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Mantonio Thursday, April 24, 2003 • read strip Viewing 56 comments:

Ray lays it down

He is not just saying the guy is a gay magician, but is something a gay magician would sell at his garage sale

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We can laugh all we want about gay magicians and their garage sales, but the gay magician would probably have immaculate taste.

And Mantonio wouldn't know it.

Gay magician garage sales are ... well... magic!

And gay.

Magically delicious.

Oh my God, I never thought about it in that sense, I just assumed, as zem apparently did, that Ray thinks Tina bought him from a gay magician.

Dittos.

[IMGS OFF]

The look on Ditto's face leads me to believe he's finally figured out that he's a one-trick-pony. Ah well. At least he's in high demand as a breeding centre love machine.

Could you imagine the ladies he gets and in so many numbers.

I mean unless it's a Mr. Mime then it's just kinda fucked up and creepy.

No fear, there are no lady Mr. Mimes, so a lady-oriented Ditto would never have to bed them. Jynx, on the other hand...

This is incorrect; there are in fact lady Mr. Mimes. It is because its Japanese name makes no reference to a specific gender.

You can trust what I say because a Mankey is my avatar.

carpetbag uses explanation.
It is Super Effective.

Furthermore, I believe the implication is that Mantonio looks like a gay magician's assistant.

Man, Ray is brutal.

This strip implies that Todd's attempt at joining the mile high club must have had some complications, which are left to our imagination, which is great.

SAD

Do you have to pay does to S.A.D. or is it more of a non-profit thing? Do they print you up a card to carry in your wallet?

Damnit, *dues

It's not a non-profit thing. At least not for the participant. Hey-o!

META COMMENTS!!!

I was going to say just that. That's what I get for not registering until this month.

Man, even the characters that only appear in one strip are hilariously unique.

I really wouldn't find this one very funny, except that the dude's name is "Mantonio". To quote Chucklebot, "The Fonz called to mention that he wants his prime time-friendly faux dago sexuality back".

The fact that Ray tells them to "scram!" as if they were kids running on his lawn is priceless.

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I love the alt text.

"I yam... Mannntonio." Onstad is the master of making accents and dialects is incredible.

That's some unibrow Mantonio has.

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I rated this a five just for the word Mantonio.

Dude, so did I!

x 3!

I love it when Ray just busts out this kind of insult.

Mantonio talks in italics, kid's got class.

"Or did your hands meet in the dumpster behind Olive Garden?" is pretty much the best verbal smackdown in recorded history. I may have to make more use of it in the future.

I think we can all relate to the experience of seeing an ex-girlfriend with a Mantonio on her arm.

yes indeedy

not yet

thankfully

i almost said 'thank you, Jesus' but that could have just been some other dude.

haha Olive Garden!

my ugly friends go there

Man screw you Olive Garden has some delicious food

It is certainly better than Sbarro

Mantonio isn't even real Italian. He is Olive Garden Italian.

I remember reading this strip on my first trip through the archives and thinking the concept of somebody named Mantonio was the most hilarious thing ever.

I still think that. And now I have Acheworld membership so I express how much I still think that. It's enough to make me comment.

I am willing to bet his name is just 'Antonio,' But he says it as "I yammm-antonio" and that's how Tina interpreted it.

No, no! His name is Mantonio! "Mantonio" is a real thing! At least in Achewood!

I DON'T LIKE YOU ANYMORE CHARLIE

Tina wouldn't have shown up if Ray's name wasn't covered up on the sign

I eat at a Mexican restaurant with my extended family for dinner about once a week, and there is this waiter there who is handsome, almost to the point of cheesiness, and he has a silver tooth or three. My cousins and I refer to him as Mantonio.

Also at the restaurant: Mandrew, Manthony, and Mandy.

captikles

..what news of the yadda-yadda-yadda.

"Couples Only"

"Couples Only"

fuck, the faulty double-clicking mouse strikes again!

Tina would not have gone inside if Ray hadn't obscured his name on the sign with the announcement that only couples are allowed. I just noticed that.

Arrrrrgh tttt2 beat me to it.