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#1584; In which a Potato is compacted

David Malki ! — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 23:24:04 +0000

Bolted! Shipping is UNDERWAY

David Malki ! — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 06:35:53 +0000

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!

#1583; Groan Up

David Malki ! — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 20:00:39 +0000

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ECCC this weekend! With a sample of Bolted!

David Malki ! — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 07:34:50 +0000

If you’re at Emerald City Comic Con this weekend in Seattle, come say hello at booth #25000 in the Summit building and check out my single sample copy of the finished, factory-produced Bolted! game:

(I’ll have Wondermark pins, stickers, and books, as well.)

Bolted! games have finished being produced and are currently on a boat heading my way.

If you haven’t yet secured your copy of the game, a tiny little window of post-Kickstarter “late pledging” is still available. Shipping for all pre-orders should commence before the end of March!

#1582; Limit Your Scream Time

David Malki ! — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 21:51:53 +0000

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Video: Historian Answers Victorian England Questions

David Malki ! — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 05:36:13 +0000

Dr. Bob Nicholson is a wonderful historian of Victoriana — with a special focus on the printed material of the era. I’ve enjoyed following his work for some time!

In this video for Wired, he does a lovely job answering reader questions about Victorian England.

#1581; The Longest, Most Fruitless Search

David Malki ! — Sat, 24 Jan 2026 06:55:41 +0000

Continued from Wondermark #024
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#1580; What’s Undone is Undead

David Malki ! — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 21:45:06 +0000

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A good thread on Terrible Dickens Sequels

David Malki ! — Thu, 25 Dec 2025 09:43:09 +0000

Over on Bluesky, Ryan Estrada has done a deep dive on the 22 (!) Christmas stories that Dickens wrote in the aftermath of the success of A Christmas Carol.

An old thread is making the rounds again, so here's an updated version. Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol is one of the most enduring and adapted works of literature in history. But did you know that he wrote 22 sequels? Some are great! Some are trash! Some are bizarrely fascinating.

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— Ryan Estrada (@ryanestrada.com) December 24, 2025 at 6:24 PM

The Night Before Christmas x Cake

David Malki ! — Tue, 23 Dec 2025 01:30:26 +0000

That is all