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.]]

{{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}}

#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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Bolted! Shipping is UNDERWAY

April 4, 2026 by David Malki !

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!


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