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Tommy The Tummy Tuesday, August 3, 2004 • read strip Viewing 59 comments:

Only Teodor remains.

Teodor does not understand

I really like reading this comment in Charles Bronson's voice.

i feel like i could use a strap-on tummy somedays.

I think if Beef had a Tommy the Tummy as a kid, he would have been a very different character, indeed. And almost certainly not for the better.

what shall we do today tommy. oh I don't know, how about we talk about how fat you got. aw dang it tommy.

this strip scared me/made me laugh. that you just identified with it just scares me... that i identify with it? not going to talk about that on the internet

I like the contrast between Philippe's "Tommy Tummy" and Teodor's own sizeable girth.

Teodor's apparent food baby is due to a hidden Tommy Tummy under his cardigan.

Man if you combined this sucker with the Walk-around Butt, you'd have a hell of a getup.

Hey,Don't forget the Emeril eyeberows.

and why not, the "here comes a special boy" shoes

i think it would be terrifying

This is what haunts my nightmare visions.

While playing his electric guitar...

[IMGS OFF]

i was going to do this but i never got around to it

thank you so much

Except for the shoes that's basically all an Emeril outfit

FUCK!!!
My apologies, good sir. I just lamed you by accident. Please count that lame as a chubby.

Jesus, this is the perfect avatar synergy.

Edwell all "What have I dooonnnnne???"

Teodor is concerned for the little fellow's state of mind.

Teodor never answered whether or he not he though Tommy the Tummy was cool.

Are you going to tell a five-year-old his new toy makes him look like an ass?

Why is this strip not rated higher?
This is Philippe at his best, unshakeable naevity and innocence which is really sweet but also really tragic at the same time. The last panel is a really great touch as it leaves you wondering what Téodor made of it all.

A comment left by evolume was marked lame too many times and excluded. (marked lame by thesyndicate88, Gumfish, cailetshadow)

It was a low 3 when I posted that, odd that it went up like that.

I rated it a 5 for the alt text

Teodor is Philippe's sort of father figure. I'm guessing the necessity for the whole concept fills him with a special kind of shame.

Walk-Around-Butt, Tommy the Tummy....where does his mother get these things?

The back of Nugget

When Philippe is president, you will be banned from the country. You may NOT speak about Philippe's mother that way.

All my problems seem to melt away every time I see Philippe.

He fills me with a special kind of glee!

Like a bumblebee!

Bumblebees make me panic. One is going to bumble its way into a facial orifice. This I know.

Your problems must not be very dire.

this is so dark somehow. i luff it.

i want a tommy

I don't want a tummy.

I get the lurking feeling in the back of my mind that Philippe would walk around with the Walk-Around Butt until Tommy the Tummy says something (preferably in a demonic voice) "STOP WALKING AND MAKE THOSE FEEDERS."

He's making the feeders from suet and pine cones...I think Philippe will grow up to be Nice Philippe.

I think Philippe will grow up to be... Five.

to borrow another's joke...

Zapatos: half man, half beard. Spanish for 'shoes'.

That look on T's face in the last panel is absolutely priceless...Sort of like he's wondering whether or not he should be concerned about this.

Oh my god,I just noticed that Tommy isn't actually the one speaking, and now the strip makes sense.

Personally, I think Teodor is a little saddened that his own tummy doesn't suggest crafty activities for them to do together.

Where does his mother get this stuff?

The last panel says it all: Patience. Poise. Power. Teodor.

it just seems so sad when he says "for kids who are alone most of the day"

teodor is rather portly

for kids that are alone most of the day? what about poor teodor? philippe! you already have friends!

This is what Teodor does on some days. Stand in one spot and wait until the world showers him with absurdity and nonsense, taking it in stride, until the evening, when he retires.

Today's Blogs

Ray: Hittin' the links again!
Roast Beef: What in the dang
Philippe: Teodor made me dinner!
Mr. Bear: Lunch with Waterbury

I love that when he's asking Tommy what to do, he's squeezing little rolls of tummy fat.

And the way you can imagine Philippe doing that behind-the-hand ventriloquism with a weird voice suitable for a stomach.

Wood-davers, anyone? No? Okay.

But.. but it's gonna be successful. Gonna be phenomenally successful. Get on the train.

The minimalist approach to facial expressions is magnificent, by the by. It says so much, but is that because it does say a lot or because we have a lot of room to fill in the gaps psychologically? It doesn't really matter of course.. either way, I enjoy it.

There's a potential Pregnant F/X joke in here somewhere, I'm sure, but hell if I can reach that far.

Phillipe is wearing it.

This, my friends, is the Saddest thing. Bravo, Mr. Onstad. Bravo.