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Guilded Age
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The Witch Door
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Sister Claire
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Jailbird
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An all-ages comic about a recently escaped prisoner's struggle to understand the outside world, and vice-versa. Also, a magic cape!
Kochab
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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.
Dumbing of Age
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Paranatural
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Whomp!
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Lilith's Word
inkPangur
If you had the power to make any wish come true using just one word, what would you say?
Monsterkind
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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.
Girl Genius
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In a time when the Industrial Revolution has become an all-out war, Mad Science rules the World...with mixed success.
Atomic Robo
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The robot punches monsters and bad robots and one time he was a cowboy.
El Goonish Shive
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Widdershins
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A series of light-hearted Victorian-era adventure stories featuring grumpy bounty hunters, accidental thiefkings, and more, in England's magical capital city Widdershins!
This is Not Fiction
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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!
Kiwi Blitz
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Steffi thinks she can use her kiwi mech to become a superhero. This idea turns out to be very stupid.
The End
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Two aliens crash a sci-fi convention and accidentally take seven nerds on an adventure that spans the galaxy!
Wilde Life
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Oscar decided to rent an old haunted house, and that's when things got weird...
Alice and the Nightmare
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Alice finally attends University to learn to collect the dreams of humans, meet new friends, and deal with a pesky reflection along the way.
Real Science Adventures
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Spin off stories and other adventures from the world of Atomic Robo!
Demon's Mirror
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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!
Star Trip
Gisele Weaver
Jas is a human taken from her home planet on a trip across the galaxy she will never forget.
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.
Sufficiently Remarkable
Maki Naro
Two young women living in Brooklyn discover that you're always coming of age.
Fireweeds Moors
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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.
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.
Lighter Than Heir
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A young Volant woman joins the military in an effort to upstage her war-hero father.
Awaken
Koti Saavedra/Flipfloppery
Superpowers, monsters and conspiracies. Piras, the spoiled Dameschi heir, fights to recover his identity after becoming a terrorist!
Caramel Corn
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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.
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.
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.
Between Failures
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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.
Empowered
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A sexy superhero comedy (except when it isn't) about the never-ending struggles of a plucky but very unlucky young superheroine.
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.
Cyanide & Happiness
Explosm
Satire, dark humor and surreal humor.
[un]Divine
Ayme
A highschool senior thought giving up his soul for a demon was a good idea. It wasn't.
Nerf Now!!
Josué Pereira
A cute webcomic about fanservice, video games, and... love. Mostly video games, though.
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.
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".
Tigress Queen
Allison Shaw
A barbarian warlord and a pampered prince try to avoid a marriage alliance that could end decades of violence.
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.
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.
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.
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.)
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?
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
T Campbell, John Waltrip, Florence Machina
Welcome to the saga of the working-class adventurer! Enjoy the complete story with new annotations daily!
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.
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.
Goodbye to Halos
Valerie Halla
Cuddles, gay flirting, weird feelings, and magic-fueled knife fights - it's an adventure across the queer multiverse!
Anarchy Dreamers
Emily Ree
Sparkly undead kids fight society's worst Nightmares in this pastel-punk urban fantasy coming-of-age!
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.
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!
Never Satisfied
Taylor Robin
Lucy Marlowe, a magician's apprentice, competes against other apprentices for an important, magical, Goverment Job.
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...
Starhammer
J.N. Monk, Harry Bogosian
A teen girl inherits a powerful alien artifact and proceeds to make a series of increasingly poor decisions
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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Heh, nice alt-text. :-)
Can’t…read…..syringe……fffff.
While “His Grace Sailor Man” arguably went too far it’s a bit odd how much this escalated and how quickly the other (human) heads turned on him. Somehow I doubt they care so much about non-human dignity. Suppose they just never really liked the admiral and were merely waiting for an excuse or they really need their non-human allies due to the war.
Guess that in a game of ruling council seats you either put up or get put down.
“Potion of Somnambulance”, i believe
Close. It’s just Somnolence: a sleeping potion. Somnambulance is for sleep-walking, which would cause as many problems as it would have solved.
Thank you very much. I was having the same issue of telling what the syringe said as well.
Yeah, until I really squinted, I almost read it as “Potion of Shutthefuckup”. I guess we see what we want to see sometimes.
You’re actually right. It *is* a Potion of Shutthefuckup. ;-)
avatar win:) the archmage *makes* that happen;)
Close. “Potion of Somnolence.” Sleeping potion, as opposed to sleepWALKING potion.
He attempted to collapse an alliance that Gastonia needs (even if he didn’t see it as such). His attempt including bringing in Embraisch’Nj, who insulted everybody present. It’s clear from some earlier scenes (mostly the lead in to the formation of the Adventurers’ Guild) that the rest of the Heads don’t respect Annunziata either personally or professionally.
So, yeah, they clearly just needed an excuse to get rid of him, and this is a very good one.
It’s possible they’ve been waiting for an opportunity to cut the dead weight for a while now. He’s sort of clowning around while everybody else is dealing with a war. From the sounds of it his position on the council earns him funding that could be spent more productively.
I think this is just the slip-up they’ve all been waiting for. So caught up was he in his own merriment that for a second he forgot that the rest of the council isn’t playing any games right now. Confided explicitly when he should’ve couched his joke in innuendo. Laughed out loud when he should’ve smirked knowingly.
Politics is cutthroat and Annunziata showed up without his throatguard today.
But moving him out seems like it will hurt Gastonia in the long run, if not because they need Annunziata’s voice, specifically, but because the navy was apparently important enough to merit being on the council to begin with. Perhaps the nation’s strength has shifted from sea to land in recent history, justifying the decision somewhat, but I find myself wishing they’d simply shifted him off the council, perhaps to a more tactical position, and promote someone with a better head for politics. Even if the navy hasn’t proven as helpful to the war effort recently, its not like he’s the only head who’s found themselves less relevant to the nation’s current needs.
The navy has been put under the control of Grand Marshal Jarvis. To the extent that they’re useful, they’re now being commanded by a man who, by all indications, has, unlike Annunziata, more sense than the gods gave a particularly bright turnip.
That, or Ardaic is doing a brilliant job as field vizier.
If a seat can be removed when it’s unneeded I’m sure can be earned when it is.
The wood-elves didn’t used to have a seat, but when it became prudent for them to have one a seat was made for them. If they turn out to be that important then at some point the navy will be in a position to bargain and they’ll ask for a seat on the council. Presumably a better man than Annunziata will be in charge at the time.
Poor Annunziata. He thought the navy was still a name to conjure by, but he was fettered by his own inflated sense of self-importance. Like Jacob Marley, surely he must be feeling the weight of the chains of his sins now. If he’s clever, he’s seeing the link between his present predicament and his mouthing off to the chain of command, and with new-found wisdom he won’t be locked out of a new career elsewhere. Alas, however, for I expect he feels anchored to the council, and will accept no work anywhere else, for surely they are bonds more powerful even than the familial that hold him in his place there. If only he weren’t all tied up with the business of the navy, he would have had time to learn more about his colleagues, who I’m sure he would put great stocks in if he were only to listen to them a little more.
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Archmage outranks admiral in the chain of command.
Properly leveled mages outrank everything.
Yep – when in power, never forget that those that can do things out rank those that can’t. and in this mix, there were at least 4 cans, and the Admiral…was definitely a “can’t.”
It’s not the mages’ fault other people picked a class that can’t do everything.
Like druids. It’s not their fault other people don’t know how to turn into Greater Air Elementals while still casting all of their horrifically destructive spells.
Oh hiiiii, don’t mind me, imma just back stab, poison you to sleep, end your life, and then vanish because I’m a motherf***in rogue.
Yeah, yeah, and back when Improved Critical stacked with Keen, a Keen Vorpal Rapier could critical hit on a 9, and a dual-wielding rogue could eventually inflict about 160d6 worth of sneak attack – except that the rogue has to be able to actually get to the victim (and casters are pretty good at the whole impenetrable fortress thing), and the victim was be subject to both sneak attack and critical hit. So, Lyches, anyone?
If the elf were a judge in court, you can be sure that when he issues a Gag Order, it takes immediate effect!
I’m a little shocked how quickly both elves on the council resorted to force. They’re not fans of freedom of speech?
He uh, was standing there bellowing and threatening a military coup. Skulls as cobblestones etc. Freedom of speech has a limit.
Yep. When that speech is a direct threat of violence or incites others to commit violence, it’s NOT protected speech (at least, not by the 1st Amendment, anyway).
He still has his freedom of speech just as they have the right to react to a clear and imminent danger. In other words: Never let your mouth write a check your a$$ can’t cash.
Speech is one thing, open threats are another. And given how he was clearing blaming them non-human for all the trouble, along with being the only one probably “equiped” to take him in custody swiftly without any unnecessary violence, it make sense that they would be making such a move.
Why are we even assuming that Gastonia believes in Freedom of Speech?
Because the US rules the world (or at least making a damn fine effort)
And, out of curiosity, when the US permits the Westboro Baptists to say what they will, but sends in the police to shut down the Occupy Wall Street Movement (who were both less offensive and more logical), what is it that persuades you the US still follows the First Amendment?
Isn’t the 1st Amendment “The Freedom of Speech”? Not “The Freedom to Plan an Uprising”?
Public protest=/=uprising
Yes, but there’s a clear-cut difference between an uprising and a few bad eggs spoiling things for everybody else.
Also, I’m not gonna get real into this, ’cause Occupy – while still better than the Tea Party in most regards – never had a viable candidate to run for President, or an appealing stance to take that the remainder of the masses would even consider getting behind. The country’s mostly still a slave to its own historical “culture”, and bein’ an international young’un.
I think Annunziata saying he plans to kill everyone in the room and overthrow the current Gastonia for a new one sort of falls under “The Freedom to Plan an Uprising”.
Addendum: Also, wasn’t there something in the United States Constitution about the peoples right to overthrow a government they see as unfit? Given I could be wrong and that whole “Of the people, for the people, by the people” bit might have just been poetic license.
You’re thinking the Declaration of Independece, I think.
Doesn’t the Government also have the right to put down said potential overthrow attempt?
Uh, depends who you ask. Hobbes say yes, because otherwise you will inevitably get civil war. The American Constitution says maybe. In most countries, the state has a monopoly on the legitimate use of force, but in America it’s unclear. The citizen has the right to resist people breaching his or her rights, and the Ninth Amendment (if interpreted in a reasonably literal fashion) states that the people have whatever rights the people feel are necessary, even if those rights are not explicitly listed in the constitution. Thus, should it become necessary that every American have access to cheese, and “the people” (a term never adequately explained in any legal document) accept the need for ready access to cheese, then the Ninth could be used to justify cheese as a right of all citizens.
Understandably, though, the Supreme Court is pretty reluctant to use something as nebulous and open as the Ninth Amendment.
Supreme Court has used the 9th Amendment a lot, you just might not hear much about it if you didn’t see the news when they did. Right to Travel Freely on Public Roads & to Transport Personal Belongings, The Lawful Exercise of a Right Can Never Be Converted to a Crime & a whole bunch of others have come from SCOTUS.
It’s just that these rulings all must be in the purview of Common Law, also known as Natural Law & Positive Law. If you look up some of them with these word-searches, you’ll find out a whole lot are derived from the 9th Amendment.
The way the humans have been treating the non-humans there, it makes perfect sense that an archmage would have such useful spells prepared & ready, probably just itching for a good excuse to use them. He’s been putting up with their $#|+ for a long time, hasn’t he?
;)
His Grace Don Pardo, tell the Admiral what he’s won!
Gladly, Jarvis! Admiral, you’ve won a demotion to Poop deck swab, where you’ll swab poop for the next year! On… A NEW BOAT! The most modern garbage scow in the fleet! Also, a version of our home game, “House Arrest!” Enjoy, and thank you for playing Guilded Jeopardy!
Never threaten a bored omnipotent elf.
Omnypotent ? He’s not. Just a show-off using magic.
More like never threathen a bored archmage elf, especially after you took him to a self-depreciative show and then brought the show to the Houses with obvious intent to insult them.
Dang omnipotent elves always ruining our shipping.
Really? I would’ve thought those bonds would be a boon to shippers.
I do wonder, though, if Annunziata has enough personally loyalty within the Navy to attempt to make good on his threat. (I don’t believe for a minute he will successfully do more than distract them from more important business, but I wouldn’t be shocked if he actually attempted to, assuming he can muster up a few ships full of marines.)
Now that you mention it, I’m kind of surprised to have seen/heard Iwatani disregarding the Naval Forces in what he called a land-locked war. Hasn’t he heard about the GMC (Gastonian Marine Corps) ?
I doubt he had much loyalty given how the others complained how he wasted ressources and manpower with the Navy. There are probably lots of officers who rather had a more competent admiral and they will get one now.
If he’s detained immediately for threatening a coup, he might not get a chance to make good on his threat.
You had to know the Archmage was just waiting for a chance to shut him up. I wouldn’t be surprised if he created the “conjure gag” spell on his own just for such an occasion as this.
You know, we should get Caneghem and Jarvis having dinner together. I’m sure this would be an incredibly and awesomely lively one !
They have quills, but no paper.
If you check out guildedage(dot)net/comic/chapter-25-page-17/ , none of them had paper at the start. If the Admiral is correct, they haven’t even officially ‘started’ yet. Maybe they simply haven’t gotten their papers ready?
I would normally expect an agenda to be handed out before motions started to be passed though :)
This seems to be a somewhat abnormal meeting. This probably isn’t how it usually goes.
I felt like the inkwells were permanent fixtures to these desks so they were always there whether or not there would be writing of notes this particular day.
So, now that this chair is open…could someone please show Mr. Hackenslash in?
I should think others on the council should be a little worried about their place in the world, too.
For instance, an entire seat at the council devoted to…lumber. That’s oddly specific, compared to the rest of the council.
Guildmaster Hackenslasher most certainly needs a seat.
But then we’ll have two lumberjacks, we only need one for now
He’s only a lumberjack by Wood Elf standards, now if the Council had a Butcher or a rabid animal already….
For openly threatening a coup, I’d say the dear Admiral himself volunteered to be the rabid animal…
Point taken, in fact the point I hoped someone would take…
Well, one upshot of this…
With Syr’Nj in and the Admiral out, the Heads of Houses goes back to a count of nine.
No more votes getting tied five-to-five! Maybe we’ll see some actual progress from the governme… ah, who am I kidding?
Thank you, Reynolds, for your demonstration of schadenfreude.
Does the Navy actually lose its seat, or is it just that the current occupant is unacceptable?
The motion passed was to revoke the seat, not remove the man from office, so I guess the seat is gone.
…Aaaaaaaaand HE’S DOWN, FOLKS!! He’s DOWN! Ooh it’s messy…
HaHa!
He just got Hog-Tied by an Elf.
A High Elf, at that.
Er, sorry, I mean Sky Elf. But what is a Sky Elf if not high?
Sober.
Sober Elves should totally be a thing.
Now I’m reminded of Erfworld’s High Elves.
Alt-text made laugh more than it should
Aaaand just like that the Non-humans become a third of the voting heads of houses. A nice clear fraction to bargain with.