Comic Transcripts

[[A crudely drawn cartoon is displayed, about a cartoonist and his friend. The cartoonist’s thoughts are displayed in a thought bubble.]]
Friend: My wife wants to leave me! She’s my everything! I don’t know what to do!!
Cartoonist: Yowza! No wonder she does, with that attitude! I’m gonna be late for my tee time!

[[Back in real life, the friend in question expresses their displeasure.]]
Friend: Dude. NOT cool. That was a PRIVATE interaction between us. I can’t BELIEVE you’d use it in your comic!
Friend: Is THAT how you REALLY FELT? Couldn’t wait for our conversation to be OVER? I’m INSULTED!
Cartoonist: NO! Not at ALL! Sometimes real-life situations suggest BIZARRE ALTERNATE REALITIES in my mind… I write about THOSE!

[[Back in the cartoon.]]
Friend: Hey! Did you write about me in your comic? That’s rude! I’m embarrassed!!
Cartoonist: Yeah! I follow you around waiting for you to do something dumb! I’m never disappointed!

[[Real life.]]
Friend: SERIOUSLY?
Cartoonist: Not everything is ABOUT YOU, man! I found a funny comedic thread and followed it to its absurd conclusion! CHILL OUT!

[[Cartoon.]]
Friend: Hey, I’m funny! Write a comic about me!
Cartoonist: What if… I have been all along??

[[Real life.]]
Cartoonist: I’m not sure if you possess the requisite level of sophistication to fully understand my unimpeachable and fully original creative process

{{header: tell everything to WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: this comic ISN’T about YOU, OR that discussion we had last thursday, MAUREEN}}

#1131; Art from the Aether transcribed by in

[[A crudely drawn cartoon is displayed, about a cartoonist and his friend. The cartoonist’s thoughts are displayed in a thought bubble.]]
Friend: My wife wants to leave me! She’s my everything! I don’t know what to do!!
Cartoonist: Yowza! No wonder she does, with that attitude! I’m gonna be late for my tee time!

[[Back in real life, the friend in question expresses their displeasure.]]
Friend: Dude. NOT cool. That was a PRIVATE interaction between us. I can’t BELIEVE you’d use it in your comic!
Friend: Is THAT how you REALLY FELT? Couldn’t wait for our conversation to be OVER? I’m INSULTED!
Cartoonist: NO! Not at ALL! Sometimes real-life situations suggest BIZARRE ALTERNATE REALITIES in my mind… I write about THOSE!

[[Back in the cartoon.]]
Friend: Hey! Did you write about me in your comic? That’s rude! I’m embarrassed!!
Cartoonist: Yeah! I follow you around waiting for you to do something dumb! I’m never disappointed!

[[Real life.]]
Friend: SERIOUSLY?
Cartoonist: Not everything is ABOUT YOU, man! I found a funny comedic thread and followed it to its absurd conclusion! CHILL OUT!

[[Cartoon.]]
Friend: Hey, I’m funny! Write a comic about me!
Cartoonist: What if… I have been all along??

[[Real life.]]
Cartoonist: I’m not sure if you possess the requisite level of sophistication to fully understand my unimpeachable and fully original creative process

{{header: tell everything to WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: this comic ISN’T about YOU, OR that discussion we had last thursday, MAUREEN}}

#1131; Art from the Aether transcribed by in

[[A crudely drawn cartoon is displayed, about a cartoonist and his friend. The cartoonist's thoughts are displayed in a thought bubble.]]
Friend: My wife wants to leave me! She's my everything! I don't know what to do!!
Cartoonist: Yowza! No wonder she does, with that attitude! I'm gonna be late for my tee time!

[[Back in real life, the friend in question expresses their displeasure.]]
Friend: Dude. NOT cool. That was a PRIVATE interaction between us. I can't BELIEVE you'd use it in your comic!
Friend: Is THAT how you REALLY FELT? Couldn't wait for our conversation to be OVER? I'm INSULTED!
Cartoonist: NO! Not at ALL! Sometimes real-life situations suggest BIZARRE ALTERNATE REALITIES in my mind... I write about THOSE!

[[Back in the cartoon.]]
Friend: Hey! Did you write about me in your comic? That's rude! I'm embarrassed!!
Cartoonist: Yeah! I follow you around waiting for you to do something dumb! I'm never disappointed!

[[Real life.]]
Friend: SERIOUSLY?
Cartoonist: Not everything is ABOUT YOU, man! I found a funny comedic thread and followed it to its absurd conclusion! CHILL OUT!

[[Cartoon.]]
Friend: Hey, I'm funny! Write a comic about me!
Cartoonist: What if... I have been all along??

[[Real life.]]
Cartoonist: I'm not sure if you possess the requisite level of sophistication to fully understand my unimpeachable and fully original creative process

{{header: tell everything to WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: this comic ISN'T about YOU, OR that discussion we had last thursday, MAUREEN}}

this comic ISN'T about YOU, OR that discussion we had last thursday, MAUREEN

Bolted! Fulfillment Update

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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