Comic Transcripts

[[DENVER is enjoying some Cheetos–with chopsticks.]]
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SYLVAN: Are you using CHOPSTICKS?
For CHEETOS?
DENVER: Keeps the orange crap off my fingers.

[[Silent panel as SYLVAN considers this and DENVER picks up another Cheeto.]]

[[Front page of a newspaper with a profile shot of DENVER.]]
HEADLINE: GENIUS
SUBHEAD: “The idea just came to me,” says modern-day Prometheus

{{Header: discover WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{Alt-text: Also, spoons for salted nuts, but you can easily accidentally plow down a 5-lb. bag that way without even noticing.}}

#601; The Discovery that Changed the World transcribed by in

[[DENVER is enjoying some Cheetos–with chopsticks.]]
<>

SYLVAN: Are you using CHOPSTICKS?
For CHEETOS?
DENVER: Keeps the orange crap off my fingers.

[[Silent panel as SYLVAN considers this and DENVER picks up another Cheeto.]]

[[Front page of a newspaper with a profile shot of DENVER.]]
HEADLINE: GENIUS
SUBHEAD: “The idea just came to me,” says modern-day Prometheus

{{Header: discover WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{Alt-text: Also, spoons for salted nuts, but you can easily accidentally plow down a 5-lb. bag that way without even noticing.}}

#601; The Discovery that Changed the World transcribed by in

[[DENVER is enjoying some Cheetos--with chopsticks.]]
<>

SYLVAN: Are you using CHOPSTICKS?
For CHEETOS?
DENVER: Keeps the orange crap off my fingers.

[[Silent panel as SYLVAN considers this and DENVER picks up another Cheeto.]]

[[Front page of a newspaper with a profile shot of DENVER.]]
HEADLINE: GENIUS
SUBHEAD: "The idea just came to me," says modern-day Prometheus

{{Header: discover WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{Alt-text: Also, spoons for salted nuts, but you can easily accidentally plow down a 5-lb. bag that way without even noticing.}}

Also, spoons for salted nuts, but you can easily accidentally plow down a 5-lb. bag that way without even noticing.

#601; The Discovery that Changed the World

  — March 5th, 2010

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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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