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I love this comic, and I'm glad I found out there was a thread for it here on SA. I like how the mood can suddenly swing from "How are they going to get out of this  " to "Oh, that's how  " in the space of a single page.
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Looks like Tom isn't going to break his low-violence streak for this either. No matter how competent they are, robot secrecy is what it is.
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Jan 14, 2013 13:42
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I feel like not only should Robot have known about this, but also that he should have been able to easily use this knowledge to win the rooftop fight. Maybe it's some sort of robot-taboo.
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Jan 14, 2013 16:21
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Thing is there wasn't much of a fight on the rooftop, either. Robot may have just allowed himself to be captured, and we won't know why until the next few updates.
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Jan 14, 2013 16:30
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No-nonsense Annie is the best!
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Jan 14, 2013 16:48
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Brightman posted:I feel like not only should Robot have known about this, but also that he should have been able to easily use this knowledge to win the rooftop fight. Maybe it's some sort of robot-taboo. I like that idea. I laughed harder at stern-face Annie and Tom's comment than I have in a while.
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Jan 14, 2013 17:05
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So their one secret weakness is something that could be eliminated simply by wearing a hat. Their aversion to clothes has become their undoing.
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Jan 14, 2013 17:40
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I think the best part is how techno-genius Kat is somehow so amazed by this development.
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Jan 14, 2013 17:55
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Zeond posted:So all Seraph robots have a convenient switch on the top of their heads. Gotta give it to Tom though, the switch is present since comic #8 when Annie assembled Robot's original body.
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Jan 14, 2013 18:38
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Zeond posted:So all Seraph robots have a convenient switch on the top of their heads. Gotta give it to Tom though, the switch is present since comic #8 when Annie assembled Robot's original body. On this page --- http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=6 --- Annie's awkward phrasing seemed familiar. That's because Kat says something similar here --- http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=763 I love finding little touches like that, and I bet Tom loves making them.
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Jan 14, 2013 18:46
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CannonFodder posted:That's because Kat says something similar here --- http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=763 Haha, oh man, Tom's comment on the bottom makes that callback the more awesome. I can't believe I never noticed it.
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Jan 14, 2013 18:57
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Annie: Still straightforward. I bet she'd do well with when presented with a Gordian Knot problem.
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Jan 14, 2013 19:44
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CannonFodder posted:I went back to check on that button (and it even makes the same sound back then) and saw another call-back that I read recently. Ha, same pose too. It's the little things that make re-reading this so great. Really makes you wonder what things we've seen more recently that will get a callback later, or some things early on that never got one, like those paintings in the library with the footprints.
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Jan 14, 2013 20:20
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Brightman posted:Ha, same pose too. It's the little things that make re-reading this so great. Really makes you wonder what things we've seen more recently that will get a callback later, or some things early on that never got one, like those paintings in the library with the footprints. Obviously Randy Disaster's "Ode to Loneliness", a series of works inspired by Jones.
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Jan 14, 2013 20:21
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Tom mentioned somewhere sometime that those paintings were leading up to an arc that he decided to drop. I wouldn't be surprised if it was going to have something to do with Jones though.
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Jan 14, 2013 20:40
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Cowcaster posted:Tom mentioned somewhere sometime that those paintings were leading up to an arc that he decided to drop. I wouldn't be surprised if it was going to have something to do with Jones though. I thought that too when Jones told Annie later on that her footprints had been found by archeologists or historians or something.
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Jan 14, 2013 21:00
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Wow, it's amazing how much better the art is now when you compare page 6 to the last page.
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Jan 14, 2013 22:08
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And here I was, thinking that the robots would actually be competent. I see now what a fool I was. Also that callback is awesome. When I started reading, I thought it was a failed attempt at being funny (it might still have been). Whenever I see one of the old pages I get reminded of how much of a rocky start I had with GC. I didn't really click with me until the tree scene with Kat and Annie.
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Jan 14, 2013 22:20
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Wikiman posted:Whenever I see one of the old pages I get reminded of how much of a rocky start I had with GC. I didn't really click with me until the tree scene with Kat and Annie. Yeah, I just ordered the first book for my brother's birthday and I'm a little worried. I'd feel a lot better if I could give him all three volumes, but the second one is out of stock (as always).
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Jan 14, 2013 22:38
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seravid posted:Yeah, I just ordered the first book for my brother's birthday and I'm a little worried. I'd feel a lot better if I could give him all three volumes, but the second one is out of stock (as always). Check local shops for the second volume, that's how I ended up finding it. Also the art improves fairly quickly, when the first volume ends Annie's head looks fairly non-football~ish.
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Jan 14, 2013 23:02
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Alopex posted:Looks like Tom isn't going to break his low-violence streak for this either. I disagree, considering how robots view inactivity/mobility (death) I'd say this is pretty hyper-violent. Annie, mass murderer.
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Brightman posted:Ha, same pose too. It's the little things that make re-reading this so great. Really makes you wonder what things we've seen more recently that will get a callback later, or some things early on that never got one, like those paintings in the library with the footprints. These eyebrows seem familiar: http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=77
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Jan 15, 2013 01:15
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Brightman posted:Check local shops for the second volume, that's how I ended up finding it. Also the art improves fairly quickly, when the first volume ends Annie's head looks fairly non-football~ish. I don't think that'll work in my corner of the world. Googling around, the one (1) store selling a GC book calls it "Gunnerkrigg Courtorientation", not a good sign.
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seravid posted:I don't think that'll work in my corner of the world. Googling around, the one (1) store selling a GC book calls it "Gunnerkrigg Courtorientation", not a good sign. Well I meant like walk into a comic book store or something similar and look, or call them first to save a trip. Granted if there aren't any nearby then...poo poo. Also that orientation book isn't it, it isn't it at all 
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Brightman posted:Check local shops for the second volume, that's how I ended up finding it. Also the art improves fairly quickly, when the first volume ends Annie's head looks fairly non-football~ish. I thought the second volume was coming back into print?
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Jan 15, 2013 04:10
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fritz posted:I thought the second volume was coming back into print?
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I uh, made an avatar: (wait for it) Mazerunner fucked around with this message at 20:39 on Jan 15, 2013 |
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Jan 15, 2013 06:53
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My favorite thing about today's comic is not that Annie turns off the first robot by pressing the big red button on its head, but how apparently easily and casually she turns off the second one.
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Jan 15, 2013 08:07
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Mr. Peepers posted:My favorite thing about today's comic is not that Annie turns off the first robot by pressing the big red button on its head, but how apparently easily and casually she turns off the second one. They're stunned in complete and utter shock. Who could possibly ever figure out their secret weakness? It boggles the mind.
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CannonFodder posted:Yes, it did come back, and then it sold out at TopatoCo. That's why people are suggesting B+M stores because the online one can't keep up with demand. What! NO! I thought I had more tiiimmmmmeeeee.
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Jan 15, 2013 09:34
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Re-reading this page again made me think: "Hey, people who think it's lazy that the robot won't stick around for 10 minutes to explain the origin of the court: Maybe he doesn't want to. Maybe he doesn't want to go through the personal wringing of talking about it, but he'll drop enough information for you to figure it out when he's dead (seed bismuth hint)." Suppose you were a criminal, but you were lamenting that fact. Suppose you died, but someone brought you back from eternal rest to grill you on that subject. Maybe you want to drop the right hints without indicting yourself. Maybe you wouldn't believe creepy robot if he told you everything, but figuring it out on your own would. Oh ho ho...
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Volume Two still appears to be in stock at the publisher's site, that is where I got mine during the last reprinting. http://store.archaia.com/products/Gunnerkrigg-Court-Vol.-2%3A-Research.html
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seravid posted:I don't think that'll work in my corner of the world. Googling around, the one (1) store selling a GC book calls it "Gunnerkrigg Courtorientation", not a good sign. The first book is subtitled "Orientation", so that's not a bad sign, either. It's just not what you want. edit before the new page and more avatars to be made:   
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Jan 15, 2013 15:42
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Annie said knock you out!
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poo poo just got real. This was probably what Robot wanted and why he didn't fight back, so that he could let them see The Angel in person.
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Jan 16, 2013 09:08
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Holy crap, Annie with the multiple projection etheric combat. And 'the' angel, eh? Sounds like The Angel was a preexisting concept.
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Jan 16, 2013 09:17
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Now, to be fair, that robot has a point - Just because she looks like an angel, doesn't mean she is one....then again that's also a very good argument that she is one too.
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Jan 16, 2013 09:17
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Yessssss, using etheric projections, JoJo style. Better watch out S-series dude, she might drop a steamroller on you!
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Tupperwarez posted:Yessssss, using etheric projections, JoJo style. Better watch out S-series dude, she might drop a steamroller on you! Does this mean the Stand meteor is actually one giant blinker stone? 
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