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RHONDA: Sammy! I heard you had some smart-aleck questions about Santa!
SAMMY: Some serious questions! And some puzzling doubts!
RHONDA: ?so let me head ’em off! Santa Claus?he’s just me, you hear? I’m all there is!

RHONDA: There ain’t no fat man in a big red suit. I mean there’s MEN, in malls around the world, but they ain’t Santa. They’re just doubles. DECOYS. Like Saddam. Agents. Puppets on a string. On MY string.

RHONDA: You listen close: I make all the toys. I give them out to boys and girls everywhere. I watch ’em all closely to see who’s eaten’ their greens and who’s actin’ out. ME. AND I put in fifty hours a week at the windshield place. That part you know about. Now you know why I’m so tired. That SETTLE it? No more QUESTIONS?

SAMMY: But – that makes even less logical sense than him being a separate entity!
RHONDA: Then your mind’s gonna EXPLODE when you figure out I am the TOOTH FAIRY and the EASTER BUNNY and the BIRTHDAY FROG too

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RHONDA: Sammy! I heard you had some smart-aleck questions about Santa!
SAMMY: Some serious questions! And some puzzling doubts!
RHONDA: ?so let me head ’em off! Santa Claus?he’s just me, you hear? I’m all there is!

RHONDA: There ain’t no fat man in a big red suit. I mean there’s MEN, in malls around the world, but they ain’t Santa. They’re just doubles. DECOYS. Like Saddam. Agents. Puppets on a string. On MY string.

RHONDA: You listen close: I make all the toys. I give them out to boys and girls everywhere. I watch ’em all closely to see who’s eaten’ their greens and who’s actin’ out. ME. AND I put in fifty hours a week at the windshield place. That part you know about. Now you know why I’m so tired. That SETTLE it? No more QUESTIONS?

SAMMY: But – that makes even less logical sense than him being a separate entity!
RHONDA: Then your mind’s gonna EXPLODE when you figure out I am the TOOTH FAIRY and the EASTER BUNNY and the BIRTHDAY FROG too

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{{alt-text: FOR ALL THE CHILDREN IN THE WORLD. AS PART OF MY COMMUNITY SERVICE}}

#683; In which a Line of Questioning is halted transcribed by in

RHONDA: Sammy! I heard you had some smart-aleck questions about Santa!
SAMMY: Some serious questions! And some puzzling doubts!
RHONDA: ?so let me head 'em off! Santa Claus?he's just me, you hear? I'm all there is!

RHONDA: There ain't no fat man in a big red suit. I mean there's MEN, in malls around the world, but they ain't Santa. They're just doubles. DECOYS. Like Saddam. Agents. Puppets on a string. On MY string.

RHONDA: You listen close: I make all the toys. I give them out to boys and girls everywhere. I watch 'em all closely to see who's eaten' their greens and who's actin' out. ME. AND I put in fifty hours a week at the windshield place. That part you know about. Now you know why I'm so tired. That SETTLE it? No more QUESTIONS?

SAMMY: But - that makes even less logical sense than him being a separate entity!
RHONDA: Then your mind's gonna EXPLODE when you figure out I am the TOOTH FAIRY and the EASTER BUNNY and the BIRTHDAY FROG too

{{header: do it all at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: FOR ALL THE CHILDREN IN THE WORLD. AS PART OF MY COMMUNITY SERVICE}}

FOR ALL THE CHILDREN IN THE WORLD. AS PART OF MY COMMUNITY SERVICE.

#683; In which a Line of Questioning is halted

  — December 7th, 2010

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20 years ago (in photocomic form)

June 9, 2026 by David Malki !
A young David Malki !, Steve Carey, and Ryan North, June 2006.

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!

Read the rest here: [ 20 Years Ago (In Photocomic Form) ]


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