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[[JENNY leans against a tree in a beautiful, peaceful park. She is tweeting.]]
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@JENNY: there are people running everywhere. just saw a kid with blood on his face #downtownriots
cops trying to cordon off the main plaza but people are throwing bottles #downtownriots

@JENNY: holy crap now there is some kind of tank rolling down Beach Blvd #downtownriots
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an old lady grabbed a tear gas canister and chucked it back at the tank #downtownriots
riot police are blocking the alleys. trying to shepherd us back into the central square #downtownriots

[[JENNY’S MOM shows up. Dialogue covers the tweets.]]
MOM: Jenny. Get ready for bedtime.
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JENNY: Not yet! I’m livetweeting!
MOM: Well, livetweet yourself to bed.
JENNY: THAT IS NOT HOW LIVETWEETING WORKS MOTHER

[[JENNY in bed, still tweeting.]]
@JENNY: hauled into custody. they’ll never get me to talk #downtownriots

{{header: breathlessly follow WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: mom can i please have a glass of water #downtownriots}}

#743; Reports from the Scene transcribed by in

[[JENNY leans against a tree in a beautiful, peaceful park. She is tweeting.]]
<>
@JENNY: there are people running everywhere. just saw a kid with blood on his face #downtownriots
cops trying to cordon off the main plaza but people are throwing bottles #downtownriots

@JENNY: holy crap now there is some kind of tank rolling down Beach Blvd #downtownriots
<>
an old lady grabbed a tear gas canister and chucked it back at the tank #downtownriots
riot police are blocking the alleys. trying to shepherd us back into the central square #downtownriots

[[JENNY’S MOM shows up. Dialogue covers the tweets.]]
MOM: Jenny. Get ready for bedtime.
<>
JENNY: Not yet! I’m livetweeting!
MOM: Well, livetweet yourself to bed.
JENNY: THAT IS NOT HOW LIVETWEETING WORKS MOTHER

[[JENNY in bed, still tweeting.]]
@JENNY: hauled into custody. they’ll never get me to talk #downtownriots

{{header: breathlessly follow WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: mom can i please have a glass of water #downtownriots}}

#743; Reports from the Scene transcribed by in

[[JENNY leans against a tree in a beautiful, peaceful park. She is tweeting.]]
<>
@JENNY: there are people running everywhere. just saw a kid with blood on his face #downtownriots
cops trying to cordon off the main plaza but people are throwing bottles #downtownriots

@JENNY: holy crap now there is some kind of tank rolling down Beach Blvd #downtownriots
<>
an old lady grabbed a tear gas canister and chucked it back at the tank #downtownriots
riot police are blocking the alleys. trying to shepherd us back into the central square #downtownriots

[[JENNY'S MOM shows up. Dialogue covers the tweets.]]
MOM: Jenny. Get ready for bedtime.
<>
JENNY: Not yet! I'm livetweeting!
MOM: Well, livetweet yourself to bed.
JENNY: THAT IS NOT HOW LIVETWEETING WORKS MOTHER

[[JENNY in bed, still tweeting.]]
@JENNY: hauled into custody. they'll never get me to talk #downtownriots

{{header: breathlessly follow WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: mom can i please have a glass of water #downtownriots}}

mom can I please have a glass of water #downtownriots

#743; Reports from the Scene

  — July 29th, 2011

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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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