Comic Transcripts

[[A balding man and a woman sit at a wall table. The man holds a slip of paper.]]
Man: Did you hear? James Brown died.
Woman: Oh, no! That’s too bad. Man, that really sucks.

Man: The preceding was a TEST.
Man: Can you name any James Brown albums? Any songs, even?
Man: You are not now, nor have you ever been, a James Brown fan.
Woman: So? Can’t a person be sympathetic to someone dying?

Man: Well, sure. But don’t pretend that this bit of news is ROCKING YOUR WORLD, or that it will affect you in ANY way.
Man: We do not need to TiVo the memorial service and then archive it on tape.
Man: We do not need to buy, and then keep forever, the inevitable People Magazine Commemorative Issue.

Woman: Can we at least do a little dance? Make a little love? Get down tonight?
Man: THAT WAS KC AND THE SUNSHINE BAND

{{header: get up offa that thang at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: i worked on the television campaign for the movie ‘robots’ and at one point we used the james brown song ‘dr. detroit’ and there is a line that goes, ‘get up offa that thang, dance ’til you feel better, get up offa that thang, tryn’ta relieve that pressure’ and i swear it was so infectious i had to keep standing up and dancing feverishly before i could go on}}

#261; In which James Brown is … well, you know transcribed by in

[[A balding man and a woman sit at a wall table. The man holds a slip of paper.]]
Man: Did you hear? James Brown died.
Woman: Oh, no! That’s too bad. Man, that really sucks.

Man: The preceding was a TEST.
Man: Can you name any James Brown albums? Any songs, even?
Man: You are not now, nor have you ever been, a James Brown fan.
Woman: So? Can’t a person be sympathetic to someone dying?

Man: Well, sure. But don’t pretend that this bit of news is ROCKING YOUR WORLD, or that it will affect you in ANY way.
Man: We do not need to TiVo the memorial service and then archive it on tape.
Man: We do not need to buy, and then keep forever, the inevitable People Magazine Commemorative Issue.

Woman: Can we at least do a little dance? Make a little love? Get down tonight?
Man: THAT WAS KC AND THE SUNSHINE BAND

{{header: get up offa that thang at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: i worked on the television campaign for the movie ‘robots’ and at one point we used the james brown song ‘dr. detroit’ and there is a line that goes, ‘get up offa that thang, dance ’til you feel better, get up offa that thang, tryn’ta relieve that pressure’ and i swear it was so infectious i had to keep standing up and dancing feverishly before i could go on}}

#261; In which James Brown is … well, you know transcribed by in

[[A balding man and a woman sit at a wall table. The man holds a slip of paper.]]
Man: Did you hear? James Brown died.
Woman: Oh, no! That's too bad. Man, that really sucks.

Man: The preceding was a TEST.
Man: Can you name any James Brown albums? Any songs, even?
Man: You are not now, nor have you ever been, a James Brown fan.
Woman: So? Can't a person be sympathetic to someone dying?

Man: Well, sure. But don't pretend that this bit of news is ROCKING YOUR WORLD, or that it will affect you in ANY way.
Man: We do not need to TiVo the memorial service and then archive it on tape.
Man: We do not need to buy, and then keep forever, the inevitable People Magazine Commemorative Issue.

Woman: Can we at least do a little dance? Make a little love? Get down tonight?
Man: THAT WAS KC AND THE SUNSHINE BAND

{{header: get up offa that thang at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: i worked on the television campaign for the movie 'robots' and at one point we used the james brown song 'dr. detroit' and there is a line that goes, 'get up offa that thang, dance 'til you feel better, get up offa that thang, tryn'ta relieve that pressure' and i swear it was so infectious i had to keep standing up and dancing feverishly before i could go on}}

i worked on the television campaign for the movie 'robots' and at one point we used the james brown song 'dr. detroit' and there is a line that goes, 'get up offa that thang, dance 'til you feel better, get up offa that thang, tryn'ta relieve that pressure' and i swear it was so infectious i had to keep standing up and dancing feverishly before i could go on

#261; In which James Brown is … well, you know

  — December 29th, 2006

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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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