[1020] Martial arts?

Suddenly flashback. Annie looks really cute here!

I was gonna call it "Please calm down" if no one else posted it for very much longer. xD

I think Annie is just showing surprise in this flash back because her father is touching her/possibly expressing concern for her well-being?

But from what we know of him, this is all just clinical formality, I'm sure.

My guess is Annie is reviewing her moments with her father and seeing them with some new understanding with what Donald has told her.

Anyone want to guess which style of martial art Annie is going to be taught? I would imagine something quite practical, considering what Anthony is like.

Also, just out of curiosity, what is the purpose of the cloth around her foot that Anthony is putting on her? I have seen similar on Martial Artists, but I do not understand why it is there.

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.....no. Although I find it interesting that Annie here looks older than she did in the flashback in chapter 31 (see here www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=814), which suggests that this takes place after that event. Maybe Anthony realised early on he was not able to save Surma. Also, Tom's art has really gotten better over time, especially in the last five or six chapters.

Good call with this. The correlation between semi-present backgrounds, and just style in general, seals today's page in my mind as a flashback. Without the fade to black cue, and in the context of Anja's "amazing computer," I was getting ready to embrace any number of wild theories.

That'd make some sense. Like a "what do I actually remember of this guy". Whatever is going on stuck in her mind, so it seems logical that she'd think of it when looking back.

I'd say that the bandage is for stability. Putting weight on a foot that is not properly aligned can lead to serious pain, and in children it can lead to all kinds of weird stuff happening in the joints. Trainees in martial arts always run the risk of landing weird, so it's good to be prepared. I might also be to train kicking harder.




I had completely forgotten about that. I tip my hat to you, sir or madam.

Looks younger to me, considering the head size and facial features rather than the hairstyle.

Nuh-uh. This girl looks definately younger than Annie in any of the present comics. You're just misinterpreting the stylicized art of the early chapters, here. As far as we can see here, Annie has the facial structure and physique of a child who isn't in her teens yet.

Suddenly flashback!

noblemanofreason > you should correct the url in your opening post so that it actually leads to page 1020, not to the front page of the site.

That's not her hand in today's last panel, that's Anthony's hand.

Has there been any evidence one way or the other? The idea that he doesn't care, and any evidence of 'caring' is actually just formality, is no more valid or invalid than the idea that he does care, and any evidence of 'not caring' is just him not realising what's hurtful.

Well, that's the great debate, right? Does he really not care, or is he clueless about how his actions will be interpreted, or does he really care about Annie but just not care about how he's viewed?

Tom answered a question on Formspring about where Annie learned martial arts by saying her dad initially taught her some, so I'm pretty positive we don't need a debate on whether that's Annie
And yeah, I've been waiting for a flashback of that since I read it so I totally did an M. Bison "Yes!" when I saw the page.

Also I'm going with Eversist's guess that she's looking surprised coz he's most likely not a very touchy-feely person usually.

Also, Tony's face being hidden in most flashbacks is starting to seem like it's intentionally portraying the way she thought of him as "father" more than an actual person.

I hadn't realized that Antimony's father had ever actually interacted with her! So I'm pretty excited about the upcoming pages.

I admit, I chuckled.