#1566; The Roiling Storm Within

Comic Transcripts

In this Wondermark comic, SCRUNCHIN is slumped in a folding chair, while his good friend BORNDOGH looks on, clutching a cane.

S: Weird how when your MEAT feels bad, YOU feel bad. Do I have this headache BECAUSE I have indigestion? Or are my GUTS nauseous because I’m mentally stressed out?

S (gesturing to his head): The meat parts are all making EACH OTHER grumpy. It’s a vicious cycle! And it’s not JUST the meats! There’s the SPARKY BITS up here too! THEY got their OWN problems! SPARKS are interacting with FATS and I can’t make heads or tails of it!

S: And what about all the JUICES and GOOPS in there?

B: If you got too much of one goop and not enough of another, WATCH OUT.

S: My GOOPS are askew! They’re oozing and splashing and getting all in each other’s business! And somehow that is making ME, the real human boy at the center of it all, MISERABLE. What a racket!

S: I am left to conclude that I got TOO many WEIRD goops, and NOT enough GOOD goops. CLINICALLY.

B: The old folks were right all along! I guess your humours CAN get out of balance

#1566; The Roiling Storm Within transcribed by in

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!