Comic Transcripts

[[A shop.]]
BOB: You still working on that? Knock it off. I gotta lock up. Your plank storage unit looks swell. Let’s go home.

LEN: It’s not right, though. It’s not perfect.
BOB: It’s fine.
LEN: I’m not after fine. I’m after delightfully amazing. I know it can be better.

BOB: You’re working too hard. Stop it. Nobody cares. You are the only one who can tell the difference. We’re worried about you. You’re breaking your back digging your own grave.

LEN: I want my epitaph to be “Doggone if he wasn’t trying his best.”
BOB: I want mine to be “We buried what pieces we could find.”

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#624; The Persistence of Work transcribed by in

[[A shop.]]
BOB: You still working on that? Knock it off. I gotta lock up. Your plank storage unit looks swell. Let’s go home.

LEN: It’s not right, though. It’s not perfect.
BOB: It’s fine.
LEN: I’m not after fine. I’m after delightfully amazing. I know it can be better.

BOB: You’re working too hard. Stop it. Nobody cares. You are the only one who can tell the difference. We’re worried about you. You’re breaking your back digging your own grave.

LEN: I want my epitaph to be “Doggone if he wasn’t trying his best.”
BOB: I want mine to be “We buried what pieces we could find.”

{{header: keep at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: The people who can TELL the difference are the people this is FOR.}}

#624; The Persistence of Work transcribed by in

[[A shop.]]
BOB: You still working on that? Knock it off. I gotta lock up. Your plank storage unit looks swell. Let's go home.

LEN: It's not right, though. It's not perfect.
BOB: It's fine.
LEN: I'm not after fine. I'm after delightfully amazing. I know it can be better.

BOB: You're working too hard. Stop it. Nobody cares. You are the only one who can tell the difference. We're worried about you. You're breaking your back digging your own grave.

LEN: I want my epitaph to be "Doggone if he wasn't trying his best."
BOB: I want mine to be "We buried what pieces we could find."

{{header: keep at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: The people who can TELL the difference are the people this is FOR.}}

The people who can TELL the difference are the people this is FOR.

#624; The Persistence of Work

  — May 21st, 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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