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http://achewood.com/index.php?date=01122005 More Todd awesomeness. Todd doesn't care that he's fat, then he shanks Pat who indeed does suck.
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Then Todd loses a bunch of weight. I've used the "If ____ were a piano ___ would be considered a bold and unpredictable new talent" line in conversation and it's a winner. Achewood is indeed a celebration of the English language 
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csammis posted:I've used the "If ____ were a piano ___ would be considered a bold and unpredictable new talent" line in conversation and it's a winner. Achewood is indeed a celebration of the English language That strip also gave us "That answer could use some work!" which does pretty good in many social situations.
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/leans back /cracks knuckles Job well done.
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Howard Beale posted:That strip also gave us "That answer could use some work!" which does pretty good in many social situations. Which in turn reminds me of the "Bitches gotta take their oval office pills" line, and Roast Beef's horrified reaction.
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Dec 12, 2011 02:56
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Todd's on this thing so often he should have theme music and bumpers.
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Jerusalem posted:Which in turn reminds me of the "Bitches gotta take their oval office pills" line, and Roast Beef's horrified reaction. That's possibly my favorite line in Achewood. That may make me a horrible person.
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Dec 14, 2011 06:24
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Ahem. How does one do this again?  "A new strip is up"
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I'll be pretty happy if Achewood is a consistant one-a-week update like this.
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Todd is just a tiny little bullshit man.
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God, I am so glad Achewood is updating again, I read that entire strip with a glorious grin across my face. If you're comparing this to past Achewood and finding it lacking, then I fear you're just a tired snob.
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Dec 14, 2011 12:48
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I especially enjoy the pimp tree in the last panel. Hooray achewood.
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csammis posted:Then Todd loses a bunch of weight. "You guessed it: It's a Todd Got hosed Wednesday. Tell your parents." That's definitely one of the best Todd strips, hands down.
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GeneralZod posted:Ahem. How does one do this again? Oh hell and drat yes.
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For all that explanation of the communications protocol Hen invented, she could have just told Ray to come with them. But I digress, this looks like it's going to lead somewhere wonderful.
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Is the accent in the name "Hén" actually needed or is it redundant? It probably exists in another language, but I like the idea that Onstad gave a fashion designer a name with a completely superfluous accent mark. Although in that case an umlaut over the N would have been more properly ludicrous. I've really warmed up to this arc - it definitely feels like proper Achewood surrealism, a la the Lonis Edison and Cartilage Head stories. And the art on the house in that last panel is fantastic, with a seriously great Lynchy-D vibe to it. Makes me wonder if Trouble Man and No-No are hanging around somewhere. Once this arc's done, though, I'm jonesing for some classic Todd action. RocketMermaid fucked around with this message at 16:33 on Dec 14, 2011 |
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Ubik posted:Is the accent in the name "Hén" actually needed or is it redundant? It probably exists in another language, but I like the idea that Onstad gave a fashion designer a name with a completely superfluous accent mark. Although in that case an umlaut over the N would have been more properly ludicrous. I beg to differ. The accent mark over the e actually matters in indicating the length of the vowel in some languages (which of course I can't think of an example right now). The umlaut over the N, in addition to making no sense, would be a rip-off of Spin̈al Tap. (Idiot me, I just looked for an ASCII character where there was an umlaut over the n in a standard character set. Then I got smart and just copied it out of the wikipedia entry for Spinal Tap.) But more importantly the accent over the e in a monosyllabic word is just plain ostentatious and pretentious. On a side-note, can some goon with better knowledge of French tell me whether Aimeé is a legitimate name, or is it just a misinformed misspelling of Aimée? (Seems like it would be pronounced "Aym-uh-ay".) Oh, I hope this continues. Onstad, you've broken my heart before. Please don't do it again!
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Nonvalueadded User posted:I beg to differ. The accent mark over the e actually matters in indicating the length of the vowel in some languages (which of course I can't think of an example right now). The umlaut over the N, in addition to making no sense, would be a rip-off of Spin̈al Tap. (Idiot me, I just looked for an ASCII character where there was an umlaut over the n in a standard character set. Then I got smart and just copied it out of the wikipedia entry for Spinal Tap.) Gotcha. That's why I was asking.  And the "umlaut over the N" thing was intended to not make sense, but I'd forgotten about the Spinal Tap thing. I just liked the idea of Onstad giving the fashion designer a name that had completely superfluous or nonsensical accents/characters.
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Dec 14, 2011 18:10
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Shouldn't the text be backwards in the reflection from Ray's sunglasses?
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Mr. Flunchy posted:Shouldn't the text be backwards in the reflection from Ray's sunglasses? yes but then you couldn't read it shut up shut up I both noticed this and then discarded it as irrelevant. Technically the panel edges shouldn't also be part of the wallpaper but we are in storyville.
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Nonvalueadded User posted:But more importantly the accent over the e in a monosyllabic word is just plain ostentatious and pretentious. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C9 ...É, é (e-acute) is a letter of the Czech, Hungarian, Icelandic, Kashubian, Luxembourgish, Slovak, ...
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Nonvalueadded User posted:
There is no possible way to have an accent on the second "e" in French. The "ée" ending in French signifies a past participle agreeing with a feminine noun. The name "Aimée" means, literally, "loved", as in the phrase "Elle est ma bien-aimée" ("she is my beloved"). "eé" isn't just a different pronunciation - it's not anything at all.
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fritz posted:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C9 HappyKitty posted:There is no possible way to have an accent on the second "e" in French. The "ée" ending in French signifies a past participle agreeing with a feminine noun. The name "Aimée" means, literally, "loved", as in the phrase "Elle est ma bien-aimée" ("she is my beloved").
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Nonvalueadded User posted:Of course, that's why I started with "The accent mark over the e actually matters in indicating the length of the vowel in some languages". But Onstad's purpose here is surely to create an overly-pretentious name for a new character. Is it really 'e with an accent mark' if it's a separate letter? ETA: "É is the 7th letter of the Icelandic alphabet and represents /jɛː/." which I would think is a little more of a difference than just a lengthening. fritz fucked around with this message at 23:22 on Dec 14, 2011 |
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I put all the blame for slow updating on that fancy looking tree in the last panel. That and also these new ones are more nicely drawn and as long as 2-4 old achewoods.
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Apparently some blogs will be coming later, too.
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BetterWeirdthanDead posted:I hate to be the party pooper, but that tree looks photoshopped. Who cares how he made it? It looks neat.
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Nonvalueadded User posted:Of course, that's why I started with "The accent mark over the e actually matters in indicating the length of the vowel in some languages". But Onstad's purpose here is surely to create an overly-pretentious name for a new character. What really bothers me is girls named René. René is a boy's name you idiots!
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BetterWeirdthanDead posted:I hate to be the party pooper, but that tree looks photoshopped. GIS first result for "tree SHOW ME ITS BRANCHES DAMMIT"
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BetterWeirdthanDead posted:I hate to be the party pooper, but that tree looks photoshopped.  The entire comic is photoshopped.
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Well, yeah, it's created with Adobe software, but that's seriously a filtered tree. I just think it's funny to say the reason why it took forever to get an update was all the time spent cutting out and filtering a tree.
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Chris Onstad spent a long and agonizing time on that tree! IT IS HIS TREE OF WOE
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I loved that callback to the past. Perhaps Ray really did learn to pay attention.
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Howard Beale posted:GIS first result for "tree SHOW ME ITS BRANCHES DAMMIT" I wasn't born with the gene that said "stop drawing trees."
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 Super bonus Hén avatar with a special secret: 
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WoodrowSkillson posted:People might want to wait longer then a couple weeks to start getting avatars again. I can understand a lot of animosity towards Onstad at this point, but to avoid getting new avatars because of his update schedule seems sort of... unnecessary.
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Fren posted:I can understand a lot of animosity towards Onstad at this point, but to avoid getting new avatars because of his update schedule seems sort of... unnecessary. I can't presume to speak for anybody but I'll bet it has more to do with the issue of unreceived goods that were paid for.
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