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Post by bonestheheretic on Jul 19, 2010 7:13:36 GMT
My mother found a mention of it on a book recommendations site, as the first book was just published at the time. She followed a link and read a bit online, got bored, but showed it to me, as she knew I had just started reading a couple of webcomics [Lackadaisy, Kagerou and OOTS, I think]. I read up to the most recent page, which was one of the Power Station ones??? then forgot about it until the first or second page of Skywatcher and Angel, I believe.
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Post by moof on Jul 23, 2010 8:39:26 GMT
Someone made some porn of it, and I saved it and posted it on 4chan, cause it was, well, hot.
Somebody recognizes the characters, points it out, and, well, here I am. I thought that the site was going to be full of porn, because I had no prior knowledge of Gunnerkrigg, but what I found was alot more awesome then porn.
Yes, there is something more greater than porn. And that is this webcomic!
And so there went 3 hours of my life wittled away reading. And it was the best 3 hours of my life, I tell you what.
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Post by legion on Jul 23, 2010 10:51:45 GMT
Word of advice: posting rule 34 of Gunnerkrigg Court is not welcome here. That said, welcome here!
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Post by paxjax123 on Jul 23, 2010 17:09:06 GMT
I was on the TV Tropes "Curse Cut Short" page and decided to check out the clever way Kat's curse was cut off.
I then decided to start at the beginning of it and fell in love.
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Post by Boxbot on Aug 5, 2010 23:50:25 GMT
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Post by lysende on Aug 10, 2010 20:01:05 GMT
From DrMcNinja.
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Post by joephlommin on Aug 11, 2010 9:19:52 GMT
My school library owned the first 2 books.
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Post by Gemini Jim on Aug 11, 2010 10:04:04 GMT
My school library owned the first 2 books. I am impressed at any library, especially a school library, which would purchase the first two volumes of a web comic  |
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Post by joephlommin on Aug 12, 2010 8:55:39 GMT
My school library owned the first 2 books. I am impressed at any library, especially a school library, which would purchase the first two volumes of a web comic Me too. But they buy what students suggest so yah. |
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Post by Illy on Aug 17, 2010 6:59:21 GMT
I was on the TV Tropes "Curse Cut Short" page and decided to check out the clever way Kat's curse was cut off. I then decided to start at the beginning of it and fell in love. This, exactly. I'm a TV Tropes junkie, so there were some other articles as well that I saw that contributed to my eventual discovery of Gunnerkrigg. |
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Post by harmsc12 on Aug 19, 2010 18:57:21 GMT
Another comic forum I go to has a purchase thread where people take pictures of the stuff they buy and show it off to the other forumites. Someone bought a copy of Gunnerkrigg, and I asked what it was. So another forumite links to the webcomic, and I go on a reading spree.
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Post by valiums on Aug 19, 2010 22:56:27 GMT
I followed it on DrunkDuck. I like to brag to myself I was there when it started, but I have no way to be sure. (And thus, no way to prove myself wrong.)
I literally panicked when it was removed. Seriously. I probably missed an announcement, but that was not cool.
Then, a half a year to a year later, I got bored, searched for the first thing that came to mind, and voilá! Back again.
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Post by djublonskopf on Aug 22, 2010 5:34:47 GMT
Tom drew Kris Straub a picture, and when Kris put it up on starslip.com, I followed the link back to here.
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Post by Mezzaphor on Aug 22, 2010 17:50:58 GMT
Oh, the one with Vanderbeam and Holiday stuck in a lift together? I liked that one.
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Post by harmony on Aug 23, 2010 7:15:48 GMT
My story's not that exciting. I discovered it from an interwebs friend, who learned of it from her cousin. That was April, early into Spring Heeled.
..And now I'm determined to get my friends into GC so I can have someone to talk to about it. tehe!
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Post by Chemical Rascal on Aug 24, 2010 10:15:08 GMT
A few of the guys at Bay12 have avatars of various characters, it got brought up in conversation, and was Googled.
That's completley irrelevant to how I discovered GC, though.
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Post by ReubenPatrick on Apr 23, 2013 12:52:57 GMT
It all stared when I was just starting to get interested in web comics, starting with the discovery video game themed web comics, Nerf Now, VG Cats and etc. Yes, I know you're probably thinking that I've been living under a rock  I discovered it in a very "questionable and inappropriate" website which I would like to remain hidden and unknown. Yes, I'm not proud on how I discovered our beloved web comic but that image I saw on that website looked so interesting I just had to find out what it was. There I saw on the left side of the screen, the link to a tag named Gunnerkrigg Court where the image was tagged under After some googling, I found the home page of Gunnerkrigg Court and was greeted by this image which was during April 9 www.gunnerkrigg.com/index.php?p=1182I read it for 2 days straight from the first up to the very last page. I was hooked and I couldn't get enough so I reread it again after a few days. I've been sharing it with my friends because it was so interesting and fun to read. When that wasn't enough I joined the forums to discuss with fellow fans and viewers of the comic. As a guy I found this comic very very interesting to read mostly because it was just really dark and brooding and at the same time colorful and vibrant. Well that's my story. Bonus: www.gunnerkrigg.com/index.php?p=243Dear male readers: Don't let the guys know you're reading this stuff. |
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Post by lukaswhite on Apr 23, 2013 15:11:32 GMT
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Post by exuberancium on Apr 23, 2013 17:19:05 GMT
I first got linked to it from Awkward Zombie but didn't start reading it then. I found it again when there was a thread about it on the MSPA forums and I read through the whole thing. |
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Post by Nnelg on Apr 23, 2013 17:30:09 GMT
Necro aside...  I had actually first seen it in passing on TvTropes, although just from skimming the main article it didn't seem right for me. One day I was looking for this image for whatever reason (I remembered the image, but not where I'd seen it) and eventually found my way back to the comic. Having heard some good things about the story in the interim, I decided to give it a shot... Then as is my custom upon finding new webcomics I really like, stayed up all night on an archive binge. ;D EDIT: And then a forum archive binge, reading the discussion threads for selected chapters (in no particular order). And then a second full (mostly) read-through, with parallel forum-reading. And another run, sans-forum... |
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Post by Toloc on Apr 23, 2013 19:01:22 GMT
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Post by coolpilot on Apr 23, 2013 21:40:15 GMT
I, too, found it through TVTropes. I was surfing through some different tropes related to The Runaway Guys, I believe, and somehow stumbled upon Gender-Blender Name and was intrigued (and liked the art, as well). After investigating GC's TVTropes page a bit, I decided to do an archive binge, and low-and-behold, not only do I get a new favorite webcomic, but also a spark of inspiration that led to a torrent of ideas that led to what I now consider the best story I've ever created (and after only one day of creating it, too! it built up that freaking fast!) that led to me now preparing my own webcomic & trying to learn how to draw better. So yeah... glad I found Gunnerkrigg. By the die, no less! |
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Post by GK Sierra on Apr 23, 2013 23:22:08 GMT
I... honestly don't remember where I found it. I believe it was TVTropes though, because I discovered it around the same time. I discovered it in a very "questionable and inappropriate" website which I would like to remain hidden and unknown. It's okay, you can say the 4chan word here. We won't judge you. Much.  Dear male readers: Don't let the guys know you're reading this stuff. I chuckled when I saw that. I'm a grown-ass man who writes fanfiction stories. Any shame I had about having weird tastes went out the window years ago. |
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Post by Nnelg on Apr 24, 2013 0:24:53 GMT
The current comic was this one, I think. And while I was binging, I thought "I'm sure it'll make sense eventually..."  Anyways, so apparently 5 of the last 6 posters found their way here via TvTropes.  |
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Post by ReubenPatrick on Apr 24, 2013 0:28:36 GMT
I... honestly don't remember where I found it. I believe it was TVTropes though, because I discovered it around the same time. I discovered it in a very "questionable and inappropriate" website which I would like to remain hidden and unknown. It's okay, you can say the 4chan word here. We won't judge you. Much. Dear male readers: Don't let the guys know you're reading this stuff. I chuckled when I saw that. I'm a grown-ass man who writes fanfiction stories. Any shame I had about having weird tastes went out the window years ago. Something even more inappropriate and questionable Same thing here. A teenage boy who keeps reading a story of two girls... My friends always knew me as kind of the manly man but they never knew I had a soft spot for these kind comic books like X-23 and The Darkness. |
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Post by GK Sierra on Apr 24, 2013 5:32:22 GMT
Something even more inappropriate and questionable Aaaaugh! You tease! PM me with the URL. I promise I've seen worse. |
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Post by bedinsis on Apr 24, 2013 7:26:37 GMT
I discovered it through the wiki several others have mentioned in this very thread. I actually "discovered" it twice: first I read through all the chapters, decided that I wasn't interested in continuing, but people kept linking, so I decided to pick it up again. I'm glad I did.
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Post by tpman on Apr 24, 2013 7:39:27 GMT
I'm pretty sure I found it first through Scary-Go-Round. I remember seeing www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=831. I read quite intensely for a few days, but I really didn't have time to spare for whatever reason so I let Gunnerkrigg languish in my favorites list one day until I got bored. I can't remember right now when exactly I picked it up again. |
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Post by ReubenPatrick on Apr 24, 2013 7:42:11 GMT
The picture I saw of GC was pretty hot... gunnerkrigg.com/?p=402But in all seriousness, the cursed teapot was a really curious topic so I'd really really like to know more about. Hopefully we'd get to see a chapter where Annie and Kat would recall all their previous untold adventures, including the cursed teapot incident. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2013 9:03:50 GMT
I didn't find Gunnerkrigg... It found me.I honestly don't remember, though. It's one of the first webcomics I started reading, if not the first. Probably stumbled upon it by chance, if I wasn't linked to it by Archipelago or Supernormal Step or something. I have been reading for a long while, though. I remember anxiously waiting to discover just what made the Power Station so special. |
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