Warhol / Chris Chan

"So far, the points between Andy Warhol and I are very much on point and par. I own up to my past and how it is depicted here. And it is a humbling honor to be compared with another great and unique artist and individual. 😊⚡️💙⚡️"

- Chris's Amazon review on the book.

"Soo stressed, and I don’t care if y’all share this on Kiwi or not, that in the van on the way back home from an errand, I crapped my panties; the pad took most of that damage."

- Chris on reading Chapter 5 of Warhol / Chris Chan.

"Disclaimer: This study was written and published before the terrible Chris Chan revelations of July 30, 2021."

- The book's Amazon description



Warhol / Chris Chan, subtitled The Lifespan of American Pop Culture, or The Suppression of Reality, is a self-published fan book by Don Lashomb which subjectively compares the output of Chris with renowned modern artist (who, unlike Chris, supposedly died a virgin). The book was published via Amazon on 19 May 2021.

Chris took an interest upon discovering the book a few days later, getting an ego boost out of being compared to someone famous in extensive detail. However, he still criticized the book over Twitter, taking issue with the book's focus on his sex life and sexually explicit art. He purchased a copy of it and made his own cover for it as he didn't "have to feel bored in with looking at a pickle." Said pickle is a reference to the Warhol-designed cover art for the Velvet Underground's debut album The Velvet Underground and Nico. Upon browsing the book's Disclaimer chapter, Chris commented about a nitpick with its contents, insisting that his delusions were real. Aside from it, he mentioned liking the book so far and thanked the author, giving it a glowing five-star review.

On 27 May, Chris recorded a cover of “I’ll Be Your Mirror” by the Velvet Underground and Nico to promote the book.

On 1 June 2021, while reading chapter 5 of the book, Chris briefly roleplayed as his younger pre-name change self over Twitter, in order to check in with his inner child and search for issues to address.

In a 13 July 2021 tweet, Chris stated that he would distribute approximately 24 book jackets that he had made for the book while at the Everfree Northwest My Little Pony convention to those who showed that they had purchased a copy. He would also state that he would be willing to autograph any copy of the book that was brought to him.

On 1 August 2021, in the wake of Chris's admission of incest with his mother, Lashomb made a public statement distancing himself from Chris and announcing that he would stop promoting the book. According to the incest fallout chat leaks, Chris gave Lashomb subtle hints about his incestuous relationship in early July, but Lashomb (like Null) apparently did not put the pieces together.

Despite Lashomb cutting ties with Chris, the book was briefly promoted again on Praetor's Etsy page with Chris's permission.

Amazon listing description
"𝑰𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒋𝒐𝒌𝒆? 𝑶𝒓 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍? A CRITICAL CONFRONTATION. What can we learn from comparing the two most unique cultural figures in living memory?

Warhol and Chris Chan: Both became famous while producing artwork that was often met with derision. Both became the focus of intense interest and curiosity. Their indelible personalities provoked fascination and laughter. In spite of their strangeness--or because of it--they reflect particularly pertinent aspects of the world around them. They are thought of as the oddest of oddities, and yet they represent the course of our society as a whole.

From bright Pop Art to sordid underground films, Andy Warhol portrayed an America that was both familiar and avant-garde. He carried a tape recorder everywhere and prophesized that in the future everyone would be famous just for being themselves. Several decades later, Chris Chan embodies Warhol's dream: Thanks to the internet Chris has become known worldwide, is constantly documented, observed, scrutinized, and made the subject of mass debate and media analysis.

Warhol worked to legitimize popular culture and give it the prestige of high art. But more recent generations have grown up breathing pop culture as if it were air. "Young at heart", people continue playing video games and collecting toys into adulthood, and favorite entertainment franchises are treated akin to religions. More than anyone else, Chris Chan emblematizes the excesses of this era.

This comprehensive study investigates the parallels and divergences between Warhol and Chris Chan, both of whom can be seen as bellwethers of cultural shifts. The two are compared in terms of how they relate to the following elements--from the fundamentals of life to the themes of our age:

● Names & Words

● Collecting & Hoarding

● Consumerism

● Technology & Media

● Women. . . Sex. Transgenderism. . Femdom

● Fame: Mythologies of Self & Multiverse

● Recording

A wide spectrum of knowledge is painstakingly drawn upon to analyze our two subjects from all angles. References and points of comparison are made to elements of:

● Art history

● Classic film

● Modernist literature

● Philosophy (from Plato to the postmodern)

● Popular music

● Psychology (especially psychoanalysis)

● Internet meme culture

Through pathos and ridiculousness, in an uncertain world that's constantly changing, we trace the human spirit as it passes from the golden age of Americana... through the high Warholian era... and now into Chris Chan's Poké Ball.

So: 𝑰𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒋𝒐𝒌𝒆? 𝑶𝒓 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍? Read slowly and see.

(NOTE: Chris Chan's pronouns are indeed respected throughout this study. The author is proud to have earned the approval of Christine Chandler herself.)"

Product details

 * ASIN : B095F3762C
 * Publisher : Independently published (May 19, 2021)
 * Language : English
 * Paperback : 635 pages
 * ISBN-13 : 979-8739475275
 * Item Weight : 2.31 pounds
 * Dimensions : 6 x 1.44 x 9 inches

Interview with Don Lashomb
"If someone else has been posting as me here, on KF, or on Twitter, that's not me, just so you know. I didn't really keep up with the CWC communities on a daily basis before the book, and I'm not doing so now."

- Don's personal disclaimer before the interview started.

On 31 May 2021, author Don Lashomb was contacted by Official CWCki Server moderator Orange Juice via Reddit, for a text-based interview about the production and intention of the book. Lashomb's messages are in blue, Orange Juice's messages are in orange.

Book Cover Design and Lashomb's Authorial Intentions