Comic Transcripts

[[MIDGERIE eyes a piece of paper that SHMORACE has discarded in a basket.]]

MIDGERIE: You’re throwing this away?

SHMORACE: Why would I need a perfect attendance certificate from my elementary school?

[[Midgerie extracts the certificate.]]

MIDGERIE:  It has that gold filigree around the edges. That makes it seem IMPORTANT

MIDGERIE: Would anyone ever want to see it?

SHMORACE: Not a chance.

MIDGERIE: Doesn’t it remind you of more carefree times?

SHMORACE: Sure–

SHMORACE: But I don’t need it.  If I EVER needed it, I no longer do.  NO ONE needs it.  It will benefit more lives recycled into a milk carton.

SHMORACE: Perfect attendance doesn’t matter to me now because TODAY, I can express that SAME conscientious impulse by confidently deciding that I don’t need this decades-old piece of paper.

[[Shmorace punctuates the declaration by dropping the certificate back in the basket.]]

MIDGERIE:  At least take a picture

[[Shmorace takes a picture of it with his cell phone]]

SFX: click

MIDGERIE: If you were in my class, I’d have thrown you out on the last day of school just to PREVENT you from getting that certificate.

SHMORACE: That could have spared us this ENTIRE DISCUSSION

{{header: a thorough review of WONDERMARK.COM}}

#1252; In which War is waged, Part 1 transcribed by in

[[MIDGERIE eyes a piece of paper that SHMORACE has discarded in a basket.]]

MIDGERIE: You're throwing this away?

SHMORACE: Why would I need a perfect attendance certificate from my elementary school?

[[Midgerie extracts the certificate.]]

MIDGERIE:  It has that gold filigree around the edges. That makes it seem IMPORTANT

MIDGERIE: Would anyone ever want to see it?

SHMORACE: Not a chance.

MIDGERIE: Doesn't it remind you of more carefree times?

SHMORACE: Sure--

SHMORACE: But I don't need it.  If I EVER needed it, I no longer do.  NO ONE needs it.  It will benefit more lives recycled into a milk carton.

SHMORACE: Perfect attendance doesn't matter to me now because TODAY, I can express that SAME conscientious impulse by confidently deciding that I don't need this decades-old piece of paper.

[[Shmorace punctuates the declaration by dropping the certificate back in the basket.]]

MIDGERIE:  At least take a picture

[[Shmorace takes a picture of it with his cell phone]]

SFX: click

MIDGERIE: If you were in my class, I'd have thrown you out on the last day of school just to PREVENT you from getting that certificate.

SHMORACE: That could have spared us this ENTIRE DISCUSSION

{{header: a thorough review of WONDERMARK.COM}}

We have been using a LOT of gunpowder so WHEREVER they're hiding, they have DEFINITELY heard the shots.

#1252; In which War is waged, Part 1

  — September 13th, 2016

[ Tags: , , ]       Permalink: https://wondermark.com/c/1252/

Buy a Print

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.


Recent blog posts