Comic Transcripts

[[NENJAMIN approaches a woman pushing a baby in a pram.  He holds out a business-card sized piece of cardstock.]]

NENJAMIN: Nice baby!  Take a card?

[[He approaches a man piggybacking a toddler.]]

NENJAMIN: Nice kiddo.  Take a card

[[He approaches a second woman with a stroller.]]

NENJAMIN: Cute baby!  Take a card?

PARENT #3: WHY and NO

[[One after the other, Nenjamin approaches another three parents attending to their young children.]]

NENJAMIN: Nice baby, ma’am.  Have a card
NENJAMIN: Card? Related to your BABY
NENJAMIN: Baby! CARD?

PARENT #6: What’s all this?

[[We see a close-up of the card.]]

CARD:  HI, FELLOW PARENT!  This is our own kid, Beter

[[An arrow points to a picture of a young boy.]]

CARD: We don’t know how to meet other parents.  YOU SEEM LIKE YOU MIGHT BE COOL.  Want to set up a playdate?  Text us!  555-815-

[[A phone number is cut off by the thumb of the unseen parent.  They flip over the card to its reverse.]]

CARD: Please don’t think this is weird
CARD: (We are NOT murderers)

[[At home, VAY holds Beter in her arms and talks to her husband.]]

VAY: Honey, it’s CREEPY!
NENJAMIN: It’s ONLY creepy if it DOESN’T WORK!

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#1400; In which You gotta try Something transcribed by in

[[NENJAMIN approaches a woman pushing a baby in a pram.  He holds out a business-card sized piece of cardstock.]]

NENJAMIN: Nice baby!  Take a card?

[[He approaches a man piggybacking a toddler.]]

NENJAMIN: Nice kiddo.  Take a card

[[He approaches a second woman with a stroller.]]

NENJAMIN: Cute baby!  Take a card?

PARENT #3: WHY and NO

[[One after the other, Nenjamin approaches another three parents attending to their young children.]]

NENJAMIN: Nice baby, ma'am.  Have a card
NENJAMIN: Card? Related to your BABY
NENJAMIN: Baby! CARD?

PARENT #6: What's all this?

[[We see a close-up of the card.]]

CARD:  HI, FELLOW PARENT!  This is our own kid, Beter

[[An arrow points to a picture of a young boy.]]

CARD: We don't know how to meet other parents.  YOU SEEM LIKE YOU MIGHT BE COOL.  Want to set up a playdate?  Text us!  555-815-

[[A phone number is cut off by the thumb of the unseen parent.  They flip over the card to its reverse.]]

CARD: Please don't think this is weird
CARD: (We are NOT murderers)

[[At home, VAY holds Beter in her arms and talks to her husband.]]

VAY: Honey, it's CREEPY!
NENJAMIN: It's ONLY creepy if it DOESN'T WORK!

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You go tell those crybabies on Nextdoor that THIS FAMILY is WORKING ON SOLUTIONS

#1400; In which You gotta try Something

  — May 22nd, 2018

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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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