Comic Transcripts

[[A MAN stands before a tribunal.]]

[[A decision has been made.]]

[[Another man approaches.]]

[[The accused kneels and scissors are produced.]]

[[The accused glares defiantly as his beard is sheared away.]]

[[A small boy sees a silhouetted figure.]]

[[He tugs on the figure’s cloak.]]

[[It’s the accused man, now clean-shaven and wearing a sign around his neck. The sign bears one terrible word: BEARDLESS.]]

[[The terrified child bursts into tears.]]

{{Header: WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{Alt-text: Mommy! Hold me in your beard, and comfort me.}}

Guest comic by John Keogh transcribed by in

[[A MAN stands before a tribunal.]]

[[A decision has been made.]]

[[Another man approaches.]]

[[The accused kneels and scissors are produced.]]

[[The accused glares defiantly as his beard is sheared away.]]

[[A small boy sees a silhouetted figure.]]

[[He tugs on the figure’s cloak.]]

[[It’s the accused man, now clean-shaven and wearing a sign around his neck. The sign bears one terrible word: BEARDLESS.]]

[[The terrified child bursts into tears.]]

{{Header: WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{Alt-text: Mommy! Hold me in your beard, and comfort me.}}

Guest comic by John Keogh transcribed by in

[[A MAN stands before a tribunal.]]

[[A decision has been made.]]

[[Another man approaches.]]

[[The accused kneels and scissors are produced.]]

[[The accused glares defiantly as his beard is sheared away.]]

[[A small boy sees a silhouetted figure.]]

[[He tugs on the figure's cloak.]]

[[It's the accused man, now clean-shaven and wearing a sign around his neck. The sign bears one terrible word: BEARDLESS.]]

[[The terrified child bursts into tears.]]

{{Header: WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{Alt-text: Mommy! Hold me in your beard, and comfort me.}}

Mommy! Hold me in your beard, and comfort me.

Guest comic by John Keogh

  — June 24th, 2009

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Today’s comic comes from medical dramatist and prolific guest-stripper John Keogh of Lucid TV. In this strip, John has imagined a terrifying world that some of the people who email me are eagerly looking forward to.

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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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