Rockwood: The Rockwood Mailbag.

The Rockwood Mailbag

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Have you always wanted to let Team Rockwood know just what you were thinking? Do you wonder why the panels of the strip are laid out horizontally instead of vertically? Or do you have sensitive documents that will bring down the government? In any case, we want to know! Just fill out your name and e-mail address, then let 'er rip! No question or comment is too bizarre for Team Rockwood to take a stab at, and if we can get enough mail coming in, this page will be updated weekly! (Unlike the old mailbag page, which got updated about four times in two years.)

So consider this an experiment in web interactivity. Or, consider it a way to artificially inflate our hit count. Either way, just write in!

Updated on July 19, 2001
		July 9, 2001 So will KHAN be getting his own AI - Teddy Bear in the near future...you know an evil version to cause all sorts of trouble for the fearless crew? --Cheryl
		An evil version of A.I.'s Teddy? We don't think we could handle the stress. We just recently got rid of the evil clown doll sitting in the corner, and that tree outside the window is looking awfully menacing. Adding a creepy bear to our lives would just be too much.
		July 10, 2001 I found your site from Bill Amend's page. Now, after reading just about all the strips you have up, this is one of my favorite comic strips! Keep up the good work! One quick question: How do you guys make money? --Tyger
		It's pretty simple, Tyger. First, we scan a sheet of uncut hundreds at 600 dpi. Next, we print them out at the same resolution on high-fiber paper (to more accurately simulate the feel of cash). After cutting the sheet to fit we slip them into the clothes dryer for about 20 minutes where... Oh. Wait. That wasn't what you were asking at all, was it? Uh... the truth is we don't make any money at this. Yes. That's right. We... don't... make... money. That's just what we'll tell the feds. But if we did, we sure wouldn't spend it all in one place. Oh no! We'd spread it around... you know, like at convenience stores. Yeah, that's the ticket.
		July 11, 2001 If you guys had to kill off one character, who would it be? --Marty
		Marty, lesser comics than Rockwood would give you timid, loser answers like "Otto," "Dolly," or "Cathy herself." That's because these people think small. Here at Team Rockwood, we realize the fallacy in such thinking. Your question is clearly a dare, and dares deserve to be one-upped! No, Marty, the truth of the matter is that if Rockwood was going to kill one character, then it would kill them all! That's right! We'd drop the whole space station out of orbit into a densely populated city! We wouldn't settle for one measly death when we could have hundreds, or even thousands! In fact, we can't even conceive of a scenario where just one death would be acceptable. Unless, of course, we introduced Eminem as a character. Hmmmmm.....
		July 11, 2001 My little sister found Rockwood two weeks ago from the Fox Trot site (I've been reading this for months). She now has a HUGE crush on Mitch. For some strange reason she thinks he's hot (or bootylicious). She online as much as possible, looking at the big color picture of his face on the Who's Who site. Actually, they have a lot in common. When she's not online, she's watching TV (she watched more TV before Mitch). Anyway, could you eliminate Mitch from the strip for awhile? (Long enough for my sister to get over Mitch.) My family has only one computer with a modem, and I'd like to get online for more than the hour her favorite rerun is on. --Jessie
		Unfortunately, Jessie, as we've already told Marty, elimination of a single character is impossible, especially Mitch. Clearly, the solution to your problem is for you to buy another computer. I'd suggest one with a DSL connection and a really big monitor. Not only will this reduce the conflicts with your sister, but it will also reinvigorate the American technology economy. Hop to it, Jessie! The fate of the capitalist system rests in your hands!
		July 12, 2001 Hi! I came to this site via Bill Amend's link and I just wanted to let you know that I think Rockwood is a GREAT strip, very clever. I am emailing my friends your link, this simply must be shared! --Melissa
		Thanks, Melissa! For those of you who have only been reading the strips, every page here at Rockwood has an E-mail this page to a friend link down at the bottom. All you have to do is know someone's e-mail address to spread the joy of Rockwood!
		July 13, 2001 I, too, came across your site from Fox Trot, and am delighted at your work- it's simply Bootylicious, to say the least. The campaign 2000 strips, especially, are awesome. I'm writing to bitch (along with many others) that you do not have more strips archived. The first time I came to your site, I read every comic you have on the net; I'd really like to read the old ones. And finally, just to make things interesting: WHAT is the air speed velocity of an unladen swallow? --my friends call me 'the horny scotsman'
		African or European? ("I don't know...AAAAA!") As for the archive, someday, someway, when we're not busy drawing strips or making smart-alek comments to letters, we plan on putting out a CD with everything we've ever done. It's no small task, but if we ever get our act together, it could happen.
		July 16, 2001 You said if you get enough mail, you'll update this weekly. Here's my mail! Now update this thing, will ya? --Ursula
		Ouch! It's rough when someone calls you on something you said weeks (or months) before. But Ursula is indeed correct, and here it is! Incidentally, the mail has been much heavier since the Bill Amend link went up (duh!), and that's part of what has enabled the mailbag to go to weekly updates instead of monthly updates. Thanks to all of you who have followed that link from Fox Trot and written in! Audience participation rocks!
		Keep those letters coming and we'll see you next week!

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