#1061; In which a Cookie is refused

Comic Transcripts

[[A young woman offers a cookie to a man.]]
Cookie advocate: Want a cookie?
Hunter-gatherer: Nah, thanks – I don’t eat refined foods. We didn’t EVOLVE for it!

Hunter-gatherer: Our bodies aren’t OPTIMIZED for any of that stuff. I eat meat and nuts and raw veggies only!
Hunter-gatherer: AND I don’t wear shoes. They make your feet weak!
Hunter-gatherer: I barely wear clothes at ALL! Only NATURAL fibers, of course!

[[The hunter-gatherer has put on a large mask and tank.]]
Hunter-gatherer: And since we evolved to breathe clean, UNPOLLUTED air, I carry around this tank!
Hunter-gatherer: Masks weren’t around in the Pleistocene, though, so I have to constantly inflate and reinflate this SEAL BLADDER
Hunter-gatherer: I basically breathe through a bagpipe

Hunter-gatherer: I can’t wear glasses, since those were invented too late, so I stumble around a lot…
Hunter-gatherer: The TDAP vaccine’s also modern, so I have to hope I never step on a rusty nail. So far I’ve been lucky!

Hunter-gatherer: But I’m pretty happy. Got a healthy lifestyle. In touch with nature. Talk to birds a lot.
Hunter-gatherer: Tried to set up a blog, but blogs aren’t paleo… so now I drum on rocks and whittle spears. It’s a life I chose.

Cookie advocate: Are you sure you don’t want a cookie?
Hunter-gatherer: Okay LOOK I need to be clear that the issue isn’t what I WANT it’s what I ALLOW MYSELF to HAVE because I dearly need the illusion of CONTROL

{{header: just like WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: really instead of any modern devices what I’d rather have is a bevy of single-function birds and dinosaurs coexisting with me in a symbiotic flintstonian utopia}}

#1061; In which a Cookie is refused 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!