Annotations Every Day - Written by T Campbell & Flo Kahn - Illustrated by John & Jason Waltrip
Guilded Age
The Saga of the Working Class Adventurer – New comics every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday!
The End
August Brown, Cory Brown
Two aliens crash a sci-fi convention and accidentally take seven nerds on an adventure that spans the galaxy!
Phantomarine
Claire K. Niebergall
A ghostly princess must sail across a haunted sea to save her soul from a devious, shapeshifting death god known as the Red Tide King.
Love Not Found
Gina Biggs
Abeille is on a quest to find someone who wants to do it the old-fashioned way in a time when touching has become outdated.
Jailbird
Charlie Davis
An all-ages comic about a recently escaped prisoner's struggle to understand the outside world, and vice-versa. Also, a magic cape!
Sufficiently Remarkable
Maki Naro
Two young women living in Brooklyn discover that you're always coming of age.
Godslave
Meaghan Carter
Edith has been thrown into the dangerous world of modern-day Egyptian mythology. Fighting monsters and dealing with family drama of godly proportions.
Bybloemen
C.B. McPherson
An infernal plan to corrupt the small town of Stenen Brug at the height of tulipmania is complicated by a pact made between a talented young merchant and a demon looking to change careers.
Star Impact
Jack McGee
A young, energetic woman fights her way up in the world of super-powered boxing after discovering the mighty gloves of her missing idol!
Whomp!
Ronnie
A depressed, portly, hirsute anime fan stumbles through life in the ever-pursuit of chicken nuggets and other life-shortening indulgences.
Ghost Junk Sickness
Studio CARTRIDGE, Laura Lee
Two hunters try to survive and end up being pushed to pursue a deadly bounty dubbed "The Ghost".
The Lonely Vincent Bellingham
Diana Huh
Vincent is an unkind man looking to disappear, and finds himself in the care of a vampire and her two wicked children.
Monster Pulse
Magnolia Porter Siddell
Four kids run afoul of a creepy secret organization's experiments, which turn their body parts into fighting monsters. Part sentimental coming-of-age story, part monster-training shonen manga, with just a bit of sci-fi body horror.
Anarchy Dreamers
Emily Ree
Sparkly undead kids fight society's worst Nightmares in this pastel-punk urban fantasy coming-of-age!
Atomic Robo
Brian Clevinger, Scott Wegener
The robot punches monsters and bad robots and one time he was a cowboy.
Demon's Mirror
Harry Bogosian
Based loosely off of "The Snow Queen", a story by Hans Christian Andersen, we see things take a different turn as the demons become central characters, and the side characters stick around. Yup, that's the only differences. Enjoy!
Between Failures
Jackie Wohlenhaus
The low stakes adventures of an assorted group of 20 somethings trapped in the declining years of American retail. They are naughty and say lots of swears.
Awaken
Koti Saavedra/Flipfloppery
Superpowers, monsters and conspiracies. Piras, the spoiled Dameschi heir, fights to recover his identity after becoming a terrorist!
Bicycle Boy
Jackarais
A cyborg named Poet wakes up in the post-apocalyptic desert with no memory, no limbs, and no idea why he keeps getting punched.
Kiwi Blitz
Mary Cagle (Cube Watermelon)
Steffi thinks she can use her kiwi mech to become a superhero. This idea turns out to be very stupid.
Lilith's Word
inkPangur
If you had the power to make any wish come true using just one word, what would you say?
Nerf Now!!
Josué Pereira
A cute webcomic about fanservice, video games, and... love. Mostly video games, though.
Astral Aves
Moon Cabal
A fantasy coming-of-age following the adventures of Astra The Black and friends, as they navigate the mysterious world around them. It's politics, adventure, and the supernatural; oh, and crazy hair.
Goodbye to Halos
Valerie Halla
Cuddles, gay flirting, weird feelings, and magic-fueled knife fights - it's an adventure across the queer multiverse!
El Goonish Shive
Dan Shive
WARNING: This comic often ignores the Laws of Physics
Widdershins
Kate Ashwin
A series of light-hearted Victorian-era adventure stories featuring grumpy bounty hunters, accidental thiefkings, and more, in England's magical capital city Widdershins!
Wilde Life
Pascalle Lepas
Oscar decided to rent an old haunted house, and that's when things got weird...
Tiger, Tiger
Petra Nordlund
A young noble lady steals her brother's identity and his ship to find love and adventure, and to write a book about the fascinating life cycle of sea sponges!
[un]Divine
Ayme
A highschool senior thought giving up his soul for a demon was a good idea. It wasn't.
Kochab
Sarah Webb
A YA F/F fantasy comic about Sonya, a lost skier trying to survive a snowy wilderness and find her way back to her village; and Kyra - a fire spirit trying to fix the home that she let fall apart around her.
Cassiopeia Quinn
Gunwild, Psudonym
A cute, pantsless thief is pursued across the stars by a buttoned-up military officer in the spacey, laser-filled future.
Alice and the Nightmare
Misha Krivanek
Alice finally attends University to learn to collect the dreams of humans, meet new friends, and deal with a pesky reflection along the way.
Dumbing of Age
David M Willis
Joyce has been homeschooled her entire life until now, when she's suddenly a freshman in college! Things don't go well.
Guilded Age
T Campbell, John Waltrip, Florence Machina
Welcome to the saga of the working-class adventurer! Enjoy the complete story with new annotations daily!
Hazy London
Scotty
A story about messy relationships. From friendly foes to crazy families. Nothing is black and white, just full of color. But, all colors can get a little hazy...
Caramel Corn
Potchimew
Sarah is the only human left in a world full of mythical creatures and monsters. All she wants to do is live a quiet life, but everything changes when she meets her guardian angel, Jacob.
Monsterkind
Taylor C
Wallace Foster, a young, bright-eyed human social worker, has his entire world view rocked when he's suddenly relocated into a city primarily inhabited by monsters.
Empowered
Adam Warren
A sexy superhero comedy (except when it isn't) about the never-ending struggles of a plucky but very unlucky young superheroine.
Knights Errant
J.R. Doyle
Wilfrid's humble quest for revenge becomes bigger and bloodier by the day.
Never Satisfied
Taylor Robin
Lucy Marlowe, a magician's apprentice, competes against other apprentices for an important, magical, Goverment Job.
This is Not Fiction
Nicole Mannino
What do you do when the person you're in-love with is an anonymous romance novelist? Get your best friend to hire your worst enemy for help!
The Witch Door
Anni K.
Katariina Lehto discovers her neighbor is a witch called Jousia Muotka. Jousia introduces Katariina to the strange people and places beyond the witch door...
Starhammer
J.N. Monk, Harry Bogosian
A teen girl inherits a powerful alien artifact and proceeds to make a series of increasingly poor decisions
Girl Genius
Phil Foglio, Kaja Foglio
In a time when the Industrial Revolution has become an all-out war, Mad Science rules the World...with mixed success.
Cyanide & Happiness
Explosm
Satire, dark humor and surreal humor.
Tigress Queen
Allison Shaw
A barbarian warlord and a pampered prince try to avoid a marriage alliance that could end decades of violence.
Star Trip
Gisele Weaver
Jas is a human taken from her home planet on a trip across the galaxy she will never forget.
Lighter Than Heir
Melissa Albino
A young Volant woman joins the military in an effort to upstage her war-hero father.
Fireweeds Moors
Gato Iberico
A cat-headed man and a girl with a sandwich hankering accidentally end up in a myth-infused country where magic chalices are a really big thing.
Cut Time
Juby
Rel and her trusty avian friend Fugue are on a quest to save a world that's lost track of time. Follow them and their new recruits, in a story written with help from the stars.
Stand Still, Stay Silent
Minna Sundberg
A few generations after the end of the world, a small, poorly financed research crew is sent out to rediscover whatever is left of the forbidden old world in the south.
The Automan's Daughter
Mike Stamm
Aisha Osman and her uncle Siddig outwit bikers, spies and kidnappers while gearing up for a showdown with the formidable Widowmaker mecha.
Go Get a Roomie
Clover
Experience the queer journey of an upbeat hippie and the friendships she makes along the way! A tale of self-discovery and love of many forms.
Paranatural
Zack Morrison
Superpowered middle schoolers fight evil spirits in their rural hometown. Come for the jokes, stay for the cast, the creatures, and the mystery that ties them all together!
Wychwood
Varethane
When Tiara's pyrokinesis is finally noticed, she is captured by a magical research organization for study. If she cooperates, she could be helping to save humanity from a dire threat - but can she trust them?
Real Science Adventures
Brian Clevinger
Spin off stories and other adventures from the world of Atomic Robo!
Sam & Fuzzy
Sam Logan
Troubled by gangster rodents, lovesick vampire stalkers, or confused ninja assassins? Don't panic! Sam and Fuzzy are here to help. (For a reasonable fee.)
Sister Claire
Yamino
In the troubled aftermath of a great war between Witches and her fellow Nuns, novice Sister Claire just wants a purpose.
Devil's Candy
Rem, Bikkuri
A lush fantasy about boy genius Kazu Decker, the girl he constructed for his 9th grade science project, and the world of devils and monsters they live in.
The Sanity Circus
Windy
Magic, monsters and mysteries await in the odd city of Sanity. It's up to Attley and a colorful group of characters to find out just what is going on.
Guilded Age is co-written by T Campbell & Flo Kahn, and illustrated by John Waltrip. Site design by Samantha Kyle. Fonts by Blambot.com.
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They are used strictly as an artistic choice for the set dressing of the comic.
The War Machine business is going to take a bath if spit like this keeps up.
That’s not spit… and its coming from the goblin behind Harky. o_O
Cut out the right third and it just screams for a “Brazzers” tag
X-D Gross. Gross, but funny.
Awesome possum. :3
Wait a minute… I just had a random thought. Whatever happened to the orcs we saw a LOOOONG time ago? I’m surprised we haven’t seen ANY orcs. They’re not part of the Savage Races as far as I can tell…
From what we saw, they were being used as slave labor. But that is a good question as to what has happened to them now…
Soup.
*avian facepalm* /jpg
Ha! Precisely what I was going to say.
*beakpalm*?
*beakwing*
Good name for a band, actually
Check out “Hatebeak”
I actually feel a little bad for Harky.
Hm.
“This Duke is more concerned over his men than the spice! I must admit, against all better judgement, I like this Duke.”
Nice.
/clap
Yeah well look how well that turned out for Liet, just sayin
Yeah, but he was a desert creature.
So now who’s the hot daughter that winds up sleeping with the messiah, here, then?
There’s always the bird following Iver.
Yes, but where is your god now?
Presumably somewhere… on fire.
presumably on the back burner for now
hehehe.
Note the nonchalant backing-away of the Dwarf and Avian in Panel #1. :D
Yeah. It literally got me. X-D
No, it figuratively got you. If it literally got you, Liam Neeson would have less than 24 hours to rescue you.
Hmm … fair enough.
He’s all furry. Is that guy… a Grinch?
They said his heart grew three sizes that day. So did his waistline.
And thus, Axemas was saved thanks to the brave troll and his mighty fist
I like to think the sideline goblin in the last panel is frowning because he sits more with Harky on this issue.
He’s trying to work out if he should explain what a Don uses the word ‘family’ to mean to Harky. The survivalist instincts in him suggest that this is really not the time to be correcting the angry troll. The toadying instincts are screaming that he ahould be helpful right now.
WHUDD?
Whudd id the soud dat a puch bakes whed hiddig a face? Souds bore lyg I’b tryig to asg “Whud?” wid by dose stubbed ub.
Whud the hell are you even saying.
“What is the sound that a punch makes when hitting a face? Sounds more like I’d be trying to ask ‘What?’ with my nose stuffed up.”
the grinning shark dude in the background of the last panel is possibly the best thing ever
What is he doing behind that speech bubble?
Nw Harky’s speaking my Gob-lingo!
Laying down the real gobstopper.
Popped that guy right in his gob, he did.
He did not expectorate so low in his opinion.
Harky is a real spit fire.
I’ll admit, when I saw how Iver and Gondolessa wisely stepped back I did a spit-take.
That landshark looks immensely pleased in the last panel.
Great page today, in every aspect. Panel 4 is super effective!
Last panel: Apply cold water to burned area
Apply directly to the forehead!
The oddest thing about this series… is that it’s so hard to cheer for the supposed ‘good’ side and their defence of such a bigoted and human-supremacist system. It’s easy to respect Harky from the things we see of him, he honestly cares for his people and wants better for them.
“Good” and “bad” are social constructs. “Good” is “us”. “Bad” is “them”. Nobody walks into a war thinking that they are the “bad guys”. They’re just the poor saps that are dying for their country. If you really look at it, every group in the World’s Rebellion has suffered under Gastonian expansion. That’s rather much the reason that they sounded the drums of war in the first place, to fight back against the colonial invaders that wish to strip the resources from their lands. Think, if you will, of the Empire from Star Wars. Sure, they were bigoted and human-centric. They repressed aliens. Did they do it for the sake of it? Sure. But the Emperor also had the motivation of trying to harden up the galaxy against an invading force that he KNEW was coming. Evil committed in the cause of the aggregate good and such. Doesn’t make it LESS evil, mind. Just that everyone has their own motivations, and doesn’t view themselves as “evil” or “bad”. The world’s just more gradient than that.
Of course, Harky also responded to a peaceful overture by diplomats by deciding to slaughter them.
On the other hand, he may well have been right that all Gastonia wanted the diplomats to do was keep the savage races distracted long enough to lay a whuppin’.
You have to remember though that the peaceful overture was at its best just another attempt to keep the status quo. A system where they have no voice, no real power except to be viewed as monsters to be killed, or to be pushed to the very outskirts of what can be called habitable land. One example being the Savassi, forced to live in the deserts where even dye is an unheard of luxury.
I love this webcomic simply for the fact that aside from its awesome story, it makes one think. And we get laughs…
This is a property of a lot of the fantasy stories I read though…
“The oddest thing about this series… is that it’s so hard to cheer for the supposed ‘good’ side”
So hard ? No. I cheer for them anytime.
“and their defence of such a bigoted and human-supremacist system.”
No one ever said or even just suggested that the “Savage” races would do a better job at ruling the whole shebang and being nice with the other races. For all we know, they don’t even remotely look like democrats either.
“It’s easy to respect Harky from the things we see of him, he honestly cares for his people and wants better for them.”
Yeah, and he attempts to completely genocide another race. See what he did to the wood Elves. Was that called for ? No, it wasn’t. During that battle, Harky even had his drummer killing a fleeing librarian, a non-fighter. What a glorious act of resistance against oppression, really. Not to mention they also killed many female wood-elves. Once again, making no freaking difference between on-duty, armed soldiers and non-fighters.
And way before that, a team of three or four representatives of the Rebellion (I’ll call them that way) attacked a human port and would have summoned a huge kraken-like creature to complete the “job”, if the occasion they had to do so hadn’t been foiled in the nick of time by our heroes.
It wasn’t even a military port, just a civilian fishing one.
And again before that, Harky even had an entire (human or elvish, I can’t remember) village destroyed, Lidice style (or Oradour-sur-Glane stlye, for the French people out there).
Gravedust even tried to have the souls of the dead telling him who did it to them, and barely got the name “Harky” from the screeching ghosts.
So much for pretending not to be the real savage out there … :-/
Hey, but they actually admit they ARE savages.
Yes, they are overall less civilizated – it was quite fortunate that the dwarfs and the goblins were pushed to their side. But that doesn’t make them less willing to fight to defend themselves, and as such, they have to engage in assimetric warfare, thus crippling the enemy resources becomes the top priority, so yes, destroy the harbor. Destroy the positions where the enemy could get support and entrench. Steal the wood elves sacred branch and try to get a superweapon – because even if the wood elves could had become allies, they would be very reluctant and overall less usefull than having Tectonicus around.
It’s a dog eats dog world after all.
“they have to engage in assimetric warfare”
Assymetric warfare ? You’re daft ? They had war machines and were more than enough in numbers to engage in conventionnal, head-on warfare.
“thus crippling the enemy resources becomes the top priority, so yes, destroy the harbor”
It’s a civilian harbor, still. They’re not even trying to sabotage or rigg a military dockyard to blow, they’re attacking a fleet of fishing boats.
Now, concerning the Woodies, you say “they could had become”. Is that grammatically correct ? I’m just asking. English isn’t my native language and some subtleties still escape me.
True enough.
On the other hand, “an army of Savage Races destroys a Gastonian settlement, looting and burning all in their path and slaughtering those unable to flee” is a shocking development that shakes the nation to its core.
Meanwhile, “an army of Gastonians destroys a Savage settlement, looting and burning all in their path and slaughtering those unable to flee” is, by all indicators, a Tuesday.
Well, neither side is supposed to be good or bad – since players can pick either side when they make a character.
You can see why so many people follow Harky.
I’m really gaining respect for him. Besides the whole aptitude for chaotic violence, he seems to be quite the leader.
#WorldsRebellion #TrollBikiniBabes #UMadBro
Huh, I’ve never noticed that gem on Harky’s stomach before.
They say it glows when you rub it with your thumb!
It’s basically the troll equivalent of a codpiece.
I say it’s a koteka, not a codpiece.
“How many of *my* war machines did you destroy…”
Hmm… ‘his’ clanks were one-offs of the Gnomish model.
(Since I *don’t* think that was a writer’s mistake, I’m going to regard Don’s statement as a clue.)
P.S. — Kudo’s to Harky… he resolved a leadership issue, AND raised the spirits of his defeated troops all in the same go.
I really like Harky. He reminds me of Wiegraf from Final Fantasy Tactics.
Also, I hate to be “that guy” but that’s not how you throw a punch. The back of his hand should be facing up.
In boxing, perhaps, and even then what really matters is using your hips and pulling your fist away from the point of impact as quickly as possible.
Regardless, Harky’s hand is covered in metal and spikes. It doesn’t really matter what technique he uses.
Not to mention he might have killed him if he hit him that way. The edge of the gauntlet extends past the flat of his knuckles. That punch would have gone through the bridge of nose and into his eyes.
In boxing, perhaps, as Schneidend cuttingly observed. In some martial arts styles you do it as Harky does. (WWHD)
thanks for the don’s conveniently placed left hand in panel 3.
Ditto!
Harky’s punches sound like Dub step.
Sound like dub step, look like Gob stomp.
Needs more Kwok.
So many unexpected feels on my part…
I need to voice this page.
WHUDD.
I think there could be merch material there :D
Another key delineation of unarmed martial arts is the use of power and strength-based techniques (as found in boxing, kickboxing, karate, taekwondo and so on) vs. techniques that almost exclusively use the opponent’s own energy/balance against them (as in T’ai chi ch’uan, aikido, hapkido and aiki jiu jitsu and similar). Another way to view this division is to consider the differences between arts where Power and Speed are the main keys to success vs. arts that rely to a much greater extent on correct body-mechanics and the balance of the practitioners energy with that of the opponent.:..*”
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……He does care about his people. Makes it hard to hate him completely.
But. They would be better off with peace, then war. :/