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Annotations Every Day - Written by T Campbell & Flo Kahn - Illustrated by John & Jason Waltrip

We know you would rather be reading about the rest of the gang, but this is the best we can do right now.

Chapter 9 – Page 1

on January 26, 2011
Chapter: Chapter 09
└ Tags: Best
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  1. Doma
    Doma
    January 26, 2011, 12:01 am | # | Reply

    Best just wants to be the very best, like no one ever was…

    • Meirnon
      Meirnon
      January 26, 2011, 12:02 am | # | Reply

      ಥ⌣ಥ

    • Novijen
      Novijen
      January 26, 2011, 12:25 am | # | Reply

      He’ll catch the group in their real test, yet heroics is not his cause.

    • DeWitt
      DeWitt
      January 26, 2011, 9:24 am | # | Reply

      I see what you did there.

      • Nojh
        Nojh
        January 26, 2011, 2:53 pm | # | Reply

        He has traveled across the land, searching far and wide.
        Teaching women to understand, the power he has inside.

        • Ash
          Ash
          January 26, 2011, 5:00 pm | # | Reply

          Payet Best!

          • Locke
            Locke
            January 26, 2011, 8:18 pm | # | Reply

            Gotta shag ’em aaaaalll!!!

            • Bob
              Bob
              April 28, 2012, 5:51 am | # | Reply

              Its you and him! He’s shagging for destiny!

  2. GutlordGrom
    GutlordGrom
    January 26, 2011, 12:01 am | # | Reply

    I know this will pay off soon. not worried at all.
    Ha.Ha.

  3. Hellzar the Saucier
    Hellzar the Saucier
    January 26, 2011, 12:01 am | # | Reply

    What.

    • Softy
      Softy
      January 26, 2011, 12:38 am | # | Reply

      I know you’d rather read about the rest of the gang, but this page is the least they could do.

  4. Moe Lane
    Moe Lane
    January 26, 2011, 12:03 am | # | Reply

    “But when do I get to save THE WORLD?”

    You don’t.

    • GutlordGrom
      GutlordGrom
      January 26, 2011, 12:11 am | # | Reply

      C’mon, he’s just trying his Best.

    • Malificus
      Malificus
      January 26, 2011, 12:24 am | # | Reply

      I dunno, he’s doing a pretty good job so far. Whatever problems there are with his personality, he is a legitimately powerful and skilled individual.

      • RJ
        RJ
        January 26, 2011, 12:47 am | # | Reply

        best knows best

      • Moe Lane
        Moe Lane
        January 26, 2011, 1:07 am | # | Reply

        Yeah, that’s his problem in a nutshell. :)

        • SteelRaven
          SteelRaven
          January 26, 2011, 1:22 am | # | Reply

          He’s trying his best and it’s still not good enough

          • Malificus
            Malificus
            January 26, 2011, 1:58 am | # | Reply

            is anything even threatening the world right now? If he doesn’t know what the threat to the world is, there’s not much he can do about it.

            Saying his best isn’t good enough right now is like deriding an Olympic level athlete for not getting the gold medal, when the Olympics haven’t even started yet.

            • Trevron
              Trevron
              January 26, 2011, 7:33 am | # | Reply

              I think that’s the point. Best wants there to be something threatening the world to selfishly be able to save it.

              • KiZeR
                KiZeR
                January 26, 2011, 10:27 am | # | Reply

                So he’s the villain of this story.

                • The Prolific Mr. Anonymous
                  The Prolific Mr. Anonymous
                  January 26, 2011, 1:42 pm | # | Reply

                  Really, was there ever any doubt?

                  • Jean-Luc
                    Jean-Luc
                    January 26, 2011, 8:57 pm | # | Reply

                    I still don’t believe it.

                    • Aeovis
                      Aeovis
                      January 27, 2011, 2:41 am | #

                      I’m with you. I don’t know that Best has it in him nor the resources to do it. Maybe this will lead up to him going through his journey and being at the camp to sing away all those arrows flying at our dear Syr’Nj.

                  • Scribble
                    Scribble
                    January 27, 2011, 3:56 am | # | Reply

                    Um, maybe the suggestion that he’s not actually the Chosen One at the very end of the chapter where he’s introduced?

  5. gjnii
    gjnii
    January 26, 2011, 12:05 am | # | Reply

    Poor Best, if only I cared about his story. but I don’t his only hope is to save some of the important characters. then he could at least be an important plot device.

    • Fairportfan
      Fairportfan
      January 26, 2011, 12:10 am | # | Reply

      …preferably dieing heroically (or otherwise, just so he dies) while doing it.

      • SteelRaven
        SteelRaven
        January 26, 2011, 1:17 am | # | Reply

        From the looks of it, he will probably die of a STD first.

        • RJ
          RJ
          January 26, 2011, 11:41 pm | # | Reply

          ROLF

  6. Fairportfan
    Fairportfan
    January 26, 2011, 12:09 am | # | Reply

    Oh.

    Him.

  7. SaltyKracka
    SaltyKracka
    January 26, 2011, 12:12 am | # | Reply

    Time travel plotline time.

  8. TheAuldGrump
    TheAuldGrump
    January 26, 2011, 12:13 am | # | Reply

    I rather hopes that he chokes to death on a chicken bone.

    Or gets run over by a gong sellers cart.

    Or gets drunk, falls in the canal, and drowns.

    Or… well, you get the picture….

    • SteelRaven
      SteelRaven
      January 26, 2011, 1:19 am | # | Reply

      Again, STD.

  9. Loyal
    Loyal
    January 26, 2011, 12:13 am | # | Reply

    Oh yeah. When you’re focused on how much of a massive douche he is, it’s easy to forget he’s actually a pretty talented sonofvabitch.

    • Jim
      Jim
      January 26, 2011, 12:23 am | # | Reply

      Basically, he’s a douche BECAUSE he’s pretty damn good at what he does.

      • Ash
        Ash
        January 26, 2011, 12:25 am | # | Reply

        And he “knows” he’s the prophesied Hero. With some people that can go to their heads. That probably plays a part as well.

        • Meirnon
          Meirnon
          January 26, 2011, 1:06 am | # | Reply

          The only prophecy he’s a hero to is one that is self-fulfilled. Saying you’re awesome enough seems to make it come true!

          • Ivan
            Ivan
            January 26, 2011, 8:35 am | # | Reply

            Only way I ever got out of therapy.

        • Aeovis
          Aeovis
          January 27, 2011, 2:44 am | # | Reply

          You know, I can’t help but wonder what happened to the actual prophesied dude.

          • Taylor
            Taylor
            January 27, 2011, 11:01 am | # | Reply

            I would love to know this as well.

      • Zizek
        Zizek
        January 26, 2011, 4:19 am | # | Reply

        Your typical adventurer in a nutshell.

      • Redo19
        Redo19
        January 26, 2011, 12:29 pm | # | Reply

        Not just pretty good… You could even say he’s the Best at what he does.

      • Miklanin
        Miklanin
        January 26, 2011, 6:19 pm | # | Reply

        …therein lies the definition of a bard, amirite?

        Seriously…there is a bard imo who is a bigger annoyance than PB. Well, there may be more than one, but I’ve dealt with this one. His name is Galdorin Visigothe. I had to confront…ok, kill…him for my epic and savored every. single. backstab.

  10. Cult of Jared
    Cult of Jared
    January 26, 2011, 12:15 am | # | Reply

    Woo! I worried he might be gone.
    Best delivers his name.

  11. Lloyd
    Lloyd
    January 26, 2011, 12:15 am | # | Reply

    Best. Payet Best. International man of mystery.

    • ahdok
      ahdok
      January 26, 2011, 3:45 am | # | Reply

      He’s a private eye, a crooked cop, a secret agent and a celebrity pharmacist, Payet Best.

      • Homsar
        Homsar
        January 26, 2011, 11:18 am | # | Reply

        I think he’s going to have to jump.

        • ahdok
          ahdok
          January 26, 2011, 1:01 pm | # | Reply

          OF COURSE! ISTANBUL!

          • Phil
            Flo
            January 26, 2011, 1:46 pm | # | Reply

            Not Constantinople?

            • RustySpork
              RustySpork
              January 26, 2011, 2:19 pm | # | Reply

              Now it’s Istanbul, not Constantiople.

              • Miklanin
                Miklanin
                January 26, 2011, 6:19 pm | # | Reply

                Why did Constantinople get the works?

                • Freako
                  Freako
                  January 26, 2011, 7:12 pm | # | Reply

                  That’s nobody’s business but the Turks.

                  • Shadow of Light
                    Shadow of Light
                    January 27, 2011, 2:48 am | # | Reply

                    Song…stuck in head…argh.

                    • Hawk
                      Hawk
                      January 27, 2011, 9:48 am | #

                      I love that song!

    • ahdok
      ahdok
      January 26, 2011, 4:42 am | # | Reply

      Payet Best. International Man of Doucherry.

      • barsukthom
        barsukthom
        January 27, 2011, 12:32 pm | # | Reply

        He’s the smartest he’s the bravest he’s the fastest he’s the BEST! DANGER BARD, DANGER BAARD, DANGER BAARRRRD
        (doot dododo doot dododo DOOT do DOOOO!)

  12. Alice Macher
    Alice Macher
    January 26, 2011, 12:16 am | # | Reply

    Aw, poor spoiled Payet. Pansexual orgies not doing it for you anymore?

  13. Ash
    Ash
    January 26, 2011, 12:21 am | # | Reply

    Ah Payet Best, nice to see you again.

    So you didn’t fail in a hilariously bloody way? That’s cool.

    I wanna know what happened to the others though.

  14. CloSeph
    CloSeph
    January 26, 2011, 12:24 am | # | Reply

    I’ve loaned you some of my interest and this is how you Payet back? Best be getting to the good stuff

    • Sortelli
      Sortelli
      January 26, 2011, 1:33 am | # | Reply

      You are bard from posting further on this topic

      • Danny G
        Danny G
        January 26, 2011, 2:51 am | # | Reply

        This isn’t the best time to making the worst puns :P

        • Apples
          Apples
          January 26, 2011, 4:05 am | # | Reply

          Or is it the worst time to be making the Best puns?

          • Hawk
            Hawk
            January 27, 2011, 9:49 am | # | Reply

            You are all ban’d together.

    • Zizek
      Zizek
      January 26, 2011, 4:27 am | # | Reply

      Are you kidding? Look at the strip. Best has been instrumental in some world-changing events. Just because from our perspective he plays second fiddle to the main band doesn’t mean following his conduct isn’t a good choice. Stop harping on.

      • zero
        zero
        January 26, 2011, 6:28 am | # | Reply

        and what does he have to show for it, tangibly? I don’t see a single bit of lute from all his work.

        • Hawk
          Hawk
          January 26, 2011, 8:46 am | # | Reply

          Or friends.

          Then again, this butt wart doesn’t NEED friends, does he?

          I hate Best >.< My world is crumbling, imagining that GA is now going to be about Best instead of the characters I'd come to like.

          • Locke
            Locke
            January 26, 2011, 12:39 pm | # | Reply

            You’re just not “mused” to him having the spotlight, Hawk.

            *Is punched for the worst pun this comic’s comments has seen yet*

            • Hawk
              Hawk
              January 26, 2011, 5:03 pm | # | Reply

              Yes I will oblige you.

              **PUNCH**

              • Locke
                Locke
                January 26, 2011, 8:21 pm | # | Reply

                …. Ouch. Dammit, I don’t know why some people can’t seem to find me… A”muse”ing.

                *Is punched again, mostly for using the same word in a pun twice in a row*

                • Hawk
                  Hawk
                  January 27, 2011, 9:49 am | # | Reply

                  Re using a pun is like re using a condom :(

          • Mic-Gold
            Mic-Gold
            January 26, 2011, 8:50 pm | # | Reply

            He does seem to have a FEW “friends” strewn about him in that last panel though.

        • Jean-Luc
          Jean-Luc
          January 26, 2011, 9:12 am | # | Reply

          What do you mean by ‘tangibly’? His listed accomplishments are as “real” and tangible as anything else in this comic.

          • zero
            zero
            January 27, 2011, 6:44 am | # | Reply

            my post was all a vehicle to get to use ‘lute’ as a pun, people

            honestly, everyone’s aggressively questioning me, like they’re all on their minstral cycle.

            :D

  15. Kitsune Dragoon
    Kitsune Dragoon
    January 26, 2011, 12:38 am | # | Reply

    Huh… would’ve thought Best would have a bigger fanbase… well, it is 12 in the morning…

    So, how long do you think we’re going to wait for a cliffhanger to the actual party (not that orgies don’t make great parties…)?

    And how long before the women realize they’re carrying Best’s spawn?

    • barsukthom
      barsukthom
      January 26, 2011, 9:35 am | # | Reply

      They’ll feel honored to be carrying the BEST children in the world!

    • Locke
      Locke
      January 26, 2011, 12:43 pm | # | Reply

      I like how your comment conveys the idea that no matter what woman Best has sex with, they’ll end up pregnant. Infertile? Pfft. No ovaries? Not a problem for Best’s “magic flute”.

      That should be canon. That should be the official power of all Shit Elves. They’re super virile. Or, for the female Shit Elves, super fertile.

    • dr pepper
      dr pepper
      January 26, 2011, 7:52 pm | # | Reply

      He’s so virile that the men he has sex with will now only impregnate women with his genes.

  16. George
    George
    January 26, 2011, 12:40 am | # | Reply

    Wow, nobody has commented on the alt-text? It’s the Best yet.

    • Freako
      Freako
      January 26, 2011, 2:02 am | # | Reply

      If this was the best they could do, I’d hate to see the worst.

    • Thor
      Thor
      January 26, 2011, 5:16 pm | # | Reply

      The alt-text is the only thing that is keeping me tuning in three times a week, rather than once a month. The implication that there might be more of the rest of the gang to talk about. Even so, my Payet Best tolerance is very, very low.

  17. NobodySpecial
    NobodySpecial
    January 26, 2011, 12:42 am | # | Reply

    Can’t be Best, no horses present at the orgy.

    • barsukthom
      barsukthom
      January 26, 2011, 9:35 am | # | Reply

      Nah, he’s giving them up for the season. He made them feel inadequate.

  18. The Unreal
    The Unreal
    January 26, 2011, 12:48 am | # | Reply

    Obviously he’s a Pathfinder Bard. Seriously, they’re crazy.

    • Aeovis
      Aeovis
      January 27, 2011, 2:52 am | # | Reply

      Oh? How so?

  19. Alma
    Alma
    January 26, 2011, 12:48 am | # | Reply

    Oh. It’s Payet. Yeah. Huh.

    Nice work covering all the naughty bits, though. None of it looks too awkward.

    • Agnry
      Agnry
      January 26, 2011, 1:17 pm | # | Reply

      Seriously, nothing looks too unnatural or out of place. Great job.

  20. KeiranHalcyon
    KeiranHalcyon
    January 26, 2011, 12:56 am | # | Reply

    Ah, Best proving once again that any time is the best time for Best time. Or trying to, at least.

  21. Freedenstroup
    Freedenstroup
    January 26, 2011, 1:01 am | # | Reply

    does this mean wipe?

  22. GeneralSpecific
    GeneralSpecific
    January 26, 2011, 1:05 am | # | Reply

    LOL. I actually LOL’d. He’s BAAAAACK!

    but seriously, was there ever any doubt he would return?

  23. Pikey
    Pikey
    January 26, 2011, 1:06 am | # | Reply

    Save the cheerleader, save the world.

    • barsukthom
      barsukthom
      January 26, 2011, 9:36 am | # | Reply

      Or in Best’s case, “Screw the cheerleader, screw the world.
      One cutie at a time.”

  24. Deets
    Deets
    January 26, 2011, 1:15 am | # | Reply

    I love to hate that shit elf…. Somehow I think soon I will like him weather I like it or not.

    • Aeovis
      Aeovis
      January 27, 2011, 2:54 am | # | Reply

      I have a feeling we may all feel this way in the end, and then hate ourselves for it.

  25. Noahkai
    Noahkai
    January 26, 2011, 1:18 am | # | Reply

    i bet he regrets leaving the group.

    • Ash
      Ash
      January 26, 2011, 2:36 am | # | Reply

      Seeing what eventually happened to them (Not that we know what happened after that) I don’t think he would if he knew.

  26. Locke
    Locke
    January 26, 2011, 1:23 am | # | Reply

    This is mean, Phil. You and Mr. Campbell read my comment and decided to make me suffer for being such a smartass. Dammit…

    … That aside, how is his name pronounced? Because I’ve been saying it as “Pay-It”. But if it is, in fact, “Pie-It”, then that opens up a whole new world of punbelievable jokes. I ask because, well, to be honest, I’m going to need a LOT of puns to forget about the cliff hanger from last week and enjoy Payet’s adventure. :P

  27. SteelRaven
    SteelRaven
    January 26, 2011, 1:27 am | # | Reply

    Best has that look on his face because he has no recollection what so ever of how he ended up in a pile of naked people… again.

    • GutlordGrom
      GutlordGrom
      January 26, 2011, 1:53 am | # | Reply

      To be fair, there are far worse ways to wake up.

      • GutlordGrom
        GutlordGrom
        January 26, 2011, 1:56 am | # | Reply

        You could be the red head on the left.

        • jast
          jast
          January 26, 2011, 4:31 am | # | Reply

          Or a passive partner of a guy whose condom is hanging from the table on the left

          • Hawk
            Hawk
            January 26, 2011, 8:48 am | # | Reply

            That’s a SOCK.

            But speaking of the table on the left, I’d hate to be the guy that’s leaning on it. It looks like that dude’s foot is in uncomfortably close proximity…

            • jast
              jast
              January 26, 2011, 1:35 pm | # | Reply

              But you see, there are 13 people which makes 26 feet and yet we see only 1 sock-like object (well, 2 may be hiding behind the textbox, but we won’t know for sure). On the other hand the room is literaly filled with small rags, too small to be anything but footwraps. Which makes sense, because socks, contrary to footwraps, would be an anachronism in quasi-medieval universe. All in all, however terrible it may seem, we must accept that this object is indeed a monstrous, filled condom.

              • Hawk
                Hawk
                January 26, 2011, 5:09 pm | # | Reply

                Hose were worn in the middle ages.
                There’s at least one other, and maybe Payet is the only one who bothers wearing socks (or hose as the case may be).

                It really doesn’t look like a condom, used or otherwise, to my eyes.

              • barsukthom
                barsukthom
                January 27, 2011, 12:37 pm | # | Reply

                Or possibly a filled monster’s condom.

              • alex
                alex
                January 29, 2011, 9:57 am | # | Reply

                By 1000 AD, socks became a symbol of wealth among the nobility. From the 16th century onwards, an ornamental design on the ankle or side of a sock has been called a clock.[3]
                The invention of a knitting machine in 1589 meant that socks could be knitted six times faster than by hand. Nonetheless, knitting machines and hand knitters worked side by side until 1800.

          • ThatGuy
            ThatGuy
            January 26, 2011, 6:13 pm | # | Reply

            Or he could have been lucky enough to be the passive partner of the guy with the huge condom

  28. phyre
    phyre
    January 26, 2011, 2:03 am | # | Reply

    Wait. The goblins were considering whether to join the Savage Races, and Best, a member of a “civilized” race, destroyed their home? Way to go, asshole.

    • Locke
      Locke
      January 26, 2011, 12:47 pm | # | Reply

      I’m sure the name of the manor is a reference, or SOMETHING about the incident is a reference to some other work, but I can’t place it.

      Also, I’d laugh if Best was accidentally responsible for almost all the antagonists. Harki? His illegitimate child. Evil Mr. No Beard? Probably loaned him some poison. The Cultists? He probably helped found them after a drunken orgy and has no recollection of it.

  29. Solna
    Solna
    January 26, 2011, 2:29 am | # | Reply

    i swear on all that’s holy(graknar’s hammer, odin’s spear, etc)…

    you guys make it out to seattle for the emerald city con, i’m buying you guys a beer.

  30. Rayn
    Rayn
    January 26, 2011, 2:39 am | # | Reply

    Hmm…the cover of this arc looks like Noah Bennet. Syr’Nj is kinda like the cheerleader of the gr….AMG Best is Peter Petrelli! Save the Medic, Save the World!

    I keed, I keed.

  31. Angry-buddha
    Angry-buddha
    January 26, 2011, 2:48 am | # | Reply

    i’ll just leave this here.

    http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2011/023/2/f/payet_best__s_solo_adventure_by_angry_buddha_88-d37wxo3.jpg

    Spoilars.

    • the Indomitable Eric
      the Indomitable Eric
      January 26, 2011, 3:54 am | # | Reply

      Jesus Fucking christ I laughed forever.

    • Zizek
      Zizek
      January 26, 2011, 4:17 am | # | Reply

      Oh wow, that’s great.

      • Hawk
        Hawk
        January 26, 2011, 8:50 am | # | Reply

        YES

    • Phil
      Flo
      January 26, 2011, 7:50 am | # | Reply

      I was going to save that for the next Guest Week, but I’m glad you posted it here for the commenters to see. Thanks, Buddha!

      Gold Star.

      • Angry-buddha-88
        Angry-buddha-88
        January 26, 2011, 9:28 am | # | Reply

        No worries. I had planned on posting it to comments anyway ’cause that’s less obnoxious than trolling for a plug and people still get a lol, which is the point. If you still wanna use it after I’ve soiled it by popping its posting cherry, go for it, but only if you’re short I guess. I’ll probably make more like this anyway ’cause it’s a great way to practice comicing.

        Maybe you should add a “bonus” section to the menu (like what Manly Guys has) for stuff like this and that awesome byron / red sky picture someone drew a while back. Or even doodles John does from time to time or something, cause I’d love to see stuff like that.

        And I shall treasure my star forever.

        • Curious G
          Curious G
          January 26, 2011, 11:46 am | # | Reply

          What Byron/red sky pic are you referring to?

        • ahdok
          ahdok
          January 26, 2011, 1:03 pm | # | Reply

          hopefully we’ll be on Best for a while, I’ve got something I wanna draw.

          • Hawk
            Hawk
            January 26, 2011, 5:11 pm | # | Reply

            You can be on Best all on your own, buddy.

    • barsukthom
      barsukthom
      January 26, 2011, 9:39 am | # | Reply

      And then she bangs his cold, stiff body.

      • Ash
        Ash
        January 26, 2011, 4:57 pm | # | Reply

        Well at that point they’d both technically be dead so it could work.

    • Locke
      Locke
      January 26, 2011, 12:48 pm | # | Reply

      Thank you, Frigg. We all needed that.

    • Aeovis
      Aeovis
      January 27, 2011, 2:59 am | # | Reply

      Oh.. my.. lord.

      You are wonderful thank you oh god.

  32. ahdok
    ahdok
    January 26, 2011, 3:47 am | # | Reply

    Totally called it :D

  33. the Indomitable Eric
    the Indomitable Eric
    January 26, 2011, 3:54 am | # | Reply

    I’M BORED.

  34. lodermulch
    lodermulch
    January 26, 2011, 4:00 am | # | Reply

    …scrolling down, i expected the last sentence to be another fantasy culture reference:
    “you may have heard of me.”

    but hey… :)

  35. Torint
    Torint
    January 26, 2011, 4:06 am | # | Reply

    Is this strip about Best, or is it about Bono? I’m pretty sure he also woke after an orgy, and wondered “I should be using my terrible music and massive ego for something good in this world.”

    • Jedi
      Jedi
      January 26, 2011, 8:58 am | # | Reply

      Bravo, get served Bono, get served.

  36. Zizek
    Zizek
    January 26, 2011, 4:16 am | # | Reply

    I freakin’ love you guys.

  37. Leonus
    Leonus
    January 26, 2011, 4:29 am | # | Reply

    Hey now, I feel that he is the best character in this story. I’m the president of the best fan club!

    • jast
      jast
      January 26, 2011, 4:34 am | # | Reply

      Considering he is the only protagonist alive – it was not a particullary stiff competition

      • Angry-buddha
        Angry-buddha
        January 26, 2011, 5:04 am | # | Reply

        Something something rigor mortis joke pun.

    • James Rye
      James Rye
      June 15, 2012, 5:50 pm | # | Reply

      I sign up for the Best fanclub ever. XD

  38. Zach
    Zach
    January 26, 2011, 4:42 am | # | Reply

    Love what you’re doing, Phil. Super psyched to have Best back and can’t wait to see where it’s going!

    • Jean-Luc
      Jean-Luc
      January 26, 2011, 6:26 am | # | Reply

      +1

      Also he totally turned the tables on those sirens and made them want him.

    • Freako
      Freako
      January 27, 2011, 3:56 pm | # | Reply

      *cough*and T*cough*

  39. Jackson
    Jackson
    January 26, 2011, 4:48 am | # | Reply

    Great writing you guys! Love the pacing ;)

  40. LunarTick
    LunarTick
    January 26, 2011, 5:53 am | # | Reply

    I actually thought that it could be Peter the Blest in the last panel (I went back and Peter the Blest is brownhaired, but that look on payet’s face is just one I would not expect on Payet’s face). But yeah, the #1 douchebag is back.

  41. Jean-Luc
    Jean-Luc
    January 26, 2011, 6:15 am | # | Reply

    If you just to your best it will eventually payet off. :D

    • Jean-Luc
      Jean-Luc
      January 26, 2011, 6:16 am | # | Reply

      *do your best

  42. Sometimes
    Sometimes
    January 26, 2011, 6:34 am | # | Reply

    Noticing that Payet’s depicted deeds are coming off a bit less than heroic. The first, he just set fire to the house- there’s someone crying to one side, and figures helping the injured limp. The basilisk and the sirens could be legit, but the gnolls were just in the area and hadn’t hurt anybody ‘yet’.

    • Jean-Luc
      Jean-Luc
      January 26, 2011, 7:43 am | # | Reply

      That’s just the anti-Best bias talking.

    • Zakrae
      Zakrae
      January 26, 2011, 8:47 am | # | Reply

      Oh, Best is fantastically heroic… from the point of view of Gastonia. Which, I imagine, is the point of view he’s working from. Goblins try to join the savage race alliance? Punish them for their betrayal. Gnolls patrolling around human lands? Aw hell naw, we can’t stand for that. They might, you know, start something.

      The main reason I really like Best is because, out of all the main characters, he is the most Player Character like. When confronted with a complex political situation, most PCs will not take time to consider the varying points of view and embark on a diplomatic solution. No. That would be silly. They think about it for five minutes, pick the side the most appeals to them, and go kick ass. Less complicated and just as rewarding. Best has decided he is supporting Gastonia. Therefore, anyone NOT Gastonian is an annoyance at best, enemy at worst.

      It’s not his fault that the rest of the players have managed to find a GM that likes long, plot-filled campaigns. All Best has managed to get is a series of adventure modules. Sure, it’s still adventuring, but it’s not like there’s any long term goals beyond levelling more.

      • Raius
        Raius
        January 26, 2011, 1:43 pm | # | Reply

        I don’t know what kind of games you play in, but these days it seems all my PC’s do is debate the political and social merits of there actions and the impact of their adventures on the greater scheme of things. I have to attack them with orcs, drow, and gith just to get them into the action. But yeah, Best seems like he prefers the kick in the door style of play.

        • Zakrael
          Zakrael
          January 27, 2011, 7:29 am | # | Reply

          In a Dresden Files game I was in, for one mission we were given we spent an hour or so going through the slow investigation, debating the political consequences of our actions, trying to work out the best solution for the city.

          Then we decided that we weren’t really getting anywhere and that it was taking too long. As such we launched an overwhelming assault on the Black Court’s only remaining stronghold in the north of England, killing everyone inside.

          The Black Court were the ones who had given us the original job in the first place. We just decided we didn’t like them any more. After all, they were evil.

          Coincidentally, this sparked off a series of events that led to an all-out vampire war in London, which is now the backdrop for a second game run by the same GM.

          This makes me happy.

          • barsukthom
            barsukthom
            January 27, 2011, 12:39 pm | # | Reply

            There’s no kill like Overkill. Except for Fishkill.

  43. AL_Tech
    AL_Tech
    January 26, 2011, 6:55 am | # | Reply

    I miss the scooby gang and why why why? do i have to look @ the cowardly “hit the team leader from behind” dick head?

    • James Rye
      James Rye
      June 15, 2012, 5:53 pm | # | Reply

      Cause he´s the BEST! :D
      Also sole survivor now. XD

  44. Kragnoth
    Kragnoth
    January 26, 2011, 7:01 am | # | Reply

    Being that he’s not really the prophesied one (the real one showed up to the village after he left), he still does a pretty good job at being a overpowered nutjob.

    Lets hope there is no redemption for him, I prefer to hate him. lol

  45. Jean-Luc
    Jean-Luc
    January 26, 2011, 7:02 am | # | Reply

    I was just wondering why do we get to see male nipples but no female ones? Why the double standard?

    • LunarTick
      LunarTick
      January 26, 2011, 7:34 am | # | Reply

      Maybe we can hope for a Guilded Age/Oglaf crossover?

      • Hawk
        Hawk
        January 26, 2011, 8:53 am | # | Reply

        I vote yes for that *leer*

        • G@T0R
          G@T0R
          January 26, 2011, 10:10 am | # | Reply

          You know hawk, i remember you introducing this to me quite a few comics back… there’s a special place in hades for you… can’t stop reading oglaf

          • Hawk
            Hawk
            January 26, 2011, 5:13 pm | # | Reply

            Awww, you’re welcome!
            hehehehe

        • JarrysKid
          JarrysKid
          January 26, 2011, 4:21 pm | # | Reply

          I’m ‘up’ for it! (insert rimshot)

      • Jean-Luc
        Jean-Luc
        January 26, 2011, 9:47 am | # | Reply

        Cumsprite: Mistress, mistress, the shit-elf is fantasizing about you again!

    • Locke
      Locke
      January 26, 2011, 12:37 pm | # | Reply

      Well, I’m all for gender equality. Why should they repress the sexuality and natural beauty of the woman? Feminists should freak out over this.

      (Also, I especially vote for the gender equality of the nice looking redhead on the left.)

      • Silly
        Silly
        January 28, 2011, 1:54 am | # | Reply

        Women: Have a history of exploitation of their bodies.

        Men: Do not.

        There is your equality, my friend.

  46. septentriones
    septentriones
    January 26, 2011, 7:07 am | # | Reply

    He’s the most interesting man in the world…(made me think of that ad) ;)

  47. Jean-Luc
    Jean-Luc
    January 26, 2011, 7:48 am | # | Reply

    A tribute to Best: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UpqLhYQz28&feature=related

    • Locke
      Locke
      January 26, 2011, 12:51 pm | # | Reply

      I was thinking more along the lines of this…

      • JarrysKid
        JarrysKid
        January 26, 2011, 4:35 pm | # | Reply

        Yes. That’s the one.

      • Jean-Luc
        Jean-Luc
        January 26, 2011, 9:24 pm | # | Reply

        Actually: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIrCFrFpHvw

        • Locke
          Locke
          January 27, 2011, 3:47 pm | # | Reply

          Ah, thank you, Captain. I was WAITING for this to delve into puns. I’d like to see you best this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fWvub_WBho

          • Freako
            Freako
            January 27, 2011, 4:09 pm | # | Reply

            This one goes out to all you Best-haters out there: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_L4Rixya64

            • Hawk
              Hawk
              January 27, 2011, 8:14 pm | # | Reply

              Man, now I don’t know if I can ever listen to that song again without imposing Payet’s face over Dave Grohl’s.

  48. Yahtzee
    Yahtzee
    January 26, 2011, 7:50 am | # | Reply

    Last panel : Well, now. That’s an Orgy with big “O”.

    • Hawk
      Hawk
      January 26, 2011, 8:53 am | # | Reply

      Maybe he has that look on his face because he didn’t get his big O.

  49. Schrödingers Katze
    Schrödingers Katze
    January 26, 2011, 8:19 am | # | Reply

    We all know the answer Best but we never will tell you.^^

  50. slayn82
    slayn82
    January 26, 2011, 8:20 am | # | Reply

    I foresee that he shall rise and rise until he becomes the BEST king.

    And then he shall be like a father to his people.

    And to all the complainers –

    YOU – JUST – GOT – THE – BEST – SCENE.

    PS: Just a little observation – did someone else think that Best got younger in this artstyle?

    • barsukthom
      barsukthom
      January 26, 2011, 9:42 am | # | Reply

      Hard to tell; I mean, the one scene we get, he’s tiny.

      Of course, orgies may make shit elves younger, so, who knows?

  51. Shaz
    Shaz
    January 26, 2011, 8:26 am | # | Reply

    Pft. Best only wants what’s Best for HIM.

  52. jast
    jast
    January 26, 2011, 8:31 am | # | Reply

    GA and Menage a 3 crossover?

    • Hawk
      Hawk
      January 26, 2011, 8:54 am | # | Reply

      …!
      mind…grappling…can’t…imagine…!

    • Locke
      Locke
      January 26, 2011, 12:57 pm | # | Reply

      *Eyes pop out of head*

  53. Terminally Frosty
    Terminally Frosty
    January 26, 2011, 9:34 am | # | Reply

    Christ.

    I don’t “love to hate” Best, nor do I think he’s in any way funny or interesting. I’d love to see him fade away or die or otherwise be removed from the story. He gets on my nerves.

    • Abcus
      Abcus
      January 26, 2011, 5:38 pm | # | Reply

      Seconded. I was ecstatic when he left last time. To me he serves the same purpose that Jar Jar Binks did (i.e. the story would be better without him). It’s not too often it happens, but the authors have actually managed to come up with someone I genuinely wish harm upon.

      My excitement for GA has just been severely dampened, and I’m sorry to see it happen, since for some time now, it’s been at or near the top of my list of favourite webcomics.

      Fair Warning to the Authors: If this turns into the “Payet Best show” I can’t guarantee how much longer Guilded Age will hold my attention . . .

      • Abcus
        Abcus
        January 26, 2011, 5:42 pm | # | Reply

        . . . Though of course I realize that my revulsion is not universal.

      • phyre
        phyre
        January 26, 2011, 6:29 pm | # | Reply

        Thirded. He’s not QUITE as annoying as Jar Jar, though. Actually, I can’t think of any character in anything anywhere who is as annoying as Jar Jar.

      • Zizek
        Zizek
        January 26, 2011, 8:05 pm | # | Reply

        Haters gonna hate.

        • Jean-Luc
          Jean-Luc
          January 26, 2011, 9:18 pm | # | Reply

          They see him bestin’.

          • Hawk
            Hawk
            January 27, 2011, 9:56 am | # | Reply

            I am interested to see if he can do anything other than make a colossal annoyance of himself.

            And I do like making fun of him.

            But let’s face it, if this was a guy at your gaming table, what would you do? Either buy him a beer or kick him the hell out. He’s just not the kind of guy that provokes lukewarm reactions.

  54. G@T0R
    G@T0R
    January 26, 2011, 9:51 am | # | Reply

    I’m not suprised that Best had a mirror on him to kill the basilisk. I’m just not sure how he survived “not looking at himself” until he could replace the one that was depicted broken. I really do hate to say it but I think he may be growing on me.

    • G@T0R
      G@T0R
      January 26, 2011, 9:57 am | # | Reply

      Also, this may be the “Best” coming out of me. But I still see my initial prediction coming true, back when i first called Best out for being a douche. ( I was first, I’m the best! Rawr, rawr, rawr).

      http://guildedage.net/webcomic/chapter-4/chapter-4-page-16/

      • Locke
        Locke
        January 26, 2011, 1:01 pm | # | Reply

        Nah. I think he’s a deconstruction of the “perfect” fantasy hero. I’m thinking that he’ll be the party’s Sixth Ranger.

  55. Wyrd
    Wyrd
    January 26, 2011, 11:57 am | # | Reply

    That’s not a basilisk, that’s a cockatrice. So now I get to add misnaming things to the list of things I dislike about Best.

    • dr pepper
      dr pepper
      January 26, 2011, 11:13 pm | # | Reply

      Basilisk and cockatrice are 2 names for the same creature. It’s only in D&D and AD&D that they are made separate.

      • Hawk
        Hawk
        January 27, 2011, 9:57 am | # | Reply

        Really? I never researched the historical aspects of basilisk/cockatrices. Then again I’d never heard of a cockatrice OR a basilisk until I played AD&D.

      • SotiCoto
        SotiCoto
        June 26, 2013, 4:15 am | # | Reply

        Two names for the same fictional creature? Or alternatively, someone just affiliated the two due to reptilian features and fatal gaze?

        You sound like someone who can’t tell the different between a griffon, a griffin, and a hippogriff (note : the difference between the first two is in the legs, as griffons generally have lion limbs, while griffins have avian limbs… and a hippogriff has equine features, obviously)… or for that matter between an Each-uisge (large bodies of water) and a Kelpie (running water).

    • barsukthom
      barsukthom
      January 27, 2011, 12:42 pm | # | Reply

      heh, heh. You said cock-atrice. That’s so TOTALLY Best.

    • dr pepper
      dr pepper
      January 27, 2011, 3:40 pm | # | Reply

      The cockatrice (oops, now i’ve said cock-a-twice!) of legend was created when rooster hatched an egg laid by a snake, hence the creature has some of the nature of both. It is also called basilisk, from the greek “basil-” meaning “king” because it rules over other snakey things. Its powers are variously described as petrification, super acid, or super poison, depending on the source. Also, sometimes it is not a snake’s egg but an egg laid by the rooster itself. In real life roosters do sometimes lay eggs, but of course they are empty.

      • Hawk
        Hawk
        January 27, 2011, 8:15 pm | # | Reply

        Woot, learnin’ something while reading comments! :D
        Thank you!

    • SotiCoto
      SotiCoto
      June 26, 2013, 4:09 am | # | Reply

      It looks like a Cockatrice but apparently has the ability of a Basilisk.

      Clarification… the whole rooster top-half, snake base-half routine is definitely Cockatrice. The Basilisk is just a lizard full stop, regardless of system. Not sure where the D&D one got extra limbs from, mind you.
      BUT the Basilisk is the one that can petrify with a stare (along with Gorgons and Catoblepas). The Cockatrice’s stare just causes death, decay, that sort of shenanigans.

  56. Eldrazi
    Eldrazi
    January 26, 2011, 11:59 am | # | Reply

    I note with some interest that the Gastonian soldiers are bedecked in precisely the same way as Byron (sans looted shoulderplates and red coloration). Does this tell us anything about our favorite berserker?

    • Locke
      Locke
      January 26, 2011, 1:02 pm | # | Reply

      Well, it gives me an idea to where Byron possible got the clothes, but I have no doubt about how they got “dyed” red.

      • Jake
        Jake
        January 26, 2011, 7:28 pm | # | Reply

        Dry blood is brown… so maybe he went berserk on a barrel of beets?

        • Locke
          Locke
          January 26, 2011, 8:24 pm | # | Reply

          Duh. You thought I mean blood? Please. As if I’m THAT stupid.

          *whistles*

  57. Jim the Barbarian
    Jim the Barbarian
    January 26, 2011, 12:10 pm | # | Reply

    Oh boy it’s Best… *sigh* I had a feeling we would jump back to him for a bit.

  58. ahdok
    ahdok
    January 26, 2011, 1:03 pm | # | Reply

    AWESOME.

    We’ve already had one of these adventures. Can we have the others?

  59. Locke
    Locke
    January 26, 2011, 1:04 pm | # | Reply

    Also, is that Byron’s ol’ drinking buddy in the picture? What’s-his-name the Sunderer? (Sindar?)

    Everyone thinks that Best is going to end up being the Dragon to the soon-to-be-revealed Big Bad, but I’d place my bets on Mr. Sunderer there. I mean, I have no idea what that class can do, but it sounds kick-ass.

    • phyre
      phyre
      January 26, 2011, 5:58 pm | # | Reply

      Sundar. That could be him, but only if he dyed his hair and lost about 30 pounds.

  60. Andras
    Andras
    January 26, 2011, 3:02 pm | # | Reply

    >We know you would rather be reading about the rest of the gang

    Naaaaah. This is awwwwright.

  61. Lynxx
    Lynxx
    January 26, 2011, 4:47 pm | # | Reply

    I think what really irritates me is that Best literally is the best at everything he does. when will he get whats coming to him?

    • Lynxx
      Lynxx
      January 26, 2011, 4:48 pm | # | Reply

      err, i mean other than the girls at the orgy.

      <.<

  62. Ash
    Ash
    January 26, 2011, 5:00 pm | # | Reply

    Seriously thought. I really do like seeing Payet again.

  63. Twigs
    Twigs
    January 26, 2011, 7:46 pm | # | Reply

    Doesn’t an orgy count as “hero time?”

  64. gjh42
    gjh42
    January 26, 2011, 8:54 pm | # | Reply

    I’m okay with the change in Best’s art style (though he was more distinctive before), but shouldn’t he still have elf ears?

    • gjh42
      gjh42
      January 26, 2011, 8:59 pm | # | Reply

      …or is that perchance not actually him posing in front of the captives? The last panel figure could conceivably have elf ears, and looks a bit more like Best, allowing for the tiny scale…

    • gjh42
      gjh42
      January 26, 2011, 9:04 pm | # | Reply

      Okay, nevermind, that’s one of the Gastonian soldiers thanking Best for his help… oops:)

  65. DSSCRA
    DSSCRA
    January 26, 2011, 9:03 pm | # | Reply

    I hope best dies a horrible, horrible meaningless death I hate him so much.

    • barsukthom
      barsukthom
      January 27, 2011, 12:44 pm | # | Reply

      This is a fantasy universe. he could literally get crabs. or even lobsters.

  66. Schlock
    Schlock
    January 26, 2011, 10:53 pm | # | Reply

    Damnit Best, stop messing with the stereotype that the arrogant jackass is the one who ends up being useless. You’re not actually supposed to be as awesome as you think you are

  67. Locke
    Locke
    January 26, 2011, 11:10 pm | # | Reply

    Hopefully, though, this WILL flesh out Best’s character as a member of the cast. It’d be nice for him to be more than just a dick.

    • dr pepper
      dr pepper
      January 26, 2011, 11:15 pm | # | Reply

      Um then the orgy seems to show the opposite.

    • zero
      zero
      January 27, 2011, 6:46 am | # | Reply

      hmmm, if STDs really are rampant here, someone might have to call Best’s next of skin.

      • barsukthom
        barsukthom
        January 27, 2011, 12:45 pm | # | Reply

        I saw wut u did thar.

  68. TraderInTown
    TraderInTown
    January 27, 2011, 8:22 pm | # | Reply

    Ugh. Best. I hate this.

  69. silenttinsoldier
    silenttinsoldier
    January 27, 2011, 10:56 pm | # | Reply

    Haha, happy to see some big questions there relating to Best.

    Here I thought “oh! everything is ok!” and let my heart relax, but back to anxious, fretting anticipation!– hrrlkkfhsh

  70. James Rye
    James Rye
    June 15, 2012, 5:55 pm | # | Reply

    Hell YEAH for Payet Best! Can´t wait to see how he in his cocky douchbag jerk attitude will somehow save the world though he´s not meant to do so actually. XDDD

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