Comic Transcripts

VINNY: Haw, look at that NERD! Bet he’s never seen a naked woman before!
CLAUDIO: Go back to your mom’s basement, dorkasaurus!

SHELDON: Now hold on just a minute!

SHELDON: Are we still doing this? Seriously? This stereotype is still clinging to life? First, the “nerds are all frustrated virgins” thing. Some of the nerdiest people I know are highly sexual women. And millions of nerds have spouses twice as nerdy as they are. And the mom’s basement thing? The nerds I know live in geodesic domes or multi-story treehouses or, at the very least, condos with garages big enough to hold their trebuchets.

SHELDON: As as for being socially maladjusted – well, guilty. But doesn’t everyone have some sort of neurosis? Better a little shy than, say, obsessed with celebrity, or addicted to drugs, or running around MURDERING PEOPLE WITH AXES. Really, you talk about socially awkward virgins living in their moms’ basements – you’re talking about SERIAL KILLERS.
EVAN [[an axe murderer]]: NOW HOLD ON JUST A MINUTE!

{{header: stand up and be WONDERMARK.COM}}

{{alt-text: In their defense, he really IS a superdorkasaurus.}}

#662; A Dangerous Stereotype transcribed by in

VINNY: Haw, look at that NERD! Bet he’s never seen a naked woman before!
CLAUDIO: Go back to your mom’s basement, dorkasaurus!

SHELDON: Now hold on just a minute!

SHELDON: Are we still doing this? Seriously? This stereotype is still clinging to life? First, the “nerds are all frustrated virgins” thing. Some of the nerdiest people I know are highly sexual women. And millions of nerds have spouses twice as nerdy as they are. And the mom’s basement thing? The nerds I know live in geodesic domes or multi-story treehouses or, at the very least, condos with garages big enough to hold their trebuchets.

SHELDON: As as for being socially maladjusted – well, guilty. But doesn’t everyone have some sort of neurosis? Better a little shy than, say, obsessed with celebrity, or addicted to drugs, or running around MURDERING PEOPLE WITH AXES. Really, you talk about socially awkward virgins living in their moms’ basements – you’re talking about SERIAL KILLERS.
EVAN [[an axe murderer]]: NOW HOLD ON JUST A MINUTE!

{{header: stand up and be WONDERMARK.COM}}

{{alt-text: In their defense, he really IS a superdorkasaurus.}}

#662; A Dangerous Stereotype transcribed by in

VINNY: Haw, look at that NERD! Bet he's never seen a naked woman before!
CLAUDIO: Go back to your mom's basement, dorkasaurus!

SHELDON: Now hold on just a minute!

SHELDON: Are we still doing this? Seriously? This stereotype is still clinging to life? First, the "nerds are all frustrated virgins" thing. Some of the nerdiest people I know are highly sexual women. And millions of nerds have spouses twice as nerdy as they are. And the mom's basement thing? The nerds I know live in geodesic domes or multi-story treehouses or, at the very least, condos with garages big enough to hold their trebuchets.

SHELDON: As as for being socially maladjusted - well, guilty. But doesn't everyone have some sort of neurosis? Better a little shy than, say, obsessed with celebrity, or addicted to drugs, or running around MURDERING PEOPLE WITH AXES. Really, you talk about socially awkward virgins living in their moms' basements - you're talking about SERIAL KILLERS.
EVAN [[an axe murderer]]: NOW HOLD ON JUST A MINUTE!

{{header: stand up and be WONDERMARK.COM}}

{{alt-text: In their defense, he really IS a superdorkasaurus.}}

In their defense, he really IS a superdorkasaurus.

#662; A Dangerous Stereotype

  — October 1st, 2010

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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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