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[[2012]]
Boy in top hat: Listen, Pops! The comics business is changing! We don’t charge for our comics! Anyone with a computer can read ’em for free! We build the business around books and merchandise.
Fat man: Nooo my precious business model

[[2042]]
Girl: Get with it, grandpa! The comics business is changing! We don’t charge for our merchandise! Anyone with a fabber can 3d-print ’em for free! We build the business around raising custom livestock!
Man in top hat: Nooo my precious business model

{{header: adapt at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: 2072: “It’s UNFAIR that a PROFESSIONAL LIVESTOCKER should have to figure out how to gelatinize brainwave cubeforms JUST to make a living these days!”}}

#853; The Cycle of Despair transcribed by in

[[2012]]
Boy in top hat: Listen, Pops! The comics business is changing! We don't charge for our comics! Anyone with a computer can read 'em for free! We build the business around books and merchandise.
Fat man: Nooo my precious business model

[[2042]]
Girl: Get with it, grandpa! The comics business is changing! We don't charge for our merchandise! Anyone with a fabber can 3d-print 'em for free! We build the business around raising custom livestock!
Man in top hat: Nooo my precious business model

{{header: adapt at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: 2072: "It's UNFAIR that a PROFESSIONAL LIVESTOCKER should have to figure out how to gelatinize brainwave cubeforms JUST to make a living these days!"}}

2072: ''It's UNFAIR that a PROFESSIONAL LIVESTOCKER should have to figure out how to gelatinize brainwave cubeforms JUST to make a living these days!''

#853; The Cycle of Despair

  — July 13th, 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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