Comic Transcripts

[[A woman who stands with her hand on her hip faces a laptop with an open window]]
Computer; Thank you for visiting yourwater.url, a handy way to track your home’s water usage! Please enter your account number, found on the top right corner of your water bill.
Woman; Okey Doke!
Computer; Now, to begin tracking your water usage, please create a username and password.

[[The laptop displays a prominent smaller Error window with an exclamation mark. The woman scrutinizes.]]
Computer; ERROR! Password must contain at least fourteen characters. ERROR! At least three characters must be nonconsecutive numbers. Two others must be symbols, one of which must be from the Korean character set.
Woman; Wat
Computer; No two-character sequences can match any two-character sequences in your username, account number, email address, or home address.

Computer; ERROR! This water account number already has a username associated with it.
Woman; ARRRGHHH
Computer; Forgot your password? We will send a verification email to: e*****5@walforth.edu
Woman; . . .Did I sign up for this in college and forget? What password would I have chosen involving Korean characters?

Computer; For your security, after two unsuccessful password attempts, your account will be disabled. NOTE: Disabling your account will turn off water service to your home.
Woman; Oh, For my security! BECAUSE SOMEONE MIGHT HACK IN TO CHECK MY WATER!

[[header: log on to Wondermark.com]]
[[alt-text: The hacker furiously pounded his keyboard, sending Cheeto crumbs jumping. “Foiled again!” he roared, knocking over a half-empty bottle of warm Mtn. Dew. “I’ll NEVER figure out when she runs her dishwasher!”]]

#866; The World’s Most Secure Website transcribed by in

[[A woman who stands with her hand on her hip faces a laptop with an open window]]
Computer; Thank you for visiting yourwater.url, a handy way to track your home’s water usage! Please enter your account number, found on the top right corner of your water bill.
Woman; Okey Doke!
Computer; Now, to begin tracking your water usage, please create a username and password.

[[The laptop displays a prominent smaller Error window with an exclamation mark. The woman scrutinizes.]]
Computer; ERROR! Password must contain at least fourteen characters. ERROR! At least three characters must be nonconsecutive numbers. Two others must be symbols, one of which must be from the Korean character set.
Woman; Wat
Computer; No two-character sequences can match any two-character sequences in your username, account number, email address, or home address.

Computer; ERROR! This water account number already has a username associated with it.
Woman; ARRRGHHH
Computer; Forgot your password? We will send a verification email to: e*****5@walforth.edu
Woman; . . .Did I sign up for this in college and forget? What password would I have chosen involving Korean characters?

Computer; For your security, after two unsuccessful password attempts, your account will be disabled. NOTE: Disabling your account will turn off water service to your home.
Woman; Oh, For my security! BECAUSE SOMEONE MIGHT HACK IN TO CHECK MY WATER!

[[header: log on to Wondermark.com]]
[[alt-text: The hacker furiously pounded his keyboard, sending Cheeto crumbs jumping. “Foiled again!” he roared, knocking over a half-empty bottle of warm Mtn. Dew. “I’ll NEVER figure out when she runs her dishwasher!”]]

#866; The World’s Most Secure Website transcribed by in

[[A woman who stands with her hand on her hip faces a laptop with an open window]]
Computer; Thank you for visiting yourwater.url, a handy way to track your home's water usage! Please enter your account number, found on the top right corner of your water bill.
Woman; Okey Doke!
Computer; Now, to begin tracking your water usage, please create a username and password.

[[The laptop displays a prominent smaller Error window with an exclamation mark. The woman scrutinizes.]]
Computer; ERROR! Password must contain at least fourteen characters. ERROR! At least three characters must be nonconsecutive numbers. Two others must be symbols, one of which must be from the Korean character set.
Woman; Wat
Computer; No two-character sequences can match any two-character sequences in your username, account number, email address, or home address.

Computer; ERROR! This water account number already has a username associated with it.
Woman; ARRRGHHH
Computer; Forgot your password? We will send a verification email to: e*****5@walforth.edu
Woman; . . .Did I sign up for this in college and forget? What password would I have chosen involving Korean characters?

Computer; For your security, after two unsuccessful password attempts, your account will be disabled. NOTE: Disabling your account will turn off water service to your home.
Woman; Oh, For my security! BECAUSE SOMEONE MIGHT HACK IN TO CHECK MY WATER!

[[header: log on to Wondermark.com]]
[[alt-text: The hacker furiously pounded his keyboard, sending Cheeto crumbs jumping. "Foiled again!" he roared, knocking over a half-empty bottle of warm Mtn. Dew. "I'll NEVER figure out when she runs her dishwasher!"]]

The hacker furiously pounded his keyboard, sending Cheeto crumbs jumping. ''Foiled again!'' he roared, knocking over a half-empty bottle of warm Mtn. Dew. ''I'll NEVER figure out when she runs her dishwasher!''

#866; The World’s Most Secure Website

  — September 4th, 2012

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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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