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

'OKAY, YOU CAN MOVE NOW!'

Chapter 10 – Page 16

on May 2, 2011
Chapter: Chapter 10
└ Tags: Best, Byron, Frigg, Gravedust, Syr'Nj
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  1. SaltyKracka
    SaltyKracka
    May 2, 2011, 12:08 am | # | Reply

    Well geez, Syr. Didn’t know you cared about paper that much.

    • Thracecius
      Thracecius
      May 3, 2011, 12:04 pm | # | Reply

      Well paper is a product made from trees, and we’ve already established that she’s a wood elf, so I guess that makes the paper in those books like a third cousin twice removed. :D

      • Riotllama
        Riotllama
        May 4, 2011, 6:20 pm | # | Reply

        The Golems care about it, and won’t shoot Byron to save the books.

      • SotiCoto
        SotiCoto
        March 30, 2016, 6:33 am | # | Reply

        Wouldn’t that mean that a library is like an elven mausoleum?

  2. Fairportfan
    Fairportfan
    May 2, 2011, 12:15 am | # | Reply

    Best really would look much more pleasing with his guts made into garters…

    • Timelost
      Timelost
      May 2, 2011, 3:45 am | # | Reply

      You just say that because you haven’t taken the effort to look past his exterior and understand him for who he really is.

      Everyone who really, truly knows the character hopes for something involving ants, thousands upon thousands of ravenous flesh-crazed ants.

      • centuriancode
        centuriancode
        May 2, 2011, 5:57 am | # | Reply

        True. After all, Best’s previous associations with garters were traumatic enough.

  3. Slayn82
    Slayn82
    May 2, 2011, 12:26 am | # | Reply

    Best, i’m deceptioned with you now.

    Its BOO-SEKER.

    • alta lemur
      alta lemur
      May 2, 2011, 12:34 am | # | Reply

      Now it’s Bait-zerker.

    • The Baker Dan
      The Baker Dan
      May 2, 2011, 12:29 pm | # | Reply

      at least he isn’t a bum-zerker.

      • Seth
        Seth
        May 2, 2011, 1:07 pm | # | Reply

        He may wind up a burnt-zerker.

        • shadowtag
          shadowtag
          June 25, 2012, 9:44 pm | # | Reply

          Either way He’ll be a Sore-zerker in the morning after this shit…..

  4. Lydia
    Lydia
    May 2, 2011, 12:47 am | # | Reply

    Scopes ignore Dodge rating, I assume? Not that Byron would’ve had much to begin with.

    • Michael Haneline
      Michael Haneline
      May 2, 2011, 1:15 am | # | Reply

      The point is the normal blasts are too big and well cause collateral damage to the books, but apparently the golem has a more precise weapon as well.

      • Doop doop
        Doop doop
        May 2, 2011, 7:18 pm | # | Reply

        Maybe it’ll end up that the laser is really just a scanning device or a superhero beam that gives the person it hits SUPER POWERS or something.

        Miiiight be a cheap copout compared to seeing our intrepid band of heroes rocking the golems though.

        • flevine
          flevine
          May 2, 2011, 8:26 pm | # | Reply

          Maybe it’s for scanning the barcodes when you check out the books.

  5. Snowblind
    Snowblind
    May 2, 2011, 12:48 am | # | Reply

    Medic?!

  6. Geigan
    Geigan
    May 2, 2011, 12:57 am | # | Reply

    I have to say the. Look on Byron’s face is just priceless. The Best even.

    • Jean-Luc
      Jean-Luc
      May 2, 2011, 2:36 pm | # | Reply

      Yeah, deer in the headlights.

      I’ve a feeling Best’s gonna pull off something awesome in the next strip. Push Byron out of the way in the last moment or deflect the golem lazor with his axe. Payet’s all about da ambiguity

  7. bwernard
    bwernard
    May 2, 2011, 1:01 am | # | Reply

    I say, Best is exactly what Byron needs to snap out of his depression…

    • Fairportfan
      Fairportfan
      May 2, 2011, 3:22 am | # | Reply

      Hey; Best didn’t get to see Byron’s berserkergang Up Close…

  8. dr pepper
    dr pepper
    May 2, 2011, 1:03 am | # | Reply

    There a reason tanks come with both cannons and machine guns

    • centuriancode
      centuriancode
      May 2, 2011, 7:59 am | # | Reply

      Because dakka is more fun?

      • Harrowed
        Harrowed
        May 3, 2011, 1:43 pm | # | Reply

        I would like this as well!

    • Rykka
      Rykka
      May 3, 2011, 11:48 am | # | Reply

      I wish I could “like” this comment.

  9. Locke
    Locke
    May 2, 2011, 1:06 am | # | Reply

    Herp-de-derp.

    • Hoo-ya
      Hoo-ya
      May 2, 2011, 1:41 am | # | Reply

      Tum-teetelee-tum

      • JarrysKid
        JarrysKid
        May 2, 2011, 10:36 am | # | Reply

        Pom-tiddly-om

        • Yahtzee
          Yahtzee
          May 2, 2011, 11:07 am | # | Reply

          Woo-dee-doo

  10. WrathofDog
    WrathofDog
    May 2, 2011, 1:46 am | # | Reply

    “The Library is closed. Attention: The Library is Closed.”

    “Attention: The Library is closed.”

    Sheesh. its only responsible to lock the doors when you let the guard dogs out.

  11. Kant Lavar
    Kant Lavar
    May 2, 2011, 1:52 am | # | Reply

    Klaatu, barada, nikto?

  12. Timelost
    Timelost
    May 2, 2011, 3:29 am | # | Reply

    …I thought it was illegal to spotlight adventurers, oh well, Springsteen break.

    Blinded by the light!

    Cut loose like a deuce, another runner in the night.

    • Locke
      Locke
      May 2, 2011, 3:43 am | # | Reply

      That line, my friend, is one of the most misunderstood lyrics in music history. I always thought it was “shot off like a douche into the middle of the night” when I was younger. Song was catchy, but Springsteen weirded me out until I learned the truth.

      • Timelost
        Timelost
        May 2, 2011, 3:47 am | # | Reply

        Honestly I always just hummed that part, I only recently found out the real lyrics via the modern miracle that is google.

        • Phil
          Flo
          May 2, 2011, 8:16 am | # | Reply

          It’s not even Springsteen. It’s Manfred Mann.

          • Hawk
            Hawk
            May 2, 2011, 8:37 am | # | Reply

            Thank you Phil for correcting the young’uns, I was about to say much the same thing. Only not as nice.

            • centuriancode
              centuriancode
              May 2, 2011, 9:02 am | # | Reply

              However, that doesn’t make nearly as good a bad pun as Spring(steen) Break. Ah, the truth hurts when it ruins all our pun. Perhaps replace it with only the good die young? Or are we only going to let Frig into True Neutral?

          • GE
            GE
            May 2, 2011, 11:12 am | # | Reply

            Springsteen wrote it. Manfred Mann popularized it.

            • Phil
              Flo
              May 2, 2011, 11:33 am | # | Reply

              I stand corrected and completely blown away.

  13. gangler
    gangler
    May 2, 2011, 3:49 am | # | Reply

    See, that’s what makes a man like Best awesome. Self preservation instinct. He’s not here to save your ass. He’s here to use it and leave it raw.

    Way to live and see another day Best. And people wonder why nice guys die early.

  14. Silvermane
    Silvermane
    May 2, 2011, 4:52 am | # | Reply

    This page is full of win. Best is a hilarious ass and that face is priceless.

    • centuriancode
      centuriancode
      May 2, 2011, 5:56 am | # | Reply

      Best is a donkey? C’mon, he’s a bard! His singing is at least slightly better than that.

  15. Nathanyel
    Nathanyel
    May 2, 2011, 7:11 am | # | Reply

    Any conclusion yet whether that’s a real language or just gibberish? It looks French, but Babelfish came up blank…

    • Catbus
      Catbus
      May 2, 2011, 7:14 am | # | Reply

      Perhaps Frelvish.

      • centuriancode
        centuriancode
        May 2, 2011, 7:58 am | # | Reply

        Yeah, it’s odd. I speak French fairly well and know that it’s not anything in actual French, but the phonetic clusters are eerily Frankish. Since it’s also clearly not Franglaise, let’s just go with Catbus and agree on Frelvish.

        • Yahtzee
          Yahtzee
          May 2, 2011, 11:09 am | # | Reply

          Frelvish ? Mix of French and elvish ? Outch …

  16. Randonimity
    Randonimity
    May 2, 2011, 7:51 am | # | Reply

    It has to be said: LESS QQ, MORE PEW PEW!!

  17. 1d4caltrop
    1d4caltrop
    May 2, 2011, 7:56 am | # | Reply

    I think the golems were designed by Shit Elves. Why? Their lasers stink. How do I know? They go P-YEW, P-YEW!

    • Hawk
      Hawk
      May 2, 2011, 8:37 am | # | Reply

      That was a stinky pun.

      • Pikey
        Pikey
        May 3, 2011, 3:06 am | # | Reply

        They’ll still reek some havoc.

  18. Oamu
    Oamu
    May 2, 2011, 7:58 am | # | Reply

    Continuing action! Hooray! The art continues to be great.

  19. MYichao
    MYichao
    May 2, 2011, 8:34 am | # | Reply

    There is no greater sound effect in the world than “Pyew!”

  20. Kaz
    Kaz
    May 2, 2011, 8:39 am | # | Reply

    Is it just me, or do those guardians look like creepers?

  21. Fren
    Fren
    May 2, 2011, 9:24 am | # | Reply

    So … I don’t know, glue books to yourselves and run around like mad! C’mon, Gravedust, you’re a dwarf! You’re supposed to know things about rocks!

  22. Jason
    Jason
    May 2, 2011, 9:57 am | # | Reply

    You know, the absolute worst advice ANY time you’re dealing with a giant creature/robot/monster is “don’t move! It can’t see you if you don’t move!” (or the variant seen here, “their blasts are too big to not hit the books!”)

  23. Aikido_Junky
    Aikido_Junky
    May 2, 2011, 10:52 am | # | Reply

    Actually, it was both. Bruce Springsteen wrote and recorded it first, and Manfred Mann covered it about 4 years later.

    Manfred Mann’s version is the one most people remember (it was a #1 song).

  24. Noahkai
    Noahkai
    May 2, 2011, 11:44 am | # | Reply

    I will say this as Best is pissing me off still:

    That damn douche will not be poking at Byron for “botching” their mission if he was there and experienced first hand what happened to the team, the f%&king idiot…

    • G@T0R
      G@T0R
      May 2, 2011, 1:00 pm | # | Reply

      Seems like Best needs to learn the lesson about bersekers the same way Frigg did. Don’t underestimate your opponent (or in this case quasi-ally).

    • Thracecius
      Thracecius
      May 3, 2011, 12:14 pm | # | Reply

      Judging by the previous episode where Best dodged all those spears while fighting Land Sharks, I think he may have survived the Berserker Byron portion of the encounter in the arena. The wall of arrows, on the other hand…

      • HLY
        HLY
        May 3, 2011, 12:24 pm | # | Reply

        maybe, save for the fact that ‘zerker Byron was still using all his tactical knoledge whilst being kill-crazed, and realisticly dodging a two weapon style requires not only agility, but a tiny body, wich best does not really have

        and with all that dodginess, I can’t see him being able to take hits.

  25. Ishmael
    Ishmael
    May 2, 2011, 12:20 pm | # | Reply

    Watch this be just what Byron needs to pull him out of his funk.

  26. Hoo-ya
    Hoo-ya
    May 2, 2011, 1:21 pm | # | Reply

    DON’T TAZE ME BRO!

    • Riotllama
      Riotllama
      May 4, 2011, 6:25 pm | # | Reply

      gold star?

  27. Hornet
    Hornet
    May 2, 2011, 1:27 pm | # | Reply

    Ok so why did our artist decide to use 40ft tall golem/mecha to defend a library???

    • Thom
      Thom
      May 2, 2011, 2:05 pm | # | Reply

      Would it be the artist that made that decision? I guess it could be, but that would normally come from the writers. Perhaps they will even educate us on the matter.

    • Nekropancser
      Nekropancser
      May 2, 2011, 4:03 pm | # | Reply

      They aren’t only the guardians. They are tall enough to reach the highest of shelves. Practical guys, those elves…

    • Phil
      Flo
      May 2, 2011, 6:36 pm | # | Reply

      I feel like this is a question that answers itself.

    • Nathanyel
      Nathanyel
      May 3, 2011, 10:10 am | # | Reply

      The real question is: why not use 80ft ones?

  28. flevine
    flevine
    May 2, 2011, 7:03 pm | # | Reply

    Please can Byron do something awesome now (that at least doesn’t end horribly)? Because I think I’m going to yak if he just gets kwoked in the first 5 seconds again and Best not only uses the party to serve and glorify himself (which I completely expect) but also gets away with it. I would, however, probably happily settle for Best seeing something nasty once he finds that basin. *crossing fingers*

    • Abeo
      Abeo
      May 3, 2011, 9:26 am | # | Reply

      Wouldn’t exactly be his fault this time, Best is being a douche.

  29. The Auld Grump
    The Auld Grump
    May 3, 2011, 12:49 pm | # | Reply

    Hey, Best? C’mon over here – there’s a scene from Fargo that I’d like you to be a part of….

    Yeah, you weren’t my first choice, but Jar Jar was busy….

  30. Locke
    Locke
    May 3, 2011, 3:59 pm | # | Reply

    This is a lot funnier if you imagine these golems fighting other similar golems, pointing their fingers at each other and going “PEW PEW PEW! BANG! BANG BANG BANG!” The Sky Elves’ ancestors clearly had a sense humor. XD

  31. Twigs
    Twigs
    May 15, 2011, 4:33 pm | # | Reply

    Panel three is the best face ever.

  32. Hogan
    Hogan
    March 23, 2013, 6:47 pm | # | Reply

    Well, whadda you know… the designers DID think it out first!

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