Comic Transcripts

CLARA: Oh, Barbara! James is a writer! Look at him create from his brain! I wonder what he’s writing! Something about me, probably!
BARBARA: A load o’ rubbish mos’ likely. All fulla monsters what never existed an’ other lies similar.

CLARA: I wonder if I will be immortalized as a heroine in one of his magical tales of the fantastic! A princess slaying a deadly dragon to save her people from mass devouring!
BARBARA: Ain’t no such animal in life. Dragon’s an easy villain. All hoarding gold an’ breathing flames-like. Strength of a lion with motives of a man. No such beast in creation!

BARBARA: Fiction is the creation of falsehoods for the delusion of children. This James is half a man, he’s written’ some useful tract on a better way to plow a field or such

[[JAMES’s work revealed: A doodle labeled “half-elephant half BAT HALF TANK CALL GOVERNMENT”]]

{{header: make it real at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: Any princess who can tame this beast DESERVES to rule a nation.}}

#707; In which a Breakthrough is made transcribed by in

CLARA: Oh, Barbara! James is a writer! Look at him create from his brain! I wonder what he's writing! Something about me, probably!
BARBARA: A load o' rubbish mos' likely. All fulla monsters what never existed an' other lies similar.

CLARA: I wonder if I will be immortalized as a heroine in one of his magical tales of the fantastic! A princess slaying a deadly dragon to save her people from mass devouring!
BARBARA: Ain't no such animal in life. Dragon's an easy villain. All hoarding gold an' breathing flames-like. Strength of a lion with motives of a man. No such beast in creation!

BARBARA: Fiction is the creation of falsehoods for the delusion of children. This James is half a man, he's written' some useful tract on a better way to plow a field or such

[[JAMES's work revealed: A doodle labeled "half-elephant half BAT HALF TANK CALL GOVERNMENT"]]

{{header: make it real at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: Any princess who can tame this beast DESERVES to rule a nation.}}

Any princess who can tame this beast DESERVES to rule a nation.

#707; In which a Breakthrough is made

  — March 4th, 2011

[ Tags: , , ]       Permalink: https://wondermark.com/c/707/

Buy a Print

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.


Recent blog posts