– What IS this? Some kind of fungus?

– Don’t think so. Too many tentacles.
– I’ll bet it’s some new slime mold.

– No, I think it’s actually sentient!
– Or WAS, before its grisly murder.

– Ha ha. So your dad cooks for once. Give him a break.

-There’s no way you can call this cooking.
– So it’s a little al dente.
– My eye! It burns!

header: plenty of pies at WONDERMARK.COM
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- What IS this? Some kind of fungus?

- Don't think so. Too many tentacles.
- I'll bet it's some new slime mold.

- No, I think it's actually sentient!
- Or WAS, before its grisly murder.

- Ha ha. So your dad cooks for once. Give him a break.

-There's no way you can call this cooking.
- So it's a little al dente.
- My eye! It burns!

header: plenty of pies at WONDERMARK.COM
alt-text: next week, on martha stewart living

next week, on martha stewart living

#059; In which an Honest Effort is mocked

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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!