Gunnerkrigg Court

[Jedi Master]

Well done citizen! Now read it again!
And then thrice. It's the only way. :)

lol I read the first vol so I am looking for the 2nd one to read it too

[Sarfallet]

lol I read the first vol so I am looking for the 2nd one to read it too

Book two isn't available if don't cough up a silly amount of cash... Don't try to order it from amazon. They'll just hold your order for like ever and such. >__>
Tom is working on getting it into print again though... :)

[taboo]

I've read through it all the way once, and got about halfway on my second reading

i was really surprised to find a Gunnerkrigg book at my local Borders a few years ago. it's the only time that's happened with a webcomic that I keep up with

[Conekiller]

Could someone give me a nice little pitch as to what this is about and why I should read it?

[taboo]

no you should just read it

that's the only way

[Sarfallet]

It's true. Modern science has proven that it's, to some extent, better to die horribly then not read Gunnerkrigg Court.

But, if your are one of those teenager-gentlemen/ladies with a devil may care attitude about dying horribly here's that pitch you clamored for so.
Gunnerkrigg Court tells the story of Annie, a teenager who attend to the school of Gunnerkrigg Court at the wish of her recently deceased mother. Much of the story evolves about Annie exploring the Court and the strange things that happens in and around it. Other character includes Annies best friend, Kat, pretty much a tech-wizard. Although she herself is sceptical about magic. There's also Shadow a second shadow that stuck to Annie and Robot a robot Annie built to help Shadow to Gillitie Wood, home of the shadow people. Annie named them both by the way.
You should read it because it really is awesome. For real, you. :)

[taboo]

There's also a character named coyote who is just fantastic

[Conekiller]

Yeah, sorry, I was kinda looking for something a bit more than "It's sooooo gooooooood".

[Silence]

Yeah, sorry, I was kinda looking for something a bit more than "It's sooooo gooooooood".

Tom Siddell drew me a picture of Agrias from Final Fantasy Tactics as a commission.

[taboo]

Yeah, sorry, I was kinda looking for something a bit more than "It's sooooo gooooooood".

well i could say it's a MAGIC SCHOOL story like harry potter, but that's inaccurate

basically it's just a girl and her pals having weird ass mechanical/magical adventures and shit and it's funny and also creepy

[Silence]

reynardine with a flower in his hair

jones

[taboo]

boxbo t

[Conekiller]

well i could say it's a MAGIC SCHOOL story like harry potter, but that's inaccurate

basically it's just a girl and her pals having weird ass mechanical/magical adventures and shit and it's funny and also creepy

Ok, that's a bit better. I understand the need to avoid spoiling "what its really about", sometimes I just need a general idea of what hooks people onto things.

[Silence]

Ok, that's a bit better. I understand the need to avoid spoiling "what its really about", sometimes I just need a general idea of what hooks people onto things.

It's really fukking good.

[Conekiller]

It's really fukking good.

-___-

[Sarfallet]

Yeah, sorry, I was kinda looking for something a bit more than "It's sooooo gooooooood".

Hahaha. :D Sorry, I was going to write a little bit more about that in my post but then I noticed what time it was and cut it short.

What hooks me on the story is it's continuity. I get the feeling when I read it that there is some thought behind the ongoings in the court. You know, like the feeling that you are actually reading about another world. :I
There's also lots of other things about it that makes it soooo gooood. :)

[Silence]

I think the premise of the story has more than sufficiently been presented:

Magic / mechanical school, robots, mythological creatures and an overarching mystery that follows the children as they grow up in Gunnerkrigg Court. It's equal parts funny and frightening.

And it's really good. Now you've gotten like three summaries already and every single poster in the thread going on about how "it is good."
Frankly it shouldn't be this hard to convince someone to navigate to a webpage and start clicking the next button, go read it and figure out yourself what the hook is!

[Sarfallet]

Frankly it shouldn't be this hard to convince someone to navigate to a webpage and start clicking the next button, go read it and figure out yourself what the hook is!

We'll even help you on the way! Gunnerkrigg Court, page1
Hahaha. :)

[Conekiller]

And it's really good. Now you've gotten like three summaries already and every single poster in the thread going on about how "it is good."
Frankly it shouldn't be this hard to convince someone to navigate to a webpage and start clicking the next button, go read it and figure out yourself what the hook is!

It wasn't hard, just when it comes to webcomics, I like to know the general gist of what I'm getting into , see if its something that interests me. I was satisfied with Taboo's explanation. I responded to your obvious joke post with another joke.

Not to mention, it's hard to get down to things when fans of a certain thing can get so caught up in what they like they can't properly communicate why they like that thing. Take the My Little Pony thing, for instance. If all I saw were rabid fans online gushing about how good it was, I'd be slightly turned off just by the fandom. So If I were to ask why they find it great and only get bombarded with context-less gags that are tantamount to in-jokes, I'd not see the appeal. (I'm not calling anyone in here rabid fans, by the way, just illustrating an example). So I don't see what's so wrong with asking for a little insight into what it is that you like about it.

I'll check it out...when I get around to it.

[Señor Snake]

Bumping this thread because I just remembered how awesome this webcomic is.