– Spare change, Miss? Feed a man and his finches for another day?
– Change comes from within.

– All I need is a quarter, if you have it…
– But what’s in it for me? You’re charging money without offering a service.

– I beg your pardon?
– Look, you’re going to have a lot more success if you SELL something. Not just ask for charity.

– I’ll eat a live finch for a buck.
– NOW you’re talking like a capitalist! That’ll be fifty dollars, please.

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– Spare change, Miss? Feed a man and his finches for another day?
– Change comes from within.

– All I need is a quarter, if you have it…
– But what’s in it for me? You’re charging money without offering a service.

– I beg your pardon?
– Look, you’re going to have a lot more success if you SELL something. Not just ask for charity.

– I’ll eat a live finch for a buck.
– NOW you’re talking like a capitalist! That’ll be fifty dollars, please.

header: wrap it to go at WONDERMARK.COM
alt-text: at IHOP, ketchup and water and lemons and crackers and ranch dressing are all free

- Spare change, Miss? Feed a man and his finches for another day?
- Change comes from within.

- All I need is a quarter, if you have it...
- But what's in it for me? You're charging money without offering a service.

- I beg your pardon?
- Look, you're going to have a lot more success if you SELL something. Not just ask for charity.

- I'll eat a live finch for a buck.
- NOW you're talking like a capitalist! That'll be fifty dollars, please.

header: wrap it to go at WONDERMARK.COM
alt-text: at IHOP, ketchup and water and lemons and crackers and ranch dressing are all free

at IHOP, ketchup and water and lemons and crackers and ranch dressing are all free

#083; In which Economics factors

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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!