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[[A man is reading a newspaper, and a woman is standing infront of him for no obvious reason.]]
Man: Listen to this. “The murder then fled to a hotel in Monkey Box, Florida.” MONKEY BOX FLORIDA. The NAME of the TOWN is MONKEY BOX.
Woman: You know what, though? Probably doesn’t mean anything to them. If you’ve been saying “Monkey Box” all your life, it doesn’t mean a BOX of MONKEYS. It’s just SYLLABLES.

Woman: I mean, you grew up in Riverside. Was there a RIVER in Riverside?
Man: I think there USED to be. Back before the SCARE.
Woman: Or like GREENLAND, or ST. LOUIS, or PARIS. No one thinks about what the WORDS mean anymore.

Man: What DOES Paris mean?
Woman: “More than one Pari.”
Man What is a PARI?
Woman: It’s like a BLOCK in fencing.
Man: So PARIS is named after a FENCING term?
Woman: MORE THAN ONE fencing terms.

Man: You know, this conversation was going pretty okay until you got out of your depth but didn’t stop talking.
Woman: TOUCH?. South of Paris. SUBURB.

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#682; Monkey Box and its ilk transcribed by in

[[A man is reading a newspaper, and a woman is standing infront of him for no obvious reason.]]
Man: Listen to this. “The murder then fled to a hotel in Monkey Box, Florida.” MONKEY BOX FLORIDA. The NAME of the TOWN is MONKEY BOX.
Woman: You know what, though? Probably doesn’t mean anything to them. If you’ve been saying “Monkey Box” all your life, it doesn’t mean a BOX of MONKEYS. It’s just SYLLABLES.

Woman: I mean, you grew up in Riverside. Was there a RIVER in Riverside?
Man: I think there USED to be. Back before the SCARE.
Woman: Or like GREENLAND, or ST. LOUIS, or PARIS. No one thinks about what the WORDS mean anymore.

Man: What DOES Paris mean?
Woman: “More than one Pari.”
Man What is a PARI?
Woman: It’s like a BLOCK in fencing.
Man: So PARIS is named after a FENCING term?
Woman: MORE THAN ONE fencing terms.

Man: You know, this conversation was going pretty okay until you got out of your depth but didn’t stop talking.
Woman: TOUCH?. South of Paris. SUBURB.

{{header: let’s call it WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: That sound you just heard was the four diehard fencers who read Wondermark just GASPING IN DELIGHT}}

#682; Monkey Box and its ilk transcribed by in

[[A man is reading a newspaper, and a woman is standing infront of him for no obvious reason.]]
Man: Listen to this. "The murder then fled to a hotel in Monkey Box, Florida." MONKEY BOX FLORIDA. The NAME of the TOWN is MONKEY BOX.
Woman: You know what, though? Probably doesn't mean anything to them. If you've been saying "Monkey Box" all your life, it doesn't mean a BOX of MONKEYS. It's just SYLLABLES.

Woman: I mean, you grew up in Riverside. Was there a RIVER in Riverside?
Man: I think there USED to be. Back before the SCARE.
Woman: Or like GREENLAND, or ST. LOUIS, or PARIS. No one thinks about what the WORDS mean anymore.

Man: What DOES Paris mean?
Woman: "More than one Pari."
Man What is a PARI?
Woman: It's like a BLOCK in fencing.
Man: So PARIS is named after a FENCING term?
Woman: MORE THAN ONE fencing terms.

Man: You know, this conversation was going pretty okay until you got out of your depth but didn't stop talking.
Woman: TOUCH?. South of Paris. SUBURB.

{{header: let's call it WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: That sound you just heard was the four diehard fencers who read Wondermark just GASPING IN DELIGHT}}

That sound you just heard was the four diehard fencers who read Wondermark just GASPING IN DELIGHT

#682; Monkey Box and its ilk

  — December 3rd, 2010

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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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