#697; In which Fame finally arrives

Comic Transcripts

LARRY: Honey! You’ll never believe it! It’s incredible! They LOVE me!
JEANNE: Who loves you? For what? How could they?
LARRY: You remember that video. Of ME. From 1992.

JEANNE: THe one where you thrashed around making
LARRY [[interrupting]]:-MAKING BOAT NOISES for nineteen minutes! Yes! YES! PRECISELY! Somebody found it. EVERYBODY found it! It has EIGHT MILLION VIEWS ON YOUTUBE!

LARRY: They made a dance mix from my tugboat sounds! Then pretty girls with ukuleles did COVERS of the dance mix. HONEY. ANDY SAMBERG played ME on SNL. MAKING BOAT NOISES. THEY LOVE ME. THEY WANT WHAT I GOT.

[[LARRY stands outside, hawking his self-promoting merchandise.]]
SALTY: Actually what we loved was your LACK of self-awareness.

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{{alt-text: The video is called ‘Wagner’s Ring Cycle as Performed by a Tugboat’}}

#697; In which Fame finally arrives transcribed by in

LARRY: Honey! You’ll never believe it! It’s incredible! They LOVE me!
JEANNE: Who loves you? For what? How could they?
LARRY: You remember that video. Of ME. From 1992.

[[LARRY stands outside, hawking his self-promoting merchandise.]]
SALTY: Actually what we loved was your LACK of self-awareness.

{{header: comeback time for WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: The video is called ‘Wagner’s Ring Cycle as Performed by a Tugboat’}}

#697; In which Fame finally arrives transcribed by in

Bolted! games have been shipping to backers over the last couple of weeks! The non-US orders are (mostly) done and some folks have been reporting receiving them already!

@davidmalki.com My game arrived today!! It looks gorgeous 🙂 Hope you are well 🙂

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— Lar deSouza (@lartist.bsky.social) April 2, 2026 at 2:52 PM

My US inventory of games is now in-country, but still being staged at the fulfillment centers. It’s being distributed to regional warehouses, so the actual shipping to backers happens more efficiently. I hope the bulk of US shipping will start next week.

These are what the cartons (and games) look like!

bolted! games BOLTED! GAMES (pounding the table) B O L T E D ! G A M E S

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— david malki ! (@davidmalki.com) April 3, 2026 at 10:37 AM

I am also waiting on the bonus cards to be finished printing! I ended up needing many more of those than I had anticipated, so I decided to have the game factory print those too, for perfect matching with the base game cards.

Most people will be receiving two separate mailings: the game itself, and “anything else” (bonus cards and/or add-ons) which will be sent by me personally.

As of today, 86% of backers have completed their surveys so far! That’s pretty good, but it’s not everyone. I know YOU PERSONALLY have already completed YOURS though, so no worries!!

We have now moved OFF of Kickstarter and ONTO BackerKit for any new orders. You can bundle a game with basically anything else I sell on that there website, it’s pretty nuts!