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[[Wide view of a large, official-looking building. It’s a jail. It’s the state penitentiary.]]

Amos: But you’re my LAWYER, Rod! There’s got to be SOMETHING you can do!
Rod: I’m sorry, Amos, it’s pretty OPEN-AND-SHUT from their point of view.

[[Inside a brick-walled room, presumably inside the official building from panel 1. There is a trunk stage up-right. ROD is in front of the trunk, and AMOS is in a cylindrical cage beside the trunk.]]

Amos: That maniac JUMPED me in an alley, BEAT me senseless…TIED me up and LEFT me, passed out, bleeding!

Amos: I was MUGGED, for god’s sake! In WHAT world do I then get LOCKED UP?

Rod: Note from Batman says you’re the perp, then you’re the perp.
Amos: HOW IS THAT EVEN ADMISSIBLE

{{header: exhibit A is at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: seriously who even goes into dark alleys unless you are a thuggish type bent on mayhem}}

#178; A display of Circumstantial Evidence transcribed by in

[[Wide view of a large, official-looking building. It’s a jail. It’s the state penitentiary.]]

Amos: But you’re my LAWYER, Rod! There’s got to be SOMETHING you can do!
Rod: I’m sorry, Amos, it’s pretty OPEN-AND-SHUT from their point of view.

[[Inside a brick-walled room, presumably inside the official building from panel 1. There is a trunk stage up-right. ROD is in front of the trunk, and AMOS is in a cylindrical cage beside the trunk.]]

Amos: That maniac JUMPED me in an alley, BEAT me senseless…TIED me up and LEFT me, passed out, bleeding!

Amos: I was MUGGED, for god’s sake! In WHAT world do I then get LOCKED UP?

Rod: Note from Batman says you’re the perp, then you’re the perp.
Amos: HOW IS THAT EVEN ADMISSIBLE

{{header: exhibit A is at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: seriously who even goes into dark alleys unless you are a thuggish type bent on mayhem}}

#178; A display of Circumstantial Evidence transcribed by in

[[Wide view of a large, official-looking building. It's a jail. It's the state penitentiary.]]

Amos: But you're my LAWYER, Rod! There's got to be SOMETHING you can do!
Rod: I'm sorry, Amos, it's pretty OPEN-AND-SHUT from their point of view.

[[Inside a brick-walled room, presumably inside the official building from panel 1. There is a trunk stage up-right. ROD is in front of the trunk, and AMOS is in a cylindrical cage beside the trunk.]]

Amos: That maniac JUMPED me in an alley, BEAT me senseless...TIED me up and LEFT me, passed out, bleeding!

Amos: I was MUGGED, for god's sake! In WHAT world do I then get LOCKED UP?

Rod: Note from Batman says you're the perp, then you're the perp.
Amos: HOW IS THAT EVEN ADMISSIBLE

{{header: exhibit A is at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: seriously who even goes into dark alleys unless you are a thuggish type bent on mayhem}}

seriously who even goes into dark alleys these days unless you are a thuggish type bent on mayhem

#178; A display of Circumstantial Evidence

  — April 25th, 2006

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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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