Comic Transcripts

CAPTION: Extensive job losses continue to mount.
DICK: As much as it pains me to say it…Everyone, pack up your things. Our doors are closing.
Our industry is no longer sustainable.
JOHN (Offpanel): WHAT!

JOHN: There’s GOT to be a way to keep the lights on! How do we get ahold of some of that BAILOUT money?
THAT stuff’s being handed out like HALLOWEEN CANDY to anyone with a SCARY ENOUGH MASK!
DICK (offpanel): FORGET IT!

DICK: Nobody cries for the BUGGY-WHIP manufacturers HENRY FORD bankrupted. We all have to ADAPT OR DIE! That’s what progress IS!
We can no longer deal with the world as it USED to be, or how we WISH it STILL WAS.
WISHFUL SPENDING trying to maintain some OBSOLETE STATUS QUO is like running into the future with one LEG tied behind your back!

[[EXTERIOR showing a gate and part of a sign.]]
JOHN: Still. I loved this job.
DICK: Don’t worry, you’ll probably get a book deal.
[[The sign says “GUANTANAMO.”]]

{{Header: steady work at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{Alt-text: there are no peaceful transfers of power within the free market}}

#483; In which it’s Time to Move On transcribed by in

CAPTION: Extensive job losses continue to mount.
DICK: As much as it pains me to say it...Everyone, pack up your things. Our doors are closing.
Our industry is no longer sustainable.
JOHN (Offpanel): WHAT!

JOHN: There's GOT to be a way to keep the lights on! How do we get ahold of some of that BAILOUT money?
THAT stuff's being handed out like HALLOWEEN CANDY to anyone with a SCARY ENOUGH MASK!
DICK (offpanel): FORGET IT!

DICK: Nobody cries for the BUGGY-WHIP manufacturers HENRY FORD bankrupted. We all have to ADAPT OR DIE! That's what progress IS!
We can no longer deal with the world as it USED to be, or how we WISH it STILL WAS.
WISHFUL SPENDING trying to maintain some OBSOLETE STATUS QUO is like running into the future with one LEG tied behind your back!

[[EXTERIOR showing a gate and part of a sign.]]
JOHN: Still. I loved this job.
DICK: Don't worry, you'll probably get a book deal.
[[The sign says "GUANTANAMO."]]

{{Header: steady work at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{Alt-text: there are no peaceful transfers of power within the free market}}

there are no peaceful transfers of power within the free market

#483; In which it’s Time to Move On

  — January 23rd, 2009

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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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