#745; The Deadliest Puppy Butt

Comic Transcripts

[[MANDY and her father see what appears to be a puppy’s hindquarters sticking out from behind a fence.]]
MANDY: Aw, lookit the puppy!
Let’s pet the little puppy!
FATHER: No! Mandy, that’s not a puppy.
That…is MR. MEANSCARY.

MANDY: It looks like a puppy butt!
FATHER: Mr. Meanscary is a murderous goblin that DISGUISES itself as a puppy butt to lure in children.

MANDY: What does he DO to children?
FATHER: Well, how do you think he got the NAME?
He’s the MEANEST goblin around! The SCARIEST monster in the whole world!
And he’s just WAITING for children to pet his puppy butt so he can BURN them alive and EAT THEIR ROASTED SKIN!

[[MR. MEANSCARY steps away from the fence.]]
MR. MEANSCARY: For your INFORMATION, my GRANDFATHER CHOSE this name on ELLIS ISLAND!

{{header: lie in wait for WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: We came to this country to escape the terrible famine…the CHILD FAMINE}}

#745; The Deadliest Puppy Butt transcribed by in

MANDY: It looks like a puppy butt!
FATHER: Mr. Meanscary is a murderous goblin that DISGUISES itself as a puppy butt to lure in children.

[[MR. MEANSCARY steps away from the fence.]]
MR. MEANSCARY: For your INFORMATION, my GRANDFATHER CHOSE this name on ELLIS ISLAND!

{{header: lie in wait for WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: We came to this country to escape the terrible famine…the CHILD FAMINE}}

#745; The Deadliest Puppy Butt transcribed by in

Bolted! games have been shipping to backers over the last couple of weeks! The non-US orders are (mostly) done and some folks have been reporting receiving them already!

@davidmalki.com My game arrived today!! It looks gorgeous 🙂 Hope you are well 🙂

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— Lar deSouza (@lartist.bsky.social) April 2, 2026 at 2:52 PM

My US inventory of games is now in-country, but still being staged at the fulfillment centers. It’s being distributed to regional warehouses, so the actual shipping to backers happens more efficiently. I hope the bulk of US shipping will start next week.

These are what the cartons (and games) look like!

bolted! games BOLTED! GAMES (pounding the table) B O L T E D ! G A M E S

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— david malki ! (@davidmalki.com) April 3, 2026 at 10:37 AM

I am also waiting on the bonus cards to be finished printing! I ended up needing many more of those than I had anticipated, so I decided to have the game factory print those too, for perfect matching with the base game cards.

Most people will be receiving two separate mailings: the game itself, and “anything else” (bonus cards and/or add-ons) which will be sent by me personally.

As of today, 86% of backers have completed their surveys so far! That’s pretty good, but it’s not everyone. I know YOU PERSONALLY have already completed YOURS though, so no worries!!

We have now moved OFF of Kickstarter and ONTO BackerKit for any new orders. You can bundle a game with basically anything else I sell on that there website, it’s pretty nuts!