#808; The Wish of the Starhorse

Comic Transcripts

[[A fisherman is standing in a small boat, pole in one hand and Starhorse (like a starfish, but with horse heads rather than arms) in the other, just above the water.]]
Fisherman: Woah-oh! That’s sure a big-un! Bet you taste like artichokes!

Starhorse: I am the mighty Starhorse Release me at once, and one wish will be granted.

Fisherman: Well, I’ll be! That is one mighty strange use of the passive voice! “One wish will be granted.” Do you mean my wish, or just some wish at random? Could even be your wish. I had to guess, I’d say if you had a wish, it’d be to get back in that water! So I release you, an’ your wish is granted. That’d sure leave me high and dry!

Fisherman: So I’d just like to clarify, before I go doin’ anything irreversible. If I release you, do I get to make a wish? I want you to state it plainly. Or are you just playing games with semantics? Because I swear to heaven I will simmer you in butter.

[[The part of the Starhorse not in the fisherman’s hand breaks off and falls in the water.]]

Fisherman: Heh heh, I’ll bet now you wish your friends hadn’t abandoned you!
Starhorse: They will regenerate a new head in my place But they will always Forever Be a bunch of jerks

#808; The Wish of the Starhorse transcribed by in

Starhorse: I am the mighty Starhorse Release me at once, and one wish will be granted.

[[The part of the Starhorse not in the fisherman’s hand breaks off and falls in the water.]]

Fisherman: Heh heh, I’ll bet now you wish your friends hadn’t abandoned you!
Starhorse: They will regenerate a new head in my place But they will always Forever Be a bunch of jerks

#808; The Wish of the Starhorse transcribed by in

Starhorse: I am the mighty Starhorse Release me at once, and one wish will be granted.

Fisherman: Well, I'll be! That is one mighty strange use of the passive voice! "One wish will be granted." Do you mean my wish, or just some wish at random? Could even be your wish. I had to guess, I'd say if you had a wish, it'd be to get back in that water! So I release you, an' your wish is granted. That'd sure leave me high and dry!

Fisherman: So I'd just like to clarify, before I go doin' anything irreversible. If I release you, do I get to make a wish? I want you to state it plainly. Or are you just playing games with semantics? Because I swear to heaven I will simmer you in butter.

[[The part of the Starhorse not in the fisherman's hand breaks off and falls in the water.]]

Fisherman: Heh heh, I'll bet now you wish your friends hadn't abandoned you!
Starhorse: They will regenerate a new head in my place But they will always Forever Be a bunch of jerks

Everyone is the hero of their own story.

#808; The Wish of the Starhorse

— March 9th, 2012

[ Tags: anomalies, despair, magic, seafaring ] Permalink: https://wondermark.com/c/808/

A closer look at the mighty starhorse.

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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!

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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.

Comic Transcripts

#808; The Wish of the Starhorse

— March 9th, 2012

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