Comic Transcripts

[[An infomercial salesperson carrying a board marked “busy bee ™” hawks the company’s wares while an elderly individual displays their frustration with a phone in the background.]]
Salesperson: Seniors! Tired of whiz-bang phones with tiny buttons and too many beep-boop functions?
Senior: I just want to call my grandkids, not launch a moon mission!!
Salesperson: Now there’s Busybee ™, the phone that DOESN’T have apps… DOESN’T have games… it JUST calls your grandkids!

[[The senior is now working with a computer.]]
Salesperson: Confounded by computers?
Senior: I just want to email my grandkids!
Salesperson: Busybee ™ now has a computer, too! It has big, bright buttons that let you email your grandkids in just seconds!

[[A camera.]]
Salesperson: And introducing the Busybee ™ camera! NO confusing functions that you DON’T NEED!
Senior: It… it only seems to take pictures of my grandkids?
Senior: Everything else in the image is completely black

[[A car whisks the senior away.]]
Salesperson: And for seniors with active lifestyles, it’s our brand-new Busybee ™ CAR!
Senior: PLEASE… this car will only drive to my grandkids’ house…
Senior: I need to get to my doctor’s appointment

{{header: the bare, necessary WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: “I need to go pick up groceries,” you think, but there’s just a single button on the dashboard, and the car has other ideas. }}

#1145; Made With Purpose transcribed by in

[[An infomercial salesperson carrying a board marked “busy bee ™” hawks the company’s wares while an elderly individual displays their frustration with a phone in the background.]]
Salesperson: Seniors! Tired of whiz-bang phones with tiny buttons and too many beep-boop functions?
Senior: I just want to call my grandkids, not launch a moon mission!!
Salesperson: Now there’s Busybee ™, the phone that DOESN’T have apps… DOESN’T have games… it JUST calls your grandkids!

[[The senior is now working with a computer.]]
Salesperson: Confounded by computers?
Senior: I just want to email my grandkids!
Salesperson: Busybee ™ now has a computer, too! It has big, bright buttons that let you email your grandkids in just seconds!

[[A camera.]]
Salesperson: And introducing the Busybee ™ camera! NO confusing functions that you DON’T NEED!
Senior: It… it only seems to take pictures of my grandkids?
Senior: Everything else in the image is completely black

[[A car whisks the senior away.]]
Salesperson: And for seniors with active lifestyles, it’s our brand-new Busybee ™ CAR!
Senior: PLEASE… this car will only drive to my grandkids’ house…
Senior: I need to get to my doctor’s appointment

{{header: the bare, necessary WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: “I need to go pick up groceries,” you think, but there’s just a single button on the dashboard, and the car has other ideas. }}

#1145; Made With Purpose transcribed by in

[[An infomercial salesperson carrying a board marked "busy bee (tm)" hawks the company's wares while an elderly individual displays their frustration with a phone in the background.]]
Salesperson: Seniors! Tired of whiz-bang phones with tiny buttons and too many beep-boop functions?
Senior: I just want to call my grandkids, not launch a moon mission!!
Salesperson: Now there's Busybee (tm), the phone that DOESN'T have apps... DOESN'T have games... it JUST calls your grandkids!

[[The senior is now working with a computer.]]
Salesperson: Confounded by computers?
Senior: I just want to email my grandkids!
Salesperson: Busybee (tm) now has a computer, too! It has big, bright buttons that let you email your grandkids in just seconds!

[[A camera.]]
Salesperson: And introducing the Busybee (tm) camera! NO confusing functions that you DON'T NEED!
Senior: It... it only seems to take pictures of my grandkids?
Senior: Everything else in the image is completely black

[[A car whisks the senior away.]]
Salesperson: And for seniors with active lifestyles, it's our brand-new Busybee (tm) CAR!
Senior: PLEASE... this car will only drive to my grandkids' house...
Senior: I need to get to my doctor's appointment

{{header: the bare, necessary WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: "I need to go pick up groceries," you think, but there's just a single button on the dashboard, and the car has other ideas. }}

''I need to go pick up groceries,'' you think, but there's just a single button on the dashboard, and the car has other ideas.

Bolted! Fulfillment Update

Photo courtesy of backer Nicola!

The vast majority of Bolted! game shipments are already shipped, but I understand if you don’t have yours yet, who cares. Here’s a progress report:

Total orders | 1052
Surveys completed | 992
Fully shipped | 946

Incomplete surveys

Obviously, if I don’t have your shipping address, I can’t ship your game! Let me know if you are missing a survey link. As new responses come in, they are rapidly added to the shipping queue.

Orders containing certain add-ons

Some of the add-ons proved more popular than expected — which is lovely! But it meant I had to reprint some stickers, make all the individual comic prints, request a shipment of books from offsite storage, etc, etc. So, any orders which contain an out-of-stock item are still waiting to ship.

All that missing stuff, though, is en route to me at this very second! So those orders will be going out pretty dang soon!

Custom items

I’ve already been in touch directly with the backers who ordered custom collages! Those will be created (and sent to you) after all the other shipments are complete. I’m excited for those, they’ll be fun! My pleasant dessert after the hearty meal of all the other orders.

Anything wrong?

I’m very grateful to the few folks who’ve contacted me to report some kind of issue with their shipment! Thankfully, problems are rare, but when they do occur, I would like to solve them. Please don’t hesitate to send me an email (replying to your shipping confirmation works great) if there’s anything about your order I can correct.

Reviews & photos

On BoardGameGeek are highly appreciated!

Unless you hate the game! You are entitled to that opinion, but please send that review directly to me instead of telling anyone else, so I can eat it and bury it in the yard and watch it grow into a twisted, gnarled tree. Or whatever!


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