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#113 - Be honest

Tuesday, February 12th, 2008

Serieveckan in Gothenburg is cancelled due to Sven’s illness. Sorry guys! I’ll try make it to SPX in Stockholm instead.

Also American Elf is listed as USA Today’s #1 Graphic Novel. (Alphabetically! Shhhhh!) It is truly a masterpiece in comic literature and a joy to read. Hurray for James Kochalka! Pick yourself up a copy.

53 Responses to “#113 - Be honest”

  1. alex f Says:

    THIRD!!!!1!

  2. alex f Says:

    oh gack, chicken eggs + fish eggs is truly an unholy marriage. it might be the unholiest marriage… EVER!

  3. Jamie Says:

    is that Kalles stripped spread??? because a friend of mine ate it, so i dont have to… check it out:

    http://benchilada.livejournal.com/492425.html

  4. Rene Engström Says:

    It is Kalles normal swedish kaviar.

  5. Dain Says:

    Great comic Rene and I wish the best for you and your family!

  6. Jacob Says:

    Ha ha! Knäckebröd med Kalle’s och O’boy! Vad gott! Jag saknar svensk frukost mat…

  7. Tanja Says:

    Ahhh Kalles kaviar

  8. Rene Engström Says:

    Guess what I had for breakfast? :)

  9. katie Says:

    lol out of curiosty i clicked your link Jamie.. : (

  10. spastic Says:

    what a horny little teenager she is!

  11. jason Says:

    Maria is filthy!

  12. Hec Says:

    Oh! I though Maria was getting anoyed that he tried to grab her there after he clarified on the kind of relationship he does and does not want. That girl needs a ‘toy’ or something! =)

  13. Voortman Says:

    Yeah, maybe Maria ought to get her hands on a nice vibrator, so she feels less need to cling to one messy guy after another. Vibes aren’t needy, they don’t say mean things, and they don’t leave the toilet seat up.

    This installment of A

  14. Jamie Says:

    I’m sorry, Katie.. but it turns out for the best, sort of?

  15. James Says:

    Is that a boob peeking out of Maria’s shirt in panel 4?

    It’s hard to tell, it looks kind of high up… and the lack of a nipple confuses me! :^D

  16. Rene Engström Says:

    Yes it is a boob.

  17. Rene Engström Says:

    Voortman (and anyone else posting). Since the comments accepts html code it’s best not to write Anders Loves Maria with the emot symbol for love as it breaks off your text.

  18. Kylie Says:

    In the last two panels, is she doing what I think she’s doing? Also, that’s the most interesting breakfast I’ve ever seen.

  19. tory Says:

    what’s happening with the BF? is the treatment working?

  20. neil Says:

    Thats a lot of… erm… egg…

    :);

  21. Rene Engström Says:

    Tory: The treatment seems to be working. He has to stay in the hospital for another month but everything looks like it is going in the right direction.

  22. Kenya Says:

    “More sex will make him like me more!” Poor, sweet, stupid Maria. I can’t wait to see Johan’s reaction to all this.

  23. Rene Engström Says:

    Kylie: That depends what you think she’s doing I suppose. If you think she’s crotcheting a doily for her grandmother, then you couldn’t be more wrong.

  24. Magali Says:

    What is gonna happen when her big brother finds out???

    (because in the present story they are kind of friends, right?)

    Oh-o!

  25. Happypeepeehead Says:

    Egads, first this book I’m reading and now this. What is it with this cynicism towards young infatuations? Adults have’em just as bad as young and inexperienced.

  26. Fnord Says:

    A month in hospital? Very sorry to hear that, Rene. I hope it all works out okay in the end.

  27. Gabby Says:

    I never comment but I thought now would be a good time.
    Why? Because I’ve been on the fence about buying the American Elf book and now that you told me to I did.
    lol. Im a zombie.
    So yea. I just wanted to let you know I’ve been with this comic from the (almost) begining and Im still strong with it.
    btw I have no idea why my english is so bad today ^^;;

  28. Jill Says:

    hey! I just found this comic randomly on a site and i just wanted to say i love it! great storyline, good drama….i found myself legit upset when anders and maria fought haha. anyway, keep up the amazing work and thanks for the comics so far!

  29. Ashley Says:

    Did Maria JUST turn fifteen, as in, that day was her birthday, or did Johan just mean recently.

  30. Ally Says:

    please please please let johan walk through the door at this exact moment.

  31. Rene Engström Says:

    Ashley: Recently.

  32. Rene Engström Says:

    Gabby that thrills me! ;) You never know if one’s little plugs even are noticed. Hopefully more fence-sitters felt complelled. The book is beautiful!

  33. Ashley Says:

    I see. Just wondering, as I am super cool and am born on X-mas Eve.

  34. Rene Engström Says:

    Well, happy birthday! ;)

  35. Kate Says:

    Completely random, but foreign breakfasts are strange. ;D I grew up with toast, cereal and oatmeal. At the mother of my exchange sister’s (Germany) we had bread with cheese and what I am suspiciously certain was mashed up liver or something. It tasted delicious so I didn’t ask.
    Although some of my friends eat donuts or pig fat for breakfast, so maybe I’M the strange one…

  36. Rene Engström Says:

    We have liver paté for breakfast here as well. It is so yummy with gherkins on it. Swedes eat a lot of cereal, toast and oatmeal too.

  37. Casey Says:

    Wow. I totally missed what was going on the first time I glanced at this this morning before heading to class.

    It’s a lot to miss.

  38. romantic Says:

    y’know rene i always thought my comic is pretty girly until i read yours, (i always get emails from boys saying that their girlfriend really likes my comic) but for some reason all the boys i go with really love your comic so much and it makes them cry alot i guess. like they get really sensitive feelings about it. ha ha! like the eggs and the commitment and things like that! oh, and if i wasn’t such a tough kid, i’d tell you that i adore your comic too, sensitive boyfriends regardless - (no really it’s wonderful) one of the loveliest lobbies in the internets m’dear! egad your drawings are really enjoyable from start to finnish

  39. Rene Engström Says:

    Thanks romantic! I’m going to check your girly comic out right now. :)

  40. Rene Engström Says:

    Well deary me, I have checked your comic out a long time ago. I adore it so much.

  41. romantic Says:

    aww thank you love!! do you know i am a rocketbuilder or cavemonster comics? b shur is the one who showed me your comic and it makes him all starry-eyed

  42. romantic Says:

    it’s pretty much the cutest comic on the internet

  43. Rene Engström Says:

    I don’t know of them yet but I will go check em out right now. I never have time to find these things myself so thanks for the tips. :)

  44. Rene Engström Says:

    Cavemonster is so beautiful. B-shur makes me starry-eyed too.

  45. Rene Engström Says:

    It makes me think of poor Grendel.

  46. Brandon Says:

    *sigh* Teenage horndogs never go for us sensitive wishy-washy types. I guess I’ll just have to stick to responsible monogamous sexy-times!

    DRAT! FOILED AGAIN—I mean uh, yeah Bjorn is BAD.

    (…Mel if you’re reading this I love you!)

  47. alex f Says:

    mel if you’re reading this i fucked brandon :)

  48. Prophet Says:

    Om du kommer till SPX mässan så syns vi förhoppningsvis där :-)

    /Helig läsare ;-)

  49. Rene Engström Says:

    Prophet: Kul!

  50. DoctorDidj Says:

    I misunderstood panel 4 too, at first, I thought he was grabbing her and she was trying to push him away … it’s a bit hard to tell. But the little spit-take seems to say that she grabbed his hand and put it in her crotch.

    Either way, I hope he put down that tube of squeeze-cheese first …!

  51. James Says:

    I totally missed the “get your hand on my crotch” moment the first time around too.

    Damn, Maria sure is aggressive! Where were these girls when I was 15!?

    Sweden, apparently. :^(

    Good to hear your boyfriend is doing better, Rene! All the best for his swift recovery.

  52. Rene Engström Says:

    James: After older men perhaps?

  53. Sam Says:

    Wait? Is that a egg and bacon poptart? Because if so, get me somma that in my mornings.

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