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Part 3 of the story. Bill is visiting his mom’s house. He kisses her on the cheek as he removes his coat. This kiss gesture is mostly implied, I’m pretty pleased with how the compositing tells the story here. Because it’s the same body figure as the previous comic, just angled. I also gave him a scarf in the later panels, if you notice.

BILL: Hi, Mom.

MOM: Hi there, Billy. Merry Christmas.

MOM: Nicky coming to Christmas this year? have you heard from him at all?

BILL: I think he’s working. He usually works Christmas.

MOM: [tsk tsk] My WORD. A job that has you working EVERY Christmas Day. You’d think, as long as he’s been there, his boss could give him ONE Christmass off…

BILL: I think he…IS the boss? Guess I never really thought about whether there might be someone above him who likes to say in the shadows…Letting the flashy guy in the red suit get all the press. Koch brothers, something like that.

MOM: COKE BROTHERS! Oh, we used to call you that! You both did LOVE Coca-Cola…Nicky even did all those ads, do you remember!

BILL: Yeah, I’ll be this time of year he’s enjoying PLENTY of coke

#1183; Santa’s Older Brother, Part 3 (of 4) transcribed by in

Part 3 of the story. Bill is visiting his mom's house. He kisses her on the cheek as he removes his coat. This kiss gesture is mostly implied, I'm pretty pleased with how the compositing tells the story here. Because it's the same body figure as the previous comic, just angled. I also gave him a scarf in the later panels, if you notice.

BILL: Hi, Mom.

MOM: Hi there, Billy. Merry Christmas.

MOM: Nicky coming to Christmas this year? have you heard from him at all?

BILL: I think he's working. He usually works Christmas.

MOM: [tsk tsk] My WORD. A job that has you working EVERY Christmas Day. You'd think, as long as he's been there, his boss could give him ONE Christmass off...

BILL: I think he...IS the boss? Guess I never really thought about whether there might be someone above him who likes to say in the shadows...Letting the flashy guy in the red suit get all the press. Koch brothers, something like that.

MOM: COKE BROTHERS! Oh, we used to call you that! You both did LOVE Coca-Cola...Nicky even did all those ads, do you remember!

BILL: Yeah, I'll be this time of year he's enjoying PLENTY of coke

He always says his boss is ''The children'' but I can't discount the notion that it's a few SPECIFIC children, perhaps standing on each other's shoulders, perhaps in a trench coat

#1183; Santa’s Older Brother, Part 3 (of 4)

  — December 16th, 2015

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Bolted! Shipping is UNDERWAY

April 4, 2026 by David Malki !

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!


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