#490; In which Parenthood is fraught

Comic Transcripts

HARRY: HEY! Turn off that TV! What did I say about contemporary children’s media?

HARRY: WHAT did Daddy SAY.
HARRY JR: It’s bad for my brain.
HARRY: That’s RIGHT. If you wanna watch TV, you can watch DVDs of 1980s Sesame Street, before it got all PC.
If you’re good, we’ll play a little SUPER MARIO ALL-STARS on the Super Nintendo.

JENNIFER: Oh, HARRY. Still trying to give your son your own childhood?
HARRY: I sure don’t trust TODAY’S culture not to mess him up!
I don’t want him becoming some texting-crazed exhibitionist Facebook-urchin with a narcissistic sense of entitlement!
I have to feed him SAFE cultural artifacts from MY childhood–the stuff that made ME into the decent person I am today.

JENNIFER: I thought your parents tried to raise you on Howdy Doody and Bosco drink.
HARRY: Ooh yeah and I HATED it!

{{Header: stick with WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{Alt-text: Harry quickly hides his iPhone. ‘Now, the Internet won’t exist until you’re in high school,’ he says, ‘but here’s a JCPenney catalog that came with the Sunday paper.’}}

#490; In which Parenthood is fraught 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!