Comic Transcripts

A child stands by a meal table. An adult man stands with arms folded to his right.

CHILD: Dad. Dad. What do you see?
DAD: Wow! I see you finished all your food!

CHILD: But WHAT do you SEE? On the PLATE?
DAD (peering closer): Uh…nothing? It looks empty?
DAD: Crumbs? I see crumbs!

CHILD: NO! What do you SEE!!
DAD (peering even closer): I see CRUMBS! I don’t know!
DAD: HELP ME! What do you WANT me to see??

CHILD: TELL ME WHAT YOU SEE!!!!
DAD (bent nearly double with the peering): I’m TELLING you WHAT I SEE! I see CRUMBS! Nothing else!!

CHILD (calmly): NO. There’s crumbs…AND A BIG CRUMB.

Later. Mom has her hands on her hips, looking across the room.
MOM: Stop throwing our child through windows! They’re VERY expensive to reglaze!
DAD: This time it REALLY couldn’t be helped

#1560; In which a Lad is Lobbed transcribed by in

A child stands by a meal table. An adult man stands with arms folded to his right.

CHILD: Dad. Dad. What do you see?
DAD: Wow! I see you finished all your food!

CHILD: But WHAT do you SEE? On the PLATE?
DAD (peering closer): Uh...nothing? It looks empty?
DAD: Crumbs? I see crumbs!

CHILD: NO! What do you SEE!!
DAD (peering even closer): I see CRUMBS! I don't know!
DAD: HELP ME! What do you WANT me to see??

CHILD: TELL ME WHAT YOU SEE!!!!
DAD (bent nearly double with the peering): I'm TELLING you WHAT I SEE! I see CRUMBS! Nothing else!!

CHILD (calmly): NO. There's crumbs...AND A BIG CRUMB.

Later. Mom has her hands on her hips, looking across the room.
MOM: Stop throwing our child through windows! They're VERY expensive to reglaze!
DAD: This time it REALLY couldn't be helped

It's Crumb City. The big crumb is City Hall. These are distinct for some reason.

#1560; In which a Lad is Lobbed

  — March 1st, 2025

[ Tags: , ]       Permalink: https://wondermark.com/c/1560/

Buy a Print

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.


Recent blog posts