These days Mr. Bear would find even the suggestion of his interest in a low-class pop icon such as Mr. Flav to be abhorrent and offensive, and he would surely guilt the accuser into an apology, not unlike a Jewish grandmother.
happycat » pro2 years ago
Why can't that really happen?
riotdejaneiro » pro2 months ago
Oh, but it did. Verily, it did.
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wino » neu2 years ago
whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?
hollybones » pro2 years ago
This is probably my favorite strip.
deimosrising » pro2 years ago
Continuity error: Cornelius Bear fies upon rap persons and their braggadocio.
hollybones » neu2 years ago
EVERYONE wants to meet Flavor Flav.
jokercross » pro2 years ago
Truth.
chachibenji » neu2 years ago
Fie.
jhunter » neu1 years ago
if I'm fie-in', I'm dyin'.
evolume » neu2 years ago
Agreed. I hate country music but if Billy Ray showed up at my diggs, I wouldn't miss a chance to see that mullet close up.
woodenteeth » neu8 months ago
You could put a arm on the bench top and say "Listen, I need a little money".
woodenteeth » neu8 months ago
The joke is he and his daughter are obscenely wealthy!
scorpio_nadir » neu6 months ago
Who?
lawbot » neu2 years ago
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.
straw » neu2 years ago
O how the sands of time degrade that which seemed most permanent.
woodenteeth » neu8 months ago
Do not make statues to the living for they may still sully the stone.
Monuments to the living... disgrace the stone. I tried to remember it off the top of my head.
stwee » neu2 years ago
i DID meet Flava Flav. Well, not really, failed to meet him really. He was playing a gig at the Metro down the street from the store i used to work at, and he popped in for lollies and drinks etc during the day, sporting a casual clock, massive goon in tow who dealt with all the transaction business from his oversized bumbag (fanny-pack). Too shocked to even say a single thing.
tekende » neu1 years ago
L--lollies? Am I meant to imagine Flava Flav enjoying a piece of round hard candy on a stick?
mattylite » neu1 years ago
Or underage girls?
zapatos » neu1 years ago
They come in pairs, don't they?
littlefatdog » pro2 years ago
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!"
cracklewater » neu1 years ago
Thank you for the info on Flav being a pianist!
For a second, I thought you might be joking. The fact that it's true fills me with joy.
woodenteeth » neu8 months ago
I imagine him and Andrew W. K. performing a duet at the Opera House both in character costume. Many old ladies swooning.
centipede_damascus » pro2 years ago
Flavor Flav is a very strange looking human being.
sidecar » neu1 years ago
All short and scrawny when I met him.
Also, he broke the glass on his clock that night during his cracked-out antics. Whataguy!
bron » neu2 years ago
Lie Bot is harsh.
ambala » neu2 years ago
The real Cornelius Bear cares not for your blinking tooth, Flavor Flav!
juancarlos » neu2 years ago
I love liebot, can't still get over on Cornelius acting like he's 20 years old.
coco » neu2 years ago
He does show a sense of wonder here that doesn't quite make a reappearance later on . . .
zeppelin_child » neu2 years ago
This is the best strip.
mortshire » con2 years ago
i do not share the bear's enthusiasm for flavor flav.
tekende » neu1 years ago
No one in science would.
woodenteeth » neu8 months ago
He is not falisfiable.
a_dude » pro2 years ago
CB matured rather quickly and his vernacular diversified
jeannetteandre » neu2 years ago
Anyone will forget their fancy words when faced with the prospect of meeting Flava Flav - he is just awesome.
em2 » neu1 years ago
...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.
direhaggis » pro2 years ago
Even aging Italian gangsters trying to kill black samurai love Flava Flav.
syrinx » neu2 years ago
The question is: "How many times can you be tricked by a guy named 'Lie Bot'?"
The answer is: "Wait, what?"
molesticide » pro2 years ago
i fisted flavor flav at a show once.
i say that, but really what i did was just bump my fist against his, and get a little of his sweat on my forearm.
oh god, i'm not going to get arrested for libel now, am i?
nonemorenegative » pro1 years ago
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.
farqussus » neu1 years ago
yeah. really.
pettytyrant » neu2 years ago
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.
cthulhu235 » con2 years ago
You'd think Cornelius would know better. The characters weren't really fleshed out yet, I suppose.
evander » neu2 years ago
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?
_cheesekayke » neu2 years ago
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.
shoinan » pro2 years ago
Cornelius using the word "awesome"? It must be an early strip.
salo » neu2 years ago
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)
salo » neu2 years ago
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. ;_;
rowboat » pro2 years ago
I can't even understand how that could happen. Your mistake is incredible.
poohnds » pro2 years ago
I love how happy Mr.Bear is to greet Flavor Flav.
farqussus » neu1 years ago
He is overjoyed to fie on him in person.
scorpio_nadir » neu6 months ago
A personal fie on a fool or a foe is so satisfying and fine.
radishes » neu2 years ago
Teodor could be exchanged with Cornelius and the dialog wouldn't need modification. The old strips are awesome for their throwaway gags.
hcaz » pro2 years ago
"He has a blinking tooth!"
coldfrog » neu2 years ago
As per lie-bot's modus operandi, this is the one true statement he makes today.
wonelove » pro2 years ago
I love how Lie Bot wakes Cornelius up with a "thud" on the bed.
quinlaenar » neu2 years ago
This is all simply an elaborate lie concocted by Lie Bot to make us think Cornelius Bear is saying "That's so awesome!"!!!
epicurus » neu2 years ago
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!
lux » neu1 years ago
I will believe anything Onstad puts on paper that looks vaguely like a stuffed animal or small mammal. I think this is a weakness?
mattylite » pro2 years ago
THUD. That is exactly the sound a dishonest robot's hand makes when it hits a mattress.
snowman » neu2 years ago
Put some sheets on the bed, Corny!
fjak » neu2 years ago
modern-day cornelius bear would have NOTHING to do with flavor flav
rbisme » neu1 years ago
Cornelius lost some classy here
aristagoras » pro1 years ago
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.
deptford » neu1 years ago
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.
fearless_tulips » pro1 years ago
silly lie bot... you must teach me!
sparhawk » pro1 years ago
Everytime I think I can definitively say who the biggest asshole in Acheworld is, something comes along to challenge. You'd think it'd be easy to isolate such an individual in a social circlhat includes Lyle, but then you've got under-the-radar asshole Pat, and Nice Pete's brand of "I will fuck and kill and fuck you" assholery...
It's possible that Lie Bot is actually a dick.
zapatos » neu1 years ago
Lie Bot is not an asshole, he was programmed that way. Also his name is Lie Bot. Its your own fault if he tricks you.
wonglers » neu1 years ago
Cornelius has matured at a pretty rapid rate over the years. 1 year = 10 stuffed bear years?
davey-boy » neu1 years ago
Anyone thought of how a Cornilious/Liebot redux might look like? All with Cornilious' current settled persona?
goriasxy » pro10 months ago
Man, I'd love to see that.
zapatos » neu1 years ago
Mr.Bear's guilty pleasure, Flavor of Love.
aseidel » pro11 months ago
This and the original Saddest Thing are by far the most important works of LieBot's career. Also, has anyone else ever succeeded in tricking Cornelius?
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Although as for continuity, Cornelius doesn't sleep on a crappy mattress or say things like "That's so awesome!"
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For a second, I thought you might be joking. The fact that it's true fills me with joy.
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Also, he broke the glass on his clock that night during his cracked-out antics. Whataguy!
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The answer is: "Wait, what?"
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i say that, but really what i did was just bump my fist against his, and get a little of his sweat on my forearm.
oh god, i'm not going to get arrested for libel now, am i?
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Heavens, the imagination is a terrible thing at times.
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Who could resit the excitement?
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When it was published though, it was the [i]latest strip.
(It was still #18, though. Even back then. Faaar out)
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FASCINATING.
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It's possible that Lie Bot is actually a dick.
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