[[DALE is combing an elephant with a broom as WALTER watches from a nearby train.]]

WALTER (pointing to the elephant): That part looks pretty uneven.

[[The train starts to pull away. DALE watches silently.]]

[[The train moves a bit more. DALE keeps watching.]]

[[The train has moved enough that WALTER is no longer in the shot. DALE is still silent.]]

[[The train’s gone. DALE speaks to the elephant.]]
DALE: Your HEAD’S uneven, that’s what I SHOULD have said.

[[DALE is combing an elephant with a broom as WALTER watches from a nearby train.]]

WALTER (pointing to the elephant): That part looks pretty uneven.

[[The train starts to pull away. DALE watches silently.]]

[[The train moves a bit more. DALE keeps watching.]]

[[The train has moved enough that WALTER is no longer in the shot. DALE is still silent.]]

[[The train's gone. DALE speaks to the elephant.]]
DALE: Your HEAD'S uneven, that's what I SHOULD have said.

Stampy, you want to race a train?

#531; In which an Opportunity escapes

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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!