#1084; The Ever-Present Threat

Comic Transcripts

[[A bearded man is talking to a young girl, who is holding a doll.]]
Father: And if you’re bad throughout the year, then the sharkhawk will come and gobble you up!

[[The girl’s mother looks on disapprovingly.]]
Mother: Dear, I don’t think scaring the kids is a good way to get them to behave.
Mother: It opens a lot of ethical doors vis-a-vis the motivations for doing good

[[The mother and father’s silhouettes are shown.]]
Father: Well, I see it this way…
Father: There’s a fifty-fifty chance the sharkhawk is gonna devour us all anyway

[[The mother and father are standing around.]]
Father: So, might as well build a little mythology around it

{{header: the inevitable WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: He knows if you’ve been bad or good, but frankly he’s more concerned about how lean and marbled you are.}}

#1084; The Ever-Present Threat transcribed by in

[[A bearded man is talking to a young girl, who is holding a doll.]]
Father: And if you’re bad throughout the year, then the sharkhawk will come and gobble you up!

[[The mother and father’s silhouettes are shown.]]
Father: Well, I see it this way…
Father: There’s a fifty-fifty chance the sharkhawk is gonna devour us all anyway

[[The mother and father are standing around.]]
Father: So, might as well build a little mythology around it

{{header: the inevitable WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: He knows if you’ve been bad or good, but frankly he’s more concerned about how lean and marbled you are.}}

#1084; The Ever-Present Threat 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!