Comic Transcripts

[[A parasolled woman and a working-class fellow converse in a field.]]

BLIX: So have you seen HEADSTABBERS: REBORN yet?
BARNABY: Are you KIDDING me? Midnight screening on a CRUISE poking over the international date line LAST TUESDAY!
BLIX: And what’s the SUPER FAN opinion?
BARNABY: Well, I mean, here’s the thing

[[We focus in on BARNABY, who grabs the brim of his cap to focus his thoughts]]

BARNABY: Coming out of HEADSTABBERS: EXODUS there were so MANY open questions, and that film ended up taking such a turn from what we had expected based on leaked rumors about the novelization. Turned out that movie ended right BEFORE the actual exodus occurred, so of course we all figured we’d finally get to see the exodus itself. So it was quite a surprise to realized REBORN is set 5,000 years in the future and all the characters we’d loved now exist only as ROBOTIC THEME PARK REPLICAS.

[[Barnaby’s hand is extended in elaboration]]

BARNABY: And they’re forced to play through a mimicry of their heroic exploits, the details of which have been CORRUPTED by the passage of centuries… You walk into a HEADSTABBERS movie, you expect to see some heads getting stabbed! But INSTEAD we get long-winded arguments about the NATURE of stabbing and whether the heads we THOUGHT had been stabbed were in fact NOT STABBED and whether stabbing ITSELF should be considered a facile means of diplomacy.

[[We zoom back out to the pair]]

BARNABY: It actually took the question of headstabbing UNCOMFORTABLY SERIOUSLY, which is not what I would say Headstabbers as a series is ABOUT.
BLIX: So you didn’t like it because it INTERROGATED YOUR DESIRE to see heads getting stabbed at ALL.
BARNABY: Actually that’s why I LOVED it! Because deep down I TOO think that desire is kind of dumb!

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#1364; In which a Film is fraught, Part 1 transcribed by in

[[A parasolled woman and a working-class fellow converse in a field.]]

BLIX: So have you seen HEADSTABBERS: REBORN yet?
BARNABY: Are you KIDDING me? Midnight screening on a CRUISE poking over the international date line LAST TUESDAY!
BLIX: And what's the SUPER FAN opinion?
BARNABY: Well, I mean, here's the thing

[[We focus in on BARNABY, who grabs the brim of his cap to focus his thoughts]]

BARNABY: Coming out of HEADSTABBERS: EXODUS there were so MANY open questions, and that film ended up taking such a turn from what we had expected based on leaked rumors about the novelization. Turned out that movie ended right BEFORE the actual exodus occurred, so of course we all figured we'd finally get to see the exodus itself. So it was quite a surprise to realized REBORN is set 5,000 years in the future and all the characters we'd loved now exist only as ROBOTIC THEME PARK REPLICAS.

[[Barnaby's hand is extended in elaboration]]

BARNABY: And they're forced to play through a mimicry of their heroic exploits, the details of which have been CORRUPTED by the passage of centuries... You walk into a HEADSTABBERS movie, you expect to see some heads getting stabbed! But INSTEAD we get long-winded arguments about the NATURE of stabbing and whether the heads we THOUGHT had been stabbed were in fact NOT STABBED and whether stabbing ITSELF should be considered a facile means of diplomacy.

[[We zoom back out to the pair]]

BARNABY: It actually took the question of headstabbing UNCOMFORTABLY SERIOUSLY, which is not what I would say Headstabbers as a series is ABOUT.
BLIX: So you didn't like it because it INTERROGATED YOUR DESIRE to see heads getting stabbed at ALL.
BARNABY: Actually that's why I LOVED it! Because deep down I TOO think that desire is kind of dumb!

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HEADSTABBERS: EXODUS went RIGHT up to the edge of the exodus and then BAM!! Credits. It was VERY subversive.v

#1364; In which a Film is fraught, Part 1

  — December 19th, 2017

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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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