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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 September 10, 2001
		September 4, 2001 I know I've never met you guys (first off I live in Alaska and second I would've remembered such zany dudes). But how do you have a character who looks like me and has my name?! (I watch more TV than he does, though). --Mitch (yup, that's my name!)
		Mitch, I have shocking news for you. The truth is that much like The Truman Show, you live in a giant TV dome constucted for the pleasure of millions of viewers worldwide. I know, you're thinking that you've been away from "Alaska" before, but those were merely elaborately constructed hoaxes that made you think you were somewhere else. We've been enjoying your zany antics for decades now, and we can hardly wait for the new season to start. We hear your producers have some cool new surprises in store for you. Good luck!
		September 5, 2001 Just something to think about....Wouldn't something that's "bootylicious" taste kind of bad? --KansasMentosGirl
		Bad? We don't think you're ready for this jelly, Kansas Mentos Girl. Actually, we're not exactly sure what "jelly" is either, so we have no idea how it would taste. But then, we never said you had to eat bootylicious, and quite frankly, we think it's a little odd that that is what you immediately associate with it.
		September 5, 2001 Hey, Rockwood's a great strip! I hope the rest of the world catches on and makes it a regular part of their reading! Maybe you can talk to the guys behind the orbital mind control lasers or something. I only wish it came out more than 3 times a week. But I'm looking forward to your upcoming, exciting storylines! --Karshia Thao
		Orbital mind control lasers? Ha! Ha! Ha! We here at Team Rockwood love a good conspiracy theory and this is one of the best. We, too, hope that the rest of the world catches on and longs to buy all of our merchandise someday, but rest assured that we would never think of using something as sneaky as EMF weapons to brainwash the public into doing so. We can't even think of how something like that would work!
		September 5, 2001 I know a way to support Rockwood AND increase the hit count! Everyone, ask for the Rockwood calendar for Christmas/Channukah/Kwaanza/Ramadan/Winter Solstice/Your Birthday/whatever you celebrate! Not only do you get a cool-looking present you can actually use, but Rockwood gets some money and whoever gives you the calendar will discover this great strip! So, go ask Santa! Or ask your relatives! Or ask your friends! Or ask your significant other! Or ask whoever gives you gifts! --Laurie
		That's right! Buy! Buy! Buy! And coming soon, Rockwood-approved anti-mind-control hats!
		September 5, 2001 I've noticed that, although it's listed in the who's who, KHAN seems to make only one appearance. So, has he been in anything besides what's in the archive? Or are you just being unfair to the Bills Amend & Clinton? (I would also enjoy a return of Bill Amend, but not Clinton. From his appearance in your strip and in Trudeau's, to being in a Mad magazine Celebrity Snap, this guy just won't leave the spotlight.) --Ken
		Rest assured that KHAN will pop up soon enough (and he's actually shown up not once, but twice). And Bill Amend will probably make another appearance also, we just don't know when. As for the ex-president, you never know where he'll pop up.
		September 5, 2001 Anyone who makes fun of Family Circus is OK in my book. But if you could also make fun of Fred Bassett, then you would be God. Until then, you are a mere minion. --Kevin Munoz
		You know, Kevin, it had been so long since anyone mentioned Fred Bassett that we had forgotten it existed. We preferred it that way, because Fred Bassett sucks. Now that you've awakened our surpressed memories, you have created an angry god. Don't go outside during thunderstorms, Kevin.
		September 6, 2001 Regarding the Coriolis effect: It's an urban legend that the Coriolis effect shifts directions from one side of the equator to the other. It can be changed, but only under specific laboratory conditions. All things considered, it doesn't matter. As long as the stuff flushes, I don't really care what direction the water flows!!! By the way, are we going to see any more of Bill Amend, or was his station bought out by Skip to make a space-golf course??? --Skid
		Actually, Skid, it's not an urban legend that the Coriolis effect shifts directions at the equator, the myth is that it has any influence on the direction a toilet flushes. Even under laboratory conditions its effect is too small to be noticed. As for space golf, that just brings up more questions. For instance, would the Coriolis effect cause a golf ball to take a victory lap one way in the northern hemisphere and the other way in the southern hemisphere?
		September 6, 2001 How many Sunday style strips have you done, I only know of 4, but there must be more, right? Also, I don't see Newt in any of the Presidential strips or in any of the other special archives, where is a shot of him. --Matt
		We do have more Sunday-style strips from a long time ago, but they're not on the archive. Maybe someday they'll, along with all of the strips featuring Newt, will be on the always speculative Rockwood CD-ROM. Again we warn everyone... please don't hold your breath.
		September 6, 2001 AHEM! Plenty of girls appreciate science! Perhaps they are just more interested in rocket propulsion and thrust then the Coriolis effect and holes! Besides, shouldn't they care a bit more about conservation of water? After all, in a space station yesterday's waste water is tommorrow's water for the Tang! :) --Artimis
		Yes, Mitch and Kepler should be more concerned about conservation, but let's be honest... sometimes they're both kinda goofy. And while Skip's space station is has enough funding to be a little more upscale than Tang, all we can say to this is EWWW!! EWWW!!! EWWWW!!! Yes, indeed, waste water is recycled aboard the space station, but much like how sausage is made, this is just one of those things we don't like to think about. Especially when we're drinking "Tangy" liquids.
		September 7, 2001 Hey! Maybe at the Rockwood Store site, you should sell more than just calendars! Maybe some cool Rockwood tee shirts. But they don't all have to have just Rockwood on 'em. You should show the whole crew or have one w/each person. Like Mitch. He's kinda cute. He's so... Y'know, I think I know why what's-their-name's little sister fell for him! --Tina
		Keep watching, Tina. While we'd love to get paid for Rockwood, we find it a bit uncomfortable just asking people for money when they get nothing in return. However, if generous readers want to give money AND we can give them cool Rockwood merchandise as a bonus, we think everyone comes out ahead. We're not going to go into any specifics now, but let's just say it could be a very Rockwood Christmas. Stay tuned.
		September 7, 2001 Hey Brian, what's with the color? It looks great. Is this a permanent feature? --Trevor Smith
		Well, it should be obvious by now that it's not permanent, but since you asked, here's the reason behind it. Syndicates request that submissions consist of 24 daily strips and four Sundays, and since Team Rockwood is making another push to get syndicated, we needed the material. Furthermore, those of you who can do math will notice that we only had three Sunday strips posted last week, leaving us one short, so expect some more color strips sometime in the future. Just don't expect them right away. Doing three Sundays in a week is a lot of extra work.
		September 8, 2001 Will Mitch EVER turn off the Tv?? --you can call me "shark"
		You ask that under the false pretense that it is even possible to turn off the TV. The truth is that Network 23 doesn't allow such things.
		September 8, 2001 Cool strip. My stepcousin, Eric just showed it to me. Very funny. But wouldn't Dana get lonely being that only girl up there and not having anyone smart to talk to? Her own age I mean. Kepler's kinda smart. --imogene
		Well, Dana's not really the only girl on the station, she's just the only girl character. It's the same way that the Love Boat wasn't run by only seven people, it's just that when you have Gofer, how many more characters do you need?
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