Annotations Every Day - Written by T Campbell & Flo Kahn - Illustrated by John & Jason Waltrip
Guilded Age
The Saga of the Working Class Adventurer – New comics every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday!
Paranatural
Zack Morrison
Superpowered middle schoolers fight evil spirits in their rural hometown. Come for the jokes, stay for the cast, the creatures, and the mystery that ties them all together!
Astral Aves
Moon Cabal
A fantasy coming-of-age following the adventures of Astra The Black and friends, as they navigate the mysterious world around them. It's politics, adventure, and the supernatural; oh, and crazy hair.
Knights Errant
J.R. Doyle
Wilfrid's humble quest for revenge becomes bigger and bloodier by the day.
Monster Pulse
Magnolia Porter Siddell
Four kids run afoul of a creepy secret organization's experiments, which turn their body parts into fighting monsters. Part sentimental coming-of-age story, part monster-training shonen manga, with just a bit of sci-fi body horror.
Sam & Fuzzy
Sam Logan
Troubled by gangster rodents, lovesick vampire stalkers, or confused ninja assassins? Don't panic! Sam and Fuzzy are here to help. (For a reasonable fee.)
Awaken
Koti Saavedra/Flipfloppery
Superpowers, monsters and conspiracies. Piras, the spoiled Dameschi heir, fights to recover his identity after becoming a terrorist!
The Sanity Circus
Windy
Magic, monsters and mysteries await in the odd city of Sanity. It's up to Attley and a colorful group of characters to find out just what is going on.
Ghost Junk Sickness
Studio CARTRIDGE, Laura Lee
Two hunters try to survive and end up being pushed to pursue a deadly bounty dubbed "The Ghost".
Dumbing of Age
David M Willis
Joyce has been homeschooled her entire life until now, when she's suddenly a freshman in college! Things don't go well.
Bybloemen
C.B. McPherson
An infernal plan to corrupt the small town of Stenen Brug at the height of tulipmania is complicated by a pact made between a talented young merchant and a demon looking to change careers.
Godslave
Meaghan Carter
Edith has been thrown into the dangerous world of modern-day Egyptian mythology. Fighting monsters and dealing with family drama of godly proportions.
Starhammer
J.N. Monk, Harry Bogosian
A teen girl inherits a powerful alien artifact and proceeds to make a series of increasingly poor decisions
Demon's Mirror
Harry Bogosian
Based loosely off of "The Snow Queen", a story by Hans Christian Andersen, we see things take a different turn as the demons become central characters, and the side characters stick around. Yup, that's the only differences. Enjoy!
Monsterkind
Taylor C
Wallace Foster, a young, bright-eyed human social worker, has his entire world view rocked when he's suddenly relocated into a city primarily inhabited by monsters.
Love Not Found
Gina Biggs
Abeille is on a quest to find someone who wants to do it the old-fashioned way in a time when touching has become outdated.
Guilded Age
T Campbell, John Waltrip, Florence Machina
Welcome to the saga of the working-class adventurer! Enjoy the complete story with new annotations daily!
Lighter Than Heir
Melissa Albino
A young Volant woman joins the military in an effort to upstage her war-hero father.
Kochab
Sarah Webb
A YA F/F fantasy comic about Sonya, a lost skier trying to survive a snowy wilderness and find her way back to her village; and Kyra - a fire spirit trying to fix the home that she let fall apart around her.
Cyanide & Happiness
Explosm
Satire, dark humor and surreal humor.
The Witch Door
Anni K.
Katariina Lehto discovers her neighbor is a witch called Jousia Muotka. Jousia introduces Katariina to the strange people and places beyond the witch door...
Star Trip
Gisele Weaver
Jas is a human taken from her home planet on a trip across the galaxy she will never forget.
Bicycle Boy
Jackarais
A cyborg named Poet wakes up in the post-apocalyptic desert with no memory, no limbs, and no idea why he keeps getting punched.
Empowered
Adam Warren
A sexy superhero comedy (except when it isn't) about the never-ending struggles of a plucky but very unlucky young superheroine.
Star Impact
Jack McGee
A young, energetic woman fights her way up in the world of super-powered boxing after discovering the mighty gloves of her missing idol!
Anarchy Dreamers
Emily Ree
Sparkly undead kids fight society's worst Nightmares in this pastel-punk urban fantasy coming-of-age!
Alice and the Nightmare
Misha Krivanek
Alice finally attends University to learn to collect the dreams of humans, meet new friends, and deal with a pesky reflection along the way.
Between Failures
Jackie Wohlenhaus
The low stakes adventures of an assorted group of 20 somethings trapped in the declining years of American retail. They are naughty and say lots of swears.
Goodbye to Halos
Valerie Halla
Cuddles, gay flirting, weird feelings, and magic-fueled knife fights - it's an adventure across the queer multiverse!
Go Get a Roomie
Clover
Experience the queer journey of an upbeat hippie and the friendships she makes along the way! A tale of self-discovery and love of many forms.
This is Not Fiction
Nicole Mannino
What do you do when the person you're in-love with is an anonymous romance novelist? Get your best friend to hire your worst enemy for help!
Lilith's Word
inkPangur
If you had the power to make any wish come true using just one word, what would you say?
Whomp!
Ronnie
A depressed, portly, hirsute anime fan stumbles through life in the ever-pursuit of chicken nuggets and other life-shortening indulgences.
Sufficiently Remarkable
Maki Naro
Two young women living in Brooklyn discover that you're always coming of age.
Hazy London
Scotty
A story about messy relationships. From friendly foes to crazy families. Nothing is black and white, just full of color. But, all colors can get a little hazy...
Fireweeds Moors
Gato Iberico
A cat-headed man and a girl with a sandwich hankering accidentally end up in a myth-infused country where magic chalices are a really big thing.
Never Satisfied
Taylor Robin
Lucy Marlowe, a magician's apprentice, competes against other apprentices for an important, magical, Goverment Job.
Tigress Queen
Allison Shaw
A barbarian warlord and a pampered prince try to avoid a marriage alliance that could end decades of violence.
Devil's Candy
Rem, Bikkuri
A lush fantasy about boy genius Kazu Decker, the girl he constructed for his 9th grade science project, and the world of devils and monsters they live in.
The End
August Brown, Cory Brown
Two aliens crash a sci-fi convention and accidentally take seven nerds on an adventure that spans the galaxy!
Wilde Life
Pascalle Lepas
Oscar decided to rent an old haunted house, and that's when things got weird...
Cassiopeia Quinn
Gunwild, Psudonym
A cute, pantsless thief is pursued across the stars by a buttoned-up military officer in the spacey, laser-filled future.
Caramel Corn
Potchimew
Sarah is the only human left in a world full of mythical creatures and monsters. All she wants to do is live a quiet life, but everything changes when she meets her guardian angel, Jacob.
Wychwood
Varethane
When Tiara's pyrokinesis is finally noticed, she is captured by a magical research organization for study. If she cooperates, she could be helping to save humanity from a dire threat - but can she trust them?
Tiger, Tiger
Petra Nordlund
A young noble lady steals her brother's identity and his ship to find love and adventure, and to write a book about the fascinating life cycle of sea sponges!
Cut Time
Juby
Rel and her trusty avian friend Fugue are on a quest to save a world that's lost track of time. Follow them and their new recruits, in a story written with help from the stars.
Stand Still, Stay Silent
Minna Sundberg
A few generations after the end of the world, a small, poorly financed research crew is sent out to rediscover whatever is left of the forbidden old world in the south.
Widdershins
Kate Ashwin
A series of light-hearted Victorian-era adventure stories featuring grumpy bounty hunters, accidental thiefkings, and more, in England's magical capital city Widdershins!
Girl Genius
Phil Foglio, Kaja Foglio
In a time when the Industrial Revolution has become an all-out war, Mad Science rules the World...with mixed success.
The Automan's Daughter
Mike Stamm
Aisha Osman and her uncle Siddig outwit bikers, spies and kidnappers while gearing up for a showdown with the formidable Widowmaker mecha.
Kiwi Blitz
Mary Cagle (Cube Watermelon)
Steffi thinks she can use her kiwi mech to become a superhero. This idea turns out to be very stupid.
Real Science Adventures
Brian Clevinger
Spin off stories and other adventures from the world of Atomic Robo!
Jailbird
Charlie Davis
An all-ages comic about a recently escaped prisoner's struggle to understand the outside world, and vice-versa. Also, a magic cape!
Nerf Now!!
Josué Pereira
A cute webcomic about fanservice, video games, and... love. Mostly video games, though.
Sister Claire
Yamino
In the troubled aftermath of a great war between Witches and her fellow Nuns, novice Sister Claire just wants a purpose.
[un]Divine
Ayme
A highschool senior thought giving up his soul for a demon was a good idea. It wasn't.
Atomic Robo
Brian Clevinger, Scott Wegener
The robot punches monsters and bad robots and one time he was a cowboy.
El Goonish Shive
Dan Shive
WARNING: This comic often ignores the Laws of Physics
Phantomarine
Claire K. Niebergall
A ghostly princess must sail across a haunted sea to save her soul from a devious, shapeshifting death god known as the Red Tide King.
The Lonely Vincent Bellingham
Diana Huh
Vincent is an unkind man looking to disappear, and finds himself in the care of a vampire and her two wicked children.
Guilded Age is co-written by T Campbell & Flo Kahn, and illustrated by John Waltrip. Site design by Samantha Kyle. Fonts by Blambot.com.
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Oh fine, a little death and suddenly Frigg is all cautious connie about hanging with a potential axe maniac. She’ll be right as rain after a little Soma vacation.
> She’ll be right as rain after a little Soma vacation.
A gram is better than a damn!
Was and will make me ill, I take a gram and only am.
Frigg was being a bit of a prick; maybe now she’ll get the point.
Oh, stop needling her.
Personally, I’m just happy to see that coming back from the dead hasn’t hurt Syr’Nj’s mental abilities: she’s as sharp as ever.
I think after this Frigg will be inoculated to the idea of burying the hatchet with Byron. Which is nothing to sneeze at.
Well, she gave it her best shot.
Frigg needs to be a little more sedate about things.
Ok, we’ve had our fun, lets not shoot a dead horse
I think we hit a nerve.
Now it’s Syr’nj’s turn to be a pain in the neck.
Syr’nj had a gut feeling Frigg would act out.
Vaccene what you did there.
Frigg’s words always carry a solid punch, but you can always count on Syr’j to inject a little sense into the situation.
There’s something to be said for Frigg’s blunt approach, but at least Syr’nj gets to the point without low blows.
didn’t take long for you guys to inject a little levity into the situation.
That’s because they refuse to get inoculated against poking fun at others.
I’ve got a tip for you; get the point?
Ah, dear lord I missed these puns!
After all, they are the point of this comic.
The humor here is getting rather pointed.
Maybe we needle little break?
Stabby stabby!
Was I the only one expecting Frigg and Syr’nj to make out after she mentioned “twoo wuv?” Anybody? No? Just me?
I must admit I sighed a bit.
I was expecting a little story about “mawwiage”.
Serves you right, you ill-tempered, near-empty-headed reddie. ^^
Man, what?
Yeah! What Phil said.
@ Unkown French able-seaman :
Well, that was kinda dumb.
Kinda? You are being generous!
Yeah. Probably.
I think he got it, now.
Being antagonistic does not directly equate to being stupid. Admittedly most people seem to be both in abundance, but the two are mostly unrelated matters.
Twu fwuendsheep~
Two fwuendsheep is pwutting dwoun dwe fwuend dat wuuld pwut duown dwe owver.
So…bets on how long until someone says, “WTF just happened, and where the hell are we? And why is Rob Halford here?”
Oh, Frigg, you sore loser. You were quite happy to hang out with a Berserker and relish the idea of a fight until you got hit with reality…literally. I still love you though.
To be fair, it seems she really didn’t grasp what berserking meant here. It’s all fine and dandy when you think you can just “Unleash the beast” on the enemies. When you realize the beast doesn’t take well to a leash, then it’s time to reassess the situation.
Less a matter of being a sore loser and more a matter of adjusting attitudes to match new information.
Exactly. She has probably encountered Berserker posers, who just go around wearing bearskins and chewing on shields before wading into a fight to let off some excess testosterone.
But those Iron John wannabes are NOTHING compared to the DARK SIDE OF THE BEAST! JOIN ME, AND WE SHALL RULE ARKERRA AS FATHER AND SON!
Erm. Minister… You can’t both think that someone is unleashing the beast while also thinking they’re keeping the beast on a leash, they’re opposing metaphors you see and…
Quiet Bernard.
Well evidently that’s what Frigg just learned ;)
Frigg hates chop-logic.
Syrnj is just so awesome.
You know, I have to admit that the comic just isn’t the same now that we know it’s all a computer simulation. WHYYYYYYYYY???????
But it’s still great. BISSHHhhhh….
That’s some truth there. The comic’s still good, but for me at least it’s been downgraded from great because of the “It’s a simulation” metaplot.
Actually we don’t know that it’s a simulation but w/e.
Shut up, Jean-Luc. We’re making assumptions, over here. You leave your high-fallutin’ brainin’ to Data.
Actually, Sir, we do not know that it is a simulation, but courtesy dictates that I leave you to your assumption.
*Thumbs Up*
Awesome.
*upvote*
Gold Star.
Data, are you still ‘fully functional’? ;)
(takei)Oh my.(/takei)
Naw. I broke him.
*evil cackles of laughter*
You can’t break him, he’s just a simulation anyway!
+1 Internets
win. total win.
The current info we have suggests it is a simulation. I understand it may, in fact, be any of the things Wandering Mage suggests below. But for now, it sure looks like a simulation.
In any case, the reality is this other world where Dedalus lives has pulled me out of the narrative immediacy of these other characters the authors spent over a year getting me invested. It may come as a surprise, but sometimes a straightforward tale, told well, is better than some Dune-esque “plots within plots,” overly complicated story..
It isn’t that I no longer want to read the comic, or that I think it sucks now, it’s simply that at this time it seems these characters I cared about and enjoyed are not “real” within their own story anymore. I have enough faith in the first eight chapters’ coolness to still believe the story will turn out well – I wouldn’t still be reading otherwise – but *at this juncture* I am slightly underwhelmed by the unfolding events.
One of the things that’s been clearly established about the relationship between the five people in the tanks in Sepia World, and the five adventurers in Arkerra, is that they seem to have the same fundamental personalities — they are the same characters, particularly in the sense of “test of character.”
What we’ve seen most is interactions between these five people. The story is about these people, these characters. There’s no need to forfeit your investment in them, just because they exist in more than one reality.
I’m holding back the whole “simulation” assessment until its revealed exactly what “Arkerra” is. As it stands it could be a number of things such as:
1. a computer simulation.
2. a computer simulation that has more or less become “real” in its world and AI through intervention of magic. Think Star Ocean here.
3. A separate reality accessed by a combination of computers and magic.
4. A separate reality created by a combination of computers and magic.
3 and 4 change nothing on my feelings of the comic, 2 does somewhat, but that’s acceptable. 1 would make me very disappointed. Something completely different may be cool. Personally, I think they’ve gone with number 4 here, but there’s not enough information to say for certain.
5. It was all just a dream.
6. It was all just a crack-induced hallucination.
7. Sepiaworld is a fake reality created by magic
8. Sepiaworld is actually a high-magic interface for scrying.
9. The moon landings were faked.
10. Bob was there too.
11. Light from Venus reflected off a weather balloon into some swamp gas.
11. The hole thing is the Dream of an Autistic Child
shit, 12. I mean
Three sir!
13. It’s all in the mind of Dr. Walter Bishop after some experimental “super-acid”.
That was originally my LOST ending theory, but I’m putting it here because it needs to happen SOMEWHERE.
14. Sepia world isn’t actually real, and the dead characters were just dreaming a bizarre dream about a different world
I think the story’s been compartmentalized pretty well. You can throw Chapter 8 in the garbage, and miss very little of worth. With a little Phantom re-editing (bringing the Best/sharkman adventure into chapter 9) you could ignore Chapter 8 entirely.
Which is pretty much what I plan to do.
Except that none of this explains Bandit.
And that’s the REAL question in my mind.
It isn’t a computer simulation. It is a webcomic about a computer simulation of a fantasy universe in which most of the plot takes place.
At what level does the fictionality of what you’re perceiving become acceptable? Would the computer simulation be better if you were playing it directly rather than reading a webcomic about it? Would it become less acceptable if you learnt that this webcomic was actually a fiction itself within a higher-level narrative that you were regarding from without?
Syr’nj is tired of being the butt of your jokes Frigg.
Did she really hafta go there?
I see these jokes and I really shafta make them.
Are Syr’nj and Byron going to have to have a talk about “hey, why didn’t twoo wuv work? Why did I have to use Science?”
Glad you didn’t zoom out to Dedalus today; Nobody would have believed it.
I’m here to ask the obligatory “Where the fuck is Bandit???”
Alice? Who the hell is Alice?
Heh. Good night, Frigg.
“You cheating bisssshhh—“? Bishop? Bishoujo? Bishamon?
It’s obviously bishoujo, anata wa baka. Because Syr’nj is kawaii desu ne.
Now excuse me while I go hang myself for typing that.
(Cringe) I’ll buy you the rope.
I’ll purchase the stool.
Ooh, can I be the one to kick the stool away?
Lets just get a bolter and be done with it. Faster, and so much more satisfying
Frigg has a point.
Also, this comic made me feel better.
Yo Murdock! Frygg is not getting in no freaking plane!
…Im old and this reminded of the recurrent A-Team sketch…
Wait, but I immediately recognized what you were referencing. Does that make me old too?
Well, it’d be hard not to recognise it given that it is explicitly stated IN the comment… but I got it by the second word too… so…. yeah.
As to the above questions on whether the world is real or a simulation or whatnot, I pose the following question.
Anybody other than me reminded slightly of .Hack?
Nope! Absolutely nobody has said it’s remotely like .hack :)
I’ve considered it, too.
I love Syr’nj’s expression in the last panel. “Yep. Science.”
Science: It works Bisssshhhhhhhhh.
I think of it more as her, “How do like them apples, you sucker-punching bisssssh?” face.
“Eventually he’s gonna go batshit again, so kill him now!”
Er…counseling, therapy, or simple separation aren’t options to Frigg, are they? It’s blood or nothing. Well, blood or someone else’s blood, anyway.
I think the point is that the bezerking is in his blood rather than in his mind… it might not be possible to tame the beast.
Still, lots of sedative seems like a decent enough plan.
I concour, his origins sory kinda pointed that out, as did one little suggestion from a demon summoning cut (which he seems to have some bad history with…) almost made his go psycho
and no matter who you are, psychoing out with a spear through your back and frothing is not a psychological problem
also, good to have the real cast back :D
Well, sedatives or similar reliable restraining methods are how D&D parties traditionally deal with Frenzied Berzerker party members once the fighting is over. That or swarms of tamed bees.
Did anyone else read the words “twoo wuv” and immediately hear them in the pastor’s voice from Princess Bride? (Then to be followed by his whole speech…)
Yes! I’m so glad I’m not the only one.
How could you NOT hear the speech?
I actually assumed it was a direct reference.
yeah, I assumed that too
Y’know, I can kinda see it from her point of view, seeing as how he turned into an engine of destruction and doom…
…that she’d been wanting to see for ages.
Frig, you hypocrit!
teehee :D
perhaps even a… hypodermicrite?
But it was Twoo Wuv… extracted, refined, dehydrated, reconstituted and deployed via needle vector.
I’ve heard that cherubim will brush their arrows with this poison when they go hunting. Though they prefer a deimagic-enrichment process to refinement and go for a different part of the Twoo plant.
Man, that Syr’nj is a real knockout, no wonder everybody’s falling for her.
Hey kids! It’s FREE MORPHINE DAY!
Why do we not celebrate this?
cause no one can remember it.
Leave it to Frigg to quantify death.
Also, “AUGGHHH BANDIT etc”.
Also: Is Frigg accusing Syrnj of cheating in her fight with Byron when he was kirking out earlier or the fight the two of them are having this second?
Yes.
That is an amazing sleight of hand there. And yay for the returning cast! I can twooly wuv again. Even with Payet in the mix.
Frigg: I wanna see BERZERKER!
Byron: BERZERKER!
Frigg: Man, this kinda blows.
Frigg has learned that it’s all fun and games until someone loses an arm.
Anyway. This is my first time noticing it, but Syr’nj is wearing a chain shirt under her… I guess it’s a jerkin. Guess that makes Gravedust the only living member of the party not to wear armor.
He’s a dwarf – They all wear armour. It’s just his robes cover it.
I’m just saying this, but maybe, just maybe that Glasses man is Bandit. Just putting it out there. Has anyone else said this yet? If so sorry for being lazy in not finding it.
Only about 137.
Syr’nj is a magician… hiding that needle in her gloves like that. Whev aw the bunnies? I wanna bunnies! And a magician’s hat too!
Also: “Frigg, you are a loose cannon.”
“Be more like Byron! He’s totally restrained and- OH GOD HE’S FOAMING AT THE MOUTH ARRRRGH MY ARM…”
Frigg should know: You don’t fuck with the elf.
It doesn’t count if it’s with an elf.
You barely feel it if it’s an elf.
Good old Syr. She’s always ready with a pointed rebuttal.
She can also take a sharp jab, and give one in reply.
Aesop of the day: Roofies >> twoo wuv.
This is totally right and not wrong at all.
Son of a bish, I forgot to make obvious jokes/comments!
Wow, nobody commented on the alt-text yet? I thought it was pretty funny. And totally believable as Dusty’s reaction to this.
Syr’Nj is special forces trained… if you’re not cheating, you’re not doing it right!
Okay, Srn’Nj is totally my favorite character now XD
The power of true drugs, even greater then true love!
Okay, seriously? Has no one realized that Syr’nj’s player is really just female DEXTER? I read through the whole set of comments to hope that one person, just one, would notice that she uses the same style as Dexter.
I never thought of that, but it does seem to fit. The only part that doesn’t seem to quite fit that is the whole peace-loving bit. In any case….FOR SCIENCE!
i love how a fantasy comic is more rational then most of the so called “realistic” movies
also my avatar, i dont know if its temporary or not but i love it, beautifull plot, art, and comedy, 10/10
I love Syr’nj SO much, hehe.