#703; Thus endeth the Business

Comic Transcripts

EUGENE [[visiting OTTO in the hospital]]: What happened? Your ridiculous money-redemption scheme was going so well!
OTTO: TOO well. I flew too high, too close to the sun. I got on some radars.

OTTO: Five men in pinstriped suits. Didn’t play around.
EUGENE: Gangsters?
OTTO: Wall Street bankers. They said – <>

OTTO [[narrating the flashback of the assault]]: They said, “We hear you’ve been collecting money for the act of shuffling imaginary things around. We hear you’re being a worthless parasite, inventing new ways to enrich yourself while adding nothing to the value of the world!”
OTTO: Then, WHAM! Bottle to the face! They worked me over but good!

OTTO: Then they leaned in real close over my broken body and whispered “Stay off our turf.”

{{header: cash out at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: On the bright side, the blood transfusion I got was made up of atoms that were probably once Alexander the Great!}}

#703; Thus endeth the Business 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!