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

Maybe something safer than arrows next time, Ernie.

Chapter 23 – Page 26

on June 6, 2013
Chapter: Chapter 23
└ Tags: Bandit, Bert, Braggadocio, Colonnus, Fr'Nj
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  1. Acrox
    Acrox
    June 6, 2013, 12:06 am | # | Reply

    Almost three decades of being literate, and yet I’m suprised with an unseen kind of speech balloon/onomatopoeia.

    Maybe I just don’t read enough.

    • Zombie_Spacer
      Zombie_Spacer
      June 6, 2013, 12:49 am | # | Reply

      My first thought on seeing the last panel was that someone was shouting “NQ” Then I wondered how someone would even shout that.

    • Thomas
      Thomas
      June 6, 2013, 7:06 am | # | Reply

      That is indeed a cool thing. The Waltrips also did this other thing, where the panels themselves formed the letters of the sound effect. Amazing stuff.

      • Zombie_Spacer
        Zombie_Spacer
        June 6, 2013, 9:02 pm | # | Reply

        I think I’ve actually seen that before…

        Don’t remember where though, so it could have been the same place.

        • Thomas
          Thomas
          June 7, 2013, 7:08 am | # | Reply

          If I remember correctly, it was used in both Guilded Age and Fans! In each case, only once.

  2. ShadeTail
    ShadeTail
    June 6, 2013, 12:10 am | # | Reply

    OK, I’m a bit confused. There doesn’t seem to be a logical flow between the last few comics. What are they trying to accomplish here, and why is this fellow helping them?

    • The Indomitable Eric
      The Indomitable Eric
      June 6, 2013, 12:19 am | # | Reply

      They’re stealing the flag. Capturing it, one might say.

      • Chris
        Chris
        June 6, 2013, 10:57 am | # | Reply

        He who positions the Flag controls the stupids. Like lemmings they will follow it anywhere.

    • Lillihandra
      Lillihandra
      June 6, 2013, 12:25 am | # | Reply

      You also have to remember that he was kidnapped into “Fightopia” to begin with. Even if his friend meant well, it wasn’t his choice. Lack of choice involved equals lack of attachment (or at least, less attachment), and likely his old instincts kicked in when he realized he’d unleashed an attack bot against a noncom.

    • Braggi
      Braggi
      June 6, 2013, 12:31 am | # | Reply

      see page 23, 24. He couldn’t escape from his own fighting machines. Fr’nj created a diversion to save his life, then he pushed over the machine and helped the girls.

  3. biggmac
    biggmac
    June 6, 2013, 12:23 am | # | Reply

    I rode a dire horse once.
    No, wait – it was a horse with the runs. A diarrhea horse.

    • Thrift shopper llama priest
      Thrift shopper llama priest
      June 6, 2013, 2:23 am | # | Reply

      A diarrhea horse ? Oh shit. You must have been the butt of many stinking jokes. Meh. Just flush it all down.

      • centuriancode
        centuriancode
        June 6, 2013, 9:35 am | # | Reply

        Getting the runs of jokes must have given you the absolute shits. I’m sure you must’ve wanted to damn your tormentors to the lowest burning ring of fire of hell.

      • Mordecai
        Mordecai
        June 6, 2013, 11:54 am | # | Reply

        Eh. It’s why we’re all here. For shits and giggles.

    • Mrknifey
      Mrknifey
      June 6, 2013, 11:41 pm | # | Reply

      that was a pretty crappy joke my friend:)

    • MidnightDStroyer
      MidnightDStroyer
      June 8, 2013, 1:15 am | # | Reply

      Ugh! Puns like this need to be flushed into the sewers.

    • MidnightDStroyer
      MidnightDStroyer
      June 8, 2013, 1:15 am | # | Reply

      Ugh! No need to go all Dung Ho on us here.

      Puns like this need to be flushed into the sewers.

      • Benedikt
        Benedikt
        June 8, 2013, 8:24 am | # | Reply

        I love the thought of you editing your post:
        No, I can do even better…!

        And I love the whole comment section. As always.

  4. biggmac
    biggmac
    June 6, 2013, 12:26 am | # | Reply

    Colonnus here appears to be “Yuppie Gandalf”.
    And I, for one, would hate being named after my large intestine.

  5. Fairportfan
    Fairportfan
    June 6, 2013, 12:40 am | # | Reply

    Umm, last time we saw F’rnj, Bandit and Wossname, they were all about to be squished by a fighting machine.

    Where’d the horse come from?

    • WalkingTheShades
      WalkingTheShades
      June 6, 2013, 3:19 am | # | Reply

      From F’rnj’s casting of Summon monster III.

      • centuriancode
        centuriancode
        June 6, 2013, 9:36 am | # | Reply

        Or, since she’s a high level druid, she may have traded in timmy for a decent animal companion

    • SotiCoto
      SotiCoto
      February 18, 2014, 10:59 am | # | Reply

      One of them unlocked Red Hare.

  6. TLV
    TLV
    June 6, 2013, 12:42 am | # | Reply

    Okay, more than a few details have gone entirely over my head. One moment it’s all about the fighting, then suddenly Bert is helping the enemy?

    • Zombie_Spacer
      Zombie_Spacer
      June 6, 2013, 12:54 am | # | Reply

      It has seemed a wee bit jumpy recently. In particular, something seems to be missing in Fr’nj’s / Bandit’s / Bert’s part of the narrative. For now, though, I’m content to wait and see if some of the blanks get filled in with the next few updates.

    • OamuTheMonk
      OamuTheMonk
      June 6, 2013, 12:58 am | # | Reply

      Yeah, it feels like a reel’s missing.

      • Veggieburrito
        Veggieburrito
        June 6, 2013, 9:15 am | # | Reply

        They are going with the Quentin Tarantino method of storytelling right now. Uma Thurman should show up at any moment.

  7. Lady Dragon
    Lady Dragon
    June 6, 2013, 1:49 am | # | Reply

    For a second I though the horse was their chief of agriculture.

    • Loki
      Loki
      June 6, 2013, 2:41 pm | # | Reply

      It was, but then they replaced it when it kept voting Neigh on everyone’s ideas.

      • Vladimir Zhivanevskaya
        Vladimir Zhivanevskaya
        June 6, 2013, 2:50 pm | # | Reply

        And no one could get him to shut up about Wilbur.

        • Loki
          Loki
          June 7, 2013, 12:36 pm | # | Reply

          ‘him’? We don’t know the horse’s gender.

  8. Taxil Necrobane
    Taxil Necrobane
    June 6, 2013, 1:52 am | # | Reply

    oh dear god, now i get it. This whole thing is just in game arena match. probably just like Warsong gulch type. our heroes got the flag now….

  9. Dualgunner
    Dualgunner
    June 6, 2013, 4:36 am | # | Reply

    I forever read the first word bubble in Ernie’s voice now.

    • Saskyou
      Saskyou
      June 6, 2013, 6:43 am | # | Reply

      He has a voice?

      • Guesticus
        Guesticus
        June 6, 2013, 7:11 am | # | Reply

        You never watched Sesame Street growing up? O_o

        • Zombie_Spacer
          Zombie_Spacer
          June 6, 2013, 9:07 pm | # | Reply

          …

          I can’t believe I didn’t get that joke until I read your comment. Now the alt text makes sense!

  10. Thomas
    Thomas
    June 6, 2013, 7:10 am | # | Reply

    The dire horse seems a deliberate reference to the Legend of the Four Sons of Aymon and the Horse Bayard. This is a cool thing that I approve of.

    Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Four_Sons_of_Aymon

    • centuriancode
      centuriancode
      June 6, 2013, 9:37 am | # | Reply

      Or summon monster three, and a mount in warsong gulch (though how they have the flag and a mount, I know not)

  11. Guesticus
    Guesticus
    June 6, 2013, 7:13 am | # | Reply

    Brunhilde finally makes an appearance, or maybe it’s Sundar

  12. Mujaki
    Mujaki
    June 6, 2013, 8:56 am | # | Reply

    Panel three, left side, there’s a samurai-esque costume…
    How is his topknot still pointing forwards as he runs towards his target?

    • Aleister Crow
      Aleister Crow
      June 6, 2013, 9:05 am | # | Reply

      Lots of hair gel?

    • Loki
      Loki
      June 6, 2013, 2:43 pm | # | Reply

      Maybe a split second earlier he was traveling backwards, so his topknot is still inertially moving in that direction.

  13. Obakeinu
    Obakeinu
    June 6, 2013, 9:33 am | # | Reply

    After looking at the latest several days/pages, I can see why Fightopia would be a long-term failure…

    FIGHTOPIA NEEDS WOMEN!!!!!

    Just say’n… so it’s gonna be goodbye Fightopia, hello Adventurers Union (or Guild).

    • centuriancode
      centuriancode
      June 6, 2013, 9:40 am | # | Reply

      Yeah, but given Sundar’s earlier approaches to diplomacy, they’ll probably respond with a MARS Needs Women strategy (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MarsNeedsWomen).

  14. Chris
    Chris
    June 6, 2013, 9:41 am | # | Reply

    I see someone has been eating a sizeable amount of carrots lately.

  15. Mordecai
    Mordecai
    June 6, 2013, 11:59 am | # | Reply

    I’m guessing the NO came from either Sundar or Old Dude With The Lantern Who Had A Tagged Name Before Anyone Knew Why He’d Matter At All. (Or ODWTLWHATNBAKWHMAA for short)

    • Subtle
      Subtle
      June 6, 2013, 2:04 pm | # | Reply

      Or Brunhilde, or the Mad Bomber What Bombs At High Altitude.

      • Loki
        Loki
        June 6, 2013, 2:52 pm | # | Reply

        Maybe Brunhilde, probably not Mad Bomber. You can see (what must be) him in the upper left corner of the 2nd-to-last panel. IMO It’s unlikely he’s crossed the ‘screen’, landed, and shouted in the time it took to reach the last panel.

        • SteelRaven
          SteelRaven
          June 6, 2013, 11:02 pm | # | Reply

          Hate to ask again: but who the hell is Brunhilde!?

    • Chris
      Chris
      June 6, 2013, 2:04 pm | # | Reply

      Surprisingly, the sentence is faster to say than the abbreviation.

      • Zombie_Spacer
        Zombie_Spacer
        June 6, 2013, 9:10 pm | # | Reply

        Unless you try to read it as a word. But that way lies madness.

        • Whatev
          Whatev
          June 6, 2013, 9:21 pm | # | Reply

          It’s actually not too bad. It’s like, “odd-whittle-what ‘n’ back-whi-ma.”

          • Mrknifey
            Mrknifey
            June 6, 2013, 11:45 pm | # | Reply

            is it sad that i just did exactly that? XD

  16. Tsapki
    Tsapki
    June 6, 2013, 10:04 pm | # | Reply

    Ugh, I’m going to hate myself for this but…Ahem…

    Look at Dire Horse, Dire Horse is Amazing.

  17. SteelRaven
    SteelRaven
    June 6, 2013, 11:04 pm | # | Reply

    Uh-oh, guessing “NO” is E-mil after seeing Rachel getting hit by a grenade.

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