Comic Transcripts

[[Floating whale speaks to two men, one bald and one in a hat.]]

Narration: EARTH PLEDGES FEALTY TO THE DUSTY SPACE WHALE
Dusty Space Whale: Okay, as subjects of my pod, humans will get CURES to all diseases, PREFERRED interstellar trade terms, and PRE-RELEASE access to ALL television shows that will EVER be created.
Hat man: Yes please

Dusty Space Whale: You’ll also get universal WHALE PASSPORTS allowing unfettered travel between the stars, and become part of the UNIFIED GALACTIC SCIENTIFIC CONSORTIUM, the largest collection of SHARED SCIENTIFIC DATA in the universe.
Hat man: omg omg omg

Dusty Space Whale: To STANDARDIZE matters, however, you;ll have to adopt our universal currency and units of measurement. Just to make things easier, surely you understand.
Hat man: Oh, of course! absolutely! No problem at all!
Bald man: Bring it on! We’re ready!

[[The market]]
Gentleman #1: Hey Earl, let me get 0.00004 starplanktons worth of strawberries.
Gentleman #2: Sure, that’ll be three and a half zeptospacebaleen. CASH or KRILL?

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#868; The Perils of Joining Up transcribed by in

[[Floating whale speaks to two men, one bald and one in a hat.]]

Narration: EARTH PLEDGES FEALTY TO THE DUSTY SPACE WHALE
Dusty Space Whale: Okay, as subjects of my pod, humans will get CURES to all diseases, PREFERRED interstellar trade terms, and PRE-RELEASE access to ALL television shows that will EVER be created.
Hat man: Yes please

Dusty Space Whale: You’ll also get universal WHALE PASSPORTS allowing unfettered travel between the stars, and become part of the UNIFIED GALACTIC SCIENTIFIC CONSORTIUM, the largest collection of SHARED SCIENTIFIC DATA in the universe.
Hat man: omg omg omg

Dusty Space Whale: To STANDARDIZE matters, however, you;ll have to adopt our universal currency and units of measurement. Just to make things easier, surely you understand.
Hat man: Oh, of course! absolutely! No problem at all!
Bald man: Bring it on! We’re ready!

[[The market]]
Gentleman #1: Hey Earl, let me get 0.00004 starplanktons worth of strawberries.
Gentleman #2: Sure, that’ll be three and a half zeptospacebaleen. CASH or KRILL?

{{header: convert to WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: Also, football announcing has become a bit wordier, what with 4.2 yoctospaceflukes to the yard}}

#868; The Perils of Joining Up transcribed by in

[[Floating whale speaks to two men, one bald and one in a hat.]]

Narration: EARTH PLEDGES FEALTY TO THE DUSTY SPACE WHALE
Dusty Space Whale: Okay, as subjects of my pod, humans will get CURES to all diseases, PREFERRED interstellar trade terms, and PRE-RELEASE access to ALL television shows that will EVER be created.
Hat man: Yes please

Dusty Space Whale: You'll also get universal WHALE PASSPORTS allowing unfettered travel between the stars, and become part of the UNIFIED GALACTIC SCIENTIFIC CONSORTIUM, the largest collection of SHARED SCIENTIFIC DATA in the universe.
Hat man: omg omg omg

Dusty Space Whale: To STANDARDIZE matters, however, you;ll have to adopt our universal currency and units of measurement. Just to make things easier, surely you understand.
Hat man: Oh, of course! absolutely! No problem at all!
Bald man: Bring it on! We're ready!

[[The market]]
Gentleman #1: Hey Earl, let me get 0.00004 starplanktons worth of strawberries.
Gentleman #2: Sure, that'll be three and a half zeptospacebaleen. CASH or KRILL?

{{header: convert to WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: Also, football announcing has become a bit wordier, what with 4.2 yoctospaceflukes to the yard}}

Also football announcing has become a bit wordier, what with 4.2 yoctospaceflukes to the yard.

Applications open for Genius Northwest – an IRL gaming competition

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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