Wondermark Comics
Comics made from vintage images AKA "a collaboration with the dead"
⏪ archives now go back several years! browse!!
💻 site: wondermark.com
📖 books/merch: store.wondermark.com
🔩 card game! kickstarter.com/projects/malki/bolt…
- How it started: Wondermark #024; In which factors Public Health
- ...How it's going: Wondermark #1581; The Longest, Most Fruitless Search (continued from part 1)
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- I'm going to say yes because it makes me seem smart and worldly
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- Surely the latter. This was a very early comic, this dude was in a clip-art book. Trader Joe's uses him too.
- ...How it's going: Wondermark #1581; The Longest, Most Fruitless Search (continued from part 1)
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- Luckily he has been quarantined safely atop a tree for all these years
- Sometimes it's impossible to do anything, sometimes it's impossible to NOT do anything. Wondermark #1580; What’s Undone is Undead
- Ah, the peaceful sounds of the season. So soothing Wondermark #1579; In which Music is enjoyed
- BONUS COMIC: When Bolted! first launched, I made this comic for the places where links are throttled or difficult -- a customized version for Instagram (here), Facebook, and GoComics. Bluesky never saw it, because you can link readily on Bluesky! All I have to do is post a link like this. Easy
- The game...she groans in the first stirrings of life...the lightning crackles, the thunder roars! The time is drawing near! What rough, bolted thing slouches toward Bethlehem, &c...!
- Round numbers, once again. 100 minutes to go! When they start counting in minutes, you know things are getting good. www.kickstarter.com/projects/mal...
- Sometimes you just gotta zig when everyone else thinks you'll zag. Wondermark #779; The Breakthrough
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- Haha, I guess I never updated the store image to the color version. Easter egg!
- Here's a Designer Diary about Bolted!'s development! Even though it spotlights my more doofus choices and missteps, I trust that some readers may take heart at how a polished outcome can be the result of a long, winding, and setback-filled process... Bolted Design Diary Longread
- This comic was created as part of a "Secret Santa" comics exchange. These characters are Tiff and Eve, and this strip was written by Fran Sundblad, the author of the comic Tiff 🏳️⚧️ & Eve, and rendered in Wondermark style by me. 🔗 Original Reddit post cc: @tiffandevecomics.bsky.social
- don't miss a shocking behind the scenes bonus fact in this free post: www.patreon.com/posts/146159...
- do you gotta personify the dead trees in the vacant lot too. they're having a hard enough time without you imagining they have an opinion about what's happening Wondermark #1578; In which Trees are a Lot
- Here's a blog post all about the 3 different bonus cards you can get with Bolted! wondermark.com/here-is-a-vi...
- terrifying if true! Wondermark #1020; The Unknown Knowns
- here are a bunch of Thanksgiving-themed Wondermark comics: www.tumblr.com/davidmalki/8...
- there's one in every friend group Wondermark #1360; Set the Calendar to Shuffle
- I mean, an echo is technically a second opinion Wondermark #1577; The Objective Oracle
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- I think that might be the point
- A little bird told me there's a Part 2 to this storyline Wondermark #1371; The Avian Informant (Part 2 of 2) ↩ Start from Part 1
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- It was a gift
- Watch this comic being made! www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6Dj...
- A little bird told me that there's a comic here for you to read! Wondermark #1370; The Avian Informant (Part 1 of 2)
- See this comic being made: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiBF...
- Part 2: bsky.app/profile/wond...
- A little bird told me there's a Part 2 to this storyline Wondermark #1371; The Avian Informant (Part 2 of 2) ↩ Start from Part 1
- More Halloween-themed Wondermark comics here! www.tumblr.com/davidmalki/7...
- When the old crafts are done by hand, you can still tell the difference. Wondermark #767; The Old Farmer’s Lament
- Wondermark's List of S-Tier Halloween Costumes Wondermark #1073; In which it's Hard to Judge
- Good luck to all teams, but mainly mine, and not yours Wondermark #1574; In which the Audience participates (Part 1)
- PART 2: bsky.app/profile/wond...
- The key is to keep everything exactly the same. Even a minor difference could throw everything off. Wondermark #1575; In which the Audience participates (Part 2) ↩ Start from Part 1
- PART 3: bsky.app/profile/wond...
- Different approaches, same goal. Except for the other team. Their goal is usually on the opposite side Wondermark #1576; In which the Audience participates (Part 3 of 3) ↩ Start from Part 1
- Different approaches, same goal. Except for the other team. Their goal is usually on the opposite side Wondermark #1576; In which the Audience participates (Part 3 of 3) ↩ Start from Part 1
- The key is to keep everything exactly the same. Even a minor difference could throw everything off. Wondermark #1575; In which the Audience participates (Part 2) ↩ Start from Part 1
- I'm sure no one at all will find this relatable Wondermark #1573; The Threat of Doing
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- Weird, it plays for me! Maybe it's a browser issue? Anyway welcome to Bluesky!
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- Really thought this phrase was going to be the breakout smash so I'm happy to hear you remember it so fondly!
- I'm as proud of that storyline as anything I've done with Wondermark. Now that that job has ended and I'm answerable only to myself again, I'm glad to look back on it as a reminder of how much fun all this can be creatively, given the right circumstances.
- If you're a newer reader or haven't seen the whole saga -- or simply want to revisit it with me! -- start here. I've added links below each comic where there's a reference to something that will add context. Check it out!!!
- (My thanks to Sam for whipping up some cartoon heads of us both for this video!) That summer of 2018, the storyline continued for months, and I put together a complete book collection that December.
- Sick elephants were also the theme of that year's Wondermark Calendar – which would become the last installment of the calendar series (at least so far). A few months into 2019, I was offered a job that radically changed my working availability, and my pace of making comics would slow for a time.
- ...as something that could be interpreted in different ways, and we went back and forth for a long while, trying to come up with ever-weirder punchlines to make each other laugh. Eventually, so we wouldn't forget these great ideas, I recorded a voice memo. This week, I found that recording.
- Enjoy, for the first time posted publicly... The very first conversation that birthed the entire Wondermark "sick elephant" saga. The first voice you hear is mine; the second, Sam's. @samandfuzzy.com
- As it turned out, my recent trip to Gen Con was an auspicious return to a show where, almost exactly 7 years ago, that storyline began -- at Gen Con itself. Aug 2018. I got to Indy after midnight, after a late flight from LA. But I still wanted to get a comic posted before the con began.
- On the hunt for a simple but funny concept, I batted ideas back and forth with my friend and boothmate @samandfuzzy.com, who had also arrived on a late flight from the West Coast (in his case, Vancouver) and was in a similarly punchy mood. The phrase "sick elephant" somehow arose...
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- ...The first "Check out my sick elephant" strip hit GoComics on August 4, and of course, the entire saga will now continue to unspool over the course of months. I'm excited to watch the commenters discover what's happening! They are a special breed of their own, on GoComics.
