Comic Transcripts

[[Floating whale speaks to two men, one bald and one in a hat.]]

Narration: EARTH PLEDGES FEALTY TO THE DUSTY SPACE WHALE
Dusty Space Whale: Okay, as subjects of my pod, humans will get CURES to all diseases, PREFERRED interstellar trade terms, and PRE-RELEASE access to ALL television shows that will EVER be created.
Hat man: Yes please

Dusty Space Whale: You’ll also get universal WHALE PASSPORTS allowing unfettered travel between the stars, and become part of the UNIFIED GALACTIC SCIENTIFIC CONSORTIUM, the largest collection of SHARED SCIENTIFIC DATA in the universe.
Hat man: omg omg omg

Dusty Space Whale: To STANDARDIZE matters, however, you;ll have to adopt our universal currency and units of measurement. Just to make things easier, surely you understand.
Hat man: Oh, of course! absolutely! No problem at all!
Bald man: Bring it on! We’re ready!

[[The market]]
Gentleman #1: Hey Earl, let me get 0.00004 starplanktons worth of strawberries.
Gentleman #2: Sure, that’ll be three and a half zeptospacebaleen. CASH or KRILL?

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#868; The Perils of Joining Up transcribed by in

[[Floating whale speaks to two men, one bald and one in a hat.]]

Narration: EARTH PLEDGES FEALTY TO THE DUSTY SPACE WHALE
Dusty Space Whale: Okay, as subjects of my pod, humans will get CURES to all diseases, PREFERRED interstellar trade terms, and PRE-RELEASE access to ALL television shows that will EVER be created.
Hat man: Yes please

Dusty Space Whale: You’ll also get universal WHALE PASSPORTS allowing unfettered travel between the stars, and become part of the UNIFIED GALACTIC SCIENTIFIC CONSORTIUM, the largest collection of SHARED SCIENTIFIC DATA in the universe.
Hat man: omg omg omg

Dusty Space Whale: To STANDARDIZE matters, however, you;ll have to adopt our universal currency and units of measurement. Just to make things easier, surely you understand.
Hat man: Oh, of course! absolutely! No problem at all!
Bald man: Bring it on! We’re ready!

[[The market]]
Gentleman #1: Hey Earl, let me get 0.00004 starplanktons worth of strawberries.
Gentleman #2: Sure, that’ll be three and a half zeptospacebaleen. CASH or KRILL?

{{header: convert to WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: Also, football announcing has become a bit wordier, what with 4.2 yoctospaceflukes to the yard}}

#868; The Perils of Joining Up transcribed by in

[[Floating whale speaks to two men, one bald and one in a hat.]]

Narration: EARTH PLEDGES FEALTY TO THE DUSTY SPACE WHALE
Dusty Space Whale: Okay, as subjects of my pod, humans will get CURES to all diseases, PREFERRED interstellar trade terms, and PRE-RELEASE access to ALL television shows that will EVER be created.
Hat man: Yes please

Dusty Space Whale: You'll also get universal WHALE PASSPORTS allowing unfettered travel between the stars, and become part of the UNIFIED GALACTIC SCIENTIFIC CONSORTIUM, the largest collection of SHARED SCIENTIFIC DATA in the universe.
Hat man: omg omg omg

Dusty Space Whale: To STANDARDIZE matters, however, you;ll have to adopt our universal currency and units of measurement. Just to make things easier, surely you understand.
Hat man: Oh, of course! absolutely! No problem at all!
Bald man: Bring it on! We're ready!

[[The market]]
Gentleman #1: Hey Earl, let me get 0.00004 starplanktons worth of strawberries.
Gentleman #2: Sure, that'll be three and a half zeptospacebaleen. CASH or KRILL?

{{header: convert to WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: Also, football announcing has become a bit wordier, what with 4.2 yoctospaceflukes to the yard}}

Also football announcing has become a bit wordier, what with 4.2 yoctospaceflukes to the yard.

#868; The Perils of Joining Up

  — September 10th, 2012

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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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