#541; In which I thought of it First

Comic Transcripts

JOSH: I got a great idea for a product. It’s perfect, it fills a needs, solves a common problem.
TAD: But you have absolutely NO engineering knowhow, seed capital, or business acumen whatsoever!
JOSH: ABSOLUTELY none. In fact, LESS than none, considering what information I DO have is irrevocably flawed.

JOSH: So what do I DO with my idea? I mean, it is SO great!
How do I CASH IN without having to do anything HARD?
TAD: If there’s really NOTHING you can do with it yourself, you have three options.
You can TURN IT OVER to the world, to someone who CAN do something with it.
You can cling to it, and nine years from now when somebody else comes up with it independently, moan that it was your idea.
OR, you can write a letter to the President of Inventions explaining your idea, and he’ll send you a form to fill out with a check to follow.

CAPTION: NINE YEARS LATER
OFFPANEL VOICE: …have developed a way to reprocess COW METHANE into JET FUEL.
JOSH: THAT WAS MY FRIKKIN IDEA
TAD: Man, EVERYBODY picks option two.

{{Header: come up with WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{Alt-text: Writing to the President of Inventions is like writing to Santa Claus, except that the President of Inventions is a notorious intellectual-property thief and Santa Claus is imaginary.}}

#541; In which I thought of it First transcribed by in

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.