Annotations Every Day - Written by T Campbell & Flo Kahn - Illustrated by John & Jason Waltrip
Guilded Age
The Saga of the Working Class Adventurer – New comics every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday!
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!
Never Satisfied
Taylor Robin
Lucy Marlowe, a magician's apprentice, competes against other apprentices for an important, magical, Goverment Job.
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.
Monsterkind
Taylor C
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.
Dumbing of Age
David M Willis
Joyce has been homeschooled her entire life until now, when she's suddenly a freshman in college! Things don't go well.
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.
Nerf Now!!
Josué Pereira
A cute webcomic about fanservice, video games, and... love. Mostly video games, though.
The Witch Door
Anni K.
Katariina Lehto discovers her neighbor is a witch called Jousia Muotka. Jousia introduces Katariina to the strange people and places beyond the witch door...
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?
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.
Sufficiently Remarkable
Maki Naro
Two young women living in Brooklyn discover that you're always coming of age.
Anarchy Dreamers
Emily Ree
Sparkly undead kids fight society's worst Nightmares in this pastel-punk urban fantasy coming-of-age!
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...
Kiwi Blitz
Mary Cagle (Cube Watermelon)
Steffi thinks she can use her kiwi mech to become a superhero. This idea turns out to be very stupid.
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.
Sister Claire
Yamino
In the troubled aftermath of a great war between Witches and her fellow Nuns, novice Sister Claire just wants a purpose.
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".
This is Not Fiction
Nicole Mannino
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!
Whomp!
Ronnie
A depressed, portly, hirsute anime fan stumbles through life in the ever-pursuit of chicken nuggets and other life-shortening indulgences.
Kochab
Sarah Webb
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.
Alice and the Nightmare
Misha Krivanek
Alice finally attends University to learn to collect the dreams of humans, meet new friends, and deal with a pesky reflection along the way.
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.
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.
Star Trip
Gisele Weaver
Jas is a human taken from her home planet on a trip across the galaxy she will never forget.
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.
Jailbird
Charlie Davis
An all-ages comic about a recently escaped prisoner's struggle to understand the outside world, and vice-versa. Also, a magic cape!
Girl Genius
Phil Foglio, Kaja Foglio
In a time when the Industrial Revolution has become an all-out war, Mad Science rules the World...with mixed success.
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.
Empowered
Adam Warren
A sexy superhero comedy (except when it isn't) about the never-ending struggles of a plucky but very unlucky young superheroine.
El Goonish Shive
Dan Shive
WARNING: This comic often ignores the Laws of Physics
Bybloemen
C.B. McPherson
An infernal plan to corrupt the small town of Stenen Brug at the height of tulipmania is complicated by a pact made between a talented young merchant and a demon looking to change careers.
Wilde Life
Pascalle Lepas
Oscar decided to rent an old haunted house, and that's when things got weird...
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.)
Starhammer
J.N. Monk, Harry Bogosian
A teen girl inherits a powerful alien artifact and proceeds to make a series of increasingly poor decisions
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.
Widdershins
Kate Ashwin
A series of light-hearted Victorian-era adventure stories featuring grumpy bounty hunters, accidental thiefkings, and more, in England's magical capital city Widdershins!
Cyanide & Happiness
Explosm
Satire, dark humor and surreal humor.
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.
Goodbye to Halos
Valerie Halla
Cuddles, gay flirting, weird feelings, and magic-fueled knife fights - it's an adventure across the queer multiverse!
Caramel Corn
Potchimew
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.
Fireweeds Moors
Gato Iberico
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.
Atomic Robo
Brian Clevinger, Scott Wegener
The robot punches monsters and bad robots and one time he was a cowboy.
[un]Divine
Ayme
A highschool senior thought giving up his soul for a demon was a good idea. It wasn't.
Phantomarine
Claire K. Niebergall
A ghostly princess must sail across a haunted sea to save her soul from a devious, shapeshifting death god known as the Red Tide King.
Between Failures
Jackie Wohlenhaus
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.
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
Melissa Albino
A young Volant woman joins the military in an effort to upstage her war-hero father.
Paranatural
Zack Morrison
Superpowered middle schoolers fight evil spirits in their rural hometown. Come for the jokes, stay for the cast, the creatures, and the mystery that ties them all together!
Knights Errant
J.R. Doyle
Wilfrid's humble quest for revenge becomes bigger and bloodier by the day.
Demon's Mirror
Harry Bogosian
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!
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.
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!
Lilith's Word
inkPangur
If you had the power to make any wish come true using just one word, what would you say?
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.
The End
August Brown, Cory Brown
Two aliens crash a sci-fi convention and accidentally take seven nerds on an adventure that spans the galaxy!
Tigress Queen
Allison Shaw
A barbarian warlord and a pampered prince try to avoid a marriage alliance that could end decades of violence.
Awaken
Koti Saavedra/Flipfloppery
Superpowers, monsters and conspiracies. Piras, the spoiled Dameschi heir, fights to recover his identity after becoming a terrorist!
Tiger, Tiger
Petra Nordlund
A young noble lady steals her brother's identity and his ship to find love and adventure, and to write a book about the fascinating life cycle of sea sponges!
Real Science Adventures
Brian Clevinger
Spin off stories and other adventures from the world of Atomic Robo!
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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They are used strictly as an artistic choice for the set dressing of the comic.
Epic ragequit.
[karmakat is offline. Reason: TCP connection failure.]
These two set the comments bar pretty high, here.
Though most of his people are now only reachable through the aethernet, Karmakat can still contact the survivors by sending a Cat-5 cable.
Karmakat: tryhard noob fgts
Karmakat has left the game.
Quite the flounce.
I think they “truly” won
Who are you speaking about ? The Cat Folk or the Gnolls ?
The gnolls, obviously. When you kill all the other guy’s soldiers and still have your soldiers, that means you won.
Yuppers
npc party of 6?
The Catfolk are doomed with only their leader and a literal handful of his people left that seemingly includes only 1 female.
If his curse did come true, that the Fuzzy People have not known any peace since, I’ll be a little satisfied.
I’d say it did. Look at the kind of war they have brewing now.
I’m hoping that their army didn’t contain their ENTIRE population.
If completely outnumbered, then their army may not have been able to fight and protect the entire population at the same time.
+1
The gnolls didn’t kill them all, they just implemented a system of spaying and neutering. Now all the catfolk do is try and find nice sunspots to lie in.
“He left us without a people to be loved by.”
“You’ve left us with nothing.”
Doesn’t sound like just the army to me. Plus, I doubt he would have enough whirlwind to carry them all.
Er, “We left him without a people to be loved by.”
And then some jerks go and post his story in a popular webcomic and suddenly he has people who love him again and who get overly upset about the whole matter.
All that hard work of the gnolls spoiled! >:(
They killed all the other soldiers in Karmakat’s army instead of putting too much effort into engaging him directly. It’s one army outflanking another.
Maybe Karmakat sent the rest of the Catfolk somewhere else before the battle.
Well, if they are anything like Los Gatos de Trueno, then one of the short cats is probably a girl. Most likely the one with the knives.
Gnolls: if they can’t kill one guy, they just kill everyone else.
Why try pushing the immovable object when you can just dig the ground out from under it?
Yeah, Karmakat, I agree. Darn gnolls, winning a perfectly fair fight by outflanking you. What jerks. Their race should be totally cursed forever.
You’re right, all they did was commit or attempt to commit total genocide of, by Madam Arfa’s mentioning, at least 3 entire races. Nothing that deserves any sort of repercussions.
Well, if they didn’t want to be extinct, maybe they should stop losing. I mean, really.
Also, we’re talking about savages that breed like rabbits (some of them might actually BE rabbits) who are, ultimately, fighting over limited resources and hospitable space. “Genocide” is just another word for “now our children won’t starve.”
sadly this is happening even now in the African nation(s). its not war it’s survival.
“winning a perfectly fair fight by outflanking you”
Fair fight ? A fight to exterminate entire races ? You call that fair ?
“Well, if they didn’t want to be extinct, maybe they should stop losing. I mean, really.”
Well, if you didn’t me to murder you, maybe you should stop being under my knife so many times. I mean, really.
If you didn’t want me to steal your car, you shouldn’t have bought one.
If you didn’t want me to burn your house down, you shouldn’t have had one.
Three different peoples/races, the Cat Folk, the Wood Elves, the Mystics, etc.
Trying to destroy and totally obliterate so many, not making any difference between civvies and fighters, and you’re ok with that and expect and want the gnolls to get away scot-free with that ?
“fighting over limited resources and hospitable space.”
Limited ressources ? Well, for peoples with “limited” resources, they sure achieve so good stuffs. I mean, building entire thriving cities and all. Yeah, surely that’s something you can achieve with limited resources. Right.
The Gnolls, the Trolls and other Savage Races sure looked like they are totally under-fed and lacking resources.
““Genocide” is just another word for “now our children won’t starve.”
So you’re advocating genocide ? Interesting as a simple comic can reveal some people’s nature and morals … :-S
The campaign against the other fuzzy peoples is taking place in the past, long before the alliance with Harky. You can’t compare the accomplishments of a multi-species empire to that of a horde of gnoll packs. It’s pretty strongly implied throughout the comic that the savage races are marginalized and pushed to the fringes, which is why they decided to band together against Gastonia and the other, more advanced races to begin with. The gnolls are no more the villains of this story than are cro-magnon tribes wiping out neanderthals. It’s a bid for survival.
“The campaign against the other fuzzy peoples is taking place in the past, long before the alliance with Harky.”
And so what ?
“The gnolls are no more the villains of this story than are cro-magnon tribes wiping out neanderthals.”
Yeah, sure. Consciously wiping out an entire race, out of a purely and totally intended plan isn’t the typical work of a villain ? Right.
The thing is the Cro-Magnon never intended to actually wipe out an entire race. Heck, they might not had even know about the concept of race and genocide at that time. Besides, how could they monitor the situation of an entirely other race when communication was reduced to smoke signs and voice ?
“It’s a bid for survival.”
Well, it doesn’t look like the Gnolls are in such a bad shape, for a people “nearing” starvation and all …
“It’s pretty strongly implied throughout the comic that the savage races are marginalized and pushed to the fringes”
Maybe. But then, the pieces of machinery and mechanical devices don’t seem recent amongst the Goblins. It’s more like they’re really old hands in that field. Yet, they’d have had to band with the others ? Well, I’m still doubtful.
Sounds like you bought the propaganda hook, line and sinker.
Not to clued up on ‘sarcasm’ there, are you? Sounds like your rant has been the result of a ‘sarchasm’
Just because they managed to build a city or 2, does not mean they are thriving (there have been plenty of accounts where a village expands into a town, and then vanishes completely because they run out of resources after they built it up to keep it going and everyone just picks up and leaves)
Just because they plan on exterminating a bothersome nation/race does not mean they are going to be unfair about it (actions and motives do not always mesh)
Actually, yes, in many cases (pretty much all prior to the 20th century) ‘Genocide’ came about as a result of ensuring one peoples’ children (and the adults, ‘childhood’ was a Victorian/early 20th century invention) wouldn’t starve: they would be fighting another group, and would keep fighting, until one day they wonder “Hmmm, we have not had an attack from the other side for a couple days, we should send scouts to find out what they are up to!” and find that there is no trace of the other people, either because the last battle killed the last of them, or just the last fighters and the rest starved to death/got killed/eaten by wild animals, or simply finally had enough and legged it
So no, not all ‘genocide’ was deliberate. But like Scheidend said about cro-magnon tribes and neandertals: in many cases it really is all about the survival of your own kind
“Just because they plan on exterminating a bothersome nation/race does not mean they are going to be unfair about it (actions and motives do not always mesh)”
Are you serious ? How in anywhere-you-want can genocide be considered “fair” ?
It’s like saying “just because I’m torturing you to death doesn’t mean I’m a complete whacko”.
“‘childhood’ was a Victorian/early 20th century invention”
Maybe. But I’m still pretty sure that ancient Romans, Greeks, Persians or even prehistoric tribes members had a pretty good guess that a 7 year-old looks nothing like a grown-up.
“So no, not all ‘genocide’ was deliberate.”
Yes. But still erasing an entire race, not even leaving them in numbers just great enough to remain just a tiny step above the critical numbers that ensures survival and perpetuation of the species, that’s nothing I would ever condone, in that kind of situation (here above – in the comic).
And to me, it looks like the Gnolls are pretty much knowingly killing off an entire race. Or at least trying to do so quite insistently. (Does that word even exist ?)
“Without consideration of traditions and prejudices, Germany must find the courage to gather our people and their strength for an advance along the road that will lead this people from its present restricted living space to new land and soil, and hence also free it from the danger of vanishing from the earth or of serving others as a slave nation.”
–Mein Kampf, Adolf Hitler
/Godwin’s law
Post-industrial Germany in the midst of an economic boom =\= a horde of barbarians who have barely mastered metalworking.
“Without consideration of traditions and prejudices”
So that means Adi implied going against, if deemed useful, a friend nation, like the Norwegians, the Finns, etc. ? O_o
Freakin escort quests.
I don’t mean to take the wind out of Karmakat’s sails, but as a curse that kind of blows. It would be a breeze to break. I know everybody thought he was the cat’s meow, but honestly, this whole episode has made him look like a bit of a milktoast. The mane problem is that the gnolls probably don’t care if they’re constantly fighting; as a conquering people, bloodshed is kind of the daily forecast. And on top of that, they’re in a good position to weather any violence directed at them, now that they’re the raining power in Karmakat’s own castle. With the the other monster races to serve as their catspaws, I think they’ve come out of this better than ever.
All in all, Karmakat should know better than to curse anybody. What goes around comes around, after all.
curses are made when the consequences no longer matter. in this case, his people being slaughtered negates any unwillingness to perform such a curse.
The gnolls may not be constantly fighting all the time. even war like nations didnt ALWAYS fight. this was a curse on their entire people. Not just gnoll warriors or those in battle. Non of them would know peace and would constantly be on the run, fighting and seeing themselves and their families slaughtered while themselves participating in slaughter.
what use is success if your lands and people are facing constant violence and no safety no matter how hard you fight? They went into it and he made sure it would stick forever and always
…did you miss the puns?
I think you missed the puns.
You should look at the puns.
The puns… I am in awe.
Shhhh, shhhh, shhhh. Drink it with your eyes.
I suppose as far as punative measures, cursing the entire people for a million years works quite well, if you have nothing left. Spite tends to be a powerful motivator, right?
I’m sorry i really can’t get a pun chain off this, you took too many good ones
The Catfolk are in a better place.
No wait, they are in the Best place. :P
peyet would be proud.
Thundercats! Go!
Yes, but go where?
Welp, they’re either in Third Earth, or Oz.
They left in a howling gale,
O’er a rainbow they sailed.
The cats now live in peace,
The gnolls fighting won’t cease
Thinking the Cowardly Lion turned tail.
Guess they thought that killing all his troops would take the wind out of his sails.
One meelion poxes!
*pinky to mouth*
Ah, THIS is the cut scene preceeding the next expansion: “Ragequit of the Catmen”
Should “his master of the elements” be “mastery”?
Now…… how exactly do the curse gods interpret speech? Because he said the gnolls will know only bloodshed while they live on in peace. Now obviously he meant, “You guys will always fight, we’ll be over here relaxing.” But… if whatever arbitrary vengeful spirits listening were very literal, could the gnolls potentially break the curse by ending Cat People Peace (or CPP)?
I keep misreading Karmakat as Karkat. Anybody else?
No, but I am being constantly reminded of him. The black mane streaked with red totally makes me think of Karkat with Eridan-style highlights.
“Somewhere, over the Rainbow…”
“Auntie Em! Auntie Em!!”
The Legend of Karmakat: The Last Kittietaur