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!
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.
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.
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.
Demon Studies
Miyuli
Four students summon and study potentially dangerous demons within the walls of the mysterious Summerland University.
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...
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!
Goblins
Ellipsis
A fantasy RPG as told through the eyes of the low-level monsters.
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.
Atomic Robo
Brian Clevinger, Scott Wegener
The robot punches monsters and bad robots and one time he was a cowboy.
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.
Sunshine Boy
Moosopp
New-kid Kelly is sweet but naive. Luckily, he's got his outgoing neighbor Grey in his corner.
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...
Knights Errant
J.R. Doyle
Wilfrid's humble quest for revenge becomes bigger and bloodier by the day.
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?
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.)
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!
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.
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.
2 Slices
RJ Morel
After a case of mistaken identity, will awkward Daisuke find help from excitable Mamo, or will his love life be thrown completely off track?
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
No End
Erli, Kromi
A queer romance about people attempting to build lives in a cold, post-apocalyptic world ravaged by hordes of undead.
Nerf Now!!
Josué Pereira
A cute webcomic about fanservice, video games, and... love. Mostly video games, though.
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.
Whomp!
Ronnie
A depressed, portly, hirsute anime fan stumbles through life in the ever-pursuit of chicken nuggets and other life-shortening indulgences.
Far to the North
Allison Shaw
Kelu turns to the monsters of her remote mountain home when her family is held hostage by outsiders.
[un]Divine
Ayme
A highschool senior thought giving up his soul for a demon was a good idea. It wasn't.
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.
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.
Shaderunners
Alex Assan, Lin Darrow
A ragtag band of bootleggers open a speakeasy for bottled colour in the greyscale city of Ironwell.
Anacrine Complex
Sae Cotton
A superhuman heist involving probably too many pigeons than entirely necessary.
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!
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.
Lighter Than Heir
Melissa Albino
A young Volant woman joins the military in an effort to upstage her war-hero father.
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.
Wilde Life
Pascalle Lepas
Oscar decided to rent an old haunted house, and that's when things got weird...
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.
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!
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.
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!
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.
Real Science Adventures
Brian Clevinger
Spin off stories and other adventures from the world of Atomic Robo!
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.
Star Trip
Gisele Weaver
Jas is a human taken from her home planet on a trip across the galaxy she will never forget.
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.
Cyanide & Happiness
Explosm
Satire, dark humor and surreal humor.
Awaken
Koti Saavedra/Flipfloppery
Superpowers, monsters and conspiracies. Piras, the spoiled Dameschi heir, fights to recover his identity after becoming a terrorist!
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.
They are used strictly as an artistic choice for the set dressing of the comic.
Gosh Goblaurence. Yeah it’s not that they’re directly related or anything.
They’re not. Magda’s uncle was Baldy McBeefcake.
… who?
I considered searching the tags for that but, you know. It’s not exactly GA style. Almost, but not exactly.
The dead mystic with the bald head and the muscles that Frigg drooled over in her dream quest thing. Baldy McBeefcake.
That’s not his actual name.
Cliff Rockslide IIRC
Close enough
I suspect Penk can’t find a suitable argument to Frigg’s reasoning no matter how hard he tries.
Seeing as how he dove into a volcano to become Tectonicus’ avatar I doubt the fires of hell would bother him one bit.
He could tell her it probably would have been best for her to wear the coat under the armor.
It occurs to me that the winter elves may be of short stature overall, similar to Santa’s elves.
Seems likely, and Weo is probably not as young as Syr’nj assumes.
I was just thinking the same thing; that we got a Santa’s elves kinda reference.
They’d be Keebler elves, but in testing it was too hard for players to click on them for quests.
People/Creatures who live in constantly cold climates tend to grow smaller- unless there’s a benefit with being big. It’s all about less height/width so less of your body is open to the elements- and thicker to keep the warmth from easily escaping.
If you haven’t noticed already, I like the rational explanation -for using a smaller body in cold climates- just as much.
Actually it’s really the other way around. The colder a region is, the bigger a species becomes. If you look at two of the same species from different regions, in the colder parts they are generally larger. Deer are a great example of this.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bergmann%27s_rule
Being smaller means quadratically less surface area, but cubically less mass (and thus body heat). In cold climates, you ideally want to be a large furry sphere.
Imagin syr`nj’s surprise when she learns they are all that small and for centuries people have mistaken them for dwarves from afar and persued no further.
Nobody wanted to investigate a known desert-faring people being in the arctic regions.
Gotta say, when it comes to factions working together? I think I prefer Yavin and Rishi. Much less metal freezing to sensitive bits in the jungle, the mighty jungle.
Plus the bird people on Rishi are a lot nicer.
“Could it be a trap?”
Penk, you’re supposed to be smart. You’re dealing with basically omniscient dudes here. Anything you do or don’t do could be trapped.
I always think everything could be a trap. That is why I am still alive.
Correlation is n… y’know what, never mind, I think this is a trap.
Admiral Akbar agrees.
…Even if I don’t…
It’s questionable how much he knows, or believes of what he has heard, about the Winter Elves.
In that context it’s an understandable reaction.
he’s dealing with people who claim to be omniscient – something unsubstantiated as he also knows them as a fairy tale.
and just because someone can see the future doesn’t mean their not using said skill to find the next moron willing to follow you off a cliff or march into the stewpot XD
Weo. Is. ADORABLE.
Don’t fall for it. That first panel? Pure villain pose.
I’m getting a strong Iwatani vibe here.
I did as well, but that’s because that first panel I was very confused and for a moment thought it was Iwatani’s kid that was there.
We don’t have a lot of plot evidence to support the Winter Elves being malevolent, in fact we have a lot to indicate the opposite is true. Either way, all we can do is wait and see.
Basically a Miniwatani.
What other options do they have? All I’m really seeing is “go back to the World’s Rebellion and hope Harky will accept the wood elves as a new Rebellion race and let renegade humans stick around,” which strikes me as unlikely to be popular with anyone–not the Rebellion, not the wood elves, not anyone except maybe King Iwatani, who would love to be easily able to classify all his enemies as “savages.” The five* of them cannot overthrow Gastonia.
*I’m not counting Bandit; she’s not there. Nor am I counting Best, for reasons which he’ll be pleased to scream at you while trying to choke you if they’re insufficiently obvious.
It could be a trap, but since they’re precognizant, not following might be the trap.
If they know that you know, that they know, then they know that you know and you know that they will know, so…y’know?
Because knowing is 1/32nd of the battle?
The other 31/32 of the battle is blood & death…
Good thing it’s not a Windows Elf. I heard they’re penguin killers.
Yeah, there have been some bad Apples ru(i)nning the Windows creed.
And in the Winter Elves’ abode, Best will find… The Pick of De$tiny.
Does that mean he will have to face down Beelzeboss in a rockoff?
Nah, Frigg will take care of Best’s rockoff.
That’s good. Because until now he’s just been the Prick of De$tiny.
frigg, classy as usual XD
It’s the f’n cold!
Northern Tundra born and raised
Ice flows is where I spent most of my days
Chillin, freezin, being all cool
shootin some direwolves outside of the school
When a couple of peacemakers who were up to all good
Started making avalanches in my neighborhood
I got in one little introductory meeting and they didn’t get scared
So I said “come along let’s get outta the cold air”
You win comments. I wish this comment section had an upvote system
If they are all so cold how is it that Best who is topless with no boots or winter gear is fine? Would let it slide but Frigg who is just as angry is complaining of cold Best guess he’s part winter elf.
Best is always a cold hearted beast, and a cool bastard.
He probably isn’t, but he literally spawned, screamed at byron and wrestled him through an avalanche, and then got knocked out on this page by Frigg. I imagine the warmth he previously had as WAV hadn’t had a lot of time to leave his muscle memory, and his anger was keeping him from feeling the environment.
During all of that time, Best was only shy of berserking by one demonic possession.
Best would’ve possessed the demon.
So all they needed to do all along to find the Winter Elves was look down?
Look down. Look down. To look them in the eye.
Look down. Look down. Now follow lest you die.
Frigg always gets the best lines. :-)
Am I the only one imagining Weo having Mickey Mouse’s voice?
Well NOW I am!
Nips so hard she can defend herself with them by channeling her power through them.
I love Frigg’s practical approach to things. Yes, it could be a trap. But since the alternative is standing out there and literally freezing to death, no point in arguing.
Typo in panel 2: “B’ail Vezk” should be “B’ial Vezk”
B’ail Vezk is what you pay to get out of J’ail.
This is an MMORPG, not a game of Monopoly…
Aren’t you a little short for a sto… mystical Elf of the North?
“Oh, we just call ourselves that. Nobody would take Winter GNOMES seriously unless the world was coming to an end.”
De$tiny is my favorite female R&B artist.
Don’t those winter elves’ ears get frostbitten when they don’t put their hoods up?
I suddenly want Guilded Age Facebook stickers so I can have one of DE$TINY.
Yay Pathfinder!
Can I nominate Best’s “de$tiny” face in panel nine to be added to the pool of random Gravatar images?
Been following GA right from the start. It still seems unreal that we’ve been through 44! chapters!
With the phrase “Feels like I’ve been waiting here forever”, emphasis on forever, I wouldn’t be surprised if Weo had literally been standing there for years.
We can’t see the quest marker that had her pinned in place, ’cause it’s too far over her head.
I’m willing to walk into hell itself to unfreeze her tits too.
I love how quickly the two groups basically just go “Well, ok, I guess we cool, now.”
Pun only half intended.
I suspect before all this is done Harky is going to be killed and the Champions outcast from that faction, as well. The two guilds are going to be all each other can rely on, ultimately.
Well the only reason they were fighting is because they were on opposite sides of the war. Now one has no side and the other is led by someone who isn’t just willing to kill everyone on the other sides race
They even got Best to chill-axe
An easily missed but critical part of this page is that dollar sign in the ‘DE$TINY’ pop up right above Best.
Another piece of evidence that Best is NOT a hero like the others; he’s a selfish glory-seeking attention whore who wants to use ‘being seen by all as The Hero’ as a shortcut to fame, money and pussy.
He does wanna do something “destiny” related tho. Gotta remember he had all 3 of those before and he was miserable
He didn’t have fame or a ton of money, just women. He was comfortable but realized that he NEEDS more than comfort: he needs status, he needs the ‘masses’ to see how superior he is to them and praise him for it. He’s just another despicable heartless egomaniac driven by greed and arrogance, nothing more.
He wants to have a meaningful, important destiny above all else . . . Which I mean, isn’t an awful thing to want. This all started with the prophecy, which gave him the confidence to become the asshole we all know today. It’s a matter of wanting purpose, I suppose. And that’s fine. He’s just an asshole about it and in denial about everything because he can’t POSSIBLY do wrong, right?
or how the prophesy wasn’t even about him in the first place
I disagree, I think he’s always just wanted to become FAMOUS and get the perks (money + pussy) that go with fame. When he heard the prophecy his mind made the connection that if he FULFILLED this ‘heroic destiny’ he would become instantly famous in a simple easy manner. He doesn’t care about doing anything truly meaningful or helping the world really, he just wants everyone to praise and adore him. He’s just an egomaniac, not a hero by any stretch of thought.
“Easily missed”? Really?
I admit a more accurate word would be easily ‘overlooked’ or ‘ignored’. Are you happy now Mr. troll?
*raises single eyebrow*
It’s not exactly a secret that Best is in it for the fame and glory. If the dollar sign is overlooked, it’s because it isn’t the least bit surprising, not because it’s subtle.
Apparently that’s not exactly well-known because I’ve seen several people here refer to him as being ‘heroic’, so I didn’t think my comment was superfluous. If it was for you I can only say ‘pardon’ and recommend that you not read my comments in the future. Thanks.
You’re (were?) in intense mode again, I see. :-/
Best is really excited to be on his way to his De$tiny. It’s been a very long time since he’s been with his most expensive lady friend.
Best’s face is … best.
The hair looks like a throwback to Erica Henderson’s original design. Nice!
Rana and Goblaurence remind me of Nite Owl and Rorschach.
I see Goblaurence much more as the Comedian to Rana’s Rorschach.
I’m really looking forward to an extended conversation between Penk and Syr’nj. I think they’ll get along swimmingly.