One of the classic early strips.

The first 5 rating strip for me.

(well ok "Phillipe is Standing On It" got a 5 as well, but you kind of have to, don't you?)

Philippe is truly lovable. This was established early on.

Indeed. The world would be much nicer if we were all in touch with our inner Philippe. Huuuugs!

HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

Way to destroy AssetBar's text wraparound.

hilarious

And here we have the fist example of the "Lots of chubbies for apologizing for a basic mistake" phenomenon.

"The first Achewood strip chronologically speaking to make me laugh out loud"

Yes, me also! At work, naturally.

(crap, what is that earlier post? gah.)

Like others here, this is the first Achewood I laughed out loud at

I find the early days were full of forced togetherness.

This is a sweetie. Though I like it much better when Phillipe is traumatized tremendously.

sleeping in the same bed with two much older men? i think his trauma has already begun...

3, since a speech bubble is coming from off the screen, either from Lyle or Onstad or something.

YOOOOOO you're right! O-O

my sense of comedy might be corrupted, but the same joke appeared in my favorite martian (199_). it was better executed then. :[

sheer cuteness

!!

I sometimes wish Philippe would regain this level of innocence.

this has always been a favorite

Three panels and a spot on punchline. Onstad had something even early on.

When did they all get different beds?

I see this strip as providing a ridiculously early glimpse at the often misbehaving and selfish Philippe best represented by his blog. Bad otter. Bad.

To me, this is the 1st "Achewood" that captured the spirit of the strip that it would eventually become.

Is Lyle in bed with them?

Also, my god, Téodor's eyes.

And this is the strip where Cornelius and Teodor's ears are finally attached to their heads, instead of stuck on as an afterthought.

Pre-cats Phillipe!

It's perfectly natural for several male animals to sleep in the same bed together.

Definitely one of the better earlier strips. I remember a similar joke appearing in Father Ted.

This strip is the first real sign of Onstad's affinity for comics, in that he uses a completely blank second panel to brilliant effect.

Who else is in the bed? Teodor looks cute and cuddly with his eyes closed. Phillipe doesn't need to sleep, does he?

Lyle's not cool enough yet to be featured on-screen.

Except he's been in strips before this.

[url=http://penultimate-panel.blogspot.com/[/url] does not do Achewood.

Too soon.
Much too soon.

no nose

Just fantastic.

My favorite strip of all (so far!).
I wish I could give it a new 5 every day!

The Burns and Allen of Achewood.