and how much he enjoys doing this kind of thing.
Taffy
IDK who Martin is, but I saw the episode of Tits & Dragons in question, and they were all outside on solid ground already. They pretty much just tripped the kid and he fell over.
Jinx
LOL
Thag Simmons
Bran got pushed out of the tallest tower in winterfell, so he did fall from slightly above ground level
stePH
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=P0rf3_viTxk
Dara
wait so she thought danny might be sleeping with joe?
John Campbell
Plausible, honestly. Maybe he told her about the dragon.
Dara
Oh I agree it’s plausible, it’s just she’s being cooler about it than I might’ve expected. Which, also, would be fine, just a little surprising.
RassilonTDavros
Probably wouldn’t be the first time.
Vanessa
Oh ho! Good one. Somehow I doubt Danny would have actually made out with his roommate, though.
Michael Steamweed
The strip after that is one that concerns me. May it not be so!
Holly
I like the idea that she thought “Wow, he’s taking that no-casual-touch theory a bit far, wasn’t expecting that!”… though I am not sure that Sal has heard Danny’s theory on that yet?
Theluxland
The first thing that got to my mind, honestly
Jerach
This is also why we invented DOORS Sal!
shadowcell
doors were invented to be something Sal can be too cool to use
Thag Simmons
A window is just a door for light
Coatl
Precisely, but Sal is so used to surprising everyone through the window, and today is no exception.
Proxiehunter
Today everyone is extra surprised, including her.
foamy
Doors *and* knocking on them.
Or, like, phone calls.
Animedingo
I WANT MAH SHIRT
Nicoleandmaggie
^
stePH
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=osm5RMf2cpM
Just an Armadillo
I don’t remember which floor Joe and Danny’s room is on exactly but whichever it is this definitely qualifies as victim blaming.
reed
this is why we invented DOORS sal. or texting! god forbid joyce was still shitting with the door open.
anon
well i think joyce has seen sal topless before? (like ‘garden of eden style’) so i geuss they can call it even
I imagine she could’ve just texted but i guess sal likes to be spontaneous and visit. tho idk if danny considered to call sal as a warning/assumed joyce would’ve stayed
Puppeteer Nessus
The blame for this awkward situation is clearly on those who should have put up curtains, not on that blasted wall-crawling menace. Parker I still need pictures!
Weatherheight
😀
Ray Radlein
Oh, good, she can take her shirt back now, since she’s here
justin8448
…forcing Joyce to walk back to her room in one of Joe’s shirts, I guess?
The narrative implications abound!
Schpoonman
Oh, damn, that’s way better than my crackpot theory below (that Joe goes to Joyce’s room to ask Sarah for a shirt). Seeing Joyce show up with a way-too-big-on-her shirt would deeefinitely set every single one of Sarah’s alarms off.
King_Salty
More alarms than having Joe show up unannounced to borrow one of Joyce’s shirts?
Needfuldoer
He’d never return from that mission, and nobody but Sarah would know where he wound up.
Nicoleandmaggie
It’s not like Joyce is using it right now.
Yotomoe
I mean…I feel like the 3rd story foregoes the necessity for curtains. You’re the weirdo here.
Freemage
Depends on the campus layout. My freshman dorm was across from an upperclass dorm. Rumors abounded about who was careless with their curtains.
brionl
You still need it to block out the aforementioned hideous burning light of the daystar.
Taffy
[Raspy Tara Strong Voice] The Day Star approaches! You know what it brings.
LeafletErin
I get it! I get the reference! Not one that gets used much these days sadly.
zee
I’m on the 5th story of my building. It’s absolutely does not. For privacy reasons and “sun shines right on my pillow at 9 am” reasons
Yotomoe
To be fair, Joyce has many Wonderbread-like traits. I can see the confusion.
Kyrik Michalowski
Traits such as…?
Taffy
Hehehehehehehehehe how much do you know about deforestation?
Thag Simmons
[glares silently]
Darasara
…I honestly feel like I should report this comment on principle.
Nono
They both took Dorothy on a date.
Needfuldoer