Wow, people really hate that you two love this strip.

So much anger in this strip, Ray is so sad at the end, but it makes me want to have a pizza party.

Diabetes will be there whether Ray likes it or not.

I love fuck you fridays.

I also love telling people that "blank" is to "blank" as the head of a nail is to a hammer.

I'm more partial to informing people that it was Voltaire who said "Well, then fuck them"

Diabetes hits Ray's lifestyle over and over again, until the lifestyle is flush with the wood, as to prevent objects and/or persons from catching themselves on it.

If he were fatter, he'd need it to see his junk. As it is, maybe he's giving his belly a look at itself, as though that is where diabetes is lurking. "See this? I'm losing you!" Which is the effect of what he actually says to diabetes, so that's most likely.

That, or he's dissociating, and thinks Ray's belly, not Ray, is the one who needs to lose weight. Or it's just some more semi-surreal shit that Onstad threw in there to change the effect of the panel. Without the mirror, it would be a much sadder image, I think - just a fattish guy looking at his belly and seeing his own mortality.

Note that the mirror shows the correct reflection for how it's held, with the roll of fat and the belly button at a slight angle. I think it's cool how Onstad pays attention to such details. His minimalist drawing style is not an excuse to leave things out, but a way to put just the right things in.

Ray citing Voltaire is one of the best moments in Achewood history.

Ray uses an overturned cardboard box when he wants to take his old-school milk drinking on the road to a place that doesn't have front steps.

alt text: Dr. Andretti just cannot get the idea of that door being closed

Screw You, Diabetes. FUCK You!

for about three years of my life, i did not know that neil diamond and neil young were two different people. that awkward neil-confusion phase is one of the few experiences everyone shares, but few discuss. it's just like when you thought that the word "astigmatism" was actually just "stigmatism" with the "a" added as a pronoun, and that those tiny little shiny bits in charcoal were actually diamonds.

that certainly was the text in the last panel

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