#820; A Shocking Realization

Comic Transcripts

[[Gax is gesturing towards Mr. Meanscary]]
Gax; Gaxians secrete serotonin to aid in COMBAT. It reacts with GROBBLAX in the air to create a potent FEAR TOXIN! But for some reason it doesn’t work on humans!
Mr. Meanscary; What- What is grobblax?

Gax; You know. GROBBLAX. It’s like ten percent of the atmosphere!
Mr. Meanscary; We don’t have grobblax.
Gax; Are you an IDIOT? Atomic number 86.
Mr. Meanscary; 86 is radon.
Gax; RAY-DONN? Sounds FAKE

[[Zone out with Gax and Mr. Meanscary in silhouette. Dog is behind Gax facing him.]]
Gax; . . .Wait, what does serotonin do, then?
Mr. Meanscary; Makes people feel happy and content.

[[Close-up on Gax who is in angry shock, piecing it together with his hands]]
Gax; Happy and CONTENT?!

Gax; FIFTY MILLION INHABITED PLANETS AND I GET THE ONE WITHOUT GROBBLAX?! <>
[[Gax kicks the dog into Mr. Meanscary’s face. Blood splatter surrounds his face.]]

{{header: react with Wondermark.com}}
{{alt-text: It’s always disorienting to be faced with the prospect that one’s interactions with the world are controlled not by intention, but by neurochemistry.}}

#820; A Shocking Realization transcribed by in

[[Zone out with Gax and Mr. Meanscary in silhouette. Dog is behind Gax facing him.]]
Gax; . . .Wait, what does serotonin do, then?
Mr. Meanscary; Makes people feel happy and content.

[[Close-up on Gax who is in angry shock, piecing it together with his hands]]
Gax; Happy and CONTENT?!

Gax; FIFTY MILLION INHABITED PLANETS AND I GET THE ONE WITHOUT GROBBLAX?! <>
[[Gax kicks the dog into Mr. Meanscary’s face. Blood splatter surrounds his face.]]

#820; A Shocking Realization 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!