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Everyone is looking for the fountain of youth–but dare we say, we probably found it.

It’s a fact, that laughter extends your life. Nothing rejuvenates the mind, body, and soul like a good chuckle. And we mean that whole-hearted laughter that comes from actual human-made art, not whatever algorithm-generated slop is currently clogging your feed like arterial plaque.

A scientist in a white lab coat stands on a ladder, pouring a small blue figure into a large yellow laboratory flask filled with bubbling blue liquid. The flask is heated by flames underneath and connected to tubes, suggesting an experimental setup for creating longevity.

Now, here’s our proposition: You get the ultimate longevity hack, the key to an endless stream of funny stuff, and we get to make a living.

Our supporters on Patreon are already in on it. They’re not just getting bonus comics, early access, and downloadable art – though they are getting those things. No, what they’re really getting is more life.

Think about it. Every comic you see before the general public is another laugh you get ahead of the mortality curve. You’re literally time-traveling into a funnier, longer future. The rest of the world is brain-rotting away while you’re chuckling at Sunday’s comic on a Friday like some dashing Doc Brown.

The experiment has grown into an enormous, complex contraption with multiple levels, gears, tubes, and chambers. Scientists work at different stations around the towering apparatus. Blue figures appear at various points in the machine, with one visible in a display window. The machinery suggests an increasingly elaborate longevity manufacturing process.

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A Funnier, Longer Life

If you want to take your hack to the next level, you can sign up for an actual physical love letter. In the mail. Remember mail? That thing that used to bring us things other than bills and ads?

This love letter arrives filled with a holographic sticker, a surprise item from the exclusive subscriber vault of wonders (cartoon magnets that will hold your nephew’s drawing to your fridge way better than those real estate agent freebies; bumper stickers that might cause a pile-up on the freeway; key chains that will hold your keys while also broadcasting your artistic taste), sealed with actual love and confetti.

When was the last time you opened your mail and confetti fell onto your driveway? When was the last time anything in your life involved confetti that wasn’t shredding financial documents before your shady boss’s tax audit. This confetti celebrates your longer life.

The final stage shows a scientist packaging blue figures (representing humor/laughter) into a box at a desk. A delivery person with a hand truck carries stacked boxes labeled 'Funny Comics' with a smiley face and an upward arrow, ready to distribute the longevity product to the world.

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Don’t Die

The science is unimpeachable: human-made art makes you laugh, laughter releases endorphins, endorphins are basically tiny maintenance workers repairing your insides, and boom: you’ve just extended your warranty.

And unlike those sketchy supplement companies or that one guy in Yoga class who won’t shut up about intermittent fasting, we’re offering you a path to longevity that involves more laughter, not less food.

So really becoming a Patreon supporter isn’t just supporting an artist. It’s an investment in your own continued existence. Your move, mortal.

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We’re doing something we usually don’t do by giving you a peek behind the curtains. This is the stuff our beautiful supporters usually get for keeping us financially viable enough to joking around.

Join the party and read the rest of the exclusive stories!

We definitely told our patrons this would stay exclusive, and now we’re essentially that friend who swears secrecy then immediately tells everybody your embarrassing story on the school yard. The guilt is consuming us like a shame-based brain worm. Our only chance is to make the next secret comics so hilarious that our supporters will forgive this betrayal – comedy so sharp it could perform its own appendectomy. Please don’t revoke our kneecaps!

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Having 1 million followers is like throwing confetti into a hurricane: people cheer, platforms profit, and you’re left sweeping your own glitter off the floor. Everyone loves the art, shares it, while we’re over here perfecting the art of checking our bank balance with one eye closed.

Three-panel meme using scenes from a movie. First panel shows a man saying "You have millions of followers. I think you're good." Second panel shows a blonde woman responding "Social media platforms don't pay their creators." Third panel shows the same man looking shocked/concerned in the rearview mirror of a car.

Platforms Stole Our Pay, AI Stole Our Art

Now AI companies are scraping our “worthless” art to train billion-dollar generators. Apparently our work was valuable enough to steal, just not valuable enough to pay for. It’s like being robbed by someone who insists they’re doing you a favor by “increasing your exposure.”

So here we are on Patreon, asking our actual fans to bridge the gap between “viral content” and “paying rent.” Because in this rigged game, the only reliable currency left is people who genuinely give a damn about creators surviving.

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Comic strip by War and Peas about the nightmare of a ghost 1. Panel: A ghost wakes up from a bad dream and says to his ghost partner next to him: "Honey, I had a bad dream you died!" 2. Panel: The other ghost tries to comfort him and says: "Sweety, we're already dead." 3. Panel: "We were murdered by that crazy axe killer, remember?" 4. Panel: The first ghost says: "Oh right, what a relief." The moon shines in the room, it's very romantic.

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Artist's hand dropping stack of red-stamped Love Letter Service envelopes into public mailbox slot - handcrafted monthly Patreon letters being mailed to subscribers worldwide.
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Every month, we craft you a real letter. Not an email. Not a notification. A letter. The kind that arrives in your mailbox between the electric bill and the note from your dentist about overdue cleanings, except this one contains an exclusive poem we wrote specifically for this moment in time, a holographic sticker that’ll make your inner eight-year-old weep with joy, and some surprise product that might be a postcard, might be a magnet, might be temporary tattoos, might be – and yes, this actually happened – an air freshener shaped like a witch on a skateboard.

It’s the kind of thing that makes you pause at your mailbox, feeling briefly like the main character of your own life instead of just someone scrolling through other people’s curated breakfast photos.

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Also – and this is crucial, too – you get all the extras from the Patreon levels below: That gives you the opportunity to view comics before the wide public, download wallpapers and to take a look behind the scenes of making funny comics!

Handcrafted Love Letter Service contents spread on craft grid: orange envelope #27 with witch cat "War and Peas" illustration, holographic "squad ghouls" sticker with cute ghosts, pink worm keychain, polka dot papers, and red artist stamp - exclusive monthly Patreon goodies from independent creators

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This image shows a popular "expanding brain" meme with four panels, each showing a brain scan that appears increasingly illuminated or energized as you move down the panels. Each panel represents an escalating level of excitement or enlightenment regarding art appreciation: Top panel: "PEOPLE ARE FOLLOWING YOUR ART" with a basic blue brain scan Second panel: "PEOPLE ARE SHARING AND CREDITING YOUR ART" with a more illuminated purple/pink brain Third panel: "PEOPLE SUBSCRIBE TO YOUR EMAIL NEWSLETTER" with a brighter white/pink glowing brain Bottom panel: "PEOPLE ARE SUPPORTING YOU ON PATREON" with the most intense, radiant teal brain with light beams extending outward The meme humorously illustrates the progression of validation for artists, with financial support through Patreon depicted as the ultimate form of appreciation.

The algorithm-driven attention economy has turned art into something that’s supposed to be free, consumed in scrolls and taps between subway stops. We’re told success means millions of likes from strangers who’ll forget our work before their coffee gets cold.

But then there’s Patreon – this strange little economic rebellion where actual humans decide that something matters enough to support it directly. Because it resonates in some small, meaningful way with their actual lives.

When you pledge, even if it’s just a few dollars, what you’re really saying is: “I see the sweat-soaked 3 AM T-shirts. I see the scrapped drafts. I see the weekends spent indoors while everyone else is at brunch. And I think your art matters.”

Supporting our webcomic isn’t just about keeping the lights on (although electric companies are insistent about being paid). It’s about creating a tiny ecosystem where art can develop according to its own internal logic rather than chasing whatever social media companies decide is momentarily engaging.

So thank you – for being the kind of person who understands that the people behind internet art need support to thrive. Your contribution makes a difference.

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Illustration of a decision-making meme showing a person at a fork in the road. One path, leading to a bright, castle-like structure with a cheerful atmosphere, is labeled 'Support Your Favorite Artist on Patreon.' The other path, dark and stormy with a gloomy castle in the distance, reads 'Continue Enjoying Their Content for Free.' The character, labeled 'You,' stands undecided at the crossroads, humorously representing the choice between financially supporting content creators and consuming their content without compensation.

We know you like the work, or you wouldn’t be here. Making comics that poke at the weird, messy questions – why we’re here, what’s real, how horny a worm with boobs can make us – that’s what we do. And it’s hard sometimes. Not the glamorous kind of hard, but the endless, detail-rich kind that demands time, focus, and the support of a community who believes in it.

Does It Matter?

By joining us on Patreon, you’re not just a supporter; you’re a fellow traveler on this messy, fascinating journey. Your support means we can keep diving deeper, creating absurd and funny stories that build spaces where laughter rules and not negativity and hate. Whether you choose the well-worn road of free content or the brighter path of patronage, we’re grateful you’re here, reading, considering, and maybe – just maybe – taking a step further with us.

After all, it’s not just about paying for content; it’s about saying, “Yes, I believe this matters.”

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Supporters on Patreon help us stay weird and ungovernable! When you join the EXTRAS Level or higher, you get to vote in monthly COMIC SMACKDOWNS where we battle each other with comic ideas!

We are also giving you weekly extras:

  • Access to secret comics we don’t share anywhere else
  • Read every comic a couple of days before anyone else
  • Patreon-exclusive art for your desktop or phone, new every month
  • 15% OFF ALL War and Peas products from our shop
  • Behind-the-scenes videos and pictures of our exciting lives

The next Smackdown will happen on
August 15th!
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Some of our patrons are very excited about what to expect in the upcoming love letter. To heat up the anticipation a little, we’re presenting which sticker is waiting for you in your pink envelope!

We are so happy with this one and can highly recommend it as a companion on your laptop!

A holographic sticker by War and Peas featuring a wide-eyed black cat holding an open book titled "So You Want to Rule the Underworld." The sticker has a rainbow sheen and is held up against a textured gray wall with black graffiti in the background. A holographic sticker by War and Peas featuring a wide-eyed black cat holding an open book titled "So You Want to Rule the Underworld." The sticker has a rainbow sheen and is placed on the corner of a laptop, positioned next to the keyboard

If You Aren’t a Subscriber Yet

If you aren’t a subscriber yet but want to lay your hands on this gem, you can still become a member of the Love Letter Level on Patreon until the 31st of the month.

In addition to all the benefits you receive on Patreon from the lower levels, you will also receive a physical love letter that lands in your mailbox every month. Included are:

  • A kiss-cut hologram sticker like the one shown here
  • A poem that we write a few days before we send it out
  • An exclusive product. In the past there have been air fresheners, postcards, magnets and key rings.

Become a subscriber now! There are no additional costs and you can unsubscribe from the Love Letter at any time.

We are looking forward to your feedback!
xx
Jonathan & Elizabeth

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Your support helps us stay weird and ungovernable! With the Extras level on Patreon, we are giving you weekly extras:

  • Access to secret comics we don’t share anywhere else
  • Read every comic a couple of days before anyone else
  • Patreon-exclusive art for your desktop or phone, new every month
  • 15% OFF ALL War and Peas products from our shop
  • Behind-the-scenes videos and pictures of our exciting lives