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donsoze » neu 2 years ago
I've always wondered what Mr. Bear's gift was.
stuart » neu 2 years ago
stuart » neu 2 months ago
(now at http://www.achewoodshop.com/1010.html)
atticusonline » neu 9 months ago
[IMGS OFF]
imitationcrab » pro 2 years ago
what's a stomper?
digdugz » neu 2 years ago
A Construction Vehicle.
mattylite » neu 2 years ago
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWtpYhWEzp8&feature=related[?url]
But maybe it was some stream of consciousness from the last strip via this: http://www.lysator.liu.se/~zap/stomper/index2.html
deimosrising » pro 2 years ago
This strip is historic for more than just being the first actually funny strip; it is also the first appearance of the phrase "a momentary diversion on the road to the grave."
stilted » pro 2 years ago
Yeah, rereading these, it is surprising how early the phrase shows up.
semiquaver » neu 1 years ago
You realize this is the second strip right
i_love_kate » neu 10 months ago
You realise that this is the only instance in which this phrase appears right.
tekende » neu 9 months ago
You realize that everyone you know someday will die right
gunsofray » neu 9 months ago
SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP. they.. can't die... nonono ..
dracer2 » neu 5 months ago
You realize that the sun doesn't go down, it's just an illusion caused by the earth spinning round, right?
ambala » pro 2 years ago
I love that two strips in, we have a pretty clear idea of Phillipe's role in the Onstad household.
billyamericana » neu 2 years ago
Why does Cornelius have a toy truck?
zefiel » neu 2 years ago
Cornelius is OLD SCHOOL.
jawsh » neu 2 years ago
Damn, man! Yes!
Yes! Old School!
Old School!
superleahjane » neu 1 years ago
Connie is pre-Ray Ray...
kledermans » neu 2 years ago
He may keep it for the same reason as he keeps [kept] his childhood drum. Or it may not matter since this is still kind of proto-Cornelius as we know him now.
greyfield » pro 1 years ago
Because of a problem?
amberjunk » pro 2 years ago
Because of a problem? Haha. I love Phillipe
mortshire » neu 2 years ago
i used to regift other people's stuff all the time as a kid...oh, philippe, you make me regret my wasted childhood and resent your perpetual one.
alejandroadam » neu 2 years ago
dood it's a comic strip. the medium give it that nature.
epicurus » con 2 years ago
Personally I started at the beginning as well, but the difference is that I will admit the first ones are not nearly as "good" as the later ones (on average) instead of using a weird analogy and spelling a word with zeroes.
a_dude » pro 2 years ago
Cornelius Bear has changed since this strip. the change has been Capital!
deadaluspark » neu 2 years ago
this makes me laugh despite still not knowing what the hell phillipes "problem" is
twohundredninety » neu 2 years ago
It makes me laugh because I don't know what the problem is.
cpnglxynchos » neu 5 months ago
or what sort of problem it could be.
tombsgrave » pro 2 years ago
Phillipe's little flipperarm in the first two panels is just adorable.
u235 » neu 1 years ago
I think his arms are supposed to be behind his back, as he hides his gift (and his problem) from view.
max » neu 2 years ago
Such the good answer to that question. I see that. Mmmmmhmmm.
curdledboy » pro 2 years ago
A grim, meat-hook philosophy. Brutal, apt, oddly touching. Words we can all live by...
tellumo » pro 2 years ago
"Because of a . . . problem?" is a good (and possibly the best) answer to any "why" question.
hellofditties » neu 2 years ago
"Because of a reason" is also a good reply.
kickstart » pro 1 years ago
I've used it =)
nerd_specs » neu 1 years ago
Except when the question is directed at your boss and is, "Why didn't I get my paycheck?" That was the answer I got, and I will tell you that I was not amused. Well, maybe a little.
kamet » neu 1 years ago
But only because of the awesome Achewood reference? ;)
riazm » pro 2 years ago
I find myself having to ask "Why is it wet?" Altogether more than I would like
fineoakstructure » pro 2 years ago
I always thought it wasn't so vague. I figured it Philippe is incontinent; we learn later that he has a bed wetting problem, so I think it fits?
petestart » pro 2 years ago
The middle frame is the key here. Not merely because of the seminal phrase uttered by Mr Bear, but also because it speaks to the ultimate and enduring relationship that he and the otter share to this day.
brzbee » pro 2 years ago
God, i love this strip... i first started reading the archives at The Party,so i missed out on the dada-ist humor of the first few strips.
sminniha » neu 2 years ago
Can someone help me? Why is "momentary diversion on the road to the grave" such a famous line? I mean i love achewood, and i've read it in its entirety at least 3 times, and there are many other hilarious lines. why is this so famous?
echidnaboy » neu 2 years ago
Because it's on a t-shirt?
phthoggos » neu 2 years ago
Because of a problem?
u235 » neu 1 years ago
Yes. That problem is mortality.
rowboat » pro 2 years ago
If you have to ask, you'll never know.
onepapertiger » pro 1 years ago
I never ever thought I would find anyone else quoting this freely. Yet here you are, singing in a back-up chorus for The Man with a Sock on his Cock.
rowboat » pro 1 years ago
Well, it's actually a Louis Armstrong quote, but I ain't sayin' I never owned Blood Sugar Sex Magik, 'cause I did, indeed.
morypcaina » con 2 years ago
"Because of a problem?" is hilarious.
em2 » neu 1 years ago
Yes! And so "is a momentary diversion on the road to the grave."
mystkmanat » neu 6 months ago
Funny because it's true.
thegrouch » pro 2 years ago
I don't know why the first strip is rated higher than this one. Nostalgia and sentiment is interfering with your objectivity, people!
susurrus » neu 2 years ago
y'know, i shied away from achewood at first because i found the art too simplistic, and the humor... dumb... but then, i stuck with it for a while and grew to love it. i find when i go back and read the earlier strips, i "get" it better somehow. part of it is because i know the characters so well, but the other part of it illudes me. i have the feeling that this is similar to a lot of readers, so i don't think it's just nostalgia.
nyu » con 1 years ago
no one cares, dude. Really. No one.
zapatos » neu 1 years ago
It is just some dudes who are living their life, that is always good to see. Unless their lives are shit, aka: Pat. What am I saying, I love reading about Pat.
vice » neu 2 years ago
Would be a 3, but Cornelius's "Just a momentary diversion" comment bumps it to a 4
boots » neu 2 years ago
This was the first strip i saw, it's had me hooked ever since
rowboat » pro 2 years ago
Oh, I get it, boots! It's your awesome idea to post this exact sentence on every single strip! Dude, that is so funny! You're totally getting inside my head!

Which reminds me: who does a guy have to blow to get spam-marking privileges around here? I think I've earned them by now. Meanwhile, those of you who do have them, go to work on this phony account, please. It is a waste of space. Thanks.
twoheadedboy » pro 2 years ago
This is one of my all-time favorites. I truly don't understand why it isn't rated higher.
altffour » pro 1 years ago
I agree with the hell out of you. The second panel rules, and "because of a problem?" is one of my favorite achewood lines ever.
daidai » neu 1 years ago
Why don't people like this one more? It's got 2 brilliant one-liners.
mattylite » pro 1 years ago
Wow, like 900 strips later I was reading Philippe's blog and "because of a problem" reappeared. Then I remembered it from this comic. Now I am telling everyone about it.
radarjammer » neu 1 years ago
Cornelius is way too sophisticated for the underground.
wonelove » pro 1 years ago
Phillipe doesn't know why the stomper is wet, either
sparhawk » pro 1 years ago
The childhood drum, at least, was not covered in problem.
wonglers » neu 1 years ago
You guys are reading into this [i]way[i] too much. The problem is that he got the stomper wet.
wonglers » neu 1 years ago
I guess I [i]don't[i] know how to use BBcode.
bmsfbezjovtf » neu 1 years ago
this is the first achewood strip i saw, it had me hooked ever since
mikeronomicon » pro 1 years ago
When I was a child, I could only hope to be as cute as Phillipe. But I wasn't.
mikeronomicon » neu 1 years ago
Come to think of it, I probably never will be either, but then again, I don't think I want to be a perpetually 5 year old river otter either. Wait a minute.............
rodjmeister » neu 1 years ago
Oh Philippe. you are so silly.
imstandingonit » neu 1 years ago
This was my first Achewood comic ever!

Hilarious!
hobit » pro 1 years ago
this stripe embodies what i love about achewood
mensch » neu 9 months ago
Hot . . . Wet . . . Otter!
gladi8orrex » neu 7 months ago
[IMGS OFF]

test 1
puguglypress » neu 3 months ago
omg
mrchuckletrouzd » neu 7 months ago
freedom of speech
greenkoolayd » neu 6 months ago
otters have paws. i dont get why philippe has flippers, instead....
cpnglxynchos » neu 5 months ago
because of a problem?
greenkoolayd » neu 5 months ago
it is unpleasant to think of such a young otter with such an extreme problem....
taskmaster » neu 5 months ago
I lot of otters his age have problems. I think its time we as a species accepted that otters are pleauged with problems. That happy, playful exterior isn't fooling anyone.
greenkoolayd » neu 5 months ago
im going to pretend that otters cold have dream-lives full of happiness and food and sex. consider your supposed reality rejected.
bluemoon72 » neu 5 months ago
No need to pretend...it is the truth.
greenkoolayd » neu 5 months ago
so does that mean that taskmaster is lying, or what?
taskmaster » pro 5 months ago
Maybe I've just met some bad otters, man. You know- otters with "troubles". Maybe they've seen some freaky shit. Who knows if an otter could cope?
greenkoolayd » neu 5 months ago
im going to indulge the realistic parts of my sensibilities and agree with you.
supahlovah » neu 5 months ago
LOL. This was funny in ways I never noticed my first time through.
carlyle » neu 2 months ago
For the first two panels it looks like Phillipe only has the one arm, folks!
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