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Guest artist: Sam Henderson Wednesday, March 26, 2003 • read strip Viewing 133 comments:

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It's a variation on the almost as lame "flip take" of comic strips of yore.

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It turns out that I said "burn" far too much, back in the day.

Self-BUUUUUUUUUUURN

this is still wrong though

in fact it's so wrong that it kind of angers me that you posted it so smugly and garnered so much approval for it

just a little

now that it's cumming more than ever, know that we'll still have each other, you can stand under my cumbrella, you can stand under my cumbrella

ella, ella

ey ey ey

'Cuz Sam Henderson comix demand such exacting language when discussed

I find it sad that people are so busy hating on the style of the strip that they can't notice that even Lyle's shirt participated in the flip-take there on panel 5. Come on now, guys.

Ray's glasses are so off here, they dont even look close to his regular ones.

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And the lowest rated on assetbar. impressive, really

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No, that would be "Roast Beef Takes up Smoking".

Try again; it's actually pretty okay.

Why is this strip rated a 2.2? what's the lowest rated strip, and why isn't this it?

It is now .

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i seriously don't know why everybody's so offended by this strip

Offended, no. Underwhelmed, yes.

you're such a ridiculous human being

Says the kid who spends his days following me through the archives making bitchy replies to all my posts.

sometimes I read through the archives and reply to some posts! I shouldn't, but it's easier to go through the archives here than it is on the main site.

Wait, didn't you do this kind of thing to saint, rowboat? Or was that farqussus?

No, I was doing that to saint in real time. Whole different ballgame.

I didn't mean to just chubby your comment; sorry, me.

Although I like your avatar.

I'm guessing that must've happened to three other people, as well. That is not a four-chubby comment.

People need to appreciate Sam Henderson more. The dude is like the Mikhail Baryshnikov of being completely stupid.

Johnny Ryan does it better.

No. Way.

it's my lil dahlink ignatz mice! Woy, I em a heppy heppy ket.

dah gunnit - it was a perfect day before that 'kat' dropped into view -

"kop" administahs justice to "kat"

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incorrect.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGNDDT_iKgs&NR=1

It's right somewhere around minute six or seven, here.

mmm someone was a bit rushed and used his good material on his OWN comic I think. hi ho

Fucking awful.

I kind of want a sassy black lady to point at this and say, "FUCK this guy!"

BOO TO THAT!

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ANGRY.

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Yes.

Panel 5 is worst panel, drawn by ugliest cartoonist.

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If you look at it that way it is sort of funny in an absurd way.

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Actively? I foresee an anthropomorphized drawing style in the next White Ninja installment: White Ninja's art actively detracts from how funny he could be

Yep, I've seen the first few xkcd strips. And seriously, you might want to reconsider that statement...

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Rebuttal:

Your avatar is a penis with a Glasgow smile. You have no rights.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Finally someone disses that faggy drawing!

The xkcd guy cannot draw. He is a mockery to artists everywhere.

It doesn't help that xkcd and toothpaste for dinner are also terrible

Did you just compare this strip to xkcd ? Because if you did, I'm going to track you down and shoot you with cancer.

xkcd makes me hope that Ray still does prank calls.

B...but it makes jokes about lame nerdy things! How dare you criticize something that legitimizes my lifestyle

That is just a regular umbrella. You didn't need to invent it.

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I like to pretend that everything you post is your avatar screaming. So good.

Naw dude, she's a cumbrella all the way

Hahaha I really hope I get to say this to someone one day

(Also I've noticed that I've stopped using full stops thanks to Roast Beef)

i would totally go to the bathroom on this strip.

Just like Norway

More like Snoreway.

Holy crap. Lions!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5Lu9SgpHQE

Just kidding they already have people.

what would you need to change about your jerking off technique to do it out the window, and how could it merit a whole book?

Dude.
That is the joke.

Oh never mind

This strip just isn't Achewood. The cartoonist's come up with an unrelated gag and then drawn the Achewood characters. The other guest strips at least read like they were written with Achewood in mind.

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i do not hate this strip. there are definitely worse guest strips sometimes.

This isn't very good, but it does not deserve to be the lowest rated. this does.

That wasn't good but at least the artwork was interesting.

You're right. It does have that going for it. But it so painful to look at. The dude really thought he got Roast Beef and thought he was making a super cool in-character joke. But it is so wrong and lame. It fails on at least 6 levels.

At least this strip was just the writer doing whatever the fuck he wanted and not worrying at all about trying to mimic Onstad's voice and having the characters behave like they do. I can at least respect that.

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Besides the poor drawing/animal animation, I actually like the last panel

There are things I like about this strip. I like how Ray has no eyes under his glasses, which is true . I like how it perpetuates the morphing of Lyle's mouth into a moustache, I like how stupid it is, and I enjoy how ray seems to be a giant ball of dough that is melting towards the floor until a air vent turns on underneath his feet in panel 5. His doughy arms all flapping in the breeze. It's certainly no achewood strip, but I can enjoy a dumb sight gag now and again. You can't expect someone's interpretation of a thing to be exactly like the real thing. It's like a punk rock cover of a song you liked. All raw and shitty, but you can appreciate that someone else likes the song enough to do a cover.

But Ray does have eyes, as shown during his trip to hell. Can't you.... SEE?

yeah, but that's in hell! maybe you get back your old body parts in the afterlife.

I like how theres a big buck-toothed smile above Rays head in panel five.

well I like it

I give this strip a 5. It poorly conveys what the characters are like and descends into revolting locker-room humor.

Wait, why did I rate this a 5?

Sam Henderson might be an acquired taste, but I bet his work appeals to the same sort of audience as achewhood. the style of comedy is kind of like underworld or maakies -- crude, stupid, vulgar, brilliant.

This is the complete opposite of Achewood.

It is the evil Achewood, with a goatee and everything

I mean I'm kinda surprised it's not rated higher; no, it's not like normal Achewoods, but it's a guest strip and it's supposed to be parodying old-time comics where the jokes were really simple and stupid and people needed to have parts of their body pop off just to show how surprised they were.

You got it.

yeah, that's definitely how I see it, too. I was surprised at the rating and comments. Then again, I have a softspot for old-timeys and parodies of such things.

I got the flip-take
I also got herpes simplex 2
Both have worn out their welcome

Exactly. Thank you. Orphan Annie eyes, gullible faces, Teodor re-inventing the common damn umbrella- boom! absurd punchline. This guy is a crassftsman deluxe.
It is a perfect strip in its universe, which is far closer to maybe Zap comix than to Achewood, but still....Plus, fwiw, I will bet you Onstadt laffed his but of at it.

Off to old-time comix appreciation class, the rest of you!

:( Teodor's pants keep changing colors...

Man, I rated this one a 4 before I read any comments, and I gotta say, I'm kinda surprised, guys. Sam Henderson is a brilliant cartoonist. Maybe it's just because I've read his stuff a bunch before, but I thought this strip was really offbeat and funny. It's ridiculous, sure, but...Jesus, get with it, people, you're Achewood fans.

Separate point about the drawing: let's not forget that Onstad uses sort of a cut-and-paste technique to keep his characters looking so consistent. I think if Chris drew freehand, Achewood would probably look less well-drawn than this strip.

I like how the skull on Lyle's shirt also does the "take."

I just gave this a 5 because I think it's totally hilarious when their faces pop off. Chris clearly thought it was quality enough to put it on the site. Enough with the webcomic-elitism...

This concept was better when John Hodgman wrote about it in the political attack ads sections of The Areas of my Expertise.

this is one of the funniest strips
might be best strip

I'm rating this a five to fuck with all of you. And because I'm a wee bit drunk.

This strip is completely hilarious.

Man, why would you even hate this strip?

the author picture of teodor is the only reason this is a two.

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I can find nothing unfunny about this strip. If that makes me wrong, I din't want to be right.

Well, look at me, all undermining myself with some lame-ass typo.

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WHY WON'T IT LET ME POST A COMMENT

oh it will

This is absolutely the worst strip, and you people defending it must be on drugs. The cumbrella isn't funny, the flip take isn't funny, shit teodor's author picture isn't even fucking funny!!! What is wrong with you?!

I agree, it manages to be as bland as a newspaper comic without even the excuse of being handicapped by their censorship.

huh