Oh lie bot!

that was a pretty elaborate lie, even for him!

Why can't that really happen?

whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?

This is probably my favorite strip.

Truth.

Fie.

Not any more. Not even Public Enemy want to meet him these days. Cornelius Bear will not run for the man who starred in Flava of Love.

O how the sands of time degrade that which seemed most permanent.

Flavor Flav isn't your typical rap persona, being a classically trained pianist and all. Maybe Cornelius sees him as an atypical face in the game that he could connect with.

Although as for continuity, Cornelius doesn't sleep on a crappy mattress or say things like "That's so awesome!"

Flavor Flav is a very strange looking human being.

All short and scrawny when I met him.

Also, he broke the glass on his clock that night during his cracked-out antics. Whataguy!

Lie Bot is harsh.

The real Cornelius Bear cares not for your blinking tooth, Flavor Flav!

I love liebot, can't still get over on Cornelius acting like he's 20 years old.

He does show a sense of wonder here that doesn't quite make a reappearance later on . . .

This is the best strip.

i do not share the bear's enthusiasm for flavor flav.

Anyone will forget their fancy words when faced with the prospect of meeting Flava Flav - he is just awesome.

...Or, the realization that The Man With The Clock On His Neck was not there sobered up Mr. Bear into the fine gentleman he is today.

Even aging Italian gangsters trying to kill black samurai love Flava Flav.

I think you should use the internet to find out what the common usage for 'fisted' brings to mind, before you tell anyone in the real world your tale :0

Heavens, the imagination is a terrible thing at times.

yeah. really.

I just started rereading all of Achewood and it is incredible how it has changed since these olden days comics. The idea of Cornelius blurting "That's so awesome!" in any situation, let alone in reference to Flavor Flav, is preposterous. However, Achewood is like sex; when it's bad, it's still pretty damn good.

You'd think Cornelius would know better. The characters weren't really fleshed out yet, I suppose.

You are half-asleep, and suddenly you are informed that a person of fame has shown up at your home to request a personal audience with you, and not only that, but he is currently wearing a rather amazing dental accessory.

Who could resit the excitement?

What's funny is when I first read this going through the archives, before I knew Cornelius was a classy English dude, I still thought this strip was weird and out of character, because even before his character had been established, he looked very much like an old fussy guy. It's like Chris always meant for him to be old and British, but didn't bother making him *act* that way for a while.

Cornelius using the word "awesome"? It must be an early strip.

It is[i/] actually an early strip, you can tell by the date (10/24/2001). In fact it's number 18.

When it was published though, it was the [i]latest strip.

(It was still #18, though. Even back then. Faaar out)

Man, I wish self-laming would be implemented. My letters in this post lean way to many times for it to be good and proper enough. ;_;

I can't even understand how that could happen. Your mistake is incredible.

I love how happy Mr.Bear is to greet Flavor Flav.

He is overjoyed to fie on him in person.

Teodor could be exchanged with Cornelius and the dialog wouldn't need modification. The old strips are awesome for their throwaway gags.

"He has a blinking tooth!"

As per lie-bot's modus operandi, this is the one true statement he makes today.

I love how Lie Bot wakes Cornelius up with a "thud" on the bed.

This is all simply an elaborate lie concocted by Lie Bot to make us think Cornelius Bear is saying "That's so awesome!"!!!

I prefer this interpretation; this whole strip is Lie Bot's lie, and the patsy is not Cornelius (who was on vacation in Wales at the time) but US, the readers!

I will believe anything Onstad puts on paper that looks vaguely like a stuffed animal or small mammal. I think this is a weakness?

THUD. That is exactly the sound a dishonest robot's hand makes when it hits a mattress.

Put some sheets on the bed, Corny!

modern-day cornelius bear would have NOTHING to do with flavor flav

Cornelius lost some classy here

That dialogue is no longer in line with who Mr. Bear is, but it's still a great strip because of Lie Bot's effectiveness.

Cornelius is really the only character who truly changed in any significant way over time from here. Phillipe and Lyle were both pretty well-established early on and merely became fleshed out, Teodor's always been enough of a John Everyman character to get away with most kinds of characterization, and Lie-Bot's whole purpose is so straightforward that he really COULDN'T change over time. But Cornelius is really just a second Teodor in these early strips. His interests, his behavior, his style, his manner, his life, his way of speaking...nothing is yet as it will be.

FASCINATING.