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

Oh hey, it's that guy.

Chapter 9 – Page 23

on March 18, 2011
Chapter: Chapter 09
└ Tags: Best, Ghost, Gravedust
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    • Sunday Morning Funnies: But with, you know, apples
      March 20, 2011, 2:06 pm | #
  1. alicemacher
    alicemacher
    March 18, 2011, 12:01 am | # | Reply

    YAAAAAAY! It’s Gravedust!

    • Novijen
      Novijen
      March 18, 2011, 12:19 am | # | Reply

      *angelic chorus singing “Hallelujah”*

    • Thor
      Thor
      March 18, 2011, 12:41 am | # | Reply

      It just looks like Gravedust. It’s actually Uncle Jesse from the Dukes of Hazzard.

      • Pikey
        Pikey
        March 18, 2011, 1:26 am | # | Reply

        Same thing, innit?

        Admit it. You’re thinking of Syr’nj in a pair of Daisy Dukes. ADMIIITTT IIIITTTTT!

        • Carl-E
          Carl-E
          March 18, 2011, 1:32 am | # | Reply

          Well, I wasn’t, until now…

          • Pikey
            Pikey
            March 18, 2011, 1:58 am | # | Reply

            You’re welcome.

            • Danny
              Danny
              March 18, 2011, 5:18 am | # | Reply

              At least its not Gravedust in Daisy Dukes.

              “Them Guilded age Guys better learn how to fly…..”

              • Kitsune Dragoon
                Kitsune Dragoon
                March 18, 2011, 8:54 am | # | Reply

                …

                Aaaaand now I must murder in a way no one has ever murdered someone in the history of murdering people.

                There may not exist enough brain bleach to wipe that from my mind… oh endure… endure…

                • Pikey
                  Pikey
                  March 19, 2011, 7:52 am | # | Reply

                  What kind of brain bleach? I usually prefer single-malt whiskey, but anejo tequila works pretty well too.

                  • FreddeX
                    FreddeX
                    May 18, 2011, 4:43 am | # | Reply

                    ….Can you pass me the bottle once youre done? My regular mix of rat poison and russian vodka didn’t work this time around..

        • Deets
          Deets
          March 19, 2011, 12:02 am | # | Reply

          thnx for that mental image…

        • Dredogastus F
          Dredogastus F
          October 26, 2012, 3:05 pm | # | Reply

          Or Frigg in those tiny denim panties! OOoohh!!

          (Did I say that out Loud!?)

      • alicemacher
        alicemacher
        March 18, 2011, 5:34 am | # | Reply

        (As Harky’s archers’ arrows fly toward the party)

        WAYLON JENNINGS: “Now I dunno ’bout you, but looks t’ me like them adventurers are in a whole mess o’ trouble.”

        (And…freeze-frame.)

        • Fren
          Fren
          March 18, 2011, 6:31 am | # | Reply

          Ah, yes! All of the arrows miss, Harky throws down his hat and jumps up on down on it. Cap’n Pornstache calls up over the CB to “figger out if’n the boys done lost the law an’ got the Judge his whiskey”.

        • barsukthom
          barsukthom
          March 18, 2011, 7:44 am | # | Reply

          AHHHH FLASHBACKS AAHHHHH
          Of course, a fantasy campaign where you play moonshiners might be fun…

        • JarrysKid
          JarrysKid
          March 18, 2011, 10:15 am | # | Reply

          Great. Now I’m picturing Harky giggling like Roscoe P. Coltrane.

          • Fren
            Fren
            March 18, 2011, 1:21 pm | # | Reply

            GYUK GYUHGHYUH!

    • CatOfEvilGenius
      CatOfEvilGenius
      March 18, 2011, 1:13 am | # | Reply

      HUZZAH !!!

    • jast
      jast
      March 18, 2011, 1:35 am | # | Reply

      And some not exactly dead dwarf under it.

    • ahdok
      ahdok
      March 18, 2011, 5:43 am | # | Reply

      I have enver been so happy to see this little dude.

      • Caitlin
        Caitlin
        March 18, 2011, 6:12 am | # | Reply

        I second that emotion!

      • Hawk
        Hawk
        March 18, 2011, 8:29 am | # | Reply

        YAY GRAVEDUST

    • Phil
      Flo
      March 18, 2011, 8:55 am | # | Reply

      Who?

      • ahdok
        ahdok
        March 18, 2011, 9:26 am | # | Reply

        It’s actually Gravedust Mk. II.

        He has a jetpack.

        Which we will see on G-Day.

        • Locke
          Locke
          March 18, 2011, 3:15 pm | # | Reply

          And laser eyes.

        • Meirnon
          Meirnon
          March 18, 2011, 7:46 pm | # | Reply

          Naw, it’s Tombdirt. You guys got the memo, right? We’re pretty sure we sent a memo. I’m sure Thom sent a memo.

          He’s canon.

    • Thom
      Thom
      March 18, 2011, 11:55 am | # | Reply

      Gravedust is dead, duh! This is Tombdirt. He is exactly the same except he can dance. He needed the bard for accompaniment.

      Long live Tombdirt!

      • gangler
        gangler
        March 18, 2011, 1:29 pm | # | Reply

        I like this character.

        • Danny
          Danny
          March 18, 2011, 3:04 pm | # | Reply

          I demand fan art!

          • Thor
            Thor
            March 18, 2011, 3:21 pm | # | Reply

            Do that and you will wind up with Rule 34 fan art.

            Okay, that’s a lie. There actually is no Guilded Age p0rn. There’s no porn of any strip that T is involved in writing. I’d suspect conspiracy, except that T specifically denied it when someone asked him on Formspring.

            • Phil
              Flo
              March 19, 2011, 4:57 pm | # | Reply

              Well… he’s wrong.

              • Thor
                Thor
                March 20, 2011, 1:04 am | # | Reply

                So there is a Guilded Age anti-porn conspiracy? Is it something exotic involving hackers and sleeper agents, or do you just have the lawyer send out C&D letters?

                • Phil
                  Flo
                  March 20, 2011, 8:57 am | # | Reply

                  Maybe!

                • gangler
                  gangler
                  March 20, 2011, 7:04 pm | # | Reply

                  It’s actually much simpler. They just keep buying it all moments after it hits the net. They’re selfish that way.

          • Meirnon
            Meirnon
            March 18, 2011, 4:44 pm | # | Reply

            FAN ART PROVIDED!
            http://meirnon.deviantart.com/art/TOMBDIRT-DANCE-201430956

            • gangler
              gangler
              March 18, 2011, 5:05 pm | # | Reply

              You are a God, you know that. Just raining miracles down upon us unworthy mortals.

              • Meirnon
                Meirnon
                March 18, 2011, 5:25 pm | # | Reply

                Funny. Your mom said the same thing last night. :D -badum pish-

                • Hawk
                  Hawk
                  March 18, 2011, 7:24 pm | # | Reply

                  Had to do some fan art myself.
                  http://hawksong76.deviantart.com/#/d3bxr5m

                  • Meirnon
                    Meirnon
                    March 18, 2011, 7:27 pm | # | Reply

                    We need more people on this. The more fan-art of Tombdirt, the closer he’ll be to canon.

                  • Fairportfan
                    Fairportfan
                    March 18, 2011, 11:16 pm | # | Reply

                    Of course Why didn’t i notice it before – Gravedust is really Meatloaf!!

                    • Meirnon
                      Meirnon
                      March 19, 2011, 12:52 am | #

                      That’s cool, but that’s not Gravedust. That’s Tombdirt. :D

                  • Danny
                    Danny
                    March 20, 2011, 6:43 am | # | Reply

                    I have created an AWESOME monster!

                • Locke
                  Locke
                  March 20, 2011, 9:36 pm | # | Reply

                  I thought Tombdirt had laser-eyes…

            • Jean-Luc
              Jean-Luc
              March 18, 2011, 5:27 pm | # | Reply

              lol

            • Phil
              Flo
              March 19, 2011, 4:58 pm | # | Reply

              Gravedust is dead.

              Long live Tombdirt.

            • Thom
              Thom
              March 20, 2011, 10:48 pm | # | Reply

              Cannot stop laughing. I love this.

  2. Andras
    Andras
    March 18, 2011, 12:02 am | # | Reply

    It certainly is that guy.

  3. Anode
    Anode
    March 18, 2011, 12:02 am | # | Reply

    Huh, lookit that. Resurrection.

    • Novijen
      Novijen
      March 18, 2011, 12:32 am | # | Reply

      Reincarnation. He is a shaman.

      • Rognik
        Rognik
        March 18, 2011, 3:21 am | # | Reply

        Whole new meaning to the term “dirt nap”.

        • Kaisara
          Kaisara
          March 18, 2011, 5:50 am | # | Reply

          *chuckles* I nominate that comment for a gold star

      • Locke
        Locke
        March 18, 2011, 3:16 pm | # | Reply

        I wonder if ALL the Dwarven Shamans would be capable of that… And why they haven’t done it.

      • Thor
        Thor
        March 18, 2011, 3:23 pm | # | Reply

        If he’s a game character, then it would be re-animation.

        • SamB
          SamB
          March 19, 2011, 12:20 am | # | Reply

          Only if this is the sort of video game that has animations.

          • Thor
            Thor
            March 19, 2011, 9:33 pm | # | Reply

            Um, all video games have animations.

            Any time a character goes from here to there, it’s a walk-cycle animation. There are also texture animations, sprite animations, action animations, effects animation, and of course cut-scene animations.

            The only way that KoA wouldn’t have animations is if it was a text adventure.

            • Tim
              Tim
              March 20, 2011, 1:08 pm | # | Reply

              Well, yeah. Text adventures are a whole category of games.

              Actually, would an ASCII-based game like Adom or any other rogue-likes count as having animations?

              • Thor
                Thor
                March 20, 2011, 8:11 pm | # | Reply

                I suppose that moving your guy around and lighting up walls counts . . . maybe.

                Some of the rogue-likes have projectile magic spells that are animated, no matter how primitively.

    • gangler
      gangler
      March 18, 2011, 8:16 am | # | Reply

      Could he have just… not died? He has mystical arts and whatnot. Maybe his body was in some kind of hibernated state underground while his astral projection contacted help. This would also slow the poison. If he was just hibernating then he also would have looked dead when he was dumped in front of the party way back.

      • Hawk
        Hawk
        March 18, 2011, 8:30 am | # | Reply

        It’s possible he was in some kind of trance state, I thought of that too. I’m sure we’ll find out…

        Monday.

        Maybe.

  4. Nivella
    Nivella
    March 18, 2011, 12:04 am | # | Reply

    So KoA has corpse running too. Hopefully the others come to as well.

    • George
      George
      March 18, 2011, 12:14 am | # | Reply

      Man… that’s a hell of a corpse run.

    • Yahtzee
      Yahtzee
      March 18, 2011, 4:26 am | # | Reply

      @ Nivella :
      KoA ? Who is KoA ?

      • Slayn82
        Slayn82
        March 18, 2011, 7:32 am | # | Reply

        Kingdoms of Arkterra, the MMO of Hurricane software.

        • barsukthom
          barsukthom
          March 18, 2011, 7:45 am | # | Reply

          Best Seller HOW many years in a row, now?

  5. Locke
    Locke
    March 18, 2011, 12:09 am | # | Reply

    Night of the Living Dwarf.

    • Novijen
      Novijen
      March 18, 2011, 12:14 am | # | Reply

      ….beer……beeeeeeeeeer…….

      • swordsister
        swordsister
        March 18, 2011, 12:20 am | # | Reply

        ogod that cracked me up.

        • Novijen
          Novijen
          March 18, 2011, 12:31 am | # | Reply

          Remember, sever the beards. It’s the only way to kill them.

          • Jean-Luc
            Jean-Luc
            March 18, 2011, 4:11 am | # | Reply

            Remember you have to use blades, bullets go straight through them (the beards).

            • randonimity
              randonimity
              March 18, 2011, 4:46 am | # | Reply

              I’ve come to expect nothing but razor wit from you <3

              • Jean-Luc
                Jean-Luc
                March 18, 2011, 4:51 am | # | Reply

                I like to cut to the chase.

                • randonimity
                  randonimity
                  March 18, 2011, 4:54 am | # | Reply

                  And it’s always shear pleasure <3

                • ahdok
                  ahdok
                  March 18, 2011, 5:00 am | # | Reply

                  I like the cut of your jib.

                  • barsukthom
                    barsukthom
                    March 18, 2011, 7:46 am | # | Reply

                    Your humor is barb(er)ed

                    • Hawk
                      Hawk
                      March 18, 2011, 8:30 am | #

                      And your replies are clipped.

                    • Caitlin
                      Caitlin
                      March 18, 2011, 10:19 am | #

                      Someone ought to snip these bad puns in the bud.

                    • aydr
                      aydr
                      March 18, 2011, 10:43 am | #

                      Cut it out, guys.

                    • JarrysKid
                      JarrysKid
                      March 18, 2011, 11:10 am | #

                      It was a close shave, but he’s been razored from the dead.

                    • Geigan
                      Geigan
                      March 18, 2011, 11:33 am | #

                      The wit in this thread could shave a dwarf, dead or alive.

                    • Locke
                      Locke
                      March 18, 2011, 3:17 pm | #

                      Man, all these “cut” and “blade” puns have really got me on edge.

                    • Thor
                      Thor
                      March 18, 2011, 3:25 pm | #

                      This portion of the thread has jumped the sharp.

                    • centuriancode
                      centuriancode
                      March 20, 2011, 6:53 am | #

                      Knife one!

                • Brandon Richard
                  Brandon Richard
                  March 20, 2011, 11:08 pm | # | Reply

                  Are… are you Mister Axe!? o.o
                  I thought I’d never see you again! :3

      • Jim
        Jim
        March 19, 2011, 10:01 am | # | Reply

        You sound like my college roommate.

    • Thom
      Thom
      March 18, 2011, 11:39 am | # | Reply

      The skeletal Dwarf has crafted a Limestone mug. All craftsmanship is of the highest quality. On the item is an image of a Dwarf in cat leather. The Dwarf is falling from a wall. The Dwarf is dead.

      • Locke
        Locke
        March 18, 2011, 3:18 pm | # | Reply

        Hopefully Gravedust gets enraged soon. Best could have plenty of “Fun”.

        • Marty
          Marty
          March 18, 2011, 7:09 pm | # | Reply

          DF reference FTW. But you forgot the history reference:

          This image relates to the TPK by Harky the Treasure Troll in 14, during The Diplomacy of Fail.

          • Thom
            Thom
            March 20, 2011, 10:32 pm | # | Reply

            Yes, perfect!

            Harky the Treasure Troll pfffhahaha

      • Kyn
        Kyn
        March 19, 2011, 10:37 pm | # | Reply

        Dwarf Fortress <3

      • Organum
        Organum
        March 19, 2011, 11:23 pm | # | Reply

        I celebrate this post.

    • Locke
      Locke
      March 20, 2011, 9:35 pm | # | Reply

      I really like how the pun war above went from “Zombies” to “Knives”. XD

  6. Calen
    Calen
    March 18, 2011, 12:10 am | # | Reply

    :O!
    Wow. So, does Best’s surprise come from “Oh shit, he’s back from the dead!” (implying complete immersion in the game) or “Oh hell, you guys died!” (meaning the players have been actually role playing for our benefit)?

    My guess… death in the game is supposed to wake the player up. Because that didn’t happen, your corpse is instead revived somehow. And now they’re stuck in a relatively familiar ‘beat the game to wake up’ scenario. I’m happy to be surprised, though!

    • Hellzar the Saucier
      Hellzar the Saucier
      March 18, 2011, 12:56 am | # | Reply

      But everyone knows you cant win a MMORPG…

      • Kenkins
        Kenkins
        March 18, 2011, 2:57 am | # | Reply

        And now we know that you can’t ESCAPE one, either!

        • A passer-by.
          A passer-by.
          March 18, 2011, 5:09 am | # | Reply

          It is a well known fact that the only way to escape an MMO is to think ‘Meh, this is boring. I’ll do something else.’

          In unrelated news, given how my theory of the active players affecting the artstyle (and possibly gameplay rules, now that I think about it), we shall see just how much realism Gravedust’s active status brings. Given how the nighttime camping and ‘dig it yerself’ combined with the way the night is portrayed do imply more realism than the ‘best and the landsharks’ portion, I might yet be right on the moneyses.

          • ahdok
            ahdok
            March 18, 2011, 5:45 am | # | Reply

            I think the level of detail might be somewhat related to John’s free time… He’s producing three of these a week! (that’s pretty impressive.)

          • FoolishOwl
            FoolishOwl
            March 18, 2011, 1:39 pm | # | Reply

            In my case, I escaped from an MMORPG when my then-girlfriend (now wife) said, “Wait, you’re ‘mining asteroids’ while talking to me?”

            And I had to admit, that was pretty lame of me.

        • Skaught
          Skaught
          March 18, 2011, 10:36 am | # | Reply

          Having just seen Second Skin last night, I’m pretty sure this is a too-true statement.

      • Calen
        Calen
        March 18, 2011, 3:40 pm | # | Reply

        Ah, but while the setting might be the Kingdoms of Arkerra MMO, I’ve always assumed the group was more along the lines of a traditional D&D adventuring party. The diplomacy mission plot hooks and lack of ‘kill X of mob Y’ grinding, along with Byron’s interview, point me in that direction.

  7. Katlamos
    Katlamos
    March 18, 2011, 12:10 am | # | Reply

    Dirt naps, great way to practice your astral projection

  8. Russ W
    Russ W
    March 18, 2011, 12:12 am | # | Reply

    “HHUUUUKK!! KOFFA KAFFA” may possibly be the best lines in any form of media EVER.

  9. Novijen
    Novijen
    March 18, 2011, 12:13 am | # | Reply

    Well, good grave-y man!

  10. Moe Lane
    Moe Lane
    March 18, 2011, 12:15 am | # | Reply

    OK, Best. You can go now.

  11. swordsister
    swordsister
    March 18, 2011, 12:15 am | # | Reply

    mmkay…that makes Dusty practically immortal.

    • Magpi
      Magpi
      March 18, 2011, 12:41 am | # | Reply

      There’s still that little issue of finding an skilled shit-elf bard to dig your body up before it decays beyond redemption, I guess

  12. Sahgren
    Sahgren
    March 18, 2011, 12:16 am | # | Reply

    *deep inhale* GRAAAAAAAAAAAVEEEEEEDUUUUUUUUUSSSST

    • Tachyon
      Tachyon
      March 18, 2011, 4:37 am | # | Reply

      Whoa there buddy, slow down. Gravedust is having a hard enough time without you sucking him into your nostrils. That can’t be healthy, anyway…

      • Thom
        Thom
        March 18, 2011, 12:08 pm | # | Reply

        When you snort Gravedust, the only trips are bad trips.

  13. Jean-Luc
    Jean-Luc
    March 18, 2011, 12:25 am | # | Reply

    GD you can take this job and shovel it.

    • Novijen
      Novijen
      March 18, 2011, 12:30 am | # | Reply

      Tomb bad he left his party in another cave.

      • randonimity
        randonimity
        March 18, 2011, 12:42 am | # | Reply

        At least he uncovered enough ground.

        • Danny
          Danny
          March 18, 2011, 1:52 am | # | Reply

          Whos respawnsible?

          • Rognik
            Rognik
            March 18, 2011, 3:23 am | # | Reply

            I suppose this explains the earlier crypt-ic comments.

            • randonimity
              randonimity
              March 18, 2011, 3:36 am | # | Reply

              I can only hope this page revived anyone’s rocky faith in the comic.

              • centuriancode
                centuriancode
                March 18, 2011, 4:23 am | # | Reply

                He dust not want to do that again.

                • Brent Felzien
                  Brent Felzien
                  March 18, 2011, 4:26 am | # | Reply

                  Best’s own problems are dwarfed in comparison.

                  • GMV
                    GMV
                    March 18, 2011, 4:43 am | # | Reply

                    There is more to the Dust than the Grave about this page, I say.

                    • ahdok
                      ahdok
                      March 18, 2011, 5:02 am | #

                      Well, all he needs to do is dust himself off and get going.

                    • JarrysKid
                      JarrysKid
                      March 18, 2011, 10:22 am | #

                      I’m sure Best feels this is all beneath him.

                    • Geigan
                      Geigan
                      March 18, 2011, 11:21 am | #

                      I don’t think Best really digs the grave nature of his task.

                    • Brandon Richard
                      Brandon Richard
                      March 20, 2011, 11:13 pm | #

                      I do believe this pun war has moved to
                      greener pastures in the comment thread
                      just below this one. :3

                • Yahtzee
                  Yahtzee
                  March 18, 2011, 4:32 am | # | Reply

                  Meh … Gravedust had to resurrect. The fact he’s a mystic and managed to bury his past was a dead give-away.

                  P.S.: I hope what I wrote isn’t too lame. ^^

                  • Sortelli
                    Sortelli
                    March 18, 2011, 11:48 am | # | Reply

                    If you are worried about being too lame I think you’ve missed the point of a bad pun war, my friend.

                    I think you need to dig deeper.

                    • Tachyon
                      Tachyon
                      March 18, 2011, 12:11 pm | #

                      It’s too late!

                      He’s already 6 feet under.

                    • Locke
                      Locke
                      March 18, 2011, 3:20 pm | #

                      If you’re worried that you failed to come up with a good pun today, there’s always tomb-orrow.

                    • SamB
                      SamB
                      March 19, 2011, 12:34 am | #

                      @Locke: Anyway, that’s kinda the point in a bad pun war…

                    • Yahtzee
                      Yahtzee
                      March 19, 2011, 4:24 pm | #

                      @Sortelli
                      ;-)
                      True true, mate.

                      No one posted another pun.
                      Could that be this battle of bad puns came to a dead-end ?

          • Phil
            Flo
            March 19, 2011, 5:02 pm | # | Reply

            Gold Star.

        • Gravedigger
          Gravedigger
          March 18, 2011, 1:52 am | # | Reply

          These jokes are terrible and you guys are awesome for telling them. (I’d post one myself, but it’s already done below.)

  14. Masterof7s
    Masterof7s
    March 18, 2011, 12:25 am | # | Reply

    In the words of the immortal Deadpool:

    “LOL, RESPAWN!”

    • Keairan
      Keairan
      March 18, 2011, 6:05 am | # | Reply

      Funnily enough, Deadpool is immortal canonically. (Granted, find me a popular comic book character that isn’t)

      • gangler
        gangler
        March 18, 2011, 8:30 am | # | Reply

        Um… Batman, superman, iron man, spiderman, the human torch, static, captain marvel, the flash. The list could keep going. None of these are immortal canonically. That is to say that they can all theoretically die.

        Of course, they never will, but unlike deadpool this is not because of immortality.

        • Ishmael
          Ishmael
          March 18, 2011, 10:46 am | # | Reply

          Actually, Captain Marvel IS technically immortal. If he’s killed as Captain Marvel, then anyone with sufficient magical power can just pull the energy that makes up his body back together. And he won’t die from old age.

          Of course, Billy Batson is entirely suspect to death… Sorta makes you rethink the whole “Earth’s Mightiest Mortal” title, eh?

          • gangler
            gangler
            March 18, 2011, 11:11 am | # | Reply

            Didn’t realize that was how he worked. I know his powers are magical, and I know he himself comes from another dimension and as such is made of it’s matter, which is why he can’t stay here for too long at a time.

            I didn’t realize he was actually physically made of magic though. Thought he was extradimensional flesh and blood enhanced magically. Just like how Superman is extraplanetary flesh and blood enhanced solarly. You couldn’t very well ressurect a dead superman by gathering together the solar energy that makes up his body.

            Anyway, learn something new every day. Captain Marvel is made of magic. Take note evil-doers. Captain Marvel can’t die.

            Seems like that would make the old “Superman vs Captain Marvel” scenario a little lopsided though… I mean, no matter how many times he kills Marvel or his hosts, he’ll just come back if it’s important enough to him. Not that either of them would either kill, but something to think about.

            • Ishmael
              Ishmael
              March 19, 2011, 9:25 am | # | Reply

              No, Marvel doesn’t come from another dimension. When Billy Batson says Shazam, the thunderbolt that hits him turns him into raw magic, which he shapes into his vision of what a hero should look like. It’s still Billy on the inside. Unless you’re reading the new comic book series, which works by different rules than the normal DC universe.

              And Billy has killed in the past, but those were demons and intelligent alien worms, so they don’t necessarily count. (The new continuity has him killing all but one of the Venusians. Not that he had a choice, but. He handled it better than Superman would have. I suspect Solomon and Achilles played a role in that.)

              This isn’t to say that he instantly heals or anything. It’d be very possible for him to be knocked out. Hell, I’m not sure if there’s even a time limit on bringing him back, I just know that folks like Zeus are capable of it.

              • Ishmael
                Ishmael
                March 19, 2011, 9:36 am | # | Reply

                It should also be noted that the Marvel family are totally human when they’re not Shazam’d.

                • gangler
                  gangler
                  March 19, 2011, 12:18 pm | # | Reply

                  Just looked into it. I guess what I read at some point when interested in learning about Captain marvel was actually this guy.

                  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Marvel_(Mar-Vell)

                  That explains a lot of what seemed odd about the story as a whole, especially all the Marvel Universe crap. Maybe later I can track down some of the guy I actually wanted and fill myself in.

                • Ishmael
                  Ishmael
                  March 19, 2011, 3:14 pm | # | Reply

                  Ahahaha. Yeah, the two Marvels have been a pain for a while. Sorry about that.

        • Dove
          Dove
          March 18, 2011, 10:54 am | # | Reply

          Technically some of the ones you listed have died. Most of them came back, is all.

          • gangler
            gangler
            March 18, 2011, 11:12 am | # | Reply

            I don’t know all of them, but I’m pretty sure at least Batman and Superman were never technically dead.

            Batman was thought to be dead until he was revealed to be sent back in time, and then revealed to actually have been bansihed to some kind of labyrinth made of time.

            • gangler
              gangler
              March 18, 2011, 11:15 am | # | Reply

              crap, didn’t mean to click post. Faulty mouse wheel.

              Anyway my understanding of the superman death story is that he wasn’t fully dead, but because they buried him he wasn’t able to use the sun’s light to regenerate either.

              Don’t know too much about any of the other “Death Stories”. I imagined they all had some similar catch after it was all over and they came back.

              • Ishmael
                Ishmael
                March 19, 2011, 9:30 am | # | Reply

                Iron Man’s flatlined a few times, to be brought back by normal medical technology. Spider-Man died, but that was part of a metamorphosis to give him new powers or something. The second Human Torch is dead and permanently dead. Or so they claim. Of course, the writers also hinted he might be back within two or three years. Don’t know Static well enough. And I’m pretty sure that the reason Barry came back was because he ‘escaped’ from the Speed Force.

                Not technical immortality, but plot-induced immortality.

                • gangler
                  gangler
                  March 19, 2011, 12:42 pm | # | Reply

                  The best kind of immortality. “How many times must I kill you, Bond?!”

        • Brandon Richard
          Brandon Richard
          March 20, 2011, 11:14 pm | # | Reply

          Unless you’ve read ‘Old Man Logan’. The man is a lean, mean, scrappy killin’ machine!

  15. Sentora
    Sentora
    March 18, 2011, 12:30 am | # | Reply

    HOLY SHIT.

    …You magnificent bastards, I did NOT see that coming at all.

    • Catbus
      Catbus
      March 18, 2011, 6:17 am | # | Reply

      Me either — I totally thought the ghost was Frigg.

  16. Amaster
    Amaster
    March 18, 2011, 12:31 am | # | Reply

    How exactly does a glockenspiel gallop? Yay for Gravedust coming back!

    • Novijen
      Novijen
      March 18, 2011, 12:36 am | # | Reply

      Trust me, you don’t want to know. If you did, you’d never look at jello the same way.

      • Tachyon
        Tachyon
        March 18, 2011, 4:39 am | # | Reply

        With a hint of fear and a twinge of sadness? Yes… the memories are flooding back…

    • Rognik
      Rognik
      March 18, 2011, 3:24 am | # | Reply

      Galloping glockenspiel, Batman!

      • barsukthom
        barsukthom
        March 18, 2011, 7:48 am | # | Reply

        Zipping Zylophones!

        • JarrysKid
          JarrysKid
          March 18, 2011, 10:27 am | # | Reply

          Flying Fluglehorns!

          • Freako
            Freako
            March 18, 2011, 11:27 am | # | Reply

            Thumping Theremins!

            • Sortelli
              Sortelli
              March 18, 2011, 11:50 am | # | Reply

              Xipping Xylophones!

              • Danny
                Danny
                March 18, 2011, 3:09 pm | # | Reply

                Staggering Saxophones!

                • Locke
                  Locke
                  March 18, 2011, 3:22 pm | # | Reply

                  Fluttering Flutes!

                  • smilr
                    smilr
                    March 18, 2011, 5:59 pm | # | Reply

                    Cursing Clarinets!

                    • Hawk
                      Hawk
                      March 18, 2011, 7:26 pm | #

                      Mumbling Marimbas, even!

                    • Yahtzee
                      Yahtzee
                      March 19, 2011, 4:26 pm | #

                      Blasted Bagpipes !

                    • Geeky35407
                      Geeky35407
                      March 20, 2011, 5:49 am | #

                      Terrifying Tubas!

                    • Jean-Luc
                      Jean-Luc
                      March 20, 2011, 10:31 am | #

                      Prancing Pianos? Gah…

                    • Khend
                      Khend
                      March 20, 2011, 12:24 pm | #

                      Harping Harmonicas!

                  • centuriancode
                    centuriancode
                    March 20, 2011, 6:56 am | # | Reply

                    Trembling Trombones!

                    • Locke
                      Locke
                      March 20, 2011, 9:31 pm | #

                      Deafening Didgeridoos!

                    • Brandon Richard
                      Brandon Richard
                      March 20, 2011, 11:15 pm | #

                      Ace Ventura’s favorite:

                      T*sticle Tuesdays!

    • Hawk
      Hawk
      March 18, 2011, 8:33 am | # | Reply

      Honestly, he said that, and I heard it in Danny Kaye’s voice. Specifically from Secret Life of Walter Mitty…
      Made me smile.

      • Locke
        Locke
        March 20, 2011, 9:32 pm | # | Reply

        BEST OLD FILM EVER. Well, second to “To Kill a Mockingbird”. And “Ikiru”.
        But other than that, great movie!

  17. 1d4caltrop
    1d4caltrop
    March 18, 2011, 12:34 am | # | Reply

    The glockenspiel is an Orff instrument.

    That is a DWARF.

    Best needs a refresher course in percussion.

  18. SaltyKracka
    SaltyKracka
    March 18, 2011, 12:53 am | # | Reply

    RISE FROM YOU GRAVE

    • Phil
      Flo
      March 18, 2011, 9:00 am | # | Reply

      WELCOME TO YOUR DOOM.

      • Lynxx
        Lynxx
        March 19, 2011, 3:35 pm | # | Reply

        Lol, id love to see gravedust get huge, then turn into a wolf-dwarf.

  19. SteelRaven
    SteelRaven
    March 18, 2011, 1:10 am | # | Reply

    He pulled a Jesus on us!

    • ahdok
      ahdok
      March 18, 2011, 5:05 am | # | Reply

      When they said ashes to ashes, dust to Dust…

      • VinceNalari
        VinceNalari
        March 18, 2011, 7:49 am | # | Reply

        So how do I respond to “from dust you came, and to dust you shall return?” :D

        • ahdok
          ahdok
          March 18, 2011, 9:28 am | # | Reply

          That’s the spectre, silly!

        • BeetlesBane
          BeetlesBane
          March 18, 2011, 1:03 pm | # | Reply

          GRAVELY

    • sprocket
      sprocket
      March 18, 2011, 9:34 pm | # | Reply

      No end to the tricks Gravedust can do; guaranteed to break the ice at parties.

      • Brandon Richard
        Brandon Richard
        March 20, 2011, 11:16 pm | # | Reply

        Now all he needs to do is perfect the ‘pencil trick’.

  20. Khend
    Khend
    March 18, 2011, 1:24 am | # | Reply

    I just want to know what the heck a glockenspiel is. Why one would be galloping can be left for another post.

    • barsukthom
      barsukthom
      March 18, 2011, 7:49 am | # | Reply

      Those tinkly elementary school instruments? A whole bunch of metal bars of differing sizes on a rest, that you tapped ith tiny mallets? Cheap-ass version of a Xylophone?

      • Hawk
        Hawk
        March 18, 2011, 8:35 am | # | Reply

        More specifically the precursor to a xylophone; it is smaller and less expensive to make. The kid toys are toys, but there are “real” glockenspiels as well.

        And for those who care the name is German and more or less translates to “hammer play” because you hit it with hammers.

        A galloping glockenspiel would be…hilariously cacophonous.

        • HellfireLover
          HellfireLover
          March 19, 2011, 5:53 am | # | Reply

          Bells. Glocken = bells. Sod all to do with hammers.

        • Silly
          Silly
          March 19, 2011, 3:28 pm | # | Reply

          Correction: Bell game/play.
          Glocke = bell, not hammer.

          • Hawk
            Hawk
            March 20, 2011, 10:51 am | # | Reply

            gah, my bad! My mother would hang me (she’s German).

        • Benedikt
          Benedikt
          March 27, 2011, 1:27 pm | # | Reply

          And, sorry Hawk, technically the xylophone was there earlier. Way earlier.
          I won’t hang you though.

      • Fairportfan
        Fairportfan
        March 18, 2011, 11:25 pm | # | Reply

        Technically, a true xylophone has wood bars – that’s where the name comes from.

    • Jurisanne
      Jurisanne
      March 19, 2011, 2:14 pm | # | Reply

      And you can mount glockenspiels which means you can march with them fairly easily when compared to trying to march with an entire marimba at your hip… /bandgeek

  21. Legault
    Legault
    March 18, 2011, 1:27 am | # | Reply

    And to think the dwarves believe they can get on without the mystics. This is awesome. I mean, the implications for practical jokes alone!

  22. Gravedigger
    Gravedigger
    March 18, 2011, 1:50 am | # | Reply

    Wait, did Payet just dust off his grave?

    • Warriormon87
      Warriormon87
      March 18, 2011, 3:55 am | # | Reply

      I award you a medal of honor. (since I can’t give out gold stars. Plus, it fits with my name.)

    • randonimity
      randonimity
      March 18, 2011, 3:56 am | # | Reply

      Personally, I think he hit payet dirt.

  23. Bavette
    Bavette
    March 18, 2011, 2:06 am | # | Reply

    RIIIIIIIISE FROM YOUR GRAAAAAAAAAVEDUST.

  24. Lydia
    Lydia
    March 18, 2011, 2:10 am | # | Reply

    Oh my God, yay! I’ve missed Gravedust. :D

  25. Koj
    Koj
    March 18, 2011, 2:14 am | # | Reply

    Well… that was unexpected… yup.

  26. solna
    solna
    March 18, 2011, 2:25 am | # | Reply

    gahd motherfucking dammit.

    betrayed a trust for a fucking hack job ‘oh, here you go.’

    yes, neat that he did the out of body thing, but seriously?

  27. CjRayn
    CjRayn
    March 18, 2011, 2:34 am | # | Reply

    I’ve gotta hand it to best on this one. If a hand reached out of the ground where I was standing, I wouldn’t help the guy up; I’d run like hell.

    • Yahtzee
      Yahtzee
      March 18, 2011, 4:39 am | # | Reply

      Well, it depends.
      Especially if you consider :
      1) a spirit has talked you into doing this without using some mind-control stuff,

      2) the fact that the hand reaching out is the hand of a person you’re familiar – and potentially friend – with.

  28. Mujaki
    Mujaki
    March 18, 2011, 3:25 am | # | Reply

    Real question is… who performed the burial? I doubt that the landsharks would honor the fallen in such a manner.

    • Tachyon
      Tachyon
      March 18, 2011, 4:40 am | # | Reply

      A wizard did it.

      • ahdok
        ahdok
        March 18, 2011, 5:06 am | # | Reply

        AND RAN AWAY

        • Thom
          Thom
          March 18, 2011, 11:44 am | # | Reply

          We know what he dig last summer!

          • Sortelli
            Sortelli
            March 18, 2011, 11:51 am | # | Reply

            do hohoho

    • Fren
      Fren
      March 18, 2011, 6:36 am | # | Reply

      Eh, Harky was rather convinced that berzerking was a communicable illness. Perhaps they buried the corpses to alleviate possible contagion.

      Me, I’d have burned ’em, but maybe he was out of matches.

      • noisyparker
        noisyparker
        March 18, 2011, 7:50 am | # | Reply

        A troll probably probably prefers that everyone around them be out of matches. :)

        • solna
          solna
          March 18, 2011, 1:39 pm | # | Reply

          +1 initiative.

    • Rothelez
      Rothelez
      March 18, 2011, 6:50 am | # | Reply

      Well, considering gravedust was poisoned by an old “friend” rather than killed by monsters, I would suspect the dwarves had a proper burial for him when they found that he “had a heart attack”.

      • Hawk
        Hawk
        March 18, 2011, 8:38 am | # | Reply

        Except that Gravedust’s (apparently) dead body was dumped into the arena with the troll and all…making it *exceedingly* unlikely that the dwarves would buy into “oh, he had a heart attack.” I would suspect that Mister Traitor-to-Gravy would prefer to maintain the appearance that Gravedust never bothered to come back at all.

  29. Wazza
    Wazza
    March 18, 2011, 3:39 am | # | Reply

    HOLY CRAPBAKE BATMAN I WAS RIGHT!!!!!!!!!!

    • Danny
      Danny
      March 18, 2011, 5:25 am | # | Reply

      To the BestCave!

  30. TexasNinjaBuzzard
    TexasNinjaBuzzard
    March 18, 2011, 3:52 am | # | Reply

    Hell of a poison resistance on that one. His drinking binges must be the stuff of epic legend.

    • barsukthom
      barsukthom
      March 18, 2011, 7:50 am | # | Reply

      Well, he IS a Dwarven Adventurer.

    • Karishi
      Karishi
      March 18, 2011, 8:26 am | # | Reply

      A traditional solution to poison in wounds is “rub some dirt on it.” It was a lot of poison; he used a lot of dirt.

    • Fren
      Fren
      March 18, 2011, 1:25 pm | # | Reply

      Do they even have Cast Iron Liver in his spec tree?

  31. Warriormon87
    Warriormon87
    March 18, 2011, 3:53 am | # | Reply

    is he Undead now?
    We know his power is to bind spirits into objects to use them, animating the object (i.e. self guided arrows, etc.) So presumable he just bound his spirit back into his body.
    However, isn’t a spirit bound into an animated body an undead?
    Thus, Gravedust is undead.

    • Nathanyel
      Nathanyel
      March 18, 2011, 4:22 am | # | Reply

      Right now I’m imagining Banshee Queen Syr’nj…

      • centuriancode
        centuriancode
        March 18, 2011, 4:25 am | # | Reply

        That should not be as awesome as it is.

      • Catbus
        Catbus
        March 18, 2011, 6:21 am | # | Reply

        You can heal, you can fight, having the time of your life
        See that elf, hear that shriek, dig the Banshee Queen

        Friday night and HPs are low
        Only hope is a shit hero

        • Phil
          Flo
          March 18, 2011, 9:02 am | # | Reply

          Gold Star.

      • barsukthom
        barsukthom
        March 18, 2011, 7:51 am | # | Reply

        She’s just a Banshee Queen,
        C’mon and slay your partner
        Banshee Queen!

    • Yahtzee
      Yahtzee
      March 18, 2011, 4:41 am | # | Reply

      Well, if your spirit is attached to your body, does that make you undead, especially if the body hasn’t decayed at all ?

    • ahdok
      ahdok
      March 18, 2011, 5:07 am | # | Reply

      He’s not undead. Everyone knows that when you die you have to run your ghost over to your body to resurrect.

  32. Dusty668
    Dusty668
    March 18, 2011, 4:12 am | # | Reply

    Ugh. The Zombie craze is like SOOOOO dead.

    • Hawk
      Hawk
      March 18, 2011, 8:39 am | # | Reply

      Like that stupid damn candy commercial: “You’re boring me BACK to death, that’s how boring you are”

  33. Brent Felzien
    Brent Felzien
    March 18, 2011, 4:24 am | # | Reply

    So that’s how Ryan Reynolds escaped.

  34. Odo
    Odo
    March 18, 2011, 4:24 am | # | Reply

    Just… YAY. I *like* Gravedust, and the fact that he can be recovered gives likelihood to the resurrection of the others.

    I like Gravedust, but I love Figg.

    • Thor
      Thor
      March 18, 2011, 3:28 pm | # | Reply

      I’d like to chew on her luscious Newtons.

      • Abeo
        Abeo
        March 19, 2011, 8:57 am | # | Reply

        I’m sure she’d be thrilled to jam your face full of newtons.

        • Freako
          Freako
          March 19, 2011, 8:37 pm | # | Reply

          Ms. Figg,

          How many Newtons does it take to get to the squishy center of a human skull?

  35. GMV
    GMV
    March 18, 2011, 4:40 am | # | Reply

    Euhm… yes, so Yeah for the revival, really.
    However, am I the only one wondering how Gravedust took a nap under a feet of rocks – whereas his body first was in the Arena… Don’t tell me: Arky got so scared of berserk Byron he didn’t want to have the bodies anywhere near him in case they came back as spectres.

    • ahdok
      ahdok
      March 18, 2011, 5:07 am | # | Reply

      Who says it’s the same body?

      • Yahtzee
        Yahtzee
        March 19, 2011, 4:33 pm | # | Reply

        @Ahdok :
        It looks like it’s the same.

    • Taxellor
      Taxellor
      March 18, 2011, 5:13 am | # | Reply

      What did you expect us to do with the bodies? They’d rot and spread disease if we left them sitting about the place.
      Eat them? We might be monsters, but we’re not monsters about it.

    • Ishmael
      Ishmael
      March 18, 2011, 10:51 am | # | Reply

      Honestly, in that case, burning them is the best policy. That or construct a coffin and nail them down in there.

  36. Alex Norris
    Alex Norris
    March 18, 2011, 4:56 am | # | Reply

    Well, Best’s first instinct was to reach down and pull Gravedust out, so he can’t be that much of a dick.

    • Thor
      Thor
      March 18, 2011, 3:29 pm | # | Reply

      It was a cut scene. He didn’t really have a choice.

  37. ahdok
    ahdok
    March 18, 2011, 4:59 am | # | Reply

    DUUUUUUUUUUUDE

    • Jean-Luc
      Jean-Luc
      March 18, 2011, 5:22 am | # | Reply

      Wazzzuuuppp!

      • Brandon Richard
        Brandon Richard
        March 20, 2011, 11:21 pm | # | Reply

        Where’s my car!?

  38. Taxellor
    Taxellor
    March 18, 2011, 5:23 am | # | Reply

    Should have been
    “Gadjillions of Galloping Green Glockenspiels!”
    But maybe that will be next time

  39. ahdok
    ahdok
    March 18, 2011, 5:25 am | # | Reply

    Okay… now.

    I know you were expecting some great artefact of great power down here, and I know I tricked you into coming over here to dig me up. I know that we haven’t gotten on too well in the past either, but we’re standing in the middle of nowhere at the bottom of a 5ft hole that you dug with your axe to get me out.

    So what do you say? Let’s just bury the hatchet?

    • Jean-Luc
      Jean-Luc
      March 18, 2011, 6:10 am | # | Reply

      I have a feeling this is gonna be awesome. Best and GD make a great team and by great I mean hilarious.

      • gangler
        gangler
        March 18, 2011, 8:38 am | # | Reply

        When it’s all said and done they need to do a buddy cop movie.

        • ahdok
          ahdok
          March 18, 2011, 9:30 am | # | Reply

          You’re a loose Ballista! Hand in your badge, your bow, and the keys to the chocobo!

          • Geigan
            Geigan
            March 18, 2011, 11:15 am | # | Reply

            Now I can’t think of anything but movie titles for the both of them.
            Payet Day
            Dust in the Wind
            A Shallow Grave
            The Best Way to Die
            …and they’re all horrible too.

            • Danny
              Danny
              March 18, 2011, 3:25 pm | # | Reply

              I imagine it as a BBC cop show ‘Payet forward’, where Best is reformed and has to do community work and Gravedust is his snarking, Jerk with a Heart of Gold probation officer. They Fight Crime!

              • Jean-Luc
                Jean-Luc
                March 18, 2011, 11:46 pm | # | Reply

                Life beyond the Gravedust.

                • Phil
                  Flo
                  March 18, 2011, 11:57 pm | # | Reply

                  Achievement Unlocked!

                  Post the 16,000th Comment!

      • Hawk
        Hawk
        March 18, 2011, 8:40 am | # | Reply

        Now I’m going to be imagining the NEXT time Gravedust goes up on stage. With Best. They’ll slay ’em!

      • JarrysKid
        JarrysKid
        March 18, 2011, 11:03 am | # | Reply

        I can totally see Best being played by Burt Reynolds, with Dom DeLuise playing Gravedust.

        “Dun-dun-DUN! Captain Arkerra!”

        Then they go on a whacky, fun-filled, thrill-a-minute cross-country bawkbagok race.

    • barsukthom
      barsukthom
      March 18, 2011, 7:53 am | # | Reply

      Gravedust IIIIISSS a great artefact of mystic power! Especially now that he’s been to the Other Side!

      • Nekropancser
        Nekropancser
        March 18, 2011, 6:37 pm | # | Reply

        Not that anything new is going there. That place is gravely dead.

  40. Pashakitty
    Pashakitty
    March 18, 2011, 5:42 am | # | Reply

    Man, I love this comic… it just get’s more and more interesting as it goes along.

  41. Caitlin
    Caitlin
    March 18, 2011, 6:17 am | # | Reply

    I have never been so happy to see a grumpy, dirty dwarf in all my days.

    I wonder if Best is going to refuse to dig up the others, now that he knows what’s going on.

    • Fren
      Fren
      March 18, 2011, 6:39 am | # | Reply

      Well … I mean, Gravedust IS a dwarf. He should get some kind of racial bonus to digging holes.

      • Caitlin
        Caitlin
        March 18, 2011, 10:15 am | # | Reply

        And drinking.

  42. Jim
    Jim
    March 18, 2011, 7:14 am | # | Reply

    “Galloping glockenspiels” made me grin with old school comic book nostalgia.

  43. Hopeless
    Hopeless
    March 18, 2011, 7:25 am | # | Reply

    He’s dead jim, just not as we know it!

    • BriGuy
      BriGuy
      March 18, 2011, 2:14 pm | # | Reply

      Landsharks on the starboard bow!

      • Danny
        Danny
        March 18, 2011, 3:30 pm | # | Reply

        Dammit Gravedust, I’m a Bard not a Digger! And you are no help Syr’Nj, you damned green blooded goblin.

  44. Flintte
    Flintte
    March 18, 2011, 7:25 am | # | Reply

    Oh snap! I totally wasn’t expecting that!
    Also, as a percussionist, I approve of the phrase “galloping glockenspiels”.

  45. Balmar Foghaven
    Balmar Foghaven
    March 18, 2011, 7:31 am | # | Reply

    And so it came to pass that the risen dwarf did live up to his name…

  46. Tony
    Tony
    March 18, 2011, 7:40 am | # | Reply

    Well at least I know why he is called GRAVEdust…jejejeje

    • barsukthom
      barsukthom
      March 18, 2011, 7:54 am | # | Reply

      Because Dustbunny was taken. And Dryerlint is a racial slur.

      • JarrysKid
        JarrysKid
        March 18, 2011, 11:05 am | # | Reply

        So is “Lawn Ornament”, according to Pratchet.

        • Hawk
          Hawk
          March 18, 2011, 2:11 pm | # | Reply

          I thought that only applied to Gnomes.

  47. silenttinsoldier
    silenttinsoldier
    March 18, 2011, 8:00 am | # | Reply

    I’m waiting for Best to have a hissy fit about being “tricked” concerning his destiny/etc, but for now I’ll enjoy this moment. Everything about this page is fantastic.

  48. Jedi
    Jedi
    March 18, 2011, 8:02 am | # | Reply

    I got three things to say.
    1. Thank you Payet for instead of swinging your ax in a downward motion, from fear of the dwarven zombie uprooting itself from its grave like hole, planting it right behind good ole Gravedust’s eyes, you instead pulled him up.

    2. In essence because of the transition from underground to ground level you could say Gravedust has leveled up.

    3. Last but least. Payet your still a DOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUCHE!!!

    But he sure knows how to put his Best foot forward and wipe the Dust off his friends back.

  49. Karishi
    Karishi
    March 18, 2011, 8:31 am | # | Reply

    They go into the next cave, and the dwarf digs up Byron.
    As Byron wakes to see Best next to Gravedust, the dwarf pats a little more of the debris off of his clothes, then declares,
    “You’ve just been-”
    licks a hand
    slicks back his gray hair
    “-Gravedusted.”

    • Hawk
      Hawk
      March 18, 2011, 8:42 am | # | Reply

      And Byron goes berserk again. :P

  50. Karishi
    Karishi
    March 18, 2011, 8:34 am | # | Reply

    It’s Jimmy Hoffa!

    • Jean-Luc
      Jean-Luc
      March 18, 2011, 11:47 pm | # | Reply

      Don’t you mean Koffa? :P

      • karishi
        karishi
        March 19, 2011, 12:30 am | # | Reply

        The other dwarfs buried him, but he had to bring his own koffin’.

  51. Kom
    Kom
    March 18, 2011, 8:52 am | # | Reply

    It seems the spotlight is widening. Will Best be comfortable sharing it?

    Also: HOLY SHIT GRAVEDUST YESSSS

  52. ahdok
    ahdok
    March 18, 2011, 9:34 am | # | Reply

    “You said I was going to discover an Artefact!”

    “No, I said you were going to discover an Old Fart, in fact.”

    “DAMNIT!”

  53. Gillsing
    Gillsing
    March 18, 2011, 10:24 am | # | Reply

    In the second panel I thought the ghost would grab the axe and smash it into Best’s head, making him fall into the grave he’d just dug for himself.

    But seeing Gravedust again is of course much better than that. :-D

  54. JarrysKid
    JarrysKid
    March 18, 2011, 11:07 am | # | Reply

    “Here, Gravedust, let me help you brush off some of that…er…grave dust.”

  55. ahdok
    ahdok
    March 18, 2011, 11:35 am | # | Reply

    “So, Gravedust. Do you want to tell me how you ended up in that hole in the ground?”

    “Do you want to tell me how you ended up with that hole in your face?”

    “But I don’t have a- … oh.”

  56. Thom
    Thom
    March 18, 2011, 12:05 pm | # | Reply

    “What is the sound of one Master-crafted Sky Elf-made instrument digging?”

    • JarrysKid
      JarrysKid
      March 18, 2011, 2:31 pm | # | Reply

      “Douche…douche…douche…”

  57. BanditoWalrus
    BanditoWalrus
    March 18, 2011, 12:06 pm | # | Reply

    HA! The only way you could make Gravedust more badass! Now he’s also a Zombie!!

  58. blogonomicon
    blogonomicon
    March 18, 2011, 1:03 pm | # | Reply

    The spirit was Gravedust. Instead of counting how many people DID guess that, anyone who DIDN’T know it, pipe up. Don’t be shy, I won’t mock you. Much. For certain, extremely high, values of much.

    Oh, who am I kidding. I will be absolutely CRUEL.

    • Danny
      Danny
      March 18, 2011, 3:33 pm | # | Reply

      No idea at all. Came like a bolt from the blue. Awesome!

    • Thor
      Thor
      March 18, 2011, 3:34 pm | # | Reply

      I’ll admit it. It never occurred to me, if for no other reason than I couldn’t imagine why Gravy would try to rely on a douche like Best for anything.

      • Whatev
        Whatev
        March 19, 2011, 7:33 pm | # | Reply

        He’s competent? Oh, and he’s alive.

    • Michael Haneline
      Michael Haneline
      March 19, 2011, 12:00 pm | # | Reply

      I didn’t see it coming either.

  59. Timelost
    Timelost
    March 18, 2011, 3:22 pm | # | Reply

    Don’t call it a comeback, I been here for years, rockin’ my peers and puttin’ suckers in fear!

  60. Nekropancser
    Nekropancser
    March 18, 2011, 6:47 pm | # | Reply

    The band is rising, let the concert begin! It was gravely silent anyways…
    Best’ll make them rock under the rocks.

  61. Lazy J
    Lazy J
    March 18, 2011, 8:06 pm | # | Reply

    wow this just got even more epic

  62. Haley
    Haley
    March 18, 2011, 10:24 pm | # | Reply

    YAYYY GRAVEDUST IS NOT DEAD :D

  63. Alechsa
    Alechsa
    March 18, 2011, 10:37 pm | # | Reply

    WOO!!! Now dig up the others and walk away like a good little plot device, Best. Good stupid Sky-Elf <3

    • Freako
      Freako
      March 19, 2011, 1:46 am | # | Reply

      Shit-elf, not sky-elf. Important difference.

  64. Fairportfan
    Fairportfan
    March 18, 2011, 11:31 pm | # | Reply

    Hey – we’re puttin’ the band back together!

    • Pikey
      Pikey
      March 19, 2011, 8:02 am | # | Reply

      The use of unnecessary force in apprehending Payet Best has been approved.

      • Jean-Luc
        Jean-Luc
        March 19, 2011, 8:27 am | # | Reply

        One night only, “The Best Brothers”.

        • Pikey
          Pikey
          March 19, 2011, 4:40 pm | # | Reply

          Who plays the crossbow-toting Carrie Fisher character?

          • Jean-Luc
            Jean-Luc
            March 19, 2011, 8:42 pm | # | Reply

            I suppose it could be one of the many women Best orgied with but never called back.

            • ahdok
              ahdok
              March 20, 2011, 6:39 am | # | Reply

              …that or Frigg.

              • Jean-Luc
                Jean-Luc
                March 20, 2011, 10:33 am | # | Reply

                I expect Frigg would’ve been much more effective
                and resolute in her pursuit of revenge than Carrie
                Fisher was.

  65. Brandon Richard
    Brandon Richard
    March 19, 2011, 6:57 pm | # | Reply

    “Respawn in 3… 2… 1…”

    Great scott! This made me happy. :3

  66. Kyn
    Kyn
    March 19, 2011, 10:47 pm | # | Reply

    You know, Best is a huge jerk…

    But when someone’s buried under the ground and breaks out ala zombie, he’s still good enough to pull them out, and not jump backwards shrieking “ZOMBIIIEEE!” and flailing hsi axe

  67. Angelina
    Angelina
    March 20, 2011, 2:43 pm | # | Reply

    OHHH SNAP

  68. Dr Adder
    Dr Adder
    March 24, 2011, 5:12 am | # | Reply

    cool… gravedust has done a moon knight.

  69. Twigs
    Twigs
    March 26, 2011, 4:27 pm | # | Reply

    CARRIE

  70. Hogan
    Hogan
    March 23, 2013, 6:04 pm | # | Reply

    Resurrection!!

  71. Saiyanwolf
    Saiyanwolf
    October 13, 2014, 4:08 pm | # | Reply

    Gravedust=Jesus

  72. dragon8writers
    dragon8writers
    August 16, 2015, 8:48 am | # | Reply

    So he’s the relic, prophesied to usher in a new age of peace?

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