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[[A group of businessmen are having a meeting. The fellow running the meeting is offpanel. Let’s call him CHESTER.]]
CHESTER: Congratulations, gentlemen!
Another Halloween passed without incident.
No children were poisoned by HOMEMADE COOKIES laced with strychnine.

[[Same as first panel, but slightly closer.]]
CHESTER: No rosy little cheeks were SLASHED by RAZOR-LADEN APPLES.
This year, like every other year, ALL the treats consumed were SAFE.

[[Same as first and second, but closer.]]
CHESTER: Thank heavens our shrill, insistent warnings were heeded!
Our paranoia-inducing hypervigilance has once again saved a generation of children from certain harm.
AND WE DO THIS GLADLY.

[[CHESTER stands in front of a chart with a thin-lipped smile on his face.]]
CHESTER: After all, children are our future!
[[The chart is titled PACKAGED CANDY SALES and shows a sharp increase for the month of October.]]

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{{Alt-text: Teach them well, and let them lead the way along the path we have clearly outlined for them with $18.99 reflective tape.}}

#567; O Selfless Saviors transcribed by in

[[A group of businessmen are having a meeting. The fellow running the meeting is offpanel. Let’s call him CHESTER.]]
CHESTER: Congratulations, gentlemen!
Another Halloween passed without incident.
No children were poisoned by HOMEMADE COOKIES laced with strychnine.

[[Same as first panel, but slightly closer.]]
CHESTER: No rosy little cheeks were SLASHED by RAZOR-LADEN APPLES.
This year, like every other year, ALL the treats consumed were SAFE.

[[Same as first and second, but closer.]]
CHESTER: Thank heavens our shrill, insistent warnings were heeded!
Our paranoia-inducing hypervigilance has once again saved a generation of children from certain harm.
AND WE DO THIS GLADLY.

[[CHESTER stands in front of a chart with a thin-lipped smile on his face.]]
CHESTER: After all, children are our future!
[[The chart is titled PACKAGED CANDY SALES and shows a sharp increase for the month of October.]]

{{Header: save WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{Alt-text: Teach them well, and let them lead the way along the path we have clearly outlined for them with $18.99 reflective tape.}}

#567; O Selfless Saviors transcribed by in

[[A group of businessmen are having a meeting. The fellow running the meeting is offpanel. Let's call him CHESTER.]]
CHESTER: Congratulations, gentlemen!
Another Halloween passed without incident.
No children were poisoned by HOMEMADE COOKIES laced with strychnine.

[[Same as first panel, but slightly closer.]]
CHESTER: No rosy little cheeks were SLASHED by RAZOR-LADEN APPLES.
This year, like every other year, ALL the treats consumed were SAFE.

[[Same as first and second, but closer.]]
CHESTER: Thank heavens our shrill, insistent warnings were heeded!
Our paranoia-inducing hypervigilance has once again saved a generation of children from certain harm.
AND WE DO THIS GLADLY.

[[CHESTER stands in front of a chart with a thin-lipped smile on his face.]]
CHESTER: After all, children are our future!
[[The chart is titled PACKAGED CANDY SALES and shows a sharp increase for the month of October.]]

{{Header: save WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{Alt-text: Teach them well, and let them lead the way along the path we have clearly outlined for them with $18.99 reflective tape.}}

Teach them well, and let them lead the way along the path we have clearly outlined for them with $18.99 reflective tape.

#567; O Selfless Saviors

  — November 3rd, 2009

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20 years ago (in photocomic form)

June 9, 2026 by David Malki !
A young David Malki !, Steve Carey, and Ryan North, June 2006.

The computers tell me it was 20 years ago, June 9, 2006, that I arrived in New York for my first-ever comic convention as an exhibitor, MoCCA.

It was an important trip for me, a milestone in what would go on to become my career.

I wrote a little reminiscence on Patreon (free/unlocked) — including a first-since-then reprint of the photocomics I made at the time, documenting the trip!

Read the rest here: [ 20 Years Ago (In Photocomic Form) ]


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