Coming Soon in the Achewood Patreon! (Patreon)
Content
As 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.