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[Color_Me_Brad]

Genius. The only way I can describe how he brought Beef back. He just crawls out the barrell. And he's back. So funny. Glad the subject of what happens if the two are left come up.......Beef is such a good friend. We'll see if he lives up to what he says though...Wow......Last guy.......Seems the GOF will be done with next week!!!!!!! And it all stated with cell phones with testes.

[AugustWest]

I think Ray will win.  It's what he does. 

Likewise, I think Beef will die.

[estevus]

Both Ray and Beef will win the Fight, regardless the fact that Beef is totally going down in the end. Ray will be named the champ and ensure the Stubbs name continues its legacy, but Beef will share the victory by having strategically manipulated everything to make Ray the champ.

[JorgeFabregas]

What if the english guys dutifully take each other out in a grotesque display of grotesque displayingness?

[revdj]

I am in a hotel right now and this strip made it worth the 13 bucks for internet access.  Once Beef popped out, I'm thinkin', money well spent.

Holy crap.  I am in a hotel right now, too!  I had to spend 10 bucks.  This means your hotel is probably nicer than mine.  The cheapass hotels I usually stay in (when I am paying) give free internetitude.

Let us make it "interesting"  - If Beef wins, all the "ray" people have to, at some point in the next week, use the phrase 'Keep the change amigo, you're good people' at work, without explaining why.  If Ray wins, all the "beef" people have to, at some point in the next week, use the phrase  'cowboy sauce' under similar circumstances.

Anybody in?

(For the record, I think it is going to be Beef.)

[Nabubrush]

I'll vote Beef, as it would be far easier for me to use "Cowboy Sauce" at work. As a matter of fact, I'm going to start using it no matter what happens.

[theinevitable]

man.
I was talking to my girlfriend yesterday, and I said
me: "so I was talking to emily about achewood, and..."
she: "emily reads achewood?"
me: "yeah. why?"
she: *looks worried* "oh. no reason. I've been meaning to start reading it again."

[Mr. Chord]

Yeah, uh. Hm, well - not a big fan of this arc, so I'm glad to see it winding down. I'm still holding out for some unexpected twist at the end that will turn the whole thing around.

That being said, did Onstad have Ray make a very pointed joke about child molestation? Rudy looked genuinely hurt.

[Omegatron]

man.
I was talking to my girlfriend yesterday, and I said
me: "so I was talking to emily about achewood, and..."
she: "emily reads achewood?"
me: "yeah. why?"
she: *looks worried* "oh. no reason. I've been meaning to start reading it again."

Brilliant.

So... where is Molly in all this?

[Doc]

...not a big fan of this arc...

Get Him!

[jough]

I really loved the build-up to the fight, but yeah, the actual fight itself has been pretty much a letdown.  The last couple of strips especially seem like Onstad no longer has his heart in this arc and has gotten bored with it.

This could've been something that he could have dragged out for weeks, alternating between inside the fight and further complications outside of the fight, with one of the other dozen or so main characters.  But the plot of the fight has been... simple.

[EgoSumNoah]

I really loved the build-up to the fight, but yeah, the actual fight itself has been pretty much a letdown.  The last couple of strips especially seem like Onstad no longer has his heart in this arc and has gotten bored with it.

This could've been something that he could have dragged out for weeks, alternating between inside the fight and further complications outside of the fight, with one of the other dozen or so main characters.  But the plot of the fight has been... simple.

I'm not sure if I would have wanted it to drag out for weeks. Based on interviews, it sounds like Onstad invents his strips on a day-to-day basis. A good, long GOF arc would have involved a lot of planning. The humor comes from this insane giraffe out of water, giraffe out of the space-time continuum, giraffe blowing my mind situation, and it would take a lot of planning and momentum to keep that up for several weeks.

BUT, if Onstad were ever to come out with a Achewood graphic novel with a single, cohesive narrative, the GOF could easily be it. Of course, the meanwhile outside the fight bits would be necessary, perhaps juxtaposing the fight with Phillipe's antics, or comparing it to Lyle and Vlad's backyard rendition.

Come on Achewood novel! Pleeeeease?

[behka]

Care to, uh, make it interesting?

but i'm out of sexual favors!





(sorry, was in detroit all week)

[Bozack]

David Wain? Jesus, I have been gone a long time.

[robot_god]

I really loved the build-up to the fight, but yeah, the actual fight itself has been pretty much a letdown.  The last couple of strips especially seem like Onstad no longer has his heart in this arc and has gotten bored with it.

This could've been something that he could have dragged out for weeks, alternating between inside the fight and further complications outside of the fight, with one of the other dozen or so main characters.  But the plot of the fight has been... simple.

I concur, but I have to admit that at some point I started getting bored of it myself, it's been going on for like two solid months now.  During the build-up, the story was taking twists so sharp that they would make you feel physical pain, but since the fight began things have been progressing in a very linear fashion, despite there being some quality surprises here and there.

Thinking about it, most of the things presented since the beginning of the fight have not really had much importance to the plot at all.  For example, Ray and Beef pick up a pack of goons, but the goons don't really do anything.  Ray tears off a man's face, but it leads to basically nothing.  Ray drinks three quarters of a liter of brandy, but he emerges from the tent basically sober.  They have all been good strips but have not really done anything more than pass the time in the fight.

Nevertheless, I am sure that no matter what the outcome is, it is going to be climactic.  To prepare, I have refrained from orgasming for seven days so that when - eh forget it.