#1156; Artist, Sun; Canvas, Me

Comic Transcripts

[[A muscular man, BRANTFORD, stands admiring himself in an ornate standing mirror, wearing only shorts. He has a tank-top tan line. A woman, THESSALY, is wearing a robe.]]

THESSALY: There’s so many things we THINK about that we’ll never take the chance to DO

THESSALY: Things that we do the same way every time for no reason other than habit. Why not TRY to do things in different ways? SEE what surprising things we learn?

[[THESSALY removes her robe behind a frosted panel.]]

THESSALY: Even if it’s not “BETTER”. Even if just to keep our senses from getting dulled. To remind ourselves that habit is a choice like any other.

[[THESSALY views herself nude in the mirror, admiring an elaborate tiger-stripe tan/sunburn pattern that covers her body.]]

BRANTFORD: And how do you feel about your choice to execute the experimental sunblock pattern known as “THE TIGER”?
THESSALY: I feel like a lot of useful lessons were learned, although I’m not sure I could list any

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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!