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David Malki !

Cartoonist, Wondermark

How we know it's theirs

Their 2013 r/IAmA AMA, posted from this account

We retrieved 82 posts and 370 comments from u/Wondermark, dated 2011 to 2026, most often in r/comics, r/tabletopgamedesign and r/IAmA.

Best moment

A redditor posted in r/aviation

This day in history (Dec. 23 1986)- after nine days and four minutes in the sky Voyager returns to Edwards AFB after flying 25,012 miles around the world. It had just five gallons of fuel left in its remaining operational fuel tank on landing. Here’s the takeoff using 14,200 feet of runway.

u/wondermark replied

As a kid, I wrote a letter to Jeana Yeager after this. She very kindly wrote back, we were like pen pals for a minute there. I probably have ~6 letters from her still stashed somewhere.

More moments

A redditor wrote in r/webcomics

On “The Growing Threat (Wondermark) [OC]”

I used to read Wondermark every day, but I stopped cuz a lot of them are really wordy.

u/wondermark replied

I made the font bigger so now I have no choice but to be more concise

A redditor wrote in r/comics

On “r/Comics AMA with Wondermark's David Malki ! Saturday 10am PST”

What made you choose to make comics out of old illustrations? Were you into them before you started?

u/wondermark replied

I answered the first part elsewhere but the answer to the second is, not especially. It was a sort of discovery. I've now learned so much about the artform and the history and the process that I have a much…

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I answered the first part elsewhere but the answer to the second is, not especially. It was a sort of discovery.

I've now learned so much about the artform and the history and the process that I have a much more informed appreciation for it, but paradoxically, that sometimes makes it harder to make comics out of them!

"How dare I mix this 1902 spot illustration with this 1875 woodcut, the line weights are totally different," that sort of thing. I've invented new problems for myself! Education is a mistake!