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!
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.
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.
Atomic Robo
Brian Clevinger, Scott Wegener
The robot punches monsters and bad robots and one time he was a cowboy.
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.
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.
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.
Anacrine Complex
Sae Cotton
A superhuman heist involving probably too many pigeons than entirely necessary.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
Knights Errant
J.R. Doyle
Wilfrid's humble quest for revenge becomes bigger and bloodier by the day.
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.
Tiger, Tiger
Petra Nordlund
A young noble lady steals her brother's identity and his ship to find love and adventure, and to write a book about the fascinating life cycle of sea sponges!
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.
Cyanide & Happiness
Explosm
Satire, dark humor and surreal humor.
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.
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!
Far to the North
Allison Shaw
Kelu turns to the monsters of her remote mountain home when her family is held hostage by outsiders.
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!
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.
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.
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...
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.
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.
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!
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?
Sunshine Boy
Moosopp
New-kid Kelly is sweet but naive. Luckily, he's got his outgoing neighbor Grey in his corner.
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.
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.
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!
Lighter Than Heir
Melissa Albino
A young Volant woman joins the military in an effort to upstage her war-hero father.
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.
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.
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.
El Goonish Shive
Dan Shive
WARNING: This comic often ignores the Laws of Physics
Wilde Life
Pascalle Lepas
Oscar decided to rent an old haunted house, and that's when things got weird...
Awaken
Koti Saavedra/Flipfloppery
Superpowers, monsters and conspiracies. Piras, the spoiled Dameschi heir, fights to recover his identity after becoming a terrorist!
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.)
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.
Whomp!
Ronnie
A depressed, portly, hirsute anime fan stumbles through life in the ever-pursuit of chicken nuggets and other life-shortening indulgences.
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.
Real Science Adventures
Brian Clevinger
Spin off stories and other adventures from the world of Atomic Robo!
[un]Divine
Ayme
A highschool senior thought giving up his soul for a demon was a good idea. It wasn't.
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...
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?
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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3200 days?
It’s been about 3,198 or so as of today.
Just under 8 and 3/4 years. Early September 2009. Which, if I’m doing the calculation right, puts the ending tomorrow, rather than either today or Friday, so either it’s not EXACTLY 3200 days, or I’ve screwed up the calculation…
It started on September 4th 2009, so adding 3200 days to thay comes to June 8th 2018.
The end is near.
*sob*
It’s funny, I’ve been reading this comic since the very beginning, although I didn’t comment for the longest time. I hadn’t realize that I started reading this comic around the same time Champions Online launched. Ten years goes by so quickly.
An eyeblink and an eternity. Time is a peculiar thing, long in the unfolding, but swift in the passing. Seeming straight, but bent, perhaps curving back on itself.
I’m not crying, you’re crying!
Ah, so I did do the calculation wrong.
*starts panicking* o_O
I wasn’t here for all of those days, just most of them. I had done a special “surprise guest page” for Thanksgiving, which turned out to be my own “demo reel” you might say. Phil and T liked it. They were looking for someone to fill Erica’s shoes, and I was looking for something to do, so…
I started on chapter 8 page 5, November 30, 2010. That page went up on Dec. 6th. It was a Monday. And it looks like I’ll be finishing on a Friday. Appropriate. ;-)
I remember your surprise guest page ( http://guildedage.net/comic/guest-page-john-waltrip ) as if it had been last week. You used Mont St. Michel as a reference. Thanks for the great (almost) eight years!
Guys, LEAP DAYS.
Hrmn. Annunziata’s a bit of a Karma houdini here.
Not if Gralor kills him.
Even if it kills him. Maybe even more so – to die doing the thing you love most, in the sea, at the helm of your own ship, fighting against impossible odds… Even if dear admiral shall perish, he will go in blaze of glory, leaving a legend behind. Not many people even in his world can mark that on their bucket list.
He’s going to be killed by the monster he neglected to contribute to the defeat of back when he was in charge of the Navy. Can’t be a proper Karma Houdini if you die to poetic justice.
Plus nobody will know what happened to him. If Gralor destroys the ship, he and the sailors of that ship will be lost to the inky depths with no one the wiser…
…that is unless of course Rendar’s ship happens to spot the fight and decide to intervene.
If they intervened, would it be on Annunziata’s side or on Gralor’s?
In my mind’s eye I picture Best playing some beast charming tunes to calm Gralor down. And then once, Gralor leaves, the airship crew flips the admiral the bird and flies away.
Braggadocio would definitely attack Gralor. When they were talking to Byron about leaving, Braggadocio’s mental image had him fighting just such a beast. And it would certainly help restore his appetite.
Presuming this is not a patrol armada; nobody knows where they went – basically, if he commandeered the ship; Rendar’s crew is composed of blind, deaf degenerats; nobody beside Rendar and co is watching him right now – which, given discrepancy between his previous career and policy stand, and his current placement behind the helm of the ship, however disciplinary of a task it may be, is more than likely; and, if Gralgor sinks the admiral before proposed intervention, Best shows himself as complete unrepentant arsehole.
Too much presumptions for my taste.
Then he would become a character of a cautionary tale – a saga of sorts. Like, say, Beowulf, or Gilgamesh. And ‘The Fall of Annunziata’ would be recited by hundreds of generations.
I just realized that Webmetz called this: http://guildedage.net/comic/ask-an-adventurer-life-at-sea-is-preferable/ .
(Do a find on the comment section for “kraken”.)
Even if it does at least he outlasted the rest of his peers.
It somehow warms the cockles of my heart that he’s out there living a life of adventure, like he always said he wanted to.
That first panel is one heck of a character callback.
Hmm, I could’ve sworn those two also showed up around Fightopia, but the tags don’t show them there.
Aha, I’m right! They’re just tagged Emory and Henry there. http://guildedage.net/comic/chapter-23-page-1/
They were going through a phase at the time, metaphorically speaking
Look, up in the sky!
Kobolds!
Home~
Music?
Life
Seaaaaaaa
No, wait, it’s almost…
Oh, the sharks. Right. They existed…
Ye gods, they discovered music. THEY’RE LEARNING! RUN!
The Jaws theme isn’t going to invent itself, you know.
Gralor!!!
Oh and HAMMERHEAD! I asked for him the other day. And what’s he doing? Eating. Of course he is. It would be newsworthy if he WEREN’T eating.
Om Nom Nom
I’m curious as to WHAT he’s eating.
I’m curious to WHO he’s eating…
My question preCISEly!
Now if someone were eating him, THAT would be newsworthy.
I can’t expect all loose ends to be resolved, but I hope we see what happened to Rana.
I want to see what was the glow Bandit was seeing in her last panel.
The sun.
Fair enough. I had the impression it was something else. But that was just wishful thinking on my part. I tend to associate the yellow glow with Rachel. ;-)
Silly land sharks, you can’t devour music.
Someone obviously hasn’t been watching the Family-Ness.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaCzbqdFS24
I think the land sharks are developing a bit of their own culture, I don’t recall them having any interest in music before.
I can almost imagine HAMMERHEAD’s become lost among his own people.
…But I don’t want it to end.
All good things must come to an end.
…so better things have a chance to begin.
Alright, you all heard it here folks, Better Things were promised!
XD
Yeah, we still haven’t seen a spin-off featuring Goblaurance and Auraugu Goes to White Castle.
Yar, squiddy. I got nothing against ya but I heard there was diamonds in yer belly.
It’s been a great ride, folks.
yes…
yes it has.
So the next page will be the last? I’m going to miss this comic, but I must say I have enjoyed every bit of the ride. :D
“Stop eating my ship!!”
“Wha-? ‘Eating?’ ‘Ship?’ We’re making out here! Mind your own business, this is private!! (C’mon, Baby… Let’s ditch these barnacles.)”
The next is the last? Really??? D: I was enjoying all the follow-ups! I still, for SOME REASON, wanna know about Rana, and Weo, and godammit, Best’s grave is still confusing me!
Everybody wants to be a shark
because a shark’s the only shark
who’ll eat any carc-
ass
Everybody’s grabbing on to the same sirloin
while kicking each other in the groin
A shark with a horn
makes you wish you weren’t born
everytime he plays
And with a bone in his throat
from the leg of a goat
he’ll make anybody deaf for days
I heard some feral wolves who tried to howl
Still, a shark’s the only shark
who knows how to growl
Who wants to hunt with a bite that’s tamer than the bark
when everybody wants to be a shark?
This has been a truly excellent adventure — true to the gamer culture, true to hardboiled noir mysteries, and true to the strangely gentle ethics at the heart of some of the most violent games.
I’m going to miss the odd symmetry of Gravedust and Frigg most, I think.
Well done, authors and artists. I fully agree with Lirazel. You did an amazing job, with full stories, character development, unique art and character design. 10/10, would read again! :)
So the comic ends with Gungier and Avidro?
what an adventure it has been ♥