Achewood devotees were excited in February when cartoonist Chris Onstad revealed on his rarely updated blog that he was heading to Los Angeles to pitch an animated series based on his incredibly popular webcomic. Unfortunately, the network meetings didn't go well -- but Onstad remains undeterred. In fact, he says he was reinvigorated by the experience.

"A couple places seemed interested, but there is a lot of hokum and jive in the process of shopping a TV show," he explains to The Verge. "Most networks have a shopping list for the season, or a format they're already looking for — we didn't fit any of them this time around."

Yes, "this time around": Onstad and his collaborators are going back to the drawing board, developing a new pitch.

"I don't think we nailed the tone and humor of Achewood by any means," he says. "I'm excited to write version two, knowing what I know now about how all that work, all those actors, engineers, and producers come together, which is a hell of a lot."