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FunkyAl posted:Speaking of merch, does anybody know if the shirts available at Zazzle are made/approved by Onstad? They seem to be the only game in town, but I don't want to buy a shirt if it's bootlegged or anything. Yeah man I mean you wouldn't want to steal that potential profit from him or anything.
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Dominion posted:Yeah man I mean you wouldn't want to steal that potential profit from him or anything. Shady business actions don't excuse shady consumer habits. A dude's IP is still his IP.
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May 18, 2012 05:48
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FunkyAl posted:Shady business actions don't excuse shady consumer habits. A dude's IP is still his IP. And if I want to buy a Dude Has Got No Mercy shirt and he won't sell me one, I will buy one from someone who will. I would gladly pay Onstad for one. If he's the type who just doesn't want any merch out there for his stuff, which I think it's safe to say he isn't since he used to sell all that stuff, he should ask Bill Watterson how that worked out, and how much money Watterson got for all those stickers of Calvin peeing on things.
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Dominion posted:
That's a real good plan except it's impossible to ask anything to mr. I-live-in-seclusion 
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May 18, 2012 06:40
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WoodrowSkillson posted:Wonder if he got caught stealing from his wife and that is why they divorced. Also I'd love to know how a job that kept you at home all day with the kid and available to be with your wife could possibly take up all his time. What a whiner. Ending a marriage with a young daughter thrown into the mix has to be seriously one of the most drawn out devastating ordeals a person can go through, having your identity and child and finances wrapped up in a relationship that's falling apart and fighting out the details must be like slowly tearing off an emotional bandaid day after day. You really don't know a person you trusted and made a life with until you get divorced from them. So that's not really excusing Onstad but it's starting to seem less "gently caress you customer" and more "I had to talk to my lawyer three times this week, my ex isn't answering my calls about our daughter, and I can't get out of bed today. what comic."
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May 18, 2012 14:22
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May 19, 2012 09:11
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"Looks like Earth voted..." Yay for Achewood, I like where this is going.
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May 19, 2012 09:25
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"I see an alive guy. Everything else is just leftovers from the moment before." And just like that, all is forgiven. Achewood climbs back onto the throne, brushing some dirt from its shoulder.
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May 19, 2012 10:35
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Now that, that is more like it.
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May 19, 2012 11:21
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Cornelius is still talking a bit like a British thesaurus but I guess he can do that if he wants to, this is a very good strip. =Theo Freedom= 
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May 19, 2012 13:57
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Beautiful. Simply beautiful.
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May 19, 2012 15:08
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Man, nobody likes dialogue like Onstad. God drat it's good to have him back even if it's sporadically.
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May 19, 2012 15:18
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He sprang this place!
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May 19, 2012 19:48
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"If I stop touching it, I'm littering." This is a good thing.
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May 19, 2012 21:03
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Sometime during this arc, Teodor needs to call up Circus Penis and find out if Theo Freedom is taken or not.
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May 19, 2012 22:17
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My Lovely Horse posted:"If I stop touching it, I'm littering." This is a good thing. God dammit Onstad, you motherfucker. You still got it.
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May 20, 2012 02:03
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May 20, 2012 11:13
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I know everyone has already been saying it in here, but strips with dialogue like this are why I use Achewood as my litmus test for finding out how much I can trust someone.
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May 20, 2012 18:10
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I have found myself giggling over the lines " This boring book is wet and nasty and if I stop touching it, I'm littering!" on at least three occasions. I am pleased.
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Locus posted:Cornelius is still talking a bit like a British thesaurus but I guess he can do that if he wants to, this is a very good strip. Cornelius is getting a bit loving annoying, actually. Is this just me? He never used to be written this pretentiously.
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May 20, 2012 20:12
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If you read one of the last couple of strips with him in then jump right back to his first appearances it's like he had a stroke at some point.
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Dush posted:Cornelius is getting a bit loving annoying, actually. Is this just me? He never used to be written this pretentiously. My theory is that his dialogue is the result of Cornelius' "voice" being bottled up too long and it getting all dumped into big speech balloons of British slang. That's how I felt about everyone's dialogue in those first few post-hiatus strips. Crackerman posted:If you read one of the last couple of strips with him in then jump right back to his first appearances it's like he had a stroke at some point. Yeah, but that's the beginning of Achewood, and say, 75% of of Cornelius's appearances would be weird contrasted with the first few. But I also think they're weird contrasted with these, as if he's being intentionally abstruse or whatever. But again, this is the best strip in a long time, I'm not gonna worry too much if Cornelius sounds like a dick. Locus fucked around with this message at 20:40 on May 20, 2012 |
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May 20, 2012 20:34
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Dush posted:Cornelius is getting a bit loving annoying, actually. Is this just me? He never used to be written this pretentiously. Connie has always been less than impressed with Ray's buffoonery. I present the following exhibits from the "Volvo of Despair" plot: http://achewood.com/index.php?date=06012005 http://achewood.com/index.php?date=06032005 To quote Ray - "Fine then! Don't be any help at all! BE completely a dick!"
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Locus posted:My theory is that his dialogue is the result of Cornelius' "voice" being bottled up too long and it getting all dumped into big speech balloons of British slang. That's how I felt about everyone's dialogue in those first few post-hiatus strips. More likely is that Onstad's mentally lost touch with all his characters and is now writing them like caricatures to make up for it.
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Locus posted:My theory is that his dialogue is the result of Cornelius' "voice" being bottled up too long and it getting all dumped into big speech balloons of British slang.
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homeless poster posted:Connie has always been less than impressed with Ray's buffoonery. I present the following exhibits from the "Volvo of Despair" plot: Yes, but the next one gave me a good laugh again  http://achewood.com/index.php?date=06062005
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Trilobite posted:Yeah, right now Cornelius is sounding less like the Cornelius we all loved and more like Bertie Wooster on a three-day coke bender. Agreed. Seems like he's trying to fire off a pearl with each sentence, instead of constructing satisfying dialogue that contains individual funny lines. I think it'll settle down over time. For now I'm just glad he's writing funny, interesting poo poo again.
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I understand why some are debating Cornelius' legitimacy at the moment, but I think we can all agree on how great the second half of the strip is.
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Satorr posted:I understand why some are debating Cornelius' legitimacy at the moment, but I think we can all agree on how great the second half of the strip is. Yeah, apart from Cornelius this one is good. I'm over a barrel, here!
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May 21, 2012 03:18
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I hope Ray has stumbled into a community of dudes who have wandered out of the hospital after being presented with that paperwork.
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May 21, 2012 08:05
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In the May 14 strip, at least, Cornelius talking so strangely really worked because of the contrast with Todd's speech, and the absurdity of two people speaking such radically different Englishes being mutually intelligible and carrying on their conversation without a hitch.
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May 21, 2012 08:11
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This is not a bad strip. I just really want some closure on the christmas party blog entry.
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kombatMedik posted:This is not a bad strip. Oh yeah, I forgot all about The Breast.
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robot roll call posted:I hope Ray has stumbled into a community of dudes who have wandered out of the hospital after being presented with that paperwork. This is followed with a whole panel of them telling Ray the date.
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Oxxidation posted:More likely is that Onstad's mentally lost touch with all his characters and is now writing them like caricatures to make up for it. Oh look guy with Homestuck avatar has Stupid Opinions about webcomics
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Psycho Serum posted:Oh look guy with Homestuck avatar has Stupid Opinions about webcomics Which is why it's so mystifying that someone with a Gunnerkrigg avatar can make such terrible posts.  There's something definitely up with Cornelius's dialog, and I don't think there's any in-comic reason for it, and Onstad being a bit rusty writing the bear is a pretty good explanation.
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A rusty Onstad is still often better than a great deal of others at the top of their game, in my opinion. Countdown until "Rusty Onstad" is defined as a new sexual maneuver on Urban Dictionary.
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May 21, 2012 20:52
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It's a slight variation on the Commodore.
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Aww, Urban Dictionary has a review process now. Might show up later, I guess.
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SeanBeansShako posted:This is followed with a whole panel of them telling Ray the date. Roast Beef finds Ray with Altimeter Tim and the rest of the group. He is greeted with a chorus of hostile "Not hi"s. He slinks away in defeat and sits in the dark at home. Cue alt text. RocketMermaid fucked around with this message at 00:49 on May 22, 2012 |
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