Gunnerkrigg Court
| Fandom | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Gunnerkrigg Court |
| Abbreviation(s): | GKC, GC |
| Creator: | Tom Siddell |
| Date(s): | April 4, 2005 - current |
| Medium: | webcomic |
| Country of Origin: | England |
| External Links: | Gunnerkrigg Court |
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Gunnerkrigg Court is a webcomic by Tom Siddell that updates three times a week. As of October 2021 it has 82 chapters and over 2500 pages. The first 77 chapters have been released as eight graphic novels.
The comic follows Antimony (Annie) Carver and her best friend Katerina (Kat) Donlan and their adventures in Gunnerkrigg Court, a huge school that holds many secrets. With the help of other characters (including Robot, the spirit Reynardine/Renard that is trapped in Annie's toy dog, Kat's parents, the mysterious Jones, and their classmates) they try to uncover the origins of Gunnerkrigg Court, its history with the realm of the etheric, Gillitie woods, and what happened to the ghost Jeannie. While Kat learns more and more about the castle's robots, Annie, guided by Jones and the trickster spirit Coyote, discovers her talents as a medium.
Fandom Overview
The comic has its own forum where fans gather to discuss and collect fanart. There is also fanart on deviantArt, several vids on Youtube, and a small fandom on Tumblr, but very little on journals like Livejournal. A fan project to perform the webcomic in an audiobook/slideshow movie format exists and the first chapter has been released in November 2011.[1] There is also a community to recreate Gunnerkrigg Court on Minecraft.[2]
The most popular pairing is Annie/Kat, followed by Gamma/Zimmy and Parley/Smith. Other noticeable pairings include Robot/Shadow and Paz/Kat, particularly on Tumblr.
Tom Siddell interacts frequently with fans, especially in terms of answering questions regarding the many ongoing mysteries in the story, and providing background on minor recurring characters. His notes on new comics often make reference to popular fan theories, especially ones that have been debunked, like the theory that Jones is a robot. His characteristic answer to a question that might spoil future plot developments is, "That remains to be seen," which can be taken as the mark of a particularly good question.
Fanwork Examples
Fanart
- Gunnerkrigg Fanart, Archived version, by zachreddy, 2010
- Gunnerkrigg Court - Flowers, Archived version, by fortheloveofpizza, 2013
- okay so i’ve been enjoying Gunnerkrigg Court, Archived version by slaviiik, 2021
Cosplay
- Shadow <3 Robot, Archived version by kayweather and pintsizeginger, 2013
Analysis and Meta
- Fandom pitch[dead link] by dharmavati
- would you recommend that webcomic?, Archived version, post by andmaybegayer, 2021
- ...could you please try to explain why Gunnerkrigg Court feels so *off* recently?, Archived version by thewebcomicsreview, 2022 -- addressing anon's question by examining how the pacing and framing of major plot reveals has impacted the reading experience of recent chapters (specifically ch. 69-78)
- What are your thoughts on Gunnerkrigg's current chapter?, Archived version, a followup on these pacing concerns specifically in the context of Chapter 86
- Well, what do we know about The Ocean in Gunnerkrigg Court?, Archived version by thewebcomicsreview, August 2022 -- examination of the thematic usage of bodies of water throughout the comic, and what implications that has for the revelations about the Court's plan in ch. 86
Resources
- Tom Siddell:
- Gunnerkrigg on Tumblr
- Gunnerkrigg on Formspring
- Gunnerkrigg on Twitter
- Gunnerkrigg Court Forum
- Gunnerkrigg Court Wiki
- Gunnerkrigg Court on Wikipedia
- Gunnerkrigg Court on TV Tropes
- Russian translation of the webcomic
- Fyeahgunnerkrigg on Tumblr
- Gunnerkrigg-ct comm on Livejournal
References
- ^ 9.11.2011, Gunnerkrigg Court, Chapter 1 - The Shadow and the Robot on Youtube, accessed 4.1.2012
- ^ Gunnerkrigg Minecraft Community[dead link], accessed 4.1.2012