Gunnerkrigg Court, Vol. 1: Orientation - Thomas Siddell

Gunnerkrigg Court, Vol. 1: Orientation - Thomas Siddell

Gunnerkrigg Court: Orientation

What a setup!

From the dust jacket description: “Antimony Carver is a precocious and preternaturally self-possessed young girl starting her first year of school at gloomy Gunnerkrigg Court, a very British boarding school that has robots running alongside bodysnatching demons, forest gods, and the odd mythical creature.”

I’ve learned to be wary of promotional descriptions and praise on books by now and held my expectations in check. But I needn’t have done that. I do not think that the above description is 100% apt, mostly because it leaves out so many awesome aspects that stem from the interactions of the various characters.

This comic is funny, heart-warming, heart-breaking, cute, terrifying, puzzling, ….