Comic Transcripts

[[A bear is rushing forward]]
Bear: GANGWAY

[[Bear is shown to be riding a penny-farthing at high speed past a woman]]
Bear: Outta my way I got a race to win
<>

[[Bear off-panel; a manatee lying on a skateboard approaches the same woman]]
Manatee: Come back
Manatee: Come..
Manatee: *Ghhuuhhh*
Manatee: Come
Manatee: BACK
Woman: You can do it!

Woman: What’s the race about?
Manatee: We’re not racing, we’re making sense of the essential futility of life in dissimilar ways
Manatee: Also he stole my bike

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{{alt-text: Hearsay. Don’t trust him. Root for the bear. It’s the only logical choice.}}

#791; The Subjective Event transcribed by in

[[A bear is rushing forward]]
Bear: GANGWAY

[[Bear is shown to be riding a penny-farthing at high speed past a woman]]
Bear: Outta my way I got a race to win
<>

[[Bear off-panel; a manatee lying on a skateboard approaches the same woman]]
Manatee: Come back
Manatee: Come..
Manatee: *Ghhuuhhh*
Manatee: Come
Manatee: BACK
Woman: You can do it!

Woman: What’s the race about?
Manatee: We’re not racing, we’re making sense of the essential futility of life in dissimilar ways
Manatee: Also he stole my bike

{{header: make way for WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: Hearsay. Don’t trust him. Root for the bear. It’s the only logical choice.}}

#791; The Subjective Event transcribed by in

[[A bear is rushing forward]]
Bear: GANGWAY

[[Bear is shown to be riding a penny-farthing at high speed past a woman]]
Bear: Outta my way I got a race to win
<>

[[Bear off-panel; a manatee lying on a skateboard approaches the same woman]]
Manatee: Come back
Manatee: Come..
Manatee: *Ghhuuhhh*
Manatee: Come
Manatee: BACK
Woman: You can do it!

Woman: What's the race about?
Manatee: We're not racing, we're making sense of the essential futility of life in dissimilar ways
Manatee: Also he stole my bike

{{header: make way for WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: Hearsay. Don't trust him. Root for the bear. It's the only logical choice.}}

Hearsay. Don't trust him. Root for the bear. It's the only logical choice.

#791; The Subjective Event

  — January 24th, 2012

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Applications open for Genius Northwest – an IRL gaming competition

May 8, 2026 by David Malki !

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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