Comic Transcripts

[[An artist thinks out loud.]]
Artist: Good artists copy… GREAT artists STEAL!

Artist: Everyone says it!

Artist: Finally, the perfect justification for plagiarism! Stealing is totally acceptable! Got a problem? Take it up with this maxim!
Bystander: I’m not sure outright plagiarism is what the saying is referring to…
Artist: Sure it is! I stole the maxim and claimed it as my own, so I decide what it means!

Critic: Then why is plagiarism so frowned upon?
Artist: SERIOUSLY! People probably just haven’t heard the maxim yet!

Critic: Or perhaps it’s sometimes fun to take something existing, and in the act of recreating or reinterpreting it, figure out what new meaning you can bring to it, or use it to inspire you in unexpected ways.
Artist: Nuts to THAT interpretation! I say, plagiarism for everyone!

[[A banner proclaims “LATER:”]]
Artist: It turns out plagiarism is frowned upon, even when WHAT you’re plagiarizing is a HIGHLY CONVINCING EXPLANATION for why plagiarism is just ducky!

{{header: a good day for WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: It’s called Fifty Shades of Gray and the titular spectrum is between the poles of your Puritanical sense of MORALS??}}

#1146; In which Theft is justified transcribed by in

[[An artist thinks out loud.]]
Artist: Good artists copy… GREAT artists STEAL!

Artist: Everyone says it!

Artist: Finally, the perfect justification for plagiarism! Stealing is totally acceptable! Got a problem? Take it up with this maxim!
Bystander: I’m not sure outright plagiarism is what the saying is referring to…
Artist: Sure it is! I stole the maxim and claimed it as my own, so I decide what it means!

Critic: Then why is plagiarism so frowned upon?
Artist: SERIOUSLY! People probably just haven’t heard the maxim yet!

Critic: Or perhaps it’s sometimes fun to take something existing, and in the act of recreating or reinterpreting it, figure out what new meaning you can bring to it, or use it to inspire you in unexpected ways.
Artist: Nuts to THAT interpretation! I say, plagiarism for everyone!

[[A banner proclaims “LATER:”]]
Artist: It turns out plagiarism is frowned upon, even when WHAT you’re plagiarizing is a HIGHLY CONVINCING EXPLANATION for why plagiarism is just ducky!

{{header: a good day for WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: It’s called Fifty Shades of Gray and the titular spectrum is between the poles of your Puritanical sense of MORALS??}}

#1146; In which Theft is justified transcribed by in

[[An artist thinks out loud.]]
Artist: Good artists copy... GREAT artists STEAL!

Artist: Everyone says it!

Artist: Finally, the perfect justification for plagiarism! Stealing is totally acceptable! Got a problem? Take it up with this maxim!
Bystander: I'm not sure outright plagiarism is what the saying is referring to...
Artist: Sure it is! I stole the maxim and claimed it as my own, so I decide what it means!

Critic: Then why is plagiarism so frowned upon?
Artist: SERIOUSLY! People probably just haven't heard the maxim yet!

Critic: Or perhaps it's sometimes fun to take something existing, and in the act of recreating or reinterpreting it, figure out what new meaning you can bring to it, or use it to inspire you in unexpected ways.
Artist: Nuts to THAT interpretation! I say, plagiarism for everyone!

[[A banner proclaims "LATER:"]]
Artist: It turns out plagiarism is frowned upon, even when WHAT you're plagiarizing is a HIGHLY CONVINCING EXPLANATION for why plagiarism is just ducky!

{{header: a good day for WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: It's called Fifty Shades of Gray and the titular spectrum is between the poles of your Puritanical sense of MORALS??}}

It's called Fifty Shades of Gray and the titular spectrum is between the poles of your Puritanical sense of MORALS??

New ways to get Bolted!

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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