October 8th, 2019
8 Oct 2019 · page 934 of 1306
Sorry this took forever for some reason! Hey the PDFs of the print version of Volume 8 are up in the online shop now to download! Includes 5 pages of book-exclusive notes by the Fourth Anchor Society!
Cast: Benjamin Thackerey, Gren, Heinrich Wolfe, Sidney Malik
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He looks tired. Though if he's not out adventuring looking for her, I'm wondering if her grandparents are going to recover and then get right on that. They seem the type.
they gotta figure out where she is first.
they at least know she popped out at one of the anchors right? They just don't know which one? Actually, maybe her grandparents are already checking Nepal.
she went through the door for the unknown/undiscovered one. so they don't even know where to start looking.
trying to figure out where this new anchor is was why Eliza wrecked so many globes with her (poorly planned out) mapping experiments.
No, the hypothesised 4th anchor was the door which only had a faint outline wasn't it?
Harry went through to the 3rd anchor, which people know about, just no one has ever visited and returned.
? Pretty sure she went through the island door, and the island is one of the known ones. Just not necessarily an easy to access one, and I'm not sure that the others know which one she went through (we know it wasn't the nepal one because we see her not on a freezing mountain, but her family and friends haven't gotten to see that) so they don't know which anchor to look at, right?
"I've just been- (don't say 'having a mental breakdown')..been busy!"
Awwww, Sid. Get some sleep. Have some tea.
That panel five expression (three too, really) hurts... so much. I hope Sid's okay.
The most painfully Sid part of this whole page is that even when he looks close to breaking down, he's still sort of smiling.
So that to say, He's living with Gren, who is angry at him, every. day.
Maybe she's gotten used to him because he gives her walkies and treats?
Also, Harry likes him.
And Sid's more stage magician than wizard.
In a practical sense that's true, but as Mal could confirm, Sid still has a huge amount of wizardly talent hanging around him, which is probably what Gren would react to.
She didn't like him to start with, and he still smells bad, but based on those factors she's decided maybe he's not that bad after all.
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it doesn't look like he goes on walks much :|
Calling a dog "it": booooo!
99.9 percent sure that's what Gren's glare is about.
"Look, you're a wizard. I've been stuck with a wizard for a while now since Mom's been away. So I can put up with that. But I won't put up with 'it', Edible Human."
That look Ben and Wolfe share in the final panel... it's starting to look like intervention time.
Aw, Sid! hug
His new ponytail is very cute! I see that even though he's been letting his hair grow, he still just has the little goatee, not a full beard, so at least he's keeping up with that part of his grooming.
I love the contrast of Ben keeping his shorter hair over the time skip while Sid's has grown out.
Ohh poor Sid, he looks exhausted! And it's wizards that Gren doesn't like? I can't remember if that was mentioned before, but that makes sense.
I don't like those looks in the last panel... what did they come to tell him?
My guess is that they’ve come to ask him to help locate Mal.
Regarding Wizards, I think the thing is that Gren was a police dog they trained to sniff out magic, much like the drug sniffing dogs we have in current day. So chances are they associate magic with something they are supposed to hunt down and be somewhat aggressive towards? That's my best explanation in anycase.
Also, to be fair, most of the wizards Gren meets are probably a bit ....off.
Is that one of Voss's old goons' portable desummoning circles on the floor in panel 6?
Man, that panel in grey dang near broke my heart. All you need is one discarded arcane circle on the floor to tell ya Sydney's been trying everything he could to make sure Harry was somewhere out there.
Our poor boy's losing confidence.
Awww, poor Sid.
Ah yes, the jolly romp Widdershins story. Mr O’Malley has walked out on his best friend, Ms Barber is marooned on a Mysterious Uncharted Island without tobacco but with a monster and Mr Malik is about to go to pieces.
If Ms Ashwin ever announces that a story will be a bit
dark I’m hiding behind the sofa.
I can't stand seeing Sid like this. Those dark circles under his eyes...
💔
Called it. :-/
Aw, Sid. Whatcha trying to hide on that left arm of yours?
he's just tidying himself up a bit.
Mark of theives 2 electric boogaloo
Given how Alexa-King era electronics interact with Widdershins's abundance of magic, that sounds painful.
NB: No "no mister required" from Mr. Thackerey there.
I love every character in this webcomic with my whole heart, but Sid? Sid is my baby, and it hurts so much to see him like this :(
Please make my boy happy again!!
Sid is my son and I love him
Good job, Sidney. You might even be able to keep up with Harry once she gets back. A bit of exercise will be good for the scrawny laddie.
I think Gren's dislike of wizards has to do with the type they encounter in Harry's line of work.