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Title: Guest Suggestion: Achewood's Chris Onstad
Post by: Bernard on March 05, 2010, 01:29:16 PM
As a big Achewood fan, I think Chris Onstad would be a fun TBS guest.  Has he ever been discussed being on the show?  I know he's based out of Portland, but I think he'd fit in well in-studio for an hour or two. 
Title: Re: Guest Suggestion: Achewood's Chris Onstad
Post by: bakersfieldchimp on March 05, 2010, 02:58:21 PM
This would be great, seeing as how Achewood is the only funny webcomic that has ever existed.
Title: Re: Guest Suggestion: Achewood's Chris Onstad
Post by: Big Plastic Head on March 05, 2010, 03:17:19 PM
This would be great, seeing as how Achewood is the only funny webcomic that has ever existed.

I totally disagree (http://www.pbfcomics.com/).
Title: Re: Guest Suggestion: Achewood's Chris Onstad
Post by: Martin on March 05, 2010, 03:30:44 PM
This would be great, seeing as how Achewood is the only funny webcomic that has ever existed.

I totally disagree (http://www.pbfcomics.com/).

Me too! (http://www.harkavagrant.com/)
Title: Re: Guest Suggestion: Achewood's Chris Onstad
Post by: bakersfieldchimp on March 08, 2010, 12:52:40 AM
all right, that may have been a bit hyperbolic, but in my experience, the vast majority of webcomics are really terrible and self-indulgent, and Achewood blows them all out of the water.
Title: Re: Guest Suggestion: Achewood's Chris Onstad
Post by: Stupornaut on March 08, 2010, 11:24:27 AM
But what about the one with the stick figures that talk about science and how great it is to be a nerd on the internet?
Title: Re: Guest Suggestion: Achewood's Chris Onstad
Post by: effecT on March 08, 2010, 11:37:47 AM
http://www.explosm.net/comics/1978/ (http://www.explosm.net/comics/1978/)
cyanide and happiness sets the standard in my book
Title: Re: Guest Suggestion: Achewood's Chris Onstad
Post by: todd on March 09, 2010, 12:31:52 AM
http://www.explosm.net/comics/1978/ (http://www.explosm.net/comics/1978/)
cyanide and happiness sets the standard in my book

by standard you mean "the ground floor," right? cuz the only thing worse is Penny Arcade.
Title: Re: Guest Suggestion: Achewood's Chris Onstad
Post by: effecT on March 09, 2010, 06:56:20 AM
http://www.explosm.net/comics/1978/ (http://www.explosm.net/comics/1978/)
cyanide and happiness sets the standard in my book

by standard you mean "the ground floor," right? cuz the only thing worse is Penny Arcade.

well then, what is your favorite?
Title: Re: Guest Suggestion: Achewood's Chris Onstad
Post by: JonFromMaplewood on March 09, 2010, 11:08:12 AM
This would be great, seeing as how Achewood is the only funny webcomic that has ever existed.

I totally disagree (http://www.pbfcomics.com/).

I am a huge Achewood fan, but thank you for pointing me to this!  I was laughing my ass off and being generally unproductive for a solid half-hour because of your link.
Title: Re: Guest Suggestion: Achewood's Chris Onstad
Post by: Big Plastic Head on March 09, 2010, 01:13:21 PM
This would be great, seeing as how Achewood is the only funny webcomic that has ever existed.

I totally disagree (http://www.pbfcomics.com/).

I am a huge Achewood fan, but thank you for pointing me to this!  I was laughing my ass off and being generally unproductive for a solid half-hour because of your link.

That is EXACTLY what happened to me when someone else showed it to me.
Title: Re: Guest Suggestion: Achewood's Chris Onstad
Post by: Martin on March 09, 2010, 01:32:13 PM
The Perry Bible Fellowship is the best.

But when you've finished laughing at PBF, I also urge you to check out "Hark, a Vagrant!" which I linked to above (www.harkavagrant.com). I find it very funny (even though it's by a CHICK, ew gross!).
Title: Re: Guest Suggestion: Achewood's Chris Onstad
Post by: Bernard on March 09, 2010, 01:45:51 PM
This would be great, seeing as how Achewood is the only funny webcomic that has ever existed.

I totally disagree (http://www.pbfcomics.com/).

I am a huge Achewood fan, but thank you for pointing me to this!  I was laughing my ass off and being generally unproductive for a solid half-hour because of your link.

agreed.  this has taken up the better part of my lunch break.  the strip, just, feels good.
Title: Re: Guest Suggestion: Achewood's Chris Onstad
Post by: bakersfieldchimp on March 09, 2010, 03:03:54 PM
Agreed-- I somehow forgot about PBF when I posted my earlier comment. And, though it shames me to admit it, I've gone to several of the Penny Arcade Expos, not because I have any great love for the comic, but because it's in my home turf and because I like videogames.
Title: Re: Guest Suggestion: Achewood's Chris Onstad
Post by: Nigel on March 12, 2010, 08:42:33 PM
And, though it shames me to admit it, I've gone to several of the Penny Arcade Expos, not because I have any great love for the comic, but because it's in my home turf and because I like videogames.

i know what you mean! i hate penny arcade, but the music scene i'm in always has shows at PAX.


the thing about achewood is i've been reading it for like 6 years 8 years, and its at the point where i can't even fall behind anymore. if i forgot to read it for a month, i'll have like 5 comics to catch up on.

also i'd like to introduce everyone to pictures for sad children
http://picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=249


edit: forgot how old i was. ugh.
Title: Re: Guest Suggestion: Achewood's Chris Onstad
Post by: Big Plastic Head on March 12, 2010, 11:17:02 PM
I have been meaning to say...

Hark! A Vagrant = Winner!

Thanks for that one Martin. I had never heard of it before.
Title: Re: Guest Suggestion: Achewood's Chris Onstad
Post by: Pidgeon on March 23, 2010, 04:10:54 PM
Yeah, H!AV is about the only one I really follow anymore. It's about the only one that I can think of that is just completely devoid of snarkiness/video game references.

I doesn't hurt that she's gotten me interested in history and classic literature.
Title: Re: Guest Suggestion: Achewood's Chris Onstad
Post by: Big Plastic Head on March 23, 2010, 05:27:20 PM
I admit to liking Cat & Girl (http://catandgirl.com/) as well. Sometimes it is pretty out there. Other times brilliant.

And this shirt (http://www.topatoco.com/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=TO&Product_Code=CG-ELEPHANTS&Category_Code=CG) cracks me up.
Title: Re: Guest Suggestion: Achewood's Chris Onstad
Post by: Martin on March 23, 2010, 06:20:11 PM
Yeah, H!AV is about the only one I really follow anymore. It's about the only one that I can think of that is just completely devoid of snarkiness/video game references.

I doesn't hurt that she's gotten me interested in history and classic literature.

Loved this new one. She obviously loves Lost, but I don't, and this strip sums up the show for me in a weird way.

(http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff28/beatonna/twitlost3.png)
Title: Re: Guest Suggestion: Achewood's Chris Onstad
Post by: Steve of Bloomington on March 27, 2010, 01:41:31 PM
The Perry Bible Fellowship is the best.

But when you've finished laughing at PBF, I also urge you to check out "Hark, a Vagrant!" which I linked to above (www.harkavagrant.com). I find it very funny (even though it's by a CHICK, ew gross!).

The Perry Bible Fellowship is fantastic. There's a book out that I picked up in the library's graphic novel section. I wasn't even aware of it until then.
Title: Re: Guest Suggestion: Achewood's Chris Onstad
Post by: Big Plastic Head on March 27, 2010, 02:17:24 PM
Yeah, H!AV is about the only one I really follow anymore. It's about the only one that I can think of that is just completely devoid of snarkiness/video game references.

I doesn't hurt that she's gotten me interested in history and classic literature.

Loved this new one. She obviously loves Lost, but I don't, and this strip sums up the show for me in a weird way.

(http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff28/beatonna/twitlost3.png)

Martin, I think it is just you and I who don't care for Lost. What is really lame is that I named my dog Hurley after Frank Hurley, the photographer from the Endurance expedition but when someone asks me his name, nine out of ten times I get, "Oh, after the guy on Lost, right?" Grrrrrr!

That comic made me laugh too. LOVING Hark! A Vagrant.
Title: Re: Guest Suggestion: Achewood's Chris Onstad
Post by: Stupornaut on March 28, 2010, 12:39:42 AM

Martin, I think it is just you and I who don't care for Lost. What is really lame is that I named my dog Hurley after Frank Hurley, the photographer from the Endurance expedition but when someone asks me his name, nine out of ten times I get, "Oh, after the guy on Lost, right?" Grrrrrr!

That comic made me laugh too. LOVING Hark! A Vagrant.

Does the tenth person out of ten say "oh, like the Minutemen drummer?"

And yeah, Kate Beaton is the greatest. Her Mystery Solving Teens (http://harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=218) comics are fantastic.
Title: Re: Guest Suggestion: Achewood's Chris Onstad
Post by: Big Plastic Head on March 28, 2010, 12:52:02 AM

Martin, I think it is just you and I who don't care for Lost. What is really lame is that I named my dog Hurley after Frank Hurley, the photographer from the Endurance expedition but when someone asks me his name, nine out of ten times I get, "Oh, after the guy on Lost, right?" Grrrrrr!

That comic made me laugh too. LOVING Hark! A Vagrant.

Does the tenth person out of ten say "oh, like the Minutemen drummer?"

And yeah, Kate Beaton is the greatest. Her Mystery Solving Teens (http://harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=218) comics are fantastic.

Only one friend actually said that. So now, when I want to be cool, I will say that he is named after George. Why not? It's fun to make stuff up.