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CHAD: I’ve had half of this old commercial in my head all day and it’s driving me nuts.
“Land a plane in your milk…”
Alpha-Bits cereal. “Plane” was spelled out in letters, the “E” spinning like a prop.
Tremendous.

JEREMY: “And watch a duck (quack, quack) swim by.”
CHAD: YES! That’s IT! The rascally DUCK! Thank you!
JEREMY: You feel better now?
CHAD: HUGELY. These things are part of my CHILDHOOD, you know? Part of my MAKEUP.

JEREMY: Sure. ALL our makeup. I mean, you and I didn’t meet until adulthood, but thanks to ubiquitous mass media, we had a shared childhood nonetheless.
CHAD: What GREAT commercials, to make us remember them even DECADES later. Thank you, Post Foods LLC!

CHAD: That copywriter must be grinning like a chimp to know that his or her creative work is an indelible part of an entire generation.
JEREMY: But did the ads ever actually make you BUY any Alpha-Bits?
CHAD: Man, don’t VULGARIZE this.

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#611; The Building Blocks of Being transcribed by in

CHAD: I’ve had half of this old commercial in my head all day and it’s driving me nuts.
“Land a plane in your milk…”
Alpha-Bits cereal. “Plane” was spelled out in letters, the “E” spinning like a prop.
Tremendous.

JEREMY: “And watch a duck (quack, quack) swim by.”
CHAD: YES! That’s IT! The rascally DUCK! Thank you!
JEREMY: You feel better now?
CHAD: HUGELY. These things are part of my CHILDHOOD, you know? Part of my MAKEUP.

JEREMY: Sure. ALL our makeup. I mean, you and I didn’t meet until adulthood, but thanks to ubiquitous mass media, we had a shared childhood nonetheless.
CHAD: What GREAT commercials, to make us remember them even DECADES later. Thank you, Post Foods LLC!

CHAD: That copywriter must be grinning like a chimp to know that his or her creative work is an indelible part of an entire generation.
JEREMY: But did the ads ever actually make you BUY any Alpha-Bits?
CHAD: Man, don’t VULGARIZE this.

{{Header: remember WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{Alt-text: I was an avid consumer of children’s cereals! As soon as I got to college.}}

#611; The Building Blocks of Being transcribed by in

CHAD: I've had half of this old commercial in my head all day and it's driving me nuts.
"Land a plane in your milk..."
Alpha-Bits cereal. "Plane" was spelled out in letters, the "E" spinning like a prop.
Tremendous.

JEREMY: "And watch a duck (quack, quack) swim by."
CHAD: YES! That's IT! The rascally DUCK! Thank you!
JEREMY: You feel better now?
CHAD: HUGELY. These things are part of my CHILDHOOD, you know? Part of my MAKEUP.

JEREMY: Sure. ALL our makeup. I mean, you and I didn't meet until adulthood, but thanks to ubiquitous mass media, we had a shared childhood nonetheless.
CHAD: What GREAT commercials, to make us remember them even DECADES later. Thank you, Post Foods LLC!

CHAD: That copywriter must be grinning like a chimp to know that his or her creative work is an indelible part of an entire generation.
JEREMY: But did the ads ever actually make you BUY any Alpha-Bits?
CHAD: Man, don't VULGARIZE this.

{{Header: remember WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{Alt-text: I was an avid consumer of children's cereals! As soon as I got to college.}}

I was an avid consumer of children's cereals! As soon as I got to college.

#611; The Building Blocks of Being

  — April 6th, 2010

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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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