Comic Transcripts

[[A thin man in black suit is speaking. In the next panel, it is revealed he is speaking to a wide man in a grid suit. They are in front of a cemetary]]
Black suit; Imagine a PERFECT manifestation of the American Dream. Everybody’s work rewards them abundantly. Any person willing to put in an HONEST DAY’S LABOR is paid well enough to live in comfort and provide for their family. Nobody need work TRIPLE SHIFTS simply to have enough to SCRAPE BY, or live in fear of being BANKRUPTED by a FREAK INJURY or ILLNESS.

Black suit; Is this a worthwhile goal? Would you consider it a good idea to work toward making this a reality?
Plaid suit; Not if ONE SINGLE PENNY of my personal earnings is CONFISCATED to help FREELOADERS. I’d rather STRUGGLE and DIE a MARTYR than contribute any benefit to ANY person that /I/ don’t feel they DESERVE.

Plaid Suit; I put in my hours DAY IN and DAY OUT. I EARN my money by the SWEAT of my brow, and the money I make is DESERVEDLY MINE. The only government /I/ want to support is one that recognizes the VALUE of my labor!
Black Suit; And what do you do?
Plaid Suit; I am the inventor of ‘Truck Nutz’

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#851; Making Good on the Dream transcribed by in

[[A thin man in black suit is speaking. In the next panel, it is revealed he is speaking to a wide man in a grid suit. They are in front of a cemetary]]
Black suit; Imagine a PERFECT manifestation of the American Dream. Everybody’s work rewards them abundantly. Any person willing to put in an HONEST DAY’S LABOR is paid well enough to live in comfort and provide for their family. Nobody need work TRIPLE SHIFTS simply to have enough to SCRAPE BY, or live in fear of being BANKRUPTED by a FREAK INJURY or ILLNESS.

Black suit; Is this a worthwhile goal? Would you consider it a good idea to work toward making this a reality?
Plaid suit; Not if ONE SINGLE PENNY of my personal earnings is CONFISCATED to help FREELOADERS. I’d rather STRUGGLE and DIE a MARTYR than contribute any benefit to ANY person that /I/ don’t feel they DESERVE.

Plaid Suit; I put in my hours DAY IN and DAY OUT. I EARN my money by the SWEAT of my brow, and the money I make is DESERVEDLY MINE. The only government /I/ want to support is one that recognizes the VALUE of my labor!
Black Suit; And what do you do?
Plaid Suit; I am the inventor of ‘Truck Nutz’

{{header: your fair share of Wondermark.com}}
{{alt-text: “they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit if Novelty prosthetic vehicle Genitals”}}

#851; Making Good on the Dream transcribed by in

[[A thin man in black suit is speaking. In the next panel, it is revealed he is speaking to a wide man in a grid suit. They are in front of a cemetary]]
Black suit; Imagine a PERFECT manifestation of the American Dream. Everybody's work rewards them abundantly. Any person willing to put in an HONEST DAY'S LABOR is paid well enough to live in comfort and provide for their family. Nobody need work TRIPLE SHIFTS simply to have enough to SCRAPE BY, or live in fear of being BANKRUPTED by a FREAK INJURY or ILLNESS.

Black suit; Is this a worthwhile goal? Would you consider it a good idea to work toward making this a reality?
Plaid suit; Not if ONE SINGLE PENNY of my personal earnings is CONFISCATED to help FREELOADERS. I'd rather STRUGGLE and DIE a MARTYR than contribute any benefit to ANY person that /I/ don't feel they DESERVE.

Plaid Suit; I put in my hours DAY IN and DAY OUT. I EARN my money by the SWEAT of my brow, and the money I make is DESERVEDLY MINE. The only government /I/ want to support is one that recognizes the VALUE of my labor!
Black Suit; And what do you do?
Plaid Suit; I am the inventor of 'Truck Nutz'

{{header: your fair share of Wondermark.com}}
{{alt-text: "they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit if Novelty prosthetic vehicle Genitals"}}

''they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Novelty prosthetic vehicle Genitals''

#851; Making Good on the Dream

  — July 6th, 2012

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Bolted! Fulfillment Update

May 25, 2026 by David Malki !
Photo courtesy of backer Nicola!

The vast majority of Bolted! game shipments are already shipped, but I understand if you don’t have yours yet, who cares. Here’s a progress report:

Total orders | 1052
Surveys completed | 992
Fully shipped | 946

Incomplete surveys

Obviously, if I don’t have your shipping address, I can’t ship your game! Let me know if you are missing a survey link. As new responses come in, they are rapidly added to the shipping queue.

Orders containing certain add-ons

Some of the add-ons proved more popular than expected — which is lovely! But it meant I had to reprint some stickers, make all the individual comic prints, request a shipment of books from offsite storage, etc, etc. So, any orders which contain an out-of-stock item are still waiting to ship.

All that missing stuff, though, is en route to me at this very second! So those orders will be going out pretty dang soon!

Custom items

I’ve already been in touch directly with the backers who ordered custom collages! Those will be created (and sent to you) after all the other shipments are complete. I’m excited for those, they’ll be fun! My pleasant dessert after the hearty meal of all the other orders.

Anything wrong?

I’m very grateful to the few folks who’ve contacted me to report some kind of issue with their shipment! Thankfully, problems are rare, but when they do occur, I would like to solve them. Please don’t hesitate to send me an email (replying to your shipping confirmation works great) if there’s anything about your order I can correct.

Reviews & photos

On BoardGameGeek are highly appreciated!

Unless you hate the game! You are entitled to that opinion, but please send that review directly to me instead of telling anyone else, so I can eat it and bury it in the yard and watch it grow into a twisted, gnarled tree. Or whatever!


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