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[[This comic is displayed through photographs. A pilot in some sort of raincoat sits in an early airplane, apparently from the early 1900s. Text is displayed in the style of A Softer World.]]
Narrator: If you love something

[[Zooming in a bit on the pilot, who is smiling.]]
Narrator: let it go.

[[A view of the plane itself.]]
Narrator: Let it climb

[[Children point at the airplane, which is now aloft, in the distance.]]
Narrator: to its own heights

[[Zoom on one of the children.]]
Narrator: Let it navigate by the stars it finds.

[[Zoom on the other children.]]
Narrator: Its smell in your clothes
Narrator: is yours to keep.

{{header: as soft as WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: When the wind is in your face, you’re either moving or being blown at.}}

#1130; In which an Era departs transcribed by in

[[This comic is displayed through photographs. A pilot in some sort of raincoat sits in an early airplane, apparently from the early 1900s. Text is displayed in the style of A Softer World.]]
Narrator: If you love something

[[Zooming in a bit on the pilot, who is smiling.]]
Narrator: let it go.

[[A view of the plane itself.]]
Narrator: Let it climb

[[Children point at the airplane, which is now aloft, in the distance.]]
Narrator: to its own heights

[[Zoom on one of the children.]]
Narrator: Let it navigate by the stars it finds.

[[Zoom on the other children.]]
Narrator: Its smell in your clothes
Narrator: is yours to keep.

{{header: as soft as WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: When the wind is in your face, you’re either moving or being blown at.}}

#1130; In which an Era departs transcribed by in

[[This comic is displayed through photographs. A pilot in some sort of raincoat sits in an early airplane, apparently from the early 1900s. Text is displayed in the style of A Softer World.]]
Narrator: If you love something

[[Zooming in a bit on the pilot, who is smiling.]]
Narrator: let it go.

[[A view of the plane itself.]]
Narrator: Let it climb

[[Children point at the airplane, which is now aloft, in the distance.]]
Narrator: to its own heights

[[Zoom on one of the children.]]
Narrator: Let it navigate by the stars it finds.

[[Zoom on the other children.]]
Narrator: Its smell in your clothes
Narrator: is yours to keep.

{{header: as soft as WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: When the wind is in your face, you're either moving or being blown at.}}

When the wind is in your face, you're either moving or being blown at.

#1130; In which an Era departs

  — June 2nd, 2015

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The great webcomic A Softer World posted its final strip yesterday. Joey & Emily started their comic in February 2003, just two months before I started Wondermark. When I first happened across their strip, I felt a certain kinship just because it was someone else making comics without laboriously drawing everything (like a sucker). I think too few creative people develop the discipline to end things when they’re ready to end them.

If you haven’t read A Softer World before, you have a treat waiting for you. The melancholy is greatly flavored if you picture Joey’s wolfish grin as you read.

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Bolted! Shipping is UNDERWAY

April 4, 2026 by David Malki !

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!


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