#351; In which Innovation is Sudden

Comic Transcripts

JULIO: On the drive over, I was holding my travel-mug in my, uh, in my crotch – you know how bad the cupholder is in that car.
NORA: Sure, might as well be a Slinky made out of butter.

JULIO: Right. Well, I – oh, Nora, it’s awful, almost too awful even to recount.
NORA: What? Did you spill it? Did you burn your Central Intelligence Agency? Should we be expecting some sort of cash payout from Yum! Brands, Inc.?

JULIO: Worse. Much worse. There’s no nice way to say it.
JULIO: Nora, I farted into my coffee.

NORAL So…did…did you try it?
JULIO: Yes! That’s the worst part of all!
JULIO: It was delicious! And there is absolutely no way to market that!

{{header: let it out at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: i guess with enough blinking banner ads nothing is IMPOSSIBLE to market}}

#351; In which Innovation is Sudden 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!