Comic Transcripts

WALTER: Huh, look at that guy. Looks kind of like an older version of you.
JIM-BOB: Whenever I see people like that, I always wonder who they are.

JIM-BOB: Are we related? Maybe they’re some COUSIN I’ve never met?
Maybe that’s my REAL DAD, you know? Maybe the jerk married to my Mom STOLE me as a baby.
Maybe that guy is the KING of some far-off country, come to CLAIM me and make me a PRINCE.
WALTER: I take a DIFFERENT view. I always imagine those people to be ME FROM THE FUTURE, sent back to WATCH OVER me in the PAST.

WALTER: They never SAY anything, ’cause they don’t want me to KNOW. It might jeopardize their very EXISTENCE in the future!
But I will RECALL this moment, when I am THEM, and know I won’t HAVE to say a single word.
Seeing folks who might be Future-Me is REASSURING. It lets me believe that behind the scenes, things are quietly being arranged for my life to progress successfully.
And no matter how dark things seem, I’ll be FINE–because someday I’ll make it to the point at which I’ll go back in time.

JIM-BOB: See, I like YOUR thing better.
WALTER: REALLY? All things considered, YOURS is more likely to be real.

JIM-BOB: Of course NEITHER is REAL. But in YOURS, the fact that the stranger walks away without so much as a glance is PART of it.
If he SAID anything, he’d WRECK it.
In MINE, when the stranger walks away, that ENDS it. It’s NOT REAL.
It’s OVER.

JIM-BOB: As far as YOU know, you’re visited by your future self EVERY DAY.
But no KING has ever come to save ME.

[[A biplane flies low over a lake.]]

[[In a spectacular hall, the bearded man in the background during WALTER and JIM-BOB’s conversation meets with the QUEEN.]]
QUEEN: Did you LOCATE the LONG-LOST PRINCE?
BEARDSLEY {{Why not?}}: Yeah, but he was sort of a whiny emo bitch, so I said FORGET it.

{{Header: looks just like WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{Alt-text: you never know who’s listening!}}

#487; In which One has to Wonder transcribed by in

WALTER: Huh, look at that guy. Looks kind of like an older version of you.
JIM-BOB: Whenever I see people like that, I always wonder who they are.

JIM-BOB: Are we related? Maybe they’re some COUSIN I’ve never met?
Maybe that’s my REAL DAD, you know? Maybe the jerk married to my Mom STOLE me as a baby.
Maybe that guy is the KING of some far-off country, come to CLAIM me and make me a PRINCE.
WALTER: I take a DIFFERENT view. I always imagine those people to be ME FROM THE FUTURE, sent back to WATCH OVER me in the PAST.

WALTER: They never SAY anything, ’cause they don’t want me to KNOW. It might jeopardize their very EXISTENCE in the future!
But I will RECALL this moment, when I am THEM, and know I won’t HAVE to say a single word.
Seeing folks who might be Future-Me is REASSURING. It lets me believe that behind the scenes, things are quietly being arranged for my life to progress successfully.
And no matter how dark things seem, I’ll be FINE–because someday I’ll make it to the point at which I’ll go back in time.

JIM-BOB: See, I like YOUR thing better.
WALTER: REALLY? All things considered, YOURS is more likely to be real.

JIM-BOB: Of course NEITHER is REAL. But in YOURS, the fact that the stranger walks away without so much as a glance is PART of it.
If he SAID anything, he’d WRECK it.
In MINE, when the stranger walks away, that ENDS it. It’s NOT REAL.
It’s OVER.

JIM-BOB: As far as YOU know, you’re visited by your future self EVERY DAY.
But no KING has ever come to save ME.

[[A biplane flies low over a lake.]]

[[In a spectacular hall, the bearded man in the background during WALTER and JIM-BOB’s conversation meets with the QUEEN.]]
QUEEN: Did you LOCATE the LONG-LOST PRINCE?
BEARDSLEY {{Why not?}}: Yeah, but he was sort of a whiny emo bitch, so I said FORGET it.

{{Header: looks just like WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{Alt-text: you never know who’s listening!}}

#487; In which One has to Wonder transcribed by in

WALTER: Huh, look at that guy. Looks kind of like an older version of you.
JIM-BOB: Whenever I see people like that, I always wonder who they are.

JIM-BOB: Are we related? Maybe they're some COUSIN I've never met?
Maybe that's my REAL DAD, you know? Maybe the jerk married to my Mom STOLE me as a baby.
Maybe that guy is the KING of some far-off country, come to CLAIM me and make me a PRINCE.
WALTER: I take a DIFFERENT view. I always imagine those people to be ME FROM THE FUTURE, sent back to WATCH OVER me in the PAST.

WALTER: They never SAY anything, 'cause they don't want me to KNOW. It might jeopardize their very EXISTENCE in the future!
But I will RECALL this moment, when I am THEM, and know I won't HAVE to say a single word.
Seeing folks who might be Future-Me is REASSURING. It lets me believe that behind the scenes, things are quietly being arranged for my life to progress successfully.
And no matter how dark things seem, I'll be FINE--because someday I'll make it to the point at which I'll go back in time.

JIM-BOB: See, I like YOUR thing better.
WALTER: REALLY? All things considered, YOURS is more likely to be real.

JIM-BOB: Of course NEITHER is REAL. But in YOURS, the fact that the stranger walks away without so much as a glance is PART of it.
If he SAID anything, he'd WRECK it.
In MINE, when the stranger walks away, that ENDS it. It's NOT REAL.
It's OVER.

JIM-BOB: As far as YOU know, you're visited by your future self EVERY DAY.
But no KING has ever come to save ME.

[[A biplane flies low over a lake.]]

[[In a spectacular hall, the bearded man in the background during WALTER and JIM-BOB's conversation meets with the QUEEN.]]
QUEEN: Did you LOCATE the LONG-LOST PRINCE?
BEARDSLEY {{Why not?}}: Yeah, but he was sort of a whiny emo bitch, so I said FORGET it.

{{Header: looks just like WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{Alt-text: you never know who's listening!}}

you never know who's listening!

#487; In which One has to Wonder

  — February 6th, 2009

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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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