Chris Onstad has written a new Achewood comic strip almost every day since 2001. Achewood is the story of a bunch of stuffed toys and pets struggling with seasonally affected depression, baldness and vast wealth in a fictional suburb of Los Angeles.
Why mention it here?
Onstad is on record as a fan of Fuller’s 1845, which he wrote about on his blog after a trip to London in 2004. Good food, pubs and boozing are a constant theme in the strip.
And Onstad’s Anglophilia is expressed in the strip through the character of Cornelius Bear (Mr Bear) — a plummy, well-educated old cove who runs a pub: The Dude and Catastrophe. Like most of the characters in the strip, Cornelius also has a blog. There are some great observations therein on the philosophy and business of running a 21st century boozer.
Let me put all of that another way: Achewood is very funny. You should read it, if you don’t already.
2 replies on “The Dude and Catastrophe, Achewood, California”
Is it just me that doesn’t “get” this?
You’re probably not alone. My brother doesn’t find it very funny either. It makes me laugh like a four year old, though!