#1527; A Light for the Leftovers

Comic Transcripts

[[Outdoors, a portico. AGNESIA stands on the porch, pointing to the side. BUNBURY, wearing roller skates, slouches despondently on the ground.]]

AGNESIA: Hey, you left the fridge open again.
BUNBURY: Yes. The light shuts off when the door closes.

BUNBURY: The occupants of the fridge spend most of their time in utter darkness…this is punctuated only by moments when they are either CHOSEN to be eaten or shown that someone ELSE’S time has come, and thus reminded that theirs will soon.

[[Bunbury looks away from Agnesia.]]

BUNBURY: I felt that the foods that NOURISH us do not deserve to also be PUNISHED as they wait out the final days of their existence. So I wanted them to at LEAST have LIGHT.

[[Bunbury looks back towards Agnesia.]]

AGNESIA: You’re letting all the cold out.
BUNBURY: Do not worry. It is not the MACHINERY that chills the enclosure. It is their FEAR. Bathe them in darkness once more and it will replenish itself rapidly.

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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!