Chapter 27 – Cover
New chapter page today (early update for those that caught it because reasons)! That also means new randomized avatars and new DLC!
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!
little product placement?
a little? I don’t mind, Its for realism, right? as long as starbucks doesn’t sue, it’s fine with me!
This has been covered before; the Guilded Age folks don’t get any money from the real-life products of Sepia World. It’s just meant to lend realism.
Bit intense, though. Real product placement is often more subtle than this.
I’m all for using actual brands to anchor the comic to reality, the alternative often comes off as parody
Boy, does it ever. (Looks at first two years of comics again, shakes fist)
Worst part is… it is of ICED COFFEE EEWWWWWwwwww….
Coffee must be drank hot. All other opinions are mute. So says I!
How do you know it is Iced? Or even coffee?
And what exactly is dripping from the napkin?
Inquiring minds want to know!
BLOOD. Or maybe vomit.
The coffee is in a clear cup, which would burn people trying to pick it up if it held hot coffee.
Still doesn’t have to be coffee
The word you’re looking for is “moot”. Also, real coffee fans can enjoy iced coffee.
actually the word you are looking for is “moo”.
ya know as in, “the point is moo”
its like a cow’s opinion; doesnt really matter.
Mentally high fiving you so hard for the quote/reference.
Coffee in all it’s forms is a most holy drink and wonderful drink. To mock its icy form is to taunt the powerful caffeine gods!
I have to say, your gravatar is highly appropriate to your comment, and makes it seem like a snarky remark.
You seem to be mildly surprised.
And you seem mildly dejected with your gravatar. :p
And you look smugly smug :P
And you seem worried
AND You appear rather pious saying that
I think I could be the one putting the projectile through your head.
That used to be me
Early bird catches the new chapter page, eh?
Latecomers get lots of entries to read on the board.
Yes indeed! More comments on the chapter page than any everyday page.
so, blood or coffee? (or a twist, some kind of sauce)
Maybe both?
Eew, who puts blood in their coffee? That seems unsanitary,
Vampires, zombies, and lawyers.
Win.
Gold Star!
Someone doesn’t know the Gold Star policy.
Sorry, Eric, I was going to give you one for that!
Crash and Burn!!!
you should make a “rusty sheriff’s badge” for such occasions
it would like almost exactly like the gold star, except its a sheriff’s badge, so the star appears mounted on a circular shield and the points have spheres at the end. the face isnt a happy face, but rather that of a grizzled and surly boom-town lawman. the badge is rusty because its made out of common steel. and the most important part, the mustache is like 5 times bigger.
Also, IRS Agents.
Landsharks. One came through the portal, but claimed to be delivering a candygram, so everybody thinks he’s meant to be there.
Starbucks.
(Product plug, undone!)
I thought the same thing about salted caramel, but its not bad.
Rampant speculation is grounds for dismissal. You don’t want the powers that be to be bitter towards you.
Nah, rampant speculation is A-OK.
I think we made it pretty clear that we’re going to tell this story however the fuck we want, so if you happen to guess correctly, then yay for you!
I knew it was fine; I was just looking for an excuse to use “grounds” as a pun.
I think that’s some sort of container. Some liquid is still dripping from it. I haven’t been in a Starbucks enough to know what they sell in a container like that. I don’t think it’s a pint of chocolate milk.
In Sepia World, every dark liquid looks like blood. It can get dangerous.
The writing and art is a sweet deal for us little flies on the wall.
Ucchh. Stupid connectivity blip. That was supposed to be a reply to TBeckett. (“Rampant speculation… bitter towards you.”)
My connection has bean awful lately; it’s caused a latte problems.
I think it’s grande that you guys can venti your frustration here.
Omicog, compared to you two, my puns are a measly small, half-caff double-double compared to your large, regular triple-triple.
(Tim Horton’s, anyone?)
I like my chapters as I like my coffee. Dark.
… ground up and stashed in a freezer.
i like my coffee like i like my metel
Heavy and served by tall skinny dudes in leather pants?
In cream but still strong enough to
killcure ancient Chinese people?Oh Starbucks… how delightfully evil you are.
You avatar make that comment quite funny. XD
Weren’t they parodied as a front for an evil organization in Austin Powers?
Eeeeevil.
Almost fifteen years later, and I still can’t see the Starbucks brand without thinking of the underground war against dull corporate lives in Fight Club.
Guess it’s time to see my new avatar.
Something about great minds and thinking the same thing.
Wait a minute, I thought TM, Trademark, only applies to words/names, not drawings/symbols/logos.
Owwwww, look at the cute avatar. It looks like she’s sucking on a lollipop.
Or shooting another boldest filled with sprite poisan at frigg.
Bloody auto correct, it is suppose to say blow dart
Yet it didn’t catch poisan.
Sprite poison seems a lot less dangerous than spiritsbane. Unless you go with diet; that aspartame will getcha!
I definitely prefer 7-Up; It’s the un-cola. (Ahh, ha, ha, ha..!)
“A trademark is typically a name, word, phrase, logo, symbol, design, image, or a combination of these elements.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trademark
…face unrelated to tone of statement. I was trying to provide information, not scream at you and cram it in your faec. **goes to hide in a corner**
In simple terms, a trademark is anything that directly represents your company or product. That can be your name, your logo, or occasionally somethng else (like a one second audio clip of someone singing your company name in a certain way).
It cannot be something that’s merely “closely associated with” your company, like the design of your cups or your corporate slogan. That can be copyrighted, since it’s something you created, but it is not a literal stand-in for your company name.
I want to know what my avatar looks like.
Yessss…this will be…sufficient…
…that reminds me, I need to brew myself a cup of (free of charge, homemade, flavored to my liking and not served by a pretentious emo high school dropout) coffee. ;-)
*(Apologies to any emo high school dropouts and / or Starbucks baristas on this comments page…)
If I liked coffee, I’d do the same. ;)
…tea then? :-)
In Sepia World, Starbucks drinks YOU!
I call bullshit. There aren’t nearly enough laptops or people with ridiculous hairstyles and ironic shirts there for it to be a real Starbucks.
I do see some sort of horrendous abstract art statue on the counter, though. That’s a good start.
this location is likely in a 2nd or 3rd tier suburb during non-rush hours
I’m kinda surprised no one guessed that it’s the result of a spit-take.
Starbucks? I get my caffeine in pharmaceutical grade 1lb bags and mix to taste.
Looks like I’m late to the party. Yay, a new chapter! Man that last one zoomed by so fast!
Wow, the chapter’s over already?!?
You new gravvy suits your comment :D
Siren, Siren, Siren…