Gunnerkrigg Court has a book deal with Dark Horse Comics

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[imaginaryfriend]

I'm interested to see the details.

[arf]

New artwork?
I mean, the first few pages were certainly a bit ordinary, but they allowed us to see how Tom's artistic skills grew.
Ah well, can't argue with the Director.

[foxurus]

This is so exciting!

[Isildur]

Oct 18, 2023 7:10:55 GMT arf said:

New artwork?
I mean, the first few pages were certainly a bit ordinary, but they allowed us to see how Tom's artistic skills grew.
Ah well, can't argue with the Director.

Might be referring to new cover art; maybe new art for the inside sides of the cover, too. Maybe even a frontispiece separate from the inside cover.

[blazingstar]

Oct 18, 2023 7:10:55 GMT arf said:

New artwork?
I mean, the first few pages were certainly a bit ordinary, but they allowed us to see how Tom's artistic skills grew.
Ah well, can't argue with the Director.

I'm curious how this "new artwork" is going to work, too. The original artwork could be viewed as wonky and outdated, but Tom's art evolves so drastically along GC's run that it would be impossible to have a consistent style matching the "new artwork" without redrawing almost every single page.

I wonder if "new artwork" means that the Dark Horse run will include pages like this teaser image - extra bonus panels drawn more recently, mimicking the older style.

Either way, I'm very excited to learn more about this new publishing deal!

[todd]

I'd prefer "bonus pages" for the "new artwork" rather than "redrawn pages" as well, though at least I've got the original pages in the Archaia books; I've collected all of them.

[Tom Siddell]

Here's a little preview for the kind of "new artwork" I'm talking about!
It's really just little fixes to things that I think are objectively bad. Sadly, a lot of that is reserved for Annie, but even then, I don't want to erase what she looked like, just bring her closer to what I thought I was doing at the time.
The comic is still going to look the same, I'm just hoping the small changes will make the early chapters a little less off putting.
I'll be posting more comparisons on Patreon and other places as we get closer to the new release!

[AluK]

That's a great compromise, I feel - keeps the essence of the older style and the evolution the comic underwent while fixing some of the more egregious inconsistencies. Looking forward to getting my hands on the new edition.

[Gemminie]

Fantastic! I have four of the Archaia volumes, but not the early ones, which are now apparently hard to find. This gives me the chance to collect those parts of the story too. Very much looking forward to this.

[todd]

Thanks for explaining, Tom - and for showing us the sample.

[blahzor]

goodbye football Annie, hello Lemon Annie

[fia]

Aww, I love Football Annie and your old art style – it's not generic and it's very expressive and moody while also being silly – but I understand the urge to go back and tweak comic pages. Your compromise is a good compromise, Tom.

[jda]

Oct 19, 2023 18:05:23 GMT Tom Siddell said:

Here's a little preview for the kind of "new artwork" I'm talking about!
It's really just little fixes to things that I think are objectively bad. Sadly, a lot of that is reserved for Annie, but even then, I don't want to erase what she looked like, just bring her closer to what I thought I was doing at the time.
The comic is still going to look the same, I'm just hoping the small changes will make the early chapters a little less off putting.
I'll be posting more comparisons on Patreon and other places as we get closer to the new release!

[ecto24]

This is extremely exciting.

I fell off reading as I got older and had to do job stuff around 2013, but working to catch up now.

Looking forward to supporting through dark horse.

[csj]

alas annie will no longer have a torpedo head capable of sinking a u-boat

for the best