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Title: July 5th, 2005: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Post by: MattFish on July 05, 2005, 06:00:51 am
....AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

I like saying Phillipesploitation and won't stop until it gains widespread use.
Title: July 5th, 2005: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Post by: jough on July 05, 2005, 06:06:18 am
I know you were eager to get "first post" - but fuck, man, that ain't no kind of thoughts about the new strip.
Title: July 5th, 2005: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Post by: MattFish on July 05, 2005, 06:10:28 am
Sorry, geez. Truth is I didn't have a whole lot of thoughts about this one, it really wasn't too thought-provoking from my point of view. The thoughts that I had were not too great of thoughts.

Yeah, I can try to imagine it as a scene playing out, and the look of terror on Philippe's face growing larger and more ghastly is nice, but it was just a whole lot of space used on a really really simple joke. Or was that the point?

I rescind my "first post" awards.

EDIT: I came up with a thought or two. I should do that more often, it was easier than I thought it would be.

"Extra stuff" is a great response to the question "guess what is in (storage space)?" much like someone asking you "what's up" results in a quickdraw "the sky".

Is Lie-Bot perpetually holding his midsection for any particular reason besides he's just drawn that way, or is he forever chuckling to himself or something similar?
Title: July 5th, 2005: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Post by: Bozack on July 05, 2005, 06:27:05 am
I really love Phillippe dropping to his knees. Excellent.
Title: July 5th, 2005: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Post by: mudokon on July 05, 2005, 06:43:18 am
Shades of this comic (http://www.achewood.com/index.php?date=12292004). Both of them excellent.
Title: July 5th, 2005: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Post by: cellardoor on July 05, 2005, 08:02:45 am
Man, Liebot, it's a been a while.
Perhaps he's holding his stumach to ensure the flux capacitor doesn't fall into Biff Tannens hands (?).
Title: July 5th, 2005: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Post by: CortJstr on July 05, 2005, 12:54:08 pm
I debating if this actually going on for 7 more panels would just be obnoxious or if it would cross over into funny again. It's the David Letterman school of comedy.
Title: July 5th, 2005: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Post by: Doc on July 05, 2005, 01:02:01 pm
Something was bugging me about Phillipe in the first couple of panels, I think its that he doesn't have any eyebrows. It makes his forhead seem kind of huge, and rounder, and given the recent circus c*ck storylines it makes my thoughts go to bad places.

For my money the whole screaming sequence of expressions is good but my favourite is the indrawn breath with his mouth oddly shaped and his eyes still large.

And Liebot just sits there and basks in the horror he has wrought.
Title: July 5th, 2005: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Post by: St_Zartan on July 05, 2005, 01:56:29 pm
This strip also reminded me of the Mickey penis Pancake Horror. I like the Philippe strips like this because Chris gets the characterization right : there is a time in a kid's life in which a skeleton - the idea of a skeleton, pretty much regardless of context - is scary, end of discussion. I don't think it really would have worked with anything else - anything that comes to mind, anyway, like "a snake!" or "a ghost!" Can't really articulate why.

Quote from: "CortJstr"
I debating if this actually going on for 7 more panels would just be obnoxious or if it would cross over into funny again. It's the David Letterman school of comedy.


Family Guy has, lately, pretty much beaten this one into the ground - it's pretty much reached the point where, in contemporary comedy, you can sense almost immediately when they're going for that funny ... obnoxious ... aaaaaaaand back to funny gimmick.

I liked Letterman's take on it, back in the day, because his facial expression and inflection goes from I cannot believe people are laughing at this to that the people are laughing is the joke and the punchline, then he gets the giggles, and it's pretty much a feedback loop from there. Is he still doing Supermarket Finds?
Title: July 5th, 2005: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Post by: Bobby Isosceles on July 05, 2005, 02:06:18 pm
Filler. Next.
Title: July 5th, 2005: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Post by: sjlimmer on July 05, 2005, 03:03:03 pm
Man, *****s get the best jobs: lying, telling jokes, eating cookies (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/beds/bucks/herts/4328509.stm)...

Nice to see lie-bot back, but something about the scale of this one felt off to me.
Title: July 5th, 2005: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Post by: andalucia on July 05, 2005, 03:15:03 pm
Quote from: "Doc"
Something was bugging me about Phillipe in the first couple of panels, I think its that he doesn't have any eyebrows. It makes his forhead seem kind of huge, and rounder, and given the recent circus c*ck storylines it makes my thoughts go to bad places.


Has nobody else worn his or her Special Boy shirt and had Phillippe mistaken for a cheerful, bipedal c*ck?  

It is a problem.
Title: July 5th, 2005: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Post by: V-Adore on July 05, 2005, 03:17:51 pm
I assumed that the hands-on-stomach pose was Lie Bot laughing to himself about his exploits, especially of the Philippesploitation persuasion. It also seems like the least awkward place to put his hand, in terms of his extensively odd body shape.

Anyway, this is a pleasantly old-school strip, and it's fun to see Lie Bot back to his old tricks. The minimalism of this one really wins -- it's not a skeleton on a pony with the blinking tooth of Flava Flav, it's just a skeleton, and that's enough.
Title: July 5th, 2005: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Post by: pmcd9 on July 05, 2005, 03:49:47 pm
Quote from: "andalucia"
Has nobody else worn his or her Special Boy shirt and had Phillippe mistaken for a cheerful, bipedal c*ck?

Me, I have.

~Paul
Title: July 5th, 2005: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Post by: MSC on July 05, 2005, 03:52:00 pm
Quote from: "andalucia"
Has nobody else worn his or her Special Boy shirt and had Phillippe mistaken for a cheerful, bipedal c*ck?   It is a problem.


This was the first thing my wife said when she saw the shirt.  At first I did not agree, but now I do agree that wearing the shirt is basically advertising that something about your c*ck is special.  So unfortunately I can't bring myself to wear the shirt out of the house.
Title: July 5th, 2005: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Post by: cellardoor on July 05, 2005, 03:54:16 pm
Jesus, this thread took a turn for the worse.
Achewood as Rorschach test?
Title: July 5th, 2005: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Post by: CortJstr on July 05, 2005, 04:44:40 pm
Quote from: "V-Adore"
I assumed that the hands-on-stomach pose was Lie Bot laughing to himself about his exploits, especially of the Philippesploitation persuasion. It also seems like the least awkward place to put his hand, in terms of his extensively odd body shape.

This happened to me at work. There was also a poster back on the old forum who described his teacher flipping out over the shirt. He tried printing out comics and showing them to her but apparently that just made matters worse (any student trying to diplomatically defend himself is automatically "belligerent" and has "serious problems with authority.")
Title: July 5th, 2005: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Post by: pmcd9 on July 05, 2005, 05:02:22 pm
Quote from: "CortJstr"
There was also a poster back on the old forum who described his teacher flipping out over the shirt. He tried printing out comics and showing them to her but apparently that just made matters worse (any student trying to diplomatically defend himself is automatically "belligerent" and has "serious problems with authority.")

Independent Thought Alarm (http://www.co-prosperity.org/~wonko/albums/Random/IMG_0117.sized.jpg)

~Paul
Title: July 5th, 2005: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Post by: Bozack on July 05, 2005, 05:13:31 pm
Quote from: "MSC"
...wearing the shirt is basically advertising that something about your c*ck is special.  So unfortunately I can't bring myself to wear the shirt out of the house.


Wait, it says your c*ck is special, so you DON'T wear it? Are you ASHAMED of your c*ck, and how special it is?
I put it to you, Camp Firewood, be PROUD of who you are!
Title: July 5th, 2005: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Post by: Bobby Isosceles on July 05, 2005, 07:46:21 pm
Quote from: "Bozack"
Quote from: "MSC"
...wearing the shirt is basically advertising that something about your c*ck is special.  So unfortunately I can't bring myself to wear the shirt out of the house.


Wait, it says your c*ck is special, so you DON'T wear it? Are you ASHAMED of your c*ck, and how special it is?
I put it to you, Camp Firewood, be PROUD of who you are!


Is it barbed?
END THREAD
Title: July 5th, 2005: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Post by: slink on July 05, 2005, 08:10:42 pm
Considering my brother and I so wanted a 'come on man, say something good about my dick' tee. Again though, we realised there was no way we would wear one outside. Or with people around. Or with mirrors near. Or...
Title: July 5th, 2005: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Post by: Bozack on July 05, 2005, 09:20:13 pm
Wow. So, immediatly after typing my above post, I decided it would be fun to wear my "Special Boy" shirt to work. And I did. And two people have commented on the c*ck-ness of Phillippe.
Title: July 5th, 2005: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Post by: Bobby Isosceles on July 07, 2005, 12:40:50 am
Quote from: "Bozack"
Wow. So, immediatly after typing my above post, I decided it would be fun to wear my "Special Boy" shirt to work. And I did. And two people have commented on the c*ck-ness of Phillippe.


I would pay for a t-shirt that had Phillipe saying "RAP MUSIC, MY DROOGS!"

Then again, I would also pay for a t-shirt that said PHLOGISTON, BITCHES! (http://www.qwantz.com/index.pl?comic=574)

I wonder which phrase is cooler.