Achewood - Other Features

Other Features

Chris Onstad has also produced other material within the Achewood 'universe', including:

• Various blogs written by some of the comic's characters, last updated in 2009;
• A zine, Man Why You Even Got to Do a Thing, purportedly written by Roast Beef (publication halted since Issue 6);
• Two novellas by the character Nice Pete;
• An Achewood Cookbook, aimed mainly at beginners, in which the characters provide recipes and cooking advice. Onstad was frustrated by the French Laundry Cookbook, finding it "essentially useless to any home cook", and wrote his own cookbook aimed at "guys who are just out of college and have one pan and one electric burner". Onstad believed that doing such a task would be entertaining and challenging. Onstad visited a supermarket chain store and bought eggs, ground beef, and mustard, and created around 50 recipes based around them. The book includes recipes for cocktails, Scotch eggs, hot dogs, chicken, orzo, and other foods and drinks. Ray Smuckles presents all of the cocktails. Danielle Maestretti of UTNE Reader said that the recipes range in appeal and complexity.
• A former feature called "Current Kid Status," in which Onstad documented the joys, travails and current events of raising his daughter. Ran from his daughter's birth in March 2005, until 27 November 2007. A compendium of these bits has been packaged into a book and is available for purchase at The Achewood Store.
• The Achewood Store, which includes such items as clothing, cookbooks, aprons, glasses and other assorted goods.
• A Twitter page once featuring tweets about the daily activities of the Achewood characters but now focusing on the life of Onstad himself.