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Post by Señor Goose on Feb 19, 2014 8:04:05 GMT
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Post by fwip on Feb 19, 2014 8:06:20 GMT
What artilleryman? I thought I knew most of the stuff about the comic by now.
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Post by spritznar on Feb 19, 2014 8:07:49 GMT
What artilleryman? I thought I knew most of the stuff about the comic by now. did they mean the guy who actually shot the arrow? ... or was that steadman? |
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Post by GK Sierra on Feb 19, 2014 8:08:08 GMT
What artilleryman? I thought I knew most of the stuff about the comic by now. Big guy with a British grenadier outfit when Jones is showing them the projection about the seed bismuth, right before Parley discovers her powers. did they mean the guy who actually shot the arrow? Nah, that's Steadman (Who died kicking the dog, apparently, how appropriate). |
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Post by fwip on Feb 19, 2014 8:08:24 GMT
What artilleryman? I thought I knew most of the stuff about the comic by now. did they mean the guy who actually shot the arrow? Steadman is the archer. |
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Post by Señor Goose on Feb 19, 2014 8:08:44 GMT
What artilleryman? I thought I knew most of the stuff about the comic by now. He's been mentioned breifly, but never made an appearence. I now suspect that he may be Chekhov's Gunman. Chekhov's artilleryman. |
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Post by Gotolei on Feb 19, 2014 8:08:58 GMT
" Artilleryman" ...so we finally found information on this Steadman person? steadman confirmed for sweet bro |
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Post by KMar on Feb 19, 2014 8:09:01 GMT
1317Artilleryman... Gunner Man... Gunner Krigg... His name is Krigg. Gunner Krigg. - Who other (presumably) dead persons they know by name? |
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Post by Señor Goose on Feb 19, 2014 8:15:47 GMT
" Artilleryman" ...so we finally found information on this Steadman person? steadman confirmed for sweet broIt's about bloody time, too. Does that make the artilleryman hella jeff? |
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Post by philman on Feb 19, 2014 8:16:12 GMT
" Artilleryman" ...so we finally found information on this Steadman person? steadman confirmed for sweet broThat he died tripping over a dog? yup... |
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Post by sidhekin on Feb 19, 2014 8:17:33 GMT
Who other (presumably) dead persons they know by name? Sivo? Daniel R Schiff? Surma? |
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Post by Daedalus on Feb 19, 2014 8:17:46 GMT
As a seemingly unimportant enigmatic character, the Gunner is obviously vital but we won't get to see his story yet  so it goes. He's at least vital enough to get the place named after him. Could he have been the leader? And I kind of wanted to hear the end of Sir Young's testimony. An age of...what? |
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Post by philman on Feb 19, 2014 8:28:31 GMT
As a seemingly unimportant enigmatic character, the Gunner is obviously vital but we won't get to see his story yet so it goes. He's at least vital enough to get the place named after him. Could he have been the leader? And I kind of wanted to hear the end of Sir Young's testimony. An age of...what? Not sue why we're assuming the place was named after him, Gunner is a title, a military rank, as well as a name. It could be the person the court was named after, but then Gunner Krigg would be two words, not one surely? And also, if he hasn't even been mentioned before, how important could be be? He was referred to as the Artileryman, not the Gunner until the last frame, unless this is Kat seeing through things again! Personally I think the Gunner-man, mister-gunner thing is a red herring Tom is throwing in to stir up the forum a bit... Who other (presumably) dead persons they know by name? Sivo? Daniel R Schiff? Surma? The girls don't know Danial R Schiff, that name was revealed in Renard's chapter with Hetty, the girls weren't present. |
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Post by spritznar on Feb 19, 2014 8:32:05 GMT
Not sue why we're assuming the place was named after him, Gunner is a title, a military rank, as well as a name. It could be the person the court was named after, but then Gunner Krigg would be two words, not one surely? And also, if he hasn't even been mentioned before, how important could be be? He was referred to as the Artileryman, not the Gunner until the last frame, unless this is Kat seeing through things again! Personally I think the Gunner-man, mister-gunner thing is a red herring Tom is throwing in to stir up the forum a bit... apparently it was word of tom from a formspring ask. (not convinced the guy's name was krigg though) |
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Post by Señor Goose on Feb 19, 2014 8:32:35 GMT
Not sue why we're assuming the place was named after him, Gunner is a title, a military rank, as well as a name. It could be the person the court was named after, but then Gunner Krigg would be two words, not one surely? And also, if he hasn't even been mentioned before, how important could be be? He was referred to as the Artileryman, not the Gunner until the last frame, unless this is Kat seeing through things again! Have you read this comic? The Court is hundreds of years old. It's possible that over time the name got garbled and Gunner Krigg became Gunnerkrigg Personally I think the Gunner-man, mister-gunner thing is a red herring Tom is throwing in to stir up the forum a bit... Have I read this comic...  |
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Post by dliessmgg on Feb 19, 2014 8:32:58 GMT
Guys, guys! What if, just hypothetically, Steadman tripped metaphorically over Coyote or Renard or Ys?
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Post by imaginaryfriend on Feb 19, 2014 8:50:28 GMT
Anyone else thinking that part of Robe Boy's job includes making sure that the kids don't abuse the reference materials by digging around in stuff that's outside the case they're researching? For example, if they started searching out and solving famous mysteries he'd put a stop to it? apparently it was word of tom from a formspring ask. (not convinced the guy's name was krigg though) Beware, for the Artillery-dude is a gunner no matter what else and I think Red called the place the Gunner's Crag or something like that. It might also be a family name corrupted, something foreign that sounds like crag at the end. But yeah that "reveal" is one of the oldest bits of secret nerd-knowledge of the forum. |
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Post by sidhekin on Feb 19, 2014 8:54:51 GMT
Not sue why we're assuming the place was named after him, Gunner is a title, a military rank, as well as a name. It could be the person the court was named after, but then Gunner Krigg would be two words, not one surely? And also, if he hasn't even been mentioned before, how important could be be? He was referred to as the Artileryman, not the Gunner until the last frame, unless this is Kat seeing through things again! Personally I think the Gunner-man, mister-gunner thing is a red herring Tom is throwing in to stir up the forum a bit... apparently it was word of tom from a formspring ask. (not convinced the guy's name was krigg though) I'm pretty sure "the Gunner's Crag" was not named after some "Krigg". Sivo? Daniel R Schiff? Surma? The girls don't know Danial R Schiff, that name was revealed in Renard's chapter with Hetty, the girls weren't present. Quite right (well, as far as we've been told, anyway); thank you. |
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Post by philman on Feb 19, 2014 9:03:26 GMT
Not sue why we're assuming the place was named after him, Gunner is a title, a military rank, as well as a name. It could be the person the court was named after, but then Gunner Krigg would be two words, not one surely? And also, if he hasn't even been mentioned before, how important could be be? He was referred to as the Artileryman, not the Gunner until the last frame, unless this is Kat seeing through things again! Personally I think the Gunner-man, mister-gunner thing is a red herring Tom is throwing in to stir up the forum a bit... apparently it was word of tom from a formspring ask. (not convinced the guy's name was krigg though) Oh bleh. That word of Tom seems a bit too spoilery for this chapter though? |
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Post by ed1300 on Feb 19, 2014 9:17:25 GMT
Here's a fun random fact or two that may help, if Gunnerkrigg is a corruption of 'Gunner's krigg' then 'Krigg' itself could have shifted.
Krigg sound an awful lot like the german word 'Kreig' which means war.
Of course Red could have been right about it being called Gunner's Crag, as crags were isolated hills created by ice age glaciers and were rather good defensive positions.
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Post by Xan on Feb 19, 2014 10:08:01 GMT
Hmm. This reference might be a subtle way to remind readers of Jones.
Which makes me think. Maybe it was already discussed here..
Could they possibly use Jones to confront Jeanne?
There's a double layer of "protection" here, Jones is insensitive to all things etheric, and she cannot be cut. She's also a good martial artist.
Combine that with Parley's skills and Coyote's tooth, as well as Annie's abilities and you've got the dream team assembled.
..all orchestrated by Coyote, of course.
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Post by Toloc on Feb 19, 2014 10:12:27 GMT
Reminds me of that episode of Dead Like Me where the Reapers took a day off to sort through and categorize their clients' files by last thoughts.
"What stacks you got there?" "Woulda... - Shoulda... - Coulda..." That show had it's moments.
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Post by fish on Feb 19, 2014 10:47:24 GMT
For some reason I always assumed the guy in the firs panel of this page was the artilleryman. Probably because he's kept in the shadows, just like any other information regarding him. They should look up Jeanne's green boyfriend. We don't know anything about his name though... |
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Post by todd on Feb 19, 2014 11:34:34 GMT
Sir Young clearly had a harder heart than Diego; no guilty conscience in his final moments (unless that talk about the "greater good" is his attempt at allaying it, like Diego's blaming Jeanne's death on him).
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Post by sidhekin on Feb 19, 2014 12:10:59 GMT
I was about to say that even so, it's a harder heart: Sir Young does not blame Diego (or anyone else, or even the "greater good"). He acknowledges what he did.
But then I noticed he does not speak of his own actions. He speaks of "the sacrifices we made". Quite the collectivist, hm? Damn.
To paraphrase Freefall of the other day, "the sacrifices we made [were] for the greater good of our people," sounds very good until you're designated as one of the sacrifices.
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Post by jasmijn on Feb 19, 2014 13:14:58 GMT
I'm loving this chapter, even more than the rest of the comic. All this... stuff that goes on.
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Post by nightwind on Feb 19, 2014 14:39:31 GMT
Ohmygosh, they found information on that steadman person!
I didn't expect that. Ever.
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Post by ctso74 on Feb 19, 2014 14:53:19 GMT
We don't know what format the book is in, but they might guess "Gunner", from the info they already have.
I'm predicting that the dog will be a new reoccurring character. He'll wear sunglasses indoors, and challenge the establishment. He'll turn out to be Eglamore's long lost brother. Count on it.
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Post by Deepbluediver on Feb 19, 2014 14:57:19 GMT
That he died tripping over a dog? yup... I bet 5 cookies that the artillerlyman died cleaning his gun.  |
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Post by alpacalypse on Feb 19, 2014 15:05:46 GMT
As much as I want to hear all of Sir Young's final record, I want to hear Jeanne's final record, if they have it. Think of all the information and names that might get revealed. Or it could just be another emotional bender and I can feel all sad and stuffs :/
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so it goes. He's at least vital enough to get the place named after him. Could he have been the leader? And I kind of wanted to hear the end of Sir Young's testimony. An age of...what?
