#338; In which Marcus gets the Inside Scoop

Comic Transcripts

TARA: Marcus, c’mon. It’s time to go to school. Go find your pants.
MARCUS: No! I’ve got more important plans today! Someone said something mean about me on the Internet!

TARA: Nobody cares, baby. Now come on, let’s look for your pants together.
MARCUS: MO-OM! He called me NAMES on a MESSAGEBOARD! He compared me to HITLER! I’ve spent all morning composing my scathing reply

TARA: Sweetie, I know you’re still young, but I’ll let you in on a secret. This is a tidbit they whisper in your ear when you finally become a grown-up. The only reason anybody says anything on the Internet is to draw attention to themselves.
TARA: There are no other reasons, and there are no exceptions.

MARCUS: WHAT! I can think of plenty of exceptions to that!
TARA: Of course you can, honey. You’re nine.

{{header: give it up at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: Marcus will use any excuse to get out of wearing pants.}}

#338; In which Marcus gets the Inside Scoop transcribed by in

TARA: Marcus, c’mon. It’s time to go to school. Go find your pants.
MARCUS: No! I’ve got more important plans today! Someone said something mean about me on the Internet!

MARCUS: WHAT! I can think of plenty of exceptions to that!
TARA: Of course you can, honey. You’re nine.

{{header: give it up at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: Marcus will use any excuse to get out of wearing pants.}}

#338; In which Marcus gets the Inside Scoop 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!