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11 January 2008 - The worst head of my life
« on: January 11, 2008, 05:41:07 am »
http://achewood.com/index.php?date=01112008

I have no idea why, but I absolutely love this strip. Maybe I'm just a sucker for bright colors?
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Re: 11 January 2008 - The worst head of my life
« Reply #1 on: January 11, 2008, 05:49:00 am »
Wow. I really like how the characters are rendered in color without their customary outlines. This strip's color and bold artistic style make me happy, but the subject matter is incredibly depressing. Someone get Onstad another Dave lamp, stat.
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Re: 11 January 2008 - The worst head of my life
« Reply #2 on: January 11, 2008, 05:49:20 am »
Cartooning, is masturbation.
Girls, don't spit on a dudes leg. It is the kind of thing he remembers in his quiet moments as a thing that sucked about his life.
Guys, next time you're throwing your genetic material into a toilet, remember that right now is the beginning of the rest of your life.
« Last Edit: January 11, 2008, 05:53:58 am by Arachno-capitalist »
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Re: 11 January 2008 - The worst head of my life
« Reply #3 on: January 11, 2008, 05:53:37 am »
man. why's he gotta make fun of Chris Ware. I like that man's comics. Mostly the art style... it looks like instructional diagrams to me, if that makes sense.
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Re: 11 January 2008 - The worst head of my life
« Reply #4 on: January 11, 2008, 05:54:13 am »
Acme Novelty Achewood.... I like it.
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Re: 11 January 2008 - The worst head of my life
« Reply #5 on: January 11, 2008, 06:00:08 am »
Quote from: Arachno-capitalist on January 11, 2008, 05:49:20 am
Guys, next time you're throwing your genetic material into a toilet, remember that right now is the beginning of the rest of your life.

My life is just packed with new beginnings.
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Re: 11 January 2008 - The worst head of my life
« Reply #6 on: January 11, 2008, 06:25:37 am »
Quote from: theinevitable on January 11, 2008, 05:53:37 am
man. why's he gotta make fun of Chris Ware. I like that man's comics. Mostly the art style... it looks like instructional diagrams to me, if that makes sense.

Perhaps it's more of an homage...
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Re: 11 January 2008 - The worst head of my life
« Reply #7 on: January 11, 2008, 06:26:04 am »
I could stand to see more Achewood strips in color, especially if they're as surreal as this one.
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Re: 11 January 2008 - The worst head of my life
« Reply #8 on: January 11, 2008, 07:19:21 am »
They all look fatter without lines.

Except the immortal otter, who looks pretty much the same.
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Re: 11 January 2008 - The worst head of my life
« Reply #9 on: January 11, 2008, 07:44:00 am »
I admire Chris Ware, but he begs for parody and this feels quite affectionate, more an Achewoodian take on Ware's aesthetic than pure mockery force.

Oh and brilliant, best strip in ages.

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Re: 11 January 2008 - The worst head of my life
« Reply #10 on: January 11, 2008, 08:56:41 am »
Oh Man Oh Man Oh Man.

'Cartooning'

Shit. Yes.

Best strip ever, would read again and again and again.
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Re: 11 January 2008 - The worst head of my life
« Reply #11 on: January 11, 2008, 09:30:40 am »
This is gorgeously done, and the content is deeply sad, which I think makes it all the better. Poor Teodor.
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Re: 11 January 2008 - The worst head of my life
« Reply #12 on: January 11, 2008, 03:05:14 pm »
This is why I love Achewood in the first place. This is fuck*ng art. This is not comics elevated to the level of art, but comics realizing they were art all along and needed only to click their silver slippers. And aside from that, the content in this just rocks. Yes, it is true, everyone does have an old cement bridge. It does mean something different to everyone. Joss Whedon once said that Firefly was about "nine people loooking into space, and each one seeing something different".  That touches me in special places for some reason. That shit resonates with me. This is fuck*ng beautiful. Oh, and I will definitely be Googling Chris Ware. I'm excited to find out who the hell he is.
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Re: 11 January 2008 - The worst head of my life
« Reply #13 on: January 11, 2008, 03:17:51 pm »
Quote from: AugustWest on January 11, 2008, 06:25:37 am
Perhaps it's more of an homage...

Yeah. And it seems kind of pretentious and makes me cranky. Maybe it's just been a long week.  I'll try again later, since so many of youall think highly of it.
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Re: 11 January 2008 - The worst head of my life
« Reply #14 on: January 11, 2008, 04:30:30 pm »
yeah, in this, I see everything about Chris Ware that is a little too much exaggerated even further.

I mean, especially the "cartooning" part.
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