Comic Transcripts

[[BIMPLEY, JELLINA, and SAXOR arrive home in their automobile. They’re kind of all crammed in there.]]

JELLINA: Home sweet home. You guys hang out, I’ll pop in to check on the dogs?
JELLINA: See how much FREAKING OUT they did today.
BIMPLEY: Okey-dokey!
JELLINA: Then we can take our customary three-person shower.

[[Jellina leaves Bimpley and Saxor nestled in the car.]]

SAXOR: You get good material for your FARM VIOLENCE podcast today?
BIMPLEY: DECENT! There WAS quite a bit of violence, and it DID occur on a farm
BIMPLEY: I’m hoping all the, y’know, MANGLING won’t come across as glorified or gratuitous?
BIMPLEY: Standing there, watching the situation unfold, it was CLEARLY all NECESSARY… but it might be hard to make it clear in audio.

SAXOR: THEATRE of the MIND.
BIMPLEY: EXACTLY. The audience will have to IMAGINE all the details of the confrontation.
BIMPLEY: Which is a shame! It was INCREDIBLY interesting to see! Real pulse-pounding spectacle. I’ll have to just ALLUDE to how THRILLING it was. And hope they get the basic idea.

SAXOR: I’m sure they will. Man, I can’t WAIT for this shower.
BIMPLEY: SAME! Talk about a PULSE-POUNDING spectacle!

[[Jellina returns with bad news.]]

SAXOR: How are the dogs?
JELLINA: BAD NEWS. While we were all gone, they started their own podcast.
BIMPLEY: DANG it! So I DID forget to close the baby gate on the V.O. booth!!

{{header: sit and wait for WONDERMARK.COM}}

#1536; The Growing Threat, Part 3 (of 3) transcribed by in

[[BIMPLEY, JELLINA, and SAXOR arrive home in their automobile. They’re kind of all crammed in there.]]

JELLINA: Home sweet home. You guys hang out, I'll pop in to check on the dogs?
JELLINA: See how much FREAKING OUT they did today.
BIMPLEY: Okey-dokey!
JELLINA: Then we can take our customary three-person shower.

[[Jellina leaves Bimpley and Saxor nestled in the car.]]

SAXOR: You get good material for your FARM VIOLENCE podcast today?
BIMPLEY: DECENT! There WAS quite a bit of violence, and it DID occur on a farm
BIMPLEY: I'm hoping all the, y'know, MANGLING won't come across as glorified or gratuitous?
BIMPLEY: Standing there, watching the situation unfold, it was CLEARLY all NECESSARY... but it might be hard to make it clear in audio.

SAXOR: THEATRE of the MIND.
BIMPLEY: EXACTLY. The audience will have to IMAGINE all the details of the confrontation.
BIMPLEY: Which is a shame! It was INCREDIBLY interesting to see! Real pulse-pounding spectacle. I’ll have to just ALLUDE to how THRILLING it was. And hope they get the basic idea.

SAXOR: I'm sure they will. Man, I can't WAIT for this shower.
BIMPLEY: SAME! Talk about a PULSE-POUNDING spectacle!

[[Jellina returns with bad news.]]

SAXOR: How are the dogs?
JELLINA: BAD NEWS. While we were all gone, they started their own podcast.
BIMPLEY: DANG it! So I DID forget to close the baby gate on the V.O. booth!!

{{header: sit and wait for WONDERMARK.COM}}

we really gotta get a bigger car

#1536; The Growing Threat, Part 3 (of 3)

  — January 15th, 2024

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This storyline started here! And ends here, now.

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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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