#678; In which a Cat is loved

Comic Transcripts

ANDREW [[petting his cat]]: Whoozums loves me? WHOOZUMS loves me? Lookit that little face. Lookit that little smile!
DEB: That’s just the shape of her mouth. Cats can’t actually smile.

ANDREW: Dat’s okay. Dat’s okay that a Wiggles can’t actually smile. I know she loves me yes she does!
DEB: How do you know? All you have to go on are anthropomorphized cues. She seems affectionate, she seems friendly, but she is an animal and likely does not understand the concept of love as humans define it.

ANDREW: You said it – she ACTS affectionate and friendly, and I’m satisfied with that. However, her cashew-sized cat brain may be conceptualizing the situation as immaterial, since our existing relationship is perfectly serviceable. Functionally, she loves me!

WIGGLES [[the cat, thinking]]: Man, this reverse-psychology approach is getting me nowhere

{{alt-text: dear mr malki while I enjoy your work it is incredibly obvious to everybody that you would rather be writing a parody strip titled ‘incredibly verbose garfield’}}

#678; In which a Cat is loved transcribed by in

ANDREW [[petting his cat]]: Whoozums loves me? WHOOZUMS loves me? Lookit that little face. Lookit that little smile!
DEB: That’s just the shape of her mouth. Cats can’t actually smile.

WIGGLES [[the cat, thinking]]: Man, this reverse-psychology approach is getting me nowhere

{{alt-text: dear mr malki while I enjoy your work it is incredibly obvious to everybody that you would rather be writing a parody strip titled ‘incredibly verbose garfield’}}

#678; In which a Cat is loved 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.