The Great Outdoor Fight

by Chris Onstad

Book Overview

Since 2001, cult comic favorite Achewood has built a six-figure international following. Intelligent, hilarious, and adult (but not filthy), it's the strip you'll wish you'd discovered as an... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1593079974
• ISBN13: 9781593079970
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
• Length: 103 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 9.7" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Funny, and Loaded

So nice to see this story-line in print. Makes a perfect gift for any guy, and even some girls! Great extras!

A damn fine read

A very handsome product that looks great on a bookshelf or coffee table. It also has an excellent story withing it pages. The story of life long friends Ray and Roast Beef having the biggest adventure of their lives is full of laughs, gaffes, beatings, and lessons in true friendship. Onstad's writing is both clever and warped, and his art is perfectly suited to the material. He can go from bloody fights to awkward teenage moments in a few panels with great ease. A wonderful read for those of us who love watching cartoon cats beat the hell out of each other.

"I ain't Frederick H. Coca-Cola but I do know something about building a brand"

I have been a fan of Achewood for many years and when the author announced that Dark Horse was publishing a hardcover edition of his greatest and most epic storyline, I preordered it immediately. Upon reading it, I find myself both completely satisfied and pleasantly suprised. One of the biggest differences between reading this story on paper versus online is the lack of the "alt text". Alt text, on the webcomic, is a small blurb that is hidden blurb of text within the comic that is usually very funny and comments on each strip. Without the constant humorous commentary, the tone of the story changes. It becomes more serious, the danger feels more urgent. The tonal change helps highlight the fact that while the story that frames it is humorous, the Great Outdoor Fight itself is deadly serious. It is a true test of what a man is, and Roast Beef and Ray's journey through it becomes that much more powerful. Now while the feeling of the story is more serious and dire, the dialogue and characters are still gut-bustingly hilarious. Ray and Roast Beef's banter, the interplay between their friends who follow the fight from afar, the entire pre-fight part of the story. The other surprise was the relative seriousness of the prose sections that bookend the story (with the exception of the Recipe section, that was not serious by a longshot). They mostly served to further the legend of the Fight and really fleshed out some of its backstory. All in all, The Great Outdoor fight is a fantastic story of two friends taking on the world and this is an excellent presentation. It is a very different experience from reading the story online, which makes it's purchase all the more worth it. It is a must have for all Achewood fans, and I hope a good introduction to new readers. I highly recommend it to anyone.

Great

I've read this story online but it plays excellently on the page and the action-packed finale to the fight seems completely different. The extras are a lot of fun, especially the recipes ("Dinosaur" Potato Chuds!). Terrific value for money.