Comic Transcripts

[[A young woman, staring out the window, is talking to another who is reclining on a chair, reading.]]
Hobbyist: Ooh, wouldn’t it be nice to have some fruit trees?
Hobbyist: Grow whatever we want… eat fresh from the land…
Critic: Fertilizer! Pesticides! I bet it’s so difficult that you wouldn’t save any money at all.

Hobbyist: Lots of people garden as a hobby. Not everything has to make a profit.
Critic: I already have *plenty* of hobbies! I’d rather pay the store for convenience.

Hobbyist: *What* hobbies do you have?
Critic: Going to the store to buy fruit, for one!

Hobbyist: That’s not a *hobby*.
Critic: Just because it’s not *your* hobby doesn’t mean it’s *no one’s*.
Critic: Just because you don’t *consider* it a hobby doesn’t mean there isn’t probably a Tumblr community *dedicated* to it!

[[The critic smiles in a sort of twisted satisfaction.]]
Critic: Made up of people who love *buying store fruit* more than you or I will *ever* love *anything* for the *rest of our lives*
Critic: Making GIF sets of bananas…
Critic: Shipping apples and oranges…
Critic: Getting *so much* satisfaction from their *community* and their *fandom* and their *togetherness*
Hobbyist: *This is what I wanted from gardening*

{{header: plant some WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: I WANTED TO HAVE MEETUPS THAT WERE ALSO FRUIT SALAD POTLUCKS}}

#1059; In which Produce is productive transcribed by in

[[A young woman, staring out the window, is talking to another who is reclining on a chair, reading.]]
Hobbyist: Ooh, wouldn’t it be nice to have some fruit trees?
Hobbyist: Grow whatever we want… eat fresh from the land…
Critic: Fertilizer! Pesticides! I bet it’s so difficult that you wouldn’t save any money at all.

Hobbyist: Lots of people garden as a hobby. Not everything has to make a profit.
Critic: I already have *plenty* of hobbies! I’d rather pay the store for convenience.

Hobbyist: *What* hobbies do you have?
Critic: Going to the store to buy fruit, for one!

Hobbyist: That’s not a *hobby*.
Critic: Just because it’s not *your* hobby doesn’t mean it’s *no one’s*.
Critic: Just because you don’t *consider* it a hobby doesn’t mean there isn’t probably a Tumblr community *dedicated* to it!

[[The critic smiles in a sort of twisted satisfaction.]]
Critic: Made up of people who love *buying store fruit* more than you or I will *ever* love *anything* for the *rest of our lives*
Critic: Making GIF sets of bananas…
Critic: Shipping apples and oranges…
Critic: Getting *so much* satisfaction from their *community* and their *fandom* and their *togetherness*
Hobbyist: *This is what I wanted from gardening*

{{header: plant some WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: I WANTED TO HAVE MEETUPS THAT WERE ALSO FRUIT SALAD POTLUCKS}}

#1059; In which Produce is productive transcribed by in

[[A young woman, staring out the window, is talking to another who is reclining on a chair, reading.]]
Hobbyist: Ooh, wouldn't it be nice to have some fruit trees?
Hobbyist: Grow whatever we want... eat fresh from the land...
Critic: Fertilizer! Pesticides! I bet it's so difficult that you wouldn't save any money at all.

Hobbyist: Lots of people garden as a hobby. Not everything has to make a profit.
Critic: I already have *plenty* of hobbies! I'd rather pay the store for convenience.

Hobbyist: *What* hobbies do you have?
Critic: Going to the store to buy fruit, for one!

Hobbyist: That's not a *hobby*.
Critic: Just because it's not *your* hobby doesn't mean it's *no one's*.
Critic: Just because you don't *consider* it a hobby doesn't mean there isn't probably a Tumblr community *dedicated* to it!

[[The critic smiles in a sort of twisted satisfaction.]]
Critic: Made up of people who love *buying store fruit* more than you or I will *ever* love *anything* for the *rest of our lives*
Critic: Making GIF sets of bananas...
Critic: Shipping apples and oranges...
Critic: Getting *so much* satisfaction from their *community* and their *fandom* and their *togetherness*
Hobbyist: *This is what I wanted from gardening*

{{header: plant some WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: I WANTED TO HAVE MEETUPS THAT WERE ALSO FRUIT SALAD POTLUCKS}}

I WANTED TO HAVE MEETUPS THAT WERE ALSO FRUIT SALAD POTLUCKS

#1059; In which Produce is productive

  — September 5th, 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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