I first read this way back in 2009 and fully intended to keep reading, but my library only had the first two volumes so I let it go. But now I have most of the series available so I'm eager to give it another go.

It's a fairly typical magic school kind of thing, with a pair of girl students forming a friendship and facing all sort of supernatural creatures and perils as they try to sort out all the secrets of the school and their parents. The art and characters are oddly endearing and the mythology is confusing but enticing, with the trickster god Coyote hanging around ready to add to the chaos. ( )

Pretty coherent as a graphic novel, Gunnerkrigg Court is, nevertheless, pretty ragged. The art is, to be frank, ugly and amateurish, and the characters one note (Antimony is stoic, Kat is bubbly). I don't mid the small chapters/storylines, since it makes the world feel lived-in, but it causes the overall plot line to suffer, since there's so much material that isn't necessarily important.

(Slightly unrelated: the binding on my copy [Archaia 2015] is terrible; about a quarter of the way through the spine split away, and one drop caused every single page top be knocked loose. I know it's a fairly thick comic, but there are more secure ways to attach plenty of pages to a spine.) ( )

Ever so much fun. ( )

New acquaintance. But a really good one. Especially amongst of all the angst of Strangers in Paradise. ( )

BRB BACKREADING THE WEBCOMIC ARCHIVES. this was PHENOMENAL. ( )