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[[A Mother and her Moppet are chatting. Mother is resting in a chaise chair, while Moppet is standing beside, sweetly, hands on the armrest.]]

Moppet: Mom, I found this old journal of yours in the attic. You don’t seem very pleased to have had me.

Moppet: I’m referred to as ‘that wailing she-demon’ or ‘Poopy McPoop-Maker’ or ‘Regretty Mistakovich’. Didn’t you like me?

Mother: Honey, you were a baby! The only ones who like babies are folks who don’t have to deal with them. Nobody really likes Poopy McPoop-Maker, but we can put up with babies. Because the point of life isn’t to just do things we like. It’s to do things that are meaningful.

Moppet: ‘March 18: Trying to raise this child is the most meaningless task I have ever attempted.’
Mother: That’s from when we were sure you were going to grow up to be the Antichrist.

{{header: mother knows best at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: there’s still time!}}

#277; In which That sounds like a Dare transcribed by in

[[A Mother and her Moppet are chatting. Mother is resting in a chaise chair, while Moppet is standing beside, sweetly, hands on the armrest.]]

Moppet: Mom, I found this old journal of yours in the attic. You don’t seem very pleased to have had me.

Moppet: I’m referred to as ‘that wailing she-demon’ or ‘Poopy McPoop-Maker’ or ‘Regretty Mistakovich’. Didn’t you like me?

Mother: Honey, you were a baby! The only ones who like babies are folks who don’t have to deal with them. Nobody really likes Poopy McPoop-Maker, but we can put up with babies. Because the point of life isn’t to just do things we like. It’s to do things that are meaningful.

Moppet: ‘March 18: Trying to raise this child is the most meaningless task I have ever attempted.’
Mother: That’s from when we were sure you were going to grow up to be the Antichrist.

{{header: mother knows best at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: there’s still time!}}

#277; In which That sounds like a Dare transcribed by in

[[A Mother and her Moppet are chatting. Mother is resting in a chaise chair, while Moppet is standing beside, sweetly, hands on the armrest.]]

Moppet: Mom, I found this old journal of yours in the attic. You don't seem very pleased to have had me.

Moppet: I'm referred to as 'that wailing she-demon' or 'Poopy McPoop-Maker' or 'Regretty Mistakovich'. Didn't you like me?

Mother: Honey, you were a baby! The only ones who like babies are folks who don't have to deal with them. Nobody really likes Poopy McPoop-Maker, but we can put up with babies. Because the point of life isn't to just do things we like. It's to do things that are meaningful.

Moppet: 'March 18: Trying to raise this child is the most meaningless task I have ever attempted.'
Mother: That's from when we were sure you were going to grow up to be the Antichrist.

{{header: mother knows best at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: there's still time!}}

there's still time!

#277; In which That sounds like a Dare

  — February 23rd, 2007

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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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