Comic Transcripts

[[A radio program plays over a gramophone-like device.]]
Radio: One other tip for a more frugal wedding? Perhaps SKIP the recent trend of dropping thousands of wedding photo leaflets from an airplane, blanketing the entire city.
Radio: Wedding expert Maggie Jane says, “To save some money, consider dropping ONLY a FEW HUNDRED leaflets, concentrating on the neighborhoods you frequent most. And don’t overlook the cost benefits of printing your leaflets in black and white!”

[[A severe-looking woman and a man with a thick beard and glasses listen to the show.]]
Leaflet Advocate: This is an INSULT. A real slap in the face to the whole wedding-leaflet industry! Hundreds of leaflet droppers will be hurt by this shallow, attention-grabbing advice!
Pilot: EXACTLY! I always say, drop as many leaflets as is in your budget. You don’t have to go nuts. A thousand is fine!

Leaflet Advocate: RIGHT? It’s the couple’s special day. Who’s to say how many leaflets they should or shouldn’t drop?
Leaflet Advocate: Some chick on the RADIO?
Pilot: I have a commercial pilot’s license, a sheet-fed offset printing press, and a basket with a hook on it. I have been doing leaflet dropping for over THIRTEEN MONTHS.

Pilot: I am a PROFESSIONAL. Let me do my job!!
Leaflet Advocate: EXACTLY!
Pilot: EXACTLY!!

[[A banner at the top of the panel reads: “LATER”. Two men are strolling along, one with a bowler hat, the other with a top hat. Hundreds of leaflets are falling from the sky, blanketing the air and ground.]]
Tophat: I hate wedding season

{{header: the modern WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: Please be patient, everyone… it will take us a few minutes to recite our vows because we can only read as fast as the skywriting plane can write}}

#1051; In which a Tradition is threatened transcribed by in

[[A radio program plays over a gramophone-like device.]]
Radio: One other tip for a more frugal wedding? Perhaps SKIP the recent trend of dropping thousands of wedding photo leaflets from an airplane, blanketing the entire city.
Radio: Wedding expert Maggie Jane says, “To save some money, consider dropping ONLY a FEW HUNDRED leaflets, concentrating on the neighborhoods you frequent most. And don’t overlook the cost benefits of printing your leaflets in black and white!”

[[A severe-looking woman and a man with a thick beard and glasses listen to the show.]]
Leaflet Advocate: This is an INSULT. A real slap in the face to the whole wedding-leaflet industry! Hundreds of leaflet droppers will be hurt by this shallow, attention-grabbing advice!
Pilot: EXACTLY! I always say, drop as many leaflets as is in your budget. You don’t have to go nuts. A thousand is fine!

Leaflet Advocate: RIGHT? It’s the couple’s special day. Who’s to say how many leaflets they should or shouldn’t drop?
Leaflet Advocate: Some chick on the RADIO?
Pilot: I have a commercial pilot’s license, a sheet-fed offset printing press, and a basket with a hook on it. I have been doing leaflet dropping for over THIRTEEN MONTHS.

Pilot: I am a PROFESSIONAL. Let me do my job!!
Leaflet Advocate: EXACTLY!
Pilot: EXACTLY!!

[[A banner at the top of the panel reads: “LATER”. Two men are strolling along, one with a bowler hat, the other with a top hat. Hundreds of leaflets are falling from the sky, blanketing the air and ground.]]
Tophat: I hate wedding season

{{header: the modern WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: Please be patient, everyone… it will take us a few minutes to recite our vows because we can only read as fast as the skywriting plane can write}}

#1051; In which a Tradition is threatened transcribed by in

[[A radio program plays over a gramophone-like device.]]
Radio: One other tip for a more frugal wedding? Perhaps SKIP the recent trend of dropping thousands of wedding photo leaflets from an airplane, blanketing the entire city.
Radio: Wedding expert Maggie Jane says, "To save some money, consider dropping ONLY a FEW HUNDRED leaflets, concentrating on the neighborhoods you frequent most. And don't overlook the cost benefits of printing your leaflets in black and white!"

[[A severe-looking woman and a man with a thick beard and glasses listen to the show.]]
Leaflet Advocate: This is an INSULT. A real slap in the face to the whole wedding-leaflet industry! Hundreds of leaflet droppers will be hurt by this shallow, attention-grabbing advice!
Pilot: EXACTLY! I always say, drop as many leaflets as is in your budget. You don't have to go nuts. A thousand is fine!

Leaflet Advocate: RIGHT? It's the couple's special day. Who's to say how many leaflets they should or shouldn't drop?
Leaflet Advocate: Some chick on the RADIO?
Pilot: I have a commercial pilot's license, a sheet-fed offset printing press, and a basket with a hook on it. I have been doing leaflet dropping for over THIRTEEN MONTHS.

Pilot: I am a PROFESSIONAL. Let me do my job!!
Leaflet Advocate: EXACTLY!
Pilot: EXACTLY!!

[[A banner at the top of the panel reads: "LATER". Two men are strolling along, one with a bowler hat, the other with a top hat. Hundreds of leaflets are falling from the sky, blanketing the air and ground.]]
Tophat: I hate wedding season

{{header: the modern WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: Please be patient, everyone... it will take us a few minutes to recite our vows because we can only read as fast as the skywriting plane can write}}

Please be patient, everyone...it will take us a few minutes to recite our vows because we can only read as fast as the skywriting plane can write

#1051; In which a Tradition is threatened

  — August 5th, 2014

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More comics about weddings:
#665; Seconds before the Elopement
#667; The Delight is in finding Reasons
#270; In which Giddiness is annoying
#412; In which Everyone Else just sits quietly
#759; And the Guests Never Notice

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Bolted! Fulfillment Update

May 25, 2026 by David Malki !
Photo courtesy of backer Nicola!

The vast majority of Bolted! game shipments are already shipped, but I understand if you don’t have yours yet, who cares. Here’s a progress report:

Total orders | 1052
Surveys completed | 992
Fully shipped | 946

Incomplete surveys

Obviously, if I don’t have your shipping address, I can’t ship your game! Let me know if you are missing a survey link. As new responses come in, they are rapidly added to the shipping queue.

Orders containing certain add-ons

Some of the add-ons proved more popular than expected — which is lovely! But it meant I had to reprint some stickers, make all the individual comic prints, request a shipment of books from offsite storage, etc, etc. So, any orders which contain an out-of-stock item are still waiting to ship.

All that missing stuff, though, is en route to me at this very second! So those orders will be going out pretty dang soon!

Custom items

I’ve already been in touch directly with the backers who ordered custom collages! Those will be created (and sent to you) after all the other shipments are complete. I’m excited for those, they’ll be fun! My pleasant dessert after the hearty meal of all the other orders.

Anything wrong?

I’m very grateful to the few folks who’ve contacted me to report some kind of issue with their shipment! Thankfully, problems are rare, but when they do occur, I would like to solve them. Please don’t hesitate to send me an email (replying to your shipping confirmation works great) if there’s anything about your order I can correct.

Reviews & photos

On BoardGameGeek are highly appreciated!

Unless you hate the game! You are entitled to that opinion, but please send that review directly to me instead of telling anyone else, so I can eat it and bury it in the yard and watch it grow into a twisted, gnarled tree. Or whatever!


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