I've been reading GKC for 13 years.

[agasa]

I've just realized I've been here for 13 years. I was 17 when I started reading... I'm nearly 31.
I was just wondering how many people are there that have been following this amazing story, and love these characters so much, for so long.
_{If I was as determined in other aspects of my life as I am in reading this to the end, I could be as successful as Elon Musk, and have fathered a bunch of kids. Damn.}

I think that for my birthday, I'll treat myself to some Gunnerkrigg merchandise. You guys can help me choose?

[madjack]

Apr 26, 2021 7:36:48 GMT agasa said:

I think that for my birthday, I'll treat myself to some Gunnerkrigg merchandise. You guys can help me choose?

Soon...

[wies]

topatoco.com/collections/gunnerkrigg

This is the link to where Tom sells merchandise. Hope you find something you like!

[warrl]

Dunno how long I've been reading the comic. I joined the forum in mid-December 2008.

[imaginaryfriend]

I first found the comic mid-2005 I think.

[pyradonis]

I "only" started in 2012.

[jasmijn]

I don't even remember when I started reading... must be at least since 2010 because that's when I made this account, but that still leaves a margin of 5 years. I'm pretty sure I've already been reading since The Medium Beginning, which would mean I'v also been here for 13 years!

[wies]

As for how long I have been reading, I think it was around this page. (I lurked a lot before I made this account)

[maxptc]

I started reading in.....2012 I think? I know it took me way longer then it should have to discover the fourms and discord.

Edit:Oh, the golem heart shirt is something I've considered myself.

[shaihulud]

I've been reading since he made the fanart of the goth girl in Scary-Go-Round. Whenever that was...

[flowsthead]

Yeah, no idea. My account is from 2013, but I think I was reading for a long time before that. It must have been at least before 2010 since I swear I was reading this at the same time as 8-Bit Theater and that ended in 2010, but that's just a guess. There was a huge boom of webcomics at the time, especially the mid 2000s to early 2010s. It's a different ecosystem now.

[Gemminie]

I know I've been reading since before chapter 51, because I remember seeing somebody write "Mr. CARVER" on the chalkboard with his left hand. As the penny dropped, I freaked out.

But exactly when I started reading? It's hard to remember. I think it was somewhere during chapter 49. That would be 2014 or so.

[foxurus]

I started reading in July 2010. Think I finished the backlog during around this part of Chapter 29. Eleven years. Almost half my life!

Semi-relatedly, I had a couple month long hiatus for a while, coincidentally starting from right before The Tree until... I think The Breakout? So I got to speed through the whole drawn-out Annie-is-sad section when I came back! Made it much more enjoyable. :)

[bedinsis]

Wasn't there a thread linking to a survey of when people started reading some time last year?

[ohthatone]

I started sometime around the s1 chapter I think.

[frogspawned]

Pretty sure it was around the time of Basil or Broken Glass I started - but it's been so long, I couldn't concretely say.

re: Merch, I was frankly astounded that City Life with City Face wasn't sold out. You'd expect the fans of a big star like that to flock to it.

[Isildur]

I think I started in 2013, so about eight years ago. Someone on Imgur.com linked to page 1159; I followed the link, went to the comic's beginning, and got hooked.

Doing a web search for Imgur comments linking to that page indicates the linking comment may have been this one, so if SergioPena is one of you, thanks.

[mturtle7]

I very distinctly remember the page where I first caught up. That was...let's see, 2015? Six years ago?! Wow. It feels pretty crazy to me it's been that long, although I guess it's nowhere near as long as some of the real old-timers here!

[arf]

I caught up over a couple of days, halfway through Microsat 5

[AluK]

First started reading in mid to late 2005, right before Chapter 4 began. Joined the forums right when they went up, 2007.

Apr 26, 2021 8:30:06 GMT imaginaryfriend said:

I first found the comic mid-2005 I think.

We, the ancient ones. Few of us are still around.

[tomato]

I think I started reading the comic in late 2005 or 2006? Joined the forum in 2010 and have been a super lurker ever since.

[lurkerbot]

Apr 27, 2021 9:42:47 GMT bedinsis said:

Wasn't there a thread linking to a survey of when people started reading some time last year?

Yes.

[Per]

Also:

Random Survey: When did you start Reading?
What chapter was the comic on when you caught up?

And sorta similar:

How did you discover GC?
Discovery

[Druplesnubb]

I started reading at the very beginning of chapter 36, at the very end of 2011. Almost ten years ago, now.

[rafk]

Since well before this forum existed (so well over 10 years). Somewhere between chapter 10 and chapter 20 I'm pretty sure.

[wynne]

Since Blinking, I think. I remember a page with Kat & Anja & Annie (+ a robot?) that made very little sense before I caught up to the new pages, haha. Started in high school, and now it's been 12 years, oof.

[silicondream]

Chapter...3? I'm venerable. Started reading webcomics with SL and it just snowballed. So to speak.

[fia]

Happy birthday!
I think you should get a Coyote plush, he's pretty cute.

I think I found the comic around 2006 or so, because I remember when Neil Gaiman linked it on his blog. I think I didn't read it consistently at first, I kept remembering to check it in broad bursts, but at some point soon I became a frequent visitor. I didn't start visiting the forum until 2016, though.