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Post by fillerb on Feb 20, 2012 8:04:26 GMT
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Post by chaoticrogue on Feb 20, 2012 8:05:02 GMT
Monday can not get here soon enough.
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Post by secondofnone on Feb 20, 2012 8:06:34 GMT
That's a bolt from the blue. The very last thing I expected. And the end of the chapter.
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Post by atteSmythe on Feb 20, 2012 8:09:48 GMT
Wow. Wednesday, or perhaps Friday, could not get here fast enough! Edit: Here's the 'key word' reference
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Post by dulcissima on Feb 20, 2012 8:13:47 GMT
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zirka
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Post by zirka on Feb 20, 2012 8:14:05 GMT
That Siddell is one sneaky Mister.
So she didn't "Hear" from her father for two years. Now that she's heard from him...we may not get any questions answered anyway. But boy will Annie have some tough ones for dad.
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Post by basser on Feb 20, 2012 8:19:54 GMT
Chapter full of wacky hijinks and fluff... SUDDENLY PLOT!!! Aaaand end chapter. Good show, Mr. Tom. Good show.
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Post by Fhqwhgads on Feb 20, 2012 8:23:38 GMT
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Post by Raph on Feb 20, 2012 8:26:15 GMT
Yes, YES! and also NOOOOO!!!
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Post by whatwashere on Feb 20, 2012 8:39:58 GMT
That speech bubble is fun. I'm sure it's nothing. Angular = electronic. Gray for the static, kinda like the background noise in Spring Heeled (I dunno for a better example. Have we had bad cell reception in comic before?). But I'd be surprised if the medium isn't the message here (isn't it always w/ cell phones in entertainment?). Annie's father: distant, damaged, incapable of complete sentences! You know... it almost wouldn't be worth saying at all if it wasn't so visually apparent.
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Post by Aris Katsaris on Feb 20, 2012 8:55:36 GMT
I had expected her father to contact her at the *end* of year 3 (since the "over two years" comment coincided with the end of year 1) but it probably meant over two years since she last heard from her father -- since she last heard from him before she even went to Gunnerkrigg...
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Post by edzepp on Feb 20, 2012 9:23:59 GMT
Wat
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Post by Cleo on Feb 20, 2012 9:28:36 GMT
My goodness I wasn't expecting that. Oh gosh, I hope it doesn't undo the progress Annie's made. She's been smiling so much recently, so much more assured and relaxed. Does Antony have the faintest clue how she's growing up? Gah, so many unanswered questions!
The contrast of frolicing with former fairies and woodland creature in the ether to a call from her father is interesting too.
I bow down at your story telling, Tom. Amazing.
For now, I have matters to attend to.
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Post by Alexandragon on Feb 20, 2012 9:45:19 GMT
 Oh my! I wasn't expecting that! P.S.: Rey will kill him... For all he has done... Also: Epic chapter! Love it!
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Post by foxurus on Feb 20, 2012 9:55:20 GMT
I have a horrible suspicion that the next chapter will not answer any questions about the conversation Annie's about to have.
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Post by jasmijn on Feb 20, 2012 9:58:36 GMT
It's been two years already?
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Post by g1andyp on Feb 20, 2012 10:18:12 GMT
Well that was certainly... unexpected.
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Post by disarticulatethis on Feb 20, 2012 10:37:46 GMT
Yes! THE perfect timing for everyone to go blah blah bl... WHAAAAAAAAAT?I bow to thee, Tom. You caught absolutely everyone off guard. [slightly off topic] And jeez, people moaning about "no plot progression". It's a comic about both people AND stuff happening, with a healthy dosage of humour. It has to have moments like Chapter 34 or the previous pages of this one. It makes it oh-so-much sweeter, unexpected and multi-dimensional when something serious happens, like so. |
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Post by Rex on Feb 20, 2012 11:11:33 GMT
Wow, that was one hell of a sucker punch. Annie dealing with what her father tells her during this phone call is enough material for a chapter.
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Post by Eversist on Feb 20, 2012 11:20:14 GMT
Hooooooly craaaaap. All I can say is: Leave it to Tom.  |
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Post by legion on Feb 20, 2012 11:25:43 GMT
Tom Siddell: master plot twister.
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Post by todd on Feb 20, 2012 11:41:16 GMT
I had expected her father to contact her at the *end* of year 3 (since the "over two years" comment coincided with the end of year 1) but it probably meant over two years since she last heard from her father -- since she last heard from him before she even went to Gunnerkrigg... Maybe Tom changed his mind, or forgot Annie's statement at the end of Chapter Fourteen. (We know that he's writing and drawing "Gunnerkrigg Court" on his own, and so doesn't have an editor or beta-reader to point these things out to him.) |
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Post by disarticulatethis on Feb 20, 2012 11:58:17 GMT
Maybe Tom changed his mind, or forgot Annie's statement at the end of Chapter Fourteen. (We know that he's writing and drawing "Gunnerkrigg Court" on his own, and so doesn't have an editor or beta-reader to point these things out to him.) Not probable, since he even quotes the exact comic you mention in his comment, as pointed above. One thing we can safely assume is that he knows his stuff. VERY muchly. |
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Post by Tom Siddell on Feb 20, 2012 13:21:48 GMT
It's been over two years since she last saw or heard from her father. It's been less than that since the end of chapter 14.
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Post by junebug on Feb 20, 2012 13:59:22 GMT
TOM YOU GLORIOUS BEAST
... and that's why Gunnerkrigg is my absolutely favourite comic ever.
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Post by eruedraith on Feb 20, 2012 14:02:28 GMT
I believe that the correct term is HOLY CRAP.
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Rafael
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Post by Rafael on Feb 20, 2012 14:23:55 GMT
This is amazing. We're all happy and excited with the fairies and Shadow 2 and BAM! Anthony Carver. Wow. Tom, you're brilliant.
Just please, PLEASE let the next chapter start with the phone call.
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vollie
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oh, triple wow!
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Post by vollie on Feb 20, 2012 14:24:30 GMT
Gonna jump in to guess that next chapter will be Annie's time in the forest. Because Tom is that much of a tease.
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Anthony
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Post by Anthony on Feb 20, 2012 14:35:28 GMT
Wow!
A cliffhanger! Next chapter: "Doctor Disaster and Something Completely Unrelated" XD
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Post by darlos9d on Feb 20, 2012 14:42:13 GMT
"Have a silly episode and then end it on a serious hook." Avatar TLA did this shit all the time and it's STILL a fantastic way to write. It just works.
Are all the budding writers taking notes?
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Oh my! I wasn't expecting that! 
