#1056; In which a Stand is taken

Comic Transcripts

[[A woman is having a conversation with a man wearing a bowler hat.]]
Patient: Can you believe it? The doctor’s office wants $400 for the visit alone!
Patient: Then the actual tests are like $700 apiece!
Patient: My blood probably goes through a little turnstile! A buck a red cell!

Patient: This is ridiculous. I’m going to protest with a strike.
Bowler: What do you mean, a STRIKE
Bowler: They don’t care how well you BOWL

Patient: A prisoner has no power except over their own self, right? So they go on a HUNGER STRIKE.
Patient: This is a way of saying “this issue is SO important, I will put my life at stake – betting that that’s dramatic enough to get your attention.”

Patient: Well, I’m going on MEDICAL STRIKE.
Patient: I will forego ALL medical treatment in PROTEST of the healthcare establishment.
Patient: Are you going to STAND BY AND LET ME DIE, world? Or are you going to PAY ATTENTION to this PROBLEM?!

Bowler: I’ve always admired how you’re COMPLETELY willing to make yourself suffer simply to SPITE your enemies.
Patient: You want to charge me $2600 for a pill that prevents my ORGANS from EXPLODING?
Patient: WELL I’M NOT GONNA GIVE YOU THE SATISFACTION!

#1056; In which a Stand is taken 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!