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Somberbrero posted:Is it wrong that I unironically enjoy eating at Denny's? My wife likes Denny's. I'm not really a fan. I spent way too much time there ...in HIGH SCHOOL!
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Fillerbunny posted:My wife likes Denny's. I'm not really a fan. I spent way too much time there I totally read this as "My wife is like Denny's" and it is much better when read that way.
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May 26, 2010 20:32
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Sigma-X posted:I totally read this as "My wife is like Denny's" and it is much better when read that way. confirming that fillerbunny's wife happily services people around the clock
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May 26, 2010 20:40
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Ashenai posted:confirming that fillerbunny's wife happily services people around the clock That wasn't really necessary. And besides, that would mean that you're drawing the conclusion that Denny's employees do anything "happily," which I really don't think is the case.
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May 26, 2010 20:44
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May 26, 2010 21:19
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It'd be hilarious if the chef at Dennies was the son of the man Nice Pete killed who served the bar when he kidnapped Philippe.
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May 26, 2010 21:41
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SeanBeansShako posted:It'd be hilarious if the chef at Dennies was the son of the man Nice Pete killed who served the bar when he kidnapped Philippe. The ice cream place? What's to say that Nice Pete killed him?
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King Nothing posted:The ice cream place? What's to say that Nice Pete killed him? Well, we didn't really see the result of that but Nice Pete doesn't really strike me as a leap and tumble hugging sort of fellow. That arc itself was awesome though, with Roast Beef playing doom Tetris in his head stuck in a Traffic Jam. Time to read the archives.
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May 26, 2010 22:30
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CannonFodder posted:The difference is this time he's not wearing just a tank top and tube socks. 
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May 26, 2010 23:39
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Jack Bandit posted:Let's hope Steven doesn't work at this Denny's. Although he's strong he's far too nice to put up a fight. YOU get the Achewood reference of the night. Gold star! SeanBeansShako posted:Well, we didn't really see the result of that but Nice Pete doesn't really strike me as a leap and tumble hugging sort of fellow. Man, if you took from that that Nice Pete killed the ice cream man...I don't even know if we're reading the same comic.
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May 26, 2010 23:57
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Deathlove posted:YOU get the Achewood reference of the night. Gold star! Lets ask the man himself to settle this: Onstad did Nice Pete Ice the Ice man?
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May 27, 2010 01:50
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No. I don't know how you came up with that.
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May 27, 2010 02:36
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Yeah I just went to the story arc and nothing that happens that remotely indicates that?
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May 27, 2010 02:38
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Maybe I haven't read it in years, jerks. I'm going to look it up quickly now.
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May 27, 2010 03:59
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This isn't Lost, you dinguses (dingii?). Chris, why didn't you explain Walt?!
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May 27, 2010 23:00
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Three years too late with bloodychill presents, one of my favorite lines in Achewood to date: WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE RUNNING FROM?! THE DISEASE IS INSIDE OF YOU!
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May 28, 2010 17:33
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Just got an email from amazon that Book 3 was delayed, again, until mid-October. Why must you toy with my heart, Onstad?
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bloodychill posted:Three years too late with bloodychill presents, one of my favorite lines in Achewood to date: I still think that the inventor of the comic sans font is lucky to be alive.
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I'm trying to get a girl into Achewood, where's the best place to start? (she really likes Hark a Vagrant) I sent a link to The Party story arc but I'm not sure if that's the best place.
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Someone linked me to the first Cartilage Head arc, and I then proceeded to read it from start to current. It might be more efficient to list out the story arcs, and then pick which ones you want to present to her from there.
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May 29, 2010 03:37
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The great outdoor fight is where I started, and I think that story's more interesting than the party. Or start with Ray's company selling automotive ballsacks which leads into the GOF.
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May 29, 2010 03:58
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Irish Taxi Driver posted:You could start from the beginning
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SeanBeansShako posted:I still think that the inventor of the comic sans font is lucky to be alive. I can only forgive him because he never intended the font to be used outside of one application. Even then, he shouldn't have done it, but he clearly had no idea of the magnitude of what he was unleashing. I'm a teacher and occasionally the lady in charge of special needs education sends round emails about things like how to help dyslexic students; one tip was that they find serif fonts harder to read (even harder to read?), so for worksheets and handouts we should use a sans serif font. This was fine by me until I read the end of the sentence, 'such as Comic Sans.' Goddamnit, lady, they're dyslexic, that doesn't mean they have no TASTE.
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McGravin posted:Popular opinion for a long time has been that a new reader should not start at the beginning, and I agree. Way back at the start, it feels like Onstad was still figuring out his characters, the humor, and what he wanted to do with the strip. It's not that the early strips aren't enjoyable, but a new reader needs to read some of the more "getable" strips in order to grow accustomed to how Achewood does things. They need to get their "Achewood legs" just like a sailor needs to get his sea legs. Once they've done that, they can go back and get a fuller enjoyment of the very early stuff. Yeah I know. I just started from the beginning and I feel its the best place to start.
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My personal advice to all my friends has been to start at the very beginning, and read up to the end of The Party. By then you should know whether you like the style and humor and whatever. If you like it, you're in. It's worked three times so far, which a perfect record, but maybe I just have a Certain Type of People for friends. I personally can never understand why folks recommend starting with CH or the GOF because the majority of Achewood isn't like those arcs at all. And the GOF, especially, has a deeper resonance if you've been through the archives and have a deeper feeling for Ray and Beef and their friendship.
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Yeah, I'd start at the beginning. Achewood doesn't really find its voice for the first 20 strips or so, but it stats becoming awesome pretty quickly after that.
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May 29, 2010 20:37
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Never start at the beginning. Start with the arc of Ray going to Hell, or Phillippe trying to find the brown couch.
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rotinaj posted:Never start at the beginning. Brown couch might be a good bet since it introduces you to Phillipe and the strangeness in their life (I have airwolf)
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I don't get it, didn't all (or most) of you guys start at the beginning? I did, and it's the way I fell in love with Achewood, which is why I'd suggest others start from the beginning too 
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Ashenai posted:I don't get it, didn't all (or most) of you guys start at the beginning? I started when someone linked me to the weed strip. I didn't "get" the strip until beefs marriage arc. I want to get up IN Ya bab ay
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Ashenai posted:I don't get it, didn't all (or most) of you guys start at the beginning? I started from the beginning but that was so many years ago now I don't even remember what was current then.
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Ashenai posted:I don't get it, didn't all (or most) of you guys start at the beginning? I actually had about 3 false starts where I gained and lost interest. And then the 4th time I read through the entire archive in about 5 days.
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rantmo posted:I started from the beginning but that was so many years ago now I don't even remember what was current then. I came in right at the Great Outdoor Fight, but I read a couple of comics and I was like ok what's the significance of this one cat kicking dudes' asses at this other cat's behest and I started from the be-damned-ginning.
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I started at the beginning because THAT WAS ALL THERE WAS. Well, I exaggerate, it had been going for a few months at least, but not for so long that starting at the beginning was in any way confusing. The changes in characterisation just grow on you gradually, and in time you accept that Mr Bear probably would not be unironically excited to see Flava Flav.
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May 30, 2010 08:35
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I was linked to the strip containing a triple colonoscopy, and zipped directly to the beginning and binged the archives in a weekend.
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May 30, 2010 08:54
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A little bit before "The Party" is where I'd say. enough that you can sort of get into the idea of it, and then you jump into the party which has a lot of good characterization.
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I'm not gonna say GURLZ WONT LIEK IT because I know that's not a given, but in general I think the GOF has a more direct appeal to guys than girls.
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Ashenai posted:I don't get it, didn't all (or most) of you guys start at the beginning?
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I like the garage sale. It's a relatable situation involving two of the main characters, it's only one page, and you get a sense of the writing style with the different dialects going on. The dialects are the best part of Achewood to me. The way each character is defined by not just what they say, but how they say it. It reminds me of Pogo, and that is never a bad thing.
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