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

'I'm afraid I'm not carrying broth.'

Chapter 22 – Page 7

on March 29, 2013
Chapter: Chapter 22
└ Tags: Ashok, Ulak
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  1. Moe Lane
    Moe Lane
    March 29, 2013, 12:07 am | # | Reply

    OK, the first panel background is eluding me.

    • Bo Lindbergh
      Bo Lindbergh
      March 29, 2013, 12:11 am | # | Reply

      ***h the Front-Stabber charges an arm and a leg for autographs.

      • gangler
        gangler
        March 29, 2013, 12:32 am | # | Reply

        The backstabber also has a bucket of arms and legs. It seems to be some kind of process. You pour some blood into the bowl, they give you an autograph, and then somewhere in there you surrender a limb.

        • Jean-Luc
          Jean-Luc
          March 29, 2013, 1:03 am | # | Reply

          Also I think the idea is that it doesn’t really matter which side you get stabbed from.

          • Moe Lane
            Moe Lane
            March 29, 2013, 8:38 am | # | Reply

            Ahhh. I should have figured that out: sorry, it was a long day.

  2. Captain Fancy Pants
    Captain Fancy Pants
    March 29, 2013, 12:20 am | # | Reply

    Love how the painting is inspired by the famous image of Cronus eating one of his children. Fitting.

    • Flushmaster
      Flushmaster
      March 29, 2013, 9:54 pm | # | Reply

      So I’m not the only one that noticed that. Groovy. Though, if you consider the artisan’s comment, I think you’re supposed to eat the painting while pouring broth (or maybe the blood of an infant) on it. True artistes like to add an extra layer to the classics, you know.

  3. Fairportfan
    Fairportfan
    March 29, 2013, 12:33 am | # | Reply

    That reminds me – i need to buy memberships for DeepSouthCon…

  4. Colesloth
    Colesloth
    March 29, 2013, 12:46 am | # | Reply

    What? No bags of free swag?

    • Logos
      Logos
      March 29, 2013, 3:12 am | # | Reply

      “Aw sweet dude! Mine has a limited edition child’s eternally bleeding tongue, with an engraving by Gash himself!”

      “No fair! All mine had was the promise of eternal damnation.

      Oh, and this t-shirt, so I guess it evens out.”

  5. Ishmael
    Ishmael
    March 29, 2013, 12:51 am | # | Reply

    Suddenly all I can think of is the Bazaar at Deva.

    • Sybarite
      Sybarite
      March 29, 2013, 2:03 am | # | Reply

      Why? They are Cultists, not Deviants!

      • Flushmaster
        Flushmaster
        March 29, 2013, 9:56 pm | # | Reply

        Wait, since when are the titles of Cultist and Deviant mutually exclusive? Some of us have a bit of an ecumenical approach to these things, mind you.

      • Zombie_Spacer
        Zombie_Spacer
        March 30, 2013, 11:29 am | # | Reply

        Dammit, it’s Per-vect, not Per-vert! Some people…

    • Halvhir
      Halvhir
      March 30, 2013, 2:12 am | # | Reply

      Hm. Probably better deals to be found here, but you can’t beat the Bazaar for people watching.

      (Name-click for enlightenment, at risk of your free time)

  6. MarshmallowRadiation
    MarshmallowRadiation
    March 29, 2013, 12:54 am | # | Reply

    Ha that painting in the last panel is a reference to a real painting, “Saturn Devouring His Children” by Francisco de Goya. If any painter was an evil cultist of doom, it was probably de Goya.

    • Jean-Luc
      Jean-Luc
      March 29, 2013, 12:55 am | # | Reply

      Damn you beat me, here: http://www.eeweems.com/goya/saturn_1000.jpg

      • Fenlander
        Fenlander
        March 29, 2013, 4:00 am | # | Reply

        Saturn looks like a homeless guy who mumbles as you walk past, “and then I ate them, I ate my children, spare a coin?”

        • gangler
          gangler
          March 29, 2013, 4:38 am | # | Reply

          I like how his eyes are bugging out like he’s just been caught in the act.

    • Messenger
      Messenger
      March 29, 2013, 2:05 am | # | Reply

      Much respect and admiration to you, MarshmallowRadiation (and to Jean-Luc), for that.

    • Snowblind
      Snowblind
      March 29, 2013, 2:38 am | # | Reply

      Really? I thought it was an original Pickman.

      • Marchosias
        Marchosias
        March 30, 2013, 12:17 am | # | Reply

        “Dammit Pickman!” Stop having your ravening ghouls pose for portraits! It’s unseemly…

  7. alicemacher
    alicemacher
    March 29, 2013, 12:57 am | # | Reply

    The artisan’s, um, rant reminds me, oddly enough, of an anecdote from Sima Qian’s Records of the Grand Historian. It seems that in 203 B.C.E., military leader Xiang Yu captured the father of his rival, Liu Bang, and threatened to boil him alive if Liu didn’t surrender. Liu’s reply: “Send me a cup of the soup.”

    • Marchosias
      Marchosias
      March 30, 2013, 12:26 am | # | Reply

      Is it weird that I find knowledge of obscure historical trivia attractive?
      If so, that’s fine.

    • Siva Smith
      Siva Smith
      July 19, 2013, 1:40 pm | # | Reply

      That IS an interesting tidbit! Thank you!

  8. biggmac
    biggmac
    March 29, 2013, 1:30 am | # | Reply

    Gosh, Artoo … the Jawas on this planet are even weirder than the ones back on Tatooine!

    • Marchosias
      Marchosias
      March 30, 2013, 12:17 am | # | Reply

      These Jawas take no shit from anybody. But they still have barrels of spare parts for sale…

  9. Psychotic_Serpent
    Psychotic_Serpent
    March 29, 2013, 1:57 am | # | Reply

    “THE PRICE IS OF THE SOULS OF A THOUSAND FALLEN ANGELS DAMNED TO BURN FOR ALL OF ETERNITY! CHALICE INCLUDED!”

    • Snowblind
      Snowblind
      March 29, 2013, 2:37 am | # | Reply

      GIFTWRAP INCLUDED!

      • █████
        █████
        March 29, 2013, 4:40 am | # | Reply

        VISION OCCLUDED!

      • Colesloth
        Colesloth
        March 29, 2013, 8:27 am | # | Reply

        The giftwrap is also cursed.

        • Marchosias
          Marchosias
          March 30, 2013, 12:18 am | # | Reply

          No, the giftwrap is ALSO made from people. And cursed.

    • Alechsa
      Alechsa
      March 31, 2013, 12:04 am | # | Reply

      Oh damn, I only ever budget for 700 souls to spend to at Con…

  10. Corwin MacGregor
    Corwin MacGregor
    March 29, 2013, 8:11 am | # | Reply

    I cannot help but thinking… “But where the hell will I hang this?” its not exactly parlor art.

    • DALEK
      DALEK
      March 29, 2013, 8:30 am | # | Reply

      Since the guy is a cultist, he must have SOME kind of secret dungeon in his house, possible concealed with the classic bookcase door thing.

  11. Ben Prager
    Ben Prager
    March 29, 2013, 9:19 am | # | Reply

    Nice Goya’s Saturn Devouring His Son reference there. :)

  12. Mordecai
    Mordecai
    March 29, 2013, 1:04 pm | # | Reply

    I’ve only ever been to one con in my life.

    That said, I find this a very accurate portrayal.

    • coldelectrons
      coldelectrons
      March 29, 2013, 4:56 pm | # | Reply

      Indeed, GA is dangerously close to breaking the fourth wall with this.

      • tryntu
        tryntu
        March 30, 2013, 2:53 pm | # | Reply

        which fourth wall? cause, yknow, sepiaworld.

  13. Michael Corley
    Michael Corley
    March 29, 2013, 4:53 pm | # | Reply

    One does have to wonder why they’re so quick to follow!

  14. Stephen
    Stephen
    March 29, 2013, 11:35 pm | # | Reply

    Something is wrong with me. I want to join this community. I want t be at this convention.

    • Psychotic_Serpent
      Psychotic_Serpent
      March 30, 2013, 11:40 am | # | Reply

      Don’t worry, we all do. Just watch out for Back Stabber and his friend Front Stabber.

  15. Tsapki
    Tsapki
    March 30, 2013, 2:17 am | # | Reply

    This is probably off topic but more regarding some earlier comments about how casual and borderline humorous the cult is.

    Most everytime we have seen the Cultists, it’s been humorous. Our first taste when they were poisoning the water in Gastonia, they came off like they were at an office party, complete with small talk about how they became cultists and complaining about how adventurer’s barging in ruined the chance for promotion.

    Even the first time we saw the Savage Races doing their cultist thing, the head Gnoll cultist was berating his underlings for taking his instructions for sacrificing kids too literally.

    The main exception is the only notable cultist that got away, The Fortune Teller who was able to almost make Byron go berserk and slip away during the panic.

    I really hope we see him again soon. He could be a bit like the Harky of the Cultists.

  16. dr pepper
    dr pepper
    March 30, 2013, 5:55 am | # | Reply

    Entertainment scheduled includes: Metallica, Motorhead, Fields of the Nephilim, Marilyn Manson, and the Osmonds.

    • coldelectrons
      coldelectrons
      March 30, 2013, 11:15 pm | # | Reply

      All of them opening for Dethclock.

      • Siva Smith
        Siva Smith
        July 19, 2013, 1:43 pm | # | Reply

        *DethKlock

  17. Zombie_Spacer
    Zombie_Spacer
    March 30, 2013, 11:54 am | # | Reply

    Hey, you know, what if the stuff the guy is gibbering about is actually the title of his piece? I mean, sure it doesn’t exactly match up with what’s going on in the painting, but that doesn’t mean anything.

    Of course, he’s probably just insane. That works too.

  18. Siva Smith
    Siva Smith
    July 19, 2013, 1:43 pm | # | Reply

    Nobody asked it yet, so:

    Anyone here interested in a new con? we’re calling it ‘Soul-stice!’

  19. Thomas
    Thomas
    August 18, 2013, 3:21 pm | # | Reply

    Great Old Ones – is that who I think it is?

    • Ubuntu4Ever
      Ubuntu4Ever
      February 3, 2014, 2:13 pm | # | Reply

      It appears to be a jade Cthuluhu.

  20. maggPi
    maggPi
    August 11, 2017, 4:56 pm | # | Reply

    Huh. Scaramucci never put “Armaggeda-con” on his C.V.’s list of “Work Experience.” Might be the real reason Trump’s administration fired him:
    “You used to CHARGE for your front-stabbing??? That’s a WHOLE new level of douche-baggery. Gid oudda heer!!”
    “No– wait! It was for autographs! Really! Ya gotta believe me!”
    “Scram, ‘Mucci.”
    “That– that’s not my— Ahhh, yer just jealous…”

  21. Speedy
    Speedy
    December 9, 2018, 10:24 am | # | Reply

    You know an artist is talented, when his webcomic homage is better than the original work of art.

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