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skolastic's review
5.0
Onstad takes another trip down memory lane with another collection of early Achewood. The comics content is five stars because, well, it's Achewood. Onstad's side commentary in this one is weirdly self-deprecatory for a set of strips that while it's definitely early stuff, isn't THAT bad. The best part of these collections, though, is still Onstad's long-form text pieces that accompany the comics, which are just crammed with great lines themselves. (I can't remember the exact line now, but at one point Beef describes Ray's high school career as "Ray was so bad in school that when he was all done they retired the F." Ray's response? "Just like Jordan.")
It's a little sad to be writing this now, with Achewood not having updated since April, possibly never to return again, but it's nice to know that we'll always have these books to try and encapsulate Achewood.
It's a little sad to be writing this now, with Achewood not having updated since April, possibly never to return again, but it's nice to know that we'll always have these books to try and encapsulate Achewood.
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