do YOU love achewood, too?

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"can't talk now bro, i'm three-ballin'."

in praise of wakka-wakka (teenagequiet), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 14:00 (6 years ago) Permalink

THE MAN IS SO OLD SCHOOL HE DRIVES A YELLOW BUS WITH GOTHIC ARCH WINDOWS!

Allyzay is cool: with Blue n White, with Eli Manning, with NY Giants (allyzay), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 14:06 (6 years ago) Permalink

also roast beef's erotic fiction is the finest work of its genre

in praise of wakka-wakka (teenagequiet), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 14:09 (6 years ago) Permalink

I really want this:
http://www.achewood.com/shop/acc_cookset1.php

Sadly enough I have it! I would like to buy Roast Beef's zine but I've spent a bloody fortune on that site!

Kv_nol (Kv_nol), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 14:31 (6 years ago) Permalink

I love Achewood so much now.

Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 14:34 (6 years ago) Permalink

so much

ai lien (kold_krush), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 14:52 (6 years ago) Permalink

Yo mama so crass, she smokes a cigar and eats shrimp cocktail on the bus!
Yo mama so grouchy, she slaps the doorknob before she turns it!
Yo mama got such bad breath, dogs get calories by huffin' her mouth!

ath (ath), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 15:17 (6 years ago) Permalink

(re: beef's aibo, weldon...)

Pat: Well, filthy creatures ain't allowed in the house. Come along.

Beef: You dis my dog you fluff my hog

Pat: WHAT?! What did you just say to me?

Beef: I said that if you speak against Weldon then you are about to enter a world where the only activity that exists is tasting my hog

andrew m. (andrewmorgan), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 15:59 (6 years ago) Permalink

Oh man I hope Ray doesn't die forever.

Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 7 September 2006 13:06 (6 years ago) Permalink

:(

Kv_nol (Kv_nol), Thursday, 7 September 2006 13:09 (6 years ago) Permalink

this Magreaux dog business is creeping me out. and now Ppat has hair?! and a sweater vest?!

andrew m. (andrewmorgan), Thursday, 7 September 2006 13:35 (6 years ago) Permalink

Because he's gay now, I guess?

Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 7 September 2006 13:39 (6 years ago) Permalink

pat's looking a bit like tim gunn these days

ath (ath), Thursday, 7 September 2006 14:29 (6 years ago) Permalink

looking back a few weeks reveals that pat is totally taking on this gladdington's curse thing and basically looking just like his dad, simon. minus a little facial hair.

andrew m. (andrewmorgan), Thursday, 7 September 2006 15:19 (6 years ago) Permalink

i wonder how nice pete feels about all that

mookieproof (mookieproof), Thursday, 7 September 2006 15:31 (6 years ago) Permalink

i'm sure he retains a positive outlook on it all

ath (ath), Thursday, 7 September 2006 15:49 (6 years ago) Permalink

Today's should be sent to all those smug IT bods with all their skills and things!

Kv_nol (Kv_nol), Friday, 15 September 2006 13:30 (6 years ago) Permalink

8 months pass...

OHHHH SHIIIIIIT!

mookieproof, Thursday, 7 June 2007 02:53 (5 years ago) Permalink

in the last 96 hours I have re-read every single strip, so nice to end up with this one

Dimension 5ive, Thursday, 7 June 2007 02:56 (5 years ago) Permalink

:)

I like the alt text too, keepin it real.

Jordan, Thursday, 7 June 2007 03:08 (5 years ago) Permalink

i love it

river wolf, Thursday, 7 June 2007 03:12 (5 years ago) Permalink

Congratulations to the happy couple.

Clay, Thursday, 7 June 2007 03:24 (5 years ago) Permalink

EMOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Thursday, 7 June 2007 03:25 (5 years ago) Permalink

The whole bit about beef getting married... maybe... has been grebt.

kenan, Thursday, 7 June 2007 03:25 (5 years ago) Permalink

Aw thats sweet. Despite the Sting, lol.

Trayce, Thursday, 7 June 2007 03:32 (5 years ago) Permalink

My girlfriend send me this one in an email the other day and said something along the lines of it probably inspiring me to make a similar list regarding our relationship. SHOULD I BE AFRAID BROS?

Clay, Thursday, 7 June 2007 03:53 (5 years ago) Permalink

I am actually a bit choked up! Glad it's finally happened.

Oh lord, I'm talking like this about a comic? I've been reading this too long!!

Clay, you should just reply "Why you even got to do a thing?" She'll leave you alone I'm sure...

kv_nol, Thursday, 7 June 2007 11:52 (5 years ago) Permalink

TOMORROW: Lyle pukes so hard it makes a football go three feet

TOMBOT, Thursday, 7 June 2007 16:02 (5 years ago) Permalink

I stopped reading this after my computer died and I lost all of my bookmarks and forgot to add this again... and now I can't remember where I was! It's been like 6 months though... long way to go. I fucking LOVED the three-day fight though

Will M., Thursday, 7 June 2007 16:10 (5 years ago) Permalink

marriage. the great indoor fight.

river wolf, Thursday, 7 June 2007 16:13 (5 years ago) Permalink

my fave thing from this whole marriage thing might be beef's fortune from chevy ford wo's:

"the lady is the mountain behind the tiny flaming fishing cabin of the man"

andrew m., Thursday, 7 June 2007 16:21 (5 years ago) Permalink

1 month passes...

http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/opinion/story/0,22049,22062745-5001031,00.html

hi dere waht is awesome

El Tomboto, Thursday, 12 July 2007 19:10 (5 years ago) Permalink

totally sweet editorial portrait

El Tomboto, Thursday, 12 July 2007 19:11 (5 years ago) Permalink

Classy!

I fucking adore Achewood -- got hooked after reading The Great Outdoor Fight story last winter. Ray and Roast Beef in particular are unsettlingly real to me, for internet cartoon cats. LOVED the strip a few days ago where they found the guy who invented Comic Sans.

xero, Thursday, 12 July 2007 19:21 (5 years ago) Permalink

HE WANTS TO TASTE THE FUCKING CURB!

xero, Thursday, 12 July 2007 19:22 (5 years ago) Permalink

that is the best thing I have ever read about Australia.

kenan, Thursday, 12 July 2007 20:07 (5 years ago) Permalink

hahaha

electricsound, Thursday, 12 July 2007 22:19 (5 years ago) Permalink

phillippe is the best

fact: the brain is the only organ that hates crime.

glossolalia, Friday, 13 July 2007 02:11 (5 years ago) Permalink

1 month passes...

looking back a few weeks reveals that pat is totally taking on this gladdington's curse thing and basically looking just like his dad, simon. minus a little facial hair.

Also I like that his gay dad's name is Simon Reynolds

DJ Mencap, Tuesday, 28 August 2007 19:10 (5 years ago) Permalink

Holy shit why did I never notice this very important bit of information before

en i see kay, Tuesday, 28 August 2007 20:33 (5 years ago) Permalink

The guy who writes this strip is my friend's cousin. My friend has a T-shirt. He doesn't let being related to a celebrity go to his head.

Jeff Treppel, Tuesday, 28 August 2007 21:03 (5 years ago) Permalink

Onstad is a celebrity?

elmo argonaut, Tuesday, 28 August 2007 21:06 (5 years ago) Permalink

Achewood may be the best thing in my life right now. <3<3<3 forever

Abbott, Tuesday, 28 August 2007 21:08 (5 years ago) Permalink

I was, you know, kidding (about the celebrity thing. My friend really is related to him, though).

Jeff Treppel, Tuesday, 28 August 2007 21:10 (5 years ago) Permalink

He's a celebrity to me, forever.

Jordan, Tuesday, 28 August 2007 21:13 (5 years ago) Permalink

I have probably a half-dozen achewood shirts. I should buy more.

bernard snowy, Tuesday, 28 August 2007 21:18 (5 years ago) Permalink

There was recently a interview with Onstad in the Onion AV Club and they printed the first publically-known photo of him. My first thought was that he resembled some past minor Achewood character, like he had anonymously drawn himself in. But I can't recall which character.

iiiijjjj, Tuesday, 28 August 2007 22:25 (5 years ago) Permalink

He looks like a bro.

Jordan, Tuesday, 28 August 2007 22:26 (5 years ago) Permalink

no way! bros don't have super circular heads, wear purple turtlenecks, rock Lennon glasses, and hang out in front of gothic architecture. his posture might be sending mixed signals but there ain't no way this guy is anything but a geek.

iiiijjjj, Tuesday, 28 August 2007 22:34 (5 years ago) Permalink

You should read his blogs, he complains about kids in much more expensive houses than his sleeping soundly knowing their parents invented the Google color scheme.

Abbott, Tuesday, 28 August 2007 22:35 (5 years ago) Permalink

It comes disturbingly close to being an impression of a "black guy" voice

― ☠ ☃ ☠ (mh), Friday, March 1, 2013 3:43 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

tbf this more or less describes Ray's general turn of phrase as well but yeah I did think it was going full Dolemite at a couple of points

an average girl realizing that leggings aren't helping the cause (DJ Mencap), Friday, 1 March 2013 08:42 (2 months ago) Permalink

ARE YOU HIRING A NANNY OR A SHAMAN (Phil D.), Friday, 1 March 2013 11:46 (2 months ago) Permalink

Huh liked it better than I thought I would, but maybe that's just because there was ten people itt pooping on it. Onstad actually nailed Roast Beef, but I guess he knows these voices intimately. Ray was close to what I imagined but something is off, like the actor isn't fully committed. Philippe is whatever. Worst was that the comedic timing was weird like many have pointed out, but I still laughed at a couple jokes like Philippe's scone line.

Vinnie, Saturday, 2 March 2013 13:44 (2 months ago) Permalink

If anything, Ray sounds over-committed to me. But once again yeah, not far off from what I had heard in my head.

how's life, Saturday, 2 March 2013 14:14 (2 months ago) Permalink

i watched this a second time, and it just doesn't work. i *really don't like the cold, cheap animation. and again, the pacing seems off. it should be drier. don't ask me what that means: just DRIER.

The @glennbeck have raisin b-lls and rice crispy d-ck (stevie), Saturday, 2 March 2013 15:48 (2 months ago) Permalink

only the segment about stuffing so many toilet flushes in the toilet feels achewood to me.

The @glennbeck have raisin b-lls and rice crispy d-ck (stevie), Saturday, 2 March 2013 15:49 (2 months ago) Permalink

Drier to mean means a more subtle Ray

☠ ☃ ☠ (mh), Saturday, 2 March 2013 15:56 (2 months ago) Permalink

this was...bad

well if it isn't old 11 cameras simon (gbx), Saturday, 2 March 2013 16:00 (2 months ago) Permalink

to mean... more silent moments, to be less hectic. but no i don't think ray is like i imagined him either,.

The @glennbeck have raisin b-lls and rice crispy d-ck (stevie), Saturday, 2 March 2013 16:20 (2 months ago) Permalink

This reminds me of how a few months ago I was in the mood to look up old Calvin and Hobbes strips and read them and have a nostalgia party. I nostalgia partied for a while and enjoyed it very much. Then, after about an hour, I wondered if anyone had done any amateur animation on youtube, so I went there, and some had, and they were repulsive, and my nostalgia party abruptly ended.

del griffith, Saturday, 2 March 2013 16:57 (2 months ago) Permalink

In an ideal world, the Achewood cartoon would be entirely in scratchy hand drawn cel animation, kind of like the old MTV Migraine Boy bumpers. The current footage as it stands all feels a little too...smooth.

Pheeel, Saturday, 2 March 2013 17:08 (2 months ago) Permalink

All these years thinking how well Onstad's non-punctuation and "uh"-prefixing of Beef's lines conveys him speaking in a hesitant monotone and it turns out that Onstad-voiced Beef does not talk in a hesitant monotone

(but yeah, Beef way less jarring than Ray, certainly)

susuwatari teenage riot (a passing spacecadet), Saturday, 2 March 2013 17:22 (2 months ago) Permalink

In an ideal world, the Achewood cartoon would be entirely in scratchy hand drawn cel animation, kind of like the old MTV Migraine Boy bumpers. The current footage as it stands all feels a little too...smooth.

agreed. this computer animation is both too smooth and too weird. in the credits they mention motion capture was used, which maybe explains why it feels like one long uncomfortable cutscene.

i'm only bummed about this because a) i love achewood and b) i've always thought it had potential as an animation.

The @glennbeck have raisin b-lls and rice crispy d-ck (stevie), Saturday, 2 March 2013 17:25 (2 months ago) Permalink

All these years thinking how well Onstad's non-punctuation and "uh"-prefixing of Beef's lines conveys him speaking in a hesitant monotone and it turns out that Onstad-voiced Beef does not talk in a hesitant monotone

totes

well if it isn't old 11 cameras simon (gbx), Saturday, 2 March 2013 17:34 (2 months ago) Permalink

It's weird to me that anyone might have a problem with the smoothness of the animation itself considering that the original Illustrator vector art is about as smooth as you can get. It was off-putting when the Simpsons made the transition to that creepy all-computer razor-sharp HD art, but Achewood's always looked that way. That was part of its original charm for me, that the guy who created it was clearly just goofing off with Illustrator when he was probably supposed to be at work designing something important.

spacecadet, completely agree - I expected beef to be waaay flatter and 100% monotone.

del griffith, Saturday, 2 March 2013 17:38 (2 months ago) Permalink

It's weird to me that anyone might have a problem with the smoothness of the animation itself considering that the original Illustrator vector art is about as smooth as you can get. It was off-putting when the Simpsons made the transition to that creepy all-computer razor-sharp HD art, but Achewood's always looked that way. That was part of its original charm for me, that the guy who created it was clearly just goofing off with Illustrator when he was probably supposed to be at work designing something important.

I agree with this. Re: Onstad's Beef voice, I wouldn't be surprised if they tried it flatter and in a monotone and it just didn't work for a cartoon. Another option could have just been audible mumbling and subtitles, but naaaaah. I think this is a workable compromise.

I Don't Wanna Be Dissed (By Anyone But You) (WilliamC), Saturday, 2 March 2013 18:27 (2 months ago) Permalink

ray's mouth shouldn't work like that
it's like a wobbling ass with a pendulum underneath

the 'dirty sprite' is implied (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 2 March 2013 18:51 (2 months ago) Permalink

after watching this again i've softened from 'certain disaster' to 'needs a few adjustments but i can see it working'

karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Sunday, 3 March 2013 02:42 (2 months ago) Permalink

Ray sounds a lot older than I imagined him sounding. Like 10-20 years older. That cat could be purple, is what I'm saying, but not old.

I'd probably get used to it, but I'm not sure there's any reason to get used to it. I love Achewood. It doesn't have to go on forever, get animated, or even have closure. I'd like to see Onstad do something different, or just enjoy his life beyond the bounds of my awareness.

No, not sinister (Austerity Ponies), Monday, 4 March 2013 15:15 (2 months ago) Permalink

1 month passes...

roast beef when they recreated cheers for him

mookieproof, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 03:23 (3 weeks ago) Permalink


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