#501; In which the Neighbor visits

Comic Transcripts

CLIVE: You ever have that thing where you get mad at someone in a dream and the you’re STILL MAD when you wake up?
Well, I did the OPPOSITE.

CLIVE: Last night I dreamed I had a real heart-to-heart with Arthur from next door.
I felt SILLY for HATING him all these years.
And the weirdest part was–when I woke up, that deep and abiding hatred was LEGITIMATELY GONE!
I don’t hate him anymore!

JULIA: But that was just a dream! In REALITY he’s STILL the same jerk he’s ALWAYS been!
And that ANIMAL of his! UGH!
CLIVE: But I’ve LET GO of my hate! I feel GREAT!
The poor ol’ weirdo is just chronically misunderstood!

JULIA: YOU CANNOT LET YOUR GUARD DOWN OR HE WILL SENSE IT
[[ARTHUR suddenly appears, riding his Piranhamoose, FLUFFY. FLUFFY knocks CLIVE down.]]
ARTHUR: OH HEY FLUFFY HERE JUST ATE YOUR DOG I THINK
SORRY ABOUT THAT

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#501; In which the Neighbor visits transcribed by in

CLIVE: You ever have that thing where you get mad at someone in a dream and the you’re STILL MAD when you wake up?
Well, I did the OPPOSITE.

{{Header: listen for WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{Alt-Text: OR MAYBE IT WAS A BABY I MEAN IT ALL HAPPENED SO FAST}}

#501; In which the Neighbor visits transcribed by in

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!