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[dejavroom]

Well, Calvin & Hobbes lasted what, 10 years? Roughly the same time that Achewood's been running. It can be, like it's been said here sometimes, that the guy's sick of it.

(Although I wish Achewood had had not only C & H's longevity, but also its output...)

[pmcd9]

(Although I wish Achewood had had not only C & H's longevity, but also its output...)

Well yeah.  If Onstad had ever done 7 strips a week for even a little while you might have a point.

I don't know, maybe I'm just being nosy, but I want to know what's up with him.  I want to know why he's not producing.  If he's doing something different creatively, I'm interested to know where he's channeling his talent so I can check that out.  If he's given up cartooning and taken a job at the post office, I want to know that too so I can stop wondering what's happened to him.

[dejavroom]

Well yeah.  If Onstad had ever done 7 strips a week for even a little while you might have a point.

Oh, I don't mean like exactly the same output, as long as it enters the "substantial/reliable" area...

[wombat]

I think Onstad's oeuvre stands up perfectly well in the company of Calvin and Hobbes.

Yeah, maybe I am nosy too, but yeah, I also just want to stop wondering. If he is working in a restaurant, that's cool, you know? I'm in no position to begrudge someone a career change. But I feel like I have had enough of a personal connection that at this point I'd just like to know he's OK and getting on with his life without us.

[Doc]

Mu'fucker's in Disneyland

[jay-ell]

As the resident Den Mother, I'm worried about him.

And I hate long goodbyes, so if he's done with us, I want him to just go away and stop pretending that he's going to keep up from now on.

[pmcd9]

Mu'fucker's in Disneyland

Sigh... Just the other day I re-read this brilliant piece.  Now I find that he's just doing fine and squandering his talent writing tweets.

[Doc]

Sigh... Just the other day I re-read this brilliant piece.  Now I find that he's just doing fine and squandering his talent writing tweets.

Damn, one of my favourites, I haven't been able to find it for a while because I remembered it as a Ray post. So good.

[dejavroom]

I think Onstad's oeuvre stands up perfectly well in the company of Calvin and Hobbes.

No one said otherwise... unless we're talking output-wise.

[Carlos del Vaca]

Sigh... Just the other day I re-read this brilliant piece.  Now I find that he's just doing fine and squandering his talent writing tweets.

Good recall.  Good christ, that is frightening.  We have a lot of Korean BBQ joints around here, should I go in and ask for that?

[wombat]

No one said otherwise... unless we're talking output-wise.

Yeah, what I was trying to say was, even if the output is not the same, that is not how you judge. When we decide who our great writers are we don't count up how many books they wrote, right?

As far as the tweets there is nothing about writing tweets that necessarily takes away from getting other creative work done so I don't think we can blame that. Twitter can actually be a good writing exercise.

Well, at least we know from Twitter that if he can afford to go to Disneyland the family isn't starving because I can't buy another apron. Damn, I really need another apron though.

[dejavroom]

Yeah, what I was trying to say was, even if the output is not the same, that is not how you judge. When we decide who our great writers are we don't count up how many books they wrote, right?

Well, no shit.

[pmcd9]

Yeah, what I was trying to say was, even if the output is not the same, that is not how you judge. When we decide who our great writers are we don't count up how many books they wrote, right?

That's not the question we were debating.  I think it's pretty much agreed that Onstad is a great writer.  In my own personal opinion Achewood is at least equal to Calvin and Hobbes and in many ways it's superior even.

But if he's sick of it, is it fair to compare him to Watterson who produced 7 comics a week for 10 years when Onstad has produced much much less over that same amount of time*.  Or is it merely a function of time? For him to be sick of it even if he's not got nearly as much done in that time.

As far as the tweets there is nothing about writing tweets that necessarily takes away from getting other creative work done so I don't think we can blame that. Twitter can actually be a good writing exercise.

If he's "exercising" on twitter he needs to get his ass out of the gym and back in the game, or however that metaphor works.

Well, at least we know from Twitter that if he can afford to go to Disneyland the family isn't starving because I can't buy another apron. Damn, I really need another apron though.

Yes!  He's obviously making enough money to afford an expensive vacation.  That strongly suggest that he's gotten himself a job.  Come to think of it, that's probably why he moved to Portland so he could accept a job offer.

I also believe he has a second unreported child.  He's leaving notes for the delivery man.  Do you still worry about "waking the baby" when they are what, 6-7 years old?

*Who's our stats guy, Ash?  What's the weekly average for Achewood over the entire course of it's run?  Total number of strips divided by weeks it's been published?

[Arachno-capitalist]

Is assbar done? If i click the strip theres no assbar.

[AugustWest]

Is assbar done? If i click the strip theres no assbar.

Huh.  Looks like Onstad said "Sucks to your ass-bar" (to reuse an old joke). 

That seems kind of uncool to just delete all those lame comments without warning. 

It's as if millions of sycophants kissed ass and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened.