SUSAN: Hey there! Don’t believe we’ve met. I’m Susan.
JOHN: John Smith.
Yes, it’s my real name.
Yes, I’m aware it’s common.

SUSAN: So, ah, what do you do, John?
JOHN: I look up OTHER John Smiths in the phone book, then steal checks from their mailboxes.
Then deposit them.

JOHN: Oh, did you mean for a LIVING?

{{header: cash in at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: because i’m actually pulling down pretty decent scratch just doing this}}

SUSAN: Hey there! Don't believe we've met. I'm Susan.
JOHN: John Smith.
Yes, it's my real name.
Yes, I'm aware it's common.

SUSAN: So, ah, what do you do, John?
JOHN: I look up OTHER John Smiths in the phone book, then steal checks from their mailboxes.
Then deposit them.

JOHN: Oh, did you mean for a LIVING?

{{header: cash in at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: because i'm actually pulling down pretty decent scratch just doing this}}

because i'm actually pulling down pretty decent scratch just doing this

#416; In which John gets by

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20 years ago (in photocomic form)

June 9, 2026 by David Malki !

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!