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saint » neu 2 months ago
HOLY CHRIST IS THAT AN ALIVE STUFFED ANIMAL
unalone » neu 1 months ago
No, Saint. It is a drum machine.
saint » neu 1 months ago
I don't even know what to tell you.
tragicone » neu 1 months ago
jesus christ! saint is back!
ngazin » neu 2 years ago
There are more subtly executed comics with stories that are as subtle as their execution but those are usually made by folk trying to be sensitive, not funny.
freakscene » neu 1 months ago
and this one
gumfish » pro 2 years ago
I kept wondering why the tiny animal had elephant feet.
gumfish » con 1 years ago
This link utterly confounds me.
foetus_punch » neu 11 months ago
It really makes his name make a lot more sense.
steev_dayv » neu 7 months ago
OH NO! Stay away gumfish!
autrepoupee » neu 7 months ago
i dont get you, getlaid. all your posts have a link to that website, and it makes me laugh. I think you are being avant garde, but I have no way of knowing for sure.

EXPLAIN YOURSELF
i_love_kate » neu 2 months ago
That site is hilarious! Especially the reasons directed specifically at men or women. MEN: There are women looking for casual sex with no strings attached! WOMEN: The men at Adult Friend Finder are much wealthier and more respectable than those at other dating sites!
syrinx » pro 2 years ago
Why are people marking this lame? that song is dope.
zefiel » neu 2 years ago
woah woah, tell me what it was called!
zeroasalimit » neu 2 years ago
Here Comes A Special Boy. You can download it from their website. I'd give you a direct link, but the URL doesn't change. :(
jar » pro 1 years ago
Amen. That's an awesome song. Freezepop for the win.
gormster » neu 1 years ago
Actually, that wasn't this comic, it was this one.
johnnyrocker » neu 1 years ago
Actually, there are references to both strips in the song.
But yes you're right that is the primary one.
thegeniusofcristina » pro 2 years ago
Classic Beauty.
singtralala » pro 1 years ago
it's so true it's scary
rowboat » pro 1 years ago
Philippe must NEVER know!
zapatos » neu 7 months ago
I'm so telling SJE to come here and read this.
theguitarhero » neu 6 months ago
did you?
wittyname » neu 1 years ago
The thought of people wanting to masturbate to a 5 year old, regardless of any species, is probably where the lames came from
ford » neu 1 years ago
I'm going through the archive again and this conversation made me laugh. Retardo if you manage to do this, remember to scream "Here comes a special boy!"
farqussus » neu 1 years ago
closely followed by the special girl.
woodenteeth » neu 9 months ago
or the other special boy...
unalone » neu 6 months ago
Ultra Peanut?
eonblue174 » neu 1 years ago
Really, they are masturbating with a 5 year old. Totally different
utv » neu 2 months ago
And yet, somehow worse.
gormster » neu 1 years ago
Retardo is actually a guy.
em2 » neu 1 years ago
Thank you for your thoughts, Nolan.
gormster » neu 1 years ago
Retardo! This is not squirt.org! Take your horny comments over there where they can be appreciated.

And I think you know what I mean by appreciated.
drskradley » neu 1 years ago
The thought of anyone wanting to stick Philippe in their ass makes me want to vomit with rage.
afastidioushat » pro 2 years ago
The words "Philippe is standing on it" have been permantly etched into my mind.
twoply » pro 1 years ago
It always reminds me of when Mr. belvedere accidentally sat on his goods and had to be rushed to the ER by his boys. How can a man recover from that. Some crispy Stellas, that's how!
tekende » neu 1 years ago
Oh my god. I suddenly find that I'm very glad I never watched that show.
starforth » pro 2 years ago
Say what you will about this strip, but ask yourself: is it possible to read it and NOT click the button to see the next one? I submit to you that it is not.
digdugz » pro 2 years ago
It started all of this, so you have to love it.
deimosrising » neu 2 years ago
How do his pants stay on that is what I want to know
nause » pro 2 years ago
Did they ever get that drum machine figured out?
satellitetv » neu 2 years ago
Look how bemused Philippe is
aperson » neu 1 months ago
It was early days, some folks didn't know what 'spam' meant back then.
billyamericana » neu 2 years ago
There is a DaDaist slant to this that I just love.
amberjunk » pro 2 years ago
This strip is important because it made me keep reading. Classic.
mortshire » pro 2 years ago
man, philippe can have a good time doing anything.
jokercross » neu 2 years ago
The really early strips are weird. They're funny, but almost in a completely different way than later strips.
rodneystubbs » neu 2 years ago
agreed. I love the early days because so many are like 3/4 of typical linear jokes, but my brain can't quite figure it out and so just laughs anyway.
the_jon » pro 2 years ago
when i was first turned on to achewood, it had already been running for a year or so and my friend said "don't worry about what shows up, just click archive and start from the beginning." this strip is what made this comic what it is, it makes no sense but at the same time it makes all the sense in the world. everytime i tell someone about achewood i say the say thing, read the first strip first.
morganization » neu 2 years ago
it gets a five because it is the first and it sets the tone for the rest perfectly
doublethumbfist » pro 2 years ago
This should be on the flag.
jamers » pro 2 years ago
I love how Philippe is not only standing on it, but he's standing on it in a corner, happily oblivious. There's really no other place for him to stand; that much is obvious.
rapid_roy » pro 2 years ago
the subtle awesomeness of this strip still amazes me...
fuckyoufriday » neu 2 years ago
Come on Teodor, I thought you were the music guy. That drum machine looks pretty simple to me. Then again, Onstad played up the animal qualities of the characters earlier on (they don't know how to drive, they need to use clandestine methods to get fast food delivery from humans, the whole animal underground concept wasn't really there yet, etc.).
everything_is_a_hat » pro 2 years ago
This man is genius.
leon_sumbitches » pro 2 years ago
So classic, so newbie, I hope my comic series starts out as good as this!
deusoma » neu 10 months ago
I would say that this one at least, does indeed suck.
evilestteddy » neu 8 months ago
No way dude, this strip is HELLA GOLD
zapatos » neu 7 months ago
A solid gold vacuum cleaner.
alejandroadam » neu 2 years ago
I think the fact that the strip evolves and develops from something so basic is awesome

they are hell of different and the subtle humor dosen't work very well in them.
twohundredninety » neu 1 years ago
I think that, for the most part, the newer strips are better than the really old ones. But this one, the very first, is brilliant and ranks among my favorites.
deadaluspark » pro 2 years ago
lots of dudes say this is their favorite strip, and come on, it IS a good strip, but it sucks next to the novel that is now achewood canon. the strip was good, but once roast beef and ray showed up, it was gold. those fellas are straight up rude.
lateadopter » neu 2 years ago
Ray and Roast Beef definitely changed the strip completely, and one of the funniest arcs is when they took the road trip to Bakersfield ("A turd with a bullet in it ain't exactly 5 O'Clock News Ray"), but Ray is over-used nowadays. There are other great personalities, like Cornelius, Teodor, Lie Bot, and Lyle, who just don't get any time on-stage anymore. One of my favorite arcs was when Onstad made Teodor help him pack and ship some merchandise. Teodor was all oppositional about it, and expressed his annoyance by refusing to cover his winky. I'd just like to see more of the rest of the Achewood cast.
molesticide » pro 2 years ago
this strip is brilliant.

i don't get it, personally.

but it took MAJOR sac to have this, an incomprehensible joke without a punchline, be the first strip of your ongoing comic.

i salute the man for this. this achievement sets Onstad as one of my creative heroes. if i could die in an opium den over a period of several years surrounded by piles of fruit being fed to me by naked girls, with only ONE companion on an adjacent couch to play card games with, i would choose chris onstad as that companion.

it used to be oscar wilde.
the_dude » neu 11 months ago
I think i would go with Fozzy Bear from the muppets.
zapatos » neu 7 months ago
I think I would choose myself, a cloned variety.
howl » neu 5 months ago
I think that would be pure hell.
zapatos » neu 5 months ago
nah. hell would be, the clone, and his girlfriend.
max » con 2 years ago
This strip basically challenged me to keep reading Achewood. "You will not like this comic" this strip said. It is kind of punk like that. I am glad I picked a fight with this strip.
swarm_of_bears » neu 2 years ago
Looking back, this strip has a strange and surrealist feel to it compared to the others. I want to know what made Onstad start his comic out with this strip instead of something else.
tetrisattack » pro 2 years ago
The closest thing to pure happiness I've ever seen.
direhaggis » pro 2 years ago
Certainly the most original and, to me, the best online comic nowadays. Most strips lack the balls for a punchline like this.
tinhand » neu 2 years ago
I love how they don't seem to consider asking him to move.
unalone » pro 5 months ago
I love how you are Klaus Nomi.

(I just discovered the man yesterday and now it's exciting.)
shoinan » pro 2 years ago
The strip does not have a standard punchline. Whatever you say about it, it's a typical example of Achewood's surreal universe and has become an iconic strip for its fans. For fans with a knowledge of the strip it does have humour... As a first strip of a comic it is truly bizarre. But if I had to buy any Achewood strip this might be the one. Probably not though, I might have to get the one where Ray orders Pat to say good things about Ray's dick. :D
roland » pro 2 years ago
Its sort of like a really good mixed drink, suble, but then WHAM it hits you
lucas » neu 1 years ago
Did it really hit you? Or are you still in the dark about it? Because, I get it but it's not a WHAM effect.
kamet » neu 8 months ago
samorama » pro 2 years ago
It's Beautiful.
lawdog » pro 2 years ago
The drum machine will be brought back in Achewood's final season, to devastating effect.
audhumla » pro 2 years ago
achewood may never end
zeroasalimit » neu 2 years ago
God I hope not. The last comic I was in love with was 1/0 and I always get sad at the end. :(
lux » neu 1 years ago
I know. You watch Ghanny walk away in his new body and it all feels wrong. It was even worse when it was updating, because you knew the ending was coming at 1000 and every day was a countdown.
fmercury » neu 1 years ago
I always pegged "Arrested Development" as the Achewood of prime time sitcoms.
spectre » pro 2 years ago
How it all began . . . cryptic, elliptical, homely.
claynferno » pro 2 years ago
jackvanburace » neu 1 years ago
I'm assuming this, the very beginning, is where Philippe starts looking like he's maybe retarded, eh?
petestart » pro 1 years ago
One cannot fault the start of such a great comic strip. I am sure this has been done before, but much like most things on the internet I shall do it again and review every single strip. Luckily I shall do it better.

Here goes:

The beauty of the first strip of a comic is that no character development is required, unlike, say, a pilot. All that exists here is a simple absurd outcome that, as far as I am aware from the history of Achewood, was merely something that amused Onstad and he therefore wanted to put out on the internet.
robertbevandalton » pro 1 years ago
i am so happy, right now.
robertbevandalton » pro 1 years ago
coldfrog » neu 1 years ago
The fact that the number of strips I've read may affect my ranking means I'm going to have to read from the beginning again. This is not a complaint.
j03y » pro 1 years ago
here comes a special boy
jesus_h_christ » neu 1 years ago
why the heck does teodor have a drum machine, anyway?
eikre » neu 6 months ago
Why, I think it eminently clear that it is because his drummer died back in the '70s from drug overdose, and when he and the others get back together sometimes to cut a new track for old times' sake, the find that it hurts less to let that old, enigmatically arranged drum set sit unused rather than replace their old companion.

To test this theory, I dispatch a British infiltrator to display the aforepictured comic to Peter Townshend. It is reported that the esteemed musician shed but a single tear and retreated to his attic where he played his cover of Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting) in the dark.

Truly this is a versatile comic!
grombly » neu 1 years ago
is there like some jerk on here that is laming everyone who thought this comic was funny
baryonyx » neu 1 years ago
The one that started it all.

While the generation of strips preceding the Party may be generally inferior to those that came after, I still find this strip completely and utterly hilarious.
achilleselbow » neu 1 years ago
I think you're wrong, for what it's worth. After the party is when Achewood became:

1) like a lot of other webcomics in the sense of being more character and storyline-based, enabling him to create many strips that aren't funny or original at all but simply move the story arc along.

2) almost exclusively focused on Ray and Beef. I find Ray's personality and way of speaking quite grating, to be honest, and Beef can get pretty repetitive at times.

The reason that one is inclined to think that post-party Achewood is better is because it's still awesome in its own way, and because there are now a lot more post-party strips which means there are more great later strips than early ones by sheer number. But I think that if he'd continued in this style it would have been just as good, if not better. And I still think that there will never be a better strip than Lie Bot's Ass.
baryonyx » neu 1 years ago
Reeeeally. This is the makings of an epic debate right here.

In regards to your first point, Onstad rarely skips a panel without at least some throwaway stab at humor, much less a strip, even if it is moving along some larger arc; almost all the dialogue carries a steady stream of quirks and innovative wordplay. As for original, pretty much everything about Achewood is so original that if you read it without being properly acclimated to the strip's unique tone chances are you won't even enjoy it.
And while yes, Ray and Beef have moved into the spotlight somewhat, I find this preferable to the pre-Party equivalent: Teodor, Cornelius, and Lyle were all more or less the same bland character and Philippe was just a straight-up retard instead of a slightly nostalgic commentary on five-year-olds. And while Ray and Beef's respective dialects may get somewhat tiresome now and again, I would sooner take that than the similar repitition of one-off jokes about booze you find in the earlier strips.
susurrus » neu 1 years ago
i found it funny AFTER i read through the archives. not sure why.
woodenteeth » neu 9 months ago
Mainly because after you've read through the archives you get a feel for the humour and how it's played out, also, nuances you wouldn't normally pay any attention to begin to stand out as a statement. This is one of those strips that's funny for what isn't included; explanation of the oblivious otter, why a bear has a drum machine, the complete lack of normal punchline and subject matter. I like it.
em2 » neu 1 years ago
Yes.

tellumo » pro 1 years ago
That drum machine utterly confounds me.

Perhaps it is because I cannot read Japanese.
luckypyjamas » neu 1 years ago
it is truly a god among drum machines, one of the most distinctive sounds (along with the 808, used for hip hop and such)

though personally i prefer the tr-606, aka Big Black's weapon of choice
wonelove » pro 1 years ago
Ah.
The times before alt-text.
captainphaze » neu 1 years ago
The primordial comic soup from which all greatness came.
em2 » pro 1 years ago
Why is this not a five by default?
mattylite » pro 1 years ago
This is the future. In the future, stuff can be funny without having to be all . . . funny.
foetus_punch » neu 1 years ago
Madness? THIS...IS...ACHEWOOD!

Throw it all away for a reference to a poorly made, historically inaccurate movie.
comrade_tom » neu 1 years ago
Hehehe hella sassin' on "300"!

Chubbied due to mutual distaste for frank miller and his cinematographic manglings.
woodenteeth » neu 9 months ago
Really? You guys didn't dig 300? I thought I was the only one. The cinematography certainly comes across as a poorly mangled car wreck of comic book surrealism and over-airbrushed insincerity. The story didn't do much for me either true to history or not. I feel bad. Most of my friends who's opinions I respect love Sin City and 300. They both came off as insincere husks which once housed fairly dark and truthful sentiment.
mikeronomicon » neu 8 months ago
Dude, the movie was a two hour documentary about oiled abs. What did you guys expect?
woodenteeth » neu 8 months ago
I expected some comic bookish over the topness that was still dark and dirty. I didn't expect the latest Batman flick, but at least something in the ball park.
mikeronomicon » neu 8 months ago
Yeah, I was a big fan of the graphic novel, so I didn't expect the movie to be a "frat boy on acid coming of age story about well oiled abs."
zapatos » neu 7 months ago
I thought it was fabulous.
foetus_punch » neu 7 months ago
Your mistake.
zapatos » neu 7 months ago
No, it is not. For I like watching dudes run around withouth shirts, oiled up, and cutting people in half.

No mistake here.
kelissamunz » neu 1 years ago
Between staring at the absolute Zen contained in Philippe's expression and listening to "Here Comes a Special Boy," I think I've found the recipe for true oneness with the universe.
baryonyx » neu 1 years ago
Seriously, I cue up that song every time I read a strip with Philippe in it now.
zapatos » neu 10 months ago
I bought an XL "here comes a special boy" shirt for my very large friend. Now everyday is magic.
lunchbox » neu 1 years ago
I always imagine the theme song to Achewood as "Bottle of Wine" as performed by The Fireballs.
drunkenimp » neu 1 years ago
Wrong. "Waiting Room" by Fugazi.
lunchbox » neu 1 years ago
Aw, come on. Just imagine Beef and Ray just chillin on the front lawn, and Jimmy Gilmer busts out with "RAMBLIN ROUND THIS DIRTY OLD TOWN..."
puguglypress » neu 6 months ago
Chubbied for your avatar. Roast Beef is really annoyed to have to look up from his book and say "wrong". Your comment almost looks like a voice balloon coming out of Beef's mouth.
memehaver » pro 1 years ago
Gorgeous surrealism.
alzuna » neu 1 years ago
Since everyone else does it on all the strips I read just now,

This was the first Achewood strip I ever read. No lies, I went straight to the archives, didn't even read the newest strip that day.
mugi » pro 1 years ago
Same. I'm glad we finally get our moment to say that.
idsyen » pro 1 years ago
As much as I love what Achewood became, I would like to see what it would've become if Onstad had stuck with his original vision of the strip. I love how sublimely rarefied the surrealism of these early strips is.
lunchbox » neu 1 years ago
Got some silver-dollar words there, fella.
idsyen » pro 1 years ago
Well, my friend, this is a silver dollar comic.
daidai » neu 1 years ago
Those are some silver dollar avatars there.
lunchbox » neu 1 years ago
Mine's a default avatar. Sadly not as good as my friend's, there.
dapooka » neu 1 years ago
Did anyone think to ask Philippe why he is standing on it? He's a special boy. He would surely give you a reason.

I can't tell all the naysayers why this strip is funny. It just is.
stuart » neu 1 years ago
marriottbrian » pro 1 years ago
*bang*
woodenteeth » neu 9 months ago
Gah! You spelt brilliant correctly! Wait, this is an entire sentence. AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!
sje46 » neu 8 months ago
It has happened before. Too lazy to find it though.
woodenteeth » neu 8 months ago
It has happened before, but not 4 months ago (please adapt this date as it varies away from now... errr... now... I mean... oh fuck you know what I mean).
pogo » neu 1 years ago
New readers, please ignore the comments for a while, and read them all under a particular strip before adding anything. The comments range from genuinely helpful to dangerously psychotic, and are often a mix of both, mine included. This Assetbar madness started long after the strip, but some of us still time-travel through the strips, seeding them with our B.S. or wisdom. The real action is in the present, where we have our hands on our real faces. Your Uncle Pogo.
spinynorman » neu 1 years ago
This is true. Looking back at the old, primeval days of asset bar, everyone was like a bunch of howler monkeys on angel dust and Levitra. No wonder I held off joining for four months.
rowboat » pro 6 months ago
And now, in late 2008, we look back at these primeval, "howler monkey" days and realize just how peaceful it actually was.

Here in the future, Assetbar has hit the fan. I mean, I still like it. But it's truly ruined.
pogo » neu 5 months ago
Ruined, like your junk?
rowboat » pro 5 months ago
Ruined like my life because I watched a porno.
pogo » neu 5 months ago
Quote:
The real action is in the present, where we have our hands on our real faces.

That is no longer true, but there is a great poster with about a dozen or so handfaces on it. I will let you find it.
gladi8orrex » neu 1 years ago
i's will leab and comment 4 ma footur-self. footure-self? lol, 'member those times u had, well, i hasn't had dem yet cuz altho dey r in ur past dey are steel ma footore. anyways jus wantid 2 say i love u an dat ur a sexy rockstar stay live to read dis l8r in life.

yourself form deh past, cecil gonzales. Time Capsule Comment 2008 June 15th
gladi8orrex » neu 1 years ago
p.s., at dis time ur also in lub wit a woman half ur age an ur only 18 :O yikes, u mite luk bak on dis as creepy, but whatever
gladi8orrex » neu 2 weeks ago
wow it's been afucking year how incredible. cheers to myself
anna_k » pro 1 years ago
cjsalt » neu 1 years ago
i don't know
radarjammer » pro 1 years ago
This is a lot like this: http://xkcd.com/45/

The brilliance in both these strips is the subtext. I think Onstad REALLY though this first comic through: He knows that it's actually not funny at all upon the first read, but as you come to understand the comic you can appreciate the humor.

The point of this strip is that unintentionally, these guys truly screw each other pretty good. See: Cartilage Head.
sje46 » neu 8 months ago
xkcd reference. Where are the lames?
rowboat » pro 7 months ago
I guess I used them all on that gladi8orrex thread up there. Too bad.
sparhawk » pro 11 months ago
I started reading originally with The Party, assuming the first 'arc' was the beginning. What I would have made of these early days going in cold I do not know.
toruokada » pro 11 months ago
I just wanted to comment on the first strip, I guess. That's ok, right?
woodenteeth » neu 1 months ago
What would be worse would be someone replying with absolutely no intention on answering you.
wonglers » neu 11 months ago
He should ask Philippe to move.

If that doesn't work, he should just pick him up and set him down in such a way that he isn't standing on top of the instruction manual.
robbingdog » neu 11 months ago
This was the strip that got me started on Achewood.
rbisme » neu 11 months ago
one comic to rule them all one strip to bind them.
peanut_gallery » neu 11 months ago
I have always had a phobia of manuals so this strip has special meaning for me.
bmsfbezjovtf » neu 11 months ago
this is the first achewood strip i saw, it had me hooked ever since
townsend » pro 10 months ago
It's... beautiful
mikeronomicon » pro 10 months ago
Ah, where it all began. If I would have known that this was going to keep me from working as long as it has, I would have found it years ago.
kikineko » neu 9 months ago
Seems like Philippe is smirking secretly, knowing that he had sat on the instruction manual and they cannot do anything about it.
keithcozz » pro 9 months ago
you gotta love it!
misterspook » pro 8 months ago
If you hit previous it's the same strip again. And again. And again. And again. It feels like staring into infinity.
woodenteeth » neu 8 months ago
Don't tell anyone but I think you may have found enlightenment.

Dont' stare directly into it though, it'll ruin your retinas.
lexsenthur » neu 8 months ago
hrm » neu 8 months ago
no reason...

howl » neu 5 months ago
Firippu. Nice.
kennisiou » neu 8 months ago
I started reading Achewood form the beginning and this first strip was just so excellent. I really like the newer stuff, but this is just a great start.
achewhat » neu 7 months ago
This is my first. I was told to start from the beginning so I am. I read it a few times. Stared at it for awhile. Thought "I just don't get it." So I read down the comments and was pleasantly amused by the statements and opinions there and cam to my own conclusion that there is no point. There is nothing to get. One can over-analyze all they want but that just makes my head hurt. I will say it is genius for now I have to continue, probably forever.
zapatos » neu 7 months ago
Good job, hope to see you soon.

I think I already did though...
imstandingonit » neu 6 months ago
This was my first Achewood comic ever!

Hilarious!
k-scudd » neu 6 months ago
Let me start by saying I love this comic and am on my second trawl through the archives within a year of discovering it. Nonetheless, I do not understand what is happening here. Why is a five-year-old otter standing on a drum manual funny? Please, I want to understand.
rowboat » pro 6 months ago
If you have to ask, you'll never know.
mr-siegal » neu 6 months ago
I'm starting to think about Finnegans Wake; starts in the middle of a sentence and after a lot of very difficult and largely incomprehensable surrealism ends with the fisrt part of the original sentence.
I live in fear of opening the strip where Phillipe says "The drum machine's arrived. Can I unpack it?"
tellumo » pro 2 months ago
Oh, man, but that would be a perfect ending panel. (Says the guy who's seen at least three Bloomsdays without ever finishing his copy of Ulysses, largely because by the time I put the book and the annotations (an even larger book) in my bag, I don't have enough room left for all the stuff I actually need.)
nicolettesue » neu 1 weeks ago
I wonder if we will even get a nice, tied-up end like that. It seems as though lately Onstad hasn't been posting with any semblance of regularity (I may have just joined assetbar, but I've been reading the strip for well over 6 months). It makes me wonder if he even has a planned end for the strip, or if one day he'll just decide that it's over (sort of like the Perry Bible Fellowship, though there was almost no continuity there).

I'm hoping for a nice end to Achewood, but I'm not hopeful about getting it.
puguglypress » neu 6 months ago
Yeah, I don't know how Achewood would end, but it would have to be pretty epic. It couldn't just be a picture of all the characters smiling, with a big "Thank you for reading my comic!" at the top.

Unless Teodor's dick was out.
imhere » neu 6 months ago
Teodor says utter while holding an interesting knobby device in the place where an udder goes on a female cow.

Mr. Bear has the robe and defensive demeanor of a skeptical samurai.

Philippe might be a squirt of gel perched atop a jaunty hoof.
ep2 » pro 5 months ago
I have never understood this comic, and I have always loved it.
theguitarhero » neu 5 months ago
It's sometimes tough to read these older Achewood strips, knowing what horrible things these creatures will face.
jbrd328 » pro 5 months ago
The genesis of something greater than any of us could have imagined
mensch » neu 1 months ago
Piffle! You don't know my imagination.
granularsilica » pro 5 months ago
Hello kids. Read more poems.
howl » neu 4 months ago
I will. I will do this thing.
wrmeade » neu 4 months ago
Ohhhhh, Phillipe is STANDING on it!

I get it.
ge7243 » pro 4 months ago
It has recently come to my attention that the Achewood anniversary falls on my birthday.

When this was released, I had just turned 12. I had received an air-soft pistol, along with a nice pillow that my brother has since never returned (nor do I wish to receive again as his room is a constant hot box).

It was circumstances.
nigelchaos » pro 3 months ago
I just now realized that I had not ever commented on the first strip. Now I have. All is well
sprkfv39 » pro 3 months ago
Broke down and joined up.
carlyle » neu 3 months ago
Phillipe's pants confounded me for the longest time.
atticusonline » neu 1 months ago
And now for the viewing pleasure of our audience. Achewood presents: The story as viewed through the eyes and ears of a Human.

shutup_shutup » neu 2 weeks ago
Chris talks to Teodor and Philippe. Clearly he can hear them.
atticusonline » neu 3 days ago
He also created them, and I'm pretty sure Chris is a god not a human.
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