Wondermark Comics
@wondermark.com
Comics made from vintage images AKA "a collaboration with the dead"
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⏪ archives now go back several years! browse!!
💻 site: wondermark.com
📖 books/merch: store.wondermark.com
🔗 linkpop.com/malki for other links
🔩 card game! https://swiy.co/bolted-bsky
November 11, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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
Wondermark #1371; The Avian Informant (Part 2 of 2)
↩ Start from Part 1
![Apronni speaks further with the little bird, who is perched on his sill.
APRONNI: You’re really THE bird! The little bird who tells people things! WOW! I hear about you all the time! This is incredible!
BIRD (setting a straw hat jauntily upon his little bird head): Yeah, well, I got fifty thousand more tidbits to tell people before 9PM, so…
APRONNI: Is it — JUST you? ALWAYS? There isn’t a little bird corps? You’re THE little bird?
BIRD: I used to have a lizard and a raccoon helping me out too, but it muddled the brand.
[CUT AWAY TO: A new man, Cuthbert, addresses his coworker]
CUTHBERT: ’Morning, Jerbert! A weird raccoon told me your daughter’s about to graduate from kindergarten!
JERBERT: You are never to talk TO or OF my family EVER AGAIN
[BACK TO SCENE]
APRONNI: Sure, I can see that.
APRONNI: But WHY do you go around telling people things? What’s your angle?
BIRD: Right now I’m just building up a dedicated user base. I’ll probably pivot to a freemium model later](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:kihgsldesfdvdp7fi65m3m45/bafkreiei3yxkrq2uif26cp6l2yrnmuagbrb3opj2bxkaogxrlnmxlcalye@jpeg)
November 10, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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
Wondermark #1371; The Avian Informant (Part 2 of 2)
↩ Start from Part 1
November 8, 2025 at 1:24 AM
A little bird told me that there's a comic here for you to read!
Wondermark #1370; The Avian Informant (Part 1 of 2)
Wondermark #1370; The Avian Informant (Part 1 of 2)
![A man in an apron, aptly named Apronni, addresses his coworker:
APRONNI: JULIORA! A little bird told me it was your birthday next Wednesday!
Juliora comes in to reply.
JULIORA: A little bird? Like, a BIRD bird? TALKED to you?
APRONNI: Yeah. Came to my window last night around eight.
Now we see a little pigeon perched on the sill of an open window. Apparently Apronni lives in a barn, or something like a barn? It’s not entirely clear.
BIRD: Pssst. Hey buddy. [Apronni enters.] She’s been looking at ski boots on Zappos. Do what you will with this information.
Back in the office now, flashback over.
JULIORA: Because I’VE seen a little bird too! It let me know when a Zumba class opened up in my area!
ENTREBERT (entering with his hands held a pigeon’s width apart): A little bird? About yea big? Knows a lot about when jeans go on sale? Yeah, I’ve seen ‘I’m!
APRONNI: I guess it must be the same little bird visiting everyone!
Cut back to the bird, still on the windowsill. Part of the flashback from earlier? It’s not entirely clear.
BIRD: I’m very tired](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:kihgsldesfdvdp7fi65m3m45/bafkreibsyythulynv4ub447jbqlnjqofsiykphmyxm7bf66duxcgjxopba@jpeg)
November 6, 2025 at 8:07 PM
A little bird told me that there's a comic here for you to read!
Wondermark #1370; The Avian Informant (Part 1 of 2)
Wondermark #1370; The Avian Informant (Part 1 of 2)
When the old crafts are done by hand, you can still tell the difference.
Wondermark #767; The Old Farmer’s Lament
Wondermark #767; The Old Farmer’s Lament
![A farmer stands in front of a worker who is tending to a fruit tree. The farmer speaks to us, the viewer.
FARMER:
Halloween has gotten too corporate! Big Candy pushes its sugar-laden garbage as the only sensible choice compared to razor-bladed apples!
Another example of big business using its marketing muscle to destroy the small entrepreneur!
Well, guess what, Nestle? We only use genuine U.S. steel in our razor blades!
Each blade is lovingly tied to an emerging springtime blossom so that the apple grows around the blade seamlessly! Some things are still done by hand!
[He takes a bite of the apple, which CRUNCHES.] Ow! Aah!!
[Blood is now running down his chin.] Delicious!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:kihgsldesfdvdp7fi65m3m45/bafkreic3fzudn2jzun6aeozdapaohlcyh34ruxc35gfje45neevl4cdv5i@jpeg)
October 31, 2025 at 8:57 PM
When the old crafts are done by hand, you can still tell the difference.
Wondermark #767; The Old Farmer’s Lament
Wondermark #767; The Old Farmer’s Lament
October 31, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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
Wondermark #1576; In which the Audience participates (Part 3 of 3)
↩ Start from Part 1
October 31, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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
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
Wondermark #1575; In which the Audience participates (Part 2)
↩ Start from Part 1
October 30, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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
Wondermark #1575; In which the Audience participates (Part 2)
↩ Start from Part 1
Good luck to all teams, but mainly mine, and not yours
Wondermark #1574; In which the Audience participates (Part 1)
Wondermark #1574; In which the Audience participates (Part 1)
October 19, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Good luck to all teams, but mainly mine, and not yours
Wondermark #1574; In which the Audience participates (Part 1)
Wondermark #1574; In which the Audience participates (Part 1)
September 6, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Really thought this phrase was going to be the breakout smash so I'm happy to hear you remember it so fondly!
August 18, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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.
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.
August 17, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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.
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.
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.
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.
August 17, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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.
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.
(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.
That summer of 2018, the storyline continued for months, and I put together a complete book collection that December.
August 17, 2025 at 11:47 PM
(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.
That summer of 2018, the storyline continued for months, and I put together a complete book collection that December.
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
August 17, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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 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.
Eventually, so we wouldn't forget these great ideas, I recorded a voice memo.
This week, I found that recording.
August 17, 2025 at 11:42 PM
...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.
Eventually, so we wouldn't forget these great ideas, I recorded a voice memo.
This week, I found that recording.
...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.
I'm excited to watch the commenters discover what's happening! They are a special breed of their own, on GoComics.
August 17, 2025 at 11:35 PM
...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.
I'm excited to watch the commenters discover what's happening! They are a special breed of their own, on GoComics.
I also run Wondermark comics regularly over at GoComics.
I've been working my way through the entire archive, slightly faster than real time, for almost a decade.
Which means...
I've been working my way through the entire archive, slightly faster than real time, for almost a decade.
Which means...
August 17, 2025 at 11:33 PM
I also run Wondermark comics regularly over at GoComics.
I've been working my way through the entire archive, slightly faster than real time, for almost a decade.
Which means...
I've been working my way through the entire archive, slightly faster than real time, for almost a decade.
Which means...
In fact, when I pitch the books to folks, I say, "You can start reading with any volume. There's no continuity, except for exactly one running gag." The theater critic watches Norbert's career rise and fall, as he acts in episode after episode.
August 17, 2025 at 11:30 PM
In fact, when I pitch the books to folks, I say, "You can start reading with any volume. There's no continuity, except for exactly one running gag." The theater critic watches Norbert's career rise and fall, as he acts in episode after episode.
Because, as it turned out, most of those characters were played by the same few elephant actors! This is a recurring joke from my book collections: all the elephant strips are reviewed by a theater critic, evaluating the latest performance of the classically-trained Norbert.
August 17, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Because, as it turned out, most of those characters were played by the same few elephant actors! This is a recurring joke from my book collections: all the elephant strips are reviewed by a theater critic, evaluating the latest performance of the classically-trained Norbert.
What started as a way to explore how multiple punchlines could stem from the same premise became a sprawling, months-long adventure that referenced (whether you knew it or not) every single time I'd ever featured any elephant in Wondermark.
August 17, 2025 at 11:24 PM
What started as a way to explore how multiple punchlines could stem from the same premise became a sprawling, months-long adventure that referenced (whether you knew it or not) every single time I'd ever featured any elephant in Wondermark.
Longtime readers will remember, seven years ago, when I posted several Wondermark strips in a row that all seemed to be variations on the same joke. Starting here.
August 17, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Longtime readers will remember, seven years ago, when I posted several Wondermark strips in a row that all seemed to be variations on the same joke. Starting here.
Get yourself a friend who will NOT let things hurt you EVEN if they do not exist
Wondermark #1572; In which a Joke is disowned
Wondermark #1572; In which a Joke is disowned
August 17, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Get yourself a friend who will NOT let things hurt you EVEN if they do not exist
Wondermark #1572; In which a Joke is disowned
Wondermark #1572; In which a Joke is disowned
Those stickers are paying for your hand soap, kiddo!!
Wondermark #1571; Of Integrity and Youth, Part 2
↩️ Part 1 here
Wondermark #1571; Of Integrity and Youth, Part 2
↩️ Part 1 here
July 24, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Those stickers are paying for your hand soap, kiddo!!
Wondermark #1571; Of Integrity and Youth, Part 2
↩️ Part 1 here
Wondermark #1571; Of Integrity and Youth, Part 2
↩️ Part 1 here
July 13, 2025 at 5:20 PM