Comic Transcripts

[[A well-dressed aristocrat with a top hat and thick white sideburns peers at a simply-dressed individual sitting down.]]
Aristocrat: Hey! What’s UP with you? Been awful quiet, huh?
Aristocrat: I noticed you didn’t wish me a happy birthday on Facebook!

Theo: The topic seemed to be well covered by everybody else.
Aristocrat: You didn’t ‘like’ when I tagged you in our old prom photo!
Theo: I… didn’t actually like it very much?

Aristocrat: AND you didn’t accept Jason’s friend request after you two met at the party last week!
Theo: I MET him, but I don’t KNOW him! Not well enough to risk ADDING to my timeline already full of noisy, chattering half-acquaintances! I went HOME from that party after a while, you know!

Theo: Your ninth-grade classmates and old co-workers have your birthday HANDLED. I don’t need to add in even MORE noisy, inconsequential chatter.
Theo: I’m sorry if that… offends you somehow?

Aristocrat: These little things have become SOCIAL NICETIES, Theo. They take zero effort and make you not look like a snob.
Aristocrat: If you don’t want to engage in social niceties, that’s fine, but just know that at this point, it’s a deliberate, pompous, antisocial choice.

[[A banner declares: “LATER”.]]
Friend: He sent you a LETTERPRESSED THANK-YOU CARD for liking his status about eating a taco?
Aristocrat: If my choices are indifferent Theo or sarcastic Theo, I guess I’ll take sarcastic Theo

{{header: like and share WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: In his defense, the prom picture was one of Theo’s less likeable portraits — due largely to his attire, and his expression, and the carpet tacks he carried clutched in white-knuckled fists. It… was a different time.}}

#1040; In which Theo does not Like transcribed by in

[[A well-dressed aristocrat with a top hat and thick white sideburns peers at a simply-dressed individual sitting down.]]
Aristocrat: Hey! What's UP with you? Been awful quiet, huh?
Aristocrat: I noticed you didn't wish me a happy birthday on Facebook!

Theo: The topic seemed to be well covered by everybody else.
Aristocrat: You didn't 'like' when I tagged you in our old prom photo!
Theo: I... didn't actually like it very much?

Aristocrat: AND you didn't accept Jason's friend request after you two met at the party last week!
Theo: I MET him, but I don't KNOW him! Not well enough to risk ADDING to my timeline already full of noisy, chattering half-acquaintances! I went HOME from that party after a while, you know!

Theo: Your ninth-grade classmates and old co-workers have your birthday HANDLED. I don't need to add in even MORE noisy, inconsequential chatter.
Theo: I'm sorry if that... offends you somehow?

Aristocrat: These little things have become SOCIAL NICETIES, Theo. They take zero effort and make you not look like a snob.
Aristocrat: If you don't want to engage in social niceties, that's fine, but just know that at this point, it's a deliberate, pompous, antisocial choice.

[[A banner declares: "LATER".]]
Friend: He sent you a LETTERPRESSED THANK-YOU CARD for liking his status about eating a taco?
Aristocrat: If my choices are indifferent Theo or sarcastic Theo, I guess I'll take sarcastic Theo

{{header: like and share WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: In his defense, the prom picture was one of Theo's less likeable portraits -- due largely to his attire, and his expression, and the carpet tacks he carried clutched in white-knuckled fists. It... was a different time.}}

In his defense, the prom picture was one of Theo's less likeable portraits -- due largely to his attire, and his expression, and the carpet tacks he carried clutched in white-knuckled fists. It...was a different time.

#1040; In which Theo does not Like

  — June 24th, 2014

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More comics about Facebook:
• #368; Facebook, Distilled.
• #493; In which Lindsay is tagged in a Note
• #603; Man’s Best Friend
• #608; In which the Worst occurs
• #719; The Background Check
• #775; The Information Superhighway &c.

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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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