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!
Goodbye to Halos
Valerie Halla
Cuddles, gay flirting, weird feelings, and magic-fueled knife fights - it's an adventure across the queer multiverse!
Sufficiently Remarkable
Maki Naro
Two young women living in Brooklyn discover that you're always coming of age.
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!
[un]Divine
Ayme
A highschool senior thought giving up his soul for a demon was a good idea. It wasn't.
Love Not Found
Gina Biggs
Abeille is on a quest to find someone who wants to do it the old-fashioned way in a time when touching has become outdated.
Sister Claire
Yamino
In the troubled aftermath of a great war between Witches and her fellow Nuns, novice Sister Claire just wants a purpose.
Kiwi Blitz
Mary Cagle (Cube Watermelon)
Steffi thinks she can use her kiwi mech to become a superhero. This idea turns out to be very stupid.
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.
This is Not Fiction
Nicole Mannino
What do you do when the person you're in-love with is an anonymous romance novelist? Get your best friend to hire your worst enemy for help!
El Goonish Shive
Dan Shive
WARNING: This comic often ignores the Laws of Physics
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.
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!
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.)
Bicycle Boy
Jackarais
A cyborg named Poet wakes up in the post-apocalyptic desert with no memory, no limbs, and no idea why he keeps getting punched.
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.
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.
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.
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!
Phantomarine
Claire K. Niebergall
A ghostly princess must sail across a haunted sea to save her soul from a devious, shapeshifting death god known as the Red Tide King.
Never Satisfied
Taylor Robin
Lucy Marlowe, a magician's apprentice, competes against other apprentices for an important, magical, Goverment Job.
Monsterkind
Taylor C
Wallace Foster, a young, bright-eyed human social worker, has his entire world view rocked when he's suddenly relocated into a city primarily inhabited by monsters.
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...
The Automan's Daughter
Mike Stamm
Aisha Osman and her uncle Siddig outwit bikers, spies and kidnappers while gearing up for a showdown with the formidable Widowmaker mecha.
Lilith's Word
inkPangur
If you had the power to make any wish come true using just one word, what would you say?
Wilde Life
Pascalle Lepas
Oscar decided to rent an old haunted house, and that's when things got weird...
Bybloemen
C.B. McPherson
An infernal plan to corrupt the small town of Stenen Brug at the height of tulipmania is complicated by a pact made between a talented young merchant and a demon looking to change careers.
Anarchy Dreamers
Emily Ree
Sparkly undead kids fight society's worst Nightmares in this pastel-punk urban fantasy coming-of-age!
Starhammer
J.N. Monk, Harry Bogosian
A teen girl inherits a powerful alien artifact and proceeds to make a series of increasingly poor decisions
Whomp!
Ronnie
A depressed, portly, hirsute anime fan stumbles through life in the ever-pursuit of chicken nuggets and other life-shortening indulgences.
Atomic Robo
Brian Clevinger, Scott Wegener
The robot punches monsters and bad robots and one time he was a cowboy.
Star Trip
Gisele Weaver
Jas is a human taken from her home planet on a trip across the galaxy she will never forget.
Awaken
Koti Saavedra/Flipfloppery
Superpowers, monsters and conspiracies. Piras, the spoiled Dameschi heir, fights to recover his identity after becoming a terrorist!
Nerf Now!!
Josué Pereira
A cute webcomic about fanservice, video games, and... love. Mostly video games, though.
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.
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 End
August Brown, Cory Brown
Two aliens crash a sci-fi convention and accidentally take seven nerds on an adventure that spans the galaxy!
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?
Kochab
Sarah Webb
A YA F/F fantasy comic about Sonya, a lost skier trying to survive a snowy wilderness and find her way back to her village; and Kyra - a fire spirit trying to fix the home that she let fall apart around her.
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".
Lighter Than Heir
Melissa Albino
A young Volant woman joins the military in an effort to upstage her war-hero father.
Cut Time
Juby
Rel and her trusty avian friend Fugue are on a quest to save a world that's lost track of time. Follow them and their new recruits, in a story written with help from the stars.
Star Impact
Jack McGee
A young, energetic woman fights her way up in the world of super-powered boxing after discovering the mighty gloves of her missing idol!
Godslave
Meaghan Carter
Edith has been thrown into the dangerous world of modern-day Egyptian mythology. Fighting monsters and dealing with family drama of godly proportions.
Paranatural
Zack Morrison
Superpowered middle schoolers fight evil spirits in their rural hometown. Come for the jokes, stay for the cast, the creatures, and the mystery that ties them all together!
Astral Aves
Moon Cabal
A fantasy coming-of-age following the adventures of Astra The Black and friends, as they navigate the mysterious world around them. It's politics, adventure, and the supernatural; oh, and crazy hair.
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.
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!
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.
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...
Cyanide & Happiness
Explosm
Satire, dark humor and surreal humor.
Cassiopeia Quinn
Gunwild, Psudonym
A cute, pantsless thief is pursued across the stars by a buttoned-up military officer in the spacey, laser-filled future.
Fireweeds Moors
Gato Iberico
A cat-headed man and a girl with a sandwich hankering accidentally end up in a myth-infused country where magic chalices are a really big thing.
Knights Errant
J.R. Doyle
Wilfrid's humble quest for revenge becomes bigger and bloodier by the day.
Alice and the Nightmare
Misha Krivanek
Alice finally attends University to learn to collect the dreams of humans, meet new friends, and deal with a pesky reflection along the way.
Real Science Adventures
Brian Clevinger
Spin off stories and other adventures from the world of Atomic Robo!
Caramel Corn
Potchimew
Sarah is the only human left in a world full of mythical creatures and monsters. All she wants to do is live a quiet life, but everything changes when she meets her guardian angel, Jacob.
Widdershins
Kate Ashwin
A series of light-hearted Victorian-era adventure stories featuring grumpy bounty hunters, accidental thiefkings, and more, in England's magical capital city Widdershins!
Tigress Queen
Allison Shaw
A barbarian warlord and a pampered prince try to avoid a marriage alliance that could end decades of violence.
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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Discussion (55) ¬
OH SHIT!
Hey, CBS changed their logo, too! Just like the Gap!
Oooohh! Looks like SOMEONE didn’t get it the last time they were clobbered!
Panel 2 and 4 have the best drawn version of byron imo. Also, recurring symbols about crazy cults always = foreshadowing. unless the fortune teller only accepts payment in knick knacks.
You know, it’s not so much that this stuff never makes sense until after it happens; it’s that a local magic-capable economy still supports fortune-tellers who can’t give you a straight answer. Where are the researchers seeking to make divination more reliable and less ambiguous? Don’t tell me that they couldn’t get funding, either: the payoff from that particular R&D project would be spectacular.
Two possibilities; one, it could be actually impossible to discern anything solid about the future, and masking fortunes in rhymes and whatnot either is a side effect of piercing the mysteries of time or a proven way to increase the amount your clients are willing to give as thanks.
Two, you either join the rest of the fortune tellers in their vagueness, or… unfortunate things might happen. Fortune huts have such shoddy workmanship these days, prone to collapse or catching fire. You know how it is.
Got a nice yurt there. Be a shame if something happened to it.
Yarrow stalks are a lot more flammable than people think. Just sayin’.
OOPS! I hope that crystal ball wasn’t valuable.
these answers are pretty straight.
Where are the researchers? at a guess, somewhere very well hidden.
According to the observer effect, it is impossible to measure certain phenomenon without changing it. By making a concrete statement about the future, you force a probability to contract into a point, and you cease to predict the future. You’re now directly affecting it. By telling her what she’s going to invent, he in practice invents it. By telling someone how they’re going to die, you change their death. A vague fortune is, rather than observing the phenomenon, giving it a sorta sideline glance out the corner of the eye.
The “Straight answer” guys charge by the hour, and there are always at least three of em all disagreeing. They all know the truth, that the money is in the drama
“One of us tells the truth, one of us lies and one of us is stoned off his face.”
“One of us tells the truth, one of us tells lies, and one of us shoots people who ask tricky questions.”
Gary Larson?
10 – 1 odds, he’s talking about half elves and the ensuing genocidal wars
Wow. I guess that must have been quite the disarming revelation, Byron.
People tend to avoid the straight answer guys because 1) being told “you are going to amount to nothing” is never what people want to hear, and 2) riddles allow more room for wiggling out of unpleasant prophecies. It’s safer, all round, to go to the riddle guys.
Ummm I don’t get it … why is Byron staring at that symbol and where is it from? Did it have to do anything with the sisterhood?
And will it really not blink first? ;)
Look here: http://guildedage.net/webcomic/chapter-7/chapter-7-page-3/
It’s come up before :)
It’s really a red herring. The symbol means nothing, it’s the wall behind it that strikes Byron as sinister.
WHY ARE PROPHECIES NEVER IN FREE VERSE?
Beat prophets.
Elite Beat Prophets?
Elite Meat Beat (Manifesto) Prophets?
I’d buy it.
Prophets. Goooooooooooooooo!
Sing along if you know the words.
Bum, bum, BUM!
It’s murderin’ time!
nrrrgh. the coffeestain texture over the eye in the last panel bugs me. it just jumps out that it’s only on one eye.
I just noticed how many stains and weird little color corruptions there are on previous pages, and only now I realized that’s this art technique that made me fall in love with the comic.
i dig it too, the texture overlay really brings a lot of life into flat colour- but that eye needed some special attention…some kind of opacity mask or something.
I don’t recognize the symbol! Craaaap!
it’s the brotherhood of the countless limbs…go back to the start of the chapter.
Don’t recognize the symbol on the wall? Check Gravedust’s notes at the beginning of the chapter.
Finally! An excuse to kill him!
If down this road
You drive too fast
Your mad career
It will not last
Burma Shave
I’m with Merus on this one.
These prophecies are pretty straight forward. If yall mean “hes not saying exactly how they will do it” I’d like to point you to every prophecy in Greek mythology. The Prophecy effects the outcome. If that King didn’t find out his son would kill him, he wouldn’t have gotten rid of his son, and his son wouldn’t have killed him. The prophecy included his reaction to the prophecy. The only thing this prophecy is doing is telling them they will succeed and blah blah. It will give both a reason to stay on their path. That is its purpose.
Further, I’d like to point out that in Book 3 Harry Potter almost let himself die because he thought something in the future would happen. I’ve seen a few more cases of someone almost screwing up the future because they thought the prophecy was suppose to play out a certian way. Syr’nj will bring about peace between humans and wood elves in the future, that is a (seeming) fact. Now if she will do it through diplomacy, breeding half elves, or destroying everyone who doesnt agree with her…is up to her and the rest of the world.
Sure skipping to the end of a book you find out “who did it” but you still know jack squat about the actual story
“Lord Zetta is stupid. His foolishness has doomed the Netherworld to extinction.”
Oh noes! Stay good, Byron! STAY GOOD!
“BYRON SMASH!!!”
Aaaand cue the berserkering.
Also, though I noticed the odd texture/shading over Byron’s eye in the last panel, I thought it was just the rage building :)
Think thats just the water color effect that the comic has always sported.
I really want to know how to apply this effect.
for potatoshop.
1.find a cool texture. (GA seems to use a really varied range- from stone to paper and everything inbetween…)
2.set above your other layers.
3.set layer blend to…darken. multiply. something like that. play with the opacity a little.
Cultists always make the mistake of tattooing incriminating symbolism on their wrists and such and leaving cultist paraphernalia in plain sight. If only they sold their souls for common sense instead of demonic powers.
Wait, so Byron never gets his other axe back?
Rereading this, I realized he changes his rhyme scheme from AABA to AABB.
What a hack.