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May. 16th, 2011 11:01 amFor years and years, people have been saying to me "Becca! Read Gunnerkrigg Court! It is exactly all the things you like!" And for years and years I have been saying back to these people, "yes and I will get around to it when I know I have a day I can afford to lose entirely in reading many years' worth of accumulated webcomic backlog!"
But finally my resistance was conquered when people presented me with collected versions of Gunnerkrigg Court such that I no longer had any reason to resist. And as it turns out a.) yes it is exactly all the things I like and b.) I did in fact lose an entire day that I probably could not afford reading several years' worth of accumulated backlog once I had exhausted printed versions. SO EVERYONE WAS RIGHT.
Okay, so Gunnerkrigg Court is basically about two adorable BFF schoolgirls at a MYSTERIOUS SCHOOL OF MYSTERY.
( More details! Not really spoilery for more than the first two chapters. )
Unlikely as it may seem, it becomes increasingly clear that all of these mysteries are somehow related and gradually coming together in a very well-plotted, well-paced, gradually darkening story with lots of shades of gray that still makes time for giant giant sea monster couples therapists and robot cows with laser vision.
The art in the first few chapters is a bit jaggy, but it smoothes out pretty quickly; the story complexifies fairly rapidly, too. And so much ladyfriendship! SO MUCH. So, okay, fine, everyone can say I-told-you-so, I seem to be hooked.
But finally my resistance was conquered when people presented me with collected versions of Gunnerkrigg Court such that I no longer had any reason to resist. And as it turns out a.) yes it is exactly all the things I like and b.) I did in fact lose an entire day that I probably could not afford reading several years' worth of accumulated backlog once I had exhausted printed versions. SO EVERYONE WAS RIGHT.
Okay, so Gunnerkrigg Court is basically about two adorable BFF schoolgirls at a MYSTERIOUS SCHOOL OF MYSTERY.
( More details! Not really spoilery for more than the first two chapters. )Unlikely as it may seem, it becomes increasingly clear that all of these mysteries are somehow related and gradually coming together in a very well-plotted, well-paced, gradually darkening story with lots of shades of gray that still makes time for giant giant sea monster couples therapists and robot cows with laser vision.
The art in the first few chapters is a bit jaggy, but it smoothes out pretty quickly; the story complexifies fairly rapidly, too. And so much ladyfriendship! SO MUCH. So, okay, fine, everyone can say I-told-you-so, I seem to be hooked.
