Comic Transcripts

Man: People are afraid to TALK these days for fear of OFFENDING someone! It’s UNBELIEVABLE!

Man: You can’t do ANYTHING without someone taking it as an INSULT!
Man: You can’t talk like you’d NORMALLY talk, full of all the invective and slurs you’d NORMALLY use, without the objects of that invective feeling belittled and dehumanized by it!

Man: You can’t even step on people’s FEET without them crying out in pain! You have to try and AVOID stepping on them at ALL if you don’t want to be accused of HURTING them! It’s MADNESS!!
Man: You can’t TRAMPLE THE MULTITUDES without a weak moan from the very bottom of the body-pile making you feel momentarily a tiny bit sheepish!!

Man: What’s the world COMING to, when you’re tacitly encouraged NOT to simply stop about wherever you like, heedless of the humanity of others? What KIND of WORLD are we CREATING??
Woman: One where —
Man: The QUESTION was OBVIOUSLY RHETORICAL

{{header: toughen up at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: It’s like you can’t even unhinge your jaw and let the dark pour out unheeded into the world at large anymore, without the all-consuming void gushing from your black center devouring the stars and the birds and the sun and the elements that combine to make love possible!}}

#1071; Old Dog, Oldest Trick transcribed by in

Man: People are afraid to TALK these days for fear of OFFENDING someone! It’s UNBELIEVABLE!

Man: You can’t do ANYTHING without someone taking it as an INSULT!
Man: You can’t talk like you’d NORMALLY talk, full of all the invective and slurs you’d NORMALLY use, without the objects of that invective feeling belittled and dehumanized by it!

Man: You can’t even step on people’s FEET without them crying out in pain! You have to try and AVOID stepping on them at ALL if you don’t want to be accused of HURTING them! It’s MADNESS!!
Man: You can’t TRAMPLE THE MULTITUDES without a weak moan from the very bottom of the body-pile making you feel momentarily a tiny bit sheepish!!

Man: What’s the world COMING to, when you’re tacitly encouraged NOT to simply stop about wherever you like, heedless of the humanity of others? What KIND of WORLD are we CREATING??
Woman: One where —
Man: The QUESTION was OBVIOUSLY RHETORICAL

{{header: toughen up at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: It’s like you can’t even unhinge your jaw and let the dark pour out unheeded into the world at large anymore, without the all-consuming void gushing from your black center devouring the stars and the birds and the sun and the elements that combine to make love possible!}}

#1071; Old Dog, Oldest Trick transcribed by in

Man: People are afraid to TALK these days for fear of OFFENDING someone! It's UNBELIEVABLE!

Man: You can't do ANYTHING without someone taking it as an INSULT!
Man: You can't talk like you'd NORMALLY talk, full of all the invective and slurs you'd NORMALLY use, without the objects of that invective feeling belittled and dehumanized by it!

Man: You can't even step on people's FEET without them crying out in pain! You have to try and AVOID stepping on them at ALL if you don't want to be accused of HURTING them! It's MADNESS!!
Man: You can't TRAMPLE THE MULTITUDES without a weak moan from the very bottom of the body-pile making you feel momentarily a tiny bit sheepish!!

Man: What's the world COMING to, when you're tacitly encouraged NOT to simply stop about wherever you like, heedless of the humanity of others? What KIND of WORLD are we CREATING??
Woman: One where --
Man: The QUESTION was OBVIOUSLY RHETORICAL

{{header: toughen up at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: It's like you can't even unhinge your jaw and let the dark pour out unheeded into the world at large anymore, without the all-consuming void gushing from your black center devouring the stars and the birds and the sun and the elements that combine to make love possible!}}

It's like you can't even unhinge your jaw and let the dark pour out unheeded into the world at large anymore, without the all-consuming void gushing from your black center devouring the stars and the birds and the sun and the elements that combine to make love possible!

#1071; Old Dog, Oldest Trick

  — October 24th, 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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