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Oni Press is adding one of the most celebrated webcomics out there to its diverse catalog of print collections of online comics with their announcement of a new omnibus series of Chris Onstad’s Achewood.

The New York Times bestselling comic returns to print in this new omnibus series, collecting the complete comics from start to finish. Volume 1 includes the first 600-plus strips in chronological order, alongside a wealth of rare additional material including recipes, short fiction, maps, posters, never before reprinted comics, and much more. Edited by Toronto Comic Art Festival founder Christopher Butcher, this hardcover collection features an all new Achewood short story by series creator Chris Onstad, and a foreword by The Magicians author Lev Grossman.

“I am incredibly proud to add Chris Onstad and Achewood to the Oni Press library,” publisher James Lucas Jones said. “Onstad’s daily strips paved the way for many webcomics creators, and showed that you could build a sustainable audience for serialized comics outside of the traditional periodical publishing model. These strips remain every bit as irreverent and insightful today as they were nearly 20 years ago, and these meticulously assembled books promise to expose a whole new generation of readers to Onstad’s dark and witty brand of humor while giving existing fans the classy archival treatment they already know this work deserves.”

Achewood will be released in this new format in June 2020, with future volumes and special editions to be announced in the coming months.