Comic Transcripts

[[Two people stand in a small restaurant or party of some sort; there are various individuals chatting in the background and paintings on the wall.]]
Comic Fan: I feel like you see the SUPERMAN-AS-CHRIST-FIGURE metaphor a lot.
Comic Fan: But consider THIS:
Comic Fan: Jor-El and Lara were the only ones who could see that Krypton was doomed.

Comic Fan: So they constructed an ARK to save what they could – their son Kal-El.
Comic Fan: In this reading, Superman represents NOT Christ, but all the animals of Noah’s Ark!

Comic Fan: Think about it – it’s so OBVIOUS!
Comic Fan: He can fly – LIKE A BIRD. He’s strong – LIKE A GORILLA.

Comic Fan: He has super eyesight – LIKE A CAT. He has super breath – LIKE A WHALE.
Comic Fan: He has tough skin – LIKE A RHINO. He has super hearing – LIKE A BAT. He’s very fast – LIKE A CHEETAH.
Comic Fan: He has heat vision – LIKE, uh, one of those BLOOD-SPITTING IGUANAS

Comic Fan: He has X-ray vision – ALSO probably like those iguanas
Comic Fan: He can survive in space – JUST LIKE those iguanas, I’m pretty sure

[[The comic fan’s friend appears doubtful. The comic fan squints her eyes in suspicion.]]
Doubter: I… don’t think you know very much about iguanas.
Comic Fan: Or do I know TOO MUCH

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#1042; The Book of Kent transcribed by in

[[Two people stand in a small restaurant or party of some sort; there are various individuals chatting in the background and paintings on the wall.]]
Comic Fan: I feel like you see the SUPERMAN-AS-CHRIST-FIGURE metaphor a lot.
Comic Fan: But consider THIS:
Comic Fan: Jor-El and Lara were the only ones who could see that Krypton was doomed.

Comic Fan: So they constructed an ARK to save what they could - their son Kal-El.
Comic Fan: In this reading, Superman represents NOT Christ, but all the animals of Noah's Ark!

Comic Fan: Think about it - it's so OBVIOUS!
Comic Fan: He can fly - LIKE A BIRD. He's strong - LIKE A GORILLA.

Comic Fan: He has super eyesight - LIKE A CAT. He has super breath - LIKE A WHALE.
Comic Fan: He has tough skin - LIKE A RHINO. He has super hearing - LIKE A BAT. He's very fast - LIKE A CHEETAH.
Comic Fan: He has heat vision - LIKE, uh, one of those BLOOD-SPITTING IGUANAS

Comic Fan: He has X-ray vision - ALSO probably like those iguanas
Comic Fan: He can survive in space - JUST LIKE those iguanas, I'm pretty sure

[[The comic fan's friend appears doubtful. The comic fan squints her eyes in suspicion.]]
Doubter: I... don't think you know very much about iguanas.
Comic Fan: Or do I know TOO MUCH

{{header: up, up, and WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: Ever see an iguana sunning itself on a rock? BEING ENERGIZED BY OUR YELLOW SUN??}}

Ever see an iguana sunning itself on a rock? BEING ENERGIZED BY OUR YELLOW SUN??

#1042; The Book of Kent

  — June 30th, 2014

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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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