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

It's like fighting fire with matches.

Chapter 13 – Page 3

on October 10, 2011
Chapter: Chapter 13
└ Tags: Frigg, Gravedust
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  1. Moe Lane
    Moe Lane
    October 10, 2011, 12:03 am | # | Reply

    Second panel is very, very nice.

    • Chevalion
      Chevalion
      October 10, 2011, 12:59 am | # | Reply

      ‘seconded’

      • Lynxx
        Lynxx
        October 10, 2011, 1:43 am | # | Reply

        call me weird, but ive always found Frigg attractive. panel 2 is very nice indeed.

        panel 5, left face is the “cutest” ive ever seen Frigg btw XD

        • zero
          zero
          October 10, 2011, 5:43 am | # | Reply

          Frigg does have her moments, doesn’t she? but I could hardly call her hawt. Heck for a while, GA was one of the few comics out there without a blatantly attractive female lead, at least when Bandit wasn’t around. *swoon* Bandit…you’ve stolen my heart.

          • bwernard
            bwernard
            October 10, 2011, 8:37 am | # | Reply

            Pretty attractive for a graying mustachio’ed middle aged man, yes.

        • zack of hiskatana
          zack of hiskatana
          October 10, 2011, 11:33 am | # | Reply

          ifind frigg attractive as well. I tend to go for the tough-as-nails girls anyway, and frigg is just sooo entertaining. Shes the complete package!

          • Korbl
            Korbl
            October 10, 2011, 2:59 pm | # | Reply

            Ditto. Short red heads too.

    • ahdok
      ahdok
      October 10, 2011, 8:50 am | # | Reply

      Art in this strip is fantastic in general. good job!

  2. bargamer
    bargamer
    October 10, 2011, 12:08 am | # | Reply

    That last panel made me LOL.

  3. Thor
    Thor
    October 10, 2011, 12:17 am | # | Reply

    So Byron is like a gas buildup that you have to vent from time to time so it doesn’t exploded without warning? I can buy that.

    • Mujaki
      Mujaki
      October 10, 2011, 12:25 am | # | Reply

      He was originally a mercenary, paid to solve problems with the application of violence with the tools of his trade. So you could say he dealt in pro-pain, and pro-pain accessories.

      • CloSeph
        CloSeph
        October 10, 2011, 2:37 am | # | Reply

        IF THIS IS NOT GOLD STAR MATERIAL I DO NOT KNOW WHAT IS.

        • Karishi
          Karishi
          October 10, 2011, 10:28 am | # | Reply

          Apparently you know what is.

      • Phil
        Flo
        October 10, 2011, 9:02 am | # | Reply

        Gold Star.

      • zack of hiskatana
        zack of hiskatana
        October 10, 2011, 11:26 am | # | Reply

        i never could figure out how to make that pun work… never occurred to me to apply it to GA. nicely done

  4. Mujaki
    Mujaki
    October 10, 2011, 12:21 am | # | Reply

    With careful editing, that last panel could give quite a number of interesting commenter avatars. Or it’s the avatar of a nine-armed, four-headed goddess of fiery emotion.

    • Nathanyel
      Nathanyel
      October 10, 2011, 4:15 am | # | Reply

      Who wouldn’t go with the latter?

  5. Joe
    Joe
    October 10, 2011, 12:24 am | # | Reply

    Frigg looks completely different in panel 2, in a really good way. For a moment I forgot that she’s normally the most vulgar person in the comic.
    John, this is awesome.

    • Thracecius
      Thracecius
      October 10, 2011, 1:09 pm | # | Reply

      Ditto! Nicely done, John! :)

    • John Waltrip
      John Waltrip
      October 10, 2011, 10:17 pm | # | Reply

      Thanks guys.

  6. Mitia
    Mitia
    October 10, 2011, 12:36 am | # | Reply

    I read every Gravedust line with the voice of David Suchet playing Hercule Poirot. And for that, I love Gravedust a bit more.

    • ahdok
      ahdok
      October 10, 2011, 8:51 am | # | Reply

      You remember when they put the party in that prison?

      They used the little grey cells.

      • Thracecius
        Thracecius
        October 10, 2011, 1:11 pm | # | Reply

        Mon dieu! I have been the fool!

        Quickly, Hastings!

  7. SaltyKracka
    SaltyKracka
    October 10, 2011, 12:42 am | # | Reply

    Breakfast at Ardaic’s

    • Karishi
      Karishi
      October 10, 2011, 8:27 am | # | Reply

      If someone interrupts she’s gonna wallop them with the breakfast club.

      • MajikMidget
        MajikMidget
        October 10, 2011, 12:25 pm | # | Reply

        You just bought yourself another Saturday.

  8. Locke
    Locke
    October 10, 2011, 12:43 am | # | Reply

    Just kick him in the nuts. Repeat until it’s Berserk-y time. Finish by accentuating the dish with a spritz of lime and sprig of cilantro.

  9. sebtoure
    sebtoure
    October 10, 2011, 12:53 am | # | Reply

    Hey, just realized you changed the lettering font. What was wrong with DigitalStrip? (apart from being used in many many comics)

    • Phil
      Flo
      October 10, 2011, 9:03 am | # | Reply

      Just thought it was time to upgrade to the slightly more versatile DigitalStrip 2.0.

      • ahdok
        ahdok
        October 10, 2011, 1:28 pm | # | Reply

        I still wanna know how you do speech bubbles without just breaking down to cry every five minutes.

        • Phil
          Flo
          October 10, 2011, 3:44 pm | # | Reply

          I’m an editor.

          • DaveP.
            DaveP.
            October 10, 2011, 4:18 pm | # | Reply

            “Phil Kahn, Two-Fisted Editor”.
            heh.

          • ahdok
            ahdok
            October 10, 2011, 5:51 pm | # | Reply

            I still wanna know how you do speech bubbles without just breakin’ down to cry every five minutes.

  10. Geigan
    Geigan
    October 10, 2011, 1:00 am | # | Reply

    From listening to frigg it sounds like they’ve got a lot on their plate. They really sound starved for a solution, although it’s good to know what’s eating them.

    • Magistrate of Mediocrity
      Magistrate of Mediocrity
      October 10, 2011, 8:38 pm | # | Reply

      Now that’s some food for thought.

  11. Jose
    Jose
    October 10, 2011, 1:01 am | # | Reply

    You know, I’m pretty sure I’ve actually seen those exact faces on Syr’nj over the course of the comic.

    • Doop doop
      Doop doop
      October 10, 2011, 3:26 am | # | Reply

      Of course you did dude.

      Right in this comic.

  12. That Pee Guy
    That Pee Guy
    October 10, 2011, 1:03 am | # | Reply

    I find there to be nothing wrong with causing bad things to happen on purpose…

    • Alechsa
      Alechsa
      October 10, 2011, 1:37 am | # | Reply

      Such as causing a man to die? I see muchfail in the logic. Of course, Frigg is overly simplifying that plan. Syr’Nj wants Byron to focus himself on the bad guys. She wants his Berserk nature trained, much like how in D&D a barbarian can get Rage, but it’s still targeted. You don’t automatically rip into the first thing that moves, you are still yourself. She wants Byron to be like that. I get that. Frigg, however, still remembers the ‘crush’ he had on her and wishes to not repeat it. And it’s cute how she’s freaking about it. <3

      • gangler
        gangler
        October 10, 2011, 7:32 am | # | Reply

        I’m pretty sure she just means that they need to initiate the berserking in a controlled environment once in order to verify that her treatment works.

    • zack of hiskatana
      zack of hiskatana
      October 10, 2011, 11:30 am | # | Reply

      you mean people! dont make him ‘zerk on a porpoise! what did the porpoise ever do to you?!

  13. Jean-Luc
    Jean-Luc
    October 10, 2011, 1:17 am | # | Reply

    Years of dealing with soul shit have made Dusty somewhat of a spiritual janitor.

    • ahdok
      ahdok
      October 10, 2011, 8:53 am | # | Reply

      “How about you Frigg? Do you deal in any of this… ‘spiritual stuff’?

      “Only the type ya drink.”

  14. sun tzu
    sun tzu
    October 10, 2011, 1:18 am | # | Reply

    Magnificent expressions.

  15. Amaster
    Amaster
    October 10, 2011, 2:27 am | # | Reply

    I like Frigg. I would like to know her in real life.

  16. Noahkai
    Noahkai
    October 10, 2011, 2:49 am | # | Reply

    I just like how…tired and calm she is in pannel two.

  17. Messenger
    Messenger
    October 10, 2011, 4:36 am | # | Reply

    The facial expressions of panel 2 and especially panel 5 are amazing! Brilliant job.

  18. Ferrett
    Ferrett
    October 10, 2011, 4:53 am | # | Reply

    Why’d she not ask about her dreams? Would have thought Gravedust knew more about that then the Byron weirdlings.

    • ahdok
      ahdok
      October 10, 2011, 8:54 am | # | Reply

      Characterisation.

  19. zero
    zero
    October 10, 2011, 5:45 am | # | Reply

    I just realized Frigg misspoke the word Identity. And the best part is you KNOW it wasn’t a comic typo, she actually misspoke!

    • Phil
      Flo
      October 10, 2011, 9:04 am | # | Reply

      I’m afraid it was actually a typo this time. Fixed!

      • banjo2E
        banjo2E
        October 10, 2011, 7:16 pm | # | Reply

        …fixed to a different typo?

        • Lynxx
          Lynxx
          October 13, 2011, 1:23 am | # | Reply

          now shes just denty.

  20. Xantiph
    Xantiph
    October 10, 2011, 7:17 am | # | Reply

    That …face… Frigg made when she said “and then she..” in the last panel… Is it shoutout to Helen B. Narbon, or I’m just nerdin?

  21. DCB
    DCB
    October 10, 2011, 7:44 am | # | Reply

    You’d think Frigg would leap at the chance to have Byron berserk on her own terms >.>

    • Ishmael
      Ishmael
      October 10, 2011, 8:30 am | # | Reply

      I think she might be traumatized given, y’know. Him killing her by crushing her armor to the point where she asphyxiates.

      • DCB
        DCB
        October 10, 2011, 12:08 pm | # | Reply

        That would be admitting weakness, the Frigg knows no weakness.

      • ahdok
        ahdok
        October 10, 2011, 1:29 pm | # | Reply

        Does that thing restrict your breathing?

        Of corset does!

        • Sortelli
          Sortelli
          October 10, 2011, 2:03 pm | # | Reply

          nice one, bra

          • anonymous coward
            anonymous coward
            October 10, 2011, 8:48 pm | # | Reply

            Bras… ier I gotta knocker on this thing; your attempt to start a boob pun-thread is busted.

            • ahdok
              ahdok
              October 11, 2011, 1:09 pm | # | Reply

              I was making corset puns rather than boob puns. Corset puns are a cincher, but boob puns just make you look like a tit. :)

      • Kamino Neko
        Kamino Neko
        October 11, 2011, 6:19 pm | # | Reply

        Are you suggesting being killed by a guy is a valid reason to feel he’s too dangerous to be around? Heresy!

      • Valdrax
        Valdrax
        October 11, 2011, 6:24 pm | # | Reply

        I don’t think she’s traumatized so much as no longer ignorantly cocky.
        Berserking is serious business, not an attraction at the county fair.

  22. Hawk
    Hawk
    October 10, 2011, 8:28 am | # | Reply

    As others have said the expressions in this page are great. I really love Gravedust’s face in the last panel, it’s so comical!

  23. ahdok
    ahdok
    October 10, 2011, 8:55 am | # | Reply

    My Dad always told me to fight fire with fire.

    …That’s why they threw him out of the fire brigade.

    • zack of hiskatana
      zack of hiskatana
      October 10, 2011, 11:29 am | # | Reply

      well you know what they say about brute force…..
      if its not workin you aint usin’ enuff!

    • Locke
      Locke
      October 10, 2011, 1:40 pm | # | Reply

      Yeah, turns out that ideology doesn’t fly in medical school, either. Who would’ve guessed that deadly poison doesn’t counter deadly poison? Not I.

      • ahdok
        ahdok
        October 10, 2011, 4:40 pm | # | Reply

        we set a thief to catch a thief, but it turned out they just stole some more exhibits.

        • Tachyon
          Tachyon
          October 11, 2011, 1:16 am | # | Reply

          You see, that’s when you tell the second thief their target is actually a priceless realistic golem, and make them steal the first thief.

          When they turn around and sell the caught thief on the black market, you give them their reward as payment – and they’ll never know the difference.

        • Locke
          Locke
          October 11, 2011, 4:11 am | # | Reply

          And don’t even get me started on the whole “Hitler clone to kill another Hitler clone” scenario. That just didn’t work out at all. Man, I had to fight my way out of that one with a soup ladle. Good thing the clones were all explosive by nature…

          I’m just staying clear of science from now on, I think.

      • Valdrax
        Valdrax
        October 11, 2011, 6:26 pm | # | Reply

        That’s not what all those homeopathy products tell us!
        (Or would if they had any actual active product in them.)

  24. Krogaladin
    Krogaladin
    October 10, 2011, 11:30 am | # | Reply

    Frigg should comment on the every page, even the ones shes not in.

  25. Mutterscrawl
    Mutterscrawl
    October 10, 2011, 12:34 pm | # | Reply

    Killtacular is now up there with Beautimus, and Fantabulous.

    My favorite words.

  26. Lhurgoyf
    Lhurgoyf
    October 10, 2011, 2:47 pm | # | Reply

    They just need to make sure Byron doesn’t skip his Killaholics Anonymous meetings.

  27. wootcat
    wootcat
    October 10, 2011, 6:48 pm | # | Reply

    It don’t look fixed to me…

  28. Krogaladin
    Krogaladin
    October 10, 2011, 7:16 pm | # | Reply

    compared to her usual expressions of pissed off or cocky, this is probably the most expressive shes ever been.

  29. that guy
    that guy
    October 11, 2011, 7:39 am | # | Reply

    “Killtacular” is so going into my head-dictionary.

  30. RockLobster
    RockLobster
    October 11, 2011, 11:08 pm | # | Reply

    As a character, Frigg is a little difficult to swallow. She just breaks the suspension of disbelief with her ridiculous personality. And now, the first time we begin to see even minor character development for her, she’s acting like a honey badger on crack cocaine…

  31. SotiCoto
    SotiCoto
    February 14, 2014, 7:08 am | # | Reply

    Severe Waltripping again in Panel 5.
    Someone get the Looney Tunes soundboard out.

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