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0083 — House Rules

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For the next two weeks, while we're away on our honeymoon, I'm running three strips a week, M-W-F! These will be ultra-classic, single-row-format Achewood strips like you saw in year one (and of which you also saw twelve last Christmas holiday).

I'm posting three a week instead of the usual one-on-Friday because, frankly, posting short strips makes me feel insecure about providing enough value for you, even though I love how this set of six captures the old absurdist flavor of original Achewood, and membership has been steady. Why am I doing short strips at all? Because they show an essential flavor of the Achewood approach, and it's also becoming a fun custom for me to do these during my vacations. They make use of the scratch-and-dent part of my writing file — weird little ideas that can't carry a long-form strip.

Enjoy the change-up, and when I return, you will probably see a comic about what it's like to honeymoon in Italy during a transportation strike. (Hint: Ray will sit in one restaurant in Minori and eat Pasta alla Garlic Oil until his belly button leaks. Again.)

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Comments

Such an angry typer

Grimaldius Mensch

In fairness, that strikes me as pretty foundational to the Communist aesthetic!

Adam Whybray

how many hearts and likes can I add to this?

Alexander Rediger

Of course Phillipe, who never ages, has a Peter Pan costume.

Taylor

God! Who put Philippe in charge of the HOA?

Erik Chipchase

Lyle ONLY takes it the wrong way

Doc G

Canonically speaking, our only version of the Lyle origin story is that he spontaneously combusted into existence at the age of 3 years old, from the explosion created by pouring an unknown high-proof brown liquor into the screaming-hot engine bay of a '57 Chevy Apache revved to 8,000 RPM. Unfortunately, the story's narrator was Lyle, and thus Lyle-level unreliable, and overly focused on mechanical details.

2scrogz

I found a list of rules a weird kid would make if he were in charge once when I was a summer camp counselor. I've forgotten most of them, but "things made out of concrete should be free" will live in my head forever

Ben Birdsall

Shocked that Lyle has ever placed a vessel in a dishwasher, tbh.

Gryffyd Dempsey

Wow, a monitor with mouse ears

Tim from New Hampshire

True change has to start from the inside, y’know?

Cody Richmond

Many laughs at the wholesome comedy. Much needed, many thanks.

Cody Richmond

swirlies the day after eating the fish sticks.

Ruxine

Make me a Peter Panwich

b.zap

Lyle continues to surprise me by being very Daddy. Don't take it the wrong way.

Julie (HiDeeHoGal)

I know that Kid Mad. I feel that Kid Mad. I have anger issues IRL.

Kriegsaffe No. 9

stumble into the bathroom late at night and fall into the terlet because it is up

GruntyGinMan

In the dark. Can we add in the dark?

Jenn

Obviously the punishment is that you have to sit on the toilet with the seat up

Jonathan

Honestly would like to see classic strip format return more frequently. Quality over quantity.

Mitch

Pretty sure the Peter Pan thing is going to be showing up in therapy when Phillipe much older and has changed his name to Phyllis while awaiting top surgery.

J Hardy Carroll

DO WHAT PHILLIPE SHALL BE THE WHOLE OF THE LAW

Yelahneb Unicornucopiax

(To be clear, if you are, you're probably right)

Spyguitar

Are you suggesting that his (semi-regular?) man-douche is the extent of his hygiene?

Spyguitar

One day Doctor Andretti's going to publish a very important but also sensationalistic book about his dealings with "Patient R."

Sedric And Charlie

This is me about the toilet seat being left up. What Would Phillipe Do As Punishment?

Jenn

Did Lyle just avoid getting Code of Hammurabi-ed by giving Philippe a fun task? Seems so.

Shawn Clark

Being placed face-up in the dishwasher would surely be Lyle's first bath since the day he was born behind something.

Oppido

Ray should have Dr. Andretti take a look at that belly button problem.

Ismini Roller

Straight up carving out steles

Matthew Harris

It should be illegal to sell candy to people who litter.

#1 Fan

Ah man I love that little guy. I wish he'd run for president again.

Shepton

Philippe, as ever, proving he has wicked sack.

Josh Egbert


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