The man is checking his email for the steps to a dance that will forcibly repel ants from his trousers. He has a chronic condition.

#396; In which Trade Secrets are revealed

  — April 4th, 2008

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Was I lying on Tuesday? Possibly. Was it all a grand April Fool’s gag that everyone took as a lighthearted jest? Judging from the many heartfelt emails, perhaps not. Thank you for the kind support, everyone! Back to Victorian engravings we go.

Here’s something that will make it up to you: the online anthology Dark Horse Presents has just published an original 8-page Wondermark story! A spiritual successor to my print-only comic book Treachery!, the new story is entitled Ransom!, and was a ton of fun to make. It contains Victorian engravings aplenty, people who emailed me

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Saturday, May 17: Juneau!

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I’ll be in Juneau, Alaska this weekend at the 2025 Alaska Robotics Minicon, along with a bunch of other great folks!

The event is Saturday, May 17 at the APK Libraries, Archives, and Museum building.

I’ve written about my travels to Juneau before! Here are three fun posts from previous trips:

• The Story of How Juneau Ate My Boots

I’m not entirely sure where I got these boots. I’ve had them for at least a decade. They just appeared in my closet one day — I honestly don’t know where they came from...

• 11 portraits of me from Alaska

Celebrated likeness-capturer Scott Campbell had the idea for a group of artists to break into groups and draw portraits of each other...

• The Pleasures of Camping Out

The telegraph, the telephone, the locomotive and the steamship, the modern printing press, and thousands of minor devices which add immensely to the sum total of his pleasures, are all willing servants if properly used; but once in control, they become the hardest taskmasters...


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