I like that is enhances Lyle to make him MORE badass
mulisha7 » pro2 years ago
I don't know, as diseases go it's a shit-ton more fun than cancer.
hellofyellin » neu2 years ago
It's the only disease you can get yelled at for having, though.
"Goddamnit, Lyle; you're an alchoholic!"
"Goddammit, Lyle; you have lupus!"
Chubb-a-dubb for the first one to catch that reference.
charchar » pro2 years ago
Mitch Hedberg, stand-up special.
[i]"Y'see, one a' those does not sound right."
hellofyellin » neu2 years ago
Chubb-a-diddle, plus a v-chubb for the avatar.
woodenteeth » neu2 years ago
extra chub and a v-chub. discovered that excellent dead man only recently. holy crap what a genius.
hellofyellin » neu2 years ago
seriously, right?
woodenteeth » neu2 years ago
sincerely. that guy ruled so hard.
sheer » pro1 years ago
Welcome to New Jersey, where Talent Comes to Die.
jaldor » neu1 years ago
Yeah, it's a damn shame that he REALLY liked heroin.
woodenteeth » neu1 years ago
Yes. It's unfortunate he was punished for REALLY liking something. Punished by death. It seems somewhat unfair. I REALLY like Maltesers, but I can't imagine dying from it.
poodlelucy » pro1 years ago
i had never heard of him, just checked out some of his stand up. nice work. funny as hell delivery.
mugi » pro2 years ago
Weird, I thought of this immediately after reading mulisha7's post as well.
mystkmanat » neu1 years ago
Then how come you drink so much at night?
qatipay » neu3 years ago
When Lyle was photographed, he was not holding a bottle at all.
overmedicated » neu3 years ago
I swear to god I have this curse. That or I'm just fat.
luckypyjamas » neu2 years ago
see i think beef was just making up stuff about the curse, as it turns out soon after that it's actually the camera that was making him look fat
his low self esteem means that he always thinks he looks bad in pictures
theyang » neu10 months ago
hecho en Mexico, man.
lizjones » neu3 years ago
Beef looks so protective of his cake in the second picture.
joeyramoney » neu3 years ago
he also seems to have sprouted a mustache.
area_homosexual » pro2 years ago
Those are fat creases aren't they? I recognize them from when I myself began to develop impressive-looking fissures down my cheeks as if I were finally sprouting a jaw line, but they turned out to be the impressions left by the steadily inflating pockets of fat reserves growing along both sides of my fuckin' face ('fuck's sake).
cousinted » pro2 years ago
He looks so angry in all but the third photo. I do not want to come between magical realism Beef and the buffet table.
all-star951 » neu10 months ago
THIS NEEDS A CHUBBY
epicurus » neu3 years ago
everything about this strip is awesome. In that last panel, Beef DOES look like he has an opinion about one or more famous car drivers.
agika » neu3 years ago
Awww, fat Beef makes me sad. Why, Kazenzakis curse, why?
deimosrising » pro3 years ago
Continuity error: Pat appears in one of these photos, but simply as Pat, not rock hard cat cock pat.
qatipay » neu3 years ago
Maybe because he's looking away from the camera? Does it only work if the subject realizes he's being photographed? Hmm.
phoenixultima » neu3 years ago
What's really neat is that Ray looks just the way he always does. That cat ain't got any illusions about himself.
zaratustra » neu3 years ago
Maybe Onstad only got the idea for the Mexican Realism thing -after- this comic? Nahhh.
jesler729 » neu3 years ago
Yeah, Onstad has said that he makes up his arcs as he goes along, so this is probably the case.
jesler729 » neu2 years ago
Why the lame? He... he said it in an interview! I'm just stating the facts!
tfaironpirate » neu3 months ago
YOU PREDICTED THE FUTURE!!!
epicurus » neu2 years ago
Thanks, I was wondering about that. The question is, what kind of thought process do you have to have to make up the idea of a camera that portrays certain people differently, then make a strip about it, while also having no explanation for it yet? That's some stone-cold Iron Balls right there.
nicolae » con2 years ago
The Kazenzakis Curse is not to be confused with the curse of Hecho en Mexico Magical Realism.
catachresis » neu3 years ago
Oh god I am going through the archives and one of the best arcs is about to start DAMN I am all pumped
rmj12345 » neu1 years ago
Why is 2006 so damn heavy on the storylines and arcs? And the daddy issues.
Not complaining! But I'm reading through the archives again and noting that spring/summer 2006 was unusually consistent in its rad-ness, all having cohesiveness.
william » neu3 years ago
Alt Text: The last photo is what Leonid Brezhnev looked like when it got way too hot at his building and he had to go up to the roof.
shownomercy » pro3 years ago
the glaring with the cake.. amazing!
tombsgrave » pro3 years ago
In my head Kazenzakis Curse Action Roast Beef makes these high-pitched grunts. "Guuuuuh." "Nerrrr." "Nrrrrouor?" "Hrrrrg!"
heavymetaljesus » pro2 years ago
It goes from Wasted, to Apprehensive, to Jolly, to Pissed. Jolly is probably my favorite, right up there with Wasted.
nice_enuf_guy » pro2 years ago
Love it! Note too how short Vlad is in the last photo...perhaps machines also have neuroses? Good to see he grew his hair back!
soticoto » neu2 years ago
So how'd you know this wasn't before the hair-cut?
tellumo » pro2 years ago
I'm thinking he just reinstalled it.
tropicana » neu2 years ago
I've used this strip to explain to people why I hate having my picture taken.
endoftheworld » neu2 years ago
Yeah, the camera is a cruel master. I've all but forbidden friends and loved ones from using one of the accursed objects on me.
nokococo » pro2 years ago
Roast Beef and I are long lost twins. Of different species.
jonmw » neu1 years ago
what's the phrase...
brother of another mother?
jandruff » pro2 years ago
The camera also added an armpit stain on Beef.
beansdooma » neu2 years ago
Photo Beef is probably a Dale Jr. fan.
tbtabby » neu2 years ago
And he HATES Jeff Gordon.
cpnglxynchos » neu2 years ago
hates 'im to HELL.
aikennubbles » neu2 years ago
In the last picture Roast Beef has pitstains on his bare skin. This curse is raw.
cpnglxynchos » neu2 years ago
The Camera has no mercy.
tagrineth » pro2 years ago
Every time your picture is taken, the camera steals a part of your soul
shinkicka » pro2 years ago
The last picture, paired with the alt text, wreck my shit every time. Bravo Onstad.
charchar » pro2 years ago
My family's curse is that we always look high in our photos. Like instead of saying "No to drugs" we took a hit and said "Cheese!"
lawbot » neu2 years ago
The final shot kind of makes me think of Brezhnev.
numberkillinger » neu2 years ago
The alt-text makes me think of Brezhnev, and I don't even know who he is.
ritardomontabum » pro2 years ago
In Soviet Union, Brezhnev knows you!
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Sorry but I think its apropos.
goatmasterflash » neu1 years ago
Chubbied, in part for the avatar and in spite of the fact that you really ought to have at least a small inkling of who Brezhnev is. Not even name recognition? Really?
I'm not gonna bother telling you about him, because I'm certain you know what google is. And also, what if I got it wrong...in public.
fineoakstructure » neu1 years ago
Man, I remember talking to a 17 year old when I was 25 who didn't even know what the Berlin Wall was, and she wasn't that stupid.
But she was pretty stupid.
highfeverblues » neu1 years ago
[IMGS OFF]
Just sooooooo sexy.
jonmw » neu1 years ago
...is there some kind of cartoon picture on that phone's dial?
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"Goddamnit, Lyle; you're an alchoholic!"
"Goddammit, Lyle; you have lupus!"
Chubb-a-dubb for the first one to catch that reference.
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[i]"Y'see, one a' those does not sound right."
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his low self esteem means that he always thinks he looks bad in pictures
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(marked lame by kenthegod, Epicurus, kochipoik)
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Not complaining! But I'm reading through the archives again and noting that spring/summer 2006 was unusually consistent in its rad-ness, all having cohesiveness.
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brother of another mother?
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Sorry but I think its apropos.
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I'm not gonna bother telling you about him, because I'm certain you know what google is. And also, what if I got it wrong...in public.
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But she was pretty stupid.
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Just sooooooo sexy.
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