>A gift.
http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/
More like GUNNERDUMB IDIOT AMIRITE
>>78218968
Shit, this page is gorgeous.
>>78218968
Robot, you're entering a world of pain.
>>78219020
Shut the fuck up, Boxbot.
>it_begins.jpg
>>78219009
Could be a little more Bissette/Totleben in the shading for me
>>78218968
We get it, Robot has an organic limb. Can we please move on with the plot, Tom? Is that so hard to ask?
>I give you pain
what a jerk
>>78219101
You obviously don't understand just how big a deal the organic limb is. I guess we'll need a lot more pages to explain that Robot now can, in fact, feel things.
>>78218968
this arc is so dragging on so long that I expect Jones to show up
>>78219101
This page is new to the plot. And big.
Sure, it's predictable that the first thing Robot would do after outside of the lab is preach the glory of Angel-Creator-Kat... but it's important info.
Now all of the court's robots have seen the synthetic flesh, and crave the coming revolution.
Which must happen, because Kat already is a blossoming deity (worshiped by the robots who are able to transcend their metallic form and enter the ether). The retroactive nature of the ether allows this. She will succeed because the past has already been changed by the future.
So, this is the plot.
>>78218968
I would rather see what Annie is doing than hear more about Tombot's transhumanism porn.
>>78218968
>all that 'mirin
>>78219101
>expecting pacing to move faster than "glacial"
you must be new
>>78219152
This meme is so tired I expect Headmaster Jonathan to give up his seat to it so the poor thing can get some rest.
>>78219135
>>78219184
>>78219218
>>78219223
>responding to trolls
Why do you think shitposters keep coming here? Are you guys fucking retarded? They post literally the same shit every thread and you people always respond.
>>78218968
>Friends! Look at this delicious looking arm I found in the dumpster!
>>78218968
Great, now Robot is the robot Moses; given the gift of flesh by his Angel to spread her gospel to his people. This will end in fire...
>>78219237
YEAH WELL WHAT IF I'M A REVERSE TROLL AND I'M GETTING MY KICKS BY MAKING THEM COME BACK, HUH? THEY DEPEND ON -ME- TO GIVE THEM THEIR LULZ, AND THUS, I AM AS A GOD!
>>78219184
>>78219237
I wanted to say my bit anyway, because this page is a big deal.
Only difference is now we have posts complaining about other posts.
I wasn't around for the last thread, so i just need to make sure I'm interpreting this right, but is just having the synthetic arm painful to Robot?
He says that he didn't understand how to categorize the feeling of having the arm until he broke it, and he realizes both are feelings of pain. So is he in constant pain?
>>78218968
We get it. The entire robot plot has been leading up to this chapter, where the messianic complex of the robot character begins to find its final form, not in the compassion or ingenuity of Kat, the creator, but in the inherent pain and frailty of the biomechanoid forms she creates, suggesting the human condition will be the crux of the para-religious beef to come rather than the solution. Can we move on, Tom?
>>78218968
I haven't read this webcomic since Ysengrin attacked Annie. Can someone explain this and give me a quick recap of the webcomic?
>>78219296
Life is pain, now that he knows true pain he knows what it is to truly be alive.
>>78219303
Read it faggot.
>>78218968
Compare to Diego's diagram for the ceramic-like heart in the old robots, seen in chapter 33, Give and Take.
>>78219303
Robot cults and boat murder were interrupted by DADDY'S HOME and then some fire.
>>78218968
Woooow, it's so deep and subtle. Just like Snyder's Man of Steel and Cameron's Avatar.
It's like poetry! It rhymes!
>>78219296
>>78219317
>Life is pain, Highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something.
>>78219357
oops, meant that for >>78219296
>>78219317
>calling someone a homophobic slur
go away, /pol/. you are ruining this thread.
>>78219296
>is he in constant pain?
I see it as Robot noticed the similarities between his experience - the data forces him to pay attention to it, - and how humans describe pain - hard to concentrate on other things, for example. Maybe before Kat's changes, robots were able to process parallel streams of data without them interfering with each other?
>>78218968
sometimes I feel like Tom cares more about pretty pictures and how cool they look then an actual well paced story
>>78219296
>So is he in constant pain?
Oldfag here.
Yeah. Constant pain. When you get a few years on the chassis, everything hurts, all the time.
See what you have to look forward to, youngsters? :D
>>78218968
Daaaaang, that's a great page. The artwork in this latest arc has just been KILLER.
>>78218968
If this was written by Aaron Diaz, he'd have robot reject his organic arm and say that machines are the master race. Then he would turn Kat into a sexy cyborg.
>>78219296
>constant pain
No nig nog he's just describing the sensation.
>>78219256
nicely done, read it in voice
>>78219469
Whaddaya mean "turn into"??
>>78219469
if this was written by aaron diaz, the panels would be read anti-clockwise
>>78218968
I just want it to move on and get back to Annie already.
>>78219296
A few people noted the fact that panel 4 of Monday's comic showed Robot with a big chunk of his head gone. In today's strip, you can tell that it corresponds to some kind of differently-structured element of his head.
Has Tom ever explained or hinted at the "biological" construction of the robots in enough detail that we could figure out what that chunk represents?
My guess is it'd be his CPU/Brain, and that panel represents the sensation of pain overwhelming it. But I dunno.
>>78218968
What did he mean by this?
>>78218968
>bro, feel my muscles
>>78218968
Gotta shitpost... uh.. This is some! Bad! Pacing!
Maybe learn how to write, guy, or Tom! This is a subtle as a Jonathan Irving book! (oh shit, are these assholes even going to get that?)
Just get back to Annie already! Or, when we do, get back to the lesbians! Then back to Annie!
was this page really that necessary?
it just feels like tom masturbating to his unsubtle art and dialogue
>>78219637
>>78219641
>hivemind
>Now when I touch my gay boyfriend Shadow I will FEEL it, and when my gay boyfriend Shadow touches me, I will FEEL it and when my gay boyfriend Shadow cuts me during sex, I will FEEEEEEEEL it.
>>78219641
This page is literally the only necessary page in the chapter so far.
The arm is just a prototype. We've been exposed to the tech before. What is important is that Robot is now aware of the sensation, and most importantly... he has spread that information to the other robots.
This page is huge to the plot.
>>78219637
What's wrong with lesbians? What do you got against lesbians?
>>78219665
i think we need another hundred necessary pages of robot telling us how about his organic arm how it feels. and a hundred more pages of tom making biology look 2spooky. then cut those spooky pages in half for extra pages.
>>78219713
Give more pages of random bots talkin and mirrin that Biotech
this will end really badly
>>78219656
Nyes
Shadow a cute. CUTE!
>>78219296
No.
He just has a broken finger.
Is Kat dressed as Alice from Wonderland?
In either case, she's never worn that dress before
Does Robot only like Shadow because Shadow sounds like Robot's true object of affection, Kat?
>robot shows everyone his new fapping arm
>>78218968
good thing they are in the UK, if he was in america he'd be rounding up some guns for the Religious Culling
Confirmation that Robot has seen Kat naked.
>>78218968
>meanwhile, in a much much much better webcomic (with better story and waifus)
>>78220893
>overcompensating.jpg
>>78220488
I wish he'd just do porn already
>>78220927
he does porn, you've seen the hand holding in this webcomic also he draws Steven Universe on the side
>>78220961
That doesn't look anything like the EGS artist
>>78221039
I thought you were talking about GC' artist
>>78220961
you will never make this a meme, retard
Hey guys! If you like Gunnerkrigg Court, you should check out American Alien by Max Landis! It's a lot like GC and is very comfy. Issue 2 is right here >>78219778
>>78221080
My mistake, quoted the wrong guy when I posted about wanting the artist to do porn.
Also, forview's art doesn't look anything like tom
>>78219296
>his finger is already bandaged, meaning this sequence is after the break
>he's smashing it AGAIN just to feel the pain
oh yeah, this is going to go swimmingly.
>>78219469
If this comic was written by Aaron Diaz it wouldn't update.
>>78219637
>some! Bad! Pacing!
does neogaf talk about comics now? Your baby talk is pretty spot on for the place0
>>78221289
shut up max
>>78219256
>>78219325
good finds
>>78219912
There might be something to that, but i dunno
Kat's graduated from "Angel" to "Creator"
>>78219102
>>78224584
>>78219296
I don't believe he's in constant pain, but I do believe he was in pain. Look at those creaks and cracks. I can only imagine trying to use the entirety of a completely new limb to be an uncomfortable experience by human standards. Robot seems to take another view towards it though.
So robot can retard-strength that arm, right?
How strong was he before? Was he bend metal strong?
>>78225188
He tackled and restrained a robot who could smash through walls like nothing but that's more skill and leverage than strength.
Besides, Kat said the new arm is purposely weak so Robot can learn to use it safely and build it's muscles up with use. It could become very strong in time.
>>78225362
Robot cult of pain dedicated to getting /fit/
>>78224668
Splap
>>78218968
So, has Kat inadvertently created robot pain fetishism
>>78225669
yes, just like she accidentally created the robot death cult
>>78224185
>graduated from "Angel" to "Creator"
The Seraph-squad promoted her over a school year ago.
>>78227066
Nah, they merely bestowed the sign upon her. It's not much different from getting knighted or such. Only now has to risen to the point of being a creator herself.