Comic Transcripts

JAKE: Check out my new invention!
THE SKATE OAR!
[[He’s riding a skateboard and pushing himself along with a prosthetic leg on the end of a pole.]]

JAKE: Great for movin’ around town!
Great for goin’ wherever you got to go!

BILL: Where in the world did you get that?
[[Unnoticed by BILL is a one-legged man, hopping frantically from the same direction JAKE came.]]

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#544; In which Jake gets a Leg Up transcribed by in

JAKE: Check out my new invention!
THE SKATE OAR!
[[He's riding a skateboard and pushing himself along with a prosthetic leg on the end of a pole.]]

JAKE: Great for movin' around town!
Great for goin' wherever you got to go!

BILL: Where in the world did you get that?
[[Unnoticed by BILL is a one-legged man, hopping frantically from the same direction JAKE came.]]

{{Header: hop over to WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{Alt-text: this is not really a business venture that scales}}

this is not really a business venture that scales

#544; In which Jake gets a Leg Up

  — August 18th, 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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