Comments on: Fleen Book Corner: The Great Outdoor Fight http://www.fleen.com/archives/2008/08/27/fleen-book-corner-the-great-outdoor-fight/ the webcomics blog about webcomics Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:17:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: webcomic roundup: hip-hop in the stacks, wowio woes and outdoor fights | mindpollution.org http://www.fleen.com/archives/2008/08/27/fleen-book-corner-the-great-outdoor-fight/#comment-230865 webcomic roundup: hip-hop in the stacks, wowio woes and outdoor fights | mindpollution.org Tue, 02 Sep 2008 02:05:06 +0000 http://www.fleen.com/?p=1461#comment-230865 [...] Gary Tyrrell of Fleen is raving about The Great Outdoor Fight, the Dark Horse Comics collection of a long story arc from Chris Onstad’s Achewood webcomic. I’ll admit that Achewood isn’t a regular read of mine, but after checking out Tyrell’s review of the collection, that’s going to change. Read The Great Outdoor Fight, perhaps most urgently if you are not a fan of Achewood. The characteristics of the strip that keep new readers from casually getting in on the game (and this is a weakness of Achewood — it took me four or five attempts before I really got it) are entirely absent here. The characters, the unique voicings, the utter batshit insanity that’s fully and completely committed to in service of the story are all here. [...] [...] Gary Tyrrell of Fleen is raving about The Great Outdoor Fight, the Dark Horse Comics collection of a long story arc from Chris Onstad’s Achewood webcomic. I’ll admit that Achewood isn’t a regular read of mine, but after checking out Tyrell’s review of the collection, that’s going to change. Read The Great Outdoor Fight, perhaps most urgently if you are not a fan of Achewood. The characteristics of the strip that keep new readers from casually getting in on the game (and this is a weakness of Achewood — it took me four or five attempts before I really got it) are entirely absent here. The characters, the unique voicings, the utter batshit insanity that’s fully and completely committed to in service of the story are all here. [...]

]]> By: Journalista - the news weblog of The Comics Journal » Blog Archive » Aug. 28, 2008: Begging hat in hand http://www.fleen.com/archives/2008/08/27/fleen-book-corner-the-great-outdoor-fight/#comment-230507 Journalista - the news weblog of The Comics Journal » Blog Archive » Aug. 28, 2008: Begging hat in hand Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:00:02 +0000 http://www.fleen.com/?p=1461#comment-230507 [...] Gary Tyrell on Chris Onstad’s Achewood: The Great Outdoor Fight. (Above: sequence from the book’s [...] [...] Gary Tyrell on Chris Onstad’s Achewood: The Great Outdoor Fight. (Above: sequence from the book’s [...]

]]> By: MHPayne http://www.fleen.com/archives/2008/08/27/fleen-book-corner-the-great-outdoor-fight/#comment-230475 MHPayne Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:20:32 +0000 http://www.fleen.com/?p=1461#comment-230475 Alas: This is the 4th time in 5 or 6 years that I've tried to get into Achewood. I started on Jan. 11 as you recommend, and got to Feb. 14th when I realized it just wasn't doing anything for me. I'm starting to think I might hafta put it on the list of popular webcomic that just Aren't For Me along with PvP, Penny Arcade, Order of the Stick and the like... Mike Alas:

This is the 4th time in 5 or 6 years that I’ve tried to get into Achewood. I started on Jan. 11 as you recommend, and got to Feb. 14th when I realized it just wasn’t doing anything for me. I’m starting to think I might hafta put it on the list of popular webcomic that just Aren’t For Me along with PvP, Penny Arcade, Order of the Stick and the like…

Mike

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