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Gunnerkrigg Court, Volume 1: Orientation (2000)

by Thomas Siddell(Favorite Author)

4.23 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

184856175X (ISBN13: 9781848561755)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

series

Gunnerkrigg Court

review 1: Gunnerkrigg Court... just seriously, if you can handle reading books with pictures as an adult and like cute stories and science vs magic and humor and a really adorable friendship and having feels, then this is a book you probably owe it to yourself to check out.the first few chapters are a little rough - not bad, but rough - as the comic seems to be shaking out what it wants to be. The art is a lot wilder and... harsher? That's not quite the right word but it works. We get to meet Annie and her friend Kat, going to school at this immense and unusual place called Gunnerkrigg Court, where the scientific and the supernatural exist side by side. It's fun, with shades of a serious undertone... until we get to "A Handful of Dirt," which for me at least is where the story reall... morey picks up (and you'd never guess it from the summary of the chapter, I guarantee.)All in all, I don't think it's possible to recommend this story enough. You can check it out for free online, and if you're anything like me, you'll soon find you want a copy to hold in your hands and take wherever you go.
review 2: This volume collects the first fourteen chapters of the webcomic Gunnerkrigg Court.Antimony Carver has just started school midway through first year at Gunnerkrigg Court, which feel more like an industrial complex run amuck with creatures and oddities of all sorts than a school per se. This volume follows her early school experiences, including finding a best friend, some potential enemies, and a lot of unanswered questions.The comic gets off to a very odd start. The first chapter just kind of throws a bunch of weird things at the reader in a slightly absurd manner with Antimony appearing to react (or rather not react) in a very unintuitive way. The art also takes some getting used to. It's very good, but has a distinct style and very pronounced angle on faces in partial profile.But the storytelling smoothes out very quickly. By the third chapter I was completely hooked, and it only gets better from there. Antimony is actually a pretty deep character we're only seeing the surface of, and there are reasons why the weirdness of her new school doesn't phase her as much as we might expect. There are a lot of intriguing interwoven mysteries, the humor is pitch perfect, and the characters and plots are nicely multi-layered. On top of the quality of the comic itself, the production values of the printed version are incredible. It's a hardbound "regular book sized" edition with excellent paper stock and vivd printing.Overall Gunnerkrigg Court is phenomenal stuff. Once it gets going it's extremely engaging and lovably quirky and weird. Can't wait to read more.Highly recommended.1/29/13 less

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