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It's a shame, cause the premise is fine before it takes that weird turn.
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# ? May 27, 2024 03:55 |
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It and the Ray Has DTs And Nearly Actually Dies arc are probably the two lowest points that Achewood ever hit.
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# ? Jan 15, 2024 02:22 |
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moot the hopple posted:I chose to forget the High School arc like it never happened and hope Onstad never gets to such dark place in his life again Yeah, this is it for me. It is the strip's turd wrapped in a bedsheet with a bullet in it, and I choose not to make it part of my 5 O' Clock News
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# ? Jan 15, 2024 02:28 |
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Usually I enjoy Nice Pete's brand of dark humor but that arc made me want him dead
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# ? Jan 15, 2024 02:32 |
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Rand Brittain posted:how to tell someone you haven't read Scott Pilgrim This is a pretty good self-own
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# ? Jan 15, 2024 02:41 |
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Kazinsal posted:It and the Ray Has DTs And Nearly Actually Dies arc are probably the two lowest points that Achewood ever hit. The high school arc actually has some good strips before taking a turn to wtf territory. The Ray has DTs one jumped up its own rear end from the word go.
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# ? Jan 15, 2024 03:00 |
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At least Ray getting DTs had a callback to Ray's Flowchart: A baseball cap can hold the average puke.
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# ? Jan 15, 2024 12:10 |
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Showbiz finally figuring out a cash stream
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# ? Jan 17, 2024 01:06 |
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last panel tells a sad story
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# ? Jan 17, 2024 02:30 |
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Ugly In The Morning posted:The high school arc actually has some good strips before taking a turn to wtf territory. The Ray has DTs one jumped up its own rear end from the word go. ray has dts had one good part
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# ? Jan 17, 2024 02:30 |
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Pattonesque posted:last panel tells a sad story Did we ever find out who Corliss was?
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# ? Jan 17, 2024 04:23 |
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Pershing posted:Did we ever find out who Corliss was? Beef's mom
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# ? Jan 17, 2024 04:27 |
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Pershing posted:Did we ever find out who Corliss was? Corliss is Roast Beef's mother.
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# ? Jan 17, 2024 04:27 |
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his father? samuel h. invisible 🎶
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# ? Jan 17, 2024 04:31 |
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I love the movement in that strip from the wacky "Roast Beef's brother is a dirtbag but in an absurd way" blotter entry to the grounded, horrible and real last beat. It reminds you that, despite the fact that Showbiz just went to jail for swapping the bananas at the grocery store, this whole thing is grimy and sad as much as it's funny.
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# ? Jan 17, 2024 20:01 |
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The punchline always gets me. ullerrm fucked around with this message at 20:33 on Jan 17, 2024 |
# ? Jan 17, 2024 20:30 |
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looking at the words in just these couple strips: cranchety: looks like a nonce* portmanteau of cranky and crotchety. someone put it on UrbanDictionary, but that means nothing rannygazoo: a Wodehouse word, adapted from one of those weird americanisms from late 19th c (orig meaning "overblown news") muttershanks: doesn't mean anything, but drat if it's not clear anyway. best guess is that it's a riff on widdershins, but that's still a guess fannel-cocking: banner-valve. doesn't really mean anything, as far as I can tell. hurkity: variation on herky (I assume) scaphism: a really gross method of execution. the victim is pinned in one boat under another and force-fed milk and honey. also lotioned up with it. then they leave him in the sun. thank you for joining me on this Journey of Words *not that kind
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# ? Jan 17, 2024 20:36 |
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Internet people of a certain age will have encountered "rannygazoo" in the hit weirdo song and video "Frontier Pharmacist", aka "That boy needs therapy"
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# ? Jan 17, 2024 21:22 |
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Cornelius got briefly flanderized, and went from “wise chill old man who dates stripper, chats with convicts, and gets Star Wars ‘tattooed’ on his chest” to “lol old people are funny so he’s now a confused time traveler from Regency England” I hold out hope that Cornelius eventually gets an arc in the reboot
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# ? Jan 17, 2024 21:30 |
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Empty Sandwich posted:thank you for joining me on this Journey of Words I never understood "Steaks present!"
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# ? Jan 17, 2024 22:22 |
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Ray has brain damage and is combining two things he likes in an inappropriate way, by saying the best thing ever would be to have an orgasm while in the presence of some steaks.
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# ? Jan 17, 2024 22:27 |
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I'm not inclined to disagree.
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# ? Jan 17, 2024 22:30 |
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Barely even feels like Ray brain damage to me. He's always been a bit obsessed with the conspicuous part of consumption, he definitely thinks you have a better orgasm if you just paid for an expensive dinner at a restaurant with a terrible but well recognized name.
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# ? Jan 17, 2024 22:35 |
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Larry Cum Free posted:I never understood "Steaks present!" Steaks are in the vicinity of the orgasm. Mr. Bear definitely got flanderized there but I think Beef's stuff is fine. Absolutely in character for him to toss out some made up words that convey his tone
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# ? Jan 17, 2024 22:40 |
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ullerrm posted:Cornelius got briefly flanderized, and went from “wise chill old man who dates stripper, chats with convicts, and gets Star Wars ‘tattooed’ on his chest” to “lol old people are funny so he’s now a confused time traveler from Regency England” Yeah, at the end of the strips before the current reboot, Lyle and Cornelius kinda lost their voices and became flattened versions themselves. Cornelius "translating" for Lyle when Pooh died was a step in the right direction for both characters. I'm glad we haven't seen any lines like "pot roast in estrus" since the reboot.
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# ? Jan 17, 2024 23:06 |
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Phy posted:Internet people of a certain age will have encountered "rannygazoo" in the hit weirdo song and video "Frontier Pharmacist", aka "That boy needs therapy" I know this song but clearly have not listened with care robot roll call posted:Mr. Bear definitely got flanderized there but I think Beef's stuff is fine. Absolutely in character for him to toss out some made up words that convey his tone oh, I should have phrased it differently. it feels as though they all definitely mean something in the comic, even if they're not "real" cranchity and hurkity I could just work into conversation and everybody would get it
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# ? Jan 17, 2024 23:22 |
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ullerrm posted:
I can't find which strip this is from. Sometimes assetbar is a fucker.
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# ? Jan 18, 2024 02:49 |
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Tall Tale Teller posted:I can't find which strip this is from. Sometimes assetbar is a fucker. https://www.achewood.com/2016/07/29/title.html
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# ? Jan 18, 2024 02:58 |
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Pattonesque posted:last panel tells a sad story That third from last panel is probably the only time I've ever pronounced "produce" as "pro doose" in my head while reading. Such is the strength and power of Beef's writing.
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# ? Jan 18, 2024 17:56 |
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unsure how i feel about a Genuinely Happy Nice Pete.
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# ? Jan 19, 2024 02:42 |
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Was expecting that sheriff to get Rambo First Blooded
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# ? Jan 19, 2024 03:03 |
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The sad thing about Showbiz is that yes he's a moron and a selfish jackass but it really wouldn't take all that much for him to turn things around and become a relatively productive member of society
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# ? Jan 19, 2024 03:12 |
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drrockso20 posted:The sad thing about Showbiz is that yes he's a moron and a selfish jackass but it really wouldn't take all that much for him to turn things around and become a relatively productive member of society You mean drying out and achieving an education level beyond fourth grade?
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# ? Jan 19, 2024 03:14 |
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Next dramatic arc: Showbiz Gets The DTs (Nobody Notices)
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# ? Jan 19, 2024 03:14 |
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drrockso20 posted:The sad thing about Showbiz is that yes he's a moron and a selfish jackass but it really wouldn't take all that much for him to turn things around and become a relatively productive member of society Yeah, all he has to do is sell his car.
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# ? Jan 19, 2024 03:22 |
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ManiacClown posted:You mean drying out and achieving an education level beyond fourth grade? Showbiz is definitely an alcoholic but his problems don't really center around his drinking, if anything him going full sober would probably see him just finding a new addiction that would probably be way more obnoxious for everyone around him to deal with But yeah straighten him out*, get him a GED, and take care of his weird debts and you've got someone who could probably reasonably be a manager at a gas station or yogurt shop or something, the sort of quiet mediocrity that often gets unfairly maligned even though it's an essential part of modern society *well at least as straight as a Kazenzakis can get, so still probably a little wobbly and crooked
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# ? Jan 19, 2024 03:37 |
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If getting workplace harassment suits was a piano Showbiz would be considered a bold and unpredictable talent
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# ? Jan 19, 2024 03:51 |
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drrockso20 posted:The sad thing about Showbiz is that yes he's a moron and a selfish jackass but it really wouldn't take all that much for him to turn things around and become a relatively productive member of society didn't he try to install a camera in beef and molly's shower?
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Deathlove posted:unsure how i feel about a Genuinely Happy Nice Pete.
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drrockso20 posted:Showbiz is definitely an alcoholic but his problems don't really center around his drinking, if anything him going full sober would probably see him just finding a new addiction that would probably be way more obnoxious for everyone around him to deal with I feel like it's an intrinsic part of showbiz's deal that if you presented him with something like a yogurt shop all to himself within 15 minutes everything not nailed down would be stolen and pawned for stereo parts
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