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!
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 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.
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".
Real Science Adventures
Brian Clevinger
Spin off stories and other adventures from the world of Atomic Robo!
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!
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.
Sister Claire
Yamino
In the troubled aftermath of a great war between Witches and her fellow Nuns, novice Sister Claire just wants a purpose.
[un]Divine
Ayme
A highschool senior thought giving up his soul for a demon was a good idea. It wasn't.
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.
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.
Whomp!
Ronnie
A depressed, portly, hirsute anime fan stumbles through life in the ever-pursuit of chicken nuggets and other life-shortening indulgences.
Never Satisfied
Taylor Robin
Lucy Marlowe, a magician's apprentice, competes against other apprentices for an important, magical, Goverment Job.
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...
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Abeille is on a quest to find someone who wants to do it the old-fashioned way in a time when touching has become outdated.
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.
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.
Awaken
Koti Saavedra/Flipfloppery
Superpowers, monsters and conspiracies. Piras, the spoiled Dameschi heir, fights to recover his identity after becoming a terrorist!
Tigress Queen
Allison Shaw
A barbarian warlord and a pampered prince try to avoid a marriage alliance that could end decades of violence.
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.
Jailbird
Charlie Davis
An all-ages comic about a recently escaped prisoner's struggle to understand the outside world, and vice-versa. Also, a magic cape!
Star Trip
Gisele Weaver
Jas is a human taken from her home planet on a trip across the galaxy she will never forget.
Knights Errant
J.R. Doyle
Wilfrid's humble quest for revenge becomes bigger and bloodier by the day.
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.
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!
Atomic Robo
Brian Clevinger, Scott Wegener
The robot punches monsters and bad robots and one time he was a cowboy.
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!
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.
El Goonish Shive
Dan Shive
WARNING: This comic often ignores the Laws of Physics
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!
Wilde Life
Pascalle Lepas
Oscar decided to rent an old haunted house, and that's when things got weird...
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.
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.
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.)
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.
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.
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.
Nerf Now!!
Josué Pereira
A cute webcomic about fanservice, video games, and... love. Mostly video games, though.
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.
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...
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!
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!
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!
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.
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?
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.
Anarchy Dreamers
Emily Ree
Sparkly undead kids fight society's worst Nightmares in this pastel-punk urban fantasy coming-of-age!
Lilith's Word
inkPangur
If you had the power to make any wish come true using just one word, what would you say?
Starhammer
J.N. Monk, Harry Bogosian
A teen girl inherits a powerful alien artifact and proceeds to make a series of increasingly poor decisions
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.
Goodbye to Halos
Valerie Halla
Cuddles, gay flirting, weird feelings, and magic-fueled knife fights - it's an adventure across the queer multiverse!
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.
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!
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.
Cyanide & Happiness
Explosm
Satire, dark humor and surreal humor.
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.
Lighter Than Heir
Melissa Albino
A young Volant woman joins the military in an effort to upstage her war-hero father.
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.
Sufficiently Remarkable
Maki Naro
Two young women living in Brooklyn discover that you're always coming of age.
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.
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.
They are used strictly as an artistic choice for the set dressing of the comic.
yesss. Sepia flashbak.
Yes, and I think this one is here to prepare us better to what will happen when the two geeks that entered in the building will reach this room, maybe make we notice better some wrong things.
It’s all fun and tubes until…
…things go balls up?
You start chopping up valued employees to make magical digital hormuncli.
… it’s a series of tubes. Then it’s just tubes, all the way down.
Whoa,wait. This is sepia. Dude got yellow hat. Center woman green amulet and Frigg lookalike has blue wristbands. HR standing in the background looking smug with his signature purple tie.Other two candidates decked out all in Sepia colored clothes no color. Has the voodoo allready started for the three even before they get in the tube? Nice visuals Messuers Walrip.
“Byron” has a red ring, GD is the only tuber who seems colorless. Then again his color would be sandy/brownish anyway.
Look closer at his scarf. It’s a different shade of brown than the rest of the panel. It’s subtle, but it’s there if you look for it a little bit.
Considering there’s *several* different shades of brown in that picture, I don’t see anything about the particular shade of his scarf that makes it stand out from all the rest. That said, brown *is* Gravedust’s signature color, and I’ve no doubt the scarf is meant to reflect that.
P.S. When I read “tuber” my first thought was “Gravedust is a potato?” (Well, he’s certainly shaped like one.)
Yeah, but his scarf is a different tone, just not a different shade. To me, it looks a smidge bit warmer (think dark sand instead of dirt) than the rest of the sepia, but I’m not sure if that’s just my screen or not. :)
Yeah, the scarf is a brighter shade of brown than any other. The rest of sepia world’s browns have more of a tint to them than the scarf does.
I think it might be the scarf? It seems a different shade of sepia than the rest of the frame, but it’s a bit tough to distinguish.
TBH, I noticed the scarf before I noticed the red ring…Mainly because the ring is so much smaller than the other colored objects.
It’s not that he’s colourless, it’s just that everything he owns is actually sepia-coloured.
I”m not sure if “smug” is how I’d describe the expression on HR’s face. To me he looks vaguely put out, like he’s offended at the suggestion that he copied his ideas from a movie. (Or maybe at being compared to evil robots.)
Of course, it *is* hard to gauge a person’s expression when you can’t see their eyes *or* their mouth.
OTOH, his expression in the second panel *definitely* looks smug.
I get the feeling the blatant and notable colors are important. Kind of like how every time a sci-fi TV show has the characters go into a VR world, something serves as an anchor to allow them to escape back out of it.
The potatoes have always had key colours. Their tubes are in those colours, and their earlier pre-tubing flashbacks had the same coloured items. (And Gravy’s scarf was easier to discern as ‘different’, because he was shown in silhouette other than the scarf.)
the color voodoo (and gravedusts brown scarf) was already there in the shadowy silhouette interviews much earlier
Interesting choice of tags. I would have expected their Sepia-World names.
I don’t think we have their Sepia-World names.
Yeah, we don’t. The earlier pre-tube flashbacks were in the form of interviews where their identities are obscured. (Best attempts to promote his act, but the name gets bleeped. None of the others even try to break the ‘anonymous’ rule.) And Xan wasn’t able to find their Sepia identities.
H.R. referred to Sepia-Byron as “Eric” once, and… I don’t remember who, but someone was on the phone with Sepia-Frigg’s mother, whose last name was “Ackerton” (Frigg’s is “Akerfeldt”).
Other than that, I don’t think we do.
I was thinking that the writers could have chosen now to reveal their names, along with their faces.
Then: These tubes are for you. They’re … YOUTUBES.
Now: We regret to inform you that your youtubes account has been demonetized. You may keep your tube, but we will not be responsible for continued nutrition, fresh tube water or elimination; and all breathing must be accomplished between the hours of 0900 and 1730 daily. Thank you for being a loyal user. Good day.
“Youtubes” LOL. Does that mean their virtual lives are interrupted by ads at random intervals?
Hell, even out physical “real” lives are interrupted by ads at random intervals.
With half the ads being “Would you like to sign up for our ad free service?”
*sigh* All to true…All to true.
Nah, HR installed adblock beforehand.
Why would tubes be epic? Tubes have usually negative context in sci-fi that usually scream ‘Mad science, get out!”
It’s all negated by a tube saving Luke Skywalker’s life.
…And then re-enforced again by places like Gnosis College: http://eroticmadscience.com/tales-of-gnosis-college-comix/volume-01-number-01/
Is it just me or do Best and Byron look remarkably like each other?
great avatar/comment pair, BTW
I know right?
I like the idea of them being relatives.
… That would actually make so much sense.
It would!
If this is confirmed I should at least get a cookie for the insight, just saying
Make sure that you have cookies enabled, otherwise it won’t work.
What the point of a virtual reality experience if you don’t use tubes? What sort of third rate operation do you think we are running here? Now, let me just boot up this Atari to run the programming.
Pfft, digitization via industry laser or bust.
And now let me check my grimoire; monkey hand check, eye of newt check, mandrake rook check…
I like “Gravedust”‘s DragonCon shirt…
ALESTORM!!!
Nice!
I knew I related most to Byron for a reason!
I would’ve expected Amon Amarth or something angrier honestly
As if he only has the one band t-shirt.
I headcanon Best’s Sepia World name as Peter Blessed because PROPHECIES.
And it would be amazing if it was.
I like that Frigg, in looks and in attitude, is largely the same! A Frigg is a Frigg is a Frigg.
All of them look pretty similar to their characters. Not sure if that was a conscious decision or just a consequence of the tube-voodoo. The toodoo. And the characters align closely to their sepia-world personalities (which is understandable, since they’re not actually roleplaying, as such).
Of course Byron loves Alestorm. I approve.
I think this means HR is a Star Sapphire.
Stupid sexy HR :/
…and with our powers combined, we call upon… RAINBOW FUKKIN’ BRITE!!!
And so it begins…
…we have come full circle.
Boo for tagging them with their Arkerran counterparts’ names. :P
What if those are their Sepia names?
We at least know that Sepia-Byron is Eric.
“It’s like the Matrix. SO COOL!”
Um… that would not be my response. And I’m having trouble believing that She Who Will Be Syrn’j was ever that naive. Believing in people’s good intentions is one thing; saying SO COOL to getting tubed is another.
I agree with you, but if my memory is not mistaken I think that they were told that they would only “test” the setup, pretty much the idea would be of using a really, REALLY intricate sort of VR device and the plugging off, the poor bastards probably never knew they would become lava lamps for who knows how long they’ve been there.
Seeing how HR tried to get them out of the game but failed, HR didn’t count on them being lava lamps for so long either.
Heh. I’d probably already be in the tube saying “Sweet! Now where is the start button? Which colors do I get to choose from? And why is everyone looking at me like that?”
They pretty much all think it’s cool, otherwise they wouldn’t have come.
oh man, this is exactly what Phil told me about at Gencon a few years ago. Its really at the end…wow….
It wouldn’t be an internet without tubes!
I was expecting one of you regular commenters to say “tubular”.
Man I can’t wait for the twist where the players are not the obvious body match to characters.