Comic Transcripts

[[RALPH is piloting his spiffy steam-powered car.]]
RALPH: Gaahh! I hate parking!

SIGN: NO PARKING
Residential permit excepted
Commercial permit excepted
Diplomatic permit excepted
Disabled placard excepted
Vigilante hero placard excepted

SIGN: NO PARKING
During street cleaning
Monday 5AM-11PM
Tuesday 5AM-11PM
Wednesday 5AM-11PM
Thursday 5AM-11PM
Friday 5AM-11PM
Saturday 5AM-11PM
Sunday 5AM-11PM
The street is really dirty okay

SIGN: NO PARKING
Everyone except guys with moustaches excepted
(RALPH has a moustache)

RALPH: GAAHHH!!
How would they even KNOW?

[[A large touring car is parked so that it takes up two spaces at the curb.]]

[[RALPH is irritated to see this.]]

[[Fortunately, he has a nice bakelite cell phone in his steam-powered car.]]
RALPH: Hey, Mike? Remember the time I saved you from that snakebite?
…I need a favor.

[[RALPH glares at the parked car.]]

[[A shadow falls over him. He looks up.]]

[[A truly spectacular steam helicopter has descended. MIKE is the pilot.]]

[[MIKE lowers a claw from the helicopter as he hovers above the parked car.]]

[[The claw grabs the car and lifts it…]]

[[And sets it down so it’s touching the car behind it, leaving a space large enough for another car in front of it.]]

[[His job done, MIKE flies off into the sunset.]]

[[RALPH watches him fly off and a single tear trickles down his cheek.]]

{{Header: fit just right at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{Alt-text: This is sufficient to qualify for the Vigilante Hero placard.}}

#550; In which Salvation is summoned transcribed by in

[[RALPH is piloting his spiffy steam-powered car.]]
RALPH: Gaahh! I hate parking!

SIGN: NO PARKING
Residential permit excepted
Commercial permit excepted
Diplomatic permit excepted
Disabled placard excepted
Vigilante hero placard excepted

SIGN: NO PARKING
During street cleaning
Monday 5AM-11PM
Tuesday 5AM-11PM
Wednesday 5AM-11PM
Thursday 5AM-11PM
Friday 5AM-11PM
Saturday 5AM-11PM
Sunday 5AM-11PM
The street is really dirty okay

SIGN: NO PARKING
Everyone except guys with moustaches excepted
(RALPH has a moustache)

RALPH: GAAHHH!!
How would they even KNOW?

[[A large touring car is parked so that it takes up two spaces at the curb.]]

[[RALPH is irritated to see this.]]

[[Fortunately, he has a nice bakelite cell phone in his steam-powered car.]]
RALPH: Hey, Mike? Remember the time I saved you from that snakebite?
…I need a favor.

[[RALPH glares at the parked car.]]

[[A shadow falls over him. He looks up.]]

[[A truly spectacular steam helicopter has descended. MIKE is the pilot.]]

[[MIKE lowers a claw from the helicopter as he hovers above the parked car.]]

[[The claw grabs the car and lifts it…]]

[[And sets it down so it’s touching the car behind it, leaving a space large enough for another car in front of it.]]

[[His job done, MIKE flies off into the sunset.]]

[[RALPH watches him fly off and a single tear trickles down his cheek.]]

{{Header: fit just right at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{Alt-text: This is sufficient to qualify for the Vigilante Hero placard.}}

#550; In which Salvation is summoned transcribed by in

[[RALPH is piloting his spiffy steam-powered car.]]
RALPH: Gaahh! I hate parking!

SIGN: NO PARKING
Residential permit excepted
Commercial permit excepted
Diplomatic permit excepted
Disabled placard excepted
Vigilante hero placard excepted

SIGN: NO PARKING
During street cleaning
Monday 5AM-11PM
Tuesday 5AM-11PM
Wednesday 5AM-11PM
Thursday 5AM-11PM
Friday 5AM-11PM
Saturday 5AM-11PM
Sunday 5AM-11PM
The street is really dirty okay

SIGN: NO PARKING
Everyone except guys with moustaches excepted
(RALPH has a moustache)

RALPH: GAAHHH!!
How would they even KNOW?

[[A large touring car is parked so that it takes up two spaces at the curb.]]

[[RALPH is irritated to see this.]]

[[Fortunately, he has a nice bakelite cell phone in his steam-powered car.]]
RALPH: Hey, Mike? Remember the time I saved you from that snakebite?
...I need a favor.

[[RALPH glares at the parked car.]]

[[A shadow falls over him. He looks up.]]

[[A truly spectacular steam helicopter has descended. MIKE is the pilot.]]

[[MIKE lowers a claw from the helicopter as he hovers above the parked car.]]

[[The claw grabs the car and lifts it...]]

[[And sets it down so it's touching the car behind it, leaving a space large enough for another car in front of it.]]

[[His job done, MIKE flies off into the sunset.]]

[[RALPH watches him fly off and a single tear trickles down his cheek.]]

{{Header: fit just right at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{Alt-text: This is sufficient to qualify for the Vigilante Hero placard.}}

This is sufficient to qualify for the Vigilante Hero placard.

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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