#682; Monkey Box and its ilk

Comic Transcripts

[[A man is reading a newspaper, and a woman is standing infront of him for no obvious reason.]]
Man: Listen to this. “The murder then fled to a hotel in Monkey Box, Florida.” MONKEY BOX FLORIDA. The NAME of the TOWN is MONKEY BOX.
Woman: You know what, though? Probably doesn’t mean anything to them. If you’ve been saying “Monkey Box” all your life, it doesn’t mean a BOX of MONKEYS. It’s just SYLLABLES.

Woman: I mean, you grew up in Riverside. Was there a RIVER in Riverside?
Man: I think there USED to be. Back before the SCARE.
Woman: Or like GREENLAND, or ST. LOUIS, or PARIS. No one thinks about what the WORDS mean anymore.

Man: What DOES Paris mean?
Woman: “More than one Pari.”
Man What is a PARI?
Woman: It’s like a BLOCK in fencing.
Man: So PARIS is named after a FENCING term?
Woman: MORE THAN ONE fencing terms.

Man: You know, this conversation was going pretty okay until you got out of your depth but didn’t stop talking.
Woman: TOUCH?. South of Paris. SUBURB.

{{header: let’s call it WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: That sound you just heard was the four diehard fencers who read Wondermark just GASPING IN DELIGHT}}

#682; Monkey Box and its ilk transcribed by in

Man: What DOES Paris mean?
Woman: “More than one Pari.”
Man What is a PARI?
Woman: It’s like a BLOCK in fencing.
Man: So PARIS is named after a FENCING term?
Woman: MORE THAN ONE fencing terms.

Man: You know, this conversation was going pretty okay until you got out of your depth but didn’t stop talking.
Woman: TOUCH?. South of Paris. SUBURB.

{{header: let’s call it WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: That sound you just heard was the four diehard fencers who read Wondermark just GASPING IN DELIGHT}}

#682; Monkey Box and its ilk 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!