Comic Transcripts

[[SANDRA has collapsed.]]
GREGORY: Sandra! What’s the matter?
SANDRA: Oh, the world, the WORLD, THE WORLD!
Society is slowly folding in upon itself and SMOTHERING those of us foolish enough to have taken solace beneath its comfortable drape!

SANDRA: Whatever shall we DO? How will we SURVIVE? How can we ever consider bringing CHILDREN into this world?
GREGORY: We’ll manage!
Our children will grow up NATIVE to the changed civilization to come. They will escort us gracefully to the final death of all that we understand.

SANDRA: Gregory.
My darling.
I–I fear I will not birth robust children.
What if they come out STRANGE? What if they have TWO HEADS?
HOW WILL ANY OF US FARE?

GREGORY: SHHHHH, now. We will always find a way.
If they have two heads, we will simply sell them to the circus.
SANDRA: GREGORY I HAVE ALREADY CHECKED.
THE CIRCUSES ARE UP TO A THREE-HEAD MINIMUM.

{{Header: adapt to WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{Alt-text: SOON: ‘Hold still, both of you. That cantaloupe is only secured on there with tape.’}}

#573; One Too Few transcribed by in

[[SANDRA has collapsed.]]
GREGORY: Sandra! What’s the matter?
SANDRA: Oh, the world, the WORLD, THE WORLD!
Society is slowly folding in upon itself and SMOTHERING those of us foolish enough to have taken solace beneath its comfortable drape!

SANDRA: Whatever shall we DO? How will we SURVIVE? How can we ever consider bringing CHILDREN into this world?
GREGORY: We’ll manage!
Our children will grow up NATIVE to the changed civilization to come. They will escort us gracefully to the final death of all that we understand.

SANDRA: Gregory.
My darling.
I–I fear I will not birth robust children.
What if they come out STRANGE? What if they have TWO HEADS?
HOW WILL ANY OF US FARE?

GREGORY: SHHHHH, now. We will always find a way.
If they have two heads, we will simply sell them to the circus.
SANDRA: GREGORY I HAVE ALREADY CHECKED.
THE CIRCUSES ARE UP TO A THREE-HEAD MINIMUM.

{{Header: adapt to WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{Alt-text: SOON: ‘Hold still, both of you. That cantaloupe is only secured on there with tape.’}}

#573; One Too Few transcribed by in

[[SANDRA has collapsed.]]
GREGORY: Sandra! What's the matter?
SANDRA: Oh, the world, the WORLD, THE WORLD!
Society is slowly folding in upon itself and SMOTHERING those of us foolish enough to have taken solace beneath its comfortable drape!

SANDRA: Whatever shall we DO? How will we SURVIVE? How can we ever consider bringing CHILDREN into this world?
GREGORY: We'll manage!
Our children will grow up NATIVE to the changed civilization to come. They will escort us gracefully to the final death of all that we understand.

SANDRA: Gregory.
My darling.
I--I fear I will not birth robust children.
What if they come out STRANGE? What if they have TWO HEADS?
HOW WILL ANY OF US FARE?

GREGORY: SHHHHH, now. We will always find a way.
If they have two heads, we will simply sell them to the circus.
SANDRA: GREGORY I HAVE ALREADY CHECKED.
THE CIRCUSES ARE UP TO A THREE-HEAD MINIMUM.

{{Header: adapt to WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{Alt-text: SOON: 'Hold still, both of you. That cantaloupe is only secured on there with tape.'}}

SOON: 'Hold still, both of you. That cantaloupe is only secured on there with tape.'

#573; One Too Few

  — November 24th, 2009

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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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