Comic Transcripts

[[A radio program plays over a gramophone-like device.]]
Radio: One other tip for a more frugal wedding? Perhaps SKIP the recent trend of dropping thousands of wedding photo leaflets from an airplane, blanketing the entire city.
Radio: Wedding expert Maggie Jane says, “To save some money, consider dropping ONLY a FEW HUNDRED leaflets, concentrating on the neighborhoods you frequent most. And don’t overlook the cost benefits of printing your leaflets in black and white!”

[[A severe-looking woman and a man with a thick beard and glasses listen to the show.]]
Leaflet Advocate: This is an INSULT. A real slap in the face to the whole wedding-leaflet industry! Hundreds of leaflet droppers will be hurt by this shallow, attention-grabbing advice!
Pilot: EXACTLY! I always say, drop as many leaflets as is in your budget. You don’t have to go nuts. A thousand is fine!

Leaflet Advocate: RIGHT? It’s the couple’s special day. Who’s to say how many leaflets they should or shouldn’t drop?
Leaflet Advocate: Some chick on the RADIO?
Pilot: I have a commercial pilot’s license, a sheet-fed offset printing press, and a basket with a hook on it. I have been doing leaflet dropping for over THIRTEEN MONTHS.

Pilot: I am a PROFESSIONAL. Let me do my job!!
Leaflet Advocate: EXACTLY!
Pilot: EXACTLY!!

[[A banner at the top of the panel reads: “LATER”. Two men are strolling along, one with a bowler hat, the other with a top hat. Hundreds of leaflets are falling from the sky, blanketing the air and ground.]]
Tophat: I hate wedding season

{{header: the modern WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: Please be patient, everyone… it will take us a few minutes to recite our vows because we can only read as fast as the skywriting plane can write}}

#1051; In which a Tradition is threatened transcribed by in

[[A radio program plays over a gramophone-like device.]]
Radio: One other tip for a more frugal wedding? Perhaps SKIP the recent trend of dropping thousands of wedding photo leaflets from an airplane, blanketing the entire city.
Radio: Wedding expert Maggie Jane says, “To save some money, consider dropping ONLY a FEW HUNDRED leaflets, concentrating on the neighborhoods you frequent most. And don’t overlook the cost benefits of printing your leaflets in black and white!”

[[A severe-looking woman and a man with a thick beard and glasses listen to the show.]]
Leaflet Advocate: This is an INSULT. A real slap in the face to the whole wedding-leaflet industry! Hundreds of leaflet droppers will be hurt by this shallow, attention-grabbing advice!
Pilot: EXACTLY! I always say, drop as many leaflets as is in your budget. You don’t have to go nuts. A thousand is fine!

Leaflet Advocate: RIGHT? It’s the couple’s special day. Who’s to say how many leaflets they should or shouldn’t drop?
Leaflet Advocate: Some chick on the RADIO?
Pilot: I have a commercial pilot’s license, a sheet-fed offset printing press, and a basket with a hook on it. I have been doing leaflet dropping for over THIRTEEN MONTHS.

Pilot: I am a PROFESSIONAL. Let me do my job!!
Leaflet Advocate: EXACTLY!
Pilot: EXACTLY!!

[[A banner at the top of the panel reads: “LATER”. Two men are strolling along, one with a bowler hat, the other with a top hat. Hundreds of leaflets are falling from the sky, blanketing the air and ground.]]
Tophat: I hate wedding season

{{header: the modern WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: Please be patient, everyone… it will take us a few minutes to recite our vows because we can only read as fast as the skywriting plane can write}}

#1051; In which a Tradition is threatened transcribed by in

[[A radio program plays over a gramophone-like device.]]
Radio: One other tip for a more frugal wedding? Perhaps SKIP the recent trend of dropping thousands of wedding photo leaflets from an airplane, blanketing the entire city.
Radio: Wedding expert Maggie Jane says, "To save some money, consider dropping ONLY a FEW HUNDRED leaflets, concentrating on the neighborhoods you frequent most. And don't overlook the cost benefits of printing your leaflets in black and white!"

[[A severe-looking woman and a man with a thick beard and glasses listen to the show.]]
Leaflet Advocate: This is an INSULT. A real slap in the face to the whole wedding-leaflet industry! Hundreds of leaflet droppers will be hurt by this shallow, attention-grabbing advice!
Pilot: EXACTLY! I always say, drop as many leaflets as is in your budget. You don't have to go nuts. A thousand is fine!

Leaflet Advocate: RIGHT? It's the couple's special day. Who's to say how many leaflets they should or shouldn't drop?
Leaflet Advocate: Some chick on the RADIO?
Pilot: I have a commercial pilot's license, a sheet-fed offset printing press, and a basket with a hook on it. I have been doing leaflet dropping for over THIRTEEN MONTHS.

Pilot: I am a PROFESSIONAL. Let me do my job!!
Leaflet Advocate: EXACTLY!
Pilot: EXACTLY!!

[[A banner at the top of the panel reads: "LATER". Two men are strolling along, one with a bowler hat, the other with a top hat. Hundreds of leaflets are falling from the sky, blanketing the air and ground.]]
Tophat: I hate wedding season

{{header: the modern WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: Please be patient, everyone... it will take us a few minutes to recite our vows because we can only read as fast as the skywriting plane can write}}

Please be patient, everyone...it will take us a few minutes to recite our vows because we can only read as fast as the skywriting plane can write

#1051; In which a Tradition is threatened

  — August 5th, 2014

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More comics about weddings:
#665; Seconds before the Elopement
#667; The Delight is in finding Reasons
#270; In which Giddiness is annoying
#412; In which Everyone Else just sits quietly
#759; And the Guests Never Notice

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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!

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!


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