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– How many of these people do you think I could convince that I’m an orthopaedic surgeon?

– Probably not very many, considering that we’re at an orthopaedic surgery convention, and everyone here are themselves orthopaedic surgeons.

– No, that would totally work in my favor! After all, why else would I be here?

– Because you need to severely recalibrate your sense of what would be an “awesomely ironic vacation.”
– And it has been, despite your pouty attitude!

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#129; In which Irony is detected transcribed by in

- How many of these people do you think I could convince that I'm an orthopaedic surgeon?

- Probably not very many, considering that we're at an orthopaedic surgery convention, and everyone here are themselves orthopaedic surgeons.

- No, that would totally work in my favor! After all, why else would I be here?

- Because you need to severely recalibrate your sense of what would be an "awesomely ironic vacation."
- And it has been, despite your pouty attitude!

header: gorge on goodness at WONDERMARK.COM
alt-text: he was all giddy while paying the registration fee

he was all giddy while paying the registration fee

#129; In which Irony is detected

  — October 18th, 2005

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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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