"Guest-starring Lyle"  10/18/2001 « prev 1st rand curr next »


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ambala » neu 1 years ago
I like Mr. Bear's Vanna White-esque sweeping arm gesture.
billyamericana » neu 1 years ago
Never have seen the "executioner's axe" 'stache in real life. It'd be a treat.
em2 » neu 2 weeks ago
What's interesting is that it's a regression of the 'stache back to how it was pre-"Sex Funeral."

mortshire » con 1 years ago
not feeling it. 'cept for the 'stache.
craigola » pro 1 years ago
I too need to borrow some money.
gumfish » pro 1 years ago
This is the best strip ever. At least the best of the early ones.
straw » neu 4 months ago
I have a hard time disagreeing with this. Lyle's line is just priceless. Lyle's line IS Achewood! :kicks pennyarcade into a well:
straw » pro 1 months ago
Ok, well I don't see why you get lamed and I don't but ok. Completmentary chubby for you, Mr. Riot (because I assume that your name is Rowboat Riot).
saint » neu 1 years ago
classy...asking an otter toddler for money as you guest on a show in a cardboard box.
lolcatdeluxe » neu 8 months ago
Later Lyle gets sneakier, using "Cunty the Sardine" to extort money from Philippe. As long as the little Otter is having fun, so what? Ray will probably drop some cash the kids way soon. It is Achewoodomics in action.
nonorganon » neu 1 years ago
The time before Mr Bear was established as old and worldly is really awkward.
alejandroadam » neu 1 years ago
not really.
twohundredninety » neu 1 years ago
Yeah. In retrospect, at least.
direhaggis » pro 1 years ago
The fake TV is an element I miss in the later strips.
tinhand » neu 11 months ago
I agree that it seems weird looking at earlier strips written before the characters were really given personalities. Less satisfying...it seems like a whole different comic.
shoinan » neu 8 months ago
All these earlier strips are very Phillipe-central. As fantastic a character as he is, the introduction of Ray and Roast Beef are fundamental to Achewood's success.

However little gems of character development appear, and we learn a little more about Lyle here, and his atypical relationship with Phillipe.
radishes » pro 8 months ago
I absolutely adore this one. As best I can tell, the reason is the word "Listen" followed by a comma in the third panel.
synnah » neu 5 months ago
That's pretty much the reason I gave it a 5, too. My favourite early strip.
quarantine » pro 7 months ago
Lyle is basically the only character who hasn't changed.
cailetshadow » pro 6 months ago
It's a lot like real TV, actually...
qeramah » pro 5 months ago
Not much different than PBS, really.
weekendofsound » pro 5 months ago
Classic Lyle.
crumpetsandtea » neu 4 months ago
dress shirt with sleeves ripped off, indeed classic Lyle
cousinted » neu 4 months ago
Fun fact: Lyle wasn't seen for a week after this strip ran.
laserblade » neu 3 months ago
This is the first one that really clicks with me.
i_love_kate » neu 3 months ago
One of the few instances that I can claim that Achewood vocab or phraseology has entered my everyday use. Whenever I'm introduced to someone in what I consider an overtly important way, my first instinct is always to rest my elbow on something and say "Listen, I need to borrow some money."
snowman » pro 3 months ago
The last panel.
coco » pro 3 months ago
If it had been the Mr. Bear Play, Lyle would have been breaking the fourth wall in the worst way.
chachibenji » neu 2 months ago
Early on Achewood seemed to be about a bunch of stuffed animals doing anything to keep boredom away.
This is one of my early favorites just because Lyle epitomizes the worst thing that can happen when watching TV.
tekende » neu 1 months ago
This is not the worst thing that can happen when watching TV.

The worst thing that can happen when watching TV is clearly displayed in The Ring.
chachibenji » neu 1 months ago
If a stuffed tiger hit me up for money I would be buggin on a level harder than that of some chick coming out of a TV to get me.
D:
aristagoras » pro 2 months ago
This may be my favorite Achewood strip that doesn't feature Lie Bot.
alexlike » neu 1 months ago
A modern day "Mr Bear Show" would be a gem of tele-visual entertainment at a time filled mostly with rubbish reality TV and sketch shows.
johnnyrocker » neu 1 months ago
I love this one. So good.
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