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

That's one suspicious-ass chair.

Chapter 43 – Page 7

on July 4, 2016
Chapter: Chapter 43
└ Tags: JJ Berten
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  1. JSStryker
    JSStryker
    July 4, 2016, 12:21 am | # | Reply

    When your attack is going well it’s an ambush!

    • Andreas Geisler
      Andreas Geisler
      July 4, 2016, 4:35 pm | # | Reply

      The best defense is an attack.
      And the best attack … is an ambush.

      • Andreas Geisler
        Andreas Geisler
        July 4, 2016, 4:36 pm | # | Reply

        ^battle of the chins

    • Frigg_Fanboi
      Frigg_Fanboi
      July 5, 2016, 7:10 am | # | Reply

      Make it too tough for the enemy to get in, and you won’t be able to get out.

  2. Souper
    Souper
    July 4, 2016, 1:25 am | # | Reply

    This page is deeply scary. Good job.

  3. beardedheathen
    beardedheathen
    July 4, 2016, 1:33 am | # | Reply

    [Your lockpicking has increased to 63]

    • wolfpax
      wolfpax
      July 4, 2016, 8:30 am | # | Reply

      (loud grunting as you gain a level)
      …do I raise stamina this level? The increased carry capacity could help with all the bodies…

  4. Chasey
    Chasey
    July 4, 2016, 2:01 am | # | Reply

    Oh no, oh no, oh no.
    I’m dying to know how they’re all gonna get out of this. Or, more likely, some of them.

    • biggmac
      biggmac
      July 4, 2016, 2:47 am | # | Reply

      They will distract JJ further with more sexy through-the-wall chatter. “OK, shove it in.” “It won’t fit!” “Well, FORCE it.” “If I put any more pressure on it, it’ll break!” “*sigh* OK, let’s empty it all out and try again. I swear all of these dominoes fit in this container when we started the game.”

    • Anon E Moose
      Anon E Moose
      July 4, 2016, 2:54 am | # | Reply

      They likely aren’t actually in the house at all. Keyword in this strip is ‘Go back to sleep’ when we already know they planned to leave that very evening. Whatever our Antagonist is hearing is not our heroes, but some form of ruse.

      Granted, they could be directly trying to divert him but I don’t imagine they’d even risk being in the same location as him after he already killed one of their own.

      • Chasey
        Chasey
        July 4, 2016, 12:40 pm | # | Reply

        Ahh, somehow I totally missed that super important part of the previous page. Damn me!
        Sweet, I’m far less worried now.

      • Talewinds
        Talewinds
        July 4, 2016, 2:18 pm | # | Reply

        Had a hunch about this, but forgot about their leaving in evening. Thanks for the heads up.

        Happy 4th, Yanks!

    • Insufferable Nerd
      Insufferable Nerd
      July 4, 2016, 6:54 am | # | Reply

      My bet’s on the voices being a recording. They’ve probably left some non-lethal trap for him, hopefully involving a discrete call to the police.

      • Insufferable Nerd
        Insufferable Nerd
        July 4, 2016, 6:55 am | # | Reply

        And a discreet call, too, because they don’t want their alarmbot screaming their intentions.

        I shouldn’t type comments so soon after waking up.

        • David Simon
          David Simon
          July 4, 2016, 12:21 pm | # | Reply

          Discreet mathematics know not to disturb the neighbors.

    • Sumgai
      Sumgai
      July 4, 2016, 4:13 pm | # | Reply

      I’m not entirely sure that’s Chrissie’s house…

  5. biggmac
    biggmac
    July 4, 2016, 2:42 am | # | Reply

    Actually, an ass chair is a stool. That seat is a suspicious-ass-and-back chair.

    • Nathanyel
      Nathanyel
      July 4, 2016, 2:47 am | # | Reply

      relevant xkcd

      • Psolo Ghoti
        Psolo Ghoti
        July 4, 2016, 5:39 pm | # | Reply

        There’s always a relevant xkcd.

      • Dana Son-of-Bear
        Dana Son-of-Bear
        July 5, 2016, 9:27 am | # | Reply

        That is exactly my thoughts, Nathanyel.

  6. anon
    anon
    July 4, 2016, 3:17 am | # | Reply

    Calling it now, the next panel: Micro Machines.

    • Armagrodden
      Armagrodden
      July 4, 2016, 10:05 am | # | Reply

      Well, he got into the house, but now he has to get past the flying paint cans on the stairs, the blowtorches in the doorways, and the floors mined with sharp objects.

  7. Fo Ren G
    Fo Ren G
    July 4, 2016, 3:34 am | # | Reply

    Last panel is just him singing that one 4 Non Blondes song, you know it.

    • Lexible
      Lexible
      July 4, 2016, 6:39 am | # | Reply

      Morphine and chocolate?

    • Psolo Ghoti
      Psolo Ghoti
      July 4, 2016, 5:23 pm | # | Reply

      Oh my god, does he pray!

  8. SteelRaven
    SteelRaven
    July 4, 2016, 3:50 am | # | Reply

    It’s pointless being stealthy with a mustache that demands attention!

  9. Jerry
    Jerry
    July 4, 2016, 4:32 am | # | Reply

    That last panel… I see a balding, melty face giant, wearing a toupee, who was bonked on the head and got a lump from it.
    O_- Need… to lay off… the booz.

  10. Emma
    Emma
    July 4, 2016, 7:04 am | # | Reply

    Amateurs. Every apartment dweller knows to twist the chain.

  11. Jean-Luc
    Jean-Luc
    July 4, 2016, 7:17 am | # | Reply

    If they’re all hoping to attack the darkness I doubt it’s gonna work.

    • Chris
      Chris
      July 5, 2016, 9:30 am | # | Reply

      I attack the darkness with Magic Missile!

  12. wolfpax
    wolfpax
    July 4, 2016, 8:35 am | # | Reply

    And then the giant metal shutters slam shut and lock, simultaneously revealing giant speakers. A record player in a armored box begins to spin and the needle drops down to play…THE HAMSTER DANCE!

    …but there was a twist! He loves the song! Their plan has been foiled again.

    • Psolo Ghoti
      Psolo Ghoti
      July 4, 2016, 5:38 pm | # | Reply

      You have given my life a new purpose. I shall go back in time to 1995 and infest the web with animated gifs of a dancing JJ Berten. They will be everywhere. By the year 2000, they will be forgotten. By 2005, they will reappear on top 10 lists of stupid things we used to do on the web. By 2010, they will be revived, repurposed, reinterpreted, retweeted. And the best part? When JJ Berten makes his first appearance in Guilded Age, the readers will say:

      “WTF dudes, you based the bad guy on that tired old meme?”

      • Speedy
        Speedy
        March 6, 2019, 1:59 pm | # | Reply

        Your brilliance astounds me.

  13. Pit Friend
    Pit Friend
    July 4, 2016, 10:04 am | # | Reply

    They tricked him into looking up and the floor is covered in Legos.

  14. Pengwen
    Pengwen
    July 4, 2016, 12:15 pm | # | Reply

    Nah, they clearly have a pre-recorded audio track playing upstairs. They’re long gone.

  15. jpnuar1
    jpnuar1
    July 4, 2016, 2:07 pm | # | Reply

    https://xkcd.com/37/

  16. EveryZig
    EveryZig
    July 4, 2016, 2:30 pm | # | Reply

    “Damn rats, scurrying eveywhere.”

  17. Kennerly
    Kennerly
    July 4, 2016, 9:28 pm | # | Reply

    Is this 3F? No? Damnit, I broke into the wrong apartment again!

  18. Mujaki
    Mujaki
    July 4, 2016, 10:38 pm | # | Reply

    And then they turn on the lights, pop up from behind the couch, and yell, “Surprise!”

    • zero
      zero
      July 5, 2016, 7:10 pm | # | Reply

      oh god, they remembered his Birthday, and now he’s so touched, he’ll join them on the run from himself.

  19. dragon
    dragon
    July 5, 2016, 12:49 am | # | Reply

    I have to imagine he chose the apartment beneath theirs on purpose. I wonder why.

  20. minando
    minando
    July 5, 2016, 5:36 am | # | Reply

    Aaaand now, back to the coloured world…

  21. Danzin
    Danzin
    July 6, 2016, 12:00 am | # | Reply

    *sigh* So I’m guessing JJ will have a kinda quick death by the end of this, as per norm in these stories, which is not even REMOTELY close to what this murdering piece of s*** deserves…oh well

    • Benedikt
      Benedikt
      July 6, 2016, 11:17 am | # | Reply

      I find this ways of dehumanising someone (even fictive characters) very interesting.

      • Danzin
        Danzin
        July 6, 2016, 1:59 pm | # | Reply

        This is not a morally grey area dude; remorseless assassins who know they are killing innocent people are basically just serial killers- they are as close to inhuman monsters as a person can possibly get and deserve the exact opposite of empathy (antipathy?)

        • Varorson
          Varorson
          July 6, 2016, 7:59 pm | # | Reply

          Apathy. The word you seek is apathy.

  22. minando
    minando
    July 6, 2016, 3:44 am | # | Reply

    He’s not armed. Interesting.

    • Varorson
      Varorson
      July 6, 2016, 7:59 pm | # | Reply

      What do you mean not armed?

      He’s got two big ones.

    • Speedy
      Speedy
      March 6, 2019, 2:05 pm | # | Reply

      He considers the bolt cutters a tool, not a weapon. Even when he’s using them to subtract digits.

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