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Post by Mr Pitchfork on Mar 10, 2010 8:01:09 GMT
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Post by Mezzaphor on Mar 10, 2010 8:03:10 GMT
Is that a teacher, or an upperclassman?
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Post by popo on Mar 10, 2010 8:03:35 GMT
goodness, first panel eyes are so pretty
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Post by popo on Mar 10, 2010 8:05:36 GMT
maybe jack's getting zimmy hallucinations. she's afraid of creepy awful monsters, he's afraid of men in crisp clean clothing
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Post by Mezzaphor on Mar 10, 2010 8:07:18 GMT
The dude in the black suit actually looks a bit like Jack. Maybe it's his older brother.
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Post by eightyfour on Mar 10, 2010 8:08:42 GMT
I can't help myself, but a dark suit with golden buttons and stuff... almost looks like a Navy uniform to me.
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Post by cannedbreadmaker on Mar 10, 2010 8:16:43 GMT
I believe the cut-out who said "here! he's here!" was the same character we see in the last panel. I shall dub him "Angry Authority Figure in a Black Suit" with quotations. If "Angry Authority Figure in a Black Suit" saw the note exchange, I suspect an interaction between Antimony and "Angry Authority Figure in a Black Suit". |
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Post by jimbobbowilly on Mar 10, 2010 8:19:30 GMT
This'd make a great cookie edit.
Also, the teacher (or whatever that guy is) reminds me of the father from Daria, i.e. Jake Morgendorffer.
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Post by Yin on Mar 10, 2010 8:24:13 GMT
One wonders what's under the window.
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Post by Amethyst on Mar 10, 2010 8:30:27 GMT
Hopefully not 10 stories.
Anyway, I wonder if it's a "Meet me at the [place] at [time]" or "Give me Zimmy."
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Post by sostorm on Mar 10, 2010 8:36:19 GMT
Well well. So Jack is in trouble with the disciplinary men of the school/court...
Judging from his hands he might have gotten into trouble by doing things to machines. All oily and dirty.
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Post by sostorm on Mar 10, 2010 8:37:44 GMT
Seriously, these new paper cut-out students are kinda jerks. Well the cut-out students are a real good way of showing that they are of no significance whatsoever. Thus avoiding speculation on who they might be and so on... |
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Post by ray on Mar 10, 2010 9:00:07 GMT
That guy looks like one of the guys from page 193.
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Post by hal9000 on Mar 10, 2010 9:09:34 GMT
Jack's general condition has declined somewhat since we last saw him; in particular, notice the bandages and dirt on the fingers, the disheveled hair, and the ratty state of his trenchcoat. While admittedly some of this is likely due to his recent hard landing, I imagine whatever got to him in Zimmy's hell world has been interfering with his ability to function normally in society. There's also the matter of the dude chasing him; he looks too well dressed for regular student, and his uniform is reminiscent of the court personnel seen in www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=193. Some sort of secret police or other enforcer, I'm guessing. So, Jack is on the run from the authorities, and is looking more and more like Rorschach Zimmy every time we see him. Whatever he picked up in zimmyland is clearly getting worse. It seems logical to draw the conclusion that if Jack doesn't get professional help soon, he's going to go off the deep end and do something regrettable. |
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Post by penguinfactory on Mar 10, 2010 9:48:37 GMT
Jack: Parkour Hero.
Also that is one damn fine suit.
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Post by Magpie on Mar 10, 2010 11:34:01 GMT
Looks like ol' Jack's been trying to get himself into that power station.
And by the look of him and the kind of trouble he seems to be in, I daresay he did just that.
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Post by Ulysses on Mar 10, 2010 11:39:27 GMT
I'd guess he's some kind of prefect. He's definitely older, but he still looks like a student to me.
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Post by Jiminiminy on Mar 10, 2010 11:57:52 GMT
Coming Friday; Annie and Kat are questioned by Angry Authority Figure in a Black Suit rather angrily.
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Post by Rgemini on Mar 10, 2010 12:12:44 GMT
My first reaction to this was to think of wartime escape movies, with Jack as the PoW and the Young Man In Black as an SS type. Nothing to do with what we already know about Jack, but the way they're dressed and behaving. My second was to think of The Prisoner ... big bouncing balls, anyone? My third was "I LIKE this story already!"  |
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Post by Nicer Atom on Mar 10, 2010 12:26:55 GMT
The dude in the black suit actually looks a bit like Jack. Maybe it's his older brother. It could always be Hyland (the jerk from "Ties"). |
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Post by Ulysses on Mar 10, 2010 12:40:53 GMT
The dude in the black suit actually looks a bit like Jack. Maybe it's his older brother. It could always be Hyland (the jerk from "Ties"). Jack's surname is Hyland, so we're fairly certain that Hyland from Ties is Jack's dad. Apart from the fact that Angry Suit Guy doesn't look nearly old enough to be Jack's dad, I doubt he'd be chasing after his own son like that. I'm liking the idea that it's his brother though, they do look similar. |
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Post by Casey on Mar 10, 2010 14:11:58 GMT
Ray and hal9000 already said what I was going to say. The suit is the same as the one the "recruiters" were wearing when they picked up Zimmy. What, you didn't think that scholastic disciplinarians were going to be the only security in a school of kids with lethal powers, did you?
Other notes: Jack is confirmed, not suspected, to be the son of Hyland that fought with Eglamore (formspring), and Jack is NOT a Parkour Hero, just a kid on the run (formspring as well).
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Post by Seth Thresher on Mar 10, 2010 14:14:34 GMT
*opens the note*
"Dear Annie,
Do you like me yes/no?
(circle one)"
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Post by wolkenser on Mar 10, 2010 14:48:17 GMT
Is it just me, or is the not glowing in the second panel. It looks like there's a halo of light around it.
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Post by Casey on Mar 10, 2010 15:03:24 GMT
Ray and hal9000 already said what I was going to say. The suit is the same as the one the "recruiters" were wearing when they picked up Zimmy. What, you didn't think that scholastic disciplinarians were going to be the only security in a school of kids with lethal powers, did you? Other notes: Jack is confirmed, not suspected, to be the son of Hyland that fought with Eglamore (formspring), and Jack is NOT a Parkour Hero, just a kid on the run (formspring as well). Following up on this, it occurred to me that it could still BE Hyland Sr., chasing after his own son. Either as part of his duties as security, if that is what those uniforms represent, or because he's his son. There's really no way to know until more is revealed. |
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Post by La Goon on Mar 10, 2010 15:15:55 GMT
That symbol on the guy's jacket makes me think of a rank insignia. Does this agency (or whatever it is) have a military inspired organization structure? Having in mind that there seems to have been bunch of military figures among the formers of the Court, I guess that's plausible.
I also have a feeling this guy isn't a part of the faculty, but represents a higher level of the Court. We don't really know anything about what Gunnerkrigg Court is other than a school. Maybe this chapter will shed some light on that subject...
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Post by Snes on Mar 10, 2010 15:29:37 GMT
Following up on this, it occurred to me that it could still BE Hyland Sr., chasing after his own son. Either as part of his duties as security, if that is what those uniforms represent, or because he's his son. There's really no way to know until more is revealed. I agree with previous posters' assessments in saying that this guy doesn't look like he's old enough to be a father, let alone the same age as Eglamore and the rest of them. I'm guessing he's a prefect. And I'm not seeing much of a resemblance between him and Jack, so I doubt they're related. |
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Post by solus on Mar 10, 2010 15:42:23 GMT
Did anyone else notice the symbol of the court on the bottom of Jack's shoes? Also, I wonder why his fingers are so banged up to need those bandages?
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Post by Casey on Mar 10, 2010 15:49:36 GMT
Good eye, solus... I didn't see that at all.
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Post by legion on Mar 10, 2010 15:53:14 GMT
New character, for real this time!
Also, he jumped out of the window (he jumped out of the window).
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