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[linnea]

This is pretty flippin' sweet.

Enormous By Ray Smuckles.
1978 Volvo 244GLE Of Despair.
Blogs, Vol. 1.
Current Baby Status collection (we lucked out since Paul already compiled these for us, but it would round out my book collection quite nicely).
Six Volume 'Zine Set

[Victoria Waterfield]

Damn, I wish I'd seen this before I spent money on food.

As it is, I had to buy the blog book anyway.

[littlefallsmets]

On the one hand, this is cool if you are some kind of completist?

But all at once, the blogs AND the baby-update and the other more usual items put up for sale, it... it adds up to a weird kind of desperation. You know? Have sales been tapering off and a boost of money was needed that could only be fulfilled by throwing the kitchen sink at the completists? The blogs even, I get, they're a part of the greater universe of storytelling but...

I have to imagine NoCal is going through the same kind of real-estate burst, yes?

There's something a little off about publishing the baby update book and selling it.

Like, as a weird bonus to something else? Totally makes sense.

I don't know. It's just SUCH a tossed-off idea to later decide to monetize. I dunno.

[DanSC]

so in the baby status book page, he writes: From March 2005 through November 2007, I chronicled my experiences as a new father on a near-daily basis.

does that mean no more status updates?

[linnea]

so in the baby status book page, he writes: From March 2005 through November 2007, I chronicled my experiences as a new father on a near-daily basis.

does that mean no more status updates?

Nah, I think that he used "chronicled" past tense to describe his newness to fatherhood. Also he no longer does them on a near-daily basis.

[theauthors]

does this mean no more new updates??

That's it for the kid status.

source: front page

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lfm,

But all at once, the blogs AND the baby-update and the other more usual items put up for sale, it... it adds up to a weird kind of desperation. You know? Have sales been tapering off and a boost of money was needed that could only be fulfilled by throwing the kitchen sink at the completists? The blogs even, I get, they're a part of the greater universe of storytelling but...

ah, what a weird inference. you dont imagine it has anything to do with christmas and new year holidays coming up? which are probably best, sales-wise, in a year. its even called a 'holiday sale'

I don't know. It's just SUCH a tossed-off idea to later decide to monetize. I dunno.

By popular demand

[linnea]

does this mean no more new updates??

source: front page

Looks like you're right, hoss.



Current kid status, 11/27
Today, she departs bittersweet. She waves to you, in her trendy clog shoes with the aftermarket Tinkerbell pin. She wears her Alice in Wonderland costume, but then chooses to be naked while scrubbing the popsicle mold in the kitchen sink. She asks for a piece of chocolate as big as herself, pretends her bed is a big red airplane, and wisely says that if we fill the bathtub up more deeply tomorrow, we might get a whirlpool when it drains.

That's it for the kid status. The hundreds of collected updates are now available here.

Yes, it's nostalgic for me too.

[theinevitable]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

[CortJstr]

He often puts out a new book for Christmas. That's not desperation that's just good business sense. Since he's apparently holding off on the next collection of strips I see no problem with putting out other books.

[littlefallsmets]

Putting out some new shirts or stuff like that for Jesus Day, I totally get for that...

It was just weird that... like... basically, the last two parts of the site that could possibly be monetized into paper books for sale became... sale-items at the same time.

Seemed kitchen sinky, not an organic development in fan-service.

It just... I dunno. Seemed pretty odd and pretty all-at-once.

[wombat]

Yeah, it's Christmas. He'd have to be an idiot not to come out with new stuff.

What is up with not including all the blogs, though? I am not impressed by his reasoning for only doing that limited time period.

[theinevitable]

The blogs as a book have been thrown out as an idea for a while, as mentioned in interviews prior. The infant/baby/toddler updates? Hey, most of the internet doesn't drop in here to read that thread so it's a nice $6 offering.

I am really interested in the whole idea of people other than myself who are willing to pay for something they can get for free on the internet. People are aghast when I say that I buy CDs that I already have on my computer. I am especially interested in the idea that it varies depending on the content-- buying the Achewood Books somehow makes more sense to most people than buying a CD I have already downloaded-- and yet, the downloading of music is illegal, while reading the comics online is not. Hmm.

[CortJstr]

You can't realistically read Achewood.com on the can. And that makes all the difference.

[chuanoplast]

You can't realistically read Achewood.com on the can. And that makes all the difference.

You can totally read Achewood.com on the toilet if you have a laptop. Not... not that I have done this myself.

[CortJstr]

You can totally read Achewood.com on the toilet if you have a laptop. Not... not that I have done this myself.

It's that all hot on your legs and awkward? Maybe if you had one of those Asus Eee computers. Those look pretty tiny and badass.