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!
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.
The Din
Karin (Karrey)
The Din changed the world, mankind & its technology. Gregg Emilio dreams of flying in a sky that hasn't carried airplanes in a century.
Never Satisfied
Taylor Robin
Lucy Marlowe, a magician's apprentice, competes against other apprentices for an important, magical, Goverment Job.
Wilde Life
Pascalle Lepas
Oscar decided to rent an old haunted house, and that's when things got weird...
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.
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.
No Need for Bushido
Suburban Samurai, J W Kovell
The flash of a blade, the clash of steel! A runaway princess and her samurai companion navigate a fractured country on the brink of war.
The Hunter of Insania
Aoi Maneki
Wiol Alkko sells fake magical objects to those desperate for cures. When he tries to scam a real witch, she curses him: within a year, Wiol must learn and respect magic, or succumb to corruption of body and mind.
El Goonish Shive
Dan Shive
WARNING: This comic often ignores the Laws of Physics
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.
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.
Parisa
Ellen K
Two friends, Nolan and Gwen, take it upon themselves to escort the amnesiac spirit Lelief across the world of Parisa.
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!
Starhammer
J.N. Monk, Harry Bogosian
A teen girl inherits a powerful alien artifact and proceeds to make a series of increasingly poor decisions
Lighter Than Heir
Melissa Albino
A young Volant woman joins the military in an effort to upstage her war-hero father.
Laws and Sausages
Zach Weinersmith
Your cartoon guide to the American governement!
[un]Divine
Ayme
A highschool senior thought giving up his soul for a demon was a good idea. It wasn't.
Knights Errant
J.R. Doyle
Wilfrid's humble quest for revenge becomes bigger and bloodier by the day.
Sufficiently Remarkable
Maki Naro
Two young women living in Brooklyn discover that you're always coming of age.
Peritale
Mari Costa
A fairy godmother with no magic tries her best to successfully fulfill a Fairytale and win the respect of her peers.
Novae
KaiJu
A historical romance with a touch magic and a dash of astronomy. It chronicles the romantic adventures of Sulvain, a sweet tempered necromancer and Raziol, a passionate 17th century astronomer.
Helvetica
J.N. Wiedle
This story follows Helvetica's quest to uncover who he was in life, his existential crises, and his struggle to to make death worth living.
Little Red & Wolf
Aoi Maneki
Delve into the daily lives of two famous fairytale characters, and their adventures in this big weird world we all live in.
Manly Guys Doing Manly Things
Kelly Turnbull
A weekly comic celebrating the finer things in life. Like manly men, lumberjacks, and time traveling special ops agents.
Atomic Robo
Brian Clevinger, Scott Wegener
The robot punches monsters and bad robots and one time he was a cowboy.
Awaken
Koti Saavedra/Flipfloppery
Superpowers, monsters and conspiracies. Piras, the spoiled Dameschi heir, fights to recover his identity after becoming a terrorist!
Ozzie the Vampire
Eric Lide
Ozzie and her best friend Kimmy are your average everyday normal art students – except one is an immortal vampire with superpowers and the other possesses a magic talking grimoire. Also they have to save their town from a demonic invasion.
The Mash
L.F. Garcia, Danigami
In a world shrouded in mystery and threatened by great evil,a young mummy prince will use his new life to unite with other monster children to save it.
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!
The Glass Scientists
Sage (S.H.) Cotugno
A gaslamp fantasy comic about the life and times of a ragtag group of mad scientists and their enigmatic leader, Dr. Henry Jekyll.
Elephant Town
Danielle Corsetto
The long, slow tale of Kris, Paul, Berto and Mirando, four people who live in the same creaky old house, but don't know each other. New chapter updates every 2 months.
Demon Street
Aliza Layne
Two kids explore a world full of monsters and magic trying to find their way home again. But when home has been stolen from you, where do you go to get it back?
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?
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.
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!
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".
Anarchy Dreamers
Emily Ree
Sparkly undead kids fight society's worst Nightmares in this pastel-punk urban fantasy coming-of-age!
Real Science Adventures
Brian Clevinger
Spin off stories and other adventures from the world of Atomic Robo!
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.
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!
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.
Heroes of Thantopolis
Izzy Strontium Hall
A living boy fights to save the City of the Dead.
Sister Claire
Yamino
In the troubled aftermath of a great war between Witches and her fellow Nuns, novice Sister Claire just wants a purpose.
Star Trip
Gisele Weaver
Jas is a human taken from her home planet on a trip across the galaxy she will never forget.
Awkward Zombie
Katie Tiedrich
Gags and goofs about videogames and the things that happen in them.
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.
Cyanide & Happiness
Explosm
Satire, dark humor and surreal humor.
Nerf Now!!
Josué Pereira
A cute webcomic about fanservice, video games, and... love. Mostly video games, though.
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.
Witchy
Ariel Slamet Ries
In the witch kingdom Hyalin, the strength of your magic is determined by the length of your hair.
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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I am trying to come up with something relevant to say but all I can think of is FIRST POST FIRST POST FIRST POST
You just have to resist the temptation to be a responsible first-poster.
He rolled a 1.
In the grand scheme of things first posts are irrelevant… and comments remarking “first” are also irrelevant. Not good. Not bad.
On the flipside, many of the things that people do in comments sections regularly without even the hint of criticism from others… or worse yet, encouraged… are far worse.
I had thought Byron was the leader, but Syr’nj is doing the talking so I guess she is? And I don’t really get the textover joke. Sorry.
Well, Syr’nj probably isn’t party LEADER per se..but something tells me she has the best diplomacy scores out of the lot of them. , not to mention the highest overall intelligence. Makes her the natural choice for party mouthpiece.
Really? I got the impression that Byron had the best diplomacy skills. At the very least, he’s the best at dealing with clients.
She’s former (or possibly current) military- she probably just immediately started barking responses in “SIR YES SIR!” format the moment a uniformed officer asked a question, and everyone else in the group decided that her stepping forward saved them the trouble of all stepping back simultaneously.
Given the situation, a party’s leaders or spokesmen often emerge without being appointed.
Or even agreed upon…
Yup, if you look at her she’s standing at attention. Totally military lol
And I doubt her diplomacy scores are that high, I mean, she’s a wood elf who are generally hated, if I understand correctly.
That makes sense. Thanks for reminding me, Texas. It also makes Dusty’s expression more understandable.
yeah, she was the medic in that introduction sequence, so she’s the only one who’s technically not a random mercenary…
Got the Nintendo references. Iwata, Miyamoto… not sure what Pardo is a reference to.
I believe Syr’nj has ties to the Gastonian military, being a field medic and all, which is why she’s representing the group.
Rob Pardo works for Blizzard. As far as I can tell, no other people named Pardo have anything to do with video games.
Bandit!
Rude!
What?
Thief!
Ragamuffin!
Dolt!
IT IS NOW OFFICIALLY BANDIT TIME
PREPARE FOR THE ROBBING MIDGET RAMPAGE
Bandit is my favourite character.
So Payet is really gone? But he was the best!
I demand more ultraviolent primadonas
Syr’nj is defiantly a soldier
She is definitely not defiant… quite the subservient soldier here, in fact :)
Hey, remember how she stood up to her kin and said to help humans understand nature rather than destroy it? That’s pretty defiant.
Being ‘defiant’ with a superior officer isn’t the best way to do things, I think Syr’nj already proved she’s no push over.
She is for sure military, but not enlisted, her responses are not just yes sir/no sir. She gives both accurate cause (who made the chain of kids) and reason (who they don’t want to be around) for the situation that ended the adventure. I think she was an officer, not an Lt. though, they usaully don”t have the “experience” to give the right statement that keeps them out of the way of the giant ball rolling downhill. Or maybe a Senior NCO, elves age slowly, she could be old enough for that kind of experience. Anyone agree?
I love how actions actually have consequences outside of group dynamics. I’ve seen far too many “We did this epic shiz that also endangered civilians but we don’t get any flak for it” stories. Simply wonderful!
I love how frigg is holding her mace like she’s about to bash that dudes head in.
behind the back sneak attack style.
I like how the deer on the wall is watching Syr’nj, probably with the same disbelief as everyone else.
He’s thinkin’ “bitch be trippin’ yo!”.
You know, when you write it out on one page like that…that side quest did seem a little absurd. But, it was fun!
I love Frigg’s shield. It makes the tank in me giddy.
It looks like she’s carrying a door on her back :)
Frigg looks adorable!
I likewise have not truly expressed my appreciation for the rectangular slab of metal Frigg calls a shield.
It is basically all one really needs a shield to be.
I wonder if it were possible to make Bandit stand out any more? I mean, just in case someone didn’t notice her with her bright blond hair among all that muted grey background…
Also take note she seems to be listening in on the conversation with some interest while every one around her could care less.
I love your comic, it is excellent, but your story has ADD
They’re called ‘flashbacks.’ You may have heard of them.
Flash forwards, to be precise.
We have a bunch of flashers here!
*plays music to Ray Steven’s The Streak*
Don’t get me wrong, I love this comic, but there have been a lot of flashes, and not just in this chapter. It’s a bit disorienting.
With any luck, Syr’nj will run out of magnesium soon.
You say ADD like it’s a bad thing.
Byron is clearly checking to make sure that thing is still attached. Fortunate that he never took any hits to a vital area.
Great character feature of Syr’Nj that she defaults to Basic Training mode when getting called on the carpet by a Superior Officer, even if Captain Ross Valory there isn’t from the same military she was.
It’s always good to have one character in the group that has at least some basic military training. It greases the wheels in this kind of situation. Just like you should have one person with some Noble heritage, and someone from the streets. Even among members of the same race these types have a lingo all their own, and respond better to someone who speaks it.
+5 circumstance bonus, FTW.
Hahahah, Oh, you.
I must say that all these hops in time have starte to become annoying
they are following a regular format – the first few strips of each chapter are flashforwards. It’s a predictable well paced format, so I think it works fairly well :)
“Sir I was there and am still pinching myself, sir.”
A classic line if there ever was one!
Textover joke: Is this a Warcraft reference? Since Syr is a wood elf, and a female, and has military training…that seems to match up to the Night Elf Sentinels of World of Warcraft lore, to me at least.
In which case, yay! Because I am proud to admit to WoW addiction.
Also, I agree totally with Hopeless. That’s my kind of line!
Hehe, explain THAT with your science.
Syr’Nj looks so good standing at attention. :3
Also “musical warrior”. :P What a lovely way to formalize the term “bard”.
Hey, not every thing sounds better formalised. “Mentally unstable person we gave axes to” and “Person who acts as a volunteer mercenary because he believes dead people tell him to” sound a whole lot less lovely than “Berserker” & “Mystic”.
Don’t get me started on “Crusader”
I can just imagine Frigg’s reaction:
“What’s wrong with Crusader? you lookin’ at me? Bring it!”
Syr’Nj isn’t at attention. She’s actually at a mix between Attention and Parade Rest; her hands behind her back are the distinguishing feature.
I would say she’s simply standing there, in all her science/medic glory, doling out witty one-liners.
Any game where you actually have to report on your mission generally ends in hilarity. These things escalate very quickly. =D
One I was recently in (modern-day pulp setting), our mission was to investigate suspicious happenings in a southern French town, including possible links to legends of a local monster. The next day, our report began: “We are happy to report that we have killed the senator and defused his lycanthropy bomb. Regrettably, some of his werewolf guards fell out of the airship during evasive manoeuvres, and are currently in various locations around Paris.”
There was an entirely logical series of events that lead to us fighting werewolves in the sky five hundred miles from where we started, whilst on a routine investigation. Try explaining it to the boss, though. >.>
That’s the thing about RPG’s, if you try and explain the steps of your quest, it seems:
1. Awesome
2. Crazy
3. Crazy Awesome(a la TV Tropes, look it up.)
What about the flying continent? Were those sky elves underground the whole time then? Or was that a flash-forward?
Speaking of numbered lists, I can recall that most of the plans I create(much to the collective groans of the rest of the party) usually go like this:
1)Try to fight everyone.
2)???
3) Profit!
Have you tried entering the business of the Fantasy Black Market Organ Trade? I hear it’s quite lucrative, but you need to have inside knowledge (<PUN).
[facepalm]
And hey who cares how it got accomplished? The kids are safe, and that’s what counts.
Yeah! Who cares if one of the team threw them off a flying ship.
Well, in all fairness, that member was PROMPTLY thrown off said team. I think that goes a long way toward forgiveness.
Anyone notice or favorite little blonde in panel 2 is wearing manacles?
……Just throwing that out there… not her, the statement, midget tossing is not *snicker* right. ….OH GOD I CAN”T STOP LAUGHING NOW!!! LOL
Well, OBVIOUSLY she’s wearing manacles. She’s a tiny bandit, a runty rogue, a minute rapscallion, a hobbit housebreaker, a diminutive defalcator, a little larcenist, a compact kleptomaniac, a petite pickpocket, a stunted shoplifter!
Oh. And she’s a thief, too.
bets on those manacles not being locked?
I commend you for your verbosity sir.
Noted: when confronted with authority figures, the stick up every Wood Elf’s behind goes ramrod straight.
Maybe most of them are paladins then.
“Well, when you put it like that, you make it sound rediculous!”
tune in next week when frigg uses “you callin me a liar!?” as her battle cry and starts swinging.
then again i wonder if she has high enough intelligence to make that connection…
Funny that they old tell the officals about who had the idea to use the children as chain for the anchor but not who did killed the whole crew all alone. <.<
Well, when he put it like that it DOES sound like a good story… which it has been so far allright XD
My first comment, made perhaps decades after the comic is finished, and all I can think to say is how Frigg’s shield seems to get bigger as we go…