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Uthor
Jul 9, 2006

Gummy Bear Heaven ... It's where I go when the world is too mean.
Okay, I'm confused. What "elaborate arrow" is everyone talking about?

EDIT: Thanx!

Uthor fucked around with this message at 19:09 on Sep 24, 2010

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Uthor
Jul 9, 2006

Gummy Bear Heaven ... It's where I go when the world is too mean.

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.

Uthor
Jul 9, 2006

Gummy Bear Heaven ... It's where I go when the world is too mean.
After that, the summer vacation and a few months of school. Less than six months, I'd say.

Uthor
Jul 9, 2006

Gummy Bear Heaven ... It's where I go when the world is too mean.
Bringing this back off topic, Neil Gaiman wrote about fan fiction. Basically, he doesn't care whatever you do with any of his characters, he accepts that there is fan fiction about him, but please don't write about his family.

Uthor
Jul 9, 2006

Gummy Bear Heaven ... It's where I go when the world is too mean.
Huh, didn't know one cliffhanger panel could ruin a complete comic series, but there you go: the power of the medium!

Uthor
Jul 9, 2006

Gummy Bear Heaven ... It's where I go when the world is too mean.

Acne Rain posted:

are you taking the chibisoma meme seriously

Half? It's hard to tell these days. I spend a lot of time on tumblr, after all.

Uthor
Jul 9, 2006

Gummy Bear Heaven ... It's where I go when the world is too mean.

KazigluBey posted:

Please tell me there are meltdowns over the last two pages, please! :allears:

I just looked. There seem to be a few meltdowns from aromantic / asexual people being upset because they identify themselves with Annie and don't want her to end up in any relationship.

Which, honestly, wasn't an angle I was expecting.

Uthor
Jul 9, 2006

Gummy Bear Heaven ... It's where I go when the world is too mean.

Rand Brittain posted:

This chapter is propaganda paid for by the bowling industry to convince teens that bowling will make them sexy.

What's unsexy about rolling your "ball" down the "lane" hoping to get a "strike" at the end?

Putting "quotes" around random "words" seems to "imply" some hidden double "entendre". Sexy!

Uthor
Jul 9, 2006

Gummy Bear Heaven ... It's where I go when the world is too mean.

YF-23 posted:

90% of the Court's revenue comes from patented encryption algorithms. These fairies are keeping your bank account safe hiding terrorists from the authorities!

Maybe Smitty is the backdoor that the FBI wants.

Uthor
Jul 9, 2006

Gummy Bear Heaven ... It's where I go when the world is too mean.

BobTheJanitor posted:

E: I mean compare that to Jones' phone. Which was, what, only a couple of years ago in the story world?

Yeah, well, as Atomic Robo has shown, robots can't use touch screens.

Uthor
Jul 9, 2006

Gummy Bear Heaven ... It's where I go when the world is too mean.

MikeJF posted:

I think that's the point, she doesn't even pause, just smoothly switches what she's saying midsentence.

I get the intent, but I only made it half way through the sentence before stopping to figure out what was wrong with it. It took me a couple tries to actually read the whole thing and go "Oh!", breaking the illusion that was being attempted.

Uthor
Jul 9, 2006

Gummy Bear Heaven ... It's where I go when the world is too mean.

Space Cadet Omoly posted:

Omega is going to be an adorable little girl that Zimmy and Gamma adopt and raise as a loving family.

Me thinking about that - > :3:

Uthor
Jul 9, 2006

Gummy Bear Heaven ... It's where I go when the world is too mean.

SynthOrange posted:

That montage panel isn't really working for me

The inset panel seems out of place.

Uthor
Jul 9, 2006

Gummy Bear Heaven ... It's where I go when the world is too mean.

BrightWing posted:

And why does he have a little heart right in the middle of his collar bone area?

Highly visible weak point?

Uthor
Jul 9, 2006

Gummy Bear Heaven ... It's where I go when the world is too mean.

Keiya posted:

No, that was Myth II, a pre-Halo Bungie title. And that only happened if you installed it directly to C:\, not even a subfolder... which is pretty dumb.

Why would you do that? :psyduck:

And this is coming from someone who once installed two games into the same sub-folder and permanently hosed both of them.

Uthor
Jul 9, 2006

Gummy Bear Heaven ... It's where I go when the world is too mean.
The rest of the chapter is full of flashbacks to Kat not fitting in with the other students and the last flashback is to her meeting/befriending Annie for the first time. I don't remember the rest of the chapter, but isn't it them starting to bond? Then there's the flashback to their mothers being in the same situation, implying that the girls will continue to become closer.

Uthor
Jul 9, 2006

Gummy Bear Heaven ... It's where I go when the world is too mean.
To be fair, I think it tripped me up when I read it, too. I don't immediately pick up on the flashbacks in this comic.

Uthor
Jul 9, 2006

Gummy Bear Heaven ... It's where I go when the world is too mean.
Big sword beats unstoppable sword.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9Ecz2ngjIs

Uthor
Jul 9, 2006

Gummy Bear Heaven ... It's where I go when the world is too mean.

Big Boner Stacy posted:

I suspect we're rapidly approaching the climax of the comic, which makes me both happy and sad.

What year are they in? I suspect that the comic won't end until they graduate.

Uthor
Jul 9, 2006

Gummy Bear Heaven ... It's where I go when the world is too mean.
I've been reading Dicebox for seven years now and it's barely half way through book two of a planned four. And the page rate seems to have slowed down a bit. It'll be at least another decade before the story is finished and I'm totally along for the ride.

Just don't take your age and add ten years to it to see how old you'll be once it's over. :smith:

Edit: Image Tom's art in ten years!

Uthor
Jul 9, 2006

Gummy Bear Heaven ... It's where I go when the world is too mean.

Combed Thunderclap posted:


Also hello other Dicebox fan. I am obsessed and wish I could win the lottery so I could cover Jenn Manley Lee's salary until she finishes the darn thing.

At least she has a steady job coloring Carla Speed McNeil's art in No Mercy. I'm not in love with the book, but they're a perfect fit.

If you haven't, check out Finder. Same story telling style as Lee's and very good.

Uthor
Jul 9, 2006

Gummy Bear Heaven ... It's where I go when the world is too mean.

Scholtz posted:

My guess is no one dies, but someone certainly loses a limb.

When did Gunnerkrigg Court get picked up by DC?

Uthor
Jul 9, 2006

Gummy Bear Heaven ... It's where I go when the world is too mean.

RandomPauI posted:

What if stabbing his ethereal heart causes the death of his soul?

Joke's on everyone, he was already dead inside.

Uthor
Jul 9, 2006

Gummy Bear Heaven ... It's where I go when the world is too mean.
I thought they were trying to prove that Jones is a robot?

Uthor
Jul 9, 2006

Gummy Bear Heaven ... It's where I go when the world is too mean.

ConfusedUs posted:

The text below this comic has always made me think. "One of the words on this page is more important than the others."

Maybe it's "waiting"? Because seems like she's about to get out and wreck some faces.

It's "you" in the first panel.

Because it's the only one that is bold.

Uthor
Jul 9, 2006

Gummy Bear Heaven ... It's where I go when the world is too mean.
I'm honestly surprised no one is talking about the framing of elf boy's sexy abs.

Uthor
Jul 9, 2006

Gummy Bear Heaven ... It's where I go when the world is too mean.
Welp, glad that worked out well for everyone!

Uthor
Jul 9, 2006

Gummy Bear Heaven ... It's where I go when the world is too mean.

Cavelcade posted:

Tripped over a dog.

Boxbot.

Uthor
Jul 9, 2006

Gummy Bear Heaven ... It's where I go when the world is too mean.

RandomPauI posted:

Kat can make robots right? And she's not afraid to play god? What if she makes Smitty a cyborg?

Does Jones know Smitty is a robot? They should totally hang out!

Uthor
Jul 9, 2006

Gummy Bear Heaven ... It's where I go when the world is too mean.
It feels like it's dragging out, but it's been like 6 pages. It may have taken half a month to read in "real time", but it'll read so much quicker in one sitting.

Uthor
Jul 9, 2006

Gummy Bear Heaven ... It's where I go when the world is too mean.

CrashCat posted:

Going to be a weird comic now when he abandons the entire plot up to this point to go on Annie's Psychopomp Adventures

It was all an introduction so far. Now the real story begins. It'll make sense when you read it all at once 12 years from now.

Uthor
Jul 9, 2006

Gummy Bear Heaven ... It's where I go when the world is too mean.

betamax hipster posted:

But also it's mostly about girls getting haircuts.

Stop being redundant.

Uthor
Jul 9, 2006

Gummy Bear Heaven ... It's where I go when the world is too mean.

Dr Subterfuge posted:

Tom is streaming the Volume 6 cover artwork right now:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvHNj-_6oHM

Here's the non three hour version.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GD3HhldOElI

Uthor
Jul 9, 2006

Gummy Bear Heaven ... It's where I go when the world is too mean.
https://mobile.twitter.com/gunnerkrigg/status/831951999612682243

Uthor
Jul 9, 2006

Gummy Bear Heaven ... It's where I go when the world is too mean.
What is it when trolls are involved?

Uthor
Jul 9, 2006

Gummy Bear Heaven ... It's where I go when the world is too mean.
So the fairies are basically the SA forums come alive.

...

I'm okay with this.

Uthor
Jul 9, 2006

Gummy Bear Heaven ... It's where I go when the world is too mean.

Wa11y posted:


Also, is there a collected digital version available, or do I have to go through a few thousand "right click, save as..."? She likes reading comics on her tablet, so having these handy for road trips would be fun.

They're up on comiXology.

https://m.comixology.com/Gunnerkrigg-Court/comics-series/3562

Uthor
Jul 9, 2006

Gummy Bear Heaven ... It's where I go when the world is too mean.

Hremsfeld posted:


Obviously it'll be USB-D :colbert:

Check your USB-normative privilege.

Uthor
Jul 9, 2006

Gummy Bear Heaven ... It's where I go when the world is too mean.

Hodgepodge posted:

I'm getting the notion that things will be less sexy and more insecty once they head out to work.

What's the difference?

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Uthor
Jul 9, 2006

Gummy Bear Heaven ... It's where I go when the world is too mean.
There's a good "it's not the heat (fire), it's the humidity" joke somewhere, but I'm not finding it.

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