#1144; The Silver Foil Lining

Comic Transcripts

[[Two individuals discuss something.]]
Pessimist: How was the sandwich?
Optimist: Terrible.
Pessimist: Oh! Sorry to hear it!
Optimist: No worries! At least it’s calories.

Pessimist: Mm?
Optimist: It’s my way of seeing the bright side of things.
Optimist: I have to eat anyway. My body needs fuel on the regular.
Optimist: So I’m not enjoying EVERY INSTANT of this OBLIGATORY activity. I’m still filling up the tank. At least it’s calories!

Pessimist: Wow, great way to suck the JOY out of life.
Optimist: Joy is OVERRATED. I’m satisfied with PURPOSE.
Optimist: Have to park super far away? At least it’s EXERCISE! See your rival succeed? At least it’s POSSIBLE! Try something and fail? At least you got PRACTICE!

Pessimist: I was trying to put you down a moment ago, but it’s starting to sound kind of sensible.
Optimist: Well, at least you got practice!

{{header: always feeding WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: Lose your keys through a sewer grate? At least it’s practice for when you lose your keys through a hole in a bridge!}}

#1144; The Silver Foil Lining transcribed by in

[[Two individuals discuss something.]]
Pessimist: How was the sandwich?
Optimist: Terrible.
Pessimist: Oh! Sorry to hear it!
Optimist: No worries! At least it’s calories.

Pessimist: I was trying to put you down a moment ago, but it’s starting to sound kind of sensible.
Optimist: Well, at least you got practice!

{{header: always feeding WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: Lose your keys through a sewer grate? At least it’s practice for when you lose your keys through a hole in a bridge!}}

#1144; The Silver Foil Lining 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!