#1050; In which a Phone is made Familiar

Comic Transcripts

[[A man in a top hat appears dismayed.]]
Technology Critic: Technology has made everything so COLD! We’ve become disconnected!
Technology Critic: Click, click, beep, beep, whatever you want, instant gratification!

[[Another man in a suit responds.]]
Inventor: Yes! EXACTLY! Nothing has a SOUL anymore! Nothing requires skill or art to operate!
Inventor: I’ve been developing a new phone just for good old-fashioned folks like us.

Inventor: It’s digital, but for the fully vintage effect, its GPS sensors only let it work when it’s near a telephone pole. And it automatically drops calls in bad weather.
Inventor: You can jiggle the accelerometer to introduce static… in fact, you have to hold it just right in order to complete an entire call.

[[The inventor points to the phone, highlighting various features.]]
Inventor: To turn it on, you have to turn a little knob and wait a few minutes for it to warm up. Once you hear the throaty rumble, you know it’s operational.
Inventor: If it senses that it’s below freezing outside, it makes you pour salt into a little hole.

Inventor: Every few months you have to open it up and swap out some tiny little bulbs.
Inventor: You can only get them from one store all the way across town.

Technology Critic: Does it send text messages?
Inventor: Yeah, but you have to spell them out by shouting each letter individually.
Inventor: Then, an hour later, the recipient gets a fax

{{header: the experience of WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: The phone’s oil should be changed every 3000 minutes}}

#1050; In which a Phone is made Familiar transcribed by in

Inventor: Every few months you have to open it up and swap out some tiny little bulbs.
Inventor: You can only get them from one store all the way across town.

Technology Critic: Does it send text messages?
Inventor: Yeah, but you have to spell them out by shouting each letter individually.
Inventor: Then, an hour later, the recipient gets a fax

{{header: the experience of WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: The phone’s oil should be changed every 3000 minutes}}

#1050; In which a Phone is made Familiar transcribed by in

[[A man in a top hat appears dismayed.]]
Technology Critic: Technology has made everything so COLD! We've become disconnected!
Technology Critic: Click, click, beep, beep, whatever you want, instant gratification!

[[Another man in a suit responds.]]
Inventor: Yes! EXACTLY! Nothing has a SOUL anymore! Nothing requires skill or art to operate!
Inventor: I've been developing a new phone just for good old-fashioned folks like us.

Inventor: It's digital, but for the fully vintage effect, its GPS sensors only let it work when it's near a telephone pole. And it automatically drops calls in bad weather.
Inventor: You can jiggle the accelerometer to introduce static... in fact, you have to hold it just right in order to complete an entire call.

[[The inventor points to the phone, highlighting various features.]]
Inventor: To turn it on, you have to turn a little knob and wait a few minutes for it to warm up. Once you hear the throaty rumble, you know it's operational.
Inventor: If it senses that it's below freezing outside, it makes you pour salt into a little hole.

Inventor: Every few months you have to open it up and swap out some tiny little bulbs.
Inventor: You can only get them from one store all the way across town.

Technology Critic: Does it send text messages?
Inventor: Yeah, but you have to spell them out by shouting each letter individually.
Inventor: Then, an hour later, the recipient gets a fax

{{header: the experience of WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: The phone's oil should be changed every 3000 minutes}}

The phone's oil should be changed every 3000 minutes

#1050; In which a Phone is made Familiar

— July 31st, 2014

[ Tags: nostalgia, solutions, technology ] Permalink: https://wondermark.com/c/1050/

Buy a Print

In addition to buying things directly from me, the normal way, my game Bolted! is also now available on Amazon dot com.

On that famous website, you can also get the Creature-Crafting Magnets Set, which is made of the same artwork from the game, but is just a weird little trinket (not a playable game).

My kiddo made the elaborate version below to show off just how many magnets you get in the set (it’s 150 pieces in all — this isn’t even all of them).

Also now on Amazon is my set of Multi-Purpose Greeting Cards — a full dozen cards with envelopes in a fancy, unbranded, foil-stamped box!

Event alert!

I’ll also be showing off Bolted! at Greenwood Games, an event in Seattle this Saturday:

Greenwood Games is a free, all-ages community game event that invites players to spend the afternoon walking Greenwood Avenue from 65th to 80th, collecting clues, cracking puzzles, and discovering games made right here in Washington.

Think of it as Pride Hop, ArtWalk, and the Gumshoe all rolled into one, except the whole thing is built around games and puzzles.

Local game designers will be set up at different places along Greenwood Avenue in Phinney Ridge (near Ballard). My specific spot will be the “Holy Mountain Phinney Ridge Taproom”. All the information about all the different games & venues is on the website!

(If you’re in Seattle generally but not free tomorrow, Bolted! is also stocked at Blue Highway Games in Queen Anne.)

Next week, I’ll be at Gen Con! I personally will be hanging with my buddy Sam Logan at BFE Webcomics, booth #1217… but I have it on good authority that copies of Bolted! will be available at the CRWN Studios booth, #2549.

Visit one booth! Then the other! The order…is up to you.

Comic Transcripts

#1050; In which a Phone is made Familiar

— July 31st, 2014

Event alert!

Recent blog posts