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[Cap'n Squeakers]

Basically this strip is the Titus Andronicus of saddest thing strips.

You are the winner of the internets today.  A tiny, well-educated can for you, sirrah.

[mrdna1]

I agree with whoever said the last time that the real genius in these strips lies in the pre-Saddest Thing exchanges between LB and Philippe ("You sure you're ready?" "I ... I think so, this time.").

[Golfhaus]

The thing about this iteration of TST is that each individual piece of it is incredibly sad:

- "toilet from an abandoned space station" - the utter uselessness of the item's existence is implied there.
- child playing alone - again, the implied loneliness of the child.
- terribly violent death scene
- agonizingly sweet final words from the dead/dying child
- "half a hard-boiled egg" - not even the whole part

But at the end, the individual parts are worth more than the sum. Still, like Donovan McNabb, Achewood at 75% is still one of the best comics out there.

[Nabubrush]

I wouldn't store all my half hard-boiled eggs in the McNabb basket.

[robot_god]

I love it.

I don't think there is any saddest thing threedux that would have pleased you guys, but I, for one, greatly appreciate Onstad including gratuitous gore in his comic.

I have two reasons.  One, it quenches your thirst for blood, ultimately keeping you sane, happy, vital, and sexual, and two, because the willingness to go there is another small aspect that sets Achewood apart from other comics.  Achewood will kill a small boy, crush him into a bloody mound, and that is important.  So good, you can taste it.

[Bimmicus]

This strip itself is the Saddest Thing.

[linnea]

The thing about this iteration of TST is that each individual piece of it is incredibly sad:

- "toilet from an abandoned space station" - the utter uselessness of the item's existence is implied there.
- child playing alone - again, the implied loneliness of the child.
- terribly violent death scene
- agonizingly sweet final words from the dead/dying child
- "half a hard-boiled egg" - not even the whole part

But at the end, the individual parts are worth more than the sum.

Thank you for breaking that down. I dare say that I agree with you, despite my initial hatred of the strip. I agree that the sum of the parts does not equal a greater whole, but the imagery is quite visceral.

[V-Adore]

What I find most disturbing about this strip, in my neuroscientist way, is the implication that the child's brain is somehow intact enough to articulate "I love you, Mommy," despite the fact that (as the alt text notes, fantastically) the head is so mutilated that the eyes and nose are not visible. Ohh, cold shivers.

[Doc]

the child's brain is somehow intact enough to articulate "I love you, Mommy,"

Such things are possible not by your petty science but through love and tragicomedy.

[dejavroom]

Awp!

[V-Adore]

Such things are possible not by your petty science but through love and tragicomedy.

I'm not saying "zomg scientific inaccuracy!", I'm saying "oooh, eerie." Hell, all's fair in love, war, Saddest Things, and brain injury.

[jay-ell]

I read this strip three times. 

First reaction: Ick. 

Second reaction: Sad, I guess, but not as sad as the retarded man with the broken egg. 

Third reaction: Ick. 

[keithcozz]

"Hee-Haw?"  Goddamn.

[pmcd9]

Finally I get a response.  Dude registered just to say Goddamn at my comparing Achewood to Hee-Haw. 

[Nabubrush]

Finally I get a response.  Dude registered just to say Goddamn at my comparing Achewood to Hee-Haw. 

Just be sure to always use your mysterious powers for Good, Paul.