Comic Transcripts

[[ Two individuals, Carl and someone we’ll call Floyd, in old-fashioned diving suits. ]]
Carl: Check out my new diving suit! Top of the line, two thousand bucks! No expense spared!
Floyd: HA! I made MINE from common items at Home Depot. Just as nice, at a fraction of the price!

[[ Same scene. Floyd has added several odd attachments to his diving suit. ]]
Caption: LATER
Carl: Listen, man, you almost died last time. You sure you got the bugs worked out of that suit?
Floyd: The problem wasn’t BUGS the problem was WATER getting into the SUIT. I just needed new fittings, is all. And sealant. And better hoses. I’m all set now!

[[ Same scene. Floyd has replaced the odd attachments from before with other odd attachments. ]]
Caption: LATER
Carl: There is NO WAY I’m letting you into the water in that thing. Not after the LAST two times.
Floyd: You don’t OWN the water, Carl! I FIXED the problem! The canvas just needed to be GALVANIZED! Now MOVE ASIDE and LET ME DIVE!

[[ Same scene. Floyd has once more replaced the odd attachments with ever odder attachments. ]]
Caption: LATER
Floyd: I’ve spent six thousand dollars on this freaking thing and it STILL leaks.
Carl: Ah, but you did it YOURSELF!

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#734; When Elbow Grease is Toxic transcribed by in

[[ Two individuals, Carl and someone we’ll call Floyd, in old-fashioned diving suits. ]]
Carl: Check out my new diving suit! Top of the line, two thousand bucks! No expense spared!
Floyd: HA! I made MINE from common items at Home Depot. Just as nice, at a fraction of the price!

[[ Same scene. Floyd has added several odd attachments to his diving suit. ]]
Caption: LATER
Carl: Listen, man, you almost died last time. You sure you got the bugs worked out of that suit?
Floyd: The problem wasn’t BUGS the problem was WATER getting into the SUIT. I just needed new fittings, is all. And sealant. And better hoses. I’m all set now!

[[ Same scene. Floyd has replaced the odd attachments from before with other odd attachments. ]]
Caption: LATER
Carl: There is NO WAY I’m letting you into the water in that thing. Not after the LAST two times.
Floyd: You don’t OWN the water, Carl! I FIXED the problem! The canvas just needed to be GALVANIZED! Now MOVE ASIDE and LET ME DIVE!

[[ Same scene. Floyd has once more replaced the odd attachments with ever odder attachments. ]]
Caption: LATER
Floyd: I’ve spent six thousand dollars on this freaking thing and it STILL leaks.
Carl: Ah, but you did it YOURSELF!

{{header: bash together some WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: The Darwin Awards are the only awards that take only one vote to win.}}

#734; When Elbow Grease is Toxic transcribed by in

[[ Two individuals, Carl and someone we'll call Floyd, in old-fashioned diving suits. ]]
Carl: Check out my new diving suit! Top of the line, two thousand bucks! No expense spared!
Floyd: HA! I made MINE from common items at Home Depot. Just as nice, at a fraction of the price!

[[ Same scene. Floyd has added several odd attachments to his diving suit. ]]
Caption: LATER
Carl: Listen, man, you almost died last time. You sure you got the bugs worked out of that suit?
Floyd: The problem wasn't BUGS the problem was WATER getting into the SUIT. I just needed new fittings, is all. And sealant. And better hoses. I'm all set now!

[[ Same scene. Floyd has replaced the odd attachments from before with other odd attachments. ]]
Caption: LATER
Carl: There is NO WAY I'm letting you into the water in that thing. Not after the LAST two times.
Floyd: You don't OWN the water, Carl! I FIXED the problem! The canvas just needed to be GALVANIZED! Now MOVE ASIDE and LET ME DIVE!

[[ Same scene. Floyd has once more replaced the odd attachments with ever odder attachments. ]]
Caption: LATER
Floyd: I've spent six thousand dollars on this freaking thing and it STILL leaks.
Carl: Ah, but you did it YOURSELF!

{{header: bash together some WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: The Darwin Awards are the only awards that take only one vote to win.}}

The Darwin Awards are the only awards that take only one vote to win.

#734; When Elbow Grease is Toxic

  — June 24th, 2011

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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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