When a webcomic updates but you don't want to make a huge deal out of it, what you do - Page 118

RickZarber · 04-10-2015, 02:57 PM

Yeah. Today's broke me. I'm broken now. T.T

BitVyper · 04-10-2015, 09:00 PM

I'm waiting for the end of the arc to read it, I think. Siddell is doing a fantastic job of presenting and handling the themes, and it's making for an emotionally powerful story, but I think I need to be able to check the last page and make sure the villain loses before I can read the rest.

I don't know why, but in general, it's always seemed like GC fans are oddly entitled/rabid when it comes to thinking Siddell exists for them alone. I've watched him take shit so awful on social media that I actually felt compelled to email him some reassurance about it.

Amake · 04-10-2015, 10:21 PM

I can guess why. Reading Gunnerkrigg feels less like a communal experience than most webcomics (not that reading is a very communal experience to begin with). It's more like a personal exchange between Siddell and the reader, or even the comic and the reader depending on how much of Siddell's meager public presence you pay attention to.

I've never talked to anyone who seemed to want to talk about the comic with anyone, beyond talking about how much they like it and what the many mysteries might be about. I can feel that reluctance myself. Those characters hold a very special place in my heart - I think I've touched on that before - to the point where opening up about what I really think about them seems like I imagine talking about your own children might be like.

So I can see why some shortsighted people might forget the comic doesn't belong to them, especially when emotions ride high and updates come slowly. Maybe just because I've taken to buying the lovely hardcover books, but I'm starting to think the audience would be better served without the comic on the Internet. In ten years, when it's probably long completed, maybe we'll be able to deal with it like it deserves. . .

Grandmaster_Skweeb · 04-11-2015, 12:15 AM

I'm rather liking this arc because it's turning things up to eleven for just about everything. Particularly in how people are reacting to it is no shortage of amusement.

As for other comics: DUMM Comics has some damn great contributors this year.

tacticslion · 04-11-2015, 10:08 PM

... something seems "off" here. Besides the obvious.

Quote:

Originally Posted by BitVyper

make sure the villain loses

I'm still trying to learn who the villain is.

tacticslion · 04-16-2015, 11:56 AM

So. Old(ish) joke in OotS.

I... totally didn't get it.

I just recently remembered: "philter of glibness" was an old AD&D item.

It would, naturally, be updated to "potion of glibness" as glibness is now a spell.

Duh. I feel... I feel... duh.

Flarecobra · 04-17-2015, 02:34 PM

I can't believe Crystal is having more character growth as a golem then when she was alive.

Menarker · 04-17-2015, 02:37 PM

Yup! Although she still has some semblance of her mind intact. Well, as much as her seemingly brain-damaged mind could be called 'intact'.

Grandmaster_Skweeb · 04-20-2015, 05:16 PM

Gunnerkrig theory time: When looking back at chapter 38, I've been led to think that Anthony sees Annie less as a daughter and more as the thing that directly led to the death of Surma. Something something keep the firehead girl from fraternizing with the forest folk; utilize fire elemental for the Court's use in seedier activities something something something hammering out the details on that one.

Flarecobra · 04-27-2015, 02:54 PM

Well, that was quite creative of OotS.

04-10-2015, 02:57 PM	#1171
RickZarber Please Be Well Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Virginia Posts: 2,715	Yeah. Today's broke me. I'm broken now. T.T __________________ Twitter / Art Tumblr / Personal Tumblr

04-10-2015, 09:00 PM	#1172
BitVyper History's Strongest Dilettante Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Arcadia Posts: 6,662	I'm waiting for the end of the arc to read it, I think. Siddell is doing a fantastic job of presenting and handling the themes, and it's making for an emotionally powerful story, but I think I need to be able to check the last page and make sure the villain loses before I can read the rest. I don't know why, but in general, it's always seemed like GC fans are oddly entitled/rabid when it comes to thinking Siddell exists for them alone. I've watched him take shit so awful on social media that I actually felt compelled to email him some reassurance about it. __________________ "There are worlds out there where the sky is burning, and the sea is asleep, and the rivers dream. People made of smoke and cities made of song. Somewhere there's danger, somewhere there's injustice, somewhere else the tea's getting cold. Come on, Ace; we've got work to do!" Awesome art be here. Last edited by BitVyper; 04-10-2015 at 09:09 PM.

04-10-2015, 10:21 PM	#1173
Amake Keeper of the new Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: A place without judgment Posts: 4,506	I can guess why. Reading Gunnerkrigg feels less like a communal experience than most webcomics (not that reading is a very communal experience to begin with). It's more like a personal exchange between Siddell and the reader, or even the comic and the reader depending on how much of Siddell's meager public presence you pay attention to. I've never talked to anyone who seemed to want to talk about the comic with anyone, beyond talking about how much they like it and what the many mysteries might be about. I can feel that reluctance myself. Those characters hold a very special place in my heart - I think I've touched on that before - to the point where opening up about what I really think about them seems like I imagine talking about your own children might be like. So I can see why some shortsighted people might forget the comic doesn't belong to them, especially when emotions ride high and updates come slowly. Maybe just because I've taken to buying the lovely hardcover books, but I'm starting to think the audience would be better served without the comic on the Internet. In ten years, when it's probably long completed, maybe we'll be able to deal with it like it deserves. . . __________________ Hope insistent, trust implicit, love inherent, life immersed

04-11-2015, 12:15 AM	#1174
Grandmaster_Skweeb Doesn't care anymore Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 2,429	Schadenfreude a-go-go! I'm rather liking this arc because it's turning things up to eleven for just about everything. Particularly in how people are reacting to it is no shortage of amusement. As for other comics: DUMM Comics has some damn great contributors this year.

04-16-2015, 11:56 AM	#1176
tacticslion Regulator Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,842	Doofus that I am So. Old(ish) joke in OotS. I... totally didn't get it. I just recently remembered: "philter of glibness" was an old AD&D item. It would, naturally, be updated to "potion of glibness" as glibness is now a spell. Duh. I feel... I feel... duh. __________________ Make the best decision ever. I look forward to seeing you there! You should watch this trailer! It's awesome! (The rest of the site's really cool, too!) I have a small announcement to make. And another!

04-17-2015, 02:34 PM	#1177
Flarecobra Burn. Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Classified Posts: 11,017	I can't believe Crystal is having more character growth as a golem then when she was alive. __________________ "Only the fool wishes to go into battle to beat someone for the satisfaction of beating someone." -A Thousand Sons Rules. Read them, know them, love them.

04-17-2015, 02:37 PM	#1178
Menarker OMG! WHAT SHOULD I DO NOW? Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 3,802	Yup! Although she still has some semblance of her mind intact. Well, as much as her seemingly brain-damaged mind could be called 'intact'. __________________ THE BIO OF RENNY TRESSERHORN THE BIOs OF POKEMON UMBRAL!

04-20-2015, 05:16 PM	#1179
Grandmaster_Skweeb Doesn't care anymore Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 2,429	Gunnerkrig theory time: When looking back at chapter 38, I've been led to think that Anthony sees Annie less as a daughter and more as the thing that directly led to the death of Surma. Something something keep the firehead girl from fraternizing with the forest folk; utilize fire elemental for the Court's use in seedier activities something something something hammering out the details on that one. Last edited by Grandmaster_Skweeb; 04-20-2015 at 05:20 PM.

04-27-2015, 02:54 PM	#1180
Flarecobra Burn. Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Classified Posts: 11,017	[/crystal] Well, that was quite creative of OotS. __________________ "Only the fool wishes to go into battle to beat someone for the satisfaction of beating someone." -A Thousand Sons Rules. Read them, know them, love them.