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A student posted:Do you think Mr. Siddell reads this thread? No.
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Sep 26, 2010 04:03
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I hate to be "that guy" but saying that Gunnerkrigg is mistake-free or is a masterpiece would be kind of insulting if I were Tom Siddell. It's very good, yes, but it has a lot of room to improve, and I'm sure he sees tons more areas to improve than I do.
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Sep 26, 2010 04:05
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A student posted:Do you think Mr. Siddell reads this thread? He reads the main webcomics thread, so it would make sense that he reads this one too. Brannock posted:I hate to be "that guy" but saying that Gunnerkrigg is mistake-free or is a masterpiece would be kind of insulting if I were Tom Siddell. It's very good, yes, but it has a lot of room to improve, and I'm sure he sees tons more areas to improve than I do. I'm not trying to say it's perfect and Tea-san is infallible. I'm sure he sees plenty of areas that he wants to improve. But personally, I can't think of a single thing I would like to see changed about the comic. I would consider it in the top tier of webcomics, quality-wise, along with Tales of Overside, Abominable Charles Christopher, and a few others.
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Sep 26, 2010 04:16
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McGravin posted:But personally, I can't think of a single thing I would like to see changed about the comic. More Coyote-vision scenes, confirmation that Jones is exactly what I think she is, and less unjustified anti-Boxbot bias.
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Sep 26, 2010 04:31
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fritz posted:No. He does read the main Webcomic thread in BSS, though. gently caress, beaten by several minutes... I have the saddest face.
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Sep 26, 2010 04:40
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You just wants Jones to be a robot so she can legally marry Boxbot.
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Sep 26, 2010 04:45
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Nicolae Carpathia posted:less unjustified anti-Boxbot bias. Go to hell. 
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Sep 26, 2010 04:47
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A student posted:You just wants Jones to be a robot so she can legally marry Boxbot. Boxbot is too good for Jones.
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Sep 26, 2010 05:00
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A student posted:You just wants Jones to be a robot so she can legally marry Boxbot. Who the hell would marry Boxbot? Boxbot should die alone.
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Sep 26, 2010 05:01
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Half this thread has been about that horrible thing! Can't you people read?
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Sep 26, 2010 05:04
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Guy gets his own thread, suddenly it's "Mr. Siddel".
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Sep 26, 2010 05:08
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fritz posted:Guy gets his own thread, suddenly it's "Mr. Siddel". I just think of him as glowy dog vision guy.
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Sep 26, 2010 05:11
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Nicolae Carpathia posted:less unjustified anti-Boxbot bias. So more justified anti-Boxbot bias.... Or is that less justified Boxbot bias? Maybe it's more unjustified Boxbot oh no, I've gone cross-eyed. 
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Sep 26, 2010 06:24
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Gunnerkrigg Court is the kind of thing I'd love to see made into a series of movies one day. Maybe it's not the perfect series but it's very entertaining and I for one would go see it opening weekend.
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Sep 26, 2010 07:15
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MelvinTheJerk posted:Gunnerkrigg Court is the kind of thing I'd love to see made into a series of movies one day. Maybe it's not the perfect series but it's very entertaining and I for one would go see it opening weekend.
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Sep 26, 2010 07:40
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I think the chapter format would be better suited to a TV series, unless you shuffled a few chapters that had related content around so they were next to each other. Chapters 1-14 would make a good first season, maybe split up some of the longer chapters into two-part episodes and have a 16-18 episode season. It almost sets up to be transferred to animation too easily, like he's had it in mind from the beginning but (for whatever reason) hasn't gone through with it. (Actually I'm kind of glad he hasn't yet, because it seems like the kind of thing that would have to be rushed.) I'm thinking let him finish up the comic (one of his Q&As said he had a definite ending in mind) and from there shop it around. 5-10 years from now should be far enough removed from Pottermania that he could take it to any number of studios and have enough leverage to have as much creative control as he wants (because I can also see a studio just buying the rights outright and making a travesty of it all). Then again it seems like his experience just getting the drat thing printed would be enough to turn anyone off from trying for anything even close to that scale of a project. On the subject of print, one option I'd like to have though is individual chapters in a comic-booky form. The hardcover just seems like something I'd put on a shelf and forget about, or binge through the whole thing in a day (like I did with the online archive). That might make a decent source of revenue as well if he put them out on a schedule, like one chapter a month with the occasional double-issue. On that schedule he'd eventually catch up with the webcomic so it could be something he puts out in 'seasons', with the releases always at least a couple months behind the webcomic. I think I'd enjoy it more that way as well; even though I've already read through the whole thing, having something to look forward to in the mail would be nice. Just having that anticipation factor would be enough for a lot of people to buy it. I would.
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Sep 26, 2010 07:48
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Green elf guy was actually Coyote in disguise calling it now.
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Sep 26, 2010 08:04
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Roflex posted:On the subject of print, one option I'd like to have though is individual chapters in a comic-booky form. The hardcover just seems like something I'd put on a shelf and forget about, or binge through the whole thing in a day (like I did with the online archive). That might make a decent source of revenue as well if he put them out on a schedule, like one chapter a month with the occasional double-issue. On that schedule he'd eventually catch up with the webcomic so it could be something he puts out in 'seasons', with the releases always at least a couple months behind the webcomic. PVP did that. Daily comic on the web. Monthly comic from Image. Big collection every 6 months or so. Scott recently said (I believe) that PVP the comic is going away because there's no money in it anymore. Just the TPBs and the web.
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Sep 26, 2010 08:33
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Ka0 posted:Green elf guy was actually Coyote in disguise calling it now. But Coyote has already been to the court? Nothing would have changed.
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Sep 26, 2010 08:34
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Green elf guy is pretty clearly an ex-member of the Court who passed the test over to the forest. Diego mentions in the big flashback montage that he's a "traitor" and Ysengrin had a similar word for forest dwellers who went over to the Court.
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Sep 26, 2010 10:10
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fritz posted:Guy gets his own thread, suddenly it's "Mr. Siddel". Yeah, come on guys.
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Sep 26, 2010 11:16
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McGravin posted:Well that's what I get for skimming. That it does, but the larger point stands: that study and the associated effect explains, at a guess, 90% of the Internet.
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Sep 26, 2010 11:59
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Tea-san posted:Yeah, come on guys.
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Sep 26, 2010 12:10
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I've been rereading the archives and noticed that on the cover page of Ch 20, Coyote Stories, there is an arrow symbol in the river around the place where Jeanne's lover was shot. Considering that the rest of the symbols in the illustration have some sort of correspondence to Court history or mythology, maybe this is a hint that the arrow is underwater, still empowered with whatever curse or spell that made the glowing trail in the most recent page (unless that was intended as an action line). I wonder if her lover's remains being buried in the river mud is part of what keeps Jeanne's ghost on the shore. Also, has Tom ever put out a guide or tutorial showing his digital painting technique? edit: On further readthrough, the arrow made for Steadman the archer in Ch 25 for the "sacrifice", which they say will be Jeanne, could be the arrow in the river. It sounded like they intended to use it on Jeanne, but when Steadman is shown firing it he says it hit "the target", which seems needlessly ambiguous if he was simply going to fire the arrow at Jeanne as the previous pages made it seem. Right now though it does seem like we're seeing the other side of the story that Ch 25 presents. Hang on Sloopy fucked around with this message at 14:34 on Sep 26, 2010 |
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Sep 26, 2010 14:11
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Hang on Sloopy posted:Also, has Tom ever put out a guide or tutorial showing his digital painting technique? I don't think so. A few people have asked him about it on Formspring, though I can't remember any of the details off the top of my head. He sometimes does a UStream while he draws, but those are pretty rare because he obviously can't do them for future pages and he doesn't have much time to do other drawing.
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Sep 26, 2010 15:32
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1stGear posted:Green elf guy is pretty clearly an ex-member of the Court who passed the test over to the forest. Diego mentions in the big flashback montage that he's a "traitor" and Ysengrin had a similar word for forest dwellers who went over to the Court. That makes a ton of sense, actually. RE: The arrow in Coyote Stories, that's some crazy foreshadowing. Pretty neat.
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Sep 26, 2010 17:31
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Honestly right now the only thing I'm wondering is why Jeanne is the "sacrifice" when the other dude got shot. That page really had me convinced the arrow was intended for her. Presumably they kill her too, in some manner. I'm not sure you can make a conclusive statement about the angle the arrow was fired at. In any case they're already talking like Jeanne is dead. There's definitely no arrow in the corpse so presumably Jeanne wasn't shot. Maybe we'll know in 9 hours.
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Sep 26, 2010 23:06
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wdarkk posted:I'm not sure you can make a conclusive statement about the angle the arrow was fired at. In any case they're already talking like Jeanne is dead. That page you linked says that there was three hours between lowering Jeanne and the arrow being fired. This page seems to imply that the recent laser thingy that killed elf dude happened practically immediately.
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Sep 26, 2010 23:27
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Tea-san posted:Yeah, come on guys. Hey, it's glowy dog vision guy.
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Sep 26, 2010 23:35
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1stGear posted:Green elf guy is pretty clearly an ex-member of the Court who passed the test over to the forest. Diego mentions in the big flashback montage that he's a "traitor" and Ysengrin had a similar word for forest dwellers who went over to the Court. I'm pretty sure he said in his formspring that this wasn't the case.
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Sep 27, 2010 00:39
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Yeah, according to Rey, he and Ysengrin hadn't come to the forest until after the split. Elf dude was an elf before the split. And according to Coyote, the whole give up your body thing was Ysengrin's idea. I have no idea why Diego thinks of him as a traitor, though I'm sure we'll find out eventually.
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Sep 27, 2010 02:04
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Stupid Boob posted:Yeah, according to Rey, he and Ysengrin hadn't come to the forest until after the split. Elf dude was an elf before the split. And according to Coyote, the whole give up your body thing was Ysengrin's idea. Lame! I'll have none of your red herring foreshadowing, Mr. Slidell! 
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Sep 27, 2010 02:18
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Stupid Boob posted:Yeah, according to Rey, he and Ysengrin hadn't come to the forest until after the split. Elf dude was an elf before the split. And according to Coyote, the whole give up your body thing was Ysengrin's idea. Maybe since he chose to stay in the forest rather then the court, and Diego was jealous of him.
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Sep 27, 2010 02:25
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I don't believe a word Coyote has ever said.
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Sep 27, 2010 04:33
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Ka0 posted:I don't believe a word Coyote has ever said. Jones has said that Coyote is no liar, and I believe her.
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Sep 27, 2010 05:07
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Ka0 posted:I don't believe a word Coyote has ever said. 
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Sep 27, 2010 05:35
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Macaluso posted:Jones has said that Coyote is no liar, and I believe her. Yes, I'm quite sure that everything Coyote has ever said has been 100% factually true.
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Sep 27, 2010 05:42
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There are two especially artful ways to lie. One is to tell the truth, but tell just enough to let the listener jump to the wrong conclusions. The other is to tell the truth, but tell it so unconvincingly that the listener believes you're lying. I am pretty sure that Coyote is a master of both.
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Sep 27, 2010 05:44
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DontMockMySmock posted:The other is to tell the truth, but tell it so unconvincingly that the listener believes you're lying. I'm reminded of a story told by physicist Richard Feynman, in which someone stole one of a set of double-doors from a room in the frat house, and Feynman, being a notorious prankster, stole the other, knowing that person who stole the first would be blamed for the second. The first door is found soon enough but not the second. The frat president tries to figure out who took the door and asks everyone in the frat, on their fraternity honor, if they'd taken it: quote:
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Sep 27, 2010 06:13
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Monday's page is up, Jeanna gonna slice up a person
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