Sean Murphy

My little guys are at the age now where they are both attending preschool/daycare, which essentially means that being sick is an ever-present threat that we simply have to live with in our house right now. They go and mingle with other children, swap bacteria like trading cards, and then bring it home like a game of russian roulette where we see who it gets passed to, and who gets spared.

As someone who works from home, and thus has no real cause to ever get sick unless someone hand delivers the virus to my personal space, this was… an adjustment. But I’m fine with it, because I understand that as they get sick now, it helps their bodies develope their immune systems, which will help them later.

What I can’t wrap my head around, however, is how their little virus that gives them a sniffly nose and which they shrug off and play through, lays me the fuck out every time. I assume they just have the energy to spare, whereas I’m always burning the candle at both ends so I’ve got nothing in reserve. A head cold comes in with its hand out like “pay up” and I have to turn out my pockets. “Sorry, I got nothing left. Guess I’ll just crawl into bed now.”

Speaking of kids and school and emptying pockets, (segue level: master), SUMO is having a Back To School sale with 15% off. Now I know what you’re thinking, “How do I justify a huge comfy beanbag chair as a ‘school expense?'”

Don’t worry, I’ve got you covered. You sew a couple of straps to the thing; boom, its your new backpack. Just unzip it, toss your books inside with all the fluff, and you’re good to go. Sure, it’s huge and unwieldy, but when you fall down a lot, you know you’re falling onto a super comfortable beanbag chair. There’s like literally no downside to this.

Or, more traditionally, you could put it in your dorm room to make the dorm room suck less.

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Comic for Friday August 3rd, 2018 - "Curveball" [ view ]

On this day in 1998, Kell stood in front of her mirror getting ready for work as she had done for years. But this day would be different... [ view ]

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Oh, hey, I forgot to leave a message here about the first Patreon bonus strip for July!  Folks voted, and they chose Riley DeSanto, so the bonus strip is about Riley.  Any and all patrons can go check out the strip (and the entire archive of bonus strips) at the Dumbing of Age Patreon.

New comic!

I realize his hair and beard should have grown, but let's say when he gets fed they groom him. I wanted him to be recognizable to people so I decided to have him keep his look that we've seen in the hologram projection.

I wrote this section of the arc to make Max finally not be one step ahead of everyone. She's been initiating things ever since we've encountered her. I wanted to have her have to play catch up for once.

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ComicLab

Webcomic veterans Dave Kellett and Brad Guigar tackle another collection of questions about the care and feeding of cartoonists. FIRST, Danielle Corsetto’s GWS collection leads to a discussion of “complete” collections and hardcover books in general. NEXT, Creation vs Learning — which is more important? THEN, it’s the perennial question – How do I get more Patreon backers? FOURTH, should experienced webcartoonists be more open to offering critiques when asked? And FINALLY, Dave challenges Brad to write a 10-year plan!

BUT FIRST: Dave discusses a parent’s cunnundrum — the perplexing economics of LEGOs!

Show notes

• 00:00 — The economics of LEGOs
• 06:25 — Brad is still dealing with phishing phallout
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• 15:26 — Creating vs Learning… which is more important?
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Comic for Thursday August 2nd, 2018 - "Early warning system" [ view ]

On this day in 1996, Bruno was asking Rudy about Coney's eating habits. Being a carnivore, does the cute, baby bunny even like carrots?... [ view ]

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“Just never know when to quit, do you?”

That took me a while to decipher.

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My dog’s name is Juliette. She is a Cavachon. Her mother is a Cavalier King Charles, and her father is a Bichon. She is five years old. She loves going to Lazy Dog Restaurant and reviewing their dog menu. Submitted by Mary M.

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