Comic Transcripts

[[A young woman, staring out the window, is talking to another who is reclining on a chair, reading.]]
Hobbyist: Ooh, wouldn’t it be nice to have some fruit trees?
Hobbyist: Grow whatever we want… eat fresh from the land…
Critic: Fertilizer! Pesticides! I bet it’s so difficult that you wouldn’t save any money at all.

Hobbyist: Lots of people garden as a hobby. Not everything has to make a profit.
Critic: I already have *plenty* of hobbies! I’d rather pay the store for convenience.

Hobbyist: *What* hobbies do you have?
Critic: Going to the store to buy fruit, for one!

Hobbyist: That’s not a *hobby*.
Critic: Just because it’s not *your* hobby doesn’t mean it’s *no one’s*.
Critic: Just because you don’t *consider* it a hobby doesn’t mean there isn’t probably a Tumblr community *dedicated* to it!

[[The critic smiles in a sort of twisted satisfaction.]]
Critic: Made up of people who love *buying store fruit* more than you or I will *ever* love *anything* for the *rest of our lives*
Critic: Making GIF sets of bananas…
Critic: Shipping apples and oranges…
Critic: Getting *so much* satisfaction from their *community* and their *fandom* and their *togetherness*
Hobbyist: *This is what I wanted from gardening*

{{header: plant some WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: I WANTED TO HAVE MEETUPS THAT WERE ALSO FRUIT SALAD POTLUCKS}}

#1059; In which Produce is productive transcribed by in

[[A young woman, staring out the window, is talking to another who is reclining on a chair, reading.]]
Hobbyist: Ooh, wouldn’t it be nice to have some fruit trees?
Hobbyist: Grow whatever we want… eat fresh from the land…
Critic: Fertilizer! Pesticides! I bet it’s so difficult that you wouldn’t save any money at all.

Hobbyist: Lots of people garden as a hobby. Not everything has to make a profit.
Critic: I already have *plenty* of hobbies! I’d rather pay the store for convenience.

Hobbyist: *What* hobbies do you have?
Critic: Going to the store to buy fruit, for one!

Hobbyist: That’s not a *hobby*.
Critic: Just because it’s not *your* hobby doesn’t mean it’s *no one’s*.
Critic: Just because you don’t *consider* it a hobby doesn’t mean there isn’t probably a Tumblr community *dedicated* to it!

[[The critic smiles in a sort of twisted satisfaction.]]
Critic: Made up of people who love *buying store fruit* more than you or I will *ever* love *anything* for the *rest of our lives*
Critic: Making GIF sets of bananas…
Critic: Shipping apples and oranges…
Critic: Getting *so much* satisfaction from their *community* and their *fandom* and their *togetherness*
Hobbyist: *This is what I wanted from gardening*

{{header: plant some WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: I WANTED TO HAVE MEETUPS THAT WERE ALSO FRUIT SALAD POTLUCKS}}

#1059; In which Produce is productive transcribed by in

[[A young woman, staring out the window, is talking to another who is reclining on a chair, reading.]]
Hobbyist: Ooh, wouldn't it be nice to have some fruit trees?
Hobbyist: Grow whatever we want... eat fresh from the land...
Critic: Fertilizer! Pesticides! I bet it's so difficult that you wouldn't save any money at all.

Hobbyist: Lots of people garden as a hobby. Not everything has to make a profit.
Critic: I already have *plenty* of hobbies! I'd rather pay the store for convenience.

Hobbyist: *What* hobbies do you have?
Critic: Going to the store to buy fruit, for one!

Hobbyist: That's not a *hobby*.
Critic: Just because it's not *your* hobby doesn't mean it's *no one's*.
Critic: Just because you don't *consider* it a hobby doesn't mean there isn't probably a Tumblr community *dedicated* to it!

[[The critic smiles in a sort of twisted satisfaction.]]
Critic: Made up of people who love *buying store fruit* more than you or I will *ever* love *anything* for the *rest of our lives*
Critic: Making GIF sets of bananas...
Critic: Shipping apples and oranges...
Critic: Getting *so much* satisfaction from their *community* and their *fandom* and their *togetherness*
Hobbyist: *This is what I wanted from gardening*

{{header: plant some WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: I WANTED TO HAVE MEETUPS THAT WERE ALSO FRUIT SALAD POTLUCKS}}

I WANTED TO HAVE MEETUPS THAT WERE ALSO FRUIT SALAD POTLUCKS

#1059; In which Produce is productive

  — September 5th, 2014

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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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