Comic Transcripts

[[Kris, an old man with a pegleg and a portable organ around his neck, extends his hat to a young girl.]]

Kris: Spare a few pennies, miss? You look like one for the “Nice” list.
Girl: Sure, I think I’ve — Santa?! Is that you?

Kris: Oh, yes. That’s what they used to call me. Before the Proletariat Revolution. Before Elvengrad. Before the camps.

Kris: Please if you can get a message to Rudolph tell him–
[An apparatchik appears.]
Apparatchik: Komrade Kringle! Perheps I tink ve should do more of de party fundraising and less of de party line, da?

Kris: Yes. Um. Thank you for the pennies, miss. Merry Christmas. God bless you.
Apparatchik: There vill be no mention of God!

{{header: unionize at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: pretend that dude in the last panel is st. patrick and this comic becomes much more timely}}

#167; In which Communism overtakes the Arctic transcribed by in

[[Kris, an old man with a pegleg and a portable organ around his neck, extends his hat to a young girl.]]

Kris: Spare a few pennies, miss? You look like one for the "Nice" list.
Girl: Sure, I think I've -- Santa?! Is that you?

Kris: Oh, yes. That's what they used to call me. Before the Proletariat Revolution. Before Elvengrad. Before the camps.

Kris: Please if you can get a message to Rudolph tell him--
[An apparatchik appears.]
Apparatchik: Komrade Kringle! Perheps I tink ve should do more of de party fundraising and less of de party line, da?

Kris: Yes. Um. Thank you for the pennies, miss. Merry Christmas. God bless you.
Apparatchik: There vill be no mention of God!

{{header: unionize at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: pretend that dude in the last panel is st. patrick and this comic becomes much more timely}}

or vould you like to be collecting pennies vis TWO of the stumpings, all hobbling around, eh?

#167; In which Communism overtakes the Arctic

  — March 17th, 2006

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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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