#1127; For Want of a Patron

Comic Transcripts

[[An artist complains to a potential patron (who appears to just be an arbitrary bystander).]]
Artist: Well, I hope you’re HAPPY! My whole project is a shambles!
Patron: What PROJECT
Artist: My personal exploration of the ISSUES facing my generation. It WAS to be a series of a hundred life-sized sculpted Cheeto self-portraits crafted meticulously by hand.
Patron: An exploration to what end?

Artist: I DON’T KNOW! Hence an EXPLORATION. But it’ll all fall apart if I can’t renew my grocery store license so I can get a bulk rate on Cheeto blanks! It’s CRUCIAL!
Artist: This is IMPORTANT! This is MEANINGFUL! It’s EVERYTHING I’ve been BUILDING toward! Step up to the plate and pitch in fifty bucks!
Patron: What are you even DOING
Patron: Why would I ENCOURAGE this

Artist: It’s my ART. It’s my PASSION. It’s what I have to SAY. Without your support, I can’t proceed. I can’t make the art.
Artist: Am I STUTTERING? Why are you HESITATING? What’s NOT to GET?

Patron: I think it sounds dumb.
Artist: Oh of COURSE
Artist: The CLASSIC PHILISTINE EXCUSE

{{header: the world-shattering WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: For just TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS you can help me pay the speeding ticket that I got while I was driving here to ask you for money}}

#1127; For Want of a Patron transcribed by in

Patron: I think it sounds dumb.
Artist: Oh of COURSE
Artist: The CLASSIC PHILISTINE EXCUSE

{{header: the world-shattering WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: For just TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS you can help me pay the speeding ticket that I got while I was driving here to ask you for money}}

#1127; For Want of a Patron 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!