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Don't Thank Me, Thank Anarchy Thursday, September 18, 2003 • read strip Viewing 64 comments:

There should be a shirt saying "Don't thank me, thank Anarchy!"

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lamo = lame-o, right? Just want to make sure we're on the same page here... Otherwise? That chubby I gave you was given in error.

there are no errors

Only Malicious intent and feigned ignorance.

It's true, the one Anarchy hurts the most is Denny's.

I dunno, Denny's is usually the local culling ground for pseudo-intellectuals and outcasts, and the fat ones always get milkshakes. That's a money-maker. And I don't think those coffee refills are going to bankrupt them anytime soon either.

Their coffee tastes like Anarchy.

Completely against the rules of common decency?

Denny's Coffee: better in theory than in reality

One fine night we were sitting there eating and one of my buddies was downing the stuff nonstop. we really didn't notice until he was three or four carafes deep. that's abusing the system man.

Moons Over My Hammy? That's a really good one!


~punches himself in the face~

i want a framed picture of philippe with a hat on just like the one his mom has

I second that

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[IMGS OFF]

I think it's pretty easy to photoshop out Phillipe's mom's hair so we just see a picture, but how can I be sure until I do it?

[IMGS OFF]

A few little things I noticed while doing this: this picture is only one without diagonal lines leading from the edge of the picture to the frame except for on the lower left-hand corner, which I've corrected here. I'll leave it to the scholars what the meaning of this omission might be. The frame is a single pixel away from being a true rectangle. The distance from the edge of the picture to the frame is 4 pixels on the left and five pixels on the right. Once more, I'll leave this to the hands of the scholars.

but I am so confused as to why you went to the trouble when you can see the whole picture in panel 2 with no obscuring speech bubble or hair?

In the panel above, though, the picture has diagonal lines on all four corners, which is odd to me.

I'm pretty sure the picture in the bottom panel has diagonal lines on both left corners, which suggests some sort of click-and-drag selection gone awry.

look at a picture frame in real life(or IRL, if you prefer). the diagonal lines come from a frame that has been assembled from 4 pieces of wood(or whatever material...).

i think you're a fool.

I am almost entirely positive that Philippe has been photographed doing a one-man version of "Newsies".

He kind of looks like he's pantomiming the kind of sex that teenagers pantomime in dance clubs these days.

I really love how everything in the anarchist's cookbook helps Philippe be a good son that his mother approves of.

-= PHILIPPE =-

-= ONLY USE ANARCHY FOR GOOD =-

-= NEVER EVIL =-

the phrase that instantly came to mind is "sex anarchist"

i can't explain it, nor would i want to

What is Philippe going to make adorable next? Communism?

You've obviously never seen Philippe do push-ups. "Hammer... Sickle... Hammer... Sickle..."

Read his blog sometime. https://philippesblog.blogspot.com/2006_01_01_archive.html

Cuddlenacht?

Oh. Yes. I should have scrolled.

As it turns out Facism and in particular The Third Reich! Hilarity ensues!

this is the only time anarchy has ever been good for anything

Anarchism is pretty much the main alternative political movement at the moment. It is healthy and coming up with good ideas.

Philippe is basically every crimethinc. member, ever.

EVER - all of them have no doubt been born after the McDLT and thus have no business stompin' around and actin' all punk

I like how Anarchist Phillipe wears a Batman shirt. Batman doesn't really have anything to do with anarchy, but somehow it fits the situation.

Batman is hell of anarchic. All driving a tank round Gotham, all concealed weaponry in his belt, pissing all over the police.

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But, Batman did entirely subvert the natural order by becoming a vigilante and he is the most successful superhero without the benefit of powers. Batman is the best kind of anarchist: the kind who gets it done.

BRUCE WAYNE: HE GETS THINGS DONE.

Tell that to this guy.

I think Reginald D. Hunter had a set where he ragged on Batman for basically being the opposite of an anarchist - rich head of a corporation uses his money to clean up the street by beating up, among others, terrorists and poor people.

Further listening: Atom and His Package - Anarchy Means I Litter.

Wouldn't the net cost of the ground up aspirin and lemon juice be more than just another stamp?

both Aspirin and lemon juice have many other anarchical uses, can be bought in bulk, and the proceeds benefit the ruling body much less directly than postage.

::"did you know" star::

I dig Lyle's smooth wrist as he corrects Philippe's terminology.

What? No one's going to write the rest of the words to the song to make sure that we know that they know?

BOO TO THAT

I turned a friend who is a member of an active Anarchist group onto Achewood by showing him this strip.

I guess Phillipe didn't really need to go to sleep.

Philippe is so innocent!

Don't Thank me, Thank Anarchy!

Lyle gets so worked up he starts speaking in Italics.

I can only hope that one day I too will have a five year old who tells me "don't thank me! Thank anarchy!" How precious.

Please remember that when you ask him to clean his room or basically any chore, and he's telling you
"No, mom, F-O-A-D,
don't thank me, Thank Anarchy!".

Phillipe is a good son.

But how do you pronounce it? Fill-ee-pay? Or Fill-eep?

Fill-eep, which I believe is how it is pronounced in French. It'd only be Fill-ee-pay if there was an accent on the terminal e (don't ask me which kind, one of the slanty ones; i speak spanish where there's only one direction)

It called l'accent aigu I think in French but I could be wrong because I failed the class when trying.

Yea, in french it's called accent aigu (acute accent), the other way is accent grave. And it's definitely pronounced "fill-eep". Philippe's father was French, hence the spelling. It is also my name. My father is also French-Canadian. I suffer the mangling of the spelling and pronunciation of my name as well, so I'm hell of aware when people do it to Philippe .

I can't.. I can't look at her the same way since that guest strip.

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