Comic Transcripts

[[RALPH is piloting his spiffy steam-powered car.]]
RALPH: Gaahh! I hate parking!

SIGN: NO PARKING
Residential permit excepted
Commercial permit excepted
Diplomatic permit excepted
Disabled placard excepted
Vigilante hero placard excepted

SIGN: NO PARKING
During street cleaning
Monday 5AM-11PM
Tuesday 5AM-11PM
Wednesday 5AM-11PM
Thursday 5AM-11PM
Friday 5AM-11PM
Saturday 5AM-11PM
Sunday 5AM-11PM
The street is really dirty okay

SIGN: NO PARKING
Everyone except guys with moustaches excepted
(RALPH has a moustache)

RALPH: GAAHHH!!
How would they even KNOW?

[[A large touring car is parked so that it takes up two spaces at the curb.]]

[[RALPH is irritated to see this.]]

[[Fortunately, he has a nice bakelite cell phone in his steam-powered car.]]
RALPH: Hey, Mike? Remember the time I saved you from that snakebite?
…I need a favor.

[[RALPH glares at the parked car.]]

[[A shadow falls over him. He looks up.]]

[[A truly spectacular steam helicopter has descended. MIKE is the pilot.]]

[[MIKE lowers a claw from the helicopter as he hovers above the parked car.]]

[[The claw grabs the car and lifts it…]]

[[And sets it down so it’s touching the car behind it, leaving a space large enough for another car in front of it.]]

[[His job done, MIKE flies off into the sunset.]]

[[RALPH watches him fly off and a single tear trickles down his cheek.]]

{{Header: fit just right at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{Alt-text: This is sufficient to qualify for the Vigilante Hero placard.}}

#550; In which Salvation is summoned transcribed by in

[[RALPH is piloting his spiffy steam-powered car.]]
RALPH: Gaahh! I hate parking!

SIGN: NO PARKING
Residential permit excepted
Commercial permit excepted
Diplomatic permit excepted
Disabled placard excepted
Vigilante hero placard excepted

SIGN: NO PARKING
During street cleaning
Monday 5AM-11PM
Tuesday 5AM-11PM
Wednesday 5AM-11PM
Thursday 5AM-11PM
Friday 5AM-11PM
Saturday 5AM-11PM
Sunday 5AM-11PM
The street is really dirty okay

SIGN: NO PARKING
Everyone except guys with moustaches excepted
(RALPH has a moustache)

RALPH: GAAHHH!!
How would they even KNOW?

[[A large touring car is parked so that it takes up two spaces at the curb.]]

[[RALPH is irritated to see this.]]

[[Fortunately, he has a nice bakelite cell phone in his steam-powered car.]]
RALPH: Hey, Mike? Remember the time I saved you from that snakebite?
…I need a favor.

[[RALPH glares at the parked car.]]

[[A shadow falls over him. He looks up.]]

[[A truly spectacular steam helicopter has descended. MIKE is the pilot.]]

[[MIKE lowers a claw from the helicopter as he hovers above the parked car.]]

[[The claw grabs the car and lifts it…]]

[[And sets it down so it’s touching the car behind it, leaving a space large enough for another car in front of it.]]

[[His job done, MIKE flies off into the sunset.]]

[[RALPH watches him fly off and a single tear trickles down his cheek.]]

{{Header: fit just right at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{Alt-text: This is sufficient to qualify for the Vigilante Hero placard.}}

#550; In which Salvation is summoned transcribed by in

[[RALPH is piloting his spiffy steam-powered car.]]
RALPH: Gaahh! I hate parking!

SIGN: NO PARKING
Residential permit excepted
Commercial permit excepted
Diplomatic permit excepted
Disabled placard excepted
Vigilante hero placard excepted

SIGN: NO PARKING
During street cleaning
Monday 5AM-11PM
Tuesday 5AM-11PM
Wednesday 5AM-11PM
Thursday 5AM-11PM
Friday 5AM-11PM
Saturday 5AM-11PM
Sunday 5AM-11PM
The street is really dirty okay

SIGN: NO PARKING
Everyone except guys with moustaches excepted
(RALPH has a moustache)

RALPH: GAAHHH!!
How would they even KNOW?

[[A large touring car is parked so that it takes up two spaces at the curb.]]

[[RALPH is irritated to see this.]]

[[Fortunately, he has a nice bakelite cell phone in his steam-powered car.]]
RALPH: Hey, Mike? Remember the time I saved you from that snakebite?
...I need a favor.

[[RALPH glares at the parked car.]]

[[A shadow falls over him. He looks up.]]

[[A truly spectacular steam helicopter has descended. MIKE is the pilot.]]

[[MIKE lowers a claw from the helicopter as he hovers above the parked car.]]

[[The claw grabs the car and lifts it...]]

[[And sets it down so it's touching the car behind it, leaving a space large enough for another car in front of it.]]

[[His job done, MIKE flies off into the sunset.]]

[[RALPH watches him fly off and a single tear trickles down his cheek.]]

{{Header: fit just right at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{Alt-text: This is sufficient to qualify for the Vigilante Hero placard.}}

This is sufficient to qualify for the Vigilante Hero placard.

Applications open for Genius Northwest – an IRL gaming competition

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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