0002 - Return of Achewood, pt 2
Added 2023-05-12 17:00:05 +0000 UTCIn a thrillingly on-time update (I kid; these updates are loaded long in advance), Ray continues to declare corporeal discomfort so great that he must be served by others. His long-suffering friend Roast Beef walks down the hallway in his stead, in order to discern the identity of their visitor. This is also a continuation of the story arc; but will next week be a classic, "Achewood one-off"? Either way, we'll see you here.
Comments
Chuck's spirit is still restless, but it is pretty hard to tell a nine-year-old child that they are dead
Oppido
2023-05-17 21:27:26 +0000 UTCThere’s a short story about him in the Author’s Tier right now, I’m not even making this up
Chris Onstad
2023-05-17 04:14:04 +0000 UTCIs Charlie Brown still hanging around somewhere
Keith Richards
2023-05-17 04:05:50 +0000 UTCyou mustn't! Sterling Holloway is not public domain!
rap legend Jesse Dangerously
2023-05-16 22:21:16 +0000 UTCRay Acts Like He Forgot About DRE
rap legend Jesse Dangerously
2023-05-16 22:20:29 +0000 UTCFACT
Gryffyd Dempsey
2023-05-16 19:47:46 +0000 UTCI got you Ray. Hell of tedious to piss in Morse code.
Rob Dalton
2023-05-16 02:44:19 +0000 UTCBetter than horror pooh
Micah I Thomas
2023-05-14 22:27:55 +0000 UTCFor some reason, I read Pooh in David Thewlis’s voice.
Jason K
2023-05-14 17:42:22 +0000 UTCThis whole situation is a dang delight. FWIW, I always thought Owl would be a fun hang. Prob has lots of stories.
Linus Lee
2023-05-14 17:32:55 +0000 UTCI wonder if he ever prank called him back in the day.
Matthew Hutton
2023-05-14 14:23:07 +0000 UTCI like late-middle-aged Ray who’s maybe experiencing bodily changes. Also love how sometimes Achewood is just gross.
Meadow Green
2023-05-14 09:40:31 +0000 UTCPooh looks like he jumped right off the pages of the original books, also thinking about it this is actually a pretty natural crossover considering a good chunk of Achewood's main cast are also stuffed animals course now this makes me want to see everyone rendered up in the style of EH Shepard, or at least Philippe cause that would be incredibly adorable
drrockso20
2023-05-14 08:30:56 +0000 UTCdude's always getting his drip on, can't hardly stop him
80s Guy
2023-05-14 05:50:30 +0000 UTC“I thought he was a boy?” “So did I,” said Christopher Robin. “Then you can’t call him Winnie?” “I don’t. He’s Winnie-*ther*-Pooh. Don’t you know what ‘ther’ means?” “Ah, yes,” I said; and I hope you do too, because it is all the explanation you are going to get.
80s Guy
2023-05-14 05:46:12 +0000 UTCAmazing
Heather Sorrentino
2023-05-14 03:07:27 +0000 UTCAt that special age when you have to stretch before getting your solid 10.
GruntyGinMan
2023-05-14 02:36:25 +0000 UTComg a message board this is A Thing.
Conor Nelson
2023-05-14 02:32:06 +0000 UTCWelcome to this message board Old Timer
Chris Onstad
2023-05-14 02:10:01 +0000 UTCWinnie the Pooh! I thought Xi Jinping took you down like an Egyptian Emperor!
GruntyGinMan
2023-05-14 02:09:14 +0000 UTCThey just straight up don’t, and that’s ok. But I am figuring out a way that will retain the Magique of the original system.
Chris Onstad
2023-05-14 01:35:07 +0000 UTCHonestly bummed that Patreon doesn't support custom alt tag attributes.
Colter McCorkindale
2023-05-14 01:33:35 +0000 UTCGood to see you again, Keef! Everybody: Keef is one of the oldest Knuckleheads possible.
Chris Onstad
2023-05-13 23:49:17 +0000 UTCYeah, that is pretty filthy. You should start a patreon to capitalize on this kind of thing.
Chris Onstad
2023-05-13 23:48:07 +0000 UTCLord but it is good to see new strips. Thanks for this, Chris.
Keef
2023-05-13 23:43:11 +0000 UTCWinnie gonna give him the low down on the pub domain
Bexx
2023-05-13 23:08:51 +0000 UTCi pray that god spares me an anagram!
Craim pop Jalopy
2023-05-13 06:36:08 +0000 UTCno you didnt you're just lying to impress us. cut it out with that filth
Craim pop Jalopy
2023-05-13 06:34:34 +0000 UTCi was all, drip drip dripdrip
b.zap
2023-05-13 01:08:28 +0000 UTCi got my drip on like 4 times today
b.zap
2023-05-13 01:08:17 +0000 UTCIt does not. Maybe I will post it below the strip in anagram form each week. I have several brave and intelligent engineers from the greatest halls of Math and Logic working on this.
Chris Onstad
2023-05-13 00:16:34 +0000 UTCBetter than having piss shiver, I guess
Benjamin Seitelman
2023-05-12 23:56:19 +0000 UTCDoes the Patreon platform allow for alt-text jokes? I miss those. 😞
ErikK
2023-05-12 23:42:29 +0000 UTCHearing Pooh in Sterling Holloway's voice.
Mightyclaw
2023-05-12 22:48:06 +0000 UTCThe "shock graphic" that google automatically supplies when looking up that acronym was really nice over a turkey sandwich
Chris Onstad
2023-05-12 20:07:49 +0000 UTCNext Week: Ray Gets a DRE
blair
2023-05-12 19:55:00 +0000 UTCShoutouts to all my homies inquiring as to the public domain
David Doghugs
2023-05-12 19:50:24 +0000 UTCMacbook Pro
David Doghugs
2023-05-12 19:50:06 +0000 UTCSeems like the right thing to do
Alex Woods
2023-05-12 19:43:54 +0000 UTCI'm seeing that too. I have put in a note to Patreon to put us on their vision plan
Chris Onstad
2023-05-12 19:20:25 +0000 UTCThey look good to me except for that weird cataract-shaped thing in the middle of every panel.
Ben R. Williams
2023-05-12 19:17:48 +0000 UTCHmmm, yes. I think the quote Jason Draper pulled from the strip, below, sums it all up pretty well — “what even is life.”
Thomas Williams
2023-05-12 19:08:42 +0000 UTCMe every night of my 57-year-old life. I'm going to remember this as the good old days, too.
J Hardy Carroll
2023-05-12 18:52:08 +0000 UTCI imagine they could eke out 150 minutes from a 90-year career. It's like the "Let's all remember Jack Soo" episode of Barney Miller where the actors sat around and talked about what a great guy Jack was, except they'd be talking about how Billy preached all about Satan and how gay people are bad.
J Hardy Carroll
2023-05-12 18:50:14 +0000 UTCOh dearie me Aaron you can officially unsee that man’s videos by watching 2.5 hours of The Best of Billy Graham (this is porno offset credits btw)
Chris Onstad
2023-05-12 18:46:29 +0000 UTCMember British Parliament. You’ve reached the House of Commons!
Aaron J. Rushton
2023-05-12 18:45:37 +0000 UTCThere’s uhh there’s already a dude. He says he’s from Cleveland if that gives you any hints.
Aaron J. Rushton
2023-05-12 18:43:32 +0000 UTCI wish the last panel wasn’t so relatable.
Moira's Machine
2023-05-12 18:43:19 +0000 UTCCharlie Brown is a human boy and Winnie the Pooh is a stuffed bear. Stuffed creatures are functionally unchanging - Phillipe is 5. Teodor is probably always gonna be Like That, etc.
professor husband
2023-05-12 18:40:46 +0000 UTCThank you Michael. (What's an MBP?) I suspect that whatever software setting is downsampling the original uploads (which are huge, crisp, massive, simply fabulous, a lot of people are saying they are the biggest comic image files they have ever seen, not what you are reading in the New York Times) just isn't resulting in crisp resolution. I have been chatting about this with Patreon this morning -- they are extremely responsive so I anticipate the experience improving soon. But so everybody knows, if you tap on the comic images, they enlarge beautifully.
Chris Onstad
2023-05-12 18:25:51 +0000 UTCSimilar. New MBP here. I attributed it to my old ass eyes but lets go with a hardware issue. I like the sound of that better.
Michael Akey
2023-05-12 18:21:00 +0000 UTCThanks to you, and thanks to Dan, I have an active conversation going with Patreon to figure out how we can improve this "sitch." I notice that on my screen they are, while definitely not as crisp as the enlargement, not exactly of a resolution I would be proud to show the year 2525.
Chris Onstad
2023-05-12 18:20:04 +0000 UTCThat is ok by me. The images are great. Tell us more.
Michael Akey
2023-05-12 18:18:43 +0000 UTCRay knows not what it is to pee. "Damn," I suppose.
Nicholas Williams
2023-05-12 18:09:50 +0000 UTCI work for a Website and we have found that in this age of varying levels of retina screens, the quality of an image can look radically different based on the hardware. We haven't had the resources to find whatever the special equation is that makes an image appear appropriately clear on all devices yet, though. I will say that on this 16in 2021 MacBook Pro, the un-expanded image is blurry but the enlarged one is crystal clear for me.
Sar
2023-05-12 18:04:53 +0000 UTCI'll clean the thread up now, actually. LMK your platform and OS too ok please?
Chris Onstad
2023-05-12 18:00:38 +0000 UTCDan, let's figure this out over email ok? I'd like to be able to see screenshots of what you're seeing. Chris@achewood.com. Also, once we establish contact there, I may clean up the two previous out-of-thread responses, so the discussion on this strip is tidy.
Chris Onstad
2023-05-12 17:59:07 +0000 UTCBut I’m very curious to hear user experiences as this is all new. What I can say is the strips I’m uploading are I think over twice as big as the ones on Achewood.com
Chris Onstad
2023-05-12 17:52:00 +0000 UTCTap to enlarge? That help?
Chris Onstad
2023-05-12 17:51:02 +0000 UTCDo these new strips look blurry?
Dan W
2023-05-12 17:50:10 +0000 UTCPlease keep Eeyore out of the Volvo of Despair.
denv_eric
2023-05-12 17:41:22 +0000 UTCIsn't it nice not having to worry about an immediate cease and desist notice from the Walt Disney Corporation? I can't wait until Steamboat Willie shows up on Pornhub.
J Hardy Carroll
2023-05-12 17:38:16 +0000 UTC🎵Winnie the Pooh, Winnie the Pooh, tubby little cubby all covered in grave dirt… 🎵
Ian Macleod
2023-05-12 17:30:21 +0000 UTC“Ray Smuckles! Will you kindly shake your dick and say tut tut it looks like rain?”
Omurice
2023-05-12 17:22:21 +0000 UTCI know it's just a fucking drawing, but it does feel like Pooh has been put out to turn tricks out in the "Public Domain." It would be a sincere pleasure to see this little bear taken in by the Achewood gang as some kind of hospice thing.
Hector Jimenez
2023-05-12 17:18:22 +0000 UTCWhat even is life..
jason
2023-05-12 17:15:37 +0000 UTCThere's no way to add alt text currently, but I've asked Patreon if it's possible to add. Maybe I just add it in the strip summary paragraph ... but in a hidden way, like digital lemon juice (check if this is a thing)
Chris Onstad
2023-05-12 17:14:41 +0000 UTCJust occurred to me — Might not have been T, but it was a bear! And that Pooh can fit the “alive stuffed animal” category like T and Cornelius and the other originals. A conversation between Pooh and Ray coming up… I mean, it can’t possibly go any worse than what happened with Charlie Brown… right?
Thomas Williams
2023-05-12 17:13:33 +0000 UTCWhat about the ghost text oh noooo
Silver Smoulder
2023-05-12 17:12:29 +0000 UTCDoes it spoil things if I come in here and talk about how I'm working with the original Shepard images, etc. -- or even reply? I had envisioned this as the "inside the fourth wall" area, but maybe comment sections are fair game.
Chris Onstad
2023-05-12 17:12:13 +0000 UTCdid Pooh dig himself out of his own grave? he looks like he just massacred some river salmon.
Michael Akey
2023-05-12 17:05:57 +0000 UTCThe crossover event of the summer
chili sunrise
2023-05-12 17:04:44 +0000 UTCOh….bother?
Billy Keenly
2023-05-12 17:03:51 +0000 UTCNice
The Terrifier
2023-05-12 17:03:23 +0000 UTC
