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Lurdiak posted:What about the second cookbook, though, any word on that??????? Send in your dollars now and he'll send you out a copy.
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Sep 13, 2012 02:08
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Lurdiak posted:What about the second cookbook, though, any word on that??????? Look under your chairs!!  now clean your floor, that poo poo's nasty
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Sep 13, 2012 02:22
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Really liked the first cookbook, Onstad revolutionized how I make oven fries and now they are always perfect. Flavor burgers own too.
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Oct 16, 2012 21:58
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Honestly, the cookbook recipe I make the most often is Galaxy Nachos. His fried chicken technique from the Mercury is pretty good too.
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Oct 16, 2012 22:29
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Last update, June 20. Previous strips, May 19 and May 14. Doesn't seem like he intended to keep even the one strip a month schedule for long. Oh well.
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Oct 17, 2012 11:53
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Saoshyant posted:Last update, June 20. Previous strips, May 19 and May 14. Doesn't seem like he intended to keep even the one strip a month schedule for long. Oh well. Well at least we got the cook book out of it. And it's pretty drat good too!
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Oct 17, 2012 12:22
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Saoshyant posted:Last update, June 20. Previous strips, May 19 and May 14. Doesn't seem like he intended to keep even the one strip a month schedule for long. Oh well. Thought briefly about the webcomic the other day, incredibly sad  .
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Oct 17, 2012 16:52
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Saoshyant posted:Last update, June 20. Previous strips, May 19 and May 14. Doesn't seem like he intended to keep even the one strip a month schedule for long. Oh well. Well with what he turned Cornelius into, I don't think that's a bad thing. Maybe if he would stop sniffing all his heated up marijuana, he could get back to normal Achewood writing, and away from Achewood while on drugs writing.
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Oct 17, 2012 16:55
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Atmus posted:Maybe if he would stop sniffing all his heated up marijuana The proper term is "dry-steaming." 
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Oct 17, 2012 17:13
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tripwood posted:Really liked the first cookbook, Onstad revolutionized how I make oven fries and now they are always perfect. Flavor burgers own too. All this time I'd been making baked potatoes the wrong way. I didn't know you COULD put them right on the oven rack unwrapped—I just assumed they'd catch fire or something.
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Oct 17, 2012 20:27
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Atmus posted:Well with what he turned Cornelius into, I don't think that's a bad thing. Maybe if he would stop sniffing all his heated up marijuana, he could get back to normal Achewood writing, and away from Achewood while on drugs writing. Man, why you even got to do a thing? Seriously, dude's been through big changes, and reading between the lines, they've been pretty shattering to him. If he had tried to stick to a rapid schedule previously, I'd give decent odds every other strip would be about how Molly is loving up Roast Beef's life, and then Roast Beef would finally leave her and turn into Ray's cooler hard-partying buddy who fucks a lot of women. (OK, so maybe I'm squinting really hard reading between the lines.) It sounds like things are calming down and he's doing a lot of other projects. The last few comics have shown some flashes of brilliance, but it's nothing like the days of yore. I hope he finds his muse again, but if he doesn't, I'd rather Achewood end here rather than a series of infrequent strips of declining quality.
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Oct 19, 2012 18:40
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If he doesn't find his muse again, I'd rather Achewood have ended in 2008, immediately after Roast Beef and Molly's wedding.
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Oct 19, 2012 18:50
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That sounds about right. Seems like after that, the chuckles got rougher as time wore on.
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Oct 19, 2012 19:01
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But then there's no Cornelius and Polly or North Korean Magical Realism, which aren't perfect but I still love. If I had to pick an ending for Achewood, I'd probably put it exactly at this strip. Phillipe getting closure finally works nicely as a bittersweet sort of ending. It also really nails the idea that you can't go back to something that's no longer a part of you, which is exactly what Onstad is trying to do any time he starts up achewood again. Plus this way Achewood ends right before Nice Pete's high school, which I don't think anyone here would have a problem with.
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Oct 19, 2012 22:26
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Maduo posted:Plus this way Achewood ends right before Nice Pete's high school, which I don't think anyone here would have a problem with. That would mean no agitated illegal chinchilla farmer, and I ain't having that I thought (and still think) Achewood maintained its quality all the way through, but the flow of the comic was completely disrupted by the long stretches between new strips and that is what really hurt it. I'll be delighted if Onstad gets back into a regular update schedule again but I've long since stopped actively checking up on it to see if there has been a new strip, and I'm certainly not holding my breath waiting for it to happen. What really bugs me is that the Dark Horse hardcovers appear to have been abandoned, because I really loved those.
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Oct 19, 2012 23:36
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Maduo posted:But then there's no Cornelius and Polly or North Korean Magical Realism, which aren't perfect but I still love. But if it ended on that strip, we would've missed out on all of the slide-whistles and men being punched in the erections that the next one had!
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Oct 20, 2012 01:47
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Jerusalem posted:What really bugs me is that the Dark Horse hardcovers appear to have been abandoned, because I really loved those. Seriously. Those were really nice books. Even though I own all his little self-published paperbacks, I was ready to throw down money again for all of the Dark Horse ones because of how wonderful they were. I thought he'd at least keep putting those out to try and get some income. But, if his inspiration has truly faltered, then I suppose he wouldn't be able to write all the cool extra stuff that made the first three so good. 
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Oct 20, 2012 04:42
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Oh wow, I just went and googled the dark horse books and it looks like I can get all three with overseas postage for under $45 at the moment, seems like a pretty good deal! They must be pretty slim books though, about how much of the archives does each one cover?
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Oct 20, 2012 09:17
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SebAndSeb posted:Oh wow, I just went and googled the dark horse books and it looks like I can get all three with overseas postage for under $45 at the moment, seems like a pretty good deal! EDIT: They are quite good though. I used to live in the real-world counterpart of Achewood, and some of the commentary talks about places I used to go or recognize.
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Oct 20, 2012 11:12
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They're amazing books, seriously. Each strip includes not only the alt text but a little commentary by Onstad on each comic. Some talk about what he likes/dislikes about that strip, others discuss the reasons he put it together the way he did, others go into unrelated but amusing material. Plus he included a bunch of extra content at different points in the book such as in-character interviews/backstories and such. I imagine a shitload of work went into putting them books together, and I don't know if he just doesn't want to continue to put that much work in/can't handle the schedule/the books weren't successful enough to justify doing more or putting in the work. All I know is that I really dug them and was happily planning on getting every single one when they came out. Looks like I completed my collection far faster than I thought I would 
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Oct 20, 2012 11:51
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SebAndSeb posted:Oh wow, I just went and googled the dark horse books and it looks like I can get all three with overseas postage for under $45 at the moment, seems like a pretty good deal! One covers the Great Outdoor Fight, as has been said, and the two chronological ones only get up to this strip.
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Oct 20, 2012 17:19
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I think what makes me saddest about the lack of new Dark Horse books is that they were so close to the Subway arc. I would have been so happy to have the Subway Arc in print. It is all I ever could have dreamed.
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Oct 20, 2012 20:09
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 Achewood may be dead, but its spirit lives on in our hearts and minds. And fanart by the creator of Gunnerkrigg Court.
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Oct 31, 2012 21:47
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Zereth posted:EDIT: They are quite good though. I used to live in the real-world counterpart of Achewood, and some of the commentary talks about places I used to go or recognize. Is it always time for under pants at Underpants Time?!?!?!
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Nov 1, 2012 19:54
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Deathlove posted:Is it always time for under pants at Underpants Time?!?!?!
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Nov 1, 2012 20:34
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I guess that's what separates you and Roast Beef.
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Nov 2, 2012 02:22
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Well, my family had a washing machine. Roast Beef... we all know Roast Beef in here.
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Nov 2, 2012 02:30
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Zereth posted:Well, my family had a washing machine. Roast Beef... we all know Roast Beef in here. Dude comes from circumstances.
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Nov 2, 2012 02:59
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Just decided to go back and read the archives after not following since probably 2008. It's made me remember that Achewood is basically the funniest thing ever and I have no idea why I ever quit reading it. And I'm only up to the one with Todd's license plate.
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Nov 2, 2012 22:50
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Today in Oakland I saw a guy on what had to be a gravity-sensible skitter-cart pulling into a Whole Foods parking lot.
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Nov 4, 2012 00:41
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withak posted:Today in Oakland I saw a guy on what had to be a gravity-sensible skitter-cart pulling into a Whole Foods parking lot. Pat's blog is one of the funniest things I've ever read. Music Pat has downloaded, legally and for free: Merryweather Spitbugs Preston Cloche Fingerstyle guitar Party of Rain Spencer Westwood Fingerstyle guitar Bodicea's Lair Imagination Fingerstyle guitar
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Nov 4, 2012 01:38
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I've been doing an archive binge, and it really surprised me just how fast Ray, Roast Beef, and Pat went from bit characters whose only characterization is being "the dirtiest dudes in town" to such rich, unique personalities.
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Nov 10, 2012 07:31
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Pakled posted:I've been doing an archive binge, and it really surprised me just how fast Ray, Roast Beef, and Pat went from bit characters whose only characterization is being "the dirtiest dudes in town" to such rich, unique personalities. THE MIDDLE CAT NOT RAY, NOT PAT
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Nov 10, 2012 08:01
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'The Middle Cat' still describes Roast Beef to a T.
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Nov 11, 2012 01:06
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Achewood's down. Hopefully not permanently.
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Nov 13, 2012 15:30
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Wootcannon posted:Achewood's down. Hopefully not permanently. And all souls did burn that day.
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Nov 13, 2012 17:23
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Oh, hell. Did someone mirror the whole thing before the lights went down?
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Nov 13, 2012 17:44
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It's back up.
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Quick, easy idea for Chris if he still wants money: Illustrate some episodes from the characters' blogs, like Pat chewing out Cornelius for insulting Rod. Then sell it as a book. There are probably still a ton of people who haven't read the blogs yet, and it's a lot easier than coming up with new ideas.
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