Sunday, January 11, 2009
Achewood State of the Union, 1/2009
Dear Friends of the Library,
They say that the devil you don't know is worse than the devil you do. In that same spirit, I posit that the Achewood State of the Union update which you can read is better than the one which you can't.
If you've been following Achewood in any capacity for the last year, you've noticed changes afoot. Most particularly, I'm sure you've noticed that the strip itself, always the flagship of the enterprise, has run less frequently.
I want to apologize for that. After seven full and happy years, though, production of the strip has had to find space for itself among other projects. Book development, animation development, and most recently, the rapid relocation of my little family to another state. That's the big killer. We lived in Silicon Valley until today. Until three weeks ago, we thought we were going to live here forever. It's a complicated story involving eminent domain, the stewardship of the American financial continuum, and a poisonous dog named Nasturtium. I'll tell you about it sometime.
There's no way for me to do good work while taking care of my family and all of our interests during this move. You would see scabrous comics—literally injurious to the eyes—anxiously uploaded from a laptop in a stall at the Mount Shasta Bathe-n-Shat. You would see strips about crying. You would see shakily-drawn strips about cantaloupes with wedges missing, in a half-hearted attempt to ape that whole Shel Silverstein thing. It would be wrong.
I expect this official strip hiatus will last about two weeks. I hate not being able to produce it for your entertainment, but I would hate more to rush the work and injure the archives for the sake of quantity. Thank you for your patience and dedication, and please find a home for us in your RSS feed aggregator.
Sincerely,
Chris Onstad
PS: All orders are being fulfilled, and there will still be Fanflow premium content during this time. Ain't nobody gonna get burned on this deal.
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Achewood State of the Union, 1/2009
Dear Friends of the Library,
They say that the devil you don't know is worse than the devil you do. In that same spirit, I posit that the Achewood State of the Union update which you can read is better than the one which you can't.
If you've been following Achewood in any capacity for the last year, you've noticed changes afoot. Most particularly, I'm sure you've noticed that the strip itself, always the flagship of the enterprise, has run less frequently.
I want to apologize for that. After seven full and happy years, though, production of the strip has had to find space for itself among other projects. Book development, animation development, and most recently, the rapid relocation of my little family to another state. That's the big killer. We lived in Silicon Valley until today. Until three weeks ago, we thought we were going to live here forever. It's a complicated story involving eminent domain, the stewardship of the American financial continuum, and a poisonous dog named Nasturtium. I'll tell you about it sometime.
There's no way for me to do good work while taking care of my family and all of our interests during this move. You would see scabrous comics—literally injurious to the eyes—anxiously uploaded from a laptop in a stall at the Mount Shasta Bathe-n-Shat. You would see strips about crying. You would see shakily-drawn strips about cantaloupes with wedges missing, in a half-hearted attempt to ape that whole Shel Silverstein thing. It would be wrong.
I expect this official strip hiatus will last about two weeks. I hate not being able to produce it for your entertainment, but I would hate more to rush the work and injure the archives for the sake of quantity. Thank you for your patience and dedication, and please find a home for us in your RSS feed aggregator.
Sincerely,
Chris Onstad
PS: All orders are being fulfilled, and there will still be Fanflow premium content during this time. Ain't nobody gonna get burned on this deal.
I like how he's magically finding the time to make comics for the people that are paying him.
The free strip is how you get people to show up at your website in the first place. Is he going to be surprised when sales drop during these two weeks?
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the premium subscribers just get portions of strips to be published at a later date
why is everyone convinced they are getting all these secret comics, you can see the updates on the main page
oh okay then
See I figured the premium stuff was actually worth something but that just sounds pointless. More pointless then subscribing to a fucking premium webcomic feed in the first place, actually.
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Achewood State of the Union, 1/2009
Dear Friends of the Library,
They say that the devil you don't know is worse than the devil you do. In that same spirit, I posit that the Achewood State of the Union update which you can read is better than the one which you can't.
If you've been following Achewood in any capacity for the last year, you've noticed changes afoot. Most particularly, I'm sure you've noticed that the strip itself, always the flagship of the enterprise, has run less frequently.
I want to apologize for that. After seven full and happy years, though, production of the strip has had to find space for itself among other projects. Book development, animation development, and most recently, the rapid relocation of my little family to another state. That's the big killer. We lived in Silicon Valley until today. Until three weeks ago, we thought we were going to live here forever. It's a complicated story involving eminent domain, the stewardship of the American financial continuum, and a poisonous dog named Nasturtium. I'll tell you about it sometime.
There's no way for me to do good work while taking care of my family and all of our interests during this move. You would see scabrous comics—literally injurious to the eyes—anxiously uploaded from a laptop in a stall at the Mount Shasta Bathe-n-Shat. You would see strips about crying. You would see shakily-drawn strips about cantaloupes with wedges missing, in a half-hearted attempt to ape that whole Shel Silverstein thing. It would be wrong.
I expect this official strip hiatus will last about two weeks. I hate not being able to produce it for your entertainment, but I would hate more to rush the work and injure the archives for the sake of quantity. Thank you for your patience and dedication, and please find a home for us in your RSS feed aggregator.
Sincerely,
Chris Onstad
PS: All orders are being fulfilled, and there will still be Fanflow premium content during this time. Ain't nobody gonna get burned on this deal.
I like how he's magically finding the time to make comics for the people that are paying him.
Also, why not have another webcomic thread? We post about inane shit all day, anyway.
Some of this artificial ______ thread scarcity stuff freaks me out sometimes. Potu is gone, right?
I thought they got banned by Tube after they turned into constant shit fests about CAD and other terrible comics. Or a constant bitch fest about how comic A is so much better than comic B and anyone who disagrees is a mongoloid.
This crazy Japanese shit was talked about all the damn time in old webcomic threads.
Gun Show is pretty great. Even though he seems to have canceled all his other comics for the moment I'm glad KC Green is still doing something. The man is a mad genius.
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Ju wan' some mocha? was the only sweet spot of that entire arc.
the cornelius/stripper storyline was funny until they left Larry Borgioni's Cheetah Room
that said, who's down for a trip to Larry Borgioni's Bubble Lounge?
hopefully post-move he'll get things back on track. maybe? probably not, but oh well.
honestly, it sounds like a hiatus is the best thing for him right now
and the "animation development" has me quite intrigued
kpop appreciation station i also like to tweet some
One of mine died this afternoon.
steam
my condolences
Oh and sorry bout your cat, Mccly.
why is everyone convinced they are getting all these secret comics, you can see the updates on the main page
The free strip is how you get people to show up at your website in the first place. Is he going to be surprised when sales drop during these two weeks?
See I figured the premium stuff was actually worth something but that just sounds pointless. More pointless then subscribing to a fucking premium webcomic feed in the first place, actually.
wait, the blogs are subscriber only these days?
I never thought they were interesting enough to read when they were free. don't think I'd pay for that same content.
no no the blogs are still free, i meant mini-updates in the style of the blogs. i guess that was unclear. i love the blogs.
Except Lyle's blog, which was a work of art.
Do you realize how silly you sound?
I'm bored as shit at work and need my fix
kpop appreciation station i also like to tweet some
i would much rather see a hiatus than see the injuring of the archive
You are my wife Ray!
I am married to you!
Today is our wedding!
let me just remove that
steam
http://qwantz.livejournal.com/104142.html
the greatest thing
Yeah well with potu gone the threads would probably be free from the frightening dredges of the webcomic world.
steam
is an alright site for getting your comics
Also, why not have another webcomic thread? We post about inane shit all day, anyway.
Some of this artificial ______ thread scarcity stuff freaks me out sometimes. Potu is gone, right?
steam
Gun Show is pretty great. Even though he seems to have canceled all his other comics for the moment I'm glad KC Green is still doing something. The man is a mad genius.
Man, I call shennanigans. I don't think there are any stamps that small, and I doubt the post office would have postmarks that small.