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 November 26, 2002
		November 19, 2002 I called the number. I asked for George, and thay hung up on me. Your assistants aren't very nice. --Shadow
		Oh, they're just a bunch of kidders! Try calling that number (202-456-1414) again, and this time use a funny accent! They love that!
		November 20, 2002 YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY --?
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		November 20, 2002 Wow, you guys are starting to expect a lot from your readers. This stuff has almost gotten political. Craziness. I'm glad Team Rockwood gives us so much credit. Of course, your readers are a reflection of your work so maybe you're just trying to make yourself look better because your readers understand...ramble ramble... --CsLindasJr
		What? We're almost political? And actually, we do expect a lot from our readers. That's mainly because we think Rockwood readers are a lot smarter than other strips' readers, and that allows us to write smarter material. If we didn't think there was a market for intelligence, we'd write something else.
		November 22, 2002 Team Rockwood!! Roasting Doonesbury, and now Garfield?? I must be in heaven! Personally, I am still holding out hope that somehow Odie will "snap", and "take care of" his cat problem. I am also holding out hope that you will soon appear in my local leftist rag. Pretty much the only non-liberal strips we have now are B.C., Wizard of Id, and Mallard Fillmore (groan). Save us, Rockwood! --John McLain
		Mallard Fillmore is almost enough to make us turn lefty, John. We're looking at an early 2003 attempt at syndication now (we know...we were looking at a November attempt earlier...things change), so maybe we'll be able to help you out next year. Or maybe not.
		November 22, 2002 I think Elizabeth was referring to the final haiku submitted for Nov. 22, 2001. It was kind of goofy. --Good boy
		Yes, we know. And you'll notice we thought it was strange then, also. We thought our joke would be a lot more obvious. If we're not any better writers than that then maybe we should be writing for someone else
		November 25, 2002 No paper huh? I always wondered how you went about your design process. I know certain on-line comics are done entirely on the computer. Frankly Rockwood looks a lot better than those. Perhaps this is why... So, can you shed some light on the daily toils of the artistic side of Team Rockwood. Step 1: Get Snoopy Pencil Case Step 2: Get Paper... Ooops! Step 3: ???? --Brian Layman
		Surely you're not mocking Team Rockwood's Snoopy pencils? Of course you're not, and don't call you Shirley, right? Actually, the production of each Rockwood strip involves almost every form of print technology. The script gets written and edited with a simple ballpoint pen on notebook paper until it's funny (or until we run out of time, whichever comes first). Then the artwork begins. Everything gets sketched in on 100 lb. Bristol paper using a 0.5 mm mechanical pencil (which is now about 8 years old and covered with tooth marks). Inking is done with a Sharpie Extra Fine Point for lettering and balloons, a Sharpie Twin Tip for small areas of black, a Sharpie Fine Point for the outside borders, and two Zig Millennium markers (05 and 08) for the actual artwork. Prismacolor markers are used for large areas of black. After all of this, the computer work begins. Using an old Mac G3, each toon is scanned into the computer, then touched up in Photoshop before being compressed into GIF format using DeBabelizer. In addition, the occasional 3d views of the station were rendered out using Lightwave. All of this, just so you can laugh. So laugh already, won't you?
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