Watch: Chris Onstad interview

Chris Onstad, the artist and writer behind the hugely popular webcomic, Achewood, is interviewed in the Authors @ Google series. They talk about writing, monetization, parenthood, and Onstad’s new book, The Great Outdoor Fight.

  • Not a very enthousiastic group there. I much prefered the episode with Meredith Gran (Octopus Pie) and R. Stevens (Diesel Sweeties) Lots and lots of good info on webcomics, dynamic crowd, jokes and visual stimuli.
  • bredlo
    Never seen that comic, before. Gotta say, artistically - that's some pretty lame stuff.
    And some pretty blatant borrowing of Chris Ware's useage and placement of type. Yawn.
  • danwarning
    bredlo, you heathen! Achewood is hands-down the best-written comic on the web with many well-respected publications naming it so: Time Magazine -#1 Graphic Novel of '07-, Cracked Magazine, Web Comics Choice Awards, Ignatz Awards, to name a few. Where you been, man?

    And the art is somewhat incidental to the material and to write the whole thing off so quickly and brusquely insults your intellect. Give it a proper try and you'll find yourself enthralled, I swear.
  • Honestly, the first few times I read Achewood, I was firmly on bredlo's side. Thought it looked lame, etc. But. I was wrong. danwarning is correct; you gotta give it the ol' college try, and you'll then truly appreciate it. Like The Backstreet Boys.

    Kidding.
  • bredlo
    A'ight, fellas. I'm nothing if not willing to learn to like new stuff. This *does* look like it's gonna take some trying though.... so far it's like Borat - I just don't get it. ; )
  • I can completely relate. First time I read it, I couldn't even make out what they were saying, but reading through the archives a couple of months later, it just clicked. It's an awesome read ones you hit that point. I can imagine it not being all that for everyone thought. Hence the cult-status I guess.
  • I liked it for a long while, but then I just kinda stopped reading... It's good, though. I just get tired of stuff :/
  • I haven't read it in ages, but I do like the strip in which a number of the characters beat down the creator of Comic Sans.
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