[[two men are carrying what appears to be a kayak on their shoulders]]

– So, ah, Rick? I don’t mean to be a naysayer, I mean so far it’s all gone just like you said…

– But what exactly are we going to do with the lake monster’s phallus, anyway?
– I told you! Guinness-record stir fry

{{header: set to boil at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: in the world’s largest wok with 800 gallons of canola oil}}

[[two men are carrying what appears to be a kayak on their shoulders]]

– So, ah, Rick? I don’t mean to be a naysayer, I mean so far it’s all gone just like you said…

– But what exactly are we going to do with the lake monster’s phallus, anyway?
– I told you! Guinness-record stir fry

{{header: set to boil at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: in the world’s largest wok with 800 gallons of canola oil}}

[[two men are carrying what appears to be a kayak on their shoulders]]

- So, ah, Rick? I don't mean to be a naysayer, I mean so far it's all gone just like you said...

- But what exactly are we going to do with the lake monster's phallus, anyway?
- I told you! Guinness-record stir fry

{{header: set to boil at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: in the world's largest wok with 800 gallons of canola oil}}

in the world's largest wok with 800 gallons of canola oil

#278; In which Rick has Lofty Goals

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20 years ago (in photocomic form)

June 9, 2026 by David Malki !

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!