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Post by todd on Jun 19, 2007 22:23:16 GMT
I'm not surprised that the faculty were informed about what was happening to Alistair; if anything, I'd suspected even before you answered my question that part of the reason why he was enrolled in Gunnerkrigg for his final week was that the teachers there are probably used to this kind of thing (humans turning into birds aren't any stranger than demons that can possess anything with eyes - even a plush wolf doll - or Rogat Orjaks) and so won't be likely to be taken aback by it.
(That, and Gunnerkrigg's conveniently next door to his new home, meaning that he won't have to fly so far when it's time to leave.)
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Post by Hazel on Jun 24, 2007 17:56:42 GMT
Tom - are you planning a GC book at all? I'd buy that over T-shirts any day.
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Post by Yin on Jun 24, 2007 18:05:54 GMT
There is a GC book, and it's out already.  |
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Post by mrw on Jun 24, 2007 18:07:06 GMT
Aly knew before he arrived that he and his parents were going to Gillitie. Kat asked if he was going to a new school and he replied that he had no idea because who knows if birds go to bird school. Why was he there for a week? Two reasons: 1) So he could spend his last week as a human with kids his age. The faculty were aware of the situation. 2) The chapter would have been much shorter if he was not there.I cannot possibly convey the amount of laughter this simple response provoked. ;D Hazel: Tom already has the first chapters in a book. The link is right on the GC front page (but possibly not on the Drunk Duck page). www.lulu.com/content/215167 |
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Post by Hazel on Jun 24, 2007 18:14:09 GMT
Oh man... I am feeling absolutely, ridiculously stupid, but it's a consolation to know that Fate's revenged on me now and won't be mucking my life up for the rest of the day at least.
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Post by mrw on Jun 24, 2007 18:16:56 GMT
Don't feel stupid - it happens. BTW, I like your choice in comedy (and avatar)! |
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Post by fjodor on Jun 25, 2007 11:06:27 GMT
Tom,
have you changed your drawing technique in the last chapters? It look to me as if you have adopted a new way to create light efects.
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Post by Tom Siddell on Jun 25, 2007 11:22:43 GMT
The only difference to how I draw the pages now is that I use a brush pen to ink them (starting near the end of the last chapter). Lighting effects are just something I add when I think they are needed.
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Post by Mezzaphor on Jun 25, 2007 22:38:13 GMT
Tom, I've been wondering about those dark circles around Winsbury's eyes. Is he not getting enough sleep? Does he not bathe enough? Does he just have unusually sunken eyes?
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Post by Tom Siddell on Jun 26, 2007 7:17:20 GMT
Some people just have dark rims around their eyes. I do, and I can't explain it.
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Post by fuzzysocks on Jun 27, 2007 9:14:41 GMT
Some people just have dark rims around their eyes. I do, and I can't explain it. I too am quoted to be looking like a panda bear... |
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Post by breakfast on Jun 29, 2007 14:13:53 GMT
Tom, you're clearly well up on british traditional music and folklore do you have any particular sources that you take inspiration from? Would I be right in seeing something of John Crowley's "Little, Big" in the Court and it's surroundings?
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Post by Tom Siddell on Jun 30, 2007 23:56:38 GMT
Tom, you're clearly well up on british traditional music and folklore do you have any particular sources that you take inspiration from? Would I be right in seeing something of John Crowley's "Little, Big" in the Court and it's surroundings? There are lots of english myths (and myths in general I take inspiration from, but as for music, I'm most fond of Kate Rusby and, lately, The Poozies and Julie Fowlis. |
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Post by fjodor on Jul 1, 2007 22:02:50 GMT
There are lots of english myths (and myths in general I take inspiration from, but as for music, I'm most fond of Kate Rusby and, lately, The Poozies and Julie Fowlis. Attention all Gunners: Tom's probably throwing hints here. Activate all Google-bots in T minus three seconds. Tom, I Youtubed for Kate Rusby a bit. If you like her, what do you think of Seth Lakeman? |
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Post by Tom Siddell on Jul 2, 2007 21:29:35 GMT
I have not heard of him.
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Post by fjodor on Jul 3, 2007 15:33:38 GMT
Ah! Always happy to promote Seth Lakeman. He's from Cornwall, plays folkish music and takes a lot of his repertoire from local and Celtic myths. (which is where I saw the connection with Kate.) He's been on top of my favourite musician's list since I saw him opening for Tori Amos. People who think a violin is boring, please click and reconsider. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gw6dPKorOBswww.youtube.com/watch?v=RnSI9JaHjvs[End of Seth Lakeman marketing rant] |
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Post by Yin on Jul 16, 2007 10:48:30 GMT
Hey, if Reynardine can't lie to Annie, can he at least not tell the whole truth?
Like if he saw someone with something of Annie's which was clearly stolen and she asked him if he had seen anyone steal it. Could he say that he had not seen anyone steal it without saying that he had seen someone with it?
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Post by Tom Siddell on Jul 16, 2007 13:05:28 GMT
If he knew it was stolen then he would say yes, he saw it. But if he didn't know it was stolen then he could say no if he wanted. He can lie if he himself does not know the truth.
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Post by saramarie on Jul 16, 2007 19:21:30 GMT
Just curious... in the latest update when Parley is introducing herself (and Andrew) to Antimony, they say their years and then "queslett" and "thornhill". Are those their teachers' names or something else entirely?
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Post by Boksha on Jul 16, 2007 20:41:06 GMT
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Post by Aspen d'Grey on Jul 16, 2007 21:56:51 GMT
Tom- is it more common for higher year students to intermingle? These are the first students we've seen that haven't been from Annie's year.
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Post by Tom Siddell on Jul 17, 2007 7:36:52 GMT
It is not common at all to even talk to people in a different year to you. Even the fact that Parely and Smith are a year apart is strange.
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Post by saramarie on Jul 17, 2007 17:18:07 GMT
Haha, thanks Boksha. I guess I need to go back and read through the archives again. Rats, such a hardship, eh? |
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Post by yeochild on Jul 17, 2007 17:35:58 GMT
It is not common at all to even talk to people in a different year to you. Even the fact that Parely and Smith are a year apart is strange. I go to an English highschool and dammit, that is so true. |
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Post by fiverrabbit on Jul 18, 2007 11:41:04 GMT
It is not common at all to even talk to people in a different year to you. Even the fact that Parely and Smith are a year apart is strange. I go to an English highschool and dammit, that is so true. Why? |
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Post by Tom Siddell on Jul 18, 2007 13:33:13 GMT
It just works out that way.
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Post by UbiquitousDragon on Jul 18, 2007 15:26:19 GMT
I go to an English highschool and dammit, that is so true. Why? People in the year above you scare you, and people in the year below you smell (fact). Also not having classes together means less interaction generally. Even when I was in my final year of compulsary education (Year 11) I found there were people in my own year I had never even seen before, despite the fact they'd been there since Year 7. |
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Post by yeochild on Jul 23, 2007 19:58:29 GMT
Is Reynardine pronounced "Rey-nar-deen" or "Rey-nar-dyne"?
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Post by fiverrabbit on Jul 23, 2007 21:29:28 GMT
Ah, I see. Thank you.
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Post by deacon on Jul 23, 2007 23:01:43 GMT
okay...i was kinda wondering about this - in girl genius (another webcomic, which you probably already know about) there's a reference to gunnerkrigg court in vol 7 pg 11. www.girlgeniusonline.com/ggcomic/index.php?date=2007-03-19, if you're curious. it's on one of the signs. i would normally assume coincidence, but as the name gunnerkrigg is so unusual, i thought that there was a connection. unless gunnerkrigg has some meaning or significance of which i'm unaware. aaaaaaanyways...what's the connection? |
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