Ugh. This page. My biggest question now is… why Ruth gotta be traumatized by this? I mean, I might know the answer, and that answer might be that this story formed in my mind when I was young and stupid […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Oh boy, it’s Ryan. Folks who’ve read Dumbing of Age know who Ryan is. Ryan doesn’t get a last name.
And so we learn how Billie and Walky get their nicknames. oh hey what’s going on in that last panel, guess we’ll find out in a few years
Here’s where I set up Ruth’s sunny disposition in high school. She’s purposefully a Danny Clone here, full of contempt for other people for not being grown up enough. Totally smarter and better than everyone, despite the curious decision to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Linked here is what would have been the cover to Roomies! #6. When that didn’t happen, I repackaged the art as a limited print instead. I’m linking instead of inlining the cover because there are probably SOME people who are […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
And so this first half of the story ended, TO BE CONCLUDED in next issue. But next issue never came! And so this story went unfinished for many years. Eventually I just threw it up on the website randomly because […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
And now we know why Ruth lingers over the photo of herself and Billie. God dammit, Danny, did you seriously just say she looked like Sal? Jesus, man. STOP SAYING EVERYTHING REMINDS YOU OF SAL, YOU CREEP Oh, oh, right, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Kind of a less-extreme version of what happened a while back in Dumbing of Age, now that I think about it. (Heh, as I write this, those strips haven’t even published yet.) Not a planned similarity. I hadn’t read […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Of course, in this universe Ruth’s advances are reciprocated. That’s what she earns for being less of a jerk over here. Ruth’s arc in Roomies! was basically only about Ruth and Danny. But Billie was her friend, too! However, by […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Now you can REALLY see where Dumbing of Age Ruth and Billie came from.
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