#1074; Le Roman à Crybaby

Comic Transcripts

[[A man with a thick mustache and beard on his cheeks is sitting under a tree with a book and pencil.]]
Author: I’m going to write a story about a character who feels the way I feel!
Author: Middle class, educated, with seemingly every advantage, but who still feels aimless and dissatisfied…

Author: Someone with MY lived experience will be able to shine a penetrating dramatic light on the problems that arise when you don’t really have other problems.
Author: That turmoil is real! And as deeply felt as any other!

Author: Why are heroes SUPPOSED to always be “mature” and “capable”? A cartoon fiction! MY world is full of whiners and petty idiots! I’M going to pull back the curtain to show how THIS half lives!!

[[The author is presenting his book to a young woman for review.]]
Woman: I know I’m only on chapter two, but WO are all these characters self-absorbed twits
Author: well uh yes they are of course intended to be uh unsympathetic

{{header: tell me about WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: these poor people, shoehorned by society into leading lives where they are unable to be anything but annoying}}

#1074; Le Roman à Crybaby transcribed by in

{{header: tell me about WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: these poor people, shoehorned by society into leading lives where they are unable to be anything but annoying}}

#1074; Le Roman à Crybaby transcribed by in

Bolted! games have been shipping to backers over the last couple of weeks! The non-US orders are (mostly) done and some folks have been reporting receiving them already!

@davidmalki.com My game arrived today!! It looks gorgeous 🙂 Hope you are well 🙂

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— Lar deSouza (@lartist.bsky.social) April 2, 2026 at 2:52 PM

My US inventory of games is now in-country, but still being staged at the fulfillment centers. It’s being distributed to regional warehouses, so the actual shipping to backers happens more efficiently. I hope the bulk of US shipping will start next week.

These are what the cartons (and games) look like!

bolted! games BOLTED! GAMES (pounding the table) B O L T E D ! G A M E S

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— david malki ! (@davidmalki.com) April 3, 2026 at 10:37 AM

I am also waiting on the bonus cards to be finished printing! I ended up needing many more of those than I had anticipated, so I decided to have the game factory print those too, for perfect matching with the base game cards.

Most people will be receiving two separate mailings: the game itself, and “anything else” (bonus cards and/or add-ons) which will be sent by me personally.

As of today, 86% of backers have completed their surveys so far! That’s pretty good, but it’s not everyone. I know YOU PERSONALLY have already completed YOURS though, so no worries!!

We have now moved OFF of Kickstarter and ONTO BackerKit for any new orders. You can bundle a game with basically anything else I sell on that there website, it’s pretty nuts!