#819; What a Mean, Scary Life

Comic Transcripts

Mr. Meanscary: Gax, nobody’s afraid of you because you’re cool. You say what’s on your mind and don’t take crap from anybody. People look up to you! They desperately want to be cool enough to be your friend. I look up to you.

Mr. Meanscary: I’m thrice-divorced. I’m allergic to balloons. I have Hepatitis F. I was caught trying shoplift a Happy Meal toy for my kid and now I can’t get within fifty yards of a hamburger. Once, my milk went bad in the fridge and I drank it because I didn’t feel like I deserved to have fresh milk.

Mr. Meanscary: I just emit something. Trigger some kind of primal brain-stem revulsion. People aren’t afraid that I’ll hurt them. They’re afraid that I’ll rub off on them. That’s why people like you. Because they hope you will.

Mr. Meanscary: <> That, and your skin secretes serotonin.
Gax: I know! The fear pheromone! That’s what’s got me so puzzled!

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#819; What a Mean, Scary Life transcribed by in

Mr. Meanscary: <> That, and your skin secretes serotonin.
Gax: I know! The fear pheromone! That’s what’s got me so puzzled!

{{header: a contact high from WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: Mr Meanscary’s favorite TV show is The Biggest Loser.}}

#819; What a Mean, Scary Life 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.