mark wrote:

I really think one of the reasons Achewood is worse now is simply because he isn't producing enough story... and producing too much illustration... I think for Onstad, like most artists, especially ones where the art is largely conceptual (no one reads Achewood for the quality of the illustrations) volume is what allows them to produce great work. A some point he started taking himself too seriously and decided he could only put out big, detailed, meaningful comics...

Imagine how great Achewood would be if it had been run as a daily serial in newspapers? Onstad would have had to file every day. He'd have burned out, Bill Watterson style, but he'd have never written this plot arc.