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Achewood made $250,000 a year
« on: April 07, 2011, 06:17:42 pm »
Long-time TOUAMB lurker, new poster. I found this and wanted to share it with you.


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When it comes to creating merchandise, says Onstad, 33, whose Silicon Valley-based webcomic earns around a quarter of a million dollars in annual sales and was named the No. 1 graphic novel of 2007 on Time.com, "I do what I feel like, and if it's in the Achewood sensibility, chances are it will connect with readers and stick as a product."



http://www.entrepreneur.com/magazine/entrepreneur/2008/september/196208.html

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Re: Achewood made $250,000 a year
« Reply #1 on: April 07, 2011, 06:24:00 pm »
Very interesting. Assuming he is a good saver, a few years of that would certainly explain why now he can take his time coming up with a new project.

And so much for our skills at internet-stalking - that article is from 2008 and none of us found it in all that time.
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Re: Achewood made $250,000 a year
« Reply #2 on: April 07, 2011, 06:30:34 pm »
Man, I would love to "do what I feel like" creatively and make even a quarter of that. Maybe there is hope for my niche market items as well.
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Re: Achewood made $250,000 a year
« Reply #3 on: April 07, 2011, 07:04:16 pm »
Sales or profits?

If he's only selling $250,000 worth of product he's netting a hell of a lot less than that.
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Re: Achewood made $250,000 a year
« Reply #4 on: April 07, 2011, 07:29:39 pm »
Whether that's a net number OR a gross number...

I just don't get how the guy walked out the door so bitterly.

Did he just have so many Stanford/golf buddies who got out before the tech bubble burst as millionaires that his whole measure of success is fucked?
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Re: Achewood made $250,000 a year
« Reply #5 on: April 07, 2011, 08:26:31 pm »
Quote from: AugustWest on April 07, 2011, 07:04:16 pm
If he's only selling $250,000 worth of product he's netting a hell of a lot less than that.

Well, OK. But still, if I sold $250,000 of product, I'd be beside myself with glee.
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Re: Achewood made $250,000 a year
« Reply #6 on: April 07, 2011, 08:47:32 pm »
Quote from: littlefallsmets on April 07, 2011, 07:29:39 pm
Whether that's a net number OR a gross number...

I just don't get how the guy walked out the door so bitterly.
Um, because he's kind of a dick? I thought we established this already. You know how they say money doesn't buy happiness? It's actually true! I know, I was surprised too, but there it is.
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Re: Achewood made $250,000 a year
« Reply #7 on: April 07, 2011, 09:00:41 pm »
Quote from: Nabubrush on April 07, 2011, 08:47:32 pm
Um, because he's kind of a dick? I thought we established this already. You know how they say money doesn't buy happiness? It's actually true! I know, I was surprised too, but there it is.

I'm already happy.  I just want some money so I can party.
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Re: Achewood made $250,000 a year
« Reply #8 on: April 07, 2011, 10:15:35 pm »
Quote from: littlefallsmets on April 07, 2011, 07:29:39 pm
I just don't get how the guy walked out the door so bitterly.
Quote from: Nabubrush on April 07, 2011, 08:47:32 pm
...You know how they say money doesn't buy happiness? It's actually true! I know, I was surprised too, but there it is.
Quote from: pmcd9 on April 07, 2011, 09:00:41 pm
I'm already happy.  I just want some money so I can party.
Cans all the way down on this one.
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Re: Achewood made $250,000 a year
« Reply #9 on: April 07, 2011, 10:43:48 pm »
Quote from: pmcd9 on April 07, 2011, 09:00:41 pm
I'm already happy.  I just want some money so I can party.

I invited you to my party. You should have been there. Open bar and everything.
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Re: Achewood made $250,000 a year
« Reply #10 on: April 07, 2011, 11:25:00 pm »
This podcast on the topic is pretty informative and interesting.
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Re: Achewood made $250,000 a year
« Reply #11 on: April 08, 2011, 12:27:48 am »
Oh, and by the way: welcome badwhite! Don't mind the stains.
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Re: Achewood made $250,000 a year
« Reply #12 on: April 08, 2011, 01:04:20 am »
Quote from: Nabubrush on April 07, 2011, 10:43:48 pm
I invited you to my party. You should have been there. Open bar and everything.

Well there you go.  If I had the money for a plane ticket I would have been there.  Portland is a hell of a town.
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Re: Achewood made $250,000 a year
« Reply #13 on: April 08, 2011, 02:28:23 am »
"Hey guys I made a quarter million doing internet stuff." No one knows what the fuck that means. You can make 250k while spending 300k or 225k. Is he counting jacket price of his book? Royalty? Making up a number that sounds good? what?
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Re: Achewood made $250,000 a year
« Reply #14 on: April 08, 2011, 03:30:52 am »
Quote from: pmcd9 on April 07, 2011, 09:00:41 pm
I'm already happy.  I just want some money so I can party.

Awesome. A can for you, dude.
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