The Global Recession is hitting a lot of people hard. One of the few sectors you wouldn't expect to be effected by this is webcomics. There's retarded monkeys with their own webcomics, and they're dead, but over at Achewood, there hasn't been an update to the site since Jan 12th, and even then it wasn't that funny or interesting, which summarizes Achewood quite efficiently. There was an explanation for this, however, blaming financial woes, moving, family troubles, etc., all blamed on the Recession. I know times are tough all around, and he's not getting paid like Jim fucking Davis, but still...
I don't know what to think. I think an artist has the right to walk away from his art, but it's something to be avoided. That's like leaving your baby at Wal-Mart. If it's ending, I'm going to feel what I felt when Calvin & Hobbes went away. Comics are taken for granted sometimes, be they in the paper, comic book, or online. No one really want to see them go.
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