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Post by Mezzaphor on Aug 1, 2008 7:06:09 GMT
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Post by edzepp on Aug 1, 2008 7:08:46 GMT
It's roughly the same conversation from page 436. I also like how their hairstyles slightly resemble Kat and Annie's, only in reverse.  |
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Post by popo on Aug 1, 2008 7:13:53 GMT
I like how Anja was called Anny
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Post by phyr3xian on Aug 1, 2008 7:14:11 GMT
aw gee now i'm totally crushing on Surma as well as kat  |
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Post by edzepp on Aug 1, 2008 7:15:04 GMT
She IS quite the looker  |
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Post by mudmaniac on Aug 1, 2008 7:20:51 GMT
I find it an interesting coincidence that Surma calls Anya "Anny".
And yeah, gorgeous. The cold fog on their breath is a nice touch. I feel a nice chill coming along
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Post by Mezzaphor on Aug 1, 2008 7:28:11 GMT
Surma's face was rather thinner when we saw her in "A Ghost Story". I wonder if that was just those few years, or if her illness was making her waste away.
On a much lighter note, Anya's trench coat reminds me of one I own.
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Post by UbiquitousDragon on Aug 1, 2008 7:49:34 GMT
Ohmysqueee! They're gorgeous! Yikes! ;D <3
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Post by Yin on Aug 1, 2008 8:00:35 GMT
Oh. Oh my. That's just lovely.
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Post by UbiquitousDragon on Aug 1, 2008 8:04:40 GMT
Also: I love how their breath is rising, I think it's a beautiful artistic impression!
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Post by mudmaniac on Aug 1, 2008 8:34:13 GMT
Also: I love how their breath is rising, I think it's a beautiful artistic impression! I totally agree. Its like a center of warmth pushing back the cold. |
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Post by etcetera on Aug 1, 2008 8:53:09 GMT
Wow. That was just mind-blowing beautiful. <3
So Anya never figured it out. Curious.
And since the edges at the bottom are not rounded, we can expect another page about Surma and Anya on Monday. Yay!
By the way: Tom, you now have two pages labeled "Page 41" in the archive menu.
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Post by Jabor on Aug 1, 2008 9:35:00 GMT
I was awfully confused at first. Then I figured "Oh of course, it's Surma and Anya!"
I'm enjoying this arc so far.
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Post by monkeybucks on Aug 1, 2008 9:49:31 GMT
I wonder why this page didn't have rounded edges or anything?
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Post by edzepp on Aug 1, 2008 10:07:50 GMT
As far as I've noticed, If a page has rounded corners on both the top and bottom of the page, it's a one page flashback than it goes back to the present. As seen here. (Rounded bottom-corners usually mean that the flashback is ending.) Wednesday's page also had double rounded corners, which means it's a flashback, but instead of returning to the present it went into a further flashback, which is today's comic. If a flashback page has rounded corners only on the top, (like today's) that means that the current scene in flashback is going to continue for another few pages. That's generally what I've seen. |
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Post by Tom Siddell on Aug 1, 2008 10:21:27 GMT
That is correct.
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Post by ronokki on Aug 1, 2008 10:57:00 GMT
this was a great update, we knew Anja and Surma were friends and we knew that Anja was broken up when Surma died (page 416) but now we see how close they really were
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Post by maxie on Aug 1, 2008 11:17:07 GMT
oh wow oh wow. Very pretty.
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Post by Per on Aug 1, 2008 11:39:21 GMT
We're seeing the past and also the future!
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Post by ren on Aug 1, 2008 13:14:30 GMT
Annie is already a very good looking girl, but if her mother is any indication, she's going to be an absolutely BEAUTIFUL woman.
And it might just be me, but Anja seems a little more... lively, I guess, than we normally see. She's obviously not old in the present day, but her character seems a little more... subdued? Maybe a little darker? It's hard to tell from just one page of younger Anja, and maybe it's just being able to witness the banter of two best friends, but she seems more than she does in the present.
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Post by Fhqwhgads on Aug 1, 2008 13:43:04 GMT
huh. soooo *that's* where annie got her lipstick/eyeshadow colors...
also: I wonder how many years before the kids' birth this is? Surma's hair is a lot shorter than the other flashbacks we've seen her in.
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Post by pulvissolaris on Aug 1, 2008 14:13:10 GMT
And it might just be me, but Anja seems a little more... lively, I guess, than we normally see. She's obviously not old in the present day, but her character seems a little more... subdued? Maybe a little darker? It's hard to tell from just one page of younger Anja, and maybe it's just being able to witness the banter of two best friends, but she seems more than she does in the present. That has probably something to do with her best friend's death. As we see here, they were very close friends. |
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Post by Per on Aug 1, 2008 14:13:20 GMT
I think this goes a long way towards explaining Anja's sadness at the beginning of the chapter. She's never had to face up to the fact that she'll never be returning to this particular place with Surma, never had to cross that off the "to do" list at the back of her head. Now when it comes back all she can do is send off the MkIIs. (Of course, in "real life" she'd probably go with them and show them around.)
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Post by cespinarve on Aug 1, 2008 17:21:10 GMT
huh. soooo *that's* where annie got her lipstick/eyeshadow colors... also: I wonder how many years before the kids' birth this is? Surma's hair is a lot shorter than the other flashbacks we've seen her in. You know, I find Surma really gorgeous.... but oh, how I HATE that lipstick. What colour is that, anyways? Wizened Peach? Lustre Beige? Jaundice Glam? Memories-of-Pus? I've never liked it, on either character. Never-the-less, Tom, gorgeous artwork. First class. I want the coats. |
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Post by Count Casimir on Aug 1, 2008 17:32:18 GMT
Pretty pretty pretty!
Tom, this page is absolutely stunning. The girls are gorgeous (what year are they in, by the way? They look much older than Kat and Annie), and the wintry backgrounds.
And I can just imagine Anja's accent.
Well done sir, easily one of my favorite pages.
EDIT: Saw Tom's answer in the Questions thread.
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Post by Midnight Meadows on Aug 1, 2008 18:21:59 GMT
Ahhhhhhhhhh!
SO ADORABLE!
Young Surma and Anja are amazing--I'm really glad we got to see this flashback.
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Post by Tenjen on Aug 1, 2008 20:07:22 GMT
I ADORE their expressions.
Brings true life to this comic.
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Post by todd on Aug 1, 2008 22:36:37 GMT
This was one of those surprises that, when you think about it for a bit, makes so much sense that you wonder why you didn't expect it. We already knew, of course, from the photograph, that Surma and Anya knew each other when they were students at Gunnerkrigg - and Anya was saddened at the realization that Surma was dead (cf. the flashback earlier this chapter when she's crying as she reads Annie's admissions form). But I hadn't expected Surma and Anya to be going to the warehouse together back then. I'd had the idea, up until today, that Anya went there when she was younger with Donald instead (the opening pages made it easy to get that impression), and that they worked on those robot projects together.
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Post by monkeybucks on Aug 2, 2008 1:51:40 GMT
As far as I've noticed, If a page has rounded corners on both the top and bottom of the page, it's a one page flashback than it goes back to the present. As seen here. (Rounded bottom-corners usually mean that the flashback is ending.) Wednesday's page also had double rounded corners, which means it's a flashback, but instead of returning to the present it went into a further flashback, which is today's comic. If a flashback page has rounded corners only on the top, (like today's) that means that the current scene in flashback is going to continue for another few pages. That's generally what I've seen. Whoops, when I posted that I was only looking at the bottom ones, I hadn't checked out the top ones. All makes sense though! I'm happy that we're going to see more of the beautiful Surma and Anja next week. |
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Post by gaia on Aug 2, 2008 17:00:01 GMT
Hey, their scarves match. And are the same colour as Kat's in chapter 11. Cute.
They look so very, very chic. Especially Surma's hair.
Anja says it's a 'technology'. That's odd, given she's the most etheric one of the older characters.
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