#1033; In which a Parade is questioned

Comic Transcripts

[[An upset-looking child complains to their parent.]]
Child: I went to that character parade at Disneyland and JAFAR was in it!
Parent: Of course.

Child: Jafar’s DEAD! He died in the second movie! How can he be in a PARADE?
Child: Same with DARTH VADER or GASTON or ANY of those guys!
Child: We WATCHED them die! We have it on VIDEO!

Child: It’s like we’re watching them outside of time, at some pre-demise point in their story… but they’re nonetheless trapped!
Child: They can’t change their future!

Child: If I was afar in that parade, I’d try to make a BREAK for it! Get outta dodge! See if I can LIVE this time, for ONCE, before the INEVITABLE!
Parent: You’re SUPER overthinking it. The real explanation is much simpler.

Parent: He IS dead. You’re watching him work off the sins of his life by being in parade after parade until the end of forever.
Child: Then why is Aladdin in the parade too? And all the good guys?
Parent: NO ONE IS TRULY GOOD

{{header: march on at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: No… one… waves like Gaston / visits Hades like Gaston / No one works off his sins in parades like Gaston}}

#1033; In which a Parade is questioned transcribed by in

[[An upset-looking child complains to their parent.]]
Child: I went to that character parade at Disneyland and JAFAR was in it!
Parent: Of course.

Child: Jafar’s DEAD! He died in the second movie! How can he be in a PARADE?
Child: Same with DARTH VADER or GASTON or ANY of those guys!
Child: We WATCHED them die! We have it on VIDEO!

Child: It’s like we’re watching them outside of time, at some pre-demise point in their story… but they’re nonetheless trapped!
Child: They can’t change their future!

{{header: march on at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: No… one… waves like Gaston / visits Hades like Gaston / No one works off his sins in parades like Gaston}}

#1033; In which a Parade is questioned 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!