Comic Transcripts

[[DR. MARCUS prepares a formula as BENSON watches.]]
MARCUS: …and THERE we go. Benson? Are you paying attention?
Keep a close eye on the process! You will have to reproduce it yourself!
BENSON: Yeah okay totally.

MARCUS: For once I drink this, I will become TOO STRONG to handle the beakers…You must prepare your OWN dose for yourself!
Only THEN, Benson, shall the NATIONS BOW before us–and TOGETHER we will RULE WITH POWER!
BENSON: I know.

MARCUS: Unless…unless you’re NOT planning to prepare your own dose! Is THAT your plan, Benson? To allow me to turn, and then ABANDON me? A monster alone, utterly ALONE in the world?
O what a TRAGIC FATE! Is this your passive-aggressive way of cautioning me against the dangers of HUBRIS?
BENSON: I dunno.

MARCUS: Very well. A fine consul you have proven to be, Benson. We shall retire, this day, and RECONSIDER our aims.
I am GRATEFUL for your WISDOM. You have done us both, AND our cause, a GREAT service today.
BENSON: TOTALLY.

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[[DR. MARCUS prepares a formula as BENSON watches.]]
MARCUS: ...and THERE we go. Benson? Are you paying attention?
Keep a close eye on the process! You will have to reproduce it yourself!
BENSON: Yeah okay totally.

MARCUS: For once I drink this, I will become TOO STRONG to handle the beakers...You must prepare your OWN dose for yourself!
Only THEN, Benson, shall the NATIONS BOW before us--and TOGETHER we will RULE WITH POWER!
BENSON: I know.

MARCUS: Unless...unless you're NOT planning to prepare your own dose! Is THAT your plan, Benson? To allow me to turn, and then ABANDON me? A monster alone, utterly ALONE in the world?
O what a TRAGIC FATE! Is this your passive-aggressive way of cautioning me against the dangers of HUBRIS?
BENSON: I dunno.

MARCUS: Very well. A fine consul you have proven to be, Benson. We shall retire, this day, and RECONSIDER our aims.
I am GRATEFUL for your WISDOM. You have done us both, AND our cause, a GREAT service today.
BENSON: TOTALLY.

{{Header: listen to WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{Alt-Text: Benson's just there for the class credit.}}

Benson's just there for the class credit.

New ways to get Bolted!

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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