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Guilded Age
The Saga of the Working Class Adventurer – New comics every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday!
Killjoys
Flatw00ds
When two disgraced ex-feds fall backwards into trouble with the clown mafia, getting out in one piece is gonna be no joke!
Countdown to Countdown
Velinxi
Iris Black is a self-proclaimed inventor with the curious ability to bring his drawings to life, and yearns to find a space where he can use his powers freely.
2 Slices
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After a case of mistaken identity, will awkward Daisuke find help from excitable Mamo, or will his love life be thrown completely off track?
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.
Awaken
Koti Saavedra/Flipfloppery
Superpowers, monsters and conspiracies. Piras, the spoiled Dameschi heir, fights to recover his identity after becoming a terrorist!
Tove
Severin
The end of the world is coming, and Tove doesn't want to be a hero, but SOMEONE has to look after her little brother.
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.
Folklore
Adam Ma, Colin Tan Wei
A superhuman horror story focused on a small band of survivors trying to navigate a war-torn world in the aftermath of the Federation’s collapse.
Cyanide & Happiness
Explosm
Satire, dark humor and surreal humor.
Knights Errant
J.R. Doyle
Wilfrid's humble quest for revenge becomes bigger and bloodier by the day.
Heart of Gold
Eliot Baum, Viv Tanner
A pianist with failing eyesight seeks out a priest with a miraculous healing touch, drawing him deeper into a world of miracles and curses.
Lunar Blight
Studio CARTRIDGE, Laura Lee
Lunar Blight is a gothic horror story about an elite knight serving a moon cult who must choose between upholding his honoured duty or condemning everything he’s grown to know.
How to be a Werewolf
Shawn Lenore
Malaya Walters was bitten by a werewolf as a child. After being raised by her human family, she faces the chance to learn what being a werewolf is really like as an adult.
Atomic Robo
Brian Clevinger, Scott Wegener
The robot punches monsters and bad robots and one time he was a cowboy.
Lighter Than Heir
Melissa Albino
A young Volant woman joins the military in an effort to upstage her war-hero father.
Paint the Town Red
Windy, Winter Jay Kiakas
Winona runs a werewolf shelter with partner in crime, Odile in the Gothic city of Merlot. One day they take in an injured vampire, and soon unravels many of the dark secrets of Merlot.
The Otherknown
Lorian Merriman
Chandra is a 12-year-old accidental time traveler with a reluctant new dad, who happens to be a member of a feared galactic crime syndicate.
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.)
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!
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.
Clockwork
Chikuto
Cog Kleinschmidt is a diligent, quiet worker at the Mercia Fortress, the world power's leading stronghold. His orderly life is thrown into chaos when an enemy kingdom sends a diplomat for peace talks. This diplomat needs something from Cog - whether he agrees to their terms or not!
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.
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...
Far to the North
Allison Shaw
Kelu turns to the monsters of her remote mountain home when her family is held hostage by outsiders.
Fairmeadow
Kendra P. / KP
A wayward soldier finds herself in a pacifist commune deep in the wilderness of a war-weary land. Living in isolation brings her closer to those she was sworn to kill than she could ever imagine - but also threatens to tear the place apart.
Goblins
Ellipsis
A fantasy RPG as told through the eyes of the low-level monsters.
El Goonish Shive
Dan Shive
WARNING: This comic often ignores the Laws of Physics
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!
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?
Real Science Adventures
Brian Clevinger
Spin off stories and other adventures from the world of Atomic Robo!
Spinnerette
Krazy Krow, Rocio Zucchi, Pablo Rey
When a lab accident gives Heather Brown spider powers and six arms, she does what any midwest comic geek would do: Become Ohio's #3 superhero!
[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.
Star Trip
Gisele Weaver
Jas is a human taken from her home planet on a trip across the galaxy she will never forget.
Drugs & Wires
Mary Safro, Io Black
Dan used to be a VR operator until his brain got fried by malware. Now he's stuck delivering packages in a post-Soviet hellhole all while trying to adjust to his new life and find some answers.
Demon Studies
Miyuli
Four students summon and study potentially dangerous demons within the walls of the mysterious Summerland University.
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.
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.
Sunshine Boy
Moosopp
New-kid Kelly is sweet but naive. Luckily, he's got his outgoing neighbor Grey in his corner.
No End
Erli, Kromi
A queer romance about people attempting to build lives in a cold, post-apocalyptic world ravaged by hordes of undead.
MASKLESS
kickingshoes
In a world where people can wield the magic of elemental Masks, all Ashe wants to do is help. Maskless and useless, with dreams of fire and smoke on the back of his tongue, he finds himself on a strange, dangerous path to uncovering the secrets of these incredible objects, and the source of the monsters plaguing his home.
Anacrine Complex
Sae Cotton
A superhuman heist involving probably too many pigeons than entirely necessary.
Wilde Life
Pascalle Lepas
Oscar decided to rent an old haunted house, and that's when things got weird...
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...
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.
Obelisk
Ashley McCammon
In 1908 New York, a young woman struggles to put her life back together in the wake of her father's death - until she discovers a vampire in the shambles of her inheritance.
Shaderunners
Alex Assan, Lin Darrow
A ragtag band of bootleggers open a speakeasy for bottled colour in the greyscale city of Ironwell.
Solstoria
Angelica Maria
After her brother goes missing, Samantha vows to become a Knight and help those around her in the Kingdom of St. Helena.
Whomp!
Ronnie
A depressed, portly, hirsute anime fan stumbles through life in the ever-pursuit of chicken nuggets and other life-shortening indulgences.
Come Hell or High Water
Jenny/Star, Mori
Prince Gladimir was never meant to fall for a pirate. Swearing off love for duty, the threat of war propels him back into the Captain’s world of high seas and high stakes. Their relationship could be the thing to save the kingdom of Yvoire - or destroy it.
Patrik the Vampire
Bree Paulsen
Patrik loves to knit, bake, and help his friends while dealing with his own demons... like his thirst for blood because, oh yeah--he's a vampire.
KISMET
Jaki King
As interplanetary war threatens the Perseid system, a scientist ventures to the far reaches of space in her search for the truth: is humanity the master of its own fate, or is destiny truly inescapable?
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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Of course, tubes, republics, I knew ancient philosophers were to blame for this. Whore lovin’, olive eatin’, wine swillin’ bastards.
Remind me of starship captains.
What are you made?
Starship captains go after sluts.
It’s funny how rarely anyone points out that the ideal society described in Plato’s Republic is more authoritarian and oppressive than a fascist police state.
Hence the tubes.
Plato’s oxymoronically-named “Republic” described a communism that would make a colony of ants proud. Socrates turns in his grave non-stop, I’d imagine.
They hook turbines up to him for free perpetual energy.
It’s a lesser known fact, but there was a perfect society that relied entirely on power generated from dead, spinning authors, philosophers, and others that have had their ideas twisted in some way that offends them in death.
Unfortunately the society was wiped out when the movie Starship Troopers was released and Heinlein went critical.
Can’t tell if those comments are convergent comedy, homage, or theft, but,
http://dresdencodak.com/2010/06/03/dark-science-01/
Theft is the sincerest form of homage. I knew I was alluding to something.
“Plato” they say, “could stick it away – – half a crate of whiskey every day.”
A friend of mine once dated a descendant of John Stuart Mill. When she said so he instantly replied “the philosopher?” and she was surprised he knew the name. When he admitted it was only because of the philosophers song she was less impressed.
And when he was forced to play the song for her as she had never heard of it there was a definite lowering of temperature in the room :-)
I wish to share a link for the rest, but I don’t think I should.
Please do
Nooooooooooo poor beat up Troll (Harky?).i have the worst luck with gravatars
Testing new gravatar…
YAAAAS
I somehow feel we’re all being subtly accused of sophistry…
Would rather have saphistry, personally
I could really go for some sapphic….poetry.
I’d have pegged you for a Catullus guy myself…
Wait, that came out wrong.
Everything sounds bad with this face on it!
You forgot spaghetti eatin’
“Pasta is a staple food of traditional Italian cuisine, with the first reference dating to 1154 in Sicily.” -Wikipedia
You might be a few millenia off.
Didn’t they steal pasta from the Chinese? After Marco Polo finally got out of the pool?
It was a reference to the Dining philosophers problem.
What’d I get…let’s see…
AAAAAAAHHHHH!! She looks like she’s about to hurl!!!
I think it looks more like she’s about to cry, myself.
I think anything would be better than the creepy HR I got last time…
Sweet!
Wheel of morality, turn turn turn…
<— Dude! I don't even…
(Love that look! Will come in handy!)
Anybody but a Savage…
I think I had this gravatar before….Boooring!
Roll Dice…
Uh.. okay. Got that creepy pedophile look down pat. Does anyone know who this guy is?
You are here: http://guildedage.net/comic/chapter-29-page-7/
You mean you don’t recognise Robin Williams playing Doc Holiday?
Or maybe it’s a chubby Kurt Russell playing Doc Holliday
Gravater personality test saaays
I will settled down with just about everything, I just hope it’s not a totally boring and nameless character
Well hello, captain
Roll
I appear to be very dismayed.
Tide
Do the tubes have those extra-relaxing waterjets and bubbles? I love those things.
Let’s see.
Yes… this will do nicely. Nicely indeed.
If this is H.R.’s desk … he’s got a lot of balls.
When Plato said the internet is a series of tubes, that wasn’t what he meant, HR.
Ahahahahahahahaahaha
DID SOMEBODY SAY ICONS?
Well this doesn’t fit the comment at all.
It did that one!
WHO AM I???
I’M THE GODDAMNED BATMAN! Wait no, look more like Iron-Boy….
You’re a Rocketeer.
Does this mean you do or -don’t- spout witty catchphrases?
Yea Sepia World. That there story last week was swell and all but ther wuz too many words and not nuff pitchers.
I get the feeling that a certain nosy reporter is about to be the first volunteer in that new tube.
Nose-y, you say?
We must immediately begin recklessly speculating about the minute details on his desk! What happens at 11:31? What are the strange symbols on Newton’s cradle? Could the small flash of orange on the penguin novel hint at the new colour of the immersion tube? Only RAMPANT SPECULATION can uncover the truth!
I think that’s H.R.’s glasses reflected in Newton’s balls. *deadpan*
I can do nothing but applaud your delivery.
…heavy, shiny and pendulous…
I have nothing constructive to say.
Identity crisis?
“All great ideas are dangerous.”
Best avatar evar1
Dangit, now I have to read and junk to understand the significance of this page.
Interesting play Gravatar, let’s see how it works out in the long run.
*rolls the avatar dice*
Seems you are a potential victim of Bandit Hat-Stealer. See the gloves on the sides?
And once again, my gravatar has a beard! Huzzah! Felt almost naked last chapter.
*rolls and hopes for a perfect 20*
Avatar is better than none.
Got ventriloquist dummy.
KA–SMITE!!!!
I think I’ve worked it out. Penguins are behind the whole conspiracy, that’s why they have printed the book!
I can’t say I’ve ever trusted penguins, they’re always looking round to see if they are being watched.
Oh, Plato. That explains a lot.
Let’s do this.
Ah go on, let’s try this out.
Swish!
*walks in*
*walks out*
I am the essence of trolldom.
And right you are, good Sir.
“Elves! Amirite?”
Hmmm, went from the fringe to the syringe :D
No, my love, you are their mother. And I am dead.
indeed!
Really? Hmm, thank you, do you recall her name?
It’s eerie. This book has been sitting on a shelf at my workplace for the past two or three months. I have no idea who brought it in, or why it’s there, and nobody appears to be reading it, nor particularly inclined to remove it.
Also, HR could be a doctor with that handwriting. Which is appropriate, since I’m pretty sure he qualifies as a mad scientist by now.
Like a lot of those kinds of books, it’s actually pretty good when you aren’t reading it for a class and can go at your own pace. It also really fits for HR, because (if you haven’t read it) Plato’s philosophy can be summed up as “the best rulers would be philosopher-kings because we’re smarter than everyone else and are so enlightened we would naturally act in the city’s best interest.”
My avatar has seen things, man. Attack blimps on fire off the hill of Orion.
Also, apparently, he’s dead Bruce
The Philosopher’s Legacy?!
I CHOOSE WHATEVER.
Who’d I roll?
Awesome!
The two pens and one pencil must symbolize man’s plight against the monsters of the id.
Sometimes a phalic object is just a phalic object.
*insert comment here*
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And thus she appeared . . .
. . . and questioned her last haircut decision.
Wooo! Sepia Sephistry!
This month on Guilded Age, we get to see what happens when World Building Techno Mages realize maybe they shoulda finished those philosophy classes.
Also, AWW YES, I HUNGER.
Avatar test!
y u so serious?
And so H.R. introduced classical philosophy to the savage peoples. Soon their culture evolved and the result was….. no, seriously… he’s going to tube the book.
Me and brkh96 got the same avatar WTF?
testing…
awwwyea Srs!Magda.
Roooll