mr_pete
+1 -1
Most successful political comedy is only taking the easy buckets.
Most successful political comedy is only taking the easy buckets.
saint
+4 -0
i think he means the cardboard box is empty. not his efforts. I could be wrong.
I am wrong. It was an observation.
i think he means the cardboard box is empty. not his efforts. I could be wrong.
I am wrong. It was an observation.
spinynorman
+5 -0
Lyle's tender and thoughtful moments are hilarious.
Poor Darlene.
Lyle's tender and thoughtful moments are hilarious.
Poor Darlene.
mortshire
+2 -1
i hope mike peters wakes up to this feeling every day.
i hope mike peters wakes up to this feeling every day.
leon_sumbitches
+3 -2
I agree with the last frame. It is just TOO easy to make fun of the Bush family.
I agree with the last frame. It is just TOO easy to make fun of the Bush family.
linning
+0 -0
I know right? It's not that the jokes are less funny or accurate, it's just that they are things that everybody knows.
Still, he does look like a chimp.
I know right? It's not that the jokes are less funny or accurate, it's just that they are things that everybody knows.
Still, he does look like a chimp.
aperson
+0 -0
Wait. Did you just compare the president to a chimp ?
Wait. Did you just compare the president to a chimp ?
dri-ft
+1 -0
The bracers in the last panel make it.
The bracers in the last panel make it.
rowboat
+2 -0
Lends it a sort of Raging Bull quality.
Lends it a sort of Raging Bull quality.
oishii
+0 -0
Only slightly distasteful:
https://www.liveleak.com/view?i=ca9_1174228123
Only slightly distasteful:
https://www.liveleak.com/view?i=ca9_1174228123
closefriend
+16 -0
Onstad's (rightfully) upset that other "cartoonists" are put on equal ground with him... even though all you need to do to make a political cartoon is...
1. Draw the earth.
2. Draw a lit fuse sticking out.
3. Label the earth after something you don't like.
Yes, the world is an old-timey time bomb named after Napster/Enron/Exxon Valdez/Ron Paul/Gas Prices/Muslims. Once again science has failed us.
Onstad's (rightfully) upset that other "cartoonists" are put on equal ground with him... even though all you need to do to make a political cartoon is...
1. Draw the earth.
2. Draw a lit fuse sticking out.
3. Label the earth after something you don't like.
Yes, the world is an old-timey time bomb named after Napster/Enron/Exxon Valdez/Ron Paul/Gas Prices/Muslims. Once again science has failed us.
sortelli
+1 -1
I'm pretty shocked that your mention of Ron Paul hasn't drawn a lot of Ron Paul spam.
I'm pretty shocked that your mention of Ron Paul hasn't drawn a lot of Ron Paul spam.
molesticide
+8 -0
motherfucker do not mention ron paul twice in one comment you son of a BITCH
motherfucker do not mention ron paul twice in one comment you son of a BITCH
mirzabah
+0 -0
speak of the ron paul
speak of the ron paul
mirzabah
+0 -0
ron paul ron paul
ron paul
ron paul ron paul
ron paul
saulbellow
+0 -0
[IMGS OFF]
[IMGS OFF]
arbys
+3 -0
I wonder if Lyle is referring to Millie from "Ozy and Millie", the webcomic (which had already been around for several years when Achewood started). Hurm.
I wonder if Lyle is referring to Millie from "Ozy and Millie", the webcomic (which had already been around for several years when Achewood started). Hurm.
endoftheworld
+1 -0
I believe "Millie" is a reference to George Bush Sr.'s pet dog.
I believe "Millie" is a reference to George Bush Sr.'s pet dog.
sortelli
+0 -1
I know you are right but I like the original idea better because the person who does Ozy and Millie is also a hack political cartoonist.
I know you are right but I like the original idea better because the person who does Ozy and Millie is also a hack political cartoonist.
nucleargeranium
+0 -0
Oh, it is so true.
Oh, it is so true.
coco
+0 -0
God, I love the contrast between tv box Lyle and staring-in-the-mirror Lyle . . .
God, I love the contrast between tv box Lyle and staring-in-the-mirror Lyle . . .
hamscout
+0 -0
I gave this a 3, because the third panel conjured up a Lyle/Larry King composite that made me shiver...
I gave this a 3, because the third panel conjured up a Lyle/Larry King composite that made me shiver...
kickstart
+0 -0
re: the alt-text
I was trying to figure out what this strip had to do with Deadwood (Lyle looks a bit like Swearingen in the last panel?) and then I realized that the program hadn't even come out yet in 1/2002. I guess 'deadwood' in this case just means actual dead wood?
re: the alt-text
I was trying to figure out what this strip had to do with Deadwood (Lyle looks a bit like Swearingen in the last panel?) and then I realized that the program hadn't even come out yet in 1/2002. I guess 'deadwood' in this case just means actual dead wood?
tonyhighwind
+0 -0
I am giving this a five for truth.
I am giving this a five for truth.
achewood
+0 -0
I"M CUMMING
I"M CUMMING
heccibiggs
+0 -0
[IMGS OFF]?
[IMGS OFF]?
fineoakstructure
+0 -0
The last panel is what I do at my job all day.
The last panel is what I do at my job all day.
fineoakstructure
+0 -0
God DAMMIT what am I going to do about my PROBLEMS
God DAMMIT what am I going to do about my PROBLEMS
gatoradeface
+0 -0
Lyle's just hungry.
Lyle's just hungry.
For fun, I like to guess which, if any, particular nationally syndicated political cartoon or cartoons Onstad had in mind while writing this one.
So what have you come up with
All of them.
ba dum pssh
I had to perform this onomatopoeia out loud to realize how perfect it was. Well done.