Christopher Onstad (born June 14, 1975) is a writer, cartoonist, and artist known best for Achewood, a regularly updated webcomic. Events 1276 - While taking exile in Fuzhou in southern China, away from the advancing Mongol invaders, the remnants of the Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Achewood is a Webcomic created by Chris Onstad. It portrays the lives of a group of anthropomorphic stuffed toys Robots and Webcomics, online comics, or Internet comics are Comics Published on a Website, often exclusively providing easy access to an He was born in California and attended Stanford University, where he edited the Stanford Chaparral humor magazine. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly known as Stanford University or simply Stanford, is a private Research university located in The Stanford Chaparral (also known as the Chappie) is Stanford University 's humor Magazine, established in 1899 by Onstad has published ten books: seven anthologies of Achewood comics; a humorous cookbook featuring recipes purportedly invented by the strip's characters; A Wonderful Tale—a book "written by" a character from the strip; and that same character's second album A Hilarious Comedy. ANThology is the first Major label album by Alien Ant Farm released on March 6, 2001 in the USA and March 19 A cookbook is a Book that contains information on Cooking, and/or a list of Recipes It may also contain information on ingredient origin freshness A recipe is a set of instructions that show how to prepare or make something especially a culinary dish. He has also published six editions of Man Why You Even Got To Do A Thing, an Achewood-centric zine. A zine (an abbreviation of the word Fanzine, or magazine ziːn "zeen" is most commonly a small circulation non-commercial Publication
Onstad reveals little of his private life online, but it is known that he currently lives in California with his wife, Liz. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. She assists him as an accountant on the sale of Achewood merchandise. An accountant is a practitioner of Accountancy, which is the measurement disclosure or provision of assurance about financial information that helps managers investors They have a daughter, born on March 14, 2005. Events 1489 - The Queen of Cyprus, Catherine Cornaro, sells her kingdom to Venice. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Onstad recently had a section on his website about his daughter, titled "current kid status", which he updated regularly with stories and happenings. These are collected in the self-published book Current Baby Status - The Collected Archive
Influences
On the subject of influences, Onstad remarked in an interview with Jason Gurley that "You can't help but be affected by Mark Twain books, Lay's Potato Chip ads, a fat lady who is yelling outside, David Letterman, etc. David Michael Letterman (born April 12, 1947) is an American late-night Talk show host and Comedian and the host since 1993 " And elsewhere, to Brian M. Palmer, "The reader would likely be a better judge. " He has openly expressed admiration for Chris Ware and Tony Millionaire. Franklin Christenson Ware (born December 28, 1967) is an American Comic book artist and Cartoonist, best-known Tony Millionaire (born Scott Richardson, 1956 is an American Cartoonist, Illustrator and Author known for his syndicated
In an interview with LA TACO he also claimed to be influenced by "Bryson, Barry, Twain, Elton, Wodehouse, Adams, Vonnegut, John Irving, Arthur Conan Doyle, Jack Handey, Al Franken, that sort of thing. Those sorts of guys. Tina Fey. Aaron Sorkin. "
In another interview with Brian Palmer, he professed his admiration for the British comedy show Look Around You and also stated, "I haven't seen anything that tops Mr. Show. Look Around You is a BBC television Comedy series devised and written by Robert Popper and Peter Serafinowicz, and in the first series Mr Show (also known as Mr Show with Bob and David) was a Sketch comedy series featuring former Saturday Night Live writer/comedy "
External links
- Achewood
- Chris Onstad's Blog (narrated by the fictionalized version of Onstad who occasionally appears in the comic strip)
- Original artwork
- Humor and Artwork for the Stanford Chaparral
- Interview by Brian M. Palmer
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