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Philippe's creekbed bedside Tuesday, April 11, 2006 • read strip Viewing 51 comments:

Creeeeepyyyyy.

We didn't see enough of these too. I hope they show up again someday.

Too? Maybe I should read my comments before I post them.

A comment left by tragicone was marked lame too many times and excluded. (marked lame by getset_go, Unfun, EM2, DeimosRising, stop, Lokiamis, cailetshadow, charchar, Ciansy, Doc_Rostov)

Jesus Christ! I got 9 lames for this?

It is pretty clear you all don't get subtle humor.

i think that next no asherdan, i get the most lames.

maybe saint has me beat too.

Well, maybe you should read your comments before you post them. Just saying.

His sleep talk is just adorable

The little "Heh!" by Ray's shoulder perfectly conveys how Ray has totally been called out and is trying to put a brave face on it
Just fucking perfect

Just look at the shock on his face as Beef is talking. This is a man/cat who was not expecting to be taken apart so expertly, so swiftly. This is the face of a man/cat staring at his own unexpected demise.

Wait a minute... Ray doesn't wear a bracelet!

He lost it at the last wedding with a trough of ranch dressing.

I don't care what you say or who you thought you knew you were, Roast Beef is destroying this cat.

The perfectly accurate description, followed by nonchalantly going back to his drink. Beef is fucking brutal.

Hooray for Roast Beefs overly specific descriptions of potential events.
Ray has probably eating a kilogram of bacon-wrapped shrimp before anyway.

I know that's my main reason for going to weddings.

I've said it before I'll say it again, those guys faces are FUCKED

I thought about it so I have to make other people think about it.

His eyes can probably still move around under that melted skin.

NOOOOOO!!

Why so frightened/worried?

Don't be silly. Eyeballs would melt long before the skin surrounding them.

phew thank god for that

wait.... ewwwwww

this is true.... please refer to Major Toht in: Raiders of the Lost Ark

Thank you. Thank you for saying that so I can never sleep again.

ray's arm in panel 6 is JACKED

It's just a fortuitous arrangement of armfat.

That is the title of my first album.

You could use that as a reply to almost any comment here and it would work.

I always kind of imagine Ray having the cat equivalent of the Sumo or Samoan body type- a shit-ton of muscle under that outer layer of fat.

These strips and the Robert Johnson hell strips confused me because I first read them on an old CRT monitor that was really dark and couldn't quite show the difference between a dark grey and black.

Less than a year later Beef and Ray have an almost identical conversation. Persistent

nuances rarely seen in other comics. And when I say rarely, i damn well mean it.

I like that we would probably never get to see this conversation happening if there wasn't something bad happening to Philippe, and that no one knows about it. Because I really like this conversation

These dudes are almost as frightening as Cartilage Head. Seriously. Hella scary.

Weekend Blogs (Saturday - Monday)

Roast Beef: damn forgot about this blog what with things
Onstad: I learned how to play the Lottery.
Emeril: Fast Note on our day's Trashspotting

Today's Blogs

Pat: What a F *KING DISASTER.
Lyle: ey mahn hah pappies
Emeril: Trashspotters I have not abandoned you.

That's right, kids! Pat even hates Daylight Savings Time! He's about as blatant an asshole as a person can get without tying helpless maidens to a train track.

all twirling his mustache, all cackling madly.

To be fair, Daylight Savings Time is useless in this day and age and an annoying inconvenience. Someone ought to have the balls to do away with it.

I thought I was reading Pat's blog for a second there

I also think that DST is an annoying useless thing. Why is it even needed?

Aw man I knew Onstad wouldn't take long to bring the creep back. Is all good though

Scary and distressing. Onstad can contrast two scenes within one strip hell -of hard. It's powerful.

Uhhhh is that a elbow bone I see in panel 7 ?

I didn't notice this my first time through the archives, but is there not something vaguely Charles Burns about the last 4 panels? Anyone read Black Hole?

I couldn't figure out what it was at first... It looked like one of those cheap, rubber Halloween masks you see in dime stores. It was just too fucked up to be human, but somehow, deep down inside I knew it was. His mouth was all busted up... broken teeth sticking out of pink gristle... His lips started moving and wet, sloppy sounds came out. I was scared shitless, but I just stood there staring at him, listening... trying to figure out what he was saying. "Go away... go away..."

Hell yeah.

Is the first mention of matrimony with Beef and Molly in the same sentence?

I have no idea why, but I think Zell and Cory are kind of cute in their own creepy, kindhearted way.

the alt text seems to be Onstad's response to panels 3-9. Works 60% of the time, every time
PS - trying to work out italic text, sorry if it don't work

Yay, you did it! I am so proud of you on the internet!