Comic Transcripts

[[Two women are walking along, talking to each other]]
Woman 1: I had the *worst* time at the doctor’s Today!
Don’t you *hate* it when you show up on time for your appointment, but they keep you *waiting* forever?
Woman 2: It’s the worst!

[[A closer shot of the two women]]
Woman 1: And then when they finally *do* call your name, you don’t respond at first because they *mispronounced* it slightly? And they have to call it twice and so someone *else* thinks it’s a mispronunciation of *their* name?
And then you get into a huge *shouting match* and eventually decide that you’d rather continue living in agony with this ailment than give these harpies *one ounce* of *satisfaction*?

[[A close shot of just the first woman]]
Woman 1: And you rally the rest of your strength to call in a final favor from your great father the *sky god of myth*, in whose *breath* resides the thunder and in whose *gaze* crackles the lightning?
And *then* when the dust settles you can’t quite tell if your father the sky god *actually* leveled the building with fire from heaven or if you went into another of your disassociative *fugue states* during which *any* item within reach becomes a *weapon*?

[[The second women has turned to face the first woman.]]
Woman 1: And then you scrub and scrub and scrub the blood from your hands with trembling fingers invite your best friend over for lunch because you know she will provide you with an ironclad alibi in case the *cops* start asking any *nosy questions*?
Woman 2: Hold on, back this story up like *fifty* steps

{{header: act on instinct at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: All these years I thought your father managed a Lamps Plus}}

#835; In which an Appointment is canceled transcribed by in

[[Two women are walking along, talking to each other]]
Woman 1: I had the *worst* time at the doctor’s Today!
Don’t you *hate* it when you show up on time for your appointment, but they keep you *waiting* forever?
Woman 2: It’s the worst!

[[A closer shot of the two women]]
Woman 1: And then when they finally *do* call your name, you don’t respond at first because they *mispronounced* it slightly? And they have to call it twice and so someone *else* thinks it’s a mispronunciation of *their* name?
And then you get into a huge *shouting match* and eventually decide that you’d rather continue living in agony with this ailment than give these harpies *one ounce* of *satisfaction*?

[[A close shot of just the first woman]]
Woman 1: And you rally the rest of your strength to call in a final favor from your great father the *sky god of myth*, in whose *breath* resides the thunder and in whose *gaze* crackles the lightning?
And *then* when the dust settles you can’t quite tell if your father the sky god *actually* leveled the building with fire from heaven or if you went into another of your disassociative *fugue states* during which *any* item within reach becomes a *weapon*?

[[The second women has turned to face the first woman.]]
Woman 1: And then you scrub and scrub and scrub the blood from your hands with trembling fingers invite your best friend over for lunch because you know she will provide you with an ironclad alibi in case the *cops* start asking any *nosy questions*?
Woman 2: Hold on, back this story up like *fifty* steps

{{header: act on instinct at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: All these years I thought your father managed a Lamps Plus}}

#835; In which an Appointment is canceled transcribed by in

[[Two women are walking along, talking to each other]]
Woman 1: I had the *worst* time at the doctor's Today!
Don't you *hate* it when you show up on time for your appointment, but they keep you *waiting* forever?
Woman 2: It's the worst!

[[A closer shot of the two women]]
Woman 1: And then when they finally *do* call your name, you don't respond at first because they *mispronounced* it slightly? And they have to call it twice and so someone *else* thinks it's a mispronunciation of *their* name?
And then you get into a huge *shouting match* and eventually decide that you'd rather continue living in agony with this ailment than give these harpies *one ounce* of *satisfaction*?

[[A close shot of just the first woman]]
Woman 1: And you rally the rest of your strength to call in a final favor from your great father the *sky god of myth*, in whose *breath* resides the thunder and in whose *gaze* crackles the lightning?
And *then* when the dust settles you can't quite tell if your father the sky god *actually* leveled the building with fire from heaven or if you went into another of your disassociative *fugue states* during which *any* item within reach becomes a *weapon*?

[[The second women has turned to face the first woman.]]
Woman 1: And then you scrub and scrub and scrub the blood from your hands with trembling fingers invite your best friend over for lunch because you know she will provide you with an ironclad alibi in case the *cops* start asking any *nosy questions*?
Woman 2: Hold on, back this story up like *fifty* steps

{{header: act on instinct at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: All these years I thought your father managed a Lamps Plus}}

All these years I thought your father managed a Lamps Plus

#835; In which an Appointment is canceled

  — May 8th, 2012

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Bolted! Shipping is UNDERWAY

April 4, 2026 by David Malki !

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!


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