Comic Transcripts

[[A small business owner congratulates another, who seems to have opened some sort of bakery.]]
Visitor: So! You finally hung out a shingle, huh?
Visitor: Cute little place!
Baker: Thanks! Actually – I was hoping you could give me some tips! You ran your own business for years!

Visitor: Yup! I did pretty well for a while! You KNOW you’re doing well when your TAX FILINGS grow more complex than the actual work you do!
Baker: Ha ha ha

Visitor: I did my best to stay on top of everything… but there’s always the chance that you’ll get a little envelope in the mail saying “While you’ve been stumbling along obliviously, we’ve been quietly building a case against you for the last five years.”
Visitor: You never KNOW. You never know if that’s happening RIGHT NOW. You never know if you’re invisible, or if they’re just PATIENT.

Visitor: I sure didn’t know. I thought everything was fine. It WASN’T.
Visitor: Anyway. Good luck with the business?

[[The baker stares, eyes squinted in shock and fear.]]

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{{alt-text: My main complaint about the tyrannical One World Government having seized ultimate power over the glob is that now there’s ANOTHER layer of filings on TOP of city, county, state, and federal}}

#1049; In which a Business is started transcribed by in

[[A small business owner congratulates another, who seems to have opened some sort of bakery.]]
Visitor: So! You finally hung out a shingle, huh?
Visitor: Cute little place!
Baker: Thanks! Actually – I was hoping you could give me some tips! You ran your own business for years!

Visitor: Yup! I did pretty well for a while! You KNOW you’re doing well when your TAX FILINGS grow more complex than the actual work you do!
Baker: Ha ha ha

Visitor: I did my best to stay on top of everything… but there’s always the chance that you’ll get a little envelope in the mail saying “While you’ve been stumbling along obliviously, we’ve been quietly building a case against you for the last five years.”
Visitor: You never KNOW. You never know if that’s happening RIGHT NOW. You never know if you’re invisible, or if they’re just PATIENT.

Visitor: I sure didn’t know. I thought everything was fine. It WASN’T.
Visitor: Anyway. Good luck with the business?

[[The baker stares, eyes squinted in shock and fear.]]

{{header: the always-complying WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: My main complaint about the tyrannical One World Government having seized ultimate power over the glob is that now there’s ANOTHER layer of filings on TOP of city, county, state, and federal}}

#1049; In which a Business is started transcribed by in

[[A small business owner congratulates another, who seems to have opened some sort of bakery.]]
Visitor: So! You finally hung out a shingle, huh?
Visitor: Cute little place!
Baker: Thanks! Actually - I was hoping you could give me some tips! You ran your own business for years!

Visitor: Yup! I did pretty well for a while! You KNOW you're doing well when your TAX FILINGS grow more complex than the actual work you do!
Baker: Ha ha ha

Visitor: I did my best to stay on top of everything... but there's always the chance that you'll get a little envelope in the mail saying "While you've been stumbling along obliviously, we've been quietly building a case against you for the last five years."
Visitor: You never KNOW. You never know if that's happening RIGHT NOW. You never know if you're invisible, or if they're just PATIENT.

Visitor: I sure didn't know. I thought everything was fine. It WASN'T.
Visitor: Anyway. Good luck with the business?

[[The baker stares, eyes squinted in shock and fear.]]

{{header: the always-complying WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: My main complaint about the tyrannical One World Government having seized ultimate power over the glob is that now there's ANOTHER layer of filings on TOP of city, county, state, and federal}}

My main complaint about the tyrannical One World Government having seized ultimate power over the globe is that now there's ANOTHER layer of filings on TOP of city, county, state, and federal

#1049; In which a Business is started

  — July 25th, 2014

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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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