0007 - Out-Of-Character-Comix!
Added 2023-06-16 17:00:03 +0000 UTCI was talking with this subscriber, M.B., and he said that the "Out-Of-Character-Comix!" one-offs were among his favorite strips. It got me to thinking about the challenge of writing brief, single-gag pieces. For me, they are more difficult than long strips, as their brevity requires elegance. Alright, that was kind of an assholey way to say that I recognize that the punchy early stuff is many peoples' favorite, and I'll be trying my hand at it again.
(Oh, and, this strip wasn't written using AI. Large Language Models still do a fairly unconvincing Todd.)
Comments
Shartakular vernacular, spectacular spectacular
Ruxine
2024-01-25 06:21:26 +0000 UTCJust 'cause he thinks somebody owes him money, doesn't mean he ever had that money in the first place.
Robert de Forest
2023-06-20 06:56:49 +0000 UTCI'm so glad someone else remembers that one, because it genuinely might be the Achewood strip I think of most. I read that alt text ("You can do whatever you want in life") at a formative age, and I think I'd be someone different today if I hadn't encountered it when I did.
Oppido
2023-06-19 00:50:53 +0000 UTCTo me, the biggest "out-of-character" element of this strip is the suggestion that Todd was ever at one point in possession of fifty bucks.
Oppido
2023-06-19 00:39:16 +0000 UTCShargler
Tovfly
2023-06-18 16:54:22 +0000 UTCI held my cursor over the image to bring up the alt text, just in case that was back too. Betting I'm not alone.
Tommy Wingo
2023-06-17 14:08:31 +0000 UTCMy favorites are Ray’s Toilet Party and the various Magical Realism ones. Not many laffs in Cartilage Head but they are indeed beautiful
RBM
2023-06-17 06:04:36 +0000 UTCAnd just like that, "shart-gargler" carves itself into my lexicon.
K. Unknown
2023-06-17 04:56:09 +0000 UTCMy favorite arcs were insane things like Cartilage Head, but I’m not expecting a return to that until we’re good and warmed up.
chili sunrise
2023-06-17 02:00:09 +0000 UTCYou know what I bought today? Some fuckin' rad-ass car tires.
Nicholas Williams
2023-06-16 22:19:25 +0000 UTCThe return of T-T-T-T-Todd T. Squirrel!!!! I live every day with the regret that I never bought the Todd Rampant t-shirt.
FactWino
2023-06-16 21:09:56 +0000 UTCAI could never respond to a question about reproductive rights with "Bitches gotta take their cunt pills! I ain't wearin' no gunny sack!"
Jay Y
2023-06-16 20:02:40 +0000 UTCOne of my favorite "short-form" Achewood tropes is when nude men wrestle each other in hot tubs
Matt Orenberg
2023-06-16 18:52:15 +0000 UTCI love the ol' short stuff, it's my favorite. Brevity is indeed difficult.
A. C.
2023-06-16 18:38:14 +0000 UTCYAMS!!!
Michael Akey
2023-06-16 18:10:04 +0000 UTCAnd you know Chris I think all of us would read your grocery list with enjoyment
J Hardy Carroll
2023-06-16 17:50:26 +0000 UTCYou know come to think of it, Todd really is sort of like a really rude language model. Except he doesn't learn. Sucking dick bought this van.
J Hardy Carroll
2023-06-16 17:49:57 +0000 UTCachewood ist rad
rockuba
2023-06-16 17:40:58 +0000 UTCFor what it's worth, the longform rambly comics were the purest Achewood to me. Throw in a storyline arc and I'm absolutely raw tickled.
Nate
2023-06-16 17:26:48 +0000 UTCIt's a Fuck Your Requests, But In An Interesting Way Friday!
Ola Leier
2023-06-16 17:16:22 +0000 UTCIf we're going to see some one-offs again, maybe there's a good-old-fashioned Fuck You Friday in the future?
KMan
2023-06-16 17:06:28 +0000 UTC
