Comic Transcripts

[[A woman is having a conversation with a man wearing a bowler hat.]]
Patient: Can you believe it? The doctor’s office wants $400 for the visit alone!
Patient: Then the actual tests are like $700 apiece!
Patient: My blood probably goes through a little turnstile! A buck a red cell!

Patient: This is ridiculous. I’m going to protest with a strike.
Bowler: What do you mean, a STRIKE
Bowler: They don’t care how well you BOWL

Patient: A prisoner has no power except over their own self, right? So they go on a HUNGER STRIKE.
Patient: This is a way of saying “this issue is SO important, I will put my life at stake – betting that that’s dramatic enough to get your attention.”

Patient: Well, I’m going on MEDICAL STRIKE.
Patient: I will forego ALL medical treatment in PROTEST of the healthcare establishment.
Patient: Are you going to STAND BY AND LET ME DIE, world? Or are you going to PAY ATTENTION to this PROBLEM?!

Bowler: I’ve always admired how you’re COMPLETELY willing to make yourself suffer simply to SPITE your enemies.
Patient: You want to charge me $2600 for a pill that prevents my ORGANS from EXPLODING?
Patient: WELL I’M NOT GONNA GIVE YOU THE SATISFACTION!

{{header: a prescription for WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: ‘Here lies Elizabeth. Are you HAPPY NOW??’}}

#1056; In which a Stand is taken transcribed by in

[[A woman is having a conversation with a man wearing a bowler hat.]]
Patient: Can you believe it? The doctor's office wants $400 for the visit alone!
Patient: Then the actual tests are like $700 apiece!
Patient: My blood probably goes through a little turnstile! A buck a red cell!

Patient: This is ridiculous. I'm going to protest with a strike.
Bowler: What do you mean, a STRIKE
Bowler: They don't care how well you BOWL

Patient: A prisoner has no power except over their own self, right? So they go on a HUNGER STRIKE.
Patient: This is a way of saying "this issue is SO important, I will put my life at stake - betting that that's dramatic enough to get your attention."

Patient: Well, I'm going on MEDICAL STRIKE.
Patient: I will forego ALL medical treatment in PROTEST of the healthcare establishment.
Patient: Are you going to STAND BY AND LET ME DIE, world? Or are you going to PAY ATTENTION to this PROBLEM?!

Bowler: I've always admired how you're COMPLETELY willing to make yourself suffer simply to SPITE your enemies.
Patient: You want to charge me $2600 for a pill that prevents my ORGANS from EXPLODING?
Patient: WELL I'M NOT GONNA GIVE YOU THE SATISFACTION!

{{header: a prescription for WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: 'Here lies Elizabeth. Are you HAPPY NOW??'}}

'Here lies Elizabeth. Are you HAPPY NOW??'

#1056; In which a Stand is taken

  — August 25th, 2014

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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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