#1083; The Lingering Icebergs, Part 3 (of 3)

Comic Transcripts

[[The characters from the previous two comics have returned.]]
Tophat: So YOUR suggestion is to picture my unfinished to-do items NOT as ICEBERGS following my ship-of-self around, but instead as COAL CARS that I’m towing.
Tophat: Here’s my problem with the metaphor. Wouldn’t the coal cars sink to the ocean floor?

[[Tophat’s eyes bulge open in excitement.]]
Dilettante: Well, you don’t have to be a boat…
Tophat: What if I’m towing GARBAGE BARGES full of MAGNESIUM FLARES!

[[Tophat cackles madly, his eyebrows furrowed in anger.]]
Tophat: So then if an iceberg hits them, everything goes up like the Fourth of July!
Tophat: Take THAT, icebergs! SUICIDE SWITCH!
Tophat: Try to defeat ME, eh? Well, YOU’RE going WITH me! KABOOM!!

Dilettante: I mean, you can make the metaphor anything you-
Tophat: I swear to god if ‘Clean out the garage’ comes ONE STEP CLOSER they’re going to find pieces of us BOTH on the MOON

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{{alt-text: The garage does NOT want to mess with this flare boat.}}

#1083; The Lingering Icebergs, Part 3 (of 3) transcribed by in

[[Tophat’s eyes bulge open in excitement.]]
Dilettante: Well, you don’t have to be a boat…
Tophat: What if I’m towing GARBAGE BARGES full of MAGNESIUM FLARES!

Dilettante: I mean, you can make the metaphor anything you-
Tophat: I swear to god if ‘Clean out the garage’ comes ONE STEP CLOSER they’re going to find pieces of us BOTH on the MOON

{{header: run from WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: The garage does NOT want to mess with this flare boat.}}

#1083; The Lingering Icebergs, Part 3 (of 3) 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!