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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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.

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

When’s the last time you opened your mailbox and a love letter fell out into your hands? 

Now you can get one every month, from us! We’re introducing a limited new tier on Patreon: 💌 The Love Letter 💌

Love Letter Service – Goodies

The Love Letter is a monthly letter you will receive straight from our passion-plagued hands to yours. Each month, your letter will include:

  • A heartfelt note from us
  • An exclusive hologram sticker
  • Something magical (e.g. a postcard, a comic magnet, a sticker sheet)

All letters and goodies are unique and crafted especially for these letters. We are limiting our Love Letter to 100 patrons for the time being. As our patron, we’re telling you about it first, so you can get first dibs ✨✨

❤️ The very first Love Letter ships end of April 2022! ❤️

Love Letter Service – The Witchhumper Sticker

We also added an even more exclusive tier: ✨The VIP Love Letter

Besides everything from the above, we will emerge from out our shadowy coffins, with our pens in hand, sit down at our dusty desk and think of you. While we do, we will draw you a picture.

This is an original drawing. It will be signed and dedicated to you. Your monthly drawing is unique and it’s yours and yours alone. It will be placed in your love letter, with all other goodies and sent out to you. One day, it will surely be worth millions (think of it as a physical NFT) but we are trusting you not to sell our most valuable bequest, but instead cherish it forever.

This tier is limited to three (3) lucky souls.

Live, Laugh, Love!
Elizabeth and Jonathan

PS: In addition to your monthly love letter, you also get access to all other tiers, including weekly early comics, monthly hi-resolution art to download, print out & much more. We will also write your name on our ritual shrine using our blood.

 

We just added several new items to our shop including an Organic Tote Bag, a Slutty Witch Pin made of shiny hi-quality enamel and a Creep Cord Cap featuring our beloved character Gary the Ghost.

Use the code WAP10 to get a 10% discount on every item from our shop and pls make sure to note the shipping durations for your Christmas presents.

War and Peas - Gary Ghost CapWar and Peas - Slutty Witch PinWar and Peas - Cat's Guide Tote Bag

War and Peas – Downloads – Tier – Patreon

Check out our DOWNLOADS tier on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/warandpeas 🐨🐨

This is where we post Patreon-Exclusive art for your Desktop or Phone, new every month! You also get Access to early comics and news and15% off on all War and Peas merch from our shop!

So if you want to become a patron of the arts, consider supporting us on Patreon :) :)