he promises there will be a comic today

[wombat]

From Twitter

14hrs in the kitchen documenting @slow_lane @ChefCafiero @TenTopCru 10 course dinner & prep. 5.5k words. New comic Saturday. Beat as hell.

Nice to know he at least seems to have other work I guess.

[side_show]

So I suppose we now somewhat definitively can say that he didn't spend the hiatus building up a backlog of comics to post on a regular schedule.  Sounds like this other project is really cool though.

[wombat]

Technically speaking, there will be a big new strip up as soon as I am happy with it; you would want no less from this behemoth I wreak.

[wombat]

Just noticed this on the site:

1/31/2012: A new strip triptych posting Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday night this week. Stay tuned!

The suspense, is it killing you?

[pmcd9]

The suspense, is it killing you?

Ho hum.  He'll post it when he post it.

[littlefallsmets]

Some day, he's just gonna post an old strip with Rick Astley lyrics in the bubbles.

[Jaded Tersk]

Chris Onstad has become the food critic of the Portland Mercury.

http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/01/27/chris-onstad-food-critic-portland-mercury/

[AugustWest]

Chris Onstad has become the food critic of the Portland Mercury.

http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/01/27/chris-onstad-food-critic-portland-mercury/

Good for him!  I think Onstad will be an excellent food critic.

[wombat]

Definitely good for him, because God knows it's tough times for getting a gig like that.

I'd also like to think it will make it easier for him to make more strips. There's not so much riding on them if he sees himself as Food Critic with a comic strip on the side, and that could be a good thing.

[pmcd9]

I'd also like to think it will make it easier for him to make more strips. There's not so much riding on them if he sees himself as Food Critic with a comic strip on the side, and that could be a good thing.

Maybe it will give him some discipline as well.  He's not his own boss anymore.  He can't just turn in his column whenever he wants.  He's gonna have to learn what it's like to work with a deadline.

[wombat]

Interesting point. You know, if I were an editor, despite believing the man is basically a god, it would be a hard decision whether to hire him, given his track record. But some people work better with externally imposed deadlines.

[side_show]

Likewise, it's important to note he is not responsible for generating his material with this new gig.  He will eat things and then write about it.  There is a lot less pressure in that than coming up with the concept yourself, then psyching oneself up into believing one's own creation is worth pursuing.  That whole internal struggle to create is not related to writing about food. Everyone eats, and to talk about what we eat is a legitimate thing.  No one will argue the legitimacy of needing to eat and source out viable ways of eating.  

[pmcd9]

And maybe when he gets interminably bored with writing about food and fed up with his fuck*ng asshole of a boss he'll realize how good he had it before.

[Jaded Tersk]

And maybe when he gets interminably bored with writing about food and fed up with his fuck*ng asshole of a boss he'll realize how good he had it before.

I'm picturing his boss shouting 'OOOOOoonnnnstaaAAAAD!' from his desk while somehow managing to clinch the slobbery last gasp of a cigar in his mouth.

[pmcd9]

Are you describing J. Jonah Jameson or Lou Grant?