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!
Anarchy Dreamers
Emily Ree
Sparkly undead kids fight society's worst Nightmares in this pastel-punk urban fantasy coming-of-age!
Wilde Life
Pascalle Lepas
Oscar decided to rent an old haunted house, and that's when things got weird...
Witchy
Ariel Slamet Ries
In the witch kingdom Hyalin, the strength of your magic is determined by the length of your hair.
Nix of Nothing
Moz (M) Lee Lunsford
The machinations of higher gods have stepped in and ruined Nix's, Demigod of Nothing, plans for an easygoing life. Now they must journey far and wide, meeting friend and foe, trying to get this divine target off their back!
Nerf Now!!
Josué Pereira
A cute webcomic about fanservice, video games, and... love. Mostly video games, though.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
Heroes of Thantopolis
Izzy Strontium Hall
A living boy fights to save the City of the Dead.
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.
Awaken
Koti Saavedra/Flipfloppery
Superpowers, monsters and conspiracies. Piras, the spoiled Dameschi heir, fights to recover his identity after becoming a terrorist!
Raruurien
Ann Maulina
To maintain a peaceful life without her husband, a witch has to assimilate with the villagers, become a role model for her sons and also keep a low profile by confining her powerful magyx in public.
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!
El Goonish Shive
Dan Shive
WARNING: This comic often ignores the Laws of Physics
Sufficiently Remarkable
Maki Naro
Two young women living in Brooklyn discover that you're always coming of age.
Speak of the Devil
Moz (M) Lee Lunsford
The rich and powerful of the city are quickly learning... mess with those who have nothing, and Sunday Blackburn shall appear.
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.
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.
Cyanide & Happiness
Explosm
Satire, dark humor and surreal humor.
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.
Laws and Sausages
Zach Weinersmith
Your cartoon guide to the American governement!
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!
Star Trip
Gisele Weaver
Jas is a human taken from her home planet on a trip across the galaxy she will never forget.
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".
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.
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.
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.
Atomic Robo
Brian Clevinger, Scott Wegener
The robot punches monsters and bad robots and one time he was a cowboy.
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.
Knights Errant
J.R. Doyle
Wilfrid's humble quest for revenge becomes bigger and bloodier by the day.
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.
[un]Divine
Ayme
A highschool senior thought giving up his soul for a demon was a good idea. It wasn't.
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.
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.
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?
Peritale
Mari Costa
A fairy godmother with no magic tries her best to successfully fulfill a Fairytale and win the respect of her peers.
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.
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.)
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.
Sister Claire
Yamino
In the troubled aftermath of a great war between Witches and her fellow Nuns, novice Sister Claire just wants a purpose.
Parisa
Ellen K
Two friends, Nolan and Gwen, take it upon themselves to escort the amnesiac spirit Lelief across the world of Parisa.
Starhammer
J.N. Monk, Harry Bogosian
A teen girl inherits a powerful alien artifact and proceeds to make a series of increasingly poor decisions
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.
Lighter Than Heir
Melissa Albino
A young Volant woman joins the military in an effort to upstage her war-hero father.
Never Satisfied
Taylor Robin
Lucy Marlowe, a magician's apprentice, competes against other apprentices for an important, magical, Goverment Job.
Real Science Adventures
Brian Clevinger
Spin off stories and other adventures from the world of Atomic Robo!
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!
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?
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!
Awkward Zombie
Katie Tiedrich
Gags and goofs about videogames and the things that happen in 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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Discussion (80) ¬
It’s hard to believe that no one questioned the building they were being “herded” into.
Yeah, both Gravedust and the rest seem uncharacteristically naïve and careless in this chapter.
Doesn’t seem too far fetched. The main party had been at least partially recognized as a diplomatic delegation. The rights of messengers and diplomats to be safe from harm most likely exists in this world; forcing them into what looks like a gladiatorial pit for execution would be “poor form” to say the least.
And if this Harky is the same one responsible for the slaughter at Leafport, it’s well within this organization’s power to sever the connections between a mystic and the dead, and any omens and forewarnings he might receive from them. Gravedust had no reason to expect to be poisoned and betrayed within his own people’s camp, especially while under (admittedly, assumed) diplomatic protection.
I’m not saying it’s perfectly clear, but the rationale certainly exists for our heroes to be a bit off guard here.
The ol’ Divide and Suckerpunch. Works every time!
What divide? Aside from Gravedust going to the dwarves, they’re all together in that death trap.
So they win the bloodsports, get recognition as tough motherfuckers from the beasties, and succeed in their mission. Score.
As an added bonus, when they’re all done they can all call themselves Spartacus.
Bandit is a little quicker on the uptake than the rest.
Not enough quicker, mind you … but a little bit…
Run Bandit, run Bandit, run run run.
Here’s come’s old Harky with his fun fun fun.
Opposing oppressive, racist empire of humans… With brutal, slave-driving monster-races. It’s almost like this setting isn’t black and white anymore!
Or quite carefully and intentionally never was to begin wi…oh wait. I see what you did there.
Could this “Death Pit” be… some sort of pit… of death?
Actually, long, long ago, before the races of man learned the arts of painting themselves blue and hitting each other with sticks, a giant peach fell from the sky. When the survivors of the cataclysm arrived, they found this, the Peach Pit of Death, in the center of the crater.
Doesn’t really look like a pit, looks more like a stadium
Sorry, Bandit, you’ll have to exit throught the gift shop, just like everyone else.
“Oh, sorry, he has a speech defect. He meant ‘Deaf Pit’. This is where we care for all our hearing-impaired citizens. We’re big into charity.”
It looks like a giant chocolate fountain. DEATH BY CHOCOLATE!
If I were a guild adventurer, and were faced with death by chocolate, I think I’d lose my fighting spirit pretty damn quick. “Chocolate, you say? Oh well, if you gotta go, you gotta go…Nom nom *huuuuurk* *klunk*”
“Now, ROLL FOR INITIATIVE!”
I’d ask how the bird-man was supposed to get out, but I figure he’d fly. Unless they shot an arrow into him.
How do you feel about this situation, Mr. Ackbar?
That’s Admiral
to you sir (my hand slipped hence double post)
“They call me ADMIRAL FISHY!”
I believe the words you are looking for are: “It’s a Trap!”
And yes…that would be ADMIRAL to you.
I just love calamari.
I’m guessing Bandit saw them playing basketball with human skulls in the first panel.
I think she did — look at her expression in the second panel.
Ooh, nice detail. I didn’t see that either, but Bandit did. Good spot.
Byron has back
story.
Never ask why it’s called a “Death Pit” a “Void of Terror” a “Forest of Rending Agony” or a “Gorge of Painful Insertion”.
Sometimes it’s better not to know these things.
also, never stand next to a sign that reads ROODPART or a box that reads SEL CAT NET
SEL CAT NET? What? It’s three AM and I’m too tired to get it. I’d have to be dead not to get the first one, though.
Tentacles.
Rule no. 8 – Never put Player Characters in a ‘death pit, arena, great hunt, or bloodsport’. They will just level up and hurt you more later.
A lot more.
aw man, why bother giving a tour in the first place if you’re just gonna kill them?
What better than a tour to keep the guest stars occupied while the whole camp has to get seated for the big event?
I wonder if time or teleportation will have permitted these savages to bring a drugged Gravedust to the party? A guy can still hope, right?
And if it wasn’t for flevine’s recent link to an earlier page, I would never have recognized “Harki”.
The tour means they’ll appreciate the irony of their deaths more. Right?
Or that was the most slick bit of villain monologuing ever :P
the monologue certainly kept most of them too busy to realize where they were going.
Looks like betrayal is the hot gift item this Christmas.
of blood anguish? or perhaps now…
The First Rule of Ring of Blood is You Don’t Talk About Ring of Blood
blood *and anguish
They don’t call ’em Savage Races for nothin’. Never trust a talkin’ owl, I says. The last talkin’ owl I ever met ate my Tootsie Roll Pop.
The world may never know, indeed.
Gold Star.
Gondoleeza’s givin’ hella stink-eye in the third panel. Not unlike her (possible) real-world equivalent:
http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSHZ_LwSclK49QXpu6dYPbUBp0H-ViILk7QfEZyu0UREK10–JS
Gold Star, also.
reminds me of this:
http://scienceapalooza.wikispaces.com/file/view/beeker.jpg/37046495/beeker.jpg
Hmm, just occurred to me that Harky is just an S away from being Sharky, which if I’m not mistaken was what the orcs called Samuran when he tried to take over the Shire near the end of the Lord of the Rings books.
Homage or coincidence? I’m looking forward to finding out.
”Sharky” is also the shark-dog from Eek the Cat.
Just saying, you’re not exactly on stable ground here.
Not to be confused with the PIT OF DESPAAAAAAAAIIIIIR
Oh my fucking god! This is exactly like the one time i played warhammer pen & paper with my homies. We enter this big church of ulric, ready to kick some major ass. Then we found the boss and his gang, beat em up pretty good and just the moment we thought we did it, a fucking lesser demonprince of khorne pops out of the chest of the headcultist. This was the moment our ratcatcher turns round and run for the hills.^^
See, this is why rogues are just better than other people. Not enough people understand this.
However, the Big D*mned Door still stopped her cold.
Joining the team was her downfall, as her Mentor long warned her could happen.
Lol. This is true. Didn’t say they were perfect, just better than their peers;)
Bandit had a bit of a Road Runner moment there, eh?
And those land sharks playing skull-ball are so cute.
I’m such a dope, Just realized something:
Big Boss “HARKI”
http://guildedage.net/webcomic/chapter-5/chapter-5-page-4/
Thank you, you weren’t the only dope. :P
Ah, the classic villain mistake: forgetting that every PC in the multiverse has Rorschach’s maxim* inscribed on his, her, or its heart.
Well. somebody’s heart.
*”None of you understand. I’m not trapped in here with you: you’re all trapped in here with me.”
I wasn’t bothered enough by Dusty’s possibly-too-scared expression to join in the debate on Wednesday, but Frigg DEFINITELY looks too scared in panel 3 here. >_>
Looks a bit more like shocked surprise to me.
Though yeah, I’m thinking we’re not quite on sync between the art and the personalities yet.
Oh, and in panel two, everyone’s looking perfect, except Bandit. She’s looking a bit like she got misplaced from a Doonesbury strip.
Love the new art, but there’s moments….
Yeah, I think New Art Guy is generally doing very well and I don’t want to be an ass, but dude, read the archive and look at everyone’s expressions. <_<
I have. And I did. And I can only be me.
You need to draw yourself a nice avatar for these discussions
Absolutely love the Bandit expressions. I now have Bandit pegged as the comedy relief, which is a great thing. After all, bandits are always comedy relief.
She looks fine! :) She was probably midway through arguing with Byron, and caught with her mouth open, when the shock hit. A little gaping is good for the jaw.
I think the new artist is doing a stand up job, you have to accept a little variation if someone steps in at such short notice for three pages a week – there’s a lot less experience with these characters, and I’m sure the art will blossom with time (not to say it’s bad now, saying that things always improve).
The only thing I find a little jarring is the realistic textures that are coming through a little too strong. The stone wall in the last panel, and the intricate carpets in GraveDust’s betrayal comic just stand out a bit too much as stock images.
Thank you, GBeans. You’re very understanding of the situation. It will take time for all of us to get use to the change.
I admit the realistic textures can be a bit jarring, but I wanted to put in a little more detail in some areas I thought needed it, but lacked the time to do it “by hand”. I reasoned Iver is the drawf leader, he’s going to have the best stuff in his tent. It had to look exstravagant, so I used real rug patterns(although, they may have been too intricate).
Blah, blah. Yes, the New Guy’s art is a little different. Great prismacolor’s ghost, people! It’s nowhere near anything like the Great Art Frellsplosion of “American Flagg” between 1-12 and #13, when they went from Howard Chaykin’s very realistic* style to some staff twit’s cartoony style. WE CAN TELL WHO THE CHARACTERS ARE. DEAL WITH IT.
*For a given value of “realistic”.
Who’s the one on the right in panel 2? Is it Baron Splande?
It might be napoleon solo… Wait, wait, wrong fandom.
Super thiefly spider sense + stubby little gnome legs + fast closing gate = tragic fail.
…I choose to believe Bandit would have come back for them. Eventually.