Express yourself!

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!

 
November 18, 2011,

Best mailbag ever.

--Jim Rockwood

You mean that one two-and-a-half months ago? Yeah, we're slackers. But daughters keep you busy!

 
December 2, 2011,

OK, I'm sorry. I can't hold it in anymore..

To a 7 year old who lived and breathed Star Wars every moment of the day, The Star Wars Holiday Special was the most awesome show on TV that entire year!

We got to see Chewbacca's family on his home planet! That incredible back story moment probably set up why I still like character based novels in the first place.

So, I may be the only one on the planet, but I think the Holiday Special WAS AWESOME!!! (plus I made out really good that year getting an Erector set and lots of cub scout stuff I still have!).

--Brian #3

Oh, #3. Believe us, we understand the whole living-Star-Wars-every-moment-of-our-third-through-sixth-grade-lives, but have you watched the Star Wars Holiday Special lately? Click the link and watch the whole thing on YouTube. If you can make it through more than ten minutes without cringing, you have more of your inner child left than we do.

 
December 4, 2011,

Just a random comment: My last name happens to be Rockwood.

--Alan Rockwood

A random answer: we know a guy named Alan!

 
December 8, 2011,

Hey - thanks to your strip regarding Kepler 22-A, I now have debris from my bowl of Wheaties and soy milk all over my monitor.  TWOK references NEVER get old.  What a great film.  Thanks, Rockwood!

--John McLain

You're welcome, John! But you know what they say about Wheaties: they're a dish best served cold. HA! Ha ha! Uh... heh... what? Too much?

 
December 16, 2011,

I know you are busy with the new member of the space station.....but next week is Lutefisk week!!!!

--John Patterson

You inspired us to write about smelly fish, John. Good job!

 
December 25, 2011,

Kim wasn't too old when he died... but he wasn't too "Jong" either... and he was definitely more than just a little "Il"... *grin*

--James

Very punny, James. Dear Leader would be amused, if he wasn't so ronery in the afterlife (Caution! Strong language in the link!).

 
January 9, 2012,

So how was her first Christmas?

--Jim Rockwood

Pretty uneventful, Jim. It turns out a three-month-old doesn't really care what you're doing for Christmas as long as she gets to eat and gets her diaper changed. That's okay. It just gives us more time to plan for next year.

 
January 11, 2012,

I find it somewhat funny that you're asking us "What Day is it?" and telling us that we will know if we purchase your 2011 calendar... as of this writing it is 12 days too late...

But, given recent events in your life, I'd say you're excused. *grin*

--James

We did finally take that ad down, James, but we still have last year's calendar for sale (like anyone would want to buy it now). Sadly, we had a really great idea for the 2012 calendar, but with said recent events, we just didn't have time to pull it off. So we'll just tell you about it:

The plan was to have nothing but "end of the world" related strips, and then have December cut off on the 21st ala the Mayan Calendar. Oh well, if the world ends, who's going to miss this year's Rockwood calendar, anyway? Look for it in 2013... if we all make it there!

 
January 13, 2012,

Rockwood is due for a 20th anniversary soon isn't it? (Counting the pre-name-change "Colledge" incarnation as well.)

The 20th anniversary of when I first saw your strip is coming up anyhow, or maybe you were drawing it before I came to Norman?

You should do some sort of big 20th anniversary ... thing ... on your website. Unless you already did and I missed it. :-)

--Bobby

Holy mackerel, we're old! And you're correct, Bobby. Well... correct-ish. "Colledge" actually started in 1991, but the name change to "Rockwood" came in 1992. What do you give the strip that goes on for 20 years? Maybe a plaque that says "Doesn't Know When To Quit?" Who knows what the year holds? Maybe we'll get around to some sort of celebration, yet. Watch and see!

 
January 28, 2012,

I see that you finally changed the line about Michael having you as a favorite. You are finally admitting he is not hanging out with Elvis?

--Jim Rockwood

Team Rockwood admits nothing, Jim, about Elvis or MJ! Both had enough money to "disappear" forever if they'd like. No one would even recognize Elvis today if he was alive, and if MJ had plastic surgery to restore his Thriller-era nose, he'd blend into the crowd as a lookalike. He'd get the occasional person who would say, "Hey, you know who you look like...?" and he'd get his picture taken, laugh, and move on with his life. After the circus that Michael went through for his whole life, wouldn't that sound refreshing?