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Fillerbunny posted:Am I the only one who reads Todd's voice as a stuttering Err from Aqua Teen Hunger Force? I can only hear Todd as MC Chris.
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Vaporware posted:I understand what you're saying, but onstad's in a storytelling mood. I don't think we'll see a return to gags until he wants that to be the focus. It may be that the gags turn into these storylines instead of just ending after one strip. Personally I'm expecting the action to cut away from Todd completely, with whatever happened to him being mentioned in a quick throwaway line/panel, if at all.
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Smoke posted:
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Nov 15, 2009 12:27
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Dove from Above posted:Aren't all these embarrassment issues the exact reason why condoms should be sold from vending machines? That is something the Japanese have got right. You guys don't have condom vending machines in mens rooms?
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Muffin Loaf posted:On the one hand, I am really glad we're getting frequent new strips. On the other hand, I'm kind of weirded out by the topical humor angle in some of them. Yeah, the latest strip is a poor joke executed well - what saves it is the weird application of Achewood tropes to what essentially is a "and what's the deal with airline food?" gag.
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Jan 18, 2010 14:50
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Teodore can and will still gently caress this up.
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This is the first time that Phillipe being perpetually 5 has creeped me out.
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Apr 13, 2010 11:35
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DocFrance posted:Bill Watterson never said "Hmm yes, let's have a story arc exploring the deep philosophical ramifications of a boy who has been six for almost a decade." So what's the current arc about? What's with that look that his mom gives the pictures of Phillipe that all show him at the same age (5)?
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Apr 13, 2010 23:11
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Rodney the Piper posted:That was in reaction to his meal request. They were rhetorical questions to Doc France who I guess is trying to tell himself that a punchline is coming any day now. It'll have brown crunchy bits and delicious juices. 
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Apr 13, 2010 23:37
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Chris Onstad posted:Yeah, people have been saying this since like October 2, 2001. Come on, people. Achewood gets weird in the winter and happy in the summer. There is a trend. What happens if someone sends you a special lamp to sit under?
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Jun 10, 2010 21:33
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Happy Hippo posted:Without getting too fruity-sounding I think Achewood has transcended simply being a webcomic a while back. Nope, pretty sure it's still a webcomic, no matter how much subtext it has/doesn't have.
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Jul 30, 2010 20:15
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Ugly In The Morning posted:I remember someone said "Achewood was best before you started reading it". Might've been in this thread, might've been an older one. The way it's set up, when you're going through the archive and reading all the old stuff, if you don't like a comic, you can just click next. Arc is long? Whatever, you don't have to wait for the next comic or anything. Then you get current, and the ones you don't like stand out since you don't have that "fast forward" anymore. Yeah, long breaks between strips break the momentum and give you enough time to think about it and go "....this is dragging out, and a bit stupid". If you're reading it all in one go, there's no pacing issues and everything just rolls along.
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Aug 3, 2010 16:23
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Grilldos posted:You are taking a very extreme angle and I recommend you stop before this thread devolves into its monthly argument earlier than scheduled. He's right though. If I had the money I'd buy a book rather than donate. That way everyone wins.
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Aug 20, 2010 20:07
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Cobweb Heart posted:Because the "Japan = tentacle rape/high school girls" joke is still funny, right? No, according to Wikipedia, Japanese whisky is supposed to be, for the most part, an imitation of Scottish whisky. Nikka whisky isn't too bad either.
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Shmoses posted:Is this Teodor/Nice Pete story going to get resolved at all? We'll eventually get a burst of strips that will resolve the plot and have a couple of Ray-centric inconsequential humor strips, then the update schedule will drop back to zero again.
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I think what makes it worse is the donate link at the top of the page.
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benito posted:But in all cases, there was an explanation, This is what's bugging me. I'd be even more pissed if I subscribed to the fanflow.
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Nov 5, 2010 12:59
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Lurdiak posted:I see the withdrawal has gotten so bad that we've started writing Achewood fanfiction. Countdown till the terrible roleplaying begins.
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Nov 18, 2010 16:57
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Gomi posted:I just feel uncomfortable every time there's a new strip and it affords no closure, replacing narrative continuity with a series of narrative continuances, if you will. Reading through the archives, this lack of closure is pretty common. Storylines just stop without any sort of conclusion, probably deliberately since that kind of neat resolution never really happens in real life. It's fine when there are continuous new strips because you can just keep rolling along with the comic, but when updates are scarce it's more jarring.
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Nov 19, 2010 13:45
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Happy Hippo posted:The dude writing Achewood looks exactly like a dude who is not finishing up the arc he started back in loving May. The arc is over, highschool is over, and it's for the best because if the storyline WAS still going, we'd have to wait 2 months for a continuation instead of waiting that long for a stand alone strip about a sad cat. EDIT: I was exagerating about the wait, it's just over a week between this one and the previous, which the single-strip stuff probably helps with too.
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Dec 10, 2010 18:07
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Boy Named Sue posted:Then Onstad starts to update again, releases several large and entertaining Fanflow updates and yet goons are STILL complaining because "RAAARGGGH FINISH THE STORY, MY PRECIOUS CONTINUITY!!!" I don't give a poo poo about continuity OR the fanflow, all I want is a regular update schedule, or just a quick "hey guys having some Things happen so updates are scarce".
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Dec 14, 2010 00:48
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stupid ugly retard posted:When did he say that was what was up? I thought he never said anything so I just assumed he was summering in Europe He didn't, so I don't know the correct of slack to be cutting here!
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Dec 14, 2010 16:21
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setafd posted:I'm probably gonna stop checking Achewood. Doesn't seem like much is gonna happen there. I took it off my reader since I figured that if this thread is bumped there's probably a new strip, but I may have to re think that position as well
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Jan 4, 2011 15:02
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glug posted:Feel free to fawn with sycophantic praise or legitimately criticize though. Onstad is doing himself a disservice with his indifferent update schedule and (reportedly) lackluster fanflow content, and maybe it's time he reevaluated where he wants to go with Achewood because he's losing readers and generally hurting the good thing he had going. Okay now you go.
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Jan 4, 2011 18:33
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csammis posted:Where's the donation link to keep the cartoonist lit and firing? It'd be the url of a place to buy antidepressants online.
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Feb 10, 2011 17:58
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Man I hope he moves on to other things, dude has talent.
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That was pretty weak, but at least it was an update.
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Welp, that's that then. Pack it up, we're done.
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Manwithastick posted:My first instinct was to tweet back "Any news on the cookbooks?" No, and you should do this.
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Jun 20, 2011 21:01
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So I guess that's our comic for the next year or so then.
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Nov 28, 2011 12:08
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I'll be pretty happy if Achewood is a consistant one-a-week update like this.
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So if the pattern holds, should we be expecing an update around about now?
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Man, I really thought this time would be the time that achewood started updating regularly again.
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Telex posted:It's real hard to do something new. I wish him the best at getting something new figured out, or get back into the groove with what's already been done but this middle ground of nothingness is not healthy in a creative or mental way. Well he's doin this food review thing, it'll probably work out okay.
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paint dry posted:Onstad says there'll be three new strips this week: Excellent, this is all I want. Give me more achewood. Make me care about your strips enough to maybe buy a book when I have the disposable income. I'd like the cookbook poo poo resolved too, but I don't have a stake in that race so...
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SeanBeansShako posted:But yay, an update I guess? Pretty much. It's not all that bad but it would have read better as one in a series of rapid updates, which is what I imagined Onsted planned it as. Instead we're getting drip-fed non-sequiturs. It's not surprising no-one's impressed.
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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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WickedIcon posted:When I was back home for Thanksgiving break, my little brother told me to fluff his hog. You should have written him a $6 cheque.
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MondayHotDog posted:He's just rusty. He'll get back in the hang of it. You're right, maybe the next strip in 2016 will be better.
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