Mailbag 3

Mailbag 3 was the third collection of fan mail to be posted on CWCipedia.

Chris began answering them on 25 November 2009 and, surprisingly, managed to uphold his word to finish them on the 26th. His answers were all very short, implying that he's just too lazy to write complete responses to his adoring fanbase. Again, the vast majority of the answers are just Chris stroking his own unfathomably huge ego. Highlights include him telling a self-loathing homosexual to hypnotize himself into straightness, almost adequately explaining the fake boobs, and revealing some of pedofork tendencies when talking about reducing the legal age of consent. His famous hypocrisy makes an appearance when he claims that calling someone's fan art "retarded" was constructive criticism, and then proceeds to delete messages that offer him actual constructive criticism.

In which Chris advises a guy to hook his underage sister up with strangers
From: Mike Pandamus  Hi there, Chris-chan! ^^ My name is Michael Pandamus, I'm seventeen years old, and I am the biggest fan of Sonichu, I swear! GO SONICHU, GO OUT AND ZAP TO THE EXTREEEEEME! But that's not what I'm here to contact you about.

I have a twin sister, Shelley, who is a boyfriend-free girl, and she is sad as can be. Whenever I look at her, I can feel vibes of sadness from her lonesome heart, and it makes me feel sad as can be. I always comfort her and tell you "Shelley, someday your sweetheart will come for you, dare to keep all your love alive, it's leading you on to victory," but Shelley has fallen into despair by now. She longs for a boyfriend, and what am I to do? T^T

I need advice from you, Chris-chan. Please tell me what I should tell (or do for) my sister so that her heart level can be recovered and rise hopefully to 100%. Thank you!

Truely [sic] and Honestly Yours, Mike@undefined

House for sale
From: muslim girl  http://thechandlerhome.110mb.com/

I found your page on a Virginia real estate ad site, so are you interested in selling? If so, please contact me back as soon as you can.@undefined

Future of the franchise, Star Trek, and favorite foods
From: Crystle Lumpie  First off, how long do you see yourself working with Sonichu? Once it becomes more mainstream and more people become involved with it, will you give the franchise to other people? Or will this be a life-long thing?

Is there any chance of a graphic novel coming soon? Maybe you'll compound the current volumes into one graphic novel to make it easier for people to access them? I think that would be a good idea.

What is with the captains log I see on your site now? Is that a reference to Star Trek?

And lastly, what's your favorite food? I'm looking to change some of my diet and I'd like your advice, if you don't mind.

Love,

Crystle Lampitt@undefined

In which Chris advises Hitler to keep his Promises
From: Tessandra Callahan  oh hai chris

its rilly rilly cool u r taking time out of ur busy day to answer questions for the fanbase. id like to thank u personaly for doing that!!! my favorate charcater is simonla rosechu. chris ur so creative for thinking her up an i want to see lots more of her.

i have so many questions for chris but ill keep it down to a few just so i wont waste ur time.

1. where did u get the idea to show ur high school ring to show that ur being honest?

2. whats with the pair of boobs that r in ur newest videos?

3. if u had the power to change the law, what do u think would be a fair age of consent in america?

4. my friends older brother dropped out of school at 16 and sat around for a few years and got rejected from art school becos they feel he was not good enough. hes a pretty good painter tho... hes been thinking of getting into politics. his ideas are kinda extreme but hes good at giving speeches and stuff. do you have any advice for him, as mayor of cwcville?

byee tessandra

pic related ;)@undefined

Marry me, Rosechu
From: Nick Manchester 

Dear Christian,

My name is Nick and I've been an avid reader of Sonichu for years now. Today I think I have found the courage to admit something to you and the world. I have a crush on Rosechu!

Having said that, I would like you to know that it SHATTERED MY HEART to see that she was married. I know, I know, Rosechu is a comic book character but now I have trouble imagining my swooping in to save her! Is there a chance that Sonichu and Rosechu will get a divorce? Is divorce legal in Cwcville?

I was wondering if there are going to be any new bad guys in the comic too, and if you will be returning to stop them!

Your fan,

Nick@undefined

Chris is still allegedly straight
From: Namiko Izuta  Mr. Chandler,

I am a single woman, 25 years old, writing in to commend you on your comic, "Sonichu". I greatly enjoy it, and it has changed my life for the better. My favourite character is Simonla, because she reminds me of an anime I also enjoy. My dream is to see her get a bigger role in the comic, as an assertive "action girl" instead of the passive character she currently is. However, I understand if you do not want to write such a thing — after all, the star of Sonichu is Mr. Chandler.

I would also like to ask about a controversy in the Sonichu fandom. Some persons in the bad parts of the fandom have raised doubts about your sexuality. Now, please do not get angry — I know that you are straight, and I know that you are a good person. However, these people have said that you might be neither straight nor gay — that is, they say Mr. Chandler might have no sexual attraction to men, and not to women either. This is known as "asexuality" (please consult Wikipedia for further information on asexuality). I would like to have an official statement on what Mr. Chandler thinks about asexuality, to clear up this controversy. Again, I am not doubting that you are attracted to women.

Lastly: If you need help with your love quest, please send me a mail. I know what a woman wants. (I'm not available, though. I would like to stay single for the time being.)

Best regards, Namiko Izuta

P.S. I have noticed that you have stated Asperger syndrome to be "nothing like autism". There are actually many similarities. Perhaps you are thinking of Alzheimer's disease, an entirely different disorder that causes memory loss? I'm sorry, I know this subject is confusing. Please do not take it personally.@undefined

Art questions
From: r a  Hey, CWC! I just got a few questions for you...

1. Do you use Photoshop? If so, do you use the recent CS4 version?

2. As a fellow artist, you probably know just how important it is to do drawings from life (especially figure drawing!). How much time a day do you spend sketching from life?

3. Do you have a sketchbook to draw in? If so, can we see it?

4. Do you have any ideas for other comics/stories?

5. Have you ever been on tvtropes.org?

Thank you!@undefined

From Russia with love
From:  Hello, Christian!

My name is Preved Medvedev, I live in Moscow, Russia. I've been following the exciting adventures of Sonichu and his friends for quite a long time, from 2005 I think, and consider myself your true fan. Maybe your first Russian fan ever!

I'd be very glad if you found time to answer my questions:

1. I've been always fascinated with the characters you create. You depict their personalities so vividly, I can always relate to them. That's what defines a true artist's work, in my opinion! My question is about the villains in your comics. They are always so vile, so evil and repulsive, you can't help but hate and detest them. :)What I want to ask you is - how do come with the names for your villains? Especially Count Graduon, Merried Seinor Comic, Turdijerk - all these names sound so bizarre, and yet creative! Could you please tell the story about how you created each of those names? I'd like to read such an insight into your uniquely creative mind!

2. What do you think about Russia and Russians in general? Would you like to visit someday? Lol :)

I'd also like to add that I'm very, very glad that the new update schedule hasn't lowered the high quality of your art! Please keep up the good work!

Your true Russian fan, Preved.

P.S.: I also got my younger sister into your comics recently. She's 19, and has a fun and caring personality. Your comics helped her overcome her insecurities, and cope with all the stress she gets in college. Big thanks and hugs from her too! :)@undefined

In which Chris forgets why Barb objects to him immortalizing his failures in comics
From: Michael Mayer  Hey Chris, how are you? Just wanted to send you this message to say how great the comics are so far. It's great that your adding some new pages, we were waiting for so long! But the wait was worth it, and I see that the comics are as good as ever. Just wanted to ask, what happened to the sub-episodes? Those were the best part of the comic. Anyway, I'll write some more later, and send some fan art.

Your Fan,

Timothy

PS I had a suggestion. You should make a comic that looks into the future of the characters, to see what life will be like for them maybe 20 years later.@undefined

Hypnotize away the gay
From: Richard Ferguson  Hello Chirstan Weston Chandler.

My name is Richard Paul Ferguson, and I have a serious problem. I am a homo. I have tried to STAY STRAIGHT, but all my attempts have failed. I am considering changing my name to and getting a sex change. I have been a fan of yours for years and don't know who else to ask, so what do you you think I should do, Chris?

Sincerely, Richard "Stacy" Ferguson@undefined

In which Chris lies about how he feels about homos
From: Jonathon Rogan  Hello Chris, first off I must say that I love your comics, if I did not I would not care enough to ask you this:

When I first saw your comics I showed them to some of the people on the online forums that I go to that love webcomics. Now, they all said that while the drawing and the comics themselves are wonderful that there is something wrong. They claimed (probably lies) that you hated homosexuals. I went to your website where you claimed that you had no problems about homosexuals and only disliked those prideful about it (I hate the gay pride parades as well). Soon however I saw a recent response from you about some fanmail where you talked about an upcoming comic SPOILER ALERT where you have to create a vaccine for homosexuality.

As an unprideful homosexual myself, I found this post by you as being incredibly hateful towards the homosexual community as a whole and entirely out of line from where you claimed you had no problem with homosexuals who kept it to themselves.

I am incredibly hurt by your comments and would like to see you try and justify them. I have also noticed you have been erasing messages from other homosexuals and if I don't see a response to this one, I will tell anyone else who would listen to me about it.

-Homer Thiessen@undefined

More fanart
From: Mecca Shadily 

this is some fanart i drew

i hope you like it!@undefined

Chris the fast worker
{{Email|From: Leslie Triballo  Hi sweetie ;)

I'm a fairly new fan of the comic but got caught up very quickly on your CWCipedia...thanks in advance for answering my question! I just want to say you're obviously very talented; I don't know what's up with all those dang trolls that bother you, but they need to grow up!

Anyway, I read in the Comics Journal that Tracy Yardley of the Sonic the Hedgehog comic can draw an issue in 2 weeks, but once drew an entire issue in 3 days! Said he just got in the sonic groove and finished in no time! What's the quickest you've ever finished a Sonichu comic book?

Thanks! ---{--@ Leslie}}

En Español
From: Luz Paz  Me llamo Luciana "Luz" Paz, nosotras somos un grupo de fans que le gusta sus obras de arte que usted hacer señor Ricardo. Pero por mala suerte, nosotras no estudiamos ingles haciendo que tengamos que usar el traductor de google para poder entender ese complicado idioma, asi que le queríamos preguntar si usted podría hacer su comic con idioma Dual (Ingles/Español) para que todas sus fans habla hispanas podamos leer sin tener que hacer tanto trabajo por burbuja de texto, ya que vos sos totalmente una de los mejores estadounidenses que habla en nuestro idioma (Casi no se nota). Muchas gracias Señor Ricardo Weston Chandler

Con mucho cariño y gracias por escucharnos, Grupo MxS.

Mexico por Sonichu.@undefined

The littlest troll
From: Renee Trager 

My wife and I really love reading your comic to our daughter Cristal! She's just crazy about Sonichu and his pals!

We think it does a great job of teaching her good values like respecting people despite their beliefs and to be accepting and kind to everyone. Our little girl's one less person out on the 'kick the autistic' field and I'm sure there will be others to stand on the sidelines with her thanks to your wonderful comic.

God bless you, Sonichu.

PS our Cristal drew a picture especially for you. (actually she drew two but we couldn't get the scanner to pick the other one up well so she made you one in paint. Next time though!)

Keep up the great work!@undefined

Unlicensed merch
From: Ellīnikī́ Ellīnikī́  Hi Christian! My name is Ellada Hellas and I am big fan of your sonichu comic. My family and I live in Greece, and sonichu is really big thing in here. My father makes living selling sonichu merchandise to tourists, and after I saw you got officially registered copyrights for sonichu I have tried to make him stop this illegal activity. But my father suffers from bad case of Alzheimer disease which makes him forget my words, and go back to sell illegal sonichu merchandise.

We are a poor family as we make only approx. 67 000 USD on yearly basis. So I want to know, Is there any way to prevent your lawyers from suing our family?@undefined

Bold new levels of hypocrisy
From: Redmond Marbury <regexis@gmail.com> Hi Chris,

This is Red, the guy who you said drew a "retarded" picture of Sonichu. I've gotta say, man. I'm a little hurt and insulted. I put a lot of work into that picture, because I wanted to make my hero happy and proud of my efforts to please him. You've said yourself that constructive criticism is so much better than hurtful words, and yet here you are saying that me and my drawing are "retarded".

You cannot possibly understand the kind of pain and heartbreak and hurt I am feeling at being called "retarded". Do you treat all your fans like this? I can't believe that you would treat a True and Honest fan so hurtfully. What's more, I used your picture of yourself on page S-13 of Issue 4 as a reference for it. He's talking and making a "point" with his finger. Not retarded.

I'm sorry, I'm just so upset. I wanted to draw you a fan picture 'cause you've given me so much entertainment and happiness, so I wanted to try and do some small amount of the same for you. Then to get it thrown back in my face by a person that I see as such an hero to me, and called "retarded" by him...

It just hurts so much.

Your fan,

-Red.@undefined

More awful advice
From: Nergo Ted <nergoted@ymail.com>

Hello Chris, I love your sonichu comics I read them all the time I even went as Sonichu for Halloween this year. Any how I'm in 6th grade and all the boys in my class call me gay just because I don't have a girlfriend! But I am STRAIGHT! Seeing how you are my hero, Cristian Weston Chandler and the strightest guy I know how can I convince them that I am NOT a homo?@undefined

Parent problems
From: Ing. Rogelio Martinez y de la Corra <rogeliomartinezydelacorra@hotmail.com> Hi Chris,

Hope you're doing well! Just wanted to tell you that I'm a devoted fan of your wonderful creations. I have fallen on hard times recently, and I have to say that seeing how you have risen above adversity, always giving 100% effort to your fans is very inspiring.

I'm estranged from my parents due to a situation that has brought a lot of stress into my life. From your comics, I have the sense that you have a very strong bond with your parents, in particular with your mother - can you share some of the things that you do that strengthen your family relationships?

Also, since I will spend Thanksgiving alone, I've been thinking...how about a Sonichu Thanksgiving special? What's a typical Thanksgiving like for you?

Thank you for your time, and looking forward to the upcoming installments! I can't wait to read how your straight blood cures the homo gene! I'm sure that's going to be an epic story for the times!

Your fan,

Roger@undefined

Chris admires traits he doesn't have
From: cutesonicfan@aim.com Ohayou, Christian-Kun! My name is Mitsuki. I am a 19 year old (and single ;) ) girl, I come from Japan, but I am living in Virginia as a foreign exchange student. I enjoy drawing and reading manga. You, are my favorite Gaijin mangaka, Christian-Kun, and I find you super kawaii handsome!! Your art is without doubt as great as the most respected Japanese artists such as Yoshimoto Nata, Gechu and Mariko Mori. My favorite Sonichu character is Punchy! He is so funny. I have a few questions, if I may.

1: Do you enjoy the Japanese culture? 2: Can you include more anime in your comics? 3: What type of music do you like? 4: How do you handle the stress of slanderous trolls? I think it is truly honorable how you deal with them.

Domo Arigatou, Chris Chan! <3@undefined

Leadership role models
From: <mannynoriega@live.com>

Dear Mr. Chandler,

I am wondering what it takes to be a good leader. Why would you say you are a great leader of the CWCville? I would like to learn from your example.

What do you think of the drugs and whether people should use them? Why do you oppose those horrible drugs?

Finally I would like to ask, are your parents ever going to be in your Sonichu comics? I have heard that you live with your parents and they must be in your life, so they must live in the CWCville. Do you enjoy the company of your parents, and which of your parents do you enjoy the most?

With much love from my home country of Panama,

Manuel Noriega@undefined

Sexy posters
From: Adam <lyph3@me.com> Chris, I've been a fan for quite some time, and I am glad you're taking the time to talk to your fans AND do a page a day. You are clearly a very talented individual for being able to do this. Knowing how true, honest, and straight you are, I was hoping you could help me. In the past you mentioned using a Sailor Moon poster to remain straight, and I've recently been having some 'confusing' thoughts pop into my head. Do you think I should purchase a Sailor Moon poster to help me stay on the straight path? Keep up the excellent work, I love how Sonichu(c) showed that brown striped impostor his place! Your fan, Adam@undefined

The trail of tears
From: Kierrien Aland <kingraven00@hotmail.com> HI CHRIS!!!!!! I was wondering but because you are one of the last surviving of the respected Cherokian clan, do you feel it is right that Americans enjoy Turkey every Thanksgiving to celebrate the suffering of your people?

By.@undefined