Comic Transcripts

[[KIM stares off into space and muses; a friend stands nearby.]]

KIM: Sometimes I wish I were, like, stuck on a desert island with a piano.  I bet with nothing else to do, I’d eventually teach myself to play.

KIM: I’d plink around at first, and over time start to pick up a sense for it.  Without any formal training, I’d have to just FIGURE STUFF OUT. I’d probably end up inventing new chords and working in nontraditional keys.

KIM:  By the time I’d finally be rescued, I’d have created a body of compositions ENTIRELY INDEPENDENT of current musical theory.  It would be revolutionary, a NOVEL SOUND out of NOWHERE. People could like it or not.  But it would, at LEAST, be NEW.

CAPTION: Coincidentally, Kim soon finds herself in this exact scenario:

[[On the desert island, Kim stares at the piano.]]

KIM:  Actually I kinda wish you were FOOD.

{{header: some time alone with WONDERMARK.COM}}

#951; In which Kim gets her Wish transcribed by in

[[KIM stares off into space and muses; a friend stands nearby.]]

KIM: Sometimes I wish I were, like, stuck on a desert island with a piano.  I bet with nothing else to do, I’d eventually teach myself to play.

KIM: I’d plink around at first, and over time start to pick up a sense for it.  Without any formal training, I’d have to just FIGURE STUFF OUT. I’d probably end up inventing new chords and working in nontraditional keys.

KIM:  By the time I’d finally be rescued, I’d have created a body of compositions ENTIRELY INDEPENDENT of current musical theory.  It would be revolutionary, a NOVEL SOUND out of NOWHERE. People could like it or not.  But it would, at LEAST, be NEW.

CAPTION: Coincidentally, Kim soon finds herself in this exact scenario:

[[On the desert island, Kim stares at the piano.]]

KIM:  Actually I kinda wish you were FOOD.

{{header: some time alone with WONDERMARK.COM}}

#951; In which Kim gets her Wish transcribed by in

[[KIM stares off into space and muses; a friend stands nearby.]]

KIM: Sometimes I wish I were, like, stuck on a desert island with a piano.  I bet with nothing else to do, I'd eventually teach myself to play.

KIM: I'd plink around at first, and over time start to pick up a sense for it.  Without any formal training, I'd have to just FIGURE STUFF OUT. I'd probably end up inventing new chords and working in nontraditional keys.

KIM:  By the time I'd finally be rescued, I'd have created a body of compositions ENTIRELY INDEPENDENT of current musical theory.  It would be revolutionary, a NOVEL SOUND out of NOWHERE. People could like it or not.  But it would, at LEAST, be NEW.

CAPTION: Coincidentally, Kim soon finds herself in this exact scenario:

[[On the desert island, Kim stares at the piano.]]

KIM:  Actually I kinda wish you were FOOD.

{{header: some time alone with WONDERMARK.COM}}

CONCERT TONITE: Marooned For A Decade, Kimberly Collins Ate A Piano. Come Hear Her Arresting, Dissonant Belching In 7/4 Time

#951; In which Kim gets her Wish

  — July 19th, 2013

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Applications open for Genius Northwest – an IRL gaming competition

May 8, 2026 by David Malki !

Last year, I participated in Genius Northwest, a gaming competition inspired by the Korean gameshow The Genius and its ilk.

It’s a reality show without the cameras — a 3-day, all-inclusive weekend retreat structured around a series of challenges and puzzles, in which personalities and dealmaking matter as much as playing games.

It’s truly a remarkable thing. I came in dead last in the competition, but I still had a great time participating.

The event is held annually in the Pacific Northwest (hence the name) and applications are now open to participate in the 2026 competition!

Learn more — and apply — at GeniusNW.com.


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