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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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New ways to get Bolted!

July 24, 2026 by David Malki !

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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