Move it, Football Head!
Added 2023-10-24 17:43:12 +0000 UTCCan you see the difference?
Most of the early changes I'm making are fixing the way I drew Annie. I had a vision in mind of drawing a kind of abstract character, like something I'd see in Dexters Lab, Powerpuff Girls, and other cartoons I loved at the time. The problem was, I wasn't really experienced in drawing like that!
Hopefully this first page of the comic shows the difference a few lines can make. Annie is still the same character, and despite her cranium being a little more regularly shaped, she still has a bit of a football head.
The rest of the art is largely untouched, but I'll share anything that I'm changing, or stuff that was just objectively incorrect.
You might also notice I toned down the amount of bold text I used in the beginning too. It was something else I thought was needed at the time to emphasize character voice.
Comments
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.
Frédéric B.
2023-11-11 23:19:49 +0000 UTCI 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?
Brett Peirce
2023-10-27 15:52:11 +0000 UTCchanging the text is a bold move (:D)
Koda
2023-10-26 19:32:05 +0000 UTCGod, 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.
Matthew Dunne
2023-10-25 19:25:15 +0000 UTCI just finished collecting all the existing hardcovers *sobs*
Alex
2023-10-25 12:11:10 +0000 UTCLove your content Tom!
will davison
2023-10-25 11:19:16 +0000 UTCLooks good! But, does this mean I have to buy the early books again? *sigh, opens wallet*
David Bingenheimer
2023-10-25 09:30:01 +0000 UTCI 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
hbeare
2023-10-25 07:27:16 +0000 UTCGood 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.
Brian Harvey
2023-10-25 03:40:22 +0000 UTCI'm glad the football head did disappear!
William Cole
2023-10-25 00:31:28 +0000 UTCI think this is a good balance to make the old art a little less jarring without rewriting history.
Max Goldstein
2023-10-25 00:06:52 +0000 UTCI 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 😏
AstroChaos
2023-10-24 23:34:28 +0000 UTCI don't see any "Han shot first!" issues here, just looks a bit better. Yay.
Rocketguy
2023-10-24 22:42:23 +0000 UTCI have been curious since I saw some chatter to this effect on Twitter; have you ever updated the art before this point?
D. Alfonso
2023-10-24 22:20:11 +0000 UTCMe too. I agree that there was too much, but maybe keep "second shadow" boldface?
Brian Harvey
2023-10-24 22:01:11 +0000 UTCGood to see the drawing changes. I kind of liked the bold words.
Marian
2023-10-24 21:32:05 +0000 UTCExcited to see the rest of the updates!
Ama
2023-10-24 18:35:27 +0000 UTCTbh the updated version how the old one looked in my mind's eye when recalling it. It fits right in perfectly!
Forest-Lark
2023-10-24 18:26:22 +0000 UTCif 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!!!!!!
Sparkax
2023-10-24 18:25:16 +0000 UTCSuper 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!!
fx_in_mind
2023-10-24 17:59:21 +0000 UTCHow 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
Renee - EnsembleofWolves
2023-10-24 17:50:54 +0000 UTCFix what you think needs fixing. Happy to peak behind the curtain on these. I agree that removing the bolds is a good idea.
Zelmor
2023-10-24 17:49:09 +0000 UTCI'm so excited Tom, you have no idea!!!!
Erika Dehn
2023-10-24 17:46:43 +0000 UTCAngle on the inner eye is a little less severe
Darren Pierce
2023-10-24 17:45:17 +0000 UTC
