Comic Transcripts

[[A dandy addresses ladies in an art gallery, his gloved finger raised. He says:]]
My new instillation is a commentary on our experienced life.
I have erected cultural artifacts — billboards, bus ads, street signs, and so on — all over town.

[[As before, slightly zoomed in to focus on the speaker.]]
To ADD to the illusion, I have placed them exactly where you would EXPECT to find these types of things.
When you see them, you think “Is that REAL? It looks so REAL!”
The differences between the LEGITIMATE object and my HYPER-DETAILED SATIRE of that particular object is SO SLIM as to be COMPLETELY IMPERCEPTIBLE.

[[Again, a slight zoom.]]
Every seemingly innocuous object now demands your closer scrutiny.
[A lady speaks]]
So
Your installation is every single thing in the world, completely unmodified in any way.

[[A close up of the dandy and the lady, the dandy speaks first]]
It is my largest piece to date.
[[the lady]]
You forgot the assignment was due today, didn’t you?

{{header: think hard about WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: of course the word ‘legitimate’ in panel 2 is pronounced with a massive sneer}}

#789; In which the World is a Masterpiece transcribed by in

[[A dandy addresses ladies in an art gallery, his gloved finger raised. He says:]]
My new instillation is a commentary on our experienced life.
I have erected cultural artifacts — billboards, bus ads, street signs, and so on — all over town.

[[As before, slightly zoomed in to focus on the speaker.]]
To ADD to the illusion, I have placed them exactly where you would EXPECT to find these types of things.
When you see them, you think “Is that REAL? It looks so REAL!”
The differences between the LEGITIMATE object and my HYPER-DETAILED SATIRE of that particular object is SO SLIM as to be COMPLETELY IMPERCEPTIBLE.

[[Again, a slight zoom.]]
Every seemingly innocuous object now demands your closer scrutiny.
[A lady speaks]]
So
Your installation is every single thing in the world, completely unmodified in any way.

[[A close up of the dandy and the lady, the dandy speaks first]]
It is my largest piece to date.
[[the lady]]
You forgot the assignment was due today, didn’t you?

{{header: think hard about WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: of course the word ‘legitimate’ in panel 2 is pronounced with a massive sneer}}

#789; In which the World is a Masterpiece transcribed by in

[[A dandy addresses ladies in an art gallery, his gloved finger raised. He says:]]
My new instillation is a commentary on our experienced life.
I have erected cultural artifacts -- billboards, bus ads, street signs, and so on -- all over town.

[[As before, slightly zoomed in to focus on the speaker.]]
To ADD to the illusion, I have placed them exactly where you would EXPECT to find these types of things.
When you see them, you think "Is that REAL? It looks so REAL!"
The differences between the LEGITIMATE object and my HYPER-DETAILED SATIRE of that particular object is SO SLIM as to be COMPLETELY IMPERCEPTIBLE.

[[Again, a slight zoom.]]
Every seemingly innocuous object now demands your closer scrutiny.
[A lady speaks]]
So
Your installation is every single thing in the world, completely unmodified in any way.

[[A close up of the dandy and the lady, the dandy speaks first]]
It is my largest piece to date.
[[the lady]]
You forgot the assignment was due today, didn't you?

{{header: think hard about WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: of course the word 'legitimate' in panel 2 is pronounced with a massive sneer}}

of course the word 'legitimate' in panel 2 is pronounced with a massive sneer

#789; In which the World is a Masterpiece

  — January 17th, 2012

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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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