Comic Transcripts

[[An infomercial salesperson carrying a board marked “busy bee ™” hawks the company’s wares while an elderly individual displays their frustration with a phone in the background.]]
Salesperson: Seniors! Tired of whiz-bang phones with tiny buttons and too many beep-boop functions?
Senior: I just want to call my grandkids, not launch a moon mission!!
Salesperson: Now there’s Busybee ™, the phone that DOESN’T have apps… DOESN’T have games… it JUST calls your grandkids!

[[The senior is now working with a computer.]]
Salesperson: Confounded by computers?
Senior: I just want to email my grandkids!
Salesperson: Busybee ™ now has a computer, too! It has big, bright buttons that let you email your grandkids in just seconds!

[[A camera.]]
Salesperson: And introducing the Busybee ™ camera! NO confusing functions that you DON’T NEED!
Senior: It… it only seems to take pictures of my grandkids?
Senior: Everything else in the image is completely black

[[A car whisks the senior away.]]
Salesperson: And for seniors with active lifestyles, it’s our brand-new Busybee ™ CAR!
Senior: PLEASE… this car will only drive to my grandkids’ house…
Senior: I need to get to my doctor’s appointment

{{header: the bare, necessary WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: “I need to go pick up groceries,” you think, but there’s just a single button on the dashboard, and the car has other ideas. }}

#1145; Made With Purpose transcribed by in

[[An infomercial salesperson carrying a board marked “busy bee ™” hawks the company’s wares while an elderly individual displays their frustration with a phone in the background.]]
Salesperson: Seniors! Tired of whiz-bang phones with tiny buttons and too many beep-boop functions?
Senior: I just want to call my grandkids, not launch a moon mission!!
Salesperson: Now there’s Busybee ™, the phone that DOESN’T have apps… DOESN’T have games… it JUST calls your grandkids!

[[The senior is now working with a computer.]]
Salesperson: Confounded by computers?
Senior: I just want to email my grandkids!
Salesperson: Busybee ™ now has a computer, too! It has big, bright buttons that let you email your grandkids in just seconds!

[[A camera.]]
Salesperson: And introducing the Busybee ™ camera! NO confusing functions that you DON’T NEED!
Senior: It… it only seems to take pictures of my grandkids?
Senior: Everything else in the image is completely black

[[A car whisks the senior away.]]
Salesperson: And for seniors with active lifestyles, it’s our brand-new Busybee ™ CAR!
Senior: PLEASE… this car will only drive to my grandkids’ house…
Senior: I need to get to my doctor’s appointment

{{header: the bare, necessary WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: “I need to go pick up groceries,” you think, but there’s just a single button on the dashboard, and the car has other ideas. }}

#1145; Made With Purpose transcribed by in

[[An infomercial salesperson carrying a board marked "busy bee (tm)" hawks the company's wares while an elderly individual displays their frustration with a phone in the background.]]
Salesperson: Seniors! Tired of whiz-bang phones with tiny buttons and too many beep-boop functions?
Senior: I just want to call my grandkids, not launch a moon mission!!
Salesperson: Now there's Busybee (tm), the phone that DOESN'T have apps... DOESN'T have games... it JUST calls your grandkids!

[[The senior is now working with a computer.]]
Salesperson: Confounded by computers?
Senior: I just want to email my grandkids!
Salesperson: Busybee (tm) now has a computer, too! It has big, bright buttons that let you email your grandkids in just seconds!

[[A camera.]]
Salesperson: And introducing the Busybee (tm) camera! NO confusing functions that you DON'T NEED!
Senior: It... it only seems to take pictures of my grandkids?
Senior: Everything else in the image is completely black

[[A car whisks the senior away.]]
Salesperson: And for seniors with active lifestyles, it's our brand-new Busybee (tm) CAR!
Senior: PLEASE... this car will only drive to my grandkids' house...
Senior: I need to get to my doctor's appointment

{{header: the bare, necessary WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: "I need to go pick up groceries," you think, but there's just a single button on the dashboard, and the car has other ideas. }}

''I need to go pick up groceries,'' you think, but there's just a single button on the dashboard, and the car has other ideas.

New ways to get Bolted!

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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