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FRANKLIN: SO MANY BOOKS! I thought we were trying to CUT DOWN the amount of STUFF in our lives?
There must be a THOUSAND books here!
ELEANOR: I’ve pared the collection down to the essentials.

FRANKLIN: How many of them do you actually ever READ?
Why not donate them to the library? That way they’ll still be there whenever you want them–
ELEANOR: They’re not really for me.

ELEANOR: Look, WE love to read because we grew up in homes filled to bursting with weird and wonderful books.
I’m keeping these books not because of how often I read them all, but so, on rainy days and lonely nights, our children can discover them for themselves.
FRANKLIN: By the time we ever have children, we will be DROWNING in a SEA of books, gasping for breath in a little air pocket near the ceiling.
ELEANOR: Then they will be bibliophibians.

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#442; In which Beth keeps her Books transcribed by in

FRANKLIN: SO MANY BOOKS! I thought we were trying to CUT DOWN the amount of STUFF in our lives?
There must be a THOUSAND books here!
ELEANOR: I’ve pared the collection down to the essentials.

FRANKLIN: How many of them do you actually ever READ?
Why not donate them to the library? That way they’ll still be there whenever you want them–
ELEANOR: They’re not really for me.

ELEANOR: Look, WE love to read because we grew up in homes filled to bursting with weird and wonderful books.
I’m keeping these books not because of how often I read them all, but so, on rainy days and lonely nights, our children can discover them for themselves.
FRANKLIN: By the time we ever have children, we will be DROWNING in a SEA of books, gasping for breath in a little air pocket near the ceiling.
ELEANOR: Then they will be bibliophibians.

{{Header: stay up late with WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{Alt-Text: They will breathe with gills that make the sound of fluttering pages.}}

#442; In which Beth keeps her Books transcribed by in

FRANKLIN: SO MANY BOOKS! I thought we were trying to CUT DOWN the amount of STUFF in our lives?
There must be a THOUSAND books here!
ELEANOR: I've pared the collection down to the essentials.

FRANKLIN: How many of them do you actually ever READ?
Why not donate them to the library? That way they'll still be there whenever you want them--
ELEANOR: They're not really for me.

ELEANOR: Look, WE love to read because we grew up in homes filled to bursting with weird and wonderful books.
I'm keeping these books not because of how often I read them all, but so, on rainy days and lonely nights, our children can discover them for themselves.
FRANKLIN: By the time we ever have children, we will be DROWNING in a SEA of books, gasping for breath in a little air pocket near the ceiling.
ELEANOR: Then they will be bibliophibians.

{{Header: stay up late with WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{Alt-Text: They will breathe with gills that make the sound of fluttering pages.}}

They will breathe with gills that make the sound of fluttering pages.

#442; In which Beth keeps her Books

  — September 12th, 2008

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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.

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