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Dammerung posted:Honestly, I really liked this page, and it gives me some hope. Gunnerkrigg's greatest strength has always seemed like its ability to find the humanity in subjects which are anything but, whether they be forest gods in increasingly frail bodies or a skywatching robot and the angel. Tony's shows of affection toward Annie have always been... understated and subtle, to put it mildly, but with this, we have a drat huge and overt display of affection from him. He didn't just coordinate the rescue attempt. He charged straight into danger, forgoing his shoes and ordinarily unfussed demeanor entirely, to hack away at the ground with his bare hands to save his daughter. Maybe, like the Court's barrier being torn down by the tantrums of a godly being, so too will his barrier between he and his daughter be torn down, with the situation bringing out his best and helping him find the courage to be a good man and face whatever's coming by his daughter's side. I could also be looking too far into things, but Gunnerkrigg's been my favorite webcomic for a while. And if there's any author who can pull this story out of the slow tailspin it's been in and make a great point, it'd be Tom. Here's hoping, I'm excited to see what happens next!
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I'm still trying to figure out Shell's place in the story, which to be fair we're likely not supposed to grasp yet. What if the name Michelle is literal and she actually is a shell because she ends up being where the other Annie came from haha
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my only huge gripe is that this should have happened before the chapter with annie's creepy monologue. then she would have had an actual reason to feel any of those feelings. also that it is painfully trite that he be the one to find her this way, and i'm guessing she'll give him a hug, everyone will be happy, and there will continue to be no consequences. (or maybe tom will annoy me even further, by giving tony a heros death or something.)
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Yeah I feel this would have been way more impactful if it happened before Annie's monologue. I also wonder if it would have been more impactful if we didn't know Tony was leading the rescue effort, so our surprise would match Annie's, but I guess it is surprising that he's digging himself rather than just acting as a coordinator.
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i hope he has bruised and bloodied feet
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A big flaming stink posted:i hope he has bruised and bloodied feet chainmail socks
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In other news, chapter retrospective. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FccbFm56cI
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Tony's appearance feels really... inconsistent through the comic. I know he's supposed to be more frazzled and haggard here, but but this isn't the first time I've thought "huh, he sure looks different." Maybe I'll dig up more examples later.   
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Tiny Myers posted:Tony's appearance feels really... inconsistent through the comic. I know he's supposed to be more frazzled and haggard here, but but this isn't the first time I've thought "huh, he sure looks different." Maybe I'll dig up more examples later. I thought "Man, the dude looks terrible, like he's been digging non stop as we've been told."
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I'm thinking... that I'm really looking forward to the next k6bd. Might be onto something something with that, though. He looks almost ready to crack and then very relaxed. It would be plausible for him to have a huge breakthrough here (I've at least heard anecdotes about similar things), but it would definitely feel too easy to people critical of Tony. A partial one, though, maybe would work. But I guess we'll see once we aren't looking at a transition page.
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Tiny Myers posted:Reynardine's appearance feels really... inconsistent through the comic. I know he's supposed to be more wolflike and lupine here, but but this isn't the first time I've thought "huh, he sure looks different." Maybe I'll dig up more examples later.
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Nov 1, 2021 09:08
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Honestly the change in Tony's depiction through this chapter is actually pretty neat, this is good show don't tell stuff as the cage he's in crumbles (at least for a while) because his daughter is in danger. I wish it had happened earlier but.
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Nov 1, 2021 09:47
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okay but seriously where the gently caress is loup
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Nov 1, 2021 09:56
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I can't help but take that under-the-comic comment from Tom as a jab at certain parts of the readership. This probably says far more about me than I'd care to admit.
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runwiled posted:I can't help but take that under-the-comic comment from Tom as a jab at certain parts of the readership. This probably says far more about me than I'd care to admit. it's a smooth criminal joke
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Hodgepodge posted:it's a smooth criminal joke Is Tom endorsing ephebophilia by referencing MJ!? 
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Hodgepodge posted:it's a smooth criminal joke Goddammit.
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Osmosisch posted:Is Tom endorsing ephebophilia by referencing MJ!? Lmao Stormgale posted:Honestly the change in Tony's depiction through this chapter is actually pretty neat, this is good show don't tell stuff as the cage he's in crumbles (at least for a while) because his daughter is in danger. Yeah agreed. I've enjoyed the Tony/Annie relationship when shown this way. Tbh, my mind pathetically tries to pretend Annie's Tony Monologue didn't happen. Just really soured me on the characters.
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catapede posted:Yeah agreed. I've enjoyed the Tony/Annie relationship when shown this way. Tbh, my mind pathetically tries to pretend Annie's Tony Monologue didn't happen. Just really soured me on the characters. I doubt you'll ever like it unless it just flows way better with the finished story than it does right now, but otoh people didn't like The Stone at first so who knows?
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Who gave Tony a pair of shoes
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Note Block posted:Who gave Tony a pair of shoes drat I was hoping those were his black socks, but nope - they were grey: https://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=2528
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....with those recent posts about how Tony is drawn differently across the chapters, I read the new update and thought "huh, yeah that goon was right. He really looks totally different here and a lot younger!". It took me an embarrassingly long time to realize that I was looking at Shell and not Tony. 
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Lt. Lizard posted:....with those recent posts about how Tony is drawn differently across the chapters, I read the new update and thought "huh, yeah that goon was right. He really looks totally different here and a lot younger!". It took me an embarrassingly long time to realize that I was looking at Shell and not Tony. +1
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I wanna pet that giant hamster in panel 2.
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Lt. Lizard posted:....with those recent posts about how Tony is drawn differently across the chapters, I read the new update and thought "huh, yeah that goon was right. He really looks totally different here and a lot younger!". It took me an embarrassingly long time to realize that I was looking at Shell and not Tony.
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Lt. Lizard posted:....with those recent posts about how Tony is drawn differently across the chapters, I read the new update and thought "huh, yeah that goon was right. He really looks totally different here and a lot younger!". It took me an embarrassingly long time to realize that I was looking at Shell and not Tony. I didn't realize it until reading your post
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Lt. Lizard posted:....with those recent posts about how Tony is drawn differently across the chapters, I read the new update and thought "huh, yeah that goon was right. He really looks totally different here and a lot younger!". It took me an embarrassingly long time to realize that I was looking at Shell and not Tony.
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https://twitter.com/gunnerkrigg/status/1456318468748464130?s=20 Buy your hard copies while you can.
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Uthor posted:https://twitter.com/gunnerkrigg/status/1456318468748464130?s=20 There's already someone from Dark Horse in the comments, and someone tagged in Spike from Iron Circus Comics, I doubt it'll be without a publisher for long
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Gravitas Shortfall posted:There's already someone from Dark Horse in the comments, and someone tagged in Spike from Iron Circus Comics, I doubt it'll be without a publisher for long Yeah, that sounds like more of an upside than a downside. More people chasing the contract is always a good thing I think.
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I've bought a bunch from Archaia, mostly cause they'd have displays at C2E2, and their stuff is nice, a great value, and really hard to find sometimes because they are bad at stocking titles. My buddy stopped buying GC for his nieces/nephews because he waiting like a year for a new printing of a volume and by the time it came out, the rest were out of stock.
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If my paperback copy of volume 9 doesn’t match the rest of my paperback volumes, then it will be worse than anything Tony ever did.
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IUG posted:If my paperback copy of volume 9 doesn’t match the rest of my paperback volumes, then it will be worse than anything Tony ever did. This, except hardback 
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.....is this really going to be a thing hanging over the characters for an interminable amount of time? i swear this comic is allergic to uptempo pacing
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gunnerkrigg court: a webcomic rolling over in bed, forever
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Would Renard be able to stop Loup by just taking his body?
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A big flaming stink posted:.....is this really going to be a thing hanging over the characters for an interminable amount of time? Coyote gave her his tooth back in Chapter 26, or February 2010. Chekov's gun: on the shelf. Comic: Hey do you remember the Chekov's gun? Comic: The gun. It's still there. We brought it out for a second, but it's back on the shelf. Comic: The gun continues to be a thing. Comic: Comic, 11 years later: A character is textually saying YOU WILL HAVE TO TAKE THE GUN OFF OF THE SHELF AND KILL THIS PERSON WITH IT. Comic: Comic: Comic: Comic: Here's a character you know nothing about having some personal romance drama after nearly killing the protagonist with a botched experiment. Comic: Anyway the gun is on the shelf. The guy who wants it has disappeared. Maybe, sort of soon, he might, possibly, make an attempt on the life of the person who's carrying the gun, who isn't even the person who is supposed to use it. Gotta be careful. Comic: Just wanted to remind you of the gun. Still a thing. Maybe we'll even see it, someday.
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