story arc eventually emerges. The trilogy is written in an archaic, verbose style, and is a parody of Victorian novels. In 2010, the trilogy was re-released in a combined edition entitled The Compleat Dispatches from Wondermark Manor. In 2014, Malki published a "Pocketbook" of short, Edward Gorey-inspired bits of morbid verse called Horrid Little Stories: Sixty Dark and Tiny Tales of Misery and Woe. David Malki According to the Wondermark website, Malki (who styles his name as "David Malki !") lives in Los Angeles doing design work, and previously worked as a movie trailer editor. Other Wondermark venues David Malki has also contributed to Whispered Apologies and created guest episodes for comics including Dinosaur Comics, Scenes from a Multiverse, Reprographics, Goats, Alien Loves Predator, Unshelved, and Sheldon. Wondermark is part of the Playground Ghosts collective whose other members include Reprographics, Acid Keg, Fluff in Brooklyn, Alien Loves Predator, and Pixel. Wondermark was also featured in the Blank Label Comics Hurricane Relief Telethon website and book, and exclusive episodes were created for each episode of the now-defunct Zoinks! The Webcomics Newspaper. Over the years, individual strips have run in college papers, alternative newsweeklies, and been licensed for textbooks, book covers, and art books. From July 2006 to the end of 2008, Wondermark ran in the printed newspaper edition of The Onion, and then from October 2010 to December 2013 it ran online on The A.V. Club. From August 2006 to October 2008, each episode of Wondermark also appeared on the webcomics site Modern Tales. In 2008, 2009, and 2010, Malki created 8-page Wondermark stories (entitled "Ransom!", "The Catch!", and "The Gax of Life") for the anthology series Myspace Dark Horse Presents. Each story also later appeared in a Wondermark book collection. Malki also directed and edited a short film entitled Expendable, which was released as part of the Now Film Festival in January 2008 under the production title "Wondermark Enterprises". The film was produced by Todd Croak-Falen. It went on to play in over 30 film festivals and won two awards: "Best Narrative Short" at the 2008 Tallahassee Film Festival and "Best Comedy Short" at the 2008 Illinois International Film Festival. In 2011, Malki hand-collaged a Wondermark-style wooden box as part of an "Artist Box" promotion for Hendrick's Gin. In 2012 and 2013, Malki led workshops at MaxFunCon called "Victorian Portraiture the Easy Way", in which conference attendees used scissors and