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Christopher Onstad (born June 14, 1975) is a
writer, cartoonist, and artist known best for Achewood, a regularly updated webcomic. He was born in California and grew up in
a small town near Sonora, in the Sierra foothills. Onstad attended
Stanford
University, where he edited the Stanford Chaparral humor magazine.
Onstad has published several books: nine 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
novel A Hilarious Comedy. He has also published six
editions of Man Why You Even Got To Do A Thing, an
Achewood-centric zine.
Onstad reveals little of his private life online, but it is
known that he currently lives in Portland, Oregon with his wife, Liz.
She assists him as an accountant on the sale of Achewood
merchandise. They have a daughter, born on March 14, 2005. 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." 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.
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."
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