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I love Coyote stories!! I wish we could have had a week or two of stories about Coyote's strength, cleverness, and his hilarious sense of humor. Any chance for one new Coyote story at the end of the chapter? Or has that ship already sailed?
I would like to do more Coyote stories, but some people get very angry if they think I am stalling or padding the comic (even if I'm not), so that kind of thing might be better left for bonus comics in the future.
when the Tic-tocs look at a person, do they see into their pasts and futures?
Nah, they just see whatever they are looking at
Will Zimmy breaking Annie's mask in Zimmy-o-vision have future consequences for Annie?
We shall see.
Be honest: Are there super exciting plot tweeeests coming up in future chapters? :D
There will be plot in future chapters, yes.
Is Volume 2 of Gunnerkrigg no longer available, or can we expect to see it for sale again in the future?
I hope it will be available soon... It seems to be forever almost there.
Which characters, if any, would you like to incorporate in a future comic?
A bunch, namely ones like Paz, Zimmy/Gamma, some of the fairies/ex-animals, the parents when they were younger, Jones, Jan and Cookie Monster, and any others that I feel would make interesting stories.
Seems Amazon is selling volume 2 again, though it says it ships in 1-3 months? Will it be available through topatoco at any point in the future as well?
Unknown. I wouldn't trust Amazon too much though, I'm still trying to get news about the books from the publisher.
Is Coyote absolutely omniscient? Does he know Everything: past, future, thoughts, etc., or is he just very, very wise?
We shall see
IS THIS TIME TRAVEL I SEE
I travelled 5 seconds into the future to tell myself not to answer this question.
Will any of the Anwyn be making any appearances in the future?
Yes!
you're lying! I know for a fact that Jones is the combination of Brinnie and Tony sent from the future to save the world! it's like DBZ, but with time travel!
and maybe Gamma is also from the future, and she's their daughter.
Nope, sorry.
Mister Tom, may I make a request for future wallpapers? Although 1920x1200 works just fine, would it be too much trouble to create a version optimized for 1680x1050? Thank you! And for the record, I would instantly buy a subscription if such was available
I'll be sure to cater for other screen resolutions also! I might look into the subscription thing too.
Hi, Mr. Siddell. I don't "twit" so I'll post my words of support here, if that's okay. Congrats on taking the step toward full-time comicking, and wishing you all the best for the future. Thanks for all your amazin' work, and eagerly awaiting what's next.
Thanks, I'm eager to see what comes next too! There is a lot of stuff I want to work on
Will we be seeing more of emotional Tony in the future? It's kind of surreal...
We shall see.
Congratulations on working on Gunnerkrigg full time! It is a brilliant comic and I am excited for where you will be taking it in the future!
Thanks! I hope it all goes well.
Are you planning on using Mangastudio for a future project?
Yes! I've been practicing with it and want to use it for some things very soon
Would you ever want to be in love?
It'd be pretty niconvenient right now and at any time in the forseeable future.
Firstly, thank you for the comic, it's one of my personal favourites. I wish you every success in the future. My question: if you could have any superpower, what would it be and why?
Either stop time, or fly. I've not been able to decide.
Hihi Mr. Tom. Advice pplease I don't want to be my major. But it's practical and I will have a job that will prove for my future. But all I want to do is write. I just want to write. I want to be an author. But...it's just not practical, not really.
Then do something stable to live and work on your own thing in your own time and see if it will become something you can rely on. If you do not want to give up things like free time, or going out, or playing videogames to dedicate to your writing, don't expect it to come to much.
Sorry for the double question. I appreciate your wish to provide new material in exchange for donations but that could be a future option should the bonus pages provide you with enough money to work less or not at all. I hope you consider a trial. Thanks.
Yep, I would like to try anything I can.
A bit ago, a question of mine went unanswered. I'm not demanding an explanation, I'm just curious about whether it was too dim or it unintentionally stumbled across a future plot point or was just missed or whatever. What sorts of questions do you ignore?
I guess that would depend on what your question was.
If you could live in any part of the world, in any period in history, when would you pick?
The far future, maybe. Just because I'd be interested in seeing what it was like.
In Chapter 2, Annie and Kat passed by some interesting mirror-portals on the way to the Greek Mythology section. Where do these mirrors take you? Do you have plans to address them in the future?
Nah. It was just a reference to The Peanutbutter Solution
So, wait, if Anthony was in Queslett with the others, what was his talent? Can you tell us / will we find out?
He will be in the comic in the future
I get a feeling that the number of comments is a good indicator of how much each page resonated with the readers (like today or the end of chapter 31). Do you notice or care? Does it influence the way you handle future pages or chapters?
There are more comments on pages that find more interesting, yeah. It doesn't influence anything though. It's nice to see people are interested.
Coyote's tooth is fucking awesome. Magical items are rarely done particularly well, but this one is being handled masterfully. Do you plan to have more interesting physical things like this assuming prominence in the foreseeable future?
Yuppers!
Do you think that only after finally finishing GKC you will be able to apply all the lessons you learned about how to make a living from doing what you enjoy? As in, if you'll ever be successful, it will be from a different work of yours?
I hope that I will have success with my other work in the future. I'll cross that bridge when I come to it though.
I can't make it to Thought Bubble this year and am sad cause when I met you last year I was too excited to talk to you! Also you were busy so I didn't want to block your table. Anyway, are there are any other UK cons you'll be at in the near future?
That's a shame that you didn't talk to me! I'm happy to talk to anyone that wants to say hello. Sometimes the table can get busy, but you can always stop by a little later when there are less people.
I'm not aware of any other cons I'll be going to just yet. I hope I can though.
I don't know if this is a question that will be answered in a future page, but how did Annie's ancestors have relations with a fire elemental and not burn up (or burn up their privates)? Can fire elementals put themselves out so to speak temporarily?
There is a short story on that very subject that I would like to do.
Are you able to 'see' the histories of your characters to understand how they act in future pages?
Yeah. I think it's important to think about that kind of thing when planning how they will react to given situations
I have been reading your comic for years, and I heartily enjoy it, especially the art style. Do you foresee a time in the near future where custom drawings will not be on hold?
I would really like to do them again. It just seems that I don't havwe the time to do them right now, and I don't know why! I want to do commissions and everything.
Will there be a future chapter which gives us a more in-depth look at Foley house, in which a bunch more of its residents are introduced?
Yes, actually.
Will the comic, at some future point, explain what was left, that Annie took to the guides-place?
yeah
Can I offer a suggestion? It's small but noticeable to me, that when characters' eyes touch the side of their head, it ruins the 3-D effect and looks odd. Maybe you could be more careful about that in the future? I think it'd help everything look cleaner.
Your suggestion is incorrect
Will we be seeing Future Annie’s narration again anytime soon?
unknown
The earlier chapters were narrated by (presumably) a future Antimony. Now they're not, and Chapter 25 was narrated by someone totally different. It reads a bit jarringly if you read it in one sitting. Will later chapters be told by future Antimony?
remains to be seen
Can Zimmy see the future, or is she limited to warped visions of the present? She said Jack was Annie's boyfriend, but I'm not sure if she was giving a lucid prediction about the future or just being a jerkface.
She can't predict the future (though sometimes she sees it). She was just making assumptions.
If there will be a 'Treatise' page after this chapter, will it both reference past events and foreshadow future ones in the comic?
yes
You said a while back that there were certain details you had put in earlier in the story that you wish you hadn't, because you felt that those choices tied your hands on future development. Are you willing to talk about what those choices were?
not really
Will Brinnie play any significant role in the future? I just wonder why you would even bother to include her in Surma and the others' circle of friends if she's not important to the plot.
remains to be seen
What does Annie think of Reynardine playing with toys? And will you be covering what made Jones such an ultra-strong woman in the future?
yup
Am I right in assuming that whenever you say something "remains to be seen", you mean that literally? As in, some form of an answer WILL be revealed (or at least hinted) at some future point?
Usually yes
I just wanted to say that I think you're an amazing artist and I absolutely love your comic. Both story and art wise. I really hope you'll be able to do the things with your art that you want to do in the future. Good luck.
Thanks
Is there any chance of you making a print of coyote or Reynardine in the future? :)
I'd like to, but prints aren't really huge sellers
Is the story of how Jeanne and her lover met an important one that may be focused on in a future chapter?
Not really important
I know you said you were hesitant to post things like design or planning sketches so I wanted to say I thought it was neat seeing that one of Parley and hope you decide to do it more in the future.
Cool
She can't die in the past if she's alive in the future to troll the main characters
Hope so
I like your take on Kanaya's hair, do you mind if I use it for future reference?
If you want. It's not my character
Will we see what made Ysengrin love Coyote and/or hate humans at some future point in the comic?
yup
Is Jones secretly trying to get Parley and Smitty together? Is she like a possibly-robot matchmaker from THE FUTURE, making them breed to prevent armageddon? Is the sequel to Gunnerkrigg going to be a bit like Terminator?
nope
Will there be a time in the foreseeable future where you tell us what "113" symbolises for you? :)
it's the number after 112
Is George going to identify as male at some point in the future? Would put an interesting spin on the birth certificate prediction.
George is George
Will Polo ever appear in the future? She seems interesting
you mean like in a time machine?
Been reading over a lot of your answers here and wanted to say how much I have enjoyed your comic. Also, remember that you never know what the future may bring and for that reason alone you should not commit suicide............................BR, a fan
Everyone needs a backup plan!
will you be releasing any more shirts soon? or in the foreseeable future?
I hope so
will you change the "flick" on the bonus page to avoid annoying immature comments about it in the future?
Done
Your drawing,colouring and writing style has really advanced into something amazing, I just wanted to say that. I hope you get even more recognition in the future.
Thanks
would you sell the rights of your comic to Disney, yeilding all your past and future works and giving them the ability to do anything they please for commercial purposes, for the money?
Only for an obscenely vast sum of money.
Have you ever drawn fancomics?
Yep, I did a Jet Set Radio Future one (or two) and a Hellboy one.
On page 192 Zimmy sees a creature that looks like the imprisoned Reynardine. Was this a memory for her (had she seen him before)?
It's a future distortion
Hi Tom, please consider coming to Fan Expo sometime in the future! Toronto is beautiful and not very hot at the end of August and i know for a fact that you have lots of Canadian fans!
That would be cool. AllI would need is money and time.
Last Brinnie-related question, I promise: Will we ever find out more about Valkyries, or your universe's version of Norse mythology in general, or will they/it be at least featured in some way in the future?
Remains to be seen
Do you have a favorite period of history, and if so, what is it and why?
The future.
What would your ideal life be, Tom? Doing comics full time, I suppose, but what else? Do you see yourself becoming any happier in the future? Anything you're working towards or hoping for, realistically?
My ideal situation would be to have enough money to not have to worry about money anymore. As humans, we can all understand how this is an impossible goal.
Is it possible for shadow people to take a solid form (Or at least, take a form where they aren't just stuck to walls)? Do you have any future shadow characters in mind?
I'm sure we'll get to that.
Is it possible for shadow people to take a solid form (Or at least, take a form where they aren't just stuck to walls)? Do you have any future shadow characters in mind?
I'm sure we'll get to that.
Is it possible for shadow people to take a solid form (Or at least, take a form where they aren't just stuck to walls)? Do you have any future shadow characters in mind?
I'm sure we'll get to that.
Could Annie fly by having her ethereal self lift her physical self?
That seems to be possible in the future, yes.
And speaking of narration, think we'll ever reach the point from which Annie was narrating? I guess it has to be at least 2 years in the future from what she said about her father.
Sure I guess.
Is there a chapter in the future that you will be willing to redo entire pages to get just perfect? Like the ending, maybe?
I can only do something like that if I had time. If I had time I would redraw the entire comic.
I am very glad that you had such a good time at the con. Do you have any cons planned in the future?
No, but I would like to go to another one. I'll definitely do the Thing next year, but I'd also love to go to one in the US.
Do people successfully guess what's going to happen next/in the future in the story, very often? Do you worry about being predictable?
Not really.
"Who can tell what will happen in the future?" You can, for the comic. Are you worried the readers who "ship" would not enjoy the comic as much if they knew Annie isn't going to fall in love with Kat, Rey or Mort? Some act very dedicated to their pairings
People are going to get angry about all sorts of things. If people want to imagine the characters pairing off that's their choice.
Why don't you weed out some of the shippers by saying "No, AnnieXKat is not going to happen", "No, AnnieXRey is not going to happen", or "No, AnnnieXMort is not going to happen"?
Who can tell what will happen in the future?
Can Parley's dad teleport like she can? What else can her dad do?
No he can't. Parley Senior is able to read the future (partially).
Do you plan to have title pages on Fridays so we have to wait all weekend to see beginning of new chapters?
No, that seems to happen by coincidence. If I had to time updates with future dates I would go mad.
I have hundreds of screencaps I obsessively took during your ustreams in one of my art folders. I subdivide them by the name of the artist...yours is MY FUTURE HUSBAND. Are you prepared for your future with me?
Shut up, Klex.
Approximately what time period does the comic take place in? Far future, alternate universe past, alternate universe present...?
Present day.
The custom-drawings-thing may be canceled for the time being, but it looks like such an awesome way to spend my money. :D Is there a chance of it being restarted in the future? Did you put it on hold because you're too busy?
In the future, perhaps. I had to put them on hold due to time constraints, yes.
When you wrote you were reading Asimov's Foundation and Earth, were you talking about David Brin's Earth? That's one of my favorite books. So awesome at presenting a possible future and good enough at pulling the heartstrings to make me well up every read
I was talking about the book called "Foundation and Earth" by Isaac Asimov
And since i'm int this Rogar Orjak mood, will we ever see more about them on the future? There seem to be a new one for each generation of Court "warriors" (what is the right title? Dragon slayer?)
Yeah I hope to include them more in the future.
Was there a reason that Surma couldn't stand Jones, and will we ever find out what that reason was?
Yeah there was a definite reason she didn't like her. I hope to include it in the story in the future.
Last February you said you saw a girl with Kat's future hairstyle, did you give Kat the hairstyle because of the girl or had you already decided and that was a chance to see it in real life? Is it the style she had in Ch. 24 or 25 or has it been seen yet?
I had the idea for the hairstyle before seeing the girl. Kat doesn't have it yet though.
Zimmy and Gamma were an old idea of yours, yes? Why did you choose to incorporate them into the Gunnerkrigg story? Will they be closely linked with the main plot eventually, or are they a mostly separate sub-plot? Is this too many questions at once?
I wanted to use them in something as I thought they were too interesting to be left alone. I hope to use them more in the future also.
Will we see the incredibly awesome Robot King in the future, or has his role in the story been played out? What about the smaller yet equally triple sweet Sky Watcher?
Their roles were more metaphorical. The might pop up in the future.
I think Anja is pretty, will she be showing up in lots of future chapters?
I hope so.
Is there any method or set schedule, either by time or by plot progression, to your ustreaming? I mean, do you always ustream at a particular time, or do you always ustream the bonus pages? I seem to remember you ustreaming a bonus page a little while ago
No, sorry. My Ustreaming is pretty random and very rare. Keep an eye on my Twitter if you want to catch any future ones.
In my last question I asked whether the ability to cure Surma would be a plot point. I didn't mean whether he would bring her back in the future, I was wondering whether the fact that he didn't cure her and instead let her die was of any sigificance.
Nah. He didn't even know she'd left the Court.
This is a two part question: 1. You mentioned about Coyote that if he was interested he could probably do just about anything INCLUDING curing Surma. Is this a possible plot point in the future?
Curing Surma isn't, because she's dead.
Is Jet Set Radio Future awesome or what?
It is the best game. I got all the Graffiti Souls.
What is the greatest video game ever?
Jet Set Radio Future.
Will Boxbot play a role other than comic relief in the future?
I hope not.
What is your favorite part of the creation/design process of making GKC?
Thinking about what will happen in the future. I also really like coming to a scene I have been thinking about for a long time. I like to try and make them just as I imagined them. Designing the robots is always fun too.
The background students have been fairly consistent for the entire comic, do you have any ideas about them beyond their general appearance?
Some of them, yes. I wish I had more time to spend focusing on them. I have even considered making small one-off comics about some of them. I have plans to use them in the main comic in the future, but until then I will have to wait.
What kind of child were you? And what were your childhood dreams?
I was a male child and had dreams of doing something important in the future.
Is the current plot of Gunnerkrigg similar to how you originally planned the story, or has it changed a lot while you've been in the process of doing it?
It is very similar, yes, but I didn't know what my comic would be like in the future when I started drawing it. This is what I was hoping by only keeping an outline of future events. It gave me the freedom to change things around when I came to them.
I love seeing how the art has changed over time. How do you see the art changing in the future? That is, do you plan to make it as realistic as time/skill will allow, or do you intend to always keep some level of stylization?
I don't know what it will look like in the future but I certainly hope it's going to look better.
You seem to have a large readership, and it is unfortunate that you haven't been able to make a living from this. Have you put thought into possible money-making ventures into the future?
I have put a lot of thought into it, yes.
Will there ever be a City Face sequel? He is totally super awesome and also the best and he is really cool.
City Face is currently in talks about future projects.
Is Annie going to travel to some sort of underworld or afterlife at any point in the comic's future?
Not as far as I'm aware.
isn't Nicky from the Bourne movies the cutest? Shouldn't Bourne have returned with her when everything was said and done?
No, them parting in the third movie was perfect. Who knows that the future holds??? And Nicky is the best, yes.
I figured out that you like robots, but how does that all jive with what seems to be the great pleasure you take in drawing antique-looking dresses and other clothes, like your series of GC characters in ball gowns. Does the future have old clothes?
I have no idea what clothes the future has. But I do like big dresses. Like robots, they are something I will never see in real life.