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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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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