Comic Transcripts

[[Wondermark presents: HOW TO LIE]]
[[Step 1: boldly assert a non-fact, implying it is new information.]]
Did you hear? Zebras are a hoax!
<>
It’s like crop circles! People just <> and call them zebras!

[[Step 2: Invent a mountain of evidence.]]
Harvard just published a huge study, surveying every zoo in the west <> the so-called “wild” zebras in africa.
Every zebra they looked at was just a weird horse with paint on it.

[[Step 3: Sympathize with incredulity to desarm it.]]
It blew my mind too! Apparantly it’s this tourist trap thing that’s gone on for centuries, like a snipe hunt.
There’s some unspoken rule among zookeepers that you just keep the horses painted. Nobody wants to be the whistleblower.

[[Step 4: Frame the truth as absurd.]]
In a way, though it makes sense. What’s more likely, that every zebra individually develops a perfect stripe pattern totally naturally?
Or that some dude just paints it on? Occam’s razor, you know?

[[Step 5: If proven wrong, refocus the discussion onto intangibles.]]
<> everybody knows about <> indicates that that is untrue.
You <> let me be right ever! Always have to nitpick <> I say. When did you get so <>?

{{header: tell me about WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: Identifying this technique in politics is an exercise left to the reader.}}

#876; How to Lie transcribed by in

[[Wondermark presents: HOW TO LIE]]
[[Step 1: boldly assert a non-fact, implying it is new information.]]
Did you hear? Zebras are a hoax!
<>
It’s like crop circles! People just <> and call them zebras!

[[Step 2: Invent a mountain of evidence.]]
Harvard just published a huge study, surveying every zoo in the west <> the so-called “wild” zebras in africa.
Every zebra they looked at was just a weird horse with paint on it.

[[Step 3: Sympathize with incredulity to desarm it.]]
It blew my mind too! Apparantly it’s this tourist trap thing that’s gone on for centuries, like a snipe hunt.
There’s some unspoken rule among zookeepers that you just keep the horses painted. Nobody wants to be the whistleblower.

[[Step 4: Frame the truth as absurd.]]
In a way, though it makes sense. What’s more likely, that every zebra individually develops a perfect stripe pattern totally naturally?
Or that some dude just paints it on? Occam’s razor, you know?

[[Step 5: If proven wrong, refocus the discussion onto intangibles.]]
<> everybody knows about <> indicates that that is untrue.
You <> let me be right ever! Always have to nitpick <> I say. When did you get so <>?

{{header: tell me about WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: Identifying this technique in politics is an exercise left to the reader.}}

#876; How to Lie transcribed by in

[[Wondermark presents: HOW TO LIE]]
[[Step 1: boldly assert a non-fact, implying it is new information.]]
Did you hear? Zebras are a hoax!
<>
It's like crop circles! People just <> and call them zebras!

[[Step 2: Invent a mountain of evidence.]]
Harvard just published a huge study, surveying every zoo in the west <> the so-called "wild" zebras in africa.
Every zebra they looked at was just a weird horse with paint on it.

[[Step 3: Sympathize with incredulity to desarm it.]]
It blew my mind too! Apparantly it's this tourist trap thing that's gone on for centuries, like a snipe hunt.
There's some unspoken rule among zookeepers that you just keep the horses painted. Nobody wants to be the whistleblower.

[[Step 4: Frame the truth as absurd.]]
In a way, though it makes sense. What's more likely, that every zebra individually develops a perfect stripe pattern totally naturally?
Or that some dude just paints it on? Occam's razor, you know?

[[Step 5: If proven wrong, refocus the discussion onto intangibles.]]
<> everybody knows about <> indicates that that is untrue.
You <> let me be right ever! Always have to nitpick <> I say. When did you get so <>?

{{header: tell me about WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: Identifying this technique in politics is an exercise left to the reader.}}

Identifying this technique in politics is an exercise left to the reader.

#876; How to Lie

  — October 2nd, 2012

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Bolted! Fulfillment Update

May 25, 2026 by David Malki !
Photo courtesy of backer Nicola!

The vast majority of Bolted! game shipments are already shipped, but I understand if you don’t have yours yet, who cares. Here’s a progress report:

Total orders | 1052
Surveys completed | 992
Fully shipped | 946

Incomplete surveys

Obviously, if I don’t have your shipping address, I can’t ship your game! Let me know if you are missing a survey link. As new responses come in, they are rapidly added to the shipping queue.

Orders containing certain add-ons

Some of the add-ons proved more popular than expected — which is lovely! But it meant I had to reprint some stickers, make all the individual comic prints, request a shipment of books from offsite storage, etc, etc. So, any orders which contain an out-of-stock item are still waiting to ship.

All that missing stuff, though, is en route to me at this very second! So those orders will be going out pretty dang soon!

Custom items

I’ve already been in touch directly with the backers who ordered custom collages! Those will be created (and sent to you) after all the other shipments are complete. I’m excited for those, they’ll be fun! My pleasant dessert after the hearty meal of all the other orders.

Anything wrong?

I’m very grateful to the few folks who’ve contacted me to report some kind of issue with their shipment! Thankfully, problems are rare, but when they do occur, I would like to solve them. Please don’t hesitate to send me an email (replying to your shipping confirmation works great) if there’s anything about your order I can correct.

Reviews & photos

On BoardGameGeek are highly appreciated!

Unless you hate the game! You are entitled to that opinion, but please send that review directly to me instead of telling anyone else, so I can eat it and bury it in the yard and watch it grow into a twisted, gnarled tree. Or whatever!


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