Gunnerkrigg Court

[Dhavaer]

Anyone else read it? It's here (http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=196), if you're interested.
(http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=196)

[storybookknight]

Yes indeed! It's an interesting comic... I like that the author seems to have their own art style, not being too derivative of manga.

[ElfLad]

Gunnerkrigg Court contains my tri-weekly supply of awesome and cuteness. Also, he's got some super-inventive plots that I can't wait to see him write.

[Reinforcements]

Gunnerkrigg Court is one of a few webcomics that I found recently through Dresden Codak (http://www.dresdencodak.com), and I have to say that it's one of my favorites already. Really good art, characters, and story. Also I'm a sucker for magic boarding schools.

[Caewil]

It is brilliance. I too found it through Dresden Codak!

[Elliot Kane]

I absolutely love it. It's the most unique look at a boarding school I've ever seen, and I love how completely unflappable Annie is. She could meet the four horsemen of the Apocalypse and she'd politely ask them if they knew the time because she'd forgotten her watch :D

Great character, great series.

[JKR]

Wow, really, really awesome. The art, the stories, great work here. I think I might buy the book.

[averagejoe]

It started off kinda shaky, and at first seemed like it was going to turn into just a Mary Sue type comic (Annie bugged me in this way at first, what with her unflappable-ness), but it turned into something really fantastic and first class. One of my favorites, though for different reasons than I read most webcomics. I give it an A.

[Peter Harris]

I love posts like this. Because even if you haven't read a comic (I hadn't read Gunnerkrigg Court before, nor even heard of it), then you're introduced to a new one. And anytime someone is willing to plug a comic that isn't theres, that's a good sign.

THANKS MUCH!

[Nerd-o-rama]

I was reminded that I meant to check this series out, and I did. Holy crap, it's awesome. So cute, and yet so paranormal. The art is brilliant, too.

[Lord Fullbladder, Master of Goblins]

The perfect ratio of cuteness and darkness brought together into a single webcomic. Fascinating. I shall definately watch out for this one when I try to remember which webcomics to check.

[Labareda]

Soo awesome, its comprises a vital part of my personal list of webcomics. I found it through Neil Gaimans Blog (apparently hes a fan) always good to know the gods of fantasy take an interest in mortal affairs.

[Gez]

This story arc is very interesting. At last, it seems, some of the mysteries behind GC and GW are being explained. Even though quite indirectly.

Coyote is awesome, in the old meaning of the word. Cool, frightening, borderline creepy.

[GryffonDurime]

Mmm...I've loved this comic for a while now. It just has such an attention to detail and a love of esoteric lore...it reminds me heavily of Neil Gaiman's American Gods...if shadow was a small, pink-haired English girl.

[High-Chancellor]

Gunnerkrigg Court is the best thing since.... anything, really.

[Viscount Einstrauss]

It's pretty bizarre, but in a cool way. The art's definitely amazing in an original hyper-stylized way without being too derivative, with a neat mix of bright colors splashed against contrasting darks. I haven't gotten too far into it yet, but this has grabbed my attention pretty strongly and my hopes are high for the rest of the archives.

[Gez]

Mmm...I've loved this comic for a while now. It just has such an attention to detail and a love of esoteric lore...it reminds me heavily of Neil Gaiman's American Gods...if shadow was a small, pink-haired English girl.

On my LCD, her hair appear more to be copperish-brownish red. But once I looked at the webcomic on another computer, which has an old CRT display (with overbright gamma because it's become naturally too dark with time), and her hair was hot pink!

[Elliot Kane]

Her hair looks copper-red to me, too...

[Gez]

Main site is down today, so there's an alternate link for the comic: http://www.drunkduck.com/Gunnerkrigg_Court/

[High-Chancellor]

Ooh, Antimony has a temper. You show him girl! The Wrath of the Just!


Ysengrim also has a temper... bad dog!

[Megalomaniac2]

Just discovered it today, and read through the entire archives in one morning. So incredibly awesome. It has such a unique feel to its environment and characters.

[Miklus]

Yes, it's awesome. Lots of wierd characters and unexpected plot. Very nice art too, I like the style.

For some reason, I like Shadow2. Rey is cool too, a real badboy.

[wellington]

It takes nerve to draw a comic about a magic boarding school at this point. Siddell does it well.

[Turcano]

It takes nerve to draw a comic about a magic boarding school at this point. Siddell does it well.

It's not so much "magic" as "technopunk with freaky paranormal stuff in."

Anyway, I just did an archive trawl. The robots in Chapter 12 were hilarious.

[OffSide7]

I think it's very unique, which is a huge plus when it comes to online comics. (Paper comics, I could read the same Superman punches things even harder plots over and over. Heh. ^_^)

The art is unique, a lot of the concepts are pretty cool. The plots can be a bit dull, and I find Antimony to be too perfect to be interesting, but overall, I enjoy it.

[Gez]

Annie is packing some grade-A cooties (http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=346) here.

[Miklus]

Annie is packing some grade-A cooties (http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=346) here.

This chapter is kind of creepy. He's dead and just don't know it....:smalleek:

And what is up with that lizard? :smallconfused: It's freaky too.

[Gez]

GC has a perfect mix of cuteness, silliness, and creepiness.

[Bluelantern]

Gunnerkrigg Court is like Hogwarts written by Neil Gaiman, that is how awesome it is. If ever gets better will collapse under the weight of his own awesomass!

Oh, also, I liked it.

[AlterForm]

Throwing some more love for Gunnerkrigg Court out here.

Sugar, Spice, and everything with a barely pronouncable name. But then, CHEMICAL X*. And thus, a winning webcomic was born!

* By "Chemical X", I mean "lovable and interesting noncritical characters. See: Zimmy, Mort, Robot, Shadow2, Coyote, Reynardine(maybe more important), Zimmy, 6-yr-old Antimony, Zimmy, and did I mention Zimmy? And the suicide fairies.

[stm177]

This chapter is nightmare fuel (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NightmareFuel).

[sihnfahl]

And what is up with that lizard? :smallconfused: It's freaky too.
Most likely it's another Spirit Guide, like Mathilda and Dhoo.

However, instead of taking the direct route and coming into a disagreement over the boy's spirit and who'll guide it, the lizard presented itself as something interesting to the boy and would get relaxed with.

When the boy gets comfortable enough, the lizard would reveal itself and offer to lead the boy out of the hospital.

Antimony, after talking to the lizard, would agree that the boy should do what he wants - go with the lizard and leave Mathilda and Dhoo to snipe at one another.

[Gez]

This chapter is nightmare fuel (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NightmareFuel).

While GC features kids as characters, the comic is not for kids. Too much weirdness. It takes a certain maturity to appreciate how awesome it is.

I hope we'll get to see another Dr Disaster chapter, by the way.

[AlterForm]

Earth is under attack by. . . THE EVIL ENIGMARON MENACE!!!

DUN DUN DUUUNNNNNNNNNN

Also, I want to know how that damned blinker stone works!

[averagejoe]

While GC features kids as characters, the comic is not for kids. Too much weirdness. It takes a certain maturity to appreciate how awesome it is.

I hope we'll get to see another Dr Disaster chapter, by the way.

Not to mention stuff like this (http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=229) this (http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=112) and this. (http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=313)

Though, Reynardine is hilarious.

[Gez]

This chapter goes from creepy to creepier.

Look at the author's note here (http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=338).

No wonder she forgot this knowledge afterwards.


I gotta say, this is very dreamlike (well, nightmare-like) in the way the events happen.

[H. Zee]

What I like about Gunnerkrigg Court is that I can't guess what will happen next, because the world this comic takes place in is so weird that anything can happen. Creepy weirdness good, predictability bad.

[Zenos]

For some reason I think the name sounds like "Gunner" and the german word "krieg" for war. Ah well, just a coincidence.
The comic is awesome, though.

[Nerd-o-rama]

I'm pretty sure it's meant to be Gunner's Crag (as in a big rock), as hinted by the Suicide Fairies here (http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=139). I'm not sure, but I think that would make the name either Welsh or German.

Or, the fairies could just be ditzy morons, since I can't back this up with a dictionary.

[Ceska]

I'm not sure, but I think that would make the name either Welsh or German.
Definitely not German. German doesn't use the C outside of loanwords.

... I like Gunnerkrigg Court. Not enough to follow it weekly, but enough to look into it once in a while. The current storyline is very cool, I like the comic most when it's weird, so right now is quite good. But more than I'll see how it turns isn't possible to say yet.

[Zenos]

I'm pretty sure it's meant to be Gunner's Crag (as in a big rock), as hinted by the Suicide Fairies here (http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=139). I'm not sure, but I think that would make the name either Welsh or German.

Or, the fairies could just be ditzy morons, since I can't back this up with a dictionary.

Yeah, I know, I was just voicing my opinion of how it could be tweaked to mean something slightly different...

[Gez]

Definitely not German. German doesn't use the C outside of loanwords.

Ach! Es ist zu schade, aber was Sie sagen ist falsche.

More precisely, German doesn't use C to make a "k" sound, outside of loanwords.

[Ceska]

Ach! Es ist zu schade, aber was Sie sagen ist falsch.

More precisely, German doesn't use C to make a "k" sound, outside of loanwords.
In which German words is the C, outside of loanwords or the ch, sch and ck combinations, used?

*is German, you know*

... And Krag is, no matter if you spell it with a C or a K, no German word.

@v: Ahh. Yeah, I forgot them, since they're combinations I see them as their own letters. Kind of stupid like that, but it's a habit of native speakers to not care that much about the rules and just do it naturally.

Say, how long do you learn German? (the 'falsche' makes me assume you're not a native-speaker).

[Gez]

In which German words is the C, outside of loanwords or the ch, sch and ck combinations, used?
None that I know, but I was bringing in the ch and sch combinations which weren't in your previous post (yeah, forgot the ck). That's all. :smallsmile:

[stm177]

It looks like the Zerg Creep.

I wonder why Surma didn't go with Annie. I wonder if her sickness was partially caused by using her medium abiltities, and if so, she's putting her daughter in danger too.

[Nerd-o-rama]

Yeah, I was actually only referring to the word Gunnerkrigg which, as you know, lacks any hard C's. Still not German, I guess, or one of you would have gotten what I meant.

[Miklus]

Ooooh, I get it! The lizard is fire! Me so smart :smallbiggrin:

So, uh, he burnt to death. That is why his arm looks like that :smallfrown: He is lying burnt dead on the floor and he just don't know it yet.

Don't play with matches kids...

[Gez]

Don't play with matches kids...

More likely a Zippo. It goes "chk chk chk" like a lighter, and stays lit even after being dropped (the flame on a "normal" lighter is automatically extinguished as soon as the button is no longer pushed).

[stm177]

Nice catch Gez.

The symbolism in this chapter is really clever.

If the fire killed his whole family, it makes sense that he'd be afraid to see his mom and dad again. That's why Moddey and the crone can't talk him into "passing through the veil".

[Coffee_Dragon]

At the moment I'm wondering why the fire did kill his entire family, if the alarm went off properly. Did they go in after him? Or had someone doused the carpets with gasoline? Or were they really heavy sleepers?

[Miklus]

At the moment I'm wondering why the fire did kill his entire family, if the alarm went off properly. Did they go in after him? Or had someone doused the carpets with gasoline? Or were they really heavy sleepers?

Well, it looks like the fire was pretty big before the alarm went off. It might simply have been too late by then.

And yes, the lizard is of cause a lighter. Well spotted.

[stm177]

This probably isn't a story Kat wanted to hear. She wanted something cool and fun, and Annie throws this big downer on her.

[AlterForm]

I dunno, this seems like a really epic sort of fairy-tale type story. Except with a boy instead of a damsel. And a small salamander/fire thing instead of a dragon. :P

Also, did anyone else think of "Through the Fire and Flames" while looking at the last couple strips? :smallbiggrin:

[Nerd-o-rama]

I always think about "Through the Fire and Flames". It's been stuck in my head since I heard it.

[Gez]

By the way, I wouldn't say it's a lizard. It looks more like an amphibian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salamander).

[AlterForm]

Well, the arc is ending. I wonder what we're going to see in the next one? :smallbiggrin:

[Elliot Kane]

Gunnerkrigg Court is about to be released in TPB format (http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=144403).

Which is great, IMO. One of the best web comics out there :)

[AlterForm]

Continuing the new title showcase by Archaia Studios Press (ASP) where we get sneak peeks of new titles for 2008. We offer you a glimpse of a few finished pages and a few character sketches.

This time, Gunnerkrigg Court: Orientation, coming in April.

As ASP describes it:

Orientation is the first in a series of books about Antimony Carver, a girl who attends school at gloomy Gunnerkrigg Court. The story is about the people she meets, the strange things that happen, and the things she causes to happen as she and her new friend, Kat, unravel the mysteries of the Court and deal with the everyday adventures of growing up at a school that has robots running around alongside body-snatching demons, forest gods, and the odd mythical creature.

Tom Siddell’s popular all-ages web comic is here, collected in print for the first time in a 296-page hardcover collection.

Be on the lookout for a first-chapter preview of Gunnerkrigg Court: Orientation in a few weeks.

NOM NOM NOM

WANT.

Wonder if it'll be in color or B+W? :smallconfused:

[stm177]

http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=359

Hmm... if Kat and Annie are going into the Annan Waters to help the ghost with the sword, they better take some backup. They should see if Zimmy, Gamma, and Reynardine will go.

[AlterForm]

http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=359

Hmm... if Kat and Annie are going into the Annan Waters to help the ghost with the sword, they better take some backup. They should see if Zimmy, Gamma, and Reynardine will go.

And Mort.

Or better yet, they should learn how the blinker stone works, because I'm they're curious about it. :smallwink:

[stm177]

http://metaphoragizery.blogspot.com/2008/02/word-of-tom.html

Meta4 from TV Tropes compiled a big list of all Word of God (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WordOfGod) answers from the author.

[stm177]

http://gunnerkrigg.proboards75.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=general&thread=1202991792&page=1

A 2nd grade class made out valentines to their favorite characters in Gunnerkrigg Court. One of the kids wondered if Annie is mad at Reynardine for "killing" her toy. I never thought about how kids usually give their stuffed animals a personality and a name.

[Hell Puppi]

I have to say this comic got 20 times more awesome because of the black dogs, I've been fascinated in the legends of the black dogs for years...

Yeah that was me geeking out. I was happy enough when Coyote was introduced to the comics, this just makes it that much better.

I <3 this comic

[BRC]

So i read the archives and love this comic now. how often does it update, you MUST TELL MEEEEEE

[Lira]

So i read the archives and love this comic now. how often does it update, you MUST TELL MEEEEEEUhh, it says at the top of every comic:
Updated Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

[BRC]

Uhh, it says at the top of every comic:
Updated Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
LIES AND DECEIT
*Checks*
....Lucky Guess

[Human Paragon 3]

Found this comic on Friday after reading the "Is ther anything else like Erfworld" thread which degenerated into a shouting match insulting and defending Gunnerkrigg Court. Fell in love with it at about chapter 10 (Dr. Disaster FTW!). A very ingenious setting with characters that capture your imagination and tug on your hearstrings. Just super.

[Human Paragon 3]

The first 300 pages of gunnerkrigg are compiled into a hardback and for sale at amazon.com for 17 bucks! Totally worth it, I just pre-ordered mine.

[stm177]

Parley is Gunnerkrigg Court's buttmonkey. She's lucky she's hot. :smallbiggrin:

[Gez]

It's definitely not her day. She got owned by Smitty, Morty and Annie..

[The Extinguisher]

Rah. I was introduced this at around six o'clock this evening and finished about an hour ago.

It is amazing, but I am now sleep deprevied.
I love it.

[Human Paragon 3]

Parley is useless. She's got no powers, unless you count her abrasive personality.

She's funny though.

[Nerd-o-rama]

It bugs me that the author appears to be using D&D definitions for kinds of swords (although given the arbitrary scaling, it's possible he just drew that falchion (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falchion) wrong and got everything else mostly correct.) However, Bonus Strip Girl's last dialog balloon more than makes up for it.

[Human Paragon 3]

Maybe he just use the dnd 3.5 phb weapon chart as a subject?

[Lord_Drayakir]

There are times when I choose to read something new, I get really happy- because I can fritter away hours on end reading a new webcomic. Order of the Stick was like that. So was Penny Arcade when I first started reading it. Gunnerkrigg Court also had be browsing through his archives.

The only problem- now that I caught up with the main storylines in each comic... I now have to be just like everybody else, and wait for it to update. Grr.

[stm177]

Hmm, blinker stone stuff in this chapter, huh?

Maybe Kat is going to look at the stone under the microscope.

[Miklus]

Mr. Elgamore is a robot? Naaaaah! We have seen him bleed. Although...he could be like the terminator. Maybe he just has cybernetic implants. That would explain the jumping.

And he's totally got the hots for Ms. Jones! :smallwink:

[darktalon]

Annie siccing Reynardine on those mouthy idiots is something I could see coming, but didn't make it any less cool. :smallsmile:

[Miklus]

I saw that one comming too, but Rays face in panel three made it all worthwhile. :smallbiggrin:

[Gez]

No, it's "Ahhh! I absolutely did not expect thiiiiis!" which wins the strip. :smallcool:

[stm177]

No, it's "Ahhh! I absolutely did not expect thiiiiis!" which wins the strip. :smallcool:

I expected iiiittttt!

[Gez]

Site appears to be down, and the DrunkDuck mirror no longer exists. :smallfrown:

Edit: Found a working link: http://www.graphicsmash.com/comics/gunnerkrigg.php

[stm177]

On his forum, the artist said that he got linked from Questionable Content. He got so many hits that his host took his site down. They are transferring his site to a bigger server.

[Rockphed]

Those are nice coats.

[Miklus]

Bump bump bump one of the best webcomics ever...

I'll bet you 10 schmuckers that Kat gets a crush on Jack.

And Annie turns surpricingly badass...:smalltongue:

[idksocrates]

Bump bump bump one of the best webcomics ever...

I'll bet you 10 schmuckers that Kat gets a crush on Jack.

And Annie turns surpricingly badass...:smalltongue:

What's the point of setting up a bet that is a foregone conclusion? Pretty sure she already has a crush.

GC is one of my favorite comics too. Every new strip is more impressive in terms of art and story depth.

[Gez]

What's the point of setting up a bet that is a foregone conclusion? Pretty sure she already has a crush.

Just one? She has a lot of crushes.

[Rockphed]

Things get curiouser and curiouser...

[BRC]

I'm sure it's significant that in freaky messed up zimmy world Annie has the ghost cut on her cheek.

[Rockphed]

The cut is from this (http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=183) chapter. Which chapter makes about as much sense going backwards as forwards. Although sideways would also work.

[John Campbell]

Actually, Annie picked up the cut here (http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=143). It vanished in the next strip, but has reappeared a couple times since.

[Nevrmore]

Actually, Annie picked up the cut here (http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=143). It vanished in the next strip, but has reappeared a couple times since.
It appears every time she encounters something supernatural. I wonder if it's just on the merit that it was because it was a ghost that cut her or if the ghost's identity (the unrequited love of the nerdy robot-maker) has something to do with it.

[Rockphed]

Actually, Annie picked up the cut here (http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=143). It vanished in the next strip, but has reappeared a couple times since.

After I posted, I actually looked through the chapter and couldn't find where it came from, but couldn't remember the under the bridge scene. Thanks for the link.

[Dhavaer]

Annie flipping Zimmy looked quite impressive.

[Evil DM Mark3]

Real Kat's hair is longer...

DAMN did anyone catch that?

[Wolfman42666]

No and even if i had been watching carefully and noticed that, i would've assumed it was something to do with the haircut in the last chapter or the hat that she was.... she wasn't wearing one, I should've known!

[shortfuse]

Me and my boyfriend both have been reading your comic over at drunk duck it's awesome!

[Dhavaer]

Is anyone else having trouble viewing the current comic?

[Gez]

No (http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/comics/00000481.jpg).

But the URL appears malformed in the source (// instead of / between the domain name and the path), it may explains it?

[Gez]

Pure ownage. (http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=484)

Antimony's poker face is perfect.

[Mauve Shirt]

I just finished reading the archive. This is a very neat comic! :smallsmile: Cute and spooky!

[John Campbell]

So, on reading today's page (http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=489), it took me a little while to decipher Antimony's expression in panel 4. I had some trouble deciding whether she was sad, weirded out, or both at once. I eventually settled on just sad, because I figured that it'd be out of character for Annie to be weirded out by anything as mundane as some kind of possibly divine entity juggling his own eyeballs.

I think this says something about Gunnerkrigg Court.