It comes as no news to longtime KFR readers that we’re big fans of Rick Onstad’s brilliant webcomic, “Achewood,” so we’re pretty stoked for the guy to see that no less than TIME Magazine recently write up a little somethin’-somethin’ about the strip. It’s not like we think that webcomics need mainstream media attention to validate them or anything like that, but it’s always cool to see talented people who make stuff we like gain attention and, hopefully, benefit from a larger audience.

…I think the striking thing about Achewood is its enormous emotional range — it’s incredibly funny, but some strips are really achingly sad — check out, for example, the arc where Ray goes to hell (he’s forced to drive a 1982 Subaru Brat there) and meets bluesman Robert Johnson. Or the infamous Cartilage Head sequence.

It kind of expands your understanding of webcomics, the way Maus did with graphic novels. Except this time it’s with cats.

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