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Move it, Football Head!

🕑 Added 2023-10-24 17:43:12 +0000 UTC

Comments

Frédéric B.

I'm ambivalent about the bold text, but I have to admit it's no longer as popular as it used to be. Can see the same thing in videogame, emphasis (usually in the form of color) was all over the scene in the 2000s, in games and comics alike. These days it's seen quite less. ...I might miss it.

Brett Peirce

I think someone might almost be able to interpret the older Annie as either angry or suspicious or something - I don't think that's possible anymore?

Koda

changing the text is a bold move (:D)

Matthew Dunne

God, how long has it been since I actually read Gunnerkrigg Court? Like, right after that robot kissed Loup. Really need to set aside some time for a big catch up.

Alex

I just finished collecting all the existing hardcovers *sobs*

will davison

Love your content Tom!

David Bingenheimer

Looks good! But, does this mean I have to buy the early books again? *sigh, opens wallet*

hbeare

I agree! Second shadow always stood out for me for this reason. It really does capture how Annie talks in the beginning, and I loved it

Brian Harvey

Good change: You increased the left margin of the speech balloons. Bad change: There's an awful lot of variability in the size of that margin. I get that in the last panel you're constrained on all sides by the art, but in the panel above that, you didn't have to have such an enormous margin. Sorry for nitpicking. What can I say, I'm OCD.

William Cole

I'm glad the football head did disappear!

Max Goldstein

I think this is a good balance to make the old art a little less jarring without rewriting history.

AstroChaos

I can certainly see the differences looking at them side-by-side but if you'd just posted the updated and left it at that I'd never have guessed the artwork was different. If anything, it might have been the BOLD lettering being different that might have caught my eye 😏

Rocketguy

I don't see any "Han shot first!" issues here, just looks a bit better. Yay.

D. Alfonso

I have been curious since I saw some chatter to this effect on Twitter; have you ever updated the art before this point?

Brian Harvey

Me too. I agree that there was too much, but maybe keep "second shadow" boldface?

Marian

Good to see the drawing changes. I kind of liked the bold words.

Ama

Excited to see the rest of the updates!

Forest-Lark

Tbh the updated version how the old one looked in my mind's eye when recalling it. It fits right in perfectly!

Sparkax

if you look at this on a PC, you can hold the left or right arrow keys on the keyboard and it will speed through both making it easy to spot the differences!!! You changed her hair and all the lettering as well as her eyes as previously mentioned!!!!!!

fx_in_mind

Super interesting Tom! The updated Annie looks a lot more like the Annie we know and love today, but still keeps the "wonky perspective" style you had in the early comic days. Really looking forward to seeing more!!

Renee - EnsembleofWolves

How exciting to see Gunnerkrigg Court back in print!! :D I like these updates - it makes sense to touch things up a little bit while keeping most of it the same! :D