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Yeah, calling them chapbooks is kind of a stretch. It seems like, at most, he just organized a bunch of his random ideas into loosely-connected threads and scribbled them into a dollar-store notepad. It's possible that the loose, random feel of them is what he was going for. If so, he did a good job with it. If not, then I'm not clear on what the selling point of them would be outside of "New content by the Achewood guy, in lieu of actual new strips." With that said, I did kind of enjoy them -- it's always fun to feel like you see into an artist's head & the "chapbooks" gave me that feeling. They're a poor substitute for new strips or in-character Fanflow updates, though.
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ProfZoom posted:So to anyone who has made the beercan chicken recipe, a question: Would using a smaller bird complicate things? It's an easy way to make good chicken.
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Anyone still seasoning their dishes with Ray's Rad Chilies, or has a sauce embargo been enacted in protest of slow updates? It's surprising how long a case of that stuff will last you. Darthemed fucked around with this message at 04:22 on Jan 28, 2011 |
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More chapbook stuff today, if you have fanflow/still care. Looks like it's going to be a one-update month...
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Ugly In The Morning posted:More chapbook stuff today, if you have fanflow/still care. Looks like it's going to be a one-update month... Yep. Onstad is "back" 
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phuzzylodgik posted:The store being down is a huge bummer.
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So, I'll be the rear end in a top hat and ask an obvious-but-unpleasant question: If Onstad took a bunch of money from fans in pre-orders and hasn't delivered at all, has made no notice of his intention to deliver the items that were pre-ordered, and in fact appears to no longer operate his online store from which they were ordered... should fans start discussing fraud charges against him? I have no desire to throw the guy under the bus but I can't really see this behavior as anything but fraudulent, unless I'm missing something here.
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picosecond posted:So, I'll be the rear end in a top hat and ask an obvious-but-unpleasant question: but brain problems
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picosecond posted:So, I'll be the rear end in a top hat and ask an obvious-but-unpleasant question: I would at least try to get a chargeback, unless you've have an order for so long that it's not possible (I dunno the time limits for those things).
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I think it's six months for Paypal transactions.
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Maybe try and ask a man on a twitter?
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I was all ready to come in here with a hurf durf about how great Achewood used to be but how it's pretty much tailed off and when it is updated can seem like it's a bit phoned in and then I read about the brain problems and saw Onstad describing himself as having a summer/autumn/winter of discontent and now I feel like kind of a dick and like I might be just feeling butthurt about not getting my three free doses of talking cats a week anymore (I did buy a hardcover so that counts as contributing right?). Get well soon.
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glug posted:Maybe try and ask a man on a twitter? Or e-mail the guy like a regular human being? As someone who has enjoyed years of free comics I don't believe I'm 'owed' more Achewood or anything, but I don't think its unreasonable to bitch about Achewood petering out, either.
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Sigma-X posted:Or e-mail the guy like a regular human being? I don't use Twitter and I've sent several e-mails that went unanswered (and I'm not the only one who's reported this when inquiring about when our stuff is arriving). I have no other points of contact. Jeez, it's not like I just jumped straight into ARREST THIS GUY mode. I'm a fan but this behavior is shady to me, "brain problems" or not.
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The link that gets floated on assetbar when this comes up is http://www.consumerfraudreporting.org/reporting.php
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Buh-buh-but who will draw Achewood for us if Onstad goes to court?
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OK having just finished the third hardcover I thought I'd come back to this thread to see what was what (last time I posted here Onstad was posting responses to questions as I recall). It seems like Achewood has died and/or gone on hiatus, which is a drat shame - I know Onstad's been active on Twitter and whatnot - what's the back-story here?
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Jeremys Iron posted:It seems like Achewood has died and/or gone on hiatus, which is a drat shame - I know Onstad's been active on Twitter and whatnot - what's the back-story here? You know pretty much everything we know at this point. The only thing I would add is that Onstad posted a new strip a while ago, citing "brain problems" as the reason for the lack of strips, and claiming to be back. But that was forever ago, and no strips since.
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My annoyance with the update schedule has given way to worry for Onstad. I'm actually really concerned now. Please be okay, Mr Onstad.
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I'm just going to keep assuming he's busy with these hardback full-on published books. Every since he started with the Great Outdoor Fight the update rates have been noticeably declining to what we're seeing now.
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Onstad posted another one of his little sketchbooks on the fanflow today with this little note:Onstad posted:Oh, I want to get back to cartooning, believe me. I've just been lost in the woods a bit with it. Stay in touch.
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choobs posted:Onstad posted another one of his little sketchbooks on the fanflow today with this little note: Well that explains it; he's been in a hotel room next door to John Goodman
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Javid posted:The link that gets floated on assetbar when this comes up is http://www.consumerfraudreporting.org/reporting.php
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Rev. Bleech_ posted:Well that explains it; he's been in a hotel room next door to John Goodman Maybe he should wrap up the high school van storyline with Nice Pete repeatedly screaming I WILL SHOW YOU THE LIFE OF THE MIND
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Erebus posted:Maybe he should wrap up the high school van storyline with Nice Pete repeatedly screaming I WILL SHOW YOU THE LIFE OF THE MIND LOOK UPON MEEEEEEEE Nice Pete does seem like the sort of fella that would give a guy a mysterious box and tell you to look after it for him. Also I will never understand why more people don't know about the most awesome scene of John Goodman's career.
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Rev. Bleech_ posted:Well that explains it; he's been in a hotel room next door to John Goodman Utterly terrifying and hilarious, I can see Nice Pete staying in Hotel Earle.
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Rev. Bleech_ posted:Also I will never understand why more people don't know about the most awesome scene of John Goodman's career. For anyone else who wanted to know what Rev. Bleech_ was being cryptic about, he's talking about a movie called Barton Fink, courtesy of several minutes of googling.
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If mention of John Goodman in a hotel doesn't immediately make you think of Barton Fink then I am sorry for the sad, dull life you must live.
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Get some culture you mooks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKm-_VyNVoM
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It's on Netflix. Watch it. You should already have.
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That was actually John Turturro in Barton Fink
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Gomi posted:That was actually John Turturro in Barton Fink Surely you aren't saying that John Goodman wasn't in a hotel room in Barton Fink. Because he totally was.
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Rev. Bleech_ posted:Also I will never understand why more people don't know about the most awesome scene of John Goodman's career. "They say I'm a madman, Barton, but I'm not mad at anyone. Honest, I'm not." Man, that's a Nice Pete line if ever there was one. (Goodman's second most awesome scene? People Like Us. True Stories rules.)
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Halloween Jack posted:My girlfriend keeps saying "I should really read Achewood," and I keep saying "Yes, you should really read Achewood." She says "You should get me the hardcopies for Christmas/birthday/whatever," I say "The store's been down like forever and the first volume isn't available on Amazon. Ache wood dot com dammit!" FYI the second hardcover covers a lot of the early stuff and is probably the best place to start as a reader.
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So is this the longest the strip has gone without an update? This is fairly disappointing after the "I'm back..." alt-text from about 36 days ago. I know the chap-books have been coming out, but after reading the free one, I can't get excited enough to subscribe to the fan-flow. That, and I feel like the donate link at the top of the page is just mocking me. I still check the page every day, but it just leads to disappointment, so I need to break the habit. Has anybody gotten a response into inquiries about their purchases since the recent discussion in the thread?
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