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loquacius posted:I did this too! There was a playground aide at my elementary school I thought of as "Mustache Lady" because I was a huge jerk when I was little  Other key characters on those bus rides were Pneumonia Lady, Doggonit Dude, and Pack-a-day. But anyways. I hope the other fairies reveal what their names are in the next page!
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Rumda posted:Am I the only one that took Wednesdays comic to mean some form as mind-control as well as illusion powers from Blue? Wow, this was ... prescient.
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100 HOGS AGREE posted:Phew!
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Aceofblue posted:I made those nicknames when I was 21 and didn't have a car to get to the store. I think I kept doing it as I got older, too, it's just that the frequency of my headcanon nicknames being simply "that guy" or "that girl" kept rising as I got older and less imaginative. The only other one that comes to mind is a couple of people in college I kept seeing around but never spoke to, who I called "George and Lennie" due to their apparent inseparability and considerable size disparity, and because by that point I'd graduated from jerkhood to pretentiousness.
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Aceofblue posted:I really really hope there's a fairy out there named something affectionately weird, like Bubbles or Sherlock or something. You know, stuff that you might call a stranger in your head. Alternatively, I hope that nobody got named something mean - I used to think of these strange old women on the bus I used to ride as "Denim Lady" and "Poodle Hair," and I wouldn't wish those on any fairies. We all did this to the regulars when I was a lifeguard. Frantic Mom and Nipple-man, I will never forget you.
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Kgummy posted:Could someone enlighten me as to what the argh app thing actually does? Just display 'argh'? I feel like I'm missing something here.
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Kgummy posted:Could someone enlighten me as to what the argh app thing actually does? Just display 'argh'? I feel like I'm missing something here. There's an app for everything. Now you don't need to "argh" yourself anymore. Don't you feel better already?
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Feb 3, 2012 22:48
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Spaseman posted:The next chapter will feature Annie's attempt to overthrow both The Court and Coyote by blackmailing all the court faeries into doing her bidding with threats of giving them dirty names. I can only imagine this with her being adorably terrible at it. "Oh, you won't do it? Well, let's see how you'll like your new name, miss ... silly.....namey!"
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This is awesome.
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My favorite thematic nickname was a guy in college that everyone knew as "Walks With Sandals."
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D'awww, Red's so awestruck by her new name she's speechless!  Sad Gol-Shogeg needs to show up again in a future arc. I don't care if it doesn't actually exist, love will find a way.
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Feb 4, 2012 02:17
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Having recently gotten in Gunnerkrieg thanks to a friend accidentally sending me Volume 1, well I started reading the current arc, I can wrap my head around the current arc and antimony's transfer but I feel I'm missing something, should I read the rest? Or just keep going? Grabbing this when I can, been meaning to change my ava anyway.
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Alteisen posted:Having recently gotten in Gunnerkrieg thanks to a friend accidentally sending me Volume 1, well I started reading the current arc, I can wrap my head around the current arc and antimony's transfer but I feel I'm missing something, should I read the rest? Or just keep going?
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Alteisen posted:Having recently gotten in Gunnerkrieg thanks to a friend accidentally sending me Volume 1, well I started reading the current arc, I can wrap my head around the current arc and antimony's transfer but I feel I'm missing something, should I read the rest? Or just keep going? Hilariously, I was the guy who accidentally sent it to this poster. It was supposed to go to my sister and a horrible plague was ravaging the logic part of my brain. Anyway I recommend reading the rest as it is awesome.
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Alteisen posted:Having recently gotten in Gunnerkrieg thanks to a friend accidentally sending me Volume 1, well I started reading the current arc, I can wrap my head around the current arc and antimony's transfer but I feel I'm missing something, should I read the rest? Or just keep going? Uh, wait correct me if I'm wrong but you're saying you read Book 1 (chapters 1-14) and this one (chapter 36 and will be in Book 4)? Yeah, I'd say you're missing something there, especially since Annie didn't transfer, she's just visiting the fairies for a bit. But no seriously, GC is great, and you'd totally miss out on some great stuff by not reading the rest.
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Spooky Candle posted:I don't get how you'd want to skip out on anything. Especially if you've already covered the first several chapters when the comic was still finding its feet. It never stops getting better (so far [no pressure, Tom]).
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Hey kismet, is it okay if I use parts of your OP to start up another Gunnerkrigg Court thread in another forum?
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pandaK posted:Hey kismet, is it okay if I use parts of your OP to start up another Gunnerkrigg Court thread in another forum? Go for it.  Spread the gospel.
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I'm just remembering something Tom said on his formspring. About how you wouldn't see any people with pointy ears like the fairies wandering around GC's normal world. I'm thinking what if getting a name changes Red? Makes her more human, like with non pointy ears, and probably more human in general. Changing like that could explain her having such a weird reaction. The only issue with this is the teacher but she doesn't seem to have a name either so maybe some of them stay in the unnamed semi fairy state into adulthood?
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I think they're all just being jabronis and making a big fuss for the fun of it also it just occurred to me that I'll miss the ether art-style once we go back to normal. Ether chapters are amazing and are almost always used as page examples when I introduce people to the comic.
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Now that Red has an official name, she'll spin herself a cocoon for the winter. Come spring, a beautiful new Jones will emerge. Seconding missing the ether style once they go back to the boring real world. I gladly would read an entire series in that art style.
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In the real world, Jones and Shadow have been standing around patiently forever.
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Bussamove posted:D'awww, Red's so awestruck by her new name she's speechless! Sad Gol-Shogeg ain't goin nowhere, crumbum :P
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Kgummy posted:Could someone enlighten me as to what the argh app thing actually does? Just display 'argh'? I feel like I'm missing something here.
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The Kins posted:Tom had an idea for a cellphone app... I find it funny the way he draws himself because he looks nothing like that in real life. (for one thing when I saw him he had a beard).
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Well it's not really a beard, I just hadn't shaved Edit: Huh! My avatar has changed. I've had the same one since I joined SA, I think! Tea-san fucked around with this message at 16:12 on Feb 4, 2012 |
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Tea-san posted:Well it's not really a beard, I just hadn't shaved I mourn the loss of glowy dog vision, but that one is pretty neat.
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Tom, just curious, how time consuming would you say completing the art for an average page in the ether is vs. a page taking place in the "normal" world? I would think the ether pages would take a good bit more time, but boy are they gorgeous.
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I just want to say that this comic is amazing. I got into it late in December, and after I finished my second pass through the archives, I started reading it to my mother on weekends (she has eye problems, and reading anything smaller than 20-point font gives her a headache). She just recently caught up with the current page, and it makes her smile in a way I haven't seen her do since my father passed away in 2009. About a week ago, we were watching Real Steel and being generally disappointed by it, and at the climax of one of the early fight scenes she shouted out, "Send in Boxbot!" We had to pause the film for a couple of minutes until we'd stopped laughing. Tea-san, your comic is wonderful and the world is a better place for it. Edit: Thank you, mysterious avatar fairy! Thesaurasaurus fucked around with this message at 03:49 on Feb 5, 2012 |
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Tea-san posted:Well it's not really a beard, I just hadn't shaved Don't talk it down, it was a pretty good beard.
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Oh hey, yeah, I should point out there is now a link to idonotlikepeas' great avatar repository in the OP - so you can find it without trawling back through the thread any time you feel like a change.
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Thesaurasaurus posted:She just recently caught up with the current page, and it makes her smile in a way I haven't seen her do since my father passed away in 2009. (...) Tea-san, your comic is wonderful and the world is a better place for it. This is the highest praise. You know you did a good thing when your works touches people like that.
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a pipe smoking dog posted:I find it funny the way he draws himself because he looks nothing like that in real life. (for one thing when I saw him he had a beard). Ssshhh you're ruining the illusion 
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Kismet posted:Oh hey, yeah, I should point out there is now a link to idonotlikepeas' great avatar repository in the OP - so you can find it without trawling back through the thread any time you feel like a change. The post's not exactly fully up to date though; just a heads up. There are some avatars that have been taken since the last edit so yeah. Wouldn't want people running around with the same avatar when there are a lot of good ones.
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