Comic Transcripts

[[JOHN and MARILU are listening to a base-ball game over the radiogrammephonimat.]]
JOHN: You’re always asking if I want to listen to the game with you, right? So, HERE I AM!
“DIRTY LEGS” MACKAY [[the game’s broad-caster]]: …a high fly ball, and that will retire the side.

“DIRTY LEGS” MACKAY: After two innings, the score is four-one, Metroville.
JOHN: Who decided they should announce the score by saying which team’s winning? That seems one-sided. People love underdogs, right? Framing the score in terms of which team has an obstacle to overcome would be more engaging!

JOHN: And doesn’t having fielders convey a lack of confidence in the pitcher? “We really don’t think you can throw a no-hitter, so we put eight other guys out there to clean up your messes.” “Don’t TRY HARD or anything.” Oh and hey, what if the pitcher started using a tennis ball? Just like whipped it out? You think anyone’d notice?

[[MARILU’S response: JOHN is crammed into the waste-basket.]]
“DIRTY LEGS” MACKAY: …aaand we’re back. Hope you fans at home are enjoying this great day of baseball!

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#401; In which John has some Questions transcribed by in

[[JOHN and MARILU are listening to a base-ball game over the radiogrammephonimat.]]
JOHN: You’re always asking if I want to listen to the game with you, right? So, HERE I AM!
“DIRTY LEGS” MACKAY [[the game’s broad-caster]]: …a high fly ball, and that will retire the side.

“DIRTY LEGS” MACKAY: After two innings, the score is four-one, Metroville.
JOHN: Who decided they should announce the score by saying which team’s winning? That seems one-sided. People love underdogs, right? Framing the score in terms of which team has an obstacle to overcome would be more engaging!

JOHN: And doesn’t having fielders convey a lack of confidence in the pitcher? “We really don’t think you can throw a no-hitter, so we put eight other guys out there to clean up your messes.” “Don’t TRY HARD or anything.” Oh and hey, what if the pitcher started using a tennis ball? Just like whipped it out? You think anyone’d notice?

[[MARILU’S response: JOHN is crammed into the waste-basket.]]
“DIRTY LEGS” MACKAY: …aaand we’re back. Hope you fans at home are enjoying this great day of baseball!

{{header: commentate at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: i think someone would probably notice}}

#401; In which John has some Questions transcribed by in

[[JOHN and MARILU are listening to a base-ball game over the radiogrammephonimat.]]
JOHN: You're always asking if I want to listen to the game with you, right? So, HERE I AM!
"DIRTY LEGS" MACKAY [[the game's broad-caster]]: ...a high fly ball, and that will retire the side.

"DIRTY LEGS" MACKAY: After two innings, the score is four-one, Metroville.
JOHN: Who decided they should announce the score by saying which team's winning? That seems one-sided. People love underdogs, right? Framing the score in terms of which team has an obstacle to overcome would be more engaging!

JOHN: And doesn't having fielders convey a lack of confidence in the pitcher? "We really don't think you can throw a no-hitter, so we put eight other guys out there to clean up your messes." "Don't TRY HARD or anything." Oh and hey, what if the pitcher started using a tennis ball? Just like whipped it out? You think anyone'd notice?

[[MARILU'S response: JOHN is crammed into the waste-basket.]]
"DIRTY LEGS" MACKAY: ...aaand we're back. Hope you fans at home are enjoying this great day of baseball!

{{header: commentate at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: i think someone would probably notice}}

i think someone would probably notice

#401; In which John has some Questions

  — April 22nd, 2008

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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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