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| style = "text-align:left;"| The fail-tastic union of Chris and Ivy. <br /><br />''Only appearances of Spas the Cat, Canino Houndhowl, Lilith, Rachel, [[Ching Chong]], and the unnamed priest.'' | | style = "text-align:left;"| The fail-tastic union of Chris and Ivy. <br /><br />''Only appearances of Spas the Cat, Canino Houndhowl, Lilith, Rachel, [[Ching Chong]], and the unnamed priest.'' | ||
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| “ | My art speaks for me. | ” |
| Chris[1] | ||
Sonichu is Christian Weston Chandler's official life work, magnum opus, and largest contribution to society and culture. To most, however, it is a poorly-drawn and written comic book series about the adventures and travels that befall "him" and his (imaginary) friends. Despite starting out as a comic about the titular character, it quickly turned into a wish-fulfillment outlet for Chris and his depraved fantasies, with Sonichu being a main character in name only, playing second fiddle to Chris's primary Mary Sue self-insert. Other characters include Rosechu and Chris's many other self-inserts.
Introduction
The inadvertent shattering of his heart from Sarah Hammer, along with the expulsion from English class and the confrontation with Mary Lee Walsh, provided the impetus for Christian to kick-start the comic series in full force. It initially served as a complement to his Love Quest as a feeble attempt to link an accomplishment, or boost his own self-worth to unsuspecting prey; after all, Sonichu is "Zappin' to the Extreme!" He is Christian Weston Chandler's only son, and the first way past cooler Electric Hedgehog Pokémon!
The comics series was originally hosted on the various incarnations of Christian's homepage (as seen in the CWCipedia archive). In 2013 he began to upload the comics as albums on his Facebook page, and he affirmed in 2015, when he picked up the comic again, that this would be the place to find new pages. In September 2015 he finally began to sell printed and autographed issues on Etsy and Lulu.com. The comic was originally promoted from now-defunct Sonichu business cards, and he has since graduated to flyers. Each new addition to the series proudly sports a "To be continued..." disclaimer page. In fact, the comics are not updated with any regular frequency: in the fifteen years since the character's creation, Chris has yet to complete twelve issues, even though he has zero responsibilities and unlimited free time.
Reader's Guide to Sonichu
How-to and Overview
The Sonichu series began with issue #0 instead of #1, and each issue contained multiple separately-numbered "episodes", so readers often lost track of which story happened in which issue. For example, Black Sonichu was introduced in Episode #4, which was the fifth story in the overall series and the first story in Sonichu #1, which was in turn the second comic. Further confounding matters were the Sub-Episodes about Christian's Love Quest, which appeared in issues #0-4, and were numbered separately from the main stories.
Issues #0 and #1 featured Sonichu as the unchallenged star of the series, with Chris as a supporting character also appearing in the backup strips. By issue #2, the comic had abruptly transitioned to Christian encountering people from his real life in shitty anime battles. Token attempts to tell Sonichu stories and introduce Sonichu spin-off characters were made in #3, but all pretense was dropped in #4-#7 as the series becomes a vehicle for Christian, as the leader of a heroic band of recolors, to battle against a college dean, a group of ineffectual security guards, store managers, and later on, Internet trolls and other people who made fun of the comic. Originally it was mostly innocent and harmless, being the by-product of a simple man with a childish imagination, until it became an outlet to call out trolls, explore his depraved sexual desires and live out his violent revenge fantasies.
The comic series was presented as if it were a cartoon or anime (which might explain why the comics mimic visual effects that work in an audiovisual context but fail on paper), and was encapsulated into seasons with various episodes (or "series", for our European friends). Sonichu #10 was intended to wrap up the "first season" of Sonichu. This opened a can of worms as to the current vision of the comics: was Sonichu intended to be the hit action/adventure soap-opera TV show that is broadcast in CWCville, or was it the historical documentation of Christian's and Sonichu's life and times? Perhaps it was destined to be the Gospel from the Stay-at-Home Autistic Virgin Male, hallowed be His name. Either way, it remained unanswered whether Christian continues on with the series because he has a vain, misguided belief that some TRUE and HONEST soul would consider these as "storyboards" for proper licensing and production.
Art imitating life
Sensing some criticism for the self-centeredness of his work, Christian wrote himself out of the series toward the end of Sonichu #7, trapping the Christian character in the Time Void so that the storyline could focus on other characters. Despite this, Sonichu still served as a strong Mary Sue character, as seen in Sonichu fighting 4-cent garbage.com in Sonichu #8, as well as the clear Sue tendencies of Reginald Sneasel.
He returned from the Time Void at the end of Sonichu #9, giving all non-Chris characters approximately one issue to have the spotlight to themselves, during which they mostly talked about how much they loved Chris and hoped he would return safely. On the final page of the issue, Chris claimed that he would write himself out of the series permanently, giving his characters the opportunity to shine on their own. He went back on this promise almost the moment he made it — issue #10 is one of the most Christian-centric of the entire series.
Following the theft of his Medallions of Fail by Blanca, Christian immediately released a new comic adapting the theft into his canon and explaining that the TRUE source of his power lay in his Amnyfest Ring. Since this story was necessarily set after Christian escapes the Time Void, it was deemed a special preview of Sonichu #10, despite the fact that Chris had at that point not finished Sonichu #8 nor begun Sonichu #9.
Chris started Sonichu #11 in December 2009 and completed Sonichu #10 in February 2010. He produced a revised ending to issue #10 in October 2010.[2] After a long inspirationless lull, he began churning out new pages of Sonichu #11 in September 2015.
Chris has claimed that in total, he plans to complete 50 to 100 issues in his lifetime.[3]
Currently
| “ | I have not ended Sonichu; I only lost inspiration to draw, thanks to the people online. | ” |
| Chris[4] | ||
On 27 May 2010, Chris announced that he was abandoning the CWCipedia to the trolls. On 30 October 2010, Chris claimed that the trolls drained his creativity and scared him away from drawing any more Sonichu.[5]
On 27 February 2013, Chris wrote in a Facebook post that he might continue, but probably won't.
| “ | When I was online with my comic pages, I had never really planned ahead as I should have with releases and such. I was an amateur, I got scared off, I still feel very timid. I am not making any promises with anything for the future. Nobody in my comicverse is dead. Do not have any expectations of me. | ” |
On 10 January 2014, Chris's house was gutted by a fire. Later in November 2015, Chris showcased the Scrapbook of Fail in a video, confirming that the master copies of the Sonichu comics and his original artwork survived the blaze. They also continue to survive in digital form all across the Internet, and on the CWCki itself.
In a Facebook post on April 2015, Chris stated that if Sonichu was released as downloadable content for the fourth iteration of the Super Smash Bros. video game, he would consider resuming the Sonichu comics. Needless to say, the probability of either of these possibilities were slim to none.
A Facebook post in August 2015, while Chris was enthusiastically selling his knockoff "official" Amiibo figures, seemed to imply Chris was once again interested in returning to the comics;
| “ | I am setting up an opportunity for me to get back to drawing the pages, and getting Paid too[...] | ” |
On 4 September 2015, Chris confirmed the rumors as true and finally added new content to Sonichu for the first time in 5 years. 11 new pages were added to Sonichu 11 that day, with more pages added to the album "maybe every other week"; however, he cannot make any promises due to "unforeseeable variables and circumstances."
In June 2017, Chris began making regular updates to the comic again, completing Sonichu 11 that month and Sonichu 12 in October. Chris announced that Sonichu 13 would be an unofficial crossover with Planet Dolan; however, after falling out with DoopieDoOver, Chris scrapped the original concept and announced Sonichu 12-9, based around My Little Pony and featuring a new self-insert of his.
However, partway through #12-9, Chris's work on the comic and update schedule broke down. Chris began working on Sonichu 14, which was to return to the normal Sonichu setting; however, he soon spilled paint on the first few unfinished pages and sold them on eBay for a quick buck, presumably scrapping his work once again (and illustrating a weakness of his "hand-drawing" technique).
However, Chris apparently still intended to complete #14, as he next announced Sonichu 15. The comic was intended as a remake/reboot of the early issues, but was soon derailed under the influence of the fancomic "Rosechu's Story", and Chris, under the Idea Guy's influence, hesitantly decided to retcon Rosechu to be transgender.
Before Chris could publicly reveal Sonichu 16, several pages were leaked in January 2018 by Kiwi Farms users in contact with the Idea Guy. The unfinished pages revealed that the comic's story had largely been penned by the Idea Guy himself and brought together many of the concepts and plotlines he had been feeding Chris for the past few months. After months without updates, Chris revealed in May 2018 that he had continued to work on #16, but that he was now hesitant to release the nearly-finished comic now that he realized the Idea Guy - or an idea guy - had such an influence on it.
The Sonichu canon
Official releases
| Issue | Episode | Title | Plot Summary | |
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 Sonichu #0 Begun 3 Jan 2004 Complete 24 Mar 2005 |
Episode #1 | "Sonichu's Orgin" | Sonichu and Rosechu are created by the Chaotic Rainbow. Kel adopts Rosechu. First appearance of Christian Weston Chandler, Sonichu, Sonic the Hedgehog, Kel, and Rosechu. Only appearance of Perfect Chaos. | |
| Episode #2 | Sonichu in "Genesis of the Lovehogs" | Sonichu, hungry and lonesome, follows Rosechu home to Kel. They fall in love. | ||
| Episode #3 | "Sonichu vs. Naitcirhc" [sic] | Sonichu and Rosechu go shopping; Naitsirhc tries to kidnap Rosechu but Sonichu fights off his Zapdos and rescues Rosechu. Mayor Chris congratulates him. First appearance of Reldnahc Notsew Naitsirhc. | ||
| "Classic Sonichu Strips" | Random stupid stories with Sonichu. First appearance of Black Sonichu (Blake), Jerkops, and Mary Lee Walsh. Only appearances of Metonic, Vamprosa, and Barbara Chandler. | |||
| Sub-Episode #1 | "Christian Chandler in Jerkop-tastropie" | Chris is called out by a manajerk and transforms into Chris-Chan Sonichu to fight him and the jerkops off. | ||
 Sonichu #1 Begun 31 Mar 2005 Complete 18 Apr 2005 |
Episode #4 | "Black Sonichu in Darkness, Speed, & Lightning!" | The origin of Blake! First appearance of Doctor Robotnik, Giovanni, and Bill the Scientist. | |
| Episode #5 | "Sonichu in Informal Meeting" | Blake kidnaps Rosechu. Sonic and Sonichu run into each other and then team up. | ||
| Episode #6 | "Sonic & Sonichu Black Metal Combat" | Sonic and Sonichu fight Robotnik's latest creation. Only appearance of Metal Sonichu. | ||
| Sub-Episode #2 | "Christian Chandler in The Rise & Fall of My Heart" | The comic version of Chris's encounter with Hanna. Only appearance of Hanna. | ||
 Sonichu #2 Begun 24 Apr 2005 Complete 3 May 2005 |
Episode #7 | "Sonichu in Anchuent Prophecy" | Chris takes over the story as his Sonichu medallion unleashes the power of the Anchuent Prophecy. First appearance of Sarah Hammer, Wes Iseli, and the Ancient Leader of the Cherokee Clan. Only appearance of the Keeper of the Destiny Cave. | |
| Episode #8 | "Christian Chandler in Chaos & Serenity" | The three empowered hedgehogs meet and fight. First appearance of Wes-Li Sonichu and Saramah Rosechu. | ||
| Episode #9 | "Chris-Chan, Saramah, & Wes-Li in The Evil that Stomped CWCville" | Saramah breaks up with Wes-Li as Slaweel the Witch makes her first big attack on CWCville! First appearance of Count Graduon. | ||
| Sub-Episode #3 | "Christian Chandler & Sonichu in Witch Confront" | Chris and Sonichu confront Slaweel! | ||
| File:Issue3.jpg Sonichu #3 Begun 20 Jun 2005 Complete 21 Feb 2006 |
Episode #10 | "Sonichu Babies" | The origins of the Chaotic Combo! First appearances of Wild Sonichu, Bubbles Rosechu, Magi-Chan, Angelica Rosechu, Punchy Sonichu, Sonee and Rosey, Nabe-Shin. Only appearance of Mypoe, and the Boulder-Dropping Whale. | |
| Episode #11 | "The Chaotic Combo in When Hedgehogs Meet" | Blake steals the Master Sunstone and the Chaotic Combo unite! First appearance of Flame the Sunbird. | ||
| Sub-Episode #4 | "Christian Chandler in McAttack" | Chris is attacked in the M-C-D-ville by two Manajerks! First appearance of B-Manajerk, Merried Seinor Comic, W-M Manajerk, and Darkbind Sonichu. Only appearance of Super Chris-chan Sonichu. | ||
 Sonichu #4 Begun 24 Mar 2005 Complete 2 Sep 2005? |
Sub-Episode #1 | "Christian Chandler in Jerkop-tastropie" | Reprinted from Sonichu #0. | |
| Sub-Episode #2 | "Christian Chandler in The Rise & Fall of My Heart" | Reprinted from Sonichu #1. | ||
| Sub-Episode #3 | "Christian Chandler & Sonichu in Witch Confront" | Reprinted from Sonichu #2. | ||
| Sub-Episode #4 | "Christian Chandler in McAttack" | Reprinted from Sonichu #3. | ||
| Sub-Episode #5 | "Christian Chandler in McAttack Part 2" | Crystal appears to save the day as the W-M Manajerk attacks! First appearance of Crystal Weston Chandler (sister) and W-M Manajerk. Last appearance of the Ancient Leader of the Cherokee Clan. | ||
| Sub-Episode #6 | "Christian Chandler's Backyard Safari" | Chris gives us an inside look at the Jerkops. First appearance of ScotPalazzo. | ||
| Sub-Episode #7 | "Christian Chandler in Off-Target" | Bagget arrives to attack Chris! First appearance of Bagget and Crackder. | ||
| Sub-Episode #8 | "Christian Chandler in Off-Target Part 2" | Chris is taken captive, but is rescued by Crystal! | ||
| File:SchuComic6Cover.jpg Sonichu #5 Begun 29 Apr 2006 Complete 20 Jun 2006 |
Episode #12 | "Christian Chandler in My Best Friend's Cherokian Wedding" | Chris attends Sarah Hammer's wedding, which is spoiled by Wes-Li Sonichu. Chris, with the aid of Megan Schroeder, saves the day. First appearance of Megagi La Skunk. Only appearances of William Spicer and Sailor Megtune. | |
| Episode #13 | "Shattered Hearts & Entrapment" | Slaweel initiates an attack on CWCville, leading to Crystal getting trapped in the mirror! First appearance of DJ Jamsta. | ||
 Sonichu #6 Begun 4 Jul 2006 Complete 21 Feb 2007 |
Episode #12.5 | "One Lucky Dog" | Chris's dog, Patti, is transported to CWCville and becomes an anthropomorphic dog with magic powers. First appearances of Patti-Chan and Allison Amber. | |
| Episode #14 | "Evil is Afoot!" | Chris and the Chaotic Combo begin their quest for the Sonichu Balls as Reldnahc makes his appearance. First appearance of Bionic the Hedgehog. | ||
 Sonichu #7 Begun 5 Mar 2007 Complete 20 Aug 2008 |
Episode #15 | "Sonichu, Magi-Chan, and Christian in Time for a Ball" | Chris learns the location of one of the Sonichu Balls and goes to get it. Only appearance of Sammy. | |
| Episode #16 | "C.W.C. and Sonichu in Time Hogs" | Chris and Sonichu retrieve a Sonichu Ball, only for Chris to be lost in the Time Void. | ||
| "Tune in Everyday to Station KCWC for Everything!" | DJ Jamsta interviews Blanca and Jiggliami. First appearance of Jiggliami and Blanca. Only appearance of Robert Simmons V. | |||
 Sonichu #8 Begun 20 Aug 2008 Complete 1 Jan 2009 Revised 10 Jul 2019 |
Episode #17 | "Rage Against the Garbage" | After sex, Sonichu and Rosechu learn about 4-cent garbage.com and go to confront Jason Kendrick Howell over his work. They get a Sonichu Ball for their trouble. First appearance of Jason Kendrick Howell and The Incredible Lioness. | |
| Episode #18 | "Spring Break, 2008" | Silvana makes her move as Jiggliami warns the others of her plans and they get another Sonichu Ball. First appearance of Zapina, Simonla Rosechu, and Silvana. Last appearance of Jiggliami and Blanca. Only appearance of Yawning Squirtle. | ||
 Sonichu #9 Begun 1 Dec 2008 Complete 7 Dec 2009 |
Episode #19 | "Date Ed (Even Though the Idea Sounds Dated)" | THRILL to the wonder that is Chris's Dating Education classes! First appearances of Reginald Sneasel, Layla, and Rita Jackaras. Only appearance of Ms. Jackaras. | |
| Episode #20 | "CWC-Defense" | The PVCC mounts a massive attack on CWCVille! Chris is later pulled out of the Time Void. First appearance of the Samurai Pizza Bots and the Power Rangers. Only appearance of BILLY MAYS. | ||
 Sonichu #10 Begun 15 Sep 2008 Complete 25 Feb 2010 Revised 2010 and 2015. |
Episode #21 | "Christian Chandler in Director Amenities" | Chris rains holy hell on all his enemies! First appearance of Clyde Cash, Jack Thaddeus, Lovely Weather, Asperchu, Chaotic Combo (Asperchu), Metal Asperchu, the Asperpedia Four, and Sandy Rosechu. Deaths of Reldnahc, Jason Kendrick Howell, Asperchu, Clyde Cash, Jack Thaddeus, Chaotic Combo (Asperchu), Metal Asperchu, the Asperpedia Four, Slaweel the Witch, homosexuality, asexuality, and Simonla. | |
 Sonichu #11 Begun 13 Aug 2009 Complete 30 Jun 2017 |
"A Sonichu Christmas" | Christmas is coming, and Sonichu, Rosechu, and their children faff about the place doing nothing of importance. Cera befriends Kevin, a Peanuts-type character. Robbie and Sonichu help a homeless woman. Simonla Rosechu miraculously recovers from her execution. This is apparently Episode 22, but it is not numbered as such. First appearance of Kevin, Stephanie. | ||
| Episode #23 | "Simonchu & Bananafunkle" | Simonchu finds a new Pokémon and Punchy adopts it, causing Layla to leave him.
First appearance of Bananasauros. | ||
| Episode #24, Part 1 | "The Clip Show: Catching Up" | Sonic and Sonichu catch up at the mall. Return of Sonic. First appearance of Ferrah and Dogson | ||
 Sonichu #12 Begun 21 May 2017 Complete 16 Oct 2017 |
Episode #25 | "To Be or Naught a Tomgirl…" | Robbie Sonee comes to terms with xir gender identity. | |
| Episode #26 | "Prideful" | The first CWCville pride festival | ||
| Episode #24, Part 2 | Clip Show continued | Sonic and Sonichu catch up at the mall. | ||
 Sonichu #12-9 Begun 25 Aug 2017 Complete 20 Jul 2018 |
(NB - Chris abandons his traditional habit of dividing his comics into episodes in this and all future issues.) |
The origin story of Night Star and how she learned to traverse dimensions, visiting CWCville and getting to know Christine. | ||
 Sonichu #13 Begun 1 Nov 2017 Complete 3 Aug 2018 |
"The Awakening of a CPU, Also Known As The Idea Guy Corruptions" | How John Yamada came to influence Chris. Really an incoherent series of plot threads involving material from existing fictional universes and real-world politics of interest to the Idea Guys. | ||
.jpg) Sonichu #14 Begun 26 Jun 2019 Not yet complete. |
"The Awakening of a CPU: Book Two" | Events leading up to the Dimensional Merge. | ||
 Sonichu #15 Begun 16 Oct 2017 Overridden 17 Dec 2019 |
The retelling of Sonichu #0, this time with Christine as the lead: most of the content was plagiarised from Rosechu's Story, a fan comic. As drawing everything anew and revising the dialogue would have been too much work, Chris has instead embraced Rosechu's Story, approving its contents as TRUE and HONEST and selling it with the other Sonichu comics.[6] | |||
| File:Sonichu14CoverDamaged.jpg Sonichu #16 Begun 30 May 2017 Seemingly abandoned. |
"Count Graduon, The Mighty Warrior!" | Count Graduon's origin story. Chris sold the master copy to an enabler on eBay after spilling something on it. | ||
Special editions
These special issues were one-offs intended for specific audiences, but subsequently obtained by trolls and publicly released.
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Sonichu Special #1 | CWC Holding Out For a Hero | Chris rescues Ivy from the clutches of "Cly". First appearances of Ivy and Clyde Cash. |
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Sonichu Special #2 | Wedding Comic | The fail-tastic union of Chris and Ivy. Only appearances of Spas the Cat, Canino Houndhowl, Lilith, Rachel, Ching Chong, and the unnamed priest. |
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Sonichu Special #3 | Giant Penis Comic | The even more fail-tastic honeymoon of Chris and Ivy. Last appearances of Ivy and Officer Keino. |
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Sonichu Special #4 | Gun Comic | Ian Brandon Anderson "rescues" Kacey from CChanSonichuCWC (though it's unclear why Kacey needs to be rescued if she's in a consensual relationship with Liquid), shoots Liquid in the shins, and then makes out with Kacey. Only appearances of Kacey, Kacey's mom, Matthew Devoria, and Liquid Chris. |
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Sonichu Special 5 | Guard Dogs Comic | Chris sends the Amnyfest Ring to The Captain. |
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Sonichu Special 6 | Soft Exile Comic | Magi-Chan talks to Dr. Wolf, a creator of the TF2 Analysis show, about Chris being blocked on Twitter by several high-profile creators from the MLP brony fandom, in particular members of TF2 Analysis. |
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Sonichu Special 7 | Slime Comic |
Approved fanfictions
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This article is still yet to be completed due to stress. We get a lot of stressful torture in our lives that makes us crash into slumber. Given that inspiration is a big variable, and we may have been lacking of it, this article will be completed as soon as possible, at our own pace... HONEST!
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On 17 December 2019, Chris uploaded a complete set of the Sonichu series, including comics 0 through 13 of the main series, but also two fan comics that he has officially endorsed.
