Comic Transcripts

[[A man with a pointed mustache is sitting at a table in a top hat, writing something with a quill.]]
Tophat: I love finding old to-do lists from months or years ago.
Tophat: Sometimes I can check off, like, half of it instantly. I did eventually do that and that and that!
Tophat: You have no power here! I did you!

[[A disinterested-looking young girl joins the conversation.]]
Tophat: Other items I realize I didn’t ever do, and that’s okay. The sky didn’t fall. Nobody died. I thought it was super important at the time, but I’m over it now.
Tophat: And then… there’s the icebergs.
Dilettante: Icebergs?

Tophat: The stuff I didn’t finish then and still haven’t finished now.
Tophat: Still bobbing in my life like a giant cold iceberg. I can chip away at it, but there’s always so. Much. More.

Tophat: Wherever I go, whatever else I do, the iceberg follows. Silent… immense… stark in its beauty, but impenetrable.
Tophat: Too many of them can surround, freeze, lock me in place until I can’t move at all! Icebound.

Tophat: What’s the date on this list? Two years ago. I sighted these icebergs then.
Tophat: They are patient. They are silent. They reflect my shortcomings in their gleaming facets.

Tophat: I hate finding old to-do lists

{{header: keep doing that WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: the only thing not crossed out on this list is ‘figure out how to reconcile yourself to a level of productivity that you can reasonably achieve’}}

#1081; The Lingering Icebergs, Part 1 (of 3) transcribed by in

[[A man with a pointed mustache is sitting at a table in a top hat, writing something with a quill.]]
Tophat: I love finding old to-do lists from months or years ago.
Tophat: Sometimes I can check off, like, half of it instantly. I did eventually do that and that and that!
Tophat: You have no power here! I did you!

[[A disinterested-looking young girl joins the conversation.]]
Tophat: Other items I realize I didn’t ever do, and that’s okay. The sky didn’t fall. Nobody died. I thought it was super important at the time, but I’m over it now.
Tophat: And then… there’s the icebergs.
Dilettante: Icebergs?

Tophat: The stuff I didn’t finish then and still haven’t finished now.
Tophat: Still bobbing in my life like a giant cold iceberg. I can chip away at it, but there’s always so. Much. More.

Tophat: Wherever I go, whatever else I do, the iceberg follows. Silent… immense… stark in its beauty, but impenetrable.
Tophat: Too many of them can surround, freeze, lock me in place until I can’t move at all! Icebound.

Tophat: What’s the date on this list? Two years ago. I sighted these icebergs then.
Tophat: They are patient. They are silent. They reflect my shortcomings in their gleaming facets.

Tophat: I hate finding old to-do lists

{{header: keep doing that WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: the only thing not crossed out on this list is ‘figure out how to reconcile yourself to a level of productivity that you can reasonably achieve’}}

#1081; The Lingering Icebergs, Part 1 (of 3) transcribed by in

[[A man with a pointed mustache is sitting at a table in a top hat, writing something with a quill.]]
Tophat: I love finding old to-do lists from months or years ago.
Tophat: Sometimes I can check off, like, half of it instantly. I did eventually do that and that and that!
Tophat: You have no power here! I did you!

[[A disinterested-looking young girl joins the conversation.]]
Tophat: Other items I realize I didn't ever do, and that's okay. The sky didn't fall. Nobody died. I thought it was super important at the time, but I'm over it now.
Tophat: And then... there's the icebergs.
Dilettante: Icebergs?

Tophat: The stuff I didn't finish then and still haven't finished now.
Tophat: Still bobbing in my life like a giant cold iceberg. I can chip away at it, but there's always so. Much. More.

Tophat: Wherever I go, whatever else I do, the iceberg follows. Silent... immense... stark in its beauty, but impenetrable.
Tophat: Too many of them can surround, freeze, lock me in place until I can't move at all! Icebound.

Tophat: What's the date on this list? Two years ago. I sighted these icebergs then.
Tophat: They are patient. They are silent. They reflect my shortcomings in their gleaming facets.

Tophat: I hate finding old to-do lists

{{header: keep doing that WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: the only thing not crossed out on this list is 'figure out how to reconcile yourself to a level of productivity that you can reasonably achieve'}}

the only thing not crossed out on this list is 'figure out how to reconcile yourself to a level of productivity that you can reasonably achieve'

#1081; The Lingering Icebergs, Part 1 (of 3)

  — December 1st, 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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