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

YOU ARE REBORN

Chapter 28 – Page 27

on January 22, 2014
Chapter: Chapter 28
└ Tags: Penk, Tectonicus
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  1. CorrTerek
    CorrTerek
    January 22, 2014, 12:03 am | # | Reply

    Hope his hair grows back quickly.

    • dekinjein
      dekinjein
      January 22, 2014, 12:20 am | # | Reply

      And maybe his flesh. Really that’s more important than hair.

      • CorrTerek
        CorrTerek
        January 22, 2014, 1:18 pm | # | Reply

        His flesh looks like it’s mostly still there. I mean, we’d notice if he was a skeleton.

        • Milthar
          Milthar
          January 23, 2014, 12:01 am | # | Reply

          His flesh does look pretty scorched, at least.

    • Kokuten
      Kokuten
      January 22, 2014, 9:45 am | # | Reply

      I dunno, being a bald troll might be a pretty iconic trait. You don’t see many of those.

      • Hornet
        Hornet
        January 22, 2014, 4:54 pm | # | Reply

        I don’t know looking at panel 2 pretty sure I’m seeing exposed ribs. But either way when he comes out the other side he’s going to a bad bad boy.

  2. DDDragoni
    DDDragoni
    January 22, 2014, 12:03 am | # | Reply

    Harky might get a little hot under the collar if Penk usurps his position as champion…

    • Ganurath
      Ganurath
      January 22, 2014, 12:09 am | # | Reply

      Penk was selected to BE a champion. Harky will be bursting with pride at his success.

      • Ishmael
        Ishmael
        January 22, 2014, 12:36 am | # | Reply

        Yeah, Harky definitely did this specifically so that he could lead while Penk became the new Champion.

        • DDDragoni
          DDDragoni
          January 22, 2014, 12:58 am | # | Reply

          ITS A PUN GODDAMMIT

          • Acadian Bacon
            Acadian Bacon
            January 22, 2014, 12:59 am | # | Reply

            YOU COULD HAVE PHRASED IT BETTER, DOG GONE IT

          • Ishmael
            Ishmael
            January 22, 2014, 1:12 am | # | Reply

            …A subtle one, at that! Sorry, didn’t mean to let this get heated.

            • Retmas
              Retmas
              January 22, 2014, 2:30 am | # | Reply

              think the poor guy got a little burnt from all the flaming.

              • Vaserl
                Vaserl
                January 22, 2014, 3:33 am | # | Reply

                seriously no need to let tempers flare up over this. I’m sure we can keep things warm and welcoming here.

                • Gristle McNerd
                  Gristle McNerd
                  January 22, 2014, 9:14 am | # | Reply

                  Something something Penk is pretty hot.

                  …well you try to come up with good comedy material for every single page.

                • DDDragoni
                  DDDragoni
                  January 22, 2014, 9:39 am | # | Reply

                  Sorry for getting all fired up. I didn’t want to look like I’d ignored the last couple pages.

                  • Loki
                    Loki
                    January 22, 2014, 12:46 pm | # | Reply

                    Now now, everyone remember to lava each other.

                    • TBeckett
                      TBeckett
                      January 22, 2014, 3:40 pm | #

                      Don’t just blow this off; I really think we need to get to the core of the problem.

                    • biggmac
                      biggmac
                      January 22, 2014, 4:55 pm | #

                      Just act magma-ninous towards each other

    • Jean-Luc
      Jean-Luc
      January 22, 2014, 12:12 am | # | Reply

      Ummm…that’s what she said?

      • Jean-Luc
        Jean-Luc
        January 22, 2014, 12:12 am | # | Reply

        Oops, wasn’t supposed to be a reply. :/

        • Tsenzei
          Tsenzei
          January 22, 2014, 1:14 am | # | Reply

          Pretty sure that’s ALWAYS supposed to be a reply.

          • DDDragoni
            DDDragoni
            January 22, 2014, 9:40 am | # | Reply

            I think he meant it in regards to the comic.

    • Tsenzei
      Tsenzei
      January 22, 2014, 1:15 am | # | Reply

      Hey there gravatar buddy.

      • DDDragoni
        DDDragoni
        January 22, 2014, 9:37 am | # | Reply

        Heyyyyy

        • Jean-Luc
          Jean-Luc
          January 22, 2014, 9:37 am | # | Reply

          *mind blown*

    • My2Cents
      My2Cents
      January 22, 2014, 1:20 am | # | Reply

      That’s the whole point. Harky needs to be the leader of the trolls. He can’t be both the leader and the Champion at the same time, the roles conflict, so he selected Penk to be his successor as Champion and is passed it to him, if Tectonicus approves.

      Tectonicus does. Harky will be ecstatic

      • Tsenzei
        Tsenzei
        January 22, 2014, 5:38 am | # | Reply

        Indeed, in fact, Harky would like Penk to succeed him as the Leader (at least eventually), not just as having him be the Troll’s Champion in the Breakfast Club of Champions.

  3. oscarmilde
    oscarmilde
    January 22, 2014, 12:04 am | # | Reply

    Penk’s really turning up the heat.

  4. Toast of Doom
    Toast of Doom
    January 22, 2014, 12:22 am | # | Reply

    Why do I have this gut feeling that Penk’s about to engage in a heated philosophical debate with the god that’s about to resurrect him?

    • Loki
      Loki
      January 22, 2014, 12:49 pm | # | Reply

      Because of what little character development we’ve seen of Penk, we only know a handful of things about him:
      1) He can drum
      2) He has trouble wooing the ladies
      3) He has talked sense to those bigger than him

      This is why your gut also senses that Penk is about to try and woo Tectonicus. Unsuccessfully.

      • tejón
        tejón
        January 22, 2014, 4:20 pm | # | Reply

        That’s two aborted pun threads today…

  5. Ishmael
    Ishmael
    January 22, 2014, 12:36 am | # | Reply

    ALL BURN

    fuck, having boatmurdered flashbacks

    • cousac
      cousac
      January 22, 2014, 8:26 am | # | Reply

      you too?

    • Joseph Momma
      Joseph Momma
      January 22, 2014, 7:37 pm | # | Reply

      Oh god….the elephants…THE LAVA…

  6. Sharkie
    Sharkie
    January 22, 2014, 12:43 am | # | Reply

    I mean, you’re also burning right now, but I mean our enemies will too… Just worst… Okay so they’re not going to jump into lava, but we’ll at least char them!

  7. coldelectrons
    coldelectrons
    January 22, 2014, 1:00 am | # | Reply

    Good evening.

    The last scene was interesting from the point of view of a professional logician because it contained a number of logical fallacies; that is, invalid propositional constructions and syllogistic forms, of the type so often committed by my wife. “All enemies burn,” states Tectonicus. “Therefore,” concludes Penk, “all that burns is an enemy.” This is, of course, pure bullshit. Universal affirmatives can only be partially converted: all of Auruga is majestic, but only some of the class of majestic people are Auruga. “Oh, hyes,” one would think.

    • Justanothersomethingorother
      Justanothersomethingorother
      January 22, 2014, 1:57 am | # | Reply

      When did Penk conclude that all that burns is an enemy? I see no such logical leap

      • Syhkane
        Syhkane
        January 22, 2014, 2:25 am | # | Reply

        He has access to the secret comic panel, only those worthy of Tectonicus can read his invisible words!

    • Rimswythor'nj
      Rimswythor'nj
      January 22, 2014, 8:39 am | # | Reply

      So, who would you most like to see thrashing around on a milk-stained floor?

    • Devin
      Devin
      January 22, 2014, 9:52 am | # | Reply

      The only logical fallacy I see here is equating All enemies burn with all that burns is an enemy. Of course, Plato uses that type of logical BS constantly in order to make his points. And yet people still look up to him and Aristotle as paragon’s of wisdom.

  8. Mordecai
    Mordecai
    January 22, 2014, 1:23 am | # | Reply

    BUT FIRST LET’S DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT NASTY RASH.

    • Mordecai
      Mordecai
      January 22, 2014, 1:27 am | # | Reply

      ALSO, HELLO LADIES.

      • alicemacher
        alicemacher
        January 22, 2014, 1:41 am | # | Reply

        The troll your troll could burn like?

  9. SteelRaven
    SteelRaven
    January 22, 2014, 1:28 am | # | Reply

    It’s a slow burn

  10. Bruceski
    Bruceski
    January 22, 2014, 1:58 am | # | Reply

    ALT-TEXT IS NO BARRIER TO MY VOICE.

    Please make sure Tectonicus is added to the avatar rotation.

  11. Seggs
    Seggs
    January 22, 2014, 1:59 am | # | Reply

    is that twinkle in panel 2 the gem?

    • cliffmonster
      cliffmonster
      January 22, 2014, 11:18 am | # | Reply

      S’magic, baby!

      • Loki
        Loki
        January 22, 2014, 12:54 pm | # | Reply

        And yet, he lacks any young girl’s heart. How ironic.

        Maybe his music will free her (whomever she may be), whenever Penk starts?

  12. DeePseudonym
    DeePseudonym
    January 22, 2014, 2:25 am | # | Reply

    Okay, so, Penk is CLEARLY a crispy skeleton in that last panel. And he has Harky’s gem-thing. So, when he climbs out of the lava as all-new, all buttkicking, all conflicted and crazy Penk, is Harky going to be a pile of ash and bone?

    Because that would kinda suck.

    • Syhkane
      Syhkane
      January 22, 2014, 2:32 am | # | Reply

      He’s promoting himself to be leader of the trolls. Tectonicus seems to be preoccupied with the continued existence of that species so he probably had a hand in their mythology when he created them. He doesn’t seem to be an overtly evil god, so when given a champions resignation, it seems to be ok as long as there is a replacement. I’m sure that the same could be said of any faith driven warrior in this universe, there only seems to be retribution should they renounce their devine favors in a damaging way. If you don’t want to be Tectonicus’ avatar, find a suitable replacement, and the offering will be accepted. However I’m sure that if Penk wasn’t suitable, they would have both turned to ash.

    • Jacquerel
      Jacquerel
      January 22, 2014, 4:46 am | # | Reply

      As Harky did not also jump into the lava the way I’m imagining this working is that he’ll be fine but his immortality powers won’t exist any more if he dies again, because now Penk has them.
      Unless Tectonicus can just make every troll invincible at once in which case they’re clearly going to win this war.

    • The Indomitable Eric
      The Indomitable Eric
      January 22, 2014, 9:51 am | # | Reply

      Harky is probably going to be much weaker without the fireseye, but there’s no rule that says a god can’t favor more than one. Penk may be the champion fighting for the cause, but there’s nothing to say that Harky doesn’t still carry the blessings of Tectonicus. After all, Harky was the one who chose Penk, who Tectonicus approves of.

      • kagato23
        kagato23
        January 22, 2014, 10:26 am | # | Reply

        Yeah, I’m betting he couldn’t hold off the whole team like he did before their death anymore, but he’d still be stronger, faster and tougher then most, but probably not getting 30 feet jumps in the air casually anymore. Still, If unbezerked Byron and him go another solo round I don’t think were gonna see him go down easy. Also , since we can see that priests of Tetonicus have it as well, I’m betting he’s still fireproof.

    • Speedy
      Speedy
      December 18, 2018, 7:57 pm | # | Reply

      Steven Universe pops out of the lava, looks at the pile of ash, and says, “Are you my Mother?”

  13. Radio Silence
    Radio Silence
    January 22, 2014, 5:15 am | # | Reply

    “Moon-Star of Limbo…give me the MIGHT. The MUSCLE. The MENACE…of…MON! STAAAAARRRRR!”

    …not /exactly/ sure why I thought of that, but Penk’s going to at /least/ need the muscle after this. Especially if he’s going to ride around anywhere on a cyborg space squid.

    • Denita TwoDragons
      Denita TwoDragons
      January 22, 2014, 1:36 pm | # | Reply

      …oh my gosh. All these years and the SilverHawks flashbacks are still fresh. Man!

  14. Guesticus
    Guesticus
    January 22, 2014, 7:27 am | # | Reply

    “AND TELL HARKY, HE’S FIRED!!!”

    • Loki
      Loki
      January 22, 2014, 12:56 pm | # | Reply

      Nice.

  15. Chris
    Chris
    January 22, 2014, 9:22 am | # | Reply

    %60 Dolomite!

  16. Aslandus
    Aslandus
    January 22, 2014, 9:32 am | # | Reply

    Nothing says reassurance like a giant demonic lava monster blowing fire onto your scorched body…

  17. Aazen
    Aazen
    January 22, 2014, 9:49 am | # | Reply

    Did anyone else note the irony that Trolls have a molten fire god?

    • Devin
      Devin
      January 22, 2014, 9:54 am | # | Reply

      Nope. Not following.

      • kagato23
        kagato23
        January 22, 2014, 10:32 am | # | Reply

        In a lot of traditional fantasy settings, Troll regeneration can only be counteracted by fire, making it their greatest vulnerability.

        I don’t think that’s necessarily ironic at all though. A form of damage that really hurts them? What else would it be but a divine force?

  18. King of Zeroes
    King of Zeroes
    January 22, 2014, 10:29 am | # | Reply

    Tectonicus x Ragewolfbear is my OTP.

  19. Snowblind
    Snowblind
    January 22, 2014, 11:15 am | # | Reply

    HAVE A COOKIE.

  20. Karishi
    Karishi
    January 22, 2014, 11:38 am | # | Reply

    YOU KNOW, YOU WOULDN’T HAVE NEEDED ME SO BAD IF YOU HADN’T JUMPED INTO THE LAVA.

  21. Karishi
    Karishi
    January 22, 2014, 11:40 am | # | Reply

    We’ll finally know whether Tectonicus has caps lock on or is holding the shift key when he says the word “HAMMERHEAD” or “hammerhead.”

    • Loki
      Loki
      January 22, 2014, 12:57 pm | # | Reply

      No capslock

    • Snowblind
      Snowblind
      January 22, 2014, 5:41 pm | # | Reply

      STOP…

      HAMMERTIME!

  22. Schneidend
    Schneidend
    January 22, 2014, 11:55 am | # | Reply

    So much for the theory that this was a dream.

    • shadow
      shadow
      January 22, 2014, 6:37 pm | # | Reply

      Why?

  23. tk
    tk
    January 22, 2014, 12:41 pm | # | Reply

    He’s GOT THE TOUCH.

    HE’S GOT THE POWAAHHHH

    • Samuel
      Samuel
      January 22, 2014, 5:45 pm | # | Reply

      Oh lord, if Penk is Hotrod, that mean’s he’s going to screw up and get Harky killed.

      • Strongholm
        Strongholm
        January 22, 2014, 8:21 pm | # | Reply

        Probably. More than willing to bet that Harky does bite it before the end of this tale.

  24. Denita TwoDragons
    Denita TwoDragons
    January 22, 2014, 1:37 pm | # | Reply

    He’s got that HI PRO GLOW!! No wait, he’s just on fire.

  25. shadow
    shadow
    January 22, 2014, 6:34 pm | # | Reply

    I think it is all some sort of dream state that allows him to be tested and viewed but not injured.
    Or he actually jumped into a convenient valcano. Only because they would not have gone on a large journy leaving the trolls with out a leader

  26. Bobble
    Bobble
    January 22, 2014, 7:42 pm | # | Reply

    Talk about CHAR-acter development!

  27. Mordecai
    Mordecai
    January 22, 2014, 8:02 pm | # | Reply

    I have a feeling we’re not going to like Penk as much when he steps out of that volcano.

    • Just_IDD
      Just_IDD
      January 22, 2014, 10:40 pm | # | Reply

      Get your Penk-Azz out of that volcano and get to schooling those champions.

  28. SotiCoto
    SotiCoto
    February 20, 2014, 4:27 am | # | Reply

    The great, flaming nostrils of Tectonicus… and two rows of tiny eyes.
    I remember what the original Mr Waltrip told us when the image first showed up.

  29. Speedy
    Speedy
    December 18, 2018, 8:35 pm | # | Reply

    “NOW, LEAVE”
    “I AM QUITE BUSY”

    “Yeah, yeah, Tectonicus. I catch your drift. You’ve got a lot on your plates. It’s not my fault.”

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