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

'Sounds great... and don't call me Shirley.'

Chapter 39 – Page 5

on October 7, 2015
Chapter: Chapter 39
└ Tags: E-Merl, His Grace Iwatani
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  1. Lexible
    Lexible
    October 7, 2015, 12:08 am | # | Reply

    I am, surely? And don’t call me serious!

    • Neferius
      Neferius
      October 9, 2015, 5:18 pm | # | Reply

      ‘Slong as you stop calling me “Shirley” *hiccup!*

  2. CorrTerek
    CorrTerek
    October 7, 2015, 12:12 am | # | Reply

    Yes, this can only lead to good things.

  3. Alice Macher
    Alice Macher
    October 7, 2015, 12:17 am | # | Reply

    “All you adventurers need to do is something that will injure your already abysmal reputations even more while serving my agenda perfectly. –Whoops, did I say that out loud?”

  4. metaceryn
    metaceryn
    October 7, 2015, 12:24 am | # | Reply

    Mmm mmm mmm, that’s a tasty foreshadowing/visual metaphor combo right there.

    • Tsapki
      Tsapki
      October 7, 2015, 1:18 am | # | Reply

      But-but, it’s supposed to be a tangled web of lies! Look at that web, it’s frickin’ immaculate!

      • Devlerbat
        Devlerbat
        October 7, 2015, 1:24 am | # | Reply

        There is nothing tangled about Iwatani’s web of lies. He has all his lies perfectly in order.

        • Snowblind
          Snowblind
          October 7, 2015, 1:41 am | # | Reply

          His entanglements are on the quantum scale…

    • Imrar
      Imrar
      October 7, 2015, 6:04 am | # | Reply

      Mmm-hm, but who represents that rat ready snatch the tasty morsel that the spider is… HR?

      • Dana Son-of-Bear
        Dana Son-of-Bear
        October 7, 2015, 8:10 am | # | Reply

        Maybe the [i]Archwizard[/i] is HR!

        After all, the chapter title is “Disconnect” and that’s his whole mission…

        • Dana Son-of-Bear
          Dana Son-of-Bear
          October 7, 2015, 9:56 am | # | Reply

          Shanna avatar is unimpressed with my use of BBCode instead of proper HTML.

      • Saskyou
        Saskyou
        October 8, 2015, 5:32 pm | # | Reply

        I’m actually thinking it’s the other way around – someone’s trying to catch a mouse with a spiderweb.
        I guess it won’t turn out great for that spider either way…

    • Frigg_Fanboi
      Frigg_Fanboi
      October 7, 2015, 7:39 am | # | Reply

      Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm
      Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm
      Once there was this kid who
      Got into an accident and couldn’t come to school
      But when he finally came back
      His hair had turned from black into bright white
      He said that it was from when
      The car had smashed so hard
      Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm
      Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm

      Sorry, all the mm’s and now I can’t get that Crash Test Dummies song out of my head.

  5. Coridimus
    Coridimus
    October 7, 2015, 12:40 am | # | Reply

    This is all gonna blow up is somebody’s face. Badly.

    • Hentzy
      Hentzy
      October 7, 2015, 3:02 pm | # | Reply

      Part of the risk of having adventurers unwittingly further your schemes. You’d think Iwatani would take the hint from the fact that he’s still alive and vertebrate, and quit or get another batch of unwitting pawns while he still is/has ahead.

  6. Ain
    Ain
    October 7, 2015, 12:43 am | # | Reply

    Well this isn’t going to go well. All aboard the “It’s a Trap” train.

    • chantelune
      chantelune
      October 7, 2015, 3:19 am | # | Reply

      Nah, I’m pretty sure Iwatani is an actual guy. Oh wait, did you meant E-merl ?

      • Anon E Moose
        Anon E Moose
        October 7, 2015, 5:16 am | # | Reply

        Lol

      • biggmac
        biggmac
        October 7, 2015, 7:45 am | # | Reply

        I had to trans-port myself to the TV to get your joke

      • Lirazel
        Lirazel
        October 7, 2015, 4:01 pm | # | Reply

        Well played!

  7. Lord Vyse
    Lord Vyse
    October 7, 2015, 12:55 am | # | Reply

    Brilliant planning by our heroes, let’s leave our friend who has lost the love of his life in a bar with a cultist book. I am sure only great things will come of this.

    • Ishmael
      Ishmael
      October 7, 2015, 1:02 am | # | Reply

      Eh. How much damage could a shit elf do?

      • Rukduk
        Rukduk
        October 7, 2015, 2:51 am | # | Reply

        Good sir, may I point you to a little book called “The Silmarilion”?

      • Psolo Ghoti
        Psolo Ghoti
        October 7, 2015, 5:14 pm | # | Reply

        Half elf, thankyouverymuch. Best was the shit elf.

        • wolfpax
          wolfpax
          October 7, 2015, 8:59 pm | # | Reply

          Not just the shit elf, but the best.

          • Thrawcheld
            Thrawcheld
            October 8, 2015, 5:49 pm | # | Reply

            Best put “the shit” into “the shit elf”.

  8. Ishmael
    Ishmael
    October 7, 2015, 1:02 am | # | Reply

    It’d be hilarious if E-Merl got so drunk during all this that he didn’t even remember making a deal the next morning.

    • T Campbell
      T Campbell
      October 7, 2015, 2:34 pm | # | Reply

      Kind of like a role-reversed City Lights.

    • Stabbers N' Shankers
      Stabbers N' Shankers
      October 8, 2015, 12:24 pm | # | Reply

      Gren…I mean e-Merl won’t remember this.

  9. Rukduk
    Rukduk
    October 7, 2015, 2:57 am | # | Reply

    Merl, I don’t know if death can cheat. And I’m pretty sure he/she gets very, very upset with his/her helpers if they do.
    Death (to digital death monster summoned by cultists): Now. I’m going to leave you alone to think about what you’ve done while I go attempt to reconfigure this girl’s soul.
    Death monster: *whimpers*
    Death: And believe me, when I come back, you will regret the instant your very essence popped into existence.

  10. Fargo!
    Fargo!
    October 7, 2015, 3:08 am | # | Reply

    So, saw the Guilded Age booth at a con two weeks ago, that I went to obligingly with my gf. Was like, I think I’d might like this comic. Bought the first book, finished it, just finished reading it all. Wowzees, this is my favorite thing ever.

    • Psolo Ghoti
      Psolo Ghoti
      October 7, 2015, 5:16 pm | # | Reply

      Welcome aboard!

  11. biggmac
    biggmac
    October 7, 2015, 8:00 am | # | Reply

    Iwatani: “Some day – and that day may never come – I may ask you to do a service for me. But until then, consider this a wedding present for you.”
    E-Merl: ” Wrong movie. I don’t need a Godfather. I need Reanimator.”

    • Psolo Ghoti
      Psolo Ghoti
      October 7, 2015, 5:17 pm | # | Reply

      “Herbert West, at your service!”

      Nothing can go wrong.

  12. l33tninja
    l33tninja
    October 7, 2015, 12:40 pm | # | Reply

    For whatever happens to E-merl: I blame Frigg, Sundar, and Best for walking out on him while he was drunk when they KNOW the adventurers are targets. Not that they had to protect him from Iwatani, but that they would leave him at all in that state is pretty stupid.

  13. Lingo
    Lingo
    October 7, 2015, 1:55 pm | # | Reply

    I didn’t think they even HAD “archwizards” in this universe. Why doesn’t the adventurers’ guild have an archwizard? They could use a Vaarsuvius.

    • T Campbell
      T Campbell
      October 7, 2015, 2:36 pm | # | Reply

      Since Iwatani mentioned just one, I’m pretty sure he’s talking about a Sky Elf colleague of his that sometimes goes by “Archmage.”

  14. Potato Patato Von Spudsworth III
    Potato Patato Von Spudsworth III
    October 7, 2015, 2:26 pm | # | Reply

    Seems legit.

  15. tejón
    tejón
    October 7, 2015, 4:13 pm | # | Reply

    Is it just me, or does Panel 2 Iwatani look drawn specifically to address the discussion last comic surrounding this rendition?

    • John Waltrip
      John Waltrip
      October 7, 2015, 11:43 pm | # | Reply

      nah… it’s just you. ;-)

      • tejón
        tejón
        October 9, 2015, 3:37 am | # | Reply

        I’ll get you next time, Waltrip! Next time!

  16. Cleiton
    Cleiton
    October 7, 2015, 6:17 pm | # | Reply

    Nice symbolism. “Enter my web” said the spider to the fly.

    • Stabbers N' Shankers
      Stabbers N' Shankers
      October 8, 2015, 12:27 pm | # | Reply

      He also pretty much said “No offense, but you suck and my guy is better.” Kinda harsh, even if it is true.

    • Benedikt
      Benedikt
      October 9, 2015, 8:51 am | # | Reply

      Well spotted. It’s also a very nice segway to the next page.

  17. Minando
    Minando
    October 8, 2015, 8:04 am | # | Reply

    You could save her…with a little help from the dark side of the force.

  18. SteggySaurus
    SteggySaurus
    October 8, 2015, 9:42 am | # | Reply

    Weirdly enough, I always think it’s unfair whenever I die in a MMO as well.

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