Comic Transcripts

BETH: Man, I didn’t get any coal in my stocking! Dad promised that if I wasn’t good, I’d get coal. And I think we can all agree that I have been ANYTHING but good this year.

MIRKA: You don’t ever really get coal. It’s just something they say to scare you into being good.
BETH: But what if someone really wanted coal? For – for some reason?
MIRKA: Honestly, Beth, just when I didn’t think you could get any weirder.

BETH: Well, Steamovak, I think we gotta figure out a new plan.

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#260; In which a Plan ends poorly transcribed by in

BETH: Man, I didn’t get any coal in my stocking! Dad promised that if I wasn’t good, I’d get coal. And I think we can all agree that I have been ANYTHING but good this year.

MIRKA: You don’t ever really get coal. It’s just something they say to scare you into being good.
BETH: But what if someone really wanted coal? For – for some reason?
MIRKA: Honestly, Beth, just when I didn’t think you could get any weirder.

BETH: Well, Steamovak, I think we gotta figure out a new plan.

{{header: keep the flame alive at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: through the quiet crackle of cooling embers she thought she almost heard him weeping. but it was probably just a faint hiss of steam, or else the wind, or else the sorrowful ghosts of her long year full of many purposeful misdeeds}}

#260; In which a Plan ends poorly transcribed by in

BETH: Man, I didn't get any coal in my stocking! Dad promised that if I wasn't good, I'd get coal. And I think we can all agree that I have been ANYTHING but good this year.

MIRKA: You don't ever really get coal. It's just something they say to scare you into being good.
BETH: But what if someone really wanted coal? For - for some reason?
MIRKA: Honestly, Beth, just when I didn't think you could get any weirder.

BETH: Well, Steamovak, I think we gotta figure out a new plan.

{{header: keep the flame alive at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: through the quiet crackle of cooling embers she thought she almost heard him weeping. but it was probably just a faint hiss of steam, or else the wind, or else the sorrowful ghosts of her long year full of many purposeful misdeeds}}

through the quiet crackle of cooling embers she thought she almost heard him weeping. but it was probably just a faint hiss of steam, or else the wind, or else the sorrowful ghosts of her long year full of many purposeful misdeeds

#260; In which a Plan ends poorly

  — December 26th, 2006

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New ways to get Bolted!

July 24, 2026 by David Malki !

In addition to buying things directly from me, the normal way, my game Bolted! is also now available on Amazon dot com.

On that famous website, you can also get the Creature-Crafting Magnets Set, which is made of the same artwork from the game, but is just a weird little trinket (not a playable game).

My kiddo made the elaborate version below to show off just how many magnets you get in the set (it’s 150 pieces in all — this isn’t even all of them).

Also now on Amazon is my set of Multi-Purpose Greeting Cards — a full dozen cards with envelopes in a fancy, unbranded, foil-stamped box!

Event alert!

I’ll also be showing off Bolted! at Greenwood Games, an event in Seattle this Saturday:

Greenwood Games is a free, all-ages community game event that invites players to spend the afternoon walking Greenwood Avenue from 65th to 80th, collecting clues, cracking puzzles, and discovering games made right here in Washington.

Think of it as Pride Hop, ArtWalk, and the Gumshoe all rolled into one,  except the whole thing is built around games and puzzles.​

Local game designers will be set up at different places along Greenwood Avenue in Phinney Ridge (near Ballard). My specific spot will be the “Holy Mountain Phinney Ridge Taproom”. All the information about all the different games & venues is on the website!

(If you’re in Seattle generally but not free tomorrow, Bolted! is also stocked at Blue Highway Games in Queen Anne.)

Next week, I’ll be at Gen Con! I personally will be hanging with my buddy Sam Logan at BFE Webcomics, booth #1217… but I have it on good authority that copies of Bolted! will be available at the CRWN Studios booth, #2549.

Visit one booth! Then the other! The order…is up to you.


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