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[[A refined woman is sitting at a small round table, enjoying some tea and reading the paper.]]

[[This panel is animated. A man in a top hat rolls on screen atop a large manatee (whose reins the man is holding), which in turn is on top of a longboard. The manatee rolls to a stop.]]
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[[The manatee remains immobile. The hobbyist looks over. The tea-drinker remains unconcerned.]]

[[The tea-drinker reluctantly removes her gloves.]]
Hobbyist: Er, give us a push, luv
Tea-drinker: FINE but I expect you will ALSO make time to indulge MY hobbies

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{{alt-text: which involve putting the manatee on a tire swing so you BETTER GET YOUR GLOVES}}

#1058; In which a Trade is brokered transcribed by in

[[A refined woman is sitting at a small round table, enjoying some tea and reading the paper.]]

[[This panel is animated. A man in a top hat rolls on screen atop a large manatee (whose reins the man is holding), which in turn is on top of a longboard. The manatee rolls to a stop.]]
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[[The manatee remains immobile. The hobbyist looks over. The tea-drinker remains unconcerned.]]

[[The tea-drinker reluctantly removes her gloves.]]
Hobbyist: Er, give us a push, luv
Tea-drinker: FINE but I expect you will ALSO make time to indulge MY hobbies

{{header: team up at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: which involve putting the manatee on a tire swing so you BETTER GET YOUR GLOVES}}

#1058; In which a Trade is brokered transcribed by in

[[A refined woman is sitting at a small round table, enjoying some tea and reading the paper.]]

[[This panel is animated. A man in a top hat rolls on screen atop a large manatee (whose reins the man is holding), which in turn is on top of a longboard. The manatee rolls to a stop.]]
<>
<>
<>

[[The manatee remains immobile. The hobbyist looks over. The tea-drinker remains unconcerned.]]

[[The tea-drinker reluctantly removes her gloves.]]
Hobbyist: Er, give us a push, luv
Tea-drinker: FINE but I expect you will ALSO make time to indulge MY hobbies

{{header: team up at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: which involve putting the manatee on a tire swing so you BETTER GET YOUR GLOVES}}

which involve putting the manatee on a tire swing so you BETTER GET YOUR GLOVES

#1058; In which a Trade is brokered

  — September 2nd, 2014

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20 years ago (in photocomic form)

June 9, 2026 by David Malki !
A young David Malki !, Steve Carey, and Ryan North, June 2006.

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!

Read the rest here: [ 20 Years Ago (In Photocomic Form) ]


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