I think I tried reading this because the later comics looked really cool, then when I went to the start of the archives it was boring for ~200 strips so I stopped reading.
I did something similar. It was linked from XKCD, and the "current" strip made no sense, so I went back to the beginning. I was so turned off by the artwork and indie music references, I quit after a dozen strips.
I went back a couple of months later, not realizing I'd been there before... and it was Hanners, sledding. I went backwards to see what led to that - then another strip, and another...
Before I knew it, I'd gone through about 600 strips
in reverse order. There's nothing weirder than watching a story... well, not unfold... defold? Refold? Watching characters be un-troduced, finding the origins of punchlines...
Then I came to me senses and started at the beginning. This time, it was worth it, and since I knew where they were heading, watching the art change was now fun instead of painful.
And how come no one's mentioned Octopus Pie?