Comic Transcripts

[[A view of the planet Earth.]]
Captain: No signs of life on quarantine planet Monday-X1-Prime.

[[A pod of some sort floats into view.]]
Captain: Wait.
Captain: Sensors fluctuating.

Captain: Something remains.

[[The pod drifts nearby a large spaceship.]]

[[The spaceship extends some sort of grabbing apparatus to retrieve the pod.]]

[[A human sleeps inside the “CRYO-STOR” pod.]]
Captain: Are you… Ridala?

[[Ridala opens her eyes in shock.]]
Captain: We are the Phryday.

[[The Phryday greets Ridala. It is an alien, with a lightbulb-shaped body and insectoid limbs.]]
Captain: We received a distress call.
Captain: We came as quickly as we could manage.

[[Ridala steps out of the pod.]]
Captain: It has been twenty thousand of your years.
Captain: But we came as quickly as we could.
Ridala: PHRYDAY! FINALLY! We can begin the rebuilding of my people!
<>

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Ridala: What’s that NOISE
Captain: Another cryo-pod?

[[The ship extends its grabber again to grab another pod.]]
Captain: Are there others of your kind?
Ridala: I… I thought not!

[[Ridala greets the wizened, crazy-eyed old man in the pod.]]
Ridala: Greetings, traveler, and wake! Twenty millenia of Monday are coming near to their end!

Old Man: Aw, THIS hardly counts as a MONDAY! Back in the war, WE saw a MONDAY!
Ridala: Who IS this

{{header: return to WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: One thing you learn in the war is to grab any unattended cryo-pod you see.}}

#1017; The Longest Monday (Epilogue) transcribed by in

[[A view of the planet Earth.]]
Captain: No signs of life on quarantine planet Monday-X1-Prime.

[[A pod of some sort floats into view.]]
Captain: Wait.
Captain: Sensors fluctuating.

Captain: Something remains.

[[The pod drifts nearby a large spaceship.]]

[[The spaceship extends some sort of grabbing apparatus to retrieve the pod.]]

[[A human sleeps inside the “CRYO-STOR” pod.]]
Captain: Are you… Ridala?

[[Ridala opens her eyes in shock.]]
Captain: We are the Phryday.

[[The Phryday greets Ridala. It is an alien, with a lightbulb-shaped body and insectoid limbs.]]
Captain: We received a distress call.
Captain: We came as quickly as we could manage.

[[Ridala steps out of the pod.]]
Captain: It has been twenty thousand of your years.
Captain: But we came as quickly as we could.
Ridala: PHRYDAY! FINALLY! We can begin the rebuilding of my people!
<>

<>
Ridala: What’s that NOISE
Captain: Another cryo-pod?

[[The ship extends its grabber again to grab another pod.]]
Captain: Are there others of your kind?
Ridala: I… I thought not!

[[Ridala greets the wizened, crazy-eyed old man in the pod.]]
Ridala: Greetings, traveler, and wake! Twenty millenia of Monday are coming near to their end!

Old Man: Aw, THIS hardly counts as a MONDAY! Back in the war, WE saw a MONDAY!
Ridala: Who IS this

{{header: return to WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: One thing you learn in the war is to grab any unattended cryo-pod you see.}}

#1017; The Longest Monday (Epilogue) transcribed by in

[[A view of the planet Earth.]]
Captain: No signs of life on quarantine planet Monday-X1-Prime.

[[A pod of some sort floats into view.]]
Captain: Wait.
Captain: Sensors fluctuating.

Captain: Something remains.

[[The pod drifts nearby a large spaceship.]]

[[The spaceship extends some sort of grabbing apparatus to retrieve the pod.]]

[[A human sleeps inside the "CRYO-STOR" pod.]]
Captain: Are you... Ridala?

[[Ridala opens her eyes in shock.]]
Captain: We are the Phryday.

[[The Phryday greets Ridala. It is an alien, with a lightbulb-shaped body and insectoid limbs.]]
Captain: We received a distress call.
Captain: We came as quickly as we could manage.

[[Ridala steps out of the pod.]]
Captain: It has been twenty thousand of your years.
Captain: But we came as quickly as we could.
Ridala: PHRYDAY! FINALLY! We can begin the rebuilding of my people!
<>

<>
Ridala: What's that NOISE
Captain: Another cryo-pod?

[[The ship extends its grabber again to grab another pod.]]
Captain: Are there others of your kind?
Ridala: I... I thought not!

[[Ridala greets the wizened, crazy-eyed old man in the pod.]]
Ridala: Greetings, traveler, and wake! Twenty millenia of Monday are coming near to their end!

Old Man: Aw, THIS hardly counts as a MONDAY! Back in the war, WE saw a MONDAY!
Ridala: Who IS this

{{header: return to WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: One thing you learn in the war is to grab any unattended cryo-pod you see.}}

One thing you learn in the war is to grab any unattended cryo-pod you see.

#1017; The Longest Monday (Epilogue)

  — April 8th, 2014

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The end, for real. The story began here. Closer look at the cryo-pod here!

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Bolted! Shipping is UNDERWAY

April 4, 2026 by David Malki !

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!

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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!


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