Comic Transcripts

[[Elderly balding gentleman in waistcoat standing at left]]
The Wi-Fi’s not working.
[[Younger man wearing skullcap seated at right facing left]]
ISN’T it? WELL!

[[Younger man’s face fills frame, looking upper left.]]
An object throwing off the tyranny of FUNCTION forces us to reevaluate it in unfamiliar contexts!
Such as: AS a nonfunctional item, what AESTHETIC stance might the router now assume” How does its mass and volume interact with its environment?

[[Younger man continues]]
Might it have LATENT roles we would never have CONSIDERED had it remained shackled to the drudgery of its “designed operative parameters”?
Do ALL things have facets and dimensions we too rarely cast the proper light on them to SEE?

[[Younger man continues]]
IS, in fact, “non-function” thus a MORAL GOOD, for definitions of morality that include as imperative the pursuit of a deeper understanding of all things?

[[Elderly balding gentleman in waistcoat standing at left]]
Just…try restarting it.
[[Younger man wearing skullcap seated at right facing right.]]
FINE but you realize you’re leaving me no choice but to TUMBL AT LENGTH about the soul-deadening conformist attitudes of the modern work environment!
Once the wifi comes back on, that is.

{{header: the many roles of WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: No, I can’t post from my phone, it’s an artisanal model made out of a Super Nintendo controller, a barnwood sign from an old hay-distillery, and an obsolete Finnish SIM card}}

#1034; A Masterpiece in every Router transcribed by in

[[Elderly balding gentleman in waistcoat standing at left]]
The Wi-Fi’s not working.
[[Younger man wearing skullcap seated at right facing left]]
ISN’T it? WELL!

[[Younger man’s face fills frame, looking upper left.]]
An object throwing off the tyranny of FUNCTION forces us to reevaluate it in unfamiliar contexts!
Such as: AS a nonfunctional item, what AESTHETIC stance might the router now assume” How does its mass and volume interact with its environment?

[[Younger man continues]]
Might it have LATENT roles we would never have CONSIDERED had it remained shackled to the drudgery of its “designed operative parameters”?
Do ALL things have facets and dimensions we too rarely cast the proper light on them to SEE?

[[Younger man continues]]
IS, in fact, “non-function” thus a MORAL GOOD, for definitions of morality that include as imperative the pursuit of a deeper understanding of all things?

[[Elderly balding gentleman in waistcoat standing at left]]
Just…try restarting it.
[[Younger man wearing skullcap seated at right facing right.]]
FINE but you realize you’re leaving me no choice but to TUMBL AT LENGTH about the soul-deadening conformist attitudes of the modern work environment!
Once the wifi comes back on, that is.

{{header: the many roles of WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: No, I can’t post from my phone, it’s an artisanal model made out of a Super Nintendo controller, a barnwood sign from an old hay-distillery, and an obsolete Finnish SIM card}}

#1034; A Masterpiece in every Router transcribed by in

[[Elderly balding gentleman in waistcoat standing at left]]
The Wi-Fi's not working.
[[Younger man wearing skullcap seated at right facing left]]
ISN'T it? WELL!

[[Younger man's face fills frame, looking upper left.]]
An object throwing off the tyranny of FUNCTION forces us to reevaluate it in unfamiliar contexts!
Such as: AS a nonfunctional item, what AESTHETIC stance might the router now assume" How does its mass and volume interact with its environment?

[[Younger man continues]]
Might it have LATENT roles we would never have CONSIDERED had it remained shackled to the drudgery of its "designed operative parameters"?
Do ALL things have facets and dimensions we too rarely cast the proper light on them to SEE?

[[Younger man continues]]
IS, in fact, "non-function" thus a MORAL GOOD, for definitions of morality that include as imperative the pursuit of a deeper understanding of all things?

[[Elderly balding gentleman in waistcoat standing at left]]
Just...try restarting it.
[[Younger man wearing skullcap seated at right facing right.]]
FINE but you realize you're leaving me no choice but to TUMBL AT LENGTH about the soul-deadening conformist attitudes of the modern work environment!
Once the wifi comes back on, that is.

{{header: the many roles of WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: No, I can't post from my phone, it's an artisanal model made out of a Super Nintendo controller, a barnwood sign from an old hay-distillery, and an obsolete Finnish SIM card}}

No, I can't post from my phone, it's an artisanal model made out of a Super Nintendo controller, a barnwood sign from an old hay-distillery, and an obsolete Finnish SIM card

We have seen the Artist before.

20 years ago (in photocomic form)

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) ]


Recent blog posts