#1149; The Prodigal Slur

Comic Transcripts

[[A kangaroo, BARBARA, confronts a frog, SPENCER, who is smoking and carrying a wine bottle under his little froggy arm.]]

BARBARA: Spencer…I HEARD what you SAID five years ago on a train! There’s a RECORDING!
BARBARA: It was VERY offensive! Spencer, how COULD you?

SPENCER: Listen, Barbara. I DID say some terrible things. But HERE’S what you have to decide.
SPENCER: Am I a terrible person? Do I have hate in my heart for anyone different from me?
SPENCER: Is that recording devoid of necessary context? Would learning more about the complex situation make things clearer?

SPENCER: Am I a passive participant in an offensive CULTURE, having been raised BLIND to the very real struggles of marginalized groups, and therefore possessing an inherent insensitivity to what others may find offensive?
SPENCER: Am I a CURRENT victim of an offense-seeking machine eager to gleefully fan ANY flame of outrage that will demonize ANYONE?

SPENCER: Or is life complicated and issues never truly black and white, to the eternal chagrin of everyone trying to make sense of how best to live an ethical life?
BARBARA: I don’t know WHAT to think now! You’ve got me all CONFUSED!
SPENCER (dismissively): Pshhh just LIKE a kangaroo

#1149; The Prodigal Slur transcribed by in

[[A kangaroo, BARBARA, confronts a frog, SPENCER, who is smoking and carrying a wine bottle under his little froggy arm.]]

BARBARA: Spencer…I HEARD what you SAID five years ago on a train! There’s a RECORDING!
BARBARA: It was VERY offensive! Spencer, how COULD you?

#1149; The Prodigal Slur transcribed by in

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.