Coming Soon in the Achewood Patreon!
Added 2024-09-13 16:01:32 +0000 UTCAs mentioned elsewhere, I got married a few days ago, which signals a return to my full-time writing and cartooning in the Achewood Patreon! Here are the updates currently in the hopper for your enjoyment during the next several weeks:
All Tiers (including Free)
Free Membership Trivia Contests — The last two were a lot of fun, and I will be doing these again, so that more Free members can come in and see just how much great material goes on here. (A one-month free membership was awarded to ten people; I'll be giving away half that many in the future.)
Holiday Shop Updates — I'm getting ready to open the holiday shop in Mid-October, and am excited to share the new products and news with you. They are badass.
Weekly Comic Tier
Honeymoon Comix! — We'll be honeymooning in western Italy soon, but I have prepared M-W-F comics to run while I'm away. These are ultra-classic single-row-format Achewood strips like you saw in year one (and of which you also saw twelve last Christmas holiday). I'm posting three a week instead of just one on Fridays because, frankly, posting short strips makes me feel insecure about providing enough value for you, even though I love how this set of six captures the old absurdist flavor of original Achewood, and membership has been steady.
Regular Comics! — After the two weeks of honeymoon comics, the regular comics will of course return. I'm focusing on standalone strips for now, and giving long storylines a break. Looking forward to revisiting characters we haven't seen in a while.
In-Universe Tier
All previous content, plus:
Ray in Australia — Ray was an actual columnist for the Sydney Daily Telegraph In 2007, thanks to SuperCho and Aussie journalist Tim Blair. I'll be reprinting the half-dozen columns documenting Ray's journey to Australia here, as they can no longer be seen anywhere else.
Ray's Place — Including another call for your questions.
Author's Tier
All previous content, plus:
Livestreams — I have been bitten by the chatterbug! I did an hour-long livestream a few weeks ago (due to a tech error the notification only went to like 100 people) and had a wonderful time — it reminded me of how much I used to love doing bookstore signings and getting to know you. My buddy Uncle T "Boothnavy" Norton subsequently sent me a top-shelf Blue Yeti microphone the size of a tallboy, so this chapter has officially opened. Get your questions / discussion topics ready!
Honeymoon updates — As requested, I am going to post photos and journals from our upcoming honeymoon in Rome, Naples, and Amalfi. Still interested in your recs for these areas.
Conclusion of "My Stint As A Real Cook" — Nothing lasts forever, especially me working as a cook at a grocery store. Please enjoy this final chapter in which I struggle with the inescapable socialist implications of hourly commodity employment, and run a "where are they now" on some of the characters we came to know and feel sad for.
Surrender — The story of my time studying with yogi, flavorist, Chinese & Ayurvedic functional tea master, and extradimensional pinhole Guru H. Khalsa.
Comments
This is great -- thanks Kyle, we've added these details to our list for planning. Photos to come in the author's tier!
Chris Onstad
2024-09-15 18:53:13 +0000 UTCSorry if I double-comment; I think Patreon ate my first attempt. You may not have enough lead time to secure these, but two other cool Rome stops that are relatively off the beaten path tourist-wise are the Villa Borghese museum (check the website for timed-entry advance tickets) and the necropolis under Vatican City (email the Vatican Excavation Office directly at http://www.scavi.va/content/scavi/en/ufficio-scavi.html). If you're up for a 45-60 min walk, you can go south from the Borghese and hit the Pantheon, Roman Forum, and Colosseum in one go. If you're especially ambitious, you can swing up north again and see the Basilica of Mary Major, the Palazzo Massimo Roman Museum, the Baths of Diocletian, the Palazzo Barbarini Museum, and/or the Crypt of the Capuchins (which has a sick Sedlec-style ossuary). Another neat stop: the basement of the Ristorante Pancrazio near the Campo de Fiore abuts some well-preserved ancient Roman foundations. The food there is fine, but you could also do it as part of a walking tour or just ask the host nicely (or slip him a fiver) to go poke around for a few minutes and then get lunch at one of the delis near the Campo (Norcinaria Viola, etc.)
Kyle Cassidy
2024-09-14 15:59:24 +0000 UTCI'd drink that
Mark
2024-09-14 10:35:07 +0000 UTCWell, this is always nice to hear. Every week can't be the Great Outdoor Fight. That shit makes me hella tired!
Chris Onstad
2024-09-14 00:49:42 +0000 UTCI have shared this information to our central planning doc. Thank you, Kyle! Pompeii is on the list, but I will bring a bag of pulverized airplane crackers to eat instead of the bad food.
Chris Onstad
2024-09-14 00:46:20 +0000 UTCStating that Rome sucks is bold, but I like it. I would say the same about the non-postcard portions of most cities, I suppose. Much of Portland would qualify as suckin'. I will have my ears pricked for these ferociously hospitable sons of Caesar, as that sounds like the Europe of my younger years, and I miss it, and I hope it is still there.
Chris Onstad
2024-09-14 00:45:10 +0000 UTCA bit on the spicy side due to an aggressive gingering, but still recognizable as root beer. The bill of sassafras, sarsaparilla, allspice, and licorice was a good blend, but I wish I'd remembered to add tarragon. Honey, cane, and blackstrap molasses brought the bitter down, and a bit of vanilla made it creamy.
Chris Onstad
2024-09-14 00:37:33 +0000 UTCI think the thing many of us want to know is how did the root beer turn out?
Mark
2024-09-13 20:32:07 +0000 UTCCongratulations and enjoy your Italian trip. Other than the old stuff Rome sucks but if you befriend some Italians they will drink an entire bottle of wine and then drive 140 down the highway two towns over to take you to an incredible dinner at some person's house-restaurant with 20 other Italians overlooking the ocean and then you will probably have to fist-fight three of them to pay for your share. On your honeymoon it might be five. I guess you could also graciously accept but I never learned how.
Ben Wilinofsky
2024-09-13 17:28:59 +0000 UTCA trip to Capri would be a great use of a day. I went through https://www.romeitalyexplora.com/ for a private guide (Rosanna) and a chartered boat, and it was the best part of my last Italy trip. Otherwise, beware the overpromising bus tour--you'll end up spending half the time traveling and then sprint through your stops in half the time each requires. And above all, if you go to Pompeii, don't eat at that godawful restaraunt by the entrance that they send all the tourists to. Ghastly stuff.
Kyle Cassidy
2024-09-13 17:23:30 +0000 UTCLiving La Vita Bella!
Julie (HiDeeHoGal)
2024-09-13 17:10:03 +0000 UTCoh my
Yelahneb Unicornucopiax
2024-09-13 16:42:39 +0000 UTCI'll say it again, that is one of my favorite writing creations ever. Zach is too busy being I Think You Should Leave famous these days, but I would warmly welcome a second season of SANDWICH DU3L. In which I will win.
Chris Onstad
2024-09-13 16:41:34 +0000 UTCLove the short strips! Any amount of extra universe building is welcome, and sometimes the short ones provide especially interesting little extra pockets of implication in terms of what various characters have been up to.
Matt Mitchell
2024-09-13 16:40:40 +0000 UTCprepare to see me in Shorts
Chris Onstad
2024-09-13 16:40:20 +0000 UTCHey Chris, do you know what I re-read at least once a year? SANDWICH DUEL. Can you and Zachary Kanin bring that back? Remember when Donald Trump was just a dumb rich guy and not a world-eating lamprey-man? Sandwich Duel does!
Nicholas Williams
2024-09-13 16:15:09 +0000 UTCHere for it baby 🙌🌈💾
Yelahneb Unicornucopiax
2024-09-13 16:08:34 +0000 UTC
