#1151; The Creative Firm

Comic Transcripts

[[A man in Templar robes, LORD GRIMSBY, gives a tour to another man, THORNWELL, showing off a workspace. A large anvil serves as a desk with a typewriter on top.]]

LORD GRIMSBY: …And this is our work area. We try to use reclaimed and upcycled materials wherever possible. For example, this typing desk is actually a secondhand cast iron anvil! Isn’t that fun?

THORNWELL: That seems so much LESS convenient than simply using a lightweight table, no?
LORD GRIMSBY: We’re trying to establish an AESTHETIC. What’s more inspiring to look at? A cheap pressboard table or this cool old anvil?

[[Lord Grimsby shows off a complicated structure made of crossed planks.]]

LORD GRIMSBY: Like this old lamp! It’s made from reclaimed pieces of cheap typing desk, completely ELEVATED by its new context as a hip, funky IKEA-chic lamp!
THORNWELL: It doesn’t give off much light
LORD GRIMSBY: Not in a PHYSICAL sense, perhaps…

THORNWELL: Shouldn’t functionality play a role at ALL when it comes to furnishing a COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENT?
LORD GRIMSBY: We like to say we move BEYOND function into METAFUNCTION. For example: need to forge any horseshoes on your flex time? You’ll LOVE this kooky anvil, made from a shabby old lamp!

THORNWELL: Let me guess: you also type on tea leaves and brew tea with old typing paper.
LORD GRIMSBY: Wow! YOU, my friend, are what WE call a CULTURE FIT!

#1151; The Creative Firm transcribed by in

[[A man in Templar robes, LORD GRIMSBY, gives a tour to another man, THORNWELL, showing off a workspace. A large anvil serves as a desk with a typewriter on top.]]

LORD GRIMSBY: …And this is our work area. We try to use reclaimed and upcycled materials wherever possible. For example, this typing desk is actually a secondhand cast iron anvil! Isn’t that fun?

[[Lord Grimsby shows off a complicated structure made of crossed planks.]]

THORNWELL: Let me guess: you also type on tea leaves and brew tea with old typing paper.
LORD GRIMSBY: Wow! YOU, my friend, are what WE call a CULTURE FIT!

#1151; The Creative Firm transcribed by in

[[A man in Templar robes, LORD GRIMSBY, gives a tour to another man, THORNWELL, showing off a workspace. A large anvil serves as a desk with a typewriter on top.]]

LORD GRIMSBY: ...And this is our work area. We try to use reclaimed and upcycled materials wherever possible. For example, this typing desk is actually a secondhand cast iron anvil! Isn't that fun?

THORNWELL: That seems so much LESS convenient than simply using a lightweight table, no?
LORD GRIMSBY: We're trying to establish an AESTHETIC. What's more inspiring to look at? A cheap pressboard table or this cool old anvil?

[[Lord Grimsby shows off a complicated structure made of crossed planks.]]

LORD GRIMSBY: Like this old lamp! It's made from reclaimed pieces of cheap typing desk, completely ELEVATED by its new context as a hip, funky IKEA-chic lamp!
THORNWELL: It doesn't give off much light
LORD GRIMSBY: Not in a PHYSICAL sense, perhaps...

THORNWELL: Shouldn't functionality play a role at ALL when it comes to furnishing a COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENT?
LORD GRIMSBY: We like to say we move BEYOND function into METAFUNCTION. For example: need to forge any horseshoes on your flex time? You'll LOVE this kooky anvil, made from a shabby old lamp!

THORNWELL: Let me guess: you also type on tea leaves and brew tea with old typing paper.
LORD GRIMSBY: Wow! YOU, my friend, are what WE call a CULTURE FIT!

on your flex time you might choose to forge horseshoes, or make homemade baseball bats on the company lathe, or why not join the company 3-legged racing team? For which I maaaaay even be looooking for a paaaaartneeeeeer

#1151; The Creative Firm

— August 18th, 2015

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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.

Comic Transcripts

#1151; The Creative Firm

— August 18th, 2015

Event alert!

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