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Philippe, The Candidate, is Five Monday, February 2, 2004 • read strip Viewing 50 comments:

Ray. Smuckles. Is. A. Homeboy.

his moves are icky

oh, philippe. you have so much to give our country!

I love this strip simply for Ray's noncommittal response.

"Okay"

Sadly, Philipe underestimates the amount of Americans who want to vote for someone who is five.

is THAT a statistic?

It's not NOT a statistic.

But it SHOULD be.

Crap. I just now noticed your comment contains TWO "not"s. Therefore my response made NO SENSE.

Well, it didn't not not make no un-sense.

I think.

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OVERestimates.

Misunderestimates, even.

Miss Underestimates.

The most depressed in the Mr. Men series.

Or possibly the most depressed in the Miss America pageant.

If you're implying that lots of Americans would, I don't think Philippe is underestimating the amount. He's counting on it.

phillipe has wicked sack in this comic

You better believe that he has wicked sack.

I can picture America as a whole responding to Phillipe's "Good morning. How are you." in an awesome way such as "It's going good thank you for asking we think it is great that you are five we support you"

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That shoulda been Bush's motto...

ahahhaha holy shit this is some top-notch political humor

I can't tell if this statement is ironic.

This is as good a reason as any to vote for someone and better than most. Philippe is also a better public speaker than a certain Most Powerful Man in the World I Could Mention. Look at that podium work: raise fist, bring down, look right, look left. Good indignant eyebrows too.

Don't forget that devilish Clinton-esque grin in his logo. That one's for all the ladies out there.

thankfully though, no Clinton Thumb.

phillipe always looks angry when he's campaigning.

ssslurrrppp

If you read what Philippe says in the voice of Mr. T it sounds really funny. He's also got this angry, embittered black man face on.

he is five. one of the all time greatest lines. at least in the top, uh, five.

He is five. And so is this comic.

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Phillipe's expression in the second-to-last panel is amazing. It is a perfect... logo!

"How are you." With a period. Brass balls.

I would vote for him.

I've said it a few times in various places, but I don't think that the gang's brand of encouragement is really what Philippe truly needs.

philippe is five

I can just here a soft choruse in the background on the last panel, " Heeeee's FIVE ," I just can't convey it accurately. Damn internet.


I always thought ray was tokin' on a bong in the sixth panel. I'd check the book but it's at home.

Seventh, FUCK!

You know, for a long time I always thought he was getting ready to light up a cigar (the round rip of the martini glass kind of looks like a cigar). Then I actually looked at the comic.

I missed so much stuff like that on my first read through of the archives that I had to join assetbar and just look through it again. Also, I didn't know about the alt-text until about a quarter of the way through.

Oh Philippe, this country had already been run for four years by someone who was (essentially) five. The re-election was, in a way, a victory for Philippe.

Too bad they didn't share the same values.

Philippe is the train they call the City of New Orleans. (Honestly I cannot believe no one has mentioned this)


Thank you for watching UBC.

Or UBS.

One of those.

The half-hour political infomercial here was prophetic on Onstad's part.

How are you has no question mark.