Dumbing of Age, Volume 12: Her Hugs Are Traps

Dumbing of Age #12

by David Willis

Her Hugs Are Traps will collect “Year Twelve,” spanning the five storylines that start on August 27, 2021, and complete on August 21, 2022. This includes new commentary, behind-the-scenes artwork, and new character designs into a 224-page tome with luxurious glossy paper all bound up into a sturdy, full-color presentation.

There’s 24 new Patreon bonus strips collected! There’s a foreword by Steve Horton!

Contains the storylines:

01 – Sister, Christian
02 – I'll Leave You A Phantom
03 – Trial and Sarah
04 – Don't Stop Billie-ving
05 – This Was Halloween

Contains the strips published from 27 August 2021 - 21 August 2022.

Genres: Comics, Webcomic, Fiction, Graphic Novels, Humor

222 pages, Paperback

First published November 23, 2023

About the author

David Willis is no stranger to the world of webcomics, having started his first series, Roomies!, in 1997. Including Roomies!, he has five webcomics series under his belt, such as the sci-fi drama It’s Walky!, its more domestic sequel Joyce and Walky!, Shortpacked!, a look at action figures and pop culture, and Dumbing of Age, a story about college freshman. In 2005, he and other leading cartoonists formed the webcomics collective Blank Label Comics.

Raised in La Porte, Indiana, David Willis graduated from the Illinois Institute of Art in Schaumburg, Illinois with a Bachelor in Fine Arts. After college, he escaped the frighteningly-empty cornfields and hicks of Indiana to the frighteningly-empty cornfields and hicks of Ohio.

David Willis currently resides with his wife Maggie in Columbus, Ohio, where he surrounds himself with more Transformers toys than he can bother to count.

Reviews

[David H. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Joyce goes to a different kind of extreme (and finds out something else new about herself), but I really liked the Becky/Dina scenes here. We also get a flashback to what happened at Halloween, oooh. It's always interesting reading these after following the daily comic online, as the books are usually a couple years past, so it does help me see some foreshadowing of events happening "now" (and boy was there).

[Eric · Rating 4 out of 5]

Reliably consistent art and writing about freshman year antics continue - some new characters but mostly it's more of the same fun

[Izzy Tongedahl · Rating 4 out of 5]

a lot happened in here, but all of sal's parts were the best
when did sal become my favorite character??