#1 (Part 1): Our Every Episode is the New Tradition

WebComic Corner

For our first episode, we're going to take a metaphorical journey to a little place called Achewood to hang out with a couple of fans -- or "chochachos", as they liked to be called -- and find out what makes Chris Onstad's webcomic Achewood such an incredible trip into the early days of Internet culture.

Cool Fact: Throughout its 15-year-run, Achewood has received recognition from a variety of different notable sources, including The Economist, The New Yorker, Small Press Expo (SPX), TIME magazine, and the Onion. THE ONION!
Not-So-Cool Fact: Being able to edit a little bit of audio in post doesn't make you a miracle worker. Yeah, when I said the audio quality would improve in future episodes, I wasn't talking about this one since, technically, it was recorded before the podcast even started. Again, apologies for the spotty sound quality in some parts and the background noises.
Not-So-Cool Fact #2: Future episodes are going to be 45-60 min at most and we will have an actual theme song next week

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1. #1 (Part 1): Our Every Episode is the New Tradition (00:00:00)

2. you can start here if you like (00:00:09)

3. intro's over, let's meet the guests: winston, annie, and aaron (00:03:08)

4. question 1: how did you discover Achewood? (00:04:14)

5. winston's answer: the olden days of '03-'04 (00:04:26)

6. annie's answer: An angry Internet guy's blog (00:05:43)

7. aaron's answer: crappy webcomics (00:07:39)

8. aj's answer: read the disclaimer, waited 3 years (00:09:51)

9. question 2: were you already into webcomics and/or comics before you started reading achewood? (00:12:32)

10. aaron: wolverine at the circus (00:12:43)

11. annie: dicking around reading The Far Side (00:14:44)

12. winston: newspaper comics in Thailand (00:16:13)

13. aj: not the homestuck episode but everything comes back to gas station darkwing duck (00:20:30)

14. don't be a dick to your ex and use them as fodder for your pretentious webcomic (00:22:32)

15. question 3: what effect(s) do you think achewood has had on webcomic/internet culture as a whole? (00:24:22)

16. aaron: the shibboleth simpsons of the internet and scott pilgrim (00:24:32)

17. winston: less weird and more share like subscribe (00:28:50)

18. annie: first achewood tinder date (00:30:45)

19. annie and aaron: the world that chris onstad built (00:34:22)

20. annie: the "phillipe is standing on it" litmus test (00:39:24)

21. question 4: do you appreciate achewood more now than when you first became a fan? why or why not? (00:41:41)

22. annie: my go-to place (00:41:55)

23. winston: afraid to be weird (00:43:36)

24. aaron: the collective "this rocks!" and recreational herbology (00:47:48)

25. annie's magnets: tales of chochacho cons (00:51:44)

26. aj and aaron: 10+ years of a fan's journey into depression and tattoos (00:59:14)

27. aaron: ray days and beef days (01:01:39)

28. annie's church sign and aj's bridge to part 2 (01:03:57)