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[Joe Shlabotnik]

For those of you with Ray avatars:

http://www.achewood.com/index.php?date=11232011

If you're wondering what the hell happened to Onstad, I believe the new strip is basically a documentary.

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

Like, this is something you heard? He's been pretty vocal about the hiatus and what has been behind it.

 

[Joe Shlabotnik]

Like, this is something you heard? He's been pretty vocal about the hiatus and what has been behind it.

Yeah, something I heard. I wouldn't have mentioned it if it didn't seem self-evident from him publishing a strip about it. I don't think it's why he initially slowed down and put the strip on hiatus, though, he was just having the creative/motivational issues he explained. But he also seemed to drop off the face of the Earth for most of this year.

 

[Cosmic Bus]

!!!!!!!!!!! http://vimeo.com/60365255 !!!!!!!!!!!

Hi. I’m back. I have some good news for you. It’s been a long time coming. A lot has changed since I fell off the face of the earth.

First and foremost: I’ve been working with a team of artists, engineers, and producers to bring Achewood to life. To give it the voices, richness, and opportunities it never had as a comic strip. We have a little something to show you:
(video is above)

I’m flying to Los Angeles today to begin a week of network pitch meetings. If things go well, we’ll find a home for our show. Please cross your fingers for us, send us your good energy. And please, share this clip with your world. I’m very proud of what we’ve done.

There are many other things I want to share with you. About Achewood, about this, about all the loose ends, and about my plans for it going forward. This is the tip and the bulk of the iceberg, but there is much more. It’s been a very busy couple years, full of life-size tragedies, manifold germinations of happiness, and surprising rebirths—just like Achewood. But all in due time. For now, please enjoy this new form our momentary diversion on the road to the grave has taken.

I’ll be in touch. I’m back around.

Best,
Chris Onstad
Portland, Oregon.

 

[Lord British]

I'm in! The Great Outdoor Fight remains one of the funniest things I've ever read.

 

[Joe Shlabotnik]

Holy shit! I heard nothing about this. He's been a food critic for the Portland Mercury newspaper for at least the past year.

And yeah he kind of almost died in 2011.

 

[Cosmic Bus]

Hmm.

http://youtu.be/b_97q16TFxk

Can't deal with this. It's unnatural, and I'm getting flashbacks to when the Sam & Max cartoon premiered and I wanted to die.

 

[blame space]

I just don't know.

 

[Ingueferroque]

Awful 3D animation, shame..

Not sure if it will show up, but Google is being poignant again.

Do they really need to motion capture Achewood? Ugh.

 

[Horseticuffs]

What the fuck, man?

This is worse than I'd feared. I can't believe I'm saying this but I wish it had stayed dead


God Damnit, Onstad. DID ANYONE EVER THINK THAT RAY AND BEEF SOUNDED LIKE THIS?!

Fuck's sake. Ray sounds kinda like Duck Man and Beef sounds like Micheal Cera or some shit.

Seriously, you guys should have seen the beaming look of beatific joy that shone on my face when I saw the thread title. Like God himself reached down from his mighty throne and lifted me up into the firmament!

Only to roughly toss me down again, and as I crash through the heavens as a falling star, all men may hear me screaming "I AAAAAAAAM RUUUUUUUUUUDE..."

 

[blame space]

I mean I understand that it's a really hard thing to do.

 

[Joe Shlabotnik]

The 3D animation is the saddest thing.