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Annotations Every Day - Written by T Campbell & Flo Kahn - Illustrated by John & Jason Waltrip

The one where they take a good hard look at their lives.

Chapter 10 – Cover

on March 25, 2011
Chapter: Chapter 10
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  1. Thor
    Thor
    March 25, 2011, 12:02 am | # | Reply

    Axes, Bow, Guitar, Mace, Goggles . . . Where’s Bandit’s gear?!?

    • Karishi
      Karishi
      March 25, 2011, 12:12 am | # | Reply

      Hiding. As it should be.

    • Meirnon
      Meirnon
      March 25, 2011, 1:52 am | # | Reply

      That *IS* Bandit’s gear. No one knows it yet, though. WUTAI!

      • Locke
        Locke
        March 26, 2011, 6:27 am | # | Reply

        And they’ll have to play hide n’ seek and defeat an irritatingly over-powered boss fight to get them back.

    • Caitlin
      Caitlin
      March 25, 2011, 7:15 am | # | Reply

      It would be knife to know where it is, but this picture doesn’t make the cut.

      • Andras
        Andras
        March 25, 2011, 2:11 pm | # | Reply

        That’s likely the point.

        • centuriancode
          centuriancode
          March 25, 2011, 9:08 pm | # | Reply

          That’s right, there’s no need to get edgy about it.

          • The Baker Dan
            The Baker Dan
            March 26, 2011, 1:31 am | # | Reply

            these are some sharp comments.

            • deans22
              deans22
              March 26, 2011, 11:14 am | # | Reply

              Their rapier wit cuts to the bone.

              • RJ
                RJ
                March 26, 2011, 6:08 pm | # | Reply

                come on cut them a little skin here

    • Brandon Richard
      Brandon Richard
      March 26, 2011, 10:45 am | # | Reply

      Maybe it’s just the players’ gear? Bandit isn’t one of the players, therefore…

      • Kange
        Kange
        March 27, 2011, 12:55 am | # | Reply

        c-c-c-combo breaker!

  2. SaltyKracka
    SaltyKracka
    March 25, 2011, 12:13 am | # | Reply

    Sweet new site, guys.

    • Thor
      Thor
      March 25, 2011, 12:19 am | # | Reply

      You should also check out the sweet new forum and make a some sweet new posts there.

      • Novijen
        Novijen
        March 25, 2011, 12:27 am | # | Reply

        And then we go to some sweet new diner and get the same old sweet new dinners.

        • Locke
          Locke
          March 25, 2011, 1:49 am | # | Reply

          And then enjoy sweet new rejection from the sweet new woman I’ve- I mean, WE’VE been stalking.

          • Novijen
            Novijen
            March 25, 2011, 2:17 am | # | Reply

            Then we get to take a ride in a sweet new police car.

            • Locke
              Locke
              March 25, 2011, 4:46 am | # | Reply

              And enjoy the taste of some sweet new pepper spray when we try to run away at the police station. Guess we shouldn’t make decisions after we polish off a sweet new bottle of cheap vodka.

              • JarrysKid
                JarrysKid
                March 25, 2011, 11:33 am | # | Reply

                Then get locked up in a sweet new jail cell with a guy called “Bubba” who makes you his sweet new bitch.

                • Abcus
                  Abcus
                  March 25, 2011, 6:10 pm | # | Reply

                  This sweet new comment thread is filled to the brim with WIN.

                  Cheers,

                  Cote

                  • Kange
                    Kange
                    March 27, 2011, 1:08 am | # | Reply

                    FAIL! loves da comic :D

                    • Shippo
                      Shippo
                      March 27, 2011, 2:07 pm | #

                      C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER!!!

                  • Jean-Luc
                    Jean-Luc
                    March 27, 2011, 4:10 am | # | Reply

                    This comment line gave me diabetes.

                    • Thor
                      Thor
                      March 27, 2011, 6:18 am | #

                      Sweet new diabetes?

                    • Jean-Luc
                      Jean-Luc
                      March 27, 2011, 12:41 pm | #

                      Well I got sweet new blood so yeah I guess. But no candy pour moi sadly.

  3. Karishi
    Karishi
    March 25, 2011, 12:13 am | # | Reply

    This page is to let us know that Thogg the Goblin will be joining the cast. That’s his rock the weapons are leaning against.

    • Locke
      Locke
      March 25, 2011, 1:51 am | # | Reply

      In an unrelated note, I’d LOVE if this comic got a plucky goblin protagonist. Maybe an NPC sidekick? I’ve always loved the subverting of “Evil Fantasy Race” cliches.

      • Marty
        Marty
        March 25, 2011, 4:57 am | # | Reply

        You mean you’ve always loved the “member of an evil race with a golden heart” cliche.

        • ahdok
          ahdok
          March 25, 2011, 6:57 am | # | Reply

          I call Drizzt on you!

        • Thor
          Thor
          March 25, 2011, 1:36 pm | # | Reply

          I find the idea that any race of sentient beings can be inherently evil to be utterly ludicrous. Sentience implies the ability to make choices, including moral and ethical ones. Even in very closed, real-life, human societies, there are dissidents, refugees, iconoclasts, reformers, and heretics.

          There’s no reason that there shouldn’t be orcs, trolls, and goblins who just want to take care of their kids and peacefully go about their lives.

      • Abcus
        Abcus
        March 25, 2011, 6:13 pm | # | Reply

        Locke:

        You should read Goblins : http://www.goblinscomic.com/

        I highly recommend it.

        Actually, everyone else too. It’s not QUITE as awesome as this one, but it’s pretty close. (And with a lot of similar themes).

        Cheers,

        Cote

        • RJ
          RJ
          March 26, 2011, 6:10 pm | # | Reply

          honestly anyone already reading this type of comic would have been blind to miss goblins :)~

    • Meirnon
      Meirnon
      March 25, 2011, 1:54 am | # | Reply

      Thogg actually lives underneath of the rock. We should make fanart. Fanart makes these things canon.

      • Novijen
        Novijen
        March 25, 2011, 2:18 am | # | Reply

        Then why have they not made my slashpics art yet?!?

        • Ash
          Ash
          March 25, 2011, 7:45 am | # | Reply

          You drew Guilded Age slash? I am intrigued.

          • ahdok
            ahdok
            March 25, 2011, 9:52 am | # | Reply

            There’s quite a lot of Frigg/Whitequeen

            • Meirnon
              Meirnon
              March 25, 2011, 11:33 am | # | Reply

              And it’s canon now. SEE?

              • ahdok
                ahdok
                March 25, 2011, 11:49 am | # | Reply

                Sure;y that’d be Frigg/White bishop.

  4. Connie
    Connie
    March 25, 2011, 12:34 am | # | Reply

    I’d like to axe a few questions about today’s panel, but I’ll bow to public commentary and just Goggle it instead.

    • solna
      solna
      March 25, 2011, 1:10 am | # | Reply

      to arrow to the point of the issue, your comment is leaving me a little high strung.

    • Caitlin
      Caitlin
      March 25, 2011, 7:19 am | # | Reply

      It might be better to mace the music and appeal to the masses–I don’t think google will hack it.

  5. Locke
    Locke
    March 25, 2011, 1:53 am | # | Reply

    “Like, Gravedust, man, have you ever THOUGHT about, like, life? It’s so DEEP, man… Like… Like all these lines on my hands… Woah.”

    • Novijen
      Novijen
      March 25, 2011, 2:16 am | # | Reply

      Who knew death could be so intoxicating?

      • Locke
        Locke
        March 25, 2011, 4:48 am | # | Reply

        Nah, only when he wants to be. Otherwise, it’s impossible for him to get dru-

        Oh, you said intoxicating. My bad.

    • Rognik
      Rognik
      March 26, 2011, 11:14 pm | # | Reply

      Nothing truly makes you take a good hard look at your life like losing it completely, then coming back from the grave.

      So does this mean we have a party of 6? Or will Best be kept in reserve again, in case of a total party wipe like that failed diplomatic mission?

      • Jean-Luc
        Jean-Luc
        March 27, 2011, 12:40 pm | # | Reply

        With Best around there won’t be another wipe.

        • Locke
          Locke
          March 27, 2011, 11:25 pm | # | Reply

          Well, there WILL be one. Specifically, an “Ass-wipe”.

  6. GeneralSpecific
    GeneralSpecific
    March 25, 2011, 1:59 am | # | Reply

    I don’t like to nitpick, but on the cast page, the first sentence in Byron’s summary is repeated.

    Overall, I like the way the site looks! :D

    • Jay R.
      Jay R.
      March 25, 2011, 2:05 am | # | Reply

      Apparently, the fact that Byron survived the War That Felled Battleshire is so important, they felt it was worth mentioning twice.

      • Caitlin
        Caitlin
        March 25, 2011, 7:21 am | # | Reply

        It’s less impressive when you find out Battleshire was populated primarily by puppies and children.

      • JarrysKid
        JarrysKid
        March 25, 2011, 11:36 am | # | Reply

        What they don’t mention is that Battleshire was felled, un-felled, and re-felled, and Byron was the only survivor both times.

        • Caitlin
          Caitlin
          March 25, 2011, 4:29 pm | # | Reply

          Byron: The last of the Battleshire Fell-owship.

    • T
      T
      March 25, 2011, 7:51 am | # | Reply

      Thx, fixed!

      • Locke
        Locke
        March 27, 2011, 11:24 pm | # | Reply

        “Fixed”? But, it was so important it warranted mentioning twice!

  7. Bake
    Bake
    March 25, 2011, 2:44 am | # | Reply

    no dagger?
    comeongivemeafuckingbreak v_v

  8. Devon
    Devon
    March 25, 2011, 2:47 am | # | Reply

    Why are we here?

    • Timelost
      Timelost
      March 25, 2011, 2:54 am | # | Reply

      To check out the new update and then talk about it…that was easy.

    • Caitlin
      Caitlin
      March 25, 2011, 7:22 am | # | Reply

      If you’re looking for the answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything, I have it on good authority that it’s 42.

      • Thom
        Thom
        March 25, 2011, 10:55 am | # | Reply

        This is also the answer to a much older question:
        “How much wood would a woodchuck chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood?”

        • Meirnon
          Meirnon
          March 25, 2011, 11:35 am | # | Reply

          How much hob could a hobgoblin goblin if a hobgoblin could goblin hob?

          I can’t remember where I heard that…

          • Rognik
            Rognik
            March 26, 2011, 11:15 pm | # | Reply

            How much ground could a groundhog hog if a groundhog could hog ground?

            Not quite as twisty as the original, though.

        • Timelost
          Timelost
          March 25, 2011, 3:45 pm | # | Reply

          I thought the answer was “A woodchuck would chuck all the wood that a woodchuck could chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood”.

          • Thom
            Thom
            March 25, 2011, 4:56 pm | # | Reply

            Nope, 42.

            42 wood.

          • ahdok
            ahdok
            March 27, 2011, 12:12 pm | # | Reply

            if a woodchuck could chuck wood, and a woodchuck would chuck wood and a woodchuck should chuck wood, then you’ve invented an arbitrary situation where you may as well define the amount as well, the question itself has no meaning.

            • Thom
              Thom
              March 28, 2011, 11:16 am | # | Reply

              The desire to chuck is there, whether the ability is or not. Were ability to manifest, the amount of wood required to satiate the appetite is well documented.
              In journals and stuff, from science places.

  9. HLY
    HLY
    March 25, 2011, 3:43 am | # | Reply

    yeah, I can’t see bandit leting us have a look at her past life, so I’m guessing thats why the dagger is missing

    or, hopefully not, only PC’s get a ressurection…

    • Zero
      Zero
      March 25, 2011, 6:41 am | # | Reply

      if bandit turns out to be just a nobody, i will be a sad goose

      • Naare
        Naare
        March 25, 2011, 10:45 am | # | Reply

        I bet she’s a AI.

        • SteelRaven
          SteelRaven
          March 25, 2011, 8:25 pm | # | Reply

          They already stated it’s a actual universe they created for the game so Bandit exists/existed, just not in our realit

      • Locke
        Locke
        March 26, 2011, 3:48 pm | # | Reply

        I know, right, Zero? If she was just an NPC, then we’d never know what she was FIGHTING FOOOOOOOOOOR!!!

  10. ahdok
    ahdok
    March 25, 2011, 4:46 am | # | Reply

    Is this Erica’s artwork?

    • umm
      umm
      March 25, 2011, 5:28 am | # | Reply

      Not if you believe the bottom line, but I also like it very much.

      BTW, the previous chapter / next chapter links are broken, possibly because chapters are sorted alphabetically (1, 10, 2, 3, …).

      • Phil
        Flo
        March 25, 2011, 9:19 am | # | Reply

        An unforeseen error! Fixed!

        • ahdok
          ahdok
          March 25, 2011, 10:50 am | # | Reply

          I hate comicpress.

          Gotta learn it at some point though.

    • Phil
      Flo
      March 25, 2011, 9:28 am | # | Reply

      Nope, this one’s John!

      • ahdok
        ahdok
        March 25, 2011, 10:45 am | # | Reply

        Colour me impressed, it has the feel of Erica’s work all over it.

        • Meirnon
          Meirnon
          March 25, 2011, 11:37 am | # | Reply

          John uses much more dark, near-straight lines. Erica’s lines were smoother and not quite as dark or thick typically.

          • ahdok
            ahdok
            March 25, 2011, 11:58 am | # | Reply

            I have the impression that Erica’s lines were pretty thick, and John’s were hairline thin. I get this from cointinually making comparisons to my own stuff, I’d always think “Those lines are really thick” when looking at Erica’s strips, and “man, those lines are thin” when looking at John’s.

            • Meirnon
              Meirnon
              March 27, 2011, 2:30 am | # | Reply

              Lul, I see it as the other way around. Erica’s lines always seem wavy, like thick in the middle bot overall and consistently with a thin, light linework when it came to character shapes. John seems to use harder, thick, bold lines with a lot of volume in them. Both styles are great. Maybe it’s discrepancies in how we describe them? :P

              • Meirnon
                Meirnon
                March 27, 2011, 2:35 am | # | Reply

                Ok supporting my feelings: Look at Chapter 4 Page 1. The lines are “thick”, but overall they are light and thinned. That’s what I feel is Erica’s.

                Next look at Chapter 9 Page 5. John’s lines definitely seem to have more thickness and weight on them.

                • ahdok
                  ahdok
                  March 27, 2011, 12:19 pm | # | Reply

                  I think even the pages you’ve picked out suggest that Erica draws quite weighty lines compared to John, the level of detail in John’s images is very high, which you can only do with narrow lines.

                  Try comparing these with these.

                  • Meirnon
                    Meirnon
                    March 28, 2011, 12:23 am | # | Reply

                    It still feels like Erica’s lines have less weight on them, however you want to interpret that. John’s definitely seem heavier and thicker, but hey, that’s just me. Shrug.

        • John
          John
          March 25, 2011, 1:04 pm | # | Reply

          Thank you. I’ve been trying to loosen up my style. When I finished this cover, I thought myself it almost looked like something Erica could have done.

          • NobodySpecial
            NobodySpecial
            March 25, 2011, 4:11 pm | # | Reply

            Nice cover. Shades of Jack Kirby to my old eyes.

  11. ahdok
    ahdok
    March 25, 2011, 5:30 am | # | Reply

    On Monday I’m going to refresh my browser for the update.

    Today’s page is cached.

    • Phil
      Flo
      March 25, 2011, 9:29 am | # | Reply

      I see what you did there.

  12. Naare
    Naare
    March 25, 2011, 10:43 am | # | Reply

    Nice cover =)

  13. Thom
    Thom
    March 25, 2011, 2:16 pm | # | Reply

    That’s two in a row for Brayen, well done! And quite the smug expression for it. So emotive – I mean, just look at this: http://thnikkalemur.deviantart.com/art/Smug-Brayen-202275308

    *swoon*

  14. Geigan
    Geigan
    March 25, 2011, 3:59 pm | # | Reply

    I think we got the party arsenal covered.

  15. SteelRaven
    SteelRaven
    March 25, 2011, 8:28 pm | # | Reply

    Byron; “Why are my Axes covered in blo… oh yeah… my bad.”

    • Caitlin
      Caitlin
      March 26, 2011, 1:32 am | # | Reply

      Bandit: “Yeah, thanks boss. And you wonder why I didn’t put my knives down in the pile of weapons.”

  16. Hawk
    Hawk
    March 26, 2011, 9:57 am | # | Reply

    Hurrah, weapons! Hurrah, (implied) party rez! Hurrah, new chapter!
    I’m kinda glad there will be a weekend in here. Much as I will miss comments for the weekend, I can’t read very well just now, so I’ll just have to catch up.
    (For those wondering wtf: I have a scratched cornea.)

    • Radar
      Radar
      March 26, 2011, 11:15 am | # | Reply

      So much for your nick name of hawk eye.

      On a completely unrelated note…is there a way to see the alt text when growing on an iTouch? If not maybe make it the first comment from now on?

      kthnxbai!!!!!!!!!111111111111111eleven

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