#476; In which Suffering was a Waste

Comic Transcripts

SOL: I’ve finally DONE it, Morty! I’ve PAID OFF the mortgage.
Taken TEN LONG YEARS of scrimpin’ and savin’, but I finally OWN the old hovel free and clear.
MORTY: Same here! It’s a great feeling, innit?

SOL: IMPOSSIBLE! You’ve been delinquent for MONTHS!
MORTY: ABSOLUTELY. But come Christmas morning, WHAT do we see but EBENEZER SCROOGE himself DANCING down the avenue, handing out CANDY and NECK-RUBS! We can’t even get the “lo” out of “Hello” before he’s TORN UP our debt RIGHT there in the STREET!

MORTY: Food poisoning. TOTALLY insane.
By noon his ENTIRE debtor roster is CASUALLY milling around his house, hoping to “accidentally” encounter him before he has an ANEURYSM.
BARNES got a free CAR.
Larry got SCROOGE’S OWN HOUSE! Just HANDED him the deed!

SOL: I…I sold my own FILLINGS to have that mortgage paid off by Christmas.
MORTY: Then you should TOTALLY come over. Scrooge gave us WAY too much figgy pudding.

{{Header: it all pays off at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{Alt-text: All that factory work has been real character-building for little Billy, you know?}}

#476; In which Suffering was a Waste transcribed by in

SOL: I…I sold my own FILLINGS to have that mortgage paid off by Christmas.
MORTY: Then you should TOTALLY come over. Scrooge gave us WAY too much figgy pudding.

{{Header: it all pays off at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{Alt-text: All that factory work has been real character-building for little Billy, you know?}}

#476; In which Suffering was a Waste 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!