Comic Transcripts

[[19th century man and woman]]
Man: Why is there no culturally acceptable way to say “You gonna finish that spaghetti?” Why is it such a taboo to be concerned about wasting food?
Woman: Because you are making a pig of yourself. Why must you fixate on vacuuming up every last crumb?

Man: Why don’t you? That’s food! That’s calories and energy! That’s sunlight and diesel and the slaughter of animals! I won’t let it be for nothing!
Man: A ton of sunk costs have gone into this food. You can’t just toss it! That’s sociopathic. That’s Nero, fiddling while Rome burns. The Food version.

Woman: You know, you’ll actually consume less–and thus waste less–if you save leftovers for later meals.
Man: I’m not gonna dirty a Tupperware for three spoonfuls of spaghetti! Washing it will be even more wasteful! Hot water! Soap! Time!

Man: No, by putting food to the use it was sacrificed for–nourishing me–I am paying the karmic debt incurred by the food producers. It is a moral good!
Woman: It’s not nourishing you! All that extra spaghetti is probably shortening your lifespan!

[[Man stands with chest puffed out.]]
Man: All martyrs are misunderstood in their lifetimes.

{{header: #718; Throwing Good Health After Bad at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: people who are often misunderstood: 6% geniuses; 94% garden-variety nonsense-spouters}}

#718; Throwing Good Health After Bad transcribed by in

[[19th century man and woman]]
Man: Why is there no culturally acceptable way to say “You gonna finish that spaghetti?” Why is it such a taboo to be concerned about wasting food?
Woman: Because you are making a pig of yourself. Why must you fixate on vacuuming up every last crumb?

Man: Why don’t you? That’s food! That’s calories and energy! That’s sunlight and diesel and the slaughter of animals! I won’t let it be for nothing!
Man: A ton of sunk costs have gone into this food. You can’t just toss it! That’s sociopathic. That’s Nero, fiddling while Rome burns. The Food version.

Woman: You know, you’ll actually consume less–and thus waste less–if you save leftovers for later meals.
Man: I’m not gonna dirty a Tupperware for three spoonfuls of spaghetti! Washing it will be even more wasteful! Hot water! Soap! Time!

Man: No, by putting food to the use it was sacrificed for–nourishing me–I am paying the karmic debt incurred by the food producers. It is a moral good!
Woman: It’s not nourishing you! All that extra spaghetti is probably shortening your lifespan!

[[Man stands with chest puffed out.]]
Man: All martyrs are misunderstood in their lifetimes.

{{header: #718; Throwing Good Health After Bad at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: people who are often misunderstood: 6% geniuses; 94% garden-variety nonsense-spouters}}

#718; Throwing Good Health After Bad transcribed by in

[[19th century man and woman]]
Man: Why is there no culturally acceptable way to say "You gonna finish that spaghetti?" Why is it such a taboo to be concerned about wasting food?
Woman: Because you are making a pig of yourself. Why must you fixate on vacuuming up every last crumb?

Man: Why don't you? That's food! That's calories and energy! That's sunlight and diesel and the slaughter of animals! I won't let it be for nothing!
Man: A ton of sunk costs have gone into this food. You can't just toss it! That's sociopathic. That's Nero, fiddling while Rome burns. The Food version.

Woman: You know, you'll actually consume less--and thus waste less--if you save leftovers for later meals.
Man: I'm not gonna dirty a Tupperware for three spoonfuls of spaghetti! Washing it will be even more wasteful! Hot water! Soap! Time!

Man: No, by putting food to the use it was sacrificed for--nourishing me--I am paying the karmic debt incurred by the food producers. It is a moral good!
Woman: It's not nourishing you! All that extra spaghetti is probably shortening your lifespan!

[[Man stands with chest puffed out.]]
Man: All martyrs are misunderstood in their lifetimes.

{{header: #718; Throwing Good Health After Bad at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: people who are often misunderstood: 6% geniuses; 94% garden-variety nonsense-spouters}}

people who are often misunderstood: 6% geniuses; 94% garden-variety nonsense-spouters

#718; Throwing Good Health After Bad

  — April 12th, 2011

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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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