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[[All panels are letterboxed, as if on a movie or TV screen.]]
DONNY: Last year, your brother SACRIFICED himself to save the planet. / Thank God he was able to destroy the alien robots controlling our lending markets and RESTORE the world to prosperity!

[[A woman’s silhouette.]]
DONNY (off camera): But Tara… They’re BACK.
TARA: Then I’ve got no choice.

[[TARA shows her face heroically.]]
TARA: I’VE got to punch these NEW robots until THEY blow up. / BRING ME MY TIGHTEST CLOTHES.

[[Title card.]]
TITLE: PUNCHING STUFF UNTIL IT BLOWS UP 2: STRONG FEMALE CHARACTERS
RATING: R / Restricted

{{header: hysterical action at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: The Bechdel Test: Does she talk to another woman about something other than a man? YES she talks to the ROBOT QUEEN about EXPLOSIONS}}

#521; In which a Heroine scowls a lot transcribed by in

[[All panels are letterboxed, as if on a movie or TV screen.]]
DONNY: Last year, your brother SACRIFICED himself to save the planet. / Thank God he was able to destroy the alien robots controlling our lending markets and RESTORE the world to prosperity!

[[A woman’s silhouette.]]
DONNY (off camera): But Tara… They’re BACK.
TARA: Then I’ve got no choice.

[[TARA shows her face heroically.]]
TARA: I’VE got to punch these NEW robots until THEY blow up. / BRING ME MY TIGHTEST CLOTHES.

[[Title card.]]
TITLE: PUNCHING STUFF UNTIL IT BLOWS UP 2: STRONG FEMALE CHARACTERS
RATING: R / Restricted

{{header: hysterical action at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: The Bechdel Test: Does she talk to another woman about something other than a man? YES she talks to the ROBOT QUEEN about EXPLOSIONS}}

#521; In which a Heroine scowls a lot transcribed by in

[[All panels are letterboxed, as if on a movie or TV screen.]]
DONNY: Last year, your brother SACRIFICED himself to save the planet. / Thank God he was able to destroy the alien robots controlling our lending markets and RESTORE the world to prosperity!

[[A woman's silhouette.]]
DONNY (off camera): But Tara... They're BACK.
TARA: Then I've got no choice.

[[TARA shows her face heroically.]]
TARA: I'VE got to punch these NEW robots until THEY blow up. / BRING ME MY TIGHTEST CLOTHES.

[[Title card.]]
TITLE: PUNCHING STUFF UNTIL IT BLOWS UP 2: STRONG FEMALE CHARACTERS
RATING: R / Restricted

{{header: hysterical action at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: The Bechdel Test: Does she talk to another woman about something other than a man? YES she talks to the ROBOT QUEEN about EXPLOSIONS}}

The Bechdel Test: Does she talk to another woman about something other than a man? YES she talks to the ROBOT QUEEN about EXPLOSIONS

#521; In which a Heroine scowls a lot

  — May 28th, 2009

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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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