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Post by Nepycros on Apr 29, 2015 7:00:19 GMT
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Post by The Anarch on Apr 29, 2015 7:01:19 GMT
Oh.
Oooooooooh.
Took me a moment to figure out what was goin' on.
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Post by Chancellor on Apr 29, 2015 7:01:59 GMT
Welp.
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Post by aquamafia on Apr 29, 2015 7:02:03 GMT
Is this going to be her look in the ether now?
And this is so sad. I wonder if we'll ever find out whether Annie's haircut was by choice or not.
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Post by vakri on Apr 29, 2015 7:02:25 GMT
DONT LOOK AT IT IF YOU HAVENT SEE IT SAVE YOURSELF!
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Post by ed1300 on Apr 29, 2015 7:03:24 GMT
Well that isn't creepy at all.
What surface is she lying on? I find it odd that most of the cracks radiate out from Annie.
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Post by elebenty on Apr 29, 2015 7:04:05 GMT
Well there's a double meaning. A moat of nothing separating kid!Annie from power!Annie to parallel our fire-head girl's banishment.
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Post by madragoran on Apr 29, 2015 7:05:42 GMT
... what does this imply? Annie is cut off from her etheric connections? I sure hope not. Great idea/ art work but it's making me angry again. Being cut off and isolated is pissing me off. grrrrrr!
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Post by Chancellor on Apr 29, 2015 7:08:15 GMT
It's weird, Annie almost seems in between regular and Ether-vision I guess the biggest indicator of her literal/symbolic detachment from the ether is the lack Of her cut.
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Post by zbeeblebrox on Apr 29, 2015 7:08:29 GMT
That's friggin' gorgeous work right there. Tom needs to turn this into a wallpaper, definitely.
...Also, if you cover up the hair directly spreading out from her head, her bangs show the signs of a potential punk rock Annie. Just throw in an eyebrow piercing and she's good to go!
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Post by noone3 on Apr 29, 2015 7:09:28 GMT
Uh... Well... Oh...
I don't even...
Damn! Tom, You did it again.
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Post by stef1987 on Apr 29, 2015 7:13:18 GMT
That is one nice drawing!
Unfortunately her face looks nothing like her, but it's still a great drawing
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Post by youwiththeface on Apr 29, 2015 7:13:36 GMT
Yep, definitely looks like a barrier. Notice how the color is reminiscent both of the bone lasers and whatever's coming for Annie's head on this page. (If they're not the same thing.) What's heartening is that said barrier looking halo thing appears to have cracks in it, so there's still hope of some kind, I think. Maybe it's just me, but do the clothes and pose make anybody else think of a girl on an operating table? |
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Post by OrzBrain on Apr 29, 2015 7:14:41 GMT
Nice!
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Post by Señor Goose on Apr 29, 2015 7:15:25 GMT
Well that isn't creepy at all. What surface is she lying on? I find it odd that most of the cracks radiate out from Annie. It's symbolic. |
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Post by Goatmon on Apr 29, 2015 7:18:21 GMT
How much did Target pay Tom to make this strip?
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Post by The Anarch on Apr 29, 2015 7:27:05 GMT
How much did Target pay Tom to make this strip? I actually 'shopped up a pic turning the page into a Target ad, but chickened out at the last second. |
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Post by edzepp on Apr 29, 2015 7:30:21 GMT
Tom knows a little something about symbolism. And promotional considerations.  |
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Post by Cleo on Apr 29, 2015 7:35:27 GMT
The *five* hairline cracks feels significant.
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Post by Goatmon on Apr 29, 2015 7:37:41 GMT
How much did Target pay Tom to make this strip? I actually 'shopped up a pic turning the page into a Target ad, but chickened out at the last second. Aww, don't tell me you didn't save it. You totally gotta share that! |
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Post by krael on Apr 29, 2015 7:41:10 GMT
If I am not horribly mistaken, Annie and the forest have been associated with the sun in all treatises, and the sun has regularly been symbolised as a circle with a dot. (kat & court were the moon)
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Post by scalesandfins on Apr 29, 2015 7:46:55 GMT
Wow. Oh Annie, baby. And damn. Tom. This is really something extraordinary. The ability to make symbolic pictures like this that carry so much story is really what comics and sequential art is all about. I can think offhand of a few panels or pages in graphic novels that have had the leadup and emotional impact and power of this image but it's not very many. The last page of Fun Home, a few pages from Blankets, Joann Sfar's stuff, David B, Phoebe Gloeckner? Congrats, Tom, you've hit the master level.
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Post by philman on Apr 29, 2015 7:52:09 GMT
This paired with the previous drawings (and wallpaper) of Annie and her etheric hair are amazing. Certainly sums up the outcome of the chapter in a single image.
Also is this one of the first times the bonus pages has been serious, rather than more jokey/giving background information?
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Post by mynie on Apr 29, 2015 7:59:01 GMT
So is this what she'll look like in the ether now? Can't imagine that she'll forever be lugging around all that hair connected to nothing.
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Post by keef on Apr 29, 2015 8:17:14 GMT
Amazing and painful. Like the whole chapter. This paired with the previous drawings (and wallpaper) of Annie and her etheric hair are amazing. Certainly sums up the outcome of the chapter in a single image. Also is this one of the first times the bonus pages has been serious, rather than more jokey/giving background information? Second time I guess. NOT Mort Fun Time (Bonus Page 47: Pro Patria Mori) |
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Post by karl on Apr 29, 2015 8:22:15 GMT
This was a beautiful and a sad page. So much was said with so little.
And I don't think we'll actually find out how she looks in the ether with short hair, with that haircut she will not be going to the ether.
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Post by matoyak on Apr 29, 2015 8:44:38 GMT
Haunting. If I am not horribly mistaken, Annie and the forest have been associated with the sun in all treatises, and the sun has regularly been symbolised as a circle with a dot. (kat & court were the moon) Good spot! This was a beautiful and a sad page. So much was said with so little. And I don't think we'll actually find out how she looks in the ether with short hair, with that haircut she will not be going to the ether. I've been thinking that for a little while now m'self, since the Great Chop, too. That is one nice drawing! Unfortunately her face looks nothing like her, but it's still a great drawing Agreed, actually. |
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Post by Daedalus on Apr 29, 2015 8:52:26 GMT
Maybe it's just me, but do the clothes and pose make anybody else think of a girl on an operating table? Yes. Or a martyr's pose. I like this depiction of Annie in the ether: her hair (representing freedom and emotion and the 'Forest' side of Annie) has been separated from her, but is still there to be reconnected at some future point. I do wonder, though, if the cutting of her hair actually changed her powers in the ether, or just her appearance. Personally, I don't think it matters if she 'chose' her haircut. Most reasonable scenarios involve her being coerced, manipulated, or forced to do so - all abhorrent. |
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Post by hypixion on Apr 29, 2015 8:58:08 GMT
It's nice and all but I don't think that's how it would look with her hair as it is now. It looks like the right part of her head is completely shaven.
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Post by Weeaboo on Apr 29, 2015 9:14:43 GMT
Annie really is "cut off" from everything and everyone she knows and loves.
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