I actually thought yesterday's was hilarious but today's was too much for me. Maybe tomorrow I'll like it?

Often the t-shirts and gear seem to highlight the misfire strips.  The bunny ambulance just doesn't do it for me.

SO true.

I actually didn't mind this strip, because it made me imagine Teodor coming up with other retarded "impressions" before finally resorting to shouting out obvious physical features.
In general I have despised this storyline, even the books off-shoot with Cornelius. It's making me worry that Achewood is going to go down an unfunny path of no return. That ... that would be Sad.

I know it is just a comic strip, but I was actually angry at the other characters, thinking "for fuck sake!  Get him to a hospital!  This is serious!"  Is there a word for comically horrific?

Wait. Where do you get the impression that they aren't going to take Ray to a hospital? I mean, sure, everybody is stoned so they're not on their game, but they seem to be acting about as responsibly as one could expect (Teodor asking questions to check Ray's awareness, etc). More importantly, Beef has emerged from his plexiglass chamber to face the stoners, so he's acknowledging in his superior state of sobriety that There Is A Problem. I'd be surprised if the next strip didn't take place in the hospital or on the way. Either way, I trust Onstad to do something funny which will ultimately bring the strip back to its status quo.

Bleeding from the ears isn't THAT uncommon with head trauma and doesn’t really suggest permanent brain damage (the continued spurts are unrealistic and clearly just for comic effect). Could just be a broken nose and a concussion. If this arc strives for realism, he'll probably lose some memories of the event but ultimately be okay. I had a (human) friend in a similar situation due to a soccer ball, which I'll admit isn't as hard as a softball, but still.

EDIT: Actually, don't people usually get hit in the back of the head to get the bleeding-of-the-ears thing? I'm definitely not an expert on this. But I doubt Onstad is, either.

I have not started a new topic thread since my introductory thread. I'm only starting this because it has been bugging me for a while. Man I am really coming out of my shell here.

So it says in the Salon article that Achewood gets 10 million page views a month. First of all, I'm too stupid to know whether or not that's a lot. Could anybody help me understand what those stats mean?

But anyway, that's not really my point. I'm wondering if I just have terrible luck. I can count all the Achewood fans I know in real life on one hand, and two of them are people who I introduced to the strip. I own two Achewood shirts and I wear them plenty 'round the great city of Boston, and never once has a person stopped me to say, "Hey, Achewood! I love that strip." And one of the shirts that I own is the one that merely says "Achewood." So ... you really couldn't expect a person to miss that. (The other one is the “ass in your #####” shirt, which I’ll admit is more obscure.)
My boyfriend got stopped once wearing his "Dude and Catastrophe" shirt, but that's just one time and therefore seems more like dumb luck than burgeoning popularity.

Am I living in an alternate universe where Achewood is an unpopular comic? It's apparently popular enough for Scott Kurtz to begrudge its success (and they tell me you haven’t made it on the internets until Scott Kurtz begrudges your success). Maybe I need to wear my “Achewood” shirt for a week straight, just to up the probability that I will find fellow fans.

To be perfectly frank, the only reason why I bought the shirt with the word “Achewood” on it was so that I could find other people who liked Achewood. And … well, I guess I’m just disappointed that it didn’t work.

me too. I am trying a thing lately where... sometimes I type up a big ol' reply, and then I read over it. And then I delete it. Because 90% of the time, my responses are "oh man, that reminds me of (something that isn't really related)"

I do that constantly. That's why I end up lurking so much and yet posting so little.

It's kinda unrelated, but I don't want to start a new thread just to link to this guy who made a Phillipe flow-chart.

Seriously...I mean, who didn't watch Doug?

Me ... ::hides::

Oh, and seriously, thanks for the tiny cans. I mean, I didn't even draw a quail with a tufty thing. So ... yeah! Woo!

As loathe as I am to request Achewood fanart, I very much want to see Quail Jesus.

If only Onstad was still taking commissions...

I'm not Onstad. Heck, I'm not even particularly good at art. But this was too fun to not attempt.

Apologies for poor quality b/c my scanner's broken, so I had to take a picture of the drawing w/a camera.

I based the quail's little hand motion on the pseudo-peace sign that Jesus does. See, looky: