I like Mr. Bear's Vanna White-esque sweeping arm gesture.
woodenteeth » neu1 years ago
For whatever reason I skimmed this post and read "Vanilla Ice-esque" sweeping arm gesture, and immediately was scanning my mind for the Ice Ice Baby film clip and remembered a couple of similar gestures.
My memory is a very well-maintained garbage tip apparently.
billyamericana » neu2 years ago
Never have seen the "executioner's axe" 'stache in real life. It'd be a treat.
em2 » neu1 years ago
What's interesting is that it's a regression of the 'stache back to how it was pre-"Sex Funeral."
biff » neu1 years ago
I have seen it in real life. The guy who was sporting it was probably in his mid 50s.
It was so enormous, so spectacular, so phenomenal, that I immediately went home and shaved my wimpy little mustache right off.
scorpio_nadir » neu1 years ago
Awww. A true executioner.
craigola » pro2 years ago
I too need to borrow some money.
gumfish » pro2 years ago
This is the best strip ever. At least the best of the early ones.
straw » neu2 years 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 » pro1 years 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).
ford » neu10 months ago
Stupid dick jokes > Stupid "It's hard raising a teenager" jokes
ford » neu10 months ago
I don't wanna come flying to Penny Arcade's defense, but comparing them unfavorably to newspaper pap is a little low.
ford » neu10 months ago
I also wanted to note that i did not lame you.
saint » neu2 years ago
classy...asking an otter toddler for money as you guest on a show in a cardboard box.
lolcatdeluxe » neu2 years 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.
aelindil » neu1 years ago
And somehow Achewoodomics still works better than Reaganomics.
hell yes i went there
nigelchaos » pro8 months ago
Take *THAT* "morning in America!"
also, chubby.
nonorganon » neu2 years ago
The time before Mr Bear was established as old and worldly is really awkward.
alejandroadam » neu2 years ago
not really.
twohundredninety » neu2 years ago
Yeah. In retrospect, at least.
direhaggis » pro2 years ago
The fake TV is an element I miss in the later strips.
tinhand » neu2 years 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 » neu2 years 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 » pro2 years 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 » neu2 years ago
That's pretty much the reason I gave it a 5, too. My favourite early strip.
hereward » neu1 years ago
True for the grammar analysis but also the line, as well as being characterful, breaks out of the context and anything you were expecting. This is actually one thing Achewood often doesn't do nowadays.
wonelove » pro1 years ago
Lyle is pausing after the word 'listen' to add a dramatic element to his situation.
quarantine » pro2 years ago
Lyle is basically the only character who hasn't changed.
cailetshadow » pro2 years ago
It's a lot like real TV, actually...
qeramah » pro2 years ago
Not much different than PBS, really.
weekendofsound » pro2 years ago
Classic Lyle.
crumpetsandtea » neu2 years ago
dress shirt with sleeves ripped off, indeed classic Lyle
cousinted » neu2 years ago
Fun fact: Lyle wasn't seen for a week after this strip ran.
laserblade » neu2 years ago
This is the first one that really clicks with me.
i_love_kate » neu2 years 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."
cpnglxynchos » neu7 months ago
i, too, do things like this.
a chubby for you.
snowman » pro2 years ago
The last panel.
coco » pro2 years ago
If it had been the Mr. Bear Play, Lyle would have been breaking the fourth wall in the worst way.
chachibenji » neu2 years 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 » neu1 years 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 » neu1 years 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 » pro1 years ago
This may be my favorite Achewood strip that doesn't feature Lie Bot.
cpnglxynchos » neu7 months ago
...for your health!
alexlike » neu1 years 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 » neu1 years ago
I love this one. So good.
sparhawk » pro1 years ago
The question is; is Lyle talking to Phillipe at home or Connie in the studio? If it's the former we may be able to get such as a discussion of the insidious influence of commercial media and how it's trying to get all our money hey no don't take my money I need that money for me going.
wonglers » neu1 years ago
Lyle is really not very different from the people on real tv.
tekende » pro1 years ago
This is Lyle's version of PBS's fundraiser.
cobra_lionfist » pro1 years ago
Lyle is the best.
generalfunk » neu1 years ago
as do i
carlyle » neu11 months ago
This strip is actually really adorable until panel three.
shatneresque » pro6 months ago
Oh my god Achewood started when I was nine people what the hell am I doing here what the hell I was NINE.
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My memory is a very well-maintained garbage tip apparently.
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It was so enormous, so spectacular, so phenomenal, that I immediately went home and shaved my wimpy little mustache right off.
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hell yes i went there
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also, chubby.
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However little gems of character development appear, and we learn a little more about Lyle here, and his atypical relationship with Phillipe.
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a chubby for you.
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This is one of my early favorites just because Lyle epitomizes the worst thing that can happen when watching TV.
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The worst thing that can happen when watching TV is clearly displayed in The Ring.
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